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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- She is a fellow from the Moreno-Rangel Legislative Leadership Program.
- Leadership Program.
- She is part of the Texas State Capital Cats program.
- Clay got accepted to three different master's programs.
- As chairman of the Nuclear Caucus, I'm proud to recognize the Nuclear Caucus freshman of the year.
Summary:
The House met on sine die and began with prayer, pledges, quorum verification, and a series of announcements and recognitions. The chamber received Senate messages reporting adoption of conference committee reports on SB 268 and SB 2972, and Senate concurrence in House amendments to SB 1637. Members also referred several resolutions and announced the signing of numerous House and Senate measures by the presence of the House. Technical correction resolutions were adopted: HCR 171, authorizing corrections to HB 46, passed 138-0, and SCR 55, making a wording correction in SB 1964, passed 126-12.
A large portion of the meeting was devoted to memorials and recognitions. The House honored Pastor Dave Welch, with several members offering condolences and reflections on his work organizing pastors and engaging in civic life, followed by a moment of silence. Members also recognized the Ganado High School Maidens for winning the 2025 UIL 2A Division I softball state championship, Waco police K-9 Andor after being shot in the line of duty, Region 7 DPS for Capitol Complex security, and various restaurants, staff members, interns, caucus staff, and caucus freshmen of the year across Republican, Democratic, Black, Progressive, LGBTQ, IT, Energy and Climate, and Mexican American Legislative Caucuses.
The chamber also heard a retirement-style address from Rep. Tony Tinderholt, who reflected on his six sessions in the House, his military service, and his decision to step aside to focus on family, while colleagues from both parties praised his service, discipline, and willingness to work across differences. The House then continued with additional staff and caucus recognitions, including committee staff, district office staff, and interns, with members repeatedly thanking their teams for their work during the session.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #5
Transcript Highlights:
- $2 million from the State General Fund to implement the produce incentive program.
- It's still not enough to fully fund the program.
- Madam Chair, the programs and options were also proposed... Thank you.
- SAVE program, which is the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program in the federal government
- The program again starts at 11. Wonderful, thank you. The program starts at 11.
Summary:
The committee worked through a very long minority caucus calendar covering a wide range of bills, with many items being described and then either left on consent, pulled from consent, or noted for votes. Topics included bullion and state depository proposals, a produce incentive appropriation, a biennial budget change, veterans services funding, driver licensing and traffic enforcement measures, procurement and public records changes, school board and school facilities rules, SNAP work requirements and verification, child welfare and juvenile justice provisions, housing and homelessness measures, energy and fuel policy, election administration, and several tax, commerce, and licensing bills. Members repeatedly raised concerns about constitutionality, federal preemption, duplication of existing law, and whether some measures were policy priorities that had been vetoed in prior sessions and were returning unchanged.
Several bills drew extended debate. Members objected to English-proficiency requirements for commercial drivers and motor carriers, arguing federal law and the supremacy clause would bar them. Earned wage access regulation prompted strong opposition over consumer harm, overdraft cycles, and high effective APRs. School-related bills were criticized for overregulating public schools while not imposing similar requirements on ESA/private-school programs, especially on fingerprint clearance and reporting. SNAP-related bills were also opposed as setting unrealistic mandates and repeating vetoed proposals. Other contested measures included a drag-show criminalization bill, a bill restricting photo enforcement, a bill limiting local regulation of unmanned aircraft, and a bill conforming Arizona tax law to federal changes, which members said would benefit wealthy taxpayers and corporations without a clear funding source.
The committee also heard a number of supportive or less controversial measures, including bills on veterans awareness, dementia care telemonitoring, Braille transcription funding, CPA licensure pathways, cash acceptance by retailers, and some child safety and court administration changes. Several bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, while others were noted as having unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The meeting ended with caucus announcements, including an affordability award presentation, an upcoming Latino Caucus discussion on community land trusts, and an invitation to African American Legislative Day activities, followed by adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I keep hearing the term "nuclear verdicts."
- And what I think is important for everyone to understand is that nuclear verdicts are not just a term
- This whole insinuation of nuclear verdicts is not backed by the statistics, and if there are questions
- Good safety protocols and safety programs ensure that they're not afraid of the truth.
- They had no kind of safety program.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Aug 13th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The program does exactly what it's instructed.
- Sometimes you can have surprising results of a program running, but in general, the program is not going
- They're closer to trained or grown than programmed.
- a program to draw pictures of apples.
- You know, make a program to draw pictures of apples.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/17/26 - Part 6
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:44:53.280><c> uh,</c> it contains a direct file program, uh, it contains a direct file program
- </c><00:53:40.319><c> enforcement</c> 340B drug discount program enforcement 340B drug discount program
- , the educator group insurance program.
- </c><01:38:52.080><c> energy</c> unbiased study of nuclear energy unbiased study of nuclear energy including
- :45:42.239><c> and</c><01:45:42.560><c> helping</c> largely program integrity and helping largely program
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, expanding the Terry North Canadian Watershed Restoration Act to a statewide program.
- What Proof or what has been done with the pilot program?
- I'm gonna—I'm in a debate for The bill, this program is great.
- This program is just a start of what the state needs to do to start combating these red cedars and pushing
- This is just tweaking what we did on prescribed burns after running the program for a few years.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Wildlife
Keywords:
agriculture, burn bans, fire danger, drought conditions, emergency declaration, poultry waste, nutrient management, environmental regulations, water quality, pollution prevention, best management practices, HB3977, State Veterinarian, Oklahoma veterinary license, food animal veterinary practice, livestock, animal health, State Board of Agriculture, veterinary qualifications, appointed office
IA
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, AI healthcare, clinical AI, medical AI, autonomous medical practice, AI licensure, health technology regulation, digital health, machine learning, algorithmic medicine, telehealth, prescription authority, medical board, patient safety, health insurance reimbursement, Medicaid, insurance coverage, provider network, algorithm audit, bioethics
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Leach, the program is appropriated to DES as the nutrition assistance produce incentive program
- Our markets, like all of our food access programs, are possible because of incentive programs like Double
- I mean, again, the national CDL program makes sure that each state is in charge of the CDL program and
- I mean, again, the national CDO program, make sure that each state is in charge of the CDO program requires
- And I'm not attacking the program.
Bills:
HB2056 , HB2057 , HB2224 , HB2257 , HB2265 , HB2311 , HB2352 , HB2367 , HB2369 , HB2446 , HB2532 , HB2592 , HB2752 , HB2809 , HB2957
Keywords:
brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, special plates, centennial, Arizona Department of Transportation, vehicle registration, commercial discounts, Arizona Centennial, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding, Arizona, boating, watercraft licensing, law enforcement
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
General Government REVISED: HB4434 - Added Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- We've been really blessed with the housing stability program that Representative Wallace was and with
- the housing stability program that Representative Wallace was insightful enough to put that in place
- , but also many other steps and programs that can be used in concert with one another to really get this
- put in place a number of years ago, as we have discussed, part of the program was a division of how
- It was 75% of the program.
Committee:
House General Government
Keywords:
housing, legislative committee, affordable housing, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, policy improvement, HB4414, Oklahoma Homebuilder Program, OHFA, single-family housing, homebuilder loans, 0% interest loan, housing finance, workforce housing, Legislative Workforce Housing Committee, housing needs assessment, community housing assessment, disaster recovery housing, federally declared natural disaster, rural housing, urban housing
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- The court struck down an aerial surveillance program because it created a record of where everyone in
- Our Arizona law enforcement accreditation programs, where cities that are using our accreditation program
- What does that do to our members when we don't have consistent staff, when their program closes?
- What does that do to our members when we don't have consistent staff when their program closed?
- and the program.
Bills:
SB1072 , SB1111 , SB1114 , SB1116 , SB1122 , SB1179 , SB1250 , SB1308 , SB1455 , SB1456 , SB1457 , SB1487 , SB1547 , SB1549 , SB1551 , SB1552
Keywords:
reimbursement rates, intellectual disabilities, community services, economic security, funding appropriations, automated license plate readers, law enforcement, privacy, data access, public records, behavioral health, patient brokering, appropriation, state funds, Maricopa County, claims review, medical necessity, American Indian health program, healthcare regulations, healthcare
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- And so we just redefine that to age 26, just to kind of match our JR to 25 program.
- But adopting this definition of homeless youth could impact caseloads and programs that the Office of
- getting young folks back with their families instead of keeping them in homelessness with these programs
- I urge a no. ...instead of keeping them in homelessness with these programs, I urge you no on this bill
- It matters to me as a ranking member that we do a program the right way.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
Keywords:
alternative placements, individual ownership, restrictive policies, healthcare, operational control, homeless youth, youth services, mental health, support programs, state law, behavioral health, children, support services, poverty reduction, intergenerational poverty, WorkFirst, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, TANF, self-sufficiency, economic justice
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We the Military Stability Commission was uh going to present a program to us today on the status of all
- uh going to Stability Commission was uh going to present<00:14:42.560><c> a</c><00:14:42.639><c> program
- ><c> today</c><00:14:43.600><c> on</c><00:14:43.839><c> on</c><00:14:44.320><c> the</c> present a program
- to us today on on the present a program to us today on on the status<00:14:44.880><c> of</c><00:14:45.040
Committee:
House Military and Veterans Affairs
Keywords:
education, patriotism, national anthem, Star-Spangled Banner, K-12 schools, constitutional amendment, public works, sealed bids, bidding requirements, procurement, public notice, newspaper advertisement, advertising failure, publisher liability, civil damages, criminal liability, awarding authority, county government, municipal government, construction contracts
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- to commit to the program of the pilot<00:12:39.120><c> program.
- </c> produced under the 20H-38 program? produced under the 20H-38 program?
- be a mandatory program?
- be a mandatory program?
- I think the concern is that >> Will this new program be a mandatory program?
Committee:
Senate Housing
Keywords:
rental housing revolving fund, HHFDC, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, mixed-income housing, mixed-income rental project, affordable housing, low-income housing, housing finance, housing development, preservation, rehabilitation, pre-development, construction financing, equity investment, credit enhancement, collateral, gap financing, area median income, AMI, perpetual affordability
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill before you creates a grant program to support aviation support units.
- The bill before you creates a grant program to support aviation support units.
- How we spend certain monies in one of our big programs.
- I don't know. how we spend certain monies in one of our big programs.
- So they were excluded from the benefit of this program. Excuse me.
Keywords:
elections, double voting, voting twice, multiple voting, same-day election, primary election, general election, special election, cross-state voting, ballot fraud, election fraud, voter misconduct, RCW 29A.84.660, State v. Padilla, civil infraction, class C felony, Secretary of State, Washington elections, election law, voter eligibility
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- signed by the building plans creator that waives confidentiality and allows use of the plan in the program
- with the same scale and eligibility standards and include square footage limits to ensure that the program
- I approached Kenmore last year about creating a pre-approved plan program here, but in the city of 25,000
- And then it also applies the changes to the statute to the tax deferral program to any program or project
- And then it also applies the changes to the statute to the tax deferral program to any program or project
Committee:
Senate Housing
Keywords:
building code, scissor stairs, safety regulations, construction standards, statebuilding regulations, residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, wildfire, home hardening, fire-resistant materials, fire-hardened building materials, common interest communities, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, condo association, wildland urban interface
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It used to be a single program.
- Nine percent programs.
- That really important input on the 4% program also. And the 4% program...
- The developer in the nine percent program currently has to notify us.
- Which is currently with the nine percent program.
Bills:
HB293 , HB 1173 , HB3753 , HB4999 , HB5696 , SB2145 , HB5689 , HB5690 , HB5694 , HB5698 , HB293
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
HB 293, Texas housing tax credits, low-income housing, affordable housing, private activity bonds, PAB, qualified allocation plan, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, state representative objection, housing development approval, municipal notice, county commissioners court, extraterritorial jurisdiction, LIHTC, bond-financed housing, homelessness, housing services, Texas Department of Housing, municipal programs
TX
Bills:
HB345 , HB721 , HB2580 , SB815 , HB3057 , HB4603 , HB3233 , SB495 , HB3863 , HB3914 , HB4570 , HB5099 , HB5173 , SB458
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
insurance, appraisal process, disputed losses, residential property, policyholder rights, insurer obligations, natural disasters, appraisal expenses, umpire selection, policyholder, insurer, umpire, claims management, health care, cost disclosure, benefit plan, administrators, traumatic brain injury, health benefit plans, insurance coverage
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation creates a shared savings program, which is a financial incentive program run by health
- And that ranges per program.
- It's the only kind of program in Texas. of this program.
- This program has no out-of-network, no co-insurance; it's a straight co-pay type program.
- Members, this is a simple local fix to preserve a very unique program. full program that supports real
Bills:
HB345 , HB721 , HB2580 , SB815 , HB3057 , HB4603 , HB3233 , SB495 , HB3863 , HB3914 , HB4570 , HB5099 , HB5173 , SB458
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
insurance, appraisal process, disputed losses, residential property, policyholder rights, insurer obligations, natural disasters, appraisal expenses, umpire selection, policyholder, insurer, umpire, claims management, health care, cost disclosure, benefit plan, administrators, traumatic brain injury, health benefit plans, insurance coverage
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- things I think that may happen, Senator Smith, and I don't know whether our state system has an actual program
- in place where someone... an actual program in place where someone inputs the data and it doesn't have
- Mackey or Connor, is there a system that we have with our schools, a program... we have a program that's
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation Education
Keywords:
sales tax, local exemption, Consumer Price Index, tax holiday, clothing tax exemption, school supplies, sales tax exemption, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, menstrual hygiene products, use tax, exemption, tax conformity, tangible personal property, Alabama Department of Revenue, retail tax, consumer use tax, nonresident, religious publications
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> 494 commission is an outreach program 494 commission is an outreach program called<00:20:30.760>
- </c><00:32:48.600><c> dollars</c> um carbon reduction fund program dollars um carbon reduction fund program
- That is programming cost for the DVS vehicle services system.
- </c> about $770,000 um that is programming about $770,000 um that is programming cost<00:47:40.680><c
- She also asked whether the bill would impact local programs at all. Mr.
Bills:
HF2382 , HF639 , SF1075 , HF1243 , HF1087 , SF1360 , HF739 , HF2337 , HF1220 , HF712 , HF1219
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
accident reporting, law enforcement, data privacy, contracted service providers, public safety, HF639, Minnesota driver license, Department of Public Safety, driver medical review, loss of consciousness, voluntary control, seizure, nonepileptic seizure, epilepsy, antiseizure medication, physician statement, medical certification, commercial driver, CDL, medical examiner's certificate