Transcript Highlights:

• . >> Another hot-button issue in 2026 is guns.
• Um terrible interim in terms of guns.
• > both<00:02:50.879> here<00:02:51.040> and gun violence here both here and gun
• in Minnesota and get rid of ghost guns in Minnesota and get rid of ghost guns in<00:03:07.200>
• Unfortunately, the gun lobby Minnesota.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House DFL leader Stevenson said the tied House will require cooperation, noting the caucus has tried to model bipartisan work through co-chairs and that he has a good working relationship with Speaker Damuth. He highlighted the three new DFL special-election winners—Xp Lee, Shelley Buck, and Meg Luger-Nikolai—as bringing health, tribal leadership, nonprofit, labor, and education experience to the chamber. On policy, Stevenson said DFLers want to push back against certain federal immigration enforcement tactics, including masked officers and warrantless entries, and tied the issue to the murder of former Speaker Melissa Hortman. He also said the caucus will pursue gun restrictions such as bans on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, binary triggers, and ghost guns, while acknowledging that Republican leadership would need to allow a floor vote for any bill to advance. He added that DFLers are open to and will lead on fraud prevention, especially in programs serving vulnerable Minnesotans, and said those who steal public funds should face prison. Looking ahead to the second year of the biennium, Stevenson said he hopes for a large bonding bill focused on statewide infrastructure needs, but warned he will not support using bonding as leverage for unrelated policy concessions. He also said affordability will be a major focus, especially food, energy, housing, and health care costs, and argued Minnesota should try to counter rising premiums and hold insurers and pharmaceutical companies accountable.

Transcript Highlights:

• I have you, I have paintball guns.
• , a silver gun, a blue gun, or even a kid's toy gun.
• It looks like a gun. It's not a real gun.
• It's not a real gun. We don't want gun. It's not a real gun.
• So I don't know if you've got a real gun or a fake gun, but the circumstances are the same for me.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• from carrying guns, but they are not allowed under Minnesota law to ban visitors from carrying guns.
• a gun on campus.
• a gun on campus.
• a gun on campus.
• a gun on campus.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Section 4 prohibits the possession of machine guns under Vermont law.
• machine guns under Vermont law. machine guns under Vermont law.
• , so by making it a state of machine guns, so by making it a state crime,<00:50:28.800> section
• in the same The bill defines machine gun in the same way<00:50:37.440> it<00:50:37.560> is
• , including auto sears like Glock gun, including auto sears like Glock switches. switches. switches.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a devotional by Rabbi Toby Weisman, who spoke about Passover, the obligation to remember liberation from slavery, and the Torah’s repeated command to love the stranger. He connected that theme to immigrants and the need for community, courage, and small acts of kindness. After the devotional, the chamber took up three Senate bills for first reading and referral: S. 179 on the Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to Judiciary, S. 212 on potable water supply and wastewater system connections to Environment, and S. 227 on immigration protocols in Vermont schools to Education. The House also referred H. 558, relating to the Medicaid School-Based Services Program, to Appropriations, and H. 937, reported favorably by Ways and Means, was also sent to Appropriations under House Rule 35a. The House adopted JRS 45, a joint resolution on weekend adjournment for March 20, 2026, by voice vote. It also read and adopted several concurrent resolutions, including HCR 187 congratulating Village Garage Distillery of Bennington for a silver medal at the 2025 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, HCR 213 recognizing March 2026 as Social Work Month in Vermont, and HCR 224 congratulating Vermont athletes at the 2025 National Senior Games and designating March 18, 2026, as Vermont Senior Games Day at the State House. Members made remarks in support of the resolutions, including praise for the distillery, social workers, and senior athletes, and guests in the gallery were recognized. The House then took up H. 887, which would amend the Fair Employment Practices Act to align documentation rules for crime victims with the protections already available to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking under the safe leave law. The committee and sponsor described it as a modest but important fix to ensure survivors can access both leave and anti-discrimination protections without conflicting paperwork requirements. The House agreed to the committee amendment and ordered the bill to third reading. Next, the chamber began H. 917, an omnibus military affairs bill combining several measures: correcting the Adjutant General title, defining Gold Star family member, creating a hiring preference for military spouses in state government, and providing free parking for disabled veterans. The sponsor outlined the bill’s purpose and sections, and discussion began on the title correction and related provisions.

Transcript Highlights:

• In 2023, 4,561 Texans died from guns, and nearly 300 were youth ages... 4,561 Texans died from guns,
• about protecting the young people of the state from preventable gun tragedies.
• Look, we all believe in the Second Amendment and Texas has a lot of gun... I don't know.
• a lot more gun owners.
• And I've got to think there's enough gun owners and prospective gun owners in Texas that you're going

Bills: SB913, SB1086, SB1087, SB1143, SB1534, SB1553, SB1718, SB1754, SB2004, SB2322, SB2448

Keywords: hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax code, local government funding, Texas legislation, county taxation, economic development, hotel industry, local government, counties, taxation, tourism, workforce development, youth programs, employment, education, technical training, health physics, higher education, nuclear energy

Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee met to hear a series of bills and informational primers, with several resource witnesses from the Governor’s Office, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The chair opened by noting the death of Senator King’s son and asking members to keep the family in their prayers. Most bills were laid out and left pending subject to the call of the chair after brief author presentations and public testimony. The committee heard several local hotel occupancy tax bills: SB 1553 for Kerr County, SB 1086 for Childress County, SB 1087 for Mason County, and SB 913 for Alpine. Supporters, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association and local officials, said the measures would allow counties or the city to use hotel tax revenue for tourism-related projects and local development. The committee also heard SB 1534, which would direct a study on health physics education and workforce needs in Texas; resource witnesses from TWC and THECB testified on the bill. All of these measures were left pending. A major portion of the hearing focused on SB 1754, which would prohibit local tax abatements for renewable energy facilities selling power at wholesale, with an exception for certain battery storage tied to dispatchable generation. The bill drew strong support from witnesses who argued counties should not subsidize wind and solar projects that can harm neighboring landowners and that renewables already receive substantial federal support. Opponents from the solar and storage industry argued the bill would remove a voluntary local economic development tool, raise power prices, and discourage investment. Senators also debated landowner impacts, grid reliability, and whether the bill was the right policy tool; the bill was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2322, a committee substitute related to the Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act, which would exempt electric generation facilities from the program’s compelling-factor test so they can qualify for school tax limitation agreements. Supporters said the change would correct an unintended barrier for dispatchable generation, while Senator Johnson argued it would weaken the program’s purpose by subsidizing projects that would locate in Texas anyway. SB 1718 would add the NRA annual meeting to the major events reimbursement program; the NRA supported it, while gun violence prevention advocates opposed using state incentives for the organization. SB 2004 would add the Arlington Grand Prix to the major events program, and SB 2448 would create a rural workforce development grant program; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. The committee also heard SB 1143, a substitute bill aimed at improving transparency and coordination in programs serving opportunity youth ages 14 to 24, with witnesses supporting better reporting and workforce alignment. At the end of the meeting, Senator Johnson moved that the committee stand in recess subject to the call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• Despite the dramatic testimony we heard today, what's the likelihood of any significant gun legislation
• want to hear from Republicans is that they want to do something about the issue at hand, which is guns
• Should it just focus on gun violence? That's what these families are asking us to do.
• violence and not other only focus on gun violence and not other issues?
• violence problem in solving the gun violence problem in Minnesota.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• LET'S BE CLEAR, GUN SAFETY IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE.
• EXPENDED THE FACULTY TO INCLUDE GUN SAFES AND LOCKS AT A MINIMUM IS COMMON SENSE.
• IN FLORIDA A PERSON GUNS BY GUNFIRE EVERY THREE HOURS.
• EVERY SINGLE YEAR FLORIDA SEES 3300 OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS DIE DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE.
• GUN VIOLENCE IS A LEADING FACTOR FOR WHY CHILDREN AND TEENS DIE IN OUR COUNTRY.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Mary Duplaw, volunteer with NorCal Gun Violence Prevention and gun violence survivor.
• Mary Duplaw, volunteer for NorCal Gun Violence Prevention, gun violence survivor. Thank you.
• Mary Duplaw, volunteer for NorCal Gun Violence Prevention, gun violence survivor. Thank you.
• I'm here on behalf of Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners of California.
• But if we're taking data, right, of gun sales, where the gun that is sold and... ...right, of gun sales

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <01:19:43.199> owners legislation and is not what gun owners legislation and is not what gun
• enforcement agents to grab guns. enforcement agents to grab guns.
• <01:34:43.760> Um guns. This goes a little bit further. Um guns.
• , guns, guns, and you're going to be like, "Well, I still support my law enforcement.
• But more take your guns, folks.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Can I have all my Moms Demand and gun safety advocates stand up? There's Tony's Inman.
• If you are part of Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Moms Demand Action
• If you are part of Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Moms Demand Action
• Gun Safety, Giffords, and Everytown, are here.
• Veterans and gun owners from Arizona for Gun Safety, Giffords, and Everytown are here today and are meeting

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior journal, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Sarah Lee Davison of Tucson. Members also introduced numerous guests and advocacy groups, including Aliento students for Education Day, gun violence prevention advocates, agricultural producers, military veterans, and representatives from the Kino Border Initiative and Nucor Steel. A proclamation honoring the life of Peter Andrew “Andy” Grosetta was read, recognizing his long service to Arizona ranching and the cattle industry. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole and considered two bills. HB 2074, dealing with reporting related to partial-birth abortion, received an adopted Judiciary Committee amendment that changed the penalty to a class six felony and then was recommended do pass as amended. The bill drew sharp debate: supporters said it strengthens reporting and accountability for an already illegal procedure, while opponents argued it would criminalize health care workers and reflect punitive views toward women seeking abortion care. HB 2148, described as a transparency bill, also received an Appropriations Committee amendment and was recommended do pass as amended without significant debate. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, and HB 2074 and HB 2148 were referred to engrossing. The House also announced several committee meetings for later that day and the next morning, including Appropriations, Federalism and Military Affairs, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation, and Rural Economic Development, before adjourning until Thursday, January 29, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• Sig makes 6,000 guns a day.
• Sig makes 6,000 guns a day.
• jobs, I'm sorry, 6,000 guns a day. jobs, I'm sorry, 6,000 guns a day.
• Um, so let's just take guns out of this equation. We're not arguing guns.
• Are we setting a dangerous guns.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I also have had gun violence at my home since being a legislator here.
• gun deaths every year with a rate of 18.1 deaths per 100,000 people, a crisis that caused...
• Arizona has the 17th highest rate of gun deaths in the U.S.
• And whereas gun homicides and assaults are concentrated in cities, with more than half of all gun homicides
• And whereas gun violence prevention is more important than ever as we see gun violence continue to impact

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Twenty-two thousand per year commit suicide using guns.
• keeping guns away from those at risk of hurting themselves and others.
• Gun safety is crucial in the state of Texas due to the high rates of gun-related deaths and injuries,
• So, the number of gun deaths is higher than the number of automobile deaths. Eight percent.
• There are high gun violence rates in the state of Texas.

Bills: SB2959, HB3096, HCR29, HCR56, HCR12, HCR55, HCR74, HCR78, HCR116, HCR117, HCR6, HCR50, HCR107, HCR80, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR72, HCR75, HCR93, HCR12, HCR6

Keywords: firearm safety, awareness month, public safety, responsible ownership, storage, recreational use, profound autism, awareness day, caregiver, disabilities, support, counseling, mental health, awareness, support services, community health, necrotizing enterocolitis, premature infants, breastfeeding, health awareness

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Trumbull: If the gun—and it clearly is defined in Section 3 of the bill—if the gun is a firearm
• a Roger Helms: preference not to get shot by the gun.
• If someone in the back is legally carrying a gun in a holster and it's one particular gun, that SIG P320
• If you want to buy a gun with the safety, do it.
• free to purchase the gun.

Transcript Highlights:

• Maybe they should go to the booth to see the kids that have died due to gun violence.
• about guns, don't they?
• Well, they talk about guns. They talk about outdoor sportsmanship.
• And gun safety, so a myriad of issues, yes.
• Well, obviously, there are plenty of gun enthusiasts around the State of Texas.

Summary: The Senate first adopted a motion to move the intent calendar deadline to 4 p.m. and then took up several bills by suspending the regular order of business. Senate Bill 2031, concerning removal of high fences around breeder deer release sites, passed after an amendment shortened the testing period from five years to three, tied visible identification requirements to the date Parks and Wildlife began requiring them, and made the bill effective immediately. Senate Bill 1490, a cleanup to adult charter high school funding, and Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2227, creating a process for delayed birth certificates and renamed the Charles E. Barton Act, both passed unanimously after floor amendments. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1964, regulating artificial intelligence systems used by state agencies, also passed unanimously after the author described guardrails for high-risk AI and disclosure requirements. The Senate then considered Senate Bill 2877, which increases penalties for election fraud and related attempts; after debate over whether existing law already covers some conduct and whether the bill was necessary given the small number of convictions, it passed to engrossment and later final passage on a 21-10 vote. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2658, on brackish groundwater production and study, passed after four amendments, including one giving water districts authority to stop production if monitoring shows harm to freshwater supplies or subsidence and another returning a portion of transported water revenue to districts. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 648, strengthening recording requirements for real property instruments to help prevent deed theft, also passed on a 26-4 vote. Other measures approved included Committee Substitute Senate Bill 401, making it easier for homeschool students to participate in UIL activities through local district opt-in/nearest-district participation rules; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 407, requiring health care facilities to honor conscience or religious vaccine exemptions for employees, despite extensive questioning about patient safety and immunocompromised patients; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2117, creating a Texas Committee on Foreign Investment to review risky foreign acquisitions; Senate Bill 1718, adding the NRA annual meeting to the major events reimbursement program after a failed amendment seeking equal space for gun-control advocacy; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1626, clarifying limits on censorship and interference with digital expression by social media platforms; and Senate Bill 2206, updating the state R&D franchise tax credit and related sales tax treatment, which passed 31-0. The chamber also debated Senate Bill 1395 on school health advisory councils. An initial amendment to restore voting seats for teachers and school employees failed, but a later amendment by Senator West added students back in an advisory, non-voting capacity. The Senate then handled routine motions, committee scheduling, first-reading referrals, and adjourned until April 29, with the session ending in memory of two constituents.

Transcript Highlights:

• and crime that fuel America's gun violence epidemic.
• Beverly Yu, on behalf of Everytown for Gun Safety, in support. Thank you.
• Gun violence survivor, in support.
• Meanwhile, criminals keep getting guns off the street with zero paperwork required.
• Adam Wilson with Gun Owners of California, strong support.

Summary: The Assembly Public Safety Committee met to consider several bills, with six measures approved on consent, including bills on background checks, female offender prison facilities, a juvenile justice hunger survey, protective orders and firearms, a youth offender camp pilot, and peace officer behavioral health training. AB 710 and AB 848 were pulled by the authors. The committee also took up AB 458, AB 394, AB 1094, AB 1092, and AB 1036, with extensive testimony on each. AB 458, by Assembly Member Stephanie, would require state agencies purchasing firearms, ammunition, or accessories to vet vendors for compliance with firearms laws and procurement standards. Supporters, including Brady and the California Police Chiefs Association, said taxpayer funds should not go to dealers with serious violations; opponents argued the bill added burdens and vague standards. The committee approved the bill as amended and sent it to Appropriations. AB 394, by Assembly Member Wilson, would expand protections for transit workers and riders by broadening enhanced battery penalties, clarifying who may seek temporary restraining orders in the transit context, and making those orders system-wide. Transit agencies, labor groups, and law enforcement supported the bill, while public defender and civil liberties groups raised concerns about vagueness, duration, and impacts on access to transit. The committee passed AB 394 to Judiciary as amended. AB 1094, by Assembly Member Baines, would raise the minimum parole eligibility term for child torture convictions involving a child under 14 in the perpetrator’s care or custody from seven years to 20 years. Prosecutors, sheriffs, and police groups supported the bill, citing the severity of the abuse and the need to protect child victims; opponents argued the parole system already screens for risk and that harsher sentences do not improve public safety. The committee approved the bill as amended to Appropriations. AB 1092, by Assembly Member Castillo, would extend concealed carry weapon license renewals from two years to four years; supporters said it would reduce costs and administrative burdens, while the chair and others opposed it as unnecessary. The committee ultimately voted the bill down. AB 1036, by Assembly Member Schultz, would expand post-conviction discovery access for people convicted of felonies with sentences of one year or more, including Brady materials and jury selection notes. Innocence organizations and defense groups supported it, while district attorneys opposed the broader discovery obligations; the committee passed it to Appropriations as amended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Do we start placing security guards or forcing every business that is a gun-free zone because you can
• Piggyback off of my colleague's questions about gun-free zones.
• Failing to make it a gun-free zone, I don't think, no, I don't agree.
• I mean, I don't think being a gun-free zone or not being a gun-free zone has anything to do with how
• I'm concerned about the gun-free zones.

Bills: SB1241, SB1242, SB1442, SB1592, SB1623, SB1625, SB1913, SB1940, SB1949, SB2102, SB592, SB992

Keywords: ticket sales, resale, consumer protection, fraud, bots, transparency, refunds, event tickets, medical marijuana, cannabis, marijuana license, commercial grower, grow operation, bond requirement, land reclamation fee, revolving fund, environmental remediation, redevelopment, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, OMMA

Transcript Highlights:

• and gun accessories to this now, increase, increase the penalties.
• And wow, because somebody may have used it, we get to sue the gun manufacturer.
• to do with guns, really.
• This is part of my ongoing effort as a gun owner to recognize that there are responsible gun owners and
• gun owners are held to account in New Mexico.

Transcript Highlights:

• I also have had gun violence at my home since being a legislator here.
• I also have had gun violence at my home since being a legislator here.
• Arizona has the 17th highest rate of gun deaths in the U.S.
• And whereas gun homicides and assaults are concentrated in cities, with more than half of all gun homicides
• Tragic impacts of gun violence and to save lives.

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and then moved through a lengthy third-reading calendar. Early bills included SB 1135 on workers’ compensation, which passed 49-4, and SB 1127 on family offenses, which failed 5-50 after Rep. Gress said he supported the policy but voted no to allow reconsideration. SB 1133 on nominating procedures passed 32-23 without the emergency clause, and SB 1136 on workers’ compensation passed 54-1. Members then debated several health-related and regulatory measures, including SB 1145 on behavioral health behavior analysis, SB 1165 on health insurance coverage for breast exams, SB 1175 on child welfare, SB 1184 on condominiums and planned communities, SB 1205 on municipal regulations, SB 1210 on private post-secondary education institutions, and SB 1233 on state agencies, with mixed votes and several floor explanations focused on costs, insurance mandates, and public health benefits. The chamber also considered SB 1243 on court-ordered treatment, where supporters framed it as protecting vulnerable people and opponents warned about guardianship abuse and indefinite confinement; it passed 50-7. SB 1246 on condominium and planned community notices passed unanimously, while SB 1253 on Safe Haven providers passed 57-0. SB 1259 on campaign-related address confidentiality drew extensive debate about candidate safety, threats, and residency rules, and passed 43-14. Additional measures passed included SB 1271 on municipal authority, SB 1286 on veterinarians, SB 1292 on the public safety personnel retirement system, SB 1366 creating a towing and impound advisory committee, SB 1446, SB 1497 on school insurance, SB 1561 and SB 1564 on health care institutions, and several final-read House bills. On final reading, the House concurred in amendments to several bills and passed HB 2082, HB 296 on WIFA, HB 2557 on patient records, HB 2749 on reclassifying certain felony convictions to misdemeanors under strict conditions, and HB 4001 on nicotine products and youth access. HB 4001 drew the most extended debate, with supporters emphasizing youth protection, stronger penalties for sales to minors, and anti-vaping enforcement, while opponents criticized the bill as regulatory overreach or insufficiently focused on taxation and education. The House also adopted a motion to request the Senate return SB 1456 for reconsideration, heard a memorial resolution honoring James Hong Shee, and received remarks and a proclamation on National Gun Violence Awareness Day before recessing.

Transcript Highlights:

• allowed,' just like here, and then go lock their gun up.
• And the best way to combat the bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
• The reason this bill came forward the first time is that guns can be intimidating.
• And I do think there are places where guns shouldn't be. One is here.
• And I think polling places is a place that you just shouldn't have guns.

Bills: SB23, SB221, SB261, SB264

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, misappropriation, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, racketeering, criminal penalties, New Mexico, public safety, health regulations, community welfare, peace promotion, legislative reforms, election integrity, voter coercion, emergency procedures, polling place security