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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 29th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Every state does not do that.
  • of the Louisiana State House of Representatives, and decision makers worldwide.
  • Is there an objection? The objection is adopted back on the resolution. Any waves?
  • state?
  • Representative Fontenot. Representative Fontenot's concurrent resolution. Senator Pressly.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 29th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Every state does not do that.
  • guidance to the mayor of Baton Rouge, the Louisiana State Senate, members of the Louisiana State House
  • Is there an objection? The objection is adopted. Back on the resolution. Any waves?
  • state?
  • state?
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received a prayer and pledge, adopted the journal, and heard messages from the House reporting final passage of several Senate bills and concurrence in SCR 86 and 87. The chamber also observed personal privileges honoring the lives of Edith K. Kirkpatrick and Susan Ann Traylor Bidick, with family members present and a moment of silence held for Bidick. The House later refused concurrence on Senate amendments to HB 42 and HB 159. The Senate then took up a series of resolutions, most of which were adopted without objection. These included studies on energy infrastructure and modernization (SR 174, amended to add an alternative energy industry representative and a consumer advocate), breast pump Medicaid reimbursement (SR 175), digital student IDs (SR 176), lethality assessment protocols in domestic violence cases (SR 177), problem gambling prevention (SR 178), community water system grading (SR 179), condolences for Sharon Courtney (SR 180), and expansion of the Louisiana Tumor Registry (SR 181). The chamber also adopted SCR 85 honoring the Sam Houston High School Broncos baseball team after a recorded vote of 36 yeas and 8 nays. On bills returned from the House, HB 1222 on grocery initiative grants failed on final passage by a vote of 18 yeas and 19 nays. SB 312 had House amendments rejected, SB 348 and SB 485 had House amendments concurred in, and SB 121 on congressional redistricting was the subject of extensive debate over racial gerrymandering, district configuration, and expected litigation before the Senate concurred in the House amendments by 28 yeas and 10 nays. The Senate also concurred in several House concurrent resolutions, including studies or reports on flooded corn and migratory waterfowl, deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, support for a Senator Kennedy letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service, boating safety reporting, and subsurface data review. Finally, HB 944 creating a Women’s Health Consortium within the Department of Health was amended to address funding concerns and convert it into a more task-force-like structure, then passed 37-0 with nine coauthors. The Senate then recessed until 1:30 p.m. to continue work, including conference committee reports.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House & Governmental May 19th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there any objection? There is an objection by Representative Larvadain.
  • Representative Thomas makes a motion for a three-minute rule. Is there any objection?
  • Representative Marcel makes a motion to report SCR 63 favorable. Is any objection? C.N.
  • Representative Larvadain moves favorable as amended. Is there any objection?
  • Representative Larvedane moves favorable as amended. Is there any objection? See in no objection?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education REVISED Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The good thing is we live in the United States of America, and there's 49 other states that are doing
  • has it becomes a state asset if the state has made that investment into that, so it would become a property
  • of the state at this Point.
  • process that the state wanted to get rid of the building.
  • So the State Board of Education is going to do that.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • And I'm here to represent CSN, and I see that our chancellor, I am here to represent CSN, and I see that
  • $60,935 from the state highway fund.
  • The appropriation request goes through a state division, so the state is then able to deploy the dollars
  • drink of the state.
  • In the states that allowed it, the... ...53.63% in states that prohibited alcohol to go.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 5th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • there are a few states that have regulated it such a few states that have regulated it such a few states
  • it is a it is a state issued ID or not an ID but is a state issued ID or not an ID but is a state issued
  • of the state with knowledge and of the state with knowledge and of the state with knowledge and intent
  • States now in the United States that issue without the United States that issue without the United States
  • those 19 states don't have it uh because those 19 states don't have it uh because those 19 states don't
Bills: SB82, SB78, SB4, SB6, SB62, SB66, SB77, SB63, SB79, SB53, SB55, HB14
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Once you state your name and who you represent. The goal today is to do all these bills.
  • Representative Way? Mr. Chair, this is going to be a really big deal for the state of Arizona.
  • Please state your name, who you represent, are you for or against this bill?
  • republic in this state. ...have a more representative republic in this state, and I think that long
  • Chairman, Representative Volk, yes. States like Idaho have full practice authority.
Summary: The committee began with Senate Bill 1272, which would provide $5 million for the City of Douglas as a state match for the Douglas Port of Entry project. The chair adopted a Livingston amendment changing the funding source from the General Fund to the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund. Senator Gowen, Douglas Mayor Jose Grijalva, and city staff testified that the project could unlock $678 million in federal funding, create jobs, improve trade and national security, and generate future tax revenue. The bill passed 15-0 with three present and one not voting. Senate Bill 1503 was then amended with a strike-everything to expand the state death benefit for first responders to include pilots employed by law enforcement agencies, retroactive to January 1, 2026, and subject to voter approval. Senator Gowen and DPS Director Colonel Jeffrey Glover said the change would ensure the family of a DPS aviation supervisor killed in a helicopter crash would qualify for the benefit. The committee approved the bill 18-0 with one not voting. Senate Bill 1274 was converted by strike-everything amendment into a timeshare salesperson licensing measure, creating a separate license and training path focused on timeshare sales. Supporters said the change would better prepare salespeople and streamline licensing, while the sponsor said it would make government more efficient. The bill passed 17-1 with one not voting. Senate Bill 1286, dealing with veterinary telemedicine, was also approved after negotiated changes extended most telemedicine prescription periods to 30 days, kept antimicrobials at 14 days with no renewal, and allowed longer flea-and-tick prescriptions; supporters said it would help rural and disabled pet owners. It passed 18-0 with one not voting. The committee next considered Senate Bill 1519 on off-highway vehicles. A hostile strike-everything amendment proposing paid family and medical leave failed 7-11 with one not voting. The committee then adopted a Lopez amendment and advanced the underlying bill, which raises the OHV weight threshold from 2,500 to 3,500 pounds and adjusts registration and funding provisions. Supporters said it reflects newer enclosed and electric vehicles and helps trail funding, while opponents warned of trail damage and said the issue should wait for the study committee. The bill passed 10-7 with one present and one not voting. Senate Bill 1618, which updates the Military Affairs Commission, expands its membership and duties, and creates a military affairs fund, drew mixed testimony about whether it would strengthen Arizona’s ability to attract and retain military missions or shift the commission away from its traditional support role; it passed 10-6 with two present and one not voting. Finally, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1020, which would send to voters a CPI-based annual adjustment to legislative salaries, passed 9-8 with one present and one not voting after members debated legislative compensation, citizen-legislator concerns, and whether the change would broaden access to public service.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • State your name and who you're representing. Crystal Cooper, representing myself.
  • the state interest, but according to statute, DCS is to be represented by the AG.
  • can represent the state, and then DCS is able to get other representation.
  • represent the state, and then DCS is able to get other representation.
  • , if there's a concern with laws and all that, then they can represent the state interest.
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from the prior meetings and then took up several measures, beginning with HCR 2013, which would proclaim June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month in Arizona. The resolution drew emotional testimony in support from Crystal Cooper and Bella Stockton, both of whom shared personal stories about living with spina bifida and argued for celebrating life and supporting people with disabilities. Senator Kennedy voted no, saying the resolution was symbolic and did not address practical supports such as paid family leave, health care, housing, and school meals. The committee ultimately gave HCR 2013 a due pass recommendation on a 4-1 vote, with two members not voting. The committee then advanced HB 2327, as amended, clarifying protections for eligible persons’ identifying information in county recorder records and explicitly excluding voter registration records from the confidentiality provisions. Representative Hendricks said the bill was intended to fix problems created by earlier language protecting elected officials and first responders. The committee also passed HB 2258, which adds La Paz County to the Tourism Advisory Council’s geographic area, with no opposition testimony. A longer debate followed on HB 2397, which expands HOA/condominium disclosure requirements for prospective buyers, including bylaws, declarations, plats, meeting minutes, and information about assessments and known defects. Representative Biasucci said the bill was about transparency for buyers, while the Arizona Association of Community Managers raised concerns about cost and the scope of the disclosure requirements; the Arizona Homeowners Coalition supported the bill but opposed an amendment that would require managers to be on site for capital projects. The committee adopted two Hoffman amendments and then gave HB 2397 a due pass as amended recommendation. The committee also passed HB 2015, which imposes penalties on state agencies that miss federal audit reporting deadlines, and HB 4049, which changes how the Attorney General represents DCS in cases alleging misconduct; both drew opposition over concerns about punitive penalties and existing conflict procedures. Later, the committee approved HB 4087, authorizing a memorial plaque for former legislator Barbara Love, and HB 2100, which allows counties to authorize certain small land subdivisions, despite objections that it could weaken water-supply protections. The committee then passed HB 2460, as amended, preempting local ordinances that penalize businesses for abandoned or stolen movable property such as shopping carts; supporters argued cities were charging victims of theft, while cities and towns said the bill would undercut local nuisance enforcement and shift costs to taxpayers. Finally, the committee began hearing HCR 2056, a proposed constitutional referral recognizing a right to refuse medical mandates, with Representative Cooper and supporters framing it as bodily autonomy and opponents warning it would weaken public health protections, especially in schools and during outbreaks.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • they're not represented at our agency. they're not represented at our agency.
  • Hear no objection. >> All right. All right. Hear no objection.
  • Uh, any objection to previous role? Uh, any objection to previous role?
  • Representative Betts handled the bill in Representative Simpson's absence.
  • Any objection to previous roll? Hearing none, so ordered. Six. Thank you, Representative Bedsole.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 1st, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've talked to the county commissioner, and he is not objecting to the state taking over. ...actually
  • Thank you, state representatives, for allowing me to be heard today.
  • I wish to speak as an individual, also representing myself as a veteran of the United States Armed Forces
  • I'm representing the State Fair of Texas in support of SB 1350.
  • Please state your name and the organization you represent. and if you're representing yourself.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 1st, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Cole. Here.
  • If there's no objection, Senate Bill 519 will be left pending. Objection? Chair hears none.
  • Representative Schaffner to close on her HCR. HCR 81 will be left pending. Is there objection?
  • This bill represents a critical step. ...and protecting wildlife and improving driver safety in the state
  • There's no objection; Senate Bill 1248 will be left pending. Is there any objection?
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 17th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, the chair lays out House Bill 791 by Representative Cortez and uh.
  • Please state your name, who you represent, with your for or against or what we're doing today.
  • Um, I, I, what we stated is that we're working on the financing, um, and I, we stated all the sources
  • So it essentially represents the equity at this point.
  • I can just represent to you that when we're complete.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 17th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair lays out House Bill 791 by Representative Cortez.
  • Please state your name, who you represent, and what you're for or against. What we're doing today.
  • I represent Texas Central, and I'm neutral on what we're doing today. I'm not 100% sure.
  • Mitch or Representative Little on being able to get that produced in confidence.
  • The chair hears no objection and the committee is adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 6th, 2026 at 04:18 pm

House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think, how much, Representative, Madam Chair, how much tariffs does Taiwan charge the United States
  • Madam Chair, Representative, according to the House Republican bill analysis, the United States charges
  • Taiwan charges the United States 15%. One other question, Madam Chair, Representative.
  • One other question, Madam Chair and Representative: are tariffs not federally imposed, not state imposed
  • Madam Chair, Representative, and I too believe that, you know, the United States traditionally has had
Bills: HB186, HB92, HJM1
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • These small utilities represent various areas around the state. We are not-for-profit utilities.
  • These small utilities represent various areas around the state. We are not-for-profit utilities.
  • But in this state, and in this state, and in this state, Have at it.
  • Representatives.
  • A board member represents more people than some states, like state governors. Uh-huh.
Summary: The committee first heard SB 1825, which would shift precinct committeeman vacancy applications in certain cases from county party chairs to legislative district chairs and require the list of nominees to be submitted within five days. Supporters said the bill would streamline a bottlenecked process and better reflect local party leadership, while the County Supervisors Association said it had no issue with the basic structure but objected to the five-day deadline. The bill received a do pass recommendation on a 5-0 vote, with two members not voting. The committee then considered SB 1566, a measure aimed at preventing municipalities, counties, the state, and state agencies from maliciously delaying permits or approvals, with enforcement by the Attorney General and civil penalties. After a strike-everything amendment narrowed the bill mainly to single-family residential construction and clarified terms, the sponsor and home builders argued it would deter intentional delays that increase housing costs, while one member raised concerns about breadth and public safety or planning issues. The amended bill passed 3-2, with two not voting. SB 1571, as amended, would bar monopoly utilities with a defined customer base from passing marketing, sponsorship, community relations, and similar costs through to ratepayers, and would require annual public reporting and an attestation that such costs were not passed on. Support came from the sponsor, the Home Builders Association, and environmental advocates, while a municipal power users representative warned the language could be too broad for small public utilities and emergency communications. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and then gave the bill a do pass as amended recommendation by a 4-2 vote, with one not voting. Later, the committee approved SB 1501, which expands the Administrative Rules Oversight Committee’s review authority to include whether agency rules or policies exceed statutory authority, and SB 1805, which requires county recorders to verify that a notary on a quitclaim deed is actively commissioned before recording the deed. It also passed SB 1808, as amended, to prohibit HOAs and condominium associations from banning flags of nations designated as major non-NATO allies, and SB 1688, as amended, to require certain membership associations receiving public dues support to disclose fees and allow opt-outs. SB 1246, as amended, increased the delinquency thresholds and time periods before HOA/condo foreclosure on common expense liens, and passed unanimously. Finally, SB 1428 was introduced to expand county boards of supervisors in larger counties, with debate focused on representation, cost, and the differing constitutional roles of counties and cities; the transcript cuts off before any final action on that bill.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
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  • and not just in this unique in the state and not just in this unique situation situation situation &
  • This bill is going to affect everybody in this state, all five million of us.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri Feb 6, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 11

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Hopefully they all win some state medals. Uh, welcome to your House of Representatives.
  • Representative<00:19:48.000> Morawa. Representative Morawa. Representative Morawa.
  • Representative<00:20:13.360> Perrick. Representative Perrick. Representative Perrick.
  • Uh, Representative<00:21:11.919> Cochran. Representative Cochran. Representative Cochran.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 10

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Representative Garcia. >> So ordered. Representative Garcia.
  • Representative Moroka. >> So ordered. Representative Moroka.
  • Representative<00:15:53.279> Ryzota. Representative Ryzota. Representative Ryzota.
  • Representative Representative Representative Matoshi. Matoshi. Matoshi.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
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