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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 29th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and thoughtful update to California's corporate bar on the practice of medicine, which allows the Attorney
- It provides the Attorney General with the authority to step in when financial interests cross the line
Summary:
The Assembly convened with a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a largely procedural floor session. Members also heard guest introductions recognizing the 20th anniversary of UC Merced and visiting interns and local officials. The Speaker reminded members about floor managers for Senate bills and noted several items were passed and retained on file or deferred during the day’s business.
On the Daily File, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 385 on park property and AB 1119 on teacher credentialing, both by unanimous 57-0 votes. The house also passed SB 351, a health practices measure presented as strengthening enforcement of California’s corporate practice of medicine rules and protecting the doctor-patient relationship, by a 61-0 vote. SB 697, relating to water rights adjudication and allowing the State Water Board to use technology such as drones for investigations, passed 55-0.
The Assembly then took up SB 346 on local government and short-term rentals. Supporters said it would help cities collect transient occupancy taxes, enforce local ordinances, and identify unpermitted rentals; Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan, Papin, and Dixon spoke in favor, with Dixon describing local regulatory challenges from her time in Newport Beach. The bill passed 50-0. The second-day consent calendar was then approved.
The remainder of the session was devoted to adjournment in memory remarks honoring Miguel Antonio Cano, Officer of the California Highway Patrol; Vincent Dino, a longtime Palmdale water district and civic leader; Andrew Meredith, a labor and building trades leader and former Galt mayor; and Erica Hoffman, a California School Boards Association advocate for public education. The Assembly then adjourned until Tuesday, September 2 at 1 p.m.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- So, at that point, I engaged the attorney general's office, gave them a copy of the bill, told them what
- , so some 14 months later, we're at the point where we're starting to get answers because of the attorney
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
parole, pardons, paroles board, board of pardons and paroles, Alabama criminal justice, sentencing reform, prison reform, reentry, recidivism, risk assessment, validated risk and needs assessment, supervision, probation, parole denial, parole reconsideration, medical parole, violent offense, nonviolent offense, law enforcement member, board appointments
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Because Pam Bondi, the new United States Attorney General, knows what extreme risk protective orders
- the commissioners on February 14th, 25th requested, but they hadn't received an answer from the Attorney
Keywords:
teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 25th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Transcript Highlights:
- So, next, the SAPCS state line item in the Office of the Attorney General Budget.
- I'm testifying on the Attorney General's behalf. budget, specifically crime victim services, crime victim
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So, of those 540 open investigations, how many of those have been referred to the attorney general?
- So, we work with the Attorney General's Office, the USAO, as well as the BCA, depending on the nature
- So, we work with the Attorney General's Office, the USAO, as well as the BCA, depending on the nature
- We have a very strong relationship with the Attorney General’s office. I meet with them regularly.
- I'm a staff attorney with Legal Aid and the Disability Law Center.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/18/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Attorney General Ellison signed on with eight other states to sue to get that information.
- Attorney General Ellison signed on with eight other states to sue to get that information.
- Attorney General Ellison signed on with eight other states to sue to get that information.
- Attorney General Ellison signed on with eight other states to sue to get that information.
- Attorney General Ellison signed on with eight other states to sue to get that information.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/05/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Next up to speak is the attorney John Williams.
- She said they would be referred oftentimes by their defense attorney to apply for the program.
- She said they would be referred oftentimes by their defense attorney to apply for the program.
- She said they would be referred oftentimes by their defense attorney to apply for the program.
- She said they would be referred oftentimes by their defense attorney to apply for the program.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a housing attorney at the Mass Law Reform Institute, and I'm here today to testify on behalf of the
- Staff attorneys are taking cases, filing court papers, appearing in court, and negotiating with attorneys
- I want to speak briefly to the cuts that Attorney Vieira mentioned, like many sources of FAMM. ...to
- I am an eviction defense attorney, and I do emergency assistance shelter work.
- I'm an attorney at the Mass Law Reform Institute. Thank you for still being here.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Summary:
The Joint Ways and Means Committee held its final public hearing on the FY26 state budget, with chairs and members emphasizing that public testimony would help shape the budget and asking speakers to keep remarks brief. Committee leaders introduced members, explained the hearing process, and repeatedly thanked residents, students, and advocates for participating. No votes were taken during the hearing.
Testimony focused heavily on education funding and the Chapter 70 formula. Students from Amherst, Northampton, Gateway Regional, Chester Elementary, and other districts described budget-driven cuts to electives, special education supports, paraprofessionals, counselors, transportation, and building maintenance. They urged higher Chapter 70 aid, increased minimum aid, rural school aid, and a reopening or restructuring of the funding formula, arguing that current formulas leave many districts unable to meet student needs and force local layoffs and overrides.
Other speakers urged funding or protection for a range of programs and facilities, including the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide survivor services, the Museum of African American History, the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and CART/interpreter services, the Access to Counsel housing legal aid program, the Department of Mental Health and Pocasset Mental Health Center, and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. One speaker opposed offshore wind-related spending and urged a reset of the state’s energy approach, while another advocated ending the aircraft sales tax exemption. Committee members responded sympathetically to many speakers, asked a few follow-up questions, and several expressed support for maintaining or expanding the programs discussed.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We have Attorney General's office.
- We have Attorney<01:28:19.800><c> General's</c><01:28:20.400><c> office.
- Uh Deputy Attorney Senator DeCourt.
- Deputy Attorney General Mark Tom for the department.
- Thank you so much for... in the Attorney General's um in the Attorney General's um testimony<01:38:40.280
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
student-athletes, name image likeness, NIL, compensation, transparency, University of Hawaii, Title IX, funding, protections, athlete agents, student athletes, endorsement contracts, professional representation, registration requirements, sports law, 912, senate, all
Summary:
The joint committees heard testimony on Senate Bill 3263, which would create a state-supported endowment for University of Hawaii athletics NIL (name, image, and likeness) funding. University of Hawaii Athletics Director Matt Eliott supported the bill, saying NIL requires both immediate funding and a longer-term sustainable solution. He asked for several changes: lowering the initial endowment target from $10 million to $2 million so the fund could start sooner, allowing NIL reporting by team rather than by individual student-athlete, and clarifying that athletes may choose whether to use an agent, while still allowing certified agents or a parent/guardian if desired.
Committee members raised concerns about using taxpayer dollars for athlete compensation, the burden on a small-state budget, and whether the university could realistically raise the required matching funds. Several senators questioned whether the university had a concrete fundraising plan and whether the endowment would meaningfully help UH compete with larger programs. Eliott said UH is already fundraising privately for current NIL obligations, had raised more than $1.6 million toward a $3 million annual goal, and would continue fundraising for both short-term needs and the endowment match. He also said the university is not trying to compete with Power Five schools on the same scale, but to be successful at its own conference level.
Members also discussed transparency and privacy, with some senators arguing that if state money is used, the public should know how it is spent, while Eliott said individual student-athlete NIL information should remain private and team-level reporting would be preferable. He confirmed international student-athletes are eligible for NIL and said about 60 to 70 UH athletes are currently participating, with more than 100 expected next year. The discussion also touched on UH’s Mountain West media rights and local TV rights, with Eliott explaining that the conference distribution is expected to remain around $3.5 million and that local TV rights would be negotiated separately. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Attorney, where's she coming from? She's in the building. She's not in the building.
- </c><01:43:44.719><c> She's</c> Attorney, where's she coming from?
- She's Attorney, where's she coming from?
- <01:49:53.920><c> that</c><01:49:54.159><c> another</c><01:49:54.480><c> amendment</c> attorney that
- another amendment attorney that another amendment I<01:49:56.159><c> heard</c><01:49:56.400><c> the</
Committee:
Senate Education
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/03/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm an attorney with New Hampshire Legal Assistance. NHLA is a nonprofit law firm.
- </c><00:52:57.200><c> I'm</c><00:52:57.280><c> an</c><00:52:57.440><c> attorney</c> My name is uh Ray
- I'm an attorney My name is uh Ray Burke.
- I'm a senior attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation.
- ><c> conservation</c> senior attorney with the conservation senior attorney with the conservation law
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Education (3-10-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- I think if you have your attorney or some of the legal background look at that, you'll find that to be
- Our attorney general has said that our performance-based funding was, in his opinion, unconstitutional
- or some of the legal background attorney or some of the legal background look<01:02:46.480><c> at</c
- </c> anything else on the campus our attorney anything else on the campus our attorney general<01:04:
- District Attorney Neil, once again, both of you please state your name for the record and proceed.
