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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is an exclusion for the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission that was an issue when this.
  • Approves the permanent rules from the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code mission.
  • that we are going to say that, except for The following, and one of those is Oklahoma Administrative Code
  • Do you have any more information on that particular code? Thank you.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 14th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is an exclusion for the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.
  • Leader, House Joint Resolution 1092 approves the permanent rules from the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code
  • And one of those is Oklahoma Administrative Code 31730-5-11. And that one particularly...
  • Do you have any more information on that particular code? No, thank you.
Summary: The Senate met with a quorum, prayer, pledges, and recognition of two student pages before taking up a long agenda of House joint resolutions and bills, mostly related to administrative rules and agency approvals. The chamber advanced and passed H.J.R. 1088, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1095, 1099, and 1100, which approved permanent rules for education, energy and agriculture, business and commerce, building code, health-related agencies, general government agencies, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, and OMES. Several senators criticized the process for moving rule resolutions quickly and without committee vetting, while supporters said the calendar delays required direct consideration. The Senate also adopted conference committee reports and passed SB 206, SB 248, and HB 3021, with HB 3021 making small changes to graduation requirements, including science/math course language, Oklahoma history flexibility for some military families, and personal financial literacy counting toward math in some cases. A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 1370, which was described by its author as repealing an automatic state trigger that would replace any federal gasoline tax if the federal government suspended it. Supporters argued the bill would prevent Oklahoma drivers from paying more if the federal gas tax were repealed and framed it as tax relief; opponents argued it could reduce highway and bridge funding and create a budget hole. The Senate suspended several rules to bring the bill up, but rejected a motion to suspend the fiscal-impact rule for a proposed amendment. After debate, the chamber passed the measure 41-7 and then approved it as an emergency measure. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 893, a conference report dealing with foreign ownership near critical infrastructure and agricultural land. The bill would restrict certain foreign adversary ownership or leasing within 10 miles of critical infrastructure, add training zones and other protected areas, delay implementation until July 1, 2027, and create an enforcement process involving Attorney General review and whistleblower-style reporting. Senators raised concerns about enforcement, possible misuse, and profiling, while the author said the bill was aimed at national security and infrastructure protection. The conference report was adopted and the bill passed. Later, the Senate received notice that the House was ready to convene in joint session, and the chamber briefly stood at ease before returning to continue its work.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 20th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It can be found in the Education Code, Chapter 11, Section 169.
  • Safety Code, Code of Federal Regulations, and various statutes that pertain to where parents are found
  • , the Prayer Rights Chapter, and the Texas Education Code.
  • Both of these pieces of code or law direct us to teach.
  • Already in code, we cannot use Common Core or national curriculum standards.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Apr 27th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Would there be a long-term fiscal capacity to subsidize high utility rates through the tax code, right
Bills: HR118, HB1039, SB436, SB442
Summary: Yes. This appears to be a meeting of the House Ways and Means Committee, based on the chairman’s roll call, the committee’s tax-related agenda, and the motions to report bills favorably. The committee first announced that SB 436 by Senator Cloud was deferred. It then heard SB 442 by Senator Stein, which would extend and clarify a local sales and use tax exemption in Calcasieu Parish for repairs, upgrades, and overhauls of certain aircraft at qualifying facilities like Chennault. Testimony from Citadel Completions emphasized the bill’s economic-development purpose, competitiveness with other states, and job retention/expansion in Southwest Louisiana. Representative Orgeron moved favorable passage, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee next considered HR 118 by Representative Wright, which would create a legislative subcommittee to study a possible state income tax credit for certain water utility customers affected by high rates tied to private water system upgrades and brown-water/manganese issues in parts of the Florida parishes and elsewhere. Members questioned the fiscal impact, eligibility, and whether the proposal would merely be a Band-Aid or a fair way to offset costs; Wright said it was only a study and not an automatic trigger for a tax credit. Representative Jackson moved to report the resolution favorably, and it was adopted without objection. Finally, HB 1039 by Representative Desotel was not presented and was held in committee. The committee then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/26/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • smaller businesses in the state of Minnesota, and the biggest negative impact would be felt by residential
  • smaller businesses in the state of Minnesota, and the biggest negative impact would be felt by residential
  • smaller businesses in the state of Minnesota, and the biggest negative impact would be felt by residential
  • on the average taxpayer, because they certainly do not want that to be deferred or passed on to residential
  • on the average taxpayer, because they certainly do not want that to be deferred or passed on to residential
Bills: HF3676, HF2959, HF3233
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • >> I would like to recognize our intern for our committee this session.
  • One of our former interns, uh, Grace Heim, is now uh sitting at the speaker desk. So that was good.
  • >> I would like to recognize our intern for our committee this session.
  • One of our former interns, uh, Grace Heim, is now sitting at the speaker desk. So that was good.
  • >> Um, I would like to recognize our intern for our committee this session.
Bills: HB87, HB96, HB28, HB87, HB96, HB28
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections May 15th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a separate section of the Code, Chapter 87. Then go to page 6.
  • I would like to put that back at more than 3, which is consistent with the rest of the code.
  • Code, let's have that conversation, and we'll have a bunch of people up here saying no way.
  • Where is that in the code? Paper code?
  • Is there a paper code about wanting to be too emphatic about wanting paper?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Municipal solid waste permits can be used to propose a landfill in a now densely developed residential
  • law without changing the existing 10-year framework under Section 89.029 of the Natural Resources Code
  • large investments to serve customer growth, such as extending gas mains to serve commercial and residential
  • power line serving a well site or certain surface facilities in accordance with the National Electric Code