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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, if you have the opportunity, please greet Chaplain Evans before he exits the chamber.
- Members, if you have the opportunity, please greet Chaplain Evans before he exits the chamber.
- And so, they really need that flexibility and that streamlined opportunity.
- And so, they really need that flexibility and that streamlined opportunity.
- Senate Bill 2787 by Menendez, relating to digital citizenship, to Education K-16.
Bills:
SJR12, SCR39, SB27, SB29, SB241, SB406, SB414, SB464, SB568, SB578, SB609, SB660, SB689, SB693, SB785, SB857, SB879, SB921, SB922, SB955, SB985, SB993, SB996, SB1008, SB1035, SB1036, SB1059, SB1098, SB1120, SB1122, SB1147, SB1188, SB1197, SB1209, SB1227, SB1245, SB1267, SB1307, SB1321, SB1332, SB1386, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1494, SB1536, SB1537, SB1596, SB1610, SB1664, SB1741, SB1814, SB1822, SB1841, SB1948, SB2065, SB2155, SB2188, SB2230, SB2406, SB2407
Keywords:
parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with senators highlighting the university’s growth, medical school, research expansion, and role in serving South Texas. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 368 honoring outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, with numerous senators praising his long public career, leadership in higher education, and statewide impact. Senate Resolution 361 recognizing Texas HBCU Day and Senate Resolution 362 recognizing Denton County Days at the Capitol were also adopted, along with other routine recognitions and gubernatorial appointments being read into the record.
The Senate then took up several bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to shorten vacancy posting requirements, allow bilingual certification candidates to retake only failed test sections, give teachers more flexibility with paid leave, clarify classroom removal procedures, and ensure parents are informed of appeal rights. The bill passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a parent’s right to direct a child’s education, was also brought up and passed to engrossment after a contested suspension vote.
The Senate next passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, which would require reporting of foreign funding at public universities, bar gifts from adversarial governments, and require training and reporting systems to prevent foreign influence and intellectual property theft in higher education. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the so-called “Dexit” bill, was debated at length for its corporate governance changes, including codifying the business judgment rule and altering internal corporate litigation and records rules; it passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed by a 30-1 vote. Senate Bill 857, allowing law enforcement discretion to tow vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed after discussion of towing abuses during flooding and disaster conditions. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536, requiring dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, passed with broad support, and Senate Bill 922, addressing delayed electronic disclosure of sensitive medical test results so physicians can discuss them first, was taken up and passed to engrossment as the chamber continued through its calendar.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- There were some other opportunities that we had identified.
- We identified that as a potential opportunity.
- I very much appreciate the opportunity and the willingness to discuss.
- </c> standards we would love the opportunity standards we would love the opportunity to<01:50:28.080>
- But we would welcome an opportunity to be a part of that process.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force Jun 29th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Vice Chairman, novel members, for the opportunity to speak this morning.
- Vice Chairman, novel members, for the opportunity to speak this morning.
- And Anna will be watching those of you online if you raise your digital hand in the reactions tab at
- ...opportunities to merge some of them.
- for... ...which really needed this dedicated opportunity for a deeper dive.
VA
Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Virginia Housing Commission - Fees in Residential Rental Agreements Workgroup Jun 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the Director of Policy at Housing Opportunities Made Equal.
- Looking forward to being here and again, appreciate the opportunity to be virtual. All right.
- I had the opportunity to read the whole thing, but why don't we get a presentation on that first?
- Landlords must accept physical checks or money orders if they use digital portals, or...
- So forgo a lot of other potential opportunities.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 2nd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
- I think this is a good opportunity for me to share my experience about this issue.
- So at the first opportunity I had, I talked with my boss.
- So at the first opportunity I had, I talked with my boss.
Keywords:
SB 6053, domestic workers, domestic worker rights, labor protections, minimum wage, overtime, private household employment, nanny, home care worker, personal care provider, housekeeper, cleaner, cook, gardener, household manager, wage theft, retaliation, anti-discrimination, immigration status, privacy rights
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- And then Or if you don't have that, you can put the last four digits of your social security number.
- This looks like it's mainly abusing kids in person, not through digital media in some way.
- I don't see anything in it that talks about digital media or child pornography or anything that's talking
Bills:
SB1450, SB1458, SB1232, SB1238, SB1325, SB1209, SB1362, SB2072, SB1451, SB1540, SB1581, SB1535, SB1266, SB1927, SB1460, SB2084, SB2182
Keywords:
criminal court costs, court fees, fines, assessments, waiver, ability to pay, indigent defendants, post-release relief, probation compliance, parole, deferred sentence, suspended sentence, restitution, child support, municipal court, district court, criminal justice reform, court debt, legal financial obligations, fee waiver
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So thank you for the opportunity to testify in strong support of Senate Bill 2361 today.
- Thank you for this opportunity to testify in support of Senate Bill 2361.
- Thank you for the opportunity to be here to support Senate Bill 2361, and also thank you.
- So I think that shows the opportunity that we have there.
- I would say that there is a huge opportunity, the gap between that 1% and 10%.
Bills:
SB530, SB757, SB769, SB1085, SB1241, SB1242, SB1409, SB1878, SB2138, SB2314, SB2231, SB2361, SB2431, SJR59
Keywords:
accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It is an honor, and members, thank you for this opportunity to come before you.
- </c> opportunity to apply uh in round one. opportunity to apply uh in round one.
- We know that folks do not have digital literacy access to broadband.
- ><c> access</c><00:52:44.800><c> to</c> have digital literacy access to have digital literacy access
- I appreciate the opportunity committee.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 18, March 3, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to bring public comment. an opportunity to bring public comment.
- College professors deserve the opportunity, and teachers deserve the opportunity, ladies and gentlemen
- </c><02:21:09.359><c> off</c> You could close those opportunities off You could close those opportunities
- So we want to give them the opportunities to do that.
- So them the opportunities to do that.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance. (3-4-26)
Banking & Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- cash into a kiosk machine, which looks very similar to an ATM, to purchase crypto and send it to a digital
- cash into a kiosk machine, which looks very similar to an ATM, to purchase crypto and send it to a digital
- cash into a kiosk machine, which looks very similar to an ATM, to purchase crypto and send it to a digital
- send</c><00:21:04.320><c> it</c><00:21:04.400><c> to</c><00:21:04.559><c> a</c><00:21:04.720><c> digital
- </c> purchase crypto and send it to a digital purchase crypto and send it to a digital wallet,<00:21:
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (01/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And then the six-digit — that's a combination of the department and the agency code and the funding.
- Every employee's job has a five-digit number, and I don't know that they're in some kind of a system,
- Every employee's job has a five-digit number.
- Every employee's job has a five-digit number, and I don't know that they're in some kind of a system,
- Every employee's job has a five-digit number, and I don't know that they're in some kind of a system,
Summary:
The meeting was an introductory Division One budget briefing led by Legislative Budget Assistant staff Melissa Rollins and Jack Mullen. They explained staff roles and agency assignments within Division One, noting that Jack is taking over the General Government category while Melissa handles Categories 2 and 3, and that members can contact either staffer with questions. They also reviewed the upcoming budget calendar, including the governor’s budget presentation expected in mid-February, agency hearings beginning around February 17–20, a Division One deadline around March 26, and House Finance reporting deadlines in early April.
A major portion of the discussion focused on how to read fiscal notes and the difference between expenditures and appropriations. Staff used sample language to explain that a bill may show an expenditure estimate without actually authorizing funding or new positions, and that a zero appropriation means the agency is not authorized to spend the estimated amount unless the bill is amended. Members asked questions about why a bill could show costs but still not authorize spending or hiring, and staff clarified that new positions require specific legislative authorization and classification detail. They also noted that many bills will have expenditure lines without appropriations, and that amendments may be needed if the committee wants to fund or authorize the program.
The rest of the meeting walked members through the HB 1 and HB 2 tracking documents used by the division. Staff explained that HB 1 tracking sheets record additional agency requests not included in the governor’s budget, including requests that may be zero-net transfers, corrections, or new spending items, and that grayed-out items indicate actions already taken. They said HB 2 will be handled through a similar tracking process, with amendments routed through LBA staff and the Office of Legislative Services. Members were told that the division will review agency budgets, class lines, and proposed changes over roughly six weeks, with the goal of preparing a detailed change report for full House Finance.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- view this bill, please don't look at it as only helping a community rebuild, but look at it as an opportunity
- And I think this is an opportunity for the state of Arizona.
- I think this is an opportunity for the state of Arizona to send a positive message out there that we
- The only opportunity that we have, with the support of this bill and all the opportunities on grants,
- Serving on the board of supervisors, board, we always had the opportunity to pull things out of consent
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
- I think this is a good opportunity for me to share my experience about this issue.
