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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • hospitals and entities across our state.
  • Speaker, that hospitals in Washington State are struggling.
  • If hospitals are creating state liability, the state should not step in and bail them out.
  • or any hospital in Washington state.
  • or any hospital in Washington state.
Summary: The House took up and passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5292, which modifies the paid family and medical leave program. Supporters said the bill uses an actuarial model to set rates and maintains a four-month reserve to improve program stability. It passed final passage 95-1. The House then considered Substitute Senate Bill 5841, dealing with completion of course and financial aid-related requirements. An amendment was adopted to add a financial aid calculator and require outreach to students who indicate they have completed a financial aid form, with supporters saying it would help students understand aid eligibility and access college opportunities. The bill then passed as amended, 92-4. The most extensive debate was on Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5981, concerning the 340B drug pricing program and contract pharmacy relationships. Members offered many amendments seeking to limit the bill’s scope, add transparency, or direct 340B savings toward patient care, low-income patients, rural areas, or charity care; most were rejected. Supporters argued the bill would help safety-net providers, hospitals, and FQHCs, while opponents warned it would mainly benefit large hospital systems, create administrative burdens, and likely face litigation. After the House adopted the committee amendment and rejected the floor amendments, the bill passed 67-30. The transcript then moved on to other business, including Senate messages and the start of debate on House Bill 2487 on taxes, with one technical amendment to clarify taxpayer definitions.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Jan 21st, 2026

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
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  • First, taking care of state government.
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  • </c> cost-saving bill, not only for state cost-saving bill, not only for state government,<00:09:47.839
  • Uh if we spread this cost the state.
Bills: HB136 , HB137 , HB220 , HB213 , HB256 , HB136 , HB137 , HB220 , HB213 , HB256
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Apr 15th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • States like Alaska... and New Mexico are already showing it's possible.
  • Thirty states already have programs like the Texas Future Fund.
  • So in my venture fund, it's a $50 million fund, and the state of New Mexico, their State Investment Council
  • We've got a lot of insurance work we need to do in this state.
  • In my area, it's all over the state of Texas.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Every state, Mr. Speaker, every state wants to do something like this, and they can't.
  • It is legal to brew in the United States and in the state of Oklahoma.
  • from neighboring states.
  • states certain exemptions, we want to make sure other states are granting those to us.
  • funds and the state entities.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Why are we implementing again another state oversight for homelessness in our state?
  • funding or state pass-through where the state has administration over the funds, is that a correct assessment
  • State-funded hospitals.
  • , a state-run, state-operated hospital, or a county jail or a prison.
  • It is all political subdivisions Of the state, all state agencies.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • And Lord, I just ask that you would watch over our great state.
  • I think that's part of our state constitution.
  • that are at every elementary school in the state.
  • of Oklahoma who already have a footprint across the state of Oklahoma.
  • Her son is in the hospital with a really high temperature.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Government Oversight Feb 26th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Government Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • As it stands today, you can leave the State of Oklahoma, if there's another state that allows these types
  • , but referring a child out of state.
  • entity that received state payer or, State tax dollars, no conversations, no access to, like we said
  • Now we're seeing states such as New York State, of all places, now stand up and protect children.
  • state.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • State Representative, we'll be a suci.
  • I am State Representative Theresa Martinez, LD-16.
  • Chairman, members, there are 31 states that have enacted state programs.
  • Shepherd members, there are 31 states that have enacted state programs.
  • state.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's the reason I'm stating that.
  • It's a hot issue across the United States. Florida and Tennessee just passed bills.
  • I think there are now something like 31 states... Tennessee just passed bills.
  • A number of states have banned this. It's banned throughout Europe.
  • And I was aware that there were still flights of gray wolf pups into the state.
Bills: SB1005 , SB1202 , SB1278 , SB1279 , SB1280 , SB1287
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Jan 28th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And there's, what, 32 transits in the state of Washington.
  • The State Route 165 Fairfax Bridge across the Carbon River.
  • A clear, accountable response when state infrastructure fails.
  • Yes, our national parks, State.
  • We can't get there because of state action.
Bills: HB2550 , HB2645 , HB2109 , HB2134 , HB2323
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Jan 21st, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The benefits also span across the entire state all the way to Spokane County.
  • We are a nonprofit working on transportation issues in the state.
  • No fiscal impact was identified by State Patrol or the Traffic Safety Commission.
  • So the definitions in state law... ...a federal statute that defines this?
  • Route 520 floating bridge, the State Route 99 tunnel, new sections of State Route 167 and State Route
Bills: HB2307 , HB2374 , HB2379 , HB1823 , HB2111
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 12th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • been a trade commission between Louisiana and Ireland that has brought a good bit of benefit to our state
  • trips to London and met with insurance executives that really make a lot of decisions that impact our state
  • They support it, and they have a new consul general that should be visiting our state capital within
  • They have a new consul general that should be visiting our state capital within the next week or so.
  • Senator Fessi attended a state dinner at a conference last summer, and the waiter spilled a glass of
Bills: HCR74 , HCR95 , HB705 , HB1048 , SCR23 , SCR31 , SCR38 , SB49 , SB233 , SB307 , SB326 , SB387 , SB401 , SB435 , SB495
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure Apr 22nd, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

Transcript Highlights:
  • But three months ago, the state Supreme Court ruled—our state Supreme Court ruled about two months ago—on
  • Because there are people that are upset all over the state for different reasons.
  • This one is strictly related to violations of our state False Claims Act.
  • custody or visitation is against public policy of the state of Louisiana.
  • law is manifestly contrary to the public policy of this state.
Bills: HR38 , HR96 , HR160 , HCR31 , HCR61 , HB578 , HB668 , HB1198 , SCR19 , SB66 , SB68 , SB76 , SB139 , SB336 , SB475
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • As stated, there are thousands of homeless veterans across the state of Arizona.
  • As stated, there are thousands of homeless veterans across the state of Arizona.
  • The state did this to begin with; the state should undo it so that they're free to go.
  • Other states have done it.
  • We had a president that shut down a United States pipeline, a United States pipeline.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House International Trade

International Trade

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, the state government and the federal government are still working on that project.
  • Right now, the state of Arizona and the state of Sonora are investing and upgrading the port in Guaymas
  • We know that the state government from Sonora wants to invest there to do it better.
  • We know that the state government from Sonora wants to invest there to do it better.
  • Canada is opening up a consulate office in the state of Arizona.
Bills: HB2746 , HB2751 , HB2752 , HB2753
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill keeps the discount here in Washington State for Washington hospitals, Washington clinics.
  • of hospitality employers across the state.
  • We have done research in the state of Washington comparing non-340B hospitals.
  • These are hospitals that pay local, state, and federal taxes compared to 340B hospitals.
  • Jails, prisons, state hospitals, things like that.
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 6th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She currently serves as a pediatric phone triage nurse with OU's Health Children's Hospital, and she
  • Doctorkip is also a sitting member of the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and not
  • And whereas the Oklahoma State Senate, acting on behalf of the great state of Oklahoma, takes great pleasure
  • My plans are to go to law school and attend Northeastern State University for my undergrad.
  • Our speaker tomorrow is Doctor Brett Carver from Oklahoma State University.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 17th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • impact on the state side?
  • Very quickly, as I stated, we're already One of the more regulated states in the nation.
  • You, as a child of a state employee I want to give a shout out to all the state employees.
  • There's no state requirement that people have to get emails from state agencies. Is that correct?
  • overcrowding in this state.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • They get to visit different districts in the state, they get to come to the state capitol, to go to the
  • A lot of those authorities are then passed down to the states, and this is how the state of Oklahoma
  • That relies on us as the state.
  • And I think this is a good opportunity that states, energy-producing states have taken over the last
  • This is no state impact; it is purely at the county level.