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OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Greggo now moves that House Bill 1411 be advanced from general order without objection
  • Without objection, that'll be the order.
  • on the bill, Representative Heffner now moves that House Bill 3901 be advanced from general order without
  • Representative Blair requested unanimous consent that the resolution be adopted without objection.
  • Without objection, that'll be the order. The House of Representatives will stand adjourned until
OK
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  • Without objection, that'll be the order. Third reading of the bill.
  • Without objection, Mr. Floor Leader. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  • Without objection, that'll be the order. Third reading of the bill.
  • Without objection, that'll be the order.
  • Without objection, that'll be the order.
Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, and then took up several second- and third-reading items. Senate Bill 392 was assigned to Administrative Rules. Members also heard personal privileges and introductions, including a remembrance request for Oakland Ray Domer, recognition of a long-serving House staff member, and introductions of guests from Eastern Oklahoma State College, Associated Builders and Contractors of Oklahoma, the Doctor of the Day, and the Nurse of the Day. The chamber passed several measures. House Bill 1411 created a True Grit Trail for tourism, with supporters saying signage would be privately funded and installed at no cost to the state; it passed 92-0. House Bill 3143 extended the moratorium on new medical marijuana grow licensing to August 1, 2028, with supporters arguing it would help curb oversupply and black market activity; it passed 82-8. House Bill 3144, also related to medical marijuana, set a cap framework for when the moratorium ends so the industry would not return to rapid expansion; it passed 82-15. House Bill 3901 established a five-year pilot project for psychological autopsies within the State Department of Health to improve suicide prevention, but members raised concerns about privacy, rulemaking, and the bill’s breadth; it passed 73-24. House Concurrent Resolution 1019 supported naming a planned turnpike segment the Toby Keith Expressway in honor of the late singer’s music career, patriotism, charity work, and support for Oklahoma communities. House Bill 3981 created a locality incentive program for assistant district attorneys in areas of need and passed 83-11. The House then adjourned until February 26, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's amazing in and of itself, and it wouldn't have happened without this man.
  • Without objection, that will be the order.
  • Without objection, that will be the order.
  • Without objection, that'll be the order. Third reading of the bill.
  • Without objection, that'll be the order.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 036 Feb 19th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

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  • therewith, permitting a retiree to work as an executive director of a board of cooperative services without
  • therewith, permitting a retiree to work as an executive director of a board of cooperative services without
  • We have consideration of some appointments to the Juvenile Parole Board followed by SB 85 followed by
Keywords: 981, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-03-28

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Without going way too deep into the weeds, could you just walk me through?
  • Without crime victim services, victims are left to deal with the consequences of their victimization
  • Those include things like MRE, the creation of the supervised release board, parole board, and many other
Bills: HF2432
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Jan 15th, 2026

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  • Are they going to have a quality of life that they want?
  • I think Representative Harris pointed out that without adequate preceptors in place, we are going to
  • It's going to help every goal and everything they do because without staff at ISP they can't do their
  • These are things we want to see, and this one deals with recidivism, parole revocations, and other correction-related
Keywords: 989, all
Summary: The meeting focused first on a legislative working group report created under House Bill 368 from the prior session on medical education in Idaho. The presenter described Idaho’s physician shortage, noting the state ranks 50th per capita in physicians and would need roughly 1,400 additional physicians to reach the national average. The group’s unanimous recommendations included maintaining current state-supported medical school seats, adding 10 new non-WAMI seats this year, expanding graduate medical education by 15 seats, prioritizing in-state training, and creating a dedicated health education coordination role to manage undergraduate and graduate placements, clinical sites, and data. Members discussed whether WAMI should also expand, the quality of WAMI graduates, the need for more clinical preceptors and residency sites, rural recruitment incentives, and whether the plan should include other health professions such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The presenter said the plan includes benchmarks and timelines, and estimated costs of about $350,000 for coordination, $350,000 to $485,000 for 10 new UME seats depending on placement, and $900,000 for the GME request. The committee then heard from Legislative Audit Division Manager April Renfro on the state’s 2024 single audit and related accountability work. She reported $5.4 billion in federal assistance audited, 21 major federal programs across 15 agencies, 45 findings, seven repeat findings, $2.4 million in known questioned costs, and $2 million in projected questioned costs. Major issues were concentrated at the Department of Health and Welfare, including Medicaid findings involving delayed health and safety surveys, managed care provider eligibility and roster controls, and capitation payments tied to ineligible members; Child Care and Development Fund reporting and cost-allocation errors; and repeat issues in vocational rehabilitation and low-income home energy programs. She also noted Department of Environmental Quality problems with indirect cost proposals and a duplicate grant draw, while Transportation had no findings. Members asked about accountability for repeat findings, the role of Luma in reporting errors, fraud detection, and how to prioritize corrective action; Renfro said agencies, federal management decisions, and legislative oversight all play a role, and she planned to send a prioritized list of key findings to the co-chairs. A later presentation by budget analyst Brooke Dupree introduced front-end reports in the legislative budget book, explaining state government structure, the constitutional limit of 20 executive departments, and how the Legislature uses decision units to build appropriations. She walked through the original appropriation, reappropriations, supplemental appropriations, and how those pieces roll into the current-year total appropriation, with members asking brief questions about departmental divisions and the budget model.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-06 - 11:00AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

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  • . >> H. 559, an act relating to the parole board. >> H. 559, an act relating to the parole board. >>
  • The courthouse has security challenges and life safety concerns, accessibility issues, and sits at a
  • disclose consumer genetic data to an entity responsible for making decisions about health insurance, life
  • Coerced debt occurs when a perpetrator uses the victim's personal information without their knowledge
  • </c><01:54:37.840><c> their</c> personal information without their personal information without their
Keywords: 927, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 2nd, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Without objection, such shall be the order.
  • His medical challenges came to dominate his life.
  • Without objection.
  • instead of seven years to life. current law.
  • recommended that he take his life by suicide.
Keywords: 988, house, all
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 3/23/2026 #1

Maryland House Floor Meeting

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  • Our work could not be completed without their tireless efforts.
  • We did all this without increasing any fees or taxes.
  • We did all this without rainy day fund.
  • We did all this without increasing<00:03:35.080><c> any</c><00:03:35.800><c> fees</c><00:03:36.080><c
  • Life is too short. It's hard to believe that our friend, Delegate Otto, is gone.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 30, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I rise today to honor the life and I rise today to honor the life and extraordinary legacy of Spencer
  • It's our way of life.
  • Without objection. Mr.
  • Without objection, the gentleman is Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.
  • Stop the abuse of parole.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am

Joint Committee on Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • For the first time in decades, I experienced life without constant pain.
  • We represent life.
  • Nothing about us without us. Ours is a very diverse community. Nothing about us without us.
  • and promote life itself.
  • With a renewed ability to live life without debilitating symptoms, I now educate anyone who will listen
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee opened by explaining hearing procedures and time limits, then heard testimony on House 2499, a bill to create a public awareness campaign on menopause and related midlife health issues. Supporters, including a nurse, the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, and other advocates, said menopause is widely misunderstood by patients and providers, leading to delayed care, unnecessary suffering, workplace impacts, and inequities in women’s health. Several speakers shared personal experiences with symptoms being dismissed or misdiagnosed and urged the committee to advance the bill. The committee then took testimony on a package of endometriosis bills, including House 2527 and Senate 1564, calling for a task force and broader awareness efforts. Patients, a physician, and advocates described long diagnostic delays, severe pain, infertility, medical gaslighting, and limited access to specialists and effective treatment. They argued for more research, provider education, and a coordinated state strategy, and several asked for favorable reports. The chair also noted the hearing was running behind and extended time to allow more testimony. Later, the committee heard Senate 1579, which would eliminate parental consent and judicial bypass requirements for abortion access for minors under 16. Planned Parenthood representatives, physicians, legal advocates, and students argued the current law creates unnecessary delays and harms vulnerable youth, especially those in unsafe homes or foster care, while supporters said minors can already consent to other reproductive health care. A pro-life witness opposed the bill and emphasized parental involvement and support services. The committee also heard House 2403 and Senate 1560, which would create a Human Service Transportation Consumer Advisory Board; disability advocates and riders described past safety problems and current service gaps, and supported the board as a low-cost way to improve accountability, rider input, and reliability. No votes or final actions were taken in the excerpt.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 9th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also refers to imminent threats causing serious damage, injury, or loss of life or property.
  • annuity is guaranteed for the life of the retired police officer.
  • The minimum pension benefit is paid for a straight-life annuity.
  • It affects everybody's life on a daily basis. And we really needed to find a solution.
  • There are things that we can. to lower property taxes for Nebraska residents without raising them.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 9th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

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  • Without objection, so ordered. Senators, please return to your seats for final reading. Mr.
  • Veterans with qualifying service may receive a permit without fee upon application, including certain
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Actually doing better in life. Do we track any of that?
  • , life after retirement, or just as being an older person.
  • Without CalWORKs, we would have struggled.
  • Without this flexibility, our hands will be tied.
  • We honestly couldn't do the work without them.
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

