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HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Mar 4, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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- I live in Waialua, and I'm testifying in strong support of this measure.
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- Um, throughout Waianae because we live on the other side of Kala, right?
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Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several bills, with most measures drawing either support or comments rather than opposition. HB 2395, relating to taking marine deposits for research, education, management, or propagation, received support from the University of Hawaii and DLNR. HB 2585, relating to agricultural tourism, drew broad support for its intent to keep agritourism secondary to farming, but agencies and farm groups raised concerns about enforcement, county authority, and the rebuttable presumption language. Testifiers included OPSD, the Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hawaii Farm Bureau, a small farm operator, and others, with some urging clearer definitions, simpler registration, and protections for bona fide farms and hosted farm stays.
HB 1728, on rainwater catchment systems, was supported in principle by DLNR, which cited drought conditions and said it deferred to counties and the Department of Health on safety and regulation. HB 1881, which would prohibit passenger ropeways on mountain lands, drew strong support from community testifiers who said it would help prevent development disguised as agritourism and protect forests and country lands. HB 1990, establishing penalties and possible foreclosure for unresolved zoning violations, received comments from the Attorney General recommending removal of AG references and more county-centered enforcement, while the Hawaii Association of Realtors warned the 30-day timeline could create problems for absent or unaware homeowners.
The committee also heard HB 1712, which would expand and make permanent certain seats on the State Building Code Council. The Plumbers and Fitters union supported the bill, but BIA Hawaii requested amendments to add “licensed contractor” language, and architects and other professionals opposed the measure, arguing that increasing the council from 12 to 15 voting members would make it less efficient and harder to reach quorum. Finally, HB 2151, relating to hempcrete, was supported by a Kauai workforce development advocate and the Hawaii Farm Bureau, who said hempcrete could support agriculture, manufacturing, and affordable housing while reducing carbon and reliance on imported materials. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- It's what I would call an opportunity for leadership transition.
- It's what I would call an opportunity for leadership transition.
- for giving me the opportunity to sit here in this chair during this session, and thank you for your service
Committee:
All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- And our members are living proof that the leakage is real.
- worked alongside the legislature and many others over decades to secure our state's successful transition
- We were also at the table back in 2011 when the transition plan for our state's last remaining coal plant
- When the transition plan for our state's last remaining coal plant in Centralia that Senator Liias was
- bill sends a strong message to those seeking to undermine our ability to advance a clean energy transition
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
Washington climate policy, greenhouse gas, GHG emissions, cap-and-invest, carbon market, emissions trading, allowances, covered entity, coal-fired power plant, coal plant, electric utility, electric generating facility, fossil fuels, natural gas, imported electricity, emissions leakage, air pollution, renewable energy transition, industrial emissions, railroad emissions
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It will also bring extraordinary operational demands, including dense crowds, high-profile venues, transit
- and a commitment to accountability, we have built a system that reflects the very best of public service
- The plan to have outside agencies is not something that is unfamiliar with emergency service work.
- better augment and not take the place of any officer that is duly sworn in this state that's been here, lives
- preferred source of law enforcement personnel for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and that the services
Summary:
The Senate Emergency Management Committee heard two main bills. AB 1934 by Assembly Member Bennett would create a voluntary home hardening certification program under the State Fire Marshal’s Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee. Supporters, including local governments, counties, fire-related organizations, and conservation groups, said the certificate could help guide future incentives for wildfire resilience and home hardening. Senators discussed how long certifications should last, whether recertification should be required, and how the program could align with local fire inspections and future state incentive funding. The bill was advanced to the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee.
The committee also heard AB 2411 by Assembly Member McKinner, which would create a process to train and deploy out-of-state law enforcement officers as temporary supplemental security for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. The author, the Los Angeles mayor’s office, and the Los Angeles Police Protective League supported the bill, saying the Games will require far more officers than California can supply on its own and that out-of-state personnel should augment, not replace, California officers. Opposition from PORAC and the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs focused on ensuring California POST standards, accountability, and proper training, while also raising concerns about recruitment, retention, and cost. Committee members generally supported the concept but emphasized that California officers should remain the primary source of personnel and that federal involvement should be limited; the bill was sent to the Senate Public Safety Committee.
The committee also took up a consent calendar of additional measures, which were approved. After several roll calls and calls placed on absent members, both AB 1934 and AB 2411 ultimately passed the committee 9-0, and the meeting adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Aug 20th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 2150 strengthens our frontline response and helps save lives, and with that I respectfully ask for
- Communities living near landfills deserve access to reliable information about conditions that may affect
- In the absence of clear federal guidance, AB 1793 facilitates a smooth and transparent transition to
- behalf of Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, I rise to present AB 2084, which promotes the continuity of services
- California's nonprofits provide vital service to our constituents, and the nonprofits rely on their status
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- A conservancy will help accomplish the anticipated land use transition in an ecologically beneficial
- experiences for young people and their families during the time of the most difficult moments of their lives
- This range serves as a vital wildlife corridor and provides essential ecosystem services.
- For some of us, we will never live to see it the way we knew it for decades and decades, and it just
- environment, our visitor-serving industry, and I think one of the little-known statistics that we Servicing
Summary:
The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee heard several conservation and wildlife-related measures. SB 1108 by Senator Caballero would create the Grasslands Ecological Area Conservancy in the California Natural Resources Agency to coordinate protection and restoration of the Grasslands Ecological Area in Merced County. Supporters, including the Grasslands Water District, Audubon California, Defenders of Wildlife, California Waterfowl Association, The Nature Conservancy, and others, said the area is a major wetland and wildlife corridor facing groundwater-driven land retirement and needs a coordinated, voluntary, incentive-based framework. Senator Laird noted the bill followed prior conservancy models and moved it forward. The committee later approved SB 1108 on a 7-0 vote to Appropriations.
The committee also heard SB 1021 by Senator Choi, which would direct the Fish and Game Commission to create a narrowly tailored program expanding hunting and fishing opportunities for youth with life-threatening illnesses. The author and supporters from Field of Dreams and the Angling Hunting Conservation Coalition described it as a compassionate, supervised program that would create meaningful experiences for families while maintaining hunter education and conservation safeguards. No opposition was presented, and the bill was approved 7-0 to Appropriations.
SB 949 by Senator Becker would designate the Santa Cruz Mountains as a resource of statewide significance, with supporters from Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Sempervirens Fund, Green Foothills, and others citing biodiversity, watershed protection, wildfire resilience, public access, and coordination across public and private lands. Some committee members raised questions about working lands, property rights, and fire responsibility, but the bill was moved forward and passed 5-0 to Appropriations. The committee also adopted SJR 12 by Senator Laird, which opposes the federal offshore oil and gas leasing plan for California waters; supporters emphasized spill risks, coastal economic impacts, and public opposition, and the resolution passed 5-1. File item 3, SB 1085, was pulled, and the remaining consent calendar items were adopted 7-0.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Other - PSCOC Mar 11th, 2026
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- I will note that there was a transitional period in this outgoing staff and incoming staff where those
- They're the folks that live with These projects.
- responsible, but that we're also making sure that these are places where teachers can be proud To live
- is Section 5 of HB 2, in the amount of 2.5 million, which will primarily be used for contractual services
- Unless there's any other business to come before us, I thank all of you for your work and service to
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the director for Senate Committee Services, nonpartisan staff in the Senate. Sarah?
- saying that to complain about our technology, but just, you know, that's just kind of the world we live
- saying that to complain about our technology, but just, you know, that's just kind of the world we live
- And we've made these transitions so successfully. So, you know, we really are highly competent.
- thank you so much for serving as vice chair and for serving on the committee and for your years of service
Committee:
Joint Statute Law Committee
Summary:
The Statute Law Committee met on December 10, 2025, approved the June 10, 2025 minutes, and received a publications update noting that the 2025 RCW volumes and session laws are available, with sales continuing a gradual decline but generally tracking prior years. The committee also heard that the office remains fully staffed and financially stable, with projected year-end funds remaining and a healthy publications fund balance.
A major discussion centered on a proposal from retired Judge Ann Levinson to make the code more reader-friendly when chapters are repealed and recodified, especially after the civil protection orders reform in E2 SHB 1320, which consolidated multiple protection order laws into new chapter 7.105 RCW. Levinson argued that current disposition-table language such as “repealed by” can be confusing to the public and may appear to signal legislative disapproval, and suggested adding a simple pointer to the new chapter. Code revisers explained their current practice, the limits of their editorial discretion, and the technical and policy concerns involved, while expressing support for some form of “see also” guidance and noting that hyperlinking session-law citations in disposition tables may also help readers find the new law.
