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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- allows motions for new trial based on claims of newly discovered evidence to be filed without the restriction
- If your goal is to enforce flawed budget caps, erode local control, limit constituent services, restrict
- 55.960><c> services,</c> control, limit constituent services, control, limit constituent services, restrict
- individual</c><02:45:58.240><c> liberties,</c><02:45:59.200><c> and</c><02:45:59.439><c> act</c> restrict
- individual liberties, and act restrict individual liberties, and act against<02:46:00.479><c> your</
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/27/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We find no comfort in lines 10.20 to 10.21, 21, which would at least initially restrict access to this
- 10.21, 21 which would at least 10.20 to 10.21, 21 which would at least initially<01:50:37.280><c> restrict
- </c> initially restrict access to this data. initially restrict access to this data.
- services in those schools to support our children, youth, and families in a, you know, the least restrictive
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Nobody explained anything about the most restrictive setting that her son was moved to.
- Nobody explained anything about the most restrictive setting that her son was moved to.
- Nobody explained anything about the most restrictive setting that her son was moved to.
- Nobody explained anything about the most restrictive setting that her son was moved to.
- ><01:50:12.159><c> most</c> explained anything about the most explained anything about the most restrictive
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (02/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- process, the current balance, yeah, the opioid abatement trust fund, sure, along with any other restrictions
- Currently, there's a restriction on that; we only purchase generics.
- Program currently in the Medicaid Program currently there's<02:11:38.559><c> a</c><02:11:38.719><c> restriction
- c> on</c><02:11:39.320><c> that</c><02:11:39.520><c> we</c><02:11:39.639><c> only</c> there's a restriction
- on that we only there's a restriction on that we only purchase<02:11:40.520><c> generic</c><02:11:41.520
Summary:
The meeting began as a Division 3 work session on HB 71, but much of the early discussion focused on whether a previously discussed non-germane amendment could be considered or voted on that day. Members and the chair debated process and notice requirements, and the clerk’s guidance was that the amendment needed a separate public hearing before the full Finance Committee. The amendment was described as requiring DHHS contracts and addenda to include compliance with the Patient Bill of Rights, with a repeal date so the requirement would expire on November 30, 2026. The motion to move OTP on HB 71 with the amendment was withdrawn, and the committee agreed the amendment would be scheduled for a future full Finance hearing instead.
The committee then turned to HB 71 itself and heard testimony from DHHS representatives John Williams and Jenny O’Higgins on the fiscal note and policy implications. Members questioned the estimate that the bill could put $12 million to $18 million per year in federal funding at risk, including HUD and Office of Refugee Resettlement funds. DHHS explained that the estimate was based on a broad reading of the bill’s term “specified alien,” which they said was not clearly defined in the bill, so they analyzed it using the federal definition of “alien” and assumed the bill could affect lawfully present non-citizens as well as undocumented individuals. They said the figure represented a worst-case scenario and that they were not claiming the loss was certain.
Members also pressed DHHS on whether the bill could affect emergency sheltering in schools, public academies, or institutions of higher learning during disasters. DHHS said the language could create conflicts with federal funding conditions because emergency shelter programs generally cannot impose barriers on who may be sheltered, and they warned that excluding certain people could affect refugee-related and HUD funding. Questions were raised about whether the bill’s language would apply to private institutions as well as public ones, and whether the state could still use schools in short-term emergencies. DHHS said the language was broad, that they could not answer every legal question definitively, and that they would need input from public health and legal staff. No final vote on HB 71 was taken in the portion provided; the committee remained in discussion/work session mode after the amendment motion was withdrawn.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The turnpike system is an enterprise system, so New Hampshire RSA 237:9 restricts tolls collected on
- also require that operating expense, maintenance, and debt service be paid first with the tolls. restricts
- tolls collected on the restricts tolls collected on the turnpike<00:35:32.720><c> to</c><00:35:32.960
- Anything that's more restrictive than the state is a state choice, not a federal requirement.
- Anything that's more restrictive than the state is a state choice, not a federal requirement.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- All those in favor of Senator Driscoll's motion for a footnote to restrict these to the next Secretary
- All those in favor of Senator Driscoll's motion for a footnote to restrict these to the next Secretary
- All those in favor of Senator Driscoll's motion for a footnote to restrict these to the next Secretary
- All those in favor of Senator Driscoll's motion for a footnote to restrict these to the next Secretary
- All those in favor of Senator Driscoll's motion for a footnote to restrict these to the next Secretary
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- representative from the school boards association, who, because initially the bill didn't have this restriction
- Thank you very much. the bill didn't have this restriction the bill didn't have this restriction but<
- particular kinds of coverages is at traditional levels or higher, but access to that coverage is more restricted
- To that coverage is more restricted.
