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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Apr 15th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • But high interest rates and tight capital markets are making it harder than ever for startups to raise
  • Harrison, is that to have an asset for the state of Texas, for the benefit of Texas citizens, for the
  • high-risk grants.
  • Thank you for that.
  • This makes a difference for all Texans. Can I answer any questions for you?
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Mar 18, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • We know that there is a high need for it across the state, not just Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island.
  • On top of food production being a high priority for the state, even higher than that is the safety of
  • We know that there is a high need for it across the state, not just Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island.
  • On top of food production being a high priority for the state, even higher than that is the safety of
  • for >> It's uh actually for AD actually for OHA.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2885 SD1, which would create mandatory handling and storage rules for commercial and residential coconut rhinoceros beetle host material beginning in 2027, with penalties and an effective date. Support came from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, DLNR, Maui County Department of Agriculture, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farmers Union, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Testifiers generally said the bill would help reduce CRB spread, though some urged additional science-backed methods, better coordination, and technical or cost-share support for smaller operations. Hawaiian Earth Recycling recommended amendments to align the bill with existing Department of Health/EPA composting rules, add other materials that can harbor CRB, allow future approved treatment methods, and replace the bill’s 60-day turning requirement with existing pathogen-reduction standards. One individual supported the goal but argued the state’s CRB strategy has lacked community and cultural consultation and should include a cultural advisement role. Department witnesses said enforcement would rely on inspection and an educate-before-regulate approach, and they noted the challenge of creating enough drop-off sites, especially in rural areas. The committee then took up SB 2174 SD2, which would authorize the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to declare an emergency quarantine, halt operations in affected areas for 96 hours with possible extension, quarantine suspected pest areas, issue notices and compensation to affected farmers, and adopt interim transportation rules for materials that may harbor high-impact invasive species. The department and DLNR supported the measure, emphasizing the need for fast action in the first hours of an invasion. Hawaii Farmers Union supported the compensation provisions but asked for stronger communication with producers and a post-action report to the Board of Agriculture after about 90 days to evaluate effectiveness and economic impacts. In response to questions, department staff said the bill would be a short-term, department-only quarantine authority distinct from the governor-declared biosecurity emergency authority enacted previously, and that it could serve as an intermediate step. They also said outreach would need to be done through farm organizations such as Farmers Union, Farm Bureau, and Cattlemen’s groups. The final measure discussed was SB 2925 SD1, relating to coconut trees. The bill would recognize coconut trees as a source of food and water and a cultural treasure, require rules for coconut tree seed banks, require signage identifying landscape palms where applicable, set labeling standards for non-consumable landscape palms, and create an income tax credit for consumable coconut trees maintained through natural management practices. The transcript ended before testimony or action on this bill was completed, and no vote was taken on any of the measures discussed in the portion provided.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

House in Session Mar 3rd, 2026

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sock Passet. roommates a girl could ask for. Rep.
  • I hope that you will all vote yes on this bill. Thank you. Thank you. Time for debate has expired.
  • Members, I've been presenting this bill for the last three legislative sessions, and I'm hoping this
  • So thank you for this. I hope it makes it all the way through. Let's get all the way through.
  • So thank you for this. I hope it makes it all the way through.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former member Chester Clem, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum confirmation. Members then adopted the special order report and a rules report amending House Rule 15.3 to allow fundraising under certain circumstances during extended or special sessions. The chamber also heard several recognitions and a farewell speech from Representative Nixon, who reflected on constituent service and her legislative priorities. On the floor, HB 1405, relating to a statewide project for missing persons with special needs, passed unanimously. The House then took up CS/CS/CS/SB 290, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, which drew questions about the handling of surplus conservation lands and agricultural uses; it passed 94-10. CS/CS/CS/HB 905, the “Fire Act” on foreign influence, was explained as a broad package restricting foreign-country influence in government, procurement, gifts, cultural agreements, and related areas. An amendment adding restrictions on surrogacy and adoption involving citizens or residents of foreign countries of concern was adopted after debate over possible impacts on families and adoption practices, and the bill then passed 80-20. The House also passed CS/CS/HB 1197, a bill to modernize state information technology procurement and contracting, unanimously after debate about improving oversight of large IT projects. HB 1103, allowing local governments to fast-track action on derelict vessels, also passed unanimously. The chamber then considered CS/CS/CS/HB 399 on land use development and development regulations, including limits on development fees, changes to local voting thresholds for comprehensive plan and boundary actions, manufactured homes in RV parks, and resort-related provisions. Several amendments were debated, including one on local control and rural boundaries that failed and another strike-all amendment ruled out of order; the bill ultimately passed 71-38. The final item reached before the transcript ended was a local bill for the Pace Fire Rescue District in Santa Rosa County, described as adjusting its assessment formula to provide tax relief.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (02/18/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
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  • I'm hopeful that's helpful, thank you. Any other questions? Thank you very much for your questions.
  • money</c> that do this for passion not for money that do this for passion not for money Cold<01:23:47.920
  • </c> committee room for two hours for the committee room for two hours for the bill<02:44:32.960><c>
  • Thanks for talking, just for clarification purposes.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (02/11/2026)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 609 helps close these gaps by creating clearer expectations and safeguards, especially for high-risk
  • Fast Forward is New Hampshire's high-fidelity wraparound program for children and youth with the most
  • We paid well into six figures for that placement out of my own retirement fund in the desperate hope
  • We would go home, hope for the best, things would escalate, and then we would land back into the local
  • </c> program designed specifically for program designed specifically for high-risisk<03:03:09.840><c>
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 8th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you so much for being here. Rep. Chassion for a personal privilege.
  • Well, it's a contract limit for hospital service districts, provide for a decreased contract limit for
  • Well, I mean, we're going to pay less for the sticker than we pay for the, I mean, for the QR code, then
  • You can buy them for $5 for two years.
  • Now you can buy them for $5 for two years.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for that and thank you for pointing that out.
  • Yield for questions to ask for passage.
  • Move for adoption. Yield for questions.
  • I move for adoption. Yield for questions. Members yield for questions.
  • Members, what House Bill 1746 does is it allows For juvenile detention facilities for high-risk youth
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • SA current law is actually a disincentive for for students to improve.
  • You're recognized for a follow-up. Thank you, Madam Chair. OK, Thank you for that.
  • I moved for a do she was Open for questions.
  • Yield for questions and move for passage. The member does yield to questions.
  • Thank you for that question. Though, this is just for commercial hunt areas. That's it.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • And those are a lot of the things that I'm hoping to address with this. For follow-up.
  • Stand for questions. Ask for passage.
  • Yield for questions and ask for passage.
  • Members, what House Bill 1746 does is it allows for juvenile detention facilities for high-risk youth
  • Members, what House Bill 1746 does is it allows for juvenile detention facilities for high-risk youth
Summary: The House began with a quorum call and several introductions, including Wagner Student Council, Heartland Homeschool educators, Northwest Technology Center leadership students, Leadership Oklahoma Class 37, and guests from domestic violence and sexual assault service providers. The chamber then took up House Bill 3131 on homeless shelter standards. The bill, as amended, would set baseline health, safety, sanitation, incident reporting, and fiscal transparency standards for shelters receiving state-administered federal funds, with a limited board to help write rules and local officials notified of issues. Supporters said it was aimed mainly at smaller communities lacking resources, while opponents argued it added state oversight without collaboration or funding and could burden nonprofits and faith-based shelters. The bill passed 65-31. Members then passed several other measures: House Bill 3015 authorizing Service Oklahoma to issue and manage electronic credentials; House Bill 3472 on environment and natural resources; House Bill 3453 on eminent domain, shifting the burden of proof in court to the condemning authority while carving out utilities and oil and gas; House Bill 1638 expanding the Governmental Tort Claims Act definition of public trust to include trusts overseeing county jail facilities; House Bill 4128 on Game and Fish, adjusting bear hunting rules in selected eastern counties; and House Bill 4126 limiting liability for motocross and similar recreational tracks. House Bill 2710 created a 15-member committee to review future statewide radio system needs, and House Bill 2696, an open records bill for school district security and cybersecurity information, was amended and passed. House Bill 3552, giving child care providers flexibility to bridge subsidy reimbursement and tuition rates, also passed, though its emergency clause failed. Later, House Bill 3031 was amended to create a workforce development fund in the Department of Commerce and passed, but its emergency clause failed. House Bill 3544 was narrowed to regulate social AI companions and protect minors from harmful interactions, and passed unanimously. House Bill 3521 modernized money transmission law, updated fees, and added rules for digital asset kiosks. House Bill 4488 established a standardized appraisal process for first-party motor vehicle damage disputes under insurance law. House Bill 1746 allowed juvenile detention facilities for high-risk youth to adopt safety plans. Finally, House Joint Resolution 1069 updated constitutional county boundary language and county-seat references, including adding Cotton County to the Constitution and making other boundary cleanup changes; it passed 74-14. The House then recessed.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for that question. I hope it is, sincerely, and I don't think it's already there.
