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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:04 am
Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Waiting on technology for those in the room. Waiting on technology. Three minutes.
- While in pain in the operating room, I was required to sign multiple documents before the procedure,
- Bodies and justified through harmful stereotypes and unequal access to informed consent, the impacts
- Chair, and for those in the committee room and for the members that are here, I believe we don't have
- So, I do not anticipate a meeting for Thursday to those in the room. But, thank you.
Bills:
SM14
Keywords:
forced sterilization, coerced sterilization, Indigenous women, Native American women, women of color, reproductive justice, reproductive sovereignty, truth and reconciliation commission, memorial, trauma-informed care, reparative justice, human rights, bodily autonomy, Indian Health Service, Indian affairs, Commission on the Status of Women, survivor testimony, reproductive health access, genocide, transitional justice
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I also want to thank the social workers that are in our room, as well as the social work students
- as</c><00:12:34.880><c> well</c><00:12:35.000><c> as</c><00:12:35.080><c> the</c> that are in our room
- Chairman, I on a more direct note with this bill, you know, I look around this room and I see one, two
- Chairman, on a more direct note with this bill, you know, I look around this room and I see one, two,
- Chairman, on a more direct note with this bill, you know, I look around this room and I see one, two,
Bills:
HB151 , HB152 , HB138 , SB221 , SB190 , SB69 , SB225 , SB272 , HB151 , HB152 , HB138 , SB221 , SB190 , SB69 , SB225 , SB272
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation Education
Keywords:
fire chaplains, distinctive license plate, firefighter, volunteer service, criminal penalties, sales tax exemption, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, menstrual hygiene products, pregnancy, pregnant defendant, incarceration, jail intake, pregnancy test, bail, pre-incarceration probation, supervised probation, electronic monitoring, electronic supervision
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 21st, 2026 at 08:00 am
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And Will, would you brief us on Senate Bill 5917, improving access to abortion medications?
- Senate Bill 5917, improving access to abortion medications. Good morning.
- Access to safe and effective abortion is a critical public health issue.
- Access to safe and effective abortion is a critical public health issue.
- Medication abortion plays a critical role in ensuring timely access to folks with...
Committee:
Senate Human Services
Keywords:
abortion medications, reproductive health, mifepristone, misoprostol, abortion access, medication abortion, early pregnancy loss, miscarriage management, Department of Corrections, Department of Health, health care providers, health care entities, Indian health care providers, pharmacy distribution, wholesale distribution, reproductive rights, women's health, emergency clause, immediate effect, public health
TX
Bills:
HB 1106 , HB 3284 , HB 541 , HB 713 , HB 1403 , HB 1586 , HB 1942 , HB 2070 , HB 2844 , HB 2851 , HB 3151 , HB 3749 , HB 3940 , HB 3963 , HB 4454 , HB 4466 , HB 4795 , HB 5154 , HB 5394 , SB 1357 , HB 1052 , HB 4099 , HB 4638 , HB 5147
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
Keywords:
child abuse, neglect, gender identity, sexual orientation, child welfare, marriage, family, Texas Commission, family welfare, marriage support, stability, premarital education, child development, strong families, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services, insurance regulation, maternal health
TX
Bills:
HB 1106 , HB 3284 , HB 541 , HB 713 , HB 1403 , HB 1586 , HB 1942 , HB 2070 , HB 2844 , HB 2851 , HB 3151 , HB 3749 , HB 3940 , HB 3963 , HB 4454 , HB 4466 , HB 4795 , HB 5154 , HB 5394 , SB 1357 , HB 1052 , HB 4099 , HB 4638 , HB 5147
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
Keywords:
child abuse, neglect, gender identity, sexual orientation, child welfare, marriage, family, Texas Commission, family welfare, marriage support, stability, premarital education, child development, strong families, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services, insurance regulation, maternal health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Freestanding emergency departments were intended to enhance access to medical care.
- in 2019, this body passed HB 2041, a consumer protection bill against these freestanding emergency rooms
- Absolutely, we operate as hospital emergency rooms. We have our own labs.
- It grants registry access to judges.
- It ensures that access is limited to granted, expired, vacated, or active protective orders.
Committee:
House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Keywords:
healthcare liability, emergency medical care, standard of proof, negligence, legal reforms, Texas General Arbitration Act, arbitration, binding arbitration, statute of limitations, limitations period, tolling, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 16.073, alternative dispute resolution, ADR, civil procedure, lawsuit filing, court jurisdiction, Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence, procedural law
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:26:13.520><c> nearly</c> D will provide 300 hotel rooms, nearly D will provide 300 hotel rooms
- We don't want to accessibility issues.
- who deserves access to this Capitol complex.
- </c><01:13:45.120><c> to</c> maximizing capacity in and access to maximizing capacity in and access to
- Lack of access negatively options.
Bills:
HF333 , HF2712 , HF1064 , HF1069 , HF1113 , HF2207 , HF204 , HF2867 , HF2924 , HF746 , HF1530 , HF2587 , HF1078
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF333, Duluth, Lot D, redevelopment, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds, public infrastructure, seawall repair, utility connections, demolition, debris removal, transportation improvements, site preparation, soil correction, economic development, DEED, capital appropriation, general obligation bonds
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 34
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Bills:
HR207 , SB2595 , SB3199 , SB3132 , SB2591 , SB2089 , SB2108 , SB2970 , SB2530 , SB2442 , SB3076 , SB2532 , SB2721 , SB2055 , SB2312 , SB2152 , SB2438 , SB2982 , SB2528 , SB2919 , SB2446 , SB2315 , SB2544 , SB2060 , SB2069 , SB3011 , SB2342 , SB2075 , SB2578 , SB2580 , SB2835 , SB3084 , SB3322 , SB3053 , SB888 , SB709
Keywords:
Dr. David Lassner, higher education, community engagement, university leadership, innovation, Hawaii education system, agribusiness, leasing, agriculture, Hawaii, food innovation, Department of Education, mental health, emerging therapies, psychedelic treatment, task force, clinical trials, trauma recovery, MDMA, psilocybin
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 33
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- future attorneys, and later founded the Pacific Law Institute to ensure that lawyers across Hawaii had access
Bills:
HR207 , SB2595 , SB3199 , SB3132 , SB2591 , SB2089 , SB2108 , SB2970 , SB2530 , SB2442 , SB3076 , SB2532 , SB2721 , SB2055 , SB2312 , SB2152 , SB2438 , SB2982 , SB2528 , SB2919 , SB2446 , SB2315 , SB2544 , SB2060 , SB2069 , SB3011 , SB2342 , SB2075 , SB2578 , SB2580 , SB2835 , SB3084 , SB3322 , SB3053 , SB888 , SB709
Keywords:
Dr. David Lassner, higher education, community engagement, university leadership, innovation, Hawaii education system, agribusiness, leasing, agriculture, Hawaii, food innovation, Department of Education, mental health, emerging therapies, psychedelic treatment, task force, clinical trials, trauma recovery, MDMA, psilocybin
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Apr 27th, 2026
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And then also it would ensure that data is accessible so that we can actually track the access and where
- And so what this bill does at its core is to ensure that every Louisiana family has access to healthy
- So when we're accessing and recreating opportunities for people to get healthy and nutritional foods,
- The last thing I'll say is that this bill is not just about food access. It's about public health.
- In layman's terms, if I have access to an apple or an apple product, the apple is going to have more
Keywords:
crawfish, agricultural labor, H-2A program, seasonal workforce, Louisiana economy, Healthy Food Retail Act, food access, food deserts, economic opportunity, public health, Louisiana agriculture, community development, fresh food, agriculture, national security, food production, supply chain, security task force, farm labor, Chinese investments
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 23, which would create an Agricultural-based National Security Priorities Task Force to study issues such as Chinese drones, farmland ownership, and other technology-related concerns that could affect farmers and national security. Senator Kathy Stewart said the goal was to avoid unintended consequences in legislation and to bring agriculture stakeholders together. The resolution was moved favorably with no objections.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 502 on sugarcane bagasse storage. Supporters, including the sponsor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, and the American Sugar Cane League, said the bill would clarify that bagasse is an agricultural byproduct and would protect storage practices that comply with department best practices from local ordinances. Several residents from St. Martin Parish testified in opposition, saying a large bagasse pile near their homes was out of compliance, created dust and odors, and caused health and property-value concerns. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably with no objections.
House Bill 512, by Representative Schamerhorn, would prohibit the manufacturing and sale of cell-cultured food products in Louisiana while allowing university research to continue. An amendment was adopted to make the bill effective only if certain federal court rulings allow such a ban. The sponsor and Commissioner Strain argued the issue is still scientifically uncertain and that the state should avoid costly litigation; the bill was reported favorably with amendments after no objections.
House Bill 1194, the Healthy Food Retail Act, was amended to shift food-desert research and mapping duties to the LSU AgCenter, while the financing authority would continue handling grants and related funding mechanisms. Supporters said the bill would improve data on food deserts and help target grocery access in underserved urban and rural areas; some members raised concerns about government subsidies and long-term dependence, but the sponsor and Commissioner Strain said the program is intended as infrastructure support to launch stores, not ongoing operating aid. After debate, the bill was reported favorably with amendments by a 10-3 roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably House Concurrent Resolution 65, which urges federal action to reclassify crawfish-industry job duties as agricultural labor for H-2A purposes; testimony emphasized labor shortages, the impact on crawfish and rice producers, and the need for more legal guest workers. The meeting ended with a brief informational handout on direct marketing and custom slaughter plants and adjournment.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Government Modernization and Technology Feb 9th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Government Modernization and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- administer the final and largest of the grant monies to the BEAD program, which is a Broadband Equity Access
Keywords:
broadband, Oklahoma Broadband Office, broadband access, statewide broadband plan, internet connectivity, funding, grant programs, expansion council, termination plan, Oklahoma, Gas Hub, artificial intelligence, national laboratory, public-private partnerships, aerospace, high-performance computing, economic development, state agencies, high-risk AI decisions, deepfakes
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Health Care & Wellness
Transcript Highlights:
- The major question before the state is not whether to expand access to traditional healing.
- have access to before?
- It's access to data, notifiable conditions, but also the ability to access some of the data sets about
- I've just seen the impacts of not having access to IVIG.
- It's also not compromising safety, and it is increasing access in our local communities.
Committee:
House Health Care & Wellness
Keywords:
Medicaid, healthcare, traditional practices, health insurance, coverage expansion, mental health, insurance coverage, transparency, consumer protection, efficiency, health carriers, providers relations, tribal data, data protection, privacy, sharing of information, Indigenous rights, overdose prevention, data sharing, public health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- to testify and/or submit written testimony must register using the kiosk system outside the hearing room
- That way, if a committee member is out or has to step outside the hearing room, we'll have your very
- Finally, I'd like to note that there is an overflow room. ...in E1-016.
- you find that you would prefer not to stand or that you don't have an available seat, these overflow rooms
- Expanding TIA to include more tiers will allow more teachers access to higher salaries.
Committees:
Senate Education , Senate Education K-16
Keywords:
teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, SB 26, Texas Property Code, colonia, colonias, Spanish translation, bilingual contract, real estate contract, executory contract, residential property, border county, international border, economically distressed area, consumer protection, language access, translator certified in Spanish
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Commission on Race & Access to Opportunity and Juvenile Justice Oversight Council (6-20-23) Reupload
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJVT8DrXTVQ, 2026-06-21T07:17:04+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, 00:05:30 – introduction of new Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity member Jim Coleman
00:08:45 – One Lexington presents
01:14:15 – Kentucky Youth Advocates presents, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/16/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So, our goal here is to minimize the confusion, but also create the access in an appropriate format that
- </c><01:02:57.720><c> to</c> communication and have that access to communication and have that access
- This bill is full of a system approach to program integrity while also protecting access to care.
- </c> access to care. access to care.
- , um, with the inside really hard rooms, um, with the other<01:21:08.040><c> chamber.
Bills:
HF4338
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
human services, medical assistance, Medicaid, provider enrollment, provider revalidation, fraud prevention, program integrity, background study, background check, fingerprinting, licensing, license revocation, payment withholding, payment suspension, prepayment review, postpayment review, surety bond, compliance training, case management, targeted case management
AZ
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
taxpayer protection, law interpretation, transparency, public hearings, tax policies, GPLET, abatement, tax incentives, local government, property improvement, central business district, property tax, assessment, destruction, proration, Arizona Revised Statutes, Arizona tax corrections act, transaction privilege tax, sales tax, use tax
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Children, Youth and Family Services REVISED: Links added Feb 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Children, Youth and Family Services
Transcript Highlights:
- But I am very thankful as I look around this room and the members that are on this committee.
Committee:
House Children, Youth and Family Services
Keywords:
immigration, public assistance, legal status, food assistance, state benefits, family resource center, community support, employment services, kinship families, social connections, child care, criminal history, background checks, child safety, licensing, Oklahoma laws, advisory committees, daycare, licensed child care facility, child care subsidy
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 05:30 pm
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And not only that, this summer, the QPlex would provide affordable access to recreational opportunities
- If a cherry orchardist has to access those chemicals to put on his trees, then that tax is...
- Has to access those chemicals to put on his trees, then that tax is, in fact, paid.
- Ingrid and Rob from OPR, who spent countless, countless hours, quadruple what we were spending in the room
- And I can tell you that... ...countless hours, quadruple what we were spending in the room, and I can
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- times when I would walk behind your seat there and you would smash me up against the wall in Hearing Room
- And when I came into the Capital Budget Room as a freshman, terrified and intimidated by the incredible
- And again, as the good lady mentioned, we have a lot of fun in that capital budget room.
- I fondly remember sitting in your living room, introducing you to my daughter a couple summers ago.
- She will have a room ready for me to come visit.
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And so the bill does include a prohibition on construction of new isolation rooms, or prohibition of
- new isolation rooms.
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification