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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 1st, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then there's a reclamation from a federal entity or agency.
  • And then there's a reclamation from a federal entity or agency.
  • What about the federal regulation asking what that? It references the federal regulation.”
  • “It references the federal regulation.
  • Does the federal law prohibit it?
Summary: The committee met on April 1 and considered several health-related bills and one resolution. HB 933, by Rep. Charles Owen, would create commemorative birth certificates and adjust vital records fees; after adopting a technical amendment, the committee reported the bill favorably. HB 288, by Rep. Boyer, would require the term “miscarriage” to appear alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical documentation and billing; after an amendment changed the bill from mandatory “shall” language to permissive “may,” the committee heard emotional testimony both in support and opposition and then reported the bill favorably as amended. HB 420, by Rep. Berault, would require criminal background checks and registry review for all DCFS employees, not just those with direct contact with children; it was reported favorably. The committee also voluntarily deferred HB 927 and HB 962. The committee then heard HB 971, by Rep. Stagney, which seeks to equalize Medicaid reimbursement rates for independent rural health clinics and hospital-owned provider-based clinics. Supporters, including clinic owners and practitioners, testified that independent clinics provide the same services under the same rules but receive far lower reimbursement, making it difficult to retain staff and avoid sale to hospital systems. The author said the bill is intended to prompt discussion and eventual parity without harming hospitals, and the committee reported the bill favorably. HB 815, by Rep. Carver, would allow federally insured financial institutions to receive death certificate information from vital records to reduce losses and help reconcile account issues after a death; credit union representatives supported the measure, and it was reported favorably. The committee also adopted HR 74, by Rep. Sterling, which urges the Department of Education and local school authorities to report on how schools accommodate students with seizure disorders. Sterling described personal experience with epilepsy and said the resolution is meant to gather data on implementation of existing seizure action plan law and identify gaps in access to rescue medication and training. Finally, the committee took up HB 915, by Rep. Dickerson, which would place Medicaid prior authorization and utilization management timelines into statute. After technical and substantive amendments, including changing some deadlines from five business days to seven calendar days, the bill drew support from providers and health groups concerned about delays in care, and the committee reported it favorably as amended. The committee also began consideration of HB 944, by Rep. Hilferty, creating a women’s consortium within LDH focused on menopause and related women’s health issues; technical amendments were adopted and testimony emphasized coordination of existing research and resources, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Aug 28th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • plan under the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act, ensuring efficient maintenance of the Colorado River
  • The department's main job is to distribute federal K-12 education funds, with the biggest pots of federal
  • In addition to distributing those critical funds, federal funds that go to red states as well as blue
  • In many of our small and rural districts, federal IDEA funding is the backbone of special education,
  • We need predictable, adequate federal support for our most vulnerable students, not just promises, but
Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, with members observing a moment of silence for the Minnesota tragedy mentioned by the Speaker. The chamber then moved quickly through a large daily file, taking up many Senate amendments and third-reading measures, with most bills passing by wide margins or unanimously. Early procedural actions included returning AB 1308 to the Senate, rescinding action on SB 863, and later taking up several resolutions and bills on concurrence and third reading. Among the main policy items, members adopted AJR 8 on temporary protected status after debate over immigration policy, and AJR 19 urging opposition to dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. The Assembly also adopted ACR 112 recognizing September as Deaf Awareness Month, with several members speaking in support of the deaf community and accessibility. Other notable measures included bills on water reclamation and Colorado River Aqueduct maintenance (AB 580), telehealth (AB 688), housing approvals and ADU enforcement/cleanup (AB 920, SB 9, SB 543), pension and retirement rules (SB 301), volunteer fire department tax exemptions (SB 87), dementia training for home care aides (SB 412), and a San Francisco public-safety measure on stolen goods resale (SB 276), which drew opposition over permitting and criminalization concerns. The Assembly also passed or concurred in a number of Senate bills dealing with local government finance and infrastructure, public contracts, the Delta, fairgrounds compensation, and San Francisco liquor licenses, as well as AJR 3 on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Most measures were approved on roll-call votes with few no votes; SB 227 and SB 276 were urgency measures and received the required two-thirds support. The consent calendar was adopted unanimously, and the day concluded with several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including remembrances of former Assembly staffer Lawrence Merman, Jeff Brady, Fran Urcini, and Alejandro Luna, before the House adjourned until the next morning.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you believe that federal furious.
  • </c><00:36:43.680><c> funding</c> Development to protect federal funding Development to protect federal
  • and the federal defenders program.
  • This bill will enable the GSA to reduce the number of federal properties on the federal government's
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Bills: HB7006 , HR992
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 29th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's because in Congress, at a federal level...
  • Unfortunately, our regurgitation of the polarizing political climate that we see at a federal level.
  • federal income taxes.
  • So the affidavit students are not eligible for federal Pell grants. Actually, one more point.
