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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And whereas the Carl Albert High School Boys Swim Team secured its third state.
  • Not only did they win a state championship, they were also academic state runner-ups with a 3.91 GPA.
  • They secured the Class 6A state championship for the fourth consecutive year.
  • and earning state titles in seven events.
  • third in the state with an impressive team Academic all-state honors, placing third in the state with
Summary: The Senate began with ceremonial recognitions for several student groups and community visitors, including Carl Albert High School’s boys and girls swim teams, the Lady Titans basketball team, and the Choctaw High School speech and debate team. Senators and coaches highlighted the teams’ state championships, academic achievements, and perseverance, and the chamber also welcomed visiting groups from Aline, Owasso, and Tulsa County. After the presentations, the Senate returned to general order and took up a series of House bills. Among the measures considered, House Bill 3720 expanded the Local Food Freedom Act by raising the gross annual sales threshold for local food establishments from under $75,000 to $250,000; it passed 39-4. House Bill 3849 updated the Oklahoma mentoring children of incarcerated parents program and passed 42-1. House Bill 3882 created a revolving fund for industrial and lake access improvement projects and passed 33-9, then also passed the emergency clause 39-4. House Bill 3919 reduced county free fair association boards from nine members to five to address quorum problems and passed 45-0. House Bill 3941 codified a pay raise for a court secretary and passed 45-0, including its emergency clause. House Bill 4118 updated the family caregiver tax credit and passed 44-1. House Bill 4141 removed the sunset on the statewide sexual assault nurse examiner coordinator position and passed 45-0. The chamber also debated several policy bills more extensively. House Bill 4268 created a growth-based teacher compensation program using Oklahoma Teacher Empowerment Funds and restored a $5,000 stipend for national board-certified teachers; it passed 45-0 and its emergency clause also passed 45-0. House Bill 4342 allowed prior instances of domestic violence or abuse to be admitted as propensity evidence in court, with supporters saying it would help interrupt the cycle of abuse and opponents raising due process concerns; it passed after debate. House Bill 4428 required public pension plans to base proxy voting decisions solely on financial considerations, and House Bill 4429 required proxy advisors to disclose when recommendations were not based on financial analysis; both passed after debate, 35-8 and 37-7 respectively. Two Rule 7-9 motions to pull House Bills 4422 and 4423 from committee and place them on general order failed by recorded vote. The Senate then announced Denim Day for domestic violence and sexual assault awareness, noted a few final reminders, and adjourned until April 29, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules REVISED Feb 19th, 2026 at 11:30 am

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1273 creates the Oklahoma State Agency Board and Commission Review Task Force.
  • The job of the task force will be to review the efficiency, effectiveness, and necessity of all state
  • internal memorandums that they've got based on state law.
  • Last year, we had some of that going on in the State Department of Education.
  • Other states, by the way, are doing this.
Bills: HJR1032, SB1273, SB1433
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Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Special Session C Feb 13th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Goals of the state while complying with state laws as regards to the findings the jury must make.
  • . ...States, excuse me, into the state of Florida if you are an unauthorized alien.
  • States Supreme Court.
  • State had to offer.
  • THE STATE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO ALLOW THEM TO PAY IN-STATE.
Summary: The Florida House passed two immigration enforcement bills during a special session. Senate Bill 4C creates new state offenses for unauthorized alien entry/reentry into Florida and mandates the death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of capital felonies. Senate Bill 2C establishes a state immigration enforcement board, provides $300+ million for local law enforcement immigration cooperation, creates a $1,000 bonus program for officers participating in federal immigration enforcement, and repeals in-state tuition for undocumented students effective July 1, 2025. Multiple amendments were proposed but failed, including protections for Venezuelan TPS holders, DACA recipients, students in critical professions, and conscientious objection provisions for clergy and teachers. Debate included constitutional concerns about federal preemption, equal protection violations, and mandatory death penalty provisions. The session also included a memorial urging DHS to provide 287G agreement training opportunities.
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Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 10th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 1577 by Parker relaying the temporary sale of alcoholic beverages at certain Racing Facilities to State
  • With respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child to state affairs, Senate Bill 1588 by
  • CR 27 by Eckhart, authorizing the burial of Guy Herman in the State Cemetery. to administration.
  • SCR 28 by Paxton. 83 urging the United States Congress to propose and send to the states for ratification
  • the spending of money to influence campaigns, elections, or ballots. measures to state affairs.
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Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Mar 17th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on State Affairs will come to order.
  • Recently, some wholesalers in our state are delinquent in their payments to Texas distillers. Mr.
  • You cannot, at the same time, hold a G permit in the state of Texas.
  • My wife may be from Louisiana, but I don't hold any special privilege to any other state.
