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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works Mar 17th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • Stony the road we trod, bittered the chastening rod. Dr. Harry Blake was more than my pastor.
  • She loved the Cooper Road, which is now called the Martin Luther King community.
  • The Cooper Road area was annexed into Shreveport in the late 70s.
  • The Cooper Road is truly a community built on strength, resilience, and grace.
  • I still have flashback to 1996 in the state finals, high school finals for Malton Red Franklin.
Bills: HB129 , HB130 , HB854
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 17 and first took up House Bill 129, which would designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 173 as the Dr. Harry Blake Senior Memorial Highway. An amendment package was adopted that also added a separate designation for a portion of Louisiana Highway 3194 in Shreveport as the Virginia Green Evans Memorial Highway. Representative Walters described both honorees as important figures in civil rights and community service. HB 129 was then reported with amendments. The committee next considered House Bill 130, which redesignates the elevated portion of Interstate 220 in Caddo Parish as the American Legion Post No. 14 Memorial Bridge. Amendments were adopted to add “Memorial Bridge” to the name. Representative Walters spoke in support of honoring veterans, and HB 130 was reported with amendments. The committee then heard House Bill 854, a specialty license plate bill. Amendments added several schools, made technical changes, required OMV implementation when statutory and system requirements are met, removed a provision allowing OMV to retain $1 per annual fee, and redirected annual fees to the Louisiana chapters of the Alzheimer’s Association and the R. Tamney-Fleming Lupus Foundation. Members raised concerns about the growing number of specialty plates and OMV’s ability to produce them, but HB 854 was also reported with amendments. After the bills, the committee received an update on the proposed privatization of the Cameron Ferry Service. The Secretary said the process began with an unsolicited proposal from Laborde and a competitive solicitation that produced a qualified bid, and that negotiations would focus on service improvements rather than guaranteed cost savings. Members asked about costs, maintenance, fuel, staffing, and the impact on travel times if the ferry is out of service. The Secretary said the goal is to complete the process by the end of the fiscal year, around July 1. The committee then adopted the minutes from the listed 2025 regular session dates and adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome back, the Senate Committee on State Affairs will come to order.
  • Why wouldn't this exception for this company be applicable to another out of state?
  • permit, and you cannot at the same time hold a G permit in the state of Texas.
  • Louisiana, but I don't I don't hold any special privilege to any other state.
  • The Senate Committee on State Affairs stands in recess subject to call of the chair.
Bills: SB8 , SB650 , SB667 , SB779 , SB1349 , SB1355 , SB1378 , SB1585 , SB1721 , SB2312 , SB 8
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • Believes, but would you believe that the state vet's primary focus is animal health and disease?
  • State vet ensures that the food safety in Oklahoma as far as how animals are raised and that industry
  • Does the state vet Have any impact on deer farms and wildlife within the state of Oklahoma?
  • industry in the state of Oklahoma.
  • in the state Of Oklahoma.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 6th, 2026

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • , feed lots, dairies, cow-calf people, it's just really thinking... ...down the road on their behalf
  • Does the state vet, though, have any impact on deer farms and wildlife within the state of Oklahoma?
  • So the state vet is very, very important, and it's important to our agriculture industry in the state
  • Oh, commas. ...our agriculture industry in the state of Oklahoma.
  • mushroom of the state of Oklahoma.
Summary: The Agriculture Committee heard and advanced a series of bills focused on burn bans, poultry waste regulation, veterinary qualifications, wildlife, and land management. House Bill 3406, presented by Senator Hines, would make burn bans easier to declare when conditions warrant, require earlier review so bans do not linger unnecessarily, remove certain local fire departments from the decision process, and preserve a prescribed-burn exemption for farmers. After questions about the shortened ban period and the removal of local fire departments, the bill passed 12-0. House Bill 2975, presented by Senator Woods, was amended to restore contact information for poultry litter haulers and to streamline nutrient management plan amendments for poultry waste that is moved off-site and land-applied. Department of Agriculture testimony said the change would reduce duplication for producers who both export and land-apply litter while maintaining tracking of waste management. The bill passed 11-2. House Bill 3977, also by Senator Woods, would add food-animal and veterinary practice experience to the qualifications for the state veterinarian; members discussed whether wildlife experience should also be considered, but the bill passed unanimously 13-0. The committee also passed House Bill 3263, designating the morel mushroom as the state mushroom in honor of David Beyer, and House Bill 2988, which expands harmful woody species to include redberry juniper, ash juniper, and honey mesquite and broadens the Terry Peach North Canadian Watershed Restoration Act statewide. Members emphasized the impact of red cedars on water use and wildfire risk. House Bill 3404, a follow-up measure on prescribed burns, passed 12-0, and House Bill 1770, directing OSU and its veterinary college to conduct elk population studies in northwest Oklahoma, passed 10-2 after questions about cost and the role of Wildlife Department studies. The chair then adjourned the meeting.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Feb 17th, 2026

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • This year we're spending about 30% of our total media budget in-state versus 70% out of state.
  • This one is our state parks effort.
  • How does this square with, if public funds are being used to fund some of these agencies, how does that
  • fund attached to it?
  • Using state funds to make up a huge portion of that salary.
Bills: SB1307 , SB1425 , SB1826 , SB1365 , SB1696
Summary: The Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Committee heard a presentation from Tourism Director Amy Blackburn on the Oklahoma Tourism spring 2026 marketing campaign. She described the agency’s new advertising contractor, spending plans split between in-state and out-of-state markets, and campaign themes centered on Route 66, state parks, fishing, Western heritage, and spring travel. She said the campaign’s goal is to increase visitation, bookings, park revenue, and traffic to TravelOK.com, and noted the use of data tools to track marketing performance. The committee then considered several Senate bills. SB 1307, by Sen. Daniels, would remove language that could bar religious organizations from receiving neutral public benefits or grants; it passed 7-1 after questions about church-state concerns. SB 1425, also by Sen. Daniels, repealed an obsolete healthcare workforce assistance board/program and passed 9-0. SB 1826, by Sen. Reinhart, removed the sunset on the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act; members discussed reporting and oversight, and it passed 7-1. SB 1365, by Sen. Fricks, was amended to add an emergency clause and to raise from $25,000 to $75,000 the threshold for Tourism Department retail purchases exempt from the Central Purchasing Act, with testimony that it would help stock gift shops and support local vendors; it passed 8-0. SB 1696, by Sen. Coleman, created a Commerce Department grant program to help cities and counties recruit new residents through local incentives advertised on MakeMyMove.com; members raised concerns about sunsets, audits, and overlap with other incentives, and the bill passed 5-3.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Jan 19th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • By way of background, the early childhood education and assistance program, known as ECAP, is a state-funded
  • They're currently funded by other state funds that have been allotted for behavioral health work and
  • Yes, the total costs would be $4.2 million per year, of which $1.3 million are general fund state.
  • State tax revenues are deposited into the state general fund, while county taxes are distributed to the
  • In fact, Premera paid $76 million to the state general fund in 2025.
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 7th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas wants to make the state a home for these types of services and asset managers, providing a clear
  • Marcus Adams: There may be other oversight through other agencies at the state and federal level that
  • As part of a multi-state effort to Chairman Lambert: Adopt a modernized money services model law.
  • However, Chapter 154 of the Finance Code, which states that the Department of Banking shall regulate
  • fund.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • from the state of Tennessee.
  • Just looking at this one, mainly the intent of this is that the state funds will be used for the board
  • Most of the funds are coming from...
  • Then the State Board of Veterans...
  • We have twice the suicide rate, so we thought when the opioid funds came up, here’s opioid funds!
Bills: HB154 , HB153 , HB180 , SB70
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 26th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill will allow the state to provide state employees with access to weight loss medications without
  • may actually experience if the state were to move to a state cost share plan.
