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TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 21st, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair recognizes Representative Luther to close on the bill. I close. Thank you.
- The chair recognizes Representative Richardson to close on the meal. I close.
- I close. SB 2637 will be left pending at this time.
- Davila, to close on the bill, thank you.
- Eye closed for him.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You'll certainly be given that opportunity to close.
- Um, we have two primary concerns with this bill.
- Uh, a couple of things in closing.
- This bill is very, very near and dear and close to my heart.
- We'll definitely give you the right to close.
Bills:
HB153
Committee:
House Corrections
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Wright to close. Debate closed.
- Senator Bradley to close. Wave close.
- Senator Bradley to close. Wave close.
- Debate close. Wave close.
- Senator Goral to close. We've closed.
Summary:
The Florida Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness for sexual assault survivors, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a memorial proclamation for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special-order bills, with senators also briefly discussing the session’s pace and thanking staff and colleagues for their work.
The first major bill, on driving and boating offenses, was amended and passed 37-0. As amended, it increases penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide/vessel homicide offenses, and adds notice requirements and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. Senators also passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers 37-0, requiring Medicaid managed care plans to offer more after-hours and holiday access and ensuring more primary care appointment availability outside regular business hours.
The Senate then passed a major condominium and cooperative associations bill, also 37-0, after extensive debate and multiple amendments. The measure extends deadlines for structural integrity reserve studies, adds flexibility for reserve funding and budgeting, tightens rules for managers and inspectors, limits certain requirements to buildings of three or more habitable stories, and extends the rescission period for condo purchases. Senators from both parties praised the bill’s sponsors for years of work responding to post-Surfside safety and affordability concerns.
The longest and most contentious item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendment petition procedures. Sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse in the citizen initiative process by tightening circulator rules, requiring faster submission of signed petitions, adding voter notification, increasing penalties, and shifting costs to sponsors. Opponents argued it would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizens to qualify initiatives. The chamber adopted a series of amendments, including changes to the petition-circulator threshold, volunteer protections, submission timing, invalid-signature investigation thresholds, and notice/cure provisions, while debate continued over whether the overall package would protect election integrity or suppress citizen-led amendments.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> closely to what they have to say. closely to what they have to say.
- My personal apartment building closed itself off to outsiders.
- on-campus were forced to make the decision on whether to keep their offices open to the public or closed
- As a university, our primary focus has been the safety and well-being of our students, balanced with
- </c><00:41:58.280><c> focus</c><00:41:59.040><c> has</c> As a university, our primary focus has As a
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
Summary:
The committee adopted the minutes from its February 24, 2026 meeting after a motion by Vice Chair Coulter. The hearing then focused on the impact of federal immigration enforcement, referred to throughout as Operation Metro Surge, on Minnesota college campuses. The chair said the purpose was to document alleged abuses, campus fear, and racial discrimination, and to hear from testifiers about effects on students, faculty, and staff. Representative Novotny briefly objected to the framing, saying the committee should be finding facts rather than making a predetermined presentation, and the chair responded that members should remain respectful and that questions would be held until after all presenters testified.
Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow described what he called relentless and unprecedented disruption, including student stops and interrogations, family separations, and an ICE operation on campus in which armed masked agents allegedly detained a student without a warrant and pointed weapons at students and staff. He said the campus received bomb threats afterward, increased virtual learning options, and saw spikes in student support needs, housing assistance, and leaves of absence. Jenna Chernega of the Inter Faculty Organization said faculty across Minnesota State universities reported widespread student and colleague stress, increased workload, disappearing students, and a need for clearer sensitive-location protections and academic freedom guidance. Mark Grant of Minnesota State College Faculty said community conditions inevitably affect classrooms, that campuses have not yet had an ICE incident but are bracing for one, and that faculty want to support students and may need financial help if enrollment declines.
Jennifer Irwin of AFSCME said fear from ICE activity extends beyond campus boundaries and is affecting attendance, work, and daily life for staff and students; she cited a member detained in St. Paul while trying to prove legal status. Student testifiers Brendan Frazier of Concordia University, St. Paul, Jonathan Fitzgerald of Minnesota State Mankato, Sudi Adow of Lead MN, and Will Luther of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities described panic, reduced attendance, food insecurity, disrupted classes, and fear of leaving home or commuting to campus. They urged stronger student privacy protections, support for international and immigrant students, emergency aid, and policies to keep campuses safe. No further committee action or votes were taken after the minutes approval.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (01/20/2026)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> abandoning employment selling a primary abandoning employment selling a primary residence<01:29:
- Reviewing custody hearings is not the primary recommended action.
