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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Feb 11, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> person on this measure or on Zoom? person on this measure or on Zoom?
  • </c> &gt;&gt; I I can't answer that on on the spot. &gt;&gt; I I can't answer that on on the spot.
  • ><c> one,</c> &gt;&gt; Oh, just one last one, &gt;&gt; Oh, just one last one, &gt;&gt; please.<00:57:
  • </c> on that. on that.
  • </c> &gt;&gt; on on cannabis? &gt;&gt; on on cannabis?
Bills: HB2118 , HB2473
Summary: The committee heard several bills related to permitting and economic development. On HB 2603, relating to permits, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development said it supported the measure with comments. Committee discussion focused on the fact that the state’s facilitated permit process appears to have been rarely or never used, the need to identify specific projects that would use it, and whether DBEDT would need dedicated staffing to administer it. DBEDT said it had found no projects under the current process, had no capacity to run the program as structured, and estimated it would need about 7 to 9 FTEs, including permitting, coordination, data, systems, and possibly legal support. The chair suggested exploring a staff assignment and comparing the concept to federal FAST-41-style expedited permitting. On HB 2140, relating to essential permitting positions, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development again supported the bill with comments. Testimony and questioning centered on a pilot program to help counties pay competitively for permitting staff. A DBEDT representative said the issue of competitive pay affected both county and state permitting offices and that the bill was intended as a temporary pilot, though a more permanent solution would be preferable. When asked how counties would fund the salary support, the witness said that was not yet discussed with the counties and agreed to follow up. The committee also noted the bill applies to participating counties. On HB 2598, relating to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, the State Procurement Office and HTDC offered comments, and the Department of the Attorney General raised constitutional concerns. The AG said the bill’s residency-based certification requirements, when tied to procurement, could implicate the dormant Commerce Clause, and that the required 1% contribution tied to state contracts raised unconstitutional-conditions concerns. In questioning, the AG characterized these as legal risks rather than automatic lawsuits. The committee did not take a vote. The committee then heard HB 2141, relating to state enterprise zones. Taxation, DBEDT, HCDA, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, and HTDC testified in support, while the Tax Foundation noted the program was intended to help economically depressed areas create jobs. HTDC said the bill would help preserve the Maui Research and Technology Center’s enterprise-zone status after rezoning. Committee discussion focused on whether the enterprise zone program is being used effectively, how the bill might attract businesses to areas where the state is investing, and whether the program’s labor requirements are too burdensome for new businesses. DBEDT explained that the program requires a 10% workforce increase in the first year, which must be sustained, and said it promotes the program through county coordinators and in-person outreach. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:45 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So FYI on that.
  • So is Cuba on the list? If not, how do they get on the list?
  • My wife was forced to relive the death threats that I received on UNM HSC campus.
  • On Zoom, there is. Opposition. See none. On Zoom, there is one person against, and that is Mohamed.
  • Refresh my memory on this one a little bit.
Bills: SB5 , SB6 , SB8
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Jan 14th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
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  • So, back on the bill. Any questions on the bill?
  • So, back on the bill. Any questions on the bill?
  • So, back on the bill. Any questions on the bill?
  • So, back on the bill. Any questions on the bill?
Bills: HB66 , HB79 , HB95 , HB145 , HB66 , HB79 , HB95 , HB145
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hold on just a second, Miss Allman. So, is that the right one? House Bill 66. Okay.
  • >> Move. >> Second. >> Hold on just a second, Miss Allman. >> Is that the right one?
  • So, back on the bill. Any questions on the bill?
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  • </c> I have a motion on the amendment. I have a motion on the amendment.
Bills: HB66 , HB79 , HB95 , HB145 , HB66 , HB79 , HB95 , HB145
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c><00:42:52.960><c> you</c> everyone on this on this committee you everyone on this on this committee
  • this one is on House Concurrent Resolution 20.
