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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Apr 27th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Apr 21st, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Two members having voted in the affirmative, zero members having voted in the negative.
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and announced changes to the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading, with Senator Tarr resigning and Senator Durant appointed, then later the appointments were reversed. The chamber then took up several local bills on third reading and passed them to be engrossed, including H.4225 authorizing Marblehead to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption and H.4584 regulating the appointment of special police officers in Malden.
The Senate also considered and adopted multiple orders extending committee reporting deadlines. It approved an extension for the Committee on Financial Services until May 4, 2026, covering seven bills, and then amended and adopted an order for the Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs to extend its deadline from April 30, 2026 to June 30, 2026, also covering seven bills. A similar order for the Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery was amended from April 30, 2026 to June 30, 2026 and adopted after some procedural objection.
On final passage, the Senate adopted an emergency preamble for H.4259, designating the Widen Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell Tennis Courts, by standing vote, and then passed H.4602 increasing the membership of the select board in Munson and H.4259 to be enacted. The bills were ordered signed by the President and laid before the Governor. The Senate then adopted an order to adjourn until Thursday at 11:00 a.m. and adjourned.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- With your vote of nine yes, zero no, and three present, the motion has passed for House Bill 295.
Summary:
The Committee on Pensions met with a quorum and considered several retirement-related bills. Members first discussed House Bill 2095, which concerns cost-of-living increases on certain retirement allowances. Several representatives raised concerns about the fiscal impact and potential conflicts of interest because family members receive the pension benefits; some said they would vote present for that reason. The committee then moved to a substitute for the bill, and the sponsor explained that the substitute clarified the increase would be a one-time, non-cumulative COLA “13th check” triggered only when investment returns exceed the target by more than 2%, and that it would not permanently raise benefits. The substitute was adopted, and the House Committee Substitute for House Bill 295 was passed out on a 9-0 vote with three present.
The committee then skipped House Bill 2144 and took up House Bill 2205, another pension-related measure described as similar to an earlier bill but with an unlimited deduction rather than capped provisions. Supporters framed it as a fairness issue, while opponents cited the fiscal note and state budget constraints. After brief discussion comparing it to related bills and noting the fiscal impact, the committee voted the bill out 7-3 with two present.
Throughout the meeting, members also discussed whether voting on pension bills created conflicts of interest when legislators or their spouses are beneficiaries. Some members chose to vote present on that basis, while others said they would vote according to conscience because the measures would not affect them immediately or directly.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We did a zero-based regulation implemented on the rules. Restrictive words were removed.
Summary:
The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee met with a quorum and introduced four Senate Resource bills sponsored by Senator Taves focused on housing and land use. RS 3307-5C1 would open the possibility of removing regulations that restrict accessory dwelling units. RS 33077C1 would allow religious institutions or churches more flexibility to develop housing for parishioners and the broader community. RS 33078C1 would reduce red tape for first-time homebuyers by allowing smaller lots and setbacks for starter homes. RS 33083C1 would allow twin homes and duplexes on residential lots where single-family homes are already permitted, with Senator Burnt briefly asking whether such development would still have to comply with neighborhood, builder, or HOA standards; Senator Taves said the bill did not specifically address that and would require further research.
The committee approved motions to introduce the first three RSs and then the fourth, with seconding and voice votes in favor and no opposition recorded. After that, Vice Chair Adams took over for administrative rules review.
The committee then heard presentation of administrative rule docket 35-0106-2501 from Philip Johnson of the Idaho State Tax Commission, covering hotel, motel, and campground sales tax rules. Johnson said the rules were streamlined through zero-based regulation, with restrictive language removed, code restated in rule deleted, and additional code sections added; he said about 37% of the words were removed, totaling 1,030 words. Senator Taves moved to approve the docket, Senator Taylor seconded, and the committee approved it by voice vote. The chair then noted the committee was finished for the year on rules and adjourned, mentioning that bill introductions would soon be limited to privilege committees.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We did a zero-based regulation implemented on the rules. Restrictive words were removed.
Committee:
Senate Local Government and Taxation
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Committees' Committee Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:52 pm
Senate Committees' Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- understanding of what the bill Does is any loans that were given to a governmental entity There were zero
Committee:
Senate Senate Committees' Committee
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- previously as an administrative assistant, and walked several of those health professions boards through zero-based
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There being zero nays, House Bill 3395 will be reported favorably to the full Senate.
Committee:
Senate Jurisprudence
Keywords:
HB 1193, informal marriage, common-law marriage, declaration of informal marriage, confidentiality, privacy, county clerk, vital statistics unit, Family Code, Health and Safety Code, marriage records, public records, personally identifying information, PII, legal representative, Texas marriage law, child enrollment, parent rights, managing conservator, education
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 27th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- There being nine ayes and zero nays, the committee substitute for Senate Bill 268 is favorably reported
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (3-14-25) - Upon Recess
Transcript Highlights:
- urch yes representative Williams I chair Petri<00:03:48.920><c> yeah</c> We have 16 yes votes and zero
Keywords:
Meeting start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:10
HB 13 Discussion 00:01:05
HB 13 Vote 00:03:05, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met in special session and took up House Bill 13, a brief measure related to flood relief and tax filing issues. Representative Bojanowski explained that the bill would align Kentucky’s Department of Revenue with the federal deadline for 2024 income tax returns, allowing affected taxpayers and businesses in the FEMA-declared disaster area to extend filing and payment deadlines without penalties, with emergency provisions waiving certain impositions and penalties.
