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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-23-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 2138 and House Draft 1, relating to the Hawaii National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program
  • National Guard State<00:02:32.920> Tuition<00:02:33.360> Assistance<00:02:34.040> Program
  • <00:02:35.120> And<00:02:35.440> on State Tuition Assistance Program.
  • And on State Tuition Assistance Program.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's an $18 million dollar program that provides grants for equipment needs that 77 sheriffs have in
  • So I may need you to repeat it, but this is a You know, this is a grant program that is in its third
  • I want to Remind the gentleman that this is the third year of the grant program.
  • And then you'll see $44.5 million for growing our public libraries in support of a grant program for
  • This is year three of a five-year program for a CrNA program. Thank you.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • requirements relating to water improvement programs the statutorily prescribed land division disclosure
  • These types of augmentation and transportation programs will enable us to better manage the totality
  • And then there are other programs, there are conservation programs, serious conservation programs that
  • persons to make gifts, grants, or donations for the purpose of providing financial assistance. ...by
  • This voluntary program allows participants to generate ERCs by creating permanent emission reductions
Summary: The committee began with an informational presentation from Gordon Shemp of Nemecu Analytics on Arizona transportation fuel supply and pricing. He explained that Arizona sits at the end of the pipeline system, relies on limited terminal inventories, and can experience only about a seven-day fuel supply if pipelines are disrupted. He attributed recent price spikes to constrained pipeline capacity, Kinder Morgan pressure reductions after PHMSA anomaly reviews, and recovering demand, and he also discussed California refinery closures, increased imports from overseas, and proposed new pipeline capacity into Phoenix from the east. Committee members asked about fuel formulations and pipeline logistics, and Shemp said the proposed project would not change fuel specifications, only transport capacity. The committee then took up House Bill 2758, which would allow eligible entities in La Paz County’s McMullen Valley groundwater basin to transport groundwater to AMAs under specified limits and conditions, with related provisions on fees, districts, and water improvement programs. Supporters, including Stan Barnes, Jim Downing, and Barry Arons, argued the bill follows the Harquahala model, provides needed augmentation for urban Arizona, and includes local benefits and guardrails. Opponents, including La Paz County Supervisor Holly Irwin, Devonna Sater, and Ed Curry, said the bill would worsen groundwater decline, subsidence, and well failures in Salome and Wenden and favored outside investors over rural residents. After debate, the committee approved HB 2758 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also heard and advanced several other water-related bills. HB 2031, extending the deadline to apply for grandfathered groundwater rights in the Wilcox AMA from 15 to 27 months, passed 5-2 after some members said the extension was unnecessary and would delay protections. HB 2102, allowing county improvement districts in subsequent AMAs or groundwater transportation basins to use eminent domain for a well and standpipe site and water hauling, passed 4-3 after Sierra Club testimony called it a limited “band-aid” rather than a real solution. HB 2103, which would let water improvement programs accept gifts and dedicate groundwater transportation fee revenue to local residential water hauling and delivery, also passed 4-3. HB 2117, a technical cleanup bill shifting Environmental Special Plate Fund administration to the Natural Resource Conservation Board and raising education-center distributions from $5,000 to $10,000, passed 5-2 despite concerns about the fund’s administration. The committee then considered HB 2261, which changes agricultural property tax terminology and valuation rules. County assessors and the Arizona Association of Counties opposed it, warning it would effectively exempt many agricultural improvements from taxation and shift costs to residential taxpayers; the Arizona Farm Bureau supported it as a clarification that would provide certainty for agriculture. The bill passed 4-3. Finally, HB 2262, transferring the Resource Analysis Division from the State Land Department to the Arizona Geological Survey and revising geospatial advisory responsibilities, was introduced, with State Land Department staff saying they were neutral but noting the bill would need clearer statutory duties if RAD is removed.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members please help me welcome Doctor Champion grant her privileges of the floor.
  • current name in 2003 and iderrtian University offers a range of under gra du ate and graduate degree programs
  • It's our countywide leadership development program dedicated to educating, connecting, and equipping
  • into the coffers of individuals who flood this building with campaign contributions. infrastructure program
  • NTIA grants $14 million. Digital equity capacity 211 million dollars.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It gives them a grant to go back to school to complete it.
  • The contract agreement with the program.
  • completion of the EMS education program completion of the EMS education program and<00:16:40.000
  • It's a good program that just expands something we already have.
  • <00:38:50.800> to in the federal tax credit program to in the federal tax credit program to
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/24/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, Erin, so with the amendment, does this create a grant program, or how is the $1 million going
  • So, the underlying bill had a grant program, and we thought it was important to keep the grant program
  • Chair, Senator Epstein, we thought it was imperative to keep the underlying grant program to help schools
  • program.
  • or within within the program to be within the program or within the program to be operational what what
Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 1630, which would direct AHCCCS to seek federal approval for a home- and community-based services program for adults determined to be seriously mentally ill, with quarterly implementation updates, stakeholder input, and a cap on enrollment. The sponsor and advocates from Arizona Mad Moms argued the bill would create an assisted-living-style Medicaid option for the most disabled SMI individuals, improve continuity of care, and reduce state general fund costs by shifting some expenses to federal Medicaid funding. Access testified neutral, estimating a total fiscal impact of $27.7 million, including $5.83 million general fund, and explained the need for CMS approval. The committee adopted an amendment reducing the initial cap to 250 members, changing reporting frequency, and adjusting eligibility and expansion conditions, then passed SB 1630 as amended on a 10-0 vote. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1131, which originally required school districts and charter schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans and appropriated $1 million for implementation. An amendment replaced the mandate with a reporting requirement on AED counts, CPR/AED-trained staff, and whether schools have a plan, while keeping a grant component for AEDs and prioritizing rural schools. The American Heart Association supported the amended approach as a way to gather baseline data and target resources, and members discussed AED training, school preparedness, and whether the funding should favor rural or high-population schools. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1131 as amended on a 9-1 vote, with Senator Kuby voting no and several members explaining concerns about funding and priorities. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1582, which concerned the school safety interoperability fund. An amendment shifted the appropriation from the Department of Education to the Department of Administration and allocated funds to specific county sheriff offices for continuing operation and maintenance of existing interoperability systems, while narrowing the program to public safety agencies and school districts and requiring twice-yearly testing. Sheriffs, a county school superintendent, and the Arizona Sheriffs Association described the systems as useful for drills and real emergencies, improving communication between schools and first responders; one speaker noted the program had been used in drills and at least one live deployment. Some members questioned the audit findings, the focus on rural counties, and whether the program was a good use of funds, while supporters emphasized its value for school safety. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1582 as amended on a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1504, which would change retirement rules for Tier 2 and Tier 3 public safety personnel by allowing earlier normal retirement and shortening the COLA waiting period, with an amendment exempting the changes from the statutory pre-funding requirement. Supporters from firefighter and police groups said the bill would improve recruitment and retention and let employees receive earned benefits sooner, while city, county, and taxpayer representatives warned it would add substantial unfunded liabilities and undermine the 2016 pension reforms. Actuarial testimony estimated significant costs, including tens of millions in annual or upfront impacts depending on how the change is funded, and members debated whether the amendment would shift costs onto future taxpayers or simply spread them over time. The transcript ends during continued testimony and discussion on SB 1504, before a final vote is reached.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Once those objectives and standards are certified by the Department of Corrections, parole would be granted
  • individuals who meet that age and criteria... ...by the Department of Corrections, parole would be granted
  • In these program houses, there is accountability, training, and support for a successful transition.
  • input from the probation and parole department, sex and violent offenders registration manager, programs
  • in place and the defendant can't afford it, it opens up this ability if there is a mechanism or a grant
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Over 70% of men and batterers in intervention programs report having witnessed domestic abuse as a child
  • In my recollection, you only those are still granted unless it's an egregious violation or specific instances
  • I know that being able to grant or be given tenure allows that professor flexibility to then take on
  • there's things that this is going to limit, although tenure does have its historical basis in being granted
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • prior, but at least if it's out there, hopefully there are a lot of things, and it's a big print that grants
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  • things and it's a big print that grants things and it's a big print that grants it.<00:30:49.760
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Senate Session Aug 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • concerned about the increasing cost, cost of living, uh, and the federal budget has cut many of these programs
  • increased police presence, expanded emergency services, sobering centers, and mental health diversion programs
  • , homelessness programs, the kind of things that we in this chamber expect them to do, and the kind of
  • have required TDCJ to adopt a gender responsive risk needs assessment. 182 would have expanded the program
  • for accessibility for female inmates through redirecting TDCJ to ensure a wide variety of programming
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, we never ran the program.
  • Do they have a similar program? Yes.
  • So this peer support program.
  • Representative Sheffield and Senator Huffman, which created the Opioid Antagonistic Grants and Programs
  • instead of only certain programs.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 1st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the most powerful, fully reusable rocket ever built, supporting NASA's Artemis program and critical
  • The oversized overweight corridor program is an innovative initiative sponsored by Senator Lucio and
  • The program was designed to expedite freight, international trade while improving roadway safety.
  • This the bill we've heard previously as the others have to the program of categories and the uniform
  • transportation program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • The committee substitute contemplates funding this approach through the Justice Involved Grant Program
  • Unfortunately, there is no additional funding for this grant program contemplated in the budget.
  • Texas has a wonderful vaccine program for children, the Texas Vaccines for Children program.
  • in TDLR to create this program.
  • The CRNA program currently lasts about 36 months.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This program was established by Senate Bill 2173.
  • The program was not funded.
  • We have modeled the R.A.M.P. program almost identical to the JAMP program, and one of the things, Senator
  • Texas Tech, for example, and others do have online APRN programs.
  • Texas because they are good programs in the State.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • blueprint to plan and dedicate resources toward health care workforce needs and to inventory all programs
  • Senate Bill 2308 would establish a public private grant program administered by the Health and Human
  • This program is funded only through gifts, grants, and donations.
  • This is a scientifically rigorous and ethically sound program.
  • Gifts and grants. It would be administered by...
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (04/21/22)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Keywords: NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHKZjSMGYKo, 2026-06-14T02:39:02+00:00, 2.2.23, Data collected via generic collector engine, http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/calendars_journals/ 0:00 House Session – April 21, 2022 4:56 Adjourn from the Session of April 21,2022 5:10 Prayer – Reverend Bob Stewart 8:07 Pledge of Allegiance 8:31 National Anthem – Piccola Opera Youth Chorus of Manchester 10:54 Leaves of Absence 11:43 Introduction of Guests 12:57 Memorial Resolution – Rep. Katherine Rogers 26:15 House Resolution #23 27:28 Tartan Day Program 42:36 Bill removed from Consent Calendar: SB 376-FN, SB 394-FN 43:01 Consent Calendar Adopted 44:34 SB 458-FN 1:21:27 SB 291 1:33:26 SB 306-FN 1:46:54 SB 401-FN 2:02:34 SB 456-FN-A 2:03:31 SB 381-FN-A 2:04:29 SB 420-FN-A-L 2:08:51 Motion to remove HB 172 from the Table 2:14:07 Motion to remove HB 1506-FN from the Table 2:18:53 SB 242 2:29:13 SB 365 2:32:56 SB 418-FN 2:54:45 SB 425-FN 2:55:45 SB 427-FN 2:59:28 Announcements 2:59:47 Lunch Recess until 1:00 pm 4:06:56 SB 267-FN-A 4:08:28 SB 438-FN-L 4:33:38 SB 403-FN-A 4:50:38 SB 407-FN 4:58:37 SB 416-FN 5:02:55 SB 430-FN-A 5:16:11 SB 444-FN 5:17:06 SB 459-FN 5:38:12 SB 278-FN 5:39:06 SB 346-FN-A 5:42:25 SB 240 5:58:09 SB 241 6:11:29 SB 442-FN 6:26:32 Motion to Print Debate on SB 240 in the Permanent Journal 6:26:45 Motion to Print Debate on SB 241 in the Permanent Journal 6:27:20 SB 376-FN 6:36:22 SB 394-FN 6:37:11 Third Reading Motion 6:37:54 Announcements 6:39:21 Unanimous Consent – Rep. Espitia 6:40:12 Unanimous Consent – Rep. Belanger 6:41:40 Unanimous Consent – Rep. Ammon 6:52:00 Unanimous Consent – Rep. Perez 6:56:20 House in Recess until the Call of the Chair, 928, house, all, 2.2.40, 2.1.47