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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 19th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Natural Resources and Environment and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources regarding boating safety
  • to the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund.
  • to the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund.
  • ... ...clear that rail infrastructure at our ports, or that this funding is available to them.
  • Relative to the judicial expense fund for the Juvenile Court of East Baton Rouge Parish.
Bills: SR126 , SR129 , SCR71 , SCR72 , SCR73 , SCR12 , HB221 , HCR54 , HCR79 , HCR87 , HCR94 , HCR95 , HCR97 , HCR102 , HCR104 , HCR58 , SB480 , SB514 , HB12 , HB66 , HB145 , HB167 , HB175 , HB196 , HB213 , HB218 , HB222 , HB256 , HB291 , HB325 , HB326 , HB352 , HB401 , HB430 , HB433 , HB434 , HB448 , HB456 , HB476 , HB481 , HB487 , HB492 , HB549 , HB579 , HB608 , HB621 , HB624 , HB626 , HB632 , HB637 , HB656 , HB722 , HB745 , HB749 , HB804 , HB818 , HB821 , HB833 , HB864 , HB867 , HB874 , HB893 , HB909 , HB951 , HB968 , HB969 , HB978 , HB979 , HB985 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1005 , HB1007 , HB1024 , HB1032 , HB1038 , HB1050 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1059 , HB1077 , HB1080 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1108 , HB1112 , HB1153 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1175 , HB1192 , HB1193 , HB1204 , HB1218 , HB1242 , HB1244 , HB1249 , HB1252 , HB1254 , HB538 , SCR3 , SCR23 , SCR38 , SCR24 , SB102 , SB133 , SB151 , SB165 , SB169 , SB170 , SB200 , SB217 , SB280 , SB291 , SB300 , SB303 , SB330 , SB449 , SB489 , SB521 , SB45 , SB156 , SB181 , SB203 , SB274 , SB304 , SB379 , SB396 , SB410 , SB425 , SB427 , SB436 , SB54 , SB72 , SB129 , SB164 , SB232 , SB287 , SB322 , SB374 , SB375 , SB386 , SB409 , SB447 , SB458 , SB222 , SB399 , SR119 , SCR58 , SCR65 , SCR9 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , HCR41 , HCR47 , HCR63 , HCR69 , HCR31 , HB87 , HB115 , HB162 , HB195 , HB214 , HB217 , HB233 , HB283 , HB290 , HB319 , HB324 , HB345 , HB362 , HB363 , HB368 , HB377 , HB380 , HB382 , HB386 , HB392 , HB406 , HB431 , HB441 , HB466 , HB503 , HB533 , HB559 , HB575 , HB590 , HB593 , HB618 , HB655 , HB664 , HB685 , HB692 , HB707 , HB715 , HB732 , HB738 , HB741 , HB748 , HB776 , HB807 , HB822 , HB856 , HB860 , HB868 , HB887 , HB888 , HB905 , HB908 , HB961 , HB980 , HB990 , HB992 , HB999 , HB1000 , HB1010 , HB1146 , HB1157 , HB1233 , HB1236 , HB1243 , HB54 , HB137 , HB180 , HB192 , HB310 , HB321 , HB396 , HB512 , HB552 , HB578 , HB638 , HB663 , HB708 , HB717 , HB718 , HB1009 , HB1082 , HB1104 , HB1107 , HB1198 , HB1246 , HB27 , HB143 , HB205 , HB259 , HB267 , HB288 , HB308 , HB403 , HB405 , HB414 , HB417 , HB478 , HB546 , HB548 , HB555 , HB557 , HB609 , HB670 , HB672 , HB740 , HB779 , HB786 , HB796 , HB812 , HB848 , HB915 , HB917 , HB921 , HB930 , HB933 , HB1095 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1129 , HB1154 , HB1166 , HB1187 , HB1195 , HB1230 , HB17 , HB36 , HB41 , HB47 , HB73 , HB119 , HB126 , HB129 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB166 , HB211 , HB226 , HB245 , HB271 , HB280 , HB337 , HB351 , HB354 , HB399 , HB571 , HB677 , HB712 , HB723 , HB726 , HB728 , HB750 , HB759 , HB789 , HB844 , HB850 , HB870 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1018 , HB1036 , HB1241 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB382 , SB441 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB782
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • The legislature intends to make the funding ongoing.
  • It's really important that we fund the Auditor General.
  • We have no definite way of tracking these public funds.
