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LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
State Board of Election Supervisors Feb 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And they are to adopt, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations as are necessary for the transaction
- and the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee.
- You're talking about promulgating these rules in accordance with the APA?
- You're talking about promulgating these rules in accordance with the APA?
- Okay, I would talking about promulgating these rules in accordance with the APA.
Summary:
The State Board of Election Supervisors met on February 5, 2026, with Secretary of State Nancy Landry presiding. The board approved the minutes from its March 11, 2025 meeting and then received a presentation from First Assistant Secretary of State Catherine Newsom and Deputy Commissioner Lainey Boyd on proposed technical changes for the 2026 elections omnibus bill. The board removed item 7 from consideration before the presentation began.
The proposed provisions covered a wide range of election-administration topics, including ROV payroll timing, restrictions on ROV employees running for office, party affiliation clarification for voters marked “unaffiliated,” registration transfers, assistance for disabled voters, protection of pre-registrant information, removal from protected voter lists, absentee voting procedures, precinct boundary notices, candidate death notice procedures, nomination petitions, ballot design, watcher deadlines, overvote definitions, absentee ballot curing, nursing home voting timelines, procurement authority for voting equipment, and contest procedures for elections and constitutional amendments. Board members asked several clarifying questions, and staff explained the intent of various technical and procedural changes.
Two items were specifically discussed as policy concerns. Board member Guidry objected to item 37, which would allow the Secretary of State to bring an election contest based on irregularities reported by an election official, and staff agreed to remove it from the omnibus bill for separate consideration. Item 38, concerning deadlines and causes of action for contesting the calling of a constitutional amendment, and item 39, clarifying that such a contest cannot be filed before election day, were explained as intended to align amendment contests with other election contest deadlines. After discussion, the board approved items 1 through 6, 8 through 36, and 38 through 39 for inclusion in the report and eventual omnibus bill. No public comments were submitted, and the meeting adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services Mar 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Good morning, Chair and committee staff.
- The federal rules that require exemption screening require those screenings to occur at rules that require
- . the minimum nutrition But have to apply the time limit rules.
- When rules change, impacts are immediate as well as widespread.
- Good afternoon, Chair and committee staff.
Summary:
The subcommittee heard an extended briefing on the impacts of H.R. 1 on Medi-Cal and CalFresh, followed by testimony from the Legislative Analyst’s Office and county officials. DHCS described major Medi-Cal changes in H.R. 1, including work/community engagement requirements, six-month redeterminations, reduced federal matching for some emergency services, narrower immigrant eligibility, reduced retroactive coverage, and limits on provider taxes and directed payments. CDSS outlined CalFresh changes, especially the expanded able-bodied adults without dependents time limit, reduced exemptions and waivers, and the new federal-state-county administrative cost split. Both departments emphasized implementation plans, automation, outreach, and county coordination, while acknowledging significant expected coverage losses and administrative burden.
The LAO and an independent policy expert discussed how H.R. 1 could increase demand on county indigent care systems and public hospitals as people lose Medi-Cal. They reviewed the history of county indigent care, 1991 realignment, and AB 85, explaining that counties already rely on a patchwork of funding and that current realignment revenues are often used for public health rather than indigent care. They warned that counties may face large increases in uninsured residents, with wide variation in how counties respond, and raised concerns about equity, financing, and whether a more standardized state-county program should be created. Committee members pressed witnesses on county funding, exemptions, homelessness, older adults, undocumented residents, and the effect of administrative burden versus true ineligibility.
County representatives from Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Tulare, and San Bernardino described the expected local impacts and asked for additional state support. They said H.R. 1 would drive major losses in Medi-Cal and CalFresh enrollment, increase uncompensated care, strain eligibility staff, and worsen homelessness and food insecurity. Several counties urged the Legislature to fund eligibility workers, preserve enrollment, and consider a CalFresh match waiver; Santa Clara and San Bernardino also cited local tax measures and staffing reductions already underway. No formal vote or committee action was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and members of the committee.
- I wasn't on the committee.
- I wasn't on the committee.
- Good afternoon, committee.
- . committee. committee.
Committee:
Senate Elections
VT
Transcript Highlights:
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 4 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Under Rule 30, the message will be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- Under Rule 30, the message will be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- The Temporary Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions ought to be adopted:
- Wong of Saugus moves suspension of the rules. All those in favor say aye; opposed, no.
- Rules are suspended. Question comes on adoption of the resolutions.
Summary:
The House convened with the Pledge of Allegiance and announced that Ann-Margaret Ferrante had completed the required oaths and was now duly qualified as a member. The House also received a message from the Governor submitting fiscal year 2025 supplemental appropriation requests, which were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
The Temporary Committee on Rules reported two congratulatory and recognition resolutions: one honoring Lucas Bendowski for achieving Eagle Scout and another recognizing David P. McKenna for three decades of service to the Danvers Committee for Human Rights and Inclusion. The House suspended the rules and adopted both resolutions.
