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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 13, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> only had a penalty provision on public only had a penalty provision on public officers.<00:05:22.720
  • &gt;&gt; Other<00:10:51.279><c> public</c><00:10:51.600><c> comment,</c> &gt;&gt; Other public comment
  • </c> keeping a close eye on our public keeping a close eye on our public benefits<00:32:32.799><c> and
  • </c> the public? the public? &gt;&gt; Oh,<00:37:00.480><c> sorry,</c><00:37:00.880><c> Mr.
  • . account. account.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 06:48 pm

House Consumer & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you respond to some of the public comment?
  • , a good public policy to keep on the books.
  • And then we also had someone who gave public testimony, Dr.
  • We also had someone who gave public testimony, Dr.
  • We have established a structured and accountable program, including a public website that explains the
Bills: HB25 , SB38 , SB101 , HB199
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just, you guys would look—these are some of the evolutions that we do with the public for public education
  • Okay, members, is there no further public testimony?
  • Gress, I believe they are a matter of public record.
  • Gress, I believe they are a matter of public record.
  • So members, there's no further public testimony.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Jan 20th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Law & Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • We will go to public testimony.
  • Law enforcement, public schools, and courthouses.
  • And we would ask instead for hospitals to develop a policy to designate areas that are public and non-public
  • And third, ALPR data should be subject to the Public Records Act to enable public oversight.
  • public disclosure issues.
Bills: SB5925 , SB5906 , SB6070 , SB6002
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, because we're rolling this into public health, would that automatically go away, or should we tweak
  • But since this is being rolled into public health, which is a good thing, because now it would really
  • allow them to expand their scope working on the public health departments, where they can also go to
  • health which is a good thing into public health which is a good thing because<00:09:11.519><c> uh</c
  • </c> the public health through the public the public health through the public health<00:09:17.279><c
Bills: SB89 , SB54 , SB127 , SB128 , SB77 , SB78 , SB100 , SB101 , SB102 , SB103 , SB113 , SB126 , SB122 , SB136
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 13th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House Committee on Public Education will come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
  • , equity duties, and to student clubs in public schools.
  • The purpose is for us to hear from the public.
  • The problem is I don't think the public is seeing what we have in it now.
  • DEI policies in our public schools.
Bills: SB12 , SB226 , SB413 , SB1049 , SB1191 , SB2398 , SB571 , SB2920 , SB 12
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 27th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Accounts shall adjust the amount Public Accounts shall adjust the amount Public Accounts shall adjust
  • Accounts should notify the public Public Accounts should notify the public Public Accounts should notify
  • we have public parks especially public we have public parks especially public we have public parks other
  • K through2 or public institution public K through2 or public institution public K through2 or public
  • here Artic Publications have publication here Artic Publications have publication here Artic Publications
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • changes and provisions that make it appear at best. that the Lottery Commission has enabled a private-public
  • The legislature let out... very strict and intelligible principles to protect the public from fraud and
  • That is stealing millions of dollars from the public.
Bills: SB26 , SB28 , SJR36 , SB616 , SB565 , SB384 , SB28 , SB28 , SR131 , SR168 , SR174 , SR175
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 17th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was accounted for.
  • One in public power.
  • These were public servants I greatly admired.
  • To the press, your job is to hold us accountable. Do it.
  • Democracy and accountability go hand in hand.
Bills: LR509 , LR510 , LR511
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Long-Term Care Feb 20th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Health & Long-Term Care

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we are going to get started, and we'll begin with our public hearing.
  • So we are going to get started, and we'll begin with our public hearing.
  • And we will now move back into our public hearing.
  • And we will now move back into our public hearing.
  • This is good public policy. And turn on your camera and then begin when you're ready.
Bills: HB2540 , HB2113
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN-LBT, CPN DEFER, CPN DEFER, CPN, CPN-EIG Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • for deceiving the public about how their products fuel climate change.
  • Rising insurance costs public about it?
  • When chairs, committee members, John, chair of the Public Utilities Commission.
  • </c> planned process that tries to account planned process that tries to account for<00:44:33.839><c>
  • Um and all of us as the public needs.
Bills: SB3326 , SB2911
Summary: The committees heard SB 3001 on artificial intelligence in a joint Commerce and Consumer Protection/Labor and Technology hearing. Testimony included support from the Department of Education and Google, comments from the Office of Consumer Protection and the Attorney General’s office, and late opposition from Agentic LLC. The Attorney General raised constitutional and vagueness concerns and suggested clarifying amendments, while Google said the bill’s risk-based approach and proposed amendments could help establish industry-wide safety standards for minors. The committees recessed and then voted to pass SB 3001 with amendments, adopting DCCA/OCP recommendations on data minimization for minors and UDAP clarity, the Attorney General’s proposed clarifications and deletions, and Google’s nonconflicting amendments; the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050. The vote passed unanimously among members present, with some members excused. The Commerce and Consumer Protection committee then took up several previously heard measures in decision-making. SB 2045 on combat sports passed with amendments reflecting DCCA and boxing commission recommendations, including clarifying the on-site medical professional requirement, reporting duties, promoter payment, removal of the combat sports registry and ambulance requirement, and other technical changes; the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050. SP 2347 on the residential landlord-tenant code passed with amendments striking landlord requirements so OCP could work on a multilingual tenant-rights notice, and SP 2495 on consumer protection passed with amendments requiring OCP to publish an annual report on potential code violations. SB 2777 on insurance was deferred to February 17, 2026 for further decision-making. At a later CPN decision-making agenda, SB 2471 and SB 2829, both relating to the powers of artificial persons, passed with amendments clarifying the preamble, removing language about foreign artificial persons, and making other consistency and non-substantive changes; both effective dates were moved to January 1, 2027. SP 2033 on renewable energy also passed with amendments clarifying the definition of grid-ready homes, cost-sharing provisions, applicability to interconnecting customers, and safety/certification compliance, with the effective date deferred to July 1, 2050. In each case, the committee voted to adopt the recommendations without objections from members present. The committees also heard SB 3000 on insurance, which would authorize the Attorney General to bring civil actions to recover costs and losses tied to climate-attributable harm and future climate risk, including costs incurred by state insurance-related entities. The Insurance Division and Attorney General’s office offered comments seeking clarification and warning about redundancy, implementation issues, possible representation of private insurers, and concurrent litigation concerns. Supporters, including the Center for Climate Integrity, a resident testifier, Sierra Club, and Green America, argued the bill would help shift insurance costs to fossil fuel companies responsible for climate harms and address rising premiums and nonrenewals in Hawaii. Opponents, including the American Petroleum Institute, argued the bill singled out one industry, raised constitutional concerns, and should be deferred because related climate litigation is already pending. The transcript ends with the committee continuing testimony and discussion on SB 3000 and then moving into SB 3326 on energy, where the consumer advocate and Hawaiian Electric opposed the bill’s proposed separation of generation from transmission and distribution, while the PUC stood on written testimony, Retail Merchants of Hawaii supported it, and Life of the Land raised concerns about assumptions and the need for more substance.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 1013 prohibits public employers from adopting... ...of the position.
  • If you're a taxpayer, you want the best public employees for your money.
  • If you're a public employee, you want to feel that you earned and deserved your job.
  • If you're a taxpayer, you want the best public employees for your money.
  • If you're a public employee, you want to feel that you earned and deserved your job.
Bills: SB1013 , SB1023
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 7th, 2025 at 03:30 pm

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public health and safety.
  • This is a public health crisis.
  • That balances the accessibility of public safety.
  • Yes, we do need more safe . . . . . . public, the public, or reduce demand.
  • That's the opposite. of public safety.
Bills: HB 28 , SB 3
Committee: House State Affairs
Summary: The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 3/11/26

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our troops account from specialty license plates.
  • This work brings together public health, the National Guard, the Minnesota Department of Health, and
  • This approach supports continuous improvement while maintaining long-term accountability to veterans
  • I do all the work of the public aspect of things that we can find that connection may be on alert that
  • &gt;&gt; Representative Grant for I do all the work of the on that special, the public aspect of things
Bills: HF3727 , HF3684 , HF3467
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today we have public hearings on three bills.
  • For the public hearing part, as testifiers are called upon to provide testimony, the Vice Chair will
  • Public harm and public information, when you agree that governments are the identifying source of public
  • Governments are the identifying source of public information, so those should be covered.
  • Governments are the identifying source of public information, so those should be covered.
Bills: HB1170 , HB2157 , HB2225
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-06-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speed cameras were sold to the public as a safety program.
  • . public accessibility and transparency.
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  • public service to<00:31:19.720><c> Hawaii.
  • service. ...like myself in public service.
Bills: HB20 , HB276 , HB644 , HB812 , HB816 , HB916 , HB1131 , HB1247 , HB1518 , HB1525 , HB1537 , HB1541 , HB1546 , HB1553 , HB1562 , HB1565 , HB1566 , HB1576 , HB1577 , HB1591 , HB1605 , HB1612 , HB1613 , HB1614 , HB1618 , HB1620 , HB1650 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1661 , HB1664 , HB1668 , HB1676 , HB1707 , HB1711 , HB1713 , HB1715 , HB1718 , HB1727 , HB1749 , HB1756 , HB1774 , HB1776 , HB1801 , HB1802 , HB1805 , HB1813 , HB1815 , HB1831 , HB1838 , HB1853 , HB1854 , HB1859 , HB1863 , HB1871 , HB1872 , HB1918 , HB1920 , HB1952 , HB1965 , HB1966 , HB1967 , HB1969 , HB1972 , HB1973 , HB1974 , HB1975 , HB1980 , HB1985 , HB2005 , HB2023 , HB2031 , HB2033 , HB2062 , HB2113 , HB2114 , HB2116 , HB2138 , HB2139 , HB2156 , HB2158 , HB2159 , HB2171 , HB2208 , HB2268 , HB2270 , HB2272 , HB2273 , HB2276 , HB2289 , HB2310 , HB2315 , HB2335 , HB2338 , HB2339 , HB2340 , HB2343 , HB2361 , HB2384 , HB2387 , SB2338 , SB2431 , SB2438 , SB2593 , SB2907 , SB2671 , SB2321 , SB3084 , SB2401 , SB3033 , SB2972 , SB3032 , SB2806 , SB3014 , SB2108 , SB2981 , SB2973 , SB2423 , SB2078 , SB2322 , SB2397 , SB2896 , SB2088 , SB2347 , SB2408 , SB2970 , SB2851 , SB2713 , SB2697 , SB2312 , SB2192 , SB2363 , SB2530 , SB3028 , SB2024 , SB3007 , SB2599 , SB2596 , SB2662 , SB2930 , SB3334 , SB2378 , SB3019 , SB3231 , SB2240 , SB2372 , SB2175 , SB2046 , SB2298 , SB2922 , SB2835 , SB3263 , SB2174 , SB2128 , SB2006 , SB2489 , SB3134 , SB2982 , SB2425 , SB2849 , SB2797 , SB2795 , SB2575 , SB2521 , SB2765 , SB2386 , SB2852 , SB2022 , SB2117 , SB2277 , SB2387 , SB2688 , SB2885 , SB3132 , SB3219 , SB2169 , SB2591 , SB2090 , SB2983 , SB888 , SB3249 , SB2611 , SB2429 , SB2463 , SB3154 , SB3131 , SB3152 , SB3315 , SB2448 , SB2054 , SB2140 , SB2520 , SB2377 , SB2986 , SB2010 , SB2189 , SB2026 , SB3010 , SB2818 , SB2002
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HLT-HHS Informational Briefing 03-06-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The lead project officer is a lieutenant commander with the Uniformed Public Health Service, and the
  • With those community health workers, if we can expand the work of public health nurses.
  • I mean, are these telehealth going to be directly for the public or uninsured?
  • I mean, are these telehealth going to be directly for the public or uninsured?
  • Are they going to public or uninsured?
Bills: HB20 , HB276 , HB644 , HB812 , HB816 , HB916 , HB1131 , HB1247 , HB1518 , HB1525 , HB1537 , HB1541 , HB1546 , HB1553 , HB1562 , HB1565 , HB1566 , HB1576 , HB1577 , HB1591 , HB1605 , HB1612 , HB1613 , HB1614 , HB1618 , HB1620 , HB1650 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1661 , HB1664 , HB1668 , HB1676 , HB1707 , HB1711 , HB1713 , HB1715 , HB1718 , HB1727 , HB1749 , HB1756 , HB1774 , HB1776 , HB1801 , HB1802 , HB1805 , HB1813 , HB1815 , HB1831 , HB1838 , HB1853 , HB1854 , HB1859 , HB1863 , HB1871 , HB1872 , HB1918 , HB1920 , HB1952 , HB1965 , HB1966 , HB1967 , HB1969 , HB1972 , HB1973 , HB1974 , HB1975 , HB1980 , HB1985 , HB2005 , HB2023 , HB2031 , HB2033 , HB2062 , HB2113 , HB2114 , HB2116 , HB2138 , HB2139 , HB2156 , HB2158 , HB2159 , HB2171 , HB2208 , HB2268 , HB2270 , HB2272 , HB2273 , HB2276 , HB2289 , HB2310 , HB2315 , HB2335 , HB2338 , HB2339 , HB2340 , HB2343 , HB2361 , HB2384 , HB2387 , SB2338 , SB2431 , SB2438 , SB2593 , SB2907 , SB2671 , SB2321 , SB3084 , SB2401 , SB3033 , SB2972 , SB3032 , SB2806 , SB3014 , SB2108 , SB2981 , SB2973 , SB2423 , SB2078 , SB2322 , SB2397 , SB2896 , SB2088 , SB2347 , SB2408 , SB2970 , SB2851 , SB2713 , SB2697 , SB2312 , SB2192 , SB2363 , SB2530 , SB3028 , SB2024 , SB3007 , SB2599 , SB2596 , SB2662 , SB2930 , SB3334 , SB2378 , SB3019 , SB3231 , SB2240 , SB2372 , SB2175 , SB2046 , SB2298 , SB2922 , SB2835 , SB3263 , SB2174 , SB2128 , SB2006 , SB2489 , SB3134 , SB2982 , SB2425 , SB2849 , SB2797 , SB2795 , SB2575 , SB2521 , SB2765 , SB2386 , SB2852 , SB2022 , SB2117 , SB2277 , SB2387 , SB2688 , SB2885 , SB3132 , SB3219 , SB2169 , SB2591 , SB2090 , SB2983 , SB888 , SB3249 , SB2611 , SB2429 , SB2463 , SB3154 , SB3131 , SB3152 , SB3315 , SB2448 , SB2054 , SB2140 , SB2520 , SB2377 , SB2986 , SB2010 , SB2189 , SB2026 , SB3010 , SB2818 , SB2002
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-05-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I rise to request a waiver of the public notice requirement pursuant to Senate Rule 21 to hold a hearing
  • Your Committee on Ways and Means will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 3125 this afternoon, Thursday
  • </c><00:12:52.160><c> notice</c> request a waiver of the public notice request a waiver of the public
  • </c><00:13:08.480><c> hearing</c><00:13:08.800><c> on</c> and Means will hold a public hearing on and
  • Means will hold a public hearing on Senate<00:13:09.200><c> Bill</c><00:13:09.320><c> 3125</c><00:13
Bills: HB20 , HB276 , HB644 , HB812 , HB816 , HB916 , HB1131 , HB1247 , HB1518 , HB1525 , HB1537 , HB1541 , HB1546 , HB1553 , HB1562 , HB1565 , HB1566 , HB1576 , HB1577 , HB1591 , HB1605 , HB1612 , HB1613 , HB1614 , HB1618 , HB1620 , HB1650 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1661 , HB1664 , HB1668 , HB1676 , HB1707 , HB1711 , HB1713 , HB1715 , HB1718 , HB1727 , HB1749 , HB1756 , HB1774 , HB1776 , HB1801 , HB1802 , HB1805 , HB1813 , HB1815 , HB1831 , HB1838 , HB1853 , HB1854 , HB1859 , HB1863 , HB1871 , HB1872 , HB1918 , HB1920 , HB1952 , HB1965 , HB1966 , HB1967 , HB1969 , HB1972 , HB1973 , HB1974 , HB1975 , HB1980 , HB1985 , HB2005 , HB2023 , HB2031 , HB2033 , HB2062 , HB2113 , HB2114 , HB2116 , HB2138 , HB2139 , HB2156 , HB2158 , HB2159 , HB2171 , HB2208 , HB2268 , HB2270 , HB2272 , HB2273 , HB2276 , HB2289 , HB2310 , HB2315 , HB2335 , HB2338 , HB2339 , HB2340 , HB2343 , HB2361 , HB2384 , HB2387 , SB2338 , SB2431 , SB2438 , SB2593 , SB2907 , SB2671 , SB2321 , SB3084 , SB2401 , SB3033 , SB2972 , SB3032 , SB2806 , SB3014 , SB2108 , SB2981 , SB2973 , SB2423 , SB2078 , SB2322 , SB2397 , SB2896 , SB2088 , SB2347 , SB2408 , SB2970 , SB2851 , SB2713 , SB2697 , SB2312 , SB2192 , SB2363 , SB2530 , SB3028 , SB2024 , SB3007 , SB2599 , SB2596 , SB2662 , SB2930 , SB3334 , SB2378 , SB3019 , SB3231 , SB2240 , SB2372 , SB2175 , SB2046 , SB2298 , SB2922 , SB2835 , SB3263 , SB2174 , SB2128 , SB2006 , SB2489 , SB3134 , SB2982 , SB2425 , SB2849 , SB2797 , SB2795 , SB2575 , SB2521 , SB2765 , SB2386 , SB2852 , SB2022 , SB2117 , SB2277 , SB2387 , SB2688 , SB2885 , SB3132 , SB3219 , SB2169 , SB2591 , SB2090 , SB2983 , SB888 , SB3249 , SB2611 , SB2429 , SB2463 , SB3154 , SB3131 , SB3152 , SB3315 , SB2448 , SB2054 , SB2140 , SB2520 , SB2377 , SB2986 , SB2010 , SB2189 , SB2026 , SB3010 , SB2818 , SB2002
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, the fiscal impact for the Office of Public Defense to review public defense caseloads and for the
  • service revolving account.
  • Are there any... ...$154,000 per year in ongoing costs from the public service revolving account.
  • The Digital Opportunity Program is funded by a dedicated account, the Digital Equity Account.
  • to a newly created account, the Early Education Scholarship account.