Transcript Highlights:

• THE COMMITTEE ON REGULATED INDUSTRIES WILL COME TO ORDER.
• ON THE REGULATED SIDE OF THE HOUSE WE PROCESSED 49802 LICENSES FOR LEGAL GAMING IN THE STATE.
• HE WAS MURDERED WITH A GUN THAT WAS STOLEN FROM THE SAME ILLEGAL CASINO THAT NO ONE REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
• COMPARE THAT TO A STATE LICENSED FACILITY OR A TRIBAL GAMING FACILITY AND THESE MACHINES ARE REGULATED

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Are we protecting gun owners in that statement?
• Who is going to be going and taking those guns?
• violence or banning certain guns?
• help them try to clean up and get guns off of the streets.
• They seized 27 guns.

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Summary: The House Committee on Crime and Public Safety met in executive session and first took up House Bill 3105, which drew the most discussion. The committee adopted a House committee substitute and two amendments: one replacing references to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission with the Director of Public Safety, and another changing venue language to Cole County. Members debated the bill’s effect on cooperation with federal law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, and local control, with supporters saying it would protect law-abiding citizens and allow public safety agencies to work with federal partners, while opponents argued it was unnecessary, politically motivated, or could weaken local authority. The committee then voted the substitute do pass by 11 ayes to 6 noes. The committee also voted House Bill 1740 do pass without discussion. House Bill 3186, relating to sex offenders, received one present vote from Representative Anderson, who cited possible constitutional concerns, but it still passed 15-0-1. House Joint Resolution 124 also passed, 12-4-1. The committee then combined House Bills 3068 and 3049 into a single committee substitute on sex offender registry matters and approved it unanimously, 17-0. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 2868, which would expand DNA swabbing requirements for certain felony offenses. An amendment added several felony categories, including controlled substance offenses, forgery, fraud, auto theft, felony DWI, and felony evading arrest, while removing check forgery language after member concerns. Representative Seitz said the change addressed his concerns and referenced a recent local officer shooting as a reason for support. The committee adopted the substitute and voted the bill do pass unanimously, 17-0, then adjourned the executive session.

Transcript Highlights:

• So federal law does regulate the amount of fees that I'm allowed to charge.
• As you're likely aware, the banking industry is one of the most regulated, if not the most regulated,
• And we don't take any issue with those sorts of regulations.
• It's important in that context to also understand how banks are regulated.
• And so there is significant regulation in this industry.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1803, which would regulate non-accredited veterans benefits claims assistance by prohibiting unrecognized agents or attorneys from preparing or prosecuting claims, limiting compensation practices, requiring written disclosures and cancellation rights, and making violations subject to Attorney General enforcement. Supporters, including the sponsor and several veterans, said the bill would create needed guardrails against predatory actors while preserving veterans’ choice to use free or paid help. Opponents and some neutral testimony, including a VA-accredited attorney and representatives of the VFW and American Legion, argued the bill still lacked sufficient protections, raised federal preemption concerns, and should require VA accreditation instead. After debate over fees, back pay, and the availability of free services, the committee adopted an amendment and gave SB 1803 a do pass recommendation by a 5-2 vote. The committee then heard SB 1232, a strike-everything amendment dealing with outdoor advertising signs in military airport and ancillary military facility overlay zoning districts. The bill would allow signs on property with a military compatibility permit in areas otherwise treated as residential under a zoning designation, which the sponsor and property representatives said was needed to resolve an ADOT permitting loophole for a specific parcel near Luke Air Force Base and the Northern Parkway. Members questioned whether the change was narrowly tailored, whether other properties could be affected, and whether ADOT and federal highway beautification rules would be satisfied. After the amendment was adopted, the committee approved SB 1232 on a 4-3 vote, with several members saying they would reserve the right to change their votes on the floor. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1511, which would prohibit operation of a commercial motor vehicle in Arizona unless the operator can prove lawful presence in the United States and would allow impoundment if proof is not provided. The sponsor introduced the bill with a lengthy explanation of commercial driver licensing history and concerns about non-domiciled and limited-term CDLs, contrasting them with Canadian and Mexican commercial licensing arrangements. The transcript cuts off before testimony, questions, or any action on SB 1511.

Transcript Highlights:

• LET'S BE CLEAR, GUN SAFETY IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE.
• EXPENDED THE FACULTY TO INCLUDE GUN SAFES AND LOCKS AT A MINIMUM IS COMMON SENSE.
• IN FLORIDA A PERSON GUNS BY GUNFIRE EVERY THREE HOURS.
• EVERY SINGLE YEAR FLORIDA SEES 3300 OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS DIE DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE.
• GUN VIOLENCE IS A LEADING FACTOR FOR WHY CHILDREN AND TEENS DIE IN OUR COUNTRY.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• As you're likely aware, the banking industry is one of the most regulated, if not the most regulated,
• We don't take any issue with those sorts of regulations.
• In some circumstances, we've been asked to support guns and other states we've been asked to oppose guns
• we not be regulated to become enforcing those policies.
• And so there is a significant regulations in this industry.

Bills: SB1232 , SB1421 , SB1505 , SB1511 , SB1520 , SB1803

Committee: Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Keywords: outdoor advertising, military compatibility, zoning, electronic signage, permitting, undocumented immigrants, financial services, identification requirements, loans, foreign remittances, transitional housing, military, veterans, grant program, supportive services, SB1511, commercial driver license, CDL, nondomiciled CDL, nondomiciled commercial driver license

Transcript Highlights:

• Can I have all my Moms Demand and gun safety advocates stand up? There's Tony's Inman.
• If you are part of Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, Every Town for Gun Safety, Every Town for If you
• are part of Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, Every Town for Gun Safety, and Moms Demand Action, please
• Gun Safety, Giffords, and Every Town, are here.
• Veterans, and gun owners from Arizona for Gun Safety, Giffords, and Every Town are here today and are

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior journal, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Sarah Lee Davison of Tucson. Members also introduced numerous guests and advocacy groups in the gallery, including Aliento students for Education Day, gun violence prevention advocates, agricultural visitors, military veterans, and representatives of the Kino Border Initiative and Nucor Steel. The chamber then observed a moment of silence in honor of Andy Grosetta, a longtime Arizona rancher and cattle industry leader, after a proclamation was read memorializing his life and renaming a meat transparency bill the Andy Grosetta Act. The House entered Committee of the Whole and considered HB 2074 and HB 2148. HB 2074, described by supporters as a measure to strengthen mandatory reporting related to partial-birth abortion and verify compliance with existing law, drew sharp opposition from Democrats who argued it would criminalize medical workers and punish women seeking care; supporters said it targeted only those with direct knowledge of the procedure and protected unborn children. The committee adopted the Judiciary Committee amendment and then gave HB 2074 a do pass recommendation as amended. HB 2148, described briefly by its sponsor as a transparency bill, also received an Appropriations Committee amendment and a do pass recommendation as amended. The Committee of the Whole reported both bills back to the House, which adopted the report and referred HB 2074 and HB 2148 to engrossing. The House also announced committee meetings for later that day and the following morning, including Appropriations, Federalism and Military Affairs, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation, and Rural Economic Development. The chamber then adjourned until 10 a.m. Thursday, January 29, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• Can I have all my Moms Demand and gun safety advocates stand up? There's Tony's Inman.
• If you are part of Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Moms Demand Action
• If you are part of Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Moms Demand Action
• Gun Safety, Giffords, and Everytown, are here.
• Veterans and gun owners from Arizona for Gun Safety, Giffords, and Everytown are here today and are meeting

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In 2023, 4,561 Texans died from guns, and nearly 300 were youth ages... 4,561 Texans died from guns,
• about protecting the young people of the state from preventable gun tragedies.
• Look, we all believe in the Second Amendment and Texas has a lot of gun... I don't know.
• a lot more gun owners.
• And I've got to think there's enough gun owners and prospective gun owners in Texas that you're going

Bills: SB913 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1143 , SB1534 , SB1553 , SB1718 , SB1754 , SB2004 , SB2322 , SB2448

Committee: Senate Economic Development

Keywords: hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax code, local government funding, Texas legislation, county taxation, economic development, hotel industry, local government, counties, taxation, tourism, workforce development, youth programs, employment, education, technical training, health physics, higher education, nuclear energy

Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee met to hear a series of bills and informational primers, with several resource witnesses from the Governor’s Office, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The chair opened by noting the death of Senator King’s son and asking members to keep the family in their prayers. Most bills were laid out and left pending subject to the call of the chair after brief author presentations and public testimony. The committee heard several local hotel occupancy tax bills: SB 1553 for Kerr County, SB 1086 for Childress County, SB 1087 for Mason County, and SB 913 for Alpine. Supporters, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association and local officials, said the measures would allow counties or the city to use hotel tax revenue for tourism-related projects and local development. The committee also heard SB 1534, which would direct a study on health physics education and workforce needs in Texas; resource witnesses from TWC and THECB testified on the bill. All of these measures were left pending. A major portion of the hearing focused on SB 1754, which would prohibit local tax abatements for renewable energy facilities selling power at wholesale, with an exception for certain battery storage tied to dispatchable generation. The bill drew strong support from witnesses who argued counties should not subsidize wind and solar projects that can harm neighboring landowners and that renewables already receive substantial federal support. Opponents from the solar and storage industry argued the bill would remove a voluntary local economic development tool, raise power prices, and discourage investment. Senators also debated landowner impacts, grid reliability, and whether the bill was the right policy tool; the bill was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2322, a committee substitute related to the Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act, which would exempt electric generation facilities from the program’s compelling-factor test so they can qualify for school tax limitation agreements. Supporters said the change would correct an unintended barrier for dispatchable generation, while Senator Johnson argued it would weaken the program’s purpose by subsidizing projects that would locate in Texas anyway. SB 1718 would add the NRA annual meeting to the major events reimbursement program; the NRA supported it, while gun violence prevention advocates opposed using state incentives for the organization. SB 2004 would add the Arlington Grand Prix to the major events program, and SB 2448 would create a rural workforce development grant program; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. The committee also heard SB 1143, a substitute bill aimed at improving transparency and coordination in programs serving opportunity youth ages 14 to 24, with witnesses supporting better reporting and workforce alignment. At the end of the meeting, Senator Johnson moved that the committee stand in recess subject to the call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Hardin said, I'll run that son of a gun jacket.
• We look forward to seeing everybody there, and go Aggies, guns up. Go Aggies!
• We look forward to seeing everybody there and go Aggies guns up. Go Aggies!
• and laws, especially in being a safe and responsible gun owner.
• This bill updates the Public Regulation Commission so that it can keep pace with today's fast-changing

Bills: HB111 , HB61 , HB43 , HB156 , HB70 , SB3 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HB247 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 270 relates to recovery residences regulations.
• Senate Bill 347 relates to local regulation of solar facilities, special exceptions.
• to convene a work group to develop policy and legislative recommendations to establish the Virginia Gun
• Senate Bill 803 would direct the Fair Housing Board to promulgate regulations defining certain terms
• the Real Estate Board and the Fair Housing Board are responsible for the promulgation of regulations

Keywords: April 22, 2026 - Reconvened Session Part 2, 976, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If a college or university wants to participate in local historic commission regulations, they can opt
• and the government has gone to great lengths to make sure that that remains, and putting onerous regulations
• And putting onerous regulations on property owned by private individuals has always been frowned on by
• I've got some familiarity with franchise law regulations, I guess, more specifically.
• Some people are under the gun without a doubt.

Committee: House Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment

Summary: The Commerce Committee met in executive session and voted to do pass House Bill 3027 by an 8-0 vote. It then considered House Bill 3490, which deals with historic preservation and colleges and universities. Members debated local control, private property rights, and whether the bill should apply statewide rather than only to Kansas City. The committee adopted a House Committee Substitute that removed the geographic limitation and made the measure apply to public and private colleges and universities, with an option for institutions to opt in or out of local historic commission rules. The substitute was then passed 6-2. The committee next took up House Bill 3316, which includes Department of Revenue cleanup changes related to vehicle registration, temporary plates, boats, trailers, and lien notice language. Members discussed the bill’s effect on temporary tags and enforcement. The committee adopted a House Committee Amendment, rolled it into a substitute, and then voted unanimously 8-0 to do pass the House Committee Substitute for House Bill 3316. The committee then moved to a public hearing on Senate Bill 973, a consumer protection bill sponsored by Senator Curtis Trent. The bill requires disclosures for real estate wholesaling and sale-leaseback transactions so sellers understand that wholesalers are not acting as fiduciaries and may not be maximizing the seller’s price. Supporters said the bill would protect distressed or uninformed sellers, while opponents from the real estate industry supported the disclosure concept but raised concerns about the 14-day waiting period before a transaction can proceed, especially in foreclosure or other time-sensitive situations. Some members also questioned whether the bill should require licensed real estate agents or allow waivers of the waiting period. No final action was taken on SB 973, and the committee adjourned after the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• And we got has, you know, we have friendly regulations, focus on innovation and development of strong
• since 2021, we believe in a statewide efforts to accelerate am integration, engaging with federal regulators
• They just get up and shot guns and go out to them. All right. Who's next?
• from 4 seats, 2.30, seats because they all fall under the part one. 35 portion of the federal air regulations
• Not only do we work through the rules and regulation issues, integration issues we're talking about.

Transcript Highlights:

• We've seen school shootings, and the result of non-regulation.
• We've seen school shootings and the result of non-regulation.
• Because for too long, they've enjoyed having no regulation or writing their own rules.
• ENJOYED HAVING NO REGULATION OR WRITING THEIR OWN RULES.
• I—when I got to the Legislature, The gun laws of New York were depressingly weak.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met on June 3, 2026, approved the prior day’s journal, and then moved through a long list of discharge motions and substitutions to place many bills on the third reading calendar. The chamber also adopted Resolution J.2314 honoring the New York chapter of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, with remarks emphasizing domestic workers’ role in care work, labor organizing, and protections such as paid sick leave and family leave. Another adopted resolution, J.2298, mourned labor and social justice advocate Minerva Solla, with senators highlighting her work with 1199, the Young Lords, Puerto Rican solidarity efforts, and women’s organizing. A third resolution recognized Olympic curler Daniel Casper for representing the United States at the 2026 Winter Games. The Senate then confirmed a large slate of judicial and executive nominations. It accepted the Judiciary Committee report and confirmed four interim Supreme Court justices, seven Court of Claims judges, and 21 reappointments/extensions by a vote of 44-12. The Finance Committee report was also accepted, and the Senate confirmed a broad set of appointments to state boards and authorities, including the MTA, State Commission of Correction, Power Authority, NYSERDA, Financial Control Board, public health councils, SUNY and Cornell boards, gaming and bridge authorities, and others. One notable confirmation was Alexander Dockery to the State Commission of Correction; supporters called it the first time a formerly incarcerated person had been confirmed to that commission, while Senator Murray criticized the practice of voting on large nomination blocks rather than individually. The chamber then took up and passed many bills, mostly by wide margins, covering labor, health, education, transportation, public service, criminal justice, municipal, tax, insurance, and environmental topics. Several members explained their votes on major measures: Senator Ramos supported a bill modernizing temporary disability benefits and another protecting construction workers from lost pay when jobs are canceled; Senator Baskin spoke about a correction bill tied to the death of India Cummings; Senator Skoufis described a family-court custody bill intended to prioritize child safety; Senator Mayer backed a proposal to reimburse parents of medically fragile children for providing care; and Senator Hinchey defended a bill requiring employers to report AI-related job impacts, while Senator Borrello opposed it as burdensome. Most bills were passed, some were laid aside, and the session concluded with multiple roll-call votes and confirmations before adjournment-related business.

Transcript Highlights:

• provisions, these final provisions, are essential for empowering our law enforcement to more effectively regulate
• Wallace then pulled a gun and shot Officer Raynor in the head before fleeing to Georgia.
• Wallace then pulled a gun and shot Officer Rainer in the head before fleeing to Georgia.
• It is not by putting a gun to the law enforcement officer's head and you becoming the judge, jury, and
• You flee in your car and are mercilessly gunned down while trying to escape.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several member introductions recognizing visiting groups and resolutions, including Blood Clot Awareness Month and Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. The chamber then moved to a special order calendar and considered a series of bills, with most measures passing overwhelmingly after brief explanations and debate. Among the early bills, SB 88 on utility terrain vehicles passed 32-5, allowing local governments to opt in to limited street use of UTVs under specified safety rules; SB 102 on exceptional student education passed 36-0 to create a workforce credential program for students with autism or modified curricula; SB 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults passed 37-0; SB 130 on compensation for wrongful incarceration passed 38-0 after expanding filing timelines and easing restrictions on compensation claims; and SB 158 on diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations passed 38-0 to eliminate cost sharing for follow-up breast imaging under the state employee health plan. The most extended debate centered on SB 234, which sought to strengthen penalties and clarify the law regarding violent resistance to law enforcement officers and offenses against officers. Supporters argued the bill was needed after the Jason Raynor case to prevent defendants from using claims about an officer’s legal duty to justify violence, while opponents raised concerns about removing “good faith” language, potential impacts on Fourth Amendment protections, racial profiling, and the bill’s mandatory life sentence for manslaughter of an officer. A Jones amendment to restore “good faith” failed, and after further debate the sponsor temporarily postponed the bill without a final vote. The Senate also passed SB 262 on trust code technical changes (36-0), SB 274 designating roadways for Harris Rosen and Geraldine Thompson (38-0) and opening the board for 37 co-sponsors, SB 280 creating an enforcement mechanism for candidate party-affiliation qualifications (38-0), and SB 296 repealing the statewide middle and high school start-time mandate in favor of local decision-making and reporting requirements (38-0). Later, SB 356 designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida, with supporters emphasizing the need to confront antisemitism and preserve Holocaust memory; the bill was introduced and debated, with the transcript ending during remarks by President Gaetz about the recent Holocaust memorial unveiling. Throughout the meeting, senators also used debate to highlight broader policy themes such as autism workforce inclusion, breast cancer screening, wrongful incarceration reform, school district flexibility, and honoring community leaders through road designations. The chamber’s actions were largely affirmative, with several unanimous votes and one notable postponed bill after substantial disagreement."}】}]}}```

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> legislation regulating AI at this time. legislation regulating AI at this time.
• They're not regulated. There's no licensed professional involved.
• They're not regulated. are designed for. They're not regulated.
• </c><03:20:52.640><c> the</c> problems in the plane, regulating the problems in the plane, regulating
• </c> power to regulate them. power to regulate them.

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I have you, I have paintball guns.
• , a silver gun, a blue gun, or even a kid's toy gun.
• It looks like a gun. It's not a real gun.
• It's not a real gun. We don't want gun. It's not a real gun.
• So I don't know if you've got a real gun or a fake gun, but the circumstances are the same for me.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair, members, Michael Gunning, Lighthouse Public Affairs, here on behalf of, excuse me, oppose unless
• I'm just happy to bring them closer to local government kind of regulations and stuff like that.
• I think if we can lift all these regulations and try to be more flexible, it's going to help.
• Chair, members, Michael Gunning, Lighthouse Public Affairs, here on behalf of Spur. Mr.
• Chair, members, Michael Gunning, Lighthouse Public Affairs, here on behalf of Spur, Abundant Housing

Committee: House Housing and Community Development

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It goes to the the series securities commission regulates it.
• It securities commission regulates it. It securities commission regulates it.
• we have to do that this is something we have to do that this is something we have to do today with a gun
• I just today with a gun to our head. I just today with a gun to our head.

Bills: SB199 , HB142 , SB86 , HB152 , HB297 , SB1 , SB1

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: parental leave, state employees, local education agencies, adoption, work-life balance, family support, portable benefits, portable benefit account, independent contractor, gig worker, 1099 worker, freelancer, app-based worker, rideshare, delivery driver, worker benefits, health insurance, retirement benefits, life insurance, income replacement insurance

Transcript Highlights:

• It would not change any federal regulations about disposal.
• I understand that my question is: they are regulated now.
• Is it a profit margin, or is it regulation? What's going on that's causing that?
• That we need to regulate and how to regulate. I will support this today.
• Poultry's already under the gun enough in this state.

Bills: SB2122 , SB330 , SB2071 , SB2169 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB2157

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Wildlife

Keywords: poultry, agriculture, out-of-state processing, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, regulation, food safety, elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, milk, dairy, dairy farm, milk products, Grade A milk, pasteurization, raw milk, milk inspection

Transcript Highlights:

• The next thing you know, if somebody asks you, "Do you have a gun?"
• She asked him if he had a gun. He told her yes, he did.
• I know a lot of people that carry guns.
• That's going to be worse than trying to take a gun from her.
• This is targeting gun owners, and we...

Bills: SB76 , SB35 , SB116 , SB119 , SB118 , SB129 , SB32 , SB31 , SB115 , SB75 , HB27 , HB40

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: jury duty, nursing mothers, exemption, legal rights, parental responsibilities, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, firearm possession, domestic violence, violent offenses, criminal penalties, pretrial detention, bail, offenses, constitutional amendment, criminal justice, law enforcement