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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> made significant strides in academic made significant strides in academic performance,<00:37:43.520
- Start with energy.
- Start with energy. Once everything. Start with energy.
- I want to start by thanking act.
- mentioned, we're not starting from mentioned, we're not starting from scratch.<04:52:05.200><c> Uh</c
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:01:06.960><c> to</c> as march northward um and starts to as march northward um and starts to
- </c> before starting the campaign. before starting the campaign.
- </c><03:17:40.319><c> July</c> rates would need to be starting July rates would need to be starting July
- </c><03:22:46.000><c> up</c> Some of those dollars help to start up Some of those dollars help to start
- </c> academic academic and the church? academic academic and the church?
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Jan 12th, 2026
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- We do not yet have a quorum, so we will start as an informational—no, a—what is it called?
- Taylor Truffo, on behalf of the California Fresh Fruit Association, in support.
- We'll start with Assembly Member Ward.
- Taylor Truffo on behalf of the California Fresh Fruit Association in support.
- We'll start with Assembly Member Ward.
Committee:
House Transportation
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He earned three consecutive selections to the Pac-10 All-Academic Football Team, a first-team Academic
- </c> State University, as an academic State University, as an academic all-American<01:02:56.880><c>
- Academics, athletics, and of heart.
- Now, let me start uh by noting approval.
- And I do so with regret. start expressing my ex extreme respect start expressing my ex extreme respect
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/05/2026 - House Rural Economic Development
House Rural Economic Development Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- And then we really start caring about it.
- Before we start that video, let me...
- Before we start that video, let me just give a quick bio of Dr.
- Okay, so yeah, let’s start with this one.
- Okay, so yeah, let's start with this one.
Summary:
The Committee on Rural Economic Development met to hear two presentations. Rep. Volk gave a lighthearted but substantive overview of invasive plant species in southern Arizona, focusing on buffalo grass and stinknet, their role in increasing wildfire risk, harming native habitat, and contributing to respiratory irritation. He described current removal efforts such as hand-pulling and volunteer work, and discussed emerging technology including drone-based mapping and targeted herbicide application. Members asked about grazing use, treatment costs, and whether the mapping covered areas farther north; Volk said the red dots represented identified but untreated stinknet locations and noted ongoing coordination with county, museum, and fire-management partners.
The committee then heard from Dr. Vishnu Reddy of the University of Arizona on space defense as an economic enabler for Districts 7 and 17, with discussion of Biosphere 2, water research, food innovation, and the university’s space situational awareness work. He explained asteroid and planetary defense, including how near-Earth objects are tracked, why early detection matters, and how objects can be nudged off course with kinetic impact methods like NASA’s DART mission. He also described the Chelyabinsk meteor event, the far side of the Moon, and the value of university, small-business, and student partnerships in this research ecosystem.
Reddy highlighted Biosphere 2’s visitor revenue, philanthropic support, and federal/state funding tied to these programs, and emphasized workforce development and small-business contracting. The presentation concluded with members handling meteorite, Moon, and Mars samples. No formal bills were considered and no votes were taken; the meeting ended with adjournment.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Apr 28th, 2026
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- So Missouri is competing on the national stage, starting this afternoon and tomorrow and whatnot.
- It's very good for networking when you all get ready to start your own businesses.
- So I think that this is a fantastic start. Of course, it's a little bit later in the year.
- So I think that this is a fantastic start. Of course, it's a little bit later in the year.
- It started out a K-12 bill; now it's pared down to a K-3-5 bill.
Summary:
The Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development heard House Bill 3359, presented by Rep. Travis Wilson on behalf of Rep. Riggs. The bill would create a state income tax credit for donations to registered school robotics/STEAM programs, including cash, equipment, software, materials, and certain employee volunteer hours. The proposal was described as a 20% credit, capped at $10 million annually beginning in tax year 2027, with a six-year sunset. Committee members raised questions about whether the credit applies to individuals or businesses, how volunteer hours would be valued, whether the bill should be limited to qualified coaches or employees rather than parents or general volunteers, which state agency would administer reporting, and whether the 20% rate should be higher. Rep. Wilson said he was open to clarifying amendments and noted the bill sponsor would need to weigh changes.
The bill’s student author and witness, Sarah Waldron, a Westminster Christian Academy senior and robotics team CEO, testified in support. She said the bill was intended to help Missouri schools, especially under-resourced ones, access funding for robotics programs and argued that the credit would leverage private donations into student opportunities and workforce development. She clarified that the volunteer-hour provision was meant for business employees, not individual volunteers, and said she had drafted an amendment to provide higher credits for schools with higher free-and-reduced-lunch percentages. Several committee members praised her work and discussed the need to target aid toward schools with fewer resources.
Arne C. A.C. Dinoff, State Public Advocate, testified in opposition. He praised the student’s initiative but argued the state could not afford another tax credit given budget deficits and said volunteerism should not be tied to a fiscal reward. He also questioned the fiscal note and said robotics support should be handled locally rather than through a state tax credit. No vote was taken, and the chair concluded the hearing after testimony.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Apr 28th, 2026
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- So Missouri is competing on the national stage, starting this afternoon and tomorrow and whatnot.
- It's very good for networking when you all get ready to start your own businesses.
- So I think that this is a fantastic start. Of course, it's a little bit later in the year.
- So I think that this is a fantastic start. Of course, it's a little bit later in the year.
- It started out a K-12 bill; now it's pared down to a K-3-5 bill.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy Apr 21st, 2026 at 11:30 am
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm sure things will start coming up here shortly. Very good. Thank you.
- I'm only saying that because, you know, we're starting fresh here in terms of our committee work and
- I'm only saying that because, you know, we're starting fresh here in terms of our committee work and
- have several studies that we have time to work on here for several years, but we probably need to start
- But this is really just your opportunity to start to think about what you might want to work on this
Committee:
Joint Select Committee on Pension Policy
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/05/2026 - House Rural Economic Development
Rural Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And then we really start caring about it.
- Before we start that video, let me... I'm just going to give a quick bio of Dr.
- You go first and then we can start? Because I know we have 16 minutes. Okay. Yeah.
- Okay, so yeah, let’s start with this one.
- Okay, so yeah, let's start with this one.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- and where the bill started three or four years ago.
- ready to start.
- Programs start when somebody's ready to start and can accommodate the timeline that we're talking about
- paying and have to start it all over again.
- And we'll start first with file item 18, AB 1854.
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> beans are coming up and they're fresh beans are coming up and they're fresh and<00:07:49.919><c>
- But most people when deer season starts, they’re looking for the trophy bucks.
- We're gonna start somewhere. >> Representative Moore. >> Thank you, Mr.
- So, thank you. safety, but when it starts impacting safety, but when it starts impacting agriculture,
- Okay. started, and I'd like to recognize him. started, and I'd like to recognize him.
Committee:
House Agriculture
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a short agenda today, we think, but we're going to start with our meeting minutes from February
- It would be a wonderful thing if we were able to get fresh eggs from our own backyard.
- It would be a wonderful thing if we were able to get fresh eggs from our own backyard.
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll start with staff report on House Bill 2255. Thank you, Chair Taylor.
- criminal judgments, as well as the importance of dealing with memories when they're still relatively fresh
- criminal judgments, as well as the importance of dealing with memories when they're still relatively fresh
Summary:
The Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee met on February 4th and took executive action on five bills. Staff summarized House Bill 2255 on litigation finance, House Bill 2354 on Waukiawa and small common interest communities, House Bill 2595 on extending the time to bring post-conviction collateral attacks, House Bill 2320 on restricting certain 3D-printed and CNC-manufactured firearms and related code, and House Bill 2597 on civil remedies for constitutional violations during immigration enforcement. Members discussed each bill’s purpose and, in several cases, the committee heard support for transparency, reduced regulation for smaller communities, expanded access to justice, public safety concerns about untraceable firearms, and the need for remedies when constitutional rights are violated.
