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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 12th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need competition, which sometimes we do, sometimes we don't.
  • So you need your hernia fixed.
  • It needs to change. It needs to change to killing clones.
  • So we already have access to it; it doesn't...
  • I really do believe we need to address this issue.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 12th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to root out abuse.
  • Your need for bodies to practice on...
  • We are just now starting to get some of the funding we need to staff what we need to be able to move
  • This bill is needed, right?
  • access to their services.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources May 7th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think this is a vital need to make sure that we're not wasting money on things that we don't need to
  • I think this is a a a vital need to make sure that we're not wasting money on things that we don't need
  • Because of that, there is a need to update so we can streamline our processes and address development
  • I think I'm probably the only one that's here around that was here back then, but we do need to make
  • It’s just the time, effort, and resources needed to collect signatures from other class members of other
Summary: The Committee on Natural Resources heard testimony on a series of water, utility, and groundwater-related bills. Early items included HB 5693, which would let Drainage District 7 hold board elections in November of odd-numbered years when a countywide election is occurring, and HB 5671, which would update the Johnson County Special Utility District by clarifying board eligibility, allowing bond issuance, and removing redundant TCEQ approval language to reduce costs and delays. Both bills were left pending after brief testimony from bill sponsors and local witnesses. The committee also heard SB 1504, which would update the Gulf Coast Authority to allow video-conference participation in meetings, and SB 1302, aimed at closing a TCEQ permitting loophole that allowed dischargers with prior denials or suspensions to reapply through an automated process without meaningful review. SB 2692 drew substantial discussion: it would change the signature threshold for outside-city-limits customers appealing municipal utility rates to the PUC by customer class. Valero supported the bill as a way to avoid requiring large-volume users to gather signatures from unrelated residential customers, while the City of Corpus Christi opposed it, arguing that lowering the threshold to one customer could trigger expensive appeals costing $500,000 to $1 million. A PUC witness said such cases are increasing and that the agency would need additional staff under the fiscal note. SB 790, creating a simplified PUC complaint process for small water and wastewater billing disputes, and SB 1663, expanding TCEQ notice requirements for nearby residents when groundwater contamination is discovered, were also heard and left pending. Additional bills included HB 3115, clarifying that the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District cannot require meters on exempt domestic or livestock wells; SB 1055, raising the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District’s production fee cap from 1 cent to 7 cents per 1,000 gallons; and SB 1625, requiring private water and wastewater utilities to report cybersecurity incidents to TCEQ and DIR. The committee then took up pending business and adopted a substitute for SB 7, which made several changes to water fund use, eminent domain coordination, and EDAP-related provisions, and voted 10-0 to report it favorably. The committee also adopted a substitute for HB 2347, a county water conservation program bill, and reported it favorably 9-1. HB 5675 and SB 2476 were each reported favorably 10-0. The meeting concluded with adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 29th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, need for a minimum protection.
  • We need more capacity for drivers, not less.
  • Is it bracketed just uh from the description of what it needs to be adjacent to?
  • Does anybody need to speak to? DPS? OK. No.
  • Um, these are all things we need to be thinking about now.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Corrections Apr 9th, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do any of y'all need a resource witness on the committee?
  • And members, we do have a resource witness if anyone needs it.
  • Members, we have a resource witness if any of y'all need it.
  • I think maybe we need to be having a larger conversation around what it is that we need to do to ensure
  • that survivors have adequate access to trauma-informed care and access to the care they need outside
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Finance Apr 2nd, 2025

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fuel access is crucial for emergency response.
  • They're bringing the billbook because I think we need... Okay.
  • care when they need it.
  • help they desperately need.
  • We need the same situation in EMS.
