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AL
Transcript Highlights:
- The House is ready to transact business.
- House Resolution Number 256 by the House Rules Committee, the special order calendar.
- House Bill... on page 46 of the calendar.
- We're watching a new state house. quick.
- I think that’s what we need to be done in this house, bringing folks together. be done in this house,
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 02/24/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/16/26 - Part 3
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- [clears throat] reading, House Third [clears throat] reading, House File<00:01:53.120><c> number</c>
- of our House jobs bill.
- </c> is House File 4384. is House File 4384.
- Um, House File 3579 or Senate File 3891 is a bill that permits donation of eggs to charitable organizations
- The House stands in recess.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-01 - 11:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> And when they go to sell that house, And when they go to sell that house, that's<00:39:49.160><
- We have House proposal of amendment S 89 was passed by the House with a proposal of amendment.
- </c> unanimously to concur with the House. unanimously to concur with the House.
- </c> adequate housing and suitable living. adequate housing and suitable living.
- . housing. housing.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- This isn't included in the House estimates because the House has not weighed in on this issue and has
- Ways and Means estimates, and the difference, House minus governor.
- Ways and Means estimates, and the difference, House minus governor.
- <00:52:57.640><c> Bill</c> House Bill House Bill 503<00:52:59.680><c> uh</c><00:53:00.240><c> would</
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Summary:
The committee first met in a revenue estimate work session to approve an LSR codifying the committee’s revenue estimates. Members reviewed the process for turning the LSR into a House Resolution and discussed how the adopted estimates would be used to amend House Bill 1. After a brief question-and-answer about current revenue splits and the governor’s proposed video lottery and tax-split changes, the committee voted 19-0 to approve the revenue estimates.
The committee then moved into executive session on HB 669, which would require all revenue from the statewide education property tax to be deposited into the education trust fund and set an equalized statewide tax rate. Supporters argued the bill would better direct education funding, while opponents said it was unnecessary or duplicative. The committee voted 12-7 to retain the bill (ITL), and a minority report was noted.
Next, the committee considered HB 290, which would raise cigarette and electronic cigarette taxes and create a study committee on tobacco and nicotine taxes. Testimony focused on revenue needs, inflation, public health, and concerns that a higher tax could reduce sales or drive purchases across state lines. The committee voted 11-8 to ITL the bill, with a minority report. The committee also ITL’d HB 402, dealing with whether Education Freedom Account payments are taxable income, after debate over unintended consequences and whether the bill’s language was misleading; that vote was 11-8 with a minority report. Finally, the committee opened HB 483, and Representative Tierney moved ITL, arguing the bill’s requirement that the scholarship organization be incorporated in New Hampshire would likely violate the Commerce Clause; the transcript cuts off before the vote on that bill.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance (03/31/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- This one is House Bill 88. Sorry, page 67 is House Bill 60.
- House Bill 219 on page 114.
- House Bill 219 on page 114.
- into House Bill 1.
- into House Bill 1.
Summary:
The Finance Committee met to review Division One of a very large budget package, with the chair explaining that the budget was being analyzed in three divisions over multiple days. Members first discussed procedure, including when amendments and line-item votes would be taken, and agreed to proceed with the division’s presentation before questions. Representative Maguire then outlined the division’s approach as a series of tradeoffs to close a large budget gap, emphasizing cuts, some revenue changes, and a focus on overall spending levels as well as individual reductions.
The presentation covered a wide range of agencies and policy areas. Major proposed changes included cuts or eliminations to several boards and commissions viewed as costly or duplicative, such as the Housing Appeals Board, Board of Tax and Land Appeals, Human Rights Commission, Commission on Aging, Office of the Child Advocate, and the Personnel Appeals Board, with some functions consolidated into other boards. The division also proposed back-of-the-budget cuts to the Information Technology Department, Judicial Branch, Justice Department, Retirement System, Corrections, and Environmental Services, along with fee increases in several areas. Other notable items included ending marketing for Paid Family Leave, reducing job advertising and tourism promotion, defunding the Arts Council, moving liquor enforcement functions out of the Liquor Commission, and shifting some funds such as the College Savings Commission money to Division Two.
Several members questioned specific cuts, especially the elimination of the Council on Aging, the reduction in regional planning commission grants, and the large cut to tourism advertising. Maguire defended the choices as necessary budget tradeoffs, arguing that some programs duplicated work done elsewhere, that regional planning grants were not among the most essential items, and that tourism promotion was a form of spending he viewed skeptically. He also explained that the public defender’s budget was partially restored after a credible claim of a governor’s budget error, and that the committee would continue refining corrections-related cuts because the House was only halfway through the budget process and further changes could still occur in the Senate and conference committee.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Health and Select Committee on Native American Affairs May 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It passed both houses with bipartisan supermajorities, because every conversation I had with a colleague—and
- But it has really been a privilege for our agency, housing 12 departments, five offices, and having a
- But within Health and Human Services, we house our public health department, which is the lead on public
- We also house our emergency medical services authority, which was a critical role in clinical triage
- What we heard when we had the hearing on housing funding and wildfire mitigation funding was that the
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor May 30th, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Commerce and Labor
Transcript Highlights:
- These protections are largely based on House Bill 707 from the Virginia legislature, which was signed
- The moment that a Safe Voice hit came in and said, this kid at this house, were celebrating.
- Assembly Member Miller said that, in a Safe Voice hit, someone came in and said, “This kid at this house
- My father had to sell his house and give us all of the proceeds from the sale.
- There was a young medical student who co-testified on the other side of the house.
Committee:
Assembly Commerce and Labor
Keywords:
health insurance, claims process, insurance regulation, admin penalties, healthcare access, cannabis, cannabis establishment, medical cannabis, adult-use cannabis, advertising regulations, packaging requirements, unlicensed cannabis activities, state prosecution, confidentiality, Cannabis Compliance Board, disciplinary proceedings, mental health, counseling, interstate practice, telehealth
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/28/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- So, Madam Vice Chair, please move House Bill 2348. Mr.
- Members, the motion before you is House Bill 2165 as amended.
- Members, the motion before you is House Bill 2165 as amended.
- Chair, I move that House Bill 2806 be returned. Mr.
- It's a mile and a half from my house.
Keywords:
sample ballots, elections, primary election, general election, mailing deadline, ballot mailing, county election officials, board of supervisors, secretary of state, early voting list, election administration, voter information, postal service, USPS processing center, city elections, town elections, special district elections, Arizona election law, ballot proofing, party chair
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Joint Policy Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- "Amendment 25.1383.0102 to House Bill 1621.
- And in the White House, from the White House, it says Section 2 policy on his executive order.
- Testimony in opposition of House Bill 1622. Testimony in opposition of House Bill 1622.
- On the House side? Representative Dobervich, thank you.
- See none, we'll close the hearing on House Bill 1626. Mr. Chairman, I move House Bill 1626 do pass.
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 2401, which would require physicians to complete continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health as part of the state’s rural health transformation effort. HHS supported the bill, saying it would help physicians better address chronic disease and preserve federal grant points tied to the state’s application. A member of the public also testified in favor, arguing that better nutrition education could improve diabetes outcomes and reduce costs. The committee then adopted an amendment to add the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice to the background-check statute so the occupational therapy compact could proceed, and it passed the bill as amended on a roll call vote.
The committee next heard House Bill 1621, which would require the Presidential Fitness Physical Fitness Test in elementary, middle, and high school physical education courses. HHS said the bill was part of the rural health transformation application and could help preserve federal funding, but members raised many questions about the test’s criteria, adaptive options for students with disabilities, equipment needs, and whether the bill should apply to non-public schools. Senator Clemens offered an amendment to limit the requirement to public schools, but it failed. Senator Hogan then offered an amendment to clarify exemptions and allow DPI to align implementation with federal guidance; that amendment passed. A further amendment adding language allowing DPI to establish criteria for and exceptions to the test also passed. The committee then approved the bill as amended on a roll call vote.
The committee also considered House Bill 1622, which joins North Dakota to the physician assistant licensure compact. HHS said the compact would improve access to care, especially in rural areas, support military families, and help preserve rural health transformation funding. Members noted the compact had been discussed in a prior session and that many earlier concerns had been resolved. After brief discussion about the compact process and its consistency with other interstate compacts, the committee voted to do pass the bill.
