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TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part III) Apr 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please state your name and position.
  • The company has stated it will, The company has stated it will review these clients' progress and may
  • And to State Street.
  • Fink and to State Street.
  • in the state of California.
Summary: The committee heard Senate Bill 945, 946, 2044, 2819, 2403, 2337, and 312, with all bills left pending after testimony. SB 945 would restrict insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage based on oil and gas activity or ESG-related goals, and supporters argued it would protect Texas energy producers from politically motivated shareholder activism and insurance discrimination. SB 946 would bar creditors from using social credit, ESG, DEI, or religious/political affiliation as a basis for denying or limiting credit; witnesses said it would prevent viewpoint-based financial discrimination and protect access to capital for Texas businesses. SB 2337 would require proxy advisory firms to disclose when recommendations are based on non-financial factors or when they give conflicting advice to different clients; supporters said the measure would increase transparency and curb ESG-driven influence over shareholder voting. SB 312 would direct public retirement systems to focus on financial returns rather than social or political objectives, with the author saying the bill responds to activist pressure on pensions and would reinforce fiduciary duty. The committee also took up election and ethics measures. SB 2044 would strengthen electioneering restrictions for publicly funded education institutions and personnel, prohibiting use of official resources to promote political agendas; testimony focused on alleged school district electioneering in bond and tax elections. SB 2819 would prohibit county elections administrators from holding certain officer positions appointed by elected officials, addressing potential conflicts of interest. SB 2403, the Texas Ethics Commission sunset bill, would restructure complaint handling with a three-tier violation system, risk-based complaint prioritization, longer response times, bipartisan preliminary review panels, and expanded hearing options; members discussed amendments aimed at dismissing minor complaints, clarifying categories, and adjusting lobbying and penalty provisions, but the amendments were withdrawn during committee consideration. Across the ESG and finance bills, invited witnesses from the American Energy Institute, Heartland Impact, Consumers Research, ADF Action, Texas Civil Justice League, and related groups generally supported the measures, arguing that banks, insurers, proxy advisors, and asset managers have used ESG or reputational-risk standards to discriminate against energy, agriculture, firearms, and religious organizations. No opposition testimony was presented in the excerpt, and the committee closed public testimony on each bill and left them pending.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Gracious Father, we thank you for the opportunity to serve and be a part of the legislature of this great state
  • ...and all of us who have the responsibility of paying attention to the needs of the people of our state
  • As you well know, they serve roughly 80% of our population across the state. Yes, sir.
  • Population across the state. Yes, sir. Got a favorable report from Representative... A second?
Bills: HB30, HB35, HB72, HB89, HB30, HB35
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Revised Apr 22nd, 2026 at 03:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • But this bill would be state-funded if the soldiers are. Thank you.
  • The captain's been in anywhere from 4 to 10 years of service.
  • I would think that if it's a valid tax exempt card from the state of Texas or Kansas or surrounding state
  • How spell. 3257 requires any state benefits available to 100% disabled veterans through a service-connected
  • There is no fiscal impact to the state.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also cheats the state.
  • It’s also for state trust land as well, so that obviously impacts the state as a whole as well.
  • It’s also for state trust land as well, so that obviously impacts the state as a whole as well.
  • We can't be an employee of a municipality, an arm of the state, or a tribal or the state.
  • Approximately 25 other states have implemented this policy in some way, and those states...
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several bills, mostly receiving due pass recommendations. HB 4020 would raise the maximum annual assessment on insurers that funds the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions fraud unit from $1,050 to $1,350. The sponsor and an industry witness said the increase would support fraud investigations, and the bill passed 9-1 after a roll call vote; the transcript later included a correction stating HB 4020 passed 10-0 with one absent. HB 2255 would extend Arizona Teachers Academy scholarship eligibility for community college students from two academic years/four semesters to four academic years/eight semesters. Maricopa Community Colleges supported the bill, saying it would let community college teacher candidates complete bachelor’s degrees with the same funding available to university students. It passed unanimously. HB 2591, as amended, revised the definition and administration of registered apprenticeships to align with U.S. Department of Labor standards and add requirements such as written agreements, structured training, wage progression, and safety supervision; it also passed unanimously. HB 2680, as amended, narrowed and revised workers’ compensation fraud-related provisions, including insurance disclosure requirements and proof of coverage. Supporters from labor and construction groups said it would help combat premium fraud and protect honest contractors, while the sponsor said the amendment narrowed the bill to address concerns. It passed 10-1. HB 2979 modernized credit union law regarding bylaws, name changes, principal office changes, and certain powers; credit union representatives supported it as a regulatory update, and it passed 11-0. HB 2868 required manufactured-home/mobile-home installation license applicants and renewals to show insurance and fingerprint clearance, and to allow the Department of Housing to set experience, exam, and enforcement rules; it passed 8-1 with two present. The committee also approved a strike-everything amendment to HB 2429 on short-term rentals, allowing local governments to regulate overnight occupancy, extending the violation window for suspending a license from 12 to 24 months, and allowing suspension after certain building code violations. The sponsor and city/county representatives described it as a compromise that restores some local control, while short-term rental advocates and neighborhood groups said it was a step forward but still too limited; the bill passed 8-2 with one present. HB 4011, without the proposed amendment, codified HOA duties to act reasonably and fairly in enforcing rules, and after testimony from attorneys, homeowners, and HOA advocates describing abusive enforcement and the need for clearer standards, it passed 11-0. HB 2397, as amended, required more complete HOA disclosure information to buyers and escrow agents, with supporters saying it would prevent surprise assessments and defects and critics warning some language was still broad; it passed 11-0. Finally, HB 4026 would change a public infrastructure reimbursement program for advanced manufacturing by replacing a $200 million total cap with a $75 million annual cap and adding website-posting requirements for agreements; Queen Creek and economic development witnesses said it was needed to support major manufacturing projects and related infrastructure, and the bill was being discussed when the transcript ended.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 30th, 2026 at 12:05 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • State champ: our St. Michael’s Horseman football team. This is their third consecutive state title.
