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OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Her experience also includes service in emergency departments, burn care, medical surgical units, and
  • Alise Thompson, President of the Langston University Student Government Association. Ms.
  • People have no idea how lucky we are to have you serving in state government.
  • These leaders work in the energy sector through industry, government, or academia.
  • He is a member of the OIL and student government at Southeastern State.
Summary: The House opened with roll call, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including Deer Creek students, Skiatook Chamber members, Sand Springs youth leaders, and international visitors studying U.S. energy policy. The chamber also honored the Nurse of the Day, Marla Lyceum, and heard a lengthy farewell speech from Minority Leader Munson reflecting on her service, constituent work, leadership, and bipartisan relationships. Members then took up several special presentations and resolutions, including HCR 1024 recognizing Route 66 Day and its economic importance, HCR 1022 honoring National Lineman Appreciation Day, and a citation for Langston University Day at the Capitol. The House also recognized Deputy Kenton Blumenthal as Oklahoma’s 2025 Officer of the Year for heroic actions during a dangerous pursuit. Later, the House introduced the pages of the week. On legislation, the House passed SB 1122 on ad valorem tax, which supporters said would equalize tax treatment for broadband infrastructure and promote business fairness, over some concern about tax policy and revenue impacts. The chamber also passed HB 4029, HB 4063, HB 4073, HB 4078, and SB 1936, with emergency clauses adopted on the first four. HB 4063, which referred two previously approved state questions to a special August election, drew extended debate over ballot timing, turnout, and whether combining the questions was appropriate; it ultimately passed and the special election referral was approved. SB 1936, which elevates falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer to a D1 felony, passed unanimously.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • These are dedicated people who are serving this great state and saving the Arizona government and the
  • of Education District and charter school must annually submit an affidavit to the Arizona Department
  • One being the school safety program governed by A.R.S. 15-154. I briefly alluded to it earlier.
  • For the record, Ryan Boyd, on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, neutral on the bill.
  • Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry for recruitment and training.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/12/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't—Stephen, is the department here? Is the department here? Somebody? Is the department here?
  • the government then isn't playing by the rules the government writes.
  • The many department problems at the department... ...there less than three years.
  • and a government agency.
  • Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2913 restructures the governance of the Arizona State Land Department
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • I suspect if this gets passed, we'll be back next year with some cleanup language after the Department
  • And a conversation with the Department of Commerce.
  • Obviously, I have visited with the Department of Commerce.
  • Chair, this is a request bill from the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation.
  • Senate Bill 1998 is a tweak inequality events act that's run by the Department of Commerce.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Feb 10th, 2026

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some cleanup language after the Department of Commerce starts working with it.
  • Obviously, I have visited with the Department of Commerce.
  • This is a request bill from the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation.
  • I don't have those numbers, but I'm happy to get with the Department of Commerce.
  • I'm happy to get with the Department of Commerce.
Summary: The Senate Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Committee met for its first meeting of the session and reviewed several bills related to infrastructure planning, tourism, housing, workforce data, and event incentives. The chair also announced committee procedures, including a request that amendments be submitted 24 hours in advance and a decision to lay over Senate Bill 264. Senator Mann presented SB 260, creating the Oklahoma Infrastructure Long Range Planning Commission within the Department of Commerce to coordinate long-term infrastructure planning across state, local, tribal, and utility stakeholders; it passed 8-1. Senator Frix presented SB 1525, allowing the Department of Tourism and Recreation to contract with private entities for an annual statewide tourism and recreation conference up to $75,000; it passed 9-0. Senator Kirt presented SB 1332, aimed at helping cities address housing growth and infrastructure needs through a one-time pot of low- or no-interest loans for water, sewer, and storm sewer projects; it passed 8-1. Senator Coleman presented SB 1998, which would expand the Quality Events Act so smaller communities can define qualifying events and use program funds for items such as equipment; members discussed whether the bill would support existing or new events, and it passed 9-0. Chairwoman Thompson presented SB 1771, authorizing the Oklahoma Workforce Commission to collect workforce development funding and expenditure metrics from agencies and to hire outside counsel when needed because of data-collection workload; it passed 9-0. She also presented SB 1378, creating the Olympics and Oklahoma revolving fund, with discussion that funding requests would later go through the budget process; it passed 9-0. Thompson then presented SB 1919, increasing the cumulative inducement limit in the Oklahoma Tourism Development Act from $30 million to $60 million. She said the current cap is being reached and that the program supports projects that generate sales tax revenue and visible community development, while members asked for more detail on prior uses and program outcomes; it passed 9-0. Finally, SB 2018 was laid over because amendments were not ready in time. The committee adjourned after noting the meeting moved quickly.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 4th, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, in reference to Department of Revenue, sellers and producers of compressed natural gas have to be
  • bonded, and the Department of Revenue looks at the bonds every five years.
