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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 13th, 2026

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, members of the committee.
  • Well, of all the things in the state, I think the fairgrounds is used by a whole bunch of people from
  • On a point of information, Mr.
  • and stuff of that nature.
  • House Bill 4034 is a piece of legislation that increases the pay of court reporters.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget met to consider a long agenda of appropriations, retirement COLAs, revolving funds, and limits bills. Early actions included Senate Bill 1144 and Senate Bill 1145, which provided cost-of-living adjustments for retired teachers and OPRS retirees, respectively, and Senate Bill 1146, 1147, 1148, and 1149, which extended similar retirement benefit increases or a one-time stipend for law enforcement, firefighters, judges, and certain retired police and firefighters. The committee also advanced bills funding the Pardon and Parole Board, OSBI cybercrimes and fraud work, juvenile medication, and several agency limits bills for Health Care Authority, Health Department, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and DHS. Members also heard and passed a series of education, public safety, and economic development measures, including funding for school security at the School for Science and Math and the Schools for the Blind and Deaf, support for National Board certified teachers, and appropriations for the Rural Health Transformation Program, the Decennial Census Revolving Fund, Task Force One, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation forensic center. Several bills created or expanded revolving funds and financing tools, including military readiness and aviation funds, a taxpayer endowment trust fund, water infrastructure loan and REAP-related measures, and a revised non-coal mining fee structure. The committee also approved a bill increasing court reporter pay and another reducing employer contributions to the retirement system after it reached over 100% funding. There was notable discussion on a $5 million film-related pilot program for sitcom production, with questions about the amount and certification requirements, and on a rural economic development package that included money for the state fairgrounds and a university energy plant, which drew objections over whether those projects fit the intended purpose of rural prep funds. Other debated items included a bill directing funds to the Oklahoma Dream Act/Trump accounts, a bill rejecting judicial pay increases recommended by the Board of Judicial Compensation, and a proposal to move $200 million from the stabilization fund into a new Taxpayer Endowment Trust Fund. Most measures were reported out with due pass votes, though several drew dissenting votes, including the film bill, the fairgrounds/economic development bill, the water projects bill, and the trust fund and judicial pay measures. The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 26th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Morning of six... Morning of six.
  • House Bill 429 by Representative Jacob Landry, unauthorized entry, theft of critical infrastructure,
  • of trustees, terms of office.
  • There are 50 locally funded offices out of 79 of all of OMV.
  • There are 50 locally funded offices out of 79 of all of OMV.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, heard a prayer and pledge, adopted the journal, and received Senate messages, committee reports, and a large number of bill introductions and committee referrals. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including condolences, commendations, and designations such as Jeanerette as the French bread capital of Louisiana and recognition of Women’s History Month. The chamber also received numerous House and Senate bills for referral, many involving retirement systems, education, transportation, criminal justice, natural resources, and local government matters. The floor then moved through a long series of House bills, with many local and retirement measures passing unanimously or near-unanimously. Among the bills discussed were changes to retirement systems for district attorneys, clerks of court, sheriffs and deputies, assessors, and municipal police employees; local court jurisdiction and commissioner authority; bankruptcy and succession thresholds; civil procedure revisions; and measures on election administration, public records, seafood labeling and safety, state symbols, and OMV fees. Members asked questions on several bills, especially about fiscal impact, retirement governance, and procedural changes, but most bills advanced with little opposition. A few bills were returned to the calendar, including HB 9, HB 61, HB 126, HB 185, HB 233, HB 284, HB 301, HB 436, HB 468, HB 582, HB 613, and HB 722. The House also considered bills affecting education, labor, health, and public safety, including employment certificates for minors, student questionnaires and hazing procedures, a state seal of fine arts diploma, Louisiana Works reauthorization, naloxone immunity, veterans’ medical-record fee waivers, and a bill creating a privacy protection act for sex offense victims. Several measures drew brief debate over fairness, administrative burden, or humanitarian concerns, such as a bill requiring a Rule 10.1 conference before requests for admissions are deemed admitted, and a bill allowing OMV fee waivers in emergency or humanitarian situations. Most of the bills taken up on the floor passed, often by wide margins, with a few receiving a small number of dissenting votes.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 26th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lord, bless this state with unity of purpose, clarity of vision, and humility of heart.
  • House Bill 429 by Representative Jacob Landry, unauthorized entry, theft of critical infrastructure,
  • of trustees, terms of office.
  • adjustments, calculation of the amount of the adjustment, and authority of the board of trustees.
  • adjustments, calculation of the amount of the adjustment, and authority of the board of trustees.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 11th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then that would become part of the rate development of that insurer.
  • of any additional enforcement, the Department of Insurance is currently...
  • Looking at the four corners of the bill and the lack of any additional enforcement, the Department of
  • of those networks of pharmacies.
  • the Board of Trustees.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules 2ND REVISED Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the issue of the fact of how it goes up.
  • growth and a lot of increased values of those homes.
  • They have to go through to vote of the people to do to slow down the growth of the valuation of property
  • citizens who are on a very fixed income, from being forced out of their homes because of the cost of
  • of people that are going to vote for the president on behalf of the citizens of the state of Oklahoma
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules 2ND REVISED Mar 4th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Of counties.
  • growth and a lot of increased values of those homes.
  • They have to go through the vote of the people to do to slow down the growth of the valuation of property
  • their homes because of the cost of home ownership.
  • ends by expiration. of the Judicial Nominating Committee that ends by expiration of a term of office
Summary: The Senate Rules Committee met and first laid over Senate Bill 2133 and skipped several bills because the Pro Tem and Senator Hall were not present. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1552, which would expand an option for very large counties to adopt local charters; an amendment was adopted to raise the population thresholds so the bill would apply only to future growth. After discussion that the measure was optional and not a mandate, the bill passed 12-7. The committee also passed SJR 39, a proposed constitutional amendment to lower the cap on annual increases in property tax assessed value from 3% to 1% for homestead and agricultural property and from 5% to 3% for other property, despite opposition that it would worsen funding pressures and create inequities between long-term owners and new buyers. SJR 47, moving voter ID requirements into the Constitution, and SJR 48, changing how the state handles ad valorem reimbursement for tax-incentive projects, both passed 16-2. The committee next passed Senate Bill 1491, which requires replacement presidential electors to take the same oath as the original slate, and Senate Bill 2174, which changes the membership mix of the State Fire Marshal Commission to include more business-oriented voices; both measures drew little opposition and passed overwhelmingly. Senate Bill 1877 also passed unanimously; it creates a centralized reporting system for 510 reports, with members noting it should have no fiscal impact because an existing state filing system would be used. House Joint Resolution 1024, which revises the Judicial Nominating Commission by removing certain lawyer/non-lawyer and party-balance restrictions and capping service at 12 consecutive years, passed after significant debate over judicial independence and political influence. The committee then approved Senate Bill 2040, which updates the Tulsa Reconciliation Education Scholarship Program by simplifying eligibility rules, changing the income cap to $128,000 and indexing it to inflation, and clarifying that unused funds may still be used for room, board, and books; supporters said it preserves a long-standing scholarship with no fiscal impact. Senate Bill 1316 passed 17-1 and would require agencies to periodically sunset a percentage of administrative rules, though the author said he may lengthen the cycle after reviewing other states’ models. Senate Bill 1679, the Preserving Oklahoma Values Act, passed 16-2 after debate over its references to foreign law and Judeo-Christian Western values; supporters said it protects due process and equal protection, while opponents warned it could marginalize other faith traditions and create legal uncertainty. Finally, the committee passed Senate Bill 227, clarifying which oil and gas facilities are exempt from ad valorem tax and ensuring flow lines, gathering lines, and injection wells are treated consistently; Senate Bill 2153, directing state agencies to use the terms Judea and Samaria instead of West Bank in official documents; and Senate Bill 2180, a transparency measure on foreign lobbying that was amended before passing 17-0. The meeting then adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Instead of doing the reverse of that. Okay. All right.
