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TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 14th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am the Texas flag.
  • When I was the president of the Panhellenic Council at Texas Southern University, it was the Deltas that
  • Texas Tech, A&M, and Texas with schools like Abilene Christian and Rice. Personally, I'm concerned.
  • Texas it'd be Texas A&M. The University of Texas? Texas A&M University.
  • The University of Texas at A&M. Well, first off, at Texas A&M University... At Texas.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 25th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the very backbone of the Texas miracle, and it's where Texas began.
  • Thank you. the Texas Miracle.
  • Hispanic Judges Day at the Texas Capitol.
  • Thank you for your service to the state of Texas.
  • students. and alumni in Texas alone.
Summary: The meeting was marked by significant resolutions recognizing various contributions to Texas and celebrating community initiatives. Key discussions included the adoption of resolutions commemorating Texas Hispanic Judges Day and highlighting the 100th anniversary of Memorial Park. Senators expressed appreciation for the judges' dedication and legacy, with notable mentions of individual judges and their impact on the community and legal landscape in Texas. The Senate also honored students and organizations contributing positively to their communities, showcasing the interconnectedness of public service and the legislative process.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 13th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • , Texas A&M, and Texas Tech University.
  • The Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) is a test designed to help guide Texas public institutions
  • Sir, I have you registered as Jack Todd, representing Texas.
  • This is a cleanup bill for the Texas Leadership Scholars Program.
  • This bill would open it to all qualifying Texas institutions.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 4th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Governor of the State of Texas, pursuant to Article 4, Section 9 of the Texas Constitution, do hereby
  • . and the state of Texas.
  • Texas at Dallas.
  • Welcome to your Texas Capitol.
  • As we know, West Texas is Best Texas. Please join me in honoring, I will say...
Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SR19, SR27, SR30, SR32, SCR11
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 27th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • uh we you know one of the things Council uh we you know one of the things Council uh we you know one
  • when supposed to be you know in Texas when supposed to be you know in Texas when they were um they were
  • legislature movements um and the Texas legislature movements um and the Texas legislature was about
  • that I never heard of in my life Texas that I never heard of in my life Texas that I never heard of
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd like to specifically acknowledge as Council Member for Grand Prairie City Council District 3, Mike
  • Council Member for Grand Prairie City Council District 4, John Lopez. And Ms.
  • In recognition of what they've done in the state of Texas. state of Texas, we ought to make certain that
  • Texas, A&M, Texas Tech and some of those schools, what do we see?
  • lottery. in Houston, Texas.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 8th, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • And unfortunately, it does take it from Texas Parks and Wildlife.
  • I live in Seabrook, Texas, in the Clear Lake Galveston Bay Area.
  • When the issue is brought up to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Wardens.
  • All right members, the Chair lays out HCR 89 for Representative Heffner throughout Texas.
  • Everything's bigger in Texas. That's right. Mr.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas is home to some of our nation's greatest parks and boasts a multitude of historic sites as well
  • At Texas, a crossing guard even gave her life to keep students safe while on duty.
  • Judge for the Statutory Probate Judges of Texas, also, since 1998.
  • He really held it together for the people of Texas to reduce the cost until the very end.
  • And in 1993, he was elected the president of the Texas Texas College of Probate Judges, and he served
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism Apr 8th, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • You've got Texas Women Anglers.
  • Port Aransas, Texas.
  • It's been a Texas destination since the late 1800s, and I am also the tournament director for the Texas
  • This resolution seeks to reaffirm Poteet, Texas, as the official strawberry capital of Texas.
