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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know with that the state of Minnesota.
  • State your first She says, "Go ahead."
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  • very<00:47:49.760> clear<00:47:50.079> about states are are very clear about states
  • <00:52:28.960> because much for my area of the state because much for my area of the state
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Feb 17th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • $200, I think will help stabilize the number of. independent DUI assessment providers we have in the state
  • As you mentioned, we do have a significant domestic violence problem in the state of Oklahoma, and the
  • So, are they charging other agencies as well, other state agencies that what we're referring to here?
  • If another state agency requests that, so would that other state agency be charged the fee?
  • But that just seems odd to me that we'd be charging just separate state agencies for this fee.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Arizona would by no means be the first state to do this. 21 states already do, including a really interesting
  • mix of blue and red states.
  • And for most of those states, that impact estimate was between one cent and five cents, with the state
  • Every state has been somewhat different.
  • The updated language simply states diagnostic imaging.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • And like I stated, there's a. Lot of jobs that still need that.
  • The purpose of it is to invite investment by businesses and actually have businesses remain in the state
  • modernizing our corporate structure so that we can invite Those businesses here and compete with states
  • Really, what it's doing is it's making Oklahoma competitive, updating our current laws to reflect states
  • So, out-of-state providers Are out-of-state transport providers exempt from the Oklahoma insurance code
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 9th, 2026 at 09:04 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So currently, 32 states ban phones for most of the instructional day. 32 states ban phones for most of
  • Seventeen states require policy regarding phone use, and more and more states are increasing their cell
  • This is the policy of the state.
  • And how is this going to be disseminated throughout the entire state?
  • State and federal law already require districts to pay for transportation.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 9th, 2026 at 08:33 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're a very vulnerable state, Mr.
  • Many of these challenges have been known for years, but as a state, not just PED, as a state, we have
  • We can use other states as examples.
  • And as the law states right now, the Secretary of State has the right to dismiss a whole school board
  • Chair, I've noted in other states because I've lived in other states where the local governing board
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • In short, House Bill 3725, with the PCS we just adopted, would require all employers across the state
  • The small businesses, the 86,000 farms and ranches in the state of Oklahoma.
  • Of that information on file here at the state.
  • It's a federal item, not a state item.
  • Every employer registered to do business in the state of Oklahoma.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

Transcript Highlights:
  • Father, we thank you for this day, for this opportunity for us to get together to do the work of this state
  • Father, we thank you for this day, for this opportunity for us to get together to do the work of this state
  • Senate Bill 89 by Senator Sessions, relating to State College Commission. Representative Given.
  • Senate Bill 89 by Senator Sessions, relating to state college commission. Representative Givens.
  • Also, by the name of the State Pilotage Commission, along with the requirements for the apprenticeship
Bills: HB277, SB89, HB135, HB277, SB89, HB135
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Jan 12th, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This creates a recurring risk that the plate could fail to meet state requirements and be discontinued
  • Again, just reiterating what she said, it's not costing the state anything.
  • Unfortunately, you start to see them come up. in our state. It is only a matter of time before.
  • Unfortunately, you start to see them come up in other parts of our state. So that is the bill, Mr.
  • States.
Summary: The Transportation Committee heard and advanced several bills, mostly related to honorary roadway designations, specialty license plates, and Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles administration. SB 628 designated a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as “Warrior Sacrifice Way” to honor Ensign Joshua Watson and Petty Officers Muhammad Hatham and Cameron Walters, who were killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack. The bill passed favorably with no debate or opposition. The committee also considered SB 174, naming a portion of State Road 985 in Miami-Dade County as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue. Senator Arrington opposed the bill during debate, citing Kirk’s public statements as inconsistent with the honor, while Senator Rodriguez argued the designation was an honorary roadway naming that did not require agreement with Kirk’s views. The bill was reported favorably. SB 388, which raises the annual use fee for the Florida Wildflowers specialty license plate from $15 to $25 while keeping the lower fee for owners with more than 10 vehicles, also passed favorably after a support-only public comment. Members then approved SB 470, which opens the Fraternal Order of Police specialty plate to the general public and allows redesigns to help sustain sales and increase funding for law enforcement memorial efforts. Public testimony from the FOP supported the change. SB 584 authorized DHSMV to enter agreements allowing county tax collectors to enforce certain commercial driving school provisions, aimed at addressing fraud and licensing abuses, and it passed favorably with support. Finally, the committee approved SB 488, the DHSMV agency package updating IFTA compliance, online filing, crash reporting thresholds, registration procedures, email communications, and tank vehicle definitions, along with SB 490, the companion public records exemption for email addresses used under SB 488; both were reported favorably, with SB 490 noted as requiring a two-thirds vote.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Economic Development May 21st, 2025

Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Taiwan, as we all know, is a key economic and strategic ally of the United States.
  • Texas and Taiwan have shared a sister-state relationship since 1988.
  • public testimony is closed and the States, H.R. 118, seeing no one.
  • further its reputation as the best state in the nation to form a business.
  • that this program is one that benefits the state of Texas.
Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee heard and laid out several measures focused on school safety, Texas-Taiwan relations, defense manufacturing, business formation, hotel tax policy, and NASA relocation. HB 1851 would allow surplus DPS vehicles and law enforcement equipment to be transferred to school districts in economically disadvantaged areas for use by school police and security personnel, with a two-year resale restriction. HCR 127 expressed support for the Texas-Taiwan relationship and trade ties, HCR 118 supported expanding warship manufacturing in Texas, HCR 141 urged Congress to move NASA headquarters to Houston, HB 346 (with a committee substitute) revised business filing and fee authority while making permanent a franchise tax exemption for new veteran-owned businesses, HB 2974 was an omnibus hotel occupancy tax and qualified hotel project bill, and HB 5596 addressed accountability for municipal hotel occupancy tax revenues in coastal communities. Witnesses generally supported the measures, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association on HB 2974 and resource witnesses from the Texas Veterans Commission and Secretary of State on HB 346; no opposition testimony was registered on the laid-out bills. After public testimony, the committee took up pending business and adopted committee substitutes where applicable. HB 1851, HB 346, HB 2974, and HB 5596 were each reported favorably to the full Senate, with HB 346 and HB 2974 also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. HCR 127 and HCR 118 were reported favorably as well, and HCR 127 and HCR 141 were likewise recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also reported HB 4320 favorably, though the transcript repeats that motion several times. The meeting ended with the committee standing in recess until 7:00 a.m. subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Taiwan, as we all know, is a key economic and strategic ally of the United States.
  • Trade between the United States and Taiwan reached $158.6 billion, with Taiwan ranking as the seventh
  • Texas and Taiwan have shared a sister state relationship since 1988.
  • reputation as the best state in the nation to form a business.
  • sure that this program is one that benefits the state of Texas.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • While all states have 988, not all states provide the necessary support and funding for it to reach its
  • Our state has the second highest call rate in the nation, with over 220,000 calls made within our state
  • On average, they answer 18,000 in-state calls per month, with an average of 85,000. ...4% in-state answer
  • And so many states have enacted, as I mentioned, 17 other states have enacted these guarantees.
  • state of Texas.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 14th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • While all states have 988, not all states provide the necessary support and funding for it to reach its
  • On average, they answer 18,000 in-state calls per month, with an average of 84% in-state answer rate,
  • On average, they answer 18,000 in-state calls per month, with an average of 84% in-state answer rate,
  • They may have 100 covered lives in a particular state or in a particular area of the state, and they
  • What about across the state?
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of health and human services bills and left each one pending after public testimony. HB 4655 would expand financial literacy instruction for youth aging out of foster care to include credit scores, predatory lending, scams, banking, budgeting, and related consumer topics; the sponsor and Buckner International described the need to protect foster youth from financial pitfalls. HB 923 would add three public members and one physician to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel; supporters said it would improve informed consent and patient voice, while a witness raised concerns about a House amendment requiring a physician majority for decisions and senators questioned scope-of-practice limits. HHSC said the panel is an independent body and the bill expressly bars it from changing scope of practice.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 24th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • May the words of the great state. May the words of the great state.
  • So, um, so out of the 11 state um, so out of the 11 state um, so out of the 11 state championships, there's
  • So maybe because it is a state sub entity of the state that we state sub entity of the state that we
  • , not in a quarter if you're out of state, not in a quarter if you're out of state, not states.
  • state to be an governor of this state to be an governor of this state to be an emergency.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 24th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.
  • WITHIN OUR STATE.
  • AGAIN, HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THIS WOULD GOVERN IN THE STATE; HOWEVER, WE HAVE GIVEN...
  • State, the State Capitol, and other agencies.
  • House Bill 653 states that the assassination of a head of state, attempted assassination of a head of
Summary: The Florida House of Representatives conducted legislative business including prayer, pledge, and voting on multiple bills. Key legislation included HB 1105 expanding Florida Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility, HB 443 on charter school regulations (passed 83-23), and HB 1539 on materials harmful to minors (passed 81-29) after extensive debate about book challenges in schools. Other bills addressed education funding, law enforcement benefits, parole guidelines, and various local issues. The Speaker announced budget negotiations with the Senate have stalled, with disagreements over spending levels and tax cuts. The House will not meet this weekend as originally planned. Session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 AM.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HR number 757 by Guillen, recognizing April 24th, 2020. 25 as LaSalle County Day at the state capitol
  • LaSalle County Day at the State Capitol with a big round of applause. Thank you. Mr.
  • Capitol.
  • We welcome you and the folks from Austin County to your state capitol and thank you for being here. today
  • Capitol.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 25th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please state your inquiry. Is the chair advised...
  • So there are no State Bar of Texas appointees.
  • State your inquiry.
  • They want the states to act.
  • Let's let the states start taking control.
Bills: SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SB37, SB8, SB10, SB227, SB261, SB12, SB15, SJR27, SB552, SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB25, SB57, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB512, SB241, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2035, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB310, SB1346, SB2753, SB2703, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SCR9, HB5560, HB762, HB 107, HB 114, HB300, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323