- This bill solely restricts commercial litigation finance, and he said it is really important to understand
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Human Services - 03/26/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- homes in Minnesota while working toward a better solution when the budget environment is not so restrictive
- homes in Minnesota while working toward a better solution when the budget environment is not so restrictive
- We don't want people at AMRTC who are ready to move to a less restrictive setting sitting there on waiting
- a</c><01:42:22.960><c> less</c> who are ready to move to a less who are ready to move to a less restrictive
- setting, sitting there on restrictive setting, sitting there on waiting<01:42:25.199><c> lists.
Committees:
Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, February 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Despite these undeniable benefits, out-of-touch politicians who have sought to ban or heavily restrict
- to<00:59:29.240><c> ban</c><00:59:29.520><c> or</c><00:59:29.720><c> heavily</c><00:59:30.079><c> restrict
- </c><00:59:31.039><c> this</c> to ban or heavily restrict this to ban or heavily restrict this essential
- Four years of restricting the flow of American energy has forced the price of everything, especially
- Four years of restricting the flow of American energy has forced the price of everything, especially
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- when we had moved inmates to what we call cool beds, we had inmates that were, we used to have a restrictive
- 2022, our facilities have operated primarily under normal programming and have had very occasional restricted
- 2022, our facilities have operated primarily under normal programming and have had very occasional restricted
- This is a particular appropriation the legislature has been pretty restrictive about, and we were trying
- This is a particular appropriation that the legislature has been pretty restrictive about, and we were
Bills:
SB1
Committee:
Senate Finance
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards
Summary:
The committee heard a Legislative Budget Board presentation and then testimony from the Department of Public Safety on the Article 5 public safety budget. LBB said DPS’s 2026-27 recommendation totals $3.7 billion, down from the prior base, while FTEs rise by 856.7. Major items included increased funding for driver license services and customer support, new trooper funding and recruit schools, crime lab operations, border security, and reductions tied to one-time facility, vehicle, and aircraft spending. The committee also discussed new riders, including one to lapse unused trooper funds and require reporting after recruit schools.
Members focused heavily on driver license operations, questioning why prior staffing increases and a prior efficiency study had not solved long wait times, high call abandonment, and appointment delays. DPS and LBB said the agency receives about 22,000 calls per day, answers only about 9 percent, and is seeking more staff plus technology upgrades such as automation, kiosks, and better online processing. Senators also raised concerns about rural access, REAL ID document requirements, and whether the department should rethink its processes rather than simply add employees.
DPS leadership then described needs for the Williamson County training academy, additional troopers, Capitol and Alamo security, border operations, aircraft and vehicle replacement, and regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio. Members asked about Operation Lone Star costs, overtime, pursuit safety, border crime, oilfield theft, and sexual assault kit and toxicology backlogs. DPS said border deployments remain focused on criminal threats, that overtime is partly driven by deployments and staffing shortages, and that the sexual assault kit backlog is down to 118 cases with a goal of zero by April. The committee later recessed and began the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission budget presentation, where LBB outlined a $115.1 million recommendation and noted ongoing costs for the AIMS technology project.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Aug 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So it's more restrictive. We want ours to be a little bit more open.
- that is it's exclusively for students who come out of the Navy Nuclear Power School, so it's more restrictive
Summary:
The committee met for its final meeting and approved the June 16 minutes. The main focus was policy development for advanced nuclear energy, including used fuel disposition, community engagement, and Wyoming’s legislative framework for nuclear development. Rod McCullum of the Nuclear Energy Institute briefed members on DOE’s “innovation campus” initiative for used nuclear fuel, explaining that DOE has narrowed responses to five states—Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Idaho, and Louisiana—and is seeking host agreements by September 30. He said the effort likely requires both federal and state legislation, and industry disputes DOE’s proposal to restart the nuclear waste fee, arguing the Nuclear Waste Fund should instead be used through appropriations for disposal-related work. He also answered questions about Yucca Mountain’s failure, deep seabed disposal, and international approaches to spent fuel, emphasizing consent-based siting and collaboration with states, localities, and tribes.
Envoy Public Labs/GAIN presenters Chase Blazer and Austin Blanche described state-led community engagement models for advanced nuclear projects. They highlighted examples from Kentucky, Indiana, New York, Illinois, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and Connecticut, noting that successful siting depends on early public education, local government support, workforce planning, and, in some cases, state funding for early site permitting. Committee members asked how broad engagement should be, whether it should be countywide or regional, and how small modular reactors differ in public outreach; the presenters said the approach should match the project footprint and local concerns, but that even SMRs still require broad education and stakeholder involvement.
Wyoming Senator K.L. Case and Wyoming Energy Futures CEO Rita Meyer then described Wyoming’s legislative history and TerraPower’s Natrium project in Kemmerer. They reviewed Wyoming’s earlier 1995 high-level waste law, which effectively froze nuclear development until reforms in 2022 allowed on-site storage of waste from an active in-state reactor and removed much of the state-level permitting burden. Meyer said the project is now in construction, with a sodium-cooled fast reactor and molten-salt storage system, but faces major supply-chain challenges—especially HALEU fuel—and relies on private investment plus a federal ARDP grant rather than state dollars. Members asked about water supply, investor motives, supply-chain bottlenecks, and state revenue; the presenters said water comes from a PacifiCorp surface-water contract, investors are seeking long-term returns, and Wyoming expects benefits through property and sales taxes and a per-megawatt-hour fee rather than direct state investment.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 18th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Specifically, his bill AB 1621 created some of the most stringent restrictions on ghost guns in the nation
- Ghost gun restrictions, Angelo’s Law, extending justice for victims of hit-and-run—that’s just a legacy
Summary:
The Assembly met in session after a quorum call and prayer, then proceeded to a ceremonial floor session honoring departing members. After the roll was called and a quorum established, the body moved through tributes to members leaving the Assembly, with remarks focused on their service, district priorities, and personal relationships built across party lines. No substantive legislation was debated or voted on in the portion provided, though the Majority Leader gave notice to remove SB 259 from the inactive file and the chamber suspended Rule 118A to allow guests on the floor and at members’ desks.
Members were recognized in turn, with colleagues praising Stan Ellis for his science-based approach and work on water issues; Damon Connolly for environmental, housing, labor, and transportation work; Jackie Irwin for technology, cybersecurity, gun violence prevention, and implementation tracking; Jasmine Baines for her medical background, rural health advocacy, and work on fentanyl and emergency response; Esmeralda Soria for Central Valley agriculture, housing, water, and hospital recovery efforts; Avelino Valencia for tribal issues, cryptocurrency, and cultural advocacy; Diane Dixon for bipartisan work on public safety, e-bike safety, foster youth, and coastal protection; and Tom Lackey for his public safety record, CHP background, and reputation for honesty and bipartisanship.
In their own remarks, the departing members reflected on the honor of service, thanked staff and family, and emphasized relationships, constituent service, and the importance of continuing public service in new roles. Several noted upcoming transitions to the Senate or other offices, while others said they would continue serving their communities outside the Assembly. The tone throughout was celebratory and reflective, with repeated emphasis on collaboration, district advocacy, and the personal bonds formed during their time in the Legislature.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 18th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- This includes restrictions on habeas corpus, for example, and other impacts on civil rights and civil
- This includes restrictions on habeas corpus, for example, and other impacts on civil rights and civil
Summary:
The hearing covered a wide range of bills, with substantial testimony on commemorative days and several local development measures. Early testimony focused on competing proposals about Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Senator Comerford and others supported redesignating the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, while several Italian American legislators and advocates opposed changing Columbus Day and instead urged a separate Indigenous Peoples’ Day on August 9 or another date. Committee members noted the long-running debate, discussed the state flag and motto review process, and emphasized that any changes would require legislation. No votes were taken during the hearing.
The committee also heard strong support for a Fred Korematsu Day bill, with testimony from advocates, legal organizations, community leaders, and Korematsu’s daughter. Witnesses described Korematsu’s resistance to Japanese American incarceration during World War II, argued that his story remains relevant amid current immigration and civil liberties concerns, and said the designation would help educate students and the public. A separate bill to designate September as PCOS Awareness Month drew testimony from Senator Miranda and health advocates, who described the disorder’s prevalence, frequent misdiagnosis, fertility and pregnancy risks, and the value of public awareness and education.
Other bills discussed included a Domestic Workers’ Rights Day proposal, supported by Representative Garcia and Representative Sousa, who spoke about the invisibility and vulnerability of domestic workers and the importance of recognizing their labor. The committee also heard support for a veteran suicide awareness and remembrance day, a Boston branch library and affordable housing project in Dorchester, and a Fall River waterfront redevelopment bill transferring land to the local redevelopment authority for a major mixed-use project. In addition, Senator Miranda testified in favor of a memorial portrait for former Representative Doris Bunty, highlighting her pioneering role in the legislature and Boston public housing. The hearing was hybrid and lengthy, with the chair repeatedly asking witnesses to be concise and noting that testimony would be public record.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Health Insurance Affordability Task Force, June 18, 2026
Health Insurance Affordability Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- When you consider if the federal government's going to continue to impose those types of restrictions
- Madam Chair, I just want to point out that, as that's being investigated, what kinds of restrictions
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/10/2026 - Joint Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- Project-based grants are valuable, and we pursue them aggressively, but they are episodic, restricted
- Project-based grants are valuable, and we pursue them aggressively, but they are episodic, restricted
Summary:
The joint House and Senate Appropriations committees met to hear the FY 2027 budget package, beginning with the General Appropriations Act (HB 4154/SB 1847). Staff outlined the overall budget, including one-time fund transfers, lump-sum reductions, funding for state employee health insurance, school facilities, corrections, flood and wildfire relief, education and child care, and other ongoing and supplemental items. Members briefly discussed the absence of a requested $1.5 million for the oversight office, but the chair said no amendments would be taken in committee and that only limited technical changes were likely later in the process.
Public testimony on the feed bill was largely supportive but focused on specific funding concerns. Testimony highlighted school safety funding, Alzheimer’s services, small business tax expensing provisions, disability oversight for group homes, county use of opioid settlement dollars, adult education/community college funding, victim notification funding, and ESA oversight. Several speakers praised the budget for funding DDD and other services, while others opposed or sought changes to items such as the COMIT group home monitoring program, Maricopa Community Colleges’ lack of operating aid, and a possible cut to the victim notification program. The chair repeatedly emphasized that changes to the negotiated budget would be difficult and should be routed through leadership.
The committee then moved quickly through the remaining budget reconciliation bills. Staff summarized bills covering amusement and wagering, capital outlay, commerce, criminal justice, environment, health care, higher education, human services, and K-12 education. Notable provisions included continued wagering assessments, highway and building renewal funding, defense innovation and economic development changes, corrections and wrongful conviction provisions, groundwater and water banking measures, health insurance oversight and opioid settlement provisions, higher education funding and ABOR operating caps, SNAP and housing trust fund changes, and a 2% inflation increase for K-12 formula components. The K-12 bill also included a biometric school safety pilot and a child sexual abuse prevention pilot. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the chair indicated the committee would continue through the remaining bills.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- we do have co-pay assistance and deductible assistance still, and we are removing the formulary restrictions
- comes to the pay raises that we see for teachers, it can only be used for certain teachers, and it restricts
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Donnell C. Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. A quorum was announced, the journal was approved, and the Speaker said the chamber would take up 11 budget conference reports, with debate and final votes on each report. The first report considered was HB 7031E, the tax package, followed by HB 501E, the state budget appropriations bill.
On HB 7031E, Chair Duggan explained that the conference report included a range of tax reductions and tax-related changes, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related provisions, reductions in certain taxes and fees, and new exemptions or administrative clarifications. He said the package also added items such as sales tax relief for certain university construction projects, a tennis admissions exemption, and changes to agricultural property tax treatment, and that the amendment reduced state and local tax revenues by $272.2 million. Members questioned the bill about the child care tax credit reduction from three years to one, the homestead exemption provision for certain diplomats and foreign service personnel, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the inclusion of firearm accessories and tennis tickets in sales tax holidays. After structured debate, the House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11.
The House then began the conference report on HB 501E, the $114.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, which was described as below the prior year’s spending level and leaving more than $14 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major allocations across education, higher education, IT, health care, transportation and economic development, justice, state administration, and agriculture/natural resources. Highlights included increased FEFP funding and veteran teacher raises, full funding for Bright Futures, major IT modernization projects, Medicaid and behavioral health funding, transportation and local infrastructure spending, correctional and law enforcement investments, fire station and emergency response funding, and large environmental and water-quality appropriations. Members asked detailed questions about school voucher fraud oversight, scholarship funding, teacher raises, preeminence funding, ADAP changes, SNAP data tools and error rates, Medicaid rate changes, prison wastewater monitoring, and other budget items, but the transcript ends during the budget questions before final action on HB 501E is shown.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (9:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Senate and Governmental Affairs May 27th, 2026
Senate & Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- and JJIC, we ran into some challenges there with some of the credible messengers being limited or restricted
- See, we ran into some challenges there with some of the credible messengers being limited or restricted
Committee:
Senate Senate & Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
sales tax, exemptions, credits, rebates, uniformity, legislative rules, fiscal report, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, delegates, state election, ratification, Louisiana, public meetings, broadcast, transparency, government accountability