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Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment Apr 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- They developed this land. It's our home.
- He noted that neighboring states have this, including Oklahoma.
- Acting Chairman, and thank you. Thank you, Mr.
- I would say, just starting to develop in a meaningful way.
- “Development projects that is on board to come in.
Summary:
The House Natural Resources Committee met on April 29, 2026, with a quorum present and took up several bills related to property rights, expropriation, renewable energy recycling, and local permitting. Representative Domangue first presented HCR 80 on private property rights, using it to highlight the 2025 landman code of conduct and the need for stronger guardrails in expropriation negotiations. She then deferred the resolution in order to allow Chairman Geymann to present HB 841, which was described as establishing a code of conduct for landmen and expropriation-related negotiations. The committee heard testimony and watched video examples from landowners describing intimidation, inadequate compensation offers, and the need for fair treatment. Amendments were adopted to broaden the bill to all certificate holders, prohibit threats about court costs and attorney fees, shorten response times, and add graduated fines and public posting for violations. HB 841 was reported favorably as amended, with no opposition cards recorded.
The committee then considered HB 621 by Representative Coates, which would require recycling of decommissioned renewable energy infrastructure to the extent practical. After discussion with DEQ, the bill was amended to clarify that existing universal waste rules apply and to remove language that would have required the renewable facility owner to pay decommissioning costs in that section; the effective date was set for January 1, 2027. Testimony from renewable energy industry representatives supported the measure and explained that solar panels and related components can be recycled at high rates, with established markets for recovered materials. The committee adopted the amendments and reported HB 621 favorably.
Next, Representative Jacob Landry presented HB 595, aimed at preventing local governments from unreasonably delaying or impeding energy projects through permit requirements, especially road permits affecting Haynesville Shale operations. After amendment, the bill required timely action on local road permits and deemed them approved if not acted on within 30 days. Supporters emphasized the economic importance of the Haynesville and the need for predictable permitting, while opponents argued the bill could further erode local authority, particularly regarding carbon capture and sequestration. The committee reported HB 595 favorably. Landry then presented HB 1191, creating a certificate of compliance process for oilfield and exploration and production sites to provide a cleaner path for cleanup, finality, and future investment. The bill drew technical and substantive amendments, including changes to definitions, confidentiality, and the role of DEQ; discussion continued over whether the bill should be deferred to allow more time to work through the remaining issues.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee Oct 23rd, 2025
A&B General Government Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- As he mentioned, I'm Doug Tap, CEO of the Associated General Contractors building chapter here in Oklahoma
- The AGC of Oklahoma, we are blessed and we're cursed because we represent the whole industry, but we
- Representative West, I'm Adam Slattery, and also on behalf of the Subcontractors Association of Oklahoma
- You know, if you split that up, you're restricting a business in Oklahoma to use that profit.
- We've got a project here in Oklahoma City that is—we're getting close to a year, and we're cladding.
Committee:
House A&B General Government Subcommittee
Summary:
The committee held an interim study on retainage in public construction projects, with representatives from the Associated General Contractors of Oklahoma, the Subcontractors Association of Oklahoma, and construction firms discussing how retainage works and whether current law should be changed. AGC speakers said retainage is a statutory tool that helps ensure completion and closeout, and warned that eliminating it could create more problems by shifting leverage to owners or general contractors and leaving contractors with fewer remedies. Subcontractor representatives said retainage often functions as delayed profit, can tie up cash flow for one to two years, and can be especially burdensome for early-phase trades such as dirt work, concrete, and demolition.
Several participants explained that retainage is typically withheld from monthly progress payments and paid at final closeout, with current law generally allowing retainage to drop from 5% to 2.5% after 50% completion on public projects. Subcontractors said that in practice they often still have to fight to get the reduced rate applied, and that some owners or construction managers do not follow the statute consistently. They also noted that bonding companies are a last resort but still an important enforcement tool, while AGC cautioned that bond claims and litigation are not ideal substitutes for a workable retainage process.
The discussion focused on possible benchmarks or compromise approaches, including line-item or trade-specific release of retainage when work is complete, especially for demolition or other early-finish subcontractors. Committee members emphasized that owner, GC/CM, and subcontractor issues may need different solutions and that the study was intended to gather perspectives rather than produce immediate legislation. No vote was taken, and no formal action was announced.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- Focusing in on that, you'll see that 89% goes towards development. developing, delivering, and maintaining
- So the development and the sequencing of that is closely aligned with some of the development that we're
- It's happened in Oklahoma, in Maryland, in other states.
- And TxDOT, luckily in 2022, developed a very good ADA.
- Having reliable childcare meant that I could attend professional development. development events and
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Feb 26th, 2025
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This is from Act... bring to your attention that this is from Act 24-329 last year of our military code
- are going to change in here over time, but we're going to always work with three main themes we developed
- This is when our advisory team helped us to develop the idea that service requires... ...develop that
- Community people who combine their efforts and a shared purpose—whether a uniform or a civilian—develop
- He died on the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor.
Committee:
House Military and Veterans Affairs
Keywords:
veterans affairs, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, State Board of Veterans Affairs, commissioner, Governor appointment, oversight board, veterans services, veterans benefits, state veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, Alabama Veterans Home Trust Fund, veteran service officers, district managers, assistant commissioners, county veterans offices, military veterans, disabled veterans, elderly veterans, veterans organizations, American Legion
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota starter home act and it's Minnesota starter home act and it's going<00:26:17.600><c> to</c>
- It is that the Minnesota Starter Home Act reduces regulatory barriers and incentivizes the development
- by the developers and just that<01:08:59.000><c> act</c><01:08:59.400><c> for</c><01:08:59.679><c> that
- But the problem is this type of development and affordable developments aren't happening today.
- But the problem is this type of development, and affordable developments aren't happening today.
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:04 am
Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- looked at just four of 12 IHS clinics throughout the South including in New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma
- If you go to the National Archive and file Freedom of Information Act petitions to try and get this information
- information gap is tremendous, but there is now a global movement to bring the heinous nature of these acts
- We have developed contracts.
- We are hoping to develop contacts with leaders here today The commission would act as an organizing entity
Bills:
SM14
Keywords:
forced sterilization, coerced sterilization, Indigenous women, Native American women, women of color, reproductive justice, reproductive sovereignty, truth and reconciliation commission, memorial, trauma-informed care, reparative justice, human rights, bodily autonomy, Indian Health Service, Indian affairs, Commission on the Status of Women, survivor testimony, reproductive health access, genocide, transitional justice
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 7th, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- Utah, certainly Utah, but also Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida, and the state of Minnesota are really pioneering
- I was in Oklahoma where we gave an award to the governor of Oklahoma because they have a real visionary
- They're wrapping their entire economic development system around family. ...It's really powerful.
- In fact, we're currently working on a bill in D.C. called the Gracie Act. ...that will actually incentivize
Bills:
HB168 , HB 1044 , HB1534 , HB1914 , HB2240 , HB2530 , HB3284 , HB3395 , HB3515 , HB3783 , HB4034 , HB4213 , HB168
Keywords:
marriage age, minors, family law, void marriage, rights of minors, Texas marriage law, marriage ceremony, authorized officiants, family code, judges, religious leaders, parent-child relationship, Department of Family and Protective Services, legal rights, notice requirements, HB 1914, Texas Family Code, Chapter 156, conservatorship, custody
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/23/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- As agriculture changes and develops into new technologies, trying to adapt those things, farmers and
- I want to state the bill is not limiting private property rights or stopping responsible development.
- responsibilities in that role are long-term mission sustainment at the installation, compatible land development
Committees:
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs , House House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference
Keywords:
Arizona beef council, beef promotion, agricultural marketing, commodity council, livestock, cattle industry, ranching, rural affairs, self-financed program, sunset extension, continuation bill, market development, beef products, Arizona agriculture, Title 41, Title 3, sunset review, marketing order, producer assessment, Salt River horse herd
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Feb 18th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government & Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- The laws regarding this have not been updated since the development of VoteWA, our central state database
- This law, and we're not supposed to do it anyway, so there's a 1974 Voting Privacy Act, yeah, that also
- We're not supposed to, for one, under the 1974 Voting Rights Act, or not Voting Rights Act, but a Privacy
- Act as well.
- Preserving these records is not just an administrative task; it is an act of respect.
Committee:
House State Government & Tribal Relations
Keywords:
civic health, community engagement, committee reestablishment, public participation, governance, voter registration database, election security, public records exemption, Secretary of State, county elections office, election infrastructure, cybersecurity, ballot signatures, ballot return envelopes, signature correction forms, voter privacy, personal identifying information, Social Security number, driver's license number, state ID number
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 13th, 2026 at 05:24 pm
House Commerce & Economic Development Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- to quickly say this is a multi-year effort with multiple community members and participants in developing
- state, and in more than 50% of jurisdictions, providers can't find the clear local rules about developing
- My name is Glenn Michael, Third Act, New Mexico. Representatives.
- My name is Glenn Michael, Third Act, New Mexico.
- There's no statutory deadline by which a decision needs to be made, although the Commission does act
Keywords:
public utility, certificate of public convenience and necessity, certificate of need, Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility regulation, ratemaking, energy storage, battery storage, grid reliability, renewable energy, transmission, distribution, generation plant, utility expansion, service territory, mutual domestic water consumer association, economic development department, clean energy, fossil fuel reduction
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- It may still be needed as part of your economic development package.
- This is the $5 million for economic development for tourism. Is there updated?
- Well, it's money that's going to economic development.
- Okay, moving on to page 5, line number 76, the microgrid development.
- But what is the microgrid development part of that?
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
Keywords:
telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- it,</c> The bill is intricate in that once we got to it, they do want to be a part of workforce development
Committee:
House Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Keywords:
inhalants, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, possession, sale, misdemeanor, felony, criminal penalties, public health, public works, sealed bids, bid advertisement, procurement, government contracting, construction bids, municipal bidding, county bidding, state bidding, Department of Transportation
AL
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
Elmore County, rental tax, tax revenue, infrastructure funding, economic development, Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe, tribal police, reservation security, state-recognized tribe, law enforcement authority, certified police officer, Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, P.O.S.T., trespass, warrantless arrest, tribal land, sovereignty, public safety, Indian tribe, reservation
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Higher Education & Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Good afternoon, and welcome to the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee.
- There are currently 46 post-secondary institutions that have developed campus support plans to help them
- This is an act relating to the Washington College Grant and College Bound Scholarship Program for private
Keywords:
medication abortion, public education, access, healthcare rights, postsecondary institutions, college grant, scholarships, higher education, private institutions, Washington State, undergraduate programs, enrollment, program review, public institutions, workforce education, accountability, oversight, administrative changes, investment, veterans
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we developed another plan. It... work. So, we developed another plan.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
prison modernization, corrections finance, bonding authority, state debt, capital improvement, Department of Corrections, Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, prison construction, prison renovation, prison replacement, bed space, overcrowding, women's prison, men's prison, Escambia prison, Tutwiler, Kilby, Elmore, Staton, St. Clair Correctional Facility
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 7th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- built into the act omitted physician assistants.
- Madam Chair, the Rural Primary Health Care Act was passed in 1981. It has two components to it.
- Oklahoma is extremely generous.
- Have we looked at where other states like Oklahoma have the $200,000?
- You develop roots. You buy a house. You get married.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Criminal Judiciary REVISED: Links added Feb 3rd, 2026
Criminal Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 3266 is a request for some Oklahoma City police officers in Oklahoma City and some of the
- This came from some detectives at the Oklahoma City Police Department as well.
- She is a senior at the University of Oklahoma, and will be doing wonderful and great things when she
Committee:
House Criminal Judiciary
Summary:
The Judicial Criminal Committee met for its first meeting of the session, with the chair noting the committee had roughly 55 bills assigned and urging members to review them in advance to move hearings along efficiently. A new committee member, Representative Clinton, was welcomed, and Vice Chair Harris later introduced a legislative intern, Allie Burwell, who will be working in his office during the session.
Several bills were heard and advanced. HB 2937 would allow otherwise qualified individuals to carry firearms on boats, as a cleanup measure related to constitutional carry; it received a due pass. HB 3419 would extend the felony offense for corruptly disclosing private bid information from state officials to officials of counties and cities, and it also received a due pass. HB 3264 would make domestic violence by strangulation an 85% crime, and HB 3266 would increase penalties for reckless driving tied to collisions and street racing/takeovers; both were advanced. HB 3267 would make breaking and entering into an occupied dwelling a felony in itself, and members discussed how accidental entry or prosecutorial discretion would be handled; it also received a due pass.
HB 3268 addressed fake or fictitious tags, including problems involving commercial vehicles, and was described as a response to concerns from Oklahoma City police and the Corporation Commission. Members asked about drafting changes and title references, which were explained as cleanup language tied to recent reclassification and drafting procedures. The bill was then advanced with a due pass. Two other bills, HB 3495 and HB 3497, were held over, and the committee adjourned after the chair again asked members to review bills and raise concerns beforehand.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/8/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the Uniform Special Deposits Act. It's based off a Uniform Law Commission model bill.
- Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington.
- It's based off a Uniform Law Act.
- </c><00:15:42.000><c> Madam</c> Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington.
- Madam Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington.
Bills:
HF2300
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 14th, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- This also helps taxpayers because less money was wasted in this fraudulent, nefarious act.
- help locate treatment services in Louisiana by bed availability, and that such a platform could be developed
Bills:
HB343 , HB378 , HB394 , HB396 , HB426 , HB439 , HB491 , HB523 , HB622 , HB676 , HB772 , HB1025 , HB1038
Committee:
House Administration of Criminal Justice
Keywords:
parole eligibility, juvenile offenders, rehabilitation, first-time offenders, reentry programs, substance abuse treatment, education programs, emergency responders, law enforcement, obstructing traffic, public safety, penalties, parole, criminal justice, release extension, prison reform, autopsy, criminal evidence, photographs, court proceedings
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice Mar 31st, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- new D in Children's Code 897.1 that says that a child who's adjudicated for a felony-grade delinquent act
- in the children's code, 897.1 that says that a child who's adjudicated for a felony grade delinquent act
- she could not sit in certain rows on the bus because they witnessed the students engaging in sexual acts
- by Vice Chair, that repeals the Reentry Advisory Council and Offender Rehabilitation Workforce Development
- Act.
Bills:
HB54 , HB55 , HB125 , HB133 , HB158 , HB161 , HB168 , HB169 , HB191 , HB245 , HB280 , HB296 , HB399 , HB821 , HB995
Committee:
House Administration of Criminal Justice
Keywords:
parole, rehabilitation, mental health, substance abuse, criminal justice reform, alternative sentencing, juror confidentiality, public records, criminal procedure, privacy, court disclosure, sex offender, sex offense, child predator, registry, registration, notification, supervised release, probation and parole, juvenile offender