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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 12th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Alvarado, Betancourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Cook, Creighton, Nicker There being 28 ayes and...
  • Bert Borrell, Blanco, Campbell, Cook.
  • Alvarado, Bentoncourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Cook, Creighton.
  • Three sticks of it, but to use it to cook in. that we see that the good Lord gave us. That's what.
  • Campbell Campbell Campbell Cook Creighton. 1307 Eckhart. Morris, Gutierrez. Hey again, Boo. All.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • **Senator Cook**: Here. **Senator Eckhart**: Here. **Senator Kohlkors**: Here.
  • like to welcome our new members, **Vice Chair Senator Hinojosa**, **Senator Eckhart**, and **Senator Cook
  • **Senator Cook**: Aye. **Senator Eckhart**: Aye. **Senator Kohlkors**: Aye.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our executive director, Amy Cook, sends her apologies for not being here.
  • Uh, when Director Cook came in at some point, we had some inquiry about all these various licenses.
  • Kamil Cook. Not here. OK.
  • Um, Camille Cook, Camille Cook, Camille Cook, he's not here. So we're going to go to the next one.
  • Members, uh, Adrian Shelley with Public Citizen standing in for my colleague, uh, Camille Cook.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 4/13/2026 #3

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 35, State Designation: State Natural Sciences Museum, the Natural History Society of Maryland
  • state Senate bill 35 state designation state natural<00:42:15.800> sciences<00:42:16.520> museum
  • <00:42:17.240> the<00:42:17.320> Natural natural sciences museum the Natural natural
  • sciences museum the Natural History<00:42:18.120> Society<00:42:18.640> of<00:42:18.760
Summary: The House convened with prayer, quorum call, and a brief visit from Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman, who thanked delegates for their work on the budget and legislation. The chamber then handled several conference committee and Senate messages, including House Bill 153 on residential rental apartment air conditioning requirements. The conference report changed the bill from four to 10 units, removed preemption language, and required existing units with air conditioning to keep it; the report was adopted and the bill passed on third reading with 90 affirmative votes. The House also took up a number of Senate bills on third reading. Among those passed were measures on digital asset and blockchain task force establishment, franchise registration and disclosure law changes, professional licensing portability for foreign service members and spouses, medical cannabis protections for fire and rescue employees, workers’ compensation presumptions for Carroll County correctional deputies, speed monitoring systems approval timing, veterans cemeteries interment, motorcycle safety awareness in driver testing, IT investment fund uses, child care credential funding, school bus fire safety standards, local stop-sign monitoring pilot programs, stalking penalties, divorce records under the Public Information Act, local boards of elections qualifications, local sourcing database creation, and mutual insurance holding company conversions. Most passed overwhelmingly, though several drew notable dissent, including Senate Bills 10, 223, 439, 467, 757, 775, and 877. Members used vote-change time to shift positions on several bills, and the floor leader and committee chairs answered questions on the record. On Senate Bill 10, delegates discussed the bill’s “shot clock” for State Highway Administration responses to local speed camera requests; the chair later clarified that if State Highway does not act within 120 days, approval is deemed granted. On Senate Bill 775, the Judiciary chair explained that the bill requires destruction of firearms in gun buyback programs and serial-number checks to identify stolen or evidentiary firearms, with some firearms potentially returned if stolen. The House also adopted a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 949, which the floor leader said mirrors House Bill 1069 and would allow Maryland to count state-level ballots if federal action prevents counting federal ballots. The chamber also handled an amendment and conference committee process on Senate Bill 141 concerning election misinformation, disinformation, and deep fakes, with the House and Senate appointing conferees after each declined to recede. Several bills were passed by large margins, including Senate Bills 46, 68, 85, 314, 371, 426, 480, 512, 654, 808, 968, and 982, while a few had narrower margins such as Senate Bills 443 and 757. No final adjournment or sine die action occurred in the excerpt.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Info Briefing - Wed Mar 4, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • and there's key project Honolulu Museum and there's key project Honolulu Museum of<00:39:11.200>
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA Public Hearing 02-04-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • Every state needs a great university, a great art museum, and a great symphony orchestra.