The committee also discussed office operations, including a planned move from the modular offices back into the rebuilt Pritchard building, expected in late 2026, with improved space, storage, and enclosed offices. Staff proposed changing regular Monday-through-Thursday office hours from 8 a.m.–8 p.m. to 8 a.m.–7 p.m., with exceptions for active work, client requests, and floor action; the proposal was supported by a chart showing that many evenings have no work after 7 p.m., though late nights would still occur during busy periods. The meeting ended with acknowledgments of retiring staff, including editor Barb Sage after 37 years of service, and a farewell to Vice Chair Sam Thompson, whose successor had just been selected.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I strongly support the Associations and Multiple Listing Service, or MLS, the vital role they play in
- I'm also actively involved in organizations like Agape House, which helps homeless families transition
- back into stable housing and rebuild their lives.
- I have friends who gave their lives defending the freedoms we all enjoy.
- But living in a free country and freedom of conscience. is not as free as it should be.
Bills:
SB2101 , SB2334 , SB2633 , SB2637 , SB2713 , SB2781 , SB2782 , SB3059 , HB1130 , HB256 , HCR19
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
minors, sexually explicit materials, public libraries, age verification, civil penalties, library collection review, alcohol storage, airline permits, beverage regulations, airport, commercial flights, alcoholic beverages, local option election, zoning regulations, municipality control, land use, state law, social media, bot accounts, misinformation
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We have had the opportunity to have school service days, i.e., no kids in school, that coincide with
- This was a transitional lending arrangement, and it was terminated in 2015.
- This was a transitional lending arrangement, and it was terminated in 2015.
- It saves them from hiring a bunch of staff to do a bunch of stuff, so they offer a lot of services.
Committee:
House State Affairs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture Aug 4th, 2026
Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture
Transcript Highlights:
- As we all live the dream on Zoom, am I right?
- Your commitment to service to the people of this state. Mr.
- We live it and we work it.
- This had a huge impact on rail service, military service, all the kinds of things you can imagine.
- This had a huge impact on rail service, military service, all the kinds of things you can imagine.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Emergency Management
Transcript Highlights:
- He could not find a hand that felt familiar, and that is the heartbreak I live with.
- We've heard that from emergency services. We've heard that throughout the legislature.
- We've heard that from emergency services. We've heard that throughout the legislature.
- Our legacy system does provide 911 services, but it is an outdated system.
- And so they were calling 2-1-1 for these services.
Committee:
Senate Emergency Management
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE Mar 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We do not charge for our services, and because of this, we remain independent evaluators.
- moving out of the service industry and into higher paying fields such as health care.
- The Our mission statement is changing lives through education, training, and employment.
- is changing lives through education, training, and employment.
- So we still have $2.92 million left to live off of.
Summary:
The House and Senate Education Committee first approved minutes from February 2 and 3, then heard an interim study proposal on Arkansas adult education and the Excel Center model, presented by Goodwill Industries of Arkansas and the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities. Witnesses argued that about 300,000 Arkansas adults lack a high school diploma or GED and described the Excel Center as a diploma-granting public charter option for adults 19 and older, with wraparound supports such as child care, transportation, tutoring, life coaching, and career services. They said the Arkansas campuses are not state-funded, highlighted growth in enrollment and graduation outcomes, and cited research showing improved employment, earnings, and reduced criminal justice involvement for graduates. Committee members discussed the role of Goodwill’s nonprofit mission, the need for multiple adult education pathways, and the relationship between adult education challenges and broader state efforts such as LEARNS and ACCESS.
The committee then debated the interim study proposal procedure, including whether questions should have been taken before the vote. The motion to adopt the ISP passed, and members noted that the study would broadly examine adult education, GED testing, high school diplomas, charter schools, in-person adult education, and funding allocation. Several members asked for follow-up information on current adult education funding, the availability of Excel Centers, and the criminal justice study results.
After that, staff from the Bureau of Legislative Research gave a detailed adequacy funding overview for Arkansas K-12 education. They reviewed national funding principles and then explained Arkansas’s revenue streams and distribution system, including general revenue, the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Educational Adequacy Fund, local property-tax revenues, and facilities partnership funding. They also walked through the state’s foundation formula, categorical aid, supplemental aid, and additional funding, including the per-student matrix amount of $7,771 for 2025 and how funds are allocated to districts and charters. Members asked about student support staff, special education high-cost occurrences, ALE funding, teacher salary equalization, and the Excel Center’s treatment in funding totals; staff said some of those questions would be addressed in a later spending presentation. The meeting ended after the committee was told the department was present mainly to answer questions and no further business remained.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Eight - Wednesday, April 8 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Kathleen has lived a life defined by service, dedication, and love for others.
