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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Jun 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- we will not permit conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of legislative
- This is an LGBTQ caucus legislative caucus priority bill as well, and we're grateful for your allyship
- There have been no refinery-style disasters, no chemical safety board investigations, and no legislative
- It gives committees like this and legislators like us an opportunity to further direct them to come in
- And I think we're finding ourselves as legislators proactively trying to bring in safety standards at
Summary:
The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard several bills focused on worker protections, AI in the workplace, bereavement leave, and construction labor standards. SB 909 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would increase public works contractor registration fees, raise prevailing wage and related penalties, and direct half of collected penalties back into the Public Works Enforcement Fund. Supporters said the bill would help combat wage theft and misclassification and strengthen enforcement; opponents argued the higher fees and penalties would burden contractors without fixing enforcement backlogs. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass motion to Appropriations.
The committee also approved SB 951 by Senator Reyes, which would require 60-day notice when 25 or more workers are displaced by technology and require reporting on AI-related job impacts. Supporters framed it as a response to rapid AI-driven layoffs and a way to gather real-time data; opponents raised concerns about small employers, proprietary information, and litigation. SB 947 by Senator McNerney, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” would require human review of automated discipline, termination, or deactivation decisions and restrict predictive behavior analysis. Supporters said it would prevent biased or mistaken automated decisions; opponents objected to the inclusion of independent contractors, private rights of action, and other provisions. Both bills were advanced to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection.
The committee also passed SB 1149 by Senator Durazo, which would expand bereavement leave to cover a “designated person,” including chosen family relationships. Supporters, including AARP and a witness who described losing a long-term partner, said the bill reflects modern family structures; there was no opposition. In addition, SB 1185 by Senator Cortese, applying skilled and trained workforce standards to pharmaceutical facility construction, was approved despite opposition from business and construction groups who said there was no demonstrated safety problem and that the mandate could raise costs and reduce competition. Several other bills on the consent calendar were also approved, and all measures were reported out of committee.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- heard the reading of the resolution and the same is placed on the calendar for action on the next legislative
- symbolizes his role to facilitate the orderly flow of activities in the State House during the legislative
- pages as they scurry around legislative pages as they scurry around the<00:10:02.120><c> building,</
- Part of the job of doorkeepers is to monitor the rooms with legislators, which we know is most difficult
- Denny requires our pages to follow bills in the House and Senate, study legislative operations, and just
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight May 5th, 2026
Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- And additionally, because we're under prior legislation responsible for training animal control officers
- Is it a choice, or do you take it as a legislative directive in omission?
- There's a legislative process that can take time.
- I'm just skeptical based on a long experience with animal and human legislation.
- And in some ways, it's the same with animal legislation.
Summary:
The joint Audit Committee hearing focused on implementation of Ollie’s Law, including MDAR’s progress on regulations for commercial boarding and training kennels and the new municipal reporting requirements. MDAR Director Mike Cahill said the department formed the required advisory committee, held two Zoom trainings for municipal officials, created a public information webpage, and completed draft regulations that are now under secretariat review. He reported that 269 of 351 municipalities had submitted kennel data, leaving 82 out of compliance, and said the department has been posting compliant and noncompliant municipalities online to increase transparency.
Committee members pressed MDAR on the lack of a clear enforcement mechanism for municipalities that fail to report and on the delay in finalizing regulations. The chair urged the department to consider stronger sanctions and asked for a central reporting system for injury data, noting that injury reports currently go only to municipalities. Cahill said the statute does not give MDAR explicit authority to fine municipalities, though he supported a House bill that would grant that power. He also said the department could not easily add municipal penalties through regulation alone.
Representatives from the Animal Rescue League of Boston and the MSPCA, including the advisory committee chair Jenny Mather, said the advisory process was thorough and aimed to balance animal safety, consumer transparency, and fairness to compliant businesses. They supported better municipal accountability, more standardized training and resources for animal control officers, and clearer reporting of injuries and kennel information to MDAR. They also raised concerns about third-party advertising platforms that may list unlicensed home-based kennels and argued that public education and enforcement should focus on bad actors rather than penalizing well-run facilities. The hearing ended without a vote or formal action, but with support expressed for the pending bill and for continued regulatory revisions.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance. (3-25-26)
Banking & Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, we've passed some great pieces of legislation.
- I'm for this bill, going of legislation.
- </c> testimony on the legislation. All right. testimony on the legislation. All right.
- Thank you again for listening to this important legislation.
- But other than that, good consumer protection legislation here.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance. (3-11-26)
Banking & Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- Those are the primary legislation.
- Are you breaking new ground here, or have a lot of other states passed similar legislation?
- This legislation simply puts a anything.
- But it is certainly still good legislation.
- But it is certainly still good legislation.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Williamson, budget and policy analyst with Legislative Services, is up today.
- He asked whether legislation could be referenced in this motion.
- I'm a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office.
- The first, for commission pay plan legislation, that request is related to pending legislation, and so
- I'm a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office.
Summary:
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee met to consider several Department of Health and Welfare Medicaid items, Idaho State Police budgets, the Department of Juvenile Corrections, and the Department of Administration and Military Division. The committee first approved a FY 2026 Medicaid forecast supplemental, then approved a budget-neutral FY 2026 hospital assessment fund shift and creation of a separate hospital assessment budgeted program. For FY 2027 Medicaid, members heard extensive discussion of MMIS procurement, estate recovery, program integrity, purchasing staff, hospital assessment alignment, population forecast adjustments, and proposed reductions tied to provider rates and RESHAB. After debate among three competing motions, the committee rejected two alternatives and passed the original motion, which included the governor’s recommended Medicaid adjustments and the $22 million reduction concept, sending it with a do pass recommendation.
The committee then approved Idaho State Police Brand Inspection replacement items for trucks and equipment, as well as Idaho State Police division requests for a commercial vehicle safety grant increase, a mobile live scan pilot, and replacement patrol vehicles and equipment. POST Academy replacement items were also approved. For the Department of Juvenile Corrections, members approved clinician service transfer funding from Health and Welfare, replacement items, IT hardware, and restoration of six FTPs and related funding for direct care staff and substance use disorder mentoring services.
In the Department of Administration budget, the committee debated Medicaid procurement staffing and related transfers. A substitute motion to fund three FTPs failed, and the committee ultimately approved a compromise motion funding two FTPs, utilities alignment, program transfers, inflationary utilities, IT hardware, and a prior rescission adjustment. The Military Division enhancement request for indirect cost recovery for emergency management and state education assistance funding was also approved. The committee adjourned after announcing its Monday agenda, which included DEQ, public school support and financing, services for the deaf and blind, Idaho Digital Learning Academy, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Education.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Civil Rights & Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill adds new legislative intent sections to Chapter 26.09.
- The bill adds new legislative intent sections to Chapter 26.09, RCW, which governs proceedings for dissolution
- Several legislative findings are made, recognizing constitutional rights and providing that parents are
- Thank you very much, speaking in enthusiastic support of this mind-numbing legislation.
- I am asking for a yes vote on this important legislation.
Keywords:
family law, constitutional floor, legal standards, child custody, divorce, SB 5868, superior court, judge, judgeship, judicial vacancy, court administration, Skagit County, Yakima County, RCW 2.08.061, Washington courts, county judges, caseload, docket backlog, judicial workload, elected judge
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Local Government Feb 25th, 2026
Local Government, Elections and Pensions
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation does not authorize campaigning in uniform.
- This legislation does not give firefighters special treatment.
- We just want to go on record in support of the legislation.
- We just want to go on record in support of the legislation.
- I'm here in opposition to the proposed legislation.
Summary:
The Committee on Local Government first met in executive session and voted House Bill 2096 do pass by a roll call vote of 14 ayes and 0 noes. The committee then opened a public hearing on House Bill 1733, the Missouri Firefighter Bill of Rights, sponsored by Representative Wellencamp. The sponsor said the bill was intended to create statewide due-process protections for firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, and dispatchers employed by public agencies, including rules for investigations, interrogations, locker searches, discipline, and political activity. He said the bill was meant to address inconsistent procedures across departments and to protect workers from unfair treatment, while not limiting legitimate management investigations.
Committee members questioned several parts of the bill, especially the scope of the immunity language, whether volunteer firefighters and fire districts were covered, and whether the bill would interfere with existing collective bargaining agreements or management’s ability to investigate misconduct. Supporters, including representatives from firefighter organizations, argued that the bill would provide needed statewide standards, clarify Garrity rights, protect political participation, and ensure fair disciplinary procedures. They said many departments lack consistent protections and that some firefighters have faced unfair investigations or terminations.
Opponents, including representatives of fire protection districts, ambulance associations, and municipal risk-management groups, argued the bill was too broad, redundant, and likely to create litigation. They said many of the protections already exist through contracts, policies, or other laws, and raised concerns about the criminal immunity language, locker-search restrictions, and possible interference with EMS “hot wash” reviews and patient-care improvements. Several opponents also objected that the bill would impose a one-size-fits-all statewide mandate and could affect local control. The hearing closed without further action on House Bill 1733, and the committee adjourned.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Christopher LaHosette, I'm with the Legislative Services Office. I'm a budget and policy analyst.
- I'm a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office.
- We didn't choose to cut this. ...goes back to the division and not on the legislation.
- I'm a budget and policy analyst with Legislative Services.
- You also see the addition of legislative technology in the list of programs there.
Summary:
The committee began by recognizing two pages, Conrad and Easton Chandler, thanking them for their service and presenting letters and gifts before moving into budget work. Christopher LaHosette then gave a general fund budget update, explaining how the green sheet reflected JFAC’s prior base and maintenance actions and highlighting two policy bills tied to budget reductions: House Bill 622, which would reduce the IDLA appropriation by about $9 million, and Senate Bill 1312, which would reduce Medicaid general fund spending by about $21 million through a residential habilitation rate change.
The committee then considered several budget-setting items. It approved a $17,800 reimbursement for the military division’s hazardous materials deficiency warrants, but a larger military division enhancement request to restore funding for the State Guardsman Education Assistance Program was debated at length and ultimately failed on the original motion; a substitute motion to hold the item at the call of the chair passed. The committee also approved enhancements for PERSI, the Division of Veteran Services, the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the State Tax Commission’s supplemental request for federal tax conformity implementation costs. The Tax Commission’s larger FY 2027 enhancement package also passed, with language directing that one appropriation be used only for fast tax collection vendor payments and any unused amount revert to the general fund.
The committee then took up language for the Division of Veteran Services intended to signal future funding for cemetery maintenance, but that language failed after members objected that it could not bind a future legislature. Additional cleanup language was later adopted to correct previously approved maintenance bill language, including clarifying transfer authority and fixing year references and agency names. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would hold budget hearings for the Department of Water Resources and the Soil and Water Conservation Commission on the following Monday, with no votes scheduled.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- It also requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee, or JLARC, beginning July 1, 2029,
- It also requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee, or JLARC, beginning July 1, 2029,
- Since I introduced this legislation, I've heard from...
- And I'm asking folks to join me in voting for this legislation.
- So I'm looking forward to continuing to work with the prime sponsor of this legislation to make sure
Keywords:
reading instruction, structured literacy, early literacy, dyslexia, phonics, phonological awareness, language comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, oral language, orthographic knowledge, multi-tiered system of supports, MTSS, screening assessments, intervention, reading intervention, elementary education, kindergarten, first grade, second grade
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently, nine states have enacted legislation to implement similar policy initiatives, and five states
- With that, we thank the committee, thank you, Chair, for considering this important legislation, and
- With that, we thank the committee, thank you, Chair, for considering this important legislation and are
- So I know Senator Umberg works very, very hard on his legislation and anticipate that he'll continue
- So I know Senator Umberg works very, very hard on his legislation and anticipate that he'll continue
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Public Safety heard two bills. SB 99, by Senator Blakespear, would improve coordination between military and civilian law enforcement in domestic violence cases involving military protective orders. The author and a Department of Defense witness said the bill would help courts and police identify existing military protective orders, allow them to be considered in restraining order proceedings, require notification to military authorities when violations are suspected, and encourage memoranda of understanding between agencies. The ACLU California Action opposed unless amended, citing due process concerns because military protective orders are issued by commanders without court procedures. Members generally supported the bill as a way to protect survivors, and it passed the committee 5-0 to the Judiciary Committee.
SB 758, by Senator Umberg, addressed nitrous oxide and concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products sold in retail settings. Supporters, including local officials, law enforcement groups, and parents, argued that nitrous oxide misuse and concentrated 7-OH products are harming youth and communities and that the bill would restrict sales while preserving legitimate culinary uses of nitrous oxide. Opponents, including kratom and drug policy advocates, argued the bill would criminalize adults, that 7-OH is a naturally occurring kratom component with limited evidence of severe harm when used alone, and that regulation rather than prohibition would be preferable. After discussion, the committee adopted amendments narrowing the bill and voted 5-0 to send SB 758 as amended to Appropriations.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation authorizes a school district or charter school to acquire and maintain undesignated
- Please support this needed legislation today. That is the bill. Are there amendments?
- But as with any great piece of legislation, we continue to refine and improve.
- And thank you to Vice Chair Jones for your feedback and ability to improve the legislation.
- So I'm just so disappointed in the process of this really, really important piece of legislation.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized several guests and groups in the gallery, including students, business groups, and university basketball coaches. The chamber then moved through a long special order calendar, taking up a series of bills on trust law, school district reporting, debt collection, service of process, lodging and food service establishments, lien waivers, public records protections for Crime Stoppers personnel, foreign ownership/health care licensure issues, diabetes management in schools, platting, fentanyl testing, third-party reservation platforms, electronic landlord-tenant notices, leaving the scene of a crash, background screening for athletic coaches, surrendered infants, and affordable housing. Several bills were temporarily postponed, and multiple House companion bills were substituted where the measures were identical or had only drafting differences.
Debate focused on a few measures. Senators questioned the trust code bill’s effect on out-of-state attorneys general; the school reporting bill was described as strengthening arrest and misconduct reporting for instructional personnel; and the service-of-process and lodging bills were presented as technical and consumer-protection fixes. The fentanyl testing bill drew emotional support from the sponsor and families affected by overdose deaths. The surrendered-infant bill prompted opposition over safety, anonymity, and the limited use of baby boxes, while supporters argued it could save lives. The affordable housing bill, updating the Live Local Act, was amended to adjust parking reductions and allow certain properties to use the administrative approval process, with additional limits and exclusions added.
Most measures passed overwhelmingly, including the trust code bill, school reporting, debt collection, service of process, lien waivers, public records, foreign-country business interest restrictions, diabetes management in schools, platting, fentanyl testing, third-party reservation platforms, electronic landlord-tenant notices, leaving-the-scene restitution, athletic coach background screening, surrendered infants, and affordable housing. The day’s most divided vote was on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, which drew extended debate over fluoride policy and other provisions; it passed 27-9. At the end of the session, the Senate agreed to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House, recognized a Taiwan-related resolution for the journal, made additional announcements, and adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- From every congressional district to come and advise us and the governor about legislative issues.
- First, I'd like to thank you for your current legislative support of the MYC.
- So we've already heard some attendance-related legislation carried by Representative Keillor (member_
- The fact that we have to create legislation for MDE to do this is disappointing.
- It is my understanding that since last year's state legislation.
Keywords:
HF1966, Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs, STARS program, alternative education, alternative programs, education finance, general fund appropriation, student support services, career readiness, employment skills, academic skills, social skills, student conferences, training grants, Minnesota Department of Education, specialized education, at-risk students, nontraditional education, HF54, Silver Lake
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Elect Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to look at legislation like this and see where it would apply to cities and how it works,
- A couple of quick comments on the legislation.
- We do think there is still some work that will need to be done as this moves in the legislative process
- We also want best practice health and safety standards to accompany this legislation. So, Mr.
- Serving Minnesota's voters is a responsibility that our legislators take very seriously, and we work
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 20th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- All of you, because we as legislators can make a difference.
- But as legislators, we can lead the way here in California. And we can say that.
- I gotta say, they will make great legislative staffers.
