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TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 17th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 2520 by John Tudor, relating to the open meetings, referred to the Committee on Delivery HB 2521 by Cook
  • HB 2524 by Cook, relating to recovery fees.
  • for certain county judges refer to the subcommittee on county and regional government, HB 2530 by Cook
  • HB 2550 by Cook, relating to training of certain members on the Board of Directors.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/24/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Cook.
  • Cook.
  • Cook.
  • Cook.
  • Cook. Mr. Cook, Mr. Chair, thank you.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • So we're not going to classes, going to the mall, hanging out, cooking, cleaning, hiking, making art,
  • Clinic which some of you know is a cook Clinic which some of you know is a fqc<01:25:53.760> um
  • There's the other underserved areas, which is why we've been communicating with Cook, and we'll have
  • a fellow now that will be at Cook Clinic, FQHC.
Keywords: 1183, house
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 25 (2-11-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 508, Representative Cook, an act relating to the protection of veterans benefits.
  • House Bill 508, Representative Cook,<00:06:49.520> an<00:06:49.759> act<00:06:49.919>
  • > relating<00:06:50.319> to<00:06:50.400> the<00:06:50.560> protection Cook,
  • an act relating to the protection Cook, an act relating to the protection of<00:06:51.039> veterans
  • , a concurrent resolution urging Cook, a concurrent resolution urging Congress<00:06:58.160> to
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 94 members present. The chamber excused absent members, suspended rules to allow co-sponsorship and vote modifications, and received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 136 and 183 and requested concurrence. The journal was approved, and several bills were reported for second reading, including measures on vehicle wheels, proactive post-secondary admission, choking prevention in schools, state parks, background checks, public post-secondary employment, tuition waivers, veterans benefits, and a resolution urging a federal accreditation pathway for veterans-benefits assistance companies. Committee reports advanced a number of bills, including measures on privacy protection, theft by deception, social work, licensed occupations, members of the bar, and alternative high school diplomas. The House then adopted House Joint Resolution 25, which declares Kentucky a “food is medicine” state and directs agencies to coordinate pilot studies and partnerships around nutrition, public health, and Kentucky-grown products; the resolution passed 95-0. The chamber also passed House Bill 66, as amended, on video teleconference meetings for agencies and boards. The bill requires posting board member contact information, permits video-only meetings for informational or routine matters, requires a physical quorum for final actions on law, regulation, taxation, and large grants, and allows agencies to set their own video-meeting procedures; it passed 95-0 after adoption of a committee substitute, floor amendment, and title amendment. House Bill 305, the grand jury service bill renamed the Crystal Rogers Act, was amended by committee substitute and floor amendment after a successful motion to suspend the rules for a technical correction. The bill strengthens grand jury confidentiality rules, prohibits knowing recording or disclosure by those present, and extends the statute of limitations for violations; supporters cited the Crystal Rogers case as the reason for closing a gap in the law. It passed 93-0. House Bill 432 on local purchasing also passed, 82-7, after committee substitute changes clarified the 75% threshold for used vehicles and equipment and updated rules for noncompetitive purchasing and local government flexibility. The House then passed House Bill 313, reducing the notice period for city utility franchise agreements from 18 months to 6 months, by a vote of 93-0, and House Bill 44, which creates a robotics program trust fund and grant program for grades 7-12 to support STEM and workforce training, by a vote of 91-0. The session concluded with motions and announcements, including the bringing up of House Resolution 60 from committee and a resolution recognizing February 11, 2026 as Recovery Advocacy Day in Kentucky, with remarks on overdose deaths, recovery efforts, and the importance of prevention and services. Members also announced upcoming receptions and meetings, and one bill, House Bill 372, was withdrawn.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) May 7th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Blanco, Campbell, Cook, Eckhardt, Flores, Gutierrez, Hagenbuch, Hall, Hancock, Hinojosa of Nueces.