  • work in Texas history.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • president of the county attorneys association, and I am also a member of the Prosecutor's Advisory Council
  • Kentucky Commonwealth Attorneys Association, and I am scheduled to join the Prosecutor's Advisory Council
  • 2027. >> And I'm Gina Kerry, the executive budget and policy adviser for the Prosecutor's Advisory Council
  • Kentucky Commonwealth Attorneys Association, and I am scheduled to join the Prosecutor's Advisory Council
  • 2027. >> And I'm Gina Kerry, the executive budget and policy adviser for the Prosecutor's Advisory Council
Summary: The meeting began with testimony from representatives of the Prosecutor’s Advisory Council, including county and commonwealth attorneys, on their proposed budget. They described the scope of their work in district and circuit court, juvenile and dependency cases, specialty courts, guardianship, involuntary hospitalization, and the Rocket Docket program. The witnesses emphasized that their budgets are overwhelmingly personnel costs and warned that proposed cuts could lead to layoffs, reduced retention, and loss of recently added positions. They also said the General Assembly’s recent salary classification plan had improved recruitment and retention, and that underfunding could reverse those gains. A major topic was the Rocket Docket program, which they said speeds lower-level cases through the system, reduces jail costs, and saves money for both counties and the state. They reported that in one circuit, average jail time for certain cases dropped from about 50 days to about 6 days. They also raised concerns that the Rocket Docket line item may not be clearly included in the committee substitute and asked for clarification on how the budget would treat it. In response, the chair said the intent was to move some of those items into the base budget, though the exact structure was still uncertain. The presenters also discussed a 2022 subsidy for county attorney employees tied to retirement contributions, saying it totals about $1.3 million and should not be reduced because the obligation remains. They said the budget would need to support the salary classification plan extensions, House Bill 8 subsidies, and a new case management system that they described as essential to modernizing operations and improving communication with victims and law enforcement. The chair thanked them for the testimony and indicated the committee would continue reviewing the budget. The committee then heard from Deputy State Treasurer Russell Weber, who reported that the treasury has now returned more than $90 million in unclaimed property to Kentuckians. He said the office faces ongoing fraud issues and requested funding for a dedicated legal counsel and a fraud investigator, along with outreach money to educate the public about unclaimed property. He also outlined several capital requests, including the final year of a printer-system lease and replacement of HVAC equipment in the treasury building. Members briefly joked with him about a mineral-rights bill and coal, but no votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and adjourning the meeting.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Technology and Telecommunications 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026 at 08:45 am

Technology and Telecommunications

Transcript Highlights:
  • It creates an advisory council to help facilitate camaraderie and collaboration between our educational
  • I know we're creating the council to help all of our agencies, but like who's at the end of the day in
  • When it gets to page six on the members for the council, some of the descriptions include public school
  • Yes, if you go back to page six, it's because we've got you know the chancellors Included on the council
  • I think about four or five, Virginia, Texas, Florida, Kansas had an option.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 10th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, SB 249 is a fairly simple bill, a piece of legislation brought to me by the Alabama Joint Fire Council
  • And as I said, I've got something on the Alabama Joint Fire Council that says they're in support of it
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  • on the Alabama Joint Firefire uh Council on the Alabama Joint Firefire uh Council that<00:26:13.440
  • agenda for today, but I did want to introduce y'all to the members of the Spanish Fort Junior City Council
Bills: SB249, SB259, HB67, HB214
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) May 5th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Walker, Texas Taxpayers and Research.
  • All right. uh, Christy Gessler, Texas Realtors, Jeff Burdett, NFIB, Carl Walker, Texas Taxpayers and
  • Research Association, and John McCord, Texas Retailers Association.
  • I'm here with Texas Realtors. I'm the 2025 chairman of the board.
  • I’m president and CEO of the Texas Association of Business.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government heard several bills, most of them left pending after brief public testimony. House Bill 331, by Rep. Patterson and sponsored by Sen. Hinojosa, would create a presumption that firefighters, police officers, and EMTs who suffer a heart attack or stroke within eight hours after a strenuous shift were injured in the line of duty for workers’ compensation purposes; testimony from a firefighters’ association supported the bill, and it was left pending. Senate Bill 2655, by Sen. Flores, would authorize Burnet County to establish a local provider participation fund to help support local hospital services; a hospital administrator testified in support, and the committee substitute was left pending. Senate Bill 1443, by Sen. Hughes, would extend the Northeast Healthcare Provider Participation District in three counties, and House Bill 3307, by Rep. Noble, would allow property tax arbitrators to complete required continuing education online; both were left pending without opposition. Senate Bill 3048, by Sen. Birdwell, would create the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District in Midlothian and was also left pending. The committee then took up House Bill 9 and HJR 1, sponsored by Sen. Bettencourt, which would raise the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000 and place the constitutional amendment on the November 4, 2025 ballot. Business groups, realtors, and taxpayers’ advocates testified in strong support, saying the change would provide meaningful relief to small businesses and help balance earlier homeowner tax relief. The City of Fort Worth testified in opposition, warning of a revenue shift to homeowners and budget impacts, but the committee adopted the committee substitutes and reported both measures to the full Senate on 6-0 votes. The committee also heard House Bill 1399 and HJR 99, by Sen. Nichols, to exempt animal feed from property tax when it is already sales-tax exempt; no one testified against them, and both were left pending. Senate Bill 2553, by Sen. West, would let owners of historic archaeological sites protest land and structure appraisals separately, and it was left pending after supportive testimony. Senate Bill 2907 and SJR 78, also by Sen. West, would exempt certain perishable inventory, including food and some prescription drugs, from property tax if approved by voters; pharmacists, business groups, a researcher, and a coalition of retailers and food/medicine advocates supported the bill, and it was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 1331, by Sen. Hancock and explained by Sen. Middleton, would lower the population threshold for certain municipal civil-service-related petition restrictions from 950,000 to 70,000; law enforcement representatives and a San Marcos police association supported it, and it was left pending. The committee then recessed until 15 to 30 minutes after adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) May 5th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thanks so much for your time and your service to all the people of Texas.
  • Advanced Project Connect, a project that was approved by Texas voters and will be built by Texas workers
  • My name is Carl Walker, with the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association.
