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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 15th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Resolution 1 by Representative Sanboria to approve the annual state integrated coastal protection
  • It's been reviewed and approved by the district council and by the local parish police jury.
  • We're already in the process of doing this.
  • I think the language right now says that the LMA has to approve the course.
  • Okay, but what's the process for an expungement?
Bills: HR153 , HR154 , HR155 , HR156 , HR157 , HR158 , HCR57 , HCR58 , HCR59 , HR133 , HR134 , HR135 , HR136 , HR137 , HR138 , HR139 , HR140 , HR141 , HR142 , HR144 , HR145 , HR146 , HR147 , HR148 , HR149 , HR150 , HR151 , HR152 , SCR28 , SB141 , SB169 , SB206 , SB233 , SB417 , SB421 , SB429 , SB437 , SB477 , SB510 , SB521 , HR1 , HR17 , HCR5 , HB55 , HB385 , HB394 , HB396 , HB406 , HB608 , HB622 , HB676 , HB772 , HB897 , HB902 , HB943 , HB1030 , HB1035 , HB1038 , HB1045 , HB1049 , HB1056 , HB1058 , HB1059 , HB1092 , HB1100 , HB1117 , HB1160 , HB1161 , HB1162 , HB1177 , HB1180 , HB1189 , HB1216 , HB1239 , HB1240 , SB127 , HB284 , HB1 , HB2 , HB3 , HB312 , HB313 , HB383 , HB314 , HCR3 , HB983 , HB1126 , HB21 , HB24 , HB29 , HB31 , HB39 , HB45 , HB77 , HB136 , HB150 , HB263 , HB273 , HB299 , HB315 , HB376 , HB377 , HB431 , HB444 , HB450 , HB519 , HB533 , HB538 , HB559 , HB562 , HB663 , HB664 , HB715 , HB717 , HB805 , HB822 , HB823 , HB834 , HB864 , HB867 , HB1017 , HB1018 , HB1068 , HB1134 , HB1137 , HB1234 , HB1235 , HB1236 , HB211 , HB27 , HB71 , HB214 , HB225 , HB241 , HB244 , HB306 , HB345 , HB366 , HB446 , HB511 , HB514 , HB655 , HB730 , HB743 , HB1027 , HB1037 , HB1043 , HB1082 , HB1091 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1167 , HB1174 , HB1175 , HB1230 , HB1237 , HB1238 , SB162 , SB349 , SB350 , SB382 , SB383 , HB401 , HB51 , HB58 , HB140 , HB982 , HB1010 , HB132 , HB193 , HB635 , HB690 , HB1003 , HB750 , HB911 , HB151 , HB180 , HB192 , HB310 , HB961 , HB1146 , HB977 , HB181 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HB9 , HB393 , HB459 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB615 , HB682 , HB733 , HB773 , HB996 , HB1113
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 8, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 29th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's just that's the way it all fell out with the resolution and then it was a process.
  • No, they would have to go through the same process to apply for it. Could they receive a permit?
  • If they apply for it, they would go through the process like anyone else who's opening a business.
  • They'd have to go through the same process, right? I'd have to go through the same process.
  • You are aware that there is a process to apply for a liquor license, right? I am.
Committee: House Judiciary
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference PM - Thu Apr 23, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, I move to dispense with the reading of the journal of the 41st through the 43rd days and approve
  • It has been moved and seconded that journal days 41 through 43 be approved. Any discussion?
  • Journal days 41 through 43 are approved. Item number three, messages from the governor. Mr.
  • </c> 41st through the 43rd days and approve 41st through the 43rd days and approve the<00:10:37.600><
  • </c><00:10:47.440><c> Any</c> days 41 through 43 be approved. Any days 41 through 43 be approved.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I understand that if we open it wide up and streamline the approval process for new drugs, they're not
  • I would like to briefly address the current review and approval process and the extended timelines many
  • So your initial process is submitting to DHS for licensing. Okay. Once that's approved...