  • We may actually experience if the state were to move to a state cost share plan.
  • At this point, do we have this bill, do we have funding, any funding set aside to proceed with this project
  • support and a yes vote to fund SB 155.
Bills: SB25 , SB132 , SB155 , SB157 , SB202 , SB237 , SB250 , SB433
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Apr 6th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • agencies who are always interested in more funds.
  • I don't think these funds sit in a fund; usually, with quality jobs, it's a percentage of withholding
  • but creating a perpetual funding vehicle for any time the state purchases a property of $300 million
  • It was an act of the state of Oklahoma in furtherance of a compelling state interest that.
  • State and federal funds have nothing to do with your capacity to bond.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Apr 6th, 2026

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't think these funds sit in a fund. Usually... Senator Kurt, follow-up. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • I don't think these funds sit in a fund.
  • fixing the deficit for that one school, but creating a perpetual funding vehicle for any time the state
  • State and federal funds have nothing to do with your capacity to bond.
  • large state-made loss.
Summary: The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee considered several House bills dealing with tax credits, fee changes, school funding, and investment authority. House Bill 4426 extended the sunset on the SIDE tax credit to December 31, 2032, and passed 7-2. House Bill 3704 elected Oklahoma into the federal income tax credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations and passed 9-2. House Bill 4311 raised the unclaimed property division’s administrative fee from 4% to 6% to cover increased duties and costs; it passed 8-3 after debate over whether the increase was justified. House Bill 3044 reauthorized the veterans income tax checkoff and the associated capital improvement fund, and passed 10-0. House Bill 4191 revised the Smaller Employer Quality Jobs Act by lowering job thresholds, expanding qualifying locations and industries, and changing other eligibility rules; it passed 6-4. House Bill 3465 extended the emission tax credit sunset from July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2029 and passed 6-4, with opponents arguing it subsidized compliance with federal mandates. House Bill 3972, a title-off bill addressing ad valorem reimbursement issues tied to the state purchase of a prison, drew extensive debate over precedent and scope; an amendment to add a sunset failed 5-5, and the bill then passed 8-2 as amended.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works Apr 27th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • How are we going to fund those?
  • It takes years of planning, funding, and persistence.”
  • He was a United States Marine. Highway after Danny Dittalo. He was a United States Marine.
  • They have not received any funds from this license plate. So where do the funds go, I wonder?
  • the money into the scholarship fund that we're supporting.
Bills: HCR63 , HCR69 , SCR6 , SCR18 , SB2 , SB19 , SB24 , SB50 , SB70 , SB96 , SB101 , SB103 , SB104 , SB114 , SB122 , SB159 , SB160 , SB182 , SB412 , SB418 , SB460
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on Monday, April 27, with a quorum present and took up a series of Senate bills and one House concurrent resolution, most of them related to transportation infrastructure, memorial highway designations, and prestige license plates. Early action centered on Senate Bill 122, which would direct the Department of Transportation and Development to be more proactive about bridge maintenance, inspection, reporting, and public meetings on bridge conditions; the committee adopted a large amendment package before reporting the bill with amendments. The committee also reported favorably SCR 6 supporting an LNG facility at Port Fourchon and SCR 18 directing a study of commercial driver’s license privileges compared with neighboring states. Several bills designated memorial highways or bridges, including SB 50 for the Elwood T. Brady Jr. Memorial Bridge, SB 70 for the Officer Mark Brock Memorial Highway, SB 460 for the Hayden Lane Mangum Memorial Highway, SB 101 for the Daniel Edward Didillo Memorial Highway and Bill Blue Evans Memorial Highway, SB 160 for the Speaker Joe R. Salter Memorial Highway, SB 418 for the Dick and Jacques Schuford Memorial Highway, SB 103 for the Gladys Edwards Highway, SB 159 for the Surgeon Roelio Roy Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Highway, SB 182 for the Mayor Billy Cobb Memorial Highway, SB 104 for the Ernest J. Gaines Memorial Highway, and SB 2 for the Falcons Band Highway. The committee also approved SB 114 creating a prestige plate for the Foundation for Moral Law and SB 96 creating a Fallen Heroes prestige plate. One of the more substantive policy items was HCR 63, which creates a task force to study whether certain active-duty military personnel without civilian driver’s licenses should be allowed to operate federally owned vehicles on state highways; it was reported favorably after discussion of military training and licensing differences. Another major item was HCR 69, urging DOTD to improve Interstate 12 in Livingston Parish; the committee adopted amendments adding findings about flooding, drainage, and evacuation concerns, and then reported the resolution with amendments. The committee also considered SB 19 on the state employee retired prestige plate; after objections about whether proceeds should continue supporting LASERS, the bill was reported favorably by roll call vote, 13-1, with Representative Schamberhorn voting no.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 9th, 2026 at 09:04 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So currently, 32 states ban phones for most of the instructional day. 32 states ban phones for most of
  • This is the policy of the state.
  • I hit the road. So, and it wasn't any... Fortunately, I didn't hit that car. I hit the road.
  • It's my understanding that the fund has been used for funding gaps in some cases.
  • The fund has been used for funding gaps in some cases. So why isn't it being used for this? Mr.
Bills: SB23 , SB73 , SB210 , SB234 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 9th, 2026 at 08:33 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So they will receive funding.
  • We're a very vulnerable state, Mr.
  • Many of these challenges have been known for years, but as a state, not just PED, as a state, we have
  • We do have emergency funds.
  • road ahead.
Bills: SB23 , SB73 , SB210 , SB234 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Jan 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • That is based on a state law in a different state. I believe it's Colorado.
  • That is based on a state law in a different state. I believe it's Colorado.
  • We’re right next to a state park.
  • Curtis Steinhower, at the Washington State Association of Counties and the State Association of County
  • Again, Curtis Steiner, at the Washington State Association of Counties and the State Association of County
Committee: Senate Housing
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • to the state highway fund, 25% of that revenue goes to public education, and the remaining 25% goes to
  • the state highway fund, less 7.3 million which goes to the county. lateral road fund.
  • Cass County, for example, we get about $38,000 back in the lateral roads fund, but we're paying in at
  • This legislation makes no funding allocation changes; it simply exempts Texas counties from the state
  • I totally understand that the state needs to recoup funds, but obviously when we're not having to apply
Committee: Senate Finance
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it's the audit of the federal funds at a certain level that goes. To state government.
  • Third, the Attorney General serves on several state boards, including the Executive Committee, the State
  • from undispersed restitution funds.
  • state funds when suspected fraud occurs.
  • This is House File 2, which has to do with state grant agreements between the state and the grantee.
Bills: HF627 , HF474 , HF361 , HF1837
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, so it's the audit of the federal funds at a certain level that go through state government.
  • and state statutes our general<00:25:30.679><c> fund</c><00:25:31.120><c> budget</c><00:25:31.480><c
  • agencies to withhold payments to recipients of state funds when suspected fraud occurs.
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  • It has to do with state grant agreements between the state and the grantee.
Bills: HF627 , HF474 , HF361 , HF1837
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 17th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Does the state agents or state officers?
  • If you're on the roads, if you're in rural Alabama, if you're on the state, you may not see a state trooper
  • If you're on the roads, if you're in rural Alabama, if you're on the state, you may not see a state trooper
  • If you're on the roads, if you're in rural Alabama, if you're on the state, you may not see a state trooper
  • If you're on the roads, if you're in rural Alabama, if you're on the state, you may not see a state trooper
Bills: HB268 , SB279 , SB304 , SB303 , SB298 , HB268 , SB279 , SB304 , SB303 , SB298
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Opening Day Floor Session 01-21-2026 10:00am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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