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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 21st, 2026 at 08:00 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee. Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
- Good morning, Senator Schumick, members of the committee, Alicia Kinney-Klausen, staff to this committee
- Good morning, Senator Schumick, members of the committee, Alicia Kinney-Klausen, staff to this committee
- Thank you, committee members.
- to the START Committee.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
appliance affordability, cost index, energy efficiency, consumer protection, Washington state, aviation, airport noise, air pollution, environmental justice, health disparities, public health, ultrafine particulate matter, black carbon, nitrogen dioxide, volatile organic compounds, asthma, heart disease, cancer, sleep disruption, hypertension
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome our Ways and Means Committee Chairman to the Senate. committee under the Ways and Means Committee
- Chairman Turner, members of the committee.
- Thank you, Chairman Turner, committee members.
- I have a few data points to give the committee.
- But it's not just about who rules. rules, who the rules apply to, House Bill 4703 also builds those rules
Bills:
HB1952 , HB3258 , HB3524 , HB3851 , HB4478 , HB4613 , HB4703 , HB4742 , HB4744 , HB4809 , HB4864
Committee:
House S/C on Property Tax Appraisals
Keywords:
county appraisal district, board of directors, governance, taxing units, public representation, penalty, property report, taxation, timely filing, chief appraiser, appraisal district, ad valorem tax, property appraisal, tax protests, unequal appraisal, property rights, property tax, public employees, protest leave, appraisal review board
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ALC-STATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE Jun 17th, 2026
ALC-STATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- The—just for EBD, the way that the rules and everything are set up with State Insurance, you all act
- as all the other committees for the purposes of the Employee Benefits Division and Office of Property
- As long as it's coming back before this committee, Mr. Chair, then I'm okay with it.
- I appreciate the latitude to ask as a non-member of the committee.
- Chair, and I apologize for hijacking committee. I'm not on it; it wasn't the intent, Grant.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 4th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to re-refer the following bills to committee
- Services Committee; SB 888, Ciarto, from the Revenue and Taxation Committee to the Military and Veterans
- Affairs Committee, then back to the Revenue and Taxation Committee; and SB 1119, Padilla, from the Privacy
- and Consumer Protection Committee to the Judiciary Committee, then back to the Privacy and Consumer
- Protection Committee.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then handled routine procedural business including re-referrals of several Senate bills, removal of AB 1156 from the inactive file, and withdrawal of ACR 210 to the second reading file. The chamber also heard multiple guest introductions, including family members of members and two CIF Scholar Athletes of the Year, Ryan Liu and Mona Sugawara, before moving to the daily file and consent calendar.
The main floor item was ACR 191, which designated June 5 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in California. Assemblymember Stephanie and several colleagues spoke in strong support, sharing personal and district-level experiences with gun violence, highlighting the impact on children, schools, graduations, and communities, and urging continued state and federal action. Speakers emphasized prevention, safe storage, community violence intervention, and the need to resist complacency; the resolution was adopted by voice vote after 55 co-authors were added.
On the consent calendar, ACR 206 and several Senate concurrent resolutions were adopted, with ACR 206 passing 60-0. The Assembly also heard an adjournment in memory for Michael George Savan, a longtime Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department commander, Marine Corps Reservist, and former Lomita mayor and councilmember. The house then announced the next session schedule and adjourned until Monday, June 8 at 1 p.m.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 3rd Revision: Oreder revised Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So what I'm asking for the committee is to let this move forward.
- That is a, you know, we don't have any statewide eligibility rules. Sure.
- Members of the committee, I ask you to vote no on this bill.
- Vote of 6 aye and 4 nay will show your bill to have passed out of committee.
- We've had a ton of bills in this committee.
Summary:
The A&B Subcommittee on Education heard and advanced several bills, beginning with HB 4491, which would allow virtual charter, charter, and homeschool students to participate in extracurricular activities in their resident school district. The sponsor said the bill was intended to expand student opportunity and was still being worked on, especially on eligibility and proximity requirements. Members raised concerns about accreditation, fairness, and potential disruption, but the bill was reported out 8-2.
The committee then approved HB 4146, which moves the state-paid maternity benefit for teachers to begin in a teacher’s first year of employment, and HB 4149, which grants up to 10 years of service credit for certain prior experience, including out-of-state or out-of-country teaching, active-duty military service, law enforcement, and firefighting. HB 4158 raised the income cap for O-TAG grant eligibility to $80,000, and HB 4159 allowed parents to request dyslexia screening after formative assessments at any time during the year, with notice from the State Department; both passed with little opposition.
A more contentious debate surrounded HB 3242, which sought to clarify voluntary religious expression in schools and provide Attorney General guidance and legal protections for districts. Supporters argued it protected First Amendment rights and gave schools guardrails, while opponents warned it could expose schools to litigation, create power imbalances, and blur the line between voluntary student expression and school-sponsored religious activity. After debate, the bill passed 6-4.
Finally, HB 3718 was heard to address delays in special education evaluations by starting the 45-school-day timeline from the date of request rather than the date of consent, with the sponsor citing families missing scholarship deadlines because evaluations took too long. Members discussed federal timing rules and district practices, and the bill passed 7-3. The chair closed by noting it was the subcommittee’s final House bill meeting of the session.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Local Government Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the session committee assistant for local government. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- I'm also a committee assistant with OPR.
- Good morning, Elizabeth Wren, nonpartisan staff to the committee.
- Thank you, Chair, Ranking Member, and committee.
- The State Building Code Council has authority to help define the rules.
Summary:
The committee held its first official work session with member and staff introductions, then received an update from the State Building Code Council on the current three-year code cycle and several legislatively directed code changes. Council staff said the council is moving toward CR-102 rulemaking and final adoption in the spring, with legislative mandates nearing completion on minimum dwelling unit size, emergency shelters, single-exit stairs for buildings up to six stories and 24 units, and sixplexes in the residential code. Members asked about how technical advisory groups are selected, and staff explained that the council advertises seats, reviews applications and recommendations, and approves members in public meetings, typically including firefighters, engineers, architects, and other subject-matter experts.
A major portion of the meeting focused on the single-stair and sixplex work and on how fire safety, egress, and local service levels are being considered. Council representatives said the single-stair proposal includes emergency escape and rescue openings on all levels and is intended to provide more options for safe egress while reducing building footprint and cost. They emphasized that the recommendations are still entering the public rulemaking process and that cost-benefit considerations were part of the legislative intent. Members also raised questions about whether self-rescue devices or other builder options could be codified, and council staff said such ideas are considered through the advisory process, though not all become required code provisions.
The second half of the session covered performance-based codes, prompted by a bill referred to as HB 2381. Todd Byrd explained the difference between prescriptive codes, which specify exact solutions, and performance-based codes, which set outcomes and allow designers and manufacturers more flexibility in how to meet them. He described the bill as a narrow proposal for low-rise residential buildings up to 24 units and under the high-rise threshold, with third-party or state certification and local jurisdiction approval still required. He cited international examples, especially Japan and Sweden, where performance-based approaches supported innovation and prefabrication, and said such systems can lower costs while maintaining safety. Members discussed seismic safety, builder participation, embodied carbon, and energy-code interactions, and council staff said the proposal could help align material, energy, and design optimization without changing the existing energy code. The committee took no vote and adjourned after the informational presentation and discussion.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Let me begin by welcoming back to this committee the former ranking member of the House Education Committee
- Thank you, Representative Rule.
- To this committee hearing.
- To this committee hearing.
- instead of the proper rules.
Bills:
SB6278
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
teacher preparation, principal preparation, educator preparation, alternative route certification, teacher certification, principal certification, Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, PESB, field placement, student teacher, residency, mentoring, school district partnerships, K-12 education, preK-12, high-need schools, Title I, special education, English language learner, rural schools
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Two - Thursday, March 26
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Next order of business is reports from committee. The clerk will read the reports from committee.
- This bill passed out of your insurance committee 7 to 1 and out of rules 9 to 2.
- It passed out of committee rules and on this floor two years ago with zero no votes.
- Your Missouri House of Representatives Legislative Rules Committee will be meeting downstairs.
- Committee vote, and then at 2:45 in the Senate Committee Hearing 1.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal, and numerous introductions of visiting groups and guests, including schoolchildren, Republican women’s organizations, county commissioners, and family members of legislators. Members also suspended House Rule 98 to allow baseball apparel in celebration of opening day, with the motion passing 118-22.
The chamber then took up the state budget bills. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2002, covering elementary and secondary education and child care, drew the most debate. Supporters said it maintained record funding for the foundation formula, transportation, and early childhood programs, while critics argued it still fell short of fully funding the formula and underfunded child care subsidies by about $51 million. After extended debate over statutory obligations, school funding, and child care policy, the bill passed 85-70. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2003, the higher education and workforce development budget, also prompted substantial debate over a proposed shift to an FTE-based funding model for colleges and universities. Supporters called it a fairer, more equitable system that follows students and encourages efficiency, while opponents warned it would sharply reduce funding for some institutions, including community colleges and regional universities. The bill passed 83-66.
The House then passed House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2004, covering revenue and transportation, 91-50, despite objections over a public transit cut and constitutional concerns raised about MoDOT appropriations. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2005, the Office of Administration and employee benefits budget, passed overwhelmingly after members discussed state worker compensation, deferred compensation, and benefits funding. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2006, covering agriculture, natural resources, and conservation, passed 133-17 after members highlighted restored funding for agriculture business development and food insecurity grants, while others criticized cuts to natural resources and parks funding. The chamber then moved on to House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2007, covering economic development, commerce and insurance, and labor and industrial relations, with the budget chair introducing the bill and outlining its major departmental appropriations.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, members of the committee. For the record, Kate Henry, staff to this committee.
- my amendment in committee.
- Members of the committee. For the record, Jordan Clark, staff to this committee.
- The committee is at ease. By 1 p.m., the committee is at ease.
- The committee is at ease. The committee is at ease.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
Working Connections Child Care, child care subsidy, subsidized child care, Washington DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, low-income families, child care providers, licensed child care centers, family child care, market rate survey, subsidy rates, income eligibility, state median income, SNAP, Basic Food, collective bargaining, provider reimbursement, daily payment, half-day care, partial-day care
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/28/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Many of you sit on, or have been on, the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, so you
- Questions from the committee?
- Questions from the committee?
- Questions from the committee?
- Questions from the committee?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members of the committee, we do have a committee substitute, and all the substitute is, is a Legislative
- Alvarado to explain the committee.
- The committee substitute, Mr. Chairman, did you lay out the committee substitute? Was it laid out?
- Committee members, my name is Kerry Kenney.
- Senate Bill 2080, or the committee substitute.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
memorial highway, Captain Kevin Williams, Firefighter Austin Cheek, Smith County, transportation, pedestrian right-of-way, sidewalk users, bicycle safety, micromobility, electric scooter, motor-assisted scooter, electric personal assistive mobility device, skateboard, roller skates, driveway crossing, alley crossing, traffic safety, yield law, Texas Transportation Code, vehicle-pedestrian collision
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If you require assistance in registering to testify, please contact the committee staff.
- Thank you for allowing me to address this committee.
- Yes, the commissioner knows how to adopt these rules. She's done this for TUIA.
- Is there any further business for the committee to address?
- Hearing none, committee stands adjourned, subject to the call of the chair.
Committee:
House Insurance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Jul 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm happy to accept the significant number of committee amendments in the Significant number of committee
- Seeing none, committee members, back to the committee. Questions, comments, a motion.
- I'd like to begin by accepting the committee amendments and thank the chair and the committee staff for
- So I want to thank the committee staff for their hard work and accept the committee amendments.
- the committee amendments.
Summary:
The committee first heard SB 753, which would modernize California’s shopping cart recovery rules by allowing cities and counties to return abandoned carts directly to retailers, recover documented retrieval costs, and avoid the current impound-and-wait process. The author and supporters, including San Jose officials and the League of California Cities, said the bill would help clear streets, sidewalks, and waterways and reduce local costs. Grocers and retailers opposed the measure unless amended, arguing it would turn cart retrieval into a new cost burden and could create incentives for cities to charge too much for stolen property. After extensive discussion about notice periods, cost caps, and local ordinances, the committee adopted amendments and passed the bill 6-0 as amended.
The committee then took up SB 445, which would speed up permitting and approvals needed for high-speed rail by requiring early engagement, setting rules for third-party coordination, and creating a dispute-resolution process. The author said the bill was narrowed from an earlier, broader transit proposal and was intended to reduce delays caused by utilities, local governments, and other entities. Supporters said permitting bottlenecks add major costs and delays to infrastructure projects, while opponents from utilities, cities, counties, telecoms, and special districts raised concerns about safety, reliability, affordability, and the need to review the pending amendments. The bill passed 8-1 to the Utilities and Energy Committee.
The committee also heard SB 9, a narrower housing bill focused on accessory dwelling units. The author explained that it would require local ADU ordinances to be submitted to HCD for review and would make state standards control if a local agency fails to submit a compliant ordinance or respond to HCD findings. Supporters from housing and YIMBY groups said the bill would improve enforcement of state ADU law and prevent local barriers from slowing housing production. There was no opposition, and the bill passed 6-0. The committee then began hearing SB 79, which would allow more housing near major transit stops; the author and supporters framed it as a response to the housing shortage and transit underuse, and the hearing continued with extensive support testimony as the transcript ended.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 13th, 2026
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee will allow no more than 40 minutes of testimony.
- consent calendar, consistent with Assembly rules.
- Committee but are not eligible for the Assembly Floor Consent Calendar, consistent with Assembly Rules
- Good morning, Madam Chair, Members of the Committee.
- Thank you, Madam Chair, committee members.
Committee:
House Appropriations
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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- Chairman, members of the committee.
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Committee:
House Judiciary
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee will now consider Senate Concurrent Resolution 127.
- Committee, I appreciate your indulgence on this.
- The committee then moved to telephone testimony.
- Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to close.
- The committee will stand adjourned.
Committee:
House State Affairs
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- This is going to be my 14th session with the committee. Energy Committee.
- Matt Sterling, also in OPR staff to the committee. Megan McFadden, OPR staff to the committee.
- I think you all did receive, you should have received from my legislative assistant committee rules for
- You all should have received from my legislative assistant committee rules for the session.
- Members of the committee, Jacob Lipson, staff to the committee.
Committee:
House Environment & Energy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- . for House Bill 3096 by Cunningham from committee.
- The chair offers a committee substitute.
- The chair offers a committee substitute.
- Hello Chair Hull and members of the committee.
- It's the committee substitute for House Bill 5155.
Bills:
HB2646 , HB3941 , HB5153 , HB5155 , HB5394 , HB 1106 , HB426 , HB4529 , HB3984 , HB4273 , HB 1097 , HB3940 , HB1941 , HB4377 , HB3153
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
child care, task force, high-quality care, affordability, prekindergarten partnerships, foster care, transitional living, Medicaid reform, youth assistance, independent living, services for youth, employment training, educational support, mental health services, health care, public health, child health program, reimbursement, local health entities, maternal health
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Over some of the orientation rules for the committee for the session.
- Chair, members of the committee, and audience. It's an honor to be here on this committee.
- , we abide by the rules. the 24-hour rule for amendments.
- Chair, more of a comment to again thank you for the new people on the committee. committee.
- The Finance Committee and then the Legislative Education Study Committee recommendations.
Committee:
House House Education
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Go with one rule it. Go with one rule for<01:09:12.719><c> everybody.
- The Ways and Means Committee will vote at 2:30 p.m. Rules. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
- The Rules Committee will have a very brief voting session to re-refer bills.
- The Rules Committee will have a very brief voting session to re-refer bills.
- Any other committees Thank you. Any other committees announcements?