- On behalf of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus.
- So on behalf of the AAPI Legislative Caucus, we respectfully.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Regulated Industries Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- IT HAS A TIMELINE OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGISLATION IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
- MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATIVE STRUCTURE, DEREK MILLER, WITH THAT IT CONCLUDES A PRESENTATION.
- THE YEARS IN WHICH WE HAVE SEEN THESE LEGISLATIONS COME IN AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE MOST IS REASON IS WE
- KEY LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS, THE RECENT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES INCLUDING
- THEY ARE ALLOWING A LEGISLATION TO TAKE EFFECT BEFORE WE ENACT THESE CHANGES.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 5, February 13, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:54:17.119><c> stabilization</c> fund to the legislative stabilization fund to the legislative
- You can't legislate in the budget.
- You can't legislate in the budget.
- Uh, do not legislate in the budget. Do not legislate in the budget.
- </c> legislation? One minute. legislation? One minute.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you think private homeowners and single-family would be happy with this legislation?
- Well, I mean, your legislation is making it more complex to operate in the space.
- My name is Vince Agrew, State Legislative Director with Sheet Metal Workers Local 104.
- Hi, Jim Lindberg, Friends Committee on Legislation, California, in support. Thanks.
- Jim Lindberg, Friends Committee on Legislation, California, in support. Thank you.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Colleen, with the Legislative Analyst's Office, we don't have any specific concerns on the proposal.
- The BCP before you is related to legislation that was passed last year, SB 254.
- I just mean under this system that we created with this special legislation.
- And I assume you don't have any comment about the three pieces of legislation?
- And as we've, through a mix of legislation... Within that forecast.
Summary:
The committee first heard Issue 1 on trailer bill language to redirect funding for emergency demand-response programs. The Department of Finance proposed using about $26.9 million in General Fund originally set aside for the Distributed Energy Backup Assets program to bolster the Demand-Side Grid Support Program for summer 2026, and using about $70 million in CalCHAP interest to support ratepayer-funded demand response in summers 2027 and 2028. The CEC and CPUC said they are working on a transition from DSGS to ELRP or a successor program, while the LAO noted the General Fund money would otherwise revert to savings. Members pressed the administration on whether demand response remains important, whether DSGS has been successful, and whether the state should keep funding it through the CEC rather than shifting to a ratepayer-funded CPUC program. The CEC and CPUC said the programs are not directly comparable, emphasized different cost structures and enrollment metrics, and said a CPUC rulemaking is underway with a proposed decision expected in Q3 2026. No vote was taken in the transcript.
The committee then took up Issue 2, a budget proposal tied to SB 254 and the new transmission accelerator. GoBiz and the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank described a five-year, roughly $26 million request to staff and administer the accelerator and manage Proposition 4 and AB 1207 funds for transmission financing. Members asked about state liability, ownership of financed lines, FERC revenue requirements, and whether the program would help underserved regions and offshore wind development. Staff explained that the accelerator would only consider projects already identified through CAISO’s competitive transmission planning process, and that state financing would be a small portion of large projects intended to lower overall costs to ratepayers. The LAO said it had no specific concerns but urged the Legislature to ensure the final language matches its intent.
The committee also heard Issue 3 on petroleum market oversight. The CEC and its Division of Petroleum Market Oversight requested additional positions and funding to implement ABX2-1 and continue work on supply stabilization, refinery monitoring, and transportation fuels analysis. Members questioned why the work was funded through the Energy Resources Programs Account, whether existing staff from the paused price-gouging work could be reassigned, and whether the program had produced evidence of price gouging or improved supply conditions. CEC and Finance said the new positions are needed because the workload has expanded, while some existing staff remain on related analysis and reporting duties. The discussion ended without a vote in the transcript.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Colleen, with the Legislative Analyst's Office, we don't have any specific concerns on the proposal.
- The BCP before you is related to legislation that was passed last year, SB 254.
- Yeah, I just mean under this system that we created with this special legislation. Right.
- And I assume you don't have any comment about the three pieces of legislation?
- And as we’ve, through a mix of legislation—” “And as we’ve, through a mix of legislative action or other