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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate SessionReading and Referral of Bills Feb 24th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 5 by Huffman, relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
- Department of Transportation, to Transportation.
- property located in Austin, Texas, to Business and Commerce.
- projects, to Transportation.
- intermodal shipping containers, to Transportation.
Summary:
The Senate met briefly and referred a large number of first-reading bills and resolutions to standing committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including hemp regulation, dementia research funding, parental rights and public education, municipal library funding, tax and local government issues, criminal justice, health care, education, transportation, natural resources, and election law. Several constitutional resolutions were also referred, including proposals related to the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and a severance tax revenue fund.
Most of the transcript consists of the reading of bill captions and committee referrals, with no substantive debate or testimony recorded. The listed measures included proposals on school uniforms, charter schools, Medicaid fraud remedies, insurance practices, occupational licensing for people with criminal convictions, water and sewer utility cybersecurity, agricultural protections, public meeting broadcasting, and various local and state governance matters.
No votes were taken on the bills in this segment. The only formal action reflected was referral of the bills and resolutions to the appropriate committees, followed by adjournment of the Senate until the next scheduled meeting.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Feb 4th, 2025
House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Those changes to the definitions that you pointed out, one is the gas transportation.
- Representative, that term consumption in the definition of gas transportation facility was already in
- If you look at the language that was crossed out right above it, it says transported or used.
- This says used for the transportation or consumption, I do believe.
- In the Texas part of the Permian and the Midland, So, Mr. Chair, Ms.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Code Section 1325 is the law of the land that says, if you are...” “U.S.
- Code Section 1326 is if you remain in the country illegally, you have committed a crime.
- This is a part of how transportation happens in the very remote areas of my district.
- Successful reunification requires stable housing, food, child care, and transportation.
- Getting the code right matters. Getting these definitions matters.
Summary:
The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, approved dispensing with the previous day’s journal, and then took up a long third-reading file. Early procedural actions included moving AB 1589 to the inactive file and continuing reconsideration items. The chamber then considered a series of bills largely focused on immigration enforcement, detention, worker protections, child care, voting access, and related public services.
Several immigration-related measures passed, including AB 2393 on damages for false imprisonment/arrest, AB 1994 on an immigrant victims’ rights and resources card, AB 1929 on health plan investment disclosures, AB 1633 imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, AB 1650 requiring decals on rental vehicles used for enforcement, AB 1655 protecting CalWORKs benefits when a child is detained, and AB 1896 disqualifying people who participated in immigration enforcement from certain public employment. AB 2230, which would bar immigration enforcement near polling places and child care facilities, also passed after extensive debate. Supporters framed these bills as accountability and protection for vulnerable communities; opponents argued they targeted federal law enforcement, were unnecessary, or raised constitutional concerns. AB 1851 on statewide school mental-health guidance also passed unanimously.
After the midday recess, the Assembly returned and continued with more bills tied to immigration impacts and child welfare. AB 2379 passed with urgency, requiring child care providers to be informed of constitutional rights and trained on protections when confronted by immigration enforcement. AB 2460 passed to update school behavioral-health referral protocols for students affected by immigration enforcement trauma. AB 2495 passed to expand prohibitions on employer immigration-related threats, and AB 2662 was presented as a way for California to monitor and document federal enforcement actions and report on their community impacts. Throughout the day, the floor featured repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real problems or were political messaging, but the measures that came to a vote generally advanced with majority support.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE May 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And they went from California to Oklahoma to Texas, then to Arkansas.
- And this is because of the APSCAN coding structure.
- where transportation ...of isolated S&I funds, excluding transportation, where transportation was the
- So our next supplemental fund is for enhanced transportation, and...
- Of the $9 million spent from enhanced transportation funds in 2025, 75% went toward student transportation-related
Summary:
The committee first approved the March 9 and 10 minutes, then heard a presentation from the Arkansas Excellence in Teaching Fellowship Program featuring three third-grade teachers from Poyen, Drew Central, and Cabot, along with Department of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva. The teachers described the fellowship as a year-long collaboration among 23 merit-pay recipients from across the state, focused on sharing classroom strategies, data use, and professional support. Members asked about teacher experience, how the fellowship information is shared locally, the role of merit pay, and how teachers are addressing third-grade reading and retention concerns under the ATLAS assessment system. The teachers emphasized early intervention, relationships with students, small-group instruction, progress monitoring, and communication with families; they also described community supports such as churches, food backpacks, and local donations. Several members raised broader questions about poverty, trauma, social services, DHS involvement, and whether similar professional learning should be expanded to more teachers. Secretary Oliva said the fellowship is a small subset of a larger merit-pay program, that participation was voluntary, and that the state is working to improve literacy supports, clarity, and alignment across grades. He also said ATLAS results are now available to schools and families much faster than in the past, often within 24 to 72 hours, and that the state is using the data to identify at-risk students earlier and support intervention before retention decisions are made.