  • government and urge our federal lawmakers to address the issue once and for all.
Bills: HB232
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Special Session C Feb 13th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Federal courts have long since ruled that immigration enforcement falls under federal jurisdiction.
  • It would have no involvement with federal law.
  • FIELD PREEMPTION CAN BE INFERRED FROM A FEDERAL INTEREST SO DOMINANT THAT THE FEDERAL SYSTEM WOULD BE
  • We are going to subsidize the federal government.
  • COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENCIES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW.
Summary: The Florida House passed two immigration enforcement bills during a special session. Senate Bill 4C creates new state offenses for unauthorized alien entry/reentry into Florida and mandates the death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of capital felonies. Senate Bill 2C establishes a state immigration enforcement board, provides $300+ million for local law enforcement immigration cooperation, creates a $1,000 bonus program for officers participating in federal immigration enforcement, and repeals in-state tuition for undocumented students effective July 1, 2025. Multiple amendments were proposed but failed, including protections for Venezuelan TPS holders, DACA recipients, students in critical professions, and conscientious objection provisions for clergy and teachers. Debate included constitutional concerns about federal preemption, equal protection violations, and mandatory death penalty provisions. The session also included a memorial urging DHS to provide 287G agreement training opportunities.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • SB3, with the newly adopted PCS, is bringing the state's definition of hemp in line with the federal
  • This bill simply limits Exactly how the federal government did it to a container that maxes out at.4
  • these products are using it to get high, not for back pain or cancer, to get high in this Bill as the federal
  • simply prohibits the taking of migratory birds through baiting and this lines up Oklahoma with the federal
  • Will there be migratory birds through baiting and this lines up Oklahoma with the federal law.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Eight - Tuesday, May 12

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • “Because when you get a federal grant, all federal grant monies are divvied out by priority spending,
  • So when were those changes made on a federal level?
  • Can you define for me what a water reclamation facility is?
  • A water reclamation facility.
  • You have to permit, so water reclamation facilities do need permits.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the prior day’s journal by a 129-0 vote. Members then used points of personal privilege to recognize Law Enforcement Week, discuss personal health and family matters, and honor colleagues, spouses, interns, and guests in the gallery, including students, community members, and a visiting governor from Uzbekistan. The chamber also received Senate messages on House Bill 1871 and House Bill 2818, and fiscal review committee reports recommending passage of several deferred bills, including Senate Bills 953, 1470, and 1871, and House Bill 1940. The House agreed to conference requests on Senate Bills 835 and 1111 and on Senate Bill 1020, the latter a Department of Revenue bill focused on customer service and inspection language. Senate Bill 977 and 1011, dealing with limits on international organizations and foreign law, drew extended debate. Supporters argued the bill would protect Missouri from foreign or international mandates and foreign laws that conflict with constitutional rights, while opponents said such bodies already lack authority in Missouri and warned the bill was unnecessary, politically motivated, and could create problems for forum non conveniens and private arbitration. The bill ultimately passed 99-45. House Bill 1470, revising legislative research and statutory publication procedures, was amended on the floor to remove privacy-sensitive provisions and change a state auditor duty from mandatory to permissive; a later amendment to alter committee composition was defeated 50-94. The bill then passed 148-1. House Bill 1940, the newspaper/public notice bill, was adopted and finally passed 142-1 with two present. House Bill 1871, an elections administration bill, was also taken up with debate over added Senate language, including campaign finance and election testing provisions; discussion continued near the end of the transcript, with no final vote shown before the excerpt ended.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Mar 2nd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're also working with federal highways that requires local improvements to be considered before changes
  • , the Yakima Nation, Man, Bureau of Reclamation, the Yakima Nation, just a variety of government agencies
  • That's why the Bureau of Reclamation is so on board with this project.
