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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Alabama's human services cornerstone of Alabama's human services system.<00:08:10.720><c> It's</c
  • dean, and as director of a school of social work which is within a larger college of five departments
  • dean, and as director of a school of social work which is within a larger college of five departments
  • since they're giving of their time and service. >> Mr.
  • since they're giving of their time and service. >> Mr.
Bills: HB151 , HB152 , HB138 , SB221 , SB190 , SB69 , SB225 , SB272 , HB151 , HB152 , HB138 , SB221 , SB190 , SB69 , SB225 , SB272
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would also require mandatory reporters to report to the state Department of Human Resources
  • This bill would also require mandatory reporters to report to the state Department of Human Resources
  • </c><00:44:45.359><c> This</c><00:44:45.599><c> bill</c> department of human resources.
  • This bill department of human resources.
  • </c><00:44:49.359><c> of</c> to report to the state department of to report to the state department of
Bills: HB1 , HB198 , HB11 , HB32 , HB33 , HB34 , HB56 , HB68 , HB72 , HB101 , HB102 , HB110 , HB154 , HB166 , HB168 , HB274 , SB114 , HB1 , HB198 , HB11 , HB32 , HB33 , HB34 , HB56 , HB68 , HB72 , HB101 , HB102 , HB110 , HB154 , HB166 , HB168 , HB274 , SB114
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • For the good of those that they serve, we praise you, Lord, for the opportunity to be of service.
  • Of access to the human dosage recommendations.
  • I think we already have our first case of it transferring to humans.
  • That was always intended that this would be part of essentially defunding a department.
  • With law enforcement departments and constables and contracting and all that kind of stuff.
Bills: HB25 , HB48 , HB149 , HB254 , HB26 , HB192 , HCR3 , HCR4 , HCR5 , HCR6 , HCR8 , HCR14 , HCR16 , HR1 , HR2 , HR3 , HR4 , HR6 , HR7 , HR8 , HR9 , HR12 , HR11 , HR13 , HR14 , HR15 , HR16 , HR20 , HR22 , HR23 , HR24 , HR25 , HR26 , HR27 , HR28 , HR29 , HR30 , HR31 , HR32 , HR33 , HR45 , HR48 , HR49 , HR51 , HR52 , HR55 , HR56 , HR57 , HR59 , HR60 , HR61 , HR62 , HR63 , HR64 , HR65 , HR66 , HR70 , HR71 , HR72 , HR74 , HCR2 , HCR7 , HR10 , HR21 , HR35 , HR36 , HR37 , HR38 , HR39 , HR40 , HR42 , HR43 , HR44 , HR46 , HR47 , HR50 , HR53 , HR54 , HR67 , HR69 , HR75 , HCR 5 , HCR 6 , HCR 8 , HCR 14 , HCR 16 , HR 1 , HR 3 , HR 4 , HR 6 , HR 7 , HR 8 , HR 9 , HR 12 , HR 11 , HR 13 , HR 14 , HR 15 , HR 16 , HR 20 , HR 22 , HR 23 , HR 24 , HR 25 , HR 26 , HR 27 , HR 28 , HR 29 , HR 30 , HR 31 , HR 32 , HR 33 , HR 45 , HR 48 , HR 49 , HR 51 , HR 52 , HR 55 , HR 56 , HR 57 , HR 59 , HR 60 , HR 61 , HR 62 , HR 63 , HR 64 , HR 65 , HR 66 , HR 70 , HR 71 , HR 72 , HR 74 , HCR 7 , HR 10 , HR 21 , HR 35 , HR 36 , HR 37 , HR 38 , HR 39 , HR 40 , HR 42 , HR 43 , HR 44 , HR 46 , HR 47 , HR 50 , HR 53 , HR 54 , HR 67 , HR 69 , HB 25 , HB 48 , HB 149 , HB 254 , HB 26 , HB 192
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1437 is directing the State Department of Education to establish certain guidelines, administer
  • And actually, the Department of Health is wanting this data or information from these results to work
  • your support of this bill.
  • Department of Education and the State Board of Education to select those programs and those specific
  • One of the things that came out of that was, I think, she correctly identified the problem of us naming
Bills: SB1432 , SB1338 , SB1437 , SB1812
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • On behalf of the Senate, myself as chair, co-chair Lee and Manager Inouye are excused.
  • I'm very excited about some of the bills we have been looking at regarding community resiliency.
  • What I'd like to suggest is that we consider some of the testimony.
  • The questions were whether or not this could be expanded just a little bit, and I think in light of the
  • What I'd suggest is that we consider some of the testimony and the questions were whether or not this
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is relating to Department of Education procurement.
  • </c> of Hawaii Cancer Center. of Hawaii Cancer Center.
  • </c> Okay, going on to Senate Bill 3063, Senate Draft 1, House Draft 1, relating to the Department of
  • The bill does not clearly define or establish a mechanism for how the Department of Education is to determine
  • of of areas in Yeah, so there's a number of of areas in which<00:25:45.640><c> we</c><00:25:45.800><
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-28-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This measure, in coordination with the Department of Transportation and the Hawaii Housing Finance and
  • </c><00:05:22.080><c> of</c> coordination with the Department of coordination with the Department of
  • also adding a representative from the Department of Hawaiian Homelands and the executive director of
  • group, and also adding a representative from the Department of Hawaiian Homelands and the executive
  • . service. service.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference AM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> kind of socialize with everybody first. kind of socialize with everybody first.
  • Okay.<00:04:13.080><c> Because</c><00:04:13.400><c> of</c><00:04:13.480><c> Fin.</c> Okay.
  • Because of Fin. We have Fin. Can we vote on this? So, let's vote this in now. Okay. Yeah.
  • order and put it to the end of the schedule.
  • Okay, we do not have wire release as of yet.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference AM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires the director of human resources of the appropriate state jurisdiction or the human resource
  • ><c> resource</c><00:07:44.680><c> of</c><00:07:44.880><c> the</c> the director of human resource of
  • This is relating to civil service exempt positions within the Department of Accounting and General Services
  • ><00:10:25.520><c> of</c> positions within the Department of positions within the Department of Accounting
  • <00:25:34.480><c> Services</c><00:25:34.840><c> party</c> Human Services party Human Services party at
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference PM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> behalf of the House? behalf of the House? &gt;&gt; Please. &gt;&gt; Please. &gt;&gt; Please.
  • On behalf of the Senate, property.
  • On behalf of the On behalf of excused.
  • </c> vote on behalf of the House? vote on behalf of the House?
  • And we are in receipt of your CD.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference AM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> value of the unit they are purchasing. value of the unit they are purchasing.
  • This current version of the bill allows for the transferability of LIHTC credits and extends the state
  • On behalf of the Senate, myself as chair, Hashimoto as co-chair for the balance of the members.
  • On behalf of the Senate, myself as chair, Hashimoto as co-chair for the balance of the members.
  • On behalf of the Senate, myself as chair, Rhodes Hashimoto co-chairs for the balance of the members.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Health & Long-Term Care

Transcript Highlights:
  • Funds shall be distributed by the Department of Commerce, and no projects funded using this mechanism
  • Funds shall be distributed by the Department of Commerce, and no projects funded using this mechanism
  • Funds shall be distributed by the Department of Commerce, and no projects funded using this mechanism
  • So it's about reducing cost and providing more access to services because they already see some of the
  • I don't know of any other industry where you can get approval for service, provide a service, get payment
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Apr 23rd, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many of the people that are elected statewide now once worked in those departments; they took a pay cut
  • I'm talking about the president of LSU, of UL, of Louisiana Tech.
  • It's also adding language regarding the notification to the Department of State, ...elections.
  • It's also adding language regarding the notification to the Department of State when a state central
  • It requires the state central committees to notify the Department of State at least 180 days prior to
Bills: HB398 , HB906 , HB1201 , SB41 , SB47 , SB106 , SB210 , SB218 , SB220 , SB248 , SB289 , SB397
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Health and Human Services Commission with the federal government, audited the state of Texas on its
  • Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families to administer the review
  • of child and family services programs under titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act.
  • indigent parents through the Department of Family and Protective Services.
  • his paternity and then to also work on services to gain custody of his child.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:59:29.039><c> to</c> Department of Education has responded to Department of Education has responded
  • rehab and had a number of departments.
  • > of</c> is a requirement from the Department of is a requirement from the Department of Health<01:03
  • <01:04:30.480><c> of</c> Department of Department of Education<01:04:32.240><c> um</c><01:04:32.599><
  • then how things connect with the Department of Health as well.
Bills: HF110 , HF111 , HF263 , HF105
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.
  • Department of State.
  • You have the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Commerce, Department
  • You have the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Commerce, Department
  • Commission of Texas, Department of State Health Services, Department of Information Resources, Department
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.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:25 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment seeks to remove the authority of the Department of Ecology in the ability to change or
  • The Department of Ecology's ability to change or reduce the amount of compliance obligations under the
  • And the underlying bill, which this amendment would amend, allows the Department of Ecology...
  • It also clarifies when we can allow the Department of Health to make an exception because of other types
  • care of the survivors of those who have given their life and service to our city or county or state.
Summary: The House took up second reading and final passage on several bills. House Bill 2575, relating to reducing certain environmental reporting obligations, was amended to direct savings from reduced utility reporting toward low-income electricity assistance, then passed 95-0. House Bill 2334, on cash transaction rounding for the loss of pennies, passed 89-6 after debate over common-sense rounding, tax treatment, and concerns about moving away from cash. House Bill 2714, updating caseload forecasting for food and nutrition assistance programs including SNAP, passed 95-0. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2557, concerning parental access to special education evaluation meetings and timelines, passed 95-0 after a technical amendment clarifying terminology and discussion about giving parents more time to prepare for meetings. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 2594, which codifies protections for unhoused students and aligns state law with federal McKinney-Vento protections; supporters described the bill as ensuring continued educational access for homeless youth, and it passed 94-1. House Bill 2348, updating timber sale process efficiencies, including electronic notice and appraisal/approval requirements for certain land sales, passed 95-0. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2215, dealing with Climate Commitment Act compliance obligations for fuels, drew extensive debate over market fairness, fuel prices, rural impacts, and Ecology’s authority; after adopting a striking amendment and rejecting several others, it passed 57-38. The House then considered House Bill 1710, a Washington Voting Rights Act compliance bill creating a new chapter in Title 29A RCW. Members debated numerous amendments focused on preclearance standards, lookback periods, fee shifting, rulemaking authority, settlement treatment, and the use of citizen voting-age population. Some technical amendments were adopted, while many substantive amendments were rejected. The transcript ends during continued amendment debate on the bill, before final passage is recorded.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:35 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • health care services, as well as scope of practice of all health care professions.
  • The Department of Natural Resources, Mr.
  • The Department of Social and Health Services has requested this legislation to phase out the Community
  • Speaker, Section 2, by December 31st, 2025, the Department of Social and Health Services shall develop
  • Speaker, Section 2, by December 31st, 2025, the Department of Social and Health Services shall develop
Summary: The House took up several bills on second and third reading, beginning with House Bill 2360 on expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools. A motion to recommit the bill to the House Health Care and Wellness Committee failed on a roll call vote, 38 yeas to 56 nays. Supporters said the bill would help school nurses respond to students in respiratory distress and reflected input from nurses, OSPI, and the Department of Health. Opponents raised concerns about training, drug interactions, follow-up care, costs to districts, and schools making medical decisions without a diagnosis. The bill then passed 60-34. House Bill 2467, clarifying measurement rules for fifth-wheel travel trailers, passed 94-0 after sponsors said it would help Washington dealers and consumers. House Bill 1983, relating to timberland tax treatment when land is sold to DNR, passed 68-26 amid debate over whether it would help forest management or make it easier for DNR to acquire timberland. House Bill 2531, updating ambulance transport fund quality assurance rules to align with federal regulations and preserve matching funds, passed unanimously 94-0. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 1390, which phases out the Community Protection Program for certain developmentally disabled individuals with high-risk histories and transfers participants to other waiver programs. Supporters said the program was overly restrictive, out of compliance with federal law, and had trapped people in long-term confinement-like conditions; opponents argued it would weaken public safety and move dangerous individuals into community settings without adequate safeguards. The bill passed 52-44. House Bill 2367, eliminating a preferential treatment related to the former TransAlta coal plant in Centralia, passed 63-33 after supporters framed it as closing the book on coal and opponents warned about energy reliability, jobs, and an emergency clause. Substitute House Bill 2133, making a property tax exemption for certain senior centers permanent, passed 96-0. Substitute House Bill 2355, establishing labor protections for domestic workers, passed 57-39 after supporters emphasized dignity and long-standing worker abuse concerns, while opponents cited fiscal impacts. The House then passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2534, with a technical amendment, to improve educational stability for children in military families; it passed 96-0. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1974, creating a land banking framework to support affordable housing, passed 59-37 after an amendment reduced fiscal impact by striking some tax preference sections. House Bill 2223, allowing certain irrigation district board service by farmers with spouses employed by the district, passed 93-3. Substitute House Bill 2239, allowing family burial grounds on private property, passed 96-0 after supporters cited rural needs, cultural traditions, and personal family stories. The session also included a brief congratulatory recognition for Representative David Stuebe after his first bill passed the House.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fourth order of business.
  • Sixth order of business. Second reading of bills.
  • We had a Department of Corrections facility that cost $12.5 million just to replace the roof.
  • This is a really good piece of legislation coming out of capital budget.
  • It's going to ensure that we have better coverage of veterinary services when there are issues on the
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.