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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:36 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, members of the committee, thanks for having us.
  • Chair, and members of the committee.
  • Members of the committee, my name is David Kiston.
  • Questions from committee members. Senator Trujillo, Mr.
  • Chair and members of the committee.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:16 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Study Committee.
  • Chair, committee, there are four phases.
  • Chair, members of the committee? Mr.
  • Chairman and Representative Herrera, so the Senate Rules Committee is the only Standing Committee of
  • I move that the committee approve House Bill 1.
Bills: HB1
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 6th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, members of the committee.
  • So committee members, Rep. Tarver offers up an amendment.
  • I just want to say welcome to committee and to the Capitol.
  • So committee members, last up is H.C.R. 81 by Rep. Freiberg.
  • So the study group would conduct a statewide study of options available to districts with declining enrollments
Summary: The House Education Committee met on May 6 and began with a presentation from LSU leadership, including LSU System President Wade Roos and Chancellor Jim Dalton. They outlined LSU’s goals of building an “elite” flagship university while maintaining accessibility through transfer pathways from regional campuses, increasing research expenditures toward top-tier status, and keeping more Louisiana students in-state for college and jobs. Members responded positively, praising LSU’s leadership, workforce focus, and efforts to retain the state’s best and brightest students. The committee then considered several bills. SB 105, by Sen. Kathy, would reinstitute a TOPS Tech-related benefit for veterans using existing TOPS Tech funds, with no new money added; it was reported favorably. SB 374 would create a uniform framework for college economic development districts, allowing other institutions to establish districts with local government approval; Rep. Tarver offered and the committee adopted an amendment adding a legislator to each district board, and the bill was reported with amendments. SB 304 would let Louisiana institutions choose from a Board of Regents-approved list of accreditors recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, while preserving specialized accreditation; it was reported favorably. The committee also took up SB 522, which would allow vocational and technical charter schools to apply directly to BESE as Type 2 charters when supported by the State Board of Commerce and Industry. Rep. Taylor objected that the bill should apply equally to public schools and charter schools, but the committee ultimately voted 9-1 to report the bill favorably. SB 290, a cleanup bill on student exit codes and school accountability data, was reported favorably. H.R. 175, which would have asked for a study of TOPS Tech, was voluntarily deferred by the author. Finally, H.C.R. 81, by Rep. Freiberg, requested a Department of Education study on options for public school systems facing declining enrollment, including funding, staffing, closures, and consolidation. Caroline Romer of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools supported the study, and Rep. Taylor asked whether charter schools should be included in the review. The resolution was reported favorably. The meeting ended with several members recognizing visiting mayors and other guests before adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security Mar 20th, 2025

Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • I agree with you a study needs to be done.
  • Immigration Impact Study, the Office of the Governor shall conduct an annual study on the economic..
  • That 2006 study was really insightful.
  • of international immigration and not a study of illegal immigration, or at least a study of international
  • If DPS were charged with doing this study as it's written, not in the committee substitute, there's absolutely
Bills: SB825
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security heard testimony on Senate Bill 825 by Senator Middleton, as substituted, which would require an annual or biennial study of the economic, environmental, and financial impacts of illegal immigration in Texas. Middleton said the bill is intended to provide lawmakers with comprehensive data on costs to law enforcement, health care, education, infrastructure, and taxpayers, and to support possible federal reimbursement claims. Several senators, including Hinojosa and Eckhardt, agreed that a study is needed but raised concerns about bias, the scope of the study, and whether the Comptroller’s Office rather than the governor’s office should conduct it. Middleton argued the governor’s office was the best coordinating entity because it could direct multiple agencies to provide data, while Hinojosa and others emphasized the Comptroller’s expertise and prior 2006 study. Public testimony was generally supportive of the idea of a study but critical of the bill’s framing. Sarah Cruz of the ACLU of Texas said the study should be a full cost-benefit analysis and warned that focusing only on costs could create an anti-immigrant narrative. Danny Woodward of the Texas Civil Rights Project also supported the concept but recommended moving the study to the Comptroller or, alternatively, creating a neutral commission. Jaime Pointe of Every Texan likewise supported updating the 2006 analysis and said state agencies should be able to cooperate with a governor-led study. Resource witnesses from the governor’s office, HHSC, TEA, OCA, TDCJ, and DPS explained that data collection would be uneven across agencies. HHSC and TEA said they often do not collect immigration status and, in TEA’s case, federal law limits schools from requesting such information; OCA and TDCJ said they could provide only partial or indirect data unless new reporting requirements were added. DPS said it already has Operation Lone Star data but would need to collect additional information if tasked with the broader study. The chair asked the governor’s office to provide a follow-up answer on separation-of-powers and related authority questions by the following Tuesday, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair without taking a vote on the bill.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • As I read, you know, committee substitute, line eight, section 752.101 Annual Immigration Impact Study
  • We do support the idea of a study, and we think it's long overdue, that 2006 study.
  • to oversee this study.
  • of international immigration and not a study of illegal... legal immigration or at least a study of international
  • If DPS were charged with doing the study as it's written on the committee substitute there's absolutely
Bills: SB825
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill establishes the study committee on coal-impacted communities and outlines study committee membership
  • The bill establishes the study committee on coal-impacted communities and outlines study committee membership
  • The study committee is required to meet as often as the co-chairpersons deem necessary and investigate
  • The bill also requires the study committee, by December 31, 2026, to submit a report of its findings
  • to the governor and the legislature, and the bill repeals the study committee on October 1, 2027.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Apr 8th, 2025 at 09:00 am

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • study reentry to the job force; and study how to protect former victims.
  • It seems that we've had other shall-consider studies on a similar topic, and so that we can, as a committee
  • The section of the bill mandates that the Section 2C mandates that the study committee take a look at
  • Thank you to the committee. And Reagan, have you, what did you find out about the studies?
  • There's 10 shall studies and 35 shall consider studying.
Bills: HCR3028
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard and acted on several measures related to human trafficking, criminal procedure, and child protection. It first took up House Concurrent Resolution 3028, which would direct a legislative study of human trafficking victim services and re-entry programs. The sponsor and supporters emphasized helping victims rebuild basic life and workforce skills and better understanding existing services; YouthWorks and the North Dakota Catholic Conference described current programs and the trauma victims face. The committee discussed overlap with other interim studies, then voted unanimously to give the resolution a due pass, with Senator Braunberger designated to carry it. The committee then considered House Bill 1263, concerning sealing criminal records, and moved it forward without changing the House version after members noted the House had removed presumption language and reduced the waiting period. That bill also received a due pass recommendation. Next, House Bill 1226, which revises the state’s mask law for public places, drew testimony from the sponsor and an expert witness who argued that masking to conceal identity during group criminal conduct undermines public safety and law enforcement. Members debated the House-added requirement that law enforcement request unmasking; the committee adopted an amendment to remove that language, then passed the bill as amended, with Senator Luick to carry it. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1410, a study resolution on criminal conduct against children, including child sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, and the use of artificial intelligence in exploitation crimes. Supporters from the Child Sexual Assault Prevention Task Force, YouthWorks, and the Children’s Advocacy Centers of North Dakota said the study would help update outdated terminology, review AI-related issues, and improve investigation and prosecution tools. The committee approved the resolution with a due pass recommendation, and Senator Cory was assigned to carry it. The committee also received a brief report that, in a quick review, there were 82 active studies introduced, including 10 shall studies and 35 shall-consider studies, with limited overlap identified beyond the trafficking-related measures.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Jan 28th, 2026 at 09:05 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members of the committee.
  • Chairman and members of the committee.
  • Chair, members of the committee.
  • Good morning, Chair, members of the committee.
  • What will happen is in finance committee, and I didn't learn this until they put me on finance committees
Bills: SB64, SB19, SB44, SB83
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism Apr 23rd, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House Committee on Culture, Recreation and Tourism will come to order.
  • For assistance in registering or testifying, please contact the committee staff.
  • Thank you, and thank you for always working with us on the committee.
  • , the past study done?
  • Explorers, and members of the committee.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism Apr 23rd, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good afternoon everyone to the committee.
  • Thank you, Committee. Welcome to the Appropriations Committee Room. I love this room so much.
  • The chair lays out the committee substitute.
  • Committee substitute House Bill 5458 mandates a comprehensive study to evaluate.
  • Greetings Chairman Metcalf and committee members.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 26, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • If I could also then ask you committee.
  • Chairman and committee. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee.
  • Thank you, >> Thank you, committee.
  • Committee, what's your pleasure? Committee, what's your pleasure?
  • Committee, I guess that's all we >> Okay.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 16, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • We asked the committee if they would ensure that this study protects the interest of rural owners who
  • We asked the committee if they would ensure that this study protects the interest of rural owners who
  • We asked the committee if they would ensure that this study protects the interest of rural owners who
  • We asked the committee if they would ensure that this study protects the interest of rural owners who
  • Chairman, members of the committee, it would just state that the transmission planning study shall not
Bills: SF0102, SF0113
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 12, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Questions from the committee for Senator Boner. Thank you.
  • Questions from the committee. Thank you very much. Well, we're right.
  • Ma'am, I'm >> Questions from the committee?
  • All<00:12:45.440> right,<00:12:45.760> committee.
  • Um entertain a All right, committee.