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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 29th, 2026 at 11:09 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

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  • Superintendent Heather Miller, an Alamogordo native and UNM graduate, who has dedicated 23 years of service
  • Congratulations on this accomplishment, and thank you for your work and your service to our community
  • Congratulations on this accomplishment and thank you to thank you for your work and your service to our
  • to... ...include a review of the child's school attendance, requiring juvenile probation services to
  • to initiate enforcement of the Attendance for Success Act, ...juvenile probation services to initiate
Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • with local government, property owners' associations, or owners of land to provide law enforcement services
  • and got this bipartisan bill out to make sure that they can continue because the public wants that service
  • HOAs that are, you know, or other associations that can form together as a group to be able to buy services
  • from transferring... ...money appropriated to the Office of Sheriff or Constable to the county's general
Bills: HB8, HB26, HB192
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 21st, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • At the same time, the The bill creates obligations and liability on a wide range of online services,
  • We likewise appreciate the receptiveness to some of the technical difficulties online services would
  • Your diligent service on the committee this session is appreciated.
  • It applies to both the services, supplies, and devices that have been provided to the injured individual
  • medicals as well, the agreement that was reached yesterday is that this would only apply to those services
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Apr 28th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

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  • My name is Roland Ruiz, General Manager for the Edwards Aquifer Authority.
  • This has certainly been a contributor to our general increased workload trend.
  • Fire services are the same; our fire service is the city fire department, along with our Emergency Services
  • We have a contract with the ESD to provide service, so it's one system.
  • You know, our electric service is piecemeal all around.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • This is because many will have backup generation.
  • And one question we have is around the, the role of generation.
  • There's generation, there's load, and most of the year, there's a lot of excess generation.
  • or backup generation.
  • They were just using generation on site because speed was everything.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • This is because many will have backup generation.
  • One question we have is around the role of generation.
  • There's generation and there's load, and most of the year there's a lot of excess generation across our
  • Additionally, they can flip to this new. generation or backup generation.
  • We're going to need more traditional generation.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Members, this is Representative Cody Harris's bill regarding the regulation of the food service industry
  • Members, this is Chairman Smith's House Bill 3023 regarding the Attorney General asserting legislative
  • I'm the proud owner of a... ...generation electrical contracting company in San Antonio.
  • We take all of that in now, and that is essentially the transmission service provider provided forecast
  • Today, there's a lot of generators out—over 35,000 megawatts of generation. is out right now doing maintenance
TX
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  • Generally then, Senate Bill 2077. would expand eligibility for service in the Texas Mutual Insurance
  • directly. generators.
  • , health care systems, and financial services. services, energy services, transportation systems, and
  • And oh, the jail has a generator.
  • those types of services.
TX
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  • The objections primarily have to do with the registration of generation sources, small generation sources
  • That includes Space Power, Generate Grid Services, and Power Secure alongside Enchanted Rock to testify
  • A 2020 Texas attorney general opinion highlighted these issues.
  • It was actually a convenient thing for me, a service.
  • And isn't this just a service we're providing these employees?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part II) Apr 1st, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • The objections primarily have to do with registration of generation sources, small generation sources
  • The objections primarily have to do with registration of generation sources, small generation sources
  • a ton of potential here as far as distributed generation.
  • That includes Space Power, Generate Grid Services, and Power Secure, alongside Enchanted Rock.
  • That includes Base Power, Generate Grid Services, and Power Secure, alongside Enchanted Rock, to testify
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce heard Senate Bill 2021 by Senator Johnson, as substituted, on distributed energy resources (DERs). Johnson said the bill was intended to create a regulatory framework for DERs and virtual power plants, address interconnection and registration issues, and prevent regulatory capture as the industry grows. Testimony was split: Texas Electric Cooperatives asked for clarification so co-ops would not be unintentionally excluded from owning or operating DERs; AECT supported the bill as providing needed rules and customer protections; TABA, Texas Solar and Storage Association, Sierra Club, Texas Solar Energy Society, and several others opposed it or raised concerns that it was too utility-centric, imposed red tape, and could burden homeowners and small businesses with registration and interconnection requirements. Johnson repeatedly said the bill was not meant to stop rooftop solar or backup systems and that he was open to specific redlines and further changes. SB 2021 was left pending after testimony. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2330 by Senator Parker, which would end government payroll deduction for dues to certain public employee organizations, while exempting first responders under Chapters 143 and 147 and making other conforming changes in a committee substitute. Parker argued the bill was about government neutrality, transparency, and employee freedom from coercion, and said organizations can collect dues directly using modern payment methods. Supporters from Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Business Coalition, Freedom Foundation, ABC Texas, and Texans for Fiscal Responsibility said taxpayer-funded payroll systems should not be used to collect dues for private organizations, especially ones involved in political activity. Opponents, including ATPE, Texas Classroom Teachers Association, Texas Public Employees Association, and correctional employees, said payroll deduction is a convenient, secure service that helps professional associations and employee groups, and argued the bill would burden teachers and other public employees. Several witnesses and senators focused on the bill’s exemptions and whether it treated teachers differently from first responders. Senator Menendez questioned why some public employees were excluded while others were not, and a Houston police union representative said he moved from opposing to supporting the bill after being told the substitute would preserve meet-and-confer deductions under Chapters 143 and 147. Senator Parker closed by saying the bill was not meant to eliminate associations or payroll deduction entirely, only to remove the state as a middleman. SB 2330 was left pending, and the committee then recessed subject to call.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part I) Apr 1st, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • and help pay for that backup generation.
  • Generally, then, Senate Bill 277 would expand eligibility for service on the Texas Mutual Insurance Board
  • Applying these rules to aging thermal generators would further raise costs or force generators to exit
  • I have my own backup generators, etc.”
  • We do not evaluate those types of services—health care, financial services.
Summary: The committee first took up pending business and favorably reported several bills without objection or by recorded vote, including SB 783, SB 1238, SB 1706, SB 1791, SB 458, SB 1644, and SB 1810, with some of them also sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then moved into hearings on additional bills. SB 1968, by Senator Schwertner, would update the Real Estate License Act by repealing subagency, requiring written buyer-agent agreements before showings, and clarifying when a formal buyer representation agreement must be signed. Texas Realtors testified in support, saying the bill modernizes agency rules and increases transparency, while a committee substitute corrected drafting issues. SB 2411, the annual update to the Texas Business Organizations Code, was also laid out and left pending after supportive testimony from the Texas Business Law Foundation and drafting committee representatives. The committee also heard SB 2321, which would codify ERCOT’s current practice of notifying TCEQ when backup generation needs enforcement discretion for grid reliability; Sierra Club and a chamber of commerce witness supported it with suggestions for clearer emissions reporting, and the bill was left pending. SB 2077 would broaden eligibility for the Texas Mutual Insurance Company board by narrowing conflict restrictions tied to insurance-related interests; Texas Mutual supported the change and the bill was left pending. SB 1405, a broadband bill, would align state law with FCC standards and streamline Broadband Development Office processes; it was left pending after supportive testimony. SB 1299, protecting nonprofit donor privacy, drew support from privacy advocates and concerns from one witness about transparency for publicly funded nonprofit operations; it was left pending. The committee then heard SB 776, which would bar government construction contracts from shifting delay damages to contractors when delays are caused solely by the public owner. Contractors, surety representatives, and water infrastructure advocates supported the bill, arguing it would improve fairness and reduce inflated bids, while water utilities and critical infrastructure entities opposed it, warning of more litigation and higher costs; the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 715, which would apply reliability requirements retroactively to all generation resources in ERCOT, drew opposition from renewable and storage groups and support from some critics of renewable subsidies, with witnesses split over whether it would improve reliability or raise costs; testimony was underway when the transcript ended.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 19th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

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  • Those persons exemplify the spirit of public service and technical leadership.
  • term of office for certain hospital service district commissioners.
  • Representative Spell: I think there is a link to other services.
  • And has the Attorney General ever tried to do so? Again, I'm not sure.
  • on services provided to veterans for compensation.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 19th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This just outlines that to add protection to hospice services.
  • term of office for certain hospital service district commissioners.
  • I think there is a link to other services.
  • And has the Attorney General ever tried to do so? Again, I'm not sure.
  • Senate Bill 208 by Senator Kathy provides relative to veterans' services, restrictions on services provided
Summary: The House met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present, and began with prayer, the pledge, leave requests, and several personal privileges recognizing visitors and groups at the Capitol, including early education advocates, a poster contest winner, Entergy’s River Bend Nuclear Station on its 40th anniversary, a Children’s Miracle Network champion, Community Action leaders, and Leadership Tangipahoa participants. The chamber also received Senate messages, enrollment reports, a conference committee report on Senate Bill 149 that was allowed to lie over, and a long list of House resolutions and Senate bills that were either introduced, referred, or set aside for later consideration. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including measures recognizing Early Education Day, World Preeclampsia Awareness Day, Dora’s Voyager, Tourism Day, and National Mississippi River Day, while House Concurrent Resolution 98 on SNAP grocery delivery fees failed on reconsideration by a vote of 46 yeas to 39 nays. The House then took up a series of Senate bills. Among the measures passed were SB 39 on provisional massage therapist licenses; SB 111 on freshwater recreational fish limits in the Atchafalaya Basin; SB 124 on peer review confidentiality for health systems; SB 134 on child sexual abuse material and sexting involving minors under 17; SB 99 on electronic DEQ notifications; SB 190 on special-focus nursing facilities; SB 201 on juvenile life-without-parole sentencing procedures; SB 233 on a statewide data exchange compact; SB 236 on annual kidney disease reporting; SB 258 on juvenile traffic offenses; SB 270 on medical marijuana use by terminally ill patients in health care facilities; SB 273 on hospice care requirements; SB 307 on educational displays and a Ten Commandments monument on Capitol grounds; SB 320 on CODIS hit tracking; SB 321 on electronic bonds; SB 325 on excluding threatening persons from sports wagering; SB 331 on temporary exceptions to the Scenic Rivers Act for lower Pearl River Basin work; SB 339 on gaming-related background checks; SB 345 on annual OJJ reporting; SB 346 and SB 347 on deepfake misuse in schools and on campuses; SB 357 on judiciary cleanup provisions; SB 359 on hospital district commissioner terms; SB 387 on pharmacy benefit managers; SB 393 on explosives regulation; SB 401 creating a Prescription Drug Affordability Board; SB 415 creating the Empower Louisiana Food Purchase Program; SB 419 on pre-charged pneumatic devices for deer hunting; SB 422 on unsupervised probation for certain repeat DWI offenders; SB 426 on the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority and peer support credentials; SB 435 creating a Commission on Fatherhood Engagement; SB 437 on licensed treatment services in facilities housing judicially referred residents; SB 440 creating a Renaissance District in Rapides Parish; SB 451 on newborn hearing screening and intervention; SB 464 on severe obesity treatment coverage; SB 470 on pregnancy-related rules in correctional facilities; SB 487 on gaming premises rental agreements; and SB 488 creating a school safety drone response pilot program. Several bills were returned to the calendar for later action, including SB 189 on atmospheric releases affecting weather and climate, SB 326, SB 341, SB 353, and SB 495. A number of bills drew debate over policy and fiscal effects. SB 112 on school release time for religious instruction prompted questions about public-school participation, sponsoring entities, and parental consent; SB 189 on prohibiting intentional atmospheric release of substances for climate or weather modification passed 75-21 after questions about aircraft fuel dumping and agricultural exceptions; SB 201 on juvenile sentencing led to discussion of Supreme Court precedent and appellate review; SB 233 raised privacy concerns about interagency data sharing; SB 313 on electronic filing fees in criminal matters was criticized as a possible unfunded mandate and failed 25-68; and SB 451 on newborn hearing screening drew questions about board expansion, Medicaid coverage, and added administrative costs before passing 94-1. Most other bills passed with little or no opposition, and the House repeatedly adopted motions to table reconsideration after final passage votes. The chamber also announced it would stop debate at 5:00 p.m. and continued working through Senate bills as the Natural Resources Committee finished its meeting.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Members, today in the North Gallery, we are welcoming members of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma
  • consent that the Senate rescind the motion to advance House Bill 1427 and the measure be placed on general
  • As well, because we do need to make these fixes so that we can protect the services for our children
  • can be a very expensive, arduous process as you are working to make sure your child receives the services
  • federal, if the block grants come down from federal, IEP students are going To lose funding and services
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • I am not aware that it's still being litigated; the Attorney General ruled on it in the fall.
  • Was ruled on by the Attorney General in the fall. Follow up: Mr.
  • No, much of it goes into general revenue. General revenue. Thank you.
  • Yes, a lot of it goes into the general fund as well.
  • Is there research that shows which communities are most in need of these services?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/25/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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  • Inspector General for the VA, veteran service organizations like the VFW and DAV, the Attorney General's
  • Inspector General for the VA, veteran service organizations like the VFW and DAV, the Attorney General's
  • To be clear, chapter 325F generally regulates merchandise sales, not legal services of attorneys, which
  • ree Service uh through a veteran service ree Service uh through a veteran service officer<01:48:
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 8th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting