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HI
Bills:
SCR96 , SCR164 , SCR172 , SCR166 , SCR182 , SCR7 , SCR59 , SCR58 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR184 , SCR11 , HB2296 , HB2315 , HB2343
Keywords:
electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience, energy analysis, cost reduction, financial risk, Hawaii PUC, energy self-sufficiency, natural gas, energy transition, ratepayer protection
HI
Bills:
SCR96 , SCR164 , SCR172 , SCR166 , SCR182 , SCR7 , SCR59 , SCR58 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR184 , SCR11 , HB2296 , HB2315 , HB2343
Keywords:
electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience, energy analysis, cost reduction, financial risk, Hawaii PUC, energy self-sufficiency, natural gas, energy transition, ratepayer protection
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We have Tarnas and Peruso as co-chairs and Belatti, Poepoe, and Garcia as managers.
- Myself as chair and co-chair Kim and manager Wong. Thank you.
- </c> and Garcia as managers. and Garcia as managers.
- managers, and Representatives Poepoe and Garcia.
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Bills:
SCR96 , SCR164 , SCR172 , SCR166 , SCR182 , SCR7 , SCR59 , SCR58 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR184 , SCR11 , HB2296 , HB2315 , HB2343
Keywords:
electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience, energy analysis, cost reduction, financial risk, Hawaii PUC, energy self-sufficiency, natural gas, energy transition, ratepayer protection
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 50
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and Harm Reduction.
- Please stand and be recognized, and Jr.
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- HRS 852-1, HRS 115-9, HRS 711-1105. representative and and two words into representative and and two
Bills:
SCR96 , SCR164 , SCR172 , SCR166 , SCR182 , SCR7 , SCR59 , SCR58 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR184 , SCR11 , HB2296 , HB2315 , HB2343
Keywords:
electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience, energy analysis, cost reduction, financial risk, Hawaii PUC, energy self-sufficiency, natural gas, energy transition, ratepayer protection
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And we are here in Room 3. Conference committee.
- Today is Thursday, April 23rd, at 3 p.m., and we are here in Room 329.
- Senate conferees are myself as Chair and Co-Chair Senators San Buenaventura.
- And I'm here on behalf of the House. And I'm here on behalf of my House. And with myself, Mrs.
- Martin, as co-chair, along with Daisy Hartsfield and Olds and Garcia as members. Thank you.
Bills:
SCR96 , SCR164 , SCR172 , SCR166 , SCR182 , SCR7 , SCR59 , SCR58 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR184 , SCR11 , HB2296 , HB2315 , HB2343
Keywords:
electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience, energy analysis, cost reduction, financial risk, Hawaii PUC, energy self-sufficiency, natural gas, energy transition, ratepayer protection
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And the program is to get these people out of prison, jail, whatever it is." "Okay.
- And so they have an incentive and a program that helps them off-ramp.
- And if we release a lot of these members, what's going to happen to that program?
- And if we release a lot of these members, what's going to happen to that program?
- And I think... ...allow them to leave early. And Mr. Chairman, thank you for the question.
Bills:
SB1004 , SB1012 , SB1100 , SB1110 , SB1170 , SB1213 , SB1317 , SB1402 , SB1413 , SB1416 , SB1476 , SB1511 , SB1573 , SB1655 , SB1656 , SB1709 , SB1720 , SB1723 , SB1725 , SCR1040
Committee:
House Judiciary
Keywords:
sex offender registration, sex offender registry, A.R.S. 13-3821, sexual offenses, public safety, GPS monitoring, electronic monitoring, transient offender, homeless registrant, online identifiers, internet identifiers, sheriff notification, Department of Public Safety, DPS, DNA collection, juvenile adjudication, kidnapping of a minor, unlawful imprisonment of a minor, lifetime registration, community notification
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Commerce & Economic Development Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Good morning, members of the committee and presenters and guests.
- We're going to go ahead and get moving.
- It's being done so they can administer the final and largest grant monies to the BED program.
- Chairman and members.
- Chairman and members.
Bills:
HB3147 , HB4453 , HB3369 , HB3660 , HB3498 , HB3260 , HB3081 , HB3127 , HB3673 , HB2293 , HB3545 , HB3546 , HB2035
Keywords:
special license plates, Route 66, Oklahoma, funding, community support, health care, transparency, primary care, cost analysis, insurance, all payer claims database, spending benchmarks, HB3369, food truck, food truck fire suppression, mobile food establishment, mobile food preparation vehicle, mobile food vendor, automatic fire extinguishing system, fire suppression
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I serve them a 10 year to start with and don't meeting with Sheanndricks and elders and we're gonna see
- And also, being that it's Fairly new, and we're not quite sure if it has provided a review of laws and
- and all that.
- Would it be fair to say that the intent of this is to prevent anybody and everybody that's at the scene
- the way that the media landscape is, and the way the media likes to take things, bits and pieces, and
Bills:
SB1226 , SB1456 , SB1462 , SB1463 , SB1980 , SB1479 , SB1608 , SB1923 , HB2979 , HB2980 , HB3662 , HB4107 , HB3082 , HB2997 , HB3083 , HB3055 , HB2951
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
Keywords:
motor vehicle, accident, notification, liability, civil action, gender neutral, SB1456, Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, sunset extension, sunset law, breath alcohol testing, DUI, DWI, drunk driving, drug testing, chemical testing, field sobriety, roadside screening, blood test, saliva test
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, I'd love to take questions and answer you, but expanding this program potentially.
- And the impound lot too, if there's a placement program that y'all... locker.
- But passing a law to prevent cities and counties and other political subdivisions... Thank you, Mr.
- But passing a law to prevent cities and counties and other political subdivisions... ...their legislative
- But passing a law to prevent cities and counties and other political subdivisions from the right to defend
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
hemp, consumable hemp, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, cannabidiol, CBG, cannabigerol, delta-8, delta-9, intoxicating hemp, hemp gummies, hemp vape, edibles, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, retailer registration, product registration, QR code labeling, child-resistant packaging, minor access
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act, and heard extensive public testimony both for and against the measure. Supporters, including representatives of Texas Values and Texas Values Action, argued the bill was needed to protect women’s privacy and safety in restrooms, locker rooms, showers, prisons, domestic violence shelters, and other government-controlled spaces, and said it would provide clear, sex-based rules. Opponents, including many transgender Texans, civil rights advocates, clergy, business and public safety voices, and others, argued the bill would invite harassment, gender policing, lawsuits, and invasive inspections, while harming trans, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people as well as cisgender women who do not fit stereotypes. Several witnesses said the bill would conflict with federal law or prison standards, worsen safety in shelters and prisons, and hurt Texas’s reputation and economy. The chair repeatedly noted the compressed special-session schedule and said flood relief remained the session’s top priority. Public testimony on SB 8 was eventually closed, and the bill was left pending.
The committee then moved to Senate Bill 6, dealing with consumable hemp product restrictions. Testimony on SB 6 focused on whether the bill went too far in restricting hemp-derived THC products. Opponents argued hemp and THC have medical and economic value, that the bill would criminalize conduct and burden courts, and that regulation—not prohibition—was the better approach. Some witnesses supported tighter rules such as testing, child-resistant packaging, and limits on marketing to children, but still opposed the bill’s broad THC ban, higher fees, and age restrictions. Several speakers emphasized benefits for veterans, chronic pain patients, and small businesses, and warned that prohibition would push consumers toward the illicit market. The committee heard the testimony and then continued with additional witnesses, with no final vote or disposition reported in the excerpt.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We hired contractors, and the feed stores and farmers that grow the hay all benefited.
- And if the state wants to step in and subsidize me, I'm happy to do that.
- It's a little early for me, and I drove up a long way.
- and testified on this topic?
- And you are Shannon Hallbrook with Every Texan, and you are here to testify again.
Bills:
HB 105 , HB982 , HB1483 , HB1508 , HB2575 , HB3646 , HB3993 , HB4083 , HB4580 , HB4725 , HB5169 , HB5511 , HJR73 , HJR102 , HJR174 , HB3746 , HB4240
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
economic development, job creation, energy, tax incentives, technology investment, ad valorem taxes, elderly, disabled, low-income, tax limitation, homesteads, Texas Tax Code, property tax, ad valorem tax, tax exemption, residential real property, home improvement, energy efficiency, energy-efficient upgrades, HVAC
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- education and dual-credit programs. ...offered by school districts from the Subcommittee on Academic
- programs and allow for the stacking of credentials to reduce duplication.
- early learning and educational opportunities.
- The retirement system of Texas and is eligible to participate in the group benefits program under Chapter
- It directs the TEA to monitor bilingual education and special language programs in order to increase
Bills:
HB178 , HB1551 , HB1939 , HB2040 , HB2354 , HB2674 , HB3029 , HB3460 , HB3631 , HB3662 , HB5201 , HB5381 , HB178
Committee:
House Public Education
Keywords:
Texas education, public schools, curriculum, social studies, high school graduation requirements, State Board of Education, Education Code, ethnic studies, world history, world geography, U.S. history, government, economics, personal financial literacy, free enterprise, religious literature, Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament, New Testament, ninth grade
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Senate Judiciary. Let's go ahead and get started.
- If you go back and look at why the age is set at 14, it came about after Roe versus Wade in the early
- And that the punishment, from an emotional standpoint, and from how I... emotional standpoint, and from
- Well, we trusted and verified, and I appreciate SBI letting us come in there and look at it for about
- they go back and they check their license and they find that...
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, HB49, Alabama criminal code, capital offense, capital punishment, death penalty, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, child sexual abuse
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
State Rep. Shaun Scott Press Conference Dec 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and the elimination of aid following climate disasters
- The cuts that have been proposed for programs like Medicaid and food stamps and for housing directly
- And eligibility for public service loan forgiveness programs, and assaults on Medicaid and Medicare funding
- And over the past few years, our health programs have lost nearly half... ...will survive.
- And over the past few years, our health programs have lost nearly half their faculty.
Summary:
The meeting was a press conference and Q&A led by Rep. Shaun Scott to promote the proposed Well Washington Fund, a new dedicated account intended to raise about $3 billion annually through a corporate payroll tax on wages above $125,000. Scott said the bill would help offset expected federal cuts under Trump-era policies and support programs most at risk, including cash assistance, higher education, health care, housing, and wildfire mitigation. He also referenced two related proposals: restoring wildfire mitigation funding by ending a tax break for large banks, and allowing counties to raise corporate taxes.
Several advocates and affected residents testified in support of progressive revenue. Michelle Thomas of the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance warned that federal homelessness policy changes and state underinvestment could worsen homelessness and evictions. Christina Savitsky, a disabled veteran, described how Medicaid, food assistance, and work requirements would affect her family. Representatives from the University of Washington AAUP said federal cuts and Medicaid changes threaten teaching, research, workforce training, and hospital finances. Fatima Boxwala of Tech for Taxes and Mikey Stramskis of the Washington Federation of State Employees argued that large corporations and the wealthy should pay more to sustain public services and address understaffing, burnout, and service backlogs.
In the Q&A, Scott said the bill may need an emergency clause to make it referendum-proof and argued that the legislature has a mandate to act, citing the 2024 capital gains tax referendum and the state’s regressive tax system. He acknowledged concerns about businesses leaving but said he was more concerned about working people being displaced by unaffordable housing, child care, and health care. No vote or formal committee action occurred; the event was a call for a hearing in the House Finance Committee in 2026 and for legislative passage in both chambers.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- to prevent disease, diagnose conditions, deliver treatment, and manage care over time.
- programs that we have and the baccalaureate programs that we're trying to be able to ramp up there, that
- And the last is evidence-backed program optimization where our teams can provide in And the last is evidence-backed
- for early detection of cancer, increasing chances of remission and survival.
- for early detection of cancer, increasing chances of remission and survival.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 044 Feb 27th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And whereas, despite the Department of Public Health and Environment's Office of Suicide Prevention finding
- And whereas children and youth face stigmas related to mental health needs that may prevent them from
- And whereas research from the Colorado School of Public Health found that early identification and treatment
- And whereas sustained initiatives are needed to expand the continuum of care from early preventative
- in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of communication, swallowing, and hearing disorders.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's go to the next introductions, and this is probably my favorite program that we have up here in
- the Capitol, and that's our page program.
- My granddaughter served last year, and it absolutely changed her. So great program.
- My granddaughter served last year, and it absolutely changed her. So great program.
- And I knew she was coming from Boise, and I called and... ...a blizzard.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Local Government (2-11-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Elizabeth Healthcare in Northern Kentucky, and I'm the director of the lung cancer screening program
- course, to prevent lung cancer and tobacco-related diseases to begin with.
- course, to prevent lung cancer and tobacco-related diseases to begin with.
- course, to prevent lung cancer and tobacco-related diseases to begin with.
- course, to prevent lung cancer and tobacco-related diseases to begin with.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:01
Roll Call 00:16
HB 211 Discussion 02:55
HB 211 Vote 16:30
HB 160 Discussion 18:50
HB 160 Vote 52:06
Adjournment 57:35, 958, all
Summary:
The House Standing Committee on Local Government met for its first meeting of the year, established a quorum, and heard two bills. House Bill 211, sponsored by Representative Chris Lewis, would create a definition for cigar bars and allow indoor cigar smoking in qualifying establishments if they meet criteria such as deriving at least 15% of gross income from cigar-related sales, restricting entry to those 21 and older, prohibiting cigarettes and vaping, and requiring a smoke-free area for deliveries. Lewis and Louisville Metro Council member Anthony Pantini described the bill as a small-business and tourism measure modeled on Tennessee law, while the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and a St. Elizabeth physician opposed it, arguing it would undermine local smoke-free ordinances and expose patrons and workers to harmful secondhand smoke. Several members raised local-control concerns, and Lewis said he was open to local governments making decisions on less restrictive approaches. The committee adopted a committee substitute and then approved HB 211 on a roll call vote, with multiple members voting yes and several no votes, sending the bill forward as amended.
