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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 15th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • God, you are all powerful, you are present, you are mighty, you are loving, and you are forgiving.
  • And today I lift up to you my brothers and sisters right here in this room, holding power and influence
  • Today we pray all of this in the power of the powerful name of Jesus. Amen. Thank you.
  • Is there any other source of vibration near the wafer factory?
  • lines, you just got to every once in a while say— Certainly our power lines.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks. The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • experience wildfires or foreign sources of<02:32:18.560> pollution<02:32:18.880> are<02
  • It ensures that federal buildings<03:00:56.160> are<03:00:56.479> powered<03:00:57.279>
  • by what works, not buildings are powered by what works, not what's<03:00:59.760> politically<
  • Otherwise, we wouldn't be power.
  • They were strengthening our power grid against extreme weather and natural disasters.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 41 (3-6-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • power to condemn. power to condemn.
  • But with the power of eminent domain, you knew that the end result was that property was going to be
  • But<00:18:21.920> with<00:18:22.120> the But with the But with the power<00:18:23.480><
  • c> of<00:18:23.680> eminent<00:18:23.960> domain power of eminent domain power of eminent
  • It creates a new correct data source.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The House convened, received the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, excused absent members, and approved the journal. The clerk also announced Senate passage of Senate Bills 59, 137, 177, and 199 and requested concurrence. The chamber then moved into second reading, reporting a slate of bills and resolutions on health care, energy, child welfare, Medicaid, workplace violence, and coal/energy assessment, before proceeding to third reading and passage of several measures. A major focus was House Bill 542 on eminent domain. The sponsor described it as a transparency measure to improve communication with property owners, require better notice, prohibit misleading statements, allow owner-paid appraisals to be used throughout negotiations, and account for agricultural improvements and access. Members discussed the bill’s intent to treat property owners fairly and reduce court costs; the House adopted House Committee Substitute 1 and passed the bill 89-0. House Bill 565 on fire protection was presented as technical cleanup to clarify enforcement authority for local fire appeal boards created last year, and it passed 91-0. The House also passed House Bill 611 on domestic relations, which creates a 10-year interpersonal protective order for certain felony assault convictions involving family members, unmarried couples, or dating partners, and updates domestic violence data reporting requirements; the committee substitute was adopted and the bill passed 91-0. House Bill 657 on professional licensing background checks was explained as giving five licensure boards authority to obtain FBI ORI numbers so they can receive fingerprint background checks and comply with interstate compacts; it passed 91-0. House Bill 762 on legal representation was amended on the floor to avoid excluding appellate attorneys, then passed 91-0; it was described as clarifying Department of Public Advocacy representation and related salary provisions. The House also passed House Bill 108 on solid waste management, which its sponsor said closes a loophole allowing residual waste landfills to be sited in a different county from the industry without local input; it passed 79-8. House Bill 67 on schools, a cleanup measure to prior legislation requiring traceable communication systems for school employees, was introduced with a committee substitute and discussed as clarifying definitions and exemptions while preserving protections for students; the transcript cuts off before the final vote on that bill.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-01-15 - 3:00PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So as we sit in our seats in this chamber today and our committees and any other place that our power
  • <00:04:24.000> holds<00:04:24.400> meaning other place that our power holds meaning
  • other place that our power holds meaning and<00:04:24.880> weight,<00:04:25.919> I<00:
  • The reason is because I need to give you a visual of something so grand and amazing, such a powerful
  • force of nature amazing, such a powerful force of nature that<00:08:17.840> it<00:08:18.080><
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House opened with devotional remarks from Representative Greer focused on perspective, kindness, and the idea that people “earn” respect and love through shared humanity. After that, the chamber suspended rules to introduce 17 House bills by number only, and adopted JRS 3 in concurrence, setting a joint assembly for Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. to receive the governor’s budget message. Several announcements followed, including birthday wishes, a note about the new federal whole milk for schools law, guest introductions, and caucus notices. The House also approved committee transfers for H.393, an act relating to the prohibition of requiring face masks in schools, moving it from Education to Healthcare, and H.334, an act relating to limiting employer restrictions on individuals separating from employment, moving it from General and Housing to Commerce and Economic Development. The chamber then took up H.649 on captive insurance companies. The Commerce and Economic Development Committee explained that the bill, based on Department of Financial Regulation proposals, would prohibit risk retention groups from lending to or investing in members or affiliates, require annual and quarterly filings in NAIC form with a jurat page and actuarial certificate, and create new filing requirements for sponsored captive protected cells. The committee reported unanimous support, and the House amended the bill and ordered third reading. The House next considered S.60, establishing a Farm Security Special Fund. The Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry Committee and Appropriations described the bill as a response to repeated weather-related losses affecting farms and forestry operations, including flooding, freezes, drought, and other extreme events. The House version adds forestry and changes assistance from grants to payments to make aid faster and less cumbersome. The program would be administered by the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, with a review board and payments of up to 50% of uncovered losses, capped at 5% of annual appropriations and $150,000 per application. The committee testimony emphasized the need for a permanent, predictable state relief mechanism, and the bill was advanced with strong support.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • know, really power our modern life. know, really power our modern life.
  • As noted, we are too dependent on those foreign sources and fragile supply chains.
  • As noted, we are too dependent on those foreign sources and fragile supply chains.
  • As noted, we are too dependent on those foreign sources and fragile supply chains.
  • water coming out of the pipe, we don't want to look at that as a point source.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/25/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • build, maintain, repair thermal power build, maintain, repair thermal power plants,<00:04:37.280
  • It's very efficient, even more efficient than an air source heat pump because you don't have to move
  • It's very efficient, even more efficient than an air source heat pump because you don't have to move
  • Chair Freiberg said he was open to discussions about including a link to some other source.
  • I don't exactly I mean as far as source.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session Feb 26th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And also acknowledging the source of those blessings.
  • The officers who wield the judicial power of the state of Texas.
  • And the judges wield so much more power.
  • Who do we want wielding all of that power and influence?
  • Using the coercive power of the state.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation would, for the first time, provide a dedicated source and procedure This legislation
  • would, for the first time, provide a dedicated source and procedure for addressing these shortfalls.
  • serious leap of faith on the part of our board and leadership to plan for without confirmed funding sources
  • We must ensure that everyone has equal access to the transformative power of the arts, creating a more
  • We must ensure that everyone has equal access to the transformative power of the arts, creating a more
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities held a hearing focused on accessibility-related legislation, with the chairs emphasizing ASL and CART accessibility and asking testifiers to speak slowly and clearly. The committee heard testimony first on H.223/S.130, a bill to establish a livable wage for community-based human service workers by reducing the pay gap with state employees. Providers’ Council, Communities for People, the Key Program, and BAMSI all supported the bill, describing persistent wage disparities, high vacancy and turnover rates, and the impact on continuity of care for children, youth, and families. Witnesses said the bill would help recruitment and retention and stabilize services across the Commonwealth. The committee then heard extensive testimony on H.224/S.160, the ACE Act, which would create a dedicated funding source to improve accessibility in the creative economy. Arts organizations and advocates, including Community Access to the Arts, Abilities Dance Boston, Jacob’s Pillow, the Multicultural Arts Center, Northampton Community Music Center, Mass Creative, Open Door Arts, and Monkey House, described barriers such as inaccessible buildings, lack of ASL interpretation and captioning, inadequate lifts and backstage access, and the high cost of renovations. Testifiers said the bill would help smaller and historic institutions make physical and programmatic improvements and allow people with disabilities to participate as artists, workers, and audiences. The committee also heard testimony on H.4180, which would require DDS to consider neuropsychological evaluations when determining eligibility for intellectual disability services. Parents and advocates argued that IQ cutoffs alone can miss significant functional needs, especially for autistic adults and others with complex developmental profiles, and urged broader access to DDS supports. Additional testimony supported S.101 on closed captioning and telecommunications in public areas, and S.158 on requiring restaurants to have some chairs with arms to better accommodate physically disabled and older patrons. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair adjourned after hearing from the scheduled witnesses and noting a few signups that were not present.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 1/23/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • come from a combination of City sources come from a combination of City sources and<01:08:28.239
  • simply isn't enough in City sources simply isn't enough in City sources private<01:13:02.960>
  • our municipal utility that I want to pass on regarding, first, in Alexandria, we buy our wholesale power
  • our municipal utility that I want to pass on regarding, first, in Alexandria, we buy our wholesale power
  • our municipal utility that I want to pass on regarding, first, in Alexandria, we buy our wholesale power
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The House Capital Investment Committee met on January 23 and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. The main presentation was from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on its evaluation of Minnesota’s Sustainable Building guidelines, also referred to as B3. The auditors said the guidelines apply to certain new buildings and major renovations funded with general obligation bonds and are intended to improve energy efficiency, occupant health, and environmental quality. They described the program as involving the Departments of Administration and Commerce, the University of Minnesota’s Center for Sustainable Building Research, and project teams, but found widespread confusion over who is responsible for administering and enforcing the program. The auditors reported that oversight and accountability are limited, compliance is not clearly tracked, and there is no agency assigned to ensure projects follow the guidelines or to require compliance data. They said many projects in a review of 2020 bonding projects had not begun tracking compliance, and that up-to-date data were often missing. They also found the law’s stated program objectives are outdated because the referenced energy-code provision was repealed in 2009, and that measurable goals have not been established for most of the guideline categories. The office recommended that the legislature designate a responsible agency, clarify duties in statute, require compliance monitoring and data collection, update the program’s stated goals, and direct systematic evaluation of cost and sustainability outcomes. Members asked about consequences for noncompliance, funding, and whether cost impacts should be studied first. The auditor said the requirements are legal obligations, but no real enforcement consequences have been used so far, and any consequences discussed have been mostly theoretical. She said the Departments of Administration and Commerce were receiving about $1 million combined to support the contract with the Center for Sustainable Building Research, while other state agencies were not receiving dedicated funding for oversight. In response to questions about costs, she said the overall effect of the guidelines on project costs and sustainability is still unknown, but that the legislature could direct an analysis of cost impacts before taking further action.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 14

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • families feel this every month when they open their bills, and for many it has become a constant source
  • A no vote to subsidizing a problem that we created. constant source of of financial stress. constant
  • source of of financial stress.
  • <01:03:24.480> will<01:03:24.720> reduce using LG as a fuel source will reduce using
  • LG as a fuel source will reduce costs<01:03:25.440> and<01:03:25.680> emissions,<01:03
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 19, 2025 - 09:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have public utilities that transfer electricity on power lines.
  • And so there is a separation of powers argument that needs to be kept in mind.
  • Should the judiciary branch, when they have a verdict, have the power to appropriate taxpayer funds,
  • And I don't, and I've heard that, you know, there's a separation of powers.
  • I'm going to help one of my sovereigns get a million dollars for power panels.
Summary: The subcommittee first heard HB 6507, a claims bill for Marcus Button, who suffered severe permanent injuries in a 2006 school bus crash. Representative Andrade explained that a jury awarded Button more than $2 million in 2009, but only a small amount was paid under sovereign immunity limits. He said Pasco County later reached a settlement with Button, but believed it lacked legal authority to pay without legislative approval. The bill would give the county that authority. There was no opposition testimony, and the bill passed unanimously, 18-0. The committee then took up HB 301, which would substantially revise Florida’s sovereign immunity framework. Representative McFarland said the bill would raise liability caps for state and local governments from $200,000/$300,000 to $1 million/$3 million, with a later increase in 2030, align statutes of limitations with private suits, allow governments to settle above the caps without a claims bill, and prevent insurance policies from conditioning payment on legislative approval. She framed the bill as a way to reduce the need for the claims bill process and provide faster redress to injured people. Testimony on HB 301 was sharply divided. Local governments, school districts, counties, cities, hospital groups, and insurance representatives opposed the bill, arguing the higher caps would sharply increase insurance and taxpayer costs, especially for small or fiscally constrained entities, and that the claims bill process and special masters provide useful review and leverage. Supporters, including the Florida Justice Association and several members, argued the current system is too slow and political, leaves seriously injured people waiting years for compensation, and should be modernized to better hold government accountable. No vote was taken on HB 301 in the portion of the meeting provided.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 23, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • the<00:30:39.919> governor<00:30:40.799> under<00:30:41.120> this the power
  • of the governor under this the power of the governor under this statute.<00:30:42.159> Um<00:
  • <00:40:11.359> for<00:40:11.680> the um that is not a proper source for the um that
  • is not a proper source for the complaint<00:40:12.240> itself.
  • source source actually<00:40:43.760> does<00:40:44.000> damage<00:40:44.400> to
Bills: HB0086
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Prohibiting entities from engaging in election activity 3/12/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It simply removes the power of political spending from the bundle of charter powers that the state of
  • It's very clear that states have the power to determine what powers it grants corporations.
  • to determine what powers it the power to determine what powers it grants<00:07:38.720> corporations
  • creator did not give us that power. creator did not give us that power.
  • decide what powers corporations have. decide what powers corporations have.
Keywords: 1183, house
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, critics of aid also claim that such a policy will create a vacuum of power.
  • That the Chinese will happily fill, thus eating our lunch in great power competition.
  • And foreign aid is not going to win or lose today's great power competition.
  • on at USAID doesn't matter, that it's only about material military power.
  • If it's part of soft power, then it should be done through the State Department.
Summary: The committee meeting addressed government spending and foreign aid, with a particular emphasis on perceived wasteful expenditures. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to discussing a funding resolution for the committee, which received unanimous support from the members present. The chair noted a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, signaling that the committee was ready to conduct its business. Discussions highlighted ongoing debates concerning fiscal responsibility and the necessity of legislative oversight, notably regarding foreign aid allocations and their implications for domestic fiscal health.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Arts May 14th, 2026

Joint Committee on the Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're such an important media and cultural source for so many of our communities, from our cities to
  • Those are real jobs, and it’s impacting our film and television market share because we can’t source
  • It has produced the Entertainment Equity Alliance that Allison spoke to, open-source handbooks so that
  • It has produced the Entertainment Equity Alliance that Allison spoke to, open source handbooks so that
  • Everyone in this room knows that public art is more powerful than just beautifying a space.
Summary: The Joint Committee on the Arts held an informational hearing on California’s first sector-specific creative economy strategic plan, “California’s Future Is Creative,” developed under AB 127 and related legislation. Chair Allen framed the plan as a response to California’s large but vulnerable creative economy, citing workforce losses, federal funding headwinds, and the need to support artists, cultural organizations, public media, museums, cultural districts, and film/TV production. He also highlighted budget asks including support for California Humanities, museums, public media, cultural districts, a post-production incentive proposal (AB 2319), and funding to implement the strategic plan. California Arts Council Director Danielle Brazel, Institute for the Future’s Rachel Hatch, CDE’s Allison Frenzel, and CWDB’s Michael Weoff described the planning process, which included a 30-plus-member work group, interagency coordination, and a phased approach from framework development to implementation and evaluation. They identified major forces shaping the sector over the next decade, including AI, climate disruption, affordability, access to capital, and social cohesion, and outlined six action areas: workforce preparation, business stabilization, cultural identity/tourism, cross-sector incentives, ROI/data tracking, and state capacity/infrastructure. Members and panelists repeatedly emphasized that the plan must be resourced and integrated across agencies rather than left siloed. A second panel of practitioners and advocates focused on workforce pathways and local implementation. Ricarlo Handy described the Handy Foundation’s registered apprenticeship pipeline into film and TV jobs and argued that current data systems undercount gig, 1099, and LLC-based creative work. Joanna Reynolds discussed Arts for LA’s Creative Jobs Collective, which aims to create 10,000 living-wage creative jobs in Los Angeles County by 2030, while Alejandro Gutierrez Chavez urged embedding artists in health, aging, and behavioral health systems as community problem-solvers. Roxanne Messina Kaptur spoke about the need to normalize arts careers and expand residency and school-based models. Senator Rubio, who joined later, shared her own arts and teaching background, supported arts access in schools and small theaters, and raised concerns about AI, asking how schools and educators can adapt. In the final panel, Rebecca Ratzkin reported on 26 statewide town halls with more than 1,100 attendees, which confirmed support for the plan but also highlighted needs for better information access, new financial models, stronger definitions and data, and more partnerships. Julie Baker of California for the Arts and California Arts Advocates urged sustained public funding, saying the plan is actionable only if the Legislature and administration provide resources, including increased California Arts Council funding and support for implementation. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational and concluded with calls for continued legislative and cross-agency collaboration.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 10th, 2026 at 12:22 pm

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • What will they use as the source of the information to collect the data? Mr.
  • Secondly, the Guttmacher Institute, I would suspect, does not have the ability or the power to force
  • Is the source of the funds?
  • To the Irrigation Works Construction Fund, and what is the source of the funds of that money?
  • I identified 225 funding sources for many things throughout New Mexico.
Keywords: 996, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to harness the power of local folks who are directly impacted by toxic blooms in their backyard
  • So it really depends on what the specific needs of that lake are and where the source of the nitrogen
  • are and where the um um the the source are and where the um um the the source of<00:14:58.120>
  • Properties within whatever district boundaries are drawn by those power brokers that can tax the heck
  • They have expanded the powers, in our opinion, beyond what it was originally established for.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 332, a bill to add protection and remediation of surface waters as a new authorized purpose for New Hampshire village districts. Prime sponsor Rep. Rosemary Rung said the bill is intended to give local voters in lake communities a voluntary tool to address cyanobacteria blooms and other water-quality problems through village districts, including the ability to raise revenue, adopt ordinances, and pursue treatments or watershed management measures. She emphasized that the proposal is meant to complement, not replace, state law and that any district action would still need to comply with existing permitting and environmental requirements. Supporters, including Andrea Laro of New Hampshire Lakes and Elizabeth Harper of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association, said the bill would help municipalities collaborate on lake protection when state resources are limited. They argued that local districts could bring subject-matter expertise, access grants and technical assistance, and respond more quickly to problems such as septic impacts, runoff, culvert repairs, and in-lake treatments. They also suggested clarifying the bill’s wording around “protection and remediation” to better define the scope of authorized activities. Opponents, including Steve Wolf and Chris Norwood of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, argued that village districts can already be overly broad and sometimes expand beyond their original purposes. Wolf said existing town and state agencies already handle shoreline protection and warned that village districts can impose ongoing taxes and create governance problems. Norwood urged a study bill instead, citing concerns about the scope of village districts and examples where some districts have taken on planning and zoning powers beyond their original mission. No vote or final action on HB 332 was taken in the excerpt.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 28, 2026 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • services that vary widely, Representative Sop: depending on available providers, accepted payment sources
  • We tested this out with our local referral sources such as sheriff's office, 211, school system, and
  • My faith teaches me that leadership is not about power but stewardship.
  • Families are torn apart and no meaningful checks on power exist.
  • And I just really thank all the powerful testimonies and the bravery of those who testified.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Help me to remember your power to unite your will for togetherness in Jesus' name. Amen. Mr.
  • This event celebrates the power of early intervention services for Oklahoma's babies And toddlers, the
  • What is the source for that data? Thank you, Mr. President.
  • I can't provide the source right now, but I'd be happy to get back with you.
  • are in that source?
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 14th, 2026 at 09:07 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not a great source of funding for emergency projects, right?
  • Russell, the power of the purse is one of the fundamental powers of the legislature.
  • Many of these projects have multiple sources of financing, so there's just a lot that goes into it.
  • This is a crucial bill to ensure that the state engineer has the power to do what it needs to do with
  • And there's other sources of where that water could and might come from, in my opinion, which would be
Keywords: 996, all