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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS DEFER, TRS Public Hearings 02-12-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's good support from the Department of Education.
  • There was good support coming out of the Department of Health, the DLNR, and DOT in the discussions with
  • of health, the coming out of department of health, the LNR<00:03:05.599><c> and</c><00:03:05.920><c>
  • Uh, the Department of the General.
  • requires the Department of requires the Department of Transportation<00:19:26.640><c> to</c><00:19:26.880
Summary: The committee first took up SB 2699, which would create a youth transit program within DOT and a special fund tied to the environmental response/energy/food security tax fund. The chair described support from several agencies but also noted Attorney General concerns about whether the special fund met statutory criteria, DOE comments requesting a July 1, 2026 effective date, and broader funding concerns because the bill would draw from general fund resources. The chair recommended deferral, saying the measure involved significant long-term costs and needed more work on a funding mechanism. The committee deferred the bill. The committee then heard SB 3182, relating to administrative license revocation procedures. HDOT supported the measure, while the Judiciary opposed the bill as written, citing operational, staffing, fiscal, and mailing burdens from requiring ADLRO to mail all case documents to every respondent within five days. Judiciary said it handles about 3,000 to 4,000 DUI cases annually and would need additional staff and certified-mail costs. Prosecutors from the state and county supported a proposed SD1 version, saying it would address backlog concerns and help DUI enforcement by creating a presumption of revocation. The committee ultimately recommended support and passage of SD1. The committee also heard SB 3313 on interisland air service stability and transformation. The Attorney General warned the bill could be preempted by the federal Airline Deregulation Act and raised constitutional concerns about a local-hire provision. DOTAX said the program would be complicated to administer and suggested third-party certification. No action was taken in the excerpt. The committee then heard SB 3337, which would eliminate state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel for motor vehicles; HDOT opposed it, while DOTAX provided comments and the Hawaii Transportation Association supported it. The transcript then moved to SB 2896, lowering the minimum age for commercial driving from 19 to 18. HDOT supported the bill, the Hawaii Transportation Association strongly supported it and suggested added training requirements, and an Operating Engineers representative supported the concept but urged that young drivers be tied to apprenticeship or other structured training programs. No vote was shown in the excerpt. Finally, the committee heard SB 2400, which would exempt wing-in-ground craft from the Hawaii Waters Act and define those craft in law. The PUC supported the bill’s intent, and Regent Craft testified in strong support, describing sea gliders as all-electric vessels that could improve interisland access, resiliency, and decarbonization while using existing harbor infrastructure. HTDC and several other groups also supported the measure. Members asked about infrastructure, ports, weather operations, and Coast Guard jurisdiction, and the witness said operators would decide harbor locations and that the company had identified multiple possible ports. No final committee action was included in the excerpt.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 15th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then did anybody from the Department of Education, Board of Regents, any of the systems, express
  • The Department of Education, it just says they may provide licenses.
  • I'm Ashley Towns, with the Department of Education. Thank you, ma'am.
  • The issue is that the Department of Education usually only issues one license per address.
  • It still keeps the Department of Education structural overreach and unnecessary micromanagement of private
Bills: HCR47 , HB628 , HB737 , HB1008 , HB1062 , HB1079 , HB1112
Committee: House Education
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Jan 12th, 2026

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill creates a statewide public health awareness campaign funded through the Department of Elder
  • This bill creates a statewide public health awareness campaign funded through the Department of Elder
  • presentation will be by Chad Barrett, Assistant Secretary of Administration for the Department of Children
  • Step two, invitation, represents the submission of the application from the CBCs to the department.
  • Specifically on your slide of future opportunities, analyzing rising insurance premiums.
Bills: S0042 , S0578 , S0624 , S7018
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first heard SB 624, which would codify DCF’s current practice of allowing batterers intervention programs to offer supplemental faith-based activities so long as participation is voluntary. The bill drew support from faith-based and family organizations, which argued it would restore access to effective rehabilitation options and remove discriminatory barriers. SB 624 was reported favorably after a roll call vote. The committee then heard SB 42, which would require child protective investigators and child protection teams to rely on qualified medical professionals when a child has a documented pre-existing diagnosis or when a parent requests an exam, and would require clearer notice to parents and custodians at the start of an investigation. Testimony overwhelmingly came from parents, advocates, and disability rights representatives describing cases in which medically complex children were allegedly misdiagnosed as abuse victims and families were separated unnecessarily. Members expressed sympathy and support, and SB 42 was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered CS/SB 578, creating an Alzheimer’s disease awareness initiative within the Department of Elder Affairs to promote early detection, brain health education, research updates, and clinical trial awareness, with outreach focused on older adults and at-risk populations. An amendment was adopted to place the campaign within the Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative. A caregiver testified about the need for public education and early diagnosis, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also took up SPB 7018, a committee bill on child welfare that would extend the definition of “visitor” for foster homes to reduce repeated background checks, make the Step Into Success foster youth workforce pilot permanent and statewide, and create a program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare to catalog best practices among community-based care lead agencies. The bill was approved as a committee bill and reported favorably. Finally, the Department of Children and Families presented its 2025-26 final funding methodology and rates report for community-based care. Members questioned the proposed tiered model, including insurance costs, risk corridors, prevention funding, performance measures, and regional funding disparities. No vote was taken on the presentation, but members discussed the possible need for follow-up legislation and additional stakeholder input.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a custom and tradition of the Senate that we begin each session with a word of prayer.
  • of Your name.
  • I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
  • I salute the flag of the state of Oklahoma. Mr. Leader, Mr.
  • of Oklahoma and Taiwan.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 13th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a custom and tradition of the Senate that we begin each session with a word of prayer.
  • It is a custom and tradition of the Senate that we begin each session with a word of prayer.
  • I salute the flag of the state of Oklahoma. Mr. Leader. Mr.
  • Senate Bill 209 to establish the Taiwan Regional Trade Office under the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
  • of Oklahoma and Taiwan.
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, offered the invocation and pledges, and recognized the doctor, psychologist, and nurse of the day. The chamber then hosted several honorary introductions and citations, including congratulations to the Murray State College shotgun team for winning back-to-back national championships and to the Coedah High School varsity wrestling team for a record-setting 5A season and state title. Both groups were formally presented citations and received Senate applause. The Senate also considered Senate Resolution 30, which reaffirmed Oklahoma’s sister-state relationship with Taiwan, supported stronger economic and diplomatic ties, and celebrated the anniversaries of the Taiwan Relations Act and the Oklahoma-Taiwan relationship. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after brief remarks from Senator Peterson and a representative from Taiwan’s office in Houston, who thanked the Senate and spoke about Taiwan’s trade relationship, economic growth, and international challenges. The meeting included introductions from several student pages, who described their schools, sponsoring senators, and future plans. Announcements were made for committee meetings, including Revenue and Taxation, Health and Human Services, and Appropriations and Budget, along with a reminder about Diabetes Awareness Day. The Senate then adjourned until Tuesday, April 14th at 9:30 a.m.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Flood insurance rates should be cut in half based upon the construction of this project.
  • SCR 61 by Senator Barrow urges the Department of Health and commercial health insurance payors to increase
  • SCR 62 by Senator Hodges urges the Department of Transportation and Development to evaluate impediments
  • It asks our Department of Culture and Tourism to work with the World War II Museum to determine if we
  • SCR 84, by Senator Seabaugh, urges the Department of Conservation and Energy to create an earthquake
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, the pledge, and a national anthem performance, then moved through several personal privileges and recognitions. Members welcomed a student cancer survivor and entrepreneur, Bella of Brave Bella Bead Company, and also recognized a new legislative assistant, a page leaving for college, and a resolution honoring National Mississippi River Day. The chamber also received conference committee reports and enrollment reports, and returned some previously failed measures to the calendar, including H.R. 119 and H.B. 410. The main floor action centered on a series of Senate concurrent resolutions, most of which were adopted overwhelmingly. These included SCR 59 on re-evaluating flood maps and insurance rates tied to the Comite River Diversion Canal, SCR 61 urging higher reimbursement for behavioral health crisis centers, SCR 62 calling for review of school-zone safety and speed limits, SCR 68 creating a blockchain and digital innovation task force, SCR 69 encouraging continued research to reduce sugarcane burning, SCR 70 supporting the Major Richard Star Act for medically retired combat-wounded veterans, SCR 54 supporting the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act, SCR 55 designating the Peggy Martin Rose as the official state rose, SCR 64 creating a construction manager-at-risk task force, SCR 75 studying a Louisiana maneuvers museum and trail, and SCR 80 creating a task force on the minimum foundation program and long-term teacher pay funding. Most passed with little or no opposition, with SCR 84 on earthquake seismic activity in several parishes amended to adjust task force membership before final adoption. The House also heard a personal privilege statement honoring the late Ponder P.C. Clinton Jr., a noted Black farmer, cattleman, and community leader in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood, and expressed condolences to his family. Later, members received a hurricane-season reminder from Rep. Jay Galle about disaster response procedures and the need to work through parish emergency offices. The transcript ends as the House moves into additional concurrent resolutions returned from the Senate with amendments.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SCR 61 by Senator Barrow to urge the Department of Health and commercial health insurance payors to increase
  • House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Louisiana Department
  • of DCFS, Department of Health, the state police, a designee from the Corners Association, members of
  • Fontenot urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Department of Conservation
  • This resolution urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Department of Conservation
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Veteran and Military Affairs Apr 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Veteran and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and members of the committee. Senate Bill 2026 is before you.
  • We're expanding this out to the grandkids, and a lot of that is because a lot of times a grandchild is
  • it of who could access it after they had passed on.
  • Chairman and members of the committee.
  • to get buried by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.
Bills: SB1533 , SB2026
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 11, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I've asked members of the Wyoming Department of Education if they would want to come up and talk
  • And I've asked uh members of the<00:01:45.759><c> Wyoming</c><00:01:46.240><c> Department</c><00:01:46.399
  • ><c> of</c><00:01:46.560><c> Education</c><00:01:46.960><c> if</c> the Wyoming Department of Education
  • if the Wyoming Department of Education if they<00:01:47.280><c> would</c><00:01:47.520><c> want</c><
  • Dicky Shainer and Nate Tajeski with the Department of Education.
Bills: SF0014 , SF0018
Committee: Senate Education
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government & Tribal Relations Feb 18th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

State Government & Tribal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Development and Disability, the Department of Social and Health Services, and the Department of Archaeology
  • Development and Disability, the Department of Social and Health Services, and the Department of Archaeology
  • Through this work, the Department of Social and Health Services, the Department of Archaeology, Historic
  • Through this work, Department of Social Health Services, Department of Archaeology, Historic Preservation
  • So working with the Secretary of State Department of Archives has really been helpful.
Bills: SCR8406 , SB5892 , SB5863
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • through the Texas Department of Public Safety's criminal database database, their criminal convictions
  • the Department of the Air Force and the first General Counsel of the Space Force.
  • I'm pleased to be here laying out HB 4936 relating to the the creation of the Department of Marketing
  • Texas that we totally fail at marketing, such as under Texas... his Department of Insurance, the helpinsure.com
  • I have also utilized the Secretary of State's Elections Department hotline to receive interpretations
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of their lives.
  • of their lives.
  • The investment board, by our Department of Retirement Systems and by pension experts across the country
  • Greed is not an appropriate description of the motivation of any of your colleagues here, Senator McEwen
  • of.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The title of the bill will be the title of the act.
  • Last line: the Washington State Department of Transportation. Senator Peterson. Mr.
  • State Transportation Commission; last line: the Washington State Department of Transportation.
  • Well, this directs the Department of Health to establish a system for the sharing of data on overdoses
  • President, well, this directs the Department of Health to establish a system for the sharing of data
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Insurance Appeals. appointment number 9140 be confirmed as a member of the Board of Industrial Insurance
  • He is a very qualified person and has a lot of experience to bring now to the Board of Industrial Insurance
  • And has a lot of experience to bring now to the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, and he has been
  • Battles, is confirmed as a member of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. Senator Riccelli.
  • This amendment comes at the request of the Department of Revenue to make some technical and clarifying
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Title of the bill will be the title of the act.
  • I move adoption of Amendment 855. Senator McEwen moves adoption of Amendment No. 0855.
  • It is bringing forth a clarification from the Department of Ecology and the Puget Sound pilots to comport
  • The title of the bill will be the title of the act.
  • It saves the Department of Commerce about the cost of a legislator's salary, and it saves even more money
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.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • for personal privilege, I have a page here today from Calhoun County, District 81, from Newsite, Alabama
  • It lays out the authority and structure of the Alabama National Guard Legal Services for legal compliance
  • Service, and this is a bill of national guard. Are there any questions? That was my question.
  • They have kids that can use their medical records in place of the blue card.
  • we get our kids out of schools.
Bills: HB328 , HB377
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026 at 03:55 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Seventh order of business, third reading of bills. Engrossed House Bill 2317.
  • Last line, people of the state of Washington.
  • by the Department of Corrections.
  • Seventh Order of Business, third reading of bills.
  • I look at the situation of the United States of America, the situation of our state of Washington, and
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sixth order of business, second reading of bills.
  • any of the angel families. ...not one mention of any of the angel families, any of U.S. citizens and
  • Sixth order of business, second reading of bills.
  • work with the Department of Natural Resources and so many others to make this bill possible.
  • Point of order! Point of order!
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of their lives.
  • We do plenty of studies here, but you think of your city or your county.
  • The investment board, by our Department of Retirement Systems and by pension experts across the country
  • Greed is not an appropriate description of the motivation of any of your colleagues here, Senator McEwan
  • of.
Summary: The Senate considered Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2034, a measure to terminate and restate the LEOFF 1 pension plan and use surplus funds for other state purposes if federal approval is obtained. During debate, senators discussed whether the plan should remain funded at 110% or 120% of actuarial value, whether surplus dollars should instead go to transportation or the budget stabilization account, whether members should receive an additional distribution, and whether local governments should be reimbursed for retiree health care costs. Several amendments were offered: a Gildon amendment to raise the funding target to 120% failed; a technical Robinson amendment adding a date passed; Holy, King, Harris, Schessler, and Conway amendments addressing member distributions, transportation, budget stabilization, local government health care costs, and a reconstituted board distribution all failed; and Robinson’s amendment removing Climate Commitment Act repayment language passed. The Ways and Means striking amendment, as amended, was then adopted. On final passage, supporters argued the bill was actuarially sound, had been reviewed by attorneys, actuaries, the State Investment Board, and the Department of Retirement Systems, and would allow use of excess funding for other state needs. Opponents warned it left too little in the pension fund, should dedicate surplus dollars only to one-time uses, and did not adequately reimburse cities and counties for retiree medical obligations. After debate, the Senate passed E2SHB 2034 by a vote of 25 yeas, 22 nays, with one absent and one excused. Afterward, the Senate returned to Substitute House Bill 2178, which was also passed on final passage by a vote of 39 yeas and 9 nays, with one excused. The chamber then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.