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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules REVISED: Start time delayed to 1:45 PM

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • You're required to have to be a practicing attorney, but you don't necessarily have to have been practicing
  • The way this is worded, it says practicing law. So how could an individual... Practicing law.
  • So how could an individual meet the resident requirement and also meet the semantics of practicing law
  • That meets certain residency requirements, but hasn't ever practiced here.
  • Yeah, they could practice down in Texas.
Summary: The committee began with HJR 1074, a proposed Veterans Lottery Trust Fund measure. After adopting a scrivener’s-error amendment, the author explained it would create a veterans lottery game as a two-step process: first establishing the trust fund and board structure, then returning later to authorize the game itself. Members questioned how the money would be appropriated and whether the legislature could direct spending, as well as whether the lottery would compete with existing education lottery revenue. The author said the intent was for the funds to go to the Veterans Lottery Trust Fund and then be distributed by the board, and argued it would create recurring revenue for veterans without relying on annual appropriations. The committee approved the measure 7-1 and reported it do pass. Next, the committee considered HB 3501, which would allow the ABLE Commission to issue multiple manufacturing licenses for one premises. A PCS was adopted as the working draft without objection, and the bill passed 8-1 after brief discussion and no substantive debate. Finally, the committee took up HJR 1070, which would require the Attorney General to be a licensed attorney. An amendment was adopted to change the required practice threshold from 10 years to 5 years to align with requirements for district judges and Supreme Court justices. Members asked about residency, whether the requirement would apply to current candidates, and why the change was needed now. The author said it would not affect current candidates but was intended for future elections so the chief law enforcement officer would be an actual attorney. The resolution passed unanimously, 9-0, and was reported do pass.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health REVISED: Links added Feb 4th, 2026

Public Health

Summary: The Public Health Committee met for its first session and laid over House Bills 3884 and 4410. The committee then heard and advanced several bills. HB 3287 would require hospitals to post discreet notices in areas like X-ray, CAT scan, MRI, or bathrooms telling victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, or human trafficking how to alert staff and ensuring they are not discharged before appropriate reporting occurs; members discussed whether to include a phone number, and the bill passed 5-0. HB 2947 would allow clinics to bill Medicaid for services provided by master’s-level mental health interns working under supervision in accredited programs, with supporters saying it could help address rural workforce shortages; questions focused on supervision, liability, whether it would be limited to Medicaid, fiscal impact, and how many interns might participate, and it passed 5-0. The committee also considered HB 3784, as amended by a PCS, which would let permanent makeup artists come out from under physician oversight after three years of experience, while preserving supervision if they use prescription medications such as topical anesthetics; after clarification about the PCS, it passed 5-0. HB 3901 would create a psychological autopsy position in the Department of Health to review suicides and overdoses through voluntary family interviews and records review to improve prevention efforts; members raised questions about cost, whether the work should be housed elsewhere, the pilot nature of the proposal, and what data are currently collected, and it passed 5-0. Finally, HB 4275 would allow case managers and peer support specialists to be employed by cities and counties while keeping their certification, and it also passed 5-0. The meeting ended with adjournment and a notice that the committee would meet again the following Wednesday morning at 9:00.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary May 7th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So taking these away from where students are spending their time is an evidence-based practice.
  • So taking these away from where students are spending their time is an evidence-based practice.
  • It would be a general, you know, how to approach a child with a disability and what is best practice.
  • So we try our best to make sure that everybody is well educated on best practices.
  • So we try our best to make sure that everybody is well educated on best practices, on how do you, you
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Many would benefit from trades, hopefully becoming productive members of our communities.
  • Well, you know our West Texas needs are with the oil field, not only the building trades, but items like
  • I want to be able to, in Lubbock County, not only just focus on building trades and electronics, but
  • So it would not just be the building trades. I would like to encompass everything that we have.
  • Prior to joining Airbnb, I worked for a decade in the state and local tax practices.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Governmental Oversight and Accountability Jan 20th, 2026

Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Transcript Highlights:
  • tab number four, Senators, SPB 7026 by Governmental Oversight and Accountability relating to OGSR trade
  • SPB 7026, relating to OGSR trade secret held by an agency.
  • This bill seeks to repeal the current public records exemption for trade secrets that are held by an
  • The bill also consolidates several specific trade secret exemptions into one agency-wide exemption, and
Bills: S0774, S7028, S7024, S7026
Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first heard Senate Bill 774, which would extend workers’ compensation medical benefits for employment-related mental or nervous injuries to 911 public safety telecommunicators, even without a physical injury. The sponsor and several dispatchers, a clinician, and communications directors testified in support, describing repeated exposure to traumatic calls, chronic understaffing, and the need for mental health treatment and retention support. Senator DiCeglie and Chair Mayfield praised dispatchers’ work, and the bill was reported favorably by committee vote, with Senator McClain later recorded as voting yes on the bill. The committee then took up SPB 7028, a retirement bill that sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2026, leaves the 3% employee contribution unchanged, allows certain elected officers to receive a DROP payout under specified conditions, and provides a 1.5% alternative cost-of-living adjustment for eligible special risk retirees. Firefighters, police, sheriffs, and chiefs’ groups spoke in support, emphasizing recruitment and retention. The committee voted to submit the proposal as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Finally, the committee considered SPB 7024 and SPB 7026, both open-government-related bills. SPB 7024 would repeal the current public records and public meeting exemption for cybersecurity information and consolidate agency-specific cybersecurity exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. SPB 7026 would repeal the current public records exemption for trade secrets held by an agency and similarly consolidate specific trade secret exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. Neither bill drew testimony or debate, and both were submitted as committee bills and reported favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a lot of good national best practices to look to, and that's how we can identify what we have
  • What is proposed in Senate Bill 1414 mirrors and is more in line with best practices in other states
  • It's already common practice for institutions to do this.
  • We need to put this language into policy practice so that way we can keep it moving.
  • Enhanced penalties... ...are introduced for trade secret theft benefiting foreign entities.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House & Governmental May 19th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Walk me through this, just kind of from a practical standpoint.
  • Walk me through this, just kind of from a practical standpoint.
  • So this is consistent with the current practices.
  • It establishes the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission. SCR 5 by Senator Mizell.
  • What this commission does is establish the trade commission to boost bilateral trade, mutual infrastructure
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Insurance REVISED: Link Added Feb 17th, 2026

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Go through this standard business practice, we will see that to be the case.
  • , we will see that to be go through this standard business practice, we will see that to be, that to
  • I think that should be a part of the business practice, and I think it's protections for the consumer
  • Representative, you know, as we talked about earlier, is that not only I think it's unfair for agents
  • Well, some of those things are covered under proprietary trade secrets and things like that.
Summary: The committee heard a series of insurance-related bills, with much of the discussion focused on homeowners insurance rates, transparency, and regulatory oversight. House Bill 3696, a proposed rate-approval style measure for homeowners insurance, drew extensive questioning about whether it would actually lower premiums, its comparison to Texas, the role of the Insurance Department and Attorney General, and possible effects on carriers and agents. The author said the bill was intended to increase transparency and consumer protections, acknowledged it was a work in progress, and agreed to strike the title and keep working with the committee. The bill ultimately passed the committee on a recorded vote. The committee also advanced House Bill 3259, which would prohibit certain health care contract clauses such as all-or-nothing, anti-steering, gag, and most-favored-nation provisions; House Bill 4294, a follow-up to Dylan’s Law dealing with epilepsy-related insurance coverage and neurostimulator devices; and House Bill 4488, which would let the Insurance Commissioner appoint an impartial umpire when a body shop and insurer cannot agree on a loss value. House Bill 3646, a broad and still-developing insurance bill involving rate review, litigation, venue, AI use, and Attorney General involvement, generated substantial concern from members about workability, litigation, and agent exposure. Its author said it was not final, but the committee voted it down. Later, the committee passed House Bill 3048, a cleanup measure for surplus lines licensing laws; House Bill 3780, requiring an independent actuary review as a transparency measure; House Bill 3781, changing the timing from use-and-file to file-and-use with a 60-day review period while the author said he did not want rate approval; House Bill 3802, delaying rate adjustments after a spouse’s death until renewal; House Bill 3818, creating a home and auto savings account framework intended to help policyholders raise deductibles and lower premiums; and House Bill 2929, which limits how far back insurers may look at homeowners and auto claims for underwriting purposes. Most of these bills passed with little or no opposition after brief questioning.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, this is a high level that is very unfair to anyone, especially if you're a lendee of the state or
  • Um, this is a high level that is very unfair to anyone, especially if you're a lendee of the state or
  • Um, this is a high level that is very unfair to anyone, especially if you're a lendee of the state or
  • Um, this is a high level that is very unfair to anyone, especially if you're a lendee of the state or
Bills: SB61, SB8, SB58, SB60, SB167
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Feb 11th, 2026

Health Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill also prohibits unlicensed practice and protects...
  • The bill also prohibits unlicensed practice and protects Standard disciplinary authority.
  • I am a practicing podiatrist in Fort Pierce, Florida.
  • In practice, however, the 5% to 10% range had not been shared as evenly as we had intended.
  • PCMA is the national trade association that represents pharmacy benefit managers.
Summary: The committee took up several health-related bills and confirmations. It first heard SB 1414 on congenital cytomegalovirus education, which would require the Department of Health to develop and distribute educational materials to expectant and new parents through maternity, prenatal, newborn, and OB-GYN settings; an amendment removed a section on required instruction for medical professionals, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee then approved a block of appointees on tabs 2 through 7 and separately confirmed Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after her testimony on Medicaid accountability, transparency, managed care oversight, rural health, behavioral health, and the state’s technology modernization efforts. Senators asked Harris about Hope Florida, Medicaid redeterminations, the CORE project, an anti-marijuana ad campaign at DCF, and compliance with a federal Medicaid-related court order; she said she would follow up on some issues. The confirmation was recommended favorably, with Senator Berman voting no. The committee next passed SB 186 on student health and safety, which expands epilepsy and seizure-disorder training requirements to more school personnel, including bus drivers and charter school staff, and requires seizure-first-aid posters and updated Department of Health education efforts. It also approved SB 902 on Department of Health issues after amendments narrowed the bill’s scope and added provisions on medical marijuana regulation, early childhood intervention, practitioner accountability, and autism workforce development; one speaker raised concerns about marijuana dispensary location restrictions and low-THC ratios. SB 196 creating a uterine fibroid research database was also reported favorably after an amendment protecting patient privacy; the bill drew emotional testimony from a patient describing severe symptoms and the need for more research. SB 688 on naturopathic medicine was approved after committee discussion about scope of practice, referral obligations, and whether naturopathic care should be adjunctive to conventional medicine; supporters described complementary care and access issues, while opponents worried about delayed treatment for serious disease. Later, the committee passed SB 1574, “Maddie’s Law,” to add biliary atresia screening to newborn screening using the same blood specimen already collected at birth and to launch an education campaign; parents of a child affected by the disease testified that earlier screening could have prevented severe harm. SB 878 on clinical laboratory personnel was reported favorably to address staffing shortages by allowing Florida to rely more directly on federal CLIA standards for qualified lab workers. SB 1092 on podiatric medicine was approved after an amendment narrowed it to cellular/tissue-based products and podiatrists’ use of certain therapies; the bill also addresses continuing education, informed consent, and advertising disclosures. SB 1032 on medical marijuana was amended and passed, aligning physician certification and card renewal timelines, setting 70-day and 35-day supply limits, and reducing the fee for honorably discharged veterans while preserving funding for FAMU; Senator Harrell opposed it, saying the longer timeframes were too much of an expansion. The committee also heard SB 1760 on Medicaid coverage transparency from Senator Brodeur, who said the bill focuses on accountability and fiscal responsibility, but the transcript cuts off before further discussion or action on that measure.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance Apr 9th, 2026

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Violations would be a violation of our state unfair deceptive acts and practices.
  • The Attorney General could check into any... ...state unfair deceptive acts and practices.
Summary: The Business and Insurance Committee met with a quorum and laid over Item 8. Members first took up House Bill 4248, which was amended to prohibit anyone under 21 from buying, selling, delivering, furnishing, or possessing beverages containing hemp. Pro Tem Paxton explained the bill as a response to THC-infused hemp drinks being sold in convenience stores, and the committee passed the bill 9-0. The committee then approved a nomination for Stephen Brickle of Moore to the Alarm, Locksmith, and Fire Sprinkler Industry Committee for a four-year term ending June 30, 2030, also by a 9-0 vote. Members next passed House Bill 4429, the Proxy Advisor Transparency Act, which requires proxy advisors to disclose when recommendations are not based on a written financial analysis and allows enforcement through the Attorney General and civil actions; it passed 9-0 after questions about ESG-related considerations. Several other bills were considered and advanced, including House Bill 2588 on HOA board eligibility for resident owners, House Bill 3472 on tire pyrolysis facilities, House Bill 4317 on CPA exam eligibility, House Bill 3462 on plumbing licensing, House Bill 2035 on funeral transportation agreements, House Bill 3501 on multiple alcohol manufacturing licenses on one premises, House Bill 3127 and House Bill 3143 on medical marijuana regulation, House Bill 3144 on limiting grower licenses, House Bill 3260 on funeral director continuing education approval, House Bill 4321 on labor rules for existing structures, and House Bills 3011, 3522, and 3530 on home brewer licensing, ABLE Commission reporting, and purchase-record timing. Most measures passed on unanimous or near-unanimous votes, with a few receiving one no vote. The meeting adjourned after all listed items were heard.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 19th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • I’m here to talk about Senate Bill 5437, which would end the unfair and anti-competitive practice of
  • During that time, the board was unable to adjudicate appeals for unfair labor practice decisions, including
  • It is a tool used to prevent unfair labor practices from happening.
  • It is a tool used to prevent unfair labor practices from happening.
  • Since 2021, 685 stores have unionized, and as of 2025 there are 204 unfair labor practices.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • You want to practice Islam? So be it. You have the freedom of a religion.
  • You want to practice Islam? So be it. You have the freedom of religion.
  • You want to practice Islam peacefully? That's your right in this country.
  • As a Muslim practicing, my Sharia law tells me my neighbor shouldn’t go hungry.”
  • So, yeah, I’m practicing Sharia in my home, and it impacts my neighbor.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JDC Public Hearing 03-04-2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
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Summary: The Judiciary Committee met in decision-making only session and considered several Senate bills, generally following recommendations to pass measures with or without amendments. SB 2981 would prohibit minimum off-street parking requirements for new development in urban districts and was adopted unamended, with Senator Awa voting no. SB 2982, which bars foreign entities and foreign-influence business entities from making election-related contributions or expenditures, was adopted with an amendment adopting Attorney General language for required advertisement statements. The committee also advanced SB 2983, creating a misdemeanor offense for criminal destruction of a tree on state or county property; one member opposed it, suggesting a replanting requirement would be a better environmental remedy, but the bill was still adopted unamended. SB 2986, concerning Land Use Commission authority to amend or revise district boundary amendment decisions when conditions are not met, passed with an amendment addressing a defective effective date. SB 2991, on driver’s license revocations for certain alcohol-related offenses and re-examination requirements, passed with amendments clarifying revocation orders and re-examination procedures. Members then approved SB 3001, which regulates conversational artificial intelligence services by requiring disclosures and protocols to prevent suicidal ideation, with amendments incorporating AG and OCP recommendations, including a personal data definition and broader data minimization language. SB 3010, allowing officials and in some cases private citizens to enter unattended vehicles to protect endangered pet animals, passed with amendments. The committee also adopted SB 3014 on higher fines for taking or harassing protected turtles, SB 3032 clarifying beach and marine deposit prohibitions, and SB 3033 allowing petitions to review beach structure integrity despite a bad effective date; Senator Awa again voted no on SB 3033. The meeting adjourned after the committee noted a later joint hearing with Ways and Means.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • , we will see that to be... ...go through this standard business practice, we will see that to be the
  • I think that should be a part of the business practice, and I think it's protections for the consumer
  • Representative, you know, as we talked about earlier, is that not only I think it's unfair for agents
  • Well, some of those things are covered under proprietary trade secrets and things like that.
  • Well, some of those things are covered under proprietary trade secrets and things like that.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 23rd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development will now come to order.
  • It was an appalling practice that people were trying to get this predatory practice legalized.
  • This practice has been outlawed.
  • But this bill just stops that predatory practice from continuing.
  • , and abusive practices.