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US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Social Security pushed the Social Security Administration<00:17:56.000> to<00:17:56.240><
  • I also secured 750,000 for the Veterans I also secured 750,000 for the Veterans District<00:30:56.559
  • or American national security at all. or American national security at all.
  • <05:35:36.958> the security. This is about water. the security.
  • I'm fighting for our community, our technology, our national security. It's worth it.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Oklahoma Education Commission Apr 30th, 2026

Oklahoma Education Commission

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will the facility allow us to do that, bring in technology? Yes.
  • It doesn't take much technology anymore to turn something into a projector. It's pretty amazing.
  • So I have that money secured, and we're ready to roll with those two tools.
  • We can't identify that because we don't have Social Security numbers to track that data with.
  • I am the district instructional technology coordinator, and I love training.
Summary: The commission met with a quorum and introduced Brett Farley, who was discussed as a possible partner to help strengthen the nonprofit side of the commission’s work. Members also welcomed a new participant, Naomi Janes of Owasso Public Schools, who described her role in instructional technology and AI integration. The group spent much of the meeting on planning for the upcoming AI symposium, including venue logistics, room and meal costs, audio-visual expenses, fundraising progress, keynote and vendor participation, and ideas for breakout sessions and after-hours demonstrations. Members discussed keeping attendee contact information private unless permission is obtained, and they also considered future regional meetings and year-round follow-up to sustain momentum beyond the symposium. A major portion of the meeting focused on legislation and grant strategy. Michael provided an update on House Bill 1782, saying floor amendments had been filed and that the bill now includes authority for agencies to pursue gifts and donations, an expanded advisory council, broader research purposes, and a fund structure that can support multi-year projects without fiscal-year pressure. He also reviewed Senate Bill 1734, which would require parental disclosure, allow opt-outs, and require reporting on data minimization and privacy compliance for AI tools used in schools. Members discussed how the commission could help schools, families, and the public understand AI policy and how the new law might shape future recommendations. The group also reviewed several grant efforts. Anna reported on the NSF TechABLE/AI HubZone proposal, a three-year, $1 million-per-year opportunity with a June 15 letter-of-intent deadline and July 15 full proposal deadline, and noted plans to include staff positions to support the project. She also updated the group on a rural health care transformation proposal of roughly $700,000 and asked for follow-up on its status. In addition, Anna outlined a broader K-20 pipeline concept centered on a shared learner record and microcredential system that would connect K-12, CareerTech, higher education, libraries, and workforce systems, with tools such as Career Coach and Skill of Eye to link credentials to jobs. Members generally supported the idea, noting benefits for transcript portability, special populations, teacher certification, and workforce alignment. The commission agreed to meet again on June 14 at 1:00 p.m., and the meeting adjourned after a brief announcement of an informal AI book club for the summer.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/28/2025)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:31:07.080> so<01:31:07.560> I Technologies so I Technologies so I uh<01:31:09.760><
  • a particular technology simply by virtue of it being that technology.
  • a particular technology simply by virtue of it being that technology.
  • The second question was about secure energy resources. How do you interpret secure in that line?
  • The second question was about secure energy resources. How do you interpret secure in that line?
Keywords: 1189, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Jul 23rd, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, when you run out of it, our ability, the security of our communities, the security of our state
  • We have the technology to detect all these drones, and there's technology to take them down.
  • It's supposed to be secure.
  • Okay, any security? Good enough.
  • technology...
Keywords: 997, house, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Mar 10th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • What’s the underlying technology? It’s that blockchain technology that we— What do we call them?
  • What’s the underlying technology? It’s that blockchain technology that we— Okay.
  • What’s an underlying technology? It’s that blockchain technology that we use. Okay.
  • What’s the Alabama Securities Commission? Is that where it goes? What’s an underlying technology?
  • In addition to the securities it.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 11th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This will create transportation problems, health problems, and technological barriers.
  • The amendment does not ban technology.
  • I feel like this bill is stymying innovation and technology.
  • Institutions are allowed to seek security grants, subject to appropriations.
  • And how will security screening staff be notified of their guardian status?
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and included several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, firefighters, and a doctor of the day. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate measures before final passage. The first major bill, health care patient protection, required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and readiness assessments; it passed 36-0. A public records bill protecting victim identities and temporarily exempting the name of a law enforcement officer who is a victim also passed after questions about access for victims of police misconduct, with a 33-4 vote. The Senate next approved a local government cybersecurity bill creating a state-administered program through Florida Digital Service to help counties and cities strengthen cyber defenses, with priority for rural and fiscally constrained governments; after amendments, it passed 37-0. A clerks of court bill allowing clerks to retain all revenue above projections and, through a House amendment, revising legal notice and traffic citation distribution provisions, passed 38-0 despite debate over impacts on municipalities and law enforcement. The chamber also passed a trademark modernization bill and a septic system permit bill intended to reduce delays for builders; the septic bill was amended to align the House and Senate versions and passed 38-0. The longest and most contested item was the elections bill, which updated citizenship verification procedures using REAL ID and state databases, changed candidate qualification rules, and altered election administration provisions. Numerous amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to exempt certain seniors, preserve student and retirement-center IDs, allow attestations in place of documentary proof of citizenship, and require human review over automated systems. One amendment to delay implementation until July 1, 2027, was also debated. The transcript ends while debate is still underway on the elections measure, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.
SC

South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee Jun 24th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Funding from the Social Security Administration.
  • We also have GASB 96 information technology agreements, also known as SBITAs.
  • engineering and assistive technology services.
  • Innovation doesn't always require expensive technology.
  • Innovation doesn't always require expensive technology.
Keywords: 977, all
Summary: The committee met to receive a detailed financial operations presentation from the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agency, with staff walking members through funding sources, budgeting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and grants management. Sabrina Walker explained VR’s blended funding structure, including federal grants, state appropriations, program income, and interagency contracts, and emphasized that state funds are essential to meeting the federal match and maintenance-of-effort requirements. Members asked repeatedly about transparency, audit controls, and the risk that state cuts could reduce federal drawdowns; staff responded that all reports reconcile back to the SCEIS accounting system, are subject to state audits and internal reviews, and that even modest state reductions could significantly reduce total available funding. The committee also discussed pre-employment transition services for students with disabilities, with staff confirming services are offered through school districts, charters, and private schools, and that contracts are monitored for performance and compliance. The presentation then shifted to budgeting and internal controls. Walker described a zero-based departmental budgeting process, monthly monitoring reports, contingency reserves for unexpected expenses, and a formal annual cycle that culminates in board approval. Members asked about facilities tracking, culture, and how the agency maintains accountability; staff said facilities staff inspect buildings and equipment, supervisors justify line-item requests, and the process has become smoother over time as departments learned the system. Cynthia Johnson followed with an accounts receivable overview, describing invoicing, receipting, aging, customer verification, year-end reporting, and the use of cross-training, shared email inboxes, and spreadsheets as checks and balances. She also explained work training center billing, interdepartmental transfers, and the revolving fund used to issue consumer checks more quickly than standard vendor payments. Olivia Perez presented accounts payable operations, including invoice processing through SCEIS and OnBase, the three-way match, travel reimbursements, revolving fund checks, State Treasury Office interactions, and handling of reversals, rejections, and levy notices. She reported that AP processed 67,723 SCEIS payments, 13,670 case management system invoices, 3,379 travel reimbursements, and 15,693 revolving fund checks in fiscal year 2025, with only 70 payment rejections. The final portion of the meeting covered Grants and Funds Management, where Walker explained federal reporting, drawdowns, payroll allocation, asset tracking, lease and IT contract reviews, cost allocation, and closing packages. She noted upcoming system changes such as S/4HANA, Workiva, and SC Pro, but said the agency is receiving training and feedback opportunities. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the presentation portion beyond approval of the prior minutes and a brief recess.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Elections - 04/08/25

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • 00:21:42.240> cyber funds to SISA which provides cyber funds to SISA which provides cyber security
  • Um and I think there's a security.
