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NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs Feb 4th, 2025

House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, it's interesting, I just got back from the Chile conference that's at the Farm and Ranch Museum
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 3rd, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • with the Higher Education Department to conduct a feasibility study for establishing a low-rider museum
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you to Representative Cook for sponsoring and to Senator Flores for filing this bill to increase
  • If not, the Chair recognizes Chair Cook to close on the bill. Thank you, Chairman.
  • Chair lays out Senate Bill 1451 and recognizes Chair Cook to explain the bill. Thank you, Chairman.
  • I first want to thank Representative Cook for sponsoring this bill to help address the growing crime
  • I recognize Chairman Cook. Subject to any questions, I close. Thanks, Chairman.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • My daughter loves to cook, so, you know, we do cooking classes together.
  • We do cooking classes together. We go to the botanical garden. We play in the mud kitchens.
  • But you guys do the home-cooked meals, and so they can brag about it. But those vegetables...
  • But you guys, you know, do the home-cooked meals. And so they can brag about it.
  • But those vegetables, Guys, you know, do the home-cooked meals, so they can brag about it, but those
Summary: The California State Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs held its first hearing to examine the state of child care access, affordability, and provider compensation. Chair Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and other members described child care as essential infrastructure for working families and the economy, noting that costs are unaffordable for many households and that providers are underpaid. Early testimony came from a San Francisco parent, Quinn Chung, who described the difficulty of finding safe care and the financial and career sacrifices caused by lack of child care, and from Tuolumne County provider Anita Viscini, who detailed her monthly costs, low margins, and the need to work weekends and teach CPR classes to make ends meet. Assemblymembers also emphasized the crisis in rural communities and the need for a long-term strategy. The first policy panel featured Jennifer Troia of the California Department of Social Services, Laura Pryor of the California Budget and Policy Center, and Alexa Frankenberg of Child Care Providers United. Troia said the state has nearly doubled child care funding in five years, expanded subsidy slots, and reached a new tentative three-year agreement with providers that includes cost-of-living adjustments, stabilization payments, and continued work on an alternative rate methodology and single rate structure. Pryor argued that despite funding gains, child care remains too expensive, only a fraction of eligible children receive subsidies, and provider wages remain far below comparable jobs, worsening racial and gender inequities. Frankenberg said the tentative agreement is progress but not enough, calling for a true cost-of-care system, fair wages, paid time off, better support for emergency and nontraditional care, and stronger integration of family child care into the mixed-delivery system. Members asked about why the crisis persists, how the alternative methodology will work, how family fees and sliding-scale help are being used, and why middle-income families still struggle. The panel said the problem reflects long-term underinvestment, a broken market, and a system that still leaves many families without access. The committee also heard an economic panel from Ashley Hoffman of the California Chamber of Commerce and Sarah Bone of the Public Policy Institute of California. Hoffman described employer child care benefits and public-private partnership models in other states, including shared-cost programs and local chamber efforts. Bone said child care costs reduce family financial security and labor force participation, especially for mothers of young children, and estimated that if mothers of young children worked at the same rate as mothers of older children, more than 80,000 additional women could be in the workforce each year. In the final panel, parent and provider advocates, including Jennifer Greppie and Black Californians United for Early Care and Education co-founder Keisha Doyle, argued for fully funding child care, ending waiting lists, protecting culturally affirming care, and addressing racial inequities and private equity’s role in the sector.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Ryan Cook. Hello, can you hear me? Mr. Cook, we can barely hear you. Can you speak up?
  • My name is Ryan Cook, and I'm just representing myself today. May I begin? You can begin. Okay.
  • My name is Ryan Cook, and I serve as a Republican precinct chair in Nacogdoches County.
  • Cook? With no further questions, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Koch, for your testimony.
  • Cook. I'm still hearing myself talk. I've got everything muted.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, July 14, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Last year, she formed a fundraising group called the Baker Girls, cooking and selling baked goods
  • African-American and other cultural and racial groups from public spaces, in our history books, and museums
  • exhibit at lunch and ride with him to an exhibit at the<08:35:40.000> Virginia<08:35:40.478> Museum
  • c> Fine<08:35:41.360> Arts<08:35:42.638> in<08:35:42.958> a the Virginia Museum
  • of Fine Arts in a the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in a former<08:35:43.680> Confederate<08:35
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Cook. Thank you, Madam Chair. I just... Thank you, Senator Cook. Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • Senator Cook has a constituent, let's just say.
  • They're proposing another one, so, Cook, I mean, it serves Harris County...
  • Senator Cook, I mean, it serves Harris County.
  • Senator Cook, is there any other business to come before the committee?
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations.(6-18-26)

Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair Cook. >> Here. All right, thank you.
  • >> Chair<00:04:06.160> Cook >> Chair Cook >> Chair Cook >> Here.
  • Chairman. >> Chairman Cook. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Mr.
  • First is from Chairman Cook. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. First, Mr.
  • First is from Chairman Cook. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. First, Mr.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Taxes - 03/27/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, Cook County is 166. I'm sorry. That's the district number that I'm seeing.
  • Superior and Cook and Graham Rabbids.<01:19:47.440> Okay.
  • You know, Cook County is 166. You know, Cook County is 166. 166. 166. 166.
  • <01:20:16.800> That's<01:20:17.040> Cook Yeah. So 166 is one of them.
  • That's Cook Yeah. So 166 is one of them. That's Cook County.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Taxes - 05/07/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Cook.
  • Cook.
  • Brian Cook: Great. Chair Rest, members of the Taxes Committee, my name is Brian Cook.
  • Brian Cook: Great. Chair Rest, members of the Taxes Committee, my name is Brian Cook.
  • Cook. Great. Chair rest, members Um, Mr. Cook. Great.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 9 (1-16-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thompson operates his moving grill and pulls from place to place with no set schedule and continues to cook
  • place with no set schedule and continues place with no set schedule and continues to<00:16:37.440> cook
  • <00:16:39.600> Today,<00:16:40.399> he to cook for the public.
  • Today, he to cook for the public.
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum with 87 members present, excused absent members, and approved the journal from January 15, 2026. On second reading, the clerk reported House Bill 178 on the psychiatric collaborative care model, House Bill 280 with committee substitute on healthcare, and House Joint Resolution 24 with committee substitute and amendment directing withdrawal of the 1115A waiver application related to a mandatory community engagement program. During announcements and citations, members adopted House Resolution 19 recognizing January 2026 as Kentucky Mentorship Month, with remarks emphasizing the value of mentors and personal examples from the sponsor. The House also adopted a citation honoring Robert Kaywood Metaf, a longtime Gary County attorney remembered for his service and generosity, and a citation congratulating Gary Thompson on his 80th birthday and his long-running West Louisville barbecue business. Members also noted committee meeting schedules, including cancellations and upcoming meetings, and one member introduced a guest connected to Logan’s Law, a bill described as responding to the release of a man convicted of killing a child. The clerk then reported new bills and resolutions introduced, including measures on gubernatorial transitions, the Kentucky Fire Commission, voting rights, interscholastic extracurricular activities, crimes and punishments, motorsports racing facilities, social work, motor vehicle racing, renter tax credits, and appropriations for the legislative and judicial branches, along with House Resolution 34 recognizing Kentucky Arts Day. The Committee on Committees and Rules Committee met, referred numerous bills to standing committees, reassigned House Bill 258 to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, and posted several bills and House Joint Resolution 24 to the regular orders for January 20, 2026. The House then adjourned until 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Cook? Here. Senator Gutierrez? Senator Nichols? Here. Senator Paxton? Senator West? Here.
  • Senator Cook? Senator Gutierrez? Senator Nichols? Senator West?
  • Senator Cook? Aye. Senator Gutierrez? Aye. Senator Nichols? Aye. Senator Paxton? Senator West? Aye.
  • Senator Cook, it's good to see you again. My name is Dr. Ashley Garling.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman Cook in the House, who’s in the horse business, runs a horse farm, and I thought it was best
  • <00:08:41.120> you<00:08:41.240> will<00:08:41.519> chairman<00:08:41.880> cook
  • <00:08:42.120> in it aside if you will chairman cook in it aside if you will chairman cook
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Senate Agriculture Committee met to continue discussion of a committee substitute for a bill dealing with non-veterinary equine dental practice. The chair first addressed a procedural issue, saying any handouts distributed without the chair’s approval were improper and would not be part of the official record. The committee then reintroduced and approved the committee substitute by motion and second, before moving into member questions rather than hearing additional public testimony that morning. Senator Reed asked what testing would be required for state approval and about the bill’s timeline. The response said the bill would rely on an internationally recognized testing model, with education and continuing education requirements, and that the measure included an 18-month period to allow existing practitioners time to comply. Senator Deneen then raised concerns about the grandfather clause, the five-year lookback, and whether the bill could set a precedent that would further encroach on veterinary practice. In response, supporters said the bill was intended to create a structure for a practice that already exists, with training, insurance, a registry, and a grievance process to weed out bad actors while preserving access and affordability for horse owners, especially in rural areas where veterinarians may be scarce or unavailable. The discussion also included historical context, with members noting the issue had been considered during earlier veterinary modernization efforts and had been worked on through open work groups, surveys, stakeholder meetings, and multiple drafts. Supporters argued that without a regulated framework, some horse owners might not be able to afford veterinary care, which could leave horses untreated. No final vote on the bill itself was described in this portion of the meeting beyond approval of the committee substitute.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House passes the human services finance bill, HF2434 5/5/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some just one left in their whole county, by the way, in Cook County.
  • As an example, up in Cook County, they only have one nursing home left in Cook County, and it is a part
  • As an example, up in Cook County, they only have one nursing home left in Cook County, and it is a part
  • going to cost those residents up in Cook going to cost those residents up in Cook County.<00:42:
  • <00:52:02.559> County,<00:52:03.359> the Cook County, the Cook County, the 5,636<00:52:
Keywords: 1183, house
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • And then Jennifer Cook Pritt is waiving in support for the Florida Police Chiefs Association.
  • Jennifer Cook Pritt is waiving in support for the Florida Police Chiefs Association.
  • Allie McNair, Florida Sheriff's Association, is waiving in support, and Jennifer Cook-Pritt from the
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice heard and approved several bills. SB 504 and its related public records bill SB 506, both by Sen. Burgess, would allow local governments to authorize code enforcement officers to use body cameras under standardized policies and create a public records exemption for certain recordings; members raised questions about disclosure and when cameras may be used, and both bills were reported favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 32 and SB 210 by Sen. Sharif, creating a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person and extending public records protections to petitions under that injunction category. Supporters included law enforcement, women’s advocacy groups, and justice organizations. The committee then favorably reported SB 676 by Sen. Arrington, which creates a graduated penalty structure for adults who involve minors in certain animal cruelty offenses and increases penalties related to fighting or baiting animals. SB 432 by Sen. Yarbrough was also approved; it adds certain concentrated 7-OH to Schedule I, exempts FDA-approved veterinary xylazine products, creates penalties for candy-like xylazine products, and establishes trafficking penalties for xylazine. Sen. Osgood spoke in support of the bill, emphasizing the dangers of adulterated street drugs for people with substance use disorder. Finally, the committee approved SB 524 by Sen. Simon, which makes a series of technical and administrative changes affecting the Medical Examiners Commission, district medical examiner appointments, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, and notice procedures for administrative complaints. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement appeared in support. All measures were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned without objection.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 21st, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then Jennifer Cook Pritt of the Florida Police Chiefs Association is also waving in support.
  • Allie McNair, Florida Sheriff's Association, is waiving in support, and Jennifer Cook-Pritt from the
  • Allie McNair, Florida Sheriff's Association is waiving in support, and Jennifer Cook-Pritt from the Florida
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met with a quorum present and considered several bills. The committee heard and approved SB 504, allowing local governments to adopt standardized policies for code enforcement officers to use body cameras, and SB 506, which creates a related public records exemption for certain body camera recordings, including protections for minors and private information. Senator Smith raised questions about notice to property owners and use limitations, and Senator Osgood asked whether cameras must be on at all times; the sponsor said he would follow up on specifics. Both bills had support from local government and code enforcement groups and were reported favorably after adoption of an amendment to SB 504 clarifying training and familiarity with camera rules. The committee also approved CS/SB 32, creating a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person, and SB 210, the companion public records exemption for petitions involving that injunction. Senator Sharif said the bills fill a gap for victims who do not qualify under existing injunction categories, and supporters waived in favor. SB 676, by Senator Arrington, was also reported favorably; it creates a graduated penalty structure for contributing to the delinquency of a minor when the underlying conduct involves certain animal cruelty offenses, and increases penalties for fighting or baiting animals. Senator Osgood spoke in support, tying the bill to protecting children and animals, and several law enforcement and animal welfare groups waived in support. The committee further approved SB 432, which adds certain concentrated 7-OH to Schedule I, exempts FDA-approved veterinary xylazine products, creates a first-degree felony with a mandatory minimum for certain candy-like xylazine products, and establishes trafficking penalties for xylazine. Senator Osgood spoke at length in support, emphasizing overdose risks and the impact on people with substance use disorder. Finally, the committee passed SB 524, which revises duties and appointments related to the Medical Examiners Commission and district medical examiners, clarifies responsibilities within Chapter 943, and changes notification and curriculum approval provisions for criminal justice standards. All measures were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned without objection.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Jan 13th, 2026

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • every teen at the farm could become ServSafe certified for food handling, so that we could not just cook
  • Typically, every meal we cook at the farm is a vegetarian meal, because I became a vegetarian three years
  • So cooking flavorful food. So yes, that's the path.
Bills: S0534, S7020
Summary: The committee met, called the roll, and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. It first considered the appointment of Melanie Ressler to the Florida Citrus Commission. No appearance forms were requested, and the committee voted unanimously to recommend her confirmation favorably. The committee then took up SPB 7020, which reenacts a public records exemption for certain aquaculture production records held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Senator Trunow explained that the exemption protects shellfish and submerged land lease records, supports compliance with federal partners and statutory requirements, and helps protect marketplace competition. A representative from the Department appeared in support, and the bill was moved as a committee bill and reported favorably. Next, the committee heard SB 534, Senator Bernard’s hunger-free campus pilot program bill. He described a pilot within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to identify campuses with high numbers of Pell-eligible students, develop a survey with the Hunger Task Force, designate staff to help students enroll in SNAP, expand campus food access, and require reporting on outcomes and future funding. The bill had one appearance form in support and was reported favorably without debate. The committee also received a presentation from the St. Pete Youth Farm, led by Carla Bristol and youth ambassadors. They described the farm as a youth-led community project on city-owned land that addresses food insecurity while providing leadership, financial literacy, career readiness, mental wellness programming, composting, aquaponics, and community events. Senators praised the program, asked about possible expansion into a culinary kitchen and partnerships with schools, and the presenters said they hope to expand youth opportunities, food preparation training, and related programming. The meeting concluded with adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Apr 23rd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Alvarado, Bettencourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Cook, Creighton. 23 ayes, 8 nays.
  • Alvarado, Bettencourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Cook. There will be 27 ayes and 4 nays.
  • Alvarado, Bettencourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Cook. 27 ayes, 4 nays. Rules are suspended.
Bills: SJR85, SCR29, SCR38, SCR42, SB23, SB39, SB209, SB227, SB240, SB330, SB527, SB584, SB618, SB619, SB636, SB663, SB715, SB732, SB758, SB801, SB825, SB826, SB843, SB844, SB847, SB870, SB884, SB912, SB957, SB1013, SB1020, SB1065, SB1143, SB1152, SB1164, SB1183, SB1257, SB1299, SB1325, SB1349, SB1413, SB1455, SB1539, SB1558, SB1574, SB1583, SB1624, SB1642, SB1643, SB1667, SB1717, SB1718, SB1727, SB1734, SB1756, SB1757, SB1784, SB1789, SB1832, SB1868, SB1870, SB1883, SB1896, SB1920, SB1924, SB1963, SB2010, SB2018, SB2024, SB2037, SB2052, SB2073, SB2111, SB2161, SB2196, SB2207, SB2253, SB2268, SB2322, SB2323, SB2332, SB2349, SB2371, SB2533, SB2570, SB2601, SB2626, SB2692, SB2705, SB2717, SB2774, SB2788, SB2877, SB2920, SB2, SB260, SB1786, SB1, HJR4, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR85, SJR84, SCR12, SCR39, SCR38, SCR42, SCR29, SCR4, SCR18, SCR43, SCR46, SB2023, SB825, SB2010, SB1870, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB1505, SB583, SB957, SB1502, SB507, SB1026, SB1349, SB1433, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB619, SB1122, SB732, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB618, SB393, SB1791, SB826, SB1257, SB870, SB529, SB209, SB1883, SB2024, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1860, SB2037, SB1924, SB2253, SB2018, SB2206, SB1963, SB1643, SB1299, SB841, SB668, SB584, SB1085, SB2431, SB1490, SB1868, SB2314, SB434, SB2046, SB1667, SB1727, SB2127, SB1975, SB1760, SB1734, SB1335, SB2246, SB2439, SB1624, SB1244, SB1468, SB2717, SB1612, SB1262, SB604, SB2395, SB1832, SB1745, SB1746, SB2207, SB1784, SB1524, SB528, SB437, SB269, SB1137, SB968, SB636, SB747, SB1325, SB1789, SB1455, SB2056, SB1940, SB2052, SB1579, SB2068, SB3034, SB844, SB1920, SB1558, SB1236, SB1044, SB884, SB463, SB227, SB240, SB517, SB1200, SB1410, SB1626, SB1845, SB1863, SB2216, SB2681, SB1717, SB2141, SB2323, SB2200, SB2332, SB2199, SB1642, SB1757, SB2050, SB1138, SB2626, SB2458, SB1864, SB2201, SB1862, SB1583, SB1055, SB2660, SB1898, SB2662, SB2161, SB2964, SB2881, SB1065, SB801, SB2743, SB2533, SB1413, SB2073, SB3014, SB3013, SB2774, SB2702, SB2629, SB2443, SB2349, SB2167, SB2145, SB2121, SB758, SB648, SB647, SB512, SB438, SB1721, SB2268, SB1495, SB2705, SB2366, SB1422, SB1369, SB1013, SB682, SB2692, SB2570, SB2797, SB2111, SB1896, SB1164, SB1020, SB663, SB2371, SB1152, SB2196, SB2383, SB2581, SB2798, SB330, SB646, SB843, SB1998, SB1418, SB2788, SB1169, SB2873, SB1754, SB1534, SB1718, SB2779, SB2004, SB1143, SB1756, SB912, SB2119, SB2032, SB527, SB1580, SB1952, SB2601, SB2322, SB2448, SB1777, SB1283, SB407, SB2392, SB2076, SB2786, SB3031, SB2877, SB2876, SB2284, SB2225, SB1540, SB2920, SB2929, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB1183, SB2742, SB2595, SB2217, SB2117, SB715, SB2330, SB1964, SB1383, SB500, SB1640, SB39, SB2001, SB2080, SB2722, SB506, SB2514, SB2623, SB2658, SB1574, SB2900, SB23, SB2753, SB2398, SB401, SB1241, SB2927, SB2173, SB2538, SB898, SB467, SB1449, SB2529, SB1531, SB2846, SB2476, SB2031, SB986, SB1181, SB2075, SB2154, SB2864, HB135, HB1109, SCR48, SB31, SB2880, SB1359, SB2386, SB771, SB2844, SB2550, SB1351, SB1423, SB1931, SB2245, SB2589, SB2707, SB2807, SB2351, SB410, SB659, SB816, SB2776, SB2693, SB2580, SB1980, SB1886, SB1234, SB739, SB482, SB456, SB127, SB1666
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Sep 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Alvarado, Bettencourt, Blanco, Campbell, Cook, Creighton, Flores, Gutierrez, Hagenbuch, Hinojosa of Nueces
  • Secretary will call the roll on suspension: Amarato-Bentoncourt, Amarato-Bentoncourt, Campbell, Cook,
  • If I recall the roll: Alvarado, Bettencourt, Blanco, Campbell, Cook, Creighton, Lourdes.
  • Alvarado, Bettencourt, Blanco, Campbell, Cook. Creighton, Flores, Gutierrez.
  • Alvarado, Bettencourt, Blanco, Campbell, Cook, Creighton, Flores, Gutierrez, Hagenbuch, Paul, Hinojosa