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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • If we were to pass this bill to stop couriers, would it be beneficial to the brick and mortars to be
  • I just want to, I want to respond to your comment very directly.
  • Okay, to keep up, but you know, hadn't seemed to be able to do that to address the courier issue.
  • We have to, to make the business model work, we have to find a way to recoup that cost. Okay.
  • Members, current law permits children to accompany their parents to voting stations.
Bills: SB28 , SB687 , SJR34 , SCR9 , SB523 , SB62 , SB847 , SB706 , SB869 , SB890 , SB992 , SB 28
Summary: The meeting was a crucial session for discussing several important bills including SB992, which aims to establish a clear time frame for the Attorney General's approval on outside legal counsel for state agencies. Senator Nichols presented the bill, emphasizing its necessity for timely responses to ensure efficient legal processing. Another notable discussion centered around SB523, which seeks to allow parole and probation officers to use a business address on their driver's licenses for safety and security purposes. This bill passed favorably out of the committee, with public testimony supporting the need for such provisions due to the risks these officers face.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 5th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • To make them prove their gender to play sports, is to make them prove their gender to go to the restroom
  • So this is not something we want to open the door to.
  • I'm happy to answer any questions that you have, and I'd like to reserve my right to close.
  • We want to obviously show that we want to continue to work with all of you to address these concerns.
  • For the committee to address, if not, we had to back up. If not, the chair moves to adjourn.
Bills: SB34 , SB75 , SB330 , SB1535 , SB18 , SB 18 , SB 34
Committee: House State Affairs
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also with Chairman Klaus's new appointment to replace Mr.
  • The amendment that you're about to see, gentlemen, that's in your packets, makes this retroactive to
  • and not have to They spend it and not have to advertise it over five years.
  • Replace line 34 on page two with the following expenditures to allow for such expenditures to follow.
  • Back to you, Chairman. Representative F., I just was going to comment on the amendment.
Bills: HB353 , HB354 , HB357 , HB396 , SB83
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • It depends on where those wells are drilled to, whether that's an option.
  • an exception to this based on the board rules if it is the only place that he's able to drill a permitted
  • I'm just talking about those that have to go and get a permit to be able to use that water.
  • No, because you still have to have access to that water permit. You recognize, thank You, Mr.
  • a permit from the OwRB and are given a permit for water to use so much water every year.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under the PREP Act, pharmacy technicians were also permitted to and trained to administer vaccines and
  • So for us to be that first line of defense to be able to meet with these kids direct them to a pediatrician
  • Is it going to where are we going to incur to try to fill that gap and unfortunately the answer to all
  • to the floor to check.
  • them because they're going to have to go. in the back of an ambulance and we're going to have to get
Committee: House Public Health
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • The food permit that you're asking to eliminate.
  • of a sudden you have to get a second permit.
  • Well, then my question is, if you have to get a second permit...
  • So, the right answer to that is the permits the farmer's markets charge you for you to pay.
  • So you just want to be able to, if you have the state permit, to go pay your booth fee at whatever farmer's
Committee: House Public Health
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • go outside to the fourth floor to the stairs to take a picture.
  • They get to visit different districts in the state, they get to come to the state capitol, to go to the
  • And so to alert the family and others to stop and take a moment to look around.
  • Those wishing to vote, chair to vote. The chair is preparing to close.
  • Wolffley, care to vote? Byan sat Lanza, care to vote? Men, care to vote? Close vote.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/25/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:05:00.080><c> the</c> teachers to respond to it in the teachers to respond to it in the classroom
  • to be recommended to be House File 3067 to be recommended to be re-referred<00:19:09.520><c> to</c><
  • I want to encourage our youth to continue to show up to be part of the solutions.
  • <00:23:35.280><c> be</c> our youth to continue to show up to be our youth to continue to show up to be
  • like to make comments before we go to like to make comments before we go to chairs?
Bills: HF60 , HF3067 , HF3730 , HF3638 , HF3401
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 03/25/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • see</c> but they're going to actually try to see but they're going to actually try to see like<00:25:
  • They have to get the full degree. Is that what happens to somebody who wants to get to Tier 3?
  • </c> them to do so. them to do so.
  • </c><00:35:33.400><c> Senator</c> who wants to get to Tier 3? Senator who wants to get to Tier 3?
