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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a late-filed amendment.
- It's a late filed amendment. The barcode is Is by Senator Smith. It's a late-filed amendment.
- Temporarily postponed his late-filed amendment. There is a late-filed amendment by Senator Gruders.
- It is a late-filed amendment. Is there objection to the introduction of that late-filed amendment?
- Questions on the handwritten late-file?
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee took up SB 2B, a major immigration bill by Senator Gruters, described by supporters as a Trump-aligned package to strengthen Florida’s role in immigration enforcement. The bill would create a grant program for local law enforcement, expand jail-ICE agreements beyond sheriff-operated jails, establish a chief immigration officer and a state immigration enforcement council, require more coordination on E-Verify and detention-bed reporting, allow immigration status to be considered in bail decisions, increase penalties for certain offenses tied to illegal reentry and voting, and repeal in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Much of the sponsor’s presentation and debate emphasized focusing on criminal offenders, improving coordination with federal authorities, and using state resources to support detention and enforcement.
Committee questioning focused heavily on the tuition-waiver repeal, reimbursement for jail costs, E-Verify coverage, and whether the bill could lead to street-level immigration enforcement in schools or churches. Senator Smith, Senator Pizzo, Senator Polsky, Senator Sharief, and others challenged the tuition repeal as unfair to students who were brought to Florida as children and argued for grandfathering current students or studying the fiscal impact first. Senator Fine defended the repeal as ending a state subsidy for people who are not lawfully present and argued the change would save tens of millions of dollars. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri testified that the bill was limited to jail-based enforcement, said there was no current street-level 287(g) program in Florida, and stated he did not believe the bill raised concerns for law enforcement or schools/churches. A representative of the Florida Supervisors of Elections supported the voting-related section, while a Florida Highway Patrol representative said state agencies would need additional funding if they were expected to take on more enforcement duties.
The committee adopted Senator Gruters’ late-filed amendment correcting a drafting error. Senator Smith’s amendment to require an OPAGA study on the tuition-waiver policy was withdrawn after discussion, and his handwritten amendment to delete the repeal of in-state tuition for undocumented students failed on a roll-call vote. The bill then advanced as amended, with several members speaking in debate both for and against it. Supporters framed it as a focused public-safety and enforcement measure; opponents criticized the special-session process, the cost, and the tuition repeal’s impact on students already enrolled.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- In the Senate suspense file without even a vote.
- Those are file item 2, AB 1756; file item 3, AB 2055; file item 4, AB 1765; file item 6, AB 2453; and
- file item 7, AB 2541.
- Moving on to file item one, AB 1614. AB 1614.
- File item number 5, AB 2193, Ta.
Committee:
House Transportation
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- File item 1, SB 891 by Senator Cervantes is on the consent calendar.
- Okay, we'll now proceed to file item 3, SB 941 by Senator Padilla.
- Unfortunately, the DOJ has only released 3.5 million of the 6 million files.
- Certificate to be filed with their report to the DOJ within 60 days.
- Moving out of file item three, SB 941 by Padilla. Cabiero? Aye. Aye.
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
Summary:
The committee heard presentations on several bills and one resolution, with testimony largely focused on public safety, criminal justice, and victim/survivor protections. SB 936 by Senator Blakespear would restrict retail sale of larger nitrous oxide canisters to curb youth misuse and impaired driving; supporters included prosecutors, local officials, cities, counties, and environmental groups, while the ACLU opposed the bill unless amended to rely on regulation rather than criminal penalties. Members raised concerns about overbreadth and possible amendments, but the author said the bill would be narrowed and emphasized it would not create jail time, only escalating fines. SB 941 by Senator Padilla would cap commissary markups in private federal immigration detention facilities, mirroring a prior prison commissary law; it drew strong support from immigrant justice advocates and civil rights groups, with no opposition heard, and members expressed support for the measure.
SCR 118 by Senator Gonzalez urged release of unclassified Jeffrey Epstein investigation files and greater transparency for survivors. The author and CAST testified in support, emphasizing survivor trauma and accountability; one committee member voiced concern that the resolution could imply facts not yet established and said he would likely abstain, while others supported the resolution as part of broader anti-trafficking efforts. SB 1009 by Senator Becker would require clear and convincing evidence before detaining youth in juvenile hall and would favor less restrictive alternatives; supporters included youth defenders, former system-involved youth, and many advocacy organizations, while probation and district attorneys opposed it, arguing it would limit judicial discretion, strain resources, and could jeopardize public safety. Members were split, with some emphasizing the harms of detention and others warning about home-environment risks and implementation challenges.
AB 46 by Assembly Member Nguyen would revise mental health diversion law to give judges clearer authority to deny diversion when public safety is at risk. Support came from prosecutors, probation, and crime survivors who described cases where diverted defendants later committed serious violence; opposition from public defenders and civil rights groups argued that judges already have discretion, diversion is rarely granted, and the bill would reduce access to treatment and worsen outcomes. The author said the bill was a balanced compromise developed with stakeholders. Finally, SB 948 by Senator Aegean would require more comprehensive firearm safety training for firearm safety certificates and require new California residents to register firearms and obtain a certificate within 60 days; supporters from Brady and youth gun-violence prevention groups cited accidental shootings and child deaths, and the author noted possible future amendments on timing for new residents. Throughout the hearing, the chair repeatedly noted the committee lacked a quorum, so no votes were taken during the transcript.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:10:13.040><c> protections</c> File 4141 will strengthen protections File 4141 will strengthen
- With that, House File 4141 is laid over.
- </c> that, House File 4141 is laid over. that, House File 4141 is laid over.
- So, I'll hand the bill, House File 3951.
- </c> House File 3951. House File 3951.
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- File item 1, SB 891 by Senator Cervantes is on the consent calendar.
- Okay, we'll now proceed to file item 3, SB 941 by Senator Padilla.
- Moving now to file item 3. Weiner? Aye. Aye. We'll keep that on call.
- Moving now to file item 4, SB 1009. Senator Becker. Thank you. Thank you.
- Moving out of file item three, SB 941 by Padilla. Cabiero? Aye. Aye.
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Substitute to Senate bill Senate Bill 15 is a combination of Senate Bill 15 as filed and Senate Bill
- And that the county clerk should log that ID information just in case the filing is a fraudulent filing
- Well, as you well know, uh, in terms of, um, filing of record, wherever the property is located.
- Most documents are filed through e-file or e-recording. Those are already vetted industries.
- This is only for in-person filing.
Bills:
SB15
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
Keywords:
real property, fraud, theft, elderly, disabled, statute of limitations, criminal offense, property rights
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to stay at the chair here with House File 127. I will move House File 127.
- So, House File<00:04:24.800><c> 3127</c> File 3127 File 3127 um<00:04:27.320><c> would</c><00:04:27.520
- So, I support House File 3524 and House File 3525 and the previous one as well.”
- Chair, House File 3525. Uh it's >> Mr. Chair, House File 3525.
- </c> file your personal taxes. Thank you. file your personal taxes. Thank you.
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
taxation, pass-through entity, qualifying owner, partnership, S corporation, tax return, overtime compensation, tax deduction, income tax, federal regulations, tax reform, tip income, federal tax deduction, Minnesota Statutes, individual income, employer contributions, Trump accounts, federal law, gross income exclusion, 1183
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/27/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Please support House File 1915. days. Please support House File 1915.
- The next bill on our agenda is House File 2226. And I will move House File 2226.
- The next bill on our agenda is House File 2226. And I will move House File 2226.
- House File 1567 is before us.
- And um House File 1567 is morning. And um House File 1567 is before<01:03:24.200><c> us.
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> will be shifting from uh this file. will be shifting from uh this file.
- </c> We're going to move to House File We're going to move to House File 1075<00:51:42.880><c> as</c>
- So bill, House File 1075. Thank you.
- </c> support of House File 2007. support of House File 2007.
- House file 207 as renew the motion.
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
BCA Use of Force investigations of federal agents 3/3/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The next bill on today's agenda is House File 3405, Chair Mhler's bill.
- And Chair Mhler, would you like to recommend that House File 3405 be placed on the general register?
- I'm speaking today in light of the amendments adopted to House File 3405.
