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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-31-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • you know that at Koloa Elementary School on Kauai, we are in the second year of piloting a reading program
  • In her free time, Omari has been working to develop a Teen Mental Health program called Kamari Chat,
  • , Matthew gives back to his community by serving as the vice president of the Leaders in Training program
  • 55.120> Training president of the Leaders in Training president of the Leaders in Training program
  • and has led a variety of program and has led a variety of impactful<00:13:58.920> community<00
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/24/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um there's uh, layout of our program.
  • If programs well-connected students.
  • <00:40:45.280> for me and helping me getting me ready for me and helping me getting me ready
  • in high school, and then they're ready in high school, and then they're ready once<00:48:16.079>
  • It's just not ready.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • When you're ready. Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • specifically. ...increase in the program.
  • immediately. ...program immediately.
  • Larson, when you're ready.
  • For some of the, we set up two grant programs: one is an AgriWorks grant program and one is Agri-Support
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um I think as we continue to program.
  • Larson, when you're ready.
  • grant program and one is agri support. grant program and one is agri support.
  • the other grant programs within agri. So the other grant programs within agri.
  • the livestock licensing program at MDA. the livestock licensing program at MDA.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN-TRS, EDT-AEN, AEN DEFER, AEN Public Hearings 02-13-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:42:48.400> We're Ocean Professionals Program. We're Ocean Professionals Program.
  • . programs. programs.
  • projects for this program.
  • program within ADAB. program within ADAB.
  • stewardship pilot program within DAB. stewardship pilot program within DAB.
Bills: SB2709, SB3154
Summary: The hearing began with SB 2709, which would require the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to establish rules to enforce the Okami arrival program and strengthen quarantine enforcement for plants, non-domestic animals, and microorganisms. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Hawaii Invasive Species Council supported the bill, as did DAB, saying it would improve biosecurity and make some provisions mandatory rather than optional. Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines supported the goal but raised concerns about language changing inspections from “may” to “shall” for aircraft, warning of possible federal preemption and operational conflicts unless the bill is clarified to align with federal aviation safety, security, and operational requirements. Committee members questioned DAB about inspection timing, scope, and compliance; DAB said the measure is intended to increase enforcement, improve form completion rates toward a 90% goal, and expand beyond airlines to other entry modes, while also noting plans to restore detector dog use and improve software/AI tools for processing forms. Decision-making on SB 2709 was deferred to February 17 at 3:02 p.m. in Room CR229. The committees then took up SB 3154, an administration measure authorizing the Department of Transportation to assume certain National Environmental Policy Act responsibilities for highway, rail, public transportation, and multimodal projects, with the aim of streamlining environmental review. DOT supported the bill and explained that it would allow the department to work directly with federal resource agencies such as U.S. Fish and Wildlife and SHPO rather than routing everything through federal highways. After brief discussion, the Committee on Transportation voted to pass SB 3154 with technical amendments, and the AEN committee followed with the same recommendation; the measure was adopted with five votes in favor. A later portion of the transcript shifted to SB 2374 on the blue economy. DBED said it supported the concept but noted that it already sits on many working groups and would need resources if a new working group is created. DBED suggested the committee could instead request research through a letter or memo, and said agencies including ADC, HTDC, and Agriculture had already begun internal discussions. Testimony in support came from IMUA Alliance, Hawaii Food Policy, and others, emphasizing the potential for blue economy ventures to support survivors, align with climate and cultural goals, and create economic opportunity. No final vote on SB 2374 appears in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 23rd, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm a general dentist from Katy, Texas, and I'm in support, and the Texas Dental Association is in support
  • Doctor Ho, thank you for coming from Katy, Texas.
  • Thank you for your testimony this morning coming all the way from Lubbock, Texas.
  • I serve as the CEO for the Texas Council.
  • And Madam Chair, if you're ready, I'll be glad to begin. Chair: Thank you so much.
Bills: HB50
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 19th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
  • Every bond is an increase in taxes, and Texas has a...
  • I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
  • The Texas Education Agency's commissioner picked these board members.
  • I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Bills: SB414, SB621, SB2395
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security May 15th, 2025

Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • and track federal border agents, find weaknesses in the border, and even smuggle illegal items into Texas
  • Texas is on the front lines.
  • Texas has the constitutional duty to protect its citizens and maintain sovereignty over our borders.
  • HB 160 seeks to codify this authority and enable Texas to coordinate directly with Mexican officials.
Bills: HCR98, HB180
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security met with a quorum present and first took up HCR 98, a resolution urging Congress to improve coordination among federal, state, and local authorities on counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) technology for border security. The author and sponsor described increasing drone activity along the border, saying unauthorized drones are used to track agents, identify weaknesses, and smuggle contraband, and argued for clearer procedures to detect, identify, and neutralize such aircraft. There was no public testimony, and the committee voted 4-0 to report HCR 98 favorably to the full Senate; the resolution was also ordered for local and uncontested calendar placement without objection. The committee then heard HB 180, sponsored by Chairman Birdwell, which would authorize the governor to coordinate directly with Mexican officials and individual Mexican states on border security agreements and appoint representatives to implement them. Birdwell said the bill would codify prior border-security cooperation efforts, improve responses to cross-border challenges such as drug and human trafficking, and include a finding that entrants from foreign countries must use a legal port of entry. No questions were asked, and there was no invited or public testimony. After the hearing, the committee left HB 180 pending. The meeting concluded with no further business and the committee standing in recess subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Apr 7th, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was running the Railroad Commission of Texas 811 Damage Prevention Program for them until I retired
  • Okay, members, are you ready? I'm sorry.
  • Ready? Thank you, everybody. Yes, sir. Okay, are we ready, Chairman? You ready? Yeah.
  • It's Atmos Energy, CenterPoint Energy, both gas and electric, Texas Gas, and West Texas utilities, and
  • Please take the water crisis in Texas seriously.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Mar 24th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • They say, well, if there's a road project ready for January—well, there's no road project ready for January
  • as the 4% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, which is administered by the Texas Department of Housing
  • Texas receives approximately $5 billion.
  • We look forward to working with the Texas House on HB 2798 to achieve the right balance to protect Texas
  • Ago, in Texas, we had salary lenders.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Mar 13th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under current statute, based on agreement... under the Texas local government code, between a city and
  • Under Texas local government code chapter 242-001-D to a county may regulate planning and permitting
  • The key here is that MUDs are a crucial factor in keeping housing� affordable in Texas.
  • And muds are the best way that we can prepare for growth in Texas.
  • We're based in Houston, Texas, and we have communities throughout the state.
Bills: HB23, HB363, HB447, HB954, HB23
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have educational programs. ...programs where we learn and teach community health workers, neurologists
  • In Texas, you probably have several hundred.
  • Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
  • I'm trying to make Texas the epicenter.
  • My name is Sheila Hemphill with Texas Right to Know.
Bills: SB5, SJR3, SB 5, SJR 3
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Feb 27th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm doing my bills first only because they have few witnesses and they're ready to go.
  • The Texas election code was in compliance with federal law before federal law changed.
  • It'll still be our electors we choose, speaking for the people of Texas, and I yield. Thank you.
  • Texas does it very well. Even the states that we may not agree with politically do it.
  • Uh, Tom Glass, Texas Constitutional enforcement, um, and, uh, we are in favor of this bill. Um.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Feb 26th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am very proud to welcome Texas A&M University and the University of Texas. of Texas to the Texas Senate
  • So Texas Aggies are we fighting ready to take on the, you know, and with our brothers in the orange,
  • Albertine in Texas program.
  • Texas Tech Health Science Center is a leader in telehealth and community-based health programs, expanding
  • Texas, the strength of community and the state pride that makes Texas, Texas.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Feb 26th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Crayton, are you ready? You're ready.
  • We're also creating, for the first time, a liability protection program. for our Texas teachers that
  • Is Texas is 15th in the nation.
  • I think it's a great program.
  • Once again bipartisanship in the Texas Senate for teachers and education in Texas.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II): Joint Session Feb 26th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.
  • But instead of comparing life in Texas to perfection...
  • Texas.
  • Texas ranks, Texas ranks 48th out of 50 in terms of what we pay our district judges.
  • But the State Bar of Texas is a public organization, and every lawyer in Texas is compelled. to join.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Economic Development May 21st, 2025

Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Concurrent Resolution 118 demonstrates support from Texas, support from the Texas legislature to
  • Texas support from the Texas legislature to expand the warship manufacturing industry in Texas.
  • I'm the director of the Veteran Entrepreneur Program at the Texas Veterans Commission.
  • you will, 20 years into the program to ensure that the state of Texas has received more money from the
  • hotel development than the state of Texas rebated to the municipality in the first 10 years of the program
Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee heard and laid out several measures focused on school safety, Texas-Taiwan relations, defense manufacturing, business formation, hotel tax policy, and NASA relocation. HB 1851 would allow surplus DPS vehicles and law enforcement equipment to be transferred to school districts in economically disadvantaged areas for use by school police and security personnel, with a two-year resale restriction. HCR 127 expressed support for the Texas-Taiwan relationship and trade ties, HCR 118 supported expanding warship manufacturing in Texas, HCR 141 urged Congress to move NASA headquarters to Houston, HB 346 (with a committee substitute) revised business filing and fee authority while making permanent a franchise tax exemption for new veteran-owned businesses, HB 2974 was an omnibus hotel occupancy tax and qualified hotel project bill, and HB 5596 addressed accountability for municipal hotel occupancy tax revenues in coastal communities. Witnesses generally supported the measures, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association on HB 2974 and resource witnesses from the Texas Veterans Commission and Secretary of State on HB 346; no opposition testimony was registered on the laid-out bills. After public testimony, the committee took up pending business and adopted committee substitutes where applicable. HB 1851, HB 346, HB 2974, and HB 5596 were each reported favorably to the full Senate, with HB 346 and HB 2974 also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. HCR 127 and HCR 118 were reported favorably as well, and HCR 127 and HCR 141 were likewise recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also reported HB 4320 favorably, though the transcript repeats that motion several times. The meeting ended with the committee standing in recess until 7:00 a.m. subject to the call of the chair.