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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/15/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They provide food assistance, emergency support, housing assistance, even child care, so that the GCC
  • President, the Congress, and the Department of the Interior of the United States to reform the Endangered
  • your Committee on Federalism and Family Law, having under consideration H.C.M. 2006 relating to Endangered
  • species under the Endangered Species Act.
  • Search and supports a Miss the following report to committee.
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a series of guest introductions recognizing Maricopa County Community Colleges Day at the Capitol, the Doctor of the Day, Glendale Community College leadership, and other visitors. The chamber also received a gubernatorial communication withdrawing Holly Prangman’s nomination to the State Board of Psychologist Examiners. The body then considered multiple bills in Committee of the Whole. Measures advanced included HB 2342 on planned communities/HOA-related provisions, HB 2456 on small modular reactors and energy siting, HB 2457 on power plant and transmission line siting, HB 2752 on Commerce Authority trade offices, and HB 2923 on mental health court-ordered treatment, with several floor amendments adopted. Additional bills were also advanced from later calendars, including HB 2249 on parents’ bill of rights remedies, HB 2482 on school facilities and building renewal grants, HB 2895 on Native American language instruction certification, HB 2661 and HB 2662 on family law/parenting issues, HB 2793 on annexation procedures, HB 2805 on electronic signatures and nomination petitions, HB 467 on voter registration status, HCM 2005 on foreign government property ownership, HCM 2006 on Endangered Species Act reform, HB 2641 on PFAS firefighting foam prohibition, HB 2673 on incarcerated persons and mental illness treatment, HB 2745 on legislative subpoena/contempt, HB 2763 on shooting range closure conditions, and HCM 2011 on Mexican wolf delisting. The Senate then took up third-reading votes on several measures. HB 2035 on child welfare and placement passed 17-10, with senators citing concerns about kinship care definitions and LGBTQ exclusions. HB 2109, HB 2189, HB 2244, HB 2440, HB 2594, and HB 2932 all passed by varying margins, and HCM 2007 on renaming State Route 69 also passed. HCR 2059, supporting county sheriffs, passed after debate over the “supreme constitutional authority” language, with some senators objecting to what they described as a conspiratorial framing and others defending sheriffs’ constitutional role. SB 1503 on first responders’ state death benefits passed with the required emergency and supermajority votes, and HB 2342 and HB 2456 later passed on third reading. The Senate also agreed to a free conference committee on HB 2000 and adjourned until April 16, 2026, after announcing several conference committee meetings.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Children and Families Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Children and Families

Transcript Highlights:
  • the welfare of a child.
  • , the child is a premature child...”
  • “A newborn child, if I wasn’t going in for an abortion, the child is a premature child at similar gestation
  • , unborn child...”
  • So statute 568.045, a person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Environment, Energy & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • engaged for hours, precisely when that child is lonely, anxious, ashamed, or spiraling.
  • Democracy outsources child safety to profit incentives. Thanks.
  • Of course, the loss of any child is devastating.
  • So this is regulatory capture that's disguised as child protection.
  • under the Endangered Species Act.
Bills: SB5984 , SB6119 , SB6076
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, March 27, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Courage is what's missing.
  • Courage is what's missing.
  • Courage is what's missing. did. Courage is what's missing.
  • </c> than any child did just a few years ago. than any child did just a few years ago.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So when they cite free speech to block child safety rules, it isn't constitutional principle.
  • Democracy outsources child safety to profit incentives. Thanks.
  • Of course, the loss of any child is devastating.
  • So this is regulatory capture that's disguised as child protection.
  • under the Endangered Species Act.
Summary: The committee heard public hearings on three bills. SB 6076, sponsored by Sen. Gaynor, would streamline procurement for consumer-owned utilities on clean energy, storage, transmission, and distribution projects through 2045 by raising contract thresholds, allowing more use of vendor lists, electronic bids, and broader competitive-bidding exemptions for certain energy-related projects. The sponsor and utility and labor supporters said the bill would help PUDs respond to rising costs, supply-chain shortages, aging infrastructure, and growing electricity demand, while keeping work with union labor. No opposition testimony was presented, and the hearing closed with 60 people signed in pro and 3 con. The committee then heard SB 5984, a governor-request bill sponsored by Sen. Wellman that would regulate AI companion chatbots by requiring disclosure that users are interacting with AI, restricting manipulative engagement techniques for minors, requiring safeguards against sexual content and self-harm, and creating enforcement under the Consumer Protection Act with a private right of action. Supporters included the governor’s office, the Attorney General’s office, privacy officials, parents, child-safety advocates, researchers, and some tech-industry voices who urged stronger safeguards; they emphasized harms to minors, suicide risks, and the need for transparency and accountability. Opponents and critics argued the bill could sweep too broadly, create constitutional/free-speech problems, burden general-purpose AI and consumer-facing businesses, and rely on unclear or ineffective definitions. The hearing closed with 697 signed in pro, 219 con, and 477 other. Finally, the committee heard SB 6119 on 6PPD-containing tires. The bill would phase out sale and distribution of tires containing 6PPD or regrettable substitutes beginning in 2035, create a mitigation fee on such tires, and dedicate revenue to Ecology administration, monitoring, salmon and waterbody studies, and waste tire removal. Supporters, including the bill sponsor, scientists, environmental groups, Seattle Public Utilities, and salmon-recovery advocates, said 6PPD-Q is acutely toxic to coho salmon and that a deadline and fee would accelerate safer alternatives and fund mitigation. Ecology and industry witnesses acknowledged the problem but said no proven alternative is yet available and warned the bill could be premature, raise costs, and affect tire safety and affordability; business and trucking groups also opposed the measure, citing duplication of the existing Safer Products process and the need for further stakeholder work. No votes or executive action were taken in the meeting.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Higher Education Committee Apr 29th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • required of direct hires, such as CPR training, sexual harassment training, or even how to report child
  • CPR training, sexual harassment training, or even how to report child sexual abuse.
  • That there is some child care on our campuses. Primarily, our students are over the age of 18.
  • And so the more that there is contracting out, the more endangered that system is.
  • And so the more that there is contracting out, the more endanger that system is.
Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard several measures focused on access, affordability, workforce development, and campus operations. AB 662, by Assembly Member Alvarez, would create a South County Higher Education Task Force to explore a mixed-use intersegmental higher education institution in Chula Vista to address the lack of nearby public university access in South San Diego County. Supporters, including Southwestern College and the City of Chula Vista, described the region as a “college desert” and said the bill would help coordinate UC, CSU, and community college partners. The committee approved the bill on a due pass as amended motion. Members also heard AB 885, which would establish a College Access for All Fund to help address college affordability and student debt, and AB 730, which would provide funding to support development of a medical school in the Central Valley to address physician shortages. Both measures drew support from higher education and labor groups, and both were advanced to Appropriations. AB 1400 proposed a pilot allowing up to 15 community college districts to offer a bachelor’s degree in nursing; supporters said it would expand affordable BSN access and help meet the nursing shortage, while CSU and nursing education groups opposed it, arguing existing ADN-to-BSN pathways and clinical/faculty limits made the proposal unnecessary or harmful. The committee still moved AB 1400 forward on a due pass vote. The committee also considered AB 1235, requiring CSU design-build projects to use a skilled and trained workforce, which supporters said would improve safety, training, and local job opportunities; it passed on a due pass vote. AB 1247, aimed at limiting contracting out of classified school and community college jobs and requiring stronger training and retirement protections, drew support from labor groups but opposition from school and community college organizations concerned about flexibility, costs, and implementation; it advanced on a divided vote. Finally, the committee heard AB 1470, which would allow student housing loan funds to be used in downtown and commercial districts, and ACA 3, which would require UC to offer limited down payment loans to eligible support staff; both drew support from labor and housing advocates, while UC opposed ACA 3 as inconsistent with its mission and financially burdensome. The transcript ends during discussion of ACA 3, with no final action shown for that item.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 15th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today we have with us the Child Care Association.
  • House Bill 1239 by Representative Green, child custody and the best interests of a child, equal custody
  • Am I missing something here? I'm trying to put this in English for me.
  • Am I missing something here? I'm trying to put this in English for me.
  • We miss you. He's going to do some great things.
Bills: HR153 , HR154 , HR155 , HR156 , HR157 , HR158 , HCR57 , HCR58 , HCR59 , HR133 , HR134 , HR135 , HR136 , HR137 , HR138 , HR139 , HR140 , HR141 , HR142 , HR144 , HR145 , HR146 , HR147 , HR148 , HR149 , HR150 , HR151 , HR152 , SCR28 , SB141 , SB169 , SB206 , SB233 , SB417 , SB421 , SB429 , SB437 , SB477 , SB510 , SB521 , HR1 , HR17 , HCR5 , HB55 , HB385 , HB394 , HB396 , HB406 , HB608 , HB622 , HB676 , HB772 , HB897 , HB902 , HB943 , HB1030 , HB1035 , HB1038 , HB1045 , HB1049 , HB1056 , HB1058 , HB1059 , HB1092 , HB1100 , HB1117 , HB1160 , HB1161 , HB1162 , HB1177 , HB1180 , HB1189 , HB1216 , HB1239 , HB1240 , SB127 , HB284 , HB1 , HB2 , HB3 , HB312 , HB313 , HB383 , HB314 , HCR3 , HB983 , HB1126 , HB21 , HB24 , HB29 , HB31 , HB39 , HB45 , HB77 , HB136 , HB150 , HB263 , HB273 , HB299 , HB315 , HB376 , HB377 , HB431 , HB444 , HB450 , HB519 , HB533 , HB538 , HB559 , HB562 , HB663 , HB664 , HB715 , HB717 , HB805 , HB822 , HB823 , HB834 , HB864 , HB867 , HB1017 , HB1018 , HB1068 , HB1134 , HB1137 , HB1234 , HB1235 , HB1236 , HB211 , HB27 , HB71 , HB214 , HB225 , HB241 , HB244 , HB306 , HB345 , HB366 , HB446 , HB511 , HB514 , HB655 , HB730 , HB743 , HB1027 , HB1037 , HB1043 , HB1082 , HB1091 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1167 , HB1174 , HB1175 , HB1230 , HB1237 , HB1238 , SB162 , SB349 , SB350 , SB382 , SB383 , HB401 , HB51 , HB58 , HB140 , HB982 , HB1010 , HB132 , HB193 , HB635 , HB690 , HB1003 , HB750 , HB911 , HB151 , HB180 , HB192 , HB310 , HB961 , HB1146 , HB977 , HB181 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HB9 , HB393 , HB459 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB615 , HB682 , HB733 , HB773 , HB996 , HB1113
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Human Services Committee Apr 8th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm here with End Child Poverty California.
  • We know how important child care is.
  • And finally, AB 601 would establish mandated reporter advisory committees under the California child
  • Custody of their child.
  • for whom verification was missing is removed.
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard a long agenda of bills focused largely on child welfare, foster care, child care, CalWORKs, mandated reporting, and public benefits. Early items included AB 890, which would ease county transfer rules for nonminor dependents in extended foster care; AB 461, which would replace punitive truancy-related penalties with supportive services for families; and AB 753, which would create an interim associate teacher pathway to help address the child care workforce shortage. Testimony on these bills emphasized barriers faced by foster youth, low-income families, and child care providers, and members expressed support for the general policy direction. The committee also heard AB 926 on foster care visitation, AB 563 on early childhood planning and reporting, AB 601 on standardized mandated reporter training, AB 1074 on CalWORKs reunification aid, AB 822 extending the Commission on the State of Hate, AB 970 creating a Los Angeles County mandated reporter pilot, AB 1161 protecting public benefits during disasters, AB 1172 allowing trained staff to administer emergency seizure medication in community care settings, and AB 363 expanding CalWORKs student supports and work-study. Witnesses generally supported these measures as ways to reduce trauma, improve reunification, modernize reporting and training, and expand access to services. County welfare and child welfare groups, advocacy organizations, and providers largely testified in support, while some bills drew concerns from county representatives about implementation or needed amendments. Several bills were voted out of committee, often unanimously and sometimes as amended, including AB 926, AB 563, AB 601, AB 1074, AB 822, AB 970, AB 1161, and AB 1172; AB 1172 was reported on call. The committee also took up consent items and later voted on subcommittee-held bills AB 461, AB 753, and AB 890, leaving them on call. At the end of the hearing, the committee heard AB 1211, which would protect CalFresh benefits from federal cuts and require a feasibility study on increasing benefits and eligibility; testimony stressed rising food insecurity and the economic importance of food assistance, but the transcript ends before a final vote on that bill.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Mar 18th, 2026

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's every parent's nightmare in motocross to lose a child to this sport.
  • Miss Kearney, the floor is yours.
  • He is the second child in five years to have died at this track.
  • Basic baseline safety is clearly missing.
  • She entered this country legally nine years ago as a 13-year-old child.
Bills: H4697 , S2635 , S2680 , S2681 , H5158
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 15, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House higher education panel questions U of M representatives about award 1/23/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 9th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But, I'm going to miss you.
  • So we'll miss you.
  • It endangers... It also endangers folks. It endangers the children. It endangers the educators.
  • child sexual abuse material.
  • child sexual abuse material.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 28th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The intention of the bill is for us to recognize the unborn child, the child in the womb, the same as
  • We're talking about a child and an unborn child in this statute in particular.
  • Look at life after a child is born and before a child is born in terms of how we value it from economic
  • Therefore, please consider defining an unborn child as an unborn child and eliminate the reference to
  • And I left for my child.
Bills: S0164 , S0656 , S0892
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 28th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The intention of the bill is for us to recognize the unborn child, the child in the womb, the same as
  • We're talking about a child and an unborn child in this statute in particular.
  • Therefore, please consider defining an unborn child as an unborn child and eliminate the reference to
  • And I left for my child.
  • Right now, in the state of Florida, if that child was killed wrongfully the day before the child was
Bills: S0164 , S0656 , S0892
Summary: The committee heard a lengthy presentation from Miami-Dade State Attorney Catherine Fernandez-Rundle on human trafficking, describing Florida’s high victim counts, the role of online recruitment, common victim and trafficker profiles, and several case examples involving sexual exploitation, labor trafficking, and interstate trafficking. She highlighted Miami-Dade’s task force model, partnerships with law enforcement, schools, businesses, and shelters such as Camillus House’s Project Phoenix and the Thrive Clinic, and said the office relies heavily on technology, training, and victim-centered prosecution. Members asked about school-based trafficking, warning signs, social media platforms, and information-sharing about offenders across states; Fernandez-Rundle said more training and better interstate communication are still needed. The committee then took up CS for SB 656, which would codify FDLE’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Funding Program and rename/expand the online sting operations grant program to better support investigations, training, technology, and personnel. The bill was supported as a timely tool to combat online child exploitation and was reported favorably on a unanimous roll call. The committee also passed SB 892, which streamlines sentencing procedures for habitual felony offenders and related violent offender designations by clarifying notice and clemency-related paperwork requirements; it too was reported favorably unanimously. The remainder of the meeting focused on SB 164, which expands Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow parents to recover civil damages for the death of an unborn child. The sponsor said the bill is intended to recognize unborn children in civil law and allow recovery when a pregnancy is lost due to another’s negligence. Opponents from the ACLU, reproductive rights groups, medical insurers, and domestic violence advocates argued the bill is overly broad, could function as fetal personhood legislation, and could expose doctors, friends, family members, businesses, and abusive partners to lawsuits while chilling medical care, IVF, and pregnancy-related treatment. Supporters from pro-life organizations urged broader language and stronger protections for unborn children. No vote on SB 164 was taken in the portion provided.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee May 23rd, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Education Agency Housing development, do pass as amended to clarify HCD's technical assistance is advisory
  • AB 1375, Hoover, Child Custody, Human Trafficking.
  • AB 1319, Schultz, California Endangered Species Act do pass with author's amendments to, among other
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence May 13th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • I missed some of the discussion. But I don't know... Oh, well, I'm sorry. I just came back in.
  • It just extends the statute of limitations on reporting child abuse. Yes. I apologize.
  • This is a bill by Senator Hall that lengthens the statute of limitations for child abuse.
  • Well, reporting child abuse, right? Reporting child abuse, hold on. Yeah. Somewhere.
  • That’s child abuse, that’s abuse and neglect.”
Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence met with a quorum and heard a series of Senate bills, generally receiving sponsor explanations and, in most cases, no public testimony. SB 2595 would create a Class B misdemeanor for harassing, threatening, or intimidating someone while intentionally concealing identity with a mask, with broad affirmative defenses for legitimate mask use; SB 1980 would increase penalties for assaulting peace officers, parole officers, and community supervision officers and add related presumptions and interference protections; and SB 1896 would require magistrates to issue emergency protective orders in certain family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and aggravated cases, with law enforcement required to provide needed information. All three were left pending. The committee also heard SB 955, which increases trafficking of persons from a second-degree to a first-degree felony when the victim was recruited from a correctional facility, and SB 614, which would let the Texas Forensic Science Commission refer dismissed complaints to the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs when they reference a prior FSC report; both were left pending. Members then heard several forensic and criminal procedure bills. SB 1372 would resolve a discovery/access conflict involving the DPS crime lab portal by limiting portal access to defense attorneys rather than defendants directly, prompting questions from members about access for pro se defendants; DPS’s chief crime lab witness testified neutrally. SB 1936 would change the LSD “abuse unit” definition for unmarked/unperforated paper from a square-measurement method to a 10-milligram weight standard, and SB 1937 would require a subject matter expert from the testing lab to participate in pretrial meetings in capital cases involving biological evidence to help identify viable testing and conserve resources. SB 2580 would lower the population threshold for sheriff’s departments to independently use tracking equipment and access certain communications from 3.3 million to 500,000, expanding the authority beyond Harris County; it was described as a public safety and emergency response measure and left pending. The committee also considered SB 2798, which would extend the statute of limitations for certain financial crimes from three years to seven years, with testimony from a Montgomery County assistant district attorney supporting the change because fraud is often discovered late. SB 1099 would increase penalties for felony offenses committed by undocumented or unauthorized aliens, but drew strong opposition from the Texas Civil Rights Project, which argued immigration is a federal matter and that the bill would create difficult and potentially unfair status determinations for local courts; members raised concerns about the lack of an expert-testimony requirement. SB 1278 would create an affirmative defense to prostitution prosecution for trafficking victims compelled by their traffickers to commit the conduct, and testimony from advocates and a member’s personal account emphasized the coercive, traumatic nature of trafficking; members discussed whether the defense should be narrower or framed as mitigation, and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 127 would extend the statute of limitations for failure to report or conceal child abuse, with members discussing mandatory reporting duties and the need to allow more time for delayed discovery of cover-ups; it too was left pending before the committee adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session Mar 9th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But, I'm going to miss you.
  • So we'll miss you.
  • It endangers... It also endangers folks. It endangers the children. It endangers the educators.
  • child sexual abuse material.
  • child sexual abuse material.
Summary: The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognitions, including the doctor of the day and a lighthearted “Cannoli Day” introduction. The chamber then held an extended farewell celebration for Senator Joe Gruters, with numerous senators, colleagues, and family members praising his loyalty, political skill, family focus, and service in the Legislature and Republican Party. Gruters was presented with a commemorative gift recognizing his work on a 2019 public-safety and immigration bill that prohibited sanctuary cities and required local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The Senate adopted a motion to spread Gruters’s remarks upon the journal and then recessed briefly. After recess, the Senate returned to regular business and took up third-reading bills. Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 354, relating to blue ribbon projects, was temporarily postponed. The chamber then considered Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1758, relating to public assistance, with Senator Gates explaining that it contained five reforms to the public assistance system discussed earlier in session. During debate on SB 1758, Senator Berman opposed the bill, saying he could not support it in its current form because he believed the Medicaid-related provisions would create a coverage cliff after the one-year transition period and could leave people without care while increasing costs to hospitals and taxpayers. He also said SNAP error reduction should be a priority, but argued the state should focus on fixing administrative errors and fraud rather than imposing a work requirement whose costs and effects were uncertain.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/12/26

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:24:15.800><c> uh</c> so that they're not endangering uh so that they're not endangering uh people
  • Committee that is advisory to all three of the systems.
  • Committee that is advisory to all three of the systems.
  • Um, Miss Pennington, yeah, do come up and present or testify on this issue. Thanks.
  • </c><01:25:38.360><c> species,</c> air, noise, light, endangered species, air, noise, light, endangered