  • These funds provide it.
  • These funds provide it.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Jan 21st, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission.
  • No fiscal impact was identified by State Patrol or the Traffic Safety Commission.
  • And at the same time, we know that community safety is really, really important.
  • I worry about the safety of those his age, but especially those who are younger than him.
  • This is a real safety issue for folks riding e-motos and the users around them.
Bills: HB2307 , HB2374 , HB2379 , HB1823 , HB2111
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Governmental Oversight and Accountability Jan 20th, 2026

Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public safety telecommunicators are consistently exposed to traumatic events.
  • I'm here today to speak on behalf of our public safety telecommunicators.
  • include public safety telecommunicators in Senate Bill 774.
  • and to include public safety telecommunicators in Senate Bill 774.
  • Public safety telecommunicators save lives every single day.
Bills: S0774 , S7028 , S7024 , S7026
Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first heard Senate Bill 774, which would extend workers’ compensation medical benefits for employment-related mental or nervous injuries to 911 public safety telecommunicators, even without a physical injury. The sponsor and several dispatchers, a clinician, and communications directors testified in support, describing repeated exposure to traumatic calls, chronic understaffing, and the need for mental health treatment and retention support. Senator DiCeglie and Chair Mayfield praised dispatchers’ work, and the bill was reported favorably by committee vote, with Senator McClain later recorded as voting yes on the bill. The committee then took up SPB 7028, a retirement bill that sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2026, leaves the 3% employee contribution unchanged, allows certain elected officers to receive a DROP payout under specified conditions, and provides a 1.5% alternative cost-of-living adjustment for eligible special risk retirees. Firefighters, police, sheriffs, and chiefs’ groups spoke in support, emphasizing recruitment and retention. The committee voted to submit the proposal as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Finally, the committee considered SPB 7024 and SPB 7026, both open-government-related bills. SPB 7024 would repeal the current public records and public meeting exemption for cybersecurity information and consolidate agency-specific cybersecurity exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. SPB 7026 would repeal the current public records exemption for trade secrets held by an agency and similarly consolidate specific trade secret exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. Neither bill drew testimony or debate, and both were submitted as committee bills and reported favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Apr 8th, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • disclosure is, what the basis is for... ...the basis is for and why that would be required on a self-funded
  • Um, I don't know why a self-funded plan would need to have to do that under the law.
  • This is a self-funded plan and the Alabama Department of Insurance does not regulate self-insured plans
  • I mean, this is all self-funded and our Alabama Department Self-funded and our Alabama Department of
  • Insurance does not regulate self-funded insurance plans.
Bills: HB445 , HB477 , SB274 , HB441
Committee: House Health
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Because of the funding that we had, we were looking to see which tools we could find.
  • In fact, some of that will be coming back to the general fund.
  • How much, you know, funds... Have you been able to assist in gaining back?
  • Our general fund budget is approximately $40 million per fiscal year.
  • from undispersed restitution funds.
Bills: HF627 , HF474 , HF361 , HF1837
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • We also conducted an efficiency review because of the funding that we had.
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  • Deposits from undispersed restitution funds.
  • The office has further contributed significant amounts to dedicated funds.
Bills: HF627 , HF474 , HF361 , HF1837
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • The problem is not just a lack of funding.
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  • </c> and and why it's important that we fund and and why it's important that we fund this<01:18:25.400
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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • credentials, support our student support services fund.
  • credentials, support our student support services fund.
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Bills: HF500 , HF718 , HF1096 , HF1246 , HF1469
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 2/27/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Asset preservation funding improves safety and better government while protecting state investments in
  • </c> portion of his bonding bill go to fund portion of his bonding bill go to fund state<00:04:56.560
  • Which one do you fund? Is there a criterion that you fund Greater Minnesota first?
  • There are projects that will not be funded with the available funds.
  • </c><00:48:23.839><c> and</c> history of fundings 70% of the funds and history of fundings 70% of the
Bills: HF919 , HF1192 , HF212 , HF214
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 18th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm opposed to the bill, one, for safety reasons.
  • concurrent resolution number 96 by Representative Adams, urges and requests the Department of Public Safety
  • and Corrections, Office of Representative Adams, urges and requests the Department of Public Safety
Bills: HCR96 , SB431
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and took up Senate Bill 431 by Senator Foil. The bill, as amended in the House, would apply only to non-consensual private-property tows and require towing companies to have someone available on weekends to release vehicles within 90 minutes of a call if they want to charge storage fees for Saturday and Sunday. Senator Foil said the measure was intended to help vehicle owners retrieve cars and belongings sooner, while not forcing companies to stay open; Lieutenant John Nelson of Louisiana State Police explained that payment would still occur at the yard and that the bill did not change the fee structure. Amy Seals of Riverside Towing opposed the bill, citing safety concerns, burdens on office staff, and fairness issues because it would not cover police-initiated tows; she suggested limiting weekend release hours to daytime. Despite her concerns, the committee moved SB 431 favorably without objection. The committee then considered House Concurrent Resolution 96 by Representative Adams, which urges the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, to provide educational materials on proper roundabout use. Adams said the resolution was meant to help drivers in smaller parishes and elsewhere who struggle with roundabouts. Several members supported the idea, noting confusion about roundabout navigation in their areas, and one member asked whether driver education already covers the topic. The resolution was moved favorably without objection. Before adjourning, the chair recognized a new DOTD staff member and a visitor from the Florida Women’s Republican group. Representative Spells then moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned without objection.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce Mar 30th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • As Trey pointed out, we run a lot of money internally, mostly in passive index funds.
  • As Trey pointed out, we run a lot of money internally, mostly in passive index funds.
  • And now we are depleting those funds at a rapid rate.
  • While prioritizing our children's safety.
  • HB 536, I believe, strikes a balance between our infrastructure growth and school safety.
Bills: HB220 , HB259 , HB463 , HB536 , HB750 , HB830 , HB950
Committee: House Commerce
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Higher Education Mar 19th, 2026

Joint Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • schools post clear information online about gluten-free and allergen-free meals, including menus, safety
  • post clear, centralized information about gluten-free and allergy-free meals, including menus, food safety
  • One, the legislation is looking to not only make the ingredient aspect of it, but obviously funding available
  • The celiac community grows up navigating a world that is not designed with their safety in mind.
Bills: H5012 , S2927
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • This prohibits law enforcement officers from using any personnel or funds originating in the state to
  • using any personal officers from using any personal personnel<00:16:12.200><c> or</c><00:16:12.320><c> funds
  • /c><00:16:12.600><c> originating</c><00:16:13.000><c> in</c><00:16:13.080><c> the</c> personnel or funds
  • originating in the personnel or funds originating in the state<00:16:13.520><c> to</c><00:16:13.600>
Bills: SB2057
Committee: Senate Judiciary
Summary: The Judiciary Committee met on Thursday, March 5, for a series of decision-making agendas and considered a long list of Senate bills. Early measures included SB 2151, which clarifies state and local authority during emergencies and revises the definition of “emergency”; the committee agreed to restore the broader, long-used definition and add a sunset date, then passed the bill with amendments. SB 3055, concerning false impersonation of an employee organization representative, was amended to remove liquidated damages and passed. Several technical or conforming bills also advanced, including SB 3067, SB 3077, SB 3131, SB 3134, SB 3144, SB 3152, SB 3154, and SB 3249, with most passed with technical amendments or unamended; some members noted reservations on SB 3249. The committee also took up bills affecting public safety, health, and education. SB 3083 was amended to narrow notice requirements for protective orders involving military-affiliated individuals to a designated military security force, and SB 3118 on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children passed as is. SB 3134 modernized emergency medical services statutes, while another SB 3134 item addressed dangerous intoxication and civil protective custody. SB 3262, requiring the Hawaii State Teachers Board to submit nominees to the Board of Education, was amended to include a defective effective date. SB 3315, allowing a one-time medical cannabis purchase while registration is pending, was also amended to a delayed effective date and passed. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on law enforcement and immigration-related proposals. SB 3322, which restricts facial coverings by law enforcement, requires visible identification, and sets agency policies on cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, was amended to remove an affirmative defense, make the penalty a misdemeanor, and incorporate exceptions for undercover work and related preparation; it passed with one no vote. SB 3251, barring certain former ICE and Border Patrol personnel from employment in specified state agencies, was narrowed to apply to those with more than 90 cumulative days of such work during a defined period and passed with reservations. SB 2057, a reconsideration measure limiting use of state personnel and funds to assist federal immigration agents beyond their authority, was further amended to clarify definitions, protect First Amendment activity, and preserve cooperation required by federal law; it then passed without objection. The committee adjourned after adopting each measure considered.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/04/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1160 addresses a concern we have about public safety as it relates to drones flying over
  • issue and a safety hazard for our fans as well as our participants.
  • issue and a safety hazard for our fans as well as our participants.
  • If you do get convicted of it as a class one misdemeanor, so it's just more of a public safety thing
  • It’s not a bill that requires any funding. This simply closes a gap.
Bills: SB1049 , SB1053 , SB1058 , SB1093 , SB1160 , SB1211
Committee: House Judiciary
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Transcript Highlights:
  • look at overall how we are having counties or areas, rural areas, be eligible for public facilities funding
  • Having counties or areas, rural areas, be eligible for public facilities funding, and so I ask you to
Bills: SB6046
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 25th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • So you're bringing this bill, your support of this bill, your support of the funding to help with this
  • Safety in the operating room must be equitable.
  • It is the essential step toward setting a clear statewide standard for safety.
  • Thank you. ...clear statewide standard for safety for hospitals, both large and small, who are waiting
  • Additionally, under Joint Commission environmental care, life and safety standards, we're required to
Bills: S0162 , S0254 , S0688 , S0794 , S1110 , S1574
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum present and took up several health-related bills. CS/SB 1110 on Medicaid and insurance coverage for orthotics and prosthetics was heard first. The bill would require coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics without lifetime or continuous-use caps, direct AHCA to seek federal approval and update contracts, and require annual reporting. Testimony from a child using prosthetic “gymnastics blades,” his mother, and another young person with a prosthetic leg emphasized the high cost of activity-specific devices and the impact on children’s mobility, sports participation, and quality of life. Senators voiced strong support, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 1574, “Maddie’s Law,” which adds newborn screening for biliary atresia using the existing blood specimen collected at birth. The sponsor and the child’s father described the condition as time-sensitive and potentially fatal without early detection, and argued the screening could prevent transplants and save money. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also considered CS/SB 794 on background screening for employees of residential facilities and day training programs for people with developmental disabilities, plus a review of waiver support coordination quality, training, and access issues. Parents and a support coordinator testified that strong support coordination is essential for families and that the bill would help standardize expectations and improve services. An amendment aligning the bill with the House companion was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. Members next heard SB 162, which requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. Supporters, including nurses and the Florida Nurses Association, described surgical smoke as a workplace hazard with toxic chemicals and potential cancer risks; hospital representatives said they support the intent but argued existing federal and state standards already regulate the issue and the bill is too prescriptive. A late-filed amendment clarifying the smoke must be “effectively captured and filtered” was adopted, and the bill passed favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 254, a major nursing education bill that tightens oversight of low-performing nursing programs, creates a temporary provisional license and preceptorship pathway for graduates awaiting NCLEX results, requires remediation for delayed testing, and increases transparency by posting passage rates. Nursing groups supported stronger standards, while private nursing schools warned the bill could reduce capacity and discourage program directors; the amended bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 688, which would reestablish licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors in Florida, create a board of naturopathic medicine, set licensure and renewal requirements, and define the scope of practice while excluding most prescription authority. Supporters said it would expand health care choices and allow naturopathic doctors to practice openly, while opponents from the medical community warned the bill could authorize diagnosis and treatment without sufficient training and rely on unproven therapies. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned after members thanked staff for their work.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Feb 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need funding for this research.
  • As a high school student doing research on AI safety legislation, I bring the voice of youth and AI safety
  • Across numerous conversations at school... ...of youth and AI safety researchers.
  • And if we're regulating the safety of the car, this would be the way that this bill works.
  • Some of our research work has been funded by OpenAI.
Bills: SB6046
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Military Affairs and Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • They whisper that we may lose funding, which we know is not true.
  • The threats of federal funding are always there.
  • National Guard and all the National Guards with the federal government funds it, funds it at the high
  • It's about the funding side of it and the political side of it.
  • But there's no funding for it, so it's an unfunded mandate.
Bills: SB1047 , SB1365 , SB1474 , SB1618 , SB1620
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 15th, 2026 at 12:53 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the fund limit, so the cap on the fund, is 700,000, which is equal to Our Tort Claims Act.
  • They don't have access To this fund.
  • And how much, and we're appropriating general fund dollars into this compensation fund?
  • So we will be, it is very much my intention to appropriate general fund dollars into this fund.
  • The fund itself is only for public.
Bills: HB97 , HB280 , HB183 , HB151 , HB202