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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So now we have House File 3755 as amended.
- West's bill. we go to House File 495, we go to House File 495, Representative<00:18:33.560><c> West.
- House File 4321 is a pretty simple bill.
- </c> on House File 3902. on House File 3902.
- </c> Housing Tax Credit, House File 3902. Housing Tax Credit, House File 3902.
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, HF4321, dependent care assistance programs, gross income exclusion, federal conformity, Internal Revenue Code, individual income tax, Minnesota tax law, tax conformity, child care assistance, employer-provided dependent care, taxable income, state income tax, retroactive tax change, family care benefits, housing tax credit
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 25th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- 139, SB 214; File Item 140, SB 340; File Item 146, SB 489; File Item 147, SB 504; and File Item 152,
- File Item 147, SB 504, was layered, and File Item 152, SB 617, was returned to the Senate for further
- Okay, members, we are on to file item number 15.
- We're going to pass retain on file item number 17.
- That brings us to file item... ...on file item number 17. That brings us to file item number 18.
Summary:
The Assembly met on July 17, 2025, after a quorum call and prayer, then moved through a long ceremonial and floor session. The chamber recognized the 2025 Science and Technology Policy Fellows, the 2024-25 Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly Fellows, and the 2025 Assembly Fellows, and also heard guest introductions honoring Brad Webb of Legislative Counsel, youth advocates supporting AB 1231, the Live Oak Lady Lions softball team, the new UC President J.B. Milliken, the Rohnert Park 11-and-under Cal Ripken All-Star team, and arts leaders from Auburn. The Assembly also took up several procedural motions, including removing some bills from the consent calendar and noting absences.
On the floor, members adopted ACR 12 designating November 1 as Fernando Valenzuela Day, with broad support and 66 co-authors, and later adopted H.R. 56 recognizing August 2025 as Chicano Heritage Month, with 65 co-authors. The Assembly also adopted ACR 101 naming a portion of State Highway Route 46 the James Dean Memorial Highway, and H.R. 50 proclaiming November 25, 2025, as Elimination of Violence Against Women Day, with members emphasizing survivor support and prevention. In each case, authors and supporters highlighted the cultural, historical, or public-safety significance of the measures.
The chamber also concurred in Senate amendments on several bills, including AB 359 on the Political Reform Act, AB 594 on student health insurance protections, AB 1085 banning license plate obstruction devices and penalizing sellers, AB 1286 on public employment transparency, and AB 1505, the Agriculture Committee omnibus bill. AJR 14, urging federal attention to the impact of tariffs on California ports, passed 44-1 after debate over trade policy and port jobs. AJR 17, calling for modernization of immigration law and a pathway to lawful status for long-term undocumented residents, passed 47-7 after extensive debate focused on immigrant families, the economy, and federal enforcement actions. The Assembly also adopted the resolutions by voice vote where required and recorded the roll-call results for the joint resolutions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/12/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Go ahead with your testimony of the bill. move that House File 3560 move that House File 3560 um<00:02
- </c> will renew my motion that House File will renew my motion that House File 3295<00:19:45.120><c>
- <c> addresses</c><00:24:09.679><c> a</c> Members, House File 2937 addresses a Members, House File 2937
- Welcome to the table, Representative Bliss. um House File um House File 2937<01:03:40.640><c> is</c><
- That is House File 3540. >> All right. House File 3540 is before us.
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
electronic signatures, estate planning, uniform law, legal documents, Minnesota statutes, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, parenting consultant, parenting time, custody, family court, family law, neutral third party, alternative dispute resolution, child custody, visitation, parenting coordinator
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Item next, House File 331. Representative Enen. I will move House File 331.
- We now have House File 331 as amended to your bill. Sir, first of all, are there any witnesses?
- </c><00:01:05.920><c> is</c><00:01:06.080><c> about</c> File 331, which ultimately is about File 331,
- If you'd like to wrap up House File 331 as amended. Thank you, Mr.
- </c> up House File uh 331 as amended. up House File uh 331 as amended.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Tax Reform Feb 19th, 2026
Special Committee on Tax Reform
Transcript Highlights:
- But if nothing's touched on the property tax credit, they would still be able to file.
- I really can't either, because in the first year, when I filed this, I just wanted to change one word
- , you don't have to file it, but you can go co-sponsor.
- So this bill was actually filed on February 12th. We did not get the fiscal note...
- Filed on February 12th.
Committee:
House Special Committee on Tax Reform
Summary:
The Special Committee on Tax Reform heard three measures focused on property tax relief and tax administration. House Bill 2869, sponsored by Rep. Mike Jones, would authorize counties to offer up to a 100% property tax credit on the primary residence of 100% permanently and totally disabled veterans, with a $500,000 value cap, surviving-spouse carryover, no stacking with other credits, and protections for bonded indebtedness. Jones and supporting witnesses from Missouri veterans organizations said the bill is a practical, county-option approach that recognizes veterans’ service and could help keep federal retirement and disability income in Missouri. The Department of Revenue noted the bill could reduce eligibility for the existing property tax credit and urged timely fiscal-note review. No opposition testified.
The committee also heard H.J.R. 115, sponsored by Rep. Dave Griffith, which would place a constitutional amendment before voters to exempt 100% disabled veterans from personal property tax and homestead-related taxes, with surviving-spouse protections. Griffith said the measure has been pursued for years, would affect a relatively small number of veterans, and should be treated as a common-sense benefit for service-connected disabilities. Veterans’ groups strongly supported the resolution, describing it as overdue relief for veterans on fixed incomes and urging the committee to move it forward. Several members discussed whether the policy should be in the Constitution or statute, but all testimony was in favor.
Finally, the committee heard HB 3303 from Rep. Cecily Williams, a cleanup bill to clarify that state and local sales or use taxes are exempt when the General Assembly purchases goods or lodging for official business and is reimbursed with public funds. Williams said the current statute lists outdated tax categories and leaves some local taxes on reimbursable expenses, causing the state to pay unnecessary taxes. Members generally supported the concept, and the Department of Revenue testified only on the need for timely fiscal-note requests and said the fiscal impact appeared minimal. No one testified in opposition to any of the three bills, and the committee concluded its hearing without taking final action or votes in the transcript provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/13/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House File Number 475.
- House<00:01:08.479><c> File</c><00:01:08.720><c> number</c> House File number House File number 475.<
- House File Number 475. Discussion to the bill.
- House file number 475. Third reading. House file number 475.
- I move that House File 2437 be laid on the table.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary committee approves restorative justice confidentiality bill, HF104 3/18/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Feist: House File 104.
- Um, I am pleased to bring House File 104 to this committee.
- I'm here to share my strong support of House File 104.
- I'm here to share my strong support of House File 104.
- Today, I'm asking for your support of House File 104.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/03/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We will then move on to Senate File 1213, House File 2117. Senator Miller, Rep.
- move on to Senate File 1213, House File<00:02:03.840><c> 2117.
- </c> File 2117. Senator Miller, Rep. File 2117. Senator Miller, Rep.
- </c> 3588, House File 356? 3588, House File 356?
- > 3828,</c><01:45:42.000><c> House</c><01:45:42.239><c> File</c> With that, Senate File 3828, House File
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, if you look at page two, you'll see Senate File 3733.
- </c> you'll see Senate file number 3733. you'll see Senate file number 3733.
- If you go to page number four, you'll see Senate File 3755, and that bill is referred to the Committee
- Senator Kunesh moves that the name of Senator Housley be added as co-author to Senate File 3593, and
- Senator Kunesh moves that the name of Senator Housley be added as co-author to Senate File 3594.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The report will be filed in the office of the Secretary. Mr. President. Senator D. Hartog.
- create and file certain types of court documents.
- create and file certain types of tort documents.
- The communication will be filed in the Office of the Secretary.
- The communication will be filed in the Office of the Secretary. Mr.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Rules (10/21/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I did, uh, I had a request from the Democratic office that we made the times consistent for filing
- make the times that we made the make the times consistent<00:03:48.400><c> for</c><00:03:48.720><c> filing
- Next on the agenda is a request for late filing and drafting, and that's Representative Opel. >> Thank
- </c> have the late drafting and filing have the late drafting and filing without<00:08:06.319><c> getting
- Give them the week to file with the Office of Legislative.
