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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-LBT, TRS-EDT, TRS Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This authorizes administrative driver's license revocation hearings to be conducted using interactive
  • This authorizes administrative driver's license revocation hearings to be conducted using interactive
  • Um, so that gives you a rough order of magnitude.
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Summary: The joint committees on Transportation, Labor and Technology, and later Transportation and Economic Development and Tourism, heard several bills. SB 2573 would allow administrative driver’s license revocation hearings to be held by interactive conference technology such as Zoom and permit electronic exchange of evidence. The chief adjudicator for the ADLRO supported it as a non-mandatory option that has worked well since 2021, improving attendance and saving time and money; DOT also supported it. The committees voted to pass SB 2573 with technical, non-substantive amendments. SB 3215 would make permanent the requirement that securing mooring lines at commercial docks be performed by labor subject to collective bargaining by repealing the sunset date in existing harbor safety law. DOT did not submit testimony, and the chair noted support from longshore labor. The committees voted to pass SB 3215 unamended. The committees also heard SB 2693, which authorizes $15 million in general obligation bonds for planning, design, and construction of a 50,000-square-foot aerospace hangar and related facilities at Hilo International Airport. A Phoenix Space executive testified in support, saying Hawaii and Hilo have geographic advantages and that the project could support aerospace investment and jobs; several other organizations and individuals submitted supportive testimony. Committee members questioned whether federal matching funds or airport capacity existed, and DOT said it had no assurance of federal participation and would need to check on capacity and potential users. The hearing then moved to SB 2698, which would create a cruise ship special fund and impose a per-passenger head fee on cruise ships docking in state commercial harbors while repealing the existing cruise ship TAT framework effective January 1, 2026. DOT supported the bill but requested amendments to clarify that the new fee is in addition to existing passenger, port entry, and dockage fees and to raise the fee from $6.50 to $10; DOT said the higher amount would better fund harbor improvements such as shore power. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings testified in support but said the added fee would significantly increase costs, while a local ship supply business supported the cruise industry and opposed the TAT approach, saying cruise activity benefits local farmers and jobs. No final vote on SB 2698 was taken in the excerpt provided.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 10th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Rules will now come to order. Cindy, please call the roll. Chair Passidomo.
  • And I don't think—I mean, I can't speak for the authors of the bill.
  • I certainly hope I can speak for the authors of the bill.
  • I don't think, I mean, I can't speak for the authors of the bill.
  • The bill defines temporary door locking devices and the criteria it must meet.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with CS for CS for SB 54, which requires district medical examiners to perform toxicology screenings for psychotropic drugs and intoxicating substances in autopsies of violent offenders and report findings to state agencies. It was reported favorably after brief discussion about how the data would be used. CS for SB 176 also passed, requiring public postsecondary institutions to make campus safety reporting and response procedures clearer and more accessible for students, faculty, and staff who receive threats. Both bills were approved without opposition in the meeting. The committee then took up the large Florida Farm Bill, CS for CS for CS for SB 290, which drew extensive testimony and multiple amendments. The bill includes changes to fair associations, a preemption on local restrictions affecting gas- and diesel-powered farm equipment, surplus of certain state-owned lands for agricultural use, a food animal veterinary loan repayment program, permanent authorization for Farmers Feeding Florida, expanded Florida Forest Service training, a ban on signal jamming devices, tougher CDL English-proficiency penalties, protections for food safety inspectors, biosolids provisions, and contractor payment enforcement. Amendments expanded veterinary loan eligibility to equine veterinarians, merged citrus research entities, made technical corrections, and revised contractor payment language; a late-filed amendment removed the bill’s disparagement clause after significant First Amendment concerns and public testimony. A separate amendment delayed biosolids compliance deadlines. The bill was reported favorably as amended. Also approved were CS for CS for SB 834, which repeals a restriction on health care sharing ministries partnering with licensed insurance agents, while adding a disclaimer requirement; SB 936, allowing temporary door locking devices at any height above the floor and directing the Building Commission to add standards to the code; and CS for SB 50, expanding veterans’ courts statewide. Later, CS for CS for SB 1004 advanced with a strike-all regulating dog and cat sales, requiring disclosure of medical records and financing terms, a three-day waiting period for financed purchases, and consumer protections against deceptive pet sales; an amendment removed an appropriation section. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 178, which directs the FHSAA to adopt rules allowing coaches to provide limited good-faith support to student-athletes, and CS for CS for SB 198, regulating virtual currency kiosks with registration, warnings, transaction limits, receipts, and refund protections. Each of these bills was reported favorably by recorded vote.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • With that objection, that'll be the order. Mr. Chairman, you're recognized to present your bill.
  • They have a resume of courses taken, and what they made in the end product is they in order to qualify
  • House Bill 369 would allow a potential charter school board to apply to the charter school authorizer
  • And they would prefer to be able to choose out of all of the approved authorizers that we have in the
  • Whenever we have a long list of potential authorizers that they're that they could be authorized through
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 19th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Oftentimes these trucks, in order to cut down on the amount or number of extortion payments that they
  • Uh, design bid build and see what the progress is, the change orders and what have you.
  • We've tried to order the metal plates.
  • This bill would authorize, not require a commissioner's court to petition a municipality.
  • And fourth, it clarifies the $10 dealer temporary license plate fee is a one-time charge.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This clarifies all that and gives the local government... has the authority to do that if they so choose
  • The state has been spending something on the order of $35 million a year to pay the order of $35 million
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 24th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Transportation will come to order. Clerk will call the roll here. Perez here.
  • The Coast Guard fully authorizes the Galveston, Texas pilots to handle vessels of unlimited size.
  • Well, um, I mean, in a nutshell, the, the, the, the authority that oversees the Houston pilots.
  • Well, they have the authority until someone challenges it. I, I can't answer that question.
  • People want to testify for or against chair here is no chair recognize the author.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 24th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • They don't have the authority to use this. They don't have the authority, so you...
  • So let's start with the authority. The authority is the state. The state created HCTRA.
  • So this is a county toll road authority, but this is unlike any other county toll road authority that
  • There's no taxing authority over those people.
  • On counsel to the Harris County Toll Road Authority.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 24th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The committee on transportation will come to order. Call the roll. Craddock. Here. Perez. Here.
  • I am the author on this bill alongside Representative Troxler, who represents the portion of the highway
  • I'd like to clear up an issue I've heard some confusion about: the Coast Guard fully authorizes the Galveston-Texas
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I call the State Government Finance and Policy Committee meeting to order on this March 27th, 2025.
  • Forward authority in the executive branch with the existing carry forward authority in the legislative
  • Okay, seeing none, apologies, Chair Pinto, for going out of order.
  • , settlement, or other final court order.
  • This is an authority that county attorneys already have.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Authority called HISA. Authority called HISA.
  • Would you Pinto, for going out of order.
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  • settlement, or other final court order. settlement, or other final court order.
  • This is an authority financial records.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Feb 12th, 2026

Fiscal Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Fiscal Policy will now come to order.
  • And finally, the bill enables ACA to adopt rules and standards in order to enforce this.
  • 4-2 to authorize the use of nature-based solutions and hybrid infrastructure in state preserves.
  • , the discretionary nature of creating an admitted clearinghouse, and the... ...oversight authority,
  • Seeing none, so ordered. Motion adopted. Is there any other business before the committee?
Summary: The Committee on Fiscal Policy met and reported a series of bills favorably, covering health care, public safety, insurance, coastal resilience, juvenile justice, drowning prevention, transportation designations, and beach management. Senator Harrell presented CS/SB 68, requiring hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, designated pediatric readiness personnel, and participation in a national readiness assessment; it passed. Harrell also presented CS/SB 340, requiring nursing students to complete two hours of human trafficking identification training before licensure; it also passed. Senator Sharif’s CS/SB 32 and SB 210, creating a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person and the related public records bill, were both reported favorably. Senator Garcia’s CS/CS/SB 302 on nature-based coastal resiliency, Senator Jones’s SB 418 on law enforcement interaction with individuals with autism and the Blue Envelope Program, and Senator Martin’s CS/SB 1734 updating juvenile probation and detention officer definitions and related cost-share language were also approved. The committee then took up several drowning-prevention measures. CS/SB 606 by Senator Smith would add drowning prevention and safe bathing education to postpartum materials and direct the Department of Health to create standardized materials; an amendment removed a records-retention requirement, and the bill passed. SB 428 by Senator Yarborough would expand the state swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7; it received strong support from advocates, including a young swim instructor and autism advocates, and passed. The committee also approved CS/SB 246, a specialty license plate bill that was amended to include the UFC plate and a First Responders’ Resiliency Foundation plate, and CS/SB 1028, which revises Citizens Property Insurance and clearinghouse procedures to prioritize admitted carriers and prohibit public funds for the clearinghouse; that bill drew discussion about market competition, Citizens’ exposure, and potential impacts on policyholders. Additional measures reported favorably included SB 628, designating a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as Warrior Sacrifice Way to honor the sailors killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack, and CS/SB 636 on beach management, which would create a proactive pathway for coastal communities to obtain erosion-related designations and align with federal programs. Beach industry testimony supported the bill’s intent but raised concerns about perpetual easements and funding shortfalls. At the end of the meeting, members recorded additional votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, any questions of the author? Thank you. Members, any questions of the author?
  • Without objection, it is so ordered.
  • Members' questions of the author. Members' questions of the author.
  • Hearing none, it is so ordered.
  • Hearing none, it is so ordered.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Any other questions for the author on the committee substitute?
  • Any other questions for the author on the committee substitute?
  • Without objection, so ordered.
  • Without objection, so ordered.
  • It is so ordered. Now, Mr.
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs met with a quorum present and considered several pending measures. On Senate Bill 1868, Senator Perry explained a committee substitute that would keep kratom in its natural state legal while continuing to ban 7-OH and other synthetic derivatives, and would also add three synthetic opioids from another bill. The substitute was adopted, and SB 1868 was reported favorably to the full Senate and certified for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted a committee substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 39, Senator Birdwell’s proposed constitutional amendment related to veto overrides after a regular session, and reported it favorably to the full Senate; members noted a floor amendment would also be offered later. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1184, relating to the age of wine authorized to be sold by a wine collection seller, and reported it favorably to the full Senate. After some procedural discussion and a revote to clarify members’ positions, SB 1184 was also certified for the local and uncontested calendar. Senate Bill 1194 was likewise certified for the local and uncontested calendar without objection, though the transcript does not include its substantive discussion. Senate Bill 1577, relating to the temporary sale of alcoholic beverages at certain racing facilities, was reported favorably to the full Senate and then certified for the local and uncontested calendar. Finally, Senate Concurrent Resolution 42, by Chairman Hughes, was reported favorably to the full Senate on an 8-1 vote. The committee then recessed until called back by the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Apr 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, any questions for the author? Thanks for this bill.
  • Any questions for the author? Farewell.
  • Senators, any other questions for the author or for Senator Paxton on behalf of the author?
  • Are there any other questions for the author or for Senator Paxton on behalf of the author on this bill
  • Members, any questions for the author? All right.
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on several bills, with most measures left pending after public testimony closed. SB 801, by Sen. Menéndez, would require DSHS and local clerks to issue birth certificates at no cost to people experiencing homelessness. The author and Maria Benavides of SA Youth said the fee and mailing requirements are major barriers to obtaining ID, housing, and work, and Benavides described clients who were able to secure housing and employment after getting birth records and IDs through her program. The bill was left pending. The committee also heard a set of bills related to the Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of America naming issue: SB 1410 would require state agencies to use “Gulf of Mexico” in official documents, SB 1717 would conform state law to the federal renaming to “Gulf of America,” and SJR 63 would amend the Texas Constitution to match that change. Support testimony for the latter two emphasized alignment with federal action and the use of different geographic names by different countries. All three measures were left pending. Members then heard SB 1200, which would require plaintiffs suing defense contractors to disclose in discovery whether they are receiving litigation funding from adversarial nations such as China, Russia, or Cuba. The author and Texans for Lawsuit Reform said the bill targets third-party litigation funding and foreign influence on lawsuits, especially those affecting defense contractors; the committee substitute narrowed the definition of defense contractor and expanded applicability to actions involving defense contractors’ activities. SB 2626, which requires continuing medical education on pregnancy-related emergencies for OB-GYN physicians and nurses, drew support from witnesses who said it would reduce confusion about Texas abortion law and improve care in emergencies. SB 506, SB 2681, SB 1862, SB 1863, and SB 2216 all focused on elections, including ballot language standards, voter registration challenges, interstate voter-roll cleanup, procedural audits, and election equipment security; testimony split between supporters who said the bills improve transparency and integrity and opponents who warned of vague standards, added costs, and possible voter disenfranchisement. Each of those bills was left pending after testimony.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That'll be the order.
  • That'll be the order. I declare the bill to be advanced.
  • Could the author understand it's plain and simple?
  • That'll be the order. Will there be changes?
  • The order: I declare the bill to be advanced.