Video & Transcript Research : 'March 12, 2026 - Regular Session'
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VA
Transcript Highlights:
- The House is now in session.
- 11, 2026.
- Speaker, on Saturday, March 14, 2026, at 10 a.m. at the Bell Tower, Capitol Square, there will be a recognition
- And it's actually a statement I've heard this session.
- Calendar for today, Thursday, March 12, 2026.
VA
Virginia 2026 1st Special Session
March 12, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2
Virginia House Floor Meeting
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- The House is now in session.
- 13, 2026.
- Speaker, I've been pretty quiet this session, but— Mr.
- Calendar for today, day 60 of the 2026 regular session this Saturday, March 14th.
- Senate Joint Resolution 209 is the last for this regular session for the Spanberger administration's
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- The House is now in session.
- 12, 2026.
- Espinoza, you all have been our rocks and held everyone together this session.
- Speaker, I move that the House stand in recess until 12:30.
- The House is in recess until 12:30. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- The House is now in session.
- Next up in the block is Senate Joint Resolution 56, designating March 14, 2026, and in each succeeding
- , in recognition of the 250th anniversary of the first Virginia General Assembly meeting in regular session
- , in recognition of the 250th anniversary of the first Virginia General Assembly meeting in regular session
- Resolutions regular calendar, a senator, a senator, a senator. resolution's regular calendar, resolution's
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- H.R. 321 on page 41 of the calendar be moved to Thursday, March 12. Thank you.
- Without objection, House Resolution 321 on page 41 is passed by until March 12.
- House Joint Resolution 267 on page 35 go by until Thursday, March 12.
- Continuing with Senate Bills' third reading, regular bottom of page 12.
- Speaker, we take H.J.R. 280 by until March 12.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- The House is now in session.
- 6, 2026.
- New category, Senate Bills third reading regular, page 12: Senator Pekarsky's SB 108 is by for the day
- New category, Senate Bill's third reading regular.
- Page 12, Senate Bill 20, bye for the day? Yeah. Page 12, Senate Bill 20, bye for the day.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- The House is now in session.
- 5, 2026.
- 5, 2026.
- Calendar for today, Friday, March 6th, 2026, for the Virginia House of Delegates.
- Can we check 12? Mr.
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Transcript Highlights:
- The House is now in session.
- 4, 2026.
- 10, 2026.
- Order relating to judicial elections until Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at the conclusion of the morning
- Calendar for today, Thursday, March 5th, Day 51 of this 2026 regular session. We come to page two.
VA
Virginia 2026 1st Special Session
March 14, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2
Virginia House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So the overall rate could hover around 12% to 16.5%.
- idea that I don't disagree with on its face, but it has been so poorly crafted and constructed this session
- idea that I don't disagree with on its face, but it has been so poorly crafted and constructed this session
- idea that I don't disagree with on its face, but it has been so poorly crafted and constructed this session
- Speaker, I've had a loaded firearm in my personal bedroom since I was about 12 years old.
VA
Virginia 2026 1st Special Session
March 14, 2026 - Regular Session Part 3
Virginia House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Ayes, 85; noes, 12. The conference report is agreed to.
- rate-making provisions related to data centers to Dominion's regularly scheduled annual review in March
- This is, in my view, the most important bill of the session.
- This will ask to report back to the Court's committees in September and ask them to report every March
- The conference has adopted the House version of the Senate bill, which passed unanimously on March 7th
VA
Virginia 2026 1st Special Session
March 14, 2026 - Regular Session Part 4
Virginia House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, we've talked a lot about a lot this session, and particularly around this bill.
- regular session to a 2026 special session of the General Assembly.
- Speaker, I move that House Bill 30 be continued to a 2026 special session of the General Assembly pursuant
- The delegate from Alexandria moves that House Bill 30 be continued to a 2026 special session of the General
- business coming before such special session.
VA
Virginia 2026 1st Special Session
March 13, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2
Virginia House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're using the regular calendar if you're following an IHOD or the printed version.
- the Senate expands coverage for remote patient monitoring for high-risk pregnant individuals through 12
- individuals age 35 and older through the full postpartum year and report its findings by November 1, 2026
- individuals age 35 and older through the full postpartum year and report its findings by November 1, 2026
- Speaker, within a three-week period while we were in session, and so many more.
VA
Virginia 2026 1st Special Session
March 11, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2
Virginia House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House postpone the special and continuing joint order relating to judicial elections until Friday, March
- So, again, I move that we move the elections to Friday, March 13th.
- House postpone the special and continuing joint order related to judicial elections until Friday, March
- House postpones the special and continuing joint order related to judicial elections until Friday, March
- So if you look ahead to tomorrow, Thursday, March 12th, Tomorrow, Thursday, March 12th, the Capitol Commission
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Introductory House Bond Initiatives number 66, March 12th, 2026. Referred to Appropriations.
- number 66, March 12th, 2026. number 66, March 12th, 2026.
- Introductory House Bond Initiatives number 67, March 12th, 2026. Referred to Appropriations.
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Referred <01:37:44.960>to number 67, March 12th, 2026. - Referred to number 67, March 12th, 2026. Referred to Appropriations. Appropriations.
Summary:
The House met in Annapolis on February 27, 2026, with 128 members present. After a prayer, the chamber adopted the previous day’s journal and recognized a resolution honoring Brunswick High School’s first Tech Challenge team, Minerva’s Mechanics, for winning the FTC Regional Championships and qualifying for the World Championship in Houston. The resolution was read and adopted with applause.
The main legislative item was House Bill 355, concerning the Education, Sexual Abuse and Assault Awareness and Prevention Program and human and sex trafficking; the House adopted the favorable committee report and ordered the bill printed for third reading. The next bill, House Bill 534 on nonpublic school transcripts and prohibiting punitive measures related to student debt, also received a favorable report. Debate then centered on an amendment offered to HB 534 that would have tied school funding to student choice for students in repeatedly one-star-rated schools and allowed parents of habitually violent or disruptive students to consider military boarding school options. The sponsor argued Maryland’s public schools, especially in Baltimore City, were failing students despite heavy spending, citing low literacy, violence, and the book Failure Factory; several members echoed concerns about school performance, bureaucracy, and the need for educational freedom.
Opponents and procedural speakers said the amendment was not germane to HB 534, which they described as a narrow bill about transcript access for students leaving nonpublic schools with unpaid fees, often students with disabilities. The floor leader urged the body to resist the amendment and stick to the bill’s actual subject. Despite multiple members explaining their votes in support of school choice and criticizing the Blueprint and school outcomes, the House ultimately took a roll call on the amendment after a voice vote was challenged. The transcript cuts off during the roll call and does not show the final recorded result on the amendment.
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Transcript Highlights:
- Maryland is now back in session. Maryland is now back in session.
- , 2026.
- I request that we consider these appointees in regular session under Rule 22A and that we move to special
- session. Thank you, Mr. President. session. Thank you, Mr. President.
- from 1966 to 2026.
Summary:
The Maryland Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation from Pastor Delman Coates, and received several guest introductions, including the doctor of the day, student visitors, homeschool advocates, community leaders, and the Braver Angels group. The chamber also journalized remarks welcoming Dr. Coates and recognized a prayer breakfast, with members offering brief thanks and acknowledgments before moving to legislative business.
The Senate handled several messages and nominations, including withdrawal of an appointment, Johns Hopkins Police Accountability Board nominations, and Prince George’s County Board of License Commissioners nominations, all referred to Executive Nominations. The chamber also received House Bill 156 and an Executive Nominations Committee report recommending confirmation of a slate of appointments, which was special ordered for later consideration. A motion to return Senate Bill 463 to second reader and special order it for Tuesday was adopted without objection, and Senate Bill 473 was also special ordered for Tuesday.
On third reading, the Senate passed a large number of bills, including measures on ignition interlock participation, school construction, port hearing notice, veteran status notation for educators, correctional officer scholarships, benefits exploitation, veterans trust fund applications, presidential electors, advance enrollment for children of active service members, retired law enforcement handgun permits, high-risk pregnancy discharge communication, charitable organization audit thresholds, child care criminal history checks, water pollution discharge permits, blockchain task force creation, franchise registration reform, licensing portability for foreign service members and spouses, Medicaid collaborative care cost-sharing, gift card fraud, school for the deaf board membership, vehicle dealer hearings, massage therapy advertising, protective body armor reporting, lithium-ion battery safety, pharmacy prescriber agreements for opioid use disorder treatment, human relevant research fund contributions, state and higher education email requirements, and auto insurance producer commissions. Most passed unanimously or by wide margins; Senate Bill 348 and Senate Bill 585 passed with 30 and 32 votes in favor, respectively.
Senate Bill 140, concerning benefits exploitation, drew extended debate over constitutionality and pending litigation, with one senator citing an Attorney General opinion and another citing a Supreme Court case on neutral principles in church property disputes; the bill ultimately passed with 40 votes. Members later changed several votes on the floor, including on Senate Bills 172, 376, 428, and 48. The session ended while the clerk was beginning to read Senate Bill 629, with the remaining calendar not completed in the transcript.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Investments in IT Improvements & Modernization Projects Oversight Board (01-21-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- we were thinking that might be a little short, just in case this bill is passed and it's in law in March
- Just in case this bill is passed and it's in law in March, that's a short period of time for agencies
- Just in case this bill is passed and it's in law in March, that's a short period of time for agencies
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Meeting start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:12
Discussion on 2025 Regular Session Proposals 00:01:00
Discussion for Future Meetings 00:18:25, 958, all
Summary:
The Investments in IT Improvements and Modernization Projects Oversight Board met for its first meeting, approved the minutes from November 13, 2024, and then discussed BR 355, a bill draft intended to revise and clarify the board’s governing statute based on its first year of experience. The draft would rename the body as the Information Technology Oversight Committee, add or refine definitions for cybersecurity projects/systems and legacy projects/systems, move the annual submission deadline earlier, and require a six-year outline and funding-source information for transition planning. Members and staff said the bill was largely a codification of current practice, with no major controversy.
State Budget Director John Hicks and CIO Jim Baird offered technical comments and suggested several drafting changes: using “system” instead of “project” for legacy and cybersecurity references, adjusting the first reporting deadline to give agencies more time if the bill becomes law in March, and clarifying that the statute should ask agencies for estimated expenditures and funding sources rather than implying an electronic link to the budget request. They also suggested that the linkage to the budget process could be handled through budget instructions rather than statute. Members discussed whether the six-year outline should be biennial and agreed that the April timing fit the capital planning process.
After the discussion, the board agreed in principle to revise the draft along those lines, including changing the terminology, making the six-year outline biennial, and refining the budget-related language. The board also discussed future meeting dates and agreed to meet on Fridays upon adjournment, with February and March meetings to be scheduled later. The meeting ended with a motion and second to adjourn, which passed.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on State Government (9-23-25)
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- Um, and I look forward to following the draft as legislation in 2026 when we're back in session. >> Representative
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Cabinet for Economic Development – Bluegrass State Skills Corporation Overview 02:35
----Discussion of BR 868, 2026 Regular Session 24:08, 958, all
Summary:
The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the August 21 minutes. The main presentation was from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development on the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation (BSSC), which was created in 1984 and is administratively tied to the cabinet. Staff explained that BSSC supports workforce training for companies in Kentucky through two main programs: the grant-in-aid reimbursement program and the skills training investment tax credit. They also described the board’s structure, quarterly meetings, annual audit, and the metropolitan tax credit tied to UPS in Louisville, along with public-private training consortia supported by the program.
The cabinet outlined eligibility and funding rules: applicants must be qualified companies, trainees must be full-time Kentucky residents meeting wage requirements, and eligible training includes in-house company-specific training, train-the-trainer efforts, safety/OSHA training, and outside training through KCTCS or other providers. Grant-in-aid is a 50% reimbursement program capped at $75,000 per company per fiscal year and $2,000 per trainee, while the tax credit is capped annually and is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications are scored based on county tier, wages, workforce development activity, veteran hiring, participation in consortia, and job growth. Members asked for data on trainees and industries served, and staff said they could provide it. They also discussed coordination with other workforce programs, especially KCTCS and the state’s TRAIN program, to avoid overlap and double dipping.
Several members asked about program usage and differences between fiscal years. Staff said the tax credit is less popular because it is not refundable and requires tax liability, while grant-in-aid is more attractive because it is cash reimbursement. They said lower or delayed spending in some years can reflect one-year training windows, reimbursement lag, new facilities ramping up, consortia activity, and special allocations such as those tied to Ford facilities. Questions also covered support for new businesses, which staff said can receive favorable scoring for new jobs and may have funds set aside for new location projects. On veterans, staff said they connect companies to Kentucky Valor and other resources, but the program does not track veteran retention outcomes.
The final discussion was on a draft bill related to the Kentucky Horse Park and the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Representative Vanessa Gracel and Kentucky Horse Park President Lee Carter explained that the proposal is intended to help the park maintain integrity and protect athletes, volunteers, coaches, trainers, and guests from abuse and misconduct. They described SafeSport’s federal role in Olympic and Paralympic sports and said they hope to move the draft forward as legislation in 2026. No votes were taken on the BSSC presentation or the horse park discussion.
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