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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 15th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to take up TAP 1, Senate Bill 100 on Florida statutes by Senator Passidomo.
  • And by your vote, SB 100 is reported favorably.
  • Next, we're going to take up tab 2, SB 102 on Florida Statutes by Chair Passidomo.
  • Senate Bill 102 deletes statutory provisions that were repealed by an earlier session of the legislature
  • And by your vote, Senate Bill 102 is reported favorably.
Bills: S0100, S0102, S0104
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard three housekeeping/statutory revision bills. Chair Passidomo introduced the committee’s new staff director, and the committee proceeded quickly through the agenda with no public appearance forms, questions, or debate on any of the bills. SB 100, the Adoption Act, prospectively adopts the 2026 Florida Statutes as an official document and adopts the statute materials passed by the 2025 regular session as official state statute law. SB 102 deletes statutory provisions that were previously repealed or expired and are now without effect. SB 104 is the General Reviser's Bill, which removes obsolete language, updates cross-references, and corrects grammatical and typographical errors in the Florida Statutes. Each bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. After the votes, several senators asked to be recorded as voting favorably on tabs 1 and 2, and the committee adopted that request without objection. The meeting then adjourned, with members reminded that the committee would meet again on Thursday.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 4th, 2026 at 10:04 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Repeal.
  • It hopefully is intended to repeal...
  • The program will ultimately phase down by about two-thirds.
  • We do have a motion by Senator Gonzales. Do we have a second?
  • All right, so we have a motion for a do pass as amended by Senator Gonzales and seconded by Senator Tobias
Bills: SB101, SB58, SB55
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 30th, 2026 at 03:13 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This was confirmed by our actuary.
  • By a vote of 10 to 0, you have a due-pass recommendation. Thank you.
  • It is not going to be solved by any one measure, but by the many measures that you are considering throughout
  • They're not owned by some megapolis or something.
  • By a vote of 9 to 0, you have a do pass recommendation. Thank you.
Bills: SB21, SB42, SB81, SB101, SB139
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 16th, 2026 at 11:18 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • A motion made by Representative McQueen, seconded by Representative Romero, for a do pass on Senate Bill
  • Over 500 New Mexicans are killed by guns every year.
  • That is a widely held belief both by law enforcement and by researchers.
  • I'm impressed by how much work's been done.
  • Second motion made by Speaker Martinez, seconded by Representative Chavez.
Bills: SB38, SB17, SB41, SB264
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Jan 27th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • to be filed by the entities that are handling this money.
  • filed by the entities that are handling this money.
  • That 4% is being spent by NMDA, and I don't see anybody yet.
  • Madam Chair, right now, according to what we were told by Mr.
  • There is a motion for a do pass by Senator Severe-Lopez, seconded by Senator Hamblin, and the Secretary
Bills: SB38, SB46, SB18
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary: The committee met to approve the October 21 minutes and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and public resources. The sponsors said the bill is intended to strengthen existing law by adding civil and criminal penalties for taxpayer-funded advocacy on ballot questions, especially in light of controversies during the 2024 election over school officials and districts using public resources to oppose a constitutional amendment. They also described related concerns about school districts hiring third-party lobbyists and public relations firms, particularly in Fayette County, and said the proposal was meant to keep tax dollars focused on public services rather than political persuasion. Committee members raised several concerns about scope and drafting. Some asked whether the bill should specifically mention schools, school boards, and school employees, and the sponsors said they would add that language. Others questioned whether the measure would also affect local government lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, and the sponsors said they intended to focus narrowly on schools while exempting certain advocacy organizations and internal government lobbyists. Members also asked whether public employees could still speak as private individuals, and the sponsors said yes. Several members suggested splitting the lobbying and ballot-advocacy issues into separate bills, and the sponsors said they would consider that. Members also pressed for clarification on how the bill would apply in practice, including whether it would cover legal challenges to petition drives or only advocacy after a question is on the ballot. Counsel for the sponsors said the bill would not cover some petition-related litigation as drafted, though they believed it should. The sponsors and supporters argued the proposal was needed to give the existing prohibition real enforcement, while some members warned that the language could unintentionally limit legitimate public representation or be too broad if not carefully drafted. No final vote was taken during the discussion.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary: The committee met, approved the October 21 minutes, and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal to prohibit the use of tax dollars and public resources to advocate for or against ballot questions, including constitutional amendments. Senator Rawlings and the other presenters argued the current law already bars such advocacy but lacks meaningful enforcement, citing the 2024 school choice amendment campaign and other examples where public officials and school systems allegedly used taxpayer-funded resources to influence voters. They said the bill would add civil and criminal penalties, while preserving First Amendment rights for public employees acting in their personal capacities. Much of the discussion focused on whether the bill should be limited to school districts or broadened to cover other public entities, and on how to define terms such as “advocating in impartial terms.” Members raised concerns about possible effects on county and city lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, on legitimate factual explanations by public officials, and on whether the bill could unintentionally restrict needed representation for local governments. The sponsors said the measure was intended to be narrow, would be vetted further, and would not bar individuals from speaking on their own behalf. Several members suggested revisions. Representative Lockett asked that schools and school employees be specifically named, and suggested separating the lobbying restrictions from the ballot-measure provisions into different bills. Representative Layman questioned the meaning of the bill’s language and whether it would cover factual testimony by officials. Representative Heen asked about a Jefferson County example involving legal fees used to challenge petition signatures; counsel said that situation would likely be allowable under the bill as drafted, though some members thought it should be covered. No final vote was taken on BR 25 during this discussion.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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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.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 06:48 pm

House Consumer & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Legislature enacted the Affordable Spay and Neuter Law to address dog and cat overpopulation statewide by
  • to make sure that there wasn't a misunderstanding about a decision that has not actually been made by
  • So this is just another repeal, a sunset.
  • What this bill does simply repeals the July 1, 2030, sunset date.
  • So without state action to repeal the program sunset, the program will be eliminated permanently in 2030
Bills: HB25, SB38, SB101, HB199
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • that's been around since the 1940s, which allows the Supreme Court, by rule, to repeal a statute.
  • rulemaking, could repeal a statute.
  • So the legislature repealed that statute, giving the court that repeal power. And it was...
  • Further, SB 1494 could enhance efficiency and save taxpayers by reducing the city's costs by an average
  • Senate Bill 291 by Senator Schwertner.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's something I've worked on for over a decade regarding waivers of law by officials.
  • I'm not talking about, "Well, we just opened the polls late by 20 minutes."
  • University in Southern Ohio, who was disciplined by the university for declining to refer to a male by
  • And if my teacher had been protected by a similar bill...
  • I go by the name of Aiden Cole, and I'm representing myself as a college student.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

State of the Judiciary Address 01-23-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2015, we launched Truancy Court to address the challenges presented by chronic absenteeism.
  • We started by making ourselves more transparent so the public can see who we are and what we do.
  • I have been blessed by the Judiciary and by an amazing administrative director, Rod Miley, as well as
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  • I'd like to start by thanking the Senate for hosting this joint session today.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Feb 16th, 2026 at 09:04 am

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • by Representative Cates.
  • By Representative Anaya and a second by Representative Ferrari. Is there any opposition?
  • It repeals the delayed repeal of the Healthcare Delivery and Access Act.
  • So this is to repeal the repeal so that we can continue collecting that tax and supporting particularly
  • We have a second by Representative Herndon. Are there any nays?
Bills: SB101, SB21, HM52, HB132, SB14, SB20