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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 18

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Uh, first of all I'd like to thank the public safety chair and members of the committee for passing
  • That is smart public safety and responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars.
  • That is smart public safety and responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars.
  • That is smart public safety and responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars.
  • That is smart public safety and responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're learning public speaking by giving demonstrations.
  • They're learning public speaking by giving demonstrations.
  • according to the Oklahoma statutes, talking about funds shall be divided equally amongst all... ...public
  • The court funds, I don't believe, but I don't recall from my days when I was chairing Public Safety and
  • The court funds, I don't believe, but I don't recall from my days when I was chairing public safety and
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, and recognized several guests and groups in the gallery, including the Ponca City High School Poe High Steppers, the Edmond Democratic Women, family members of senators, a Grace Reform Baptist Church co-op group, and Oklahoma 4-H participants. The chamber also honored the Red Oak Lady Eagles state championship basketball team with a citation and remarks celebrating their first school basketball title and strong season. The Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 22, supporting the Lights Out Oklahoma campaign to reduce bird mortality during migration by encouraging reduced exterior lighting in peak migration months. The chamber also adopted Senate Resolution 41, proclaiming April 22, 2026, as the 27th annual 4-H Day at the Capitol, with testimony from 4-H representatives emphasizing youth leadership, civic engagement, and workforce readiness. Several bills passed, including House Bill 169 (house amendments adopted and the bill passed as an emergency measure), House Bill 2123 on the Arkansas River bridge, House Bill 2650 on summary administration estate thresholds, House Bill 3260 on funeral director continuing education approvals, House Bill 3403 on a DEQ/OSU sewage sludge pilot study, House Bill 3649 on the Mental Health Department real property trust, House Bill 3742 on criminal discovery, House Bill 3831 on a Task Force One revolving fund, House Bill 3996 on indigent defense experts in capital cases, House Bill 4321 on limits on retroactive building rule application, and House Bill 4339 on summary administration notice timing. House Bill 1047, which would have authorized a tribal sports betting framework and related revenue distributions, drew extensive debate over gambling addiction, revenue, tribal compacts, geofencing, and NIL funding, but failed 21-27; Senator Coleman gave notice of intent to reconsider. The Senate then announced an Appropriations Committee meeting and adjourned until the next scheduled session.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are you affiliated with the Arizona Center for Public Policy? What is it?
  • procedures by a public officer or public employee constitutes a misuse of public monies.
  • It simply draws a boundary around the use of public funds.
  • It makes a public employee guilty of a felony for an intentional violation.
  • Public safety funding deserves transparency and fairness. I vote no. Aye. I vote no.
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several health-related bills, with the longest discussion centered on SB 1214, the Arizona Stem Cell Therapy Act. The bill would regulate stem cell and birth tissue therapies, bar use of tissues derived from aborted fetuses or embryos, require informed consent and disclosure for non-FDA-approved therapies, and create civil and criminal penalties for violations. Supporters framed it as a patient-safety and bioscience-innovation measure, while opponents objected to the abortion-related language and felony penalties. The committee approved SB 1214 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also advanced SB 1194, which would prohibit health professionals and institutions from denying care or reducing care quality based on vaccination status, and SB 1814, which creates a study committee on substance use disorder treatment standards and oversight. SB 1602, increasing monthly stipends for kinship foster care parents, and SB 1603, expanding child-only cash assistance eligibility for certain foster and relative placements, were both amended and passed unanimously. SB 1177, barring public funds from being used for gender transition procedures, and SB 1014, requiring insurance coverage for detransition care and related reporting, both drew strong support and opposition and were each approved on 4-3 votes. Later, the committee unanimously passed SB 1628, requiring insurers and health plans to report claims-denial and prior-authorization data to DIFI for public reporting, and SB 1629, requiring AHCCCS managed care organizations to give advance notice and network-adequacy documentation before terminating high-volume providers without cause. Supporters of both bills emphasized transparency and patient access, while opponents argued the measures duplicated existing federal or state oversight. The committee then heard SB 1752, which would criminalize commercial harvesting or sale of mescaline while preserving a religious-use defense; the sponsor said it was intended to address improper sales of peyote-derived substances, but no final action on that bill was taken in the portion provided.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 12

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • deliver substantive, verifiable emissions reductions with an appropriate and quantifiable value to the public
  • deliver substantive, verifiable emissions reductions with an appropriate and quantifiable value to the public
  • deliver substantive, verifiable emissions reductions with an appropriate and quantifiable value to the public
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public schools within 10 years?
  • public system of education.
  • This bill is basically a slow death to public education, traditional public schools.
  • public schools will also be supporting public charter schools.
  • our public schools.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He served on multiple committees in this House, including elections, public safety, public education,
  • He was vice chair of the Public Safety Committee during the 71st and 72nd legislatures.
  • It uses civic engagement, participatory defense, and public education. to fight systemic injustice.
  • Unit within the Department of Public Safety. Chair, I'll ask Mr. Darby to explain the bill.
  • This is a good bill for public safety and for mental health.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

