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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Oh, we didn't hear that. Okay. Didn't hear that. Sorry. >> Not a motion. I think Mr.
- >> in the clip of today's hearing >> in the clip of today's hearing >> 69<00:40:13.920
- Uh, you know, we hear huge pay cut.
- Seeing none, we'll end the hearing.
- </c> Seeing none, we'll end the hearing. Seeing none, we'll end the hearing.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Transportation (11-4-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- You can tell them whatever they want to hear.
- You can tell them whatever they want to hear.
- </c> glad you're in here to hear this, too. glad you're in here to hear this, too.
- I'm I'm glad to hear it's done by >> Okay.
- So, I'm glad to hear that's not buying. So, I'm glad to hear that's not the<01:32:16.320><c> case.
Summary:
The committee met for its sixth and final interim meeting after a brief technical delay, approved the October 14 minutes, and heard a presentation on a proposed Kentucky hands-free driving bill. The main discussion centered on distracted driving and a draft measure modeled on South Carolina law that would prohibit holding or supporting a mobile electronic device while driving on public roads, while allowing limited exceptions for parked/stopped vehicles, navigation, emergency reporting, dispatch systems, first responders, and certain hands-free call functions. The bill would make a violation a $100 fine plus court costs, with the draft allocating fine revenue to the traumatic brain injury trust fund, Kentucky trauma care system, and veteran program trust fund. The sponsor also said the bill would address prior concerns about enforcement and clarify that officers need a clear, unobstructed visual observation before stopping a driver, and that they may not search or seize devices or make custodial arrests solely for the violation.
Alyssa Burns gave emotional testimony in support of the bill, describing the death of her young daughter Kimberly in a crash she attributed to a distracted driver and urging lawmakers to pass the measure to improve roadway safety. The sponsor cited Kentucky traffic fatality statistics, including 814 deaths in 2023 and an estimated 20% involving distracted driving, and argued that the bill could reduce preventable deaths. Several members voiced support and sympathy, including remarks comparing the effort to past seat belt legislation and suggesting possible future additions such as community service. One member raised concerns about enforcement and whether officers could reliably observe phone use inside vehicles, while another asked about the bill’s interaction with existing texting-while-driving penalties and whether points would still apply. The sponsor said the draft was still being refined, acknowledged gray areas, and invited further changes as the bill moves forward.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- no program any objections hearing no program any objections hearing no objections floor privileges are
- no members any objections hearing no members any objections hearing no objections absent members are
- me say this every day going to hear me say this every day going to hear me say this every day please
- from not only the tremendous yes to hear from not only the tremendous yes to hear from not only the
- you but I will also just add for hear you but I will also just add for hear you but I will also just
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP/AEN Joint Info Briefing - Tue Jan 7, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:04:09.959><c> from</c> few questions and then we'll hear from few questions and then we'll hear
- Maybe we should have waited till after both want to hear.
- What did I just hear?
- Because I hear this question, and I would like to hear something more concrete about the ways in which
- </c><01:39:37.760><c> this</c> recycling because and I I hear this recycling because and I I hear this
Summary:
The informational briefing focused on the City and County of Honolulu’s effort to site a replacement landfill for Oahu before the Waimanalo Gulch landfill closes in 2028. Chair Nicole Lowen and other legislators opened the meeting by framing the issue as important statewide and encouraging recycling, composting, and proper use of the curbside bins. The city’s Department of Environmental Services, led by Director Roger Babcock and Deputy Director Mike O’Keefe, then presented the background and siting process.
ENV explained the legal and technical constraints that shaped the search, including the 2019 Land Use Commission decision requiring closure of Waimanalo Gulch by March 2, 2028, and the 2020 Act 73 restrictions on landfill siting near residences, schools, hospitals, conservation districts, airports, and tsunami inundation areas. They said a landfill advisory committee reviewed six candidate sites in 2021-2022 and rejected them because they fell within the Board of Water Supply’s no-pass zone. After further evaluation and an extension of the naming deadline, the city selected a site in central Oahu near Wahiawa, on agricultural land currently used as a Dole pineapple field.
City officials said the selected site was chosen as the best of the evaluated options and, in their view, could be permitted under state and federal law. They described planned environmental protections, including a modern sanitary landfill design with double liners, leachate collection systems, monitoring wells, and post-closure monitoring, and said the existing Waimanalo Gulch landfill has operated for 35 years without leachate leaks. They also emphasized that the site would still require a special use permit, Department of Health approvals, an environmental impact statement, and other public permitting processes, and that public engagement would continue over the next several years.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/21/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now, we're going to do the non-germane hearing. This is a hearing.
- So, I will close the public<00:17:23.480><c> hearing</c> public hearing public hearing on on on Senate
- </c> do the non-germane hearing. do the non-germane hearing.
- </c> This is a hearing. This is a hearing.
- That's good to hear. That's what I expect to hear.
Committee:
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> um and if and if you're hearing um and if and if you're hearing something<00:39:26.599><c> please
- </c> good a way to come back to this hearing good a way to come back to this hearing room<01:51:20.000
- </c><02:22:55.760><c> I'm</c> phone and getting in my hearing I'm phone and getting in my hearing I'm
- We'll do our best. still have to open the public hearing still have to open the public hearing and<02
- </c><03:28:53.840><c> on</c> 28th um after the agency hearings on 28th um after the agency hearings on
Summary:
The public hearing focused on HB 290, which would raise cigarette and e-cigarette/vaping taxes and create a committee to study tobacco and nicotine tax policy. Representative Jerry Stringham introduced the bill as both a public health and revenue measure, arguing that nicotine use causes health harms and public costs, and that New Hampshire’s cigarette tax has been unchanged at $1.78 per pack since 2013. He said the bill would raise the cigarette tax by $1 per pack to $2.78, still below most New England states, and would also adjust vaping taxes, which he described as having been set as placeholder rates in 2019. He said the bill would also establish a study committee to review broader tobacco and nicotine taxation, including products such as premium cigars.
In response to questions, Stringham said the proposed cigarette tax would be roughly equal in real dollars to the 2008 rate after inflation, and he suggested that a smaller annual increase could be considered, though he believed a larger increase would have a stronger public health effect. He explained that the vaping tax structure differs between closed and open systems because one taxes a fixed hardware product while the other taxes reusable liquid, and he said the proposal would move the rates toward a more uniform approach. He also said New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase, though members raised concerns about cross-border shopping, business impacts, and preserving the state’s competitive advantage.
Several members questioned whether the bill’s main purpose was revenue or reducing smoking and vaping. Stringham said he viewed it primarily as a public health bill, but also as a revenue measure, and said he would consider it successful even if consumption fell enough to reduce revenue. Other members emphasized personal freedom and argued the committee should focus on taxation rather than cessation, while some supported the bill as a way to capture revenue from out-of-state buyers and keep New Hampshire’s rates below surrounding states. The hearing consisted of testimony and questions only; no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- He moved the bill, and a second was offered. uh I'd like to hear some discussion uh I'd like to hear
- hearing hearing impairments<05:04:15.400><c> PTSD</c><05:04:16.120><c> from</c><05:04:16.320><c> being
- </c><05:29:43.160><c> and</c> what what comes out of the hearing and what what comes out of the hearing
- </c> support of this bill too uh even hearing support of this bill too uh even hearing that<05:40:51.840
- We'll close the hearing on House Bill 50.
Summary:
The committee opened with House Bill 184, which would create a committee to study changing school start times. Members discussed Amendment 0394, which made the study committee’s duties more investigative and adjusted reporting recipients, including the Governor. Several members raised questions about whether the committee should review evidence-based studies, local district decisions, and existing district reports; supporters said the amendment would better allow the committee to gather information and recognize local control. The amendment passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Representative Litchfield noted that no one had testified in opposition and encouraged the future study committee to review an Oyster River School District report on school start times.
The committee then took up House Bill 394, concerning cooperative school district budget committees and board member representatives. Amendment 0476 was adopted 17-0 after discussion that it clarified the bill’s language and reflected work with the School Boards Association. The committee then voted OTPA on the bill, which also passed 17-0. House Bill 738, requiring background checks for employees and volunteers at certain non-public schools or education service providers receiving public funds, was moved inexpedient to legislate. Supporters said the bill would create practical and legal problems for private citizens and homeschooling families, and the motion passed 15-2 with no minority report, placing the bill on consent.
The committee next considered House Bill 235, which would amend the educator code of ethics and conduct to add responsibilities to parents. Supporters argued parents should be explicitly included in the code, while opponents said parents were already covered in existing ethics language and statute. The bill passed narrowly, 9-8. The committee then returned to House Bill 532 on alternate dispute resolution and individualized education plan team meeting facilitation. Amendment 0480H clarified that different rules would apply separately to neutral conference, mediation, and IEP facilitation; it passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Finally, the committee moved to House Bill 564, concerning adoption of school administrative unit budgets, and voted to retain the bill for further review because members said there was still confusion about how it would apply to single-district and multi-district SAUs.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (01/23/2026)
State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So, given that reality, I will close the hearing on HCR 15. Our next hearing is on HR 27.
- Let you can hear from them mouth.
- ,</c> committee here uh federal hearings, committee here uh federal hearings, right?
- </c> you even hear what these men had to say? you even hear what these men had to say?
- I did not hear the explosion.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Hearing none, I guess I'm that person. So public records go to me. Next.
- Motion carries, hearing no objection. Great, we have all that done.
