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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lord, we are Blessed to live in this great state and we are blessed to be able to represent the folks
  • University.
  • She is currently a student at Oklahoma State University majoring in psychology and minoring in cognitive
  • To transfer to Oklahoma State, she attended Rose State College, where she collaborated on several academic
  • Would you please welcome back Olivia Treat to the Oklahoma State Senate? Thanks.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 16th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are blessed to live in this great state.
  • I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States and to be able.
  • University.
  • She is currently a student at Oklahoma State University, majoring in psychology and minoring in cognitive
  • Prior to transferring to Oklahoma State, she attended Rose State College, where she collaborated on several
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and pledges, and recognized several guests and Senate family members, including the psychologist and nurse of the day. Members then moved to the agenda, laying over items 1 and 4 before taking up several bills. Senate Bill 1395, a recommendation from the Incentive Evaluation Commission, would eliminate the tax credit portion of the investment and new jobs tax credit incentive and limit carry-forward of the investment portion to seven years; it passed 48-0. Senate Bill 1456, as amended, extended the sunset of the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, with the amendment changing the sunset date to 2031; it passed 48-0 and was also approved as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1562, requested by the Oklahoma Hospice and Palliative Care Association, was described as protecting terminally ill patients and families from aggressive hospice marketing practices; it passed 48-0. Senate Bill 1613, requested by the Oklahoma Liquefied Gas Association, was revised to remove language the governor had previously objected to regarding vehicle ownership and leasing outside OMES; it passed 48-0. Senate Bill 1983 directed the Department of Human Services to provide de-identified foster care data to resource family partners, including information on children without placement, demographic and geographic trends, areas of high need and low availability, placement disruptions, sibling separations, and distance from original homes. After a question from Senator Deevers about the scope of the data, the bill advanced and passed 48-0. The Senate then heard announcements about committee meeting times and adopted a motion to adjourn until Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • State Journal, House, and Senate bills, and joint resolutions on second reading, assignment and reassignment
  • You for the promise of deliverance, and through each member, bless the great state of Oklahoma, our home
Summary: The House convened, the clerk called the roll, and a quorum was present. The chamber adopted the day’s order of business, heard an invocation from Chaplain Ronnie Wilson, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The House also noted a list of bill and resolution reassignments from the majority floor leader’s office and briefly stood at ease before returning to order. Representative Timmons introduced Angie Kammermeyer as the nurse of the day, recognizing her long career in nursing and health care leadership, including her retirement as chief nursing officer from Integris Health after 40 years of service. The Speaker also welcomed guests in the galleries, including Sarah Stevens and her newborn baby, Kelby, and a group of leadership students from Great Plains who traveled from Lawton. No legislation was debated or voted on during the portion of the session provided. At the end of the meeting, Representative Pugh moved to adjourn, and the House agreed without objection. The chamber adjourned until Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 7th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And Texas, being a state that has more African Americans than any other state in this country, is proud
  • state.
  • of Texas, let's make our state a better state.
  • Senate Bill 2890 by Cook, relating to the establishment of state agency grievance procedures for state
  • Senate Bill 2890 by Cook, relating to the establishment of state agency grievance procedures for state
Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum call, invocation, approval of routine motions, and the reading of gubernatorial nominations and several honorary resolutions. The chamber adopted resolutions recognizing Jack and Jill of America Day and DJ Daniel Day at the Capitol, with multiple senators offering remarks praising youth leadership, perseverance, and public service. The Senate also introduced the Doctor of the Day and then proceeded to a long series of floor actions on bills. A major focus was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 568, which overhauls special education funding and services in public schools by moving from a placement-based model to an intensity-based system tied to student needs and IEPs. Senators Bettencourt, Creighton, and Menendez emphasized transparency, parent input, evaluation funding, dyslexia services, and better alignment of funding with actual services; Senator Hinojosa shared a personal story about dyslexia and the importance of early intervention. The bill was advanced on second and third reading and finally passed 30-0. The Senate also passed SB 1396 to prohibit national sex education standards in public schools, SB 2065 on the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System, SB 1664 requiring clearer public disclosure of transmission and distribution utility rate changes, SB 1029 on advertising certain used motor vehicles, SB 1120 expanding rights for family violence victims, SB 1036 regulating residential solar retail transactions, SB 464 creating school-proximity restrictions and penalties for tobacco and vaping sales, SB 1035 giving farmers and ranchers equitable relief from certain local agricultural regulations, SB 1610 addressing civil commitment facility safety and prosecution issues, SB 1197 extending drone restrictions to spaceports, and SB 1386 changing legislative witness immunity from transactional to testimonial immunity. Another major bill was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1188, which updates electronic health record requirements. Senator Kolkhorst said the bill builds on Texas medical privacy law by requiring U.S.-based storage of EMR data, prohibiting recording of voter registration status and credit score information, requiring provider verification and disclosure for AI-assisted diagnosis or treatment recommendations, preserving parental access to minors’ records until age 18, and ensuring EMRs can capture metabolic health and biological sex information. A floor amendment clarified the bill’s scope and enforcement, and the bill passed 23-7. Several measures drew debate, especially SB 414 on bond ballot transparency, where Senators Eckhardt and Menendez questioned whether requiring estimated interest and total debt cost on ballots could be misleading or difficult to implement because interest rates and financing terms can change before issuance or over time. The transcript ends during that discussion, with no final action shown on SB 414.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 3rd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • in the state of Texas, and plans to open a school in the state of Texas.