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and first considered two concurrent resolutions. SCR 76, sponsored by Sen. Amanda Bledsoe, would create a Kentucky School for the Deaf Governance Task Force to examine the school’s future governance and its relationship with the Kentucky Department of Education. Bledsoe described the school’s long history and said the task force would give the small deaf-school community more voice. The committee adopted the resolution unanimously with favorable expression.
The committee then took up SCR 131, sponsored by Sen. Max Wise, to continue the Efficient and Effective Districts Task Force from 2024. Wise said the prior task force met about 10 times and focused on student achievement and district policy, and the new version would continue that work as a legislature-only task force. The resolution passed unanimously with favorable expression.
Members next considered HB 240 on primary school promotion. Rep. Truitt explained that the bill would require students who are not ready in kindergarten to repeat kindergarten, while a committee substitute softened the approach by allowing a school to hold a child back in kindergarten but requiring action in first grade. He said the bill aligns with existing reading-screening efforts and is intended to strengthen early literacy foundations. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill unanimously with favorable expression; Sen. Williams briefly explained his support as favoring performance-based advancement.
The committee also approved HB 298, which would change the identification of schools for comprehensive support and improvement from every three years to annually, require KDE recommendations during management audits, add professional development in reading and math, and require effective instructional resources. The committee substitute also allowed districts with multiple CSI schools to contract for a turnaround vendor. The bill additionally carried employee-misconduct provisions from prior sessions, including disclosure requirements for applicants; the only change discussed was removing the word “investigation” from one disclosure section. HB 298 passed unanimously with favorable expression, and the committee also adopted a title amendment.
Finally, the committee heard HB 424 on employment at public postsecondary institutions. Rep. Tipton said the bill would require performance and productivity reviews for faculty at least every four years, clarify appointment and removal authority for presidents at certain institutions, and expand “cause” for dismissal to include failure to meet performance and productivity requirements. Dr. Ray Horton, speaking for faculty groups, proposed a small substitute that would tie any performance measures to existing employment contracts to preserve academic integrity and avoid unintended changes to tenure processes. Members discussed how tenure works at Kentucky universities, and the committee was still in the middle of considering the proposed substitute when the transcript ended.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance (02/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The one that made the news required the speaker to get personally involved and the Attorney General to
- that authority to help a patient navigate financial matters to the institution—would that be the Attorney
- So there has been communication between the Attorney General's office and the office of general counsel
- So there has been communication between the Attorney General's office and the office of general counsel
- There has been communication between the Attorney General's office and the office of general counsel
Summary:
The Finance Committee held a hearing on House Bill 619, which would appropriate $1 million to the Solid Waste Management Fund for matching grants to municipalities and businesses for waste diversion projects, with 50% of the money prioritized for food waste diversion. Representative Karen Ebel, the sponsor, said the fund would help New Hampshire meet its solid waste diversion goals, preserve landfill capacity, and support composting, recycling, and related local business activity. She cited New London’s composting program as an example, saying 172 families participated and 32 tons of food waste were diverted in 2024, reducing tipping and trucking costs.
Committee members asked about possible alternative funding sources, including a surcharge on landfill tipping fees. Ebel said many other states use such surcharges to fund recycling and solid waste programs, while New Hampshire relies on general funds. She also said the current fund balance was about $900,000 because some money had been used for staffing, and that the grant program was still in rulemaking. Questions also focused on how household composting works and whether municipalities could generate revenue from compost; Ebel said participation is optional, most programs use buckets and transfer stations, and the main benefit is cost savings from reduced disposal rather than compost sales.
Testimony in support came from the New Hampshire Municipal Association and the Northeast Resource Recovery Association. Both said municipalities are interested in food waste diversion and composting, that these programs can reduce long-term disposal costs and property tax pressure, and that there is growing demand for technical assistance and grant support. The Northeast Resource Recovery Association said food waste makes up about 24% of municipal and business waste, that fewer than two dozen communities and fewer than two dozen businesses currently offer such services, and that a City of Lebanon pilot program saw about 30% savings by composting on site. The Department of Environmental Services said it was not taking a position but is working on rulemaking for the grant program and expects strong interest from municipalities, private composters, farmers, and anaerobic digester operators. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HED/EDN Joint Info Briefing - Wed Jan 29, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Maybe one of the highest-profile examples of this was when an attorney was caught submitting a brief
- Maybe one of the highest-profile examples of this was when an attorney was caught submitting a brief
- Maybe one of the highest-profile examples of this was when an attorney was caught submitting a brief
- Maybe one of the highest-profile examples of this was when an attorney was caught submitting a brief
- Maybe one of the highest-profile examples of this was when an attorney was caught submitting a brief
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- If you've designated a power of attorney, those persons will have the right to follow the law as it stands
- Tony Tramantana from Monroe was the plaintiff attorney on that case.
- , in the months following Act 246, which was passed in 2024, the Board of Pharmacy, LDH, and the Attorney
- the bill, I'd love to have them share their information a little bit, our Surgeon General and also attorney
- The Attorney General's Office has been working with DCFS. That's why I came up here today.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Summary:
The committee heard a personal privilege update on HB 1227, which Representative DeWitt said would return next week as a proposed HCR for a two-year study of the three-doctor panel after discussions with Dr. Nia Colotta. Better Louisiana also presented its new Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Program, describing it as a data-driven leadership initiative focused on health care workforce, rural access, chronic disease, and other system issues; members discussed whether the program could also help generate policy research, including on managed care organizations.
The committee then considered SB 427 on anatomical gifts. After adopting technical amendments, Senator Presley and Dr. Jeff White explained that the bill would strengthen organ donation law by creating a decision registry that records both yes and no choices, clarifying the legal effect of refusal, and codifying ethical principles such as the dead donor rule. Questions focused on organ viability, registry procedures, minors, and a Monroe case involving a disputed donor designation. Supporters included LOPA and the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the bill was reported favorably.
HB 946, dealing with hospital price transparency and compliance with federal pricing rules, drew extensive testimony. Representative Landry and a witness from Patient Rights Advocate described it as a consumer transparency measure, but the Louisiana Hospital Association opposed the bill’s state-level enforcement and debt-collection provisions. Landry offered an amendment removing the debt-collection and affirmative-defense language, but after debate the substitute failed on a 5-6 vote and the bill was voluntarily deferred. The committee also reported favorably on SB 109, which revises membership qualifications for the Louisiana Emergency Medical Services Commission; SCR 20, urging federal flexibility on Medicaid redetermination for elderly and disabled beneficiaries; SB 216, allowing coroners to rely on licensed practical nurses for medical pronouncements of death; and SB 45, exempting certain gratuitous hospice houses from licensure, with testimony from hospice house operators and supporters.
Finally, HCR 71 by Representative Chasson sought an LDH study of how Louisiana’s law and guidance on pregnancy-related emergency medications is working in hospitals, urgent care, and retail settings. Supporters said providers are hesitant to use medications such as misoprostol because of stigma and uncertainty, while opponents from Louisiana Right to Life argued the resolution was unnecessary and could create controversy. The discussion centered on whether the study should be narrowed or made more objective, but no final action on the resolution was reached in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/23/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- However, to avoid the very costly expense of hiring an attorney to spend two or more years in court trying
- expensive expensive expensive of<00:06:40.479><c> hiring</c><00:06:40.880><c> an</c><00:06:41.120><c> attorney
- </c> of hiring an attorney of hiring an attorney to<00:06:42.880><c> spend</c><00:06:43.120><c> two</
- , one never knows how a judge may rule, and we don't want to waste the valuable resources paying attorneys
- It simply draws a clear statutory boundary so city attorneys and departments no longer have to interpret
Keywords:
correctional fees, supervision fees, probation, Department of Corrections, criminal justice funding, electronic home monitoring, drug testing, restitution collection, community service work, postprison supervision, court-ordered services, fee sunset, fee phaseout, offender fees, community corrections, supervised individuals, 1183, house
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 21st, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- First, there was an attorney there to be a technical witness.
- He informed me that was protected by attorney-client privilege. I asked him, who is paying you?
- First, there was an attorney there to be a technical witness.
- He informed me that was protected by attorney-client privilege. I asked him, who is paying you?
- protected by attorney-client privilege. I asked him, who is paying you to be here?
Summary:
The Assembly met after a quorum call, recess, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into a highly procedural and contentious floor session centered on redistricting measures. Members debated a point of order raised by Assembly Member DeMaio challenging the constitutionality of SB 280, ACA 8, and AB 604; the Speaker ruled the point not well taken, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on appeal. The body also took up consent-calendar and procedural motions, including suspending rules to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 and to bring the measure up without reference to file. Several motions to re-refer or suspend rules on related measures failed, while the motion to adopt the late amendments on ACA 8 carried.
The main substantive item was ACA 8, the Assembly Constitutional Amendment related to redistricting, presented by Assembly Member Berman as a response to mid-decade redistricting efforts in other states, especially Texas. Supporters argued the measure was a temporary, voter-driven response to protect democracy, counter partisan gerrymandering, and address broader threats tied to the Trump administration, including immigration enforcement and health care cuts. Opponents argued ACA 8 would undermine California’s independent citizens redistricting commission, violate the state Constitution, and amount to partisan gerrymandering or a power grab. Members on both sides framed the issue as a defense of democracy, but disagreed sharply over whether the Legislature should act or leave redistricting to voters and the existing commission.
No final vote on ACA 8 is shown in the transcript excerpt, but the Assembly did vote on several procedural matters: the appeal of the Speaker’s ruling was sustained 58-18; the motion to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 passed 58-19; a motion to re-refer ACA 8 and SB 280 to Judiciary failed 19-58; and a motion to take up A.J.R. 21 without reference to file failed 19-58. The session remained focused on ACA 8 and related redistricting questions, with extensive floor speeches from both supporters and opponents.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Government operations panel considers HF1051 3/17/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- here was the language in 327 was very constricted to the provisions in the statute itself, which attorneys
- here was the language in 327 was very constricted to the provisions in the statute itself, which attorneys
- here was the language in 327 was very constricted to the provisions in the statute itself, which attorneys
- which</c><00:51:36.240><c> uh</c> statute itself um which which uh statute itself um which which uh attorneys
- read that precluded the attorneys read that precluded the ability<00:51:38.520><c> of</c><00:51:38.599
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> think we'll have our uh staff attorney think we'll have our uh staff attorney go<02:15:01.599><c
- >> I don't pretend to be an attorney, and I can't answer that question. I don't know, Mr.
- </c> >> I I don't pretend to be an attorney >> I I don't pretend to be an attorney attorney
- Of course, we all have attorneys on staff.
- Um, but I do have uh some some attorney.
Committee:
Joint Select Water Committee
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- However, I will quote from a comment of the New Hampshire Attorney General at the time: no argument was
- The New Hampshire Attorney General went on to say that all the Wayfair decision did was shift the point
- However, I will quote from a comment of the New Hampshire Attorney General at the time: no argument was
- The New Hampshire Attorney General went on to say that all the Wayfair decision did was shift the point
- general went on to say that all attorney general went on to say that all this<04:18:31.680><c> all</
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on HB 530, a bill to increase funding for New Hampshire’s Affordable Housing Fund. Representative Jessica Lontine, the sponsor, described the state’s housing crisis, citing high rents, low vacancy, and the lack of affordable units. She said the bill would double the annual transfer-tax deposit into the fund from $5 million to $10 million, and she later presented an amendment to hold the Education Trust Fund harmless by directing the housing-fund deposit from remaining revenue after that trust fund is funded. She also explained a prospective appropriation idea tied to a possible future sale of the Laconia State School property, with the goal of supporting community housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Much of the testimony focused on the shortage of accessible and supportive housing for people with disabilities and aging family caregivers. Lontine, Ben Saul of Visions for Creative Housing Solutions, Lori McIntosh of Our Place NH, and Maddie Mandelbaum all described the difficulty families face in planning for adult children with disabilities as parents age or die. They emphasized that many people need not only affordable housing but accessible, supportive settings, and they argued that state investment would help nonprofit providers build such housing and prevent homelessness or inappropriate institutional placement. Several witnesses also noted that existing projects rely on capital funding and that operating revenues are limited because residents often depend on SSI and Medicaid.
Committee members asked questions about the fiscal impact of the bill and amendment, including whether the proposal would shift money from the general fund or education trust fund and whether the Finance Committee should have final say over spending priorities. Lontine said she understood those concerns but argued that housing should be prioritized. Housing Action New Hampshire’s Tom Duroza also testified in support of the bill, saying the state’s housing shortage is driving record prices and vacancy rates below 1%, and that the Affordable Housing Fund has leveraged more than $500 million in private investment and helped build thousands of rental homes. He said his organization supported the underlying bill but had not yet reviewed the amendment. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.