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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

06/10/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, members, for the record, Mike Kernbach, Director of School Safety of the Arizona Department of
  • Chair members for the record Mike Kernbach director of school safety of the Arizona Department of Education
  • So the money that is sent to the Department of Health Services for the Alzheimer's State Plan, one of
  • Gretchen Jacobs here on behalf of the Arizona Department of Education.
  • the Department of Public Safety.
US
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  • our great national security enterprise and of the Department of Defense.
  • the Department of Defense.
  • Department of Defense exists to protect.
  • I was recently in the great state of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • legal officer of the Department of Defense.
Summary: The meeting convened with a focus on the scrutiny of various nominations and their implications for national security. Mr. Brandon Williams was nominated as the Undersecretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, drawing attention to the pressing need to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal amid growing threats from other countries. This was echoed in discussions led by committee members who expressed concern over military readiness and the management of military installations, with emphasis on ensuring accountability within the Department of Defense. Public commentary was notably supportive of the nominations, although some concerns were raised regarding the administration's broader strategies.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Justice.
  • and vigilantly defend the rule of law. at the Department of Justice.
  • the civil rights statutes and the priorities of the department. of justice.
  • Biden Department of Justice.
  • Biden Department of Justice was the most lawless and partisan Department of Justice our nation has ever
Summary: The meeting covered important discussions surrounding key nominations in the Department of Justice, specifically for the roles of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and the Office of Legal Policy. Various committee members took turns to express their views on the nominees, emphasizing the implications of their potential confirmation on civil rights enforcement in the country. Alongside the committee discussion, the nominees provided insights into their professional backgrounds and how their experiences align with the responsibilities of the positions for which they have been nominated.
KY
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  • I'm the executive director of the Kentucky Office of A Policy here representing uh Kentucky Department
  • I'm the executive director of the Kentucky Office of A Policy here representing uh Kentucky Department
  • ><c> Department</c><00:01:36.960><c> of</c><00:01:37.119><c> Agriculture</c> Kentucky Department of Agriculture
  • </c><00:02:31.920><c> of</c> have to say about the Department of have to say about the Department of
  • That's where it is in Kentucky is with Kentucky Department of Agriculture.
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government met for its third meeting, approved the minutes, and heard a budget presentation from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Department representatives Brandon Reid, Lee Macintosh, and Mark Bolan outlined the agency’s funding mix and requested support for several priorities in House Bill 500, including continuation of existing items, county fair grants, and an additional $5 million for the new economic development fund. They also discussed a capital request to replace two aging scale trucks, noting the vehicles are from 2002 and 2006 and have become unreliable and expensive to repair. The department emphasized several additional needs: funding to begin regulating and inspecting electric vehicle charging stations through the weights and measures division, retention and recruitment funding after losing 108 employees over three years, and a request to pay off tobacco-related debt service so more money can flow through the tobacco formula. They also cited House Bill 417, filed by Speaker Osborne, as supporting farmland preservation, saying the agency has a program ready but needs funding to implement it. Officials said the farm-to-food-banks and rural mental health items in the budget were acceptable as reduced by the tobacco formula. Members asked questions about pump inspection fees and staffing losses. The department said the inspection fee is $100 per station, not per pump, and that the same fee applies even to larger stations. On retention and recruitment, officials said the cost of turnover is significant but they did not have a dollar estimate. No votes were taken beyond the motion to approve the minutes, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 21st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • In August of 2024, the Texas Department of Transportation recognized the error and passed the minute
  • On January 15th of this year, Sergeant Butler of the Navasota Police Department tragically lost his life
  • House Bill 2455 amends the Luis Bazan: Transportation code regulating the maximum weight of vehicles
  • The bill requires the reporting of vehicle information to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and
  • So Transportation Committee is recessed to the call of the chair. Thank you.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard a series of mostly local transportation and memorial designation bills. Several measures would rename highway segments in honor of fallen service members or public servants, including HB 2026 (Gary C. Johnston memorial highways in Archer County), HB 4429 (McIlroy Family Memorial Highway in Blanco and Burnet counties), SB 3062 (Hamby-Webb Memorial Highway in Panola County), HB 3510 (Sergeant Mark Butler Memorial Highway in Brazos County), and HB 3986 (Corporal Speedy Espiriueta Memorial Highway in Mission). The committee also heard HB 2560, which would create an optional county-road “adopt-a-road” style program allowing donations for county road repair and maintenance. Two bills drew more substantive policy discussion. HB 2427 and HB 2455 concerned oversized/overweight freight corridors and permit authority in Hidalgo County tied to cross-border trade near the FARR International Bridge. Supporters, including the bridge director, said the measures would correct prior road descriptions, put existing TxDOT actions into statute, improve truck routing, and support trade and bridge expansion. The committee substitute for HB 2427 also removed Roma permit language, barred certain hazardous-material permits, raised permit fees, required local cost responsibility for road maintenance, and made the bill contingent on SB 2949. HB 5436 would allow licensed automotive recyclers to buy certain older, long-unregistered vehicles for dismantling or scrap without a title, with reporting, lienholder notice, and anti-theft safeguards; recyclers and dealers supported it as a way to curb illegal untitled-vehicle sales and VIN cloning. HB 3966, authored by Sen. Alvarado, was the most contested bill. It would require commercial passenger bus companies to mail advance notice to residents within one mile before opening a new stop or terminal. Alvarado said the bill responded to the relocation of a Greyhound terminal into a Houston neighborhood without notice and to resulting crime and nuisance concerns. Greyhound opposed the bill, arguing the notice requirement would be burdensome and could delay emergency relocations during hurricanes, flooding, or lease changes. After testimony, the committee voted to report most bills favorably, with HB 3966 passing on a 5-2 vote; the other reported bills passed unanimously. Several bills were also placed on the local and uncontested calendar, and the committee recessed to the call of the chair.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 10th, 2026 at 04:43 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that’s the primary purpose of this bill in front of you.
  • I'm here on behalf of NAMI New Mexico in support of SB 20.
  • A lot of it is being focused around this Genesis Mission between the Department of Energy, Department
  • of Defense, or Department of War, DARPA, and others.
  • This mission between the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Department of War, DARPA, and others
Bills: SB20 , SB21 , SB166 , SB177 , SB181 , SB189 , SM6
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • That law also contains a number of exceptions, three of which pertain to the employment of the municipal
  • The departments of ecology and fish and wildlife may condition the issuance of certain environmental
  • And we're kind of taking that holistic approach to these types of bills this session.
  • My name is Erica Odom, and I'm the deputy director of governmental affairs at the Department of Natural
  • And of course, the United States imports 25% of the world’s timber, and actually 60% of that comes in
Bills: SB5930 , SB6075 , SB6216 , SB6233
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Feb 3rd, 2026

Commerce and Small Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's been a lot of background. This bill was introduced last year.
  • of rights over that we have over our data, but also the responsibilities these companies have and how
  • of rights over that we have over our data, but also the responsibilities these companies have and how
  • And everybody will have a copy of the substitute at least 24 hours before we meet. >> My hope is have
  • So, this bill will make it to where there's more definition of what peer-to-peer car sharing is.
Bills: HB351 , SB109 , HB351 , SB109
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the trade of my father.
  • And you lose One of your journeyman plumbers, you've lost a third of your company.
  • other trades, because of one group that has stopped it, and they know a lot of people in this building
  • pay that claims essentially out of that and keep that cost off of my insurance company.
  • I do not believe it will be anywhere as close to the length of our AMB committee that many of us will
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the immediate fiscal impact.
  • HB 3038 allows the tourism and recreation department employees to earn a commission on the sales of advertising
  • and things like that to help advertise for the department of tourism.
  • staff that we do have in the department of tourism that would make a considerable amount more working
  • The size of the task force This is indicative of the number of agencies that actually touch on workforce
OK
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  • and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the State Department of Health.
  • Senate Bill 1164 by Caldwell of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the Department of
  • of the House and Hall of the Senate, relating to the Department of Public Safety.
  • the Department of Human Services.
  • to the Oklahoma Department of Forestry.
OK
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  • Department of Health.
  • Well, Trey, of the House, and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the State Department of Health.
  • relating to the Department of Public Safety.
  • relating to the Department of Human Services.
  • Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the Department of Human Services.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions, including the Oklahoma Elks Lodge Association, Guthrie Day visitors, students from Sanger Ridge Elementary and Stillwater, and multiple honored guests and athletic teams. The chamber also heard a farewell speech from Representative Dale Kerbs reflecting on his 10 years in the House, his committee work, staff, family, and major policy changes during his tenure. A concurrent resolution recognizing the YMCA on its 175th anniversary was also adopted. The bulk of the meeting focused on a series of Senate bills carrying joint committee reports, many of them appropriations or retirement-related measures. The House passed bills providing COLAs or related benefit changes for judicial retirees (SB 1148), firefighters (SB 1147), police retirees (SB 1146), public employees (SB 1145), and teachers (SB 1144), along with a one-time stipend for a small group of retired police and firefighters who missed prior increases (SB 1149). Members asked questions about pension solvency, tiered COLA structures, and whether any bills reduced state contributions; the sponsors generally said the systems were stable or that future legislatures would retain oversight. The House also passed limits bills for the Health Care Authority (SB 1161), State Department of Health (SB 1162), Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (SB 1164), Department of Human Services (SB 1163), Public Safety (SB 1165), Agriculture (SB 1166), and the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (SB 1175 and SB 1176). Several other measures were approved with little or no debate, including appropriations for remediation assistance (SB 1159), a Pardon and Parole Board pay increase (SB 1156), funding for the Office of Juvenile Affairs to ensure juveniles receive prescribed medication (SB 1158), a new OSBI cybercrimes and fraud unit (SB 1157), and OMES provisions for Pay for Success and a public contract-spending database (SB 1167). The House also passed a school bill adding 20 minutes of recess for K-5 students, with members joking about recess for legislators as well. Most bills passed with strong bipartisan margins, and several emergency clauses were adopted by the required two-thirds vote. The House then recalled HB 1933 from engrossing and enrolling and adjourned until Monday, April 20, 2026.
KY
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  • Um, but this formula takes all of our transportation of students to and from school and we work through
  • But this formula takes all of our transportation of students to and from school and we work through a
  • c><00:10:16.560><c> from</c> transportation of students to and from transportation of students to and
  • the enterprise collections from the Department of Revenue.
  • I'm the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the September 17 meeting, and heard a presentation from Kentucky Department of Education staff on SEEK school funding and KDE on-behalf payments. KDE explained recent SEEK changes, including the guaranteed base per-pupil amount, attendance-based calculations, second-month and January growth, the 2022 change funding kindergarten at 100% instead of 50%, and the existing add-ons for at-risk students, exceptional children, limited English learners, home/hospital instruction, and transportation. Staff also reviewed tier one funding, noting the 2024 increase from 15% to 17.5% and explaining that eligibility depends on local tax effort and property wealth. They also described Senate Bill 6 from the 2025 session as a reporting proposal to include on-behalf costs in education spending totals. KDE staff then outlined on-behalf payments made for districts, including roughly $458 million for Teachers Retirement System contributions, $942 million for health insurance, about $12 million for technology costs, and additional SFCC debt service outside KDE’s appropriation, for a total of about $1.5 billion. Members asked how a future Senate Bill 6 would affect local contributions and whether folding on-behalf payments into SEEK would shift costs among districts. KDE and Senator Gibbons clarified that the bill was intended only as a reporting mechanism and would not change local contribution or district payments; it would simply present a broader total of state education investment. The discussion also noted that Kentucky’s reported SEEK amount alone does not capture all state education spending. Members raised questions about home and hospital instruction data, saying local concerns suggest growth in some communities even if statewide numbers appear stable. KDE said the statewide figure has been relatively consistent but offered to provide district-level trend data. Co-Chair Petrie also asked about the accuracy of SEEK projections and on-behalf calculations, referencing prior concerns from the Office of Education Accountability. KDE responded that it works with the state budget director’s office in a consensus forecasting process and has been reviewing demographic and property-assessment data, including exceptional child counts, to improve forecast accuracy.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 13

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He is president of the Hawaii Society of Naturopathic Physicians.
  • ><c> Society</c><00:13:57.760><c> of</c> president of the Hawaii Society of president of the Hawaii Society
  • </c> Can we give them a round of applause? Can we give them a round of applause?
  • </c> please stand for a round of applause? please stand for a round of applause?
  • </c> Top of page 15. Report number 180-26. Top of page 15.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • McMahon has the tall task of reforming the Department of Education that has lost its purpose. purpose
  • McMahon demonstrated a strong vision for the Department of Education.
  • They fought the King of England, which now takes us back to the Department of Education.
  • That we are living in a time of massive income and wealth inequality and the Department of Education
  • And that is what a lot of what the Department of Education does. Is it a perfect entity? No.
Summary: The meeting of the legislative committee encompassed discussions on key bills including HB22, SB4, and HB2214, with significant focus on the implications surrounding the Department of Education. Members expressed varying opinions on the nomination of Ms. McMahon to lead the department, underlining the need for reform and accountability. The committee witnessed passionate exchanges regarding educational values and the responsibilities of the federal government versus local authorities. Public testimonies contributed to the discussions, highlighting the community's concerns about educational policies and their impact on students from diverse backgrounds.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, it allows EMS service providers to treat low-acuity patients instead of transporting. sure that we
  • Uh, also part of treating in place in rural settings, you could have a pickup truck or a non-transport
  • Data collection: EMS providers shall submit annually to the Alabama Department of Public Health a report
  • The Alabama Department of Public Health shall contract with a consultant with expertise in health care
  • this</c><00:10:31.200><c> program</c> state of Alabama to have this program state of Alabama to have
Bills: SB9 , HB400 , SB9 , HB400
Committee: House Health
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 30th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Workplace Standards

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  • or termination on the basis of the worker being a member of a protected class. ...of action for discrimination
  • This is also agency request from the Department of Labor and Industries.
  • All of those will be exempt under this piece of legislation.
  • This bill is, we're trying to modernize communication with the Department of Labor and Industries, allowing
  • This was one of their priority pieces of legislation this year.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 15

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

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  • All of your House of Representatives.
  • of Hawaiian Affairs was part of that presentation.
  • Office of Hawaiian Affairs was part of that presentation.
  • I look forward to working with you folks to ensure a dedicated source of revenue for the department and
  • revenue for the dedicated um, source of revenue for the department<00:37:09.520><c> and</c><00:37:09.760