- Hearing none, I thank you all. Oh, the license plates.
- Hearing... Okay, everybody do your social media blast, sell the plates.
- Hearing no other discussions, I adjourned this until we meet again. Thank you all. Safe travels.
Summary:
The Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council met with Chair Jeff Dorson presiding and approved the prior January minutes without changes. The council reviewed finances, noting a balance of a little over $11,000 and that state funding from specialty plate sales remains about $3,000 annually. Under old business, the council voted to restore an overlooked $850 grant to Robinson’s Rescue from the prior cycle, and the chair said he would send the check within a few days.
In new business, Dorson was nominated and approved to serve as the council’s public records liaison. The council also reviewed and accepted standard contest submission rules, with Dorson given flexibility to make minor edits before posting them. Dr. Mitchell and Pam proposed opening both the pet stamp photo contest and the grant application period from July 1 through September 30, with selections and grant votes to occur at the October meeting; the council approved those dates by motion.
The council discussed updating its website and agreed to seek proposals for improvements in the $500 to $1,000 range, noting the current site is outdated. The next meeting was set for Wednesday, October 21 at the same time and location. Members also agreed to run a license plate promotion from July 1 through August 30 to help sell the remaining 136 plates, with Holly and the chair’s subcommittee planning flyers and social media outreach. The meeting then adjourned.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Hearing none, I guess I'm that person. So public records go to me. Next.
- Motion carries, hearing no objection. Great, we have all that done.
- Hearing none, I thank you all. Oh, the license plates.
- Hearing... Okay, everybody do your social media blasts. Sell the plates.
- Hearing no other discussion, I adjourn this until we meet again. Thank you all. Safe travels.
Summary:
The Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council meeting opened with roll call, approval of the January minutes without changes, and a brief financial update showing the council had a little over $11,000 on hand, with state funding from specialty plate sales continuing at about $3,000 per year. Under old business, the council reconsidered a previously overlooked grant for Robinson’s Rescue and approved sending the organization the $850 it had been due last year.
In new business, Jeff Dorson was nominated and approved to serve as the council’s public records liaison. The council also reviewed and accepted standard contest submission rules, with flexibility for the chair to make minor edits before posting them. Dr. Mitchell and Pam proposed matching July 1 through September 30 submission windows for both the pet stamp photo contest and the grant application process, so selections and voting could occur at the October meeting; those dates were approved.
The council discussed the website, noting it was outdated and needed improvement. Members agreed to seek proposals and set a reasonable payment range of $500 to $1,000 for website upgrades and maintenance. They also set the next meeting for Wednesday, October 21 at the same time and location, and approved a July 1 through August 30 campaign to sell 136 license plates before opening donations to cover any remaining plates. The meeting adjourned after members agreed to promote the plate drive through social media and flyers.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair hears none.
- The chair hears none.
- The chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
- The Chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
- The Chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
Summary:
The Senate took up several third-reading matters and advanced them by voice vote. It adopted an amendment substituting a new draft for Senate No. 1425, a bill further regulating amendment of a conservation restriction in Hanson, and then passed the bill to be engrossed. The chamber also passed to be engrossed a sick leave bank bill for Marie LaTondra of the Department of Transitional Assistance.
The Senate suspended rules to act on a House bill authorizing the Department of Fire District No. 1 prudential committee to appoint a treasurer, ordering it to a third reading and then passing it to be engrossed. It also considered a House bill authorizing Scituate to issue four additional on-premises alcohol licenses; Senator O'Connor offered an amendment, which was adopted, and the bill as amended was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed.
On procedural and referral matters, the Senate suspended rules and joint rules to move forward a petition to include inflammatory breast cancer awareness in nursing education, referring it to the Committee on Public Health. It also ordered a House bill on the appointment of the police chief in Fall River to a third reading, and referred a House petition concerning survivors and holders of abuse or harassment prevention orders to the Judiciary Committee. The Senate adopted an order to reconvene the following Wednesday at 11 a.m., then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
Transcript Highlights:
- Hi, we're going to get this hearing started.
- You'll be difficult to hear. I don't know if you're in a tough cell zone. Try again.
- Can you hear me better?
- Can you hear me any better? Yeah, much better. It sounds... Oh, you can? Okay.
- Yeah, Pia, we're struggling to hear you, so probably best to just...
Summary:
The committee met to hear testimony on House Bill 501, an economic development-related bill concerning beneficial ownership disclosure for domestic and foreign LLCs operating in the Commonwealth. Chair Fiola noted the hearing’s delayed start, introduced members present, and limited testimony to four minutes. The main witness, Alan Stekora of the National Public Records Research Association, testified in opposition to the bill’s public-record provisions, arguing that making beneficial owners’ personal information public would create privacy, identity theft, and cybersecurity risks. He said similar federal and state transparency laws keep such information in secure, nonpublic databases and urged amendments to remove public disclosure and clarify ambiguous terms and reporting requirements.
A second witness, Pia Angelicus, attempted to testify remotely but had connection problems and was asked to submit written testimony instead. No other witnesses came forward. After confirming there was no further testimony, the committee adjourned without taking any vote or other action on the bill.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We have three introduction hearing statements.
- We have three RS hearings here today.
- But if I hear from several of you or from the public that this is a terrible bill and we look at things
- before it comes back for public hearing, I'll stop it right there.
- It comes back for public hearing, I'll stop it right there.
Committee:
House Judiciary, Rules and Administration
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jan 20th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair hears none, and the order is adopted. Brief recess.
- The chair hears none.
- The chair hears none.
- The chair hears none.
- The chair hears none, and the order is adopted. The same senator moves that the Senate now adjourn.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- It's when we're in, when our committee, when we're done hearing whatever is being presented as far as
- statements and really doing the sort of things that you'll have plenty of time to do when we close the hearing
- So just as a reminder, I think you all are now, I don't know... ...a time to do when we close the hearing
- And I think we, as much as anybody, correct me if I'm wrong, we enjoy hearing from our pages.
- is something I've allowed because I believe it's going to be key to some of the things that we may hear
Committee:
House Local Government
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency May 14th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- wishing to testify publicly, please register at the kiosk that's located in the hallways behind the hearing
- And so we will move on to hearing the three bills on our agenda. Okay. Thank you.
- Hearing none, thank you. If there's... the chair calls Eduardo Treris, testifying on yourself.
- Chair hears none. The bill's left pending.
- Hearing none, the committee stands adjourned, so does the call of the Chair.
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on the Census Jul 7th, 2026
Senate Committee on the Census
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a hearing of the Senate Committee on the Census.
- So we have an interesting hearing today focused on how the census is...
- So we have an interesting hearing today focused on how the census is handling and defining race.
- There's no public hearing taking place. There's no public comment.
- Did I hear that right? That's correct. Okay. Why is that?
Committee:
Senate Senate Committee on the Census
Summary:
The Senate Committee on the Census held a hearing on July 7, 2026 focused on how the census defines and tabulates race and ethnicity for redistricting. The sole witness, Professor Jeffrey Weiss, reviewed the history of Public Law 94-171, the Voting Rights Act, and Census Bureau race categories, explaining how block-level census data has been central to one-person, one-vote compliance and to enforcing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. He described the evolution from separate race and Hispanic-origin tabulations to multiracial reporting, the addition of voting-age and citizen voting-age data, and the increasing complexity created by coalition districts and multiracial populations.
A major theme was uncertainty about Census 2030. Weiss said the federal government is considering changes to race and ethnicity questions, possible elimination of the MENA category, reduced multiracial detail, and discontinuation of differential privacy, while also discussing a possible citizenship question and other procedural changes coming through the Commerce Department rather than the Census Bureau. He warned that these shifts, combined with staffing cuts, reduced outreach, and scaled-back testing, could affect the availability and granularity of redistricting data and may trigger litigation. Committee members pressed him on the Biden-era revisions, the Trump administration’s current actions, and whether future data might have to be reported at a higher geographic level if block-level privacy protections are removed.
Weiss also summarized Supreme Court redistricting doctrine, describing the move from Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims to the Gingles framework, then to later decisions limiting race-conscious districting, including Shelby County, Rucho, and the recent Louisiana v. Calais decision. He said Calais significantly narrowed federal Section 2 protections but does not directly preempt state voting rights acts, which he noted are being adopted in several states and may still allow coalition-based protections. The hearing ended after questions from the chair and vice chair, with no votes or formal committee actions taken, and the committee adjourned.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- And thanks to hear your name.
- Okay, well, I want to hear from them, yes. Good morning.
- Okay, next up, we're going to hear SB 64 by Senator Hodges.
- I like what I'm hearing. Mr.
- We hear a lot about that in this committee.
Committee:
House Education
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
2026 Contests of Candidacy State Election Board Apr 16th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Hearing non.
- Hearing none. Miss Batt, how would you advise the board based upon Title 26 Section 5-120?
- With that said, at this time, we will hear argument from the petitioner's counsel.
- Right, hearing none at this time. Thank you, counsel. Appreciate it. You may present.
- Or questions, hearing none.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're going to go ahead and hear Senator Nick Schroer, and you may come forward.
- I'm sure we're going to hear from the other side that, oh, this is terrible.
- I'm sure we're going to hear from the other side that, oh, this is terrible.
- That may still be the longest hearing that was ever conducted in the House.
- That will conclude the hearing on House Bill 2589. Thank you.
Committee:
House Government Efficiency