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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh relating to state enterprise zones. Uh relating to state enterprise zones.
  • state. Thank you. state. Thank you.
  • Could you state your name?
  • does just like a sales tax in most other states<01:01:50.880> So states So states So >>
  • lawsuit in the state. lawsuit in the state. >> Thanks. >> Thanks. >> Thanks.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with HB 2410 relating to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Testifiers from HTDC and the Hawaii Food Industry Association stood on written testimony, and members discussed the funding request, which was described as $1 million each for three programs, for a total of $3 million. The measure appeared to have broad support, with no opposition noted. The committee then took up HB 2235 HD1 on the military and community relations office, where Lori Moore of MACC asked for additional funding to support local businesses and education-to-career initiatives statewide. Members asked about the amount, and the request was identified as $1.3 million total. HB 904 on space operations followed, with three supporters and one opponent, though no substantive testimony was captured beyond the vote counts. HB 2201 on state enterprise zones drew testimony from Georgia Skinner of DBEDT’s Creative Industries division, who said the measure would build on a well-run enterprise zone program and help make Hawaii’s film industry more competitive. Tom Yamashita of the Tax Foundation also provided comments. The committee then considered HB 2349 relating to DCCA and DBEDT coordination; DCCA explained it already provides links and information to DBEDT programs, while DBEDT argued that direct data sharing would allow more proactive outreach. Members raised privacy and cost concerns, and DBEDT said it would consider opt-in collection and acknowledged system changes and possible funding needs. The committee also heard two tax credit bills. HB 1972 HD1, on a caregiver tax credit, received strong support from AARP, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, the Hawaii Children’s Action Network, and others, who described caregivers as an “invisible workforce” and argued the credit would help families keep loved ones at home and reduce financial strain. The Tax Foundation suggested a grant or subsidy program might be more efficient than a tax credit and raised concerns about debarment provisions. HB 20007 HD1, on the household and dependent care services tax credit, also drew strong support from public health and family advocacy groups, who said Hawaii families face some of the nation’s highest child care costs and that the bill would better reflect current expenses; the Tax Foundation again raised technical concerns about complexity and debarment. Members asked about fiscal impacts, and testimony indicated the current credit costs about $6 million, with the bill expected to increase that amount. The committee then moved on to HB 2385 HD1 on housing, where the Deputy Attorney General began presenting written comments on whether the bill limits county authority.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • It’s a state road.
  • Okay, that's the end of our plan.
  • We're currently on state contract and currently provide services to state agencies and local municipalities
  • Lastly, the bill prohibits the state from providing state participation for any light rail construction
  • The bill appropriates $950,000 in fiscal year 2027 from the state general fund to AZPOST to implement
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several appropriation and policy bills, beginning with SB 1550, which would provide $1.255 million to Queen Creek for a three-year police pilot focused on runaway youth prevention, at-risk youth protection, and anti-trafficking investigations. Supporters said the program would dedicate trained officers to prevention and rapid response and could serve as a statewide model. Some members objected to funding a single locality without a local cost share, but the bill received a do pass recommendation, 7-2-1. Members then considered SB 1156 and SB 1157, both sponsored as reimbursements to local governments for border-related costs. SB 1156 would appropriate $20 million to reimburse cities, towns, and counties for short-term detention holds for unauthorized non-citizens, while SB 1157 would appropriate $20 million for supplemental fencing or bollard walls in high-crossing border areas. The sponsor described both as backfilling local expenses already incurred, while opponents argued the measures would subsidize detention and border enforcement rather than Arizona priorities. Both bills drew extensive public opposition and were advanced on party-line-leaning votes: SB 1156 passed 5-3-2 and SB 1157 passed 5-3-2. The committee also approved SB 1245, which would provide $2.457 million for Rodeo Road pavement replacement in Williams, after the sponsor said the request had been reduced from the original amount. Members raised concerns about limited HIRF funding and the need for local participation, but the bill passed 6-3-1. SB 1707, a $5 million appropriation for DPS artificial intelligence tools related to border security, also passed 6-4-0 after testimony split between supporters who saw AI as a useful border tool and opponents who said the bill was too vague or unnecessary. SB 1811, which would change school cell-phone policy language from allowing use “during” an emergency to “in the case of” an emergency, passed 8-1-1 with supporters saying it would give schools more flexibility and avoid logistical problems during lockdowns. Later, the committee approved SB 1088, a $2.5 million cybersecurity appropriation for the Department of Homeland Security, including funding for generative AI security and modernization of the statewide VPN, despite objections that the department had not requested the money and that other cybersecurity needs were already pending. It then advanced SB 1332, as amended, to require ADOT to study light rail expansion in Maricopa County and compare it with autonomous or semi-autonomous transit options; the hearing featured strong testimony from small business owners along the Indian School corridor who said light rail construction would hurt access and sales, and opposition from Phoenix/Valley Metro representatives who argued transit decisions are local and that ADOT is not the right entity to conduct the study. The bill was discussed at length as a neutral feasibility review rather than a prohibition after the amendment removed the state-participation ban.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:15:29.920> or much is this saving the state or much is this saving the state or >>
  • federal dollars it won't save the state federal dollars it won't save the state any<00:15:35.680
  • Contributes to all within our state.
  • , the poorest areas in the state, the poorest areas in the state, it's<00:26:44.640> important
  • <00:54:56.720> of needs to be sold by the state of needs to be sold by the state of Alabama
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs May 14th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you guys... ...share information with other state agencies?
  • Of those states, we have seen that state and local law enforcement have had all too many opportunities
  • It should serve as a national model for other states to emulate. Thank you.
  • Other states... ...much endeavor to follow Texas's lead. Thank you.
  • As previously stated, throughout my career, I have been defending the... ...United States from transnational
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • venue and out-of-state law provision.
  • States its federal sanctions plan comes running through.
  • states broadly?
  • States, along with U.S.
  • That was my state of mind. Mine then, but that's not my state of mind today.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Good evening, Committee on State Affairs. We will come to order.
  • Something we can lead on and call for the state to give that funding.
  • That is the role of the state, and it will always be.
  • allegation if it has not been reported to the state first.
  • The question of criminality is a state question and we have reported them.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 30th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • losses to state-owned property.
  • Members, many other states are trying to help our shrimp industry.
  • Is that what you're planning on putting on the menu?
  • People having their homes stolen across this state by fraudulent deeds.
  • We're a property rights state.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Because if the Shoals can do it, I think the rest of the state can do it. ...the state can do it.
  • , where they recruit out of state.
  • So it will only be out of state.
  • state.
  • Children live in another state.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 14th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is my first time doing this as a state rep.
  • As a state rep, who's... adjacent to your state rep. I've competed there, so.
  • That's good, but in the state of Texas...
  • There is value to amateurism, not only in the state of Texas, but throughout the United States. that
  • statute to conform to these new state rules.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 7th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • the bill by Representative Lujan, which relates to the administration of a retirement health care plan
  • Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S.
  • There just aren't practical ways to implement certain attributes.
  • Is there a federal overlay concerning cyber currency, or is it solely under state jurisdiction?
  • There may be other oversight through other agencies at the state and federal level.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 6th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The State Senate here.
  • So many really good things that are happening in this state.
  • , the United States Department of Labor, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the Louisiana
  • from the Secretary of State to strengthen the electoral process.
  • It allows the Supreme Court to discipline out-of-state attorneys.
Bills: SR110, SR109, SCR58, SCR59, SCR12, HB198, HB225, HB508, HB512, HB599, HB632, HB763, HB909, HB971, HB989, HB1066, HB1171, HB1204, HB1231, HB1246, HB1248, HB1250, HB221, HCR41, HCR63, HCR76, HCR77, HCR86, HCR92, HCR93, HCR58, SB83, SB135, SB143, SB155, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB261, SB276, SB295, SB388, SB450, SB465, HB17, HB21, HB42, HB45, HB51, HB55, HB74, HB106, HB108, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB168, HB215, HB226, HB263, HB296, HB299, HB322, HB324, HB364, HB519, HB535, HB538, HB568, HB571, HB622, HB635, HB676, HB772, HB784, HB821, HB823, HB1006, HB1018, HB1033, HB1034, HB1043, HB1070, HB1134, HB1237, HB1239, SB162, SB382, SR93, SCR40, SCR30, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB228, SB246, SB249, SB268, SB269, SB282, SB283, SB296, SB323, SB338, SB363, SB369, SB408, SB431, SB474, SB484, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB501, SB513, HCR6, HCR31, HB297, HB305, HB336, HB337, HB351, HB436, HB594, HB789, HB956, HB957, HB995, HB1040, HB50, HB117, HB120, HB122, HB139, HB148, HB149, HB185, HB247, HB271, HB286, HB301, HB358, HB359, HB384, HB413, HB428, HB450, HB462, HB547, HB613, HB631, HB657, HB669, HB675, HB680, HB691, HB712, HB716, HB720, HB723, HB727, HB728, HB735, HB747, HB759, HB825, HB842, HB845, HB846, HB903, HB904, HB907, HB923, HB929, HB941, HB962, HB965, HB1036, HB287, HB370, HB515, HB521, HB570, HB1200, HB29, HB39, HB58, HB67, HB73, HB76, HB77, HB82, HB112, HB121, HB125, HB132, HB134, HB151, HB154, HB155, HB161, HB166, HB187, HB191, HB207, HB211, HB224, HB238, HB241, HB242, HB250, HB260, HB265, HB275, HB300, HB320, HB338, HB339, HB349, HB379, HB399, HB427, HB463, HB464, HB468, HB545, HB550, HB551, HB565, HB588, HB639, HB725, HB782, HB805, HB808, HB834, HB847, HB853, HB858, HB861, HB883, HB916, HB937, HB977, HB1012, HB1027, HB1044, HB1054, HB1091, HB1117, HB90, HB127, HB138, HB150, HB201, HB268, HB273, HB285, HB315, HB354, HB355, HB360, HB376, HB445, HB506, HB606, HB649, HB665, HB681, HB721, HB746, HB757, HB781, HB835, HB844, HB857, HB872, HB886, HB889, HB892, HB972, HB982, HB987, HB1037, HB1068, HB1072, HB1078, HB1085, HB1132, HB1137, HB1167, HB1174, HB1232, HB1238, HB36, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB245, HB280, HB677, HB726, HB850, HB966, SB68, SB149
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard a prayer from Dr. Michael Sprague, and recited the pledge. The body then suspended the rules to welcome House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who highlighted federal-state cooperation and credited Louisiana lawmakers with helping advance policies such as no tax on overtime, expanded energy development, and major business investment in the state. The chamber also recognized several visiting groups and observances, including Leadership Lafayette, the new Orleans Parish sheriff, Pro-Life Day at the Capitol, Recreation and Parks Day/Month, Main Street Day, LMA Day, and Links Day, with multiple resolutions adopted or concurred in for those recognitions. On legislation, the Senate handled a mix of committee reports, House messages, and floor action. It concurred in House Concurrent Resolution 92 and 93, adopted SCR 60, SR 11, SR 93, and SCR 40, and advanced or adopted numerous bills and resolutions. Notable measures included workers’ compensation bills SB 162, SB 382, and SB 408; SB 500 on medical review panels and certificates of merit; SB 268 and SB 228 on lead service line replacement and use of public funds; SB 338 on school bullying prevention; SB 431 on towing and storage access; HB 297 on lease termination for stalking and cyberstalking victims; HB 305 on child sexual abuse material evidence handling; HB 336 on post-conviction relief timelines; HB 436 allowing veterans to serve as park police/wardens; HB 594 designating SCN2A Day; HB 957 on prisoner transfer notifications; HB 995 on videotaped statements; HB 1040 on juvenile detention board membership; HB 117 reauthorizing the Department of State; HB 120, HB 122, HB 139, HB 247, and HB 286 creating or adjusting local districts; and HB 185 clarifying independent contractor coverage in workers’ compensation. Several bills were amended on the floor before passage, including SB 382, SB 500, SB 431, SB 338, and HB 185, while some measures were returned to the calendar or referred to committees. The Senate also received and referred a large number of House bills and concurrent resolutions on topics including health care reimbursement, criminal procedure, education, insurance, natural resources, transportation, and local governance. Votes recorded in the transcript were generally favorable, with many measures passing unanimously or by wide margins, though a few drew opposition, such as HB 185 and HB 957.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 6th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And whereas the Oklahoma State Senate, acting on behalf of the great state of Oklahoma, takes great pleasure
  • My plans are to go to law school and attend Northeastern State University for my undergrad.
  • I am paging for Senator Casey Murdock and my plans after high school is to attend Oklahoma State University
  • go to Oklahoma State afterwards and study agribusiness.
  • Our speaker tomorrow is Doctor Brett Carver from Oklahoma State University.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Tourism Apr 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, SB2065 is a state pollinator act.
  • State your name and tell us where you're from. Please, we're happy to have you.
  • The reason I am here today is I want to give state designations to four pollinators that are very important
  • and the grant program, which has been widely successful, we're allowing them to enter into MOUs with state
  • So, do we currently have a state grain? Thank you, state.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • It does a couple of things: it strengthens our existing prohibition against out-of-state shipping of
  • spirits and enables the attorney general to enforce state and federal law.
  • neutral, if anything else slightly positive, to abbel once we actually start seeing those every other state
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Jan 29th, 2026 at 09:13 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • State Public Health Entomologist, right?
  • And what's using up most of the state fair plan is hailstorm coverage.
  • So I would please like to hear Entire state.
  • Based on our state, you know, we're kind of spread out, mostly a frontier state.
  • In New Mexico, we have abandoned sites all across our state, and in every city in our state we have abandoned
Bills: SB66, SB79, SB108
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • I would state, however... that in the case of states, just so that people know, what our bill does, Every
  • State Counts Act, it recognizes that a couple of states didn't receive funds from the program, and we
  • rural states.
  • I would just state that particularly again.
  • Finally, we support the Every State Counts Act to expand the Fox Grant access to underserved states.
Summary: The committee meeting focused primarily on the critical issues surrounding veterans' mental health and suicide prevention. Discussions centered on the reauthorization of essential programs aimed at providing non-clinical support services to veterans, particularly the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. Senators emphasized the urgent need for adequate mental health resources as the suicide rate among veterans remains alarmingly high. Key testimonies were provided by various advocates and officials, illustrating both successful implementations of these programs and areas needing improvement.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Veteran Affairs Apr 29th, 2025

Veteran Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The other piece is representing chambers all across the state.
  • And by the way, we are also, I believe, now the top state for veterans in the United States in terms
  • And she’s now in Washington State.
  • Sam, if you would, state your name, who you represent, and position on the bill. Thank you.
  • We have Chapter 55, which lays out all the requirements for the states.
Bills: HB102, HB300, SB2255
Summary: The Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs heard three measures focused on military-connected students, service members, veterans, and their families. House Bill 102 would give eligible students in military-related university programs early registration privileges, similar to existing accommodations for expectant mothers and student athletes. House Bill 300 would modernize the Texas Armed Services Scholar program by increasing scholarship funding, clarifying the student employment agreement, and creating a scholarship coordinator at THECB to help students and families navigate the program. Senate Bill 2255 drew the most discussion and testimony. The bill would streamline occupational licensing for military members, spouses, and veterans by allowing Texas licensure based on an out-of-state license in good standing with a similar scope of practice, removing the Texas residency requirement, and shortening agency processing time from 30 days to 10 days in the committee substitute. Supporters from the Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations, the Texas Association of Business, the Institute for Justice, TDLR, and the VFW said the bill would reduce bureaucratic delays, improve employment opportunities, and help military families maintain income during relocations. TDLR also described current licensing confusion between state and federal rules and said the bill would improve alignment and data collection. No witnesses testified against any of the bills. After public testimony closed on each measure, HB 102, HB 300, and SB 2255 were left pending in committee. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Mar 5th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Secretary, please call the next committee report from the Committee on State.
  • employees. ...others regarding state employees.
  • employees. ...and others regarding state employees.
  • This bill establishes parental leave for state employees.
  • Talk to a... it's more than him in the real estate state.