Public Health Aug 13th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Without QSAM or without that? What do you want? It's up to you. Let's do it without the receipt.
  • Delta 9 saved my life.
  • At my lowest, I nearly took my own life. At my lowest, I nearly took my own life.
  • Yes, sir, without question.
  • Life was hopeless.
Committee: House Public Health
Summary: The House Committee on Public Health heard House Bill 5, a proposal to ban THC products outside the Texas Compassionate Use Program while allowing non-intoxicating CBD and CBG products under tighter regulation. Chair Van Deaver gave a lengthy background on the 2018 federal Farm Bill and Texas’s 2019 hemp law, arguing that the lack of guardrails allowed a large, unregulated THC market to develop. HB 5 would impose licensing fees, product registration, testing and inspection requirements, and restrictions intended to keep products away from children. Invited witnesses from law enforcement strongly supported the bill. Steve Dye of the Texas Police Chiefs Association and Brian Hawthorne of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas argued that THC consumables are widely mislabeled, often far more potent than advertised, and linked to youth access, impaired driving, and organized crime. Both said regulation would be ineffective and would amount to legalization, while a ban would be easier for officers to enforce. They also emphasized support for the Texas Compassionate Use Program and said medical THC should remain available. Dr. Peter Stout of the Texas Association of Crime Lab Directors and Alice Amelot of Texas DPS testified as resource witnesses about forensic testing. They said current lab resources are already stretched thin, that quantitative testing for THC and related cannabinoids is expensive and time-consuming, and that a ban would simplify enforcement because labs could focus on presence/absence testing rather than concentration. Amelot said DPS labs are neutral on the bill but explained that mislabeled products and inaccurate certificates of analysis are common. Committee members asked about traffic safety, impairment, youth use, and the costs of enforcement and lab testing; witnesses repeatedly said the bill would reduce complexity for law enforcement but that any approach would still require more resources for labs.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 3, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Without insurance, my monthly bill for my three injectable drugs the good life.
  • Without Medicaid, I wouldn't have made it. If I lost Medicaid, it would completely change my life.
  • . life. life.
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  • life life or<06:28:58.558><c> death.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Tue Feb 4, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Such behavior may be grounds for removal from the hearing without the ability to rejoin.
  • <c> hearing</c> grounds for for removal from the hearing grounds for for removal from the hearing without
  • the ability ability to rejoin without the ability ability to rejoin intensifiers<00:09:20.920><c> um
  • Parol is the executive director for the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities.
  • Parol is the executive director for the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills related to consumer protection, liquor regulation, construction procurement, and state contracting. On House Bill 565, DCCA and the Office of Consumer Protection stood on written testimony, and a committee member raised a question about whether creators of remains would have to hold them indefinitely if family members did not respond; the member indicated language would be fixed to address that issue. No vote was taken. House Bill 208, dealing with liquor law changes, drew strong support from Scarlet Honolulu and Maui Brewing Company, who said the measure would modernize liquor rules and add guardrails, while the Wine Institute and Anheuser-Busch opposed it as a special tax break or unnecessary expansion of liquor-related authority. Members questioned whether anonymous complaints should be allowed and whether the bill could lead to retaliation; the supporter said complaints should not be anonymous and suggested the Liquor Commission had been accused of writing complaints to target licenses. No action was taken. House Bill 939, concerning taxation of low-ABV spirits-based beverages, received support from Maui Brewing Company and Johnson Brothers, who said it would align tax treatment with existing categories and reduce confusion, while the Wine Institute and Anheuser-Busch opposed it as a narrow tax break that could reduce revenue and should instead be considered in a broader alcohol tax review. House Bill 808, on construction defect insurance or related protections for state projects, drew comments from DAGS, the State Procurement Office, and the Subcontractors Association, with the latter warning it would make state contracting harder and shrink the contractor base; the chair questioned what recourse the state has when defects appear after a project is completed. House Bill 809, addressing procurement and subcontractor-listing corrections, drew opposition from SPO, DAGS, and the Subcontractors Association, while the General Contractors Association supported it; members debated whether a 24-hour correction window would create abuse or simply allow minor ministerial fixes, and the bill’s sponsor said the goal was to reduce bid protests and procurement discretion. No votes or final committee actions were recorded in the excerpt.
WV
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  • [Speaker continues] “Inadvertently or without the E-Verify check being done,” which conflicts in some
  • It's a motion without debate. All those in favor of this? Sorry?
  • It is a motion without debate. It is a motion without debate.
  • It is a motion without debate. Roll call has been requested. Is the request sustained?
  • You can file to run for just a general without filing for the primary, yes, as an independent.
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 4198, which would require employers to use E-Verify to confirm new hires’ work authorization and impose escalating penalties for violations, including warnings, debarment from state contracts, loss of business licenses, and other sanctions. Counsel and senators raised extensive drafting concerns, including circular language, conflicts with existing record-retention provisions, unclear references to “seeks to employ,” possible application to babysitters, lawn care, and other casual or household arrangements, and uncertainty about how the bill would work for employers who never actually complete a hire. The bill sponsor defended the measure as a way to strengthen compliance with existing law, protect employers who use E-Verify in good faith, and deter illegal hiring. After debate, a motion to table the bill failed on a roll call vote, 6 in favor and 10 opposed, and the chair then announced the bill would be sent to a subcommittee to be cleaned up, with instructions to resolve the drafting conflicts and other ambiguities. The committee then turned to House Bill 4710, with an amendment, which would require a person to be registered with a political party or as an independent 210 days before filing a certificate of candidacy. Counsel explained that the change would lengthen the current 60-day requirement and would affect both party-switching and independent candidacies, making it harder for candidates to change affiliation shortly before an election. Senators asked about how the 210-day period would work relative to the primary and general election filing deadlines, and counsel clarified that it would be measured backward from the relevant filing dates. The discussion focused on the practical effect of the bill as a “sore loser” measure and on the timing rules for candidacy filings.