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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 27th, 2025

Children and Youth Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've been asked to read a testimony this morning from Benjamin Bull, the General Counsel for the National
  • Benjamin Bull, the General Counsel for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, that Alabama SB on
  • She's also been on the board of the National Center for Sexual Exploitation for 10 years in Washington
  • They can put in a code and unlock that access. This is not the end-all, be-all solution.
  • it is putting... recognized that it is putting a curriculum in schools to teach kids about online safety
Bills: SB186, SB187
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Feb 23rd, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 23rd, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are one of the healthiest in the state, if not the nation.
  • We generate our own revenue by selling electricity, electric transmission, and water services, and we
  • Safety offered for our kids when they're in school and in our universities is paramount.
  • Thank you for your commitment to school safety and public service.
  • It doesn't serve the safety of ourselves.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 23rd, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Retirees have devoted their careers to ensuring the safety and well-being of our communities.
  • Government Code 811006 is a provision in statute that requires that before... ...for the pension plan
  • We're considered one of the premier IB schools in the nation, and we consistently rank among the top
  • provided by Texas lenders, regulated in accordance with Chapter 342, Subchapter of the Texas Finance Code
  • And really, what we've seen as kind of a national trend is the adoption of this 36% rate number.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 12th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • codifies the enabling legislation for the San Antonio River Authority in the Special District Local Laws Code
  • we do always put protection of public health as our primary concern, and we do make sure that all national
  • we do always put protection of public health as our primary concern, and we do make sure that all national
  • So this is a bill that says if you've recommended a filtration system, although not required for safety
  • Thanks to legislation passed in 2012 by this body, the Texas Tax Code allowed landowners to qualify for
Bills: HB630, HB685, HB1318, HB2692
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with no quorum at the start, but later reached quorum and took up several bills. House Bill 2692, codifying the San Antonio River Authority’s enabling legislation and making non-substantive modernization changes, received brief supportive testimony from the River Authority and was left pending before later being voted out favorably. House Bill 685, which would prevent municipalities from charging higher water or sewer rates to tax-exempt entities than comparable customers, also drew support and was reported favorably. House Bill 1318, clarifying compensation issues when a municipality decertifies part of a retail water utility’s service area, was heard without opposition and passed out of committee. House Bill 630, exempting certain older outboard motors from title requirements, likewise passed and was placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee spent the most time on Senate Bill 2497, relating to filtration systems for certain public drinking water systems. Senator Zaffirini described the bill as a response to ongoing secondary water quality complaints, while TCEQ testified that such contaminants are aesthetic rather than health-based and that the water remains safe to drink if primary standards are met. The Texas Rural Water Association opposed the bill as written, arguing filtration may not solve most water quality problems and could be costly for small systems, while a consumer witness from Floresville supported it and described repeated rate increases and brown water after a filtration system was removed. Members discussed narrowing the bill through a committee substitute and emphasized the need for flexibility and technical expertise; the committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, with Senator Kolkhorst later asking to be recorded as voting no. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2850, which would create a pollinator task force to study habitat loss, public education, and best practices for protecting bees and other pollinators. Senator Menendez and invited witness Erica Thompson of Texas BeeWorks highlighted major colony losses and the economic importance of pollinators to Texas agriculture, and Environment Texas and the Texas Beekeepers Association supported the measure. Members discussed monarch butterflies, native grasses, milkweed, and conservation efforts, and the bill was reported favorably and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. After testimony, the committee also voted out several pending items, including House Bill 5560 with a committee substitute addressing water-loss penalties and infrastructure improvements, and then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • There are codes of conduct, there are ethics involved, all those sorts of things. things, and we believe
  • The estate code, however, does not require key financial documentation. such as complete bank or investment
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) May 5th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • This term has caused some confusion in code because the work a first responder does is inherently not
  • And I’m also going to say what a great hearing to have on the first day of National Small Business Week
  • The committee substitute adds the language to chapters 11 and 41 of the tax code specifically for to
  • Most of the root causes of inflation are national or global in nature, well outside this legislature's
