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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Last session, this committee voted out this exact same bill unanimously.
  • I've been on this committee for two sessions; I don't remember...
  • I hope you can see I don't have all the answers.
  • In the committee, my name is Randy Schofield.
  • Chairman and committee members.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice Apr 1st, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is a committee substitute. Chair sends up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1171.
  • There is a committee substitute. The Chair sends up a committee substitute for Senate Bill 1080.
  • Senator, thank you committee members.
  • So we do have a committee substitute? Senator Flores sends up the committee substitute.
  • The committee substitute represents language negotiated with the Financial Crimes Intelligence Committee
Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice convened to address pressing issues surrounding oil field crime and safety on Texas highways. The meeting was initiated by Chair Flores, who emphasized the need for improved tools to combat repeat offenders having committed intoxicated driving, alongside tackling oil field theft that has escalated due to organized criminal activities. The committee heard public testimonies and engaged with various stakeholders, including law enforcement and industry representatives, who highlighted the complexities and dangers associated with these crimes. Notably, a significant focus was placed on Senate Bill 1320, which aims to establish a dedicated unit within the Department of Public Safety to investigate and address thefts specific to the oil and gas industry. This initiative seeks to strengthen coordination among various law enforcement agencies and improve training for local officers to combat these sophisticated theft operations more effectively.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm not surprised; you know I'm on a few committees with you.
  • Chair, members of the committee.
  • Harper does for the committee.
  • Chairman and committee.
  • Okay, thank you, uh, Chairman, and committee members. Thank you.
Bills: HB2 , HB43 , HB49 , HB94 , HB137 , HB156 , HB200 , HB250 , HB3 , HB42
Committee: Senate Judiciary
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 17th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The committee is properly enrolled. H.R. is 14, 16, 18, respectfully submitted.
  • Charles Parish Committee of 250.
  • House bills on second reading, reported by committee.
  • Reports of committees. Commerce reports. Morning hour nine. Reports of committees.
  • Mears meets at 9 a.m. in Committee Room 2 and Insurance meets at 9 a.m. in Committee Room 3, and at this
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 2nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please excuse members of the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to attend a meeting of the committee.
  • consider pending referred committee business.
  • Members, please excuse members of the calendars committee to attend a meeting of the committee.
  • Members, please excuse members of the calendars committee to attend a meeting of the committee on motion
  • Further, the Committee on Natural Resources.
Bills: HJR138 , HB42 , HB 104 , HB 129 , HB677 , HB426 , HB668 , HB1699 , HB2017 , HB2128 , HB2038 , HB3783 , HB3717 , HB2316 , HB3686 , HB2563 , HB3883 , HB4021 , HB2788 , HB2663 , HB3305 , HB3173 , HB3474 , HB 1105 , HB3531 , HB3490 , HB3597 , HB 1295 , HB3512 , HB3010 , HB3112 , HB4215 , HB3223 , HB3464 , HB3120 , HB4214 , HB4511 , HB3704 , HB4081 , HB4783 , HB4063 , HB2783 , HB4937 , HB5085 , HB2510 , HB3426 , HB4361 , HB 1169 , HB2516 , HB2347 , HB4034 , HB4700 , HB3560 , HB5150 , HB3860 , HB3146 , HB3924 , HCR98 , HCR92 , HB1520 , HB1545 , HB5265 , HB1887 , HB1914 , HB2402 , HB2306 , HB2350 , HB3000 , HB3237 , HB3326 , HB3211 , HB 1056 , HB2081 , HB2187 , HB3092 , HB3308 , HB3526 , HB3750 , HB4219 , HB4230 , HB4290 , HB5238 , HB4804 , HB4749 , HB245 , HB1465 , HB294 , HB793 , HB809 , HB3928 , HB334 , HB2037 , HB1973 , HB285 , HB4341 , HB 1043 , HB 1234 , HB 1193 , HB1729 , HB2498 , HB1314 , HB1353 , HB3960 , HB3923 , HB2221 , HB2517 , HB2518 , HB2213 , HB5092 , HB3748 , HB5246 , HB4344 , HB1482 , HB4044 , HB2702 , HB4264 , HB2807 , HB2898 , HB3181 , HB3250 , HB2091 , HB2115 , HB2542 , HB2768 , HB3349 , HB4406 , HB1593 , HB1899 , HB3133 , HB3133 , HB4960 , HB3214 , HB2145 , HB 1201 , HB5061 , SB29 , SB879 , SB65 , SB1745 , SB412 , SB412 , SB1746 , SB1238 , SB1341 , SB522 , SB1532 , SB1378 , SB1062 , SB2066 , SB1963 , SB2204 , SB1366 , SB2077 , SB1967 , SB1151 , HB1618 , HB2156 , HB2615 , HB2615 , HB2349 , HB1926 , HB569 , HB1762 , HB38 , HJR138 , HB42 , HB 104 , HB 104 , HB 129 , HB677 , HB426 , HB668 , HB1699 , HB2017 , HB2128 , HB2038 , HB3783 , HB3717 , HB2316 , HB3686 , HB2563 , HB3883 , HB4021 , HB2788 , HB2663 , HB2663 , HB3305 , HB3173 , HB3474 , HB 1105 , HB3531 , HB3531 , HB3490 , HB3490 , HB3597 , HB 1295 , HB3512 , HB3010 , HB3112 , HB4215 , HB3223 , HB3223 , HB3464 , HB3120 , HB4214 , HB4511 , HB3704 , HB4081 , HB4783 , HB4063 , HB2783 , HB4937 , HB5085 , HB2510 , HB3426 , HB4361 , HB 1169 , HB2516 , HB2347 , HB4034 , HB4700 , HB3560 , HB5150 , HB3860 , HB3146 , HB3924 , HCR98 , HCR92
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, led the pledges, and approved a series of routine motions, including excusing absent members and granting permission for several committees to meet while the House was in session. Members also adopted several memorial and recognition resolutions, including H.R. 1023 honoring Christian Beerbill, H.R. 1033 recognizing International Bereaved Mother’s Day, and H.R. 877 recognizing Urban League Advocates Day. The House also recommitted SB 17 and HB 4211 to committee and postponed SCR 27 and HB 2145 for later consideration. The chamber then took up a long third-reading calendar of bills covering a wide range of topics, including Sunset review measures, health care workforce and pricing, child custody and family law, Medicaid, rural ambulance grants, energy reporting, public information requests, trail development, virtual meeting disruptions, occupational licensing, protective orders, county leave pools, animal cruelty, infrastructure, and higher education. Most bills were explained briefly by their authors and passed with broad support, though several drew notable opposition, including HB 5265, HB 2402, HB 3000, HB 3237, HB 3326, HB 1056, HB 281, HB 3308, HB 1043, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 294, HB 809, HB 334, HB 2037, HB 285, HB 1353, HB 3960, HB 4044, HB 4264, HB 2807, HB 3349, HB 4406, HB 1593, HB 1899, HB 1201, and others. Several bills prompted extended debate or amendments. HB 3237, extending public energy-use reporting for state and higher-education buildings, passed after questions about its public-sector-only scope and energy savings. HB 3326, addressing public service loan forgiveness credit for adjunct professors, initially failed on a 69-70 vote but later passed after verification and machine corrections. HB 3211, concerning optometrists in managed care plans, adopted a Buckley amendment before passing. HB 2213 on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board composition adopted a Metcalf amendment requiring certain board members to be Texas residents. HB 412, dealing with harmful materials and sexual performance of a child, generated extensive questioning about its scope, existing legal standards, and effects on educators and medical professionals; the excerpt ends during that debate.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • second reading, assignment and reassignment of bills and resolutions, bills, resolutions, conference committee
  • reports, and joint committee reports, and motions placing new business before the House.
  • Rules committee will be meeting today at 11:30, beginning at 11:30 through about 7 or 8 pm.
  • Members of the commerce and economic Development Committee, we will be meeting in 10 minutes.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 13th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House bills are reported by committee.
  • There were Senate committee amendments adopted. There were Senate committee amendments adopted.
  • Now we're going to be calling the House and governmental committees and the Senate governmental committees
  • Well, it was a House amendment in committee. It was a committee amendment. Oh, in committee. Yeah.
  • Privileged report from the Committee on Enrollment: The committee is properly enrolled in House Bill
Bills: HR275 , HR276 , HR277 , HR278 , HR279 , HR280 , HR281 , HR282 , HR283 , HR284 , HCR112 , HCR113 , HR265 , HR266 , HR267 , HR268 , HR269 , HR270 , HR271 , HR272 , HR273 , HCR107 , HCR108 , HCR109 , HCR110 , HCR111 , SCR63 , SCR66 , SCR67 , SB414 , SB484 , SB513 , HR168 , HR174 , HR194 , HR216 , HR264 , HCR54 , HCR74 , HCR79 , HCR85 , HCR87 , HCR94 , HCR95 , HCR97 , HCR98 , HCR104 , SCR23 , SCR29 , SCR33 , SCR38 , HB75 , HB705 , SB54 , SB56 , SB72 , SB79 , SB97 , SB105 , SB123 , SB125 , SB129 , SB163 , SB171 , SB252 , SB287 , SB375 , SB386 , SB461 , SB466 , HR84 , HR188 , HR205 , HR3 , HR197 , HR243 , SCR19 , SCR3 , SCR6 , SCR18 , SCR11 , SCR22 , SCR2 , SCR20 , SCR24 , SCR35 , HCR6 , HB301 , HB359 , HB657 , HB675 , HB680 , HB727 , HB39 , HB58 , HB112 , HB134 , HB155 , HB187 , HB287 , HB462 , HB782 , HB825 , HB846 , HB903 , HB904 , HB929 , HB941 , HB962 , HB1200 , HB4 , HB623 , HB944 , HB986 , HB1098 , HB1222 , SB45 , SB58 , SB71 , SB81 , SB92 , SB100 , SB109 , SB141 , SB156 , SB181 , SB203 , SB204 , SB205 , SB207 , SB213 , SB214 , SB216 , SB229 , SB257 , SB274 , SB290 , SB304 , SB374 , SB379 , SB396 , SB410 , SB425 , SB427 , SB429 , SB479 , SB522 , SB34 , SB164 , SB172 , SB198 , SB208 , SB232 , SB281 , SB286 , SB317 , SB322 , SB334 , SB380 , SB385 , SB409 , SB417 , SB421 , SB430 , SB439 , SB447 , SB458 , SB510 , HB842 , HB633 , HB1191 , HB625 , HB1255 , HB251 , HB582 , HB646 , HB819 , HB998 , HB1257 , SB197 , SB436 , SB78 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HB284 , HB302 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1240 , SB82 , SB89 , HB258 , SB149 , SB382 , SB441
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 2ND REVISED Apr 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Education Committee will come to order.
  • Bowe back to the Education Committee.
  • Thank you, Madam Chair and committee.
  • You, madam chair, thank you, committee.
  • If it pleases the Chair and the committee, I'd like to have Miss Yvonne share a few words with the committee
Committee: Senate Education
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Government Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Government Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, and thank you very much, committee.
  • I yield to questions and hope we can pass it. Member yields, do we have any questions?
  • Thank you, committee.
  • Thank you, committee, for your time.
  • I think I don't see Representative Blair, so we're down to committee members.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I hope you'll join me in voting yes. Further remarks.
  • It's a very efficient committee, and I appreciate that.
  • The committee amendment as amended is adopted.
  • However, I hope, Mr.
  • I'm choosing to vote this down and I hope you will too.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, committee. We’re going to skip around just a little bit.
  • Thank you, committee. Up next, we’re going to have Representative Miller with House Bill 4273.
  • Chairman, and members of the committee.
  • I would hope we see more, and I would hope we see more qualify for this grant in the future, these grant
  • Chairman and committee.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/24/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • But in this committee, I would suggest...
  • I first served on committee.
  • Chairperson, Senators, committee.
  • But good morning, the Chair and committee. But good morning, the Chair and committee.
  • Seeing no further business for the committee, this committee is adjourned.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 5th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • We strongly support Senate Bill 5400, and hope that you advance it out of committee for us and give us
  • Members of the committee, I'm Kimmy, staff to the committee.
  • We hope the committee will find value in allowing agriculture the opportunity to properly stakeholder
  • We hope the committee will find value in allowing agriculture the opportunity to properly stakeholder
  • So we hope, as a committee, if you move forward with the bill, that you will keep that 8 cents in place
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 4th, 2026

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and committee >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members. members. members.
  • </c><00:24:37.360><c> Something</c> committee, Mr. Chairman. Something committee, Mr. Chairman.
  • </c> important, I think, for the committee important, I think, for the committee and<00:36:45.440><c>
  • Chair and committee. &gt;&gt; Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee. Thank<00:38:52.880><c> you.
  • Thank you, committee.
Bills: SB8 , SB22 , SB137 , HB295 , HB2 , HB343 , HB220 , HB303 , HB81 , SB8 , SB22 , SB137 , HB295 , HB2 , HB343 , HB220 , HB303 , HB81
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am

Labor & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, members of the committee, I'm Susan Jones, committee staff.
  • , share with our external finance committee, share with our Workers' Comp Advisory Committee quarterly
  • Susan Jones, committee staff.
  • Madam Chair, members of the committee, again for the record, I'm Susan Jones, committee staff.
  • Madam Chair, members of the committee, again, I'm Susan Jones' committee staff.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think the one that Senator Bell has and several committee members that are on that uh committee at
  • I think the one that Senator Bell has and several committee members that are on that uh committee at
  • </c> on that and bring it back to committee on that and bring it back to committee next<00:20:18.799>
  • Chairman and committee.
  • I will vote for it to get out of<00:47:59.520><c> committee.</c> of committee. of committee.
Bills: HB63 , HB19 , HB80 , HB41 , HB20 , HB60 , HB100 , HB71 , HB91 , HB93 , HB63 , HB19 , HB80 , HB41 , HB20 , HB60 , HB100 , HB71 , HB91 , HB93
Committee: Senate Judiciary