  • Then they approve you to your administrative approval. Then they assign a surveyor.
  • or deny that license, and the licensure approval process entails the surveyor to come out.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations 2ND REVISED Mar 4th, 2026 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Kits collected after the effective date must be processed by the appropriate accredited crime laboratory
  • Senate Bill 1381 is an attempt to put our court process in better order.
  • We should have this same type of process implemented throughout the state.
  • Right now, the state actually has a list of seven approved screening instruments.
  • An approved mental health screener used in routine primary care visits, a maximum of one per year.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Therefore, it's a simple process. They pasteurize it and give it on to the kids.
  • The oil company, they basically go through the eminent domain process.
  • Whose oversight or what would be the process that would fall under?
  • We're actually changing the law in this process. We're actually changing the law in this process.
  • and 105 days off the Tier 3 permitting process.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Feb 19th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This kind of would streamline the process and probably make it more efficient and cut some costs in The
  • about the other one coming up, but I do understand we want vehicles continue to move through the process
  • observe that had to do with an insurance commission request to kind of fine-tune and streamline the process
  • , but I don't think it was necessarily homeowner's insurance that may have been going through the process
  • I do not see this as a vehicle that needs to be moved through the process because I I just think it would
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • In that process. to about a quarter of its original structure. In that process.
  • Additionally, the bill. by the advanced manufacturer during the construction process.
  • I respectfully ask for your support of the bill and to continue this process.
  • The voters approved bond funds for housing, and we were able to do that.
  • We wanted to bring, and that's part of the stakeholder process that we're a part of the stakeholder process
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the whole process failed. Our crime rates in Pensacola went through the roof.
  • </c> &gt;&gt; They're still subject to the due process &gt;&gt; They're still subject to the due process
  • First of all, the due process is already there. That was put into the original.
  • </c> have already been through that process. have already been through that process.
  • We are not take away the due process.
Bills: HB348 , HB106 , HB347 , HB54 , SB118 , SB167 , SB195 , HB260 , HB263 , HB328 , HB348 , HB106 , HB347 , HB54 , SB118 , SB167 , SB195 , HB260 , HB263 , HB328
Committee: Senate Judiciary
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

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

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's nothing in this about approval, but the fact that they have to promulgate rules means that that
  • process will go through the admin rules committee just like all other rules.
  • Mexican legal defense and educational fund that is being processed right now.
  • I know that they do have to first go to their local district, but then if they're not approved, they
  • And they would prefer to be able to choose out of all of the approved authorizers that we have in the
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the process that we have followed for years with the belief that the Board of Nursing was aware
  • Texan and a career educator. and the founder and superintendent of the Texas Girls School, a newly approved
  • And they were approved unanimously by the State Board of Education, with both Republicans and Democrats
  • This ensures that while parents are informed about potential dangers, the process respects the legal
  • Two quick examples that I could give you are the long interruptions in the educational process.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing officers at impartial due process hearings. The chair offers a committee substitute.
  • curriculum requirements for public schools by adding focused instruction on local and state civic process
  • curriculum requirements for public schools by adding focused instruction on local and state civic processes
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 21st, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Second, the commissioner's court approved the constable's budget during the budget review process.
  • There's a long process. The process is we have an interview process.
  • But the budget has already been approved, the number of deputies has already been approved.
  • So this has already been approved during the process.
  • This is a bill that would remove the approval by the commissioners court in this hiring process of deputy
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

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • As soon as we got the FDA approval, that would then move into DEA approval.
  • As soon as we got the FDA approval, that would then move into DEA approval.
  • and then Texas giving approval.
  • and then Texas giving approval.
  • Representative Frank: And that requires FDA approval, right? So who requires FDA approval?
