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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am
A&B Human Services Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, representative, for presenting this bill and your willingness to work with the agency and
- I do think that is one thing that I could potentially work with the agencies on if That is a large portion
- It's up to the agencies and, as you know, the agencies have already put in their budget request.
Committee:
House A&B Human Services Subcommittee
Keywords:
home care, community services, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, rating system, inspection reports, substantiated complaints, agency oversight, child care, workforce, pilot program, affordable care, income eligibility, long-term care, revolving fund, options counseling, funding, consultation services, Medicaid, community-based services, seniors
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- It also makes explicit the independent agency status of the State Board, the PESB, and the FEP.
- School Commission for purposes of supporting a transition to operational independence for these agencies
- the PESB, the FEP, and the Charter School Commission through the 2027 fiscal year, and provide each agency
- All of those agencies that I just enumerated have in common are charged to meet the needs of Washington
- And so helping our agencies achieve more independence and stand on their own two feet is the outcome
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
education agencies, administrative independence, superintendent, education reform, agency authority, education, school boards, district adjustments, administrative boundaries, educational governance, military families, child stability, transitional schooling, support services, special education, parental rights, educational access, evaluation reports, disability services, unhoused
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- often issue longer sentences rather than a more targeted approach by state and local law enforcement agencies
- often issue longer sentences rather than a more targeted approach by state and local law enforcement agencies
Committee:
Senate Veteran Affairs
Keywords:
veteran-owned businesses, state contracting, historically underutilized business, economic opportunity, small business, economic development, veterans, certification, Texas legislation, unmanned aircraft, spaceport, criminal offense, aviation regulations, airspace safety, military installations, concurrent jurisdiction, governor's approval, state agency, land acquisition, Veteran Affairs
Summary:
The meeting of the Committee on Veteran Affairs addressed several significant bills aimed at supporting veterans and their businesses. Among the bills discussed was SB390, which seeks to expand the definition of historically underutilized businesses to include all veteran-owned businesses, regardless of disability status. This change aims to create a more equitable economic landscape for veterans and to foster their participation in state procurement opportunities. The committee heard strong testimony supporting this initiative, emphasizing the importance of providing veterans with fair chances in business development.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This inconsistency creates confusion for our local constituency, agencies, and stakeholders. ...legislators
- The bill allows state agencies to partner with colleges and employers to create training programs tailored
- Six agencies, I'm sorry, for these six agencies: Texas Department of Agriculture, Health and Human Services
- Revocation is subject to it, so it is an independent and neutral shared services agency for hearing and
- mediating administrative disputes and appeals between the public and more than 50 other state agencies
Committee:
Senate Economic Development
Keywords:
border region, infrastructure, economic development, government operations, education, HB 2768, Texas information technology apprenticeship, state IT credential, information resources workforce, junior college, technical institute, apprenticeship program, workforce development, state agency hiring, job classification, career ladder, bachelor's degree substitution, associate degree, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, state auditor classification officer
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This inconsistency creates confusion for our local constituency, agencies, stakeholders, legislators,
- The bill allows state agencies to partner with colleges and employers to create training programs tailored
- bill actually speaks to some other markers that were created through the years by the predecessor agency
- So does this transfer to the... ...predecessor agency to the Texas Historical Commission.
- and appeals between the public and more than 50 other state agencies.
Committee:
Senate Economic Development
Keywords:
border region, infrastructure, economic development, government operations, education, HB 2768, Texas information technology apprenticeship, state IT credential, information resources workforce, junior college, technical institute, apprenticeship program, workforce development, state agency hiring, job classification, career ladder, bachelor's degree substitution, associate degree, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, state auditor classification officer
Summary:
The Senate Economic Development Committee met without a quorum, so no votes or formal actions were taken. The chair laid out several bills and resolutions for explanation and public testimony, with each item left pending subject to the call of the chair. Early items included House Bill 1240, a cleanup measure to create a single uniform definition of the Texas-Mexico border region across state law, and House Bill 2768, which would establish an IT apprenticeship credential through junior colleges and technical institutions to help fill state government technology jobs.
The committee also heard House Concurrent Resolution 90, which would encourage establishing a Texas trade and investment office in Jerusalem. Testimony on the resolution was sharply divided: one witness opposed it on foreign policy and values grounds, while a Texas Association of Business representative strongly supported it, citing Israel’s innovation and trade potential. Another major item was House Bill 4187, a committee substitute for legislation affecting the Texas Historical Commission; the sponsor described changes expanding use of trust fund money for historic sites, allowing more affiliated nonprofits, clarifying retail operations, and creating a framework for training and consistent interpretation at historic sites. A Texas Historical Commission witness explained that the bill would shift responsibility for maintaining many state-owned historical markers and monuments, including markers on private land, to the commission.
Additional measures included House Bill 2788, which would shield Texas Workforce Commission fraud-prevention methods from public information requests; House Bill 5032, directing state agencies to plan for public display of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Texas Constitution, and the Victory or Death letter at the Capitol Complex; House Bill 3146, which would eliminate outdated memoranda-of-understanding requirements for certain State Office of Administrative Hearings arrangements; and House Bill 4815, a cleanup bill modernizing economic development statutes, revising the Made in Texas standard to 51% Texas-origin content, repealing the Governor’s Broadband Development Council, and making other conforming changes. The committee ended by recessing, with members indicating they would likely vote on pending business later when a quorum was available.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 26, 2026
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources
Keywords:
landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, property tax, Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, tax exemption, employee residences, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations, public lands, local governance, land management, resource development, federal agency, agriculture
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 26, 2026
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources
Keywords:
landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, property tax, Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, tax exemption, employee residences, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations, public lands, local governance, land management, resource development, federal agency, agriculture
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families & Children (2-11-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- And then we'll need a motion to accept the agency amendment. Are they there?
- </c> motion uh to accept uh the uh agency motion uh to accept uh the uh agency Amendment<00:01:17.720
- Agency that they’re being investigated on this particular issue.
- I oppose no motion carries the agency I oppose no motion carries the agency amendment<00:19:15.640><c
- </c> focusing on kids that other agencies focusing on kids that other agencies cannot<01:03:15.839><c
Keywords:
00:00:00 Introductions
00:00:22 Roll Call
00:01:56 Discussion on SB 85
00:14:03 Vote on SB 85
00:16:15 Explanation of Agency Amendment
00:19:04 Voice Vote on Amendment
00:19:33 Discussion on Kentucky Foster Children Housing, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 85, sponsored by Senator Meredith, which would move the Office of the Ombudsman from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the State Auditor’s office and make related cleanup changes. Meredith said the bill grew out of a prior task force and a two-year transition from Senate Bill 48, and he argued the move would create independence, improve access to the ITWIST database, ensure complaints are not lost in the handoff, and add confidentiality protections for whistleblowers. Auditor Allison Ball and her staff said the bill would codify access and procedures after earlier disputes and a court-mediated settlement, and they described the measure as necessary to make the new structure work effectively.
Members asked how the Ombudsman would handle complaints and verify services in cases involving waiver recipients and other cabinet services. Ball and her staff said the Ombudsman would investigate complaints, make inquiries, and provide accountability outside the cabinet structure, with timelines and procedures similar to the Auditor’s office. The committee also discussed staffing and whether the office would need more personnel; Ball said the office already had about 100 people but could use more. The bill passed 10-0 with favorable expression.
The committee then approved an agency amendment to administrative regulation 922 KAR 1:001490 concerning foster parent background checks. Cabinet staff explained the amendment corrected a drafting error by removing references to civil determinations in a second section of the regulation because the system cannot search those determinations, while still allowing the required checks under state and federal law. Senator Herron asked what a civil determination meant, and staff said it could involve a court finding in a custody or abuse case, though such findings are now typically handled through the child abuse and neglect registry. The amendment was adopted.
Afterward, the committee began a discussion on Kentucky foster children housing and related issues. Ball and Ombudsman staff presented a preliminary assessment of children placed in office buildings, saying the review covered 49 children placed over a four-month period and showed a different picture than the public narrative of only older, high-acuity youth. They reported that some children had no documented behavioral or disability issues, many came directly from home, the average age was 13, the average stay was four nights, and placements were spread across several regions rather than centered only in Louisville. Members raised concerns about the lack of formal policies and procedures, staff safety, and how to ensure children are treated appropriately, and Ball said the Ombudsman was continuing a deeper review. No final action was taken on that discussion in the portion provided.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 23rd, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- Sometimes they also have to notify other state agencies.
- Of a rule, an agency rule. Like, give me an example of one.
- But we are... ...an agency. I mean, we're the Texas House.
- And so any state agency rule can restrict freedom.
- We also gathered input from about 46 state agencies.
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
constitutional amendment, fiscal impact, state budget, ballot measure, transparency in voting, management-to-staff ratio, state agencies, employee regulations, government efficiency, workforce management, public information, governing board, transparency, confidentiality, access rights, privacy, identifying information, state agency, consent, occupational license
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 12th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- And it gives us that independent, kind of objective look to ensure that. and agency agency rules are
- I listed all the steps at an agency, all the analyses at an agency. has to do.
- Was that, with the creation of that agency, was there an elimination of other agencies along with?
- They're not really compiled by agency, so you can't search directly by agency.
- past was deferring to the agency.
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 10th, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Committee:
House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords:
healthcare, insurance, vaccine, public health, emergency response, vaccine distribution, healthcare legislation, state coordination, veterans, disability, employment preference, state agency hiring, supplemental security income, PTSD, mental health, grants, treatment protocols, pilot program, personalized treatment, neuroinflammation
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:18:30.440><c> website</c> on the pollution control agency website on the pollution control agency
- and myself uh engag in Control agency and myself uh engag in preventing<01:18:48.440><c> the</c><01:
- </c> there and there's no government agency there and there's no government agency that<01:22:13.760>
- For the record, Kadela with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
- For the record, Kadela with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Committee:
House Education Policy
Keywords:
school calendar, education, school year, Labor Day, state law, school construction, landfill, dump site, closed landfill, contaminated site, pollution control agency, school siting, public school, charter school, environmental health, student safety, brownfield, solid waste, waste disposal site, site contamination
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 14th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill adds a new provision, subsection C1, which would require that a consumer reporting agency that
- compiles a consumer report using information sourced from another consumer reporting agency or a third
- The fact that consumer reporting agencies buy and sell our data among each other and among third-party
- By affirming the responsibility of the agency to provide the report, it ensures compliance with legal
- This bill provides lead time for agencies to review and adjust their processes. compliant procedures
Keywords:
DNA privacy, genetic privacy, genetic testing, genetic material, DNA ownership, property right in DNA, genetic consent, biological sample, genomics, genetic data, HIPAA, health information privacy, health care provider, research ethics, human subjects research, law enforcement DNA, forensic DNA, paternity testing, medical examiner, genetic discrimination
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 5th, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- This week we have basically all of the agencies that got a favorable report.
Bills:
HB25 , HB108 , HB109 , HB111 , HB112 , HB113 , HB117 , HB118 , HB119 , HB120 , HB121 , HB122 , HB124 , HB126 , HB127 , HB128 , HB129 , HB130 , HB131 , HB25
Committee:
House Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Keywords:
emergency services, 911, local districts, joint operations, contracting, HB108, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset reauthorization, board continuation, speech-language pathology, audiology, licensing board, professional regulation, healthcare regulation, occupational licensing, speech therapist, speech pathologist, audiologist, Sunset Committee, Code of Alabama 1975
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:20:03.280><c> staff</c> to be clear when when it is agency staff to be clear when when it is
- They can bring things to the agencies to try to ensure that, number one, our kids are remaining safe
- They can bring things to the agencies to try to ensure that, number one, our kids are remaining safe
- ,</c><01:23:32.600><c> their</c><01:23:32.800><c> rulemaking,</c> puts the agencies, their rulemaking
- , puts the agencies, their rulemaking, providers,<01:23:35.320><c> um</c><01:23:35.640><c> teachers</
Keywords:
child care, day care, child care center, family child care, family day care, group family day care, licensed child care, licensing modernization, early childhood education, preschool, infant care, toddler care, school-age care, drop-in child care, night care, sick care, community-based child care, provider training, staff ratios, group size
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Feb 3rd, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- conducting immigration enforcement activities, and to report such encounters to their employing agencies
- employees conducting immigration enforcement activities and to report such encounters to their employing agencies
- I like to see agencies at whatever level communicate better rather than posturing with lawsuits right
- County undercover officers, and there was a failure to de-escalate, which means to inform the other agencies
- They're supposed to be on the same team, even though they're working for different agencies, and that
Committee:
House Community Safety
Keywords:
domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, survivor protections, legal remedies, defendants, sexual exploitation, minors, child safety, law enforcement, victim support, criminal justice training commission, CJTC, law enforcement training, peace officer certification, decertification, corrections officer certification, tribal police certification, police accountability, police oversight
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 2nd, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- to state agencies.
- And so, what guarantees agencies?
- This is just for state agencies. So the state agency will put this information together.
- The agency would be listing out.
- And the agency knows that we are independent. And that's respected within the agency.
Bills:
HB512 , HB2248 , HB2679 , HB2832 , HB3112 , HB3368 , HB3490 , HB3512 , HB3623 , HB3666 , HB3700 , HB3711 , HB3770 , HB3963
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
grievance procedures, state agency, employee rights, workplace regulations, employment law, employees, employment actions, appeal, state employees, workplace rights, disciplinary actions, employment conditions, employment disputes, job protections, public information, transparency, government accountability, information access, notification requirements, federal funding
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- , then it seems like we've got a lot of cases of private information being turned over to another agency
- When I'm reviewing a case, I am looking at what has been filed by our local police agency.
- They look at these cases with a much different view than the police agency.
- To me, this bill addresses once a criminal case is filed, once a law enforcement agency has filed a case
- Should they request it from from the agency or from the local agency, whoever is doing those investigations
Bills:
HB 741 , HB 1199 , HB 2070 , HB 2402 , HB 2542 , HB 2665 , HB 2789 , HB 3096 , HB 3396 , HB 3595 , HB 3747 , HB 4116 , HB 4127
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Juvenile Justice Oversight Council (9-15-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5TeQBXGkSc, 2026-06-21T07:17:05+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:03
Agency Updates: 00:01:48
Community Supervision: 00:03:13
Juvenile Justice System Contact Points: 00:47:43, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 56 (3-31-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the Auditor of Public Accounts to study the applicable statutes, administrative regulations, and agency
- Key elements of the study include state health and safety regulations, agency procedures and policies
Keywords:
open records, public access, transparency, government accountability, public agency, dental practice, licensing, administrative regulations, dental assistants, supervision, Medicaid, community engagement, healthcare, managed care, eligibility, public assistance, insurance, public adjuster, claim process, contract requirements