  • I think it goes against what the trust is for, for health, for Oklahomans, for a very long time.
  • I think it goes against what the trust is for, for health, for Oklahomans, for a very long time.
  • , transportation for kids from school to child care facilities, no high salaries, investigating those
  • Yield for questions. Move for adoption.
Summary: The House considered and passed a series of bills focused on public finance, securities, pharmacy regulation, criminal penalties, energy, housing associations, and Medicaid. Early votes included House Bill 4428, which requires public retirement systems to base proxy voting and related engagement on fiduciary, pecuniary factors, and House Bill 4429, which adds disclosure requirements for proxy advisors and excludes charitable organizations from the definition; both passed. House Bill 1170, also dealing with public finance and aligning definitions with the earlier retirement-system bill, passed the House, but its emergency clause failed. The chamber also adopted a motion to suspend House Rule 4.4J to allow food on the floor for the rest of the legislative day. Members then passed House Bill 3538, a negotiated pharmacy benefits manager measure that establishes a mandatory minimum dispensing fee for pharmacies and was described as intended to help independent pharmacies; it passed unanimously. House Bill 4124, allowing pharmacies to sell human ivermectin over the counter, also passed after extended debate. House Bill 3904, which changes Oklahoma Medicaid maternity payments to separate prenatal, delivery, and postpartum reimbursements, passed with broad support. House Bill 4106, lowering the felony threshold for repeated petty larceny from $1,000 to $900 and tying it to multiple offenses within 180 days, passed after amendment. The House also approved House Bill 2999, which would prohibit requiring public officials to sign nondisclosure agreements under certain conditions, and House Bill 3982, addressing temporary tags for new and used dealerships and commercial vehicles. House Bill 3464, an energy bill adding landowner protections, notice, decommissioning, and permitting reforms for wind, solar, and battery storage facilities, passed unanimously and its emergency clause also passed. House Bill 2588, requiring HOA board members to own property and physically reside in the association, passed as well. A major debate centered on House Joint Resolution 1077, a constitutional amendment to restructure how tobacco settlement funds are used: it would move TSET legacy functions to the Health Department, direct more funding toward Oklahoma’s Promise/OLAP and related education opportunities, and preserve the corpus while redirecting distributions. Supporters framed it as a long-term investment in education and workforce opportunities; opponents argued it would undermine public health funding and repurpose a voter-created trust. The resolution passed the House, and the special-election referral required for the constitutional amendment also received the necessary two-thirds vote. Later, House Bill 4440, which would move Medicaid expansion from the Constitution into statute and separate expansion from traditional Medicaid, also passed after substantial debate over health care access, provider rates, and the role of voters. Finally, House Bill 3462 on plumbing licensing was laid over after amendments were discussed, including changes to apprenticeship and out-of-state reciprocity.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • For us in Oklahoma, relentlessly for many months now.
  • SRA, current law is actually a disincentive for, for, a current law is actually a disincentive for students
  • For a follow-up. Thank you, Madam Speaker. So as far as... ...for a follow-up.
  • Yield for questions. The member does yield for questions.
  • I move for adoption, open for questions.
Summary: The House convened, completed roll call, heard the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized the Doctor and Nurse of the Day. The main floor focus was House Bill 4420, the Strong Readers Act, which Speaker Hilbert described as a major literacy overhaul. The bill’s amendment was adopted without objection and would clean up and standardize the statute, create a new SRA funding formula, expand summer teacher credentialing academies with $3,000 stipends, add statewide benchmarking, notify parents within 30 days when students are below basic, and reinstate third-grade retention beginning with the 2027–2028 school year. Hilbert argued the bill is intended to address Oklahoma’s low reading outcomes, reward improvement rather than penalize schools, and align with science-of-reading practices. The House passed HB 4420 86-0, and the emergency clause also passed 86-6. Members then suspended the rules to hear untimely amendments on HB 3974, which was amended and passed 86-6 with its emergency clause approved. The bill concerns the Government Tort Claims Act and allows governmental entities that share incarceration costs to form an entity with liability protections; Hilbert said the late amendment responded to a recent court ruling that could have exposed cities and counties to unlimited liability in certain jail-sharing arrangements. The House also passed HB 3016, creating a two-year pilot screening project for early childhood reading issues through the Departments of Education and Health, by a vote of 82-7, and HB 3062, allowing retired municipal judges to carry statewide under specified conditions, by a vote of 83-3. Additional bills passed with little or no debate: HB 3021, a graduation requirements cleanup measure consolidating conflicting statutes, passed 82-8 and its emergency clause also passed; HB 3145, a language cleanup bill for commercial hunt areas, passed 92-0 after a question clarified it does not affect private landowners hunting feral pigs. HB 4128, another Game and Fish bill, was laid over until the afternoon. The House then recessed until 1 p.m.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Resources, Recreation and Development (01/28/2026)

Resources, Recreation and Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • I had really hoped that we could consider this bill for interim study.
  • Sock,<03:17:06.080><c> for</c><03:17:06.319><c> taking</c><03:17:06.479><c> my</c><03:17:06.720><c> question
  • </c> Sock, for taking my question. Sock, for taking my question. &gt;&gt; Sure. &gt;&gt; Sure.
  • So I do apologize for that. Hoping it could have gone to exec today.
  • </c> allow for smaller lot size for allow for smaller lot size for development,<05:22:58.080><c> but<
Keywords: 1189, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I know the plans I have for you, plans not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
  • We sat around for 16 hours praying, hoping, pacing, and getting prank phone calls and texts from people
  • My hope for our actions here today, your actions, all of us, all of the people still at work, is that
  • Looked at, you know, evacuating, buddying them up in the high cabins, and we would have done that for
  • I took pictures and sent them to Kelly, saying I'm saving these. ...for their high school graduation
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Service Apr 14th, 2026

Joint Committee on Public Service

Transcript Highlights:
  • So for those reasons, I thank you for your time and your consideration. Chair: Okay, thank you.
  • So I've been doing this for 44 years.
  • Chief, thank you for your service. Representative, thank you for testifying. Appreciate it.
  • Thank you for taking this up, Judge, and I hope, Mr.
  • Thank you for hearing me out. Thank you for helping me in any way you can.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Jan 26th, 2026 at 08:38 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I hope you all are doing well. I hope you all stayed safe and warm yesterday and today and tonight.
  • I'm so excited for it. And thank you, everyone, for all of your work.
  • How is this going to be deciding for future policy or for future legislation for us, Mr. Chair?”
  • And thank you for this bill. I think I'm, I Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for this bill.
  • How is this going to be deciding for future policy or for future legislation for us, Mr. Chair? Mr.
Bills: SB29, SB64
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Jan 26th, 2026 at 08:32 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • As we continue our collaborations with state leaders, we hope to work together regarding guidance for
  • It sets clear goals and guidance for high-quality curriculum selection, requires professional learning
  • plans for schools to include for high-quality curriculum selection, requires professional learning plans
  • The preparation requirements in Senate Bill 29 are crucial for ensuring consistent high-quality math
  • The preparation requirements in Senate Bill 29 are crucial for ensuring consistent high-quality math
Bills: SB29, SB64
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/26/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • For it.
  • And when it was signed, it allowed, it required that school districts pay for high school books.
  • For any changes. What was that? For any changes. For any changes.
  • Thank you so much for the opportunity for me to speak, and we hope to gain your support.
  • Years later, I chose to remarry, hoping to rebuild a sense of normalcy and security for my family.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • But I believe that I was saved for a reason. And I'm here for a purpose.
  • Thank you to Senator Parker for also advocating for me to be able to be here today.
  • test for something else?
  • I hope that this can also serve as a reminder for people to stop and think and drive safely.
  • Chairman, thank you for your staff for working with us.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/17/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • this one we're looking for a um passage<00:21:57.840><c> um</c><00:21:58.279><c> hope</c> passage um
  • </c> for candidate filing there's time for for candidate filing there's time for voter<00:43:35.160><
  • communities and should have a choice for what is right for them.
  • for a colleague say request for me to be for a colleague say representative<01:26:44.480><c> Lee</c><
  • </c><01:31:48.840><c> uh</c><01:31:49.000><c> we</c> hope uh I will vote Yes and I hope uh we hope uh
Bills: HF72, HF66, HF69, HF73