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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 6th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • us here are leaders in pregnancy centers, adoption agencies, and others that support efforts in protecting
  • life of the unborn baby and supporting moms before in protecting life of the unborn baby, supporting
  • a concurrent resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to re-evaluate and redraw flood
  • a concurrent resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to re-evaluate and redraw flood
  • an act in Title 14 relative to offenses affecting the public generally, to establish temporary protection
Bills: SR110 , SR109 , SCR58 , SCR59 , SCR12 , HB198 , HB225 , HB508 , HB512 , HB599 , HB632 , HB763 , HB909 , HB971 , HB989 , HB1066 , HB1171 , HB1204 , HB1231 , HB1246 , HB1248 , HB1250 , HB221 , HCR41 , HCR63 , HCR76 , HCR77 , HCR86 , HCR92 , HCR93 , HCR58 , SB83 , SB135 , SB143 , SB155 , SB157 , SB202 , SB237 , SB261 , SB276 , SB295 , SB388 , SB450 , SB465 , HB17 , HB21 , HB42 , HB45 , HB51 , HB55 , HB74 , HB106 , HB108 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB168 , HB215 , HB226 , HB263 , HB296 , HB299 , HB322 , HB324 , HB364 , HB519 , HB535 , HB538 , HB568 , HB571 , HB622 , HB635 , HB676 , HB772 , HB784 , HB821 , HB823 , HB1006 , HB1018 , HB1033 , HB1034 , HB1043 , HB1070 , HB1134 , HB1237 , HB1239 , SB162 , SB382 , SR93 , SCR40 , SCR30 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB228 , SB246 , SB249 , SB268 , SB269 , SB282 , SB283 , SB296 , SB323 , SB338 , SB363 , SB369 , SB408 , SB431 , SB474 , SB484 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB501 , SB513 , HCR6 , HCR31 , HB297 , HB305 , HB336 , HB337 , HB351 , HB436 , HB594 , HB789 , HB956 , HB957 , HB995 , HB1040 , HB50 , HB117 , HB120 , HB122 , HB139 , HB148 , HB149 , HB185 , HB247 , HB271 , HB286 , HB301 , HB358 , HB359 , HB384 , HB413 , HB428 , HB450 , HB462 , HB547 , HB613 , HB631 , HB657 , HB669 , HB675 , HB680 , HB691 , HB712 , HB716 , HB720 , HB723 , HB727 , HB728 , HB735 , HB747 , HB759 , HB825 , HB842 , HB845 , HB846 , HB903 , HB904 , HB907 , HB923 , HB929 , HB941 , HB962 , HB965 , HB1036 , HB287 , HB370 , HB515 , HB521 , HB570 , HB1200 , HB29 , HB39 , HB58 , HB67 , HB73 , HB76 , HB77 , HB82 , HB112 , HB121 , HB125 , HB132 , HB134 , HB151 , HB154 , HB155 , HB161 , HB166 , HB187 , HB191 , HB207 , HB211 , HB224 , HB238 , HB241 , HB242 , HB250 , HB260 , HB265 , HB275 , HB300 , HB320 , HB338 , HB339 , HB349 , HB379 , HB399 , HB427 , HB463 , HB464 , HB468 , HB545 , HB550 , HB551 , HB565 , HB588 , HB639 , HB725 , HB782 , HB805 , HB808 , HB834 , HB847 , HB853 , HB858 , HB861 , HB883 , HB916 , HB937 , HB977 , HB1012 , HB1027 , HB1044 , HB1054 , HB1091 , HB1117 , HB90 , HB127 , HB138 , HB150 , HB201 , HB268 , HB273 , HB285 , HB315 , HB354 , HB355 , HB360 , HB376 , HB445 , HB506 , HB606 , HB649 , HB665 , HB681 , HB721 , HB746 , HB757 , HB781 , HB835 , HB844 , HB857 , HB872 , HB886 , HB889 , HB892 , HB972 , HB982 , HB987 , HB1037 , HB1068 , HB1072 , HB1078 , HB1085 , HB1132 , HB1137 , HB1167 , HB1174 , HB1232 , HB1238 , HB36 , HB119 , HB126 , HB129 , HB245 , HB280 , HB677 , HB726 , HB850 , HB966 , SB68 , SB149
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • this narrow scope, combined with the added exceptions, is a reasonable, important step towards protecting
  • Members, this HCR is urgent and requests DOTD and the local district office to look at the serious flooding
  • Members, this HCR is urgent and requests DOTD and the local district office to look at the serious flooding
  • be able to get down Highway 1, and school buses have been seen floating when we have significant floods
  • Jackson: The amendment basically asks DOTD to consider this as part of the flood mitigation program they
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 13th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a study on the impact of flooded corn on migratory waterfowl behavior
  • Fish Wildlife Service to conduct a study on impact of flooded corn on migratory waterfowl behavior.
