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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Common Education REVISED: SB1614 - Added Apr 8th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Common Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1734 creates the Oklahoma Responsible Tech in Schools Act.
  • Senate Bill 1437 creates the President's Physical Fitness Act, established certain guidelines to administer
  • 1489 would require professional development for principals as it relates to compliance with the IDEA Act
Bills: SB1734 , SB1630 , SB1894 , SB1975 , SB1432 , SB1437 , SB1812 , SB346 , SB1250 , SB710 , SB1489 , SB2045 , SB1614
Committee: House Common Education
Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, schools, public school districts, education technology, edtech, student privacy, FERPA, data privacy, data security, emerging technologies, machine learning, generative AI, classroom technology, instructional technology, teacher oversight, human-in-the-loop, student data, parental consent, opt-out
AL
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Mar 10th, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

AL
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, this is simply putting uh another type of health care that is falls under the Affordable Care Act
  • Chairman, this is simply putting uh another type of health care that is falls under the Affordable Care Act
  • My question is that we've been doing a lot with the RAISE Act and all of these other acts that we have
  • Black Belt said, this money follows people, and these people are getting money whether it be the Choice Act
  • Black Belt said, this money follows people, and these people are getting money whether it be the Choice Act
Bills: HB125 , HB116 , HB183 , HB342 , HB341 , SB280 , SB245 , SB159 , HB125 , HB116 , HB183 , HB342 , HB341 , SB280 , SB245 , SB159
Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education
Keywords: HB125, sunset law, Alabama Sunset Committee, Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, veterinary medical examiners, veterinary board, veterinary licensing, veterinary regulation, professional licensing board, state board continuation, sunset review, regulatory board, animal health, veterinarians, disciplinary authority, HB116, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset bill, Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, bail bonding
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Aug 22nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Would any of those be the Voting Rights Act? The Voting Rights Act is always a consideration.
  • The minority coalition districts violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  • Well... the Voting Rights Act, I think, protects every district in Texas.
  • Is that also your understanding of the Voting Rights Act requirements?
  • Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which will restore voting rights acts to its full power, and then
Bills: SB 2 , SB 5 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB4 , HB1 , HB3 , HB20 , HB22 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , HB4 , SB2 , SB5
Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments
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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our practice act has not been updated in 30 years.
  • I'm speaking in support of this change to the physical therapy practice act.
  • These are like high Act, treason.
  • So the Agent Orange Act of 1991, the Blue Water Navy Act of 2019, and the PACT Act of 2022 all now recognize
  • So the Agent Orange Act of 1991, the Blue Water Navy Act of 2019, and the PACT Act of 2022 all now recognize
Bills: HF3521 , HF3563 , HF82 , HF2689 , HF1794 , HF3544 , HF3516 , HF1752
Committee: House Health Finance and Policy
Keywords: hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Hearing Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee Dec 8th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • So looking again at AB 2013 and also looking at the EU AI Act.
  • So looking again at AB 2013 and also looking at the EUAI Act.
  • That's why we were an early sponsor of the federal No Fakes Act.
  • Tennessee's Elvis Act and the federal No Fakes Act point in the right direction, but laws cannot be the
  • Mergers and consolidations are happening as we speak.
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee and Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational hearing at Stanford on the intersection of artificial intelligence, copyright, transparency, and California’s creative economy. Chairs and members emphasized that the hearing was not on a specific bill and would not include a vote, but was intended to gather information ahead of the next legislative session. Opening remarks stressed the tension between protecting artists’ intellectual property and allowing AI innovation to continue in California, with several members noting the state’s outsized role in both the tech and entertainment sectors. The first panel featured Professor Pamela Samuelson and Stanford researcher Rishi Bommasani. Samuelson reviewed the current copyright litigation landscape, including dozens of lawsuits against generative AI companies, and explained that fair use will likely be central, especially the market-effects factor. She said state action is constrained by federal copyright preemption, but transparency, privacy, and deepfake-related regulation may still be possible. Bommasani described widespread opacity around training data among major California AI companies, discussed AB 2013 and the EU AI Act as transparency models, and warned that disclosure rules face enforcement and design challenges. Members asked about market dilution theories, open-source models, user data, machine unlearning, and what California can do without conflicting with federal law. The second panel included SAG-AFTRA board member Jason George, Animation Guild president Danny Lynn, and OpenAI copyright counsel Mark Gray. George and Lynn argued that AI training on performers’ and artists’ work without consent or compensation is already harming careers, devaluing creative labor, and enabling digital replicas and style imitation; both supported stronger transparency so rights holders can identify when their work is used and negotiate licenses. Gray said AI is increasingly being used as a productivity tool and pointed to growing partnerships between AI companies and publishers, studios, and record labels, while acknowledging concerns about deepfakes and specific harmful uses. Committee members pressed him on labeling AI-generated content, training-data disclosure, and how to protect creators while still encouraging innovation. No formal action or vote was taken.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Hearing Assembly Health Committee and Senate Health Committee Mar 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Affordable Care Act, its impact, and the current threats to it.
  • If the state fails to act, the consequences will be deadly.
  • Unless we act now, our entire community will suffer devastating outcomes.
  • More than 300,000 are a part of the Affordable Care Act.
  • Therefore, we act as a purchaser of services, care.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Hearing Senate Health Committee and Assembly Health Committee Mar 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the state fails to act, the consequences will be deadly.
  • If the state fails to act, the consequences will be deadly.
  • Unless we act now, our entire community will suffer devastating outcomes.
  • More than 300,000 are a part of the Affordable Care Act.
  • Therefore, we act as a purchaser of services rather than a provider of services.
Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Senate and Assembly Health Committees focused on the cost of federal instability for California health coverage, access, and affordability. Opening remarks from members of both houses emphasized that California’s coverage gains under the Affordable Care Act are now threatened by federal policy changes, including the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits, H.R. 1, and new federal regulatory actions. Members repeatedly cited rising premiums, skipped care, medical debt, and the risk that low-income, immigrant, and working Californians could lose coverage or be pushed into less comprehensive plans. The first panel reviewed the federal landscape and state response. Don Joyce described the ACA’s coverage expansions and warned that H.R. 1, regulatory changes, and broader federal retrenchment could reduce coverage and weaken meaningful benefits. Covered California Executive Director Jessica Altman said the loss of enhanced premium tax credits is driving major affordability problems, with average monthly premiums projected to rise sharply and enrollment already down, especially among middle-income consumers. HCAI’s Elizabeth Lansberg explained the Office of Health Care Affordability’s role in slowing spending growth, monitoring consolidation, and setting spending targets, including lower targets for high-cost hospitals and new primary care investment goals. Members asked about bronze plans, high-cost hospitals, administrative burdens, provider taxes, and whether federal advisory changes could affect required benefits such as immunizations. The second panel examined population impacts and cost drivers. UC Berkeley Labor Center’s Miranda Dietz said most Californians get coverage through employers, Medi-Cal, or Covered California, and that affordability problems are widespread across all groups. She projected that California could have up to 2 million more uninsured residents by 2030, largely from Medi-Cal losses, and said higher premiums reduce wages and increase medical debt. Christoph Stremakis of the California Health Care Foundation highlighted survey data showing widespread concern about medical bills, skipped care, and medical debt, and argued that a large share of spending is wasted through administrative complexity, inflated prices, and underinvestment in prevention. Committee members pressed the panel on whether California can sustain coverage without new revenue, how cost-growth targets affect workers and families, how medical debt relief programs like Los Angeles County’s could be expanded, and how OCA can address uncompensated care, consolidation, and prior authorization burdens.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Hearing Senate Health Committee and Assembly Health Committee Mar 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the state fails to act, the consequences will be deadly.
  • Unless we act now, our entire community will suffer devastating outcomes.
  • More than 300,000 are a part of the Affordable Care Act.
  • Therefore, we act as a purchaser of services, care.
  • Therefore, we act as a purchaser of services rather than a provider of services.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Hearing Senate Health Committee and Assembly Health Committee Mar 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the state fails to act, the consequences will be deadly.
  • Unless we act now, our entire community will suffer devastating outcomes.
  • Unless we act now, our entire community will suffer devastating outcomes.
  • More than 300,000 are a part of the Affordable Care Act.
  • Therefore, we act as a purchaser of services, care.
Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on the cost of uncertainty in California health care, especially the effects of federal policy changes on coverage, access, and affordability. Opening remarks from committee leaders and members emphasized that California’s uninsured rate had fallen to historic lows under the Affordable Care Act and state policies, but that the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies, H.R. 1, and other federal regulatory changes could reverse those gains. Members repeatedly cited rising premiums, skipped care, medical debt, and the strain on low-wage workers, families, clinics, hospitals, and public programs. The first panel reviewed the federal landscape and state response. A federal policy analyst described the ACA’s coverage gains and consumer protections, then outlined current threats: H.R. 1’s Medicaid and marketplace cuts, the end of enhanced premium tax credits, shorter open enrollment, more verification requirements, and changes affecting preventive services and vaccines. Covered California reported that the loss of subsidies is expected to nearly double average monthly premiums, reduce enrollment, and push more consumers into bronze plans with higher deductibles; it also noted that California’s $190 million affordability fund is helping the lowest-income enrollees. HCAI’s Office of Health Care Affordability explained its work on spending targets, market consolidation review, and primary care investment, saying the goal is to slow spending growth rather than impose price caps. Committee members pressed witnesses on the practical effects of bronze plans, administrative burdens, immigration-related disenrollment, provider taxes, uncompensated care, and whether California can sustain current coverage levels without new revenue. Witnesses said bronze plans preserve essential benefits but shift more costs to consumers, and that H.R. 1’s verification and auto-renewal changes will likely reduce enrollment. They also said provider tax reductions could significantly weaken state financing over time, and that higher uninsured rates may increase uncompensated care and pressure premiums elsewhere in the system. The second panel, featuring UC Berkeley Labor Center and California Health Care Foundation experts, highlighted broader affordability problems across job-based coverage and Medi-Cal, citing medical debt, skipped care, and the role of underlying system costs, administrative waste, and lack of competition. They pointed to medical debt relief efforts such as Los Angeles County’s program as a short-term mitigation strategy while the Legislature considers longer-term policy and budget responses.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • From 2016 to 2023, there were 22 mergers, acquisitions, and other changes in ownership involving Minnesota
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Bills: HF2779 , HF1645 , HF1885 , HF1289 , HF1534 , HF2707 , HF1675 , HF3046
Committee: House Health Finance and Policy
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Hearing Assembly Health Committee and Senate Health Committee Mar 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the state fails to act, the consequences will be deadly.
  • Unless we act now, our entire community will suffer devastating outcomes.
  • More than 300,000 are a part of the Affordable Care Act.
  • Therefore, we act as a purchaser of services, Care.
  • Therefore, we act as a purchaser of services rather than a provider of services.
Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Senate and Assembly Health Committees focused on the “cost of uncertainty” in health coverage, access, and affordability amid federal policy changes. Opening remarks from committee leaders and members emphasized that California’s gains under the Affordable Care Act and Health for All policies—high coverage rates, consumer protections, and lower uninsured rates—are now threatened by federal rollbacks, including the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits and H.R. 1. Members repeatedly cited rising premiums, skipped care, medical debt, and the risk of coverage losses, especially for low-income Californians, workers, seniors, and immigrant communities. The first panel featured federal policy and state implementation experts, including Don Joyce, Jessica Altman of Covered California, and Elizabeth Lansberg of HCAI’s Office of Health Care Affordability. Testimony described the ACA’s coverage expansions and the current federal threats: shorter open enrollment, more verification requirements, loss of enhanced subsidies, and changes affecting immigrants and preventive coverage. Covered California reported that average monthly premiums could nearly double without the subsidies, new enrollment is down sharply, and more consumers are shifting into bronze plans with higher deductibles. HCAI explained its affordability strategy through spending targets, consolidation review, and primary care investment, while members asked about the impact of federal cuts on provider taxes, uncompensated care, and whether California can sustain coverage without new revenue. The second panel, with UC Berkeley Labor Center’s Miranda Dietz and California Health Care Foundation’s Christoph Stremikis, broadened the discussion to statewide cost drivers and consumer impacts. They highlighted that more than half of Californians under 65 rely on job-based coverage, yet premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs have risen faster than wages. They also pointed to medical debt, administrative waste, market consolidation, and underinvestment in primary care as major drivers of unaffordability. Members asked about the 25% of health spending that does not improve patient care, the role of fraud versus administrative friction, the effect of cost growth targets on workers, and the need for preventive care and possible revenue solutions. The hearing then moved to a third panel on human impacts, beginning with testimony from a Central Valley promotora describing how families are choosing lower-tier coverage, struggling with diabetes care, and facing higher premiums after subsidy losses.
US
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 14, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • McDall to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day.
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  • Today, the House has an opportunity to act. Today, the House has an opportunity to act.