  • UTRGV has been ranked the number one university in Texas in 2023 and 2024 by Washington Monthly magazine
  • the state we are today and the state we want to be in the future.
  • But you made the university systems in this state better because you were always that group that, what
  • But you made the university systems in this state better because you were always that group that, what
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with senators highlighting the university’s growth, medical school, research expansion, and role in serving South Texas. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 368 honoring outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, with numerous senators praising his long public career, leadership in higher education, and statewide impact. Senate Resolution 361 recognizing Texas HBCU Day and Senate Resolution 362 recognizing Denton County Days at the Capitol were also adopted, along with other routine recognitions and gubernatorial appointments being read into the record. The Senate then took up several bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to shorten vacancy posting requirements, allow bilingual certification candidates to retake only failed test sections, give teachers more flexibility with paid leave, clarify classroom removal procedures, and ensure parents are informed of appeal rights. The bill passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a parent’s right to direct a child’s education, was also brought up and passed to engrossment after a contested suspension vote. The Senate next passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, which would require reporting of foreign funding at public universities, bar gifts from adversarial governments, and require training and reporting systems to prevent foreign influence and intellectual property theft in higher education. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the so-called “Dexit” bill, was debated at length for its corporate governance changes, including codifying the business judgment rule and altering internal corporate litigation and records rules; it passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed by a 30-1 vote. Senate Bill 857, allowing law enforcement discretion to tow vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed after discussion of towing abuses during flooding and disaster conditions. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536, requiring dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, passed with broad support, and Senate Bill 922, addressing delayed electronic disclosure of sensitive medical test results so physicians can discuss them first, was taken up and passed to engrossment as the chamber continued through its calendar.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Budgeted voluntary resources compiled at the state level.
  • They have some of the highest in the state.
  • I am also the Arizona State Director for Women for Gun Rights.
  • The state treasurer must annually notify JLBC staff with an estimate of the amount of the reported state
  • SCR 1051 is subject to voter approval and constitutionally prohibits the state or a state officer from
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-02-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the state Addison Har.
  • Welcome to the Hawaii State Senate.
  • Welcome to Hawaii State Linda Jury.
  • Welcome to your state Senate. And Mr.
  • President, can I state senate. And Mr.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Jan 21st, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:21:18.240><c> by</c> out of committee as as it was stated by out of committee as as it was stated
  • So, it's citizens, but this great state.
  • And so I'm just saying it just in other words, this is to protect the state.
  • There are about a dozen states in the country that do that.
  • There are about a dozen states in the country that do that.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Please state your name, who you represent, and you may begin your testimony.
  • The most elected officials in the state.
  • Just for the record, please state your name and who you represent.
  • Jury for consistency across the courts and the state.
  • Just for the record, please state your name and who you represent.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • who were on the scene that day and lived through the unfathomable experience, including my friend, State
  • This bill will require the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University
  • , such as ALERT, which is a state program.
  • that the Attorney General shall represent the state in the prosecution of the offense.
  • He spent the night in the hospital. ...the next two years at a state hospital in East Texas.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Oxford University, the oldest university in the English-speaking world, confirmed what I did with randomized
  • So it's making abnormal proteins, according to Cambridge University... ...the second-oldest university
  • in this state.
  • Right here, you will have the hearings that took place in Washington that identify and explicitly state
  • In his State of the Judiciary address, Chief Justice Blacklock asked, why would the state terminate parental
Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a moral issue for sure, but it is a state economic issue first from a state budget perspective.
  • HB 913 is a bill pertaining to state hospitals. HB 913 is a bill pertaining to state hospitals.
  • State Hospital and the Wichita Falls State Hospital.
  • The state of Texas.
