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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Acting Speaker.
  • Acting Speaker. Members, if I can have your attention, please.
  • We made comprehensive reforms to the emergency preparedness and evacuation plan ...comprehensive reforms
  • The SAVE Act is really—it's called the SAVE Act.
  • The SAVE Act is really, it's called the SAVE Act.
Bills: HR84 , HR85 , HR86 , HR87 , HR88 , HR89 , HR90 , HCR42 , HCR43 , HB1087 , HB1088 , HB1089 , HB1090 , HB1091 , HB1092 , HB1093 , HB1094 , HB1095 , HB1096 , HB1097 , HB1098 , HB1099 , HB1100 , HB1101 , HB1102 , HB1103 , HB1104 , HB1105 , HB1106 , HB1107 , HB1108 , HB1109 , HB1110 , HB1111 , HB1112 , HB1113 , HB1114 , HB1115 , HB1116 , HB1117 , HB1118 , HB1119 , HB1120 , HB1121 , HB1122 , HB1123 , HB1124 , HB1125 , HB1126 , HB1127 , HB1128 , HB1129 , HB1130 , HB1131 , HB1132 , HB1133 , HB1134 , HB1135 , HB1136 , HB1137 , HB1138 , HB1139 , HB1140 , HB1141 , HB1142 , HB1143 , HB1144 , HB1145 , HB1146 , HB1147 , HB1148 , HB1149 , HB1150 , HB1151 , HB1153 , HB1154 , HB1155 , HB1156 , HB1157 , HB1158 , HB1159 , HB1160 , HB1161 , HB1162 , HB1163 , HB1164 , HB1165 , HB1166 , HB1167 , HB1169 , HB1170 , HB1171 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1174 , HB1175 , HB1176 , HB1177 , HB1178 , HB1179 , HB1180 , HB1181 , HB1182 , HB1183 , HB1184 , HB1185 , HB1186 , HB1187 , HB1188 , HB1189 , HB1190 , HB1192 , HB1193 , HB1194 , HB1195 , HB1196 , HB1197 , HB1198 , HB1199 , HB1200 , HB1201 , HB1202 , HB1203 , HB1204 , HB1205 , HB1206 , HB1207 , HB1208 , HB1209 , HB1210 , HB1211 , HB1212 , HB1213 , HB1214 , HB1215 , HB1216 , HB1217 , HB1218 , HB1219 , HB1220 , HB1221 , HB1222 , HB1223 , HB1224 , HB1225 , HB1226 , HB1227 , HB1228 , HB1229 , HB1230 , HB1231 , HR73 , HR74 , HR75 , HR77 , HR78 , HR79 , HR80 , HR81 , HR83 , HCR36 , HCR37 , HCR38 , HCR39 , HCR40 , HCR41 , HB368 , HB433 , HB1017 , HB1018 , HB1019 , HB1020 , HB1021 , HB1022 , HB1023 , HB1024 , HB1025 , HB1026 , HB1027 , HB1028 , HB1029 , HB1030 , HB1031 , HB1032 , HB1033 , HB1034 , HB1035 , HB1036 , HB1037 , HB1038 , HB1039 , HB1040 , HB1041 , HB1042 , HB1043 , HB1044 , HB1045 , HB1046 , HB1047 , HB1048 , HB1049 , HB1050 , HB1051 , HB1052 , HB1053 , HB1054 , HB1055 , HB1056 , HB1057 , HB1058 , HB1059 , HB1060 , HB1061 , HB1062 , HB1063 , HB1064 , HB1065 , HB1066 , HB1067 , HB1068 , HB1069 , HB1070 , HB1071 , HB1072 , HB1073 , HB1074 , HB1075 , HB1076 , HB1077 , HB1078 , HB1079 , HB1080 , HB1081 , HB1082 , HB1083 , HB1084 , SB111 , SB122 , SB195 , SB221 , SB404 , HR1 , HCR6 , HCR19 , HB27 , HB81 , HB134 , HB154 , HB163 , HB170 , HB194 , HB214 , HB217 , HB220 , HB254 , HB259 , HB290 , HB308 , HB311 , HB360 , HB382 , HB401 , HB410 , HB417 , HB463 , HB514 , HB575 , HB592 , HB718 , HB723 , HB750 , HB755 , HB776 , HB812 , HB830 , HB838 , HB844 , HB882 , HB885 , HB888 , HB950 , HB961 , HB966 , HB980 , HR15 , HR20 , HCR14 , HB58 , HB69 , HB93 , HB166 , HB199 , HB201 , HB202 , HB218 , HB223 , HB224 , HB231 , HB235 , HB246 , HB338 , HB349 , HB352 , HB379 , HB405 , HB429 , HB535 , HB547 , HB577 , HB588 , HB626 , HB636 , HB652 , HB653 , HB669 , HB688 , HB691 , HB721 , HB738 , HB806 , HB851 , HB857 , HB861 , HB889 , HB904 , HB907 , HB908 , HB929 , HB1009 , HB13 , HB23 , HB25 , HB32 , HB41 , HB90 , HB120 , HB121 , HB122 , HB127 , HB138 , HB139 , HB141 , HB179 , HB187 , HB213 , HB247 , HB286 , HB332 , HB344 , HB357
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 13th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 4336 amends the Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management Act by updating definitions, clarifying
  • That violation is subject to disciplinary penalties under the applicable medical and nursing practice acts
  • state-employed healthcare professionals are treated by adding APRNs and PAs to the governmental tort Claims Act
  • Stanley, on behalf of me, you are recognized to present. experienced APRNs and PAs into the pharmacy act
  • It doesn't create prescriptive authority; it just updates the pharmacy act so pharmacists can legally
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Dec 8th, 2025 at 09:45 am

Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Reclamation Program about six specific mines.
  • Yes, I can call someone up from the Mining Act Reclamation Program.
  • I'm the Program Manager for the Mining Act. We work on reclamation of active mines.
  • So, you're good on reclamation. On reclamation, let's go back to that topic. Thank you, Mr.
  • On reclamation, Mr. Chairman.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • By way of background, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, provides federal funding
  • By way of background, the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act establishes federal requirements for
  • The McKinney-Vento Act is administered by the U.S.
  • provides that actions of OSPI and school districts that meet the requirements of the McKinney-Vento Act
  • The state-based requirements adopt the definition of homeless children used in the McKinney-Vento Act
Bills: HB1662 , HB1683 , HB2534 , HB2557 , HB2594
Committee: House Education
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • was about to just maybe, but I—I do see, because we have a lot of people just, I don't know if they act
  • sections: transmitting obscene material to a child or traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
  • sections: transmitting obscene material to a child or traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
  • sections: transmitting obscene material to a child or traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
  • </c> to meet a child for an unlawful sex act. to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
Bills: SB169 , SB180 , SB203 , SB87 , SB195 , SB192 , SB169 , SB180 , SB203 , SB87 , SB195 , SB192 , HB132 , HB37 , HB13 , HB54 , HB126 , HB7 , SB30 , HB188 , HB189 , HB26 , HB264 , HB288 , HB248 , HB249 , HB227 , HB228 , HB132 , HB37 , HB13 , HB54 , HB126 , HB7 , SB30 , HB188 , HB189 , HB26 , HB264 , HB288 , HB248 , HB249 , HB227 , HB228
Committee: Senate Judiciary
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 18th, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • tax to ensure the proper plugging and abandonment in reclamation. efforts.
  • And then only then go to the reclamation fund.
  • So, I view the bonds as the insurance policy, not the reclamation fund, but I think the reclamation fund
  • Does that include reclamation? I don't think it does. Okay.
  • But, well, we're more than 100 to 125 with reclamation. Okay.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 4507 by Hilbert of the House, an act relating to sports HP 4507 is hereby assigned to rules
  • House Bill 2979 by Banning of the House and Alakhar of the Senate, an act relating to motor vehicles.
  • The clerk will act. Machine sergeants announces roll call in the hall. Roll call is now in.
  • House Bill 3790 by Adams of the House and Thompson of the Senate, an act relating to contracts.
