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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 98 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House bill authorizing the Town of Cohasset to grant five additional licenses for the sale of all
- An act authorizing the Town of Cohasset to grant five additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic
- An act authorizing the Town of Cohasset to grant five additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic
- Third reading of the bill: An act in the Town of Hanson local licenses and permits, denial, revocation
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and routine floor actions. The Committee on Rules recommended adoption of congratulatory resolutions for Mary Shanley on her 100th birthday and for Thomas Sagendorf on earning the rank of Eagle Scout; the House suspended the rules and adopted both resolutions. The Rules committees of both branches also recommended suspending Joint Rule 12 to send several battery-storage-related petitions to committee, including proposals on permitting, buffer zones, and lithium battery storage facilities; the House approved that suspension.
The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported a slate of bills for consideration, including measures on seeds, protecting children from alcohol and marijuana use, library patron privacy, restricted vital records, a local alcohol license bill for Cohasset, and sick leave banks for two employees. The House suspended Rule 7A, took the bills through second reading, and ordered them to a third reading. Later, the House passed to be engrossed bills authorizing Thomas Harmon to purchase retirement credit, allowing Westfield to set an age limit for police officer appointments, creating local license/permit enforcement provisions in Hanson, and simplifying subdivision road acceptance in Marlborough.
The House also enacted House No. 4413, a bill concerning the terms of certain bonds to be issued by the Commonwealth. Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn and meet again Monday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned to that time in informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 56 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House bill authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic
- The House bill authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic
- An act authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages
- the premises, House Bill 5451; and an act authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses
Summary:
The House began with routine ceremonial and committee business, including adoption of congratulatory resolutions for an Eagle Scout, Tri Valley, Inc.’s 50th anniversary, and a 100th birthday recognition. The chamber also suspended Joint Rule 12 to send a petition concerning retirement benefits for Julia Flannery, surviving spouse of the Honorable Francis Frannoy, to the Committee on Public Service.
The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported several bills for House consideration, including a line-of-duty death benefit for the surviving spouse of Detective John D. Sanji, local tax exemption measures for Grafton and Wellfleet, and local alcohol license bills for Marion and Oxford. The House suspended Joint Rule 7A, then ordered these bills to a third reading.
The House then passed several engrossed bills to be enacted, including measures on autism-related police interactions, accidental death benefits for a Boston firefighter’s surviving spouse, town charter changes, a Reading senior property tax exemption, an appointed town clerk in Falmouth, and affordable housing/cultural space in Boston’s Brighton section. House Bill 4795, amending the Groton charter, was amended on the floor to strike references to “assistant” in a charter provision and then passed to be engrossed as amended.
Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn to Wednesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 56 Jun 15th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House bill authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic
- The House bill authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic
- the town of Wellfleet, House No. 5374; an act authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license
- the premises, House No. 5451; and an act authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses
Summary:
The House took up several committee reports and routine matters. The Rules Committee recommended adoption of congratulatory resolutions for Wesley Harville Fry’s Eagle Scout rank, Tri Valley, Inc.’s 50th anniversary, and Edward D. Desmond’s 100th birthday; the House suspended the rules and adopted them. The House also suspended Joint Rule 12 on a petition concerning retirement benefits for Julia Flannery, surviving spouse of the Honorable Francis Frannoy, sending it to the Committee on Public Service.
The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee reported several bills for House consideration, including a killed-in-the-line-of-duty benefit for Joanne Sonji, surviving spouse of Detective John D. Sanji of Rutland; local tax exemption measures for Grafton and Wellfleet; and local alcohol license bills for Marion and Oxford. The House suspended Rule 7A, took the bills through second reading, and ordered them to a third reading.