The committee adopted an amendment to the proposed substitute for House Bill 2320, removing rebuttable presumption language related to intent to unlawfully distribute digital firearm manufacturing code or manufacture a firearm. Members also discussed the substitute versions of House Bills 2354 and 2597, which narrowed or clarified the original bills in various ways, including changes to audit thresholds, immunity language, attorney fee provisions, and the statute of limitations. No amendments were offered to House Bills 2255, 2354, or 2595.
All four bills that reached final action were reported out of committee with a due pass recommendation: House Bill 2255 passed 12-1, House Bill 2354 passed 13-0, House Bill 2595 passed 8-5, House Bill 2320 passed 8-5 after the amendment was adopted, and House Bill 2597 passed 8-5. The chair then adjourned the meeting and thanked staff for their work.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 10, 2025 - 11:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- So we'll start before the storm.
- Originally, there was a section in there that started talking about—it was either 33 or 35—where it talked
- and expand the market exposure for products and goods manufactured in Florida, kind of just like the Fresh
- and expand the market exposure for products and goods manufactured in Florida, kind of just like the Fresh
Summary:
The Transportation and Economic Development Budget Subcommittee met and first took up CS/HB 567, a broad transportation bill by Rep. McFarland. The bill, as explained, covered a range of transportation policy changes including higher speed limits, local regulation of e-bikes and e-scooters, parking accommodations for pregnant women, advance land acquisition for DOT projects, changes to FDOT contracting, elevation of roads in capacity projects, MPO quality metrics, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. Two amendments were adopted: one added a prohibition on driving too fast through flooded roads and creating excessive wake, and another updated language to allow for future technology in traffic management systems. The strike-all removed several items from the original bill, including utility-right-of-way language, private-public-use airport funding, and an electric vehicle tax redirect, and added MDX board changes. The bill then passed favorably on a recorded vote.
The committee next considered CS/HB 1535, also by Rep. McFarland, a lengthy hurricane recovery and preparedness measure. It requires local governments to post storm-preparedness and recovery information online, expands special needs shelter information, mandates emergency management training, improves debris removal planning, and adds provisions for fiscally constrained counties. It also addresses shelter access, rebuilding rules, permitting timelines and fees after storms, homestead rebuilding limits, and election flexibility after disasters, including a process for supervisors of elections to request emergency changes through the Secretary of State. Members asked several questions about local rebuilding ordinances, election “super sites,” and the request/approval process. The bill drew support from several groups, including disability advocates, builders, waste and recycling interests, crane owners, and restaurant and lodging representatives, and it passed favorably.
The committee then heard CS/HB 561 and CS/HB 563 from Rep. Cobb on manufacturing. HB 561 would elevate a chief manufacturing officer within the Department of Commerce, create a voluntary Florida manufacturing promotional campaign, and require biennial reporting on manufacturing efforts; an amendment removed the grant portion of the program, and the bill passed favorably with support from industry groups. HB 563 established an annual fee, capped at $100, for participants in the voluntary manufacturing promotional campaign and also passed favorably. Finally, Rep. Spencer presented HB 827, which directs a statewide study on the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on Florida’s workforce, to be updated every three years and developed with business, academic, and local input; it too passed favorably. The meeting then adjourned with notice that the subcommittee would meet again the following week.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/24/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #13
Transcript Highlights:
- It is 11, and the Republican caucus will start.
- We will start on page 8 with Senate Bill 1020, please.
- Let me start at the top, the high-level view of this bill.
- Let me start at the top, the high-level view of this bill.
- Oh, it looks like Representative Diaz may have an answer for us if we want to start there.