- House File 3405 proposes to require the Bureau of Criminal Apprehensions use of force investigations
- </c> amendments adopted to House File 3405. amendments adopted to House File 3405.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 20, 2025 - 06:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Main amendments must be submitted to House bill drafting by 3 p.m. and approved for filing by 4 p.m.
- Adhering amendments must be submitted to House bill drafting by 6:30 p.m. and approved for filing by
- Main amendments must be submitted to House bill drafting by 3 p.m. and approved for filing by 4 p.m.
- the floor, and adhering amendments must be filed by 3 p.m. on that same day.
- service and approved for filing by the usual deadlines required by House Rule 12.2.
Summary:
The House Rules Committee met on March 20, 2025, with a quorum present and moved quickly through a full agenda. The committee first heard HB 399 by Representative Maney, an ethics bill aimed at prohibiting employees, candidates, and public officers from falsely claiming military service or decorations for material benefit and establishing civil penalties. An amendment was adopted to conform the House bill to the Senate version and clarify collection of penalties, including delinquency after 90 days and Attorney General collection authority. Carrie Stillman of the Commission on Ethics testified in support, saying the added civil-penalty language would improve enforcement. The bill was reported favorably by a 16-0 vote.
The committee then adopted the special order letter for the March 26 session and approved special amendment deadlines and procedures for the General Appropriations Act and related bills. The budget procedures set deadlines for publication of the proposed GAA and related bills, committee amendment filing, and floor amendment filing, and required amendment requests to come from the sponsoring member or a House employee with written authorization. The chair also noted that some line-item veto reinstatements recommended by work groups would be considered on March 26.
Finally, the committee considered four proposed committee bills sponsored by Vice Chair Barrero: PCB REC-25-01, the Adoption Act for recent statutes and reviser changes; PCB REC-25-02, a directive bill updating statutory references from the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services to the Division of Criminal Investigations; PCB REC-25-03, a cleanup bill repealing inoperative or expired provisions; and PCB REC-25-04, the annual general reviser bill making technical, non-substantive, and conforming changes. None drew questions, testimony, or debate, and all four were reported favorably by unanimous 16-0 votes before the meeting adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Emergency Management
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you want to go file order? I'll leave it to you, but do you want to go file order or however...
- Okay, file number three, sorry, file number three.
- File number two, AB 1749. That's 7 to 1. Okay, bill is out. File number two, AB 1749.
- Okay, file number three, AB 1805.
- And last item is file number five, AB 2543.
Committee:
Senate Emergency Management
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- The amendments also remove the 1,000-signature pre-filing requirement.
- The amendments also remove the 1,000-signature pre-filing requirement.
- requirement go toward the total number required to be filed for a measure.
- toward the total number required to be filed for a measure.
- Because we heard direct... ...for those if you want to file an initiative.
Bills:
SB5973 , SB5892 , SB6081 , SB5842 , SB5827 , SB5968 , SB6034 , SB6035 , SB5888 , SB6123 , SB5853
Keywords:
initiative, referendum, ballot measure, petition, signature gathering, circulator, per-signature pay, paid circulator, election integrity, voter fraud, ballot title, Secretary of State, Code Reviser, direct democracy, citizen lawsuit, civil penalties, Washington elections, initiative process, referendum process, grassroots petition
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 27th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, we are moving on to business on the daily file. Second.
- Reading file items 1 through 7 the clerk will read.
- Without reference to file, Assembly Bill 102 by Assemblymember Gabriel.
- Moving on to business on file, items on concurrence. File item eight, we're going to pass.
- File items 9 through 14, that's going to bring us to file item number 15, AB 470 by Assemblymember McKenna
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Bill house file Bill house file 2090<00:16:06.639><c> um</c><00:16:07.279><c> and</c><00:16:07.519
- file file 209<00:36:47.880><c> representative</c><00:36:48.720><c> Scott</c><00:36:49.720><c> um</c>
- </c> present house file present house file 2229<00:42:52.319><c> representative</c><00:42:52.960><c>
- </c> move on your behalf that house file move on your behalf that house file 2229<00:43:01.359><c> be
- </c> discussion to house file discussion to house file 2229<01:13:48.080><c> representative</c><01:13
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
Keywords:
higher education, scholarship, financial aid, state grant, tuition assistance, Pell grants, student retention, education equity, disabled veterans, veterans' dependents, dependent children, college affordability, books and fees, University of Minnesota, public colleges, Office of Higher Education, veterans benefits, military families, permanent disability, 100 percent disability
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That is my motion to move House File 279.
- </c> all agree so please enjoy uh house file all agree so please enjoy uh house file 279<00:26:57.120
- file file 279<00:37:37.040><c> I</c><00:37:37.200><c> do</c><00:37:37.520><c> chair</c><00:37:37.760
- Members, I am happy to introduce House File 281.
- </c> chairman I'd like to move house file chairman I'd like to move house file 1327<00:54:28.160><c>
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Agriculture Committee Mar 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We will hear bill presentations in file order today.
- bill on the file.
- Members, there are five bills proposed today for consent: File Item 2, AB 1594 by Higher Bidion; File
- Item 3, AB 1551 by Kral; File Item 7, AB 2588 by Hadwick; File Item 10, AB 2326, which is an act committee
- On file item 6, AB 1731, Wilson, Soria.
Summary:
The Committee on Agriculture met and heard a full agenda of bills, beginning with AB 1674, which would create a Food Desert Elimination Grant Program and require grocery-store capacity to be preserved or mitigated in certain housing developments. The author and local residents from Sunnyvale testified in support, describing the loss of neighborhood grocery stores and the impact on seniors and low-income families. Business and building groups opposed or opposed unless amended, arguing the bill could add costs and create housing barriers, especially in Section 3. The committee discussed rural and urban food-access differences, and the bill passed the committee 5-0 and was re-referred to Housing and Community Development, with members noting continued work on amendments.
The committee then approved several consent items and heard AB 2264, which would allow district agricultural associations to use fairgrounds property for affordable housing by extending lease terms from 55 to 99 years. Supporters said it would unlock underused public land without displacing neighborhoods, and the bill passed to Housing and Community Development. AB 269, the “Fair Act,” would provide a targeted sales and use tax exemption to spur development projects on fairgrounds; it drew broad support from members and fair association testimony and passed to Revenue and Taxation. AB 2143, which would prohibit online marketplaces from accepting payment for noxious weeds shipped into California, received strong support from academic and agricultural witnesses and passed to Privacy and Consumer Protection.
The committee also heard AB 1731, creating the California Healthy Food Procurement Fund and an approved-vendor program to connect schools with California farmers. School nutrition, farm, and food-policy advocates supported the bill as a way to reduce procurement barriers and expand local food in school meals; it passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 1848 would raise seed-law fees to fund inspection and enforcement of California’s seed regulations; the California Seed Association supported the increase, and the bill passed to Appropriations. The meeting concluded with roll calls on absent members and adjournment at 2:53 p.m.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I move House File 2928 be laid over. For the A2, any discussion?
- House File 2928 will dampen these opportunities in Minnesota.
- I see I moved that so House File 2912 be laid over. Yeah. Thank you.
- Thank you for hearing House File 2912.
- With that, House File 2912 is laid over. Next on our agenda, we have House File 2928...
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
Keywords:
water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Lot D is an present House File 333.
- It's uh host file this bill.
- Next up, House File 2924. And then after that will be House File 1530, Representative Cha.
- </c> of House File 2867 which you just heard. of House File 2867 which you just heard.
- Next up, we have House File 2712. you. Next up, we have House File 2712.
Bills:
HF333 , HF2712 , HF1064 , HF1069 , HF1113 , HF2207 , HF204 , HF2867 , HF2924 , HF746 , HF1530 , HF2587 , HF1078
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF333, Duluth, Lot D, redevelopment, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds, public infrastructure, seawall repair, utility connections, demolition, debris removal, transportation improvements, site preparation, soil correction, economic development, DEED, capital appropriation, general obligation bonds
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- It also includes specific due dates for the filing of the quarterly reports.
- Currently, current law does not require the filing of quarterly statements.
- Currently, current law does not require the filing of quarterly statements.
- Currently, current law does not require the filing of quarterly statements.
- </c> requires each protected cell to file requires each protected cell to file within<00:15:29.760><c