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HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 45
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Speaker, I move we dispense with the reading of the journal of the 25th through the 40th days and
- </c> to watch the chair of the Judiciary's to watch the chair of the Judiciary's performance.<00:13:43.200
- House Resolution number 214, relating to the committee assignments of the House of Representatives of
- ><c> of</c> assignments of the House of assignments of the House of Representatives<00:18:11.240><c>
- </c> joining us towards the end of the night. joining us towards the end of the night.
Bills:
SCR48 , SCR28 , SCR74 , SCR62 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR147 , SCR179 , SCR182 , SCR59 , SCR54 , SCR180
Keywords:
affordable housing, housing credits, perpetual credits, development, Hawaii Housing Finance, Vietnam veterans, commemorative medal, recognition, working group, Hawaii, no-bid contracts, emergency procurement, audit, state agencies, public funds, accountability, emergency response, disability access, 911 systems, life-saving measures
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 45
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the</c> about 40% of the of the price of the about 40% of the of the price of the project.<00:10:04.800
- I'm a professor in the Department of Economics at UH Mānoa.
- of the code, all of the output.
- I'm a professor in the Department of Economics at UH Mānoa.
- I'm a professor in the Department of Economics at UH Mānoa.
Bills:
SCR48 , SCR28 , SCR74 , SCR62 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR147 , SCR179 , SCR182 , SCR59 , SCR54 , SCR180
Keywords:
affordable housing, housing credits, perpetual credits, development, Hawaii Housing Finance, Vietnam veterans, commemorative medal, recognition, working group, Hawaii, no-bid contracts, emergency procurement, audit, state agencies, public funds, accountability, emergency response, disability access, 911 systems, life-saving measures
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Feb 17th, 2026 at 04:45 pm
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- The state of Oklahoma, if you're not aware, we got sued by the Department of Justice last year.
- It would be once a year, based on the rate as of the first of the year.
- of the way it works with the IRS as well.
- of the Department of Mental Health rather than having those funds go to OMES.
- House Bill 3979 is mandatory language as it pertains to the Department of Commerce's P3 program.
Bills:
HB4421 , HB4426 , HB4432 , HB4329 , HB3551 , HB3763 , HB1411 , HB2730 , HB3465 , HB3649 , HB3650 , HB3674 , HB3941 , HB3970 , HB3979 , HB3980 , HB3981 , SB1074
Committee:
House Appropriations and Budget
Keywords:
child welfare, fentanyl exposure, drug endangerment, environmental testing, safety analysis, remediation, child protection, Department of Human Services, violence prevention, HB4426, SIDE tax credit, strategic industrial development enhancement, income tax credit, economic development, tax incentive, qualified economic development expenditures, qualified initial infrastructure expenditures, industrial park, economic development zone, port authority
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Feb 17th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- And the purpose of this bill is to protect kids in Oklahoma. ...too soon due to fentanyl, and the purpose
- back... ...in Tulsa, and she had a question about the back end of the process when a child is returning
- child endangerment, but just with the severity of fentanyl deaths in Oklahoma and throughout the country
- Will the age of the child be taken into account as opposed to, let's say, if... ...the age of the child
- And so I think the goal of this legislation is to give judges the tools that they need, and DHS and district
Bills:
HB4421 , HB4426 , HB4432 , HB4329 , HB3551 , HB3763 , HB1411 , HB2730 , HB3465 , HB3649 , HB3650 , HB3674 , HB3941 , HB3970 , HB3979 , HB3980 , HB3981 , SB1074
Committee:
House Appropriations and Budget
Keywords:
child welfare, fentanyl exposure, drug endangerment, environmental testing, safety analysis, remediation, child protection, Department of Human Services, violence prevention, HB4426, SIDE tax credit, strategic industrial development enhancement, income tax credit, economic development, tax incentive, qualified economic development expenditures, qualified initial infrastructure expenditures, industrial park, economic development zone, port authority
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/18/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
- Currently, we do not have a data match agreement with the Department of Revenue.
- Now you have SAVE, the SAVE database. The Department of Revenue, we can strike that out.
- If that contract is renewed to LexisNexis, they pull from the Department of Revenue.
- So that's not a show of Contract is renewed with LexisNexis, they pull from the Department of Revenue
Committees:
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections , House House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference
Keywords:
international organizations, government resources, public institutions, Arizona Board of Regents, foreign adversaries, healthcare, public benefits, eligibility verification, fraud prevention, Medicaid, SNAP, transparency, accountability, state land, Arizona State Land Department, foreign ownership, foreign-controlled entity, foreign affiliation, foreign investor, foreign government
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- the state of Oklahoma.
- recognized as one of the top in the nation.
- Will there be questions of the author? Questions of the Author.
- House Bill 3086 requires the Department of Corrections director to keep the state board of corrections
- Will there be other questions of the author. Other questions of the author?
