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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- I hear you on the land use.
- That study identified the highest and best use of this highly visible, long-vacant parcel as a mixed-use
- That study identified the highest and best use of this highly visible, long-vacant parcel as a mixed-use
- Do you have a cell phone that you can call in? Here’s the link on the cell phone. All right.
- Larry, we’re going to have you on the cell.
Summary:
The committee opened by explaining new attendance and public-testimony procedures, including that testimony would be recorded, livestreamed, and generally made public, with possible redactions for sensitive material. The chairs also noted that no committee rules were being formally adopted yet and that no votes would be taken during the hearing. Senator Collins briefly emphasized the committee’s oversight role on land takings and Article 97 issues, including concerns about proposed regulatory changes and the legislature’s constitutional role.
The first major bill discussed was H. 3324, concerning the former Christos site on Crescent Street in Brockton and a proposed transfer of state-owned land from DCAM. Representative Michelle DuBois, Representative Rita Mendes, Mayor Sullivan, the Metro South Chamber’s Chris Cooney, Catholic Charities’ Larry Mayne, and Brockton planning director Rob May all supported the bill, describing the parcel as long vacant and arguing it should be reused for a mixed-use project with Catholic Charities, including affordable/workforce housing, an early education center, food pantry, workforce development, and language classes. Several speakers said the project would help retain Catholic Charities in Brockton and bring tax revenue and community services. DuBois outlined expected amendments, including moving one parcel into a municipal sale partnership and changing a “shall” to “may” regarding a right-turn lane. Some members raised questions about whether a deed transfer to a nonprofit was preferable to a long-term lease and about affordability definitions, but the bill was generally supported.
Representative Connolly then testified on two Cambridge bills: H. 3308, relating to the Riverside Boat Club and a reconfigured DCR parcel boundary to support a lease with no loss of public space, and H. 3309, which would facilitate access to justice by preserving consideration of a vacant former probate court site for future court use. Senator DiDomenico supported the Riverside Boat Club measure and the broader goal of restoring court access in Cambridge. Members discussed accessibility, possible future court configurations, and the site’s prior use as an emergency shelter.
The committee then heard testimony on S. 2217/H. 2108 concerning Columbia Point and access around the UMass/Bayside area. Harbor Point residents, including Orlando Perrella, Michael Corcoran, Richard Fulham, and Miles Byrne, described severe traffic congestion, emergency-access concerns, and frustration with the UMass Building Authority’s handling of the site and prior community commitments. Senator Collins said the committee should consider seeking an SJC opinion, and possibly an Attorney General opinion, on Article 97 and public-access rights. After the in-person testimony concluded, the committee attempted to reach remaining virtual witnesses on S. 2217 but did not receive testimony. With no further witnesses, the committee adjourned without taking any votes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/12/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And because his parents took his cell phone privileges away, he shot them.
- </c><01:17:03.280><c> phone</c> there was a teenager whose cell phone there was a teenager whose cell
- </c> And because his parents took his cell And because his parents took his cell phone<01:17:08.600><
- media</c> between cell phone and social media between cell phone and social media addiction. addiction
- </c><01:17:31.400><c> because</c> their cell phone is taken away because their cell phone is taken away
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 9th, 2025 at 12:30 pm
North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Davis will lead us in the pledge.
- That comes at a cost to us at the state.
- The issue before us was regarding Section 1.
- A couple of days ago, we talked about cell phones A couple of days ago, we talked about cell phones and
- We didn't have cell phones when I was in school, but we had guns.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum call, then took up House amendments to Senate Bills 2009, 2147, and 2113. On motion, the Senate refused to concur in the House amendments and appointed conference committees for each bill. The chamber then considered several House bills, adopting amendments and passing House Bill 1556, which creates a Children's Cabinet work group to study out-of-home placement and treatment for children with behavioral health issues, and House Bill 1363, which directs development of a customizable cardiac emergency response plan template for schools and athletic events. House Bill 1533, requiring students to complete a half-unit of financial literacy for graduation, also passed after amendment. House Bill 1226, dealing with masks in public places and protest-related identification concerns, passed after the Judiciary Committee removed language about complying with law enforcement requests to unmask.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:05:17.839><c> phones</c><01:05:18.240><c> are</c> seem to think that uh cell phones are seem
- This is before cell phones even existed.
- We took cell phones even existed.
- This was before cell phones even existed.
- providing</c><01:24:17.520><c> it</c> it's used for driving and providing it it's used for driving and
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- County conditional use permitting County conditional use permitting authorities<00:24:02.799><c> uh</
- their utility or just drive up the bills for those who want to use solar or participate in a community
- I mean, how many people in this room get a new cell phone every six months, right?
- He compared that to cars and computers, and joked about how many people get a new cell phone every six
- phone every six months.
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jul 9th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It helps us to understand particular situations. It helps us to communicate with each other.
- It helps us to access information and it helps us to be more aware of the world around us and the things
- It helps us to understand particular situations. It helps us to communicate with each other.
- It helps us to access information and it helps us to be more aware of the world around us and the things
- the degree to which young people are at risk of substance use addiction. ...problematic internet use
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/16/2026 - Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- If schools want to use Ricotta, if schools want to use Access, if schools want to use any video system
- They called the sheriff on his cell phone and said, 'Where is everybody?'
- That's not unique to us.
- Because I know that really is a problem and having inconsistent Wi-Fi, inconsistent cell phone service
- So if any comments on the... ...inconsistent Wi-Fi, inconsistent cell phone service, those kind of things
Committee:
Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 20, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Have mercy on us and forgive us.
- Have mercy on us and forgive us.
- While we work to increase cell phone connectivity across the country, there are many, and may always
- Satellite technology is beginning to bridge that gap with our cell phones, and it could bring a huge
- The ability to reach Americans where they are—cell phones are ubiquitous today, and if we avoid falling
Keywords:
internet freedom, Iran, cybersecurity, VPN, DTC technology, information access, human rights, digital tools, Emergency Reporting Act, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Disaster Information Reporting System, DIRS, network outage reporting, outage notifications, 9-1-1, public safety answering point, PSAP, emergency communications center, broadband
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- If somebody is using this, if there's a farmer that's using this and they can use something else, that
- While paraquat continues to be in use in all 50 states here in the United States, much of the world has
- Representative Veit: Can farmers wear proper apparel to prevent the exposure while they're using it?
- Caffeine is the most widely used drug in the world. and relaxes smooth muscle cells, and it accumulates
- Can you help us?
Committee:
House General Laws
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day- REASSEMBLE Part 1 Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members and guests, please take your seats and silence your cell phones. Mr.
- And I assure you, as someone who has owned trucks, who, I don't drive it over the road now, I use it
- I know we all drive into snow and sometimes drive for hours while it's snowing, and it doesn't really
- Please silence your cell phones. Mr. Chief Clerk, are there any communications? Yes, Madam Speaker.
- Please silence your cell phones. Please silence your cell phones. Can you hear me now?
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 19th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- By this time the tenant has already received multiple phone calls, texts, and emails from us.
- And we have always aimed to reach people where they want to consume us, a lot of which is on our phones
- Competition drives down costs.
- Hammer, he's put a personal phone call in.
- We coexist with the internet and it's up to us to use it justly.
Keywords:
social media, children, account verification, data privacy, parental control, property owners' association, residential watering restrictions, vegetation, fine limitations, drought, technology, innovation, economic development, grants, Texas Economic Development, business funding, HB 1395, private passenger vehicle rental, car rental, vehicle rental
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Transportation (3-11-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- I would ask the members and guests, as always, please silence your cell phones during the committee meeting
- , but maybe to at least curb it and cause drivers to think twice before they look at their cell phone
- And so whenever we do drive on the road, it’s important for us to recognize the rules of the road.
- :29:29.039><c> the</c><00:29:29.159><c> morning</c><00:29:29.519><c> when</c> cell phone at 7: in the
- morning when cell phone at 7: in the morning when school<00:29:30.080><c> buses</c><00:29:30.399><c>
Summary:
The House Transportation Committee met with a quorum, approved the March 4 minutes, and then took up several Senate measures. Senate Bill 36, dealing with cleanup language for CAVIS and electronic submission of liens and satisfactions, was amended by committee substitute to require lien holders to begin using electronic title and registration systems starting July 1, 2026. After questions from members and testimony from county clerk Jason Denny and title-industry representative Tom Underwood, the committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill favorably with the substitute attached.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 43, which updates the medical review board process under KRS 186.444. Senator Donald Douglas and Senator Jimmy Higdon described the bill as a response to complaints about fairness and transparency in medical review cases, including a constituent example involving a disabled veteran whose VA medical clearance was rejected. The bill changes who may serve on the board, adds flexibility and transparency, shifts reimbursement language to allow the Transportation Cabinet to set costs by regulation, and includes provisions aimed at broadening participation by qualified health care providers. Members discussed the role of school resource officers, the use of family affidavits in reporting, and the need to keep costs down; the committee adopted the substitute, approved a title amendment, and reported the bill favorably.
Senate Bill 38, concerning stop-arm violations on school buses and the use of cameras and enforcement procedures, also received a committee substitute and was reported favorably. Senator Greg Elkins and supporters said the bill is intended to address widespread illegal passing of stopped school buses and to help fund stop-arm cameras, while critics raised concerns about automated enforcement and the role of a live officer. Members cited survey data and personal stories about school-bus safety, and the sponsor explained that school resource officers would work with local law enforcement on citations, which are contemplated as civil penalties. The committee also heard discussion-only testimony on Senate Joint Resolution 66, which would create a task force on aviation, aerospace, and logistics economic development; no vote was taken on the resolution because it had just passed the Senate and had not yet been formally received by the committee.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Here's a pot of money for cell phones in school, for getting rid of cell phones in school, or here's
- </c><01:17:02.080><c> phones</c><01:17:02.320><c> in</c> it was talking about cell phones in it was talking
- about cell phones in schools. schools. schools.
- </c><01:17:07.520><c> phones</c><01:17:07.840><c> in</c> Here's a pot of money for cell phones in Here's
- for getting rid of cell school, for for getting rid of cell phones<01:17:10.000><c> in</c><01:17:10.080
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Agriculture Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
Transcript Highlights:
- And we have with us today Senator Lovely.
- Okay, out of respect for everyone here, please silence your cell phones, and as a reminder for those
- while working. ...afraid the landlord might call the police on him, simply for farming while Black.
- Hi, Jor, can you hear us? Hi, Jor. Can you hear us? We can't hear you. You seem to be muted.
- Hi, Jor, can you hear us? Hi, Jor. Can you hear us? Hi, Jor. Can you hear us? We can't hear you.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Agriculture opened its first hearing by outlining procedures, including three-minute testimony limits, written testimony options, and the plan to hear 27 bills in docket order. The committee then took testimony on H.11/S.53, a resolve promoting equity in agriculture, with advocates from the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative, Southeastern Mass Agricultural Partnership, and urban farming organizations describing racial and economic disparities in farming, lack of data on BIPOC farmers, barriers to land and capital, and the need for a commission to collect information and recommend policy changes. Committee members asked questions about the importance of data collection and future policy development, and the bill was repeatedly urged to be reported favorably out of committee.
Testimony also supported H.118, which would create a special commission to examine the strengths and sustainability of the Commonwealth’s emergency food network. The Amherst Survival Center described serving 1.6 million meals last year and explained that food pantries are now functioning as essential parts of the state’s food system while relying heavily on donations, volunteers, and unstable funding. Members discussed the need for a more holistic look at food security infrastructure. The committee then heard H.119/S.60 on climate change impacts on farms and fisheries, with regional planners and farm advocates describing flood damage, rising costs, canceled federal climate-smart funding, and the need for direct state support for adaptation, resilience, and infrastructure improvements.
