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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair recognizes Senator Hall as being present.
  • Senator Hancock and then Senator Hall.
  • Senator Hall. Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • Senator Hall. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair, for this bill.
  • Senator Hall. Thank you, sir. I agree with what you had to say.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 18th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Leroy Satchel Paige, Willie Foster, and Willie Wells were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of
  • commending Coach Nick Saban for being inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall
  • Football Hall of Fame.
  • He completed his Hall of Fame career at the... completed his Hall of Fame career at the conclusion of
  • is highly congratulated for being inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hall. Here. Senator Menendez. Present. Six.
  • Roll call: Vice Chair Parker, Senator Eckhardt, Senator Gutierrez, Senator Hagenbueh, Senator Hall, Senator
  • Senator Hall, Senator Menendez, Chairman Hancock.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 3rd, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hall. Hall. Senator Hamilton. Hamilton. Senator Haste. Next. Senator Hamilton.
  • Senator Hall. Are there those wishing to vote?
  • Senator Hall. Are there those wishing to vote?
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received the day’s invocation, introduced the Doctor of the Day and a group of pages, and recognized several visitors in the gallery, including nursing students and Talakawa Day participants. The chamber then took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 16, which honors Oklahoma women and recognizes March as National Women’s History Month. The resolution highlighted figures such as Kate Barnard, Angie Debo, Clara Luper, and Shannon Lucid. It was moved directly to the calendar, read, adopted by voice vote, and the author offered brief closing remarks. The Senate then considered several bills. Senate Bill 1457, extending the sunset of the Construction Industries Board to 2031, passed 40-3 and was also approved as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1732, which updates fees and licensing fees for the Construction Industries Board to support expanded responsibilities and staffing, passed 35-9. Senate Bill 1317, allowing local school boards to decide whether to recognize a teacher’s earned career status when moving districts, passed 43-0 and was likewise approved as an emergency measure after questions about safeguards for potential bad actors. Senate Bill 1533, a cleanup measure for the Dignity and Burial Act requiring the veteran to have been an Oklahoma resident, passed 43-0. At the end of the session, leaders announced upcoming committee meetings and a weekly devotional. The Senate then adjourned until Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hall here. Hardin. Hardin. Harris. Harris. Hassenbeck. Hassenbeck. Hayes here. Hefner. Hefner here.
  • Sergeant-at-arms announces roll call in the hall. Roll call is now in progress.
  • Roll call in the hall. Roll call is now in progress.
  • He is FCLA and class president and on the Oklahoma Fall Hall of Fame teen board.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 27th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will Hall. Good evening. I'm, or good morning, I'm Dr. Will Hall.
  • Hall, Dr. Hall, but I did know we have someone here from LDOE.
  • Hall? Okay, thank you, Dr. Hall. Well, let me ask him one question, that's okay. Right.
  • Hall. I'm sorry. Dr. Hall, just one more question, right? I'm well. How are you today? Thank you.
  • Hall. There are no additional questions. Good morning.
