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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-23-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I have Reggie Garcia, my office manager, Meiji Chang, my session hire, and Magdalena Marban, my scheduler
  • I have Reggie Garcia, my office manager, Meiji Chang, my session hire, and Magdalena Marban, my scheduler
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JDC Public Hearing 03-11-2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It extends the deadline to register to vote by mail from 30 to 10 days prior to a primary or general
  • which is hb4 408 it extends the deadline which is hb4 408 it extends the deadline to<00:13:57.720
  • deadline, and this just makes it consistent.
  • but there's parts have a 10day deadline but there's parts of<00:14:24.480> the<00:14:24.639><
  • and this just makes it a 30-day deadline and this just makes it um<00:14:28.320> consistent<00
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills covering criminal justice, elections, and wildfire-related settlement funding. HB 103 would raise the age cutoff for life-without-parole eligibility from 18 to 21; supporters included the Public Defender and others, while prosecutors and some others opposed it. HB 11 would allow civil claims against people or businesses profiting from sexual exploitation or sex trafficking; it drew mostly support but was not ready for a vote and was deferred for further questions. HB 132 would expand a state-initiated expungement pilot to include possession of any Schedule V substance; the Public Defender, ACLU, and oversight groups supported it, with one opponent, and committee questions focused on what substances and how many cases would be affected. HB 145 would require the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to transmit expungement orders to the Judiciary to implement Act 159; the Judiciary and Public Defender supported it, and members discussed technical issues involving multiple defendants and multiple charges. HB 369, a campaign finance housekeeping bill on excess cash contributions, and HB 408, which aligns voter registration-by-mail deadlines with current law, both received support and no opposition of note. The committee also heard HB 1175, which creates appropriations and a trust fund for Maui wildfire settlement claims; the Attorney General’s office, Maui County Council, and Tax Foundation supported it, while one senator said he would vote no because of concerns about House leadership. HB 386, which conforms drug possession thresholds for methamphetamine, heroin, morphine, and cocaine, was supported by law enforcement and prosecutors. HB 134 would require electronic filing of nomination papers; the Elections Office supported it but asked that any convenience fee be authorized in statute, while one witness opposed it over security and cost concerns. After testimony and questions, the committee took up decision-making and passed HB 103 with amendments, deferred HB 11, and passed HB 132, HB 145, HB 369, HB 408, HB 1175, HB 386, and HB 134, with HB 134 amended to clarify no additional charge for electronic filing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House DFL Media Availability 3/27/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It expires at committee deadline.
  • It available after committee deadline.
  • in the five months of the 2023 session in the five months of the 2023 session does<00:18:26.360>
  • I think that every legislative session, as I said a little while ago, every legislative session has its
  • session session to<00:23:29.640> try<00:23:29.840> and<00:23:29.960> get<00:23:
Keywords: 1183, house
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Election Laws Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Election Laws

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation also addresses issues with the Saturday voter registration deadline.
  • , deadlines that simply aren't needed in our modern world.
  • They often miss the registration deadline because the moment they make the time to focus on it, the deadline
  • The 10-day voter registration deadline is an arbitrary penalty on working people.
  • They'll bring their parents to the educational sessions and to the polls.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Election Laws held a hearing on a wide range of voting-access and election-administration bills. The largest portion of testimony focused on same-day voter registration (H. 834/S. 505), with support from Rep. Gentile, Boston and Chelsea officials, civic groups, and election administrators from Maine and Vermont. Supporters argued that same-day registration would help eligible voters who move frequently, miss deadlines, or face administrative errors, and would reduce rejected provisional ballots. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Vermont elections director Sean Sheehan testified that same-day registration has worked in their states without major administrative problems and has helped increase turnout. A Boston-based panel also described high rejection rates for provisional ballots and the burden of registration cutoffs on renters, students, immigrants, and low-income voters. A second major topic was restoration of voting rights for incarcerated people, including S. 524 and related House bills. The committee heard extensive virtual testimony from incarcerated individuals at MCI Norfolk and MCI Shirley, who said voting should be restored as part of rehabilitation, civic engagement, and reintegration. They described disenfranchisement as dehumanizing and argued that voting would help maintain family and community ties, reduce recidivism, and give incarcerated people a voice on laws affecting prisons and reentry. Rep. Erica Uyterhoeven also testified in support, saying the bill would restore municipal voting rights for incarcerated residents and align with broader efforts to expand political participation. The committee also heard testimony on bills affecting election administration and access, including a proposal to reduce or eliminate mandated early in-person voting in primaries and shorten the general-election early voting period, with supporters from the town clerks’ community arguing that low usage, staffing burdens, and costs justify the change. Opponents warned that reducing in-person early voting could hurt voters who do not use mail ballots and could disproportionately affect communities of color. Other bills discussed included decoupling the municipal census from voter registration, requiring periodic accessibility inspections of polling places, and a Somerville home-rule petition on non-citizen municipal voting and another on lowering the voting age in municipal elections. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 19, March 4, 2026-AM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • this session. this session.
