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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- As a teacher, I can tell you I've overseen testing at my school: state testing, NAEP testing, all these
- There is a fabulous physical science laboratory at New Mexico State University.
- So this memorial resolves that the physical science laboratory of New Mexico State be recognized and
- So again, it's something that we are proud to. host to be a part of New Mexico State University, and
- I am an NMSU alumni, and I earned my chemistry degree at New Mexico State.
Committee:
House House Education
Keywords:
appropriation, higher education, sports facilities, community college, Luna Community College, KANW, educational radio, rural news, public education, funding, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, cultural heritage, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Blue plans and 44 other State Medicaid programs, including those from Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi
- This legislation is supported by physicians throughout the state and national advocacy groups.
- Representative Marx, how many other states in the union do this?
- This is the Alabama state government trying to tell you what a woman is.
- Not too long ago, the Alabama state government couldn't tell you what a person was.
Committee:
House Health
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty Nine - Tuesday, April 28
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, and SALT stands for state and local tax.
- The state and local tax, known as the SALT deduction, lets taxpayers who itemize deduct some of the state
- taxes they've paid to state and local governments.
- from the state, any political subdivision of the state, any other governmental entity, or any other
- from this state, any political subdivision of this state, any governmental entity, and it's without
Summary:
The House began with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the prior day’s journal by a 123-1 roll call vote. Members then spent time introducing guests, including physicians, sheriffs, students, interns, and school groups from several districts. The chamber also heard a personal privilege statement recognizing a member’s son’s birthday.
On third reading, House Bill 1758, dealing with permanent daylight saving time in Missouri, drew debate over whether ending clock changes would improve convenience or create safety and health problems by leaving more commutes in darkness. Supporters argued it would align with public preference and reduce disruption, while opponents warned of circadian and safety concerns. The bill passed 107-31 with two present. The House then moved to perfection of House Bill 3329, which repeals expired or unused tax credits, and House Bill 3405, which reclassifies SALT/pass-through entity items as deductions rather than tax credits for reporting purposes; both were described as cleanup and efficiency measures and were perfected without opposition.
The chamber then took up House Bill 2426, a broad parental rights bill covering medical, educational, privacy, and related decision-making for children, and a major amendment focused on individualized education plans (IEPs). Supporters said the bill and amendment strengthen parental involvement and require stricter judicial review, while opponents raised concerns about overbreadth, school district administration burdens, transparency requirements, and possible conflicts with existing law on truancy, medical care, and records. House Amendment 1 was adopted 98-25 with six present, and debate continued on the underlying bill with no final vote shown in the transcript excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Media Availability 1/14/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Unlike Secretary of State Simon, this is surely going to go to the state Supreme Court.
- Unlike Secretary of State Simon, this is surely going to go to the state Supreme Court.
- Unlike Secretary of State Simon, this is surely going to go to the state Supreme Court.
- The Secretary of State has the duty to faithfully preside until he's replaced, but the Secretary of State
- </c> he's replaced but the secretary of state he's replaced but the secretary of state does<00:04:22.000
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, members, Senate Bill 1566 prohibits a municipality, county, or the state, or a state agency from
- Chair, Member, Senate Bill 1566 prohibits a municipality, county, or the state, or a state agency from
- But in this state, and in this state, and in this state, Have at it.
- A board member represents more people than some states, like state governors. Uh-huh.
- systems and plans of the state.
Bills:
SB1246 , SB1338 , SB1428 , SB1443 , SB1501 , SB1566 , SB1571 , SB1645 , SB1646 , SB1663 , SB1688 , SB1805 , SB1808 , SB1825 , SCR1023 , SCR1029 , HB2079 , HB2080 , HB2130 , HB2239 , HB2324 , HB2375 , HB2610 , HB2619 , HB2620 , HB2716 , HB2745 , HB2749 , HB2837 , HB2857 , HB2968 , HB4064 , HB4066 , HB4087 , HB4130 , HCR2048 , HCR2058
Keywords:
homeowners associations, foreclosure, common expense liens, condominiums, special assessments, unit owner, public benefits, eligibility, immigration status, documentation, Arizona law, noise pollution, environmental nuisances, building permits, urban development, public health, administrative procedure, regulatory rights, small businesses, state agencies
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Office of Inspector General debate 2/24/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> integrity in the operations of state integrity in the operations of state agencies<00:15:23.760>
- </c> significant issue not only in state significant issue not only in state program<01:03:47.359><c>
- </c> reporting that is required uh to state reporting that is required uh to state agents<01:04:12.160
- </c><01:14:54.400><c> of</c> legislation written in the state of legislation written in the state of
- </c> sure you all do, across the whole state sure you all do, across the whole state that<01:25:05.440
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- We thank you for this state and its leadership. We pray for a nation.
- One last thing it does, it makes the executive of the state report in a timely manner to the state that
- One last thing it does, it makes the executive of the state report in a timely manner to the state that
- One last thing it does, it makes the executive of the state report in a timely manner to the state that
- </c><00:22:43.280><c> of</c> have a a unique chance in the state of have a a unique chance in the state
Committee:
House Public Safety and Homeland Security
Keywords:
fundraising, Alabama Educational Television, state authority, public broadcasting, legislation influence, emergency management, public funds, educational materials, promotional materials, state agency, ambulance services, balance billing, health insurance, emergency transportation, reimbursement rates, water recreation, public access, water bodies, recreational use, water commissions
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- And lastly, there is an increase for the State Route 520 bonds.
- These are both key programs to keep our state moving.
- These are both key programs to keep our state moving.
- The corridor connects I-5, the SR-1509 Gateway Project, State Route 167, State Route 515, and State Route
- Project, State Route 167, State Route 515, State Route 181.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
transportation bonds, general obligation bonds, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, highway funding, road construction, infrastructure financing, motor fuel tax, gas tax, vehicle fees, bond authorization, state finance committee, highway bond retirement fund, corridor projects, interstate improvements, right-of-way acquisition, public-private partnerships, transportation capital projects, local matching funds, emergency clause
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/18/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- bypass Arizona state law.
- and in our state.
- The bill further prohibits the state or a state employee from destroying any notes taken during the evaluation
- contract with any state agency.
- order to ship into the state.
Bills:
SB1176 , SB1186 , SB1235 , SB1286 , SB1446 , SB1458 , SB1515 , SB1616 , SB1641 , SB1668 , SB1670 , SB1678 , SB1747 , SB1787
Keywords:
stormwater, water storage, replenishment credits, groundwater, aquifer, Arizona Revised Statutes, disclosure, state contracts, procurement records, donations, transparency, EMS, reciprocity, interstate compact, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, licensure, public safety, military personnel, veterinary telemedicine
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, it adds language stating that maintenance and repairs of a sewage grinder pump are the responsibility
- finally, it removes the provision requiring applications submitted by an RTA for permits under the state
- finally, it removes the provision requiring applications submitted by an RTA for permits under the state
- finally, it removes the provision requiring applications submitted by an RTA for permits under the state
Committee:
Senate Local Government
Keywords:
city incorporation, local governance, municipalities, state law, government structure, culvert replacement, fish passage, hydraulic project approval, Department of Fish and Wildlife, stream crossing, bank stabilization, flood control, erosion control, emergency permit, expedited permit, SEPA, environmental review, local government, county authority, agricultural irrigation
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 8th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- States.
- You can be licensed in one state and drive in another state with the need for additional tests or fees
- The State Board of Accountancy will continue to have the authority to regulate out-of-state licenses
- Lively stated, order to layer that.
- State legislatures.
Bills:
HB679 , HB1764 , HB1788 , HB2186 , HB2204 , HB2418 , HB2885 , HB2983 , HB2996 , HB3250 , HB3352 , HB3756 , HB3816 , HB3913 , HB3928 , HB4077
Committee:
House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Keywords:
environment, regulation, land use, public health, community development, alcohol, Sunday sales, local option election, Texas, business hours, alcohol sales, liquor, off-premise consumption, alcoholic beverages, CPA, Certified Public Accountant, licensing, accountancy, state regulation, continuing education
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas State Cemetery, pending approval by the State Cemetery Committee as required by Section 2160 of
- and the good he's done for Travis County and the state.
- read from General Order Number Three stating.
- Dallas Collins here in the great state of Texas.
- Austin State University.
Bills:
HB1397 , HB1886 , HB3088 , HB4187 , HB4229 , HB4230 , HB5032 , HCR6 , HCR34 , HCR50 , HCR55 , HCR58 , HCR70 , HCR71 , HCR72 , HCR74 , HCR75 , HCR80 , HCR86 , HCR93 , HCR100 , HCR107 , HCR116 , HCR117 , HCR6
Committee:
House Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Keywords:
Texas Constitution, Declaration of Independence, victory or death letter, display, historic preservation, lifeguard requirements, public beaches, municipalities, county regulations, exemptions, Parks and Wildlife, procurement, goods and services, revenue generation, Texas legislature, historical preservation, Texas Historical Commission, fees, nonprofit organizations, fundraising
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on State Affairs has come to order. Clerk, call the roll.
- Are we risking further population of rattlesnakes in the state capitol?
- Across the state, stakeholders have raised concerns about this.
- But as a state representative from the border, I've supported...
- places that are more urgent to take care of our own state.
Bills:
HB246 , HB796 , HB 1056 , HB1544 , HB1846 , HB2001 , HB2618 , HB2625 , HB2869 , HB2898 , HB3069 , HB3114 , HB3157 , HB3228 , HJR98 , HB246
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- this state.
- States.
- The state would prevail? The state would prevail.
- In Section 10, it states, "But states shall not coin money."
- Three-quarters of the states, 38 states.
Bills:
HB246 , HB796 , HB 1056 , HB1544 , HB1846 , HB2001 , HB2618 , HB2625 , HB2869 , HB2898 , HB3069 , HB3114 , HB3157 , HB3228 , HJR98 , HB246
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Government Oversight REVISED: SB1771, SB1805 and SB1916 - Added Apr 14th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Government Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Only one other state, we're one of two states that do this.
- So what is the action from the state if a person becomes a faithless elector and does something different
- are seven members on it, and we are replacing two of those with different officials from around the state
- association members, and you're going to have another one that represents business owners from across the state
- What's been going on in the state and business and restaurants and everything is much larger than it
Bills:
SB1265 , SB2154 , SB1286 , SB1365 , SB1491 , SB1525 , SB1581 , SB1775 , SB1810 , SB1884 , SB2118 , SB2174 , SB1771 , SB1805 , SB1916
Committee:
House Government Oversight
Keywords:
municipal ordinances, local government, ordinance publication, posting requirement, public notice, municipal law, city ordinances, town ordinances, county government, newspaper publication, effective date, Oklahoma statutes, 11 O.S. 14-106, ordinance notice, government oversight, municipalities, city government, town government, property maintenance, nuisance abatement
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- retired state employee, do they have to be retired state employee bus drivers?
- retired state employee, do they have to be retired state employee bus drivers?
- retired state employee, do they have to be retired state employee bus drivers?
- retired state employee, do they have to be retired state employee bus drivers?
- state >> What I heard you say state retired state employee, employee, employee, do<00:35:45.320
Bills:
HB151 , HB152 , HB138 , SB221 , SB190 , SB69 , SB225 , SB272 , HB151 , HB152 , HB138 , SB221 , SB190 , SB69 , SB225 , SB272
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation Education
Keywords:
fire chaplains, distinctive license plate, firefighter, volunteer service, criminal penalties, sales tax exemption, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, menstrual hygiene products, pregnancy, pregnant defendant, incarceration, jail intake, pregnancy test, bail, pre-incarceration probation, supervised probation, electronic monitoring, electronic supervision
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Jan 20th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> >> would prevail over state law. >> would prevail over state law.
- </c> order judgment or mandate from the state order judgment or mandate from the state or<00:09:09.440
- </c> a state government that can do that. a state government that can do that.
- </c><00:28:01.919><c> rights</c> environmentalist making a states rights environmentalist making a states
- ,</c><00:35:10.240><c> the</c> requirements mandated by the state, the requirements mandated by the state
Bills:
SB23 , SB71 , SB105 , SB109 , SB115 , SB131 , SB148 , SB165 , SB23 , SB71 , SB105 , SB109 , SB115 , SB131 , SB148 , SB165
Committee:
Senate County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
law enforcement, taser, restrained individuals, police procedures, civil rights, income tax, tax exemption, Alabama tax code, Section 40-18-3, civilian employees, Department of Defense, DoD, Armed Forces, military pay, combat zone, deployment, National Guard, Reserve components, emergency response, federal employees
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's called Sheldon State Park.
- history throughout our state.
- also in the United States Army.
- . ...the states.
- with this state.
Bills:
HB370 , HB738 , HB2935 , HB3227 , HB4103 , HB5259 , SB519 , SB1350 , SB1247 , SB1248 , SB2112 , HCR81 , HCR83 , HCR84 , HCR59 , HCR109 , HCR111 , HCR135 , SCR6
Committee:
House Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Keywords:
HB 370, Events Trust Fund, Texas events funding, sports eligibility, women's sports, girls' sports, biological sex, transgender athletes, sex-segregated sports, athletic competition, event subsidies, tourism funding, site selection organization, anti-trafficking plan, female athletes, public funding, economic impact, sports policy, Rosenwald Schools, historical preservation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I am Brett Durvis, the Administrative Director with the Texas State Historical Association.
- The Texas State Historical Association is the premier historical association for scholarship.
- These are scalable programs too, so we can get them across the entire state.
- Than 1,000 of them for the state level competition, which just occurred here in Austin.
- The state of Texas already has wildlife crossings protecting wildlife. Texans.
Bills:
HB370 , HB738 , HB2935 , HB3227 , HB4103 , HB5259 , SB519 , SB1350 , SB1247 , SB1248 , SB2112 , HCR81 , HCR83 , HCR84 , HCR59 , HCR109 , HCR111 , HCR135 , SCR6
Committee:
House Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Keywords:
HB 370, Events Trust Fund, Texas events funding, sports eligibility, women's sports, girls' sports, biological sex, transgender athletes, sex-segregated sports, athletic competition, event subsidies, tourism funding, site selection organization, anti-trafficking plan, female athletes, public funding, economic impact, sports policy, Rosenwald Schools, historical preservation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- relating to... to the amendment of an existing comprehensive development agreement for a portion of State
- Please state your name, who you represent, and what you're for or against. What we're doing today.
- I think my response was that we're unable to produce a balance sheet that's reflective of the state of
- And you state, as the final project financing is sought, we currently believe that the Japanese.
- We're really trying to work with the state of Texas. It's going to be a long process.
Bills:
HB2007 , HB2462 , HB2621 , HB2921 , HB3187 , HB3331 , HB3332 , HJR144 , HB3514 , HB3528 , HB3539 , HB3563 , HB3720 , HB3726 , HB3751 , HB3859 , HB3947 , HB4148 , HB4164 , HB4337 , HB4346 , HB4368 , HB4706 , HB4916 , HB4950 , HB4967 , HB5177 , HB5603
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
commercial signs, county approval, transportation code, regulations, road signage, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, confidentiality, personal information, local government, airport data, public records, regional transportation