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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 12th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It creates the Work-Based Learning Coordination Task Force. Welcome, Senator Myers.
  • Charters; Mary Beth Derrickson, lobbyist; and Derek Shepard with Youth Force NOLA.
  • There's no lethal force involved.
  • There's no lethal force involved.
  • Students came in the original task force and said, what's your number one ask?
Summary: The House Education Committee met on May 12, 2026, and first approved SB 518, which gives LSU a two-year pilot authority to buy and sell certain real estate within one mile of campus to support redevelopment and student needs. Senator Foyle and LSU representatives said the bill is intended to help the university act more quickly on deteriorating nearby properties and some Greek housing transactions, with safeguards such as appraisal and fair-market-value requirements. Members asked about whether the authority would affect mostly commercial property and whether the pilot could later be expanded to other universities; the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee then reported SCR 33, creating a one-year Work-Based Learning Coordination Task Force to study and better coordinate internships, apprenticeships, job shadowing, and related programs across state agencies and employers. Support testimony emphasized that Louisiana’s education and workforce systems are too siloed and that the task force would map existing efforts, identify gaps, and recommend a statewide structure. HR 168 also passed, directing the Board of Regents to study collegiate athletic program funding after concerns raised by athletic directors about deficits and accounting practices. Members next approved SB 488, a school safety drone response pilot program, after testimony described drones as a supplemental security tool that could respond faster than police and work with law enforcement; an amendment required coordination with the Department of Education, State Police, and the Sheriffs’ Association. HCR 97 was reported favorably to ask BESE and Wildlife and Fisheries to study age- and grade-appropriate hunting, conservation, and shooting sports education for grades 5-12. The committee also approved SB 112, allowing local school boards to adopt parental-consent release-time policies for religious instruction, with amendments on instructor qualifications, grade reporting, and constitutional safeguards; SB 504, expanding individual graduation plans to include vocational options and charter schools; SB 346 and SB 347, addressing harmful deepfakes involving K-12 and college students; and SB 353, authorizing postsecondary systems to digitize student IDs for LA Wallet, though members raised concerns about naming a specific vendor. The meeting adjourned after SB 353 was reported favorably.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG DEFER Public Hearing 04-21-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is establishing a legislative task force on Hawaii's future energy pathways to examine strategies
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  • Development Corporation, as well as a representative from the Farm Bureau, to take part in this task force
  • Development Corporation, as well as a representative from the Farm Bureau, to take part in this task force
Summary: The Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs reconvened on April 21 and took up a series of House Concurrent Resolutions, with no public testimony. Members first approved HCR 43, urging raised crosswalks near Ala Wai Elementary at University Avenue, Malkiki Street, and Kamoku Street to improve student safety, and HCR 154, asking Hawaii County to expand the Heleon shared ride program islandwide, including rural and underserved areas. They also passed HCR 165, calling for permanent pickleball nets and court lighting at Kamilo Iki Community Park, and HCR 186, urging the U.S. Department of Defense and Defense Health Agency to extend health care authorization renewals for people affected by the Red Hill water contamination crisis. The committee then approved HCR 200, which urges the Department of Defense to reassess prior CERCLA-related closure decisions in light of evolving PFAS science. Members said the measure was intended to help keep PFAS out of the water system. HCR 202, establishing a legislative task force on Hawaii’s future energy pathways, was amended before passage to expand the task force’s scope to include separation of generation from transmission and distribution, add Senate leadership representation, and include representatives from the Agricultural Development Corporation and the Farm Bureau. Several members supported the amended version with reservations, expressing concern about possible cost impacts from separating generation and distribution. Finally, the committee passed HCR 206 HD1, which requests the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a working group to study the impacts of large data centers on utilities, ratepayers, natural resources, and climate goals. All measures were adopted by the committee, with HCR 202 passing with amendments and the others passing unamended. The meeting then adjourned.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • I know we stayed up late, but this is a great reason to get up and celebrate Piedmont today.