  • Alvarado, Bettencourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Cook, Frazier. 22 ayes and 9 nays.
  • Alvarado, Bettencourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Cook. 21 ayes, 10 nays.
  • Campbell, Cook. Creighton, Eckhardt. Flores, Gutierrez. Hall.
  • Alvarado, Bettencourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Cook. That is 12 nays.
Bills: HJR98, HB142, HB912, HB2525, SCR19, SB66, SB128, SB209, SB250, SB317, SB383, SB393, SB397, SB517, SB571, SB612, SB614, SB715, SB731, SB801, SB865, SB867, SB872, SB905, SB913, SB945, SB946, SB986, SB1013, SB1015, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1113, SB1117, SB1181, SB1212, SB1241, SB1250, SB1263, SB1278, SB1285, SB1444, SB1483, SB1525, SB1528, SB1553, SB1556, SB1588, SB1660, SB1708, SB1802, SB1833, SB1844, SB1854, SB1957, SB1965, SB1999, SB2056, SB2082, SB2119, SB2133, SB2138, SB2203, SB2221, SB2337, SB2340, SB2373, SB2419, SB2422, SB2452, SB2477, SB2487, SB2501, SB2533, SB2586, SB2587, SB2615, SB2622, SB2633, SB2675, SB2681, SB2690, SB2713, SB2717, SB2753, SB2781, SB2782, SB2835, SB2841, SB2857, SB2891, SB2929, SB2933, SB2994, SB3016, SJR3, SB5, SB29, SB72, SB326, SB494, SB509, SB530, SB616, SB769, SB783, SB963, SB985, SB1143, SB1172, SB1238, SB1267, SB1271, SB1273, SB1506, SB1759, SB1786, SB1967, SB2312, SB2361, SB1, SB260, SB1506, SB1637, HJR98, HJR99, HJR2, HJR1, HB1109, HB1392, HB22, HB2525, HB3093, HB517, HB912, HB1130, HB142, HB1689, HB2018, HB136, HB2884, HB1393, HB2730, HB1399, HB1244, HB467, HB331, HB2559, HB29, HB26, HB166, HB353, HB2000, HB2756, HB3248, HB3513, HB3204, HB3135, HB3012, HB2763, HB2523, HB2457, HB2415, HB2198, HB2143, HB1708, HB1672, HB767, HB1327, HB2723, HB451, HB140, HB109, HB3096, HCR6, HCR12, HCR29, HCR50, HCR55, HCR56, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR74, HCR78, HCR80, HCR107, HCR116, HCR117, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SCR19, SB2023, SB1844, SB2533, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB517, SB1200, SB1845, SB2681, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB1013, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB2929, SB715, SB1640, SB2538, SB1449, SB986, SB1181, SB1359, SB410, SB1234, SB2926, SB2138, SB2615, SB2972, SB2841, SB3016, SB1856, SB1528, SB1373, SB672, SB2891, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB1285, SB1454, SB2520, SB1237, SB1586, SB2819, SB629, SB2342, SB2903, SB2477, SB3029, SB1957, SB375, SB250, SB777, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2965, SB2521, SB865, SB2165, SB2501, SB2675, SB2452, SB2835, SB872, SB1212, SB1278, SB1588, SB1602, SB1704, SB1723, SB1833, SB1858, SB1946, SB2009, SB2177, SB2460, SB2785, SB2373, SB1660, SB614, SB867, SB1608, SB1525, SB905, SB640, SB2487, SB1698, SB383, SB705, SB748, SB1113, SB1117, SB1802, SB2340, SB2586, SB2680, SB2690, SB2994, SB2747, SB1950, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB3059, SB2782, SB2781, SB2637, SB2633, SB2337, SB2334, SB1861, SB2043, SB1367, SB946, SB945, SB2857, SB128, SB571, SB1263, SB3058, SB612, SB2221, SB2587, SB2044, SB2363, SB2713, SB2311, SB1986, SB2565, SB2943, SB1888, SB2417, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SB3036, SB3057, SB3056, SB3043, SB3037, SB3050, SB3063, SB3047, SB3035, SB2446, SB466, SB2611, SB2794, SB2105, SB2017, SB1790, SB1778, SB1730, SB2995, SB2847, SB205, SB2619, SB1903, SB203, SB3061, SB1581, SB2600, SB2799, SB2790, SB2688, SB2515, SB1230, SB876, SB2522, SB2639, SB2137, SB2519, SB2403, SB2459, SB3051, SB2655, SB2251, SB2764, SB2878, SB1884, SB111, SB582, SB2617, SB1835, SB2751, SB2959, SB250, SB614, SB865, SB872, SB905, SB986, SB1113, SB1212, SB1278, SB1525, SB1588, SB1660, SB1802, SB1833, SB2487, SB2586, SB2675, SB2690, SB2929, HB912, HB2525, SB1844, SB2533, SB1957, SB1999, SB2138, SB2615, SB3016, SR469, SB29, SB326, SB494, SB530, SB769, SB783, SB1238