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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Financial Services Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • That that information through the state.
  • Our state treasurer, Young Boozer, is here today."
  • Well, we are actually putting some caps in there that the property owners or their state can get the
  • Well, we are actually putting some caps in there that the property owners or their state can get the
  • that the property owners or their state that the property owners or their state can<00:09:28.640
Bills: HB55, HB104, HB55, HB104
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • So that is for all guardianship, state, family, private guardianship, and then specifically, for state
  • the state as an alternative. the state as an alternative. in<00:27:27.279> Kentucky.
  • the part of the state that you're in. the part of the state that you're in.
  • cases that the state is appointed under. cases that the state is appointed under.
  • fatality review teams and the state fatality review teams and the state sudden<01:03:02.000>
Summary: The committee’s first interim meeting opened with roll call and a reminder that Kentucky had 8,641 children in out-of-home care with active placements as of June 1, 2025. The first presentation was from the Center for Courageous Kids (CCK), a donor-funded camp in Scottsville that serves children with lifelong illnesses and disabilities at no charge. Representatives described the camp’s history, its year-round family retreats and summer sessions, its medical and accessibility supports, and its impact on campers’ confidence and independence. They said CCK has served more than 43,000 campers from 46 states and 13 countries, including 22,000 from Kentucky, and noted plans to reach all 120 Kentucky counties. CCK also outlined future capital needs: a new art barn and a medical lodge. The organization said the art barn project would cost $2.5 million, with a legislative request of $1.5 million, and the medical lodge would cost $2.875 million, with a legislative request of $1.75 million. Members responded very positively, with several praising the camp’s work and one member asking about operational challenges. CCK said its main challenges are awareness, staff and volunteer recruitment, and expanding medical and housing capacity; it also said it is accredited by the American Camp Association and receives health and safety visits and audits. The committee then moved to a presentation on adult protective services and state guardianship programs from Jessica Wayne and Cliff Bryant of DCBS. They explained the legal framework for guardianship, the difference between full and limited guardianship/conservatorship, emergency appointments, and the state’s role as a last-resort guardian when no family member or private entity is available. They reported 4,464 individuals under state guardianship as of June 1, with most cases involving dementia, developmental disability, intellectual disability, nursing home or long-term care placement, severe mental illness, or brain injury. They also said the division has 89 field workers across 14 regional offices, with an average caseload of 52 and a goal of reducing that into the mid-40s through additional hiring.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • When testifying, please turn on the microphone and clearly state your name and any affiliation for the
  • Please state your name for the record.
  • And we're still trying to get good things passed for the state of Nevada. data.
  • The Contractors Board is self-funded and one of the most efficient organizations in the state.
  • Please remember to clearly state and spell your name for the record.
Bills: SB507
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee May 6th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator, you mentioned other states that have done this. How many? Where are they?
  • And maybe the term states was improper as in the plural, but the state of Florida has done it.
  • I know for a fact, and I can't say if any other states have done it. So, Florida...
  • Other states have done it.
  • I think federal and state... Federal and state, we do.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this is not going to cost the state anything with this?
  • You also mentioned about the 4,000 across the state.
  • More than half our states participate in this... participate in this.
  • What we have here with this bill, many of you heard the governor in her State of the State address.
  • It states it could be in a library or it could be a...
Bills: SB211, HB96, SB215, SB257, SB13, SB13
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Not the case across the state.
  • Now once the intervention ends, this completely hands off for the state board...
  • Completely hands off for the state board and the State Department of Education.
  • We're talking about adding this as a constitutional amendment. ...this as a constitutional amendment.
  • , you know, that now we're going to put this in our state's Constitution to require... state's Constitution
Bills: SB211, HB96, SB215, SB257, SB13, SB13
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Mar 27th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would like to know if that exists in the state.
  • You said telepharmacy is, actually I'm surprised it's only in 28 states. Yeah, it's 28 states.
  • and outside of the state as well, but this state is fortunate... ...to have all of those NICUs who care
  • And please do not eliminate the state.
  • throughout the entire state.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals Mar 20th, 2025

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've got really interested in, um, what our bee, our honey producers and our beekeepers do across the state
  • I would say that probably works really well for most of our state, but the state's very diverse, um,
  • And so the forage varies around the state.
  • It's been very helpful to our bees and our beekeepers across the state.
  • So all of that can be controlled for the whole state of Texas through what you all submit.
Bills: HB148, HB203, HJR30
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • We initially had five, and that was based on a population that had 4.2 million citizens in the state.
  • We know now that the census shows... state.
  • I was in Colorado for about eight, and I've also worked in four other states... eight there, and four
  • other states I've worked in as well.
  • I've been to the United States Supreme Court twice. Y'all have faith in our courts.
Bills: SB185, SB194, SB72
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 5th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • in the state, and you know where the problems are.
  • Then the state goes in and intervenes.
  • But we've got to keep the citizens of this state safe.
  • For example, he's exactly right—you get states coming from all...
  • ; I don't even think that we have enough state troopers in the state.
Bills: SB82, SB78, SB4, SB6, SB62, SB66, SB77, SB63, SB79, SB53, SB55, HB14
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • and constitutional authority. and constitutional authority.
  • state librarian. state librarian.
  • that will only process state permits. that will only process state permits.
  • I don't So, the<00:57:32.000> state the state the state the<00:57:34.359> state<00:57:34.760
  • from state property. from state property.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2613, SD1, HD1, relating to public school land transfer. The Attorney General’s office and the Department of Education supported the bill’s technical cleanup of Act 307, but strongly opposed a new provision that would convey school parcels containing public and school library facilities to the Hawaii State Public Library System. They argued the added transfer language conflicted with Act 307’s purpose of consolidating school land for more efficient school operations, and said existing law already allows co-located library use through rights of entry, licenses, or other agreements. The library system supported the bill and said it was trying to resolve longstanding operational conflicts on shared school-campus libraries, especially where public access, construction, and campus safety issues arise. Members questioned whether the Board of Education should simply mediate the dispute, whether the bill was the right solution, and whether a formal memorandum of agreement might be a better approach than a land transfer. The library system described years of difficulty coordinating with DOE on projects and said it needed a clearer process to complete work and spend CIP funds. Discussion also touched on a Kauai parcel in the bill, identified as a tennis court, and whether resurfacing could be completed before any transfer. The Attorney General indicated that if the goal is to preserve library uses while keeping title with the state, DLNR or another documented arrangement may be more appropriate than transferring fee title to the library system. The committee then heard SB 2543 SD2 HD1, relating to state construction projects. DAGS supported the measure, and the Hawaii Ironworkers Stabilization Fund and Hawaii Building Construction Trade Council strongly supported it, saying the bill would help spot-check high-cost projects and reduce waste from overruns and delays. One testifier opposed the bill, arguing the proposed construction manager role was too limited and that DAGS needed more training, decentralized authority, and better internal decision-making rather than a new layer of oversight. Supporters said the bill was intended as a pilot program to address repeated cost overruns and improve accountability on state construction projects.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • State University's Ferguson College of Agriculture, representing all majors in the college.
  • We are anticipating upwards of 500,000 unique visitors to the state.
  • So every community in the state is going to benefit from this massive event.
  • We would be the 11th state.
  • We would be the 11th state.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 12th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Agencies in the state of Texas.
  • Uniform throughout the state.
  • In a state that has more flood deaths than any other state in the nation, and will continue.
  • Rather than traveling to other states.
  • Anywhere in the state.
Bills: SB8, SB4, SB43, SB1, SB2, SB13, SB6, SB10, SB16, SB14, SB3, SB8, SB4, SB43, SB1, SB2, SB13, SB6, SB10, SB16, SB14, SB3