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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • When families turn on a faucet, they expect clean water.
  • Okay, and this is the same sewage and water board that's a total train wreck, right?
  • board of the Sewage and Water Board that has people on it.
  • The status quo can stand no longer for Sewage and Water Board.
  • If you think the Sewage and Water Board is a well-functioning utility, sure, go red on this.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 140 by Senator Miller, Code of Civil Procedure relative to probate.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened in prayer, and adopted the journal. Members received messages from the Senate on several House bills and Senate bills, and a number of House resolutions were introduced or laid over. The chamber also suspended rules to allow committees to continue meeting while the House was in session. Several local and ceremonial resolutions were taken up, including measures on public health data, carbon sequestration property rights, declining school enrollment, and commendations and condolences. The floor then considered a series of local bills and Senate bills, many of which passed with little or no opposition. Among the House bills approved were measures creating or adjusting local districts and utility-related authorities in Orleans and Jefferson parishes, including bills on the Regency Park Town Home Crime Prevention Security District, Sewage and Water Board procurement and lien authority, the Foulberg-New neighborhood improvement district, and temporary parish burn bans. The House also passed bills on broadband cable price notices, state finance limits, toll exemptions for school board-owned leased vehicles, prestige license plates, and a brain injury designation on driver’s licenses. Senate bills passed included measures on workers’ compensation evidence rules, recreation of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, a soybean grain research board name change, incumbent worker training, interdict estate planning, and recreational alligator hunting. The most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 256, which would consolidate Orleans Parish’s separate civil and criminal clerk of court offices into a single Orleans clerk. Supporters argued the change would align Orleans with the rest of the state, improve efficiency, and reduce costs, while preserving employees and services. Opponents raised concerns about the timing, the lack of broader legislative and public involvement, the impact on the recently elected criminal clerk, and possible disruption to court operations and constitutional rights. After lengthy questioning, the bill passed 89-8. The House also heard a personal privilege statement recognizing a school choir visiting the Capitol and later continued with additional Senate bills, including one on workers’ compensation medical review evidence and another on the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • not in any way violate The rights of Oklahomans to protect them from any kind of foreign law, legal code
  • What we're doing is we're updating the adoption code with this and it will allow parents of adopted children
  • Last year, we passed a uniform trustst code, the Oklahoma uniform Trust code. It's about 66 pages.
  • is just a cleanup bill that tightens up some definitions and aligns prior statutes with the trust Code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • of weapons recovered in Mexico were traced back to the United States, including about 14,000 from Texas
  • And I'm Freeman Martin, the colonel of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Thank you, Mr.
  • And under the penal code, under... Knowingly, that we already have in 6.03.
  • But, of course, our jurisdiction is Texas. It's not...
  • What comes to mind is I worked in narcotics in Houston, Texas.
Bills: SB36, SB2202, SB 36
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • soil has always been Texas responsibility.
  • It was assigned to Texas Rangers using AI.
  • Texas DPS is a lot different because we have the Texas Highway Patrol that feeds a lot of information
  • For every agency in Texas, and that's part of this council.
  • Thank you. directly involving Homeland Security in Texas.
Bills: SB36, SB2202, SB 36
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jan 15th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It reflects our recommendations for the operation of the Texas Senate. Mr.
  • solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of the Senate of the State of Texas
  • distinguished service is bolstered by her affiliation with the American Academy of Family Medicine and the Texas
  • Liu, thank you for volunteering your time, your expertise, and your care to the people of Texas today
Bills: SR1, SR2
Summary: The Senate reconvened from recess and received a message from the House stating that the House was organized and ready to conduct business. The House also reported passage of SCR 7, which directs the State Preservation Board to begin steps to replace the Children of the Confederacy plaque with a plaque honoring victims of Texas’s convict leasing system. The Senate then took up and adopted Senate Resolution 1, the caucus resolution offered by Senator Zaffirini, which sets recommendations for Senate operations. The officers of the Senate were then sworn in. Next, the chamber considered Senate Resolution 2, the Rules Resolution, offered by Senator Hughes; it was adopted by a 31-0 roll call vote and makes only limited changes to committee structure while retaining prior rules. The Senate also authorized the President to appoint a five-member committee to notify the House that the Senate was organized and ready to transact business. Senator Eckhardt introduced the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Liu, a family medicine physician from Austin. With no further business, the Senate recessed until 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 22.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 8th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/14/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
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  • > right<00:51:41.040> here Paul Regional Water Services right here Paul Regional Water
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  • :07.920> water<00:59:08.160> revolving<00:59:08.640> fund or the drinking water
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Jan 28th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's, for lack of a better term, a hose line that is run into the open water of the bay, and the dredge
  • <00:12:20.720> into<00:12:21.120> the<00:12:21.360> open<00:12:21.600> water
  • <00:12:21.839> of line that is run into the open water of line that is run into the open water
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The use of NDAs and the state of Texas.
  • He noted that Texas passed the law unanimously last year and that it was signed into law by Governor
  • He added that he had heard from Texas-based attorneys who refuse NDAs as part of their trauma-informed
  • information from some Texas-based information from some Texas-based attorneys<00:29:45.360> that
  • I will I will say now in Texas >> No, sir.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, when I think about that, I'm thinking, you know, we're in a little bit of some tenuous waters
  • <00:42:59.440> And tenuous waters here for the budget.
  • And tenuous waters here for the budget.
  • The other remaining portion of the bill includes construction codes and licensing technical provisions
  • The other remaining portion of the bill includes construction codes and licensing technical provisions
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - House Ways & Means

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ways and Means Research Analyst: House Bill 2785 conforms the state statutes to the Internal Revenue Code
  • This bill applies the Trump tax cuts to Arizona's tax code and saves taxpayers $440 million.
  • Well, the only reason that worked out well was you conformed completely to the 2018 tax code.
  • It applies the Trump tax cuts to the Arizona tax code, and we should do that.
  • This bill also conforms state statute to Section 529 of the IRS code, as mentioned.
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2785, a tax conformity measure that would update Arizona statutes to conform to the Internal Revenue Code as of January 1, 2026, including retroactive provisions for tax year 2025. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would align state law with tax forms already issued by the Department of Revenue, provide certainty to filers, and deliver about $440 million in tax relief through provisions such as no tax on tips and overtime, a larger standard deduction, and a $6,000 senior deduction. Opponents argued the bill would significantly reduce state revenue, disproportionately benefit higher-income taxpayers, and should be considered alongside a broader budget plan. After debate and an amendment addressing retroactivity and foreign dividends, the committee approved HB 2785 on a 5-4 vote. The committee then took up several Arizona State Retirement System and education savings bills. HB 2089 clarified the health insurance premium benefit subsidy for retirees and passed unanimously. HB 2090 changed the disability determination period for long-term disability benefits from 24 months within a five-year period to a straight 24-month period and passed 8-1. HB 2092 allowed employees over age 65 to waive ARS participation within 30 days of becoming eligible and also passed 8-1. HB 2477 conformed Arizona’s 529 education savings plan to federal law, including expanded uses and a permanent rollover to ABLE accounts and Roth IRAs; testimony supported the cleanup and simplification, but some members raised concerns about the Roth rollover and possible use of transferred ESA funds. HB 2477 passed 5-3 with one present vote, and the committee then adjourned.