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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Defense.
- Um, our interpretation of what this department released a couple of days ago is that number one, they
- And so I think what the Department of Transportation is saying, and we agree with, is they don't want
- And so, we support what the Department of Transportation is saying.
- We look forward to continuing to work with the Department of Transportation.
Bills:
HB2007 , HB2462 , HB2621 , HB2921 , HB3187 , HB3331 , HB3332 , HJR144 , HB3514 , HB3528 , HB3539 , HB3563 , HB3720 , HB3726 , HB3751 , HB3859 , HB3947 , HB4148 , HB4164 , HB4337 , HB4346 , HB4368 , HB4706 , HB4916 , HB4950 , HB4967 , HB5177 , HB5603
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
commercial signs, county approval, transportation code, regulations, road signage, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, confidentiality, personal information, local government, airport data, public records, regional transportation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Labor.
- </c><00:34:22.240><c> of</c> both Minnesota and US Department of both Minnesota and US Department of
- I'm going to tell you briefly about a patient of mine.
- I'm going to tell you briefly about a patient of mine.
- You know, of the emergency department.
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
Keywords:
massage therapy, Asian bodywork therapy, massage therapist, Asian bodywork therapist, licensure, professional licensing, health occupations, Department of Health, commissioner of health, advisory council, protected title, unlicensed practice, scope of practice, consumer protection, background check, professional liability insurance, continuing education, credentialing examination, state preemption, municipal regulation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Our tribal police department, TPD has a long-standing history of service, continuing a tradition of defending
- Uh, mine are kind of related a little bit.
- Like I said, my name is Robert Martinez Jr. and I'm here to testify on behalf of my department, which
- So, like I said, some of the police departments around us, specifically El Paso and Socorro, they have
- They, they go through the, uh, Department of the Interior Federal Training Program in New Mexico.
Committee:
House S/C on State-Federal Relations
Keywords:
tax, ad valorem, voter-approval, local government finance, property tax, repeal, tax rates, school finance, tax reduction, compressed tax rate, education, funding, HB 176, Texas border security, interstate compact, Government Code Chapter 794, Texas-Mexico border, border enforcement, immigration enforcement, ICE 287(g)
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- The seller or lessor of the vehicle remits the fee to the Department of Licensing, which deposits fee
- of Labor and Industries, L&I, the Health Care Authority, and the Department of Enterprise Services.
- State Department of Health.
- My name is Carrie Sessions, and I work as the Director of Governmental Relations of the Department of
- For the Department of Labor and Industries, $385,000...
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
Working Connections Child Care, child care subsidy, subsidized child care, Washington DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, low-income families, child care providers, licensed child care centers, family child care, market rate survey, subsidy rates, income eligibility, state median income, SNAP, Basic Food, collective bargaining, provider reimbursement, daily payment, half-day care, partial-day care
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- This is currently run through the University of Washington's Neurology Department as part of a Project
- So we have an executive director of the Department of Health writing scope of practice.
- Department of Health.
- Department of Health.
- That's the Department of Revenue, access, and DES.
Committees:
House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
Keywords:
physician assistants, licensure compact, medical services, multistate practice, patient care access, healthcare workforce, military families, adverse actions, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, HB 2233, rural health transformation, rural health transformation program, AHCCCS, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, JLBC
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- products Minnesota has a supply mining products Minnesota has a supply of<00:21:47.279><c> many</c><
- Chair Anderson asked whether anyone from the Department could give a brief rundown of activity in the
- from the Department here that could<00:44:10.079><c> kind</c><00:44:10.200><c> of</c><00:44:10.319><
- He said the heart of the bill is about the administration of the grants, and he asked whether the department
- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture's limited grant assistance was helpful and appreciated, but it
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF1621, CelluComp, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, appropriation, grant, commercialization, fiber-based barrier packaging, packaging materials, PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, plastic reduction, sustainable packaging, environmental health, materials innovation, bio-based packaging, food packaging, agriculture finance, one-time grant, state subsidy
IA
Committee:
Joint State Government
Keywords:
Department of Management, technology reinvestment fund, criminal history checks, cybersecurity, data confidentiality, education expenses, qualified education, higher education, tuition, apprenticeship programs, Iowa education savings plan, state employee salaries, transparency, government reports, administrative procedures, public access, paid parental leave, state employees, family leave, adoption
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Jan 12th, 2026
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill creates a statewide public health awareness campaign funded through the Department of Elder
- The Department of Elder Affairs would contract with nonprofits that focus on Alzheimer's education and
- Their presentation will be by Chad Barrett, Assistant Secretary of Administration for the Department
- presentation will be by Chad Barrett, Assistant Secretary of Administration for the Department of Children
- Step two, invitation, represents the submission of the application from the CBCs to the department.
Committee:
Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Keywords:
child protection, medical records, investigation, abuse, neglect, healthcare, Child Protection Team, diagnosis, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimers, dementia, related dementias, brain health, early detection, caregiver support, elderly affairs, Department of Elderly Affairs, Department of Health, public health outreach, memory loss
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Arizona's Department of Corrections has a critically low number of employees right now and offering a
- For the record, Ryan Boyd, on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, neutral on the bill.
- So, Honorable members, for the record, Ryan Boyd, on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, neutral
- The amendment will entail, instead of saying a statewide alert, it will be at the discretion of the department
- It will be at the discretion of the department based on the geographic location of the missing child.
Bills:
SB1071 , SB1315 , SB1317 , SB1416 , SB1493 , SB1537 , SB1542 , SB1584 , SB1626 , SB1740 , SB1751 , SB1804 , SCR1047 , SCR1049
Keywords:
Arizona Rangers, statutory repeal, security, state law, regulatory changes, school safety, interoperable communications, law enforcement, emergency response, funding, reentry programs, criminal justice, grants, recidivism, attorney general, missing children, kidnapping, reporting requirements, child safety, training
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the Department of Motor Vehicles.
- they have, and other non-members of mine, just engineering companies who have contracts with the districts
- For the Texas Department of Transportation, I'm here as a resource witness on House Bill 5603, and I'm
- In addition, House Bill 3947 would codify and strengthen current Texas Department of Transportation rules
- I'm Jimmy Archer, Director of the Motor Carrier Division of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
Bills:
HB2007 , HB2863 , HB2921 , HB3331 , HB3332 , HJR144 , HB3514 , HB3528 , HB3720 , HB3751 , HB3859 , HB3947 , HB4148 , HB4346 , HB4880 , HB5603 , HB4337
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
commercial signs, county approval, transportation code, regulations, road signage, vehicle title, revocation, hearing process, Transportation Code, county assessor-collector, confidentiality, personal information, local government, airport data, public records, vehicle regulation, transportation, steel industry, state fees, safety standards
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- human services or the Department of Human Services is, in uncodified sections of law, transferred over
- c> child</c> the department of public safety's child the department of public safety's child passenger
- of Children, Youth, the new Department of Children, Youth, and<01:15:34.480><c> Families.
- Jennifer Somerfeld, Department of Children, Youth, and Families.
- the Department of Human Services where the Department of Human Services where we<01:40:27.440><c> need
Keywords:
HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Don is a constituent of mine, and I. got to really get involved in these issues because of Don's tragic
- Currently, parents who have their children removed by the Department of Family and Protective Services
- And then the department would have the ability to sort of gradually taper that down over time if there
- We can clarify, again, some of the changes that we made in the sub, so we, after talking to the department
- still has temporary managing conservatorship, the department is not out of these families lives and
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening, validated screening tool, evidence-informed tool, conservatorship, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, trafficking prevention, Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- this committee a couple of times, past the house floor.
- priority so we hope to work with all the entities to make sure that we have of this important piece of
- I've been coming to the legislature for 40 years. to testify for the rights of DeafBlind citizens of
- I have lived as a DeafBlind person for all of these years.
- Of course, like I said, I'm a native Texan, so here in Texas at the age of three, they started to try
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening, validated screening tool, evidence-informed tool, conservatorship, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, trafficking prevention, Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This was work done by those in the mortgage industry as well as the Department of Consumer Credit to
- within the control and discretion of a committee from the Department of Corrections.
- And then the Department of Health said no.
- I don't have the details of how the Department of Health releases the dollars.
- But our state Department of Health doesn't actually define or oversee these entities at all.
Bills:
SCR17 , SB2104 , SB2155 , SB1428 , SB1250 , SB1651 , SB1794 , SB444 , SB1061 , SB1327 , SB1425 , SB1455 , SB1458 , SB1460 , SB1480 , SB1530 , SB1543 , SB1555 , SB1593 , SB1209 , SB1730 , SB1733 , SB1769 , SB1805 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1503
Keywords:
Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In the Department of Medical Education, he currently serves as medical director of the PA program and
- And whereas the brainchild of the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics and Light Safety International
- Department of Health.
- from the State Board of Education, the State Department of Education, because they don't have a certified
- the school district board of Education or charter school governing body to the state department of Education
Bills:
SCR17 , SB2104 , SB2155 , SB1428 , SB1250 , SB1651 , SB1794 , SB444 , SB1061 , SB1327 , SB1425 , SB1455 , SB1458 , SB1460 , SB1480 , SB1530 , SB1543 , SB1555 , SB1593 , SB1209 , SB1730 , SB1733 , SB1769 , SB1805 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1503
Keywords:
Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Um, first I want to thank the Department Um, first I want to thank the Department of<00:07:50.160
- dollars settling lawsuits, uh, with the Department of Corrections.
- dollars settling lawsuits, uh, with the Department of Corrections.