The House adopted an order to adjourn to Monday at 11 a.m. Representatives Donato, Barber, and Garballey also moved that the House adjourn in memory of former Representative John R. Grinara of Medford. The House then adjourned to meet Monday at 11 a.m. in informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 8 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The message from Her Excellency the Governor is referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- Under Rule 30, the message from Her Excellency the Governor will be sent to the Committee on Higher Ed
- The Temporary Committee on Rules reports recommending the resolutions filed by Representative Galvin
- The Temporary Committee on Rules reports recommending the resolutions filed by Representative Galvin
- The ayes have it; the rules are suspended. Question now is on adoption of the resolution.
Summary:
The House convened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed four high school juniors visiting as guests of Representative Peisch to observe the legislative process. The Clerk then read several messages from the Governor, including the annual state budget for fiscal year 2025, supplemental appropriations requests, and a proposal related to resilient infrastructure and higher education transformation. These messages were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and the higher education proposal was sent to the Committee on Higher Ed under Rule 30.
The Temporary Committee on Rules reported favorably on a resolution filed by Representative Galvin congratulating Anthony R. Pate on his 100th birthday. Representative Galvin moved to suspend the rules, the motion passed, and the House adopted the resolution. The House also adopted an order to adjourn and then recessed.
Before adjournment, the House ordered that it would meet again Monday at 11 a.m. The chamber then adjourned in informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 64 Jul 2nd, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the resolutions filed by Representative Souser of Framingham
- The ayes have it; the rules are suspended. The question now is on adoption of the resolution.
- Representative Garballey moved Rule 7A. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed, nay.
- The ayes have it; Rule 7A is suspended.
- House Bill 3366 has been released by the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Consent and Procedure Feb 10th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Consent and Procedure
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, members of the committee.
- Chair, members of the committee.
- So you have heard the rules... ...whatever it is. Thank you. So you have heard the rules then.
- Actually, this is considered a rules committee. So, yes. So it's just the third one.
- No, that's only the standing committee.
Committee:
House Consent and Procedure
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Health & Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- I move the proposed substitute receive a do pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
- Committee.
- Committee.
- Madam Chair, I move the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
- Committee.
Bills:
SB5921 , SB5185 , SB6182 , SB6115 , SB6258 , SB5916 , SB5981 , SB5985 , SB6019 , SB6161 , SB6183
Committee:
Senate Health & Long-Term Care
Keywords:
psilocybin, mental health, therapy, decriminalization, legalization, international medical graduates, preceptorship, hardship pathways, medical practice, licensure, abortion, reproductive health, pregnancy termination, clinic access, abortion access fund, abortion savings account, health carrier assessment, insurance assessment, health insurer tax, Department of Health
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman and members of your committee.
- All right, it's the pleasure of the committee.
- Welcome, good afternoon, and welcome to committee.
- What is the pleasure of the committee? All right.
- He concluded by thanking the committee and saying that is all the questions he has. committee, it was
Committee:
Senate Judiciary A
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming
Transcript Highlights:
- On this list are rules governing power plant, greenhouse gas, and mercury emissions, to rules defining
- And the Senate has set up a committee. They're steering and policy committee.
- And that committee is going to meet with other committee chairs and look through bills that we have and
- committee with Senator Friedman.
- I am on the steering policy committee.
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on the impact of the Trump administration’s federal climate policy changes on Massachusetts, with a focus on threatened grants, regulatory rollbacks, and state options to continue climate work. Chair Creem and other senators emphasized that Massachusetts still has a 2050 net-zero mandate and needs contingency plans for clean energy, transportation electrification, offshore wind, resilience, and financing if federal support is reduced or withdrawn.
Executive branch witnesses said Massachusetts has already experienced disruptions to more than $1 billion in climate-related federal funds, though many suspended grants were restored after litigation by the Attorney General’s office. EEA reported continued uncertainty around a $389 million Grid Innovation Program award and a FEMA dam-safety reimbursement, while MassDOT said its NEVI fast-charging program remains on track with about $50 million obligated, but a $14.4 million competitive charging grant is on hold and future unobligated NEVI funds remain uncertain. Senators also discussed EV rebates, charging infrastructure, the role of the Community Climate Bank, and whether the state can expand independent financing and support for municipalities, higher education, and nonprofits.
