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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 44 Morning Session Apr 21st, 2026
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You're supporting future teachers, business owners, and nurses.
- And Leader Virgin, a woman I admired before entering this building.
- She's somewhere in the building. Oh, there she is. I was like, I thought.
- She's somewhere in the building. Oh, there she is. I was like I thought.
- I'm grateful we built a friendship that I know will last beyond this building.
Bills:
HB4028 , HB4075 , HB4077 , HB4074 , HB4076 , SB1221 , SB1921 , SB2118 , SB1932 , SB2134 , HCR1025 , SB1432 , HCR1024 , HCR1022 , SB1122 , HB4029 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4078 , SB1936 , SB44 , SB237 , SB248 , SB1360 , SB985 , SB1204 , SB1239 , SB1307 , SB2143 , SB1428 , SB1390 , SB1400 , SB1405 , SB1732 , SB1832 , SB1859 , SB1989 , SB2018 , SB1427
Summary:
The House opened with roll call, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including Deer Creek students, Skiatook Chamber members, Sand Springs youth leaders, and international visitors studying U.S. energy policy. The chamber also honored the Nurse of the Day, Marla Lyceum, and heard a lengthy farewell speech from Minority Leader Munson reflecting on her service, constituent work, leadership, and bipartisan relationships.
Members then took up several special presentations and resolutions, including HCR 1024 recognizing Route 66 Day and its economic importance, HCR 1022 honoring National Lineman Appreciation Day, and a citation for Langston University Day at the Capitol. The House also recognized Deputy Kenton Blumenthal as Oklahoma’s 2025 Officer of the Year for heroic actions during a dangerous pursuit. Later, the House introduced the pages of the week.
On legislation, the House passed SB 1122 on ad valorem tax, which supporters said would equalize tax treatment for broadband infrastructure and promote business fairness, over some concern about tax policy and revenue impacts. The chamber also passed HB 4029, HB 4063, HB 4073, HB 4078, and SB 1936, with emergency clauses adopted on the first four. HB 4063, which referred two previously approved state questions to a special August election, drew extended debate over ballot timing, turnout, and whether combining the questions was appropriate; it ultimately passed and the special election referral was approved. SB 1936, which elevates falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer to a D1 felony, passed unanimously.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Communications and Conveyance
Transcript Highlights:
- As As the owner, I'm sorry, CDT is the owner and operator of the network.
- well as providing encroachment permits to other lease and joint build partners who are we're building
- Because we're going through this exact same process ourselves on our own builds.
- So I believe that's referring to the Caltrans builds that we're doing?
- They only have a window of where they can, how, when they can build.
Committee:
House Communications and Conveyance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They don't say that a PUD is mandatory, but they they effectively force developers and land owners into
- :04:06.000><c> developers</c><00:04:06.480><c> and</c><00:04:06.720><c> land</c><00:04:06.959><c> owners
- </c><00:04:07.519><c> into</c> force developers and land owners into force developers and land owners
- multifamily, single family owner occupied<00:07:53.919><c> housing,</c><00:07:54.800><c> um</c><00:07
- Um, I'm gonna kind of build on Representative Dotseth's question, and it kind of leads into what I was
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> know renting out all sorts of buildings know renting out all sorts of buildings and<00:40:22.119
- So one worship building, um, that could mean an organization could rent their building six days a week
- </c> line um more than one worship building line um more than one worship building so<01:03:56.440><c
- ><c> that</c><01:03:58.880><c> could</c> so one worship building um that could so one worship building
- </c> standard is if the land and the building standard is if the land and the building qualifies<01:04
Summary:
The committee first held a public hearing and then an executive session on HB 650, a housekeeping-style bill from the Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds. Testimony explained that the bill would remove references to two already-repealed dedicated funds, split the state parks dedicated fund so Cannon Mountain winter activities would be tracked separately from the rest of the parks system, and place a $1 million cap on the robotics education fund so excess money would revert to the general fund. Supporters said the changes were mainly administrative but would improve accounting and avoid timing issues; committee members asked about a typographical error in the bill text and whether the measure was more than housekeeping. The committee later voted 16-0 to recommend HB 650 ought to pass, and then placed it on the consent calendar.