  • As a large transportation project, WSDOT, federal highways, the city, and the county of Yakima have all
  • Members of the committee, Dennis Siegel, with the Washington Federation of State Employees.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee held a work session on two major corridor projects before moving to public hearing and executive session. In the Yakima area, WSDOT, Yakima County, and Ecology described the Interstate 82/east-west connector work as a coordinated effort to add capacity, improve interchanges, and address the Boise Cascade mill site contamination that sits in the project footprint. County and Ecology witnesses said the county is ready to remove wood waste and contaminated material, but the project is stalled pending a draft work plan and a de minimis consent decree; several senators pressed for faster action and clearer direction from Ecology. The committee then heard an update on the SR 3 Belfair freight corridor, where WSDOT said environmental review is complete and the next major step is an access hearing this summer, followed by right-of-way acquisition and construction likely in late 2027 or early 2028. Local and tribal partners emphasized the project’s importance for freight mobility, housing growth, emergency access, and regional economic development. The public hearing was on engrossed substitute House Bill 2711, a transportation resources bill that largely tracks provisions from prior legislation but also adds or changes several tax and account provisions. Staff explained that the bill clarifies fuel tax and peer-to-peer tax distributions, treats trade-in value differently for recreational vessel and luxury vehicle taxes, provides a six-month motor home exemption and penalty waiver for the luxury vehicle tax, allows lease payments to be made over time, exempts tribal members and nonresidents, creates a Preserve Washington account, changes some transfer timing, and repeals the luxury aircraft tax. Testimony was mixed: aviation groups supported repealing the luxury aircraft tax; trucking and some citizens opposed fuel tax and diesel tax increases; Sound Transit, transit advocates, labor, and ferry interests asked for amendments such as 75-year bonding authority, mobile driver’s licenses, ferry funding, and bike education funding. Alaska Airlines and Delta also supported adding mobile ID language. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills, including SHB 1823, SHB 2114, E2SHB 2251, SHB 2323, SHB 2410, EHB 2588, 2SHB 1923, and HB 2495, all with due pass recommendations after adopting amendments where applicable. The committee adopted a striking amendment to E2SHB 2251 adjusting Climate Commitment Act account distributions and a striking amendment to EHB 2588 limiting the ferry district changes to Whatcom County and removing the voter-approval tax provision. It also adopted an amendment to 2SHB 1923 that added further conditions for passenger-only ferry districts, including whale-protection and fare-related provisions. Senator King voted no on E2SHB 2251, objecting that the bill reduced the transportation share of Climate Commitment Act revenues. The chair announced one more executive action meeting would be held Wednesday morning, with amendment requests due the prior day.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 15th, 2026 at 11:08 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • These investments ensure federal compliance. and preserve access to essential nutrition and health care
  • There's a possibility of another federal shutdown.
  • We don't know what's Happening is going to happen on the federal level.
  • And we expect how much to get back from the federal government.
  • And so we got to transfer money because of federal requirements.
Bills: HB97 , HB280 , HB183 , HB151 , HB202
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 3, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Federal agencies must act quickly when dealing with a cyber attack; the sooner a Federal agency knows
  • in Federal information systems.
  • in Federal information systems.
  • in Federal information systems.
  • to ensure Federal contractors with access to Federal systems or work with Federal data adopt these vulnerability
Bills: HR758 , HR856 , HR153 , HR872 , HB1515
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Water, Parks, and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • During that time, I was a district engineer for 45 reclamation districts, which is about half of the
  • active reclamation districts in the Delta.
  • So as district engineer, our job is to assist reclamation districts with their flood control drainage
  • Jennifer Fearing for the National Wildlife Federation, proud to co-sponsor SB 1135.
  • Four are threatened, and two are endangered under both state and federal law.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • During that time, I was a district engineer for 45 reclamation districts, which is about half of the
  • active reclamation districts in the Delta.
  • Jennifer Fearing for the National Wildlife Federation, proud to co-sponsor SB 1135.
  • Four are threatened, and two are endangered under both state and federal law.
  • Federal agencies, scientists, and the public on steelhead fishing in California.
Summary: The committee heard several wildlife and water-related bills. SB 872, by Senator McNerney, would create a Delta Levees and Canal Subsidence Fund and allow waiver of local cost-sharing for Delta levee repairs to protect the State Water Project and Delta infrastructure. Supporters from water agencies, environmental groups, counties, and agricultural interests said the bill is needed to address levee failure and canal subsidence; there was no opposition, and the bill was held open until a quorum was present, with broad support expressed. SB 1108, by Senator Caballero, would establish the Grasslands Ecological Area Conservancy in the Central Valley to coordinate conservation, habitat restoration, public access, and voluntary easements in a region described as the largest remaining wetland/grasslands complex west of the Mississippi. Support came from the Grasslands Water District, Audubon, conservation groups, and local stakeholders, who emphasized the area’s importance to migratory birds, wildlife corridors, and land-use transition under groundwater sustainability. There was no opposition, and the bill received favorable committee support. SB 1135, by Senator Blakespear, would reestablish and strengthen the statewide wildlife coexistence program to reduce human-wildlife conflict through nonlethal deterrence, education, and compensation for livestock losses. Supporters cited rising wildlife incidents, wolf depredation, and the need for proactive tools; opponents and some committee members raised concerns about rural impacts, funding, and the absence of law enforcement/public safety as a specifically named advisory role. After discussion and amendments that moved the cattlemen and Farm Bureau to neutral, the bill passed out of committee on a due-pass motion, though some members voted no or abstained. SB 1305, by Senator Richardson, would direct CDFW to study the feasibility of grizzly bear reintroduction and prepare a roadmap, with tribal consultation and stakeholder engagement, but would not itself authorize reintroduction. Tribal sponsors and conservation groups supported the bill as a planning and cultural restoration effort, while hunting, ranching, and county groups opposed it, arguing California already faces major wildlife-management and funding challenges and that the proposal would create new conflicts. Committee members debated costs, appropriations, and whether the study should include funding estimates; the bill was amended and passed on a due-pass motion. The committee also heard SB 1250, by Senator Cortese, which would require Caltrans to incorporate wildlife connectivity into transportation planning; supporters said it would reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve habitat connectivity, and the bill was presented in support as the hearing continued.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 20, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • With that, I yield back. better align federal housing programs so better align federal housing programs
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  • Our school system federal funding.
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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • ... ...state land trusts, and exchange it with the federal.
  • And at the end of the day, 70% of our lands are federal.
  • , we do get royalties from mining that occurs on federal government land, right?
  • I also wanted to point out that federal provisions are quickly being weakened.
  • SMRs must receive a federal early site permit.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/26/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this population receives a 90% federal match.
  • The problem is the federal government. That's the problem.
  • We do receive a 90% federal match from the federal government for IT.
  • Hospitals' biggest payer in Arizona is federal. It's federally funded and comes from CMS.
  • Hospitals biggest payer in Arizona is federal. It's federally funded comes from CMS.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture Aug 4th, 2026

Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • Federal uncertainty has made long-term planning more difficult.
  • the federal government is currently at.
  • We've got $21.3 million of federal funding now.
  • Army Corps federal investment has really gone down.
  • Army Corps federal investment has really gone down.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture held its annual Zeke Grader Fisheries Forum, focusing on the state of California fisheries and the environment. Secretary Wade Crowfoot and CDFW Marine Region Manager Dr. Craig Schumann described the sector as economically important but under pressure from drought, climate change, wildfire, warm oceans, and federal uncertainty. They highlighted progress under the state salmon strategy, including barrier removal, habitat restoration, flow protections, hatchery modernization, and technology improvements, while noting that salmon closures in recent years reflected the state’s driest period on record. Schumann reported 2025 commercial landings of about 217 million pounds worth $212 million, led by market squid, Dungeness crab, groundfish, and spiny lobster, and said the state’s marine protected area network had received international recognition. He also discussed salmon season openings, in-season management, hatchery release strategies, parentage-based tagging, kelp restoration planning, domoic acid closures, and expected future opportunities for rebuilt groundfish stocks such as yelloweye rockfish and cow cod. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to the Klamath River dam removal and salmon recovery. CDFW’s Crystal Robinson reviewed the project timeline, from the 2002 fish kill through dam decommissioning and full barrier removal in October 2024, and said fish returned to historic habitat within days. Yurok Chairman Joseph James, Karuk Chairman Russell “Buster” Attebery, and Dr. Craig Tucker described the dam removal as a historic tribal and state partnership and emphasized that salmon are central to tribal culture, food, and sovereignty. They said the river is already showing recovery, including the return of spring-run Chinook above Upper Klamath Lake for the first time in over a century, but stressed that continued restoration, funding, and protection of cold-water tributaries like the Scott and Shasta Rivers are still needed. Speakers also raised concerns about federal efforts to reinterpret the Endangered Species Act and rewrite the Klamath irrigation biological opinion, and urged the state to remain actively involved. The committee discussed AB 263 and AB 2218, which relate to minimum stream flows and Indigenous water rights, respectively. Members also questioned the agencies about Sacramento River salmon management, Shasta Reservoir cold-water releases, enforcement capacity, and federal disaster funding delays. Crowfoot and Schumann said the Sacramento remains the state’s most important salmon river and that the Bay-Delta Plan update and hatchery and flow actions are critical to recovery. They said marine enforcement remains limited, with about 50 officers covering the 1,100-mile coastline, and relies on technology, federal partnerships, and public tips. The committee indicated it would follow up on the federal biological opinion rewrite and on salmon-related policy issues. The final panel addressed the 2026–27 Dungeness crab season outlook. CDFW’s Joanna Grable said the season will be shaped by the “four horsemen” of whales, domoic acid, meat quality, and fleet dynamics, and warned that warm ocean conditions and a possible strong El Niño could increase domoic acid risk and whale entanglement concerns. She said the department will likely take a conservative approach, including possible season delays or gear reductions, while using new tools such as crab evisceration authority. PCFFA Executive Director Lisa Damrosch argued that the fishery has been built too much on fear and litigation, but acknowledged that RAMP now provides a framework to avoid a repeat of the 2016 crisis while still protecting whales and supporting fishing communities.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill lists commission membership to include elected chairs of federally recognized tribes by invitation
  • question for the chair, or I mean the prime sponsor, but it says each elected tribal chair from federally
  • You do not have one statewide salmon recovery plan that is signed by the federal government, the tribes
  • Settles all the claims by those federal and tribal entities. Thank you.
  • So asking help from our federal partners who own most of the land in Washington.