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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jun 9th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • When concerns were raised about working conditions or pay, speaking up came with consequences.
  • The first is that it establishes clear conditions that must be met before a repair shop may contract
  • years later, and this is a housing project that the city, the vexatious litigants have put on the ballot
  • years later, and this is a housing project that the city, the vexatious litigants have put on the ballot
  • bill is important to move forward the things that our communities need in order to address the conditions
Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on domestic violence protections, pay equity enforcement, Jewish demographic data collection, court transparency, auto glass insurance practices, pet policy disclosure for renters, and civil rights accountability for federal officers. SB 99 would require courts and law enforcement to better recognize military protective orders in domestic violence cases; supporters from the Department of Defense and military organizations said it would close jurisdictional gaps for military families, and the bill passed to Public Safety. SB 1237 would increase penalties for repeat noncompliance with California pay data reporting laws; supporters said stronger enforcement is needed to address persistent wage gaps, and the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1387 would allow Jewish identity to be reported as an ethnic category in state demographic data; supporters said better data would improve policy and anti-discrimination efforts, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary or divisive, and it passed to Privacy. SB 932 would require assignees filing civil actions to identify the original party in the case caption; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it passed to Judiciary/Appropriations on call. The committee also took up SB 98, which would regulate auto glass insurance claims by restricting assignment of benefits, requiring clearer estimates and invoices, and limiting inducements to consumers. The sponsor and NICB said the bill would curb fraud and unsafe repairs, while independent glass shops and industry groups argued it could reduce consumer choice and favor insurer-aligned networks; the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1296 would require landlords to disclose pet policies before collecting application fees and provide refunds if nondisclosure materially affected an applicant’s decision; supporters said it would save renters time and money, while rental housing representatives objected to a provision limiting eviction based solely on failure to sign a pet addendum. The bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, SB 747, the No Kings Act, would create a California cause of action allowing people to sue federal officers for constitutional violations using standards similar to Section 1983. Senator Wiener and a witness who said he was unlawfully detained by Border Patrol argued the bill is needed because federal officers currently lack comparable accountability after the Supreme Court narrowed Bivens remedies. Law enforcement groups opposed the bill, warning that the qualified immunity language is unclear, could create a separate California standard, and might expose officers and governments to retroactive litigation; members discussed possible amendments on qualified immunity and retroactivity, and the bill was moved forward with an urgency amendment while negotiations continued.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate State and Local Government Apr 10th, 2025 at 09:00 am

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you've cured your ballot, then they get counted at the canvassing board.
  • Is the part that's addressing the executive order that states currently our law states that a ballot
  • I think we have a bigger challenge with maybe flyers, those types of things, but actual ballots...
  • Deadlines, postmarks are great when ballots are postmarked.
  • White, how long has it been that we have received ballots without postmarks?
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The State and Local Government Committee met to reconsider and amend House Bill 1165, which dealt with petition circulation requirements and ballot receipt rules. The committee walked through technical changes requested by the Secretary of State’s office, including moving petition-title language, adding a 15-business-day submission deadline for petition packets, and revising language related to mailed absentee ballots and the presidential executive order requiring ballots to be received by election day rather than merely postmarked. The State Election Director explained that the change was intended to provide clarity and consistency for voters and election officials, while Senator Braunberger objected that it was an unnecessary reaction to an executive order that could be challenged. The committee adopted the amendment 5-1 and then passed the bill as amended on a 5-1 vote, with Senator Braunberger voting no. The committee then took up House Bill 1307, which concerned election authority, home rule powers, and related city and county petition/signature provisions. After questions from members and clarification from the Deputy Secretary of State and a League of Cities representative, the committee agreed the amendment was intended to preserve city petition power and align the bill with changes made in another election bill, while also addressing park district language. The amendment was adopted 6-0, and the bill was passed as amended 6-0. Senator Castaneda was designated as the carrier. Finally, the committee discussed House Bill 1580, a study bill on state employee compensation. Members used language from an earlier draft tied to health plan changes and broadened it to study total rewards compensation, including pay grades, classifications, comparisons among state employees across departments and with similar private-sector jobs, equity funding and bonuses, prevailing wages on state projects, and the impact of changes to health plan benefits and premium structures. The committee agreed to make the language more generic and adopted the amendment 6-0, then passed the bill as amended 6-0. House Bill 1601 was not acted on and was held until after floor session so members could continue discussions and await additional input.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our mission is to advocate for fair wages, safe working conditions, and strong protections for our members
  • Many of them were based upon people of goodwill in government who gave me information on the condition
  • It is said to be the most painful condition known to medicine.
  • It is said to be the most painful condition known to medicine.
  • I worked for the ballot measure campaign, the question that was rejected by voters last year.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law. On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/7/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • The other state that is most strongly considering one is California via a ballot initiative.
  • c><00:30:54.400> a considering one is California via a considering one is California via a ballot
  • 55.960> That<00:30:56.160> wealth<00:30:56.360> tax<00:30:56.640> would ballot
  • That wealth tax would ballot initiative.
  • are not driven into medical conditions are not driven into poverty. poverty. poverty.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-09 (1:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The conditions of this state are ever changing.
  • fact of life is, if you want to do a property tax cut, you have to put it before the voters on the ballot
  • On the next general election ballot, we're talking November of '26.
  • any other constitutional officer for homestead property tax relief for the 2024 general election ballot
  • We just had the Supreme Court of Florida in their dissenting opinion to Amendment 4 going to the ballot
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the pledge, quorum call, and several recognitions, including guests for Education and Sharing Day, law enforcement officer of the day Detective Miata Anderson, and later FAMU Day at the Capitol and other visiting groups. The chamber adopted the special order report and then moved through a series of budget-related bills and conforming measures, with debate focused largely on recurring funding, environmental programs, housing, insurance reserves, and tax policy. Members approved HB 5011/SB 2506, which conform environmental resource funding to the proposed budget by shifting Seminole Gaming Compact-related dollars from recurring to nonrecurring funding; supporters said this preserves annual legislative review, while opponents warned it would reduce funding for the Resilient Florida program, wildlife corridor protection, invasive species removal, and other conservation efforts. The House then passed HB 5013, reducing state-funded property reinsurance reserves by lowering the RAP program and repealing FORA funding, and HB 5501, which redirects documentary stamp tax revenues from housing and transportation trust funds to general revenue; Democrats argued the housing changes would reduce affordable housing support, while Republicans said the move was needed to control recurring spending. The chamber also passed HB 5015 on state group insurance, HB 5201 on Florida PALM accounting conforming changes, HB 5203 on Capitol Center tenancy and utilities control, and HB 5009 creating a Florida Accountability Office and revising audit and budgeting functions. The most extended debate came on HB 7031, which permanently reduces the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25% and also lowers several related tax rates. Supporters described it as broad-based, immediate tax relief for Floridians, while opponents said property tax relief would be more targeted and that sales tax cuts also benefit tourists and out-of-state visitors. The bill passed 112-0. The House then took up the main budget bill, HB 501, and subcommittee chairs outlined the proposed $112.9 billion budget, including education, health care, transportation, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and IT spending. Members began questioning the pre-K-12 budget on school funding, vouchers, proration, mental health and safety allocations, and inflation, with the discussion continuing beyond the excerpt provided.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • John Gallo: I always vote for Representative Raymond because he's the only one on the ballot.
  • bill directs the Texas Commission on Jail Standards to conduct a comprehensive study on the living conditions
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Ballot Box made<02:50:01.160> the<02:50:01.279> changes<02:50:01.680> that<02:50
  • Under current law, states are required, as a condition of receiving funding, to have a plan in place
  • as a condition of receiving funding<04:12:20.399> to<04:12:20.640> have<04:12:20.800><
  • <04:30:22.159> this be able to regulate their condition this be able to regulate their condition
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Eight - Tuesday, May 12

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • newspaper that has been purchased or newly established by another newspaper that satisfies these conditions
  • be a To allow people whose identity is not clear on Election Day to be able to vote a provisional ballot
  • Now, everything else on the ballot counts. They just won't have to do those write-ins.
  • an amendment: It prohibits tax dollars from being used to campaign for the political subdivisions' ballot
  • It prohibits tax dollars from being used to campaign for the political subdivisions ballot measures.
Keywords: 959, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 4/2/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:52:42.079> application permanent absentee ballot application permanent absentee ballot
  • <00:52:57.760> application of the absentee ballot application of the absentee ballot application
  • <00:53:37.040> that in this bill uh creating a ballot that in this bill uh creating a ballot
  • to take when they’re opening signature envelopes and ballot envelopes.
  • <01:00:09.079> even ballot even ballot even sooner<01:00:10.880> um<01:00:11.039> we
Keywords: 1183, house
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

HOUSE CONVENES Apr 29th, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Cast up the ballot. Ninety-nine members present; the chair sees a quorum.
  • Cast up the ballot.
  • Cast up the ballot.
  • Cast up the ballot.
  • Cast up the ballot, Madam Clerk. There are 99 members present.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, recognized guests, and adopted consent-calendar resolutions before taking up House Resolution 1052 regarding Arkansas Girls State. Rep. Vaught explained that about 150 eligible girls were denied registration because a counselor missed the deadline, and said the House would instead host an “elite Girls State” program for them this summer. He then moved to withdraw the resolution, and the withdrawal was accepted. The chamber also presented a citation to Pastor Richard Hamlin for his service during the session. The House then considered several Senate appropriation bills. Senate Bills 3, 4, 7, 15, 21, and 31 all passed with broad support and emergency clauses. Senate Bill 77, an unfunded appropriation related to Arkansas Television Network/PBS matching funds, drew extended debate. Supporters said it would encourage private donations and could help with programming and infrastructure, while opponents argued the department had not requested the money and that the House should not force additional funding. The bill failed on the first vote, was brought back for a second vote after questions about the rules and the nature of the appropriation, and failed again. After the fiscal session business concluded, Rep. Meeks moved to adjourn sine die, and the House agreed. The House caucus then met to elect the Speaker-designate for the 96th General Assembly. The chamber suspended the formal election process by voice vote and unanimously elected Speaker Brian S. Evans as Speaker-designate. Evans thanked members, reflected on the 95th General Assembly, and pledged continued leadership and accountability.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Session (03/13/2025)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • will strengthen election security by ensuring only eligible voters receive a ballot.
  • will strengthen election security by ensuring only eligible voters receive a ballot.
  • will strengthen election security by ensuring only eligible voters receive a ballot.
  • will strengthen election security by ensuring only eligible voters receive a ballot.
  • if you go in and requ an absentee ballot if you go in and requ an absentee ballot you<02:01:53.639
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • potentially having to print a ballot potentially having to print a ballot that<01:53:28.199>
  • <01:54:43.599> and meeting there wouldn't be a ballot and meeting there wouldn't be a ballot
  • understand why you would have a ballot understand why you would have a ballot in<03:52:38.040>
  • ballot at the meeting under the traditional meeting, and in the Brookline one it's secret ballot, but
  • Election Day so when all of the ballots Election Day so when all of the ballots are<04:56:43.520
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 662, which would require public schools to include discussion of abortion procedures and show specified videos in health education classes. The prime sponsor argued the bill would ensure students receive medically accurate, age-appropriate, and nonpolitical information about abortion, saying the topic is important for informed decision-making and should be taught consistently statewide. He said the videos were intended for grades 9-12, that parents could opt out, and that the requirement was meant to supplement, not sway, students’ views. He also acknowledged the bill could be seen as limiting local control over curriculum and said the intent was to prevent the topic from being missed due to scheduling disruptions. Committee members questioned the sponsor about local control, the need for a video mandate, the source of his statistics, whether the bill could be biased or inflammatory, and whether the requirement should apply every year in high school. The sponsor said the videos were only a starting point, could be replaced by others, and were meant to be informational. He also said the bill was not intended to influence students’ decisions about abortion. Several supporters testified in favor, including representatives of New Hampshire Right to Life and others who said students should be told the “truth” about abortion and its consequences. They emphasized graphic or emotionally difficult aspects of abortion and argued that young people need this information to make informed choices. Opponents and skeptical witnesses raised concerns about prescribing curriculum, eroding local control, and the appropriateness of the material for younger high school students. The New Hampshire School Administrators Association said the bill was overly prescriptive, that health education standards are already set by the State Board of Education, and that the topics in the bill are not part of the current standards. That witness recommended the committee consider retaining the bill for further work or making it less prescriptive. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 Apr 29th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • available for districts to transport students living within two miles if walking poses hazardous conditions
  • I had the privilege of being involved in a November 2024 ballot initiative for the city of Amarillo to
  • During the months leading up to the ballot vote, During the months leading up to the ballot vote, we
Summary: The Committee on Education K-16 heard several bills focused largely on special education transparency, school safety, and student support services. Senate Bill 1908, by Senator Zaffirini, would direct the Higher Education Coordinating Board to study the feasibility of a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements, including regional portals for healthcare clinical slots, with a report due by December 1, 2026. A representative of the Texas Nurses Association and the Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition testified in support. The bill was left pending subject to the call of the chair. The committee then took up Senate Bill 111, by Senator Hall, which in its committee substitute was narrowed to a reporting bill requiring school districts to disclose legal proceedings involving special education due process complaints when legal fees exceed $10,000, rather than capping spending. Several parents and advocates testified that districts spend large sums on litigation against families of children with disabilities and that greater transparency is needed; some senators raised concerns about unintended consequences, including possible pressure to settle cases. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1551 on automated external defibrillators in public schools, Senate Bill 865 on CPR instruction requirements for certain volunteers, Senate Bill 1032 on the Governor’s University Research Initiative, and Senate Bill 571 on school employee misconduct reporting and access to the Do Not Hire Registry; each was reported favorably after committee substitute adoption and roll-call votes. Additional bills discussed included Senate Bill 1884, which would formalize and expand dedicated staff support for the State Board of Education and give the board chair hiring authority over that staff; members questioned whether it duplicated TEA functions, while a witness argued the workload increase justified the change, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 625 would replace the current half-credit economics requirement with a half-credit in personal financial literacy; educators and advocates strongly supported making the course required, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 582 would make TEA settlement agreements in special investigations publicly available when sanctions are imposed, and Senate Bill 2600 would bar transportation fees for students living within two miles of campus unless districts do not receive state transportation funding; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2751, which would require TEA inspections of non-public special education programs to consider medical standards of care and crisis-prevention training; testimony from a program operator described severe student behaviors and the need for more flexibility, and the bill was left pending after the substitute was adopted.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Apr 7th, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you want a Republican ballot or do you want a Democratic ballot? It is that cut and dried.
  • Democratic ballot? It is that cut and Democratic ballot?
  • In 2025 during municipals, we had three cities that came down to one ballot, five ballots, and 12 ballots
  • In 2025 during municipals, we had three cities that came down to one ballot, five ballots, and 12 ballots
  • In 2025 during municipals, we had three cities that came down to one ballot, five ballots, and 12 ballots
Bills: HB541
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Feb 3rd, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • first thing smoking and you're going to probably sign something that ordinarily under different conditions
  • >> and under what conditions they gather.
  • >> and under what conditions they gather.
  • <04:27:52.479> referendums<04:27:53.120> that of that went to ballot referendums that
  • of that went to ballot referendums that under<04:27:54.640> current<04:27:54.960> federal<
Keywords: 1136, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Formal House Session 40 Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:51 am

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Livable Communities shall not use compliance with Section 3A of Chapter 40A of the General Laws as a condition
  • rise in opposition to Amendment 1582, which seeks to prohibit HLC from using MBTA compliance as a condition
  • We can see that we may, through a ballot measure, be looking at an income tax cut.
  • More practically and specifically, we know that there's a ballot question coming to deal with a reduction
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The House began with routine business, including the Pledge of Allegiance and adoption of three congratulatory resolutions honoring Eagle Scouts Charles Goodman, Jack Goodwin, and Liam LaCrooy. Members also adopted a House-Senate concurrence on House 4359, a Milford alcohol-license bill, after amending it to repeal Chapter 289 of the Acts of 2022 and set an effective date. The chamber then passed Senate 2596, establishing maintenance of private roads in Gloucester, and engrossed House 4887. The House also observed moments of silence for former Lynn City Councilor Richard Rick Ford, Louise M. Pedroso, and Mildred “Millie” Cox, and welcomed several guests, including students, civic visitors, and British Minister of State Stephen Doughty. The bulk of the session focused on budget amendments related to housing and emergency assistance. Amendment 1579, which would have tightened HomeBASE eligibility by requiring citizenship-status inquiries, was debated at length and defeated 26-130. Amendment 1582, which would have barred Housing and Livable Communities from conditioning grants on MBTA Communities Act compliance, was also rejected 27-126. Amendment 1583, which would have limited right-to-shelter eligibility to U.S. citizens with six months’ Massachusetts residency, was defeated 26-122. Supporters argued these changes would reduce costs and prioritize taxpayers; opponents said they would exclude lawful residents and undermine existing housing and shelter reforms. The House then adopted Consolidated Amendment F, covering energy, environmental affairs, and housing, by a vote of 154-0. Speakers highlighted major funding for rental vouchers, emergency shelter, HomeBASE, public housing, clean water, climate and agricultural programs, and food assistance. The chamber also considered and defeated Amendment 1218 on creating a data center commission, Amendment 1234 on eliminating certain energy surcharges, and several education-related amendments from Ms. Sullivan-Almeida: changes to special education reimbursement thresholds and rates, and a proposal to make regional school transportation funding mandatory rather than subject to appropriation. Those education amendments were all rejected after roll-call votes. Amendment 1580 on ending vocational school lottery admissions was withdrawn by its sponsor before a vote. The transcript ends as debate continues on Amendment 1308, which would increase a budget line item, but no final action on that amendment is shown.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session May 2nd, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In this case, the board may approve the application, approve the application with conditions, or deny
  • choose to, after that, they can choose to approve the application, approve the application with conditions
  • voter information and safeguarding the process by which constitutional amendments are placed on the ballot
  • for consideration. ...the process by which constitutional amendments are placed on the ballot for consideration
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, then moved into special order and returning messages. Early floor action included passage of HB 6503 (relief for Mandy Penny Lamon by Sarasota County), HB 1123 (sewer collection systems), HB 211 (farm products), and a joint resolution on ad valorem tax exemption for agricultural tangible personal property, all approved without opposition. Several other measures were temporarily postponed before the chamber recessed and later returned to messages from the House. The Senate then took up a series of House amendments and conference-style motions on major bills. SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response was amended and concurred in after debate over hurricane recovery, local government moratoriums, evacuation timing in the Keys, and property tax and redevelopment provisions; it passed 34-1. CS/HB 1609 on waste incineration and auxiliary containers was heavily debated over plastic and polystyrene preemption, local beach and park regulations, and landfill/incinerator provisions, then passed 26-10. CS/HB 1205 on citizen initiatives was amended to allow volunteers to carry up to 25 petitions without registration/training and passed 28-9. The Senate also refused to concur in a House amendment to SB 234 on offenses against law enforcement, and in SB 116 on veterans, seeking to restore funding for veteran suicide prevention. Later, the chamber approved or advanced several education and health-related bills. CS/HB 1255 on education was amended and passed, with changes to school readiness and other education provisions. CS/HB 875 on educator preparation passed after discussion of cognitive science, classroom management, teacher excellence programs, and the phaseout of the general knowledge test. CS/HB 1105, a large education package, passed after debate over charter school conversions, cell phone restrictions, and other school governance changes. In health care, CS/HB 1427 was introduced as a comprehensive package combining multiple health-related provisions, though the excerpt ends before final action on that bill. Throughout the day, the Senate also concurred or refused to concur in various House amendments on mental health, financial institutions, land development, brownfields, and out-of-network provider legislation, with votes generally recorded and several measures passing on divided but mostly favorable roll calls.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Jan 30th, 2026 at 09:04 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The general ballot that includes bonds.
  • It's tough when you're dealing with ballots.
  • questions on a general election ballot. ...that also have the ability to put ballot questions on a general
  • election ballot.
  • And so there wouldn't be a latency of ballots related to those choices.
Bills: SB83, SB106, SB107, SB123, SJR1
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Mar 10th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • 1 in 2014 in November of 2015, even a greater percentage of 83% of Texas voters approved another ballot
  • We account for the mileage that exists in those districts. conditions.
  • Our pavement condition scores have been steadily increasing over the past four to five years.
  • In all of our districts, in particular in the Odessa district, in the Permian, those pavement conditions
  • And pavement conditions have a lot to do with safety.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Taxes - 02/26/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • The question on the ballot would make voters understand that by voting for the project, they're also
  • In the past, some counties have put language in the ballot that stated that if the sales tax was not
  • But I still think that there could be additional conversation to allow a more descriptive ballot that
  • <01:11:53.360> statement project and that that ballot statement project and that that ballot
  • it's been actually placed on the ballot it's been actually placed on the ballot um<01:45:54.320>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all