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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 7th, 2026 at 06:52 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it is an area that needs a lot of resources and it does need a lot of programs.
  • housing.
  • We need a just transition now.
  • We need a dress transition now.
  • And I do believe we do need clean air. We need clean water.
Bills: SB12 , SB36 , SB92 , SB120 , SB133 , SB151 , SB18 , SB96
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:42 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Housing Act.
  • , Yes Housing, and Albuquerque... we acknowledge the urgent need in the state of New Mexico and that
  • The realtors stand in support of this bill because it's well known that New Mexico needs more housing
  • If we don't have housing for these workers that are needed for these companies that are wishing to grow
  • And why do we need Senate Bill 60? Why do we need tax reform?
Bills: SB36 , SB88 , SB92 , SB97 , SB48 , SB55 , SB58 , SB76 , SB93 , SB89 , SB60
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It doesn't need to be this way.
  • So we need the services. We need the money there to get us services that we can use.
  • So we need the services. We need the money there to get us services that we can do with.
  • They’re not needed.
  • I need the tools.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill also defines basic medical care needs.
  • It also removes the definition of basic medical care needs.
  • A youth may not receive assistance from both the pilot program and Commerce housing pilot housing programs
  • It needs to be in Washington State.
  • Occasionally, somebody needs to use the restroom.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Jan 20th, 2026

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • He'll need medical and full-time home care for the rest of his life. The City of St.
  • Senators, we just need to... would allow for that.
  • Senators, we just need to. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • We recognize the need for a more streamlined refund process for impact fees.
  • And on the flood walls, we do need to add the word temporary in the Senate bill.
Bills: S0014 , S0016 , S0024 , S0168 , S0288 , S0548 , S0686 , S0830 , S1138 , S1234
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of local claims, public records, growth management, permitting, and nuisance bills. It first heard and approved SB 16, SB 14, and SB 24, all uncontested claims bills providing relief related to injuries or settlements involving the City of St. Petersburg and Miami-Dade County. The committee also approved SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, which narrows statutory language to protect co-op decisions on generation and power purchases while preserving consumer protections, and SB 830, which creates a public records exemption for certain personal information of county and city managers and their families due to reported threats against local officials. Members then considered SB 1138 on qualified contractors and development review, which would create a registry of licensed professionals to help local governments process pre-application reviews and plats more quickly. Local government groups raised concerns about preemption and preserving quasi-judicial authority, while private-provider supporters backed the bill; Senator Sharief voted no, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 168, expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses and increasing penalties, and SB 686 on agricultural enclaves, which revises the enclave process, adds a public hearing path, limits it to certain residential projects in urban service areas, and was amended to change a date to June 30, 2026 before being reported favorably. The committee next approved CS for SB 548 on growth management and impact fees, which clarifies plan-based methodology, extraordinary circumstances, interlocal agreements, and refund procedures for improper fee collections. Testimony reflected support for clearer standards but also concerns about fee increases and refund administration. Finally, SB 1234 on building permits and inspections was reported favorably; it would extend permit validity, exempt some low-value work from permitting, create a statewide residential permit form, speed review timelines, and expand private-provider use, drawing opposition from a Miami-Dade building official who argued for continued local oversight and support from private-provider advocates. Senator Jones requested to be recorded as voting affirmatively on several tabs and negatively on tab 9, and the committee adjourned after all bills were disposed of.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/11/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> being assessed. Thank you, Mr. Chair. being assessed. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • Special needs.
  • Kaufman, we need you. &gt;&gt; Mr. Kaufman, we need you.
  • We do need to move.
  • We do need to move.
Bills: HF3698 , HF3067 , HF3730
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Postsecondary Education Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Postsecondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • To present House Bill 3700, thank you, Madam Chair.
  • If it's a, how do we deal with housing?
  • People need to sit at the tables; they need to be able to eat.
  • that says that they need security.
  • Need to do more work on that front.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Postsecondary Education Feb 10th, 2026

Postsecondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • To present House Bill 3700. Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • People need to sit at the tables. They need to be able to eat.
  • People need to sit at the tables. They need to be able to eat. So I'm getting...
  • People need to sit at the tables. They need to be able to eat.
  • Members, House Bill 3315 was...
Summary: The House Postsecondary Education Committee met and considered several higher education bills. HB 3700, by Rep. Chad Caldwell, would require public college grades to be based only on academic criteria, including attendance, and not on students’ opinions, beliefs, or conduct outside the classroom. Supporters said it formalizes an existing expectation and protects free speech; opponents raised concerns about local control and whether it was a response to a specific incident. The bill passed 6-2. The committee also passed HB 3379, a “ban-the-box” style bill by Rep. Ranson that would bar colleges from asking about felony history before admission, with exceptions for sex-related felonies and post-admission follow-up on housing, payment, and degree planning. Members questioned campus safety and whether violent offenses should be excluded, but the bill advanced 6-2. Rep. West’s HB 3129, prohibiting public institutions from charging security fees to student groups based on the content of their expression, passed 7-1 after discussion about whether schools could still assess security costs based on event size or risk. His HB 3132, which would limit the use of DEI-related practices in accreditation and require annual reporting on accreditors, also passed 6-3. Rep. Eves’ HB 3315, directing a feasibility study on three-year bachelor’s degrees, passed unanimously 9-0. Rep. Woolley’s HB 2950, as amended, would prevent extra admissions requirements for students from unaccredited backgrounds, address Oklahoma’s Promise requirements for homeschoolers, and allow OLAP applications up to age 18; it passed 7-2. Finally, Vice Chair Wolfley’s HB 3242, aimed at protecting women’s privacy in restrooms, locker rooms, showers, shelters, and correctional facilities, passed 6-2 after extensive questioning about how it would apply to transgender individuals and safety concerns for both women and trans people.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Apr 7th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do non-publics need an accountability measure?
  • House Bill 1404 has passed. House Bill 1404 has passed. Thank you, Senator Axtman, will carry.
  • All right, let's move on to everyone's favorite: House Bill 1363.
  • Let's take a look at everyone's favorite: House Bill 1363.
  • House Bill 1363. Chairman, we voted on one amendment already.
Bills: HB1404
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with six members present and first took up House Bill 1404, which would update North Dakota scholarship eligibility language by allowing the NDA Plus assessment to be used in place of ACT scores in certain pathways. The Department of Public Instruction explained that the bill does not eliminate the ACT entirely, but removes outdated references tied to ACT accountability testing that will no longer apply after this year’s seniors graduate. Members discussed how the change affects public and nonpublic schools, then voted 6-0 to give HB 1404 a do pass recommendation. The committee then returned to House Bill 1363, a bill dealing with school emergency response planning and automatic external defibrillators. Members adopted an amendment clarifying that the requirements apply to school-owned facilities and grounds, replacing language about school events and venues, and revising the planning language for school-based events not held on school-owned property. The committee also debated whether the bill should be mandatory or permissive; a motion to change “shall” to “may” failed, with members noting the bill’s liability protections. The committee then voted 5-1 to pass HB 1363 as amended, with Senator Gerhardt carrying the bill. Before recessing, the chair noted that House Bill 1533 would be taken up later in the day after additional information from DPI was received.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Two of those bills are the same, basically a House version and a Senate version.
  • Basically, a House version and a Senate version. What we're going to do is carry those over.
  • It's always good to be back down with friends from my former House colleagues. ...always good to be back
  • down with friends in the House.
Bills: HB245 , HB278 , SB59 , SB78
Committee: House Health
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 1662 requires that probation conditions be based on an individualized risk assessment and needs assessment
  • Requires that probation conditions be based on an individualized risk assessment and needs assessment
  • SB 1662 requires that probation conditions be based on an individualized risk assessment and needs assessment
  • . requires that probation conditions be based on an individualized risk assessment and needs assessment
  • Do you need a timer? No. I need to know if someone's signed in RTS or needs to follow the sheet.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Apr 7th, 2026

Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets

Transcript Highlights:
  • , removing infrastructure barriers that can delay or prevent much-needed housing production.
  • These funds will help much-needed housing projects become a reality and ensure that we can support housing
  • These funds will help much-needed housing projects become a reality, and ensure that we will help much-needed
  • housing projects become a reality, and ensure These funds will help much-needed housing projects become
  • A lot of them have housing needs. It's not just Eastern Mass.
Bills: H5279
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/11/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> the needs to governing. the needs to governing.
  • </c> support of house file 4077. support of house file 4077.
  • </c> will come to House File 3886. will come to House File 3886.
  • </c><01:23:52.080><c> Fiscal</c> who could answer it, House Fiscal who could answer it, House Fiscal
  • Now our government needs to stand.
Bills: HF4077 , HF3798 , HF3886
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Fri Jan 30, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> need to be properly cited and that needs need to be properly cited and that needs to<00:37:32.800
  • </c> support of House Bill6003. support of House Bill6003.
  • On the marketing side, DAB believes the need identified by House Bill 1606 can be addressed by providing
  • the need identified by H House believes the need identified by H House Bill<00:51:29.920><c> 1606</c>
  • </c> workforce housing. workforce housing.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Insurance Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • . ...and see our needs and provide for each and every one of them.
  • We'll take as much time to discuss as the committee members need to, so if there's something you need
  • If you need a bill on the agenda, always, of course, come see us.
  • I have House Bill 106.
  • We're in the process of discussing the bill now, so do we need to do a motion?
Bills: SB96 , SB97 , SB130 , HB230 , SB154 , SB93 , SB99 , SB96 , SB97 , SB130 , HB230 , SB154 , SB93 , SB99
Committee: House Insurance
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • It'll be housed at LSB. I'm happy to answer any questions.
  • There is the Block Boundary Suggestion Program, which is housed really through the Oklahoma House, through
  • Representative Dempsey with House Bill 3661. Representative Dempsey with House Bill 3661.
  • Oh, I need to vote. To clear the vote.
  • House Bill 3986. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. House Bill 3986 merely extends a pre-existing sunset.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Feb 24th, 2026

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • It'll be housed at LSB. I'm happy to answer any questions.
  • The Block Boundary Suggestion Program, which is housed really through the Oklahoma House, through Tricia
  • All right, House Bill 2021.
  • Oh, I need to vote to clear the vote.
  • House Bill 3986. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. House Bill 3986 merely extends a pre-existing sunset.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with HB 3622 and HB 3621, both related to census and state data functions. HB 3622, as amended, removed direct appropriation language and would let Department of Commerce staff carry out census-related duties such as updating local census addresses and upgrading technology. HB 3621 would recreate the State Data Center at the Legislative Service Bureau to coordinate census-related programs across agencies such as Commerce, Tax, and others; both bills received unanimous or near-unanimous support and were reported out due pass. A lengthy portion of the meeting focused on HB 3151, which would redefine instructional days so that only time students are actually in the classroom counts toward the instructional minimum, excluding professional development and parent-teacher conference time. The author argued the bill would close Oklahoma’s instructional-time gap and improve outcomes, while members raised concerns about funding, teacher pay, contract negotiations, and how districts would absorb the change. After debate, the bill passed 19-7. The committee also advanced HB 3706, which sets minimum elementary math instruction standards and expands math screening requirements, and HB 3708, which would allow private schools to use scholarship-granting organization funds for capital improvements to increase instructional capacity; both drew questions about funding, scheduling, and the scope of the programs but were reported out due pass. Other measures approved included HB 3661, extending a sunset on a timber equipment tax provision; HB 3882, creating a revolving fund for ODOT’s lake access and industrial access grants; HB 4273, extending a tax credit to certain aerospace engineers at an ARM 1 higher education institution; HB 3644, tied to medical training and best practices after a fatal misdiagnosis; HB 2021, creating a DHS grant program for out-of-school programming, with discussion centered on whether it would effectively favor Boys and Girls Clubs and exclude other providers; HB 3986, extending a sunset; and HB 3972, cleanup language related to the Comanche County prison purchase. Most bills passed with strong support, and the meeting adjourned after the final votes.