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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 19th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, committee members. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Committee. Secretary Greenstein.
  • Committee. Secretary Greenstein?
  • Thank you, committee members. SB 194. Thank you, Chairman. Thank you, committee members. SB 194.
  • Good morning, committee members.
  • Thank you, committee.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services is called to order.
  • committee was put together.
  • So that's what we came out of the committee.
  • Good morning, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
  • The main thing I'm going to say is study committee. Why are we doing a study committee?
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several health-related bills, with the longest discussion centered on SB 1214, the Arizona Stem Cell Therapy Act. The bill would regulate stem cell and birth tissue therapies, bar use of tissues derived from aborted fetuses or embryos, require informed consent and disclosure for non-FDA-approved therapies, and create civil and criminal penalties for violations. Supporters framed it as a patient-safety and bioscience-innovation measure, while opponents objected to the abortion-related language and felony penalties. The committee approved SB 1214 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also advanced SB 1194, which would prohibit health professionals and institutions from denying care or reducing care quality based on vaccination status, and SB 1814, which creates a study committee on substance use disorder treatment standards and oversight. SB 1602, increasing monthly stipends for kinship foster care parents, and SB 1603, expanding child-only cash assistance eligibility for certain foster and relative placements, were both amended and passed unanimously. SB 1177, barring public funds from being used for gender transition procedures, and SB 1014, requiring insurance coverage for detransition care and related reporting, both drew strong support and opposition and were each approved on 4-3 votes. Later, the committee unanimously passed SB 1628, requiring insurers and health plans to report claims-denial and prior-authorization data to DIFI for public reporting, and SB 1629, requiring AHCCCS managed care organizations to give advance notice and network-adequacy documentation before terminating high-volume providers without cause. Supporters of both bills emphasized transparency and patient access, while opponents argued the measures duplicated existing federal or state oversight. The committee then heard SB 1752, which would criminalize commercial harvesting or sale of mescaline while preserving a religious-use defense; the sponsor said it was intended to address improper sales of peyote-derived substances, but no final action on that bill was taken in the portion provided.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance Apr 9th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, committee.
  • Chairman, members of the committee.
  • Thank you, committee.
  • Thank you, committee.
  • Thank you, committee. House Bill 4321 is simply an unamendatory bill.
HI
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  • Committee members, community stakeholders, and as we go through the committee, it's not clear that we
  • Committee members, community stakeholders.
  • Aloha, Chair, Vice Chair, Committee Aloha, Chair, Vice Chair, Committee members.<00:28:42.520> Stephanie
  • Uh, that’s what the committee report was from the Senate.
  • Committee the opportunity to review it. Committee the opportunity to review it.
Summary: The House Housing Committee opened its Friday morning hearing by noting potentially catastrophic flooding on the island and acknowledging that some members were absent helping their communities, so quorum for voting was uncertain. The committee then heard testimony on several housing-related measures, with most bills drawing support from housing agencies and community organizations and little or no opposition in the room. On SB 2069 SD2, SB 2177 SD2, and SB 2342 SD2, witnesses largely supported the measures. HHFDC supported SB 2069 and SB 2177, and HPHA supported SB 2342. For SB 2342, HHFDC raised concerns that the bill would alter the Qualified Allocation Plan outside the normal open, public process required by federal law and could exclude stakeholders; Kathy Charities echoed those concerns and also objected to changing point allocations in ways that could raise rents and weaken long-term affordability. Members questioned HHFDC about how the QAP is normally updated, the meaning of the point system, and whether a legislative working group could mandate changes; HHFDC said recommendations would still need public hearing and board approval. The committee also heard SB 2060 SD2, which would create a mixed-income subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund. HHFDC said the subaccount would likely use tier-two funds, estimated at about $100 million total, to support mixed-income projects above 60% AMI, citing Front Street Apartments as a possible example. Members asked about project selection and funding needs. On SB 2544 SD2, OHA opposed the bill’s Chapter 6E-related exemptions and mandatory review timelines, arguing that burial review protections should not be weakened and that the SPEED Task Force process was a better venue for streamlining. The sponsor later clarified that the bill was not meant to eliminate the 60-day review process but to make the deadline clearer. For SB 3011 SD1, which concerns public housing and pet ownership, HPHA and several humane organizations supported the measure, saying it would help low-income residents and seniors keep pets and benefit from animal companionship. HPHA explained its existing pet policy, including deposits, monthly fees, and restrictions, and said the requested funding would support ADA-accessible pet areas and related administration. Finally, on SB 2061 SD2, HCDA supported the bill while OHA opposed it unless protections for Hawaiian Crown and Government lands were strengthened. Committee members questioned the project’s 60/40 split between income-restricted and market-rate units, the 10-year owner-occupancy restriction, and the procurement exemption; the sponsor said the exemption was tied to a real estate transaction and that the project would still use 103D-like solicitation procedures. No votes were taken during the hearing, and several items were left for later action because quorum was uncertain.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • time to file those committee reports. time to file those committee reports.
