Transcript Highlights:

• This is a very simple lift as we all voted—sorry, we all swore to uphold the Constitution of the United
• You have to do it for property owners and qualified electors both.
• This language would remove that and just go to qualified electors.
• So these are people that can't even vote on our local ballot.
• Because having signatures for people that don't vote, obviously we know that we want to make it easier

Committee: House State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• c> yes vote on it and vote yes vote on it and vote no<00:19:55.520><c> uh</c><00:19:56.520><c> and</c
• So, under your handout here, you say each state gets one vote, like in the Electoral College.
• Can you just clarify: is it one state, one vote, or is it a situation like the Electoral College?
• like in the um each state gets one vote like in the Electoral<01:05:31.000><c> College</c><01:05:31.480
• </c><01:50:49.960><c> uh</c> had one vote and Utah had one vote uh had one vote and Utah had one vote

Committee: House State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• The whole county could go and vote at that one vote center for that extra hour.
• by improper votes.
• to vote.
• They're not... supposed to keep somebody from voting that is allowed to vote.
• I voted for constitutional carry.

Bills: HB304 , HB401 , HB556 , HB1475 , HB1489 , HB2259 , HB2424 , HB2773 , HB2811 , HB3323 , HB304

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: voter ID, citizenship proof, provisional ballot, election security, Texas, voting rights, deep fakes, misleading videos, election integrity, criminal offense, digital misinformation, deep fake, political manipulation, misinformation, artificial media, political influence, artificially generated media, election influence, Texas Election Code, healthcare reform

Transcript Highlights:

• Again, should they decide to merge, statute has a clear process for this that includes a vote of the
• electorate in each school district that has proposed to merge.
• vote of the electorate that includes a vote of the electorate in<00:09:19.080><c> each</c><00:09:19.320
• Right now it looks like a one district, one vote sort of model.
• <00:15:51.959><c> sort</c><00:15:52.280><c> of</c> vote sort of vote sort of model.<00:15:54.440><c>

Transcript Highlights:

• It's HB 228 not to vote on that today.
• Um you're not planning to vote vote vote &gt;&gt; Not<00:27:12.760><c> planning</c><00:27:12.960><c>
• c> and</c> &gt;&gt; Not planning on voting today and and &gt;&gt; Not planning on voting today and and
• I understand. >> So, if we vote, just like I said about her, I would request to be voted no.
• </c> about her, I would request to be voted about her, I would request to be voted no. no. no.

Bills: SB118 , SB203 , HB420 , HB414 , HB363 , HB405 , HB261 , HB263 , HB327 , HB348 , SB118 , SB203 , HB420 , HB414 , HB363 , HB405 , HB261 , HB263 , HB327 , HB348 , HB228 , HB282 , SB273 , HB7 , SB296 , SB199 , SB47 , SB204 , HB80 , HB11 , HB192 , HB228 , HB282 , SB273 , HB7 , SB296 , SB199 , SB47 , SB204 , HB80 , HB11 , HB192

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: bail, offenses, constitutional amendment, criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, dental insurance, medical loss ratio, premium regulation, insurance commissioner, rebate, consumer protection, Baldwin County, local bill, education funding, school tax, privilege license tax, county tax revenue, municipal school board, Baldwin County Board of Education

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:10:52.839><c> that's</c> it followed through with voting that's it followed through with voting
• Some of the comments included, “How can my vote even count?”
• Some of the comments included, “How can my vote even count?”
• c> at</c> electorate at electorate at large<00:23:16.919><c> studies</c><00:23:17.279><c> suggest</c>
• </c> ability to participate in electoral ability to participate in electoral campaigns<00:24:19.520><

Committee: Senate Elections

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative Caldwell votes aye. Representative Triver votes aye. Speaker votes aye.
• Representative Pay votes aye. Representative Dallens votes aye. Clear the vote. Dallens votes aye.
• Representative Eaves has already voted. Members wishing to vote or change your vote.
• Duel votes aye. Mr. Stenson votes aye. Williams votes aye. Members vote aye.
• Members wishing to vote or change your vote. Your vote. Chair is preparing to close.

Bills: SB1475 , SB1447 , HB2288 , SB1521 , SB592 , SB1533 , HB1276 , SB201 , SB1477 , SB1232 , SB1255 , SB1327 , SB1525 , SB1721 , SB667 , SB1436 , SB1317 , SB604 , SB1325 , SB1496 , SB2007 , SB1567 , SB2112 , SB1980 , SB1735 , SB1558 , SB1491 , SB1287 , SB1378 , SB1369 , SB1441 , SB137 , SB483 , SB843 , SB1433 , SB1257 , SB1365 , SJR49 , HJR1090 , HJR1091 , HJR1092 , HJR1093 , HJR1095 , HJR1094

Summary: The House met in quorum call and then took up a long series of Senate bills, most of them passing with little or no debate. Early action included SB 1475, renaming the I-35 bridge at Indian Hills in Norman as the Toby Keith Memorial Interchange, which passed 77-5. SB 1447, modifying the RFP process for the state employees’ prescription drug plan, passed 87-0. The chamber also adopted Senate amendments to HB 2288 on the Teacher Retirement System, shortening the return-to-work waiting period for teachers from three years to six months, and both the bill and its emergency clause passed 90-0. Other education-related measures included SB 1521 on conversational AI child protections, SB 1276 making the “bell-to-bell, no-cell” school cellphone restriction permanent, SB 201 raising the minimum teacher salary schedule by $2,000, and SB 1721 extending and restructuring the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education; all advanced, with SB 201 drawing the most debate over teacher pay, local control, and whether the increase was enough. The House also passed bills on veterans, public safety, and state operations. SB 1533 would allow the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to bury Oklahoma resident veterans who die out of state. SB 1232 updated penalties for copper theft, SB 1255 shifted medical pardon review from the DOC director to the medical director, SB 1327 restored more authority to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission board, and SB 1525 authorized up to $75,000 for the state’s annual tourism conference; the tourism bill also received emergency passage. Additional measures included SB 667 clarifying chiropractic education language, SB 1436 requiring hospitals to provide information after fetal death, SB 1317 allowing career teacher status to transfer to a new district with approval, SB 604 resolving motor vehicle statutory conflicts, SB 1325 protecting domestic abuse victims, SB 1496 updating OSBI authority, SB 2007 requiring PBMs to honor appealed reimbursement rates going forward, SB 1567 clarifying nursing language, SB 2112 cleaning up open pasture road law, SB 1980 creating gift card protections, SB 1735 aligning career tech oversight, SB 1558 clarifying child-care licensing rules for certain group homes, SB 1491 clarifying replacement presidential electors’ oath requirements, SB 1287 allowing the Abstractors Board to deny licenses to people not legally working in the U.S., and SB 1378 creating an Olympics in Oklahoma revolving fund. Most of these passed by wide margins, and several emergency clauses were adopted. The chamber also rejected a motion to vacate the temporary presiding officer, and later voted to reject Senate amendments to HB 3403 and request further conference, while also requesting a second conference committee report on HB 1851. The session included multiple gallery introductions, including visitors, ag students, and a large page presentation. The House adjourned until Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• You just picked up one vote, but you lost one. Oh, Kenneth was voting against me.
• vote in committee.
• And must that person be a qualified elector in the district where you're voting? No, sir. Okay.
• So this bill requires that that person be a qualified elector in the district where you're voting?
• elected with 13.7% of the vote, and one got elected with 16% of the vote.

Bills: HB117 , HB228 , HB250 , HB260 , HB393 , HB400 , HB446 , HB534 , HB551 , HB576 , HB842

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: Department of State, statutory entities, re-creation, termination, Louisiana laws, Department of State Civil Service, Louisiana legislation, government re-creation, authority termination, financial disclosure, public servants, ethics, immediate family, transparency, legislators, transportation, foreign travel, cultural exchange, public service, HB393

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Speaker,<00:48:50.280><c> vote</c> Speaker, vote Speaker, vote &gt;&gt; Any vote<00:48:50.800><
• Any other vote change? Okay. Any other vote change?
• Polarized voting means voting in which there is a difference in the choice of candidates or the electoral
• They vote vote dilution is happening.
• </c> 38 votes in the affirmative and 94 votes 38 votes in the affirmative and 94 votes in<02:11:51.080

Transcript Highlights:

• vote in committee.
• And must that person be a qualified elector in the district where you're voting? No, sir. Okay.
• So this bill requires that that person be a qualified elector in the district where you're voting?
• Machines to vote.
• elected with 13.7% of the vote, and one got elected with 16% of the vote.

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Summary: The Committee on House and Governmental Affairs met on March 18 and first adopted the minutes from its February 21 meeting. The committee then took up HB 250, which would have narrowed financial disclosure requirements for appointed, unpaid board and commission members by exempting immediate family information. Supporters said the bill would reduce burdens and help recruit volunteers, while opponents argued it would weaken ethics enforcement and create opportunities for undisclosed conflicts of interest. After debate and a roll call, the committee deadlocked and HB 250 failed to advance on a 6-6 vote with one abstention. The committee next considered HB 576, which transfers ownership and maintenance responsibility for the Old Governor’s Mansion to the Department of State and codifies its current operational role. Secretary of State Nancy Landry and mansion staff testified in support, describing expanded programming, increased visitors, and the need to align the statute with current practice. The committee adopted technical amendments and then reported HB 576 favorably without objection. The committee also heard HB 117, which recreates the Department of State and its statutory entities through July 1, 2033, and reported it favorably without objection. The major remaining item was HB 842, the annual omnibus elections bill, which makes numerous technical and substantive changes to election law, including voter assistance for people with disabilities, absentee ballot and petition procedures, inactive voter updates, and election contest deadlines. Several members and public witnesses raised concerns about disability documentation, absentee ballot curing, witness requirements, constitutional amendment challenge deadlines, and the scope of authority given to the Secretary of State, while others said the bill clarified existing practice and improved election administration. After adopting amendments and rejecting a motion to defer, the committee reported HB 842 favorably by an 8-5 vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• By your vote, CS for SB 196 is reported favorably.
• By your vote, CS for SB 196 is reported favorably.
• By your vote, by your vote, CS for SB 160 is reported favorably. Senators, we will not.
• Vote no. Thank you. For Charlie Kirk.
• By your vote, SB 174 is reported favorably.

Committee: Senate Fiscal Policy

Summary: The Committee on Fiscal Policy considered a long agenda of bills covering education, health, criminal justice, aging services, labor, and commemorative measures. Among the measures reported favorably were CS/SB 1062 creating Florida Speech and Debate Week and the Florida Debate Initiative; CS/SB 196 and CS/SB 864 establishing and protecting a Uterine Fibroid Research Database; CS/SB 432, as amended, adding restrictions on xylazine and nitrous oxide sales; CS/SB 1630 modernizing aging and disability services and guardianship oversight; SB 1112 on labor pool placement fees and registration; CS/SB 524 revising FDLE and medical examiner provisions; CS/SB 530 updating lottery operations; CS/SB 646 narrowing drug paraphernalia testing equipment exemptions to fentanyl, analogs, and xylazine; SB 676 strengthening animal cruelty penalties and the animal abuser database; CS/SB 1180 creating a recall process for community development district board members; CS/SB 800 increasing penalties for unlicensed engineering practice; CS/SB 1404 creating a memory care specialty license for assisted living facilities; SB 1072 creating an anti-Semitism task force; and CS/SB 1684 and CS/SB 1686 establishing and exempting records for a Parkinson’s Disease Registry. The committee also took up several high-profile commemorative bills. CS/SB 194, designating October 14 as Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance, drew extensive public testimony both for and against, with supporters emphasizing civic engagement and free speech and opponents criticizing Kirk’s rhetoric and the appropriateness of a state honor. The bill was reported favorably after a recorded vote. SB 174, designating Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue in Miami-Dade County, also drew significant opposition testimony on similar grounds and was reported favorably. A late-file amendment to a related remembrance measure was withdrawn after discussion. Other bills, including the speech and debate, fibroid research, aging services, labor pool, animal cruelty, engineering, memory care, anti-Semitism, and Parkinson’s registry measures, were generally supported by agency, advocacy, or stakeholder testimony and advanced without major opposition. Several bills were amended before passage, including substitute or delete-all amendments on SB 432, SB 524, SB 646, SB 676, SB 1180, SB 800, and SB 1404. The committee repeatedly adopted amendments by voice vote and then reported the bills favorably by recorded roll call. The meeting ended with members requesting to be recorded on specific bills, followed by adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• I’d ask for your I vote on House 798.” “Questions for Senator Lakey? I don’t see any questions.
• This builds on the requirements that candidates must be registered electors in their districts for one
• Chairman and Senator Adams, I voted for that bill, so I am supportive.
• Would it be appropriate to hear from the bill sponsor regarding this potential amendment before we vote
• And then you have proximity mistakes or missed votes, and that's what's caused by ballot design.

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Bierke, how did you vote? Aye. Sir Birki vote to die.
• There is also a paired vote. Senator Nichols votes aye. Senator Semmelroth votes nay.
• So the senator votes aye. Free market, so the senator votes aye. Senator Burtt votes aye. Mr.
• So the Senator votes aye. Senator votes aye. free market, so the Senator votes aye.
• No matter how long it's gone on, I urge your nay vote. Your nay vote. I urge your nay vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• Change their vote.
• Has every member voted? Perch, Monks. Does any member change their vote?
• Has every member voted? Does any member wish to change their vote?
• As every member voted, does any member wish to change their vote?
• As every member has voted, does any member wish to change their vote?

Transcript Highlights:

• All those prepared to vote on the motion.
• Colleagues, I urge you to join me in voting down. Voting in voting down, voting no.
• The reason why I cannot vote for this bill today, Friend President Gates because I can't vote for this
• our conscience and vote as we will.
• Secretary, I won't like the board and Senator proceed to vote. Have all senators voted?

Transcript Highlights:

• Colleagues, I urge you to join me in voting down. Voting In voting down, voting no.
• My constituents elected me by 405 votes.
• The reason why I cannot vote for this bill today, Friend President Gates because I can't vote for this
• conscience and vote as we will.
• Secretary, I won't like the board and Senator proceed to vote. Have all senators voted?

Summary: The Senate convened in special session and took up Senate Bill 8D, later substituting identical House Bill 1D, to establish Florida’s congressional districts. The opening prayer and Pledge of Allegiance were followed by procedural remarks, then extensive floor discussion focused almost entirely on the redistricting proposal, its timing, and its legal basis. Senator Gaetz, explaining the bill, said the Governor had transmitted the map two days earlier, argued that mid-decade congressional redistricting is not prohibited by law, and said the Governor’s stated reasons were to address population growth and to draw race-neutral districts. He also said the legislature could accept, reject, or amend the proposal. Much of the debate centered on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Louisiana decision and whether it affected Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment and the Voting Rights Act. Senators Smith, Rouson, Sharief, Polsky, Arrington, Bracey Davis, Bernard, Nathan, and others questioned the short notice, lack of public hearings, the use of partisan data, the absence of sworn testimony, and whether the map diluted minority voting strength or fragmented communities of interest. Gaetz repeatedly said he was not offering legal opinions, that the Governor’s counsel believed the Fair Districts race-based provisions were inconsistent with federal law, and that any legal challenge would be for the courts. He also said the Governor’s mapmaker reported using census and demographic data, along with political data as one of many inputs, and claimed the map’s compactness was comparable to the current map. A motion by Senator Smith to temporarily postpone consideration of the bill failed on a 12-23 vote. After the Senate returned from a 30-minute break to review the new Supreme Court decision, debate continued. The chamber then substituted HB 1D for SB 8D, read the House bill, and advanced it to third reading. The transcript ends during debate on final passage, with Senators Rouson and Bernard speaking in opposition and arguing the map was procedurally rushed, legally vulnerable, and politically motivated.

Transcript Highlights:

• , but would be prevented from voting in the upcoming election.
• , but would be prevented from to vote, but would be prevented from voting<00:03:04.000><c> in</c><00:
• </c><00:03:06.400><c> uh</c> voting in the upcoming election. uh voting in the upcoming election. uh
• In election at which they offer to vote.
• </c> voting uh in that 14-day lockout period. voting uh in that 14-day lockout period.

Bills: SF0114 , SF0102 , SF0117

Committee: House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:04:47.759><c> Um,</c> three-fifth vote to be confirmed.
• Um, three-fifth vote to be confirmed.
• In that case, I vote no.
• </c> you vote against me. you vote against me. &gt;&gt; Thank<00:17:33.760><c> you.
• </c> the best and we'll vote next what Mr. the best and we'll vote next what Mr. chair<00:30:11.679><

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> candidates and people show up to vote candidates and people show up to vote please<01:03:56.799>
• It's going to add policy, and I'd love to keep working on it. election will vote in more vote on more
• voting on the other.
• represent a community that voted.
• represent a community that voted.

Bills: HF72 , HF66 , HF69 , HF73

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: campaign finance, state funding, political activity, nonprofits, government transparency, HF66, Minnesota second-degree murder, unintentional murder, protective order, order for protection, harassment restraining order, domestic violence, victim protection, cross-jurisdictional orders, out-of-state restraining order, tribal court order, Canadian protective order, public safety, criminal law, homicide

Transcript Highlights:

• This is a piece of legislation that would pair with 501 that we voted on yesterday in the full House,
• They would be qualified electors and required to wear a name badge.
• They would be qualified electors and required to wear a name badge saying so.
• Would you like to be recorded as voting no? Representative Church voting no.
• It doesn't mean that they can't stop your vote.

Committee: House State Affairs