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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • They need protection. That's what this bill does.
  • It's really important to protect our students in post-secondary. to protect our students in post-secondary
  • They need protection. That's what this bill does.
  • It protects people with disabilities.
  • We don't even protect them when they're assaulted.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Mar 20th, 2026

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ryan Hamilton, 15th Essex District, Saugus, Dune, and Haverhill, up of the Merrimack Valley.
  • Your experience serving others, protecting others, and in the Pentagon, and now you're here.
  • As part of our implementation process, we updated our protective intake policy.
  • We begin... ...process, we updated our protective intake policy.
  • We also work hard to continue to protect the benefits we issue.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held an FY27 Health and Human Services budget hearing in Mattapan, hosted at the Boston Public Library branch. Chairs Lydia Edwards and Russell Holmes, along with Rep. Brandy Fluker-Reid, emphasized the significance of holding the first Ways and Means hearing ever in Mattapan and highlighted the importance of bringing state budget deliberations into a majority-Black neighborhood. Several legislators introduced themselves as they joined, and the committee noted that public testimony was not part of the format, though agencies were invited to discuss priorities and challenges. MassAbility opened the agency testimony. Leadership described the agency’s mission to support people with disabilities through employment, training, home and community life services, and disability determination. They said Governor Healey’s FY27 budget funds MassAbility at $93.3 million, a 1% reduction from FY26, and explained that the agency is responding to federal funding uncertainty and shifting program needs by redesigning services internally. Members questioned a proposed $1.3 million reduction to the Home Care Program, staffing changes, and whether services could be maintained with fewer resources. MassAbility said it was reviewing data on who uses the program, that it does not provide nursing or personal care, and that it is working with a transition plan and a working group. The agency also discussed federal uncertainty around vocational rehabilitation funding and said it had received delayed federal awards but remained in contact with national associations and federal partners. The testimony included a personal story from a participant, Joshua Corcoran, to illustrate the impact of services. The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing testified next, requesting $11.27 million, about a 6% increase over FY26. The commission said it serves about 1.4 million residents and focuses on communication access in health care, courts, public safety, and other public systems. It highlighted interpreter and captioner workforce shortages, a mentorship program to expand the provider pool, and a modernized referral platform funded through capital contingency money. Members asked about interpreter availability, after-hours emergency coverage, ASL access for students and families, and training for police and emergency responders. The commission said staffing remains limited, especially for after-hours services, but that it is expanding training, school outreach, and partnerships with DCF and other agencies. The Massachusetts Commission for the Blind then presented its FY27 budget request of $30.8 million. The commissioner said the agency serves nearly 9,000 legally blind residents, provides training and peer support, and placed 190 consumers in competitive integrated employment this year. It also described services for older adults, vocational rehabilitation, and the Turning 22 program for young adults with additional disabilities. Members raised concerns about a 7% cut from the prior year and asked how the agency could maintain services; the commissioner said the agency had no waiting list, had trimmed overhead, and could manage the budget through internal efficiencies and strong partnerships. The Office for Refugees and Immigrants closed the session, describing expanded legal and support services for immigrants and refugees, including Know Your Rights trainings, the Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative, citizenship and financial literacy programs, and the Family Welcome Center in Mattapan. Members asked about federal funding losses and the structure of the new legal services program; ORI said FY26 funding is stable but FY27 federal cuts remain uncertain, and that the legal program uses a centralized intake system with priority for emergencies and first-come, first-served access.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm trying to escape for my own protection. >> That's reckless. >> I think the mental intent for why
  • I'm trying to escape for my own protection. protection. protection.
Bills: SB24 , SB83 , SB142 , SB140 , SB94 , SB24 , SB83 , SB142 , SB140 , SB94 , HB132 , HB37 , HB51 , HB105 , HB54 , HB7 , HB158 , HB188 , HB189 , HB111 , HB13 , HB192 , HB149 , HB132 , HB37 , HB51 , HB105 , HB54 , HB7 , HB158 , HB188 , HB189 , HB111 , HB13 , HB192 , HB149
Committee: Senate Judiciary
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We owe a duty to protect our kids, and we have laws to protect them from. predators, we should not have
  • We want to protect our teachers.
