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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on State - Tribal Relations Jan 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations

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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy Test Stream Jan 16th, 2026 at 05:30 pm

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New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Dec 10th, 2025 at 06:00 pm

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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Entergy - Room 210, 2 February, 2026; 4:50 P.M.

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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 58-2 May 14th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • desk is clear, the House of Representatives of the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma legislature
  • The House of Representatives for the second regular session of the 16th Oklahoma legislature is adjourned
Bills: HCR1030, HB1370, SB893, SB2, SB1589
Keywords: legislative procedure, session calendar, deadline schedule, bill deadlines, joint resolution, Oklahoma Legislature, 61st Legislature, regular session, adjourn sine die, floor deadline, third reading, committee deadlines, bill drafting, appropriations, budget bills, ethics commission, agency rules, administrative procedures act, local and special laws, pension legislation
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 58-1 May 14th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • As per the Constitution, HCR 1030 establishes the dates and deadlines for the 61st Legislature.
  • Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in celebrating the final group of pages for the 60th legislature
  • You're in the military and in the legislature, but in the military, you meet people from all over the
  • So many people in this legislature are looking down on us.
  • Because we have that responsibility in this chamber as a legislature, we have the responsibility.
Bills: HCR1030, HB1370, SB893, SB2, SB1589
Keywords: legislative procedure, session calendar, deadline schedule, bill deadlines, joint resolution, Oklahoma Legislature, 61st Legislature, regular session, adjourn sine die, floor deadline, third reading, committee deadlines, bill drafting, appropriations, budget bills, ethics commission, agency rules, administrative procedures act, local and special laws, pension legislation
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 58-2 May 14th, 2026

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House of Representatives of the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature adjourn.
  • The House of Representatives of the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature is adjourned
  • The House of Representatives for the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature is adjourned
  • The House of Representatives of the second regular session of the 60th, Oklahoma Legislature. adjourned
  • The House of Representatives for the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature is adjourned
Bills: HCR1030, HB1370, SB893, SB2, SB1589
Keywords: legislative procedure, session calendar, deadline schedule, bill deadlines, joint resolution, Oklahoma Legislature, 61st Legislature, regular session, adjourn sine die, floor deadline, third reading, committee deadlines, bill drafting, appropriations, budget bills, ethics commission, agency rules, administrative procedures act, local and special laws, pension legislation
Summary: The House first took up Senate Bill 893, a conference committee report on property and critical infrastructure. The bill would bar foreign principals from countries designated as foreign adversaries from owning agricultural land or other land, especially within 10 miles of military installations or critical infrastructure, and also restrict certain state software purchases tied to adversarial countries. Members asked about how later-designated adversary countries would be covered and about the delayed effective date, which was explained as giving current owners time to divest. The conference report was adopted without objection, and the bill then passed the House 89-0. The chamber then considered Senate Bill 2, another conference committee report on wind energy setbacks. The measure would establish statewide setback standards for industrial wind turbines, including 2.5 tip heights from occupied dwellings and 1.5 tip heights from nonparticipating property lines, with exceptions for projects that had already secured most site control or queue positions before the effective date and for small community-scale systems. Supporters said it was a compromise that at least put some protections into statute, while opponents argued it weakened earlier House language and eliminated county local-control options. After debate, the bill failed on a 20-67 vote. Later, the House voted 60-19 to override the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 1589, allowing it to become law notwithstanding the governor’s objections. The session also included prayers and announcements, including updates about Representative Cantrell’s hospitalization and a note that the Senate had adjourned sine die. The House then adjourned sine die for the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 58-1 May 14th, 2026

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • As per the Constitution, HCR 1030 establishes the dates and deadlines for the 61st Legislature.
  • Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in celebrating the final group of pages for the 60th Legislature
  • As the legislature, we have that responsibility. As Oklahomans, we have that responsibility.
  • Legislature, honored guests, fellow veterans, and fellow Oklahomans.
  • Unless the legislature at a future date were to come in and raise our fuel tax at the state level.
Bills: HCR1030, HB1370, SB893, SB2, SB1589
Keywords: legislative procedure, session calendar, deadline schedule, bill deadlines, joint resolution, Oklahoma Legislature, 61st Legislature, regular session, adjourn sine die, floor deadline, third reading, committee deadlines, bill drafting, appropriations, budget bills, ethics commission, agency rules, administrative procedures act, local and special laws, pension legislation
Summary: The House convened, completed roll call, and heard an invocation and pledge before moving through several ceremonial presentations. Members recognized Monty Smith for 43 years of service with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, honored the Marlow Lady Outlaws girls golf team for winning the Class 3A state and academic state championships, and acknowledged the final group of pages for the 60th Legislature. The House also adopted HCR 1030, which sets the legislative procedure schedule and deadlines for the 61st Oklahoma Legislature. The chamber then met in a joint session with the Senate to observe Veterans Awareness Day. Speakers from both chambers and the Oklahoma Veterans Council delivered remarks honoring veterans, Gold Star families, and military service, and highlighted recent policy achievements for veterans, including the full tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans, the exemption of military retirement pay from state income tax, improved funding for veterans’ homes, and restructuring of the Oklahoma Veterans Commission. The Veterans Council also presented its annual awards, naming Sen. Kerry Hicks as Outstanding Senator of the Year, Rep. Andy Menz as Outstanding Representative of the Year, Aaron Higgins as Veteran of the Year, and the Speed family as Veteran Family of the Year, and recognized Scott Howell for his service to the council. The joint session then adjourned. Back in the House, members took up Senate amendments to House Bill 1370, which concerns the Corporation Commission plugging fund and a repealer tied to a state fuel-tax offset provision. The bill’s author explained that the amendment would prevent the state from capturing savings if the federal fuel excise tax is reduced, so any reduction would benefit consumers rather than state revenue. After questions about fiscal impact and the well-plugging fund, the House adopted the Senate amendments without objection and passed HB 1370 on final passage by a vote of 89-1; the emergency clause also passed 89-1. The House then recessed, later returned for a staff appreciation and sine die-style recognition, including a tribute to long-serving bill drafter Mark Carter, and recessed again while awaiting any additional legislation from the Senate.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 57 May 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Ports and Marine Resources (Part 2)- Room 216, 2 March, 2026; 3:30 PM

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Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, yeah, I will say that in the last few years, you know, the legislature has, has, has passed so
  • The legislature removed the second prong of what used to be needed to, to, to get a protective order.
  • And that's actually something the legislature has thought about in terms of the appeal of a protective
Bills: HCR 10
Keywords: balanced budget amendment, federal budget, deficit reduction, deficit spending, fiscal restraint, constitutional amendment, U.S. Constitution, Congress, PAYGO, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, national debt, budget deficit, taxpayer dollars, balanced budget resolution, memorial resolution, Texas Legislature, federal spending, budget reform, fiscal conservatism
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Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Administration Apr 28th, 2025

Administration

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Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Journal of the Senate, State of Washington, 69th Legislature, Day 59, Wednesday, March 11.
  • The Journal of the Senate, State of Washington, 69th Legislature, Day 59, Wednesday, March 11th.
  • It's shiny day here in the legislature. Mr. President, I'm asking that we concur in this bill. Mr.
  • It's a great illustration of how it is so deeply difficult to repeal a tax preference here in the legislature
  • This was a bill that did roll back some of the estate tax bill that had passed the legislature last year
Bills: SCR8410
Keywords: returning bills to house of origin, sine die, end of session, legislative procedure, Rules Committee, third reading, unfinished business, pending bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint memorials, special session, bill numbering, legislative records, House of Representatives, Senate, Washington Legislature, session adjournment, procedural resolution
Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, colors, pledge, and prayer, then approved the previous day’s journal and received gubernatorial appointments and House messages. It also introduced Senate Bill 6362 and referred it to the Law and Justice Committee. After caucus, the President signed a number of bills in open session. The chamber then took up several House-amended measures. Substitute Senate Bill 6225, a transportation bonding bill, was concurred in and passed 49-0 after remarks that it was needed to support the six-year transportation budget and historic maintenance investments. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6354, allowing direct sales by electric vehicle manufacturers such as Rivian and Lucid, was also concurred in and passed 47-2 after supporters said the House changes lowered consumer fees while preserving the fiscal effect. Engrossed Senate Bill 6228, dealing with tax preferences and pharmacy-related provisions, passed 26-23 after concurrence; Engrossed Senate Bill 6347, concerning estate tax changes, passed 39-10 after concurrence; Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6260, which included changes to transitional kindergarten, National Board bonuses, alternative learning experience, Running Start, and electric bus depreciation, passed 26-23; and Substitute Senate Bill 6355, involving transmission authority governance, transparency, and eminent domain-related sideboards, passed 32-17. The Senate also resolved several House/Senate differences by receding or amending bills. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408, funding the Seattle Community Development Authority, passed 49-0 after the Senate receded from its amendments. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1295, on literacy-related teacher standards and technical assistance, was returned to second reading, amended with a striking amendment, and then passed 48-1. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2215, concerning Climate Commitment Act compliance obligations for fuel supply, was similarly amended with a negotiated striking amendment to protect good-faith operators and then passed 49-0. The Senate then signed additional bills in open session and recessed for lunch and caucus.
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Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And whereas the Washington State Legislature will look back on Senator Conway's career as an example
  • As the resolution said, I think, has just infused generations of policymaking in the legislature.
  • I first met Senator Conway when I was been in the legislature.
  • And when I came into the legislature, Mr.
  • When I first joined the legislature, I have to mention this.
Bills: SCR8410
Keywords: returning bills to house of origin, sine die, end of session, legislative procedure, Rules Committee, third reading, unfinished business, pending bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint memorials, special session, bill numbering, legislative records, House of Representatives, Senate, Washington Legislature, session adjournment, procedural resolution
Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, suspended rules to allow committee work and additional floor resolutions, and referred committee and gubernatorial appointment reports as designated. It then took up several gubernatorial appointments in third reading. Megan Matthews was confirmed as director of the Washington State Office of Equity by a 45-2 vote, and Robert A. Zupon, Denise E. Gideon, Andrea Buchanan, Michelle R. Smith, and Edison A. Valerio were each confirmed to various community and technical college boards of trustees by large bipartisan margins. The chamber then considered Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2711, a transportation revenue and policy measure. After rejecting the Transportation Committee’s original striking amendment and adopting a narrower floor striking amendment, senators debated the bill’s changes, including repeal of the luxury aircraft tax and replacement with higher aircraft fuel taxes, registration fees, and an annual excise tax, along with technical corrections and safety-related transportation provisions. Supporters said the bill was a workable compromise that would sustain transportation funding and support future aviation investments; opponents argued it would raise costs on small aircraft owners and general aviation. The bill passed final passage 33-15. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 8703 honoring Senator Steve Conway for his 34 years of legislative service. Multiple senators spoke in praise of his leadership on labor, pensions, veterans, and district advocacy, as well as his institutional knowledge, mentorship, and personal integrity. Senator Conway then offered a personal statement thanking colleagues, staff, family, and constituents, and saying he would continue advocating for working people after leaving the Legislature. The Senate then recessed for lunch and caucus.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Mar 24th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's to provide for contempt of the legislature.
  • And while this is a disrespect to the legislature, I can understand that.
  • of the Legislature.
  • of the Legislature.
  • Why can't we just leave the 60-day limit upon the legislature meeting?
Bills: HB177, HB210, HB238, HB258, HB307, HB359, HB398, HB661, HB705, HB752, HB858
Keywords: court reporter, official court reporter, courts, judicial system, ethics, post-employment restrictions, cooling-off period, two-year waiting period, rehiring, reemployment, contractual services, former public employee, public employer, Louisiana ethics law, R.S. 42:1121, Act 532, lobbying, public service, statewide officials, compensation
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Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 07:00 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Session of the 69th Legislature. Session of the 69th Legislature. Senator Ruchelli.
  • Whereas the 2026 regular session of the 69th Legislature is drawing to a close...
  • Whereas the 2026 regular session of the 69th Legislature is drawing to the last line. Proper.
  • I move that the 2026 regular session of the 69th Legislature do now adjourn sine die.
  • die. 26 regular session of the 69th Legislature do now adjourn sine die.
Bills: SCR8410, SCR8410
Keywords: returning bills to house of origin, sine die, end of session, legislative procedure, Rules Committee, third reading, unfinished business, pending bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint memorials, special session, bill numbering, legislative records, House of Representatives, Senate, Washington Legislature, session adjournment, procedural resolution, 904
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Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And whereas, outside the legislature, Senator Banke has dedicated himself to education and workforce
  • been an absolute leader, and of course has been a leader partly because of his work outside the legislature
