Video & Transcript Research : 'affordability'

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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 11th, 2026 at 11:17 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

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  • to put in all this wiring and cameras, most of them in their homes, that they will not be able to afford
  • Though she originally aspired to be a veterinarian or a physical therapist, she could not afford to return
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  • Members, Senate Bill 1344 is the insulin access and affordability program. It is a system where...
  • is a deal that is being supported by the... ...deal that is being supported by the Americans for Affordable
  • all the other things that are going up that people are paying for, and medications that cannot be afforded
TX
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  • Instead of one STAAR test, we'll have multiple supplied by TEA unless districts can afford third-party
  • Camp Mystic took advantage of the letter of map change process afforded by the Federal Emergency...
  • will take effect, and it will take effect once the legislation for expanding Medicaid under the Affordable
  • He's never once felt the need to even afford their representatives so much as a conversation.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Judiciary

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  • This will provide the law enforcement officers and our public safety personnel the afforded protection
  • This will provide the law enforcement officers and our public safety personnel the afforded protection
  • This will provide the law enforcement officers and our public safety personnel the afforded protection
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 29th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received a prayer and pledge, adopted the journal, and heard messages from the House reporting final passage of several Senate bills and concurrence in SCR 86 and 87. The chamber also observed personal privileges honoring the lives of Edith K. Kirkpatrick and Susan Ann Traylor Bidick, with family members present and a moment of silence held for Bidick. The House later refused concurrence on Senate amendments to HB 42 and HB 159. The Senate then took up a series of resolutions, most of which were adopted without objection. These included studies on energy infrastructure and modernization (SR 174, amended to add an alternative energy industry representative and a consumer advocate), breast pump Medicaid reimbursement (SR 175), digital student IDs (SR 176), lethality assessment protocols in domestic violence cases (SR 177), problem gambling prevention (SR 178), community water system grading (SR 179), condolences for Sharon Courtney (SR 180), and expansion of the Louisiana Tumor Registry (SR 181). The chamber also adopted SCR 85 honoring the Sam Houston High School Broncos baseball team after a recorded vote of 36 yeas and 8 nays. On bills returned from the House, HB 1222 on grocery initiative grants failed on final passage by a vote of 18 yeas and 19 nays. SB 312 had House amendments rejected, SB 348 and SB 485 had House amendments concurred in, and SB 121 on congressional redistricting was the subject of extensive debate over racial gerrymandering, district configuration, and expected litigation before the Senate concurred in the House amendments by 28 yeas and 10 nays. The Senate also concurred in several House concurrent resolutions, including studies or reports on flooded corn and migratory waterfowl, deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, support for a Senator Kennedy letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service, boating safety reporting, and subsurface data review. Finally, HB 944 creating a Women’s Health Consortium within the Department of Health was amended to address funding concerns and convert it into a more task-force-like structure, then passed 37-0 with nine coauthors. The Senate then recessed until 1:30 p.m. to continue work, including conference committee reports.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 3rd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • academic achievements has made and has been recognized for its broad range of academic programs, affordable
  • From offering affordable tuition and research opportunities to championing bilingual and bicultural learning
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with senators highlighting the university’s growth, medical school, research expansion, and role in serving South Texas. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 368 honoring outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, with numerous senators praising his long public career, leadership in higher education, and statewide impact. Senate Resolution 361 recognizing Texas HBCU Day and Senate Resolution 362 recognizing Denton County Days at the Capitol were also adopted, along with other routine recognitions and gubernatorial appointments being read into the record. The Senate then took up several bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to shorten vacancy posting requirements, allow bilingual certification candidates to retake only failed test sections, give teachers more flexibility with paid leave, clarify classroom removal procedures, and ensure parents are informed of appeal rights. The bill passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a parent’s right to direct a child’s education, was also brought up and passed to engrossment after a contested suspension vote. The Senate next passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, which would require reporting of foreign funding at public universities, bar gifts from adversarial governments, and require training and reporting systems to prevent foreign influence and intellectual property theft in higher education. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the so-called “Dexit” bill, was debated at length for its corporate governance changes, including codifying the business judgment rule and altering internal corporate litigation and records rules; it passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed by a 30-1 vote. Senate Bill 857, allowing law enforcement discretion to tow vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed after discussion of towing abuses during flooding and disaster conditions. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536, requiring dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, passed with broad support, and Senate Bill 922, addressing delayed electronic disclosure of sensitive medical test results so physicians can discuss them first, was taken up and passed to engrossment as the chamber continued through its calendar.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 29

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

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  • It focuses on continuing our efforts to increase the availability of affordable housing in our state,
  • of affordable housing in our<00:51:58.600> state,<00:51:59.720> prioritizes<00:52:00.680
  • Something needs to make a difference so people can afford to live here in Hawaii, said the minority leader
  • 35.120> in<00:57:35.240> Hawaii,<00:57:36.040> said<00:57:36.240> the afford
  • column with the subheadings: affordable crisis, pass rational tax reform for relief.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 6th, 2026 at 11:19 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

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  • I'm not surprised they can't afford it.
  • We don't have a definition of 'cannot reasonably afford.'
  • I'd be surprised if they can't afford it.
  • That phrase 'reasonably afford.'
  • Reasonably not affording their match? Mr.
NV
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  • AB 62 effectively does a couple things, but it really addresses the state tax credits for affordable
  • And as I think very many, many members of this committee are aware, getting to put together affordable
  • Other states that have state affordable housing tax credits, I believe we are the highest.
  • We have a Section 8 affordable housing complex, 100% affordable, senior preference, which is currently
  • We also own, operate, and develop union-built affordable housing in the Reno area.