  • </c> meet the requirements to get to Tier 3. meet the requirements to get to Tier 3.
Bills: HF60 , HF3067 , HF3730 , HF3638 , HF3401
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 26th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to go to California or they don't have to go to other places seeking this interest.
  • Leach is going to move to table this. I would ask you to vote no to table.
  • are still going to be able to... ...to have these attorneys available to them, and we're going to do
  • general permit to discharge waste into or adjacent to waters in this state.
  • Four years ago, we allowed ISDs to permit homeschoolers to participate in UIL activities.
Bills: SB6 , SB30 , SB13 , SB2878 , SB2501 , SB66 , SB268 , SB331 , SB618 , SB414 , SB1394 , SB2425 , SB898 , SB993 , SB442 , SB735 , SB784 , SB2538 , SB1919 , SB1013 , SB2215 , SB2322 , SB626 , SB570 , SB747 , SB2183 , SB673 , SB1015 , SB1447 , SB1370 , SB1784 , SB1897 , SB2873 , SB2891 , SB2933 , SB2540 , SB2681 , SB2695 , SB1965 , SB2203 , SB872 , SB875 , SB1030 , SB1277 , SB1730 , SB1681 , SB1152 , SB2969 , SB2747 , SB2705 , SB2541 , SB1708 , SB2080 , SB2721 , SB1986 , SB2392 , SB2539 , SB2857 , SB2799 , SB2785 , SB2782 , SB1531 , SB1927 , SB1263 , SB1098 , SB835 , SB3070 , SB22 , SJR27 , SB25 , SB7 , SB552 , SB1612 , SJR87 , SJR1 , SB6 , SB30 , SB13 , SB2878 , SB57 , SB127 , SB293 , SB441 , SB3059 , SB512 , SB241 , SB1718 , SB140 , SB2055 , SB2075 , SB2018 , SB1534 , SB1567 , SB785 , SB1233 , SB1580 , SB1663 , SB413 , SB447 , SB519 , SB467 , SB1579 , SB1191 , SB1021 , SB1838 , SB2807 , SB2835 , SB546 , SB2121 , SB2167 , SB2035 , SB2024 , SB1032 , SB1049 , SB1266 , SB1400 , SB1302 , SB401 , SB1596 , SB1281 , SB1242 , SB1343 , SB310 , SB1346 , SB2753 , SB2703 , SB2221 , SB1719 , SB2177 , SB800 , SB790 , SB748 , SB571 , SB1957 , SB1923 , SB1896 , SB1760 , SB1335 , SB2368 , SB2477 , SB2587 , SB2972 , SB2986 , SB2965 , SB1563 , SB1467 , SB1164 , SB1137 , SB614 , SB705 , SB961 , SB918 , SB955 , SB869 , SB850 , SB863 , SB1610 , SB1055 , SB2206 , SB457 , SB2337 , SB1362 , SB926 , SB1494 , SB251 , SB456 , SB500 , SB1307 , SB2615 , SB2995 , SB2321 , SB973 , SB974 , SB865 , SB506 , SB781 , SB1522 , SB1558 , SB510 , SB667 , SB763 , SB2073 , SB1858 , SB1660 , SB505 , SB2900 , SB1433 , SB1540 , SB1964 , SB1300 , SB1644 , SB2217 , SB2373 , SB2431 , SB1758 , SB2480 , SB3039 , SB3047 , SB3073 , SB2920 , SB2781 , SB826 , SB766 , SB2460 , SB527 , SB1946 , SB2885 , SB1243 , SB2610 , SB2595 , SB857 , SB2501 , SB66 , SB268 , SB331 , SB618 , SB414 , SB1394 , SB2425 , SB898 , SB993 , SB442 , SB735 , SB784 , SB2538 , SB1919 , SB1013 , SB2215 , SB2322 , SB626 , SB570 , SB747 , SB2183 , SB673 , SB1015 , SB1447 , SB1370 , SB1784 , SB1897 , SB2873 , SB2891 , SB2933 , SB2540 , SB2681 , SB2695 , SB1965 , SB2203 , SB872 , SB875 , SB1030 , SB1277 , SB1730 , SB1681 , SB1152 , SB2969 , SB2747 , SB2705 , SB2541 , SB1708 , SB2080 , SB2721 , SB1986 , SB2392 , SB2539 , SB2857 , SB2799 , SB2785 , SB2782 , SB1531 , SB1927 , SB1263 , SB1098 , SCR9 , HB5560 , HB762 , HB 107 , HB 114 , HB138 , HB4386 , HB2495 , HB581 , HB3348 , HB5323 , HB1584 , HB4341 , HB6 , HB171 , HB143 , HB449 , HB3486 , HB4263 , HB5246 , HB2 , HB2011 , SB17 , SB21
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 28th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • to...
  • without having to go to JDC.
  • You're going to have to go hire a lawyer.
  • trying to create or the efficiencies that these reports are trying to move us to and lead again to more
  • He's about to close. What's the problem? We got to close. Oh. We got to close. We got to close.
Bills: HR2 , HR37 , HR61 , HCR11 , HCR64 , HB89 , HB183 , HB341 , HB371 , HB451 , HB480 , HB520 , HB541 , HB579 , HB597 , HB816 , HB1004 , HB1064 , HB1165 , SB44
Committee: House Judiciary
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence May 13th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I'm happy to take any questions. I'd like to reserve my right to close.
  • It's too hard to take notes, but I'd be curious to talk to the law.
  • It's too hard to take notes, but I'd be curious to talk to the law.
  • It's too hard to take notes, but I'd be curious to talk to the law.
  • and to to do something, and she's not, right? And to your point, Ms.
Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence met with a quorum and heard a series of Senate bills, generally receiving sponsor explanations and, in most cases, no public testimony. SB 2595 would create a Class B misdemeanor for harassing, threatening, or intimidating someone while intentionally concealing identity with a mask, with broad affirmative defenses for legitimate mask use; SB 1980 would increase penalties for assaulting peace officers, parole officers, and community supervision officers and add related presumptions and interference protections; and SB 1896 would require magistrates to issue emergency protective orders in certain family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and aggravated cases, with law enforcement required to provide needed information. All three were left pending. The committee also heard SB 955, which increases trafficking of persons from a second-degree to a first-degree felony when the victim was recruited from a correctional facility, and SB 614, which would let the Texas Forensic Science Commission refer dismissed complaints to the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs when they reference a prior FSC report; both were left pending. Members then heard several forensic and criminal procedure bills. SB 1372 would resolve a discovery/access conflict involving the DPS crime lab portal by limiting portal access to defense attorneys rather than defendants directly, prompting questions from members about access for pro se defendants; DPS’s chief crime lab witness testified neutrally. SB 1936 would change the LSD “abuse unit” definition for unmarked/unperforated paper from a square-measurement method to a 10-milligram weight standard, and SB 1937 would require a subject matter expert from the testing lab to participate in pretrial meetings in capital cases involving biological evidence to help identify viable testing and conserve resources. SB 2580 would lower the population threshold for sheriff’s departments to independently use tracking equipment and access certain communications from 3.3 million to 500,000, expanding the authority beyond Harris County; it was described as a public safety and emergency response measure and left pending. The committee also considered SB 2798, which would extend the statute of limitations for certain financial crimes from three years to seven years, with testimony from a Montgomery County assistant district attorney supporting the change because fraud is often discovered late. SB 1099 would increase penalties for felony offenses committed by undocumented or unauthorized aliens, but drew strong opposition from the Texas Civil Rights Project, which argued immigration is a federal matter and that the bill would create difficult and potentially unfair status determinations for local courts; members raised concerns about the lack of an expert-testimony requirement. SB 1278 would create an affirmative defense to prostitution prosecution for trafficking victims compelled by their traffickers to commit the conduct, and testimony from advocates and a member’s personal account emphasized the coercive, traumatic nature of trafficking; members discussed whether the defense should be narrower or framed as mitigation, and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 127 would extend the statute of limitations for failure to report or conceal child abuse, with members discussing mandatory reporting duties and the need to allow more time for delayed discovery of cover-ups; it too was left pending before the committee adjourned.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • , or to impose a permit tax or fee, repealing the federal food safety preemption statute relating to
  • to an approved list from the cities of permitting providers and obtain a permit to then proceed through
  • An individual could go to an approved list from the cities of permitting providers and obtain a permit
  • that they are allowed to... ...create lists of permitting providers that, if we fail to act within 15
  • The slowest jurisdictions, it's going to take you tens of days to get a permit.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources May 21st, 2026

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • And they were aware that the Secretary of Wildlife and Fisheries has the authority to provide a permit
  • Members, House Bill 595 by Representative Jacob Landry provides relative to permits required by local
  • Over the last couple of years, we’ve been experiencing a lot of issues getting permits responded to in
  • When you can’t get a rig count up, if you’ve got 12 rigs and you try to move rigs on these rig permits
  • “So this bill just simply says, if you have a local permit on a road permit, you need to respond within
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, 15% is what this bill is going to set it to.
  • And so now there's going to be something to be taxed that was not even there to be taxed.
  • To incentivize them to continue to expand broadband into rural areas.
  • areas that broadband was first able to get to.
  • Their lobbyists write checks to political action committees to try to influence this body to shovel yet
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Mar 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I move to suspend the regular order of business to take up and consider the committee substitute to Senate
  • We unanimously passed a measure to require age verification for access to to online porn sites.
  • So this is, there's some subtlety here, but we're trying to get government to. to keep to the smallest
  • Members we're going to wait for the amendment to get to the back row.
  • Members, this bill would require that Texas recognize all valid out-of-state license-to-carry permits
Bills: SCR5 , SCR13 , SB3 , SB6 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB24 , SB35 , SB57 , SB65 , SB112 , SB284 , SB290 , SB388 , SB400 , SB402 , SB412 , SB495 , SB499 , SB502 , SB509 , SB621 , SB706 , SB740 , SB815 , SB842 , SB854 , SB875 , SB893 , SB917 , SB974 , SB1025 , SB1061 , SB1073 , SB1106 , SB1268 , SB1281 , SB1300 , SB1362 , SB1379 , SB1447 , SB1451 , SB1555 , SB1902 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SCR13 , SCR25 , SCR5 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR24 , SB495 , SB412 , SB10 , SB18 , SB565 , SB372 , SB842 , SB765 , SB62 , SB19 , SB666 , SB707 , SB888 , SB687 , SB706 , SB847 , SB290 , SB13 , 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 , SB1061 , SB15 , SB65 , SB241 , SB304 , SB402 , SB499 , SB621 , SB974 , SB1023 , SB1024 , SB1025 , SB1106 , SB686 , SB112 , SB371 , SB204 , SB400 , SB609 , SB1447 , SB670 , SB502 , SB427 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1555 , SB1362 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB987 , SB1539 , SB893 , SB447 , SB875 , SB406 , SB509 , SB985 , SB965 , SB17 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB12 , SB24 , SB57 , SB1194 , SB1253 , SB1215 , SB1532 , SB1268 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB650 , SB583 , SB673 , SB840 , SJR57 , SCR8 , SB213 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB1252 , SB378 , SB610 , SB918 , SB1343 , SB608 , SB487 , SB955 , SB957 , SB988 , SB990 , SB1019 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB958 , SB535 , SB761 , SB1 , SB541 , SB315 , SB379 , SB1018 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB3 , SB6 , SB15 , SB35 , SB290 , SB706 , SB842 , SB917 , SB1281 , SB1451 , SB1902 , SB12 , SB13 , SB17 , SB19 , SB388 , SR261 , SR265 , SR276 , SR277 , SR281 , SR286 , SR293 , SCR5 , SCR13 , SB2425 , SB2880 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB388 , SB412 , SB495 , SB2425 , SB2880
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Additionally, it prohibits a county from maliciously delaying a response to a license, approval, or permit
  • And I was able to get my building permit in six business days.
  • that will permit the property owner to proceed with the use, enjoyment, and development of the real
  • You have to go through a permit process.
  • He goes on to say we need to promulgate best practices, including streamlining permitting processes for
Bills: SB1254 , SB1431 , SB1478 , SB1566 , SB1787
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • But you have to obtain a permit to do that, depending on the city, I'm assuming.
  • How many vehicles do you have to have to get the permit to cruise?
  • They are required to get a permit, and they have to pay the permit fees, whatever those are... ...they
  • about permitting in two different respects: to permit or allow versus getting a permit for a legitimate
  • vehicle should be permitted to continue to drive.