  • To ensure both parties are protected. Yes, ma'am.
  • Murr that gave RV parks this protection last session.
  • Members, House Bill 2596 strengthens protections for crime victims by expanding access to protective
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • is a small little addition, a trailer bill to House Bill 1403 from last year, where we expanded protections
  • Our state's digital infrastructure is only as strong as the people we hire to protect it.
  • consent of the House, the bill will be substituted as recommended by the Committee on Consumer Protection
  • It protects the right of the lawful registered voters, and it protects the right of those lawful registered
  • Washington has long, long been a leader in protecting voter rights.
Summary: The House considered and passed a series of bills on topics including public employee bargaining communication, condominium and middle-housing development, building code changes for scissor stairs, substance use disorder monitoring for nursing assistants, pet insurance continuity, liquor licensing flexibility, voter registration challenges, concealed pistol license records exemptions, social housing public development authorities, services for people with developmental disabilities, rent increase notices, and unlawful detainer notices. Members repeatedly described the housing bills as efforts to increase supply, improve affordability, and fix prior statutory problems, while the health-related bills were framed as improving patient comfort, provider flexibility, or workforce consistency. Several measures were advanced without amendment, while others were substituted with committee recommendations before final passage. The most debated item was Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1916 on voter registration challenges. Supporters said it would curb mass or frivolous challenges, protect voters, and give election officials clearer standards and more accountability. Opponents argued it would make legitimate voter challenges harder, reduce citizen oversight of voter rolls, and weaken election integrity. Multiple amendments were offered to reduce penalties from felony to gross misdemeanor, allow electronic challenges, remove county-residency limits, and strike sections of the bill; most were rejected, though one amendment removing the same-county requirement was adopted. The bill ultimately passed after a divided vote. Other notable debate included House Bill 2152, which would allow terminally ill patients in hospitals and similar facilities to use medical cannabis; supporters emphasized dignity and comfort at end of life, while one opponent worried about added burdens on rural hospitals. House Bill 2235, concerning Public Records Act exemptions tied to concealed pistol license records and a permit-to-purchase framework, passed with strong support. House Bill 1687 on social housing public development authorities passed after an amendment restored city council involvement in housing cooperation decisions, while House Bill 2249, relating to Washington Technical employees and civil service treatment, passed with a larger number of nays. The House then placed additional bills on second reading and adjourned until the next legislative day.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 10th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a bill about protecting grieving families who have lost A bill about protecting grieving families
  • Speaker, to do that because it's just vitally important, though, that we protect these families.
  • Important, though, that we protect these families.
  • This is a bill that's going to help make sure that we have to protect these grieving families, protecting
  • This is a bill that's going to help make sure that we have to protect these grieving families, protecting
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer. Members approved the prior day’s minutes, referred introduction-sheet bills, and later took up several second- and third-reading bills. Early in the day, the chamber also announced that members could wear Seahawks apparel during floor action the next day. The House passed House Bill 1155, which bans non-compete agreements, after adopting amendments clarifying tribal worker relationships, replacing references to “customer” with “patient” in certain contexts, and requiring notice to current and some former employees that non-competes are void. An amendment to exempt senior executives earning over $350,000 was rejected. The bill passed 65-29. The House also passed House Bill 1002, allowing certain coroners and medical examiners to seek workers’ compensation for PTSD; an amendment to isolate costs to their own risk class was rejected, and the bill passed 70-24. House Bill 2264, clarifying unemployment insurance eligibility for workers who voluntarily participate in layoffs, passed unanimously 94-0. Later measures included House Bill 2110, allowing nurses to accompany inter-facility ambulance transports without also holding EMT licenses, which passed 94-0 after an amendment clarifying training; House Bill 2272, a technical update to ski equipment terminology, which passed 94-0; House Bill 2238, creating a statewide food security strategy, which passed 83-12 after a technical amendment narrowing agency scope; and House Bill 2445, aimed at preventing profiteering in probate estates, which passed 67-28 after a technical amendment. The House also passed House Bill 2109 on securing vehicle loads (95-0), House Bill 2492 requiring behavioral and mental health training for construction workers and apprentices (79-16), House Bill 2472 on licensed contractors for fire sprinkler work (92-3), House Bill 288 joining the dietician licensure compact (93-1), and House Bill 2229 updating the Professional Engineers Registration Act and requiring five years of Washington practice for board members after an amendment (68-26).
