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MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Jan 20th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, how you get there, we have found that you have to fail forward quite often.
- Thomas Edison was famously said to have been asked how it felt to have failed a thousand times at making
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, failing to do so has resulted in litigation in other states for failing to be in compliance.
- I urge you to pass HB 3153 today and correct this error.
- You're passing legislation.
- So please do not pass this bill, do not pass other bills like this, and stop suggesting that we discuss
- We used it to pass a bill last session.
Bills:
HB 2646 , HB 3941 , HB 5153 , HB 5155 , HB 5394 , HB 1106 , HB 426 , HB 4529 , HB 3984 , HB 4273 , HB 1097 , HB 3940 , HB 1941 , HB 4377 , HB 3153
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
child care, task force, high-quality care, affordability, prekindergarten partnerships, foster care, transitional living, Medicaid reform, youth assistance, independent living, services for youth, employment training, educational support, mental health services, health care, public health, child health program, reimbursement, local health entities, maternal health
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- HP 522 is passed. 13 yay, zero nays. HP 522 is passed. 13 yay, zero nays. HP 522 is passed.
- SB221 passes. voted? 21 yays, no nays. SB221 passes. voted? 21 yays, no nays. SB221 passes.
- This bill, they want this bill passed. They want this bill passed with passed.
- They want this bill passed with passed.
- or fails, it's not amendment passes or fails, it's not amendment passes or fails, it's not saying that
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 11, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- It was passed by our local delegation unanimously.
- Again, this is if the merger passes by a referendum.
- Again, this is if the merger passes by a referendum.
- We pass these stewardship districts.
- Showing no objections, I will show that the amendment has passed.
Summary:
The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee heard a full agenda of local and policy bills, with most measures receiving favorable reports. Early in the meeting, the committee approved HB 4019, capping Lake County inmate health care and emergency transport reimbursements at percentages tied to Medicare; HB 97, allowing small counties to opt back into transportation concurrency; HB 267, expanding SHIP/local housing assistance eligibility to mobile home owners paying lot rent; HB 351, creating a framework for concurrent state jurisdiction over certain matters involving military installations, with an amendment changing the bill to say the state “may accept” jurisdiction; HB 4013, revising and merging fire district boundaries in Lee County; HB 481, increasing public nuisance fines and strengthening nuisance abatement and foreclosure procedures; HB 4025, conveying state land to the Village of Tequesta for continued park use; and HB 4017, repealing an obsolete Nassau County recreation and water control district, as amended.
The most extensive discussion centered on HB 299, the “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill, which would create a voluntary framework for very large developments that dedicate 60% of land to conservation while allowing compact, walkable development and affordable housing on the remainder. The sponsor argued it would balance growth, conservation, and housing affordability without new bureaucracy, while opponents from Audubon Florida, county groups, and local governments warned the bill could weaken local planning, lack enforceable conservation safeguards, and allow nonconservation uses within reserved areas. Supporters said it could preserve large tracts of land at no taxpayer cost and improve long-range planning. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying reserve areas, allowing use of the state’s Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, requiring easements be provided without charge, and aligning affordability definitions with existing programs. The bill then passed favorably as amended, with some members voting no.
The committee also approved HB 4023, a local bill adjusting the boundaries of the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District in Collier County, with no change to the district’s powers and duties. Several bills drew supportive testimony from local officials, industry groups, or affected residents, and some had amendments adopted without objection. At the end of the meeting, the chair noted it was the last interim committee week meeting, thanked members and staff, and encouraged continued stakeholder engagement ahead of session.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Charlie passed Tennessian, Charlie Jr.
- </c> considered yesterday, HR 1069 if passed considered yesterday, HR 1069 if passed with<00:42:45.200
- </c><02:19:22.639><c> the</c> health insurance, and to passing the health insurance, and to passing the
- </c> in other states because we are failing in other states because we are failing our<02:41:46.960><
- </c> which means that those costs are passed which means that those costs are passed on<02:45:20.880>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 4/15/26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Fail to comply with these guidelines may result in removal from the hearing.
- Fail to comply leave the hearing room.
- So, I'm here today to ask you to please consider passing this bill for all of humanity.
- So, I'm here today to ask you to please consider passing this bill for all of humanity.
- Oregon when they passed their the past.
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Keywords:
veterans, veterans affairs, mental health, behavioral health, rural health, rural areas, access to care, task force, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, general fund appropriation, veteran suicide prevention, PTSD, service members, military families, telehealth, rural psychiatry, high school diploma, armed forces, education policy, military service
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 16, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:23:46.720><c> So</c><00:23:46.960><c> you</c><00:23:47.200><c> can</c> ultimately passed away
- So you can ultimately passed away.
- Again, failing. And now what we have in our federal government is FEMA.
- And Trump and our federal government failed after Katrina.
- Sadly, in 2021, Rick passed away, with his wife Nancy by his side.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Rules Apr 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- BUT THIS IS FOR A REASONABLE PERSON OUT THERE WHO WILL TAKE AWAY AND GLEANED FROM THIS BILL THAT PASSES
- THE OBJECTIVES ALLOW THE DEALER TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION THEY CAN THEN BE PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMER THIS
- THE BILL CLARIFIES THE MANUFACTURER CANNOT TERMINATE OR FAIL TO RENEW A PERMIT UNLESS THE DEALER HAS
- IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, DID YOU DISCUSS POSSIBLY HOW MUCH OF THIS WOULD BE PASSED ON TO US AS CONSUMERS
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT ONCE SAID WE MUST PASS ON OUR NATURAL RESOURCES IMPROVED NOT IMPAIRED.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Taxes Committee hearing on bill to establish new fifth-tier state income tax rate 4/3/25
Transcript Highlights:
- we we have a situation um with our federal government where we've seen a House budget resolution passed
- But what we actually see when you look at the budget resolution that was passed by the U.S.
- </c> the budget deal is ultimately passed the budget deal is ultimately passed will<00:03:53.519><c>
- </c> will will ha p um is ultimately passed will will ha p um is ultimately passed by<00:03:56.080><c
- This is not just a by passing this bill.
Summary:
The committee heard House File 2591, the “Support Medicaid Not Millionaires Act,” laid over for possible inclusion in the 2025 taxes bill. Chair Gomez said the bill would create a fifth individual income tax tier on very high earners to offset any future federal Medicaid cuts, arguing that proposed federal budget changes would likely reduce Medicaid funding and create a large state budget hole. Gomez and other supporters framed Medicaid as essential for children, long-term care, mental health, substance use treatment, rural hospitals, and families across Minnesota, and criticized federal tax cuts for corporations and wealthy individuals.
Several testifiers supported the bill. A SEIU Healthcare worker described how Medicaid supports her care for a disabled son and her own health needs, warning that cuts would threaten home care, hospitals, and nursing homes. A public health employee from the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees said recent state and federal layoffs had already weakened public health capacity and urged additional revenue to backfill losses. Other supporters, including community and faith leaders, said the wealthy and corporations should pay more to protect public services, youth programs, and Medicaid-funded care. A mental health provider testified that most of the people served by her clinic rely on Medicaid and that cuts would harm clinics, rural access, and the broader behavioral health system.
Representative Anderson questioned whether the bill would affect Medicaid spending tied to undocumented immigrants and asked for data on MinnesotaCare and federal-state funding shares. Department of Human Services staff clarified that he was referring to MinnesotaCare, not Medicaid, and said Medicaid is generally matched by the federal government while MinnesotaCare does not have the same match. The exchange became contentious when Gomez objected to Anderson’s use of the term “illegal immigrants” and redirected the discussion back to the bill. Anderson also raised concerns about Medicaid fraud and whether the proposal would backfill any federal changes related to fraud enforcement. No vote was taken; the bill was simply laid over.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- That passes. The amendment is adopted, and we have the bill in the shape the author would like.
- The state of Minnesota in 2023 passed really a nation and almost worldwide leading SAF tax credit that
- The state of Minnesota in 2023 passed really a nation and almost worldwide leading SAF tax credit that
- If you want to pass real guardrails to reduce harms, start with no corn.
- </c><01:10:18.840><c> real</c><01:10:19.159><c> guard</c> failed if you want to pass real guard failed
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
property tax, Indian Tribe, tax exemption, Minnesota, public charity, property tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, unorganized territory, federally recognized, soil conservation, water conservation, local government aid, environmental funding, Minnesota legislation, tax credits, sustainable aviation fuel, environmental policy, corporate franchise, Minnesota taxation, tobacco
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So with that said, Madam Chair and committee members, I'd like to pass it over to the head of our animal
- infrastructure, along with manufactured home infrastructure appropriations in 2024, to update the failing
- When you just think about 202 homes that have failing electrical grid beneath them, it's a pretty profound
- :37:44.080><c> where</c><01:37:44.239><c> the</c><01:37:44.320><c> payment's</c><01:37:44.719><c> failing
- </c><01:37:45.280><c> on</c> obviously where the payment's failing on obviously where the payment's failing
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Failing to pass a statewide building performance standard would not only leave a valuable emission reduction
- It has been passed out of TUE for the last several sessions.
- If passed, this would immediately unlock enormous savings to all 351 communities. Why?
- We urge you to pass this bill with great haste before we lose the night. Thank you.
- It's actually fairly narrow, and 20 other states in the United States have passed something.
Summary:
The committee hearing focused on a broad set of energy efficiency, building decarbonization, school modernization, and lighting bills. Testimony generally came from municipal leaders, labor unions, environmental groups, and advocates who supported measures such as H. 3529/S. 2294 on building energy and decarbonization, H. 3577/S. 2286 on a zero-carbon renovation fund, H. 3476/S. 2275 on healthy and sustainable schools, H. 3565 on Mass Save zero-carbon assessments, H. 3477 on clean lighting and appliance efficiency standards, and the Dark Sky bills on outdoor lighting. Supporters argued these bills would cut emissions, lower utility bills, improve indoor air quality and school conditions, and direct resources to environmental justice, gateway, and low-income communities.
Witnesses emphasized that Massachusetts’ older building stock and school facilities need major upgrades, and that state funding and financing tools are needed to close gaps left by declining federal support. Mayors, labor leaders, and environmental advocates said the proposals would create local jobs, expand apprenticeships, and help municipalities and schools undertake retrofits, ventilation improvements, heat pump installations, and other decarbonization work. Several speakers also defended Mass Save as highly cost-effective while urging new funding sources beyond ratepayer bills for larger-scale building upgrades. One representative asked about the difference between current Mass Save audits and proposed zero-carbon assessments, and the sponsor explained the new assessments would include heat pumps, solar, storage, wiring upgrades, and rate-structure guidance.
There was also testimony on the Dark Sky bill, with astronomers and museum representatives arguing that better-shielded, downward-facing lighting would reduce energy waste, protect wildlife and human health, and preserve night skies without compromising safety. Committee members raised concerns about pedestrian safety and whether education might be enough instead of legislation; supporters responded that the bill follows established lighting standards and targets only unnecessary glare and skyward light. On the school bill, an open-shop contractor group opposed the measure, arguing its PLA and apprenticeship requirements would restrict bidding and reduce competition, while labor organizations strongly supported the workforce standards and prevailing wage provisions.
No votes were taken during the hearing. The committee heard extensive testimony and several members asked clarifying questions, but the transcript does not show any final action or disposition on the bills.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- So there are two prior attempts to organize CPCS employees that failed because CPCS and its predecessor
- So if this is enacted by the Legislature or passed by the voters, what happens next?
- What does that look like if and when this is passed? Good question. Chairman.
- Passing this ballot initiative will not bring them a union.
- Are there aspects of the proposal that might benefit from further legislative refinement if it passes
Summary:
The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on Initiative Petition 2522 / H. 5909, which would amend state labor law to treat the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) as a public employer and allow its employees to seek collective bargaining rights. The chair explained the Article 48 initiative process, noted that no opponents or members of the public had signed up to testify, and said written testimony would be accepted through March 20. The hearing focused on whether CPCS staff should be brought within the public-sector bargaining framework and how that would interact with the agency’s statutory duties.
Expert testimony began with an NCSL analyst, who gave a national overview of public employee bargaining rights and examples of public defender unions in other states and localities, including Colorado, New York City, Indianapolis, Cook County, Maryland, and Illinois. Department of Labor Relations officials then reviewed prior failed organizing efforts at CPCS and its predecessor, explaining that earlier petitions were dismissed because the agency was not considered a public employer under existing law. They said passage of the initiative would not automatically unionize employees, but would allow a union to petition for an election or written majority authorization, with normal unit-appropriateness and supervisory/confidential employee issues still to be resolved.
CPCS Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti testified that the agency supports providing information to the legislature but is not taking a position for or against unionization. He described CPCS’s statutory responsibilities, size, and current efforts to expand staffing after recent indigent-defense crises, and said any new bargaining framework would need to operate alongside the agency’s obligations to provide counsel. Proponents from SEIU Local 888 and allied labor groups argued that CPCS employees have long been denied the same collective bargaining rights as other public workers, and that a union would provide just-cause protections, a voice on staffing and working conditions, and better support for recruitment and retention. CPCS attorneys and staff testified in favor of the measure, citing heavy caseloads, rapid expansion, inadequate supervision and office support, and the need for representation in disciplinary and workplace disputes. Committee members asked about bargaining-unit composition, the role of the DLR, the effect of unionization on attorneys’ ethical duties, and the use and cost of paid signature gathering. The hearing ended with no votes taken and no opposition testimony presented.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Mar 23rd, 2026
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions
Transcript Highlights:
- It passed as a referendum 10 years ago. You want to go back.
- If this ballot initiative passes, more than just the cannabis industry will be negatively affected by
- If this bill were to pass or this ballot question were to move forward, the infrastructure required to
- So please do what you can to prevent this ballot initiative from passing... ...it back.
- So please do what you can to prevent this ballot initiative from passing and from undoing all of the
Bills:
H5005
Summary:
The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a hearing on Initiative Petition 25-10 / House Bill 5002, “An act to restore a sensible marijuana policy,” which would repeal Massachusetts’ adult-use cannabis legalization framework. The chair explained the Article 48 initiative process and noted that, if the Legislature does not enact the measure as written, additional signatures would be needed for it to qualify for the 2026 ballot. The committee heard testimony from an expert, proponents of the petition, opponents, and members of the public, and accepted written testimony through March 27 at 5 p.m.
Jessica Trow of MassBudget testified first, focusing on cannabis revenue and spending in Massachusetts. She said legalization has generated nearly $2 billion for the Commonwealth and municipalities since FY 2018, including excise tax, sales tax, local option taxes, fees, and community impact fees. She described how revenues are distributed to public health, the Cannabis Control Commission’s social equity efforts, the cannabis social equity fund, the MBTA, the School Building Authority, the general fund, and local budgets, and argued the industry has supported social equity and community investments.
Opponents of the petition argued that repeal would harm public health, consumer safety, jobs, tax revenue, and social equity programs. Wendy Wakeman, speaking for the ballot committee, said legalization has increased potency, addiction, and mental health concerns, and that the state lacks sufficient data on harms. In contrast, business owners, clinicians, and advocates including Caroline Pino, Kristen Rogers, Drudus Ledbetter, Armani White, Lucas Thayer, and Jeff Rawson said the regulated market provides tested products, jobs, tax revenue, and pathways for people harmed by prohibition, while repeal would push consumers back to the illicit market and undermine equity goals. Committee members questioned witnesses about the evidence base, the role of out-of-state funding, the petition’s impact on existing businesses, and whether narrower regulatory fixes might address concerns instead of repeal. No vote was taken; the hearing was closed after testimony ended.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Mar 10th, 2026
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I move that House Bill 2585 be voted do pass. Is there any discussion?
- I now move the House Committee substitute for House Bill 2585 be voted do pass. Any discussion?
- your vote of 10 ayes and zero noes, you have voted House Committee substitute for House Bill 2585 do pass
- And we have failed to do that for a very long time.
- And the bill hasn't even passed yet, and we're on a three-month timeline to test it.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, May 15, 2026 - PM
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- passed um creating the 2020 bill that passed um creating the definition<00:07:26.760><c> of</c><00:07
- </c> if legislation were to pass if legislation were to pass to<00:11:12.120><c> include</c><00:11:12.520
- I failed at the very beginning to say I was Alyssa Campbell, House District 56. There we go.
- </c> otherwise, if we're just going to pass otherwise, if we're just going to pass bills<02:21:01.120
- The motion passed on a voice vote. >> Chairman Brennan. >> Chairman Brennan.
Committee:
Joint Labor, Health & Social Services
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- this and it gets to if you should pass this and it gets to the<00:10:20.000><c> floor.
- Madam Chairman, for Senate File 47, increase of pathway scholarship awards, do pass.
- </c><00:22:40.880><c> Senator</c><00:22:41.280><c> Brennan,</c> do pass. Senator Brennan, do pass.
- Both of them should not pass in their current form.
- </c> "Hey, by the way, your kid's failing." "Hey, by the way, your kid's failing."
Committee:
Senate Education
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> because his his brother had had passed because his his brother had had passed away<00:52:16.040>
- </c> Derry Police Department which I can pass Derry Police Department which I can pass around<01:21:39.560
- </c><01:49:40.000><c> it</c> if those either of those ways fail it if those either of those ways fail
- </c><02:02:38.599><c> on</c> okay I thought I I move out to pass on okay I thought I I move out to pass
- I I move to pass as amended second for a I I move to pass as amended second for a second<02:49:01.840
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> um a to pass I have a motion all to pass um a to pass I have a motion all to pass or<00:48:44.720
- All those in favor of not to pass? No to pass. I, I, I, I, I. I move consent. Second.
- <00:49:41.799><c> no</c><00:49:42.040><c> to</c> pass no to pass no to pass<00:49:43.960><c> all</c><
- We'll pass it with the amendment. 376 want to pass as amended. Any further discussion? Second.
- We'll pass it with the amendment. 376 want to pass as amended. Any further discussion? Second.
Committee:
Senate Education
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services Apr 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So once you know deadlines, please pass that on to us.
- Once you know you have more refined numbers, please pass that on to us as well. Anything?
- But I am part of the group of family members who got the self-determination law passed.
- I am part of the group of family members who got the self-determination law passed back in 2013.
- And we are asking that you please support the budget, and we are in dire need for it to pass.