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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- This authorizes the issuance of a special number of plates to recognize the island of Co... to to keep
- This transfers the authority held by the comptroller over the Works of Art Special Fund to the Director
- However, we did have a conversation with Stadium Authority on their experience, and they suggested taking
- I've been doing a lot of research, deep diving, talking to other agencies, especially Stadium Authority
- However, we did have a conversation with Stadium Authority on their experience, and they suggested taking
Committee:
House Culture & Arts
Summary:
The House Committee on Culture and the Arts met on January 29 at 10:30 a.m. and heard four bills. HB 133, relating to surfing, drew testimony from the Department of Education and one individual in support. Committee discussion focused on the department’s estimated cost of about $44,000 per event, including judges, lifeguards, security, and administrative expenses. Members also asked about why surfing has been difficult to implement statewide and were told safety concerns, open-water conditions, and league-level decisions were among the barriers. The committee moved the bill forward with amendments, including blanking out the appropriation, and noted it wanted the Education Committee to review the cost breakdown further.
HB 307, relating to special license plates for the island of Kahoʻolawe, received strong support from Protect K Ohana, the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission, and other supporters in person and via Zoom. Testimony clarified the name of the receiving entity and noted a recent petition showing significant public interest. The bill was advanced with technical amendments, and the chair said the fund name was already correct and that the measure would not reflect DCCA but the bank account designation.
HB 450 would transfer the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission from DAGS to DBEDT and move authority over the Works of Art Special Fund to DBEDT’s director. The State Foundation and DBEDT’s Creative Industries Division supported the measure. In response to questions, the State Foundation said it had researched the transfer, believed funding would not be lost, and requested about a year for the transition to avoid payroll and payment disruptions, along with consideration of an additional DBEDT staff position. The committee adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass the bill with amendments, including adding the requested FTE and noting a two-year transition period in the report.
HB 663, authorizing a special license plate commemorating the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, had little testimony and no one signed up to speak. The chair said OHA advocacy testimony was on file but that support for the measure appeared limited, and the bill was deferred. The committee then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Third reading of a bill: An act authorizing the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian
- Third reading of a bill: An act authorizing the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian
- An act authorizing the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole in the city known
- An act authorizing the town of Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor.
- This is H-4556; and an act authorizing the town of Westwood to reissue licenses for the sale of wine
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a congratulatory resolution honoring Anna Karaz on her 100th birthday. It then took up and passed several local bills, including a measure authorizing bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole for the town of Randolph. The sponsor spoke in support, describing the bill as a home rule petition intended to improve access, civic participation, and voter turnout for Randolph’s growing Haitian Creole-speaking population. The bill was read a third time and passed to be engrossed.
The Senate also passed a bill authorizing the Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor. It received a Ways and Means report on House No. 4683, relative to teacher preparation and student literacy, recommending amendment by substitution of the text in Senate document No. 2924; the chamber suspended the rules to consider the order forthwith and adopted it. The Senate further suspended rules to process several Senate petitions and local matters, and then enacted bills amending the Provincetown charter, establishing the appointed town clerk position in Avon, and authorizing Westwood to reissue and grant certain alcohol licenses.
Later, the Senate referred a House petition concerning retirement benefits for Valeria Dorazio to the Committee on Public Service after suspending Joint Rule 12. It then adopted an amendment substituting a new draft for a Plymouth bill, changing it to validate and confirm certain acts and proceedings of Plymouth officials, and passed the bill to be engrossed. The session also included remarks congratulating Sweet Paws Rescue on its 15th anniversary and upcoming facility move, followed by a motion to adjourn in memory of Gerard W. Moynihan, which was adopted after a moment of silence. The Senate adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11 a.m.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- So if a city or county decides to go, which they already have the authority to go for a tax credit for
- They already have the authority to go for the tax if they wanted to. Okay.
- They already have the authority to go for the tax if they wanted to. Okay.
