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AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Well, and I think that's what we're trying to protect, too, where the council doesn't automatically
  • Well, and I think that's what we're trying to protect, too, where the council doesn't automatically pick
  • Well, and I think that's what we're trying to protect, too, where the council doesn't automatically pick
  • of having to have a paper ballot in our state, and this will put in place a protection to clearly save
  • This would protect the reports and things that I think it's a good step.
Bills: SB42, SB166, SB42, SB166
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 16, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um and getting Protection Act or UEPA.
  • Anti-SLAPP Protection Act.
  • Protection Act to Wyoming Anti-Slap Protection Act to Wyoming Anti-Slap Protection<00:58:38.960>
  • Protection Act. That's on page one. Protection Act.
  • <00:58:58.559> act anti-slap protection act anti-slap protection act on<00:59:00.640> page
Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, February 16, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • age consumer protection acts, which sets age consumer protection acts, which sets age limits<00:
  • So it acts as both.
  • I mean, So it acts as both.
  • in higher doses it acts as a stimulant in higher doses it acts as an<00:37:06.560> opioid.
  • So it can act as product in that regard. So it can act as both. both. both.
Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • That was my very first bill that says you have a right to protect yourself and protect your family and
  • of 1973 and the Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
  • and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
  • The Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects nearly all native migratory bird species in the United States
  • Okay, next, it's HB 2023. our Endangered Species Act.
Summary: The House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee heard a series of wildlife- and agriculture-related bills, with most of the discussion focused on conflicts between ranching, public hunting, and wildlife management. HB 2197 would revise the unlawful camping statute near watering sites; after a Griffin amendment and verbal amendment, the committee heard support from the sponsor, Arizona Game and Fish Commission, and a rancher, while one member raised concerns about expanded criminal penalties. The bill received a do pass recommendation on a 6-1 vote. HB 2497, which would recognize a statutory right to lawfully hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife and limit unreasonable restrictions, drew strong support from hunting groups and opposition from animal welfare and conservation advocates who argued it would undermine Game and Fish authority and repeat a measure voters rejected in 2010. After debate over whether hunting is a right or a privilege, the committee recommended the bill do pass by a 5-3 vote. HB 2147 would require landowner deer permits on private lands under certain conditions, with a cap tied to lottery-issued deer tags. The sponsor said it was meant to address deer damage to crops in St. David and planned an amendment to make the permit nontransferable; Game and Fish said population management hunts were already addressing the problem, while opponents warned against privatizing wildlife. The committee approved the bill 5-3. HB 2158 would expand the definition of predatory animals to include bears, cougars, mountain lions, and wolves; Game and Fish testified that big game status preserves data collection and science-based management, while supporters said ranchers need more flexibility to protect livestock and property. Opponents argued the bill would weaken protections and conflict with endangered species rules. It passed 5-3. HB 2159 would allow landowner permits for taking Mexican gray wolves on private and leased grazing lands and create a voluntary compensated trapping program. Opponents said it would violate the Endangered Species Act and privatize wildlife, while the sponsor and supporters argued it was needed to protect ranchers and challenge federal control; Game and Fish said the bill would be unlawful until the wolf is delisted, though they acknowledged ongoing recovery and stakeholder meetings. The committee still recommended it do pass by a 5-3 vote. HB 2162, which would require at least one Game and Fish Commission member to be a cattleman or rancher, was introduced as a way to ensure agricultural experience on the commission; Game and Fish opposed it, saying the current appointment process already includes ranching input and the commission is meant to represent all Arizonans. The discussion ended with the commission explaining its current membership and appointment structure, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote on HB 2162 is shown.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026

Executive

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also has an obligation to protect the horses, the jockeys, as well as the betting public.
  • Vanderwin and Representative Wilson and others, relating to the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Act
  • If a previous employer fails to respond to a service letter, this act also requires that the prospective
  • So overall, this legislation strikes a thoughtful balance between local flexibility, taxpayer protections
  • House Bill 463 aims to build on this progress to protect vulnerable taxpayers.
Bills: HB371
Summary: The Senate Executive Committee met in hybrid format, approved the minutes from its June 17 and June 18 meetings, and considered several nominations and bills. The committee heard testimony from Michael T. Skeuse for the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission and Jay Eric Fearwald for the University of Delaware Board of Trustees; both nominees described their backgrounds and qualifications, and no objections were raised. The committee then moved to legislation focused largely on property tax reassessment and related school-tax issues, along with a technical constitutional corrections bill, an agricultural lands preservation cleanup bill, and a child-safety/service-letter bill. A major portion of the meeting centered on Senate Bill 350, which would create a third multifamily residential tax classification at 1.2 times the residential rate. Supporters argued apartments are housing and should not be taxed as commercial property, emphasizing relief for renters and fairness after reassessment. Opponents, including county and school officials, warned the bill would reduce local revenues, complicate tax administration, and create unintended consequences for counties, municipalities, school districts, and agriculture. Similar themes carried into House Bill 462, which would make the split-rate school tax structure permanent and lower the nonresidential cap to 1.85, and House Bill 463, which would align New Castle County senior school-tax exemptions with county exemption rules; both bills drew discussion about shifting burdens, fiscal impacts, and timing. The committee also heard House Substitute 1 for House Bill 320, a technical corrections bill to the Delaware Constitution, with one public commenter objecting to charter-related changes being included in a correction bill. House Bill 371, which removes the requirement for county farmland preservation advisory boards under the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Act, was presented as a streamlining measure and had support from the Department of Agriculture and public comment in favor. House Bill 438, expanding service-letter requirements to a broader set of child-serving facilities and requiring reporting when employers fail to respond, was described as a cleanup bill closing a safety loophole. After public comment and committee discussion, the meeting ended with a motion and unanimous adjournment; no recorded votes on the bills were taken in the transcript.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:06 am

Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Act and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act.
  • As the organization behind the Indian Family Protection Act, or IFPA... Bill helps with that.
  • And as the organization behind Indian Family Protection Act, or if, Mike Abbott Sini, with Bold Futures
  • , and as the organization behind the Indian Family Protection Act, or IFPA, along with the New Mexico
  • or the Indian Family Protection Act.
Bills: SB201, SB226, SB242, SB249
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • the bill is about removing restrictions for possible future projects and any restrictions that may act
  • :55.479> may anything that any restrictions that may anything that any restrictions that may act
  • as a deterrent currently thank you act as a deterrent currently thank you representative<00:07:58.840
  • How much do you put into that side of the grid, and how are we going to be protected? Mr.
  • <01:18:08.480> Mr and how we're going to be protected Mr and how we're going to be protected
Bills: HF75
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 5th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The implementation of the provisions of this Act shall be subject to the Section 7.
  • There need to be enough child protection investigators to do the work and follow the policy.
  • I think the only provision that we were having trouble with is apparently in the Affordable Care Act,
  • And you have friends and people you know who are involved in acts of violence.
  • But one act of violence in the state changes the narrative. It just happened in Baton Rouge.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Jan 21st, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a fairly simple bill to protect the Athletic Commission.
  • And so I'm just saying it just in other words, this is to protect the state.
  • We try to protect them. Okay, I think I got it. But it does not prohibit you slapping yourself.
  • We try to protect them. >> No, ma'am. We try to protect them.
  • And so that's what that protection is there for.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • to them to protect them as they're trying to protect us.
  • them as they're trying them to protect them as they're trying to<00:09:32.880> protect<00:09:
  • You know, I believe in protecting serve should be what protecting serve really say it is.
  • > be<00:12:48.839> what protecting serve should be what protecting serve should be what
  • Not protecting serve really say it is.
Bills: SB293, SB293
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, March 2, 2026

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, again, in the act there are protections for pharmacists where they don't have to engage in these
  • Uh, again, in the act there are protections for pharmacists where they don't have to engage in these
  • Uh, again, in the act there are protections for pharmacists where they don't have to engage in these
  • Uh, again, in the act there are protections for pharmacists where they don't have to engage in these
  • <00:37:31.839> are<00:37:32.160> protections again in the act there are protections
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 6 (1-13-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 339, an act relating to employment protections for members of the Civil Air Patrol.
  • act relating to rental property. act relating to rental property.
  • Bill 339, an act relating to employment protections<00:12:14.639> for<00:12:14.880> members
  • an act relating to jury duty. an act relating to jury duty.
  • act on a resolution. act on a resolution.
Summary: The House opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 96 members present. Routine business followed: absent members were excused, the rules were suspended to allow co-sponsorship and vote modifications, and the journal from January 12, 2026 was approved. No bills were taken up on second reading, and there were no committee reports or orders of the day at that point. During announcements, members recognized the Frederick Douglass High School cheerleading squad for winning a state title, and several members noted visits or upcoming events involving Kentucky firefighters and fire chiefs. Multiple committee meeting notices were also shared, and House Bill 244 was withdrawn by its primary sponsor. The clerk then read a long list of newly filed bills and resolutions covering topics including pharmacist reimbursements, immigration enforcement, housing, identity documents, sex-based classifications, school choking prevention, local minimum wages, rental property, labor standards, wages, veterans issues, homelessness prevention, real property appraisers, jury duty, paramedic education, adult performances, sanctuary policies, charitable gaming, court costs, National Guard benefits, child care coverage, and several resolutions. The chamber then considered House Resolution 21, honoring the victims of the UPS Airlines Flight 2976 crash in Louisville and commending first responders. The sponsor described the crash, named the victims, and detailed the extensive multi-agency response. The House opened the board for additional co-sponsors, observed a moment of silence, and adopted the resolution without objection. Afterward, the House recessed briefly for Committee on Committees and Rules Committee meetings, then received committee referrals for numerous bills to standing committees. No floor amendments were introduced, and the House adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 4th, 2026 at 06:03 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • two different sections of law: The Mental Health Code 43 1 3 and the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Act
  • Chair, Representative Romero, what's unfortunate about this bill is it doesn't contain the acts.
  • It only contains the definition sections of the acts, but the acts I believe delineate who that could
  • strongly supports this Senate Bill 3 because it provides officers with clear, practical authority to act
  • It protects due process and we hope. that it will increase the public confidence in the fairness and
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:36 am

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I guess my next question for you is based upon the Gift Act here.
  • I know that we're... ...is based upon the Gift Act here. I know that we're tweaking that.
  • So we're referencing the Gift Act, which provides, I think, a little bit greater latitude than what the
  • The Act requires a 3-to-1 leverage. We're exceeding that four times over.
  • It's based on the Housing Trust Fund Act.
Bills: HB70, HB93, HB95, HB139, HB140, HJR4
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/10/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • There needs to be some sort of internal oversight or external oversight to protect the interest of the
  • <00:09:24.519> the external oversite to protect the external oversite to protect the interest
  • So for those at home, HAVA is the Help America Vote Act, a federal law.
  • or Hava you'll probably America vote act or Hava you'll probably be<00:32:45.919> hearing<00:
  • a federal law so these grants vote act a federal law so these grants are<00:32:52.919> intended
Bills: HF1345, HF71, HF993, HF1943