  • they need for our the cyber security they need for our elections<00:22:00.240> to<00:22:00.480
  • Identify every dark dollar and to say, oh, wait, I think it's another nonprofit, Center for Technology
  • <00:55:11.680> and treated as wages for social security and treated as wages for social security
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (01/27/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:25:57.440> stocks and cash checks Securities stocks and cash checks Securities stocks
  • but we don't liquidate those Securities but we don't liquidate those Securities until<00:35:19.000
  • <00:40:04.960> are presentation cash and securities are presentation cash and securities are
  • There is a lot of volatility in those securities, or those, I guess I'm going to call them securities
  • <01:16:12.040> client being provided to a Securities client being provided to a Securities
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The meeting featured presentations from the Department of Administrative Services and the Treasury Department on state revenue reporting and unclaimed property. State Comptroller Dana Call explained DAS’s role in compiling statewide revenue reports, including the annual revenue plan set through the budget process and the monthly revenue focus reports that track cash receipts. She noted that unrestricted general fund revenue is about $2 billion annually, while miscellaneous other revenue is a much smaller and less predictable category, averaging roughly $30 million to $32 million a year. She also described two more material internal revenue lines: statewide indirect cost recoveries and post-retirement benefit recoveries, which are billed to agencies and often tied to federal reimbursement rules. Members asked about the interest line in the revenue charts and about how the figures were presented, and Call clarified that the totals were in millions and that the interest item would be explained by the Treasurer. She also explained that the indirect cost and post-retirement recoveries are internal cost allocations that flow back into the unrestricted revenue pool and are reflected in agency budgets as interagency costs. Treasurer Monica Meissner then outlined Treasury Department functions, including bank deposits, statewide disbursements, banking relationships, investments, debt management, compliance, the FONA College Savings Program, the ABLE Plan, scholarship programs, and the abandoned property program. In discussing unclaimed property, she said holders report property after a five-year dormancy period, the state uses automated systems and outreach to locate owners, and claim activity has increased. In fiscal year 2024, the state returned about $12.2 million to citizens through roughly 12,000 claims; over the last 10 years, about $72.6 million has been returned. She also said the state escheated $19.9 million to the general fund and $1.8 million to counties last year, and explained that securities-related proceeds are harder to estimate because they depend on market conditions. No votes or formal actions were taken.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Postsecondary Jan 14th, 2025

Education Postsecondary

Transcript Highlights:
  • and also new satellite technologies.
  • It's also focused on advancing technology transfer, taking those technologies, those new materials, those
  • Some of those technologies are coming out of the material science world.
  • Some of those technologies coming out of the material science. come and mature their technologies, some
  • of those technologies coming out of the material science world.
Summary: The Education Postsecondary Committee held its first meeting and focused on state university centers and institutes, with an overview from the Board of Governors on how the more than 500 centers and institutes across Florida’s public universities are categorized, overseen, and reported. The Board described three categories: state-level centers, legislatively established centers, and university-established centers. Members were told universities must maintain policies, notify the Board of changes, publish public inventories, and submit annual reports and compliance certifications. Senator Harrell asked about funding sources and whether underperforming centers are reviewed for elimination; the response was that funding varies by center and that universities decide whether to maintain or disband centers under their own policies, with annual reporting and audit findings shared with the Board. Four university presentations followed. Florida Atlantic University highlighted its Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology, describing research in marine-derived drug discovery, genomics, imaging, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and ocean sustainability, along with spin-off institutes and partnerships that have generated significant grant and contract support. FIU presented its Center of Excellence for Hurricane Damage Mitigation and Product Development, emphasizing the Wall of Wind facility, hurricane and water intrusion testing, code and product innovation, insurance modeling, and future expansion toward higher wind speeds and flood simulation. Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute described work in advanced materials, aerospace composites, sensors, nanocomposites, and AI-enabled materials development, along with patents, industry partnerships, and new facilities tied to economic development. The University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning outlined its work on teacher professional learning, literacy, New Worlds Reading, tutoring, and mathematics supports, including microcredentials, statewide book distribution, and early results showing improved reading confidence and growth. Members generally praised the centers for their research, commercialization, workforce development, and education impacts. Senator Jones and Senator Harrell commended the Lastinger Center’s literacy work and the broader return on investment from these programs, while Senator Berman noted the value of the synergies across institutions. The chair emphasized that future funding requests should clearly show measurable success, commercialization, and statewide impact. The committee then adjourned without any formal votes on legislation.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And I know this gets into the second panel, but into clean technologies that we can export.
  • Satellite technology that's making a difference in the firefight.
  • We can strengthen water security for Californians. while restoring our fisheries and that sector.
