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OK
Transcript Highlights:
- And if developers are using dual-use strategy, And if developers are using dual-use strategies in their
- I think that Oklahoma should be... ...quickly.
- I think that Oklahoma should be the expert on use of land and energy.
- I have concerns, much like the senator from Oklahoma City. There is...
- What do you do when it happens in downtown Oklahoma City or downtown Tulsa?
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Wildlife
Summary:
The committee first laid over Senate Bill 1573, then took up Senate Bill 2173, which would create a landowner/energy negotiation and agriculture preservation education program through OSU and Langston Extension, and authorize but not require the Corporation Commission to establish an energy land-remediation fee of up to $25 per acre on disturbed land, with a 50% credit for dual-use projects. Members discussed whether the fee would fall on landowners or projects, the role of county extension offices, and the bill’s lack of a fiscal impact after revisions. The bill was amended, title struck, and passed 12-0.
Senate Bill 2028, as amended and worked from committee substitute, would allow advertising of raw milk and raw milk products, require labeling, and raise the incidental sales limit to 1,500 gallons per month while still barring commercial store sales. Senators debated whether warning labels should include health risks, especially for pregnant women, and whether the gallon limit was arbitrary. Supporters argued for consumer choice and parity with other risky foods, while opponents raised public health concerns. The bill passed 11-2.
The committee then passed Senate Bill 2127, which creates an Oklahoma Department of Food and Forestry advisory council on product classification, by a 11-2 vote. Senate Bill 2117, dealing with contamination of grain and assigning responsibility to the Department of Agriculture after a sewage-related wheat contamination incident, passed 13-0 after members noted the need for clearer definitions of contamination. Finally, Senate Bill 2134, addressing livestock safety and humane treatment after truck wrecks by directing ODAF to develop rules and training for emergency responders, also passed 13-0. The meeting then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation Mar 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So I believe heavily in our workforce development efforts and the good work of the workforce development
- But with the Workforce Development Board, has the Workforce Development Board been consulted on this
- On the Real ID Act...
- Oklahoma is on the system.
- Oklahoma is one of them.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The following acts in 2003, the Quality Education Act, or Act 1467, as well as Act 1761, both were identified
- The following acts in 2003, the Quality Education Act, or Act 1467, as well as Act 1761, both were identified
- This act amended the 1983 Act, which required the State Board to develop comprehensive rules, criteria
- Act, which I refer to as the State Accountability Act.
- Accountability Act.
Summary:
The committee received a lengthy Bureau of Legislative Research presentation on Arkansas academic standards, accountability systems, and adequacy requirements. Staff reviewed how state curriculum and standards have evolved from the 1997 Public Education Act through the 2003 Quality Education Act and the 2017 Educational Support and Accountability Act, including required coursework, standards for accreditation, career and technical education, graduation requirements, and recent additions such as computer science, personal finance, firearm safety, and fetal growth and development instruction. Members asked for a chart comparing the major laws and repeals over time, and staff agreed to provide one.
The presentation then turned to federal ESSA requirements and Arkansas’s state accountability system. Staff explained Arkansas’s long-term goals for proficiency, English learner progress, and graduation rates, and reported 2025 ATLAS proficiency results, which remained below the 80% goal across student groups. They also reviewed English learner progress, graduation rates, school support and improvement, and equitable access to educators. Data showed gaps by subgroup and by school poverty/minority concentration, with Title I and high-poverty schools more likely to have emergency/provisional teachers and less experienced staff. Members questioned the lack of recent data for some ESSA measures, including equity labs and school index calculations, and asked staff to follow up with the Department of Education.
The committee also discussed NAEP results, ACT scores, and teacher quality measures under the state accountability act. Arkansas’s NAEP performance remained below national averages in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math, and ACT composite scores and benchmark attainment were also reviewed. Members asked for additional information on historical highs and lows, the number of assessments students take by grade, dropout data, and comparisons with other states. No formal votes were taken; the main action was agreement to request additional information from DESE and to schedule department follow-up at a future meeting.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- The state of Oklahoma sends out over $1.5 billion a year to these companies.
- Than the pharmacies here in Oklahoma.
- In Oklahoma and in the country, are pharmacists.
- HB 3682, the Oklahoma Clean Indoor Act, prohibits smoking in places where the public gathers, making
- The legislature in Oklahoma moved us away from having diploma programs.
Bills:
HB4336 , HB1818 , HB3194 , HB3538 , HB3682 , HB3762 , HB3793 , HB3930 , HB3931 , HB3934 , HB4124 , HB4200 , HB4410 , HB4457 , HB4473 , HB3884 , HB1912
Committee:
House Public Health
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Business and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 4139 is it creates the Oklahoma Home Services Act aimed at increasing clarity around home
- Uh, B3297 Crete's Oklahoma Tolling and Recovery Board.
- Mike was named Oklahoma Fire Chief of the Year, Oklahoma Emergency Manager of the Year, and received
- He served as president of the Oklahoma Firefighters Association in 1989, president of the Oklahoma State
- and the Oklahoma State Retired Firefighters Association.
Bills:
HB2933 , HB3041 , HB3048 , HB3081 , HB3297 , HB3338 , HB3673 , HB3790 , HB3983 , HB4105 , HB4139 , HB4203 , HJR1023
Committee:
Senate Business and Insurance
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 30 Mar 26th, 2026
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Of the Senate and an act relating to transportation.
- And an act relating to memorial roads and bridges.
- The Senate and an act relating to building codes.
- Members, House Bill 3380 is the Fostering the Future for Oklahoma and Children and Families Act.
- Texas that's trying to push this bill in Oklahoma?
Bills:
HB3407 , HB1242 , HJR1081 , HB3443 , HB3781 , HB1939 , HB4237 , HB3430 , HB3321 , HB3905 , HB3329 , HB4253 , HB4421 , HB4311 , HJR1046 , HB2015 , HB3244 , HB4265 , HB3941 , HB4203 , HB2941 , HB3695 , HB3380 , HB3132 , HB3673 , HB3134 , HB3383 , HB4490 , HB4058
Summary:
The House convened, heard an invocation from Rep. Kendrix, and recognized Dr. Jason Reagan as doctor of the day. Members then took up a long series of bills, with most moving through amendment, third reading, and final passage. Early measures included HB 3407 on abandoned personal property/manufactured homes, HB 1242 expanding agricultural sales tax exemptions to deer and elk, and HJR 1081 proposing a constitutional property-tax freeze for certain seniors; the senior tax resolution drew extended debate over valuation thresholds, renters, and county fiscal effects before passing. HB 3443 redirected funding for the Way Station Revolving Fund, HB 3781 changed insurance rate filing timing, and HB 1939 addressed Turnpike Authority notice procedures and landowner notification, including certified mail and a one-mile notification area. All three passed.
The chamber also approved several criminal justice and public safety measures. HB 4237 and HB 3430, both part of a negotiated criminal-justice package, passed after title-only amendments; HB 3321 shifted to reporting on cost arrest warrants and passed with an emergency clause; HB 3905 clarified GPS monitoring for certain domestic-violence and stalking defendants; HB 2941 required first responders to notify law enforcement about suspected overdoses and created immunity for good-faith reporting; and HB 3695 refined the definition of great bodily injury in DUI cases. HB 3329 repealed the long-term care facility advisory board, and HB 4421, “Leo’s Law,” aimed at protecting children from fentanyl exposure in homes, was amended to address residue cleanup and reporting concerns before passage.
Other notable actions included HB 4253, which would give teachers access to professional educator groups; it passed the House but the emergency clause failed. The bill prompted substantial debate over teacher choice, bargaining units, and whether the measure would create multiple representation arrangements. The House also passed HB 4311 increasing the Treasurer’s share of the unclaimed property administration fee, HJR 1046 providing a one-year ad valorem tax break for homes destroyed by disaster, HB 2015 on landlord-tenant issues, HB 3244 strengthening fraud and identity-theft laws, HB 4265 naming memorial roads and bridges, HB 3941 raising secretary/bailiff pay, HB 4203 allowing single-stair small multifamily units, HB 3380 on foster care transparency and outcomes, HB 3132 and HB 3134 on higher-education accreditation and DEI-related standards, and HB 3673 allowing certain expired electrical licenses to be reinstated. Most measures passed with broad support, while a few drew opposition over fiscal impact, legal concerns, or policy implications.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine eliminating waste by the foreign aid bureaucracy. Feb 13th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Agency for International Development, Paul Martin, has submitted a report.
- drive economic developments, including cheap energy, infrastructure, manufacturing.
- The ways that all poor countries rise out of poverty and develop.
- But this is why my TRACS Act must become law.
- My bipartisan Stop Secret Spending Act is now in effect.
Keywords:
fiscal responsibility, government waste, foreign aid, funding resolution, legislative oversight
Summary:
The committee meeting addressed government spending and foreign aid, with a particular emphasis on perceived wasteful expenditures. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to discussing a funding resolution for the committee, which received unanimous support from the members present. The chair noted a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, signaling that the committee was ready to conduct its business. Discussions highlighted ongoing debates concerning fiscal responsibility and the necessity of legislative oversight, notably regarding foreign aid allocations and their implications for domestic fiscal health.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- It incentivizes trade in the state of Oklahoma.
- So, do you think Texas agricultural producers who were buying in Oklahoma would get their own Oklahoma
- reason to come to Oklahoma and buy a bag...
- It's the Oklahoma Common Sense Act.
- Oklahoma State University and University of Oklahoma. Then yes, they would receive this.
Committee:
Senate Revenue and Taxation
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session May 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He's a professor at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, as well as the
- This one's from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority.
- This will make the smaller employer quality jobs act.
- I think this bill is a good bill for Oklahoma. I think it's good for the state of Oklahoma.
- We have come to this with agreement from the Oklahoma Trucking Association as well as the Oklahoma Department
Bills:
SR44 , HCR1027 , SJR50 , SJR52 , SJR53 , HB1185 , HB1937 , HB2035 , HB2137 , HB2166 , HB3148 , HB3323 , HB3466 , HB3498 , HB3661 , HB3678 , HB3710 , HB3977 , HB3986 , HB4104 , HB4108 , HB4142 , HB4191 , HB4274 , HB4275 , HB4322 , HB4336 , HB4484 , HB3880 , HB1687 , HB3673 , HB1170 , HB2959 , HB3718 , HB3021 , HB3443 , HB3501 , HB4143 , HB4326 , HB2992 , HB3660 , SB171 , SB1325 , SB1980 , SB2045 , HB4422 , HB4423
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Act 409 is what this SB 441 addresses.
- Act 409 is what this SB 441 addresses.
- Act 409 does not dictate curriculum.
- We like to say that we're the backbone of economic development and workforce development, because without
- 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:
- Act 696 in 2018 and Act 745 of 2024 both intended for these services to be allowed in the classroom as
- And that's in, so in Act 745 that was passed here in 2024, that sort of developed the criteria where
- They develop a schedule. There's a plan. That's how it's supposed to work.
- And so this is workforce development.
- 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.
- This bill deals with a circumstance that has developed with respect to Arizona company-based adjusters
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:
- The bill requires ADE to develop guidelines and identify best practices and resources for schools participating
- Regular physical activity is essential to the total child development.
- Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2409, or the Getting Arizona Ready for AI Act, establishes the Arizona
- Which AI, and I know because my wife is a teacher, AI has made it more difficult to develop its students
- And finally, calling the proposal the Library Freedom Act obscures its actual impact on constitutional
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
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- to develop whatever area.
- to develop whatever area.
- If it's not developed, then there's nothing happening with it.
- I'm the assistant economic development director for the City of Phoenix.
- Could they waive development fees?
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
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- 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.
- This time and expense ...to develop extensive and costly decarbonization plans.
- Thank you. ...elaborate on its further development. Thank you. Thank you, Perry.
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
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Children and Senior Advocacy
Committee:
House Children and Senior Advocacy
Keywords:
elder abuse, elder exploitation, financial exploitation, elderly person, senior abuse, probate, inheritance forfeiture, slayer statute, intestate succession, will contest, joint tenancy, right of survivorship, joint bank account, beneficiary designation, life insurance proceeds, estate law, Alabama probate law, vulnerable adults, senior advocacy, forfeiture of benefits
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- We are all committed to Workforce Development and have passed several bills to support it.
- Both parties talk about economic development. Public transportation is… development driver.
- 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
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Feb 26th, 2026
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 3906 creates an Oklahoma supported decision-making act to give adults with a disability a
- Members, this allows the Oklahoma Bureau of...
- Receivership Act.
- Transparency Act.
- This bill deals with the Oklahoma Open Records Act, and the page that I've handed each of you—this is
Bills:
HB1322 , HB2015 , HB2933 , HB2941 , HB2959 , HB2977 , HB2981 , HB3040 , HB3055 , HB3062 , HB3087 , HB3115 , HB3134 , HB3244 , HB3297 , HB3298 , HB3299 , HB3304 , HB3319 , HB3321 , HB3322 , HB3323 , HB3345 , HB3407 , HB3471 , HB3497 , HB3500 , HB3505 , HB3544 , HB3581 , HB3648 , HB3755 , HB3764 , HB3765 , HB3767 , HB3906 , HB3974 , HB3982 , HB4104 , HB4105 , HB4106 , HB4107 , HB4108 , HB4126 , HB4130 , HB4139 , HB4144 , HB4170 , HB4202 , HB4226 , HB4227 , HB4236 , HB4260 , HB4343
Committee:
House Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced a large number of bills, mostly by unanimous or near-unanimous due-pass votes. Early measures included HB 34, expanding “zones of safety” to include places like skating rinks, youth centers, pools, arcades, amusement parks, and water parks to bar sex offenders from loitering; HB 3407 on abandoned personal property and manufactured homes; HB 43 on rates for court-appointed property appraisers; and HB 2981 requiring school board meeting minutes to be posted online. Members also considered criminal justice and public safety bills such as enhanced penalties for people on the DOJ terrorist list (HB 3764), updating controlled dangerous substances schedules (HB 3767), and a bill to allow first responders to notify law enforcement after responding to suspected overdoses, with immunity for good-faith reporting and a fentanyl-related presumption in fatal overdoses (HB 2941). Several bills were laid over, including HB 2015, HB 2959, HB 3087, HB 3581, and HB 4227.
The committee also advanced bills affecting courts, property, and administrative procedures. These included HB 3321 ending cost-arrest warrants for unpaid court fines, HB 3322 codifying rules for interpreting multiple versions of statutes, HB 3323 moving notarization requirements for electronic documents submitted to Service Oklahoma, HB 3497 clarifying appeals of pretrial orders in criminal cases, HB 3500 removing a nine-month deadline for successor affidavits after transfer-on-death property transfers, and HB 3505 creating a uniform wage garnishment law. Other measures addressed workers’ compensation and public employment, including HB 4260 creating a rebuttable presumption for first responders in workers’ comp, HB 4202 aligning radiology reimbursement with other specialties, and HB 3055 and HB 315 setting qualifications for the CLEET and DOC directors.
Later in the meeting, members approved bills on consumer protection, technology, and public safety. HB 2933 tightened insurance claim timelines and penalties and made mediation mandatory for carriers; HB 3544 targeted AI chatbots that simulate emotional relationships with children; HB 3299 created a criminal offense for creating or disseminating digitized or synthetic media using another person’s name, image, voice, or likeness; HB 4107 criminalized misuse of outdoor tornado sirens; HB 4108 expanded critical infrastructure protections to airports; and HB 4139 revised home service contract rules to require truthful offerings and qualified service providers. The committee also passed HB 1322 creating a public domestic violence offenders registry, HB 4104 adding certain voyeurism-related crimes to the sex offender registry, HB 4106 lowering the grand larceny threshold to $900 and making a third petty larceny offense a felony, and HB 3974 addressing liability in shared inmate housing facilities. The meeting ended with HB 4144, which revises Open Records Act language for arrest and incident reports, and the committee adjourned with plans to meet again Tuesday.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Aeronautics and Transportation Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Aeronautics and Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- was required to Surface Oklahoma.
- It's moved to Service Oklahoma. The same thing related to DPS.
- The first $100 goes into the Oklahoma Revolving Fund.
- That was at the request of Service Oklahoma.
- Senator, would you like Service Oklahoma to address that question?
Committee:
Senate Aeronautics and Transportation