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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He's the son of a friend of mine.
  • laws of the state of Washington.
  • And yes, some of you use a lot of electricity. Some of us use a fair amount of water.
  • They also must provide plain-language statements of the deficiencies and other determinations of noncompliance
  • So there's all of these arguments why this large of attacks is not in the better interest of the state
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's the kind of simplicity of what they are trying to do.
  • That kind of thing.
  • All of that.
  • But, uh, like many of you, I'm a parent of a student here in the state of Alabama.
  • of the felony offenses. arrested for any of the felony offenses of a minor traffic in prior years, and
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce Apr 10th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Signed contracts are the best evidence of it because... It's financial.
  • Access to financial resources is one of the most important predictors of whether a survivor can permanently
  • to the detriment of the rights of Texans.
  • That's one of the biggest jumps of the sharks in the abuse of financial and money power that I've seen
  • I think it's the right move in order to kind of protect people. people's interest in real property.
Summary: The meeting of the committee commenced with the establishment of a quorum, where members discussed and voted on five significant bills related to energy efficiency, insurance regulation, and public utility governance. Notably, Senate Bill 2717 was presented, incorporating feedback to foster collaboration among various state agencies for improved energy efficiency performance. This was followed by a detailed discussion on Senate Bill 1642, which proposed changes to the Texas Department of Insurance's executive structure to optimize management and consumer focus. Each bill saw active participation from senators who moved to adopt committee substitutes for clarity and responsiveness to stakeholder concerns, indicating a proactive approach to legislative issues.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, I mean, sometimes I feel like everybody's got an angle in terms of an interest in terms of
  • You know, I mean, sometimes I feel like everybody's got an angle in terms of an interest in terms of
  • So it's kind of interesting.
  • Access to financial resources is one of the most important predictors of whether a survivor can permanently
  • And so that's one of the biggest jumping of the sharks of the abuse of financial and money power that
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and took up several pending bills, voting favorably on SB 1612, SB 2717, SB 1468, SB 1642, and SB 1789. SB 1612 was reported favorably with objections to the local and contested calendar, while SB 2717, SB 1468, SB 1642, and SB 1789 were reported favorably, with SB 1642 and SB 1789 sent to the floor. SB 2717 would create the Texas Energy Efficiency Council; SB 1642 would add an executive director to the Texas Department of Insurance structure; and SB 1789 would establish pole standards and clarify PUC authority and remedies. The committee also heard an ERCOT update from CEO Pablo Vegas on the updated long-term load forecast, which showed a much higher unadjusted growth projection driven largely by data centers. ERCOT described an adjusted forecast using historical delays and lower realized build rates, and members discussed reliability, generation timelines, and the importance of SB 6 for demand response and flexibility. The committee then heard and left pending SB 2629, which would allow condominium and property owners’ association meetings and voting by electronic means; SB 2702, which would let nationally certified professionals test backflow prevention assemblies without a separate TCEQ license; SB 2167, which would let TDLR pause new license applications tied to human trafficking emergency orders or pending SOAH cases; SB 2349, which would exempt short-term leases and certain leasebacks from flood disclosure requirements; SB 2121, which would tighten the data broker registry law; and SB 2443, which would authorize TDLR electronic delivery of notices and other documents. Testimony generally supported these bills as cleanup, modernization, or workforce-streamlining measures, with some members expressing caution about electronic meetings and emphasizing in-person accountability. The committee also heard SB 2902 on coerced debt and identity theft, with testimony from a law professor and family violence advocates supporting stronger protections for survivors and suggesting a police report as an additional proof option. SB 512, a refiled bill restricting money transmission license holders from fining users for terms-of-service violations, also received supportive testimony and was left pending. Later, the committee heard SB 2145 on allowing certain TIF boards to meet virtually in narrow circumstances, SB 2268 on extending Texas Energy Fund loan deadlines in some cases, SB 1495 creating an EV supply equipment advisory board, SB 2154 regulating delivery network companies under a statewide framework, SB 2184 lowering the age for pyrotechnic operator and fireworks display permits from 21 to 18, SB 2211 on combining data centers, power generation, and produced-water desalination projects, and SB 647 on title theft protections and clerk authority to refuse fraudulent filings. Most of these bills were left pending after brief testimony and questions, with members focusing on reliability, regulation, and safeguards against fraud.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Business and Commerce Apr 10th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, I mean, sometimes I feel like everybody's got an angle in terms of an interest in terms of
  • You know, I mean, sometimes I feel like everybody's got an angle in terms of an interest in terms of
  • So it's kind of interesting.
  • And so that's one of the biggest jumping of the sharks of the abuse of financial and money power that
  • interest in real problem okay questions members of Sarah West are of these witnesses hearing none we're
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first voted out several pending bills. Senate Bill 1612 was reported favorably to the full Senate with objections sent to the local and contested calendar. The committee then adopted committee substitutes and favorably reported Senate Bills 2717, 1468, 1642, and 1789, with 1642 and 1789 sent to the floor. SB 2717 would create the Texas Energy Efficiency Council and add agencies to it; SB 1468 and SB 1642 were discussed as changes affecting utility and insurance-related structures; and SB 1789 would establish pole standards, with the author saying it would clarify PUC authority and create more practical statewide standards. The committee also heard an ERCOT update from Pablo Vegas, who said Texas load growth remains strong but ERCOT is adjusting its large-load forecast downward using historical delays and realization rates for data centers and other large loads. He said the adjusted forecast is still very high, but more realistic for planning, and members discussed reliability, generation timelines, demand response, and the role of Senate Bill 6 in helping model large data centers as flexible load. The committee then took testimony on a series of bills and left most pending after public comment. SB 2629 would allow condominium and property owners associations to hold meetings and vote electronically; testimony supported it as a way to improve access, though some members expressed concern about overuse of virtual meetings. SB 2702 would let nationally certified professionals test backflow prevention assemblies instead of requiring a separate TCEQ license, and was supported as a workforce and public health measure. SB 2167 would let TDLR pause new massage-establishment license applications when an applicant is subject to a human trafficking emergency order or pending SOAH case. SB 2349 would exempt short-term residential leases and certain leasebacks from floodplain disclosure requirements while allowing the notice to be included in the lease packet. SB 2121 would tighten the data broker registry law from the prior session, and SB 2443 would allow TDLR to use electronic delivery for notices and contested-case documents. Additional bills focused on consumer protection, housing, and regulatory administration. SB 2902 would help victims of coerced debt and identity theft stop collection efforts by requiring proof such as a court order or FTC report; advocates said it would protect survivors while still preventing fraud. SB 512 would bar money transmission license holders from fining users for terms-of-service violations in a way that forfeits account funds, and supporters framed it as a protection against private financial penalties. SB 2145 would allow public improvement districts and tax increment finance districts to meet virtually with at least one member physically present, while SB 2268 would give the PUC flexibility to extend Texas Energy Fund loan deadlines in certain cases. SB 1495 would create an advisory board for electric vehicle supply equipment standards, SB 2154 would extend statewide regulation to delivery network companies, SB 2184 would lower the age for pyrotechnic operator and fireworks display licenses from 21 to 18, SB 438 would expand confidentiality protections for SOAH administrative law judges, SB 2211 would treat digital products and desalinated water as industrial products to support combined energy-water projects, and SB 647 would strengthen title-theft protections by improving notice and clerk authority to reject fraudulent filings. Most of these bills were left pending after testimony, and several drew support from industry, consumer, or advocacy witnesses along with some member concerns about electronic meetings, licensing, and data accuracy.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources Apr 9th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • MOUs provide essential community services with the best interests of their citizens and customers in
  • reiterate that while this is of particular interest to my district because of the location near, near
  • Of the, um, of, of the quarry site.
  • I was really interested in kind of y'all's perspective on this, and you've answered a question or two
  • Now, authorizing these financial tools will enable wholesale customers of regional projects, that's the
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 9th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • MOUs provide essential community services. with the best interests of their citizens and customers in
  • reiterate that while this is of particular interest to my district because of the location near. near
  • interested in kind of y'all's perspective on this and you've answered a question or two but to be clear
  • Now, authorizing these financial tools will enable wholesale customers of regional projects.
  • And obviously, when I listen to it, and again, I come from a very interesting background of having been
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 9th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's to the forms of financial assistance that can be issued from the water supply account and allows
  • I am the commissioner of Precinct 1 of Hidalgo County and also serve as a member of the board of the
  • Ivy out kind of in your neck of the woods.
  • This plan can be shaped in the best interest of the community. interests of the residents, in the best
  • interests of the protection of the aquifer, and in the best interests of ensuring that housing remains
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're accompanied today by members of the board of directors, Carol, chief of staff, excuse me, Nick
  • They're accompanied today by members of the board of directors, Carol, chief of Staff, excuse me, Nick
  • It is a product of the tireless dedication of the staff, the energy and commitment of interns and volunteers
  • , the guidance of a thoughtful board of directors, and the support of members of a membership community
  • , the guidance of a thoughtful board of directors and the support of members of a membership community
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas is currently solving 55% of murders, 43% of assaults, and 16% of sexual assaults.
  • Every day in the state of Texas, survivors of human trafficking are convicted of crimes committed by
  • creation of financial dependence.
  • experiences of survivors and promote the well-being of their loved ones. ...documented tactics of these
  • Of this reporting process.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • While I was doing this, the pastors... and the Assemblies of God were signing NDAs, issuing statements
  • One of the things he had a lot of sayings, and one of them was, "silence is a green light."
  • You speak of Ashley Spence's testimony is extremely powerful; well she made the statement that we're.
  • the types of crimes that we have interest in.
  • If I may quickly run through the layout now: artificial intelligence is a form of financial fraud.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice (Part II) Apr 29th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas is currently solving 55% of murders, 43% of assaults, and 16% of sexual assaults.
  • I'm here on behalf of Prison Fellowship Ministries in support of Senate Bill 2177.
  • Every day in the state of Texas, survivors of human trafficking are convicted of crimes or traffickers
  • and elongated context of the coercion that victims of human trafficking face.
  • creation of financial dependence.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:03:46.280><c> of</c> that we'll be hearing a number of of that we'll be hearing a number of of
  • development financial institution whose focus is on the business side of child care.
  • He said if any of the rural members in the room would be interested in talking more about that, he would
  • He said if any of the rural members in the room would be interested in talking more about that, he would
  • He said if any of the rural members in the room would be interested in talking more about that, he would
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of debt, issuance of bonds, and other financial assistance.
  • of debt, issuance of bonds, and other financial assistance.
  • House Bill 1158, by Senator Butler, regulation of pesticides, warning and caution statements.
  • House Bill 1158, by Senator Butler, regulation of pesticides, warning and caution statements.
  • House Bill 995, by Representative Lecombe, Children's Code, videotaped statements of protected persons
Bills: HR91, HR92, HR93, HCR44, HR84, HR85, HR86, HR87, HR88, HR89, HR90, HCR42, HCR43, SCR21, HB483, HB484, HB893, HB1087, HB1088, HB1089, HB1090, HB1091, HB1092, HB1093, HB1094, HB1095, HB1096, HB1097, HB1098, HB1099, HB1100, HB1101, HB1102, HB1103, HB1104, HB1105, HB1106, HB1107, HB1108, HB1109, HB1110, HB1111, HB1112, HB1113, HB1114, HB1116, HB1117, HB1118, HB1119, HB1120, HB1121, HB1122, HB1123, HB1124, HB1125, HB1126, HB1127, HB1128, HB1129, HB1130, HB1131, HB1132, HB1133, HB1134, HB1135, HB1136, HB1137, HB1138, HB1139, HB1140, HB1141, HB1142, HB1143, HB1144, HB1145, HB1146, HB1147, HB1148, HB1149, HB1150, HB1151, HB1152, HB1153, HB1154, HB1155, HB1156, HB1157, HB1158, HB1159, HB1160, HB1161, HB1162, HB1163, HB1164, HB1165, HB1166, HB1167, HB1168, HB1169, HB1170, HB1171, HB1172, HB1173, HB1174, HB1175, HB1176, HB1177, HB1178, HB1179, HB1180, HB1181, HB1182, HB1183, HB1184, HB1185, HB1186, HB1187, HB1188, HB1189, HB1190, HB1191, HB1192, HB1193, HB1194, HB1195, HB1196, HB1197, HB1198, HB1199, HB1200, HB1201, HB1202, HB1203, HB1204, HB1205, HB1206, HB1207, HB1208, HB1209, HB1210, HB1211, HB1212, HB1213, HB1214, HB1215, HB1216, HB1217, HB1218, HB1219, HB1220, HB1221, HB1222, HB1223, HB1224, HB1225, HB1226, HB1227, HB1228, HB1229, HB1230, HB1231, SB1, SB54, SB82, SB87, SB92, SB93, SB99, SB104, SB113, SB114, SB115, SB123, SB129, SB133, SB161, SB162, SB224, SB236, SB275, SB280, SB289, SB305, SB310, SB325, SB330, SB339, SB350, SB359, SB382, SB410, SB412, HCR10, HB54, HB55, HB67, HB73, HB125, HB133, HB158, HB168, HB169, HB191, HB195, HB205, HB225, HB245, HB280, HB283, HB296, HB319, HB325, HB339, HB399, HB407, HB448, HB482, HB550, HB591, HB821, HB826, HB992, HB995, HB1085, HB1086, HR15, HR20, HCR14, HCR6, HCR19, HB861, HB889, HB904, HB907, HB908, HB929, HB1009, HB13, HB23, HB25, HB32, HB41, HB90, HB120, HB121, HB122, HB127, HB138, HB139, HB141, HB179, HB187, HB213, HB247, HB286, HB332, HB344, HB357, HB367, HB370, HB462, HB505, HB527, HB537, HB605, HB680, HB681, HB725, HB780, HB782, HB847, HB892, HB911, HB916, HB1012, HB81, HB134, HB154, HB163, HB170, HB194, HB217, HB220, HB254, HB259, HB290, HB308, HB311, HB360, HB382, HB401, HB410, HB417, HB463, HB575, HB592, HB718, HB723, HB750, HB755, HB776, HB812, HB844, HB882, HB888, HB961, HB966, HB980, HB228, HB289, HB735, HB796, HB284, HB301, HB722, HB468, HB546, HB746, HB842, HB923, HB46, HB166, HB349, HB352, HB436, HB588, HB140, HB429, HB827, HB953, HB901, HB9, HB52, HB58, HB193, HB400, HB570, HB577, HB582, HB733, HB747, HB868, HB952
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 5th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • not the kind of constitutional republic that we think of.
  • The title of the bill will be the title of the act.
  • In my 35 years of focusing on the creative communities worldwide, I've spent a lot of time at a lot of
  • The title of the bill will be the title of the act.
  • The title of the bill will be the title of the act.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Feb 11, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • DAB stands in strong support of of DAB.
  • I think the next committee will be interested. It's 25% or $25,000, whichever is lesser of the two.
  • 200 lb, a bill of lading, an invoice, some type of proof of sale.
  • 200 lb, a bill of lading, an invoice, some type of proof of sale.
  • of the intent of absolutely in support of the intent of this<00:57:57.200><c> measure</c><00:57:57.440
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • year of the issuance of a certificate of tax exemption for existing grocery stores and the issuance
  • and removes statements of intent regarding retroactive effect.
  • requirement for written permission from the Office of Financial Management and the agency owning the
  • We have a number of companies that are interested in doing this, but they need to... ...built here in
  • We have a number of companies that are interested in doing this, but they need to know that there's confidence
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • [Chair opens meeting] Right here in the west side of the meeting of the Senate Human Services Committee
  • And then, of course, the continuum of care that we provide to someone.
  • And then, of course, the continuum of care that we provide to someone.
  • I think putting the safety of our community, the safety of Washingtonians, above the comfort of incarcerated
  • This amendment, if the child is under the age of five at the time of filing of the petition, and there
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Mar 26th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • In in JHR 130, any of those, any of you that are interested.
  • of, of sound?
  • Currently, the penalty for misuse of public information for financial gain is a felony of third degree
  • That corporation is a financial instrument of the state created for special purpose of funding storm
  • , um, to determine whether it's in the best interest of the consumer.