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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Mar 2nd, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill authorizes the Corporation Commission but does not require them to establish an energy land
  • And if developers are using dual use strategies in their energy projects, they get a 50% fee credit.
  • Is it the farmer or the energy product project? That's where contracting would be very important.
  • I think that Oklahoma should be the expert on the use of land and energy.
  • And I think when it comes to energy and land meeting that.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Mar 2nd, 2026

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill establishes a landowner, energy negotiation, agriculture, culture preservation, and orphaned
  • Is it the farmer or the energy... Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So then who pays the fee?
  • Is it the farmer or the energy product?
  • I think that Oklahoma should be the expert on use of land and energy.
  • July and August of '21, an outbreak and a multi-state outbreak and so much...
Summary: The committee first laid over Senate Bill 1573, then took up Senate Bill 2173, which would create a landowner/energy negotiation and agriculture preservation education program through OSU and Langston Extension, and authorize but not require the Corporation Commission to establish an energy land-remediation fee of up to $25 per acre on disturbed land, with a 50% credit for dual-use projects. Members discussed whether the fee would fall on landowners or projects, the role of county extension offices, and the bill’s lack of a fiscal impact after revisions. The bill was amended, title struck, and passed 12-0. Senate Bill 2028, as amended and worked from committee substitute, would allow advertising of raw milk and raw milk products, require labeling, and raise the incidental sales limit to 1,500 gallons per month while still barring commercial store sales. Senators debated whether warning labels should include health risks, especially for pregnant women, and whether the gallon limit was arbitrary. Supporters argued for consumer choice and parity with other risky foods, while opponents raised public health concerns. The bill passed 11-2. The committee then passed Senate Bill 2127, which creates an Oklahoma Department of Food and Forestry advisory council on product classification, by a 11-2 vote. Senate Bill 2117, dealing with contamination of grain and assigning responsibility to the Department of Agriculture after a sewage-related wheat contamination incident, passed 13-0 after members noted the need for clearer definitions of contamination. Finally, Senate Bill 2134, addressing livestock safety and humane treatment after truck wrecks by directing ODAF to develop rules and training for emergency responders, also passed 13-0. The meeting then adjourned.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Jan 15th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, Washington State condo law changed between when we exited this bill out of committee and the vote
  • There were many people who believe that Washington State's housing crisis is a direct result of state
  • Washington State's housing crisis is the direct result of state government, new taxes, new regulations
  • Where and why and when things become so expensive here in Washington State.
  • As you know, we are blessed with so many businesses and employers that want to call Washington State
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Jan 14th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • gathers today with open hearts, open to the responsibility entrusted to them by the residents of the state
  • of Washington.
  • gathers today with open hearts, open to the responsibility entrusted to them by the residents of the state
  • of Washington.
  • May the common goal of serving all the people of Washington guide all of their actions. Amen.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Mar 17th, 2026

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:24:18.799><c> I</c> look for the state to regulate it. I look for the state to regulate it.
  • of solar energy installed.
  • :51.360><c> Alabama</c> Energy Industries Association, Alabama Energy Industries Association, Alabama
  • </c> amount of solar energy installed. amount of solar energy installed.
  • </c><00:39:22.720><c> and</c> significant damage to our state and significant damage to our state and
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Senate Session Feb 28th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • constitution include an estimate of the to the state of the proposed amendment to state affairs.
  • Senate Bill 1280 by Parker, relating to the age at which a person in the state may marry to state affairs
  • holidays to state affairs.
  • Ignatia the cannon as the official state gun of Texas to state affairs.
  • States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the proposing one or
Bills: SJR36, SJR3, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB5, SJR52, SJR53, SJR54, SJR55, SCR18, SCR19, SCR22, SB27, SB29, SB35, SB1151, SB1152, SB1153, SB1154, SB1155, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1160, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1168, SB1169, SB1170, SB1171, SB1172, SB1173, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176, SB1177, SB1178, SB1179, SB1180, SB1181, SB1182, SB1183, SB1184, SB1185, SB1186, SB1187, SB1188, SB1189, SB1190, SB1191, SB1192, SB1193, SB1194, SB1195, SB1196, SB1197, SB1198, SB1199, SB1200, SB1201, SB1202, SB1203, SB1204, SB1205, SB1206, SB1207, SB1208, SB1209, SB1210, SB1211, SB1212, SB1213, SB1214, SB1215, SB1216, SB1217, SB1218, SB1219, SB1220, SB1221, SB1222, SB1223, SB1224, SB1225, SB1226, SB1227, SB1228, SB1229, SB1230, SB1231, SB1232, SB1233, SB1234, SB1235, SB1236, SB1237, SB1238, SB1239, SB1240, SB1241, SB1242, SB1243, SB1244, SB1245, SB1246, SB1247, SB1248, SB1249, SB1250, SB1251, SB1252, SB1253, SB1254, SB1255, SB1256, SB1257, SB1258, SB1259, SB1260, SB1261, SB1262, SB1263, SB1264, SB1265, SB1266, SB1267, SB1268, SB1269, SB1270, SB1271, SB1272, SB1273, SB1274, SB1275, SB1276, SB1277, SB1278, SB1279, SB1280, SB1281, SB1282, SB1283, SB1284, SB1285, SB1286, SB1287, SB1288, SB1289, SB1290, SB1291, SB1292, SB1293, SB1294, SB1295, SB1296, SB1297, SB1298, SB1299, SB1300, SB1301, SB1302, SB1303, SB1304, SB1305, SB1306, SB1307, SB1308, SB1309, SB1310, SB1311, SB1312, SB1313, SB1314, SB1315, SB1316, SB1317, SB1318, SB1319, SB1320, SB1321, SB1322, SB1323, SB1324, SB1325, SB1326, SB1327, SB1328, SB1329, SB1330, SB1331, SB1332, SB1333, SB1334, SB1335, SB1336, SB1337, SB1338, SB1339, SB1340, SB1341, SB1342, SB1343, SB1344, SB1345, SB1621, SJR57
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and of the state of Washington.
  • What this amendment does is it puts the burden on the state to have the Washington State Patrol cover
  • been a certification from another state, from the state of Washington.
  • Commission has had been a certification from another state, from the state of Washington.
  • of Washington under a state Constitution Article 11.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 02:05 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • or corner of Washington State.
  • That exists for all students in the state of Washington.
  • Trump, President of the United States. Last line. From the state of Washington.
  • Speaker, and in mine and all over Washington State, these Grange Halls serve rural communities.
  • That experience made one thing clear to me, Madam Speaker: Washington State needs a clear, statewide
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Father, we come before you today for the state, the lawmakers of this wonderful place.
  • We trust you as we trust them with the state of Washington in Jesus' name. Amen.
  • independent with the state.
  • They're struggling because of their disability. state.
  • Access to justice is critical in Washington State right now, and adding judicial officers in both Skagit
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 08:25 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • My concern is the growth of the Department of Health and more bureaucracy in the state of Washington.
  • In Washington State, we have a ton of requirements whenever we develop a piece of property.
  • In Washington State, we are on a fault line.
  • Madam Speaker, this hasn't been tested in Washington State before.
  • This is a great resource, not just for state employees, but for the entire state of Washington.
Summary: The House received a Senate message that Substitute House Bill 1570 had passed the Senate, then moved several bills from Rules to the second reading calendar, including Substitute Senate Bill 5242 on anaphylaxis medications in schools and Senate Bill 6132 on Inland Port District debt. The chamber then took up several bills, beginning with Senate Bill 5988 on Department of Health accreditation fee authority for opioid treatment programs. Amendment 2336 to cap the fee at $17,000 was debated at length but rejected, and a separate amendment to add safe-injection-site language was ruled out of scope. Senate Bill 5988 then passed 62-34. Substitute Senate Bill 6309 on enhanced municipal permitting tools for high-capacity transit projects drew multiple amendments focused on Sound Transit’s authority. Amendments to require written consent from abutting property owners, to add flood-zone and seismic/critical-area protections, and to address public-records issues were either rejected or ruled beyond scope, though the local government committee amendment was adopted. The bill passed 56-38. The House also passed Substitute Senate Bill 5886 on digital personality rights and Senate Bill 6136 on transparency in workers’ compensation rate-setting, both with strong bipartisan support. Later, the House passed a series of additional bills: Substitute Senate Bill 6034 codifying the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs; Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 on prior authorization reform, with remarks emphasizing limits on AI in health care decisions; Substitute Senate Bill 6248 creating the Washington Travel Insurance Act; Substitute Senate Bill 5720 establishing uniform consumer debt default judgment procedures; Senate Bill 5995 on port modernization funding and labor considerations; Senate Bill 6103 affecting rural hospitals; Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6110 creating a work group on e-motorcycles; Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5156 allowing smaller elevators to support accessible, more affordable housing; Substitute Senate Bill 6269 updating motor fuel definitions to include hydrogen; Substitute Senate Bill 6189 giving Thurston County more time to pursue an aquatics public facilities district; and Senate Bill 6134 requiring unemployment applicants to acknowledge repayment obligations if retroactive union pay is received. Most of these bills passed with large margins, and the House adjourned after completing final passage votes.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm proud to be a Washington State attorney.
  • I'm proud to be a Washington State Attorney.
  • Why would we support 800 kings in Washington State? We don't have a king in Washington State.
  • or anywhere across Washington state.
  • It allows the Washington State Constitution, the Washington law against discrimination, the Washington
Summary: The House took up a series of Senate bills and moved most of them quickly to third reading and final passage, often suspending the rules and adopting committee amendments without objection. Early action included Senate Bill 5944, which addresses compensation for interpreters working for L&I when appointments are canceled or missed; it passed 86-10. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5837, dealing with guardianship and supported decision-making, drew debate over a new right to counsel in guardianship cases and concerns about expanding civil legal obligations, but it passed 73-23. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6197, a plumbers enforcement/discipline measure tied to task force work on wages and the underground economy, passed unanimously. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6019, fixing a loophole in home care worker parity law, also passed unanimously, as did Senate Bill 6011, which extends authority for Court of Appeals bailiffs to assess threats against judges and staff, though members noted concerns about access to non-conviction data. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6058, aimed at improving Labor and Industries’ ability to address wage theft complaints and backlog, passed 96-0 after House amendments. Substitute Senate Bill 5923, allowing an island hospital in Skagit County to become a critical access hospital, passed 96-0 amid support for rural health care. Senate Bill 5994, which changes how timber tax revenue is distributed so school districts are not penalized when levies fail, also passed 96-0. Substitute Senate Bill 6076, streamlining public utility district procurement and raising spending thresholds, passed 95-1 after a capital budget amendment. The House then moved to second reading of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5925, a major bill expanding the Attorney General’s authority to issue civil investigative demands in constitutional and discrimination-related matters. The bill prompted extensive debate over civil liberties, due process, and the potential for government overreach. Amendment 2160, which would have required clear and convincing evidence before a CID could issue, was rejected 38-48. Amendment 2149, creating a right to cure before a CID, was also rejected. Amendment 2150, requiring assistant attorney general approval and a reasonable suspicion standard, failed 38-48. Amendment 2151, requiring the Attorney General personally to approve CIDs in writing, failed as well. However, several narrowing amendments were adopted, including limits on scope and relevance (2288), a prohibition on CIDs to federal agencies (2289), a ban on sharing CID-derived information for criminal law enforcement purposes (2290), and a requirement that the Attorney General’s office consult with other agencies in certain overlapping investigations (2154 was rejected, but later amendments continued). Other proposed protections, such as fee-shifting for successful CID challenges and reimbursement when a CID produces no action, were debated at length but not adopted in the portion of the transcript provided.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • One develops a public-private partnership, which I believe in these times in our state of Washington,
  • It houses Washington State University. Whitman County is an important county in my district.
  • It houses Washington State University. working county in my district.
  • To be honest, most of Washington State is a child care desert. And we made not enough.
  • Of course, you know, as well as I do, that there's many school districts all across Washington State
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer from Tammy Stamphley, a Presbyterian minister and hospital chaplain. After approving the previous day’s minutes and receiving a Senate message, the chamber moved to second and third reading of several bills, with multiple measures advanced under suspended rules. The first major vote was on Engrossed Senate Bill 5872, which establishes a pre-K-related account to support up to 10,000 additional early learning slots for three- and four-year-olds. Supporters emphasized the Balmer Group’s private funding commitment and the value of early learning and family support; the bill passed 97-0. Substitute Senate Bill 5834, a Department of Retirement Systems request bill changing the fund source for legal, medical, administrative, and fraud-prevention expenses using interest earnings from pension funds, also passed 97-0. Substitute House Bill 2689, dealing with the Working Connections Child Care program, drew the most debate. Supporters said it aligned attendance policy with federal rules, adjusted reimbursement rates, and helped balance the budget while preserving child care resources. Opponents argued it cut support in rural and underserved counties, would worsen child care deserts, and placed budget savings on the child care industry; it passed 53-44. The House then passed Senate Bill 5922, allowing school districts to transfer vehicle depreciation funds with OSPI approval, by 59-38, and Senate Bill 6065, a narrower bill for districts under enhanced financial oversight such as Prescott, by 97-0. The session ended with announcements that both caucuses would meet later in the day.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • My concern is the growth of the Department of Health and more bureaucracy in the state of Washington,
  • In Washington State, we have a ton of requirements whenever we develop a piece of property, and that
  • In Washington State, we are on a fault line.
  • Madam Speaker, this hasn't been tested in Washington State before.
  • This is a great resource, not just for state employees, but for the entire state of Washington.
Summary: The House received a Senate message announcing passage of Substitute House Bill 1570 and then moved several bills from Rules to the second reading calendar, including Substitute Senate Bill 5242 on anaphylaxis medications in schools and Senate Bill 6132 on Inland Port District debt. The chamber then took up a series of bills, beginning with Senate Bill 5988 on Department of Health accreditation fee authority for opioid treatment programs. An amendment to cap the fee at $17,000 was debated at length but failed, and a separate amendment was ruled beyond the scope of the bill. Senate Bill 5988 then passed 62-34. The House next considered Substitute Senate Bill 6309 on enhanced municipal permitting tools for high-capacity transit projects. Several amendments were offered to require written consent from abutting property owners, preserve setback and seismic/critical-area protections, and add transparency provisions, but the scope challenge to the transparency amendment was sustained and the other amendments failed. Supporters argued the bill would streamline permitting for Sound Transit and reduce taxpayer costs; opponents said it gave a large transit authority too much discretion and weakened property-rights and land-use protections. The bill passed 56-38. The House also passed Substitute Senate Bill 5886 on personality rights and digital likeness protections, and Senate Bill 6136 on workers’ compensation transparency, both with strong bipartisan support. After caucuses and a rule suspension to work past 10 p.m., the House took up additional second-reading bills. It passed Substitute Senate Bill 6034 to codify the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs, Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 on prior authorization and AI in health care, Substitute Senate Bill 6248 creating the Washington Travel Insurance Act, Substitute Senate Bill 5720 on uniform consumer debt default judgments, Senate Bill 5995 on port modernization funding with labor-related concerns, and Senate Bill 6103 affecting rural hospitals and enrollment status subject to appropriation. Later, the House passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6110 on e-motorcycle regulation, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5156 allowing smaller elevators in some housing, Substitute Senate Bill 6269 updating motor fuel definitions to include hydrogen, Substitute Senate Bill 6189 extending time for Thurston County to pursue an aquatics public facilities district, and Senate Bill 6134 requiring unemployment applicants to acknowledge repayment if retroactive union pay is received. Most bills passed with large majorities, though some drew dissent over labor, property rights, transit governance, or regulatory scope.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 24th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • May the words of the great state. May the words of the great state.
  • So, um, so out of the 11 state um, so out of the 11 state um, so out of the 11 state championships, there's
  • So maybe because it is a state sub entity of the state that we state sub entity of the state that we
  • , not in a quarter if you're out of state, not in a quarter if you're out of state, not states.
  • state to be an governor of this state to be an governor of this state to be an emergency.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 24th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • THE CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT, I WOULD ARGUE AT TIMES, THE CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT DOES HAVE TO BE CHALLENGED
  • WITHIN OUR STATE.
  • AGAIN, HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THIS WOULD GOVERN IN THE STATE; HOWEVER, WE HAVE GIVEN...
  • State, the State Capitol, and other agencies.
  • House Bill 653 states that the assassination of a head of state, attempted assassination of a head of
Summary: The Florida House of Representatives conducted legislative business including prayer, pledge, and voting on multiple bills. Key legislation included HB 1105 expanding Florida Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility, HB 443 on charter school regulations (passed 83-23), and HB 1539 on materials harmful to minors (passed 81-29) after extensive debate about book challenges in schools. Other bills addressed education funding, law enforcement benefits, parole guidelines, and various local issues. The Speaker announced budget negotiations with the Senate have stalled, with disagreements over spending levels and tax cuts. The House will not meet this weekend as originally planned. Session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 AM.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • For those of you that don't know, TDCAA does training for all the prosecutors across the state. state
  • And I told you the state and the state will have a royalty position and that's the same may have under
  • The Council will study the development of geothermal energy industries in the state. and make recommendations
  • State your inquiry.
  • State your inquiry.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Washington State has been really a great place to be because we've had hydro energy and water and power
  • Washington State has been really a great place to be because we've had hydro energy and water and power
  • industrial loads in the state of Washington, are the manufacturers. ...industrial loads in the state
  • large industrial loads in the state of Washington.
  • I'm a senior energy policy specialist at the Washington State Department of Commerce.
Bills: SB6013, SB6291
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Health Care & Wellness

Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is London-Bree Love, and I'm here on behalf of the Washington State Psychological Association
  • My name is London-Bree Love and I'm here on behalf of the Washington State Psychological Association.
  • I'm a licensed independent clinical social worker, legislative chair for the Washington State Society
  • Claire Bruticoe, and I'm here to testify on behalf of the Washington State Psychiatric Association.
  • These are the 11 carriers that provide coverage to over 5 million people here in Washington State.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 30th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To the United States and Texas.
  • I pledge allegiance to the flag of the State of Texas, one state, under God, one and indivisible.
  • State your inquiry.
  • State your inquiry. State your inquiry. State your inquiry. Okay.
  • And the question was whether the state was going to provide state general revenue to replace the loss