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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Finally, the substitute adds a waiver provision exempting school districts from open enrollment charter
  • 1, the substitute removes the requirement that TEA must provide parents information about how to access
  • This bill we heard previously relates to the accessibility of results from the state assessment.
  • This bill we heard previously relates to the accessibility of results from the state assessment.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 29th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • It opens the opportunity to reach rural areas of the state, engage providers that can It opens the opportunity
  • But my question: how do they have access? Does a coroner have access to all...
  • How do they have access to what? Does a coroner have access to all of the child's medical records?
  • This bill would allow them to have access to that.
  • So if you have access to the child's medical records, then you have access to LINKS.
Bills: HB946 , HB1093 , SB26 , SB29 , SB30 , SB195 , SB219 , SB222 , SB255 , SB314 , SCR2 , SCR22
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In these arrangements, is not the answer for a critical access hospitals.
  • Many of them are cutting services in order to keep the doors open.
  • That's really what this program was for: to maintain access to care.
  • The speaker is about to open the roll call machine. The speaker has to open the roll call machine.
  • The speaker's about to open the roll call machine. The speaker has opened the roll call machine.
Summary: The House took up and passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5292, which modifies the paid family and medical leave program. Supporters said the bill uses an actuarial model to set rates and maintains a four-month reserve to improve program stability. It passed final passage 95-1. The House then considered Substitute Senate Bill 5841, dealing with completion of course and financial aid-related requirements. An amendment was adopted to add a financial aid calculator and require outreach to students who indicate they have completed a financial aid form, with supporters saying it would help students understand aid eligibility and access college opportunities. The bill then passed as amended, 92-4. The most extensive debate was on Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5981, concerning the 340B drug pricing program and contract pharmacy relationships. Members offered many amendments seeking to limit the bill’s scope, add transparency, or direct 340B savings toward patient care, low-income patients, rural areas, or charity care; most were rejected. Supporters argued the bill would help safety-net providers, hospitals, and FQHCs, while opponents warned it would mainly benefit large hospital systems, create administrative burdens, and likely face litigation. After the House adopted the committee amendment and rejected the floor amendments, the bill passed 67-30. The transcript then moved on to other business, including Senate messages and the start of debate on House Bill 2487 on taxes, with one technical amendment to clarify taxpayer definitions.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Feb 5th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1367 concerns authorizing the use of the right shoulder of limited access roadways.
  • House Bill 1367 concerns authorizing the use of the right shoulder of limited access roadways.
  • reaches an exit from which the driver can access an alternate route or can access nearby food or fueling
  • services visible to the driver from the limited access roadway.
  • I'm open for questions. Are there any questions? Are there any questions?
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Workplace Standards

Transcript Highlights:
  • So with that, we will open the public hearing on 2479 with the staff report.
  • And with that, we'll close the hearing on 2479 and open up our executive session.
  • This is the language access providers bill.
  • This is the language access providers bill.
  • House Bill 2190, Language Access Providers. Thank you. I thought I didn't know. Sorry.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence May 13th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • This discrepancy has caused confusion regarding proper access.
  • How do they get access to it? Looks like that's the only thing the bill does.
  • How do they get access to it? Looks like that's the only thing the bill does.
  • Pro se defendants from having access to evidence against them.
  • Pro se defendants from having access to evidence against them.
Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence met with a quorum and heard a series of Senate bills, generally receiving sponsor explanations and, in most cases, no public testimony. SB 2595 would create a Class B misdemeanor for harassing, threatening, or intimidating someone while intentionally concealing identity with a mask, with broad affirmative defenses for legitimate mask use; SB 1980 would increase penalties for assaulting peace officers, parole officers, and community supervision officers and add related presumptions and interference protections; and SB 1896 would require magistrates to issue emergency protective orders in certain family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and aggravated cases, with law enforcement required to provide needed information. All three were left pending. The committee also heard SB 955, which increases trafficking of persons from a second-degree to a first-degree felony when the victim was recruited from a correctional facility, and SB 614, which would let the Texas Forensic Science Commission refer dismissed complaints to the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs when they reference a prior FSC report; both were left pending. Members then heard several forensic and criminal procedure bills. SB 1372 would resolve a discovery/access conflict involving the DPS crime lab portal by limiting portal access to defense attorneys rather than defendants directly, prompting questions from members about access for pro se defendants; DPS’s chief crime lab witness testified neutrally. SB 1936 would change the LSD “abuse unit” definition for unmarked/unperforated paper from a square-measurement method to a 10-milligram weight standard, and SB 1937 would require a subject matter expert from the testing lab to participate in pretrial meetings in capital cases involving biological evidence to help identify viable testing and conserve resources. SB 2580 would lower the population threshold for sheriff’s departments to independently use tracking equipment and access certain communications from 3.3 million to 500,000, expanding the authority beyond Harris County; it was described as a public safety and emergency response measure and left pending. The committee also considered SB 2798, which would extend the statute of limitations for certain financial crimes from three years to seven years, with testimony from a Montgomery County assistant district attorney supporting the change because fraud is often discovered late. SB 1099 would increase penalties for felony offenses committed by undocumented or unauthorized aliens, but drew strong opposition from the Texas Civil Rights Project, which argued immigration is a federal matter and that the bill would create difficult and potentially unfair status determinations for local courts; members raised concerns about the lack of an expert-testimony requirement. SB 1278 would create an affirmative defense to prostitution prosecution for trafficking victims compelled by their traffickers to commit the conduct, and testimony from advocates and a member’s personal account emphasized the coercive, traumatic nature of trafficking; members discussed whether the defense should be narrower or framed as mitigation, and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 127 would extend the statute of limitations for failure to report or conceal child abuse, with members discussing mandatory reporting duties and the need to allow more time for delayed discovery of cover-ups; it too was left pending before the committee adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/21/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's also a change you'll see on line 11 to the open general fund for emergency services.
