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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 14th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 417 by Representative Zeringue is an act to amend Title 30 relative to hazardous waste site cleanup funds
  • , to increase the maximum balance in the fund.
  • or... ...of where it is, whether it's our state legislative maps or our congressional maps or our judicial
  • It talks about judicial scrutiny.
Bills: SR122, SR123, SR124, SCR12, HB940, HB221, HCR109, HCR58, HB27, HB143, HB205, HB259, HB267, HB288, HB308, HB403, HB405, HB414, HB417, HB478, HB546, HB548, HB555, HB557, HB609, HB670, HB672, HB740, HB779, HB786, HB796, HB812, HB848, HB909, HB915, HB917, HB921, HB930, HB933, HB938, HB971, HB1095, HB1096, HB1103, HB1129, HB1154, HB1166, HB1187, HB1195, HB1230, SB121, SCR22, SCR24, SB29, SB30, SB32, SB41, SB42, SB43, SB47, SB84, SB93, SB113, SB192, SB199, SB219, SB220, SB221, SB222, SB241, SB253, SB255, SB289, SB292, SB306, SB314, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB14, SB102, SB133, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB200, SB217, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB330, SB449, SB489, SB521, SB45, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB274, SB304, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB436, SB424, SCR61, SCR9, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, HCR31, HB296, HB299, HB322, HB364, HB519, HB535, HB538, HB568, HB571, HB622, HB635, HB676, HB772, HB784, HB1006, HB1018, HB1043, HB1070, HB1134, HB1239, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB210, HB220, HB228, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB750, HB813, HB815, HB826, HB870, HB949, HB953, HB1045, HB1092, HB1151, HB1162, HB1176, HB1177, HB1196, HB1214, HB1241, HB22, HB28, HB33, HB41, HB47, HB87, HB115, HB162, HB195, HB214, HB217, HB233, HB283, HB290, HB319, HB324, HB345, HB362, HB363, HB368, HB377, HB380, HB382, HB386, HB392, HB406, HB431, HB441, HB466, HB503, HB533, HB559, HB575, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB636, HB655, HB664, HB685, HB692, HB707, HB715, HB732, HB738, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB807, HB822, HB856, HB860, HB868, HB887, HB888, HB905, HB908, HB961, HB980, HB990, HB992, HB999, HB1000, HB1010, HB1146, HB1157, HB1233, HB1236, HB1243, HB17, HB36, HB73, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB211, HB226, HB245, HB271, HB280, HB337, HB351, HB354, HB399, HB677, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB728, HB759, HB789, HB844, HB850, HB966, HB1036, SB149, SB382, SB441, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB782
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 14th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 417 by Representative Zeringue is an act in Title 30 relative to hazardous waste site cleanup fund
  • , to increase the maximum balance in the fund.
  • .." "...of where it is, whether it's our state legislative maps or our congressional maps or our judicial
  • It talks about judicial scrutiny.
Bills: SR122, SR123, SR124, SCR12, HB940, HB221, HCR109, HCR58, HB27, HB143, HB205, HB259, HB267, HB288, HB308, HB403, HB405, HB414, HB417, HB478, HB546, HB548, HB555, HB557, HB609, HB670, HB672, HB740, HB779, HB786, HB796, HB812, HB848, HB909, HB915, HB917, HB921, HB930, HB933, HB938, HB971, HB1095, HB1096, HB1103, HB1129, HB1154, HB1166, HB1187, HB1195, HB1230, SB121, SCR22, SCR24, SB29, SB30, SB32, SB41, SB42, SB43, SB47, SB84, SB93, SB113, SB192, SB199, SB219, SB220, SB221, SB222, SB241, SB253, SB255, SB289, SB292, SB306, SB314, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB14, SB102, SB133, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB200, SB217, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB330, SB449, SB489, SB521, SB45, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB274, SB304, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB436, SB424, SCR61, SCR9, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, HCR31, HB296, HB299, HB322, HB364, HB519, HB535, HB538, HB568, HB571, HB622, HB635, HB676, HB772, HB784, HB1006, HB1018, HB1043, HB1070, HB1134, HB1239, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB210, HB220, HB228, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB750, HB813, HB815, HB826, HB870, HB949, HB953, HB1045, HB1092, HB1151, HB1162, HB1176, HB1177, HB1196, HB1214, HB1241, HB22, HB28, HB33, HB41, HB47, HB87, HB115, HB162, HB195, HB214, HB217, HB233, HB283, HB290, HB319, HB324, HB345, HB362, HB363, HB368, HB377, HB380, HB382, HB386, HB392, HB406, HB431, HB441, HB466, HB503, HB533, HB559, HB575, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB636, HB655, HB664, HB685, HB692, HB707, HB715, HB732, HB738, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB807, HB822, HB856, HB860, HB868, HB887, HB888, HB905, HB908, HB961, HB980, HB990, HB992, HB999, HB1000, HB1010, HB1146, HB1157, HB1233, HB1236, HB1243, HB17, HB36, HB73, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB211, HB226, HB245, HB271, HB280, HB337, HB351, HB354, HB399, HB677, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB728, HB759, HB789, HB844, HB850, HB966, HB1036, SB149, SB382, SB441, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB782
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard a guest minister’s prayer and the pledge, and dispensed with reading the journal. The chamber then received Legislative Bureau reports on numerous House bills, many of which were reported favorably or without amendments and ordered to third reading or to the Legislative Bureau. The Senate also adopted a House concurrent resolution commending Special Olympics Louisiana by a 35-0 vote, and it took up several Senate resolutions, including one urging the Navy to use a transparent and competitive acquisition strategy to protect jobs at Conrad Shipyard, one commending Metairie Park Country Day School, one designating Early Ed Day, and one offering condolences for Carolyn Ann Cherry Moore. The main floor debate centered on Senate Bill 121, the congressional redistricting bill. Senator Morris presented the bill as a response to the federal court’s Calais decision, arguing the current map was unconstitutional and that the new plan should avoid race as the predominant factor while using partisan advantage, incumbency protection, compactness, contiguity, and communities of interest. Senators questioned whether the proposal effectively created a 5-1 Republican map, whether it diluted Black and Democratic voting strength, and whether it split too many parishes. Morris said the map was drawn from the 2022 plan, tweaked in committee and again on the floor, and that litigation was likely regardless of the final version. Two competing amendments drew extended debate. Senator Morris’s amendment, which further refined his map, was adopted 26-10. Senator Price then offered an alternative map based on an amicus brief and algorithmic criteria, arguing it would create two opportunity districts, split fewer parishes, avoid using race, and better reflect the state’s partisan balance; supporters said it was fairer and more compact, but it failed 10-27. After the amendments, the Senate returned to SB 121 for further questions, with members continuing to debate whether the bill’s 5-1 structure was a lawful partisan gerrymander or an impermissible racial dilution of voting strength.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 27th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a fund bill that we've created for the bulletproof vest.
  • , to provide for establishment of the fund.
  • Members, this creates the Watershed Restoration and Conservation Fund.
  • Restoration and Conservation Fund to provide for establishment of the fund.
  • Members, this creates the watershed restoration and conservation fund.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard a guest prayer by Pastor Lee Shipp, and conducted routine opening business including journal adoption, receipt of confirmation appointments, and House messages naming conferees on several Senate bill disagreements. The chamber also adopted or recognized several personal privilege resolutions and commendations, including honors for Grady Hazel, the Acadiana Veterans Hockey of Louisiana national championship team, Grambling State University’s 125th anniversary and related athletics/band centennials, the 2026 Governor’s Fellows, and a brief address by special guest Ms. Benson. Members then acted on a series of resolutions and concurrent resolutions. The Senate adopted measures creating or requesting study task forces on child permanency, medical malpractice review panels, driving school fees, the Minimum Foundation Program, and earthquake activity in north Louisiana, and it concurred in House resolutions on illegal dumping, gaming board review, behavioral health crisis center reimbursement, Medicaid incentive payment reporting, and a physician review panel study. Several condolence and commendation resolutions also passed, including those honoring Lewis Thomas Nelson and Josephine Ruth Kennedy, and the Senate adopted a resolution urging local governments to consider generator requirements for unlicensed senior and disability residential facilities. The chamber also took up House Bill 723, a motorcycle traffic-signal bill allowing certain two- and three-wheeled vehicles to proceed through malfunctioning vehicle-actuated signals under specified circumstances; after debate about safety and enforcement, it passed 33-3. The Senate then considered numerous House amendments to Senate bills, concurring in most, including bills on fluoridation/local opt-out, public assistance, nutrition, human trafficking training, bulletproof vests, adult residential care generators, cell-cultured food products, public benefits eligibility, attorney-fee limits in disciplinary proceedings, critical infrastructure protections, debit card surcharges, bank stock certificates, child welfare proceedings, digital student IDs, watershed restoration funding, innovation hubs, sports agent registration, and manufactured housing regulation. It rejected House amendments to SB 283 and SB 408 for further negotiation. The session ended with announcements for committee meetings and a recess until 2 p.m.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/20/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • And directs funds into law enforcement. And you're in favor? Absolutely, 100%. Thank you.
  • There is no room for judicial discretion.
  • When they were 19, should there be no judicial discretion allowed? Madam Chair.
  • There will be very little judicial discretion.
  • We must have judicial discretion on the back end or we will have none at all.
Summary: The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee heard and advanced several election, judiciary, child welfare, and criminal justice measures. SB 1489 would require paid petition circulators for initiatives and referenda to disclose their name, state of residence, and paid status verbally and on a badge, add registration requirements for certain local circulators, prohibit pay by signature for local measures, and apply strict compliance and funding-disclosure rules to local initiatives. The ACLU opposed it as compelled speech and a burden on political expression, while the Arizona Chamber supported it as transparency and parity with state-level rules. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 4-3 vote. SB 1609, an emergency measure concerning political party names, would require proposed party names to be distinguishable from existing parties and bar use of terms like “independent” or similar variations. The Arizona Independent Party opposed it as a retroactive change and “cartel protection,” while county election officials and the Arizona Association of Counties supported it as reducing voter confusion. The committee adopted an amendment and recommended the bill do pass on a 7-0 vote. SCR 1040, a voter-approved constitutional referral, would raise the mandatory retirement age for judges and justices of courts of record from 70 to 75; supporters argued it reflects longer life expectancy and preserves experienced judges, while opponents said voters previously rejected a similar proposal and that an age limit is preferable. It passed 5-2. The committee also considered SB 1234, which changes juvenile court representation rules by requiring a guardian ad litem in dependency and termination cases and allowing appointment of an attorney for the child depending on age and ability to express an opinion. Sponsor Senator Werner said the bill was part of a broader child-safety reform effort informed by cases such as Rebecca Baptiste, arguing that a guardian ad litem with attorney authority would better protect children’s best interests. Child welfare attorneys and advocates opposed the bill, saying children need a dedicated attorney-client relationship, confidentiality, and a voice separate from the court or DCS; DCS remained neutral. The committee adopted an amendment and recommended the bill do pass on a 5-2 vote. SB 1661 would allow a presumed father to be relieved of child support obligations if genetic testing shows he is not the biological father; supporters described cases where men remained liable despite exclusionary DNA results, and the bill passed 6-0. Later, the committee heard election administration and transparency bills. SB 1392 would give governing bodies canvassing elections access to locations where election materials are created, handled, processed, tabulated, or stored, so they can observe procedures and review records while protecting secrecy and security; county officials raised concerns about the term “agent,” and the bill passed 4-3. SB 1634 would require ADOT to provide county recorders with a copy of an applicant’s handwritten signature when facilitating voter registration; county officials said it would improve signature comparison, and the bill passed 5-2 after a vote correction. SB 1743 would redact an individual donor’s employer street number, employer name, or residence address from public campaign finance reports, with penalties for improper disclosure; supporters cited privacy and safety, while opponents argued employer information is important for transparency and identifying influence. It passed 5-2. SB 1099, a strike-everything amendment, set statutory criteria for defamation claims involving public or private figures and public or private concerns, including falsity, reckless disregard, and context; it passed 4-3. After a recess, the committee heard SB 1535, which increases penalties for buyers of sexual conduct, including making the conduct a class 6 felony and adding a $200 assessment to support anti-human trafficking services. The sponsor and supporters, including survivors, law enforcement, neighborhood advocates, and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, said the bill targets demand that fuels trafficking and neighborhood disorder. Opponents from criminal justice and anti-violence groups said the bill should include a rebuttable presumption to better protect trafficking victims. The committee adopted an amendment and recommended the bill do pass.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have no problem with the reports; what we do have a problem with is that the grant funding for the
  • Right now, the judge of the 43rd Judicial District in Parker County is automatically designated as the
  • Local governments are forced to dip into property tax revenues to fund services that should be reimbursed
  • Ultimately, I don't think $75 per charge is the right number to send to general revenue funds for solely
  • HB 2637 increases judicial efficiency by allowing clerks to prepare separate reports on jury exemptions
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the funding would not come out of our budget.