  • House Bill 3790 by Adams of the House and Thompson of the Senate, an act relating to contracts.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Last session, the Texas Legislature passed historic reforms to community college funding and education
  • As part of these reforms, the Legislature authorized community colleges an option to offer a core curriculum
Bills: SB2847 , SB3039
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard two bills. SB 2847, by Senator Hagenbuch, would give Texas public four-year universities the same option community colleges already have to seek approval from the Higher Education Coordinating Board for core curricula of fewer than 42 semester credit hours. Hagenbuch said the bill is intended to add flexibility, support career-focused programs, and help students finish degrees faster. There was no public testimony, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard SB 3039, by Senator West, which addresses transferability and credit loss for students moving from community colleges to four-year institutions. West said the bill responds to ongoing problems with rejected transfer credits and seeks better data, study, and recommendations from the Coordinating Board. Deputy Commissioner Sarah Keaton testified that transfer remains a major policy issue, that reporting requirements from SB 25 have improved data collection, and that the main reasons credits do not transfer are grades and degree applicability. She also described the Texas Direct degree program and field-of-study curricula designed to transfer as blocks. Members discussed the cost of lost credits, the need for better communication to students, and concerns that some institutions still reject credits or require duplicate coursework. No public witnesses signed up on SB 3039, and it was left pending subject to the call of the chair. A quorum was later established, the agenda was completed, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • to commit an unlawful act, provides the other person with a means or opportunity for the commission
  • of the unlawful act.”
  • The Trafficking Survivors' Relief Act was passed and signed into law.
  • The Survivors' Relief Act was passed and signed into law.
  • that end up being, like if it originates in this state and there are other acts.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Jan 19th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • he says, he has shown you, O man, O mankind, what is good and what the Lord does require of you: to act
  • It is good and what the Lord does require of you: to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
  • And whereas the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law thanks to the sacrifices
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Nearly five years ago, the Commander John Scott Hannon, Veterans' Mental Health Health Care Improvement Act
  • The Commander Hannon Act directed better collaboration between the VA and the Department of Defense and
  • And my bill on today's agenda, the Brave Act reauthorizes the FOX program, but it goes farther, and I
  • And I want to just finally ask you to have a look at the BRAVE Act.
  • me some more, maybe different and more constructive reactions to the BRAVE Act.
Summary: The committee meeting focused primarily on the critical issues surrounding veterans' mental health and suicide prevention. Discussions centered on the reauthorization of essential programs aimed at providing non-clinical support services to veterans, particularly the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. Senators emphasized the urgent need for adequate mental health resources as the suicide rate among veterans remains alarmingly high. Key testimonies were provided by various advocates and officials, illustrating both successful implementations of these programs and areas needing improvement.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm also concerned about the proposed Endangered Species Act permitting activities.
  • additional positions for DTSC to implement those reforms.
  • and also includes implementation of the federal Clean Water Act here within the state.
  • What we've seen is that although the Endangered Species Act and the California Endangered Species Act
  • I believe, you know, Bureau of Reclamation is down, you know, 60% of their staffing.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm also concerned about the proposed Endangered Species Act permitting activities.
  • additional positions for DTSC to implement those reforms.
  • , and also includes implementation of the federal Clean Water Act here within the state.
  • What we've seen is that although the Endangered Species Act and the California Endangered Species Act
  • I believe Bureau of Reclamation is down, you know, 60% of their staffing.
Summary: The subcommittee met to discuss budget issues related to vacant positions across several natural resources and environmental departments, with no votes taken and all items held open for a future hearing. The Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Department of Finance explained the administration’s proposal to eliminate about 6,000 vacant positions statewide, including roughly 293 positions in the departments before the committee, as a way to capture salary savings and reduce flexible funding tied up in vacancies. The LAO recommended retaining special-funded positions, while noting that eliminating General Fund positions would reduce savings. Finance argued that vacancy levels have remained steady statewide, that departments need flexibility to manage operations and hard-to-fill jobs, and that some vacant positions can be reclassified to higher-priority work. Members raised concerns that many of the proposed eliminations would affect core public-safety, permitting, and environmental-protection functions. The Department of Fish and Wildlife said the cuts would affect permitting, environmental protection, and law enforcement, while State Parks said its proposed ranger reductions were chosen from historically vacant, hard-to-fill positions and would still leave many vacancies to fill through the academy. The Coastal Commission said its positions supported sea-level rise planning under SB 272. The Department of Pesticide Regulation and DTSC said the reductions would affect multiple program areas, though Finance said the special funds involved were not in structural deficit and the cuts could help avoid future fee increases. The State Water Resources Control Board said its proposed reductions were spread across programs, with public-health functions protected as much as possible. The committee then heard an overview from the State Water Resources Control Board on its responsibilities for water quality, water rights, drinking water, and funding for water infrastructure. Chair Joaquin Esquivel described ongoing work on the Bay-Delta Plan update, the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes voluntary agreements, and the need to actively administer water rights. Members also discussed the board’s response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision, which narrowed federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction. The board requested $2.6 million and 12 permanent positions to address resulting permitting and enforcement gaps; the LAO said the request met its high bar for new proposals and was supported by the board’s data and reporting.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Civil Rights & Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a reminder, the bill would impose disclosure requirements and prohibit certain acts by third-party
  • violations of third-party litigation financing agreements to be violations of the Consumer Protection Act
  • machine guns and other firearms and components would be per se violations of the Consumer Protection Act
  • The proposed substitute would make every person acting under color of state law who subjects any person
  • The proposed substitute would make every person acting with under color of state law who subjects any
Bills: HB2255 , HB2354 , HB2595 , HB2320 , HB2597
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:00 am

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • backgrounds and discharges to surface waters are regulated under both the federal and state Clean Water Act
  • As I mentioned, Ecology is the agency that enforces Clean Water Act violations.
  • As I mentioned, Ecology is the agency that enforces Clean Water Act violations.
  • So under the Recycling Reform Act, these products were exempt for their packaging.
  • It's now Washington's time to act. Thank you. It's now Washington's time to act. Thank you.
Bills: HB2515 , HB2343 , HB2301 , HB2272 , HB2367
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 28th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the Landfill Fire Protection Act. Thank you.
  • It's the Landfill Fire Protection Act. Thank you.
  • The Fashion Act is pro-health, pro-climate, pro-youth.
  • The Fashion Act is pro-health, pro-climate, pro- Youth.
  • I respectfully ask Fashion Act is pro-health, pro-climate, pro- Youth.
Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on environmental protection, climate policy, public health, and housing. AB 1425 would prohibit pit dewatering near the San Joaquin River Parkway where groundwater is shallow, with the author and supporters arguing it is needed to protect the river, groundwater, flood safety, tribal and cultural resources, and a nearby restoration area. Supporters included environmental groups, local residents, and Indigenous speakers, while CEMEX, labor representatives, and industry groups opposed the bill as an improper circumvention of the CEQA process that could threaten an existing mine and about 100 jobs. After extensive questioning about hydrology, blasting, and the CEQA record, the committee voted the bill out on a due pass as amended recommendation, with some members not voting and the roll left open for absent members. AB 881 would lift California’s moratorium on carbon dioxide pipeline regulation and direct the State Fire Marshal to develop safety standards for carbon capture and sequestration pipelines. The author and supporters, including SMUD, Calpine, utilities, labor, and industry groups, said the bill is needed to advance carbon removal goals, preserve federal funding, and support clean energy and jobs. Environmental justice and conservation groups opposed or opposed unless amended, warning that CO2 pipelines pose serious safety risks and that state authority and standards need to be stronger. The bill received a due pass as amended recommendation to Appropriations. AB 1207 would tie California’s cap-and-trade price ceiling to the federal social cost of carbon. The author and EDF said the measure would keep the program science-based and protect it from federal political interference, while no opposition was heard in the room. The committee approved the bill on a due pass recommendation. AB 1106, sponsored by air quality agencies, would create a network of regional air quality incident response centers to improve monitoring and public health response during wildfires and other disasters; it also received a due pass recommendation after testimony on mobile monitoring, VOCs, metals, PM, and asbestos sampling. The committee also heard AB 28, the Landfill Fire Safety Act, prompted by the long-running Chiquita Canyon landfill subsurface fire. The author and residents described serious health impacts and argued the bill would require monitoring, reporting, corrective action, and stronger enforcement when landfill temperatures rise. Waste and county representatives opposed the bill as drafted, saying the cause of the event is still unclear and the proposal could impose broad costs on landfills statewide, though they said amendments improved the framework. Members discussed the scale of the fire, possible medical impacts, and whether the bill would punish compliant operators; the bill was sent out on a due pass as amended recommendation. The committee also heard AB 357, which would require the Coastal Commission to act within 90 days on student and faculty housing projects in the coastal zone; supporters said it would help address student homelessness and housing costs, while coastal and planning advocates raised concerns about the amendment and the role of coastal review.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 28th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 568, Special Education Funding and Reform for Texas Public Schools.