  • the remainder of the 2026 budget session the remainder of the 2026 budget session and<00:07:22.639
  • So um the deadline for the um for the expenditure is July 1st.
  • > um<01:30:53.840> for<01:30:54.000> the the deadline for the um for the the deadline
  • So um and so it fast deadline um there.
Keywords: 916, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • had to get something in before deadline. had to get something in before deadline.
  • <00:29:25.200> in extension of the reporting deadline in extension of the reporting deadline
  • :54.720> of<00:37:54.880> this initial deadline was January of this initial deadline was
  • days remaining to the deadline. days remaining to the deadline.
  • We need to fix this this session.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Joint Policy Jan 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Transcript Highlights:
  • So our first obligation deadline will be this October of '26.
  • Agreements, anything that we had in line from that October deadline.
  • Are you planning on having information sessions on how to apply for grants?
  • Are you planning on having information sessions on how to apply for grants?
  • Do you anticipate those sessions happening in the next four to six weeks? Okay.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Joint Policy Committee met to hear an overview of North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program before taking up the related policy bills. Department of Health and Human Services staff explained that the state received a $198.9 million CMS award, with funding focused on four pillars: strengthening rural workforce, bringing care closer to home, connecting technology and data, and improving population health through prevention. They emphasized that the program is intended to benefit rural and frontier residents statewide, including areas near urban centers when the project serves rural patients, and that CMS approval, provider readiness, and sustainability will drive what can be funded. Committee members asked about how the program would treat border communities, frontier counties, urban providers serving rural patients, multilingual outreach, tribal consultation, and whether there would be information sessions for applicants. HHS said the website will include sign-up and translation features, more listening sessions and training will be offered, and a rural health tribal liaison will work alongside the existing Medicaid tribal liaison. Members also raised concerns about reimbursement timing, cash flow for providers, and whether projects in urban areas could qualify; HHS responded that urban projects may be eligible if they clearly benefit rural residents. The department then outlined the four policy bills tied to the grant scoring: nutrition continuing medical education for physicians, the presidential fitness test, the physician assistant compact, and pharmacist scope of practice. HHS said these policy actions were incentivized in the federal funding opportunity and that failure to pass them could reduce future funding. The committee did not take final action on the bills in this portion of the transcript and recessed for lunch before moving on.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 5/7/25

Rules and Legislative Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • Next order of business is a deadline waiver pursuant to Joint Rule 2.03.
  • So it wouldn't have been able to meet our deadlines.
  • This bill was bipartisan when it was brought up last session.
  • Unfortunately, the Senate last session.
  • , but um it's bipartisan again session, but um it's bipartisan again this<00:14:12.560> year.
Bills: HF3228, HF475
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 3/23/26 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Journal [clears throat] of the House, 94th session, 50th legislative day, St.
  • if we send it back to before deadline if we send it back to Judiciary?
  • :27.360> and hearing it at least after deadline, and hearing it at least after deadline, and then
  • I would we're coming to deadlines.
  • of the 2027 legislative session. of the 2027 legislative session.
Keywords: 1183, house
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

HOUSE CONVENES Apr 29th, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • One is, counselors missed the deadline, and that deadline fell on Friday during spring break.
  • Now listen, I believe that we all believe in deadlines, and I believe that deadlines do matter, and they
  • The only thing they didn't meet was a deadline.
  • So as you look at how to handle this next session, you will have information.
  • How to handle this next session, you will have information.
Keywords: 1204, all
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senators get 18 before the session starts and two after the session starts.
  • If there would be a gubernatorial election before the next session, that deadline is instead moved up
  • Days of session.
  • Before session.
  • year of session.
OR
Transcript Highlights:
  • session on item one and open up a work session on item three.
  • And I will close the work session on item 21 and open up a work session on item 23.
  • And I will close the work session on item 21 and open up a work session on item 23.
  • And it has in it deadlines, statutory deadlines, that this is in it deadlines, statutory deadlines, that
  • And I will close the work session on item 22 and open up a work session on item 25.
Keywords: 907, all
Summary: The Emergency Board met on June 17, 2026, and approved a series of subcommittee recommendations, mostly on consent, related to federal grant applications, agency funding adjustments, and position authority. Early actions included approval of four federal grant applications from natural resources agencies, three public safety grant applications, a one-time increase for Judicial Department court security, retroactive approval for an AmeriCorps volunteer-generation grant, and a $7.5 million allocation to Southern Oregon University from a special appropriation for short-term financial stability. Members supporting the SOU item emphasized the university’s structural deficits, declining enrollment, and the need for a long-term higher education plan; several members voted no or raised concerns about sustainability, but the motion passed. The board also approved a federal apprenticeship expansion grant for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, a school nutrition equipment grant for the Department of Education, and an Oregon Health Authority request tied to Medicaid community engagement requirements under H.R. 1. Public safety items included funding for Oregon Military Department readiness facilities, a report on the stalled juvenile justice information system modernization project with a follow-up viability report due in 2026, and a statewide evacuation planning tool for emergency management. The evacuation tool drew strong support as a wildfire preparedness measure, with members noting it could significantly reduce alert times and save lives. A major point of debate was the Department of Justice request to add 16 permanent positions and increase other funds limitation for antitrust enforcement. Supporters argued the federal government has pulled back and Oregon needs capacity to pursue active cases and protect consumers; opponents objected to the process, the size of the expansion, and the incentive structure tied to settlements and awards. Despite those concerns, the motion passed. The board also approved Water Resources Department requests for the Water Well Abandonment, Repair and Replacement program, an assistant water master position in Washington County, and federal funding for Lower Umatilla Basin groundwater data collection. The water master item prompted questions about county cost shifts, but staff said the position would remain externally funded and would not be filled without those resources.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Transportation Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • We do a lot of envisioning sessions all across the Commonwealth.
  • We do a lot of envisioning sessions all across the Commonwealth.
  • Again, this session, this committee's been great moving the legislation forward.
  • But in the past session...
  • But in the past session, In the past session, I've attached this language as an amendment to various
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a wide range of transportation bills focused on rural microtransit, commuter rail fares and service, rail electrification, climate alignment, and safety. Several speakers supported H. 4054 and related microtransit proposals, arguing that rural communities need stable, permanent funding for services like the Tri-Town Connector and Quaboag Connector, which have strong ridership, high satisfaction, and measurable economic and health benefits. Testimony also supported a commission bill to study microtransit funding and definitions, with witnesses emphasizing that current grant programs are helpful but short-term and insufficient for long-term service planning. A major theme was commuter rail equity and expansion. Boston-area officials and advocates backed bills to make all Boston commuter rail stations Zone 1A, citing large fare disparities between nearby stations in Hyde Park, Roslindale, and Readville. Related testimony supported studying an Orange Line extension from Forest Hills to Roslindale Square and expanding The Ride to Foxborough, as well as restoring commuter rail service to Cape Cod via Middleborough to Buzzards Bay and beyond. Speakers said these projects would improve access, reduce car dependence, and better serve neighborhoods and regions that currently face limited rapid transit options. Multiple panels urged action on electrification and climate-focused transportation planning, including H. 3726, the Freedom to Move Act, and bills to electrify commuter rail, buses, school buses, and public fleets. Advocates from environmental, transit, and public health groups said transportation is the state’s largest emissions source and argued that statutory goals, coordinated planning, and streamlined permitting are needed to speed decarbonization while improving safety, affordability, and reliability. The committee also heard support for a bill to streamline rail electrification permitting, a bill to exempt certain transit projects from MEPA review, and a bill to improve commuter rail pedestrian safety with gates, fencing, and warning devices at at-grade crossings. No votes were taken during the hearing.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government & Tribal Relations Jun 22nd, 2026 at 12:00 pm

State Government & Tribal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll have a great learning session that will be online for all to learn from, and we'll get to ask good
  • So coming up on that deadline pretty quickly.
  • It can be updated over time as those ballot deadlines are approached.
  • may want for this next session.
  • With that, that concludes business for today's work session, and we will close the work session on the
Keywords: 904, all