  • This bill aims to get increased funding to our rural child care providers.
  • HF 1383 will provide funding to reduce child care costs significantly.
  • We have created a life essentials fund.
  • There's a base amount of funding, and then there's one-time funding.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • they need to like request um uh funds they need to like request um uh funds after<01:04:36.520><
  • through a base amount and one-time funding.
  • <01:24:31.840> base<01:24:32.560> there's<01:24:32.760> a funded is funded in the
  • base there's a funded is funded in the base there's a base<01:24:33.159> amount<01:24:33.320>
  • > there's base amount of funding and then there's base amount of funding and then there's onetime
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-18-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She has also secured funding through the Office of Naval Research and Department of Defense STEM grants
  • She has also secured funding<00:06:58.880> through<00:06:59.000> the<00:06:59.080> Office
  • nonprofit organization Malama Loko Ea Foundation, where he mentors and assists in writing grants that help fund
  • writing<00:13:48.520> grants<00:13:49.320> that<00:13:49.520> help<00:13:49.839> fund
  • <00:13:50.280> unique writing grants that help fund unique writing grants that help fund unique
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 26th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, members, this ACR just sets up the Texas Nuclear Fund.
  • Sunscreening devices installed on a motor vehicle displaying a judicial specialty license plate.
  • for the judicial license plate.
  • To the use of funds awarded under the Jobs and Education for Texans grant program.
  • Municipal court security and technology fund in certain municipalities. The chair recognizes Mr.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • that fund.
  • fund. So, I believe that the funding is fund.
  • be a revolving fund or a trust fund.
  • Uh, this special fund currently has a surplus of over $200 million, and funds from this fund has been
  • special funds would remain as UH funds special funds would remain as UH funds and<01:10:45.360><
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to modify some of the positions that were called for in last year's law, and also to add a special fund
  • <00:22:30.600> add<00:22:30.840> a<00:22:30.880> special<00:22:31.400> fund
  • uh law, and also to add a special fund uh law, and also to add a special fund for<00:22:32.360><
  • There's no positions and no funding. >> Okay, uh with that, voting on SB 2401, recommendation to pass
  • An effective date um in A funds.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-01-2026 06:30pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference PM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • if I may, then correct me if I'm wrong, is uh less about the packs themselves; it's about who can fund
  • from getting to the pack in the first place, so our Hawaii corporations under the bill could not fund
  • packs, but mainland corporations could still fund mainland packs.
  • from getting to the pack in the first place, so our Hawaii corporations under the bill could not fund
  • packs, but mainland corporations could still fund mainland packs.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference AM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • fund to be used to provide any and all forms of financing, expands the funding priorities, and appropriates
  • funds into and out of the mixed-income sub-account.
  • Not expended after three years shall be returned to the fund.
  • bonds from determinations of the funded bonds from determinations of the funded debt<00:16:41.120
  • It really will be a game-changer for funding infrastructure in Hawaii.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference AM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the fund to rebuild the Lahaina school and the risk management revolving fund with reports to
  • further that any funds reimbursed shall be returned to the funds from which the original expenditure
  • , being matched with the federal funds, being matched with the federal funds, provided<00:21:30.320
  • And these funds for the 146 and >> Okay.
  • For the House, we have myself, Fund.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference AM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • standardizing the grants for the State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, so that they can appropriate funding
  • from the Performing Arts Special Fund.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill as introduced had a general fund appropriation.
  • bill as introduced had a general fund bill as introduced had a general fund appropriation.<00:22
  • university has indeed used that fund university has indeed used that fund for<00:22:54.080> a
  • grant that was funding this.
  • And so they certainly have funds there. So I'm not sure why they're not funding this. Okay.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference AM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We’ll just note that within the measure we have $2,375,000 in A funds and $250,000 in B funds.
  • we have $2,375,000 within the measure we have $2,375,000 in<00:14:29.079> A<00:14:29.200> funds
  • And you mentioned the number of positions in the funds. Good.
  • positions in the funds. Good. positions in the funds. Good.
  • There is no funding for this.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill does not require any additional funds, so we hope that we'll be at the top of the list.
  • This bill does not require<00:07:28.360> any<00:07:28.600> additional<00:07:29.120> funds
  • ><00:07:29.680> so<00:07:30.480> we<00:07:30.640> hope require any additional funds
  • , so we hope require any additional funds, so we hope that<00:07:31.040> we'll<00:07:31.200>