  • fund for 11 to the open general fund for emergency<00:48:59.319><c> services.
  • Section one of Article 2 is from Representative Ray Rrower's House File 1662, which grants access to
  • And the last change item<00:51:51.680><c> is</c><00:51:52.079><c> a</c><00:51:52.400><c> open</c><00:
  • fund change, item is a open general fund change, which<00:51:54.319><c> is</c><00:51:54.480><c> for<
Bills: HF2446 , HF2563 , HF2444
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • To me, this is really about giving access to... This is really about giving access to students.
  • All communities can only grow if they have access to good education, and this could be an opportunity
  • But once that occurs, they will be able to have access.
  • So this is just establishing... access.
  • Once they have that task force established, they would have access to apply for money from any... ...
Bills: HB46 , HB379 , SB22 , HB487 , HB273 , HB525
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:35 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Speaker is about to open the roll call machine. The Speaker has opened the roll call machine.
  • The Speaker is about to open the roll call machine. The Speaker has opened the roll call machine.
  • The Speaker is about to open the roll call machine. The Speaker has opened the roll call machine.
  • buy and access to develop on their own.
  • buy and access to develop on their own.
Summary: The House took up several bills on second and third reading, beginning with House Bill 2360 on expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools. A motion to recommit the bill to the House Health Care and Wellness Committee failed on a roll call vote, 38 yeas to 56 nays. Supporters said the bill would help school nurses respond to students in respiratory distress and reflected input from nurses, OSPI, and the Department of Health. Opponents raised concerns about training, drug interactions, follow-up care, costs to districts, and schools making medical decisions without a diagnosis. The bill then passed 60-34. House Bill 2467, clarifying measurement rules for fifth-wheel travel trailers, passed 94-0 after sponsors said it would help Washington dealers and consumers. House Bill 1983, relating to timberland tax treatment when land is sold to DNR, passed 68-26 amid debate over whether it would help forest management or make it easier for DNR to acquire timberland. House Bill 2531, updating ambulance transport fund quality assurance rules to align with federal regulations and preserve matching funds, passed unanimously 94-0. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 1390, which phases out the Community Protection Program for certain developmentally disabled individuals with high-risk histories and transfers participants to other waiver programs. Supporters said the program was overly restrictive, out of compliance with federal law, and had trapped people in long-term confinement-like conditions; opponents argued it would weaken public safety and move dangerous individuals into community settings without adequate safeguards. The bill passed 52-44. House Bill 2367, eliminating a preferential treatment related to the former TransAlta coal plant in Centralia, passed 63-33 after supporters framed it as closing the book on coal and opponents warned about energy reliability, jobs, and an emergency clause. Substitute House Bill 2133, making a property tax exemption for certain senior centers permanent, passed 96-0. Substitute House Bill 2355, establishing labor protections for domestic workers, passed 57-39 after supporters emphasized dignity and long-standing worker abuse concerns, while opponents cited fiscal impacts. The House then passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2534, with a technical amendment, to improve educational stability for children in military families; it passed 96-0. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1974, creating a land banking framework to support affordable housing, passed 59-37 after an amendment reduced fiscal impact by striking some tax preference sections. House Bill 2223, allowing certain irrigation district board service by farmers with spouses employed by the district, passed 93-3. Substitute House Bill 2239, allowing family burial grounds on private property, passed 96-0 after supporters cited rural needs, cultural traditions, and personal family stories. The session also included a brief congratulatory recognition for Representative David Stuebe after his first bill passed the House.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Speaker is about to open the roll call machine. The Speaker has opened the roll call machine.
