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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • So that's one of the hazards of what we call cherry-picking.
  • To get one of these riders, like an extraordinary, something out of the ordinary kind of thing.
  • of those.
  • As we understand it, part of the genesis of this bill was trying to track some of the TDU rate increases
  • It uses water stored underground, which becomes... ...comes pressured by the power of the earth, and
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2026-04-08

Agriculture Finance and Policy

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  • The second benefit of this proposal is to address curtailed wind power in southern Minnesota.
  • Local production of ammonia has been identified as a way to use wind power during times when there is
  • <00:46:37.280> of permitted for uh production of of permitted for uh production of of anhydra
  • of suicide. of suicide.
  • , particularly when there's a is powerful, particularly when there's a lot<01:36:52.080> of<01
Bills: HF2103, HF4508
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I want to start by thanking uh all of the members of the LCCMR, of which several of us are on this
  • contents of the bill. contents of the bill.
  • It's kind of an option of last resort.
  • of the Public Policy Project. of the Public Policy Project.
  • <00:30:09.840> of<00:30:10.240> this will include some discussion of of this will include
Bills: HF3426, HF3428
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • of Kentucky as well as Cincinnati, parts of Indiana, and Huntington, West Virginia.
  • A central feature of this legislation is the creation of a pause in procedure.
  • is the creation of a pause legislation is the creation of a pause in<00:02:46.000> procedure.
  • give, is to make that gift of organ donation, the gift of sight, the gift of a heartbeat, the gift of
  • gift of sight, the gift of donation, the gift of sight, the gift of a<00:04:10.959> heartbeat,
Summary: The House Standing Committee on Health Services met with a quorum and took up one item: House Bill 510. The bill, presented by Representative Neas with testimony from Network for Hope CEO Barry Massa and Kentucky Right to Life executive director Adia Wishner, would create new statutory protocols for organ donation. Supporters said it clarifies medical and legal definitions, requires an immediate pause in organ recovery if anyone observes a concerning neurological change or indication of life, and mandates reassessment before proceeding, with the goal of protecting patients and rebuilding public trust in organ, tissue, and eye donation. Testimony emphasized that the bill is intended to ensure organ recovery only proceeds when death has been confirmed with certainty and that the safeguards largely reflect practices already used by Network for Hope. Supporters framed the measure as both protecting donor dignity and preserving confidence in the donation system. The committee chair said he supported the clarification and noted the importance of the issue. A motion and second were made, and the committee voted by roll call to advance HB 510. The bill received favorable expression and was reported as likely to pass on the House floor. The committee then announced its next meeting date and adjourned.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 8 (1-15-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Commonwealth of Kentucky. Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  • Next order of business is the second reading of bills. Mr.
  • Next order of business is the introduction of floor amendments.
  • Next order of business is the introduction of floor amendments.
  • year of our Lord 2026. year of our Lord 2026.
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 95 members present. Members approved excusing absences, suspended rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications, and approved the journal from January 14, 2026. The clerk reported second readings of House Bills 176, 184, and 265, and the Health Services Committee reported favorably on House Bills 178 and 280, as well as House Joint Resolution 24, which would direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw a previously submitted 1115A waiver application for a mandatory community engagement program; those measures were advanced to first reading and placed on the calendar. During announcements, members noted a KPA breakfast the next morning, a House Committee on Local Government meeting cancellation, a POB meeting after adjournment, a “Bags of Hope” service project for children in foster care, an open house for higher education leaders, and a Legislative Oversight and Investigation Committee meeting after adjournment. The House then received a large batch of new bill and resolution introductions covering school bus safety, education, literacy funding, local public agency transactions, Alzheimer’s services, tax-dollar restrictions, curriculum, public holidays, trophy catfish, electric generating unit decommissioning costs, sexual offenses against children, fertility treatment, medicinal cannabis, workers’ compensation, occupational license fees, pension supplemental payments, certificate of need, end-of-life patient-directed care, risk protection orders, affordable housing, physician continuing medical education, constitutional term limits for governor and lieutenant governor, jail booking procedures, educators, farmland preservation loans, domestic violence, and several resolutions including Burn Awareness Week, Profound Autism Day, and Suits and Sneakers Day. The House recessed for a Committee on Committees meeting, then received the committee’s report assigning numerous bills to standing committees and making several membership changes, including appointing Representatives Burke, Gentry, and Camuel to specified committees and removing Representatives Gentry, Watkins, and Stevenson from others. No floor amendments were introduced. The House then adjourned by unanimous consent until 9:00 a.m. Friday, January 16, 2026.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, it sets that attorney part at the beginning as kind of separate and apart. Okay.
  • And... is kind of separate and apart. Okay.
  • request of this department to have the subpoena powers during this investigative stage.
  • So that's sort of the need of the So that's sort of the need of the subpoena powers.
  • I just think, you know, I think it's worthy of a discussion because of how much power is being invested
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Mar 20th, 2025

Transportation

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  • If not, just tell one of the people, the staff, and we'll take care of it.
  • of vehicles in a variety of ways such as and not limited to.
  • of the back license plate.
  • And so If, if you leave it up to the discretion of the, of the contractor.
  • And I'll kind of back up a little bit on, on some of that, some of those questions.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 13th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We ask for your direction, your word of God.
  • the people of Texas.
  • The dean of the senate moves to dispense with the reading of yesterday's journal.
  • To the Senate of the 89th legislature regular session, I ask the advice, consent confirmation of the
  • West to introduce It's the doctor of the day. the doctor of the day and her students.
Bills: SJR18, SCR9, SCR13, SB10, SB14, SB19, SB263, SB412, SB441, SB523, SB569, SB687, SB688, SB707, SB766, SB914, SB971, SB1006, SB1066, SJR36, SJR18, SCR9, SCR13, SCR25, SB565, SB372, SB495, SB842, SB971, SB1066, SB765, SB523, SB62, SB19, SB18, SB666, SB688, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB766, SB11, SB10, SB13, SB263, SB412, SB441, SB569, SB914, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB263, SB523, SB569, SB688, SB766, SB914, SB971, SB1066, SR215, SR245, SR247, SR258, SCR9, SJR56, SJR63, SJR64, SJR69, SJR70, SJR71, SCR30, SCR31, SCR32, SCR33, SB1701, SB1702, SB1703, SB1704, SB1705, SB1706, SB1707, SB1708, SB1709, SB1710, SB1711, SB1712, SB1713, SB1714, SB1715, SB1716, SB1717, SB1718, SB1719, SB1720, SB1721, SB1722, SB1723, SB1724, SB1725, SB1726, SB1727, SB1728, SB1729, SB1730, SB1731, SB1732, SB1733, SB1734, SB1735, SB1736, SB1737, SB1738, SB1739, SB1740, SB1741, SB1742, SB1743, SB1744, SB1745, SB1746, SB1747, SB1748, SB1749, SB1750, SB1751, SB1752, SB1753, SB1754, SB1755, SB1756, SB1757, SB1758, SB1759, SB1760, SB1761, SB1762, SB1763, SB1764, SB1765, SB1766, SB1767, SB1768, SB1769, SB1770, SB1771, SB1772, SB1773, SB1774, SB1775, SB1776, SB1777, SB1778, SB1779, SB1781, SB1782, SB1783, SB1784, SB1785, SB1786, SB1787, SB1788, SB1789, SB1790, SB1791, SB1792, SB1793, SB1794, SB1795, SB1796, SB1797, SB1798, SB1799, SB1800, SB1801, SB1802, SB1803, SB1804, SB1805, SB1806, SB1807, SB1808, SB1809, SB1810, SB1811, SB1812, SB1813, SB1814, SB1815, SB1816, SB1817, SB1818, SB1819, SB1820, SB1821, SB1822, SB1823, SB1824, SB1825, SB1826, SB1827, SB1828, SB1829, SB1830, SB1831, SB1832, SB1833, SB1834, SB1835, SB1836, SB1837, SB1838, SB1839, SB1840, SB1841, SB1842, SB1843, SB1844, SB1845, SB1846, SB1847, SB1848, SB1849, SB1850, SB2188, SB2230, SB2312, SB2345, SJR56, SJR63, SJR64, SJR69, SJR70, SJR71, SCR30, SCR31, SCR32, SCR33, SB1701, SB1702, SB1703, SB1704, SB1705, SB1706, SB1707, SB1708, SB1709, SB1710, SB1711, SB1712, SB1713, SB1714, SB1715, SB1716, SB1717, SB1718, SB1719, SB1720, SB1721, SB1722, SB1723, SB1724, SB1725, SB1726, SB1727, SB1728, SB1729, SB1730, SB1731, SB1732, SB1733, SB1734, SB1735, SB1736, SB1737, SB1738, SB1739, SB1740, SB1741, SB1742, SB1743, SB1744, SB1745, SB1746, SB1747, SB1748, SB1749, SB1750, SB1751, SB1752, SB1753, SB1754, SB1755, SB1756, SB1757, SB1758, SB1759, SB1760, SB1761, SB1762, SB1763, SB1764, SB1765, SB1766, SB1767, SB1768, SB1769, SB1770, SB1771, SB1772, SB1773, SB1774, SB1775, SB1776, SB1777, SB1778, SB1779, SB1781, SB1782, SB1783, SB1784, SB1785, SB1786, SB1787, SB1788, SB1789, SB1790, SB1791, SB1792, SB1793, SB1794, SB1795, SB1796, SB1797, SB1798, SB1799, SB1800, SB1801, SB1802, SB1803, SB1804, SB1805, SB1806, SB1807, SB1808, SB1809, SB1810, SB1811, SB1812, SB1813, SB1814, SB1815, SB1816, SB1817, SB1818, SB1819, SB1820, SB1821, SB1822, SB1823, SB1824, SB1825, SB1826, SB1827, SB1828, SB1829, SB1830, SB1831, SB1832, SB1833, SB1834, SB1835, SB1836, SB1837, SB1838, SB1839, SB1840, SB1841, SB1842, SB1843, SB1844, SB1845, SB1846, SB1847, SB1848, SB1849, SB1850, SB2188, SB2230, SB2312, SB2345
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • of Health, Department of Human Services, and Department of Education to develop a coordinated plan to
  • We have hundreds of millions of dollars of TANF reserve funds.
  • Office of the Governor in support of the Office of the Governor.
  • Right now, where, you know, Jay's main concern is that this does create kind of a separate route that
  • So in light of that, the court will likely be required to file a separate court case and/or a petition
Bills: HCR93, HCR14, HR85
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-04-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I just wanted to just<00:02:53.840> kind<00:02:54.080> of just kind of just kind of
  • from my perspective that none of us serving here, none of us serving in any level of government in any
  • all of long-term care but all of the issues that come up.
  • just all of long-term care but all of just all of long-term care but all of the<00:14:55.040>
  • women or all of the women on behalf of women or all of the women on behalf of the<00:19:13.679><
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, nay, Roe, with a vote of Ivey, zero, nay. I declare your bill to have passed out of committee.
  • I appreciate the intent of the bill. It just raised a lot of questions after our conversation.
  • Not all of those would be willing or able to do these particular types of sites.
  • of what happened.
  • We spend a lot of money on a lot of things.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • we were feeling some of the impacts of.
  • Secondly, Arizona has enacted two separate years of budget at the same time as opposed to one dollar
  • Arizona has enacted two separate years of budget at the same time as opposed to one dollar amount.
  • , the so-called power of the purse, in your examination of other states and in our own case, does this
  • It seems to me that we enact three separate years of budget.
Summary: The committee first took up HCR 2047 and the identical HCR 2002, both sponsored by the chair. The resolutions recognize the historical, biblical, and legal legitimacy of Judea and Samaria, encourage those terms in official state communications, and reject the term West Bank as a modern political construct. Staff and several proponents, including representatives of an Israel-Arizona business coalition, a rabbi, and a StandWithUs representative, argued the language is historically accurate and important for truth, legal clarity, and Arizona’s relationship with Israel. No one testified against either measure. HCR 2047 passed 10-6 with 2 not voting, and HCR 2002 passed 11-6 with 1 not voting, both with due pass recommendations. The committee then considered HB 2554, which would move Arizona to a biennial state budget process and biennial capital planning. The sponsor argued the change would make government smaller, more disciplined, and less prone to long budget fights and spending growth. JLBC staff provided historical context, explaining Arizona’s past use of annual, bifurcated, and biennial budgeting and noting that second-year budgets are often adjusted for revenue and caseload changes. Members raised concerns about legislative leverage, executive flexibility, and whether the state already effectively budgets on a multi-year basis. Testimony was mixed: one supporter said the change could improve budget clarity, while others voted present or no, citing uncertainty and the need for more study. HB 2554 received a due pass recommendation on a 9-7 vote with 2 present. Next, HB 2014 was amended and passed. The bill directs ADEQ and the Department of Agriculture to study gasoline blend emissions and feasibility for seasonal fuel use in certain areas, with appropriations for the studies. The sponsor said Arizona’s fuel supply is vulnerable because of federal EPA rules and reliance on out-of-state refineries, especially California. Some members supported the study as a way to address possible fuel shortages, while others said prior stakeholder work had shown little could be done and questioned the cost. After adopting the Livingston amendment, the committee gave HB 2014 a due pass recommendation on a 12-2 vote with 4 present. The committee also advanced HB 2180, which funds the University of Arizona’s AZ Reach program, after adopting an amendment reducing the appropriation from $2.5 million to $500,000. The sponsor and a rural physician testified that AZ Reach helps small hospitals coordinate patient transfers, freeing clinicians to focus on care and improving access for rural communities. A program director explained that AZ Reach handles the administrative logistics of transfers for sending hospitals. Some members supported the program but noted concerns about the amount and ongoing budget negotiations, while others said the receiving hospitals needed to be part of the discussion. The bill passed with a due pass recommendation. Finally, HB 2156, as amended, appropriates $250,000 for the livestock compensation fund to help ranchers with wolf depredation losses and conflict-avoidance measures. A Game and Fish representative said the current federal grant funding is insufficient and unstable, while members debated the use of general funds and the program’s priorities. The bill received a due pass recommendation on a 10-7 vote with 1 not voting.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Finally, it’s an irreplaceable link as well in the chain of indigent medical care in the city of.
  • It is an irreplaceable link. ...the chain of indigent medical care in the city of Houston.
  • Give us an analysis of how many are within 440 yards of a hospital.
  • Army Corps of Engineers on development management of the Coastal Barrier System.
  • of Senate Bill. 22 of three.