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MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Feb 9th, 2026

Emerging Issues

Transcript Highlights:
  • Liquor stores, marijuana dispensaries, big-box retailers remained open while churches were closed, limited
  • Liquor stores, marijuana dispensaries, big-box retailers remained open while churches were closed, limited
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 3037, sponsored by Rep. Allen, which would allow certain Missouri educational contribution tax credits beginning in 2028 to be carried back to the prior tax year. The sponsor described it as a narrow technical change that would not alter credit caps, refundability, transferability, or other safeguards, and said it would simply give donors more flexibility when their tax liability is not known until the following year. Supporters from the American Federation for Children and an educational assistance organization said the change would help small businesses and taxpayers participate more easily and could support scholarship funding. Rep. Thomas raised concerns about the fiscal impact on the education budget, noting the fiscal analysis and asking whether the change would reduce available education revenue; the sponsor acknowledged it would affect budgeting but said the delayed effective date was intended to give time to plan. No vote was taken. The committee then heard House Bill 2830, sponsored by Rep. Collins, which would increase the Missouri Housing Trust Fund recorder fee from $3 to $9 per real estate document. The sponsor and supporters said the fee increase was needed because the fund has not kept pace with inflation and housing costs, leaving many requests unfunded and preventing new construction or rehabilitation projects in recent years. Testimony from Empower Missouri, Love Columbia, Peter and Paul Community Services, Missouri’s Coalition of Recovery Support Providers, and the St. Louis City Continuum of Care emphasized severe affordable housing shortages, homelessness, and the need for more rental assistance, case management, and recovery housing. Witnesses said the increase would expand services without using general revenue and would help communities respond to housing instability and workforce needs. No opposition testified and no vote was taken. Finally, the committee heard House Bills 1778 and 2760 together, both focused on religious liberty during public emergencies. Rep. Loy and Rep. Boucher argued the bills were intended to prevent government orders from restricting worship services in a discriminatory way, citing COVID-era church closures and saying religious exercise should be treated consistently with other activities. Members questioned whether the bills could create problems during serious infectious disease outbreaks and whether the language was too broad or vague, especially around what counts as a place of worship and how emergency powers would work. An opponent, a Baptist minister, argued the bills would tie the hands of public health officials and that worship should be treated like other mass gatherings rather than receiving a special exemption. The hearing ended without a vote on either bill.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 6th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • But having a similar law in New Mexico deals with allowing medical marijuana in a hospital or in a...
  • And so if somebody is using medical marijuana, it's just if it's on their care plan, then they're able
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Mother denied using drugs in the home, but admitted to occasionally smoking marijuana, and father admitted
  • to smoking marijuana on a daily basis.
  • and father admitted to smoking marijuana and father admitted to smoking marijuana<00:18:35.280><c> on
  • </c><00:18:36.880><c> Mother</c><00:18:37.200><c> and</c> marijuana on a daily basis.
  • Mother and marijuana on a daily basis.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee approved the October 22, 2025 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel on accidental ingestion of illegal drug products by children. Panel members said pediatric ingestions have become the most common case type they review, with the highest-risk children ages one to four, and that fatal cases have increased in recent years. They reported that the substances most often involved are fentanyl, cannabinoids including THC products, methamphetamine, and increasingly xylazine; they also noted a decline in buprenorphine-related ingestions, which they viewed as a positive trend. The panel used several case examples to highlight recurring problems in investigations and medical response, including delayed DCBS involvement, failure to administer Narcan, inadequate drug testing, lack of child abuse team involvement, and limited or absent law enforcement investigation. They said law enforcement issues are especially common in pediatric ingestion cases and are concentrated in Jefferson County and the Bluegrass/KIPA regions. One example involved a one-year-old who died from fentanyl and Benadryl intoxication; another involved a two-year-old who died after ingesting multiple substances; and a third involved a four-year-old with near-fatal THC gummy ingestion where delayed treatment worsened the child’s condition. They also described a 10-month-old THC ingestion case that resulted in a criminal abuse conviction, which they presented as an example without missed investigative opportunities. Committee members discussed possible policy responses, including creating a more specific criminal child abuse offense or clarifying existing abuse and neglect definitions to cover unsafe access to illegal drugs, while preserving room for true accidents and prescribed medications. Members also raised the need for statewide standardization in reporting, investigation, and medical response, and suggested the panel should be able to call in agencies such as law enforcement, DCBS, judges, and hospitals for closed-session review of selected cases. The panel chair said they were already pursuing meetings with LMPD and would provide Jefferson County-specific breakdowns, and members expressed interest in additional data and agency follow-up before considering legislation.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Aug 27th, 2025

Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first is, count one is, willful and deliberate murder, or in the alternative, depraved mind murder
  • Look, when the legislative body wanted to legalize marijuana, we shotgun legislation out there and funded
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 16th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and pledges, and recognized several guests and Senate family members, including the psychologist and nurse of the day. Members then moved to the agenda, laying over items 1 and 4 before taking up several bills. Senate Bill 1395, a recommendation from the Incentive Evaluation Commission, would eliminate the tax credit portion of the investment and new jobs tax credit incentive and limit carry-forward of the investment portion to seven years; it passed 48-0. Senate Bill 1456, as amended, extended the sunset of the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, with the amendment changing the sunset date to 2031; it passed 48-0 and was also approved as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1562, requested by the Oklahoma Hospice and Palliative Care Association, was described as protecting terminally ill patients and families from aggressive hospice marketing practices; it passed 48-0. Senate Bill 1613, requested by the Oklahoma Liquefied Gas Association, was revised to remove language the governor had previously objected to regarding vehicle ownership and leasing outside OMES; it passed 48-0. Senate Bill 1983 directed the Department of Human Services to provide de-identified foster care data to resource family partners, including information on children without placement, demographic and geographic trends, areas of high need and low availability, placement disruptions, sibling separations, and distance from original homes. After a question from Senator Deevers about the scope of the data, the bill advanced and passed 48-0. The Senate then heard announcements about committee meeting times and adopted a motion to adjourn until Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
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Summary: The House convened, the clerk called the roll, and a quorum was present. The chamber adopted the day’s order of business, heard an invocation from Chaplain Ronnie Wilson, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The House also noted a list of bill and resolution reassignments from the majority floor leader’s office and briefly stood at ease before returning to order. Representative Timmons introduced Angie Kammermeyer as the nurse of the day, recognizing her long career in nursing and health care leadership, including her retirement as chief nursing officer from Integris Health after 40 years of service. The Speaker also welcomed guests in the galleries, including Sarah Stevens and her newborn baby, Kelby, and a group of leadership students from Great Plains who traveled from Lawton. No legislation was debated or voted on during the portion of the session provided. At the end of the meeting, Representative Pugh moved to adjourn, and the House agreed without objection. The chamber adjourned until Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 9th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Title 40, relative to medical marijuana, to allow the use of medical marijuana by terminally ill patients
  • Representative Carlson said he worked with the Attorney General's office to bring an alternative bill
  • Representative Fontenot, relative to licensing of plumbers, Louisiana State Board of Contractors, and its alternative
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer by guest minister Reginald Tate, and adopted the journal and several leave requests. The chamber received Senate messages, including concurrence in HCR 44 and Senate adoption of SCRs 19 and 26, and referred a number of Senate resolutions and bills to committee. It also reported and adopted several House resolutions honoring individuals, schools, and organizations, including H.R. 112, 113, 114, and 52, and referred HCR 51 to Appropriations for a study of assessor and clerk compensation. The House then processed many bills on second and third reading, with numerous measures reported favorably or amended and advanced without objection. Topics included criminal justice and public safety (including hit-and-run as a crime of violence, video voyeurism, intentional exposure to HIV, bail conditions for human trafficking defendants, and post-conviction custody rules), health and insurance matters (AI disclosure in health care, hearing aid coverage, anti-cancer medication parity, pharmacy benefit managers, Medicaid/SNAP integrity, and rare cancer treatments), education and governance (special education due process, school funding, campaign finance, public records, and legislative website transparency), and natural resources and transportation items. Several bills were substituted or renumbered, and many were engrossed and passed to third reading. Two floor debates drew extended discussion. HCR 15, urging Congress to pass the SAVE Act and require voter identification in federal elections, passed 65-32 after questions about voter roll purges and documentation requirements. HCR 14, supporting federal efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, prompted extensive debate over federal education funding, Title I, special education, student loans, land-grant institutions, desegregation oversight, and whether federal functions could be shifted to other agencies; it was adopted 59-28 with 23 coauthors. Later, HB 108, barring persons convicted of violent crimes or sex offenses from jury service, passed 68-32 after debate over jury pool size, second chances, and whether the bill would apply to civil and criminal trials. The House also passed HB 98 on penalties for unlawful release of victim information, HB 131 on custody pending appeal, HB 161 on bail conditions for human trafficking defendants, and HB 288 requiring “miscarriage” to appear alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical records and billing.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Budget Feb 11th, 2026 at 08:15 am

Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, you know, when we are in a conflict with the department over... we're going to release the marijuana
  • I will, until we are out of all other informational purposes only, alternate between opposed and information
  • When medically fragile Missourians cannot be supported in the community, what is your alternative?
  • It's the marijuana tax. Is that correct? That's right. It's the cannabis tax.
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard from State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick on his fiscal year 2027 budget request. He said the office had been rebuilt from a historic staffing low and is now at 119 FTE, but still is not fully staffed and needs more time to train auditors into management roles. He also discussed the office’s use of lapses, the workload of required audits, and the need for more authority to investigate subrecipients of public funds. Members asked about the auditor’s ability to examine state agencies, the Department of Conservation decision, general revenue projections, the effect of eliminating the state income tax, and the use of “E” appropriations. Fitzpatrick also requested $290,000 to raise CPA stipends, citing a shortage of CPAs and pending legislation to ease CPA education requirements. His core budget request was about $14 million, including payroll, E&E, and a small amount for sports betting audit work. The committee then moved to public testimony on House Bill 10, focusing mainly on Department of Mental Health funding for day habilitation and self-directed services. Witnesses representing providers, families, and service recipients opposed proposed cuts, arguing that lower reimbursement rates would reduce access, force staff losses, and push people into more expensive institutional or emergency care. Several speakers described the personal and financial impact of SDS and dayhab services, including the ability to keep disabled family members at home and the higher cost of facility care. One witness from the Alzheimer’s Association also urged the committee to preserve caregiver program funding in the Department of Health and Senior Services, warning that a proposed $1 million reduction would harm families and increase Medicaid and institutional costs. Committee members asked questions about provider costs, the share of services delivered by private providers versus state facilities, and whether the cuts would fall mainly on community providers. The chair repeatedly reminded witnesses about the three-minute limit and the need to identify whether they were testifying in support, opposition, or for information. The hearing was briefly recessed for floor activity and later resumed, with the chair apologizing for earlier tension and noting that an ASL interpreter was available for a limited time. No votes were taken in the portion provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/21/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • and the medical uses of marijuana, study it very robustly.
  • I would medical marijuana. card holders.
  • </c> in medical mar medical marijuana needs. in medical mar medical marijuana needs.
  • Now, this would be critical for anybody who is using medical marijuana.
  • Um within those medical marijuana.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This one's from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority.
  • Scholarship to certified teachers and to include counselors, librarians, nurses, athletic trainers, and alternatively
  • paragraph in there unless the court finds the defendant indigent and in the event may order an alternative
  • requirement for districts and directs SDE to propagate rules to identify and approve eligible courses and alternative
  • This will allow individuals in an alternative certification path to utilize the funds of the Grow Your
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • authority shall not exceed... ...shall not exceed $6,286,300, and the charge against the recreational marijuana
  • three hundred dollars authority shall not exceed $6,286,300 and the charge against the recreational marijuana
Keywords: 1182, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety REVISED Apr 14th, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, I mean, obviously we saw that with medical marijuana, that the Legislature had to come back... .
  • ..and make quite a few adjustments to stop illegal marijuana sales, and we're still making adjustments
Summary: The Public Safety Committee met to consider several executive nominations and a series of bills. The committee advanced Joel Franks to the Polygraph Examiner Board, Julie Pittman to a full term on the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Commission, and Justin Ferris to serve as Director of Corrections. Each nominee was introduced by a sponsoring senator, gave brief remarks, and was advanced on unanimous or near-unanimous roll calls. On legislation, the committee passed House Bill 4125, which would restore certain rights to nonviolent felons after completion of sentence and includes an expungement component; members focused heavily on whether the language could unintentionally allow firearm possession by people still on probation or deferred sentences, and the author said he would work with staff on clarifying language. House Bill 2951, as amended, renamed a correctional facility after Chief James Smith; House Bill 3082 barred sex offenders from serving as firefighters; and House Bill 4142 expanded the crime involving unlawful use of bombs or explosives to include conspiracy. All three advanced with little opposition. The committee also passed House Bill 4106, which lowers the grand larceny threshold by $100 and adds an escalator for repeated thefts, though the author struck the title to continue working with the Attorney General’s office on retail theft issues. Members debated whether the change conflicted with the voter-approved theft threshold and whether it would meaningfully deter crime. House Bill 1752 exempted the Attorney General’s Office and the District Attorneys Council from the OMES vehicle requisition process and passed unanimously. House Bill 3268 made knowingly displaying a false or fictitious license plate a felony; members questioned its scope, including whether it could affect temporary tags or other situations, and it passed on a 5-3 vote.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy 2ND REVISED Feb 26th, 2026

Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Most notably, we've seen this with the medical marijuana industry where there's a bonding requirement
  • And you mentioned that there's been industries with bonding requirements, and you mentioned the marijuana
Summary: The committee heard several energy, mining, and environmental bills. Senate Bill 1246, a DEQ request bill, was described as a permitting reform measure intended to reduce delays, increase transparency, and improve public notice; members discussed newspaper publication and digital alerts, and the bill passed 11-0. Senate Bill 1929 proposed a new framework for transmission lines that would compensate landowners with recurring payments for lines crossing their property; members raised concerns about eminent domain, ratepayer impacts, existing easements, and whether payments would transfer with land sales, but the bill passed 6-5 after the author said it was an idea to start a broader conversation. Senate Bill 1510 addressed bonding requirements and reclamation standards, with the author saying the goal was to make bonds meaningful and ensure funds are available for cleanup if operators fail to reclaim sites. Members discussed bond levels, acceptable financial instruments, and the need to balance industry viability with land restoration; the bill passed 11-0. Senate Bill 1979, the Mining and Blasting Residential Protection Act, would create an 800-foot buffer around residences and sensitive facilities near mining and blasting operations and require notifications/signage; the author said it was a constituent-driven good-neighbor bill, but members worried it could affect existing mines, raise costs, and potentially be read to restrict current operations. After title was struck, the bill failed 2-8. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1930, which creates a framework for compensating surface owners when iodine is recovered from produced water for commercial use, and Senate Bill 1976, which phases in surety requirements for small oil and gas producers to soften the impact of prior regulatory changes. Both bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously after brief discussion about balancing regulation with economic impacts. The meeting ended with adjournment.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

General Laws Feb 18th, 2026

General Laws

Transcript Highlights:
  • The police dog, when the legalization of marijuana went through in the state of Missouri, he was actually
  • trained on marijuana, so he was no more — he wasn't useful.
Keywords: 959, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

General Laws Feb 18th, 2026

General Laws

Transcript Highlights:
  • That when the legalization of marijuana went through in the state of Missouri, he was actually trained
  • on marijuana, so he was no more—he wasn't useful.
Summary: The Committee on General Laws met with a quorum and first went into executive session on House Bill 2774, the Jeff Knight bill concerning gas-powered leaf blowers. An amendment was adopted to exempt the city of Clayton, Missouri, allowing it to ban gas-powered leaf blowers if it chooses. The committee then rolled the amendment into a House Committee Substitute and voted the substitute do pass by 12 yeas and 0 nays. The committee next took up House Bill 2176 by Representative Perkins and voted it do pass by 8 yeas and 4 nays. After that, the committee held a public hearing on House Bill 1730, sponsored by Representative Koslow, which would treat Missouri-made firearm suppressors that remain in-state as outside federal Commerce Clause oversight. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill would protect hearing, reduce federal burdens, and not increase crime; members raised concerns about concealment and public safety, but no opposition testimony was offered and the hearing closed. The final public hearing was on House Bill 2504 by Representative Elliott, which would expand who may be designated as school protection officers to include additional school personnel, such as classified staff, if they volunteer, complete required training, and are approved through local school board and state processes. Supporters, including a school superintendent, security trainer, law enforcement officer, and public advocate, said the bill would improve response times in rural districts that cannot afford school resource officers and emphasized the extensive training and vetting already required. Opponents or skeptical members questioned whether adding more armed personnel in schools was the right response to school violence, but no formal opposition testimony was presented before the committee adjourned.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Mar 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • BELIEVE MY KIDS MATERNAL GRANDFATHER WHO PERFORMED INCREDIBLE SERVICE IN VIETNAM BUT HAS A MEDICAL MARIJUANA
  • GOVERNMENT TO DO AWAY WITH THE RESTRICTION OF PURCHASING A FIREARM JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Keywords: 999, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to make sure we are investing in the alternate equalizer in our society, which is public education
  • This is in reference to the fine arts teachers having the alternate certification with the high school
  • Why would we further attack immigrant workers when the only alternative presented...
  • Becoming FBI compliant with background screenings around medical marijuana centers as well as Require
  • treatment centers to report any actual or attempted theft of any marijuana.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Farm down payment assistance program modified 3/23/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He also said that one remaining area of disagreement is including the cultivation of cannabis or marijuana
  • to the testifiers table, state her name, and begin her testimony. cultivation of of cannabis or marijuana
  • cultivation of of cannabis or marijuana in<00:13:59.040><c> in</c><00:13:59.360><c> the</c><00:13:59.519
Keywords: 1183, house