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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Local Government Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • to build houses as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
  • Some examples of those goals include urban growth, reducing sprawl, and economic development.
  • subsequent delays and cost increases to housing development.
  • other changes to development regulations to address policy goals like housing affordability and environmental
  • for housing builders and stabilize housing costs for Washingtonians in the long term.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was an intern in the House in 2018 under the Transportation Infrastructure Committee, and this is my
  • And if the pages could line up and introduce themselves and remember your school and your major.
  • House support this legislation and help protect the very health care workers that we expect to save
  • and benefits that can really take away independence and dignity and cost the state.
  • I understand that we have an intruder from the House here, so I just wanted us to all point and laugh
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:35 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 2467, House Bill 1983, and House Bill 2531.
  • It has been moved and seconded that House Bill 2360 be committed to the House Health Care and Wellness
  • and House Bill 2239.
  • The cost of land is one of the highest costs in developing affordable housing, and so we think this is
  • The cost of land is one of the highest costs in developing affordable housing, and so we think this is
Summary: The House took up several bills on second and third reading, beginning with House Bill 2360 on expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools. A motion to recommit the bill to the House Health Care and Wellness Committee failed on a roll call vote, 38 yeas to 56 nays. Supporters said the bill would help school nurses respond to students in respiratory distress and reflected input from nurses, OSPI, and the Department of Health. Opponents raised concerns about training, drug interactions, follow-up care, costs to districts, and schools making medical decisions without a diagnosis. The bill then passed 60-34. House Bill 2467, clarifying measurement rules for fifth-wheel travel trailers, passed 94-0 after sponsors said it would help Washington dealers and consumers. House Bill 1983, relating to timberland tax treatment when land is sold to DNR, passed 68-26 amid debate over whether it would help forest management or make it easier for DNR to acquire timberland. House Bill 2531, updating ambulance transport fund quality assurance rules to align with federal regulations and preserve matching funds, passed unanimously 94-0. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 1390, which phases out the Community Protection Program for certain developmentally disabled individuals with high-risk histories and transfers participants to other waiver programs. Supporters said the program was overly restrictive, out of compliance with federal law, and had trapped people in long-term confinement-like conditions; opponents argued it would weaken public safety and move dangerous individuals into community settings without adequate safeguards. The bill passed 52-44. House Bill 2367, eliminating a preferential treatment related to the former TransAlta coal plant in Centralia, passed 63-33 after supporters framed it as closing the book on coal and opponents warned about energy reliability, jobs, and an emergency clause. Substitute House Bill 2133, making a property tax exemption for certain senior centers permanent, passed 96-0. Substitute House Bill 2355, establishing labor protections for domestic workers, passed 57-39 after supporters emphasized dignity and long-standing worker abuse concerns, while opponents cited fiscal impacts. The House then passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2534, with a technical amendment, to improve educational stability for children in military families; it passed 96-0. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1974, creating a land banking framework to support affordable housing, passed 59-37 after an amendment reduced fiscal impact by striking some tax preference sections. House Bill 2223, allowing certain irrigation district board service by farmers with spouses employed by the district, passed 93-3. Substitute House Bill 2239, allowing family burial grounds on private property, passed 96-0 after supporters cited rural needs, cultural traditions, and personal family stories. The session also included a brief congratulatory recognition for Representative David Stuebe after his first bill passed the House.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2353, House Bill 2353, House Bill 253, House Bill 25, and House Bill 2480.
  • House Bill 2338 on third reading and final passage.
  • House Bill 2353 on third reading and final passage.
  • and Workforce Development Committee.
  • House Bill 2104, and House Bill 2247, hearing no objection, so ordered.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the chamber approved the previous day’s minutes. Members then caucused briefly before moving into second reading and third reading action on several bills, with the day also marking the start of the three-minute debate rule through House of Origin cutoff. The House passed House Bill 2338, which expands the low-income home weatherization program to support community-scale weatherization projects, especially for multifamily housing. It also passed House Bill 2353, raising the threshold for requiring predesign work on public projects from $10 million to $15 million, and Substitute House Bill 2363, a trailer bill allowing music therapy students to practice under supervision while exam scores are pending. Members described these as efficiency measures and consumer or workforce improvements. The chamber also approved Substitute House Bill 2525 to establish the Heritage Orchard Program and a registry at Washington State University to preserve rare and heritage apple varieties, with sponsors emphasizing the importance of Washington’s apple industry and agricultural history. Additional bills passed unanimously included Substitute House Bill 2420 on increasing small works roster thresholds, Substitute House Bill 2428 on preventing unintended lapses in life insurance by allowing third-party designees, House Bill 2604 allowing electronic signatures for transferring salvage vehicles to insurers, and Substitute House Bill 2107 making permanent a pilot requiring Labor and Industries to notify employers of identified job-site hazards within 10 days. Finally, the House adopted Amendment 1517 and passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, which updates veterinarian-client-patient relationship rules to allow telehealth between required physical visits and requires annual veterinarian oversight for certain animal production, commercial, and breeding operations. All of the listed bills received overwhelming support, with each final passage vote recorded at 94 yeas and 0 nays, except House Bill 2338, which passed 93-1.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026 at 05:55 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the underlying bill acknowledges this and asks the Select Committee on Pension Policy to study and
  • And the underlying bill acknowledges this and asks the Select Committee on Pension policy to study and
  • In gross second substitute House Bill 2034 as amended by the Senate on third reading and final passage
  • And, Mr.
  • And we didn't. And so now we have a problem. And I think we need to solve it.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026 at 01:25 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1376, as amended by the Senate, on third reading and final passage.
  • House Bill 1909 is amended by the Senate on third reading and final passage.
  • Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1295 is on third reading and final passage.
  • Second Substitute House Bill 1701 is on third reading and final passage.
  • and community partners involved in behavioral health services for school and youth to develop a technical
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Substitute House Bill 2688. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Senator Riccelli.
  • Hearing no objection, so ordered: House Bill 1983 to third reading and final passage.
  • Substitute House Bill 2410 on third reading and final passage. Remarks, Senator Leas.
  • Some property in my district around wanting to develop affordable housing.
  • Substitute House Bill 2323, on third reading and final passage.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Amendment at the desk, a striking amendment by the Committee on Business, Trade, and Economic Development
  • House Bill 2624, as amended by the Senate, is on third reading and final passage.
  • House Bill 2104 is on third reading and final passage.
  • Substitute House Bill 2334, as amended by the Senate, is on third reading and final passage.
  • Engrossed House Bill 2575 is on third reading and final passage. Remarks, Senator Schumaker.
Summary: The Senate considered and passed several House bills. HB 2624, relating to consumer protections for unsolicited real estate transactions for public purposes, was amended with a striking amendment from the Business, Trade, and Economic Development Committee and then passed 30-18, with Senator Dozier voting no and saying the bill still needed work. HB 2104, which makes permanent aviation assurance funding for wildfire response by removing a sunset clause, passed 47-0 with two excused after Senator Short urged support based on its wildfire-fighting value. The Senate also adopted an amendment to Substitute HB 2334, which addresses cash transactions and rounding to eliminate the need for pennies, adding language that customers with exact change must be able to pay exact change. The bill passed 45-2, with Senator Frame describing it as permissive guidance for businesses and Senator Dozier supporting it humorously; Senator Gainer voted no. HB 2436, concerning requirements for oil tankers operating in restricted waters and clarifying tugboat horsepower standards to match current practice, passed 46-1 after support from Senator Lovelett and Senator King. Finally, Engrossed HB 2575, reducing certain reporting obligations under environmental or energy laws, passed 47-0 with two excused. Senator Schumaker said it would save administrative costs for the Department of Commerce and utilities and free up money for low-income energy assistance. The Senate then adjourned until the next day.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, the chair lays out House Bill 1701 and recommends...
  • And I'm here to support House Bill 1701.
  • and simplify the permitting process for developers.
  • Thank you, Vice Chair and members, for the opportunity to lay out House Bill 4045.
  • I've been doing budgets for 25 years and am responsible for developing them, enacting them, and monitoring
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • companion in the House and the Senate.
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development's report, ...
  • move into more permanent housing and job security.
  • costs associated with the development and construction of workforce single-family housing projects,
  • We all agree that education and housing go together.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 13th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, the House has passed substitute House Bill 1390 and engrossed third substitute House Bill
  • President, the House has passed Substitute House Bill 1390 and engrossed third substitute House Bill
  • House Bill 2624, referred to the Committee on Business, Trade, and Economic Development.
  • them to do in terms of development of more housing, denser housing.
  • And there are tens of thousands... ...planning for future urban development.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 26th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of imperfect, challenging decisions, with tunes of budgets and education and housing and taxes and technology
  • Somebody comes in and I want somebody to help out clean my house. Hey, I'm getting my house...
  • Somebody comes in and I want somebody to help out clean my house.
  • Second and gross substitute House Bill 1541 is declared passed.
  • Middle housing represents more diverse housing options for people, both renting and also homeownership
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs May 13th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair lays out House Bill 2855 and recognizes.
  • I don't think that there's a house companion to this bill, and I understand.
  • sure— Geriseptic and roads and ingress and egress and everything for those developments is assured,
  • and we can build those houses.
  • And I know we as a committee have had a lot of conversations about housing affordability and how the
Bills: HB5691 , SB427 , SB2623 , SB2858
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

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

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Economic Development, Workforce, and Tourism committee will come to order.
  • government at the level we could, and we certainly don't cooperate with counties, municipalities, and
  • And I don't know. I wrote it down.
  • , so the idea being that we want cities to be able to plan for where housing development should go and
  • specifically the funds allocated and expended for workforce development and performance data.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-01-2026 06:30pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then, on behalf of the House, we have myself as chair, Tarnas and Tam as co-chairs, and Members Hussey
  • On behalf of the House, we have myself and Representatives Hashimoto and Miyake as co-chairs and Representative
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  • for House Bill 2443 and House Bill 2498.
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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning and welcome to the 10:00 a.m. agenda for the committees on housing in the House and the
  • On behalf of the House, we have myself and Representatives Hash and Miyake as co-chairs and Representatives
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  • And on behalf of the House, we member.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 309 Conference PM - Thu Apr 30, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting