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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 3rd Revision: Oreder revised Feb 18th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- There are 39 states in this country that have some form of this.
- student in the state.
- This is 39 states that are doing it, and some are doing it very successfully.
- As I stated, the PCS in this bill allows a 10-year service credit.
- It directs the State Department to let parents know that that's an option.
Committee:
House A&B Education Subcommittee
Keywords:
extracurricular activities, charter schools, student eligibility, virtual education, Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, prayer, religious freedom, public schools, consent, First Amendment, school policy, paid maternity leave, school employees, public health, childcare, work-life balance, education, family leave, tuition, grant
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 18th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It impacts children and adults across every community in our state.
- It impacts children and adults across every community in our state.
- The bill directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules to implement and enforce these screening
- This is intended to address, quite frankly, confusion around our state for family members and caregivers
- session, the Legislature established the Florida Institute for Parkinson's Disease as a statewide resource
Bills:
S0042 , S0196 , S0878 , S0902 , S0914 , S1092 , S1168 , S1340 , S1404 , S1414 , S1684 , S1686
Keywords:
child protection, medical records, investigation, abuse, neglect, healthcare, Child Protection Team, diagnosis, uterine fibroids, health database, medical research, personal data protection, women's health, clinical laboratory, licensure, healthcare personnel, technologist, technician, medical marijuana, low-THC cannabis
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 10th, 2026 at 07:02 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- This is something that other states, contiguous states, have already put into practice, and it is something
- Funding the Reclamation Fund protects landowners, water resources, and public health.
- Funding the Reclamation Fund protects landowners, water resources, and public health, and it reduces
- Funding the reclamation fund protects landowners, water resources, and public health, and it reduces
- It's 20% for state employees.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and Senator, the State Investment Council... Mr.
- Chair and Senator, the State Investment Council oversees the State Investment Officer.
- All of our surrounding states offer more. Thirty-six other states nationally offer more.
- They got their water, large amount of water. That's what happened in Los Lunas.
- They got their water, a large amount of water. That's what's happening in Las Cruces.
Committees:
Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- Private universities like Gonzaga amplify state investment by leveraging significant private resources
- Private universities like Gonzaga amplify state investment by leveraging significant private resources
- I'm happy to answer any questions and also to provide a state-by-state breakdown.
- In today's economic environment, when schools have limited resources, state approval ensures educational
- Board of Nursing to approve in-state and out-of-state distance learning programs.
Committee:
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Keywords:
nursing education, nursing program standards, board of nursing, state board, national accreditation, accreditation body, nursing school, nurse educator, clinical simulation, simulation director, lead nurse educator, NCLEX, licensure exam pass rate, corrective action plan, technical assistance, higher education, program approval, Washington RCW, professional development, nursing licensure
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- There are existing laws and practices in the state that provide unions representing state employees with
- We want to make sure that state employers are providing the same reports to unions representing state
- law, and not complying with the state law would result in sanctions by the state government.
- I am a small business owner in Washington State.
- Crane. state running.
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation, immigrant worker protections, immigrant rights, worker protections, I-9 audit, Form I-9, employment eligibility verification, workplace raid, federal immigration inspection, employer notice, anti-retaliation, retaliation, Attorney General enforcement, private right of action, labor law, workplace rights
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- water, wastewater, and electricity.
- Basically, it passes it down to the states, to their state administrative agencies, their SAA.
- Believe it or not, there are all these other states that are having to change their state definitions
- It is a consumer notice that the state promulgates; it's a state promulgated form.
- This fiscal note states that it has no impact on the state, but it could have a cost for local communities
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
municipality, local government, Type A, Type B, Type C, change authority, emergency medical services, civil service status, municipal government, public safety, local government code, school funding, education, state budget, local control, equity, tenant legal services, eviction, low-income tenants, disability rights
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 26th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- As was stated, my name is...
- Sometimes it was a resource piece.
- So with the water district, there's three... ...levels of water districts.
- Sir, can you get me some information on how many water districts we have in the state and where they're
- State government. You can go to jail for the federal penalty. Why can't we do that as a state?
