Video & Transcript Research : 'legislative caucus'
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- So I brought it up to Representative Naughton and Senator Tarr, who co-chair the Coastal Caucus as well
- supposed to be on the agenda for one of the meetings, but it just hasn't come up. ...caucus as well
- But I have brought it up, and it's something that I hope, you know, the Coastal Caucus will either take
- When they talk about it, what the law changed ends up being this piece of legislation, 514, the second
- So thank you for taking me out of order to testify on this legislation.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hearing on several late-file bills and home rule petitions, with testimony focused mainly on coastal access and wildlife management, rodenticide restrictions, and a local land-use request. Rep. Scarsdale testified for H.5113, which would name an accessible trail in Groton’s J. Harry Rich State Forest the Marion Stoddard River Walk in honor of the activist who helped restore the Nashua River. Groton Trails Committee chair Paul Fung also supported the bill, describing the trail, educational signs, and DCR’s involvement. Rep. Sweezey presented a package of Duxbury Beach bills—H.5141, H.5140, and H.5139—intended to align state shorebird protections more closely with federal standards, create parity in beach management tools, and require periodic review of outdated recreational-use guidelines; he said the bills were developed with local and agency input and aimed to balance conservation with beach access.
A large portion of the hearing concerned local petitions to restrict second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides and other pesticides. Supporters from Mass Audubon, Sierra Club, Animal Defenders International, wildlife rehabilitation groups, and residents from towns including Grafton, Billerica, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Eastham, and Truro argued that these poisons harm raptors and other non-target wildlife through secondary poisoning, persist in the environment, and are increasingly ineffective. Several speakers said local town meetings had approved the restrictions and urged favorable reports on the petitions. Opponents, including a representative of the New England Pest Management Association, argued that regulation should remain at the state level under MDAR to avoid a patchwork of local rules and noted that the agency was already reviewing rodenticide regulations. Committee members asked questions about agency consultation, the relationship between state and federal bird listings, and how local beach rules would work in practice.
The committee also heard testimony on H.4700 and related local pesticide-reduction petitions for Eastham and Truro, with witnesses describing groundwater concerns, pesticide drift, and wildlife impacts. Finally, the committee took testimony on S.2961, a Dighton bill authorizing the use of a small portion of conservation land for public way purposes to replace the Pleasant Street Bridge and add pedestrian and bicycle accommodations; the witness said the affected area was limited and necessary for safety improvements. The hearing ended after testimony concluded, with the chair turning the gavel over and the committee adjourning.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Republican Leaders Address Tax & Affordability Concerns for Minnesotans - 04/15/26
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
Republican senators held a Tax Day press event focused on affordability, arguing that DFL control has led to overspending, higher taxes, and reduced competitiveness in Minnesota. They criticized recent state tax increases and proposed new taxes, including taxes on social media and advertising, extending sales tax to legal and accounting services, a higher income tax tier, a statewide property tax, and a housing-related sales tax amendment. They also contrasted Minnesota policy with federal tax relief, saying Minnesotans need spending restraint, fraud reduction, and a smaller, more efficient state government instead of additional revenue measures.
Senator Dziedzic focused on transportation costs, especially high license tab fees, saying residents are overwhelmed by taxes and fees and that the state should fund roads and bridges with existing money rather than raising fees. He cited a House proposal to quintuple tab fees and said Minnesota’s vehicle ownership costs are far higher than neighboring states. Senator Kunesh focused on property taxes, saying homeownership is becoming unaffordable because of state spending and unfunded mandates passed on to local governments. He argued that Democrats’ 2023 spending drove up property taxes and warned that a proposed statewide property tax would worsen the housing crisis and hurt families, seniors, and first-time buyers.
In response to questions, the senators said their caucus is open to companion bills and some targeted tax relief measures, including conformity with federal changes such as tax treatment of tips and overtime and Section 179 business provisions. They said they support transportation investment but want it funded through existing resources and better prioritization, not new taxes or fees. They also discussed possible bonding negotiations and said they are still evaluating proposals related to HCMC and a one-time property tax rebate, which they described as insufficient compared with the need for permanent relief. No votes or formal actions were taken.
IN
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, your committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures recommends that House Rule 155.3 be amended
- The House Republicans will caucus in Ways and Means upon recess.
- House Democrats will caucus in 156B upon recess. So both caucuses are going to caucus upon recess.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- legislation in a bipartisan fashion. legislation in a bipartisan fashion.
- We talk about bills and legislation.
- We talk about bills and legislation.
- Uh I uh legislators openly carrying?
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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, so any further questions before we break into our caucus?
- I don't know where into our caucus?
- I move inexpedient to legislate. >> Is there a second?
- It was described as a model way of getting good legislation through.
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 30, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- president's signature legislative achievement.
- Speaker, about something that's in this piece of legislation in this rule that's wrong. ...legislation
- And so I wrote a piece of legislation...
- And this legislation is a step in the right direction.
- We are going to continue to push for legislation to protect you regardless of legislation to protect
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Please join me in congratulating 2025-2026 Legislative Ladies President Burgundy Cain, President-elect
- And also to my husband, who made history as the first husband to be President of the Legislative Ladies
- Members, as most of you know, last session we started the Texas Water Caucus, and that's for anyone who
- And so today, the Water Caucus is meeting at 1.30 in E2-010, and I would just encourage everyone who
- Today, the Water Caucus is meeting at 1.30 in E2-010, and I would just encourage everyone who can to
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Capital Investment Bill - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- Miam Arab, committee legislative assistant for Senator Pappas.
- Miam Arab, committee legislative assistant for Senator Pappas.
- Miam Arab, committee legislative assistant for Senator Pappas.
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- we will not permit conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of legislative
- So today to explain additional pieces to the legislation with me to highlight the impact of this bill
- I want to thank the member for carrying a Black Caucus priority bill.
- Just very briefly I want to thank the author. for bringing this very important legislation forward.
- Thank you to you and the entire legislative board.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Education policy panel hears HF6 1/22/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 6 covers several of the education priorities of the House Republican caucus for education.
- intend to take the separate components in the bill and have them brought forward as individual legislation
- House File 6 covers several of the education priorities of the House Republican caucus for education.
- Article 1 does provide revisions to the READ Act as enacted in the 2023-24 legislative biennium.
- Article 1 does provide revisions to the READ Act as enacted in the 2023-24 legislative biennium.
Summary:
The committee heard presentation on House File 6, an education omnibus-style bill advanced by Representative Peggy Bennett and other Republican members. Bennett said the bill reflects caucus priorities around literacy, parental engagement, local control, and school flexibility. She described three articles: Article 1 on revisions to the READ Act and the science of reading; Article 2 on education innovation and parent-friendly school information; and Article 3 on funding flexibility and temporary relief from several new mandates enacted in recent biennia.
On Article 3, Bennett said school boards would be allowed to transfer certain funds and delay implementation of specified mandates through the 2028-29 school year, including provisions tied to recent early childhood and education omnibus laws as well as paid family and medical leave and earned sick and safe time. She framed this as giving districts time to implement requirements carefully and with fidelity, and said such decisions would be made by local school boards in public meetings. She also argued the bill would reduce the burden of new mandates and preserve local decision-making.
Representative Mueller then presented Article 1, saying it strengthens the state’s commitment to the science of reading, ends the Department of Education’s partnership with CAREI, repeals some 2024 requirements she said were ideological, and restores expectations for teacher preparation and assessment. Representative Bakeberg presented Article 2, which would require a more user-friendly school performance report, consolidate certain innovation-related programs into a new chapter, and replace the Department’s equity/diversity/inclusion center with an Office of Achievement and Innovation focused on academic achievement. He said the office’s guidance would be advisory only and that local districts would retain final authority. The chair then laid House File 6 over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill and further consideration at a later date.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- As you know, the Governor signed the legislation to create the office.
- Matt Gress, Legislative District 4. Thank you for hearing this bill.
- My caucus, all caucus on this side of the aisle, has prioritized law enforcement.
- My caucus, all caucus on this side of the aisle, has prioritized law enforcement at all levels as a high
- So, members, I think we need to look at that as a caucus.
Keywords:
corrections oversight, appropriation, independent office, public safety, funding, firefighters, insurance rates, workers' compensation, firefighter cancer reimbursement, rate deviations, cost analysis, premiums, border security, drug trafficking, human smuggling, law enforcement funding, Arizona, immigration, education reform, K-12
Summary:
The committee heard several appropriations and policy bills, with testimony often focused on public safety, education, and procurement. HB 263 would appropriate $1.5 million in FY2027 to the Independent Correctional Oversight Office; the sponsor and supportive testimony argued the office is needed to address serious problems in the corrections system, and the bill received a due pass recommendation, 17-1. HB 2993, as amended, would allow DPS to spend on legal services independent of the Attorney General and redirect $5 million from the Consumer Protection/Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund to the Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission Fund; the Speaker framed it as supporting law enforcement and public safety, and it passed 17-0.
HB 2271 dealt with firefighter cancer coverage and insurance rates. The bill would allow an insurer covering firefighters and fire investigators to file a uniform rate deviation only if it is not reimbursed by the municipal firefighter cancer reimbursement fund. Testimony described the measure as a temporary shell pending a broader consensus agreement to bring fire districts into the reimbursement system; members stressed that firefighters should not see changes in claim handling, but several said the bill still needed work. It received a due pass recommendation on a 16-1-1 vote. HB 2416 would appropriate $20 million to DPS for local border support, including law enforcement positions, prosecution and detention costs, and equipment; sheriffs and the Arizona Sheriffs Association supported it as a continuation of existing funding for drug interdiction and border-related crime, and it passed 11-6-1.
The committee also advanced HB 2692, which revises public construction procurement rules and authorizes progressive design-build and one-step competition for certain federally funded projects. Construction and procurement stakeholders said the bill was the product of a long consensus process, while some members worried about taxpayer impacts and the move away from standard procurement; it passed 10-7-1. HB 2478, as amended, creates the Arizona Commission on Student Outcomes to study K-12 accountability, standards, graduation requirements, early childhood education, and a trade pathways diploma, funded by Classroom Site Fund dollars; members debated whether the work should instead be done by ADE or the State Board, and the bill passed 11-7. The committee also heard HB 4044, which would create a Public Safety Parity Fund to support DPS and corrections salaries using investment earnings from the Budget Stabilization Fund and proceeds from forfeited digital assets; the sponsor and a troopers association witness argued it would provide a stable long-term funding source to address chronic vacancies and pay gaps.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 1 - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, I said this in caucus, and I want to repeat it.
- study committees, but this is substance abuse disorder, discovering fraud, waste, and abuse, the legislation
- She goes above and beyond for our caucus and in her spare time, putting that in air quotes, she helps
- With your permission, the Republican Caucus will meet tomorrow in Hearing Room 1 at 9 a.m.
- With your permission, the Democratic Caucus will meet in HHR 2 at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, I said this in caucus, and I want to repeat it.
- study committees, but this is substance abuse disorder, discovering fraud, waste, and abuse, the legislation
- She goes above and beyond for our caucus and, in her spare time, putting that in air quotes, she helps
- With your permission, the Republican Caucus will meet tomorrow in Hearing Room 1 at 9 a.m.
- With your permission, the Democratic Caucus will meet in HHR 2 at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning.
Summary:
The House met in regular session, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior journal, and recognized several guests and personal privileges, including introductions of students and family members. The chamber also took up a motion to request the Senate return SB 1160 for reconsideration, and then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider measures on the calendar.
In Committee of the Whole, members considered SB 1118, SB 1178, and SB 1419. SB 1118 received an appropriations committee amendment and a floor amendment related to balancing housing affordability with historic preservation, and was recommended do pass as amended. SB 1178, dealing with naturopathic medicine accreditation and scope issues, drew debate: supporters said it would protect patient access and provider supply by updating accreditation-related definitions, while opponents argued it expanded scope too far and sidestepped federal accreditation concerns; the bill was ultimately recommended do pass as amended. SB 1419, concerning solar energy devices and disclosure protections for residential, multifamily, commercial, and industrial units, was also amended and recommended do pass as amended. SB 1497 was retained on the calendar.
The House then entered an additional Committee of the Whole for SB 1242 and SB 1270. SB 1242, which allows audio and audio-visual technology for mental health evaluations or treatment hearings, was amended to modify the definition of a mental health treatment agency and recommended do pass as amended. SB 1270 also received a floor amendment and was recommended do pass as amended. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole and additional Committee of the Whole reports, properly engrossing SB 1118, SB 1178, SB 1419, SB 1242, and SB 1270, while retaining SB 1497.
On third reading, the House passed SB 1162, SB 1274, SB 1426, SB 1552, and SB 1814. SB 1814, which establishes a substance use disorder treatment standards and oversight study committee, drew remarks in support of a study committee to address fraud, waste, abuse, and treatment reform. The House also announced upcoming committee and caucus meetings and adjourned until 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Gentleman named William Holland of Washington County passed the legislation to established Purview A&
- I'm very fortunate to recently have been selected as the chairman of the to the House Manufacturing Caucus
- So I'd ask you to join this group and others on the caucus. We'd love to have you there.
- Enjoy, meet the legislators. Welcome. to your house. This is your first time.
- The Texas Legislative Black Caucus will meet up on adjournment in the speaker's media room.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- A gentleman named William Holland of Washtenaw County passed the legislation to established Purview A
- I'm very fortunate to recently have been selected as the chairman of the House Manufacturing Caucus.
- So I'd ask you to join This group and others on the caucus would love to have you there.
- Enjoy, meet the legislators. to your house. This is your first time.
- The Texas Legislative Black Caucus will meet up on adjournment in the speaker's media room.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (01/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met in executive session and first corrected a procedural issue by revoting on House Bills 98 and 164, which had previously been reported out unanimously before the notice had been placed on the calendar. HB 98, concerning professional limited liability company assistant managers, was again voted ought to pass by roll call 16-0 and was placed on the consent calendar. HB 164, dealing with local records, was amended with a fiscal note update from the Secretary of State’s office and then voted ought to pass as amended 17-0; because it was going to Finance, it was not eligible for consent. The committee also set aside HB 111 briefly while the amendment language was corrected.
The committee then took up HR 6, a resolution condemning the judicial doctrine of disparate impact. The sponsor argued the resolution was intended to criticize the doctrine, but several members said it was too broad, legally problematic, and in need of more work, including a drafting error in the addressee. The committee voted ITL on HR 6 by 15-2, and with no objection it was placed on the consent calendar.
The final major item was HB 111 FN, which would extend the right-to-know ombudsman position for two years. Representative Kuttab offered an amendment to limit remote records requests to people with a New Hampshire connection, citing testimony about out-of-state requests and the burden on municipalities. Members discussed the broader policy of the bill, with supporters saying the ombudsman has reduced court filings and saves time and money, while opponents said the office needs restructuring or more resources and that they were not ready to extend it without changes. The amendment was adopted 16-1, and the committee then voted ought to pass as amended 15-2, sending the bill to Finance.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 3/10/25
Transcript Highlights:
- But there are three new areas: governmental body, legislator, and law enforcement.
- But there are three new areas: governmental body, legislator, and law enforcement.
- Legislators were also added, or that was in the statute already.
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- enforcement or the OA but legislators enforcement or the OA but legislators under<00:09:30.920><
Summary:
State Representative Jim Nash and Representative Kristin Robbins discussed a package of fraud-prevention bills, centered on House File 3 and a separate whistleblower-protection measure. HF 3 would require annual reports based on Office of the Auditor (OA/OLA) findings to be sent to ranking members of relevant committees, with the goal of giving appropriators more information about internal controls and follow-up on audit recommendations. Nash said the bill is intended to help reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, cited the Feeding Our Future case as an example of weak controls, and noted that the OA helped draft the proposal and supports it. He also said the bill’s language is modeled in part on Colorado and on earlier recommendations for more information to be shared with decision-makers.
Robbins said her bill would expand whistleblower protections for state employees, including unclassified employees, and add new protected reporting channels and definitions. She said employees are often afraid to come forward because of job and career concerns, and that the bill would better protect reports made to legislators, the OA, governmental bodies, and law enforcement. She and Nash said they were working with DFL members and committee chairs on bipartisan amendments to define “fraud” and “misuse,” and to align the language with the Inspector General bill and prior law.
In questions, Robbins explained that current law protects only certain employees and that her bill would broaden coverage and make it easier for employees to report concerns without fear. She said the OA supports the effort and that the added reporting pathways would help with follow-up on agency recommendations. Nash and Robbins both emphasized that the measures are part of a broader fraud-fighting package and expressed hope for bipartisan support, though Nash criticized DFL leadership for not backing the bills more openly. No votes or final actions were taken in the exchange shown.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Elect Committee Meeting - 2025-03-19
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- So, it's just taking into account that variation of the caucus states, and then it also would delete
- With caucuses, it's caucus season.
- I haven't been to a GOP caucus. I think it would be an interesting field trip.
- And I can assure you I've never been to a DFL caucus, but I'm guessing you guys sign up election judges
- The original legislation called for the county commissioners to appoint 6 members with staggered terms