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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HWN-WLA, HWN DEFER Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It allows the Department of Hawaiian Homes to assume historic preservation review of the effect of any
  • the Department of Hawaiian.
  • Uh, Department of Hawaiian Homelands.
  • the department of independence regarding the department of Hawaiian.<00:05:42.240> In<00:05:42.400
  • under the jurisdiction of certain state agencies to the Department of Hawaiian Homes.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures affecting Hawaiian affairs, historic preservation, water access, and land governance. SB 1406 would let the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands assume historic preservation review for projects on lands under its jurisdiction, except for properties listed or nominated for the state or national historic registers. DHHL supported the bill, while a descendant testifier strongly opposed it, arguing that burial and preservation review protects ancestors and should not be streamlined or reduced. No questions were raised and the bill was moved on after testimony. SB 521 would require DHHL to work with county water boards or water departments to provide potable and agricultural water on Hawaiian homelands, with agreements made public. DHHL said it already works with counties but objected to the bill’s mandatory language, saying it could undermine the department’s discretion and independence. A public testifier supported the measure, and committee discussion focused on how water requirements could affect subsistence lots and infrastructure decisions. The committee then took up SB 3247, which would create a Royal Mausoleum Commission within DLNR to oversee preservation, operations, and outreach at Mauna Ala. State Parks said it valued existing collaboration with the aliʻi trusts but wanted clarity on roles, coordination, and funding if a new commission is created. The Royal Order of Kamehameha strongly supported the bill as a culturally grounded way to protect the site, while several other testifiers opposed it, saying the real issue is the curator selection process and warning that a commission could add bureaucracy and delay. The committee also heard SB 1654, authorizing transfer of certain state lands to DHHL, and SB 112, which would add the DHHL chair or designee to the Hawaii Community Development Authority; the Attorney General and HCDA offered technical and policy comments, with HCDA opposing the board change and DHHL supporting participation to protect beneficiary interests. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Louisiana Department
  • of DCFS, Department of Health, the state police, a designee from the Corners Association, members of
  • The Secretary of the Department of Revenue or his designee shall serve as an ex officio member.
  • Fontenot urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Department of Conservation
  • This resolution urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Department of Conservation
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Resolution 398 by Representative Freeman requests a Department of Education study clause associated
  • SCR 62 by Senator Hodges urges the Department of Transportation and Development to evaluate impediments
  • It asks our Department of Culture and Tourism to work with the World War II Museum to determine if we
  • SCR 684 by Senator Seabaugh urges the Department of Conservation and Energy to create an earthquake task
  • SCR 84, by Senator Seabaugh, urges the Department of Conservation and Energy to create an earthquake
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, the pledge, and a national anthem performance, then moved through several personal privileges and recognitions. Members welcomed a student cancer survivor and entrepreneur, Bella of Brave Bella Bead Company, and also recognized a new legislative assistant, a page leaving for college, and a resolution honoring National Mississippi River Day. The chamber also received conference committee reports and enrollment reports, and returned some previously failed measures to the calendar, including H.R. 119 and H.B. 410. The main floor action centered on a series of Senate concurrent resolutions, most of which were adopted overwhelmingly. These included SCR 59 on re-evaluating flood maps and insurance rates tied to the Comite River Diversion Canal, SCR 61 urging higher reimbursement for behavioral health crisis centers, SCR 62 calling for review of school-zone safety and speed limits, SCR 68 creating a blockchain and digital innovation task force, SCR 69 encouraging continued research to reduce sugarcane burning, SCR 70 supporting the Major Richard Star Act for medically retired combat-wounded veterans, SCR 54 supporting the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act, SCR 55 designating the Peggy Martin Rose as the official state rose, SCR 64 creating a construction manager-at-risk task force, SCR 75 studying a Louisiana maneuvers museum and trail, and SCR 80 creating a task force on the minimum foundation program and long-term teacher pay funding. Most passed with little or no opposition, with SCR 84 on earthquake seismic activity in several parishes amended to adjust task force membership before final adoption. The House also heard a personal privilege statement honoring the late Ponder P.C. Clinton Jr., a noted Black farmer, cattleman, and community leader in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood, and expressed condolences to his family. Later, members received a hurricane-season reminder from Rep. Jay Galle about disaster response procedures and the need to work through parish emergency offices. The transcript ends as the House moves into additional concurrent resolutions returned from the Senate with amendments.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

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

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Coleman is recognized to Present the nomination of Lane Suera of Sky Took to the Healthcare Workforce
  • He's also serving as medical director of the training faculty physician and chairman of the department
  • House Bill 4199 requires the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to develop a three-year trishare of workforce
  • The Oklahoma State Department of Health has confirmed they will be able to absorb the cost of this measure
  • pieces of properties that's owned by the Oakho Department of Mental Health, so we just added those.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM-CPN, WAM Public Hearings 04-07-2026

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Of the members present, any voting with reservations or objections?
  • Of the CPN members votes aye. Thank you.
  • Of the members present, aye. Thank you.
  • Remove the repeal of the ceiling and insert an expenditure ceiling of $1 million for the automated victim
  • Recommendation is adopted. ceiling of $1 million for automated vic- ceiling of $1 million for automated
Summary: The joint Ways and Means and Consumer Protection meeting was a decision-making session on a series of House bills, with no oral testimony taken. The committees first acted on HB 2583, recommending passage on amended, and HB 1591, recommending passage with amendments related to health care. They also recommended passage on amended for HB 1749 on cesspools and HB 2423 on biodiesel, with each recommendation adopted by the members present. The committees then considered a second agenda block that included HB 2080, HB 1520, HB 1576, HB 1711, HB 1785, HB 1802, HB 1838, HB 1842, HB 1853, HB 1976, HB 2104, HB 2218, HB 2246, HB 2270, HB 2289, HB 2361, HB 2551, and HB 2606. Most were recommended for passage unamended and adopted without objection. HB 1520 was deferred because the Senate bill had already crossed over. HB 1711 was amended to replace the option period established by the corporation with a period of up to 10 years. HB 2289 was amended to remove repeal of a ceiling and set a $1 million expenditure ceiling for the automated victim information and notification system special fund. Several members noted reservations on HB 1842, which involved transfer of the Westridge parcel near a rail station; concerns were raised about the property’s value, the long-term lease status, and whether the city would actually accept or pursue the transfer. HB 1853 was passed unamended, with the committee noting the Lions Association had suggestions that could be addressed later in conference. HB 2218 was passed unamended while adopting DLNR testimony to clarify collaboration with community groups in stewarding public lands and recreational areas. In each case, the stated recommendations were adopted, often with members voting no with reservation rather than in opposition.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • the river in case of emergency.
  • This will be an extension of it, adding forward to the centennial with the idea of making sure that we're
  • We have invested millions of dollars across the great state, all 400-plus miles of 66.
  • I think part of this extension is all of the investments, not just maintenance on the road itself, but
  • all of the signage.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 14th, 2026 at 10:35 am

House Taxation & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • But the Aging Department does have a kind of formal application-based vetting system for these projects
  • And if the project has no encumbrance at the point of time of a reversion, and we require evidence of
  • That were published by the Tax and Revenue Department, and they include the impact of certain types of
  • I would think it would, but that would be up to the interpretation of the Tax and Revenue Department,
  • Chair, members of the committee, Matthew Stackpole on behalf of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
Bills: HB248, HB309, HB332, SB48
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 13th, 2026 at 08:35 am

House Taxation & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the Secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Department, and I'm proud to speak in support of this bill
  • I'd also like to state that the department is in support of the committee substitute.
  • The department is in support of the committee substitute.
  • One of the benefits of Trigger is that we are able to recruit companies from outside of New Mexico.
  • We are working with the city of Albuquerque, MRA right now, and we're looking to do 143 workforce housing
Bills: HB248, HB309, HB332, SB48
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance May 20th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Insurance.
  • factors that we've covered this entire session, some of which are completely out of our control.
  • So, it just kind of seems...
  • Again, this is technical but important in terms of the overall stability of the insurance system. of
  • A lot of that was in... This is a little different, but we still like that piece of the bill.
Bills: SB1642, SB1643, SB2530
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-20-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, because of your generosity, we have collected a significant amount of professional attire that will
  • Mahalo again to to the workforce.
  • I was a University of Hawaii student up in his office, full-time student in the spring of 1972, and I
  • President, point of personal privilege. President, point of personal privilege.
  • to observe a moment of silence in honor and memory of
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/28/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Those include the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Office
  • Those include the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Office
  • Those include the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Office
  • Those include the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Office
  • <00:31:26.399> of for the Minnesota Department of for the Minnesota Department of Education
Bills: HF1388
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 33

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please stand, all six of you, five of you. All right.
  • advocates from the Department of Health as well as the Coalition for Tobacco-Free Hawaii.
  • House of Representatives. House of Representatives.
  • Hawaii is definitely in need of more workforce and quality labor, and this symposium and this showcase
  • our workforce.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 2nd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • to the establishment of the Texas Workforce Commission of a Workplace Skills Training Pilot Program.
  • Well, the United States Department of Agriculture did some research and found that during periods of
  • Department of Health and Human Services has determined that the U.S. is at risk of recession.
  • That data is coming from the Department of Labor, and so there may be a little bit of a lag because TWC
  • We'll show you registered as Stephen Leary testifying on behalf of the Texas Department.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And uh this is one of another one of our military bills that, of course, you know, passed the Senate
  • questions of the sponsor? questions of the sponsor?
  • of our men and women service. of our men and women service.
  • office of the National Guard.
  • The purpose of that is a lot of time for example.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 6th, 2026 at 05:01 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • In terms of this, with the ongoing need for areas like the fire and flood areas of both in San Miguel
  • I am here with Department of Information Technology Cabinet Secretary Mani, but at us, and we are here
  • It also allows for better planning by departments, by the Department of Information Technology.
  • So that's an example of where centralization of things really did motivate the interlands to want to
  • , and loving every minute of it.
Bills: SB193, SB132, SB35, SB145