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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I figure that our chairman down there will be able to determine whether there's funding within that GA
  • Now that we've had that in place, we've actually realized that there's federal funding that is contingent
Committee: Senate Judiciary
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • from the State General Fund to the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund.
  • And it's just seed funding. This is ongoing funding.
  • Our fund used to be over $200 million. ...a fund that is already down.
  • Just want to clarify, we're moving $500,000 from one fund to another fund.
  • This is just moving the funds from one fund to the Governor's Office.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Transportation and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • would be borne out of that initially, and then revenues would come in at some point into the same fund
  • would be borne out of that initially, and then revenues would come in at some point into the same fund
  • But once that began to accrue, it would go into the fund that they use to pay for safety operations.
  • But once that began to accrue, it would go into the fund that they use to pay for safety operations.
Bills: SB341 , SB340 , SB341 , SB354 , SB340
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 10th, 2026 at 11:16 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And, you know, whenever we start talking about exposures, do we need to go back and look at exposure
  • Because that's smoke, toxic exposure, heat stress, physical injury, and long-term diseases, also PTSD
  • So why do we feel the need or the importance to fund, to eventually fund this in the future?
  • Because it's already funded now through grant funding.
  • But how would this funding assist?
Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB49 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB124 , HB145 , HB154 , HB158 , HB164 , HB180 , HB291 , HJR6 , HJR7 , HR1 , HJM1 , HM13 , HM47
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:52 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Reserve Fund.
  • Fund?
  • General Fund—we'll call it the capital outlay development fund, I guess—the reserve fund, excuse me—that
  • Fund, Local Community Capital Funds, Colonial Infrastructure Fund, Water Project Fund, Tribal Infrastructure
  • Project Fund, Higher Ed Capital Fund.
Bills: HB111 , HB61 , HB43 , HB156 , HB70 , SB3 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HB247 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HLT-HHS Informational Briefing 03-06-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Bills: HB20 , HB276 , HB644 , HB812 , HB816 , HB916 , HB1131 , HB1247 , HB1518 , HB1525 , HB1537 , HB1541 , HB1546 , HB1553 , HB1562 , HB1565 , HB1566 , HB1576 , HB1577 , HB1591 , HB1605 , HB1612 , HB1613 , HB1614 , HB1618 , HB1620 , HB1650 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1661 , HB1664 , HB1668 , HB1676 , HB1707 , HB1711 , HB1713 , HB1715 , HB1718 , HB1727 , HB1749 , HB1756 , HB1774 , HB1776 , HB1801 , HB1802 , HB1805 , HB1813 , HB1815 , HB1831 , HB1838 , HB1853 , HB1854 , HB1859 , HB1863 , HB1871 , HB1872 , HB1918 , HB1920 , HB1952 , HB1965 , HB1966 , HB1967 , HB1969 , HB1972 , HB1973 , HB1974 , HB1975 , HB1980 , HB1985 , HB2005 , HB2023 , HB2031 , HB2033 , HB2062 , HB2113 , HB2114 , HB2116 , HB2138 , HB2139 , HB2156 , HB2158 , HB2159 , HB2171 , HB2208 , HB2268 , HB2270 , HB2272 , HB2273 , HB2276 , HB2289 , HB2310 , HB2315 , HB2335 , HB2338 , HB2339 , HB2340 , HB2343 , HB2361 , HB2384 , HB2387 , SB2338 , SB2431 , SB2438 , SB2593 , SB2907 , SB2671 , SB2321 , SB3084 , SB2401 , SB3033 , SB2972 , SB3032 , SB2806 , SB3014 , SB2108 , SB2981 , SB2973 , SB2423 , SB2078 , SB2322 , SB2397 , SB2896 , SB2088 , SB2347 , SB2408 , SB2970 , SB2851 , SB2713 , SB2697 , SB2312 , SB2192 , SB2363 , SB2530 , SB3028 , SB2024 , SB3007 , SB2599 , SB2596 , SB2662 , SB2930 , SB3334 , SB2378 , SB3019 , SB3231 , SB2240 , SB2372 , SB2175 , SB2046 , SB2298 , SB2922 , SB2835 , SB3263 , SB2174 , SB2128 , SB2006 , SB2489 , SB3134 , SB2982 , SB2425 , SB2849 , SB2797 , SB2795 , SB2575 , SB2521 , SB2765 , SB2386 , SB2852 , SB2022 , SB2117 , SB2277 , SB2387 , SB2688 , SB2885 , SB3132 , SB3219 , SB2169 , SB2591 , SB2090 , SB2983 , SB888 , SB3249 , SB2611 , SB2429 , SB2463 , SB3154 , SB3131 , SB3152 , SB3315 , SB2448 , SB2054 , SB2140 , SB2520 , SB2377 , SB2986 , SB2010 , SB2189 , SB2026 , SB3010 , SB2818 , SB2002
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 11th, 2026 at 11:17 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to the charter school facility revolving fund.
  • to the charter school facility revolving fund.
  • to the Acequia and Community Ditch Infrastructure Fund.
  • to the Acequia and Community Ditch Infrastructure Fund.
