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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Board Jun 8th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, the text messages. The text messages are highly context dependent.
- Were you present when the contract was signed by Sharon Navos? I think it was signed remotely.
- Do you recognize these text messages? Yeah. And you recognize these text messages? Yeah.
- She signed it, gave it back to me.
- read it and signed it.
Summary:
The hearing concerned a Legislative Ethics Board complaint against Representative Tara Simmons in Washington State OAH Docket 401-645. The judge outlined the process, the two issues on appeal—whether Simmons violated RCW 42.52.020 and RCW 42.52.070, and, if so, what penalty should apply—and admitted a number of exhibits by stipulation or prior ruling, while taking one exhibit under advisement pending an offer of proof. The board also moved to sequester witnesses, which was granted, and the judge deferred ruling on a motion to exclude three defense witnesses until after hearing the board staff’s case. Opening statements followed, with staff alleging Simmons used her position to benefit an outside organization and to secure special privileges, and the defense arguing the conduct was lawful, technical in nature, and consistent with prior ethics guidance.
Board staff then called Kimberly Gordon, an attorney and founding board member/treasurer of American Equity and Justice Group (AEJG), as its first witness. Gordon testified that AEJG used data dashboards to make justice-system data more accessible, received state proviso funding sponsored by Simmons, and also received two donations from Simmons—$10,000 and $40,000. She said the first donation was intended to help hire Antoine Coleman, whom Simmons had recommended and who was later identified as Simmons’s romantic partner, and that AEJG returned the $10,000 and declined the $40,000 after concluding there was a potential conflict of interest. Gordon also testified that AEJG believed Simmons’s involvement in the organization and her communications about Coleman created ethical concerns.
Gordon further testified about a second proviso intended to expand AEJG’s work into education data and its subcontract with Equity in Education Coalition (EEC). She said EEC did not perform the expected deliverables, prompting repeated communications with the Administrative Office of the Courts and a meeting involving Chris Stanley, where AEJG raised concerns that EEC was not complying and that Simmons had intervened in the dispute. According to Gordon, Stanley ultimately directed the parties to rewrite the subcontract and continue, but AEJG later moved forward largely without EEC’s assistance. The board staff introduced AEJG’s complaint and related timeline exhibits during her testimony. After direct examination, the hearing recessed for lunch, and cross-examination by Simmons’s counsel began when the hearing resumed.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Mon Mar 31, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 42
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Item number three, messages from the governor. Mr. Clerk, are there any messages from the governor?
- clerk are there any messages governor Mr clerk are there any messages from<00:17:24.199>
the < - we're on receipt of Governor's message we're on receipt of Governor's message number<00:17:27.280
- I'm sorry, 1721, 1722, on the top of page four, signing. Representative Garcia, reservations.
- So ordered. 1722 on the top of page four signing 1722 on the top of page four signing committee<00:38
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- With those amendments out of the way, we will now move on to our committee agenda, and we had sign-in
- We don't agree with the 24-inch by 36-inch threshold they proposed because yard signs, window signs,
- and rally signs would then only require 10-point font, completely unreadable at a distance.
- Current law is clear that the larger font applies to yard signs.
- It was always intended to cover window and rally signs too.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: State Public Safety Leaders Discuss Capitol Security - 07/29/25
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:14:20.320>
that are in the process of signing that are in the process of signing that - messaging if need be. messaging if need be.
- >> Exter messaging to whom? >> Exter messaging to whom?
- >> External messaging to whom? >> External messaging to whom?
- >> External messaging to legislators. >> External messaging to legislators. Sorry.
MN
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We will begin with the third order of business, which is messages from the House.
- The secretary will read the message.
- The secretary will read the message.
- The secretary will read the message. >> Mr.
- accept an electronically signed accept an electronically signed document,<00:14:24.640>
which
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Small Business and Information Technology (3-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- As a reminder, no signs are permitted in the committee rooms.
- content is used in political messaging content is used in political messaging establishes<00:05:
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up we also have someone that has signed up we also have someone that has signed - content of their message I.E whether the<00:15:21.160>
message <00:15:21.519>contains < - 00:15:21.959>
edited <00:15:22.480>material the message contains edited material the message
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00
Roll Call 00:36
SB 4 Discussion 01:16
SB 4 Vote 28:30
SB 130 Discussion 31:18
SB 130 Discussion 36:02, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 4, as amended by a committee substitute, which would create a state artificial intelligence governance framework for Kentucky government agencies and address AI-generated misinformation in campaigns and elections. The bill’s sponsors said it is intended to regulate only state government use of AI, not the private sector, and would require oversight by the Office of Technology, agency reporting, and annual reporting to the General Assembly. They also said the elections provisions were narrowed to focus on AI-generated audio and video, remove image disclosures, eliminate prior restraint and monetary damages, and rely on disclosure requirements modeled on laws they said had survived constitutional review in Texas.
Testimony on SB 4 was mixed. Supporters emphasized transparency, human accountability, and the need to prepare state government for rapidly changing AI tools, citing possible uses such as fraud detection, inmate classification, and transportation planning. An opponent from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression argued the bill would burden core political speech, create First Amendment problems, and invite litigation and abuse, especially in the election context. Members asked about litigation, constitutional concerns, costs, and whether the bill should be expanded later to cover ordinary citizens harmed by AI-generated content. Several members expressed support but noted reservations about the election sections or the need for future amendments.
After discussion, the committee voted on SB 4 and reported it favorably. The roll call showed the measure passing with favorable expression, with some members explaining votes as supportive but cautious, and one member initially passing before later recording a yes vote. The chair then moved to Senate Bill 130, and Senator Scott Maiden and Kentucky Retail Federation representative Shannon Stiglets began presenting it as a response to gift card scams and theft of redemption information, describing recent large-scale supermarket fraud cases in Kentucky and saying the problem is tied to broader organized retail crime.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/15/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- The builder can't get a fire code sign The builder can't get a fire code sign off<01:07:18.799><
- I think some of those references were relative to signs and advertisements coming out of the COVID-19
- Regarding what public health is putting up, we are not aware of any signs, roadside signs, billboards
- >
that signs, roadside signs, billboards that signs, roadside signs, billboards that are<03:19 - <04:20:41.600>
that I think it sends a clear message that I think it sends a clear message
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 46
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Item number three, messages from the governor. Mr. Clark, are there any messages from the governor?
- >
from <00:05:39.400>the Item number three, messages from the Item number three, messages - <00:05:42.520>
Madam messages from the governor? Madam messages from the governor? - you can also use to sign up.
- applets that you can also use to sign applets that you can also use to sign up.<00:17:45.880>
Keywords:
affordable housing, housing credits, perpetual credits, development, Hawaii Housing Finance, Vietnam veterans, commemorative medal, recognition, working group, Hawaii, no-bid contracts, emergency procurement, audit, state agencies, public funds, accountability, emergency response, disability access, 911 systems, life-saving measures
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Education Policy Committee approves bill to repeal ethnic studies requirements 2/18/25
Transcript Highlights:
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personal received messages to my personal received messages to my personal communication<00: - But, we did sign up.
- But, um so, do we have— signed up, but they we don't have any signed up, but they we don't have any record
- committee decorum of those who signed committee decorum of those who signed up. up. up.
- ethnic studies sends a dangerous message ethnic studies sends a dangerous message to<00:47:24.000
Summary:
House File 29 was heard in committee as a proposal to suspend adoption of the revised social studies standards, push implementation to 2030-31, repeal the requirement to embed ethnic studies across all standards, and cancel related appropriations. The bill sponsor argued Minnesota schools should focus on basic academic achievement and that ethnic studies requirements add burdens and distract from reading, math, and science. The chair moved the bill to the Committee on Education Finance after opening the hearing and then took extensive public testimony.
Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters of HF 29, including Katherine Kersten, Deanna Moose, Kendall Qualls, Hillary Swanson, and Diane Smith, argued the ethnic studies framework is ideological, overly focused on race, insufficiently transparent, and costly in professional development time; several said it would divide students or burden teachers. Some supporters also claimed the standards or framework promote activism, critical race theory, or racial stratification. Opponents, including Mark Westfall, Crystal Johnson, Jim Grathwol, Marcus Penny, Claude Sigman, and Courtney Major, said the standards are inclusive, research-based, and designed to help students understand multiple perspectives, civic life, and the contributions of diverse Minnesotans. They emphasized that ethnic studies can improve engagement, critical thinking, and representation, and that teachers should be trusted to implement the standards.
No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided. The only formal action noted was the chair’s motion to re-refer House File 29 to the Committee on Education Finance.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-HHS, WAM-EDU Informational Briefings 01-14-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That must sign. Okay. All right. Yeah, here you go. Oops, I'm getting old.
- So it is quite a sign, and that's before you come into the sphere of what is no longer possible, right
- saying this was the tremendous messaging saying this was the tremendous season<02:03:07.599>
that - or u mass text messages or mass emails. or u mass text messages or mass emails.
- that this idea of is, you know, signs that this idea of going<02:10:12.719>
after <02:10:13.199
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Signed, Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- So my message to the US Senate is this.
- The Chair will receive a message. Mr. Speaker, message from the Senate. Mr.
- Speaker, message from the Senate. Mr.
- And what is the message of...
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:15:42.519>
from <00:15:42.720>the Message from the Senate. - Message assigned. Thomas S. Bakk, Secretary of the Senate.
- assigned Thomas espb secretary message assigned Thomas espb secretary AR<00:16:29.319>
of <00: - <00:16:44.360>
ass <00:16:44.519>signed <00:16:44.920>Thomas <00:16:45.240>SB - <00:16:46.160>
Secretary message ass signed Thomas SB Secretary message ass signed Thomas
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum call, then approved the previous day’s journal without objection. The clerk reported a large batch of newly introduced House files, numbered 26 through 308, for first reading. The chamber also received messages from the Senate announcing its organization and the election of Bobby Joe Champion as President of the Senate.
The main substantive action was a motion by Representative Gilman to recall House File 22 from the Education Policy Committee and re-refer it to Children and Families Finance and Policy, with the bill described as relating to families and creating a Parents’ Bill of Rights before returning to Education Policy. The motion was adopted. No further debate on the bill occurred in this meeting.
During announcements, Representatives Skraba and Johnson invited members to a St. Louis County delegation reception on February 12 in St. Paul, highlighting regional projects, businesses, nonprofits, government, and labor unions. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn until 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 13, 2025, and subsequently adjourned.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll now take up returning messages. Please read the first message.
- Message.
- signed?
- signed?
- We will now go back to returning messages. Please read the message. Mr. President.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, then moved into special order and returning messages. Early floor action included passage of HB 6503 (relief for Mandy Penny Lamon by Sarasota County), HB 1123 (sewer collection systems), HB 211 (farm products), and a joint resolution on ad valorem tax exemption for agricultural tangible personal property, all approved without opposition. Several other measures were temporarily postponed before the chamber recessed and later returned to messages from the House.
The Senate then took up a series of House amendments and conference-style motions on major bills. SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response was amended and concurred in after debate over hurricane recovery, local government moratoriums, evacuation timing in the Keys, and property tax and redevelopment provisions; it passed 34-1. CS/HB 1609 on waste incineration and auxiliary containers was heavily debated over plastic and polystyrene preemption, local beach and park regulations, and landfill/incinerator provisions, then passed 26-10. CS/HB 1205 on citizen initiatives was amended to allow volunteers to carry up to 25 petitions without registration/training and passed 28-9. The Senate also refused to concur in a House amendment to SB 234 on offenses against law enforcement, and in SB 116 on veterans, seeking to restore funding for veteran suicide prevention.
Later, the chamber approved or advanced several education and health-related bills. CS/HB 1255 on education was amended and passed, with changes to school readiness and other education provisions. CS/HB 875 on educator preparation passed after discussion of cognitive science, classroom management, teacher excellence programs, and the phaseout of the general knowledge test. CS/HB 1105, a large education package, passed after debate over charter school conversions, cell phone restrictions, and other school governance changes. In health care, CS/HB 1427 was introduced as a comprehensive package combining multiple health-related provisions, though the excerpt ends before final action on that bill. Throughout the day, the Senate also concurred or refused to concur in various House amendments on mental health, financial institutions, land development, brownfields, and out-of-network provider legislation, with votes generally recorded and several measures passing on divided but mostly favorable roll calls.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 20, March 5, 2026-PM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- If you could identify yourself for the record and sign in on the sign-in sheet up there, we'd appreciate
- If you could identify yourself for the record and sign in on the sign-in sheet up there, we'd appreciate
- includes identification of messaging includes identification of messaging techniques<00:16:09.480
- and messaging nudge letters and linguistically<00:16:14.959>
appropriate <00:16:15.880>messaging - linguistically appropriate messaging linguistically appropriate messaging home<00:16:17.160>
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Messages from the governor, there are none. Messages from the Senate, there are none.
- These amendments send an unambiguous message.
- We spent the weekend talking about the message and not the message that we're going to send to the unelected
- It's the California. message.
- I rise to send a message to my colleagues.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Thu Apr 24, 2025, 6:30PM HST - Day 57
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- messages from the governor. Mr. Mr. messages from the governor. Mr. Mr.
- <00:13:42.240>
from <00:13:42.399>the Clerk, are there any messages from the Clerk, - are there any messages from the governor?
- We're in receipt<00:13:44.560>
of <00:13:44.720>governor's <00:13:45.120>message - We're in receipt of Governor's Message No. 12 informing the House that a tentative agreement has been
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- My daily life prior to my recent retirement included variable schedules, unpredictable changes in activity
- levels, variable meal times, and times of low activity when I was engaged in administrative activities
Keywords:
nudification technology, image rights, privacy protection, sexual exploitation, cybersecurity, recreational camping, utility fees, electricity charges, consumer protection, energy policy, health insurance, insulin, step therapy, diabetes, patient care, prescription drugs, pet shops, animal welfare, dog sales, cat sales
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (2-11-25) - Upon Adjournment
Transcript Highlights:
- Those are variables that we don't control at this point, but as soon as we have them under contract,
- Those are variables that we don't control at this point, but as soon as we have them under contract,
Summary:
The committee approved the January 14 minutes and then considered a large agenda of contracts, including personal services contracts, amendments, memoranda of agreement, and Kentucky Entertainment Incentive Program items. The chair noted the agenda contained 240 items and emphasized the need for transparency in how contract approvals work. Several items were pulled for questions, while the rest were approved without objection.
The first major discussion involved seven contingency-fee contracts for the Attorney General’s office. Committee members asked about the apparent $20 million maximum per contract, and staff explained that the amount was a ceiling, not a guarantee, and that under the statutory waterfall in KRS 45A.717 a $20 million fee would require roughly $355 million returned to the Commonwealth. Staff also said the new batch included some new firms, that these contracts are being handled in 6- to 12-month batches, and that no money had yet been spent from the prior cycle. The committee then approved those contracts.
Members also questioned a Cabinet for Health and Family Services training contract, which officials said was needed because Finance provides only Kentucky-specific training, while the outside vendor offers broader procurement and federal-funds training; the committee approved that item. A University of Kentucky capital project contract for the State Capitol exterior renovation was approved after questions about the open-ended date, total project cost, and expected completion, with staff saying the overall project is projected for substantial completion by the end of 2026 and final warranty work could extend into 2027. A DCBS amendment for SSI eligibility determinations for children in out-of-home care was explained as an increase caused by a protest, a reissued RFP, and more children entering care; the committee approved it after discussion of the protest and scoring details.
The committee also approved a Transportation Cabinet amendment for an I-71 widening and interchange project in Oldham County after staff explained it was a time extension with no additional funds, though the project had evolved due to traffic changes and now includes an eight-lane bridge design. Finally, the committee discussed two Finance Cabinet facilities and support services amendments tied to the Capitol renovation and juvenile justice facility retrofits. Staff said the Capitol project contract covered the full design team, with completion projected around 2029, while the juvenile justice amendments covered additional design work for McCracken and Breathitt facilities, with final bid documents expected in June or July and construction anticipated to begin in the latter half of 2025. Both items were approved.