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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/3/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> attrition unfortunately in our state. attrition unfortunately in our state.
  • </c> different parts of the state. different parts of the state.
  • Article Six simply states that member... that map um some states where it's kind that map um some states
  • </c> and out of state teacher prep, the state and out of state teacher prep, the state should<01:35:24.880
  • . state. state.
Bills: HF3635 , HF3638
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh since 2008, the state has longer.
  • </c> more coordination with our state more coordination with our state agencies. agencies. agencies.
  • </c> state now. state now.
  • </c> with than our state programs. with than our state programs.
  • </c> not our state standard for speeds. No. not our state standard for speeds. No.
Bills: HF3508 , HF3548 , HF3549
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/05/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Transcript Highlights:
  • on behalf of the Cicero Institute, with expertise and background on AI, and especially around how state
  • Cicero Institute works across the country, bringing best practices from different states as well as the
  • And those would be the applications that the state would use to deliver these services.
  • And so as we're thinking about how to utilize those most effectively in state government, we need to
  • So I guess where I'm getting to is: how is AI going to best be used for state government?
Bills: HB2452 , HB2592
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • communities and rural areas of opportunity on the same footing as counties and municipalities for certain state
  • Even after the United States Supreme Court overturned two of those convictions, violence followed.
  • It fulfills an obligation the state has already recognized to redress the loss of life and the violation
  • But compensation is the remedy the law provides, and it is the remedy the state owes.
  • If you could please state your first name so that I'll remember forever. Thank you, Chair DeSigley.
Bills: S0214 , S0694 , S1266
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum present and considered three bills. First, SB 214 by Senator McLean, a rural access bill for special districts, was amended to allow independent special districts in rural areas to receive certain state and federal financial assistance payments directly for verified work rather than relying on reimbursement. Testimony in support came from representatives of water and sewer entities and the Florida Association of Special Districts. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 214 favorably. Next, the committee took up CS/SB 1266 by Senator Collada on cybersecurity internships and workforce readiness. The bill was amended to create a cybersecurity experiential learning opportunity and clearance readiness program within the Department of Commerce, working with Cyber Florida at USF. A proposed amendment to the amendment was withdrawn by Senator Bernard. With no opposition noted, the committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 1266 favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 694 by Senator Bracey Davis, which provides compensation to the descendants of the Groveland Four—Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas—for wrongful convictions and related harms. The bill was presented as a justice and redress measure, with supportive testimony from Delatry Hollinger and comments from Senator Smith and the chair praising the effort. The committee reported CS/SB 694 favorably, and then adjourned without further business.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Now we've got from the State Board of Elections. Our presenters are at the table.
  • Most states rely on third-party vendors. Kentucky has chosen a different path.
  • Let me walk you within the state.
  • in the 2028–2030 state fund hardware budget.
  • <c> these</c><00:06:39.360><c> maintenance</c> state would absorb these maintenance state would absorb
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government met to hear an update from the State Board of Elections on its Bluegrass Books electronic poll book system. Rachel Pointer and Richard House described the project as an in-house modernization effort intended to improve security, customization, integration with the voter registration system, reduce voter wait times, streamline supplemental and provisional ballot processing, and provide year-round local support to county clerks and poll workers. They emphasized that the system is already a working product, not just a concept, and showed a workflow demonstration of voter lookup, signature capture, ballot issuance, manual lookup, and handling voters who have already voted. The agency also outlined the financial rationale for the project, saying the state currently lacks dedicated funding for replacing the iPads used for election-day poll books and that counties now bear vendor maintenance and support costs. Under Bluegrass Books, the state would seek to cover hardware replacement, maintenance, and on-site support through future appropriations, potentially using bulk purchasing to lower costs. When asked about the size of the appropriation request, the presenters said it was not yet finalized but noted roughly 7,000 devices are deployed statewide and replacement would likely be phased rather than done all at once. Members asked about security and whether the e-poll book could affect vote totals. The Board explained that the e-poll book is separate from ballot casting, that voting machines themselves are not connected to the internet, and that the poll book is networked only to update check-ins and prevent double voting. They said the device is locked down to the poll book application and can operate offline until connectivity returns. A member also asked how to recruit more poll workers; the response suggested higher pay is the main incentive, along with outreach to schools, community colleges, and possible pilot programs involving professionals. The meeting concluded without any votes or formal action beyond approval of minutes, and the next meeting was announced for January 29, weather permitting.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Aug 22nd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We set up our business in this state.
  • State employees, legislators, and state officials are prevented from bringing up a real issue.
  • state to be sued in Texas?
  • To enforce a state law without state supervision, Texas has passed the Texas Heartbeat Act.
  • We love the state. Protect the citizens in this state, and we respect the laws of this state.
Bills: HB7 , SB 8 , HB7 , SB 8
Committee: House State Affairs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Agriculture & Livestock Apr 8th, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • The state of the United States is a third busiest land port of U.S.
  • of Texas, but the United States.
  • law or the state capital.
  • Um, widespread across the state of Texas.
  • To stop what is a pandemic going across the state of Texas.
Bills: HB2013 , HB4163 , HB4810
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 6th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Doctorkip is also a sitting member of the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and not
  • If the clerk would please read, clerk will read Mariane Nellie Castaneda began her state service as an
  • And whereas the Oklahoma State Senate, acting on behalf of the great state of Oklahoma, takes great pleasure
  • My plans are to go to law school and attend Northeastern State University for my undergrad.
  • Our speaker tomorrow is Doctor Brett Carver from Oklahoma State University.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 6th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And whereas the Oklahoma State Senate, acting on behalf of the great state of Oklahoma, takes great pleasure
  • My plans are to go to law school and attend Northeastern State University for my undergrad.
  • My plans are to go to law school and attend Northeastern State University for my undergrad.
  • In the back of the Senate chambers, in the lounge, is a Tier 1 nominee for Secretary of State.
  • Brett Carver from Oklahoma State University.
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber then recognized several guests and honorees, including the doctor of the day, Dr. Mukesh Perek; nurse of the day, Cynthia Cochran; psychologist of the day, Dr. Colby Kipp; and a guest introduced by Senator Brooks, Marianella “Nellie” Castaneda, who was honored for her quick action in responding to a distress call that helped prompt a law enforcement response in a domestic violence situation. Senator Brooks and Castaneda both spoke about the incident and the importance of staff responsiveness and public service. The Senate also honored Jalen Lundry of Hayworth, named a national champion in the FFA Agriscience Fair for research on red wiggler worms and soil health. Lundry spoke briefly about her project and thanked Senator George Burns. The Pro Tem recognized April 6, 2026, as National Rifle Association and Oklahoma Rifle Association Day, with representatives from both organizations present in the gallery. The chamber also introduced the week’s pages, who each identified their schools, senators they were paging for, and future plans. No legislation was debated or voted on during the session. Instead, members made committee and floor announcements, including upcoming meetings of Revenue and Taxation, Appropriations, Public Safety, and the Senate Rural Caucus. The Senate then adopted a motion to adjourn and stood adjourned until Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 17th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • impact on the state side?
  • Very quickly, as I stated, we're already One of the more regulated states in the nation.
  • You, as a child of a state employee I want to give a shout out to all the state employees.
  • There's no state requirement that people have to get emails from state agencies. Is that correct?
  • overcrowding in this state.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 17th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • impact on the state side?
  • State does that.
  • As I stated, we're already one of the more regulated states in the nation.
  • As a child of a state employee, I want to give a shout-out to all the state employees.
  • There's no state requirement that people have to get emails from state agencies. Is that correct?
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, offered prayer, and recognized several guests, doctors, nurses, pages, student shadows, and visitors in the gallery. Members also adopted a motion to request the House’s consent for the Senate to adjourn for more than three days, with Senator Hicks opposing the motion because of the number of bills still available for consideration. The motion passed. The chamber then considered several bills. Senate Bill 1627, a cleanup measure to eliminate duplicate criminal code sections and clarify the law for legal research, passed 45-0 and was advanced as an emergency. Senate Bill 227, dealing with gross production tax and ad valorem taxation on oil and gas means of production, drew extensive questioning and debate over possible revenue impacts, county assessors, schools, and economically at-risk wells; it passed 37-9. Senate Bill 366, which gives charter schools a first right of refusal to buy or lease public school buildings sold or leased by districts, also generated debate over local control and lack of resale guardrails, and passed 40-6 as an emergency. Later, Senate Bill 1193 to remove general fund carryover caps for school districts passed 46-0 as an emergency after supporters argued it would reduce “use it or lose it” spending and allow more local flexibility, while opponents questioned fiscal effects and accountability. Senate Bill 1433, the Guidance Transparency Act requiring agencies to publicly disclose guidance documents in a searchable database, passed 37-7 after concerns about attorney-client privilege, administrative burden, and whether guidance could function like law. Senate Bill 1450, expanding relief from fines, fees, and court costs for certain people in the criminal justice system, was advanced and passed unanimously; Senate Bill 1481, increasing minimum recess time for K-5 students from 20 to 40 minutes, was advanced as an emergency measure; Senate Bill 1810, allowing expert testimony in human trafficking cases, passed 45-0; Senate Bill 1812, requiring school districts to make benchmark testing information available to parents, passed 46-0 as an emergency; Senate Bill 1921, increasing OSBI background-check fees, passed 39-7; and Senate Bill 1948, updating fireworks laws and limiting county restrictions on private outdoor consumer fireworks displays, was taken up with significant safety and local-control questioning.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 12th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • been a trade commission between Louisiana and Ireland that has brought a good bit of benefit to our state
  • trips to London and met with insurance executives that really make a lot of decisions that impact our state
  • They support it, and they have a new consul general that should be visiting our state capital within
  • They have a new consul general that should be visiting our state capital within the next week or so.
  • Senator Fessi attended a state dinner at a conference last summer, and the waiter spilled a glass of
Bills: HCR74 , HCR95 , HB705 , HB1048 , SCR23 , SCR31 , SCR38 , SB49 , SB233 , SB307 , SB326 , SB387 , SB401 , SB435 , SB495
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • As stated, there are thousands of homeless veterans across the state of Arizona.
  • As stated, there are thousands of homeless veterans across the state of Arizona.
  • The state did this to begin with; the state should undo it so that they're free to go.
  • Other states have done it.
  • We had a president that shut down a United States pipeline, a United States pipeline.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/20/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • These already exist on the state level.
  • These already exist on the state level.
  • I'm your state senator.
  • In State v.
  • Just state your name. Just state your name.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Health & Long-Term Care

Transcript Highlights:
  • Retaliatory tax treatment prevents states from gaining unfair advantage by taxing out-of-state insurers
  • tax in other states.
  • higher premium tax in other states.
  • SLPs across the state.
  • Over the legislative interims, we go around the state and meet with physician groups around the state
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice Apr 1st, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas Commission of Jail Standards how many inmates they may send out of the state. state and how many
  • Five counties in the state have.
  • state. enrolling over 308,000 students.
  • I'm not sure if it's in the state law.
  • with the State Bar of Texas.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice convened to address pressing issues surrounding oil field crime and safety on Texas highways. The meeting was initiated by Chair Flores, who emphasized the need for improved tools to combat repeat offenders having committed intoxicated driving, alongside tackling oil field theft that has escalated due to organized criminal activities. The committee heard public testimonies and engaged with various stakeholders, including law enforcement and industry representatives, who highlighted the complexities and dangers associated with these crimes. Notably, a significant focus was placed on Senate Bill 1320, which aims to establish a dedicated unit within the Department of Public Safety to investigate and address thefts specific to the oil and gas industry. This initiative seeks to strengthen coordination among various law enforcement agencies and improve training for local officers to combat these sophisticated theft operations more effectively.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Five counties in the state have contracted with outside out-state facilities to meet this requirement
  • Please state your name and represent, and proceed.
  • And that is duplicated all over the state. And to.
  • Our largest county state is not doing background checks.
  • Private schools in the state enroll over 308,000 students.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several criminal justice bills, with most of the discussion focused on oilfield theft, DWI enforcement, juvenile justice, reentry licensing, jail transparency, and court/judicial standards. SB 1320 would create a DPS oilfield theft unit headquartered in the Permian Basin; supporters from industry, law enforcement, and a district attorney described increasingly sophisticated, organized theft tied to cartels and multi-jurisdictional criminal networks, while DPS said it currently has only two officers working the issue. The committee voted SB 1320 out unanimously and placed it on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 826, which would enhance DWI committed in a school zone to a state jail felony, also passed unanimously after brief explanation and no testimony. SB 1171, adding juvenile justice OIG peace officers to Schedule C salary, was reported favorably on a committee substitute, and SB 1080, which would allow incarcerated people to obtain occupational licenses effective upon release, also passed on a committee substitute after testimony from formerly incarcerated advocates and reentry supporters. The committee also considered several bills aimed at tougher DWI penalties. SB 476 would increase intoxication manslaughter penalties when the offender violates an ignition interlock restriction; the bill was supported by the author, victims’ family members, Galveston officials, and law enforcement, but opposed by the Texas Civil Rights Project, which argued treatment and prevention would be more effective. After discussion about possible amendments, the bill was left pending. SB 745 would create a new first-degree felony option for intoxication manslaughter involving multiple deaths, and it was reported favorably after testimony from a prosecutor supporting the need for a stronger sentencing option. SB 2320 would broadly increase penalties for DWI offenses, including first-time DWI, DWI with an open container, high-BAC DWI, and repeat offenses; it was supported by a grieving family member and a sheriff, and the committee voted it out favorably. On juvenile justice, SB 1727 would expand tools to address assaults on staff at Texas Juvenile Justice Department facilities by lowering the age for transfer to adult prison in some cases, allowing earlier transfer of determinate-sentence youth, and restricting release when a criminal case is pending. Juvenile probation officials supported the bill as a public safety and victim-rights measure, while the Texas Civil Rights Project opposed it, arguing it would send children to inappropriate adult facilities and conflict with juvenile justice principles; the bill was left pending. SB 1437 would expand the juvenile justice do-not-hire registry to include non-certified positions, and it passed unanimously after supporters said it would help close loopholes that allow predators to move between child-serving jobs. SB 2289, requiring counties that house inmates out of state to report that information and any deaths to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, also passed unanimously. Finally, SB 989, requiring criminal background checks for court personnel who determine bail, and SB 664, establishing statewide qualifications and oversight for magistrates and associate judges, were explained and discussed as transparency and public-safety measures, with SB 989 reported favorably and SB 664 under committee consideration at the end of the transcript.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs - Part 1 Mar 19th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • 2 3 4 On state affairs, come to order, Clerk, call the roll. Chairman King? Here. Vice Chair.
  • As stated on the hearing notice, there will be a time limit of three minutes.
  • Today, four states have exceptions for educational purposes. 34 states have either defenses or affirmative
  • Five states have repealed their defenses. defenses since 2019, while seven states either never had these
  • The state of Texas supports you. And you're right to do so.
Committee: House State Affairs
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/18/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 6th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Brian Adams, the State Fire Marshal.
  • Right now in the state of Louisiana, you can hire me.
  • And I want you to know, it's a state agency.
  • That includes reciprocity with other states.
  • Plumbing Board, Terry Smith with the State Plumbing Board, and Brad Hassart with the State Licensing
Bills: SB147 , SB414 , HB220 , HB750 , HB799 , HB827 , HB952 , HB953