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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

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  • You also have civil liability.
  • And there's also civil liability, of course, that if it was an egregious situation, the Ohio examples
  • We have Midwestern's own requirements and oversight, as well as civil liability through the courts if
  • We're concerned about the significant new liability that could exist with these types of requirements
  • It’s not a pharmacist’s liability, and that’s what this bill is making.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Mar 18th, 2026

Health and Welfare

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  • And if you're not certified, you become a potential liability as a witness.
  • I get that if insurance companies do not have profit, they go out of business.
  • I get that if insurance companies do not have profit, they go out of business.
  • And it seems that the insurance industry, the insurance department, was asking for more guidance about
  • Yeah, anybody that has a self-insured plan.
OK
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  • Where we find the biggest and strongest insurance revenue source is third-party revenue from our health
  • As you see, we're opening ourselves up for all kinds of liabilities.
  • As you see, we're opening ourselves up for all kinds of liability in the state of Oklahoma.
Summary: The House convened with a roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then heard several introductions and special recognitions, including students and civic groups in the galleries, the Morris Eagles High School Academic Team, Calumet state champion teams, and Cherokee Nation Day at the Capitol. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. delivered extended remarks focused on tribal investments in public education, health care, housing, child care, rural infrastructure, and workforce development, and he urged lawmakers to preserve Medicaid expansion, saying it has brought major health-system revenue, jobs, and broader economic benefits to Oklahoma. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Abby Woods, and Nurse of the Day, Kara Delapena. Members made personal remarks about the Pauls Valley High School incident and a trooper accident, with prayers offered for those affected. Representative Rowe highlighted the courage of school officials and first responders in Pauls Valley and tied the event to the Legislature’s recurring school safety funding. On legislation, the House adopted House Resolution 1045 designating the second week of April as Lung Cancer Action Week. Senate Bill 227, dealing with gross production tax and ad valorem taxation of oil and gas production equipment and flow lines, drew extensive debate over alleged double taxation and fiscal impacts; it passed 76-14. Senate Bill 1627, a criminal statutes cleanup measure addressing duplicate sections from modernization, passed 89-0 and its emergency clause also passed 89-0. The House also approved motions to request further conference on House Bills 2155 and 2157, and then adjourned until the next day.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • registration, revocation, suspension, agents' contracts, disclosure, fees, penalties, violations, liabilities
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened in prayer, and adopted the journal. Members received messages from the Senate on several House bills and Senate bills, and a number of House resolutions were introduced or laid over. The chamber also suspended rules to allow committees to continue meeting while the House was in session. Several local and ceremonial resolutions were taken up, including measures on public health data, carbon sequestration property rights, declining school enrollment, and commendations and condolences. The floor then considered a series of local bills and Senate bills, many of which passed with little or no opposition. Among the House bills approved were measures creating or adjusting local districts and utility-related authorities in Orleans and Jefferson parishes, including bills on the Regency Park Town Home Crime Prevention Security District, Sewage and Water Board procurement and lien authority, the Foulberg-New neighborhood improvement district, and temporary parish burn bans. The House also passed bills on broadband cable price notices, state finance limits, toll exemptions for school board-owned leased vehicles, prestige license plates, and a brain injury designation on driver’s licenses. Senate bills passed included measures on workers’ compensation evidence rules, recreation of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, a soybean grain research board name change, incumbent worker training, interdict estate planning, and recreational alligator hunting. The most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 256, which would consolidate Orleans Parish’s separate civil and criminal clerk of court offices into a single Orleans clerk. Supporters argued the change would align Orleans with the rest of the state, improve efficiency, and reduce costs, while preserving employees and services. Opponents raised concerns about the timing, the lack of broader legislative and public involvement, the impact on the recently elected criminal clerk, and possible disruption to court operations and constitutional rights. After lengthy questioning, the bill passed 89-8. The House also heard a personal privilege statement recognizing a school choir visiting the Capitol and later continued with additional Senate bills, including one on workers’ compensation medical review evidence and another on the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • registration, revocation, suspension, agents' contracts, disclosure, fees, penalties, violations, liabilities
  • convenience fees, provide relative to driving vehicle registration privileges, compulsory motor vehicle liability
  • regulating certain calls, telecommunication providers, duties of the Attorney General, penalties, liability
  • Insurance reports House Bill 1187 with amendments and House Bill 1199 with amendments.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 5th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • HB 2613 by Harris Davila relating to the liability of water park entity for injuries arising from certain
  • But an insurance company said, we don't want to be in Texas anymore, because none of y'all are taking
  • HB 2563 by Ashby relating to the establishment of the temporary prescribed burn manager, self insurance
  • program for our state certified insured prescribed burn manager.
  • The insurance committee had a hearing, and I have to say that in my years here on every committee, my
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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure Apr 13th, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

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  • As a result, general liability insurance for private contract security companies, particularly armed
  • And normally we have liability issues if it’s excessive use of force, is that correct?
  • Boyce has over a million in EMPERS-related liabilities on its own financial statements.
  • I mean, state agencies don't want to have varying liabilities across the state.
  • rather than requiring application to its oldest unfunded accrued liability?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 6th, 2026

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • when the danger is real, harder to let them drag on when it isn't, and protects the commission from liability
Summary: The Agriculture Committee heard and advanced a series of bills focused on burn bans, poultry waste regulation, veterinary qualifications, wildlife, and land management. House Bill 3406, presented by Senator Hines, would make burn bans easier to declare when conditions warrant, require earlier review so bans do not linger unnecessarily, remove certain local fire departments from the decision process, and preserve a prescribed-burn exemption for farmers. After questions about the shortened ban period and the removal of local fire departments, the bill passed 12-0. House Bill 2975, presented by Senator Woods, was amended to restore contact information for poultry litter haulers and to streamline nutrient management plan amendments for poultry waste that is moved off-site and land-applied. Department of Agriculture testimony said the change would reduce duplication for producers who both export and land-apply litter while maintaining tracking of waste management. The bill passed 11-2. House Bill 3977, also by Senator Woods, would add food-animal and veterinary practice experience to the qualifications for the state veterinarian; members discussed whether wildlife experience should also be considered, but the bill passed unanimously 13-0. The committee also passed House Bill 3263, designating the morel mushroom as the state mushroom in honor of David Beyer, and House Bill 2988, which expands harmful woody species to include redberry juniper, ash juniper, and honey mesquite and broadens the Terry Peach North Canadian Watershed Restoration Act statewide. Members emphasized the impact of red cedars on water use and wildfire risk. House Bill 3404, a follow-up measure on prescribed burns, passed 12-0, and House Bill 1770, directing OSU and its veterinary college to conduct elk population studies in northwest Oklahoma, passed 10-2 after questions about cost and the role of Wildlife Department studies. The chair then adjourned the meeting.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure Mar 30th, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

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  • Members, this is House Bill 718 by Representative Boriak, which provides a limitation of liability to
  • I was able to share that with my insurance company to basically prove her motivation here and the fact
  • It provides a limitation of liability for owners of property.
  • insurance and workers' compensation insurance, and that's what the amendments do.
  • I was just wondering, you decided to do this because of liability, obviously? Yes. Okay.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

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  • because they don't follow a recognized standard of practice, which means you can't bill it to the insurance
  • But that is the evidence that we have that they have engaged in a practice that the insurance companies
  • . ...why we need to remove quasi-judicial immunity and hold them accountable to a level that the insurance
  • It comes from common law, and it does not protect from liability for gross negligence.
  • So if It comes from common law, and it does not protect from liability for gross negligence, so if there
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Apr 14th, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The contract handles aspects such as access, remediation of the land, damages, and liability.
  • Additionally, the Railroad Commission is a state agency and has sovereign immunity from liability.
  • If they have to maintain the liability, they could lose their land.
  • The state of Texas has an immunity from liability.
  • Now, obviously, if they've done something to... ...cause liability, that's a whole different story in