Bills:
HB1583 , HB1775 , HB1832 , HB1836 , HB1837 , HB1866 , HB1983 , HB2029 , HB2217 , HB2318 , HB2363 , HB2486
Keywords:
mental health, emergency detention, peace officer, mental illness, prevention of harm, border security, private landowners, study and report, General Land Office, participation, controlled substances, opioid antagonists, law enforcement training, substance abuse prevention, Texas-Mexico border, criminal justice, public safety, law enforcement, National Park Service, arrest powers
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That bump it up to a state jail.
- So multiple convictions, it creates a state jail, and then if that vehicle is a railcar, it's a state
- I mean, it's, it's gonna, I, I wanna know if it's gonna, uh, affect our state correctional resources.
- So it's already a state jail felony.
- So these investigations are resource intensive.
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
Keywords:
false reporting, emergency response, criminal penalties, restitution, public safety, penalties, emergency services, public institutions, false reports, criminal penalty, pretrial hearings, criminal competency, legal process, court timelines, restoration of competency, fines, community service, credit, criminal justice, defendants
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Mar 6th, 2025
Commerce and Small Business
Committee:
House Commerce and Small Business
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 19th, 2025
State Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This week, um, this bill basically what we have is a workforce problem in this state.
- This bill, basically what we have is a workforce problem in this state.
- This bill, basically what we have is a workforce problem in this state.
- This bill, basically what we have is a workforce problem in this state.
- This bill, basically what we have is a workforce problem in this state.
Committee:
Senate State Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Urban and Rural Development Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Urban and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- You state this count, but we... ...question.
- It affects those pieces of that water.
- It affects those pieces of that water company that are in other counties.
- What this does is modernize counties' authority to coordinate emergency aid resources.
- They can't do it without this; they don't have the resources, so it just...
Committee:
House Urban and Rural Development
Keywords:
foreign investment, agriculture, property rights, critical infrastructure, sanctions, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates, wastewater management, Alabama utilities, Jefferson County Board of Health
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- In the state of Arizona and outside the state of Arizona who would travel here for these treatments.
- Who is the state to violate those parental rights?
- We did a cross-map analysis between where the state opportunities to close loopholes in our state.
- It is reasonable for the state to decline subsidy.
- That has drawn both state and federal scrutiny.
Bills:
SB1014 , SB1094 , SB1146 , SB1177 , SB1192 , SB1194 , SB1214 , SB1372 , SB1390 , SB1398 , SB1399 , SB1494 , SB1557 , SB1561 , SB1564 , SB1602 , SB1603 , SB1621 , SB1628 , SB1629 , SB1713 , SB1752 , SB1776 , SB1813 , SB1814 , SB1821
Keywords:
gender transition, gender detransition, health insurance, medical procedures, insurance claims, official documents, Arizona law, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, dependent children, foster care, periodic review, court hearings, child welfare, public funds, prohibition, Arizona legislation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Lord, most of all, we want this great state of Texas to be all that it can be.
- Let all that is done here be according to your will on earth and the great state of Texas as it is in
- Join us as we pledge allegiance to the United States and the great state of Texas. to the flag of the
- United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible
- One state, under God, one indivisible. God is good.
Bills:
HR34 , HR36 , HR38 , HR39 , HR41 , HR42 , HR43 , HR67 , HR68 , HR73 , HR77 , HR81 , HR104 , HR166 , HR201 , HR202 , HR223 , HR226 , HR233 , HR234 , HR246 , HR264 , HR266 , HR268 , HR271 , HR280 , HR282 , HR286 , HR291 , HR292 , HR296 , HR298 , HR319 , HR326 , HR329 , HR348 , HR354 , HR373 , HR376 , HR381 , HR385 , HR386 , HR387 , HR391 , HR394 , HR395 , HR396 , HR399 , HR400 , HR402 , HR403 , HR404 , HR408 , HR409 , HR410 , HR413 , HR414 , HR417 , HR418 , HR419 , HR422 , HR424 , HR429 , HR435 , HR439 , HR440 , HR22 , HR88 , HR94 , HR136 , HR194 , HR231 , HR302 , HR397 , HR416 , HR420 , HR421 , HR423 , HR430 , HR431
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Transportation May 28th, 2026
Joint Committee on Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's not going over state roads; it's going across the state roads, but it's not driving down state
- Across the state roads, but it's not driving down state roads, so I think this is one of those things
- The state has invested significant resources in developing this comprehensive regulatory framework.
- The state has invested significant resources in developing this comprehensive regulatory framework.
- Everybody can go from state to state and it's no problem. Everybody's on the same page.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Transportation
Keywords:
Boston, easement, highway improvement, Woburn, Burlington, public safety, transportation, land transfer, vessel transportation, Marston Mills, Osterville, Barnstable, state highway, traffic safety, maritime regulation, local legislation, Hyannis Transportation Center, Thomas S. Cahir, Cape Cod, commemorative designation
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Witnesses who come to testify will be given three minutes to speak before the committee unless otherwise stated
- We service about 60% of the long-term care patients in the state of Louisiana.
- It's what this is, to bring it in line in the state of Louisiana with what's already in federal law,
- Most states that have already adopted this have drives to donate bags as well.
- The success of this in other states has been that people have been donating bags and boxes and tents
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Keywords:
charitable pharmacy, healthcare fees, outpatient prescription, exemption, Louisiana Department of Health, sewerage systems, individual systems, community systems, local governance, legislation, installation regulations, protective custody, peace officers, mental health, emergency medical services, involuntary admission, long-term care, healthcare, pharmacy, residents
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The funding comes from the Arizona Lottery State Fund.
- And there is one case that said that in light of State v.
- This is a state law. ICE, ATF, FBI, any three-letter... ...can't enforce this. This is a state law.
- This is a state law for state law enforcement.
- If this is a state law, it affects every single community and the entire state, but yet you have a serious
Bills:
SB1092 , SB1094 , SB1139 , SB1239 , SB1240 , SB1248 , SB1326 , SB1502 , SB1512 , SB1540 , SB1616 , SB1635 , SB1669 , SB1673
Committees:
House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference
Keywords:
probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, rehabilitation, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, family court, therapeutic intervention, expert testimony, parenting time, child development, sex offenders, statute of limitations, prosecution
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- ><00:17:04.079><c> state</c><00:17:04.520><c> routinely</c> and the state routinely and the state routinely
- . 20 states have believe in regulations. 20 states have done<00:48:16.520><c> so.
- </c> other states? other states?
- </c> any other state? Representative Finke. any other state? Representative Finke.
- ><c> state</c><01:18:41.800><c> powers</c> quintessentially state uh state powers quintessentially state
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
disaster assistance, contingency account, Minnesota emergency management, public safety, state disaster aid, FEMA, federal cost-share, emergency relief, natural disaster, budget report, appropriations report, management and budget, local governments, utility cooperatives, public works, infrastructure repair, chapter 12B, chapter 12A, emergency management, disaster recovery
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- My family moved to a new state right before I started...
- State assessment should measure a full year of learning.
- A school may appeal any funding reduction to the State Board of Education.
- Arizona is already a right-to-work state.
- This is happening right now in Mesa, and it's happening across our state.
Keywords:
interference, disruption, educational institutions, public order, conduct rules, statewide assessment, student testing, academic standards, third grade reading, reading retention, promotion and retention, school accountability, assessment window, testing window, test scores, school report cards, nontest data, graduation rates, dropout rates, education data privacy
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a state institution that actually received state funding.
- It's a state institution that actually received state funding.
- In your opinion, if it's a state-run college or a state-run university, which actually we see funding
- The CCW permit process is run by DPS according to state statute, and state statute is pretty broad in
- This bill just comports our state law to federal law, which already supersedes our state law.
Committees:
House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference
Keywords:
attorney discipline, legal costs, reputation damage, state bar, court costs, fentanyl, drug offenses, narcotic drugs, criminal penalties, Arizona Revised Statutes, educational institutions, public order, disruption, concealed weapons, safety regulations, firearms, muffling devices, weapon regulations, Arizona law, public safety