Transcript Highlights:

• My deeds have been very clear. Trafficked. I think my words have been very clear.
• My deeds have been very clear on that.

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Summary: The Committee on Crime and Public Safety met in executive session with a quorum present and considered three measures. First, members took up Senate Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1652, offered a House committee substitute, and discussed changes clarifying that an office was created within the Department of Public Safety rather than targeting women and girls. The bill was described as addressing missing persons and trafficking concerns, though one member objected that the language was not inclusive enough. The committee adopted the House committee substitute and then voted the bill do pass by a 12-1 vote. The committee next considered Senate Bill 1572, which was explained as a cleanup bill for several retirement-related issues, including St. Louis Police Board appointment timing, recovery of overpayments, refunding small accounts, and a quorum change for the St. Louis teachers’ retirement board after its membership was expanded. Members asked whether the changes affected pension benefits, and were told they did not alter payments or retirement system structure. The House committee substitute was adopted, and the bill received a unanimous do pass recommendation, 16-0. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3533, with a House committee substitute removing sports betting language and leaving only changes to riverboat admission fees and licensee tax rates. Members discussed the size of the increase, noting the current fee had not changed since 1993 and that the costs could be passed on to consumers. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted the bill do pass by a 9-7 vote, with one member present.

Transcript Highlights:

• My deeds have been very clear. Trafficked. I think my words have been very clear.
• My deeds have been very clear on that.

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And lastly, and most excitingly, we made the legislation around Transfer on Death deeds retroactive,
• Deeds, if they make mistakes, to fix those mistakes.

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• So the same request can be granted in one courthouse and denied in another, and that's not how any law
• As Senator Deeds so clearly pointed out, the media has access to this information.
• As Senator Deeds so clearly pointed out, the media has access to this information.
• Seeing none, the motion is granted. The motion is granted. Okay. So go by the strike and insert.
• Senator Deeds, nay. Senator Fuller? Senator Fuller, nay. Senator Garcia, yea. Senator Hilton, nay.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up House Bill 4852, a strike-and-insert bill revising West Virginia’s food additive restrictions. Counsel explained that it moved the existing additive list into a new code section, kept the 2028 effective date, added exceptions for dietary supplements, alcoholic liquor, non-intoxicating beer, and small sellers under $5,000 per month, and created civil penalties for knowing violations. Testimony split between industry witnesses, who argued the bill and last year’s law would raise costs, burden interstate commerce, and conflict with federal regulation, and advocates who said the law is already prompting companies to reformulate and that the bill clarifies vague language tied to a federal injunction. Several amendments were offered to tie the law to FDA action or exempt soda, pepperoni rolls, frozen confections, and snack foods; some were adopted and others failed. The committee then adopted the strike-and-insert amendment as amended and reported HB 4852 to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation. The committee next considered House Bill 5484, which creates felony offenses for interfering with a victim’s access to medical treatment or forensic care related to a sexual offense, or for forcing a victim of a sexual offense who becomes pregnant to have an illegal abortion, along with a conspiracy offense. Counsel said the strike-and-insert added clarifying language and definitions. Members raised concerns that the conspiracy language could be read to include the victim herself, and the bill sponsor said the intent was to target traffickers and abusers who keep victims from medical care and force abortions outside medical facilities. An amendment was adopted clarifying that nothing in the subsection imposes criminal liability on the victim of the sexual offense. The committee then adopted the strike-and-insert amendment, reported HB 5484 to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation, and adopted a title amendment. The final bill discussed in the excerpt was House Bill 4468, which narrows confidentiality protections for victims in criminal complaints by limiting redaction to names and addresses, while still allowing disclosure to other governmental entities and permitting victims to request redaction of addresses from appellate decisions after July 1, 2026. Counsel said the bill would replace broader existing confidentiality language and remove provisions allowing disclosure upon a showing of justice or by subpoena. Members questioned whether the change would weaken victim privacy protections, noting that identifying information can include much more than names and addresses. The committee then began hearing testimony from a county prosecutor on the bill, but the excerpt ends before any vote or final action on HB 4468.

Transcript Highlights:

• So the same request can be granted in one courthouse and denied in another.
• have someone who perpetrates a sexual offense in Taylor County, for example, and then they live in Grant
• As Senator Deeds so clearly pointed out, the media has access to this information.”
• Seeing none, the motion is granted. The motion is granted. Okay. So go by the strike and insert.
• Senator Deeds? No. Senator Deeds? Senator Fuller? Senator Fuller? Senator Garcia?

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• May they be faithful to our state's constitution, and give witness in word and deed to the principles
• President, I ask you to grant consent that the Senate allow cameras on the Senate floor, in the Senate
• And with that, I would ask you to grant consent that we excuse Senator Shendo until he returns to the
• Lorelai used Indian Education Initiative grant funds to review the curriculum through a culturally relevant
• Implementing the Indigenous Education Initiative thought grant.

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• It works in every other parish is that the clerk filings for recording mortgages and deeds and things
• operate multiple systems because they don't only do civil filings for lawsuits and whatnot, but they do deeds
• Because they don't only do civil filings for lawsuits and whatnot, but they do deeds and mortgages and
• I'm the former district attorney of Grant Parish. Representative Carter, my name is Ed Tarpley.
• I'm the former district attorney of Grant Parish. I've practiced law in this state for 45 years.

Bills: SB256

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: court consolidation, judicial administrative, Orleans Parish, civil district court, criminal district court, court clerk, judicial funding, 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Apparently it was Grants Pass v.
• and as you know, parishes and different housing authorities will have to apply to get that federal grant
• They charged me $10 or $110 depending on which jurisdiction it is, to record a deed, up to four pages
• But the transcript of the hearing or trial is not the same as the deed that's recorded in the public
• I mean, any lawyer on here will tell you, if I go and I want a copy of that deed, it costs me a dollar

Bills: HB29 , HB39 , HB77 , HB153 , HB183 , HB211 , HB263 , HB299 , HB324 , HB519 , HB520 , HB533 , HB538 , HB559 , HB562 , HB805 , HB823 , HB1004 , HB1011 , HB1018

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: insurance fund, retired employees, Ascension Parish, court clerks, premium costs, investment advisory board, HB 39, Act 283, peace officer, law enforcement officer, police certification, citizenship requirement, U.S. citizen, United States citizen, naturalization, lawful permanent resident, green card holder, immigration, public safety, law enforcement hiring

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• part of the Senate Bill 1294 process, we would strongly ask that funding be applied to the biosolids grant
• And I know the Biosolids Grant Program has not been funded in several years.
• Some of these types of policies can actually attract funding into the state in the form of grants and
• to local capital projects, as well as those residential subdivision projects where the developers deeded
• for local capital projects, as well as those residential subdivision projects where the developers deeded

Committee: Senate Environment and Natural Resources

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• have time for that a little bit later, but first of all, without objection, members' guests will be granted
• And I also want to send a shout-out to my partner up there, Grant.
• Her dad's house was stolen, and she got it back, but we're fighting for deed fraud, and this is Debbie
• Gottlieb, and we're hoping that we can get our deed fraud bill across the line this year.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• tonight I'm calling on Congress to pass what we will call the Delilah Law, Barring any state from granting
• But the deeds of one warrior that night will live forever in the eternal chronicles of military valor
• </c><02:13:38.719><c> But</c><02:13:38.880><c> the</c><02:13:39.119><c> deeds</c> coming.
• But the deeds coming. They were all set.
• But the deeds of<02:13:39.599><c> one</c><02:13:39.920><c> warrior</c><02:13:40.320><c> that</c><02:13

Keywords: Presidential address to the Joint Session of the United States Congress on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Oklahoma's preeminent university and land-grant institution.

Bills: SB1290 , SB1530 , SB1847 , HR1050 , SB169 , SB1377 , SB1990 , SB1991 , SB1778 , SB1579 , SB1992 , SB3 , SB2028 , SB1928 , SB2127 , SB2117 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB330 , SB1191 , SB2110 , SB2134 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1613 , SB1246 , SB1976 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB2071 , SB259 , SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

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• Grant us their courage, their iron will, and their selfless heart.
• Grant our soldiers and airmen the courage of a warrior, the wisdom of a leader, The courage of a warrior
• improvements, enter contracts, issue bonds, and manage long-term obligations, and this is a remarkable grant

Bills: SB1290 , SB1530 , SB1847 , HR1050 , SB169 , SB1377 , SB1990 , SB1991 , SB1778 , SB1579 , SB1992 , SB3 , SB2028 , SB1928 , SB2127 , SB2117 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB330 , SB1191 , SB2110 , SB2134 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1613 , SB1246 , SB1976 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB2071 , SB259 , SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

Transcript Highlights:

• Granted, I know these aren't the bill, the same bill of rights that are in our US Constitution.

Bills: SB1290 , SB1530 , SB1847 , HR1050 , SB169 , SB1377 , SB1990 , SB1991 , SB1778 , SB1579 , SB1992 , SB3 , SB2028 , SB1928 , SB2127 , SB2117 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB330 , SB1191 , SB2110 , SB2134 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1613 , SB1246 , SB1976 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB2071 , SB259 , SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

Transcript Highlights:

• Granted, I know these aren't the same Bill of Rights that are in our U.S.

Bills: SB1290 , SB1530 , SB1847 , HR1050 , SB169 , SB1377 , SB1990 , SB1991 , SB1778 , SB1579 , SB1992 , SB3 , SB2028 , SB1928 , SB2127 , SB2117 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB330 , SB1191 , SB2110 , SB2134 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1613 , SB1246 , SB1976 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB2071 , SB259 , SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, and heard an invocation, a Veteran of the Week recognition for Colonel William S. Hartzell, and several guest introductions and special presentations, including the Coeta Tigers wrestling team, the Murray State College shotgun team, and visitors from Taiwan. The chamber also recognized the Psychologist of the Day, Nurse of the Day, Doctor of the Day, and Pages of the Week, along with committee meeting announcements and a motion to adjourn at the end of business. Members then considered and passed a series of bills. Senate Bill 1290 on 211 services passed 82-0 and its emergency clause also passed. Senate Bill 1530 on state government and innovation/research funding passed 58-27. Senate Bill 1847 on Medicaid home and community-based services passed 78-10 with its emergency clause. Senate Bill 169 increasing longevity pay for state employees passed 85-4 with emergency. Senate Bill 1377 requiring DHS to provide duffel bags and hygiene items for foster children passed 88-4 with emergency. Senate Bill 1990 on the Incentive Evaluation Commission passed 88-4. Senate Bill 1991, a cleanup measure redirecting certain lease and land-sale revenues to O-CAMP, passed and its emergency clause also passed. The House also adopted H.R. 1050 reaffirming Oklahoma’s sister-state relationship with Taiwan, followed by remarks from Taiwanese officials. Senate Bill 1778, the Strong Readers Act, passed 87-5 with emergency after discussion about reading screeners, funding tiers, and an optional second-grade assessment. Senate Bill 1579, described as a taxpayer bill of rights related to ad valorem tax, drew extended debate over property taxes and state savings before passing 85-0. Senate Bill 1992, defining strategic financial partners for an income tax credit, passed 65-24. The House then moved to adjourn until Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> projected hole in the state grant projected hole in the state grant program.<00:05:13.919><c> So
• ><c> have</c><00:07:55.280><c> been</c> Madam Speaker, Pell Grants have been Madam Speaker, Pell Grants
• </c> or a CCAP grant that will help them. or a CCAP grant that will help them. many<00:48:45.520><c>
• </c> be eligible for up to $5,000 for a grant be eligible for up to $5,000 for a grant and<00:48:55.040
• </c><01:10:01.040><c> and</c> piece of it when it comes to deed and piece of it when it comes to deed

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, encouraging one.
• alongside you in this place to serve in any capacity that I'm able to encourage you on toward good Deeds

Bills: HB3057 , HB3130 , HB4113 , HB3310 , HB3314 , HB3985 , HB4486 , HB3040 , HB3407 , HB4343 , HB2981 , HB3764 , HB3765 , HB3767 , HB3982 , HB3321 , HB3322 , HB3323 , HB4126 , HB4130 , HB4170 , HB3345 , HB2941 , HB3062 , HB3244 , HB3298 , HB2977 , HB3304 , HB3299 , HB3297 , HB4260 , HB3906 , HB3648 , HB3319 , HB2933 , HB3544 , HB1322 , HB4104 , HB4105 , HB4106 , HB4107 , HB4108 , HB3974 , HB3134 , HB3055 , HB3115 , HB3471 , HB3497 , HB3500 , HB3505 , HB3755 , HB4202 , HB4226 , HB4236 , HB4139 , HB4144 , HB4422 , HB4423 , HB4317 , HB4321 , HB4322 , HB3176 , HB3239 , HB3263 , HB3673 , HB3794 , HB3796 , HB4265 , HB4266 , HB2123 , HB3048 , HB2445

Keywords: government reporting, information technology, child welfare, environmental policy, state agency compliance, gender transition, minors, health services, punitive damages, parental rights, health care providers, voter registration, voter eligibility, felony disenfranchisement, restoration of voting rights, formerly incarcerated, reentry, parole, probation, supervision

Transcript Highlights:

• program, instituting per capita caps, shifting financing from a local federal share format to a block grant
• </c><00:04:04.040><c> um</c><00:04:04.360><c> and</c><00:04:04.560><c> then</c> format to a block grant
• </c> uh having DHS commissioner or deed uh having DHS commissioner or deed commissioner<01:08:31.759>
• </c> nine there is funding with some grants nine there is funding with some grants and<01:10:10.920><
• The grants were 600 in fiscal year 26 and 600 in fiscal year 27.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Grant, &gt;&gt; yes.
• Representative Grant. &gt;&gt; Absent. Representative Grant. &gt;&gt; Yes. &gt;&gt; Yes.
• </c> you know, we've come to take for granted you know, we've come to take for granted our<04:40:30.320
• Representative<04:42:51.920><c> Grant,</c><04:42:52.320><c> Representative</c> Representative Grant,
• Uh this is to registered of deed.

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard public testimony on HB 1065, a housing bill that would clarify when multifamily and mixed-use housing may be allowed on commercially zoned land, define infrastructure standards, and preserve municipal discretion over where such development can occur. Prime sponsor Representative David Priest said the bill is intended to help address the housing shortage by using already developed commercial areas without overriding local planning. The New Hampshire Municipal Association, through Brody Dees, said it supports the bill and views it as a priority, but noted it is still discussing related language with stakeholders and wants clearer definitions for multifamily development, infrastructure, and adaptive reuse while preserving local control over commercial land use. Testimony was mixed. Ivy Van, a certified planner, opposed the bill because she said the infrastructure language is too restrictive and could exclude properties served by private utilities or septic systems. Chris Freeman, a housing provider, was generally supportive but recommended technical changes, arguing the infrastructure definition may be too broad and that the adaptive reuse language could unintentionally block useful building modifications. He said the bill should be clarified so it does not discourage reuse projects. The committee then moved to discussion of an accessory dwelling unit bill, with Representative Turkot describing changes that would shift some ADU approvals from a matter of right to conditional use or special exception, allow municipalities more control over attached versus detached units, set parking standards tied to single-family dwellings, and adjust size limits. He argued the bill would restore local discretion and prevent ADUs from becoming primarily rental units. Representative Reed pushed back, saying detached ADUs can help meet housing needs and provide opportunities for small landlords, while other members questioned how the bill would affect existing detached structures and breezeways. No votes were taken in the excerpt, and the chair also noted a recess and time limits for later testimony.

Transcript Highlights:

• I believe in the future of agriculture with a faith born not of words but of deeds.
• :25:45.919><c> is</c> I believe in the future of agriculture with a faith born not of words but of deeds
• 00:26:53.520><c> of</c> with a faith born not of words but of with a faith born not of words but of deeds
• 26:55.279><c> won</c><00:26:55.840><c> by</c><00:26:56.080><c> the</c><00:26:56.320><c> present</c> deeds
• Achievements won by the present deeds.

Keywords: 981, all