Committee: House Public Health
Summary: The Committee on Public Health met with a quorum and heard public testimony on a long agenda, with members repeatedly reminded of a two-minute limit for witnesses. Several bills were voted out favorably, including HB 2588 on cottage food, HB 1639 on cancer incidence and female firefighters, HB 2581 on a reporting form for contracted services for pregnant women, and SB 922 on electronic disclosure of certain sensitive medical information. Those measures generally passed on party-line or near-unanimous votes, while HB 216 on itemized medical statements was left pending after the committee substitute was withdrawn. The committee also left pending HB 5141, HB 4638, HB 2035, HB 4813, HB 2264, HB 4014, and HB 3829 after hearing testimony and questions. The final item introduced in the excerpt was HB 4408 on health care market transparency and corporate consolidation, but the discussion was cut off before testimony or action was completed. A major theme of the hearing was mental health diversion and access to treatment. HB 5141, by Rep. Howard, would allow Travis County to use vacated Austin State Hospital property for a local mental health jail diversion center; law enforcement, the Travis County sheriff, county judge, and urban counties group all testified in support, describing the lack of alternatives for people in crisis and the burden on jails and emergency rooms. Members asked about eligible offenses, bed capacity, and whether the facility would serve only Travis County, and the bill was left pending. HB 2264, by Rep. Schoolcraft, would create a friends-and-family form for loved ones to provide information to providers during emergency mental health treatment; NAMI and hospital groups supported it, while one neutral witness and several members raised concerns about patient control, credibility of information, and liability protections. The bill was also left pending. The committee also heard multiple psychedelic-therapy and drug-policy bills. HB 4813 would speed Texas rescheduling of Schedule I substances if the FDA reclassifies them, with testimony focused on psilocybin and MDMA and their potential use for PTSD and depression; members questioned whether the bill was too broad and how state rescheduling works, and it was left pending. HB 4014 would direct HHSC to study psychedelic therapies, building on prior state research, and witnesses said Texas should prepare regulatory and clinical infrastructure before FDA approval; it too was left pending. HB 2035 would require parents to be informed that they may seek substance-use treatment for a child even if one facility turns them away, prompted by a constituent’s account of a fatal fentanyl overdose after receiving incorrect advice; it was left pending. HB 4638 would extend and expand the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative board and timeline, with the author saying the program is still in early implementation and needs more time, and it was left pending as well. Other bills addressed public health administration and animal welfare. HB 3829 would require a study of the animal-friendly account and its grant process for spay/neuter funding, with the author arguing that the current application and reimbursement process is too burdensome for shelters and nonprofits; no opposition was heard and the bill was left pending. HB 2581 and HB 1639 were reported favorably, while HB 216 drew discussion about enforcement of itemized medical billing and was held after the committee substitute was withdrawn. Throughout the hearing, members also discussed broader concerns about homelessness, competency restoration waitlists, jail overcrowding, and the need for more treatment options outside the criminal justice system.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 24, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, the FDA's approval process for these additives has resulted in a decades-long approval process
  • </c><00:07:59.120><c> process</c><00:07:59.720><c> for</c><00:07:59.919><c> these</c> fda's approval
  • process for these fda's approval process for these additives<00:08:01.000><c> has</c><00:08:01.240><c
  • Innovation</c> approval process that stifles Innovation approval process that stifles Innovation and
  • The Journal stands approved.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 5th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • on what they're supposed to do process on what they're supposed to do process on what they're supposed
  • to get his green card many legal process to get his green card many legal process to get his green card
  • again after this motion second process again after this motion second process again after hearing from
  • yes ma'am so there's through the process yes ma'am so there's through the process yes ma'am so there's
  • to uh um persons that have not approved to uh um persons that have not approved authorized presence
Bills: SB82 , SB78 , SB4 , SB6 , SB62 , SB66 , SB77 , SB63 , SB79 , SB53 , SB55 , HB14
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that means somewhere along the process, we lost two ADAs.
  • And somewhere along the process, Orleans lost 10. So it, it... Rep.
  • I understand the process.
  • And as the budget bill moved through the process, and as this bill moved through the process, the funding
  • I have to have joint budget approval on that.