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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • amendment was was put on 199 in the amendment was was put on 199 in the Senate to make sure that all public
  • and Senate to make sure that all public and Senate to make sure that all public and state employ uh
  • public education state employ uh public education state employ uh public education employees as well
Bills: SB199 , HB142 , SB86 , HB152 , HB297 , SB1 , SB1
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm going to go ahead and start the public hearing.
  • Criminal penalties are necessary for ensuring officer and public safety when… ensuring officer and public
  • Number four: aligning the public expectation with lawful authority.
  • effectively. perform their duties effectively.
  • It's an intentional obstruction of law enforcement duties that can put officers, victims, and the public
Bills: HB105 , HB296 , HB15 , HB264 , HB34 , HB304 , HB146 , HB26 , HB15 , HB34 , HB26
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

Transcript Highlights:
  • But there's a lot of misunderstanding from the public and some people that have maybe misinterpreted
  • At that meeting, the public has time to comment, and then we'll take public comment throughout that time
  • That then goes through the Administrative Procedures Act, which includes a public comment period of about
  • We have received public comment from about everybody sitting over there.
  • public that there was a problem.
Bills: HB1 , HB143 , HB1 , HB92
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's very important for the public.
  • I'm here representing Texas Realtors on the Public Policy Oversight.
  • My wife's a public school teacher, so I have all the respect in the world for public schools and want
  • All right, now we are going to move on to public testimony for Senate Bill 4 and SJR 2.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is now closed, and we will move on.
Bills: SB4 , SJR2 , SB 4 , SJR 2
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 16th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • for the cost of payment of cost for electronic monitoring supervision, conditions, penalties, and duties
  • , eligibility, award amounts, criteria, prohibitions, and duties of the Commission on Law Enforcement
  • Blanc provides for the Department of Public Service, including the creation of the department.
  • Blanc provides for the Department of Public Service, including the creation of the department.
  • The Development Department, in collaboration with the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center,
Summary: The House convened with 97 members present, heard an invocation by Pastor Morris St. Angelo, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber then received Senate messages noting concurrence in HCR 8, HCR 9, and HCR 12, and the adoption of SCR 10, which expressed condolences on the death of Dr. Norman Christopher Francis. The House also received an enrollment report confirming several resolutions as properly enrolled. A series of personal privilege recognitions highlighted local and civic observances, including Amite Oyster Festival Day, Opportunity in Action Day at the Capitol, and a visit from international policy fellows. The House introduced numerous resolutions and bills, including measures to designate special days and highways, express condolences, commend individuals and organizations, create or modify local districts, address bail, parole, rural health clinic Medicaid reimbursement, and establish a Department of Public Service. Several committee reports were also received, including transportation and ways and means reports on multiple bills. The House adopted, without objection, several resolutions already lying over, including HR 14, HR 16, HR 18, SCR 4, SCR 7, and SCR 8, while other resolutions and bills were referred or left to lie over. Members also moved to discharge and withdraw certain bills from committee files without objection. The chamber was reminded of upcoming committee meetings, an interim emergency board ballot deadline, and adjourned until 1:00 p.m. the following day.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 16th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Victim's Compensation Fund, and providing relative to definitions, applicable crimes, powers and duties
  • of the board, eligibility, award amounts, criteria, prohibitions, and duties of the Commission on Law
  • Blanc provides for the Department of Public Service, including the creation of the department, making
  • America Act requiring voter identification and federal elections protect integrity, public confidence
  • The Development Department, in collaboration with the Kathleen Babineaux-Blanko Public Policy Center,
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Transcript Highlights:
  • This is just consider the Federal funding eligibility would make ambulances by public entities, such
  • as municipal, county, tribal, or other public entities, consider essential services.
  • first section, an emergency is an event or issue that needs immediate intervention to protect the public
  • other words, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine is trying to make sure that they're protecting the public
Committee: House Public Health
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Fri Feb 13, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that's the big concern about the public release. >> Okay. Thank you.
  • </c> public release. public release. &gt;&gt; Okay.<00:19:33.679><c> Thank</c><00:19:33.919><c> you.
  • Would that be it out in the public? Would that be okay? okay? okay?
  • Thank you very much for the opportunity. opposition about uh public funding of opposition about uh public
  • So we work with the public schools, as Leardan is a private school.
Summary: The committee opened with HB 1813 on taxation and HB 2429 on tax expenditure evaluation, taking mostly written testimony and limited oral discussion. On HB 2429, the Tax Foundation and Department of Taxation raised privacy and federal-law concerns, warning that the bill could require taxpayers to file duplicative returns and could risk disclosure of federal tax information if released publicly. Members and witnesses discussed using anonymized or summary reporting instead of individual public release, with the department saying summarized data would be preferable and that the state can ask for the information as a policy matter, but individual public release could create problems. The committee then heard HB 2423 HD1 on biodiesel, where Pacific Biodiesel said it can supply all biodiesel needed for B5 in Hawaii without imports and asked to move the implementation date earlier to November 2027 to allow rollout planning. HB 1996 HB1 on hearing aids drew broad support; a disability access representative said earlier insurance-based efforts had run into administrative problems and that this bill would immediately lower costs for consumers. HB 1851 HD1, also related to hearing aids, received support from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, while the Tax Foundation argued the program would be better funded directly rather than through the tax system, citing overhead costs and blank provisions that should be filled in before passage. On HB 2546, the research activities tax credit, HCDC said the credit supports long-term R&D and should be converted from a first-come, first-served system to proration so more applicants receive some benefit; the agency described the credit as helping companies move from idea to commercialization and noted the state is leaving potential jobs and federal dollars on the table. HB 2028 HD1, relating to Labor Day for construction workers, drew support from labor representatives who said it recognizes construction workers and helps offset cost-of-living pressures, while the Tax Foundation opposed it as an industry-specific subsidy and flagged technical issues with undefined terms and blank credit amounts. The committee also heard HB 2583, HB 2490, HB 2545, HB 2114, and HB 1859 HD1. HB 2490, concerning coastal erosion at Mokuhiki Bay, received strong support from a temple representative who described severe shoreline loss, years of temporary emergency work, and the need for a long-term, nature-based solution in coordination with state agencies. HB 2545, involving HCDC and SBIR commercialization, was supported as a way to turn R&D into economic development; HCDC said it had more applications than it could fund and that the bill could help create high-wage jobs. HB 2114, the Hawaii Benefits Hub, received comments from ETS and DHS emphasizing support for the concept but cautioning that operational, policy, cybersecurity, and data-sharing standards must be carefully aligned. HB 1859 HD1 on workforce development drew strong support from workforce and philanthropic groups, who said Hawaii faces a long-term gap between projected living-wage jobs and the number of young people entering the workforce, and argued the bill would create durable infrastructure for coordination and long-term planning. No formal votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 20th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So as part of this, there has to be a public education campaign as well.
  • schools and public institutions of higher education.
  • My name is James Quintero, and I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
  • The word "public," I'm being told, covers both charter schools because charter schools are public.
  • Has happened in her public education, and she goes to a public school.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 12th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • released time for K-12 public school students subject to parental approval.
  • We serve more than 1,000 public schools across 37 states.
  • They are provided by the community in full, no public funding.
  • They are provided by the community in full, no public funding.
  • So this is something that has been in conjunction with the four public post-secondary systems.
Bills: HCR97 , HR168 , SCR33 , SB112 , SB346 , SB347 , SB353 , SB488 , SB504 , SB507 , SB518
Committee: House Education
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Revised Apr 22nd, 2026 at 03:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Duty does in on active duty.
  • If you did 10 years on active duty, you would be entitled to what's called the Montgomery GI Bill, the
  • This does not depend on federal dollars except for the Montgomery GI Bill I talked about for active duty
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules 2ND REVISED Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • the adoption of a charter provision Contrary to or inconsistent with the sovereignty established in public
  • growth, shouldn't be surprised when we continue underinvesting in classrooms, infrastructure, and public
  • This proposal consolidates power in ways that could erode public trust.
  • should not make any difference if that is your choice for those that choose to go to a private school, public
  • encouraged by is that you said there's no difference in students in their accessibility to go to a public
Committee: Senate Rules
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules 2ND REVISED Mar 4th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • the adoption of a charter provision contrary to or inconsistent with the sovereignty established in public
  • Sovereignty established in public policies of the state.
  • growth, we shouldn't be surprised when we continue underinvesting in classrooms, infrastructure, and public
  • If that is your choice, for those that choose to go to a private school, public school, two-year school
  • If that is your choice, for those that choose to go to a private school, public school, two-year school
Committee: Senate Rules
Summary: The Senate Rules Committee met and first laid over Senate Bill 2133 and skipped several bills because the Pro Tem and Senator Hall were not present. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1552, which would expand an option for very large counties to adopt local charters; an amendment was adopted to raise the population thresholds so the bill would apply only to future growth. After discussion that the measure was optional and not a mandate, the bill passed 12-7. The committee also passed SJR 39, a proposed constitutional amendment to lower the cap on annual increases in property tax assessed value from 3% to 1% for homestead and agricultural property and from 5% to 3% for other property, despite opposition that it would worsen funding pressures and create inequities between long-term owners and new buyers. SJR 47, moving voter ID requirements into the Constitution, and SJR 48, changing how the state handles ad valorem reimbursement for tax-incentive projects, both passed 16-2. The committee next passed Senate Bill 1491, which requires replacement presidential electors to take the same oath as the original slate, and Senate Bill 2174, which changes the membership mix of the State Fire Marshal Commission to include more business-oriented voices; both measures drew little opposition and passed overwhelmingly. Senate Bill 1877 also passed unanimously; it creates a centralized reporting system for 510 reports, with members noting it should have no fiscal impact because an existing state filing system would be used. House Joint Resolution 1024, which revises the Judicial Nominating Commission by removing certain lawyer/non-lawyer and party-balance restrictions and capping service at 12 consecutive years, passed after significant debate over judicial independence and political influence. The committee then approved Senate Bill 2040, which updates the Tulsa Reconciliation Education Scholarship Program by simplifying eligibility rules, changing the income cap to $128,000 and indexing it to inflation, and clarifying that unused funds may still be used for room, board, and books; supporters said it preserves a long-standing scholarship with no fiscal impact. Senate Bill 1316 passed 17-1 and would require agencies to periodically sunset a percentage of administrative rules, though the author said he may lengthen the cycle after reviewing other states’ models. Senate Bill 1679, the Preserving Oklahoma Values Act, passed 16-2 after debate over its references to foreign law and Judeo-Christian Western values; supporters said it protects due process and equal protection, while opponents warned it could marginalize other faith traditions and create legal uncertainty. Finally, the committee passed Senate Bill 227, clarifying which oil and gas facilities are exempt from ad valorem tax and ensuring flow lines, gathering lines, and injection wells are treated consistently; Senate Bill 2153, directing state agencies to use the terms Judea and Samaria instead of West Bank in official documents; and Senate Bill 2180, a transparency measure on foreign lobbying that was amended before passing 17-0. The meeting then adjourned.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • He was recently awarded the Superior Public Service Medal in Washington, DC.
  • House Joint Resolution 1086 by Kendrix of the House, a joint resolution relating to Judicial and public
  • Public awareness of the consequences of a brain injury is essential to understanding the overwhelming