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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And focused, we are not going to be distracted from our mission to protect our residents, to protect
- And to protect the residents of this state that we all here in this chamber swore to protect and defend
- You say you want to protect children.
- We want to protect all immigrants, we want to protect our family members, but what we have simply asked
- I was elected to protect all of Californians, so.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You might think protect kids from guns, protect kids from bullying, protect kids maybe from online predators
- To protect our students and our national security, we must pass the Protect Act.
- To protect our students and our national security, we must pass the Protect Act.
- To protect our students and our national security, we must pass the Protect Act.
- </c> to protect the country I love. to protect the country I love.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 26th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's about protecting people, plain and simple.
- And I would argue they absolutely deserve our protection.
- to be protected by the Attorney General.
- In protecting people from discrimination based on sex.
- Assembly Member Wicks and relating to consumer protection.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- So anything we can do to continue protecting community is important.
- So anything we can do to continue protecting community is important.
- Second, the bill expands protections to all languages.
- protections provided by SB 73.
- SB 1418 protects sensitive election...
Committee:
House Elections
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Conservation and Natural Resources Mar 30th, 2026
Conservation and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- SB4 labeled that protection for investor-owned. They did not extend to co-ops or munis.
- This is a pro-consumer protection bill.
- And then there are a number of protections.
- Missourians are deeply passionate about protecting watersheds.
- He said the protections in this bill are the same exact protections and that they did not really protect
Committee:
House Conservation and Natural Resources
Summary:
The Conservation and Natural Resources Committee heard Senate Bill 953, sponsored by Sen. Jason Bean, which would address a projected shortfall in the Department of Natural Resources’ air pollution control program. Bean and supporters from Associated Industries of Missouri, quarry and sand producers, engineering firms, the Missouri Chamber, forest products, and municipal utilities said the bill would stop sweeping unused program funds into general revenue and dedicate a portion of existing sales and use tax revenue from utilities to keep the program solvent without raising permit fees on businesses that have reduced emissions. One informational witness from Armour Vine warned that moving funds out of general revenue could affect broader state revenue and tax triggers. DNR also testified that the fee fund is projected to become insolvent in fiscal year 2028 if current trends continue. No opposition testimony was presented, and the bill hearing was closed.
The committee then heard House Bills 3362 and 3364, sponsored by Reps. Colin Wellenkamp and Mike Koslow, which would create guardrails for AI/data center buildout around electricity and water use. The sponsors said the bills are intended to protect ratepayers and local water systems by requiring large-load customers to bear their own infrastructure costs, extending consumer protections to co-ops and municipal utilities, and requiring permits and review for major water withdrawals, with emergency shutoff provisions in water shortages. Support came from environmental groups, conservation organizations, rural advocates, Renew Missouri, the Sierra Club, Missouri Municipal League, Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Ameren Missouri, and Missouri American Water, though some witnesses urged tighter thresholds, more frequent reporting, stronger water-quality protections, and clearer definitions to avoid legal ambiguity. Several witnesses also raised concerns about transparency, local impacts, and whether current thresholds are high enough to protect aquifers, springs, and utility customers. The chair closed testimony after noting time limits and adjourned the committee.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a community protection program.
- It is a Community Protection Program, and we still need to protect the community, and these services
- This is a pretty simple protection amendment, even for the inmates.
- a layer of protection for our jail staff.
- This one is simply, again, trying to protect our jail staff.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
Keywords:
community custody, probation, Department of Corrections, DOC supervision, Washington criminal law, sentencing, felony supervision, risk assessment, sex offense, serious violent offense, domestic violence, repetitive domestic violence, failure to register, sex offender registration, dangerous mentally ill offender, indeterminate sentence, parole, conditional commutation, gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Children and Families Feb 10th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Children and Families
Transcript Highlights:
- She asked what can be done to protect individuals.
- It takes all of us to protect our kids.
- all don't, but that silence protects perpetrators.
- Missouri protects our children in many ways.
- meeting all the protective needs that it Meeting all the protective needs that it should have been done
Committee:
House Children and Families
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 2nd, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And so it protects taxpayers because they're getting back to work faster.
- From our experience, these kinds of protections for home solicitations and other direct consumer protection
- law as it stands and would prefer not to carve businesses out of those protections.
- We want to understand the importance of protection.
- HB 3466 reduces regulatory burdens on businesses without weakening consumer protections.
Bills:
HB 112 , HB199 , HB621 , HB1349 , HB2214 , HB3466 , HB3698 , HB3699 , HCR9 , HB112 , HB199 , HCR9
Summary:
The Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development met with a quorum and moved quickly through a long agenda, hearing testimony and taking recorded votes on several bills. Early in the meeting, HB 2214 was laid out to exempt certain short-term residential leases and leaseback arrangements from flood-disclosure requirements; Texas Realtors supported the change, and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out a series of pending measures, including HB 46, HB 186 (with a committee substitute), HB 431, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2468, HB 2488, HB 2788 (with a substitute), HB 2791 (with a substitute), HB 3260, and HCR 90, all reported favorably to the full House, with HB 1147 receiving two nays and the others passing unanimously or nearly so.
A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 112, which would create a Texas Science Park district and commission to support advanced manufacturing and innovation sites. The bill’s author and supporters, including Samsung Austin Semiconductor, the Texas Association of Business, and the Governor’s economic development office, argued it would strengthen supply chains, attract investment, and support national security and workforce development. Testimony described interest from semiconductor and advanced manufacturing companies and referenced the model of foreign science parks such as Sinshu in Taiwan. HB 112 was left pending after testimony.
The committee also heard HB 3698 and HB 3699, both related to unemployment insurance administration. HB 3698 would expand eligibility for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program using federal funds, while HB 3699 would tighten the definition of “last work” to help the Texas Workforce Commission investigate UI fraud. Both bills were discussed with TWC resource witnesses and left pending after the committee withdrew the substitutes. HB 1349, which would extend HOA transparency and property-rights provisions to condominiums and refine HOA rules, and HB 621, which would require HOA meeting spaces to be available for residents to reserve for qualified political candidates or elected officials, were also heard and left pending. Finally, the committee heard HCR 9 to designate the first Saturday of each month as Small Business Saturday, HB 199 to index unemployment benefit duration to the state unemployment rate, and HB 3466 to exempt certain cancelable service contracts from Texas’s in-home sales cooling-off law; each drew supportive and opposing testimony and was left pending before adjournment.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I think there's an implied risk that we're trying to protect people from. What is that risk?
- I will ask the Department of Environmental Protection how they are going to. >> Yes.
- We do get to talk about our air rights here, but the state actually has very protective.
- And this protected area went on eventually to become the core of Everglades National Park.
- Those boroughs provide protection, extreme climate fire and from predators.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 28, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- They are not about protecting wrongdoers or abusers.
- This is not protection. This is government interference in the family.
- Protect children?
- They then called the Child Protection Team.
- And of course, we want to protect our children and stop bad actors.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh we enforce the consumer protection Uh we enforce the consumer protection laws<00:44:37.400><c> in<
- fairness,</c> protection helps ensure fairness, protection helps ensure fairness, accessibility,<01:00
- So the position of the consumer protection in opposition is solely about the protection and not about
- </c> of consumer protection law. of consumer protection law.
- </c><01:30:41.840><c> To</c> relating to consumer protection. To relating to consumer protection.
Committee:
House Culture & Arts
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 2603 SD1, which would designate the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra as the state symphony orchestra, require annual reports to the legislature, and appropriate funds. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from the orchestra, the Hawaii Youth Symphony, the Hawaii Arts Alliance, business and arts groups, and many individuals. Supporters emphasized the orchestra’s cultural value, its role in inspiring youth and supporting arts education, and its broader community impact. No opposition or questions were raised, and the chair offered praise for the level of public engagement around the measure.
The committee then took up SB 3007 SD2, relating to culture and the arts, which would create an Office of Community Culture and Innovation within the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, require annual reporting, appropriate funds, and establish a Community and Cultural Partnerships Program. The Attorney General’s office warned that section four, which separately funds preservation and relocation of artwork from Aloha Stadium, may be non-germane and should be moved to a separate bill; it also suggested the office would be more properly placed under DAGS rather than SFCA. SFCA Director Karen Ewald testified with concerns about added costs, staffing burdens, and the need for earlier communication, while also saying the agency could support the work if properly coordinated. Opposition testimony argued the bill was duplicative or unnecessary, while supporters, including Governor Abercrombie and Dean Sakamoto, said it would help communities, especially Chinatown, and could support planning and cultural revitalization. The chair noted roughly eight opposition testimonies and five in support, and questioned witnesses about coordination and the cost of relocating the Aloha Stadium artwork, which Ewald estimated could cost at least $1.2 million. The AG’s office said removing section four would substantially reduce legal risk.
Finally, the committee heard SB 3019 SD2, a consumer protection measure that would cap ticket resale prices at no more than $3 above the original price for events in Hawaii and authorize DCCA to adopt enforcement rules and fines. The Office of Consumer Protection opposed the bill, arguing it would strain limited enforcement resources, push sales to less regulated channels, and likely eliminate the protections offered by established secondary platforms. Chamber of Progress also opposed the bill, saying price caps would encourage black-market sales, scams, and fraud, and that resale markets serve legitimate consumer needs. In support, the National Independent Venue Association backed the measure, though the remainder of its testimony was not fully captured in the transcript excerpt.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It protects them too, because realistically... Or guardian, it protects them too.
- So really, we're not just protecting the children. We're protecting the user.
- So really, we're not just protecting the children. We're protecting the user. Because the reality.
- I mean, banks are trying to protect assets in the bank.
- And so I think that's the protection.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills. SB 911, by Senator Becker, would require notification and verification of defensible-space compliance when homes in high wildfire severity zones are transferred, using the preliminary change of ownership report; supporters said it would improve wildfire resilience and insurance availability, while county assessors opposed the use of the PCOR and urged a different recorded document. Members generally supported the bill but raised concerns about the 12-month compliance window and the need to keep working with assessors; the bill was held pending a quorum and later placed on call.
SB 1016, by Senator Blakespear, would create a pathway for a higher-level mental health evaluation when a Care Court petition is dismissed because the person is too ill to participate or otherwise needs more intensive care. Supporters, including psychiatrists, family members, and local officials, said Care Court is leaving many severely ill people untreated and that the bill would connect them to existing LPS processes. Opponents, including Disability Rights California, county behavioral health directors, counties, and other advocacy groups, argued it would expand involuntary detention, bypass existing pre-petition screening safeguards, and undermine Care Court’s voluntary nature. The bill passed the committee on a roll call vote and was placed on call.
SB 1112, by Senator Archuleta, would create a faster court process for victims of illegal or excessive “bandit towing” to recover their vehicles by posting a bond and obtaining a release certificate. Support came from Enterprise Mobility and the author, who said the bill targets bad actors and helps equalize leverage for vehicle owners; the California Auto Body Association sought an amendment to exclude auto repair shops. The committee passed the bill as amended to Appropriations and placed it on call. SB 1119, by Senator Padilla, would impose child-safety requirements on AI chatbots, including risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, parental controls, limits on time and data use, reporting, audits, and a private right of action. The bill was driven by testimony from the mother of a teenager who died by suicide after prolonged chatbot interactions; industry and business groups opposed or sought amendments, citing overlap with recent law, vague standards, and prescriptive design mandates. Members expressed strong support for the bill’s goals while urging tighter definitions, and the bill was moved on a roll call vote and placed on call.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- That doesn't protect them either. Doesn't protect the kids around them, nor them. Right.
- So it's about protecting these beneficiaries and protecting the Medicaid program.
- So it's about protecting these beneficiaries and protecting the Medicaid program.
- , protecting children.
- This needs to be protected.
Bills:
HB414 , HB786 , HB1041 , HB1052 , HB1118 , HB1139 , HB1182 , HB1185 , HB1214 , HB1217 , HB1231 , SR63 , SCR27 , SB5 , SB194 , SB415 , SB433 , SB451 , SB462 , SB516
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
LA
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And so I carry to protect myself.
- There's already more protection, more robust protection there under that chapter, which is self-defense
- of safety and protection on ordinary Texans?
- Protection of polling locations...
- So we just want to make sure that they have the same protections to protect themselves later on in life
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- , that have protected our democracy for so long, but... ...that protect our democracy, that have protected
- We cannot let this happen; we need to continue protecting our defenses here in our state.
- We're routinely charged with protecting all types of sensitive evidence.
- The stated purpose of SB 73 is to build protections against federal interference.
- SB 73 does nothing to protect our elections. It's a bill of concealment. Why the urgency?
Committee:
House Public Safety
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Feb 3rd, 2026
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill is about protecting clean water, protecting the Everglades, and protecting taxpayers.
- So the protections are not bypassed. Chair, that's the amendment. Thank you.
- our communities and to protect our natural resources.
- It simply protects communities and protects their significant financial investments by the federal government
- And I think we need to protect the environment. We also have to deal with the realities.
Committee:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Summary:
The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources met and first took up CS/SB 1422, as amended, which focused on coral reef protection and surface waters. The strike-all amendment redesignated coral reefs as critical natural infrastructure, emphasized their role in disaster mitigation and climate resilience, and was described as helping streamline permitting and access to federal restoration funding. Audubon Florida waived in support, and the committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably.
The committee then considered SPB 7034, a rule ratification related to DEP’s minimum flows and levels recovery strategy for the Lower Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers and Priority Springs. Senators questioned the rule’s effects on consumptive use, funding, and whether utilities or taxpayers would bear costs. Several speakers from the Florida Springs Council and local river advocates opposed the rule, arguing it delays restoration and relies too heavily on a single long-term wastewater reuse project, while DEP and utility representatives supported it. The committee approved the bill as a committee bill and reported it favorably, with Senator Smith voting no.
Next, the committee heard CS/SB 1510, which made changes to DEP-related programs including springs basin management action plans, septic system requirements, resilience cost-share eligibility, permitting procedures, and land acquisition governance. A late-filed strike-all removed biosolids provisions and other items, and the main public concern centered on a 60-day delay before B-MAP changes take effect, which opponents said could delay springs restoration and allow conventional septic systems to be installed before new restrictions apply. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also passed CS/SB 1196, which restricts new ash-producing incinerators and waste-to-energy facilities within two miles of certain federally authorized water impoundment areas, after debate over impacts on local waste disposal options and environmental protections; and CS/SB 912, the Safe Battery Collection and Recovery Act, which creates a producer stewardship framework for battery collection and recycling, with support from industry and recycling groups citing battery fires and growing waste-stream concerns. Finally, the committee recommended confirmation of Gary Jennings to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and then adjourned.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Business, Trade & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm an Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Division.
- What was Senate Bill 5708 last session, the Protecting Children Online Act?
- Protecting children online is serious, and the industry isn't sitting still.
- It's also good to remember... ...and to protect children online.
- Our job is to protect the taxpayers when it comes to these wildland fires.
Bills:
SB5928
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 2, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- So what protections are— I don't see protections listed in here for the fully integrated system where
- So it protects them there.
- And it's not protected in the same way that a cash transaction would be protected.
- We want to protect citizens.
- We've done a great job in explaining how this is going to be as protected as we can be protected.
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee met on April 2, 2025, with a quorum present and took up four bills. The committee first heard HB 4041, which would create the Corkscrew Grove Stewardship District in Collier County to finance and maintain infrastructure such as transportation, utilities, and stormwater systems without changing county regulatory authority. The bill drew no opposition, was reported favorably, and passed 14-0.
The committee then considered HB 1485, which repeals Florida’s aviation fuel tax provisions. The sponsor argued the change would simplify the tax code, attract airline investment, and support lower fares and more routes. Members raised concerns about the estimated recurring $22.8 million impact on the State Transportation Trust Fund and $2 million on general revenue, and airport representatives warned of reduced grant and development funding, especially for general aviation and municipal airports. Supporters said the change would increase competition and fuel sales in Florida. The bill was reported favorably on a 12-5 vote.
Next, the committee heard HB 999, which would recognize gold and silver as legal tender, allow electronic debit access to bullion accounts, and remove tax burdens on transactions involving precious metals. The sponsor and supporters described the bill as a way to protect purchasing power and provide an alternative parallel to the dollar, while opponents and some members raised concerns about consumer protections, predatory practices, privacy, and the role of the Office of Financial Regulation in rulemaking. After extensive testimony, the bill was reported favorably 19-0.
Finally, the committee considered PCB WMC 25-01, which would reduce the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25% and also lower several related taxes, including the business rent tax, nonresidential electricity tax, mobile home sales tax, and coin-operated amusement machine tax. The proposal was estimated to reduce revenue by about $5.5 billion annually. Members discussed impacts on the budget, education funding, and whether savings would reach consumers, while supporters emphasized relief for Floridians and business competitiveness. The bill passed unanimously 19-0 and was reported favorably. The chair then noted a prior procedural apology on the record, and the meeting adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Moving on to item 2, the Gulf Coast Protection District.
- In order to protect the state's investment and ensure the Alamo stands protected as a beacon of liberty
- We're going to have to build a protective structure over the top. of it to protect it while the roof
- This is what DRR protects. We have the Amazon web services.
- The cloud services aren't helping to protect? The cloud vendors are helping us protect.
Committee:
Senate Finance