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LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Apr 29th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- , we have green cards for support, red cards for opposition, white cards for information only, and blue
- Program that wasn't initiated by the judges.
- So that's why I'm asking. program that wasn't initiatives by the judges.
- He stuffed it in the envelope himself, he addressed the envelope, he bought the stamps, and mailed it
- And only one of y'all... ...addressing the envelope.
Summary:
The House and Governmental Affairs Committee met on Senate Bill 123, a proposed constitutional amendment to create a legislative process for removing judges for cause. Senator Morris said the bill was needed because of uncertainty in the current Constitution about whether impeachment applies to judges, given the Judiciary Commission’s role in judicial discipline. He argued the measure would provide a clearer, higher-threshold accountability mechanism, and the committee adopted a technical amendment renumbering provisions and later clarified that the bill uses a majority vote in the House and two-thirds in the Senate, consistent with impeachment-style thresholds.
Much of the hearing centered on testimony from Anna Carter and her family, who supported the bill after the murder of Jacob Carter in New Orleans. They described his death and other cases they said showed judges releasing dangerous offenders despite repeated violations, missed electronic-monitoring check-ins, and other warning signs. They argued the bill would create a last-resort accountability tool when judicial decisions or supervision failures lead to preventable harm. Several committee members expressed sympathy and said the testimony highlighted serious problems in the justice system, though some also suggested the bill should address district attorneys, electronic-monitoring oversight, or broader systemic issues.
Opposition came from members who warned the proposal was overly broad, could become a political tool, and might conflict with existing constitutional provisions governing impeachment and judicial discipline. They argued the Judiciary Commission and Supreme Court already provide a disciplinary framework and that the bill could chill judicial independence or create due-process concerns. The ACLU’s Sarah Whittington also opposed the bill, noting technical inconsistencies in the draft, questioning why impeachment had not been tried first, and arguing the measure singled out judicial discretion while leaving other elected officials’ discretion untouched. The committee took no final vote on the bill during the hearing, but did adopt the technical amendment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House panel considers election security bill, HF2073 3/19/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , referring to signature envelopes instead of return envelopes as one example.
- This includes some envelope terminology changes and also reflects language from Representative Tapp's
- so referring to Signature envelopes so referring to Signature envelopes<00:03:12.840><c> instead</c>
- <00:03:13.040><c> of</c><00:03:13.280><c> return</c><00:03:13.480><c> envelopes</c><00:03:14.120><c>
- as</c> envelopes instead of return envelopes as envelopes instead of return envelopes as one<00:03:14.480
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The University of Arizona has a graduate legislative fellows program, and with me is Jake Pacheco.
- appropriation for community college, 2433 medical supplement insurance, 2434 controlled substance program
- public schools, 2578 failure to secure weapon, 2579 appropriation free school, 2581 health insurance program
- appropriations child care assistance, 2649 unborn children's rights, 2650 rainwater harvesting, 2651 blue
- envelope program, 2652 abortion notarized, 2653 abortion repealed, 2657 law enforcement agencies, 2660
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the journal. Members then introduced the Doctor of the Day, Dr. John Lynch, and recognized several guest groups in the gallery, including Arizona electric co-op representatives, March of Dimes participants, CRNAs, AEA retirees, a University of Arizona legislative fellow, and ACLU visitors. Attendance was recorded at 58 present, one absent, and one excused.
The chamber handled routine floor business, including temporary committee replacements, referral of HB 2677 from Judiciary to Public Safety and Law Enforcement, and the first reading and referral of a large number of House bills and one concurrent resolution. The bill list covered a wide range of topics, including education, appropriations, housing, taxes, health care, public safety, energy, water, labor, elections, and several measures related to abortion, firearms, and tribal affairs. Second reading of bills was also announced for another extensive set of measures.
During announcements, members promoted a blood drive, a Veterans Caucus coffee-and-donuts event and lunch with a Department of Defense speaker, and several committee meetings or cancellations. No substantive debate or votes on legislation occurred beyond the procedural motions and the final motion to adjourn. The House adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The University of Arizona has a graduate legislative fellows program, and with me is Jake Pacheco.
