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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 25th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If our morality does not improve, I do think that we're going to have, we'll never fix this problem.
  • own, whether it's our veterinarians, whether it's our doctors, and it is also our schoolteachers.
  • businesses and our industry and our citizens here in Oklahoma.
  • In our district.
  • Our farmers in the Panhandle, our irrigators, our groundwater users, are the most efficient users of
Summary: The Senate first handled several gallery introductions recognizing visiting groups, including Muskogee Day, domestic violence advocates, Wagner High School leadership students, the Bixby Chamber and football team, and the Heartland Home Educators co-op. The chamber also adopted a motion to suspend debate rules for the remainder of the day so third-reading bills could be debated under shortened time limits. Senate Bill 134, which shortens the waiting period for Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System retirees to return to public employment from one year to six months, drew questions about “double dipping,” actuarial impact, and workforce shortages. The author said the bill was requested by the Association of County Commissioners to help counties retain experienced workers, noted an actuarial estimate that the system would drop from 107% to 105% funded, and explained there were no special safeguards beyond existing limits. The bill advanced and then passed 47-0. Senate Bill 196, a measure naming multiple bridges, highways, and interchanges for veterans, law enforcement officers, and other honorees, was presented as a personal bill by the author, including a bridge named for his grandfather. After brief questions, it advanced and passed 47-0. Senate Bill 1636, which allows immediate family members or similar individuals to request OSBI review of cold homicide cases after a local law enforcement case-file review, also advanced after questions about eligibility, timing, and workload; supporters said it would give families a path to seek answers in long-unsolved cases. It passed 47-0. The chamber then considered Senate Bill 1725, which addresses expressive activity on higher-education campuses by allowing content-neutral security fees, limiting discipline to narrowly defined harassment, and requiring free speech training for first-year students. Debate centered on campus free speech, university accountability, and whether the bill would add costs or sufficient enforcement; it passed 40-17 and was advanced as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1726, a companion bill requiring training for graduate assistants who teach, emphasizing classroom management, academic integrity, and viewpoint neutrality, passed 41-7 and was also advanced as an emergency measure. Finally, Senate Bill 259, a long-debated water bill requiring metering or approved measuring devices for groundwater use, drew extensive discussion over costs, property rights, regional differences, and regulation of irrigators; the bill was advanced to final passage after a 34-8 vote, with debate continuing at the end of the transcript.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will members and our guests in the gallery please rise as you're able for our invocation?
  • Help us to see beyond our differences and embrace each soul here with compassion.
  • We ask for your love and mercy to guide our actions, soften our hearts, and illuminate our paths as we
  • If you look at Warner, our record speaks for itself.
  • Also, over there, we're taking donations in our office.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 23rd, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will members and our guests in the gallery please rise as you are able for our invocation and remain
  • Father, strengthen our spirits to serve and love one another.
  • Would you allow our director, Shelly Beck, to say a few words, please?
  • If you look at Warner, our record speaks for itself.
  • And thank you, colleagues, for helping honor our first president today.
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including introductions of the psychologist and nurse of the day, a citation for Diesel Fritz’s All-State Choir achievement, and a gallery introduction highlighting fine arts advocates from Norman Public Schools. Members also marked birthdays and read excerpts from George Washington’s first inaugural address in honor of the first president. On floor business, the Senate laid over item number three and then considered several bills. Senate Bill 1191 repealed the unused Oklahoma Energy Initiative Low Carbon Initiative Board and passed 48-0. Senate Bill 1258 clarified open-carry law to expressly allow firearms on boats and vessels on Oklahoma waters and passed 41-7. Senate Bill 1920 raised the salvaged title threshold from 60% to 70% to reflect repair costs and align more closely with neighboring states; it passed 48-0 after brief questioning about consumer benefits. Senate Bill 1936 added falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer, including federal officers, to the list of Class D1 felonies and passed 48-0. Senate Bill 2143, after an amendment restoring the title, authorized assessors to use state-funded aerial images to inspect property changes and included language intended to ensure fair treatment of builders and consistency with assessing standards; it passed 34-13. The chamber then heard announcements about upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPN DEFER, CPN, CPN-HHS, CPN-HHS DEFER Public Hearings 02-12-2025

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • You have our written testimony. Our department is unfortunately in opposition to this bill.
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  • We don't have the subject matter expertise with our auditors and our investigators to have them going
  • We don't have the subject matter expertise with our auditors and our investigators to have them going
  • We don't have the subject matter expertise with our auditors and our investigators to have them going
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held decision-making on SB 146, SB 147, and SB 1166. SB 146 and SB 147, both relating to condominiums, were recommended to pass with amendments. The committee adopted amendments based on testimony from Anne Anderson, including mediator/arbitrator qualifications, clarifications about disputes involving managing agents, small claims timing, lien rights, and refund determinations by an early neutral evaluator. For both bills, the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050 for further discussion. Each measure was adopted with no objections. SB 1166, relating to insurance, was also passed with amendments. The committee removed language that would have required insurers to bring claims and condition rates on doing so, replacing it with encouraging language. The amended bill adds a private cause of action against responsible parties, authorizes insurer actions under certain conditions, defines terms tied to climate-related events and fossil fuel products, and requires HPIA to report to the insurance commissioner on whether it exercised direct action rights. The effective date was likewise deferred to July 1, 2050, and the measure was adopted without objection. The committee then heard SB 985, relating to consumer protection and gift card fraud, and SB 1525, relating to electronic smoking devices and e-liquids. SB 985 drew support from a consumer fraud victim and others who said gift card scams disproportionately harm kupuna, while the Retail Merchants of Hawaii opposed the bill’s packaging/display requirements and suggested stronger penalties instead. The committee voted to pass SB 985 with amendments, deferring its effective date to July 1, 2050, and noted it would move on to Judiciary next. SB 1525 drew significant opposition from the Attorney General’s office, Department of Taxation, Department of Health, and public health groups, who argued it conflicted with federal tobacco law, was hard for Tax to administer, and would not effectively remove unauthorized vape products. After testimony, the committee recommended deferral of SB 1525 without objection.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just to give you a little bit of background, through this, we have improved our nursing schools and healthcare
  • Seeing no calls for questions or debate, our staff to please open the queue for a vote.
  • Also, for our SBA lending, which sends business to our banks in the state to finance these companies,
  • voters and our constituency about how much time they have to evaluate each of these.
  • With that, we'll conclude our JAB meeting.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revised Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, I've been told by our senate staff and Senate Attorneys as well as house staff and house attorneys
  • There's precedents for this and it follows our senate rules.
  • changes made today, we're still staying focused on the same mission for mental health and also for our
  • So, one of our goals was to increase the number of nurses in the state.
  • Members, that concludes our meeting today. Thank you for a great meeting.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revised Apr 20th, 2026

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I've been told by our Senate staff and Senate attorneys, as well as I say, can we do this?
  • So I've been told by our Senate staff and Senate attorneys as well as House staff and House attorneys
  • There is precedent for this, and it follows our Senate rules.
  • We also see it doing a tremendous job of diversifying our economy.
  • Members, that concludes our meeting today. Thank you for a great meeting.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget met and first took up House Bill 4063, adopting a committee substitute over objection by a 17-4 roll call vote. The bill, as explained by the Pro Tem, moves the election dates for House Bill 4440 and Joint Resolution 1024 to August 25, 2026. Members debated whether the measure violated the single-subject rule or was an attempt to revisit proposals that had previously failed, but the committee advanced it and it passed 16-6 after debate. The committee then considered a series of appropriations and reappropriations, largely involving ARPA and interest funds. These included Senate Bills 1130 through 1134 and 1142, which redirected funds to the University Hospital Authority and Trust, the Office of Juvenile Affairs, the State Department of Health for rural hospital rebuild efforts, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Griffin Memorial Hospital capacity, and DHS-related projects including Boys & Girls Club and YWCA funding. All of these bills passed, with most receiving broad support and only a few dissenting votes. Members also advanced several House bills: HB 4029 appropriated funds to the State Department of Health and the ALS fund; HB 4074 gave the Health Care Workforce Training Commission flexibility to close out ARPA projects and transfer funds among nursing-related programs; HB 4075 reappropriated water and wastewater funds within OWRB; HB 476 provided rural economic impact grant funding for water, wastewater, sewer, air park, industrial park, and broadband-related projects; HB 477 funded emergency response and relief grants with standard administrative language; HB 478 covered ARPA closeout costs for consultants and the grants management office; HB 428 extended a qualified equity investment tax deduction sunset; and HB 473 and HB 4073 pulled back ARPA funds for reappropriation and closeout. Most measures passed on strong roll-call votes, and the committee adjourned after HB 4073 passed 21-0.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 20th, 2026

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just to give you a little bit of background through this, we have improved our nursing schools and health
  • Through this, we have improved our nursing schools and health care workers through 18 different rural
  • These companies are a great fit also for our SBA lending, which sends business to our banks in the state
  • voters and our constituency about how much time they have to evaluate each of these.
  • With that, that will conclude our J-CAB meeting.
Summary: The committee considered a series of bills largely focused on reappropriating and closing out ARPA-related funds, transferring interest earnings, and filling funding gaps in existing state projects. Measures included funding for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, juvenile services in Rogers County, rural hospital rebuild projects, DHS-related projects for Boys and Girls Clubs and the YWCA, water and wastewater projects through the OWRB, ALS grant limits for OSDH, pandemic relief accounting, administrative costs for ARPA projects, pediatric cardiology and OSU-related projects, rural industrial park and port water/wastewater gaps, and emergency response grants through the Department of Emergency Management. Most of these bills were presented by Rep. Newton, Chairman Caldwell, Speaker Hilbert, Rep. Osborne, Rep. Hill, and others, with committee substitutes adopted without objection where noted. One bill, House Bill 4028, drew the most discussion. It would extend the sunset on the qualified equity investment deduction for venture capital investments. Members questioned the lack of program-specific evaluation data, including return on investment, jobs created, and how much of the tax deduction had actually been used. The sponsor said the program had helped grow Oklahoma venture capital and that he would seek better data, but argued the sunset should be extended for now. The bill passed 23-6. Another extended exchange centered on House Bill 4063, which combined measures related to placing state questions on the August ballot, including HJR 1024 and a bill tied to House Bill 1440. Members raised concerns about single-subject issues, ballot timing, voter turnout, and whether combining the measures limited legislators’ options. The Speaker defended the approach as election-related and noted prior precedent. The bill passed 23-6. The remaining bills were approved overwhelmingly, generally by votes of 27-0, 28-0, or 29-0, and were reported out with due pass recommendations before the meeting adjourned.
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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Apr 14th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • and to protect our institutions.
  • That's our concern. Talk to me about that.
  • But just thinking about ours within our campuses, and particularly the one year on, the one I only have
  • I mean, most of our parishes do this. I mean, they just do. The problem is our small.
  • The problem is our smaller guys, our smaller drainage districts and super districts.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 14th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our organization supports this legislation.
  • We don't need to fix it.
  • Just like our reserves are POST-certified...
  • We're all paid by the cities; our retirements are through the cities, our health insurance is through
  • We're all paid by the cities, our retirements through the cities, our health insurance is through the
Bills: HB343 , HB378 , HB394 , HB396 , HB426 , HB439 , HB491 , HB523 , HB622 , HB676 , HB772 , HB1025 , HB1038
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Transcript Highlights:
  • and over and over with their hand in the cookie jar, stealing from the state and also stealing from our
  • They're lying to our constituents. I've had enough.
  • So, we're going to start valuing our word around here.
  • We will turn the committee over to our Chairman Adams and hopefully she'll recognize me here too.
Bills: SB1684 , SB1443 , SB1447 , SB378 , SB1920
Committee: House Insurance
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Apr 7th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Aerospace and defense was lined out in our strategic plan that was adopted last year as one of our seven
  • And when we began to look at our neighboring southern states and our peer states that have really significant
  • Les, I see you down there, our committee member.
  • we fixed it a year or two ago.
  • Well, can we just statutorily fix that?
Committee: House Ways & Means
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Mar 31st, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I think stuff like that we can fix on our own.
  • But I think stuff like that we can fix on our own.
  • Ours is just 60 days.
  • It's deeply consistent with our teaching.
  • As an organization, two of our top priorities are growing our workforce and keeping our community safe
Bills: HB54 , HB55 , HB125 , HB133 , HB158 , HB161 , HB168 , HB169 , HB191 , HB245 , HB280 , HB296 , HB399 , HB821 , HB995
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-LBT, TRS Public Hearings 03-19-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, we stand in support of House Bill 2097 as in our written testimony. We stand on our testimony.
  • We stand on our written testimony. We stand on our testimony.<00:02:16.959><c> Thanks.
  • It is efficient, in our hearings.
  • </c><00:04:05.599><c> as</c> similar to our our uh Senate version as similar to our our uh Senate version
  • </c> our testimony as submitted in support. our testimony as submitted in support.
Summary: The joint hearing of the Transportation and Labor and Technology committees considered HB 2097, which would allow administrative driver’s license revocation hearings to be held by interactive conference technology such as Zoom and permit electronic exchange of evidence. DOT and the Administrative Driver’s License Revocation Office supported the bill, saying Zoom hearings have worked well since 2021 and save time and money. Both committees passed HB 2097 with technical and nonsubstantive amendments. The Transportation Committee then heard HB 1163 on commercial driver licensing, HB 2113 on funding vegetation removal from the Kaola Stream drainage way, HB 2283 on port pilotage, HB 1588 on a noise detection camera program, and HB 2333 on airport special districts and aeronautics penalties. DOT asked for HB 1163 to use “non-domiciled” language to match federal rules, and the committee passed it with amendments. For HB 2113, the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity said the project would likely need about $1 million, and the committee passed the bill with amendments while noting the funding would be reflected in the committee report rather than the measure itself. HB 2283 drew broad support from maritime and labor interests, but the committee deferred it, saying the Senate version was already moving and would be used instead. HB 1588 received support from DOT and several community and health-related testifiers who said noise from traffic is a serious problem, but the committee expressed concern about enforcement language and re-referred the bill to Judiciary/Ways and Means while still passing it forward. HB 2333 was supported by DOT and airline interests; after questions about airport loitering and sleeping rules, the committee passed it as is. In the final decision-making, the committee adopted the chair’s recommendations on HB 1163, HB 2113, HB 1588, and HB 2333, and deferred HB 2283.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • would have to our operations.
  • It's a big problem, but it needs to be fixed. between [laughter] our our meetings and between [laughter
  • ] our our meetings and stuff<00:46:38.240><c> like</c><00:46:38.400><c> that</c><00:46:38.560><c> but
  • We'll stand on our comments.
  • Uh, you guys have our written...
Committee: House Labor
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/18/26 - Afternoon Meeting

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> ensure access to our collections. ensure access to our collections.
  • requests from our residents.
  • Our job is to stand up and say our job.
  • ><c> and</c><00:37:34.480><c> our</c> our libraries, our taxpayers and our our libraries, our taxpayers
  • </c> to our unclaimed and unidentified debt. to our unclaimed and unidentified debt.
Bills: HF3698 , HF4243 , HF4239 , HF4241 , HF4242 , HF4240
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> responsibility to act with urgency. responsibility to act with urgency.
  • </c> our child protection uh supervisor. our child protection uh supervisor.
  • </c> our county is about 24,000 people. our county is about 24,000 people.
  • and our families.
  • </c> treatment from some of our counties. treatment from some of our counties.
Bills: HF3665 , HF3002 , HF4217 , HF4125 , HF4174
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Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • So our concern, our main concerns, is that in short, this amendment attempts to grandfather in lakes
  • Any other questions for our guest? Mr. Chair, yes, Mr... For our guest? Mr. Chair, yes.
  • Acting Chair, you miss acting chair.
  • I know what's going on with our water, so it's..." "...very important, but you know, for our community
  • way we can sell our home.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Mar 11th, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've had four Miss Americas in our state.
  • >> Well, we're on our way to that, Lance.
  • And we do have our &gt;&gt; Thank you, Senator.
  • This four Miss Americas in our state.
  • </c> from our district. from our district.
Bills: HB97 , HB407 , HB435 , SB361 , HB97 , HB407 , HB435
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our Very nice of him to send us a note.
  • </c><00:10:25.040><c> system</c> campaign practices acting system campaign practices acting system database
  • 222 is the act, 22... Oh, that was the bill number. That's the act.
  • </c><00:27:26.240><c> authority</c> straighten this out with our authority straighten this out with our
  • </c> everything that you're limiting our everything that you're limiting our delegates<00:41:04.640><
Bills: HB433 , HB443 , HB433 , HB443