  • But I feel that if this body wants to do that, we have one of the largest permanent funds that funds
Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB145 , HB154 , HB164 , HB291 , HJR6 , HR1 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB38 , HB47 , HB63 , HB64 , HB127 , HB165 , HB184 , HB200 , HM20 , HM51
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:37:15.359><c> to</c> exposure to exposure to methamphetamine.<00:37:17.800><c> Unfortunately,</c>
  • While exposure to methamphetamine by a child can be life-threatening, exposure to the poison that is
  • While exposure to methamphetamine by a child can be life-threatening, exposure to the poison that is
  • While exposure to methamphetamine by a child can be life-threatening, exposure to the poison that is
  • While exposure to methamphetamine by a child can be life-threatening, exposure to the poison that is
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 6th, 2026 at 11:19 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker and gentlelady, we're going to be creating a fund, a major projects fund.
  • Would that be going through this fund, or how would that be funded? Mr.
  • I'm just in respect to the fund itself in any and all ways pertaining to the fund.
  • So does the Secretary of Higher Ed have direct access to the fund? Or who accesses the fund?
  • Or who accesses the fund?
Bills: HB111 , HJR1 , HB61 , HB8 , HB30 , HB43 , HB156 , HJM2 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB70 , SB3 , HJM3
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 14th, 2026 at 01:49 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, Funding for the Department of Transportation. And so with that, Mr.
  • Speaker, gentlemen, is there an apprenticeship trust fund? Mr.
  • Speaker, kind gentleman, can you tell me how much is in that trust fund?
  • There's working numbers that apply immediately, and then there's the fund itself.
  • I want to go back to your question related to the fund.
Bills: HB145 , HB164 , HR1 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HB99 , HB206 , HB213 , HB270 , SB104 , SB193 , HB38 , HB254 , HB256 , SB58 , SB64 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM39 , HM29 , HM43 , HM59 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB253
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • The official determination was clear: the sole cause of death was kratom toxicity.
  • Last year, we finally got it funded. You may have heard this bill before.
  • So why do you need an additional surcharge fund and an additional $200,000?
  • Then they would just sue the state, and taxpayers would have to fund that lawsuit.
  • We definitely don't have a position on whether or not we should have jury trials, just the funding.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was his first known exposure. He did not get a second chance.
  • If it goes on to the Secretary of State site, unfortunately that's going to call for additional funding
  • Yet she suffered the consequences of prenatal substance exposure, including fentanyl, methamphetamines
  • We covered some of the victim rights programs that we're going to be funding if the bill passes.
  • We covered some of the victim rights programs that we're going to be funding if the bill passes.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, September 16, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They should be able to fund the government. But they won't.
  • Speaker, in seven years the Social Security trust fund is empty.
  • SPEAKER, IN SEVEN YEARS THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND IS EMPTY.
  • And the rest comes out of the general fund.
  • AND THE REST COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
Bills: HB1670 , HR493 , HR492 , HR491 , HB5140 , HB4922 , HR713 , HR721 , HB2721 , HR707
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Transcript Highlights:
  • An overwhelming body of evidence links low levels of exposure to these toxic chemicals in early life
  • and firing experts in children's health who work to prevent toxic exposures in young people.
  • The exposure to and impacts of toxic chemicals are not equally shared.
  • Unfortunately, the risk for toxic chemical exposure does not stop at personal care...
  • toxic exposures, including exposures to EDCs and other toxic chemicals that can have a lasting negative
Summary: The hearing of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure opened with logistical remarks about testimony procedures, time limits, accessibility supports, and the large number of witnesses. The first bill discussed was H. 451, which would allow professional license applicants who do not have a Social Security number to use an ITIN instead. Supporters said the bill would help qualified workers, especially immigrants, enter licensed trades and professions without lowering training or testing standards, while addressing workforce shortages. Committee members asked a few questions, and the bill was framed as a uniform statewide licensing reform. The bulk of the hearing focused on S. 210 and H. 1278, two bills aimed at improving wheelchair repair and warranty protections. Supporters included the Attorney General’s Office, disability advocates, wheelchair users, clinicians, and legislators, who described long repair delays, missed work and medical appointments, loss of independence, hospitalizations, pressure injuries, and other harms caused by broken wheelchairs and slow service. They argued for stronger timelines, two-year warranties, required parts availability, loaner chairs, and enforcement mechanisms, with H. 1278 modeled on a Connecticut-style repair deadline and S. 210 focused on warranty protections. Several witnesses emphasized that wheelchairs are essential medical equipment, not ordinary consumer goods. Opposition came from NCart, which said it supports solutions but raised concerns that the bills, as written, could be difficult to implement for complex rehab technology. NCart said some warranty provisions may not fit wear-and-tear components and noted that MassHealth has already taken steps such as preventive maintenance, reduced prior authorization, and transportation support. Other witnesses and advocates countered that the current market is dominated by a few profitable companies and that the legislature needs to impose clear standards because voluntary fixes have not worked. The committee also heard testimony on S. 195, a toxic-free kids bill from Senator Comerford and Representative Hawkins, which would restrict PFAS and other toxic chemicals in children’s products and create disclosure and phase-out requirements. No votes were taken during the hearing.