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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Leadership's Plans for Session / Online Sports Betting Testimony / November Budget Forecast Jan 14th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Media was there when Stewart took her official oath of office.
- YouTube channel at MN Senate Media.
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MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary, Division A (Part 2) - Room 409, 3 March, 2026; 4:15 P.M.
Judiciary, Division A
Transcript Highlights:
- It raises real concerns about social media companies and what has happened with our teenagers.
- It raises real concerns about social media companies and what has happened with our teenagers.
- It raises real concerns about social media companies and what has happened with our teenagers.
- It raises real concerns about social media companies and what has happened with our teenagers.
- It raises real concerns about social media companies and what has happened with our teenagers.
Committee:
Joint Judiciary, Division A
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I love the fact that I think our media in Idaho does a much better job, generally speaking, than the
- media in other states.
- Given what we've run into, And the media in other states, given what we've run into and, you know, in
- the age of social media, looking at what other institutions and other states are doing, would the media
- The media, your media, has reported on the problems we're having hiring.
Committee:
House Education
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Mar 31st, 2026
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions
Transcript Highlights:
- and that media focus and attention is extremely valuable."
- Our media landscape has changed. The money landscape has gotten completely out of hand.
- to each other, how we explain politics to each other, the death of local media...
- talk to each other, how we explain politics to each other, the death of local media, our media systems
- That's not the role of a legislature, that's the role of an independent media, that's gone.
Bills:
H5001
Keywords:
election day registration, voter registration, proof of residency, provisional ballot, party affiliation
Summary:
The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on Initiative Petition 25-12, H.503, an act to implement all-party state primaries. Committee leaders explained the Article 48 process and said the hearing was part of the Legislature’s review before any measure could advance toward the 2026 ballot. The hearing format included subject-matter experts, proponents, opponents, and public testimony, though this excerpt mainly covers the expert and proponent panels.
The first expert, Northeastern University political scientist Costas Panagopoulos, described top-two primaries used in states such as California, Washington, Alaska, Louisiana, and Nebraska, and said the research shows only modest or mixed effects. He argued that top-two systems do not reliably reduce polarization, can weaken party gatekeeping, may increase campaign spending and incumbent advantages, and can lead to undervoting when voters do not see a preferred candidate on the ballot. In response to questions, he said turnout effects are mixed and not substantially higher overall. Katie King of the National Conference of State Legislatures then outlined different primary systems, including closed, open, top-two/top-four, nonpartisan, all-comers, and blanket primaries, and reviewed Supreme Court cases holding blanket primaries unconstitutional while upholding Washington’s top-two system. She also noted that changing primary systems would require significant voter education and administrative preparation.
The proponent panel, led by Danielle Allen of the Coalition for Healthy Democracy, argued that Massachusetts has too many uncontested elections, low primary participation, and too little accountability, and that all-party primaries would give every voter a meaningful choice in a higher-turnout general election. Supporters said the proposal is tailored to Massachusetts, would keep party endorsements visible on the ballot, and could broaden competition, improve representation, and help independent and minor-party candidates. Jim Henderson, coalition counsel, said the bill is narrowly focused on state-level primaries and was drafted to fit Article 48 requirements. Other proponents, including Kevin Johnson, Kate Kavanaugh, and Spencer Reynolds, echoed that the current system overrepresents a small partisan electorate and that the reform would shift power to voters. Committee members pressed the proponents on turnout evidence, party endorsements, ballot access, the role of fusion-style cross-endorsements, the effect on polarization, and whether the change would actually improve representation or simply move party influence to an earlier stage. No votes or final committee action were taken in the excerpt.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Mar 31st, 2026
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions
Transcript Highlights:
- and that media focus and attention is extremely valuable. ...that has media focus and attention, and
- that media focus and attention is extremely valuable.
- Our media landscape has changed. The money landscape has gotten completely out of hand.
- to each other, how we explain politics to each other, the death of local media...
- That's not the role of a legislature, that's the role of an independent media, that's gone.
Bills:
H5001
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Public Safety Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- By requiring courts to broadcast any proceeding that is open would require the parties in the court to
- AB 2104 also... ...risk tainting the jury pool for SVP cases in smaller counties where broadcasting the
Summary:
The committee began without a quorum and heard several bills in subcommittee format. AB 1546, which would increase penalties for repeat DUI offenders by allowing a third DUI within 10 years to be charged as a wobbler, requiring a fifth DUI to be a felony, and lengthening ignition interlock and license revocation periods, drew strong support from law enforcement and district attorney groups and opposition from public defenders and reform advocates who argued the bill would further criminalize substance use and mental health issues. No vote was taken because there was no quorum at the time.
AB 1595, aimed at standardizing post-conviction procedures for wrongful conviction claims and clarifying courts’ authority to consider new evidence, was supported by innocence and public defender organizations and opposed by district attorneys, who said existing habeas law is already clear and that the bill would add complexity and burden courts. AB 292, which would impose mandatory jail time for repeat felony domestic violence offenders within seven years, was supported by sheriffs, prosecutors, probation officers, and local governments, but opposed by domestic violence survivor advocates and public defender groups who warned it would not deter abuse and could criminalize survivors and divert resources from services. AB 1816, allowing courts to extend probation up to one additional year for sex offenders who have not completed required treatment, drew support from probation and law enforcement groups and opposition from public defenders and civil liberties advocates concerned about longer supervision, technical violations, and barriers such as poverty and treatment access; the committee later took a roll call and passed the bill 3-1, with one member not voting, sending it to Appropriations.
After quorum was established, the committee also passed AB 1627, which would bar people with misconduct in immigration enforcement from becoming California peace officers, and AB 1927, which would create a misdemeanor for falsely impersonating a bail agent to solicit bail, both on due pass motions to Judiciary/Appropriations as amended. AB 1854, a shield-law measure expanding protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care providers, patients, and related businesses from out-of-state legal process, was supported by the Attorney General’s office and reproductive rights groups and opposed by anti-abortion and family policy organizations; it was moved on a due pass motion to Judiciary. The committee then heard AB 1872, which would make repeat adult swatting offenses a felony/wobbler and require restitution for property damage, with support from law enforcement, prosecutors, and civil liberties advocates and opposition from public defenders and justice reform groups who argued the bill would not deter conduct and could disproportionately affect people with mental illness or undocumented status. A motion to advance AB 1872 was made, but the transcript cuts off before any final vote on that bill.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty - Tuesday, March 24
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- a great state with many great features, and it's our job to market it and make it available and broadcast
- Our job is to market it and make it available and broadcast it.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the previous day’s journal by a 126-0 vote, and suspended business for the Speaker to sign several bills and substitutes. Members then spent much of the day introducing guests, including county assessors, students, civic groups, and visitors from local schools and universities.
The chamber then took up House Bill 2002, the elementary and secondary education budget. Members adopted several amendments, including technical fixes to allow board-operated schools to use personal service funds for career ladder payments, clarifications to child care subsidy language, and changes to Parents as Teachers rules so that enrollment remains voluntary and virtual visits are not reimbursable. An amendment to shift $1 million from one child care facilities line to Child Care Works passed, as did an amendment to fund a new Success-Ready Student Assessment with $2 million to help replace the MAP test. A proposal to pay child care subsidies for foster children based on enrollment rather than attendance failed 53-93, and an amendment to divert $10 million in Title I funds into a competitive grant program also failed. A later amendment to send budget reports to the ranking minority member passed, while an attempt to remove child care subsidy language from the bill failed.
The House then moved to higher education and workforce development appropriations. Members approved an amendment broadening a pre-apprenticeship program statewide and supported funding for Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries through a transfer from dual credit scholarship funds. The most extensive debate centered on House Bill 2003’s higher education funding model, where the chair defended an FTE-based approach as more transparent than the long-standing status quo, while opponents warned it would sharply cut funding for institutions such as Harris-Stowe, Lincoln, Truman State, and some community colleges, and would ignore factors like graduation rates, research, and workforce needs. A compromise amendment to soften the transition was withdrawn, and a separate amendment to restore the governor’s recommendation was also debated at length, with members arguing over the fairness and consequences of the proposed model.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Mar 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WE TALK ABOUT MEDIA OR MEMBRANE FILTERS. WE ALSO HAVE SEQUENCING REACTORS OR SPR.
- THE NEXT IS MEMBRANE OR MEDIA FILTERS. THESE WILL BE SUBMERGED SOMETIMES.
- THEY ARE USING THE SYSTEM PLUS SUBMERGED MEDIA AT THE SAME TIME. >> YES.
- THEY'VE ADDED THE SUBMERGED MEDIA WITH THE PREPARATORY CARBON SOURCE. >> Sen.
- Ingoglia: THE TANK IS SITTING ON A SUBMERGED MEDIA. >> NO IT'S INCLUDED. >> Sen.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Mar 3rd, 2025
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- So they submerge some media.
- The next grouping we have are membrane or media filters. Sometimes these will be submerged.
- So they're using the system plus submerged media at the same time? Yeah.
- And they've added this submerged media with this proprietary carbon source.
- So the tank is sitting on a submerged media? No. It's included in the tank. Mm-hmm.
Committee:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Summary:
The committee began with a presentation from the Florida On-Site Wastewater Association on advanced onsite wastewater treatment systems. Roxanne Groover described several technologies used in Florida, including NSF-245 systems, performance-based treatment systems, in-ground nitrogen-reducing biofilters, membrane/media filters, and sequencing batch reactors. She emphasized that these systems can substantially reduce nitrogen compared with conventional septic systems, discussed permitting and maintenance requirements, and noted that some grant programs help fund upgrades in springs and other impaired-water areas. Members asked about phosphorus and PFAS treatment, funding for non-springs watersheds, incentives for new construction, and whether more data should be collected on system performance.
The committee then took up CS for SB 164 on vessel ownership, derelict vessels, and anchoring/mooring rules. The bill was explained as clarifying who is responsible for derelict vessels and using vessel title as prima facie evidence of ownership. Two amendments were adopted: one requiring FWC to offer an electronic long-term anchoring permit system and clarifying that the permit does not override other anchoring limits, and a technical amendment correcting a drafting error. Public testimony included opposition from a cruiser advocacy representative who argued the bill would unfairly restrict responsible boaters and harm the marine economy, and support from another boating coalition representative who said the bill was a proactive step to address derelict vessels. The committee then passed CS/SB 164 favorably by roll call.
Finally, the committee considered SB 38, which makes clarifying changes to FWC trust funds. The bill would allow investment and carryover of the administrative trust fund balance, expand use of the Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund for feline disease research, monitoring, and habitat acquisition, and allow use of the Non-Game Wildlife Trust Fund for law enforcement and related coordination agreements. With no debate or opposition, the committee passed SB 38 favorably by roll call and then adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I am here this morning in opposition to the proposed social media warning labels.
- Finally, this provision would apply to every social media user.
- The labeling for social media.
- Media often go well beyond minors, but the purpose of this legislation restricts itself to that.
- YouTube could also be considered a social media platform. That is true.
Bills:
HF2435
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 13, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- And some of the comments were saying this language about serving people using social media has never
- And some of the comments were saying this language about serving people using social media has never
- do not want social media—remember, they have used social media to contact that person—so what would
- So I don't, you know, the bill says you can communicate with them through social media, but the bill
- So... ...social media and it might be a scam itself, right?
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and heard five bills. HB 1097 would rename the Florida Catastrophic Storm Center at FSU as the Florida Center for Excellence in Insurance and Risk Management, transfer the public hurricane loss projection model from FIU to FSU, and provide recurring and nonrecurring appropriations to support independent insurance research and collaboration with OIR and other universities. Members discussed university roles, model oversight, independence from industry funding, and student/workforce benefits. The bill passed favorably on a roll call vote.
HB 319 would create a regulatory framework for virtual currency kiosk businesses, requiring registration with the Office of Financial Regulation, consumer disclosures, and penalties for violations. Much of the discussion focused on fraud prevention, especially for seniors, and whether the bill should include transaction caps or stronger recovery tools; AARP supported the bill but urged additional protections. The bill passed favorably. CS/HB 385 made technical changes to the Florida Trust Code and Community Property Trust Act, including decanting, trustee claims, redemption by satisfaction, and homestead transfer treatment; an amendment conforming to the Senate version was adopted, and the bill passed favorably.
CS/HB 97 would allow service of process for exploitation injunctions against unascertainable scammers through the same communication method used to contact the victim, such as text or social media, and would let courts freeze funds temporarily while the matter is heard. Testimony from elder law practitioners and AARP supported the bill as a tool against scams, while some members raised due process and overreach concerns; the bill passed favorably. HB 839 would shorten the overpayment recovery window for claims submitted to psychologists and HMOs to match other health providers, with the goal of improving parity and access to mental health care; an amendment was adopted, and the bill passed favorably. The meeting concluded with adjournment after the final roll call votes.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- influencers and child social media influencers.
- regarding social media influencers and child<00:39:03.040><c> social</c><00:39:03.359><c> media</c><
- It does exist, the social media part.
- </c><00:42:21.200><c> part</c> it it does exist the social media part it it does exist the social media
- So again, just eliminating that particular reference to social media.
Committee:
House Labor
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (04/07/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> online uh especially as social media online uh especially as social media platforms<00:24:26.880
- </c> media accounts. Uh followup madam chair. media accounts. Uh followup madam chair.
- </c><00:28:59.360><c> pages</c> five and on any social media pages five and on any social media pages
- </c> that is a utilization of social media that is a utilization of social media and<00:29:21.039><c>
Committee:
House Municipal and County Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct - 04/24/25
Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> complaint based on media complaint based on media stories.<00:09:28.480><c> This</c><00:09:29.000
- </c><00:10:45.600><c> and</c> notion of what happens when media and notion of what happens when media
- And that's no disrespect to any media outlet.
- </c> from um from reading any media articles. from um from reading any media articles.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies May 19th, 2026
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
Transcript Highlights:
- Community media centers provide services that Massachusetts residents use every day.
- Community media directly advances all of these goals.
- North Andover CAM is North Andover's Community Media Center.
- Community media is not just for event coverage.
- little or no media coverage. Community media is not just for event coverage, though.
Bills:
H5386
Keywords:
economic development, innovation, investment, housing, small business, global trade, infrastructure, 1212, all
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Seclusion in Minnesota Schools: A new working group evaluates the procedure Aug 15th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The next meeting is Wednesday, September 17th, and you can watch it live or later on our Senate Media
- That's MN Senate Media. part of schools or is it really that part of schools or is it really that there's
- 02:42.879><c> Senate</c> watch it live or later on our Senate watch it live or later on our Senate Media
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- That's MN Senate Media YouTube channel. That's MN Senate Media.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/02/2026 - Senate Director Nominations
Transcript Highlights:
- Social media is increasingly becoming the first stop for consumers to search for information.
- To capitalize on this, I've grown our social media team, and we now have more in-house capabilities than
- Social media is increasingly becoming the first stop for consumers to search for information.
- ever. work. on this have grown our social media team and we now have more in-house capabilities than
- , social media was not prioritized, and we definitely need to increase and ensure that that's a space
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Director Nominations met to consider Alex Scalpsa Ridgeway’s nomination to serve as Director of the Arizona Office of Tourism. Chair Jay Kaufman opened with remarks about the committee’s role in reviewing nominees for fidelity to state law and executive accountability. Ridgeway gave an opening statement describing her Arizona background, prior state service, and her view that tourism is a major economic driver for the state. She highlighted record visitation and spending, the importance of marketing the whole state, and efforts to expand social media, data use, and support for rural communities.
Committee members questioned Ridgeway about the state of tourism, responsible visitor messaging, the need to market Arizona despite major attractions like the Grand Canyon, rural tourism strategies, international travel declines, return on investment for marketing, and how she would respond to unlawful or poor policy directives. She said she would always follow the law, would raise concerns about policy using data, and emphasized an activity-based marketing strategy focused on family travel, outdoor recreation, cultural travel, culinary, wellness, and luxury. She also discussed conflict-of-interest safeguards, said she would support more transparency and checks and balances, and noted plans to explore AI and other technology to improve efficiency.
Public testimony strongly supported the nominee. Representatives from the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association, the Cactus League Baseball Association, and Experience Scottsdale praised Ridgeway’s experience, leadership, and collaborative approach, and emphasized tourism’s economic importance statewide. The committee then moved to recommend her confirmation. The motion passed 5-0, and Chair Kaufman congratulated Ridgeway on the committee’s approval and adjourned the meeting.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- He said, it's social media. These kids are faced with something that we never had growing up.
- The pressures from these social media platforms, these kids aren't ready to deal with that.
- But when you're a kid dealing with some unknown profile on a social media platform, the way in which
- The dopamine hit that you get from a social media addiction is the same as any lethal drug.
- The way that social media platforms are designed, they listen and they learn.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> advocacy at Common Sense Media. advocacy at Common Sense Media.
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- ,<00:48:57.280><c> shows,</c><00:48:57.880><c> games,</c> media, shows, games, media, shows, games, or
- With social media platforms, we issues.
- And she presented at media and AI harms.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on the Census Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:30 am
Senate Committee on the Census
Transcript Highlights:
- We were on social media.
- Now we're telling our immigrant communities, don't go on social media.
- Now we're telling our immigrant communities, don't go on social media.
- Now we're telling our immigrant communities, don't go on social media.
- We worked a lot with the media, especially ethnic media, and we traveled all across the state, meeting
Committee:
Senate Senate Committee on the Census
Summary:
The Senate Committee on the Census held an early planning hearing on how Massachusetts can maximize participation in the 2030 census, with Chair Will Brownsberger and Vice Chair Rebecca Rausch emphasizing the need to start well in advance. The first panel, made up of leaders from the Massachusetts Voter Table, MassVOTE, MIRA, and MESA, stressed that grassroots community organizations are trusted messengers and should be funded early to do multilingual outreach, training, and direct assistance in hard-to-count communities. They described lessons from 2020, including the shift to internet response, reduced federal census infrastructure, the importance of coordinated statewide networks, and the need to begin messaging several years before Census Day because building trust and staffing outreach takes time.
Panelists repeatedly warned that immigrant communities are facing heightened fear because of federal immigration enforcement and the possibility of a citizenship question or other federal changes, making census participation more difficult. They said 2020 funding arrived too late to fully staff and train outreach teams before the pandemic, and argued that future resources should be deployed earlier and more flexibly. In response to committee questions, they estimated Massachusetts should invest roughly $8 million to $10 million or more in state census outreach, with one proposed model of about $3 million to $5 million at the start, additional funding in the middle years, and a larger final push closer to 2030. They also suggested that funding should support communications infrastructure, translation, social media and ethnic media outreach, and possibly a permanent complete count structure or trust fund to preserve institutional knowledge.
A second panel from Common Cause Massachusetts and the ACLU of Massachusetts echoed the call for stronger, earlier investment and stronger privacy protections. They urged the legislature to expand existing census line items, consider a trust fund or other dedicated funding stream, and coordinate census outreach with other state programs that already work through trusted community messengers. The ACLU testimony focused on racial inequities in census counts and warned that federal efforts to exclude non-citizens or add a citizenship question would deepen distrust and undercount immigrant communities. Committee members asked about the 2020 overcount/undercount results, funding levels, timing of grant distribution, and whether census outreach should be routed through the Secretary of the Commonwealth or other state mechanisms; no votes were taken, and the hearing moved on to a later panel on immigrant-community outreach.