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on April 27 and first took up House Bill 175 and its companion House Bill 165, both dealing with lottery proceeds for veterans. HB 175 was amended to create a Veterans Service Grant Board within the Department of Veterans Affairs and direct $500,000 annually from Louisiana Lottery net proceeds into a Veterans Service Grant Fund, with unused money returned to the lottery proceeds fund that supports the MFP. Supporters, including the bill sponsor, The Boot Louisiana, LDVA Secretary Charlton McGinley, and Bastion Veterans Organization, argued the grants would help veteran services, workforce placement, mental health, housing, entrepreneurship, and retention of veterans in Louisiana. Members raised concerns about drawing from lottery proceeds that traditionally support education, but the committee adopted amendments and reported HB 175 favorably as amended. HB 165, the constitutional amendment companion, was also amended for technical and ballot-language changes and then reported favorably as amended for voter consideration. The committee then considered House Bill 457, which would authorize the Louisiana Department of Health and the State Fire Marshal to set minimum housing standards for homeless shelters, group homes, and halfway homes. The sponsor said the bill responded to a state auditor recommendation and to unsafe conditions in some facilities; he also explained an amendment changing the Fire Marshal’s duties from mandatory to permissive to reduce fiscal impact and allow agencies flexibility. Some members questioned whether local standards already existed and how enforcement and funding would work, while others supported the need for statewide minimum standards for human housing. The committee adopted the amendment and reported HB 457 favorably as amended. House Bill 488, by Representative Brough, sought to create a Belle Chasse Bridge Merit-Based Special Fund using recurring severance tax revenues from Plaquemines Parish to help buy out the Belle Chasse toll bridge and end what the sponsor described as excessive tolls and fees. He and several local witnesses, including business owners, a YMCA representative, and a parish council member, testified that the tolling arrangement had harmed access, businesses, and quality of life. The committee adopted a technical amendment clarifying the revenue source and then reported HB 488 favorably as amended. House Bill 566, which would prohibit state funds from supporting net-zero greenhouse gas initiatives tied to the 2022 Louisiana Climate Action Plan, drew significant debate over whether it would interfere with agency funding and economic development efforts; the sponsor argued the plan lacked legislative approval and should be repudiated, while members urged caution and suggested hearing from affected agencies. The sponsor agreed to consider deferring the bill, and the committee did not advance it at that time. House Bill 603, a constitutional amendment authorizing investment of state funds in digital assets and precious metals, was discussed as a way to hedge inflation and preserve value; members asked about limits and safeguards, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then began hearing House Bill 763, a transparency measure creating a public database for settlement agreements involving state agencies.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 27th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will Hall.” Good evening, or good morning. I’m Dr. Will Hall.
  • Hall, Dr. Hall, but I did know we have someone here from LDOE.
  • Hall? Okay, thank you, Dr. Hall. Well, let me ask him one question, if that’s okay. Right.
  • Hall. I’m sorry. Dr. Hall, just one more question, right? I’m well. How are you today? Thank you.
  • Hall. Are there no additional questions?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Senator Hall, for bringing this bill.
  • Well, thank you, Senator Hall, for bringing the bill. Thank you, Mr.
  • Floor amendment number one by Hall. Senator Hall, you are recognized on the amendment.
  • Senator Hall moves passage to engrossment. Call the roll.
  • Senator Hall is recognized for a motion. Mr.
Bills: SJR12 , SCR39 , SB7 , SB8 , SB27 , SB29 , SB125 , SB241 , SB371 , SB396 , SB406 , SB464 , SB568 , SB578 , SB608 , SB617 , SB660 , SB689 , SB693 , SB707 , SB731 , SB732 , SB763 , SB779 , SB836 , SB854 , SB857 , SB875 , SB878 , SB879 , SB906 , SB920 , SB921 , SB922 , SB942 , SB965 , SB985 , SB996 , SB1029 , SB1035 , SB1036 , SB1059 , SB1084 , SB1098 , SB1101 , SB1185 , SB1188 , SB1321 , SB1332 , SB1366 , SB1388 , SB1396 , SB1453 , SB1484 , SB1494 , SB1536 , SB1563 , SB1596 , SB1610 , SB1619 , SB1737 , SB1738 , SB1741 , SB1816 , SB1822 , SB1841 , SB1939 , SB2155 , SB2188 , SB2230 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SJR81 , SJR50 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB765 , SB62 , SB666 , SB888 , SB687 , SB847 , SB1248 , SB504 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB241 , SB304 , SB1023 , SB204 , SB609 , SB670 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB1539 , SB447 , SB406 , SB985 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB1215 , SB1302 , SB583 , SB673 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB608 , SB955 , SB957 , SB1120 , SB541 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB125 , SB53 , SB1352 , SB785 , SB1450 , SB1502 , SB1566 , SB414 , SB1062 , SB578 , SB711 , SB746 , SB942 , SB1404 , SB1448 , SB1738 , SB507 , SB689 , SB1026 , SB1349 , SB1355 , SB1433 , SB1434 , SB1596 , SB1403 , SB763 , SB667 , SB1059 , SB617 , SB1567 , SB310 , SB311 , SB505 , SB1209 , SB1210 , SB1470 , SB264 , SB1029 , SB1358 , SB1364 , SB1569 , SB1376 , SB1228 , SB519 , SB878 , SB1350 , SB462 , SB827 , SB1585 , SB1396 , SB920 , SB1484 , SB1273 , SB1741 , SB7 , SB927 , SB1227 , SB1229 , SB1353 , SB1366 , SB1464 , SB1709 , SB1729 , SB1733 , SB1744 , SB1772 , SB1816 , SB1841 , SB2188 , SB1147 , SB879 , SB1008 , SB1536 , SB2016 , SB1453 , SB1173 , SB1163 , SB996 , SB27 , SB568 , SB1370 , SB1321 , SB1101 , SB906 , SB860 , SB1563 , SB993 , SB693 , SB1610 , SB1537 , SB836 , SB1332 , SB1307 , SB963 , SB493 , SB922 , SB984 , SB1084 , SB619 , SB1098 , SB1122 , SB455 , SB522 , SB1057 , SB1239 , SB1254 , SB1255 , SB1259 , SB1341 , SB1664 , SB1877 , SB464 , SB1277 , SB32 , SB732 , SB660 , SB731 , SB921 , SB268 , SB1822 , SB1188 , SB1939 , SB1589 , SB397 , SB1388 , SB2230 , SB1058 , SB1036 , SB1267 , SB2112 , SB1930 , SB532 , SB1035 , SB2155 , SB508 , SB29 , SB292 , SB291 , SB901 , SB1333 , SB1436 , SB1494 , SB964 , SB779 , SB1378 , SB2312 , SB1719 , SB1386 , SB287 , SB2143 , SB1245 , SB261 , SB1247 , SB1948 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SB1882 , SB1197 , SB1814 , SB618 , SB38 , SB393 , SB2065 , SB1371 , SB1394 , SB1365 , SB2243 , SB2226 , SB2039 , SB1919 , SB1895 , SB1598 , SB1493 , SB1810 , SB1791 , SB1706 , SB1644 , SB1238 , SB783 , SB458 , SB22 , SB651 , SB897 , SB7 , SB125 , SB578 , SB608 , SB617 , SB763 , SB836 , SB878 , SB906 , SB920 , SB942 , SB985 , SB1084 , SB1366 , SB1388 , SB1563 , SB1737 , SB1738 , SB1816 , SB1939 , SB406 , SB689 , SR327 , SR346 , SR351 , SR352
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • The clerk will activate the machine and start to announce the roll call in the halls.
  • The clerk will activate the machine and start the roll call in the halls.
  • Sergeant will announce roll call in the halls. Roll call is now in progress.
  • Sergeant shall now call the roll in the halls. Roll call is now in progress.
  • Sergeant will announce roll call in the halls. Roll call is now in progress.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including the Nurse of the Day and a guest pastor, on the National Day of Prayer. Members also made announcements about prayer activities in the Capitol and welcomed former Speaker Charles McCall to the gallery. The chamber then moved through a long floor calendar of Senate bills, joint resolutions, and a conference committee report, with several measures amended on the floor before final passage. Among the bills passed were SB 1090, a consumer protection measure aimed at giving homeowners time to cancel contracts with predatory door-knocking roofers and contractors; SJR 49, repealing a Wildlife Conservation Commission rule on surety for oil and gas leases; SB 633, a juvenile code measure described as protecting children from fentanyl poisoning; SB 650, a public utilities bill tied to transparency and accountability for state employee salary increases; SB 263, amended to include a “lemonade stand” provision; SB 122, a transportation-related bill on proof of insurance; and SB 1614, creating a teacher induction program, which also received emergency passage. SJR 52 and HJR 1101, both dealing with agency rules, also passed, as did SJR 53 on Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority rules. The most debated item was SB 1884, which would strengthen equal access for school employees to teacher professional organizations and related membership/dues procedures. Supporters argued it would clarify existing law, ensure fair access, and give teachers more choice and legal support; opponents said the problem was compliance with current law, not a need for new statute, and warned against duplicating existing protections. After extended debate, the bill failed 47-44. Members then took up SJR 50, a major Medicaid expansion-related resolution revising earlier trigger language; supporters said it preserved expansion unless federal funding changed and gave lawmakers flexibility, while opponents argued the state had not done enough fiscal analysis before proposing changes. SJR 50 passed 69-18. Finally, the House adopted a conference committee report on HB 3021, consolidating graduation requirements into the ICAP framework and clarifying related school rules, and the bill passed with emergency status.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • My colleagues and I, and some of you in the room, spent the morning in Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall.
  • My colleagues and I, and some of you in the room, spent the morning in Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, meeting
  • On Tuesday of this week, 273 of the 282 boys in our juvenile halls were young people of... ...273 of
  • the 282 boys in our juvenile halls were young people of color—273 of 282, that's almost 96 percent.
  • I'm pretty sure the young folks incarcerated in our juvenile halls, you know the ones directly impact
Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color held its first meeting of the session at the Youth Justice Coalition’s former courthouse space in Los Angeles, after members spent the morning visiting Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. Chair Isaac Bryan framed the hearing around hope and healing, youth justice reimagined, youth perspectives, and multisector supports for boys and men of color. Several members, including Assembly Members Mike Fong, Mia Bonta, and Jasmeet Bains, emphasized the need to repair harms from mass incarceration, reverse underinvestment, and expand education, apprenticeship, and community-based opportunities. The first panel featured advocates from the Young Women’s Freedom Center, Students Deserve, the Social Justice Learning Institute, the California Youth Justice Project, and the Youth Justice Coalition. They argued that probation and incarceration are harmful, costly, and ineffective, and pointed to alternatives such as the Liberation Fund, Beloved Village, the Department of Youth Development, Measure J-funded community programs, and the Black Student Achievement Plan. Speakers described successful efforts to divert money from policing to restorative justice, counseling, mentorship, ethnic studies, and other supports, while warning that these gains are under attack or slow-walked by county systems. Committee members asked for concrete examples of cost-effective alternatives and implementation models that could be replicated statewide. The second panel was made up entirely of youth and young adults with lived experience. They described how Hoops for Justice, the Young Women’s Freedom Center, and the Youth Justice Coalition provided safety, mentorship, sponsorship, counseling, internships, education, and leadership opportunities that probation did not. Testimony focused on the need for youth-centered spaces, long-term jobs, mental health care, family support, and staff who understand lived experience. Speakers also criticized probation’s training and conditions in juvenile facilities, and several said the state should invest more in community-based organizations and put youth in leadership roles. Committee members responded that the testimony underscored the need to divest from probation and elevate youth voices in policymaking. The hearing then moved toward a third panel on supporting boys and men of color across sectors.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hall, the chair lays out Senate Bill 2148. Senator Hall, welcome. Senate Bill 2148.
  • Senate Bill 75 is out. ...and recognizes Senator Hall to explain the bill.
  • This is what Senator Hall was talking about when he says they've shrunken it down.
  • Okay, Senator Kolkhorst, when Senator Hall first came... To TPPF about this idea.
  • The chair recognizes Senator Hall on SB2148.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hall? Yes. Menendez? Five. Five. Yes, he has a B and B. No, Menendez is over there. Oh, Parker's 6.
  • Hall? Aye. Menendez? Aye. Seven. Seven ayes and no nays. Senate Bill 2938 does pass.
  • Hall? Aye. Menendez? Aye. Hancock? Aye. Seven.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 112 by Senator Hall. Senator Hall, if you would come forward, welcome. Thank you.
  • Thank you members any questions for Senator Hall Appreciate it, Senator Hall, very much. Me too.
  • Members, if there are no questions... for Senator Hall.
  • Chair calls Ash Hall, Diana Riley. Gayla Bowen. Cecilia Wood.
  • My name is Ash Hall.
Bills: SB12 , SB1565 , SB13 , SJR12 , SB686 , SB371 , SB204 , SB609 , SB112 , SB400 , SB813 , SB 12 , SB 13
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hall. No. Jacobsen. Aye. Bye. Hill. Jacobsen. Aye. Keaton. Aye. Klicker. Kloba. No. Leavitt.
  • Hall. Hill. Hill. Hall. Hill. No. Jacobsen. Heaton. Aye. Klicker. Kloba. Leavitt. Aye. Lekanoff.
  • Hall. Hill. Hill. Aye. Hackney. Hall. Hill. Jacobson. Aye. Keaton. Clicker. Cloba. Levitt. Aye.
  • Hall. Hill. Jacobson. Keaton. Keaton. Klicker. Kloba.
  • Hall. Hill. Jacobson. Keaton.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • , Fetgatter, Forward, Forward, Fugate, Fugate, Gann, here, George, here, guys, guys, Greggo, here, Hall
  • , Hall, here, Hardin.
  • Because for every Cassidy and Heritage Hall, there's an Oklahoma Bible Academy.
  • heard the debate question before the house, and shall bill passer machines are a roll call in the hall
  • Court on the machines are roll call in the hall. Roll calls in progress.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 6th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Central hall, you're recognized to explain the provisions of the GA bill.
  • you to name a set to operate from committee sub with objects, and that would be the order, Senator Hall
  • We have a do passed by Senator Hall, the second by Senator Howard. Will there be questions?
  • Further debate, central hall, would you like to close?
  • Yifried, Senator Stanley Senator Stewart, Senator Thompson, Senator Woods, Senator Hastet, Senator Hall
Bills: SB1177
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance. (3-17-26)

Banking & Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hall. Explain my vote, Mr. Chairman.
  • </c><00:10:38.080><c> Senator</c><00:10:38.320><c> Hall.</c> Aye. Senator Gardler. Aye.
  • Senator Hall. Aye. Senator Gardler. Aye. Senator Hall.
  • </c> Senator Hall: Explain my vote, Mr. Chairman. Thank y'all for doing this.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Mar 11th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ellis, England, Ensler, Estus, Faulner, Fiddler, Fincher, Fort, Garrett, Gidley, Gavan, Gibbons, Gray, Hall
  • Garrett, Gidley, Gavan,<00:08:11.520><c> Gibbons,</c><00:08:12.160><c> Gray,</c><00:08:12.879><c> Hall
  • ,</c><00:08:13.360><c> Hammet,</c> Gavan, Gibbons, Gray, Hall, Hammet, Gavan, Gibbons, Gray, Hall, Hammet
  • 24.160><c> no</c><00:15:24.399><c> further</c> Chair recognizes the lady from Madison, Representative Hall
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Miss Hall left, but she asked about that. And uh that's..." &gt;&gt; Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • Miss Hall left, but she asked about that.
  • </c><00:21:27.600><c> Miss</c><00:21:27.840><c> Hall</c><00:21:28.159><c> left,</c><00:21:28.320><c>
  • Miss Hall left, but Services, 500,000.
  • Miss Hall left, but she<00:21:28.720><c> asked</c><00:21:28.960><c> about</c><00:21:29.200><c> that.
Bills: HB44 , HB400 , HB444 , HB487 , SB249 , SB252 , SB58 , HB44 , HB400 , HB444 , HB487 , SB249 , SB252 , SB58
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Workforce, labor and economic development panel hears HF1965 3/27/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lee Hall. He's at the table here, so welcome to the committee. Introduce yourself and proceed.
  • My name is Lee Hall. I'm the founder and CEO of Next Stage.
  • Hall.
  • Hall. Thank you very much, Mr. Hall.