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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget REVISED: SB1403 - ADDED TO AGENDA Apr 14th, 2026

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1309 increases the amount of funding reserve for the purpose of paying debt service from
  • Senate Bill 1309 increases the amount of funding reserve for the purpose of paying debt service from
  • Department of Commerce, they identified certain industries moving forward, such as rail transport services
  • , inland water transport services, and aqueduct industries that have tremendous potential moving forward
  • , inland water transport services, and aqueduct industries that have tremendous potential moving forward
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 1319, which would create a Corporation Commission process to help residential homeowners whose homes are contaminated by brine, oil, or other substances tied to the Commission’s jurisdiction. Members discussed a subcommittee amendment that removed an appropriation because the bill had already been funded elsewhere, and several questions focused on whether the measure was a state-funded bridge for rare cases where no liable party is immediately identifiable. The bill was advanced on a 23-3 vote. The committee then approved several other measures with little or no debate: SB 1369 to create a protected revolving fund for the 988 mental health lifeline; SB 1378 to create an Olympic Fund for Oklahoma City’s 2028 Olympic preparations; SB 1379 to establish a two-year grant pilot for victims of labor and sex trafficking; SB 1309 to increase the Rhodes Fund reserve for debt service; SB 1330 to change compensation for the pardon and parole board director and members to an attendance-based structure; SB 1546 to allow private donations for the Inspired to Teach program and rename it Next Ed; and SB 1403 to update the Quality Jobs Program, including adding certain transportation-related industries and tightening eligibility if a credit is unused for three years. These bills all received due-pass recommendations, with votes ranging from unanimous to 23-2. The committee also considered SB 1481, which adds 20 minutes of daily recess, and members noted that similar bills were moving through the process and that the bill did not clearly address whether the added recess counts as instructional time. It passed 25-0. Finally, SB 1122, a broadband tax-policy cleanup bill, drew questions about its fiscal impact on local governments and counties; the presenter said municipalities would not be affected because they do not levy ad valorem taxes, though the measure could reduce revenue for other taxing entities by about $20 million statewide. That bill passed 23-1. The meeting ended with announcements about upcoming appropriations meetings and adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Um, it created a diversion process wherever there is that nexus between the military service and the
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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Guide us and direct us and guide us for all that they are and what a great service they have given to
  • bill would create new awards for Alabama National Guard members for certain accomplishments and services
  • for certain presented awards for certain accomplishments<00:01:58.000><c> in</c><00:01:58.160><c> service
  • by order of accomplishments in service by order of the<00:01:59.400><c> governor.
  • This bill would also prescribe services.
Bills: SB216, SB229, SB216, SB229
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Mar 2nd, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • services.
  • These are the services that, Mr.
  • It is indeed the right direction to get the services, the essential services, to help those with mental
  • to full nights and weekend service. ...the opportunity to use TDT to expand our SunRail train service
  • , and cybersecurity services, and provide those services to eligible local communities.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee met and considered a large agenda of bills, reporting several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and the estate of Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, which was approved for $3.8 million. The committee also passed a cybersecurity internships bill creating a Department of Commerce program with Cyber Florida, and SB 532, which lets clerks of court retain the full amount of certain excess revenue and clarifies foreclosure-sale procedures. Veterans housing measures, CS for CS for SB 1602 and SB 1604, were approved to create a pilot program and a related trust fund for vacancy relief and risk mitigation for veteran housing. The committee also favorably reported SB 1110 on Medicaid and insurance coverage for orthotics and prosthetics, with emotional testimony from a student and family describing the high cost and importance of activity-specific prosthetics. Members also approved CS for CS for SB 1012 after adopting an amendment that removed inmate emergency and specialty medical service compensation provisions while retaining changes to the contractor-operated institutions inmate welfare trust fund. Another bill, CS for CS for SB 1614, was narrowed by a delete-all amendment to focus on limiting the use of excess fees for new building construction by local governments. All of these measures were reported favorably after brief debate, with some support testimony submitted in writing or waived. The most extensive discussion centered on CS for CS for SB 17, a major Medicaid and public assistance overhaul. The bill would create a Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid Oversight, allow the Legislature to retain its own actuary, tighten Medicaid program oversight, update encounter-data reporting, set performance standards for managed care plans, revise pharmacy benefit manager rules, and require DCF to implement SNAP fraud-reduction and payment-accuracy reforms, including photo IDs on EBT cards and updated work requirements. It also would direct agencies to seek federal waivers for Medicaid work requirements for able-bodied adults and expanded behavioral health services. After lengthy questioning and testimony, the committee adopted amendments adding a transitional medical benefits glide path for people who gain employment and later lose Medicaid eligibility, and exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would improve accountability, reduce fraud, and save money, while opponents warned it would create administrative burdens, increase paperwork, and cause eligible people to lose coverage or food assistance. The committee ultimately reported the bill favorably as amended.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for your service. Members, any additional questions? Mr. Chairman, yes, please.
  • Excellent. response as opposed to positions that are just responding to calls for service.
  • How many years of service?
  • Thank you for your service, most importantly.
  • But thank you for your service and for the service of the troopers. Yes.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • She's been amazing, especially for the fee-for-service side.
  • and the providers should be paid for the services they do.
  • and the providers should be paid for the services they do.
  • We're talking about employment in group home services and home services, day programs, respite services
  • An unassigned authorization means the individual has been authorized for service, but the service hasn't
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Finance Feb 9th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Part 2, which exempts grocery stores from retail sales and use tax on security investigation services
  • In Part 2, which exempts grocery stores from retail sales and use tax on security investigation services
  • In Part 2, which exempts grocery stores from retail sales and use tax on security investigation services
  • And also adding education and cessation to the uses of the Foundational Health Services Account.
  • They provide a very, very important community service.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 6th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • , which, as its name implies, would be for public defense services.
  • Twenty-five percent of students receive special education services.
  • Most of those require the services of a public defender.
  • The first pertains to educational service districts, or ESDs.
  • These programs support or provide access to services.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

House Floor Session Jan 23rd, 2026 at 09:00 am

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Care appointments, travel long distances for basic services, or seek care in emergency departments for
  • As an N.P., I have seen firsthand the consequences when rural health care services are weakened or lost
  • They have an ALS ambulance service currently.
  • They could downsize that to a BLS service, but that's another issue.
  • They worked alongside the Department of Human Services beginning in October.
Summary: The North Dakota House convened in special session with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up several rural health-related bills. Senate Bill 2401, as amended, required physicians to complete one hour of continuing education in nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle and also added language allowing criminal history background checks for the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice. Supporters emphasized the role of nutrition in reducing chronic disease, and the bill passed 92-0. The House then considered Senate Bill 2402, which expanded pharmacists’ limited prescriptive and therapeutic substitution authority for certain low-acuity conditions and clarified related lab-test and communication requirements. Members discussed examples such as motion sickness, cold sores, lice, hypoglycemia, COVID and flu testing, emergency access to medications and supplies, and limits excluding certain drug classes; the bill passed 91-1. Senate Bill 2403 created a temporary medical facility emergency operating loan option through the Bank of North Dakota for qualifying rural hospitals facing severe financial distress, with extensive debate over the targeted nature of the aid, anti-gifting concerns, repayment terms, and the hospital’s turnaround plan; it passed 80-12. Senate Bill 2404 appropriated funds for NDIT to address federal digital accessibility requirements and for the Public Service Commission’s litigation efforts related to transmission costs, with a backup loan authorization available if needed; it passed 92-0. At the close of the session, leaders thanked members and staff for their work on the rural health transformation package, a committee notified the Governor and the Senate that the House had completed its business, absent members were excused, and the House adjourned sine die.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

House Floor Session Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:30 am

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Her legacy is one of service, leadership, and quiet determination.
  • Selective service, many Americans were failing the selective service test.
  • Many Americans were failing the Selective Service test.
  • We provide training to EMS services across the state.
  • This might give a rural ambulance the ability to go from a BLS service to an ALS service, or advanced
Summary: The House convened in special session, opened with prayer and the Pledge, confirmed a quorum, and recognized visiting students from Shiloh High School. Members also observed a moment of silence for former Representative Cindy Shriver Beck, and the House adopted the Employment Committee report approving special-session staff appointments. The chamber then considered House Bill 1621, which would require the presidential physical fitness test in K-12 physical education courses with exemptions for students with disabilities and an effective date of August 1, 2027. Supporters framed it as a return to a historic fitness standard and a response to federal direction; the bill passed 90-0. The House next took up House Bill 1624, a universal school meals bill that would place the program in statute rather than the Constitution, start it a year earlier than the initiated measure, and appropriate $65 million for the first year. Debate centered on whether universal meals were needed, whether the bill would preserve legislative flexibility and property-tax relief, and whether it would help families or subsidize those who could pay. The bill passed 55-38. Finally, the House began debate on House Bill 1623, the rural health transformation package tied to federal grant funds and a Bank of North Dakota loan program to support rural health projects, EMS, behavioral health, and related infrastructure. The sponsor and supporters emphasized North Dakota’s strong grant award, the need to move quickly, and the bill’s role in filling rural health gaps statewide. Some members raised concerns about federal spending, inflation, and telehealth, while others stressed the need to address EMS and workforce shortages. The transcript ends during debate on HB 1623, before any final vote is shown.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

House Floor Session Jan 21st, 2026 at 08:30 am

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • funding to implement this vital program and to avoid interruption to state government operations and services
Summary: The North Dakota House convened in special session with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the reading of communications from the Secretary of State and Governor Kelly Armstrong certifying the special session call. The governor’s executive order said the session was called to act on funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program so the state could accept and appropriate federal funds and avoid interruptions to government services. Three new members, Representatives McNally, Scraw, and Timmons, were sworn in, and the roll showed 91 members present, establishing a quorum. The main business was a Rules Committee report outlining temporary special-session rules. The changes were designed to speed up floor action, including allowing second reading the same day a bill is reported from committee, final passage one day after first reading, and immediate transmission to the other chamber unless reconsideration is noticed. The report also replaced the regular standing committee structure with two joint committees: Joint Appropriations and Joint Policy, allowed remote testimony and remote member participation with approval, and limited bill introduction to Legislative Management-approved bills or bills approved by a two-thirds vote. Several deadline changes for resolutions and bill filing were also described, with some provisions delayed until the special session ends. The House adopted the Rules Committee report after a motion by Representative Bosch and no opposition. During announcements, the clerk listed the membership of the Joint Appropriations and Joint Policy committees, and the Highway Patrol announced safety sessions for legislators in the Rough Rider Room at 11 a.m. that day and the next day. The House then recessed until the joint session scheduled for 10 a.m. the following day.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 15th, 2026

Rules

Bills: S0100, S0102, S0104
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard three housekeeping/statutory revision bills. Chair Passidomo introduced the committee’s new staff director, and the committee proceeded quickly through the agenda with no public appearance forms, questions, or debate on any of the bills. SB 100, the Adoption Act, prospectively adopts the 2026 Florida Statutes as an official document and adopts the statute materials passed by the 2025 regular session as official state statute law. SB 102 deletes statutory provisions that were previously repealed or expired and are now without effect. SB 104 is the General Reviser's Bill, which removes obsolete language, updates cross-references, and corrects grammatical and typographical errors in the Florida Statutes. Each bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. After the votes, several senators asked to be recorded as voting favorably on tabs 1 and 2, and the committee adopted that request without objection. The meeting then adjourned, with members reminded that the committee would meet again on Thursday.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 6th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 2860 directs the Department of State Health Services to coordinate with the Texas Higher Education
  • The Texas Network of Youth Services also emphasizes that higher education plays a critical role in addressing
  • people are going to be most likely to incur, and a lot of that is going to be dealing with on-campus services
  • and mental health services?
  • proposes to replace many of these with costly bureaucratic political controls that will drive down our service
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 2nd, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Bell of Montgomery relating to rates established by municipalities for water or sewer service
  • Collectively, our members provide water and wastewater services to the majority of Texans.
  • meet the substantial financial need Texas faces to provide reliable drinking water and wastewater services
  • It's either in service, We've already spent $80 million in infrastructure that's either in service, construction
  • infrastructure, minimize regulatory ...lag in recovering those investments, and facilitate improved service
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> they need all these social services. they need all these social services.
  • I'm here health services continuum.
  • After one or two services he needed.
  • of human service association comprised of human service leaders<01:25:43.760><c> from</c><01:25:44.080