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LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Act 409 is what this SB 441 addresses.
- Act 409 is what this SB 441 addresses.
- Act 409 is what this SB 441 addresses.
- Act 409 does not dictate curriculum.
- But Act 409 carved out all the public schools. Act 409 carved out all the public schools.
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
school safety, emergency operations plan, crisis management, active shooter, drills, training, classroom security, primary health services, behavioral health, school health providers, medical necessity, student health care, education, school week, instructional time, public schools, performance score, student athletes, cardiovascular health, sudden cardiac arrest
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Blossom, what did you say about the Federal Trade Act? Fair Housing Act, I'm sorry.
- It's the Fair Housing Act.
- Acting Chair, members.
- Acting Chair, members.
- Acting Chair, members.
Bills:
HB414 , HB457 , HB475 , HB611 , HB616 , HB740 , HB897 , HB925 , HB926 , HB931 , HB949 , HB962 , HB1076
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Keywords:
healthcare, criminal convictions, employment, background checks, prohibited offenses, consent, recording, artificial intelligence, patient rights, pregnancy help centers, healthcare services, licensure, Department of Health, medical services, counseling, regulatory compliance, public health, healthcare data, privacy, pregnancy services
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Apr 8th, 2026
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- And since then, I've been acting as a subject matter expert for the Mass Health Officers Association,
Keywords:
Holyoke, municipal governance, acting mayor, city council, local government, Oxford, town charter, municipal government, town manager, residency requirement, local approval, charter amendment, home rule, local governance, municipal administration, residence of officials, Worcester County, Worthington, solar, solar photovoltaic
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- It will be cited as the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act. Are there any objections?
- Schools are already required under federal law to comply under the McKinney-Vento Act.
- And it's much appreciated, and it's a great help in every community where they act.
- Act 696 in 2018 and Act 745 of 2024 both intended for these services to be allowed in the classroom as
- This would take an act of Congress, right?
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
Department of Education, federal overreach, education policy, Tenth Amendment, local control, fine arts, high school diploma, arts education, capstone project, academic achievement, student recognition, Louisiana education, food insecurity, hunger, student hunger, school meals, free lunch, community eligibility provision, McKinney-Vento, homeless students
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1252 adopts the Uniform Law Commission's Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act,
- As mentioned by staff, this act is a uniform assignment for the benefit of creditors act.
- I'm going to give a brief overview of the key parameters of this act.
Committees:
House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference
Keywords:
certified public accountants, CPA certification, accounting regulations, professional standards, continuing education, assignment for benefit of creditors, ABC act, insolvency, creditor claims, debt liquidation, business wind-up, receivership, liquidation, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, proof of claim, voidable transactions, fraudulent transfer, wage claims, priority claims
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Acting like that was a good thing, saying we used discretion over here and said no right across the street
- that the property has been destroyed by a verifiable accident, including fire, flood, or any other act
- that the property has been destroyed by a verifiable accident, including fire, flood, or any other act
- destroyed for any other reason can no longer be prorated like those properties that are damaged by some act
Keywords:
taxpayer protection, law interpretation, transparency, public hearings, tax policies, GPLET, abatement, tax incentives, local government, property improvement, central business district, property tax, assessment, destruction, proration, Arizona Revised Statutes, Arizona tax corrections act, transaction privilege tax, sales tax, use tax
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2409, or the Getting Arizona Ready for AI Act, establishes the Arizona
- And finally, calling the proposal the Library Freedom Act obscures its actual impact on constitutional
- annual performance pay of over $72,000 and 50 days personal leave and vacation days, which could be banked
Keywords:
school libraries, public school libraries, library funding, professional associations, library associations, librarians, information services, dues, membership fees, public monies, school governing body, county free library district, municipal library, library contracts, library services, books and programs, Arizona education, Title 15, Library Freedom Act, school district transparency
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Local and County Government Feb 24th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Local and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- We know how to do things that are biodegradable that look like plastic and act like plastic, but they're
Committee:
Senate Local and County Government
Keywords:
zoning, municipal compensation, property rights, financial impact, reversion ordinance, solid waste management, municipal authority, regulatory fees, waste reduction, environmental impact, restrictive covenants, discriminatory covenants, racially restrictive covenants, housing discrimination, Fair Housing Act, plats, subdivision plats, residential additions, county clerk, municipal ordinance
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 6th, 2026 at 05:13 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- If you look at pages two and three, it specifies all 16 acts or professions who are eligible to receive
- SB 14's inclusion of the Social Work Practice Act is...
