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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill came to me when the colleges were taking a lot of funding hits last year as a way for government
  • It's a good government efficiency bill.
  • So this is just a good government efficiency bill to make that happen. I do want to clarify, Mr.
  • I'll not get into the puns about how this should be a core function of government.
  • It is essential that the work we do here focus on delivering for people, making government work better
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer before approving the previous day’s minutes and taking caucus breaks. Members were reminded that the three-minute rule for debate had begun and would remain in effect through House of Origin cutoff. The chamber then moved through second- and third-reading action on a series of bills, mostly on capital, consumer, labor, and professional licensure topics. Several bills were advanced and passed with broad or unanimous support. House Bill 2338 would expand low-income weatherization work to community-scale and multifamily projects; House Bill 2353 raises the threshold for requiring pre-design on public projects; Substitute House Bill 2363 allows music therapy students to practice under supervision while exam scores are pending; Substitute House Bill 2525 creates a Heritage Orchard Program to preserve rare apple varieties; Substitute House Bill 2420 increases small works roster thresholds; Substitute House Bill 2428 prevents unintended lapses in life insurance by allowing a third-party designee to help maintain coverage; House Bill 2604 allows electronic signatures for transferring a vehicle to an insurer; and Substitute House Bill 2107 makes permanent a requirement that L&I provide written notice to employers/contractors when hazards are identified. Each of these bills passed by large margins, generally 94 yeas and no nays, except HB 2338, which passed 93-1. The House also adopted Amendment 1517 to Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, a striker that revised the veterinary client-patient relationship bill to require annual veterinarian visits for certain animal production, commercial, and breeding operations and to align the measure with federal law. Supporters said it would allow veterinarians to use telehealth between physical exam visits and improve access for rural and agricultural communities. After the amendment, the bill passed 94-0. The session ended with more caucus announcements and the House at ease.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill came to me when the colleges were taking a lot of funding hits last year as a way for government
  • It's a good government efficiency bill.
  • So this is just a good government efficiency bill to make that happen. I do want to clarify, Mr.
  • I'll not get into the puns about how this should be a core function of government.
  • It is essential that the work we do here focus on delivering for people, making government work better
Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the chamber approved the previous day’s minutes. Members then caucused briefly before moving into second reading and third reading action on several bills, with the day also marking the start of the three-minute debate rule through House of Origin cutoff. The House passed House Bill 2338, which expands the low-income home weatherization program to support community-scale weatherization projects, especially for multifamily housing. It also passed House Bill 2353, raising the threshold for requiring predesign work on public projects from $10 million to $15 million, and Substitute House Bill 2363, a trailer bill allowing music therapy students to practice under supervision while exam scores are pending. Members described these as efficiency measures and consumer or workforce improvements. The chamber also approved Substitute House Bill 2525 to establish the Heritage Orchard Program and a registry at Washington State University to preserve rare and heritage apple varieties, with sponsors emphasizing the importance of Washington’s apple industry and agricultural history. Additional bills passed unanimously included Substitute House Bill 2420 on increasing small works roster thresholds, Substitute House Bill 2428 on preventing unintended lapses in life insurance by allowing third-party designees, House Bill 2604 allowing electronic signatures for transferring salvage vehicles to insurers, and Substitute House Bill 2107 making permanent a pilot requiring Labor and Industries to notify employers of identified job-site hazards within 10 days. Finally, the House adopted Amendment 1517 and passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, which updates veterinarian-client-patient relationship rules to allow telehealth between required physical visits and requires annual veterinarian oversight for certain animal production, commercial, and breeding operations. All of the listed bills received overwhelming support, with each final passage vote recorded at 94 yeas and 0 nays, except House Bill 2338, which passed 93-1.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

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

House Consumer & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The lawsuit that we have discovered, money's not going just to local governments, it's going to private
  • I'm Director of Bernalillo County Animal Care Services.
  • He said that Bernalillo County had been using this money for vaccines and not for spay and neuter.
  • Luna County, about a quarter of the people live at or below the poverty level.
  • Luna County, about a quarter of the people live at or below the poverty level.
Bills: HB25 , SB38 , SB101 , HB199
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Construction occurs under county permits.
  • </c> relating to county labor standards. relating to county labor standards.
