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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Mon Feb 23, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 20

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fukui for her outstanding service to the people of Hawaii. Please join me in congratulating her.
  • Fukui for her outstanding service to the people of Hawaii. Please join me in congratulating her.
  • Fukui for her outstanding service to the people of Hawaii. Please join me in congratulating her.
  • Throughout her years of service, she combined her exceptional clinical skill with deep compassion for
  • Throughout her years of service, she combined her exceptional clinical skill with deep compassion for
Bills: SB2723, HB9
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CAA Public Hearing - Fri Feb 20, 2026 @ 11:00 AM HST

Culture & Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our wounded service members fought tirelessly when our nation called upon us.
  • from the Office of Veterans Services as well as the Hawaii Military Affairs Council.
  • Thank you so much, and thank you for your<00:14:19.279><c> service.</c> your service. your service.
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  • </c> Education Services. Education Services.
Bills: HB9, SB2723
Summary: The Committee on Culture and the Arts heard testimony on HB 9 HD1, which would designate Hawaii as a Purple Heart State, and SB 2723, relating to State Sheriff’s Day. On HB 9 HD1, Takumi Abby of Purple Heart Chapter 483 testified in strong support, saying the bill would recognize the service and sacrifice of combat-wounded veterans and honor Purple Heart recipients and their families. Additional support was noted from the Office of Veterans Services, the Hawaii Military Affairs Council, and CARES, whose representative Angela Melody Young described related veteran-honoring efforts in Honolulu and across Oahu and said the state designation would extend that recognition statewide. Members then moved to decision-making on HB 9 HD1. One member briefly commented on family military service and the importance of remembering Purple Heart recipients. The committee voted to adopt the chair’s recommendation to pass the measure as is, with all members present voting aye. For SB 2723, the chair indicated the committee would further defer the date, while also recommending passage with amendments. The committee voted on the amended version and adopted the chair’s recommendation with no objections or reservations.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:04 am

Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that very preliminary study looked at only the four of the 12 Indian Health Service clinics and looked
  • was only successful on two occasions being able to extract some limited data around Indian Health Service
  • Thousands of women were sterilized without their The federal government utilizes internet health services
  • In 1972, after an eruption of the appendix, I was admitted to Gallup Indian Health Service in Gallup,
  • She thinks she's a nurse at Indian Health Service. So I said, 'Was there a question?'
Bills: SM14
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fish and Wildlife Service, and a $250,000 appropriation in last year's budget.
  • Fish and Wildlife Service, and a $250,000 appropriation in last year's budget.
  • And again, these utility rates, these utility services are just for the little guys.
  • The Fish and Wildlife Service should be the entity in charge of recovering the Mexican gray wolf.
  • Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 7th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm hearing, and I love wraparound services, and I know the benefit.
  • But we're still disabled as a direct result of their service to our country.
  • They were just presumed to have been service-connected.
  • We thank him for his service and sacrifice to our country, and we thank you for your service and sacrifice
  • His comment to that would be you were worth that service.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee Meeting Jun 23rd, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I simply want to emphasize that our wetlands provide invaluable ecosystem services.
  • If we had to build, maintain, and improve infrastructure to provide these services, it would cost millions
  • before-and-after care as a half-day care reimbursement rate, and it's only fair that families are charged
  • However, we need to be appropriately reimbursed for our services so that we can keep our practices open
  • We believe that the fire service is the best bang for the state's buck. Thank you. Thank you.
