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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 29th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • of judges...
  • They range in a magnitude of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands based on the complexity of the
  • their rape and of the end of their case.
  • of it.
  • of them.
Committee: House Judiciary
Summary: The committee first adopted a three-minute rule for the rest of the meeting by a 9-3 vote. It then took up SB 217, which would reorganize Orleans Parish courts by reducing judgeships in criminal, juvenile, traffic, and municipal courts and, through an adopted amendment, creating one civil district court with 13 judges and allowing hearing officers. Senator Morris argued the changes were based on caseload comparisons and population data; opponents from the Urban League and ACLU said the bill was driven by power rather than efficiency, relied on incomplete or inconsistent data, would strain the courts, and would reduce minority representation on the bench. The committee reported the bill favorably as amended by an 11-4 vote. The committee next considered SB 197, which would reduce the number of judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal by two. Senator Morris again cited filings and caseload comparisons, while opponents argued the bill ignored the intensity and complexity of appellate work, could increase backlog and costs, and would disproportionately affect Black women judges. The bill was reported favorably by an 11-4 vote. The committee also adopted HCR 11, expressing support for the Louisiana National Guard at Camp Beauregard and the Youth Challenge Program, and reported favorably SB 85, creating an insurance fund for retired St. Charles Parish sheriff’s employees. Several other measures were advanced with little or no opposition. HB 833 created the Sexual Assault Survivor Empowerment Task Force and was amended to add representatives from the coroners’ association, a survivor appointed by STAR, and a licensed clinical social worker; it was reported favorably. HB 816, with a technical correction, prohibited foreign adversaries from acquiring property near military installations and was reported favorably. HB 1053, dealing with definitions for dealers and retail dealers and allowing certain businesses to serve complimentary alcoholic beverages under agreed-upon floor amendments, was reported favorably. HB 153, as amended, removed the Office of Debt Recovery from the bill and limited it to prohibiting reporting certain criminal fines and fees to credit bureaus; it was reported favorably. SB 75, on cybersecurity reimbursement and baseline standards for local governments after cyber incidents, was reported favorably after testimony from GOSEP and others. SB 200, allowing expropriation of land near military bases owned by foreign adversaries when a court finds a threat to public health and safety, was also reported favorably after extensive testimony and discussion. Finally, HB 454, the Gracie Claire Rushing Act on chain of custody for human remains and internal organs, was converted into a substitute bill, adopted, and then introduced for further discussion, with the sponsor describing it as a transparency and accountability measure for grieving families.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 29th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And either one of you can answer or both of you can answer.
  • And either one of you can answer or both of you can answer.
  • What am I speaking of?
  • Again, there is none of that in this bill. It's void of that.
  • Most of them are held within the hour of which nine-to-five people work.
Committee: House Judiciary
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 1st, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know you'd be a man of your word, a person of your word.
  • and Family Services, to provide for the authority of the secretary of the Department of Children and
  • banks because of risk of losses when they don't have timely information on the passing of an account
  • banks because of risk of losses when they don't have timely information on the passing of an account
  • of Health to provide for the membership of the consortium, to provide for the functions of the consortium
Bills: HB288 , HB403 , HB420 , HB783 , HB815 , HB915 , HB927 , HB933 , HB944 , HB962 , HB971 , HR74 , SCR3 , SCR20 , SB5 , SB34 , SB37 , SB190 , SB255 , SB270 , SB273 , SB314 , SB415
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • of things.
  • And again, regardless of which you speak, think of me.
  • And again, regardless of what you speak, think of me.
  • I am the mayor of Chandler, City of Innovation, president of the League of Cities, as well as ACA Commerce
  • The price of gas is high because of the war in Iran.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/26/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> of Ms. Davis for all of her hard work. of Ms. Davis for all of her hard work.
  • </c><00:46:53.760><c> of</c> is adding the definition of sharing of is adding the definition of sharing
  • </c> restricts the sale of data, but a lot of restricts the sale of data, but a lot of the<00:46:59.960
  • </c> of 20 years. of 20 years.
  • I know. of this section of the bill. So, you of this section of the bill.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • University Board of Trustees.
  • Tivitt, is confirmed as a member of the Western Washington University Board of Trustees.
  • Washington University Board of Trustees.
  • As a member of the Western Washington University Board of Trustees.
  • Frockt, be confirmed as a member of the Western Washington University Board of Trustees.
Summary: The Senate opened with ceremonial items, then moved through gubernatorial appointments and a series of floor votes. It confirmed Acacia E. Ingram to the Evergreen State College Board of Trustees, Ashland J. Tibbet and David S. Frockt to the Western Washington University Board of Trustees, and Christine Rolfes to the Olympic College Board of Trustees. Members spoke in support of the appointees’ public service and ties to higher education. The chamber also heard a personal privilege statement honoring a Colfax basketball coach who died of pancreatic cancer, followed by a caucus break. The Senate then considered several bills, passing measures on derelict vessels (SHB 2199), radiologic technologist supervision (HB 2113), nitrous oxide retail sales (ESHB 2532), ambulance transport fund alignment (HB 2531), EMT recertification (HB 2540), affordable housing on religious property (2SHB 1859), factory-built housing standards (SHB 2151), social housing public development authorities (EHB 1687), the Washington Voting Rights Act and voter suppression claims (ESSHB 1750), privacy and data protection reporting and AI use (HB 2606), military family school stability (ESHB 2534), coal-fired utility treatment (HB 2367), and school access to albuterol (SHB 2360). Most passed on strong bipartisan roll calls, though the voting-rights bill and coal-utility bill drew the most debate and partisan division. Several bills were amended on the floor. The Senate adopted changes to the nitrous oxide bill, the factory-built housing bill, the social housing bill, the albuterol bill, and the 3D-printer/firearm-manufacturing bill (ESHB 2320), while rejecting some proposed amendments on the voting-rights and 3D-printer bills. Debate centered on whether the voting-rights bill set too low a threshold for lawsuits and whether the coal-utility bill gave improper treatment to coal generation; supporters framed both as needed protections or transition measures, while opponents warned about litigation and policy overreach. The chamber also discussed tribal consultation in energy siting (SHB 2496), ultimately passing it after a close vote, and later returned to the 3D-printer bill, which advanced after amendments narrowed exemptions for gunsmiths and dealers and clarified the bill’s focus on digital files used to manufacture firearms.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Universities in the state of Oklahoma are there still universities requiring ACT and other admissions
  • So the university...
  • And so, that's kind of the back part of your question.
  • of years.
  • that's taking care of the kids on the inside of the school.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am a current student at the University of Alabama studying politics and studies.
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  • :14.399><c> of</c><00:11:14.480><c> electrical</c> renewal of the board of electrical renewal of the
  • of being the chair of this, three years of being the chair of this, we<00:16:27.120><c> have</c><00:
  • </c> understanding of the laws of Alabama understanding of the laws of Alabama [clears throat]<00:16:
Bills: SB54 , SB126 , SB128 , SB101 , SB102 , SB104 , HB282 , HB298 , SB54 , SB126 , SB128 , SB101 , SB102 , SB104 , HB282 , HB298
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • of my role as chair of TMA's Council on Legislation.
  • of research.
  • It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
  • of us.
  • All of them. All of them.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you have it in front of you? I do not have the bill in front of me, no.
  • the Universe."
  • Members, are there questions of the witness side? Or, I mean, of Mr. Geren?
  • , in Washington County, who was alleged to have committed a number of... ...of violations of the Elections
  • limitations because it's been no tolling of the statute of limitations.
Bills: SB231 , SB667 , SB689 , SB825 , SB965 , SB992 , SB1059 , SB1220 , SB2368 , SB2601
Committee: House State Affairs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Practice Act is... ...silent on the universal and standard use of safe, over-the-counter medications
  • I am a proud graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and I just recently earned my doctoral
  • degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
  • I was admitted to the University of Texas at Austin with an academic full ride.
  • Additionally, I recently studied abroad at the University of Oxford.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, the substitute adds the repeal of sections 11059F and G of the Education Code.
  • 1551 of the Insurance Code.
  • the Board of Trustees of an independent school district.
  • required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member of the Board of Trustees of an independent
  • That remainder... that language in the remainder of the statute refers to various types of... of bullying
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 21st, 2025 at 01:04 pm

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • of three.
  • The bill before you right now reminds me of my alma mater, Rice University.
  • bright young men of Texas going off to the East Coast, and so we formed Rice University to be able to
  • And with a universal set of building standards and a single permitting pathway, House Bill 3234 will
  • And with a universal set of building standards and a single permitting pathway, House Bill 3234 will
Summary: The subcommittee on county and regional government heard a long agenda of county-related bills, with most measures left pending after testimony. HB 2097, by Rep. Martinez, would let counties that opt in use an independent hearing examiner instead of a civil service commission for certain deputy sheriff discipline appeals; the bill drew support from CLEET’s Robert Leonard, who said it would be fairer and faster, and it was left pending. HB 4642, by Rep. Gonzalez, would require counties that contract with out-of-state jail facilities to include Texas jail-standard protections and oversight; Gonzalez, detainee Jess Hampton, his wife, Texas Jail Project’s Krish Kundu, and TCJS director Brandon Wood all discussed deaths and poor conditions in Louisiana facilities, staffing shortages, and the need for guardrails and data collection. The bill was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4350, by Rep. Capriglione, allowing peace officers to request redaction of personal information from online real property records. Supporters said officers face targeted threats and should have protections similar to judges; a title industry witness warned about preserving the integrity of land records. The bill was left pending. HB 3687, by Rep. Harless, would require county fire marshals in counties over 100,000 to meet training and certification standards within set timeframes; Harris County Fire Marshal Laurie Christensen supported professionalization, and the bill was left pending. HB 4105 would let very large counties give a local-bid preference for construction and infrastructure contracts, and HB 4205 would require pay parity for similar law enforcement ranks within large counties; both were supported by Harris County officials and constables and left pending. Later, the committee heard HB 5403, which would repeal a special rule limiting Dallas and Tarrant county sheriffs’ control over commissary funds; the author said it would remove an outdated population bracket, and the bill was left pending. HB 4462 would require large counties to allow elected officials named in civil suits to seek outside counsel and have a role in settlement decisions; supporters argued county attorneys and commissioners court can have conflicts of interest, while questions focused on who qualifies and whether the bill could complicate settlements. The bill was left pending. Finally, HB 240, by Rep. Swanson, would restore a five-member quorum requirement for Harris County tax levies, effectively preventing tax action without all commissioners present and defaulting to the no-new-revenue rate if quorum is not met; urban counties opposed it as a potential budget obstruction, while supporters said it protects taxpayers and representation. That bill was also left pending. The transcript ends as the committee begins HB 3319, which would create a civil service system for constable department employees in large counties, but the discussion is cut off before testimony or action.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • in terms of retention in light of the critical shortage that we have of health care providers, especially
  • I'm aware of complaints that were sent to the Department of Family Services Office of Consumer Affairs
  • Is the Medicaid list of required... um, of required...
  • , so it sort of begins to devalue the concept. concept of expedited, which is a concern of ours.
  • of this.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the owner and CEO of a group of assisted living facilities in the DFW area.
  • Um, it just illuminated for us that there is a... ...need for some of these kinds of tools.
  • The next 180 days is a solid amount of time and should provide plenty of time for that.
  • So it would be some sort of very finite period of time. Okay.
  • What if the person's not a client, but it was in the scope of the duty of the employee of DFPS?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • A State University study said that Dallas had the lowest turnout rate of 30 U.S. cities, with its most
  • Since almost universal adoption of a handful of social... social media platforms and their practice of
  • ...the panel of witnesses in front of us. All right.
  • One of the other difficult points is that so much of this—well, all of it—is done out of pocket, out
  • The second part of the entirety of the recovery of a... ...attorney's fees, as I think we're getting
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Citizens Defending Freedom (CDF) has conducted an extensive investigation of the chain of custody of
  • Think of Next Benedict, think of Beyond a Jai, think of Ariana Grande, Anna Mitchell, think of all of
  • I would ask this committee to do a survey of your public universities and ask them what kind of diversity
  • For example, in favor of acknowledging the preferred speech of others, in the eyes of God, those of us
  • One of the things you may not know about me is that I have the heart of a rocket, one of my earliest.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 11th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • virtual currency businesses, activities preempt provision of Chapter 21 of Title 6 of the Louisiana
  • preempt provision of Chapter 21 of Title 6 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, known as the Virtual Currency
  • None of them arose from a customer complaint, and none of them involved proof of jeopardizing health
  • of.
  • They could request deletion of their data, and they could opt out of targeted advertising and sale of
Bills: HB744 , HR197 , SB54 , SB79 , SB163 , SB287 , SB375 , SB386 , SB398 , SB469 , SCR5
Committee: House Commerce