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TX
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  • Texas women program. Texas lawmakers must act. Health care is not a political bargaining chip.
  • Since Texas remains only one.
  • I'm the CEO of Planned Parenthood South Texas.
  • First, critical step in ensuring that Texas women are healthy, that Texas families are healthy, and Texas
  • Texas must prioritize health over politics.
Summary: The meeting addressed critical health care concerns in Texas, highlighting the consequences of funding cuts on access to reproductive health services. Key speakers emphasized the urgent need for the Care No Matter What Act, which aims to restore funding to healthcare providers like Planned Parenthood. They underscored the alarming statistics of maternal mortality and the rising rates of teen pregnancies, particularly in Black and Latina communities. Testimonies shared during the meeting illustrated the real-life impacts of healthcare access issues on individuals and families across the state, illustrating the necessity for legislative action to ensure comprehensive reproductive health services.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

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  • Well, if the people who certified the election, who ran the election, actually had knowledge that there
  • not the elected officials.
  • Elections equipment. All right.
  • Elections equipment. All right.
  • You know, when we got elected, our elections were in complete disarray, incredibly insecure.
Summary: The committee first heard a lengthy presentation and discussion focused on Arizona State University’s foreign research ties, especially collaborations and funding connected to China and Chinese military-affiliated institutions. The presenter argued that ASU and the Arizona Board of Regents had not been transparent about foreign gifts, contracts, and research partnerships, citing federal reporting forms, the Wolf Amendment, export-control concerns, and alleged links to dual-use technologies such as quantum systems, AI, robotics, microelectronics, and biosecurity. A witness from American Global Strategies testified in support, saying the bill would help protect U.S. research security and national security by imposing state-level guardrails on sensitive collaborations. After questions, the committee considered a strike-everything amendment to SB 1060 that would bar public universities from entering into or continuing certain loans, gifts, contracts, research partnerships, or sponsored projects involving the PRC, the CCP, and listed Chinese military-linked universities, require ABOR review and approval, and impose reporting and budget penalties. The amendment was withdrawn, and the committee instead took up SB 1327, which directs ABOR to require university research security policies and to report annually on those policies and on foreign contributions over $250,000; SB 1327 received a 4-2 do-pass recommendation, with Del Santos, Hernandez, and Márquez voting no and Kolodin, Powell, Keshel, and Gillette voting yes. The committee then heard SB 1803, a veterans bill regulating unrecognized persons who assist with VA disability claims. The sponsor and industry witnesses said the bill would protect veterans from bad actors by requiring disclosures, capping fees, banning certain practices, and filing service agreements with the Attorney General, while opponents argued it could restrict consumer choice, resemble a price ceiling, and still allow non-attorneys to engage in the unauthorized practice of law. After extensive debate over contingent fees, legal ethics, and whether the bill was too favorable to one company, the committee continued the hearing with additional testimony and questions.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Administration Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026

Administration

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  • I think that could also include... ...there under any current code.
  • In the criminal code, so we don't need to define it again here.
  • Okay, but the other three classifications are defined in the code here.
  • Law enforcement officer is defined in code; we just don't need to say what code provision because Title
  • So what's currently in the code?
Bills: SB231
Summary: The House Administration Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 231, which would extend the existing 6% salary supplement for school-based mental health professionals with advanced credentials to school social workers who hold licensed clinical social worker credentials and have passed the national exam. The bill sponsor and multiple witnesses described school social workers as essential to student mental health, crisis response, attendance, and family support, and argued the measure corrects an oversight and inequity in the current salary supplement structure. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted to release the bill. The committee then heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 212, a constitutional amendment to protect the rights to hunt, fish, and trap. Supporters, including sportsmen’s groups and individual residents, said the amendment would preserve longstanding traditions, support wildlife management, and guard against future threats to hunting and trapping. An opposing witness argued there was no current threat in Delaware and said the Constitution should not be used to protect trapping or elevate hunting and trapping over other wildlife management approaches. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to release the substitute bill. Finally, the committee took up Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Response Act, which would create a 25-foot buffer around first responders at emergency scenes after warning, with misdemeanor penalties for knowingly entering or remaining in the zone to interfere with duties. Supporters said the bill would protect police, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics from interference, while opponents from the ACLU and the Office of Defense Services raised concerns about vague terms, potential First Amendment impacts, enforcement clarity, and jurisdictional issues. Committee members also questioned how the buffer would be marked and enforced. The sponsor and staff said they would continue working on the language, and the committee voted to release the bill.
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 5th, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

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  • Um, I'm looking at, I think it's the Health and Safety Code, Health and Safety Code 141009 youth camps
  • So, a, a few things I would say, first off, the code, as I mentioned before, and we could raise the code
  • with Texas State.
  • They partner with Texas State.
  • The training, uh, just Texas, the Texas Justice Court Training Center does provide our education and
Bills: HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20
TX
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  • Health and Human Services Commission to the Texas Veterans Commission.
  • Mitch Fuller from the Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Mr.
  • We also have a resource witness from the Texas Veterans Commission. Mr.
  • I'm the Legislative Director for the VFW Department of Texas.
  • House Bill 39 requires the Texas Department of State Health Services to provide the Texas Veterans Commission
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 10th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • for water to be delivered to Texas.
  • As you know, the water, the Texas water code, any water in a Texas water course, is property of the state
  • Texas can and should stand up for its farmers in Texas.
  • So Texas focused on, especially South Texas, focused on the roots. The red grapefruit.
  • South Texas is vital to the economic growth of Texas, and we need. reliable sources of water.
Bills: SCR13, SB1248
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 10th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2024, Texas A&M AgriLife estimated that the total economic value lost to South Texas by not having
  • As you know, the Texas Water Code says any water in a Texas watercourse is property of the state, including
  • Texas can and should stand up for its farmers in Texas.
  • We still need water from Texas to Texas.
  • South Texas is vital to the economic growth of Texas, and we need reliable sources of water.
Bills: SCR13, SB1248
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met without a quorum at first, then later established quorum and proceeded with testimony and votes. Senate Bill 1248, by Chair Perry, was explained as a narrow Open Records Act exception to protect harvest report location data collected through Texas Parks and Wildlife’s digital tagging system. Support testimony came from Matt Wagner of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, who said the bill would protect private land and sensitive biological information while preserving useful wildlife data. No one testified against the bill, and it was left pending until later in the meeting. The committee then heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, which urges the State Department and the International Boundary and Water Commission to press Mexico to comply with the 1944 Water Treaty and deliver its share of Rio Grande water. Senator Hinojosa, farmers, municipal officials, and other witnesses described severe water shortages in South Texas, low reservoir levels, crop losses, the closure of the Valley sugar industry, and the need for alternative supplies such as desalination, reuse, and drainage-runoff projects. Members also discussed treaty enforcement, regional drought, and the role of cartels and Mexican water storage, while emphasizing that Texas must also invest in its own water infrastructure. The committee also considered Senate Bill 740, which the committee substitute amended to require the Public Utility Commission to adopt a standardized application form for system improvement charges and complete related rulemaking by September 1, 2026, applying only to applications filed on or after that date. Members discussed concerns about water wholesalers using the process to delay cases and drive up costs, and the need for more transparency and PUC resources. The committee voted to adopt the substitute and report SB 740 favorably. After returning to the earlier items, the committee voted SB 1248 out favorably and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar, and voted SCR 13 out favorably as well. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • code, all of these other codes.
  • Building code is mostly implemented by cities in Minnesota even though we have a statewide code.
  • c><01:31:28.159> all but electrical code, plumbing code, all but electrical code, plumbing code
  • um from code code enforcement benefits um from this<01:34:20.719> support.
  • code cycles have happened since then. code cycles have happened since then.
Bills: HF3004, HF3663
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 31st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to lift up the leadership of this state, starting with the governor and his family, all the other elected
  • Senate Bill 202 by Senator Kleinpeter is an act in Title 18 relative to the parish board of election
  • supervisors, for eligible compensation days during an election.
  • It comes from the House. ...for eligible compensation days during an election.
  • What we did is we change the retroactivity for statewide elected officials, and that's basically what
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 31st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to lift up the leadership of this state, starting with the governor and his family, all the other elected
  • to lift up the leadership of this state, starting with the governor and his family, all the other elected
  • Senate Bill 202 by Senator Kleinpeter is an act in Title 18 relative to the Parish Board of Election
  • Supervisors, to provide for eligible compensation days during an election.
  • What we did is we change the retroactivity for statewide elected officials, and that's basically what
Summary: The Senate met with 29 members present, heard a prayer and national anthem presentation, and approved the journal without objection. The chamber then received multiple messages from the House on conference committee reports and concurrence actions, and took up a long calendar of Senate resolutions and House/Senate bills returned from the House with amendments. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including commendations and requests for reports or studies, while others were left over or returned to the calendar. The Senate concurred in or adopted amendments on a series of bills covering registrar compensation (SB 25), broadband administration and reimbursement (SB 80), school safety master key boxes (SB 132), dental coverage for cancer treatment (SB 155), paid parental leave for educators (SB 157), election supervisor compensation days (SB 202), water utility service line replacement funding (SB 228), weight management services through the Office of Group Benefits (SB 250), medical debt protection (SB 414), Medicaid coverage of weight-loss medication (SB 443), and design-build authority for vertiport facilities (SB 513). It also adopted a House concurrent resolution urging backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge (HCR 32). One bill, SB 479 on removal of certain judges, had its amendments rejected and was sent to conference. The chamber then considered conference committee reports on several measures. Reports were adopted on SB 312 (labor organization dues and fees), SB 208 (veterans services and VA-related restrictions), SB 382 (workers’ compensation advisory council and reimbursement schedule timing), SB 389 (agent and athlete registration and fee review), and multiple House bills including HB 359 (party primary qualifying rules), HB 368 (New Orleans historic preservation lien procedures), HB 468 (wholesale residential real estate definitions), HB 552 (DWI-related responsive verdict language), HB 732 (motor vehicle fines/fees and hybrids), HB 870 and HB 1236 (pharmacy benefit manager and insurance provisions), and HB 1117 (prescription period issues). HB 210 on retroactivity was also adopted after debate. Several conference reports were temporarily passed over or returned to the calendar, including HB 953, and the Senate adjourned to reconvene the next morning for final work.
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

State Affairs (Part I) Aug 4th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • And Texas women are safe. I go to the My wife is safe. My mom is safe. And Texas women are safe.
  • Central Texas.
  • I'm the vice chair of the Texas Democratic Party's LGBTQ caucus and the only trans woman ever elected
  • to the SDC in Texas.
  • While many Texas cities have adopted these policies, the majority of Texas cities have not.
Bills: SB7, SB14
Summary: The Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on Senate Bill 7, the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, with the author and committee substitute explaining that the bill would require public facilities to designate multi-use private spaces by biological sex, restrict access to women’s restrooms, locker rooms, showers, sleeping quarters, shelters, and correctional facilities, and create civil penalties and enforcement mechanisms. Members asked about how the bill would apply to family violence shelters, children in mixed-family settings, venue layout, and venue for lawsuits; the author said the bill was similar to prior legislation but with stronger penalties and the 15th Court of Appeals as the exclusive intermediate appellate court for challenges, while clarifying that trial venue should generally be local except for state agencies. The committee also heard that the bill would be amended to better address local venue concerns and shelter-related issues. Invited testimony was largely in support of the bill from witnesses who described personal experiences in women’s sports, prisons, shelters, and public facilities, arguing that single-sex spaces are necessary for privacy and safety. Supporters included parents, former incarcerated women, a Republican county chair, a legal advocate, and a prison educator, who cited incidents involving transgender-identifying individuals in locker rooms, shelters, prisons, and restrooms, and said the bill would restore sex-based boundaries and protect vulnerable women and girls. One witness from Texas Values said the bill was needed despite the recently enacted Women’s Bill of Rights, and another ADF witness said the measure would protect privacy in schools and shelters. Opponents testified that the bill would harm transgender and intersex Texans, create harassment and “gender policing,” and expose cisgender women and children to invasive enforcement. Several witnesses argued there is no evidence that transgender women pose a restroom safety threat, while others said the bill would worsen mental health, employment, and school conditions for trans people and could conflict with prison standards and federal law. Family violence advocates urged changes to protect shelter operations and clarify that children can stay with parents, while other witnesses said the bill would create barriers for victims seeking help. The hearing featured extensive public testimony on both sides, but no final vote or committee action was taken in the portion provided.
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

State Affairs (Part II) Aug 4th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 14 is very similar to requirements in Texas Local Government Code 143.089, which allows municipal
  • SB 14 is very similar to requirements in Texas Local Government Code 143.089, which allows municipal
  • My name is Luis Soberon with Texas 2036.
  • I am Nikki Llewellyn with the ACLU of Texas.
  • I'm representing the Texas...
Bills: SB7, SB14
Summary: The Committee on State Affairs took up Senate Bill 14, which would create a confidential department file for law enforcement officers and jailers and limit public access to records involving unsubstantiated misconduct, while preserving access for hiring agencies, TCOLE, and certain criminal justice uses. TCOLE’s Gretchen Grigsby explained the current rollout of law enforcement recordkeeping reforms, including the distinction between the public personnel file and the confidential G-file, and answered questions about when TCOLE would request files during investigations. Senator Perry and other members focused on how the bill would interact with existing personnel-file rules, public transparency, and criminal discovery obligations. Public testimony was largely opposed. Critics argued the bill was drafted too broadly, could sweep in records beyond misconduct files, and would reduce transparency for the public, journalists, oversight bodies, and families seeking answers in cases such as Uvalde and jail deaths in Tarrant County. Several witnesses said the bill could allow small or single-officer agencies, including elected constables, to shield their own records, and some warned it could chill reporting and oversight. Supporters, including law enforcement representatives, said the bill would protect officers from false or unsubstantiated allegations, align agencies without civil-service protections with those that already have G-files, and preserve confidentiality for records that should not be public. Dallas County prosecutors and Harris County deputies supported the general policy but asked for clarifying amendments, especially to separate language they said could affect the Michael Morton Act and to preserve existing protections through in-camera review or protective orders. Committee members spent significant time questioning witnesses about how substantiated versus unsubstantiated allegations would be handled, whether body camera footage and case files would remain public, and how the bill would affect discovery in criminal cases. After hearing all registered witnesses, the chair closed public testimony. Senate Bill 14 was left pending, and the committee recessed.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on International Relations Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on International Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • in economic activity within Texas and the loss of over 32,000 jobs.
  • That would affect Texas and Arizona, but far more Texas than anywhere else.
  • Both Texas U.S. senators, as well as many others in the Texas congressional delegation on both sides
  • We're working with several developers from Mexico and Texas.
  • Taiwan is not just a global partner; it's a trusted Texas ally.
Bills: HCR108, HCR127
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 7th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Jan 20th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

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  • The state shall hold a new special primary election for the affected districts in accordance with the
  • section, so long as the special primary election can be completed by the last day of August.
  • A special primary election held pursuant to the section shall be required for the affected districts
  • So long as the special primary election can be completed by the last day of August.
  • A special primary election held pursuant to the section shall be required for the affected districts
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Feb 13th, 2026 at 04:06 pm

Senate Judiciary

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  • those are already defined in our election code.
  • Now, peace officers so far have not been a defined term in our election code.
  • The rest of the bill is strengthening existing offenses that we have under our election code.
  • That includes things like ballot boxes and other envelopes as required by the election code.
  • Other envelopes as required by the election code.
Bills: SB23, SB221, SB261, SB264