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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/18/26 - Evening Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, I move House File 2526 to the floor with the DE1 as amended. Discussion?
- law and the bill would say you go to the filing cabinet and you pull out that voter's file.
- law and the bill would say you go to the filing cabinet and you pull out that voter's file.
- law and the bill would say you go to the filing cabinet and you pull out that voter's file.
- </c> House File 3773. House File 3773. Thank<00:37:32.480><c> you.
Summary:
The committee first took up HF 2526 and received a walkthrough of the DE1 amendment from nonpartisan staff. The amendment revised the bill’s gift and ethics provisions by defining local government and public safety officer, narrowing covered mental health or wellness services to those provided by a qualified mental health professional and tied to recovery from a traumatic event, excluding luxury services or events as determined by the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, and allowing local governments to adopt additional gift restrictions. It also added a bribery-related provision for gifts made with intent to influence a public safety officer. Members noted the language had been worked on by Representatives Duran, Vernig, and Freiberg, and the DE1 was adopted unanimously. HF 2526, as amended, then passed to the floor on a voice vote.
The committee then turned to HF 3722, which would remove deceased voters from the state voter registration system. The bill author argued that deceased voters should not remain on the rolls and that removing them would clean up the voter list. Secretary of State staff testified in opposition, saying deceased voters are already kept in a separate deceased status, not on active rolls, and that retaining the record helps flag suspicious activity and preserves voter history in case of administrative error. A second testifier described a real case in which a deceased voter’s retained record helped election officials identify and investigate a fraudulent ballot. After discussion, the committee tabled HF 3722.
Finally, the committee heard HF 3723, which would require additional verification for absentee ballot applications and permanent absentee voters. Supporters said the bill would help ensure ballots are not sent to people who have died or moved out of state. Secretary of State staff opposed the bill, saying most voters are already verified at registration, that the proposed checks would duplicate existing procedures, and that additional verification could create delays or false rejections. A testifier also objected to the bill’s effective date, saying it would take effect only days after absentee voting begins. The sponsor argued that voters remain on the permanent list indefinitely and that periodic verification is needed because people move or die; the committee did not reach a final vote in the portion provided.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 29 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions filed
- American Revolution and honoring the Danvers Alarm List Company at the Battle of Monotomy; resolutions filed
- Vietnam War Veterans Day and the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the Vietnam War; and resolutions filed
- Resolutions filed by Representatives Cairns of Danvers, Garballey of Arlington, and Rogers of Cambridge
- American Revolution and honoring the Danvers Alarm List Company at the Battle of Monotomy; resolutions filed
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up a report from the Committee on Rules recommending adoption of several resolutions. These included resolutions commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and honoring the Danvers Alarm List Company at the Battle of Monotomy, recognizing March 19, 2025 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day and the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, and celebrating The Literacy Project’s 40th anniversary. Representative Badger moved suspension of the rules, the motion carried, and the House adopted the resolutions.
The chamber then observed a moment of silent tribute for Joseph Albert Lebrun of Wellesley, described as a husband, father, grandfather, businessman, and community member who died at age 83. The House also adopted an order to adjourn on Monday at 11 a.m. and a separate motion by Representative Arriaga to adjourn in respect to the memory of former Representative Francis C. LaPointe of Chicopee, who served from 1969 to 1978.
Finally, Representative O’Rourke moved that the House adjourn, and the motion passed. The House adjourned to meet Monday next at 11 a.m. in an informal session.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/18/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there any further discussion on House File 7 as amended?
- Is there any further discussion on House File 7 as amended?
- Is there any further discussion on House File 7 as amended?
- House File 7, as amended, is on its way to Public Safety.
- The filing date is by January 15th of each year.
Bills:
HF7
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
public safety, criminal justice, sentencing guidelines, Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission, public sentencing database, felony dismissals, prosecutor reporting, bail notice, bond posting, law enforcement data, arrest data, public records, sex trafficking, human trafficking, mandatory minimum sentence, peace officer assault, police assault, fleeing police, vehicular flight, stolen motor vehicle
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The first order of business is House File 1366.
- Thank you for hearing House File 1366.
- I move that House File 2803 be laid over.
- House File 283 as amended is laid over.
- And this is where House File 1859 comes in.
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 3/10/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I am the author of House File 3, which will be on the floor later today.
- And I think some of you caught the press conference last time we did it, but House File 3 is an effort
- necessarily being followed up with by the OA based on time constraints and the requirements of House File
- What we're hoping to do with House File 3 is to provide a greater amount of information to those that
- And that's really what House File 3 would do: is providing greater information, greater view into the
Summary:
State Representative Jim Nash and Representative Kristin Robbins discussed a package of fraud-prevention bills, centered on House File 3 and a separate whistleblower-protection measure. HF 3 would require annual reports based on Office of the Auditor (OA/OLA) findings to be sent to ranking members of relevant committees, with the goal of giving appropriators more information about internal controls and follow-up on audit recommendations. Nash said the bill is intended to help reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, cited the Feeding Our Future case as an example of weak controls, and noted that the OA helped draft the proposal and supports it. He also said the bill’s language is modeled in part on Colorado and on earlier recommendations for more information to be shared with decision-makers.
Robbins said her bill would expand whistleblower protections for state employees, including unclassified employees, and add new protected reporting channels and definitions. She said employees are often afraid to come forward because of job and career concerns, and that the bill would better protect reports made to legislators, the OA, governmental bodies, and law enforcement. She and Nash said they were working with DFL members and committee chairs on bipartisan amendments to define “fraud” and “misuse,” and to align the language with the Inspector General bill and prior law.
In questions, Robbins explained that current law protects only certain employees and that her bill would broaden coverage and make it easier for employees to report concerns without fear. She said the OA supports the effort and that the added reporting pathways would help with follow-up on agency recommendations. Nash and Robbins both emphasized that the measures are part of a broader fraud-fighting package and expressed hope for bipartisan support, though Nash criticized DFL leadership for not backing the bills more openly. No votes or final actions were taken in the exchange shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 02/19/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill on the agenda today is Senate File 999.
- Uh, I have before you Senate File 999.
- </c> Senate filed Senate filed 999<00:00:57.960><c> uh</c> 999 uh 999 uh securitization<00:00:59.800>
- I'm speaking in support of Senate File 999.
- file file 999<00:04:39.080><c> this</c><00:04:39.240><c> bill</c><00:04:39.600><c> provides</c><00:04
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- File 5000.
- </c> start with uh Senate File 4038. start with uh Senate File 4038.
- </c> Expanding the provisions of Senate File Expanding the provisions of Senate File 4038<00:08:50.720
- Senate file targeted authorizations.
- </c> we are going to hear um my Senate file we are going to hear um my Senate file 500<00:12:33.519><
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The first bill on the agenda is House File 767.
- House File 765 is laid over. Thank you.
- </c><01:34:34.159><c> number</c> house file number house file number 1401<01:34:37.000><c> um</c><01:
- file file 1354<01:39:08.280><c> this</c><01:39:08.400><c> is</c><01:39:08.520><c> your</c><01:39:08.760
- </c> that house file that house file 1354<01:43:08.960><c> is</c><01:43:09.239><c> recommended</c><01
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/05/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill today, Senate File 2017, is about green ammonia.
- With that, Senate File 1713 is laid over.
- That is Senate File 1787. Vice Chair Jang in?
- </c> members that is Senate file members that is Senate file 1787<01:10:08.800><c> Vice</c><01:10:09.120
- </c> Senator Jang moves to amend Senate file Senator Jang moves to amend Senate file 1787<01:12:46.280
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 On Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation Feb 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, Los Angeles handles over one million filings a year, about a quarter of the filings statewide
- It's a combination of General Fund, civil filing fees, and criminal penalties.
- So civil filing fees, you know, are first paper filing fees, and obviously criminal—it's a mix of revenues
- So civil filing fees, you know, are first paper filing fees. Thank you. Service.
