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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 6th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • What this legislation does is it creates a permissive form.
  • What this legislation does is it creates a permissive form.
  • That's the benefit to talking prior to committee about legislation.
  • This legislation really is aligned to what the U.S.
  • This legislation puts a process in place for institutions to appeal, This legislation puts a process
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Municipal Apr 29th, 2026

Municipal

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to do an amendment because right now the current legislators, there's a legislative appointment
  • There's a legislative appointment from Senate District 37 and 39 and House District 4.
  • We have already established the Administrative Hearing Bureau under the legislation as it exists.
  • This is the same exact legislation that you've enacted in the past for the City of Monroe, for DeRidder
  • They've submitted a letter of support for this piece of legislation.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules Apr 23rd, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would go through our constitutional legislative process.
  • That would be up to the T-SET board, which remains intact under this legislation.
  • It could also be funded by the legislative control of this new fund as well.
  • It would go through our constitutional legislative process.
  • It could also be funded by the legislative control of this new fund as well.
Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 3711, which was described as a work in progress aimed at increasing transparency for taxpayers about instructional expenditures in school bond communications. Members questioned whether the bill changed what districts may bond for, and the author said it did not alter the bond process, only added communications. After title was struck, the bill passed committee 13-5. House Bill 4104, dealing with repeat peeping Tom and clandestine recording offenses, was presented with an amendment adding conduct involving three or more separate victims as a basis for felony treatment. The amendment was adopted after questions about its legal basis and a recent court decision. The bill as amended then passed committee unanimously, 18-0. The committee also took up House Joint Resolution 1077, which would send to voters a proposal to move $1 billion from the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust corpus into a new Oklahoma’s Futures Trust Fund. The proponent said the T-SET board would remain in place, the corpus would stay protected, and annual earnings from the new fund would be split between reinvestment and legislative appropriations for health and education. Opponents argued the measure would shift money from an independent endowment to a politically controlled process and could weaken existing T-SET programs. After debate, the resolution passed committee 14-4. Finally, House Bill 3327 proposed expanding the State Board of Education from seven to nine members, with appointments divided among the governor, speaker, and president pro tem, and allowing removal only for cause. Members raised questions about geographic representation and vacancy appointments, but the bill passed as amended 15-2. House Bill 3329, a trailer bill related to sunset legislation, added a July 1, 2027 sunset for the Board of Psychological Examiners after concerns about its handling of a complaint and a recent court ruling; it passed as amended 14-2, and the committee then adjourned.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And hopefully, on a national landscape, we'll be able to have some legislation soon that'll then allow
  • If you can't read them together, then try to look at the legislative intent. Yield for questions.
  • And you talk to teachers who are just so thankful for this piece of legislation.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And hopefully on a national landscape, we'll be able to have some legislation soon that will then allow
  • If you can't read them together, then try to look at the legislative intent.
  • If you can't read them together, then try to look at the legislative intent.
  • And you talk to teachers who are just so thankful for this piece of legislation.
  • And you talk to teachers who are just so thankful for this piece of legislation.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and spent much of the day on recognitions and special presentations, including Capitol Cowboy Day honoring Oklahoma State University, the Doctor and Nurse of the Day, Miss Oklahoma Teen Taylor Meeks, military families for Purple Up for Military Kids Day, and several visiting groups in the galleries. During the OSU presentation, university leaders highlighted OSU’s agricultural research and asked for support for an upcoming agronomy research bill, and Coach Eric Morris was welcomed as the new head football coach. The chamber then took up Senate Resolution 31, designating April 15 as Purple Up for Military Kids Day in Oklahoma, which was presented with remarks about the sacrifices of military children and families and the significance of wearing purple. The Senate also advanced and passed several measures, including bills dealing with duplicate statutory sections and statutory interpretation, a negotiated oil and gas bill, the True Grit Trail, nitric oxide sales to minors, foster care and juvenile transition documents, a paraprofessional certification change, an Indian education council sunset extension, veterans’ tax refund donations, a Route 66 specialty license plate, cell phone restrictions in K-12 classrooms, tire pyrolysis funding, ABLE Commission reporting, scholarship-granting organization tax credits, municipal ordinance publication deadlines, and agency rule authority and review. Most bills were advanced without objection and passed by wide margins, with a few closer votes on House Bill 2398, House Bill 3127, House Bill 3704, and House Bill 1276. House Bill 1276, extending the classroom cell phone prohibition, drew the most debate, with supporters citing improved student focus and classroom interaction and one member raising local control concerns before voting yes. House Bill 3704, concerning participation in a federal tax credit for scholarship-granting organizations, prompted questions about double-dipping on tax benefits and state sovereignty, but it ultimately passed 38-8. The Senate then announced a Technology and Telecommunications meeting for the next morning and adjourned until 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 16.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • process, we're more than legislative process, we're more than willing<00:20:36.799><c> to</c><00:20:
  • We urge you to oppose this legislation.
  • We urge you to oppose this legislation. legislation. legislation.
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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for putting this fine piece of legislation on your agenda.
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  • I applaud you all for considering this really important legislation.
  • Uh Wyoming did advance a legislation.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government & Tribal Relations Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

State Government & Tribal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ranking Member, Skyler Rood, State Representative for the 16th Legislative District.
  • My name is Alan Acosta with the Veterans Legislative Coalition.
  • I am also a member of the Veterans Legislative Coalition.
  • The bill is to establish a legislative task force on the Public Records Act.
  • It's more support, more staffing, better tools, and clear legislative leadership.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Uh, every year as a part of the legislative session, it, um, one day we always designate to honor our
  • We ask for submissions from law enforcement agencies across the state. >> So those mills are legislative
  • session, it it um one day we legislative session, it it um one day we always<00:15:04.880><c> designate
  • We can find one or two incidents that have taken place, and we'll come with full legislation to modify
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

House Floor Session Jan 23rd, 2026 at 09:00 am

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I pray for these legislators today as they finish up their business today.
  • Now the amendment I spoke of earlier addresses a small change to legislation we passed during the last
  • This legislation is not written for a single hospital or district.
  • And so I hope fellow legislators that you would help me... ...and that this hits all the boxes.
  • And so I hope fellow legislators that you would help me keep this hospital open in my district.
Summary: The North Dakota House convened in special session with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up several rural health-related bills. Senate Bill 2401, as amended, required physicians to complete one hour of continuing education in nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle and also added language allowing criminal history background checks for the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice. Supporters emphasized the role of nutrition in reducing chronic disease, and the bill passed 92-0. The House then considered Senate Bill 2402, which expanded pharmacists’ limited prescriptive and therapeutic substitution authority for certain low-acuity conditions and clarified related lab-test and communication requirements. Members discussed examples such as motion sickness, cold sores, lice, hypoglycemia, COVID and flu testing, emergency access to medications and supplies, and limits excluding certain drug classes; the bill passed 91-1. Senate Bill 2403 created a temporary medical facility emergency operating loan option through the Bank of North Dakota for qualifying rural hospitals facing severe financial distress, with extensive debate over the targeted nature of the aid, anti-gifting concerns, repayment terms, and the hospital’s turnaround plan; it passed 80-12. Senate Bill 2404 appropriated funds for NDIT to address federal digital accessibility requirements and for the Public Service Commission’s litigation efforts related to transmission costs, with a backup loan authorization available if needed; it passed 92-0. At the close of the session, leaders thanked members and staff for their work on the rural health transformation package, a committee notified the Governor and the Senate that the House had completed its business, absent members were excused, and the House adjourned sine die.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

House Floor Session Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:30 am

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We thought we could get ahead of ethics.
  • We thought we could get ahead of ethics.
  • That's our responsibility as legislators. We're here to serve the people of North Dakota.
  • That's our responsibility as legislators. We're here to serve the people of North Dakota.
  • We're always, and a good legislator is, always listening to their people.
Summary: The House convened in special session, opened with prayer and the Pledge, confirmed a quorum, and recognized visiting students from Shiloh High School. Members also observed a moment of silence for former Representative Cindy Shriver Beck, and the House adopted the Employment Committee report approving special-session staff appointments. The chamber then considered House Bill 1621, which would require the presidential physical fitness test in K-12 physical education courses with exemptions for students with disabilities and an effective date of August 1, 2027. Supporters framed it as a return to a historic fitness standard and a response to federal direction; the bill passed 90-0. The House next took up House Bill 1624, a universal school meals bill that would place the program in statute rather than the Constitution, start it a year earlier than the initiated measure, and appropriate $65 million for the first year. Debate centered on whether universal meals were needed, whether the bill would preserve legislative flexibility and property-tax relief, and whether it would help families or subsidize those who could pay. The bill passed 55-38. Finally, the House began debate on House Bill 1623, the rural health transformation package tied to federal grant funds and a Bank of North Dakota loan program to support rural health projects, EMS, behavioral health, and related infrastructure. The sponsor and supporters emphasized North Dakota’s strong grant award, the need to move quickly, and the bill’s role in filling rural health gaps statewide. Some members raised concerns about federal spending, inflation, and telehealth, while others stressed the need to address EMS and workforce shortages. The transcript ends during debate on HB 1623, before any final vote is shown.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

House Floor Session Jan 21st, 2026 at 08:30 am

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This rule was presented to Legislative Procedures and Arrangements and Legislative Management, and we
  • that it promotes a better workflow for Legislative Council and allows them to focus on legislative bills
  • legislative day, so seven legislative days sooner.
  • day to the 34th legislative day, and moving the crossover date for resolutions from the 43rd legislative
  • day to the 37th legislative day. ...from the 43rd legislative day to the 37th legislative day.
Summary: The North Dakota House convened in special session with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the reading of communications from the Secretary of State and Governor Kelly Armstrong certifying the special session call. The governor’s executive order said the session was called to act on funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program so the state could accept and appropriate federal funds and avoid interruptions to government services. Three new members, Representatives McNally, Scraw, and Timmons, were sworn in, and the roll showed 91 members present, establishing a quorum. The main business was a Rules Committee report outlining temporary special-session rules. The changes were designed to speed up floor action, including allowing second reading the same day a bill is reported from committee, final passage one day after first reading, and immediate transmission to the other chamber unless reconsideration is noticed. The report also replaced the regular standing committee structure with two joint committees: Joint Appropriations and Joint Policy, allowed remote testimony and remote member participation with approval, and limited bill introduction to Legislative Management-approved bills or bills approved by a two-thirds vote. Several deadline changes for resolutions and bill filing were also described, with some provisions delayed until the special session ends. The House adopted the Rules Committee report after a motion by Representative Bosch and no opposition. During announcements, the clerk listed the membership of the Joint Appropriations and Joint Policy committees, and the Highway Patrol announced safety sessions for legislators in the Rough Rider Room at 11 a.m. that day and the next day. The House then recessed until the joint session scheduled for 10 a.m. the following day.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 15th, 2026

Rules

Bills: S0100, S0102, S0104
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard three housekeeping/statutory revision bills. Chair Passidomo introduced the committee’s new staff director, and the committee proceeded quickly through the agenda with no public appearance forms, questions, or debate on any of the bills. SB 100, the Adoption Act, prospectively adopts the 2026 Florida Statutes as an official document and adopts the statute materials passed by the 2025 regular session as official state statute law. SB 102 deletes statutory provisions that were previously repealed or expired and are now without effect. SB 104 is the General Reviser's Bill, which removes obsolete language, updates cross-references, and corrects grammatical and typographical errors in the Florida Statutes. Each bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. After the votes, several senators asked to be recorded as voting favorably on tabs 1 and 2, and the committee adopted that request without objection. The meeting then adjourned, with members reminded that the committee would meet again on Thursday.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation Apr 24th, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • want to welcome all of you, our witnesses who are here, and also the members who are laying out legislation
  • This legislation is focused on protecting the Devil's River in Valverde County.
  • We do want to thank Representative Morales for filing this legislation on behalf of the on behalf of
  • I hope you all can support this piece of legislation that is super important to Val Verde.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Mar 20th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Current law does not allow a person called by the legislature or a legislative committee to refuse to
  • The committee substitute still empowers either House of the legislature or a legislative committee to
  • So this bill will eliminate the current list that's not clear what legislative intent was, making it
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs met and heard several bills related to legislative process and court jurisdiction. Senate Bill 1386, by Senator Huffman, would change compelled legislative testimony from blanket transactional immunity to testimonial immunity, allowing compelled statements or documents to be used against a witness in criminal prosecution only if not derived from the compelled testimony, while preserving protection against perjury and false statements and retaining the right to counsel. No public witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1470, by Chairman Hughes, which would require DPS to share existing data on cross-state driver’s license cancellations with the Secretary of State for voter-roll maintenance. Hughes said the bill does not create new data collection and is intended to improve list maintenance. A DPS resource witness was present, there was no substantive opposition, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1210, also by Hughes, would address conflicts between the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals on constitutional questions by making the Supreme Court the final arbiter in limited circumstances. Chris Hilton supported the bill, but Allen Place, Jack Rohde, and Philip Furlow opposed it, arguing it was unconstitutional, unnecessary, and could create practical problems in criminal post-conviction litigation. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 311, which would conform the Government Code to the Texas Constitution by clarifying the Supreme Court’s original writ authority against lower courts and officials other than the governor. Justice Evan Young and Chris Hilton supported the bill as a clarification of existing authority, while no one testified against it; the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed to allow the chamber to rearrange for the Senate session.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 25th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the committee on local legislation.
  • on local legislation.
  • important piece of legislation.
  • I have a special interest, not just as a legislator, but a special one, okay, in... ... legislator, but
  • . ... have no problems like that with pieces of legislation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a really clever piece of legislation.
  • I love the legislation.
  • And I'm happy to answer any other questions on this legislation.
  • This legislation is a massive step. in the right direction.
  • Thank you very much for hearing this very important legislation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Yet as Texans, we cannot support legislation that treats people any less than human beings.
  • I'm the chief of legislative affairs for Every Texan.
  • I'm looking forward to working on this legislation in the House as well.
  • I urge you to consider the human cost. of such legislation. within our justice system that SJR 5 would
  • real problem of violence. communities and so I'll just share that what we'd recommend instead of legislation
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 410 by Representative Schlegel, relative to in-person communications, legislative intent,
  • That bill provides relative to the 2024 Regular Session and retroactivity of certain ethics code provisions
  • That bill provides relative to the 2024 Regular Session and retroactivity of certain ethics code provisions