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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know that my son graduated from college because he had the tenacity and the skill set and the grit
  • And I think that's important because our colleges are not jobs programs in the state of Washington.
  • And it's amazing, Madam Speaker, if they even in our K-12 system at this point make it to the college
  • country and simultaneously one of the worst college-going rates in the country.
  • We are dumping millions upon millions and hundreds of millions of dollars to turn our colleges into..
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Her entire view of the world, her universe, is through taps and connections with her father, who I met
  • I know that my son graduated from college because he had the tenacity and the skills Because he had the
  • And I think that's important because our colleges are not jobs programs in the state of Washington.
  • the fact that we have some of the most generous college financial aid in the entire country and simultaneously
  • We are dumping millions upon millions and hundreds of millions of dollars to turn our colleges into..
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, approved the prior day’s minutes, and then moved through caucuses and a series of transportation, elections, energy, historical records, cannabis, abortion-access, and fiscal bills. Members repeatedly emphasized that several measures were supplemental or technical updates to existing law, while others involved larger policy disputes over taxes, fees, clean energy, election security, and reproductive health. The chamber also received Senate messages on other bills and briefly recessed for caucus during the day. The most prominent action was final passage of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6005, the supplemental transportation budget, after adopting a technical amendment and a larger striker amendment. Supporters highlighted preservation and maintenance funding, rail investments, ferry maintenance, road safety, and continued work on major projects statewide; opponents largely reserved comments or noted concerns about future needs. The House passed the bill 93-0 with five excused. The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2711 on transportation resources, after adopting a technical amendment that removed the aircraft tax and delayed an RV-related tax change; supporters said it protected businesses and jobs, while opponents objected to trade-in treatment and other tax changes. That bill passed 83-10. On elections, the House considered Senate Bill 5892 to protect the voter registration database. An amendment to reduce penalties from a felony to a civil infraction and remove the emergency clause failed, while the committee amendment passed 50-34. Supporters said the bill was needed to safeguard sensitive voter data and clarify access; opponents argued it created conflicts with federal law and imposed excessive penalties on local election officials. The bill then passed 57-36. On energy, Substitute Senate Bill 5982 updating consumer-owned utility provisions drew debate over carbon capture, resource adequacy, data centers, and clean energy policy. Amendments on carbon capture and blackout-triggered termination failed, while an amendment preserving cogeneration exceptions passed; the bill then passed 57-37. The House also passed Senate Bill 5863 on preservation and inspection of state historical records, after rejecting an amendment to require longer retention but adopting the committee amendment; supporters stressed preserving the history of residential habilitation centers and the value to families seeking records. Substitute Senate Bill 5874, allowing the Employment Security Department to waive penalties for minor employer reporting errors, passed unanimously. Engrossed House Bill 2681, raising cannabis license fees while removing an escalator, passed 52-42. Finally, Substitute Senate Bill 5917 on access to abortion medications saw several failed amendments from opponents seeking to narrow, reframe, or add fiscal limits to the bill; supporters said it preserved flexibility to ensure access and avoid waste, and the bill passed 57-36.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Cross Blue Shield back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
  • the way I was trained at the University of Oklahoma College of Law is to do the same.
  • That's a very dignified and sterile and nonemotional and non-triggering way.
  • me, and I wrote it down, and the importance of, and I will admit, I had to.
  • and learn how to parent in the middle and put the child first and put the disagreements second.
Committee: Senate Judiciary
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 24th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And with that, I yield and move due pass.
  • gone back and forth between Humana and United and Blue Cross Blue Shield, back and forth, back and forth
  • And the way I was trained at the University of Oklahoma College of Law is to look down our noses at cameras
  • the way I was trained at the University of Oklahoma College of Law is to look down our noses at cameras
  • And parents learn, and I've seen it.