The committee adopted PHS 1 to House Bill 13, then voted on the bill as amended. After no further questions, the roll call resulted in 16 yes votes and 0 no votes, and the bill passed favorably. The committee also considered and adopted a title amendment by motion and second.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (03/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Sixteen to zero. first chairman pearon yes representative first chairman pearon yes representative D
- and representative Malone yes<01:39:29.199><c> 16</c><01:39:30.159><c> to</c> yes 16 to yes 16 to zero
- <01:39:33.840><c> you</c><01:39:34.840><c> uh</c><01:39:35.360><c> I</c><01:39:35.520><c> move</c> zero
- chair calls on the yes 16 to zero chair calls on the ranking<01:49:57.520><c> member</c><01:49:57.840
- </c><04:00:44.560><c> 14</c><04:00:45.000><c> to</c> 160 14 to zero 14 to 160 14 to zero 14 to zero<04
Summary:
The Children and Family Law Committee opened its March 4 meeting with procedural announcements, including a deadline for any Minority Report, notice that the committee would not meet the following Tuesday because of town meeting day, and a preview of its March 18 agenda. The chair said that meeting would include hearings and executive sessions on HB 518, requiring DHHS to provide a detailed annual report of DCF costs, and HB 775, directing DHHS to seek proposals for supervised visitation centers; HB 553 was also slated for executive session. The committee also heard an update on Representative Grossman’s son, who remained in the PICU at Mass General.
The main hearing was on HB 493, which would require child abuse and neglect education for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants as a condition of licensure. Representative Alicia Gregg presented the bill and an amendment reducing the required training from two hours to one hour, saying the goal was to improve recognition of abuse and prevent both missed cases and false accusations. Cassandra Sanchez, the state Child Advocate, strongly supported the bill, describing a 2020 review of nine cases of non-ambulatory infants with serious injuries and later system mapping that identified gaps in medical recognition; she said the training should be part of existing continuing education hours and that voluntary uptake had been limited. Dr. Michael Matos of Wolfeboro Pediatrics also testified in support.
Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association opposed legislating the requirement, saying hospitals already train staff and that the legislature should not single out one topic for statutory mandate when other reporting obligations are handled differently. In questioning, committee members asked whether the hour would be part of existing continuing education, whether hospitals already provide similar training, and whether the bill should be placed in the continuing medical education statute instead of child protection law. Bradley said hospital members already provide annual training and collaborate with proponents, but did not support putting the requirement in statute. Sanchez said the bill was intended to use one of the hours already required for training, though members noted that the bill text did not clearly say so. The committee also heard broader testimony about the Family Division of Circuit Court, including a proposal to create a subcommittee to study more difficult issues such as pre-trial counseling, evidentiary practices, and domestic violence-related cases, with the Speaker appointing members to that subcommittee.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Committee Budget Briefing (04/08/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- out it and budget had basically zeroed out it and so<02:57:58.319><c> we</c><02:57:58.640><c> were</
- Um, the first line item, and this has had some interest, uh, we zeroed out the family planning money.
- We zeroed it out.
- We zeroed it out.
- We zeroed it out. checks and recovery. We zeroed it out.
Summary:
The meeting was a House budget briefing focused on the overall state budget and the first of three divisions. The presenter reviewed the size and structure of the budget, noting that the state had eliminated the interest and dividends tax and still balanced the budget. He explained the major spending categories in the general fund and total budget, emphasizing that health and human services and education remain the largest areas, while transportation is largely self-funded. He also walked through the revenue picture, including business taxes, insurance taxes, court fees, communications taxes, and Medicaid recoveries, and said the remaining interest and dividends tax revenue reflected late payments from prior assessments.
Members asked about the size of the tax cut from eliminating the interest and dividends tax, federal funding stability, and why Medicaid was being reduced if federal support was expected to remain steady. The response was that the lost revenue would have been about $200 million absent repeal, and that the budget gap was addressed through many small cuts across departments. On federal funds, the presenter said most aid is tied to multi-year grants and that core programs such as Medicare and Medicaid were expected to remain relatively stable, though some federal reductions could occur. He also said some agency reductions came from eliminating long-vacant, funded positions and from expected lapses.
The discussion then moved into Division One, which covers smaller and miscellaneous agencies. The division made cuts to the governor’s office, eliminated a temporary position at the Governor’s Commission on Disability, reduced Department of Information Technology spending through a back-of-budget cut, and found savings in Administrative Services. It also delayed maintenance at the Sununu Youth Services Center, stopped advertising for paid family medical leave, changed retiree health insurance funding, and consolidated several personnel-related boards into one. The division eliminated the Commission on Aging and the Office of the Child Advocate, made a temporary special education advocate position permanent, reduced the Secretary of State’s budget, kept municipal rooms-and-meals distributions flat, and made changes to the retirement system, including $55 million to improve Group 2 retirement benefits and a new retirement structure for future state hires. The judicial branch was also asked to find savings and received two additional judges because of expected caseload increases from other eliminations.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I think at this point it's about... actually, it's probably zero right now.
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- So it isn't a zero-sum game. We're investing in students to bring them in.
- More to zero, the pages, so matters are resolved. Yeah, so that's...
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (02/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Nays</c><01:10:16.440><c> any</c><01:10:16.640><c> problems</c><01:10:16.960><c> with</c> yes 18 y zero
- texture is or the taste—but it's whole flour, which means that the whole grain component goes from zero
- ><03:36:06.319><c> to</c><03:36:06.600><c> just</c><03:36:06.800><c> under</c> component goes from zero
- to just under component goes from zero to just under 18<03:36:07.680><c> gram</c><03:36:08.680><c> the
- from 70 down lower so that from zero from 70 down lower so that<05:17:31.520><c> the</c><05:17:31.718
Summary:
The committee first discussed HB 443, which would change terms and vacancy language for members of a higher education commission. Members raised concerns that the bill was too narrow to address broader issues with commission membership, including expired appointments, attendance expectations, and whether the Department of Education could replace the commission’s role. Several members suggested the bill was not ready for action and favored holding it for further work, possibly through a subcommittee or work session. One member suggested that if attendance standards were added, no more than two unexcused absences should trigger removal, given the commission’s meeting schedule. The chair said he would defer action and form a small subcommittee to report back before the committee deadline.
The committee then moved to HB 484, dealing with repurposing Career and Technical Education classroom space after 20 years of exclusive use. The chair explained that the bill was aimed at the Milford CTE project, where shared use of space could allow a school to repurpose part of a CTE facility while still using it for CTE-related instruction. Members discussed other possible situations around the state, including Claremont, North Conway, and Jaffrey/Rindge, and whether the bill should be limited to Milford or broadened to allow local districts more flexibility. Some members favored passing the bill now to help CTE projects move forward, while others argued for an amendment removing the requirement that the space be vacated specifically to expand the CTE program occupying it.
Testimony and discussion emphasized that the Milford project had state approval but reduced funding, requiring a smaller scope and repurposing of existing space. Supporters said the bill could help preserve CTE programs while also benefiting general education space needs, and that local districts should have flexibility after 20 years. Opponents or cautious members noted that the language might not fit every district situation and asked for feedback from Director Beard and Steve Rothenberg before final action. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion provided, and instead discussed waiting for an amendment and additional input before acting.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (02/10/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- And on the remote sign-in, there were zero in support and 72 opposed. Thank you.
- </c><01:16:12.560><c> in</c><01:16:12.760><c> support</c> remote sign in there's zero in support remote
- And on the blue sheet today, uh, three in support and zero opposed.
- it's just a three-member multi-member district that reduces a population deviation even further to zero
- it's just a three-member multi-member district that reduces a population deviation even further to zero
Committee:
House Municipal and County Government
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/21/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- /c><03:07:19.960><c> to</c><03:07:20.120><c> the</c> Uh, the additional cost to the co-op would be zero
- So even if the United States completely went to zero, would this have a small effect compared to 85%
- went to zero United States went<04:11:14.159><c> to</c><04:11:14.319><c> completely</c><04:11:14.840
- ><c> zero</c><04:11:15.840><c> would</c><04:11:16.040><c> this</c><04:11:16.239><c> have</c> went to
- completely zero would this have went to completely zero would this have a<04:11:16.680><c> small</c><
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Tue Jan 14, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:51:58.400><c> year</c><01:51:58.639><c> start</c><01:51:58.920><c> at</c><01:51:59.159><c> zero
- </c> programs are every year start at zero programs are every year start at zero and<01:51:59.599><c>
- as a base to build upon, so that, you know, from a kind standpoint, we're not starting from ground zero
- as a base to build upon, so that, you know, from a kind standpoint, we're not starting from ground zero
- I believe we have consensus at the board level that we're not going to start from ground zero.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Zero transparency, zero respect for this institution or the members here.
- Zero transparency, zero respect for this institution or the members here.
- Zero transparency, zero respect for it.
- Zero transparency, zero respect for this<02:33:45.200><c> institution</c><02:33:45.920><c> or</c><02:
- </c> members and the American public zero members and the American public zero time,<03:09:48.640><c>
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Commerce and Economic Development Oversight REVISED: SB1101 and SB1966 - Added Apr 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Commerce & Economic Development Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Declare the vote with nine aye, zero nay. We would declare your... Bill out of committees.
Keywords:
SB80, legislation, state law, public safety, community impact, local governance, dental coverage, insurance reporting, healthcare access, dental loss ratio, community benefits, Oklahoma law, Athletic Trainer, Compact, interstate practice, licensure, public health, workforce development, military spouses, telehealth
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