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KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on State Government (2-8-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on State Government (1-18-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (8-29-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, the uh, essentially the CIO of education becomes chair of a new board, which is comprised of the
  • that has tens if not hundreds of that has tens if not hundreds of thousands<00:04:59.759> of<
  • lot of this work anyway. lot of this work anyway.
  • Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Environmental Protection Agency has a whole website here dedicated to what is geoengineering.
Keywords: Meeting start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:56 Approval of Minutes 02:26 Discussion of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and Related Legislative 02:43 Presentation of Geoengineering and Related Legislation 07:42, 958, all
Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the prior meeting’s minutes. Senator Williams then presented a discussion draft involving KCNA and COOT/Kentucky Wired governance changes. He said the proposal would make the COOT executive director the KCNA director, place the education CIO as chair of a new board of constitutional officers, terminate existing KCNA employees at inception, and return KCNA funds to the general fund. He described the measure as a temporary holding pattern focused on customer connectivity until an audit is completed next summer. Senator West asked whether the bill would change existing Kentucky Wired contracts, and Williams said the contracts would remain in place and COOT would simply handle the work without an extra layer of bureaucracy. No vote was taken; the item was for discussion only. The committee then heard a presentation on geoengineering and related legislation from Rep. John Hodgson, Sen. Rollins, and retired meteorologist Randy Baker. They described geoengineering as attempts to alter climate or weather, including solar radiation modification, stratospheric aerosol injection, marine cloud brightening, and cloud seeding. The presenters distinguished these activities from ordinary jet contrails, crop dusting, ground-level emissions, and airport fog control, and said the proposed Kentucky bill would exclude those ordinary activities. They argued Kentucky lacks a current prohibition on weather modification, said the bill would protect farmland, crops, animal agriculture, aquaculture, and human health, and cited public concern, federal uncertainty, and similar legislation in other states. They also said cloud seeding is used in some western states but remains scientifically unproven and potentially harmful. Members asked about enforcement, federal preemption, and whether other states’ actions could affect Kentucky. The presenters said high-altitude spraying would be difficult to hide, that satellite imagery could detect large releases, and that the bill was intended as an assertion of state sovereignty even if federal law later changed. They also said there were no known active geoengineering projects in Kentucky. The discussion remained informational, with no committee vote or final action taken on either topic.
TX
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, Major factors and determine uh and uh determinants of the causes of some of these deaths and complications
  • I currently run the Department of Transplantation for the University of Texas Health San Antonio and
  • 50% of cases.
  • hundreds of millions of dollars in grants already.
  • Um, maternity care deserts, of course, we've gone over, uh, some of the data previously, but 46.5% of
Bills: HB46
Keywords: local government spending cap, expenditure limit, political subdivision, property tax, ad valorem tax, budget cap, taxpayer protection, spending restraint, inflation adjustment, population growth, voter approval, supermajority vote, county budget, municipal budget, school district finance, junior college district, hospital district, special district, attorney general enforcement, local fiscal limits
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on State Government (2-26-26)

State Government

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amend. and Intergovernmental Affairs.(1-29-26)

Transcript Highlights:
  • What it does not do, it does not take the Department of Revenue from the oversight of the test itself
  • What it does not do, it does not take the Department of Revenue from the oversight of the test itself
  • <00:10:31.279> of the results over to the department of the results over to the department
  • the the department of revenue from the the department of revenue from the oversight<00:10:39.839>
  • At this time, the Department of Revenue has to set all that up and take care of it.
Keywords: Consideration of HB 139 -- 00:03:15 Consideration of HB 356 -- 00:08:48, 958, all
Summary: The committee first adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 139, which would allow a political party to replace a candidate who dies or withdraws after the filing deadline but before ballot certification. Representative Decker explained the substitute as a narrow election-related fix, and the bill was then passed by the committee on an 11-yes, 1-pass vote and sent to the full House. The committee then heard House Bill 356, which would move the Property Valuation Administrator (PVA) qualification test from a once-every-four-years, Frankfort-based format to administration through the Kentucky Community and Technical College System at multiple locations and times. Representative Bridges said the Department of Revenue would still write and control the exam, KCTCS would only administer it, the fiscal note was zero, and the change would improve access and convenience without weakening standards. KCTCS said it was prepared to help if directed. Members generally agreed PVAs should be tested, but some raised concerns about test integrity, whether a broader testing network could create uneven conditions, and whether the change should instead use a smaller number of regional test sites. Others supported the bill as a common-sense way to expand access and avoid forcing candidates to wait years after missing a single test date. The committee also discussed the lack of a study guide for the exam and whether that should be addressed separately. No final vote on House Bill 356 is reflected in the transcript excerpt.
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health REVISION 2- HB1912 - Added - Part 2 Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:10 am

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • There was a lot of a lack of clarity about... ...of a lack of clarity about if someone does a placement
  • My feelings are that the Bill of Rights are for individuals and to protect residents and consumers and
  • sanctity of life.
  • And again, back to the original goal of protecting and promoting healthy babies.
  • Each of you as well.
Bills: HB4336, HB1818, HB3194, HB3538, HB3682, HB3762, HB3793, HB3930, HB3931, HB3934, HB4124, HB4200, HB4410, HB4457, HB4473, HB3884, HB1912
Keywords: interventional pain management, pain management clinic, chronic pain, acute pain, spinal injections, epidural steroid injection, peripheral nerve block, nerve ablation, spinal cord stimulator, intrathecal infusion pump, endoscopic diskectomy, fluoroscopy, physician supervision, allopathic physician, osteopathic physician, CRNA, certified registered nurse anesthetist, nurse anesthetist, freestanding pain management facility, medical licensure
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health - Part 1 Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Oklahoma's chiropractic practice is kind of one of the most, in our country, is one of the most wide
  • Maybe this is a representative of a little bit of point of clarification. Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • that's had to close and so forth because of some of these practices of PBMs?
  • in particular to workers and children, and protect the fundamental right of all citizens to breathe clean
  • So to give you guys a little bit of background, some of you know that, most of you know this, some of
Bills: HB4336, HB1818, HB3194, HB3538, HB3682, HB3762, HB3793, HB3930, HB3931, HB3934, HB4124, HB4200, HB4410, HB4457, HB4473, HB3884, HB1912
Keywords: interventional pain management, pain management clinic, chronic pain, acute pain, spinal injections, epidural steroid injection, peripheral nerve block, nerve ablation, spinal cord stimulator, intrathecal infusion pump, endoscopic diskectomy, fluoroscopy, physician supervision, allopathic physician, osteopathic physician, CRNA, certified registered nurse anesthetist, nurse anesthetist, freestanding pain management facility, medical licensure
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance (1-14-26) - Reupload

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the commissioner for the Department of Employee Insurance.
  • Jamie Caldwell, commissioner of Department of Human Resources Administration. Good afternoon.
  • The protection of personally identifiable information and personal health information maintained in our
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  • the<00:07:35.759> personally Um the protection of the personally Um the protection of the
Keywords: 00:14 Call to Order and Roll Call 01:10 Information Items and Introduction of Personnel Cabinet 02:44 Discussion of KHRIS HR system and need for replacement 05:52 Discussion of Challenges in managing HR for employees and records 09:16 Discussion of Employee Health Plan Record Management 12:56 Software and Hardware Discussion 16:15 Security Concerns 17:00 Costs, Staffing, and Implementation 24:09 Discussion of Data Integration and Hosting 32:20 Payment Methodology 35:20 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance held its first meeting and heard a presentation from personnel cabinet officials on a major request to replace the Kentucky Human Resources Information System, known as CHRIS, which currently handles HR, payroll, tax compliance, and health plan administration for state government and several local offices. Officials said the system supports payroll for about 48,000 employees, covers all three branches of government and 24 sheriff and county clerk offices, and stores records for nearly 475,000 current and former users. They explained that SAP has said the system will reach end of life and lose support by 2030, creating risks around security, maintenance, and tax compliance if it is not replaced. Commissioners and staff emphasized that the replacement is needed not just as an upgrade but as a full system replacement, especially because the current platform no longer receives meaningful HR enhancements and will eventually lose security updates and tax tables. They also described the Kentucky Employees Health Plan as a major driver of the project, noting it serves nearly 300,000 covered lives, many school boards, pre-65 retirees, and more than 700 entities, with significant complexity in billing, premium collection, and regulatory compliance. Officials said the new system would help address current manual workarounds, support changing insurance rules, and better protect personally identifiable and health information. Members asked detailed questions about the $151 million request, including why the estimate had risen by more than $50 million, what would happen if the project missed the 2030 deadline, how progress would be tracked, how vendor costs were estimated, and what the largest cost components would cover. Officials said the increase was mainly due to inflation and changing requirements, and that there was no real backup plan if the replacement was not completed before support ends. They said the project would be managed through an RFP process expected in July 2026, with kickoff in January 2027 and go-live by July 2030, and that oversight would include an enterprise steering committee, monthly updates, and existing quarterly COT reporting to LRC. They also explained that the largest share of the request is for implementation and integrator services, with additional amounts for software licensing and hosting, independent verification and validation, dependent verification, FSA administration, and limited contract support, and that payments would be tied to deliverables and acceptance testing.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Local Government (9-26-23)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee Families and Children (7-30-24) - Final Portion

KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Agriculture (2-12-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Brandon Reed, Executive Director, Kentucky Office of Policy under the Kentucky Department of Agriculture
  • When the Office of Policy was moved into the Department of Agriculture, the prohibition for those employees
  • entity shifted over and impacted the employees there within the Department of Agriculture.
  • So many of those employees there with the Department of Agriculture are involved in agriculture, and
  • /c><00:14:17.000> funds follow today so of the 100% of the funds follow today so of the 100% of
Keywords: 00:00 Meeting Start 00:45 Attendance Roll Call 01:50 Introduction of New Members 07:10 Discussion of HB 24 09:36 Roll Call Vote 12:20 Discussion of HB 216 19:25 Roll Call Vote, 958, all
Summary: The Agriculture Committee met for its first meeting of the 2025 session, with the new chair opening the meeting, confirming a quorum, announcing the House’s 24-hour rule for committee substitutes and amendments, and welcoming several guests and new committee members. The chair also emphasized agriculture’s importance to Kentucky’s economy, citing crop revenue and the broader economic impact of the sector. The committee first considered House Bill 24, which would raise the audit threshold for conservation districts from $750,000 to $1 million. Supporters said the bill updates an outdated threshold and helps reduce the burden of costly audits amid inflation. The bill received a motion and second, no opposition was raised, and it passed by roll call vote. The committee then took up House Bill 216, presented by the vice chair and Brandon Reed of the Kentucky Office of Policy. The bill would allow certain Department of Agriculture employees to apply for grants or loans while preserving the existing prohibition for employees who oversee those programs. Testimony explained that the office’s funding comes from tobacco master settlement dollars, with a formula that directs money to agriculture and other purposes, and members discussed the importance of keeping those funds in Kentucky. The bill passed with favorable expression by roll call vote. Before adjournment, members made additional welcoming remarks for local officials and guests, and the chair noted the National Farm Machinery Show and tractor pull as a major event for Kentucky agriculture. The committee then adjourned.
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 28th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair: This is a signing of the following: Senate Bill 3, Senate Bill 16.
  • Tuesday, September 2nd, 2012, pending the receipt of messages and committee reports and the reading and
  • referral of bills.
  • Tuesday, September 2nd, pending the receipt of messages and committee reports, and the reading and referral
  • of bills.
Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, HB17, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB17, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB2, SB5, SB10
Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Aug 21st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Legislation relating to a groundwater study of East Texas aquifers by the Texas Department of Agriculture
  • plan to the Department of State Health Services, which must maintain a database of relevant information
  • We have a role, as legislators, to the best of our abilities, protecting liberty at all costs in all
  • We went through kind of a series of questions.
  • Their legacy, your little girl's legacy will be one of protecting children, of saving lives.
Bills: SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, SB 1, HB4, HB4, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB1, SB2, SB5
Keywords: school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments, through-year assessment, diagnostic reports, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plans
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Aug 21st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Mar 31st, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

TX
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

State Affairs Jul 22nd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • it really protects the health and safety of our community.
  • And the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services' 2003 report found that... ...the Texas Department
  • We're not here to represent the will of ourselves, the will of the sheriff's department, the will of
  • , compassionate, and protective of both health and liberty.
  • So I'm a graduate of the Academy of Cannabis Science that is backed by the Department of Pharmacology
Bills: SB 5, SB 11, SB 12
Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, human trafficking, trafficking victim, compelling prostitution, affirmative defense, criminal defense, coercion, force fraud or coercion, sexual exploitation, victim protection, Penal Code, Texas criminal law, prosecution, party liability, affirmative defense statute, survivor rights
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs took up Senate Bill 5, which Senator Perry described as a ban on intoxicating THC consumer products while preserving legal CBD, CBG, hemp seed, hemp seed protein powder, and hemp seed oil products. Perry argued that most retail THC products are already illegal under federal law, that the industry has used loopholes and misleading labeling to sell high-potency products, and that regulation would be ineffective because chemists can quickly alter formulations. He also said the bill would steer people with medical needs toward the Texas Compassionate Use Program (T-Cup), which he and other supporters described as the proper physician-guided alternative. Committee members and witnesses repeatedly discussed the distinction between legal hemp-derived products and intoxicating THC products, and Perry said the bill would not touch non-consumable hemp uses such as fiber and clothing. Invited testimony came from law enforcement and medical witnesses who supported the bill. Texas Police Chiefs Association representative Steve Dye, Kaufman County District Attorney Early Wiley, and Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne all said regulation would be too costly, too complex, and ultimately unenforceable, while a ban would be clearer and easier to enforce. They cited overloaded DPS labs, the need for expensive private testing, limited police and prosecutor resources, and the difficulty of keeping up with constantly changing cannabinoids and out-of-state products. Hawthorne and Wiley described raids and investigations involving warehouses, retail stores, cash seizures, and products they said were marketed to young people and often mislabeled or imported from other states. They also said the bill would help law enforcement by creating a clearer legal line and protecting legitimate CBD/CBG businesses. Dr. Lindy McGee, speaking for the Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society, testified that retail THC products pose serious risks to children and adolescents, including addiction, impaired brain development, psychosis, suicide attempts, self-harm, accidental toddler ingestions, and possible long-term cognitive effects. She said there is no effective medication treatment for THC addiction comparable to nicotine cessation tools, and she supported restrictions such as child-resistant packaging, no marketing to minors, and age limits, while opposing criminal penalties for possession by minors. Senators asked follow-up questions about brain development, memory, dementia risk, pregnancy, and cardiovascular effects. No vote was taken during the portion provided, and the committee continued with invited testimony and questions.
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Transportation and Energy

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Education K-16 Feb 20th, 2025

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is one of several bills in my package for the legislative session for teacher rights, protections
  • Our public schools are the backbone of our economy. ...of our economy, of our state.
  • If this had other intentions, but I appreciate this protection of the teachers and the coaches.
  • A lot of teachers pay a lot of money.
  • of Texas.
Bills: SB26, SB 26
Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, SB 26, Texas Property Code, colonia, colonias, Spanish translation, bilingual contract, real estate contract, executory contract, residential property, border county, international border, economically distressed area, consumer protection, language access, translator certified in Spanish
HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JDC DEFER Public Hearing 02-25-2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • applies to crimes of max of 365 days.
  • of the offense, including abuse of authority, breach of public trust, or misuse of public resources.
  • abuse of authority, offense including abuse of authority, breach<00:02:14.879> of<00:02:15.040
  • breach of public tr trust or misuse of breach of public tr trust or misuse of public<00:02:16.879
  • > limitations of limitation statute of limitations of limitation statute of limitations provisions
Bills: SB2731, SB2830, SB2914, SB3072
Keywords: sentencing, nonviolent offenses, misdemeanor, prison reform, criminal justice, public servant, misconduct, statute of limitations, fraud, abuse of authority, breach of trust, lawmaker safety, political violence, confidentiality, personal information, Hawaii Revised Statutes, theft, mandatory sentencing, felony, prison
Summary: The Judiciary Committee met on a decision-making agenda and considered four Senate bills. SB 2731 would cap misdemeanor jail terms at 364 days and allow people previously sentenced to one year to seek modification; the chair recommended passage with amendments limiting the change to nonviolent offenses, and the measure was adopted with one no vote. SB 2830 would extend the statute of limitations for misconduct-in-office offenses by public servants to allow prosecution during service and for 10 years afterward; members discussed tightening the definition of misconduct in office while leaving the public servant definition unchanged, and it was adopted with amendments. SB 2914, which would prohibit public disclosure of legislators’ personal contact information and certain voter and campaign records, was deferred because the chair believed existing law already covered much of the issue and wanted to see how that law works over time. SB 3072 would require a mandatory 12-month minimum sentence for first-degree theft involving property or services valued over $250,000; the committee recommended passage with amendments clarifying that the sentence could be imposed as a condition of probation or before parole, and it was adopted with the vice chair voting with reservation. The committee then adjourned.