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Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 132, which would create conscience protections for health care professionals who object to participating in certain procedures or services on religious, moral, or ethical grounds. Senator Donald Douglas and several supporters argued the bill is a recruitment and retention tool for Kentucky’s health care workforce, emphasizing provider shortages, maldistribution, and the need to protect individual conscience rights. Supporters said the bill would not apply to emergency care, would not permit denial of care based on a patient’s identity, and would mainly protect professionals from being forced to perform procedures they believe are unethical. They also cited similar laws in six other states and said the bill would have a cause of action to give it enforcement teeth. Supportive testimony came from an emergency physician, a registered nurse, and others who described personal experiences or examples involving objections to abortion-related care, opioid prescribing, and pressure to participate in procedures that conflicted with conscience. They said conscience protections would help attract providers, preserve ethical integrity, and allow clinicians to make professional judgments without corporate or institutional coercion. In questioning, senators asked about practical examples, the scope of the bill, whether it would cover hypothetical cases involving patients of particular religions or identities, and which states have similar laws. The sponsor and supporters repeatedly said the bill is about procedures, not patients, and that it should not be read to allow discrimination against individuals. Opponents, including pediatricians and a registered nurse/minister, warned that the bill is overly broad and could allow refusals of care by not only physicians but also pharmacists, clerks, and ambulance drivers. They argued it could delay treatment, increase discrimination, and worsen access problems in rural areas, especially for contraception, Plan B, blood transfusions, and other services. Critics said existing professional ethics already require patient care and that the bill could undermine evidence-based medicine and worsen Kentucky’s provider shortage. The committee took testimony and questions; no final vote or disposition was announced in the portion provided.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Jan 12th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're back on the bill as amended. Again, do we have questions on the bill? Thank you.
  • It's an opportunity to save money by hiring outside death-certified counsel on the wheel, which oftentimes
  • Questions on the bill?
  • place on it.
  • That was a great close on the bill. We're on the amendment. Oh, sorry.
Bills: S0014 , S0016 , S0024 , S0208 , S0762
Committee: Senate Judiciary
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 762, which was amended by a strike-all to remove a one-year sunset and delete a reporting requirement to the Legislature. The bill would allow offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel to take on certain capital cases from outside their region on an optional basis, with supporters saying it could save money and use existing in-house death penalty expertise. After testimony from Senator Martin and the Second Region’s regional counsel, the committee reported CS/SB 762 favorably. The committee also considered three local claims bills. SB 16, relating to relief for Heriberto A. Sanchez Mayan by the City of St. Petersburg, described severe injuries allegedly caused during an arrest and transport; the claimant’s counsel supported the bill, while President Gaetz spoke against the claims-bill process generally and voted no. The bill passed 9-1 and was reported favorably. SB 14, for Jose Correa against Miami-Dade County, involved injuries from a bus-pedestrian collision and was supported by the claimant and county; it passed 9-1 and was reported favorably. SB 24, for Lourdes and Edward Latour against Miami-Dade County, was an uncontested $500,000 settlement bill and passed unanimously. Finally, the committee took up SB 208 on land use and development regulations. A late-filed strike-all amendment, described as a negotiated compromise, would make development application fees transparent and cost-based, tie them to direct and reasonable indirect review costs, and set subjective compatibility standards for residential projects, with carve-outs for PUDs, master planned communities, and historic districts. Multiple local government, planning, environmental, and business groups appeared in support. The amendment was adopted, and the committee then reported CS/SB 208 favorably on a 10-0 vote.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government May 12th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have one bill on the agenda today, and I want to, before we start, I don't think we'll get into it
  • of suspicious, unattended deaths, meaning those without any witnesses, or unnatural deaths.
  • That's number one.
  • , testifying neutral on the bill.
  • Members, we're kind of, as far as our crew today, we're kind of short on quantity but high on quality
Bills: SB1370
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Seeing none, we will move forward to item number one on the agenda.
  • Item number one on the agenda is Senate Bill 181.
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  • Chair: On a vote of 9-0, the bill passes with favorable expression that it should pass on the Senate
Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children heard Senate Bill 181, which would require school districts to use only traceable forms of communication for staff, coaches, and volunteers when contacting students, require reporting of known private direct communication, notify parents, protect minors’ anonymity in EPSB investigations, and extend the investigation period for sexual misconduct cases to 120 days. Senator Lindsay Tichenor said the bill is meant to restore safeguards for children and families and address inappropriate private communications between school personnel and students. The committee also heard testimony from Stacy and Brad Brisco, who described allegations that an Anderson County guidance counselor had communicated privately with their daughter, encouraged her to pursue emancipation and CPS involvement, and used school channels to facilitate contact; they said the resulting abuse report was unsubstantiated and that the school system and EPSB had not acted promptly. Ashley Nation also testified in support as a survivor of educator sexual abuse, arguing that traceable communication policies are needed to prevent grooming and misconduct and that the bill does not stop communication, only makes it transparent and accountable. Members asked questions about what counts as traceable communication and whether schools already have policies. Tichenor said traceable communication could include paper notes, email, and apps such as ClassDojo or Google Classroom, and said the bill requires a trail parents can access. She also said some districts have ethical standards but they are not consistently followed, and that state-level action is needed. Senator Denine suggested the bill should allow districts more flexibility to choose among trackable platforms, noting that some systems already use tools like Dojo and Remind; Tichenor said a floor amendment would address that concern. Senators Williams, Meredith, Mills, Wise, and others voiced support, emphasizing child safety and the need for timely EPSB action. The committee then voted 9-0 to pass SB 181 with a favorable recommendation to the Senate floor. Afterward, the committee took up House Bill 242, sponsored by Representative Samara Heavrin, which would increase transparency in the child welfare system by making Kentucky child welfare data available to researchers while preserving privacy protections. With no questions, the committee approved HB 242 as well, also by a favorable vote, and members briefly noted support for the bill and the need for better data to inform child welfare policy.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I’m just kind of caught on this one.
  • I’m just kind of caught on this one.
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  • > if</c><00:36:26.079><c> you're</c> happened on on that provision if you're happened on on that provision
  • I want to highlight the section on the wine transfer for the shipping, and I'm glad to see that's in
Bills: HF2601 , HF2607 , HF2027 , HF2608
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU-WLA, EDU Public Hearings 02-13-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've submitted our comments on SB 2613, relating to public school land transfer.
  • on that date as the land is transferred on that date circuit<00:11:05.440><c> and</c><00:11:05.839><
  • I have one comment, which is I'd love to follow up on some of the land transfer process later on, offline
  • I have one comment, which is I'd love to follow up on some of the land transfer process later on, offline
  • We're on decision making on Senate Bill 2613. This is the school land transfer.
Bills: SB2613 , SB2147
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The committee heard SB 2613, a cleanup bill relating to public school land transfers under Act 307 (2022), which revises tax map key references and the conveyance process for properties transferred to the Department of Education. The Hawaii State Public Library System supported the measure, saying it would complete the long-unfinished separation of the library system from DOE property control and make future building projects more efficient and cost-effective. DOE also supported the bill and requested an amendment to remove TMK 43-62 parcel 10, the Wilcox Elementary School parcel, so that it could instead be transferred to the county for use with the adjacent park and tennis courts. Members focused heavily on why land transfers and construction approvals have been slow, especially the need for right-of-entry documents and an MOA for a library construction project. Library and DOE witnesses said the delays stemmed from site-control issues and confusion over property status, and that the bill would clarify which parcels are transferred by operation of law and remove the need for additional transactional documents in many cases. Several members questioned whether the bill actually changes authority or simply clarifies existing practice, and DOE said it wanted legislative clarity so the transfers are unmistakably effective on a date certain. The committee also discussed a separate section of the bill dealing with public use of school facilities after hours, including parking fees on property under DOE jurisdiction. DOE explained that any parking charges would apply only to property it controls, not county roads, and that fees are set through existing facility-use procedures. Members raised concerns about the pace of land transfers generally and urged DOE to move more expeditiously on pending parcels. The hearing then moved on to SB 2147, which would designate the first Friday in February as Love My Library Day; the library system testified in support as the committee began that measure.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Health Care & Wellness

Transcript Highlights:
  • I hadn't campaigned on it.
  • Okay, seeing none, we'll go ahead and move on to our testimony on this bill.
  • and on.
  • Okay, moving on. We'll dismiss this panel and we'll move on to the next.
  • In January of 2025, Yakima County ranked number one in the state of Washington for overdose deaths per
Bills: HB2110 , HB2113 , HB2122 , HB2152 , HB2168
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The rates on this one are not to be taken as a joke.
  • what we can earn on...
  • This is the last one out there that is not doing that. Currently, they are still on.
  • Or is that just for this one?
  • I don't, I am not an expert on what goes on in those classrooms.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • There being 11 ayes and one nay, the motion prevails.
  • All right, Chairman Ashby, we're up on House Bill 2189. Thank you.
  • The chair turns over to Chairman Ashby on the committee substitute.
  • by adding focused instruction on local and state civic processes.
  • I would point out. to you that every one of the religions has at one time or another been the subject
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Education K-16 will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Creighton.
  • Members, any questions on the explanation of the alternative substitute language?
  • Members, any other questions on Senate Bill 1224?
  • There being two nays and one aye, it is decided that the meeting will be adjourned.
  • You know, we're working with the systems on this.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is one of those fun bills that you get to work on.
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  • one page?
  • one page?
  • one page?
Bills: SB197 , SB84 , SB197 , SB84
Committee: House Health
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> started him on. started him on.
  • This is one of have a few cruel ones.
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  • We also need them to be able to have the one-on-one supports.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 61, sponsored by Senator Shelley Funke Frommeyer and Representative Matt Lockett. The resolution, as amended by committee substitute, would create a legislative task force tied to the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) framework to study Kentucky health policy, including Medicaid drug approvals, preventive and alternative therapies, holistic health education, oversight and transparency in health care, and research into integrative approaches. Supporters said the goal was to address chronic disease and reduce over-medication, while emphasizing the effort was not intended as an attack on agriculture or the pharmaceutical industry. The resolution received favorable expression and passed the committee 9-0. The committee then heard Senate Resolution 18 from Senator Neal, urging Kentucky to maximize participation in the federal SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program. Testimony from Jessica Klein of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy and Secretary Eric Friedlander explained that SNAP E&T provides job training, education, and support services for SNAP participants, and that the program is federally matched and does not require additional General Assembly funding in the normal course. Members discussed how the program works, whether it could create new state costs, and how it fits with efforts to connect food assistance, workforce development, and local agriculture. Questions also focused on whether SNAP spending can be steered toward healthier foods and farmers markets, including Kentucky’s Double Dollars program, which was described as helping participants buy produce, meat, and dairy at participating markets and some retailers. Several members expressed support for the workforce goals but asked for more information on fiscal impacts and purchasing data. Secretary Friedlander said the SNAP E&T funds are separate from nutrition benefits, and that the state match generally comes from employer, university, or workforce partner contributions rather than new state appropriations. Senator Herron explained her vote in favor by saying the program could help people gain education and employment and reduce reliance on SNAP over time. Senate Resolution 18 was then adopted by the committee.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 309 Conference PM - Wed Apr 22, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • New sequence transferring out one permanent FTE and $97,212 in A funds to Behavioral Health Administration
  • ><c> one</c> New sequence transferring out one New sequence transferring out one permanent<00:19:43.120
  • New sequence transferring in one permanent FTE and $97,212 in A funds from Adult Mental Health to Outpatient
  • Next, sequence 1033-001 and 2033-001: new sequence transferring in one permanent FTE and $97,212 in A
  • </c> epidemiologist one. epidemiologist one.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 49

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> petition that was filed in this house on petition that was filed in this house on January<00:33:
  • And if there was no on January 7th.
  • Members, please turn to your digital action sheets by clicking on the action sheet tab on the mid-top
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference PM - Wed Apr 22, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But it when we meet again on this one.
  • Uh, let's move on to the next one.
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  • House Uh let's move on to the next one.
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