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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Pro Forma Floor Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 10:00 am
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Bills:
SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6176 , SB6335 , SB6047 , HB2235 , HB2272 , HB2340 , HB2543 , HB2554 , HB2632 , HB2464 , HB2619 , HB1376 , HB1796 , HB2091 , HB2249 , HB2254 , HB2353 , HB2431 , HB2441 , SB5808 , SB5949 , SB6006 , SB6260 , SB6297 , SB6351 , SB6354 , SB6355 , HB2124 , HB1069 , HB2104 , HB2624
Keywords:
tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Jan 28th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Bills:
SB115 , SB131 , SB93 , HB319 , HB163 , HB268 , SB115 , SB131 , SB93 , HB319 , HB163 , HB268 , HB181 , HB153 , SB132 , SB26 , SB189 , SB196 , HB140 , SB197 , HB117 , HB181 , HB153 , SB132 , SB26 , SB189 , SB196 , HB140 , SB197 , HB117
Committee:
Senate County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
SB115, Alabama, impersonating a peace officer, peace officer, law enforcement impersonation, police impersonation, unauthorized police officer, fake cop, certification revoked, certification suspended, Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, APOSTC, Class C felony, law enforcement hiring, appointment of officers, federal law enforcement, arrest authority, public order, criminal offenses, Judiciary Committee
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- entitles employees to transitional entitles employees to transitional employment<00:26:24.679><c> periods
- </c> doubling the notice and transitional doubling the notice and transitional employment<00:43:01.440
- It also updates the transitional employment period, that they're exempt if they're transitioned to a
- </c><00:44:34.320><c> um</c> it also updates the transitional um it also updates the transitional um
- ,</c><00:46:28.840><c> it's</c> or people who are transitioning, it's or people who are transitioning
Committee:
Senate Labor
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- options around if there's not uh Transit options around if there's not uh opportunities<02:58:37.960
- discriminate against a potential tenant due to a number of protected categories: their age, sex, gender
- </c><04:12:46.800><c> identity</c> categories their age sex gender identity categories their age sex
- gender identity race<04:12:48.159><c> religion</c><04:12:48.880><c> color</c><04:12:49.399><c> marital
- or national origin to their race gender or national origin um<04:15:00.640><c> I</c><04:15:00.720><c
Committee:
House Housing
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 092 Apr 15th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:55:43.880><c> age,</c> no matter what their faith, gender, age, no matter what their faith,
- There are several transit dollars, federal dollars, that go into multimodal transportation projects.
- ><c> dollars,</c> There are several transit dollars, There are several transit dollars, federal<03:57
- </c> transit projects throughout the state. transit projects throughout the state.
- We are also in a period of really unnerving and challenging transition in that space.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're going to transition to the electives.
- Next we're going to transition to bill H. 2063. Is Kevin Flanagan here?
- Next we're going to transition to H. 1923.
- Okay, we will now transition back to in-person.
- Okay, we will now transition back to in-person.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Summary:
The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a lengthy hearing on several juvenile justice and parole-related bills, with much of the testimony focused on H. 2051/S. 1087 to end lifetime parole for juveniles and emerging adults, and H. 1923 to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to include 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds. Chairs Brandy Fluker-Reid and Lydia Edwards opened the hearing by noting the large number of bills and witnesses, the need to keep testimony moving, and special procedures for incarcerated witnesses and sensitive testimony. They also acknowledged the historic nature of the hearing being chaired by two Black women attorneys. No votes were taken during the hearing itself.
Many incarcerated speakers and advocates supported ending lifetime parole, arguing that young people can change, that lifetime supervision creates constant fear of technical violations, and that it undermines rehabilitation, family stability, employment, and reintegration. Several testified about their own trauma, youth, and growth in prison programs, while others emphasized the costs of decades of supervision and the racial disparities in the system. Support also came from elected officials, UTEC, the Transformational Prison Project, United Way, CPCS’s Youth Advocacy Division, the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, and others, who said juvenile systems are better suited to developmentally appropriate treatment and that the bills would improve public safety and reduce recidivism.
There was also opposition, including testimony from family members of a murder victim who argued that lifetime parole should remain for serious violent crimes and that some offenders are not sufficiently rehabilitated. One virtual witness described a family tragedy involving the kidnapping and murder of her infant nephew and warned that ending lifetime parole could remove needed long-term supervision for dangerous offenders. In addition to the juvenile justice bills, the committee heard testimony on H. 1867, a bill related to continuing care for severe mental illness, and H. 2063, which would increase penalties for assaults on correction officers and other prison staff; the correction officers’ union supported H. 2063 and related safety bills. The hearing continued with many more witnesses and bill topics, but no final committee action was announced in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- He said there was a book called Gender Queer that had pornographic cartoon images of very sensitive sexual
- Uh there was a book<00:22:56.559><c> called</c><00:22:56.799><c> Gender</c><00:22:57.280><c> Queer</c
- ><00:22:57.760><c> that</c><00:22:58.159><c> had</c> book called Gender Queer that had book called Gender
- many individuals who have deeply held religious beliefs and biological and reality beliefs about gender
- about gender. uh and most<01:47:05.760><c> importantly</c><01:47:06.960><c> that</c><01:47:07.600><c
Committee:
House Education Policy
Keywords:
libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, paraprofessional, paraprofessional qualifications, education support staff, teacher aide, teacher assistant, special education, Title I, federal personnel qualifications, Minnesota Department of Education, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Read Act, reading instruction, math instruction
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Millions more supported illegal aliens entering our country and promoting leftist gender ideology around
- religious schools and one-room schoolhouses, leaving many children excluded based on their race, gender
- religious schools and one-room schoolhouses, leaving many children excluded based on their race, gender
- No race, no gender, no zip code is immune from the fentanyl epidemic.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- they first deleted footnote number one, which was that no funds shall be expended on abortions or gender
- transition procedures.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- I think we have to make sure everyone is safe, regardless of their faith or their gender identity or
- their need to take transit or their participation in the process.
Committee:
Senate Law & Justice
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HSH Public Hearing - Tue Feb 4, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST
Human Services & Homelessness
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, our mission is really to advance gender equity and especially economic security for women and
- </c><01:13:04.800><c> equity</c><01:13:05.400><c> and</c> really to advance uh gender equity and really
- to advance uh gender equity and especially<01:13:06.360><c> Economic</c><01:13:06.880><c> Security</
- You know, this gender gap, especially for the working...
- Gender gap, especially for the working single mothers, can last through their whole life and put them
Committee:
House Human Services & Homelessness
Summary:
The committee heard several Human Services measures focused on Medicaid access, long-term care benefits, home health reimbursement, SNAP administration, trauma-informed child welfare, and child abuse reporting. HP 702 would increase funding for Medicaid in-home services if federal matching funds are secured, and testimony from disability advocates supported the measure as needed to help people with disabilities cover medical expenses. HB 1477, described as a correction to a prior session’s mistake, would clarify that the monthly needs allowance for certain long-term care residents does not replace state supplemental payments and would raise the ceiling by $25 to fix the prior issue and by an additional $20 as a new benefit; DHS supported it with amendments, and the committee indicated it would amend accordingly. HB 713 would fund a DHS rate study for home health services, with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii strongly supporting it and describing rising labor costs, losses on Medicaid patients, and access concerns if agencies cannot keep serving Medicaid clients. HB 1099 would appropriate emergency funds to DHS after a USDA penalty tied to SNAP response times, with supporters including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others arguing the money should be reinvested in staffing and systems to improve access and avoid further penalties. HB 1079 would direct the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS to create trauma-informed assessments and training for Child Welfare Services staff; testimony from state offices and advocacy groups supported it, citing the Mālama ʻOhana Working Group, staff burnout, and the need for a sustainable train-the-trainer model. Finally, HB 239 would narrow when failure to provide a child’s needs constitutes abuse or neglect, but DHS raised concerns that the current wording could broaden abuse findings and leave families in poverty without a clear safety net, while the Honolulu prosecutor’s office opposed it, warning it could weaken mandatory reporting and hinder investigations of child abuse. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, though the chair said HB 1477 would be amended and several measures were left open for further questions and testimony.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 62 Jun 29th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- 4781, an act authorizing the city known as the town of Bridgewater to amend its charter to include gender-neutral
Summary:
The House opened with a salute to the flag and welcomed Troop 56 Boy Scouts from Cambridge, including guests earning a citizenship merit badge. The chamber then took up several procedural matters, including adopting Rules Committee resolutions and extending the Committee on Revenue’s reporting deadline to January 24, 2027. The House also concurred in a Senate petition allowing the South Deerfield Fire District to continue employing fire department member Stephen Kulowski.
On legislation, the House advanced Senate Bill 3142, which removes the term “hearing impaired” from the general laws, ordering it to a third reading. The House also passed to enactment a group of bills covering local and personnel matters, including Bridgewater charter language changes to make it gender-neutral, Boston police age waivers for two officers, a Berkeley selectmen membership increase, and sick leave banks for Sharon Manning and Stephanie Vieira. The chamber later concurred in Senate amendments to House Bill 4805 on Plainville’s charter and House Bill 5053 on Orange’s charter, and passed House Bill 5035 on Grafton’s senior tax exemption to be engrossed.
The Committee on Ways and Means reported House Bill 5534, a fiscal year 2027 interim appropriations bill totaling $7.703 billion, and the House fast-tracked it through second and third reading. After recesses and renewed motions, the bill was passed to be engrossed and then enacted. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to meet again Wednesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Administrative Rules REVISED Feb 19th, 2026 at 11:30 am
Administrative Rules
Transcript Highlights:
- That's an order that effectively ended administrative amendments for gender identity changes.
Committee:
Senate Administrative Rules
Keywords:
HJR1032, House Joint Resolution 1032, Service Oklahoma, administrative rules, rule repeal, joint resolution, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 670:15-1-10, OAC 670:15-1-14, agency regulation, legislative oversight, Secretary of State, Oklahoma Register, rulemaking, permanent rules, administrative code, state government, task force, agency review, board review
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Wed Feb 12, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- from the states that are running the program, and then they tailor it to our populations, ages, our gender
- from the states that are running the program, and then they tailor it to our populations, ages, our gender
- tailor it to our populations<01:09:06.480><c> ages</c><01:09:07.199><c> our</c><01:09:07.520><c> gender
- </c><01:09:07.960><c> balance</c><01:09:08.759><c> our</c> populations ages our gender balance our populations
- ages our gender balance our incomes<01:09:09.600><c> to</c><01:09:09.799><c> come</c><01:09:09.960><
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Summary:
The Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee met on February 12 and heard several bills. HB 97, relating to travel insurance, drew only brief testimony: the Insurance Division stood on written testimony, one industry witness supported the bill and requested a minor amendment, and no one else testified or asked questions. HB 226, relating to window tinting, received support from the Department of Transportation, while the Honolulu Police Department offered comments on the proposed amendments, asking for clearer language on what it means to roll windows down, when the requirement applies, how it handles bad weather, and what sanctions would apply for noncompliance. No further testimony was offered on that measure.
The committee also heard HB 1179, relating to rural emergency hospitals. The Department of Human Services stood on written testimony, and Maui Health Systems strongly supported the bill, saying it would help critical access hospitals better serve kūpuna and provide long-term care beds. There were no questions or additional testimony. HB 420, relating to remedies and the contractor repair act, generated extensive and sharply divided testimony. Opponents, including attorneys representing homeowners and AARP Hawaii, argued the bill was anti-consumer, would weaken homeowners’ ability to recover for construction defects, and would shift costs and risk to consumers. Supporters, including builders, realtors, the Chamber of Commerce, and D.R. Horton Hawaii, said the bill would create a more balanced and efficient process, reduce unnecessary litigation, and help builders address legitimate defects more quickly.
Testimony on HB 420 focused heavily on whether the contractor repair process and class actions help or hinder repairs. Opponents said the bill would delay or limit homeowner recovery, especially for life and safety defects, while supporters said current class-action litigation can prevent direct communication with homeowners and slow repairs. Committee members asked questions about when communication with homeowners stops and whether repairs could be made before a class is certified. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Health Services (3-3-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- conscience, then we have to address the fact that we no longer allow our parents to take care of their gender-affirming
- /c><00:35:25.440><c> care</c><00:35:25.599><c> of</c><00:35:25.720><c> their</c><00:35:25.880><c> gender
- </c><00:35:26.280><c> affirming</c> to take care of their gender affirming to take care of their gender
Keywords:
Discussion on SB 132 - 00:06
Vote on SB 132 - 04:41
Discussion on HB 219 - 43:49
Vote on HB 219 – 49:00
Discussion on HCR 20 – 50:08
Vote on HCR 20 – 51:28, 958, all
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 132, which would create conscience protections for health care professionals who object to participating in certain procedures or services on religious, moral, or ethical grounds. Senator Donald Douglas and several supporters argued the bill is a recruitment and retention tool for Kentucky’s health care workforce, emphasizing provider shortages, maldistribution, and the need to protect individual conscience rights. Supporters said the bill would not apply to emergency care, would not permit denial of care based on a patient’s identity, and would mainly protect professionals from being forced to perform procedures they believe are unethical. They also cited similar laws in six other states and said the bill would have a cause of action to give it enforcement teeth.
Supportive testimony came from an emergency physician, a registered nurse, and others who described personal experiences or examples involving objections to abortion-related care, opioid prescribing, and pressure to participate in procedures that conflicted with conscience. They said conscience protections would help attract providers, preserve ethical integrity, and allow clinicians to make professional judgments without corporate or institutional coercion. In questioning, senators asked about practical examples, the scope of the bill, whether it would cover hypothetical cases involving patients of particular religions or identities, and which states have similar laws. The sponsor and supporters repeatedly said the bill is about procedures, not patients, and that it should not be read to allow discrimination against individuals.
Opponents, including pediatricians and a registered nurse/minister, warned that the bill is overly broad and could allow refusals of care by not only physicians but also pharmacists, clerks, and ambulance drivers. They argued it could delay treatment, increase discrimination, and worsen access problems in rural areas, especially for contraception, Plan B, blood transfusions, and other services. Critics said existing professional ethics already require patient care and that the bill could undermine evidence-based medicine and worsen Kentucky’s provider shortage. The committee took testimony and questions; no final vote or disposition was announced in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Working Group 1/15/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- member asked whether, under the health equity stance, anybody would be denied service based on race, gender
- service<00:51:11.079><c> based</c><00:51:11.400><c> on</c><00:51:11.599><c> race</c><00:51:11.960><c> gender
- </c><00:51:12.880><c> political</c> service based on race gender political service based on race gender
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/12/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- like ours have put in watching the doors, packing groceries, commuting with them to reduce public transit
- Their skin color, salary, zip code, gender, ethnicity, or legal status, among other things, must never
- Their skin color, salary, zip<01:19:58.160><c> code,</c><01:19:58.520><c> gender,</c><01:19:59.000><c
- > ethnicity,</c><01:19:59.520><c> or</c><01:19:59.640><c> legal</c> zip code, gender, ethnicity, or legal
- zip code, gender, ethnicity, or legal status,<01:20:00.720><c> among</c><01:20:01.120><c> other</c><
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/11/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- I think the question... it might have been a verbal tick as one of those gendered things. >> Okay.
- have been a verbal tick as one<00:32:13.600><c> of</c><00:32:13.679><c> those</c><00:32:13.840><c> gendered
- </c> one of those gendered things. one of those gendered things.
- essential, regardless of if there's a mandate such as housing, homelessness, libraries, health access, transit
Keywords:
municipal nondisclosure agreement, NDA, public records, transparency, local government, county, city, town, school district, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, port authority, economic development, land development, public financing, tax increment financing, TIF, abatement, municipal bonds, debt obligations
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- that includes location data, genetic and biometric data, health data, including reproductive and gender-affirming
- Reproductive and gender-affirming care and neural data, children's data, identity-related information
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, recognized several guests in the chamber, and adopted a resolution congratulating Coleman-Nee on election as National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans. It also took up several local and personnel matters, including a sick leave bank for Emily Cullick and later Paul Stavarski, and local bills affecting the town of Weston and a Dorchester housing/library procurement exemption; those measures were advanced to third reading or engrossment as appropriate. The chamber also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committees.
The main business was Senate No. 2516, the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, which came before the Senate on a Ways and Means substitute (Senate Document 2608). Senators Creem, Moore, Charles, Feingold, Keenan, and others spoke in support, describing the bill as a comprehensive consumer privacy measure with data minimization rules, limits on sensitive data, protections for minors, and strong Attorney General enforcement. Several amendments were debated, with many rejected or withdrawn, while some were adopted, including provisions on geolocation data protections, opting out of targeted advertising, affiliate and merger/acquisition protections, internal operations exemptions, parental access to child data, and a Ways and Means amendment. A number of other amendments on employee data, union data, loyalty programs, AI training, reporting, and related issues were either not adopted or held/withdrawn.
After the amendment process, the Senate adopted the amended Ways and Means substitute and ordered the bill to a third reading. The bill was then passed to be engrossed on a roll call vote of 40-0. The Senate also adopted an order to adjourn to the following Monday at 11:00 a.m. and to dispense with printing a calendar. The session adjourned in memory of Darrow Logan Alexander of South Boston.
VT