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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Feb 24th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we enhanced penalties and a deep dive on that from back then.
  • These calves are worth $1,200 to $1,500 a piece, and so branding is very, very, very important. done
  • As well as the Executive Director of Law Enforcement Brand and Inspection Services for Texas and Southwestern
  • Marks to explain the bill. Thank you Mr. Chair and members.
  • Thanks, Senator Johnson, and in that vein, as someone who's been there and done that, and not with water
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water and Agriculture and Rural Affairs convened under the leadership of Chairman Kelly Hancock, who opened the meeting with a prayer in remembrance of Chairman Perry, who was absent due to a personal loss. The session focused on the discussions surrounding SB384, which aims to support the longstanding initiative known as Operation Game Thief. Senator Flores presented the bill, emphasizing its essential role in the fight against poaching through public support. The operation has a successful track record of convictions but is currently dependent on donations and merchandise sales for funding. The committee aimed to vote on multiple bills during this session, contingent on achieving a quorum. Notably, discussions also revolved around fiscal notes on two bills that were set aside for later consideration, indicating the committee's intention to carefully manage their legislative decisions. The meeting showcased a productive atmosphere, with committee members actively engaged in the review and potential advancement of key legislative measures.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Agriculture & Livestock Mar 18th, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • It lays out penalties and unlicensed hemp farming and expands. rules on transportation, handling, and
  • We have to be intentional and be ready to address. plant disease and pest prevention and if we don't
  • Brands remain the most effective and legally recognized form of law. livestock identification, yet our
  • involved, producers, clerks, and law enforcement as they manage and protect livestock brands in Texas
  • You can brand, tattoo, or mark.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 8th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And whereas and Takabachi Council. And whereas and Takabachi Council.
  • determine and and what's the length and determine and and what's the length and determine and and what's
  • So that's something we do better and we do it and and this is the better and we do it and and this is
  • and circles and explaining all of it and and got some phone calls and it it and and got some phone calls
  • And I commend each and every one of you And I commend each and every one of you And I commend each and
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 8th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're thankful for the gift of life and love and laughter, for the gift of faith, family and freedom,
  • unlock and unleash the power of your love and light upon any and all forms of hatred, hostility, mendacity
  • gentleness and respect. speaker and this house supernatural wisdom to discern and decide your will and
  • Palestine was founded in 1846 and grew to be a regional shipping and rail hub, and it's kept true to
  • HB number 147 by Guillen. of an electric registry of livestock marks and brands. Mr.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And Mr.
  • near the Capitol and of course they buy things and They pay taxes, and they have cars, and they buy
  • SB 503 by Perry, relating to an establishment of electronic registry of livestock marks and.
  • Guillen to explain the bill. bill. process, allowing remote registration and ensuring brand records are
  • and pushes... a fellow classmate again and again and again and again to not have consequences.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 16th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to recognize Gretchen and Paul, and that's Gage's mom and dad.
  • AND THESE FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH CANCER TREATMENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, AND THEY HAVE MS, AND THEY ARE
  • BY CAREERS AND WORKFORCE... SUBCOMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE MELO AND OTHERS.
  • AND...
  • courts." ...and golf courses and hotels.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 16th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He grabs me and he says come on and he took me to behind the stage and I got to meet Selena and it was
  • recognizing Whataburger's beloved tradition, a Texas-grown brand, and the real reason we celebrate Whataburger
  • and Brands.
  • allowing remote registration and ensuring brand records are timely, accurate and accessible.
  • And that's winners and losers.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, and we will go ahead and, Mr. Secretary, And we will go ahead and, Mr.
  • um<00:03:46.560> that current and former users and um that current and former users and um
  • > we're and and making sure that we're and and making sure that we're collecting<00:10:06.959>
  • > of<00:11:55.040> the now and and address the needs of the now and and address the needs
  • Um and and and before December of 2030?