- They are included under the Medical Practice Act. So, Madam Chair. So, PAs are eligible. Okay.
- shall be eligible to be used to provide awards to professional license pursuant to the Medical Practice Act
Committee:
Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs
Keywords:
prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- emissions from emissions-intensive trade-exposed facilities, or EITEs, under the Climate Commitment Act
- And there are about 40 that qualify as EITEs under the Climate Commitment Act.
- Regulatory policy like the Climate Commitment Act is additive to that, okay?
- That is consistent with other requirements in the Climate Commitment Act.
- So good morning, Chair Shewmake, Ranking Member Banke, and members of the committee.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
Washington climate policy, greenhouse gas, GHG emissions, cap-and-invest, carbon market, emissions trading, allowances, covered entity, coal-fired power plant, coal plant, electric utility, electric generating facility, fossil fuels, natural gas, imported electricity, emissions leakage, air pollution, renewable energy transition, industrial emissions, railroad emissions
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Jan 28th, 2026
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Committee:
House Ethics and Campaign Finance
Keywords:
law enforcement, false information, criminal penalty, public safety, identification, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure, professional services, education, HB252, Class IV municipality, Class IV municipalities, municipal audit, audit rotation, certified public accountant, CPA, municipal accounting, Section 11-43B-9, county and municipal government
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- So my message to the administration once again is to act with purpose, to act with urgency, to follow
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- . act. act.
- It's what the Biden Management Act.
Keywords:
energy, water development, appropriations, fiscal year 2026, flood control, infrastructure, Bureau of Land Management, North Dakota, resource management plan, congression disapproval, public lands policy, HJR106, H.J.Res. 106, Congressional Review Act, CRA, BLM, Central Yukon, Alaska, public lands, land management
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It really acts as a powerful multiplier effect.
- Innovation and Opportunity Act youth dollars.
Committee:
House S/C on Workforce
Keywords:
healthcare, Medicare, insurance, financial assistance, families, wage theft, employers, penalties, Texas Workforce Commission, employee rights, employer database, worker rights, death investigation, emergency services, medical benefits, exposure claims, public safety, workforce development, TWC, youth workforce
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- Act?
- Act was passed to allow for...
- Act was intended to allow for these accounts… ...to allow these accounts to be set up.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
income tax, CHOOSE Act, education funding, ABLE account, tax credits, poverty threshold, legislative funding, HB89, Medicaid, pregnant women, pregnancy, prenatal care, ambulatory prenatal care, presumptive eligibility, temporary Medicaid coverage, Alabama Medicaid Agency, maternal health, low-income women, health coverage, eligibility determination
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 5, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
fentanyl, controlled substances, drug scheduling, legislation, health policy, fentanyl-related substances, Controlled Substances Act, CSA, drug enforcement, opioids, synthetic opioids, House Rules, procedural resolution, rule, amendment, previous question, motion to recommit, H.R. 27, firearm violence, domestic violence
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Banks, you're recognized to close. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- A bill to be entitled an act relating to rural electric cooperatives.
- Senate Bill 436, a bill to be entitled an act relating to felony battery.
- By Banking and Insurance and Senator Burgess, CS for Senate Bill 772, a bill to be entitled an act relating
- By Banking and Insurance and Senator Burgess, CS for Senate Bill 772, a bill to be entitled an act relating
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for Army Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum established. Members approved the journal and adopted the special order report setting the day’s calendar. The chamber also recognized Sheriff Mike Chitwood as law enforcement officer of the day and later held several introductions and farewell remarks, including lengthy closing speeches from Representatives Eskamani and Overdorf reflecting on their service and legislative priorities.
The House then took up and passed a series of Senate bills, often after adopting House strike-all or conforming amendments. CS/SB 590 on mandatory child abuse reporting was clarified to apply prospectively only and passed 111-0. SB 418 on law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism was amended to incorporate House language, including blue-envelope provisions, and passed 111-0. CS/CS/SB 1668 on the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) was amended to preserve House provisions and passed 112-0. CS/SB 1246 on the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund was amended to expand eligible health science programs and allow certain non-health-care contributions, then passed 112-0. CS/CS/SB 1404 on memory care passed 111-0.
Later bills also advanced with broad support: CS/CS/SB 1030 on recovery residences passed 168-0 after debate over medication-assisted treatment; CS/CS/SB 178 on athletics in public K-12 schools passed 112-0 after amendments allowing limited coach support for student-athletes with parental consent; CS/CS/SB 422 on automatic dependent surveillance broadcasts passed 108-2; and CS/CS/SB 598 on funeral, cemetery, and consumer services passed 111-0 after an amendment on exclusive arrangements. The chamber then began debate on CS/CS/SB 1134, which would restrict counties and municipalities from official DEI-related actions and contracting practices. Members questioned its scope and exceptions, and Representative Gant offered an amendment to narrow the bill’s DEI definition; debate on that amendment was underway when the transcript ended.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The act also included an appropriation to support Idaho's constitutional convention.
- This admissions act carried national significance.
- The Admission Act, Congress alone holds the authority to admit new states.
- The act also included an appropriation to support Idaho's constitutional convention.
- This admissions act carried national significance.
Summary:
The committee heard budget presentations first for the Idaho Workforce Development Council. Analyst Brooke Dupree reviewed the agency’s statutory role, funding sources, staffing, and FY27 requests, including an ongoing transfer within the In Demand Careers Fund to increase trustee and benefit payments for Idaho Launch grants, a proposal to consolidate the STEM Action Center into the council, and requests for reappropriation authority for several grant funds. Director Wendy Sechrist said Launch, workforce training, semiconductor, and child care grants have produced strong participation and wage gains, and she explained that the proposed STEM merger would transfer remaining dedicated-fund balances to the Workforce Development Training Fund. Members asked about the effect of a $10 million cash transfer on Launch awards, repayment of grants by students who do not meet requirements, and the use of employer training funds; Sechrist said wording such as “up to $10 million” would avoid reducing awards and that the agency is still exploring debt collection options.
The committee then reviewed the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Dupree outlined the agency’s vocational rehabilitation and independent living services, its dedicated funds, and FY27 requests for additional appropriation to spend Social Security reimbursement revenue and for replacement vehicles from the adaptive aids fund. Administrator Beth Cunningham said the agency uses those funds to support clients’ employment and independence, and that the requested increases would help cover needed vehicles and offset other costs. She also said holdbacks would have a modest effect on services, including reduced site restoration funding and some cuts to client services and travel.
Finally, the Idaho State Historical Society presented its budget. Dupree described the agency’s preservation mission, staffing, dedicated funds, and FY27 requests, including $450,000 for the second year of moving state records and collections into a new archives addition, plus IT hardware and reappropriation authority. Director Janet Gallimore emphasized stewardship of state records and artifacts, the importance of the collections move, and the agency’s role in America 250 activities. Members asked about archaeological review travel, the agency’s long tenure, and the use of miscellaneous revenue; Gallimore agreed to provide travel records and thanked the committee for its support. The meeting ended with a presentation of historical artifacts and adjournment until the next day.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider S.93, to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, S.98, to require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a vetting process for prospective a Feb 5th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- She drives acts as amended by the Fisher substitute; S. 195, America Music Tourism Act; S. 216, Save
- Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act; S. 245, Insure Cybersecurity Act of 2025; S. 246, Interstate Transport Act
- , Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act; S. 278, Kids Off Social Media Act; S
- . 283, Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act; S. 306, Fire Ready Nation Act of 2012. 25; S. 314
- , Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025; and S. 315, AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025, as amended
Bills:
SB161 , SB195 , SB216 , SB245 , SB246 , SB257 , SB258 , SB260 , SB278 , SB281 , SB283 , SB93 , SB98 , SB99 , SB306 , SB314 , SB315
Keywords:
vehicle safety, crash test, crashworthiness, NHTSA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, New Car Assessment Program, NCAP, motor vehicle safety standards, 49 CFR parts 571 and 572, THOR dummy, THOR-50M, THOR-05F, WorldSID, female crash test dummy, male crash test dummy, occupant protection, frontal impact, side impact, vehicle ratings, automotive safety
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 063 Mar 18th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- These temporary fixes, uh, like moving costs off the top and one-time fund mergers, offer only two to
- of God, that there is an exclusion for act of God.
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WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, May 4, 2026 - PM
Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And then there was the Geospatial Data Act of 2018.
- The Workers' Compensation Act is outlined in Wyoming Statute 27-14-101 through 27-15-103.
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- Mergers and acquisitions continue to play a big role in the oil and gas industry today.
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