  • The speaker is about to open the roll call machine. The speaker has opened the roll call machine.
  • sure that these small works rosters are that entry point for our small and diverse businesses to get access
  • And now you've got to figure out how you are going to get yourself in an area without great access to
Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the chamber approved the previous day’s minutes. Members then caucused briefly before moving into second reading and third reading action on several bills, with the day also marking the start of the three-minute debate rule through House of Origin cutoff. The House passed House Bill 2338, which expands the low-income home weatherization program to support community-scale weatherization projects, especially for multifamily housing. It also passed House Bill 2353, raising the threshold for requiring predesign work on public projects from $10 million to $15 million, and Substitute House Bill 2363, a trailer bill allowing music therapy students to practice under supervision while exam scores are pending. Members described these as efficiency measures and consumer or workforce improvements. The chamber also approved Substitute House Bill 2525 to establish the Heritage Orchard Program and a registry at Washington State University to preserve rare and heritage apple varieties, with sponsors emphasizing the importance of Washington’s apple industry and agricultural history. Additional bills passed unanimously included Substitute House Bill 2420 on increasing small works roster thresholds, Substitute House Bill 2428 on preventing unintended lapses in life insurance by allowing third-party designees, House Bill 2604 allowing electronic signatures for transferring salvage vehicles to insurers, and Substitute House Bill 2107 making permanent a pilot requiring Labor and Industries to notify employers of identified job-site hazards within 10 days. Finally, the House adopted Amendment 1517 and passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, which updates veterinarian-client-patient relationship rules to allow telehealth between required physical visits and requires annual veterinarian oversight for certain animal production, commercial, and breeding operations. All of the listed bills received overwhelming support, with each final passage vote recorded at 94 yeas and 0 nays, except House Bill 2338, which passed 93-1.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the case of open drug use, fire hazards, or actual compliance and basic safety measures, the bill
  • And I will be voting no at this time in hopes that the bill, we can keep the conversations open.
  • And I will be voting no at this time in hopes that the bill, we can keep the conversations open.
  • they are accustomed to, and we want to do everything that we can to increase that access.
  • May I ask for a minute so I can open my note? Sure. Thank you.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • online, out-of-state, fully online program, and ensures that if any issue arises, they will have access
  • The bill prohibits a public school from discriminating against or denying access to any patriotic youth
  • group that wishes to conduct a meeting, including discriminating against or denying access to a patriotic
  • There have been no additions to that list since 1978, and that would open this up, but it must be a youth
Bills: SB1210 , SB1370 , SB1422 , SB1423
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Qualifying is usually open...
  • January 17th qualifying is usually open for a couple of months, so it will probably open in mid-November
  • If the primary is on the fourth Tuesday, qualifying would probably... ...qualifying would probably open
Bills: HB258 , HB308 , HB258 , HB308
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 19th, 2026 at 11:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • O great witness, open our eyes Its practices.
  • O great witness, open our eyes to see the faces of our neighbors and our reflections in their eyes, that
  • So when Roosevelt opened up the military to the Nisei in early 1943, So when Roosevelt opened up the
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • again, is to create a statewide framework for sexual assault nurse examiners, thereby increasing access
  • A defense attorney, anyone in practice, the court itself does not get access to these rap sheets.
  • A defense attorney, anyone in practice, the court itself does not get access to these rap sheets.
  • You’ll want to—” “I don’t want to open up 39.
  • I’m so sorry, but I don’t want that to open up a—” “I’m so sorry, but I don’t want that to open up a
Bills: HR9 , HB709 , HB1011 , HB1057 , HB1186 , HB1245 , HB1247 , SB49 , SB425 , SB479
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/11/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Accessibility is also affected.
  • </c> have to wait weeks before we can access have to wait weeks before we can access an<00:14:58.160>
  • Is it uh item that is accessed.
  • It's a way to increase access.
Bills: HF3698 , HF3067 , HF3730
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26 - Part 1

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • access with no barriers in place.
  • It's an open public process that the legislature has set up.
  • :52.320><c> the</c><00:36:52.560><c> legislature</c> open public process that the legislature open public
  • He thanked the committee. access to care. HF1270 access to care.
Bills: HF3521 , HF1807 , HF1270 , HF2070 , HF3136
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/26/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Transcript Highlights:
  • The committee then opened questions. Representative Powell asked Dr.
  • So how does that then open up these new alternatives in the procurement process?
  • Sorry, sir, I was opening there. Mr. Chairman, nobody else.
  • But we also open that up if there's seats available.
  • We open it up to Game and Fish, Pinal County Sheriff's Office; we've had Marana.
Bills: HB2207 , HB2225 , HB2602 , HB2641