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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 11th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I rise to request that AB 28 be taken off the inactive file at the request of the author.
- Seeing none, members, we're moving to consideration of the daily file.
- Second reading file, Secretary, please read. Assembly Bill 23, 2789, 1597, 1817, 21, 15.
- Second reading file will be deemed read. Governor's appointments, items 37 and 38.
- Members, we are moving to Senate third reading file. Item 49, SR 112. Secretary, please read.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Jun 4th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Transcript Highlights:
- This is, without objection, filed as reviewed. You're dismissed. Thank you.
- That will be filed without objection.
- All right, without objection, that will be filed.
- Staff recommends that these be filed en masse as reviewed.
- Staff recommends that these be filed in mass as reviewed.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/09/26
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- First bill, Senate File 3800. Senator John Hopper, Senator Half, and welcome to your committee.
- That Senate File 3800 be passed and put on General Orders. Thank you. Senator...
- Senate File 3477.
- OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO TESTIFY TO THE FILE.
- With that, Senate File 3477 is laid over.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Prioritizing Public Safety – Senator Warren Limmer Apr 14th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate File 1373, which expands license suspensions for people suspected of criminal vehicular homicide
- You have another bill out, Senate File 292, which asks for additional state trooper appropriations.
- Senate file 1373, which expands well.
- Senate file 1373, which expands license<00:02:23.680><c> suspensions</c><00:02:24.319><c> for</c><00:
- 1374, which increases and Senate File 1374, which increases penalties<00:02:32.000><c> for</c><00:02
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Governmental Organization Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Governmental Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- After that, we will move through the agenda in file order.
- After that, we will move through the agenda in file order.
- Item 7, SB 1204 by Senator O’Toole; File Item 9, SB 1340 by Senator Richardson; File Item 10, SB 1235
- We will now move to file item number 3, SB 1044 by Senator Reyes.
- I'll file that he's move the bill.
Committee:
Senate Governmental Organization
Summary:
The committee began with an informational hearing on the second amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact with the Yurok Tribe. Governor’s office staff and Yurok Tribal Chairman Joseph James explained that the amendment is a narrow, technical one that extends the existing 2006 compact through December 31 to preserve the status quo while longer-term negotiations continue. Members asked about the compact process and why Bureau of Indian Affairs approval is not needed for a simple extension; staff said only substantive compact changes require federal approval. No vote was taken on the informational item.
The committee then heard AB 2156, which would designate March 31 as Farm Workers’ Day in California. Supporters, including the authors’ representatives and members of the committee, described the bill as a way to honor farmworkers and the broader farmworker movement, especially in light of recent allegations involving the holiday’s prior namesake. The bill was moved on a due pass motion to the floor. The committee also approved several consent calendar items and later advanced SB 1044, which raises the small business procurement cap from $250,000 to $350,000 and indexes it to inflation; supporters from the Hispanic and Asian Pacific chambers of commerce and veteran business groups said the change would expand access to state contracts for small, micro, and disabled veteran-owned businesses. That bill was sent to Appropriations.
Senator Cabaldon presented SB 1114, which would restrict state agencies from sharing LGBTQ-related SOGI and intersex data with federal agencies except where legally required. Equality California and other supporters said the bill would protect trust and prevent misuse of sensitive data, while no opposition testified. The committee passed the bill to Privacy. Cabaldon also presented SB 1248 on automated decision systems in state government, arguing it would create baseline guardrails, require human review for adverse decisions, and improve service delivery. Labor groups opposed it, saying the bill authorizes use before establishing enforceable standards and that workers were not adequately included in stakeholder discussions. After extensive debate about AI, collective bargaining, and implementation, the committee voted to send the bill to Privacy. The committee also advanced SB 1273, which would allow short-form social media videos to promote instructional events at wineries, and SB 917, which would loosen farmers’ market rules so more small wineries can sell wine there; both were supported by wine industry representatives and sent forward on due pass motions. The transcript then began SB 1240, which would create an Office of Nonprofit Empowerment to help nonprofits navigate state procurement, grants, and payment systems, with strong support from nonprofit organizations.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Judiciary Feb 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill does so by providing a complainant who chooses to file a civil action must file no later than
- We will now take up late-filed amendment barcode 195-182 by Senator Gates.
- As it has been filed.
- And we want to thank the senator for first filing the bill as filed. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Mr.
- And we want to thank the senator for first filing the bill as filed. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Mr.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee heard a long agenda of bills, beginning with several probate, civil rights, and claims measures. Senators Burgess’s SB 326 on curators of estates was explained as a modernization of probate law; an amendment narrowing the bill was adopted, and the committee reported the bill favorably 10-0 after limited public testimony, including opposition from Ray Contreras. Burgess’s SB 1096, clarifying filing deadlines under the Florida Civil Rights Act, also passed unanimously 11-0. The committee then approved several claims bills, including SB 28 for Reginald Jackson against the City of Lakeland, SB 6 for a child injured after DCF’s handling of abuse allegations, SB 18 for the estate of McKenzie Navarre against the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, SB 26 for the estate of Mark Legata against FDOT, and SB 2 for the estate of Daniel Maudsley against DHSMV, with votes ranging from 10-1 to 11-0 and mostly no debate or opposition.
The committee also took up trust and family-law related bills. Leader Berman’s SB 786 created a nonjudicial process for closing uncontested trusts and discharging trustees; after a technical amendment and testimony from Ray Contreras raising notice concerns, it passed 11-0. President Gates’s SB 50 expanded veterans’ courts statewide, drew broad support from veterans’ groups and advocacy organizations, and was reported favorably 11-0. Senator Simon’s SB 538 standardized extracurricular participation rules for public, private, virtual, and homeschool students; after multiple amendments on homeschool eligibility, fees, and coach compensation, it passed 11-0 with support and opposition from education-related groups. President Gates’s SB 1004, aimed at consumer protections in the sale of dogs and cats, also passed unanimously after testimony from humane organizations.
The committee then considered broader policy bills. President Pro Tem Brodeur’s SB 1366 on claims against the government proposed raising sovereign immunity caps and adding CPI adjustments; local government, hospital, and school representatives supported the Senate’s lower-cap approach while warning against the House version, and the bill was reported favorably 11-0. Senator Jones’s SB 178 on athletics in public K-12 schools, as amended, would let head coaches provide limited personal support to student-athletes and require reporting of assistance; it passed 10-0. Senator Grohl’s SB 1178 on foreign influence and foreign countries of concern drew extensive supportive testimony from national security witnesses and was reported favorably 11-0 after a technical amendment and withdrawal of another amendment. Finally, SB 1632 on ideologies inconsistent with American principles prompted substantial debate and public testimony over domestic terrorism designations, Sharia law references, due process, and free speech concerns; the committee had not yet completed final action on that bill when the transcript ended.
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 8th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I filed a motion to reconsider the vote.
- So AM 3139 is the work of negotiations that were done between general file and select file, specifically
- So this amendment is filed online.
- party files a motion for discovery.
- party files a motion for discovery.
Bills:
LB878 , LB958 , LB958A , LB762 , LB1187 , LB966 , LB929 , LB962 , LB1209 , LB937A , LB962A , LB1050 , LB1050A , LB965 , LB1022 , LB753 , LB788 , LB913 , LB1055 , LB1195 , LB429 , LB721 , LB722 , LB727 , LB745 , LB749 , LB778 , LR293 , LR296 , LR422 , LR495 , LR496 , LR497 , LR498 , LR499 , LR500 , LR501 , LR502 , LR503 , LR504
Keywords:
paid parental leave, state employees, workplace benefits, family support, economic impact, Medicaid, Medical Assistance Act, home and community-based services waiver, HCBS waiver, waiver participant, assessment tool, clinical interviewing, service tier, retroactive coverage, doula, doula reimbursement, maternal health, prenatal care, pregnancy, birth outcomes
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Late-filed amendment barcode 673-850 by Senator Graal.
- Late filed amendment barcode 673-850 by Senator Graal.
- Should have the late filed amendment introduced.
- Without objection, show the late-file amendment introduced.
- Without objection, show the late file amendment.
Summary:
The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and others. Senators also observed a moment of silence for Pope Francis. After routine announcements, the chamber moved to the special order calendar and took up a long series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate bills before final passage.
Among the measures approved were bills creating an expedited DNA testing grant program for local law enforcement, adding aggravating factors in capital cases involving gatherings for religious, school, or government activities, requiring state health coverage for fertility preservation services for cancer patients, authorizing indemnification for commuter rail providers, prohibiting abandonment of migrant vessels in Florida waters, and creating new specialty license plates. The Senate also passed bills on Alzheimer’s awareness, relocating the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University, charter schools, sex offender registration, utility worker protections, juvenile justice, student mental health reporting, foster home licensure transfers, water access facilities, Florida Virtual School, school readiness, sexual images involving children, tampering with electronic monitoring devices, certified recovery residences, the FSU Election Law Center, the Office of Faith and Community, and bonuses for county property appraiser employees. Several other bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, officers injured in the line of duty, school social workers, and Brownfields.
Debate was especially extensive on the Office of Faith and Community bill, where an amendment to bar political activity by office staff was offered but failed 13-23 after arguments over election-related communications and the scope of existing law. The certified recovery residences bill also drew notable debate, with supporters emphasizing housing as essential to recovery and opponents raising concerns about implementation and local control. Most other bills passed with little or no opposition, though a few drew dissenting votes, including the capital aggravating factors bill, charter schools, and the Office of Faith and Community measure.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/28/26
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- We are proposing House File 3426, Jordan; House File 4151, Witty; House File 4063, Ree; House File 3709
- , Perryman; Senate File 4171, IIGO; Senate File 4760, Noatne; Senate File 2971, Olsen; Senate File 388
- Ree, House File 3709, Perryman, Senate Ree, House File 3709, Perryman, Senate file<00:01:09.119><c> 4171
- > 4760</c><00:01:12.720><c> Noatne,</c> file 4171 IIGO, Senate file 4760 Noatne, file 4171 IIGO, Senate
- Olsen, Senate file 388 Senate file 2971 Olsen, Senate file 388 Kaggel,<00:01:18.080><c> and</c><00:01
Committee:
House Rules and Legislative Administration
MN
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 3/6/25 - Part 1
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- We're proposing one bill for Monday, March 10th, 2025: House File 3.
- will designate Monday, March 10th, for the adoption of the calendar for the day and establish a pre-filing
- Members, please note that a 24-hour pre-filing period for amendments to this bill is now in place.
- Members, please note that a 24-hour pre-filing period for amendments to this bill is now in place.
- The meeting is in recess. note that a 24-hour pre-filing period note that a 24-hour pre-filing period
Committee:
House Rules and Legislative Administration
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:
- There was a bill filed in the House... There's a legislative process that can take time.
- There was a bill filed in the House 48, 49, that would grant the department authority to issue fines
- I'm not trying to micromanage, nor do I intend to file a bill to prescribe all of this, although at the
- It was a late file.
- We were the first in the country when I filed it, and we were one of the last.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Market value exclusion increase for some veterans 3/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The first bill on our agenda is House File 3727. Vice Chair Olsen, do you have testifiers?
- Would you like to move House File 3727 before the division with a recommendation that it be re-referred
- Uh House File 3727 talks about an exclusion for homestead property values for disabled veterans at 200,000
- for the tax benefit within doesn't file for the tax benefit within two<00:13:13.519><c> years</c><00
- Motion carries, and House File 3727 is referred to taxes. fighting for it in the future."
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We're talking about a digital file of the data.
- But the file format and the structure of exchange itself...
- So take the digital file and create the exchange.
- But the file format and the structure of exchange itself, bill overcomes that challenge.
- And then... ...either have to print out paper copies or generate PDF files.
Summary:
The Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee heard three bills. Senate Bill 6052 would create a statewide digital transcript data-sharing environment for K-12 and postsecondary institutions, with student or parent permission required for disclosure. Supporters from universities, OSPI, school districts, counselors, and education groups said the bill would reduce paper handling, staff time, errors, and delays in admissions and enrollment, while improving security and student access; members asked about alignment with the High School and Beyond Plan, FERPA, apprenticeships, and out-of-state transfer issues.
Senate Bill 6051 would allow local school boards to grant waivers or partial waivers of certain state laws and rules to individual schools, while excluding health and safety, civil rights, parental rights, basic education, and other protected areas. The sponsor said the bill is intended to give districts flexibility and surface recurring regulatory burdens, but OSPI, the State Board of Education, WEA, and school board groups raised concerns about broad scope, lack of definitions, possible impacts on special education and basic education compliance, and added complexity or legal costs. Some district representatives supported the idea of flexibility and relief from unfunded mandates, but suggested the bill needed more work.
Senate Bill 5907 would expand ECEAP access for military families with incomes below 60% of state median income and prioritize children with deployed or single custodial military parents. The sponsor and supporters from ESDs, school districts, Head Start/ECEAP, child advocacy groups, and veterans organizations said military families face frequent moves, deployments, child care instability, and related stress, and that the bill would provide a modest, cost-effective benefit without state fiscal impact. In executive session, the committee adopted a proposed substitute and passed SB 5860 to Ways and Means, and adopted a proposed substitute and passed SB 5574 to Rules.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Agriculture (3-5-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Otherwise, I wouldn't have been comfortable filing it myself because the last thing we want to do is
- Otherwise, I wouldn't have been comfortable filing it myself because the last thing we want to do is
- Otherwise, I wouldn't have been comfortable filing it myself because the last thing we want to do is
- Otherwise, I wouldn't have been comfortable filing it myself because the last thing we want to do is
- this bill for I believe four I filed this bill for I believe four years<00:16:56.399><c> now</c><00:
Keywords:
00:00 – Introduction
00:20 – Attendance Roll Call
01:42 – Introduction of guests
09:15 – House Bill 278
18:16 – Roll Call Vote
19:33 – House Bill 527
23:03 – Roll Call Vote, 958, all
Summary:
The House Standing Committee on Agriculture met on March 5 and began with roll call, confirming a quorum. The committee spent much of the opening portion introducing guests, including FFA groups from Barren, Christian, and Pulaski counties, a fifth-grade student shadowing a member, and other visitors connected to agriculture and public service. The chair also recognized former Senator Joey Pendleton, who spoke briefly about his background and mentorship in Frankfort.
The committee then heard House Bill 278, sponsored by Representative Josh Bray, which would allow Kentucky to use an existing USDA exemption for small poultry producers to process and sell poultry directly at farmers markets and similar venues. Testimony emphasized that the bill would not loosen food safety standards, but would instead require compliance with federal commercial food processing rules, sanitation requirements, HACCP plans, and labeling tied to the USDA exemption. Members raised questions about avian flu, traceability, refrigeration, and inspection; the sponsor and witnesses said the bill would preserve traceability by limiting sales to direct channels and that avian flu response would remain with the state veterinarian. The committee voted favorably on HB 278.
The committee also considered House Bill 527, sponsored by Representative Susan Whitten, which would authorize licensed veterinary technicians to administer rabies vaccinations to dogs, cats, and ferrets under direct veterinarian supervision on the premises. Supporters said the measure would help free veterinarians for other work while maintaining safety, and noted rising rabies concerns in Kentucky. Members asked why ferrets were included, and witnesses explained that ferrets can contract rabies like other mammals and are routinely vaccinated along with cats and dogs. The committee then took a roll call vote and passed HB 527 with favorable expression. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/23/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We will hear Senate File 927 from Senator Pappas, Senate File 4527 from Senator Pha, Senate File 4535
- 4527 and Senate File 4535.
- 4527 and Senate File 4535.
- 4527 and Senate File 4535.
- Support of Senate File 4527 and Senate File 4535, I should say.
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We filed for the... We filed for the first reading calendar and engrossed... March 26, 2026, Mr.
- We filed for the Third Reading Calendar.
- We filed for the Third Reading Calendar.
- Political subdivisions, instead of filing with them, the clerk of the subdivision, they'll file directly
- Senate Bill 1427 was filed on the second reading calendar.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
JBC-CLAIMS Apr 14th, 2026
JBC-CLAIMS REVIEW/LITIGATION REPORTS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- I see that this was initially filed in 2019. Why has this been going on for seven years?
- If this is what she's seeking, this is the statute, and she's outside the time to file.
- If this is what she's seeking, this is the statute, and she's outside the time to file.
- I do know that this claim wasn't filed until early 2025, though.
- It was filed by two relatives, I believe the grandchildren.
Summary:
The Joint Budget Committee’s Claims Review and Litigation Reports Oversight Subcommittee met to consider two proposed Department of Corrections litigation settlements and one appealed claim from the Claims Commission. The first settlement, Caroline Arnett v. Larry Norris et al., involved allegations of long-term sexual abuse by a corrections employee. Committee members asked about PREA audits, facility practices, and whether the inmate had been placed at the proper facility. The department said audits and other safeguards were underway, and the committee approved the settlement. The second settlement, Latasha Ridgel v. Arkansas Department of Corrections, also involved sexual harassment/assault allegations. Members questioned the seven-year delay in the case and whether the issue was systemic; the department cited attorney turnover, COVID delays, and legislative changes making inmate exposure a felony. The committee approved that settlement as well.
The committee then heard an appeal in Sharon Greer and Deanna Hayes v. Commissioner of State Lands, a denied and dismissed claim involving a tax-delinquent sale of family property in Crittenden County. Staff and the Commissioner of State Lands’ office said the property was certified in 2000, sold in 2009 after notice was sent, and that excess proceeds were available for a limited period before escheating to the county. The claimants argued they were not properly notified of the sale or the excess proceeds and only learned of the matter in 2025 after receiving the deed at a family funeral. Committee members discussed the notice process, statute of limitations, and the handling of excess proceeds, with several noting the issue may call for legislative review rather than relief in this case.
After debate, the committee voted to affirm the Claims Commission’s dismissal of the Greer/Hayes claim. Members also discussed broader concerns about how excess proceeds from tax sales are handled and whether the current statutory process should be revisited in future legislation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Practicing mortuary science 3/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Now we'll go to House File 84. >> House File 84.
- Um, want to thank Representative Huitt for his work on House File 84.
- </c> on House File 84. on House File 84.
- House File 84 addresses this by creating an alternate pathway within the reciprocal licensing process
- Representative Huitt renews the motion that House File 84 be laid over for possible inclusion. over.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House commerce panel approves HF2403 4/3/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Our last bill up for the day is House File 2403, and it's Representative or Co-Chair O'Driscoll's bill
- Chair O'Driscoll moves House File 2403 be placed on the general register.
- Let me say that again: House File 2403. I'm dyslexic.
- House File 2403, as amended, is placed on the general register.
- House File 2403, as amended, is placed on the general register.