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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 3rd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many of us know her, and some of us served with her when she was in the House.
  • He took the old Air Force strip out there. Old Air Force strip, and out there was tons of acreage.
  • So for us, in the Rio Grande Valley, in South Texas, for all of us in our state, we're very grateful
  • You never forgot that it was the education of our community, of our state, that is going to help us be
  • And so that kind of gave us the answer where A&M stood on the issue of campus carry.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with senators highlighting the university’s growth, medical school, research expansion, and role in serving South Texas. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 368 honoring outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, with numerous senators praising his long public career, leadership in higher education, and statewide impact. Senate Resolution 361 recognizing Texas HBCU Day and Senate Resolution 362 recognizing Denton County Days at the Capitol were also adopted, along with other routine recognitions and gubernatorial appointments being read into the record. The Senate then took up several bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to shorten vacancy posting requirements, allow bilingual certification candidates to retake only failed test sections, give teachers more flexibility with paid leave, clarify classroom removal procedures, and ensure parents are informed of appeal rights. The bill passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a parent’s right to direct a child’s education, was also brought up and passed to engrossment after a contested suspension vote. The Senate next passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, which would require reporting of foreign funding at public universities, bar gifts from adversarial governments, and require training and reporting systems to prevent foreign influence and intellectual property theft in higher education. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the so-called “Dexit” bill, was debated at length for its corporate governance changes, including codifying the business judgment rule and altering internal corporate litigation and records rules; it passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed by a 30-1 vote. Senate Bill 857, allowing law enforcement discretion to tow vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed after discussion of towing abuses during flooding and disaster conditions. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536, requiring dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, passed with broad support, and Senate Bill 922, addressing delayed electronic disclosure of sensitive medical test results so physicians can discuss them first, was taken up and passed to engrossment as the chamber continued through its calendar.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the home of Laughlin Air Force Base.
  • Some of us were born to single moms who had a hard time. And for all of those cases...
  • of water because of a lot of the work that we've done to lower the amount of. water each person's using
  • No, almost 70% of the municipal use is lawn irrigation.
  • Many of you guys might, many of us won't.
Summary: In this meeting, significant discussions revolved around the passage and modification of various Senate Bills, including SB1388, which pertains to family support services under the Health and Human Services Commission. Senator Kolkhorst advocated for the bill, emphasizing its focus on pro-life, family-centered care. The committee passed the bill after thorough examination, showcasing a collaborative effort among the members to ensure its alignment with successful past initiatives. In another session, Senator Hughes presented SB942, aimed at retroactive child support linked to prenatal care, which sparked a constructive dialogue reflecting bipartisan support for maternal and child welfare.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 11th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • . ...of military benefits.
  • information with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of State.
  • I encourage members of our armed forces to call Florida home when they begin to transition to civilian
  • us with this meeting.
  • We've done a lot of good things in this committee, and we've passed a lot of bills that help all of our
Bills: S1182, S1594
Summary: The Senate Committee on Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum present and took up two bills. SB 1594, by Senator Gates, would change how veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth are handled so the funds are not used to offset foster care costs, but instead are preserved for post-secondary education or aftercare services when the youth leaves foster care. The bill drew one supportive appearance from Victoria Zep of Family Support Services, had no debate, and was reported favorably by a unanimous roll call vote. Senator Sharief later asked to be recorded as a yes vote on the bill. The committee then considered SB 1182, by Senator Jones, which creates the Florida Veterans and Military Spouses Business Development Act to provide fee relief and tax incentives for veteran-owned and military spouse-owned businesses. The committee adopted Jones’s strike-all amendment, which added information-sharing and verification provisions, refined the tax exemptions, and broadened eligibility for fee waivers and sales tax relief. After no questions or debate, the amended bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. The committee also held a confirmation hearing for three appointees—Matthew Bacchano, Tim Thomas, and Belinda Kaiser—and recommended confirmation on all three in one vote. The meeting concluded with several members offering remarks praising Chair Wright’s long service and leadership on veterans’ issues, followed by adjournment.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, we're proud to have with us from the Department of Agriculture some guests with us this morning
  • Thank you so much for having us today and, um, looking at all of our um budget information. >> Thanks
  • Thank you so much for having us today and, um, looking at all of our um budget information. >> Thanks
  • But when it comes to us, out of that.
  • We just ask if you all can give us another $5 million to put in that pot of money so we can continue
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government met for its third meeting, approved the minutes, and heard a budget presentation from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Department representatives Brandon Reid, Lee Macintosh, and Mark Bolan outlined the agency’s funding mix and requested support for several priorities in House Bill 500, including continuation of existing items, county fair grants, and an additional $5 million for the new economic development fund. They also discussed a capital request to replace two aging scale trucks, noting the vehicles are from 2002 and 2006 and have become unreliable and expensive to repair. The department emphasized several additional needs: funding to begin regulating and inspecting electric vehicle charging stations through the weights and measures division, retention and recruitment funding after losing 108 employees over three years, and a request to pay off tobacco-related debt service so more money can flow through the tobacco formula. They also cited House Bill 417, filed by Speaker Osborne, as supporting farmland preservation, saying the agency has a program ready but needs funding to implement it. Officials said the farm-to-food-banks and rural mental health items in the budget were acceptable as reduced by the tobacco formula. Members asked questions about pump inspection fees and staffing losses. The department said the inspection fee is $100 per station, not per pump, and that the same fee applies even to larger stations. On retention and recruitment, officials said the cost of turnover is significant but they did not have a dollar estimate. No votes were taken beyond the motion to approve the minutes, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Healthcare

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is part of what got us into the opioid crisis over the years.
  • So, of course, she came and got him. So, of course, she came and got him.
  • The bill also prohibits the use of honorifics in professional...
  • The bill also prohibits the use of honorifics and professional titles for externs who have not met all
  • Uh, I don't think any of us are going to be playing softball by looking at us, but maybe one or two.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 16th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Uh us and our a lot of our higher-level staff, etc.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This language was presented to us by the members of the Supreme Court.
  • The fact that it's all done in secret behind some faceless algorithm is a real concern for a lot of us
  • ...the panel of witnesses in front of us. All right.
  • Well, that's a great point and it reminds us of the discussion that Senator Paxton and I had about attorney's
  • One of the other difficult points is that so much of this—well, all of it—is done out of pocket, out
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • That pushing people like me out of our community is more important than getting more of us to engage
  • Where this kind of bill gets us, and what the future looks like.
  • For example, in favor of acknowledging the preferred speech of others, in the eyes of God, those of us
  • We are terrified of you. You hold all the power. Protect us, please! One of the most heinous bills.
  • It is a violation of conscience to coerce or force a person to use language that violates their firmly
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 27th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • upon the right course of action unless you show us.
  • Lord, I pray that you will give us your thoughts today, that we would have the mind of Christ, that we
  • Senator Luneau was supposed to be here with us. He's kind of missing in action at this moment.
  • Senator Talbot moves suspension of the rules to allow us.
  • Members, it's my pleasure to introduce a great friend of Louisiana, a great supporter of us.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard a guest prayer by Pastor Lee Shipp, and conducted routine opening business including journal adoption, receipt of confirmation appointments, and House messages naming conferees on several Senate bill disagreements. The chamber also adopted or recognized several personal privilege resolutions and commendations, including honors for Grady Hazel, the Acadiana Veterans Hockey of Louisiana national championship team, Grambling State University’s 125th anniversary and related athletics/band centennials, the 2026 Governor’s Fellows, and a brief address by special guest Ms. Benson. Members then acted on a series of resolutions and concurrent resolutions. The Senate adopted measures creating or requesting study task forces on child permanency, medical malpractice review panels, driving school fees, the Minimum Foundation Program, and earthquake activity in north Louisiana, and it concurred in House resolutions on illegal dumping, gaming board review, behavioral health crisis center reimbursement, Medicaid incentive payment reporting, and a physician review panel study. Several condolence and commendation resolutions also passed, including those honoring Lewis Thomas Nelson and Josephine Ruth Kennedy, and the Senate adopted a resolution urging local governments to consider generator requirements for unlicensed senior and disability residential facilities. The chamber also took up House Bill 723, a motorcycle traffic-signal bill allowing certain two- and three-wheeled vehicles to proceed through malfunctioning vehicle-actuated signals under specified circumstances; after debate about safety and enforcement, it passed 33-3. The Senate then considered numerous House amendments to Senate bills, concurring in most, including bills on fluoridation/local opt-out, public assistance, nutrition, human trafficking training, bulletproof vests, adult residential care generators, cell-cultured food products, public benefits eligibility, attorney-fee limits in disciplinary proceedings, critical infrastructure protections, debit card surcharges, bank stock certificates, child welfare proceedings, digital student IDs, watershed restoration funding, innovation hubs, sports agent registration, and manufactured housing regulation. It rejected House amendments to SB 283 and SB 408 for further negotiation. The session ended with announcements for committee meetings and a recess until 2 p.m.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 22nd, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • These are the kinds of things that concern us.
  • , could be used to capture some of that water for future use, it would be... something that would be
  • Courage and bravery is quite upsetting to each of us.
  • You represent a lot of little boys and a lot of little girls that need us to do some good work.
  • of us living with...
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Fiscal Responsibility Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility

Transcript Highlights:
  • We were all—All three of us were on the same team for one year. >> Were you the first one?
  • We were all—All three of us were on the same team for one year. >> Were you the first one?
  • We were all—All three of us were on the same team for one year. >> Were you the first one?
  • We were all—All three of us were on the same team for one year. >> Were you the first one?
  • We were all—All three of us were on the same team for one year. >> Were you the first one?
Bills: SB282, SB282
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 16, 2026 - PM

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good evening, committee members, members of the public, and those joining us online.
  • Ladies and gentlemen who are joining us in the audience and online, the same rules of decorum apply this
  • Okay, seeing none, thank you for joining us. >> Um, thank you, Madam Chairman, members of the committee
  • the bills concerning men ejaculating without creating a child or forcing men to give regardless of if
  • vote form of no. vote form of no.
Bills: HB0117, HB0126
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Health & Social Services, February 16, 2026

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
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  • All of us. But it is an >> Correct. All of us. But it is an advanced. advanced. advanced.
  • of the facilities So many of the many of the facilities that<00:42:19.599> use<00:42:19.839><
Bills: HB0117, HB0126
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Health & Social Services, February 16, 2026

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome, members of the committee and members of the public. Thank you for joining us this morning.
  • Uh, for those of you just joining us for the first time, we do have rules of decorum that are listed
  • Speakers will refrain from the use of individual names.
  • He said the bill's use of the word "study" was problematic because the material was more of a selective
  • Um, any members of the audience, you're welcome to join us.
Bills: HB0117, HB0126
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • The current generation of Apple iPads we use was purchased during the 2022–2024 biennial budget cycle
  • We will tap the record matching the voter we have in front of us.
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  • all of us get asked this question a lot. all of us get asked this question a lot.
  • > all<00:16:45.120> feel Just give us a little bit of confidence about this?
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government met to hear an update from the State Board of Elections on its Bluegrass Books electronic poll book system. Rachel Pointer and Richard House described the project as an in-house modernization effort intended to improve security, customization, integration with the voter registration system, reduce voter wait times, streamline supplemental and provisional ballot processing, and provide year-round local support to county clerks and poll workers. They emphasized that the system is already a working product, not just a concept, and showed a workflow demonstration of voter lookup, signature capture, ballot issuance, manual lookup, and handling voters who have already voted. The agency also outlined the financial rationale for the project, saying the state currently lacks dedicated funding for replacing the iPads used for election-day poll books and that counties now bear vendor maintenance and support costs. Under Bluegrass Books, the state would seek to cover hardware replacement, maintenance, and on-site support through future appropriations, potentially using bulk purchasing to lower costs. When asked about the size of the appropriation request, the presenters said it was not yet finalized but noted roughly 7,000 devices are deployed statewide and replacement would likely be phased rather than done all at once. Members asked about security and whether the e-poll book could affect vote totals. The Board explained that the e-poll book is separate from ballot casting, that voting machines themselves are not connected to the internet, and that the poll book is networked only to update check-ins and prevent double voting. They said the device is locked down to the poll book application and can operate offline until connectivity returns. A member also asked how to recruit more poll workers; the response suggested higher pay is the main incentive, along with outreach to schools, community colleges, and possible pilot programs involving professionals. The meeting concluded without any votes or formal action beyond approval of minutes, and the next meeting was announced for January 29, weather permitting.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Health Services (3-19-26)

Health Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh we talked about this during the interim in 2024 at the workforce task force, and this was one of the
  • This is an administrative approach for us to move the Office of Vital Statistics and those important
  • <00:08:59.600> the force, and this was one of the force, and this was one of the recommendations
  • <00:10:20.360> vital for us to move the office of vital for us to move the office of vital
  • Uh, so, within the sub, instead of us moving to a collaborative model, we're still under a supervisory
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a courthouse that has, in a lot of ways, used up its usefulness and it's obsolete in a lot of
  • We have a courthouse that has, in a lot of ways, used up its usefulness and it's obsolete in a lot of
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Summary: The Capital Planning Advisory Board opened its fourth meeting, confirmed a quorum, approved the prior meeting’s minutes by unanimous voice vote, and then heard information items and agency presentations. The main substantive presentation came from the Council on Postsecondary Education, which outlined its capital planning recommendations for the 2026–28 biennium. CPE staff described the role of Kentucky’s research and education network (Kron), including connectivity to cloud services, Internet2, identity services, and new local AI/inferencing capacity, and argued that the network is now essential to higher education, health care, and extension services. They said the network’s recent upgrades were driven by privacy, security, redundancy, and the need to support modern research and AI workloads at lower cost than commercial providers. CPE also presented its broader higher-education capital request: $700 million for asset preservation and $1.73 billion for new construction, for a total recommendation of about $2.4 billion. Staff said they do not plan to recommend IT projects or equipment in this cycle, despite reviewing 48 IT submissions totaling nearly $1.4 billion and equipment requests totaling $322.6 million. For asset preservation, they said the recommended allocation method would remain based on each institution’s share of Category 1 and 2 square footage, and they noted that the state’s prior facility assessment is now 12 years old, with deferred maintenance still estimated in the $7–9 billion range. For new construction, they said the requests are heavily focused on STEM and health-related facilities that are difficult to retrofit into older buildings. Board members asked about how asset-preservation amounts were determined, including why Northern Kentucky University’s request was much larger than its prior allocation. CPE staff responded that campus size, building age, and institutional prioritization affect the requests, and that schools are asked to submit more projects than are likely to be funded. The board then moved on to an Attorney General capital plan overview, where senior counsel Will Schroeder began describing the office’s technology needs and the office’s prior reliance on a 2020 appropriation to replace legacy systems and improve security.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • of both SNAP and Medicaid because of whatever… Medicaid because of whatever shows up on the database
  • I've got a list here, just give me the number of states that you have that are already using this.
  • Alabama should follow the lead of states like Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, which do not use
  • ... of the most of the kids in Title I schools.
  • I'm going by what the fiscal note says that's in front of us, that they would be fully reimbursed times
Bills: SB245, SB246, HB30, HB30