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AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- This is going back quite a ways, too, and they have remained unanswered up until session even started
- First, it requires that there's a disclosure for all AI usage at the beginning of the session and then
- I urge this next session to look at larger privacy bills, omnibus bills.
- We've offered to help amend it at several points during this session.
- We've offered to help amend it at several points during the session.
Bills:
HB2056, HB2057, HB2224, HB2257, HB2265, HB2311, HB2352, HB2367, HB2369, HB2446, HB2532, HB2592, HB2752, HB2809, HB2957
Keywords:
brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, special plates, centennial, Arizona Department of Transportation, vehicle registration, commercial discounts, Arizona Centennial, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding, Arizona, boating, watercraft licensing, law enforcement
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So during the 83rd regular legislative session, I appreciate your time and effort today.
- So during the 83rd regular legislative session, 2013, HB 912 was signed into law, which created Chapter
- The Senate passed a version of this bill last session, and this bill is not retroactive like the one
- That has been a shining light this session on mental health commitments, and we realize that when you
- Members, we need to recess and reconvene after a session. We have to go to the floor.
Bills:
SB552, SB1099, SB1124, SB1208, SB1372, SB1506, SB1667, SB1804, SB1806, SB1870, SB1936, SB1937, SB2180, SB2405, SB2569, SB2570, SB1646
Keywords:
community supervision, criminal justice, illegal alien, deferred adjudication, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, SB 1099, undocumented immigrant, unauthorized immigrant, immigration status, felony sentencing enhancement, criminal penalty increase, Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, affirmative finding, judgment finding, deportation, public safety, immigration enforcement, sentencing reform, felony offense
Summary:
The committee heard a series of criminal justice bills, beginning with SB 1870 and SB 1727, both of which were adopted as committee substitutes and reported favorably to the full Senate. SB 1870 would bar local governments from adopting policies that decriminalize controlled substances or direct officials not to enforce state drug laws, with civil penalties enforced by the Attorney General for violations. SB 1727 was described as a technical change to make the draft a formal Legislative Council version of a TDCJ-related assault bill; both bills were also sent to the local and uncontested calendar.
The committee then took up SB 2405, the major Sunset bill for TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Windham School District, and the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee. Senator Parker explained that the bill continues and modernizes those agencies, requires a 10-year facilities and staffing plan, expands rehabilitation and reentry programming, improves parole-board consistency and training, and codifies various cleanup and inspector general recommendations. Sunset staff and agency witnesses discussed the bill’s data-sharing, program coordination, and projected savings from reducing delays in parole-voted programming; public witnesses generally supported the post-secondary education and reentry provisions, while some urged stronger statutory direction for Windham and more reform to medically recommended intensive supervision. The bill was left pending.
SB 1804, SB 1099, SB 2569, and SB 2570 were also heard. SB 1804 would allow restitution for tattoo removal for human trafficking survivors and remove the age restriction so adult survivors can qualify; it was reported favorably and sent to the local calendar. SB 1099 would increase penalties for certain felony offenses when committed by a person determined to be unlawfully present in the country; immigration and civil rights witnesses opposed it as overbroad and difficult to administer, but it was reported favorably. SB 2569 would modernize unmanned aircraft reporting by requiring law enforcement agencies to post reports on public websites; it passed unanimously and was sent to the local calendar. SB 2570 would create a defense to prosecution for peace officers and correctional guards using less-lethal force weapons within the scope of their training; law enforcement witnesses supported it, civil rights and prosecutor witnesses raised concerns that it was too broad and could weaken existing use-of-force standards, and the bill was left pending for further work.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 35 (2-26-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- this session.
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- filling in uh during a budget session. filling in uh during a budget session.
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across have held community sessions across have held community sessions across Kentucky
Summary:
The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into committee and floor reports. Several measures received favorable committee reports and were ordered to first reading and placed on the calendar, including Current Resolution 9, Senate Joint Resolution 23, House Bill 145, House Bill 567, and House Bill 506 with House Committee Substitute 1. The chamber also noted that House Bills 500 and 504 had already received two readings and were sent to the Rules Committee before House Bill 500 was brought up for final consideration.
Most of the discussion focused on House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill. Members described it as a “good first draft” and emphasized a budget process they said was more transparent than in prior years. The bill was presented as a restrained two-year operating budget with spending growth kept at a little under 2% annually, while setting aside about 2% of projected revenues, or roughly $614 million, in the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future needs. The budget also used base reductions in some areas while exempting others such as Medicaid benefits, SEEK, corrections, behavioral health, and veterans programs.
