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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Feb 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • We always knew That it would need to grow, and we're at a stage now where we need to do that gradually
  • We need a second on the motion. Have a second by Senator Mann.
  • Standards assessments or is it a general standardized test assessment that you're really wanting to look
  • I think we need applicability. I think we need assessment. We need some transparency in this.
  • I would agree that's an area that needs to be discussed.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Tue Feb 17, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, the bill actually needs a fix.
  • think this bill actually needs think this bill actually needs >> HSCA<00:04:42.160> sorry
  • They need to feel safe. They need to feel secure.
  • need to feel safe.
  • They need to feel need to feel safe.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a bill to expand the solar energy tax credit for single-family residential properties by removing certain cap amounts and raising the adjusted gross income limits for taxpayers to elect a refund of excess credits. The Hawaii State Energy Office and Department of Taxation both said they were standing on written testimony, while industry and advocacy groups largely supported the measure. Members questioned whether the income thresholds were set appropriately, how many taxpayers would be affected at different income levels, and how many would qualify for refundable treatment; Taxation said it did not yet have the requested numbers but was preparing a fiscal estimate. A major issue raised was drafting and administration: witnesses said the bill appears to apply differently to owner-purchased systems versus third-party leased systems, and Taxation said it likely could not easily verify household income for leased systems or cross-reference different taxpayers. Discussion also covered whether the credit should remain refundable, whether credits should be limited to amounts actually expended, and whether the bill should instead be structured to keep the credit with the system owner or lessor, with concerns about equity, market effects, and possible incentives to lease rather than buy. The committee then moved to HB 2316, which would align state restrictions on lead materials in drinking water infrastructure with federal Safe Drinking Water Act requirements. The Department of Health and other supporters testified in favor, and there were no questions from the chair. Next, HB 1566 on energy efficiency would require state agencies to use energy-efficient lighting, with the Hawaii State Energy Office providing technical assistance and a compliance survey prioritized for first responder facilities; testimony from state agencies and advocates was in support, and again there were no questions. For HB 1926 on Red Hill, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Board of Water Supply, and multiple organizations and individuals supported funding for remediation studies, environmental monitoring, groundwater research, independent testing, and a public dashboard, with DLNR emphasizing that decades of work remain necessary even after defueling and that the bill supports ongoing university and community partnerships. The committee then heard HB 1673 on landfill units. The Department of Health initially said it was in support but later corrected the record and stated it strongly opposes the measure, saying the bill would undo protections enacted last session that keep landfills out of areas over aquifers; the Board of Water Supply also opposed repeal of those protections, while the City and County of Honolulu supported the HD1 version that leaves siting decisions to the counties. Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi and the Energy Justice Network opposed the bill, arguing the original protections should remain and that the amended version had confused commenters; supporters of the original version urged restoring it and considering additional language on ash.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • As a teacher myself and a veteran, As a parent with kids in public schools, I had never needed any kind
  • I'm just saying historically, I think we need to judge this based on what it would have been.
  • This bill gives the state earlier access to funds, reducing the need for state borrowing and enabling
  • I can be more specific if you need me to, but those three things are the biggest ones.
  • First, the bill requires assessments during the year to identify struggling students early.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 29th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you need assistance, please feel free to ask the clerk here in front.
  • And need to he he was here for him Oh, David was here, hey. Okay, please acknowledge it.
  • Because this bill is rather precedent-setting, we need to get it right.
  • Okay We need to stay the time, three minutes, or?
  • deserted of the infrastructure that they need to thrive.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 10th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She's been candid, unapologetic, disruptive, and truly always right where she needed to be.
  • Baby hour class, the reality of the work, families who need those systems to function well.
  • That's a ratio we need to emulate. That's a ratio we need to emulate.
  • People need to know that they are complete, that they have all that they need, ...within themselves.
  • People need to know that they are complete, that they have all that they need to do more than survive
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Transcript Highlights:
  • It's also good to identify the need to listen in prayer.
  • Help that I needed without the political agendas associated with it.
  • It's where it needs to be handled.
  • We need to tone it down or take your conversations outside.
  • We need to take up the amendment. Clerk, who Reid. Mr.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight REVISED: SB1304 - Added Apr 15th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, Representative, can you talk about the need for this?
  • So, we need this information to do a better job.
  • I really like it when the doctor focuses on what my needs are.
  • I'm trying to figure out which folder I need to pick up.
  • Chairman, somebody needs to watch this process because it's desperately needed.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG DEFER Public Hearing 04-21-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Summary: The Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs reconvened on April 21 and took up a series of House Concurrent Resolutions, with no public testimony. Members first approved HCR 43, urging raised crosswalks near Ala Wai Elementary at University Avenue, Malkiki Street, and Kamoku Street to improve student safety, and HCR 154, asking Hawaii County to expand the Heleon shared ride program islandwide, including rural and underserved areas. They also passed HCR 165, calling for permanent pickleball nets and court lighting at Kamilo Iki Community Park, and HCR 186, urging the U.S. Department of Defense and Defense Health Agency to extend health care authorization renewals for people affected by the Red Hill water contamination crisis. The committee then approved HCR 200, which urges the Department of Defense to reassess prior CERCLA-related closure decisions in light of evolving PFAS science. Members said the measure was intended to help keep PFAS out of the water system. HCR 202, establishing a legislative task force on Hawaii’s future energy pathways, was amended before passage to expand the task force’s scope to include separation of generation from transmission and distribution, add Senate leadership representation, and include representatives from the Agricultural Development Corporation and the Farm Bureau. Several members supported the amended version with reservations, expressing concern about possible cost impacts from separating generation and distribution. Finally, the committee passed HCR 206 HD1, which requests the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a working group to study the impacts of large data centers on utilities, ratepayers, natural resources, and climate goals. All measures were adopted by the committee, with HCR 202 passing with amendments and the others passing unamended. The meeting then adjourned.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Apr 14th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, we need to adopt amendment number three and then number four.
  • I need to go ahead and do Blair since I already called it out, or does it matter?
  • The other thing is that we're needing to keep this vehicle alive.
  • And we do need the bill to make sure that we have something to work with if we were to need to take any
  • Maybe something that we need to, if we need to make adjustments, we can do that.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Governmental Oversight and Accountability Feb 2nd, 2026

Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, we need to close. So you're recognized to close on the amendment.
  • The state needs enforcement, not a politicized task force.
  • I knew that I needed to make amends. I wanted to be held accountable.
  • If the need arises, our correctional officers were also able to be deployed elsewhere as needed.
  • You need it for security reasons. You need it for demographic reasons.
Summary: The committee heard several bills and confirmations, with most measures reported favorably. Senate Bill 330 clarified the heart disease presumption for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, codifying the medical definition of heart disease and allowing transferring law enforcement officers to rely on a prior physical if a new agency does not provide one. Support was waived in by the Florida Smart Justice Alliance and the Fraternal Order of Police, and the bill passed unanimously. Senate Bill 526, as amended by a delete-all amendment, addressed commercial construction contracts, permit standards, fee reductions when private providers are used, floodproofing, product approval categories, and adoption of certain electrical code standards; it drew support from several construction and business groups and one opposing appearance, then was reported favorably. Senate Bill 1192 created a pilot program for callback queues at the Department of Commerce and Department of Children and Families to reduce hold times for callers seeking re-employment assistance and public benefits, and it also passed favorably. Senate Bill 1078 established transition procedures for a governor-elect, including agency liaisons, briefing materials, office space, and access to records; an amendment shifted IT support to the Department of Management Services, narrowed access to confidential records, and increased penalties for unauthorized disclosure, after which the bill was approved. Senate Bill 7022 extended a public records exemption for classroom examinations and assessment instruments through 2031 and expanded coverage to school district boards and public schools; it was also reported favorably. Senate Bill 862, as amended, set a $60,000 salary goal by 2030 for state correctional officers, probation officers, and institutional security specialists, with annual raises subject to appropriations; members and witnesses emphasized recruitment, retention, and safety, and the bill passed. Senate Bill 1250 removed the requirement that the Commission on Human Relations use registered mail for certain notices under the Florida Civil Rights Act, allowing less expensive notice methods, and it was reported favorably. Senate Bill 1698 allowed certain employers to post required workplace notices electronically instead of physically, and it passed without opposition. The committee also recommended confirmation of 10 appointees to the Florida Commission on Human Relations and the State Retirement Commission. The most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 1072, which created an anti-Semitism task force within the Department of Legal Affairs to review anti-Semitism in Florida, improve community relations, advise on law enforcement training, assess digital media literacy efforts, evaluate hate crime statutes, and recommend policy changes. The sponsor said the bill was intended to address a growing problem and noted that Florida already uses the Holocaust Remembrance definition of anti-Semitism in statute. Numerous speakers opposed the bill, arguing it could chill protected speech, especially criticism of Israel, and could be used selectively against students, activists, Muslims, Arabs, and Jewish anti-Zionists; several also said existing hate-crime and civil-rights laws were sufficient and that the task force should include protections against Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate. One member raised concerns about the constitutionality of creating such task forces in light of prior actions by the Attorney General. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably on a party-line style vote with Senator Bracey Davis voting yes along with the majority. Senate Bill 1642, the Freedom in the Workplace Act, was also heard and drew significant questioning. The bill would bar public employers and contractors from requiring pronoun use, certain gender-identity-related training, or non-binary sex options on forms, and would protect employees and contractors from adverse action based on religious, moral, conscience-based, or biology-based beliefs. Senator Polsky questioned whether the bill could interfere with anti-harassment training and workplace discipline, while the sponsor said the measure was meant to prevent government coercion and extend protections similar to those in school settings. The transcript cuts off before the final disposition of this bill.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I think there needs to be more.
