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TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 17th, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • and women are the backbone of the Texas workforce, working a wide range of jobs that span from construction
  • specifically to veterans. driver's license information, workforce placement, training programs, legal assistance
  • Correctly, it is in basis to our employers and how they're able to assist us in order to be better ready
Bills: HB39 , HB227 , HB930 , HB 1078 , HB39 , HB227
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 18th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lola Kate attends Fairview Middle School in Colan, Alabama.
  • I know last time I was out there, they were constructing the water tower.
  • That's something I think that is a check that our school boards would be in favor of.
  • I said very proudly, "You know, I'm a school teacher."
  • She had no idea that we didn't have workers' compensation in our public school system.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules REVISED: Links Added Apr 28th, 2026

Administrative Rules

Summary: The committee took up several joint resolutions dealing with agency rules. H.J.R. 1090, approving energy- and agriculture-related agency rules, was adopted and passed 10-0. H.J.R. 1091, covering business and commerce rules, was also adopted and passed 10-0. H.J.R. 1092, which had been split out from the business and commerce packet because of a reported $10 million cost impact on one business, was adopted after discussions with regulators about delaying remodeling requirements and addressing safety concerns; it passed unanimously. H.J.R. 1093, approving health-related agency rules, passed 11-0, with some Oklahoma Health Care Authority major rules noted as being handled separately in the Senate. The committee then discussed H.C.R. 1094, a major rule from the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission. Members raised concerns that the agency’s rule impact statement contained errors, incorrect notice and hearing information, and an incomplete economic analysis. After debate over whether the resolution could be amended or had to be accepted or rejected as a whole, the committee voted 11-0 that it did not pass. The committee then considered H.J.R. 1095 with an amendment to specifically disapprove a proposed permanent rule change by the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission that would have allowed the commission to ignore its own rules in the “best interest of the state.” The amendment was adopted 11-1, and the resolution as amended passed. At the end of the meeting, the chair thanked members and staff for their work and said the committee would try to move the resolutions to the floor on Thursday, with another meeting likely needed to address additional major rules coming from the Senate. A committee member also suggested a brief educational review of a prior procedural issue at a future meeting, and the chair agreed to discuss broader concerns about the administrative rules process in a later wrap-up.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill allows a regional transit authority to apply for permits under certain conditions and construct
  • a proposed substitute offered by Senator Solomon that allows the RTA to apply for land use and construction
  • The RTA may apply for land use and construction permits before acquiring the real property and may apply
  • for construction and technical permits for its facilities so long as the RTA provides proof of notice
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/8/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm an assistant attorney general.
  • </c><00:24:28.240><c> Um</c> assistant city engineer. Um assistant city engineer.
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  • </c><01:01:50.079><c> at</c> Wayne was, assistant commissioner at Wayne was, assistant commissioner at
  • </c> needed for the design and construction needed for the design and construction of<01:15:26.640><c
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Fiscal Responsibility Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility

Transcript Highlights:
  • And students in public, private, or religious schools can receive these scholarships.
  • They also have to have at least 10 students that they help at different schools.
Bills: HB342 , HB342 , HB168 , HB220 , SB187 , SB270 , SB265 , SB220 , SB242 , SB277
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/22/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • prevention assistance program.
  • Particularly when it comes to rental assistance, when it comes to preventing homelessness, we do have
  • , when it comes to uh rental assistance, when it comes to uh preventing<00:28:16.880><c> homelessness
  • </c> have to go back to my high school have to go back to my high school psychology<00:41:22.000><c>
  • </c><00:42:31.119><c> to</c> and provide um you know assistance to and provide um you know assistance
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/27/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • He's not skipping school today.
  • School buses can get stuck.
  • Without taking too much of your time, we are here today to request your assistance with the construction
  • Without taking too much of your time, we are here today to request your assistance with the construction
  • Without taking too much of your time, we are here today to request your assistance with the construction
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses May 7th, 2026

Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Transcript Highlights:
  • a public school system.
  • So we come, we at school, at the school level, we are there for all of our kids.
  • The school-centered neighborhood development model... ...models centering schools in action.
  • schools and school-centered neighborhood development work.
  • Schools can't do it all.
Bills: S3022 , H5187
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/23/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under current law, Minnesota appropriated $4 million to the dairy assistance and relief initiative in
  • Under current law, Minnesota appropriated $4 million to the dairy assistance and relief initiative in
  • </c> criteria for the dairy assistance criteria for the dairy assistance investment<00:08:34.320><c>
  • The state program provides supplemental<00:08:41.360><c> financial</c><00:08:41.839><c> assistance</c
  • Under current law, Minnesota appropriated $4 million to the dairy assistance and relief initiative in
Bills: HF3298 , SF3832 , HF3528 , HF3516 , HF3972 , HF4118
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Commission issues licenses for physicians, physician assistants, certified anesthesiologist assistants
  • The Commission issues licenses for physicians, physician assistants, certified anesthesiologist assistants
  • Not about high school teachers, but I could mention that I used to work part-time for a law firm and
  • We have a lot of students from high school coming and completing classes in the Seattle colleges.
  • cheaper than those full-time high school teacher salaries.
Bills: SB6258 , SB5963
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The state attorney, the assistant state attorney, was not aware of the pending investigations against
  • investigation for this individual, or perhaps this information would have filtered down to this assistant
  • investigation for this individual, or perhaps this information would have filtered down to this assistant
  • We have 18-year-olds—I know this committee has heard—being hired straight out of high school, supervising
  • Let's stop focusing on raising starting pay to $28 an hour for 18-year-olds that only require a high school
Bills: S0436 , S0532 , S0600 , S0644 , S0682 , S0928 , S1072 , S1332 , S1632 , S1634
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to consider several criminal justice and court-related bills, along with the committee’s proposed $7.9 billion budget. The committee first heard and approved CS/SB 600 on bail bonds, as amended to adjust solicitation, cash bond return, forfeiture remission timing, and clerk procedures; CS/SB 436 on felony battery, which expands qualifying prior offenses and was amended to correct a drafting issue; CS/SB 928, “Missy’s Law,” requiring immediate remand to custody after conviction for dangerous crimes; SB 1332 on career offender registration, adding in-person reporting, more detailed registration requirements, and stronger penalties for noncompliance; and CS/SB 682 on violent criminal offenses, a domestic violence measure adopted via a substitute amendment that adds stricter penalties, electronic monitoring, injunction protections, and related procedures. All of those bills were reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1072 creating an anti-Semitism task force in the Attorney General’s Office. The bill drew extensive public testimony both for and against, with supporters emphasizing rising anti-Semitic incidents and the need for statewide review, and opponents raising concerns about free speech, the definition of anti-Semitism, and possible conflation of criticism of Israel with hate speech. Senators also discussed the bill’s scope and the IHRA definition before it was reported favorably. In addition, CS/SB 532 on clerks of court was amended to clarify foreclosure sale procedures and funding predictability for clerks, then reported favorably. CS/SB 644 on attorney’s fees, suit money, and costs was also approved after amendments that aligned family-law fee provisions and codified standards for fee awards in dissolution and paternity cases; the sponsor said the bill was intended to curb vexatious litigation and improve consistency across districts. After the bill actions, the chair summarized the criminal and civil justice budget, describing it as a disciplined proposal that addresses corrections deficits and future inmate growth while funding core public safety needs. The committee then heard substantial public testimony on prison conditions, staffing, pay, heat, infrastructure, and the possibility of reducing prison populations or adding air conditioning in facilities. The chair announced that SB 1632 and its conforming bill SB 1634 would be temporarily postponed to the following week, and the record was supplemented with the names of many people who had registered to speak for or against those bills. The meeting concluded after members were invited to record votes and the committee adjourned.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN Public Hearing 01-28-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • One other piece of note is that technical assistance provision is a common mechanism for producers to
  • programs administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and its legion of technical assistance
  • One other piece of note is that technical assistance provision is a common mechanism for producers to
  • programs administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and its legion of technical assistance
  • I don't use government assistance to farm, which is, you know, its own thing.
