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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/19/25 - Part 1
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Second reading of Senate files. reading of the journal will be dispensed reading of the journal will
- </c> Second reading of Senate files. Second reading, Senate File number 2884.
- The following House File has been offered for introduction today.
- The chief clerk will report the House File and give it a first reading.
- First reading of House File 3347. There is a resolution.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, I'd like to move the bill, House File 2435.
- Seeing none, Chair Beerman renews his motion that House File 2435 as amended be referred to the Committee
- <00:06:14.560><c> motion</c><00:06:14.880><c> that</c><00:06:15.280><c> House</c><00:06:15.759><c> File
- </c> Bman renews his motion that House File Bman renews his motion that House File 2435<00:06:18.160>
- The motion prevails, and House File 2435 as amended is referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Bills:
HF2435
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Apr 28th, 2026
Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Transcript Highlights:
- And sometimes people, if they don't like what you're saying, they will file frivolous lawsuits that they
- in and says we don't like that speech because it hurts what we're trying to do, so we're going to file
- You see these things sometimes in sexual harassment cases where a sexual harassment case is filed, then
- then the other party will hit the Where a sexual harassment case is filed, then the other party will
- So, and I think Rudy, you would mention this or repeat, so it allows you to file a summary judgment earlier
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 1067, a Uniform Public Expression Protection Act intended to deter meritless “SLAPP” lawsuits that can chill free speech by forcing defendants into costly litigation. The bill sponsor explained that it would apply to speech on matters of public concern, including social media and political speech, and would allow an expedited motion and immediate appeal so a plaintiff must show early that the case has merit. Members asked about examples, whether defamation and true harmful speech would still be actionable, and whether the bill would strain courts; the sponsor said it would not eliminate valid claims and would likely reduce court burden by resolving weak cases sooner.
Witnesses testified in support, including the Missouri Press Association, the Institute for Free Speech, the Missouri Broadcasters Association, and Missouri Right to Life. Supporters said journalists, broadcasters, and ordinary citizens are frequent targets of meritless suits meant to silence reporting or other protected expression, and noted the bill was similar to prior versions that had advanced with bipartisan support. One witness said the measure mirrors language adopted in many other states and simply moves the summary-judgment-type review earlier in the process, before lengthy discovery.
No witnesses spoke in opposition or for informational purposes. The hearing concluded without a vote, and the committee adjourned after closing the public hearing on SB 1067.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/16/25 - Part 1
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A second reading of House File 1143. Second reading of House File 1143. Introduction of bills.
- The following House file has been offered for introduction today.
- The chief clerk will give the House file its first reading.
- Introduction of first reading of House File 3330. First reading, House File 3330. Announcements.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Human Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10
Transcript Highlights:
- I would move that House File 2434 be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- With that, I would renew my motion that House File 2434 as amended.
- Madam Chair, I renew Chair Schumacher's motion that House File 2434 as amended be re-referred to Ways
- All those in favor of House File 2434 as amended, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay.
- House File 2434 as amended is re-referred to Ways and Means.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Taxes Committee considers proposed 'baby bonus' tax credit, HF2254 3/20/25
Transcript Highlights:
- First up is House File 2254.
- Representative Hansen is going to move that House File 2254 be laid over for possible inclusion in the
- House File 2254 is a child tax credit baby bonus of $400 on top of the child tax credit that would be
- All right, seeing none, um Representative Hansen is going to renew her motion that House File 2254 be
- Thank you. her motion that House File 2254 be laid her motion that House File 2254 be laid over<00:02
Summary:
The committee took up House File 2254, which would create a $400 “baby bonus” child tax credit for families in the taxable year of a child’s birth. Representative Hansen presented the bill as a targeted investment in newborns and young families, citing research on the long-term benefits of income support in early childhood and estimating that about 25,000 children could benefit. She also emphasized the bill’s bipartisan support and thanked the many co-authors and testifiers, including a first-time witness.
No substantive questions or debate followed the presentation. The chair noted there was no discussion, and Representative Hansen renewed her motion to lay the bill over for possible inclusion in the 2025 tax bill. The committee agreed, and House File 2254 was laid over.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Veterans division approves HF1225 3/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- The next bill on our agenda is House File 1225.
- Representative Scraba, since you're not a member of this division, I will move that House File 1225 be
- I renew my motion that House File 1225 be re-referred to the Environment and Natural Resource Committee
- <c> is</c><00:03:46.400><c> re-referred</c><00:03:46.959><c> to</c><00:03:47.080><c> the</c> house file
- 122 is re-referred to the house file 122 is re-referred to the environment<00:03:47.599><c> and</c><
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2026-04-08
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> House File 21103 with the A5 amendment. House File 21103 with the A5 amendment.
- </c> Act House File 21103. Act House File 21103.
- </c> House File 21103. House File 21103. Thank<00:11:52.959><c> you.</c> Thank you. Thank you.
- </c> File 45 Z8 be put before the committee. File 45 Z8 be put before the committee.
- </c> House file 45508 is laid over. House file 45508 is laid over.
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, elk, cervidae, cervid importation, chronic wasting disease, CWD, animal health, livestock, wildlife disease, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, state veterinarian, zoo, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, AZA
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/18/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> we're going to go to Senate File 3386. we're going to go to Senate File 3386.
- </c><01:15:15.840><c> uh</c> Senate file uh Senate file uh 3891<01:15:18.080><c> uh</c><01:15:18.240>
- Uh, this is Senate File 4263. Continues. Uh, this is Senate File 4263.
- </c> committee to support Senate File 4263. committee to support Senate File 4263.
- <01:28:34.040><c> 4263</c> File 4263 File 4263 as<01:28:35.719><c> amended.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> this uh applied to who whomever filed this uh applied to who whomever filed the<00:09:43.360><c>
- That's for the things filed with the campaign finance board.
- That's for the things filed with public.
- Senator Dreheim is here today to present Senate File 3644.
- Senate file 3644 as amended is sorry.
Committee:
Senate Elections
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Health & Social Services, February 16, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Severe allergic Senate File 19.
- </c> >> This is a roll call vote for Senate File >> This is a roll call vote for Senate File
- >> Uh, this is a roll call vote for Senate File 57 as amended.
- </c> File 57 as amended. Senator Crum. File 57 as amended. Senator Crum.
- </c> >> This is a roll call vote for Senate File >> This is a roll call vote for Senate File
Committee:
Senate Labor, Health & Social Services
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- on her Senate File 20007.
- </c> to develop a plan and have that on file to develop a plan and have that on file uh<00:08:38.039>
- We have Senate File 1461, School Age Care programs.
- </c><00:52:43.960><c> 1461</c> urge your support for Senate file 1461 urge your support for Senate file
- </c> we're moving Senate file we're moving Senate file 20007<01:03:00.160><c> onto</c><01:03:00.960><
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/07/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><04:05:57.800><c> a</c><04:05:57.960><c> complaint</c> can file uh when they file a complaint can
- file uh when they file a complaint we<04:05:58.479><c> have</c><04:05:58.600><c> a</c><04:05:58.840>
- a complaint they closer so they can file a complaint they can<04:06:38.520><c> file</c><04:06:38.760
- a complaint anonymously they can file a complaint anonymously they can<04:06:40.120><c> file</c><04:
Summary:
The meeting began with introductory remarks for new and returning members of the House Commerce Committee, led by Chairman John Hunt. Members briefly introduced themselves and their backgrounds, and several noted the committee’s bipartisan, collegial tone. Hunt explained the committee’s structure and traditions, including the division into three subcommittees: banking and business, consumer protection, and liquor commission matters, with insurance now handled as a single area. He also reviewed basic hearing procedures, including decorum, questions for information only, and the committee’s practice of moving bills through subcommittees before full committee executive sessions.
The committee then heard an overview from the New Hampshire Insurance Department, led by Commissioner DJ Bettencourt and staff. The department described its mission as promoting a safe and competitive insurance marketplace and emphasized consumer protection, market competition, and affordability. Officials outlined the department’s responsibilities, including licensing insurers, producers, adjusters, and TPAs; reviewing insurance forms; regulating companies and market conduct; overseeing financial solvency; and investigating insurance fraud. They also noted that the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers, collects premium taxes and fees for the state, and returned more than $2.7 million to companies in fiscal year 2024 due to underspending.
The presentation also covered the broader regulatory framework for insurance, including the role of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in promoting uniform standards across states and territories. Officials said New Hampshire licenses about 1,200 insurance companies and roughly 245,000 producers and adjusters, and that the department’s financial examinations are part of an accreditation system used nationwide. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided; the session was primarily organizational and informational, with the insurance department presentation beginning the committee’s substantive work for the term.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm curious, what was it that inspired you to file the amendment?
- What was sent to all of you is what was filed.
- We're not going to take up, there is a late file amendment.
- As with the last bill, we do have three amendments, two timely filed and one late-filed.
- Is there objection to taking up the late-file amendment?
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Summary:
The Committee on Appropriations took up SJR 2-F, the proposed constitutional amendment on property tax relief, which would reduce assessment growth on non-homestead property, expand homestead exemptions, create a new exemption for new homesteaders, and direct counties, cities, and school districts to use property tax revenues for specified core services. Senator Avila presented the measure as the governor’s plan to provide historic relief and argued that local governments should tighten budgets and prioritize core functions. Senators raised concerns about the lack of fiscal scoring, the breadth and ambiguity of the permitted uses, the effect on special districts and local services, and whether the proposal would shift costs to fees or other taxes. The committee adopted several amendments, including Avila’s amendment clarifying that ad valorem revenues could be used for county and municipal operations and administration and other expenditures not prohibited by law, and Trumbull’s amendment removing school board ad valorem taxes from the proposal. Other amendments failed, including proposals to allow user fees and non-ad valorem assessments, add a sunset, redirect tourism development taxes, narrow the small-business provision, and change the ballot title to reference local service reductions. Grall’s amendment removing the constitutional trust fund requirement was adopted, while the committee also rejected Berman’s title-change amendment and Smith’s sunset and tourism-tax amendments. The committee then returned to the bill as amended for questions, including extended debate over whether the proposal would affect noncitizen residents, the impact on local government finances, and whether local governments would respond with higher fees or special assessments. The meeting ended with the bill still under discussion after the final round of questions, with Avila saying he would continue working with the governor’s office on the language before the next vote.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Jobs, Labor and Economic Development - 05/27/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And then the third document File 1768.
- Um, this I'm looking at the Senate File 1831.
- And this House Conference Committee was Senate File 1832. Sorry.
- And this House Conference Committee was Senate File 1832. Sorry.
- And this House Conference Committee was Senate File 1832. Sorry.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- First up, we have Senate File 1543.
- Members, any questions or discussion about Senate File 1543?
- With that, Senate File 1543 is laid over for possible inclusion.
- </c> inclusion next up we have Senate file inclusion next up we have Senate file 1506<00:24:06.520><c
- Yes, thank you so much, Madam Chair, for hearing Senate File 1506.
Committee:
Senate Labor
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (02/04/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> staff person responsible for that filing staff person responsible for that filing and<02:37:04.240
- </c><02:37:13.560><c> only</c> has for several years the filing only has for several years the filing
- </c><02:43:04.520><c> no</c> on time the second part was filed no on time the second part was filed no
- </c> material needed um it says uh must file material needed um it says uh must file a<04:42:49.798><
Committee:
House Municipal and County Government
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jul 22nd, 2026
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- We are hearing testimony on late-file bills.
- And for Representative Sina and Senator Eldridge for not only filing this bill, but for the consistent
- There have been bills filed in New York, Connecticut, Vermont, South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Maine
- many states that are working on this there are restrictions for anticoagulant there have been bills filed
- There have been bills filed in New York, Connecticut, Vermont, South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Maine
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a brief hybrid hearing on late-file bills, with Chair Becca Rausch outlining procedures and limiting testimony to three minutes. The hearing focused on six home rule petitions from Ayer, Boxborough, Groton, Lincoln, Nahant, and Sharon that would restrict or prohibit the use of anticoagulant rodenticides, referred to by speakers as harmful “escars.”
Testimony was uniformly in support of the petitions. Speakers including Christine Goulet, Heather Packard of Mass Audubon, Carrie Stamos of Save Lincoln Wildlife, and Lisa Nayan de Muel described the dangers of these poisons to bald eagles, other wildlife, pets, and ecosystems, and argued that towns had already shown local support for restrictions. Several witnesses said non-rodenticide pest management methods and integrated pest management can work effectively, and urged the committee to report the bills favorably. Mass Audubon also framed the local petitions as a step toward a broader statewide ban, citing recent action in Rhode Island, California, and other states.
No opposition testimony was presented, and no votes were taken during the hearing. After the final witness, the chair asked whether anyone else wished to be heard and then adjourned the meeting.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 22 Mar 9th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee on Rules reports recommending that the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions filed
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Montero of Boston and
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Montero of Boston and
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Montero of Boston and
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by representatives Montero of Boston and
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several Committee on Rules reports. It adopted resolutions congratulating Auburn on the 100th anniversary of the first liquid-fueled rocket launch and welcoming Boston’s new National Women’s Soccer League team, the Boston Legacy. The House also adopted orders extending the reporting deadlines for the Committee on Revenue on certain House documents into 2026.
The chamber then suspended joint rules to allow several petitions to be referred to committees, including a proposal to regulate social media accounts for children under 16, a sick leave bank for a Department of Children and Families employee, creditable service for a probation employee, taxation of certain foreign government pension benefits, and a bill naming the American Lobster the official crustacean of the Commonwealth. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee reported a slate of bills for House consideration, including measures on private road maintenance in Gloucester, property valuation and tax assessment fairness, municipal tax collectors, historic resources in community preservation funds, and Salem alcohol license changes; the House suspended Rule 7A and ordered these bills to a third reading.
The House then passed to be enacted several local bills, including legislation for Revere, Wellesley, and Hopkinton, and passed to be engrossed a bill directing the Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for a named applicant. The session also included a moment of silent tribute to Adrian Dolan of South Boston, a former correction officer and special state police officer. Finally, the House adopted an adjournment order and recessed until Thursday at 11 a.m. in informal session.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 5th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, moving on to business on the daily file for concurrence, we’re going to pass and retain on file
- On the Governor’s vetoes, we’re going to pass and retain on file items 3 through 76.
- Those are file items 77 through 79. Assembly third reading, file item 80, we shall pass and retain.
- Senate third reading, file items 81 and 82, we shall pass and retain.
Summary:
The Assembly convened with a quorum call, roll call, and prayer/pledge to open the first floor session of 2026. After routine announcements, members approved several procedural actions, including suspending rules to allow adjournment-in-memory remarks and guest seating, and re-referring a list of bills to various committees. The chamber also gave one-day notice to remove AB 710 from the inactive file, and members offered birthday acknowledgments for Assembly Member Irwin and the Speaker.
On the daily file, the Assembly passed and retained items 1 and 2, passed and retained Governor’s veto items 3 through 76, continued reconsideration items 77 through 79, and passed and retained Assembly third reading item 80 and Senate third reading items 81 and 82. The session then moved to adjournment-in-memory tributes.
Assembly Member Ward honored Roman Reuters Volgasang, describing his life, Capitol community ties, education, career in policy, and marriage to Sasha, and Assembly Member Sharp-Collins honored Pastor Glenn Arthur McKinney, Sr., highlighting his long service as senior pastor, community leadership, and family legacy. The Assembly observed a moment of silence, then announced upcoming check-in days and a Thursday, January 8 session at 10 a.m. for the Governor’s State of the State joint convention before adjourning until that date and time.