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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

A&B Health Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • I zero, nay, Dobrinski, with a vote of ya zero, nay, I declare your vote to have your bill to have passed
  • I'd call your vote. Your bill to a past. Thank you, members.
  • I declare your bill to have passed. Thank you, members.
  • Would you please state your name and title? My name is Madison Miller.
  • In the way you recognized or restate your question, Chair. Thanks, Mr. Chairman.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, and so what this allows right now, if you have a car in your possession, you try to put it in the
  • What this allows right now, if you have a car in your possession, you try to put it in the abandoned
  • These two are examples of mailers my wife got for a piece of property she owns.
  • These two are examples of mailers my wife got for a piece of property she owns.
  • <00:23:18.720> ethics oh, you've got to file your ethics oh, you've got to file your ethics
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 8

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • your state house of representatives. your state house of representatives.
  • Thank you for your service and for your advocacy.
  • here and and welcome to your house. here and and welcome to your house.
  • /c><00:19:42.799> of welcome to your House of welcome to your House of Representatives.<00:19:
  • a community to go pick up their own a community to go pick up their own carts. carts. carts.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Feb 4th, 2026

Commerce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Should you choose to waive your speaking time, your position will be included in the committee records
  • When we talk about a daily transaction limit for existing users, think about your own bank and the policies
  • When we talk about a daily transaction limit for existing users, think about your own bank and the policies
  • So you do that at the, at your phone, at your device level.
  • And thank you for your comments.
Summary: The committee first postponed SB 1456, then heard SB 1236, which would condition state economic development incentives on employers using secret-ballot union elections and prohibit neutrality agreements. The sponsor argued the bill protects workers from coercion and applies only to companies receiving taxpayer-funded incentives; opponents said it was government interference, likely to hurt contractors, apprenticeships, and business growth, and raised concerns about federal preemption and Attorney General enforcement. After debate, the committee reported SB 1236 favorably on a recorded vote. The committee then considered CS/SB 198, a measure to regulate cryptocurrency kiosks by requiring operator registration, fraud warnings, transaction limits, blockchain analytics, receipts, and refund protections for certain first-time transactions tied to fraud. Supporters from the banking industry, AARP, and others said the bill would help stop scams that are targeting seniors and vulnerable adults; one industry witness supported the bill but suggested narrowing the limits for existing users and shortening the new-customer period. The committee reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee took up CS/SB 1356 on dog breeding, pet sales, and breeder registration. The sponsor said the bill is intended to curb puppy mills, improve animal welfare, and add consumer protections, while an amendment removed state oversight of local animal shelters. Pet store representatives supported much of the bill but objected to the three-day waiting period for financed purchases, expanded reimbursement, and unfair trade practice penalties; others argued the bill would add red tape and litigation. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard SB 1722 on app stores and minors, which would require age verification, parental consent for minors, app-content disclosures, and enforcement by the Department of Legal Affairs. Supporters said the bill would help parents protect children online; opponents warned it could force collection of sensitive personal data, create privacy and constitutional problems, and duplicate existing parental tools. Members debated the balance between child safety and privacy, and the committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 422 on ADS-B aviation data, which would bar use of ADS-B information to calculate certain landing or access fees; an amendment added departures to the restriction. Pilots supported the bill as a safety and privacy measure, while airport representatives opposed it as undermining airport finances and shifting costs. The amendment was adopted, and the hearing on the bill began with testimony from both sides.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HOU Public Hearing 01-27-2026

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • Could you provide the committee with your current balance of your rental housing revolving fund and your
  • to commit to the program of the pilot<00:12:39.120> program.
  • programs.
  • programs.
  • programs.
Summary: The committee heard five housing measures, with the chair announcing that SB 2060, SB 2063, SB 2062, and SB 2069 were works in progress and that decision-making would be deferred to February 3. SB 2060 would allow HHFDC, with Finance approval, to transfer money within the rental housing revolving fund and its subaccounts without further legislative authorization, including a transfer to the mixed-income subaccount for FY 2026-2027. HHFDC and other supporters said the change would give the agency more flexibility to move projects forward, while Catholic Charities Hawaii and a testifier from Roars and Cares supported the bill but warned that shifting money away from lower-income housing could weaken efforts to serve households under 80% of area median income and people at risk of homelessness. HHFDC said the fund’s uncommitted balance was about $100 million and that demand exceeded available resources. SB 2063 would revise the mixed-income subaccount by changing project priorities, adding new criteria, allowing transfers within the subaccount without legislative approval, and directing conveyance tax revenues into the subaccount. HHFDC, OPSD, LURF, Hawaii Appleseed, Housing Hawaii’s Future, Stanford Carr Development, and Roars and Cares supported the measure, while Catholic Charities urged the committee to keep rental and for-sale housing policy separate and to use other mechanisms for homeownership. Catholic Charities said the rental housing revolving fund should remain focused on rentals, and that for-sale initiatives should be addressed separately. The chair indicated an intent to defer the bill for further edits. SB 2062 would make the dwelling unit revolving fund equity pilot a permanent HHFDC program, allowing the agency to buy equity in for-sale developments to lower initial purchase prices and require repayment through shared appreciation. HHFDC said the pilot had been successful, with 83 units committed and $7.6 million of the $10 million program cap already committed, and said permanence would let the agency pair the program with DERF loans earlier in project financing. The chair said SB 2069 would be used as the vehicle for amendments to the DERF equity program and related changes. SB 2069 would authorize HHFDC to use existing dwelling unit revolving fund balances for the equity pilot; it drew support from HHFDC and several housing organizations. SB 2070 would create a permanently affordable for-sale housing program by replacing the current 10-year buyback restriction with a resale price cap tied to an appreciation index, which HHFDC said would preserve affordability while allowing owners to build equity. In questioning, senators pressed HHFDC on whether the bill was necessary, whether it would remove first-time homebuyer and other ownership restrictions, and whether the new program was truly “permanently affordable” if not tied to AMI. HHFDC said the current statutory restrictions limit flexibility, that the proposal would expand access to local residents, and that the price cap would be based on about 4.5% annual appreciation. Supporters said the approach would help buyers move up the housing ladder, while some senators expressed concern that it could open the program to owners of multiple properties and that the committee should see sales-velocity data on existing restricted units before proceeding.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 27th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Should you choose to waive your speaking time, your position will be included in the meeting record.
  • Thank you for your testimony.
  • Thank you for your testimony.
  • By your vote, SB 292 is reported favorably. By your vote, SB 292 is reported favorably.
  • Thank you for your testimony.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and considered a long agenda of bills, many of which were reported favorably. Early action included CS for SB 62 on candidate qualification, which would create an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation qualification requirements, and CS for SB 156, the Officer Jason Raynor Act, which would clarify resistance-to-officer language and add mandatory life imprisonment for manslaughter committed against a law enforcement officer. SB 156 drew strong support from the City of Daytona Beach and law enforcement groups, while the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers opposed parts of the bill, arguing it removed useful limits on force and imposed overly rigid sentencing. The committee also approved several open-government sunset review bills, including measures extending exemptions for social media platform investigations, small business loan program records, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigatory records, emergency shelter recipient information, Department of Military Affairs records, conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information, Public Service Commission records and meetings, and Florida Gaming Control Commission records and meetings. The committee also advanced CS for SB 624, allowing batterers’ intervention programs to offer optional faith-based activities, with supporters saying faith-based counseling can help reduce domestic violence and no participant would be required to take part. Other approved measures included HB 167 on former phosphate mining lands, which limits certain liability claims if notice and survey requirements are met; CS for SB 48 on housing, which requires local governments to allow accessory dwelling units and was amended to remove hearing and variance requirements and clarify local ordinance obligations; SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, described as a negotiated glitch bill preserving co-op authority over generation and power purchases; and CS for SB 364 on public accountancy, which creates additional CPA licensure pathways and mobility provisions. The committee also approved SB 292 creating a public records exemption for appellate court clerks and their families, despite some opposition votes. Later, the committee passed CS for SB 296 and CS for SB 298, which expand protections for victims of domestic violence and dating violence by creating a feasibility study for a secure web-based 911 alert platform and extending address confidentiality and public records protections to dating violence, stalking, and aggravated stalking victims. SB 386 on farm equipment, described as a “lemon law” for tractors and similar equipment, also passed. Additional open-government bills were approved for emergency shelter recipients, military affairs records, conviction integrity unit materials, PSC records, and gaming commission records. SB 168 on public nuisances was reported favorably as well. One bill, CS for CS for SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, was temporarily postponed after extensive stakeholder testimony; the chair allowed public comment but no vote was taken, and the sponsor indicated ongoing discussions and possible changes. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded several individual votes for the record, and the committee adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 20th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is in our county is a tremendous problem, and our superintendent has your own content.
  • <00:07:05.680> So, superintendent has your own content.
  • So, superintendent has your own content.
  • <00:15:50.000> If continue your program as you see fit.
  • If continue your program as you see fit.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 15th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • here, so in any event—complete an appearance form handed to the sergeant's office, and you can waive your
  • I'm really looking forward to working with each and every one of you on your bills.
  • And by your vote, SB 100 is reported favorably.
  • And by your vote, Senate Bill 102 is reported favorably.
  • Liga Davis, you want to share your music with the rest of us? Are there any questions on the bill?
Bills: S0100, S0102, S0104
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard three housekeeping/statutory revision bills. Chair Passidomo introduced the committee’s new staff director, and the committee proceeded quickly through the agenda with no public appearance forms, questions, or debate on any of the bills. SB 100, the Adoption Act, prospectively adopts the 2026 Florida Statutes as an official document and adopts the statute materials passed by the 2025 regular session as official state statute law. SB 102 deletes statutory provisions that were previously repealed or expired and are now without effect. SB 104 is the General Reviser's Bill, which removes obsolete language, updates cross-references, and corrects grammatical and typographical errors in the Florida Statutes. Each bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. After the votes, several senators asked to be recorded as voting favorably on tabs 1 and 2, and the committee adopted that request without objection. The meeting then adjourned, with members reminded that the committee would meet again on Thursday.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Finance Aug 27th, 2025

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, Senator Bancourt, I, I appreciate your work on this, and, um, the, my understanding from your layout
  • Thank you for your testimony. Um, let's see, and I don't see any questions.
  • And the uh and because obviously the beginning of your test and middle of your tests are automated that
  • whole cap is going to be used on the end of your test.
  • Thank you for your testimony. There's no other questions.
Bills: HB8, HB26, HB192
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 6th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • A lot of these programs offer courses online, and the schools will work with you on your schedule.
  • I thank you for your time and ask for your favorable consideration of Senate Bill 646, and I close.
  • Thank you for your consideration. Introduce yourself, who you represent, and your position.
  • Start to your right, my left, and state your name, who you represent, and we are honored to have you
  • Instead, professors and students in general education courses like my own will simply avoid difficult
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 23rd, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, I was just asking what your impression is. I haven't really given any thought to it.
  • I appreciate your testimony. Okay. Representative Morgan? Thank you.
  • Does it take long for your appraisal to come to a conclusion? Once we send it to appraisal?
  • So anyway, thank you for your testimony. Thank you for being here. Thank y'all very much.
  • Judge, and this has been abused as well because people, let's say your case is in Harris County.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 23rd, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that ranges per program.
  • Please make sure you state your name, who you're with, and your position on the bill.
  • It's the only kind of program in Texas. of this program.
  • Given the size and the unique pool, our program has its own numbering system.
  • This program has no out-of-network, no co-insurance; it's a straight co-pay type program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation (Part II) Apr 9th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please state your name and your position on the bill. Thank you, Chairman Nichols.
  • Your thing, sir. I'm following your lead, Mr. Chairman. All right. So please state your name, sir.
  • And so you both are here... associated, you've heard your, your chief, your fire chief response because
  • Move the mic to please state your name and your position on the bill. Sure.
  • State your name. State your name for the record. You've got two minutes.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee reconvened on SB 2722, as substituted by Senator Bettencourt, which would redirect a portion of Harris County Toll Road Authority surplus revenues to the City of Houston and impose audit and tax-rate penalty provisions. Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz and Fire Chief Thomas Munoz testified in support, arguing that Houston bears a large share of toll-road public safety burdens, citing thousands of police and fire responses on toll-road property and the need for compensation for emergency services. Bill King, testifying neutrally, said the toll authority generates large excess revenues and urged stronger oversight and clearer controls on how the money is spent. Opponents, including Harris County officials, business and neighborhood representatives, and toll-road critics, argued the bill would divert transportation dollars, create a precedent for taking toll revenues for general municipal use, and could worsen project delivery and incentives; several also questioned the accuracy and interpretation of the revenue figures and the lack of comparable audit requirements for the city. The committee took extensive testimony but left SB 2722 pending without a vote. The committee then heard SB 2129, which would increase fines for motorists who disregard railroad crossing gates or flaggers, and SB 2323, which would redact railroad crew members’ personal information from public accident reports. Both bills were presented as safety measures, with railroad labor testimony in support, and both were left pending after brief public testimony. The committee also heard SB 2141, a Zaffirini bill concerning specialty license plates for judges, with the substitute aimed at reducing security risks by changing how judges are identified on plates; it too was left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2439, another Zaffirini bill, described as a TDLR cleanup measure related to ATV and off-highway vehicle safety certification. The bill would abolish the current training and certification program, which supporters said was burdensome and underused given the small number of approved instructors statewide. With no significant opposition on the record, the committee closed testimony and left SB 2439 pending as well.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would authorize the Commission on Higher Education to award ...Commission on Higher Education
  • for athletic trainers in K-12 and postsecondary education. ...K-12 and postsecondary education, and
  • Uh, this is one after a lot of outcry, and I'm sure you all get them from your local educators about
  • Mackey or Connor, is there a system that we have with our schools, a program... we have a program that's
  • So remember, be watching your emails, listening to your secretaries.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 2nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • children's faces, their own grandchildren's faces, help them to make the education they want for their
  • in your program, but you've got to tell the members where you take it from.
  • This is your supplemental.
  • In the joy of others lies our own, in the joys of others lies our own.
  • So for every year that you own that or it's part of your business, you're going to pay for it multiple
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • going to go first and proceed with your going to go first and proceed with your testimony<00:03:
  • So this here House File 1701 would be a grant program for a Minnesota-made fertilizer program, and so
  • The latter half of the bill would support and expand existing educational and mental health programs
  • Furong Learning is a program at Canterbury Park that provides tutoring and other educational opportunities
  • This program also provides ESL programs to adults on the backside.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Mar 20th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chris Hilton, on my own behalf, for the bill. I'm happy to answer any questions.
  • State your name and position. My name is Allen Place.
  • How would this bill have to be amended to achieve that clarity by your standard?
  • Your Honor, thanks again for being here. Your Honor, your testimony was helpful.
  • Thank you, Your Honor. Thank you, Madam Chair. Mr.
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs met and heard several bills related to legislative process and court jurisdiction. Senate Bill 1386, by Senator Huffman, would change compelled legislative testimony from blanket transactional immunity to testimonial immunity, allowing compelled statements or documents to be used against a witness in criminal prosecution only if not derived from the compelled testimony, while preserving protection against perjury and false statements and retaining the right to counsel. No public witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1470, by Chairman Hughes, which would require DPS to share existing data on cross-state driver’s license cancellations with the Secretary of State for voter-roll maintenance. Hughes said the bill does not create new data collection and is intended to improve list maintenance. A DPS resource witness was present, there was no substantive opposition, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1210, also by Hughes, would address conflicts between the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals on constitutional questions by making the Supreme Court the final arbiter in limited circumstances. Chris Hilton supported the bill, but Allen Place, Jack Rohde, and Philip Furlow opposed it, arguing it was unconstitutional, unnecessary, and could create practical problems in criminal post-conviction litigation. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 311, which would conform the Government Code to the Texas Constitution by clarifying the Supreme Court’s original writ authority against lower courts and officials other than the governor. Justice Evan Young and Chris Hilton supported the bill as a clarification of existing authority, while no one testified against it; the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed to allow the chamber to rearrange for the Senate session.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • They funded 98 programs from across the state, and I would really encourage you all to look in your pockets
  • That's what our programs do. And they're local level programs.
  • Thank you for your time. consideration. Thank you for your time.
  • people as regular employees who do your people as regular employees who do your your<00:54:11.040
  • 13.119> your<00:54:13.359> payroll your accounting and your um your payroll your accounting
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for your time and your consideration. Thank you, Mr. Marza, for your testimony.
  • Please state your name and your organization for the record. Thank you. My name is Nick WNAM.
  • representative steer please talk to your representative steer please talk to your bill<00:13:31.040
  • yeah thank you Mr chair I think to your yeah thank you Mr chair I think to your point<00:35:02.880
  • Transportation thank you for your Transportation thank you for your testimony<00:36:12.359> uh
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 25th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • How many of you in the gallery are here for your first time? Raise your hand in the capital.
  • Justice Soto, thank you so much for your dedication, your leadership. the service to our state.
  • With regards to your family, your dad, I know, worked for one of our former legislators, and you have
  • and offers 50 doctoral programs.
  • The director of the program is Dr.
Summary: The meeting was marked by significant resolutions recognizing various contributions to Texas and celebrating community initiatives. Key discussions included the adoption of resolutions commemorating Texas Hispanic Judges Day and highlighting the 100th anniversary of Memorial Park. Senators expressed appreciation for the judges' dedication and legacy, with notable mentions of individual judges and their impact on the community and legal landscape in Texas. The Senate also honored students and organizations contributing positively to their communities, showcasing the interconnectedness of public service and the legislative process.