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ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Apr 2nd, 2025 at 01:00 pm
North Dakota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- an act to amend and reenact Section 50-25.1-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the abandonment
- of infants and newborn safety devices. ...the abandonment of infants and newborn safety devices.
Summary:
The North Dakota House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then received a gubernatorial veto message on Senate Bill 2261. The governor vetoed the bill creating a prison industries workforce development tax credit, citing dormant Commerce Clause concerns and arguing the tax credit would create an unfair market advantage and not meaningfully help Rough Rider Industries. The House agreed to place SB 2261 on the next day’s calendar for a possible veto override. The chamber also re-referred Senate Bill 2159 to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and appointed a conference committee for Senate Bill 2133 after the Senate refused to concur with House amendments.
The House then took up a series of Senate amendments and final passage votes on several bills. It concurred in amendments and passed House Bill 1140 naming the Specialist John P. Fettig, Iraq Bridge; House Bill 1241 allowing funeral home vehicles to display flashing purple lights and clarifying emergency vehicle lamp rules; House Bill 1316 imposing additional penalties for repeated violations of temporary restricted licenses; House Bill 1127 expanding Department of Financial Institutions authority and data security provisions; House Bill 1564 on Indian child welfare; House Bill 1167 requiring AI disclosure statements in political communications; House Bill 1170 on state employee annual leave; House Bill 1447 regulating virtual currency kiosks; House Bill 1278 creating a cash management board for state treasury funds; House Bill 1024, the deficiency appropriation bill; House Bill 1205 on newborn safety devices; House Bill 1204 expanding false-information rules for political ads to text messages and telephone calls; House Bill 1001, the governor’s budget; House Bill 1206 increasing penalties for DUI offenses involving a minor; House Bill 1088 on insurance penalties and restitution; and House Bill 1515 on motor vehicle warranty work compensation. Most passed with strong margins, though HB 1170 and HB 1024 drew notable opposition, and HB 1447 and HB 1204 also had several nays.
The most extended debate came on Senate Concurrent Resolution 4008, which proposed a constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits from the current structure to four four-year terms and repeal a constitutional restriction on proposing such changes. Supporters argued the measure would preserve institutional knowledge, allow voters to reconsider the 2022 term-limit decision, and let the public decide on the ballot. Opponents said the people had already spoken, the measure was confusing or unnecessary, and it could distract from other ballot issues. After reconsideration was granted, the House passed SCR 4008 by a vote of 53 yeas to 39 nays. The session ended with announcements, committee meeting notices, and adjournment until April 3, 2025.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Banking and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- It’s not like we’re getting super rich, but at least it’s a model where we don’t have to abandon our
- patients. ...we don’t have to abandon our patients.
Committee:
Senate Banking and Insurance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/24/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- those landfills will be and the lesser the cost that will have to be passed along to taxpayers to site
- those landfills will be and the lesser the cost that will have to be passed along to taxpayers to site
- c><01:13:56.000><c> to</c><01:13:56.719><c> taxpayers</c><01:13:57.440><c> to</c><01:13:57.679><c> site
- </c><01:13:58.000><c> new</c> passed along to taxpayers to site new passed along to taxpayers to site
- </c><01:14:52.960><c> what</c> It is intended to allow for the recovery and proper management of abandoned
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 8 Feb 12th, 2026
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The next step requires full surrender, complete abandon, total submission in God's redeeming and unifying
Bills:
HB3880 , HB3263 , HB2970 , HB3043 , HB3044 , HB3078 , HB3940 , HB4117 , HB3428 , HB4275 , HB3257 , HB3901 , HB4298 , HB4260 , HB2981 , HB3695 , HB2960 , HB3967 , HB3968 , HB4339 , HB4341 , HB4342 , HB2940 , HB4295 , HB4196 , HB3134 , HB1016
Summary:
The House convened, the clerk called the roll, and the chamber proceeded with the day’s order of business. Chaplain Ronnie Wilson delivered the invocation, using a personal story about hiking the Manitou Incline to reflect on perseverance and the idea of being “not far from the kingdom of God” from Mark 12. The House then recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
After floor reassignment notices, Representative Cantrell introduced the Long Grove, Oklahoma state championship fast-pitch softball team, noting their back-to-back titles, six straight state tournament appearances, and strong academic and team traditions. Several announcements followed, including committee meeting notices, a birthday acknowledgment for the presiding speaker, and a reminder about the Farm City Festival lunch on the second floor.
No bills were debated or voted on in the portion provided. The only formal action at the end of the session was a motion by the floor leader to adjourn, and the House adjourned until Monday, February 16th at 1:30 p.m.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- collecting; HB 2042, solar radiation enforcement; HB 2043, felony murdering unbunched; HB 2044, abandonment
Summary:
The House convened with prayer by Deacon Ernesto Ramirez and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Representative Rachel Keshel. The journal from January 12 was approved, and Dr. Andrew Carroll was introduced as Doctor of the Day. Members also heard a proclamation recognizing January 13 as Arizona Human Trafficking Awareness Day, with remarks highlighting the work of the Arizona Human Trafficking Survivor Coalition and the importance of survivor-led prevention and awareness efforts.
The chamber then handled routine business, including messages from the Senate and two motions related to adjournment. The House agreed to grant the Senate consent to adjourn after Thursday, January 15, 2026, until Tuesday, January 20, 2026, and also requested the Senate’s consent for the House to do the same. Members observed personal remarks for former Senator Barbara Left and Representative Kyle Powell.
A long list of bills and resolutions was introduced and read for first and second reading, covering topics such as elections, water policy, education, public safety, health care, agriculture, taxation, and several memorials and resolutions. No substantive debate or votes on those measures occurred in this transcript. Committee announcements were made for several meetings, and the House adjourned until 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That are abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped in certain municipalities.
Committee:
Senate Local Government
Keywords:
Senate Committee, local government, SB2183, SB2046, committee substitute, legislative measures
Summary:
The meeting of the Senate Committee on Local Government was characterized by the passage of several significant bills, including SB2183, SB2046, SB434, and others with recommendations for further consideration. Discussions involved voting on committee substitutes and the implications of various legislative measures. Senator Paxton and other members provided insights and moved bills forward with emphatic support, leading to their successful passing out of committee. Importantly, the bills addressed various local government concerns, showcasing the committee's focus on practical legislative solutions.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Now more than ever, we must not abandon our most vulnerable. other up when someone falls to the other
- Now more than ever, we must not<00:18:44.320><c> ab</c><00:18:44.720><c> abandon</c><00:18:45.360><c>
- My CFSS on-site visit in December passed without issue, and my December electronic visit verification
- It's important to have staff on site because there's someone to always talk to.
- Fraud must be stopped, but never in a way that abandons people.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- students, particularly around their household budgets and even pushing some students to delay or abandon
- students, particularly around their household budgets and even pushing some students to delay or abandon
- students, particularly around their household budgets and even pushing some students to delay or abandon
- the well-established programs at the university, combined with experience at Centricare's clinical sites
- The university combined with experience at Centricare's clinical sites in greater Minnesota for world-class
Bills:
HF2312
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- seals with their babies would come in for shelter and they were concerned that the mother seals would abandon
- seals with their babies would come in for shelter and they were concerned that the mother seals would abandon
- seals with their babies would come in for shelter and they were concerned that the mother seals would abandon
- Um, if it's $2 million for permitting, don't you have to have a plan for a site and a construction before
- While a pier, if properly sited and constructed and if the interests of the residents of Hampton are
Committee:
Senate Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- for your testimony, and I want to say that I will not be part of a piece of legislation that will abandon
- My daughter, Megan, son-in-law, Clint, and grandson, Connor, were stopped at a construction site waiting
Bills:
HB4806
Committee:
House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Arielle Roth, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. Apr 9th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- But the pursuit of the next horizon cannot mean abandoning American dominance where it is already established
- The Stennis Space Center is home to NASA's largest rocket propulsion test site.
Summary:
During the committee meeting, various issues surrounding state policy and governance were deliberated. Although the specifics of bills under discussion were not highlighted, comments from several committee members indicated a focus on improving legislative processes and addressing public concerns. The chairman facilitated discussions that included several points of critique as well as suggestions for enhancement of existing laws. The atmosphere remained constructive despite the complexity of the topics at hand.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President Trump and House Republicans have abandoned their promise to lower the cost of living.
- President Trump and House Republicans have abandoned their promise to lower the cost of living.
- </c> but all chose to fold and abandon. but all chose to fold and abandon. fighting instead<02:25:21.280
- We will not abandon our nation's heritage.
- We will<04:08:06.640><c> not</c><04:08:07.040><c> abandon</c><04:08:07.600><c> our</c><04:08:07.920><
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Jul 31st, 2025
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- H-U-B had just shown up and there was a Travis County emergency manager on site.
- And we had 60 medical contacts daily on our site. Through all that, we only had three injured.
- Representative Wilson and I were able to come here to this site and get some hands-on training.
- Where can they find the site, either the physical location or the email?
- Volunteers didn't know if they could take their tools from the VRC on the bus to the site.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services Apr 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Meaning, as was pointed out in the agenda, there are facilities to rent, there are sites and permits
- A lot of times they have a site that they are potentially going to expand.
