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MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 3 February, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- Do pass committee sub. title sufficient. Do pass committee sub.
- </c> sufficient due pass. sufficient due pass.
- Title sufficient do pass." "Oh, Senator Parks moves title sufficient do pass.
- . pass. pass.
- The motion fails. The next the bill. The motion fails.
Committee:
Joint Public Health and Welfare
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HHS-AEN, HHS-HOU, HHS Public Hearings 03-12-2025
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
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Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
Summary:
The joint hearing covered several bills focused on environmental protection and wastewater management. HB 26 HD 2, relating to environmental protection, drew support from the Department of Health, Reworld, and Energy Justice Network. Supporters said it would preserve existing standards for waste-to-energy facilities, including H-Power, even if federal EPA rules are weakened, while Energy Justice Network urged the state to go further and require stronger pollution controls on older burners at the plant.
HB 734 and HB 735, both relating to wastewater systems, received broad support from state agencies, county representatives, realtors, environmental groups, and others. Testimony emphasized reducing the cost of cesspool upgrades, updating rules, and improving coordination between the Department of Health, counties, and the University of Hawaiʻi. Members raised concerns about whether some areas, such as Ewa, should be treated differently if they are not near aquifers or the ocean, but the department said the existing prioritization process already considered statewide conditions and that cesspools generally still affect water resources. On HB 735, the committee discussed the current bedroom-based limits for individual wastewater systems and whether the bill would allow more flexibility for housing configurations, with the department explaining the limits are tied to density and system capacity.
HB 879, relating to cesspool conversions, was also supported by the Department of Health, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and several advocacy groups. Testimony said the bill would help low- and moderate-income homeowners in priority areas by increasing grant assistance for cesspool upgrades, but the Department of Health noted it would need three full-time positions to administer the program. Members asked for clarification on the grant amount and staffing costs, and the department indicated the grant cap should remain at $20,000 unless changed. HB 918, relating to labeling of non-flushable wipes, drew support from wastewater and industry groups, including the Association of Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, which said similar laws have passed in other states and that the bill reflects cooperation between manufacturers and wastewater officials. The Department of Health and county officials supported the concept but said enforcement and outreach would require additional staff, and senators questioned whether the state could effectively enforce the labeling requirement without a national standard.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Professional Registration and Licensing -continued- Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- You have to, again, pass the NCIDQ. It's not anybody can't just ask for a stamp.
- We cannot call ourselves interior architects because we have not passed that test.
- Seventeen states have already passed legislation to allow interior designers.
- The legislation passed in 2021 did not target religion.
- And then in 2021, you all passed a beautiful law, HB 557.
Summary:
The committee first continued the public hearing on House Bill 2897, which would expand optometrists’ authority to perform certain office-based procedures. Supporters, including an optometrist from rural Missouri, argued the bill would improve access to care in counties without resident ophthalmologists, reduce wait times and travel burdens, and better align scope of practice with optometry training. Opponents, including representatives of osteopathic physicians, raised concerns about patient safety, the lack of live-human-eye training in Missouri, and whether the bill would actually direct services to rural areas. The hearing then closed on HB 2897 without a vote.
The committee next heard House Bill 2353 on interior designers’ licensure and sign-and-seal authority. The sponsor and supporters said the bill modernizes the profession, moves oversight under the state’s architecture/engineering board, and would let licensed interior designers stamp their own non-structural work after education, testing, and experience requirements. Supporters emphasized workforce retention, consumer savings, and that interior designers are trained in fire/life safety, ADA, and code compliance. Opponents from engineering groups said they were still negotiating language but objected to provisions that could be read to require interior designers for broad categories of buildings or blur boundaries with architecture and engineering; they asked for clearer scope language and continued collaboration. No final action was taken.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2241, which would create a framework for certain faith-based residential child care facilities to operate outside the standard foster care licensing system under a new oversight board. The sponsor said the bill is intended to address a shortage of foster placements while allowing Christian homes to maintain their religious mission, with background checks, inspections, and reporting still required. Supporters from Christian child care agencies said the bill would preserve religious freedom and expand placement capacity. Opponents, including child advocacy and child abuse prevention groups and several legislators, argued the proposal would create a separate, less accountable system for vulnerable children, weaken state oversight, and risk repeating past abuse scandals; they said existing licensing rules already allow faith-based providers to participate. The discussion was extensive, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:00 am
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- If it does not pass, if it fails, they don't get the dollar. So it's a grant basically.
- Pass rates from Horizon exceed the pass rates for Oklahoma on average, and last year we exceeded the
- We passed cost of living adjustments in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008.
- In 2011, when the legislature passed a law that said, legislature, if you're going to pass a cola, you
- of living adjustment passed, also not funded.
Committee:
House A&B Education Subcommittee
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Motion passes. Motion passes unanimously, so there you go, Representative Leavitt.
- The idea came about as a result of our bill that we just recently passed pertaining to providing provisions
- Motion fails 12 to 1. We'll turn to the original motion, which is to introduce RS 33587.
- I moved to send House Bill 638 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
- Committee, we have a motion to send House Bill 638 to the floor with the due pass recommendation.
Committee:
House State Affairs
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So with that, I'd appreciate your sending H. 639 to the floor with a do pass recommendation.
- Sending H. 639 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Thank you. Okay, committee.
- I move to send House Bill 639 to the Senate floor with a do pass recommendation. Second.
- Senator Blaylock to send House Bill 639 to the floor with a do pass recommendation.
- So, for example, failing to record an employee's hire date is low risk.
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- requirements, there remains significant confusion over how these protections can be enforced when a city fails
- They just passed an ordinance and changed it. How is the landowner supposed to know what happened?
- In this case, when that happens, we can say, wait a minute, that ordinance that you passed, we can seek
- This guy is a good friend of mine, and I urge that we get this bill passed ASAP.
- So if this legislation was to pass, not only does that lawsuit end and the... ...city of Austin lose,
Committee:
House Land & Resource Management
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 2215, which would clarify that property owners may challenge municipal zoning ordinances that are adopted without following Chapter 211 procedures, and would expressly waive municipal sovereign immunity for declaratory, injunctive, and mandamus actions in those cases. The bill sponsor and witnesses argued it would simply enforce existing notice, hearing, and due process requirements and give landowners a practical remedy when cities fail to comply. Testimony in support came from attorneys and a landowner describing alleged zoning actions in Selma that they said occurred without proper notice or hearings and caused significant financial harm. After questions, the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 2639, which would add disclosure and compensation requirements for local historic designations, including compensation based on the greater of repair/restoration costs or the difference in appraised value with and without the designation. The bill author said it was intended to address situations where historic designation delays or blocks redevelopment and to ensure property owners are fairly compensated. A property owner testified in support, describing an Austin case in which a demolition permit led to historic designation and what he said was a costly forced rehabilitation. Opponents, including a preservation advocate and an East Austin resident, argued the current process is already rigorous, rare, and balanced, and that the bill would undermine cities’ ability to preserve historic places and community heritage.
During closing on SB 2639, the chair raised a concern that Section 3B appeared to apply retroactively to pending cases, which he said could be unconstitutional under the Texas Constitution’s prohibition on retroactive laws. The committee did not resolve that issue during the hearing, and the bill was left pending. The committee then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair moves that SB2857 be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass
- SB1307, without amendment, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass
- The motion passes.
- SB527, without amendment, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass
- We just passed another bill this session that addressed this issue, so we wouldn't have to buy as much
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
Texas Department of Insurance, commission appointments, insurance regulation, oversight, consumer advocacy, insurance rates, property insurance, commercial automobile insurance, rate approval, consumer protection, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, administrative penalties, coastal counties, 1184, house, all
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the budget conference
- Speaker, show the bill passes.
- Speaker, show the bill passes.
- Show the bill passes. Read the next bill. Sure the bill passes. Read the next bill.
- Show the bill passes. Read the next bill. Mr. Speaker, the bill passes. Read the next bill.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the pledge, quorum call, and several recognitions, including guests for Education and Sharing Day, law enforcement officer of the day Detective Miata Anderson, and later FAMU Day at the Capitol and other visiting groups. The chamber adopted the special order report and then moved through a series of budget-related bills and conforming measures, with debate focused largely on recurring funding, environmental programs, housing, insurance reserves, and tax policy.
Members approved HB 5011/SB 2506, which conform environmental resource funding to the proposed budget by shifting Seminole Gaming Compact-related dollars from recurring to nonrecurring funding; supporters said this preserves annual legislative review, while opponents warned it would reduce funding for the Resilient Florida program, wildlife corridor protection, invasive species removal, and other conservation efforts. The House then passed HB 5013, reducing state-funded property reinsurance reserves by lowering the RAP program and repealing FORA funding, and HB 5501, which redirects documentary stamp tax revenues from housing and transportation trust funds to general revenue; Democrats argued the housing changes would reduce affordable housing support, while Republicans said the move was needed to control recurring spending. The chamber also passed HB 5015 on state group insurance, HB 5201 on Florida PALM accounting conforming changes, HB 5203 on Capitol Center tenancy and utilities control, and HB 5009 creating a Florida Accountability Office and revising audit and budgeting functions.
The most extended debate came on HB 7031, which permanently reduces the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25% and also lowers several related tax rates. Supporters described it as broad-based, immediate tax relief for Floridians, while opponents said property tax relief would be more targeted and that sales tax cuts also benefit tourists and out-of-state visitors. The bill passed 112-0. The House then took up the main budget bill, HB 501, and subcommittee chairs outlined the proposed $112.9 billion budget, including education, health care, transportation, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and IT spending. Members began questioning the pre-K-12 budget on school funding, vouchers, proration, mental health and safety allocations, and inflation, with the discussion continuing beyond the excerpt provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Florida just passed this in October. So that's what we're closest aligning to with this bill.
- Information, communication, and accountability matter, and it’s for these reasons that passing House
- It’s important that Texas cares about its seniors and passes HB 3195. Thank you all.
- Please, let's pass this bill. It's a common sense law that will save lives.
- House Bill 4838 be reported favorably to the full House with a recommendation that it do pass and be
Bills:
HB660 , HB4845 , HB3902 , HB5396 , HB4615 , HB1825 , HB1403 , HB4336 , HB4585 , HB4371 , HB863 , SB1589 , HB5223 , HB3195 , HB2734
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Mar 17th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- During the 87th legislative session, we passed House Bill 2106, which transferred rulemaking authority
- This system fails to meet the needs of families today.
- I urge you to pass House Bill 272, and I thank you, Chairman Lambert.
- So, um, in 2017 when this law was passed.
- If, if when you pass away, like I said, you can take this contract and use it anywhere.
Keywords:
disabled veteran, partially disabled veteran, veterans property tax exemption, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax relief, surviving spouse, appraisal district, Tax Code, local government revenue, homestead portability, service-connected disability, veteran benefits, Texas property tax, residence homestead, disability rating, disaster response, financial assistance, helicopter, municipalities
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 3 - 05/17/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- PASSED AND ITS TITLE AGREED TO.
- First, many of the signal provisions in the omnibus we passed through the Senate floor were then passed
- Passed as a standalone.
- Rasmusson have been passed.
- No bills can be passed, but business could continue, but no bills can be passed.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, um when you passed >> Yeah, Mr.
- Um, the reason I get the bill passed.
- </c><00:52:06.319><c> that</c> and he was punished and failed that and he was punished and failed that
- House Bill passed the committee.
- </c> sorry, 178 has passed the committee. sorry, 178 has passed the committee.
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
education, cell phones, smart devices, school policy, student conduct, school property, rental fees, youth activities, education policy, Wyoming legislature, teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Apr 14th, 2026
Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Mississippi is running at 48 miles an hour every day, rain or shine, and it will continue to run without fail
- You know, Congress did pass authority to go out and modernize the locks and dams.
- By December 2026, which is not far away if this passes. I wanted to take that out to 2027.
- And are we kind of cart before the horse here if we pass this law and we don't even know if they're going
Summary:
The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 2998, with Representative Riggs explaining that most of the bill would be removed in committee substitute and that the remaining provisions would focus on an Upper Mississippi River Basin feasibility study and creating a stand-alone rural development office within DED. Riggs argued the study could explore hydropower, run-of-river technology, and a longer navigation season on the Mississippi, while the rural office would better serve Missouri’s roughly 2 million rural residents and provide a more permanent focus than current staffing arrangements. Committee members asked about why the river has not been used for power before, the cost and timeline of the study, the feasibility of retrofitting old locks and dams, and how the rural office would improve coordination and funding for rural development.
Testimony in favor included Lisa Pennett, who urged keeping the coal-related language and said Missouri should protect its remaining coal plants amid growing electricity demand; Mike Sutherland of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, who supported the rural development office and described co-ops’ role in broadband, workforce, housing, and community development across rural Missouri; and MoDOT’s Pamela Harlan, who said the agency would need to coordinate with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the river study, estimated the study cost at about $3 million, and said it would likely take about three years. Informational testimony from Missouri Policy Initiative provided data on hydropower nationally, noting that only a small share of U.S. dams generate electricity, many retrofit projects are not viable, and a Mississippi River lock-and-dam project in Missouri and Illinois had recently received a federal permit to study feasibility. The hearing ended with the chair noting the bill would be narrowed in a substitute and then adjourning the committee; no vote was taken.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Systems and by pension experts across the country, we believe that it is actuarially sound, that it will pass
- out here, has a contractual relationship with the state at the time of their employment, that if we fail
- Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2034, as amended by the Senate, is declared passed.
- Substitute House Bill 2178, as amended, is declared passed.
Bills:
SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6176 , SB6335 , SB6047 , HB2235 , HB2464 , HB2619 , HB1376 , SB5808 , SB5949 , HB1347 , HB1759 , HB1983 , HB2120 , HB2264 , HB2338 , HB2385 , HB2495 , HB2521 , HB2604 , HB2610 , HB2675 , HB2426
Keywords:
tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects
Summary:
The Senate considered Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2034, a measure to terminate and restate the LEOFF 1 pension plan and use surplus funds for other state purposes if federal approval is obtained. During debate, senators discussed whether the plan should remain funded at 110% or 120% of actuarial value, whether surplus dollars should instead go to transportation or the budget stabilization account, whether members should receive an additional distribution, and whether local governments should be reimbursed for retiree health care costs. Several amendments were offered: a Gildon amendment to raise the funding target to 120% failed; a technical Robinson amendment adding a date passed; Holy, King, Harris, Schessler, and Conway amendments addressing member distributions, transportation, budget stabilization, local government health care costs, and a reconstituted board distribution all failed; and Robinson’s amendment removing Climate Commitment Act repayment language passed. The Ways and Means striking amendment, as amended, was then adopted.
On final passage, supporters argued the bill was actuarially sound, had been reviewed by attorneys, actuaries, the State Investment Board, and the Department of Retirement Systems, and would allow use of excess funding for other state needs. Opponents warned it left too little in the pension fund, should dedicate surplus dollars only to one-time uses, and did not adequately reimburse cities and counties for retiree medical obligations. After debate, the Senate passed E2SHB 2034 by a vote of 25 yeas, 22 nays, with one absent and one excused.
Afterward, the Senate returned to Substitute House Bill 2178, which was also passed on final passage by a vote of 39 yeas and 9 nays, with one excused. The chamber then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- This is just a technical fix to a bill that was passed in the 2024 session.
- liability because of the inadvertent act of a magistrate who the inadvertent act of a magistrate who failed
- I'll be sure to pass that along. Make sure you point out to him that you are always welcome. Okay.
- Okay, the amendment passes. please say "Aye." Any opposed? Okay, the amendment is adopted.
Committee:
House Judiciary
Keywords:
vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, out-of-state warrants, law enforcement, extradition, Alabama Code, arrest authority, interstate cooperation, tax exemption, seafood, retail sales
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 13 (1-23-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, the House has passed Bill 96 and respectfully requests concurrence from this honorable body
- >> Seeing none, there being 35 yays, no nays, Senate Bill 30 is passed. >> please proceed.
- </c><00:19:35.840><c> Senator</c><00:19:36.160><c> from</c> Senate Bill 30 is passed.
- Senator from Senate Bill 30 is passed. Senator from Taylor. Taylor. Taylor.
- Seeing none, there being 28 yay votes, six nay votes, Senate Bill 76 is amended and passed.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:42:16.960><c> Chair</c> then to pass the bill on. Chair then to pass the bill on.
- </c> Ombuds Office was created, it was passed Ombuds Office was created, it was passed in<00:59:09.000
- But at the time when we passed that bill, we thought that might have gone too far.
- support</c><01:11:59.000><c> foster</c> When systems fail to support foster When systems fail to support
- I'm not sure if recently passed a bill.
Keywords:
public authorities, dissolution cases, court system, child protection, legal notice, foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, foster youth, extended foster care, bill of rights, out-of-home placement, Minnesota Statutes chapter 260C, social services agency, caseworker, permanency team, sibling visitation, relative contact
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/20/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:24:03.760><c> to</c> operator being the utility, failing to operator being the utility, failing
- pass? pass?
- This bill passes. Many facilities will not switch to cleaner heating.
- This bill passes. Many viable? This bill passes.
- Um so bottom line um this really passes.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 113 May 7th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:16:30.480><c> Co-sponsors,</c> 181 is pass. Co-sponsors, 181 is pass.
- House Bill 1344 is passed. House Bill 1344 is passed. Co-sponsors: I got you, man.
- House bill 1282 is passed. excuses. House bill 1282 is passed.
- House Bill 1317 is passed.<01:21:56.080><c> Co-sponsors,</c> passed. Co-sponsors, passed.
- </c> pass out special orders calendars. pass out special orders calendars.