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NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Jan 27th, 2025

Senate Rules

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  • regional representation, the bill two years ago had the at-large members being from different congressional
  • There was just Satisfaction with that because of the way the congressional districts are now configured
  • that at least two of the congressional districts hit Bernalillo County.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I declare the same to have passed.
  • I declare the same to have passed.
  • I declare the bill to be advanced.
  • I declare the bill to be advanced.
  • No changes are declared. House Bill 3970 is declared to have advanced as an emergency measure.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Declare the vote.
  • Having received a majority vote of those elected to and constitute the House, the bill is declared to
  • Declare the vote: 73 nay, 24 aye, having received a majority vote of those elected.
  • Declare the vote: 83 aye, 11 nay.
  • Having not received a majority vote of those elected, I'll declare the bill to have passed. Mr.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Declare the vote. Declare the vote. 91 aye, 5 nay.
  • I declare the bill to pass. Mr. Floor Leader. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  • I declare the bill to pass. Mr. Floor Leader. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  • Declare the vote. 82 aye, 16 nay.
  • Declare the vote. 76 aye, 20 nay. I have received a majority vote.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/02/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He's currently Congressional District 5 member at large.
  • Ken and Currently, Congressional District 5 member at large. Ken is a 21-year Marine Corps veteran.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior journal, and recognized several guests and community groups, including Central Arizona Aging and visitors tied to the Santa Rosa Barrio/Washington Park community. Members also read a proclamation honoring the Santa Rosa Barrio’s cultural and historical legacy in Phoenix, and introduced additional guests from Tempe and the East Valley. The chamber then moved through Committee of the Whole calendars. On the first calendar, it advanced HB 2050 (radiologic technologies) with an Angus floor amendment on supervision requirements, HB 2176 (health care institutions) with a Gowan floor amendment, HB 2189 (licensed health aide rules) with a Health and Human Services committee amendment, HB 2195 (nursing facility records/timelines) with committee and floor amendments, and HB 2584 (amending Section 38-651) without amendment. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted and the bills were properly assigned. On the second calendar, the Senate advanced HB 2003 (driver license destruction permits) after a question about ADOT implementation timing, HB 2006 (sample ballots and mail-in ballot dates), HB 2226 (arrest/processing and veteran status) with a Judiciary and Elections committee amendment, HB 2378 (school facilities oversight board members), HB 2693 (accountable health plans) with a Finance committee amendment and a Mesnard floor amendment making a feasibility study subject to available funds, and HCM 2007 urging renaming of State Route 16. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted. On the third calendar, the Senate advanced HB 2013 (air pollution control/air quality and wildfires) with a Carroll floor amendment adding guardrails on spending for waiver filings, retained HB 2029 on the calendar, and advanced HB 2031 (grandfather water rights), HB 2102 (domestic water improvement districts), HB 213 (water improvement program and water hauling), HB 2117 (Natural Resource Conservation Board fund), HB 2262 (Arizona Geological Survey), and HB 2278 (related statutory changes). The final Committee of the Whole report was adopted, and the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/04/2026)

Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the numbers at the CBO, the Congressional Budget Office, give in terms of the money we spend for
  • Budget Office, gives in Congressional Budget Office, gives in terms<00:51:24.400> of terms of
  • The Congressional Budget Office estimates about 8 million people may become uninsured with the recent
  • It's one of the reasons the Congressional Budget Office estimated that 8 million people would lose their
  • Representative Nagel: Um, one of the reasons the Congressional Budget Office estimated that 8 million
Keywords: 1189, house, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • We shared this with our congressional delegation earlier this year.
  • That's why it's color-coded for the congressional districts. But every county needs housing.
  • Um, we shared this<00:08:32.800> with<00:08:32.880> our<00:08:33.120> congressional<
  • /c><00:08:33.519> delegation this with our congressional delegation this with our congressional
  • colorcoded for the congressional colorcoded for the congressional districts.<00:08:37.680> Um
Summary: The Housing Task Force 2.0 reconvened with several new members and heard a presentation from Kentucky Housing Corporation Executive Director Winston Miller and Deputy Executive Director Wendy Smith. They framed the task force’s work as a practical effort to address Kentucky’s housing shortage, update members on the current housing landscape, summarize existing state and federal resources, and suggest areas for the task force to focus on over the coming year. KHC said its 2024 housing supply gap analysis found Kentucky is short about 206,000 housing units, split roughly evenly between rental and homeownership, and projected the gap could grow to 287,000 units by 2029 if current trends continue. They emphasized that every county in Kentucky needs more housing, that the 2008 housing crisis and loss of construction capacity remain major causes of the shortage, and that current pressures include high interest rates, rising insurance and tax costs, construction cost inflation, and housing prices and rents growing faster than incomes. KHC also said homelessness has risen in Kentucky, with point-in-time counts showing double-digit increases in recent years. The presenters reviewed existing resources, including federal programs, the Kentucky Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the rural housing trust fund, KHC mortgage and down payment assistance programs, and the state mortgage interest deduction. They said these resources are important but insufficient to close the gap, and noted that a proposed federal FY2026 budget would cut HUD programs by 44%, potentially removing about $286 million from Kentucky housing resources, though no action has been taken yet. They urged the task force to consider stronger, more flexible tools such as a revolving loan fund, a state affordable housing tax credit, and economic development and employer-assisted housing incentives, and pointed to Indiana’s housing infrastructure and regional development funds as examples. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/4/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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  • Minnesota has not had a set of maps approved by both parties since 1981, and that was a single congressional
  • Minnesota has not had a set of maps approved by both parties since 1981, and that was a single congressional
  • Minnesota has not had a set of maps approved by both parties since 1981, and that was a single congressional
  • Minnesota has not had a set of maps approved by both parties since 1981, and that was a single congressional
  • map in 1981 so that was a congressional map in 1981 so there's<00:14:10.000> no<00:14:10.279>
Bills: HF390, HF1202, HF550
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 19th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're not hiding in the shadows, and that's why I I think that they should be included in the declaration
  • We see it even on the congressional level, where there seems to be some agreement on both sides of the
  • of interference with public duty and adds that offense to the offenses that are enhanced during a declared
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Executive Departments and Administration (02/04/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've had these conversations with members of our congressional delegation to encourage them to take
  • So, we have talked to the congressional delegation.
  • We've had these conversations with members of our congressional delegation to encourage them to take
  • So, we have talked to the congressional delegation.
  • It being 2:30, I open the hearing on House Resolution 46, declaring the first Friday in June as
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Crime and Public Safety Jan 13th, 2026

Crime and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Missouri law with Congress's intent when they passed the 2018 Farm Bill, as clearly reflected in the congressional
  • concerns, the Missouri Constitution set it up such that dispensaries are evenly distributed across congressional
  • And it's very, the congressional record's very clear with people that worked on this, that they were
  • So therefore, that's, I just wanted to push back a little bit on that because that is the congressional
Keywords: 959, house, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/16/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of North American Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Director of the Congressional
  • He previously spent 12 years posted in Washington, D.C., serving across congressional, political, and
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, and a proclamation sponsored by Representative Tony Rivero supporting stronger Arizona-Taiwan relations. Rivero introduced guests from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles and said a bipartisan Arizona-Taiwan caucus would be created, noting plans for a Taiwan consulate in Phoenix. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider Senate bills on two calendars. On the first calendar, the House advanced SB 1004, SB 1012, SB 1040, SB 1049, SB 1168, and SB 1326, while retaining SB 1538. SB 1004 received a Judiciary amendment described as helping law enforcement track homeless sex offenders. SB 1049 drew criticism from Representative Gutierrez, who said it would harm spouses seeking maintenance after divorce. SB 1168 received and adopted Appropriations amendments, and SB 1021 on the second calendar was amended and advanced despite concerns from Representative Liguori about legislative involvement in criminal matters. Other bills debated included SB 1052 on mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy in assisted living, SB 1172 on re-credentialing timelines, SB 1188 on aligning controlled substance schedules with federal law, SB 1212, SB 1346 on claims notification and fraud prevention, SB 1452, and SB 1494 on preventing patient-brokering fraud; several drew opposition over cost, necessity, or policy concerns, but all were advanced. After the Committee of the Whole report was adopted, the House placed several bills on third reading and took final votes. SB 1164, SB 1174, SB 1189, and SB 1754 passed unanimously or nearly unanimously. SB 1413, concerning restitution and a moving-violation-related offense, failed after Representative Cullin warned it could impose uncapped restitution in multi-car collisions; the final vote was 2 ayes and 48 nays. The House then reconsidered that action on motion of Representative Martinez, restoring SB 1413 to third reading, and adjourned until Monday, April 20, 2026.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • I think that’s not a policy objective or not represented, but maybe our Congressional Delegation needs
  • But maybe our Congressional Delegation should be aware of some of this funding.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • going to turn it over to a strong fighter in the United States Congress representing the 35th Congressional
  • Texas, serving as a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee and the chair of the Congressional
Summary: This was a press conference organized by student advocates and Texas Democratic lawmakers to oppose efforts by the Trump administration and allies to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and to criticize Texas voucher proposals. Speakers argued that the department and its Office for Civil Rights are essential for enforcing civil rights protections, supporting special education, Title I, Pell Grants, career and technical education, and other federal education programs. They said eliminating the department would weaken oversight, shift power to states that have a poor record on student protections, and harm marginalized, low-income, disabled, and rural students. Congressman Greg Casar framed the issue as a transfer of public money from schools to billionaires, tying the department fight to federal budget and tax-cut debates and to Texas voucher efforts. State Representative Gene Wu said Texas public education is already near collapse and warned that losing federal support would worsen school closures, staffing shortages, and class-size increases. Representative Gina Hinojosa highlighted Texas’s past special education cap and attacks on Section 504, and said she filed bills to route federal block grants directly to schools if federal policy changes move forward. Representative Vicki Goodwin said the state should fund schools rather than vouchers and noted underfunding of special education and inflation pressures. Round Rock ISD trustee Melissa Ross and Texas AFT president Zef Capo emphasized that federal oversight protects students and that Texas has a history of underfunding and mishandling special education, meals, and other services. The final speaker, Westwood High School senior Eliza Abert, said the loss of federal education support would most harm low-income and middle-class students and called on attendees to oppose the changes. No votes were taken; the event ended with a call for public pressure on lawmakers and continued advocacy.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (03/05/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • If Congress does not act, there's currently a congressional law on the books that says that, as a result
  • along the books that a congressional along the books that says<00:35:46.119> that<00:35:46.480
  • and then, more importantly, the question, as I recall it, COVID was over before it was officially declared
  • So in January of 2020, actually on a retroactive basis, President Trump at the time declared a Federal
  • <01:32:07.719> at<01:32:07.840> the<01:32:08.040> time<01:32:08.679> declared
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The House Finance Division 3 work session continued its review of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid budget and related policy issues, with CFO Nathan White and Medicaid Director Henry Litman presenting updated materials. The discussion focused on a crosswalk between the adjusted FY 2025 Medicaid budget and the governor’s FY 2026 recommendation, plus handouts showing service additions, eligibility changes, dental rates, and other Medicaid changes since 2019. The department also said it would provide a clearer breakdown of the pharmacy cost-sharing item by general, federal, and other funds. Members asked detailed questions about the Medicaid enhancement tax, the 80% plan, and how funds are allocated between hospital payments, directed payments, and DSH uncompensated care. The department explained that the MET is being used more toward rates and directed payments to better align with federal matching rules, while DSH remains important for uncompensated care. They also noted that a pending Senate Bill 249 would keep the 80% structure and move to Senate Finance. On the trigger law, the department identified the governing provision as Chapter 342:12, Laws of 2018, and explained that if the federal match for Medicaid expansion falls below 90%, the state must notify legislative leaders and participants and the program would sunset after 180 days unless the legislature acts. The committee also reviewed current Medicaid expansion enrollment and program trends. Officials said enrollment was just under 59,000 as of March 3, with about 87,000 people enrolled over the past year and more than a quarter-million residents having used the program over its lifetime. They said enrollment has fallen from a post-pandemic high of nearly 97,000 and may eventually settle in the low 50,000s. Finally, the department discussed federal DSH funding risk, saying New Hampshire could face a significant reduction if Congress does not extend current protections, which is part of why the state has shifted more funding toward payment rates and directed payments.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (02/11/2025)

Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you've declared military residency and you're at your post, then you go vote at your post.
  • If you've declared military residency and you're at your post, then you go vote at your post.
  • If you've declared military residency and you're at your post, then you go vote at your post.
  • If you've declared military residency and you're at your post, then you go vote at your post.
  • If you've declared military residency and you're at your post, then you go vote at your post.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • Of the special welcome to congressional interns. Thank you, Acting Madam Leader.
  • I would like to welcome the Congressional Delegation interns visiting us in Dover today.
  • We got a chance to speak earlier as a former congressional staffer.
  • As a former congressional staffer, it's always, I always enjoy talking about those days, giving them
  • I'm sorry, and shout out to Shavon. as a former congressional staffer, it's always, I always enjoy talking
Summary: The House convened with Girl State participants presiding for part of the session, including introductions of the student leadership and a unanimous voice vote passing House Concurrent Resolution 152 honoring the young women participating in Delaware Girl State. The chamber also welcomed congressional interns and other guests, accepted the prior day’s minutes, and observed a moment of silence for Nathan Cynix and Kara Feeley before prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to tributes for Representative Ron Gray, who was recognized for his 14 years of service and his work on issues such as bond bills, dredging, bike paths, small business, constituent service, and agriculture-related funding. Multiple members from both parties praised his humor, honesty, mentorship, and dedication to the House and his district. Gray responded with extended remarks reflecting on his family legacy, legislative service, and appreciation for colleagues and staff, and the chamber later sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at his request. The House then received communications, including Senate messages returning several bills and informing the chamber of Senate passage of additional measures. Members were also told that the FY27 bond bill, House Bill 500, had been placed on desks as a gift for review. The House read in Consent Agenda S, which included House Bill 476, House Joint Resolution 13, Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 168, Senate Bill 297, Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 319, and Senate Joint Resolution 21, and began a roll call vote on the consent agenda.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 03/11/26

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Federal funding for entitlement programs has been more volatile in recent months as a result of both congressional
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  • <00:28:09.840> law as a result of it both congressional law as a result of it both congressional
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-06-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I can't even imagine how that toughness resonated on a congressional level.
  • imagine how that toughness resonated on imagine how that toughness resonated on a<00:38:52.600> congressional
  • <00:38:54.240> And<00:38:54.440> then<00:38:54.640> also a congressional level
  • And then also a congressional level.
Bills: HB20, HB276, HB644, HB812, HB816, HB916, HB1131, HB1247, HB1518, HB1525, HB1537, HB1541, HB1546, HB1553, HB1562, HB1565, HB1566, HB1576, HB1577, HB1591, HB1605, HB1612, HB1613, HB1614, HB1618, HB1620, HB1650, HB1656, HB1658, HB1661, HB1664, HB1668, HB1676, HB1707, HB1711, HB1713, HB1715, HB1718, HB1727, HB1749, HB1756, HB1774, HB1776, HB1801, HB1802, HB1805, HB1813, HB1815, HB1831, HB1838, HB1853, HB1854, HB1859, HB1863, HB1871, HB1872, HB1918, HB1920, HB1952, HB1965, HB1966, HB1967, HB1969, HB1972, HB1973, HB1974, HB1975, HB1980, HB1985, HB2005, HB2023, HB2031, HB2033, HB2062, HB2113, HB2114, HB2116, HB2138, HB2139, HB2156, HB2158, HB2159, HB2171, HB2208, HB2268, HB2270, HB2272, HB2273, HB2276, HB2289, HB2310, HB2315, HB2335, HB2338, HB2339, HB2340, HB2343, HB2361, HB2384, HB2387, SB2338, SB2431, SB2438, SB2593, SB2907, SB2671, SB2321, SB3084, SB2401, SB3033, SB2972, SB3032, SB2806, SB3014, SB2108, SB2981, SB2973, SB2423, SB2078, SB2322, SB2397, SB2896, SB2088, SB2347, SB2408, SB2970, SB2851, SB2713, SB2697, SB2312, SB2192, SB2363, SB2530, SB3028, SB2024, SB3007, SB2599, SB2596, SB2662, SB2930, SB3334, SB2378, SB3019, SB3231, SB2240, SB2372, SB2175, SB2046, SB2298, SB2922, SB2835, SB3263, SB2174, SB2128, SB2006, SB2489, SB3134, SB2982, SB2425, SB2849, SB2797, SB2795, SB2575, SB2521, SB2765, SB2386, SB2852, SB2022, SB2117, SB2277, SB2387, SB2688, SB2885, SB3132, SB3219, SB2169, SB2591, SB2090, SB2983, SB888, SB3249, SB2611, SB2429, SB2463, SB3154, SB3131, SB3152, SB3315, SB2448, SB2054, SB2140, SB2520, SB2377, SB2986, SB2010, SB2189, SB2026, SB3010, SB2818, SB2002