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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-25-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to your Hawaii State Senate.
  • I Welcome to your Hawaii State Senate.
  • Welcome to the state Senate.
  • Welcome to the state senate flavors.
  • Also and welcome to your state senate.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-24-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Senator Kuha, >> here. >> Senator Koho Kole, >> Senator Kedani, >> Senator Kedani, >> Senator Kim
  • Will you please stand and welcome to the State Senate. Thank you.
  • Welcome to the Senate. Senate. Senate.
  • Let's welcome him to the State Senate.
  • Let's welcome him to the uh state<00:04:16.320> senate.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Edmonds. Here. Present. Senator Hodges. Senator Bartholome. Senator Jackson Andrews.
  • Senator Mises. Senator Misell. Senator Owen. Four members present. All right.
  • Senator Andrews has moved favorable. Senator Meegas. I'm sorry. Senator Meegas.
  • Senator Edmonds: Yes. Senator Hodges: Yes. Senator Jackson Andrews: No. Senator Migas: Yes.
  • Senator Owen: Yes. Senator Bartholomew and Senator Meitzel are not here. So four yeas and one nay.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with four members present and took up a long agenda of education-related bills. Early items included SCR 65, which would create a K-12 student success task force to study statewide career and academic pathway advising; the committee adopted a substantive amendment adding designees and then reported the resolution favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SCR 119, honoring Coach D.D. Breaux, after brief remarks about her LSU gymnastics legacy and the request that LSU study naming its gymnastics training facility in her honor. Several bills affecting school operations and student support were heard and reported favorably, including HB 434 on probationary school bus driver employment and superintendent authority over dismissal; HB 484 expanding scholarship benefits for children and spouses of fallen or disabled firefighters and police officers; HB 749 and HB 1059 on savings accounts and TOPS math eligibility alignment; HB 218 adding food insecurity questions to student questionnaires, which was amended and reported favorably; HB 325 expanding TOPS Tech eligibility through dual enrollment and part-time use; HB 476 requiring Safe Haven law postings in middle and high school restrooms; HB 1249 clarifying access to school-based health centers, with an amendment adopted; HB 1242 allowing more than one early learning center license at the same location under certain circumstances; HB 632 improving data protections and functionality for LA First; and HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students, which was amended to address IEP and dispute-process concerns before being reported favorably. Two bills drew extended debate over transparency, privacy, and school autonomy. HB 608 would create confidentiality for intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing documents; LSU representatives argued the bill was needed to protect student-athletes and competitive information, while PAR and the Louisiana Press Association opposed it as an improper secrecy carve-out for state-generated revenue. Despite the opposition, the committee reported HB 608 favorably. HB 1112, which would exempt BESE-approved non-public pre-K programs from certain licensure and safety requirements and adjust related definitions, was amended and then heard with testimony from the Pelican Institute in support, arguing it corrects overreach from prior law and protects private school autonomy and parental choice.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Donney, Senator Messner. Aye. Senator Ananda. Senator Werner. Aye. Senator Hay. Aye.
  • Senate Bill 1798 can help move the needle in our state by preparing our students for college and career
  • Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1711 requires the State Board of Education, or SBE, to develop a
  • Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1711 requires the State Board of Education, or SBE, to develop a
  • Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1507 requires a school district that the State Board of Education
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-02-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the Hawaii State Senate.
  • Please rise and welcome them to their state Senate.
  • Please rise and welcome them to their state Senate. Senator Kohli. >> Thank you, Mr. President.
  • Welcome to your state Senate. And Mr.
  • President, can I state senate. And Mr.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Jan 21st, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • He said that if Senator Bell would let it out of committee as stated by Senator Coleman-Madison, the
  • It's about a dozen, Senator, but I'll get you not only exactly how many, but the names of those states
  • It's about a dozen, Senator, but I'll get you not only exactly how many, but the names of those states
  • It's about a dozen, Senator, but I'll get you not only exactly how many, but the names of those states
  • It's about a dozen, Senator, but I'll get you not only exactly how many, but the names of those states
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hinojosa. Present. Senator Huffman. Senator Miles. Senator King. Here. Senator Hagenbuch.
  • As a state senator, I represent a lot of different people, but I also represent a lot of...
  • As Senator Cook laid out, according to the Texas State Auditor's report from November... ...November
  • Senator Hinojosa? Aye. Senator Huffman? Senator Monning? Senator Miles? Senator King?
  • Senator Hinojosa? Senator Huffman? Senator Miles? Senator King? Senator Hagenbuch? ...
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hinojosa? Present. Senator Huffman? Senator Miles? Senator King? Senator Hagenbuch?
  • Senator Hinojosa, aye. Senator Huffman, aye. Senator Miles, aye. Senator King, Senator Hagenbuch.
  • Senator Hinojosa? Aye. Senator Huffman? Aye. Senator Miles? Aye. Senator King? Aye. Senator King?
  • Senator Hinojosa, aye. Senator Huffman, aye. Senator Miles, aye. Senator King, aye.
  • Senator Hinojosa, aye. Senator Huffman, aye. Senator Miles? Aye. Senator King? Senator Hagenbuch?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know Senator Miles has one.
  • Senator Cook moves that the committee substitute for Senate Bill 481 be adopted.
  • Senator Hancock is here for Senator Hughes today.
  • We also thank Senator Hughes for carrying this bill in the Senate.
  • I oppose Senate Bill 1887.
Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Corpus. Here. Senator Perry. Here. Senator Hancock. Senator Hall. Senator Miles.
  • Senator Hughes. Senator Blanco. Senator Sparks. Senator Cuck.
  • Senate Bill 577 represents one of the most righteous fights for foster children in this state at this
  • Senator Sparks, how many states have adopted this for all children?
  • If you would state your name for the record, who you're with, your position on the bill, and then Senator
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum and took up several House and Senate bills, with public testimony limited to two minutes per witness. The committee first heard HB 2358, a cleanup bill requested by HHSC that would repeal outdated training and conference requirements for long-term care facility surveyors and certain providers; there were no witnesses, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard HB 18, the rural hospital stabilization bill, which would create financial assessment tools, a rural hospital finance office at HHSC, an academy for rural hospital officers, multiple grant programs, enhanced Medicaid reimbursement tied to average cost, OB/GYN add-on payments, expanded pediatric telehealth connectivity, and a rural pediatric mental health program. Senator Perry and witnesses from TORCH, a rural hospital, AARP Texas, and ARCHI strongly supported the bill as a way to stabilize rural hospitals, improve OB access, and address workforce and financial pressures. Committee members discussed rural hospital closures, low-volume quality metrics, system affiliation, and the need for predictable monthly reimbursement; the bill was left pending after testimony and questions. The committee next heard HB 37, which would create a perinatal bereavement care initiative for families experiencing stillbirth, neonatal death, or intrauterine fetal demise, including counseling, staff training, and access to cooling devices, with possible grants and a recognition program for hospitals. Senator Huffman explained the bill, and several witnesses testified in support, sharing personal stories about infant loss and the importance of time with the baby, trained staff, and cuddle cots or similar devices. A neonatologist also supported the bill while suggesting clarification that hospitals should not be penalized if state funding is unavailable and recommending use of regional advisory councils to help implement training. Public testimony was then closed and the bill left pending. The committee also heard HB 879, which would create a streamlined licensing pathway for veterans with medical or nursing experience to practice in Texas, and HB 913, which would add new state hospitals to statute and split the North Texas State Hospital into two separate hospitals with their own superintendents; both bills had no opposition testimony and were left pending. Later, the committee heard SB 2744, a heart disease screening bill that would update the 2009 Texas Heart Attack Prevention Act to require insurance coverage for coronary CT angiography with plaque analysis, including soft plaque detection, as a preventive screening tool. The author and invited witnesses argued the technology is more effective than calcium scoring alone, can identify patients before symptoms appear, and could save lives at a cost comparable to or lower than colonoscopy. An insurance industry witness opposed the bill, arguing the technology has not been recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for universal screening and that the mandated coverage and payment level would raise costs; the bill was left pending after testimony. Finally, the committee heard HB 1151, a parental rights bill clarifying that refusing psychotropic medication or psychiatric treatment is not neglect unless the child is harmed. Supporters, including parent advocates and attorneys, said the bill would protect parents from CPS overreach and preserve medical decision-making authority, while one witness urged broader attention to physical causes of behavioral issues. Public testimony was closed and HB 1151 was left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 28th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Let them stand on their own like most other enterprises in the state of Texas.
  • These states have higher purses than we have in Texas.
  • If there's a business in the state of Texas and it's...
  • And if the state wants to step in and subsidize me, I'm happy to do that.
  • state tax collections.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair lays out Senate Bill 922 the Senate companion to Representative Fairley's House Bill 1699.
  • Senate Bill 922 is Senator Hancock's bill, which amends. the Occupations Code to enhance the disclosure
  • Some of the models can become, within a state, 100 physicians throughout the state.
  • As stated I'm Andrea Earl on behalf of AARP Texas and our two point five million members in the state
  • Senator Perry said in the Senate Health Committee interim hearing in September that the nurses need to
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the state policy lead for Move Minnesota Action.
  • We're in the northwest part of the state in Norman County.
  • The nonpartisan research staff did a survey of every single state.
  • We highly value the support of the state through the Great Start Compensation.
  • But I'm going to state it to ensure that our Points being made. Absolutely.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I’m the state policy lead for Move Minnesota Action.
  • <00:04:48.919> policy job I'm Nas orotti I'm the state policy job I'm Nas orotti I'm the state
  • We're in the northwest part of the state, in Norman County.
  • but all providers all across the state but all providers all across the state um<00:30:08.360>
  • <01:45:35.679> it been removed but I'm going to State it been removed but I'm going to State
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Mar 3rd, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • those states are are seeing imminent budget deficits right now in their state budgets.
  • now, we're seeing school closures across the state.
  • that are all the states that have deficits, and all the states that have. surpluses, I really wonder
  • of Texas we're the 11th largest workforce in the state and we give the state 1.106 billion dollars in
  • At the state level, at the county level. At the state level, at the local level.
Bills: HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB22, HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB22
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 11th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • As you stated, this is Senate Bill 79 by Senator Mizell.
  • Senator Mizell.
  • As you stated, this is Senate Bill 163 by Senator Reese.
  • State regulation.
  • As you stated, this is Senate Bill 386 by Senator Connick.
Summary: The House Committee on Commerce met on May 11, 2026, and first advanced several Senate measures with little or no opposition. It reported favorably Senate Bill 79 recreating Louisiana Economic Development, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 establishing the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission, and Senate Bill 375 on Class B firefighting foam, after adopting a technical amendment clarifying use in declared emergency firefighting operations. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 398, which moves manufactured and modular housing regulation under the Louisiana Contractors Licensing Board and expands inspection and enforcement provisions, after adopting two sets of mostly technical amendments and hearing testimony that the change would improve consumer safety and increase inspection coverage without adding net cost to locals. It then reported favorably Senate Bill 163 on virtual currency business licensing, after adopting an amendment providing that any future federal licensing law would preempt the state act, and Senate Bill 287 on virtual currency kiosks, which adds refund timelines, disclosure requirements, customer support, and reporting duties; witnesses from the banking and law enforcement community said the bill responds to common fraud complaints and improves consumer protection. The committee also reported favorably Senate Bill 54, which allows estheticians to blow-dry hair after certain services, despite strong opposition from cosmetology board representatives and industry witnesses who argued the service is outside esthetics training, could create scope-of-practice and facility issues, and should instead be addressed by lowering or revising separate blow-dry licensing requirements. The committee then considered House Resolution 197, which urges the Louisiana Public Service Commission to study the feasibility and value of distributed energy generation and storage resources. After adopting technical amendments and a second amendment changing mandatory language to requests and urging the PSC to coordinate with the LSU Energy Institute, the resolution was reported favorably. Testimony from solar and energy industry representatives, the PSC, and LSU focused on how distributed resources, batteries, rooftop solar, and virtual power plants could improve reliability, reduce costs, and help meet rising demand; members also discussed how the study would evaluate market value, avoided costs, and capacity benefits. Questions centered on methodology, grid impacts, and comparisons to Texas’s ERCOT system and Winter Storm Uri, with PSC officials emphasizing that the study would help determine whether such resources benefit ratepayers. Representative Wright presented House Bill 744, a proposed constitutional amendment to transfer regulation of certain New Orleans utilities from the city council to the Public Service Commission. He argued the change could reduce rates through consolidation and eliminate duplicative regulatory costs, while PSC officials explained the city’s authority is a constitutional exception dating back to 1921 and that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana operate as separate companies with different regulatory environments. After discussion of rate impacts, utility structure, and whether the proposal should instead become a study, the bill was deferred. The committee then began Senate Bill 386, the Louisiana Data Privacy Act, which would give consumers rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain uses of personal data; the sponsor introduced the bill and the committee started considering technical and substantive amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on that measure.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • State Fire Departments the Minnesota State Fire Departments Association,<00:08:52.640> the<00:
  • firefighters in the state of Minnesota. firefighters in the state of Minnesota.
  • criminal record checks under state law. criminal record checks under state law.
  • Uh, please state your name for the record and begin your testimony.
  • > what examine what the state laws are, what examine what the state laws are, what they<00:44:
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • be referred to the Committee of State be referred to the Committee of State Government<00:17:42.080
  • current state and that is not changing. current state and that is not changing.
  • >> and for the record, state your name. >> and for the record, state your name.
  • >> State your name and go for it. >> State your name and go for it.
  • the majority of APRNs across the state. the majority of APRNs across the state.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 3rd, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Senator Albritton here. >> Senator Carley here. >> Senator Chambliss here. >> Senator Coleman. >
  • > Senator Gudger, Senator Hatcher, Senator Kelley, Senator Coleman-Madison, Senator Hovy. >> Senator
  • Senator Gudger, Senator Hatcher, Senator Kelley, Senator Coleman-Madison, Senator Hovy, Senator Elliott
  • Albritten. >> Senator Carley. >> Senator Chambliss. >> Senator Coleman. >> Senator Gudger. >> Senator
  • /c> >> Senator Coleman, Senator Gudger, Senator >> Senator Coleman, Senator Gudger, Senator