Subcommittee chairs then outlined major spending areas. Education provisions included a 2% annual increase in base SEEK funding, transportation funding held flat, equalization for recallable nickel funding, continued retirement contributions, and major support for postsecondary access, dual credit, asset preservation, and workforce training. Health and family services provisions held Medicaid steady while adding waiver slots, behavioral health and substance use support, public health investments, and funding for rural health and laboratory capacity. Other sections covered personnel and pensions, veterans services, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, tourism, and environmental projects.
The only recorded action on the floor was adoption of House Committee Substitute 1 to House Bill 500, followed by a motion for final passage of the bill as amended. The transcript ends as discussion on final passage begins, before any final vote is shown.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Health Committee Jul 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- something that actually this committee and its Senate counterpart spend a decent amount of time each session
- something that actually this committee and its Senate counterparts spend a decent amount of time each session
- And incidentally, a regular customer at 10 Acres Pharmacy is in strong support of the bill.
- And incidentally, a regular customer at 10 Acres pharmacy in strong support of bill. a regular customer
- a reintroduction of SB 966, which was passed by this legislature but vetoed by the governor last session
Summary:
The committee heard several health-related measures. SB 27 by Senator Umberg would revise and expand California’s CARE Court by limiting the expansion to people with bipolar I disorder with psychotic features, clarifying the definition of “clinically stabilized,” and narrowing the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Supporters, including behavioral health officials and family members, said the bill would reduce dismissals and better serve people with severe illness; opponents warned the expansion would strain county staffing and housing resources and could undermine voluntary engagement. The bill passed on a do pass motion to the Committee on Public Safety.
SB 503 by Senator Weber Pierson would require AI tools used in health care facilities to be identified, monitored, and mitigated for bias when used in clinical decision-making or resource allocation. The author and supporters from Kaiser Permanente and the California Medical Association said the bill would help prevent discriminatory outcomes and improve trust and safety. The committee discussed the need to clarify developer and deployer responsibilities, and the bill passed as amended to Privacy and Consumer Protection.
SB 68 by Senator Menjivar would require restaurants to provide written allergen information for the top nine food allergens, with tiered flexibility for smaller establishments. The bill was supported by patients, families, nurses, and allergy organizations, who described severe reactions and the difficulty of relying on verbal disclosures alone. The California Restaurant Association opposed unless amended, seeking broader use of the national model food code and additional liability language. The bill passed as amended to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 403 by Senator Blakespear, which would remove the sunset from the End of Life Option Act; supporters described the law as a compassionate, well-functioning option for terminally ill patients, while faith-based groups opposed it. The bill passed to Judiciary. Later, SB 41 by Senator Wiener was introduced to rein in pharmacy benefit manager practices that steer patients to mail-order pharmacies and reimburse community pharmacies below cost; community pharmacists and several health organizations testified in support, describing pharmacy closures and patient access problems.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate passed this bill last session.
- Similar efforts are targeted at Texas companies on a regular basis, particularly energy-related companies
- names—and they work behind the scenes through corporate governance mechanisms that are unfamiliar to regular
- thing I want to note is that it's also important that Senate Bill 312, the provisions that require regular
- So many bills this session and previous sessions to address the problem of prosecution of election crimes
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
Summary:
The committee heard Senate Bill 945, 946, 2044, 2819, 2403, 2337, and 312, with all bills left pending after testimony. SB 945 would restrict insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage based on oil and gas activity or ESG-related goals, and supporters argued it would protect Texas energy producers from politically motivated shareholder activism and insurance discrimination. SB 946 would bar creditors from using social credit, ESG, DEI, or religious/political affiliation as a basis for denying or limiting credit; witnesses said it would prevent viewpoint-based financial discrimination and protect access to capital for Texas businesses. SB 2337 would require proxy advisory firms to disclose when recommendations are based on non-financial factors or when they give conflicting advice to different clients; supporters said the measure would increase transparency and curb ESG-driven influence over shareholder voting. SB 312 would direct public retirement systems to focus on financial returns rather than social or political objectives, with the author saying the bill responds to activist pressure on pensions and would reinforce fiduciary duty.
The committee also took up election and ethics measures. SB 2044 would strengthen electioneering restrictions for publicly funded education institutions and personnel, prohibiting use of official resources to promote political agendas; testimony focused on alleged school district electioneering in bond and tax elections. SB 2819 would prohibit county elections administrators from holding certain officer positions appointed by elected officials, addressing potential conflicts of interest. SB 2403, the Texas Ethics Commission sunset bill, would restructure complaint handling with a three-tier violation system, risk-based complaint prioritization, longer response times, bipartisan preliminary review panels, and expanded hearing options; members discussed amendments aimed at dismissing minor complaints, clarifying categories, and adjusting lobbying and penalty provisions, but the amendments were withdrawn during committee consideration.
Across the ESG and finance bills, invited witnesses from the American Energy Institute, Heartland Impact, Consumers Research, ADF Action, Texas Civil Justice League, and related groups generally supported the measures, arguing that banks, insurers, proxy advisors, and asset managers have used ESG or reputational-risk standards to discriminate against energy, agriculture, firearms, and religious organizations. No opposition testimony was presented in the excerpt, and the committee closed public testimony on each bill and left them pending.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (05/05/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Good morning everyone to the working session on House Bill 416.
- regular employee job? regular employee job?
- We've heard enough during our work session.
- . during our work session.
- And this concludes the executive session And this concludes the executive session on<01:41:47.440
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Dec 8th, 2025 at 09:45 am
Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- But yeah, it's amazing how much PFAS is just in regular water.
- But right now, I'm confident we're having ongoing regular communications with the Office of Mountains
- I don't know how the conversation morphed in the last session to put it in the annual budget bill, but
- We are absolutely seeking additional funds this session.
- I mean, the legislative session is the best stakeholder process that we've got access to.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I move that the Senate adjourn from the late session. The motion to adjourn passes.
- But the truth is that towns adjust their zoning ordinances on a regular basis.
- But the truth is that towns adjust their zoning ordinances on a regular basis.
- But the truth is that towns adjust their zoning ordinances on a regular basis.
- I move that the Senate adjourn from the early session, that the business of the late session be in order
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- They agreed to this deadline, uh, before we started session this year.
- They agreed to this deadline, uh, before we started session this year.
- This kind of spells out what we need to be thinking about in the upcoming session as well.
- then revert back to more regular then revert back to more regular business<01:28:41.920>
so thinking about in the upcoming session thinking about in the upcoming session as<01:32:01.840>
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- session's boomed up from 10 to 9, we'll try to get through as much as we can. try to break before the session
- Energy Supply Chain Fund, the Texas Advanced Nuclear a report for the upcoming legislative session as
- Corona, I know last session we bumped up a lot of the resources for the agency.
- I would say At the beginning of last session or or the The preceding biennium, our average tenure in
- Dollars last session on some technology upgrades. Did we not do that? Did we have?
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-20 (9:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll now continue with the regular order of business. Are there reports of committees?
- It has truly been an honor to serve these last two sessions.
- It has truly been an honor to serve these last two sessions.
- I believe I'm not 100% sure where the House is on all of that, but obviously we're still in session and
- That was what the request was for: them to just keep up with regular cost of living.
Summary:
The Senate took up the 2026-2027 budget and related implementing bills. Appropriations Chair Hooper presented a $115 billion General Appropriations Bill, saying it reduces overall spending from the prior year, preserves reserves, and includes a 3% raise for state employees and 5% raises for state law enforcement, firefighters, correctional officers, and park rangers. Committee chairs then outlined major budget areas, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and environmental/agricultural agencies. Highlights included increased funding for school safety, teacher and scholarship funding, workforce education, Medicaid and kid care, corrections operations, judgeships, affordable housing, hurricane recovery, Everglades and water quality projects, and arts and cultural grants.
Members asked detailed questions about several items. Senators discussed the Emergency Management Trust Fund, cultural arts grant allocations, Florida Forever land acquisition versus conservation easements, teacher salary support, charter school capital outlay funding, Bright Futures and EASE funding, New College funding, DOC deficits and inmate health care/food service costs, the ADAP HIV drug program, Medicaid reductions for non-critical access hospitals, and the use of opioid settlement and COVID relief funds. Chairs explained that some apparent reductions reflected shifts below the line or reclassification, that the ADAP appropriation would only cover about six months, and that some vacant positions were being removed as part of a right-sizing effort. Questions also covered lottery staffing, concealed weapons permit processing, elections security funding, and arts grant selection and proviso language.
The Senate then substituted House bills for the Senate budget and implementing measures, amended them into the Senate posture, and passed them. HB 5001 (the appropriations bill), HB 503 (implementing bill), HB 5201 (collective bargaining), and HB 5205 (retirement) all passed 36-0 and were sent to conference. Other budget-related bills also passed, including SB 2506 on fuel taxes, SB 2508 on the state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge, SB 2510 on court trust funds, SB 2512 creating 13 circuit and 12 county judgeships, SB 2514 on K-12 education, SB 2516 on higher education, and SB 2518 on health. Most of these passed unanimously, with the Senate requesting the House either pass the Senate versions or include them in budget conference.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/29/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:43:18.599>
on <00:43:18.839>House <00:43:19.160>Bill session on House Bill session - Recess for 15 minutes before we take up a few bills for executive session. Executive session.
- on House Bill 75 I open the session on House Bill 75 I open the executive<05:38:27.040>
session with that I close the executive session with that I close the executive session on<05:49:43.680> - <05:53:25.280>
on hereby close the executive session on hereby close the executive session
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- It's important and cannot wait for the next regular session. Uh, thank you for your time.
- <01:13:36.000>
It's bill during a budget session. It's bill during a budget session. - <01:13:38.320>
session. - session.
- Uh, thank you for your regular session.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- A few examples are regular independent risk reviews, as Minnesota State moves from its legacy ISRS system
- A few examples are regular independent risk reviews, as Minnesota State moves from its legacy ISRS system
- Amy Jorgenson continued: “A few examples are regular independent risk reviews, as Minnesota State moves
- So you will be hearing from us this session.
- So you will be hearing from us this session.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Then there was an increase provided to the tiers last session, and that in fiscal year 2027 was about
- and that uh in tiers um last session and that uh in fiscal<00:28:10.720>
year <00:28:10.840>- One of the changes from<01:42:46.080>
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from <01:42:47.120>a <01:42:47.200>12-month from last session- went from a 12-month from last session went from a 12-month eligibility<01:42:48.240>
window <01 - One of the changes from<01:42:46.080>
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- <02:07:41.360>
So, <02:07:41.520>if executive session on the 3rd. - So, if executive session on the 3rd.
- So, we're definitely going to have an executive session on the 3rd.
- Is it like regular residential leases where there's also a security deposit, or are there typically not
- residential leases where like regular residential leases where there's<02:37:04.240>
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AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going call Fred into session, and clerk, if you'll call the roll. >> Senator Butler here. >> Senator
- >> Senator Hovie... >> Senator Kelly... >> Senator Melson here. >> Senator Roberts... >> Senator Sessions
- >> Senator Hovie... >> Senator Kelly... >> Senator Melson here. >> Senator Roberts... >> Senator Sessions
- >> Senator Sessions. >> Senator Sessions.
- , >> Senator Sessions, >> Senator Sessions, >> hi, >> hi, >> hi, >
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jan 19th, 2026 at 08:33 am
Transcript Highlights:
- For our final LFC meeting before the session begins, we're going to jump right in since we've got a fairly
- It certainly will inform at least sort of our budget choices as we go into this session.
- And then we'll be doing another round of assessment of risk when we come out of the regular session to
- We're going to get into the session. We'll still be working together.
- You're digging down that trench line looking for the session to end, or the session to start because
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 7th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- There are other committees happening, and finding out yesterday we have a special session on Monday may
- And in return, the executive branch was required to report on regular performance data, as you've all
- Just this past session, we had House Memorial 12 to decrease...
- I just put this in here to kind of remind us of the special session that just passed a few weeks ago.
- These are all the appropriations that the Health Care Authority received during that special session;
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) May 21st, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Without this due process, Madam Chair, I've been before your committee two previous sessions.
- Is it regular that you get an RTB, or is it one out of 100 cases? Is it five?
- And that's been at least two sessions back.
- After that, we will have to do public testimony after the floor session.
- This is actually the first bill I've gotten to lay out before this committee this session.
Bills:
HB1106, HB3284, HB541, HB713, HB1403, HB1586, HB1942, HB2070, HB2844, HB2851, HB3151, HB3749, HB3940, HB3963, HB4454, HB4466, HB4795, HB5154, HB5394, SB1357, HB1052, HB4099, HB4638, HB5147
Keywords:
child abuse, neglect, gender identity, sexual orientation, child welfare, marriage, family, Texas Commission, family welfare, marriage support, stability, premarital education, child development, strong families, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services, insurance regulation, maternal health