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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The cap is important in this regard to prevent, well, dare I say it, moral hazard in the economic sense
  • We want to protect folks like emergency dispatchers, executive directors, economic developers, or just
  • We want to protect folks like emergency dispatchers, executive directors, economic development. folks
  • like emergency dispatchers, executive directors, economic developers, or just some folks, even members
  • want to take that whole rate increase or possibly make a lesser rate increase so that it's not so impactful
Summary: The House received a Senate message announcing passage of Substitute House Bill 1570 and then moved several bills from Rules to the second reading calendar, including Substitute Senate Bill 5242 on anaphylaxis medications in schools and Senate Bill 6132 on Inland Port District debt. The chamber then took up a series of bills, beginning with Senate Bill 5988 on Department of Health accreditation fee authority for opioid treatment programs. An amendment to cap the fee at $17,000 was debated at length but failed, and a separate amendment was ruled beyond the scope of the bill. Senate Bill 5988 then passed 62-34. The House next considered Substitute Senate Bill 6309 on enhanced municipal permitting tools for high-capacity transit projects. Several amendments were offered to require written consent from abutting property owners, preserve setback and seismic/critical-area protections, and add transparency provisions, but the scope challenge to the transparency amendment was sustained and the other amendments failed. Supporters argued the bill would streamline permitting for Sound Transit and reduce taxpayer costs; opponents said it gave a large transit authority too much discretion and weakened property-rights and land-use protections. The bill passed 56-38. The House also passed Substitute Senate Bill 5886 on personality rights and digital likeness protections, and Senate Bill 6136 on workers’ compensation transparency, both with strong bipartisan support. After caucuses and a rule suspension to work past 10 p.m., the House took up additional second-reading bills. It passed Substitute Senate Bill 6034 to codify the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs, Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 on prior authorization and AI in health care, Substitute Senate Bill 6248 creating the Washington Travel Insurance Act, Substitute Senate Bill 5720 on uniform consumer debt default judgments, Senate Bill 5995 on port modernization funding with labor-related concerns, and Senate Bill 6103 affecting rural hospitals and enrollment status subject to appropriation. Later, the House passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6110 on e-motorcycle regulation, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5156 allowing smaller elevators in some housing, Substitute Senate Bill 6269 updating motor fuel definitions to include hydrogen, Substitute Senate Bill 6189 extending time for Thurston County to pursue an aquatics public facilities district, and Senate Bill 6134 requiring unemployment applicants to acknowledge repayment if retroactive union pay is received. Most bills passed with large majorities, though some drew dissent over labor, property rights, transit governance, or regulatory scope.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Apr 14th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The impact that they had in Tarrant County that y'all still have that of Tarrant County and Parker County
  • Did you know that the medical and forensic impact of short barrel shotguns, can you name any of the kind
  • I see the importance that this, the impact that this has. on you.
  • As we saw last year, there are huge impacts to statewide policy directives that get. initiated.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Mar 10th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, the tax impact resulting from the exemption changes to the ACS for insurers is negative.
  • There is no DOR expenditure impact. So, again, There is no DOR expenditure impact.
  • This would impact the 2026 survey and next year's 2027 biennium rate setting.
  • This would impact the 2026 survey and next year's 2027 biennium rate setting.
  • The fiscal impact will be indeterminate because the survey results and survey response rates of future
Bills: HB2487
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Mar 9th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, the fiscal year impact will be redistributed due to the three-year repayment provision.
  • This would impact future rate increases in those four counties referenced earlier.
  • Turning to the fiscal impacts, a fiscal note is available with an impact of DCYF.
  • Turning to the fiscal impacts, a fiscal note is available with an impact of DCYF.
  • Going forward, and make sure that we, the impacts are mitigated. Thank you.
Bills: HB2487
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It has made such an impact on thousands of lives, changing the projection of students' lives. students
  • If there is a day that impacts Thank you, Mr. President.
  • serious offense that can escalate into more violent behaviors and have long-lasting psychological impact
  • And that is that the United States Supreme Court makes a lot of decisions that impact our schools, our
  • I'm really just talking about the fiscal impact.
Summary: The recent Senate meeting primarily covered two resolutions, HCR65 and HCR19, both of which were passed unanimously with little to no opposition. HCR65 was introduced in memory of Tracy Lee Vincent of Longview, while HCR19 was presented to honor the late Terrell Lynn Roberts of Angleton. The meeting included brief addresses from several senators, who shared personal reflections on the impacts of the individuals being honored and expressed gratitude for their contributions to the community. This collaborative atmosphere showcased the members' capacity for camaraderie and respect, emphasizing the importance of human connection in legislative proceedings.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • today, was established with a clear and purposeful mission to strengthen the cultural vitality, economic
  • the floor over to the Senator representing Senate District 24 Who will speak to the organization's economic
  • distinguished itself not only as a cultural and policy advocate, but also as a powerful engine for economic
  • These initiatives have provided tangible pathways toward economic resilience For communities that have
  • to my colleague from Hawaiʻi Island, representing Senate District 3, who will speak to the broader impact
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Tragically, at least 246 lives were lost and economic damage has exceeded 100 million. billion dollars
  • The economic impact, not just on the ranchers in the Panhandle, but the communities themselves is. is
  • What impact do you have on the community?
  • Like the weight of the wires and telecom devices, do they have an impact?
  • effects and economic loss.
Bills: HB 13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145 , HB366 , HB470 , HB805 , HB912 , HB13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145
Committee: House State Affairs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • 100,000 people plus get that voicemail directly sent to their inbox... it may or may not have an impact
  • this is for Representative Tepper, does anybody have a projection of what, how much money this would impact
  • we've had a lot of other issues related to our district and county attorney that have had extreme impacts
  • concern return that I have is yet again something that you mentioned, sir, which was the financial impact
  • What I do fear is that if a bill were to come, a financial impact were to come to the city, that ultimately
Bills: HB 13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145 , HB366 , HB470 , HB805 , HB912 , HB13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145
Committee: House State Affairs
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Elections Committee Aug 28th, 2026

Elections

Bills: AB686 , AB1130 , AB502 , AB1853
Committee: House Elections
Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met on August 28, 2026, with a quorum present and heard five bills focused on election integrity, campaign transparency, and misleading political content. Chair Pellerin and Assembly Member Berman presented AB 1130, which would strengthen disclosure rules for campaign spending on social media influencers and impose civil penalties for violations, and AB 686, which extends existing law targeting deceptive or manipulated audio/video of political candidates, including deepfakes. Both bills were described as needed to improve transparency and protect voters from deceptive campaign media. The committee also heard AB 282, which would make it a felony to seize or interfere with ballots, election records, or certified voting technology before election results are certified, and AB 1853, which would give elections officials more authority to reject or alter candidate statements in the voter information guide when they contain hateful, irrelevant, or inappropriate material. Supporters of AB 1853, including a representative from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, argued that official voter materials should not be used to spread hate or extremist rhetoric. AB 502 was presented as a narrower, constitutionally safer version of AB 2839, limiting remedies and shortening the protected time window for deceptive AI-generated campaign content while preserving protections against deepfakes. All five bills were moved with recommendations that Senate amendments be concurred in; AB 282 was also re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety. The recorded committee votes showed broad support, with AB 1130 passing 7-0, AB 686 5-2, AB 282 5-2, AB 1853 5-0, and AB 502 5-2. After the initial votes, the absent member later added an aye vote on each item, and the chair thanked members and staff before adjourning the hearing.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, this draft environmental impact statement is still a draft.
  • The next version... ...The draft environmental impact statement is still a draft.
  • What are the impacts, environmental impacts? What are the impacts on the people living there?
  • Madam Chair, just again to that point, I would note that the impact may be...
  • Those are not high economic areas, and they are paying a higher rate.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Revenue Feb 12th, 2026

Joint Committee on Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • At the federal level without impacting state revenue.
  • That are projected to impact state revenues by more than $20 million.
  • It's a federal deduction, not a state deduction, so it doesn't impact—that's why I say it does not impact
  • The good news coming out of that economic roundtable is... ...economic roundtable to sort of review where
  • She proposes an impact-triggered, time-limited conformity review process for large-impact changes.
Bills: H4975