The Attorney General’s office described successful multi-state litigation that won a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the federal funding freeze, restoring access to many EPA, DOE, USDA, and Interior funds, while noting continued enforcement actions over FEMA manual reviews and other barriers. The office said it is also preparing to defend the endangerment finding, California vehicle-emissions waivers, offshore wind permits, and other federal climate protections. Outside advocates warned that federal tax-credit rollbacks, tariffs, and possible repeal of IRA and infrastructure funding could slow EV adoption and raise costs, while offshore wind testimony said federal permitting pauses and legal challenges are delaying projects and could leave Massachusetts far short of its 2030 offshore wind goals. Nonprofit witnesses also described canceled or delayed grants for wetland restoration and urban heat mitigation, and urged the Legislature to increase state funding, including for the environmental bond bill and municipal vulnerability preparedness work.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 11th, 2026 at 08:37 am
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- was just for transparency on this committee, that didn't make the 24-hour rule.
- That didn't make the 24-hour rule.
- Chair, members of the committee.
- Chair, members of the committee.
- Seeing none, let's come back to our committee. Questions or comments from the committee?
Committee:
House House Taxation & Revenue
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 13th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, welcome to the first committee meeting of the Labor and Workplace Standards Committee.
- Schmidt, members of the committee.
- Chair Berry and members of the committee.
- Good morning, members of the committee.
- Good morning, members of the committee.
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
construction safety, hazard notification, worksite regulations, labor safety, state law, law enforcement, correctional officers, interest arbitration, collective bargaining, public safety, workers' compensation, healthcare providers, physical therapy, occupational therapy, employment, unemployment insurance, benefits, layoffs, workforce reduction, 904
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Before we get started, we're going to remind the committee of the rules on time limits: five minutes
- Good morning, Chair, committee members.
- They don't listen to the rules all the time.
- They don't listen to the rules all the time.
- They don’t have to follow the same rules.
Committee:
House Education
Summary:
The House Education Committee met on March 25, 2026, with a quorum present and heard a series of education-related bills and one resolution. The committee first took up HB 636 on hazing at public post-secondary institutions. Representative LaFleur presented the bill as a response to Caleb Wilson’s death, and family members, former Rep. Jason Hughes, and other supporters urged stronger prevention, reporting, and penalties. The committee adopted amendments adding implementation details and a lifetime ban on re-chartering an organization if hazing results in death, then reported the bill as amended as the “Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act.”
The committee then heard HB 218 on food insecurity screenings in public schools. LaFleur said the bill would formalize a process to identify hungry students and connect families to resources, with amendments tying the screening to existing McKinney-Vento forms and adding food-insecurity questions. Support came from charter school representatives, the Department of Education, and others, while Dr. Will Hall suggested involving caregivers and faith-based groups. The bill was reported with amendments. The committee also approved HB 626, which would require colleges and universities to provide suicide-prevention information, hotline access, and aggregated non-identifiable reporting on suicide risk. Rep. Jordan described it as a response to an uptick in suicides among college-age students, and the Board of Regents said most institutions already use telehealth or 988 resources. The bill was reported favorably.
Next, the committee heard HB 749 on the administration of START, START K-12, and ABLE savings accounts. Rep. Carver said the bill would modernize and secure the program by allowing a third-party manager and online platform, while Treasury and Board of Regents staff explained that oversight would remain in place and that ABLE accounts would not be charged fees. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students. Rep. Mack and advocates from the Arc and ABA providers said the bill would ensure medically necessary services can be delivered in classrooms or other school settings, while the Louisiana Federation of Teachers asked for clearer pre-conference expectations to avoid classroom disruption. After testimony from parents, providers, and school stakeholders, the bill was reported with amendments.
Finally, the committee approved HB 201 creating a state seal of fine arts for high school graduates, and HB 738 revising student disciplinary proceedings at colleges and universities to ensure evidence and fairness in disciplinary actions. Both bills were reported favorably. The committee also began hearing HCR 14, which expresses support for federal efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, but the transcript cuts off before any final action on the resolution is shown.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 1st, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair Phelan's Office of Committee substitute.
- The clerk will call the rule.
- Chair Phelan offers up the committee substitute.
- Representative Hernandez, Office of the Committee substitute, is an objection to adoption of the committee
- Paul, do you have a committee substitute before the committee? If, if y'all have it, there is one.
Committee:
House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Good afternoon, Chair Chapman, members of the committee, Jeff Olson, staff to the committee.
- Chair Chapman, members of the committee, Jeff Olson, staff to the committee.
- Good afternoon, Chair Chapman, members of the committee. Jeff Olson, staff to the committee.
- It made it all the way through House Policy Committee and just got hung up in rules both times.
