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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 2ND REVISED Apr 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1937 has two changes to the Communications with Students Act.
  • As I said, it was a false report that triggered this second part of this act. Further questions?
  • No, I do not because the Open Meetings Act has provisions where they can Actually enter into executive
  • I think The Open Meetings Act is they're practicing it. That's great.
  • To be required to perform certain acts that we're already doing, which I don't understand.
Committee: Senate Education
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 2ND REVISED Apr 21st, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members of the committee, House Bill 1937 has two changes to the Communications with Students Act.
  • Members of the committee, House Bill 1937 has two changes to the Communications with Students Act.
  • And as I said, it was a false report that triggered the second part of this act. Further questions.
  • The Open Meetings Act has provisions where they can actually enter into executive session, and so no,
  • I think the Open Meetings Act is— they're practicing it. That's great.
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The Senate Education Committee first considered a series of executive nominations, including Brian Bobeck to the State Board of Education, Jonathan Daniels to the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools, Cody Swanee to OETA, Randy Squires to the Western Oklahoma State College Board of Regents, Dwight Spencer to the Carl Albert State College Board of Regents, V. Lee to the Oklahoma Arts Council, Adisha Chapman to the Murray State College Board of Regents, Trevor Pemberton to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Jennifer Carlson and Melissa Yvonne to the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, Kevin Gross to the Tulsa Community College Board of Regents, and Barbara Myers to the Oklahoma Arts Council. Most nominees briefly described their backgrounds and reasons for serving, and the committee approved each nomination, with votes ranging from 8-1 to 10-0, sending them on to the full Senate or floor as applicable. The committee then took up several education bills. House Bill 1937, dealing with the Communications with Students Act, was amended to require corroborated evidence before immediate suspension and to narrow the definition of student; it passed 9-0. House Bill 2153, which would subject OSSAA meetings and hearings to the Open Meetings Act and repeal the statutory one-year sit-out rule for transfers, drew questions about recruitment and FERPA but passed 7-3. House Bill 3674, requiring school resource officer training on sexual assault and violence, annual continuing education, mandatory reporting, and closure of contractor loopholes, passed 9-0. House Bill 3885, setting a graduated discipline framework for third through fifth graders, prompted debate over classroom safety and student rights and passed 9-1. House Bill 3671, allowing a receiving district to accept a transferring teacher’s career status, passed 10-0. House Bill 3261, assigning employee numbers to school support staff such as coaches and bus drivers for tracking across districts, passed 10-0. Several other bills generated more extensive discussion. House Bill 2978, which would impose annual library audits, public online catalogs, a formal challenge process, and funding penalties for noncompliance, faced repeated questions about how it differed from existing policy and who could challenge materials; it failed 4-5. House Bill 3021, revising graduation requirements and preserving flexibility for applied math/science and local course approval while removing some language requirements, passed 8-2. House Bill 3029, requiring the Department of Education to develop a four-year plan, passed 9-1. House Bill 4274, expanding school choice options for military-dependent students living on base, passed 10-0. The committee also began consideration of House Bill 3076, which would clarify alternative teacher certification provider definitions and OEQA oversight, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education REVISED Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill proposes some technical cleanup language to our Opportunities Scholarship Fund Act.