  • Her many other major initiatives included the Integrity Act. In her many decades at the U.S.
  • We are reforming some of the processes related to these orders. ...ways that we do that here.
  • Act. And thank you to all the joint authors; so many of you signed on.
  • Members, I move passage of Senate Bill 865, the Landon-Payton Act.
Bills: SB15 , SB646 , SB800 , SB790 , SB748 , SB571 , SB1957 , SB1923 , SB1896 , SB1760 , SB1335 , SB2368 , SB2477 , SB2587 , SB2986 , SB2965 , SB1563 , SB1467 , SB1164 , SB1137 , SB614 , SB705 , SB918 , SB955 , SB869 , SB850 , SB863 , SB1055 , SB2206 , SB457 , SB2337 , SB1610 , SB1362 , SB926 , SB1494 , SB251 , SB456 , SB500 , SB1307 , SB2615 , SB2995 , SB2321 , SB2972 , SB973 , SB865 , SB506 , SB1522 , SB1558 , SB510 , SB667 , SB763 , SB2073 , SB1858 , SB1660 , SB2900 , SB1433 , SB1540 , SB1964 , SB1300 , SB1644 , SB2217 , SB2373 , SB2431 , SB1758 , SB974 , SB2480 , SB3039 , SB3047 , SB2781 , SB826 , SB766 , SB527 , SB1946 , SB2885 , SB1243 , SB2610 , SB857 , SB2501 , SB66 , SB268 , SB331 , SB1302 , SB519 , SB2807 , SB13 , SB7 , SB1718 , SB1567 , SB1233 , SB413 , SB2177 , SB30 , SB2024 , SJR1 , SCR27 , SB2018 , SB1580 , SB2121 , SB1049 , SB1266 , SB1400 , SB1596 , SB2753 , SB2221 , SB1719 , SCR9 , SB204 , SB437 , SB568 , SB612 , SB672 , SB710 , SB823 , SB876 , SB904 , SB905 , SB968 , SB1084 , SB1207 , SB1230 , SB1313 , SB1504 , SB1790 , SB2232 , SB2366 , SB2367 , SB2398 , SB2515 , SB2520 , SB2589 , SB2786 , SB2790 , SB3048 , SB3050 , SB3052 , SB3053 , SB3056 , SB3029 , SCR3 , SCR18 , SCR30 , HCR146 , HCR148 , HCR149 , HCR153 , HCR155 , HCR157 , HB5560 , HB762 , HB1584 , HB 107 , HB 114 , HB138 , HB4386 , HB2495 , HB581 , HB3348 , HB5323 , HB4341 , HB6 , HB2712 , HB171 , HB3153 , HB143 , HB2688 , HB3464 , HB449 , HB3486 , HB4263 , HB2 , HB1522 , HB24 , HB 1237 , HB2637 , HB3126 , HB3233 , HB4310 , HB3487 , HCR9 , HB5331 , HB1397 , HB163 , HB3250 , HB3071 , HB3463 , HB5033 , HB35 , HB3824 , HB216 , HB4226 , HB3512 , HB18 , HB5154 , HB 103 , HB851 , HB647 , HB4520 , HB3016 , HB2313 , HB2818 , HB2851 , HB4486 , HB4264 , HB1500 , HB5081 , HB2974 , HB2080 , HB4384 , HB5659 , HB493 , HB4903 , HB2516 , HB4488 , HB4530 , HB3689 , HB145 , HB43 , HB5247 , HB2221 , HB5671 , HB700 , HB3711 , HB 120 , SB17 , SB1637 , SB1833 , SB2155 , SB21 , SB2778 , SB379