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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 28th, 2026 at 11:26 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Through leadership development, mentorship, and candidate support, the network strengthens...
- Leadership development, mentorship, and candidate support, the network strengthens classrooms and uplifts
- The committee also assessed candidates' capacity for policy analysis and advocacy, leadership, and management
- The committee also assessed candidates' capacity for policy analysis and advocacy, leadership, and management
- to the governor. in making it recommend multiple qualified candidates to the governor.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-GVO, WAM-WLA Informational Briefings 01-13-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- by our Honolulu with a petition filed by our Honolulu Board<03:24:25.000><c> of</c><03:24:25.120><c>
- Either request a waiver from the law firm that you folks usually get candidates from or work with the
- or with no prospective candidates right now.
- or with no prospective no candidates or with no prospective candidates<03:38:43.400><c> right</c><03
- If you folks were candidates right now.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Management Aug 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- There has been no litigation filed, so there has been no fiscal impact as a result of the measure that
- Nobody has reached that age that would subject them to that, or no candidate that has filed.
- Subject them to that, or no candidate that has filed has apparently reached that age that would make
- And then the act will become effective on filing with the Secretary of State.
- That's why you will see a delayed effective... to sync up that pre-filing date.
Summary:
The committee first approved minutes from prior meetings and then filled a vacancy on Legislative Management by appointing Senator Braunberger after a caucus recommendation. Members then took up an unusual appeal from the North Dakota Gaming Commission after the Administrative Rules Committee voided a rule that would have raised the poker tournament entry fee from $300 to $1,500. Legislative Council explained the administrative rules process and the grounds for voiding a rule, while Gaming Commission representatives argued the commission had statutory authority and that the issue should be left to the full Legislature. Several members raised concerns about legislative intent, precedent, and whether the matter should wait for the regular session. On a motion to disapprove the Administrative Rules Committee’s finding and restore the rule, the committee voted no, so the voiding of the rule remained in place.
The committee then reviewed the fiscal impact statement for Constitutional Measure No. 1 on congressional age limits. Staff reported no current fiscal impact because no litigation had been filed, though members noted the possibility of future legal challenges if the measure were enforced. After that, the committee began hearing proposed bills for the upcoming special session, starting with several kratom-related measures. Representative Wolff withdrew her bill, saying it was redundant, while Representative Heinert presented a bill to legalize and regulate natural kratom for adults 21 and over under the Attorney General, with licensing, labeling, penalties, and a public health campaign. Senator Axtman presented a companion bill targeting synthetic kratom derivatives, placing them on the controlled substances list with penalties similar to marijuana. Legislative Council later outlined Representative Johnston’s separate kratom bill, which would regulate kratom under the Department of Agriculture with product registration, licensing, and enforcement provisions.
The committee also heard Senator Hogue’s bill to address funding for the State Historical Society’s military museum project. He argued the state was in breach of contract and that delaying action would increase costs, so his bill would authorize a $35 million line of credit to keep construction moving while fundraising continued. Members questioned the relationship between the proposed line of credit, existing SIF funding, and the private fundraising requirement, but no vote was taken before the meeting moved on. Finally, Representative Sue Ann Olson began presenting a bill requiring the Class D driver’s license test to be administered in English, arguing it was a safety measure because road signs are in English and law enforcement encounters can be complicated by language barriers. The transcript cuts off before her testimony concluded or any action was taken on that bill.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (04/29/2025)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, well, I think the candid answer to that is we don't know.
- Uh, well, I think the candid answer to that is we don't know.
- Uh, well, I think the candid answer to that is we don't know.
- Uh, well, I think the candid answer to that is we don't know.
- Um, in June, uh, filing would be in March.
Committee:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The challenge is the candidates still haven’t come.
- forum participation, which is why it dedicates time and resources to nonpartisan forums when all candidates
- The ballot initiative is one such issue that may end up on the reverse side of a list of candidates and
- about how can we do this legally, and it was, and it clearly from their positions, you can't have candidates
- Ballot questions are always after the candidate questions.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Feb 19th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- I would say there probably is, as Roz said, some surface instruction to new candidates, new teacher candidates
- To new candidates, new teacher candidates, maybe new principals, about behaviors, maybe some MTSS stuff
- I would say probably in a student teaching experience, those candidates might even get more as they're
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 12th, 2026 at 04:57 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I thank the sponsor for his candid answers.
- be paid from revenue distributions, preventing the accrual of interest when an extension of time to file
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Emerging Issues Feb 2nd, 2026
Emerging Issues and Professional Registration
Transcript Highlights:
- At the end of session, we did get it filed, which I told Dr.
- Pangloss at the end of Candide.
Summary:
The committee first met in executive session and adopted a House Committee substitute for House Bills 2404 and 2172, then voted the substitute do pass by a roll call vote of 10-2. The bills were not discussed in detail, but the action advanced them out of committee. The committee then took up House Bill 2989, a large gaming-related bill sponsored by Representative Hardwick. Hardwick described numerous changes in the substitute, including removing references requested by the Highway Patrol, clarifying tax reporting, extending local opt-out time, changing the effective date from August 2027 to August 2028, reducing a felony penalty to a misdemeanor, increasing a casino-related fee from $2 to $4 with the extra amount going to the Missouri Veterans Commission, and adding non-severability language. Members adopted three committee amendments, including language barring previously illegal gambling machines from being licensed as video lottery terminals and requiring games to be out of line of sight from the front entrance, then adopted the revised substitute and voted HCS HB 2989 do pass by an 8-5 vote.
The committee then moved to public hearing on House Bills 1746 and 1769, both related to artificial intelligence. Representatives Miller and Amato presented the bills as an effort to establish that AI has no personhood and to create a framework for responsibility and accountability. They said the legislation was informed by outside experts and other states’ efforts, and Miller emphasized using the National Institute of Standards and Technology AI risk management framework as a baseline. Members questioned how liability would work, especially for developers, deployers, and users, and raised concerns about undefined terms such as “harm” and about possible conflict with federal policy discouraging a patchwork of state AI laws. The sponsors said the bill would be cleaned up further and that liability should generally rest with the person using or deploying the AI, not the AI itself.
During public testimony, one witness spoke in favor of the AI bills, arguing that states should act proactively rather than wait for problems and noting concern about prior federal efforts to limit state AI legislation. No witnesses spoke in opposition during the hearing. The committee then closed testimony and adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jul 23rd, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Brownsberger has filed an amendment that the clerk will read. Amendment number 215 by Mr.
- So the Enough Act that we have filed today as an amendment will do So the Enough Act that we have filed
- I will be happy to explain this amendment as filed by Senator Edwards.
- So we're going to file this amendment. No. And stop these scams before they happen.
- So we're going to file this amendment.
Summary:
The Senate considered a large number of amendments to an economic development bill and adopted them one by one, with repeated brief recesses as members finalized language. Early amendments made permanent the option for hybrid public meetings and added procedures for alleged open meeting law violations, authorized speed camera enforcement in school and construction safety zones, and created a retirement credit option for part-time teachers who reduced hours to care for children. Other adopted amendments updated gateway municipality designations every three years, capped ticket resale prices and banned speculative “ghost tickets,” and addressed vulnerable road users, crumbling concrete, and a fund for seasonal communities housing.
Members also approved amendments to create a new framework for responding to crimes against women, including better investigation of staged suicides and adding sex and gender to the hate crimes statute; to establish a trigger law protecting private-sector labor organizing rights if federal labor law is weakened; to create a bottom-up “Enough Act” fund to fight poverty; to allow airport restaurants and bars at Logan to operate during flight hours; and to protect seniors and adults with disabilities from financial scams by allowing temporary delays of suspicious transactions and reporting to protective agencies. Additional housing-related amendments were adopted for rural communities, residential PACE financing, and a five-community tenant opportunity to purchase pilot program. A Senate Ways and Means amendment was then adopted, the substitute draft was applied to the underlying bill, and the bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed.
The chamber also adopted an order to reconvene the following Monday at 11 a.m. and to dispense with printing a calendar. The Senate then adjourned.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (02/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- the committee where the governor's budget stands as it compares to the current BIU and the summary file
- </c><01:13:33.760><c> that</c> current bium and the summary file that current bium and the summary file
- </c> the next one are they good candidates the next one are they good candidates for<01:52:55.239><c>
- Would this be a decent candidate for consideration of just moving into RSA instead of repeating it in
- for consideration of just candidate for consideration of just moving<02:03:31.800><c> into</c><02:03
Summary:
The meeting began as a Division 3 work session on HB 71, but much of the early discussion focused on whether a previously discussed non-germane amendment could be considered or voted on that day. Members and the chair debated process and notice requirements, and the clerk’s guidance was that the amendment needed a separate public hearing before the full Finance Committee. The amendment was described as requiring DHHS contracts and addenda to include compliance with the Patient Bill of Rights, with a repeal date so the requirement would expire on November 30, 2026. The motion to move OTP on HB 71 with the amendment was withdrawn, and the committee agreed the amendment would be scheduled for a future full Finance hearing instead.
The committee then turned to HB 71 itself and heard testimony from DHHS representatives John Williams and Jenny O’Higgins on the fiscal note and policy implications. Members questioned the estimate that the bill could put $12 million to $18 million per year in federal funding at risk, including HUD and Office of Refugee Resettlement funds. DHHS explained that the estimate was based on a broad reading of the bill’s term “specified alien,” which they said was not clearly defined in the bill, so they analyzed it using the federal definition of “alien” and assumed the bill could affect lawfully present non-citizens as well as undocumented individuals. They said the figure represented a worst-case scenario and that they were not claiming the loss was certain.
Members also pressed DHHS on whether the bill could affect emergency sheltering in schools, public academies, or institutions of higher learning during disasters. DHHS said the language could create conflicts with federal funding conditions because emergency shelter programs generally cannot impose barriers on who may be sheltered, and they warned that excluding certain people could affect refugee-related and HUD funding. Questions were raised about whether the bill’s language would apply to private institutions as well as public ones, and whether the state could still use schools in short-term emergencies. DHHS said the language was broad, that they could not answer every legal question definitively, and that they would need input from public health and legal staff. No final vote on HB 71 was taken in the portion provided; the committee remained in discussion/work session mode after the amendment motion was withdrawn.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Means HP 1588 by Leo Wilson relating to training requirements for certain public officials and candidates
- inclusion in the mailing address of certain campaign treasures and appointments and the reports The first file
- Committee on Public Health, HB 1676 by Hernandez, relating to the period to which... which an employee may file
- R. 110 by Tepper, proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the filing of required political funding
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (6-9-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- I will be candid with you: there is an immigration attorney at Stolen and Ogden that the university has
- I will be candid with you: there is an immigration attorney at Stolen and Ogden that the university has
- I will be candid that this firm we're really using for these legacy employees and legacy work.
- I will<01:44:34.159><c> be</c><01:44:34.480><c> candid</c><01:44:34.960><c> that</c><01:44:35.360><c>
- For the most part, Stole helps us with the H-1B filings or continuations. >> Do many of the J-1s get
Summary:
The committee first approved the May 12 minutes, then deferred item 285 on the routine personal service contract green list for Western Kentucky University to the July 2026 meeting. It also noted that several deferred university contracts had been withdrawn by the institutions, and then approved the remaining agenda items without objection, including personal service contracts, amendments, memoranda of agreement, Kentucky Entertainment incentive agreements, deferred items, and corrections, except for items pulled for further review.
The main pulled item was a Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts contract supporting Fayette District Court’s juvenile treatment court through Fayette County Public Schools. Court officials explained that the program, created under Supreme Court rules in 2022, serves court-connected juveniles with mental health and related needs, operates at the courthouse, and uses a school-employed program manager funded through a pass-through arrangement with Fayette County Public Schools and the Urban County Government. They said the program has had over 100 referrals, accepted about half, and had at least 25 successful graduates, with 11 high school graduates among participants. Members asked about who pays for drug screens, family involvement, and what counts as successful completion; the officials said the Urban County Government’s Division of Youth Services pays for drug screens and services, and that parents must participate in classes and support services. The committee then approved the contract review, with some members explaining their votes in support and one member emphasizing the committee’s role in reviewing contracts in the public interest.
The committee also reviewed two Auditor of Public Accounts contracts. The auditor’s representative said contract 11, with Vantage Point Solutions, will examine the Kentucky Communications Network Authority/Kentucky Wired network for $700,000, well below the $1.5 million appropriated, and that a report is expected before the 2027 regular session. Contract 12 funds a special examination of investment managers used by Kentucky’s retirement systems, prompted by a Legislative Oversight and Investigations request to assess whether investments tied to ESG factors are consistent with fiduciary duties; the representative said the retirement systems have been cooperative and that findings are expected on a similar timeline, with some flexibility built into the deadline. After questions about the Texas litigation referenced in the explanation, the committee approved both auditor contracts without objection.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/05/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- 10:56.880><c> private</c><00:10:57.560><c> sector</c> In our department, we do payroll, recruit candidates
- , hire the right candidates for Fish and Game, update policies, conduct disciplinary actions, maintain
- those those candidates to you know<01:06:32.160><c> it's</c><01:06:32.359><c> getting</c><01:06:32.680
- If you want to pass it around to the clerk, she can make sure it goes in the file. Thank you.
- If you want to pass it around to the clerk, she can make sure it goes in the file. Thank you.
Committee:
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Elise Stefanik, of New York, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Jan 21st, 2025
Foreign Relations Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- District for giving me the opportunity to serve them as their voice at the highest levels of Congress. candidate
- We need to make sure that we're running candidates, either American or allied.
- I think the success story of successfully having a candidate defeat China's candidate in the Intellectual
- I do appreciate the fact that you were courteous, informed, civil, and candid in the meeting with me.
- colleagues have asked about your plans for changing the staffing dynamics. and putting forward more U.S. candidates
Committee:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- File.
- File.
- File. File. File.
- File. File. File.
- </c><00:04:42.520><c> File.</c> conferees to various bills. File. conferees to various bills. File.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, my comments actually go to every candidate that's running for governor.
- I'm not inclined to tell gubernatorial candidates what to do.
- I'm not inclined to tell gubernatorial candidates what to do.
- Force Base and the proximity to Rose State College and Tinker Air Force Base makes him the perfect candidate
Committee:
Senate Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delivering for the Northland – Senator Grant Hauschild May 12th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- issues, there's things that people have differing opinions on and we have to make sure we're having a candid
- c><00:01:44.960><c> we're</c><00:01:45.200><c> having</c><00:01:45.280><c> a</c><00:01:45.439><c> candid
- </c> have to make sure we're having a candid have to make sure we're having a candid conversation<00:
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Announcing Legislation for Alzheimer’s Treatment Coverage - 03/11/25
Transcript Highlights:
- pursue this issue because I know that other young-onset Alzheimer's patients like Tim are the best candidates
- the</c><00:10:15.240><c> best</c> patients like Tim are the best patients like Tim are the best candidates
- 16.240><c> drug</c><00:10:16.760><c> but</c><00:10:17.279><c> are</c><00:10:17.560><c> unable</c> candidates
- for this drug but are unable candidates for this drug but are unable to<00:10:18.160><c> receive</c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes the omnibus state government finance and elections bill, SF3045 5/1/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> businesses filing fraud protection. businesses filing fraud protection.
- Niska, you have House File 20. I know Niska, you have House File 20.
- </c> House File 20 or A10? House File 20 or A10?
- Let's see lawsuit filings, various filings that are all public.
- Senate file number 3045 as reading. Senate file number 3045 as amended.
DE
Transcript Highlights:
- challenges that come from things like automated enforcement, a significant increase in the civil filings
- within this court, and then the fact that we have sought Filing within this court and then the fact
- To be candid, universally, 218 holders are angry because the question was asked during the drafting of
Committee:
House Judiciary
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met and heard three bills. HB 372 would reorganize Justice of the Peace Court resources by shifting the number of judges and court locations among counties, consolidating overnight operations into a single 24-hour court in Kent County, and adjusting staffing to address workload and efficiency concerns. Chief Judge Alan Davis said the change responds to increased civil filings, automated enforcement, and staffing shortages, and that a Sussex County pilot closing a 24-hour facility had worked without major issues. Some members raised concerns about impacts on Sussex and Kent County, bail processing, and local response times, while public comment included one supporter. The committee voted to release HB 372.
The committee then considered SB 324, which amends Delaware’s permit-to-purchase law to allow constable agencies, including those serving institutions like Delaware Tech, to purchase handguns for newly hired constables without duplicative background checks. Sponsor Representative Cook said the bill aligns constable procurement with existing law-enforcement exemptions while preserving gun-safety requirements. Public testimony included support from Delaware Tech and comments urging broader fixes to the permit-to-purchase law, including exemptions for retired officers with federal 218 credentials and clarification on firearms returned from manufacturers, gunsmiths, or police departments. The committee voted to release SB 324.
Finally, the committee heard HB 414, which clarifies that the Superior Court’s exclusive jurisdiction over certain destructive-weapon offenses applies only to adults, while juvenile cases would still begin in Family Court. Sponsor Representative Romer said the bill preserves the Family Court’s role in handling youth cases and allows referral to Superior Court when appropriate. The Department of Justice said it still believes Superior Court is the proper venue for these serious charges, while the Office of Defense Services supported keeping youth cases in Family Court first, arguing that rehabilitation and juvenile-specific dispositions are more appropriate. After public comment, the committee voted to release HB 414, and the meeting adjourned.