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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you and members of the committee.
  • Members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to lay out the committee substitute for House
  • Members of this committee, well, this is a very attractive committee. I mean, this is impressive.
  • Members of the Committee, thank you for allowing me to lay out Committee Substitute House Bill 524.
  • Afternoon, Chair, Committee Members.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The committee on transportation will now come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
  • Last session, this committee voted out this exact same bill unanimously.
  • I've been on this committee for two sessions; I don't remember...
  • In the committee, my name is Randy Schofield.
  • Chairman and committee members.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This committee, as long as I've been on this committee, Calvin Bass.
  • I'm happy to be back on this committee.
  • He's been on this committee for me since I've been on this committee, which I've lost track probably
  • Senator, it's the committee sub, move it off from the committee.
  • There being five ayes and four nays, committee... Senate Bill 284 hobbles out of the committee.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Just for the purpose of letting the community know here in the committee and also online, the agenda
  • of human trafficking, specifically of minors and individuals that have mental disabilities.
  • I don't see any from that committee. So we want to... I don't see any from that committee.
  • House Bill 3835 is a human trafficking prevention bill.
  • Chairman, thank you, committee.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Judiciary REVISED: HB3996 - Added Feb 17th, 2026

Criminal Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't see any from that committee.
  • Thank you, committee.
  • House Bill 3835 is a human trafficking prevention bill.
  • Thank you, committee.
  • Thank for all the committee members, all the hard work that we've gotten through.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a long agenda of criminal justice bills, with most measures receiving due pass recommendations after brief explanations and little or no debate. Early bills included HB 3586 on modifications to the charging process for abuse and neglect, HB 3584 on sentencing changes for human trafficking involving minors and people with mental disabilities, HB 3587 on outpatient treatment procedures for individuals in the criminal justice center, HB 3743 on community-based outpatient restoration treatment under a PCS and amendment, and HB 3742 on criminal discovery process changes. All of these were reported out favorably, generally by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Members also advanced HB 4227, Trey’s Law, which would protect child sexual abuse survivors by allowing claims and limiting nondisclosure agreements; HB 3764, which increases penalties for people charged while on the DOJ terrorist list, after an amendment changing the proof language; HB 3767, an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics request adding controlled substances and updating terminology; HB 3606, allowing court review for removal from the sex offender registry in cases of medical infirmity or cognitive decline; HB 3299, creating a new offense for unauthorized digitized or synthetic media intended to cause harm; HB 3835, a human trafficking prevention bill; HB 3244, expanding fraud and identity theft laws; and HB 4130, addressing online sweepstakes/casino gaming enforcement with an amendment clarifying tribal gaming under federal law. HB 318 and HB 3302 were laid over. Later, the committee approved HB 3053, creating a narrow parole pathway for incarcerated people age 65 and older, with amendments excluding violent offenses, sex offenses, and certain other crimes; HB 3269, allowing electronic arrest warrants; HB 3301, aligning state law with federal law on short-barreled firearms after an amendment restoring the 16-inch language; HB 3430, revising court fines and fees collection and distinguishing permanent from temporary inability to pay; HB 3497, clarifying when the state may appeal a pretrial order; HB 3755, requiring OJA to provide prescribed medication and medical information to detention facilities within 48 hours for juveniles in custody; HB 3848, easing transitional housing restrictions for released sex offenders; HB 3903, requiring domestic violence incident reports and filing of VPO petitions and adding judicial training; HB 3905, allowing counties to use available funds for GPS monitoring in domestic violence cases; HB 3996, requiring OIDS to pay for expert witnesses in capital post-conviction cases; HB 4142, expanding explosives laws to cover attempts and intent; HB 1322, creating a public registry for persistent domestic violence offenders; and HB 4108, expanding critical infrastructure trespass laws to include airports. Most bills were reported due pass, with votes commonly ranging from unanimous to a few dissenting votes, and the chair recessed/adjourned after the agenda was completed.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • provided the services.
  • While understanding that, if we were able to get this out of committee today, I get this out of committee
  • Committee, let me say this: I think, if the committee is willing to get both of these bills out of committee
  • Chair, members of the committee. Hope y'all are part of the committee.
  • Thank you, committee. Have a great day. you, committee. Have a great day. Must be a good bill.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education REVISED Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning, Senate Education Committee. The meeting will come to order.
  • It's good to be back with all of you in committee.
  • And committee members who also have other committees to present.
  • This is not for extracurricular co-curricular activities; this is just for instructional services and
  • Members, that concludes committee for today. I just want to make a quick note.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education REVISED Apr 7th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Education Committee will come to order.
  • We are going to try our best to accommodate non-committee members and committee members who also have
  • Let's also adopt the committee substitute now.
  • This is just for instructional services.
  • Members, that concludes committee for today.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee considered a long agenda of education-related bills, including school calendar changes, scholarship and tax credit cleanup, charter school facilities, apprenticeship expansion, testing windows, and teacher staffing rules. Several measures were framed as technical or clarifying changes, while others drew more substantial debate over accountability, eligibility, and funding. The committee also heard a bill to extend the sunset of the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education and another to allow certain military dependents to start kindergarten based on their home-country age rules. Among the more debated bills, House Bill 3590 updated the Opportunity Scholarship Fund Act by changing reporting and income-verification language; senators questioned whether the bill effectively expanded eligibility or added accountability, but the author said it was a cleanup measure and the title was struck before passage. House Bill 3151 would raise the minimum school year from 166 to 173 days beginning in 2027-28, contingent on an additional $175 million in common education funding; supporters argued Oklahoma students need more time in front of teachers, while opponents questioned the evidence and fiscal impact. House Bill 4359 moved statewide assessments to the last four weeks of the school year, with an amendment changing the window from three to four weeks, and House Bill 4427, as amended, continued limits on adjunct teachers in early grades while clarifying qualifications and timelines for existing adjuncts. The committee also advanced House Bill 2398, which would create “credentials of value” to help students and families evaluate postsecondary programs based on workforce demand and economic return, and House Bill 3372, which would create a charter school facilities fund and loan/collateral mechanisms; the latter passed on a narrower vote after questions about asset disposition and state control. Other bills passed with little or no opposition, including a 24-hour reporting requirement for school abuse to outside law enforcement, an expansion of youth apprenticeship eligibility, adoption-related maternity leave, and a pilot for teacher growth metrics and NBCT funding. Most measures were reported out favorably, with several title-stricken amendments adopted along the way.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/26/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
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  • quality services that our residents quality services that our residents deserve. deserve. deserve.
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  • Good morning, committee members.
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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA DEFER, WLA Public Hearings 02-13-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Transcript Highlights:
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  • We'll blank out the appropriation, note it in the committee report for the Ways and Means Committee,
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  • </c> Committee as this goes on to judiciary. Committee as this goes on to judiciary.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to hunting, trespass enforcement, conservation banking, coral reef resilience, and search and rescue. SB 2130 would require DLNR to increase the percentage of public land acreage designated for public hunting areas; DLNR offered comments, the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council expressed concern, and a Game Management Advisory Commission member urged adequate funding for both study and maintenance of any expanded hunting areas. SB 2128 would require forfeiture to the state of firearms or motor vehicles used in hunting trespass on private land; the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported the bill, and another signer testified without additional detail. The committee also heard SB 3053, which appropriates funds to DLNR’s Division of Aquatic Resources for mangrove removal and shoreline/stream maintenance in the Westlock and Middleock shorelines and watersheds. DLNR supported the measure and noted staff involved in mangrove removal work; no other testimony was offered. On SB 20005, which authorizes conservation banks for compensatory mitigation in habitat conservation plans and incidental take licenses, DLNR supported the bill but said a House measure, HB 1802, would place key safeguards in statute rather than administrative rules. Earthjustice opposed SB 20005 for lacking statutory safeguards and said it would support incorporating the House language, while CARES supported the bill as a modernization that could reduce permit processing time and provide more predictable costs. A lengthy discussion followed on SB 3201, which would direct DLNR to prioritize coral reef resilience and set performance targets for coral cover and herbivore biomass. DLNR said it supported the intent but wanted more flexibility because outside factors such as climate and emissions policy affect reef conditions; the Nature Conservancy shared that concern and asked for more flexible language. For the bill, For the Fishes strongly supported stronger protections and suggested adding abundance as a metric, while NOAA and DLNR discussed the difficulty of setting universal benchmarks because reef conditions vary by location. Randy Kosaki and CARES supported the bill, emphasizing coral decline and the need for measurable goals, while committee members asked about restoration projects, benchmarks, and whether the bill’s deadlines were meant to require a plan rather than immediate achievement. Finally, the committee took up SB 2937, which would create a search and rescue card program and special fund to reimburse state, county, and volunteer search-and-rescue operations. DLNR’s wildlife division said it stood on its written testimony, and the Hawaii SAR Alliance supported the concept but said Hawaii first needs a stronger search-and-rescue framework, including a state coordinator, before implementing such a program. No votes or final actions were taken on any of the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:36 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair and members of the committee.
  • Seeing none, go to the committee. Move due pass. Committee. Move due pass.
  • We’ll go to the committee for any questions. Okay, we’ll go to the committee for a motion.
  • Okay, seeing none, we'll go to the committee. Any questions from the committee?
  • Seeing none, we'll go to the committee. Any questions from the committee?
Bills: HB63, HB64, HB184, HB200, HB47, HB48, HB2, HB9
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 9th, 2026

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, members of the committee.
  • Chair, members of the committee.
  • So that's better service for the employees.
  • Chairman and committee members.
  • Any other questions from committee members?
Bills: HB63, HB64, HB184, HB200, HB47, HB48, HB2, HB9
Summary: The committee heard testimony on the expected impacts of House Bill 9 on private detention facilities and the surrounding counties and municipalities, focusing on Cibola County/Milan, Torrance County/Estancia, and Otero County. Corrections Secretary Alicia Lucero explained that the Corrections Department does not oversee the immigration detention facilities directly, but said the department could help displaced workers through hiring fairs and expedited hiring into state positions, and suggested possible alternative uses for the buildings such as behavioral health treatment, training campuses, or transitional living centers. She also noted that a memorial would task several state agencies and affected counties with exploring alternate uses and economic options, and that Workforce Solutions had scheduled job fairs in February for the affected communities. Local officials described major fiscal and community impacts. Cibola County and Milan said the loss of the facility would reduce gross receipts tax revenue, force service cuts, and potentially shrink the county budget substantially; they also warned that the village uses the detention population to support federal grant applications and industrial park development. Torrance County and Estancia said the closure would eliminate jobs, reduce GRT revenue that funds public safety, and require transporting prisoners to other facilities at much higher bed rates, with estimated annual impacts around $3 million. Otero County reported 284 jobs and $20.8 million in payroll at risk, along with about $3 million in annual GRT and a $68 million facility that could be foreclosed if bonds defaulted. Committee members pressed for more precise numbers, including employee counts, transport costs, current bed costs, and the total fiscal impact after accounting for existing contract payments. Several members emphasized that each facility and community is different and asked for separate, detailed plans, including short-term cost replacement and long-term economic diversification. There was discussion of possible hold-harmless assistance, emergency bill drafting, and coordination with Workforce Solutions, Economic Development, and higher education partners. No formal vote was taken; the chair directed staff and agencies to meet the next morning to continue developing an emergency response and requested more detailed information from the counties and the department.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • A committee meeting on local governments. Welcome.
  • Chair, members of the committee. Karen Epps, committee staff. Before you was Senate Bill 6181. Mr.
  • Chair, members of the committee, Karen Epps, committee staff. Before you was Senate Bill 6181.
  • Chair, members of the committee. Karen Epps, committee staff. Before you is Senate Bill 6132.
  • Chair, members of the committee. Karen, committee staff. Before you is Senate Bill 6189.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/23/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> HF 2783 is before the committee. The HF 2783 as amended is now before the committee.
  • Chair, committee members.
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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 17th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Someone Mendez-Zamora, American Friends Service Committee, waives in support.
  • American Friends Service Committee waives in support.
  • a zoning committee.
  • Committee.
  • Yarra Mendes—I'm sorry, Zamora—American Friends Service Committee, waves against.
Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of bills, many of them retained from the prior week. The most debated measure was CS for SB 706, which would preempt naming of major commercial service airports to the state and designate Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport, subject to FAA approval and a trademark agreement. Amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to prevent private financial benefit from the naming. Several senators spoke in opposition, citing concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and the trademark/licensing arrangement; supporters argued there was no cost to the airport and that the bill simply set a state naming policy. The committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably CS for SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements, CS for CS for SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, CS for SB 1500 on uncontested probate proceedings, SB 962 on excluding farms from certain zoning definitions, and CS for SB 820 on problem-solving court reporting requirements. The committee then approved several bills from Senator DiCeglie and Senator Arrington. SB 840, addressing land-use regulations for local governments affected by natural disasters, was supported by local-government and environmental advocates who said it would restore local control after SB 180’s hurricane-related restrictions; the sponsor said it was intended to correct unintended consequences of last year’s law. CS for SB 856, requiring online listing platforms to show estimated ad valorem taxes on residential listings, was amended to exclude social media platforms and broaden liability protections; the sponsor and a county property appraiser described it as a consumer-transparency measure. CS for SB 110, clarifying homestead exemption treatment for long-term leases that end at death, was also reported favorably. The committee took up a controversial strike-all amendment to SB 212, which focused on public swimming pools and added residency and related restrictions for certain sex offenders and offenders on community control or probation. The amendment drew strong opposition from advocates and affected families, who argued it would worsen homelessness, impose broad geographic restrictions, and lack evidence of improving child safety; supporters said it was a targeted public-safety measure. Despite the objections, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also approved SB 684 on electronic signatures for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, SB 394 on reinsurance intermediary managers, SB 434 on property tax assessment treatment for wind-hardening improvements, CS for CS for SBs 658 and 608 on water-safety requirements for rental properties with pools or nearby water, SB 748 on adding voting-rights restoration information to sentencing score sheets, and CS for SB 824 requiring school districts to inventory unimproved real property. The meeting ended while the committee was beginning SB 848 on stormwater treatment, with an amendment being introduced as the transcript cut off.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Mar 6th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 6th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • to the Committee on Human Services, HB 140. 141 by Manuel relating to the adoption of the revised interstate
  • Human Services Commission officer to inspect general inspection, refer to the Committee on Human Services
  • on Human Services.
  • on Human Services.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House & Governmental May 19th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Those are maintained in our committee records.
  • I'm on the Transportation Committee. Excuse me.
  • Chairman, members of the committee, thanks for the opportunity to address the committee.
  • Let me say something to the committee out of respect.
  • “Good morning, Chair and committee members.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 2ND REVISED Apr 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Education Committee will come to order.
  • Bowe back to the Education Committee.
  • Thank you, Madam Chair and committee.
  • You, madam chair, thank you, committee.
  • If it pleases the Chair and the committee, I'd like to have Miss Yvonne share a few words with the committee