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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so they take an amount of time to do the survey.
  • And so they take an amount of time to do the survey.
  • And having the idea of the ownership being involved in the process and understanding of the electrification
  • And we requested a fiscal note on what this creation of this power and the bonding capacity and even
  • And a lot of this goes back to that infrastructure investment and priority of what we need in our grid
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've talked about all of the kinds of conditions, and most of those are in the bill, and they have been
  • President, and I understand and respect the tenets of the Growth Management Act and all of the things
  • And we have, as I mentioned earlier, Department of Ecology is clearly monitoring.
  • And we have, as I mentioned earlier, Department of Ecology is clearly monitoring.
  • And I want to remind people of that. And I'm glad we kind of reached the deal.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He was lucid and really got a lot out of the last few weeks of his life.
  • , and be signed under penalty of perjury.
  • Matter of fact, we had a couple of roll call votes, and every member of all of our pages emulated some
  • And the second point of personal privilege, Mr.
  • Matter of fact, we had a couple of roll call votes, and every member of all of our pages emulated some
Summary: The Senate considered and passed several House bills. Substitute House Bill 2152, known as Ryan’s Law, would allow limited medical cannabis use for qualifying end-of-life patients in hospitals, nursing homes, and hospice facilities; supporters said it would improve quality of life, and it passed 46-2. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1604, dealing with search procedures for transgender and intersex individuals confined in local jails and codifying federal Prison Rape Elimination Act-related standards, drew debate over whether amendments were needed and whether the bill would burden or protect staff and inmates; two amendments were rejected, and the bill passed 30-19. Second Substitute House Bill 1906, as amended, increased transparency and consumer protections for water system rates, especially for older or smaller systems, and passed unanimously 49-0. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1916 tightened voter registration challenge procedures and gave county auditors more discretion in handling challenges; an amendment to broaden who could challenge voters statewide was rejected, and the bill passed 49-0. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2110, as amended, allowed registered nurses without EMT certification to staff certain inter-facility ambulance transports under specified conditions to reduce delays, and it also passed 49-0. The Senate also passed Second Substitute House Bill 2429, which extends and updates the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group and aligns agency planning with the Washington Thriving Strategic Plan; a committee striker was adopted despite concerns about added government structure, and the bill passed 49-0. Second Substitute House Bill 2384, increasing oversight of continuing care retirement communities through actuarial review and Office of Insurance Commissioner oversight, passed 37-12 after the chamber rejected the committee striker and adopted a revised striking amendment. The session ended with a point of personal privilege from Senator Lovick and an adjournment motion, and the Senate adjourned until March 4, 2026.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Pro Forma Floor Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Journal of the Senate, State of Washington, Day 48, Saturday, February 28, 2026.
  • President, I move that the reading of the journal be dispensed with and the journal of the previous day's
  • Senator Rochelle has moved that the reading of the journal be dispensed with and the journal of the previous
  • Fifth order of business: introductions and referrals. The Secretary will read.
  • For the information of members and others, we will be going at ease for the purpose of reading in fiscal
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • and level of 35,000 ft or or something and some<00:12:09.440><c> of</c><00:12:09.600><c> the</c><00:
  • And then in Dubai, it was of two days.
  • </c><00:26:19.600><c> day</c> time of day time of day &gt;&gt; and<00:26:20.799><c> and</c><00:26:21.200
  • , and it was a different group of clouds.
  • </c> thousands of ground crew, pilots and thousands of ground crew, pilots and mechanics<00:35:28.720
Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the prior meeting’s minutes. Senator Williams then presented a discussion draft involving KCNA and COOT/Kentucky Wired governance changes. He said the proposal would make the COOT executive director the KCNA director, place the education CIO as chair of a new board of constitutional officers, terminate existing KCNA employees at inception, and return KCNA funds to the general fund. He described the measure as a temporary holding pattern focused on customer connectivity until an audit is completed next summer. Senator West asked whether the bill would change existing Kentucky Wired contracts, and Williams said the contracts would remain in place and COOT would simply handle the work without an extra layer of bureaucracy. No vote was taken; the item was for discussion only. The committee then heard a presentation on geoengineering and related legislation from Rep. John Hodgson, Sen. Rollins, and retired meteorologist Randy Baker. They described geoengineering as attempts to alter climate or weather, including solar radiation modification, stratospheric aerosol injection, marine cloud brightening, and cloud seeding. The presenters distinguished these activities from ordinary jet contrails, crop dusting, ground-level emissions, and airport fog control, and said the proposed Kentucky bill would exclude those ordinary activities. They argued Kentucky lacks a current prohibition on weather modification, said the bill would protect farmland, crops, animal agriculture, aquaculture, and human health, and cited public concern, federal uncertainty, and similar legislation in other states. They also said cloud seeding is used in some western states but remains scientifically unproven and potentially harmful. Members asked about enforcement, federal preemption, and whether other states’ actions could affect Kentucky. The presenters said high-altitude spraying would be difficult to hide, that satellite imagery could detect large releases, and that the bill was intended as an assertion of state sovereignty even if federal law later changed. They also said there were no known active geoengineering projects in Kentucky. The discussion remained informational, with no committee vote or final action taken on either topic.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair Fisher and to the members of the Chair Fisher and to the members of the committee.<00:03:08.480
  • Fish and director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife<00:10:59.880><c> at</c><00:10:59.960><c> the<
  • </c> you, Chair and members of the committee. you, Chair and members of the committee.
  • </c><00:32:17.640><c> I</c> and I ask for all of your support. I and I ask for all of your support.
  • Chair and members of the you, Mr.
Bills: HF3426 , HF3896 , HF1426 , HF3793 , HF4061 , HF4246
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • and $5 million to the Department of Commerce to pay for the establishment of international office rural
  • The emphasis of it is that if you and your wife go there, and you drink a burger and she doesn't, she
  • wholesalers of beer and.
  • And license.
  • And so, if we kind of... And not anything else.
Bills: SB311 , SB322 , SB304 , SB313 , SB315 , SB316 , HB489 , SB90
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 26th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so that would be like a waste of time and resources.
  • And so that would be like a waste of time and resources.
  • strategies; to provide for the duties and responsibilities of the Louisiana Department of Health; to
  • To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study the potential correlation between medications
  • Department of Health and Louisiana commercial health insurance payors to increase reimbursement rates
Bills: HR290 , HR298 , SB405 , SCR61 , HR318
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> time and cost on those kind of things. time and cost on those kind of things.
  • And there were some of relationship.
  • </c> and keeping antibiotic residues out of and keeping antibiotic residues out of the<00:10:41.920><
  • </c> the feed store and just buy a bottle of the feed store and just buy a bottle of penicellin<00:10
  • </c> favor report and I think a little bit of favor report and I think a little bit of work<00:26:11.200
Bills: SB85 , SB263 , HB277 , HB267 , SB288 , SB85 , SB263 , HB277 , HB267 , SB288
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • and our bridges and all of that.
  • thinking and energy and entrepreneurship of our state and of people who care about each other and want
  • sharing the information with the Department of Ecology and the state of Washington on where the opportunities
  • that we're going to provide to the Department of Ecology and the legislature.
  • of the information that we're going to provide to the Department of Ecology and the legislature.
Bills: SB6013 , SB6291
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> &gt;&gt; and um so I I know it's passed out of &gt;&gt; and um so I I know it's passed out of the
  • c> lot of questions on this and and I think lot of questions on this and and I think with<00:10:29.519
  • Uh and was kind of too sweet of a deal.
  • Uh, and sometimes those licenses may not appear, and I think we may have a disconnect on some of our
  • Several of our members already operate in Alabama and are licensed by the Securities Commission as money
Bills: HB168 , HB220 , SB187 , SB270 , SB265 , SB220 , SB242 , SB277
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Commerce Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the March 27th, 2025 committee meeting of the House
  • they provide additional metrics and transparency for the Department of Commerce to assess front-of-the-bank
  • There's also IRS regulations on some of that, but that is outside of our purview as a state and of this
  • Sheet and throw the rest of it away.
  • sale and distribution of alcohol.
Bills: HF2601 , HF2607 , HF2027 , HF2608
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-22-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • My staff, both present and former, are here today and gave me a bunch of nice lei, which I really appreciate
  • Matsuda, director of Keck Observatory, and second vice chair of the Mauna Kea Authority.
  • The quality of youthful interest and The quality of youthful interest and knowledge<00:04:32.680><c>
  • And that means taking care of our ocean, our forests, our farms, and each other.
  • taking care of our ocean, And that means taking care of our ocean, our<00:07:55.800><c> forests,</c>
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 5th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And Frank Opeka, Deputy Commissioner of Health and Life and Annuity, Department of Insurance.
  • Now moving into the crux of the bill as it relates to the Department of Children and Family Services,
  • actually look at cases and would make recommendations to the department as it relates to the level of
  • And I know most of the people that work in that department do, because they don't make enough money.
  • And unfortunately, because of the cost of care and because of the cost of insurance demands that is required
Bills: SB83 , SB135 , SB143 , SB155 , SB157 , SB202 , SB237 , SB261 , SB276 , SB295 , SB450 , SB465 , SB506 , HB1070
Committee: Senate Finance
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 4/15/26

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, if you're an infantryman, you learn how to dig holes and shoot guns and that kind of stuff. of
  • </c><00:32:14.159><c> kind</c><00:32:14.320><c> of</c> holes and shoot guns and that kind of holes and
  • Both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, the Department of War, are investing
  • So, you know, sometimes we have to trust the experts and, in this case, the Department of Health, to
  • > veteran</c> leaders uh and our department of veteran leaders uh and our department of veteran affairs
Bills: HF4588 , HF3685 , HF4577 , HF4932
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • of corrections and re department of corrections and re &gt;&gt; good<00:10:38.959><c> morning</c><00
  • And first up, we have the Hawaii Department of Taxation. >> Chair, Vice Chair, members of the committee
  • I am testifying on behalf of the department, and we have submitted written testimony and strong support
  • <c> and</c><01:15:34.880><c> and</c> Seeing none, uh, Department of Health— >> I do have a question.
  • And then, on the federal side, where Medicare is concerned, the Department of Health and Human Services
Committee: House Health
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2047, relating to pharmacy benefit managers. The Insurance Division said the bill would require new enforcement resources and estimated an appropriation of about $1.5 million and five positions. Kaiser Permanente asked for an amendment to exclude HMOs from the definition of third-party PBMs, saying the bill should not interfere with integrated care models. PCMA and the Hawaii Pharmacist Association supported narrowing amendments, with pharmacists objecting to section 3 and warning the bill as amended could create major operational burdens and a significant general fund cost. No vote was taken in the portion provided, and the chair moved on to the next measure after questions. The committee then took up SB 2080, which would allow Hawaii to join the psychology interjurisdictional compact. Supporters, including DCR, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, the Grassroot Institute, and others, said the compact would expand access to psychology services, especially for people in rural areas or those needing continuity of care while traveling. Opponents, including the Board of Psychology and a Shamanad University psychology professor, raised concerns about client safety, crisis-response procedures, enforcement costs, FBI background checks, and possible loss of state control over training and specialization standards. The board said Hawaii’s current 1,900-hour internship/postdoc requirement is higher than the compact’s standard and that the state is still implementing a separate provisional licensing law that may address some access issues. The discussion focused on whether the compact would meaningfully reduce shortages and whether Hawaii should instead pursue changes within its existing licensing system. Finally, the committee heard SB 2277 on hospital price transparency. The Office of Consumer Protection initially noted the bill could require significant staffing, but later testimony from SHIP suggested the measure could be handled more simply by working with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii and publicly posting violations. The Healthcare Association of Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing hospitals already must comply with federal CMS transparency rules and that adding state requirements would increase costs and legal exposure, especially if violations were treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices. Steve Fenberg testified in support, saying the bill would simply codify existing federal requirements in state law and that he was open to amendments removing state enforcement and the unfair trade practice language. No final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 06:30 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It helped a lot last year, and we're glad to see the permanent nature of this.
  • And many of us have probably heard that the U.S. Mint has stopped making the penny.
  • And for those of you that can remember penny loafers, keep them with the penny in it.
  • It is bringing forth a clarification from the Department of Ecology and the Puget Sound pilots to comport
  • It saves the Department of Commerce about the cost of a legislator's salary, and it saves even more money
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 01:45 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The cost of farming and food distribution, federal impacts, and local regulations continue to drive food
  • And I think it is that partnership, and it was really built on what the Department of Agriculture did
  • , and I think it is that partnership, and it was really built on what the Department of Agriculture did
  • banks and all of this.
  • banks and all of this.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • God of truth, shine your light in places of deliberations, and guard against misinformation and fear
  • of families, volunteers, and the greater community over the course of its four-decade history, and be
  • But really, that idea of giving home and connection and that each one of us can become unhoused.
  • and state regulations.
  • of lunch and caucus.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Office of the Secretary of State, including business and nonprofit entity annual license fees and
  • The nature of the Department of Ecology's role with respect to review of that report and plan is changed
  • That provided indeterminate cost to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and also the Department
  • provided indeterminate cost to the Department of Children, Youth and Families and also the Department
  • And the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and law enforcement said, no, there's nothing we