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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Mar 25th, 2026
Communications and Conveyance
Transcript Highlights:
- I would like to thank the proponents, and we'll move to any additional witnesses in support.
- Dylan Hoffman on behalf of TechNet in support. Good afternoon.
- We are in support of AB 2279. Thank you. Good afternoon.
- We are in support of AB 2279. Thank you to our witnesses in support.
- We'll move to any additional witnesses in support.
Committee:
House Communications and Conveyance
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Housing Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to support this amendment today.
- ancillary supports.
- ancillary supports.
- ancillary supports.
- But we are in support. All right. No further discussion. We are in support. All right.
Summary:
The Senate Housing Committee met in executive session on several housing-related House bills. Staff briefed bills expanding affordable housing on religious-organization property (HB 1859), requiring cities and counties to allow various forms of supportive and emergency housing in certain zones (ESHB 2266), making changes to common interest community law and WUCIOA (SHB 2354), changing service requirements for rent-increase notices and unlawful detainer notices (SHB 2452 and HB 2664), and exempting limited equity cooperatives from WUCIOA (2SHB 2590). The committee also reviewed fiscal notes and noted that most bills had no state fiscal impact, while the limited equity cooperative bill had a small Department of Revenue cost that would be absorbed.
The most extensive discussion centered on ESHB 2266. Senator Gildon offered amendments to require step housing to be near transit, allow local review of operational plans, require 24-hour on-site supervision unless otherwise justified, and limit new requirements for smaller cities; Senator Gaynor offered a population-based amendment for cities under 10,000. Supporters of the underlying bill argued it would reduce barriers and expand needed shelter and housing, while opponents raised concerns about local control, neighborhood impacts, and operational oversight. None of the amendments were adopted, and the committee advanced the striker and underlying bill.
The committee then voted to send HB 1859, SHB 2354, SHB 2452, 2SHB 2590, and HB 2664 forward with due-pass recommendations, with HB 1859 and ESHB 2266 sent to the Rules Committee and 2SHB 2590 sent to Ways and Means. Members generally expressed support for expanding housing options, though some noted concerns about implementation, local impacts, and the need for further work on WUCIOA-related issues. The meeting concluded with the chair thanking members and staff and adjourning the session.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Feb 4th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- Barney Bishop, Florida Smart Alliance, Justice Alliance is waiving in support.
- Jonathan Weber, also SPLC, is waiving in support.
- Jonathan Weber, also SPLC, is waiving in support.
- Laura Minutiu also is waving in support, Disability Rights Florida.
- Barney Bishop, Florida Smart Justice Alliance, is waving in support, and also waving in support from
Keywords:
voting rights, felony conviction, database, Florida Commission on Offender Review, restoration of rights, autism spectrum disorder, law enforcement, communication, training, blue envelope, blue card, drug paraphernalia, narcotic testing, fentanyl, controlled substances, civil forfeiture, juvenile justice, detention, Medal of Heroism, probation officers
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> support worker owner co-ops. support worker owner co-ops.
- </c> early extra support to do that. early extra support to do that.
- So, I ask for your support.
Committee:
Senate Labor
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 35 (2-26-26) - Reupload
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- We support law enforcement that.
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Keywords:
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Summary:
The House convened with 97 members present, declared a quorum, approved excusing absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The journal for February 25, 2026 was approved. The clerk also reported that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 98 and 122 and requested concurrence. The House then received second-reading reports on a range of bills, including measures on prison educational programs, respiratory care, dietitians, wildlife depredation, temporary structures, military families, civil rights, local boards of education, light pollution, controlled-substance prescribing licenses, youth health services, class sizes for exceptional children, the athletic trainer compact, limited commercial driver’s licenses, and Senate Bill 145 relating to the Department of Agriculture and Alcohol Beverage Control.
Committee reports moved several bills forward, including the main budget bills House Bill 500 and House Bill 504, along with measures on workforce investment, data centers, domestic violence, guardians ad litem, domestic relations, health delivery and “food is medicine” initiatives, state personnel, open records, and fish and wildlife resources. House Bill 500 and House Bill 504 were taken from the Rules Committee and placed on the orders of the day. House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill, was then taken up for third reading and explanation.
Members presented extensive floor explanations of House Bill 500 and House Committee Substitute 1, describing it as a “good first draft” of the executive budget. Supporters said the proposal emphasizes restrained spending growth, base reductions with exemptions for key areas, employee salary increments, and deposits to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future one-time investments. They highlighted funding for K-12 education, postsecondary aid and workforce training, Medicaid and behavioral health, public health infrastructure, pensions, veterans, public safety, economic development, tourism, and state technology and facility maintenance. The budget substitute was adopted by voice vote, and the discussion continued with detailed descriptions of the bill’s provisions; no final passage vote was shown in the excerpt.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> strongly support. Thank you. strongly support. Thank you.
- </c> testifying in support or in opposition? testifying in support or in opposition?
- </c> and supporting them as they do support and supporting them as they do support teachers<01:10:51.440
- We are in support of this bill.
- </c> the department does support this bill. the department does support this bill.
Committee:
Senate Public Safety and Military Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard extensive testimony on Senate Bill 433, which would restrict the carrying of “bladed weapons” and related items. The Office of the Public Defender, Honolulu Police Department, the Hawaii Firearms Coalition, Knife Rights, and many individual testifiers opposed the bill, arguing it is overbroad, vague, and likely unconstitutional. Common concerns were that the term “bladed weapon” could sweep in ordinary tools such as pocketknives, Leathermans, multi-tools, fishing and camping gear, and items used by farmers, ranchers, hunters, divers, and martial arts practitioners. Several speakers also warned that the bill could burden lawful self-defense and create an affirmative-defense scheme that shifts costs and proof burdens onto defendants.
Supporters and opponents alike focused on the need for a clearer definition, with HPD saying a narrower definition would help distinguish ordinary tools from dangerous weapons used in assaults. Opponents repeatedly urged the committee to defer or kill the measure, citing pending and related court cases and the risk of new constitutional challenges. Some testifiers tied the bill to Native Hawaiian gathering rights and subsistence practices, saying it would interfere with hunting, fishing, and food gathering, while others argued it would do little to deter criminals and instead penalize law-abiding residents and visitors.
After finishing testimony on SB 433, the committee moved on to Senate Bill 2575 relating to firearms. The transcript shows the start of that item with the Office of the Public Defender and other agencies being called, but no substantive testimony or action on SB 2575 is included before the excerpt ends. No votes or final committee actions are reflected in the portion provided.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Thanks to your support, thanks to this body's support, the governor's support, that language has been
- Thanks to your support, thanks to this body's support, the governor's support, that language has been
- Thanks to your support, thanks to this body's support, the governor's support, that language has been
- Thanks to your support, thanks to this body's support, the governor's support, that language has been
- Thanks to your support, thanks to this body's support, the governor's support, that language has been
Summary:
The joint Ways and Means and Government Operations committees received a biennium budget preview from Keith Regan, Comptroller and Director of the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS), who introduced department leadership and described DAGS’ broad responsibilities across accounting, public works, procurement, elections, archives, risk management, and other attached agencies. He emphasized that DAGS supports nearly every state department and cited ongoing workforce challenges, while noting progress in reducing the department-wide vacancy rate from 21% in 2023 to 17.7% in 2024. He also highlighted recruitment efforts, including new salary schedules for engineers and architects, job fairs, internships, and outreach to retiring federal employees.
A major focus was modernization of the state’s aging financial systems, especially the 55-year-old FAMIS platform and the Enterprise Financial System (EFS) project. DAGS said it expects to release the RFP for the FAMIS replacement by the end of January and is seeking a second tranche of CIP funding, including $35 million, plus position augmentation and creation of a Business Transformation Office to manage EFS and future modernization work. The department also described major capital projects such as the Aloha Stadium Entertainment District, Wahiawā Civic Center, Kauaʻi Civic Center, and Ahuimanu Community Correctional Center, and reported that Public Works is managing 455 projects statewide valued at more than $2.5 billion.
Other budget requests discussed included funding for cemetery operations, with DAGS asking for two positions and $1 million in operating funds to support maintenance of eight cemeteries; a $200 million ceiling increase tied to anticipated insurance proceeds for West Maui fire-related recovery and rebuilding; and several staffing and operating items for district offices and facilities. These included full-year funding for positions in West Hawaiʻi and East Hawaiʻi, support for a small business coordinator at the State Procurement Office, funding for cloud hosting and PeopleSoft licensing, six positions and staff augmentation for the EFS project, electricity costs, and security-related funding. DAGS also noted that two requested reductions totaled $7.9 million, including transferring the security contract to the Department of Law Enforcement and reducing nonrecurring expenses; members discussed whether some security funding should remain with or be moved to DLE, and DAGS said it would not object to that transfer. No votes were taken in the portion provided.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- That work requires meaningful support. Mr.
- I am not supporting...
- I'll support comprehensive sex education, and I'll support pre- and postnatal care, but I won't support
- I cannot support this legislation.
- We are in strong support of HB 2093.
Committee:
House House Education Committee of Reference
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 2076, which would create a program and fund within ADE, in consultation with AZPOST, to reimburse eligible schools and employees for approved training, certification, and school safety equipment, and would allow schools to adopt policies permitting certain employees to carry concealed firearms on campus if they meet training, notification, and confidentiality requirements. The sponsor, Rep. Bliss, framed the bill as an optional, fiscally responsible medical-response measure focused on bleeding control and emergency preparedness, not a mandate to arm schools. Supporters said the bill adds guardrails, expands access to training, and could help staff respond in emergencies. Opponents, including Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, and the Arizona Education Association, argued it would normalize firearms in classrooms, create confidentiality and law-enforcement concerns, expose students and staff to new risks, and divert attention from prevention, mental health, and other school safety investments. After debate, the committee voted 6-5-1 to give HB 2076 a do-pass recommendation.
The committee then took up House Bill 2830, which directs the State Board of Education to adopt science standards requiring instruction on fetal and prenatal development and specifies that the content is not sex education. Supporters, including the sponsor, a school board president, and a biology teacher, said the bill is about age-appropriate, medically accurate science, parental rights, and clear statewide guidance. Opponents, including the AEA and Reproductive Freedom for All, said it fragments science instruction, politicizes the curriculum, and omits the broader reproductive and public health context students need. Members debated whether fetal development can be taught without discussing reproduction, and whether the bill is an education measure or an anti-abortion effort. The committee approved HB 2830 on an 8-4 vote. The transcript also included discussion of House Bill 2093, which would repeal required mental health instruction and social-emotional learning in schools; supporters argued it restores parental control and refocuses schools on academics, while opponents said school-based mental health education saves lives and helps students who may not have support at home.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 47 May 20th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I rise in support of House 5441, an act I rise in support of House 5441, an act to provide newborn screenings
- I urge my colleagues to support this bill. Mr.
- I rise today in support of this bill and also in support of Amendment 2.
- I am excited to support that.
- I support this bill before us, and I trust that we will all unanimously support it, as we recognize those
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So I'm definitely in support of this bill.
- I'm here in support of House Bill 668.
- We urge you to support this bill.
- I'm here in support of House Bill 696.
- I'm here in support of Houseville 696.
Committee:
House Judiciary, Rules and Administration
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I appreciate your support. So, yeah, any other discussion, questions, comments?
- the support to those school districts—so they can shop.
- I stand here in strong support of SB 1424 because...
- I would support it in the school district context.
- We'd like to learn more about those as well so we can support families.
