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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - Senate Federalism and Family Law

Federalism and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Carroll? I'm here. Senator Diaz? Here. Senator Deeds? Senator Payne? Here.
  • Senator Senator Senator Senator Henshawer? Here. Here. Here. All right.
  • Senator Senator, Senator Ayesha? Aye. Senator Diaz? Aye. Senator Angus? Aye. Senator Fenture. Aye.
  • Senator Ann. Aye. Senator Williams. Aye. Senator Diaz? Aye. Senator Angas? Aye. Senator Foresh.
  • Senator Ortiz? Yes. Senator Payne? Aye. Senator, Senator, Senator, Mr. Chair, I'll explain my vote.
Summary: The committee first heard HB 2793, which would let cities and towns expedite annexations when 100% of the property owners request it, waive the 30-day waiting period and public hearing in those cases, and allow electronic newspaper notice and a single on-site posting for small single-parcel annexations. Buckeye testified in support, saying the bill would streamline uncontested annexations and reduce delay and cost, while a Tucson-area senator raised concerns that faster annexation can limit public awareness and input. The bill passed 4-3 for a due pass recommendation. HB 2041, which would prohibit a parent, guardian, or custodian from being treated as abusing or neglecting a child solely because poverty prevents them from providing supervision, clothing, food, shelter, or medical care, drew strong support from child welfare and anti-poverty advocates. Opponents argued the bill still leaves room for investigations based on poverty and should more fully remove poverty from the neglect definition. The committee also heard HB 2239, creating a child care grant program and infrastructure fund at DES; witnesses from northern Arizona and child care providers described shortages, workforce challenges, and the need for facilities and support. An amendment adding tax-credit language and opening eligibility to entities seeking to open child care facilities was adopted, and the amended bill passed 6-0 with one not voting. The committee then approved HB 2321, requiring DCS to place a credit freeze on a child’s credit report when the child enters care, by a 7-0 vote. HB 2371, allowing consenting divorcing parties without minor children to use AI-assisted arbitration and adding a separate amendment on therapeutic interventions in parenting cases, prompted questions about whether AI arbitration is currently used and whether the amendment was germane; it passed 4-3. HB 2594, concerning the Address Confidentiality Program in family court and making attempts to obtain protected address information a felony, passed unanimously after testimony from a survivor and advocates. HB 2661, which requires DCS to inform parents under investigation that they may delegate temporary guardianship and seek court relief, passed 4-3 after amendment removed attestation and documentation requirements. Finally, HB 2995, a major domestic-violence custody bill, was heard with extensive testimony from survivors, attorneys, and legal aid advocates. The bill removes the “significant” domestic violence threshold, adds coercive control to the analysis, requires domestic violence to be treated as contrary to the child’s best interests, and mandates detailed court findings; supporters said it addresses cases where abuse was minimized in custody decisions, while members raised concerns about evidentiary standards, implementation, and the risk of false allegations. The committee adopted a 13-page amendment and then gave the amended bill a due pass recommendation by a 4-3 vote.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight REVISION 2: HB3127 - Added Mar 5th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • competency test or certification that appraisers have to have to gauge what's competent here on page 6, line 2,
  • fully expect that this oversight committee will meet once we trade bills with our friends in the Senate
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services 2ND REVISED Feb 16th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Coleman, Senator Dossett, Senator Hicks, Senator McIntosh, Senator Ice, Senator Pugh, Senator
  • Senator Coleman, Senator Dossett, Senator Haste, Senator Hicks, Senator McIntosh, Senator Ice, Senator
  • Senator Fricks, I saw you come in. Members, we will go back to item number 2 on the agenda.
  • Senator Coleman, Senator Dossett, Senator Haste, Senator Hicks, Senator McIntosh, Senator Ice, Senator
  • Senator Coleman, Senator Dossett, Senator Haste, Senator Hicks, Senator McIntosh, Senator Pugughh Senator
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I move the six-page amendment, dated 2/13/26, at 1:35 p.m., by Senator Mesnard, to be adopted.
  • Chairman, I move the two-page amendment dated 2/10/26 at 6:25 p.m. by Senator Mesnard be adopted.
