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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Pro Forma Floor Session Feb 20th, 2026 at 09:55 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • With the consent of the House, the minutes of the preceding day will stand approved; hearing no objection
  • Fourth Order of Business. Hearing no objection, so ordered. Fourth Order of Business.
  • Fifth Order of Business. Committee reports.
  • Fourth Order of Business.
  • Fifth Order of Business. Committee reports.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 19th, 2026 at 11:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and what it demands of those of us in leadership today.
  • Of any actions of their own, but because of unfounded fears, prejudice, and racism.
  • cost of Trapped by the German forces in the mountains of France at great cost of life.
  • Because of all of those who came before me, I am.
  • Environmental Policy Act, Shoreline Management Act, State Parks, and Outdoor Recreation. Mr.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 19th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and what it demands of those of us in leadership today.
  • cost of.
  • But let me begin with the notion of the rule of law, not just the rule of law, but equal justice under
  • Because of all of those who came before me, I am.
  • Environmental Policy Act, Shoreline Management Act, State Parks, and Outdoor Recreation. Mr.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, the flags were escorted by the Nisei Veterans Committee Color Guard, the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Scout Alexander Bertelsen, and Reverend Masao Umoto delivered the invocation. The House then approved the previous day’s minutes and took up House Resolution 4692, recognizing the 84th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 and honoring Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated and incarcerated during World War II. The resolution recounted the history of the incarceration, the service of Japanese American veterans, the findings of the 1982 commission that the policy was driven by racial prejudice and war hysteria, and the later federal apology and reparations. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, and guests connected to the Japanese American community and remembrance observances were recognized. Several members spoke in support of the resolution, emphasizing the constitutional failures of the wartime incarceration, the importance of remembrance, and the need to guard against fear-driven violations of civil liberties. Remarks also highlighted personal family histories, the experiences of camps such as Manzanar and Camp Harmony, and the service of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and other Japanese American units. After adoption, the House agreed to spread Representative Stonier’s remarks upon the journal. The House then considered a motion to re-refer Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 536 to the Community Safety Committee instead of the Environment and Energy Committee. Representative Abbarno argued the bill dealt primarily with criminal penalties and prosecutorial authority, while Representative Fitzgibbon opposed the change, saying the bill’s predominant subject matter remained environmental. The amendment failed on a voice vote. The House then adopted the motion to read and refer the day’s introductions to the designated committees, with SB 6066 sent to Transportation. Finally, the House returned HB 1065, HJM 1412, and ESHB 1819 to the Rules Committee, announced caucuses, and adjourned until 9:55 a.m. Friday, February 20.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Education, and to provide
  • We worked with the Department of Education on this, as well as a plethora of early learning centers.
  • We worked with the Department of Education on this, as well as a plethora of early learning centers.
  • Ashley Townsend, Department of Education.
  • teachers and submitting to the Department of Education.
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with four members present and took up a long agenda of education-related bills. Early items included SCR 65, which would create a K-12 student success task force to study statewide career and academic pathway advising; the committee adopted a substantive amendment adding designees and then reported the resolution favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SCR 119, honoring Coach D.D. Breaux, after brief remarks about her LSU gymnastics legacy and the request that LSU study naming its gymnastics training facility in her honor. Several bills affecting school operations and student support were heard and reported favorably, including HB 434 on probationary school bus driver employment and superintendent authority over dismissal; HB 484 expanding scholarship benefits for children and spouses of fallen or disabled firefighters and police officers; HB 749 and HB 1059 on savings accounts and TOPS math eligibility alignment; HB 218 adding food insecurity questions to student questionnaires, which was amended and reported favorably; HB 325 expanding TOPS Tech eligibility through dual enrollment and part-time use; HB 476 requiring Safe Haven law postings in middle and high school restrooms; HB 1249 clarifying access to school-based health centers, with an amendment adopted; HB 1242 allowing more than one early learning center license at the same location under certain circumstances; HB 632 improving data protections and functionality for LA First; and HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students, which was amended to address IEP and dispute-process concerns before being reported favorably. Two bills drew extended debate over transparency, privacy, and school autonomy. HB 608 would create confidentiality for intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing documents; LSU representatives argued the bill was needed to protect student-athletes and competitive information, while PAR and the Louisiana Press Association opposed it as an improper secrecy carve-out for state-generated revenue. Despite the opposition, the committee reported HB 608 favorably. HB 1112, which would exempt BESE-approved non-public pre-K programs from certain licensure and safety requirements and adjust related definitions, was amended and then heard with testimony from the Pelican Institute in support, arguing it corrects overreach from prior law and protects private school autonomy and parental choice.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Section D is removed to avoid redundancy, as the State Office of Administrative Hearings Management.
  • So, for example, in one of my units, in my environmental permitting unit... ...which this bill affects
  • The chair calls Mark Wiles, Manager of the National Resources Team for LBB, and James O'Connor, Budget
  • , the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality prohibits the disposal of lead-acid batteries at recycling
  • hundreds of Texas companies that are metal recycling entities, or MREs, regulated by the Department of
Bills: SB2122 , SB2050 , HB16
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Just want to Department of Agriculture.
  • </c><00:31:09.919><c> of</c> shouldn't be asking the Department of shouldn't be asking the Department
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  • Department of Agriculture. So, this is Department of Agriculture.
Bills: HF2446
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll start with the change items for the protection services division of the Department of Agriculture
  • of the department of services division of the department of agriculture<00:05:22.320><c> which</c><00
  • Chair members, that completes the Department of Agriculture.
  • We'll the um department of agriculture.
  • the environmental and economic outcomes<00:25:13.760><c> of</c><00:25:14.000><c> the</c> outcomes of
Bills: HF2446
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Any questions for the Department of EMS?
  • </c><00:07:05.000><c> of</c><00:07:05.120><c> Professional</c> the Department of Professional the Department
  • </c> for the Department of EMS? for the Department of EMS?
  • Department for Medicaid Services, Department for Medicaid Services, Division<00:23:39.880><c> of</c>
  • of a waiver participant, clarifies the definition of case manager, and extends exception requests for
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up a series of administrative regulations from several agencies. Early items included Attorney General consumer protection rules on removal sales, health spas, liquidation sales, and nonresident sellers of visual aid glasses; Finance and Administration Controller rules on clearinghouse validation and fraud prevention; and Board of Dentistry rules updating exam requirements, controlled substance prescribing, training for neuromodulators and dermal fillers, infection control, sedation/anesthesia continuing education, and required education on pediatric abusive head trauma and controlled substance ingestion prevention. The committee also approved staff amendments on these items, generally to conform to KRS Chapter 13A, and members asked a brief question about the dentistry controlled-substances changes, which was answered as an alignment with statute. The committee next approved regulations for the Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers, Board of Nursing, and Board of Emergency Medical Services. The ophthalmic dispensers package would revise meeting and recordkeeping language, raise renewal fees, set reinstatement and apprentice-license rules, add complaint and hearing procedures, and repeal a duplicative regulation. The nursing regulations would streamline approval of training programs and require notice and documentation of site visits and deficiencies. EMS rules would create five EMS medical director certifications, set expiration and renewal requirements, require publication of disciplinary sanctions, and exempt currently approved directors before October 1, 2026. Staff amendments were adopted without objection on each set. The Education and Labor Cabinet’s school transportation regulation drew extended discussion. The agency explained the changes were intended to implement Senate Bill 46 and update references affected by later legislation, including an oral amendment to delete a subsection reference tied to KRS 160.380. The committee adopted both the agency and oral amendments without objection after brief questions about the scope of the bill changes and van transportation for students. The committee then heard a lengthy package from the Department for Public Health on WIC and related nutrition program regulations, including updates to infant and child certification periods, documentation requirements, vendor criteria, sanctions, hearing procedures, and high-risk vendor standards. Staff amendments were adopted without objection. Finally, the committee considered the Inspector General’s regulation for freestanding birthing centers, which included both staff and agency amendments. The agency changes would require two neonatal resuscitation program-certified staff, set rules for medical director vacancies and appeals, revise facility and staffing terminology, adjust transfer-agreement requirements, and allow waivers when agreements cannot be secured. Mary Katherine DeLodder of the Kentucky Birth Coalition testified in support, saying the parties had worked through concerns and were ready to move forward. The committee then moved on to Medicaid’s 1915C child waiver regulations, where staff amendments were adopted, but Lucy Heskins of Kentucky Protection and Advocacy testified against the package because it did not include person-directed services, which she said are required by Kentucky law and important for families using the waiver.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 05:50 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This will allow streamlined coordination of the Civil Air Patrol under the military department in emergencies
  • I spent a lot of time as a youth in the summertime sitting in the health department office waiting for
  • Speaker, one of the concerns I have both with the Growth Management Act and with our Climate Commitment
  • The Department of Transportation must issue a determination whether the repeal will impact state-funded
  • The Department of Transportation must issue a determination whether the repeal will impact state-funded
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sixth order of business, second reading of bills.
  • This bill extends the reach of the offense of interference by use of force or violence or intimidation
  • by a threat of force or violence to respond to the rash of verbal assaults and physical assaults of
  • Speaker, and one of kind of recent development.
  • There were also some Seattle Police Department officers kind of at the outer edge of the protesting crowd
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sixth order of business, second reading of bills.
  • Clerk will read an act relating to Department of Labor and Industries authority to enact rules related
  • This is one more piece of paper that will end up in the trash because of all of the new requirements
  • So I'm glad to see the Department of Labor and Industries taking this bold step, and I'm glad that Glad
  • to see the Department of Labor and Industries taking this bold step, and glad that we're going to be
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This will allow streamlined coordination of the Civil Air Patrol under the Military Department in emergencies
  • I spent a lot of time as a youth in the summertime sitting in the health department office waiting for
  • Speaker, one of the concerns I have both with the Growth Management Act and with our Climate Commitment
  • The Department of Transportation must issue a determination whether the repeal will impact state-funded
  • The Department of Transportation must issue a determination whether the repeal will impact state-funded
Summary: The House received several messages from the Senate announcing passage of engrossed or substitute versions of House Bill 2294, House Bill 2472, Senate Bill 606, Senate Bill 6335, engrossed substitute Senate Bill 6266, and engrossed substitute House Bill 3. The chamber then moved through second and third reading on a series of measures, often suspending the rules to advance bills to final passage. A major floor debate centered on Senate Concurrent Resolution 8406, which would reestablish the Joint Select Committee on Civic Health and expand its membership. Amendment 2131, offered to keep the committee at its current size rather than expanding it, was rejected after debate over fiscal restraint, committee scope, and whether the body functioned like a “proxy legislature.” The resolution then passed 83-10. The House also passed engrossed substitute Senate Bill 6200 on portable cooling devices for renters and mobile home occupants, Senate Bill 6084 on clarifying the prohibition on voting in more than one election, second engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5105 on sexually explicit depictions involving minors, and Senate Bill 6046 authorizing the Civil Air Patrol to be used by the governor in emergencies; each drew debate over policy scope, enforcement, and state-federal authority, but all ultimately passed. The House next passed substitute Senate Bill 6054, limiting HOA and common-interest community restrictions that conflict with wildfire-hardening measures; substitute Senate Bill 6091, requiring greater transparency in real estate broker practices; Senate Bill 6291, giving more time to train and certify on-site wastewater inspectors; substitute Senate Bill 6081, creating a Public Records Act exemption for sex designation information to protect transgender people from doxxing and harassment; Senate Bill 5963, automatically enrolling certain vulnerable students in the Washington College Grant; and substitute Senate Bill 6226, addressing audiology scope-of-practice and telemedicine concerns. Most of these bills passed with broad bipartisan support, though some drew dissent over added regulation, privacy, or scope-of-practice issues. The final portion of the transcript focused on Senate Bill 6106, which the Speaker ruled had an out-of-scope amendment related to agricultural seasonal workers; the bill itself passed 75-18 after debate over layoff notices and tribal sovereignty. Substitute Senate Bill 6014, dealing with pregnancy accommodations and related public records issues, saw a failed amendment to replace gender-neutral language with “pregnant woman” and then passed 68-25. The House also debated Senate Bill 5820, with multiple amendments concerning freight rail, greenhouse gas calculations, county planning, property rights, and rail safety; the excerpt ends amid that amendment debate before final action on the bill is shown.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Pro Forma Floor Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 09:55 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • With consent of the House, the minutes of the preceding day will stand approved, hearing no objections
  • Dean Brazel; House Resolution 4702, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United
  • Fourth order of business, with consent of the House...
  • Fourth order of business, with consent of the House, the bills, memorials, and resolutions printed on
  • Eighth order of business, with the consent of the House, the Rules Committee is relieved of the following
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation Apr 17th, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • As pending business, HB 1499 is also Chair Wally's bill relating to the creation of of an environmental
  • Philip Martin manages Zero Emission Truck Initiative for Environmental Defense Fund.
  • It says the Commission, the Department of Public Safety may not implement or enforce it. any of these
  • equally. brunt of poor air quality and environmental injustice.
  • Chris Maycombe on behalf of Waste Management.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri Feb 6, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 11

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today in the gallery, we have members from the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii to celebrate their annual
  • </c><00:14:04.639><c> House</c><00:14:04.959><c> of</c> Welcome to the House of House of Welcome to the
  • House of House of Representatives.
  • On behalf of the chair of education and the members of my committee, it is my pleasure to welcome today
  • </c> your House of Representatives. your House of Representatives.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 10

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Speaker, I move we dispense with the reading of the journal of the first through the third days
  • So many of those things have been moved forward because of the strength of labor. reservations and comment
  • </c> Because of the strength of labor.
  • Top of page four. Standing committee report 26-26, 27-26. Top of page four.
  • Uh, I support the Department of Hawaiian Homelands and their efforts.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate SessionReading and Referral of Bills Mar 17th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Bills: SJR 4 , SCR 36 , SCR 37 , SCR 38 , SCR 39 , SCR 40 , SCR 41 , SCR 42 , SB 7 , SB 30 , SB 31 , SB 32 , SB 33 , SB 34 , SB 36 , SB 37 , SB 38 , SB 39 , SB 1851 , SB 1852 , SB 1853 , SB 1854 , SB 1855 , SB 1856 , SB 1857 , SB 1858 , SB 1860 , SB 1861 , SB 1862 , SB 1863 , SB 1864 , SB 1865 , SB 1866 , SB 1867 , SB 1868 , SB 1869 , SB 1870 , SB 1871 , SB 1872 , SB 1873 , SB 1874 , SB 1875 , SB 1876 , SB 1877 , SB 1878 , SB 1879 , SB 1880 , SB 1881 , SB 1882 , SB 1883 , SB 1884 , SB 1885 , SB 1886 , SB 1887 , SB 1888 , SB 1889 , SB 1890 , SB 1891 , SB 1892 , SB 1893 , SB 1894 , SB 1895 , SB 1896 , SB 1897 , SB 1898 , SB 1899 , SB 1900 , SB 1901 , SB 1903 , SB 1904 , SB 1905 , SB 1906 , SB 1907 , SB 1908 , SB 1909 , SB 1910 , SB 1911 , SB 1912 , SB 1913 , SB 1914 , SB 1915 , SB 1916 , SB 1917 , SB 1918 , SB 1919 , SB 1920 , SB 1921 , SB 1922 , SB 1923 , SB 1924 , SB 1925 , SB 1926 , SB 1927 , SB 1928 , SB 1929 , SB 1930 , SB 1931 , SB 1932 , SB 1933 , SB 1934 , SB 1935 , SB 1936 , SB 1937 , SB 1938 , SB 1939 , SB 1940 , SB 1941 , SB 1942 , SB 1943 , SB 1944 , SB 1945 , SB 1946 , SB 1947 , SB 1948 , SB 1949 , SB 1950 , SB 1951 , SB 1952 , SB 1953 , SB 1954 , SB 1955 , SB 1956 , SB 1957 , SB 1958 , SB 1959 , SB 1960 , SB 1961 , SB 1962 , SB 1963 , SB 1964 , SB 1965 , SB 1966 , SB 1967 , SB 1968 , SB 1969 , SB 1970 , SB 1971 , SB 1972 , SB 1973 , SB 1974 , SB 1975 , SB 1976 , SB 1977 , SB 1978 , SB 1979 , SB 1980 , SB 1981 , SB 1982 , SB 1983 , SB 1984 , SB 1985 , SB 1986 , SB 1987 , SB 1988 , SB 1989 , SB 1990 , SB 1991 , SB 1992 , SB 1993 , SB 1994 , SB 1995 , SB 1996 , SB 1997 , SB 1998 , SB 1999 , SB 2000 , SB 2001 , SB 2002 , SB 2003 , SB 2004 , SB 2005 , SB 2006 , SB 2007 , SB 2008 , SB 2009 , SB 2010 , SB 2011 , SB 2012 , SB 2013 , SB 2014 , SB 2015 , SB 2016 , SB 2017 , SB 2018 , SB 2019 , SB 2020 , SB 2021 , SB 2022 , SB 2023 , SB 2024 , SB 2025 , SB 2026 , SB 2027 , SB 2028 , SB 2029 , SB 2030 , SB 2031 , SB 2032 , SB 2033 , SB 2034 , SB 2035 , SB 2036 , SB 2037 , SB 2038 , SB 2039 , SB 2040 , SB 2041 , SB 2042 , SB 2043 , SB 2044 , SB 2045 , SB 2046 , SB 2047 , SB 2048 , SB 2049 , SB 2050 , SB 2051 , SB 2052 , SB 2053 , SB 2054 , SB 2055 , SB 2056 , SB 2057 , SB 2058 , SB 2059 , SB 2060