Bills: SB219, SB9
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met to hear several bills, with members repeatedly reminded to focus on fiscal impacts rather than policy merits. The committee first considered SB 9 on freshwater wetlands, which would combine tidal and non-tidal wetlands programs into one permitting framework; supporters said the bill resulted from a two-year consensus process and that the governor’s office and DENREC would absorb a significant share of the cost. Public testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing flood control and ecosystem services, though one speaker opposed the spending. The committee voted to release SB 9. The committee then heard SB 278 on child care assistance, which would preauthorize summer camp for eligible school-age children and create a separate lower co-payment for half-day care. The sponsor and the YMCA of Delaware said the change would better align family co-pays with provider reimbursement and make before- and after-school care more affordable for working families. The committee also released SB 278, SB 168 on alcohol delivery for package stores, SB 120 on health insurance coverage for certain testing and treatment, and HB 4, a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools; HB 4 was described as having a near-$3 million fiscal note and a one-year implementation delay because it was not funded in the budget. Later, the committee approved SB 219, which gradually increases the military pension income tax exclusion from $12,500 to $25,000 over three years and includes related joint-filing and residency changes. Supporters argued it would help attract and retain military retirees and bring federal dollars into the state. The committee also released SB 1, a major primary care reform bill that would increase primary care spending and implement hospital payment reforms, with projected long-term savings to the state employee health plan, and SB 325, which expands background checks and wrap-back monitoring for fire service personnel and adds an investigator position for the Fire Prevention Commission. In each case, public commenters and committee members generally supported the bills, and all were released from committee by recorded vote.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy.(7-2-26)

Natural Resources & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Angie Hatton, and I'm chair of the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
  • </c><00:26:34.840><c> And</c> Kentucky Public Service Commission.
  • And Kentucky Public Service Commission.
  • So at this point, thank you for your service, and you'll be missed.
  • </c> familiar with how the Public Service familiar with how the Public Service Commission<00:33:29.600
Bills: SB8
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 18th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • The fees are, believe it or not, set by the Public Service Commission.
  • And so there is a weekend fee that the Public Service Commission authorizes the tow truck people to charge
  • And then I don't have, what, I'm just not going to charge them for that two hours on that Friday.
  • I'm still going to charge them Saturday.
  • It says if you don't come out, you just cannot charge a $34 fee, correct? Right. Okay.
Bills: HCR96, SB431
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and took up Senate Bill 431 by Senator Foil. The bill, as amended in the House, would apply only to non-consensual private-property tows and require towing companies to have someone available on weekends to release vehicles within 90 minutes of a call if they want to charge storage fees for Saturday and Sunday. Senator Foil said the measure was intended to help vehicle owners retrieve cars and belongings sooner, while not forcing companies to stay open; Lieutenant John Nelson of Louisiana State Police explained that payment would still occur at the yard and that the bill did not change the fee structure. Amy Seals of Riverside Towing opposed the bill, citing safety concerns, burdens on office staff, and fairness issues because it would not cover police-initiated tows; she suggested limiting weekend release hours to daytime. Despite her concerns, the committee moved SB 431 favorably without objection. The committee then considered House Concurrent Resolution 96 by Representative Adams, which urges the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, to provide educational materials on proper roundabout use. Adams said the resolution was meant to help drivers in smaller parishes and elsewhere who struggle with roundabouts. Several members supported the idea, noting confusion about roundabout navigation in their areas, and one member asked whether driver education already covers the topic. The resolution was moved favorably without objection. Before adjourning, the chair recognized a new DOTD staff member and a visitor from the Florida Women’s Republican group. Representative Spells then moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned without objection.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Higher Education Mar 19th, 2026

Joint Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Like, the food service director is not part of a 504 meeting, and so that's a really big problem.
  • Boston Children's we would continue to ask for is, when you schedule the 504 meeting, ask for the food service
Bills: H5012, S2927
Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education held a hearing on two late-filed bills, H. 5012 and S. 2927, titled An Act Relative to Students Accessing Food and Nutritional Information, sometimes referred to by witnesses as the “Snack Act.” The bills would require schools to make clearer, centralized online information available about gluten-free and allergen-free meals, including menus, food safety protocols, ingredient information, and contact information, so students with celiac disease and other medically necessary dietary restrictions can safely participate in universal school meal programs. Representative Michelle Badger and Senator Joan Lovely both testified in support, describing the legislation as an equity measure that would help families trust school meals and reduce barriers to participation. A series of witnesses, including pediatric and adult gastroenterologists, a Harvard Medical School faculty member, a Celiac Disease Foundation representative, parents, and several children and college students with celiac disease, said that celiac disease requires a strict lifelong gluten-free diet and that lack of clear communication often leads families to avoid school meals. They emphasized risks from cross-contamination, the stress and social exclusion children experience, and the fact that many schools already have the underlying information but do not present it in an accessible way. Committee members responded positively, praising the young witnesses and noting that the bill could benefit students beyond the celiac community by improving transparency for all medically restricted diets. One member suggested the Department of Public Health might also address the issue through regulations, similar to a prior restaurant allergy protocol effort. No votes were taken at the hearing, and the chair closed the hearing after testimony concluded.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Military Affairs and Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yet today, no entity or body has a specific charge of aligning Department of Defense priorities with
  • - or non-service-connected disabilities.
  • - or non-service-connected disability from the statutory income cap.
  • working in federal service...'
  • The issue that eats at my heart is the service and the person who served, period.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Does that include nonprofits that would have to cooperate, perhaps ones that offer homeless services?
  • Having been in charge of Higher Ed Appropriations, the way it would work if the students remain and start
  • Go to line 723 when the person charged with a crime for a pretrial detention could be arrested.
  • Some of the people in charge didn't vote for it either when they were in the House.
  • I led the charge. I still am because it is major public safety implications.
Bills: SJR36, SR8, SR14, SR15, SR17, HCR54
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jan 28th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 28th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we can take our idle time as city court judges, let our marshals do service, and help all of the
  • and survivors, along with wraparound services.
  • It helps to de-escalate future incidences by helping to coordinate services as a whole.
  • Adrian Bordelon, State Examiner, Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service. All right.
  • State Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service. All right. Y'all go ahead. Yes, sir.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 1165, which was converted into a substitute bill to reorganize the Avoyelles Parish court system by creating two city courts, one for Marksville and one for Bunkie, and expanding their jurisdiction parishwide, including small claims and certain misdemeanor, civil, and juvenile matters. The sponsor and supporting judges said the change would better use existing courts and improve access to justice, while the district attorney opposed it, arguing it would not help the criminal docket, could create staffing and constitutional issues, and needed more study. After questions about voting districts, appellate procedure, and minority vote dilution, the committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill favorably. The committee then heard House Bill 1064 creating a domestic violence intervention court pilot program in the 19th Judicial District, with testimony from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and the YWCA describing a specialty court model focused on accountability, victim services, and wraparound support. The bill was reported favorably. House Bill 341, clarifying law enforcement officer rights during administrative investigations, was amended to specify administrative matters and reported with amendments. House Concurrent Resolution 64, as amended, expanded a study of behavioral health courts to include additional parishes and a later reporting deadline, and was reported favorably. House Bill 579, the sexual assault survivor bill of rights, was amended to strengthen notice, confidentiality, and funding provisions and then reported favorably. Later, House Bill 1004, which would have raised the jurisdictional threshold for justice of the peace courts from $5,000 to $7,500, drew significant opposition from city court judges who warned of unintended consequences, including different evidentiary standards, possible attorney-representation issues for entities, and added burdens on district courts. Supporters framed it as an inflation adjustment and access-to-justice measure, but after debate the committee voted 5-11 to defer the bill. House Bill 183, limiting courthouse cell phone bans in fee-payment areas, was amended and then failed on a 7-7 tie with the chair voting no. The committee also reported favorably House Bill 451 on ATC hearing notices, House Bill 541 on micro distillers via substitute, Senate Bill 44 on tactical medical professionals’ firearms, House Resolution 37 honoring veterans who served in Honduras, and House Bill 89 requiring a district attorney office to pay certain retirees’ health premiums from its own funds. Several other bills were voluntarily deferred, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 28th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • and survivors, along with wraparound services.
  • It helps to de-escalate future incidences by helping to coordinate services as a whole.
  • It helps to de-escalate future incidences by helping to coordinate services as a whole.
  • Adrian Bordelon, State Examiner, Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service. All right.
  • State Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service. All right. Y'all go ahead.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it's supposed to be used to go on to do other services, Mr. Speaker.
  • We do need more affordable services at the hospital.
  • My fear... ...services to the low-income and underserved communities.
  • Many of them are cutting services in order to keep the doors open.
  • Care services contractor regulated under Chapter 48.44 RCW.
Summary: The House took up and passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5292, which modifies the paid family and medical leave program. Supporters said the bill uses an actuarial model to set rates and establishes a four-month reserve to improve program stability. The bill advanced to third reading without amendments and passed 95-1. The House then considered Substitute Senate Bill 5841, related to completion of course and financial aid information. The House adopted Amendment 2140, which adds a financial aid calculator and requires follow-up when students indicate they have completed a financial aid form in their high school and beyond plan. After that amendment and the Education Committee amendment were adopted, the bill passed 92-4. Members supporting it said it would help students understand and access financial aid, while one opponent argued schools should not be inserted into family FAFSA decisions. The most extensive debate was on Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5981, concerning the 340B drug pricing program and contract pharmacies. Numerous amendments were offered to limit the program’s expansion, direct more revenue to patient care or low-income patients, restrict contract pharmacies, add reporting, delay implementation pending court cases, or narrow participation by hospitals and PBMs; most were rejected, and one amendment was ruled beyond the scope of the bill. Supporters of the bill argued it would help safety-net providers, rural hospitals, and FQHCs, while opponents warned it would mainly benefit large hospital systems, create administrative burdens, and likely face litigation. The House adopted the Health Care and Wellness Committee amendment and then passed the bill 67-30. After those actions, the House received messages from the Senate, including passage of Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1210 and the Governor’s signing of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 252. The chamber then moved to House Bill 2487, a tax bill, where several amendments were withdrawn and additional amendments were debated, including one clarifying the definition of taxpayers and another creating a three-year repayment schedule and changes to the advanced computing surcharge.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026 at 12:45 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • An act relating to allowing payments to be made for services, psychiatric unit.
  • The charges are referred to the prosecutor. The prosecutor must wait sometimes up to 22 months.
  • Our state does a fabulous job of honoring military service. Representative Keaton.
  • Our state does a fabulous job of honoring military service.
  • One of the things we give is a civil service preference to veterans.
Summary: The House received messages that the Senate had passed House Bills 2104 and 19883, and that the President had signed Substitute House Bill 1570. It also referred committee reports without objection. A motion to relieve the Rules Committee of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6346 and Engrossed Senate Bill 6347 failed on a 48-38 vote after debate over the bills’ fiscal impact and constitutionality. The House then took up Engrossed Senate Bill 6246, dealing with emissions-intensive trade-exposed industries and the Climate Commitment Act. Several amendments were offered, including proposals to permanently exempt these industries or to limit Ecology’s authority over closed facilities, but those amendments were rejected. A striking amendment that reflected stakeholder negotiations and added reporting and other changes was adopted 56-31, and the bill then passed 57-38. The House also passed Engrossed Senate Bill 5068, narrowing the bill to certain corrections officers and deputy prosecutors and aligning state hiring rules with federal work authorization; it passed 62-33. Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5847, concerning access to medical care and workers’ compensation, drew extensive amendment debate. The House adopted amendments creating a 25-mile provider-access standard, adding quarterly reporting to the Workers’ Comp Advisory Committee, and other changes, while rejecting a pilot-project amendment and a self-insurance amendment; a point of order was sustained against an amendment on legislative privilege as outside the bill’s scope. The bill then passed 67-28. The House also passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6194, which allows higher reimbursement for Astria Toppenish Hospital, and Senate Bill 6132, which supports rail funding for the Port of Moses Lake; both passed unanimously. Later, the House passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6113, a technical tax-law correction bill, by 92-4; Substitute Senate Bill 5520, creating a compensation process for the wrongly convicted, by 72-23 after rejecting a stricter “actual innocence” amendment; Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6162, reforming property tax exemptions for seniors, disabled persons, veterans, and some small businesses, by 93-2; and Senate Bill 6137, allowing in-state collegiate sports wagering with added athlete-protection provisions, by the required three-fifths margin of 70-26. The House then began consideration of additional bills, including Second Substitute Senate Bill 5880 on toxicology testing, with debate starting on an amendment to address discovery and subpoena requests.