Summary:
The caucus reviewed a long list of Senate bills and memorials across several policy areas, with most items presented as consent or third-read measures and little debate. Topics included special license plates for the Arizona Space Commission, local land-use and housing restrictions, liquor regulation updates, limits on municipal delays in permitting and exactions, election equipment security and timekeeping requirements, precinct committeeman vacancy procedures, assisted living and deed-fraud measures, a Freedom of Speech Monument committee, renaming Wesley Bolin Plaza, and a ban on gender transition procedures for minors. Members also discussed health and human services bills on behavioral health technician standards, Medicaid billing during ownership changes, breast cancer screening cost-sharing, naturopathic IV administration authority, safe-haven newborn surrender at hospitals, and access claim-processing timelines.
The Judiciary portion covered probation limits for dangerous crimes against children, a civil cause of action related to prohibited gender reassignment surgery on minors, elimination of the statute of limitations for failure to register as a sex offender, probation incentive calculations, victim-rights expense recovery, unlawful flight penalties, vulnerable adult theft definitions, motor fuel theft, unlawful alerting, and evidence rules in sexual-assault-related hearings. In discussion, members asked for clarifications on several bills, including the definitions of “malicious” delay, internet access on election equipment, the scope of the breast screening bill, and the meaning of unlawful alerting. Supporters repeatedly described bills as common-sense, fraud-prevention, patient-access, or public-safety measures, while one member noted a no vote on extending the Vulnerable Adult System Study Committee.
Additional measures in land, agriculture, water, public safety, and transportation included foreign-entity restrictions on land transactions, limits on transporting Mexican gray wolf puppies, water reuse and groundwater fee extensions, a larger water supply revolving fund loan cap, congressional memorials on EPA authority and the San Carlos irrigation project, expanded traumatic event counseling coverage, reimbursement of legal costs for certain disciplined law enforcement officers, data sharing with the federal government on unauthorized aliens, roadable aircraft registration, motor vehicle booting rules, military-property sign placement, a towing and impound study committee, photo enforcement penalties, and highway renaming memorials. No roll-call votes were described in the transcript, and the meeting ended after the transportation items and memorials were completed.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, December 2, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> world to stop pandering and start world to stop pandering and start building<00:51:52.319><c> the
- </c> to succeed, it starts on Main Street. to succeed, it starts on Main Street.
- </c> have given them the freedom to start have given them the freedom to start their<05:41:58.000><c>
- So, how do we figure out where<05:48:13.680><c> to</c><05:48:13.920><c> start?</c> where to start?
- where to start?
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (05/29/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:12:03.560><c> in</c> starting in starting in our<00:12:04.680><c> state</c><00:12:05.000><c> fiscal
- So, any starting March 31st, 2025.
- </c> obviously you don't want to just start obviously you don't want to just start hacking<00:54:47.880
- Um I would like to start off on page Um I would like to start off on page two,<01:18:42.320><c> slides
- </c><01:22:21.560><c> and</c> early on since the program started and early on since the program started
Summary:
The committee met on May 29 and approved the draft minutes. DHHS Commissioner Weaver then opened the department update by asking Medicaid Director Henry Litman to brief members on federal and state Medicaid changes, and later turned to DHHS Chief Operating Officer David Weathers for an update on data governance. Members also asked that acronyms be spelled out in future materials and requested a follow-up on the federal Medicaid rule once it is published.
Litman reviewed several federal Medicaid provisions tied to HR 1/"OBBA" and related state implementation issues. He said the first major change would be restrictions on certain non-citizens’ Medicaid coverage, affecting about 400 people in New Hampshire, with notices likely 30 to 60 days before the effective date. He also discussed new work requirements/community engagement rules, saying New Hampshire is on track to implement them and will likely need a state plan amendment rather than an 1115 waiver. Other changes included shorter retroactive coverage periods, a new state option for certain community-based services with an estimated $740,000 in implementation support, a freeze and phased-down reduction in the Medicaid enhancement tax beginning in state fiscal year 2029, and limits on directed payments to hospitals after a grandfathering period. He also noted that Medicaid enrollment has fallen from pandemic-era levels, with about 167,000 people covered as of May 1, and that the department is working with CMS on child premiums and other cost-sharing changes approved in HB 2.
Committee members asked how the department could plan for the 2029 changes given the number of elections before then, and Litman said federal rules may be adjusted over time as states and stakeholders raise concerns. He emphasized planning for the worst while hoping for the best, and said rural health care transformation funding would help the state prepare. In the second presentation, Weathers explained that data governance is now embedded in DHHS operations to control access, manage reporting, and respond to risk. He defined it as managing what data is collected, how it is used, who can access it, and what laws apply, and said DHHS has moved from governance as a committee to governance as an operational process. He described privacy impact assessments for new systems going into production, monthly privacy and security training, and ongoing review of access controls and data-sharing rules.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/19/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> by</c><00:15:05.600><c> introducing</c> could please uh start by introducing could please uh start
- </c><00:18:31.039><c> with</c> there there is already I'll start with there there is already I'll start
- </c> the pipe is starting to deteriorate. the pipe is starting to deteriorate.
- I starting to move around underneath?
- And so I'm wondering about, on page 6.3, starting—uh, actually starting at 6.4.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- start to a better future.
- </c><00:13:07.440><c> start</c><00:13:07.960><c> to</c><00:13:08.080><c> a</c><00:13:08.120><c> better
- </c> individuals a fresh start to a better individuals a fresh start to a better future. future. future
- So, this makes it possible for C-PACE programs to start immediately upon passage.
- </c><00:34:16.840><c> immediately</c> programs to start immediately programs to start immediately upon
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I learned something today: apparently, if you're the chair, the committee can't start until you show
- We've figured out how to get seed, but at what point does the pH start affecting what you have grown
- So we started doing the water treatment in the hatchery and, you know, shooting for that one.
- I think we just need to start building those partnerships and making them more robust.
- So in terms of high-value, hand-picked fresh produce...
Summary:
The committee first received an update from Larry Madsen of the Office of Columbia River on eastern Washington water supply projects. He described the office’s mission to develop new water supplies for in-stream and out-of-stream uses, noting that funded projects have developed more than 800,000 acre-feet of water toward a 1 million acre-foot goal by 2030. He reviewed the four major program areas: the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program, the Walla Walla Water 2050 plan, the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan, and the Icicle Work Group. He highlighted major projects such as East Low Canal work, Springwood Ranch reservoir planning, Bateman Island causeway removal, and Icicle Creek improvements, and emphasized the importance of state, federal, tribal, and nonprofit partnerships and cost-sharing. Senators asked about accelerating the Springwood Ranch study, reservoir sizing and refill potential, and how conservation fits into the Yakima plan.
The committee then heard from Betsy Peabody, Dr. Micah Horwith, and Bill Dewey on the Marine Resources Advisory Council and ocean acidification. They explained that Washington was an early bellwether for ocean acidification impacts, especially on shellfish hatcheries, where low aragonite saturation and changing pH caused major oyster larval mortality. They described the state’s monitoring network, hatchery buffering systems, research partnerships, and adaptation strategies such as kelp co-culture, selective breeding, and native oyster restoration. Testimony stressed that ocean acidification is affecting shellfish, Dungeness crab, razor clams, and even salmon, and that continued state investment, emissions reductions, and nutrient pollution control are needed. Senators asked about differences between native and farmed species, real-time monitoring, and the pH/aragonite thresholds that threaten shellfish production.
Finally, Todd Myers and Pam Lewis of the Washington Policy Center presented concerns about agricultural viability, sustainability, and food security. Lewis said Washington farms are under severe financial pressure, citing negative farm take-home pay, high production and labor costs, and the need to rely more on voluntary programs, tax relief, and labor cost changes. She also argued that food insecurity is rising and that donations to food banks are harder when farms are financially strained. Myers followed with remarks on forest health and salmon recovery, arguing for more active forest management, expanded use of Good Neighbor Authority, and fewer permitting barriers. He also said salmon recovery funding should be locally prioritized and science-based, with regulatory barriers reduced so projects can move faster. The committee then voted to refer Senate Bill 6154, a culvert replacement permitting bill, to the Senate Local Government Committee without recommendation, and the motion passed.