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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 05:20 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is technical in nature to ease tax administration, recommended by the Department of Revenue.
  • guidance that the Department of Revenue issued when we, in their implementation of Senate Bill 5814
  • Department of Revenue defining the terms fixture and affixed for the purposes of calculating the real
  • And it moves them from the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to the Office of the Superintendent
  • This amendment request comes via the Department of Licensing.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • services that Washington entities pay, and many of those entities are small businesses.
  • of our state and our economy that were hit by this extension of the sales tax services.
  • And as Chair of the Human Services Committee in this Senate, I can tell you families are hurting.
  • without the support of social services.
  • That is the power of government and of policy and of public service.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Olympia.
  • Fourth Order of Business. The Senate now advances to the fourth order of business.
  • Children are at the heart of our communities and the future of our state.
  • Children are at the heart of our communities and the future of our state.
  • sandstone of the state of Washington.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 1st, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And is there a lack of resources from the Houston Police Department to kind of...
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development, only 4% of tenants facing evictions are represented by attorneys
  • Maybe it's a county-wide thing as opposed to a city..." ...a lot of people need this service.
  • The Arc of Texas promotes, protects, and advocates for the human rights and self-determination of Texans
  • We are the only third-service municipal EMS department in the state that holds civil service protections
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 26th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Love keeps thumping along, marking the steady rhythm of all that is good in human life.
  • Here's how it does it: It does reduce the number of members representing veteran service organizations
  • of a nursing title is by a human being.
  • So this is a crucial... ...legal use of a nursing title is by a human being.
  • So this bill allows our Department of Health flexibility to consult with all appropriate evidence and
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 26th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Love keeps thumping along, marking the steady rhythm of all that is good in human life.
  • The title of bill will be the title of the act.
  • Here's how it does it: It does reduce the number of members representing veteran service organizations
  • of a nursing title is by a human being.
  • So this bill allows our Department of Health flexibility to consult with all appropriate evidence and
Summary: The Senate opened with ceremonial remarks, approved the previous day’s journal, and then moved through introductions, committee referrals, and caucus breaks. A resolution recognizing Ramadan, Senate Resolution 8680, was adopted after remarks from Senator Trudeau emphasizing charity, self-reflection, and restraint, and several members spoke in support of religious inclusion and community recognition. The chamber then took up several bills on final passage. House Bill 2304, expanding warranty options to encourage more condominium construction, passed overwhelmingly. Substitute House Bill 2492, requiring behavioral health and wellness training in construction apprenticeships, also passed after supporters cited high rates of mental health struggles and suicides in the trades. Substitute House Bill 2228, directing work on scissors stairs to improve housing efficiency, passed as well, as did Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1541, which revises the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee to add more military and veteran experience. The most extended debate centered on Substitute House Bill 2355, the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights. Supporters argued it would provide basic labor protections, written agreements, minimum wage, and remedies for domestic workers, while opponents warned it would burden families, independent contractors, and small jobs with contracts, notice requirements, and private lawsuits. Several proposed amendments to narrow coverage or remove the private right of action were rejected, and the bill ultimately passed 28–20. The Senate also passed House Bill 2155 on nursing title use in the context of AI, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2242 on preventive services and state health guidance, Substitute House Bill 2269 on middle housing in unincorporated areas, and Engrossed House Bill 1501 on HOA/unit-owner inquiries after adopting a committee striking amendment. The Senate adjourned until the next morning.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-29

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Justice's report on Uvalde, one of the horrible tragedies at Robb Elementary, which explicitly
  • I'm Vice President of University Services at the University of Minnesota, and we are so excited to be
  • Our Department of Health only has risk values for just a couple handful of chemicals that would require
  • I'm the capital resource administrator at the Department of Corrections.
  • The Department of Administration, Real Estate and Construction, based those numbers off some similar
Bills: HF3220
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • the Office of Nevada Boards, Commissions, and Council Standards under the Department of Business and
  • Chris Sanchez, Director of the Department of Business and Industry.
  • , like the cost of the service, or is it the cost of the service plus... ...service, like the cost of
  • the service, or is it the cost of the service plus?
  • of the services they used or did not use.
Bills: SB507
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Apr 14th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

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  • the Department of Corrections to the medical director of the Department of Corrections, because they
  • The Department of Pardon and Parole Board, based on medical reasons, would move authority from the director
  • of the Department of Corrections to the medical director of the Department of Corrections, because they
  • You're concerned about any part of that if there's no consideration of any type of sentence that they're
  • No consideration of any type of sentence that they're in on.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Apr 14th, 2026

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • list of Class D1 felonies.
  • the Department of Corrections to the medical director of the Department of Corrections, because they
  • The Department of Pardon and Parole Board based on medical reasons from the Director of the Department
  • of Corrections to the medical director of the Department of Corrections, because they would have a better
  • You're concerned about any part of that, if there's no consideration of any type of sentence that they're
Summary: The committee heard a long series of Senate bills covering criminal justice, public safety, family law, and administrative changes. Measures discussed included penalties for impersonating a notary or law enforcement officer, consolidating DUI charges, allowing motor carriers to represent themselves at Corporation Commission hearings, drone trespass penalties over critical infrastructure, expanding protections for contract employees under assault and battery laws, copper theft felony penalties, raising the marriage age to 18 with no exceptions, expanding the definition of great bodily injury for domestic abuse cases, post-adoption contact for services, driver’s license and testing changes, expungement system automation delays, consumer protection clarifications, gambling penalty updates, OSBI authority and fee changes, gift card protections, medical parole eligibility decisions, firearm transport on boats, caps on wrongful termination settlements at public institutions, GPS monitoring for certain domestic violence defendants, mandatory school reporting of inappropriate employee contact with students, expedited driver’s license delivery and tracking numbers, DOC credit modifications, drug court discretion, repeat peeping Tom and clandestine recording penalties, open pasture signage requirements, supervised visitation after DHS findings of sexual abuse, and victim notification by email from the Pardon and Parole Board. Most bills were presented by members as request or cleanup measures, with brief explanations and limited debate. Several bills drew questions about implementation, due process, costs, and scope, especially the domestic violence GPS monitoring bill and the DOC credit bill. The committee also discussed a bill to lower the age for marriage, which was reported out 10-1, and a domestic violence-related GPS tracking bill that passed 12-0 after questions about monitoring and payment. Another domestic violence bill expanding great bodily injury definitions passed 12-0, and a bill requiring supervised visitation after a DHS sexual abuse finding passed 13-0. Nearly all measures were reported out with unanimous or near-unanimous votes, including multiple 11-0, 12-0, 13-0, and 14-0 recommendations. A few bills had split votes, including the marriage-age bill at 10-1, the gambling penalty bill at 12-1, the OSBI record-check fee bill at 13-0, and the wrongful termination cap bill at 8-5. Several bills were laid over for a later meeting, and the committee adjourned after announcing it would continue work on Thursday.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, created continuums of care, COCs, to coordinate local
  • 00:36:22.400><c> face</c> human service systems will face human service systems will face increased<00
  • </c><00:41:27.200><c> service</c> that uh requires the kind of service that uh requires the kind of service
  • Because it's important when we're talking about continuum of care and continuum of services, because
  • :04:00.960><c> of</c> human and physical consequences of human and physical consequences of inaction<
Bills: HF3425 , HF3424 , HF1385
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Jan 26th, 2026 at 09:05 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • So in terms of resources, that's sort of what the burden looks like, that administrative sort of piece
  • So in terms of resources, that's sort of what the burden looks like, that administrative sort of piece
  • Corey Lee, the Director of Psychosocial Services with Heroes Path Palliative, and we are a nonprofit
  • Secondarily, the lack of this service—pediatric palliative care physicians and teams—directly leads to
  • , it does not serve patients traveling the path of malignancy, of serious illness, or of debilitating
Bills: SJR1 , SM2
Committee: Senate Senate Rules
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Mar 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Tamayo on his Years of Outstanding Service. service as Bishop of the Diocese of Laredo and in honor
  • Bishop of the Diocese of Laredo and has dedicated 25 years of service to the parishioners of this diocese
  • Senator Miles, criminal justice, health and human services, economic development.
  • The department has built in number of those type projects.
  • That example is not an example of a DEI initiative. that example is a example of a student human being
Bills: SCR5 , SCR13 , SB3 , SB6 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB24 , SB35 , SB57 , SB65 , SB112 , SB284 , SB290 , SB388 , SB400 , SB402 , SB412 , SB495 , SB499 , SB502 , SB509 , SB621 , SB706 , SB740 , SB815 , SB842 , SB854 , SB875 , SB893 , SB917 , SB974 , SB1025 , SB1061 , SB1073 , SB1106 , SB1268 , SB1281 , SB1300 , SB1362 , SB1379 , SB1447 , SB1451 , SB1555 , SB1902 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SCR13 , SCR25 , SCR5 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR24 , SB495 , SB412 , SB10 , SB18 , SB565 , SB372 , SB842 , SB765 , SB62 , SB19 , SB666 , SB707 , SB888 , SB687 , SB706 , SB847 , SB290 , SB13 , SB1248 , SB740 , SB14 , SB1006 , SB504 , SB917 , SB925 , SB388 , SB1902 , SB1121 , SB995 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB35 , SB6 , SB815 , SB3 , SB1281 , SB1379 , SB1300 , SB1497 , SB1499 , SB1498 , SB1451 , SB1061 , SB15 , SB65 , SB241 , SB304 , SB402 , SB499 , SB621 , SB974 , SB1023 , SB1024 , SB1025 , SB1106 , SB686 , SB112 , SB371 , SB204 , SB400 , SB609 , SB1447 , SB670 , SB502 , SB427 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1555 , SB1362 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB987 , SB1539 , SB893 , SB447 , SB875 , SB406 , SB509 , SB985 , SB965 , SB17 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB12 , SB24 , SB57 , SB1194 , SB1253 , SB1215 , SB1532 , SB1268 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB650 , SB583 , SB673 , SB840 , SJR57 , SCR8 , SB213 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB1252 , SB378 , SB610 , SB918 , SB1343 , SB608 , SB487 , SB955 , SB957 , SB988 , SB990 , SB1019 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB958 , SB535 , SB761 , SB1 , SB541 , SB315 , SB379 , SB1018 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Mar 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • in a particular faith the Baha'i faith people have been taught the value of human life and that all
  • And one of those rights in the Bill of Rights was the separation of church and in state, not because
  • First off, I looked up a study to see, and it says that in terms of the consistency of the of the major
  • that came out of, not out of Texas, but out of Kentucky, said that we can no longer do that. 2002, a
  • Senate Bill 495 relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Insurance to adopt rules that implement
Bills: SCR5 , SCR13 , SB3 , SB6 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB24 , SB35 , SB57 , SB65 , SB112 , SB284 , SB290 , SB388 , SB400 , SB402 , SB412 , SB495 , SB499 , SB502 , SB509 , SB621 , SB706 , SB740 , SB815 , SB842 , SB854 , SB875 , SB893 , SB917 , SB974 , SB1025 , SB1061 , SB1073 , SB1106 , SB1268 , SB1281 , SB1300 , SB1362 , SB1379 , SB1447 , SB1451 , SB1555 , SB1902 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SCR13 , SCR25 , SCR5 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR24 , SB495 , SB412 , SB10 , SB18 , SB565 , SB372 , SB842 , SB765 , SB62 , SB19 , SB666 , SB707 , SB888 , SB687 , SB706 , SB847 , SB290 , SB13 , SB1248 , SB740 , SB14 , SB1006 , SB504 , SB917 , SB925 , SB388 , SB1902 , SB1121 , SB995 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB35 , SB6 , SB815 , SB3 , SB1281 , SB1379 , SB1300 , SB1497 , SB1499 , SB1498 , SB1451 , SB1061 , SB15 , SB65 , SB241 , SB304 , SB402 , SB499 , SB621 , SB974 , SB1023 , SB1024 , SB1025 , SB1106 , SB686 , SB112 , SB371 , SB204 , SB400 , SB609 , SB1447 , SB670 , SB502 , SB427 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1555 , SB1362 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB987 , SB1539 , SB893 , SB447 , SB875 , SB406 , SB509 , SB985 , SB965 , SB17 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB12 , SB24 , SB57 , SB1194 , SB1253 , SB1215 , SB1532 , SB1268 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB650 , SB583 , SB673 , SB840 , SJR57 , SCR8 , SB213 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB1252 , SB378 , SB610 , SB918 , SB1343 , SB608 , SB487 , SB955 , SB957 , SB988 , SB990 , SB1019 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB958 , SB535 , SB761 , SB1 , SB541 , SB315 , SB379 , SB1018 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 03-20-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The department stands on of Education.
  • Shan Bacon speaking on behalf of the Department of Education.
  • We stand of the Department of Education.
  • the department, between Office of Human Resources, where we're actually going to be needing to evaluate
  • of the department between several areas of the department between Office<00:46:25.680><c> of</c><00:
Committee: Senate Education