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FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Management Services, which includes funding for repair and maintenance of state buildings... ...of Management
  • Services, which includes funding for repair and maintenance of state buildings, $16 million for local
  • ...made based on a lot of the input of the members, asks of many of us, and again a big credit to Chair
  • inflation, because of cost of living.
  • The cost of everything is going up. It’s part of the way of the world.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Donnell C. Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. A quorum was announced, the journal was approved, and the Speaker said the chamber would take up 11 budget conference reports, with debate and final votes on each report. The first report considered was HB 7031E, the tax package, followed by HB 501E, the state budget appropriations bill. On HB 7031E, Chair Duggan explained that the conference report included a range of tax reductions and tax-related changes, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related provisions, reductions in certain taxes and fees, and new exemptions or administrative clarifications. He said the package also added items such as sales tax relief for certain university construction projects, a tennis admissions exemption, and changes to agricultural property tax treatment, and that the amendment reduced state and local tax revenues by $272.2 million. Members questioned the bill about the child care tax credit reduction from three years to one, the homestead exemption provision for certain diplomats and foreign service personnel, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the inclusion of firearm accessories and tennis tickets in sales tax holidays. After structured debate, the House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11. The House then began the conference report on HB 501E, the $114.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, which was described as below the prior year’s spending level and leaving more than $14 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major allocations across education, higher education, IT, health care, transportation and economic development, justice, state administration, and agriculture/natural resources. Highlights included increased FEFP funding and veteran teacher raises, full funding for Bright Futures, major IT modernization projects, Medicaid and behavioral health funding, transportation and local infrastructure spending, correctional and law enforcement investments, fire station and emergency response funding, and large environmental and water-quality appropriations. Members asked detailed questions about school voucher fraud oversight, scholarship funding, teacher raises, preeminence funding, ADAP changes, SNAP data tools and error rates, Medicaid rate changes, prison wastewater monitoring, and other budget items, but the transcript ends during the budget questions before final action on HB 501E is shown.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 15th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Teach for America for
  • Actually, two; one of them we've gotten rid of.
  • I'm going to ask for favor of the bill. Many of you favor? Yes, many of your favor?
  • It changes the name of one of the types of trainings that they can offer.
  • Because of discretion of law enforcement.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened in prayer, and led the pledge. The bulk of the early portion of the meeting consisted of personal privileges and recognitions, including ARC Appreciation Day, Teach for America, Film Louisiana, the Child Care Association of Louisiana, Textron Systems, Iberville Parish Day, AARP Louisiana Family Caregiver Day, and several visiting groups and honorees. The chamber also received Senate messages, enrolled and introduced resolutions, and referred a number of Senate bills to committee. The House then took up a long series of bills, many of them local or technical measures, with most passing by wide margins. Among the bills adopted were measures on municipal and teachers’ retirement systems, retired clerk insurance funds, fire and police civil service, a local Cameron Parish insurance program, specialty courts, jury bond filing by paper check, non-compete limits for interns and apprentices, a memorial bridge naming for Lance Cpl. Justin D. McLeese, veteran points in civil service exams, provisional fire/police appointments, special masters in complex litigation, judicial and court-cost funding measures, aerial applicator safety rules, cell-cultured food labeling, wine and spirits container standards, nonprofit eligibility to appoint economic development commissioners, a homeless diversion pilot program in Orleans, animal shelter standards, a Fort Oge police chief appointment change, retirement benefit calculations for divorced firefighters, an alcohol-permit moratorium in Shreveport, waste-collection contract renewal authority, and a backdrop retirement option for certain judges. There was one notable defeat: House Bill 444, which would have added legislative seats to the East Baton Rouge Recreation and Park Commission, failed on a 37-49 vote after debate over whether legislators should appoint themselves to the board and whether the proposal had adequate stakeholder support. House Bill 284 on expropriation also failed earlier by a 48-47 vote and was returned to the calendar. Several other measures were temporarily returned to the calendar or held over, and some bills were referred or received amendments before final passage. Most final votes were unanimous or near-unanimous, and the House repeatedly adopted titles and motions to table after passage.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 15th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the membership of the board.
  • I'm going to ask for favor of the bill. Many of you favor? Yes, many of your favor?
  • It changes the name of one of the types of trainings that they can offer.
  • Because of discretion of law enforcement.
  • Because of discretion of law enforcement.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • teachers or expansion of class sizes, that kind of thing.
  • The very heart of our country is to have separation of powers. ...part of the executive function.
  • Yeah, this came to me by way of a number of individuals.
  • Obviously, there's no language of physical blocking of that type of arrest.
  • Favorable vote of four ayes. I'm out of chair. Madam Chair? Nick of time.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Rules Apr 8th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • , independent repair shops, branded dealers like us and many times they can use all 3 of those options
  • for repair, with varying levels of quality price and convenience.
  • Many manufacturers already expanded repair options growing the number of authorized repair providers,
  • growth of manufacturers authorized repair networks and availability of the access to tools and parts
  • of fixing and repairing their items at a more opportune time.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 22nd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Winners of 11 of 13 down the stretch, they dedicated their championship run to the memory of a tragically
  • Winners of 11 of 13 down the stretch, they dedicated their championship run to the memory of a tragically
  • Eve XL of Mandeville's Krewe of Eve.