Summary:
The House Rules Committee met briefly to approve the prior meeting minutes, which were accepted on a voice vote. The committee then adopted an amendment to House Rule 66 setting second-year session deadlines, including a change requested by the Democratic office to make the last day to sign off 4:00 p.m. rather than noon. That amendment passed by roll call, 8-0, with Representative Sweeney absent.
The committee next heard a request from Representative Thomas Opel for a waiver of House Rule 36E to allow late drafting and filing of a bill tied to education funding in response to the recent Conval decision. Opel said he initially sought the waiver for two bills but narrowed it to HB 503, arguing it was needed to help the General Court address constitutional education funding obligations and property tax relief. Committee members discussed the request only in procedural terms and expressed concern about setting a precedent for departing from drafting rules; no member moved to grant the waiver, so no action was taken.
Finally, the committee considered its customary late-drafting authorization for majority reports from statutory or study committees. After the clerk suggested extending the filing deadline to Friday, November 7 because the reporting deadline falls on Saturday, November 1, the committee adopted the motion by roll call, 10-0, with Representative Sweeney absent. The committee then adjourned unanimously.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Board May 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, digitizing case files. We talked about this a little bit. Do we talk about the ethics bill?
- Okay, let's talk about case files. Oh, no, Jeannie has her hand up. Okay.
- Let's talk about his files. Oh, no, Jeannie has her hand. Oh, Jeannie.
- One is, what do we do with all the files that are in archives right now?
- We have a motion to proceed with the digitizing of the archived files.
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes as corrected and noted there were no employment disclosure forms. It then discussed a draft advisory opinion on legislative stickers, pens, business cards, and similar items. Members agreed the opinion should identify historically provided items as presumptively within normal legislative conduct, but add clearer language that such items still cannot be used in a campaign-related way or otherwise conflict with ethics rules on use of public resources. Staff said Legislative Support Services and administration would be the main points of review for questionable requests, and the draft would be revised for board review.
The committee also reviewed a second advisory opinion request about legislative and caucus staff interacting with caucus social media posts. The discussion focused on whether staff may like or engage with posts about legislation or policy positions. Members generally agreed that liking or otherwise engaging with caucus posts could be viewed as support and could create ethics problems, especially because social media content remains online and could later be tied to legislation. The draft was to be revised to draw clearer lines for compliance.
Members then discussed a long-running project to review and either retain or retire older advisory opinions, and agreed to continue and complete that review process. They also discussed the recently passed ethics bill and supported issuing an ethics alert summarizing major changes, including concerns about a House amendment affecting social media and website references during the election year activity period. Finally, the committee approved spending about $19,171 to digitize archived case files into searchable format, with members expressing support for moving away from paper records. After public business ended, the committee adjourned the public session and planned to reconvene in executive session.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Media Availability 2/4/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Supreme Court hearing the oral arguments for the case that we have filed against the Secretary of
- process that ends up taking on a life of its own once 25 members of any constituent in any district file
- </c><00:03:00.920><c> about</c> the secretary of state's filings about the secretary of state's filings
- </c><00:04:30.800><c> a</c> constituent in any District file a constituent in any District file a petition
- In the secretary's response for the Supreme Court filing, he stated that you were told by nonpartisan
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Rules Committee Meeting - 2025-05-14
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 3025, Representative Pete Johnson.
- Is House File 3321. If Representative Liebling wants to come forward, that's the corrections bill.
- Would you like to move House File 3321 to be recommended to pass and placed on the general register?
- I'd like to move House File 3321. Thank you.
- The motion prevails and House File 3321 is on its way. That concludes our agenda for today.
Bills:
HF3321
Committee:
House Rules and Legislative Administration
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> 30 um million doll in fraudulent filed 30 um million doll in fraudulent filed tax<00:46:03.240><
- </c> second oldest daughter had somebody file second oldest daughter had somebody file her<00:47:00.040
- </c> Department of Revenue just people filing Department of Revenue just people filing electronically
- </c> question of do we provide a direct file question of do we provide a direct file method<01:09:27.880
- </c> that's the current state of uh filing that's the current state of uh filing directly<01:09:34.759
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 54 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Resolutions filed by Ms.
- Resolutions filed by Mr.
- Resolutions filed by Ms.
- And resolutions filed by Mr. Roya Franklin, congratulating Lisa M.
- The Committee on Rules reports, recommending the resolutions filed by Ms.
Summary:
The House first took up several Committee on Rules reports and adopted a series of congratulatory and commemorative resolutions, including recognitions for Eagle Scouts, a 2025 Commonwealth Heroine, a 100th birthday, a retirement, and a resolution designating August 9 and 10 as the 2025 sales tax holiday. The House also concurred with a Senate paper referring a petition on assault and battery by means of bodily substance upon a transit worker to the Judiciary Committee, and it suspended Joint Rule 12 on a petition concerning access and continuity of care to specialists and hospital services, sending it to the Committee on Public Health.
The chamber recognized visiting fifth-grade students from the Neary School in Southborough. It then proceeded to third-reading matters and passed two House bills to be engrossed: House No. 4104, establishing a sick leave bank for Daniel Yender of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and House No. 4161, establishing a sick leave bank for Mark Cratton of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
Finally, the House adopted an order to meet again Monday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned to that time in informal session.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 1 May 1st, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Second reading of House Files. Second reading. Second reading of Senate bills.
- Second reading Senate File Number 908. Senate File Number 2077.
- The following House Files have been offered for introduction today.
- Introduction of first reading of House Files 3279 through 3280.
- First reading House Files 3279-3288. Motions and resolutions.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The secretary will read the Senate file number. Senate File Number 2483.
- Senate file number 2483. number. Senate file number 2483.
- </c> Senate File 1832. Senator Champion. Senate File 1832. Senator Champion.
- Further discussion on Senate File 1832. Further discussion on Senate File 1832.
- </c> Senate file 1832 its third reading. Senate file 1832 its third reading.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Apr 30th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- in 2014 as two separate filings, was later consolidated also later in 2014.
- The Martinez plaintiffs filed on February 19th, and the Yazi plaintiffs filed on February 23rd, arguing
- filed a joint motion, meaning both the Martinez and Yazi plaintiffs filed this together for further
- Who were the People who filed the lawsuit. Thank you, Martina Senozzi.
- I mean, I just want to say it's fairly easy to file a lawsuit. I'm just going to say that.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Health Committee Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We will begin with the first author that we have in file item.
- We'll start at the top of the file order if that works for you.
- Top of file order, file item one, AB 4. Top of file order, file item one, AB 4.
- order if that works for you top of file order file item one AB4 We'll start at the top of the file order
- Top of file order, file item one, AB4, Arambula.
Summary:
The Assembly Health Committee heard a long series of health-related bills, with most measures focused on access to care, administrative simplification, and behavioral health. Early items included AB 583, allowing nurse practitioners to sign death certificates; AB 492, requiring DHCS to notify local governments when new alcohol or drug recovery facilities are licensed; and AB 280, which would tighten provider directory accuracy requirements, add enforcement benchmarks, and allow use of a centralized database. Testimony on AB 280 highlighted the harms of “ghost networks,” while insurers and some provider groups opposed the bill as written, arguing it placed too much responsibility on plans and did not fully address provider-side data problems. AB 280 passed on a roll call vote, and several other bills were placed on consent and approved.
The committee also advanced AB 636, expanding Medi-Cal coverage for medically necessary diapers for children up to age 21 and lowering the age threshold for access; AB 1041, streamlining physician credentialing with a uniform form and 90-day review deadline; and AB 787, requiring health plans to help enrollees find in-network providers quickly when directories fail. Supporters of these bills emphasized family financial strain, delays in care, and the burden of administrative red tape, while opponents of AB 1041 and AB 280 raised concerns about provider participation, accuracy, and liability. All three measures were approved and sent to Appropriations.
The committee then took up AB 4 and AB 29. AB 4 would allow income-eligible Californians to buy Covered California coverage regardless of immigration status, and AB 29 would authorize Medi-Cal reimbursement for community health workers and doulas conducting ACE screenings. Both bills drew strong support from immigrant-rights, health access, and community-based organizations, and both passed on roll call votes, with AB 4 receiving some no votes. The committee also approved AB 416, which would allow emergency physicians to place 5150 holds in certain circumstances; supporters said it would reduce delays and overcrowding in emergency departments, while Disability Rights California and others warned it could increase unnecessary involuntary hospitalization and transfers to locked facilities. Despite those concerns, the bill passed and was sent onward for further consideration.