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WA
Transcript Highlights:
- We write laws. We do things to fix problems.
- the process and the reason for the projected timeline is largely directed and dictated by federal laws
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
transit, community colleges, student transportation, free rides, public transportation, HB 2645, HB2645, Fairfax Bridge, State Route 165, SR 165, Carbon River, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, emergency infrastructure replacement, bridge collapse, bridge closure, transportation emergency, public safety, infrastructure repair, bridge replacement
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So when this law goes wrong, it goes really wrong.
- My focus is on land-use law.
- We don't want to have any extra protection under the law, but we just ask that the law treats us equally
- , whether the law gets...
- Of the law, but we just ask that the law treats us equally.
Committee:
House Land & Resource Management
Keywords:
zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Current law gives a person two.
- Or there was a law passed that you couldn't be so close to a school or that kind of nature.
- One is, can the city currently weaponize the current law to push businesses out of an area?
- Saying, you know, implementing this particular law.
- We're talking about access for the fire apparatus, access for law enforcement, fire, and EMS.
Committee:
House Land & Resource Management
Keywords:
zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Consumer Protection & Business
Transcript Highlights:
- Because we definitely have a lot of laws on the books already.
- I think that we need to apply the DUI laws to this.
- This would be sort of creating that as a new concept in the law.
- within the boundaries of the existing use laws.
- Thank you very much. ...within the boundaries of the existing use laws.
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Business
Keywords:
kratom, consumer protection, regulation, health safety, substance control, infrastructure, protection, safety, security, state regulations, public health, tobacco regulation, smoking cessation, vapor products, health policy, youth prevention, pet insurance, insurance regulation, animal welfare, claims processes
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- The current part of the current law, Title 58, requires that an appointed agent in a probate case reside
- Under current law, an individual that is convicted of child sex trafficking gets a maximum sentence of
- This is a narrow, practical cleanup bill that clarifies existing law.
- While preserving lawful drone use and government operations, the basics of it are the same.
- Senate Bill 1621 was brought to me by a law library within a local county here.
Bills:
SB1638 , SB504 , SB2072 , SB1283 , SB1216 , SB1655 , SB2011 , SB1643 , SB1446 , SB1256 , SB1258 , SB1441 , SB1224 , SB1448 , SB1496 , SB1597 , SB1621 , SB1827 , SB2066 , SB2104
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
Governmental Tort Claims Act, liability limits, claims, medical negligence, tort reform, state liability, public health, claims adjustment, compensation limits, SB504, marriage, child marriage, minor marriage, age of consent, minimum marriage age, underage marriage, teen marriage, parental consent, judicial approval, marriage license
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Association, which upheld a federal law requiring internet filters in libraries to block obscene or harmful
- Therefore, sex laws should be eliminated.
- We see this chilling effect with so many laws.
- This standard does not at all align with the Supreme Court's definition of obscenity and obscenity as
- Why not let it go that way instead of having laws?
Bills:
HB45 , HB45 , HB755 , HB 1232 , HB1555 , HB2460 , HB2702 , HB2973 , HB3120 , HB3225 , HB3314 , HB3356 , HB3371 , HB3634 , HB3638 , HB4247 , HB4283 , HB4290 , HB4302 , HB4503 , HB4511 , HB4565 , HB4581 , HB4627 , HB4632 , HB4660 , HB4668 , HB4960 , HB5042
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
flooding, disaster response, emergency preparedness, state guidance, public safety, housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There should be no exception for municipalities to violate the laws. Those same laws.
- But the proper remedy to disagreeing with the law is to change the law, to petition the law, not to go
- , including conflict of law.
- , along with the county laws.
- , including campaign finance laws, lobby laws, and personal financial disclosure laws. to make recommendations
Bills:
HB45 , HB755 , HB 1232 , HB1555 , HB2460 , HB2702 , HB2973 , HB3120 , HB3225 , HB3314 , HB3356 , HB3371 , HB3634 , HB3638 , HB4247 , HB4283 , HB4290 , HB4302 , HB4503 , HB4511 , HB4565 , HB4581 , HB4627 , HB4632 , HB4660 , HB4668 , HB4960 , HB5042 , HB45
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money, HB 1232, whistleblower, whistleblower protection, public employee, retaliation
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not an inside rule; it's not the laws that we have with inside the ECU now.
- Senator Rader, let's hear some Tulsa law. Drinking gets out your nodos.
- That the money is actually there to do what we said we were going to do under color of law.
- be unfair to legitimate legal businesses by just randomly closing them down because we changed the law
- Senate Bill 1976, this is you know sometimes we Make laws in this chamber or this building and there's
Committee:
Senate Energy
Keywords:
environmental permitting, Oklahoma, Department of Environmental Quality, public participation, regulatory framework, administered applications, energy, wind energy, financial assurance, property restoration, environmental regulation, mining, blasting, residential protection, buffer zone, Department of Mines, public utilities, electric transmission lines, landowner rights, payment regulations
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Children, Youth and Family Services REVISED: Links added Feb 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Children, Youth and Family Services
Transcript Highlights:
- That's simply adding in electronic delivery as an option to the current law of physical delivery.
- We're simply mirroring existing law at the federal level with adoption. You for questions.
- As currently worded in state statute, it would not be in Compliance with federal law.
Committee:
House Children, Youth and Family Services
Keywords:
immigration, public assistance, legal status, food assistance, state benefits, family resource center, community support, employment services, kinship families, social connections, child care, criminal history, background checks, child safety, licensing, Oklahoma laws, advisory committees, daycare, licensed child care facility, child care subsidy
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:36 am
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- isn't in the law, so that's why it's not there.