  • Instead of doing the reverse of that. Okay. All right.
  • Instead of doing the reverse of that. Okay. All right.
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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><00:10:39.680><c> communities</c> work on behalf of all of our communities work on behalf of all of
  • </c> of these services. of these services.
  • </c> Chief of Police for the city of St. Chief of Police for the city of St. Paul. Paul. Paul.
  • Less of a question and more of just a statement of pride.
  • ,</c> lower levels of use of deadly force, lower levels of use of deadly force, whether<01:20:44.560>
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Jan 20th, 2026

Health Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • member of the Florida State Alliance of YMCAs.
  • Musillo asked for or that I asked for, but in the absence of that evidence of the necessity of the bill
  • of State Medical Boards, and the National Council of the State Board of Nursing.
  • any member of the Board of Nursing for misconduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty.
  • of Florida.
Bills: S0428, S0606, S0192, S0162, S0340
Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and took up several health-related bills, with a strong focus on drowning prevention and patient safety. SB 428 by Senator Yarborough would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7. Supporters, including a pediatric emergency physician and YMCA leadership, cited Florida’s high child drowning rates and argued that swim lessons reduce risk and should be available to more children. Senator Harrell noted the need to consider increasing the program’s funding as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 606 by Senator Smith, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing education to postpartum materials provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and, after amendment, no longer home birth providers. A parent who lost a child to drowning testified in support, and senators emphasized the preventability of such deaths. The bill, as amended, was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 340 by Senator Harrell would require nursing students to complete a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure; after a strike-all amendment shifted the requirement from nursing programs to the students themselves, the bill received support from advocates and was reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also considered SB 162 by Senator Davis, which would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies for using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively inexpensive and already common in many facilities, while opponents and some senators questioned the medical evidence, enforcement, and possible impacts on rural and smaller facilities. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably, with some members voting no. SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull on behalf of Senator Martin, would remove the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; the Florida Chiropractic Society supported the change as pro-small-business, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also received an OPAGA presentation comparing Florida’s health care practitioner regulation system with other states, focusing on board autonomy, rulemaking oversight, board composition, appointments, term limits, and funding mechanisms.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 11:00 am

Appropriations - Government Operations Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's kind of a late start to the morning, but we're down to just a couple of bills.
  • I think the amount of money of 1.5 is appropriate. This country has...
  • Chairman, I think it's a good amount of money, and I think they would make good use of it.
  • That's a good amount of money, and I think they would make good use of it.
  • of it of $4 million, and that... ...doing the reconfiguration of it of $4 million, and that's all within
Bills: HB1015
Summary: The Government Operations Division met to review proposed amendments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) budget, with the chair noting the bill would not be voted out that day and would likely be held until the following week for any technical corrections. Members discussed a series of amendments, generally without objection: a $1.5 million appropriation for a pro-life education committee; a $40,000–$45,000 deficiency appropriation for Uniform Laws travel costs; creation of a state deferred maintenance fund with $40 million for deferred maintenance projects; adding the state hospital project to the OMB budget with $200 million from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund (SIF) and $85 million from a line of credit, plus construction management oversight; $110,114 for custodial equity increases; $1 million for a retirement incentive pool; $3 million to cover a shortfall in the new and vacant FTE funding pool; and $4 million for space reconfiguration and rent/moving costs. Prairie Public Broadcasting was also discussed, with a suggestion to change the purpose from local programming to infrastructure and set the amount at $850,000, likely as one-time SIF funding. The committee also heard a heads-up about a possible $180,000 federal reimbursement issue tied to an education grant, but no action was taken on that item. The committee further discussed a broader amendment to reduce the transfer from the social services fund to the human services fund from $250 million to $232 million, based on DHS needs and available carryover funding. Members also agreed to add emergency clauses to the capital assets, deferred maintenance, and moving/space reconfiguration items. The chair indicated Brady could begin incorporating the discussed changes into a consolidated amendment, while noting there could still be additional items next week. Staff also reported the SIF balance was about $280 million positive, though some removed agency items, including airport grants, would need to be considered. The committee then reconsidered its earlier action on House Bill 1581 and restored it to its original form at $100,000 after hearing that the funding would support tribal tourism-related events tied to upcoming 2026 celebrations and the Theodore Roosevelt Library opening. A motion for do pass on the bill as originally introduced passed unanimously by roll call. Finally, the committee postponed action on another bill until later that day, directing that revised materials be distributed and that the item be taken up in the afternoon session.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, co-chairs and members of the committee, I'm a past chair of the Minnesota Society of CPA Board of
  • I am the current chair of the Minnesota Society of CPA Board of Directors.
