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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, and I yield back. get housing service housing and get housing service housing and services
- It is truly an honor to service.
- Thank you all for your service. Company. Thank you all for your service.
- </c> our shared humanity is in fact possible. our shared humanity is in fact possible.
- , and the other led by Michael Rogers, chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Budget Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It’s also our investments in the community, be it service to not-for-profit, service to research, service
- This was a human error. Okay.
- Chairman and members of the committee.
- the Department of Social Services budget is essential to maintaining life-saving services for survivors
- I'll just read one here: "Human beings, and he wrote this in '77, human beings cannot give or create
Summary:
The committee first heard the Office of State Treasurer’s FY27 budget presentation from Treasurer Vivek Malik. He highlighted record investment earnings, growth in MOBUCK$ linked deposits, record unclaimed property returns, expansion of the MOST 529 plan, and changes to the MoABLE disability savings program. Members then focused heavily on two budget requests: $750,000 for the Show Me My Retirement Savings program and additional spending authority for the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (MOST Scholars) program, along with a staffing request for compliance and communications positions. Much of the discussion centered on MOST Scholars’ rapid growth, how applications are prioritized, whether income is reverified, how funds flow through educational assistance organizations, and concerns about marketing, geographic distribution, and the use of public dollars for private schools. The treasurer also answered questions about the 529 plan, the pending lawsuit over the ESA general-revenue transfer, and whether funds should be swept back to general revenue when unused.
Several members raised policy objections to MOST Scholars, including concerns about discrimination by participating private schools, the lack of annual income requalification, and whether the program shifts money away from public education. Other members defended the program as a parent-driven choice option and asked about expanding access, improving outreach, and ensuring the program is fully funded. The treasurer said the office was following the statute as written, that the program’s demand could exceed available resources, and that the office would continue to seek more funding and better outreach. The committee then concluded the treasurer’s budget hearing.
The committee next began the FY27 budget hearing for the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. Commissioner Bennett Boggs introduced the department’s leadership team and gave a brief overview of the department’s role in aligning postsecondary education with workforce needs through its coordinating board and strategic planning. The hearing had just started when the transcript ended, and no votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Penalty for misconduct of public officer or employee enhanced 3/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Hudson moves House File 3822 before the committee with a recommendation that the bill
- be re-referred to the State Government Finance Committee.
- ><c> the</c> Human Services Commissioner said the Human Services Commissioner said the agency's<00:01
- </c><00:03:09.720><c> to</c> of the members of this committee to of the members of this committee to
- </c><00:36:48.120><c> that</c> a bunch of different committees that a bunch of different committees that
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Ways & Means Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Calling the Ways and Means Committee to order on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026.
- waiver to those individuals on the service request list.
- There was a bill heard before the committee that would have reduced it to 1.2 from 1.4.
- It is purely, as this is a fiscal committee, a question of cost.
- The forensic evaluation through telehealth services.
Summary:
The Senate Ways and Means Committee met in executive session on Senate Bill 5998, the proposed operating budget, and received a staff briefing on 39 proposed amendments. The amendments covered a wide range of issues, including technical corrections; truancy intervention funding; public defense and Blake-related vacatur work; family reading, shellfish program review, cultural resource protection, agritourism, transmission planning, paid leave, developmental disabilities services, nursing home rates, TANF workforce services, food bank language, oral health access, behavioral health partnership access, sexual assault nurse examiner training, Department of Corrections security measures, child welfare staffing, pediatric interim care centers, Working Connections Child Care, range rider funding, Chinese American history month materials, Running Start, retiree health subsidies, school bus contractor costs, local effort assistance, transition to kindergarten, charter school enrichment, arts grants, and a tribal liaison position. Several amendments were withdrawn before action, including the truancy increase, Blake funding, one DD-related amendment, and others.
The committee adopted a number of amendments, including the technical corrections packet, reductions or savings-related corrections, the family reading program, shellfish review funding, the transmission-system implementation funding, the oral health foundation, the partnership access line, health technology assessment funding, the governor errata correction, the sexual assault nurse examiner training contract, the DOC canine scheduling language, the child welfare staffing correction, the people transportation language, the TTK-related amendment, and the tribal liaison funding. It rejected several others, including agritourism, paid leave study language, DD waiver expansion, nursing home add-ons, the PIC program, range rider funding, Chinese American history month materials, Running Start restoration, the LEA restoration amendment, and the arts grant restoration. Some amendments were withdrawn after discussion, including the DD waiver and LEA-related proposals.
During debate, supporters of various amendments emphasized service needs for vulnerable populations, including people with developmental disabilities, survivors of sexual assault, Medicaid dental access, behavioral health callers, and students in Running Start and TTK. Opponents repeatedly cited budget constraints, the need for a sustainable operating budget, and the view that some issues were better addressed through collective bargaining or future negotiations. The committee then rolled the adopted amendments into a new substitute Senate Bill 5998 and voted to send it to the Rules Committee with a do-pass recommendation, subject to signatures. Several members stated they would vote no on the budget overall, while others supported it as a difficult but necessary compromise. The meeting adjourned after the final vote.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/15/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> any questions the committee might have. any questions the committee might have.
- In Services.
- Services. We have worked really hard to Services.
- committee that committee is not a policy committee and<02:00:21.360><c> they</c><02:00:21.520><c> did
- Questions from the committee. testimony. Questions from the committee.
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Tue Jan 6, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Natural Resources & Energy Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Good afternoon, Chair, members of the committee.
- I just hope our committee could thank you for your years of service, in particular, in this area that
- from committee.
- I signed on the wrong admin committee.
- They're both released from committee because I signed on the wrong admin committee ended, so they'll
Bills:
SB9
Committee:
House Natural Resources & Energy
Keywords:
wetlands protection, nontidal wetlands, Delaware, environmental sustainability, climate change, carbon sink, permitting process
Summary:
The House Natural Resources and Energy Committee met to consider two Senate bills. SB 321, with Senate Amendment 1, would change community solar billing so subscribers receive one consolidated utility bill instead of separate bills from the utility and the solar provider. Supporters said the bill would simplify enrollment and payment, improve customer retention—especially for low-income customers—and include safeguards such as guaranteed savings and an escrow mechanism to prevent cost shifts to other ratepayers. After public testimony from solar developers, the Public Advocate, the Sierra Club, and others, the committee initially lacked enough members present to release the bill, so the vote was circulated to absent members and the bill was later reported out for floor action.
The committee then heard SB 9, with Senate Amendment 1, a long-negotiated wetlands protection bill. The sponsor and DNREC explained that it would create a state non-tidal wetlands program with exemptions for certain agricultural, conservation, and routine activities, general permits for some lower-impact projects, and individual permits for higher-value wetlands. Witnesses described the bill as a compromise among environmental, agricultural, development, and local government stakeholders, while some members raised questions about flooding, landowner impacts, wetland delineation, and the role of the regulatory advisory committee. Public testimony was broadly supportive from environmental groups, the Farm Bureau, builders, engineers, and affordable housing advocates. The committee then voted to release SB 9 from committee.
At the end of the meeting, members offered thanks and remarks recognizing the chair’s service and leadership on environmental and energy issues. Both bills were ultimately released from committee and reported out.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/15/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> take any questions from the committee. take any questions from the committee.
- Mitigation<01:32:23.120><c> services.</c> Mitigation services. Mitigation services.
- The Department of Health and Human Services partners with us to ensure that we're improving interventions
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Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Calling the Ways and Means Committee to order on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026.
- The Secretary of State for the Humanities Washington Primetime Family Reading Program.
- waiver to those individuals on the service request list. ...services waiver to those individuals on
- the service request list.
- It is purely, as this is a fiscal committee, a question of cost.
Bills:
SB5998
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
Keywords:
fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses, 904, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- programs, and other services.
- From the Committee on Municipal and County Government, House Bill 165-FN is referred to the Committee
- other committee committee minority other committee having<00:52:57.319><c> considered</c><00:52:57.720
- On January 22nd, the Labor Committee, which just happens to be the best committee in the House, heard
- </c> committee minority of the committee committee minority of the committee having<04:01:30.199><c>
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We came back to this committee last year with these technical corrections. ...we came back to this committee
- , 66 provide water services.
