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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • pathway to allow applicants to complete an abbreviated Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Program
  • pathway to allow applicants to complete an abbreviated Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Program
  • It's a wildly successful program. The bill today just removes the sunset.
Summary: The Public Safety Committee met and approved several bills, beginning with SB 1107, which creates an alternative Arizona peace officer certification pathway for honorably discharged veterans who served as military police. The sponsor and a former military police officer testified that the bill would recognize existing training while still requiring Arizona-specific training, certification testing, background checks, and fitness standards. The committee adopted a clarifying amendment limiting the pathway to military police veterans and then passed the bill 7-0. The committee then passed SB 1308, which creates a Foreign Adversary Fraud Office in the Attorney General’s Office and related funds to pursue consumer fraud claims involving technology from foreign adversaries and to help replace such technology in critical infrastructure. Supporters argued the bill would address both consumer fraud and national security risks tied to foreign-made technology in utilities, communications, and other infrastructure. The bill was approved 7-0. The committee also passed SB 1020, creating an Arizona Space Commission specialty license plate to support the commission’s work; supporters said it would raise voluntary revenue and promote Arizona’s growing space industry. That bill also passed 7-0. SB 1160 was approved after amendment. The bill restricts drones near ticketed entertainment events, and the amendment expanded the restricted area from 400 feet to 5,280 feet. The sponsor, along with representatives from NASCAR and Live Nation, said the measure would close a public safety gap and protect large crowds from unauthorized drones. The committee passed the bill as amended 7-0. SB 1117 was also approved 7-0; it appropriates funds to DPS crime lab services for processing evidence from counties with populations under one million, with the sponsor saying it would help rural counties handle DNA and other evidence backlogs. Finally, the committee passed SB 1216, which removes the sunset on traumatic event counseling for public safety employees and expands eligibility to include crime scene and digital forensic technicians. Testimony from the Arizona Police Association supported making the counseling program permanent and extending it to additional employees exposed to traumatic material. The bill passed 7-0, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • believe this is fraudulent behavior, and it harms Texas companies, investment firms, and the life savings
  • through corporate governance mechanisms that are unfamiliar to regular people who are just trying to save
  • for their retirement.
  • We want retirees to have the most money possible for retirement. They target these public pensions.
  • System, and the Teacher's Retirement System.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Commerce Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The 340B drug pricing program is a U.S. federal government program created in 1992 that requires drug
  • This compromise ensures that no one loses their living or retires.
Bills: HF2543, HF2566, HF2627
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The 340B drug pricing program is a U.S. federal government program created in 1992 that requires drug
  • The 340B drug pricing program is a U.S. federal government program created in 1992 that requires drug
  • The 340B drug pricing program is a U.S. federal government program created in 1992 that requires drug
  • <00:21:02.679> plan<00:21:03.240> while their living or retirement plan while their
  • living or retirement plan while ensuring<00:21:03.960> these<00:21:04.200> animals<00:
Bills: HF2543, HF2566, HF2627
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Jan 22nd, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • retirement system of Alabama. retirement system of Alabama.
  • . program. program.
  • get off retirement. get off retirement.
  • retirement. Correct. retirement. Correct.
  • Then what this does, we created a marketing program through Sweet Grown Alabama.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 8th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I'd like, if there are savings with this process, that the savings go to the rate payers, to the
  • So that if there's a savings, the rate payers share in the savings, and it doesn't just go to their company
  • Alabama, life without parole was addressed, right?
  • It's not insurance, but it saves money.
  • Southwest Houston was saved by immigrants. It was saved when nobody else wanted to invest.
Bills: SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127, SB906, SB1229, SB855, SB703, SB1025, SB888, SB1119, SB1080, SB929, SB1355, SB2231, SB1877, SB1998, SB552, SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB2697, HB3801, HB3488, HB3477, HB3466, HB3469, HB2594, HB2564, HB2298, HB5331, HB5646, HB5247, HB5323, HB4384, HB3896, HB4014, HB3627, HB3594, HB2524, HB510, HB561, HB 1181, HB3963, HB5111, HB2785, HB1661, HB200, HB1803, HB249, HB721, HB851, HB 1128, HB1904, HB30, HB1916, HB541, HB5560, HB3071, HB5627, HB5435, HB2688, HB3045, HB3483, HB4213, HB4226, HB783, HB175, HB4735, HB5155, HB5057, HB4813, HB5339, HB5196, HB5033, HB3486, HB4211, HB74, HB4730, HB4743, HB4463, HB4139, HB4752, HB4486, HB4437, HB4426, HB4396, HB4263, HB3487, HB3418, HB2266, HB2229, HB2189, HB5224, HB5195, HB3947, HB3358, HB3370, HB3745, HB3697, HB2001, HB1968, HB3371, HB3909, HB4944, HB2284, HB4506, HB3317, HB4166, HB3913, HB1768, HB4603, HB2494, HB3099, HJR138, HB133, HB3832, HB1988, HCR34, HB3421, HB3892, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • To qualify for the program, inmates must meet all criteria and would only be able to qualify if they
  • program applicant must reside in a location where GPS monitoring is functional.
  • Violating the terms of the program may result in a return to incarceration.
  • So it's a proven, well-done program. We want to do it here in Arizona. So what does this bill do?
  • So it helps our correctional officers be safe, helps other inmates be safe, saves the state a lot of
Summary: The Judiciary and Elections Committee met with a hard stop at 4:30 and approved the February 4, 2026 minutes. The chair announced several bills would be held for a later supplemental meeting, then took up SB 1426, the “squatter” bill. The bill was described as changing forcible detainer rules for unauthorized occupants and requiring immediate writs of restitution after judgment. Testimony from the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office supported the measure as a practical, collaborative response to unlawful occupancy. SB 1426 received a do-pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote. The committee next considered SB 1687, a strike-everything amendment moving the primary election date from late July to the Tuesday before Memorial Day starting in 2027. The sponsor said the goal was to give more time between the primary and general elections and align Arizona more closely with other states. County election officials testified in neutral, saying they generally supported more time but flagged several issues, including filing deadlines, consolidated election dates, polling place availability, redistricting timelines, signature calculations, and possible conflicts with presidential preference elections. The amended bill passed 4-3, with concerns raised about clean elections qualification periods and state versus local control over elections. The committee then approved SB 1110, which creates a home confinement program for certain nonviolent inmates, with GPS monitoring, eligibility limits, and a 50-to-1 inmate-to-officer ratio. Supporters said it would help families, reduce recidivism, and save money; an opponent criticized the retroactive effective date and questioned funding and monitoring capacity. SB 1110 received a do-pass recommendation on a 5-1 vote. SB 1275, which allows courts to consider PTSD and related service-connected conditions when sentencing certain veterans and first responders, drew support from the sponsor and advocates but opposition from county officials who argued it would undermine mandatory sentencing and victims’ rights; it passed 7-0. Finally, the committee heard SB 1140, as amended, which allows expungement of eligible misdemeanor records after a waiting period, with exclusions for serious offenses and special rules for shoplifting and peace officer employment. Supporters, including a formerly incarcerated advocate and a retired police chief working on anti-trafficking issues, said expungement would improve employment and stability and give people a real second chance. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed SB 1140 as amended on a 7-0 vote before adjourning.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Apr 22nd, 2026

Labor and Employment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Retirement savings, while important for everyone to have, many do not plan for it until it's too late
  • .fourth of non-retired adults and two-thirds of millennials do not have any form of retirement savings
  • CalSavers was created by this body in 2016 to tackle California's retirement savings crisis.
  • I'm Tristan Wollicott, Deputy Director of the CalSavers Retirement Savings Board.
  • CalSavers is California's retirement savings program for employees who lack one at work.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard and advanced a series of bills, mostly on worker safety, wages, workforce training, and retirement savings. AB 2137 (Chen) would strengthen workplace safety in the artificial stone fabrication industry by creating a certification program, requiring supplier verification, and adding enforcement tools; it passed to Appropriations. AB 1534 (Irwin) would create a state process to approve short-term workforce training programs eligible for new federal Pell Grant funding; it also passed. AB 2499 (Gibson), “Adrienne’s Act,” would direct Cal/OSHA to develop heat illness protections for incarcerated workers and correctional-facility workers; it passed after emotional testimony from the family of a woman who died from heat exhaustion in prison. AB 2300 (Arambula) would streamline workforce funding disbursement and create a unified sub-grant structure; it was held on call amid concerns about reduced oversight. AB 2650 (Pellerin) would expand CalSavers with emergency savings accounts, benefits assistance, and domestic worker inclusion; it passed with no opposition. AB 2634 (Sabir) would tighten High Road Training Partnership funding to prioritize labor-management programs; it passed. AB 1888, a companion to the Safe Home Grant Program, would require skilled-and-trained workforce and prevailing wage standards for wildfire home-hardening work; it passed unanimously. The committee also approved AB 1904, AB 1980, AB 2550, AB 2078, and AB 2682 on consent, all to Appropriations. Several bills drew significant support and opposition. AB 2646 (Krell) would set a $19.75 minimum wage with COLA for agricultural employees; farmworker advocates described poverty-level wages and wage theft, while agricultural business groups warned of major cost increases and impacts on family farms. The bill passed to Appropriations. AB 2227 (Connolly) would increase farm labor contractor bond amounts, strengthen license renewal, and create default judgment procedures to speed wage recovery; supporters cited long delays and unpaid wages, while opponents argued the bill added burdens and that the real problem was the Labor Commissioner process. It also passed to Appropriations. AB 1869 (Haney) would create a reporting process for hotel workers to flag real estate investment trusts that allegedly overstep their passive-investor role; labor groups supported it, but hotel and property industry groups warned it would disrupt federal REIT conformity and investment stability. The committee approved it, and later add-on votes confirmed it passed out of committee. Throughout the hearing, members emphasized worker protections and the need for timely enforcement, while some expressed concern about administrative burdens or reduced oversight. Most measures were approved on party-line or near-unanimous votes and re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations, with the committee adjourning after completing the add-on roll calls and consent calendar.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 11th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • [Music] [Music] ladies and gentlemen the Alabama Senate ladies and gentlemen the Alabama Senate ladies
  • for its beauty from the Alabama for its beauty from the Alabama for its beauty from the mountains and
  • finally your word tells us to Alabama finally your word tells us to Alabama finally your word tells
  • as attends the University of Alabama as attends the University of Alabama as interning for Senator or
  • until his retirement in of Alabama until his retirement in of Alabama until his retirement in 2000 the
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's under a real estate lease with the Retirement Systems of Alabama.
  • <00:02:50.720> Our Retirement Systems of Alabama. Our Retirement Systems of Alabama.
  • similar program? similar program?
  • the program. the program.
  • Alabama Department of Corrections. Alabama Department of Corrections.
Keywords: 924, joint, all
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 26th, 2026

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Alabama. Alabama.
  • Alabama Tourism Investment Act.
  • <00:36:10.400> BR regarding retirement benefits. BR regarding retirement benefits.
  • the Alabama Port Authority. the Alabama Port Authority.
  • to put us in the state of that program to put us in the state of Alabama<01:33:57.440> on<01:
Keywords: 920, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 29 members present. The chamber adopted routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with reading the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be taken up throughout the day. The Committee on Banking and Insurance reported Senate Bill 269 favorably with a substitute, and the bill was placed on the calendar for the next legislative day. The Senate also welcomed several guest groups in the gallery, including homeschool families, Blount County leaders, and the Alabama Iron and Steel Council. A series of resolutions were introduced and adopted immediately. Senator Stewart’s Joint Resolution 64 honored Joanne Blackman Bland, recognizing her role as a young freedom fighter on Bloody Sunday and later work in voting rights and economic development. The Senate also adopted Joint Resolution 65 congratulating Maplesville High School on its 2025 Class 1A state football championship and Joint Resolution 66 honoring the long-standing partnership between Quebec and Alabama. The Senate then took up local legislation and several calendar bills. Senate Bill 319 for Shelby County, House Bill 460 and House Bill 459 for Henry County, and House Bill 467 regarding the city of Tuscumbia were all advanced and passed, with certification motions adopted where required. The Rules Committee reported Senate Resolution 67, setting the special order calendar, which the Senate adopted. The special order calendar included bills on corrections, services evaluation, retirement benefits, the Growing Alabama Act, health, vessels, homestead exemption, the National Guard, the state port, early childhood education, tourism investment, pardons and paroles, and health-related matters. Under the special order calendar, the Senate passed House Bill 274 on Department of Corrections unmanned aircraft systems, Senate Bill 317 creating the Commission on the Evaluation of Services, House Bill 159 cleaning up retirement provisions for certain circuit clerks, Senate Bill 289 revising the Growing Alabama Act, and House Bill 182 requiring military education to count toward EMS licensure. The chamber also considered House Bill 254 on vessel inspections, with discussion focused on limiting law enforcement stops and boarding of vessels for safety or marine sanitation inspections absent another reason; the transcript cuts off before final disposition of that bill.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Jan 12th, 2026

ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE

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  • education programs or only workforce programs.
  • The CTE programs and workforce programs are, in fact, just different sides of the same coin.
  • That's not a program cost.
  • Now, WIOA is not the Pell Grant program. WIOA is not the student loan program.
  • So are you really, really... ...programs and also for our workforce programs.
Summary: The committee heard testimony from Nick Moore, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Office of Career and Technical Education, on efforts to better align workforce, education, and human services programs. Moore argued that WIOA, Perkins, and ESSA were designed to function as an integrated talent system, but that federal and state bureaucracy has kept them siloed. He said the Department of Labor and OCTAE are working on more integrated state plan guidance, including a 2026 plan modification timeline, combined Perkins/WIOA plans, and greater use of labor market information to align training with in-demand jobs and Workforce Pell. Moore emphasized reducing overhead, cross-training staff, using common intake and integrated case management, and focusing on the “shadow labor force” of people facing benefit cliffs, child care barriers, or other obstacles to work. He repeatedly urged states to use waivers and flexibility where possible, to consolidate or streamline local workforce structures, and to hold programs accountable through measures such as labor force participation, training-related employment, retention, and cost per successful outcome. Members asked about the balance between flexibility and accountability, the role of employers versus postsecondary institutions, rural “training deserts,” state waivers, and data systems such as Mississippi Spark and Arkansas Launch. Moore said states should use technology and integrated intake to co-enroll eligible participants in multiple programs and better match people to jobs. In response to questions, Moore said some federal rules cannot be waived, but many reporting and administrative requirements can be streamlined, and he encouraged Arkansas to propose ideas for waivers or state-level integration. He also discussed the need for enhanced wage records and state longitudinal data systems to improve workforce planning and economic development. After Moore’s presentation, DHS Secretary Janet Mann and Director Jay Hill gave a brief update on reimbursement rates, saying the department had compiled more than 100 public comments, recommended holding the current rate, and was awaiting executive review; they estimated the process could take 30 to 60 days. The committee then adjourned, noting a later audit presentation scheduled for the afternoon.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Mar 5th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • it is my prayer that they will Alabama it is my prayer that they will Alabama it is my prayer that they
  • roll University of Alabama roll University of Alabama roll tide members of the Tusc Loa delegation tide
  • uh and and there were where so Alabama uh and and there were where so Alabama uh and and there were
  • like used their monies for a program like used their monies for a program like this already it's not
  • or Big Town you're in rural Alabama or Big Town you're in rural Alabama or Big Town Alabama or the big
Keywords: 1136, house, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Feb 18th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Wednesday night, the Alabama Retired State Employees Association will hold a reception at the Alabama
  • Alabama has done a good job of creating a good program to expose our kids to college life.
  • Sure, kind of that program...
  • This bill, House Bill 188, establishes the Alabama Law Enforcement Officers Family Scholarship Program
  • The program is administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and applies to undergraduate
Keywords: 1136, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, September 8, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The gentleman from Alabama. Mr.
  • THE GENTLEMAN FROM ALABAMA. MR.
  • MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESEARCH SAVES LIVES. END THE STIGMA SURROUNDING SUICIDES SAVES LIVES.
  • We need more investments in these programs.
  • WE NEED MORE INVESTMENTS IN THESE PROGRAMS.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Mar 18th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the Alabama Senate.
  • is a historical program.
  • It says Birmingham, Alabama, retired Jefferson County District Judge, Pete Johnson.
  • Additionally, the revised Alabama Small Estate Act would save parties one...
  • The revised Alabama Small Estate Act would save parties and judges valuable time by simplifying both
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Who are those testing programs?
  • I don't believe this has anything to do with diversion programs.
  • Does every county have a pre-trial release program? Thank you for the question.
  • All we're funding is this infrastructure, no programming.
  • Save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.