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several education-related bills. SB 1572, the Return to Civics Instruction Act, would require Freedom Week, civics instruction on the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and a Declaration recitation for grades 3-12; it passed 3-2 after some members argued schools already provide civics instruction and that the legislature should not mandate curriculum. SB 1798, as amended, would require each high school to designate a FAFSA point person, post contact information, and implement a FAFSA awareness strategy; the Arizona Board of Regents supported it, while some members raised concerns about mandates on charter schools and staffing burdens. The committee also passed SB 1711, which directs the State Board of Education to develop and post age-appropriate resources on preventing and recognizing inappropriate contact, with testimony split between support for parent-accessible safety materials and concerns about sex-education compliance issues.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 13th, 2026 at 05:31 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to support House Bill 253 with this amendment, Mr. Chairman.
- And I think very few people support House Bill 253.
- So we are still working to support the EPDs.
- CATF supports this bill.
- Staff our academies and support the personnel we already have.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
distance learning, virtual instruction, public education, student enrollment, school funding, education standards, pandemic education response, low-carbon construction, construction materials, rebate, environmental product declaration, EPD, embodied carbon, carbon intensity, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonization, industrial incentives, clean manufacturing, cement, concrete
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- in our state, support research, and really support our farmers.
- And then finally, mental health support.
- I mean, you know, just overall commodity prices have been too low to support, again, to support cost
- So apologies for putting you on the spot, but we do appreciate your support.
- So we do have a few students, but they're kind of at a support level.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance, Personnel and Public Retirement (9-17-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- And we helped in cash support from KHS.
- </c> supported during crisis. supported during crisis.
- So we would appreciate your support. right now the support we we already have right now the support we
- ,</c><00:16:09.839><c> but</c> we know people will come to support, but we know people will come to support
- So would appreciate your<00:16:13.839><c> support.</c> your support. your support.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:20
Kentucky Humane Society 00:01:20, 958, all
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from Alyssa Gray, president and CEO of the Kentucky Humane Society, on the organization’s statewide animal welfare work and its request for a $5 million matching contribution from the General Assembly for a new Kentucky Animal and Community Campus in Louisville. Gray said KHS, an independent nonprofit founded in 1884, serves cats, dogs, and horses, reaches 96 counties, provides shelter relief, spay-neuter services, low-cost veterinary care, and disaster response, and has supported communities during recent tornadoes and floods. She described the new campus as a hub for disaster housing, shelter transfers, veterinary training, and expanded services to reduce overpopulation and relieve pressure on county shelters and local governments.
Members asked about the campus’s location, staffing, veterinary student involvement, and the scope of KHS’s services. Gray said the new site would be next to KHS’s current spay-neuter clinic on Preston Highway, that the facility would include shelter medicine, high-volume spay-neuter, and a low-cost clinic, and that it could host veterinary students and interns for hands-on training. She also explained that KHS works with county officials and shelters to move animals during crises or cruelty cases, can connect counties with partner organizations when KHS is full, and provides mobile clinic services and occasional grant support for rural shelters.
Committee members praised the presentation and discussed how KHS could fit into disaster recovery planning. One member suggested the organization could be folded into long-term recovery efforts because of its role in post-disaster animal care. The presenter said KHS wants to be a formal disaster response resource and already works with the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association and other partners. No vote on the funding request was taken during the meeting.
At the end of the meeting, the committee noted it still lacked a quorum, so approval of the minutes was postponed to the next meeting, tentatively scheduled for October 15. The meeting then adjourned.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Fri Mar 21, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for your consideration. support for House Bill HC HCR68 and support for House Bill HC HCR68
- No, none in Okay, we had one supporter.
- </c><00:33:57.440><c> Concurrent</c> system supports the House Concurrent system supports the House Concurrent
- </c> and the board of water supply supports and the board of water supply supports house<00:35:18.240
- <00:46:14.319><c> testimony</c> supporting testimony supporting testimony um<00:46:16.480><c> and</c>
Committee:
House Agriculture & Food Systems
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> I encourage your support. I encourage your support.
- </c> been broadly supported, so. been broadly supported, so.
- </c> won't support this bill. won't support this bill.
