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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Organizations gain power.
  • And when that protection is taken away, workers do not gain power. Organizations gain power.
  • There is no discussion at the federal level of altering these asbestos standards, and because federal
  • There is no discussion at the federal level of altering these asbestos standards, and because federal
  • For background, federal law requires employers to complete and retain I-9 records, and federal agencies
Bills: SB6045 , SB6188 , SB6053 , SB5852
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • and Recovery Act, and also some federal climate laws.
  • the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or RCRA for
  • , or NPDES, permit on the water side, or a federal Part 70 Title 5 permit on the Clean Air Act side,
  • the federal those federal laws implement the federal those federal laws so<01:00:00.640><c> I</c><01
  • Act.
Bills: HF276 , HF413 , HF411
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 21st, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • It could be cardiac events while you're responding or in the act of doing your job. Okay.
  • And their buying power is still less than it was in 1983.
  • Currently, the eligibility for TOPS Tech students must have a GPA of 2.5 and an ACT score of 17.
  • Acting Chair. I just wanted to get this program out there.
  • It's ensuring that they're acting responsibly.
Bills: HB12 , HB42 , HB205 , HB222 , HB324 , HB325 , HB350 , HB416 , HB482 , HB610 , HB749 , HB797 , HB807 , HB821 , HB979 , HB992 , HB1193
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Apr 13th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please, members, this has got the coolest name of any act that I've ever been a part of in my entire
  • It's the Oklahoma Common Sense Act.
  • Section 4, this act shall become effective November 1st, 2026, submitted by...
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Mar 4th, 2026

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • H. 5140 is an act creating parity among Massachusetts beaches.
  • That’s why the federal government has not listed them.
  • The federal one does prevail.
  • And they're slow acting.
  • And they're slow acting.
Bills: H5113 , H5076 , H4972 , H4917 , H4700 , S2896 , S2961 , S2933 , H5141 , H5140 , H5139 , S2877 , H3920
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Feb 16th, 2026 at 09:04 am

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that's a federal program that our department runs. That's called SHIP.
  • So federal law is silent. Thank you, Madam Chair and presenters.
  • dollars that allow our hospitals to get that federal match.
  • The podiatrists are covered in the Medical Practice Act.
  • There are federal matching funds.
Bills: SB101 , SB21 , HM52 , HB132 , SB14 , SB20
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Feb 14th, 2026 at 04:37 pm

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Communication devices are a powerful and important tool.
  • Communication devices are a powerful and important tool.
  • This is a bill that amends the Massage Therapy Practice Act.
  • And it's a Amends the Massage Therapy Practice Act. And this bill, Mr.
  • Not licensed pursuant to this act.
Bills: SB23 , SB221 , SB261 , SB264 , HB294 , SB40 , SB43 , SB35
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 4th, 2026 at 06:03 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • two different sections of law: The Mental Health Code 43 1 3 and the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Act
  • Chair, Representative Romero, what's unfortunate about this bill is it doesn't contain the acts.
  • It only contains the definition sections of the acts, but the acts I believe delineate who that could
  • strongly supports this Senate Bill 3 because it provides officers with clear, practical authority to act
  • Subsection C, we were back to. the status quo and we insert some language around the Open Meetings Act
Bills: SB3 , HB70 , HB49 , HB60 , HB151 , HB164 , SB17 , SB35 , SB164
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Economic Development Apr 7th, 2025

Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • First of all, the federal subsidies per unit of electricity generated for ...or natural gas power plants
  • I can't fix federal...
  • We have federal subsidies that don't...
  • and easily import power here into Texas.
  • That could be incredibly powerful.
Summary: The committee heard a series of bills, mostly related to economic development, tax incentives, and workforce programs. Senate Bill 1534 would direct a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission on health physics education and workforce needs; resource witnesses from the Workforce Commission and Coordinating Board testified, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1553 would authorize Kerr County to impose a hotel occupancy tax for tourism-related uses, and Senate Bills 1086 and 1087 would authorize similar county hotel taxes for Children’s County and Mason County; all three bills received supportive testimony and were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1754, which would prohibit county and local tax abatements for renewable energy facilities selling power wholesale, with testimony sharply divided between landowners and policy groups opposing renewable subsidies and industry representatives and some senators arguing the bill would harm clean energy investment and local decision-making; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2322, which would exempt dispatchable electric generation facilities from the JEDI program’s compelling-factor test so they could qualify for school district tax incentives; testimony was mixed, and the bill was left pending. Later, the committee heard Senate Bill 1718, which would add the NRA annual meeting to the state’s major events reimbursement program. The bill’s sponsor and NRA representatives argued the event brings substantial tourism and economic activity, while opponents said it would use taxpayer funds to subsidize an organization that opposes gun safety measures; the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2004 would add the Arlington Grand Prix to the major events reimbursement program, with the committee substitute exempting it from the usual competitive site-selection requirement because of timing; testimony from the event organizers and Arlington tourism officials was supportive, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2448 would create a rural workforce development grant program at the Texas Workforce Commission to support college-and-career readiness and technical assistance in rural communities; witnesses from Texas 2036, Collegiate Edgination, and a rural school district supported it, and it was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 913 would repeal a special requirement that Alpine dedicate at least 50% of its hotel occupancy tax to advertising and promotion, and Senate Bill 1143 would require more coordination and reporting for youth workforce programs serving disconnected young Texans; both bills received supportive testimony and were left pending. At the end of the hearing, Senator Johnson moved that the committee stand in recess, subject to the call of the chair.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:35 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • federal regulations and amending RCW.
  • Also, the Federal Center for Medicaid and Medicare and also the Federal Center for Medicaid and Medicare
  • It provides peaking power. It provides baseload power.
  • It provides peaking power, it provides baseload power, and it provides certainty that our grid will be
  • Section 17, this act takes effect July 1, 2027.
Summary: The House took up several bills on second and third reading, beginning with House Bill 2360 on expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools. A motion to recommit the bill to the House Health Care and Wellness Committee failed on a roll call vote, 38 yeas to 56 nays. Supporters said the bill would help school nurses respond to students in respiratory distress and reflected input from nurses, OSPI, and the Department of Health. Opponents raised concerns about training, drug interactions, follow-up care, costs to districts, and schools making medical decisions without a diagnosis. The bill then passed 60-34. House Bill 2467, clarifying measurement rules for fifth-wheel travel trailers, passed 94-0 after sponsors said it would help Washington dealers and consumers. House Bill 1983, relating to timberland tax treatment when land is sold to DNR, passed 68-26 amid debate over whether it would help forest management or make it easier for DNR to acquire timberland. House Bill 2531, updating ambulance transport fund quality assurance rules to align with federal regulations and preserve matching funds, passed unanimously 94-0. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 1390, which phases out the Community Protection Program for certain developmentally disabled individuals with high-risk histories and transfers participants to other waiver programs. Supporters said the program was overly restrictive, out of compliance with federal law, and had trapped people in long-term confinement-like conditions; opponents argued it would weaken public safety and move dangerous individuals into community settings without adequate safeguards. The bill passed 52-44. House Bill 2367, eliminating a preferential treatment related to the former TransAlta coal plant in Centralia, passed 63-33 after supporters framed it as closing the book on coal and opponents warned about energy reliability, jobs, and an emergency clause. Substitute House Bill 2133, making a property tax exemption for certain senior centers permanent, passed 96-0. Substitute House Bill 2355, establishing labor protections for domestic workers, passed 57-39 after supporters emphasized dignity and long-standing worker abuse concerns, while opponents cited fiscal impacts. The House then passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2534, with a technical amendment, to improve educational stability for children in military families; it passed 96-0. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1974, creating a land banking framework to support affordable housing, passed 59-37 after an amendment reduced fiscal impact by striking some tax preference sections. House Bill 2223, allowing certain irrigation district board service by farmers with spouses employed by the district, passed 93-3. Substitute House Bill 2239, allowing family burial grounds on private property, passed 96-0 after supporters cited rural needs, cultural traditions, and personal family stories. The session also included a brief congratulatory recognition for Representative David Stuebe after his first bill passed the House.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • An act relating to authorizing community scaled weatherization projects.
  • Section 2, this act takes effect January 1, 2027.
  • An act relating to establishing the Heritage Orchard Program.
  • This act takes effect July 1, 2026.
  • An act relating to preventing unintentional lapses. Last line.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the chamber approved the previous day’s minutes. Members then caucused briefly before moving into second reading and third reading action on several bills, with the day also marking the start of the three-minute debate rule through House of Origin cutoff. The House passed House Bill 2338, which expands the low-income home weatherization program to support community-scale weatherization projects, especially for multifamily housing. It also passed House Bill 2353, raising the threshold for requiring predesign work on public projects from $10 million to $15 million, and Substitute House Bill 2363, a trailer bill allowing music therapy students to practice under supervision while exam scores are pending. Members described these as efficiency measures and consumer or workforce improvements. The chamber also approved Substitute House Bill 2525 to establish the Heritage Orchard Program and a registry at Washington State University to preserve rare and heritage apple varieties, with sponsors emphasizing the importance of Washington’s apple industry and agricultural history. Additional bills passed unanimously included Substitute House Bill 2420 on increasing small works roster thresholds, Substitute House Bill 2428 on preventing unintended lapses in life insurance by allowing third-party designees, House Bill 2604 allowing electronic signatures for transferring salvage vehicles to insurers, and Substitute House Bill 2107 making permanent a pilot requiring Labor and Industries to notify employers of identified job-site hazards within 10 days. Finally, the House adopted Amendment 1517 and passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, which updates veterinarian-client-patient relationship rules to allow telehealth between required physical visits and requires annual veterinarian oversight for certain animal production, commercial, and breeding operations. All of the listed bills received overwhelming support, with each final passage vote recorded at 94 yeas and 0 nays, except House Bill 2338, which passed 93-1.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Feb 3rd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • you'll remember, allocates no-cost allowances to a waste-to-energy facility under the Climate Commitment Act
  • a reminder, House Bill 2537 relates to emissions from EITE facilities under the Climate Commitment Act
  • Just a quick reminder on this bill is that it changes Energy Independence Act reporting for utilities
  • It doesn't quite fit into the Climate Commitment Act, so this bill before you, the substitute, removes
  • We've pulled landfills out of the Climate Commitment Act and have a different scheme.
Bills: HB2416 , HB2537 , HB2575 , HB2322
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 20th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so the research that I do in this space as it relates to CWD is powered by the same technology and
  • Much better than a lot of the traits that power the economic engine of genetic improvement in beef and
  • So, since you brought up money, how much money does the department make off of the federal government
  • That it could actually be kind of a Triggering a domino effect, when we didn't act to try and protect
  • To thumb their nose at statute, you're giving our power away.
Bills: HB3270 , HB3145 , HB3056
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I came up with the idea because I knew that there was federal law that said you could get rid of
  • And I came up with the idea because I knew that there was federal law that said you could get rid of
Bills: SB42 , SB166 , SB42 , SB166
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

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

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They made the ultimate sacrifice, the supreme act of love.
  • to the role of fire administrator and Whereas it is fitting and proper that the Oklahoma Senate, acting
  • Medicaid and the historic cuts that we're gonna be facing as a state, and that's coming from the federal
  • And while I would also agree with the chief executive that the current chief executive of the federal
  • To the federal CMS, which I can't remember what that stands for.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of
  • However, Current Texas law was written well before the 2022 Federal PACT Act expanded VA health and benefits
  • We have a responsibility in this legislature to act.
  • Described no less than acts of war.
  • When you get a federal grant as a...
Bills: HJR98 , HJR8 , HJR133 , HB23 , HB33 , HB144 , HB 109 , HB 103 , HB148 , HB3809 , HB1686 , HB2217 , HB2156 , HB220 , HB2421 , HB2363 , HB3773 , HB421 , HB2584 , HB2615 , HB2455 , HB3711 , HB2559 , HB3747 , HB2775 , HB2886 , HB3126 , HB3666 , HB3595 , HB3260 , HB3506 , HB1638 , HB3376 , HB3826 , HB3628 , HB1349 , HB3770 , HB1831 , HB1762 , HB2614 , HB3113 , HB267 , HB322 , HB431 , HB869 , HB 1203 , HB 1201 , HB 1244 , HB1875 , HB1950 , HB2152 , HB2290 , HB2341 , HB2436 , HB2809 , HB2856 , HB3012 , HB2954 , HCR56 , HCR102 , HB 107 , HB1587 , HB3684 , HB658 , HJR99 , HB1399 , HJR5 , HJR2 , HJR6 , HJR31 , HB1971 , SJR3 , HB1775 , HJR72 , HB502 , HB3109 , HJR98 , HJR8 , HJR133 , HB 118 , HB388 , HB 114 , HB205 , HB2789 , HB2791 , HB499 , HB2960 , HB3163 , HB3135 , HB2427 , HB1618 , HB1672 , HB1722 , HB1338 , HB787 , HB2618 , HB879 , HB 1126 , HB4134 , HB3513 , HB718 , HB1536 , HB1445 , HB1640 , HB1893 , HB1734 , HB3229 , HB3306 , HB 1276 , HB3272 , HB3276 , HB3516 , HB4145 , HB1585 , HB4810 , HB2989 , HB2558 , HB3014 , HB2742 , HB1695 , HB23 , HB33 , HB144 , HB 109 , HB 103 , HB148 , HB3809 , HB1686 , HB2217 , HB2156 , HB220 , HB2421 , HB2363 , HB3773 , HB421 , HB2584 , HB2615 , HB2455 , HB3711 , HB2559 , HB3747 , HB2775 , HB2886 , HB3126 , HB3666 , HB3595 , HB3260 , HB3506 , HB1638 , HB3376 , HB3826 , HB3628 , HB1349 , HB3770 , HB1831 , HB1762 , HB2614 , HB3113 , HB267 , HB322 , HB431 , HB869 , HB 1203 , HB 1201 , HB 1244 , HB1875 , HB1950 , HB2152 , HB2290 , HB2341 , HB2436 , HB2809 , HB2856 , HB3012 , HB2954 , HCR56 , HCR102
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 19th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • What they told us is powerful.
  • And they have been funded by the federal government through SAMHSA, the federal mental health substance
  • Act 400, Rep.
  • Thank you, Madam Acting Chair.
  • So as you all know, in 2022, we had Act 541, the Computer Science Education Act.
Bills: HR249 , HR251 , HB395 , HB902 , SB83 , SB132 , SB157 , SB338 , SB450 , SB484 , SB501 , SB507
Committee: House Education