, SB1967, SB2312, SB1506, HJR34, HB42, HB198, HB247, HB367, HB449, HB632, HB668, HB677, HB766, HB1105, HB1160, HB1169, HB1592, HB1778, HB1781, HB1868, HB2017, HB2038, HB2128, HB2240, HB2316, HB2510, HB2516, HB2563, HB2582, HB2663, HB2712, HB2715, HB2760, HB2788, HB3010, HB3069, HB3112, HB3120, HB3146, HB3157, HB3305, HB3348, HB3464, HB3474, HB3505, HB3512, HB3560, HB3597, HB3686, HB3783, HB3860, HB4063, HB4081, HB4214, HB4215, HB4224, HB4273, HB4325, HB4361, HB4386, HB4395, HB4665, HB4783, HB5032, HB5180, HJR34, HB42, HB198, HB247, HB367, HB449, HB632, HB668, HB677, HB766, HB1105, HB1160, HB1169, HB1592, HB1778, HB1781, HB1868, HB2017, HB2038, HB2128, HB2240, HB2316, HB2510, HB2516, HB2563, HB2582, HB2663, HB2712, HB2715, HB2760, HB2788, HB3010, HB3069, HB3112, HB3120, HB3146, HB3157, HB3305, HB3348, HB3464, HB3474, HB3505, HB3512, HB3560, HB3597, HB3686, HB3783, HB3860, HB4063, HB4081, HB4214, HB4215, HB4224, HB4273, HB4325, HB4361, HB4386, HB4395, HB4665, HB4783, HB5032, HB5180
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Capital Investment - 04/07/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Jeff Brand, director of Cook County HRA, is online. Great. Mr.
  • And specifically today, I wanted to talk about how this would benefit Cook County.
  • Cook County is about 5,000 people, so it's a very small populated area.
  • Cook County is about 5,000 people, so it's a very small populated area.
  • Cook County is about 5,000 people, so it's a very small populated area.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Cook, did you have a question? Well, I guess my question was for Dr.
  • Senator Cook. I'm just looking up all this. Just one more. Thank you.
  • thank you madam chair I'm just curious Senator Cook: Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • Senator Cook. Jonathan Wolfson from Cicero Action: Thank you, Chairman.
  • Molly Cook. There being nine ayes, zero nays, House Bill 742 is favorably reported.
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:
  • I'm glad to have Senator Cook with us this morning.
  • Senator Cook and Senator Parker have bills on related topics, so it is our intent to allow the authors
  • Dean, are there any questions for Senator Cook at this point?
  • Please take a seat next to Senator Cook and make yourselves comfortable. Thank you.
  • But thank you, Senator Cook, and I'm proud to be on these bills with you. I think they're...
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our Arizona program areas include consumer education, focusing on food safety, beef nutrition, beef cooking
  • retailers and food service professionals to provide information about beef, including new cuts and proper cooking
  • resources for teachers to teach beef curriculum about food safety, how cattle are raised, nutrition, and cooking
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference met to conduct the sunset review of the Arizona Beef Council. Lauren Mailing, the council’s executive director, testified in support of continuation, describing the council as a state-created, industry-funded organization that promotes, educates, and conducts research for Arizona beef producers. She explained that the council is financed through the federal beef checkoff program, with half of the $1 per-head assessment sent to national programs and half retained in Arizona for promotion, education, and research. She also emphasized that checkoff funds cannot be used for lobbying and highlighted programs such as ranch tours for nutrition professionals, classroom lesson plans, grants, and digital consumer outreach. Committee members asked about whether checkoff dollars are refundable; Mailing said they are not under the federal program and Arizona does not have a separate refundable state checkoff. Members also offered supportive comments recognizing the council’s work and the service of former board member Andrew Grissetta, who had recently passed away. Several senators spoke in favor of the council’s educational efforts and its role in supporting ranchers, feeders, dairy farmers, and youth programs such as FFA and 4-H. The vice chair moved to recommend continuing the Arizona Beef Council for eight years, until July 1, 2034. The motion passed on a 7-0 roll call vote, and the committee adjourned with no further business.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 3, 2026 - 10:30 AM

Commerce Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Up first, we have Steve Cook with FTBOA. Thank you, Chair, thank you, committee members.
  • I'm Steve Cook with the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association.
  • Cook and Mrs. Daly. It was very well done.
  • Cook...
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Finance and Tax Dec 3rd, 2025

Finance and Tax

Transcript Highlights:
  • If I have two restaurants side by side, one's got a good cook and good business, the other one can't
  • cook and has bad business, the businesses have different values, but what that restaurant building is
  • income that's the income from the property if I have two restaurants side by side one's got a good cook
  • If I have two restaurants side by side, one's got a good cook and good business, the other one can't
  • cook and has bad business.
Summary: The Committee on Finance and Tax met with a quorum present and heard a presentation from the Property Appraisers Association of Florida on ad valorem valuation, exemptions, and the property tax process. Lauren Levy reviewed the legal and historical framework of Florida property taxation, including Save Our Homes, the 10% cap on non-homestead assessments, portability, tangible personal property exemptions, TRIM notices, and the distinction between taxable value and millage rates. He emphasized that property appraisers are independent constitutional officers who assess just value, administer exemptions, and are overseen by the Department of Revenue, with values and exemptions generally determined as of January 1 and subject to challenge through the Value Adjustment Board or circuit court. Mike Twitty described the mass appraisal process in Pinellas County, explaining how property appraisers value large numbers of parcels using the same core approaches as fee appraisals but with statistical testing, field reviews, aerial imagery, and technology. He discussed the importance of budget, staffing, and the January 1 valuation date, and noted that recent hurricanes caused significant damage, increased petitions, and required new procedures to help property owners with value reductions and FEMA-related issues. Paul Polk focused on Department of Revenue oversight, explaining sales ratio studies, uniformity measures such as COD and PRD, time adjustments, sales qualification reviews, and in-depth studies that can lead to corrective action if assessment standards are not met. He also noted that the Department reviews property appraiser budgets to preserve independence from county pressure. Senators asked about the supersized homestead concept, DOR review and rejection standards, value trends, and the impact of storms and new construction on taxable value. Twitty and Polk said value growth has been driven by a mix of new construction, market appreciation, cap resets, and storm-related adjustments, while noting that some counties saw market value decline even as taxable value rose. They also said some property tax relief proposals would be easier to implement than others depending on how local tax bills are structured, especially where law enforcement millage is separately identified. No votes were taken on legislation, and the committee adjourned after the presentation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Cook and Senator, you're recognized to explain the bill.
  • Hello Senator Cook. Hello Senator Paxton. Do you think practicable is a real word?
  • Senator Cook, does the bill provide guidance on where to place or just, uh, is just instruction to districts
  • Thank you, Senator Cook. Thank you.
  • As Senator Cook mentioned, Texas Education Code currently requires at least one AED at every campus of
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Jerry was elected to the Cook County Board in 1985 and served there until he retired in 2018.
  • Jerry was elected to the Cook County Board in 1985 and served there until he retired in 2018.
  • Jerry was elected to the Cook County Board in 1985 and served there until he retired in 2018.
  • Jerry was elected to the Cook County Board in 1985 and served there until he retired in 2018.
  • Jerry was elected to the Cook County Board in 1985 and served there until he retired in 2018.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hancock, Senator Hall, Senator Miles, Senator Hughes, Senator Blanco, Senator Sparks, Senator Cook
  • The chair recognizes Senator Cook as being present, and Senator Hancock. Being present.
  • Senator Cook?
  • Senator Cook. Okay. Sheriff, thank you.
  • Senator Cook, do you have a quick question?
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair lays out House Bill 3134 recognize Representative Cook. I see. Go ahead, Mr. Cook.
  • So first we want to thank Representative Cook, who we've worked with for the past few sessions on this
  • So in closing, I want to thank Representative Cook and the committee for your support of advanced air
  • I'd like to thank Representative Cook, and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.
  • Otherwise, I would, uh, is there any question, Representative Cook?
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 13, February 24, 2026-PM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate File 124, sponsored by Senator Driskill, Economic Development, Rodeo Museum, an act relating to
  • Driscoll, Economic<02:58:11.040> Development,<02:58:12.000> Rodeo<02:58:12.560> Museum
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  • c> 124 engrossed economic development, 124 engrossed economic development, rodeo<02:58:24.960> museum
  • <02:58:26.640> Same Rodeo Museum. Respect the report.
Keywords: 916, all
IN

Indiana 2026 Regular Session

Friday, Feb. 27 part 4

Indiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Cook, Senator Freeman, and your work on the bail amendment, I think that's a very important..
  • Senator Cook, Senator Freeman, and your work on the bail amendment, I think that's a great step in the
  • And finally, as well as Senator Cook, a change with our coupling with the House on all of their priorities
  • And I want to thank Senator Cook and the entirety of the utility committee for their efforts in that
Keywords: 964, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/24/26

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Jeff Brand, executive director over at the Cook County HRA, Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
  • And in Cook County itself, we have a large need for workforce housing to meet the demands of the 1.3
  • We did a housing study in 2022, and it showed we need about another 150 to 220 homes in Cook County.
  • 150 to 220 homes in Cook County. 150 to 220 homes in Cook County.
  • The<00:09:49.000> only<00:09:49.360> place<00:09:49.880> in<00:09:50.040> Cook
Keywords: 1187, senate, all