  • Most of the root causes of inflation are national or global in nature.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government heard several bills, most of them left pending after brief public testimony. House Bill 331, by Rep. Patterson and sponsored by Sen. Hinojosa, would create a presumption that firefighters, police officers, and EMTs who suffer a heart attack or stroke within eight hours after a strenuous shift were injured in the line of duty for workers’ compensation purposes; testimony from a firefighters’ association supported the bill, and it was left pending. Senate Bill 2655, by Sen. Flores, would authorize Burnet County to establish a local provider participation fund to help support local hospital services; a hospital administrator testified in support, and the committee substitute was left pending. Senate Bill 1443, by Sen. Hughes, would extend the Northeast Healthcare Provider Participation District in three counties, and House Bill 3307, by Rep. Noble, would allow property tax arbitrators to complete required continuing education online; both were left pending without opposition. Senate Bill 3048, by Sen. Birdwell, would create the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District in Midlothian and was also left pending. The committee then took up House Bill 9 and HJR 1, sponsored by Sen. Bettencourt, which would raise the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000 and place the constitutional amendment on the November 4, 2025 ballot. Business groups, realtors, and taxpayers’ advocates testified in strong support, saying the change would provide meaningful relief to small businesses and help balance earlier homeowner tax relief. The City of Fort Worth testified in opposition, warning of a revenue shift to homeowners and budget impacts, but the committee adopted the committee substitutes and reported both measures to the full Senate on 6-0 votes. The committee also heard House Bill 1399 and HJR 99, by Sen. Nichols, to exempt animal feed from property tax when it is already sales-tax exempt; no one testified against them, and both were left pending. Senate Bill 2553, by Sen. West, would let owners of historic archaeological sites protest land and structure appraisals separately, and it was left pending after supportive testimony. Senate Bill 2907 and SJR 78, also by Sen. West, would exempt certain perishable inventory, including food and some prescription drugs, from property tax if approved by voters; pharmacists, business groups, a researcher, and a coalition of retailers and food/medicine advocates supported the bill, and it was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 1331, by Sen. Hancock and explained by Sen. Middleton, would lower the population threshold for certain municipal civil-service-related petition restrictions from 950,000 to 70,000; law enforcement representatives and a San Marcos police association supported it, and it was left pending. The committee then recessed until 15 to 30 minutes after adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) May 5th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, under the Texas State Property Code, manufactured homes are considered personal property rather
  • The committee substitute simply moves the language for this from Occupations Code 1201.164 to 1201.162
  • by the name of Wayne Pivoto, when we passed the Pivoto bill, also known as the Texas Property Tax Code
  • And the kind of things that are slipping around the code are not telling the truth.
  • Our major metros are the only large metro regions in the nation where the state gives basically zero
Summary: The Committee on Local Government heard a series of local bills and public testimony focused on hospital districts, municipal management districts, local provider participation funds, manufactured housing, transit financing, development moratoriums, and property tax procedures. Early items included House Bill 467, which would help dissolve the defunct Maybank Kemp Hospital District and establish an Andrew Gibbs Memorial Nursing Endowment, and Senate Bill 3063, creating the Bio Bell Municipal Management District in Liberty County; both drew no public opposition and were left pending subject to call. The committee also heard House Bill 1327, extending the Harris County local provider participation fund through 2027, and Senate Bill 1375, extending Collin County’s LPPF authority, both presented as mechanisms to draw federal Medicaid matching funds for hospitals. A major portion of the meeting centered on Senate Bill 2764, which would require earlier notice to buyers of manufactured homes about how to convert a home from personal property to real property. Senator Cook described the bill as a consumer-information measure tied to displacement concerns at a mobile home park in her district, and a resident testified in support, saying the notice would help families make informed decisions. The committee also discussed Senate Bill 2519, a bill by Senator Bettencourt aimed at preventing local governments from shifting maintenance-and-operations tax revenue into debt-like uses and from changing the purpose of tax rate elections after voters approve them. Supporters argued it would protect taxpayers and preserve the separation between M&O and debt service, while opponents tied the bill to Austin’s Project Connect transit financing and warned it would disrupt an approved project and invite litigation. The committee heard and left pending several other bills, including House Bill 1244 on agricultural land ownership changes without reapplying for an ag exemption, House Bill 2559 on development moratoriums, and Senate Bill 2063 on unequal appraisal protests. Testimony on House Bill 2559 came from developers and builders who said moratoriums in Conroe had delayed projects and harmed buyers, while supporters of the bill said it would impose clearer limits and notice requirements. On Senate Bill 2063, the sponsor explained a committee substitute narrowing how market value evidence may be used in unequal appraisal appeals. The committee also considered multiple local district bills, including new MUDs and management districts in Montgomery, Denton, Fannin, Travis, Hays, and Williamson counties. At the end of the meeting, the committee took up pending business and voted out several measures, including House Bill 1244, House Bill 2559, House Bill 467, House Bill 1327, House Bill 1399, House Bill 2723, House Bill 2730, House Bill 3307, House Joint Resolution 99, and multiple district bills such as Senate Bills 3037, 3043, 3047, 3048, 3050, 3052, 3053, 3056, 3057, 3063, and others. Most were reported favorably, often with committee substitutes, and many were recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. Several bills, including the transit-related SB 2519 and the manufactured housing bill SB 2764, remained pending subject to call after testimony closed.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 19th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They have claimed not only one national title at the Bass Federation National Championship, but they've
  • The clerk will read whereas Murray State Bass Fishing Team emerged victorious and claimed the national
  • title at the 2025 Bass Federation National Championship, topping a competitive field of 30 teams from
  • These are the national champions of bass fishing. We're honored to be here today.
  • He was among the first electric guitarists, transforming the electric guitar from a rhythm instrument
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It doesn't apply to national banks, and it doesn't apply to credit unions.
  • It doesn't apply to national banks, and it doesn't apply to credit unions.
  • It doesn't apply to national banks, and it doesn't apply to credit unions.
  • It doesn't apply to national banks, and it doesn't apply to credit unions.
  • Resort so there's a whole in that safety Resort so there's a whole in that safety net<00:56:44.079
Bills: HF1865, HF2014, HF2028
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We do work closely with the national programs, and the most notable program is the Beef.
  • Extending our national program... every bovine in Arizona.
  • Extending our national program. ...beef safety, food safety information for consumers available, extending
  • our national programs here in Arizona.
  • James because, you know, the military is vigilant in our national security.
Summary: The Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee heard several measures, beginning with SB 1199, which was amended to require the Arizona Department of Agriculture to post the Salt River Horse Herd Agreement on its website. Supporters said the change would improve public transparency and access to the agreement governing the Salt River wild horse herd, while the department said it was neutral and noted the contract was already on the state procurement website. The committee approved the amendment and then passed SB 1199 on a 6-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1761, an appropriation bill for the University of Arizona that would fund the Yuma Center for Excellence for Desert Agriculture, Cooperative Extension, and the Arizona Experiment Station over multiple fiscal years. Senator Tim Dunn and the Arizona Farm Bureau argued the funding would support statewide agricultural research, extension services, water conservation, and rural communities, while members noted the bill would ultimately be part of budget negotiations. The committee passed SB 1761 with one member voting present. Next, SB 1198 was amended to also continue the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board for eight years, in addition to extending the Arizona Beef Council. Supporters said both entities were self-funded or industry-supported and did not need shorter review cycles, while some members objected to combining the two issues and to the eight-year continuation period. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill 4-3 with one present. Finally, SB 1683, which expands restrictions on land ownership and related transactions by foreign adversary nations and agents near critical infrastructure, military bases, and universities, drew support from local and military witnesses who said it would address national security risks and improve review of sensitive land deals. Some members raised property-rights concerns and questioned whether the expansion was justified, but the committee passed the bill 5-3 and adjourned.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Ross White Hater of the House, a resolution relating to, Recognizing the month of April 2026 as National
  • I would like to just tell a A little story about why I'm carrying the National Donate Life.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've tried to push this agenda through commerce, public safety, and several other committees, but the
  • The national security law, the national intelligence law requires that Chinese...
  • The national security law, the national intelligence law requires that Chinese companies feed back data
  • Chair, the bill currently talks about Chapter 11 of Title 13, Criminal Code, which is homicides.
  • I've sat government, public safety, transportation.
Summary: The committee first heard a lengthy presentation and discussion focused on Arizona State University’s foreign research ties, especially collaborations and funding connected to China and Chinese military-affiliated institutions. The presenter argued that ASU and the Arizona Board of Regents had not been transparent about foreign gifts, contracts, and research partnerships, citing federal reporting forms, the Wolf Amendment, export-control concerns, and alleged links to dual-use technologies such as quantum systems, AI, robotics, microelectronics, and biosecurity. A witness from American Global Strategies testified in support, saying the bill would help protect U.S. research security and national security by imposing state-level guardrails on sensitive collaborations. After questions, the committee considered a strike-everything amendment to SB 1060 that would bar public universities from entering into or continuing certain loans, gifts, contracts, research partnerships, or sponsored projects involving the PRC, the CCP, and listed Chinese military-linked universities, require ABOR review and approval, and impose reporting and budget penalties. The amendment was withdrawn, and the committee instead took up SB 1327, which directs ABOR to require university research security policies and to report annually on those policies and on foreign contributions over $250,000; SB 1327 received a 4-2 do-pass recommendation, with Del Santos, Hernandez, and Márquez voting no and Kolodin, Powell, Keshel, and Gillette voting yes. The committee then heard SB 1803, a veterans bill regulating unrecognized persons who assist with VA disability claims. The sponsor and industry witnesses said the bill would protect veterans from bad actors by requiring disclosures, capping fees, banning certain practices, and filing service agreements with the Attorney General, while opponents argued it could restrict consumer choice, resemble a price ceiling, and still allow non-attorneys to engage in the unauthorized practice of law. After extensive debate over contingent fees, legal ethics, and whether the bill was too favorable to one company, the committee continued the hearing with additional testimony and questions.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • The second piece, I know we have Wi-Fi in the National Guard.
  • The second piece, I know we have Wi-Fi in the National Guard.
  • And yes, they're not Arizona National Guardsmen.
  • To the extent it's supplying things to the Arizona National Guard, everybody always says National Guard
  • We do safety, safety, safety all the time. Even when we do dumb stuff, we try and do it safely.
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2348, which would appropriate state general fund money in FY 2027 for Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs projects including wireless networking at training centers, a reimbursement program for service members without government computers, lodging and kind for service members, and HVAC upgrades and maintenance. Two amendments were considered: the Marquez Amendment, which filled in dollar amounts for the appropriations, failed; and the Gillette Amendment, which restricted certain networking equipment for national security reasons, removed the reimbursement program, revised the lodging language, and tied some funding intentions to compliance, passed. After extensive testimony from the sponsor and several Army Reserve and National Guard witnesses about lack of Wi-Fi, inadequate lodging, safety concerns from long drives, and poor HVAC at joint facilities, the committee approved HB 2348 as amended on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered HCR 2016, a ballot referral that would cap precinct size at 2,500 voters and eliminate county authority to use vote centers, emergency voting centers, and certain on-site early voting options. The sponsor said the measure was intended to restore precinct-based voting and let voters decide. County officials and election advocates opposed it, arguing that vote centers and early voting provide flexibility, are more cost-effective in many counties, and are necessary where geography, staffing, and facility availability make precinct voting difficult. After debate over local control, voter choice, and the practicality of precincting, the committee gave HCR 2016 a 4-3 do-pass recommendation. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2165, which exempts veterans from Arizona State Parks admission fees, and adopted the Marquez Amendment to extend the exemption to active military members, National Guard members, and reserve-unit members, with alternative ID options. Arizona State Parks testified in neutral, saying it supports veterans but is concerned about revenue losses; it estimated that even a modest share of veteran visits could reduce revenue by about $1.8 million annually. The sponsor said the bill was prompted by constituent requests and was meant to help veterans enjoy outdoor recreation and therapeutic opportunities. The committee then approved HB 2165 as amended on a vote of 4-0, with some members absent or not voting.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/25/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • As safety rather than fragmenting it.
  • We hire and fund business of safety.
  • proposed and passed a firearm safety proposed and passed a firearm safety ordinance<00:15:18.160
  • We would they are not sovereign nations.
  • Constitution of this nation Constitution of this nation shall<00:44:22.319> not<00:44:23.040
Bills: HF3351
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • the statewide safety council. the statewide safety council.
  • , of Administration under Public Safety, of Administration under Public Safety, we<00:47:48.760><
  • <00:48:02.040> and the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Public Safety and
  • <00:55:58.240> plans, helping survivors create safety plans, helping survivors create safety
  • <01:03:25.120> that from Department of Public Safety that from Department of Public Safety
Bills: HF4446, HF4066, HF1082
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 16th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's Deiny Martinez on the end; she is a former national champion from OU herself.
  • Not a national championship All-American from Oklahoma, and our head coach.
  • Two national championships back to back, so we're very honored to be here.
  • We are recognizing not only the Broken Arrow Elks but the state Elks and national Elks.
  • In the nation, second really only to the federal government.