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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (2-19-26)

Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, I'd like to explain my aye vote.
  • Chair, I'd like to explain my eye vote. vote. vote.
  • perhaps register a vote perhaps register a vote >> perhaps<00:05:10.473> [laughter]
  • We're gaining momentum here. >> We all voted no.
  • We're We're your vote quickly as well?
Summary: The Standing Committee on Economic Development, Labor, and Tourism met for its fourth meeting and considered one bill sponsored by Senator Mike Nees concerning unemployment insurance and the SCUF (Service Capacity Upgrade Fund). Senator Nees explained that the bill would lower employer rates tied to the fund, while continuing to support unemployment insurance system upgrades. He said the fund was created after problems with the unemployment computer system and that employers had borne the cost successfully. Nees also described a planned floor amendment, agreed to by the chamber and cabinet, that would cap the SCUF fund at $15 million and redirect contributions to the regular unemployment insurance fund if that fund falls below the prior year’s level. He said this would prevent overfunding technology while ensuring benefit payments remain protected. Committee members responded favorably, with remarks praising the bill and joking about government spending and the unemployment system’s handling during COVID. The committee first reported the bill favorably on a 9-0 vote, then later recorded additional votes from members and guests, bringing the tally to 11-0 in support. The chair announced the bill would be reported with favorable expression and that it would have the same recommendation on the floor.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Small Business and Information Technology (2-18-26)

Small Business & Information Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • May I explain my vote? >> Yes, please. >> Thank you.
  • May I explain my vote, please? >> Is that right? Um, yeah.
  • Thanks. >> What is your vote? >> Pass. >> Okay.
  • >> Briefly explain my vote. >> Briefly explain my vote.
  • >> What is your vote? >> What is your vote? >> Pass. >> Pass.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum to consider House Bill 227, a time-sensitive measure focused on social media use by minors. The bill sponsor, Rep. Matt Lockett, and supporters including counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, the Attorney General’s office, and the Family Foundation argued that social media is addictive and harmful to children, contributes to mental health problems and exploitation, and that the bill would give parents more control while regulating addictive features rather than banning speech. Supporters said the bill is narrowly tailored, content-neutral, and designed to withstand constitutional scrutiny; the Attorney General’s office said it would defend the bill if challenged and described ongoing multi-state litigation against major platforms. One committee member also described seeing inappropriate AI-generated content on a 16-year-old’s phone as an example of the problem the bill seeks to address. Opposition testimony came from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, NetChoice, and the Computer and Communications Industry Association. They argued the bill raises First Amendment concerns because it conditions minors’ access on parental consent, regulates how private platforms communicate with users, and could function as a de facto speech ban. They also warned that the age-estimation requirement could force platforms to collect more sensitive data, creating privacy and security risks, and that the ban on “addictive features” was overly broad and could sweep in personalized feeds, notifications, autoplay, and other common tools. Opponents said the bill could especially harm vulnerable youth who rely on online access for community or safety information and urged the committee to craft a constitutional alternative. During questions, members asked how the state could enforce the law against national companies and were told enforcement would come through the Attorney General within Kentucky and potentially through multi-state litigation. Members also discussed the bill’s practical effects, including advertising revenue from youth users and the need for guardrails to protect children. The discussion continued with questions about the bill’s scope, parental consent, age estimation, and liability provisions, but no final vote or other committee action was shown in the excerpt.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (2-12-26)

Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Explain my vote, please. >> Yes, sir. >> Thank you. Uh, I do appreciate the work on this.
  • Chair, I'd like to explain my reluctant no vote here. you. you.
  • Chair, I'd like to explain my reluctant no vote here. Certainly, sir.
  • I am an I vote and uh I >> Chair Wheeler.
  • So, with a vote of 9 to 2, Senate Bill 52 is amended and voted out with favorable expression that the
Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor met with a quorum and adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 52. The sponsors, Senators Rawlings and Elkins, explained that the substitute narrowed the bill to state public agencies, exempted cities and counties, extended the basic decision deadline from 30 to 60 days, added an additional extension for safety, health, and public welfare concerns, removed an earlier jury-trial provision, and exempted Kentucky State Police exams. They said the bill is intended to require clear permit criteria, timely agency decisions, and meaningful appeal rights for permits tied to constitutionally protected activity, without eliminating existing licensing or permitting requirements. Senators supporting the bill described long agency delays and uncertainty in permitting as costly for contractors, schools, landfill projects, and energy development. Senator Elkins gave a detailed example of a landfill permit process that took years, and other members said agencies should be held to timelines or at least provide reasons for delay. Senator Boswell and Senator Clemens raised concerns that the safety/health/welfare extension could remain subjective and that hard deadlines might pressure agencies and risk public safety. Senator Thomas also said he supported the goal but was voting no because he wanted a safer middle ground. Audrey Ernsburger of the Kentucky Resources Council testified in a neutral-to-cautious position, saying the group agreed that complete applications should be reviewed in a timely and predictable way, but objected to the default-approval mechanism and some burden-shifting provisions in the original language. She warned that deadlines could begin before an application is complete, that deficiencies might not toll the clock, that automatic approval could create public-health risks in some licensing contexts, and that KRS Chapter 13B already governs administrative hearings and judicial review. She said KRC would prefer a statutory process without a hard deadline. After discussion, the committee voted 9-2 to report Senate Bill 52 favorably, as amended.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part I) May 22nd, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • I also ask that you vote in favor of HB 1211 because it ensures that no qualifying individual should
  • So we're out of their choices. And so to me, this is an incentive.
  • So we're out of their choices. And so to me, this is an incentive.
  • We're excited about the ability to put some of this in action, and we urge the committee to vote for
  • With the appointments that the governor and the lieutenant governor have, they can also make choices
Bills: HB4, HB20
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard a series of higher education and K-12 bills, initially without a quorum and with several measures left pending subject to the call of the chair. Early bills included HB 1868, which would direct a study on lowering the dual-credit funding threshold for public junior colleges from 15 to 9 semester credit hours; HB 2598, which would replace statutory references to “licensed specialist in school psychology” with “school psychologist”; HB 3629, which would bar registered sex offenders from serving on independent school district boards of trustees; and HB 4361, which would require the Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt rules for timely emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education. Each received brief sponsor explanations, no opposition testimony, and was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4848, requiring public higher education systems to ensure at least one institution offers affordable competency-based bachelor’s degree programs in high-demand fields, and HB 1211, which would remove the age 25 deadline for former foster youth to use public college tuition waivers. HB 1211 drew extensive supportive testimony from Texas CASA, a former foster youth who benefited from the waiver, and a current student headed to medical school, all arguing the change would better match the realities faced by youth aging out of care. Members discussed the bill’s fiscal uncertainty and the argument that the waiver is an investment in workforce participation; the bill was left pending. Later, the committee heard HB 20, creating an Applied Sciences Pathway Program to let high school students earn certificates in targeted industries such as welding, plumbing, electrical work, manufacturing, and oil and gas while in school. Industry and workforce groups strongly supported the bill as a way to address labor shortages, while Texas 2036 raised concerns about allowing applied versions of core academic courses to substitute for traditional instruction. HB 4687, which would extend governmental immunity protections to certain campus/district charter schools and adult charter high schools, also received support from a charter-school attorney who said it would align statutes with existing case law and not expand charter rights. HB 4236, as substituted, would create a study group to examine the property value study’s effect on school finance and alternative valuation methods; it was adopted as a committee substitute and left pending. The committee also heard HB 824 on civics instruction in high school government courses and HB 2243, which would create a commission on teacher job satisfaction and retention; the latter prompted debate over removing “ethnic diversity” language from the commission’s makeup. After adopting the substitute for HB 2243 by roll call, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part II) May 22nd, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • But the students of UTEP have voted and supported the construction of a new student union building.
  • UTEP has voted and supported the construction of a new student union building.