The House then enacted several engrossed bills, including a Stowe town meeting validation bill, autism-related police interaction legislation, accidental death benefits for a Boston firefighter’s surviving spouse, charter changes for Lawn Meadow and Falmouth, a senior property tax exemption for Reading, and affordable housing/cultural space legislation for Brighton. On House No. 4795, the Groton charter bill, Representative Walsh offered and the House adopted an amendment striking the word “assistant” from a charter provision, after which the bill was passed to be engrossed as amended. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to Wednesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 56 Jun 15th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- approval received; House Bill 5451, an act authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license
- approval received; and House Bill 5452, an act authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses
- An act authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages
- the premises, House Bill 5451; and an act authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- alcohol ignition interlock devices, which is a zero-based regulation review, and the other covers license
- alcohol ignition interlock devices, which is a zero-based regulation review, and the other covers license
- So to get into the actual rule changes, first up, there is the license plate rule.
- The license plate rule is docket 39-0260-2501, and the edits for this begin on page five.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 107 May 1st, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- happening in Utah and the prohibition that's happening in Texas, as well as my license obligations in
- </c> in Texas, as well as my license in Texas, as well as my license obligations<01:32:17.280><c> in<
- </c> government and they hold my law license. government and they hold my law license.
- clinician, therapist, or medical professional. ... without requiring a licensed clinician, therapist
- and regulatory fees paid by licensing and regulatory fees paid by assisted<02:44:07.760><c> living</
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- by requiring licensing to add internal<00:04:53.240><c> controls</c><00:04:53.560><c> and</c><00:04:
- For example, DHS may only immediately suspend a license if the license holder is criminally charged with
- </c><00:13:36.800><c> if</c> only immediately suspend a license if only immediately suspend a license
- ><c> criminally</c><00:13:38.959><c> charged</c> the license holder is criminally charged the license
- </c><01:07:08.640><c> going</c> decision we would have licenses going decision we would have licenses
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It acknowledges a digital exclusive right; it can be licensed, it's personal, it can be used by the public
- burdening certain individuals or groups. and constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license
- My name is Gary Zimmerman, I am an instructor, and I just want to point out that people with a license
- More law enforcement officers are convicted of felonies. felonies than people with a license to carry
- discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license
Committee:
House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Keywords:
digital rights, replication, Voice likeness, visual likeness, private causes of action, fee structure, online service providers, postmortem rights, self-defense, stand your ground, castle doctrine, use of force, deadly force, civil immunity, civil liability, tort claims, attorney fees, court costs, lost income, Chapter 9 Penal Code
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Nov 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- More than likely, their driver's license has been suspended.
- They just license people; they don't know where they practice.
- You have to be licensed in a state; it doesn't matter what state.
- So New Mexico is fairly cheap in terms of getting a license.
- We guess that there are a lot of people who are licensed, a lot of physicians who are licensed in New
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Gaming, May 14, 2026 - AM
Select Committee on Gaming
Transcript Highlights:
- We did not reduce race days between the two licenses.
- We did not reduce race days between the two licenses.
- <c> through</c><02:02:03.440><c> separate</c> employees are licensed through separate employees are licensed
- Um, we pay license fees for the math models that we have.
- Um so we are we're without a license.
Committee:
Joint Select Committee on Gaming
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session - Session 2 - 40th Legislative Day Jun 24th, 2026
Delaware Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It mandates that licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers cannot sell, transfer, or deliver a firearm
- Licensed dealers are also responsible for providing a copy of this firearm responsibilities notice to
- Licensed dealers are also responsible for providing a copy of this firearm responsibilities notice to
- These notices will be posted online and will be provided free of charge to licensed importers, manufacturers
- Harris, and others, an act to amend Title 23 of the Delaware Code relating to classes of pilot's license
Summary:
The Senate received a large number of House communications and committee reports, including several nominations and many bills and resolutions returned from House committees or passed by the House. Committee reports covered a wide range of topics, including education, health, judiciary, finance, housing, transportation, emergency management, and business/technology. The Senate also assigned several measures to committees for further consideration and noted upcoming committee meetings.