  • Should they need the funds, they just need to talk to the voters about it, and again it's over the no
  • They just need to go explain to their voters and the good citizens of Irving why they need additional
  • Correct, and I'll need to clarify that.
  • Because we just need to know.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 14th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Maybe I need to be inactive for a little bit.
  • This database brings much-needed transparency.
  • Do we need to pay down some of their debt?
  • But revenue-based financing can fill that need.
  • I need you to go ahead and wrap up, please.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 14th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We really need to make changes to it, and it’s quite expensive.
  • We also need to make a correction on your registration; it says Elgin, Illinois/Texas.
  • On the front end, there are some changes that they need to make.
  • members have, including education. ...that they need and things like that.
  • Yes, and we need to. Is that correct? Yes, so far. And then we need to correct your registration.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to be able to bring the SWATS plant on, you know, since we own 100% of the assets.
  • Because if it does, we're happy to rack it out if we need to, but I don't believe that...
  • Forever, that's why we need a bracketed... I'm the city manager. Chris Goffman.
  • So we need to clarify that because right now, the way it would be...
  • I think you need to. Absolutely. What's the service extension?
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Local Government (Part II) Mar 31st, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are there any other voting motions that we need and we expect all those states those submit those in
  • Maybe I need glasses, yeah. Susan, we'll begin with you.
  • I have to compete with the market with other cities should I need to hire my next city manager.
  • I don't wear either, so maybe I need that, but you know, yeah, not yet, not yet, not yet, hell.
  • Most people need cars and Texas isn't like New York. It's not like those in Austin isn't.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • time to time, we bring you bills where we have found entities within government that are no longer needed
  • , or yes, no longer needed, and over a Few years I've been working on this with the governor's office
  • and with an economic zone, and this is also in accordance with the International Association of Assessing
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 4th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the need for the emergency was what? Thank you, Mr. President.
  • Thank you. ...industry doesn't love, but they know there needs to be some change.
  • We need more pipelines to diversify our certification process. Mr.
  • Others are happy because they need workers to help build houses.
  • I do believe that in the global market for energy, this technology is needed.
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a special family recitation of the Declaration of Independence by Senator Hamilton’s children. The chamber then adopted SR 28, recognizing May as Alpha-Gal Awareness and Prevention Month in Oklahoma and encouraging awareness, prevention, and research on alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergic condition. Senator Seifried also introduced constituents affected by alpha-gal. Later, the Senate heard a gallery introduction from advocates for victims of impaired driving, highlighting the toll of DUI-related crashes in Oklahoma. The Senate then took up several House amendments and final-passage votes on bills. SB 201, clarifying that a teacher pay raise applies to certified classroom teachers, passed 47-0 and was advanced as an emergency. SB 1379, SB 1525, SB 1966, SB 2112, and SB 2170 also passed after adoption of House amendments, with SB 1525 and SB 1379 advanced as emergency measures. SB 1525 raised the threshold for contracting to host a conference from $25,000 to $75,000, and SB 1966 served as the annual omnibus highway, memorial highway, and bridge designation bill. Among the House bills considered, HB 3262 increased the sheriff fee for service of process from $50 to $100 and passed 37-8. HB 3265 allowed a psychologist to make PTSD determinations for the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System and passed 47-0. HB 3781, a major insurance modernization bill changing rate-filing procedures for homeowners insurance and expanding the insurance commissioner’s review authority, passed 39-6 after extended debate over transparency, regulation, and market impact. HB 3040 expanded sex-offender loitering restrictions around businesses serving minors and passed 40-4, while HB 3076 authorized alternative teacher certification providers under OEQA oversight and passed 38-6 as an emergency measure. The chamber also passed HB 3369, a deregulation and efficiency bill affecting fire suppression and LP gas inspections, HB 2749, which shifted an intergenerational education program toward a Medicaid state plan amendment, HB 3982 on fleet vehicle titling, HB 3462 creating a shorter residential-only plumbing licensure pathway, HB 3465 extending the Oklahoma Emission Reduction Technology Rebate Program to 2029, HB 3521 modernizing money transmission law, HB 3796 as an Oklahoma Insurance Department omnibus bill, HB 3800 as a roofing-industry cleanup bill, and HB 4095 modernizing the 211 hotline advisory council. Several of these measures drew debate over regulation, workforce needs, public safety, or fiscal and policy impacts, but all of the listed bills ultimately passed by recorded vote.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In gaps as relates to the needs of this state, how do you not see it that way?
  • And not just have to go through the chair, but need to be moved on the floor.
  • Money to do what we need to do. We don't need to tax you on your food.
  • Additionally, the judge may request a public safeguard as needed.
  • Because bigger towers need larger setbacks, this is based on the tippith.