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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 13, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I ask our elected officials, I ask our law enforcement officers, how do we combat this?
- Without it, IDEA becomes words on paper with no meaningful guarantee.
- ><09:11:04.320><c> becomes</c><09:11:04.800><c> words</c><09:11:05.122><c> on</c><09:11:05.438><c> paper
- </c><09:11:05.758><c> with</c><09:11:06.000><c> no</c> it, IDA becomes words on paper with no it, IDA
- becomes words on paper with no meaningful<09:11:06.718><c> guarantee.
Keywords:
H.Res. 991, HR 991, House resolution, request return of papers, official papers, legislative procedure, congressional process, Senate return, H.R. 1834, enrolled bill, House Clerk, procedural resolution, motion to reconsider, gridlock, congressional administration, showerhead, regulation, energy policy, consumer protection, overregulation
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- If you are part of a political party, you have five days after filing your qualifying papers.
- Sir, just for clarity, qualifying papers in a local election are when they follow the clerk, correct?
- So when you go into that clerk's office and say, "Here's my official declaration to candidacy," it starts
- the days from when you turn that paper in.
Bills:
HB250
Committee:
House Ethics and Campaign Finance
Keywords:
HB250, Alabama Ethics Commission, statement of economic interests, financial disclosure, candidate ethics, campaign finance, candidate filing deadline, qualifying papers, declaration of candidacy, independent candidate, ballot access, election law, ethics reform, public officials, public employees, asset disclosure, income disclosure, real estate holdings, indebtedness disclosure, late filing penalty
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Not just for elected officials, judges, or future elected officials or judges.
- United States citizenship papers issued to a person.
- A paper applicant can have a valid driver's license but not be a citizen.
- No, I mean, they have the papers showing that they're a citizen.
- Election officials and yourself.
Committee:
House Elections
Keywords:
HB 2442, Texas Election Code, Election Code Section 84.001, early voting, ballot by mail, mail ballot, absentee voting, runoff election, primary runoff, general runoff, voter application, election administration, county election officials, opt-out, voter choice, mail voting, ballot application, voting by mail, Election Code, size requirements
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 28th, 2026
Ways and Means Education
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
HB130, Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists, Sunset Law, sunset review, licensure board, professional geologists, geology, geologist licensing, board appointments, congressional district representation, gubernatorial appointments, state boards and commissions, professional licensing, regulatory board, Alabama Code 34-41-4, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, mining industry, petroleum industry, geological sciences
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the large research frauds was the 2006 Nature paper on amyloid plaques for Alzheimer's.
- One of the large research frauds was the 2006 Nature paper on amyloid plaques for Alzheimer's.
- So he got students around the world to write the papers.
- So he got students around the world to write the papers.
- Citizenship documentation: The bill requires birth certificates and naturalization papers.
Bills:
SB1015 , SB1049 , SB1066 , SB1081 , SB1092 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1139 , SB1147 , SB1148 , SB1168 , SB1189 , SCR1001 , SCR1002 , SCR1005 , SCR1010
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Elections
Keywords:
gender transition, detransition, healthcare liability, medical malpractice, youth protection, legal action, Arizona law, child safety, dependency cases, attorney regulation, foster care, legal representation, probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, rehabilitation, candidate
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
Bills:
HB178 , HB124 , HB96 , HB250 , SB289 , SB317 , HB359 , HB178 , HB124 , HB96 , HB250 , SB289 , SB317 , HB359
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation Education
Keywords:
HB178, Ten Commandments, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama, school display, religious display, Bible, Judeo-Christian, Establishment Clause, church-state separation, religion in schools, founding documents, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, social studies, civics, history curriculum
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- I think it's probably somewhat outdated, the whole paper copy in your hand anyway, even existing law.
- You could serve that person without having an actual paper copy.
- They may not have to have the piece of paper, but... Okay, Mr. Chairman.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, HB49, Alabama criminal code, capital offense, capital punishment, death penalty, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, child sexual abuse
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight May 20th, 2026
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Joan Machino, who was here to testify on an act establishing the official crustacean of
- And this is to make lobsters the official crustacean? Yes, it is. Is there any other...?
- And here I must say that I am wearing... ...the official vegetable of the Commonwealth.
- It would designate asparagus as the official state vegetable of Massachusetts.
- I am here to... ...would designate asparagus as the official vegetable of the Commonwealth.
Keywords:
asparagus, official vegetable, state symbol, Massachusetts, Veterans Memorial Rink, Waltham, municipal lease, capital management, city right of first refusal, American lobster, cultural significance, marine life, property, Lowell, state administration, legislation, local government, official state vegetable, state designation, Commonwealth
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Montgomery County Legislation Committee Apr 15th, 2025
Montgomery County Legislation
Committee:
House Montgomery County Legislation
Keywords:
HB424, Montgomery County, sheriff, county sheriff, salary increase, expense allowance, local act, county general fund, retirement contributions, public official compensation, law enforcement pay, elected official salary, Montgomery County legislation, sheriff compensation, term-based salary, retirement system, Montgomery City Council, constitutional amendment, employees, service credit
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Insurance Committee Mar 17th, 2026
Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're officially out of the public hearing.
- out of the public hearing.<00:39:29.440><c> So</c><00:39:29.599><c> we're</c><00:39:29.760><c> officially
- So we're officially out of the hearing.
- So we're officially out of the public<00:39:30.720><c> hearing.
Keywords:
HB424, Montgomery County, sheriff, county sheriff, salary increase, expense allowance, local act, county general fund, retirement contributions, public official compensation, law enforcement pay, elected official salary, Montgomery County legislation, sheriff compensation, term-based salary, immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So if you do want to have those side conversations, please cover your mouth with a paper or folder, or
- dollars and our tax monies go to funding a lot of the 13 paid holidays that many of our elected officials
- 52.799><c> elected</c> paid holidays that many of our elected paid holidays that many of our elected officials
Committee:
House Labor
Keywords:
retirement, law enforcement, pension, public safety, employee contributions, Law Enforcement Standards Board, LESB, civil service exemption, collective bargaining exemption, law enforcement certification, police standards, law enforcement training, officer certification, training and curriculum coordinator, lead investigative agent, administrative manager, administrator, Hawaii HRS 76-16, Hawaii HRS 139-3, personnel exemption
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:53:59.440><c> state</c><00:53:59.839><c> steam</c> Virginia's official state steam Virginia's
- official state steam locomotive<00:54:00.800><c> in</c><00:54:01.040><c> 2017,</c><00:54:01.920><c>
- First, they fired hundreds of workers at SAMHSA, including key senior officials such as the directors
- House Resolution 469, a resolution permitting official photographs of the House of Representatives to
- photographs of the permitting official photographs of the House<07:16:43.840><c> of</c><07:16:44.000
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 2159 designates wheat as the official crop of Oklahoma since 2016.
Committee:
House Tourism
IA
Committee:
Joint Commerce
Keywords:
auto insurance, motor vehicle insurance, financial responsibility, liability coverage, minimum coverage limits, bodily injury, property damage, uninsured driving, proof of insurance, insurance reform, car insurance, vehicle registration, transportation network company, rideshare, TNC, Iowa Code chapter 321A, insurance penalties, mandatory insurance, mortgage, mortgage banker
IA
Committee:
Joint Local Government
Keywords:
liens, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, water vessels, title release, Iowa law, partial payments, construction, farm-to-market road, Iowa, local government, county auditor, county commissioner, Iowa elections, election administration, procurement, competitive bidding, informal bid process, official bonds, recordkeeping
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 25th, 2026
State Government
Committee:
House State Government
Keywords:
absentee ballot, voting, elections, voter registration, electoral process, defective affidavit, voting rights, HB455, Clarke County, coroner, coroner's office, county commission, local act, local legislation, mileage reimbursement, county vehicle, office expenses, operating expenses, retroactive ratification, remedial and curative
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Port Aransas is the official fishing capital of Texas, a city that for over 100 years has been recognized
- Brownsville was originally designated the official bicycle capital of the Rio Grande Valley in 2015 via
- HR58 designates Dripping Springs as officially... ...recognized as the Wedding Capital of Texas.
- This resolution seeks to reaffirm Poteet, Texas, as the official strawberry capital of Texas.
- I'm passing out an article that was just printed this morning in Galveston's paper on the importance
Bills:
HB1397 , HB1886 , HB3088 , HB4187 , HB4229 , HB4230 , HB5032 , HCR6 , HCR34 , HCR50 , HCR55 , HCR58 , HCR70 , HCR71 , HCR72 , HCR74 , HCR75 , HCR80 , HCR86 , HCR93 , HCR100 , HCR107 , HCR116 , HCR117 , HCR6
Committee:
House Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Keywords:
Texas Constitution, Declaration of Independence, victory or death letter, display, historic preservation, lifeguard requirements, public beaches, municipalities, county regulations, exemptions, Parks and Wildlife, procurement, goods and services, revenue generation, Texas legislature, historical preservation, Texas Historical Commission, fees, nonprofit organizations, fundraising
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- They now have their allocation for the region, and now they can start really putting pen to paper and
- And maybe you just gave us too many papers. And we drowned in information.
Bills:
HB1
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:01 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- The voting system certification committee is comprised of appointed officials, both from DeWitt and from
Bills:
HB1
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:06 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting