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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • our country and of Montgomery County.
  • This is relating to The designation of the Texas Department of Transportation building in Starr County
  • designate County Road 1250 in Navarro County as part of the state highway system under 201.103.
  • Cameron County experienced a great tragedy when Deputy Ruben Garcia of the Cameron County Constable's
  • in Navarro County as part of the state highway system.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules REVISED Feb 19th, 2026 at 11:30 am

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • The job of the task force will be to review the efficiency, effectiveness, and necessity of all state
  • agencies, boards, and commissions.
  • Just real quick, we're just going to be looking at all of the agencies, boards, and commissions and then
  • The Secretary of State is fully in favor of this and thinks that they can accomplish this without major
  • Last year, we had some of that going on in the State Department of Education.
Bills: HJR1032 , SB1273 , SB1433
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules REVISED Feb 19th, 2026

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • The job of the task force will be to review the efficiency, effectiveness, and necessity of all state
  • agencies, boards, and commissions.
  • Just real quick, we're just going to be wanting to look at all of the agencies, boards, and commissions
  • And that was something that, as a matter of fact, I think a member of this committee ran that legislation
  • because then that would sort of...
Bills: HJR1032 , SB1273 , SB1433
Summary: The Senate Administrative Rules Committee met to discuss upcoming rule-review packets and then considered three measures sponsored by Senator Bergstrom. Chairman Bergstrom said the committee’s first packet covered judiciary rules, a second packet on education would follow, and members were expected to review the materials and raise questions so agencies could provide written responses. Senate Bill 1273 created the Oklahoma State Agency, Board, and Commission Review Task Force to examine the efficiency, effectiveness, and necessity of state agencies, boards, and commissions and recommend legislative action. Members asked about overlap with existing committee work and whether the task force would require staff or create a fiscal impact. Bergstrom said it would use existing House and Senate staff and should have no fiscal impact. The bill passed 9-0. Senate Bill 1433, the Guidance Transparency Act, would require state agencies to publicly disclose guidance documents, memos, bulletins, and similar materials in a searchable database so they cannot function as undisclosed rules. Bergstrom said the measure was intended to prevent agencies from regulating through unofficial guidance and that the governor’s office and Secretary of State supported it. After questions about staffing and whether agencies could evade disclosure, the bill passed 7-2. House Joint Resolution 1032 would align Service Oklahoma rules with existing law and prior executive action regarding changes to birth certificates and state IDs related to sex or gender identity changes; Bergstrom said the rules, not statutes, were being moved. It passed 7-2. The meeting ended with Bergstrom urging members to review the rule packets and submit questions before adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part I) May 15th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • of House Bill 2.
  • Some of that is just the stress of the cost of gaining that certification.
  • That's an example of where the rest of the money lies. Permanent teacher pay, billions of dollars.
  • of our number one priorities, being good fiduciaries of the taxpayer dollar, one of my concerns that
  • of teachers.
Bills: HB2
Summary: The Senate Education K-16 Committee met to consider HB 2, the major school finance bill, with the chair explaining that the committee substitute would provide about $8 billion in new public education funding. The bill was described as including permanent teacher compensation increases, expanded teacher incentive allotment funding, support for early literacy and numeracy, teacher certification and residency pathways, special education funding, career and technical education, school safety dollars, and facilities support for charter schools. The committee adopted the committee substitute without objection after roll was called and a quorum was present. Members questioned the bill’s structure, especially the balance between across-the-board teacher pay and the teacher incentive allotment, the treatment of uncertified teachers, and differences in requirements between traditional public schools and charter schools. Senator Menendez and Senator West raised concerns about equity, charter-school parity, facilities funding, inflation, and whether the bill should include more support for fine arts and extracurricular programs. The chair responded that the bill was designed to direct most new money to traditional public schools while also preserving flexibility and that charter-school and public-school alignment would need further work. Invited witnesses Dr. Imelda De La Rosa and Val Acri testified in support of the bill, emphasizing that the Teacher Incentive Allotment helps recruit and retain teachers in rural districts and supports mentorship and certification pathways. Public witnesses also supported the bill but urged more funding for fine arts, local flexibility, and full restoration of House-proposed funding levels. Dr. Josh Jones supported year-long teacher residencies, Dr. Philip Morgan asked for more local control and restoration of fine arts funding, Rich Saina supported the bill but warned about hold-harmless reductions, and Dr. Greg Poole supported the bill while asking for flexibility for high-performing districts that already pay high salaries. After the invited testimony and some public testimony, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair so members could attend the Senate floor.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part II) May 15th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Randy Willis, and I am the executive director of the Texas Association of Rural Schools, and
  • My name's Alicia Noyola, and I serve as the executive director of the South Texas Association of Schools
  • , representing over 50... ...and I serve as the executive director of the South Texas Association of
  • Noyola, you're with the South Texas Association of Schools.
  • I am on the board of directors for the Association of Texas Professional Educators.
Bills: HB2
Summary: The committee continued public testimony on House Bill 2, which would make major changes to public school funding, teacher pay, special education, early learning, school safety, and related programs. Many superintendents and education advocates supported the bill’s overall direction but urged changes, especially a larger basic allotment and more flexible funding for rural and small districts. Witnesses from Paint Creek, West Hardin, Cushing, Blooming Grove, Mildred, Buffalo, Plano, and rural school groups said the bill’s targeted raises and new requirements would not fully cover inflation, TRS/Medicare costs, transportation, insurance, or support staff salaries, and several asked the committee to restore the House version’s higher basic allotment and small-school allotment. Charter school representatives supported the facilities funding changes and said charter schools need state help because they cannot levy taxes, while also noting the funding gap with ISDs. Fine arts advocates asked the committee to restore the fine arts allotment, arguing arts improve engagement, attendance, and academic outcomes, especially in rural and at-risk communities. Early learning and special education witnesses supported parts of the bill but raised concerns about pre-K restrictions, disability-related pre-K access, and the need to preserve or clarify special education provisions and mental health oversight language. Several witnesses praised the teacher pay raise, teacher incentive allotment expansion, and teacher preparation investments, saying they would help recruit and retain educators and improve student outcomes. Others, including counselors and support staff advocates, argued the bill should also include raises for counselors, nurses, librarians, bus drivers, custodians, aides, and other non-teaching employees who keep schools running. One witness from the Texas Counseling Association opposed the substitute because it removed a counselor pay provision, warning of counselor shortages and inequities. A parent and special education advocate said the bill’s structure creates too many strings attached and asked for a larger basic allotment instead of more targeted funding. Another witness from Mental Health America urged keeping the collaborative task force on public school mental health services through 2031, and a disability rights advocate said the committee substitute appears to omit some special education items that were in the House version. The committee also briefly took up House Bill 6, a school discipline bill. After questions about automatic mandatory expulsion for vape possession and concerns about younger students, the committee adopted the substitute and voted to report HB 6 favorably to the full Senate by a 9-1 vote, with Senator Menendez voting no and Senators West and Menendez expressing reservations but supporting further discussion. After that vote, testimony on HB 2 resumed. Senators used the hearing to ask about the bill’s cost, the difference between the basic allotment and the bill’s targeted funding buckets, and whether the permanent teacher pay increase shifts pressure off districts. The bill’s supporters emphasized that it represents an historic, roughly $8 billion investment and that many of the new funding streams are intended to be permanent or to address specific district needs.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Transportation and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Skip Hoe, the executive director of the Road Builders Association in support of the work zone safety
  • road I live on a lot the little county road I live on a lot of<00:06:03.759><c> traffic</c><00:06:04.160
  • the state of Alabama safer for everybody.
  • >> No, but the degree and size of solar farms in Alabama is relatively new. >> Okay.
  • >> No, but the degree and size of solar farms in Alabama is relatively new. >> Okay.
Bills: SB341 , SB340 , SB341 , SB354 , SB340
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Those districts belong to the citizens of the state of Alabama.
  • And the court, of the state of Alabama.
  • But the first place in Alabama that was out of the danger zone was Montgomery County.
  • </c> Today I want TO TELL THE STATE OF Today I want TO TELL THE STATE OF ALABAMA ALABAMA ALABAMA I<01
  • </c> people in the state of Alabama. people in the state of Alabama.
Bills: SB1
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Special Session 2026 May 5th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
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  • We're also impacting the Secretary of State's, as a former county commissioner in the county commission
  • the state<00:56:57.000><c> of</c><00:56:57.120><c> Alabama</c> state of Alabama state of Alabama to<
Bills: SB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:09 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This does remind me a little bit of a memorial I had for bees when I was on the county commission.
  • But looking at some of the property owners in Ruidoso in Lincoln County,... ...that some of the property
  • Vidal-Mansares, who is the director of policy and planning of the New Mexico association.
  • Madam Chair, members of the committee, I'm Harold Trujillo, President of the New Mexico Association.
  • In a quick review of the packet that you handed out, none of the counties that I represent are here,
Bills: SB154 , SB187 , SB193 , SM3
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 5th, 2026

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This does remind me a little bit of a memorial I had for bees when I was on the county commission.
  • Madam Chair, members of the committee, I'm Harold Trujillo, President of the New Mexico Acequia Association
  • Madam Chair, members of the committee, I'm Harold Trujillo, President of the New Mexico Sec Association
  • In a quick review of the packet that you handed out, none of the counties that I represent are here,
  • In a quick review of the packet that you handed out, none of the counties that I represent are here,
Bills: SB154 , SB187 , SB193 , SM3
Summary: The Senate Conservation Committee first took up Senate Memorial 3, presented by Senator O’Malley on behalf of Senator Bergman and a group of Rio Doso High School students and Wild Friends. The memorial asks state agencies to participate in a no-cost workshop on insect identification, ecology, monitoring, and management, and to help educate the public about insects. Students, conservation specialists, and an entomologist testified that insects are essential to pollination, ecosystems, agriculture, and biodiversity, while also noting declining insect populations and the need for more public understanding. Some senators raised concerns about the memorial’s wording, including whether it should be broadened from insects to arthropods and whether the Department of Agriculture, rather than Game and Fish, should be involved. The committee discussed timing and implementation, and the sponsor agreed to work on amendments. The memorial passed on a due pass motion by a vote of 8-0, with one excused. The committee then heard Senate Bill 154, which would require wildfire-related homeowners coverage to include flood damage caused by post-fire conditions for a five-year period. Senator Duhigg and the Office of the Superintendent of Insurance argued the bill responds to the Ruidoso fires and subsequent flooding, noting that many homes were destroyed by mudslides and that flood insurance is often unavailable or inadequate. Supporters, including Ruidoso officials, affected residents, and attorneys, said the bill would help homeowners recover from cascading wildfire and flood losses. Opponents from the insurance industry and business groups warned the bill would be an outlier, could significantly raise premiums, and might reduce availability of homeowners insurance statewide. Committee members questioned how the mandate would work, whether it should be optional, and how costs would be allocated. The bill passed on a 5-4 vote. Finally, the committee briefly heard Senate Bill 187, which appropriates $202,000 from the general fund to the New Mexico Finance Authority’s Water Project Fund for future water projects authorized by the legislature. The Finance Authority said the funding would help address a gap between available money and the 113 recommended projects, totaling about $522 million, including water conservation, flood prevention, storage, wastewater, and watershed projects. Members asked for more detail on the locations and types of projects, and the Finance Authority said it would provide the list from the companion authorization bill. The committee then moved the bill forward on a do pass motion.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Elections and Ethics Apr 6th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Elections and Ethics

Transcript Highlights:
  • It actually allows the Secretary of the State Board of Elections to use the existing stockpile of cards
  • Precinct or another county?
  • Registrations in a new county happen when the county election board secretary or designee searches the
  • Representative, what is the purpose of the bill?
  • like Tulsa, Oklahoma County.
Bills: SB1491 , SB1581 , SB1286 , SB1451
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Elections and Ethics Apr 6th, 2026

Elections and Ethics

Transcript Highlights:
  • Basically, it allows the Secretary of the State Board of Education...
  • Basically, it allows the Secretary of the State Board of Education, the State Board of Elections, to
  • The new county, that county election board secretary or designee searches the voter registration system
  • State Board of Elections?
  • And this happens a lot, apparently, in larger counties like Tulsa and Oklahoma County.
Bills: SB1491 , SB1581 , SB1286 , SB1451
Summary: The Elections and Ethics Committee considered several election-related bills. Senate Bill 1451, with an untimely filed committee amendment, would allow the State Board of Elections to use existing printed voter registration cards before switching to new ones and would add a space on the card for voters who moved from another county or state so election officials can better update and cancel duplicate registrations. The Secretary of the State Election Board said the measure would codify existing interstate notification practices and help clean up voter rolls; the bill passed 5-1. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1286, which requires political subdivisions that host county election board elections to provide polling-place rooms at no cost. Supporters said the bill was a request from the Tulsa County Election Board and was intended to address the large share of polling places located in private buildings that can withdraw access on short notice. It passed 5-1. Senate Bill 1581 was approved 5-1 as well. It extends the time to gather signatures to impanel a grand jury from 45 to 90 days and adds a 10-day protest period for signature verification. Testimony indicated the change would align this process with other initiative petition timelines. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1491, which requires newly appointed presidential electors filling a vacancy to take the same oath as other electors; it passed 5-1. The meeting ended with thanks to the committee for its service for the year.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 30th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Jackson, I have you here on behalf of the Texas Association of Manufacturers, is that correct?
  • You're here on behalf of the Texas Association of Manufacturers and registered against the bill, is that
  • The action that, just in a per se commission of that action, would be... ...violative of what I'm talking
  • This bill simply adds the professional prosecutor of Fayette County to section 46.6.002 of the government
  • It happened in Harris County, and one of my good friends was Anthony's mom's lawyer.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Civil Rights & Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Part of the problem with this is the lack of due process.
  • the people of Americans today. ...the Constitution and the rights of the people of Americans today.
  • The state of Washington might be able to do their part when it comes to helping our counties and cities
  • We did add some Superior Court judges just a few years back in Snohomish County, and I think part of
  • I've added some Superior Court judges just a few years back in Snohomish County, and I think part of
Bills: HB2735 , SB5868 , SJM8006
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Birmingham but in the state of Alabama.
  • of Alabama... ...rights under the Constitution of Alabama or the Constitution of the United States to
  • the State of Alabama or the Constitution of the United States of America.
  • I know you are the city president of the municipal judges association of the state of Alabama.
  • I'm the vice president of the B Bond Association in Alabama, and I represent 700 Recovery agents across
Bills: HB43 , SB81 , SB178 , SB138 , SB89 , SB183 , HB27 , HB188 , HB199 , HB190 , SB117 , HB43 , HB27
Committee: House Judiciary
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Tue Feb 24, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:21:26.559><c> in</c> Association of Parliamentarians in Association of Parliamentarians in support
  • That's a Hawaii Association of Realtors copyrighted form.
  • </c><01:13:21.360><c> of</c> examiner for the city and county of examiner for the city and county of
  • I am here on behalf of Chair Ita and the commission.
  • I am here on behalf of Chair Commission.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1697, which would exempt natural hair braiders from licensing requirements under certain conditions. The DCCA Board of Barbering and Cosmetology said it recognizes braiding as within the scope of cosmetology practice but warned that a broad exemption could create consumer protection gaps, especially around sanitation training, tool use, and enforcement. Supporters from the Institute for Justice and the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii argued the current licensing regime is overly burdensome and unrelated to braiding, citing the 1,250-hour training requirement, high tuition costs, barriers for low-income entrepreneurs, and the fact that many other states already exempt braiders. Committee members asked whether a standalone sanitation course or similar training could address the board’s concerns, and the board said it would bring that idea back for discussion. The committee also noted 16 written testimonies in support and 2 in opposition. The committee then took up HB 1678, relating to condominium and planned community association elections using cumulative voting. Supporters, including the Hawaii State Association of Parliamentarians, said the bill would clarify that cumulative voting applies to all candidates, including write-ins, and would help resolve confusion in association elections. One testifier urged the committee to remove proxy voting, calling it an abuse of power in some associations, while another asked whether cumulative voting and proxies could be manipulated to stack votes. In response, the parliamentarian explained that cumulative voting and proxy voting are different, that proxies simply allow someone to vote on another’s behalf, and that existing deadlines and counting procedures reduce opportunities for abuse. Testimony also emphasized that electronic or mail voting can be secure and efficient, and that the bill would make the process clearer and more democratic. Finally, the committee heard testimony on HB 1679, which would clarify an association board’s authority over electronic meetings, electronic voting, voting without a meeting, and mail voting without a meeting. Supporters said the measure would clean up statutory language, make electronic voting optional, and fix problems created by a 2024 change that made written-consent timing rules difficult to use for association actions. They also said the bill would clarify that proxies are only used at meetings, not for actions taken without a meeting. One opponent argued the bill needs further amendment because electronic voting is not well defined and could be abused, and questioned the neutrality of parliamentarians testifying on condominium bills. No votes were taken on any of the measures during the portion of the meeting provided.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, we have done very well in our handling of budgets here in Alabama for a number of years by taking
  • Chairman, can you give me an update on the progress of construction of the facility in Elmore County?
  • I... of the facility in Elmore County?
  • What is the total amount of expenditures on the site in Elmore County as of today?
  • What is the total amount of expenditures on the site in Elmore County as of today?
Bills: SB282 , SB300 , HB72 , HB396 , SB282 , SB300 , HB72 , HB396
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> bunch of teenagers sleeping in county bunch of teenagers sleeping in county buildings.
  • One of the counties my district is a part of is Meeker County, so I represent a portion of that, and
  • One of the counties my district is a part of is Meeker County, so I represent a portion of that, and
  • when we had the Association of Minnesota Counties,<01:03:48.080><c> I</c><01:03:48.120><c> met</c><01
  • I did hear from the Association of Minnesota Counties and from our Hennepin and Ramsey County Board of
Bills: HF4407 , HF4382
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Mar 16th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • We maintain thousands of miles of parish roads.
  • Guy Cormier, who's head of the Police Jury Association, and he wanted to speak.
  • Our association agreed to reduce the amount of severance tax moving forward.
  • My question is kind of along the lines of Orgeron.
  • Well, the president of the Grambling Alumni Association, National Alumni Association, asked me to bring
Bills: HB156 , HB474 , HB602 , HB633 , HB852
Committee: House Ways & Means