  • And when under county permits.
  • </c><00:25:27.200><c> of</c> deputy director for City and County of deputy director for City and County
  • Uh the City and County of the committee.
Bills: SB2141 , SB2593 , SB2824 , SB2135 , SB2115
Committee: House Labor
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Finance Jan 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would provide that if a city and county Related to the county public utility tax, it would provide
  • It would limit a county short-term rental tax to the unincorporated areas of the county, and it would
  • This is a local government decision.
  • This is a local government decision.
  • This is a bill that speaks to the needs and the necessities of our local governments at both the county
Bills: HB1717 , HB2133 , HB2135 , HB2140 , HB2442 , HB2559
Committee: House Finance
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Lupe Diaz, LD 19, Cochise County, Graham County, Greenlee County, part of Pima, and part
  • Representative Lupe Diaz, LD 19, Cochise County, Graham County, Greenlee County, part of Pima, and part
  • I cover parts of Maricopa County, Yuma County, Pima County, Pinal County, 230 miles of the U.S.
  • Cruz County.
  • , Pima County, parts of Maricopa County.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • No county, county official, or agent of a county, or county officials is liable by reason of this section
  • No county official or agent of a county, or county officials is liable by reason of this section.
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  • , county official or agent of a county<00:06:15.360><c> or</c><00:06:15.759><c> county</c><00:06:16.160
  • or county officials is liable by county or county officials is liable by reason<00:06:19.520><c> of<
Bills: HB9 , HB52 , HB53 , HB99 , HB9 , HB52 , HB53 , HB99
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't travel a lot, and in my role as a state legislator or as a, at the county, and government rules
  • Cities, towns, and counties have to modify and update their policies.
  • This was brought to me by counties and firefighters.
  • And I particularly want to call out Wayne Fornier from Thurston County, who is not only a county commissioner
  • I'm a county commissioner from Jefferson County. You're on the Olympic Peninsula.
Bills: HB2186 , HB2351 , HB1170
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Civil Rights & Judiciary Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Civil Rights & Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Constance Parbonum, the Public and Government Affairs Administrator, 200 seconds.
  • My name is Constance Parbinum, the Public and Government Affairs Administrator and Secretary of State
  • Second, the proposed substitute provides statutory authority for the state treasurer to distribute to county
Bills: HB2248 , HB2158 , HB2178
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • Nathaniel, Clark County School District.
  • This is not just a Clark County issue.
  • Mineral County has more than 50% of its teachers, its workforce, who are J-1 teachers.
  • Mineral County, who I know Mary is here or Ms.
  • Well, I just might add that I'm proud of Mineral County. I represent Mineral County. Thank you.
Bills: SB175 , SB277 , SB374 , SB400
Committee: Senate Education
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 11:00 am

Appropriations - Government Operations Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll bring the Government Ops Division to order.
  • This relates to the county social services program in the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • So only $232 million needs to be transferred for the county social services program in DHS.
  • upon reflection, it's probably the $20,000 that could go to... $20,000 that could go to tribal government
Bills: HB1015
Summary: The Government Operations Division met to review proposed amendments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) budget, with the chair noting the bill would not be voted out that day and would likely be held until the following week for any technical corrections. Members discussed a series of amendments, generally without objection: a $1.5 million appropriation for a pro-life education committee; a $40,000–$45,000 deficiency appropriation for Uniform Laws travel costs; creation of a state deferred maintenance fund with $40 million for deferred maintenance projects; adding the state hospital project to the OMB budget with $200 million from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund (SIF) and $85 million from a line of credit, plus construction management oversight; $110,114 for custodial equity increases; $1 million for a retirement incentive pool; $3 million to cover a shortfall in the new and vacant FTE funding pool; and $4 million for space reconfiguration and rent/moving costs. Prairie Public Broadcasting was also discussed, with a suggestion to change the purpose from local programming to infrastructure and set the amount at $850,000, likely as one-time SIF funding. The committee also heard a heads-up about a possible $180,000 federal reimbursement issue tied to an education grant, but no action was taken on that item. The committee further discussed a broader amendment to reduce the transfer from the social services fund to the human services fund from $250 million to $232 million, based on DHS needs and available carryover funding. Members also agreed to add emergency clauses to the capital assets, deferred maintenance, and moving/space reconfiguration items. The chair indicated Brady could begin incorporating the discussed changes into a consolidated amendment, while noting there could still be additional items next week. Staff also reported the SIF balance was about $280 million positive, though some removed agency items, including airport grants, would need to be considered. The committee then reconsidered its earlier action on House Bill 1581 and restored it to its original form at $100,000 after hearing that the funding would support tribal tourism-related events tied to upcoming 2026 celebrations and the Theodore Roosevelt Library opening. A motion for do pass on the bill as originally introduced passed unanimously by roll call. Finally, the committee postponed action on another bill until later that day, directing that revised materials be distributed and that the item be taken up in the afternoon session.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 27th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and the title relating to counties and the title relating to counties and municipalities to authorize
  • issued license es on page 16 government issued license es on page 16 government issued license es on
  • about one County County so we talking about one County County so we talking about one County almost
  • was the only county in the um gon County was the only county in the um gon County was the only county
  • in the state that the federal government state that the federal government state that the federal government
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To be members of the Governing Board of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Beth A.
  • please join me in welcoming the delegation for Allen Days from Allen, Texas right in heart of Collin County
  • And I hail from Washington County.
  • Trust, five words, this should be the foundation of every government agency, especially... the Texas
  • state government, but those five words have been ripped out of the Texas Lottery Commission.
Bills: SB26 , SB28 , SJR36 , SB616 , SB565 , SB384 , SB28 , SB28 , SR131 , SR168 , SR174 , SR175
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • She's our Revenue Commissioner from Russell County. She is 8 months pregnant.
  • From Russell County, she is 8 months on the job, so she would appreciate your prayers.
Bills: HB30 , HB35 , HB72 , HB89 , HB30 , HB35
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Sitting with or behind the Katusa delegation is Rogers County Treasurer Jason Rei.
  • My question is, shouldn't local government be able to intervene after just 1 violation?
  • In the south gallery, I have a really good friend of mine, a former colleague from my days in county
  • government.
  • Commissioner Duroy from Marshall County. Would you please stand up?
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • My question is, shouldn't local government be able to intervene after just one violation?
  • government. the veracity is lacking.
  • government.
  • government.
  • Commissioner Chris Dureoy from Marshall County, would you please stand up?
Summary: The House convened, took the roll, heard an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a series of introductions and floor presentations recognizing visitors, students, local officials, and the Luther cheer team. The chamber also introduced the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Lydia Dennis, and several members made personal announcements later in the day. The House then considered and passed several bills, mostly by wide margins. Measures included HB 2947 on behavioral health, allowing Medicaid billing for supervised mental health interns; HB 2951 cleaning up Department of Corrections prison listings in statute; HB 2980 allowing DMVs to accept valid physical proof of insurance; HB 382 barring fire departments from employing people who must register as sex offenders; HB 3519 changing the abandoned medical marijuana grow cleanup process from a bond to a fee; HB 3644, the Blake Burgess Act, requiring clot and embolism training and reporting; HB 3882 creating a revolving fund for ODOT lake and industrial access grants; HB 3661 removing a sunset from the forestry equipment tax provision; and HB 3996 memorializing OIDS obligations in capital appeal cases. Several bills drew brief questions about fiscal impact or implementation, and title-striking motions were made on some measures. The most debated item was HB 4335 on pet shops and local regulation. Supporters said it created a framework for municipalities and counties to regulate pet shops without outright bans, while opponents argued it undermined local control and favored a commercial retailer. After debate from both sides, the bill passed 60-26. The House also adopted the emergency on HB 3882, and at the end of the day the chamber adjourned until March 5, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 22nd, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • from the federal government.
  • My concern and the problems I've had in my district are people from county to county voting in one county
  • One county and then coming to Jefferson County and voting.
  • Clair County, who used to live in Jefferson County, can vote in St.
  • Clair County in the morning or evening, and then come back to Jefferson County and vote...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • every problem, real or perceived, is not to create a new government program, a new government. government
  • Rep Gomez, my district is a Denton County. About a quarter of the county or so geographically.
  • to the subcommittee on County and regional government SB 1080 by West really in the revocation and occupational
  • regional government.
  • confined in an out of state jail. subcommittee on county and regional government SB 2312 by Hughes relating