Bills: HR119 , HR120 , HR121 , HR122 , HR123 , HR124 , HR125 , HR126 , HR127 , HR128 , HR129 , HR130 , HR131 , HR132 , HCR53 , HCR54 , HCR55 , HCR56 , HR115 , HR116 , HR117 , HR118 , SCR19 , SCR26 , SB102 , SB222 , SB255 , SB270 , SB273 , SB314 , SB418 , SB420 , HB21 , HB24 , HB29 , HB31 , HB39 , HB45 , HB49 , HB77 , HB136 , HB150 , HB211 , HB263 , HB273 , HB299 , HB315 , HB324 , HB376 , HB377 , HB422 , HB431 , HB444 , HB450 , HB519 , HB533 , HB538 , HB549 , HB559 , HB562 , HB663 , HB664 , HB715 , HB717 , HB805 , HB822 , HB823 , HB834 , HB864 , HB867 , HB1011 , HB1017 , HB1018 , HB1068 , HB1134 , HB1137 , HB1234 , HB1235 , HB1236 , HB310 , HCR6 , HCR19 , HCR10 , HR74 , HCR26 , HCR35 , HCR7 , HB51 , HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB180 , HB192 , HB393 , HB430 , HB445 , HB506 , HB515 , HB521 , HB565 , HB590 , HB614 , HB638 , HB670 , HB672 , HB685 , HB692 , HB752 , HB773 , HB781 , HB799 , HB860 , HB874 , HB887 , HB917 , HB937 , HB956 , HB965 , HB972 , HB977 , HB982 , HB1006 , HB1010 , HB1044 , HB1072 , HB1088 , HB1179 , HB1200 , HB76 , HB132 , HB181 , HB210 , HB250 , HB265 , HB275 , HB291 , HB322 , HB342 , HB475 , HB486 , HB616 , HB635 , HB639 , HB690 , HB740 , HB757 , HB761 , HB774 , HB808 , HB855 , HB872 , HB883 , HB886 , HB903 , HB949 , HB962 , HB996 , HB1003 , HB1036 , HB1054 , HB1071 , HB1076 , HB1078 , HB1113 , HB1132 , HB1146 , HB1232 , HB1233 , HB140 , HB750 , HB911 , HB52 , HB154 , HB400 , HB463 , HB570 , HB631 , HB637 , HB870 , HB952 , HB961 , HB399 , HB868 , HB905 , HB401 , HB901 , HR20 , HB9 , HB58 , HB151 , HB193 , HB284 , HB459 , HB476 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB615 , HB682 , HB733 , HB915
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 11th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a political subdivision that broke off from the Orleans Levee District to handle the non-flood
  • officers employed and so on and so on... ...fiscal year 27, if there are nine full-time fire protection
  • Then it goes into Southeast Flood Protection. They handle all the flood assets.
  • They broke us apart because they needed someone to manage the revenue-generating stuff, so the flood
  • authority could focus strictly on flood assets.
Bills: HR3 , HR80 , HB4 , HB172 , HB189 , HB623 , HB944 , HB1185 , HB1199 , HB1222 , SB105 , SB125 , SB461
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce Apr 13th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • The protection...
  • The protection standard you see on the left, you can see in Louisiana, provides protection at only 0.8
  • It's called cathodic protection.
  • It's called cathodic protection.
  • But we don't get that protection unless we know how many transformers need that protection.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - Senate Federalism and Family Law

Federalism and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • But in practice, those protections are not as secure as they should be.
  • In her case, her ex has repeatedly attempted to obtain her protected address.
  • statutory direction to properly protect that information.
  • Pro-life advocates want to protect the lives of the unborn.
  • Pro-choice advocates talk about protecting women.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • The protection there is that then it goes to the judge.
  • SB 1244 violates fundamental due process protections.
  • We all have a duty to protect the children we serve, and... ...have we all have a duty to protect the
  • someone else, protects another family.
  • their address protected.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships May 12th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Bills: SB746 , SB1404 , SB1536 , SB1559 , SB1838
Summary: At 10:00 p.m. on Monday, May 12, the chair called the meeting to order and asked the clerk to call the roll. Members present included Hayes; Dutton, Landgraf, Gonzalez, and LaHood were not present. Because there was not a quorum, no business could be conducted. The chair announced that the meeting would adjourn, and the meeting ended immediately.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation Apr 17th, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And usually we have a huge issue in certain communities with drainage and flooding.
  • that have been literally, you know, in grand mass, let into the air, come back down and making our flooding
  • This bill is a work product of the interim Select Committee on Protecting Texas LNG that we had this
  • It seeks to protect current waste service providers from...
  • It seeks to protect current waste service providers from sudden displacements and, finally, it preserves
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 1904, which would classify intentionally released helium balloons as litter and create criminal penalties for balloon releases. The author and supportive witnesses argued that balloon releases harm wildlife, livestock, waterways, and infrastructure, and that the bill would close a loophole in current litter law. Several members questioned whether criminal penalties were appropriate, and the author said he was willing to work toward civil penalties and fines instead. No vote was taken, and HB 1904 was left pending. The committee then took up several pending bills and reported them favorably to the full House, including HB 3249, HB 3866, HB 4112, HB 1768, HB 1499, HB 573, and HB 464. These measures dealt with topics such as TCEQ contested-case procedures, outdoor storage containers, high-level radioactive waste, concrete plant permitting and grants, unannounced concrete batch plant inspections, and a scrap tire grant program. Most were adopted with substitutes and passed on recorded votes, generally with unanimous or near-unanimous support. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 3997, which would create expedited permitting timelines for LNG facilities and related wastewater permits. Industry witnesses said the bill would provide certainty for multibillion-dollar projects without eliminating public participation, while environmental groups opposed parts of the bill that they said could limit contested-case participation and be unrealistic for SOAH timelines. TCEQ staff described the current wastewater permitting process and said some of the bill’s timing provisions could be workable, especially with an expedited fee. The bill was left pending after the author said he would continue working on committee substitute language. The committee also heard HB 1237 on extending the renewal window for expired TCEQ occupational water licenses, and HB 4519, a TERP consolidation bill that would combine several clean transportation grant programs into fewer programs. HB 1237 was left pending without testimony, while HB 4519 drew broad support from environmental and industry witnesses who favored simplifying the program, though some asked for stronger emphasis on particulate matter and hydrogen funding. The committee withdrew the substitute on HB 4519 and left it pending. Finally, HB 5033, which would eliminate the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program if federal authority changes, drew opposition from environmental and inspection-industry witnesses who warned it would weaken air-quality protections and could remove an important enforcement tool. The author said the bill was intended as a trigger mechanism and would be refined, and HB 5033 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 1227 on municipal solid-waste franchise fees and private-provider access; the author said he would bring a substitute after hearing concerns from cities, and the bill was left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that only protects bad actors, which is contrary to public interest.
  • Protecting children.
  • I have testified in over 35 states for any type of child protection legislation.
  • Protecting bad actors and institutions, to me, is simply outrageous.
  • Protected perpetrators continue to sexually abuse children.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are there any, what protections are there right now for civil jurors?
  • It's not saying that this is an absolute shield and protects against.
  • our rights as parents and to protect our children and their well-being.
  • I pulled my weapon to protect myself.
  • That was my second amendment right to self-protect.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 12th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Or maybe you don't want Child Protective Services combined with another agency.
  • ballot voters, and number two, that their information is protected.
  • LLCs are protection unit. I'm sorry.
  • We actually did an emergency rulemaking based on protecting Texans during the the height of summer so
  • like public health, safety, and consumer protections.
Bills: HB10 , HB 12 , HB675 , HB10 , HB12
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So there's no way for the entities to protect any misuse of that data that could actually harm the clients
  • So we'll need to make sure that we are protecting victims of domestic violence.
  • Thank you. ...we'll need to make sure that we are protecting victims of domestic violence.
Bills: HF1 , HF1754 , HF1809 , HF1478
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • and the Supreme Court has consistently ruled that minors, just like adults, have First Amendment protections
  • While the bill intends to protect minors, it could create more harm by exposing them to security threats
  • Listen, we have regulations protecting... ...Listen, we have regulations protecting our children from
  • Let's protect our children. I'm asking this committee to give HB276 a favorable recommendation.
  • The focus is to protect...
Bills: HB235 , HB276 , HB285
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • water, and it's been an ongoing issue between a community and sppavial That have their homes got flooded
  • And so, is the prospect of future floods part of an ongoing accident or condition that prevents them
  • This gives them the same protections found in Title 10a. With that, I yield for questions.
  • In my hometown where I grew up, we understand that the protections afforded full-time employees, but
  • contract employees are not protected.
Committee: Senate Judiciary
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • People who are doing the right thing are protected, and that we're going to protect their reputation.
  • It limits options and it limits protections.
  • I think it protects both students and teachers.
  • Secondly, we're protecting property.
  • That's what this is to do is to protect property and prioritizing property over crime fighting or protecting
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 13th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's an effort to amend the Protection of Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation Act by adding to
  • holders, working with their families, other responsible parties, law enforcement, and whatnot to protect
  • premises while still maintaining strong criminal background protections for principals, officers, and
  • HB 848 is about fairness in the marketplace and protecting Louisiana consumers.
  • So from a consumer protection standpoint, this is really important too.