The committee also heard testimony on H.125/H.142/S.65, a healthy soils bill, from landscape professionals who said construction sites often leave poor or stripped soil and that the bill would require better post-construction soil standards to support healthier landscapes and reduce long-term maintenance and environmental problems. Finally, the committee took extensive testimony on H.127, which would prohibit aquaculture of octopus for human consumption. Supporters, including legislators, scientists, veterinarians, students, and animal welfare advocates, argued octopus are highly intelligent and sentient, cannot be farmed humanely, and that octopus aquaculture would create environmental harms such as waste runoff, pressure on wild fish stocks, and ecosystem disruption. No votes were taken during the hearing; the bills were heard and testimony was received.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Indian Affairs Jul 16th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for hosting us. It's always so beautiful driving through this area.
- When you're going over, turn on your cell phones. A lot of you like to take pictures.
- You're going to go over on the overpass, have your cell phones on, and start taking pictures of that
- To be our leaders, to talk for us, to be the ears for us, to be the eyes for us at the state level where
- Now, those that want to drive, the representatives and senators, oh, we got Senator Lopez joined us.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, we've seen small batteries from cell phones, for example, go so far as to...
- You know, we've seen small batteries from cell phones, for example, go so far as to cause dangerous trash
- We want to make this simple and implementable, not only for us.
- We want to make this simple and implementable, not only for us.
- It is driving that, but it's in combination with the policies.
Summary:
The Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee heard three main bills after initially lacking a quorum and deferring the consent calendar. SB 501 by Senator Allen would expand California’s battery extended producer responsibility program to include medium-format batteries, such as those used in e-bikes, lawn equipment, and portable power systems. Supporters from local governments, recycling groups, environmental organizations, and battery stewardship interests said the bill would reduce fire risks, improve collection and recycling, and close a gap in existing law. One industry witness sought clarification about off-highway vehicles and a battery association requested guardrails for mixed battery formats; the California Retailers Association moved from opposition to neutral after discussions with the author.
SB 1125 by Senator Menjivar would create a statewide, state-funded low-income drinking water rate assistance program administered by the State Water Resources Control Board, contingent on funding. The author and supporters said many Californians face water debt and that the bill would help address affordability while working around Proposition 218 limits on local ratepayer-funded assistance. Water districts, local governments, environmental justice groups, and conservation organizations testified in support, and there was no opposition.
SB 1259 by Senator Blakespear, as amended, would require refineries to provide advance information on closure, cleanup costs, and timelines to help communities plan for refinery transitions and remediation. Supporters, including the City of Benicia, environmental justice groups, and advocacy organizations, argued that communities need transparency before closures occur and that other energy sectors already provide similar planning information. Opponents from labor, petroleum, and business groups argued the bill was unnecessary, burdensome, and could discourage refinery investment or signal premature decline of the industry. After extensive debate, the committee voted to pass SB 1259 as amended to the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee, and also approved SB 501 and SB 1125; the consent calendar items SB 1253 and SJR 13 were adopted.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Aug 26th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's really unclear, I think, to most of us or many of us, as to how it.
- And then we also need to talk about, while using the laws to the best of their ability, these individuals
- phones.
- I think it makes logical sense to extend that to the shotguns and rifles they're still using for drive-by
- They're using rifles, they're using AK-47s, AR-15s, shotguns, short-barreled rifles, they're using All
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And while the bombs were set.
- She talked about her father calling her mom's cell. phone time and time and time again.
- her dad's cell phone.
- While driving from Austin to San Antonio, he drives through New Braunfels.
- Andy Khan said, give us discretion. Let us increase that bond.
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, many of us have experienced driving behind an implement of husbandry, otherwise known as a piece
- ><c> behind</c><00:03:00.159><c> a</c> us have experienced driving behind a us have experienced driving
- </c> Amendment does is basically change cell Amendment does is basically change cell and<00:07:53.159
- Motion carries. it uh it deletes the cell badge piece it uh it deletes the cell badge piece just<00:08
- I'll use that as an example.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We all know that like we all get new cell... ...know that like we all get new cell phones, and part of
- the reason we get new cell phones every, you know, periodically is because the batteries start to wear
- Between an electric vehicle and an ICE vehicle, it's just the emissions while you're driving.
- And while many of our schools have started our students using technology earlier... ...using mouse and
- my phone up and record my speedometer as I drive by these speed signs because I know that since I Since