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DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, I feel like this is watered down so much since we started working on this in January.
- Watered down so much since we started working on this in January, talking to date, talking to all the
- You know, I feel like this is watered down so much since we started working on this in January. watered
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Education
Transcript Highlights:
- our team's efforts to fundraise for humanitarian needs, like restoration from the LA fires and clean water
- My coach here is an open water swimmer, so you may have a question. Did you say 22 seconds?
- Hence he's an open water swimmer. Yeah.
- Hence he's an open water swimming. Yeah.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Education
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Education held a very full public hearing on the first Education Committee hearing of the session, with testimony taken on a large slate of bills, especially H. 650/S. 436 and related measures. The chairs explained the hearing rules, including two-minute testimony limits, live streaming, written testimony, and accommodations for interpreters and disabilities. The committee first heard extensive testimony on H. 460/S. 436 and later H. 650/S. 436, bills to affirm and maintain equal access to public education for all children, including immigrant students, English learners, and students with disabilities. Witnesses included parents, advocates, educators, attorneys, and state officials, many of whom described fears caused by federal policy changes and argued that Massachusetts should codify protections for school enrollment, special education, interpreter services, and due process in discipline cases. The Attorney General’s office, Mass Advocates for Children, Lawyers for Civil Rights, MIRA, the Children’s Law Center, the Disability Law/advocacy community, and others all urged favorable action, while committee members asked questions about Plyler v. Doe, manifestation determinations, interpreter qualifications, and how the bill would mirror or preserve existing federal protections at the state level.
The committee also heard testimony on H. 702/S. 460, establishing an elementary and secondary school robotics grant program, which was supported as a way to expand STEM opportunities and help schools fund robotics programs. Representative Sweeney also testified on H. 713, a bill to support student participation in 4-H programming by allowing excused absences similar to those for athletics and other sanctioned activities; members noted bipartisan support and the bill’s long history. The hearing then moved to H. 543/S. 417, a recess bill requiring at least 30 minutes of free-play recess for K-8 students. Supporters included the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the League of Women Voters, educators, and parents, who emphasized recess as important for physical health, social-emotional development, attention, and academic performance, and noted that unequal local policies create disparities across districts. Several witnesses also tied recess to broader concerns about student well-being and screen time. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee simply received testimony and closed testimony on the bills as it moved through the agenda.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- And I want to ask: Do I deserve clean drinking water?
- A few years ago, one elder with dementia stopped drinking water one day, and eventually he became so
- I'm a resident of Everett, an organizer with the Deeper Than Water Coalition, and a public health researcher
- I'm a resident of Everett, an organizer with the Deeper Than Water Coalition, and a public health researcher
Summary:
The hearing before the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security focused on several correction-related bills, including visitation reform, elder and medical parole, incarcerated persons’ human rights, and creation of an independent correctional oversight office. Vice Chair Christopher Worrell chaired the hearing in place of Chair Dan Cahill for much of the session and explained that the committee would first hear from incarcerated individuals remotely, then move to public testimony. The committee repeatedly enforced three-minute limits and accepted written testimony as well.
Much of the testimony from incarcerated people emphasized that visitation is central to rehabilitation, family stability, and reentry, and that current DOC policies—visitor caps, pre-approval requirements, scheduling rules, dress-code enforcement, and restrictions on contact—have reduced family contact and caused harm. Several speakers argued that elderly and medically frail prisoners should be released through parole because incarceration is costly, ineffective, and inhumane for people who pose little public-safety risk. Others described poor prison conditions, limited programming, inadequate healthcare, segregation-like housing, and the impact of K2 use, suicides, and self-harm. Supporters of the oversight bill said an independent office is needed to address racial disparities, grievance failures, and lack of accountability within the DOC.
A number of speakers tied their support to personal experiences, including alleged racial discrimination, denial of programs, and barriers to family visits. Some testified that rehabilitative programming, education, and restorative justice reduce violence and improve outcomes, while others said the DOC spends too little on programming and too much on punishment. Committee members asked a few follow-up questions, including about K2 contraband and how to reduce drugs in facilities, and one member asked about typical visitation lengths. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee heard testimony on the bills and several witnesses urged favorable reports.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 119 May 13th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm looking up at a lady that's been chartering this water A lady that's been chartering this water since
- concerning requirements for formally irrigated agricultural land for which an agricultural irrigation water
- right and Water Division 2 is changed to another beneficial use. >> Please proceed.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Four - Wednesday, May 6
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We've got the Highway Patrol, the Water Patrol.
- initiative through the Department of Natural Resources, and it would be eligible to be expended on water
- to serve in his current capacity, even as I know the state is entering some choppy, likely fiscal waters
- to serve in his current capacity, even as I know the state, is entering some choppy, likely fiscal waters
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal by roll call, and a long series of special guest introductions recognizing family members, interns, public servants, nonprofit leaders, students, and a park ranger honored for life-saving actions. Committee reports and Senate messages followed, including Senate nonconcurrence on numerous amendments to Senate Bill 1421 and the appointment of a conference committee on another bill.
The main floor action centered on budget conference committee reports, especially House Bill 2002 on public education. Members debated whether the conference version fully funded the foundation formula, with supporters arguing it maintained record-level funding and opponents saying it left schools about $190 million short and relied on uncertain funding sources such as blind pension, lottery, and possible ARPA dollars. After a substitute motion to send the bill back to conference was defeated, the House adopted the conference report 83-68 and then third-read and passed House Bill 2002 by the same margin. The House then took up House Bill 2003 on higher education, where members discussed a move toward a future performance-based funding model while keeping current funding flat; the conference report passed 119-28 and the bill was third-read and passed 109-32.
The chamber next considered House Bill 2004, covering the Departments of Revenue and Transportation. Debate focused on transportation funding, rural roads, and a small local safety project in Lebanon that had already been addressed by MoDOT. The conference report was adopted 128-21 and the bill was third-read and passed 127-27. Finally, the House began debate on House Bill 2005 for the Office of Administration and IT-related functions, with the sponsor and supporters emphasizing IT accountability, the Movers project, and the transfer of some staff to DSS; the transcript ends during discussion of that bill.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- evidence and it is a letter to, uh, Majority Leader Thune and Minority Leader Schumer about the Boundary Waters
- about Thune and Minority Leader Schumer about the<00:05:12.560><c> Boundary</c><00:05:12.960><c> Waters
- > it</c><00:05:14.040><c> was</c><00:05:14.200><c> an</c><00:05:14.360><c> issue</c> the Boundary Waters
- Um, it was an issue the Boundary Waters.
Committee:
House Ethics
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (04/29/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- of people trying some kind of a concept, and they jump off the bridge and they fall directly in the water
- the bridge and they fall directly in off the bridge and they fall directly in the<03:18:47.200><c> water
- </c> the water. Uh so, uh sorry. the water. Uh so, uh sorry.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/13/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- pesticides and other things that, you know, are scientifically proven to damage the land, the air, the water
- ,</c><00:18:25.240><c> the</c><00:18:25.400><c> air,</c><00:18:25.800><c> the</c><00:18:25.960><c> water
- course, the emissions out of these nuclear plants is H2O, which sometimes confuses people, but it's water
- 00:35:29.560><c> H2O,</c> Of these nuclear plants is H2O, which sometimes confuses people, but it's water
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It allows us to continue to invest in safe roads, safe water, sanitary sewer, school facilities, and
- It allows us to continue to invest in safe roads, safe water, sanitary sewer, school facilities, and
- It allows us to continue to invest in safe roads, safe water, sanitary sewer, school facilities, and
- It allows us to continue to invest in safe roads, safe water, sanitary sewer, school facilities, and
Committee:
Senate Taxes
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 43 (3-10-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I would say that the bill has the committee sub, uh, does speak to water and sewer projects, economic
- </c><00:56:41.240><c> does</c><00:56:41.440><c> speak</c><00:56:41.680><c> to</c><00:56:41.840><c> water
- </c> committee sub uh, does speak to water committee sub uh, does speak to water and<00:56:42.320><c>
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I was some water. I didn't dare look. I'm going to some water. No, thank you.
- There are watered-down and smaller food portions than what are required, missing food items altogether
- cost-effective environments where we're not buying different light bulbs for 67 facilities, different water
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- state, it also includes building the units needed to house the employees of those businesses, the water
- house the employees of those businesses, house the employees of those businesses, the<01:05:04.880><c> water
- ,</c><01:05:05.280><c> wastewater</c><01:05:05.839><c> treatment,</c><01:05:06.160><c> and</c> the water
- , wastewater treatment, and the water, wastewater treatment, and infy<01:05:07.039><c> infrastructure
Committee:
House Finance
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 27 (2-13-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So that argument is blown out of the water.
- > that is that argument is blown out of that is that argument is blown out of the<00:59:01.200><c> water
- ><c> next</c><00:59:02.000><c> question</c><00:59:02.400><c> that</c><00:59:02.720><c> had</c> the water
- The next question that had the water.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (09/15/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- people live and where they shop for their electronics, you know, it could just further muddying up the water
- muddying</c><00:54:14.960><c> up</c><00:54:15.200><c> the</c><00:54:15.680><c> the</c><00:54:16.000><c> water
- </c><00:54:16.319><c> I</c> further muddying up the the water. I further muddying up the the water.
Summary:
The subcommittee work session focused on House Bill 293, which would prevent minors from accessing obscenity on certain internet-connected electronic devices. Chair Pardell opened by noting the bill had been discussed several times and that the goal was to find language acceptable to the committee. Representative Coutab argued the bill is important for child safety, said parents vary in technical ability, and pointed to Apple as evidence that filtering tools can be implemented. He asked whether the other members saw a path forward and what it might look like.
Representatives McFarland and Tur both said they support the underlying concern but questioned the bill’s structure and practicality. McFarland emphasized parental responsibility and individual liberty, said any final language should avoid infringing on rights or creating indirect pressure on corporations, and suggested looking at other states’ approaches and Apple’s closed ecosystem as a limited example. Tur said the bill may solve one problem while creating others, especially by placing the burden on device manufacturers and browsers rather than on the content providers; he cited the recent Texas Paxton decision as an example of a more targeted age-verification approach aimed at websites. Both expressed concern that a broad device-level mandate may be difficult to implement consistently across different platforms.
Chair Pardell responded that the bill is intended to add protective measures rather than impose a blanket ban, and compared it to existing restrictions on minors accessing alcohol, tobacco, or pornographic magazines. She said the proposal is meant to ask for the user’s age during device setup, not to require identification or database checks, and stressed that parents would still be responsible for entering accurate information. Members also discussed whether Apple’s tools are generalizable to Android and other ecosystems, whether the market is already developing solutions, and whether a parent-facing filter or device-level controls would be the best route. Pardell said the committee had received public feedback and that another work session would likely be held in October; no vote or final action was taken.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Investment (8-28-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- I serve on the Martin County Water and Sanitation District.
- We had a three and a half hour water and sewer board meeting the other night.
- are coming there, that they got a house over their head somewhere safe to be, that the good drinking water
- There's more money to fund water and sanitation projects than ever.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:22
Forging the Future: Kentucky's National Leadership in Metals Manufacturing 00:01:33
Improvements to Kentucky’s Incentive Programs 00:52:05, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met for its third interim meeting, approved the prior meeting minutes, and heard a presentation from the Metals Innovation Initiative (MI2) on Kentucky’s metals industry. Speakers described metals manufacturing and recycling as a major economic backbone for the Commonwealth, including steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and copper operations, with broad impacts across production, fabrication, supply chains, and related businesses. They emphasized that the industry supports high-paying jobs, significant capital investment in Kentucky, and is aligned with broader efforts to expand U.S. manufacturing.
A central theme was workforce development. MI2 leaders said the industry faces a persistent talent gap and that current education programs do not always produce the skills needed for modern metals jobs. They argued for stronger exposure and awareness, more direct industry involvement, and a dedicated metals career pathway through high schools, area technology centers, career and technical centers, and KCTCS. They also described pilot efforts in Logan, Warren, and Carroll counties that would introduce students to metals careers in middle school, move them into credits and pathways in high school, and connect them to internships, apprenticeships, and postsecondary training.
Recycling and supply-chain security were the other major topics. Testimony stressed that recycled inputs are far cheaper than raw ore extraction and that recycling is increasingly important to competitiveness, environmental performance, and keeping materials from leaving the U.S. Speakers also raised concerns about China’s large steel and aluminum capacity and said unfair trade and global market manipulation make it harder for Kentucky producers to compete. Committee members and presenters framed MI2 as a collaborative effort among industry, state government, and academia to strengthen workforce pipelines, recycling, and long-term industry growth. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Congressional Redistricting, Select Jul 24th, 2025
Congressional Redistricting, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, we're swimming through new waters, you know. That's what we need.
- much as we can, contribute as much as this economy that we can, but we don't have representation on water
- summer because they have no state or federal protections to ensure they're given a break and some water
- We watch the Texas and U.S. legislatures and current administration force policy to poison our water,
Committee:
House Congressional Redistricting, Select
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on HF2446 5/9/25
Transcript Highlights:
- raises the maximum statutory amount the Public Facilities Authority can appropriate from the Clean Water
- 40.160><c> clean</c> authority can appropriate from the clean authority can appropriate from the clean water
- 41.280><c> fund</c><00:39:41.520><c> for</c><00:39:41.760><c> the</c><00:39:41.920><c> agriculture</c> water
- revolving fund for the agriculture water revolving fund for the agriculture best<00:39:42.800><c> management
Summary:
The Agriculture Conference Committee met for an initial organizational and comparison session on House File 2446, the agriculture broadband and rural development bill. Members introduced themselves, noted that no conference target had yet been set, and agreed to begin with a side-by-side review of House and Senate positions. No oral testimony was taken; instead, the chair listed written testimony submitted by a wide range of agricultural, environmental, local government, food bank, and industry groups.
Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the major funding differences. Both bills included some shared items such as operating adjustments, wolf and elk damage compensation, and certain technical changes, but they differed on several major appropriations. The House generally proposed larger increases for meat inspection, local food purchasing, and the Board of Animal Health, and added items such as county inspector grants, biofertilizer innovation, a biosolids/PFAS-related study, a soil health study, broadband installation study funding, an Agri Works program, an Agri Support program, a milk grant program, and several House-only transfers and grants. The Senate included items such as a climate coordinator position, biofuel-related reductions and policy changes, livestock processing funding, farm-to-school and urban agriculture changes, MARL funding, cottage foods licensing updates, and several Senate-only pass-through grants and transfers. Staff also noted differences in the agriculture emergency account transfer approach and in how the two bodies handled the Second Harvest Heartland and related food distribution provisions.
House Research then reviewed the policy language differences in the bill. The House language included provisions allowing more flexible use of grant administration funds, unpaid prior-year claims, county inspector grants, and updates tied to its own policy article, while the Senate language included the climate coordinator, PFAS-related commercialization language, cooperative development grant permissive language, and other Senate policy changes. The committee did not take any votes or final actions at this meeting; the session was informational and focused on identifying differences for later negotiation.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm just going to take some water. Thank you, Mr. Chair and members.
- Serious violations, including rodent infestations, lack of hot water, and hazardous conditions, have
- And no matter how much you water it, take care of it, it's going to end up dirt.
- But we are not interested in watering down the bill to make it so that folks can continue to cockfight
Summary:
The committee heard several bills, beginning with AB 2, which would create enhanced civil penalties for large social media companies when negligence proven in court causes harm to children and teens. The author and supporters argued the bill is needed to address addictive algorithms and harmful content, while opponents warned it was vague, could chill speech, and might be preempted by federal law. Members largely focused on whether the bill changed the standard of care or burden of proof; the bill passed out of committee on a roll call vote, with some members noting concerns but supporting it to continue the discussion.
AB 282, dealing with housing vouchers and source-of-income discrimination, would clarify that housing providers may prioritize applicants who qualify for rental assistance without violating fair housing law. Supporters from housing authorities, local governments, and advocacy groups said it would help voucher holders find units and improve use of housing funds. There was no opposition, and the bill passed to Appropriations on a roll call vote, with two no votes.
The committee also considered AB 882 on court reporter availability and electronic recording in certain cases when a court reporter is unavailable. Supporters said the bill is a temporary, narrowly tailored response to a shortage of reporters and would preserve access to accurate records, while opponents argued it was too narrow, raised access-to-justice concerns, and should be broadened. Members from both sides emphasized the importance of court reporters and electronic recording as a backup; the bill passed with an urgency clause and was sent to Appropriations. The committee then heard AB 325 on algorithmic price fixing, AB 935 on civil rights data clarity, AB 1414 on tenant choice of internet service provider, and AB 67 on Attorney General enforcement of the Reproductive Privacy Act; each drew support from sponsors and advocacy groups, opposition centered on overbreadth or policy concerns, and each advanced on committee votes, with several members requesting further amendments or clarification.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/02/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Sorry, should have had some water today.
- confusion I don't know sorry should had confusion I don't know sorry should had some<01:09:02.640><c> water
- 04.400><c> don't</c><01:09:04.640><c> know</c><01:09:04.960><c> that</c><01:09:05.080><c> it</c> some water
- today um I don't know that it some water today um I don't know that it needs<01:09:05.480><c> to</c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, when I think about that, I'm thinking, you know, we're in a little bit of some tenuous waters
- know, we're in a little bit of some you know, we're in a little bit of some tenuous<00:42:57.839><c> waters
- </c><00:42:59.440><c> And</c> tenuous waters here for the budget.
- And tenuous waters here for the budget.
Keywords:
tourism, World Junior Hockey Championships, funding, economic impact, sports events, Minnesota, economic development, livability, marketing, partnerships, labor and industry, electrical licensing, electrical inspection, continuing education, online course approval, Internet continuing education, power limited technician, maintenance electrician, master electrician, technology circuits