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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Shalom in our home, and we pray for your protection, joy, and unity.
  • And help us, we pray, to serve the youngest generation well, to protect them, to build up the children
  • And we pray... ...the youngest generation well, to protect them, to build up the children.
Summary: The Senate convened with roll call, the colors presented by the Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a prayer by Pastor Jesse Bradley. The journal was approved, and the chamber received House messages announcing passage of several bills, including House Bill 1687, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1960, House Bill 102, and Substitute House Bill 1. The Senate then adopted Senate Resolution 8684, which honored Washingtonians with ties to Team USA at the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina. Senator Riccelli spoke in support, praising the athletes’ determination and Washington connections. The resolution passed by voice vote. The Senate next considered gubernatorial appointments. Brian C. Bennett was confirmed 49-0 as Director of the Washington State Lottery, with Senator Lovick speaking in support and highlighting Bennett’s public service and transition-team work. Angela Ramirez was then confirmed 49-0 as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, with Senators Claire Wilson and Christian praising her experience, commitment, and attention to human services issues. After the confirmations, the Senate stood at ease for caucuses.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's to protect people.
  • As a possibility or a likelihood for their constitutionally protected office.
  • Pardon me, it protects law enforcement discretion from being political. ...protects law enforcement discretion
  • Once again, the amendment is about protecting lawful enforcement discretion. ...is about protecting lawful
  • This is a good protection. It protects local control. It protects, dare I say it, democracy.
Summary: The House took up Second Substitute Senate Bill 5974, a bill modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, volunteers, youth cadets, and related law enforcement roles. Members first considered a striking amendment and then a series of floor amendments, with debate repeatedly focusing on sheriffs as elected constitutional officers, the scope of state authority over local law enforcement, and whether the bill would create unfunded mandates or practical problems for counties. Supporters of the bill and many amendments argued for clarifying language, local flexibility, and state payment for new requirements; opponents generally warned the bill would weaken elected sheriffs, impose costs on counties, or overreach into local control. Amendment 2343, which would have added intent language emphasizing that sheriffs are directly accountable to the electorate, was debated at length and defeated on a roll call vote, 41 yeas to 56 nays. Amendment 2373, shifting background-check costs to the state through the Washington State Patrol, was also defeated, 44 yeas to 53 nays. Amendment 2374, narrowing provisions affecting private security and specially commissioned officers, failed 41 to 56. Amendment 2369, clarifying rules for volunteers and youth cadets, failed 41 to 56. Amendment 2371, limiting surveillance-related provisions to situations requiring a warrant, failed 42 to 55. Amendment 2372, clarifying that only non-public information would be restricted from disclosure, also failed 41 to 56. Later, Amendment 2370, which would have aligned the bill’s definition of volunteer law enforcement officers with existing statute, was defeated 42 to 55. Finally, Amendment 2352, which would have exempted current sheriffs from the bill’s new decertification rules, was debated as a protection against changing the rules midstream but was opposed on the grounds that the bill already grandfathered in the one sheriff who did not meet the new experience requirement; the amendment’s vote was not completed in the excerpt provided. The transcript also begins with the Speaker signing several bills, including Substitute House Bill 1570 and Substitute Senate Bill 6248.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Labor & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • L&I rules must protect health, safety, and property by assuring that all factory-built housing and commercial
  • Labor, union, and non-union contractors were all at the table with the shared goal of protecting the
  • We welcome the opportunity to work with the prime sponsor to refine this language in a way that protects
  • Senate Bill 5852 relates to immigrant worker protections.
  • This protects workers who are truly employees in all but name, while deterring bad actors who seek to
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 11th, 2026 at 11:17 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She plans to attend law school to become an environmental lawyer.
  • My protection, I want my protection to go to the teachers first, and I want it all the way down to the
  • My protection, I want my protection to go to the teachers first, and I want it all the way down to the
  • Speaker and gentlelady, we have to start protecting our teachers. And, Mr.
  • to protect students.
Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB145 , HB154 , HB164 , HB291 , HJR6 , HR1 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB38 , HB47 , HB63 , HB64 , HB127 , HB165 , HB184 , HB200 , HM20 , HM51
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 14th, 2026 at 01:49 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation protects New Mexicans from unexpected patient-facing. Mr.
  • And, um, About patient protection and patient safety in this session.
  • So how would this amendment protect? gentlelady, that is correct.
  • Okay, so how would this amendment protect patients?
  • This protects privacy... The lobbyist employer needs to be listed.
Bills: HB145 , HB164 , HR1 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HB99 , HB206 , HB213 , HB270 , SB104 , SB193 , HB38 , HB254 , HB256 , SB58 , SB64 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM39 , HM29 , HM43 , HM59 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB253
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 18, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:32:12.000><c> protections,</c> appropriate environmental protections, appropriate environmental
  • </c> environmental protection here in the environmental protection here in the United<00:39:38.800><c
  • protections across the environmental protections across the board,<00:42:52.720><c> rest</c><00:42:52.880
  • This isn't about weakening environmental protections.
  • protections. environmental uh damage visited upon environmental uh damage visited upon their<01:26:21.440
Bills: HR498 , HR845 , HR1366 , HB4776
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2145 is conditionally enacted on the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA
  • For instance, protecting property rights. This is about protecting property rights.
  • It protects property rights.
  • Enactment of the legislation is conditioned on approval by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed
  • ... ...the certificates of environmental compatibility help you to understand what more of the environmental
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It maintains strong standards and consumer protections.
  • and</c><01:29:57.040><c> consumer</c> strong standards and consumer strong standards and consumer protections
  • <c> It</c><01:29:58.560><c> simply</c><01:29:58.880><c> recognizes</c><01:29:59.520><c> the</c> protections
  • It simply recognizes the protections.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Because I was not offered an advocate, I wasn't aware of all the protections afforded. to me to protect
  • orders protected. information.
  • The justice process deserves protection.
  • We are protecting, already in the Occupations Code, protecting If they were accused of certain misconduct
  • It simply protects.
Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice bills focused on victim protections, law enforcement tools, notary/deed fraud, sexually violent predators, veterans in jail, tribal policing authority, and peace officer records. Several bills were laid out, heard, and left pending because the committee lacked a quorum for final action on those items. Testimony was generally supportive on bills addressing interpreter appointments, fuel theft investigations, deed fraud, survivor privacy, veteran jailer training, tribal peace officer authority, and officer-record confidentiality, though some bills drew concerns about due process, scope, or drafting. Senate Bill 1537 would clean up criminal procedure language on appointing interpreters and align it with Government Code standards requiring licensed or certified interpreters; it received no public opposition and was left pending. Senate Bill 993 would let Comptroller Criminal Investigative Division officers directly seek warrants for mobile tracking devices in fuel-theft and tax-fraud investigations; it also drew support and was left pending. Senate Bill 693, as substituted, would create a criminal offense for notarizing documents without the signer personally appearing, with a higher penalty when real property is involved, and would add notary continuing education; a Dallas County prosecutor testified that notary fraud is a major driver of deed theft, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1610, as substituted, would address safety, registration, and criminal penalties at the Texas Civil Commitment Office for sexually violent predators, including assaults on staff and sex-offender registration issues; agency witnesses described increased assaults and operational problems, while a public witness urged waiting for Sunset review and raised due-process concerns. Senate Bill 836 would add privacy protections for sexual assault survivors by limiting livestreaming of trials, expanding pseudonym use, and protecting forensic exam and invasive-recording evidence; survivors and advocates strongly supported it, and defense lawyers said they had no opposition to the substitute. Senate Bill 1563 would require county jailer training on interacting with veterans, with testimony from the Texas Veterans Commission and veterans’ advocates emphasizing suicide risk, PTSD, and the need for better identification and support in jails; the bill was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 906, which would authorize the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribal police to be commissioned as Texas peace officers like two other federally recognized tribes in Texas; tribal leaders said the change would improve response times and coordination, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 781, as substituted, would standardize confidentiality rules for peace officer personnel and departmental files statewide, mirroring Chapter 143 civil-service practices; law enforcement witnesses supported it as a way to protect personal information and create uniform records practices, but several senators raised concerns that the bill could blur existing disclosure rules or bury misconduct complaints, and public testimony included an opposition witness describing a police shooting involving her brother.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation Apr 3rd, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'm in favor of protecting a sustainable environment.
  • So I'm in favor of protecting a sustainable environment.
  • You could have a legitimate environmental... ...concern, correct?
  • And so that 18-month time frame really does need to be protected.
  • So I'm in favor of protecting...
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Jan 29th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We just hope to gain your support here today to help us do a little bit of a better job protecting the
  • the proposed substitute does, and basically institutes the same Department of Ecology process for protecting
  • But merely banning 6 PPD without an alternative for safety, affordability, and protecting our environment
  • If we want to protect the environment, we would have a bill that would improve the environment by building