The chamber confirmed three nominations by roll call: Michael T. Scuse to the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission, J. Eric Firewold to the University of Delaware Board of Trustees, and Joan F. Coker to the University of Delaware Board of Trustees. The Senate also passed Consent Calendar 66, which included Senate Concurrent Resolution 223 on DIA broadcast access for playoff and championship games and House Concurrent Resolution 149 designating June 12, 2026, as Loving Day in Delaware. Members discussed Loving Day and the importance of recognizing interracial marriage rights, with Senator Huxstable, Senator Buckson, and Senator Townsend offering remarks.
On the floor, the Senate passed House Bill 141, requiring a firearm responsibilities notice for gun purchasers, after debate over gun safety and industry burden; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 200, as amended, expanding insurance coverage for HIV prevention medications PrEP and PEP; House Bill 426, modernizing municipal street-aid reporting; and Senate Resolution 21, directing a study of portable solar generation devices and related safety and utility issues. The Senate also passed Consent Agenda O, a large package of bills covering topics such as money transmission and stablecoins, nursing advancement, pilot licenses, commerce and trade, subaqueous lands, driver’s license loss due to medical issues, residential speed limits, electronic bidding, family court jurisdiction, agency regulations, technical corrections to multiple local charters, and other measures. The Senate then recessed until June 25, 2026.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Education
Transcript Highlights:
- mind, along with their unique learning styles, benefited from their teachers who were certified and licensed
- in advanced learning and from their teachers who were certified and licensed in advanced learning and
- In our work, we continually come across trained and licensed educators who, many years into their career
- In our work, we continually come across trained and licensed educators who, many years into their career
- I'm also a DESE-licensed Massachusetts science teacher.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Education
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Education held its 13th hearing, chaired by Senator Jason Lewis and Representative Gordon, and heard testimony on a large slate of bills covering personnel and miscellaneous education issues. The first major topic was House Bill 711 and Senate Bill 327, the “So All Students Thrive” proposal, which would change reduction-in-force rules so districts could consider teacher effectiveness, student impact, staffing needs, and diversity-related factors alongside seniority. Supporters from Educators for Excellence, including teachers and a former school committee chair, argued that current seniority-based layoff rules can push out effective early-career educators and harm efforts to build a more diverse workforce. Committee members raised questions about tenure, union involvement, and how the bill would interact with the Educator Diversity Act and local contract negotiations; members generally said they shared the goal of diversifying the educator workforce and encouraged continued collaboration and feedback.
The committee then heard testimony on House Bill 658, which would require educator training on gifted and advanced learners. Parents, teachers, researchers, and advocates said Massachusetts lacks required preservice or professional development on gifted education, leaving many advanced students unchallenged and underserved. Witnesses described students who are bored, under-identified, or even discouraged in school, and argued that training would help teachers recognize and support gifted students, including students of color, multilingual learners, low-income students, and students with disabilities. Testimony also supported related prior bills on advanced learners and emphasized that the state should act on a 2019 DESE report recommending such training.
The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 736 and Senate Bill 435, which would establish de-escalation training for school transportation. The Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council said the measure would improve safety for students and bus operators, fill a gap in current school bus driver certification requirements, and better support students with disabilities. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 4720, concerning the Athol-Royalston Regional School District’s state bailout-related reserve requirements; the superintendent said the district has long maintained fiscal stability but is still forced to leave over half a million dollars unspent each year, limiting resources for a high-poverty student population. After testimony concluded, the chairs read the full list of bills on the agenda, thanked the committee and staff, and the hearing was adjourned.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a letter from the Department of Labor and Licensing.
- This is to pay administrative costs for their enterprise licensing platform and is supported by license
- , consolidating IT tools and assessing executive branch applications in an effort to consolidate licenses
- First, F1 is a letter from the Department of Labor and Licensing, Division of Labor, Wage and Hour.
- Labor and Licensing and the Real Estate Commission also cite the need for extra help positions.
Committee:
All ALC-PEER
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- what is the structure of the different child care programs, family child care, registered homes, licensed
- It happened because this legislature invested in a licensed, regulated accountable child care system
- Universal child care only works if it stays anchored in that high-quality, licensed system.