- And therefore, now they are looking for a separate site that may not have necessarily targeted all.
- I'll use an example: 100 children, but instead now the new site still has a process to have that site
- Typically on our public streets, at our work sites, and even in sensitive locations like our schools,
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services Feb 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- All pilot sites are participating in the statewide impact and implementation evaluations, with five out
- These food banks have partnerships and a distribution network that serves approximately 2,500 sites across
- . would have to close existing food distribution sites.
- While I'm out there, I would like to visit food distribution sites.
- Site of its various programs so that it can prioritize the state's commitments, whether that's in the
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- These projects are being delayed or abandoned due to unrestricted lawsuits.
- These projects are being delayed or abandoned due to unrestricted lawsuits.
- These projects are being delayed or abandoned due to unrestricted lawsuits.
- Especially those aimed at first-time home buyers are being delayed or abandoned due to unjustified and
- These projects are being delayed or abandoned due to unrestricted lawsuits.
Committee:
House Housing
Summary:
The Committee on Housing held a public hearing on January 31 and heard testimony on a series of housing and building-code bills. The first major item, HB 1 relating to building codes, drew sharply divided testimony. Supporters, including BIA Hawaii, Grassroot Institute, Dr. Horton, and several builders and trade groups, argued the current code-adoption process is slow, fragmented, and costly, and that reform would help housing production. Opponents, including Sierra Club Hawaii, AIA Hawaii, ICC, and labor representative Kiko Bosi, said the bill would weaken public safety, reduce statewide consistency, and could leave tenants and first responders at greater risk. No vote was taken during the hearing, and members asked questions about the effect of a governor’s emergency proclamation suspending the Building Code Council and about county authority over code amendments.
The committee then heard HB 745 and HB 1321, both also relating to building codes. Grassroot Institute supported both measures, saying the system is broken and needs streamlining, while BIA Hawaii and others emphasized the cost burden of repeated code updates. Opponents, especially Bosi and ICC, argued that the bills would undermine the State Building Code Council’s role, create confusion, and prioritize cost over safety; Bosi also said labor should be included in any code discussions. Members questioned whether counties can remove state code provisions and whether the state code already supersedes county codes, and one member noted the need for clarity and consistent enforcement rather than a wholesale overhaul.
Later, the committee heard HB 284 on housing, HB 761 on county permitting and inspection, and HB 738 on historic preservation. HB 284 drew support from several housing and real estate groups, while DLNR opposed it. On HB 761, HHFDC supported the bill, DLNR warned that the proposed changes could jeopardize Hawaii’s participation in the National Flood Insurance Program, DAGS said it would likely need to duplicate county permitting staff, and the Department of Planning and Permitting opposed it; Grassroot Institute and NAIOP supported it. For HB 738, HHFDC, DLNR, Grassroot Institute, Hawaii YIMBY, NAIOP, and others supported the measure, with Grassroot and NAIOP suggesting clarifications so expedited review would also cover mixed-use projects and better define the scope of work. The transcript does not show any final votes or committee action on these bills during the hearing.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- That's... it's either with us or on its way to being with us so, um, so there all private abandoned or
- </c><00:45:21.079><c> or</c><00:45:21.240><c> is</c> um so there all private abandoned or is um so there
- all private abandoned or is there<00:45:21.520><c> any</c><00:45:22.000><c> like</c><00:45:22.319><c
- This would help if we decide to abandon ship on this capital and have to move temporarily, you know.
- ship on this capital decide to abandon ship on this capital and<01:24:05.400><c> have</c><01:24:05.520
Summary:
The joint Ways and Means and Government Operations committees received a biennium budget preview from Keith Regan, Comptroller and Director of the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS), who introduced department leadership and described DAGS’ broad responsibilities across accounting, public works, procurement, elections, archives, risk management, and other attached agencies. He emphasized that DAGS supports nearly every state department and cited ongoing workforce challenges, while noting progress in reducing the department-wide vacancy rate from 21% in 2023 to 17.7% in 2024. He also highlighted recruitment efforts, including new salary schedules for engineers and architects, job fairs, internships, and outreach to retiring federal employees.
A major focus was modernization of the state’s aging financial systems, especially the 55-year-old FAMIS platform and the Enterprise Financial System (EFS) project. DAGS said it expects to release the RFP for the FAMIS replacement by the end of January and is seeking a second tranche of CIP funding, including $35 million, plus position augmentation and creation of a Business Transformation Office to manage EFS and future modernization work. The department also described major capital projects such as the Aloha Stadium Entertainment District, Wahiawā Civic Center, Kauaʻi Civic Center, and Ahuimanu Community Correctional Center, and reported that Public Works is managing 455 projects statewide valued at more than $2.5 billion.
Other budget requests discussed included funding for cemetery operations, with DAGS asking for two positions and $1 million in operating funds to support maintenance of eight cemeteries; a $200 million ceiling increase tied to anticipated insurance proceeds for West Maui fire-related recovery and rebuilding; and several staffing and operating items for district offices and facilities. These included full-year funding for positions in West Hawaiʻi and East Hawaiʻi, support for a small business coordinator at the State Procurement Office, funding for cloud hosting and PeopleSoft licensing, six positions and staff augmentation for the EFS project, electricity costs, and security-related funding. DAGS also noted that two requested reductions totaled $7.9 million, including transferring the security contract to the Department of Law Enforcement and reducing nonrecurring expenses; members discussed whether some security funding should remain with or be moved to DLE, and DAGS said it would not object to that transfer. No votes were taken in the portion provided.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment May 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Can you give me the Westlaw site for that? I don't know if it's in here.
- Yet Louisiana, a state with fault systems, salt domes, abandoned wells, sinkholes, flood risk, and some
- investment to a local area and hundreds of jobs for that community that decided to back out of that site
- I understood it as the potential effects of mixing streams of carbon captured from industrial sites on
- But you've got industrial sites and the air? That's probably a typo on my part.
Summary:
The committee took up public comment on a package of similar local-option bills related to carbon capture and sequestration, including House Bills 5, 6, 497, 498, 501, and 504. The bills would let parishes, or in some cases specific parishes such as Rapides and Livingston, decide by local vote whether Class VI wells, CO2 sequestration, and related pipeline infrastructure could be permitted. The chair grouped the bills together for testimony, adopted a three-minute public comment rule, and noted that the bills were not yet under consideration for a vote during the public-comment portion.
Supporters, including Speaker Pro Tem Mike Johnson, parish officials, local activists, and residents, argued that communities affected by carbon capture projects should have a direct voice through local option elections. They said the bills were about self-determination, local control, and allowing residents to decide whether the risks are worth the benefits. Several speakers said their parishes had passed resolutions opposing carbon capture or asking for local choice, while others emphasized concerns about eminent domain, aquifer protection, lack of public understanding, and the need for more information about project impacts and financial benefits. Some supporters also said a local vote would force industry to engage more directly with communities and could improve transparency.
Opponents, including representatives of the Department of Conservation and Energy, the Louisiana Chemistry Association, the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, warned that the bills would create uncertainty, undermine Louisiana’s primacy over Class VI permitting, and invite litigation under federal preemption and the Supremacy Clause. They said the state already has a strict permitting process with public input and technical review, and that allowing parish-by-parish approval could delay or block billions of dollars in investment, jobs, and export-related projects. The department testified that if the state adopted a local-option referendum system, EPA could determine Louisiana was not implementing the program consistently and could move to remove primacy. No committee vote was taken in the portion provided.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Sweet Paws Rescue is also a New England resource for animals that have been abandoned, displaced, and
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a congratulatory resolution honoring Anna Karaz on her 100th birthday. It then took up and passed several local bills, including a measure authorizing bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole for the town of Randolph. The sponsor spoke in support, describing the bill as a home rule petition intended to improve access, civic participation, and voter turnout for Randolph’s growing Haitian Creole-speaking population. The bill was read a third time and passed to be engrossed.
The Senate also passed a bill authorizing the Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor. It received a Ways and Means report on House No. 4683, relative to teacher preparation and student literacy, recommending amendment by substitution of the text in Senate document No. 2924; the chamber suspended the rules to consider the order forthwith and adopted it. The Senate further suspended rules to process several Senate petitions and local matters, and then enacted bills amending the Provincetown charter, establishing the appointed town clerk position in Avon, and authorizing Westwood to reissue and grant certain alcohol licenses.
Later, the Senate referred a House petition concerning retirement benefits for Valeria Dorazio to the Committee on Public Service after suspending Joint Rule 12. It then adopted an amendment substituting a new draft for a Plymouth bill, changing it to validate and confirm certain acts and proceedings of Plymouth officials, and passed the bill to be engrossed. The session also included remarks congratulating Sweet Paws Rescue on its 15th anniversary and upcoming facility move, followed by a motion to adjourn in memory of Gerard W. Moynihan, which was adopted after a moment of silence. The Senate adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11 a.m.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/09/2026 - Senate Federalism
Senate Federalism Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- exchanges approved by Congress or a federal agency, and property acquired for the reclamation of abandoned