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance held its first meeting and heard a presentation from personnel cabinet officials on a major request to replace the Kentucky Human Resources Information System, known as CHRIS, which currently handles HR, payroll, tax compliance, and health plan administration for state government and several local offices. Officials said the system supports payroll for about 48,000 employees, covers all three branches of government and 24 sheriff and county clerk offices, and stores records for nearly 475,000 current and former users. They explained that SAP has said the system will reach end of life and lose support by 2030, creating risks around security, maintenance, and tax compliance if it is not replaced. Commissioners and staff emphasized that the replacement is needed not just as an upgrade but as a full system replacement, especially because the current platform no longer receives meaningful HR enhancements and will eventually lose security updates and tax tables. They also described the Kentucky Employees Health Plan as a major driver of the project, noting it serves nearly 300,000 covered lives, many school boards, pre-65 retirees, and more than 700 entities, with significant complexity in billing, premium collection, and regulatory compliance. Officials said the new system would help address current manual workarounds, support changing insurance rules, and better protect personally identifiable and health information. Members asked detailed questions about the $151 million request, including why the estimate had risen by more than $50 million, what would happen if the project missed the 2030 deadline, how progress would be tracked, how vendor costs were estimated, and what the largest cost components would cover. Officials said the increase was mainly due to inflation and changing requirements, and that there was no real backup plan if the replacement was not completed before support ends. They said the project would be managed through an RFP process expected in July 2026, with kickoff in January 2027 and go-live by July 2030, and that oversight would include an enterprise steering committee, monthly updates, and existing quarterly COT reporting to LRC. They also explained that the largest share of the request is for implementation and integrator services, with additional amounts for software licensing and hosting, independent verification and validation, dependent verification, FSA administration, and limited contract support, and that payments would be tied to deliverables and acceptance testing.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 5 (1-12-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • pray and seek my face and turn from the wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, I will forgive their
  • under God, indivisible, with liberty and under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice<00:02:
  • memory and honor of Bill Nickel. memory and honor of Bill Nickel.
  • His cat would get in, and two or three days later he'd come and find me and say, "Have you seen my cat
  • Committee on Committees has met and referred the following bills and resolutions to Banking and Insurance
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 95 members present. The journal from Friday, January 9, 2026 was approved, absent members were excused, and House Resolution 21 was taken from the Committee on Committees and brought to the floor without objection. Several committee and meeting announcements were made, including cancellations for various standing committees and notices that the Government Contract Review Committee and Oversight Investigation Committee would meet upon adjournment. The House also adopted House Citation 4, a citation of adjournment honoring Bill Nickel, with remarks describing him as a respected community member and friend. After the citation, members continued making committee announcements, including that the House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance would meet at noon the next day. The clerk then reported the introduction of numerous new bills and resolutions, covering topics such as grand jury service, criminal trespass, postsecondary admission and funding, sex crimes, cultured meat products, railroad crossings, firearms and concealed weapons, property tax exemptions, name/image/likeness rights, landlords and tenants, child care, child welfare investigations, government social media accounts, peace officer training, economic development incentives, residential safety, pre-trial release, and several resolutions on highways, property taxation, Medicaid waiver withdrawal, and food-as-medicine initiatives. The Committee on Committees and Rules met and referred House Bills 164, 176, 184, and 265 to Banking and Insurance, and the House adjourned without objection until 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • And then we also costs and overhead.
  • /c><00:05:40.240> want approaching this. and and then we want approaching this. and and then we
  • overwhelming and it and it really overwhelming and it and it really complicates<00:08:13.599>
  • And we do have one more item and stuff. And we do have one more item and stuff.
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance received a presentation from Jim Barnhard, CIO of the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and David Carter, deputy CIO/CISO, on the state’s citizen identity management project. They said the project is intended to streamline citizen logins across agencies, reduce duplicated identity-management costs, improve security by centralizing authentication, and provide a flexible system that can scale with demand. The presenters described major implementation challenges, including integrating with diverse and legacy applications, and said the chosen software-as-a-service vendor was selected because it can connect to many systems and maintain the service in a federally certified cloud environment. The presenters emphasized that the project scope is limited to login, authentication, identity management, and identity proofing, while leaving authorization decisions to the individual applications and agencies. They said the work is being done in phases, beginning with discovery sessions with agencies, then selecting representative applications for onboarding rather than attempting a “big bang” rollout. They also said the vendor agreement includes professional services and knowledge transfer to reduce long-term dependence on outside support, and that the state has already begun outreach to agencies, including initial work with the Finance Cabinet and the Department of Revenue. Members asked about staffing, current spending, future costs, and whether existing systems or contracts could be reduced. The presenters said the project is being supported with existing staff, with no expectation of a large increase in positions, and that the vendor will carry most of the operational load. They said they did not have statewide spending figures with them but could try to gather them, and explained that the negotiated pricing is intended to be all-inclusive, with fixed costs for the first five years and capped increases in years six and seven. They said centralizing identity services should eventually allow the Commonwealth to stand down some duplicated agency-level licensing and reduce overall operational costs.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 9 (1-16-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and declaring an emergency. and declaring an emergency.
  • And he would do closings for me and do some deeds for me.
  • And at him and say, "There's no charge."
