Video & Transcript : 'state road fund' :

Page 83 of 500
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Veterans and Military Affairs Apr 9th, 2026

Veterans and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • being that we have removed the language about a person in the Guard that's also a civilian of the state
  • Right now, it's not funded until 2027, or after the next session, so there's no fiscal impact.
  • In the future, I can see we may have to come back and fund it or it would become an unfunded mandate.
  • Right now, it's not funded until 2027, or after the next session, so there's no fiscal impact.
  • In the future, I can see we may have to come back and fund it or it would become an unfunded mandate.
Bills: HB3940 , HB3078 , HB3043
Summary: The committee took up three Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs-related House bills. House Bill 3940 was presented as a modernization and cleanup of Guard retirement-related provisions, with a confusing pay language removed; members noted it was similar to prior versions and that any fiscal impact would not occur until after 2027. After brief questions, the bill was advanced unanimously, 7-0. House Bill 3078 would allow state agencies and executive-branch entities to add voluntary donation options to payment forms so people could contribute to the ODVA Revolving Fund when paying for items such as licenses, registrations, and tax forms. Members clarified the donations would be extra, strictly voluntary, and not tied to tax proceeds. The bill passed 7-0. House Bill 3043 would authorize ODVA to hire PRN/as-needed staff as seasonal employees under defined limits to help staff veterans homes. Supporters said it would improve flexibility and staffing during peak periods, while the minority leader raised concerns about expanding temporary employment and reducing access to stable, benefit-eligible jobs. The bill passed 5-2. The committee then laid over another item pending Senator Woods’ availability and adjourned.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 27th, 2026 at 02:30 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to emphasize one key point: this bill has no impact on the state general fund.
  • Any funds remaining after these distributions are deposited to the state general fund.
  • A method for calculating the excise tax rate is provided. deposited to the state general fund.
  • And the four-year general fund state impact is $6,000.
  • The available note reflects anticipated costs of $198,000 General Fund-State one time in the 2027–29
Bills: HB2521 , HB2249 , HB1796
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Tourism Feb 12th, 2026

Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • So currently we already have a state fossil. So how is this going to work in with that, please?
  • , and this isn't mandatory, as a matter of fact, and the reason why it is, is because in 2000, the state
  • So essentially, it's a non-existent state fossil at this particular point. Very good.
  • , and this isn't mandatory, as a matter of fact, and the reason why it is, is because in 2000, the state
  • So essentially, it's a non-existent state fossil at this particular point. Very good.
Bills: HB3880 , HB3263 , HB2970
Committee: House Tourism
Summary: The Tourism Committee met for its first meeting and considered three bills. House Bill 3880, presented by Representative Cantrell, would clarify that the Tourism Department’s in-house sales team handles advertising and sponsorships across publications, digital platforms, conferences, and events; members asked about how the work is currently divided between the department and Oklahoma Today magazine, and the bill passed 5-0. House Bill 3263, by Representative George, would designate the morel mushroom as the state mushroom; after light discussion, including a joking request for a tourism-related debut event, it also passed 5-0. Representative Rosecrans presented House Bill 2970, which would change the state fossil designation from Sorofaganax maximus to Soro Poseidon-Protelis because the current fossil has been reclassified and is no longer considered a valid species. Members asked about the science behind the change and whether the new fossil was a plant-eater; Rosecrans explained it is a sauropod and emphasized its tourism value because fossils are found in Oklahoma’s panhandle and southeast. The bill passed 5-0. After the votes, Rosecrans noted the reconstruction of the fossil is at the Sam Noble Museum in Norman and invited the committee to tour it. The chair announced that the Tourism Department would meet with the committee the following week at 10:00 a.m., and the meeting adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> expend our funds that we have, sir. expend our funds that we have, sir.
  • A voluntary state option in lieu of bankruptcy.
  • out of our pockets because we misused funds.
  • We have every year natural disasters that cause problems across the state.
  • And this actually put puts state.
Bills: HB59 , SB15 , SB96 , SB104 , SB137
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Feb 26th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our members of this organization are authorized to be in the United States.
  • Are members of these types of foreign terrorist organizations authorized to be in the United States?
  • This one does pertain to individuals who are not authorized to be in the United States.
  • We're allowing ninety-day temporary tags and sixty-day temporary tags for out of state.
  • I guess my number one question is just overall, what other states do something like this?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Feb 26th, 2026

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Roads Grants: You're recognized? Representative West: Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  • Roads Grants: When it comes to the definition of loitering, what exactly does that mean?
  • Roads Grants: I would do pass and second. Chair: Are there any further questions?
  • Are members of this organization authorized to be in the United States?
  • So I am asking that we take action to protect the kids of our state.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a large number of bills, mostly by unanimous or near-unanimous due-pass votes. Early measures included HB 34, expanding “zones of safety” to include places like skating rinks, youth centers, pools, arcades, amusement parks, and water parks to bar sex offenders from loitering; HB 3407 on abandoned personal property and manufactured homes; HB 43 on rates for court-appointed property appraisers; and HB 2981 requiring school board meeting minutes to be posted online. Members also considered criminal justice and public safety bills such as enhanced penalties for people on the DOJ terrorist list (HB 3764), updating controlled dangerous substances schedules (HB 3767), and a bill to allow first responders to notify law enforcement after responding to suspected overdoses, with immunity for good-faith reporting and a fentanyl-related presumption in fatal overdoses (HB 2941). Several bills were laid over, including HB 2015, HB 2959, HB 3087, HB 3581, and HB 4227. The committee also advanced bills affecting courts, property, and administrative procedures. These included HB 3321 ending cost-arrest warrants for unpaid court fines, HB 3322 codifying rules for interpreting multiple versions of statutes, HB 3323 moving notarization requirements for electronic documents submitted to Service Oklahoma, HB 3497 clarifying appeals of pretrial orders in criminal cases, HB 3500 removing a nine-month deadline for successor affidavits after transfer-on-death property transfers, and HB 3505 creating a uniform wage garnishment law. Other measures addressed workers’ compensation and public employment, including HB 4260 creating a rebuttable presumption for first responders in workers’ comp, HB 4202 aligning radiology reimbursement with other specialties, and HB 3055 and HB 315 setting qualifications for the CLEET and DOC directors. Later in the meeting, members approved bills on consumer protection, technology, and public safety. HB 2933 tightened insurance claim timelines and penalties and made mediation mandatory for carriers; HB 3544 targeted AI chatbots that simulate emotional relationships with children; HB 3299 created a criminal offense for creating or disseminating digitized or synthetic media using another person’s name, image, voice, or likeness; HB 4107 criminalized misuse of outdoor tornado sirens; HB 4108 expanded critical infrastructure protections to airports; and HB 4139 revised home service contract rules to require truthful offerings and qualified service providers. The committee also passed HB 1322 creating a public domestic violence offenders registry, HB 4104 adding certain voyeurism-related crimes to the sex offender registry, HB 4106 lowering the grand larceny threshold to $900 and making a third petty larceny offense a felony, and HB 3974 addressing liability in shared inmate housing facilities. The meeting ended with HB 4144, which revises Open Records Act language for arrest and incident reports, and the committee adjourned with plans to meet again Tuesday.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the February 24th, 2026, meeting of the State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Committee
  • election policy or practice is narrowly tailored and necessary to further a compelling, particularized state
  • The amendment requires all state and local government statutes, codes, rules, regulations, and other
  • 2026, to use the term 'extraterrestrial' when referring to life forms from other planets, and urges state
  • The bill adds WOTEC employees and officers that perform network and system security duties to the state
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This provides some funding for public television in the state.
  • These operating grants and matching grants require us to raise funds locally before receiving state support
  • </c> contender for the state capital. contender for the state capital.
  • . fund. fund.
  • It is protective of the state by ensuring that a state entity does not inadvertently bind the state to
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to get him up here and show what real lawyers do in the State House rather than... and making
  • ><00:23:19.840><c> the</c> show what real lawyers do in at the show what real lawyers do in at the state
  • <00:23:20.159><c> house</c><00:23:20.320><c> rather</c><00:23:20.559><c> than</c> state house rather
  • than state house rather than &gt;&gt; agree.<00:23:21.440><c> And</c><00:23:21.600><c> making</c><00:
  • And so the concern is that when we pass a law like this and we don't try to look down the road at unintended
Committee: Senate Judiciary
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Jan 22nd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And of course, taxing our road fund, we’re having a hard time keeping pace with the rising cost of transportation
  • Today, it relies almost entirely on ticket sales and the county road fund, as you heard our council member
  • of the county and region, not just the island residents and not just those road fund taxpayers of unincorporated
  • Today, we depend heavily on state and federal funding for major maritime investments.
  • It also provides road fund dollars for what they are meant to do: maintain and improve the roads.
Bills: SB5839 , SB5824 , SB5864 , SB6032
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 23rd, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you would state your name for the record, who you're with and your position on the bill.
  • Could you state your name for the record, who you're with and your position on the bill, and you may
  • Chair: State and they give their time and effort, it's a hard job and this is just the right thing to
  • , and best practices from other states.
  • And just want to add, we are trending in the wrong direction in this state.
Bills: HB50
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Pro Forma Floor Session Feb 9th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Journal of the Senate, State of Washington, 69th Legislature, day 26th, Friday, February 6th, 22nd.
Summary: The Senate briefly convened to approve the previous day’s journal, then moved through the fifth order for introduction and first reading of bills. Senate Bill 6351 was introduced and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The chamber then went at ease in anticipation of fiscal cutoff committee report activity later in the day. When the Senate reconvened, it took up reports of standing committees and supplemental standing committee reports. Substitute Senate Bill 5292, concerning family and medical leave rates, and engrossed substitute House Bill/Senate Bill 5466 were both reported and referred to the Committee on Rules. The referrals were approved without objection. No substantive debate or votes on the bills occurred in this transcript beyond the referral motions. The Senate adjourned at the end of the session until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Budget Feb 6th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Capital Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Historic Preservation and affected tribes on the potential effects on cultural resources from proposed state-funded
  • The bottom line is that state funding for material supplies and operating costs, especially utility costs
  • others, are going up at a rate much higher than what the state funding has been able to provide to school
  • The proposed substitute also provides that the computed state funding assistance percentage, which is
  • Now that I have an understanding of the relationship between the federal funding and state funding, it
Bills: HB2514 , HB2551 , HB2236 , HB2470
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, February 24, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think it makes us more competitive as a state as we go after funding and allows us to make sure...
  • military funded.
  • as we go us more competitive as a state as we go after<00:10:50.959><c> funding</c><00:10:51.360><c>
  • There are more than 22 states that have state guards.
  • There are more than 22 states that have state guards.
Bills: SF0012 , SF0013 , SF0067
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 8th, 2025 at 10:05 am

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Little: The United States Department of State? Yes, the U.S. Department of State. Certainly not.
  • This is an exercise of our state power, state authority.
  • State.
  • State level, at the state level.
  • So in State v.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • . state. state.
  • And having AEDs in state buildings will save lives.
  • </c><00:22:35.240><c> buildings</c> Um and having AEDs in state buildings Um and having AEDs in state
  • </c><00:22:50.920><c> buildings,</c> assuming if this is state buildings, assuming if this is state buildings
  • </c> working group for state projects. working group for state projects.
Bills: HCR112
Committee: House Labor