The committee also opened a public hearing on HB 585, which would revise the property tax exemption for religious organizations. Representative John Janigian, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to help small churches and other religious groups that own parsonages or worship buildings but no longer have a resident pastor, allowing them to rent space or use property for church purposes without losing the exemption so long as the money is used for church operations, maintenance, or outreach. He described his Salem church’s parsonage being taxed after it was no longer occupied by a pastor, and said the bill would prevent similar burdens on small congregations. Former Representative Betty Gay testified in support, describing prior assessor actions in Salem that taxed church land and buildings very aggressively, while a Municipal Association representative testified in opposition. Committee members raised questions about how terms such as “regularly recognized and constituted denomination” would be defined, whether the bill could be applied consistently to larger denominations with multiple parishes, and whether legislative research should review past treatment of similar cases.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 10/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
- The hardest hit will include farmers, small business owners, gig workers, and early retirees.
- Our members include restaurant owners, childcare centers, manufacturers — it runs the gamut.
- Um, in the end, small business owners need a healthy marketplace. They need these subsidies.
- This is certainly not the way to support entrepreneurs and small business owners.
- </c> entrepreneurs and small business owners. entrepreneurs and small business owners.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Jul 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- how the SVTAP funds will be used to support small business owners throughout the state.
- And now we'll have the mayors, who are no strangers to our Capitol building here and do good work in
- In California, small businesses create two-thirds of net jobs, build wealth, and invigorate efforts to
- The GEZ builds upon state, regional, and federal partnerships to attract tax incentives, grants, loan
- We really need to think outside the box to build for the future, and so I want to thank you for your
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact met on July 11, 2025, and heard six measures focused on small business contracting, ports and trade, local economic development, clean energy transition, tariff impacts, and infrastructure finance. SB 70 would raise the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act contract cap from $250,000 to $350,000 and index it to inflation; supporters said it would reflect current economic conditions, while opponents argued it could reduce transparency, favor larger firms, and strain small businesses’ ability to carry inventory and wait for payment. The bill was approved 7-0 to Appropriations.
AJR 14 urged federal agencies to consider the effects of tariff policy on California ports, with testimony emphasizing impacts on cargo volumes, jobs, supply chains, and infrastructure needs; it passed 7-0. SB 781 would require cities and counties to adopt small business utilization plans and strengthen the California Small Business Technical Assistance Program; chambers of commerce and committee members supported it as a way to expand procurement opportunities and technical assistance, and it passed 7-0 to Local Government. SB 227 would extend and expand the Green Empowerment Zone in Contra Costa County, add environmental justice representatives, and extend authorization to 2040; it passed 7-0 to the floor.
SB 263 would direct the California Transportation Agency to study the statewide impacts of tariffs, with supporters from the ports, retail, and trucking sectors arguing that better data is needed to guide budgeting and policy responses; it passed 7-0 to Appropriations. SB 769 would create the Golden State Infrastructure Fund to finance major infrastructure projects through a revolving public-private investment model; supporters said it would help address long-term infrastructure needs and prepare for major events, and the bill passed 6-0 to Appropriations after opposition was withdrawn. All measures were reported out of committee, and the meeting adjourned at 10:39 a.m.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 1, February 9, 2026
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It got hung up and timed out on the other side of the building down here.
- But just to remind building down here.
- Introductory roll call vote, Senate File 51. owners. In this it says that we were owners.
- In this it says that we were that<01:45:55.679><c> land</c><01:45:55.920><c> owners</c><01:45:56.320>
- :46:10.000><c> only</c> for resident land owners only for resident land owners only um<01:46:12.159><
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Everyone here knows that we need to build more housing. We need to build more housing faster.
- But I want to be clear: cities actually don't build; they just plan for building.
- Instead of building one home, actually you can build two homes and have them converted.
- I've seen buildings were very Funded buildings. I've seen what works and what doesn't.
- I've lost people in those buildings. I've lost people in those buildings, far too many.
Committee:
House Housing and Community Development
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- versus prescriptive-based building code.
- And we were learning about performance-based building code versus prescriptive-based building code, which
- housing buildings in 2030.
- team of people to build a series of buildings.
- And so the first building is never going to be as good as the fifth building in industrialized construction
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/21/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> and an association if the unit owner and an association if the unit owner agrees<00:33:08.720><c
- ,</c><00:33:27.760><c> they</c> they're in assisting a unit owner, they they're in assisting a unit owner
- Um that refuses to communicate with the owners.
