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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • reselling of prescription drugs is a relic from before we had an economic nexus standard in our tax code
  • reselling of prescription drugs is a relic from before we had an economic nexus standard in our tax code
  • can also learn from our own experience and the experiences of other states in seeking to have a tax code
Summary: The House first took up Substitute Senate Bill 6225, a transportation bond measure. Supporters said it was needed to fund preservation and maintenance of Washington’s transportation system, including road upkeep and emergency repairs, while opponents argued the state had already addressed current needs through a recent unanimous budget and existing bond authority. The bill passed final passage 59-38, meeting the required three-fifths vote. The House then considered Gross Substitute Senate Bill 6260, an education budget-related bill with many floor amendments focused on transition to kindergarten, alternative learning experience (ALE) funding, local effort assistance (LEA), educational service district reserves, superintendent pay, MSOC funding, and collective bargaining limits. Most proposed amendments were rejected, though Amendment 2654 on TK priorities was adopted. After the committee amendment as amended was adopted, the bill advanced to third reading and then passed 50-47. Supporters described it as a necessary budget reduction and risk-management measure; opponents argued it cut K-12 funding too deeply, especially in rural and property-poor districts, and would worsen inequities and invite litigation. The House also concurred in Senate amendments and passed several other bills. House Bill 1796, about school construction financing and capital levy use, passed 95-2. Second Substitute House Bill 2105, dealing with immigrant worker protections, passed 58-38. Engrossed House Bill 2211, on food sourcing for a health-related program, passed unanimously. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2225, regulating companion chatbots and child safety, passed 74-21. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, related to animal care, passed unanimously. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2418, streamlining permitting timelines to support housing affordability, also passed unanimously. The House then moved on to additional Senate-concurred bills, beginning with Second Substitute House Bill 1906.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Summary: The House began by signing several bills and receiving messages from the Senate that multiple House bills had passed there or that Senate bills had been signed. It then took up third reading and concurrence on a series of bills, often with sponsors explaining that Senate amendments were technical, clarifying, or improved the bills, while opponents argued some amendments broadened exemptions, weakened election protections, or created tax increases and other unintended consequences. Among the most debated measures were bills related to election administration and voting rights, utility and energy programs, local government finance, tourism promotion, and public safety. House Bill 2215 failed to concur in Senate amendments after concerns that an exemption was too broad. House Bill 1710, dealing with voting rights/election procedures, passed 57-39 after a roll call vote despite objections that it could complicate elections and reduce local control. House Bill 1750 and House Bill 1916 also passed after roll calls, with supporters describing them as technical or protective of election integrity and opponents warning about voter dilution, local authority, and access issues. Other bills passed with varying levels of support: House Bill 1903 on utility assistance passed 70-26 after supporters said it would help small counties and make the program voluntary and state-funded; House Bill 2532 on nitrous oxide sales passed unanimously as a public health and youth safety measure; House Bill 1974 on housing/conservation-related policy passed 59-37 amid debate over nonprofit advantages and county revenue impacts; House Bill 2296 passed 95-1 after supporters said it would help renters and utilities with energy efficiency; House Bill 2325 passed 91-5 with added transparency for tourism oversight; House Bill 2442 passed 51-45 despite sharp disagreement over property tax and levy implications; and House Bill 2594 passed 95-1 as the state version of McKinney-Vento protections for unhoused students. The House also transmitted or received several bills and ended the session briefly at ease.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Computer code is speech.
  • Computer code is speech.
  • How an individual can possess computer code.
  • I think they should be allowed to possess computer code. Do not concur. Further remarks.
  • And I believe strongly that possessing computer code is speech. It's a form of speech.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer, approved the prior day’s minutes, and then recessed briefly for caucus. The chamber received several Senate messages, including concurrence on amendments and the signing of Engrossed Senate Bill 5068, before moving into third reading and final passage of multiple bills. Most of the floor debate centered on concurrence with Senate amendments and the policy effects of those changes. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1170 passed 55-38 and was described as reorganizing and clarifying how Climate Commitment Act auction revenues are distributed among state accounts; supporters said it would create a clearer budget process, while opponents objected to shifting funds away from transportation and capital uses and reducing tax relief. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2251 passed 54-40 after debate over Climate Commitment Act account structure and operating-account allocations. Engrossed House Bill 2445 passed 66-29 on probate-related changes, with supporters citing clarifications and opponents saying it did not go far enough to limit outside involvement in probate matters. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 2334 80-15, with little debate after Senate “perfecting” changes. Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1960 passed 86-9; supporters said it would replace an inconsistent property tax on wind, solar, and battery storage facilities with a stable excise tax to benefit rural communities, counties, and labor, while opponents focused on tax impacts and local burdens. Additional bills passed included Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1500 on HOA resale certificates (61-34), Second Substitute House Bill 1909 creating a Court Unification Task Force (57-38), Engrossed House Bill 2156 expanding Attorney General investigative authority over economic and financial crimes (54-41 on reconsideration), Substitute House Bill 2539 on inmate funds and related deductions (57-38), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2548 on health care facility mergers and market oversight (55-41), Engrossed House Bill 2588 on local control for the Lummi ferry system (56-40), and Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2320 on gun violence prevention and 3D-printed firearms (58-38). The House also agreed not to concur in Senate amendments to Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408 and retransmitted it to the Senate.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The language change around a person possessing code related to the operation of a 3D printer or a CNC
  • The language change around a person possessing code related to the operation of a 3D printer or a CNC
  • Computer code is speech.
  • How an individual can possess computer code.
  • I think they should be allowed to possess computer code. Do not concur. Further remarks.
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, approved the previous day’s minutes, heard Senate messages on several bills, and then took up a series of third-reading and concurrence votes. The chamber also received notice that the Senate had concurred in House amendments to several other bills and that the Senate President had signed Engrossed Senate Bill 5068. Members then considered a slate of bills dealing with climate commitment account revenue, court administration, attorney general investigative authority, inmate funds, health care facility transactions, ferry governance, gun violence prevention and 3D-printed firearms, and renewable energy tax treatment. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1170, Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2251, Engrossed House Bill 2445, Substitute House Bill 2334, Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1960, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1500, Second Substitute House Bill 1909, Engrossed House Bill 2156, Substitute House Bill 2539, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2548, Engrossed House Bill 2588, and Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2320 all received final passage after Senate amendments, with several members speaking in support or opposition. Supporters generally described the measures as clarifying revenue accounts, improving court access, protecting consumers, updating inmate account limits, addressing hospital consolidation, enabling local ferry management, and strengthening gun-violence prevention or renewable-energy tax policy. Opponents raised concerns about reduced transparency, expanded bureaucracy, shifting costs, attorney general overreach, limits on local control, and First Amendment or property-rights issues. Recorded votes showed passage on each of those bills, with margins ranging from narrow to broad: 55-38 on HB 1170, 54-40 on HB 2251, 66-29 on HB 2445, 80-15 on SHB 2334, 86-9 on ESHB 1960, 61-34 on ESHB 1500, 57-38 on SSB 1909, 54-41 on EHB 2156 after reconsideration, 57-38 on SHB 2539, 55-41 on ESHB 2548, 56-40 on EHB 2588, and 58-38 on ESHB 2320. The House also agreed to retransmit Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408 to the Senate after deciding not to concur in the Senate’s fourth amendment. The meeting ended with both caucuses called and the House at ease.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 01:45 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if you did that, Uniform tax scheme.
  • What better way to promote uniformity than to...
  • I frequently heard in this chamber that there's a desire for uniformity.
  • regressive tax code in our country.
  • While our economy has changed, our tax code has not kept up.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 06:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In one way, I hear Washington has an extremely regressive tax code, primarily because of sales tax.
  • Washington has an extremely regressive tax code, primarily because of sales tax.
  • The underlying bill is to try to bring our tax code into the 21st century, rebalance our tax code, provide
  • This is where I want a fair tax code. This is where I want a sustainable tax code.
  • Changing the state's tax code as dramatically as the disastrous underlying proposal would do.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is not a uniform tax policy. This doesn't even come close to a uniform tax policy.
  • We can move to rolling conformity where we update our tax code based on the federal tax code as we implement
  • our tax code here, but I'd suggest that we As we implement our tax code here, but I'd suggest that we
  • And in that case, better that it strikes a uniform rate of 1% than a uniform rate of 9.9%.
  • And so, For the sake of consistency in our tax code, simplification in our tax code, and fairness in
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 10:45 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • want to impersonate a law enforcement officer, whether it's a badge, insignia on their vehicle, or a uniform
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, the flag was escorted by the Muckleshoot Veterans Color Guard, and the day opened with a prayer from Dennis Anderson Sr. The House approved the previous day’s minutes, welcomed representatives from the Urban Native Education Alliance, and then moved through caucuses and Senate messages before taking up a long series of third-reading votes on bills that had returned from the Senate. Several measures drew debate over Senate amendments. House Bill 1069, concerning bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits for certain public employees, passed 78-17 after supporters said it would help correctional workers and critics said the Senate changes weakened the bill. Second Substitute House Bill 1128, creating a child care workforce standards board, passed 68-27 amid arguments over child care shortages, wages, and affordability. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155, banning non-compete agreements, passed 62-33; supporters framed it as pro-worker and pro-entrepreneurship, while opponents said contracts should be voluntary and important in business sales. The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1187 on ambulance billing and collections (93-2), Substitute House Bill 1390 phasing out the Community Protection Program (51-44), Engrossed House Bill 1501 on housing-related local requirements (58-37), House Bill 291 on bargaining communication rights (92-3), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2110 on ambulance staffing/training (95-0), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 on impersonating peace officers (66-29), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2219 on child care regulations and opioid-related safety language (67-28), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2266 on housing siting and local flexibility (56-39), Substitute House Bill 2350 on notice and accountability for developmental disability services (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2360 allowing schools to keep and administer albuterol with parental-notification changes (79-16), Second Substitute House Bill 2384 on financial transparency for continuing care retirement communities (78-17), Second Substitute House Bill 2429 on behavioral health planning and appropriations (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2496 protecting tribal sacred sites (71-24), and House Bill 2510, on which the House did not concur in Senate amendments. The chamber also granted conference requests on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bills 5998 and 605 and appointed conferees for each.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the bill, you talk about commercially... ...about commercially reasonable. Tell me what is that?
  • Commercially reasonable is... She mentioned the concern for security, even for adults.
  • The two options really are you give them a government-issued ID to show your age or use a commercially
  • The UK Children's Code says... ...will here. The UK Children's Code says exactly what I'm saying.
  • So children should not appear, and obviously, it's already in code.
Bills: HB235, HB276, HB285
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure Apr 22nd, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

Transcript Highlights:
  • extended durations and report its findings and any recommendations for revisions of the Louisiana Trust Code
  • As lawyers on the committee know, Louisiana was a late adopter of the trust code because our civil law
  • The bill amends R.S. 13:1805(C) and enacts a new Subsection D within the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction
  • It does not affect arbitration of any commercial transactions.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
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Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1846, relating to shoreline mitigation districts. DLNR and the Office of Planning opposed the bill, arguing it would improperly shift regulatory roles between the agencies and prioritize private land interests over public trust and natural and historic resources. Supporters, including the Shoreline Preservation Coalition, Kahana Bay residents, and Hawaii Realtors, said regional planning is needed to address severe erosion, especially in Kahana, and that better coordination between state and county agencies could help move stalled projects forward. Testifiers emphasized that shoreline conditions vary by area and that science-based, region-specific solutions are needed. Members asked questions about whether existing law already allows regional planning and emergency shoreline responses. DLNR said it already has authority to process regional projects and cited an existing draft EIS for Kahana Bay that would proceed through normal permitting and public hearing channels. Supporters responded that the bill would provide a clearer regional planning framework and help communities facing urgent erosion impacts. No vote was taken on HB 1846 in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 2205, relating to emergency erosion mitigation. DLNR opposed the bill, saying it already has authority to issue emergency permits and had recently done so quickly for a collapsed sidewalk at Queen Surf Beach, and warning that the bill’s language could weaken Act 16 by changing a prohibition on shoreline hardening to a requirement to merely minimize it. Kahana Bay representatives and other supporters argued the bill would create a limited, regulated short-term pathway for emergency shoreline solutions while long-term plans are developed, and said current permits have expired or stalled, leaving dangerous sandbags and no practical relief. Additional testimony from a private homeowner stressed that erosion is threatening homes and that private owners are often bearing the cost of protecting public shoreline access. The discussion remained focused on balancing emergency protection, public access, and long-term shoreline management, and no final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • public entities by adding clarity and additional protection to Chapter 572 of the Local Government Code
  • Senate Bill 1583 aims to improve groundwater management by addressing gaps in the Texas Water Code that
  • The Texas Water Code provides the following clear rules: Groundwater Conservation Districts (GCDs) must
  • So, a lot of these larger commercial or industrial entities... Which we do the same thing.
  • Right, but it's a whole different process for industrial and commercial compared to residential, is that
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • are producing water, you are complying with your mandatory duty under Chapter 13 of the Texas Water Code
  • In the code, they don't have production. So you said they have the same advantages.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs (Part II) Apr 14th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • are producing water, you are complying with your mandatory duty under Chapter 13 of the Texas Water Code
  • And to your, you said, Hayes Trinity doesn't have access to the other 99% that are in the code.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 9th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Children of their zip code have access to high-quality early care and education.
  • First, House Bill 3133 modifies the Texas Business and Commerce Code to update existing law by adding
  • Every breed registry under the American Kennel Club has a breeder code of ethics prohibiting breeders
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 9th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The property code chapter 51 governs liens on real property. and authorizes trustees and sub-trustees
  • So, HB 5- 576 clarifies property the property code chapter 51 by leveraging the definition of person
  • from the Texas Code Construction Act to determine which entities may serve as a trustee or substitute
  • My name is Charlotte Young and I'm testifying on behalf of auction.com Texas Property Code Chapter 51
  • Representative Shaheen's bill would therefore codify the this definition of person into property code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Under the Texas Education Code, superintendents must report romantic, sexual, or abusive conduct between
  • This legislation mirrors the already existing reporting statute found in the Education Code that applies
  • I'm appalled that it's not already part of our Texas code.
  • Although the Texas Education Code requires school districts to adopt policies relating to cyberbullying
  • misconduct from 72 hours to 48 hours. hours to align with the timeline for reporting in the Family Code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • That will go over today, about 60 pages of conduct. that we're trying to code in that will prevent educator
  • The language that is already in code about responsibilities on conduct. Yes, it mirrors that.
  • throughout the bill. ensures consistency and alignment with the definitions in the Texas Education Code
  • hours to � from 72 hours to 48 hours. hours to align with the timeline for reporting in the family code
  • but they've been very, very helpful and if we can get jails in there, counties are probably. error code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • However, without a uniform statewide approach, we found a patchwork system where some hospitals are..
  • Rhode Island and Tennessee have a commercial program.
  • I would say that is wholly lacking under Texas code. And who had to bear the fine?
  • Let me see, that's under the Texas Medical Code under 159.
  • What we do is go to a requested amendment to Texas Administrative Code 90.8(a).