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee heard several bills focused on tax administration, transportation, emergency services, historic preservation, forensic training, pension funding, and the state’s rainy day fund. Senate Bill 1337, by Senator Creighton, would require the comptroller to assess penalty and interest only on the net tax due and allow sales and use tax overpayments to offset underpayments more automatically; it was left pending while the author, comptroller staff, and a private witness continued working on the language and fiscal note. Senate Bill 1371, by Senator Hinojosa, would address Corpus Christi transit authority operations, including emergency refueling coordination, fare-setting procedures, and board term limits; it received supportive testimony and was left pending. Senate Bill 1377, by Senator Perry, would create a grant program for rural counties to buy ambulances, with a committee substitute expanding eligible uses in some cases to equipment and setting a sunset date; numerous EMS officials, county representatives, and association witnesses testified in support, emphasizing rising ambulance costs, staffing shortages, and the need for rural emergency coverage, and the bill was left pending after testimony. Senate Bill 868, by Senator Sparks, would direct at least 10% of volunteer fire department assistance funding to high wildfire-risk areas; Texas A&M Forest Service explained the map and methodology, and the committee substitute was adopted. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1426, which would place the First Capitol State Historic Site in West Columbia under Texas Historical Commission stewardship, and Senate Bill 1620, which would create a Texas Forensic Analyst Apprenticeship Pilot Program through the Office of Court Administration to address forensic scientist shortages; both had no opposition in testimony and their committee substitutes were adopted. Senate Bill 2065 would change the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System funding structure to require an actuarially determined state contribution and address the system’s unfunded liability over 30 years; Pasadena fire department representatives testified that the pension is an important volunteer retention tool, and the bill was left pending after testimony. Senate Joint Resolution 4 would raise the Economic Stabilization Fund cap from 10% to 15% of biennial revenue deposits, with a committee substitute correcting the effective date to September 1, 2027; the committee discussed the fund’s current balance and purpose before adopting the substitute. After quorum was established, the committee voted out the measures. Senate Bill 1868, Senate Bill 1371, Senate Bill 264, Senate Joint Resolution 4, Senate Bill 1426, Senate Bill 1620, and Senate Bill 2065 were all reported favorably to the full Senate, with some bills also certified for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee substitute for Senate Bill 868 was adopted and the bill was reported favorably as well. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Housing Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • If we need to address these housing issues, We need to invest more, more, more for people who are doing
  • Everybody needs a place to live.
  • We still do need more, I believe, to stabilize.
  • This legislation is an important first step, but we need to have more conversation, and we need our eyes
  • First, Minnesota needs this legislation.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • If we need to address these housing issues, we need to invest more and more.
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  • We need a solution. We're hurting.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Mar 31st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is a clear and urgent need to address this epidemic by expanding access. to and awareness of HIV
  • Transmission to others needs to be prevented, and potential outbreaks need a very swift response.
  • Those folks don't need this.
  • care when they need it.
  • We need those just as much as we need ambulances.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 26th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • The public can access important video footage when needed. Mr.
  • Get the care they need.
  • Often, it's access to food, it's access to a home, a roof over their heads.
  • It needs to be.
  • We need to open it up and then get it closed. We need your help.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • There's no need for a candidate forum on the red side of the county, but you need a candidate forum on
  • I think it's sorely needed.
  • Very little proof of transitioning is needed, which means a fully intact male could gain access to women's
  • Each of which have had their own difficulties accessing and getting access to.
  • They know what they need.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • He gets his boot up, ready just in case he needs something out of his boot.
  • She's like, 'No, you need to come down the ladder.'
  • Speaker, I need to adopt the Caldwell amendment. Clerk will read. Mr.
  • The request was just to allow flexibility for hiring of counsel as needed.
  • We need to take an amendment, please. Clerk will read. Mr.
Summary: The House convened under quorum call and began with several recognitions and presentations, including visits from Comanche County 4-H, the Muskogee Police Department officers who completed EMT training, the March of Dimes, and Ag Day honorees, including the Ag Hall of Fame recipient Ron Justice. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 1054 designating April 2026 as Library Month, with a special presentation honoring library leaders and advocates for their work on the first Library Day at the Capitol. The House then considered and passed a series of bills, mostly on broad bipartisan votes, covering state symbols, fireworks sales, oil and gas royalty protections, AP exam access, veteran records access for grandchildren, Medicaid support for a food-is-medicine grant, law library representation, controlled substances, public health, state security staffing, financial exploitation protections, credit union modernization, workforce data, staffing contracts, enterprise zone incentives, conveyance/title theft protections, hospice narcotics disposal, duplicate statute cleanup, and memorial highway/bridge designations. One major bill, SB 237 on eliminating the solar and battery storage manufacturing tax exemption, was laid over after discussion and questions about tax policy and local incentives. Several measures drew brief explanation and questions, including SB 2159 on state symbols and wheat, SB 1948 on fireworks sales, HB 1371 on oil and gas royalty payments and bankruptcy protections, SB 1975 on AP testing locations, SB 2026 on access to veterans’ discharge papers, SB 1565 on food-is-medicine Medicaid support, SB 1642 on splitting short opioid prescriptions, and SB 933 creating a right-to-try pathway for individualized treatment. Most of these bills passed with little or no debate, and several emergency clauses also passed by the required two-thirds vote. Not all measures advanced: SB 1771, expanding Workforce Commission data authority, failed on a 27-46 vote, and the House later gave notice of intent to reconsider. SB 1365 was reconsidered and then passed, but its emergency clause failed. The session also featured an extended personal privilege speech by Rep. Scott Fetgatter marking his departure, in which he thanked colleagues and staff and reflected on his tenure and legislative work.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • We need some video evidence of that, I believe. We need some video evidence of that, I believe.
  • You know, OSBI can only do backgrounds and searches with what they have access to.
  • Is there any reason we especially need this committee?
  • There is an infinite need for judges down there. So I'd appreciate it.
  • There is an infinite need for judges down there. So I'd appreciate it.
Summary: The House met in session with a roll call establishing a quorum, followed by prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including the Doctor and Nurse of the Day and youth groups visiting the chamber. Special presentations honored the Oklahoma City Blazers under-10 ice hockey team for winning a Texas state championship and MacArthur High School JROTC cadets for repeated drill team success. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 1055 declaring April 29, 2026, as Oklahoma Agriculture Day, and House Resolution 1056 recognizing Denim Day during Sexual Assault Awareness Month; both were adopted without objection. Members then considered a series of Senate bills. SB 2170 on child custody passed 77-0 and requires supervised visitation when a court finds child abuse or sexual exploitation. SB 1833 codifies a federal waiver barring SNAP purchases of candy and soft drinks and passed 62-17. SB 1198, requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to file releases on county- and municipally-owned properties at the request of local officials, passed 79-0. SB 1730, which requires law enforcement sexual abuse reports to be forwarded to OSBI for investigative use, drew debate over victim protection versus due-process concerns and passed 52-29. The House also passed SB 1379 creating a two-year grant pilot for services to labor and sex trafficking victims, including services regardless of immigration status, and approved the emergency. SB 1645 on Medicaid audit procedures, SB 2155 allowing the Route 66 Commission to use MOUs for administrative oversight, and several sunset-extension bills for boards and commissions also advanced, many with emergency clauses approved. SB 1461 extending the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority passed 67-20, but its emergency failed 55-20. Other measures passed included SB 1344 creating an insulin access and affordability program, SB 1309 increasing Roads Fund debt-service capacity, and multiple board-extension bills for construction, polygraph examiners, engineers and surveyors, and midwifery, most with emergency clauses adopted. The House then moved to announcements and recessed until 1:30 p.m.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • In her 10 years of work in corporate medicine, she realized the need for more of a traditional medical
  • She felt the need for doctors to truly listen to their patients and treat them in a manner they need
  • Requiring a bond seems silly if we're not going to actually call them when we need them.
  • Lake and Industrial Revolving Fund to be used by ODOT to provide grants to the Lake and Industrial Access
  • , does that mean that other people who are under OIDs might not get the services they also need?
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Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't know about the accessibility of additional reports, so.
  • They anticipate not needing seven full-time FTs, which they're currently allocated.
  • Do we need to go back to that? You're now recognized to present your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • Is there a reason why we need it to happen before November? Thank you for the question.
  • This is going to make the access for her healthcare easier for her. She will entertain emotion.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 5th, 2026 at 12:10 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't know, been yet, I need, who, I'd have done that, and I'd have had, but I'd have been ha'nish,
  • And, Lord, bring comfort at times that we need. And some of us, we need healing at time, Lord.
  • And it's a good career, and we need a lot of nurses, and we always support all of that.
  • The students have to catch the bus and they need to get going. Please rise to be recognized.
  • those services be able to access professionals who can provide them.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 411 Conference PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri May 1, 2026, 6:30PM HST - Day 56

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 329 Conference AM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting