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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee: ESSB 5998 Mar 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So in this case, the final budget has a recognition of underspends in fiscal year 26.
- So in this case, the final budget has a recognition of underspends in fiscal year 26.
- In Has a recognition of underspends in fiscal year 26.
- Those moves help future legislatures in making decisions on how to budget in the future, and because
- your vote, the conference report for engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5998 is recommended to the legislature
Summary:
The conference committee on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5998 met to review the operating budget conference report. House and Senate budget coordinators walked through comparison documents showing the Senate-passed budget, House-passed budget, and the conference proposal, including statewide totals, agency detail, revenue assumptions, transfers, and the four-year outlook. They said the conference budget uses the February 2026 ERFC forecast, includes an $880 million transfer from the budget stabilization account to the general fund, and reflects a four-year net near-general-fund impact of about $800 million, with an ending fund balance of $231 million in 2025-27 and $563 million in 2027-29. They also noted that future collective bargaining agreements are not included in the outlook beyond those already settled.
The briefing highlighted major policy items across the budget, including Working Families Tax Credit expansion, a proposed city and county fiscal health account, changes to Working Connections child care attendance payments, behavioral health facility and staffing adjustments, long-term care funding for certain non-citizen residents affected by federal changes, Apple Health and other health-related responses to H.R. 1, K-12 changes such as free school meals contingent on related legislation, Running Start and transportation depreciation adjustments, higher education administrative reductions, corrections staffing and bed changes, wildfire response funding, and state employee compensation agreements. Members also discussed the budget’s reliance on revenue measures and transfers, including legislation referenced as 2487, 6228, 6231, and 6346.
After the presentation, Senator Robinson moved adoption of the conference report and passage of the bill as recommended by the committee. In discussion, supporters said the budget protected core services and responded to federal H.R. 1 impacts, while opponents criticized the size of the budget, the use of reserves, future outlook assumptions, and reductions in some K-12 and other programs. The committee then voted 4-2 to recommend the conference report and ESSB 5998 to the legislature, with Representatives Gregerson and Ormsby and Senators Robinson and Stanford in favor, and Representative Couture and Senator Gildon opposed.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, and there was an article in Texas Tribune about the ALJ judge who was overseeing the Texas Medical
- , the Texas Space Agency, and the Texas Space Administration.
- Firefly Airspace is a Texas-born, Texas-based company that was established in 2017 in North Austin.
- My family chose Texas.
- My name is – I'm the Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Texas Tech at Lubbock, Texas.
Bills:
HB3146 , HB3719 , HB3895 , HB3923 , HB4748 , HB4751 , HB4936 , HB4952 , HB4990 , HB4991 , HB5061 , HB5196 , HB5238 , HB5246 , HB5487
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Rice and the 34 members of this body, in respectful memory of Senator Gary Don Stubblefield and in recognition
- shortly, let me say this to Kathy and family: Thank you for sharing Gary with the Senate, with the legislature
- Gary Don Stubblefield, and in recognition of his many contributions to the state of Arkansas and his
- shortly, let me say this to Kathy and family: Thank you for sharing Gary with the Senate, with the legislature
- favor of Senate Memorial Resolution 1, in respectful memory of Senator Gary Don Stubblefield and in recognition
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Mar 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2001, the Legislature enacted the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act to establish
- In 2001, the Legislature enacted the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act to establish
- Just respectfully ask for your aye vote when the time is appropriate, and just in recognition that California
- Well, thank you for bringing this forward in recognition of the importance and the hard work of our interpreters
- Well, thank you for bringing this forward in recognition of the importance and the hard work of our interpreters
Summary:
The Assembly Judiciary Committee heard several bills, with AB 1827 by Assemblymember Chen proposing to raise the small claims court limit for small businesses from $6,250 to $15,000 and allow up to three filings per year. The author and supporters from the California Association of Collectors said the change would help small businesses recover unpaid invoices and minor contract disputes without costly civil litigation, while preserving the informal small claims process. The committee noted some Judicial Council concerns, but there was no opposition testimony, and the bill later passed out of committee to Appropriations.
The committee also heard AB 1916 by Assemblymember Lee, which would include American Sign Language interpreters in the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act so they can participate in collective bargaining like other certified court interpreters. Supporters, including the California Federation of Interpreters and court interpreters, described recruitment and retention problems, limited representation, and a shortage of ASL interpreters in the courts. Members expressed support for improving representation and access for deaf and hard-of-hearing court users, and the bill passed to Appropriations.
AB 1977 by Assemblymember Irwin, presented by Assemblymember Pacheco, was described as a technical cleanup bill for California’s remote online notarization law, correcting ambiguities and conforming provisions to help the Secretary of State implement the program. The Secretary of State’s office supported the measure and said it would clarify procedures and digital seal authentication, while members raised questions about platform and renewal fees and one concern about a fee for terminated sessions; the sponsor indicated that provision could be removed. The bill was approved and sent to Appropriations. The committee also adopted a consent calendar containing several other bills and later established quorum to take recorded votes before adjourning.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Licensing & Administrative Procedures Mar 25th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Carla Jackson, and I'm a registered interior designer in the state of Texas.
- My grandfather actually immigrated from Germany to Central Texas in 1845, right before Texas became a
- He went on to serve in the legislature, the 16th legislature in the House of Representatives from...
- In 1991, when Texas passed the Interior Design Title Act, I was...
- I was working as an interior designer for an architectural firm in Lubbock, Texas.
Committee:
House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This has been done here in Austin, Texas, San Marcos, Texas, Denton, Texas, Killeen, Texas, Lockhart,
- Texas, Bastrop, Texas, and Elgin, Texas. ...Harker Heights, Texas.
- In fact, Texas...
- I mean the Major League Baseball Texas Rangers at Texas Live.
- it to Texas. for Texas use.
Committee:
House State Affairs
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Right on Crime is a national campaign of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, where we focus on conservative
- state over the past 10 or 20 years, thank God this governor has been proactive in leading this legislature
- Has been proactive in leading this legislature to make sure that we're not favoring criminals over victims
- maybe the obvious, but this is very different from the other bill that's been moving through the legislature
- The legislative auditor did do a report in 2025 in order to provide the legislature and all public with
Committee:
Senate Judiciary B
Summary:
The committee first approved the April 28 minutes and announced that Senate Bill 499 was voluntarily deferred. It then heard several House bills, beginning with HB 168, a reentry/transitional housing program for female parolees near release; supporters said it would improve public safety and reduce recidivism, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. HB 322, a cleanup bill from the Maggie Grace Act clarifying that victims or families requesting transcripts would not be charged, was also reported favorably without objection. HB 622, which aligns Louisiana criminal history information practices with federal rules, was amended and then reported favorably. HB 821, moving the School for Safe Centers from GOSEP to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, was reported favorably as well.
The committee then took up HB 364, which directs State Police to partner on public awareness efforts about the illegality of discharging firearms, especially around holidays. An amendment removed a proposed printing cost and shifted the bill toward PSAs; the bill was reported favorably with amendments. HB 568, which strengthens enforcement of drug-free school zone laws by creating a clearer offense for openly smoking or vaping illegal drugs in school zones and setting a specific penalty for marijuana, drew extensive debate. Supporters, including the author and governor’s office, said it was needed to protect children and families and to give law enforcement a workable deterrent. Opponents argued it would impose harsh, geography-based penalties, sweep in medical cannabis patients and veterans, and worsen racial and fiscal disparities. After roll-call, the committee reported HB 568 favorably by a 3-2 vote.
The committee also approved HB 296, a cleanup bill removing long-defunct programs from statute, without objection. HB 823, creating an Orleans Parish DA pilot diversion program for unhoused people accused of nonviolent offenses, was supported by Covenant House and others as a way to avoid criminalizing homelessness and was reported favorably without objection. Finally, HB 1038, a major bill revising the authority and liability structure of city marshals and local governments, prompted extensive testimony. The bill and amendments would limit some marshal powers in smaller jurisdictions, require local approval for certain staffing/insurance matters, and allow local governments to restore powers by ordinance. Supporters said it would reduce liability, clarify authority, and address problems in some marshal offices; opponents, including multiple marshals and law enforcement supporters, said it would undermine elected marshals, hurt small offices, and was too broad and under-studied. The transcript ends amid that hearing, with no final committee action shown on HB 1038.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And let's be clear, for the state of Texas, it's a smart investment.
- emergency service districts in Texas.
- Technical building codes in Texas and nationwide are broken.
- We had a charge to secure Texas against squatters.
- That's a shortage in Texas. There's over 300,000 homes every year. That's a shortage in Texas.
Bills:
SB208 , SB628 , SB777 , SB1042 , SB2354 , SB2477 , SB2521 , SB2523 , SB2608 , SB2703 , SB2778 , SB2835 , SB2965 , SB2367 , SB3044
Committee:
Senate Local Government
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and limited public testimony to two minutes per person. The committee heard Senate Bill 628 by Senator Zaffirini, which would clarify that counties may enter interlocal agreements with emergency service districts to administer and enforce county fire codes, including for multi-county ESDs in the committee substitute. Witnesses from Travis County ESD-11, the Travis County Fire Marshal’s Office, and a member of the public supported the bill as a way to reduce duplication, costs, and jurisdictional confusion. Public testimony was closed and the committee substitute was left pending.
The committee then heard several housing-related bills. Senate Bill 208 by Senator West would create a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund to provide zero-interest loans to nonprofit builders for workforce housing; Habitat for Humanity representatives, a Brownsville nonprofit developer, and housing advocates supported it as a way to finance infrastructure and land development for affordable homes. Senate Bill 2835 by Senator Johnson would allow cities to opt into single-stair apartment buildings for small-scale, multi-story housing; supporters said the design is safe and could expand housing supply, while the Texas APA expressed qualified opposition over code-process concerns and fire-safety questions. Both bills were left pending after testimony.
Additional bills heard included SB 1042 updating the Kimble County Hospital District’s enabling law; SB 1708, a committee substitute protecting familial property divisions from platting requirements; SB 2778 raising the ESD expenditure threshold requiring board approval from $2,000 to up to $50,000; SB 2608 expanding LIHTC eligibility for certain public housing projects; SB 3044 adding board representation for Marfa and Presidio on the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District and adjusting an exemption; SB 2367 extending park board authority to Waller County; SB 2523 clarifying ETJ reduction procedures and owner opt-out rights; SB 2521 requiring death-certificate reporting to appraisal districts to help address squatting and homestead exemption issues; and SB 2477 easing office-to-residential conversions in larger cities. In each case, the bills were laid out, testimony was taken, and the measures were left pending subject to call of the chair. The committee then recessed until 15 to 30 minutes after adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- smart development of freight and passenger rail projects in Texas. road administration in 2024, Texas
- Texas chapter or APA Texas keeping Texans safe is a primary function of state government and is a top
- priority for APA Texas and TAG Houston.
- In 2024, Texas. Traffic crashes took over 3,800 lives.
- Texas, Charles, are you here? Please come up. I'm ready.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- We are a nonpartisan organization focused on the recognition of biological sex in law.
- Now, it's also important, which is also modeled off the way the legislature dealt with this under the
- And because those loans revolve back into the fund, it is a one-time commitment from the legislature,
- . ...establishes the county requirements only upon appropriation of funds from the Legislature.
- So are we, welcome to the legislature.
Committee:
House Local Government
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we're very blessed to have such a school in Texas.
- , as adopted by the Texas Legislature and applied to this decision-making.
- of podiatry under the state of Texas.
- Notably here in Texas, we saw Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Lubbock and El Paso targeted by a
- I serve as the CEO for the Texas Council. We represent the 39 LMHAs across Texas. As you said, Mr.
Committee:
House Public Health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Presley, according to your affirmation, you are the Texas Director for Right on Crime and Texas Public
- You're Kirsten Budwine, Texas Civil Rights Project, representing the Texas Civil Rights Project, and
- on behalf of Texas Public Policy Foundation.
- Ross Jackson: ...jury system here in Texas.
- We, the Texas Public...
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-23 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Before we move on, Senator Gruters, you have a recognition. Thank you, Mr. President.
- You know, obviously, we passed this out of the legislature last year.
- this out of the legislature last year.
- Before we move on, Senator Gruders, you have a recognition. Thank you, Mr. President.
- It requires two-thirds of the legislature and a statement of significant.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and moments of silence, including tributes to those affected by the Florida State University shooting and recognition of Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, John Thrasher, student advocacy groups, conservation organizations, and visiting school groups. Members also adopted Senate Resolution 1878 honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim. The chamber then moved into special order business and considered a series of bills, many of them with House companions substituted in and passed by wide margins or unanimously.
Among the measures passed were bills updating child care and early learning provider regulation, imposing costs on false swatting reports, extending protections against extraordinary hospital collection actions, expanding hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren, creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students, clarifying school choice disclosure requirements under the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, adjusting interest rules for trust accounts supporting legal aid, revising transportation and traffic enforcement provisions, expanding public records exemptions for certain judicial and health care investigators and appellate clerks, changing municipal water and sewer utility rates in Miami-Dade, strengthening motor vehicle offenses involving impersonation and obscured plates, increasing trespass penalties at certain law-enforcement-controlled sites and large ticketed events, requiring refunds of patient overpayments, authorizing certain stem cell therapies, allowing relatives and direct support professionals to administer insulin in group homes, addressing rideshare impersonation and transit funding rules, and updating the Uniform Commercial Code for digital assets and emerging technologies.
Several bills drew notable debate. The trust fund interest bill prompted extended discussion over legal aid funding, bank participation, and whether the measure would reduce support for legal services; it ultimately passed 28-10. The transportation bill was heavily amended, including removal of speed-limit increases and changes to school bus camera enforcement and micromobility rules, and passed 37-0. The Miami-Dade water and sewer rate bill sparked debate over fairness, fiscal impact, and accusations of racism, but passed 36-2. Public records bills protecting agency investigators and JQC employees also drew questions about accountability and transparency before passing. Most other measures passed with little or no opposition, and a few bills were temporarily postponed or set aside.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Senate POCI Caucus Announces 2025 Priorities - 02/03/25
Transcript Highlights:
- But honestly, I believe that the most important thing that Minnesota's legislature can do is to take
- But honestly, I believe that the most important thing that Minnesota's legislature can do is to take
- But my cousin who lives in Texas is terrorized.
- That shouldn't be a partisan issue. cousin who lives in uh Texas is cousin who lives in uh Texas is terrorized
- </c> and so she's afraid that things in Texas and so she's afraid that things in Texas are<00:17:32.200
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Our policy staff is new, but over 70% of members in the legislature are new to the legislature since
- Earlier in the program, the legislature also provided an exception to small forest landowners.
- The legislature has also recognized the broader public interest in maintaining working forests.
- The legislature has an essential oversight role in Forest and Fish.
- What it is is a recognition that we have a breaking down of the structural relationship process.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Natural Resources
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 9 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The symbolic and substantive recognition matters deeply.
- They're here today to tour the legislature and watch how bills are passed. Please welcome them.
- The legislature and watch how bills are passed. Please welcome them here today. Thank you.
- In recognition of her hard work, they came all the way here today.
- We could do direct appropriation from the legislature. We could accept federal funds to it.
Summary:
The House began with routine procedural business, including adoption of resolutions congratulating Yolanda Kruger on her 100th birthday and two orders extending the Public Health Committee’s reporting deadline on House documents 4984 and 4988. The chamber then moved through a series of local bills and calendar items, passing to engrossment measures including authorization for the town of Hudson to grant an additional wine and malt beverage license, authorization for Cohasset to grant five additional liquor licenses, and an amendment to the Plymouth town charter. It also advanced several other bills on second reading, including a land conveyance for Barnstable County and Bourne, a bill requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events, and a bill preparing apprentices through training and hiring in Massachusetts.
The House took up House 3417, designating June 16 as Domestic Workers’ Rights Day. Representative Sousa spoke in support, describing domestic workers as essential but often invisible workers and arguing that the designation would raise awareness of rights and protections under the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. The bill passed to engrossment by roll call, 156-0. The House also passed House 4992, authorizing Barnstable County and Bourne to convey certain parcels of land, and later passed House 4994, the Paths Act, which would require a phased-in apprentice-hours requirement on large public construction projects, condition bidding on participation in approved apprenticeship programs, and create a commission to study apprenticeship participation.
The chamber then debated House 4993, the Preston Settles Every Minute Counts Act, requiring AEDs and trained personnel at sporting facilities and events. Representative Decker urged passage, citing the death of a young athlete and the need to close safety gaps outside schools. Representative Frost offered amendments to create a state fund to help communities pay for AEDs and to allow exemptions for remote fields without permanent power, arguing the bill could otherwise burden municipalities; both amendments were defeated on roll call. The bill itself then passed to engrossment by roll call, 154-1. The House also enacted a bill allowing Hingham to use municipal property for a center for active living, and the session ended with an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and adjournment.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 9 Jan 28th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The symbolic and substantive recognition matters deeply.
- They're here today to tour the legislature and watch how bills are passed. Please welcome them.
- They're here today to tour the legislature and watch how bills are passed.
- In recognition of her hard work, they came all the way here today.
- We could do direct appropriation from the legislature.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the Texas Dental Association.
- Texas Dental Association, and CELF4 for SB 527, correct?
- I am representing the Texas Dental Association, the Texas Academy of Dental Surgeons, and the Texas Academy
- I'm the executive director at the Autism Society of Texas.
- No, you can do that here in Texas, too. Both sides do it.
Committee:
House Insurance
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government May 5th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2007, the legislature created the Texas Local Government Code Chapter 147, which gave a meet-and-confer
- As you may know, the Texas legislature set the decibel level to 85 on.
- Since then, Texas counties have been unable to regulate noise effectively.
- Homelessness is a rampant problem in Texas.
- We are one of the largest continuums of care in the state of Texas.
Committee:
House S/C on County & Regional Government
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs May 7th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- , the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, and the Texas Medical Board can continue operating effectively while
- Somebody in Texas recorded this?
- No one in Texas, but this includes data from all over the United States. At all from Texas?
- Chairman and members, Texas law requires that applicants for a Texas driver's license or personal identification
- Texas Civil Rights Project.