Video & Transcript Research : 'legislative sessions'

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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 329 Conference - Fri Apr 28, 2023

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Keywords: HI House YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DUAgVWZAak, 2026-07-02T01:22:47+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Conference Notices: 9:15 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/Session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_JHA_04-28-23_RECONVENE_.PDF 9:16 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/Session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_TCA_04-28-23_RECONVENE_.PDF 10:00 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_EEP_04-28-23_RECONVENE_1_.pdf 10:30 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_TCA_04-28-23_RECONVENE_1_.pdf 10:31 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_CAI_04-28-23_RECONVENE_.pdf 11:00 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_GVO_04-28-23_.pdf 11:10 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_TCA_04-28-23_RECONVENE_2_.pdf 11:25 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_TRN_04-28-23_.pdf 1: 00 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_EEP_04-28-23_RECONVENE_6_.pdf 1:30 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HUS_04-28-23_RECONVENE_.pdf https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HHS_04-28-23_RECONVENE_D_.pdf https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HHS_04-28-23_RECONVENE_F_.pdf https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HHS_04-28-23_RECONVENE_G_.pdfhttps://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HUS_04-28-23_RECONVENE_3_.pdf 1:31 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_GVO_04-28-23_RECONVENE_C_.pdf 1:40 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HUS_04-28-23_RECONVENE_2_.pdf 2:15 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HHS_04-27-23_RECONVENE_C_.pdf 3:00 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HLT_04-28-23_.pdf 3:30 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HHS_04-28-23_RECONVENE_.pdf https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HLT_04-28-23_RECONVENE_2_.pdf, 910, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference - Fri Apr 28, 2023

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Keywords: HI House YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-9BEhHzNNQ, 2026-07-02T01:22:47+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Conference Notices: 9:06 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_AEN_04-28-23_RECONVENE_3_.pdf 9:40 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_ECD_04-28-23_RECONVENE_.pdf 10:00 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/Session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_TOU_04-28-23_.PDF 10:10 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_EET_04-28-23_RECONVENE_.pdf 10:25 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_EEP_04-28-23_RECONVENE_2_.pdf 10:35 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_EEP_04-28-23_RECONVENE_4_.pdf https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_EET_04-28-23_RECONVENE_1_.pdf 10:55 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_EEP_04-28-23_RECONVENE_3_.pdf 11:00 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_AEN_04-28-23_RECONVENE_5_.pdf 1:35 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_LBT_04-28-23_RECONVENE_B_.pdf 1:45 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_HHS_04-28-23_RECONVENE_C_.pdf 2:00 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_JHA_04-28-23_RECONVENE_2_.pdf 2:35 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_JHA_04-28-23_RECONVENE_3_.pdf 3:02 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_JHA_04-28-23_RECONVENE_4_.pdf 3:05 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/hearingnotices/CONF_JDC_04-28-23_RECONVENE_.pdf, 910, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The department does anticipate an increase in hearing costs associated with this legislation.
  • Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Okay, so you might have JLAC look into this.
  • And so you could— a legislator could not 1487 this, even if they wanted to. All right.
  • And I have to say that there are obviously a few things moving through this legislative session to honor
  • Census Bureau must be used to determine the citizen population of each legislative district.
Summary: The committee first heard SB 1036, which would tighten unemployment insurance eligibility by requiring five weekly work-search actions, weekly reporting to DES, cross-checks against outside data sets before payment, and employer reporting when former employees refuse work or return-to-work offers. The sponsor and supporters said the bill is aimed at reducing fraud and overpayments and encouraging faster reemployment, while DES said it was neutral but warned of implementation costs, added workload, and possible impacts on apprenticeship programs and appeals. After a technical amendment was adopted, the bill received a do-pass as amended recommendation on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1054, a strike-everything amendment dealing with city and town emergency measures. The bill would make local emergency ordinances and resolutions subject to referendum, with a 30-day filing window and a ballot vote determining whether the measure remains in effect. Mayors and council members from Payson testified in support, describing repeated use of emergency clauses to pass tax and bond measures and arguing the practice undermines the constitutional referendum right; the League of Arizona Cities and Towns opposed the bill, saying it would defeat the purpose of emergency powers and slow city responses to true crises. The committee adopted the amendment and gave the bill a do-pass as amended recommendation on a 4-2 vote. Next, SCR 1022 was heard, proposing to increase the House from 60 to 90 members, with three House districts nested within each Senate district, subject to voter approval and delayed applicability. The sponsor argued the change would improve representation by reducing the number of constituents per legislator and make Arizona more in line with other states; some members raised concerns about cost, logistics, and the need for more study, while one public witness strongly supported the measure. After adopting an amendment delaying implementation from 2033 to 2043, the resolution received a do-pass as amended recommendation on a 5-2 vote. The committee also approved SB 1271, which would bar municipalities from penalizing businesses based on the number of emergency-service calls or the value of stolen or damaged property, with exceptions for malicious, knowingly false, or frivolous calls. Supporters said the bill protects businesses from being discouraged from calling 911, and the Goldwater Institute said it would preserve access to emergency services while still allowing action on false alarms; the bill passed 6-1. SB 1437, requiring public records to be provided in the least expensive manner possible and electronically when requested, also passed unanimously after testimony from Goldwater about high fees and delays for electronic records. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1439, a strike-everything amendment creating a Conservative Grassroots Network special license plate and fund, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or action on that item.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:12 am

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • One, it takes our 60- and 30-legislative-day sessions and equalizes those at 45 days.
  • Two, it removes the germane-ness requirement from the second session of a legislative biennium.
  • get brought up during legislative session.
  • So you'd have another legislative session potentially in terms of funding.
  • So that's one thing that we've... ...for what needs to be done by next legislative session.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Feb 18th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • day be dispensed with any legislative day be dispensed with any legislative day be dispensed with any
  • website and will be for our legislative website and will be for our legislative website and will be
  • observing the legislative process any observing the legislative process any observing the legislative
  • launch from 11:45 to day legislative launch from 11:45 to day legislative launch from 11:45 to 12:30
  • for the next legislative the legislation for the next legislative the legislation for the next legislative
Keywords: sessions, 2025-R, 1, 219
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • sessions.
  • South Dakota, maximum of 40 legislative days per annual session.
  • sessions so Wyoming in odd years they're allowed to go up to 40 legislative days and then in even years
  • Alabama, 30 calendar days, South Dakota, maximum of 40 legislative days per annual session.
  • It's constitutionally... of 40 legislative days per annual session it's constitutionally capped Oregon
Summary: The committee approved the February 4, 2026 minutes and held SB 1571 until the following week. It then heard and advanced several measures, beginning with SB 1745, which would cap transaction privilege/excise tax rates in the state’s largest cities at 2.5% per classification unless approved by voters, and would allow enforcement through the attorney general and state-shared revenue withholding. Supporters argued it would protect taxpayers and restrain municipal tax increases; the bill received a technical amendment and a due pass recommendation. The committee also advanced SB 1686, renaming Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza as the Wesley Bolin and Charlie Kirk Freedom Plaza and authorizing memorial placements for Don Bowles and Charlie Kirk, after brief supportive discussion and no substantive opposition testimony. The committee spent substantial time on SB 1567 and SB 1435, both aimed at restricting public entities, schools, and libraries from exposing minors to sexually explicit materials and from using public facilities for sexually explicit filming or access. Supporters framed the bills as child-protection measures and cited examples of explicit books and materials in libraries and schools; opponents, including the ACLU, warned the definitions were broad, could chill speech, and could criminalize librarians and educators for handling constitutionally protected literature or sex-education materials. Both bills were amended and passed on 4-3 votes, with supporters emphasizing existing obscenity standards and opponents stressing First Amendment concerns and implementation problems. The committee also advanced SB 1433 and SB 1434, which would redraw Maricopa County boundaries and, in the latter bill, create three new counties with a transition board and staggered elections. The sponsor argued Maricopa County had become too large and politically dominant, making government less representative and less responsive; opponents called the proposals expensive, disruptive, and politically motivated, citing concerns about debt division, duplicated county systems, and fiscal impacts. Both bills received due pass recommendations on 4-3 votes. Finally, the committee approved SCR 1024, requiring legislators to live in their district for one year before election, and SCR 1025, moving the legislative session start date from the second Monday to the fourth Monday in January; both resolutions passed unanimously or near-unanimously after sponsor testimony that they would modernize outdated rules and improve use of time.
HI
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:41 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is House Bill 1, which is the feed bill and includes appropriations for the legislative session,
  • permanent legislative committees, and the legislative department.
  • Within the legislation, the legislation required us to have a work group established before the end of
  • Outlined in the legislation.
  • Since then, we've had five sessions. Since then, we've had five sessions.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:01 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm with the Legislative Finance Committee and with the Department of Health.
  • I'm Ruby Ann Iskebel with the Legislative Finance Committee.
  • I'm reading this from our post-session review from last session.
  • staff and legislators.
  • I know there's legislation in this session that would sort of look forward to next year, but we're very
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:06 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • biennium equally between two regular legislative sessions, not to exceed 4, Order printed and referred
  • biennium equally between two regular legislative sessions, not to exceed 4, Legislative biennium equally
  • between two regular legislative sessions, not to exceed 45 days each, provide that all bills may be
  • of veto overrides for bills of a regular, special, or extraordinary legislative session within the same
  • session and the permanent legislative committees and the legislative department.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:36 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And in the chart on this page, you can see for the legislative projects expenditures and balances on
  • new requests, I just Kind of wanted to give you a sense of what you all will be dealing with this session
  • So you Received a draft list of local requests from legislative council earlier this week, and they have
  • Okay, moving on to some policy issues that we took up this interim that will be before you this session
  • I think on the legislative.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:16 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1 appropriates for the expenses of the 2026 legislative session and appropriations for the
  • permanent legislative committees and the legislative department.
  • For example, next year's session preparations, interim legislative expenses LCS operations, the legislative
  • And then section five addresses the Legislative Finance Committee Section six, the Legislative Education
  • session, so it applies.
Bills: HB1
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, we'll call the Health Committee meeting for Tuesday, April eighth in session.
  • address it didn't do it this way, and those states have hospitals... hospitals, and those states have legislators
Bills: HB441