  • PCG suggested 50% with regards to Washington State on that.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum and took up several House and Senate bills, with public testimony limited to two minutes per witness. The committee first heard HB 2358, a cleanup bill requested by HHSC that would repeal outdated training and conference requirements for long-term care facility surveyors and certain providers; there were no witnesses, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard HB 18, the rural hospital stabilization bill, which would create financial assessment tools, a rural hospital finance office at HHSC, an academy for rural hospital officers, multiple grant programs, enhanced Medicaid reimbursement tied to average cost, OB/GYN add-on payments, expanded pediatric telehealth connectivity, and a rural pediatric mental health program. Senator Perry and witnesses from TORCH, a rural hospital, AARP Texas, and ARCHI strongly supported the bill as a way to stabilize rural hospitals, improve OB access, and address workforce and financial pressures. Committee members discussed rural hospital closures, low-volume quality metrics, system affiliation, and the need for predictable monthly reimbursement; the bill was left pending after testimony and questions. The committee next heard HB 37, which would create a perinatal bereavement care initiative for families experiencing stillbirth, neonatal death, or intrauterine fetal demise, including counseling, staff training, and access to cooling devices, with possible grants and a recognition program for hospitals. Senator Huffman explained the bill, and several witnesses testified in support, sharing personal stories about infant loss and the importance of time with the baby, trained staff, and cuddle cots or similar devices. A neonatologist also supported the bill while suggesting clarification that hospitals should not be penalized if state funding is unavailable and recommending use of regional advisory councils to help implement training. Public testimony was then closed and the bill left pending. The committee also heard HB 879, which would create a streamlined licensing pathway for veterans with medical or nursing experience to practice in Texas, and HB 913, which would add new state hospitals to statute and split the North Texas State Hospital into two separate hospitals with their own superintendents; both bills had no opposition testimony and were left pending. Later, the committee heard SB 2744, a heart disease screening bill that would update the 2009 Texas Heart Attack Prevention Act to require insurance coverage for coronary CT angiography with plaque analysis, including soft plaque detection, as a preventive screening tool. The author and invited witnesses argued the technology is more effective than calcium scoring alone, can identify patients before symptoms appear, and could save lives at a cost comparable to or lower than colonoscopy. An insurance industry witness opposed the bill, arguing the technology has not been recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for universal screening and that the mandated coverage and payment level would raise costs; the bill was left pending after testimony. Finally, the committee heard HB 1151, a parental rights bill clarifying that refusing psychotropic medication or psychiatric treatment is not neglect unless the child is harmed. Supporters, including parent advocates and attorneys, said the bill would protect parents from CPS overreach and preserve medical decision-making authority, while one witness urged broader attention to physical causes of behavioral issues. Public testimony was closed and HB 1151 was left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 28th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • These states have higher purses than we have in Texas.
  • His son was accepted to Cornell University on a scholastic scholarship.
  • If there's a business in the state of Texas and it's...
  • And if the state wants to step in and subsidize me, I'm happy to do that.
  • state tax collections.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some of the models can become, within a state, 100 physicians throughout the state.
  • As stated I'm Andrea Earl on behalf of AARP Texas and our two point five million members in the state
  • The places here that do it are Texas Women's University, SMU, University of Incarnate Words, Sam Houston
  • State...
  • In addition, as was stated, we would like the legislation to affirmatively state that we are not required
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the state policy lead for Move Minnesota Action.
  • We're in the northwest part of the state in Norman County.
  • The nonpartisan research staff did a survey of every single state.
  • We highly value the support of the state through the Great Start Compensation.
  • But I'm going to state it to ensure that our Points being made. Absolutely.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I’m the state policy lead for Move Minnesota Action.
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  • University Moorhead's Early Education Center.
  • </c><01:45:35.679><c> it</c> been removed but I'm going to State it been removed but I'm going to State
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Mar 3rd, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • those states are are seeing imminent budget deficits right now in their state budgets.
  • now, we're seeing school closures across the state.
  • that are all the states that have deficits, and all the states that have. surpluses, I really wonder
  • of Texas we're the 11th largest workforce in the state and we give the state 1.106 billion dollars in
  • At the state level, at the county level. At the state level, at the local level.
Bills: HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB22, HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB22
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 11th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • As you stated, this is Senate Bill 79 by Senator Mizell.
  • State regulation.
  • Are you seeing them spread out all over the state?
  • They're all out of state.
  • How many states?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • State Fire Departments the Minnesota State Fire Departments Association,<00:08:52.640><c> the</c><00:
  • </c> firefighters in the state of Minnesota. firefighters in the state of Minnesota.
  • </c> criminal record checks under state law. criminal record checks under state law.
  • Uh, please state your name for the record and begin your testimony.
  • ><c> what</c> examine what the state laws are, what examine what the state laws are, what they<00:44: