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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Apr 13th, 2026
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- The hearing room is open for attendance at this hearing, and it can be watched via live stream on the
- With that, we will begin our hearing.
- I ask that all members of this committee please report to the committee hearing room, Room 1100.
- Well, this is the first hearing for this bill.
- And so I keep hearing the word fee, but it will be a tax.
Committee:
House Transportation
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- And if there was a second part to your question, I didn't hear it.
- I have trouble hearing in this room, so forgive me if it's a repeat.
- Did I hear $195,000 to $600,000?
- Right now, what I hear from the author, he's advocating for...
- Senator Kern was open to hearing that discussion outside of committee.
Committee:
Senate Revenue and Taxation
Summary:
The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee considered several House bills dealing with tax credits, fee changes, school funding, and investment authority. House Bill 4426 extended the sunset on the SIDE tax credit to December 31, 2032, and passed 7-2. House Bill 3704 elected Oklahoma into the federal income tax credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations and passed 9-2. House Bill 4311 raised the unclaimed property division’s administrative fee from 4% to 6% to cover increased duties and costs; it passed 8-3 after debate over whether the increase was justified. House Bill 3044 reauthorized the veterans income tax checkoff and the associated capital improvement fund, and passed 10-0. House Bill 4191 revised the Smaller Employer Quality Jobs Act by lowering job thresholds, expanding qualifying locations and industries, and changing other eligibility rules; it passed 6-4. House Bill 3465 extended the emission tax credit sunset from July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2029 and passed 6-4, with opponents arguing it subsidized compliance with federal mandates. House Bill 3972, a title-off bill addressing ad valorem reimbursement issues tied to the state purchase of a prison, drew extensive debate over precedent and scope; an amendment to add a sunset failed 5-5, and the bill then passed 8-2 as amended.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- you hear very often about Idaho judges.
- Hearing none, all in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right.
- Hearing none, all in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay.
- Hook, can you hear us? Can you hear me? Yes, Ms. Hook, can you hear us? Yes. Terrific.
- Hearing about this bill, he doesn't know if he can even come home to visit.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Rules
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 19th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We hear you.
- Seeing and hearing no further debate. Assembly Member Patterson, do you wish to close? Great.
- Seeing and hearing, no further debate. Assembly Member Patterson, do you wish to close? Great.
- Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll for co-authors.
- Seeing and hearing no further business, I am ready to entertain a motion to adjourn.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a largely ceremonial and procedural floor session. Speaker Revis delivered remarks condemning the sexual abuse allegations involving Cesar Chavez and said he would work with Senate leadership on legislation to rename Cesar Chavez Day as Farm Worker Day. The body also handled several procedural motions, including re-referrals of bills to committees and guest introductions for visiting students, advocacy groups, and university representatives.
The main substantive actions were on a series of resolutions. H.R. 83, recognizing Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, drew extensive personal testimony from Assemblymembers about family members and constituents with disabilities, the need for inclusion, and the importance of state funding and direct support services; it was adopted by voice vote after 70 co-authors were added. ACR 154, recognizing California Down Syndrome Awareness Week and Day, was similarly supported with personal stories about family members with Down syndrome and the need for continued awareness and services; it was adopted after 67 co-authors were added. ACR 148, designating Family Physician Week, highlighted the shortage of primary care doctors and the importance of investment in family medicine; it was adopted after 60 co-authors were added. ACR 156, recognizing National Day of Play, emphasized social connection, reduced screen time, and community engagement; it also passed with 60 co-authors added.
The Assembly also adopted the consent calendar, which included Senate Concurrent Resolution 125 related to Ramadan, by a 60-0 vote. Later, members gave an adjournment in memory for Raymond Martin Melgoza, a union laborer and community member from the Central Valley. The session ended with announcements about the schedule, including no floor session on March 20 and a mandatory joint convention on March 23 for the State of the Judiciary address, followed by adjournment until March 23 at 1 p.m.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Hearing none, all those in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Nay.
- Hearing none, all those in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay?
- Elena, can you hear the committee all right? Yes, I can. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We can hear you.
