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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 43 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And House Bill 5399, establishing a sick leave bank for Carla Johnson, an employee of the Department
- House No. 5346, and an act establishing a sick leave bank for Carla Johnson, an employee of the Department
- prepared, and now before the House for final passage: House 5245, an act establishing a sick leave bank
- Through her dedication and service, Through her dedication and service, Phyllis had a lasting and positive
- It is now before the House for final passage an act establishing a sick leave bank for Courtney Cochran
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then adopted several resolutions, including commendations for Praxia Awareness Day and congratulations to an Eagle Scout. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow a Barnstable petition concerning regulation of vessel transportation in Marston Mills and Osterville to go to the Committee on Transportation. The House then took up a Steering, Policy and Scheduling report and advanced three bills: a Westford local option liquor license bill, a Westfield liquor license conversion bill, and a sick leave bank bill for Carla Johnson of the Department of Unemployment Assistance. All were ordered to a third reading.
The House later considered and passed several measures, including a sick leave bank for Courtney Cochran of the Department of Children and Families, a Senate bill allowing Taunton to establish a separate water billing rate for manufactured housing, and a Hope Dale bill creating the office of town administrator. It also engrossed a Chelmsford bridge naming bill and a Sudbury senior property tax exemption bill. On Senate 2544, concerning the number of registered voters needed to petition for a special town meeting in Andover, the House adopted an amendment adding an immediate effective date before passing it to be engrossed as amended.
The chamber observed a moment of silence in memory of Phyllis Simon of South Boston, described as a longtime educator and public servant. At the end of the session, the House adopted an order to adjourn and then adjourned to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m. in informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 43 May 7th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises; and House Bill 5399, establishing a sick leave bank
- drunk off premises house number 53 46 local approval received and the house bill establishing a sickly bank
- House No. 5346, and an act establishing a sick leave bank for Carla Johnson, an employee of the Department
- and truly prepared, and now before those final passage, House 5245, an act establishing a sick leave bank
- Through her dedication and service, Through her dedication and service, Phyllis had a lasting and positive
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then adopted two resolutions: one commending individuals and families across the Commonwealth and designating May 14, 2026 as Praxia Awareness Day, and another congratulating Galvin Trautman on earning the rank of Eagle Scout. The House also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow a petition by Kip A. Diggs concerning regulation of vessel transportation in Marston Mills and Osterville in Barnstable to go to the Committee on Transportation.
The House then advanced several local and personnel bills. It scheduled and gave second reading to bills authorizing Westford to grant one additional off-premises alcohol license, allowing Westfield to convert a seasonal off-premises alcohol license to an annual one, and establishing a sick leave bank for Carla Johnson of the Department of Unemployment Assistance. These bills were ordered to a third reading. The House also took up and passed to be enacted Senate 2652, authorizing Taunton to establish a separate billing rate for water supply to a manufactured housing community, and House 4784, providing for a town administrator in Hope Dale.
On third reading, the House passed to engrossment House 4723, designating a bridge in Chelmsford as the Ferreira Brothers Bridge, House 4755, amending the means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption in Sudbury, and Senate 2544, regulating the number of registered voters who may petition for a special town meeting in Andover, as amended by adding an immediate effective date. The House also adopted the emergency preamble and later passed to enact House 5245, establishing a sick leave bank for Courtney Cochran of the Department of Children and Families. The session included a moment of silence for Phyllis Simon of South Boston before adjournment to meet again Monday at 11 a.m. in informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 43 May 7th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises; and House Bill 5399, establishing a sick leave bank
- House No. 5346, and an act establishing a sick leave bank for Carla Johnson, an employee of the Department
- and truly prepared, and now before those final passage, House 5245, an act establishing a sick leave bank
- Through her dedication and service, Through her dedication and service, Phyllis had a lasting and positive
- House being in order, it is now before the House for final passage an act establishing a sick leave bank
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 1st, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- These celebrations bring together faith, family, culture, and service.
- And today that legacy continues in business, public service, education, the arts, and our military.
- They founded businesses, opened banks, thank you, Bank of America, which was Bank of Italy, and brought
- They created landmarks, launched institutions like the San Francisco Opera and the Bank of Italy, and
- Giannini, the son of Italian immigrants and founder of Bank of America, once said, serving the needs
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- <03:37:01.640><c> basically</c><03:37:01.960><c> cowed</c> banks and so the banks basically cowed banks
- That's the one in which they can confiscate a bank comp. They can compel the bank to comply.
- Yeah, you know, that you're doing this because you are doing a service. You're providing a service.
- Yeah, you know, that you're doing this because you are doing a service. You're providing a service.
- Yeah, you know, that you're doing this because you are doing a service. You're providing a service.
Summary:
The discussion focused on a cannabis legalization/regulation bill and whether it should be retained for further study or moved forward. Members debated the fiscal impact, with one side emphasizing that the bill would cost about $7.1 million in the first two years before generating revenue, while supporters argued the House should make a statement in favor of legalization despite likely opposition from the Senate and governor. There was also disagreement over strategy: some said retaining the bill until closer to the next election would give the issue more visibility, while others said delaying would only avoid sending a bill the Senate was unlikely to take up anyway.
A major point of contention was whether cannabis should be regulated by a new cannabis commission or placed under the Liquor Commission. Supporters of the Liquor Commission argued it already has enforcement infrastructure, especially for age restrictions, and could handle cannabis more efficiently without creating a new bureaucracy. Opponents said cannabis is a different industry that would require specialized expertise, and they objected to expanding the Liquor Commission, which they described as unpopular and costly. The committee also discussed past versions of the bill, including concerns about limited licenses and the perception that the earlier approach favored large businesses.
Members reviewed specific provisions such as licensing fees, THC limits, and cultivation categories. One member noted a $10,000 fee for retail cannabis stores and cannabis product manufacturers authorized to perform extractions, while a smaller tier-one cultivator fee was described as a lower-cost option for small growers. There was also discussion of whether the bill would allow sales through general retail outlets or only dedicated cannabis stores, and whether plants and seeds were covered. No final vote or action was clearly recorded in the excerpt, but the main procedural question was whether to retain the bill for more work or advance it as written.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 29 (2-18-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- Government service.
- Government service. In Got on his nerve. Government service.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 25, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Jeremiah Bishop, the state banking commissioner and the head of the Division of Banking.
- </c><00:58:01.839><c> If</c> banking commissioner. Are you Yes. If banking commissioner.
- Same thing with banking.
- Same thing with banking.
- Same thing with banking.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 29, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We must move away from fee-for-service.
- He continued his education after his military service at Harvard University, military service at Harvard
- , the Navy distinguished public service award, and the Department of Defense distinguished public service
- As a distinguished World War II veteran, Congressman Gorini's service to Congressman Gorini's service
- Watkin as he retires from federal service after an extraordinary 48 years of dedicated service to our
Bills:
HCR108 , HB3300 , HB7128 , HB7757 , HB7305 , HB7266 , HB7258 , HB7257 , HB3350 , HB4662 , HB5347 , HB8873
Keywords:
HCR108, H. Con. Res. 108, War Powers Resolution, Lebanon, Lebanese Armed Forces, U.S. Armed Forces, hostilities, military withdrawal, troop removal, concurrent resolution, Congressional war powers, executive war powers, foreign policy, Middle East, diplomatic facilities, security cooperation, cease hostilities, military engagement, war authorization, non-authorization of force
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- So when the program changed significantly, did many banks drop out of the program? Senator Girl.
- Did many banks drop out of the program? Senator Grohl. Thank you.
- to, recognizing the additional cost of extended services.
- His family continues that tradition of service.
- He showed us that public service isn't about recognition. It's about responsibility.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions and moments of silence recognizing recent tragedies and public figures, including students affected by the FSU shooting, John Thrasher, Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, and conservation and youth groups visiting the chamber. The body also adopted Senate Resolution 1878 honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim and Senate Resolution 1892 recognizing Florida Wildlife Corridor Week.
The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar, passing several bills with little or no opposition. Measures approved included child care and early learning provider regulation updates (SB 738, 37-0), false reporting/swatting penalties and cost recovery (SB 726, 38-0), health care billing and collection protections/medical debt (SB 656, 38-0), hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren (SB 650, 38-0), young adult housing support for foster and homeless students (SB 584, 38-0), the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program disclosure bill (SB 508, 37-1), trust fund interest for court-approved purposes after a debated amendment (SB 498, 28-10), transportation and traffic-safety changes including school bus camera hearings and micromobility rules (SB 462, 37-0), public records exemptions for AHCA investigators and JQC/appellate court clerks (SB 342, 34-4; SB 302, 35-3; SB 300, 35-3), municipal water and sewer utility rate fairness for Miami Gardens/North Miami Beach (SB 202/HB 11, 36-2), motor vehicle offenses involving obscured plates and impersonation (SB 44/HB 253, 36-0), trespass at large-scale ticketed events and law-enforcement-controlled sites (SB 1828/HB 1447, 35-1), patient refund of overpayments (SB 1808, 37-0), stem cell therapy standards (SB 1768, 37-0), insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives (SB 1736/HB 1567, 38-0), and pre-arranged transportation services/rideshare impersonation (SB 1696/HB 1525, 37-0). Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, motor vehicle manufacturers and franchise dealers, and education.
Debate centered most heavily on the trust fund interest bill, with supporters arguing it would stabilize funding and better reflect market rates, and opponents warning it would sharply reduce legal aid funding and hurt access to justice. The transportation bill also drew extensive questions and amendments, including removal of a speed-limit increase, changes to school bus infraction hearing procedures, micromobility regulation, and flood-wake enforcement. The municipal water bill prompted constitutional and fairness concerns, while the public records bills were defended as necessary to protect investigators and court personnel from doxing and harassment. Most measures ultimately passed with strong bipartisan support, though the scholarship disclosure bill and trust fund interest bill drew the most visible dissent.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-23 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Did many banks drop out of the program? Senator Grohl. Thank you.
- to, recognizing the additional cost of extended services.
- He modernized state government, reformed civil service, and invested in public health.
- His family continues that tradition of service.
- He showed us that public service isn't about recognition. It's about responsibility.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and moments of silence, including tributes to those affected by the Florida State University shooting and recognition of Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, John Thrasher, student advocacy groups, conservation organizations, and visiting school groups. Members also adopted Senate Resolution 1878 honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim. The chamber then moved into special order business and considered a series of bills, many of them with House companions substituted in and passed by wide margins or unanimously.
Among the measures passed were bills updating child care and early learning provider regulation, imposing costs on false swatting reports, extending protections against extraordinary hospital collection actions, expanding hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren, creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students, clarifying school choice disclosure requirements under the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, adjusting interest rules for trust accounts supporting legal aid, revising transportation and traffic enforcement provisions, expanding public records exemptions for certain judicial and health care investigators and appellate clerks, changing municipal water and sewer utility rates in Miami-Dade, strengthening motor vehicle offenses involving impersonation and obscured plates, increasing trespass penalties at certain law-enforcement-controlled sites and large ticketed events, requiring refunds of patient overpayments, authorizing certain stem cell therapies, allowing relatives and direct support professionals to administer insulin in group homes, addressing rideshare impersonation and transit funding rules, and updating the Uniform Commercial Code for digital assets and emerging technologies.
Several bills drew notable debate. The trust fund interest bill prompted extended discussion over legal aid funding, bank participation, and whether the measure would reduce support for legal services; it ultimately passed 28-10. The transportation bill was heavily amended, including removal of speed-limit increases and changes to school bus camera enforcement and micromobility rules, and passed 37-0. The Miami-Dade water and sewer rate bill sparked debate over fairness, fiscal impact, and accusations of racism, but passed 36-2. Public records bills protecting agency investigators and JQC employees also drew questions about accountability and transparency before passing. Most other measures passed with little or no opposition, and a few bills were temporarily postponed or set aside.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> child welfare services in the country. child welfare services in the country.
- </c> same services as perhaps another county. same services as perhaps another county.
- Most people who are receiving public services are happy to receive those public services.
- Most people who are receiving public services are happy to receive those public services.
- </c> opened um with our bank opened um with our bank partner.<00:58:50.799><c> Okay.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee Jun 17th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Of the seven bank accounts DCB has, there's only one remaining without Of the seven bank accounts DCB
- With the new shared service plan in place, Minot State will be keeping the DCB bank recs reconciled going
- within NDUS data and Job Service data.
- , recording and registration services, educational services, and any...
- Recording and registration services, educational services, and any other governmental services or functions
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 8th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- objection, one matter will be taken out of the orders of the day: an act establishing a sick leave bank
- An act establishing a sick leave bank for Shannon Manning, an employee of the Trial Court.
- Third reading of a bill: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Shannon Manning, employee of the Trial
- Third reading of the bill: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Stephanie Rivera, an employee of
- Thank you for all of your service to the town of Canton and to these young student athletes.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026
Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> over to Dalton Banks, my co-chairman. over to Dalton Banks, my co-chairman.
- </c> Representative Banks Representative Banks >> here?
- </c> are coming through USDA forest service are coming through USDA forest service right<00:08:35.599
- :18:12.480><c> the</c> >> Chairman Banks, members of the >> Chairman Banks, members of the
- [clears throat] >> Representative Banks. >> Representative Banks. >> I. >> Representative Davis. >> I
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tax Expenditure Review Commission annual report 2/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , and sewer services.
- services.
- And then the tax exemption for residential water services was enacted in 1979.
- </c> services was enacted in 1979. services was enacted in 1979.
- </c> the heating fuels and utility services. the heating fuels and utility services.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Let’s cap disability services. Let’s cut waiver services.
- </c> services. Let's cut waiver services. services. Let's cut waiver services.
- Instead, it allows banks and credit unions, if they choose, to offer custody and safekeeping services
- we're seeking to allow our local banks to engage in identical or similar services as some of those apps
- </c> bank or credit union for this service. bank or credit union for this service.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #5
Transcript Highlights:
- biblical, and legal legitimacy of the regions of Judea and Samaria and formally reject the term West Bank
- biblical, and legal legitimacy of the regions of Judea and Samaria and formally reject the term West Bank
- Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2759, appropriation Department of Veterans Services, appropriates $500,000
- Are they going to cut disability services? Are they going to cut support for veterans?
- But banks are private businesses. They get a say over who they want to partner with or not.
Summary:
The committee worked through a very long minority caucus calendar covering a wide range of bills, with many items being described and then either left on consent, pulled from consent, or noted for votes. Topics included bullion and state depository proposals, a produce incentive appropriation, a biennial budget change, veterans services funding, driver licensing and traffic enforcement measures, procurement and public records changes, school board and school facilities rules, SNAP work requirements and verification, child welfare and juvenile justice provisions, housing and homelessness measures, energy and fuel policy, election administration, and several tax, commerce, and licensing bills. Members repeatedly raised concerns about constitutionality, federal preemption, duplication of existing law, and whether some measures were policy priorities that had been vetoed in prior sessions and were returning unchanged.
Several bills drew extended debate. Members objected to English-proficiency requirements for commercial drivers and motor carriers, arguing federal law and the supremacy clause would bar them. Earned wage access regulation prompted strong opposition over consumer harm, overdraft cycles, and high effective APRs. School-related bills were criticized for overregulating public schools while not imposing similar requirements on ESA/private-school programs, especially on fingerprint clearance and reporting. SNAP-related bills were also opposed as setting unrealistic mandates and repeating vetoed proposals. Other contested measures included a drag-show criminalization bill, a bill restricting photo enforcement, a bill limiting local regulation of unmanned aircraft, and a bill conforming Arizona tax law to federal changes, which members said would benefit wealthy taxpayers and corporations without a clear funding source.
The committee also heard a number of supportive or less controversial measures, including bills on veterans awareness, dementia care telemonitoring, Braille transcription funding, CPA licensure pathways, cash acceptance by retailers, and some child safety and court administration changes. Several bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, while others were noted as having unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The meeting ended with caucus announcements, including an affordability award presentation, an upcoming Latino Caucus discussion on community land trusts, and an invitation to African American Legislative Day activities, followed by adjournment.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:30 am
North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Subsection 5 provides the details on how an application and review process by the bank and the details
- So that's necessary so that the bank can continue the loan process.
- So, I mean, the question is, you know, so we allowed the Bank of North Dakota to be the gatekeeper on
- The second request is from the North Dakota Public Service Commission.
- But another part of that is we have the Public Service Commission that's really willing to advocate on
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. It adopted the procedural employment committee report naming Senate staff for the special session. The chamber then took up several health-care and appropriations measures, first adopting amendments to Senate Bills 2401, 2402, and 2403 before moving them to final passage.
Senate Bill 2401 passed 44-2 and requires physicians to complete at least one hour of continuing education in nutrition and metabolic health, part of a broader rural health care package. Senate Bill 2402 passed 46-0 after major amendments negotiated between the medical and pharmacy boards; as amended, it expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution in limited areas while excluding categories such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, chemotherapy agents, Schedule II drugs, biological products, and narrow therapeutic index drugs. Supporters said it would improve rural access and help secure rural health transformation funding, while questions focused on how pharmacist competence would be measured and enforced.
Senate Bill 2403, also passed 46-0, creates a short-term medical facility emergency operating loan program through the Bank of North Dakota, reduced by amendment from $10 million to $5 million, to help a financially distressed rural hospital. Senators discussed the hospital’s mismanagement, the need for a bridge loan, and safeguards including a limited application window and expiration in 2027. Senate Bill 2404 passed 46-0 and provides supplemental appropriations to the Information Technology Department for ADA-related website accessibility compliance and to the Public Service Commission for additional legal costs in federal energy-rate litigation. The Senate then made announcements about a Highway Patrol safety presentation and filing deadlines, excused an absent member, and adjourned until the next morning.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- One is if there are no credits within a bank service area, the local government has the opportunity to
- purchase credits from a different bank service area, but that is at a higher cost due to purchasing
- from a separate bank service area.
- Service area, but that is at a higher cost due to purchasing from a separate bank service area, so it
- Statewide, we have not run out of credits within certain bank service areas.
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I think maybe the bank in New Hampshire.
- And I think the broader concern from the banking perspective is that banks are not always in the position
- </c> the the broader concern from the banking the the broader concern from the banking perspective<00
- Um, I'm going to go services. Okay.
- This fund shall be used to Services.
Committee:
Senate Ways and Means