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

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 670 should not advance for the sake of Louisiana’s people, our public health, and our forests
  • Basically, House Bill 548 takes into the provisions made for the Board of the CPA Accountant, Certified Public
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/24/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's the whole point of this: getting back to the public.
  • We all value our public safety professionals.
  • In Yuma, it's close to 80% that goes to public safety.
  • And then there's this database that is very, for those that want to start it and then there's this database
  • When we talk about public safety, usually we're talking about the public.
Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 1630, which would direct AHCCCS to seek federal approval for a home- and community-based services program for adults determined to be seriously mentally ill, with quarterly implementation updates, stakeholder input, and a cap on enrollment. The sponsor and advocates from Arizona Mad Moms argued the bill would create an assisted-living-style Medicaid option for the most disabled SMI individuals, improve continuity of care, and reduce state general fund costs by shifting some expenses to federal Medicaid funding. Access testified neutral, estimating a total fiscal impact of $27.7 million, including $5.83 million general fund, and explained the need for CMS approval. The committee adopted an amendment reducing the initial cap to 250 members, changing reporting frequency, and adjusting eligibility and expansion conditions, then passed SB 1630 as amended on a 10-0 vote. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1131, which originally required school districts and charter schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans and appropriated $1 million for implementation. An amendment replaced the mandate with a reporting requirement on AED counts, CPR/AED-trained staff, and whether schools have a plan, while keeping a grant component for AEDs and prioritizing rural schools. The American Heart Association supported the amended approach as a way to gather baseline data and target resources, and members discussed AED training, school preparedness, and whether the funding should favor rural or high-population schools. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1131 as amended on a 9-1 vote, with Senator Kuby voting no and several members explaining concerns about funding and priorities. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1582, which concerned the school safety interoperability fund. An amendment shifted the appropriation from the Department of Education to the Department of Administration and allocated funds to specific county sheriff offices for continuing operation and maintenance of existing interoperability systems, while narrowing the program to public safety agencies and school districts and requiring twice-yearly testing. Sheriffs, a county school superintendent, and the Arizona Sheriffs Association described the systems as useful for drills and real emergencies, improving communication between schools and first responders; one speaker noted the program had been used in drills and at least one live deployment. Some members questioned the audit findings, the focus on rural counties, and whether the program was a good use of funds, while supporters emphasized its value for school safety. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1582 as amended on a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1504, which would change retirement rules for Tier 2 and Tier 3 public safety personnel by allowing earlier normal retirement and shortening the COLA waiting period, with an amendment exempting the changes from the statutory pre-funding requirement. Supporters from firefighter and police groups said the bill would improve recruitment and retention and let employees receive earned benefits sooner, while city, county, and taxpayer representatives warned it would add substantial unfunded liabilities and undermine the 2016 pension reforms. Actuarial testimony estimated significant costs, including tens of millions in annual or upfront impacts depending on how the change is funded, and members debated whether the amendment would shift costs onto future taxpayers or simply spread them over time. The transcript ends during continued testimony and discussion on SB 1504, before a final vote is reached.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • registration manager, programs director, and input from the DOC liaison, and looking at this from a public
  • And looking at this from a public safety point of view, OCPA is on board as well.
  • I'm kind of wondering what the public outcry might be if we start housing sex offenders.
  • Investigation to create and maintain a persistent domestic violence offender's registry and allowing the public
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll open up public testimony on House Bill 144.
  • We'll open up for public testimony on House Bill 145.
  • If not, we'll open up public testimony on House Bill 5247.
  • If not, we'll close public testimony. Public testimony that is not very loud.
  • If not, we are going to open up public testimony.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Don't say it. ...public opinion has... public testimony has closed all those people behind me, but I
  • We also learned about community health and public health.
  • Our public health system is stretched and millions of our tax dollars are being used to pay for a public
  • Public Health Committee, and we need to look out for the public health of the folks in our state.
  • Thank you, Public Health Committee Chair and members.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing none, public testimony is closed and we will move on.
  • Senate Bill 2583, opening up public testimony.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is closed.
  • Additionally, it requires each LMHA to have a public member.
  • Public testimony on Senate Bill 2446 is concluded. I'm the chair. Yes.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing none, public testify.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is closed. Oh, is there somebody?
  • Public testimony is closed and we will leave this bill pending at this time.
  • Hearing none, we will Close public testimony.
  • Seven hearing none, public testimony is closed and we. I don't get it.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 16th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • They hold that; they have the decision-making capability to keep the public at large safer.
  • I'm looking right now in the public record who are out on PR bond. I got that.
  • I became a notary public.
  • Instead, it allows the Secretary of State to make public the address and phone number.
  • But that's the kind of information that would be helpful for the public to know.