- Kathleen has lived a life defined by service, dedication, and love for others.
- That's such a valuable service that we get.
- That's such a valuable service that we get.
- We need to start supporting the organizations that are providing services and permanent support services
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 8, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- IN HURRICANES THAT WE MORE SO USE THEM IN WILDFIRES WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CONSUMER SERVICES
- AGAIN USED TO LIVE IN PASCOE. FIRE STATIONS ARE RIGHT ON THE LINE.
- SO THAT'S A STATEWIDE MUTUAL AID PROGRAM, HOW DOES IT TRANSITION TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE
- , MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE CONFUSING FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS THAT LIVE
- THAT'S AN ORGANIC PROBLEM TO WHERE WE LIVE AND WE NEED TO SOLVE THAT ORGANIC WITH OUR OWN TEAM.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- We do not discriminate and we know we are providing essential services.
- This makes families live in fear when they live in fear. Students don't come to class.
- Elle Grant with the California Alliance of Child and Family Services in support.
- It is traumatizing the lives of our young children.
- Right now too many good jobs are going unfilled and too much talent in California is living below a living
Committee:
House Education
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Seven - Tuesday, April 7
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- His service extends through partnerships with the St.
- So people who need immediate emergency services, so ER services and labor and delivery, they're covered
- So people who need immediate emergency services, so ER services and labor and delivery, they're covered
- , whether they're legal, not. services, so ER services and labor and delivery, they're covered, whether
- After their service? Let me read it.
VA
Virginia 2026 Regular Session
House Select Committee on Advancing Rural and Small Town Health Care Jun 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- services.
- Dental, especially pediatric dental services, is always a struggle.
- I mean, I live now in Western Henrico.
- And right now, if you live in a rural area, the topic of the day is rain.
- And then Live Well Together, this is our health promotion.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I live in the Bay Area, and I'm a member of SEIU-USWW.
- I live in Bay Area, and I'm a member of SEIU-USW.
- Allied is an industry leader in private security services.
- Mark Miller, with Securitas Security Services, in opposition. Thank you.
- I request and I vote for SB 936 to save lives. Thank you. Thank you very much.
Summary:
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard several Senate bills, with most of the discussion focused on worker training, public safety, and consumer protection. SB 1203 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would expand training and de-escalation requirements for private security officers. Supporters, including security workers and labor groups, said the bill would better prepare officers who often respond first to mental health crises and violent incidents. Opponents, including security industry representatives and business groups, argued it would impose major costs, create training bottlenecks, and could reduce licensed security coverage. The committee ultimately voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Labor and Employment, with some members noting future amendments to address training capacity and employer-provided training.
The committee also approved SB 936 by Senator Blakespear, which would restrict retail sales of nitrous oxide canisters larger than 8 grams while preserving legitimate medical, dental, culinary, and automotive uses. Support came from county officials, public health groups, waste management organizations, law enforcement, and local governments, who described rising misuse, impaired driving, and recycling hazards. No opposition testimony was presented, and the bill passed to Public Safety.
SB 1271 by Senator Reyes, aimed at strengthening California’s midwifery training pipeline by requiring data collection on licensed midwife preceptor capacity, also passed unanimously to Health. Supporters said the bill would help address shortages in rural birth care and improve access to training for aspiring midwives. SB 903 by Senator Padilla, which would place guardrails on the use of AI in mental health and psychotherapy settings and prohibit AI from being marketed as a therapist, drew emotional testimony from a mother whose son died by suicide after extensive chatbot interactions. Health and behavioral health groups supported the measure, while several industry and health organizations were opposed unless amended; the committee nevertheless sent it to Privacy and Consumer Protection on a unanimous vote. The committee also approved SB 1165 on consent and then adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think many people travel and say, I could live here, but I was here and I thought, I want to live
- I was here and I thought, I want to live here. I loved the natural beauty.
- Today, Richard and Anthony are living their best life together.
- Today, Richard and Anthony are living their best life together.
- This is a far more important job because lives are at stake.
Committee:
Senate Senate Rules