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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 48 - Afternoon Session Apr 28th, 2026
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As I'm sure you're aware, local districts actually set the compensation.
- As I'm sure you're aware, local districts actually set the compensation.
- control and about whether it's a local control day or not a local control day.
- that we heard in opposition to this bill are under local control.
- And so the member asking this body to take that upon ourselves apparently doesn't want local control.
Bills:
SB1475 , SB1447 , HB2288 , SB1521 , SB592 , SB1533 , HB1276 , SB201 , SB1477 , SB1232 , SB1255 , SB1327 , SB1525 , SB1721 , SB667 , SB1436 , SB1317 , SB604 , SB1325 , SB1496 , SB2007 , SB1567 , SB2112 , SB1980 , SB1735 , SB1558 , SB1491 , SB1287 , SB1378 , SB1369 , SB1441 , SB137 , SB483 , SB843 , SB1433 , SB1257 , SB1365 , SJR49 , HJR1090 , HJR1091 , HJR1092 , HJR1093 , HJR1095 , HJR1094
Summary:
The House met in quorum call and then took up a long series of Senate bills, most of them passing with little or no debate. Early action included SB 1475, renaming the I-35 bridge at Indian Hills in Norman as the Toby Keith Memorial Interchange, which passed 77-5. SB 1447, modifying the RFP process for the state employees’ prescription drug plan, passed 87-0. The chamber also adopted Senate amendments to HB 2288 on the Teacher Retirement System, shortening the return-to-work waiting period for teachers from three years to six months, and both the bill and its emergency clause passed 90-0. Other education-related measures included SB 1521 on conversational AI child protections, SB 1276 making the “bell-to-bell, no-cell” school cellphone restriction permanent, SB 201 raising the minimum teacher salary schedule by $2,000, and SB 1721 extending and restructuring the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education; all advanced, with SB 201 drawing the most debate over teacher pay, local control, and whether the increase was enough.
The House also passed bills on veterans, public safety, and state operations. SB 1533 would allow the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to bury Oklahoma resident veterans who die out of state. SB 1232 updated penalties for copper theft, SB 1255 shifted medical pardon review from the DOC director to the medical director, SB 1327 restored more authority to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission board, and SB 1525 authorized up to $75,000 for the state’s annual tourism conference; the tourism bill also received emergency passage. Additional measures included SB 667 clarifying chiropractic education language, SB 1436 requiring hospitals to provide information after fetal death, SB 1317 allowing career teacher status to transfer to a new district with approval, SB 604 resolving motor vehicle statutory conflicts, SB 1325 protecting domestic abuse victims, SB 1496 updating OSBI authority, SB 2007 requiring PBMs to honor appealed reimbursement rates going forward, SB 1567 clarifying nursing language, SB 2112 cleaning up open pasture road law, SB 1980 creating gift card protections, SB 1735 aligning career tech oversight, SB 1558 clarifying child-care licensing rules for certain group homes, SB 1491 clarifying replacement presidential electors’ oath requirements, SB 1287 allowing the Abstractors Board to deny licenses to people not legally working in the U.S., and SB 1378 creating an Olympics in Oklahoma revolving fund. Most of these passed by wide margins, and several emergency clauses were adopted.
The chamber also rejected a motion to vacate the temporary presiding officer, and later voted to reject Senate amendments to HB 3403 and request further conference, while also requesting a second conference committee report on HB 1851. The session included multiple gallery introductions, including visitors, ag students, and a large page presentation. The House adjourned until Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes bill to cut wait times for prescribed opioid addiction treatment drugs Apr 27th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's still important that it's there, but this setting it up with our pharmaceuticals, our pharmacies
- It's still important that it's there, but this setting it up with our pharmaceuticals, our pharmacies
- It's still important that it's there, but this setting it up with our pharmaceuticals, our pharmacies
- It's still important that it's there, but this setting it up with our pharmaceuticals, our pharmacies
- Thank you. pharmaceuticals, our pharmacies in our communities will be a huge step forward.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- As Representative Hukin said, our pharmacies are closing.
- You can set our pharmacies are closing.
- Doc Hayden, you've seen your local hospital close.
- She got recruited and supported by the local hospital and had this.
- She has, she's in practice, probably... ...by the local hospital and had this.
Committee:
House Health and Mental Health
Summary:
The committee first met in executive session and adopted a House committee substitute combining House Bills 1850 and 1975, which was then voted do pass by a 16-0 roll call. The substitute was described as incorporating federal PBM-related transparency and audit provisions, including requirements intended to ensure fair audits, greater transparency for employers and patients, and protections for pharmacies so they are not reimbursed below drug cost and receive a fair fee. Members said the package was a compromise and a needed step because pharmacies are closing.
The committee then heard House Bills 2318 and 2368, related to artificial intelligence and mental health. The sponsors said the bills are aimed at truth in advertising, barring AI platforms from marketing themselves as mental health professionals or therapy providers, while not banning AI use in health care generally. Testimony from supporters emphasized concerns about minors and adults relying on chatbots for mental health guidance and the need to protect consumers from misleading claims. The committee adopted an amendment adding social workers to the bill string, rolled it into a substitute, and voted the combined House committee substitute do pass 14-0.
Next, House Bill 3313, described as an AOT bill from the prior week, was voted do pass 14-0 without discussion. House Bill 2745 was then amended and passed 14-0; the sponsor explained the changes would require a prompt physical exam for children entering foster care, allow a physician or nurse practitioner to perform it, try to continue existing developmental, behavioral, or emotional care when possible, and require biological parental consent before updating vaccines at the initial visit. House Bill 2463 also received a substitute to close a loophole involving referral payments when a prospective resident or legal representative cancels a contract, and the committee voted the substitute do pass 14-0.
The committee also heard House Concurrent Resolution 28, which would designate the last full week of April as Infertility Awareness Week in Missouri. The sponsor linked the resolution to broader efforts to expand fertility access, and supporters, including a patient sharing her infertility experience, spoke about the emotional and physical toll of infertility and the value of awareness. Finally, House Bill 2979, the Rural Missouri Rural Doctors Act, drew extensive testimony. The sponsor and supporters argued it would limit physician non-compete agreements to one year and five miles for nonprofit employers to improve rural access and physician mobility, while opponents from hospitals and health systems said the bill would weaken recruitment, hurt financially stressed rural hospitals, and create uneven treatment between nonprofit and for-profit employers. No vote was taken on HB 2979 in the portion provided.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Jul 7th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- In the local area, but even like taking people up to Albuquerque and so forth.
- Referrals to labs, for the pharmacy, and for clinical equipment orders.
- The federal reservoirs have operating contracts with the local parties.
- So, locally for us, a big one has been the U.S.
- Locally, who benefits?
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's because Title 33, which oversees our local statutes, is 2,000 pages long.
- And it's because Title 33, which oversees our local statutes, is 2,000 pages long.
- But again, nothing can happen without the approval of the local government. Good, good.
- I believe it just says the local governing authority. Okay, the local, whatever that might be.
- So the existing ones already have to have the approval of the local government district.
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
TOPS, education funding, workforce development, postsecondary education, Louisiana Works, tech training, declining enrollment, public schools, school districts, Louisiana Department of Education, state superintendent, school closures, budget cuts, teacher layoffs, school consolidation, education policy, enrollment decline, birth rates, migration, private schools
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget REVISED: SB1403 - ADDED TO AGENDA Apr 14th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- The fiscal looks like $20 million to local municipalities.
- As you know, local municipalities do not have the ability to have ad valorem tax assessments, so it would
- The fiscal looks like 20 million to local municipalities.
- As you know that local municipalities do not have the ability to have Avalorum tax assessments, so it
Committee:
House Appropriations and Budget
Keywords:
SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture REVISED: SB722 - Link added Apr 6th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- >> Um, the way it says, I would assume it's going to probably be reaching out to the local emergency
- management, and they would be able to probably better address that like you say, I'm concerned about the local
Committee:
House Agriculture
Keywords:
water infrastructure, wastewater, investment program, loans, local government, SB1509, groundwater, water wells, well spacing, water rights, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, OWRB, basin, subbasin, maximum annual yield, aquifer management, water allocation, water permits, temporary permits, irrigation
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Do not turn local governments into jailers.
- Ask your local Native American tribe to see how... Ask the Pima.
- Ask your local Native American tribe to see how it works out for them.
- “We operate four locations across the valley and employ over 30 local residents.
- Transit operations as a whole are a local issue.
Bills:
SB1088 , SB1156 , SB1157 , SB1169 , SB1245 , SB1273 , SB1330 , SB1332 , SB1391 , SB1498 , SB1531 , SB1550 , SB1598 , SB1677 , SB1707 , SB1811 , SB1818
Keywords:
cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, appropriation, public safety, detention, unauthorized aliens, local government funding, border security, fencing, appropriations, southern border, local government, medical education, physician shortage, healthcare funding, Arizona health care
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- It creates a state and local property tax program.
- House Bill 2451 is the bill related to local tax increment financing.
- Elizabeth Wren, staff to the local government committee.
- about 20% of your tax bill, and the local is 80% of the tax bill.
- parks or hospital districts, so local decision-making here.
Bills:
HB2713 , HB2730 , HB2297 , HB2487 , HB2382 , HB2089 , HB2431 , HB2451 , HB2590 , HB2325 , HB2278 , HB2224 , HB2322
Committee:
House Finance
Keywords:
private detention facilities, business tax, occupation tax, financial impact, state revenue, aerospace, tax preferences, effectiveness, economic impact, grocery stores, underserved communities, food access, incentives, economic development, insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact, excise tax
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a locally owned, family-owned home building company.
- We believe this is only a cost for local government.
- Does this carry with additional local costs then?
- This would have additional local costs as well, yeah, it would.
- it would also impact the local employers.
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
property, acknowledgment, conveyance, business entities, limited liability companies, state employees, payroll deduction, salary deduction, comptroller, membership association, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, deferred compensation, state payroll, employee benefits, association dues, withholding, Alabama Code 36-1-4.3
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- and um county that applied to local and um county taxes<00:48:07.440><c> sunset.
- </c> grandfather their state and local grandfather their state and local exemption<00:49:26.800><c> or
- </c><00:49:40.720><c> and</c> state taxes, not the locals and state taxes, not the locals and counties
- Uh but that locals to to opt in on this.
- So, it's locals do what they want to do.
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
HB187, court fees, docket fee, sheriff's fund, sheriff's office, jail operations, law enforcement, county sheriff, court filing fees, Alabama Code 12-19-312, solicitor's fund, clerk's fund, forensic services trust fund, budget flexibility, public safety, municipal court, district court, circuit court, cosmetology, makeup application
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I would love to see a bill addressing this issue both at the state, the local, the hospitals, and every
- The programs are also beneficial for the communities, local government, and taxpayers.
- The state of Arizona should consider changing the local permitting requirements for food trucks, much
- Usually, local entities have more pulse of what's going on than the state.
- Without a local..." "Generator noise, waste disposal, and pedestrian safety.
Bills:
HB2118 , HB2181 , HB2308 , HB2309 , HB2402 , HB2476 , HB2682 , HB2698 , HB2875 , HB2877 , HB2903 , HB2910
Committees:
House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference
Keywords:
mobile food vendors, licensure, food safety, statewide regulations, health standards, zoning, temporary vendors, HB2181, death certificate, death certificates, vital records, funeral establishment, funeral home, human remains, medical certification of death, death registration, state registrar, local registrar, county medical examiner, alternate medical examiner
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- residential treatment centers in Texas do have a charter school on campus, but some do utilize the local
- Some have a charter school on campus but also sometimes send young people to the local school district
- Boarding homes are usually regulated locally, but not all are subject to this regulation.
- SB 1681 would require local governments regulating boarding homes to report to HHSC their facility standards
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , local economies, and enhancing safe and legal connectivity for riders.
- their Local transportation networks boosting<00:01:56.479><c> tourism</c><00:01:57.479><c> uh</c><00
- :01:57.600><c> local</c><00:01:58.000><c> economies</c><00:01:58.960><c> and</c> boosting tourism uh
- local economies and boosting tourism uh local economies and enhancing<00:01:59.920><c> safe</c><00:02
- </c><00:04:25.320><c> businesses</c> dollars annually for local businesses dollars annually for local
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
electric bicycles, tax rebate, transportation, environment, local economy, fleeing peace officer, culpable negligence, traffic laws, public safety, motor vehicle offenses, driving violations, penalties, license suspension, traffic enforcement, all-terrain vehicle, ATV, class 1 ATV, class 2 ATV, road rights-of-way, public roads
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- 1.5 billion billion in tax receipts by the state of Texas, another $642 million in tax receipts. in local
- The benefit to the state is $16.5 billion and $7.1 billion in local tax revenue. revenue since the time
- at UT, I'm also affiliated with the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. and the College of Pharmacy
- That's all. local governments.
- the legislature is the legislature's. been trying for the last 20 years to trim the rules of what local
Committee:
House Public Health
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/12/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We helped our state's pharmacies Nadau.
- </c><00:08:53.360><c> seen</c><00:08:53.680><c> done</c> pharmacies that we've not seen done pharmacies
- This is a great bill for pharmacies, especially the small independently owned pharmacies.
- They go to their local food shelf.
- They go to their local food turn to? They go to their local food shelf. shelf. shelf.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 3, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- THE NEXT MODULE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGEMENT, A MODULE THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED
- SO THE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER PROVIDES A UNIFIED SYSTEM TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND CRITICAL SERVICES
- SERVICE MEDICAID POPULATION INCLUDING PROCESSING CLAIMS EAT REGRET PRESCRIBING AND INTEGRATING THE PHARMACY
- DASHBOARD WE SHOW HERE COMES FROM OUR MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER WHICH WAS BASED ON THE COLLECTIVE WORK OF LOCAL
- SO ON SLIDE EIGHT IN REGARDS TO NEXT STEPS FOR THE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT PROCESS, WHEN DOES AHCA
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- All three organizations will collectively explore an innovative program to support local physicians in
- Cloud, with the goal of having medical students from the area be the focus, who then can stay locally
- Cloud, with the goal of having medical students from the area be the focus so they can stay locally and
- We need not look any further than the local headlines to see this playing out.
- further than the local headlines to see<00:30:50.720><c> this</c><00:30:50.960><c> playing</c><00:30
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- When the coach walks into a pharmacy, there's a healthy respect for the coach.
- When the coach walks into a pharmacy, there's a healthy respect for the coach.
- Pharmacies require customers to access digital management, this ...
- It does not change local control, nor does it impose new spending requirements.
- THIS BILL DOES NOT MANDATE THE SALE OF LAND, 1392 IT DOES NOT CHANGE LOCAL CONTROL.
Committee:
House Education & Employment Committee
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and began by welcoming students and coaches participating in the inaugural Sunshine State Debate. Members then heard and voted on a series of education-related bills, with most measures receiving favorable reports by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The first bill, HB 1081, created a Cybersecurity Internship Clearance Readiness Program in the Department of Commerce for NCACE-designated universities and Florida College System institutions; a friendly amendment expanded access to private schools, and the bill passed 19-0. HB 1201 updated Florida’s epilepsy/seizure plan law to clarify protections for charter school students, require acceptance of physician-submitted plans, extend training validity to five years, and expand training to regular bus drivers; epilepsy advocates supported it, and it passed 19-0. HB 851 required annual autism-specific professional learning opportunities for teachers and school-based administrators, and it also passed 19-0. HB 615, dealing with IEPs, required quicker parent notice when services are missed, faster access to service logs, individualized parent orientation, and standardized district service logs; parents and advocates testified strongly in support, and the bill was reported favorably. HB 1503 added technology-related competencies to education courses and directed the Department of Education to develop computer science certification coverage; it passed 19-0. HB 371 required public schools to display portraits of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in common areas and passed 19-0 after testimony both for and against. HB 731 revised extracurricular eligibility rules and allowed local policies for compensating coaches and activity sponsors; an amendment broadened manual requirements and clarified fee actions, and the bill passed 18-0.
The committee also took up HB 173, a parental rights bill that drew the most extensive debate and public testimony. The bill would require parental consent for many medical decisions for minors, give parents access to medical records, and expand parental review/opt-in rights for certain school surveys and biofeedback devices. Supporters argued it restores parental authority, improves safety, and prevents children from being cut out of important medical decisions; opponents warned it would remove confidential access to STI treatment, crisis mental health care, and other services for minors in unsafe or abusive homes. Members raised questions about abuse exceptions, emergency care, and how the bill would affect routine treatment and time-sensitive care. The bill was not voted on in the portion provided, and debate continued through multiple rounds of sponsor responses and member comments.