- appropriation avopied community college, 2433 medical supplement insurance, 2434 controlled substance program
- public schools, 2578 failure to secure weapon, 2579 appropriation free school, 2581 health insurance program
- appropriation child care assistance, 2649 unborn children's rights, 2650 rainwater harvesting, 2651 blue
- envelope program, 2652 abortion notarized, 2653 abortion repealed, 2657 law enforcement agencies, 2660
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:15:41.759><c> uh</c> narrowly now on VIP programs uh narrowly now on VIP programs uh yesterday
- </c><01:06:48.520><c> calculations</c> some backof the envelope calculations some backof the envelope
- </c> right now uh to create a pilot program right now uh to create a pilot program with<01:19:39.040>
- It’s a government program doing this.
- </c> price point ticket a government program price point ticket a government program doing<01:52:07.840
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/27/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- within these qualified programs.
- All contractors in the New Hampshire Saves program operate within these qualified programs.
- All contractors in the New Hampshire Saves program operate within these qualified programs.
- This program is also a much smaller program for investment.
- This program is also a much smaller program for investment.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Michael Burnham is the climate policy program manager from the Department of Commerce. Welcome.
- This is all what's shown here in the dark blue.
- And then in the dark, light-blue areas, we're trying to streamline development in general.
- He'd been through this process before; he set up a good program.
- He had a five- to six-year plan that showed how we're going to Good program.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- So we bleed blue and gold in the Hobart area and love the tradition there in Hobart.
- Our preparation programs throughout those universities.
- I worked really hard with a number of schools to build out this program.
- that the child needs, maybe a sports program, maybe an FA program, maybe a calculus AP class, for example
- prep Programs.
Bills:
HB1937, HB2153, HB3674, HB2978, HB3885, HB3671, HB3261, HB3021, HB3029, HB4274, HB3701, HB3076
Keywords:
HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- So we bleed blue and gold in the Hobart area and love the tradition there in Hobart.
- Regent Chapman recently retired as a GED instructor for the Ardmore Family Literacy Program.
- I worked really hard with a number of schools to build out this program.
- that the child needs, maybe a sports program, maybe an FFA program, maybe a calculus AP class, for example
- teacher programs.
Bills:
HB1937, HB2153, HB3674, HB2978, HB3885, HB3671, HB3261, HB3021, HB3029, HB4274, HB3701, HB3076
Keywords:
HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee first considered a series of executive nominations, including Brian Bobeck to the State Board of Education, Jonathan Daniels to the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools, Cody Swanee to OETA, Randy Squires to the Western Oklahoma State College Board of Regents, Dwight Spencer to the Carl Albert State College Board of Regents, V. Lee to the Oklahoma Arts Council, Adisha Chapman to the Murray State College Board of Regents, Trevor Pemberton to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Jennifer Carlson and Melissa Yvonne to the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, Kevin Gross to the Tulsa Community College Board of Regents, and Barbara Myers to the Oklahoma Arts Council. Most nominees briefly described their backgrounds and reasons for serving, and the committee approved each nomination, with votes ranging from 8-1 to 10-0, sending them on to the full Senate or floor as applicable.
The committee then took up several education bills. House Bill 1937, dealing with the Communications with Students Act, was amended to require corroborated evidence before immediate suspension and to narrow the definition of student; it passed 9-0. House Bill 2153, which would subject OSSAA meetings and hearings to the Open Meetings Act and repeal the statutory one-year sit-out rule for transfers, drew questions about recruitment and FERPA but passed 7-3. House Bill 3674, requiring school resource officer training on sexual assault and violence, annual continuing education, mandatory reporting, and closure of contractor loopholes, passed 9-0. House Bill 3885, setting a graduated discipline framework for third through fifth graders, prompted debate over classroom safety and student rights and passed 9-1. House Bill 3671, allowing a receiving district to accept a transferring teacher’s career status, passed 10-0. House Bill 3261, assigning employee numbers to school support staff such as coaches and bus drivers for tracking across districts, passed 10-0.