- </c><02:03:15.119><c> cards,</c><02:03:15.760><c> I</c><02:03:16.080><c> will</c><02:03:16.400><c> close
- </c> Seeing no other pink cards, I will close the hearing on 1710.
- <03:28:35.040><c> the</c><03:28:35.760><c> hearing</c><03:28:36.080><c> on</c> close the hearing on close
Committee:
House Children and Family Law
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- Do you have any closing remarks about this bill? Representative Robbins, thank you.
- Do you have any closing remarks about this bill?
- Okay, any closing comments?
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 06:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This was work that the legislature just did last year to close this tax preference.
- And so it is the primary responsibility of parents to provide these.
- Speaker, but in 2025, four skilled nursing facilities close their doors.
- Speaker, but in 2025, four skilled nursing facilities close their doors.
- And small businesses are closing, and people are leaving.
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment Apr 1st, 2026
Natural Resources & Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Mack for closing. You can. Representative Matt.
- Representative Landry closed on the bill and asked for favorable passage.
- Closing on your bill, Representative Landry. Ask for favorable passage.
- Representative Riser, you do have a wave closing.
- Closing off that whole fractured east bank of the river.
Committee:
House Natural Resources & Environment
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Wright to close. Debate closed.
- Senator Bradley to close? Wave close.
- Senator Bradley to close. Wave close.
- Debate you may close. Wave close.
- Senator Goral to close. We've closed.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a remembrance of former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special order bills. CS/HB 687 on transportation offenses involving death was substituted for SB 138, amended to add warnings and penalties for refusal of breath or urine tests, and passed 37-0. CS/SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours access and network availability for Medicaid enrollees, also passed 37-0.
The Senate then took up CS/CS/HB 913 on condominium associations, a major post-Surfside reform bill. Senator Bradley explained that the measure was intended to provide financial relief and flexibility while preserving safety and accountability. The bill was substituted for SB 1742, amended several times to limit milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies to buildings three habitable stories or more, and then passed 37-0 after extensive debate. Senators from both parties praised Bradley, Pizzo, Garcia, and staff for years of work on condo safety and affordability, with several members describing the bill as a balance between protecting residents and avoiding financial hardship.
The final major item was CS/HB 1205, the bill on amendments to the state constitution and citizen petition drives. Sponsors Gates and Grohl argued the bill was needed to combat fraud, identity theft, and misuse in the petition process, citing a lengthy Office of Election Crimes and Security report. The House bill was substituted for SB 7016, and the chamber considered a long series of amendments and substitute amendments addressing petition circulator registration, volunteer participation, submission deadlines, invalid-signature thresholds, voter notification, and fiscal impact statements. Several amendments were adopted, while others were debated over whether they would protect access to the citizen initiative process or strengthen election integrity. The transcript ends during debate on the main substitute amendment, before final disposition on the bill is shown.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- That makes it easier for consumers to access bond funds when a dealership fails or closes their doors
- Well, you know, if a dealer closes, that’s a different story.
- That’s not necessarily for if the dealer has closed up, right?
- That's not necessarily for if the, if there's, if the dealer has closed up, right?
- Mazda is proud of our close relationship with our dealers.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure heard testimony on a wide range of bills involving consumer protection, auto regulation, alcohol licenses, and professional licensure. A major focus was legislation to require a one-hour domestic violence awareness training for salon and cosmetology licensees (H.323/S.200), supported by District Attorney Marion Ryan, law enforcement, and a salon industry witness who described the program’s value in identifying and helping victims. The committee also heard strong support from the Attorney General’s office for auto consumer protection legislation (S.228/H.379) that would expand used-car warranty protections, extend the Lemon Law return period to seven days after receipt of the vehicle, raise the mileage cap to 200,000 miles, and increase dealer surety bonds to $50,000. Independent dealers opposed those changes, arguing they would burden small businesses and that dealer education, not expanded liability, was the better solution.
The committee also took testimony on bills related to vehicle financial products and repair information. A trade association supported GAP waiver legislation (H.4188/S.281), saying it would create clear consumer protections and standard disclosures. On right-to-repair and heavy-duty vehicle service information (S.266), engine and truck manufacturers supported an exemption for commercial vehicles, while others argued that releasing service data to the general public could create safety, cybersecurity, and emissions risks. The committee then heard extensive testimony on auto dealer franchise and warranty reimbursement legislation (S.201/H.406), with dealer groups supporting changes to warranty labor reimbursement and manufacturer groups opposing them as costly and unnecessary. Manufacturers from GM, Volvo, Toyota, Hyundai, Mazda, and others said their current time-study and appeals processes already compensate dealers fairly and that the bill would raise costs for consumers.
In addition, the committee heard testimony on H.333, which would move auto damage appraiser licensing from the Division of Insurance to the Division of Occupational Licensure. Collision repair advocates supported the change, saying the current board structure leads to repeated dismissals of complaints and lacks accountability, while emphasizing that the bill is intended to protect consumers and ensure proper repair reimbursement. The hearing also included testimony in support of a local alcohol license petition for Westwood and a separate local alcohol measure for a town grant license. At the end of the hearing, the chairs announced that all docketed bills had been heard, noted that a joint poll would be held on H.4184, and the committee voted to adjourn by voice vote.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Civil Rights & Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't involve entry into a place that's closed to the public.
- Under certain circumstances, current law permits a child to testify via closed-circuit television.
- We all know that behind closed doors there's only two people there: the suspect and the child.
- Under this bill, that statement comes in as hearsay, or the witness testifies via closed-circuit TV.
- And with that, we will close Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6087.
Committee:
House Civil Rights & Judiciary
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't involve entry into a place that's closed to the public.
- Under certain circumstances, current law permits a child to testify via closed-circuit television.
- We all know that behind closed doors, there's only two people there: the suspect and the child.
- Behind closed doors, there's only two people there: the suspect and the child.
- And with that, we will close Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6087.
Summary:
The Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills. On SB 5906, the SAFE Act, staff and Sen. Hansen described protections limiting immigration enforcement access to non-public areas in schools, early learning settings, higher education, health care facilities, adult family homes, and ballot-processing areas, and restricting collection of immigration-status information. Supporters said the bill would clarify and strengthen existing Keep Washington Working policies, while some witnesses requested amendments to better define health care facilities, clarify adult family home and election-related provisions, and keep Section 6 on ballot security. Some members questioned the factual basis for reported ICE activity near schools and daycares and the distinction between judicial and administrative warrants.
The committee also heard SB 5886 on personality rights and forged digital likenesses. Staff explained that the bill would add digitally created or modified likenesses to the Personality Rights Act, raise civil penalties, and allow recovery of actual and non-economic damages in forged-digital-likeness cases. The sponsor and supporters said the bill is intended to address AI deepfakes and identity misuse while preserving satire and fair use; student and advocacy witnesses supported the measure as a way to protect students and victims of digital impersonation. The committee then heard SB 5169, which expands child hearsay and closed-circuit testimony rules to older children and additional offenses. Prosecutors and forensic interviewers supported the bill as necessary in trafficking and child abuse cases, while defense advocates opposed it as an overbroad expansion that could raise confrontation-clause issues and create legal challenges.
Additional hearings included SB 5865, which would move garnishment form updates from statute to the Washington Pattern Forms Committee; judges supported it as a way to fix a wage-withholding calculation error and allow future updates without legislation. SB 5912 would reinstate the Indigent Defense Task Force to study statewide public defense delivery and recommend sustainable reforms; counties, the Office of Public Defense, and defense groups supported it. SB 6009 would make permanent the current process for direct review of administrative decisions by the Court of Appeals and retain land-use transfer provisions; a Court of Appeals judge supported the bill. SB 6087 would extend limited liability for donations of children’s items to religious organizations and add strollers and car seats, with support from Zero Waste Washington. The committee did not take final votes on these bills during the hearing.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 2, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- SOMETHING CLOSE TO 85 PERCENT OF CHILDREN SEEN IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ARE SEEN AT GENERAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY
- YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO CLOSE ON YOUR BILL. >> I WILL WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair Anderson: HAVING WAIVED TO
- CLOSE ON A BILL, PLEASE CALL THE ROW:HB 355 AND ANNOUNCED THE VOTE. >> VICE CHAIR MICHAEL?
- YOU CAN'T EVEN GET AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.
- Tramont: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: HAVING WAIVED CLOSED PLEASE CALL THE ROLL IN HB 4007 AND ANNOUNCE THE
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Sep 23rd, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll have Kind of a hard stop, very close to two o'clock, so I will be pretty tight with time to make
- So our average might be 135 throughout the month, but we can go upwards of close to the high 70s, 180
- Numbers that we closed out. So for a general population, one inmate costs $266.82 a day.
- There's very close coordination between the jail.
- They closed, so we bought that structure.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Housing Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair Howard, back to you for closing comments.
- Representative Imani Hiltzik, closing comments on your bill?
- Second, this bill helps with closing the financing gap for manufactured home buyers.
- Representative Norris, closing comments on your bill? Thank you, Chair Howard.
- Yet 31 sales have closed between when it took effect at the end of 2024.
Bills:
HF1143 , HF1548 , HF1340 , HF2549 , HF2559 , HF1673 , HF2740 , HF2507 , HF2461 , HF2381 , HF2695
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords:
education funding, unemployment aid, special education, Minnesota statutes, appropriations, housing, redevelopment, local government, trust funds, community development, HF1340, housing infrastructure bonds, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, affordable housing, supportive housing, permanent housing, adaptive reuse, area median income, AMI
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 11th, 2025
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Our primary project that we started with was curriculum enhancements, and so in the first several years
- We are working very closely with One Voice Impact National Network to make sure that we are staying in
- Collaboration is at the heart of this system, and the department works closely with lead agencies and
- But we are monitoring that very closely and providing support to the facilities ongoing to ensure that
- Again, I want to thank you for your time, and I look forward to working closely with each of you.
Committee:
Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard three presentations focused on child welfare workforce development and the needs of children in Florida’s dependency system. First, the Florida Institute for Child Welfare described its Grow Center and related initiatives, including academic curriculum enhancements, simulations, virtual reality training, coaching, on-demand learning, advanced certifications, and the planned Tallahassee learning lab opening in January 2026. Members asked about conflict resolution, domestic violence, addiction, and microcredentials; the presenter said the institute is expanding training in those areas and is working with DCF to align advanced certifications with the department’s career ladder.
The Department of Children and Families then presented on the Continue the Mission initiative, which recruits veterans, military spouses, and former law enforcement officers into CPI, API, and case management roles. DCF said it has held more than 240 hiring events and hired 372 such workers since launch, while also improving recruitment and retention through higher starting pay, streamlined hiring, rebranding, wellness supports, and enhanced pre-service training. Senators asked about PTSD concerns, staffing levels, caseloads, hotline vacancies, and salaries; DCF said it had not seen direct PTSD issues from the hiring effort and provided figures including a $50,000 starting salary for CPIs, $37,000 for APIs, and average caseloads of 12 to 15 investigations for CPIs and about 10 for APIs.
Finally, DCF discussed the increased acuity of children in the dependency system, explaining that fewer children are entering care overall but those who do often have more complex behavioral, mental health, developmental, or medical needs. The department highlighted a new Behavioral Qualified Residential Treatment Program (BQRTP) designed for youth who need more intensive support than traditional foster or group home settings but do not require inpatient psychiatric treatment; one facility is licensed with 12 of 14 beds filled, and DCF said it is seeking funding for placement for 230 youth total. Members pressed for details on licensure timelines, standards, funding, and the handling of crossover youth and lockouts, and DCF said it uses braided funding and works with DJJ, APD, and lead agencies through local and state review teams. A representative of the Florida Coalition for Children also testified, saying the issue is complex and multi-year, and that the coalition is working on possible legislative and programmatic solutions. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after the presentations and discussion.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- To close as a farmer, I'm excited to see our state lead in the development of sustainable aviation fuel
- To close as a farmer, I'm excited to see our state lead in the development of sustainable aviation fuel
- We're a trade association representing the primary wood-consuming mills in the state, so they think of
- wood consuming Mills in the primary wood consuming Mills in the state<01:01:49.160><c> so</c><01:01:
- So using wood is this kind of closed circle of carbon, as opposed to taking billion-year-old carbon out
Committee:
Senate Taxes
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- If you look close enough, it's a whole little kit.
- That has not been their primary objective. That is not what their primary training is about.
- </c><01:52:11.760><c> That</c> not been their primary objectives.
- That not been their primary objectives.
- It's probably not fair to just close the door on them being a for-profit entity.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 28th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Some of us are playing very... close attention to anti-semitism.
- Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes.
- Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes.
- Out of debate, Assemblymember Lee, would you like to close?
- All those vote who desire Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Hearing no other invited witnesses, invited testimony is now closed.
- The testimony is now closed. The chair now opens public testimony.
- Testimony is now closed. The chair now opens up for public testimony.
- Invited testimony is now closed.
- Hearing none, further testimony is closed. Thank you.
Bills:
SB552 , SB1099 , SB1124 , SB1208 , SB1372 , SB1506 , SB1667 , SB1804 , SB1806 , SB1870 , SB1936 , SB1937 , SB2180 , SB2405 , SB2569 , SB2570 , SB1646
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Keywords:
community supervision, criminal justice, illegal alien, deferred adjudication, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, SB 1099, undocumented immigrant, unauthorized immigrant, immigration status, felony sentencing enhancement, criminal penalty increase, Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, affirmative finding, judgment finding, deportation, public safety, immigration enforcement, sentencing reform, felony offense