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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

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  • This pays for the whole program.
  • Enforcement pilot program that is three years in length and requires the specialized pilot program to
  • Lastly, it establishes the program fund and requires an annual review and administration of the program
  • fund by ADE and requires the ADE distribute program grants from the program fund to eligible schools
  • in area. and requires the ADE distribute program grants from the program fund to eligible schools in
Summary: The committee first approved its February 4 minutes and announced several bills would be held, including SB 1317, SB 1416, SB 1419, SB 1490, and SB 1493. It then heard SB 1579, which would appropriate about $4.7 million from the state general fund to expand a law enforcement data-sharing pilot through the Department of Administration, with funds for DPS, county sheriffs, university police, and city/town police departments. Testimony from the sponsor, Flagstaff’s mayor, Eloy’s police chief, and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office staff emphasized faster records access, better coordination, and officer safety; an amendment added $125,900 for the Scottsdale Police Department after it had been omitted. The committee adopted the amendment and gave SB 1579 a do pass recommendation by a 6-0 vote with one not voting. The committee next considered SB 1581, which appropriates about $1.4 million from the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund for pepperball equipment and about $1.316 million for public safety training simulators, with an amendment increasing the Nogales Police Department’s pepperball allocation and expanding simulator funding so Yavapai County could buy two simulators with a three-year warranty. Supporters from Navajo County, Phoenix, Glendale, Flagstaff, and Cochise County described pepperball as a de-escalation tool and simulators as important for crisis-response and use-of-force training. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1581 as amended on a 7-0 vote. SB 1673 was heard next and would appropriate $8.2 million from the general fund to the Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund, exempting the appropriation from lapsing. The sponsor and law enforcement witnesses said the automated notification system has improved victim communication, reduced workload, and sent millions of updates; committee members asked about funding sources and why a bill is needed for a constitutionally mandated program. The committee approved SB 1673 without amendment on a 7-0 vote. The committee also heard SB 1544, which would make adult probation records public on request, while requiring redaction or withholding of sensitive information such as victim data, minors’ information, medical or counseling records, active investigations, and confidential informants, and creating a process for written denials and court appeals. The sponsor said the bill is intended to increase transparency and data access, while witnesses raised concerns about risk-assessment language and confidential information; the sponsor said amendments would be brought later to clarify those provisions. The committee passed SB 1544 on a 4-3 vote. Finally, SB 1376, creating a civic leadership development special plate and fund for a youth mentoring nonprofit, passed unanimously, and SB 1550, a three-year Queen Creek pilot program to prevent runaway youth exploitation and improve investigations, also passed after testimony from Queen Creek officials and police; one senator voted no, citing concerns about how runaway youth are treated in other legislation. The committee then began hearing SB 1504, a pension bill modifying retirement dates and COLA timing for Tier 2 and Tier 3 public safety personnel, with supporters arguing it would improve recruitment and retention and opponents warning it would create significant unfunded liabilities, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

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

Transportation

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  • It youth transit program special fund.
  • It of the new program and special fund.
  • to the fair free youth transit program to the fair free youth transit program special<00:07:16.000
  • Uh so don't worry this program starts.
  • relevant data from the proposed program relevant data from the proposed program to<01:43:26.560> fulfill
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 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources Apr 9th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We initiated the process to get a modeling program done of our system.
  • Uh, we turned around and applied for $17.7 million in loans and grants from FIF.
  • programs that provide low-interest loans and favorable terms to rural water districts across the country
  • that, uh, the SWIFT program from the Water Development Board from 30 years to 40 years.
  • A few decades ago, the Texas leader set up the economically distressed Areas Program EDAP.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 9th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • After 2019 floods, we initiated the process to get a modeling program done of our system. how can we
  • We turned around... and apply for $17.7 million in loans and grants from FIF. along with local match,
  • programs. programs that provide low-interest loans in favorable terms to rural water districts across
  • that the SWIFT program from the Water Development Board from 30 years to 40 years.
  • As it stands, the state's Economically Distressed Areas program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 9th, 2025

Natural Resources

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  • Postings are unique to SWIFT and no other Texas Water Development Board financial assistance program
  • creates inefficiencies and inconsistencies across the Texas Water Development Board's financial programs
  • The fifth supports drainage infrastructure through grants and zero interest loans to cities. counties
  • But if you're, for example in the my part of the world, we have a water map. program and so in fact I
  • As part of the stormwater permitting program. that counties would then be able to join.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Healthcare

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  • The bill requires that the Alabama Department of Public Health is required to develop educational programs
  • This substitute only takes the requirement for Medicaid to stop doing the two-step program, which means
  • The program, as you can imagine, requires waiting long to see if a drug is effective.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Apr 14th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

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  • It's a program under Sooner Select, so essentially we are updating the adoption code to allow parents
  • that are exempt under the Consumer Protection Act and provides clarification without creating new programs
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-08-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • this morning is a group of interns from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Hele Imua program
  • [applause] Hele Imua is a 12-week internship program for the State of Hawaii, which the Senate helped
  • Uh, Chair Dela Cruz, I'm assuming that Chair Moriwaki was doing labor when you created the program.
  • This bill proves that Hawaii can manage fiscal uncertainty and maintain core programs without increasing
  • As federal cuts began impacting long-term programs and services that many of our communities, especially
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

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  • Uh to have a program that works well.
  • perhaps most significant in this program perhaps most significant in this program uh<00:11:55.519
  • general— done when you have an aid program that done when you have an aid program that has<00:16:32.079
  • programs working with the campuses. programs working with the campuses. because<00:20:12.080>
  • quality performance for those programs. quality performance for those programs.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Our poll testing program has been in place for 50 years and has been refined.
  • So you have your own program right now in place? Yes, sir.
  • The way we read this bill, it's the PUC handing us a pole attachment program.
  • However, programs like Obama's Connect Ed and many local programs invest heavily to expand.
  • As a family, we enjoyed volunteering and participating in public library programs for decades.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • In accordance with our city's legislative program, I'm here.
  • Are we expecting the state to fund these programs that you mentioned?
  • These programs have put us in the situation that we’re in.
  • Before joining SpaceX, I spent over 30 years at NASA, where I led major programs. programs like commercial
  • And while we have a robust program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our pole testing program has been in place for 50 years and has been refined to be efficient, effective
  • So you have your own program right now in place? Yes, sir.
  • The way we read this bill, it's the PUC handing us a pole attachment program, so if we...
  • However, programs like Obama's ConnectED and many local initiatives invest heavily to expand access to
  • In the library arena, we are responsible for providing enriching and engaging summer reading programs
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • I wanted to zero in more specifically on a program. Nursing is a program. Would you agree, Mr.
  • Low-producing programs shall be reviewed, and they can qualify for an exemption if it's a no-cost program
  • , a shared cost program, a program that has just been recently restructured, or if it's collaborative
  • , low-producing programs.
  • And it talks on page three about collaborative programs and it says the program is currently offered
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is simply for a different category of schools through the loan program. Follow up.
  • They loan the money. So it's all a straight loan program. Follow up. Thank you, Mr. President.
  • into this program so that now agricultural loans and affordable housing loans would have to, somehow
  • This cap applies to this particular loan program.
  • There are different caps for those other loan programs.