  • trained our local public school foundation director on how to make use of this Opportunity Scholarship Act
  • I know you and I both have a great interest in making sure that the Opportunity Scholarship Fund Act
  • So they can go and find out based on their income and all the requirements of all these acts that we
Committee: Senate Education
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

General Government Apr 7th, 2026

General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department would be exempt from the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act
Summary: The committee first laid over Senate Bill 263, then took up several other measures. Senate Bill 1877, which would create a centralized reporting system for reports through the Secretary of State, was discussed as similar to House Bill 3047 and was reported due pass by a 6-0 vote. Senate Bill 1884, concerning access for statewide educator associations and individual school employees, drew questions about union access, off-campus recruitment, right-to-work law, and possible conflicting language on fees and reimbursement; it was reported due pass 6-1. The committee then advanced tourism and public safety measures. Senate Bill 1365 would update promotional fund language and allow the Tourism and Recreation Department to make certain merchandise purchases outside the central purchasing process up to $75,000; it passed 6-2. Senate Bill 2174 would change the appointment and makeup of the State Fire Marshal Commission board and was reported due pass 8-0. Senate Bill 1525, as amended by a PCS, would let the Tourism and Recreation Department contract for support of its annual tourism conference and charge registration fees to recoup costs, with emergency language added; it passed 6-2. The committee also approved House Bill 1810, which would allow expert testimony in human trafficking cases and add trafficking victims to existing victim services, by an 8-0 vote. On workforce and agency administration, Senate Bill 1771 would expand the Workforce Commission’s authority to collect funding, expenditure, and performance data and to hire outside counsel; it passed 5-2. Senate Bill 1805 would bar certain group homes and post-adjudication treatment facilities from using contract staff, due to concerns about records access and staffing; it passed 6-1. Finally, Senate Bill 1960 would move the Oklahoma Receivership Office under the Oklahoma Insurance Department to modernize and reduce duplication, and it was reported due pass 7-0. The meeting then adjourned.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education REVISED Apr 7th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill proposes some technical cleanup language to our Opportunity Scholarship Fund Act.
  • trained our local public school foundation director on how to make use of this Opportunity Scholarship Act
  • I know you and I both have a great interest in making sure that the Opportunity Scholarship Fund Act
  • use OSF, so they can go and find out, based on their income, and all the requirements of all these acts
  • And that will be a huge help. ...requirements of all these acts that we have in place, whether or not
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The Senate Education Committee considered a long agenda of education-related bills, including school calendar changes, scholarship and tax credit cleanup, charter school facilities, apprenticeship expansion, testing windows, and teacher staffing rules. Several measures were framed as technical or clarifying changes, while others drew more substantial debate over accountability, eligibility, and funding. The committee also heard a bill to extend the sunset of the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education and another to allow certain military dependents to start kindergarten based on their home-country age rules. Among the more debated bills, House Bill 3590 updated the Opportunity Scholarship Fund Act by changing reporting and income-verification language; senators questioned whether the bill effectively expanded eligibility or added accountability, but the author said it was a cleanup measure and the title was struck before passage. House Bill 3151 would raise the minimum school year from 166 to 173 days beginning in 2027-28, contingent on an additional $175 million in common education funding; supporters argued Oklahoma students need more time in front of teachers, while opponents questioned the evidence and fiscal impact. House Bill 4359 moved statewide assessments to the last four weeks of the school year, with an amendment changing the window from three to four weeks, and House Bill 4427, as amended, continued limits on adjunct teachers in early grades while clarifying qualifications and timelines for existing adjuncts. The committee also advanced House Bill 2398, which would create “credentials of value” to help students and families evaluate postsecondary programs based on workforce demand and economic return, and House Bill 3372, which would create a charter school facilities fund and loan/collateral mechanisms; the latter passed on a narrower vote after questions about asset disposition and state control. Other bills passed with little or no opposition, including a 24-hour reporting requirement for school abuse to outside law enforcement, an expansion of youth apprenticeship eligibility, adoption-related maternity leave, and a pilot for teacher growth metrics and NBCT funding. Most measures were reported out favorably, with several title-stricken amendments adopted along the way.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Mar 25th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's the act of Vice Chair to the floor. I'm done. Mr.
  • Acting Vice Chair.
  • Acting Chairman. Good morning. I'm Laurie Adams with the Pelican Institute.
  • Acting Chair and Vice Chair. Thank you, Madam Secretary, for being here.
  • Good morning, Acting Chair, and good morning committee.
Bills: HB199 , HB222 , HB223 , HB224 , HB235 , HB246 , HB405 , HB535 , HB554 , HB907 , SCR3 , SB43 , SB52 , SB54 , SB113 , SB168 , SB219 , SB222 , SB270 , SB311 , SB359
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Government Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Government Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • It just streamlines the mortgage refinance Act and then it allows the lenders to maintain their status
  • This is the Fair Banking Act. Basically, it prevents adverse actions when people are engaged.
  • Actually, they coexist today on a national level, whether you're talking about the banking secrecy act
  • , the anti-money laundering act IOA, which is the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, there are several different
  • He can talk about it, but if his institution acts on it and you start crossing those boundaries.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Government Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026

Government Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • It just streamlines the Mortgage Refinance Act, and then it allows the lenders to maintain their status
  • This is the Fair Banking Act.
  • Whether you're talking about the Bank Secrecy Act, the Anti-Money Laundering Act, ECOA, which is the
  • Equal Credit Opportunity Act, there are several different legal, statutory, and regulatory guidelines
  • He can talk about it, but if his institution acts on it, then you start crossing those boundaries.
Summary: The Government Oversight Committee met with a quorum and heard a series of bills, beginning with HB 3942, which tightens the state’s incentive evaluation process; it passed 11-0. HB 4203, allowing the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission to explore guidelines for small multifamily housing of eight units or fewer and four stories or less, passed 10-1. HB 2588, which requires HOA board members to own and live in the HOA, passed 12-0, and HB 3024, limiting large agency pay raises/stipends to 10% unless reported through OMES, passed 12-0. HB 3383, limiting state employees to 14-hour shifts in a 24-hour period with emergency exceptions, passed 10-2, and HB 3279, a cleanup bill related to last year’s government corruption legislation, passed 12-0. The committee also advanced HB 3919, reducing county fair board size from nine to five members at county option to address quorum problems, and HB 3883, which imposes utility-system inspection, notice, and backflow-preventer-related requirements on governing bodies in exchange for reducing litigation exposure; both passed 12-0. HB 4193, as amended, would restrict state contracts and taxpayer funds from going to foreign adversaries or related entities, with exceptions and purchasing-director discretion; it passed 9-3. HB 3431 expanded foreign-adversary property restrictions to critical rare earth minerals and passed 13-0. HB 3435, a municipal bond single-subject bill, passed 12-0, and HB 4352, a Uniform Law Commission mortgage refinance update, passed 13-0. Later, HB 4484, allowing Corporation Commission employees to take state vehicles home for travel purposes under existing-style oversight, passed 13-0. Committee members then presented HB 1245, moving certain DHS Inspector General law enforcement officers into hazardous pay retirement coverage; it passed 13-0. HB 3172, the Fair Banking Act, would limit adverse banking actions against lawful economic activity at large banks and create a complaint/reason-request process; after extensive questions about thresholds, exceptions, and constitutional issues, it passed 11-3. HB 3306, increasing transparency requirements for campaign statement-of-organization reporting with a $400 threshold and a delayed effective date, passed 14-0. The committee laid over HB 4303 and HB 4311 until the next meeting and adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 4th, 2026

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Patriot Act requirements.
  • Patriot Act requirements.
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  • Acts Acts 8:1 refers to Judea, Samaria.
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Bills: SB8 , SB22 , SB137 , HB295 , HB2 , HB343 , HB220 , HB303 , HB81 , SB8 , SB22 , SB137 , HB295 , HB2 , HB343 , HB220 , HB303 , HB81
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Aug 21st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB1, or Senate Bill 1, is titled the Heavens 27 Camp Safety Act.
  • Blakely McCorry of Houston. She wanted to become a veterinarian.
  • Ellen Gettin, Houston.
  • Lucy Dillon, Houston. Corgi lover and a devoted Houston Rockets fan. Virginia Hollis Belleville.
  • Greta Toranzo, Houston. She delighted in helping her younger siblings and often...
Bills: SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , SB 1 , HB4 , HB4 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , SB1 , SB2 , SB5
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm here today to testify in support of House File 2354, otherwise known as the MAP Act, which will help
  • Public following when it becomes inactive, the data I would refer to the Data Practices Act in what it
  • The bill prescribes an out-of-court remedy to resolve an error, omission, or wrongful act that occurs
  • the candidates ...involved in the local jurisdiction charged with the error, omissions, or wrongful act
  • we are seeking this is that some violations, including violations of the Women's Economic Security Act
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/2/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • , which will help ensure that the MAP Act, which will help ensure that we<00:05:04.080><c> in</c><00:
  • Under the MAP Act, that statute would be recodified to Minnesota Statutes, section 609.467, and this
  • Under the MAP Act, that statute would be recodified to Minnesota Statutes, section 609.467, and this
  • The data I would refer to the Data Practices Act and what it says about criminal investigative data.
  • Thank you. security act and anti- retaliation security act and anti- retaliation statutes<01:17:09.679
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 1st, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Various state funds for the fiscal year ending September 30th, 2025, and to amend Act 2024-355, fiscal
  • This act involves tobacco settlement revenues deposited in funds within 30 days of receipt. ...funds
  • the correct code that may have not been the case before, and this corrects that, just cleaning up our act
  • Corrects that, just cleaning up our act a little bit to make sure that there are no issues in getting
Bills: HB186 , HB185 , HB184 , HB183 , HB181 , HB312 , HB405 , HB182 , HB460
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Insurance Committee Apr 22nd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bounty hunters are not law enforcement.
  • No insurance company is going to write a policy that covers willful acts.
  • And so now is the time to act. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
  • We see the pain up close, and we share the urgency to act.
  • We see the pain up close and we share the urgency to act.
Summary: The committee heard three major insurance-related bills. SB 1209 by Senator Allen would give the Insurance Commissioner new authority to require insurers to implement corrective actions found in market conduct and financial exams, with penalties for failure to comply. Supporters, including Commissioner Ricardo Lara and his deputies, said current law leaves CDI without a direct way to compel remediation of repeated violations or obtain needed financial information, while opponents argued the bill expands CDI authority too far, could duplicate existing penalties, and should be limited to legal violations rather than recommendations. After discussion, members and the author agreed to narrow the bill through amendments, including tying it to legal violations, applying penalties per exam rather than per policy, and clarifying accounting language; the committee then passed the bill 5-1 to Appropriations, with one member on call. SB 1301, also by Senator Allen, would reform residential property insurance non-renewals by requiring clearer written explanations, giving homeowners a chance to mitigate correctable issues, and prohibiting certain unfair non-renewal bases such as claims below deductible or claims not paid by the insurer. The author and supporters said Californians face unusually high non-renewal rates and often receive vague notices that make it hard to keep coverage, while opponents warned the bill’s original 180-day notice period and reporting requirements were too burdensome and could worsen availability. Senator Richardson said he would support the bill after the author agreed to reduce the notice period to about three months and continue working on a mitigation-based process; the committee then approved the bill 4-1, with one member on call. The committee also considered SB 1026 by Senator Gonzalez, which would strengthen regulation of bail fugitive recovery agents by allowing CDI to suspend or revoke licenses without a criminal conviction, expanding prohibited conduct, and tightening insurance and appointment requirements. Supporters, including Commissioner Lara, said the 2022 licensing law left loopholes that allow misconduct to continue and that the bill would improve public safety and accountability. Opponents from the bail industry and crime victims groups argued the bill requires unavailable or impractical insurance coverage, including coverage for willful acts, and could reduce the number of recovery agents and delay justice. Members raised concerns about the insurance language and availability, and the author said the bill was still being worked on with opposition; the committee passed it 4-1, with one member on call. Finally, the committee heard SB 982 by Senator Wiener, the Affordable Insurance and Recovery Act, which would let the Attorney General seek recovery from fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs affecting the Fair Plan and private policyholders. The author said Californians are paying rising insurance and disaster costs while fossil fuel companies that contributed to climate change are not, and witnesses from flood and wildfire communities and climate policy experts supported the bill as a way to fund recovery and resilience. Opponents, including business and labor representatives, argued the bill would impose broad liability, invite litigation, and harm jobs and energy affordability. The hearing included extensive testimony, but no vote was taken on SB 982 in the portion provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 3462 by Todd Hunter relating to the use or purchase of the acquisition of property under the Public
  • Property Finance Act, referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs.
  • HB 3487 by John Hunter relates to the reduction in the amount of sales and use tax collections.
  • HB 3487 by John Hunter relates to the owners of restaurants that purchased Texas farm-raised oysters,
  • HCR 117 by Todd Hunter designates Port Aransas as the Official Fishing Capital of Texas for a 10-year
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Formal House Session 14 Feb 11th, 2026

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • An act to protect against election misinformation, House No. 76.
  • House 4235, an act authorizing the town of Rochester...
  • Third reading of the bill: An Act The ayes have it. Rules are suspended.
  • Hunter of Boston. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  • Hunter, Boston. Mr. Hunter, Boston. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and through you to the members.
Keywords: 1212, all