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WY
Transcript Highlights:
- And I've asked members of the Wyoming Department of Education if they would want to come up and talk
- ><c> of</c><00:01:46.560><c> Education</c><00:01:46.960><c> if</c> the Wyoming Department of Education
- Um, I have a couple of questions. The first one is just kind of logistical.
- </c> attendance of K sorry, attendance of attendance of K sorry, attendance of students<00:26:21.279>
- </c> uh knocked out another couple of bills. uh knocked out another couple of bills.
Committee:
Senate Education
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It provides the definition of the Department of Education as a direct support organization to authorize
- It provides the definition of the Department of Education as a direct support organization to authorize
- Following metrics of implementation will accomplish a multitude of things, from giving the state more
- I'm a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and a co-founder of Enlightened Generations
- My name is Michaela Dallaroo, and I'm a part of the Southwest chapter of Florida Youth SHINE.
Committee:
Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Keywords:
dependent children, child welfare, cash allowance, caregivers, community organizations, empowerment, foster care, out-of-home care, temporary cash assistance, eligibility, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Florida statutes
Summary:
The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs heard and advanced four bills. CS/SB 1690, on early childhood education, was amended with a delete-all amendment that required public posting of child care inspection reports and data on child deaths, injuries, and substantiated abuse; changed certain notice and insurance provisions for family and large family child care homes; created the Florida Endowment for Early Learning; and made related definitional changes. The amendment was adopted and the committee reported the bill favorably. SB 1022, on children’s initiatives, would add two new Florida Children’s Initiatives in Bay County and Pompano in Broward County; the sponsor described the program as a community-based service network model, and the bill was reported favorably without opposition.
SB 996, on dependent children, would require DCF and community-based care lead agencies to coordinate and regularly meet with organizations focused on people with lived experience in the child welfare system, and to publish how suggestions are implemented. Several young adults with foster care experience testified in support, emphasizing the importance of youth voice, normalcy, and teaching financial responsibility through allowance. The bill was reported favorably after supportive debate.
The committee also considered CS/SB 1462, on temporary cash assistance eligibility, after adopting an amendment that narrowed a SNAP eligibility carve-out to people who were victims of human trafficking at the time of a drug conviction. The sponsor said the bill was intended to remove barriers to reunification and redemption. After supportive testimony and no opposition, the committee reported the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- to terms of members of the General Assembly.
- c> the</c><00:13:08.959><c> General</c> terms of members of the General terms of members of the General
- We remain in the order of business of introduction of new bills and resolutions.
- </c><00:23:30.159><c> United</c> memory of the victims of the United memory of the victims of the United
- :23:47.200><c> of</c><00:23:47.360><c> floor</c> order of business, introduction of floor order of business
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- God of justice and mercy, thank you for the gift of life and the opportunity to serve the people of the
- The House of Representatives citation of adjournment.
- The House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky does hereby adjourn this legislative day
- 122 of the Constitution of 91, 100, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky<00:20:28.320><c> relating
- c> introduction</c><00:23:48.720><c> of</c> Next order of business, introduction of Next order of business
TX
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I know of no cases of a Bigfoot being found in the state of Texas.
- and materials— in general, the cost of living—are right now planning their budgets for the next fiscal
- of any particular piece of legislation.
- Our Attorney General, Paxton, filed a civil lawsuit accusing this doctor. ...of operating in Texas without
- Understanding of my line of questioning.
Committee:
House State Affairs
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice and Judiciary (6-4-25) Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> of us uh because there's a lot of of us uh because there's a lot of questions<00:01:48.399><c> that
- I'm assistant general counsel with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Office of Legal Services.
- I'm assistant general counsel with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Office of Legal Services.
- </c><00:46:20.640><c> of</c> now is the final negotiation of of now is the final negotiation of of specific
- 00:57:30.079><c> of</c> any um discussion of of a plan B of any um discussion of of a plan B of maybe
Keywords:
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Summary:
The committee met to hear updates from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections on two related issues: a proposed high-acuity juvenile mental health treatment facility and medical services contracts, including the impact of Wellpath’s bankruptcy proceedings. At the start, the chair agreed to hear the Department of Corrections first so members could get context on the medical contract before turning to DJJ’s proposal.
DOC officials said Wellpath, the department’s comprehensive medical and mental health provider since 2013, was awarded its current contract through a 2021 procurement process. They reported that Wellpath’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan had been confirmed and that the company had transitioned ownership to lenders, but had not yet fully completed the bankruptcy process. DOC said there had been no service lapses, no reduction in care, and no known impact on Kentucky vendors or hospitals, and that DOC staff meet with Wellpath almost weekly. Members asked whether the committee had been kept informed and whether the bankruptcy could affect future services or subcontractors.
DJJ then presented its concept for a high-acuity facility, explaining that the project is still in the preliminary programming and conceptual stage and has not yet entered the formal design phase with DECA. Officials said the proposal in the capital plan would create a 24-bed facility, with 16 clinical beds and 8 assessment/stabilization beds, to serve justice-involved youth with serious mental health needs. They said the facility would need to separate males and females and high- and low-risk youth, and that current placements often require sending youth out of state to places such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Arkansas, and Texas. Staff said the goal is to centralize treatment, improve safety, and reduce the need for fragmented or out-of-state placements.
Committee members questioned the cost estimates, staffing needs, and whether the facility was justified given the small number of youth currently placed out of state. DJJ said the operational estimate includes an unknown medical-contract component and that the number of youth needing the facility can fluctuate because of surges in the juvenile population. Officials also said they had consulted with South Carolina, which is developing a similar facility, and noted that renovating existing facilities was considered but could be more expensive or impractical than building a separate site. No votes or formal actions were taken during the discussion.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the General Counsel for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
- I'm a third generation of four, and my family has fished that lake.
- The decision on behalf of the members of... has changed the course of the future generations to come.
- Generations to come, it was absolutely an overreach of power on the decision makers' part to take a recreational
- We're not generated off tax base of any sort or anything like that.
Committee:
House Boards, Agencies and Commissions
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Law & Justice Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Before you now is Senate Bill 5925 concerning the general powers and duties of the Attorney General's
- office, by request of the Attorney General.
- We're troubled with the provisions of this bill that don't require any attorney general version of what
- I've come before you today in support of Senate Bill 5906. I'm a first-generation immigrant.
- While many of the complaints around missing person alerts point to a general lack of empathy and perspective
Summary:
The committee heard public testimony on four bills. SB 5925 would expand the Attorney General’s civil investigative demand authority to investigate possible violations of the U.S. and Washington constitutions, certain labor and civil rights laws, law enforcement use-of-force issues, and jail-related statutes. Supporters, including the Attorney General’s office, Teamsters 117, and Working Washington, said the bill would make investigations faster and more effective, especially in wage theft and discrimination cases. Opponents, including police, sheriffs, cities, counties, and retail and business groups, argued it would give the AG broad investigative power without enough threshold showing, could burden local governments and employers, and raised constitutional concerns about speech and search protections. No vote was taken.
SB 5906 would codify and expand protections for non-public spaces in schools, child care facilities, health care facilities, higher education institutions, and county auditor election areas by limiting immigration enforcement access without a judicial warrant or court order and restricting collection of immigration-related information about students and families. Supporters said the bill would reduce fear, protect privacy, and make existing Keep Washington Working policies clearer and more durable, with testimony from immigrant rights groups, faith organizations, students, PTA, and health advocates. Some organizations, including health care and child care stakeholders, supported the goal but asked for amendments to clarify definitions, create model policies, add training and enforcement provisions, and adjust warrant/subpoena language. The committee also heard strong opposition concerns about federal immigration enforcement, but no action was taken.
SB 6070 would expand missing-person tools by allowing certain digital investigative tools to be used in missing endangered person cases, creating new Abney and Purple Alerts for missing Black people and people with disabilities, and broadening the definition of missing endangered person. Supporters included prosecutors, law enforcement, tribal and disability advocates, families of missing persons, and students who argued that faster alerts and better digital tools save lives and address racial and disability disparities in missing-person responses. Testimony described delays in prior cases and the need for more urgent, targeted alerts. The committee then heard SB 6002, which would regulate automated license plate reader systems, set registration, use, retention, audit, and disclosure rules, and prohibit certain uses such as immigration enforcement and surveillance near protected locations. The sponsor said the bill is intended to create statewide guardrails for a technology already in use, and testimony was expected to continue after the excerpt ended; no vote or final action was recorded in the portion provided.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Public Health REVISION 2- Meeting moved to room 4S5 Apr 1st, 2026 at 09:00 am
Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
- So I can tell you just generally speaking on that they were trying to streamline some of those requirements
- Thank you, Madam Chair, and members of the committee.
- The staff forgot to change it to the Board of Psychology, so it actually goes to the Board of Psychology
- The Board of Osteopathic Medicine has been doing a lot of updating as far as electronic and all that,
Bills:
SB206 , SB904 , SB933 , SB1436 , SB1500 , SB1553 , SB1557 , SB1567 , SB1644 , SB1645 , SB1651 , SB1794 , SB1833 , SB1849 , SB1984
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
SB206, emergency medical services, EMS, ambulance, 911 response, emergency response, essential services, federal funding, grant funding, public health, health care facility, municipality, county, ambulance service district, tribal entity, public entity, contract ambulance service, Oklahoma, 63 O.S. 2021 Section 1-2502, emergency clause
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of 1913.
- It simply adds some very general requirements of the members of the commission.
- And yet, In Section 355, we talk about the attorney general may disclose so much of the grand jury's
- the strength of it?
- I don't have the details of how the Department of Health releases the dollars.
Bills:
SCR17 , SB2104 , SB2155 , SB1428 , SB1250 , SB1651 , SB1794 , SB444 , SB1061 , SB1327 , SB1425 , SB1455 , SB1458 , SB1460 , SB1480 , SB1530 , SB1543 , SB1555 , SB1593 , SB1209 , SB1730 , SB1733 , SB1769 , SB1805 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1503
Keywords:
Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And whereas the Oklahoma State Senate, acting on behalf of the citizens of the state of Oklahoma, extends
- Their visit also honors the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July
- instead of content of the library.
- district is having to appear repeatedly in front of the state board of education over the course of
- out of school because of this section?
Bills:
SCR17 , SB2104 , SB2155 , SB1428 , SB1250 , SB1651 , SB1794 , SB444 , SB1061 , SB1327 , SB1425 , SB1455 , SB1458 , SB1460 , SB1480 , SB1530 , SB1543 , SB1555 , SB1593 , SB1209 , SB1730 , SB1733 , SB1769 , SB1805 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1503
Keywords:
Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Most of them, very few get off of hospice.
- It simply adds some very general requirements of the members of the commission.
- And yet in Section 355, we talk about the Attorney General may disclose so much of the grand jury's proceedings
- strength of it?
- of the color of their skin.
Bills:
SCR17 , SB2104 , SB2155 , SB1428 , SB1250 , SB1651 , SB1794 , SB444 , SB1061 , SB1327 , SB1425 , SB1455 , SB1458 , SB1460 , SB1480 , SB1530 , SB1543 , SB1555 , SB1593 , SB1209 , SB1730 , SB1733 , SB1769 , SB1805 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1503
Keywords:
Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson
Summary:
The Senate began with several ceremonial recognitions, including citations for the Destiny Christian School girls volleyball team and football team for state championships, and for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, in connection with Delta Day at the Capitol and Women’s History Month. Members and guests were welcomed to speak briefly before the chamber returned to its agenda.
The chamber then considered a series of bills. SB 444, dealing with hospice handling and disposal of controlled dangerous substances left after a patient’s death, passed 39-0. SB 1327, restoring the Tourism and Recreation Commission’s authority and adding general commission-member requirements, passed 27-12. SB 1061, a mortgage broker fee cleanup bill, passed 38-0. SB 1425, repealing an obsolete health care workforce board, passed 40-0. SB 1455, extending the sunset for the Board of Governors of the Architects, Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers, passed 28-11 and then also passed the emergency with 38-1. SB 1458, an Attorney General-request bill to align grand jury witness confidentiality statutes, failed 24-14.
The Senate also passed SB 1460, which increases penalties for repeat peeping Tom and clandestine recording offenses and makes second or subsequent offenses sex offenses, by a vote of 38-3. SB 1480, creating a youth apprenticeship pilot program, passed 42-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1530, updating the Oklahoma Research Development Rebate Program and encouraging private partnerships with higher education, passed 36-4. SB 1543, allowing multiple DUI charges within one year to be prosecuted as a single felony case and making related cleanup changes, passed 37-6 after extended debate about diversion, due process, and testing issues. SB 1555, aligning the state definition of intellectual disability with federal standards, passed 42-0, with a later correction noting the final vote as 42-1. SB 1593, updating outdated OSU-Tulsa trustee language, passed 43-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1730, requiring law enforcement to copy OSBI on sexual offense reports, passed 37-6. SB 1209, which would have excluded Sundays and federal holidays from the eviction filing-to-hearing timeline, failed on a 21-21 tie after debate over landlord rights, service timing, and court delays.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/18/26 - Afternoon Meeting
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- With about 1.3 billion annual public library circulations nationwide, nearly twice the number of retail
- , maybe circulate that book in perpetuity, maybe upwards<00:24:34.000><c> of</c><00:24:34.240><c> 70<
- We the board did have a long series of conversations with the office of the attorney general, who of
- 04:45.680><c> of</c><01:04:45.839><c> the</c><01:04:46.079><c> attorney</c><01:04:46.400><c> general<
- /c> with the office of the attorney general with the office of the attorney general who<01:04:46.880>
Keywords:
libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, campaign finance, elections, political contributions, disclosure, reporting thresholds, economic interest statements, financial disclosure, ethics, public officials, local officials, metropolitan governmental unit, metropolitan area, candidate filings, principal campaign committee, political committee
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/23/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1761 appropriates monies from the State General Fund to the University of Arizona in the
- This was not a U of A ask.
- Agriculture is one of the most important unsung heroes of this state.
- of cotton anymore.
- What kind of thing? What kind of things could they gather with some of the technology? Do you know?
Committee:
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Keywords:
Arizona beef council, beef promotion, agricultural marketing, commodity council, livestock, cattle industry, ranching, rural affairs, self-financed program, sunset extension, continuation bill, market development, beef products, Arizona agriculture, Title 41, Title 3, sunset review, marketing order, producer assessment, Salt River horse herd
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/17/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- c> queries</c> hundreds of thousands of these queries hundreds of thousands of these queries to<00:21
- Surgeon General reports that 95% of 13- to 17-year-olds are on social media platforms.
- /c><00:52:12.400><c> Surgeon</c><00:52:12.800><c> General</c> The Office of the US Surgeon General The
- Office of the US Surgeon General reports<00:52:13.599><c> that</c><00:52:13.920><c> 95%</c><00:52:14.720
- us because we have a room full of kids right now and a generation that includes myself that have been
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
foreclosure, mortgage, redemption period, homestead, Minnesota Statutes, automated license plate reader, ALPR, license plate recognition, vehicle surveillance, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, data privacy, government data practices, law enforcement data, surveillance technology, location data, vehicle tracking, warrant requirement, probable cause, exigent circumstances
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- some of that is happening now, >> Some of some of that is happening now, but<00:15:03.760><c>
- </c> don't have to be a member of realtor. don't have to be a member of realtor.
- I just want to kind of come back around to the purpose of your function is protection of the public.
- Um, one of the things that the chairman of the Sunset and the chairman of this committee is that when
- </c> the spirit of cooperation. the spirit of cooperation.
Committee:
House Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Keywords:
cannabis, psychoactive cannabinoids, CBD, delta-8 THC, delta-9 THC, delta-10 THC, criminal penalties, youth protection, medical cannabis, HB586, Cullman, Cullman County, City of Cullman, annexation, municipal boundaries, corporate limits, local legislation, boundary adjustment, city limits, municipal expansion
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- of the agenda.
- of staff time.
- The annual consultation with the Department of Commerce at 40 hours of staff time. Thank you.
- Yeah, both of the top two. Did you say 45, 46? Yep. So the other two are ruled out of order.
- All in favor of the proposed substitute, my apologies. All in favor of the proposed substitute.
Bills:
SB5816 , SB5838 , SB5930 , SB5960 , SB5971 , SB6075 , SB6097 , SB6104 , SB6216 , SB6233 , SB6318 , SJM8015
Committee:
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources
Keywords:
juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, tribal representation, natural resources, board of natural resources, environmental policy, community involvement, irrigation districts, director contracts, beneficial interests, transparency, governance, ungulate populations, wildlife management, habitat restoration, conservation, sustainability
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, by way of background, it's generally a gross misdemeanor for any person to possess a weapon
- a generation of debt collection stress.
- I'm here on behalf of the Patient Coalition of Washington in support of this bill.
- By way of background, under the Sentencing Reform Act, courts generally impose sentences within a standard
- And you've heard of some of those today.
Committee:
Senate Law & Justice
Keywords:
spring blade knives, knife legislation, weapon regulation, public safety, law enforcement, medical debt, garnishment, wage garnishment, earnings exemption, exempt wages, debt collection, consumer debt, student loan debt, private student loans, disposable earnings, minimum wage, writ of garnishment, exemption claim, judgment debtor, creditor
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- can take advantage of these sort of... ...new schemes?
- Some of them are faith-based, some of them secular, some of them special-needs schools, that kind of
- I've seen the disparity of support that happens, whether it's in the Phoenix general area or throughout
- I've seen the disparity of support that happens, whether it's in the Phoenix general area or if it's
- Line-of-duty death is not just the loss of a spouse.
Bills:
SB1042 , SB1043 , SB1044 , SB1135 , SB1136 , SB1142 , SB1180 , SB1221 , SB1252 , SB1254 , SCR1003
Committee:
Senate Finance
Keywords:
public funds, virtual currency, bitcoin, investment, Arizona Strategic Digital Asset Reserve Act, state treasurer, retirement system, state payments, cryptocurrency, Arizona law, payment methods, government transactions, property tax, tax exemption, Arizona Revised Statutes, digital currency, workers' compensation, death benefits, burial costs, spousal compensation