Video & Transcript Research : 'Transportation Code Section 541.302'

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LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Today is Tuesday, May 5th, and this is a hearing of the House Transportation Committee.
  • It strengthens the performance of Louisiana's transportation network, and we respectfully ask for your
  • Chairman, members, Senate Bill 115 by Senator Foyle provides for the Department of Transportation and
  • Representative Sawyer, for a briefing on the Code of Federal Regulations. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • Just to clarify, so the bill would actually not put everybody to the code as database flag...
Summary: The House Transportation Committee heard and advanced a wide range of transportation, public safety, and local infrastructure measures. Several bills dealt with port and commission appointments or authority, including SB 420 adding Vermilion and Iberia Parish representation to the Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway Commission, SB 69 aligning appointments to the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission with redistricting, SB 438 increasing per diem for the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, and SB 170 adding qualification and Senate confirmation requirements for Caddo-Bossier Port Commission members. The committee also approved SB 449 to give the New Orleans Public Belt more flexibility in procuring specialized materials, and SB 115 to allow DOTD to assume certain federal NEPA responsibilities to speed project delivery, with testimony emphasizing long permitting delays and the need for faster project completion. Members also advanced multiple safety and enforcement measures. SB 40 expanded move-over protections for emergency and disabled vehicles, SB 55 clarified proper seat belt use, SB 278 required ignition interlock devices for DUI-related license reinstatement, SB 489 authorized third-party verification of insurance coverage through license plate inquiries, and SB 133 updated commercial vehicle parking and autonomous vehicle oversight provisions. SB 151 would flag OMV records for people who owe DNA samples tied to CODIS matches or qualifying arrests/convictions, and SB 48 would create Louisiana-Ireland driver’s license reciprocity. Most of these bills were reported favorably after brief testimony, with support from law enforcement, AAA, OMV, and other stakeholders. The committee also considered several local resolutions and infrastructure studies. Rep. Dickerson’s resolutions on widening Highway 16, studying turn lanes on Highway 1024, and constructing a roundabout on Highway 1019 were all reported favorably. HCR 53 created a study committee on oversized vehicle permits with DOTD participation, HCR 60 asked DOTD to study I-12 and I-55 corridor improvements, and HR/HCR 170 and 68 sought federal funding to remove four closed bridges on US 90 in St. Tammany Parish. HR 191, as amended, requested a DOTD study of mountable median curbs on Range Avenue in Denham Springs. HB 762, amended to make certain OMV debt referrals permissive rather than mandatory, was reported favorably over some concern about debt collection impacts. HB 714, which would have addressed abandoned railroad lines, drew extensive debate over federal preemption, blight definitions, and whether a new commission was needed; the author ultimately moved to defer it, and the committee agreed. SB 330 on school-zone automated speed enforcement markings was amended to grandfather existing compliant pavement markings and rejected an amendment that would have exempted several cities from the law. The committee adjourned after reporting the remaining measures favorably and recognizing a departing staff member.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/07/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am dressed as such, but I wanted to take this chance because it talks about not transporting puppies
  • no state funds being used to transport any baby Mexican wolves.
  • Senate Bill 1078, amending section 39-121.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to public records.
  • Senate Bill 1107, amending section 38-884, 41-1822, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the Arizona
  • We don't have the power to impact tax code at the federal level. That has already been adopted.
Keywords: 1182, all
PA

Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session (Jun 30 2026)

Pennsylvania House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill provides for multiple different license plates and other transportation provisions.
  • There's actually a provision in the school code that would allow administrators, if they are changed
  • By putting this legislation into the public school code, we are involving the Department of Education
  • Act 27 of 2020 is landmark legislation in Pennsylvania that amended the state's game and wildlife code
  • House Bill 2681, House Bill 2683, and House Bill 2684, those three to Transportation.
Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized several guests, including a student advocate and family members connected to a resolution on scoliosis awareness. The chamber first took up committee reports from Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness, Tourism and Recreation and Economic Development, and later Appropriations, Rules, Commerce, and Environmental and Natural Resource Protection, agreeing to the reported bills and resolutions. House Resolution 531, designating June 2026 as Scoliosis Awareness Month, was adopted 201-1 after remarks describing the condition and the advocacy of a young constituent. The House also adopted resolutions designating Diaper Need Awareness Week, directing a study on PANS/PANDAS, recognizing 717 Day, Little League World Series Week, and commemorating America 250 in Pennsylvania, with broad bipartisan support. The House then considered several bills on final passage. House Bill 2146, updating the Sunshine Act’s 24-hour agenda notice rule after a court ruling, and Senate Bills 130, 511, 971, 972, 1181, and 1235 were agreed to. House Bill 1239, limiting HOA restrictions on rooftop solar, drew multiple amendments; some were withdrawn, and others failed on tied votes, after debate over HOA governance, native plants, and net metering. House Bill 2219, on license plates and transportation provisions, had an amendment agreed to removing indemnification language for elected officials at special events, and then passed as amended. House Bill 2558, banning non-compete agreements for broadcast workers, saw an amendment to preserve limited non-competes fail, and the bill passed. House Bill 2359, prohibiting government NDAs related to data centers, passed 171-31 after extensive debate over transparency and local control. The chamber also passed House Bill 2455, granting Pittsburgh school administrators collective bargaining rights, despite objections that existing appeal protections already exist; it passed 106-96. House Bill 2460, creating hunting and trapping education provisions, passed 180-22 after debate over whether it duplicated existing law and imposed a mandate. House Bill 2499, expanding the State Workers’ Insurance Fund’s equity investment authority, passed 173-29. House Bill 2529, scheduling metatomidine as a Schedule III controlled substance, passed 198-4 amid testimony about overdose risks and concerns about criminalization. Senate Bill 604, joining the Counseling Compact, passed 188-14, and Senate Bill 1259, clarifying parole record privilege and expanding notice to denied parole applicants, passed unanimously 202-0. The House then made referrals and committee assignments, signed the two Senate bills for presentation to the Governor, and adjourned until July 1, 2026.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 6, February 16, 2026-PM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section one gives Management Council some flexibility authority. I'm sorry, that's section two.
  • > the<00:35:02.160> various Section two goes into the various Section two goes into the
  • > into<00:40:37.760> major Section three we move into major Section three we move into
  • children's section on page 4 line seven. children's section on page 4 line seven.
  • provisions of the Wyoming election code. provisions of the Wyoming election code.
Keywords: 916, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The idea probably does touch throughout Title 45; the groundwater code is written all throughout, so
  • And there's, without recounting the whole evidentiary trail, all of those emissions under one section
  • of the Clean Air Act, which talks about transport... ...under one section of the Clean Air Act, which
  • talks about transport emissions, it basically left it to the discretion of whoever is running the EPA
  • who is now the head of the EPA, courageously changed the administrative position in that agency on transport
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • To implement the requirements of Section 94530, the Governor's budget includes $46.1 million for the
  • That will satisfy the requirement for the $50 million for that section.
  • To implement the requirements of Section 94540, the Governor's budget includes $227,000 in fiscal years
  • finally, for $325 million for public financing of energy transmission projects specified in bond Section
  • There are also entities like rail and transportation as well.
Summary: The hearing was an informational budget session on energy agency proposals, with no votes taken. Early discussion focused on Proposition 4 climate bond implementation, including funding for demand-side grid support, offshore wind development, and transmission financing. The Department of Finance said the budget includes allocations for demand-side grid support and offshore wind, but not yet for the $325 million transmission financing piece pending a required study. The Legislative Analyst’s Office urged the Legislature to consider whether to wait on offshore wind funding, whether to keep shifting funds into demand-side grid support, and how to direct future transmission financing. Members also raised concerns about local technical assistance for offshore wind, Salton Sea priorities, and the need for more information before final decisions. The California Energy Commission and CPUC then reviewed the broader energy package. The CEC highlighted the demand-side grid support program’s growth, distributed energy backup assets, long-duration storage, hydrogen grants, and the SIRP clean energy reliability program. CPUC testimony emphasized affordability, wildfire mitigation costs, rooftop solar cost shifts, and efforts to reduce rates while maintaining reliability and clean energy goals. Members questioned CPUC staffing, delays in proceedings, coordination with the CEC and CAISO, and the impact of rate increases on customers. The agencies also discussed the AB 3264 transmission financing study, with CPUC saying work on the study had already begun and was on track for the July 1 deadline. Several trailer bill and implementation items were also discussed. The committee reviewed a proposal to extend the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program surcharge, with members split over whether it should be handled in budget trailer bill language or policy legislation; the administration said the surcharge supports a critical program serving about three-quarters of a million Californians. The committee also heard a CPUC data-sharing proposal to allow nondisclosure agreements for transmission and reliability data, which members generally supported as a technical fix. DWR explained a proposal to clarify language for the Electricity Supply Strategic Reliability Reserve so it can potentially sell three gas-fired units it owns, and the CEC presented a federal transmission grant proposal tied to grid-enhancing technologies and ratepayer cost recovery. Finally, the committee discussed California Lifeline and possible broadband pilot reforms in light of uncertainty around federal Universal Service Fund support, with CPUC saying it is exploring a statewide standalone broadband option for eligible customers.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Juvenile Justice Apr 7th, 2025

S/C on Juvenile Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • So my first suggestion would be to include a provision as Section 1 that would amend the Code of Criminal
  • Could we run through again the section numbers? Witness: Sure.
  • one, section three, section eight, section nine and section 10.
  • Chief Rosie Medina: Next, Section 51.24 which addresses solitary confinement.
  • Section 1 ensures that those who commit a felony after being...
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I also struck the sections related to nonpublic competitor data that caused some confusion.
  • If I could just take you to the language in Section 1, the first new Section 167-29, subdivision A: if
  • Currently, for users, so that's in Section 2, the users would have to know or should have known.
  • in Section 2 of the bill.
  • So I know we started with French fries. ...in combination with Section 2 of the bill.
Summary: The committee heard several bills and took up multiple votes. AB 576, dealing with updates to California’s charitable fundraising platform registry after AB 488, was presented as a technical fix to help charities and platforms more quickly update eligible listings; there was no opposition testimony, and the measure was later moved on a due pass basis. AB 1160, on law enforcement drone programs, was presented with proposed amendments requiring U.S.-based data storage and limits on sharing or selling collected data; supporters said it would protect sensitive drone-collected information while preserving affordable drone use, while there was no opposition testimony, and it was also later passed out on a due pass as amended basis. AB 75, which would require insurers to give notice before collecting aerial images of homes and provide homeowners access to those images, drew support from the Department of Insurance and consumer advocates, while insurers opposed it unless amended, arguing aerial imaging is a cost-saving inspection tool and that the bill could worsen availability and affordability; the bill was moved to Appropriations on a due pass basis, with the roll held open for absent members. The committee spent the most time on AB 325, which would address algorithmic price-fixing and collusion. The author and supporters argued that competitors using the same pricing software or algorithm to set prices can function as collusion even when the agreement is hidden behind code, and cited examples involving housing, frozen potatoes, gas pricing, and other industries. Opponents, including apartment, business, hospital, retail, chamber, and tech groups, said the bill was too broad, could sweep in lawful software and public-data market research, and might chill legitimate pricing tools, especially for small businesses and housing providers. Committee members raised concerns about clarity, intent standards, and whether the bill should focus more narrowly on nonpublic competitor data; despite those concerns, AB 325 was moved to Appropriations on a due pass basis, with the roll held open. Later, AB 1221 was presented as a workplace surveillance bill that would prohibit certain invasive or discriminatory surveillance tools, require notice to workers, limit sharing of worker data, and require corroborating evidence before discipline based on surveillance outputs. Labor and consumer groups supported the bill, saying modern surveillance technologies can track speech, movement, emotion, and other sensitive traits and can be biased or abusive. The Security Industry Association opposed it, warning that the bill’s broad definitions could restrict legitimate security systems, emergency sharing with first responders, and employer responses to misconduct or unsafe behavior. The transcript cuts off before any final vote on AB 1221 is shown.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee May 14th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 2608, Patterson, transportation fuels assessment, held in committee.
  • AB 2608, Patterson, transportation fuels assessment, held in committee. Are you ready, Ms.
  • AB 2560, Schultz, climate action plan for transportation infrastructure, do pass.
  • AB 2246, Wicks, age-appropriate design code, do pass. That's out on an A roll call.
  • AB 2788, Committee on Transportation, transportation omnibus bill, do pass.
Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held a suspense-file hearing on May 14, 2026, reviewing hundreds of Assembly bills and a few committee bills. The chair opened by explaining the committee’s budget constraints and the factors used in suspense decisions, including fiscal impact, return on investment, effects on constituents, and protection of the state’s social safety net. The agenda was organized alphabetically by author, and the committee noted that results would be posted later that day online. The committee then acted on a very large number of measures, sending many bills to the Assembly floor on do pass or do pass as amended motions, while holding many others in committee. Topics covered a broad range of policy areas, including housing, health care, education, labor, public safety, wildfire mitigation, water, energy, transportation, cannabis, immigration, and state governance. Many bills were amended to narrow scope, make implementation contingent on appropriations or existing resources, remove provisions, or clarify agency responsibilities; several bills were held without further action. Among the notable actions, the committee advanced bills on items such as Medi-Cal services, child care, wildfire-related programs, housing financing, school and college issues, public safety and criminal justice, environmental and energy policy, and various consumer and business regulations. Some measures were sent out on A or B roll calls, with Republicans often not voting on amended bills. The hearing concluded after the committee reported that a large number of bills had been moved to the Assembly floor, either as do pass or do pass with amendments, and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 14th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We trace informed consent back to the Nuremberg Code of 1947.
  • We trace informed consent back to the Nuremberg Code of 1947, which really focused on having sufficient
  • I think the language in section three is very definitive, as it should be.
  • 264 of the Code, expands a list of parties, and ensures timely notification.
  • Vice Chair Perry, I hear that you laid out my House Bill 2003 in transportation, and I appreciate you
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of health and human services bills and left each one pending after public testimony. HB 4655 would expand financial literacy instruction for youth aging out of foster care to include credit scores, predatory lending, scams, banking, budgeting, and related consumer topics; the sponsor and Buckner International described the need to protect foster youth from financial pitfalls. HB 923 would add three public members and one physician to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel; supporters said it would improve informed consent and patient voice, while a witness raised concerns about a House amendment requiring a physician majority for decisions and senators questioned scope-of-practice limits. HHSC said the panel is an independent body and the bill expressly bars it from changing scope of practice.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Agriculture and Water Management Committee Mar 31st, 2026 at 09:30 am

Agriculture and Water Management Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The fund was created in North Dakota Century Code 4.1-01-21.1.
  • 61-28-04 and the North Dakota Administrative Code 33.1-16-02.1.
  • Also, under North Dakota law, there is a right-of-way on any section line, and this was on a section
  • under Section 12.2.
  • under Section 12.2.
Keywords: 908, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Mon Jan 12, 2026 @ 1:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords: 910, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (01/21/2026)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • section two opioid abatement trust fun. section two opioid abatement trust fun.
  • center because of transportation issues. center because of transportation issues.
  • MRF codes or code types are obscure and inadequate for identifying items or services.
  • MRF codes or code types are obscure and inadequate for identifying items or services.
  • >> Section one, Roman two, line six. >> Section one, Roman two, line six.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, February 9, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 301 makes important changes for manufactured housing.
  • burdens like the ones created by section burdens like the ones created by section 3<03:48:36.720
  • <03:48:45.680> Section<03:48:46.239> 301 promote home ownership.
  • Section 301 promote home ownership.
  • transportation, not a permanent feature. transportation, not a permanent feature.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-AM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section House rule number three adopted.
  • These will be consistent with what code.
  • So, if you just read the bill, we go into one section of law and then we go into the other section of
  • > law<01:26:33.040> and go into the other section of law and go into the other section
  • And it talks about, notwithstanding Article 3, Section 36, or Article 16, Sections 1, 2, and 6 of the
Keywords: 916, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Mon Jan 5, 2025 @ 1:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:02:29.440> required section 30-6, we're statutoily required section 30-6, we're statutoily
  • <00:07:50.639> um Transportation is planning on um Transportation is planning on um widening
  • It's there by mass transportation, and most of the employment is in town anyway.
  • <00:15:31.600> Our facility somewhat up to code. Our facility somewhat up to code.
  • That doesn't include the transportation cost.
Keywords: 910, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Louis Costa with the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers,
  • SMART Transportation Division, in support.
  • This bill doesn't alter the Evidence Code. This bill doesn't apply to criminal investigations.
  • Louis Costa with the sheet metal air rail and transportation workers.
  • Louis Costa with the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Transportation Division, Smart-TD
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement met for its first hearing of the session, adopted committee rules, and heard several labor-related bills. The chair reviewed hearing procedures, including limits on testimony and expectations for orderly conduct. Members then took up measures affecting public employee bargaining, contracting, confidentiality, school employee benefits, pay stub information, and state correctional health staffing. AB 672 would require public employers to notify PERB when filing court actions involving statutes PERB administers and allow PERB to intervene; it drew support from SEIU, AFSCME, school employees, labor groups, and no opposition, and was passed out of committee. AB 283 would move IHSS bargaining from the county to the state level; providers and recipients testified about low wages, long delays in bargaining, and care access concerns, while counties and public authorities raised cost, scope, and implementation issues. The bill passed 7-0 after members discussed family care worker concerns and the author said he would continue working on the issue. AB 339 would require local governments to give unions 120 days’ notice before contracting out bargaining-unit work. Labor supporters said the bill would make existing meet-and-confer rights meaningful and protect jobs, while counties, cities, special districts, chambers of commerce, and staffing groups argued it would burden local agencies and interfere with existing MMBA procedures. The committee also heard AB 340, which would make communications between employees and union representatives confidential for PERB purposes; supporters said it codified existing case law, while school administrators, special districts, counties, and business groups warned it could hinder investigations. AB 378 would extend the classified school employees summer assistance program to JPA employees, and AB 374 would require more detailed pay stubs for classified school employees; both had labor support and some education-sector opposition over implementation and cost concerns, and both advanced. AB 393 would require cost analyses before contracting out physician work at CDCR and the Department of State Hospitals; supporters argued the state was overpaying contractors amid high vacancy rates, and the bill also advanced. At the end of the hearing, the committee recorded final votes showing AB 283, AB 340, AB 374, AB 378, AB 393, and AB 672 all passing out of committee, while AB 339 remained on hold with a 4-0 vote and some members not voting.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 5, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:07:46.119> with the Department of Transportation with the Department of Transportation
  • title requirements in article 3 section title requirements in article 3 section 14<02:07:47.400>
  • So I recommend that we remove section one from the bill and remove the change made to section 11-371,
  • So I recommend that we remove section one from the bill and remove the change made to section 11-371,
  • So I recommend that we remove section one from the bill and remove the change made to section 11-371,
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 1324, which would require the Judiciary to contract for legal services for residential tenants in landlord-tenant disputes and allow attorneys, paralegals, and law students to provide those services, with an appropriation. The Department of the Attorney General recommended removing reference to Hawaii Public Housing Authority tenants because HPHA eviction proceedings are administrative and could conflict with the bill. Hawaii Appleseed and other testifiers strongly supported the measure, citing studies showing much higher tenant retention when counsel is available, and suggested adding notice of the right to counsel at key points such as rent increases, eviction notices, and lease signing. The committee adopted amendments, including the Attorney General’s suggested change and a technical amendment, and passed the bill out with a recommendation to move it forward; members voted aye, with one member voting with reservations and several excused. The committee then heard House Bill 126 on property forfeiture, which would increase transparency and accountability in civil asset forfeiture by clarifying covered property, changing disposition rules, and removing language requiring liberal construction of the forfeiture act. The Attorney General said forfeiture remains an important law enforcement tool and that the bill would not impair its use. The Office of the Public Defender supported the measure but argued civil forfeiture is broadly problematic because many people cannot meaningfully challenge it and are not entitled to counsel. Honolulu Police Department opposed the bill, saying forfeiture is useful in fighting illegal activity and that added procedures would delay enforcement and reduce operational funding from forfeiture proceeds. Community Alliance on Prisons, the Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and other supporters urged reform or abolition of civil forfeiture, citing transparency concerns and the risk of abuse. No vote on HB 126 was taken in the portion provided. The final measure discussed was House Bill 166, which would require the state to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees in certain civil actions, allow employees to hire their own counsel at their own expense, and set a process for the Attorney General to transfer or withdraw representation if the state declines to defend. Testimony from the Hawaii Association for Justice and labor representatives was in strong support, describing the bill as a negotiated clarification that balances employee protections with accountability and noting it had passed previously but died in conference. The transcript cuts off before any committee action on HB 166.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Election Laws Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Election Laws

Transcript Highlights:
  • Transportation, of course, is an issue if a person has to go to another location to be able to rectify
  • so ...to the Legislature on any activities under the sections.
  • is understood to be a stronger predictor of health than their genetic code.
  • I was appointed to the town's transportation committee and began contributing to the town's transportation
  • Since then, I've been involved a lot in transportation, but also in everything else from housing and
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Election Laws held a hearing on a wide range of voting-access and election-administration bills. The largest portion of testimony focused on same-day voter registration (H. 834/S. 505), with support from Rep. Gentile, Boston and Chelsea officials, civic groups, and election administrators from Maine and Vermont. Supporters argued that same-day registration would help eligible voters who move frequently, miss deadlines, or face administrative errors, and would reduce rejected provisional ballots. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Vermont elections director Sean Sheehan testified that same-day registration has worked in their states without major administrative problems and has helped increase turnout. A Boston-based panel also described high rejection rates for provisional ballots and the burden of registration cutoffs on renters, students, immigrants, and low-income voters. A second major topic was restoration of voting rights for incarcerated people, including S. 524 and related House bills. The committee heard extensive virtual testimony from incarcerated individuals at MCI Norfolk and MCI Shirley, who said voting should be restored as part of rehabilitation, civic engagement, and reintegration. They described disenfranchisement as dehumanizing and argued that voting would help maintain family and community ties, reduce recidivism, and give incarcerated people a voice on laws affecting prisons and reentry. Rep. Erica Uyterhoeven also testified in support, saying the bill would restore municipal voting rights for incarcerated residents and align with broader efforts to expand political participation. The committee also heard testimony on bills affecting election administration and access, including a proposal to reduce or eliminate mandated early in-person voting in primaries and shorten the general-election early voting period, with supporters from the town clerks’ community arguing that low usage, staffing burdens, and costs justify the change. Opponents warned that reducing in-person early voting could hurt voters who do not use mail ballots and could disproportionately affect communities of color. Other bills discussed included decoupling the municipal census from voter registration, requiring periodic accessibility inspections of polling places, and a Somerville home-rule petition on non-citizen municipal voting and another on lowering the voting age in municipal elections. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-AM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The viability standard is a reason which satisfies the reasonability part of Section C, Article 1, Section
  • <00:44:25.839> Uh section C article 1 section 38. Uh section C article 1 section 38.
  • pharmacists have a code of ethics. pharmacists have a code of ethics.
  • These bullying, and modest dress codes.
  • and then some districts have dress codes and then some districts have dress codes that<01:19:26.480
Keywords: 916, all