- Owners suggested, well, can we have like, you know, an interactive website where owners can post their
- those</c><03:46:42.560><c> negotiated</c> This bill builds upon those negotiated This bill builds upon
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- And any business owner, if you are one, you know that is not how you can operate.
- And any business owner, if you are one, you know that is not how you can operate.
- Those gains happened because the people in our school buildings did that work.
- Those gains happened because the people in our school buildings did that work.
- In Louisiana, we talk a lot about building our workforce.
Committee:
House Appropriations
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, building something like this where you're wanting to see benefits from the top of the mountain
- The other side of the buildings. So, you know, there's issues that need to be dealt with there.
- state buildings. Um, so just supporting those kind of, like, on-the-ground fleet transition.
- ,</c><01:06:18.319><c> they're</c><01:06:18.640><c> going</c> to the um to their owner, they're going
- Different owners have different devices, GPS collars, radios, all that kind of stuff.
Bills:
SB2606 , SB3253 , SB237 , SB3252 , SB1178 , SB2322 , SB2019 , SB3043 , SB3014 , SB2972 , SB1190 , SB2488
Committee:
Senate Water, Land, Culture and the Arts
Summary:
The committees heard testimony on several measures related to wildlife, conservation, shoreline adaptation, and climate governance. On SB 2606, which would establish the Freshwater State Recreational Area Wildlife Sanctuary Corporation, the Department of Land and Natural Resources said it had concerns about employee eligibility and was not yet prepared to comment further on the bill’s ramifications. After testimony ended, a senator asked DLNR to follow up with more detail, and the department said it would relay the questions to leadership and respond later. No vote was taken on the measure during the excerpt.
On SB 3253, which would create the Hawaii Conservation Sanctuary as a nonprofit entity to work with DLNR, the department said it supported the bill. In discussion, DLNR said Hawaii has not done anything like this before, described a similar model in New Zealand, and estimated that developing such a sanctuary could cost millions of dollars. Members also discussed whether the concept would fit with existing efforts such as Hakalau, and DLNR said the bill could apply to private or state lands depending on the site. No action was taken.
The most extensive discussion was on SB 237, which would expand state and county authority to develop adaptation pathways for relocating infrastructure away from sea level rise and coastal flooding areas. DLNR supported the bill, saying it prioritizes public trust resources over economic development or private property. The Kahana Bay Steering Committee and the Shoreline Preservation Coalition opposed the measure, arguing it was too focused on managed retreat and should include a broader range of shoreline responses, such as erosion mitigation, groins, sand nourishment, and other interim protections. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development said it appreciated the bill’s intent but wanted broader language that would allow more tools in the toolbox. Members debated whether retreat is inevitable, whether different shorelines require different approaches, and whether the bill should be more flexible. No vote was taken.
The final measure discussed was SB 3252, which would amend the powers and duties of the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, create a coordinator position, and appropriate funds. The commission’s coordinator testified in support, while OPSD opposed the bill, saying it would remove the two cabinet-level co-chair positions, raise accountability concerns, and duplicate some of OPSD’s functions. In questioning, members debated whether the current commission structure has been effective, who would appoint or confirm the coordinator, and whether the bill would improve transparency and implementation. OPSD said it supported more statewide interdepartmental funding for climate planning and staffing, but had concerns about the proposed governance changes. No vote or final action was taken in the excerpt.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community Development - 05/18/2026
Housing, Construction, and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And the New York State Public Housing Directors Association, which for this purpose is a property owner
- 8918A by Senator Kavanagh, an act to amend the Public Housing Law in relation to establishing the Build
- weeks ago, and they talked about how, in some of the communities in the Adirondacks, the second-home owners
Summary:
The New York State Senate Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community Development met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and several members participating by vote sheet. Chair Brian Kavanagh opened the meeting by noting it was likely the committee’s last meeting of the session and thanked members and staff for their work. Senators also offered brief remarks of appreciation for the chair and the committee’s collaborative process.
The committee advanced four bills. S.2523A (Ramos) would establish a jobs and housing pilot program to create construction jobs and address the housing crisis; it was reported to Finance, with Senator Walsack voting no and Senator Martins voting AWR. S.8612 (Kavanagh) would make clarifying changes to the good cause eviction law; the chair said it had been extensively negotiated with tenant and landlord stakeholders and had broad support, and it was reported with Senators Martins and Walsack voting AWR. S.8918A (Kavanagh) would create the Build Up New York pilot program and a mass timber for affordable housing program, along with related tax credits; it was reported to the floor unanimously.
The committee also considered S.9287 (Hensh), which would create a real property tax exemption for certain full-time residents in certain counties. Members discussed whether the bill would create a new property class or instead shift tax burdens within the one- to four-family home class, and raised concerns about impacts on second homes and local school budgets. Supporters argued it resembled a homestead exemption and could help local residents. The bill was reported to Finance, with Senator Martins voting ADBR. The meeting then adjourned after the final agenda item.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/03/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh everybody else in this building is.
- There are many, uh, property owners, cabin owners, who own shoreline that are in front of wild rice beds
- There are many, uh, property owners, cabin owners, who own shoreline that are in front of wild rice beds
- There are many, uh, property owners, cabin owners, who own shoreline that are in front of wild rice beds
- There are many, uh, property owners, cabin owners, who own shoreline that are in front of wild rice beds
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Emerging Issues Feb 25th, 2026
Emerging Issues and Professional Registration
Transcript Highlights:
- It builds in guardrails and accountability for both sides.
- I have issues, you know, saying that... ...you know, what they build in Clay, Kilmer, or Wentzville is
- And the dealership owners got a 50% raise.
- I have to have a certain building that fits their parameters, millions of dollars.
- I'm a small business owner in the Kansas City metro area. I have six employees on payroll.
Summary:
The committee first met in executive session and adopted House Committee Substitutes, then passed several bills by roll call vote. HCS for House Bills 1746 and 1769 was adopted and then voted do pass by 10-0. HCS for House Bill 3005 was adopted and passed 10-0 after the sponsor explained it removed a sentence requiring specific local review boards in library appeals processes. HCS for House Bills 1717 and 1643, dealing with alternative therapies, passed 7-2 with two present. HCS for House Bills 2817 and 2961 passed 8-1 with two present. HCS for House Bills 2035 and 2350 passed 10-0 with one present after a brief question about statutory citations. HCS for House Bills 1887, 2361, 1913, 2862, and 2321, a combined bill package, also passed 10-0 after members discussed digital depiction language and written victim request provisions.
The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 1914, which would change Missouri’s franchise law on warranty and recall reimbursement for auto dealers. Rep. David Castile presented the bill as a fairness measure, arguing manufacturers should pay dealers market-rate labor and parts reimbursement and that current warranty work often loses money for dealers and hurts service access. Supporters, including several dealers and technicians, said manufacturer time guides underpay warranty work, that the bill would help retain technicians, and that current appeal processes are cumbersome and time-consuming. They described large gaps between warranty and customer-pay labor times and said technicians often invest heavily in tools and training.
Opponents, including the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Toyota, General Motors, Ford, and business groups, argued the bill would raise costs for consumers, amount to a large increase in dealer compensation, and interfere with existing contracts. They said manufacturers already provide a process for requesting additional time, that most requests are approved, and that warranty work remains a profitable captive source of business for dealers. Several witnesses also argued the bill would not directly raise technician wages because technicians are employed by dealers, not manufacturers, and suggested broader competition or allowing independent repair shops instead. The hearing featured extensive questioning about recall versus warranty work, labor time guides, documentation requirements, and whether the legislature should be involved in these franchise disputes.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Originally our version only applied to windows that were owned by the individual owner, and we found
- Originally our version only applied to windows that were owned by the individual owner, and we found
- I think it would behoove the owner and the charter school not to have a conflict of interest.
- This amendment recognizes what any good gun owner already knows, that owning a firearm may be a right
- And so non-member winners can pick up their prizes at my office at 416 Senate Office Building.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several member introductions recognizing interns, guests, and advocates. The Rules Chair added CS for CS for SB 622 to the special order calendar, and SB 80 on state land management was temporarily postponed. The chamber then moved through a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate bills when the measures were identical or nearly identical.
The Senate passed SB 200/HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, requiring DEP to develop a recycling and waste diversion roadmap by 2026; SB 492 on land development and mitigation banking, after adopting amendments related to mitigation credit use and former phosphate mine lands; and SB 494/HB 255 on aggravated animal cruelty, which increases sentencing consequences and creates a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers, with an amendment clarifying the database language. The Senate also passed SB 500/HB 711 establishing the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, SB 524/HB 1089 adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening, SB 592/HB 393 revising the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, SB 742/HB 1145 on workforce education, SB 936/HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, SB 964/HB 181 on parole guidelines, SB 976/HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, SB 1084/HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment, and SB 1156 on a home health aid program for medically fragile children. Most of these bills were adopted after brief sponsor explanations, questions, and in some cases amendments or House-substitute motions.
Debate centered on several policy issues. Senators raised concerns about the constitutional and environmental implications of mitigation banking credits in SB 492, the scope and privacy implications of the animal abuse database in SB 494, the funding and eligibility details of the condo resilience program in SB 592, and the public-school/charter-school balance in SB 822, which drew extensive questioning about enrollment, governance, discipline, accountability, and data sharing before being placed on the third-reading calendar after amendments. The Spectrum Alert bill drew support from members who compared it to the Purple Alert and emphasized the risks faced by children with ASD. The medically fragile children home health aid bill also drew strong support, with senators describing it as a long-needed fix to help families provide in-home care without losing Medicaid coverage. Votes on the measures reported in the transcript were overwhelmingly favorable, with bills passing by margins such as 38-0, 35-3, 37-0, 36-0, and 35-0.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration, January 22, 2026 - AM
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> that made it took us so long to build that made it took us so long to build the<00:15:31.839><c>
- It's uh it's and everybody builds up.
- </c> >> We've got to and we're trying to build >> We've got to and we're trying to build
- I'm an independent business owner.
- </c> ownerism of the federal regulations. ownerism of the federal regulations.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Management Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Management
Transcript Highlights:
- And I know some of the owners of these oyster farms down there that could be affected by this, so thank
- In 2022, CVS contracted with Shockett, the owner of this HUD-funded building out in Greenfield, Mass.
- In 2022, CVS contracted with Shockett, the owner of this HUD-funded building out in Greenfield, Mass.
- blocks of the profession that, for years, folks like yourself had helped build.
- blocks of the profession that for years folks like of yourself had helped build and so to be.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Management held a hearing on several emergency management bills, with most of the testimony focused on Senate Bill 539, which would prohibit COVID-19 mRNA vaccination or gene-altering procedures as a condition of entry, employment, school attendance, or access to public venues. Senator Durant and many public witnesses supported the bill, arguing that COVID-era mandates were coercive, ineffective, and harmful, and that the state should not require proof of vaccination in future emergencies. One witness, Joanne Tuller, testified in opposition, saying the government should retain authority to impose public health measures in emergencies and warning against permanently limiting that power based on the COVID experience.
The committee also heard testimony on Senate Bill 540, concerning the prevention of radioactive material discharge, with a Sierra Club representative and local residents opposing Holtec’s disposal of wastewater from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant and citing health, environmental, and economic concerns in Plymouth and nearby communities. Senator Driscoll testified in support of Senate Bills 537 and 538, describing them as measures to strengthen the Commonwealth’s strategic preparedness stockpile and to create a framework for emergency response during surges in hospitalizations, including temporary waivers of prior authorization when hospitals are over capacity.
In addition, Dr. Jennifer Carlson testified in support of H.885, a resolve creating a special commission on the field of emergency management, arguing that the profession should be more fully professionalized and staffed by dedicated experts rather than part-time “second hat” officials. Several other bills on the docket, including H.883 and H.84, had no sign-ups. The chair closed each bill’s testimony section as the list was exhausted, and the hearing was adjourned without any votes taken during the session.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Mar 17th, 2026
Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- This is also building in so they don't have to go back to the public.
- This is also building in so they don't have to go back to the public.
- This is also building in so they don't have to go back to the public.
- This is also building in so they don't have to go back to the public.
- Like many student parents, I am working hard to build a better future.
Committee:
House Higher Education
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill reflects values that many gun owners already practice.
- This bill reflects values that many gun owners already practice.
- Stable funding builds that infrastructure.
- MSP looks builds that infrastructure.
- We service in the state office building.
Bills:
HF4893
Committee:
House Education Finance