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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference AM - 04-23-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Next, we have SB 99 SD1 HD1, relating to government.
  • 02:01.920> to Next we have SB99 SD1 HD1 relating to Next we have SB99 SD1 HD1 relating to government
  • 03.400> sorry,<00:02:03.920> since<00:02:04.160> this<00:02:04.280> is government
  • I'm sorry, since this is government.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-23-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • And for Pacific Government Relations, Nahelani Parsons.
  • And for Pacific Government Relations, Nahelani Parsons.
  • And for Pacific Government Relations, Nahelani Parsons. Well, oh, they're there.
  • liaison Bronson Oilihua, Hanson, and ILWU Local 142 General Counsel Kiani Alapa.
  • Bronson Oilihua, Hanson, and ILW Local Bronson Oilihua, Hanson, and ILW Local 142<00:10:20.720> General
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, I believe the federal government can go in and audit a tribal gaming compact, as well as they can
  • heard of one tribe that is wanting to get those lines redrawn, and that is the part of the federal government
  • We've seen it play out with local sports organizations, municipalities, and even churches in states that
  • The role of the government, as we have said in our constitution, and that we say in both our federal
  • So, a just government actually restrains vice where it destroys households, and it doesn't monetize off
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules May 4th, 2026

Administrative Rules

Summary: The committee considered three resolutions, all presented by Chairman Kendrick with full PCS substitutes. H.J.R. 1096 approved a medical marijuana rule that had originally been treated as a major rule but was later determined not to be one; members asked no questions and the resolution was adopted unanimously. H.J.R. 1099 was described as a direct result of H.B. 1576 from the prior session concerning Oklahoma Health Care Authority rules; it also drew no questions and passed unanimously. H.J.R. 1100 addressed a rule from the Oklahoma Management and Enterprise Services that was discovered late to be a major rule; after brief discussion and no substantive questions, it too passed unanimously. During the meeting, members voted on each resolution after motions for adoption and do pass. The recorded votes were unanimous in favor on all three measures, with no nay votes. After H.J.R. 1100 passed, Chairman Kendrick noted there would be one more committee meeting the next morning at 9 a.m. to address a late-arriving resolution, and he offered to discuss the late major-rule issue with Representative Chapman after adjournment.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Tourism and Gaming Working Group (TGWG) - Wed Apr 15, 2026 @ 11:30 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

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  • c><00:07:03.600> Relations Vice President of Government Relations Vice President of Government
  • governments on an annual basis.
  • governments on an annual basis.
  • governments on an annual basis.
  • Employees that 70% has to be local.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • It is clear that employers, particularly<00:27:05.280> government<00:27:05.720> agencies,
  • c><00:27:06.240> must particularly government agencies, must particularly government agencies,
  • Other than that, it has been fully funded through the federal government, but there is a contribution
  • ,<01:02:08.760> but through the federal government, but through the federal government, but
  • of our emergency hires are local of our emergency hires are local individuals.<02:20:17.720>
Bills: HB1890, HB1888, HB1676
Summary: The committees heard three measures, beginning with HB 1890 HD3, which would provide automatic step increases and a COVID-era retention bonus for teachers. Supporters included HSTA, the Democratic Party’s Education Caucus, and a student who said higher pay and predictable salary growth would help retain teachers in Hawaii. The Department of Education supported the intent but asked that the bill be expanded to cover all department employees. The Attorney General’s office said the draft needed clarification to avoid conflict with Chapter 89 and to make clear any funding was subject to legislative appropriation. The Office of the Public Defender and B&F testified in opposition, and committee members questioned whether the step increases were already in the current contract and whether the bill was needed. HSTA said the current contract includes automatic step increases subject to funding, but argued the bill was still needed because funding is not guaranteed and the measure would codify the policy. HSTA also said the COVID bonus would apply only to active teachers who worked during the pandemic and estimated the total cost at roughly $150 million to $200 million over four years. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 1888 HD3, which would require DOE and charter schools to report harassment incidents and strengthen penalties for harassment of educational workers from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor. DOE supported the bill and suggested narrowing language about assisting workers with temporary restraining orders, saying that function would be better handled through the Attorney General’s pilot program. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing the harassment language was overly broad, vague, and potentially unconstitutional, and that existing assault and terroristic threatening statutes already protect educational workers. HSTA, the State Commission on the Status of Women, and several individual testifiers supported the measure, describing increased intimidation and harassment of teachers and other school staff, especially since COVID. The Special Education Advisory Council opposed the bill’s language on “disrupting and interfering” with school functions, saying it could chill parents of students with IEPs from advocating for their children. Testimony was split, with the chair noting 20 in support and 16 in opposition in the portion shown. A final witness, Michelle Pestana, testified in opposition based on her family’s experience with special education services, describing alleged seclusion and restraint of her daughter and expressing concern that DOE testimony in prior hearings had targeted special education parents. Her remarks were cut off as time expired. The transcript ends before any committee action or vote on HB 1888 was taken.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 10th, 2026 at 07:02 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

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  • access to health care, strengthens local hospital systems, and strengthens our workforce.
  • When projects move forward, local businesses benefit, workers stay employed, and communities grow in
  • Chairman, at my local high school in Farmington, At my local high school in Farmington, we have an aviation
  • So what happened was when the federal government, I think it was Nancy Pelosi, passed a savings on to
  • And I think we've taken what we've had, what we've established from the federal government, the ACA and
Bills: SB241, SB145, HB2
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

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  • shell safety funds. each governing body shell safety funds. each governing body shell and<00:
  • local governments exempted this if all local governments exempted this because<00:39:05.119> this<
  • grandfather their state and local grandfather their state and local exemption<00:49:26.800> or
  • <00:49:40.720> and state taxes, not the locals and state taxes, not the locals and counties
  • Uh but that locals to to opt in on this.
Bills: HB187, HB341, HB4, HB175, HB326
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Transportation and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh it also clarifies that this law does not require any upgrades to the state or local transportation
  • to<00:14:21.519> the<00:14:21.680> state<00:14:21.920> or<00:14:22.240> local
  • any upgrades to the state or local any upgrades to the state or local transportation<00:14:24.079
Bills: SB205, SB222, SB205, SB222
TX
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  • , helping students stay and thrive in their local communities.
  • Senator Bettencourt moves that Senate Bill 604 be recommended for the local calendar.
  • Senator Bettencourt moves that Senate Bill 1832 be recommended for the local calendar.
  • Senator Bettencourt moves that Senate Bill 2185 be recommended for the local calendar.
  • That bill to be sent to local and uncontested calendars. Are there any objections?
TX
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  • And so the purpose of the bill is to create another level of government to check.
  • It simply replaces the outdated term "ACT Plan" with "Pre-ACT" across the education code.
  • Senator Bettencourt moves that Senate Bill 2185 be recommended for the local calendar.
  • It will be reported favorably to the full Senate, or can this go to local and uncontested?
  • School counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21 of the Education Code.