Summary: The committee heard several agriculture-related bills. SB 874 on veterinary medicine would require veterinarians, upon a client’s request, to provide a written prescription for an animal patient in an existing veterinary client-patient relationship, allow Hawaii-licensed pharmacies to dispense those prescriptions, and authorize the Veterinary Medicine Board to set penalties. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive, with supporters citing lower costs and consumer choice; the Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association said veterinarians already should be doing this and supported the bill if amended. One testifier in opposition argued the bill needed a conspicuous notice requirement so pet owners know they can request prescriptions. Committee members and the Department of Agriculture said they were not aware of widespread problems, and discussion focused on whether the measure was already consistent with current practice and whether amendments would address remaining concerns. The committee also heard SB 2097, which would create a climate-resilient food systems grant program in the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and appropriate funds. The department, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farmers Union, Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, and others supported the bill, saying it could help farmers and ranchers invest in resilience, infrastructure, and technology. Several testifiers asked for clearer definitions, especially for terms like “food hubs” and “resilience hubs,” and suggested adding technical assistance and clearer eligibility criteria. The department explained the program was intended for shovel-ready projects in the middle of the supply chain, with a focus on farmers in a certain revenue range, and said it was modeled on a USDA program. SB 2098 would establish a clean plant program to produce and distribute disease-free plant material to growers, nurseries, and other producers. Testimony was supportive, emphasizing biosecurity, nursery industry needs, and preventing invasive species and crop disease. The department described the program as using tested clean stock, tissue culture facilities, and data collection to support future planting decisions, and estimated a two-year ramp-up. Members questioned whether the program duplicated existing work at CTR/other partners and whether data collection should be centralized, but the department said the effort would build on existing varieties and partnerships rather than overlap them. Finally, SB 2126 would create a conventional farming grant program for small and midsize conventional farmers. Supporters from the department, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council said conventional agriculture deserves support and that the bill would help increase food production. Opposition and comments focused on the bill’s exclusion of organic farmers; one farmer said the measure was unfair unless amended to include organic producers, while a Farmers Union witness said the bill was too vague about the grant’s purpose and should be clearer about its goals. In response to questions, the department said the exclusion of organic farming was not intentional and that the bill was meant to support all agriculture, though no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • related to students with existing contracts or existing agreements, such as DCYF and others, when I'm assisting
  • But a one-year time period is very, very short, and so for a student who may approach the school asking
  • for a copy of their state financial aid application 13 months later, and the school says that... ...
  • school asking for a copy of their state financial aid application 13 months later, and the school says
Bills: HB2337 , HB2311 , HB2088 , HB2148 , HB2132
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 14th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Early Learning & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the Juvenile Rehabilitation Assistant Secretary from DCYF.
  • So we've been piloting that at Green Hill School.
  • Sexual abuse of youth in the schools, in the prisons, in the jails, everywhere.
  • And the Washington School for the Deaf Residential centers for up to 15 days.
  • And the Washington School for the Deaf is an American Sign Language-English bilingual school located
Bills: HB1544 , HB2219 , HB2253
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Jan 12th, 2026

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Because of an old bleed caused by a vacuum-assisted birth, we were accused of shaken baby syndrome, even
  • that was intended to ensure that youth in the program were covered for any reduction in public assistance
  • Their presentation will be by Chad Barrett, Assistant Secretary of Administration for the Department
  • rates report by the Department of Children and Families, their presentation will be by Chad Barrett, Assistant
  • We do have our Assistant Secretary of Child Welfare here today, which probably would be more appropriate
Bills: S0042 , S0578 , S0624 , S7018
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first heard SB 624, which would codify DCF’s current practice of allowing batterers intervention programs to offer supplemental faith-based activities so long as participation is voluntary. The bill drew support from faith-based and family organizations, which argued it would restore access to effective rehabilitation options and remove discriminatory barriers. SB 624 was reported favorably after a roll call vote. The committee then heard SB 42, which would require child protective investigators and child protection teams to rely on qualified medical professionals when a child has a documented pre-existing diagnosis or when a parent requests an exam, and would require clearer notice to parents and custodians at the start of an investigation. Testimony overwhelmingly came from parents, advocates, and disability rights representatives describing cases in which medically complex children were allegedly misdiagnosed as abuse victims and families were separated unnecessarily. Members expressed sympathy and support, and SB 42 was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered CS/SB 578, creating an Alzheimer’s disease awareness initiative within the Department of Elder Affairs to promote early detection, brain health education, research updates, and clinical trial awareness, with outreach focused on older adults and at-risk populations. An amendment was adopted to place the campaign within the Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative. A caregiver testified about the need for public education and early diagnosis, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also took up SPB 7018, a committee bill on child welfare that would extend the definition of “visitor” for foster homes to reduce repeated background checks, make the Step Into Success foster youth workforce pilot permanent and statewide, and create a program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare to catalog best practices among community-based care lead agencies. The bill was approved as a committee bill and reported favorably. Finally, the Department of Children and Families presented its 2025-26 final funding methodology and rates report for community-based care. Members questioned the proposed tiered model, including insurance costs, risk corridors, prevention funding, performance measures, and regional funding disparities. No vote was taken on the presentation, but members discussed the possible need for follow-up legislation and additional stakeholder input.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • , where it could still kind of be a standard that we could develop policies within the schools based
  • This would not apply to indoor workers and or schools.
  • My understanding the school districts already have standards.
  • They are private employees, but many times they might have other construction... ...public employees.
  • It wasn't a declared emergency, but our guys were out there assisting.
Bills: AB93 , AB204 , AB414 , AB504 , AB598
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 19th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our county government is subsidizing it, until recently even school districts.
  • They're being subsidized by our EDCs and our school districts, and we're having to compete against that
  • And so we've got to be prepared for that so that we don't have school programs go away and such.
  • And so we've got to be prepared for that so that we don't have school programs go away and such.
  • Chairman, that is Dan Hunter, Assistant Commissioner, Texas Department of Agriculture.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with only four members initially present, so quorum was not established until later in the hearing. The committee heard several agriculture-, wildlife-, and food-labeling-related bills, including HB 3479 on expanding the Rio Grande vegetative management program beyond carrizo cane to other noxious vegetation, SB 823 on shrimp origin labeling and restrictions on misrepresenting imported shrimp as Texas or Gulf shrimp, HB 3088 on giving Texas Parks and Wildlife more flexibility to procure resale goods for park gift shops, HB 1275 on permits for non-bovine dairy farms in certain TB-affected areas, HB 519 on honey production and packaging rules, HB 609 on cleaning oyster cages in-bay with bay water only, HB 1592 on a voluntary AgriLife pest and disease alert system, HB 2842 on targeted urban deer depredation permits, and HB 4163 on limiting city requirements that agricultural operators maintain roadside rights-of-way. Testimony generally came from industry groups, agency resource witnesses, and affected producers, with most witnesses supporting the bills and several bills drawing questions about enforcement, labeling responsibility, and the scope of local authority. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 823, where Vice Chair Hancock and others questioned why wholesalers would be covered if they cannot relabel products. The bill author and restaurant association witness said the measure was intended to improve transparency and allow enforcement against intentional mislabeling, while preserving a good-faith defense and clarifying that the bill does not create a private cause of action. HB 519 also drew supportive testimony from beekeepers and a family farm, who argued that current rules treat honey extraction and bottling too much like food manufacturing and burden small operations. HB 609 was presented as a way to save time and resources for cultivated oyster mariculture by allowing cage cleaning in the bay without soaps or chemicals, and HB 1592 was described as a voluntary opt-in alert system for pests and diseases coordinated through AgriLife and other state agencies. HB 43 generated the most detailed policy debate. The bill would restructure and expand the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, update grant and loan programs, and create a pest and disease control depredation program. The committee substitute reduced some funding caps, changed references from predators to depredating animals, and made the financial provisions contingent on appropriations. Supporters from Texas Farm Bureau, cotton growers, grain and feed interests, and young farmers described severe drought, inflation, land loss, rising input costs, and shrinking infrastructure as major threats to agriculture, while one witness urged preserving priority for young farmers. After testimony, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported HB 43 favorably. The committee also voted HB 519, HB 609, HB 1275, HB 1592, HB 3088, HB 3479, HB 2842, and HB 4163 favorably, with several recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 823 was reported from committee on a 6-2 vote after adoption of the committee substitute. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would tentatively reconvene Friday morning and then recessed subject to the chair's call.