- And so this ballot language is what is already existing for, because they have the authority to do it
- And while there’s already authority for them to do the sales tax, so...” “...while there’s already authority
Committee:
House Ways and Means
Summary:
The House Ways and Means Committee met in executive session to consider House Bill 2379, which had a pre-distributed House Committee Substitute. The bill sponsor, Rep. Cecily Williams, explained that the substitute was revised to align with a Senate version and to clarify definitions, limit applicability to certain counties, rename the fund the Early Childhood Education Fund, expand eligible uses to include child care services, move fund custody to the county treasurer, broaden the types of eligible providers, and prioritize children with the greatest financial need. Members discussed how the measure would work in practice, with repeated clarification that it does not create a new tax but instead governs how locally approved early childhood sales tax revenue would be collected and distributed.
Several members focused on whether the bill involved tax credits or a sales tax, whether any tax was already in place, and whether the money would otherwise go to general revenue. The sponsor and other members clarified that local governments already have authority to place an early childhood sales tax on the ballot, and the bill would require any revenue approved for that purpose to be deposited into a dedicated children’s service fund rather than diverted to general funds. Supporters, including Rep. Taylor and Rep. Wright, said the bill would improve transparency and ensure funds are used for the intended early childhood purpose, while Rep. Davis questioned the fairness of a sales tax that would be paid broadly but benefit only families with young children. Rep. Coleman also raised questions about the funding mechanism and remained uncertain during the discussion.
The committee first adopted the House Committee Substitute by voice vote. It then voted on the substitute version of House Bill 2379 and passed it do pass by a roll call vote of 7 ayes and 2 noes. The committee then adjourned.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 05:02 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- 5382, relating to the Neighborhood Investment Program; and engrossed House Bill 5685, relating to authorizing
- 5382, relating to the Neighborhood Investment Program; and engrossed House Bill 5685, relating to authorizing
- Engrossed House Bill 5685, relating to authorizing bonds for improvements to the West Virginia Science
- Engrossed House Bill 5685, relating to authorizing bonds for improvements to the West Virginia Science
- Engrossed House Bill 5684, relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- By creating a non-appropriated youth development fund account, it also authorizes OSPI to distribute
- to include limited diagnosing and prescribing or ordering of certain drugs and devices, and it authorizes
- This bill pertains to the process of prior authorization that insurers often require before a patient
- So this bill clarifies and provides some guardrails around the use of AI in prior authorization decisions
- AI in prior authorization decisions and requiring decisions regarding medical necessity, ensuring that
Committee:
Senate Rules
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- affects all of us in one way or another. who was a Brazilian educator and philosopher, best known for authoring
- acting Governor, pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 of the New Mexico Constitution, by virtue of the authority
- Appropriated money to the Health Care Authority to prepare for changes to the Supplemental Nutrition
- We are here to give the Health Care Authority the funds necessary so that everyone in our state who relies
- Making an appropriation to the Support Division of the Health Care Authority to provide state nutrition
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/05/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- prior authorization limits of networks<00:03:35.040><c> other</c><00:03:35.280><c> things</c><00:03:
- It requires a new set of prior authorizations to access or is not approved.
- It requires a new set of prior authorizations to access or is not approved.
- It requires a new set of prior authorizations to access or is not approved.
- It requires a new set of prior authorizations to access or is not approved.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- to are able and have legal authority to are able and have legal authority to Abate nuisances public
- granting them any additional authority granting them any additional authority to do this except all
- on the park of Recreation authority on the park of Recreation authority board of directors so I see
- who's the permitting Authority who's the permitting Authority who's the permitting Authority on the
- Authority in the city the permitting Authority in the city the permitting Authority in the city what
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/14/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> agencies</c><00:32:33.640><c> to</c> Section 1 authorizes state agencies to Section 1 authorizes
- The difference being state agencies are not authorized unless they have specific statutory authority
- </c> they have specific statutory authority they have specific statutory authority to<00:35:12.640><c
- So this change absent authority.
- </c> such as deputy registrars the authority such as deputy registrars the authority to<00:35:30.840>
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 056 Mar 11th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It covers people who are seeking to have authority and power over the lives of other people.
- We owned $32 million housing authority.
- We don't have that authority under the state constitution. I think we're all aware of that.
- We don't have that authority under the state constitution. I think we're all aware of that.
- We don't have that authority under the state constitution. I think we're all aware of that.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/13/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And so if you legislative authority.
- We are bound within that authority granted by the statutes. We cannot exceed that authority.
- </c> own individual rule making authority. own individual rule making authority.
- </c> authority. That's an invalid rule. authority. That's an invalid rule.
- It's not referenced or authority.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> credit entities subject to the authority credit entities subject to the authority of<00:22:15.960
- </c><01:05:21.840><c> and</c> Anything less shifts both authority and Anything less shifts both authority
- ,</c><03:36:51.920><c> applicable</c> enforcement authority, applicable enforcement authority, applicable
- As an author, and my next book from Arc As an author, and my next book from Arc Press,<04:24:26.000><
- </c><04:33:34.400><c> to</c> if I know that the authority to if I know that the authority to discipline
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 38 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- police officer for the city of Worcester, House No. 3929, local approval received; the House bill authorizing
- approval received; the House bill relative to smart meters, House No. 5292; and the House bill authorizing
- police officer for the city of Worcester house number 3929 local approval received the house bill authorizing
- house bill relative to smart meters house number 52 92 and the house bill 2992 and the House bill authorizing
- An act authorizing the city of Somerville to establish a net-zero emissions standard for new constructed
Summary:
The House convened, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and received a Senate message referring a petition on certain property in Lowell to the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, which the House concurred in after a suspension of Joint Rule 12. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling then recommended several bills for consideration, including measures on Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, security bonds, police officer age requirements in Worcester and Boston, a Somerville net-zero building standard, waivers of police age limits, pre-employment medical record retention for Peabody public safety personnel, smart meters, and an additional alcohol license for Bridgewater; Rule 7A was suspended and the bills were read a second time and ordered to a third reading.
The House also welcomed former Pennsylvania House Speaker Dennis M. O'Brien as a guest of Speaker Mariano. Two engrossed bills were then taken up: House No. 4259, designating the Wheeler Park Tennis Courts as the Kim O'Connell Tennis Courts, for which the emergency preamble was adopted by a 9-0 vote and the bill was passed to be enacted; and House No. 4602, changing the membership of the select board in Monson, which was also passed to be enacted.
Finally, the House received a gubernatorial message recommending legislation on Massachusetts winning global investment, talent, and innovation, which was referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies. The House adopted an order to meet again Thursday at 11 a.m. and then adjourned in formal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 21 Mar 5th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- March 18, 2026, the time within which the Committee on Community Development and Small Business is authorized
- The House bill authorizing Jonathan Gagney to take the Civil Service Examination for the position of
- An act authorizing Jonathan Gagney to take the Civil Service Examination for the position of police officer
- Third reading of the bill: an act authorizing the town of Pembroke to grant an additional license for
- An act authorizing the town of Pembroke to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, so I'll let them speak to that perhaps." a co-author Mr chair um and so the uh a co-author Mr chair
- When approvals do arrive, they often come with just a few days of authorizations left.
- When approvals do arrive, they often come with just a few days of authorizations left.
- </c><01:46:56.320><c> housing</c> managers to directly authorize housing managers to directly authorize
- </c> are not only capable of authorizing are not only capable of authorizing these<01:47:35.360><c> Services
Committee:
Senate Human Services
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/04/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- . authority. authority.
- </c><01:07:26.960><c> to</c> none of our regulatory authority to none of our regulatory authority to
- </c><01:13:56.000><c> We're</c> regarding prior authorization. We're regarding prior authorization.
- It aligns authority with reality.
- </c><05:35:07.520><c> Uh,</c> authorize permissible coverages. Uh, authorize permissible coverages.
Committee:
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Apr 30th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If there is no objection, one matter will be taken out of the orders of the day: an act authorizing the
- An act authorizing the city of Boston to grant easements in or takings of certain parcels of land to
- The committee on Third Reading, to whom was referred the House Bill authorizing the grant of easements
- An act authorizing the town of Lancaster to dissolve its animal control commission, House No. 4212.
- An act authorizing the town of Lancaster to dissolve its animal control commission, House No. 4212.
Summary:
The Senate took up several bills on final passage and enacted measures including retirement benefits for a former Attleboro firefighter, maintenance of private roads in Gloucester, expansion of a local board of health, and amendments to the Middleton town charter. It also adopted a series of Eagle Scout congratulatory resolutions and advanced a bill allowing Somerset to prohibit water fluoridation, a Fairhaven charter bill amended on the floor, a Boston easements/takings measure consolidated with a Senate bill, and local bills for Lancaster and Orange. The Senate additionally ordered to third reading and engrossment a bill concerning Dedham-Westwood Water District employees.
The chamber approved extensions of reporting deadlines for the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development and the Committee on Transportation, after members asked how many bills were covered and the deadlines involved. The Labor extension covered 13 bills until July 30, and the Transportation extension covered 11 bills until July 31, 2026. The Senate also suspended rules to advance two public service committee reports establishing sick leave banks for Greg Pinkerton of the Department of Correction and Stephanie Rivera of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office.
A motion was adopted for the Senate to adjourn in memory of Dorothy Bonfante, with a brief tribute read into the record describing her family, community involvement, and ties to Peabody and Salem. Later, the Committee on Ways and Means reported that House No. 5316, a bill titled to promote rule of law, oversight, trust, and equal constitutional treatment, ought to pass with a new text amendment. The Senate adopted a special order setting the bill for second reading on May 7, 2026, with filing deadlines and procedures for amendments, then suspended the rules and adopted the order by standing vote. The Senate finally adopted an order to meet again on Monday at 11 a.m. and adjourned.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Special Session 2026 May 4th, 2026
Alabama House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We come before you this day not in pride but in humility, recognizing that all authority is given by
- know you is to uphold fairness, to protect the vulnerable, and to refuse the temptation to misuse authority
- ><c> is</c><00:11:40.640><c> given</c> Recognizing that all authority is given Recognizing that all authority
- </c><00:12:18.360><c> for</c><00:12:18.520><c> selfish</c><00:12:18.880><c> gain,</c> to misuse authority
- for selfish gain, to misuse authority for selfish gain, but<00:12:20.080><c> to</c><00:12:20.160><c>
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Republican Leaders Media Availability Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the real trends I've seen in this session is the expansion of authority by state agencies.
- One of the real trends I've seen in this session is the expansion of authority by state agencies.
- Many of these, they have to get that authority from county prosecutors. A lot of these.
- Many of these bills, even environmental crimes, are expanding that authority and really centralizing
- We also have House Bill 2442, which is a real estate excise tax, which gives councilmatic authority for
Summary:
Washington Senate and House Republican leaders held a media availability focused on affordability, taxes, and government accountability as cutoff day approached. Senator John Braun and Representatives Peter Abbarno and April Connors criticized the Senate-passed income tax bill, arguing it is unconstitutional, would eventually expand beyond high earners, and should be stopped in the House. They also warned about a range of other tax proposals they said would raise costs for groceries, prescription drugs, data centers, startups, and businesses that employ people on Apple Health or Medicaid.
The lawmakers also highlighted concerns about energy policy, saying past decisions have driven up utility costs and forced more spending on low-income energy assistance. Abbarno criticized a bill affecting L&I funds and said money was diverted to CCA instead of education or health care. They also objected to several agency-expansion and enforcement bills, including an environmental crimes bill and an Attorney General investigations bill, saying they would centralize power in Olympia and discourage investment.
A major portion of the discussion centered on child welfare and DCYF accountability. Republicans said House Democrats blocked motions to bring child welfare bills to the floor, including measures tied to the Keeping Families Together Act and a bill to clarify “imminent harm,” and argued the Legislature should focus on child safety rather than process objections. In closing, Braun noted that a bipartisan fentanyl/endangerment bill, HB 5071, remains alive in the House, while Republicans said they would continue trying to stop tax increases and other bills they view as harmful before the cutoff deadline.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Civil Rights & Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- third-party litigation financing agreements to be violations of the Consumer Protection Act and would authorize
- bill extends the time limit to bring a collateral attack from one year to three years, and also authorizes
- The substitute would authorize the Attorney General to execute and serve a civil investigative demand
- The substitute authorizes an injured person to bring an action at law or a suit in equity.
- It authorizes a court to award a prevailing plaintiff. equity or suit inequity.
Committee:
House Civil Rights & Judiciary
Keywords:
litigation finance, legal funding, lawsuit, financial services, access to justice, common interest communities, homeowners association, property management, housing regulations, community governance, criminal justice, judgment, collateral attack, legal proceedings, sentencing reform, firearm regulation, manufacturing, safety standards, background checks, license requirements