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 13th, 2026 at 11:03 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • sacrifices made by those who came before us by enacting policies that dismantle systemic barriers, protect
  • sacrifices made by those who came before us, by enacting policies that dismantle systemic barriers, protect
  • Act, with recommendations to improve consumer protections.
  • And we have a We had a change in rules come down from the federal level, and certain PFAS protections
  • It says that the PFAS Protection Act requires manufacturers to label products, but it's my understanding
Bills: HB145 , HB164 , HJR6 , HR1 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB166 , HB295 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HB99 , HB206 , HB213 , HB270 , HJR5 , SB104 , SB193 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM39 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 19th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would be great if every kid knew how to swim by some young age to protect themselves that way.
  • That's going to close the door, protect taxpayer dollars for the truly needy, and stop Medicaid from
  • So I think it is a really important part for protecting the children...
  • those privacy protections for families.
  • We're trying to do everything we can to protect kids, stop kids from dying across the state.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • The university's protected. The professors protected. The student is not.
  • They're not protected like the university and the student is. I mean, and the professor is.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice May 12th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a couple different things: the local agent protection, sheriff's approval authority, the authentication
  • There's a couple different things: the local agent protection, sheriff's approval authority, the authentication
  • So this would protect the public on repeat offenders.
  • provides limited, carefully tailored authority to those publicly qualified entities that have a duty to protect
  • there any concerns relative to names of the juveniles or any redactions or anything like that to protect
Bills: HB75 , SB134 , SB201 , SB258 , SB288 , SB313 , SB320 , SB321 , SB325 , SB339 , SB345 , SB393 , SB422 , SB440 , SB470 , SB487 , SB523
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Ways & Means

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it makes the county whole the way that it is, and then it protects property owners also because I
  • the House, I'm happy to move it forward with the amendment to continue the conversations and then protect
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Protecting our cultures means protecting life itself.
  • Protecting our cultures means protecting life itself.
  • Protecting our cultures means protecting life itself.
  • Protecting our cultures means protecting life itself.
  • Protecting our cultures means protecting life itself.
Bills: HF3898 , HF3957 , HF4372 , HF4350 , HF3692 , HF4085
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • So House Bill 2993 restores the focus on real protection, not political posturing.
  • So that left—so that's about 8,000 firefighters are protected in that reinsurance pool.
  • Every child should be given the tools to protect themselves from such a lifelong...
  • Every child should be given the tools to protect themselves from such a lifelong, Abuse.
  • Every child should be given the tools to protect themselves from such lifelong damage.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1156 asks Arizona to accept these injustices as protective measures.
  • We talk about protecting our children, we talk about protecting our society, protecting our citizens,
  • ability to protect our border even more.
  • You want to know who... ...about protecting our citizens, we want our children to play?
  • No, it does not protect anything.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • authority will support vegetation management, defensible space, and retrofitting, reducing risk and protecting
  • authority will support vegetation management, defensible space, and retrofitting, reducing risk and protecting
  • by Representative Diaz makes several important changes, but the one I want to bring up is that it protects
  • distributions from the insurance premium taxes will need to make at least one floor amendment to protect
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • I just think we need to protect our citizens from that and having to spend the infrastructure out of
  • I think this protects the people we have that are here working in all of our districts.
  • , and I want to give them some consumer protection.
  • <00:35:28.480><c> protection.
  • This this may some consumer protection.
Bills: HB168 , HB220 , SB187 , SB270 , SB265 , SB220 , SB242 , SB277