  • </c> Tourism Bureau of Chamber of Commerce. Tourism Bureau of Chamber of Commerce.
  • Chamber of Commerce of Saint Peter.
  • </c> uh to take some of the things off of uh to take some of the things off of that.<00:58:39.280><c>
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 25th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is kind of a pet peeve of mine, because some of y'all know me as an appellate attorney, which is
  • take care of most of those things.
  • It's the same type of motive, it's the same type of intent, that sort of thing.
  • Because of the nature of these types of offenses and the fact that these perpetrators commit the same
  • And we have hundreds of years of precedent in this country, these United States of America.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 25th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • First of all, we want to welcome everyone who's here today in support or opposition.
  • We are convening, of course, this morning at 10:30. We also have a session beginning.
  • So we will resume our hearing as soon as possible after we leave the floor, according to the terms of
  • A couple of other things, members: we've got a bill that... Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. What bill?
  • That we vote on are consistent and meet a pattern that is relative to the severity of the offense.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • of years of eligibility. eligibility. eligibility.
  • ><c> of</c><00:38:29.920><c> now</c> department of education as of now department of education as of
  • ,</c> of Honolulu, COP Chamber of Commerce, of Honolulu, COP Chamber of Commerce, and<00:54:53.440><c
  • > Law</c> employee, uh, of the Department of Law employee, uh, of the Department of Law Enforcement<01
  • </c> of HB1514. of HB1514.
Bills: SB3082, SB3110, SB3251
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I'm very open to any of the good ideas of my colleagues, of which I've heard... ...but I'm very open
  • to any of the good ideas of my colleagues, of which I've heard many on this subject.
  • A lot of those veterans because of the surge, because of some of the issues that have happened to them
  • of State.
  • That student was a recipient of certain funds from one of the members of the Seven Sons.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 21 (2-5-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • The House of Citation of celebration.
  • </c><00:59:43.359><c> of</c> Representatives of the Commonwealth of Representatives of the Commonwealth
  • The House of Citation of celebration.
  • </c><01:03:15.920><c> of</c> Representatives of the Commonwealth of Representatives of the Commonwealth
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Third reading of the bill, House Bill 4428, by Hilbert of the House and Daniels of the Senate, an act
  • Article 24, Section 1 of the Constitution of the state of Oklahoma.
  • article 24, section one of the constitution of the state of Oklahoma.
  • the people of the state of Oklahoma.
  • Article 24, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • of doctor and nurse of the day, correction of previous day's journal, House and Senate bills and joint
  • Thank you that you are the giver of all wisdom, this and Lord, the giver of all good gifts.
  • Third reading of the bill House Bill 4420 by Hilbert of the House and EWH of the Senate, an act relating
  • Third reading of the bill.
  • Clerk will read House Bill 4128 by Fettetter of the House and Curn of the Senate.