  • If you look at the state, I don't know. Of the poorest in the state.
  • done in our state.
  • and the state of New Mexico.
  • This is something that we know is happening in states right next door, as you just stated.
Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HB9, SB2, SB19
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Feb 26th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • One slide that caught my eye showed that the state of Oklahoma is now the only state in the nation with
  • And I think as a state, if we focus on innovation, that if we land our R&D in the state of Oklahoma,
  • You know, Oakland was a huge energy-dominant state.
  • They're probably looking at the state on their own.
  • So you're saying they're working out of state.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The state of Texas proposes that Simon attend a dayhab, but the dayhabs on the state list are not safe
  • The state of Texas has a higher rate than all other states, at eight percent of gun violence.
  • There are high gun violence rates in the state of Texas.
  • radio for public service announcements.
  • the official state book of Texas.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 4th, 2026 at 10:04 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Through this program, the state has optimized nearly $1.5 billion.
  • , as well as the services for healthcare provision to our state.
  • The state of hospitals in New Mexico is so important.
  • I graduated from New Mexico State University down south.
  • We have over 70 solar companies in the state.
Bills: SB101, SB58, SB55
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.
  • We have Chapter 55, which... ...lays out all the requirements for the states.
  • The state agency is then...
  • against service members or spouses are so rare or...
  • And increase accessibility for our veterans in the state of Texas.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation also directs the Department of State Health Services to create a standardized information
  • Services.
  • We're licensed in 19 states, including this great state of Texas.
  • In pro-life states, this is national data, but we don't have data broken out by state.
  • Care services with an A or B recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force and
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health & Human Development Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Health & Human Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The 72 hours comes from, as was stated, existing Delaware state law.
  • Our Delaware state law does not allow that.
  • And finally, states such as...
  • This is about our state continuing to move forward in the way that not only means This is about our state
  • Is it going to be the state, local government?
Bills: SB274, SB301, SB249
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several measures related to health care, public health, and patient protections. House Concurrent Resolution 148, urging a statewide educational strategy on menopause, was presented as a workplace awareness measure and received supportive comments from members before being released. Senate Bill 274, updating Delaware’s MOST program to POLST and clarifying capacity determinations and documentation for end-of-life orders, also drew supportive testimony from medical and nursing groups and was released. House Bill 458, limiting local backflow preventer requirements for certain low-hazard buildings, was presented as a cost-relief measure for homeowners and small businesses; DHSS expressed concerns but said it was willing to work on amendments and a sunset provision, and the bill was released. Senate Joint Resolution 18, designating August 31, 2026 as International Overdose Awareness Day and ordering flags at half-staff, was released after brief supportive remarks. The committee then considered Senate Bill 339, a technical correction to the advance health care directive form clarifying that an agent’s authority for voluntary mental health admission cannot exceed 72 hours, consistent with existing law. Members asked detailed questions about how the 72-hour limit works and whether it applies to voluntary directives; the sponsor and a Disability Rights Delaware witness explained that the bill only aligns the form with current statute and does not expand authority. The bill was released. House Bill 301, requiring hospitals to create discharge plans for pregnant patients discharged while showing signs of labor, prompted extensive discussion. The sponsor and supporters said it would improve safety, transportation planning, and aftercare, while some members noted Delaware hospitals already do much of this work and questioned whether codifying it was necessary; supporters emphasized maternal mortality disparities and the need for guardrails. The bill was released. Senate Bill 196, creating ownership disclosure requirements for long-term care facilities and resident notice rules after ownership transfers, was presented as a transparency measure for seniors and families and was released after supportive testimony from the Delaware Nurses Association and elder-care advocates. Senate Bill 320, expanding pharmacists’ independent prescriptive authority for certain non-controlled medications and allowing opioid use disorder medications under standing order, with added malpractice reporting requirements in Senate Amendment 2, was supported by pharmacists and nurse practitioners as an access-to-care measure and was released. Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 161, establishing a unified licensing and oversight framework for adult behavioral health providers under DSAM, was presented as a patient-protection measure; providers supported the goal but cautioned that regulations must be workable, and the substitute was released. Senate Joint Resolution 19, directing DHSS to study strategies to reduce health care costs, was released with a note reflecting concerns about broadening the analysis to include additional cost drivers and alternatives. Finally, Senate Bill 249 with Senate Amendment 2, modernizing harm-reduction programs and paraphernalia laws, generated the most extended debate: supporters framed it as life-saving public health policy, while opponents raised concerns about needle litter, community impacts, and whether the approach facilitates addiction. Despite the objections, the bill was released.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have seen the state of Oklahoma laid upon tribal lands, and a state that has grown up.
  • Sierra asks me all the time why I love the state so much.
  • Much independent states and jammed them together and made one state.
  • capitol and asking for a state legislative action.
  • So, Monday afternoon, we had a small little burial service.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 23rd, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chapman for his willingness to serve the state of Oklahoma.
  • Thank you, sir, for your willingness to serve the great state of Oklahoma.
  • I think she's going to be an amazing asset to the state of Oklahoma.
  • And they feel they feel like they\'re not getting serviced correctly.
  • That was a blanket full exemption for payroll service providers.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's what it states. OK.
  • Carney, how many other states have moved to this sort of testing model? Yes, sir, 13 states.
  • And for those states, like...
  • I know a number of states are trying this. But we truly are the states.
  • Vote no for atheist children in this state. Vote no for Muslim children in the state.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under current law, the State Board of Education plays no role in the process.
  • A little bit worse because it brings it to the state, to the SBOE.
  • We're giving it to the State Board of Education.
  • I understand why the State Board of Education would be better than the commission.
  • I do fear giving away that power to the State Board of Education. Community.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-EIG, TRS Public Hearings 02-05-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you. and uh and work with the state. I and uh and work with the state.
  • Tom stated about the concerns.
  • Tom stated about the concerns.
  • Tom state about understand um what Mr. Tom state about the<01:26:42.880> concerns.
  • State Office of >> Thank you so much. State Office of Energy. Energy. Energy. >> Okay.
Summary: The committees heard testimony on several transportation-related measures. SB 2356, relating to parking, drew support from the Office of Planning, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Appleseed Center, Realtors, and the Hawaii Bicycling League. Members discussed the bill in the context of the planned stadium-area mixed-use development, with questions about whether parking would be built in structures rather than as large surface lots. Senators expressed support and noted the measure’s broader housing and parking-reduction goals, but no vote was taken during the hearing. The bulk of the hearing focused on SB 2699, which would create a fare-free youth transit program, a special fund, annual evaluations, and appropriations tied to the environmental, energy, and food security tax. The Attorney General’s office raised technical concerns about whether the special fund met statutory requirements. The Department of Education and Department of Health supported the bill, as did the City and County of Honolulu DOT, Appleseed Center, Hawaii Youth Transportation Council, Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Hawaii Bicycling League, Our Children’s Trust, and numerous youth testifiers. Supporters emphasized reduced family transportation costs, better school attendance, improved health and mobility, and environmental benefits. One senator raised emergency-planning concerns about how children using free transit would be handled during events like tsunamis; DOT and DOE responded that emergency procedures are being developed. The chair said the committee would work on language changes, including a delayed effective date to July 2027, and defer decision-making until the 12th. The final measure discussed was SB 2470, which would require leading pedestrian intervals, accessible pedestrian signals, and other safety improvements at state-controlled intersections, and create a process for community requests for accessible pedestrian signals. Appleseed Center, the Hawaii Association of the Blind, and the Disability Rights Center supported the bill, citing pedestrian safety, reduced collisions, and the need for audible cues for blind and low-vision pedestrians. Testifiers urged a phased-in approach that prioritizes high-traffic intersections. The hearing ended with the bill still under consideration and no final vote announced.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025 at 08:04 am

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 5141 is Representative Howard's bill, which authorizes the Department of State Health Services
  • Services.
  • And the issue is State Health Services Executive Commissioner came here in our first public health committee
  • . support services.
  • I called our resource witness actually, I'm sorry, but Department of State Health Services. neutral on
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 13

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • I think most of you know that while I do serve as a state rep, my day job for the past 15 years has been
  • U Madam Speaker, we do entire state.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • those students to come as an in-state resident tuition.
  • And there are states that are 5 and 10 years ahead of us.
  • Then just on other states that you're Referencing, you're trying to mock something from another state
  • I do not believe that the state Our state department of Education necessarily needs to hire a new position
  • Senate Bill 1477 is a request from the state regents.