Several other bills generated more extensive discussion. House Bill 2978, which would impose annual library audits, public online catalogs, a formal challenge process, and funding penalties for noncompliance, faced repeated questions about how it differed from existing policy and who could challenge materials; it failed 4-5. House Bill 3021, revising graduation requirements and preserving flexibility for applied math/science and local course approval while removing some language requirements, passed 8-2. House Bill 3029, requiring the Department of Education to develop a four-year plan, passed 9-1. House Bill 4274, expanding school choice options for military-dependent students living on base, passed 10-0. The committee also began consideration of House Bill 3076, which would clarify alternative teacher certification provider definitions and OEQA oversight, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 535 by Representative Schinevere, relative to hospital-based paternity programs, to provide
- relative to a voluntary acknowledgement of paternity. ...paternity programs to provide relative to a
- which I believe is the most efficient for families, or later through vital records, which hospital programs
- We have the support of the EPA through the WIFIA program. We have the support of the DEQ.
- We have the support of the EPA through the Whiffia program. We have the support of the DEQ.
Bills:
HB199, HB222, HB223, HB224, HB235, HB246, HB405, HB535, HB554, HB907, SCR3, SB43, SB52, SB54, SB113, SB168, SB219, SB222, SB270, SB311, SB359
Keywords:
nursing facilities, moratorium, healthcare, patient care, data collection, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, Department of Children and Family Services, sunset law, statutory entities, regulatory authority, re-creation, termination dates, child welfare, foster care, children's rights, legal guardianship
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- they can access the medical programs they need.
- Ballot envelopes need to stay sealed.
- or debarring from other MDE programs.
- Fraud prevention relies on those that report program concerns.
- The grant program is and what the requirements are.
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, hemp, marijuana registry, patient registry, visiting patient, Tribal cannabis, Tribal medical cannabis program, Tribal sovereignty, Office of Cannabis Management, designated caregiver, home cultivation, adult-use cannabis
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/2/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:04:04.239><c> And</c> programs in the Minnesota House. And programs in the Minnesota House.
- </c><00:12:36.320><c> that</c> to the medical cannabis program that to the medical cannabis program that
- </c> the Minnesota medical registry program. the Minnesota medical registry program.
- </c><00:41:41.200><c> their</c> vendor um or may pro program their vendor um or may pro program their
- ,</c><00:49:04.720><c> ballot</c><00:49:05.119><c> envelopes</c> That, uh, um, envelopes, ballot envelopes
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, hemp, marijuana registry, patient registry, visiting patient, Tribal cannabis, Tribal medical cannabis program, Tribal sovereignty, Office of Cannabis Management, designated caregiver, home cultivation, adult-use cannabis
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe we further strengthen the program.
- There are, for those that are of lower means, there are programs to cut that at least in half.
- Those programs are generally administered by the judicial districts.
- I have questions about your program and your research.
- This appropriation is not a new request and not a request for additional programming.
Keywords:
public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe we further strengthen the program.
- </c> those that have been doing the program those that have been doing the program with<00:13:45.639>
- </c> is how much does the interlock program is how much does the interlock program cost<00:14:48.040>
- Night Moves basketball program up at Night Moves basketball program up at Central<00:36:05.800><c> High
- </c><01:02:27.039><c> Integrity</c> an important uh program Integrity an important uh program Integrity
Keywords:
public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/21/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- Blue sheet. Blue sheet? Now it's legal. Okay. Moving on, we're going to hear H.C.M. 2002.
- the elected figures today who are talking in a very wide fashion with the evidence from some news program
- West Virginia ran a pilot program years ago on blockchain voting.
- Elections officials conduct signature verification, and then they can open the envelope, and then they
- But isn't it true if I included some form of ID with my early ballot, put in an envelope, sent it back
Keywords:
campaign contributions, foreign contributions, constitutional amendments, public disclosure, Arizona Revised Statutes, elections, voter registration, provisional ballots, primary election, voter participation, Muslim Brotherhood, terrorism, foreign terrorist organization, national security, Islamist extremism, Congress, Arizona, domestic security, CAIR, terrorist organization
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- A grant program will continue to exist with the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor's Office in
- Then we have the Governor's Criminal Justice grant program for which they can apply. and funded as we're
- It is a state program and one of the best in the world that we have to be able to integrate this quicker
- You know, so, for example, in this grant program, this particular... training, it involves having EMTs
- I've got a lot of experience with the Valley situation, the alert program.
Keywords:
HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And requires ballot carrier envelopes to include a tracking mechanism that allows a voter to track their
- Maybe the answer is to get an envelope so that they can put a little bit more information on this top
- A military ID that has a blue bar across it means that they are non-US citizens.
- bar, so I want them to put that blue bar on there, and that'll make us 6 out of 7 with this bill.
- The ones with the blue bar and then yes, I still want to do LTC.
Bills:
HB304
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 31, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You see what's in blue? It's defense and nondefense discretionary.
- YOU SEE WHAT'S IN BLUE? IT'S DEFENSE AND NONDEFENSE DISCRETIONARY.
- Now make these long-run programs, which are pay-as-you-go math, make them work.
- No, I'm trying to save the programs.
- NO, I'M TRYING TO SAVE THE PROGRAMS.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Rules Committee Mar 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Substitute House Bill 1390 relates to repealing the Community Protection Program.
- It eliminates the Community Protection Program and removes references to the Community Protection Program
- to other services or programs.
- All the individuals that are currently in the CPP program to other services or programs by December 31
- This is a simple but important bill that establishes the Blue Envelope Program to enhance communications
Summary:
The Rules Committee considered a long series of House bills and substitute House bills, moving nearly all of them from the white sheet to the floor calendar. Topics included health care transaction notice requirements (HB 2548), waste-to-energy compliance and utility rates (HB 2416), language access for state programs (HB 2475), repeal and transition away from the Community Protection Program for developmental disabilities services (HB 1390), nursing regulation and ARNP standards (HB 2339), lump-sum payment increases for small monthly payments (HB 2124), roadway fatality risk data collection by the Traffic Safety Commission (HB 2192), statewide low-income energy assistance (HB 1903), local government tax resources and flexibility (HB 2442), permanent property tax exemption for multipurpose senior citizen centers (HB 2133), retirement benefit bargaining for Department of Corrections employees (HB 1069), collective bargaining rights for non-academic employees at Western Washington University (HB 1570), medically tailored meals in Medicaid (HB 2211), aviation funding for wildland fire response (HB 2104), port worker retirement and wage/benefit authority (HB 2179), overdose data sharing (HB 2168), real estate transaction exemptions for public-benefit acquisitions by public entities, tribes, and conservation groups (HB 2624), security measures for legislators and other elected officials (HB 2333), voter registration challenge procedures (HB 1916), limits on restraint and isolation in schools (HB 1795), jail search policies for transgender and intersex individuals (HB 1604), Attorney General investigators for wage theft and fraud (HB 2156), Transportation Improvement Board updates (HB 1823), tax treatment for land transferred to government entities (HB 2140), expanded shared leave uses for hate crime and immigration enforcement-related situations (HB 2411), collective bargaining protections if federal enforcement changes (HB 2471), labor standards for clean energy/urban area property tax exemption projects (HB 1210), employer notice and enforcement rights during I-9/immigration audits (HB 2105), tax increment financing dispute resolution for special purpose and junior taxing districts (HB 2451), AI-generated content disclosure and enforcement (HB 1170), tourism marketing assessment authority (HB 2325), defective license plate replacement fees (HB 2114), the Blue Envelope Program for neurodiverse drivers during traffic stops (HB 2323), and pre-clearance provisions under the Washington State Voting Rights Act (HB 1710). Most motions passed on voice votes with little or no opposition; one notable dissent came on HB 2105, where Senator King raised concerns about the bill’s private right of action. The committee also noted Senator Conway’s likely final Rules Committee meeting and thanked him for his service before adjourning with no further business.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Doctor Shana Wee is a graduate of OSU, but he has also worked in Mexico City for the giant panda program
- Over 70% of men in batterer's intervention programs report having witnessed domestic abuse as a child
- President, on page 11, it talks about the batterer's intervention program.
- who complete intensive tiered programming through programs like Recovery and Remerge.
- and the Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs Equipment and Capital Improvement Program.
Bills:
SB1238, SB1277, SB1304, SB1378, SB1423, SB1484, SB1501, SR32, SB1502, SB1721, SB1735, SB1832, SB1847, SB1859, SB1876, SB2170, SB2182
Keywords:
domestic abuse, domestic violence, assault and battery, strangulation, intimate partner violence, family or household member, repeat offender, felony enhancement, Class B5 felony, stalking, batterers intervention program, court-ordered treatment, protective order, presence of a child, pregnant victim, great bodily injury, animal cruelty, cockfighting, dogfighting, sex offender registration