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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I also wanted to rise and offer my support and recommend a yes for this piece of legislation. Mr.
- President, this piece of legislation is an example of what a labor of love looks like.
- Senator Frim, please confine your remarks to the legislation before us. Mr.
- Rising in support of this legislation, I do want to say that we... Thank you, Mr. President.
- March 5th, the 53rd Legislative Day. Hearing no objection, the Senate is adjourned.
Bills:
SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6176 , SB6335 , SB6047 , HB2235 , HB2340 , HB2464 , HB2619 , HB1376 , HB1796 , HB2091 , HB2249 , HB2254 , HB2353 , HB2431 , HB2441 , SB5808 , SB5949 , 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
Summary:
The Senate took up a series of House bills, often suspending the rules to move measures directly to final passage after brief debate. Messages from the House reported signed bills being transmitted, and the Senate later signed several measures in open session. The chamber also excused a few members from voting on specific bills.
Among the first major actions, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2508, clarifying the scope and authority of the Office of Independent Investigations, passed 44-4 after supporters described it as a technical housekeeping bill and opponents raised concerns about overlapping investigations. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408, which dedicates 20% of sales tax revenue from the two large stadiums to a community preservation and development authority in South Downtown/Pioneer Square/Chinatown International District, passed 47-1 after supporters emphasized reinvestment in historic buildings and neighborhood safety. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1500, requiring more complete resale certificates for common interest communities and homeowners associations, passed 39-9 after a successful amendment clarifying litigation language. Substitute House Bill 1570, allowing collective bargaining for certain student employees at public institutions, failed an amendment to remove the emergency clause and then passed 29-19 despite objections that it blurs student and employee roles.
The chamber then debated Substitute House Bill 1390, which repeals the Community Protection Program and directs DSHS to transition participants into other developmental disability services. Numerous amendments sought to preserve restrictions, add assessments, or create liability protections, but most were rejected; the committee striking amendment updating agency names and dates was adopted. The bill passed 29-20 after a lengthy, emotional debate over whether the program protects public safety or unfairly restricts people with developmental disabilities, with supporters citing civil rights concerns and opponents warning about risks to vulnerable residents and the lack of a detailed transition plan. Other measures passed with broad support, including Substitute House Bill 2114 on defective license plates (48-0), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2471 on collective bargaining if the NLRB loses authority (31-18), House Bill 1069 on bargaining over supplemental retirement contributions for Department of Corrections employees (31-18), House Bill 2441 expanding medical premium reimbursements for surviving spouses of line-of-duty deaths (49-0), and Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1710 adding preclearance requirements under the Washington Voting Rights Act, which drew debate over local control and litigation but had not yet reached a final vote by the end of the transcript.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 216, 25 March, 2026; 9:30 AM
Business and Financial Institutions
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 216, 12 March, 2026; 1:45 PM
Business and Financial Institutions
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 216, 2 March, 2026; 4:30 PM
Business and Financial Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- [clears throat] Go ahead and begin with HB 1719, prevention strategies on financial fraud. >> Yes.
- This House Bill 1719 is a study committee to study prevention strategies for financial fraud and other
- Um, and it's, as you financial scams.
- Um we had some legislation on committee?
- </c> would it would be around financial would it would be around financial securities<00:03:19.200><c
Committee:
Joint Business and Financial Institutions
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 409, 26 February, 2026; 9:15 A.M.
Business and Financial Institutions
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 216, 3 February, 2026; 1:00 PM
Business and Financial Institutions
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 409, 2 February, 2026; 2:00 P.M.
Business and Financial Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- Another option that is available, as we see in this legislation, is that a fee can be charged for insurance
- That has in turn created this limbo where financial institutions are essentially forced to then store
- I think it gives another layer of protection to the financial institutions if they send it registered
- </c> layer of protection to the financial layer of protection to the financial institutions<00:21:00.880
- The second thing is, does anywhere in this legislation talk about nonpayment?
Committee:
Joint Business and Financial Institutions
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 210; 28 January, 2026: 2:00 PM
Business and Financial Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- what the commissioner's language here is, uh, if a bank is in good standing, they don't have any financial
- ><00:03:48.159><c> don't</c><00:03:48.319><c> have</c><00:03:48.400><c> any</c><00:03:48.879><c> financial
- </c> standing, they don't have any financial standing, they don't have any financial issues.<00:03:50.080
- This legislative body swept all special funds in 2018. I want to know how much money is on hand.
Committee:
Joint Business and Financial Institutions
MS
Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 409, 28 March, 2025; 10:30 A.M.
MS
Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 216, 27 March, 2025; 1:00 PM
MS
Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 409, 3 March, 2025; 4:45 P.M.
MS
Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 210; 4 February, 2025: 2:00 PM
MS
Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 210; 30 January, 2025: 2:00 PM
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- But one of the key elements of good financial management, whether public or in your own life, is to try
- sales and other uses of natural resources in a way that creates a negative impact on monies, on financial
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
housing finance, affordable housing, housing commission, state agency, financial assistance, tribal relations, government, state policy, sovereignty, federalism, HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- So in the legislation, in the move, it does shift all of the name, obviously it shifts all of the personnel
- So in<00:23:46.640><c> the</c><00:23:46.960><c> legislation</c><00:23:47.679><c> in</c><00:23:47.919>
- <c> the</c><00:23:48.080><c> move</c><00:23:49.280><c> it</c><00:23:50.159><c> does</c> in the legislation
- in the move it does in the legislation in the move it does it<00:23:51.280><c> shifts</c><00:23:51.679
- However, I believe that any legislation on this would be a step forward from where we are now.
Committee:
House Judiciary
Keywords:
homeland security, search and rescue, grants, emergency response, Wyoming, sex offender, child care facility, residency restrictions, public safety, criminal law, sex offenders, child care facilities, legislation, kratom, regulation, healthcare, age restrictions, manufacturing standards, 916, all
WY
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
homeland security, search and rescue, grants, emergency response, Wyoming, sex offender, child care facility, residency restrictions, public safety, criminal law, sex offenders, child care facilities, legislation, kratom, regulation, healthcare, age restrictions, manufacturing standards, 916, all
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the 2026 legislative session.
- I have testified now before 10 different state legislative bodies about interviewing and interrogation
- The legislation under consideration in Washington does not prohibit effective policing.
- Edwin Obras, representing the 33rd Legislative District in South King County.
- wage theft, construction fraud, fraud against state agencies and other financial crimes.
Committee:
House Community Safety
Keywords:
Indian rights, treaty rights, convictions, tribal members, criminal justice reform, Attorney General, AG investigators, limited authority peace officer, peace officer certification, economic crimes, financial crimes, white-collar crime, fraud investigation, search warrant service, electronic service, business records, law enforcement authority, criminal background check, training requirements, Washington RCW
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- The proposed substitute allows the Office of Student Financial Assistance to collaborate with a statewide
- House Bill 2586 also requires the Office of Student Financial Assistance to deposit funds received for
- the Passport to Careers program into the state financial aid account.
- to deposit funds receive for the passport to careers program into the state financial aid account and
- Some of them are the quality of education, unfair business practices, and financial stability, so they
Committee:
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Keywords:
education, scholarship, early childhood, funding, higher education, early education, support, degree seekers, private security, security guard, armed security guard, security company, licensing fees, license renewal, endorsement fee, fingerprints, background check, workforce retention, low-wage workers, public safety
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 22nd, 2026
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Our biggest challenge legislatively has been how to fund the program.
- You're going to ruin your financial future.
- And the financial burden, of course, is just tremendous for people.
- So it's just a major, major financial blow to many of us.
- It's just financially devastating.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services
Keywords:
crumbling concrete, pyrite, pyrrhotite, homeowner assistance, financial relief, CEDAC, construction, insurance surcharge, foundation repair, Massachusetts
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a public hearing on two late-file matters, centered on S. 3091, a bill to create relief for homeowners affected by the crumbling concrete/pyrrhotite crisis. Senator Peter Durant presented the bill as a way to establish a crumbling concrete assistance fund, administered by CEDAC, to help replace failing foundations and reimburse homeowners who already paid out of pocket. He said the proposal follows recommendations from a state commission and would be funded by a $6 fee on homeowner/condo insurance policies and a $6-per-cubic-yard surcharge on concrete, with the goal of spreading costs broadly rather than placing them on homeowners alone. Several affected homeowners testified about severe financial and emotional harm, including expensive foundation replacements, lost equity, inability to sell or refinance, and long delays in getting help.
Homeowners Karen Riani, Michelle Iglesi, Karen Bellotti, and Russell Dupierre described living with homes that became unsellable or unaffordable to repair, and urged the committee to move the bill forward. Committee members asked about inspection practices, whether pyrrhotite can be detected during home sales, whether the bill would ban pyrrhotite, and how much funding the program would need. Witnesses said the problem is broader than originally understood, affecting at least 52 municipalities, and that the only fix is full foundation replacement. They also said the bill includes training and education for inspectors, but does not ban pyrrhotite outright because the issue is now being addressed through quarry testing and material controls.
Representatives of the concrete industry, including Craig Dauphinay, Karen Marshall, and Guy Glottis, said they support homeowner relief and the creation of a fund, but strongly opposed the concrete surcharge. They argued the industry has already taken significant steps, including supporting state testing and regulation of aggregate sources, and said the surcharge would unfairly assign blame, raise costs for residential, municipal, and infrastructure projects, and create cross-border competitiveness issues with neighboring states. They favored a Connecticut-style model funded primarily through insurance assessments, noting that Connecticut’s program has been successful and that Massachusetts could adopt a similar approach. No vote was taken at the hearing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It enhances legislative oversight by streamlining and consolidating various oversight committees and
- I serve as Vice President for Legislative Affairs for the American Council of Engineering Companies of
- committee substitute really do take a big step forward to build off the successes from the 2023 legislative
- I'll end with this: it is a top priority this legislative session. We know we get one shot at this.
- That said, the legislative oversight and performance and accountability standards in SB 7 are essential
Bills:
SB7
Committee:
House Natural Resources