  • Paul Correll is a native of Ville Platte, Louisiana, and a distinguished graduate of the University of
  • of LSU of Alexandria.
Summary: The House met with a quorum and handled a mix of ceremonial recognitions, committee reports, and floor action on a large number of bills and resolutions. Members recognized several championship high school teams, including Northlake Christian, Archbishop Hannan, St. Scholastica, Lutcher, and St. Louis, and also designated or commended groups and individuals such as Ascension Parish, the Louisiana Counseling Association, LSU, Dr. Paul Correll, and others. The chamber adopted several resolutions without objection, including measures naming Counseling Day at the Capitol, LSU Day at the Capitol, and honoring Dr. Correll’s retirement, while also receiving and referring various other resolutions and Senate bills to committees or laying them over. The House then took up and passed a series of bills, many with amendments. Major measures included HB 159 creating a Caddo Parish home incarceration pilot program with court, sheriff, and district attorney coordination; HB 364 directing public safety PSAs about celebratory gunfire; HB 414 on background checks for certain health care workers; HB 74 creating a Spectrum Alert program for missing children with autism; HB 568 increasing penalties for visible marijuana use in school zones; HB 786 prohibiting extrapolation in Medicaid provider audits; HB 1033 expanding the definition of critical infrastructure; HB 1041 limiting medical-intervention-based discrimination and mandates; HB 1062 revising the Special School District board; HB 1079 giving charter-school enrollment preference to certain preschool, military, foster care, and custody-ordered students; HB 1139 on discharge planning for involuntarily admitted behavioral health patients; HB 1182 changing occupational therapy licensure credentialing; HB 1214 creating an Office of State Health Care Facilities; and HB 1241 requiring insurers to check for child-support arrears before paying certain settlements. Most of these bills passed by wide margins, often after technical or substantive amendments. Several local and administrative measures also advanced, including bills on utility district per diem, abolishing a police chief position in Edgefield, a crime prevention district fee, and New Orleans historic preservation penalties. The chamber also referred or temporarily returned a number of bills to the calendar, and one local bill on historic preservation in New Orleans was introduced at the end of the transcript. Overall, the meeting was marked by broad bipartisan support for many measures, with recorded roll-call votes on the more contested bills and no major procedural disputes beyond extended questioning on the marijuana-in-school-zones bill and the medical-intervention bill.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 22nd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Winners of 11 of 13 down the stretch, they dedicated their championship run to the memory of a tragically
  • Winners of 11 of 13 down the stretch, they dedicated their championship run to the memory of a tragically
  • Eve XL of Mandeville's Krewe of Eve.
  • Paul Correll is a native of Ville Platte, Louisiana, and a distinguished graduate of the University of
  • of LSU of Alexandria.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Apr 10th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Eckhart, Flores, Gutierrez, Hagenboo, Hall, Hancock, Hinojos of Nueces Hinojosa of Hidalgo, Huffman,
  • The dean of the Senate moves to excuse Senator King on the count of a death in the family.
  • The dean of the Senate moves to dispense with the reading of yesterday's journal.
  • Senator Paxton moves suspension of the regular order of business on Senate Bill 883.
  • The chair announces the signing of the following in the presence of the Senate.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy.(7-2-26)

Natural Resources & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> of weeks. of weeks.
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  • <c> without</c> miles of of maintenance done without miles of of maintenance done without having<00:36
  • </c> doing a lot of selling. doing a lot of selling.
Bills: SB8
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am the government relations manager for the Academy of the Delaware Academy of Medicine and Public
  • Health, and we are here in support of Senate Bill 53.
  • I'm the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.
  • But, yeah, we are very much in favor of this bill, and I'm excited to see it pass out of committee.
  • the planning and zoning commissions of each county.
Bills: SB311, HB371
Summary: The House Agriculture Committee met with a quorum present and considered three bills. Senate Bill 53 would codify and continue the Farm to Community Program if federal support is reduced or unavailable, prioritize Delaware farmers, and require reporting and transparency. Testimony in support came from the Delaware Farm Bureau, the Academy of Medicine and Public Health, and Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jimmy Crone, who said the department supports the bill. Members raised no questions, and the committee voted to release the bill by roll call. The committee then heard Senate Bill 311, a Department of Agriculture maintenance bill updating Title 3 provisions related to plant industry and pesticides. The bill removes an outdated $100 license fee, requires certified private applicators to keep pesticide application records available for inspection, expands the definition of landscaper to include commercial entities installing their own nursery stock, and removes a good-character requirement for grain inspector applicants. With no public comment or questions, the committee voted to release the bill by roll call. Finally, House Bill 371, sponsored by Representative Vanderwyn, would streamline the Agland Preservation Act by eliminating a redundant county advisory board step for farmland preservation districts. Representative Vanderwyn and Deputy Secretary Crone explained that the advisory boards were more useful when the program was new, but now the county planning and zoning commissions and the Department of Agriculture already provide the needed review. After brief discussion, with no public comment, the committee voted to release the bill by roll call and then adjourned.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 18th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I support it and am acutely aware of the— Yes, well, I support it and am acutely aware of some
  • Chairman, Senator Foil, let me ask you, because I had a lot of calls on the original part of the bill
  • He was blocked out of it.
  • Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Representative Adams, urges and requests the Department of
  • roundabouts, and a lot of people, and none of them know how to use the roundabout.
Bills: HCR96, SB431
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and took up Senate Bill 431 by Senator Foil. The bill, as amended in the House, would apply only to non-consensual private-property tows and require towing companies to have someone available on weekends to release vehicles within 90 minutes of a call if they want to charge storage fees for Saturday and Sunday. Senator Foil said the measure was intended to help vehicle owners retrieve cars and belongings sooner, while not forcing companies to stay open; Lieutenant John Nelson of Louisiana State Police explained that payment would still occur at the yard and that the bill did not change the fee structure. Amy Seals of Riverside Towing opposed the bill, citing safety concerns, burdens on office staff, and fairness issues because it would not cover police-initiated tows; she suggested limiting weekend release hours to daytime. Despite her concerns, the committee moved SB 431 favorably without objection. The committee then considered House Concurrent Resolution 96 by Representative Adams, which urges the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, to provide educational materials on proper roundabout use. Adams said the resolution was meant to help drivers in smaller parishes and elsewhere who struggle with roundabouts. Several members supported the idea, noting confusion about roundabout navigation in their areas, and one member asked whether driver education already covers the topic. The resolution was moved favorably without objection. Before adjourning, the chair recognized a new DOTD staff member and a visitor from the Florida Women’s Republican group. Representative Spells then moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned without objection.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Apr 7th, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a protection of integrity, of accountability, and the fundamental right of an organization to..
  • I am Kim Bailey, president of the League of Women Voters of Alabama.
  • And to hear the chair of a of Alabama.
  • life, liberty, um, of sacred honor, of principle.
  • I'm part of the blue dot. Proud of it.
Bills: HB541, HB541
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Agriculture and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, members of the committee.
  • a bottle of antibiotics.
  • </c> have any effect on that sort of have any effect on that sort of &gt;&gt; Not.
  • </c> already part of veterary practice act. already part of veterary practice act.
  • </c> We're not changing any of that. We're not changing any of that.
Bills: SB85, SB85
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Transcript Highlights:
  • And of course, I don't think I'll be reading the whole thing to you, because I think we kind of got it
  • All those in favor of voting Senate Bill 6046 out of committee, please say...
  • All those in favor of voting Senate Bill 6046 out of committee, please say aye. Aye.
  • I can't think of a more succinct policy bill to come out of this committee as our last vote.
  • I can't think of a more succinct policy bill to come out of this committee as our last vote.
Bills: SB6046
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Feb 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know that one of the examples, excuse me, one of the examples in the last hearing Excuse me, one of
  • of action in this particular piece of legislation.
  • a small sample of severe cases of chatbot users.
  • and the people of the state of Washington.
  • And I know, serving on that with a couple of other members, any kind of iffiness kind of makes it harder
Bills: SB6046
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Military Affairs and Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was wondering, I have a list of the people of the new seats.
  • consent of the American people to change the condition of our nation from one of peace to one of war
  • I was a commander of the kind of drug task force.
  • And so... ...of it, it's about the funding side of it and the political side of it.
  • of the board.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Jan 28th, 2026 at 09:16 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Hannah Burling, president of the League of Women Voters of New Mexico.
  • of the New Mexico Conference of Churches.
  • of Churches.
  • I represent 25% of the landmass of New Mexico.
  • So both sides of the aisle are guilty of this.
Bills: SR1, SM1, SM6
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The whole point is if you have a franchise agreement and you are currently able to close, many of you
  • </c><00:05:21.840><c> them</c> report, we can we can get rid of them report, we can we can get rid of
  • You probably have a bunch of these would be my guest. I have been decluttering. Yes, ma'am.
  • Chairman, and members of the committee. Thank you. SB 187. Senator Gavan.
  • </c> Chairman, and members of the committee. Chairman, and members of the committee.
Bills: SB138, SB166, SB117
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • creating a bill of rights directing the Department of Commerce to do a set of tasks.
  • Many of you have probably seen the underlying problem that this addresses in terms of hundreds of Native
  • Many of you have probably seen the underlying problem that this addresses in terms of hundreds of Native
  • Tribal housing authorities are the owners of 17 of our 18 ETO projects, and that's 18 out of a total
  • I know that 17 out of 18 of these are tribal communities.
Bills: HB1542, HB2527
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am

Consumer Protection & Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • Their expertise in repair procedures and how to efficiently do the work is of tremendous value to the
  • they can still get rapid emergency repairs without unknowingly giving up control of their insurance
  • There are a lot of rights under an insurance contract that go beyond just the specific repairs, and so
  • They trust the language is in support of their consumer rights, with a focus on just simply repairing
  • They trust the language is in support of their consumer rights with a focus on just simply repairing
Bills: HB2428, HB2399, HB2087