- They're licensed, they meet the standard.
- And so they're licensed, and they help serve the students there in the program.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Community Affairs Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- By October 1, 2026, local government shall establish and maintain a registry of licensed, conflict-free
- , and if a review falls within the scope of their license or certification, governments may not impose
- We don't require boating licenses.
- You can go out and buy a boat and drive around without any kind of license.
- Let me just leave you with this: private riders are licensed exactly as public building officials.
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and heard a series of bills, mostly local claims and growth-management or permitting measures. SB 16, SB 14, and SB 24 were uncontested claims bills providing relief for injuries or damages involving the City of St. Petersburg and Miami-Dade County; each was described as settled or favorably reported by a special master, and each was reported favorably without debate. SB 288, a negotiated bill on rural electric cooperatives, was presented as a clarification to protect co-op authority over generation and power purchases while preserving consumer protections; it drew support from industry stakeholders and was reported favorably. SB 830 created a public-records exemption for certain local administrators and their families’ personal information, citing threats against city managers, and it also passed favorably.
The committee also considered several land-use and permitting bills. SB 1138 would create a registry of qualified professionals to conduct pre-application review for plats and development, aiming to reduce delays and backlogs; local government groups raised concerns about preemption and preserving quasi-judicial authority, but the bill passed favorably with one no vote. SB 168 expanded public nuisance law to include gambling houses, increased penalties, and authorized attorney’s fees and foreclosure of unpaid fees; it was reported favorably. SB 686 revised the agricultural enclave statute to create a public-hearing process for certain residential projects in urban service areas, with a sunset date later amended to June 30, 2026; conservation and planning groups raised concerns about local planning authority and public participation, but the bill passed favorably.
SB 548, a growth-management and impact-fee cleanup bill, clarified plan-based methodology, extraordinary circumstances, interlocal agreements, and refund procedures for impact fees. Local government and development stakeholders testified that it would improve predictability while preserving flexibility, though some sought further refinement on fee increases and refunds; the bill was amended and then reported favorably. SB 1234 addressed building permits and inspections, including permit validity, small-project exemptions, temporary hurricane protection, standardized permit forms, and expanded use of private providers; county officials objected to reduced oversight, while builders and private-provider advocates supported the measure. After testimony and debate, the bill was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, Senator Jones requested to be recorded on several votes, and the committee adjourned after no further business.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- By October 1, 2026, local government shall establish and maintain a registry of licensed, conflict-free
- , and if a review falls within the scope of their license or certification.
- We don't require boating licenses.
- You can go out and buy a boat and drive around without any kind of license.
- Private riders are licensed exactly as public building officials.
Committee:
Senate Community Affairs
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- , but the others are just for ease of use of the department and posting summary documents in the licensing
- We helped our state pharmacies through a directed dispensing payment program, modified licensing requirements
- We helped our state pharmacies through a directed dispensing payment program, modified licensing requirements
- :34.079><c> modified</c> dispensing payment program modified dispensing payment program modified licensing
- for foreign licensing requirements for foreign medical<00:10:37.200><c> school</c><00:10:37.959><c>
Committee:
House Ways and Means
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 19, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- The other thing that I thought was interesting is that of the licensed professionals, which would be
- nurses, et cetera, we have fewer vacancies than those that are not licensed professionals.
- The other thing that I thought was interesting is that of the licensed professionals, which would be
- nurses, et cetera, we have fewer vacancies than those that are not licensed professionals.
- And so, of course, then I I'm sorry. ...than those that are not licensed professionals.
Summary:
The Health Care Budget Subcommittee met to review agency budgets, vacant positions, and possible efficiencies across several health and human services agencies. Members were asked to identify savings and potential areas for increased funding, and the discussion repeatedly focused on whether long-vacant FTEs, reversion of funds, and staffing shortages reflect true operational needs or broader budgeting and recruitment problems. The chair and members emphasized that the exercise was intended to help the committee make more informed budget decisions and to identify structural issues that may require legislative action.
For the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, members highlighted a large waiting list, including individuals in crisis and children, and discussed whether vacant positions and unspent funds could be redirected to services. Several members raised concerns about delays in crisis applications, the use of paper applications, and whether the issue is staffing, process, or both. For the Department of Children and Families, the presenters discussed vacant positions, the use of staff augmentation in state hospitals, support for expanding behavioral qualified residential treatment program beds, and concerns raised by audits of the managing entities, which showed procurement and financial management problems. They recommended continued oversight, reporting requirements on Medicaid enrollees receiving mental health services through managing entities, and support for the governor’s proposed funding items.
Other agencies reviewed included Elder Affairs, where members questioned the need for multiple divisions, CARES assessments, and supervisory overhead; the Department of Health, where vacancies, turnover, pay gaps, and units of rate were discussed as barriers to recruitment and retention; and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, where the presenters said vacancies were tied to new nursing homes and recommended shifting a major priority into general revenue rather than trust funds. Throughout the meeting, members generally agreed that the vacancy review was eye-opening and suggested deeper, possibly separate, reviews of agency staffing, pay parity, and fund reversion practices. No formal votes were taken during the transcript.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
Transcript Highlights:
- each beneficial owner's name, date of birth, residential or business address, passport or driver's license
- disclose residential addresses, date of birth, unique identifying numbers from passports, driver's licenses
- disclose residential addresses state of birth, unique identifying numbers from transports, drivers, licenses
- It's also unclear whether an actual copy of each beneficial owner's passport, driver's license, or state
Summary:
The committee met to hear testimony on House Bill 501, an economic development-related bill concerning beneficial ownership disclosure for domestic and foreign LLCs operating in the Commonwealth. Chair Fiola noted the hearing’s delayed start, introduced members present, and limited testimony to four minutes. The main witness, Alan Stekora of the National Public Records Research Association, testified in opposition to the bill’s public-record provisions, arguing that making beneficial owners’ personal information public would create privacy, identity theft, and cybersecurity risks. He said similar federal and state transparency laws keep such information in secure, nonpublic databases and urged amendments to remove public disclosure and clarify ambiguous terms and reporting requirements.
A second witness, Pia Angelicus, attempted to testify remotely but had connection problems and was asked to submit written testimony instead. No other witnesses came forward. After confirming there was no further testimony, the committee adjourned without taking any vote or other action on the bill.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 80 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- No. 4253, local approval received, and the House bill authorizing the town of Milford to convert a license
- for the sale of wine and malt beverages into a license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to
- And an act authorizing the town of Milford to convert a license for the sale of wine and malt beverages
- into a license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be consumed on the premises, House No.
Summary:
The House took up several committee reports and routine legislative actions. It adopted a slate of resolutions honoring the Flint Memorial Library’s 150th anniversary, Newell Tillman’s volunteer service in Westford, the Ernestina Morrissey historic voyage to Newfoundland, and September 2025 as Cerebral and Cortical Visual Impairment Awareness Month. The House also suspended Joint Rule 12 on two local petitions: one to establish a regional fire district and department for Charlemont and Rowe, and another concerning the release or exclusion of land from conservation restrictions in Deerfield.
The House then considered a group of bills scheduled by the Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee and ordered them to third reading, including a sick leave bank for Gregory Baker of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, support for student participation in 4-H programs, updates to Medford’s linkage exaction program, changes to elected terms and municipal years, and a Milford alcohol license conversion. House 4364, authorizing easements to the town of Bourne, was taken up separately and passed to be enacted.
Later, the House observed a moment of silence in memory of Edward F. Kennedy, a Boston firefighter and Navy veteran. It then passed three bills to be engrossed: House 2259, allowing the Cotuit Fire District to raise money for the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit; House 4056, relating to the Lanesborough Select Board; and House 4057, increasing the membership of the Behavioral Board of Health from three to five members. The House adopted an order to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m. and then adjourned.