  • Of course, our current state treasurer, Mark Metaf James, and Sarah were their brothers and sisters as
  • Of course, our current state treasurer, Mark Metaf James, and Sarah were their brothers and sisters as
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum with 87 members present, excused absent members, and approved the journal from January 15, 2026. On second reading, the clerk reported House Bill 178 on the psychiatric collaborative care model, House Bill 280 with committee substitute on healthcare, and House Joint Resolution 24 with committee substitute and amendment directing withdrawal of the 1115A waiver application related to a mandatory community engagement program. During announcements and citations, members adopted House Resolution 19 recognizing January 2026 as Kentucky Mentorship Month, with remarks emphasizing the value of mentors and personal examples from the sponsor. The House also adopted a citation honoring Robert Kaywood Metaf, a longtime Gary County attorney remembered for his service and generosity, and a citation congratulating Gary Thompson on his 80th birthday and his long-running West Louisville barbecue business. Members also noted committee meeting schedules, including cancellations and upcoming meetings, and one member introduced a guest connected to Logan’s Law, a bill described as responding to the release of a man convicted of killing a child. The clerk then reported new bills and resolutions introduced, including measures on gubernatorial transitions, the Kentucky Fire Commission, voting rights, interscholastic extracurricular activities, crimes and punishments, motorsports racing facilities, social work, motor vehicle racing, renter tax credits, and appropriations for the legislative and judicial branches, along with House Resolution 34 recognizing Kentucky Arts Day. The Committee on Committees and Rules Committee met, referred numerous bills to standing committees, reassigned House Bill 258 to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, and posted several bills and House Joint Resolution 24 to the regular orders for January 20, 2026. The House then adjourned until 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 7 (1-14-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Our thoughts and compassion and service.
  • And the answer is quite simple, and it's actually quite beautiful.
  • we're pulling up in there, and my wife reached out and she tapped me on the shoulder and she said, "It's
  • And we miss her every day. And we miss her every day.
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 95 members present. Members approved excusing absent members, suspended rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications, and approved the journal from January 13, 2026. The Banking and Insurance Committee reported House Bills 176, 184, and 265 favorably, and those bills were placed on the calendar as having had first reading. The chamber then took up several announcements and citations. A legislative citation was adopted honoring Tatum Elizabeth Dale, with remarks from members describing her kindness, service, and impact on the community. Another citation was adopted recognizing Emily Bingham for her book My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song. Members also announced upcoming committee meetings, including Tourism and Outdoor Recreation, the House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Health Services, and Oversight and Investigations. The House received a large batch of new bill introductions covering topics such as criminal law and minors, electric utilities, daylight saving time, veterans’ treatment and benefits, transportation, outdoor recreation, human trafficking, licensed professionals, automated license plate readers, postsecondary education, utility disconnection protections, electric metering, virtual currency kiosks, mental health facilities, perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening, controlled substances, prescription drugs, and literacy in schools. Two resolutions were also introduced, one encouraging a school naming honor for Jose Marte and another recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Committee on Committees then referred numerous bills to standing committees, and the House adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 6 (1-13-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • staff and equipment and endeavored to staff and equipment and endeavored to put<00:19:18.720>
  • And further assistance and aid was provided by numerous agencies.
  • While a city and a commonwealth remember and mourn for those lost in this tragedy, While a city and a
  • <00:29:41.600> and resolutions to appropriations and resolutions to appropriations and revenue
  • To Primary and Secondary Education: House Bill 11 and House Bill 35.
Summary: The House opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 96 members present. Routine business followed: absent members were excused, the rules were suspended to allow co-sponsorship and vote modifications, and the journal from January 12, 2026 was approved. No bills were taken up on second reading, and there were no committee reports or orders of the day at that point. During announcements, members recognized the Frederick Douglass High School cheerleading squad for winning a state title, and several members noted visits or upcoming events involving Kentucky firefighters and fire chiefs. Multiple committee meeting notices were also shared, and House Bill 244 was withdrawn by its primary sponsor. The clerk then read a long list of newly filed bills and resolutions covering topics including pharmacist reimbursements, immigration enforcement, housing, identity documents, sex-based classifications, school choking prevention, local minimum wages, rental property, labor standards, wages, veterans issues, homelessness prevention, real property appraisers, jury duty, paramedic education, adult performances, sanctuary policies, charitable gaming, court costs, National Guard benefits, child care coverage, and several resolutions. The chamber then considered House Resolution 21, honoring the victims of the UPS Airlines Flight 2976 crash in Louisville and commending first responders. The sponsor described the crash, named the victims, and detailed the extensive multi-agency response. The House opened the board for additional co-sponsors, observed a moment of silence, and adopted the resolution without objection. Afterward, the House recessed briefly for Committee on Committees and Rules Committee meetings, then received committee referrals for numerous bills to standing committees. No floor amendments were introduced, and the House adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 - March 30, 2020

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting