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AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Economic Development and Tourism
Committee:
House Economic Development and Tourism
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The other thing that state... That's problematic.
- Not so much in Arizona, but some and more in other states.
- Third, this bill basically states that a business operating in this state may not require that a person
- That would be the rule accurately stated.
- However, what was said by the court in Jacobson... ...stated.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 13th, 2026
Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We began to look at some other states and recognized that several states had a disclosure form.
- Some other states recognized that several states had a disclosure form for the purposes of providing
- We want to do three in this state.
- It keeps us competitive with other states.
- number of CPAs in the state.
Bills:
SCR53 , HB259 , HB267 , HB478 , HB548 , HB555 , HB617 , HB670 , HB672 , HB797 , HB848 , HB917 , HB921 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1166 , HB1195 , HB1230
Keywords:
payable-on-death accounts, transfer-on-death accounts, estate planning, beneficiary designations, Louisiana law, task force, inheritance, nonprobate transfers, excavation, demolition, infrastructure repair, BEAD Program, utility damage, construction coordination, contact point, home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- At least 22 states already allow a physician to initiate an emergency detention, and several other states
- No, I think... ...like she said, it varies widely from state to state, depending on the center that you're
- When you request those from the state, the state does not keep that information.
- The state of Texas actually has the most stringent charity care law in the state, the 5%.
- We have 91 in the state, the largest by far of any other state.
Bills:
HB3772 , HB1656 , HB4504 , HB1896 , HB4420 , HB4421 , HB4076 , HB3708 , HB2806 , HB3540 , HB1586 , HB5459 , HB4553 , HB4535 , HB3811 , HB3749 , HB4255 , HB4051 , HB5098 , HB3554 , HB4539 , HB5274
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And what is a peer organization, and also direct an existing state agencies to report. on available resources
- People can find resources, right?
- resource witness.
- I called our resource witness actually, I'm sorry, but Department of State Health Services. neutral on
- State if you don't mind. Yes, sir.
Bills:
HB3772 , HB1656 , HB4504 , HB1896 , HB4420 , HB4421 , HB4076 , HB3708 , HB2806 , HB3540 , HB1586 , HB5459 , HB4553 , HB4535 , HB3811 , HB3749 , HB4255 , HB4051 , HB5098 , HB3554 , HB4539 , HB5274
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Administrative Rules 2nd Revised Apr 9th, 2026 at 11:30 am
Administrative Rules
Transcript Highlights:
- industries over the summer to address other rules that they are double regulating our industries in the state
- the Board of Alcohol and Drug Influence, the Attorney General, the Department of Public Safety, the State
- Fire Marshal Commission, and the State Board of Licensed Social Workers.
Committee:
Senate Administrative Rules
Keywords:
wildlife, conservation, Oklahoma, regulations, permanent rules, administrative procedures, guidance documents, transparency, public inspection, rulemaking, rulemaking authority, specific authority, legislative review, agency rules, judicial rules, public safety, state agencies, legislative approval
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I didn't give this question to you earlier, but I just realized: where are the for the out-of-state colleges
- Now that I'm on the right bill, can you just answer where the out-of-state colleges and universities
- Colleges or universities, and then because Oklahoma's in the SCC, that we incorporate that other states
- whenever you say it's all going to just go to the same pot, is that fund and money controlled by the state
Committee:
House Transportation
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2299 creates the state senior independent living ombuds.
- I'm here today representing the Washington State Long-Term Care Ombuds Program.
- No, there was no additional resources in this governor's budget.
- Most other states don't have the kind of home care options that we have.
- shouldn't necessarily be looked at as punitive, but rather as a resource.
Committee:
House Housing
Keywords:
seniors, independent living, ombudsman, elderly support, continuing care retirement communities, common interest communities, restrictions, property rights, homeowners association, community governance, housing finance, affordable housing, housing commission, state agency, financial assistance
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Apr 14th, 2026
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- I am here on H5246 and I am seeking credible service for time that I was employed in the state of Vermont
- Chief Leicester is no stranger to the State House, having served on statewide commissions and helped
- I spent three years in a municipality, 30 years with New Hampshire State Police, retired as a captain
- of America be treated differently than any other state employee, or have this service valued less?
- Thank you. ...provide them with similar benefits afforded to other state employees.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Service
Keywords:
retirement benefits, teachers' retirement system, creditable service, public education, emergency law, sick leave bank, leave donation, personal days, vacation days, extended illness leave bank, public employee, county sheriff, Worcester County Sheriff's Office, personnel bill, employee leave, disability leave, illness leave, compassionate leave, Massachusetts public service, police recruitment
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And we do believe that the state has a need of about $42 million across the state to make sure that we
- Do you want me to state the motion? Do you want to state the motion?
- State Auditor provided to DFA... ...audits released by the State Auditor or before they're released
- by the State Auditor provided to DFA of the state agencies are not released publicly until the State
- So the state audit is going to audit all of the financial transactions within your state, state compliance
Committees:
Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- absorb those costs within existing resources.
- For the fiscal note, there is no cost to the state.
- people in our state.
- There is a reason that privacy exists in our state constitution.
- The state has an obligation to keep accurate records.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
transit support grant, free transit, fare-free transit, zero-fare policy, community college students, technical college students, public transportation, youth transit, student transportation, Washington State, Department of Transportation, local sales tax, voter-approved sales tax, equity, environmental justice, low-barrier access, bus pass, rail transit, public transit agency, transit agency grants
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- authority to issue civil and investigative demands to investigate possible violations of the United States
- Constitution, the Washington State Constitution, to investigate possible violations of the United States
- Constitution, the Washington State Constitution, and specific state laws.
- civil investigative demand materials be consistent with Keep Washington Working Act requirements, state
- It's just stating current law. So there are no changes made to... Law.
Committee:
Senate Law & Justice
Keywords:
Attorney General, civil investigative demand, CID, subpoena-like demand, investigative authority, consumer protection, civil enforcement, pre-suit investigation, document production, interrogatories, deposition, oral testimony, confidentiality, trade secrets, judicial review, enforcement action, Washington RCW, law enforcement powers, government transparency, due process
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Jan 29th, 2026 at 02:36 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- United States.
- But we have very different policies state to state. And that's the reality.
- moving into the state compared to states with higher taxes.
- The soldiers that are in the water pulling people out because they've been called to state active duty
- What this bill does is it adds state active duty as exempt from state income tax.
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Keywords:
tax credits, municipality, county property, industrial revenue bonds, economic development, qualified expenditures, solar energy, tax credit, renewable energy, photovoltaic, solar thermal, New Mexico, economic incentive, energy independence, SB40, Driver Privacy and Safety Act, automated license plate reader, ALPR, license plate reader, vehicle surveillance
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- The State Investment Board now has about $230 billion under management.
- Representative Stoner: Folks all over the state.
- Chair, but it's also a costly one for the state. Mr.
- in this state.
- This is what I'm hearing from the state employees.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
investment, gifts, grants, University of Washington, funding, higher education, recycling, waste reduction, environmental policy, sustainability, municipal regulations, HB 2254, Washington, Health Care Authority, partnership access line, psychiatric consultation line, first approach skills training, behavioral health, mental health, assessment
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 15th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- And many states didn't make that choice.
- We authorize that provider, and then the provider bills the state, and the state pays the provider directly
- I think that gives people a good sense of what we do in the state of the state of I think that gives
- The state operating budget appropriated one-time state funding of $1 million in fiscal year 2024 and
- The state operating budget appropriated one-time state funding of $1 million in fiscal year 2024 and
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
Keywords:
physical education, school districts, student requirements, education policy, high school, early literacy, childhood literacy, book distribution, Imagination Library, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, preschool, pre-K, reading readiness, school readiness, birth to age five, young children, nonprofit contract, OSPI, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, DCYF
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County and Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- HB5580 will continue the gross transformation of Texas' public safety resources into a paranoid state
- I remember a Texas that was the first state in the nation to pass a state DREAM Act to celebrate and
- We do not want a police state.
- It doesn't reflect the values of a free state; it reflects the architecture of a police state.
- We're the Texas State Chamber, and we are also the state affiliate for the National Association.
Committee:
House S/C on County & Regional Government
Keywords:
transportation, infrastructure, funding, state budget, public safety, child welfare, county boards, membership, local governance, public welfare, government service, social services, Texas Family Code, regulation, vendors, solicitors, roadside sales, county authority, Sweeny Hospital District, board of directors
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- state agency.
- The bill also states... ...that sheriffs must allocate the necessary resources to ensure implementation
- through cartel facilitation into Texas and other states, overwhelming state and local... resources.
- Constitution to ensure that states, including Texas, have... the full authority and resources needed
- their state guard.
Committee:
House S/C on County & Regional Government
Keywords:
transportation, infrastructure, funding, state budget, public safety, child welfare, county boards, membership, local governance, public welfare, government service, social services, Texas Family Code, regulation, vendors, solicitors, roadside sales, county authority, Sweeny Hospital District, board of directors
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 8th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I was at the state department as a deputy state superintendent for a a deputy state superintendent for
- Um about 10 years ago, um uh the the state department um uh the the state department um uh the the state
- Well, the State Department about 10 Well, the State Department about 10 Well, the State Department about
- of the state of the state of Alabama.
- And while we stated we would revisit the while we stated we would revisit the while we stated we would
Committee:
Senate County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
primary election, election calendar, off-presidential year, May primary, second Tuesday in May, fourth Tuesday in May, runoff primary, special primary, presidential primary, election administration, candidate filing, ballot access, political parties, county election officials, state election law, Alabama elections, sheriffs, term of office, Alabama law, local government
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Even married, so it's estimated that the total amount might be around $350,000 for the state.
- . device, you could cover the entire state for 600,000.
- Sixty-eight percent of the cost is being paid by the state, 27% by the employee.
- Something that's not just a challenge in Montgomery but certainly throughout the state.
- I would love to see it expanded throughout the state.
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
sales tax, use tax, exemption, tax conformity, tangible personal property, Alabama Department of Revenue, retail tax, consumer use tax, nonresident, religious publications, church magazines, Bible class materials, Sunday school materials, tax administration, indirect tax, state revenue, HB226, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Apr 7th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions
Transcript Highlights:
- Why didn't we just choose 4% which would cover about 95% of the businesses in the state?
- my last question is, would you agree that this will actually help all small businesses across the state
- So would would would You agree that at 4%, including 95% of the businesses in the state, we will be doing
- a great service to small business in the state of Oklahoma.
- Chairman. 1623 is an update to the state charter.
Keywords:
credit union, Oklahoma State Credit Union Board, membership, loans, investments, board compensation, financial regulations, financial exploitation, protected adults, financial institution, notification, temporary hold, credit card, surcharge, discounts, consumer protection, payment methods