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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Unfunded mandates do impact affordability in this state by requiring school districts and other local
  • Unfunded mandates do impact affordability in this state by requiring school districts and other local
  • And this bill is around creating a task force that brings impacted individuals.
  • And so this task force will bring all the impacted individuals together in a very direct and open way
  • This amendment, this striking amendment, is negotiated with impacted parties to address the elements
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer, approved the prior day’s minutes, and adopted House Resolution 4691 recognizing Presidents’ Day. Supporters of the resolution praised presidential leadership and civic ideals, while one member used the occasion to note the historical harms and contradictions of figures such as Washington, Lincoln, and FDR. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, and the House also recognized visiting former legislators and Black leaders in the chamber. The chamber then took up several bills, often suspending the rules to move measures directly to third reading. Second Substitute House Bill 1923, creating a local option for passenger-only ferry districts, passed 84-11 after debate over ferry reliability, local control, and possible tax “stacking.” Substitute House Bill 2475, requiring language-accessible public programs and services, passed 62-33 amid support for access and safety and opposition over unfunded mandates, overregulation, and concerns about technology and assimilation. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2508, clarifying the Office of Independent Investigations’ authority, passed 90-6 after a technical amendment; supporters said it would improve police accountability processes, while some noted remaining concerns about investigations. House Bill 2464, requiring reporting and law-enforcement response data for incidents at private detention facilities, passed 58-38, with supporters emphasizing transparency and critics calling it political and questioning the agency chosen to collect the data. Substitute House Bill 2203, creating reckless interference with emergency barricades, passed 94-2 after testimony about flood rescues and the need for stronger deterrence. Second Substitute House Bill 2384, increasing oversight of continuing care retirement communities, passed 78-14; supporters cited senior protections and solvency, while opponents worried about duplicative costs. Second Substitute House Bill 2333, allowing certain campaign funds to be used for security and related protections for elected officials and candidates, passed 71-21 after debate over political violence and concerns about self-dealing. Second Substitute House Bill 1909, creating a Court Unification Task Force, passed 56-36, with supporters citing inconsistent court administration and opponents defending local control. The House also passed Second Substitute House Bill 1906 on water system rate transparency and consumer protection, 91-1; Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2548 on health care market standards and mergers, 53-38; Substitute House Bill 2405 establishing a PTSD pilot program with early treatment and return-to-work provisions, 90-1; and Substitute House Bill 2323 creating a Blue Envelope Program for autistic and neurodiverse drivers during traffic stops, 92-1. Throughout the day, members frequently split along lines of transparency, consumer protection, public safety, local control, and concerns about mandates or regulatory burden.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it would include those that are currently investigated by the Departments of Labor and Industries,
  • you're going to have will be your county prosecuting attorney, for the power to really have a huge impact
  • We also know that it's important to address this issue that has been impacting our communities all across
Summary: The House first considered House Bill 2156, which would authorize investigators in the Attorney General’s Office to serve electronic search warrants in limited economic and financial crime investigations, especially organized retail crime. Members debated a series of amendments on training standards, scope, background checks, warrant service, and definitions of covered crimes. Some amendments were adopted, including changes clarifying training and decertification standards, narrowing the scope of economic and financial crimes, and refining warrant-service language; others were rejected or ruled out of scope. The amended striking amendment passed 52-39, and the bill then passed final reading 54-43. The House then moved through several other measures. House Bill 2219, dealing with child care operational efficiency and licensing, was amended to strengthen safety language around opioids in licensed child care settings and passed 95-1. House Bill 2124, which raises the threshold for lump-sum retirement allowance payments, passed 96-0. House Bill 2266, concerning permanent supportive housing, traditional housing, and indoor emergency housing, was amended to add local-government notice, transparency, community-meeting, and siting provisions, then passed 56-40. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1784, on certified medical assistants and telemedicine-related practice, received a cleanup amendment and passed 96-0. The House also passed House Bill 2523, which codifies the Community Reinvestment Program, after rejecting an amendment that would have redirected some funds to economic development; the bill passed 88-9. House Bill 2113, allowing certain medical supervision of diagnostic radiologic procedures in emergency settings, passed 97-0. House Bill 2632, updating state law terminology from “alien” to “non-citizen,” passed 58-39 after debate over precision versus respectful language. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2476, expanding seating limits for theaters serving alcohol, passed 81-50. Finally, House Bill 2320, addressing firearms manufacturing involving 3D printers and CNC machines, was heavily amended to narrow and clarify language around code and additive manufacturing before the striker passed. The bill’s supporters framed it as a response to ghost-gun risks and recent incidents involving 3D-printed firearms, while opponents raised constitutional concerns about speech and gun rights. The transcript cuts off before the final vote on HB 2320 is recorded.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 28th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Bass, how would your legislation impact private institutions, specifically...
  • So do you know how that would impact them?
  • How would this impact their work?
  • So it would impact us.
  • So there's no impact on the state fisc at all. No, no, I'm sorry.
Bills: HR171 , HCR49 , HB632 , HB1084 , SB310 , SB351 , SB399
Committee: House Education
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> emergency relief to impacted businesses. emergency relief to impacted businesses.
  • And I capacity to absorb the impact.
  • But also we know that greatest impact.
  • Uh and so this industrial park.
Bills: HF4598 , HF4884 , HF3732
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have had an opportunity to forecast how these cuts would impact our students at St.
  • I wanted to make sure that we had this public hearing to talk about nursing in Washington and the impact
  • repeatedly delivering that in about nine months with substantial community involvement from both industry
  • ... ...months with substantial community involvement from both industry educators and community partners
  • and to have productive careers in that industry.
Bills: HB2498 , HB2443 , HB2567 , HB2363 , HB2422
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • And uh a significant uh impact would be.
  • ,</c> talking about the insurance industry, talking about the insurance industry, insurance<00:27:03.679
  • Like I said, I've almost 20 years in the industry and saw it firsthand.
  • </c><00:37:57.359><c> and</c> almost 20 years in in the industry and almost 20 years in in the industry
Bills: HF3388 , HF400
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Jan 19th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In addition to the devastating impacts to salmon, there's also human health impacts of 6PPD, which is
  • Trucking is a pass-through industry.
  • Trucking is a pass through industry.
  • I mean, we're a mobile industry.
  • on all aspects of tires' impact.
Bills: HB2421 , HB1652 , HB2367 , HB2284
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Mar 13th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that impact on my office, that impact on our sheriff's office... the impact on our constable's office
  • hear that, they'll probably still decide to develop because it may, when you look at the economic impact
  • This can include studying the impacts of the proposed project and determining what mitigation is needed
  • you know, local stakeholders, it's part of your job to ensure that... that they're all aware of the impacts
  • Whether you believe it impacts the individual price of the home or not, it's the only way that we can
Bills: HB23 , HB363 , HB447 , HB954 , HB23
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There were some modifications that impacted a number of the judicial districts.
  • In other words, that is not, it is not going to impact the unique felony arrests.
  • How the entities deal with this, how they are actually impacted.
  • Witness: So yes, I understand that taking the 10 away certainly has some impact.
  • So whether or not this will impact the downstream part of the whole criminal justice system, I think
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Mar 24th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for representing the industry. I appreciate you taking time out of your day.
  • But as the fiscal note shows, it's going to have very little impact.
  • There is no impact. Would it go to Appropriations or would it not?
  • There is no fiscal impact per the fiscal note. Okay, it says increase across the board on this.
Bills: HB184 , HB235 , HB546 , HB557 , HB584 , HB747 , HB902 , HB930
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Military Affairs and Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • So in the area, it’s really only commercial and industrial.
  • industries in this country.
  • And so there is a significant regulations in this industry.
  • And so we're simply asking that we not be burdened in this industry.
  • And so we're simply asking that we not be burdened in this industry.
Bills: SB1232 , SB1421 , SB1505 , SB1511 , SB1520 , SB1803
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Workplace Standards

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, that's part of the industry.
  • We believe at Association of Washington Businesses that those sorts of major impacts on industries really
  • We have major impacts not only in the security guard industry, but many industries beyond that, if we
  • Failure to do so impacts our contractors' ability to complete the plumbing work, impacts plumber trainee
  • Both of these industries are industries where hours matter and getting things done matters.
Bills: HB2513 , HB2524 , HB2611
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Jurisprudence Apr 9th, 2025

Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • deeds—as I'm sure County Clerk Warren knows all too well and those of us in the title insurance industry
  • Representative Oliverson's... ...had it in the House and Senator Betancourt carried it after hearing from industry
Bills: SB302 , SB1335 , SB1734 , SB1760 , SB1975 , SB2127
Summary: The committee heard several probate, family law, judicial, property, and contract-related bills. Senate Bill 1335, relating to decedents’ estates, would remove outdated references to a clerk’s certificate, allow courts to remove personal representatives on their own motion with notice by qualified delivery method, and add independent administrators to provisions that referenced only independent executors; an estate-planning attorney testified in support, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1760, concerning guardianship transfer fees and procedures, was described as setting a $45 filing fee for transferred guardianship cases and clarifying completion and dismissal procedures; it received no testimony and was left pending. Senate Bill 2127 would shorten the eligibility period for retired judges to serve as visiting judges from eight years to six, restrict practice in their assigned region for two years, and require conflict-related certification; it also was left pending without testimony. Senate Bill 302 would shift the cost of a traveling probate judge to the requesting estate or parties rather than the county; one witness registered in favor, no one testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then considered a committee substitute for Senate Bill 252, which would clarify the parental presumption in conservatorship cases, require non-parents seeking relief against a parent to file an affidavit showing significant impairment to the child if relief is denied, require courts to state specific findings when overcoming the presumption, confirm the clear-and-convincing standard, and clarify that agreed prior orders do not defeat the presumption. The substitute was explained as consensus language from a work group, public testimony was reopened, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1734, on deed fraud, would create a streamlined ex parte process for property owners to have fraudulent deeds declared void, modeled on the fraudulent lien statute; county clerk and title association representatives testified that it would provide a low-cost self-help remedy for a growing problem, and the bill was left pending subject to the chair. Senate Bill 1975 would prevent Texas contractors from being forced to litigate disputes in foreign jurisdictions and require disputes to be handled in the county where the project is located; it was presented as a repeat of a previously vetoed bill and was left pending. Finally, the committee took up a substitute for Senate Bill 1940, concerning transfer-on-death style beneficiary designations for manufactured homes. The substitute would allow one or more beneficiaries instead of only one, transfer the interest to surviving designated beneficiaries who survive by 120 hours, extend the application period for transfer to 365 days, void the designation if not timely filed, and require mailing by certified or registered mail with return receipt requested. The substitute was adopted without objection. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 29th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To authorize direct the legislative auditor, study the impact the city of New Orleans has on the state
Bills: HR310 , HR314 , HR316 , HR317 , HR321 , HR275 , HR276 , HR279 , HR282 , HR286 , HR289 , HR292 , HR295 , HR302 , HR319 , HCR112 , HR307 , SCR59 , SCR61 , SCR62 , SCR68 , SCR69 , SCR70 , SCR54 , SCR55 , SCR64 , SCR75 , HCR3 , HCR49 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HB1 , HB2 , HB42 , HB45 , HB66 , HB71 , HB79 , HB126 , HB133 , HB145 , HB159 , HB167 , HB213 , HB218 , HB222 , HB289 , HB291 , HB312 , HB313 , HB316 , HB324 , HB352 , HB383 , HB398 , HB403 , HB429 , HB457 , HB459 , HB511 , HB549 , HB571 , HB579 , HB591 , HB608 , HB616 , HB624 , HB766 , HB769 , HB783 , HB799 , HB804 , HB864 , HB874 , HB909 , HB951 , HB971 , HB983 , HB1005 , HB1017 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1095 , HB1126 , HB1129 , HB1186 , HB1193 , HB1223 , HB1224 , HB1230 , HB1235 , HB1249 , HB723 , HB36 , HB140 , HB181 , HB198 , HB205 , HB211 , HB226 , HB259 , HB271 , HB302 , HB335 , HB342 , HB487 , HB513 , HB623 , HB682 , HB730 , HB740 , HB761 , HB775 , HB797 , HB812 , HB816 , HB940 , HB968 , HB979 , HB1028 , HB1029 , HB1038 , HB1049 , HB1084 , HB1161 , HB1194 , HB1199 , HB1201 , HB1203 , HB1247 , HB1256 , SB25 , SB132 , SB155 , SB157 , SB202 , SB228 , SB237 , SB250 , SB405 , SB406 , SB414 , SB433 , SB480 , SB513 , SB149 , HB359 , SB29 , SB43 , SB78 , HB210 , HB258 , HB468 , HB784 , HB134 , HB1117 , SB42 , SB274 , SB382 , SB449 , SB300 , HR74 , HB463 , HB715 , HB998 , SB80 , SB268 , SB444 , SB479 , HB901 , HR20 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB82 , SB89 , SB97 , SB123 , HB74 , HB119 , HB368 , HB414 , HB552 , HB732 , HB776 , HB848 , HB870 , HB953 , HB956 , HB1236 , SB208 , SB217 , SB283 , SB387 , SB389 , SB401 , SB408 , SB469