  • I just, forgive me, and there's no insult or compliment to any of those states, but I just thought the
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs resumed consideration of several pending bills, first taking up Senate Bills 667, 1349, 1585, and 2312. After inviting testimony had already been heard, no members of the public came forward to testify on any of those measures, and the committee closed public testimony and left all four bills pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1355, which Senator Parker explained as a committee substitute aimed at helping Texas distillers recover unpaid invoices from wholesalers. The substitute would require distillers to invoice at the time of purchase, send a demand letter if payment terms are violated, and allow complaints to be filed with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which could determine an appropriate penalty based on the facts. Natasha Dehart of Bent Distilling Company testified in support, describing serious cash-flow problems and unpaid invoices from a Texas wholesaler that had forced layoffs, late vendor payments, and operational strain. No one testified against the bill, and it was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1378, a narrowly tailored local bill for a Carrollton facility recently acquired by Sazerac that employs more than 1,000 Texans. Senator Parker said the bill would create a limited exemption to avoid forcing the company to shut down or move because of current permit restrictions, while preserving the three-tier system and preventing the company from selling wine to itself. A Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission resource witness said the bill was drafted so it would not open the door to broader industry changes. Mason Moreland testified against the bill as filed, arguing it gave special treatment to one company and failed to address broader problems in the wine industry, including direct-to-consumer sales and permit issues. After questions from senators, public testimony closed and SB 1378 was left pending. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 15th, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Independence, it continues to draw millions of visitors and serves as a place of solemn remembrance and state
  • Senate Bill 3059 establishes the Alamo Commission as a distinct governing body within the state government
  • This structure reflects the leadership model used by the State Preservation Board.
  • There are observations, obviously the Alamo belongs to everybody in the state of Texas, but it is physically
Bills: SB3059
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

State of the Judiciary Address 01-23-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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Transcript Highlights:
  • That doesn't go through the State Department. It goes through our State Department of Education.
  • of teachers right here in the state of Oklahoma.
  • I don't know, Oklahoma is a donor state.
  • The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states
  • prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states, respectively, or to the people.
Summary: The House convened in quorum call and first took up several Joint Committee reports on appropriations and tax measures. HB 4028 extended the sunset on the qualified equity investment deduction for venture capital investments and passed 54-27. HB 4075 appropriated $26 million in interest funds to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for water and wastewater projects and passed 84-4, with the emergency clause also approved. HB 477 appropriated up to $10.58 million to the Department of Emergency Management for the Emergency Response and Relief Grant Program and passed 84-5, with the emergency clause approved. HB 476 appropriated up to $21.64 million to the Department of Commerce for rural economic impact grants tied to water and wastewater needs at rural industrial parks and ports; it passed 79-11 and its emergency clause also passed. HB 474 closed out ARPA funds for health care workforce training and passed 79-12, with emergency approval. The House then considered several Senate bills. SB 1221 would add tracking numbers for mailed Real ID cards and offer expedited delivery; members raised concerns about voting access and possible poll-tax issues, but the bill passed 82-9 and the emergency clause passed. SB 1921, an OSBI request bill, raised fees for criminal history/background checks and passed 84-8. SB 2118 expanded the use of sheriff commissary funds for sheriff duties and jail operations and passed 87-4. SB 1932 allowed motor carriers to represent themselves in Corporation Commission administrative hearings without an attorney and passed 92-1. SB 2134 required wreckers responding to livestock transport accidents to contact local emergency management for humane handling of livestock and passed 71-20. A lengthy floor debate centered on HCR 1025, which supports eliminating the U.S. Department of Education. Supporters argued education is a state responsibility and that federal bureaucracy and mandates add red tape; opponents warned that federal oversight is essential for special education, Title IX, IDEA, and civil rights enforcement. After extended debate, the resolution passed 72-17. The House also passed SB 1432, which removes pilot and sunset language from a successful alternative teacher certification program in Tulsa, making it a permanent pathway; supporters said it has helped career changers enter teaching and could be replicated statewide. It passed 85-3, and the emergency clause passed. The session ended with announcements, including recognition of a special-needs advocate, a rural caucus notice, and adjournment until April 22, 2026.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • You may have heard of it. ...across the state.
  • of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University.
  • In the 11 years that I have served as state representative, In the 11 years that I have served as state
  • Thank you for your service to our country and to our state.
  • It has been the honor of my life to serve the state of Oklahoma.