Bills: HB66 , HB110 , HB114 , SB210 , SB228 , SB231 , HB66 , HB110 , HB114 , SB210 , SB228 , SB231
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence May 13th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under this existing law, only Sheriff's Departments and counties with populations exceeding three...
  • Therefore, extending this authority to Sheriff's Departments and other major and fast-growing counties
  • Committee members, Brady Mills, Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Laboratory Division.
  • So I think it would probably require either government or expert testimony to determine whether that
  • Can you cite the law that says that immigration is the exclusive purview of the federal government?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • About $11,000 in import taxes to the Mexican government. Yeah, I appreciate that.
  • The Mexican government is clamped down on these Mexican fuel operations southbound.
  • Cartels, corrupt government, all those dynamics.
  • Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Border Patrol, and Texas DPS.
  • According to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Bills: SB2199 , SB2200 , SB2201 , SB2949 , SB2332
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Parker, relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety.
  • The department now clearly refers to the Department of Public Safety.
  • " now clearly refers to the Department of Public Safety.
  • The Crime Records Division at the Texas Department of Public Safety.
  • Department of Homeland Security guidance on gang-related...
Bills: SB2199 , SB2200 , SB2201 , SB2949 , SB2332
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security (Part II) Apr 10th, 2025

Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Major Omar Villarreal, Texas Department of Public Safety, available to you as a resource witness.
  • The department now clearly refers to the Department of Public Safety.
  • now clearly refers to the Department of Public Safety.
  • Department of Homeland Security guidance on gang membership, for example, can be conflicting.
  • Department of Homeland Security guidance on gang membership, for example, can be conflicting.
Bills: SB2199 , SB2200 , SB2201 , SB2949 , SB2332
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security heard several bills related to border security, law enforcement databases, DPS aviation maintenance, and transportation motor fuels. SB 2199, after brief invited testimony from the Texas Trucking Association and DPS, was left pending at first and later reported favorably to the full Senate on a 4-1 vote. SB 2332, relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety, was laid out by Senator Parker, with DPS and TechSOT witnesses explaining that it would centralize DPS aircraft maintenance under DPS, align state law with FAA responsibility rules, and potentially reduce costs and downtime; it was later reported favorably on a 5-0 vote and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 2949, relating to the regulation of transportation motor fuels, was also adopted as a committee substitute and reported favorably on a 4-1 vote, with a member noting continued interest in refining port-of-entry transloading issues. The committee spent the most time on SB 2201, which would revise Texas intelligence database criteria for criminal street gangs and foreign terrorist organizations. Senator Birdwell described the bill as adding safeguards such as requiring officer identification on submissions, setting retention and validation rules, and updating criteria to reflect technology and social media use. Invited witnesses from the district attorney’s office, DPS, and the Texas Anti-Gang Center generally supported the bill and said it would improve reliability and accountability. Public testimony included support from the Texas Public Policy Foundation and opposition from the Texas Civil Rights Project and the ACLU of Texas, which argued the bill’s language on implied or demonstrated self-admission and other criteria was vague, overly broad, and could lead to erroneous inclusion in the database and downstream consequences. After debate, SB 2201 was reported favorably to the full Senate on a 4-1 vote, with Senator Eckhardt voting no. During questioning on SB 2201, members discussed how gang-database entries are used in investigations and prosecutions, the meaning of “family member,” the scope of self-admission, and how “previously documented areas” would be identified in practice. Opponents raised concerns about due process, First and Fourth Amendment issues, racial profiling, and possible federal consequences if state database information is shared. Supporters emphasized that the database is a law-enforcement tool for identifying organized criminal activity and that the committee substitute adds training, audits, and accountability measures. The committee then completed its business and recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Committee 4/7/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, Paul Schnel, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
  • Um, Paul Schnel, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
  • </c><00:02:59.680><c> of</c> somebody from the Department of somebody from the Department of Corrections
  • Um this this Department of Corrections.
  • </c> I think as a as an agency the Department I think as a as an agency the Department of<00:10:03.920
Bills: HF3006 , HF2130 , HF1290
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> other words, this is a good government other words, this is a good government provision<00:02:24.000
  • </c> move existing statute from departments move existing statute from departments where<01:37:38.239
  • the Department of Human Services where the Department of Human Services where we<01:40:27.440><c> need
  • And I just wonder how I I department.
  • , state government, right, um government, state government, right, to<01:43:15.280><c> better</c><01:
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Mar 18th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas parents should never have to fight the government for their own children. right to raise their
  • Currently, parents who have their children removed by the Department of Family and Protective Services
  • Additionally, the department may, for good cause shown, extend this financial assistance for up to six
  • still has temporary managing conservatorship, the department is not out of these families lives and
  • Yeah, we. can ask the department, and I guess, I think that's the, oh, it's the.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 - March 30, 2020

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 27th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • from the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the Department of Children and Family Services, Department
  • of Conservation, Environmental Quality, Group Benefits, Department of Insurance, Judicial Compensation
  • Nicole Roebuck, the head of the Department of Music and Director of Band. Dr.
  • of Children and Family Services and the Louisiana Department of Health.
  • on, and it did simple things like adding the actual title of the department, not just saying department
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard a guest prayer by Pastor Lee Shipp, and conducted routine opening business including journal adoption, receipt of confirmation appointments, and House messages naming conferees on several Senate bill disagreements. The chamber also adopted or recognized several personal privilege resolutions and commendations, including honors for Grady Hazel, the Acadiana Veterans Hockey of Louisiana national championship team, Grambling State University’s 125th anniversary and related athletics/band centennials, the 2026 Governor’s Fellows, and a brief address by special guest Ms. Benson. Members then acted on a series of resolutions and concurrent resolutions. The Senate adopted measures creating or requesting study task forces on child permanency, medical malpractice review panels, driving school fees, the Minimum Foundation Program, and earthquake activity in north Louisiana, and it concurred in House resolutions on illegal dumping, gaming board review, behavioral health crisis center reimbursement, Medicaid incentive payment reporting, and a physician review panel study. Several condolence and commendation resolutions also passed, including those honoring Lewis Thomas Nelson and Josephine Ruth Kennedy, and the Senate adopted a resolution urging local governments to consider generator requirements for unlicensed senior and disability residential facilities. The chamber also took up House Bill 723, a motorcycle traffic-signal bill allowing certain two- and three-wheeled vehicles to proceed through malfunctioning vehicle-actuated signals under specified circumstances; after debate about safety and enforcement, it passed 33-3. The Senate then considered numerous House amendments to Senate bills, concurring in most, including bills on fluoridation/local opt-out, public assistance, nutrition, human trafficking training, bulletproof vests, adult residential care generators, cell-cultured food products, public benefits eligibility, attorney-fee limits in disciplinary proceedings, critical infrastructure protections, debit card surcharges, bank stock certificates, child welfare proceedings, digital student IDs, watershed restoration funding, innovation hubs, sports agent registration, and manufactured housing regulation. It rejected House amendments to SB 283 and SB 408 for further negotiation. The session ended with announcements for committee meetings and a recess until 2 p.m.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Apr 27th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • You had three different government groups related to it recently.
  • We literally had billions come here from the federal government. We've given it out.
Bills: HR118 , HB1039 , SB436 , SB442
Committee: House Ways & Means
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm with the department, Minnesota Department of Transportation.
  • the department, Minnesota with the department, Minnesota Department<00:10:39.200><c> of</c><00:10:39.440
  • Paul Police Department.
  • Paul Police Department.
  • Paul Police Department.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • . government. government.
  • </c><01:02:56.720><c> of</c> conversations with the department of conversations with the department of
  • Paul Police Department is fairly large and has a large jurisdiction.
  • between Moorhead fire department and, you know, where do we, how do we do that?
  • between Morhead fire fire department between Morhead fire department<01:36:38.480><c> you</c><01:36:
Bills: HF3418 , HF3739 , HF3791 , HF3356 , HF3695 , HF3430