- I'm joined here by my law partner, Laura Horton.
- The family law court in Albuquerque is such a busy court.
- They do so much good for the community, and there are real harms when people's family law issues can't
- I am with the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, and we thank the sponsors for this bill.
Keywords:
Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility oversight fund, public utilities, utility regulation, commissioners, commission staff, chief of staff, ethics, Gift Act, revolving door, post-employment restrictions, consumer complaints, telecommunications, pipeline safety, natural gas pipelines, oil pipelines, license fees, regulatory oversight, administrative cleanup
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Jan 14th, 2026
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Sunset law on the Alabama Massage Therapy License Board. They were under nursing for a while.
Bills:
SB89 , SB54 , SB127 , SB128 , SB77 , SB78 , SB100 , SB101 , SB102 , SB103 , SB113 , SB126 , SB122 , SB136
Keywords:
pilotage, commission, statewide laws, maritime regulation, repeal, sunset law, Alabama Surface Mining Commission, environmental regulation, mining, state commission, Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, state agency, continuous operation, government efficiency, sickle cell disease, healthcare, regulatory commission, public health, 911 services, 911 Board
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Those things still must absolutely be reported to law enforcement.
- And then also that it gets reported to local law enforcement.
- Should be to law enforcement.
- That could be local law enforcement, that could be the FBI, but it should be to law enforcement.
- If Senate Bill 12 becomes law, I know we'll have a similar legacy.
Committee:
House Public Education
Keywords:
parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, released time, religious instruction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This is known as a stop as yield law.
- OK, do you personally think it's OK to break a law? No.
- Well, in fact, we do believe in obeying the law, and this is the place to address laws that can be improved
- People don't pay attention to the updates in law.
- So we don't need this. 25 miles per hour is the current law.
Bills:
HB535 , HB2120 , HB2822 , HB3243 , HB3457 , HB3544 , HB4089 , HB4192 , HB4669 , HB4868 , HB4955 , HB5253 , HB5669 , SB1371 , SB1919 , SB2001
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, traffic safety, municipality, criminal offense, pedestrian safety, traffic regulations, municipal law, bicycle regulations, motor vehicle passing, traffic law, municipalities, bicycle operation, traffic laws, municipal regulations, port commission, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, San Patricio County
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- to enforce traffic safety laws and protect lives.
- Representative Canales states that under current law...
- Provided by contract and by law on site.
- This bill will bolster law enforcement's capability to enforce the existing laws related to work zone
- I've been in law enforcement for 48 years.
Bills:
HB341 , HB791 , HB1564 , HB1695 , HB1722 , HB1729 , HB1772 , HB2003 , HB2954 , HB2989 , HB3084 , HB3134 , HB3135 , HB3309 , HB3611 , HB3679 , HB3727 , HB3832
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There's an old saying in law: cross-examination is the greatest locomotive.
- And so, having come freshly out of law school back then, twenty...
- Supreme Court has held that state train length laws violate the U.S.
- Supreme Court... has held that state train length laws violate the U.S.
- How would, if we implemented this law, how would it affect the trade with Mexico?
Bills:
HB341 , HB791 , HB1564 , HB1695 , HB1722 , HB1729 , HB1772 , HB2003 , HB2954 , HB2989 , HB3084 , HB3134 , HB3135 , HB3309 , HB3611 , HB3679 , HB3727 , HB3832
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- . by the exception of law.
- law, which we don't see here. a change in, um, that obscenity law to make it, uh, unlawful to create
- testimony regarding laws in other states related to obscenity.
- And yet Texas law says.
- While federal law strictly prohibits distributing obscene content to minors, Texas has created a shield
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They are shielded. by the law and it's been my experience that law enforcement just looks the other way
- children obscene material?
- Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them censorship and a violation of free speech and
- for any circumstance, then the law itself. filth has become obscene.
- If the law is on our side, why do we still have to pass laws?
Bills:
HB14 , HB 106 , HB146 , HB267 , HB274 , HB 1127 , HB1359 , HB1393 , HB1584 , HB1640 , HB1710 , HB2152 , HCR101 , HJR8 , HR51
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- This aligns Oklahoma with federal law. Open for questions, move for adoption.
Committee:
House Wildlife
Keywords:
elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, advanced nuclear energy, nuclear power, small modular reactor, SMR, microreactor, generation III+, generation IV, nuclear reactor, nuclear permitting, nuclear licensing, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, OCC, Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Development Revolving Fund
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/18/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure
Transportation & Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- No one in law enforcement opposes this bill, at least not... ...drive and they move.
- No one in law enforcement opposes this bill, at least not that I've seen.
- ... ...or want to sneak through and all with other laws.
- It's people who've broken the law, and they should be rightfully fined for those things.
- Um, Cole Libera here on behalf of Rose Law Group, representing Marbella Communities.
Committee:
House Transportation & Infrastructure
Keywords:
Charlie Kirk, Loop 202, Arizona highways, transportation, renaming, roadable aircraft, registration, vehicle title, license plates, aviation safety, motor vehicle booting, private property, fees, dispute process, regulations, outdoor advertising, military compatibility, zoning, electronic signage, permitting
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/18/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- We can write law.
- We can write law.
- Well, if it's mandated in law, then they shall do it.
- Chair, Recorder Lewis, so under federal law in Title 16, Mr.
- Rulemaking is another way of making the law by those the people have not elected.
Committees:
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections , House House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference
Keywords:
international organizations, government resources, public institutions, Arizona Board of Regents, foreign adversaries, campaign finance, contributions, termination statements, reporting, penalties, electoral processes, healthcare, public benefits, eligibility verification, fraud prevention, Medicaid, SNAP, transparency, accountability, state land