- So civil filing fees, you know, are first paper filing fees and obviously criminal, they're a mix of
Summary:
The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation held a hearing focused first on courthouse facility funding and then on the Governor’s proposed court facilities budget. Legislative Analyst’s Office staff outlined the state’s court-facilities funding structure, including the 2002 shift of trial court facility responsibility from counties to the state, the main funding accounts, the insolvency of the construction fund, the move to General Fund support, the backlog of deferred maintenance, and the large estimated cost of needed new construction and repairs. Judicial Council representatives and judges from Los Angeles and Mendocino described severe seismic, safety, ADA, security, and maintenance problems, with examples of floods, elevator failures, asbestos-related closures, and long-delayed or underfunded projects. They argued that chronic underinvestment is making facilities less safe and more expensive to maintain, and that courthouse conditions directly affect access to justice and public confidence.
Committee members pressed witnesses on how projects are prioritized, whether population and filing volume are adequately reflected, why reassessments have not been updated since 2019, how long acquisitions and construction take, and what level of funding would actually close the gap. Members also questioned the fixed county contribution, the use of General Fund backfills, and whether the state should set a clearer long-term funding target for the judicial branch. LAO staff emphasized that any new General Fund commitment would require tradeoffs with other budget priorities and said the Legislature must decide its appetite for funding. Judicial Council staff said the current prioritization was based on the 2019 reassessment and trailer bill language, that a new reassessment would cost about $14 million, and that acquisition delays are often driven by willing-seller issues and CEQA requirements. The chair asked for written testimony and indicated the committee would consider a future field hearing.
In the second panel, Judicial Council and Department of Finance representatives reviewed the Governor’s budget proposals for court facilities. They said the proposal includes continued backfill for the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, several new construction and reappropriation items, relocation of Los Angeles courtrooms from the Spring Federal Building, and completion of a fire/life-safety project in Orange County. A court executive from Ventura testified that courthouse conditions affect public trust, employee morale, and the quality of service, citing roof leaks, elevator breakdowns, and HVAC failures as examples of why sustained facilities funding is needed.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Anyway, nobody filed for the District 3 county commissioner race, and so no one filed during the June
- filing period.
- Anyway, nobody filed for the District 3 county commissioner race, and so no one filed during the June
- filing period.
- filing period.
Committee:
House Election Law
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 13th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We are going to pass and retain on file items four through six.
- We are going to pass and retain on file items. 8 and 9, and on to file item 10, ACR 47 by Assemblymember
- Continuing on to business on the daily file we are going to pass and retain on file items 11 through
- 14 to file item 15, AB 387 by Assemblymember Chen.
- We are going to pass and retain on file item 16.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Emergency Management
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't have any on file, but seeing none.
- SB 1153, that's file item four, folks. Welcome. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
- File item 2, S.B. 1001. Allen... File item 2, SB 1001, Allen, Ashby, Perez: aye. Perez: aye.
- All right, file item 2, SB 1001, Archuleta. File item 2, SB 1001, Archiletta, Senators Allen: aye.
- File item 4, SB 1153, Caballero, Senators Allen: aye. Allen, aye, Ashby.
Committee:
Senate Emergency Management
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE Feb 18th, 2026
ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE
Transcript Highlights:
- Their files were flagged. Agencies attempted to hire them. They were required to call us.
- But again, if they resign, that file will get flagged.
- While they are pending decertification, we flag their file.
- I mean, there were other citizens that were filing reports on this particular person.
- Do we need to flag his file? So I'm kind of in on the backside of that.
Committee:
All ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Feb 5th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Grove, file item 53. Did you do an aye? No. No.
- Senator Grove, file item 53. Thank you, Madam President.
- Senator Grove, file item 58. Thank you, Madam President.
- Senator Rubio, you have file item 71. Secretary, please read.
- Please move file item 67 to the inactive file. The desk will note.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then took up several floor items. The main policy item was SR 71 by Senator Arreguín, a resolution recognizing the importance of affordable homeownership in California. Supporters from both parties emphasized homeownership as a path to stability, wealth-building, and neighborhood strength, while noting the state’s high housing costs, racial disparities in ownership, and the role of nonprofit builders such as Habitat for Humanity and state programs like CalHome. The resolution passed 35-0, and Senator Arreguín then introduced Habitat for Humanity advocates visiting for Annual Advocacy Day.
The Senate also confirmed three gubernatorial appointments: Trista Gonzalez as Director of the Department of Tax and Fee Administration, Aaron McGuire as executive director of the Board of State and Community Corrections, and Lee Herrick for reappointment as California Poet Laureate. All three confirmations were approved unanimously or near-unanimously. In addition, the body adopted SCR 115 by Senator Daly, recognizing Wear Red Day and February as Heart Health Month, with extensive remarks about women’s heart disease, stroke awareness, and the importance of listening to symptoms; the resolution passed 37-0. The Senate then adopted SR 75 by Senator Rubio, designating CalEITC Awareness Week to promote awareness of the state earned income tax credit, which supporters described as a key anti-poverty tool; it passed 29-0.
During privileges of the floor, the Senate welcomed visiting British shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly and his wife, Lady Susanna Cleverly, who are in California through a USC Schwarzenegger Institute fellowship studying housing policy. The chamber also heard a committee announcement and a motion to move one file item to the inactive file. The session concluded with adjournment in memory of Frank Gehry, June Roberti, and Stephen Michael Ruda Flores, with members offering tributes to each and the Senate announcing its next meeting date.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The corrected journal will be filed in the office of the Secretary.
- That correspondence will be filed in the Office of the Secretary.
- This correspondence will be filed in the Office of the Secretary. Oh, excuse me.
- The correspondence, as per usual, will be filed in the office.
- The correspondence, as per usual, we filed the office.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We are going to be hearing Senate File 3407, which is the Workers Compensation Advisory Council bill
- Department of Labor and Industry, and thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of Senate File
- Sections five and eight contain technical changes to certain filing provisions in chapter 176.
- 00:02:43.160><c> 3407,</c><00:02:44.160><c> the</c><00:02:44.319><c> Workers</c> support of Senate File
- 3407, the Workers support of Senate File 3407, the Workers Compensation<00:02:45.519><c> Advisory</c
Committee:
Senate Labor
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If it's not filed in 30 days, we can't file.
- Are you not able to get them filed now? No, we are not. Why? Explain to me why.
- Currently, an expunction is filed by the petitioner and it's a $350 filing fee.
- The bill also fixes a basic fairness issue, as it gives defendants access to state files.
- This bill was previously filed in, I think, the 87th session.
Bills:
HB115 , HB 115 , HB507 , HB1765 , HB1847 , HB2046 , HB2239 , HB2328 , HB2309 , HB2417 , HB2728 , HB2794 , HB3206 , HB3566 , HB3694 , HB3744 , HB4254 , HB4697 , HB4733 , HB4915 , HB5465 , HB2813
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
Keywords:
public funds, lobbying, political subdivision, government spending, transparency, HB 115, taxpayer-funded lobbying, local government lobbying, county association dues, municipal lobbying, lobbyist registration, Chapter 305, Government Code Section 556.0056, Local Government Code Section 89.002, county government, city government, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, state association of counties, sheriffs association
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 17, 2026 - AM
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Further testimony on Senate File 25? Further testimony on Senate File 25?
- </c> going to move on uh to Senate File 27. going to move on uh to Senate File 27.
- Take us away on Senate File 43.
- Senate File 43. What's your pleasure? Moved by Senator Boner. Further discussion on Senate File 43.
- I support Senate File 66.
Keywords:
landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate file 2019 communities.
- </c> File 2019 going to Ed Finance say I. I. File 2019 going to Ed Finance say I. I.
- Uh so Senate file<00:15:20.480><c> 2234</c> file 2234 file 2234 uh<00:15:23.199><c> requires</c><00:15
- </c> we'll skip the Senate file we'll skip the Senate file um<00:28:39.159><c> 1687</c><00:28:40.159>
- Senate File 2565, as amended, is on to Education Finance. Senator Swisinski to Senate File 2412.
Committee:
Senate Education Policy