  • House Bill 3128 creates a task force with the purpose of identifying barriers to the workplace.
  • So those are some of the things that this task force will be specifically looking at.
  • So at the end of this task force.
  • It's to be an assistant, and I do have the workforce commission on this task force.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules 2ND REVISED Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think this is a reasonable way to slow down the growth of property taxes on homes.
  • This is trying to avoid forcing those, especially older people, out of their homes because you value
  • The provisions of Senate Bill 217 force a protein.
  • Senate Bill 1316 is a way to force all Oklahoma agencies to do what those directors are doing and to
  • One reason why I've struck idle is that I've been looking at what's been going on around the country.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Governmental Oversight and Accountability Feb 2nd, 2026

Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Transcript Highlights:
  • The reason for that is this bill could create a task force that suppresses or criminalizes political
  • Air Force veteran and a Christian.
  • The reason I’m here to speak in opposition to this bill is because it looks to establish a task force
  • And so I'm finding it hard to reconcile that we are creating a task force when I know several task forces
  • You need it for security reasons. You need it for demographic reasons.
Summary: The committee heard several bills and confirmations, with most measures reported favorably. Senate Bill 330 clarified the heart disease presumption for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, codifying the medical definition of heart disease and allowing transferring law enforcement officers to rely on a prior physical if a new agency does not provide one. Support was waived in by the Florida Smart Justice Alliance and the Fraternal Order of Police, and the bill passed unanimously. Senate Bill 526, as amended by a delete-all amendment, addressed commercial construction contracts, permit standards, fee reductions when private providers are used, floodproofing, product approval categories, and adoption of certain electrical code standards; it drew support from several construction and business groups and one opposing appearance, then was reported favorably. Senate Bill 1192 created a pilot program for callback queues at the Department of Commerce and Department of Children and Families to reduce hold times for callers seeking re-employment assistance and public benefits, and it also passed favorably. Senate Bill 1078 established transition procedures for a governor-elect, including agency liaisons, briefing materials, office space, and access to records; an amendment shifted IT support to the Department of Management Services, narrowed access to confidential records, and increased penalties for unauthorized disclosure, after which the bill was approved. Senate Bill 7022 extended a public records exemption for classroom examinations and assessment instruments through 2031 and expanded coverage to school district boards and public schools; it was also reported favorably. Senate Bill 862, as amended, set a $60,000 salary goal by 2030 for state correctional officers, probation officers, and institutional security specialists, with annual raises subject to appropriations; members and witnesses emphasized recruitment, retention, and safety, and the bill passed. Senate Bill 1250 removed the requirement that the Commission on Human Relations use registered mail for certain notices under the Florida Civil Rights Act, allowing less expensive notice methods, and it was reported favorably. Senate Bill 1698 allowed certain employers to post required workplace notices electronically instead of physically, and it passed without opposition. The committee also recommended confirmation of 10 appointees to the Florida Commission on Human Relations and the State Retirement Commission. The most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 1072, which created an anti-Semitism task force within the Department of Legal Affairs to review anti-Semitism in Florida, improve community relations, advise on law enforcement training, assess digital media literacy efforts, evaluate hate crime statutes, and recommend policy changes. The sponsor said the bill was intended to address a growing problem and noted that Florida already uses the Holocaust Remembrance definition of anti-Semitism in statute. Numerous speakers opposed the bill, arguing it could chill protected speech, especially criticism of Israel, and could be used selectively against students, activists, Muslims, Arabs, and Jewish anti-Zionists; several also said existing hate-crime and civil-rights laws were sufficient and that the task force should include protections against Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate. One member raised concerns about the constitutionality of creating such task forces in light of prior actions by the Attorney General. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably on a party-line style vote with Senator Bracey Davis voting yes along with the majority. Senate Bill 1642, the Freedom in the Workplace Act, was also heard and drew significant questioning. The bill would bar public employers and contractors from requiring pronoun use, certain gender-identity-related training, or non-binary sex options on forms, and would protect employees and contractors from adverse action based on religious, moral, conscience-based, or biology-based beliefs. Senator Polsky questioned whether the bill could interfere with anti-harassment training and workplace discipline, while the sponsor said the measure was meant to prevent government coercion and extend protections similar to those in school settings. The transcript cuts off before the final disposition of this bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/22/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a fairly expensive task force.
  • And again, I'm expensive task force.
  • LCC having to manage a a new task force. LCC having to manage a a new task force.
  • we put a new task force into existence. we put a new task force into existence.
  • Is there a reason?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Or doing it for any reason. There's a handful of those.
  • We have no reason to...
  • But I also know that women are being forced to make.
  • There are many reasons to promise. Reform and abortion, but not for the reasons that I had in mind.
  • That's the reason I have one child, right?
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 18th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • But that’s the intent of the reason why we have opposition today.
  • And I don't think that there's any reason for them to not be included.
  • We saw Barksdale Air Force Base, the four-star commanded Air Force Base, which is adjacent to my district
  • Is there a reason? Are they shattering? Are they, or is it just market share?
  • Because it seems like to me... ...like there's no rhyme or reason.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • First up, we're voting on SCR 173 SD1 HD1, convening a task force to address event ticket scalping in
  • , requesting the establishment of a marine life conservation district carrying capacity study task force
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/20/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • For a variety of reasons from both sides, frankly.
  • The only reason we are here today is because of the courage of Hannah.
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  • The reason but I have to make a pitch.
  • Last year we passed House File 1845 to establish a task force.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • For these reasons, we respectfully urge the committee to support HR 84 and HCR 92.
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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Mar 18, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
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  • our faith in to build this strategy has failed for the last 13 years because there has been no reasonable
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  • An emergency quarantine may be declared when it has been reasonably determined that there is a threat
  • The department may quarantine any business or other area that is known or reasonably suspected to be
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2885 SD1, which would create mandatory handling and storage rules for commercial and residential coconut rhinoceros beetle host material beginning in 2027, with penalties and an effective date. Support came from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, DLNR, Maui County Department of Agriculture, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farmers Union, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Testifiers generally said the bill would help reduce CRB spread, though some urged additional science-backed methods, better coordination, and technical or cost-share support for smaller operations. Hawaiian Earth Recycling recommended amendments to align the bill with existing Department of Health/EPA composting rules, add other materials that can harbor CRB, allow future approved treatment methods, and replace the bill’s 60-day turning requirement with existing pathogen-reduction standards. One individual supported the goal but argued the state’s CRB strategy has lacked community and cultural consultation and should include a cultural advisement role. Department witnesses said enforcement would rely on inspection and an educate-before-regulate approach, and they noted the challenge of creating enough drop-off sites, especially in rural areas. The committee then took up SB 2174 SD2, which would authorize the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to declare an emergency quarantine, halt operations in affected areas for 96 hours with possible extension, quarantine suspected pest areas, issue notices and compensation to affected farmers, and adopt interim transportation rules for materials that may harbor high-impact invasive species. The department and DLNR supported the measure, emphasizing the need for fast action in the first hours of an invasion. Hawaii Farmers Union supported the compensation provisions but asked for stronger communication with producers and a post-action report to the Board of Agriculture after about 90 days to evaluate effectiveness and economic impacts. In response to questions, department staff said the bill would be a short-term, department-only quarantine authority distinct from the governor-declared biosecurity emergency authority enacted previously, and that it could serve as an intermediate step. They also said outreach would need to be done through farm organizations such as Farmers Union, Farm Bureau, and Cattlemen’s groups. The final measure discussed was SB 2925 SD1, relating to coconut trees. The bill would recognize coconut trees as a source of food and water and a cultural treasure, require rules for coconut tree seed banks, require signage identifying landscape palms where applicable, set labeling standards for non-consumable landscape palms, and create an income tax credit for consumable coconut trees maintained through natural management practices. The transcript ended before testimony or action on this bill was completed, and no vote was taken on any of the measures discussed in the portion provided.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
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