- But, you know, we do have municipalities that provide utility service outside of their service area,
- We've heard some of those services in committee, whether it's fire, police, vital services that our residents
- , parks, permitting services.
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
judicial foreclosure, tax lien, redemption rights, excess proceeds, property auction, income tax, federal tax conformity, revenue analysis, legislative session, tax reporting, municipal fees, county fees, utility rates, moratorium, tax classification, local government, inflation, economic stability, tax increases, cost-of-living protection
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 13th, 2026 at 11:25 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- County agencies like their health and human services agencies and their county attorney's offices are
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- I'm on the Human Services side and so, um, there's a...
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Committee:
Senate Education Policy
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, members of committee, Kelly Clinton, Legislative Finance Committee.
- Committee, Kelly Clinton, Legislative Finance Committee.
- Services to match Medicaid revenues.
- Not only does it provide the right and early start, you know, to this human being... ...of this human
- And I know this is a hard decision for this committee.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee rules are adopted. Thank you. Okay. Committee rules are adopted. Thank you.
- Let's bring it back to the committee. Are there any questions from committee members?
- Let's bring it back to committee for any questions. Any questions from committee members?
- Okay, this position is 8-0, and this committee is out of committee on this vote.
- This bill is out of committee. The vote is 8-0. This bill is out of committee. Let's go back.
Summary:
The Assembly Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Committee met in person and established quorum after beginning briefly as a subcommittee. The committee adopted its rules and then heard several bills focused on economic recovery, housing, technology, retail theft, and utility infrastructure. AB 265 (Caloza) would create a $100 million state-funded small business and nonprofit recovery program for organizations affected by declared emergencies; it drew broad support from small business, nonprofit, chamber, city, and community groups, with no opposition voiced. AB 797 (Harabedian) proposed a zero-cost state financing structure using CRA-backed securities to help community nonprofits buy wildfire-damaged properties at fair market value and prevent predatory investor purchases; it was presented as a community stabilization tool and received support from the California Community Foundation, with no opposition. AB 940 (Wicks/Ellis) would establish quantum innovation zones to strengthen California’s quantum computing economy, and AB 949 (Shiavo) would create a retail theft grant program for small businesses to fund security improvements and theft prevention measures; both bills were supported by business and university witnesses, though one member said they would not vote for AB 949 due to concerns about broader crime policy. AB 1347 (Carrillo) proposed a pilot program to speed utility interconnections in priority growth regions, including allowing developers to trade expedited connections for upfront infrastructure cost recovery and use microgrids in some cases; it had no opposition in the hearing.
Committee members generally expressed support for the bills, especially those aimed at disaster recovery and small business resilience. Questions on AB 940 focused on where quantum innovation zones might be located and how local governments and universities would coordinate; the author and witnesses said the zones should be open statewide and could build on existing research centers such as Berkeley, Stanford, Caltech, UCSB, UCLA, and UCSC. On AB 797, members discussed the need to protect homeowners from below-market offers after wildfires. On AB 949, the author emphasized that modest grants could help small businesses make security upgrades and prevent repeated theft losses.
The committee voted to send AB 265, AB 797, AB 940, AB 949, and AB 1347 forward, generally on party-line or near-unanimous votes, with the bills reported out of committee and placed on call as needed. The consent calendar, including AB 254, AB 415, AB 655, AB 1232, AB 1254, AB 1477, and HR 27, was also approved. The hearing adjourned at 10:33 a.m.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We provide advanced computational services.
- Chair and committee. We quadrupled our revenue. Absolutely. Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee.
- Chair and committee, yes, it was.
- Chair and honorable members of the committee.
- And thank you to this committee.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Mar 18, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Myself and Deputy Attorney General Ian Suda from our Human Services Division will be available should
- </c><00:22:44.880><c> Services</c><00:22:45.360><c> Division</c> Suda from our Human Services Division
- Suda from our Human Services Division will<00:22:46.200><c> be</c><00:22:46.360><c> available</c><00
- </c> Next, Department of Human Services. Next, Department of Human Services.
- Hawaii's</c> Committee Committee said that Hawaii's Committee Committee said that Hawaii's law<02:00:
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 3123, which would treat free tuition or school-conditioned enrollment at private educational institutions as a conditional gift rather than a contractual obligation unless otherwise agreed in writing. The Office of the Governor supported the bill, and Kamehameha Schools and the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools strongly backed it, saying it would protect donor intent, preserve school-ohana relationships, and help maintain tuition assistance and educational access for families. A committee member commented favorably on the unity among school organizations, and there were no objections raised before the committee moved on.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 2438, which creates a civil cause of action for interference with constitutional and statutory rights through threats, intimidation, or coercion, with private and government enforcement options and protections for constitutionally protected speech. Testifiers from the Community Alliance on Prisons and a know-your-rights educator supported the measure as a civil rights protection grounded in the Hawaii Constitution. No opposition testimony was presented during the hearing, and the measure appeared to receive general support from those who testified.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 3142, which establishes offenses for dangerous and habitual dangerous intoxication and allows civil protective custody and emergency examination in lieu of arrest in certain cases. The Attorney General, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of Health, and Department of Human Services supported the bill as a treatment-oriented diversion tool for people who are dangerously intoxicated and at risk to themselves or the public. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, warning it could expand police discretion, burden emergency rooms, and function as a loss of liberty without sufficient treatment resources, while committee members questioned whether the bill would simply cycle people through emergency rooms and back onto the street. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided; the chair said decision-making would occur at the end of the agenda.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (02/10/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to Senate Health and Human Services.
- We, by statute, are required as a partner with our Department of Health and Human Services to provide
- Good afternoon, Senators and members of the Health and Human Services Committee.
- In fact, there's a bill later this week in Health and Human Services House that wants to eliminate the
- The vaccine fund in fact, there's a bill later this week in Health and Human Services House that wants
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Two - Thursday, March 26
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Next order of business is reports from committee. The clerk will read the reports from committee.
- and day hab services.
- to these people in human lives are getting the quality service and the standard of service that they
- It passed the committee 13 to 0.
- Committee vote, and then at 2:45 in the Senate Committee Hearing 1.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal, and numerous introductions of visiting groups and guests, including schoolchildren, Republican women’s organizations, county commissioners, and family members of legislators. Members also suspended House Rule 98 to allow baseball apparel in celebration of opening day, with the motion passing 118-22.
The chamber then took up the state budget bills. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2002, covering elementary and secondary education and child care, drew the most debate. Supporters said it maintained record funding for the foundation formula, transportation, and early childhood programs, while critics argued it still fell short of fully funding the formula and underfunded child care subsidies by about $51 million. After extended debate over statutory obligations, school funding, and child care policy, the bill passed 85-70. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2003, the higher education and workforce development budget, also prompted substantial debate over a proposed shift to an FTE-based funding model for colleges and universities. Supporters called it a fairer, more equitable system that follows students and encourages efficiency, while opponents warned it would sharply reduce funding for some institutions, including community colleges and regional universities. The bill passed 83-66.
The House then passed House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2004, covering revenue and transportation, 91-50, despite objections over a public transit cut and constitutional concerns raised about MoDOT appropriations. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2005, the Office of Administration and employee benefits budget, passed overwhelmingly after members discussed state worker compensation, deferred compensation, and benefits funding. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2006, covering agriculture, natural resources, and conservation, passed 133-17 after members highlighted restored funding for agriculture business development and food insecurity grants, while others criticized cuts to natural resources and parks funding. The chamber then moved on to House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2007, covering economic development, commerce and insurance, and labor and industrial relations, with the budget chair introducing the bill and outlining its major departmental appropriations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill would require landlords to notify tenants of nearby water hazards, HF1566 3/18/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Go ahead, Chair, members of the committee.
- And I know Trion Fisher is not here in the Human Services.
- </c><00:18:25.840><c> Services</c><00:18:26.799><c> there</c><00:18:26.919><c> are</c> here in the Human
- Services there are here in the Human Services there are waivers<00:18:27.720><c> that</c><00:18:27.880
- </c> testimony and sharing with our committee testimony and sharing with our committee any<00:23:12.120