Committee: Senate Judiciary
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard and advanced a series of bills covering criminal justice, family law, elections, insurance, and property issues. Among the measures approved were SB 2030, a clean-slate/automatic expungement bill; SB 1926, allowing victims seeking protective orders to file in another county; SB 2170, requiring supervised visits when sexual abuse allegations are substantiated by DHS; SB 2151, giving prosecutors discretion to seek a 65% sentence instead of an 85% sentence in some cases; SB 2166, setting evidentiary rules for calculating future medical damages; SB 1213, allowing certain inmates to start at a higher earned-credit level; SB 1381, creating a statewide pretrial hearing process with a pilot program approach; SB 1824, updating corporation and LLC statutes; SB 1876, modernizing service of process on foreign insurers; SB 1728, adding a domestic violence definition for coercive control; SB 1582, defining bona fide resident and lawful permanent resident for alien land ownership rules; SB 1286, requiring more political subdivisions to provide polling places at no cost; SB 1386, creating a courtroom transparency pilot program using audio-video recording; and SB 1708, creating a rebuttable presumption of joint custody and equal parenting time. Several bills were amended before passage, including title-striking motions on multiple measures and committee-substitute language changes. Debate centered on the policy tradeoffs in several of the more controversial bills. Senators raised concerns about forum shopping and judicial bias in the protective-order bill, the fairness and practical effects of the future-damages bill on injured plaintiffs and insurers, the impact of the custody presumption bill on domestic violence cases and guardian ad litem practice, and the risks of foreign land ownership. Supporters generally framed the bills as responses to constituent concerns, efforts to improve fairness or transparency, or ways to modernize outdated statutes and procedures. Opponents or skeptics focused on unintended consequences, possible burdens on victims, and whether existing law already addressed the problems being raised. The committee also heard that SB 1381 would likely return as a pilot program in one county because of fiscal concerns, and SB 1386 was discussed as a limited courtroom-recording pilot rather than a full statewide rollout. SB 1582 passed after discussion of the meaning of “bona fide resident” and whether certain noncitizens could buy land. SB 1708 drew especially detailed debate over whether the law should begin with a presumption of equal parenting time or leave custody decisions entirely to the judge’s best-interest analysis. Most measures advanced on bipartisan roll-call votes, with some dissent on SB 1926, SB 2166, SB 1386, and SB 1708.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-06-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And Mr.
  • We commend and again for their passion and commitment in making positive difference and making Eva Beach
  • And Mr. President, at the appropriate And Mr.
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  • </c> We commend and again for their passion and commitment in making a positive difference and making
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-05-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, Miss Anderson and her husband operate the Wy Kitchen and Bake Shop in Manoa Valley.
  • Uh, I'd like to call their names and if you can rise and be recognized when I call your name.
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  • It's been moved and seconded.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 5th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Arlen Harris with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
  • Sarah Thompson Tweedy, and I serve as the president of Big Bend Community College.
  • Families, Eastern Washington University, Western Washington University, and the community and technical
  • Finally, Central Washington University and Evergreen State College...
  • Central Washington University and Evergreen State College estimate indeterminate costs, with Central
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • dock facilities, parks and community facilities, and electric broadband and rail services.
  • And just some personalities and naming.
  • And it allows us to have much more expanded programming and more quality design and construction.
  • And Recreation Plan and the city's comprehensive plan.
  • We had all three cities, all three school districts, Evergreen State College, the YMCA, and multiple
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Father, we ask you to continue to be with them and bless them as they rise, represent them, and represent
  • Father, please give them an extra measure of wisdom and and understanding each situation that they face
  • And it’s through Jesus' name that we pray, Amen.
  • And for the good of the United States of America and for the good of the State of Texas, my state, and
  • your God, honor and gratitude.
Bills: HB4 , HB1 , HB2 , HB18 , HB19 , HB20 , HB4 , HB1 , HB 2 , HB20 , HB19 , HB18 , HB 4 , HB 1 , HB 2 , HB 18 , HB 19 , HB 20
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Munoz, Raymond, and Gomez, you must register from your desk, and you may not register for any other member
  • And as we continue to progress, Father, help us to do the things that Is best for Texas, and it's in
  • All of next week, and we will work to accomplish every item on the call and even some more.
  • Speaker and members. Mr.
  • Speaker and members. Mr.
Bills: HB4 , HB1 , HB2 , HB18 , HB19 , HB20 , HB4 , HB1 , HB 2 , HB20 , HB19 , HB18 , HB 4 , HB 1 , HB 2 , HB 18 , HB 19 , HB 20
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • , floodwater, and sediment control.
  • innovative new water supply and conservation efforts.
  • We're taxing jurisdictions, primarily cities and counties, from three and a half to two and a half.
  • And Senator Bettencourt, you and I had an opportunity early on to talk about issues concerning being
  • And it passed out of the Senate unanimously.
Bills: SB2 , SB3 , SB5 , SB9 , SB10 , SB14 , SB16 , SB34 , SB18 , SB 2 , SB 3 , SB 5 , SB 9 , SB 10 , SB 14 , SB 16 , SB 18 , SB 34
Committee: Senate Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • his car. breaks into the house and he catches that and the burglar has a gun and has to defend himself
  • They found out later on about that and they You reached out to me, and thus the jest and the genesis
  • And yeah, you can represent yourself and try to go in and do an enforcement.
  • can get on and and get that training for free uh...
  • and then law enforcement goes and purchases it.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • So you wake up and you answer the call, and I did.
  • A Steak and Shake employee raped another employee who was working at the Steak and Shake, and Steak and
  • And then Heather Long and Jane Ray. Thank you.
  • It's a bigger universe, and I would have no beginning to know about the law... ...suits against those
  • And Mr.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • And conversations and deliberations.
  • Texas leads the way in many areas, including space exploration, AI, and oil and gas exploration, and
  • And oftentimes, you don't want to do that, and so in...
  • And so.
  • And so the main thing for me was to be respectful and mindful of how I was allocating court time and
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, and thank you and your team for hearing this bill.
  • And if you want to drop that amount of money and eliminate the tip and the sales tax, you can surely
  • tips and...
  • And I know you all run on close margins and stuff.
  • I'm the general counsel at the University of Florida Federal Credit Union here in Austin, Texas, and
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • But I listened, and I listened, and I listened that night.
  • and we went round and round.
  • Thank you, Chair Schwertner, Vice Chair King, and members of the Business and Commerce Committee and
  • In residential, commercial, and farm and ranch law.
  • And be reminded, Visa and MasterCard control 85% of the market, and by the way as...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part I) Apr 3rd, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • and I listened and I listened that night.
  • and I listened and I listened that night.
  • And I would like to go ahead and let Mr.
  • And it also, and again, it will need to be available to run within three hours. and it also and again
  • And, Mr.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up several pending and uncontested bills. It favorably reported SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, and SB 1968, and also moved SB 2321 to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 819, which would change how the Public Utility Commission reviews proposed utility-scale solar and related interconnection projects. The committee substitute would shift the default so interconnection is allowed unless the PUC affirmatively prohibits it within 180 days, limit denial to cases where harm substantially outweighs benefits, remove public meeting requirements, retain setback and financial assurance provisions, add optional application materials such as national security and environmental information, and restore local control over county tax abatements. The substitute was adopted and SB 819 was favorably reported to the full Senate on a 7-3 vote. The committee then took up SB 231, focused on CenterPoint’s use of large emergency generators after Hurricane Beryl. Senator King explained that the original bill was intended to prevent customers from being charged for non-mobile generators that were leased at great cost and did not match the bill’s emergency-response purpose. CenterPoint’s Jason Ryan apologized for the company’s communication failures and said the company would make customers whole through a combination of rate reductions, foregone storm-cost recovery, and a donation of the 15 large generators to ERCOT for about two years to address a San Antonio-area reliability issue, with the company absorbing the associated costs. PUC Executive Director Connie Corona said the commission could enforce the agreement through its contested-case process. Public testimony included consumer and reliability advocates, one of whom argued utility-scale microgrids should be preserved as a policy option. SB 231 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 986, which would create an alternative process for routine Public Information Act requests so local governments can make initial redactions without sending every routine exception to the Attorney General, while preserving an appeal path and training requirements. Supporters said it would reduce backlog and speed access to records; opponents argued it would shift the burden to requesters and encourage delay. The AG’s office testified that the process could improve efficiency and still fit within current timelines if used promptly. SB 986 was left pending. Finally, SB 584 was briefly laid out to require consumer reporting agencies that buy data from others to ensure the information complies with Texas law on excluded items such as bankruptcies, judgments, and tax liens, and SB 600 was heard on heir property. SB 600’s substitute would strengthen notice, require an attorney ad litem, add an heir’s bill of rights, allow settlement conferences, and require fair-market-value sales protections; supporters said it would curb predatory partition practices, while opponents warned some provisions could burden or diminish minority heirs’ property rights. SB 584 and SB 600 were left pending after testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • Really wonderful to work with on this, and you really delved in and tried to understand the pluses and
  • Chair and committee members, thank you for your time and consideration, and I welcome any questions.
  • of cats and ducks.
  • Hall and I brought up and the other ones listed on page 2, require analysis and looking at the relationship
  • It took many months and many fits and starts.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/1/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, um, members may step in and out, and, um, we know that happens, and we'll just try to accommodate
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  • And oh, let’s see. Oh, and I’m sorry.
  • </c> and Economic Development Finance and and Economic Development Finance and Policy<01:04:22.799><c
  • </c> many months and uh many fits and starts. many months and uh many fits and starts.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Stand up and take a field trip over to the University of Texas campus right now.
  • My name is Carly Bruder, and I am a law student at the University of Texas School of Law.
  • University of Texas at Austin for my undergraduate studies and a proud graduate of the University of
  • The city of San Antonio, where I attended college and used to reside and be a taxpayer, has repeatedly
  • The city of San Antonio, where I attended college and used to reside and be a taxpayer, has repeatedly