- Ma'am, can you hear the committee? We ensure that.
- But I didn't really, I didn't really hear what I was hoping to hear, which is just some specificity.
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Human Resources
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- So that's the only thing we could find out after four public hearings. Okay, thank you.
- I do hear sons and daughters, you know, in their 60s, can I move in?
- And thank you, members of the committee, for what is a very wise committee hearing. Mr.
- Chairman, I appreciate you hearing this bill. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate you hearing this bill.
- Okay, members, in the discussion hearing done. Members, any discussion? Hearing none. Okay.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism 2ND REVISED Feb 24th, 2026
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for hearing this bill.
- Is that typically what you hear about unions?
- hearing.
- You're ready for its appropriations hearing or a floor hearing.
- Thank you so much, Madam Chairwoman, again, for the hearing and for the thoughtful question.
Bills:
SB1327 , SB1372 , SB1403 , SB1937 , SB277 , SB2131 , SB1749 , SB1348 , SB1469 , SB2018 , SB1931 , SB1530 , SB2155
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced a series of bills affecting tourism, workforce, economic incentives, labor policy, and housing. Senate Bill 1327 would restore the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission’s authority by removing language that made it only advisory and returning hiring/firing power over the executive director to the commission; it passed 10-0. Senate Bill 1403, an Incentive Evaluation Commission recommendation, would require rebate claims to be filed within one year and eliminate a statewide wage threshold for certain job-creation rebates; it also passed 10-0. Senate Bill 1937, the Taxpayer Dollars Protect Workers Act, would make employers in certain incentive programs preserve secret-ballot union elections, protect employee privacy, and bar neutrality agreements tied to incentives; after debate over labor rights and free-market concerns, it passed 8-2.
The committee also advanced Senate Bill 277, a committee-substituted version of the Oklahoma State Paid Family Medical Leave Act. The author said the bill was still a work in progress, but the sub removed exigency and safe leave, narrowed family definitions to legal relationships, and reduced employer notice/signage requirements; it advanced 8-0 with title off. Senate Bill 2131 would require tourism facilities and reservation confirmations to provide information on made-in-Oklahoma products via QR code or printed card, and it passed 8-0. Senate Bill 1749 would let local propane dealers and LP gas installers perform certain food truck inspections, and it passed 8-0.
Additional measures included Senate Bill 1348, which would give the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission enhanced anti-fraud and appeal authority; members raised concerns about broad discretion, but it passed 8-0. Senate Bill 1469 would regulate earned wage access products, including employer-based and consumer-based services, with fee caps and licensing; it passed 7-1. Senate Bill 2018 would require new multifamily residential rental construction of 20 units or more to be assessed at cost for the first two tax years, beginning with 2027 assessments, and it passed 7-1 after debate over tax impacts. Senate Bill 1931 would add three members to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and passed 6-2. Senate Bill 1530 would refine the research and development rebate program and add a 2% bump for projects involving higher education institutions, passing 8-0. Senate Bill 2155 would let the Route 66 Commission enter MOUs with other agencies to carry out its work, and it passed 8-0.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And I stand for questions, but I offer to the chairman, I'd like the committee to hear from these men
- As a rabbi in Boise, I continuously hear how worried Jewish parents are about their child being a minority
- I did not hear charter schools.
- This is my first time at a hearing.
- And so back to the original print hearing, when approached by individuals, especially this body right
Committee:
House Education
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- because this is a time of year where things move rather rapidly and quickly, is we're going to be hearing
- We're going to be hearing Senate Bill 47, the school employee insurance.
- Senate Bill 178, the sponsor is not to hear that. We will not be hearing Senate Bill 178.
- We hear from our rural locals quite often about how having better health care coverage...
- I know that they did consolidate for the bid for pharmacy, and we're waiting to hear the winner.
Committee:
Senate House Education
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 47, the school employee insurance “80-20” bill, which would require school districts and charter schools to pay 80% of employee health insurance premiums, bringing K-12 employees into parity with other public employees. Supporters from school superintendents, school boards, charter schools, teachers, AFT, NIA, and labor groups said the bill would improve recruitment and retention, reduce the burden of rising premiums, and increase take-home pay, especially in rural districts. One amendment proposed by Senator Ramos would have expanded the bill to require a cooperative purchasing process and more insurance options, but it was opposed as a structural change not vetted for this bill and was withdrawn. The committee then approved HB 47 on a roll-call vote and sent it to the Senate floor.
The committee next took up House Bill 253, the public education changes bill, which focuses on full-time virtual education and related funding issues. The sponsor and education officials said the bill preserves virtual learning options, requires districts and charters to report virtual enrollment, creates an evaluation/certification process for full-time virtual programs, and includes a temporary funding fix to address budget shortfalls caused by virtual enrollment growth. Testimony from school leaders and boards supported the compromise, noting the need to avoid a statewide loss in unit value while also addressing the Gallup-McKinley situation and other funding distortions. Several senators raised concerns about impacts on small rural districts, out-of-state students, and the treatment of full-time virtual students in rural-unit calculations, but officials said emergency supplemental funding could address shortfalls and that a broader study would be done in the interim. The committee then passed HB 253 on a roll-call vote and advanced it to the Senate floor.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/22/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that's something important that we all needed to see because we hear about these things over
- I think that's something important that we all needed to see because we hear about these things over
- Willoughby here did last year and something that I’m running this year that we’ll hear later.
- not just Decisions that we make is crucial, and I'm excited to hear not just the presentations that
- When I really first started hearing about AI in medicine, it was radiology, and the way that AI could
Summary:
The House Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Committee met for its first meeting, with members and staff introducing themselves and the chair outlining the committee’s purpose and expectations. The committee adopted its standing rules, including House-rule-based procedures for agendas and amendment deadlines, and then moved to a chair’s presentation since no bills were assigned yet.
The chair’s presentation focused on what AI is and is not, examples of current uses such as transcription and image generation, concerns about misinformation, deepfakes, surveillance, job displacement, and the need for responsible governance. He emphasized Arizona’s role in AI infrastructure and semiconductor manufacturing, including data centers, chip fabs, workforce development, energy, water, and national security considerations, while arguing the committee should be innovation-friendly and avoid overly burdensome regulation.
Members then discussed their perspectives. Several expressed cautious optimism, highlighting AI’s potential in health care, education, public administration, and business, while stressing privacy, cybersecurity, human oversight, and safeguards against misuse. The vice chair and others noted the importance of state-level policymaking and the committee’s bipartisan approach. No legislation was heard, and the meeting ended with the chair stating the committee would meet weekly and begin hearing bills as they are assigned.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, yes, I would just point out, I hear this brought up again and again, this idea that this bill
- And we're not just talking about big corporations, which is all you hear some Democrats refer to.
- That makes my skin crawl every time I hear somebody say that because it's the taxpayers who fund the
- We time and again hear about folks approaching retirement.
- S.B. 11, ... mental health hearings ... HHS. S.B. 1113, service of process of evaluation agencies.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Jan 8th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Transcript Highlights:
- And then we'll hear any statement that you may have. Sorry. Thank you. Yes, sir.
- And, you know, and then to hear the lady, and I appreciate you, ma'am, your candor. I really do.
- And, you know, and then to hear the lady, and I appreciate you, ma'am, your candor. I really do.
- Okay, let's hear that motion.
- Okay, let's hear that motion.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 15, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Blanco hear Representative Dunkley here. Thank you, representative for Wake here.
- Representative Michael is excused Representative Oliver Year representative and hear Representative 10
- Sometimes you hear U.S. call those the feats. The Florida educator accomplish practices.
- We want to hear from those individuals directly. We will take their names.
- So it may be that may be what we hear about the backlog.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 8, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW-UP SO THAT THEY ARE NOT WAITING ON US
- I APPRECIATE HEARING THIS FOR THE CLARIFICATION, ANYONE YOU DID NOT HEAR BACK, IS THERE A MECHANISM TO
- IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE WORKING WELL TOGETHER AND THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
- I LOVE HEARING YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.
- THAT WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE AND HEARING REP.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- I second 2025 hearing of the Assembly Elections Committee to order.
- I'd like to welcome everyone who is here in the hearing room today and who's watching the hearing online
- When we hear the bills on the agenda, we will hear from a maximum of two primary witnesses in support
- seen and heard Hearing none, do we have a motion on consent?
- My name is David Shore, can you all hear me?
Committee:
House Elections
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Leader Media Availability 5/29/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, the Environment Committee is holding a public hearing today.
- You know, we have set that target of $700 million. committee hearings house and senate.
- Um, committee hearings house and senate.
- What would be the hearing process before the special session?
- So, just to be clear, we've been hearing that Johnson isn't in these meetings, but you're saying he's
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- to testify before the committee, please register at the kiosk located in the hallways behind the hearing
- But also, we don't want to hear the same thing over and over again.
- written comments given the two minutes and some of the accusations that we will have heard and may hear
- I'm also concerned with the the timing of this hearing and the rush to get something done.
- Hearing none, the motion prevails. The committee stands in recess.
Bills:
HB4 , HB54 , HB775 , HB850 , HB 1122 , HB 1249 , HB1405 , HB2336 , HB2757 , HB3372 , HB3622 , HB4442 , HB4687 , HB4893 , HB5089 , HB5515 , HB5606 , SB10 , SB24 , HB1573 , HB3369 , HB4 , HB54 , SB 10 , SB 24
Committee:
House Public Education
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- We also have two public hearings.
- We will just be doing a public hearing.
- Stewart, I'd call on you if you would once we complete the public hearing.
- Thank you. ...public hearing. Thank you, Lindsay. You'll have two and a half minutes.
- Uh, so that means the world to us to hear that from you. We appreciate you, Senator Stewart.
Committee:
House Tourism
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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- So we uh thank you for hearing this resolution. Please pass it. Thank you. Thank you.
- So we uh thank you for hearing this resolution. Please pass it. Thank you. Thank you.
- So we uh thank you for hearing progress.
- So we uh thank you for hearing this<00:16:29.759><c> resolution.
Committee:
House Labor
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I think hearing all of this, I know you, Rep. Overdorf, I know you're going to address it.
- I hope I hear the change on the floor. Children need to know how to read and write cursive.
- Hear the matter.
- I hear the court side and I hear the school side. I don't hear that in between.
- The truancy petition— I don't hear that in between the truancy petition getting to the courts.
Committee:
House Education & Employment Committee
Summary:
The Education and Employment Committee heard and passed HB 921, which adds cursive writing to required instruction for grades 2 through 5 and requires students to demonstrate proficiency by the end of fifth grade. The bill sponsor argued cursive is important for historical literacy, everyday signatures, and possible early identification of learning differences. Opponents and several members supported teaching cursive but objected to the testing/proficiency requirement, saying students and teachers are already overburdened and that reading cursive is not currently part of the standards. Some members also raised concerns about fairness to charter schools and the bill’s application only to public schools. Despite those concerns, the bill passed 21-0 and was reported favorable.
The committee then took up PCS for HB 1405, a major rewrite of Florida’s juvenile prevention and truancy statutes in Chapter 984, covering children in need of services/families in need of services. The bill updates definitions and procedures, strengthens truancy intervention, requires earlier and more detailed school reporting, adds parent involvement through child study teams, allows virtual participation, and sets review timelines for shelter placement. Sponsors said the goal is prevention and family support rather than punishment, with court involvement only after school-based intervention. Members asked about school compliance, court capacity, parent accountability, and whether all counties have child study teams; the sponsors said the bill expects CSTs in every school and can escalate cases to court and, if needed, to prosecutors for noncompliant parents.
Public testimony on the juvenile justice bill was supportive, including from the Department of Juvenile Justice, youth services groups, and juvenile justice advocates. In debate, members praised the modernization effort and the emphasis on early intervention and family participation, while also noting the bill’s size and suggesting further attention to attendance thresholds. The PCS for HB 1405 was then approved unanimously and reported favorable. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.