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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 27th, 2025

Children and Youth Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • that sort of thing.
  • Many of... ...this bill.
  • Chairman, members of the committee. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee.
  • It is the position of Mr.
  • I'm Becky Garritson with Eagle Forum of Alabama, and I'm going to just kind of combine a couple of things
Bills: SB186 , SB187
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works Apr 21st, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • the board is comprised of the seven parishes of the Amite River Basin, of which St.
  • of Pat Miramon, who was kind of a legend where I live.
  • If you're on one of these payment plans, presumably you have some financial... ...you get the $25.
  • If you're on one of these payment plans, presumably you have some financial hardship.
  • Some of y'all do know. Many of y'all don't.
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on April 21 and considered a series of transportation, licensing, tolling, and public safety measures. It reported favorably House Bill 745, extending special permits for tandem loads hauling containers to and from port facilities; House Bill 1000, a DOTD cleanup bill that clarifies Highway Priority Program reporting and raises the letter-bid contract threshold from $1 million to $3 million; and House Bill 1050, which clarifies commercial driver’s license rules, including age and intrastate/interstate driving limits. The committee also approved House Bill 1172 naming a portion of U.S. Highway 165 in Oberlin the Coulin Brooks Manuel Memorial Highway, House Bill 1218 naming a portion of Louisiana Highway 1090 the Lewis Pat Miramon Memorial Highway, House Concurrent Resolution 32 urging backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge, and House Bill 1207 on public contracting standards and competition in public bidding. A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 896, which responds to tolling issues at the Belle Chasse bridge project. The bill would require toll signage, local toll customer service centers, dispute procedures, and limits on administrative fees, with amendments addressing effective dates, in-person assistance, appeal deadlines, law-enforcement exemptions, and limits on certain charges. The author and witnesses described high administrative fees, long travel distances to customer service locations, and problems with toll bills, while committee members noted the issue was complex and ongoing. The committee reported the bill favorably as amended. The committee also heard House Bill 1159, allowing Jefferson Parish municipalities to use automated speed enforcement devices again under local control. Supporters from Gretna, Westwego, Harahan, and Kenner said photo enforcement reduced crashes, improved safety, and helped limited police resources, while opponents were not emphasized in the transcript. After discussion about whether the measure should be voluntarily or involuntarily deferred, the committee ultimately deferred the bill. House Bill 493, which would prohibit expropriation by the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District in East Feliciana and St. Helena Parishes, drew extensive testimony about reservoir fears and local opposition; the committee voluntarily deferred it. House Bill 679, as substituted, created a driver’s license designation for people with brain injuries and required related law-enforcement training; witnesses described personal experiences with brain injury and the need for officers to recognize communication and behavioral effects, and the committee reported the substitute favorably. House Bill 1173, which waives late fees for certain reinstatement-relief payment plans for driver’s licenses, was also reported favorably, and House Bill 1024 creating a Louisiana Democratic Party prestige plate was approved as well.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy REVISED Apr 9th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Energy

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  • And you know, the implementation of all of it.
  • This would be a more of a daily type of a thing. OK.
  • I think there are going to be a lot of unintended consequences because of the broad nature of the people
  • of rollback?
  • That's just another conflicting statement because there are two paragraphs that say upon completion of
Committee: Senate Energy
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy REVISED Apr 9th, 2026

Energy

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  • of it.
  • Because of that exact statement that you made, there's already a recycling mechanism in place for those
  • This would be more of a daily type of a thing. Okay.
  • This would be more of a daily type of a thing.
  • That's just another conflicting statement because there are two paragraphs that say upon completion of
Committee: Senate Energy
Summary: The committee took up several measures dealing with environmental regulation, waste management, and energy. Early on, it passed sunset-extension bills for the Oklahoma Climatological Survey and several environmental advisory councils. It then heard extensive debate on HB 1907, the Battery Stewardship Act, which would create a battery recycling system for small and medium batteries through DEQ. Supporters argued it would reduce landfill and garbage-truck fires, protect the environment, and create recycling value, while opponents raised concerns about added regulation, costs shifted to producers and retailers, and the creation of a new state FTE. Despite those objections, the bill passed 8-3. The committee also considered HB 3403, a pilot study on biosolids and sewage sludge applied to farmland. Members debated a committee substitute that shortened the study timeline from five years to three years and added a phased rollback of land application. Supporters said the study was needed because of unresolved questions about PFOS, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, and other contaminants, while critics argued the timelines conflicted and the bill could be hard to implement. The committee substitute was adopted, an amendment to delete key rollback provisions failed, and the bill ultimately passed 8-2 after testimony from Oklahoma City utilities officials and multiple rounds of questions about testing, health risks, and disposal practices. The committee then passed HB 3175 to establish the Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, with members noting it would have minimal fiscal impact and could help Oklahoma build nuclear expertise and jobs. It also passed HB 3986, expanding a gross production tax exemption for wells completed with recycled water, and HB 3466, which removes the statutory requirement that the Corporation Commission maintain a petty cash fund. Finally, HB 3411, another biosolids-related bill to buy testing equipment and provide information to landowners, and HB 4246, a rural water transparency/lowest-bid bill, both passed unanimously or near-unanimously. The meeting ended with the chair thanking members and adjourning.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

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  • I'm interested in tightening this language up as well, but unless we pass out of committee, there is
  • And then the non-state parties that are part of that are the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest
  • effort of how we need to take care of some of our people, right?
  • And to some of the discussion that has gone on here, you know, what I find interesting is you have a
  • of it.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Members of the House, we follow today's prayer, pledge of allegiance, introduction of the week, introduction
  • of doctor, the notes of the day, correction of previous day's journal, House Senate bills enjoy resolutions
  • of your justice.
  • I mean, I don't think that or limits it to say, 'OK, you can only do a the financial portion of it.'
  • efficiency of a bill that could increase costs, or the financial impact on our constituents.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Labor & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is by request of L&I.
  • I like to think of this as sort of a situation where we do have a lot of people who probably just don
  • kind of an explosion of suits against employers, many of them frivolous.
  • kind of an explosion of suits against employers, many of them frivolous.
  • That lack of agreement should not be mistaken for a lack of harm.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources May 21st, 2026

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • of each year.
  • “I’ve heard some of the craziest statements in the years that we’ve been coming and bothering you guys
  • of 20...”
  • Just about every parish in the state of Louisiana, both in March of 2016 as well as in August of 2016
  • the City of Gretna.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 12th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, just in the interests of clarity, the bill does not address the fact that hospices do actually
  • And this kind of reminds me of, I know a lot of organizations do it.
  • We've had a lot of conversations about this. One question, and then I'll have a statement.
  • So it's not the financial means... ...poorest areas of my district.
  • So it's not the financial means; it's the will of the management to create an atmosphere like that.
Bills: HR174 , HR194 , HCR98 , SB39 , SB124 , SB190 , SB236 , SB270 , SB273 , SB359 , SB415 , SB426 , SB437 , SB451
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Apr 23rd, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • all of that.
  • From a speed of information standpoint, is that kind of where...
  • I'm talking about the president of LSU, of UL, of Louisiana Tech.
  • That's kind of a rough son of it.
  • I had no idea you were interested in carrying some of our bills. Yes, ma'am.
Bills: HB398 , HB906 , HB1201 , SB41 , SB47 , SB106 , SB210 , SB218 , SB220 , SB248 , SB289 , SB397