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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, July 13, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The FEC [clears throat] local level.
- And I want recommendations from the FEC.
- </c><05:26:15.840><c> allowing</c> recommendation from the FEC allowing recommendation from the FEC allowing
- </c> to the FEC.
- So HR8738 will bring the FEC to the FEC.
Bills:
HB8897 , HB3106 , HR1398 , HB8738 , HB3535 , HB7574 , HB8535 , HB8168 , HB9388 , HB9391 , HB8874 , HB9328 , HB8770 , HB7809 , HB6332
Keywords:
FEC, Federal Election Commission, campaign finance, electioneering communications, political committees, electronic filing, e-filing, disclosure reports, campaign reporting, disbursements, checkless payments, payment methods, administrative reform, election law, FECA, 52 U.S.C. 30104, 52 U.S.C. 30102, campaign administration, political spending, Department of Homeland Security
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) Apr 9th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- If a sick patient arrives but does not need emergency care, the FEC... Must turn the patient away.
- To offer these services significantly increases the likelihood of FECs remaining financially viable in
- Under the committee substitute, FECs could treat all sick patients, do outpatient imaging, and lab work
- other outpatient care rendered at FECs.
- If the patient has insurance, the FEC can only charge the amount allowable under the policy.
Bills:
SB227 , SB269 , SB407 , SB463 , SB527 , SB547 , SB1283 , SB1380 , SB1383 , SB1511 , SB1640 , SB1784 , SB2069
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Feb 2nd, 2026
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- We have an FEC. You guys fully fund FEC.
- Well, if you look at an FEC and the engagement mechanism that FEC has, they have no—I don't know."
- "Well, if you look at an FEC and the engagement mechanism that FEC has, they have no— they have bait,
- So you have individuals that go to FEC or a low-level job employment agency, and they get no resources
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
Summary:
The House Corrections and Public Institutions Committee held a public hearing on House Bills 2592, 2787, and 2834, which were described as having nearly identical language. The bills would restore voting rights for people with felony convictions who are no longer incarcerated and, in the versions discussed, remove language requiring completion of probation or parole before registering to vote. Sponsors and supporters said the measures would align Missouri with other states, promote civic engagement, and help reduce recidivism. Several members also noted that people on supervision often work, pay taxes, and remain active in their communities, yet cannot vote under current law.
Committee members asked about practical implementation, especially how voting would work for people who are incarcerated or serving misdemeanor sentences, and whether absentee voting mechanisms would be needed. Witnesses and sponsors said current law already allows some absentee voting for pretrial detainees and suggested the issue could be addressed through further amendment or discussion. Members also raised questions about exclusions for certain offenses, such as election-related felonies, and about whether people on life supervision would be covered. Sponsors explained that the bills would not restore voting rights to people currently incarcerated, but would restore them upon release or while on probation/parole, depending on the bill language.
Testimony was overwhelmingly in support. Bill sponsors Representatives Stennett, Collins, and Anderson testified in favor, along with advocates from Empower Missouri, the Center for Responsive Government Action, the League of Women Voters of Missouri, ACLU of Missouri, Missouri Appleseed, Justice for All, the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP, Americans for Prosperity, and the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition. Supporters emphasized rehabilitation, community belonging, and public safety, citing studies and personal experiences showing that voting rights restoration can reduce recidivism and encourage reintegration. No opposition testimony was presented. The committee took no final action and adjourned after the hearing.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Feb 2nd, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- So I use Kansas City; we have an FEC. You guys fully fund FEC.
- Well, if you look at an FEC and the engagement mechanism that FEC has, they have no—I don't know."
- "Well, if you look at an FEC and the engagement mechanism that FEC has, they have no— they have bait,
- So you have individuals that go to FEC or a low-level job employment agency, and they get no resources
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The two versions are similar in that they adopt a standard akin to the one used by the FEC and upheld
- It generally takes a more holistic FEC approach to determine... whether a group has, as its principal
- The opinion references the definition created by the FEC for the federal analog of the statute but does
- So essentially the opinion says, where there's a difference with the FEC is that to be a member in the
- The organization is not registered as a political committee in any state or with the FEC, but operates
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Ways and Means Committee approves HF2432 4/22/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Um my understanding is that the FEC<00:10:15.519><c> has</c><00:10:15.839><c> also</c><00:10:16.720><
- 16.880><c> capped</c><00:10:17.440><c> costs</c><00:10:18.000><c> for</c><00:10:18.240><c> phone</c> FEC
- has also uh capped costs for phone FEC has also uh capped costs for phone calls.<00:10:19.200><c> Um
Summary:
The committee took up House File 2432, the public safety finance bill, and first confirmed that the public safety finance committee had met its budget target: an additional $50 million over the February forecast base for fiscal years 2026-27 and another $50 million in the tails. Chair Noatne and Chair Mhler described the bill as a compromise that tried to balance major operating pressures, especially at the Department of Corrections, with public safety priorities.
The bill includes funding for peace officer training and recruitment, including the Philando Castile training fund, duty-to-intercede training, and the intensive police officer training program, as well as money for local public safety radio equipment. It also contains penalty and public safety changes such as increased penalties for certain offenses, a longer statute of limitations for first-degree arson, a mandatory minimum for first-degree criminal sexual trafficking, fentanyl-related provisions, and a requirement that the Department of Corrections maintain Narcan in prisons. Members also discussed victim services funding, including the creation of a special revenue account to help stabilize support for domestic violence shelters, sexual assault advocates, child abuse centers, and crime victim services.
During discussion, members raised concerns that the target was too small to cover DOC operating costs and could affect evidence processing, corrections staffing, and rehabilitation programming. Questions focused on prison phone-call funding, which was described as about $3 million per year, and cable television costs, estimated at about $1 million per year. Supporters argued that phone access and programming help rehabilitation, maintain family connections, and improve safety for staff and incarcerated people. No amendments were offered.
The committee then adopted motions to incorporate House File 2300 and House File 2432 into the public safety and judiciary omnibus as separate articles, and finally approved House File 2432 as amended for placement on the general register, with technical corrections authorized. The motions prevailed without opposition.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The LA Times dutifully publishes a headline, former FEC chair files complaint related to Prop. 36.
- Now, of course, the FEC rejected Ms. Rell's complaint since it was completely made up.
- The LA Times dutifully publishes a headline, former FEC chair files complaint related to Prop. 36.
- Now, of course, the FEC rejected Ms. Rell's complaint since it was completely made up.
- Now, of course, the FEC rejected Ms. Rell's complaint since it was completely made up.
Bills:
HB4553
Keywords:
energy, water development, appropriations, fiscal year 2026, flood control, infrastructure
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So, this language actually comes from the FEC and we use that as sort of a starting place.
- and we use that as sort of a FEC and we use that as sort of a starting<00:43:32.240><c> place.
- I assume that the FEC language is reasonably vetted.
- I assume that the FEC language is reasonably vetted.
- I feel like this was FEC language. I assume that the FEC language is reasonably vetted.
Committee:
Senate Elections
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- FEC and the SpeechNow.org v.
- FEC decisions, both from 2010, have had a massive negative impact on the American political system.
- 35:53.800><c> Citizens</c><01:35:54.400><c> United</c><01:35:54.960><c> versus</c><01:35:55.520><c> FEC
- </c><01:35:56.440><c> and</c> united Citizens United versus FEC and united Citizens United versus FEC
- FEC and propose a constitutional amendment to get it done.
Committee:
Senate Elections
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- So, HB 363 essentially takes the FCPA and mirrors it with the current FEC laws to ... ...to prohibit
Committee:
House Ethics and Campaign Finance
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (2-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- institution, and I think it needs to be part of the government for everyone to trust it, maybe at the FEC
- uh</c><00:30:19.720><c> maybe</c><00:30:20.000><c> at</c><00:30:20.159><c> the</c><00:30:20.279><c> FEC
- </c><00:30:20.760><c> maybe</c><00:30:20.960><c> at</c> trust it uh maybe at the FEC maybe at trust it
- uh maybe at the FEC maybe at the<00:30:21.159><c> EAC</c><00:30:21.760><c> but</c><00:30:21.919><c>
Summary:
The committee first handled House Bill 27, which would remove the prohibition on political yard signs in planned communities statewide while still allowing communities to regulate size, placement, and duration. The sponsor said the 2023 Planned Communities Act created an unintended consequence by treating similar homeowners differently based on grandfathering dates, and a legal explanation was offered that the bill would clarify the law and avoid constitutional problems. After discussion, the committee voted 15-0 to pass the bill with favorable expression.
The next item was an update from the Secretary of State on the 2024 election and implementation of House Bill 53, which created prompt post-election audits. He said the audits were carried out smoothly, most found no discrepancies, and no election winners changed, though he recommended adding a specific timeline to the law. He also discussed voter-roll maintenance, saying Kentucky has removed more than 440,000 ineligible voters since 2020, and argued that federal law and limited access to federal databases remain the main obstacles to faster cleanup.
Members asked about the possibility of improper removals, double voting across states, and how provisional voting works. The Secretary said anyone improperly removed can reregister, that any double-voting abuse is likely marginal but still unacceptable, and that provisional ballots are available when eligibility is in doubt and can be reviewed by the county board of elections. He also urged Congress to modernize the 1993 federal voter-registration law, improve access to death and citizenship data, and create a central interstate information-sharing system for election officials.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Jan 28th, 2026
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, but this bill very simply marries up the FCPA that we have here in the state of Alabama with the FEC
Committee:
House Ethics and Campaign Finance
Keywords:
law enforcement, false information, criminal penalty, public safety, identification, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure, professional services, education, HB252, Class IV municipality, Class IV municipalities, municipal audit, audit rotation, certified public accountant, CPA, municipal accounting, Section 11-43B-9, county and municipal government
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Feb 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- does have a corresponding prohibition on accepting contributions and how that is worked through the FEC
- So once the FEC kind of rolled back the federal law on that, states realized there was an opening and
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Before the director speaks, do you want the advocates to understand the effect of the FEC ruling that
- the</c><02:12:15.280><c> effect</c><02:12:16.000><c> of</c><02:12:16.239><c> the</c><02:12:16.480><c> FEC
- </c><02:12:16.960><c> ruling</c> understand the effect of the FEC ruling understand the effect of the
- FEC ruling that<02:12:17.840><c> in</c><02:12:18.079><c> April</c><02:12:18.480><c> 2026</c><02:12:19.679
- and a lot of clarification about the effect of the April 2026 impending deadline, where the federal FEC
Bills:
HB676
Committee:
House Public Safety
Summary:
The committee heard three public safety bills. HB 2235 would appropriate $1.3 million for the Military Affairs and Community Relations Office to strengthen coordination on military and defense issues. Supporters, including the Hawaii National Guard and DBEDT’s military relations office, said the office helps Hawaiʻi understand federal contracting, USA Jobs, and military-related economic impacts. One member questioned why the state should fund a DoD-related office while Hawaiʻi remains under-reimbursed on impact aid; supporters responded that the office serves Hawaiʻi communities and helps prepare residents for federal jobs. The chair said she intended to recommend the bill pass with a HD1, a blank appropriation to be filled in the committee report, technical amendments, a defective effective date, and updated office title language.
HB 2263 would expand Hawaiʻi family leave law to cover qualifying military exigencies. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, DBEDT’s military relations office, and the Hawaii National Guard supported the measure, saying military families often face short-notice deployments, relocations, briefings, and urgent family arrangements that require time away from work, and that aligning state law with federal standards would provide clarity and consistency. The chair said she would recommend passage with a HD1, a defective effective date, and technical amendments.
HB 2291 would clarify that certain National Guard Youth and Educational Programs employees are excluded from collective bargaining, rename the program, and codify its Hawaiian name. The Hawaii National Guard said it was a housekeeping bill with no appropriation, but requested an amendment to align the bill with updated authorities and program references; the chair asked for proposed language before the later decision-making. She said she would recommend passage with a defective date and the requested amendment if provided, and then recessed the hearing until 11:30 a.m. for decision-making on all three bills.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- That's again bringing forward what's a fairly standard FEC requirement.
- ><01:31:00.840><c> a</c><01:31:00.880><c> fairly</c><01:31:01.240><c> standard</c><01:31:01.720><c> FEC
- </c> forward what's a a fairly standard FEC forward what's a a fairly standard FEC requirement.<01:31
Committee:
Senate Elections
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Election Laws Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Election Laws
Transcript Highlights:
- FEC that the lens under which any campaign finance regulation must be viewed is whether it is crafted
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Election Laws
Summary:
The House and Senate Election Laws committees held a hearing focused on campaign finance and several local election-related bills. Office of Campaign and Political Finance Director William Campbell testified in support of H. 848 and S. 515, saying the campaign finance law needs modernization and highlighting proposals for stronger Super PAC disclosure, more timely reporting, improved security for campaign participants, and other reforms. He said the bills would help update a 50-year-old system to reflect legal, economic, and cultural changes.
A major portion of the hearing concerned H. 868/S. 507, which would require earlier and more frequent reporting by ballot question committees. Witnesses from Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, and others argued that ballot campaigns now involve tens of millions of dollars, much of it raised during periods with no real-time disclosure, and that moving these committees into the depository system would improve transparency without burdening grassroots signature-gathering. The committee also heard support for H. 811 and H. 812, which would allow municipalities to create citizen-funded election programs and require identifying information on political text messages, as well as S. 525/H. 875, which would bar political spending by foreign-influenced corporations.
The committee also heard testimony on S. 2605, a Canton home rule petition to move town elections from April to November. Canton residents, a select board member, and a poll worker said the change would increase turnout, better align local elections with the November voting cycle, and give newly elected officials more time to prepare for town meeting. Senator Rausch also testified in support of S. 530, requiring presidential primary candidates to disclose recent tax returns. The hearing ended with no votes taken and the committee adjourning, with a note that the next hearing was tentatively scheduled for January 13.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- requesting an additional appropriation for the difference between the governor's recommendation and J-FEC
Summary:
The committee first considered Idaho Transportation Department budgets. It approved additional dedicated and federal funding for Transportation Services, Division of Motor Vehicles, Highway Operations, and Contract Construction and Right-of-Way Acquisition, including money for deferred maintenance, airfield improvements, replacement items, IT hardware, roadside tree removal, highway operations, and a capital transfer for right-of-way and construction. The committee also adopted several pieces of language, including reappropriation authority and accounting-correction language for ITD, and all of these items received due pass recommendations.
The Department of Agriculture budget was then reviewed. The committee approved a FY 2026 supplemental for invasive species/quagga mussel treatment and a separate deficiency appropriation for pest monitoring and control. It also approved FY 2027 enhancement funding for replacement items and IT hardware, along with reappropriation language for the Resilient Food Systems Grant. The State Liquor Division budget followed, and the committee approved funding for inflation adjustments, replacement items, and IT/security equipment, but rejected proposed language directing the division to report on energy and utility rebates after the Senate failed to support it.
Next, the committee took up the Secretary of State’s budget. Members debated a substitute motion that would have reduced the office’s base budget and added a voter pamphlet appropriation, but that substitute failed. The original motion then passed, funding a one-time voter pamphlet appropriation and an internal personnel transfer, while leaving out the office’s IT replacement request. The Secretary of State testified that additional cuts would slow business filings and election-related work, noting the office had already absorbed a significant rescission.
Finally, the Office of the State Public Defender budget was considered. The committee approved funding for six additional trial attorney positions, data migration and storage, ITS replacement items, and health benefit costs, with the agency explaining that its recent transition and high fill rate made the standard health-benefit calculation inaccurate. The meeting concluded with notice of the next day’s budget-setting agenda and adjournment.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 7, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- WE ALL KNOW THE VALUE SO WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP OF FEC AS WELL AS THOSE RURAL COUNTIES, THERE
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You can find her on the FEC reports: fifteen dollars a month, fifteen dollars a month, fifteen dollars
Committee:
House Elections
Keywords:
voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- What we've done is we looked at the federal model through the FEC, ...PACs can and vice versa.
- What we've done is we looked at the federal model through the FEC and said, how are they doing it?
Committee:
Senate State Affairs