  • I came into the legislature two years before he did as a senator, and we have shared territory over in
  • I came into the legislature two years before he did as a senator, and we have shared territory over in
  • Coming into the legislature, you don't know who you're going to connect with and who you're going to
Bills: SCR8410, SCR8410
Keywords: returning bills to house of origin, sine die, end of session, legislative procedure, Rules Committee, third reading, unfinished business, pending bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint memorials, special session, bill numbering, legislative records, House of Representatives, Senate, Washington Legislature, session adjournment, procedural resolution, 904
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Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Journal of the Senate, State of Washington, 69th Legislature, Day 59, Wednesday, March 11.
  • The Journal of the Senate, State of Washington, 69th Legislature, Day 59, Wednesday, March 11th.
  • It's shiny day here in the legislature. Mr. President, I'm asking that we concur in this bill. Mr.
  • This was a bill that did roll back some of the estate tax bill that had passed the legislature last year
  • This was a bill that did roll back some of the estate tax bill that had passed the legislature last year
Bills: SCR8410, SCR8410
Keywords: returning bills to house of origin, sine die, end of session, legislative procedure, Rules Committee, third reading, unfinished business, pending bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint memorials, special session, bill numbering, legislative records, House of Representatives, Senate, Washington Legislature, session adjournment, procedural resolution, 904
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Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 04:40 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • These are fundamental policy choices, and the legislature retains the prerogative to make these policy
  • And I understand that we can't bind future legislatures, but with as consequential a policy as what we're
  • President, about will some future legislature lower the limit and bring more people into it?
  • Because if there's not money, the future legislature can say, sorry, we meant to do that, but we just
  • Because if there's not money, the future legislature can say, sorry, we meant to do that, but we just
Bills: SCR8410
Keywords: returning bills to house of origin, sine die, end of session, legislative procedure, Rules Committee, third reading, unfinished business, pending bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint memorials, special session, bill numbering, legislative records, House of Representatives, Senate, Washington Legislature, session adjournment, procedural resolution, 904
Summary: The Senate considered engrossed substitute Senate Bill 6346, a major tax package creating a new income tax on high earners, providing tax reductions and credits, and funding various spending priorities. A point of order was raised that House amendments exceeded the bill’s scope under Senate Rule 66, focusing on new provisions affecting sales and use taxes and business and occupation taxes. The President ruled the amendments were within scope, finding they were tax reductions similar to those already in the Senate-passed bill, and the Senate then took up the motion to concur in the House amendments. Members debated the House changes at length. Supporters said the amendments improved the bill by expanding the Working Families Tax Credit, adding exemptions for diapers and over-the-counter medicines, bringing forward some tax relief, preserving business loss carryforwards, and adding funding or intent language for items such as Fair Start for Kids, K-12 investments, local government replacement funding, and universal school meals. Opponents argued the bill remained unconstitutional or unfair, criticized the income tax structure and inflation indexing changes, objected to the gambling-loss deduction and limits on charitable deductions, and said the bill’s promises on public defense, education, and other priorities were not secured in the body of the measure. On a roll call vote, the Senate concurred in the House amendments by a vote of 27-21, with one excused. The Senate then passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6346 as amended by the House by the same 27-21 vote, and the President signed the bill in open session. The chamber also received several messages from the House announcing signed bills, and then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
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Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 02:15 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I came to this legislature, I had a job where I recruited people to run for office.
  • Some of the best legislation and best legislatures live in intersections.
  • When she first got elected to the legislature many moons ago, I went over to her office to greet her
  • It has been an absolute honor to serve in the Legislature. It's been almost 20 years.
  • It has been an absolute honor to serve in the legislature. It's been almost 20 years.
Bills: SCR8410
Keywords: returning bills to house of origin, sine die, end of session, legislative procedure, Rules Committee, third reading, unfinished business, pending bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint memorials, special session, bill numbering, legislative records, House of Representatives, Senate, Washington Legislature, session adjournment, procedural resolution, 904
Summary: The Senate took up several bills on final passage, beginning with Substitute House Bill 2689 on the Working Connections Child Care program. The chamber adopted a Ways and Means striking amendment, then passed the bill 33-16. Supporters said it would change provider payment to attendance-based reimbursement, require subsidy rates to reach at least the 75th percentile of market rates, update use of market rate surveys, and remove previously scheduled income-eligibility expansions. Opponents argued it would not treat all child care providers equally and could create unfair workarounds. The bill was immediately transmitted to the House. The Senate then passed Engrossed House Bill 2487, which clarifies how insurance companies and their affiliates are taxed, and Substitute House Bill 2089, which narrows a tax preference for certain financial institutions and dedicates the revenue to the Wildfire Mitigation Fund. HB 2487 drew criticism for applying the tax retroactively to 2019 despite prior court rulings, while HB 2089 was opposed on affordability grounds because it affects mortgage-related taxation. The chamber also passed Engrossed House Bill 2681, raising annual license fees for cannabis producers, processors, and retailers; opponents said the increase reflected broader budget pressures. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to Senate Resolution 8704 honoring Senator Rebecca Saldaña. Numerous senators from both parties praised her work on labor, environmental justice, child welfare, immigrant and worker rights, and her habit of centering marginalized communities and checking on colleagues personally. Saldaña responded with remarks about organizing, democracy, and the importance of collective action, saying she was grateful for the chamber and looking forward to the next chapter. The Senate adopted the resolution unanimously, and members agreed to add all senators’ names as co-sponsors. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 8702 honoring Senator Judy Warnick, with speakers from both parties highlighting her long service, agricultural background, calm leadership, bipartisan approach, and work on rural economic development, children and families, and capital projects. Warnick thanked colleagues and said she looked forward to spending more time with her family, farm, and horses. The meeting also included routine motions to move between orders of business and a message from the House concurring in Senate amendments to several bills.