Video & Transcript Research : 'Senate Concurrent Resolution'

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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If not, said Standing Committee Reports and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 69 have been adopted.
  • On page 19, miscellaneous business: waiver of referral of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 74 and Senate
  • President, I request a waiver of referral of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 74 and Senate Resolution
  • One day's notice is hereby given for the adoption of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 74 and Senate Resolution
  • on Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 78 and Senate Resolution No. 82.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 25th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate resolution 122 by Huffman.
  • I move adoption of Senate Resolution number 109.
  • I rise to thank Senator Dean Judy Seferini for bringing resolution, Senate Resolution 137, recognizing
  • Senate Resolution 77 by Miles and Alvarado, Senate Resolution 106 by Miles. at all.
  • Senate Resolution 128 by Blanco. Senate Resolution 140 by Birdwell. This is a voice vote.
Summary: The meeting was marked by significant resolutions recognizing various contributions to Texas and celebrating community initiatives. Key discussions included the adoption of resolutions commemorating Texas Hispanic Judges Day and highlighting the 100th anniversary of Memorial Park. Senators expressed appreciation for the judges' dedication and legacy, with notable mentions of individual judges and their impact on the community and legal landscape in Texas. The Senate also honored students and organizations contributing positively to their communities, showcasing the interconnectedness of public service and the legislative process.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 25th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Right now, we have a resolution we'd like to be read, Senate Joint Resolution proclaiming February 25th
  • President, Senator Waggoner has some resolutions from Rules.
  • From the Committee on Rules, Senate Joint Resolution number 24 by Senator Chambliss commends Joseph A
  • Also, Senate Joint Resolution number 27 by Senator Elliott mourns the death of Lieutenant Colonel George
  • The resolutions are adopted. Mr. President, Senator Waggoner has some resolutions from Rules.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • the resolution. the resolution.
  • of this important resolution. of this important resolution.
  • We're in support of this resolution. We're in support of this resolution.
  • 13 HR 15 concurrently. 13 HR 15 concurrently.
  • HCR 91 and HR 83 concurrently. HCR 91 and HR 83 concurrently.
Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on March 31, 2026, and heard testimony on several resolutions. HCR 13/HR 50, which asks DLNR to work with DOE and the Public Charter School Commission on a student coral stewardship program, drew comments from DLNR, which said it stood on written testimony and had proposed amendments, and from supporters in the room. HCR 61, urging investment in reforestation policies, workforce, nursery capacity, and related support for public and private lands, received strong support from DLNR and multiple testifiers, including members of a reforestation policy hui, a resident, and others who emphasized watershed protection, flood and fire resilience, and the need to upgrade nursery infrastructure and staffing. Committee members asked questions about nursery modernization, staffing, island-specific needs, and whether reforestation could reduce wildfire impacts; the DLNR witness said all islands need investment, with especially large opportunities on Hawaiʻi Island, and that healthier forests improve resilience though they cannot eliminate climate-related risks. The committee then heard HCR 136/HR 128 on wildland-urban interface safety standards for Maui plantation towns, but no one testified. It also heard HCR 185/HR 175, which urges denial of permits for ICE detention-related warehouses; Chris Coffey of Immua Alliance testified in support, saying migrant survivors of exploitation are harmed when ICE detains people and that Hawaii would not be the first place to take such action, citing examples from other states and cities. In questioning, members explored whether a local facility would keep people closer to families and services or instead increase local detention; Coffey said detention generally cuts off access to services and can intensify fear, and that a local facility could incentivize more detention and make survivors less likely to come forward. Finally, the committee heard HCR 155/HR 147 supporting the Hawaii Water Safety Coalition’s Hawaii Water Safety Act. Testifiers included Allison Shapera, who described the statewide water safety plan, Hawaii’s high drowning rate, the economic and human costs of drownings, and her personal loss of her daughter in a preventable drowning; Kirsten Hermstead and Kalani Vierra of the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association said the plan’s recommendations need legislative recognition to help with implementation and grant funding; and Jessamine Town Horner testified by Zoom as a co-founder and bereaved family advocate. The transcript provided does not show any votes or final committee actions on the measures discussed.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The reason it takes a lot of time to put it together is because the Senate decided to change the structure
  • It will take some time because they have to change some things with the Senate.
Bills: HF2431
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the reason it takes a lot of time to put it together is because the Senate decided to change the
  • It'll take some time because they have to change some things with the Senate. Madam Chair.
Bills: HF2431
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/12/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I guess we could all still be heard in the Senate or something.
Summary: The committee met in a special morning session and first heard HB 2371, a pilot proposal to allow consenting divorcing parties without minor children to use AI-assisted arbitration in simple divorce cases. Rep. Martinez described it as a voluntary, fairness-focused tool for people who cannot afford lawyers, with the judge retaining final authority. Members raised concerns about the bill’s binding-language, privacy, and the need for clearer guardrails on assets and support, but the sponsor said amendments were welcome. The committee voted 7-0 to give HB 2371 a do pass recommendation. The committee then took up HB 2311, which requires conversational AI systems to notify minors they are interacting with AI, restrict sexual content, prohibit deceptive human impersonation, and require self-harm response protocols. Google testified in support, saying its Gemini product already uses similar safeguards and that the bill would set an industry-wide floor; a speaker also noted similar measures are being considered in several other states. After adopting a committee amendment clarifying customer-service AI and limiting developer liability, the committee voted 7-0 to recommend HB 2311 do pass as amended. Next, the committee heard HB 2409, creating a voluntary statewide summer AI education program focused on digital hygiene, civic integrity, privacy, media literacy, critical thinking, and algorithmic bias. Supporters argued Arizona needs to prepare residents for AI-driven job disruption and help people use the technology to become more self-sufficient, while opponents objected to the program’s funding and potential unfunded mandate to the education department. The bill passed 4-3. HB 2410, which would treat communications with AI as privileged like communications with human professionals, also passed after testimony from the sponsor and a criminal defense advocate who argued the measure would protect sensitive legal and personal conversations; the vote was 6-0 with one member present. The committee then approved HB 4005, requiring school districts and charter schools to provide instruction on ethical, moral, and educational uses of AI, by a 4-2-1 vote after some members said schools lacked resources and should not be mandated to add curriculum without funding. Finally, the committee considered HB 2456 and HB 2457, both related to small modular nuclear reactors and utility siting/streamlining for energy development tied to large power users. Supporters framed them as necessary for future energy demand, data centers, and economic growth, while opponents raised concerns about local zoning authority and environmental oversight. Both bills were amended and advanced on 4-3 votes, and the meeting adjourned after the final roll calls.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this just adds some language and also mirrors the payment bill in the Senate.
  • payment<00:05:08.080> bill<00:05:08.240> in<00:05:08.400> the<00:05:08.560> Senate
  • <00:05:09.600> Um, payment bill in the Senate. Um, payment bill in the Senate.
  • Can you carry that for Senator Kitchens? >> Yes, sir. >> All right. Senate Bill 33.
Bills: HB292, HB307, SB33, HB292, HB307, SB33
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hinojosa moves that House Bill 1916 be reported favorably to the full Senate with the recommendation
  • The full Senate.
  • The Chair lays out House Bill 40 by Senator Landrie, sponsored by Senator Hughes, and calls on Senator
  • the full Senate.