  • Frances Blake on behalf of the Texas Builders Association.
  • The committee substitute is just a Legislative Council draft.
Summary: The Committee on Local Government heard a series of local bills and public testimony focused on hospital districts, municipal management districts, local provider participation funds, manufactured housing, transit financing, development moratoriums, and property tax procedures. Early items included House Bill 467, which would help dissolve the defunct Maybank Kemp Hospital District and establish an Andrew Gibbs Memorial Nursing Endowment, and Senate Bill 3063, creating the Bio Bell Municipal Management District in Liberty County; both drew no public opposition and were left pending subject to call. The committee also heard House Bill 1327, extending the Harris County local provider participation fund through 2027, and Senate Bill 1375, extending Collin County’s LPPF authority, both presented as mechanisms to draw federal Medicaid matching funds for hospitals. A major portion of the meeting centered on Senate Bill 2764, which would require earlier notice to buyers of manufactured homes about how to convert a home from personal property to real property. Senator Cook described the bill as a consumer-information measure tied to displacement concerns at a mobile home park in her district, and a resident testified in support, saying the notice would help families make informed decisions. The committee also discussed Senate Bill 2519, a bill by Senator Bettencourt aimed at preventing local governments from shifting maintenance-and-operations tax revenue into debt-like uses and from changing the purpose of tax rate elections after voters approve them. Supporters argued it would protect taxpayers and preserve the separation between M&O and debt service, while opponents tied the bill to Austin’s Project Connect transit financing and warned it would disrupt an approved project and invite litigation. The committee heard and left pending several other bills, including House Bill 1244 on agricultural land ownership changes without reapplying for an ag exemption, House Bill 2559 on development moratoriums, and Senate Bill 2063 on unequal appraisal protests. Testimony on House Bill 2559 came from developers and builders who said moratoriums in Conroe had delayed projects and harmed buyers, while supporters of the bill said it would impose clearer limits and notice requirements. On Senate Bill 2063, the sponsor explained a committee substitute narrowing how market value evidence may be used in unequal appraisal appeals. The committee also considered multiple local district bills, including new MUDs and management districts in Montgomery, Denton, Fannin, Travis, Hays, and Williamson counties. At the end of the meeting, the committee took up pending business and voted out several measures, including House Bill 1244, House Bill 2559, House Bill 467, House Bill 1327, House Bill 1399, House Bill 2723, House Bill 2730, House Bill 3307, House Joint Resolution 99, and multiple district bills such as Senate Bills 3037, 3043, 3047, 3048, 3050, 3052, 3053, 3056, 3057, 3063, and others. Most were reported favorably, often with committee substitutes, and many were recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. Several bills, including the transit-related SB 2519 and the manufactured housing bill SB 2764, remained pending subject to call after testimony closed.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jan 29th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas.
  • Thank you for your service to Texas.
  • Senator Miles: ...state of Texas.
  • The Texas chapter of APWA consists of over 2,100 members across the state of Texas with nine branches
  • Thousands of public works across Texas provide services essential to the well-being of the Texas population
Bills: SJR36, SB2, SR9, SR10, SR16
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Today, we're going to talk about a very serious topic that is facing Texas.
  • Today we're going to talk about a very serious topic that is facing Texas.
  • And so, I just want to implore Texas...
  • This campaign with the Texas Trucking Association is another example of Texas leading, you know, with
  • And we've got the Texas Packaging Association here.
Bills: SJR36, SB2, SR9, SR10, SR16
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 25th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • FINALLY, ALL TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS ARE DISSOLVED DECEMBER FIRST, 2025.
  • In the Tampa Bay area, where I am from, our local council has nine billion dollars in impact, Pleasant
  • Members, I represent three communities whose tourism development councils have different charges.
  • Each of our councils works very hard to inform visitors of the importance of visiting our part of the
  • I am not specifically concerned because Texas challenged this law in Title X and they won.
Bills: HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2798, HB 107, HB 1587, HB 3684, HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 609, HB 630, HB 420, HB 767, HB 1708, HB 1404, HB 2457, HB 140, HB 227, HB 913, HB 2198, HB 2763, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB 1318, HB 2358, HB 2765, HB 2735, HB 3307, HB 1242, HB 2842, HB 333, HB 201, HB 694, HB 2415, HB 155, HB 272, HB 405, HB 519, HB 1136, HB 1275, HB 1437, HB 1532, HB 1675, HB 1868, HB 1888, HB 1990, HB 2286, HB 2523, HB 3129, HB 3251, HB 3354, HB 3479, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 3887, HB 4163, HB 4238, HB 1240, HB 1842, HB 2029, HB 2622, HB 3255, HB 654, HB 4643, HB 4945, HB 3611, HB 3724, HB 3623, HB 3810, HB 4127, HCR 78, HCR 12, SB 767