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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 54 May 7th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative, I know you'll have the data how many districts of our 500+ are not allowing an entity
- or an association at any access or multiple entities access into their building.
- protect students so that we have a learning environment and we have to be extremely careful to all the entities
- Because the one piece of it also, the tribal native languages we count as a foreign language.
- I think you mean world language, right, not foreign. Thank you.
Bills:
SB1090, SJR49, SB633, HR1059, SB650, SB2063, SB122, SB1614, SB1884, SJR52, SJR53, HJR1101, SJR50, HB3021, HR1058, SB514, SB382, HB3320, SB740, SB833, SB2143, SB1209, SB244
Keywords:
wildlife, conservation, Oklahoma, regulations, permanent rules, Leo's Law, child endangerment, fentanyl testing, drug screening, child welfare, Oklahoma Children's Code, substance abuse, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, AAPI, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Oklahoma House resolution, commemorative resolution, heritage month, cultural recognition
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EDT, EDT-AEN, EDT-CPN, EDT-GVO, EDT DEFER, EDT-CPN DEFER Public Hearings 02-11-2025
Transcript Highlights:
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in out the magnuts to be processed in out the magnuts to be processed in foreign - countries and then still have foreign countries and then still have the<00:10:55.079>
labeling - It'd be negotiated between us and the developer, as well as the advertiser or the entity. ...And then
- It'd be negotiated between us and the developer, as well as the advertiser or the entity. Okay.
- It'd be negotiated between us and the developer, as well as the advertiser or the entity. Okay.
Summary:
The committee heard several measures, beginning with SB 1061 on digital equity. Testimony was strongly supportive, including from Rosie Davis of the Maui County Area Health Education Center, who said Molokai and Maui need better digital access for telehealth and clinic services. Members discussed whether the bill should be consolidated with other digital broadband measures and asked about funding; the chair noted the draft used general funds but said federal money was now available for the navigator program. The committee later recommended SB 1061 be passed with an SD1, technical amendments, and an effective date of July 1, 2050, with members voting aye.
The committee then heard SB 135 on macadamia nut labeling. Hawaiian Host Group and several supporters argued the bill would help align the industry around a processing solution and support growers and jobs, while the MacNut Association and Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company opposed it, saying the state lacks enough processing infrastructure and that existing law already covers labeling. In questioning, members focused on the lack of a current processing facility and the timeline for a new one on Hawaiʻi Island. After hearing mixed testimony, the committee deferred the bill indefinitely.
The committee also considered SB 1657 and SB 1539 relating to the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Testimony on both measures was generally supportive, with ADC describing the Wāhō water system as serving about 5,000 acres and over 70 farmers, mostly small and medium growers, and saying the proposal would help expand service without asking for more water. The committee later voted to pass SB 1657 and SB 1539 with SD1s, technical amendments, and a July 1, 2050 effective date.
Finally, the committee took up SB 891 on economic development and gaming. The hearing drew extensive testimony, including support from Boyd Gaming and Stanford Carr Development, and opposition from Native Hawaiian speakers who said Hawaiians must have a seat at the table and raised concerns about self-determination and outside control. Members questioned the scope of the proposed gaming working group, the number and makeup of members, and the need to review prior gaming bills and studies. In decision-making, the committee passed SB 891 with an SD1 and major amendments: adding tourism references, changing expense reimbursement rules so private gaming representatives pay their own expenses, expanding the working group to include Native Hawaiian, social services/behavioral health, DBEDT, law enforcement, and tax/professional expertise seats, deleting one proposed seat, and adding a July 1, 2050 effective date. The committee also reported that the recommendations were adopted by vote.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
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K <00:26:31.120>through - You're going to get sued by who knows what entity over education. You have to decide.
- You're going to get sued by who knows what entity over education. You have to decide.
- to get sued by who knows what entity to get sued by who knows what entity over<03:05:44.160>
- , or fractured amongst other entities, or fractured amongst other entities, yes,<03:08:14.680>
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 1017 by to relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation
- Simmons, relating to the right of the public employees to collectively bargain with governmental entities
- HB 1120 by Lopez and Cameron relating to the purchase or acquisition of metal recycling entities of Callac
- To the liability of a cavern entity for inju injuries arising from certain activities, refer to the Committee
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 1017 by Toth relates to the creation of a criminal offense of the proper entry from a foreign nation
- Public employees to collectively bargain with governmental entities who refer to the Committee on State
- HB 1120 by Lopez at Cameron relating to the purchase or acquisition of metal recycling entities of catalytic
- HB 1130 by Isaac relating to the liability of a cavern entity for injuries arising from certain activities
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-05-02 (11:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't remember 452 or 453 ever being with a sponsoring entity.
- It goes to the sponsoring entity. It used to be a school district.
- We don't require that they have to, but they may also qualify as a sponsoring entity.
- Not listed there is the charter entity that may be operating.
- Not listed there is the charter entity that may be operating that school.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum established, and several recognitions, including a legislative intern, a guest in the gallery, and Representative Bruce Antone’s upcoming induction into the Tuskegee Athletic Hall of Fame. The Speaker also gave brief remarks about the end of session and the freshman class. The chamber then took up a series of Senate-returned messages and concurred or insisted on several amendments while moving bills toward final passage.
The House unanimously approved CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after adopting a House amendment to remove the IOTA-related provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties and business interests after a House concurrence motion. It also insisted on its amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 on housing. CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation was amended to restore House provisions on teacher-prep courses, the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College, and related testing and mentor-qualification changes; it passed 91-22 after debate over teacher certification, testing, and “identity politics” language. HB 1101 on out-of-network providers was amended to keep the House’s original notice and referral framework with a good-cause exemption; it passed 87-27 despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors.
After recess, the House took up CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response. Members described changes including removal of some homestead-assessment and debris-removal provisions, a study requirement for a post-hurricane county restriction concept, and a Florida Keys evacuation-time change paired with a 10-year cap of 900 permit allocations; the bill passed 116-0. The House also refused to concur in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration and requested the Senate recede. Later, the House returned to HB 1101 and insisted on its amendment after the Senate refused to concur.
The longest debate came on CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, where the House amendment replaced the Senate version with the substance of HB 1267, including Schools of Hope, higher education governance, and course transparency. Members questioned provisions expanding Schools of Hope co-location and sponsorship authority beyond traditional opportunity zones, the role of the Department of Education versus school districts, transportation and facility-cost issues, and performance-based agreements. Supporters said the changes would expand options for students and use vacant or underutilized facilities; opponents argued the language was added late, lacked transportation funding, and could allow charter operators to enter high-performing schools. The bill remained under debate at the end of the transcript, with no final vote shown.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part I) Feb 18th, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- They might see, well, this is a sovereign entity, a state, wanting to participate in a recognition, really
- , as the president did at his desk when he announced the formation of the various entities that he has
- transformation of currency into the realm of cryptocurrency, and that recognition being by some sovereign entities
- School bonds and whatever those are, all guaranteed by the good faith and credit of those entities, most
- Increase or decrease part of that strategy, whether it's domestic investments, foreign investments, or
Keywords:
emergency alerts, weather alerts, public safety, local government, municipality, county, website posting, online notice, emergency management, disaster preparedness, evacuation, National Weather Service, NOAA, Texas Division of Emergency Management, TDEM, localized alerts, hazard warnings, severe weather, watch warning advisory, public information
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- In many cases, our local control, or the PSAs, are owned by private entities, which you heard from two
- In many cases, our local control, or the PSAs, are owned by private entities, which you heard from two
- which I think everybody around entity which I think everybody around this<00:37:05.800>
table - This actually is not a foreign bill to me.
- this this this actually is not a foreign this this this actually is not a foreign bill<00:41:42.720
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Transportation (8-18-25) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- We started saying, you know what, we're not really tracking this as an entity.
- ’re talking about bringing in that additional international air service, which will bring in more foreign
- is that if we want to have international air service and continue to have the opportunity to grow foreign
- <00:40:29.200>
direct opportunity to grow foreign direct opportunity to grow foreign direct - You talk a lot about international air service, uh, foreign direct investment opportunities.
Keywords:
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Summary:
The committee heard an update from Kentucky’s three major commercial airports: Lexington Blue Grass Airport, Louisville Regional Airport Authority (SDF and Bowman Field), and CVG. Lexington’s Eric Franco described post-COVID growth that has already exceeded pre-pandemic activity, along with a master plan focused on the whole airport, expanded surface parking, relocation of the air traffic control tower, and a major terminal project estimated at $500 million to $700 million. He emphasized the airport’s role in serving both passenger and corporate aviation across central Kentucky and thanked the legislature for prior funding, including $5 million for parking. Louisville’s Dan Mann reported record passenger growth, expanded nonstop service, and especially strong cargo activity driven by UPS, noting SDF is now among the busiest cargo airports in North America and Bowman Field remains the state’s busiest general aviation airport. He highlighted major infrastructure needs, including airfield and terminal work, parking expansion, and a planned federal inspection service facility to support international flights around events like the Kentucky Derby.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/15/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:42:48.800>
companies just simply say all foreign companies just simply say all foreign - <03:51:53.680>
or nonprofit behavioral health entity or nonprofit behavioral health entity - And the reason why I say it's not going to work perfectly for every entity is because these entities
- when these entities for every entity when these entities pull<04:07:18.399>
together <04:07:19.040 - <04:07:35.439>
is to work perfectly for every entity is to work perfectly for every entity
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Aug 14th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- A lot of our common lands were taken up by these private entities, LLCs and speculators, and they put
- This is most important for land-grant individuals and elected officials of all entities, not just the
- So their job is to help entities like ourselves to have technical assistance.
- So they're supposed to be helping our entities, and we have to say something.
- They were all foreign-trained, and so we had to spend $4,000 a day to cover call.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 055 Mar 9th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Local, tribal, or foreign law enforcement agency that recovers a U.S.
- Already entities have an opportunity to acquire options for changing table stations that are less than
- What happens if they get a foreign liquid from another human on them?
- What happens if they get a<04:42:00.958>
foreign <04:42:01.600>liquid <04:42:02.160> - from another human on a foreign liquid from another human on them?
Summary:
The House convened with a color guard presentation by Colorado Military Academy cadets and the pledge led by Olivia and Owen Curry. After roll call established a quorum, members approved the journal of Friday, March 6, 2026, as corrected. Several committees then announced upcoming hearings, including Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources; State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs; and Finance.
The chamber then took up House Joint Resolution 1020, designating March 8, 2026, as International Women’s Day in Colorado. The resolution praised women’s contributions across history and society, highlighted Colorado’s early adoption of women’s suffrage, and recognized trailblazing women in the General Assembly. Sponsors and supporters spoke at length about women’s leadership, economic and civic contributions, and the need to continue advancing equality. The resolution also drew recognition of women and advocacy organizations present in the chamber.
Representative Bradley and other Republican members criticized the resolution as partisan and said Republican women were not included in drafting or sponsoring it. They argued the measure should have been more inclusive and should have better reflected women’s roles in the home and the broader bipartisan history of women’s history observances. Bradley announced she would vote no. In response, Representative Ricks said an amendment would be accepted from the minority caucus to address concerns about traditional roles of women, and he moved Amendment L002 for consideration.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 2nd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 743 would require a person or entity engaged in commercial lawsuit financing in California to obtain
- Assembly Bill 1362 by Assembly Member Kalra and others, an act relating to foreign labor contractors.
- labor recruiters, and, most importantly, providing protections and remedies for the foreign workers
- AB 1362 rightfully corrects this lapse by making it clear all foreign labor recruiters are required to
- AB 1362 rightfully corrects this lapse by making it clear all foreign labor recruiters are required to
Summary:
The Assembly met on May 23, 2025, established a quorum after a roll call, and proceeded through a long House of Origin floor session with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine parliamentary actions. Early in the day, a motion by Assembly Member Gallagher to suspend the rules and take up AB 12 immediately failed on a 18-39 vote. The chamber then moved through the daily file, with many measures passing by wide margins, often with bipartisan support and little or no opposition.
Among the notable bills discussed were measures on law enforcement oversight and records access (AB 847), CalFresh data-sharing exemptions (AB 593), campus-area housing for students and staff (AB 893), insurance and wildfire hardening updates (AB 1), missing middle housing code changes (AB 6), tribal peace officer status in a pilot program (AB 31), utility bill analysis before new mandates (AB 61), fairgrounds funding (AB 258), Diwali as a state holiday (AB 268), labor and worker organizing rights (AB 288), algorithmic price-fixing and antitrust enforcement (AB 325), elections and jail voter information (AB 331), protections for judges and court personnel (AB 343 and AB 352), school construction procurement (AB 361), school-zone speed limits (AB 382), transit worker protections (AB 394), blue carbon coastal mitigation (AB 399), K-9 standards for law enforcement (AB 400), livestock carcass composting (AB 411), translation of housing materials (AB 413), immigrant educational rights notices (AB 419), gun violence restraining order implementation (AB 451), special education and child care measures (AB 560 and AB 563), cannabis tax relief (AB 564), and disability access protections for businesses (AB 649). Several bills addressed housing, energy, public health, and public safety, and many authors emphasized affordability, transparency, and administrative efficiency.
The session also included several ceremonial or recognition items, including ACR 73 declaring Italian American Heritage Month, which was adopted by voice vote after 65 coauthors were added. Most measures were approved overwhelmingly, though a few drew some dissent, including AB 421? no—AB 399 passed 42-30, AB 450 passed 49-6, AB 461 passed 49-8, and AB 621 passed 58-0. The transcript ends partway through AB 772, which was introduced as an educational equity bill addressing cyberbullying after school hours, but the remainder of that item is not included in the provided text.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Mississippi River Parkway Commission 6/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Does one of the other, you know, one of the partner agencies or entities need to kind of pick up the
- The Mississippi River is a foreign country."
- I thought, "That's a title of an article or book, The Mississippi as a foreign country."
- Mississippi River is a foreign country." Mississippi River is a foreign country."
- >> or book, The Mississippi as a foreign >> or book, The Mississippi as a foreign country
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Both the government and aligned interests bought up media entities, while at the same time taking an
- Western-backed pro-democracy critics as Western-backed pro-democracy critics as Western-backed foreign
- agents trying to interfere in foreign agents trying to interfere in Russian<00:10:07.680>
politics - A leaked 17-page draft executive order reveals a plan to use false claims of foreign interference in
- It's not some shadowy entity that is running our elections.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Energy Development and Transmission Committee Jun 2nd, 2026
Energy Development and Transmission Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- aware of some of the momentum to develop decision tools for local government, and there's other entities
- aware of some of the momentum to develop decision tools for local government, and there's other entities
- ourselves into our partisan and ideological tribes, I don't know how we could view the world as better if foreign
- But the Internet is also filled with noise from bots, foreign bots, and conspiracy theorists meant to
- federal funding, state funding, and industry funding, or some collaboration between those three entities
Summary:
The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of the Mincota Power Cooperative headquarters before returning for presentations on large energy consumers, especially data centers. The first presentations focused on how North Dakota should respond to rapid growth in energy-intensive projects, with speakers emphasizing the need for reliable transmission, local decision-making tools, and factual information for county and township officials who are being asked to weigh major projects with limited staff and technical support.
The North Dakota Transmission Authority director said local governments are being asked to make high-impact decisions on pipelines, transmission lines, large agriculture, wind, solar, carbon dioxide pipelines, direct-air capture, and data centers, and urged development of simple statewide decision tools and support from the League of Cities and Association of Counties. The Department of Environmental Quality’s air division director said North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the nation, but large data centers can create air-quality concerns because of diesel backup generation; he said the department is requiring air monitors at some facilities and expects grid power and, potentially, cleaner natural gas backup to reduce emissions. Members asked about emissions standards, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession at DEQ.
The Department of Water Resources director said North Dakota’s water law is based on common ownership and prior appropriation, and that data centers generally use relatively small amounts of water, often in closed-loop systems. He said the Missouri River and groundwater supplies are ample for projected needs, that the department’s permitting process protects senior water rights, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use a very small share of Missouri River flow. Members asked about downstream impacts and compared data center water use with fracking. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson urged the committee to study how other states regulate data centers, warned against litigation-driven delays and overly broad local ordinances, argued reclamation bonding should be handled at the state level if at all, and said data centers can bring jobs and tax base but should remain subject to local zoning. The committee ended the morning session for lunch and later heard an EERC update from CEO Charles Gorecki on the center’s 75 years of work in energy and environmental technologies, especially oil and gas development and related research.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (01/21/2025)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- surrendered, and we know in this state right here that coding for our machines was outsourced to a foreign
- surrendered, and we know in this state right here that coding for our machines was outsourced to a foreign
- surrendered, and we know in this state right here that coding for our machines was outsourced to a foreign
- it's a current use program that's really looked highly upon by many other states and conservation entities
conservation by many other states and conservation by many other states and conservation entities
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-05-02 (11:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't remember 452 or 453 ever being with a sponsoring entity.
- We don't require that they have to, but they may also qualify as a sponsoring entity.
- A school district may also still be a sponsoring entity. We have not changed that.
- Not listed there is the charter entity that may be operating.
- Not listed there is the charter entity that may be operating that school.
Summary:
The House took up a series of Senate messages and concurred in several amendments before passing multiple bills. Early actions included unanimous passage of CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after removing a Senate-added trust-account provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties in business ownership after trimming registration requirements. The chamber also insisted on its housing amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 after the Senate refused to concur.
A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation. The House adopted an amendment restoring two teacher-prep courses, preserving the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College in partnership with USF, and modifying the teacher candidate testing framework and mentor qualifications. Supporters said it reduced barriers while keeping standards; opponents raised concerns about the remaining “identity politics” language and other provisions. The bill then passed 91-22.
The House also passed HB 1101 on out-of-network providers after adopting a House amendment that kept the original bill’s notice and referral provisions with a good-cause exemption, despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors. Later, the chamber approved CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, with members highlighting debris management, emergency planning, crane safety, and hurricane recovery provisions; it passed unanimously. The House then rejected concurrence in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration, and later spent substantial time debating CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, especially Schools of Hope, expanded co-location authority, funding, transportation, and school-district agreement terms. Critics argued the language was added late and could disadvantage traditional public schools, while supporters said it would expand options for students; the debate continued with the bill still under consideration at the end of the excerpt.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- CERTAIN FOREIGN INVESTMENTS AND SCRUTINIZED COMPANIES RELATED TO ISRAEL, IRAN AND CHINA. WELCOME.
- WE ARE GOING TO TAP NUMBER TWO, SENATE BILL 100 ON DISPLAY OF FLAGS FOR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES BY SENATOR
- SB 100 DEALS WITH THE DISPLAY FLAGS BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. BUILDERS TWO THINGS.
- THEIR JOB IS NOT TO RESTRICT FREE SPEECH AND THAT INCLUDES GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
- KEY TERMS LIKE WHAT A QUOTE POLITICAL VIEWPOINT PART OF THE QUOTA QUOTE POLITICAL ENTITY AND EVEN THE
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, May 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- billion dollars used for foreign billion dollars used for foreign military-based<00:33:16.159>
- This is not for foreign allies. This is for our troops.
- countries and foreign import seafood.
- to unfair competition from foreign to unfair competition from foreign countries<02:10:28.719>
- An countries and foreign import seafood.