The committee then heard House Bill 160 from Representative Susan Whitten, with Logan Haynes of the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute. They said Kentucky faces a housing shortage of roughly 200,000 units and that starter homes are increasingly unaffordable, making manufactured housing an important part of the solution. Whitten said the bill would treat manufactured housing more like site-built housing while still allowing local governments to enforce cosmetic standards such as roof pitch, exterior facade, and foundation material, and she emphasized that HOA, deed, and historical preservation restrictions would remain in place. Haynes argued that modern manufactured homes are federally and state inspected, more energy efficient, faster to build, and more affordable than site-built homes, and he said the bill would not open the door to older-style mobile homes or single-wides except in limited narrow-lot situations.
Representatives from the Kentucky League of Cities and the Kentucky Association of Counties expressed concerns about the bill’s current language, saying land-use decisions should remain local and warning that the definition of qualified manufactured home and the bill’s treatment of local standards could have unintended consequences. They said they appreciated Whitten’s willingness to work with them and indicated they hoped to continue negotiating amendments as the bill moved forward. No vote on HB 160 was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 04/28/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and then you add interlock program.
- </c><00:21:48.000><c> with</c> in the program to drive validly and with in the program to drive validly
- And so, and it's a federal program, so I'm perhaps counsel can help me out.
- program, so I'm so, and it's a federal program, so I'm I'm<00:40:52.960><c> perhaps</c><00:40:53.680
- from HUD and oversees the program.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 40 Apr 29th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- we're not looking to prevent legal residents of Massachusetts from participating in this program and
- And this program is taking away housing from those who need it.
- early college programs.
- increase programming, and I'm proud that we have invested money in CTE programming after school and
- And we certainly welcome any efforts to make these programs more efficient and effective.
Summary:
The House first adopted several ceremonial resolutions congratulating three Eagle Scouts, then concurred in Senate amendments to House bills affecting the town of Milford’s alcohol licensing law and the town of Middleton’s charter. It also passed to enact a Senate bill on maintenance of private roads in Gloucester and engrossed a House bill allowing Plymouth to create a special revenue account for land acquisition. The chamber later observed moments of silence for former Lynn City Councilor Richard “Rick” Ford, Portuguese American community leader Louis Pedroso, and Quincy veteran Mildred “Millie” Cox, and welcomed several guest groups and dignitaries, including students from Fall River, D.A.R. Good Citizen award recipients, and a British minister visiting the State House.
Most of the floor session centered on FY27 budget amendments, especially housing and shelter policy. Members debated and rejected multiple Republican amendments that would have tightened eligibility for the HomeBASE and emergency shelter programs by requiring citizenship or limiting access to U.S. citizens with Massachusetts residency, with supporters arguing the changes would reduce costs and opponents saying the programs already have strict eligibility rules and that the proposals would exclude lawful residents and vulnerable families. The House also rejected an amendment to block Housing and Livable Communities grants from being conditioned on MBTA Communities Act compliance, with supporters calling it a reprieve for noncompliant towns and opponents saying the law is helping address the housing shortage. A consolidated housing/environment amendment was then adopted 154-0, funding major housing, shelter, clean water, climate, and food assistance accounts.
The chamber also defeated amendments to create a data center commission and to eliminate the vocational-technical school admissions lottery, though the latter was withdrawn after debate. Another rejected amendment would have suspended public policy and public benefit charges on electric and gas bills; opponents said that would eliminate low-income and senior bill relief. The House then turned to education-related amendments, rejecting proposals to change special education reimbursement formulas and to raise the reimbursement rate from 75% to 80%, with opponents arguing the ideas needed committee review and cost analysis. Finally, the House began debating an amendment to fully fund regional school transportation by removing “subject to appropriation,” but the transcript ends before any final vote on that item.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Fraud Committee Meeting - 2025-05-05
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- effort to protecting program integrity and vulnerable populations by holding fraudsters and abusers
- And that was because it required, in order to execute that program in about five months, it required,
- And I think it's good for us to understand what that is and how large those programs are.
- So they have stuck to federal programs, and I appreciate that, but as we have seen in testimony and in
- It's just to look and say, is this happening, right? Is there a program here?