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LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, then I got it right. The rest of y'all are getting it wrong.
- All of that is done right here in Shreveport, Louisiana.
- I'm reading it right now, looking at the plain language of it. I don't see it.
- , and what workers' comp looked at it like judicial review of that by some, and right, right, and they
- workers comp looked at it like judicial review of that by some and right right and they can and the
Bills:
HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB222 , HB430 , HB445 , HB490 , HB603 , HB619 , HB670 , HB672 , HB763 , HB773 , HB781 , HB810 , HB874 , HB981
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
DWI, driving under the influence, vehicular homicide, penalties, criminal justice, inmates, department of public safety, per diem, local correctional facilities, jail funding, firefighters, law enforcement, medical expenses, dental expenses, disability benefits, domestic violence, domestic abuse, battery of a dating partner, domestic abuse battery, strangulation
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Pro Forma Floor Session Jan 29th, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, I move that the reading of the journal be dispensed with and the journal of the previous day's
- Senator Riccelli moves that the reading of the journal be dispensed with and the journal of the previous
- First order of business: reports of standing committees. The Secretary will read.
- First order of business: reports of standing committees. Senator Riccelli. Thank you so much, Mr.
- I move the Senate now advance to the fifth order of business.
Bills:
SB5223 , SB5067 , SJM8002 , SB5855 , SB5865 , SB5272 , SCR8406 , SB5000 , SB5500 , SJM8006 , SB5325 , SB5286 , SB5937
Keywords:
criminal offense, fingerprinting, law enforcement, state regulations, public safety, impaired driving, driving safety, alcohol regulation, public health, transportation, Medicare, healthcare, insurance, elderly, budget impact, face coverings, civil liberties, garnishment, debt, form standardization
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- Privacy is a right deserved by all, regardless of identity, Privacy is a right deserved by all, regardless
- My name is Jalen Scott, the executive director of Lavender Rights Project and a constituent of the 37th
- The League is a member of the Washington Voting Rights Coalition, and I'm speaking in favor of the bill
- For the other, right now one of the challenges is the timing of all this, because there are always challenges
- I'm here testifying as a private citizen in support of this bill.
Keywords:
SB 6081, Washington privacy, sex designation, gender marker, nonbinary, transgender, vital records, birth certificate, death certificate, fetal death, stillbirth, driver license, ID card, Department of Licensing, public records exemption, confidential records, record sealing, data sharing, government records, privacy
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Feb 18th, 2026
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Raising awareness of the dangers of lobbying by entities influenced by and subject to the control of
- Raising awareness of the dangers of lobbying by entities influenced by and subject to the control of
- Raising awareness of the dangers of lobbying by entities influenced by and subject to the control of
- So all in favor of carrying it over. >> All right.
- </c> of carrying it over. of carrying it over. >> All<00:08:38.640><c> right.
Committee:
House Ethics and Campaign Finance
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- We're a consumer and human rights advocacy organization, and of course I'm here in support of HB 926,
- Right? You would agree, right? Yes, of course. But you just don’t want the fire marshal or LDH.
- I’m speaking from the perspective of the patient, the client. Right.
- Right. We absorb that. That's part of our performance audit budget.
- Most all of them, right? All right.
Bills:
HB414 , HB457 , HB475 , HB611 , HB616 , HB740 , HB897 , HB925 , HB926 , HB931 , HB949 , HB962 , HB1076
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Keywords:
healthcare, criminal convictions, employment, background checks, prohibited offenses, homelessness, homeless shelter, emergency shelter, transitional housing, group home, halfway house, shelter standards, housing standards, sanitation, habitability, fire marshal, inspection, local permitting, parish government, Louisiana Department of Health
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 18th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> kind</c><00:32:45.240><c> of</c> property rights or or that kind of property rights or or that kind
- </c><00:43:18.400><c> Is</c> having all kind of issues, right? Is having all kind of issues, right?
- The other part of private property rights concerns, we want to be sure a lot of times that we're trying
- The other part of private<00:52:59.560><c> property</c><00:52:59.920><c> rights</c><00:53:00.240><c>
- concerns,</c><00:53:00.760><c> we</c> private property rights concerns, we private property rights concerns
Committee:
House County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
machinegun, enhanced sentencing, homicide, manslaughter, assault, public safety, HB404, Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, cosmetology, barbering, makeup artist, makeup application, lash artist, brow artist, lash/brow permit, esthetician, salon licensing, studio licensing, mobile salon, mobile studio
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Mark, can you get a list of, or let me know right off the hand, a list of providers to us?