  • Diana Satnis with the Office committee.
  • committee for studying this for hearing. committee for studying this for hearing.
  • Um I'm sure the first committee.
  • affordability committee. affordability committee.
Summary: The committee first took up HB 2611, which would prohibit algorithmic price-setting in Hawaii’s rental market, require public education by the Attorney General, and establish fines and penalties. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying its language was too unclear and could expose landlords and agents to criminal and civil liability for ordinary rent-setting practices based on public information or assistance from property professionals. Members asked about antitrust standards, tacit agreement, and whether using county-published affordable-rent schedules would be unlawful; the AG said that would not be unlawful if based on public information and without collusion. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Realtors with comments, 50501 Hawaii and General Strike Hawaii, Haloha Project, 13 individuals, and one opponent. The committee then heard HB 2102, which clarifies that residential projects involving ground disturbance in high-risk areas remain subject to state historic preservation review and removes an exemption for lands presumed nominally sensitive. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and the Department of Planning and Permitting supported the measure, saying it would improve clarity and ensure review focuses on projects most likely to affect historic properties or iwi kupuna, while also urging language refinements to better define sensitive sandy-soil areas and balance preservation with housing timelines. NAP Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing it would undo progress made last session and that the current process already includes protections for inadvertent discoveries and efficiency for lower-risk areas. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly supported HB 2102, explaining it was responding to beneficiary complaints about late-added language in last year’s law and saying the nominally sensitive-area language should be removed because it was adopted without sufficient stakeholder input and could be harmful to iwi kupuna protections. Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and several individuals also supported the bill. Committee discussion focused on how “nominally sensitive” areas are determined, whether project proponents could self-certify areas as exempt, and how high-density residential projects should be treated; SHPD said it uses survey and monitoring data to map sensitivity, that highly sensitive areas like Kīauea are not nominally sensitive, and that some high-density projects should remain exempt if they do not involve new ground disturbance. The hearing included no final vote in the portion provided, but the chair noted 48 individuals in support and continued questioning on the bill’s definitions and implementation.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Joint resolutions on second reading assignment, Reassignment of bills and resolutions, Conference committee
  • reports, Joint committee reports, Motions placing new business.
  • Speaker, the Judicial Criminal Committee meets today at 3 o'clock.
  • so we can discuss it before committee.
  • The very first committee of the year in the Very best committee of the year will be meeting at 10:30
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  • She has been active in OPA's medical advisory committee, a member of the former HCA committee, and OPA's
  • committee for managed care.
  • Governor's escort committee. Senator Howard, Senator Weaver, Senator Pugughh, Senator Hamilton.
  • The joint committee from the House and the Senate...
  • The joint committee from the House and the Senate...
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Referred to the committee on Elections. SB54 by Hughes.
  • voter registration after the registrars receive a certain change of address notice as part of the Committee
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • House is in session, including Tuesday, September 2nd, pursuant to their committee posting.
  • On first reading, referrals to committee: The following resolutions are being referred to the Committee
  • Representative Anchia, you serve on the House Committee on State Affairs. I do. Okay.
  • Committee business. This was fun. Hmm, I remember something with disrespect.
  • Currently, the nine-member committee is composed of seven camp operators.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, members, the Senate Education Committee K through 16 will begin its agenda.
  • It was left pending in this very same committee in 2023, and we are...
  • Committee members. My name is Barsa Harkleroad, and I'm here as a resource speaker for SB 5381.
  • Chairman, committee members, thank you for this opportunity.
  • The committee has heard clear testimony: early intervention works.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, please, the committee substitute.
  • committee.
  • Senator Miles sends up the committee substitute. is a committee substitute for Senate Bill 2919.
  • I understand there is a committee substitute. Senator Perry sends out. committee substitute.
  • With no other business to come before the committee, Senator Perry moves that the committee stands in
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Apr 7th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I do have a committee substitute.
  • Members, I do have a committee substitute. Senator Perry sends up the committee substitute.
  • I appear before the committee in support of the bill today and the committee substitute on behalf of.
  • I ask the committee to withdraw the committee substitute because of some of the feedback from members
  • Senator Johnson moves that the committee substitute for Senate Bill 1624 do not pass, but that the committee
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Apr 7th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and committee.
  • I do have a committee substitute. Chairman Perry lays out the committee substitute.
  • Members, I do have a committee substitute. Senator Perry sends up the committee substitute.
  • I appear before the committee in support of the bill today and the committee substitute on behalf of
  • Senator Johnson moves that the committee substitute for Senate bill 1624 do not pass but a committee
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs heard several water-related bills, with testimony focused on drinking water quality, groundwater contamination notice, flood infrastructure funding, water rights conservation, and utility service areas. SB 1662 would limit TCEQ’s advance notice to public water systems to no more than 24 hours before testing after a consumer complaint, to reduce the chance of temporary treatment affecting results. SB 1663 would allow TCEQ to notify private well owners, groundwater conservation districts, and nearby residents by direct means about known groundwater contamination, rather than relying mainly on first-class mail and annual reporting. SB 2124 would move the deadline for publishing the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee’s annual report from April 1 to June 1. Witnesses on the first two bills described long-running water quality problems and delayed notice in their communities and supported the measures. No opposition was recorded, and each bill was left pending for a later vote. The committee also heard SB 1967, which would expand eligibility for Flood Infrastructure Fund financing to multipurpose projects that both reduce flooding and create water supply. Senator Hinojosa and Hidalgo County representatives described the Delta Reclamation Project as a shovel-ready example that would capture flood and drainage water, treat it, and produce new potable supply while also providing detention and flood mitigation. A Sierra Club witness also supported the bill, saying such projects could help manage floodwaters and reduce polluted discharges to bays and estuaries. The bill was left pending. A lengthy and divided discussion followed on SB 1413, which would expand the streamlined expedited release process for landowners seeking removal from a water or sewer CCN in additional counties. Senator Nichols said the bill was a property-rights measure aimed at legacy monopolies and bad actors who use CCNs to hold landowners hostage, while supporters described cases where developers could not get timely service, including fire flow, or were asked to fund infrastructure without reasonable recoupment. Opponents from rural water corporations and utility associations argued the bill would undermine investment in water infrastructure, strand debt, and weaken the return on planned expansion. PUC and TCEQ resource witnesses explained that compensation is handled case by case through appraisal and can include stranded costs, planning, design, construction, and some legal fees, but members noted the statute is unclear and discussed possible committee substitute language. Public testimony was closed with the bill left pending. Later, SB 1624 would allow the Texas Water Trust within the Texas Water Bank to hold donated water rights for conservation purposes and protect them from use-it-or-lose-it cancellation, and SB 863 would address Edwards Aquifer utilities that straddle the aquifer boundary by allowing them to continue using Edwards water within their certificated areas under specified conditions. Both bills were laid out, received no public opposition in the hearing, and were left pending.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair offers a committee substitute.
  • The chair offers a committee substitute. OK, thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
  • Um, the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities is a 12-member advisory committee with members
  • Uh, Chairman Craddock Committee, and thank you again for bringing this bill to the committee.
  • And I again appreciate this committee. I encourage this committee to act to keep our students safe.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair offers the committee substitute.
  • Good morning, Chair, ladies, and my friends on the committee.
  • The chair offers the committee substitute. Okay. Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
  • The committee substitute does not. The committee substitute brackets it only to the city of Pharr.
  • The committee. My name is Kane Smith.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're all gonna have your committee.
  • Guillen is laying out other bills in other committees.
  • Thank you, Chairman Craddick and committee members.
  • It's been a moving morning in this committee.
  • Okay, thank you, Chairman Craddock, committee members.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Let's go ahead and get rolling.
  • Thank you, committee members.
  • I hear from judges and other committees that I'm on... judges and other committees that I'm on, that
  • Say yes to get the bill out of committee with some reservations. out of committee with some reservations
  • The committee meeting is adjourned. Thank you all for sticking around.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • House of Delegates and the ACO Government Affairs Committee.
  • call census preparation bills that I have what we're doing in 3620 is creating the census count committee
  • also note that this legislation came about through the interim study I hosted in the House Energy Committee
  • I know we talked about this in committee when it ran through the committee.