- I will not be supporting this.
- Uh first, I I support the support.
Keywords:
child welfare, African American children, racial disproportionality, family preservation, reunification, foster care, kinship care, relative placement, noncustodial parent, guardian ad litem, ombudsperson, Department of Human Services, county social services, active efforts, reasonable efforts, child protection, placement, out-of-home placement, Northstar kinship assistance, data disaggregation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF2312, the higher education finance bill, passes out of committee 4/21/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Line 133 is for student support.<00:15:41.199><c> It's</c> support. It's support.
- <c> which</c> supporting init support initiative which supporting init support initiative which is<00
- </c><00:53:50.559><c> You</c> support. You have a choice today. You support.
- </c> those supports.
- It creates a support those supports.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 2312 and first adopted the DE1 amendment, after which the amended bill was discussed. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the spreadsheet and explained the bill’s higher education budget changes, including increases for state grants and tribal college assistance, unchanged funding for several existing programs, and reductions or eliminations for items such as state work study, summer academic enrichment, student loan counseling, concurrent enrollment, and the student parent support initiative. Staff also noted transfers to special revenue funds, the cancellation and reappropriation of ALS research funding, and a new licensing/registration revenue item. The committee was told the bill met the committee’s zero target overall, with a net general fund change of zero relative to the February forecast, while also adding some non-general fund expenditures for program licensing and registration.
Members asked several questions about the transfers and specific line items, including whether any new special revenue accounts were being created, the foster care wraparound services line, and the treatment of the University of Minnesota and Centric Care partnership. Staff explained that the transfers generally did not create new accounts, that some items were not in the base, and that the U of M/Centric Care partnership was a one-time appropriation in the prior bill but was now being built into the base at a different amount. The University of Minnesota section also included new or continued funding for medical school development, health training restoration, emergency assistance grants, ALS research, and a weather resiliency program, while the Mayo Foundation section eliminated funding for Mayo Medical School and the Mayo family medicine residency program.
The policy portion of the DE1 was then introduced. It included a maximum tuition and fee amount for state grants, direct appropriation of emergency assistance grants to Minnesota State, a juvenile justice appropriation for Metropolitan State University, and the ALS research reappropriation to the University of Minnesota. It also contained repealers for unfunded programs, including a delayed repealer for the student parent support initiative. In the higher education policy article, the bill would allow Minnesota State to offer applied doctoral degrees in cybersecurity, make technical changes to hunger-free campus and sexual misconduct procedures, extend pregnant and parenting student protections to private institutions, allow OHE to retain up to 10% of certain competitive grants for administration, consolidate reports, change the state grant formula so negative FAFSA contributions count as zero, and reduce the state grant lifetime credit cap from 180 to 120 credits. The Northstar Promise provisions would limit tuition and fees to resident rates and require MnState, and request the University of Minnesota, to ensure eligible students receive the benefit.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Suicide prevention in bridge design and construction 3/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to thank you for your support and your work in the Washington Avenue Bridge last year and this
- So on behalf of SAVE, thank you and we support this unconditionally. >> Thank you sir.
- </c><00:02:44.800><c> this</c> thank you and we support this thank you and we support this unconditionally
- We're currently building support policy.
- So, in supporting House File 3169, I applaud you if you do.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:04 am
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- And we're here in support of SB 193. Association, and we're here in support of SB 193.
- And we therefore urge you to support this legislation. Thank you.
- And I respectfully ask you to support this bill.
- I respectfully ask you to support this. Thank you very much. Thank you.
- I hope we can support this bill. Thank you very much. I hope we can support this bill.
Bills:
SB193
Keywords:
SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, 996, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Tripp Hunter, Florida Farm Bureau, waving in support.
- Cameron Fink, Associated Industries of Florida, waving in support.
- Gene Adams, Feed Florida Association, waving in support. Lena Juarez, waving in support.
- Feed Florida Association, waving in support.
- , waving in support.
Committee:
Senate Fiscal Policy