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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 27th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If anything, this bill benefits teachers and doesn't benefit a lot of other union members in the same
  • If anything, this bill benefits teachers and doesn't benefit a lot of other union members in the same
  • If anything, this bill benefits teachers and doesn't benefit a lot of other union members in the same
  • If anything, this bill benefits teachers and doesn't benefit a lot of other union members in the same
  • If anything, this bill benefits teachers and doesn't benefit a lot of other union members in the same
Bills: SCR59 , SCR70 , HR275 , HR279 , HR282 , HR289 , HR307 , HCR112 , SCR61 , SCR62 , SCR64 , SB121 , HR310 , HR314 , HR316 , HR317 , HR321 , HCR117 , SCR5 , SCR29 , SCR33 , SCR37 , SCR63 , SCR30 , SCR40 , SCR65 , HCR3 , HCR49 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HB54 , HB137 , HB321 , HB368 , HB386 , HB414 , HB431 , HB552 , HB555 , HB578 , HB590 , HB593 , HB618 , HB638 , HB670 , HB692 , HB707 , HB708 , HB715 , HB718 , HB732 , HB741 , HB748 , HB776 , HB796 , HB807 , HB822 , HB848 , HB856 , HB887 , HB888 , HB917 , HB921 , HB1082 , HB1243 , HB1246 , HB1 , HB2 , HB42 , HB45 , HB71 , HB79 , HB126 , HB133 , HB159 , HB213 , HB218 , HB222 , HB289 , HB291 , HB312 , HB313 , HB324 , HB352 , HB383 , HB398 , HB403 , HB429 , HB457 , HB459 , HB549 , HB571 , HB579 , HB591 , HB608 , HB616 , HB624 , HB766 , HB769 , HB783 , HB804 , HB864 , HB874 , HB909 , HB951 , HB971 , HB983 , HB1005 , HB1017 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1126 , HB1186 , HB1193 , HB1223 , HB1224 , HB1235 , HB1249 , SB259 , SB295 , SB312 , SB348 , SB444 , SB485 , SB441 , SB149 , HB359 , SB29 , SB43 , SB78 , HB463 , HB998 , SB197 , SB268 , SB123 , SB276 , SB326 , SB80 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB82 , SB89 , SB97 , SB479 , HB74 , HB119 , HB134 , HB210 , HB258 , HB468 , HB784 , HB870 , HB953 , HB956 , HB1117 , HB1236 , SB42 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB401 , SB449 , SB487
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 05:30 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I do not believe this sector needs to be entirely tax-free in order for Washingtonians to benefit from
  • incentives for the refurbishment of data centers and for putting up data centers create jobs and benefit
  • supplemental budget, and in my district in the 18th, and the entire region of Southwest Washington will benefit
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But the fact that we were at odds, again, was a benefit to our work and to the work of this body and
  • But the fact that we were at odds, again, was a benefit to our work and to the work of this body and
  • And our caucus has benefited from those friendships.
  • Our House Republican members have really benefited from this, but more importantly, communities have
  • benefited from John's talents and his work ethic.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Summary: The House began by signing several bills and receiving messages from the Senate that multiple House bills had passed there or that Senate bills had been signed. It then took up third reading and concurrence on a series of bills, often with sponsors explaining that Senate amendments were technical, clarifying, or improved the bills, while opponents argued some amendments broadened exemptions, weakened election protections, or created tax increases and other unintended consequences. Among the most debated measures were bills related to election administration and voting rights, utility and energy programs, local government finance, tourism promotion, and public safety. House Bill 2215 failed to concur in Senate amendments after concerns that an exemption was too broad. House Bill 1710, dealing with voting rights/election procedures, passed 57-39 after a roll call vote despite objections that it could complicate elections and reduce local control. House Bill 1750 and House Bill 1916 also passed after roll calls, with supporters describing them as technical or protective of election integrity and opponents warning about voter dilution, local authority, and access issues. Other bills passed with varying levels of support: House Bill 1903 on utility assistance passed 70-26 after supporters said it would help small counties and make the program voluntary and state-funded; House Bill 2532 on nitrous oxide sales passed unanimously as a public health and youth safety measure; House Bill 1974 on housing/conservation-related policy passed 59-37 amid debate over nonprofit advantages and county revenue impacts; House Bill 2296 passed 95-1 after supporters said it would help renters and utilities with energy efficiency; House Bill 2325 passed 91-5 with added transparency for tourism oversight; House Bill 2442 passed 51-45 despite sharp disagreement over property tax and levy implications; and House Bill 2594 passed 95-1 as the state version of McKinney-Vento protections for unhoused students. The House also transmitted or received several bills and ended the session briefly at ease.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the junior taxing districts, the fire districts, the school districts, and the hospitals for the benefit
  • efforts, and I am going to be voting yes, and I appreciate that we were able to negotiate community benefits
  • justice is delivered efficiently to those who are victims of retail theft, wage theft, and construction fraud
  • Wage theft and construction fraud are addressed in a manner so that they can go home, folks could go
  • The AG's office already has the ability to investigate Medicaid fraud and that type of thing, and they
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, approved the previous day’s minutes, heard Senate messages on several bills, and then took up a series of third-reading and concurrence votes. The chamber also received notice that the Senate had concurred in House amendments to several other bills and that the Senate President had signed Engrossed Senate Bill 5068. Members then considered a slate of bills dealing with climate commitment account revenue, court administration, attorney general investigative authority, inmate funds, health care facility transactions, ferry governance, gun violence prevention and 3D-printed firearms, and renewable energy tax treatment. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1170, Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2251, Engrossed House Bill 2445, Substitute House Bill 2334, Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1960, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1500, Second Substitute House Bill 1909, Engrossed House Bill 2156, Substitute House Bill 2539, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2548, Engrossed House Bill 2588, and Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2320 all received final passage after Senate amendments, with several members speaking in support or opposition. Supporters generally described the measures as clarifying revenue accounts, improving court access, protecting consumers, updating inmate account limits, addressing hospital consolidation, enabling local ferry management, and strengthening gun-violence prevention or renewable-energy tax policy. Opponents raised concerns about reduced transparency, expanded bureaucracy, shifting costs, attorney general overreach, limits on local control, and First Amendment or property-rights issues. Recorded votes showed passage on each of those bills, with margins ranging from narrow to broad: 55-38 on HB 1170, 54-40 on HB 2251, 66-29 on HB 2445, 80-15 on SHB 2334, 86-9 on ESHB 1960, 61-34 on ESHB 1500, 57-38 on SSB 1909, 54-41 on EHB 2156 after reconsideration, 57-38 on SHB 2539, 55-41 on ESHB 2548, 56-40 on EHB 2588, and 58-38 on ESHB 2320. The House also agreed to retransmit Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408 to the Senate after deciding not to concur in the Senate’s fourth amendment. The meeting ended with both caucuses called and the House at ease.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 01:45 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • this state, it could end up raising less money than we lose through the other taxes and economic benefits
  • .more than we gave to the LEOFF 1 pensioners after we raised their LEOFF 1 pension in additional benefits
  • After our pension benefits. Madam Speaker, I told them I didn't think so.
  • I benefited not only from their hard work, but from the opportunities that this state had to offer: a
  • From newborns to our elders, we talk about these benefits as if they're free, that the people paying
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 06:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I do think that we could get benefit out of this.
  • I think the taxpayer would get benefit out of this.
  • I am still looking for the direct benefits... ...will do something to benefit them.
  • Speaker, that will benefit me and my family.
  • And when I proposed including new funding for SNAP benefits or fat benefits, that was denied.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a house of cards, and I'm going to read through a few sections to make my point here.
  • And so I think some of the benefits include If I can read a couple lines, please. Please proceed.
  • We get like 80% disabled, you get a benefit for your property taxes as well.
  • My son in Florida has the benefit of possibly having help with property tax relief.
  • Marriage generates manifold social, psychological, and economic benefits.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 10:45 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill is about bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits.
  • If we're going to help these employees have a better negotiating position for benefits and for other
  • Representative Wash continued: If we're going to help these employees have a better negotiating position for benefits
  • And so in order to do that, we need to provide higher wages and higher benefits and those kinds of things
  • going to have a hard time paying for child care when we're paying child care workers more money, benefits
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill is about bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits.
  • If we're going to help these employees have a better negotiating position for benefits and for other
  • This bill is about bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits.
  • If we're going to help these employees have a better negotiating position for benefits and for other
  • And so in order to do that, we need to provide higher wages and higher benefits and those kinds of things
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, the flag was escorted by the Muckleshoot Veterans Color Guard, and the day opened with a prayer from Dennis Anderson Sr. The House approved the previous day’s minutes, welcomed representatives from the Urban Native Education Alliance, and then moved through caucuses and Senate messages before taking up a long series of third-reading votes on bills that had returned from the Senate. Several measures drew debate over Senate amendments. House Bill 1069, concerning bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits for certain public employees, passed 78-17 after supporters said it would help correctional workers and critics said the Senate changes weakened the bill. Second Substitute House Bill 1128, creating a child care workforce standards board, passed 68-27 amid arguments over child care shortages, wages, and affordability. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155, banning non-compete agreements, passed 62-33; supporters framed it as pro-worker and pro-entrepreneurship, while opponents said contracts should be voluntary and important in business sales. The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1187 on ambulance billing and collections (93-2), Substitute House Bill 1390 phasing out the Community Protection Program (51-44), Engrossed House Bill 1501 on housing-related local requirements (58-37), House Bill 291 on bargaining communication rights (92-3), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2110 on ambulance staffing/training (95-0), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 on impersonating peace officers (66-29), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2219 on child care regulations and opioid-related safety language (67-28), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2266 on housing siting and local flexibility (56-39), Substitute House Bill 2350 on notice and accountability for developmental disability services (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2360 allowing schools to keep and administer albuterol with parental-notification changes (79-16), Second Substitute House Bill 2384 on financial transparency for continuing care retirement communities (78-17), Second Substitute House Bill 2429 on behavioral health planning and appropriations (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2496 protecting tribal sacred sites (71-24), and House Bill 2510, on which the House did not concur in Senate amendments. The chamber also granted conference requests on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bills 5998 and 605 and appointed conferees for each.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So those larger loans, the $10,000 up, as I stated, is actually going to provide a benefit to the consumer
  • When I agreed to run this bill, I did it because I saw a benefit to the consumer, but in articulating
  • I guess my first question is that this is, will this new mandate be considered a benefit that goes beyond
  • the federal definition of the, in the ACA, there's the essential health benefits list?
  • What does it do practically and functionally that benefits chiropractors? Mr.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 17th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • I get a card in the mail. In the mail. It's a little card, like a postcard or what?
  • That would be maybe open to fraud.
  • Under current law, election fraud is a Class A misdemeanor.
  • Also, someone just said it will make it harder to commit fraud.
  • This is a punishment after the fact, so it will not make it harder to commit fraud.
Committee: House Elections
Summary: The committee first voted out two previously heard Senate bills without amendment: SB 688, relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors, and SB 914, relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date of their general election for officers. Both motions passed on 8-0 votes with one member absent. The committee then heard HB 3909, which would change the current prohibition on wireless device use from a 100-foot boundary around a voting station to only inside the room where voting is taking place, with a committee substitute also adding state-prescribed signage. The author and supporters said the change would reduce confusion and make enforcement easier for election workers, while opponents argued the existing 100-foot rule helps prevent electioneering, recording, and possible technical interference with election equipment. The bill was left pending. Members also heard HB 1968, which would repeal a provision that requires counties to provide election services to certain political subdivisions in odd-numbered years but not even-numbered years, making county-provided election services consistent across years. Supporters said it would improve consistency for smaller cities and school districts, while opponents warned it could strain county equipment and staffing during heavy election cycles. The bill was left pending. HB 2279 would require voter registrars to remove a person from the rolls if the person swears under oath during jury service that they are not a U.S. citizen; supporters said this would streamline removal of ineligible voters, while opponents raised concerns about mistaken identity and loss of due process. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard HB 2803, which would require a presiding judge to give a poll watcher a signed statement explaining any removal from service. Supporters said this would improve documentation and accountability, and one witness asked for clarification that improper removal would remain a criminal offense; the author said he would consider a floor amendment and further discussion. The committee also heard HB 4253, which would create a more uniform voter-roll maintenance process based on inactivity, sending confirmation notices to voters who have not voted in the prior 25 months and eventually removing those who do not respond after multiple election cycles. Supporters said it would clean up outdated records and help keep voters registered where they actually live, while opponents argued it could wrongly remove eligible voters who simply do not vote regularly. HB 4253 was left pending as well.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 2nd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is for the purposes of preventing fraud, waste, and abuse.
  • Again, this ultimately benefits the public and the taxpayer.
  • risk in an effort to reduce tax fraud in the state and it.
  • My job here is to either find efficiencies, fraud, waste, abuse. I don't think this is fraud.
  • I'm trying to find out how it benefits taxpayers.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 13th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are you, did you put a card at?
  • Do we have any cards? No card. No card. Thank you. Thank you, Senator. Thank you, Rep. Knox.
  • “And with that, we have only cards in support, no cards in opposition.
  • That’s why you only have a green card. You don’t have a red card. Yeah. Yeah.
  • You do have a green card.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism 2ND REVISED Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Rebates for jobs whose wages exceed either 100% or the average county wage or 110% of no health benefits
  • allowed to grant recognition rights solely and exclusively on the basis of a signed union authorization card
  • I just didn't feel like I could handle that when the scope of the bill, but it really It's a benefit
  • And what the list will be in a park office would actually be just a palm card that has that same QR code
  • Senate Bill 1348 provides the OESC enhanced capability to prevent fraud, strengthen an employer and claimant
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Banking, Financial Services and Pensions REVISED: HB1182 - Removed Feb 17th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Banking, Financial Services and Pensions

Transcript Highlights:
  • After five years, they would start receiving their pension benefit.
  • Explain the benefits of this plan.
  • So that's the potential benefit. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • The benefits, as they're employed, are still being paid into it, but they won't receive any benefit..
  • be easier to pass benefits for the members.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Firefighters to limit the post-retirement House Bill 227 limits the post-retirement qualifying period for benefits
  • Retirement Benefits and Allowances, further providing for membership of district attorneys' plans, expanding
  • vested under the supernumerary program, cannot draw from the ERS while they receive supernumerary benefits
  • This situation creates a concern for those district attorneys wishing to transition between the two benefit
  • district attorneys, to draw from the ERS retirement system while also receiving their supernumerary benefits
Bills: HB227 , HB556 , HB543 , HB542 , HB482 , HB483 , HB484
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 23rd, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Green cards are for support, red cards are for opposition, white cards are to provide information only
  • Some white cards.
  • Chairman Turner, you want to... did you have a card? Sorry so much. The card must... red card.
  • We have white cards.
  • We have white cards.