- So at the first opportunity I had, I talked with my boss.
- For the more single shifting digital batch-level identification for plant tagging reduces significant
Summary:
The committee heard several bills and took executive action on a number of them. Senate Bill 6282, by Senator Nobles, would require building and construction trade apprenticeship programs to provide two hours of behavioral health and wellness training starting in 2027, covering stigma reduction, distress recognition, suicide prevention, substance use awareness, peer support, and resource connection. The bill drew strong support from labor and construction groups, who described high suicide and substance use rates in the industry and said the training would help apprentices and, with a planned amendment, journey-level workers as well. No vote was taken in the hearing portion shown, but testimony was overwhelmingly pro.
Senate Bill 6135, by Senator King, would require interest arbitration panels for certain uniform personnel at local governments to consider the employer’s ability to pay. Counties and cities supported the bill as a modest fiscal-relief measure and argued it would align local arbitration with existing state-law language. Teamsters representatives and other labor witnesses opposed it, saying it would weaken collective bargaining and give employers leverage to stall or deny fair contracts. The committee closed the public hearing with 5 in favor, 22 opposed, and no other testimony. In executive session, the bill was later advanced subject to signatures.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 6128 on independent medical exams, which would require IME recordings to be made through an L&I-approved third-party app and prohibit independent local recording. Supporters said the change would improve security, consistency, and reliability of recordings and reduce cancellations and disputes; opponents said it would burden injured workers and undo the 2023 right to record IMEs on their own devices. The committee then heard Senate Bill 6068, which would make owners and direct contractors jointly liable for unpaid wages and related damages on construction projects, with a notice-and-cure process before suit. Workers and labor groups supported it as a tool against wage theft and labor trafficking, while contractors and industry groups opposed it as overbroad and costly. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6303 on cannabis packaging and vapor devices, with testimony split between sustainability advocates and industry supporters on one side and public health and poison center witnesses on the other, who warned that loosening individual edible packaging could increase child poisonings. In executive session, the committee adopted a substitute for SB 6053 and moved it forward, and also passed SB 6134, SB 6147, SB 6106, and SB 6045 subject to signatures, with SB 6045 amended before passage to Ways and Means.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for the opportunity to speak today.
- Thank you so much for this opportunity to speak.
- Thank you very much for the opportunity to come and speak to you today.
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify on SB 560.
- I appreciate the opportunity to speak on Senate Bill 568.
Keywords:
special education, funding, individualized education program, visual impairments, accessibility, support services, state education code, SCR 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD, Robert Rives, gymnasium naming, building naming, honorary resolution, commemorative resolution, deaf education, hard of hearing, Gallaudet University, alumni hall of fame
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2010, digital goods enforcement. HB 2008, school libraries prohibitions.
- HB 2010, digital goods enforcement. HB 2011, end of tax subtraction. HB 2012, vehicle registration.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer by Deacon Ernesto Ramirez and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Representative Rachel Keshel. The journal from January 12 was approved, and Dr. Andrew Carroll was introduced as Doctor of the Day. Members also heard a proclamation recognizing January 13 as Arizona Human Trafficking Awareness Day, with remarks highlighting the work of the Arizona Human Trafficking Survivor Coalition and the importance of survivor-led prevention and awareness efforts.
The chamber then handled routine business, including messages from the Senate and two motions related to adjournment. The House agreed to grant the Senate consent to adjourn after Thursday, January 15, 2026, until Tuesday, January 20, 2026, and also requested the Senate’s consent for the House to do the same. Members observed personal remarks for former Senator Barbara Left and Representative Kyle Powell.
A long list of bills and resolutions was introduced and read for first and second reading, covering topics such as elections, water policy, education, public safety, health care, agriculture, taxation, and several memorials and resolutions. No substantive debate or votes on those measures occurred in this transcript. Committee announcements were made for several meetings, and the House adjourned until 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And they were sent digital, too. So I'm going to go ahead and do that.
- We had the opportunity to spend a little time on the other side of the aisle yesterday and get these
- It gives us a good opportunity to go back and take a look at those.
Summary:
The Senate Agriculture Committee met to welcome University of Idaho agricultural economics students visiting the Capitol as part of their public policy and legislative tour. Committee members and the chair briefly introduced the students and thanked them for their interest in Idaho agriculture before moving into rule presentations.
The committee then heard several Idaho State Department of Agriculture rule dockets from Jared Stewart and Brian Slebaugh. Topics included stone fruit grades, bulk permits and retail potato sales, weights and measures, pesticide and chemigation use and application, and organic food products. The presenters described each as largely zero-based regulation cleanup or updates, including removing obsolete or duplicative language, updating incorporated references, clarifying definitions and grade standards, revising potato sizing and marketing order citations, and adjusting licensing and certification provisions. The pesticide rule also added or revised provisions for drone applications, on-site supervision, seminar credit approval, apprentice and commercial applicator timelines, and license terms.
Committee members asked only a few questions, including one about where removed definitions had gone in the weights and measures rule; staff said those definitions were already in statute. No votes were taken on the dockets. The committee was told the rules would not be voted on until the third meeting from then, after additional presentations at the next two meetings, and the meeting adjourned.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- So when we get the opportunity, we'll be able to vote on this.
- So let me get the opportunity. We'll be able to vote on this. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- So let me get the opportunity. We'll be able to vote on this.
- existing licensing and training requirements, and providing clear guidance on how to authenticate digital
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- WE WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY NEXT WEEK TO FORMALLY PAY OUR RESPECTS AS A SENATE FAMILY.
- TO BE CLEAR, WE WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON AND MODERNIZE SOME OF FLORIDA'S LONG-STANDING ACCOUNTABILITY
- THE FLORIDA DIGITAL SERVICE, AND DESPITE EVERYONE'S BEST EFFORTS, WE CANNOT SEEM TO GET IT QUITE RIGHT
- SENATOR HARRELL IS SPONSORING LEGISLATION TO INCREASE EARLY DETECTION, INTERVENTION, AND SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES
Bills:
SJR3, SB5, SJR36, SJR3, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB5, SB21, SB72, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB372, SB495, SB627, SB703, SB764, SB842, SB971, SB790, SB767, SB480, SB1066, SR44, SR135, SR171, SR180, SR185, SR187, SR188, SR191, SR197, SR198, SR199, SR200
Keywords:
dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, research institute, funding, grants, state health initiatives, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-04 (9:30AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We will take the opportunity next week to formally pay our respects as a Senate family.
- To be clear, we will take the opportunity to build on and modernize some of Florida's long-standing accountability
- of the legislature, we have tried to manage IT from the Agency of State Technology to the Florida Digital
- Senator Harrell is sponsoring legislation to increase early detection, intervention, and support opportunities
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Health Services (3-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, thank you for the opportunity for me to testify here today.
- </c><00:14:52.880><c> testify</c><00:14:53.440><c> here</c> opportunity for me to testify here opportunity
- Chairman and members of the committee for the opportunity to speak.
- I appreciate the opportunity to just close here, wrap up.
- I appreciate the opportunity very much.
Summary:
The committee first took up administrative regulations, found no concerns, and then passed House Bill 389 with a favorable expression by a 9-0 vote. HB 389 was described as a cleanup bill for the CASPER prescription monitoring program: it clarifies that practitioners must have active CASPER accounts, exempts charitable health care providers from e-prescribing requirements, allows sharing CASPER data with certain federal entities such as military-base providers, and updates references to hydrocodone’s Schedule II status. The sponsor said there was no expected fiscal impact.
The committee then passed House Bill 392, also by a 9-0 favorable expression. HB 392 would streamline payment for non-elective medical care for patients in state mental facilities when the facility cannot provide the needed treatment, allowing care in community-based settings and payment to those providers. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve efficiency and would not have a fiscal impact on the cabinet.
House Bill 501 was next and likewise passed 9-0 with favorable expression. The bill would allow pharmacists, in their professional judgment, to refill certain prescriptions for up to 180 days when a physician has died, while excluding controlled substances and preserving pharmacist discretion to require follow-up care. Senators raised concerns that the bill does not require patients to seek a new provider during that period, but supporters said the longer window addresses rural provider shortages and access delays.
The committee then heard House Bill 495, as amended by a committee substitute. The substitute would prohibit Medicaid services and managed care organizations from covering cross-sex hormones above normal levels and gender reassignment surgery. Testimony on the bill was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers including a former senator, psychologists, advocates, and legal and social work representatives arguing that conversion therapy is harmful, that the substitute would deny medically necessary gender-affirming care, and that the measure could increase suicide risk and litigation. One witness from the Family Foundation of Kentucky spoke in favor, arguing the executive order on counseling limits free speech and that counseling should not be restricted by government. The transcript ends during testimony, with no final committee vote on HB 495 shown.