- dollars settling lawsuits, uh, with the Department of Corrections.
- dollars settling lawsuits, uh, with the Department of Corrections.
Bills:
HB426 , SB24 , SB106 , SB254 , HB505 , HB458 , HB535 , HB509 , HB320 , HB518 , HB261 , HB426 , SB24 , SB106 , SB254 , HB505 , HB458 , HB535 , HB509 , HB320 , HB518 , HB261 , SB316 , HB228 , SB318 , SB260 , HB132 , HB347 , HB405 , HB86 , HB263 , HB302 , SB336 , SB316 , HB228 , SB318 , SB260 , HB132 , HB347 , HB405 , HB86 , HB263 , HB302 , SB336
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
Alabama Ad Valorem Advisory Committee, ad valorem taxes, property tax, real property, personal property, tax assessment, tax collection, county tax officials, Department of Revenue, Commissioner of Revenue, taxpayer representation, resident taxpayers, local government, property tax administration, Association of Alabama Tax Administrators, tax policy, advisory committee, public input, governance reform, body-worn camera
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States. Salute the flag of the state of Oklahoma.
- Symbols of you may be seated, Mr. Leader. Thank you, Mr. President.
- Same Faruqi as our doctor of the day. Mr. Leader, thank you, Mr. President.
- So please give her a warm senate welcome and privilege of the floor.
- Now, therefore, pursuant to the motion of Senator Avery Fricks, the Senate of the great state of Oklahoma
Bills:
SB1423 , SB1426 , SB1502 , SB1377 , SB1983 , SB1466 , SB1645 , SB1647 , SB1847 , SB1565 , SB1562 , SB1329 , SB1383 , SB1833 , SB1555 , SB1344 , SB1839 , SB1280 , SB1832 , SB2001 , SB1405 , SB2143 , SB1989 , SB1393 , SB1392 , SB1395 , SB1400 , SB1220 , SB1516 , SB1239 , SB1531 , SB1349 , SB1221 , SB1538 , SB1309 , SB1434 , SB2108 , SB2121 , SB2171 , SB2061 , SB2112 , SB2138
Keywords:
Oklahoma Hospital Advisory Council, hospital licensure, public health, State Department of Health, State Board of Health, hospital regulations, healthcare regulation, hospital standards, hospital construction, hospital operations, stroke care, stroke system, emergency medical services, EMS transport, psychiatric treatment, chemical dependency treatment, substance use disorder, drug storage, pharmacy, quality indicators
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revision: HB1782 (Moore) laid over. Added to 3/4 A and B Full agenda Mar 3rd, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- of prayer.
- and I think that the state department of edd can work at what the best consolidations can be.
- I know that the healthcare or state department of health I'm assuming has been working with the Center
- And my understanding is that there are six areas that the state department of health is focused on.
- They're in the within the Department of Commerce.
Bills:
HB1242 , HB1250 , HB1590 , HB1752 , HB1979 , HB1983 , HB2952 , HB2961 , HB2967 , HB2973 , HB2988 , HB3031 , HB3047 , HB3052 , HB3066 , HB3086 , HB3175 , HB3177 , HB3178 , HB3240 , HB3404 , HB3429 , HB3548 , HB3638 , HB3671 , HB3704 , HB3759 , HB3831 , HB3904 , HB3920 , HB3944 , HB3969 , HB3973 , HB3975 , HB3976 , HB3978 , HB3983 , HB3984 , HB4092 , HB4118
Committee:
House Appropriations and Budget
Keywords:
HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, Oklahoma Tax Commission, agriculture, producer sales, private treaty, special livestock sale, tax relief, farm products, rural economy, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Health Care & Wellness
Transcript Highlights:
- So please, on behalf of all the folks who are in need of mental health therapy, I don't know. of all
- of this.
- The Department of Health and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner would have to submit any available
- It also bases the Department of Social and Health Services' decision to issue a CCRC registration on
- It requires DSHS to include a link to the results of any actuarial analysis review received by the Department
Committee:
House Health Care & Wellness
Keywords:
healthcare, insurance, certification, state regulation, health plan, therapy, psychotherapy, mental health, regulation, professional standards, behavioral health, mental health crisis, crisis response, co-response, co-responder, first responder, EMS, emergency medical services, paramedic, EMT
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- sits in the Department of Commerce, as you've heard.
- I'm the executive director of the Office of Homeless Youth within the Washington State Department of
- of Labor and Industries to the Department of Corrections.
- of Labor Industries to the Department of Corrections.
- It authorizes the secretary of the Department of Corrections, It allows the Department of Corrections
Committee:
Senate Human Services
Keywords:
child safety, near fatalities, public reporting, child welfare, transparency, homeless youth, youth services, mental health, support programs, state law, employment services, community inclusion, age limitations, disability services, home and community living, abortion medications, reproductive health, mifepristone, misoprostol, abortion access