  • Chairman, I move the four-page amendment dated 2/13/26 at 1:07 a.m., as Senator Mesnard to be adopted
  • Chairman, I move the four-page amendment dated 2/13/26 at 3:24 p.m., as Senator Mesnard to be adopted
  • Chairman, I move the four-page amendment dated 2/13/26 at 3:24 p.m., as Senator Mesnard to be adopted
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee approved committee amendments and then heard a series of bills covering consumer lending, health insurance, chiropractic practice, breast cancer screening, insurance claim practices, digital assets, vaccination-based reimbursement, agricultural property inspections, and aviation tax exemptions. Testimony generally split between sponsors and industry or advocacy supporters emphasizing modernization, consumer access, or fairness, and opponents raising concerns about higher costs, tax breaks for wealthy interests, or unclear policy changes. Several bills drew detailed debate over whether they would help consumers or shift costs, and multiple witnesses described personal or industry experiences in support of the health-related measures. SB 1689, which would raise consumer loan thresholds and change interest-rate tiers, was amended but failed on a tied vote after Senator Epstein opposed it as shifting costs to smaller borrowers. SB 1347, requiring coverage for fertility preservation for cancer patients, was amended and passed 4-2 after testimony from the sponsor, a nonprofit representative, and two cancer survivors. SB 1165, eliminating cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams, was amended and passed 5-1. SB 1206, updating rules for public adjusters and contractors after loss events, was amended and passed 5-1. SB 1649, creating a digital assets strategic reserve fund, passed 4-2 despite criticism that it was unnecessary and pro-crypto. SB 1212, barring different reimbursement rates based on vaccination status, passed 4-2. SB 1291, limiting county assessors’ ability to reclassify or inspect agricultural property for four years after a successful appeal, was amended to allow inspections if taxable improvements are made and passed 5-1 over assessor opposition. SB 1516, expanding aviation-related tax exemptions to more aircraft maintenance and repair property, passed 4-1 after supporters framed it as economic development and opponents called it a tax break for private jets. SB 1554, updating chiropractic language from “x-ray” to “diagnostic imaging,” initially failed, was reconsidered after additional questioning, and then passed 3-2 after members said the change mainly codified current practice and reduced liability concerns.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill by Senator Kitchen.
  • Senator House does the work and the senator just comes down and presents the bill.
  • I see the representatives doing work again for the senator senators.
  • doing work again for the senator doing work again for the senator senators.<00:12:07.600> But
  • But, uh, this is the same bill senators.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, can you just talk about kind of what the $2 million is getting, what it will go to?
  • Um, the $2 million are expected to support, or $1.5 million of the $2 million are expected out of the
  • Um, the $2 appreciate your question.
  • The $2 million are expected to support, or $1.5 million of the $2 million are expected out of the general
  • The $2 million are expected to support, or $1.5 million of the $2 million are expected out of the general
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, I will move the Senate File 1750 before us.
  • We've um the dispute resolution section.
  • Is there any discussion to the DE or Senate File 1750, the DE12?
  • We will adopt the DE12 as amended to Senate File 1750.
  • As a realer, I make 2%.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 8th, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair lays out House Concurrent Resolution 142 and recognizes.
  • Chairman Guerin to explain his resolution. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • The Chair lays out Senate Concurrent Resolution 1. and recognizes Representative Pearson to explain her
  • resolution.
  • Is there anyone who wishes to testify on Senate Bill 2139?
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Mar 19th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would say that, uh, there are, uh, other bills in the Senate, uh, that Senate Bill 388 that might create
  • Uh, it, it could be 2 or 3 years and it could be 6 or 7 years.
  • Before that, it was 2 minutes for all the items on the agenda.
  • And so it's just a resolution. But I think it's an important one.
  • To a memorial resolution for Corey Comparator, who was killed.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs - Part 1 Mar 19th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • 2 3 4 On state affairs, come to order, Clerk, call the roll. Chairman King? Here. Vice Chair.
  • There was one, I went to here on a Senate committee last week.
  • Because House Bill 1012 and Senate Bill 88 are even changing things. the three categories. Ma'am.
  • My name is Deborah Simmons and I am for Senate Bill or House Bill 267 in the 1940s, Dr.
  • Senate Bill 391.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 4th, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Senator Albritton, here. >> Senator Allen, here. >> Senator Bell, here. >> Senator Carnley, here
  • . >> Senator Coleman, here. >> Senator Coleman-Madison, here. >> Senator Elliott, here. >> Senator Kelley
  • , here. >> Senator Orr, here. >> Senator Roberts, here. >> Senator Stewart, here. >> Senator Butler,
  • . >> Senator Kelley here. >> Senator Orr here. >> Senator Roberts here. >> Senator Stewart here. >> Senator
  • >> Senator Orur, Senator Roberts, >> Senator Orur, Senator Roberts, >> Senator<00:
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations 2ND REVISED Mar 4th, 2026 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Brooks, Senator Dowsett, Senator Alahar Senator Green, Senator Hicks, Senator Howard, Senator
  • Yak, Senator Green, Senator Hicks, Senator Howard, Senator Yak, Senator Kirt, Senator Pugh, Senator
  • , Senator Weaver, Senator Woods, Senator Haste, Senator Hall, 2 ay's Zero nays, see 2 ay's, and zero
  • Senator Brooks, Dossett, Galahar, Goodwin, Green Senator Pugh, we're ready for round number 2.
  • Thompson, Weaver, OODS, Hasste, Senator Hall, 22, I, 2, nays, 22, I, and two nays.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Joint Resolution 49 by Fetgatter of the House and Murdock of the Senate, a resolution relating
  • Senate Joint Resolution 49 by Fetgatter of the House and Murdock of the Senate, a resolution relating
  • Senate Joint Resolution 52 by Kendricks of the House and Bergstrom of the Senate, a resolution relating
  • Senate Joint Resolution 53 by Kendricks of the House and Bergstrom of the Senate, a resolution relating
  • Senate Joint Resolution 50 by Eves of the House and Bergstrom of the Senate, a resolution relating to
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including the Nurse of the Day and a guest pastor, on the National Day of Prayer. Members also made announcements about prayer activities in the Capitol and welcomed former Speaker Charles McCall to the gallery. The chamber then moved through a long floor calendar of Senate bills, joint resolutions, and a conference committee report, with several measures amended on the floor before final passage. Among the bills passed were SB 1090, a consumer protection measure aimed at giving homeowners time to cancel contracts with predatory door-knocking roofers and contractors; SJR 49, repealing a Wildlife Conservation Commission rule on surety for oil and gas leases; SB 633, a juvenile code measure described as protecting children from fentanyl poisoning; SB 650, a public utilities bill tied to transparency and accountability for state employee salary increases; SB 263, amended to include a “lemonade stand” provision; SB 122, a transportation-related bill on proof of insurance; and SB 1614, creating a teacher induction program, which also received emergency passage. SJR 52 and HJR 1101, both dealing with agency rules, also passed, as did SJR 53 on Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority rules. The most debated item was SB 1884, which would strengthen equal access for school employees to teacher professional organizations and related membership/dues procedures. Supporters argued it would clarify existing law, ensure fair access, and give teachers more choice and legal support; opponents said the problem was compliance with current law, not a need for new statute, and warned against duplicating existing protections. After extended debate, the bill failed 47-44. Members then took up SJR 50, a major Medicaid expansion-related resolution revising earlier trigger language; supporters said it preserved expansion unless federal funding changed and gave lawmakers flexibility, while opponents argued the state had not done enough fiscal analysis before proposing changes. SJR 50 passed 69-18. Finally, the House adopted a conference committee report on HB 3021, consolidating graduation requirements into the ICAP framework and clarifying related school rules, and the bill passed with emergency status.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Senator Parker. Senator Hall. Senator Parker, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr.
  • Senator Parker moves that Senate Bill 1698 as substituted. be reported for everybody the full Senate
  • Senate.
  • Senator Hall moves the Senate Bill 28. I'll take ten. Senator Bettencourt, pardon me.
  • Senator Hall moves that Senate Bill 2819 be reported favorably to the full Senate with the- that it do
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair lays out Senate Bill 2.
  • Thank you, Senator. Senator Paxton has questions and we'll go to Senator Birdwell. Thank you.
  • Thanks, Senator. Thank you, Senator. Thank you.
  • Senator, do we have any questions for Senator Parker on Senate Bill 2334?
  • Thank you, Senator Perry. Senator Birdwell, you are recognized.