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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (02/12/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- is that, given the time the department has spent on fighting these cases, and we have overturned virtually
- is that, given the time the department has spent on fighting these cases, and we have overturned virtually
- I mean, this is instructing the department to get more granularity in it, and with the amendment that
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the <03:50:51.479>the yet I mean this is instructing the the yet I mean - this is instructing the the department<03:50:52.199>
to <03:50:52.399>get <03:50:52.960
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, December 2, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's always instructive to come down here to the floor and listen to the debate.
- The tariffs disproportionately harm small firms which operate on thinner margins and have virtually no
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no <05:26:07.360>buying margins and have virtually no buying margins - and have virtually no buying power.<05:26:08.798>
Yet <05:26:09.680>we <05:26:09.920>- tape hotline, an anonymous inbox, the contents of which, as the ranking member articulated, we know virtually
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I appreciate the support of virtually every member of the Republican side of the aisle.
- In elementary school, she instructed us all in our first rendition of "America the Beautiful."
- Virtually nothing, other than showing up at press conferences and waving his arms around and having long-practiced
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risk governor doing to help stop the risk governor doing to help stop the risk virtually - case, that would potentially liberate our communities from a Ninth Circuit decision that made it virtually
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/24/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm one of the few that can figure out how to do virtual as best I can.
- And they also state that every other one could be done virtually.
- And they also state that every other one could be done virtually.
- Minnesota, some of those virtual options Minnesota, some of those virtual options um,<01:53:12.080>
- So, this would could be done virtually.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 19, March 4, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I vote for 100% instructional silos.
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there's instructional piece and then there's instructional piece and then there's - Again, currently in the current model, 98% of instructional resources go to instructional expenses.
- Thank you. 98% of instructional resources 98% of instructional resources go<03:04:04.160>
to <03 - So, I this go to instructional expenses.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EEP Info Briefing - Thu Apr 16, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There's also virtually joining us Ethan Hartley.
- There's also virtually joining us Ethan Hartley.
- There's also virtually joining us Ethan Hartley.
- There's also virtually joining us Ethan Hartley.
- Uh, we also operate the largest virtual Uh, we also operate the largest virtual power<01:16:17.040
Keywords:
affordable housing, housing credits, perpetual credits, development, Hawaii Housing Finance, Vietnam veterans, commemorative medal, recognition, working group, Hawaii, no-bid contracts, emergency procurement, audit, state agencies, public funds, accountability, emergency response, disability access, 911 systems, life-saving measures
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll move to our third testifier, which will be a virtual Nathan Thompson, executive director of North
- third testifier which will be a virtual third testifier which will be a virtual Nathan<00:08:49.519
- Always great to have a testifier from the range come down and support a bill, even if it is virtually
- Um, but this is a really good virtually. Um, but this is a really good bill,<00:15:31.519>
right? - And on deck, uh, virtually, we'll have Travis Flynn. Welcome to the committee. >> Thank you, Mr.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- c> testify thank you for the opportunity to testify thank you for the opportunity to testify virtually
- I'll share a couple reasons virtually I'll share a couple reasons why<00:40:51.520>
this <00:40 - are spoon-feeding the plant a portion of their nitrogen needs throughout the growing cycle with virtually
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with throughout the the growing cycle with throughout the the growing cycle with virtually - no impact it fully funded at virtually no impact it fully funded at $1.5<00:51:48.160>
million
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Ava is what we call A's virtual assistant, and looking at artificial intelligence and taking curated
- He said they do have virtual office hours that they host online, and their team is always available for
- He said they do have virtual office hours that they host online, and their team is always available for
- He said they do have virtual office hours that they host online, and their team is always available for
- He said they do have virtual office hours that they host online, and their team is always available for
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, we have testifying virtually Commissioner Annie Herella from St. Louis County.
- Next, uh, we have testifying virtually,<00:13:16.800>
Commissioner <00:13:17.279>Annie < - 00:13:17.680>
Herella virtually, Commissioner Annie Herella virtually, Commissioner Annie Herella - Last, we have Jordan May, executive director of the Red Lake Homeless Shelter, testifying virtually.
- Shelter, testifying virtually. Shelter, testifying virtually.
Keywords:
HF3403, emergency rental assistance, rental aid, homelessness prevention, housing crisis, imminent risk of homelessness, eviction prevention, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aids, general fund appropriation, Minnesota revenue commissioner, poverty level, low-income housing, housing stability, family homeless prevention and assistance, emergency housing assistance, eviction, rent, redemption
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They had virtually no skin in the game for the insured product, and there lies something that's a much
- They had virtually no skin in the game for the insured product, and there lies something that's a much
- They had virtually no skin in the game for the insured product, and there lies something that's a much
- They had virtually no skin in the game for the insured product, and there lies something that's a much
- no checks and they provide virtually no checks and balances<00:58:30.440>
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25 - Part 1
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We should also be scaling up virtual or distributed power plants to stabilize our grid during times of
- Virtual power plants already supply over 1,500 megawatts of electricity from 3.9 million homes in the
- Virtual power plants already supply over 1,500 megawatts of electricity from 3.9 million homes in the
- Virtual power plants already supply over 1,500 megawatts of electricity from 3.9 million homes in the
- <00:29:00.519>
or <00:29:00.760>distributed be scaling up virtual or distributed be
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Instructions for how secondary handlers can provide...
- our schools have started our students using technology earlier... ...using mouse and keyboard, instructing
- cooperative services or charter school hires the service retiree for the purpose of providing classroom instruction
- actually will bear the cost and the legal burden of this legislation got to see it after having virtually
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Commission to Study Costs of Special Education (09/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I shared a secretary with two other administrators. ...and it was virtually impossible to stay on top
- or PT, or when a classroom teacher, uh, special education teacher, provides specially designed instruction
- or PT, or when a classroom teacher, uh, special education teacher, provides specially designed instruction
- Now, is specially designed instruction a database, or is that just pencil on a piece of paper?
Summary:
The commission held an organizational meeting under SB 57 to study the cost of special education, with the meeting streamed publicly at the chair’s request. Members introduced themselves, and the chair explained that the bill creates two separate pieces, one dealing with SAU structure and the other with a commission on special education costing. He outlined his background in education and special education and said the commission’s work would focus on understanding and controlling special education costs.
The commission reviewed its membership requirements and noted several vacancies or unfilled appointments, including the special education advocate, two governor-appointed parent advocates, and a Department of Health and Human Services representative. The members then elected Representative Rick Ladd as chair, Representative Dick Ames as vice chair, and Representative Megan Murray as clerk. Representative Ames briefly described his legal and policy background in disability and special education work in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
The chair then walked through the commission’s study topics, including referral rates by IDEA category, reasons for increases in categories such as autism and other health impairment, post-COVID referral trends, pre-referral interventions, Medicaid and 504-related costs, out-of-district placements, dispute resolution, billing practices, privacy, reimbursement, legal services, graduation rates, attendance, and adult learning. Members discussed how special education costs are distributed, noting that the state spends about $977 million annually on special education, with only part covered by state aid and the remainder largely borne by local districts. Testimony also noted that out-of-district placement costs have risen sharply since rate-setting changes around 2018, and that some categories may reflect changes in identification practices, medical factors, or broader population shifts. The commission agreed to continue reviewing the data and formulas in future meetings.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Protection and Victim Services Committee May 13th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Protection and Victim Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Sometimes we do virtual if the family would prefer that. And we're just learning about the family.
- This was in response to the Supreme Court interpreting that exclusively virtual images were not technically
- Exclusively virtual images were not technically considered child pornography and thus not subject to
- also clarified that sexually explicit conduct must be graphic and added in a provision prohibiting virtual
- And that mentor helps the message... through our education, whether that is in person, virtual, through
PA
Transcript Highlights:
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court interpreted the fourth exception to allow municipalities or agencies to add virtually
- any item to the agenda at the meeting, and so. ...to add virtually any item to the agenda at the meeting
- court's ruling now effectively allows the 24-hour rule to be completely circumvented by allowing virtually
Summary:
The House began with ceremonial recognitions, including guests of Representatives Benham and Warren and a farewell acknowledgment for longtime floor staffer Michelle Martin, who is leaving House service for a role in the Senate. The chamber then took up caucus and committee announcements, recessed several times, and later returned to consider a series of committee reports and bills. House and Senate bills were reported from Rules, Appropriations, and Judiciary, including referrals of several measures to committees.
The House adopted House Resolution 515 unanimously, urging Congress to review Major Richard D. Winner’s actions for possible Medal of Honor recognition. It also adopted House Resolution 208, directing a performance audit of services, wait times, and processes in the Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services; supporters said it would help improve services for Pennsylvanians with vision impairment, while the vote was 201-1. The chamber then passed several bills with amendments, including measures on foster care youth benefits, AI companion safeguards, prison industry enhancement program administration, memorial bridge designations, firefighter and EMS donation options through PennDOT renewals, horse-racing background checks, and fertility preservation coverage.
Several bills reached final passage. House Bill 1239, limiting homeowners associations from restricting rooftop solar installations, passed 109-93. House Bill 2146, amending the Sunshine Act to tighten the 24-hour agenda notice rule while preserving limited exceptions, passed 193-9 after debate over transparency and local-government flexibility. House Bill 2558, banning non-compete agreements for broadcast workers, passed narrowly 103-99 amid objections from Republicans and concerns about impacts on local broadcasters and contract rights. Senate Bills 971 and 972 also passed finally, dealing with township audit deadlines and municipal memorials for first responders.
The House also approved House Bill 2412, funding state-related universities for fiscal year 2026-27, by 155-47 after debate over Penn State’s campus closures, accountability, and per-student funding differences; House Bill 2413, appropriating funds to the University of Pennsylvania, passed 195-7. The chamber then moved several bills back to Appropriations, signed Senate Bills 971 and 972, and adjourned until the next scheduled session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Steering and Policy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Senate Committee on Steering and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, we're now going to virtual. Four more. One, two, three, four more testifiers.
- Since the acceptable exceptions to the post-24-week ban can encompass virtually every reason that a pregnant
- Since the acceptable exceptions to the post-24-week ban can encompass virtually every reason that a pregnant
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Steering and Policy held a public hearing on potential updates to Massachusetts’ 2022 Shield Law to strengthen protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care. Chair Cindy Friedman said the hearing was prompted by escalating federal and out-of-state threats, and testimony was sought on loopholes and clarifications involving emergency abortion care, limits on cooperation with outside investigations, protection of patient data, and safeguarding licenses of providers and attorneys involved in this care.
The Attorney General’s Office, ACLU of Massachusetts, GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, Reproductive Equity Now, the Massachusetts Medical Society, TransHealth, and Health Imperatives all supported strengthening the law. Witnesses urged broader bans on sharing health data with hostile states, explicit AG enforcement authority, exclusion of reproductive and gender-affirming prescriptions from the prescription monitoring program, protections for electronic medical records, and allowing clinicians to use practice names on prescription labels. Several speakers also called for protections for parents of transgender youth, attorneys, and nonprofit organizations, and some raised related concerns about insurance discrimination and the burden of post-24-week abortion restrictions.
Committee members asked questions about enforcement mechanisms, data privacy, patient consent, and how to balance interoperability with privacy protections in electronic records. Witnesses said the goal was to prevent immediate harm while preserving patient control and access to care. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair closed by inviting written testimony and then moved to adjourn the hearing.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Legislative Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- And the commissioners who are online, virtually. Thank you. Okay. All right.
- Any other commission members who are here attended virtually? Okay, Senator Keenan, thank you, Mr.
- Okay, any questions from commissioners virtually? Can I ask a quick question? Yes.
Summary:
The commission met for its fourth hearing on emerging firearm technology, focused on personalized firearms and related privacy issues. Co-chairs noted the commission’s charge to study personalized firearm incentives, risks from digital manufacturing codes and AI, and the costs of requiring personalized firearm and microstamp technologies, and said the report deadline is being extended to July 31. They also announced the next public hearing for April 17 at 11:00 a.m., limited to Massachusetts residents.
The first witness, Kai Kloepfer of Biofire, described the company’s personalized 9mm smart gun and argued it is designed to prevent unauthorized use through biometric authentication, local encrypted data storage, no wireless connectivity, and automatic disarming when released. He said Biofire opposes any mandate requiring personalized firearms, calling such mandates a de facto gun ban that would stifle innovation, limit consumer choice, and burden a still-developing market. He said the company has a patent portfolio, has received thousands of pre-orders, is shipping in all 50 states, and is approved for sale in Massachusetts; he also said the gun costs about $1,500, is currently sold online, and is intended mainly for home defense. Members questioned him about sales, manufacturing, battery life, repairability, transfer of ownership, possible expansion to other firearms, and whether microstamping could be incorporated.
A Massachusetts firearms roster official, Michaela Dunn, explained the state’s testing and approval process for handguns and confirmed that the Biofire firearm is now on the Massachusetts roster and commercially available for retail sale in the state. Kate Crockford of the ACLU of Massachusetts testified only on facial recognition, warning that commercially available systems show significant demographic bias and that Massachusetts lacks comprehensive biometric privacy protections. She urged passage of pending data privacy and biometric privacy bills, including the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act and related measures, before any broader use of biometric verification in firearm laws. Commissioners discussed privacy concerns, and Biofire said its system is zero-knowledge and would likely comply with stronger biometric privacy laws. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported beyond the scheduling announcement and the extension effort.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- And I know that Senator Mark Martin and Senator DeWitt will be online at the hearing virtually, but I
- And I know that Senator Mark Martin and Senator DeWitt will be online at the hearing virtually, but I
- We have Pamela McLaughlin virtually. Is McLaughlin online? There we are. Hi, we got you.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony on a wide range of retirement classification and benefit bills affecting municipal and state employees. Much of the hearing focused on proposals to move various workers from Group 1 to Group 2 or Group 4, including municipal building officials (H. 2776), MassDOT highway workers (H. 2908/Sousa’s Law), DCF attorneys (H. 2771), probation officers, licensed electricians, drinking water operators (H. 3000/S. 1834), MWRA non-clerical workers (S. 1803), transitional parole officers (H. 2878), Plymouth BCI criminal investigator officers (H. 2975/S. 1863), Beverly fire alarm operators/public safety telecommunicators (S. 1876), Massport pipefitters and refrigeration technicians (H. 2788/S. 1829), and other public safety or hazardous-duty classifications. Witnesses generally argued that their work is physically dangerous, understaffed, or comparable to already higher-classified employees, and several said the changes would help recruitment and retention with little fiscal impact because the affected groups are small.
The committee also heard testimony on H. 4508, a home rule petition to grant a disability pension to Boston principal Patricia Lampron. Supporters, including Representative Dan Hunt, Boston city councilors, and Lampron herself, described a severe 2021 assault at the Henderson Inclusion School that left her with lasting physical and psychological injuries and forced her into early retirement. They urged the committee to advance the bill quickly. One witness, Pamela McLaughlin, testified in opposition, arguing the bill would set the wrong precedent and describing alleged prior misconduct by Lampron, and asked that the bill be sent to study.
Several witnesses and committee members asked brief questions, mainly about the scope of the bills, whether certain workers were already in higher groups, and the fiscal or precedent concerns. No votes were taken during the hearing. At the end, the chairs announced that testimony was complete, asked whether anyone else wished to speak, and then the committee voted to adjourn.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 19, 2025 - 01:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- but was unsuccessful in part due to malpractice costs for obstetricians in the state, which are virtually
- Which are virtually the highest in the United States, even in Ocala.
- number of well-trained physicians in Florida, which is already, we already have a severe shortage in virtually
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met to consider HB 6003, a bill to repeal Florida’s “free kill” law that limits certain survivors’ ability to recover non-economic damages in medical negligence wrongful death cases. The sponsor, Rep. Trabulsy, said the bill would restore access to the courts for a small class of families and noted the measure passed both chambers last year before being vetoed by the governor. She and supporters framed the bill as a fairness and constitutional issue, while opponents argued repeal would increase malpractice exposure, insurance costs, and pressure on physician access, especially in high-risk specialties and rural areas.
Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters included family members who described deaths they said were caused by medical negligence and who argued the current law denies accountability and equal treatment based on marital status or whether a decedent had minor children. Opponents included the Florida Hospital Association, Florida Medical Association, Florida Chamber, U.S. Chamber, Florida Insurance Council, and other health care and business groups, who warned that repeal could worsen already high malpractice premiums, contribute to physician shortages, and destabilize access to care. Several speakers on both sides discussed possible caps on non-economic damages as a compromise, though the bill itself was presented as a clean repealer with no amendments.
During debate, several members spoke in support, emphasizing equal access to the courts and rejecting the idea that the law should treat some families differently from others. Opponents of the bill argued that the current system helps preserve market stability and that liability concerns, not the free kill law, are driving provider departures. After closing remarks from the sponsor, the committee voted 15 yeas and 1 nay to report HB 6003 favorably.