The committee then moved to the adequacy/resource allocation presentation from the Bureau of Legislative Research. Staff explained that the report is part of the statutory adequacy review and focuses on state funding sources beyond foundation aid, including categorical and supplemental funds. They noted that districts and charters spent more than $7 billion in the 2025 school year, with roughly 49% from foundation funding and 51% from other sources over the last three years. The presentation outlined the four categorical funds—Alternative Learning Environment, English Learners, Enhanced Student Achievement, and Professional Development—describing their restricted uses, student-based funding formulas, and the ability of districts to transfer some money among categoricals while keeping it within allowable purposes. Staff said categorical funds account for about 4% of total spending, or less than $300 million, and reviewed superintendent feedback on whether those funds met district needs, with responses varying by category and district.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Oct 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Second, transportation. So, not popular cost centers in government to make cuts to.
- My name is Brendan Gray, economist. ...at LFC, work agency code 337.
- There are three big ones: Alaska, New Mexico, and Texas.
- Other states, like Texas, many of our adjoining states, Texas is almost 100 percent private property.
- Are they the Alaska fund or the Texas fund? First, Mr. Chair and Representative, are...
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 27th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the president of Texas A&M University Central Texas.
- Our expertise in coastal AI... and autonomous systems and our partnership with the Texas Transportation
- Gregory Winfrey, director of Texas A&M Transportation Institute, how are you today? I'm well chair.
- Agency Director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, or TTI.
- , ensuring that Texas remains the nation's transit- transportation research leader.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate SessionReading and Referral of Bills Mar 17th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1919 by West relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to settle
- certain claims to Transportation.
- Transportation.
- Senate Bill 2001 by King relating to the registration of vehicles to Transportation.
- Senate Bill 2058 by Parker relating to certain duties of the Texas Board of Nursing and the Texas Higher
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 52 Morning Session May 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd code the emergency rapat back to you, Mr. floor leader. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- You could have, I mean, somebody living just across the Texas line coming into the state, working in
- this thing, and then they're taking their income home and spending it in the Texas economy.
- I'm assuming in Texas, since you're advocating for us to send our public tax dollars there.
- Housing assistance, transportation assistance, adoption services, education and employment assistance
Bills:
HJR1101, SB1319, SB1264, HB4237, SB1277, SB2069, HB3066, HB2115, HB2153, HB2268, HB2961, SB1679, SB2018, HB4294, SB2095, HB4113, SB1894, SB1810, HB4268, HB1752, HB3413, SB625, HB3644, HB3940, HJR1096, HJR1100, HJR1099, HB2992, SB1636, HB4302, SB1613, SB1443, HB1409, HB1675, HB1225, HB1381, HB4359, SB1503
Keywords:
SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Dec 15th, 2025 at 09:14 am
Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We might have defined something to match the Internal Revenue Code right now.
- We could redefine it to match what the Internal Revenue Code said on a different day.
- Especially in coding.
- They want to help a certain thing through the tax code, a certain activity.
- They just picked the wrong code.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Jul 7th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- You can see a lot of our customers come from southern New Mexico and western Texas.
- NMFA, Department of Transportation, and a couple of others.
- Under New Mexico code, we show that it's a violation. It is online gaming.
- Which we're in District 6, which is in Denton, Texas, and we know what's going on in Texas.
- Madam Chair, Representative, and as what happened in Texas as well, I was managing Sonom Park and then
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Code Section 1326 is if you remain in the country illegally, you have committed a crime.
- This is a part of how transportation happens in the very remote areas of my district.
- Transportation across the entire state.
- Successful reunification requires stable housing, food, child care, and transportation.
- Getting the code right matters. Getting these definitions matters.
Summary:
The Assembly convened, first dealing with quorum and routine procedural matters before moving through a series of third-reading bills, many focused on immigration enforcement, worker protections, child care, and school or voting-site safety. Early measures included AB 2393, AB 1994, AB 1929, AB 1633, AB 1650, AB 1655, AB 1851, AB 1896, and AB 2230, with authors and supporters arguing these bills would provide accountability, protect immigrant communities, preserve access to benefits and services, and limit intimidation by immigration enforcement. Opponents repeatedly argued the bills were anti-law-enforcement, unconstitutional, or based on exaggerated or nonexistent threats. Several bills passed by recorded vote, including AB 2393 (41-15), AB 1994 (58-0), AB 1929 (41-17), AB 1650 (44-19), AB 1655 (50-14), AB 1851 (56-0), AB 1896 (41-19), and AB 2230 (42-15). AB 1633, a 54-vote bill imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, was debated at length but the roll was not completed in the excerpt and the item was moved on from temporarily.
After a caucus break, the House returned and took up additional bills. AB 2379 would require child care providers to be informed of constitutional protections and receive multilingual training regarding immigration enforcement; it passed 59-10 on both the urgency and the measure. AB 2460 would direct the education department to update referral protocols so schools can better respond to students affected by immigration enforcement trauma and family deportation; it passed 52-8. AB 2495 would expand prohibitions on unfair immigration-related practices by employers, making immigration-related threats unlawful in workplace disputes; it passed 50-15. Throughout the day, debate was highly partisan and often heated, with repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real harms or were political messaging, but the Assembly ultimately advanced the measures that came to a vote.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I have the privilege of serving as a executive director for the Texas Department of Transportation, and
- So, the Texas Department of Transportation is tasked with maintaining the flight operations facility
- One, it's investment and effort by the Texas Department of Transportation, our partners and stakeholders
- It's a coalition launched with the TRA, Texas Association of Business, Early Matters Texas. and Texas
- Texas has.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Transportation Committee substitute for Senate Bill 353 as amended.
- Because they have to comply with zoning, building codes. They just want to know the rules.
- It's called the procurement code.
- Um, this does not include a plan to transport water across New Mexico or any, any area.
- The, the, the idea and there is no plan to transport, so let me just stop there.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- and non-profit providers of those services can be in the same service code.
- Seventeen states filed Texas v.
- Transportation to shelters for people who need special transportation was very difficult because so many
- I'd like to have some comments around respite and transportation.
- The transportation rates are broken.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 29th, 2026 at 11:10 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Still here in New Mexico, or Colorado, or Arizona, or Texas.
- Senate Bill 77, germane, thence referred to the Tax, Business, and Transportation Committee.
- Senate Bill 1, germane, thence referred to the Tax, Business, and Transportation Committee.
- President, it's always an exciting day in the Tax, Business and Transportation Committee.
- So exciting in the Tax, Business and Transportation Committee. Join us at 2:30 in Room 321.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Enter the Texas flag. Honor the Texas flag.
- House Texas Fellow.
- The state of Texas and the Texas House is better because Tony Tinderholt served in this chamber.
- LBJ School to be here in Texas.
- We are so pleased that she's in Texas and staying in Texas. She has a new job lined up.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, this is required by Century Code Section 54-27-27.
- This is on fiscal irregularities required by Century Code Section 54-14-03.1.
- I'm the director of the Department of Transportation. We have three items that we want to touch on.
- I've heard reports in Pennsylvania and Texas and California of over 100,000 well bores that are abandoned
- I've heard reports in Pennsylvania and Texas and California of over 100,000 well bores that are banned
Summary:
The Budget Section met to approve prior minutes and receive a series of budget, revenue, and program updates from OMB, the Tax Department, DOT, DMR, and DPI. OMB reported that general fund revenues through May were about $76 million below the legislative forecast, driven mainly by individual income tax and sales tax shortfalls, though the biennium is still projected to end with a positive balance. OMB also reviewed oil price and production assumptions, the budget stabilization fund transfer above its cap, Legacy Fund performance, federal grant applications, fiscal irregularities, tobacco settlement proceeds, budget guidelines for agencies, vacancy savings, and the DAPL settlement, noting that most of the settlement funds had been deposited but a small amount of accrued interest would require a future deficiency request.
The committee then considered Emergency Commission requests. It approved requests for Public Service Commission abandoned mine lands federal authority, an Attorney General FTE and related funding for criminal investigator work tied to the Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship, and a DPI transfer for bridge software costs. After discussion, the committee also approved DPI’s request for a $500,000 transfer for the food vendor program, despite questions about the program’s savings and cash-flow structure. Later, the Tax Commissioner presented the primary residence credit program, reporting that current biennium costs are expected to exceed the appropriation by about $22 million and explaining how the credit interacts with homestead and disabled veteran credits and the 3% property tax levy cap.
The Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board reported strong returns for both funds, and DOT sought and received approval for two flexible fund highway projects on ND 49 and ND 31. DOT also updated members on Highway 85 construction and said remaining flex fund dollars were essentially fully allocated. DMR reported on the abandoned well plugging and site reclamation fund, noting North Dakota’s relatively small orphan well inventory, current and projected fund balances, rising remediation costs, and a possible need to adjust the fund cap in future sessions. Finally, DPI outlined the new integrated formula gap funding program, explaining that it compensates school districts that cannot reach the assumed 60-mill local contribution because of the 3% levy cap; the first year’s gap funding totaled about $1.8 million, with future costs expected to grow.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Budget Section Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, this is required by Century Code Section 54-27-27.
- This is on fiscal irregularities required by Century Code Section 54-14-03.1.
- I'm the director of the Department of Transportation. We have three items that we want to touch on.
- I've heard reports in Pennsylvania and Texas and California of over 100,000 well bores that are abandoned
- I've heard reports in Pennsylvania and Texas and California of over 100,000 well bores that are banned
Summary:
The Budget Section approved the March 18 minutes and received an OMB update showing the general fund is still ahead of the budgeted starting point, but revenues through May are now about $76 million below the legislative forecast, driven mainly by individual income tax and sales tax shortfalls. OMB also reported the budget stabilization fund is above its cap, meaning a transfer to the general fund is expected, and reviewed oil price/production assumptions, noting continued volatility. Members asked about the income tax netting process, the sales tax decline, oil price discounts/premiums, natural gas taxation, and when the executive branch would present its revenue forecast.
The committee then acted on several Emergency Commission requests. It approved, as a group, requests for federal mine reclamation funds for the Public Service Commission, an additional criminal investigator FTE and funding for the Attorney General’s office, and a DPI transfer for bridge software costs. It separately approved DPI request 2164 for $500,000 to support the food vendor program after debate over whether the program’s savings were known and whether the money was simply a pass-through. OMB also reported on federal grants, fiscal irregularities, tobacco settlement proceeds, budget guidelines for agencies, FTE pool usage, vacancy savings, and the DAPL settlement, noting the settlement funds had been deposited and that a deficiency appropriation may be needed later to cover remaining accrued interest.
Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus presented on the primary residence credit program, saying participation has grown sharply and that the current biennium will likely need about $431 million, roughly $22 million above the appropriation. He explained how the credit interacts with homestead and disabled veteran benefits, how the 3% property tax cap works, and why county valuations and mill rates vary. The committee also received a Legacy Fund/Budget Stabilization Fund report showing strong returns, and DOT Director Ron Henke received approval for two Flex Fund highway projects on ND 49 and ND 31. Henke also explained remaining Highway 85 funding and said the department is exploring uses for leftover state dollars. Finally, the Department of Mineral Resources reported on abandoned well plugging and site restoration, noting North Dakota remains in relatively strong shape compared with other states, and DPI began a presentation on gap funding tied to the 3% levy cap, reporting 24 districts received $1.8 million in the first year and projecting higher future needs.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You are what makes Texas great.
- Welcome, Texas teachers.
- For the Committee on Transportation, HB 3732 by Martinez relates to requiring the Texas Department of
- Transportation to the Texas Department of Public Safety for the Committee on Transportation.
- on Transportation Funding.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- H. 960 would require all waste to be transported in sealed or rigid containers, even when not necessary
- worse, it could potentially violate the interstate commerce clause by restricting how waste is transported
- I think I saw Texas—this is on record, so I need to be really careful about Texas—Arizona, and I saw
- to deal with DEP on this issue, we have a plumbing board right in Massachusetts with the plumbing code
- The secondary contact standard, the old coding standard, is about just a little bit below your shins
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hybrid hearing with testimony on a range of environmental bills. Early testimony focused on H. 1018, which would update management of the Commonwealth’s water resources and limit new conditions on historic water registrations. Water officials from Wellesley and the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission supported the bill, arguing that drought-related restrictions on registered withdrawals are difficult to administer, create customer confusion, and can undermine utility revenue needed for infrastructure upgrades. A Massachusetts Waterworks Association representative also backed the bill, saying registered systems have long operated within their allocations and should not have those withdrawals conditioned by regulation.
A major portion of the hearing centered on H. 1040, which would ban tire-derived materials on playgrounds and playing fields. The bill’s petitioner, environmental advocates, and an environmental chemist testified that crumb rubber and other tire-derived infill can release chemicals into soil and water and may pose risks to aquatic life and public health. Committee members asked about alternatives and costs; witnesses said natural grass and some organic infills are available, though more research is needed on some substitutes. Rep. Schwartz also testified on CSO-related bills, describing combined sewer overflows as a public health and environmental problem and saying the bills set deadlines but leave implementation methods to local and regional officials. Rep. Chacolo supported H. 909, a grant program for low-noise, low-emission landscape equipment, citing worker health, noise, and emissions concerns, and Sen. Cyr testified for bills addressing coastal and environmental acidification and nutrient pollution.
The hearing also included extensive testimony on H. 4040, which would prevent discharge of radioactive materials from the Pilgrim decommissioning process. Speakers including a Sierra Club representative, a physician, and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association opposed Holtec’s plan to dispose of radioactive wastewater through evaporation or discharge, citing public health, transparency, and economic risks to fisheries and coastal communities. Another large block of testimony addressed CSO legislation, especially H. 1046 and related bills for the MWRA service area. Environmental groups, residents, and river users described sewage overflows into the Charles, Mystic, and Alewife Brook, impacts on health and recreation, and the need for a timeline to eliminate or sharply reduce overflows. Industry representatives opposed the CSO and waste bills, arguing they would be costly, duplicative, and disruptive, while waste facility operators said they already use continuous emissions monitoring and comply with existing regulations. No votes were taken during the hearing.