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Transcript Highlights:
  • As such, we oversee the implementation of a number of federal and state-funded programs.
  • The services block grant comes from the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
  • It comes to the state of Oklahoma by formula. My...
  • In addition to those 17 CSBG contracts, we touch a wide variety of state and federally funded community
  • I am proud to publicly state my appreciation. Our leadership also appreciates it.
Bills: SB80, SB1101, SB1813, SB1966
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/12/26

Taxes

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  • staff, our state auditors.
  • staff, our state auditors.
  • Um means that there is an impact on, um, our state revenues and our state auditors.
  • staff, our state auditors.
  • </c> state.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Commerce

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  • We rank the ninth worst nationwide in Washington state when it comes to wage theft.
  • We rank the ninth worst nationwide in Washington state when it comes to waste theft.
  • As stated, my name is Matt Dunn.
  • There are about 450 snack bar licenses around the state.
  • I do want to ground this conversation in the broader responsibility of the state.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Veterans and Military Affairs REVISED Feb 12th, 2026

Veterans and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the Oklahoma Guard leadership decided to accept somebody from Texas that lived in Texas and wanted
  • If the Oklahoma Guard leadership decided to accept somebody from Texas that lived in Texas and wanted
  • And you don't even have to live in this state to serve in this state.
  • There was only one group of people that worked at the state warehouse that were truly state employees
  • The measure requires the veteran to have been a resident of this state instead of dying in this state
Summary: The Veterans and Military Affairs Committee met and advanced several bills related to veterans records, National Guard benefits, burial honors, and veterans home operations. Senate Bill 2026 would allow grandchildren, with proof of lineage, to access a veteran’s DD-214 filed with a county clerk; it passed 9-0. Senate Bill 1376, amended to be named the CW5 Chris Rowe Act, would revise National Guard retirement and pay provisions, including a five-year Oklahoma Guard service minimum for retirement eligibility and language intended to ensure full-time Guard members are paid at their rank; despite concerns raised about the five-year threshold and out-of-state members, it passed 9-0. Senate Bill 1355 would create a program and funds to provide memorial headstones, markers, or medallions for eligible veterans and National Guard veterans; it also passed 9-0. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2115, a broad measure affecting Oklahoma veterans homes and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill would allow more flexible hiring of part-time health care staff, create revolving funds for quicker purchasing of supplies, and exclude certain purchases from the state Purchasing Act. Members questioned the canceled warrant fund, the scope of the purchasing exemption, and how donations and federal funds would be handled. The author and ODVA representatives said the bill was still a work in progress and emphasized the need for flexibility and safeguards. The bill passed 9-0. Finally, Senate Bill 1533, described as cleanup language for the Dignity and Burial Act, would change eligibility to require a veteran to have been a resident of Oklahoma rather than dying in the state. It also passed 9-0. Near the end of the meeting, Chair Stanley noted plans for another committee meeting the following week and Senator Peterson mentioned an upcoming floor substitute related to the Strategic Military Planning Commission sunset issue.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Feb 9th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

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  • that the coordination of increased traffic law enforcement within a crash prevention zone between State
  • Fifty percent, or a portion of that, is to the state general fund.
  • Seeing none, we'll move to Senate Bill 6131, updating the role of the Washington State Traffic Safety
  • Be remitted to the state on the pre-rounded amount. Those are the only amendments I'm aware of.
  • It would revise the responsibilities of the State Transportation Commission.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

General Government REVISED: Links added Feb 3rd, 2026

General Government

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  • improves oversight, encourages efficiency, promotes fiscal responsibility, and supports effective state
  • complaint right after last session, and the way I look at it, private business is a contract with state
  • So this kind of, instead of us waiting for them to be so great in our state that we'd have to do the
  • agencies or dealing with the public in the state?
  • Obviously not between state agencies, but between the public and state agencies.”
Summary: The committee met for its first General Government meeting of the second part of session and laid over several agenda items, including bills listed as numbers 3, 4, and 10. HB 3310, the Government Accountability and Budget Transparency Act, was presented as a procurement accountability measure to strengthen oversight, efficiency, and timely payment to private vendors doing business with the state. After brief questioning about whether late payment is a widespread problem, the committee voted 8-0 to pass the bill. HB 431, which would increase the treasurer’s share of the unclaimed property administration fee from 4% to 6%, was presented as necessary to cover higher operating costs such as salaries and IT. The author emphasized that the change would not cost taxpayers anything or reduce the amount returned to owners of unclaimed property. The committee approved the bill after questions about long-term impacts on the unclaimed property fund. The most extensive discussion centered on HB 3841, a major reform of tax increment financing (TIF). The author said the bill would not ban TIFs but would require voter approval, separate consent from affected taxing jurisdictions, more transparency, annual training for review committees, independent legal and financial opinions, and economic impact studies. Members raised concerns that the bill’s wording—especially the “majority of the eligible voters” language and removal of executive-session confidentiality—could make TIFs impractical or eliminate trade-secret protections, and they also questioned costs and effects on economic development. At the author’s request and with committee support, the bill was laid over for further work. The committee then passed HB 3024, which creates statutory limits and oversight for state employee pay increases and bonuses, including a 10% cap unless higher amounts are approved through cabinet secretary/OMES procedures. Supporters said it would add transparency and curb large, unreported raises, while questions focused on whether it would help address broader pay disparities. Finally, HB 3075, as amended by a PCS, was presented to authorize rounding cash transactions to the nearest nickel for state agencies and local governments in response to the practical disappearance of pennies. The committee approved that bill as well, and the meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene the following week.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Local Government Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Local Government

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  • more than any other state in the United States.
  • In the United States.
  • That's why several states, such as Texas, Arizona, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Montana, and Nevada
  • So there's no cost to the state.
  • That's 50 states.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/26/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am State Representative Teresa Martinez.
  • State Representative Stephanie Hamilton.
  • state or tribe that has a wolf population.
  • I don’t work in other states.
  • I have a list of 21 states here that are moving on labeling, and I have another 18 states here that are
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 7th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or prostitution to state
  • and administration of, and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state
  • And Mental Health Services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors to state affairs.
Bills: SB8, SB10, SB16, SB8
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Local Government Apr 22nd, 2026

Local Government, Elections and Pensions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Over the past 17 years, libraries in eight additional counties were added to the state law, which originally
  • This year, with Senate Bill 1023, 29 public libraries in 42 counties across the state are asking to be
  • Once again, local property tax is 95% of public library revenue. We do receive some state funding.
  • So it's really up to the library, individual library, on what they proposed to voters.
  • So this is really just a safety net bill for a significant number of libraries in the state.
Summary: The Committee on Local Government held a public hearing on Senate Substitute No. 2 for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1023, sponsored by Senator Justin Brown. The bill would expand the existing authority for certain public library districts to ask voters for a sales tax, with provisions to reduce or eliminate property tax levies in some cases. Brown explained that the bill includes special carve-outs for St. Charles County, where any sales tax would be paired with a dollar-for-dollar property tax rollback over a three-year phase-out, and for Cass and Johnson counties, where the sales tax cap would be 0.33% and property tax levies would be eliminated. The bill also allows circuit courts to collect a civil case filing surcharge of up to $15 for law library maintenance. Supporters testified that the measure would give libraries more flexible and diversified funding options, similar to other local taxing entities. Library officials from Scenic Regional, St. Charles City-County, Marshall Public Library, and Kansas City Public Library said most library revenue still comes from property taxes and argued that the bill would let local voters decide whether to shift some or all funding to sales tax. They described needs such as expanding services, building new branches, renovating facilities, and protecting voter-approved taxes from uncertainty tied to county reclassification litigation. The Missouri Library Association said the bill serves as a safeguard amid broader discussions about property tax reform. There was no opposition testimony. Committee members raised questions about the fairness of shifting library funding to sales tax, especially for nonresidents who may not use the services, and about how the St. Charles amendment would work. Several members spoke in support of libraries and the bill, while one member criticized the tone of the sponsor’s response to questioning. At the close of the hearing, the chair announced the committee would executive the bill on Monday and then adjourned the meeting.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Today, in the gallery, we have advocates from across our state participating in the advocacy day, which
  • Durant has been licensed to practice law in the State of Hawaiʻi since 2004.
  • Mariano has been licensed to practice law in the State of Hawaiʻi since 2004.
  • He has appeared in our state circuit and district courts as well as in federal district court.
  • He has appeared in our state circuit and district courts as well as in federal District.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

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  • It reads, “If the state of Texas fails to rectify the racial gerrymandering of Texas 9, Texas 18, Texas
  • “If the state of Texas fails to rectify the racial gerrymandering of Texas 9, Texas 18, Texas 29, and
  • And finally, this friends, I have on my Texas tie. I'm proud to represent my state.
  • And finally, this friends, I have on my Texas tie. I'm proud to represent my state.
  • Racism to dictate the policies in the state of Texas without my voice being heard.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Labor and Industrial Apr 28th, 2026

Labor & Industrial

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  • Texas being one of them.
  • And courts in those states still retain authority to override ODG when necessary. Even in Texas.
  • Even in Texas, the most cited state for ODG says that physicians can deviate from ODG.
  • of Texas?
  • state guidelines and ODG.