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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I was diagnosed when I was in elementary school.
  • , and awareness for students with Tourette syndrome in schools.
  • and out of school as they make their way into the world.
  • Instead of supporting communities through investing in schools, after-school programs, job programs,
  • Communities through investing in schools, after-school programs, job programs, housing, and mental health
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight held a hybrid hearing covering public construction, business regulations, and honorary designations, with most of the discussion focused on two matters: a five-year moratorium on new jail and prison construction (S. 2114/H. 3422) and a bill designating June 7 as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day (S. 2152/H. 3305). The chair emphasized that the hearing was public, testimony would be recorded, and speakers should generally keep remarks to three minutes. Senator Comerford introduced the prison moratorium bill, saying it would pause new construction while allowing renovations, and Senator Friedman introduced the Tourette awareness bill and a separate Tuskegee Airmen commemoration measure, asking for favorable action on both honorary designations. A large portion of the hearing featured remote testimony from incarcerated people at MCI Framingham and MCI Shirley in support of the prison moratorium. Witnesses repeatedly argued that Massachusetts does not need a new women’s prison, that the incarcerated population is declining, and that funds would be better spent on mental health care, addiction treatment, vocational training, pre-release programming, housing, and repairs to existing facilities. Several speakers described poor conditions, limited programming, and the need to address trauma, domestic violence, and substance use as root causes of incarceration. One committee member responded to testimony by noting that incarceration numbers are going down, that the state is working on housing and workforce opportunities for people returning home, and that the committee wants to expand pathways to employment and reentry. The Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day bill drew testimony from the bill’s young sponsor, Owen Rosenthal, his parents, medical professionals, and advocates. They described Tourette syndrome as a misunderstood neurodevelopmental condition, said awareness would reduce stigma and improve diagnosis and support, and cited the need for education in schools, workplaces, and the medical community. The Tourette Association of America supported the bill, noting underdiagnosis, co-occurring conditions, pain, and mental health risks associated with Tourette syndrome. Committee members praised the youth advocates and asked that written testimony be submitted electronically. The hearing ended without any recorded votes or final committee action in the transcript provided.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, our invocation today is by Chaplain Lonnie Wilson.
  • spent more than a decade teaching and mentoring students as a junior ROTC instructor at Choctaw High School
  • Tyler wants to attend OSU to study animal sciences and head on to vet school from there.
  • She grew up in rural Oklahoma, went to school at Ada. Her husband's from rural Oklahoma.
  • Doctor Shepherd earned her PhD in school psychology from Oklahoma State University, and holds several
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 5/5/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Prayer by the chaplain. Let us pray.
  • The chaplain for today is Pastor Carl Larson from Faith Lutheran Church in Staples, Minnesota.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, and approved the previous day’s journal. It then moved through routine business including second reading of Senate File 4612, first reading of House Files 5112 through 5118, and a Senate message stating the Senate would not concur in House amendments to Senate File 4760, a public safety bill, and requested a conference committee. Representative Novotny moved that the House accede to the Senate’s request, and the motion prevailed. The Speaker appointed Representatives Novotny, Witty, Moller, and Feist to the conference committee on Senate File 4760. The House also approved non-controversial motions on the desk. During member announcements, Representative Buck marked National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Day, citing state data on missing Indigenous persons and homicides and noting Minnesota’s Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives and related license plate funding. Members were encouraged to wear red in recognition of the day. Representative Long announced Democratic caucus plans after session, and Representative Niska announced the Rules Committee would meet after adjournment and moved to adjourn until 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, 2026; both adjournment motions prevailed.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 20th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Prayer by the chaplain. Let us pray.
  • The chaplain for today is Reverend Dr.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Apr 15th, 2025 at 12:30 pm

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House will be on the first order of business: prayer by the chaplain.
  • Our chaplain for the day is Pastor Paul Hur with Century Baptist Church in Bismarck.
  • So dollars will come into CTE and flow out to the school district.
  • There's a school board election this summer.
  • It did not apply to our school libraries.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledge, and roll call, establishing a quorum. It then took up a series of appropriations and policy bills, with the most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs budget. The House approved amendments that shifted governance of the department and veterans’ home from ACOVA to the governor, citing concerns about ACOVA’s salary-setting actions and broader appropriation oversight. Members opposed to the change argued ACOVA had studied compensation and acted within its role. The amended bill passed 57-34, and the final bill passed 69-22 with the emergency clause carrying. The House also passed Senate Bill 2001, the legislative branch budget, which funds the 2027 session, legislative staff, chamber upgrades, IT improvements, and salary adjustments for legislative leaders; the bill passed 62-29, but the emergency clause failed. Senate Bill 2019, the Career and Technical Education budget, passed 82-10 with emergency clause. Senate Bill 2021, the Information Technology Department budget, passed 75-17 after discussion of data center migration, service automation, mainframe transition, ERP study, and DPI’s move from PowerSchool to Infinite Campus. Other measures passed included Senate Bill 2228 for rural grocery store sustainability grants, Senate Bill 2390 creating a rural catalyst community grant program, Senate Bill 2188 adjusting the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, and Senate Bill 2265 authorizing a veterans national cemetery grant and line of credit with added reporting safeguards. Several House bills returned from the Senate were concurred in and then passed, including House Bill 1361 on mandatory minimum sentences for human trafficking offenders, House Bill 1017 for the Game and Fish Department, House Bill 1588 on firearms and dangerous weapons provisions, House Bill 1429 on harassment and stalking involving robots, House Bill 1591 on county fair resiliency grants, House Bill 1537 on service agreement protection for water projects, House Bill 1203 on edible medical marijuana products, and House Bill 1027 transferring administration of the State Fire and Tornado Fund from the Insurance Commissioner to OMB. The House also rejected a motion to reconsider Senate Bill 2307, which dealt with library materials and obscenity-related restrictions, by a vote of 48-51. In addition, the chamber appointed conference committees on several House and Senate measures where concurrence had failed, and laid over Senate Bill 2340 for two legislative days.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 24, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • His name is John Prescott Chaplain.
  • Prescott Chaplain. Born in Los Angeles, Prescott Chaplain.
  • But Chaplain was more than just a coach. But Chaplain was more than just a coach.
  • These are people who I went to school These are people who I went to school with with with who<02
  • our schools, and to emergency services. our schools, and to emergency services.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, offering our invocation today is Chaplain Ronnie Wilson.
  • She lives east of Enid and is a 10th grader at Chisholm High School.
  • third consecutive state title, their sixth championship in the last eight years, and the 12th in school
  • We have the Guthrie High School AP Government and Politics Class.
  • This is their 19th state championship, the most of any school across all classifications, continuing
Summary: The House convened, the roll was called, and the chamber proceeded with its customary opening order of business, including an invocation by Chaplain Ronnie Wilson and the Pledge of Allegiance. The prayer focused on forgiveness, using the biblical story of Joseph to emphasize turning harm into good. The House also recognized Auctioneer Day at the Capitol, with a presentation featuring Oklahoma auctioneers and a live auction demonstration, and later honored Deer Creek High School’s boys and girls cross-country teams for their state-level success, including the boys’ Class 6A championship and the girls’ strong finish. Members also received several introductions and recognitions, including former Representative Bill Gurley, Bristow Chamber Day visitors, Guthrie High School AP Government students, and Representative Culver’s family. The nurse of the day was Donna Reynolds, an emergency room manager at St. Anthony, recognized for more than 30 years in nursing, her response to the Oklahoma City bombing, and her advocacy for patient safety and organ donation. Representative Timmins honored the Millwood boys basketball team and coach Nate Jones for winning a third straight state championship and for the program’s long record of success, including Isaiah Wilkes’ Gatorade Player of the Year recognition. No legislation was debated or voted on in the transcript provided. The House concluded with a motion to adjourn, and members agreed to adjourn until Monday, April 27, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 12

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • named an elementary school in his honor.
  • We've talked about how we both went to Southwest Conference schools.
  • participate in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees.
  • enrollment charter school, bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.
  • for the student to attend private school for the Committee on Public Education.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Jun 8th, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll be led in prayer this morning or this afternoon by our guest chaplain, Reverend Jason Benzzi.
  • Sean Curran, the Executive Vice President at USC's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, and Remy Gross
  • Sean Curran, the Executive Vice President at USC's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, of Remig Gross
  • Brush clearance at a local school was fast-tracked with his advocacy.
  • and later superintendent of the Almaty Union High School District.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 3/26/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Prayer by the chaplain. Good afternoon. Peace be with you. Let us pray.
  • The chaplain for today is Ralph Loenberg from the St. Paul area. Pledge of Allegiance.
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Jan 14th, 2025

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Additionally, 41% of respondents were referred to external resources such as chaplains or clinicians.
  • The peer support strike teams consist of trained peer specialists, chaplains, canine teams, and vetted
  • And we understand there's crisis in access and treatment in schools.
  • And we understand there's crisis in access and treatment in schools.
Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Dr. Kelly O’Dare on first responder behavioral health access, peer support, and suicide prevention. She described UCF Restores, the Second Alarm Project, and related partnerships that provide culturally competent treatment, peer training, clinician education, disaster response support, and behavioral health navigation. She cited survey and state data showing significant rates of sleep problems, anxiety, depression, substance use, and suicide among Florida first responders, and said evidence-based treatment has helped many patients recover, including a reported 76% who no longer met PTSD diagnostic criteria after treatment. Senators asked about measuring outcomes, peer support standards, and whether the state should create more consistent statewide requirements; O’Dare said peer support training must be specialized, linked to higher levels of care, and supported by sustainable funding and statewide coordination. The committee also heard from a public commenter who supported the work and emphasized the need for adequate resources and peer support infrastructure. The committee then received a Department of Children and Families presentation from Casey Penn on the proposed funding methodology for community-based care lead agencies under HB 7089. Penn explained that the new model is intended to be actuarially based, reimbursement-oriented, and more transparent than prior funding approaches, using historical expenditures, standardized reporting, and two main tiers: Tier 1 for largely fixed administrative and operational costs, and Tier 2 for direct child-serving costs based on per-child-per-month blended rates. He said the model includes a 2% risk corridor for Tier 2, hold-harmless funding in the first year, and optional Tier 3 performance incentives, with an estimated additional state appropriation need after offsets. Senators raised concerns about prevention, historical inequities, reasonableness of costs, administrative overhead, blended state and federal funds, adoption subsidies, high-acuity placements, and disaster-related disruptions. Penn said some of those issues could be addressed in future iterations as the child welfare information system is modernized, and he agreed to provide written responses to committee questions. Representatives of the Florida Coalition for Children and CBCs responded that the model is a major improvement but urged additional safeguards, including an administrative cap, clearer separation of direct and indirect costs, and better treatment of federal and pass-through funds. They argued that the system already has oversight and that deficits reflect insufficient appropriations rather than excess spending, while also noting that higher-acuity children and regional differences can drive costs. No votes were taken on either topic, and the meeting ended with committee staff introductions and adjournment.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, November 17, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • With pride, she knows she's devoted 30 years to creating an FFA family at the high school.
  • With pride, she knows she's devoted 30 years to creating an FFA family at the high school.
  • and on Saturday Brentsville defeated Patriot High School, completing a perfect 11-0 season.
  • The prayer will be offered by Chaplain Kibben. Chaplain Kibben: Would you pray with me.
  • CHAPLAIN KIBBEN: WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 01/29/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • functions that sheriffs do, ranging from SWAT, can9, UAV, mounted patrols, recreational services, chaplain
  • functions that sheriffs do, ranging from SWAT, can9, UAV, mounted patrols, recreational services, chaplain
  • functions that sheriffs do, ranging from SWAT, can9, UAV, mounted patrols, recreational services, chaplain
  • I met due head on a high school thing, but I wasn't involved on policy issues back then in 1986, when
  • du head<01:31:24.360> on<01:31:24.480> a<01:31:24.679> high<01:31:24.880> school
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session May 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It said that ultimately it was the school board's decision whether or not to implement that chaplain-as-counselor's
  • Each school shall provide the notice to all the students in that school at the beginning of the school
  • chaplains.
  • Replacing school counselors with untrained chaplains, using tax dollars to fund private Christian schools
  • school, and the school never hears from the parent.
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, heard an invocation and pledges, and approved several routine motions, including excuses for absent members, permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, and postponements of some bills. The chamber also received a Senate message listing measures passed by the Senate and adopted a memorial resolution honoring the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, with remarks entered into the House Journal after a moment of silence. The House then took up a long third-reading calendar and passed a series of Senate bills on topics including criminal justice and corrections sunset provisions (SB 2405, 2406, 2407), election equipment testing (SB 2166), electric grid reliability and attack-preparedness exercises (SB 2148), firefighter collective bargaining (SB 777), DFPS and foster care procedures (SB 1141 and SB 1398), Medicare durable medical equipment billing (SB 1330), property tax administration (SB 1453), probate cleanup and record transfers (SB 1448 and SB 1839), mental health filing procedures (SB 53), school residency for children in safety placements (SB 226), diabetes-related amputation study (SB 1677), rapid DNA analysis (SB 1723), utility rate transparency and capacity cost recovery (SB 1664 and SB 1856), community supervision eligibility (SB 552 postponed), and other measures. Several bills passed with broad support, while others drew notable opposition and narrower margins, including SB 777, SB 2137, SB 2111, SB 1677, SB 1936, SB 1453, and SB 38. Two bills drew especially extensive debate. SB 2148, dealing with electricity supply chain reliability and tabletop exercises for critical facilities, was discussed as a grid-security measure aimed at coordinating utilities, law enforcement, ERCOT, and the PUC in the event of physical attacks; it passed unanimously. SB 1936, changing how LSD is measured for criminal prosecution from dosage-based to weight-based calculations, prompted extended discussion about lab consistency, carrier mediums, and fairness in charging, with supporters saying it would help crime labs and law enforcement and opponents warning it could distort penalties depending on the medium used; it passed 108-26. The House also passed SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, after questions about overlap with TDEM and the cost of adding personnel. Late in the day, the House debated SB 38 on eviction procedures, with supporters saying it targeted squatters and streamlined removal of unauthorized occupants, and opponents arguing it would make evictions too easy and worsen homelessness; it passed 85-44. The chamber also began debate on SB 37, a major higher-education governance bill that would expand governing-board oversight of curriculum, hiring, and faculty senates; members raised concerns about academic freedom, faculty governance, and the impact on humanities programs, and debate was still underway at the end of the transcript.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And, you know, I'm a father of two school-aged children.
  • I am the occupational chair for the chaplains and Native American spiritual leaders working for CDCR,
  • Many of the chaplains and spiritual leaders travel far.
  • I am the occupational chair for the chaplains and Native American spiritual leaders working for CDCR,
  • Many of the chaplains and spiritual leaders travel far.
Summary: The subcommittee heard an informational update on the state’s generative AI implementation and related oversight. Administration officials said several proof-of-concept projects have moved into minimum viable product phases, including work at CDTFA and Caltrans, and that CDPH has a May Revision request for up to $8 million to scale up its healthcare facilities inspections project. The Legislative Analyst’s Office urged the administration to publish a report on lessons learned from each POC and recommended limiting the new generative AI approval process to a pilot through the first two rounds of projects, with continued monthly meetings and stronger legislative oversight. Members pressed for more transparency and questioned why the CDPH request was not included in January; the administration said the cost estimate was not available then and that only one project is seeking additional resources beyond existing departmental budgets. The committee then reviewed a proposed $400 million loan from the Labor and Workforce Development Fund to the General Fund. Finance and the Labor Agency said the fund has grown because civil penalty revenues have risen sharply, and the loan would be repaid in 2029-30 with provisional language allowing earlier repayment if needed. The LAO agreed the fund could support the loan but warned that recent PAGA reforms may reduce future revenues. Public commenters, including labor and community groups, argued the money should instead support labor-law enforcement and outreach programs such as CWOP, and urged rejection of the loan. Members also heard a Department of Industrial Relations request for $19.1 million for phase two of Public Works Information Technology System Enhancements, which officials said will support labor-law enforcement and apprenticeship registration. The department said the project was delayed because a prior procurement did not result in a contract award and that completion is now expected in October 2026. The committee then took up an EDD Next reappropriation technical adjustment to extend UI fund spending authority through June 30, 2026; the LAO said the request was fine but again raised concerns about oversight of the larger modernization effort, which EDD said now totals more than $660 million and is expected to continue through 2029. Finally, the committee discussed DGS’s request for new parking facilities near the May Lee Building and a trailer bill shifting statewide telework policy language from DGS to CalHR while also expanding NDI eligibility for certain CEA employees. The LAO said the telework trailer bill should likely go through the policy committee process instead of budget, and union and employee witnesses strongly opposed it, arguing it would undermine bargaining rights and could be used to narrow telework. In a separate item on the governor’s return-to-office order, administration officials said departments are being directed to move to a four-day in-office expectation starting July 1, 2025, but they had no statewide cost estimate yet because departments are still assessing vacancies, exemptions, and space needs. Members criticized the lack of analysis and said the state should have clearer numbers before moving forward.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/7/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I literally have over a dozen school board members from multiple different school districts who have
  • She was denied admission to medical school because she was a girl, which forced her to apply to law school
  • She was denied admission to medical school because she was a girl that forced her to apply to law school
  • of where she was going to school, in the Christian day school.
  • I know you're hearing about it as well. >> School boards from all across this state, including school
Keywords: 1183, house
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, today we've got this really special group here from Carl Albert High School.
  • That's not school history; that is your history, that is our history.
  • If you haven't noticed, this is the Choctaw High School speech and debate team.
  • Thank you for recognizing not only public school success but fine arts success in public schools.
  • Members in the north gallery, we have the entire high school of Alleenublic schools with us today, along
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Transcript Highlights:
  • As always, we are so blessed and honored to have a page program where young high school students can
  • Junior ambassador after high school, Leo intends to break my heart.
  • Hello, I'm Parker Stewart, and I go to Hilla High School. I'm here with Senate.
  • I'm a junior at Albra High School. I'm active in many organizations, FFA. I'm the vice president.
  • I'm a senior at Trior High School, and I'm here with Representative Tomann.