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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 27th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In addition to pastoring the local congregation, Pastor Lee oversees mission organizations around the
  • He works with pastors and churches across the nation, and he's authored 10 books.
  • Senate Resolution No. 158 by Senator Womack is a resolution urging local governing authorities, with
  • parish offices of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, to consider adopting local ordinances
  • Okay, this is just a request for local governing authorities to consider adopting local ordinances to
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard a guest prayer by Pastor Lee Shipp, and conducted routine opening business including journal adoption, receipt of confirmation appointments, and House messages naming conferees on several Senate bill disagreements. The chamber also adopted or recognized several personal privilege resolutions and commendations, including honors for Grady Hazel, the Acadiana Veterans Hockey of Louisiana national championship team, Grambling State University’s 125th anniversary and related athletics/band centennials, the 2026 Governor’s Fellows, and a brief address by special guest Ms. Benson. Members then acted on a series of resolutions and concurrent resolutions. The Senate adopted measures creating or requesting study task forces on child permanency, medical malpractice review panels, driving school fees, the Minimum Foundation Program, and earthquake activity in north Louisiana, and it concurred in House resolutions on illegal dumping, gaming board review, behavioral health crisis center reimbursement, Medicaid incentive payment reporting, and a physician review panel study. Several condolence and commendation resolutions also passed, including those honoring Lewis Thomas Nelson and Josephine Ruth Kennedy, and the Senate adopted a resolution urging local governments to consider generator requirements for unlicensed senior and disability residential facilities. The chamber also took up House Bill 723, a motorcycle traffic-signal bill allowing certain two- and three-wheeled vehicles to proceed through malfunctioning vehicle-actuated signals under specified circumstances; after debate about safety and enforcement, it passed 33-3. The Senate then considered numerous House amendments to Senate bills, concurring in most, including bills on fluoridation/local opt-out, public assistance, nutrition, human trafficking training, bulletproof vests, adult residential care generators, cell-cultured food products, public benefits eligibility, attorney-fee limits in disciplinary proceedings, critical infrastructure protections, debit card surcharges, bank stock certificates, child welfare proceedings, digital student IDs, watershed restoration funding, innovation hubs, sports agent registration, and manufactured housing regulation. It rejected House amendments to SB 283 and SB 408 for further negotiation. The session ended with announcements for committee meetings and a recess until 2 p.m.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will the state still be able to preempt or override local authority, county authority on matters as we
  • I am a fan of local control, but my concern here is this is no longer going to be locally controlled;
  • When size withholds local authority on a basis unrelated to those principles, it's not preserving order
  • Will there be questions of the author?
  • Will there be questions of the author?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill intends to co-author the bill.
  • I want to commend the author for bringing this.
  • The author has thought about it.
  • In your opinion, could local governments handle this better than without the state Involvement the local
  • I want to thank the author for bringing this forward.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will there be questions on the author? Seeing no questions. will there be questions on the author.
  • Will the state still be able to preempt or override local authority, county authority on matter?
  • Or override local authority, county authority on matters as we are now. Thank you, Mr. President.
  • And when the size withholds local authority on a basis unrelated to those principles, it's not preserving
  • Could the author repeat that?
Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, a ceremonial recognition of two Elgin High School students, Clayton Raoul and Leon Anderson, and bus driver Kevin McDonald for their heroic actions during a March 2 bus crash. A citation was read honoring their selfless efforts to evacuate injured students and assist first responders. The chamber also introduced several student pages and recognized visiting groups in the gallery, including Impact Oklahoma and the Ardmore Leadership Group. The Senate then considered several bills. Senate Bill 1491, requiring appointed presidential electors to take the same oath as other electors, advanced and passed. Senate Bill 1579, which requires assessors to mail taxpayers a statement of rights when property valuations increase, also advanced and passed unanimously. Senate Bill 1806, extending foster care eligibility to age 21 for those who opt in and meet program requirements, drew supportive debate about helping youth transition to adulthood; it advanced and passed as an emergency measure. A lengthy debate followed on Senate Bill 1552, which would allow certain large counties to pursue home rule charters through a voter-approved process. Supporters argued it would give populous counties more flexibility and local control, while opponents raised concerns about unequal treatment, population-based governance, rural representation, and possible constitutional issues. The bill advanced and then passed 26-18. Senate Bill 483, authorizing county-run relocation assistance programs funded by private donations for voluntarily relocating individuals, especially homeless persons, also prompted extensive questions about liability, trafficking concerns, accountability, and whether it could shift people between jurisdictions; it advanced and passed 39-6. Finally, Senate Bill 63, raising school board member stipends from $25 to $190 per meeting under permissive language, advanced over concerns about cost and then moved to final passage, with debate beginning at the end of the transcript.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • level to address the needs that they have locally, and this could hinder that.
  • fire marshal and Local entities like that.
  • Board of County Commissioners and the local municipality.
  • Can a local independent pharmacy mail a prescription to a patient?
  • their medication if that's how They want it delivered to them from the local pharmacy.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this is not to circumvent local control.
  • fire marshal and local entities like that.
  • board of county commissioners and the local municipality.
  • All of them have eight or ten authors on them.
  • Can a local independent pharmacy mail a prescription to a patient?
Summary: The committee took up a series of health, human services, and related bills. House Bill 3552, allowing child care providers to bridge the gap between subsidy reimbursement rates and standard tuition rates, was adopted and reported out 11-2. House Bill 2984, as a substitute, would direct DHS to compile a report on the child care system, including subsidy payment error rates, the number of facilities, closures, and voluntary closure feedback; it was reported out 14-0. House Bill 4201, changing master teacher requirements in child care from licensed capacity to actual enrollment, also passed unanimously. House Bill 3380, creating the Fostering the Future for Oklahoma Children and Families Act to modernize foster care data systems and improve outcomes, passed 12-0. House Bill 4430 and House Bill 4431, both cleanup measures tied to prior nurse practitioner/PA scope and pharmacy-related provisions, each passed 13-0. Several bills focused on health care access, regulation, and public safety. House Bill 4124 would allow over-the-counter ivermectin sales for human use with labeling and dosing information; after extensive questioning about safety, labeling, children, and liability, it passed 9-5. House Bill 3934, a large amended measure affecting dental practice and supervision rules, passed 14-0 after discussion about x-rays, telemedicine, and dental assistants. House Bill 3448, requiring insurance coverage related to group home provider liability for property damage, passed 14-0. House Bill 3131, setting baseline standards and oversight for homeless shelters with roles split between Commerce and Health, drew concerns about local control, temporary shelters, and fiscal impact, but passed 8-6. House Bill 4200, creating a revolving fund for forensic assertive community treatment teams to address the jail-to-homelessness cycle for people with severe mental illness, passed 11-3. The committee also advanced several public health, consumer, and industry bills. House Bill 1912, the Corn Masa Nutrition Enhancement Act, generated extensive debate over folic acid fortification, parental choice, MTHFR genetics, and potential health effects; with a PCS allowing a non-fortified option, it passed 9-5. House Bill 3011 repealed the home brewing license while keeping home-brewing limits and sales restrictions, and passed 11-3. House Bill 3881, the Alternative Nicotine Products Regulatory Act, increased application costs and removed a registry deemed inconsistent with federal law, passing 13-0. House Bill 3538, targeting pharmacy benefit manager vertical integration and its effects on access and pricing, passed 13-0 after discussion of mail-order restrictions and pharmacy closures. House Bill 3851, defining private label/control label alcoholic beverages under the three-tier system, also passed 13-0. House Bill 3907, requiring direct-hire staffing for facilities serving vulnerable adults and children with a short temporary staffing grace period, passed 13-0. The committee then moved on to House Bill 4457, a specialty-drug/PBM measure, with discussion beginning about PBM practices and specialty pharmacy access.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs May 9th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, this concurrent resolution authorizes the Texas School for the Deaf to name its currently unnamed
  • May only be approved and authorized by concurrent resolution passed by the legislature and signed by
  • The Texas legislature acted last session to ensure uniform uniformality in local regulations, and SB
  • Um, as Chair Darby just laid out, it, it cleans up part of the local government code where there's a
Committee: House State Affairs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 9th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This concurrent resolution authorizes the Texas School for the Deaf to name its currently unnamed middle
  • government code section 2165.005, which requires that a proposed name may only be approved and authorized
  • The Texas Legislature acted last session to ensure uniformity in local regulations, and SB 1036 builds
  • It ends up as part of the local government code where there's a conflict about whether someone who's
Bills: SB1036 , SB1566 , SB1664 , SB2268 , SCR5 , SCR8 , SCR9 , SCR32 , SCR46
Committee: House State Affairs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, are there other questions for the bill authors?
  • Members, are there any questions for the bill author?
  • Members, any questions for the bill's author? Okay, thank you.
  • We thought it was just us, but then I was looking, you know, the local mental health authority in El
  • Members, any questions for the bill's author? Okay, thank you. We'll leave.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, are there other questions for the bill author?
  • All right, members, any questions for the bill author?
  • Members, are there other questions for the bill author?
  • All right, members, any questions for the bill author?
  • All right, members, any questions for the bill author?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Feb 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Question of, do we have this authority, does the legislature agree that we have this authority?
  • Oh, okay, well, we have the authority to fix it. We've suddenly found the authority to fix it.
  • You had no authority to stop until all of a sudden, today, you have the authority to stop it, all of
  • Yeah, I think it's a long road.
  • The vet court was going to move local, and the chief probably don't want it to go to local.
Summary: The meeting was a crucial session for discussing several important bills including SB992, which aims to establish a clear time frame for the Attorney General's approval on outside legal counsel for state agencies. Senator Nichols presented the bill, emphasizing its necessity for timely responses to ensure efficient legal processing. Another notable discussion centered around SB523, which seeks to allow parole and probation officers to use a business address on their driver's licenses for safety and security purposes. This bill passed favorably out of the committee, with public testimony supporting the need for such provisions due to the risks these officers face.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 18th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some of our parishes, whether they're sheriffs or local, maybe a larger police force or state police,
  • Several years ago, our church took up a big offering, and we provided these for our local sheriff's office
  • I'll never forget how deep the water was on Range Road in 2016. I don't have a question.
  • I'll never forget how deep the water was on Range Road in 2016.
  • Senate Bill 388 by Senator Hodges authorizes review of state contracts for foreign adversaries and terrorist
Bills: SB143 , SB367 , SB388 , SB398
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Insurance May 13th, 2026

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • In New Jersey, that meant a savings of 25% for state employees and 18% for local employees.
  • that meant a savings of 25% for state employees and 18% for lower for state employees, and 18% for local
  • PBMs, whether they like it or not, or whether we like it or not, are where the rubber meets the road.
  • I’ve spoken with the author, Senator Kathy.
  • I've spoken with the author, Senator Kathy.
Bills: SB511 , SB512 , HB591 , HB909 , HB938 , HB1154 , HB1187
Committee: Senate Insurance
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Consumer Protection & Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • We appreciate that this bill maintains a strong focus on public safety by explicitly authorizing the
  • House Bill 2207 creates a bonded beer warehouse license to authorize the storage and handling of beer
  • As way of background, a domestic winery license authorizes a winery to manufacture wine, sell wine of
  • Peter Clawfelter continued: As a reminder, the bill authorizes a liquor licensee to operate out of a
  • This bill specifies that these types of authorized arrangements do not violate provisions of the tied
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 12th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Local laws code.
  • House Bill 2692 has Representative Guillén as the primary author.
  • I just want to ask the author: it's an interesting suit you chose today.
  • Any questions for the bill author?
  • I'll get it local, I will, I'll get it certified.
Bills: HB630 , HB685 , HB1318 , HB2692