  • Senator Hughes moves that we report Senate Bill 3421, House Bill 3421 to the whole to the whole Senate
Summary: The committee considered several House bills dealing with family law and civil procedure. House Bill 1916, concerning a court’s jurisdiction in suits to divide property not divided on dissolution of marriage, was reported favorably on a 4-0 vote and recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. House Bill 1973, addressing proof of the identity of a child’s parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, was also adopted with a committee substitute, reported favorably 4-0, and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. House Bill 2524, on recovery of fees, court costs, and expenses in family law proceedings, and House Bill 2530, on special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship, each received favorable 4-0 votes and were likewise recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then took up House Bill 3180, which was reported favorably 4-0 and recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The most detailed discussion centered on House Bill 40, relating to updates to business courts. Senator Hughes explained a committee amendment that made conforming changes requested by the Finance Committee and removed language creating two new judgeships, replacing it with a different judge allocation. The amendment was adopted, the amended committee substitute was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably on a 4-0 vote and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. At the end of the meeting, members briefly clarified procedural details about the House Bill 40 amendment and then closed out the agenda. The committee also noted a correction to an earlier reference to Bartleby the Scrivener, and the Chair recessed the Committee on Jurisprudence subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Jurisprudence (Part I) May 21st, 2025

Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Senate either.
  • Thank you, Senator. My name is Joel Rogers.
  • On April 23, the committee heard testimony relayed to Senator Zaffirini's bill, Senate Bill 629, which
  • On April 23, the committee heard testimony relayed to Senator Zaffarini's bill, Senate Bill 629, which
  • This is the companion to Senate Bill 1448 that was passed unanimously by the Senate.
Summary: The committee heard several House bills, most of them relating to family law and court procedure, and left each bill pending after testimony. House Bill 1916 would clarify that the court that issued a final divorce decree retains exclusive jurisdiction over later actions involving undivided property. House Bill 1973 would require a certified birth certificate, if reasonably available, to be filed with a SAPCR petition or allow alternative proof of parentage while keeping the information confidential. House Bill 2530 would add qualifications and procedural safeguards for appointing amicus attorneys in SAPCR cases, including notice and hearing requirements, minimum qualifications, conflict rules, and limits on what amicus attorneys may do. House Bill 2524 would make Family Code references to attorney’s fees consistent by using “reasonable and necessary” language. House Bill 3180 would correct a scrivener’s error in the civil discovery rules by changing “settlement” to “statement.” The committee also heard House Bill 4213, which would change the interest rate on overdue child support from the current 6 percent simple interest to a fixed 5 percent and require the Attorney General to report on the impact of the change. Testimony was sharply divided: supporters argued lower interest could improve collections and help low-income obligors catch up, citing research and the size of child-support arrearages; opponents said lowering the rate would reduce incentives to pay and harm custodial parents and children. The Attorney General’s office raised implementation concerns about a House version that would have created a variable rate, while the committee substitute was described as restoring a simple fixed rate. After testimony, the bill was left pending. The committee also discussed House Bill 40, updating business court provisions and supplemental jurisdiction; House Bill 3421, streamlining probate procedures for original wills and copies; and House Bill 417, clarifying venue for lawsuits involving private transfer fees on real property. Each drew limited testimony and was left pending. Finally, House Bill 3783 drew extensive testimony on court-ordered counseling and reunification therapy in family cases. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would protect children and abuse victims from coercive, unregulated reunification practices, while opponents argued it was too broad, could interfere with legitimate therapy and judicial discretion, and might affect military families and other high-conflict cases. The committee heard testimony from judges, therapists, parents, survivors, and advocates, but took no final action and left the bill pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security May 15th, 2025

Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Birdwell. Present. Senator Flores [member_2172]. Present.
  • Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo [member_166]. Present. Senator Eckhardt [member_177]. Present.
  • This is House Concurrent Resolution No. 98 by Representative Plessa, Lopez-Barre, Morales-A-Maverick,
  • This concurrent resolution calls for greater intergovernmental cooperation among federal, state, and
  • Senator Birdwell. Aye. Senator Flores [member_2172]. Aye. Senator Eckhardt [member_177]. Aye.
Bills: HCR98, HB180
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security met with a quorum present and first took up HCR 98, a resolution urging Congress to improve coordination among federal, state, and local authorities on counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) technology for border security. The author and sponsor described increasing drone activity along the border, saying unauthorized drones are used to track agents, identify weaknesses, and smuggle contraband, and argued for clearer procedures to detect, identify, and neutralize such aircraft. There was no public testimony, and the committee voted 4-0 to report HCR 98 favorably to the full Senate; the resolution was also ordered for local and uncontested calendar placement without objection. The committee then heard HB 180, sponsored by Chairman Birdwell, which would authorize the governor to coordinate directly with Mexican officials and individual Mexican states on border security agreements and appoint representatives to implement them. Birdwell said the bill would codify prior border-security cooperation efforts, improve responses to cross-border challenges such as drug and human trafficking, and include a finding that entrants from foreign countries must use a legal port of entry. No questions were asked, and there was no invited or public testimony. After the hearing, the committee left HB 180 pending. The meeting concluded with no further business and the committee standing in recess subject to the call of the chair.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Postsecondary Education Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Postsecondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Students aged 13 to 21 without a high school degree are eligible for concurrent enrollment.
  • Representative Moore, are you ready for Senate Bill 1725?
  • Senate Bill 1670. You are recognized to present Senate Bill 1670. Thank you very much.
  • Obviously, with the initials in front of the bill, it's a Senate bill.
  • Senate Bill 17 or gray Senate Bill 1480 is a bill from the appropriations chairman and it is about a
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Conference committee report to Senate Bill 893 by Caldwell, Chad of the House, and Howard of the Senate
  • Senate Bill 893 or the Senate amendments to Senate.
  • Fourth Reading of the bill, Senate Bill 893 by Caldwell Chad of the House and Howard of the Senate, an
  • Members who sttens, we're still waiting for Senate Bill 2 to Arrive from the honorable Senate.
  • As you know, this is a Senate bill and was controlled by the Senate until the very last minute.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • House Concurrent Resolution 1030 by West Josh of the House and Daniels of the Senate, a resolution relating
  • I move that the attendance roll call of the senate be considered the roll call of the senate in joint
  • Well said, Senator.
  • The 2026 Outstanding Senator of the Year is Terri Hicks.
  • Senate amendments to House Bill 1370 by Boles of the House and Green of the Senate, and actct related
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Transcript Highlights:
  • The previous state journal, House and Senate bills and joint resolutions on second reading, reassignment
  • of bills and resolutions, reports and joint committee reports, ratings, and placing motions will be
  • We pray for your strength as we wait upon the Senate and in your holy son's name, we pray.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 10th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, I move to suspend Senate rule 11.13 so that committees may meet during the reading and referral
  • Thank you. secretary may continue reading the bills and resolutions Senate Bill 1576 by Zaffirini, relaying
  • Senate Bill 1595 by.
  • , Senate Bill by Hagenby relating the combination of certain election precincts to state affairs, Senate
  • Senate Bill 1604 by Anna Hinojosa.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 11th, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Senator Elliott, here. >> Senator Kelley, here. >> Senator Orr, here. >> Senator Roberts. >> Senator
  • Senator Albritton, Senator Allen, Senator Bell, Senator Carnley, Senator Coleman, Senator Coleman-Madison
  • , Senator Elliott, Senator Kelley, Senator Orr, Senator Roberts, Senator Stewart, Senator Butler.
  • Senator Albritton, Senator Allen, Senator Bell, Senator Carnley, Senator Coleman, Senator Coleman-Madison
  • , Senator Elliott, Senator Kelley, Senator Orr, Senator Roberts, Senator Stewart, Senator Butler.
Bills: SB223, SB271, SB223, SB271
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 4th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Al Britton, Senator Carley, Senator Coleman, Senator Gudger, Senator Hatcher, Senator Hovy, Senator
  • Senator Hatcher, Senator Hovy, Senator Kelly, Senator Coleman Madison, Senator Chamblas, Senator Coleman
  • Senator Al Britton, Senator Carley, Senator Al Britton, Senator Carley, Senator Coleman, Senator Gudger
  • , Senator Hatcher, Senator Hovy, Senator Kelly, Senator Coleman Madison, Senator Chamblas, Senator Elliott
  • Senator Gudger. Senator Gudger, no. Senator Hatcher. Senator Hovy. Senator Kelly. Senator Hatcher.