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MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Tourism Mar 11th, 2026
Special Committee on Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a relatively easy drive from North Texas and Dallas to get into, especially southwestern Missouri
- And that's really what we're trying to do is drive awareness of Missouri. Messaging.
- But for the most part, those good neighbor states are driving the bulk of our visitation and spending
- We anticipate spending about $2.5 million on messaging here March through June, and we hope to drive
- I, too, thank you for driving use sports in the state.
Committee:
House Special Committee on Tourism
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative, would this include, I know, like you talk about DHS, we do a lot across the state drive
- Would that include your, in the pipeline we call it mobe, demob, mobilization, your drive time to be
- So they're not going to take it to Yukon and then drive back through Oklahoma City going.
- Now, corporation commissioners just get to drive their own vehicles and their selected employees get
- to drive vehicles that are owned by the taxpayers?
Bills:
HB1245 , HB2588 , HB3024 , HB3172 , HB3279 , HB3919 , HB3306 , HB3383 , HB3431 , HB3435 , HB4352 , HB3883 , HB3942 , HB4193 , HB4203 , HB4303 , HB4311 , HB4484
Committee:
House Government Oversight
Summary:
The Government Oversight Committee met with a quorum and heard a series of bills, beginning with HB 3942, which tightens the state’s incentive evaluation process; it passed 11-0. HB 4203, allowing the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission to explore guidelines for small multifamily housing of eight units or fewer and four stories or less, passed 10-1. HB 2588, which requires HOA board members to own and live in the HOA, passed 12-0, and HB 3024, limiting large agency pay raises/stipends to 10% unless reported through OMES, passed 12-0. HB 3383, limiting state employees to 14-hour shifts in a 24-hour period with emergency exceptions, passed 10-2, and HB 3279, a cleanup bill related to last year’s government corruption legislation, passed 12-0.
The committee also advanced HB 3919, reducing county fair board size from nine to five members at county option to address quorum problems, and HB 3883, which imposes utility-system inspection, notice, and backflow-preventer-related requirements on governing bodies in exchange for reducing litigation exposure; both passed 12-0. HB 4193, as amended, would restrict state contracts and taxpayer funds from going to foreign adversaries or related entities, with exceptions and purchasing-director discretion; it passed 9-3. HB 3431 expanded foreign-adversary property restrictions to critical rare earth minerals and passed 13-0. HB 3435, a municipal bond single-subject bill, passed 12-0, and HB 4352, a Uniform Law Commission mortgage refinance update, passed 13-0.
Later, HB 4484, allowing Corporation Commission employees to take state vehicles home for travel purposes under existing-style oversight, passed 13-0. Committee members then presented HB 1245, moving certain DHS Inspector General law enforcement officers into hazardous pay retirement coverage; it passed 13-0. HB 3172, the Fair Banking Act, would limit adverse banking actions against lawful economic activity at large banks and create a complaint/reason-request process; after extensive questions about thresholds, exceptions, and constitutional issues, it passed 11-3. HB 3306, increasing transparency requirements for campaign statement-of-organization reporting with a $400 threshold and a delayed effective date, passed 14-0. The committee laid over HB 4303 and HB 4311 until the next meeting and adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- is this not a motorized vehicle, and the people operating them don't have to take the motorcycle driving
- because what you don't want to necessarily do is preclude kids and everyone else from being able to drive
- We don't want people driving on Idaho roads who are not paying registration and license.
- We don't want people driving on Idaho roads who are not paying registration and license.
- We don't want people driving on Idaho roads who are not paying registration and license.
Committee:
House Transportation and Defense
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Rural Texas communities drive our Texas economy, yet investment dollars increasingly flow to more populated
- Members, in closing, this program creates an incentive to drive the needed investment dollars to rural
- It will drive $300 million into the rural economy of the state of Texas.
- . ...We've also been participating in Georgia, where it was likewise a very successful program in driving
- It has been proven in multiple other states to drive the much-needed business investment dollars to rural
Committee:
House S/C on Workforce
Keywords:
heat illness prevention, workplace safety, Texas Workforce Commission, advisory board, employee rights, administrative penalties, training requirements, employee training, occupational health, employer penalties, worker rights, heat illness, volunteer firefighter, volunteer emergency responder, emergency medical services volunteer, EMS volunteer, firefighter, fire department, emergency services, declared disaster
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- good to drive a bus in Vermont as well.
