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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Feb 12th, 2025

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • , but is it a possibility that those investing in these scales could have them certified by the department
  • The scales are inspected, repaired, and calibrated quarterly by the Department of Industries.
  • Our Troopers, the chief of the weight crew, go and observe the individuals at the Department of Industry
  • The amendment includes some language that the Department of Conservation wanted to put in the other bill
Bills: SB110 , SB64 , SB42
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 16th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Head coach Amber Flores is also from the University of Oklahoma. of Oklahoma.
  • Not a national championship All-American from Oklahoma, and our head coach.
  • The military department is not normally involved with federal bases.
  • The military department is not normally involved with economic development.
  • I mentioned my thirty-five years on the fire department.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 16th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Head coach Amber Flores, also from the University of Oklahoma.
  • from Oklahoma—and our head coach.
  • The Military Department is not normally involved with federal bases.
  • The Military Department is not normally involved with economic development.
  • Those are individuals that are employees of the State Department of Education.
Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, prayer, and several gallery introductions recognizing guests and honorees, including the Medford Cardinals football team for their academic and athletic success, Guthrie Day, the Oscar J. Upham post office designation, the OKC Spark professional softball team, the Elks organization, and the YMCA’s 175th anniversary. Senators also welcomed a new intern and acknowledged Senator Carl McDowell’s return to the chamber. Most of the early floor time was devoted to ceremonial citations and concurrent resolutions, all of which were adopted without recorded opposition. The chamber then moved through a series of Joint Committee Reports and third-reading votes on appropriations and related measures. HB 4031 reauthorized $41 million for previously approved ODAA projects and passed 36-8, declared an emergency. HB 4032 redirected industry fees to the Department of Mines and passed 34-11, emergency. HB 4034 appropriated $142,137 for salary increases for certified shorthand reporters and passed 45-0, emergency. HB 4036 transferred $5 million from the Film and Oklahoma revolving fund to a new sitcom-related revolving fund and passed 30-15. HB 4037 raised the Ethics Commission Fund retention cap from $150,000 to $250,000 and passed 45-0, emergency. Several transportation, health, and public safety measures also advanced. HB 4038 moved $5 million for the eight-year road plan and additional project funding, passing 28-17 and then as an emergency measure after vote changes. HB 4040 set up cash-flow funds for the State Department of Health’s $223 million federal award and passed 45-0, emergency. HB 4041 appropriated $2.25 million to the Attorney General, including $2 million for a trafficking victim pilot program and $250,000 for a public safety technology fund, and passed as an emergency. HB 4042 appropriated $500,000 for the Commerce census revolving fund and passed 35-9. HB 4043 transferred $1 million to Emergency Management for Oklahoma Task Force 1 and passed 44-0, emergency. The most extended debate centered on HB 4045 and HB 4046, which expanded and funded the Military Readiness, Innovation, Education, and Aviation program. Supporters said the measures would help military bases, schools, infrastructure, simulation training, and defense-related economic development; critics questioned the broad language, lack of detail, and whether the projects fit a broader strategy. HB 4045 passed 37-7 and HB 4046 passed 39-7, both as emergency measures. HB 4047 funded Commerce projects including housing for aged-out foster youth, the State Fair, a university upgrade, and a COG-related economic development request; it passed 30-16 and then 40-6 as an emergency. HB 4048 appropriated $13 million for transportation infrastructure, drew criticism for bypassing the eight-year plan, and passed 36-10 before being declared an emergency. Finally, HB 4030, the Education Budget Limits Bill, was explained in detail, including $43.75 million for the Strong Readers formula, $5 million for literacy coaches, and $5 million for a charter school revolving loan fund; after questions about bonds, charter schools, and the revolving fund, it passed 39-5 and was declared an emergency measure.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collaborate with the Department of Education
  • ><c> Land</c><00:32:21.520><c> and</c> Requesting the Department of Land and Requesting the Department
  • Government agencies were part of that process, including the Department of Health and the Department
  • We need to have that top-down mandate so that the department heads are going to take an active look at
  • </c> top-down mandate so that the department top-down mandate so that the department heads<01:03:12.480
Committee: House Water & Land
Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on March 31, 2026, and heard testimony on several resolutions. HCR 13/HR 50, which asks DLNR to work with DOE and the Public Charter School Commission on a student coral stewardship program, drew comments from DLNR, which said it stood on written testimony and had proposed amendments, and from supporters in the room. HCR 61, urging investment in reforestation policies, workforce, nursery capacity, and related support for public and private lands, received strong support from DLNR and multiple testifiers, including members of a reforestation policy hui, a resident, and others who emphasized watershed protection, flood and fire resilience, and the need to upgrade nursery infrastructure and staffing. Committee members asked questions about nursery modernization, staffing, island-specific needs, and whether reforestation could reduce wildfire impacts; the DLNR witness said all islands need investment, with especially large opportunities on Hawaiʻi Island, and that healthier forests improve resilience though they cannot eliminate climate-related risks. The committee then heard HCR 136/HR 128 on wildland-urban interface safety standards for Maui plantation towns, but no one testified. It also heard HCR 185/HR 175, which urges denial of permits for ICE detention-related warehouses; Chris Coffey of Immua Alliance testified in support, saying migrant survivors of exploitation are harmed when ICE detains people and that Hawaii would not be the first place to take such action, citing examples from other states and cities. In questioning, members explored whether a local facility would keep people closer to families and services or instead increase local detention; Coffey said detention generally cuts off access to services and can intensify fear, and that a local facility could incentivize more detention and make survivors less likely to come forward. Finally, the committee heard HCR 155/HR 147 supporting the Hawaii Water Safety Coalition’s Hawaii Water Safety Act. Testifiers included Allison Shapera, who described the statewide water safety plan, Hawaii’s high drowning rate, the economic and human costs of drownings, and her personal loss of her daughter in a preventable drowning; Kirsten Hermstead and Kalani Vierra of the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association said the plan’s recommendations need legislative recognition to help with implementation and grant funding; and Jessamine Town Horner testified by Zoom as a co-founder and bereaved family advocate. The transcript provided does not show any votes or final committee actions on the measures discussed.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> if maybe for the Department of Taxation. if maybe for the Department of Taxation.