Summary: The House opened with roll call, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including Deer Creek students, Skiatook Chamber members, Sand Springs youth leaders, and international visitors studying U.S. energy policy. The chamber also honored the Nurse of the Day, Marla Lyceum, and heard a lengthy farewell speech from Minority Leader Munson reflecting on her service, constituent work, leadership, and bipartisan relationships. Members then took up several special presentations and resolutions, including HCR 1024 recognizing Route 66 Day and its economic importance, HCR 1022 honoring National Lineman Appreciation Day, and a citation for Langston University Day at the Capitol. The House also recognized Deputy Kenton Blumenthal as Oklahoma’s 2025 Officer of the Year for heroic actions during a dangerous pursuit. Later, the House introduced the pages of the week. On legislation, the House passed SB 1122 on ad valorem tax, which supporters said would equalize tax treatment for broadband infrastructure and promote business fairness, over some concern about tax policy and revenue impacts. The chamber also passed HB 4029, HB 4063, HB 4073, HB 4078, and SB 1936, with emergency clauses adopted on the first four. HB 4063, which referred two previously approved state questions to a special August election, drew extended debate over ballot timing, turnout, and whether combining the questions was appropriate; it ultimately passed and the special election referral was approved. SB 1936, which elevates falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer to a D1 felony, passed unanimously.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you all for doing what you're doing for the state of Texas. all across the state, and a special
  • State Registrar from the Department of State Health Services here as a resource witness.
  • Sex is not a state.
  • We're the State Chamber for the state of Texas. throughout the great state of Texas. extraordinary leadership
  • Or the state that has become the economic engine of the United States of America? Mr.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:11:32.399> Um,<00:11:32.800> I teaching in the state of Alabama.
  • Um, I teaching in the state of Alabama.
  • Florida has a number of those mechanisms that we don't have here in the state of Alabama.
  • Florida has a number of those mechanisms that we don't have here in the state of Alabama.
  • Florida has a number of those mechanisms that we don't have here in the state of Alabama.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules 2nd REVISED Apr 6th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is that what it would cost the state of Oklahoma?
  • We have a high poverty population in our state, unlike a lot of other states.
  • We have a high poverty population in our state, unlike a lot of other states.
  • under current state statute.
  • They are both red, blue, and purple states.
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Camden is from Gadsden, Alabama, and is a graduate of Jacksonville State University.
  • So the far left is the average for the United States, and then the second bar is Alabama.
  • Now, this is important: the dark bar represents the state sales tax rate.
  • You can see the bar at 4%; that's the Alabama state sales tax rate.
  • We're the only state that allows you to deduct your federal income taxes in arriving at your Alabama
Bills: HB188, HB52
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Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not just Alabama Community College students who benefit, but also the entire state of Alabama, and
  • of... ...thereof, they stay in the state of Alabama and provide labor for the workforce.
  • We have more than... ...the state of Alabama.
  • You are improving the lives of the people of the state of Alabama, and I appreciate it.
  • I'm the liaison for Alabama and a lot of your neighboring states, a lot of the southern states.
Keywords: 924, joint, all
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 5th, 2026

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • of the Alabama State Bar pending. pending. pending.
  • The Alabama State Bar and, uh, this bill deals with section 343 443-1.
  • The board of commissioners of the Alabama State Bar is an agency of the judicial branch of the state
Keywords: 920, all
Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. The chamber approved routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the previous day’s journal, and allow introduction of bills and committee reports throughout the day. The Senate also received several House messages referring bills to committee, including local constitutional amendments for Limestone, Blount, and Mobile counties, a human cloning bill, a Fair Campaign Practices Act bill, a public education bill, a court fees bill, and a physician assistance bill. Committee reports were then taken up. The Finance and Taxation General Fund, Confirmations, State Governmental Affairs, County and Municipal Government, Education Policy, Banking and Insurance, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Transportation and Energy, and Local Legislation committees all reported a number of bills favorably, many with amendments or substitutes. Several measures were advanced to the calendar for the next legislative day, and the Senate confirmed multiple appointments, including Eileen Meyer and Tiffany Martin to the Alabama Board of Midwifery, Jennifer Ag, Jerry Gross, and Edgar Hower II to the University of West Alabama Board of Trustees, Patricia Sims, Tony Cochran, and Sandy Stimson to the Alabama State Port Authority Board of Directors. The Senate then adopted a special order calendar under Senate Resolution 34, setting the order of business for the 10th legislative day. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 161, the App Store Accountability Act, which was described as a child-protection measure requiring parental permission, age verification by app stores, accurate app age ratings, and limits on minors entering contracts through app downloads. Senators speaking in support said the bill was needed to protect children from harmful online content and preserve parental control, and they discussed an amendment clarifying the meaning of “act” and preserving compliance with other state age-verification laws. The debate was ongoing in the portion provided, and no final vote on HB 161 appears in this excerpt.
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Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Jan 27th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords: 1136, house, all