- So downstairs right now, in the Copper Room 1, I'm meeting with the City of the League of Cities.
- Forty-28 is outright theft of the rights of Arizona's neighborhoods, which are already hurting, having
- property rights bill of the owner.
- rights on private property rights same as I have private property rights on on my property and so a
Bills:
HB2211 , HB2229 , HB2389 , HB2403 , HB2445 , HB2502 , HB2620 , HB2813 , HB2872 , HB2889 , HB2960 , HB4028 , HCR2007
Keywords:
contractors, subcontractors, resident preference, public contracts, materials supply, Arizona Revised Statutes, local businesses, pregnancy resource center, pregnancy center, crisis pregnancy center, DHS, Arizona Department of Health Services, state appropriation, general fund, nonprofit grant, women's health, maternal health, reproductive health, abortion funding, pro-life
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government & Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- in a free society, and some degree of abuse of our constitutional rights and our rights to obtain information
- rights, are being abridged, a number of things.
- What medical care they're getting, whether their rights, there's transsexual rights of being abridged
- There's the FERPA side of things, which are the rights of parents for access to their own children's
- take expedited action in times of an emergency.
Committee:
House State Government & Tribal Relations
Keywords:
HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, veterans memorial, capitol grounds, state memorial, Secretary of State, Capitol Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs
IA
Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Jan 13th, 2026 at 11:00 am
Health and Human Services
Committee:
Joint Health and Human Services
Keywords:
medical release, incapacitated, terminal illness, serious medical condition, parole, risk assessment, victim impact statement, supervision, care facility, Iowa, minors, medical consent, healthcare services, sexually transmitted infections, privacy, youth healthcare, healthcare decisions, palliative care, hospice care, life-sustaining procedures
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- it only allow a cause of action against META?
- I think it would potentially allow a cause of action against both of them.
- of action against my employer for vicarious liability.
- ... ...might have under the bill, they might have a cause of action both against META and against the
- content that the algorithm has repeatedly put in front of someone to create a cause of action?
Committee:
House Civil Law and Procedure
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- If we could just brief all of the bills, with the exception of HB 2668 and the amendments.
- I know there are some concerns out of housing, and I think some of the concerns out of housing, and I
- think some of bill as it came out of housing.
- We want to honor all of those in the case of those devastating days.
- All right, for those of you on Zoom, please raise your hand on your vote.
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
housing finance, affordable housing, housing commission, state agency, financial assistance, tribal relations, government, state policy, sovereignty, federalism, HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Jan 13th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now, of the state-owned bridges, 35 bridges are past due for replacement.
- For anybody traveling through the Seattle area, they get to experience the joy of our ReI-5 program right
- without additional funding, we could see regression in those programs and re-encampments within state right-of-way
- The governor's budget is a step in the right direction and acknowledges the severity of the shortfall
- on behalf of the City of Wenatchee.
Bills:
SB6005
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
transportation budget, transportation appropriations, capital budget, supplemental budget, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferries, Puget Sound ferries, tolling, express toll lanes, highway safety, traffic safety, impaired driving, ignition interlock, speed cameras, transit funding, public transit, multimodal transportation
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- Right, so we, as the state, claim ownership of the land under which the original flow of Big Creek is
- So, there are a number of private lakes and private waters like that, where you have someone who...
- It's imperative to the future right of outdoorsmen like...
- Was this a vote of the board or a staff action?
- say, all right, we've made X off of all of our licenses to use the water, which gives us the money to
Committee:
House Boards, Agencies and Commissions
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: Texas State Employees Pay Raise Jan 27th, 2025 at 11:01 am
Transcript Highlights:
- of work there.
- the rule of 80.
- So a 60-year-old with 20 years of service would be eligible. Oh, that's right.
- the rule of 80.
- So a 60-year-old with 20 years of service would be eligible. Oh, that's right.
Keywords:
Texas state employees, retirees, compensation, House Bill 343, House Bill 247, Senator Sarah Eckhardt, Representative John Busey, cost of living, workforce, legislative session
Summary:
The committee meeting focused on critical issues facing Texas state employees and retirees, highlighting the need for increased compensation and improved benefits. Senator Sarah Eckhardt and Representative John Busey presented new legislation aimed at addressing these longstanding problems, including proposed House Bills 343 and 247, which seek a $10,000 across-the-board pay increase for state employees. Senator Eckhardt emphasized the growing wage gap between public sector jobs and private sector offerings, which has led to high turnover rates and the loss of institutional knowledge. Public testimonies underscored the urgency of the issue as retirees shared their struggles with stagnant pensions amidst rising living costs.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- Also give them back the control and take it out from under the Board of Nursing.
- But right now, I mean, this board is one of them that is difficult.
- The board is one of them that has gone through a difficult transition.
- Neither of us are prepared to answer any questions you may have.
- All right. This bill is given a favorable report. Thank you.
Committee:
House Boards, Agencies and Commissions
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 18th, 2026
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- I said, “All right, I know just the guy. He's one of my dearest friends in the legislature.
- So this provides, um, this clarifies that the intent of the legislature provides a right for the Choose
- </c> but a lot of students, nearly half of but a lot of students, nearly half of students<00:44:48.480
- </c><00:46:05.680><c> the</c> the state of Alabama and all of the the state of Alabama and all of the
- :59.040><c> Alabama</c> of the pillars of Innovate Alabama of the pillars of Innovate Alabama program
Bills:
HB527 , HB563 , HB580 , HB579 , SB190 , HB15 , HB390 , HB527 , HB563 , HB580 , HB579 , SB190 , HB15 , HB390
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
liability, off-roading, parks, participant safety, risk management, SNAP, food assistance, public assistance, income standards, Department of Human Resources, eligibility, HB580, Alabama Healthy Schools Act, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school meals, cafeteria, vending machines, fundraising sales
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you all have the capabilities of doing that right now? >> No, ma'am, we don't.
- of doing that right<00:24:28.559><c> now?
- There's no intent to get this out of committee and onto the floor this week. All right.
- Because that's a huge concern right now when we talk about a lot of what's going on in our courts.
- Because that's a huge concern right now when we talk about a lot of what's going on in our courts.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
school psychologist, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure compact, license reciprocity, portable license, equivalent license, professional licensing, psychology board, school mental health, student services, educational services, interstate practice, reciprocal licensing, background check, continuing education, workforce shortage, military spouse, active duty military, compact commission
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They had to go through some of these counties where they have to provide some right-of-way and utility
- On the roadway to grant them right-of-way in crosswalks as if they were pedestrians.
- A plan of action like this is an example of what government should be doing, which is welcoming new technology
- I was going to say, right, he never does things just for millions of vehicles; he does it for tens of
- That's due to the actions of this legislature that were mentioned earlier.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
SB 1493, Texas Transportation Code, motor vehicle lighting, vehicle lighting standards, high-mounted stoplamp, center high mount stop lamp, CHMSL, brake light, stop lamp, federal motor vehicle safety standards, 49 C.F.R. 571.108, FMVSS 108, vehicle inspection, automotive compliance, Transportation Committee, Texas vehicle equipment, motor vehicle collision report, crash report, accident report, traffic accident
Summary:
The committee meeting focused on two primary bills, SB1598 and SB1493. SB1598, introduced by Senator Hagen Booth, addresses the clarity of collision report information access for law enforcement, aiming to enhance the tools available to police agencies across Texas for solving crimes. The meeting featured strong support from police representatives, including Sheriff Brian Hawthorne of Chambers County, who emphasized the significance of the CARFAX program for police in facilitating access to vital vehicle information, free of charge. Public testimony reflected a consensus on the necessity of the bill for improved investigatory processes.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/18/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- You usually hand them a bunch of pieces of paper that they don't always probably look at right away.
- So, all right. Good morning, Chair Bolick and members of the committee.
- The committee looks at a number of things, existing plans of the state, local government, private entities
- The committee looks at a number of things, existing plans of the state, local government, private entities
- The rights of the people matter.
Keywords:
AHCCCS, lactation care, breastfeeding, health services, healthcare access, HB2324, fire code, fire marshal, state fire marshal, municipalities, cities and towns, county-owned buildings, county buildings, intergovernmental agreement, IGA, fire inspection, occupancy certificate, building inventory, local government, county government
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Feb 27th, 2026 at 02:30 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, we will not be taking executive action on Senate Bill 6352 today. We will.
- We will be at ease for the purpose of caucus, and then we'll come back and take executive action on these
- Together with limited right-of-way, proximity to culturally sensitive land, critical areas, and a roadway
- I'm here on behalf of Islanders for Ferry Action in the Fighting 34th, and we are in strong support of
- Kelly, we have gone through all of the bills, right? Perfect. So with that committee is adjourned.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
vehicle ownership, insurance, title transfer, consumer protection, motor vehicle, oil tanker, tank vessel, restricted waters, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Rosario Strait, Admiralty Inlet, Discovery Island, New Dungeness, tug escort, pilotage, marine safety, spill prevention, oil transport, petroleum shipment