  • </c> from the Department of Water Supply. from the Department of Water Supply.
  • Department of Education. We stand on our Department of Education.
  • </c> the Department of Education. the Department of Education.
  • ><c> with</c> Uh, Department of Education with Uh, Department of Education with comments.
Committee: House Finance
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jul 1st, 2026

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • After working with the Andover Select Board, our Health Department, our Conservation Commission, and
  • After adopting a cherry-headed conure parrot in 2020, he looks like this, and he's known as Chuck, and
  • Just a heads up...
  • Just a heads up, the home rule petition for the town of Air is also currently being drafted and is in
  • Just a heads up, the home rule petition for the town of air is also currently being drafted and is in
Bills: H5432 , H5433 , S3093 , H5363 , H5137 , H5247
Summary: The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hybrid hearing on late-file bills, with testimony focused first on multiple home rule petitions seeking local authority to restrict anticoagulant rodenticides in towns including Andover, Topsfield, North Andover, Williamstown, Georgetown, Lexington, and others. Municipal officials, residents, wildlife advocates, and conservation groups described documented harm to hawks, owls, foxes, turtles, pets, and other wildlife, and argued that towns should be able to regulate these poisons locally. Several speakers said their towns had already voted to support restrictions and were using integrated pest management and other alternatives. Committee members noted that statewide rodenticide legislation had already advanced out of committee in both chambers and that the environmental bond bill was in conference committee, but no votes were taken during the hearing itself. The committee then heard testimony on H. 5137, a bill to prohibit the retail sale of parrots. Supporters, including animal welfare groups, veterinarians, rescue operators, and advocates, said parrots are often sourced from large breeding facilities with poor conditions, that many birds are surrendered because they are difficult long-term pets, and that rescues are overwhelmed. They argued the bill would encourage adoption, reduce demand for commercial breeding and trafficking, and improve bird welfare and public health. Opponents, including breeders, pet retailers, aviculture representatives, and rescue operators, said the bill would harm small businesses, reduce consumer access and transparency, and push sales to unregulated markets without improving welfare. Several speakers said the bill should instead focus on stronger standards and enforcement rather than banning sales. A separate bill, S. 310, designating the Marion Stoddard River Walk, was also briefly discussed in testimony supporting Marion Stoddard’s environmental work. The hearing ended after the committee finished taking testimony and adjourned; no roll-call votes or formal actions were taken in the transcript.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jul 1st, 2026

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • After working with the Andover Select Board, our Health Department, our Conservation Commission, and
  • After adopting a cherry-headed conure parrot in 2020, he looks like this, and he's known as Chuck, and
  • Just a heads up, the home rule petition for the town of Air is also currently being drafted and is in
  • Just a heads up. of Rhode Island for recently passing the legislation.
  • Just a heads up, the home rule petition for the town of air is also currently being drafted and is in
Bills: H5432 , H5433 , S3093 , H5363 , H5137 , H5247
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources May 27th, 2026

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • It adds that we're urging and requesting the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to work with the Federal
  • Members, House Concurrent Resolution 94 by Representative Fontenot urges and requests the Department
  • I think the department is doing a great job with the resources they've got with herbicide application
  • So I'm just looking for ways to provide the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries more resources to...
  • Provide the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries more resources to address this problem with invasive
Bills: HCR54 , HCR79 , HCR87 , HCR94 , HCR104 , HB1209
Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee met on March 27 with a quorum present, approved prior minutes, and then took up several resolutions and one bill related to wildlife, water resources, and conservation. H.C.R. 79, as amended, urged the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to work together to allow the use of dogs for hunting in Kisatchie National Forest; supporters described it as a traditional hunting practice that has been restricted for years and could benefit local hunters and businesses. H.C.R. 104, as amended, asked the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to study and modernize the collection, retention, and access to subsurface data, with members emphasizing the need to avoid sharing company-specific information. H.C.R. 87 was reported favorably to support correspondence from U.S. Sen. Kennedy regarding duck flyway management, H.C.R. 54 was reported favorably to study the impact of flooded corn on migratory waterfowl and restore an enforcement mechanism related to hunting over intentionally flooded crops, and H.C.R. 94 was reported favorably to require annual boating safety reports to legislative committees. The committee then heard HB 1209, which would have paused new cooperative endeavor agreements for surface water withdrawals while allowing existing agreements to continue and be renewed through December 31, 2036. The author said the bill was intended to give the state time to develop a more comprehensive, data-driven surface water strategy and to address invasive species such as giant salvinia, which he said has severely affected waterways in his district. Members and witnesses acknowledged the seriousness of the issue, but there was concern that the bill was too complex to move quickly in the session. The committee discussed converting it into a study resolution instead, and the bill was deferred without objection. The meeting then adjourned.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 26th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Deputy Executive Counsel for the Louisiana Department of Health.
  • I'm Deputy Executive Counselor for the Louisiana Department of Health.
  • So there's still a significant amount of work that the department would have to do.
  • The department absolutely is behind transparency, accountability.
  • So I appreciate the department for being here today.
Bills: HR290 , HR298 , SB405 , SCR61 , HR318
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 14th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Kalata, who is the head of the state medical board.
  • Not licensed and regulated by the State Department of Health.
  • Department of Education about this, ask them to develop a curriculum.
  • And let me just add that she mentioned the Department of Ed.
  • And there's a lot of focus on human trafficking in those departments.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • She's shaking her head that that is not correct. She's shaking her head that that is not correct.
  • Also, I'd like to find out through the department.
  • Chair, for the department: do you determine how many days are in residency?
  • Amy Love again, for the Department of Transportation.
  • Chairman, members, Amy Love again, for the Department of Transportation.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:38:03.359><c> of</c> projects administered by department of projects administered by department
  • </c> county and general services department county and general services department of<00:38:05.359><c
  • ,</c> Adrian Doc, on behalf of the department, Adrian Doc, on behalf of the department, standing<01:13
  • </c> Department, County of Kawaii in support. Department, County of Kawaii in support.
  • > and</c><01:19:28.560><c> industrial</c> department of labor and industrial department of labor and
Committee: House Labor
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Feb 26th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Subpart four corrects the spelling of a pilot project under the Department of Transportation's aviation
  • Subpart five corrects the account for funds provided for the Department of Transportation's pass and
  • Subpart eight updates various proviso amounts to conform to the project list under the Department of
  • Subpart five corrects the account for funds provided for the Department of Transportation's pass and
  • Subpart eight updates various proviso amounts to conform to the project list under the Department of
Bills: SB6005 , SB6225
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Early Learning & Human Services Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Early Learning & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2600 requires the Department of Social and Health Services to update the Supported Living
  • The Department of Social Health the provision of client support, training, and other activities.
  • House Bill 2,600 requires the Department of Social and Health Services to update the Supported Living
  • The Department of Social and Health Services is allowed to contract with a private entity to provide
  • I hope to hear back from the Department of Children and Families on all of these issues.
Bills: HB1873 , HB2600 , SB5957
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 23rd, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And when we depart from this place today, let our words and deeds bear witness to the government grounded
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, approved the previous day’s minutes, and heard a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber also moved several bills through routine orders, including placing House Bill 273 on health carrier surpluses and House Bill 2681 on cannabis license fees on the second reading calendar, and welcoming guests and honored families to the gallery. The main floor action centered on three bills. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2325, establishing a tourism self-support program, was amended with a technical clarification and passed 84-5. Supporters said the industry should fund a statewide tourism marketing effort to attract visitors year-round and compete with other states. Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1960, on renewable energy, was amended to address local tax treatment of wind, solar, and battery storage projects and passed 74-15; proponents said it would replace a shifting property-tax burden with a more stable excise tax so host communities receive lasting benefits. House Bill 2521, concerning firearms background checks, drew the most debate. Amendments to raise the fee cap and to set the fee at zero were both rejected, with opponents arguing the bill would burden constitutional rights and supporters saying the fee should cover the State Patrol’s costs. The bill then passed 53-36. House Bill 2675, the annual accounts bill, passed unanimously 89-0 after brief support from both parties. The House then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Labor.
  • </c><00:34:22.240><c> of</c> both Minnesota and US Department of both Minnesota and US Department of
  • </c> would be to the department? would be to the department? Representative<00:49:29.280><c> Pinto.
  • </c><01:26:52.080><c> You</c><01:26:52.159><c> know,</c> of the emergency department.
  • You know, of the emergency department.
Bills: HF362 , HF2590 , HF2760 , HF3444