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Bills: HB8365 , HB5625 , HCR75 , HB6260 , HB8469
Keywords: monitoring, court appointments, public service, accountability, government oversight, pro bono, reduced fees, cashless bail, criminal justice, public safety, Attorney General, pretrial release, Iran, military force, War Powers Resolution, U.S. Armed Forces, hostilities, Congress, national security, bail fraud
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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 11th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Chapter 21 of Title 6 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, known as the Virtual Currency Business Act
  • of Chapter 21 of Title 6 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, known as the Virtual Currency Business Act
  • But in the interim, we saw, based on feedback from bank security officers, as well as law enforcement
  • And we frequently come across that in our banking businesses because our customers come in and withdraw
  • they had planned and when they feel like they've been defrauded, they're coming back to the... ...bank
Bills: HB744 , HR197 , SB54 , SB79 , SB163 , SB287 , SB375 , SB386 , SB398 , SB469 , SCR5
Committees: House Commerce , House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs
Keywords: public utility, common carrier, regulation, Public Service Commission, New Orleans, constitutional amendment, distributed energy, energy storage, electricity demand, virtual power plants, reliability, hurricane resilience, esthetics, cosmetology, hair services, beauty industry, Louisiana regulation, Louisiana Economic Development, sunset law, legislative authority
LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 23rd, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • And our concern about the Medical Freedom Act is that it might limit the availability for public health
  • The board still makes the final decision, and they can act immediately in emergency situations where
  • was a bill passed to protect all community rural hospitals, which is called the Rural Preservation Act
  • the amendments are on, basically what it does, it protects the current Rural Hospital Preservation Act
  • Acting Chair, if we could do the resolution: HCR 76. Mr.
Bills: HB689 , HB742 , HB926 , HB946 , HB948 , HB1028 , HB1095 , HB1114 , HB1121 , HB1155 , HB1185 , HB1217 , HB1220 , HB1227 , HCR76
Committee: House Health and Welfare
Keywords: public assistance, child welfare, benefit adjustment, DCFS, LDH, fraud detection, household reporting, Medicaid, immunization, healthcare eligibility, Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program, health policy, vaccination requirements, vaccination status, vaccine mandate, medical freedom, medical autonomy, public buildings, public access, government services
OK
OK

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:
  • Also, for our SBA lending, which sends business to our banks in the state to finance these companies,
Bills: HB4028 , HB4029 , HB4059 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4074 , HB4075 , HB4076 , HB4077 , HB4078 , SB1130 , SB1131 , SB1132 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1142 , HB4028 , HB4029 , HB4059 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4074 , HB4075 , HB4076 , HB4077 , HB4078 , SB1130 , SB1131 , SB1132 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1142
Committee: House Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Keywords: tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, ALS, funding, healthcare, State Department of Health, emergency declaration, public finance, state budget, financial regulations, monetary policy, referendum, constitutional amendments, special election, Oklahoma legislature, public voting, recovery fund
OK
OK

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

LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Apr 7th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • If we're going to get a bank to put in proof of funding from the bank, well, even if you bid and you
  • allow for a streamlined approach to parishes to do it, similar to what we have done with the land bank
  • Basically, naming this the No Tax on Recovery Act. Well, let me start.
  • substantive amendments and said Amendment 3 gives the proposed law a short title: the No Tax on Recovery Act
  • So I guess on that same note, we've, we've, we've, we had the, the—I guess the Right Rack Act read to
Bills: HCR35 , HB440 , HB515 , HB543 , HB614 , HB1010 , HB1039 , HB1088 , HB1122 , HB1179 , HB1200
Committee: House Ways & Means
Keywords: tax delinquency, property sale, rehabilitation, Louisiana State Law Institute, legislation, homestead exemption, property tax, parish governance, Louisiana Constitution, voter approval, adjudicated property, real estate, political subdivisions, property sales, government authority, residential lease, tax credit, property valuation, Louisiana constitution, disaster response
LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Mar 31st, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • new D in Children's Code 897.1 that says that a child who's adjudicated for a felony-grade delinquent act
  • in the children's code, 897.1 that says that a child who's adjudicated for a felony grade delinquent act
  • she could not sit in certain rows on the bus because they witnessed the students engaging in sexual acts
  • Chair, that repeals the Reentry Advisory Council and Offender Rehabilitation Workforce Development Act
Bills: HB54 , HB55 , HB125 , HB133 , HB158 , HB161 , HB168 , HB169 , HB191 , HB245 , HB280 , HB296 , HB399 , HB821 , HB995
Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice
Keywords: juror confidentiality, public records, criminal procedure, privacy, court disclosure, sex offender, sex offense, child predator, registry, registration, notification, supervised release, probation and parole, parole, juvenile offender, victim under 13, community notification, lifetime registration, failure to register, venue