WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Hashing out and merging two bills, Mass. conference committee members weigh cannabis reforms

This month, a group of Massachusetts lawmakers met for the first time to weigh two different approaches to changing the state ...
The Hill

Bring back the conference committees

Constitutionally, legislation must pass the House and Senate with identical language. Reconciling differences, no matter how minor, in bills from the two bodies must be made. Even though bicameral ...
The Telegraph

Senate agrees to set up conference committees on key bills

CONCORD – With Thursday the deadline to form committees of conference, the New Hampshire Senate agreed to a number of House requests including those related to creating a committee for cannabis sales, ...
Washington Examiner

MTG to be on conference committee for NDAA after agreement with McCarthy

In return for her vote on this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) offered Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) a spot on the House and Senate conference committee ...
Austin American-Statesman

Conference committee reaches agreement on permitless carry bill, leaders say

Republican leaders of a House-Senate conference committee announced Friday that they have worked out differences between two versions of a bill that would allow holstered handguns to be carried in ...
WKRN-TV

Franchise and excise tax cut bills heading to conference committee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The state’s largest corporate tax cut on record will head to a conference committee after the Senate “refused to recede” from their version of the bill and adopt the House ...
Yahoo

Alaska Legislature forms conference committee for final budget negotiations

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 14—JUNEAU — The Alaska House and Senate have appointed six members to a conference committee that will work on final ...
PBS

Conference Committees Begin

Almanac: At the Capitol is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart ...
Liberal Democrats

Spring 2026: Agenda Selection Report - Chair of the Federal Conference Committee

The Federal Conference Committee (FCC) met on Saturday to review motion submissions and begin finalising the agenda for ...
KXAN

What happens in a conference committee? What happens in a conference committee? What happens in a conference committee? What happens in a conference committee?

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Deadlines for passing bills on second and third readings have come and gone in the Texas Capitol, and now lawmakers turn their attention to the final steps of passing remaining ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska Legislature forms conference committee for final budget negotiations

JUNEAU — The Alaska House and Senate have appointed six members to a conference committee that will work on final negotiations over the state budget ahead of the end of the legislative session next ...