Bills:
HB1002 , HB1250 , HB2710 , HB3008 , HB3045 , HB3086 , HB3595 , HB3678 , HB3695 , HB3831 , HB4107 , HB4408
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
Keywords:
stalking, victim notification, law enforcement, harassment, penalties, criminal justice, protection orders, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund, grants, state funding, law enforcement technology, Oklahoma Emergency Communications Act, emergency communications, public safety radio, statewide radio systems, land mobile radio, interoperability, Project 25, P25
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- The Department of Health has comments. Good morning. Lauren Kim, Department of Health.
- We are the visa sponsor through the Department of State for the J-1 teachers at the Department of Education
- On behalf of the Department of Education, the Department stands in support. It's written testimony.
- So the Department of what has been called the Department of Public Safety and the authority has been
- So the department of what's been called the Department of Public Safety and the authority has been administering
Committee:
House Finance
Keywords:
image-based sexual abuse, working group, gender-based violence, Hawaii Commission on the Status of Women, prevention efforts, survivor protections, new technologies, legal reform, HCR14, House Concurrent Resolution, perpetual easement, non-exclusive easement, state submerged lands, submerged lands, shoreline easement, drainage outfall, stormwater outfall, lagoon outfall, pipelines, Kahala Hotel & Resort
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Joining Brennan is his father, Herbert Lee, who works for the U.S. Department of Labor.
- Youth of the Year.
- </c> of the Year. of the Year.
- So, competed in the Youth of the Year.
- </c> competing for for the Youth of the Year. competing for for the Youth of the Year.
Bills:
SB3225 , HCR53 , HCR57 , HCR101 , HB1878 , HB1481 , SCR40 , SCR59 , SCR114 , SCR197 , SCR198 , SR30 , SR107 , SR185 , SR186
Keywords:
statutory revision, Hawaii Revised Statutes, clarification, obsolete provisions, legal accuracy, University of Hawaii, Board of Regents, associate degree, degree audit, reverse transfer, credit audit, student completion, credential attainment, community college transfer, four-year campus, higher education, postsecondary attainment, workforce development, student retention, graduation pathways
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Romero, who works for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Sitting to my left is the president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of the Blind.
- bill, which he knows is important to the committee; and second, he had spoken with the Department of
- Members, House Bill 143 provides relative to the per diem rate paid by the Department of Public Safety
- the Department of Corrections interact.
Bills:
HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB222 , HB430 , HB445 , HB490 , HB603 , HB619 , HB670 , HB672 , HB763 , HB773 , HB781 , HB810 , HB874 , HB981
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
DWI, driving under the influence, vehicular homicide, penalties, criminal justice, inmates, department of public safety, per diem, local correctional facilities, jail funding, firefighters, law enforcement, medical expenses, dental expenses, disability benefits, domestic violence, domestic abuse, battery of a dating partner, domestic abuse battery, strangulation
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Look, no criticism of the unelected parole board or the unelected Department of Corrections employees
- That's an employee of the Department of Corrections, Youth Services, a sheriff of a county or municipality
- , if the entity knew of the order of limited relief at the time of...
- The order of limited relief at the time of hiring.
- It would save costs for the Department of Corrections and where they would serve warrants in the prison
Bills:
HB43 , SB81 , SB178 , SB138 , SB89 , SB183 , HB27 , HB188 , HB199 , HB190 , SB117 , HB43 , HB27
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, custodial sexual misconduct, sexual misconduct, inmate abuse, prisoner exploitation, correctional staff, jail staff, detention center, probation officer, parole officer, Department of Corrections, Department of Youth Services, sheriff, county jail, municipal jail
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- That's not the intent of the bill.
- It's not something that came up as a result of a specific case or any information from the Department
- based on the findings of the case.
- ' the word 'shall' and inserting the words 'may' at the discretion of the court.
- passage of the year.
Bills:
SB1638 , SB504 , SB2072 , SB1283 , SB1216 , SB1655 , SB2011 , SB1643 , SB1446 , SB1256 , SB1258 , SB1441 , SB1224 , SB1448 , SB1496 , SB1597 , SB1621 , SB1827 , SB2066 , SB2104
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
Governmental Tort Claims Act, liability limits, claims, medical negligence, tort reform, state liability, public health, claims adjustment, compensation limits, SB504, marriage, child marriage, minor marriage, age of consent, minimum marriage age, underage marriage, teen marriage, parental consent, judicial approval, marriage license
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture's flexibility to promulgate rules allowing out-of-state poultry
- So, these fees the Department of Agriculture has been.
- It's the Department of Agriculture.
- I'm the Director of Food Safety at the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture.
- FDA falls under the Department of Health and Human Services.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Wildlife
Keywords:
poultry, agriculture, out-of-state processing, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, regulation, food safety, elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, milk, dairy, dairy farm, milk products, Grade A milk, pasteurization, raw milk, milk inspection
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, November 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Pennsylvania, on the designation of their farm as a century farm by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
- Governor Abbott and the lieutenant governor, the head of the Texas Department of Emergency Management
- In 2017, the inspectors general of the intelligence community, the Department of Homeland Security, and
- In 2017, the inspectors general of the intelligence community, the Department of Homeland Security, and
- LaMalfa: Today the announcement from the Department of the Corps of Engineers has a course correction
Keywords:
cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, CISA, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, FBI, interagency task force, Volt Typhoon, People’s Republic of China, PRC, state-sponsored cyber actors, Chinese cyber threats, cyber espionage, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, national security, information sharing, threat intelligence, digital forensics, sector risk management agencies
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Retirement and Government Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- When it comes to the cost of the Interior design, whether they're hiring consultants or adding things
- of the Department of Human Services, office of Inspector General and the Resident Care Specialist for
- The net of a person coming into the system versus a person coming out of the system.
- staffing and evaluation of the commission on the status of women.
- One of my concerns is the pay for success fund and moving that under Department of Corrections.
Bills:
SB134 , SB1356 , SB1407 , SB1611 , SB1639 , SB169 , SB1722 , SB182 , SB1870 , SB2039 , SB432 , SB609 , SB715 , SB716
Committee:
Senate Retirement and Government Resources
Keywords:
retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, state government, OMES, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Rehabilitation Services, civil service, human capital management, state employee disputes, whistleblower, veterans employment, veterans placement, fleet management, state fleet, motor vehicles
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- 06.280><c> as</c><02:10:06.559><c> the</c> of the liberation of owitz as the of the liberation of owitz
- Department of the District of Columbia, Arlington County Police Department, Fairfax County Police Department
- c> Metropolitan Police Department of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District<03:01:47.000>
- The clerk will report the title: H.R. 165, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete
- You know, the idea of migrating the Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, USDA, what
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill for Representative Whit in the Department of Commerce creates the Alabama Development Fund,
- Department of... well, I thought she had made a... Oh, did you... were you just handling the bill?
- Essentially, we're changing the name of the film office to the entertainment office to more accurately
- The project of music albums means we have a lot—of course, in North Alabama, there's a good portion of
- Georgia because of the incentives they have over there.
Keywords:
driver licenses, validation, identity, state laws, regulations, K-12 education, athletic associations, student-athlete eligibility, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, governance, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, motor vehicle crimes, restitution, law enforcement, HB243, Devinee Rooney and John Wesley Safe Streets Act, DUI, drunk driving, impaired driving
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
A&B Health Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- The vote is zero nays, more with a vote of six ayes, zero nays, and I declare the bill passed.
- I know there are a lot of factors involved in those challenges, and one of them has been the need for
- It's a request bill from the Department of Mental Health.
- at the Department of Health, rather than having those funds go back to OME.
- I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for ODMH. Could you restate the question, please?
Committee:
House A&B Health Subcommittee
Keywords:
dental insurance, claims, medical necessity, appeal procedures, dentist reimbursement, education, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, family caregiver, tax credit, activities of daily living, elderly care, Oklahoma tax law, HB3066, Health Care Workforce Training Commission, workforce recruitment, health care workforce
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice Mar 18th, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- At the time of this moving through the process, one of the members moved to put a tax on the people to
- I feel like a lot of these, a lot of the information that's pushed in the bill is... ...a lot of the
- Most of the case law focuses on the amount of time in jail, not the amount of money you are being fined
- Members, I bring this bill on behalf of the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
- Jonathan Vine, I'm the Executive Counsel for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
Bills:
HB36 , HB52 , HB56 , HB68 , HB92 , HB119 , HB140 , HB147 , HB160 , HB171 , HB289 , HB351 , HB552 , HB784
Committee:
House Administration of Criminal Justice
Keywords:
HB 52, Act 192, Louisiana criminal procedure, misdemeanor jury trial, six-person jury, bench trial, trial without jury, Article 779, Code of Criminal Procedure, criminal justice, defendant rights, retroactive application, prospective application, fine threshold, court procedure, misdemeanor prosecution, driving, impaired, fines, legislation
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Apr 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.
- the private sector, including prior service with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. and Oklahoma State
- is something that they kind of leave to the tourism department.
- of the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and recreation to have passed and on to the full Senate for consideration
- , when combined with the salary of the employee, exceed 95% of the Salary of the executive director.
Keywords:
housing finance, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, publication requirements, housing policy, state regulations, HB3031, North Pointe Workforce Development Initiative, workforce development, job training, skills training, job placement, local hiring, economic development, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, revolving fund, state treasury, appropriation, budget, workforce investment, employment outcomes
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Near the end of the opening of 2021.
- affairs department, it mentions the commissioner of health just similar to the department no longer
- VA the same as the Minnesota Department of Health.
- affairs department, it mentions the commissioner of health just similar to the department no longer
- VA the same as the Minnesota Department of Health.
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