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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 8th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Dominic Matthias, a sophomore at Moore High School from the Moore Public School District, is a shining
  • I'm honored today to recognize an outstanding group of students from Morris High School in Senate District
  • This is Legacyrtian schools, and this is a fabulous group of kids.
  • That's why a couple of weeks ago, we contributed 7.2 million dollars to 107 Oklahoma school districts
  • These investments, whether it's the nursing school the medical school, the hospital, the clinics, the
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:35 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • While the bill does not require a school district to make this drug available to students, it does create
  • districts are creating a funding crunch for school districts around the state.
  • This proposal continues a drift, a direction in our public policy on how public school districts operate
  • district, and so.
  • Representative Barnard: Levy failures in our school district and struggling.
Summary: The House took up several bills on second and third reading, beginning with House Bill 2360 on expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools. A motion to recommit the bill to the House Health Care and Wellness Committee failed on a roll call vote, 38 yeas to 56 nays. Supporters said the bill would help school nurses respond to students in respiratory distress and reflected input from nurses, OSPI, and the Department of Health. Opponents raised concerns about training, drug interactions, follow-up care, costs to districts, and schools making medical decisions without a diagnosis. The bill then passed 60-34. House Bill 2467, clarifying measurement rules for fifth-wheel travel trailers, passed 94-0 after sponsors said it would help Washington dealers and consumers. House Bill 1983, relating to timberland tax treatment when land is sold to DNR, passed 68-26 amid debate over whether it would help forest management or make it easier for DNR to acquire timberland. House Bill 2531, updating ambulance transport fund quality assurance rules to align with federal regulations and preserve matching funds, passed unanimously 94-0. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 1390, which phases out the Community Protection Program for certain developmentally disabled individuals with high-risk histories and transfers participants to other waiver programs. Supporters said the program was overly restrictive, out of compliance with federal law, and had trapped people in long-term confinement-like conditions; opponents argued it would weaken public safety and move dangerous individuals into community settings without adequate safeguards. The bill passed 52-44. House Bill 2367, eliminating a preferential treatment related to the former TransAlta coal plant in Centralia, passed 63-33 after supporters framed it as closing the book on coal and opponents warned about energy reliability, jobs, and an emergency clause. Substitute House Bill 2133, making a property tax exemption for certain senior centers permanent, passed 96-0. Substitute House Bill 2355, establishing labor protections for domestic workers, passed 57-39 after supporters emphasized dignity and long-standing worker abuse concerns, while opponents cited fiscal impacts. The House then passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2534, with a technical amendment, to improve educational stability for children in military families; it passed 96-0. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1974, creating a land banking framework to support affordable housing, passed 59-37 after an amendment reduced fiscal impact by striking some tax preference sections. House Bill 2223, allowing certain irrigation district board service by farmers with spouses employed by the district, passed 93-3. Substitute House Bill 2239, allowing family burial grounds on private property, passed 96-0 after supporters cited rural needs, cultural traditions, and personal family stories. The session also included a brief congratulatory recognition for Representative David Stuebe after his first bill passed the House.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The good member from the 20th District, Representative Abbarno.
  • An act relating to increasing small works roster. Insert new section.
  • Further remarks, the good member from the 36th District, Further remarks.
  • I haven't had a grade like that since high school.
  • The good member from the 21st District, wait, the good member from the 21st District, Representative
Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the chamber approved the previous day’s minutes. Members then caucused briefly before moving into second reading and third reading action on several bills, with the day also marking the start of the three-minute debate rule through House of Origin cutoff. The House passed House Bill 2338, which expands the low-income home weatherization program to support community-scale weatherization projects, especially for multifamily housing. It also passed House Bill 2353, raising the threshold for requiring predesign work on public projects from $10 million to $15 million, and Substitute House Bill 2363, a trailer bill allowing music therapy students to practice under supervision while exam scores are pending. Members described these as efficiency measures and consumer or workforce improvements. The chamber also approved Substitute House Bill 2525 to establish the Heritage Orchard Program and a registry at Washington State University to preserve rare and heritage apple varieties, with sponsors emphasizing the importance of Washington’s apple industry and agricultural history. Additional bills passed unanimously included Substitute House Bill 2420 on increasing small works roster thresholds, Substitute House Bill 2428 on preventing unintended lapses in life insurance by allowing third-party designees, House Bill 2604 allowing electronic signatures for transferring salvage vehicles to insurers, and Substitute House Bill 2107 making permanent a pilot requiring Labor and Industries to notify employers of identified job-site hazards within 10 days. Finally, the House adopted Amendment 1517 and passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, which updates veterinarian-client-patient relationship rules to allow telehealth between required physical visits and requires annual veterinarian oversight for certain animal production, commercial, and breeding operations. All of the listed bills received overwhelming support, with each final passage vote recorded at 94 yeas and 0 nays, except House Bill 2338, which passed 93-1.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 31st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • districts or open-enrollment charter schools.
  • district or a school district officer.
  • Attorneys' fees and ...a case against a school district or a school district officer.
  • School District to prevent bullying of LGBT youth.
  • Southside Independent School District is the third largest school district in the state.
Summary: The House met in a late-session floor session that began with prayer, pledges, quorum, and a series of excused absences and Senate messages reporting action on numerous bills, conference committee appointments, and conference reports. Members also adopted a memorial resolution honoring Mark James Hanna, a Capitol lobbyist and advocate for nurses, and a congratulatory resolution for Rishi Tarumalasetti, an eighth-grade civics bee winner from Katy. The chamber also received and recorded a parliamentary colloquy about an unusual Senate request on SB 293, with the Chair stating the House could not recede from only part of its amendments and could not suspend the rules because the bill had not been returned from the Senate. The bulk of the session was devoted to taking up conference committee reports and related procedural resolutions, especially the state budget. The House adopted a resolution allowing the SB 1 conferees to go outside the normal bounds, then adopted the SB 1 conference report on a 107-21 vote. Debate on the budget centered on public education funding, tax relief, health care, corrections pay, and judicial compensation, with supporters calling it a responsible compromise and opponents arguing it was overly expansive and insufficient on property tax relief. The House also adopted a technical correction resolution tying judicial pay increases in SB 1 to the House version of SB 293, and members discussed at length the relationship between judicial salaries and legislative pensions. The chamber then adopted a long series of conference reports on measures covering topics such as school library review and book challenges (SB 13), SNAP restrictions on sweetened drinks and candy (SB 379), hospital price transparency (SB 331), nursing home accountability (SB 457), school district personnel compensation conflicts (HB 3372), property notice rules (HB 2011), research and development tax credits (SB 2018), and several other bills affecting elections, permits, education, and criminal justice. Most reports passed by wide margins, though some drew significant opposition, especially SB 13 and SB 379. The House also granted several Senate requests for conference committees and introduced additional resolutions to suspend conferee limits on various bills as the session moved toward adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Now is to make sure that all the issues that we've seen in the local school districts, Round Rock, even
  • The increase in fees is anti-small business.
  • I wanted to particularly talk about small agencies.
  • A small agency is going to go even smaller.
  • , fire districts, mosquito districts...
Bills: SB6 , SB7 , SB8 , SB11 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB 6 , SB 7 , SB 8 , SB 11 , SB 12 , SB 13 , SB 15 , SB 17 , SB6 , SB7 , SB8 , SB11 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> country's 36 million small businesses. country's 36 million small businesses.
  • </c> small businesses afloat. small businesses afloat.
  • Small businesses across our country, including in my home district of central and eastern Montana, deserve
  • </c> small businesses. And I yield back. small businesses. And I yield back.
  • </c><02:51:33.359><c> small</c> turning promise promising small small turning promise promising small
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 17th, 2026

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • as a new small craft alcoholic beverage manufacturer license that authorizes a brew pub, small craft
  • But there'll be three licenses, as I said: small craft distiller license, small craft winery license,
  • </c> to call it across the state these small to call it across the state these small distillers<00:11
  • pubs etc and our small craft distillers and<00:11:23.839><c> small</c><00:11:24.240><c> craft</c><00
  • ><c> small</c><00:12:14.079><c> craft</c> small craft distillers, small craft small craft distillers,
Bills: SB265 , HB593
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 24th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • School district property, among other things, and that is the bill.
  • A school district should provide public notice of proposed action and provide charter schools with the
  • It is property owned by the school district and you all are the school district and you all are usurping
  • CHARTER SCHOOLS AGAIN GET MORE FREEDOM THAN TRADITIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
  • IN A DISTRICT LIKE MINE, CHARTER SCHOOLS.
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.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • A Soton County fire district. A Soton. I have practiced that. A Soton County Fire District 1.
  • He added that, by getting aviation support to small fire districts that could not afford it, the bill
  • There are a lot of small changes here.
  • It's one small step to try to find a way to support our small businesses.
  • It will help small businesses, but not just small business.
Bills: HB2104 , HB2348 , HB2454
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • So I was going through a couple of my school districts just trying to make sure I understood what two
  • It's my understanding the school boards and local school districts can already adjust their school day
  • Although I do know of school districts that have their athletics either before school or after school
  • instead of during the school day, I don't know if that's true for every school district, but I do know
  • Did any school staff or partners that partner with the districts have any right to expose the parents
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • So basically, districts get a per pupil expenditure for math.
  • Member of Senate Bill 985 codifies the local school local food for schools program and.
  • Authorize ODev to continue to build the program to get fresh locally produced food in the schools.
  • Senate Bill 1204 requires each school district employee 3 days of paid bereavement leave.
  • So, my understanding is correct: no drones are allowed, but a small aircraft is. Is that correct?
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Topics, so I have taught Washington State Constitutional Law at the Seattle University School of Law
  • Imagine these small tech startups looking for venture capital.
  • The qualified small business stock exemption to the capital gains tax, or QSBS exemption, ...
  • Washington needs to champion small businesses and startups. Please vote against SB 6229.
  • These small businesses would be forced to go out of state because of this tax.
Bills: SB5893 , SB6229 , HB1376 , SGA9306
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 30th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, in recent years, there have been district courts that have refused to apply this standard to
  • government code, also known as the Professional Prosecutors Act, which provides pay equity with district
  • There are 33 county attorneys performing the duties of district attorneys, and this bill is simply looking
  • Chairman and members, in closing, this bill will be of great benefit to the Fayette County District Attorney's
  • If you have a small dot, you press it, it'll say which IP address it was created, anything. was updated
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 5th, 2025

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Dixie Thomas, with the examiner, public account for District Three.
  • I'm Margie WX from House District 104. I represent the Mobile T corner area.
  • I'm Matt Butler from Edal County, Maryland, representing District 10.
  • I'm from Madison County, Maryland, representing District 10.
  • I'm sorry, District One is Baldwin over the Enterprise parts; District Two is Mobile.
Bills: HB25 , HB108 , HB109 , HB111 , HB112 , HB113 , HB117 , HB118 , HB119 , HB120 , HB121 , HB122 , HB124 , HB126 , HB127 , HB128 , HB129 , HB130 , HB131 , HB25
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Local Government Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a reminder, this bill allows a port district that has established a tax increment financing area and
  • As a reminder, this bill allows a public utility district to have its own personnel perform work up to
  • It allows a public utility district to have its own personnel perform work up to a million dollars in
  • As a reminder, this bill allows a public utility district to have its own personnel perform work up to
  • It allows a public utility district to have its own personnel perform work up to a million dollars in
Bills: SB6132
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Local Government Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • A public utility district is a type of special purpose district that's authorized to generate and distribute
  • For some background, port districts are special purpose districts that are empowered to acquire, construct
  • For some background, port districts are special purpose districts that are empowered to acquire, construct
  • Port districts are special purpose districts that are empowered to acquire, construct, maintain, operate
  • A port district may contract indebtedness or borrow money for district purposes and may also issue general
Bills: SB6132
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 26th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • These small package plants were not meant to be proliferated across Texas.
  • Is this a small number that you're describing?
  • residential and small commercial consumers.
  • They're intended to advocate on behalf of small residents.
  • Consumers and small commercial consumers.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 26th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Conservation District.
  • Members of the committee, as you know, water districts, including municipal utility districts. ... a
  • Many districts are what we call paper districts.
  • My firm, Schwartz, Page, and Harding has been representing water districts and water district matters
  • You certainly can have a larger district than that, but that's about the average size of the district