  • university,<00:03:51.840> a<00:03:52.000> great<00:03:52.239> art<00:03:52.560> museum
  • ,<00:03:53.040> and<00:03:53.280> a university, a great art museum, and a university
  • , a great art museum, and a great<00:03:53.599> symphony<00:03:54.000> orchestra.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2603, which would designate the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra as the state orchestra of Hawaii. Testimony was uniformly supportive from the Attorney General’s office, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Symphony, the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association, and others. Supporters emphasized the bill’s value to arts education, cultural vitality, and the visitor economy. The chair noted there were also many written testimonies submitted, and the bill was left without questions or action in the excerpt. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2083, which would create a state-owned historic properties preservation plan working group within DNR. The State Historic Preservation Division supported the bill and said it would help create a statewide database and better planning for state-owned historic properties, while noting its current review work is reactive and project-by-project. The committee asked about duplication and existing consultation processes; SHPD said it already reviews state projects under existing law and has in-house architectural staff. The measure was then set aside after brief discussion, with no vote shown in the excerpt. Next was Senate Bill 2341, which would authorize phased review of certain private-property projects and change SHPD’s review deadlines. SHPD and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development supported the bill, saying it could encourage more proactive, programmatic review and that the current average review time for simple projects is about 56 days. Several opponents, including Sierra Club of Hawaii, Bianca Isaki, Malama Kane Lua, and Tara Roas, argued phased review would delay projects, create conflict, and weaken historic preservation protections, especially for iwi kūpuna and burial sites. Committee members raised concerns about whether the bill conflicted with prior court decisions and asked SHPD for its view; SHPD said it was not a legal question for them and suggested a programmatic alternative. The bill was not voted on in the excerpt. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 2306 on administrative fees for the Bureau of Conveyances. HGEA opposed the measure, focusing on a provision allowing the special fund to be used for qualified contractors, while the Bureau of Conveyances supported the bill as a fee correction that would equalize recording fees between systems. The bureau said specialized technical work sometimes requires outside contracting and that it could consider a contract period; the chair and members discussed the HGEA concern and asked whether the issue could be addressed. No final action was shown in the excerpt.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • And it's not only the hotels and only the tourism commissions, but restaurants and marinas and museums
  • restaurants<00:56:45.760> and<00:56:46.240> marinas<00:56:46.880> and<00:56:47.280> museums
  • <00:56:48.160> and restaurants and marinas and museums and restaurants and marinas and museums
Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the August minutes, then moved to an update from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce on small business conditions. Chamber representatives John Hughes and Amit Patel said Kentucky has benefited from pro-growth policies such as lower income taxes, regulatory modernization, and workforce development, but they emphasized ongoing challenges including workforce shortages, child care access, housing availability, rising insurance costs, and inflation. Patel, speaking as a hotel operator, said recruiting and retaining staff has become difficult and that his company is considering child care stipends and other benefits to help employees. Members asked about child care benefits, community involvement, and health care costs; Patel said the business is discussing additional support for employees and noted that health care costs have tripled over three years. The chamber said it will prioritize child care and housing policy in the upcoming session. The committee then received an update from the Cabinet for Economic Development on the Kentucky Angel Investment Tax Credit program from David Brock of KY Innovation and Matt Wingate. Brock outlined the state’s broader innovation and entrepreneurship programs, including innovation hubs, SBIR/STTR matching funds, the Kentucky Enterprise Fund, SSBCI, and STEP, and said these programs have helped create jobs, raise capital, and support exports. He explained that the angel tax credit is intended to encourage private investment in innovative Kentucky small businesses with high growth potential. The credit is generally 25% of investment in non-enhanced counties and 40% in enhanced counties, with annual and per-investor caps and eligibility rules for both businesses and investors. Brock reported that 317 businesses have been certified, 117 have received at least one investment, 445 investors have made 750 investments, $57.2 million has been invested, $19 million in credits has been awarded, and 373 new jobs have been reported since 2021. Committee members asked about the relationship between the program’s industry verticals and university research, the difference between enhanced and non-enhanced counties, and where investments are occurring geographically. Cabinet staff said the verticals align with the original Innovation Act framework, and that enhanced counties are defined by statute, including distressed and disaster-impacted areas. They said most investments and credits have been in non-enhanced counties, though some examples were cited in Bath County and Auburn. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting beyond approval of the minutes.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Robert Riggs, board member of the Aviation Museum of Kentucky. Welcome, Mr.
  • member<01:15:44.239> of<01:15:44.400> the<01:15:44.800> Aviation<01:15:45.440> Museum
  • <01:15:45.840> of member of the Aviation Museum of member of the Aviation Museum of Kentucky
Summary: The committee’s first interim meeting opened with roll call, a quorum, and a briefing from Transportation Cabinet officials on the Cabinet’s response to severe weather and tornadoes in Kentucky, especially the May 16–17 storms that caused deaths and widespread damage in Pulaski and Laurel counties, with an additional tornado noted in Washington County. Secretary Jim Gray, State Highway Engineer James Ballinger, and District 11 engineer Chris Jones described how crews in all 120 counties were placed on alert, how roads were cleared of debris, and how KYTC coordinated with emergency management, law enforcement, local governments, and utilities to restore access and power. They reported major impacts on roads, signals, and other infrastructure, including the EF4 tornado path through Pulaski and Laurel counties, and said KYTC also helped with debris hauling, airport cleanup, and delivery of water and meals. The officials gave specific recovery figures for Laurel County, including 1,800 loads of construction and demolition debris hauled, about 11,000 tons and 22,000 cubic yards removed, with roughly 50% of vegetative debris cleared at that point. They said all state roadways in Laurel County were reopened, the London-Corbin Airport was returned to flight operations by Sunday, and a transition plan was underway for Laurel County Fiscal Court’s contractor to take over debris operations. Gray also noted that KYTC had helped issue replacement IDs, licenses, registrations, and titles at no cost in disaster areas, and said the Team Kentucky Storm Relief Fund had raised nearly $1.5 million from more than 6,000 donors. Members praised KYTC staff as first responders and thanked them for their quick response and coordination. Several legislators recounted local impacts in Washington, Pulaski, and Laurel counties, including blocked roads, rescue challenges, looting concerns, and the scale of property damage. One member asked how KYTC inspects bridges and infrastructure after disasters to check for hidden damage, and officials said the process depends on the event and can include bridge inspections and checks of tall infrastructure such as light poles. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the discussion.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Cook: Present. Senator Eckhardt: Present. Senator Kolkhorst: Here.
  • Administration, and I would like to welcome our new members: Vice Chair Hinojosa, Senator Eckhardt, and Senator Cook
  • Senator Cook: Aye. Senator Eckhardt: Aye. Senator Kolkhorst: Aye. Senator Menendez: Aye.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Administration convened for its first hearing, established a quorum, welcomed new and returning members and staff, and adopted standard committee rules without change. The committee then took up S.J.R. 36, a proposed constitutional amendment allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept gifts and contributions for the preservation and purchase of items of historical value. Senator Hall presented the bill, there was no public testimony, and no questions from members. After discussion, Senator Hall moved to report S.J.R. 36 favorably to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass and be printed. The committee approved the motion unanimously by a roll call vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays, and the bill was reported favorably. With no further business, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Corrections and Public Institutions Jan 12th, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Corrections and Public Institutions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Vice Chair Cook, here. Ranking Member Collins. Representative Brown? Present.
  • Representative Cook, you're recognized. Permission to inquire. Proceed.
  • Cook back there getting a little chuckle about where I'm going with this. You're okay.
  • Cook can explain it to you. He knows where I'm coming from.
Keywords: 959, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Elections Committee Sep 12th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I did eat my cooking. That's, ooh, I'm full. So full. Anyway, hi, everyone. Okay.
  • Nice to your cooking. Well, I did eat my cooking. That's, oh, I'm cool. Well, I did eat my cooking.
Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met on September 12, 2025, with a quorum present and heard two bills. AB 1392 by Assemblymember Sharp-Collins would make candidates’ residence addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses confidential in county election records for the duration of the election cycle or term, with access provisions for journalists and government offices after amendments removed prior opposition. The author and a representative from the Secretary of State argued the bill was needed in response to rising political threats and violence, and several members from both parties spoke in support, citing personal experiences with harassment and concern for family safety. No opposition was heard. The committee then heard SB 851 by Senator Cervantes, a measure described as responding to federal threats to California’s election administration. The bill would require notice to the Secretary of State and Attorney General for certain federal election-related court actions and settlements, extend the prohibition on unauthorized law enforcement presence at voting locations to federal agents, reaffirm California’s voting system standards, and make county registrar certification duties ministerial and non-discretionary. The author and Secretary of State’s representative said the bill was needed to defend election integrity and protect against federal interference, while some members criticized it as fearmongering and argued California should focus on cleaning voter rolls and preventing fraud. Other members defended the bill, saying isolated fraud cases do not undermine the overall security of California elections. AB 1392 was approved on a 6-0 vote with a recommendation that Senate amendments be concurred in, and SB 851 passed on a 5-2 vote. The hearing then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Perry, but in his absence, while Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs is going on, Senator Cook
  • Thank you, Senator Cook.
  • Senator Miles cannot be in committee this morning, and he is the sponsor and has asked Senator Cook to
  • Senator Cook, just a quick question. On the STD testing, is everything opt-in?
Bills: HB50
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate and Governmental Affairs May 12th, 2026

Senate & Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • You cannot celebrate Louisiana food without acknowledging the generations of cooks and families who shaped
  • I've been to Selma and traveled that road to Montgomery and the many museums, the legacy sites in Montgomery
Bills: SB116, SB121, SB130, SB407
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, Chair Cook, would you like to do you have anything you would like to add?
  • I'll just say this: Representative Matt Cook, 72nd District, uh, full support.
  • And I'll add one more thing that Chairman Cook mentioned: where we are in this committee is not where
  • mentioned so where um that chairman cook mentioned so where we<00:04:57.840> are<00:04:58.039
  • Senator Higdon thanked the chair and Representative Cook.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up Senate Bill 202, adopting a committee substitute before hearing testimony. Senator Julie Rocky Adams explained that the substitute would require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate regulations by January 1, 2026 for intoxicating hemp-derived beverages, direct the University of Kentucky to study manufacturing, testing, distribution, sales, and consumer effects of those beverages, and impose a moratorium on their sale until July 1, 2026. Supporters, including Rep. Matt Cook, said the measure was intended as a consumer-protection step rather than a ban, citing concerns about youth access, inconsistent labeling, and the need for a clearer regulatory framework. Members asked about the legal status of the products, whether the bill could unintentionally sweep in non-intoxicating hemp beverages, and whether there was evidence of harm. Senators were told the products are legal under the federal farm bill loophole, but that testing has shown THC levels on sampled cans did not match labels and that current regulations do not specifically address intoxicating hemp-derived beverages. Senator Higdon said CHFS had already been authorized to regulate hemp products and was moving forward with regulations and enforcement, while Senator Meredith questioned whether a moratorium would unfairly punish businesses that had already invested in the market and suggested setting a THC standard instead. Public testimony then shifted to industry opposition. Jim Higdon of Cornbread Hemp said his company had invested heavily in a beverage line and argued the moratorium would function like a ban and harm small businesses. Dee Taylor of 502 Hemp and the Kentucky Hemp Association also opposed the moratorium, saying existing rules already require age limits, behind-the-counter sales, and licensed retailers, and arguing that a cap on milligrams would be preferable to a shutdown. He said retailers were seeing approved and unapproved products in the market and urged work with the Cabinet and ABC rather than a moratorium.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (04/10/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Keywords: 1189, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary May 7th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I have a Blake Cook who wants to talk. Please state your name. My name is Blake Cook.
  • Blake Cook: “Mr. Cook.” Representative Dickerson: “Mr.
  • Cook, I want to tell you my heart goes out to you, and you have a beautiful guardian angel that’s always
  • Blake Cook: “My stepson is out here today.” Representative Dickerson: “That’s your son? Yes, ma’am.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard a series of bills, mostly from the Senate, covering military affairs, courts, veterans’ services, tobacco/vape regulation, and emergency alerts for missing persons with disabilities. Several measures were described as cleanup or modernization bills, including SB 317 adding the House and Senate military committee chairs to the Louisiana Military Advisory Council, SB 357 updating court administration and appellate e-case management provisions, SB 421 modernizing electronic records language, and SB 232 and HB 597 addressing judicial compensation and related funding/commission issues. The committee also heard SB 164, which would add public works employees to the definition of first responders, and SB 510, which would regulate certain licensed establishments that allow on-premises consumption of hemp/THC products and related age restrictions. These bills were generally presented as technical updates or alignment with existing practices, and the committee reported them favorably after brief questions and, in some cases, amendments. A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 208, which revises Louisiana’s law on services provided to veterans after a prior version was struck down. Senator Kathy and LDVA representatives said the bill is intended to protect veterans from unaccredited “claim sharks” by limiting fees and creating state-level safeguards, while an opponent argued the issue is preempted by federal law and should be left to Congress and the pending appeal. The committee also heard extensive testimony on SB 34, which would create “Bryan’s Call” emergency alerts for missing children and adults with cognitive or developmental disabilities, including wireless alerts and responder training. Family members and disability advocates described fatal risks from elopement and drowning, and supporters said the bill would fill a gap between Amber and Silver Alerts; the committee moved the bill favorably. Another bill, HB 302, sought to restrict vape sales near schools; the sponsor and Alcohol and Tobacco Control discussed possible language changes, and public health testimony supported broader protections for youth. Several bills were voluntarily deferred, including HB 1190, HB 1097, and HB 374-1, and the committee adjourned after reporting the remaining measures favorably.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 23rd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Cook? Here. Curry? Here. Garcia? Here. Olcott? Here. Rodriguez-Ramos? Here. A quorum is present.
  • Before I do that, the chair recognizes Representative Cook as being present.
  • Cook? Aye. Curry? Aye. Garcia? Aye. Olcott? Aye. Rodríguez-Ramos? Aye. Tinderholt? Aye. Troxclair?
  • Cook? Aye. Curry? Aye. Garcia? Aye. Olcott? Aye. Rodríguez-Ramos? Tinderholt? Aye. Troxclair?
  • Representative Cook. Representative Cook. So can we add the physical notes from LWB?
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 3rd, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • So House Bill 1902, it recognizes Chairman Cook to explain the bill.
  • Members, are there any questions for Chairman Cook? Just real briefly, quick.
  • Thank you for your time and thank you, Representative Cook, for, uh, proposing this bill.
  • If not, the chair recognizes Chairman Cook to close on the bill. Thank you, Chairman.
  • Thank you, Chair Cook. If there's no objection, the bill will be left pending. strong.
Bills: HB316
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 3rd, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, are there any questions for Chairman Cook? Just real briefly.
  • Thank you for your time and thank you, Representative Cook, for proposing this bill.
  • I appreciate your time and working with Representative Cook to strengthen this.
  • If not, the Chair recognizes Chairman Cook to close the hearing. Thank you, Chairman.
  • Thank you, Chair Cook. If there's no objection, the bill will be left pending.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Special Committee on Tourism May 6th, 2026

Special Committee on Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representatives Fountain Henderson, Cook, Durnell, Hardwick, Reed, Self, Vernetti, Weber, Whaley, Wilson
  • Representatives Fountain Henderson, Cook, Durnell, Hardwick, Reed, Self, Vernetti, Weber, Whaley, Wilson
  • Cook. Aye. Dernel. Hardwick. Reed. I. Aye. Aye. Self? Aye. Vernetti. Weber. Whaley? Aye. Wilson?
Keywords: 959, house, all