  • This was voted on and approved twice: first by a referendum of the student body, and then by the Student
  • You have the authority tonight to take a vote on this bill.
  • I urge you to take a vote on this bill tonight and to pass it favorably out of committee and ensure that
Bills: HB4, HB20
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2853, which would allow the UT System Board of Regents to adjust the University of Texas at El Paso student union fee above the current statutory cap, subject to student approval, to help fund a new student union building. Senator Blanco explained the bill and the committee substitute, there were no questions or witnesses, public testimony was closed, and the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending subject to the call of the chair. The committee then heard House Bill 610, which would limit severance payments for terminated independent school district superintendents to six months’ salary and benefits. Senator Paxton described large severance payouts and said the bill had passed the House overwhelmingly. There were no witnesses, public testimony was closed, and the bill was left pending. A lengthy hearing followed on House Bill 4623, which would waive school district immunity in certain cases involving negligent hiring, supervision, or employment of professional school employees who commit abuse or related misconduct against students. Senator Paxton and several witnesses, including survivors and parents, argued the bill was needed to address cover-ups, delayed reporting, and repeated failures to remove dangerous employees; some members raised concerns about liability caps, litigation, and how the bill would interact with the Tort Claims Act. The committee also heard from TEA staff and employee-group witnesses who discussed possible injunctions and stronger no-hire protections. Public testimony was then closed and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 4, an accountability and assessment bill that would restore A-F ratings, change the state testing system, and replace STAAR with shorter, more instructionally useful assessments. Senator Bettencourt explained the committee substitute, including annual ratings, limits on taxpayer-funded lawsuits, and a phased-in testing redesign with beginning, middle, and end-of-year assessments. Testimony was generally supportive from education and business groups, though some witnesses favored norm-referenced testing while others emphasized criterion-referenced, TEKS-aligned assessments; one witness noted social studies assessments were restored in the bill. The hearing concluded with additional invited testimony and no final vote reported in the transcript.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Tue Feb 24, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • the votes get the votes get in, right? the votes get the votes get in, right?
  • You have voting major types of voting.
  • vote?
  • Voting on HB1 vice chair for the vote? Voting on HB1 1481<02:02:45.760> HD1.
  • Vice chair for the<02:03:03.040> vote? the vote? the vote?
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1697, which would exempt natural hair braiders from licensing requirements under certain conditions. The DCCA Board of Barbering and Cosmetology said it recognizes braiding as within the scope of cosmetology practice but warned that a broad exemption could create consumer protection gaps, especially around sanitation training, tool use, and enforcement. Supporters from the Institute for Justice and the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii argued the current licensing regime is overly burdensome and unrelated to braiding, citing the 1,250-hour training requirement, high tuition costs, barriers for low-income entrepreneurs, and the fact that many other states already exempt braiders. Committee members asked whether a standalone sanitation course or similar training could address the board’s concerns, and the board said it would bring that idea back for discussion. The committee also noted 16 written testimonies in support and 2 in opposition. The committee then took up HB 1678, relating to condominium and planned community association elections using cumulative voting. Supporters, including the Hawaii State Association of Parliamentarians, said the bill would clarify that cumulative voting applies to all candidates, including write-ins, and would help resolve confusion in association elections. One testifier urged the committee to remove proxy voting, calling it an abuse of power in some associations, while another asked whether cumulative voting and proxies could be manipulated to stack votes. In response, the parliamentarian explained that cumulative voting and proxy voting are different, that proxies simply allow someone to vote on another’s behalf, and that existing deadlines and counting procedures reduce opportunities for abuse. Testimony also emphasized that electronic or mail voting can be secure and efficient, and that the bill would make the process clearer and more democratic. Finally, the committee heard testimony on HB 1679, which would clarify an association board’s authority over electronic meetings, electronic voting, voting without a meeting, and mail voting without a meeting. Supporters said the measure would clean up statutory language, make electronic voting optional, and fix problems created by a 2024 change that made written-consent timing rules difficult to use for association actions. They also said the bill would clarify that proxies are only used at meetings, not for actions taken without a meeting. One opponent argued the bill needs further amendment because electronic voting is not well defined and could be abused, and questioned the neutrality of parliamentarians testifying on condominium bills. No votes were taken on any of the measures during the portion of the meeting provided.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS House Floor - 15 April, 2026; 1:00 PM

Mississippi House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I will now put the vote.
  • If you favor the gentleman's motion, vote aye. If you favor the gentleman's motion, vote aye.
  • If you're opposed, vote nay. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted?
  • If you favor the resolution, vote aye. If you're opposed, vote no. Has everyone voted?
  • If you favor the gentleman's motion to override, vote aye. If you're opposed, vote nay.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 16, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I machines would tabulate the vote.
  • How do absentees or the early voting.
  • Senator Landon has left a proxy vote. Senator Landon has left a proxy vote.
  • I will be voting I. I will be voting I.
  • has left a proxy vote of I.
Bills: SF0102, SF0113
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Voice vote. All in favor say I. I. >> All oppose. >> Thank you. >> Favorable passes. >> All right.
  • >> All right, vote. All in favor say I. I. >> All oppose. >> For report, yes, ma'am.
  • House<00:17:58.960> Bill<00:17:59.440> 77, >> Comments, questions for all right vote
  • questions >> Comments, questions for >> all<00:19:27.600> right<00:19:28.320> vote
  • >> all right vote. All in favor say I. >> all right vote. All in favor say I.
Bills: HB131, HB77, HB131, HB77
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Feb 4th, 2026

Ethics and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • one vote.
  • And Duval and Lee have express voting, so that is a machine that you press your choices, you get to examine
  • So doesn't..." "...to vote this? Did they vote twice for someone?
  • vote?
  • Please, let's vote this down.
Bills: S0460, S0748, S1180, S1334
Summary: The Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum and took up several election-related bills. CS/SB 1180 by Senator Arrington, which creates a recall framework for elected community development district board members and also addresses synthetic turf regulation and CDD eligibility, was presented briefly and then approved unanimously. SB 460 by Senator Polsky, requiring the governor to call special elections within set deadlines after vacancies and allowing judicial relief if deadlines are not met, also passed unanimously after members discussed flexibility for emergencies and the cost of delayed elections. The committee then heard SB 748 by Senator Bracy Davis, which would add constitutional voting-rights restoration language to the sentencing score sheet given to felony defendants. Supporters said it would improve clarity and notice without changing eligibility, and the bill was favorably reported unanimously. The committee also confirmed several appointees, including Jim Milliken and Alicia McShea to the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, Robert P. Estalas as Director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and additional gubernatorial appointees listed on the agenda, all by favorable votes. The longest discussion centered on Senator Grall’s strike-all amendment for SB 1334, an elections bill dealing with citizenship verification, Real ID and SAVE database use, paper-ballot voting, candidate qualification rules, and related election administration changes. Supporters argued it would streamline verification and ensure only citizens vote, while opponents warned it would create burdens, disenfranchise eligible voters, and impose costs and administrative confusion. After extensive public testimony both for and against, the committee adopted an amendment to allow supervisors of elections to observe holidays when not otherwise required to be open, then approved the strike-all as amended by a 6-2 vote, with Senators Polsky and Bernard voting no. The meeting then adjourned after members recorded their votes on earlier items.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's Senator Bettencourt's bill about accepting an early voting ballot voted by mail.
  • Eligible to vote.
  • They're not citizens; they can't register to vote, they can't vote.
  • So what's being added is the specific explicit language that the early vote site—the early vote clerk's
  • We're talking about early voting ballot storage.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 17th, 2025 at 10:04 am

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • , registering to vote, in the process of voting, scanning, or leaving the voting place, just those people
  • , registering to vote, in the process of voting, scanning, or leaving the voting place, just those people
  • Like, the actual number of people that are not allowed to vote that accidentally vote or try to vote
  • Like, the actual number of people that are not allowed to vote that accidentally vote or try to vote
  • He votes by mail-in ballot, or sometimes he drives to Hayes County to vote, but he votes where his home
Summary: The committee first voted out two previously heard Senate bills without amendment: SB 688, relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors, and SB 914, relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date of their general election for officers. Both motions passed on 8-0 votes with one member absent. The committee then heard HB 3909, which would change the current prohibition on wireless device use from a 100-foot boundary around a voting station to only inside the room where voting is taking place, with a committee substitute also adding state-prescribed signage. The author and supporters said the change would reduce confusion and make enforcement easier for election workers, while opponents argued the existing 100-foot rule helps prevent electioneering, recording, and possible technical interference with election equipment. The bill was left pending. Members also heard HB 1968, which would repeal a provision that requires counties to provide election services to certain political subdivisions in odd-numbered years but not even-numbered years, making county-provided election services consistent across years. Supporters said it would improve consistency for smaller cities and school districts, while opponents warned it could strain county equipment and staffing during heavy election cycles. The bill was left pending. HB 2279 would require voter registrars to remove a person from the rolls if the person swears under oath during jury service that they are not a U.S. citizen; supporters said this would streamline removal of ineligible voters, while opponents raised concerns about mistaken identity and loss of due process. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard HB 2803, which would require a presiding judge to give a poll watcher a signed statement explaining any removal from service. Supporters said this would improve documentation and accountability, and one witness asked for clarification that improper removal would remain a criminal offense; the author said he would consider a floor amendment and further discussion. The committee also heard HB 4253, which would create a more uniform voter-roll maintenance process based on inactivity, sending confirmation notices to voters who have not voted in the prior 25 months and eventually removing those who do not respond after multiple election cycles. Supporters said it would clean up outdated records and help keep voters registered where they actually live, while opponents argued it could wrongly remove eligible voters who simply do not vote regularly. HB 4253 was left pending as well.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 17th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • According to the election code, a voting station is defined as the voting booth or election booth, or
  • Like, "We'll vote for you," and they'll take a picture? "Hey, I voted for you."
  • , registering to vote, in the process of voting, scanning, or leaving the voting place.
  • If they're not inspired to vote for a candidate, they're not inspired to go out and vote.
  • I want it to vote.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • You may not request a roll call vote until I call the vote. Please wait your turn.
  • We'd use vote centers statewide. We'd restore the permanent early voting list.
  • We'd use vote center statewide. We'd restore the permanent early voting list.
  • to voting center-based voting, and that's kind of the change in terminology there.
  • Vote your conscience, sir. Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair. Vote your conscience.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 18th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • that form of identification, as found in the code, a foreign national driver's license to register to vote
  • It puts the governor as a voting member of the board, which will be the 17th member.
  • I think the increase is... ...I think the increase is the addition of the governor as a voting member
  • That 17 is going again, adding the governor as a voting... ...governor as a voting member.
  • I'm not going to vote against your bill; I'm going to try to... ...against your bill; I'm going to try
Bills: SB5, SB142, SB158, SB171, SB5
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, I'm going to vote for the bill and I'll vote for the amendment, but I want us to be aware that we're
  • Um, I'm going to vote for the bill and I'll vote for the amendment, but I want us to be aware that we're
  • eligible to vote. So uh with that, Mr. eligible to vote. So uh with that, Mr.
  • requirements to uh to be able to vote requirements to uh to be able to vote again.<00:19:53.760>
  • vote on this? All right. vote on this? All right. >> U<00:48:35.920> Mr.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, I think we rank 136 in the schools in the state for per pupil funding.
  • education. families' choices as it pertains to their child's education.
  • Basically, the local board of education votes to become... local board of education votes to become a
  • But I told you we would give you a hearing in here and have a chance to vote.
  • I think we've had about four that you've had to make some tough votes on.
Bills: HB332, HB166, SB336, HB447, HB244