  • And this technology, irrigation technology, is one of those exportable technologies that we can take
  • going forward that's based on a cyber security event that we had in March of 2024.
Keywords: 988, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Over the last five years, E&E has secured 643 megawatts and complex long-term clean energy contracts
  • My name is Cecilia Doucette, the director of Massachusetts for Safe Technology and the international
  • at the pivotal point as the leader within these technologies.
  • We know that these advancements aim to increase residents' ability to access cutting-edge technology
  • To those who are new, Mace and the Massachusetts Safe Technology have a significant number of members
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a range of energy, utility, broadband, and municipal infrastructure bills. Representative Powell supported H 3466, which would create a task force to study public ownership of utilities and alternatives to investor-owned electric and gas systems. Representative Therber supported H 3574, which would use RGGI funds to reimburse cities and towns affected by power plant decommissioning, citing lost jobs, tax revenue, and service cuts in communities such as Somerset, Plymouth, Salem, and Everett. Several witnesses from municipal light plants and related organizations testified in support of mutual aid bills, including H 3486/S 2252 and H 3330/S 2277, saying the measures would clarify protections and liability coverage for MLP workers assisting in emergencies and non-emergency work. Jim Leiden of EMWIC opposed H 3514/S 2295, saying the proposed board and governance changes would reduce local control, add burdens, and weaken confidentiality protections. A committee member asked whether the mutual aid bills had been reviewed for municipal impacts, and the witnesses said they had done due diligence. The committee also heard extensive testimony on H 3551/S 2306, the smart meter opt-out bills. Supporters argued that smart meters emit harmful wireless radiation, that some residents have developed health problems or electromagnetic sensitivity, and that opt-outs should be available without fees or penalties; several witnesses urged notification, consent, and non-transmitting analog meter options. The committee also heard testimony from municipal officials and the Massachusetts Municipal Association in support of H 3462/S 2250, which would strengthen municipal authority to enforce timely removal of double utility poles, citing safety, accessibility, and construction-delay concerns. Derek Leffert of Gateway Fiber opposed H 3450, saying it would improperly shift broadband deployment costs to competitors. At the end of testimony, the chair closed the hearing by motion and vote, with members voting aye and no opposition recorded.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, Kentucky Interactive, also known as Tyler Technology, has offered to help us put an online payment
  • , has offered to help us put Technology, has offered to help us put an<00:03:58.879> online<00
  • Technology Technology or<00:04:58.720> Kentucky<00:04:59.120> Interactive,<00:04:59.680
  • So, um, they are are a technology team.
  • They would have that security in place so that nobody could get any private information of the employers
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The commission first returned from executive session and reported that no action was taken. It then approved a motion finding there was no reason to believe the respondent in case 25 LAC1 had committed or was about to commit a violation of the code, and dismissed the complaint under KRS 6.86(1)(b)3. Members next reviewed and approved the September financial report, which staff said was based on state accounting data and showed the commission within year-to-date budget parameters. Staff also reported that all required forms for the recent reporting period had been filed and that there were no outstanding forms. The main substantive discussion concerned a proposed one-year, $6,000 contract with Tyler Technology/Kentucky Interactive to add an online payment portal for the commission’s re-registration process. Staff said the system would let employers pay registration fees online using an employer ID, reduce manual handling of 3,000 to 3,500 forms and hundreds of credit card payments, and improve security by keeping credit card information out of commission staff hands. Members asked about user fees and procurement concerns; staff explained that users would still pay the existing credit card processing fee, that an e-check option would also be available, and that the $6,000 cost was viewed as below the de minimis threshold. The commission approved the contract. In other updates, staff said informal opinions were included in the materials and remained confidential, reported on a presentation to the UK Martin School, noted that the regular session calendar would likely require meetings to shift during the legislative session, and said the commission’s statutory recommendations had been received by LRC and referred to a state government committee. The meeting then moved into executive session to discuss a personnel matter.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> The committee, a military veterans affairs, space and domestic security will now come to order lows
  • Comparable technologies today have an accuracy of roughly the height of a basketball goal.
  • And we're the only company in the world that's making this technology available.
  • The the the challenges and technologies might be a little different.
  • We get to the security alert. We'll get you moving. We are good afternoon.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/20/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Appropriations, Transportation, Technology, and Judicial.
  • SB 1204, appropriation, U.S. 6E, SR 303, Appropriations, Transportation, Technology.
  • SB 128, identification fees, homeless exemption, Appropriations, Transportation, Technology.
  • SB 1222, light rail public monies prohibition, Appropriations, Transportation, Technology.
  • SB 1189, campaign spending personal security. SCR 1010, impeachable offenses. Great job.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, recorded attendance, approved the journal, and welcomed several guests, including the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Tammy Penhollow, as well as visitors from Republic Services, Copper Valley Energy, and a young guest shadowing Senator Bolick. The President also announced deadline extensions for opening Senate folders and bill introduction preparation, and the chamber received communications from the Governor without reading them aloud. The main floor business was the reading and reference of a large number of Senate bills and resolutions to committees, covering topics such as education, taxation, water and natural resources, health care, behavioral health, public safety, elections, family law, immigration, transportation, and appropriations. The Senate also completed second reading of another extensive set of bills on issues including concealed weapons, nicotine products, rental housing, mental health, behavioral health, radiation protection, school safety, family courts, elections, and various appropriations and regulatory measures. No bills were debated or voted on during this transcript. Standing committee reports were waived from reading, and committee announcements were made for upcoming meetings of Government, Health and Human Services, Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency, Education, Judiciary and Elections, and Public Safety. The Senate then adjourned until Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Mar 1st, 2025

House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • checks on the performance of the detection technology.
  • I'm concerned about the technology regarding sequestration.
  • I contended that the hydrogen hub concept was really based on unfounded technologies, unproven technologies
  • Representative García, may we respond to the question of technology?
  • So, very respectfully, this is a mature technology.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Nov 4th, 2025

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Military Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security will now come to order.
  • An example of what might be purchased is some type of technology that would help with memory care.
  • For example, the Women's Veterans Unite were able to secure a $1,000 grant to support women veterans
  • And an example of what might be purchased is some type of technology that would help with memory care
  • So. is some type of technology that would help with memory care. So we're really happy and excited.
Summary: The Committee on Military Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met to consider SB 96, which originally proposed a new veterans dental care program but was amended to expand the existing Veterans Dental Care Grant Program. The amendment raised eligibility from 300% to 400% of the federal poverty level and added a recurring $500,000 general revenue appropriation. Members discussed whether expanding eligibility without guaranteed additional funding could dilute services for veterans already being served, while supporters argued it would help veterans currently turned away for dental care. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 96 favorably by roll call vote, with Chair Wright voting no. The committee also approved two committee bills continuing public records exemptions: SPB 7000, covering the address and telephone number of people staying in public emergency shelters during storms or catastrophic events, and SPB 7002, covering certain Department of Military Affairs records stored in or transmitted through Department of Defense systems or related to military cyber operations. Both were moved as committee bills without objection and were favorably reported. Members then received presentations from Dr. Pia Woodley of the Florida Veterans Foundation and Joe Marino of Veterans Florida. Dr. Woodley outlined the foundation’s dental initiatives, emergency assistance, transportation support, benefits guide distribution, new programs for state veterans’ homes and community grants, and recent audits with no findings. Marino described Veterans Florida’s SkillBridge, entrepreneur, and workforce programs, including outreach and federal partnerships, and noted legislative priorities to allow stipends for training at UF IFAS AGVets facilities and to rename a program in statute for clarity. The meeting concluded with no further business and adjournment.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • support our long-term technology needs. support our long-term technology needs.
  • It is the largest Tyler Technologies.