Finally, the committee began Senate Bill 2402, which expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution powers. HHS and the Board of Pharmacy supported the bill as a way to improve access to care and maintain rural health transformation funding. Senator Roers introduced a detailed amendment negotiated with the Board of Medicine and Board of Pharmacy to narrow and clarify the bill, including notification requirements, limits on certain drug categories, and patient-protection language for therapeutic substitution. The Board of Pharmacy then testified in support of the broader bill and explained the CLIA-waived testing provisions and the repeal of the older, narrower pharmacist-testing language. The hearing and amendment discussion were still underway when the transcript ended.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 28, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House will be in order.
- </c> to the house the approval thereof. to the house the approval thereof.
- in the House. Uh and Senator Cruz who in the House.
- Speaker, the house is not in minute. Mr. Speaker, the house is not in order.
- The House will be in order. The House will be in order.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 21st, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The authoritarian in the White House put us in this situation when he used House Republicans in Texas
- Yesterday's Wall Street Journal said, and I quote, "The real House—this is the House of Representatives
- But what I can say is the House... ...is burning. Democracy is at risk.
- But what I can say is the house is burning. Democracy is at risk.
- If you don’t— —abide by the rules of this House. We will move on.
Summary:
The Assembly met after a quorum call, recess, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into a highly procedural and contentious floor session centered on redistricting measures. Members debated a point of order raised by Assembly Member DeMaio challenging the constitutionality of SB 280, ACA 8, and AB 604; the Speaker ruled the point not well taken, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on appeal. The body also took up consent-calendar and procedural motions, including suspending rules to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 and to bring the measure up without reference to file. Several motions to re-refer or suspend rules on related measures failed, while the motion to adopt the late amendments on ACA 8 carried.
The main substantive item was ACA 8, the Assembly Constitutional Amendment related to redistricting, presented by Assembly Member Berman as a response to mid-decade redistricting efforts in other states, especially Texas. Supporters argued the measure was a temporary, voter-driven response to protect democracy, counter partisan gerrymandering, and address broader threats tied to the Trump administration, including immigration enforcement and health care cuts. Opponents argued ACA 8 would undermine California’s independent citizens redistricting commission, violate the state Constitution, and amount to partisan gerrymandering or a power grab. Members on both sides framed the issue as a defense of democracy, but disagreed sharply over whether the Legislature should act or leave redistricting to voters and the existing commission.
No final vote on ACA 8 is shown in the transcript excerpt, but the Assembly did vote on several procedural matters: the appeal of the Speaker’s ruling was sustained 58-18; the motion to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 passed 58-19; a motion to re-refer ACA 8 and SB 280 to Judiciary failed 19-58; and a motion to take up A.J.R. 21 without reference to file failed 19-58. The session remained focused on ACA 8 and related redistricting questions, with extensive floor speeches from both supporters and opponents.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- It was House Bill 40. passed. It was House Bill 40.
- </c><00:49:56.560><c> House</c> Basically, it does two things. House Basically, it does two things.
- Our jail houses approximately 700 Our jail houses approximately 700 inmates<00:51:59.120><c> on</c><00
- </c> he was attached to the White House he was attached to the White House detail. detail. detail.
- House Bill 312 is passed. Will be votes. House Bill 312 is passed.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/15/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- So for there's the house house messier.
- </c> testify on House Bill 1243? testify on House Bill 1243?
- </c> House Bill 1500. House Bill 1500.
- </c> A housing project that's ready to begin? A housing project that's ready to begin?
- Welcome back to House Edna. We are going to open the hearing on House Bill 1616.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Higher Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- It's wonderful to see a packed house. Welcome.
- So I think all but two House members are here.
- We've got to build more housing. We've got to lower costs.
- One example is housing.
- There's a system that's been fully designed and permitted.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Higher Education
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Higher Education held its second public hearing of the 194th General Court on capital investments in higher education, focusing primarily on H.54, the Bright Act, along with H.1426/S.949 on green and healthy public colleges and universities and deferred maintenance, and H.1424 on capital investment in Gateway Cities. Chairs and administration officials framed the hearing as a response to aging campus infrastructure, climate goals, workforce needs, and federal pressures on higher education, and explained that testimony would be taken from pre-registered speakers in person and virtually.
University of Massachusetts leaders strongly supported the Bright Act, describing large deferred maintenance backlogs, aging buildings, and the need to decarbonize campuses while modernizing research and teaching facilities. UMass officials said the bill would help keep tuition and fees lower by reducing the need for campuses to finance capital work themselves, and argued that the investments would improve competitiveness, support research, and create construction jobs. Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll, Secretary of Education Tuttweiler, and Secretary of Administration and Finance Gorzkowicz also backed the bill, saying it would leverage Fair Share surtax revenues for a proposed $2.5 billion in campus investments plus additional targeted grants, and that it would support affordability, economic growth, and climate resilience.
Committee members asked about the balance between deferred maintenance and decarbonization, the role of grant programs versus direct spending, the impact on tuition and fees, and how the plan would help campuses respond to federal cuts such as NIH and NSF funding. Administration officials said the proposal was designed to be phased in quickly, with some projects ready to start immediately and others taking longer, and that the grant programs would be structured to include all campuses equitably. They also said the plan would build on an existing financing model similar to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund and could help campuses avoid future tuition increases tied to capital costs.
Additional testimony came from MassBay Community College, where President David Podell and recent nursing graduate Deanna Cavazos described the benefits of a new Framingham campus building and said community colleges need modern labs, better planning capacity, and deferred maintenance support to serve the enrollment growth from MassReconnect and MassEducate. State university leaders, including President Mary Grant, President Linda Thompson, and President John Keenan, said their campuses face outdated classrooms, insufficient electrical capacity, and aging facilities, and urged passage of the Bright Act as a long-overdue investment in student success and workforce preparation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 1 - 05/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The secretary will read the House file number. House File No. 1090.
- </c><00:10:10.560><c> file</c> secretary will read the house file secretary will read the house file
- House file number 1090. The number. House file number 1090.
- The house<00:10:14.800><c> the</c><00:10:15.040><c> house</c><00:10:15.200><c> file</c><00:10:15.440>
- </c><00:11:07.680><c> Senator</c> to House File number 2442. Senator to House File number 2442.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Transcript Highlights:
- If the Department of Housing and Community Affairs issues a multifamily housing waiver bond, or if there
- Last session In addition to providing the agency $21.3 million in general revenue, House Bill 9 and house
- I will note that House Bill 9 and House Joint Resolution 125, which authorize the broadband infrastructure
- House Bill 1, Courthouse Program, Heritage Trails, National Museum.
- The cost, housing costs mainly, are the big.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Transcript Highlights:
- The House Committee and Appropriations Subcommittee on Articles 1, 4, and 5 will come to order.
- We have, I think I'm trying to remember, 66 applications in house worth billions of dollars.
- And for instance, if the Department of Housing and Community Affairs issues a multifamily housing waiver
- I will note that House Bill 9 and House Joint Resolution 125, which authorized the Broadband Infrastructure
- Housing costs mainly are the big factor, and that goes over to everything because everybody has housing
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/04/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We are here to speak in opposition to House Bill 1811. of the committee.
- I am here today to oppose House Bill 1811.
- </c> in strong opposition to House Bill 1811. in strong opposition to House Bill 1811.
- I urge you to please front of the House.
- She told me how my house so many mother.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/23/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:10:01.680><c> you</c> there are multiple small um housing, you there are multiple small um housing
- >> I move for House File 2526 be >> I move for House File 2526 be recommended<00:19:04.880
- There was a house fire and some children died in it.
- c> nonpartisan</c><00:47:20.319><c> research,</c> like a house uh nonpartisan research, like a house
- </c> pass the the house and be signed. Sorry. pass the the house and be signed. Sorry.
Keywords:
correctional fees, supervision fees, probation, Department of Corrections, criminal justice funding, electronic home monitoring, drug testing, restitution collection, community service work, postprison supervision, court-ordered services, fee sunset, fee phaseout, offender fees, community corrections, supervised individuals, 1183, house