- 6233, for the committee to vote on, due to the short time the committee has to hear bills.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources
Keywords:
irrigation districts, director contracts, beneficial interests, transparency, governance, mitigation, habitat conservation, property rights, landowner compensation, fairness in mitigation, critical habitat, species preservation, riparian protection, salmon recovery, watershed planning, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Ecology, habitat conservation account, conservation easement, noxious weed control
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Allocation Committee.
- We have a rule definition when it comes to housing from the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee
- Committee, Mr.
- I think the committee will be accepting the committee amendments.
- Hello, committee.
Summary:
The committee heard a long series of bills, beginning with AB 2026 on groundwater recharge. The author and supporters said the bill would streamline permitting for recharge projects, codify long-standing CEQA exemptions for flood diversions to recharge, and add tribal consultation and other guardrails. Water agencies and local districts supported the measure as a way to capture high-flow water and reduce groundwater subsidence, while environmental groups and some irrigation districts opposed it, warning that the bill’s exemptions and broader diversion authority could harm rivers, Delta resources, and public trust values. The bill was discussed but not voted on because the committee lacked a quorum at that point.
The committee then took up AB 1577 on data center energy accountability, which would require monthly reporting of energy-use data and permit-related estimates of energy and water demand. The author and the Little Hoover Commission argued the bill would improve transparency, help protect ratepayers, and give regulators better information for grid planning. Data center industry representatives opposed it as duplicative, burdensome, and uniquely targeted, while local governments, environmental groups, and some utilities supported it or supported it if amended. The bill was later reported out with a due pass recommendation once a quorum was established.
Members also heard AB 2245 on a producer responsibility program for lubricant products and containers, AB 2170 on CEQA language-access and environmental review protections for overburdened communities, AB 2059 on rural transportation and VMT mitigation, AB 1808 on Western Joshua tree permitting and fee relief, AB 2182 on industrial energy efficiency program changes, and AB 2231 on streamlining two hospital projects. Testimony was mixed on most of these bills: supporters emphasized affordability, local control, environmental justice, or project urgency, while opponents raised concerns about CEQA scope, regulatory duplication, costs, and environmental impacts. Several measures received due pass recommendations and roll-call votes, including AB 2170, AB 2059, AB 1808, AB 2182, and AB 2231, with some members voting no or not voting and some bills left open for absent members.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Mar 30th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- to go ahead and put that committee in the do away with, but it was that joint committee on child abuse
- Chair, Ranking Member, members of the committee.
- Chair, ranking member, members of the committee.
- on Local Government and received further unanimous support in the Rules Committee as well.
- Okay, seeing none, and having no further business before this committee, the Committee on Corrections
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventeen - Monday, February 9
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, your Committee on Fiscal Review, to which was deferred House Committee Substitute for House
- State, which ruled in the Senate Bill 22 ruling...
- Your Committee on Rules, Administrative will meet tomorrow morning at 9:30 in Hearing Room 4.
- Your Committee on Rules, Administrative will meet tomorrow morning at 9:30 in Hearing Room 4.
- Your Legislative Rules Committee, what time is it? We're going to meet at 6 o'clock.
Summary:
The House met with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for February 5, 2026 by roll call vote, 134-2. During personal privilege remarks, a member recognized Bridget Williams, the first Black woman to lead the Heavy Constructors Association of Kansas City, in honor of Black History Month.
The chamber then took up several bills. House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2273, 1946, 1814, and 2551, a large anti-trafficking package addressing sex trafficking, grooming, sextortion, terminology changes from “child pornography” to “child sexual abuse material,” a statewide anti-trafficking council, training requirements, expungement for some trafficking victims, and related criminal penalties, was debated at length over constitutional concerns but ultimately passed third reading 148-2. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1757, which helps school districts identify gifted students by the end of third grade, passed 142-8. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2375, a workers’ compensation reform measure clarifying the burden of proof and compensability standards, passed 86-62 after supporters said it would streamline claims and opponents called it unnecessary.
House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1788, regulating recurring political donations and increasing transparency, passed 134-16. House Bill 1628, a cleanup bill updating higher education and workforce development statutes and repealing outdated provisions including the Vietnam Veterans Survivors Grant, passed unanimously 153-0. The House also perfected House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2033, 1608, 1672, and 1854, a package centered on removing the sunset from the SAFE Act and continuing Missouri’s restrictions on gender-related medical treatment for minors; debate was sharply divided, with supporters citing child protection and opponents arguing it harms transgender youth and intrudes on parental and medical decision-making. The House then announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until February 10, 2026.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We hit the ground running in that committee, I believe, working harder than any committee, and you all
- I'll move to suspend all necessary rules... rules to take up and consider House Resolution 1512.
- I move to suspend all necessary rules to call up at this time the conference committee report on Senate
- The rules are suspended.
- on the Senate conference committee.