- So, you know, it wasn't just, hey, I'm good to drive in Vermont. Oh, okay.
- </c> just, hey, I'm good to drive in Vermont. just, hey, I'm good to drive in Vermont.
- What would be the drive here?
- </c> to prove that you were you were driving to prove that you were you were driving a<01:57:28.000><
Committee:
House Transportation
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (09/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Of course, the increase in the cost of natural gas is driving up the cost of electricity everywhere,
- Of course, the increase in the cost of natural gas is driving up the cost of electricity everywhere,
- Of course, the increase in the cost of natural gas is driving up the cost of electricity everywhere,
- </c><00:09:44.320><c> up</c> natural gas which is what's driving up natural gas which is what's driving
- </c><00:10:04.480><c> up</c> the cost of natural gas is driving up the cost of natural gas is driving
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 219, which would revise the renewable portfolio standard. Representative Bose explained that the bill would modify class one definitions, eliminate class two, reduce the utility obligation for class one thermal renewable energy certificates from 2.2% to 1.7%, and adjust alternative compliance payments for classes one, three, and four. He said the changes were intended to save ratepayers an estimated $5.7 million annually, would not materially harm the renewable portfolio standard, and would have little effect on class two because that market is already saturated. Members questioned the impact on consumers, the state budget, and the renewable energy fund; Bose said the fund had already been redirected in the state budget, and another member noted an amended fiscal note showing a $1.2 million reduction in general fund revenue. The committee also discussed the bill’s history, including that it had been added to HB 2 and later removed by the Senate, and Bose said the Senate’s eventual action was hard to predict.
The committee then heard House Bill 164 on local records retention from Secretary of State David Scanlan. He said the long-standing local records manager position had never been funded, but that the need for it had grown as towns increasingly digitize records and must ensure accessibility, including ADA compliance. He described the bill as a way to provide state support and expertise to municipalities, especially smaller towns with limited resources, and said the fiscal note for hiring the position remained accurate, though broader website and storage costs could rise over time. Members asked about retrieving lost records, the cost of a public website, and whether records should remain local or be stored at the state level; Scanlan said the state would serve as a resource rather than take control of local records.
Finally, the committee began work on House Bill 365, also with Secretary Scanlan, concerning proof of U.S. citizenship for indigent voters. He said the bill would help voters who may lack required documents under the new voter registration law by allowing the state to verify qualifications through federal, private, or other state databases and by providing vouchers to cover the cost of obtaining documents such as birth certificates. He compared the proposal to earlier voter ID accommodations and said the goal was to help qualified voters meet the new requirements without weakening them. Members raised questions about defining “indigent,” how out-of-state birth records would be handled, and the practicality of the verification process; Scanlan said the term would likely need further discussion and that the state would try to assist voters before election day whenever possible.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- had a panel... ...of people who drove, like I know that this panel has been developed to do, is to drive
- That's what your sheriffs are driving home. It's not about how many people you touch.
- The portfolio that you're given law incarcerated is driving us through your assessments to do.
- Substance use drives criminal behavior, criminal behavior to the correction centers.
- I’m driving Ms. Daisy at this point in time until next week when she gets her license.
Summary:
The commission met to continue its review of the county sheriffs’ role in corrections, reentry, and public safety. After approving the prior meeting minutes, the sheriffs completed a lengthy presentation describing how their offices provide regional jail services, women’s programming, mental health and substance use treatment, reentry support, community partnerships, and auxiliary public safety functions such as BCI work, TRIAD, Meals on Wheels, and event support. They emphasized that services are tailored to local needs, that women’s facilities are designed to keep mothers close to family and support reunification, and that programming, housing, and job placement are central to reducing recidivism. They also discussed challenges including K2/synthetic drugs in facilities, gang classification and separation, and the difficulty justice-involved people face obtaining IDs and birth certificates, especially for people from Puerto Rico.
Commission members generally praised the sheriffs’ work and asked for more detail on how regional women’s facilities operate, how community-provider cuts might affect reentry services, how no-cost phone/tablet communication is balanced against programming time, and what the most essential programs are if funding is reduced. The sheriffs said programming must come first, identified mental health, substance use treatment, domestic violence programming, and housing/job placement as critical, and explained that community organizations and the Registry of Motor Vehicles are key partners in reentry. They also described their approach to gang management through classification, separation, and information sharing, and noted that the Registry has become more flexible but Real ID requirements have made documentation barriers more significant.
The commission chair stressed that the purpose of the study is collaboration and improving system performance, not an adversarial effort against the sheriffs or a decarceration debate. Members noted that future meetings would hear from probation in June and the Department of Correction in July, and that the commission would continue gathering information before deciding on next steps. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which passed unanimously.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 29th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As a result, we are seeing fuel and driving be a burden, a costly burden for working families.
- And remember, working-class Californians have to drive longer, so it's a more expensive proposition.
- As a result, we are seeing fuel and driving be a burden, a costly burden for working families.
- And remember, working class Californians have to drive longer, so it's a more expensive proposition.
- Low-income and rural commuters who must drive farther and less efficient vehicles can pay more, while
Summary:
The Assembly convened, established a quorum, offered a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and then took up a long third-reading file with several guest introductions and ceremonial resolutions. Early floor action included AB 713, allowing undocumented students equal access to campus jobs at UC, CSU, and community colleges, and AB 1049, streamlining California Food Assistance Program applications for low-income immigrant families; both passed. The body also defeated an amendment to AB 1421, a bill to begin studying a statewide mileage-based road user charge, before passing the measure. AB 1171, modernizing part-time community college faculty health insurance access, also passed with strong support.
The Assembly then approved a series of policy bills on animals, domestic violence, telehealth for autism services, forestry, false lien filings, tianeptine restrictions, housing, common interest development fee transparency, prison sexual abuse accountability, PBM reporting, foster youth benefits protections, illegal dumping and abandoned RV removal, condo financing/liquidated damages, public contracting, pension-related study language, climate resiliency research funding, and a disposable vape reduction measure. Most passed with broad margins; AB 762 on vapor inhalation devices drew the most debate, with supporters emphasizing landfill fires and public health and opponents warning about revenue losses and illicit-market growth, but it still passed. AB 1406 on condo development financing drew extensive discussion about housing affordability and consumer protections before passing.
The chamber also adopted three resolutions: ACR 120 declaring January 2026 Positive Parenting Awareness Month, ACR 121 designating January 2026 National Mentoring Month, and ACR 122 designating Anesthesiologist Week. Later, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments on AB 1485, extending welfare-tax exemption treatment to federally recognized tribes holding land for conservation, and adopted the consent calendar, which included several additional bills and SCR 6. The session ended with adjournment until February 2, 2016, after which several members recorded vote changes from the floor.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 29th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As a result, we are seeing fuel and driving be a burden, a costly burden for working families.
- And remember, working-class Californians have to drive longer, so it's a more expensive proposition.
- Year to the state of California just for the privilege of driving on crappy roads. $4,200, and that's
- Low-income and rural commuters who must drive farther and less efficient vehicles can pay more, while
- Low-income and rural commuters who must drive farther and less efficient vehicles can pay more, while
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Is that an unexpected... ...plant failure when Don drives to the front door? Mr.
- I trust Don won't drive through the door and manage that. But I know where we're headed.
- So these are the programs through which we engage in that drive demand piece.
- I think that will drive attendance.
- I cannot support any appropriations that are used to drive... ...greenhouse gas emissions.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- if you will that's the that's the game changer to your point you shouldn't have to drive from Lubbock
- to Austin to get your teacup medication or vice versa Austin to drive to Lubbock right and so that was
- And 53% consumed cannabis an hour or less before driving. 47% of those drivers believed a police officer
- the same day after consuming cannabis with 53% Consumed an hour or less before driving 47% of those
- out how to get in the jack-in-the-box drive-thru.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Thousands of Minnesotans drive full-time to support themselves and their families.
- Thousands of Minnesotans drive full-time to support themselves and their families.
- Thousands of Minnesotans drive full-time to support themselves and their families.
- Thousands of Minnesotans drive full-time to support themselves and their families.
- ><c> drivers</c><00:10:44.480><c> for</c> have been driving treasure drivers for have been driving treasure
Committee:
Senate Labor
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- the critical role it plays in preparing tech. as students to succeed in treating patients and in driving
- This enhanced support for research drives. economic development, and workforce creation throughout Texas
- The university will leverage its current infrastructure and faculty expertise to drive advancements in
- This collaborative approach is poised to drive groundbreaking advancements. and provide affordable care
- It will provide the workforce, engineers, and technicians critical to drive and deploy AI-driven health
Committee:
House Appropriations - S/C on Article III
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 12, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- know are actually driving the cost of cancer care significantly.
- know are actually driving the cost of cancer care significantly.
- So real time. know are actually driving the cost of cancer care significantly.
- Stress creates inflammation, inflammation drives some forms of cancer.
- Anderson is a shorter drive than my drive to Sylvester would be, which is shocking for some people.
Summary:
The Health Care Budget Subcommittee held a panel discussion on Florida’s cancer research and funding programs, including the Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program, the Florida Cancer Innovation Fund, the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program, the Bankhead-Coley Research Program, and Live Like Bella. Dr. Ladapo and leaders from Moffitt, Sylvester/University of Miami, UF Health, and Mayo Clinic described how state funding has helped Florida’s four NCI-designated cancer centers expand research, recruit faculty, increase clinical trials, and build collaborations. They emphasized that the programs are intended to improve cancer care statewide, support innovation, and encourage more institutions to pursue NCI designation. The Governor’s budget recommendation was noted as including additional funding, and members asked about the cost and requirements of becoming NCI-designated and eventually comprehensive.
Panelists said NCI designation requires major infrastructure, compliance, research, and training investments, with de novo development estimated at about $1 billion. They described Florida’s collaborative model as unusual nationally, with annual symposia, shared pilot funding, and joint projects across the four centers. Members also asked about rural access, home-based care, and recruitment/retention. Mayo described its “Cancer Care Beyond Walls” home-treatment model and said it could expand to rural counties within months; Moffitt and UF discussed mobile screening, satellite sites, and affiliations with local hospitals and practices. Several members raised concerns about workforce shortages, licensure delays, and the need to reach underserved areas.
The discussion also covered outcomes, data reporting, and the broader economic impact of the cancer centers. Panelists cited growth in jobs, federal research funding, and clinical trial enrollment, and highlighted advances in immunotherapy, CAR-T, TIL therapy, carbon ion therapy, AI-driven screening, and the firefighter cancer initiative. They said the Florida Cancer Data System is being expanded to track recurrence and quality-of-life measures. Members also asked about philanthropy, medical tourism, and federal funding risks, including possible indirect cost reductions that could affect research budgets. The meeting ended with general support for continued investment, while some members noted an ongoing policy debate over whether future cancer research dollars should be concentrated in the four NCI centers or spread more broadly across the state.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/28/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- patrons for, not, you know, driving all patrons for, not, you know, driving all over<01:26:45.600><c>
- Um, a lot and test drive the car before.
- Um, safe driving. Um, but it is exactly that.
- </c> my constituent who has a perfect driving my constituent who has a perfect driving record<05:44:38.240
- </c><05:47:40.400><c> loses</c> indiscretions in their driving loses indiscretions in their driving loses
Committee:
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- But they have much in code that drives these things for their states.
- But they have much in code that drives these things for their states.
- Well, what Idaho has in fact, code that drives these things for their states.
- And it's or who drives a vehicle at a speed greater than 20 months. and it's or who drives a vehicle
- And in the famous words of Sammy Hagar, I just can’t drive 55.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EIG-TRS, EIG-JDC Public Hearings 04-07-2026
Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- the City of Honolulu to take necessary steps to finalize, prioritize, and materialize the Makakilo Drive
- the City of Honolulu to take necessary steps to finalize, prioritize, and materialize the Makakilo Drive
- the City of Honolulu to take necessary steps to finalize, prioritize, and materialize the Makakilo Drive
- Just so you all know, at the bottom of Makakilo Drive is a gas station.
- We'd be trapped in Makakilo with no way in, no way out, except for Makakilo Drive coming out from Kapolei
Committee:
Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs
Summary:
The joint committees on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs, Transportation, and later Judiciary heard two sets of resolutions. The first, SCR 132 and SR 124, urged the City and County of Honolulu to take steps to finalize the Makakilo Drive Extension Project. Testimony from a Makakilo resident emphasized the lack of a second access route and raised safety concerns about being trapped in the area in an emergency. Both committees voted to pass the resolutions unamended.
The second set, SCR 11 and SR 9, requested that the U.S. Congress amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, federally funded programs, credit, and jury service. Supporters from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, IMUA Alliance, and Pride at Work in Hawaii argued that stronger anti-discrimination protections are needed to reduce vulnerability to violence, housing insecurity, and exploitation, and to provide federal protections that mirror state law. One senator asked whether state protections already exist and was told the resolutions seek federal-level protections because federal law can supersede state law. Both committees adopted recommendations to pass SCR 11 and SR 9 unamended, with votes in favor and some members excused.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- As we started taking testimony from people in our rural areas, we keep hearing an hour-and-a-half drive
- I don't want to wait for weeks, and I certainly don't want to drive two hours to get to a doctor.
- As we started taking testimony from people in our rural areas, we keep hearing an hour-and-a-half drive
- I don't want to wait for weeks, and I certainly don't want to drive two hours to get to a doctor.
- As we started taking testimony from people in our rural areas, we keep hearing an hour and a half drive
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
transparency, industrial insurance, insurance rate increases, financial disclosure, regulatory oversight, workers' compensation, medical care, healthcare access, employee rights, insurance coverage, security, regulation, employment standards, security guards, industry board, unemployment, electronic notices, compensation, digital communication, order processing
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House panel hears bill to rename library grant program after late Rep. Mary Murphy 4/1/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It drives a partnership between local entities and the state so that libraries can be more attractive
- It drives a partnership between local entities and the state so that libraries can be more attractive
- It drives a partnership between local entities and the state so that libraries can be more attractive
- program</c><00:04:51.000><c> so</c><00:04:51.320><c> key</c><00:04:52.120><c> it</c><00:04:52.240><c> drives
- </c><00:04:52.560><c> a</c> this program so key it drives a this program so key it drives a partnership
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Rep. Brad Tabke Press Conference 3/17/26
Transcript Highlights:
- So motorists expect that when they get a license plate, when they're driving through the state of Minnesota
- On the morning of February 15th, I was driving around Shaki looking for potential ICE activity.
- On the morning of February 15th, I was driving around Shaki looking for potential ICE activity.
- For a while, it seemed that the agents were driving around aimlessly in our neighborhood.
- </c> seemed that the agents were driving seemed that the agents were driving around<00:07:06.720><c>
Summary:
At a morning press conference, lawmakers and advocates discussed a bill by Rep. Tabke aimed at tightening Minnesota’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) laws. Speakers argued that license plate data is being misused, especially in connection with immigration enforcement and “Operation Metro Surge,” and said motorists expect privacy for the personal information tied to their plates. Several individuals described incidents in which they believed federal agents used ALPR data to identify their homes, photograph their houses, or otherwise intimidate them after they had observed ICE activity.
John Beler of the ACLU of Minnesota said ALPR systems capture plate numbers, time, date, and location, and that private vendors and out-of-state agencies can access the data with little oversight. He cited public records showing large numbers of searches, including one metro agency with about 425,000 searches in six weeks and another with nearly 100 searches explicitly for civil immigration enforcement. He said the bill would prohibit sharing ALPR data outside Minnesota unless authorized by a court order or judicial warrant, require data-sharing agreements among agencies, require signage for private ALPR use, and bar sale or transfer of the data without consent or legal process.
In response to questions, speakers said the bill is intended to regulate local law enforcement and private vendors rather than federal agencies directly, by limiting how data is shared and accessed. They compared the issue to prior bipartisan concerns about driver’s license lookups and said they hoped the measure would advance out of judiciary later that morning and then to public safety, though they said they could not guarantee support or passage.