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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Elect Committee Meeting - 2025-03-19
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- election judges sharing information that is materially false or that would intentionally hinder, interfere
- some clarification in this area, because there are some concerns of an underlying statute with interference
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 11, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- I want business people to be able to run their business without undue government interference.
- given the option, at their discretion, to be able to run their business without undue government interference
Summary:
The Health Professions and Programs Subcommittee heard and advanced three bills. HB 21 would create a new licensed profession of dental therapy under the Department of Health and Board of Dentistry, allowing trained dental therapists to provide a limited scope of care under a supervising Florida-licensed dentist through a collaborative management agreement. Sponsor Rep. Cheney argued the bill would help address severe dental shortages and improve access in underserved areas; opponents from the Florida Dental Association and oral surgery groups warned that the bill would allow irreversible procedures by less-educated providers and could compromise patient safety. Supporters, including dentists, hygienists, and community health center leaders, said dental therapists would expand access and free dentists to handle more complex care. An amendment was adopted to require proof of local anesthesia training, adverse-incident reporting, and updated background screening language. The bill was reported favorably as amended by a 14-1 vote.
The committee then considered HB 27, which creates the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact to allow licensed social workers to practice across member states, including through telehealth, and to help military families and address workforce shortages. Supporters from the National Association of Social Workers and other advocates said the compact would improve mobility, reduce administrative burdens, and expand access to mental health services, especially in underserved and rural areas. A technical amendment restoring model language and setting an effective date of July 1, 2025 was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably as amended on a 15-0 vote.
Finally, the committee heard HB 29, the public-records companion to the social work compact, which creates exemptions needed for compact compliance and allows the compact commission or its committees to meet in closed session when discussing information exempt under law. After a technical amendment authorizing closed meetings for exempt matters was adopted, the bill was reported favorably as amended on a 15-0 vote. The meeting then adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And it does not interfere with local control of the districts.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 635, which Representative Heather Scott described as a narrow clarification to existing law governing the Professional Standards Commission. The bill would require the Commission to report any complaint or investigation involving suspected criminal behavior to the appropriate law enforcement authorities, while leaving the Commission’s existing role in licensing, ethics, and discipline unchanged. Scott said the measure would separate administrative discipline from criminal enforcement, protect students, and close a gap in current statute. There was no public testimony, no opposition, and the committee voted unanimously to send HB 635 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then considered RS 3363, presented by Vice Chair Handy, which would make permanent pending and temporary rules from the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and CTE education. Handy said the resolution was procedural, had no fiscal impact, and simply codified rules already previously reviewed. A motion was made to send the resolution to the floor for second reading with a due pass recommendation, and the committee approved it without objection.
Before adjourning, the chair offered a brief procedural reminder that once recognized, members do not need to ask permission to make motions or ask questions. Representative Hostetler then moved to adjourn, and the committee agreed, ending the meeting.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This paragraph does not apply if the damage or deterioration occurred as a result of recklessness, gross
- occurred as a damage or deterioration occurred as a result<02:57:48.880><c> of</c><02:57:49.160><c> recklessness
- ,</c> result of recklessness, result of recklessness, gross<02:57:50.920><c> misdemeanor,</c><02:57:52.040
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The automatic presumption is just a fiscally reckless proposition.
- The automatic presumption is just a fiscally reckless proposition.
- The automatic presumption is just a fiscally reckless proposition.
- The automatic presumption is just a fiscally reckless proposition.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It's just extremely reckless and inappropriate to do business this way.
- It's just extremely it's reckless<00:49:42.880><c> and</c><00:49:43.119><c> inappropriate</c><00:49:43.760
- ><c> to</c><00:49:44.000><c> do</c> reckless and inappropriate to do reckless and inappropriate to do
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Mar 18, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 2438, Senate Draft 1, relating to civil interference with constitutional and statutory rights
- This measure establishes a civil cause of action for interference with constitutional and statutory rights
- Senate Bill 2438, Senate Draft 1, relating to civil interference with constitutional and statutory rights
- Senate Bill 2438, Senate Draft 1, relating to civil interference with constitutional and statutory rights
- Senate Bill 2438, Senate Draft 1, relating to civil interference with constitutional and statutory rights
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 3123, which would treat free tuition or school-conditioned enrollment at private educational institutions as a conditional gift rather than a contractual obligation unless otherwise agreed in writing. The Office of the Governor supported the bill, and Kamehameha Schools and the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools strongly backed it, saying it would protect donor intent, preserve school-ohana relationships, and help maintain tuition assistance and educational access for families. A committee member commented favorably on the unity among school organizations, and there were no objections raised before the committee moved on.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 2438, which creates a civil cause of action for interference with constitutional and statutory rights through threats, intimidation, or coercion, with private and government enforcement options and protections for constitutionally protected speech. Testifiers from the Community Alliance on Prisons and a know-your-rights educator supported the measure as a civil rights protection grounded in the Hawaii Constitution. No opposition testimony was presented during the hearing, and the measure appeared to receive general support from those who testified.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 3142, which establishes offenses for dangerous and habitual dangerous intoxication and allows civil protective custody and emergency examination in lieu of arrest in certain cases. The Attorney General, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of Health, and Department of Human Services supported the bill as a treatment-oriented diversion tool for people who are dangerously intoxicated and at risk to themselves or the public. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, warning it could expand police discretion, burden emergency rooms, and function as a loss of liberty without sufficient treatment resources, while committee members questioned whether the bill would simply cycle people through emergency rooms and back onto the street. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided; the chair said decision-making would occur at the end of the agenda.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill does not require anyone to sit when sitting would interfere with their job.
- And then finally, um, uh, just to be clear, it's not to, uh, interfere with already established law,
- require anyone to sit when sitting not require anyone to sit when sitting would<00:01:13.119><c> interfere
- </c><00:01:14.880><c> It</c> would interfere with their job. It would interfere with their job.
- </c><00:04:13.599><c> with</c><00:04:14.159><c> already</c> not to, uh, interfere with already not to
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Furthermore, if I know that HB 71 interferes with local government's ability to effectively govern and
- Furthermore, if I know that HB 71 interferes with local government's ability to effectively govern and
- Furthermore, if I know that HB 71 interferes with local government's ability to effectively govern and
- Speaker, if I know this bill interferes with a homeowner's right to sell their home to a willing buyer
- with a homeowner's right to interferes with a homeowner's right to sell<01:45:47.239><c> their</c><01
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- I would never want to interfere with my constituents... ...have not put up your home for sale.
- I would never want to interfere with my constituents' ability to make a decision that is best for their
- But it was very mindful not to interfere with that very personal process that somebody has to go through
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Elections Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The threat of interference in California's electoral system is increasing.
- In light of these unprecedented attempts by the federal government to interfere with the administration
- And that's why I appreciate the author's goal to prevent voter intimidation, election interference, and
Summary:
The Assembly Elections Committee met as a subcommittee until quorum was established, then heard a series of election- and public-trust-related bills. Early items included AB 2592, which would move lobbyist training from legislative ethics committees to the FPPC starting in 2029 and make it available online on demand; it drew support from the FPPC and an oppose-unless-amended request to make the training public and ensure lobbyists pay fees. AB 2573 would refine California’s confidential voter registration protections for candidates and elected officials, with support from the Secretary of State and county election officials after amendments narrowed some family-member coverage. AB 2753 would bar registered sex offenders from running for or holding local or state office; it prompted extended debate about public trust, second chances, and where to draw the line, but was ultimately advanced on a 5-0 vote with one member not voting. AB 2691 similarly would expand disqualifying felony convictions to include sexual assault and human trafficking, and it also passed 5-0 after testimony from victim advocates and discussion about survivors, restorative justice, and the power dynamics involved in public office.
The committee also advanced AB 2413, which would prohibit public funds from being used for large-format ads featuring elected officials, and AB 2281, which would direct the Office of Election Cybersecurity to assess replacement resources after federal cybersecurity support cuts and allow consultation with academic researchers. AB 1664 would require local election officials to notify the Secretary of State and Attorney General within one business day of warrants, subpoenas, or investigations involving election records or voting systems; supporters said it would help the state respond quickly to improper seizure of election materials, and it passed 5-0. AB 2484, concerning San Diego MTS, would let voters authorize a local sales tax initiative for transit funding and exempt it from an existing cap; it drew support from transit leaders and labor, opposition from the Realtors, and a lengthy exchange over Prop. 13, Prop. 218, and whether the measure created a special deal, before passing 6-1.
The committee then heard AB 2230, which would create buffer zones around voting centers and child care facilities to keep immigration enforcement away from those locations. The author said the bill was meant to reduce fear and intimidation for voters and families, while the opposition argued it was unenforceable, lacked evidence of a problem, and would interfere with federal officers doing their jobs. Members supporting the bill cited reported ICE profiling and intimidation in California communities, while others raised jurisdictional and practical concerns. The transcript ends during this debate, with no final vote shown for AB 2230.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Professional Registration and Licensing -continued- Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So in our, it's our position that a board like this is a way to interfere with Children's Division's
- It did not interfere with faith-based instruction. did not target religion.
- It did not interfere with faith-based instruction. It did not remove parental rights.
Summary:
The committee first continued the public hearing on House Bill 2897, which would expand optometrists’ authority to perform certain office-based procedures. Supporters, including an optometrist from rural Missouri, argued the bill would improve access to care in counties without resident ophthalmologists, reduce wait times and travel burdens, and better align scope of practice with optometry training. Opponents, including representatives of osteopathic physicians, raised concerns about patient safety, the lack of live-human-eye training in Missouri, and whether the bill would actually direct services to rural areas. The hearing then closed on HB 2897 without a vote.
The committee next heard House Bill 2353 on interior designers’ licensure and sign-and-seal authority. The sponsor and supporters said the bill modernizes the profession, moves oversight under the state’s architecture/engineering board, and would let licensed interior designers stamp their own non-structural work after education, testing, and experience requirements. Supporters emphasized workforce retention, consumer savings, and that interior designers are trained in fire/life safety, ADA, and code compliance. Opponents from engineering groups said they were still negotiating language but objected to provisions that could be read to require interior designers for broad categories of buildings or blur boundaries with architecture and engineering; they asked for clearer scope language and continued collaboration. No final action was taken.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2241, which would create a framework for certain faith-based residential child care facilities to operate outside the standard foster care licensing system under a new oversight board. The sponsor said the bill is intended to address a shortage of foster placements while allowing Christian homes to maintain their religious mission, with background checks, inspections, and reporting still required. Supporters from Christian child care agencies said the bill would preserve religious freedom and expand placement capacity. Opponents, including child advocacy and child abuse prevention groups and several legislators, argued the proposal would create a separate, less accountable system for vulnerable children, weaken state oversight, and risk repeating past abuse scandals; they said existing licensing rules already allow faith-based providers to participate. The discussion was extensive, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Government unions by design interfere with the individual's ability to freely contract with his or her
- employer. ...by design interfere with the individual's ability to freely contract with his or her employer
- , and taxpayer subsidization of government unions only exacerbates that interference.
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from February 17 and introduced a new page. It then took up Senate Bill 1261, which would add the word “appointed” to code so that an appointed officeholder is treated the same as an elected one after a resignation and appointment. There was no opposition, and the committee voted to send SB 1261 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation.
The main item was House Bill 745, a proposal by Rep. Judy Boyle to bar school districts from using public funds or payroll systems for certain union-related activities. Boyle said the bill would stop districts from paying union dues, increasing compensation to cover dues, providing paid leave for union work, sharing extra personal information with unions, or distributing union communications, while exempting police and firefighter unions and preserving collective bargaining. Committee members pressed her on why teachers were singled out, how the bill fit with existing law, and whether the claimed $1.2 million fiscal impact was consistent with the fiscal note. Boyle said the bill was aimed at keeping taxpayer money in classrooms and that some districts already use public funds for union-related costs.
Public testimony on HB 745 was split. Supporters, including representatives of the Freedom Foundation, Americans for Prosperity, the National Right to Work Committee, parents, taxpayers, and several teachers or school employees, argued that payroll deductions, paid release time, and district support for union activities improperly subsidize private political organizations and should be paid for by unions themselves. Opponents, including the Idaho Education Association, the AFL-CIO, a superintendent, and an educator, argued the bill is aimed at teachers’ unions, is not neutral because it excludes police and fire, could interfere with local community events and school partnerships, and may create legal and administrative problems. No final vote on HB 745 was taken in the portion provided; testimony continued with the bill still under consideration.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Transcript Highlights:
- These products are often filled with harmful additives and specifically engineered to interfere with
- school should not be serving students food products that can harm their physical or mental health or interfere
- brain's reward system by increasing the speed with which that. reward is delivered and in ways that interfere
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 16th, 2025 at 12:30 pm
North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- General's office, and we want to make sure that there is some sort of firewall so that there can't be interference
- In Section 1 of the new amended version, it lays out the parenting time for interference and a penalty
- for an act to create a new section to Chapter 14-09 of the North Dakota Century Code relating to interference
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge, a quorum call, and approval of journal corrections. It then handled several House messages, appointing conference committees on Senate Bills 2004 and 2006 and House Bills 1018, 1019, and 1363, and re-referring House Bill 1216 to Appropriations. The chamber also adopted amendments to House Bill 1601, which would have expanded special assistant attorney general authority for certain offices, but the bill failed on final passage after strong opposition centered on preserving the Attorney General’s control and avoiding a solution in search of a problem.
A major portion of the day focused on education funding. House Bill 1369 was amended to raise per-pupil aid from 2% and 2% to 3% and 3% and to increase the school construction loan transfer from $75 million to $100 million; supporters said this would help local schools and military base projects, while opponents raised questions about special education placement language and state coordination. The bill passed 44-3. House Bill 1013, the DPI budget, was also amended extensively to adjust staffing, funding sources, grants, meal assistance, teacher training, and other education programs; it passed 45-2. House Bill 2234, dealing with Choice Ready grants, was amended to shift funding away from general funds and toward federal or other sources, but then failed on final passage after the sponsor urged a red vote.
The Senate also approved House Bill 1482, restricting bond and indebtedness elections for counties, cities, school districts, and park districts to primary or general election days, and House Bill 1332, creating a value-added agriculture facility incentive program with an emergency clause. House Bill 1010, the Insurance Department budget, passed unanimously after amendments reflecting the merger of the Securities Department into Insurance and adding staff and fee changes, while House Bill 1011, the separate Securities Department budget, failed because its funding was already included in HB 1010. House Bill 1584, a major pharmacy benefit manager reform bill, passed with an enforcement fund and new licensing/enforcement structure despite debate over ERISA and market transparency.
In other action, the Senate concurred in House amendments and passed Senate Bills 2226, 2230, 2069, 2082, 2387, 2385, and 2186, with SB 2186 on parenting time interference and a child custody task force passing 27-20 after debate over whether the issue should be left to the courts. Senate Bill 2234, on Choice Ready grants, and Senate Bill 2243, on driver’s license points and traffic penalties, both failed after concurrence motions were adopted but final passage votes were overwhelmingly negative. The chamber also advanced Senate Bill 2291 to conference committee consideration near the end of the transcript.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-13 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- facility doing business in the state if the agreement or arrangement would enable the person to interfere
- facility doing business in the state if the agreement or arrangement would enable the person to interfere
- facility doing business in the state if the agreement or arrangement would enable the person to interfere
- :12.880><c> to</c> arrangement would enable the person to arrangement would enable the person to interfere
- with the ability of health interfere with the ability of health care<01:05:15.520><c> providers</c><
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- project operations and labor balance, allowing one union-affiliated entity to monitor others and interfere
- None of these enforcement tools interfere with a non-custodial parent's ability to earn a living, and
- None of these enforcement tools interfere with a non-custodial parent's ability to earn a living, and
- None of these enforcement tools interfere with a non-custodial parent's ability to earn a living, and
- The use of state-owned property to facilitate federal immigration enforcement operations interferes with
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (04/08/2025)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- information is available either on a tablet or by phone or whatever, we should be causing less interference
- information is available either on a tablet or by phone or whatever, we should be causing less interference
- information is available either on a tablet or by phone or whatever, we should be causing less interference
- information is available either on a tablet or by phone or whatever, we should be causing less interference
- On a tablet or by phone or whatever, we should be causing less interference with our voters.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- 69.7, subdivision 4, and in that language there is a misdemeanor penalty that’s established for interference
- 69.7, subdivision 4, and in that language there is a misdemeanor penalty that’s established for interference
- 69.7, subdivision 4, and in that language there is a misdemeanor penalty that’s established for interference
- </c><01:09:02.080><c> or</c><01:09:02.319><c> obstruction</c><01:09:03.120><c> or</c> for interference
- or obstruction or for interference or obstruction or rendering<01:09:03.960><c> dangerous</c><01:09:
VA
Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Technology and Science, Joint Commission on May 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And someone once said that if you have the innovation without the guardrails, that's reckless. Yep.