  • that Kentucky courts have the technology that Kentucky courts have the technology they<00:20:47.760
  • <00:57:42.640> a our own vocational prison a secure a our own vocational prison a secure a
  • delivering secure prison a hub delivering secure prison a hub delivering credentials credentials
Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on the Judiciary met on November 6, 2025, approved the minutes, and welcomed guests including Kentucky Specialty Courts manager Elizabeth Nichols and Boyle/Mercer Family Court Judge Bruce Petri. The committee then heard the Chief Justice of Kentucky, Deborah Lambert, deliver her state of the judiciary address, focused largely on judicial branch funding, facilities, technology, and specialty court programs. Chief Justice Lambert said the branch is facing a projected $14.3 million shortfall for fiscal year 2026 and asked lawmakers for supplemental support, access to reserve funds, and higher base appropriations to cover inflation and nondiscretionary costs. She also requested a 15% across-the-board pay increase for judicial branch employees, citing salary gaps with other state workers and declining judicial compensation relative to national averages. She emphasized that the branch has received a clean FY 2025 audit and said the requests were intended to sustain current operations rather than expand them. A major portion of her remarks covered court technology and facilities. She described the move to Chamberlain during Capitol renovations, the purchase of that building as a cost-saving measure, and the need to fund courtroom audio/video systems and a new statewide case management system. She also discussed courthouse maintenance, flood damage, mold issues, security system upgrades, and the $47 million asset preservation fund created last session, while asking for additional local facilities funding and one-time disaster-related support. Lambert highlighted specialty court and statewide program results, including foster care review boards, family recovery courts, court designated worker programs, drug and mental health courts, and the Judicial Commission on Mental Health. She thanked legislators for prior bills and support, including House Bill 1, Senate Bill 26, and the CES law, and said 2026 recommendations will focus on civil commitment reforms under KRS 202C. During questions, Senator Wheeler asked whether some courthouses are being overbuilt; Lambert said most facilities are inadequate, though some may be larger than needed, and that future needs and population changes must be considered. She also noted that virtual hearings and technology have improved efficiency. No votes or formal committee actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving the presentation.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session May 8th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , national security, et cetera.
  • Haftner, the point of this legislation is about national security and security of the state, correct?
  • That people at the state level don’t have access to national security unless you have a national security
  • security intelligence?
  • National Security Council, National Economic Council, Homeland Security Council, among others.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation and pledges, and received several announcements and recognitions before moving to legislation. Members honored the UTRGV chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, educator Jessica Lopez, the late Jennifer Maddenly, Jeanette Valdez Duran and Mobile Blessings from the Heart, TAMAC’s 50th anniversary, and journalist Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement. The chamber also adopted motions allowing committees to meet, setting a local and consent calendar, and suspending posting rules for a Public Health hearing on SB 2721. The House then considered a long series of Senate and House bills on third reading, with many passing by wide margins. Measures included SB 906 on Ysleta del Sur Pueblo peace officers; SB 1229 designating Veterans Memorial Highway; SB 855 on foster care medical costs; SB 703 on massage therapy licensing and trafficking protections; SB 1025 on tax-increase ballot language; SB 1119 on water park liability; SB 1080 on provisional occupational licenses for people with criminal convictions; SB 929 on lien deadlines; SB 1355 on liquor sales credit disputes; SB 2231 on fee waivers for college applications; SB 1877 on Public Utility Commission data access; SB 1998 on pediatric preceptorships; and several House bills on topics such as bond forfeiture notice, health workforce planning, civil commitment counsel, expunction of contempt records, consumer transactions, nuisance birds, theft venue, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, military-related tuition, utility recovery mechanisms, psychedelic therapy studies, teacher retirement funding transparency, election procedures, juvenile parole eligibility, and more. Some bills drew notable debate or amendments. HB 200, creating a “second look” parole process for certain juvenile offenders after 20 years, prompted extended discussion about serious offenses and juvenile rehabilitation before passing 102-4. HB 2298 on AI-assisted cancer detection passed 85-62 after the sponsor emphasized “augmented intelligence” and physician oversight. HB 5247 on utility capital recovery saw a failed amendment to require ratepayer credits, then passed. HB 3045, a franchise tax exemption for spaceport operators, initially failed 73-74 but later passed after verification showed a 70-69 result. SB 2420, regulating app stores and mobile software distribution, was postponed for later consideration after substantial debate over age verification responsibilities. Several other measures were postponed, including SB 888, SB 552, SB 17, and SB 2420, while HB 1128 on election judges carrying concealed handguns passed 85-57 after a withdrawn point of order.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources and Environment May 26th, 2026

Natural Resources & Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Systems and injection-based and then CO2-assisted technologies, like what are we looking at or for?
  • and borehole technologies and Drilling capabilities and borehole technologies, and advanced drilling
  • We're still requiring financial security on the front end of this stuff.
  • So this does not absolve the financial security requirements.
  • security requirements.
Keywords: 965, house, all