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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 14th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • office, always work with the House of Representatives, work with you know the different economic development
  • Do you know how many school districts that's going into? Thank you for the question.
  • The district court judges received 7% and in 2026, all appellate and supreme judges received 7%.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Special Session 2026 May 8th, 2026

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • because your district for your district because your district encompasses<00:25:47.760> parts
  • They drew opportunity districts in that district.
  • I said I believe that the district lines are more, uh, developed and should be more developed along economic
  • District 7. District 7.
  • . district. district.
Keywords: 920, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 35 senators. The journal was adopted without objection, absent senators were excused, and there were no house messages, committee reports, motions, or resolutions before the first bill was called. The main item of business was House Bill 1, described as a conditional measure to set a process for electing U.S. House candidates in Alabama’s congressional districts 1, 2, 6, and 7 if a federal court order lifts current injunctions. The sponsor said the bill would only take effect if the court order is issued and would allow quick compliance with federal rulings. Debate centered on whether the bill was truly responsive to the court or instead an attempt at mid-decade redistricting; opponents argued it would violate Alabama’s constitutional limits on elections and ignore the court’s redistricting orders, while supporters said they were trying to comply with the court and that the issue was partisan rather than personal. Much of the discussion focused on Allen v. Milligan, the Voting Rights Act, and the meaning of the court’s injunctions. One senator argued the bill would dilute Black voting strength and was being driven by national Republican politics, while the sponsor and others insisted the legislature was acting only conditionally and that the court had not ordered the specific action being debated. The exchange became lengthy and contentious, but no final vote or other action on HB1 was taken in the portion provided.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Insurance Committee May 28th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Most of the Fair Plan policyholders in my district—my constituents—actually pay a lot more for less coverage
  • And I think my district has probably been hit the hardest, representing 11 counties that are very forested
  • We're using the Fair Plan product for homes that will not burn, we think, the master plan communities
Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee held an oversight hearing on the California Fair Plan, focused on the plan’s rapid growth, its financial stability after the January Southern California wildfires, and its role as the insurer of last resort. Fair Plan officials explained that the plan was created in 1968, is a not-for-profit involuntary association of licensed property insurers, and is intended to be a temporary safety net until policyholders can return to the admitted market. They emphasized that the plan is not a state agency or taxpayer-funded, but is regulated by the Department of Insurance and supported by member-company assessments if claims exceed available funds. Victoria Roach and Armand Feliciano said the Fair Plan has grown sharply since 2018 and especially after market pullbacks by major insurers, reaching about 575,000 policies and roughly $600 billion in exposure by spring 2025. They noted that growth is increasingly occurring in lower wildfire-risk areas, where the plan can sometimes be cheaper than the voluntary market, and said this undermines depopulation back into the private market. They also discussed recent policy expansions, including coverage for farms, higher residential and commercial limits, and pending or proposed changes such as AB 290, SB 525, and AB 226, which would add tools like a line of credit and bond access. A major portion of the hearing addressed the January wildfire losses and the plan’s financial response. Fair Plan officials said they assessed member insurers for $1 billion after determining claims and cash flow would exceed available resources, and that the process was approved quickly and paid smoothly, with more than 80% of the assessment collected within 10 days. They also described the reinsurance tower, the plan’s limited surplus, and the need for actuarially sound rates to reduce future reliance on assessments. On claims handling, they said the plan has received over 5,500 claims from the fires, has paid more than $2.9 billion so far, expects total payments near $4 billion, and has focused on advancing payments quickly for total losses and other urgent needs. Members questioned the plan’s solvency, the growth in non-wildfire areas, claim denials, smoke-loss coverage, and how depopulation works. Roach said most closed claims without payment were duplicates rather than denials, and that smoke claims require direct physical loss under the policy, with coverage determined case by case. Public commenters from the California Building Industry Association and the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of California said the Fair Plan’s growth reflects a weak voluntary market, inadequate rates, and insurer fear of future assessments, and urged support for rate increases and AB 226. The hearing concluded with no vote, but with a commitment from Fair Plan officials to follow up on unanswered questions and continue providing more transparency through public data and website disclosures.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 27th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • What you may have experienced in your district does not occur statewide.
  • You're doing a lot for your district and in Plaquemines with this piece.
  • It could vary a lot from district to district, too.
  • It could vary a lot from district to district too.
  • I know the day before my last first day in the It could vary a lot from district to district, too.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • There was a terrible situation in my district related to some extreme child sexual abuse.
  • There was a terrible situation in my district related to some extreme child sexual abuse.
  • And so in my district, I have had unfortunately a couple of instances where people have gone after city
  • And so in my district, I have had unfortunately a couple of instances where people have gone after city
  • Trey has family members who live in Walker County and in my district who reached out and asked me to
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 1st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm lucky to have several ports located in the district that I represent.
  • governed by elected, by elected boards have a huge economic impact in Texas, but especially in my district
  • I'm also the council member for District 6, the chairman of transportation.
  • They put $2 million into the district, and that's why you see no fiscal note.
  • one of the major things that everybody in your district see every day and ride on or work on.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Silver with the Texas Medical Association here from our district to testify in support of the bill.
  • I'm lucky to have a nurse practitioner in a large part of my district.
  • And in Senator Sparks' district, we combine to be 92 counties.
  • Every LMHA has a governing board appointed by counties, hospital districts, cities, and school districts
  • Well, we had feedback from some of our most rural districts that were concerned about...
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 2891 brings together the existing 15 state agencies and organizations workforce development into one
  • Texas' commercial stake in intellectual property development.
  • This is a difficult commercial property to try and develop on its own, right?
  • It's because we need to do that drug development work. Thank you. being here.
  • For example, district judges as well as attorneys representing parents in these hearings.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 7th, 2026 at 12:35 pm

House Consumer & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Such incarceration does little to enhance children's cognitive and social development.
  • If their brains are still developing, I think it’s up to 25 or something for males.
  • Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have automatic charging provisions.
  • I mean, it's just, and close to where my district lies.
  • Close to where my district lies.
Keywords: 996, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming

Transcript Highlights:
  • , this business development, you know, The MWRA water, this housing development, this business development
  • But I'm wondering how that $50,000 for two years was developed.
  • When we're thinking about development, we also need to be fair.
  • When we're thinking about development, When we're thinking about development, we also need to be fair
  • He's the master of finding large old trees and then measuring them.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee held a hearing on natural and working lands, carbon sequestration, and related provisions in Governor Healey’s $3 billion Mass Ready Act. EEA officials described the bill’s investments in flooding, land protection, tree planting, wetlands restoration, biodiversity, dams, seawalls, and coastal resilience, along with permitting reforms intended to speed ecological restoration projects. They also outlined current programs on resilient lands, healthy soils, forest climate solutions, forest reserves, and urban tree planting, and said the administration expects natural and working lands to offset up to 7 million metric tons of residual emissions by 2050, while acknowledging that additional strategies will be needed to close the gap to the state’s 10-million-ton offset target. Committee members pressed EEA on the cost of reaching the 30% conservation-by-2030 goal, the loss of a federal USDA grant of about $22 million, the adequacy of current sequestration estimates, and whether the state should consider regional approaches or statutory changes. EEA said current state conservation spending has been about $35 million to $40 million annually, that the Mass Ready Act is intended to help double the pace of conservation, and that federal funding remains uncertain. Senators also raised concerns about PILOT payments for state-owned land, the management of state forests, and the proposed Chapter 91 general license for restoration projects. EEA said the bill’s forest reserve language is meant to create a more durable designation process while still allowing limited active management. Advocates from The Nature Conservancy and Mass Audubon supported stronger investment in land conservation and restoration, saying natural and working lands are a cost-effective climate strategy that also provides biodiversity, water quality, and public health benefits. They urged passage of legislation to increase funding, improve PILOT equity, and strengthen land-use planning and mitigation requirements. They also backed removing Chapter 91 licensing requirements for ecological restoration, arguing that the current process adds cost and delay. In a later panel, a forest scientist and an urban forestry advocate emphasized the carbon and cooling benefits of mature trees, called for greater protection of older forests, and supported bills to expand municipal reforestation and modernize public shade tree law. No votes were taken during the hearing.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 1st, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And you referred to any stage of development. We had this last year. You added carried in the womb.
  • At the time, you mentioned one specific school district that had this issue arise.
  • But we are not like the gods and masters of our children.
  • . on CRAs for their economic development.
  • It just don't play out like that in the district that I represent. Thank you, Senator Osgood.
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard Senate Bill 1272 on guardianship, which would limit a guardian’s ability to isolate an adult ward from family and require notice of major events such as a ward’s death or relocation to a more restrictive setting. Senator Jones and supportive speakers said the bill was intended to protect wards from abuse and isolation by bad actors, while still preserving good-faith guardianship. With no opposition testimony or debate, the committee voted 8-0 to report the bill favorably. The committee then considered CS for Senate Bill 1284, which would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow civil claims for the death of an unborn child. An amendment was adopted to define “unborn child” as a member of the species Homo sapiens carried in the womb and to state that the act does not authorize claims against the mother or against health care providers acting within the lawful standard of care. The bill drew extensive debate and testimony. Supporters argued it would give parents parity and fuller damages, including economic losses and mental anguish, when negligence causes the death of an unborn child. Opponents, including the ACLU, medical professionals, and reproductive rights advocates, warned it could be used to target abortion care, increase malpractice exposure, worsen physician shortages, and create speculative damages. The committee approved the bill 6-4. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 1288 on parental rights, with a strike-all amendment that would strengthen parental control over minors’ medical decisions, surveys, and biofeedback devices, while adding exceptions for emergencies, court orders, certain legal statuses, and situations involving abuse or out-of-home placement. Supporters said the measure restores parents as primary decision-makers and protects children from inappropriate questioning or treatment without consent. Opponents argued it could block minors from confidential care for STIs, mental health, or abuse-related issues, and could chill school and medical screenings. The transcript ends during testimony and debate on this bill, before any final vote is shown.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • I was thinking about Representative Fischer's district the other day.
  • :43.640> the representative Fischer's district the representative Fischer's district the other
  • <00:20:58.920> just for a tax base stretch district just for a tax base stretch district just
  • representative Frederick's district. representative Frederick's district.
  • It was district court judges. It was corrections officers. It was human services.
Keywords: 1183, house
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education. (2-4-26)

Primary and Secondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • House District 29 in Jefferson County. House District 29 in Jefferson County.
  • I represent House District 53.
  • <00:47:48.560> to<00:47:48.800> develop<00:47:49.119> the allow the local districts
  • to develop the allow the local districts to develop the questions<00:47:49.839> and<00:47:50.079
  • Thank you very much. great school districts, Bowling Green great school districts, Bowling Green and<
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 44, sponsored by Representative Chris Lewis, which would create a robotics program trust fund and a robotics funding selection committee through the Kentucky Department of Education. Supporters, including Kentucky First Robotics executive director Kelly Gowen and students from Whitfield Academy, said the bill would expand hands-on robotics education in high schools, connect students to manufacturing and engineering careers, and help meet workforce needs. The proposal would fund grants for coach stipends, competition fees, kits, supplies, and related expenses, and Lewis requested a one-time $500,000 appropriation along with private contributions from manufacturers. The students demonstrated their robot and described how robotics programs teach coding, design, manufacturing, and competition skills. The committee took no questions and approved HB 44 with a favorable expression of opinion for passage on the House floor. The committee then considered House Bill 253, sponsored by Representative James Tipton, which would phase out the use of three-cueing reading instruction and require greater alignment with the science of reading. Tipton said the bill builds on the 2022 Read to Succeed law and would prohibit three cueing in public schools by the 2029-2030 school year, while also barring public university teacher prep programs from teaching it beginning in 2027-2028. He and Kentucky Department of Education officials said the bill is intended to shift instruction toward phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, and to expand professional learning for teachers through LETRS and other options. KDE testified that enforcement would focus on support rather than punishment, using literacy coaches, regional support staff, and MTSS specialists to help districts transition. Members discussed the bill’s delayed implementation, the evidence against three cueing, and whether reading recovery should be excluded from approved interventions. Supporters cited studies and brain research they said show three cueing can hurt later reading performance, while several members emphasized the need for teacher flexibility and support. Representative Jackson noted Kentucky’s 2025 NAEP third-grade reading ranking of fourth in the nation as evidence that current efforts are helping. Representative Truett and others raised concerns about how the bill would affect classroom practice and intervention strategies, and Tipton and KDE said the goal is to align instruction with evidence-based methods rather than punish educators. The transcript ends during continued discussion of reading recovery and related instructional approaches, with no final vote on HB 253 shown in the excerpt.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • I promulgated budget priorities that led to the federal government doubling research and development
  • The first Trump administration's AI initiative emphasized NIST's role in developing basic measurement
  • Under President Biden, NIST used authorities granted by the AI Initiative Act to develop standards for
  • In which he directed OSTP to develop an AI action plan.
  • If confirmed, will you commit to funding research and development?
Summary: The meeting of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation featured significant discussions regarding technological advancements and their implications for the future. Notably, nominations were made for key positions in the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Federal Trade Commission. Committee members expressed the importance of leading in emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing, emphasizing that the pace of innovation is crucial for maintaining the United States' global position as a leader in technology. The discussions also highlighted the role of the FTC in protecting consumers from deceptive business practices and ensuring fair competition in the marketplace. Attendees underscored the urgency of advancing research and development in areas such as quantum computing, as evidenced by a demonstration of a new quantum chip anticipated to redefine computing capabilities across industries. Various members engaged in vibrant exchanges, showing support for initiatives aimed at bolstering innovation through public and private collaboration. Overall, the meeting set a strong agenda for pursuing future science and technology policies that ensure the U.S. remains at the forefront of global advancements.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Judiciary Apr 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • And you referred to any stage of development. We had this last year.
  • And you referred to any stage of development. We had this last year. You added carried in the womb.
  • At the time, you mentioned one specific school district that had this issue arise.
  • But we are not like the gods and masters of our children.
  • It's just a refund of dollars that you've already paid for your development applications.
Summary: The committee first took up SB 1272 on guardianship, which would limit a guardian’s ability to isolate an adult ward from family and require notice to family or other named persons about major events such as a ward’s death or medical relocation. Senator Jones said the bill was intended to curb abuse by bad actors while not affecting good-faith guardians. Fortuna Smuggler and Phyllis Smith spoke in support, describing the need for family notification and closure. The bill passed unanimously, 8-0, and was reported favorably. The committee then considered CS/SB 1284 on wrongful death for an unborn child. Senator Graal explained that the bill would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow parents to recover economic and non-economic damages for the death of an unborn child. An amendment was adopted to define “unborn child” as a member of the species Homo sapiens carried in the womb and to state that the act does not authorize a wrongful death action against the mother or a health care provider acting within the applicable standard of care. The amendment drew questions about abortion, medical emergencies, and whether fathers could sue; the sponsor said the bill was not intended to create claims against mothers or lawful medical care. Public testimony was sharply divided, with supporters arguing it gives families parity and accountability, and opponents warning it could be used to target abortion care, increase malpractice pressure, and worsen physician shortages. The committee approved the bill as amended by a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee heard a strike-all amendment to SB 1288 on parental rights. The amendment would strengthen parental consent requirements for minors’ medical care, with exceptions for emergencies, court orders, certain legal categories of minors, and other existing statutory exceptions. It also would require parental consent for treatment related to STD screening, give parents more control over school or health surveys, and address use of biofeedback devices. Supporters said the measure restores parents’ authority and protects children from inappropriate questioning or treatment, while opponents argued it could block needed care for minors in unsafe homes, reduce access to STI treatment and mental health services, and create unintended consequences. The amendment was adopted, and the committee continued hearing testimony on the bill.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Executive Departments and Administration (02/11/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • there's a need for more of these individuals on the board, and they wanted to sacrifice one of the master
  • there's a need for more of these individuals on the board, and they wanted to sacrifice one of the master
  • I represent Chester County District 17, which is Winchester, Richmond, Swansea, Troy, and Fitzwilliam
  • I represent Chester County District 17, which is Winchester, Richmond, Swansea, Troy, and Fitzwilliam
  • I represent Hillsboro District 7, which is in NSHA.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Mar 25th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • She is a primary leadership role in market development projects and all legal and regulatory work for
  • She said, well, we can't take goal, but they took master card.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I did have a lot of feedback in district and a couple of things that one of the ... these bills today
  • ><00:59:49.760> feedback<00:59:50.640> uh<00:59:50.720> in<00:59:51.040> district
  • <00:59:51.599> and<00:59:52.400> a lot of uh feedback uh in district and a lot of uh
  • feedback uh in district and a couple<00:59:52.720> of<00:59:52.880> things<00:59:53.040
  • Rigorous masters or doctoral standards.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 4th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • HHSC will develop information for school districts to distribute information. about our state-supported
  • Districts can do more.
  • District, Fort Worth Independent School District. school district, Isleta independent school district
  • , El Paso independent school district, Aldine school district, a leaf independent school district, Garland
  • I'm sure some districts in this state, I can't speak for every district, some districts might choose
Bills: HB2, HB2