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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And whereas the history and sacrifices of Black communities embody principles that continue to guide
  • They carried community.
  • Children are at the heart of our communities and the future of our state.
  • Children are at the heart of our communities and the future of our state.
  • They make our communities stronger. That's why investing in children matters.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 11th, 2026 at 11:17 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it really was devastating to the community. We reached out to all of us to attend.
  • apart and it hurts us, and it's rooted in our communities and it extends all over.
  • You're creating something great in our communities with the foundation.
  • I was the speaker at the Luna Community College graduation.
  • , we have totally taken away their method to communicate to us.
Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB145 , HB154 , HB164 , HB291 , HJR6 , HR1 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB38 , HB47 , HB63 , HB64 , HB127 , HB165 , HB184 , HB200 , HM20 , HM51
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill is just about communication and allowing all folks who— ...communication and allowing all folks
  • We know that our community thrives, especially our intellectual and disability community, when they're
  • able to be in community and living within community.
  • able to be in community and living within community.
  • And at the same, when they're able to be in community and living within community.
Summary: The House considered and passed a series of bills on topics including public employee bargaining communication, condominium and middle-housing development, building code changes for scissor stairs, substance use disorder monitoring for nursing assistants, pet insurance continuity, liquor licensing flexibility, voter registration challenges, concealed pistol license records exemptions, social housing public development authorities, services for people with developmental disabilities, rent increase notices, and unlawful detainer notices. Members repeatedly described the housing bills as efforts to increase supply, improve affordability, and fix prior statutory problems, while the health-related bills were framed as improving patient comfort, provider flexibility, or workforce consistency. Several measures were advanced without amendment, while others were substituted with committee recommendations before final passage. The most debated item was Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1916 on voter registration challenges. Supporters said it would curb mass or frivolous challenges, protect voters, and give election officials clearer standards and more accountability. Opponents argued it would make legitimate voter challenges harder, reduce citizen oversight of voter rolls, and weaken election integrity. Multiple amendments were offered to reduce penalties from felony to gross misdemeanor, allow electronic challenges, remove county-residency limits, and strike sections of the bill; most were rejected, though one amendment removing the same-county requirement was adopted. The bill ultimately passed after a divided vote. Other notable debate included House Bill 2152, which would allow terminally ill patients in hospitals and similar facilities to use medical cannabis; supporters emphasized dignity and comfort at end of life, while one opponent worried about added burdens on rural hospitals. House Bill 2235, concerning Public Records Act exemptions tied to concealed pistol license records and a permit-to-purchase framework, passed with strong support. House Bill 1687 on social housing public development authorities passed after an amendment restored city council involvement in housing cooperation decisions, while House Bill 2249, relating to Washington Technical employees and civil service treatment, passed with a larger number of nays. The House then placed additional bills on second reading and adjourned until the next legislative day.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 10th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Medical examiners and coroners respond to some of the most horrific situations in their community.
  • And especially in small counties like my own and Lewis County, they respond to horrific events involving
  • I think that this is good for the rural communities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  • I think that this is good for the rural communities, and it's very reasonable for a nurse who has a better
  • You'll probably not be surprised to know that many people in our communities are struggling from hunger
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer. Members approved the prior day’s minutes, referred introduction-sheet bills, and later took up several second- and third-reading bills. Early in the day, the chamber also announced that members could wear Seahawks apparel during floor action the next day. The House passed House Bill 1155, which bans non-compete agreements, after adopting amendments clarifying tribal worker relationships, replacing references to “customer” with “patient” in certain contexts, and requiring notice to current and some former employees that non-competes are void. An amendment to exempt senior executives earning over $350,000 was rejected. The bill passed 65-29. The House also passed House Bill 1002, allowing certain coroners and medical examiners to seek workers’ compensation for PTSD; an amendment to isolate costs to their own risk class was rejected, and the bill passed 70-24. House Bill 2264, clarifying unemployment insurance eligibility for workers who voluntarily participate in layoffs, passed unanimously 94-0. Later measures included House Bill 2110, allowing nurses to accompany inter-facility ambulance transports without also holding EMT licenses, which passed 94-0 after an amendment clarifying training; House Bill 2272, a technical update to ski equipment terminology, which passed 94-0; House Bill 2238, creating a statewide food security strategy, which passed 83-12 after a technical amendment narrowing agency scope; and House Bill 2445, aimed at preventing profiteering in probate estates, which passed 67-28 after a technical amendment. The House also passed House Bill 2109 on securing vehicle loads (95-0), House Bill 2492 requiring behavioral and mental health training for construction workers and apprentices (79-16), House Bill 2472 on licensed contractors for fire sprinkler work (92-3), House Bill 288 joining the dietician licensure compact (93-1), and House Bill 2229 updating the Professional Engineers Registration Act and requiring five years of Washington practice for board members after an amendment (68-26).
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The university as a whole, TV deals, merchandise, that contributes to community, state, and tourism.
  • School-based health centers work to maintain communication with families, involve parents in health care
  • School-based health centers work to maintain communication with families, involve parents in health care
  • Lee Jefferson, and I'm the executive director of Louisiana Alliance focused on redefining communities
  • And if there's any costs associated, so in the event that it does, hopefully we can come back next year
Committee: Senate Education
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this community was undertaking...
  • , but the entire community.
  • After the fall of communism, we had about 20 years of transition from communism to democracy.
  • After the fall of communism, we had about 20 years of transition from communism to democracy.
  • we want our communities to be safe.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Forks Community Hospital in my neck of the woods had 6.12 days cash on hand.
  • Now, one of the concerns with the... ...of the local community.
  • Community, one at a QFC and one at a Safeway. That's not fair.
  • My fear... ...services to the low-income and underserved communities.
  • To our rural communities.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026 at 12:45 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • particular poor communities and rural communities across the state.
  • So they don't just represent one town or one community.
  • Communities to access health care and access providers.
  • Chehalis is in my community, Mr. Speaker.
  • , athletic event, or competition upon which a wager is made.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations 2ND REVISED Mar 4th, 2026 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate bill Senate Bill 91696 will assist communities in recruiting new out-of-state residents and strengthen
  • 150,000 residents and also any qualified nonprofit organization focused on economic workforce or community
  • So what we're hearing is communities like in Duant that they have one specific line that's holding them
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Forensic Assertive Community Treatment, or FACT teams, goes at the revolving door of those on the street
  • We've worked with the long-term care community.
  • This is an answer to the high number of neural tube defects that are present within the Hispanic community
Committee: House Public Health
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health - Part 1 Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • These folks were from those communities. They love those communities.
  • They are a huge part of the community.
  • And when a community loses the last health care provider... ...a huge part of the community, and when
  • a community loses the last health care provider in the community, and these pharmacies are the last
  • health care providers in their communities, the communities die.
Committee: House Public Health
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-02-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Community creating administrative burden.
  • , and she'd be happy to come to your community.
  • She does not have a pharmacy or a primary care physician within an hour of her community.
  • She does not have a pharmacy or a primary care physician within an hour of her community.
  • Assisted living communities are state-licensed, state-regulated health care facilities.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • in this digital town, who is both tough and fair, and I'd be happy to address any questions that community
  • numerous benefits from AI already, like enhanced cybersecurity, improved responses to natural disaster events
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce heard testimony on HB 149, the Artificial Intelligence Governance Act. Senator Schwertner described the bill as an outcomes-based AI framework that would require disclosure when people interact with AI, prohibit manipulative or social-scoring systems, address biometric capture, discrimination, and deepfake child exploitation, and give the Attorney General enforcement authority. It would also create an AI Sandbox and AI Council. Witnesses from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a Houston attorney, TechNet, and the Texas Association of Business strongly supported the bill, praising its stakeholder process and pro-innovation approach, while Texas Appleseed suggested regulators should have more examination authority over sandbox participants. The bill was left pending. The committee then heard SB 229, which would prohibit motor vehicle dealers from conditioning a sale on dealer-offered financing or charging more because a buyer uses outside financing or cash. Senator West said the bill is meant to stop forced financing and bait-and-switch pricing, and he noted the bill passed the committee and Senate in the prior session. The Texas Automobile Dealers Association opposed the bill, arguing it would force dealers to accept any third-party lender or cash transaction on terms they cannot control. The Texas Credit Union Association supported the bill, saying consumers should be able to choose outside financing without hidden fees or pressure. After questions about cash purchases and dealer practices, the bill was left pending. The committee also took up SB 2566, which would clarify legislators’ access to information from executive agencies, including confidential information, by setting response deadlines, limiting confidentiality agreements to statutory terms, requiring a standard AG form, and creating a complaint and penalty process for noncompliance. No witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 1749, as substituted, would let certain court-related employees and judicial conduct commission personnel keep personal information such as home addresses and phone numbers confidential, with work addresses used in place of home addresses for certain purposes. District clerk and judicial conduct commission witnesses described threats and harassment as the reason for the bill, and a court administration witness answered questions about how the address protections would work with voter registration and precinct records. That bill was also left pending, and the committee recessed without further business.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 28th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • , sales taxes are collected from horse-related activities and used as prize money at horse racing events
  • Representative Shaheen, did you speak with any of the local communities that have horse racing tracks
  • It's really something the community is very proud of, and it's very detrimental.
  • Representative Shaheen, some of these agreements have been quite valuable to a certain community.
  • Yes, in fact, to the lady's previous questions, we are one of those communities whose sales tax dollars
Committee: House Ways & Means
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This just allows operators to use that fuel in the event of an emergency, in the event that they have
  • I believe in our community. I believe in what my team does.
  • I like going to my community, seeing it beautiful. Yeah, I love it.
  • And so, I've always encouraged the local communities to do their own.
  • We're servants of our community.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Nothing's been done to study how the terrain changed or what the results were of those two events.
  • Sadly, for years, the community has been voicing concerns.
  • The train crew members' safety and communications are also among the adverse impacts.
  • Communication between crew members is also hampered by longer trains.
  • That the community had once we started addressing it through overpasses there in the community.