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Transcript Highlights:
  • If I may, I'd like to introduce some of the administrators who helped make this program possible.
  • Dorothy Wilson, Director and State 4-H Program Leader, Langston University. All right here.
  • And Doctor Steven Beck, Assistant Director, State 4-H Program Leader, Oklahoma State University.
  • for all the work they do within our great 4-H program. A leadership council member.
  • And please, one more time, give it up for the Oklahoma 4-H program we have. Mr.
Bills: HR1052, SB2184, SB171
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 17th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • American Education Archives and History Program Hall of Fame HR 711 by B.C.
  • Speaker members I promise you you won't see me up here speaking for or against very often and I hope
  • SB 2 by Creighton. relating to the establishment of an educational savings account program.
  • Tell you for you fiscal conservatives that if you don't put a cap of a billion dollars on this program
  • When I first ran for office, I promised to fight for all Texans, especially for communities like mine
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Studies show that service fosters Studies show that service fosters personal<00:53:58.160> growth
  • <02:10:58.480> to housing assistance and food programs to housing assistance and food programs
  • :07.679> brighter, programs create pathways to brighter, programs create pathways to brighter,
  • Our nation promised to never forget.
  • Our nation promised to never forget.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 02/18/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • created an alternative learning program. created an alternative learning program.
  • neglect and truancy program.
  • benefiting from the program right now. benefiting from the program right now.
  • <01:28:04.480> of education, fostering a sense of education, fostering a sense of belonging
  • When 1/4 of a community academy program.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism Mar 6th, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • The fourth and final of our program units is the Talking Book Program.
  • And the final program.
  • And if TMIP. program.
  • Program.
  • program similar to the film and music programs.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 12th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • You mentioned that it would be burdensome on the county, I guess, with a relocation program.
  • They are promised an apartment that is so nice.
  • Our outreach programs are stretched beyond their limits.
  • Another person was in... ...extended foster care, supervised independent living, and received notices
  • I was in foster care and dropped right into homelessness at 18, and I don't have any backup.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/03/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • state of Minnesota through our programs state of Minnesota through our programs um<00:03:50.480>
  • It's been a really great program.
  • or will participate in our that program or will participate in our current<00:14:44.680> program<
  • We have a couple of new programs.
  • space we have a couple of new programs space we have a couple of new programs so<00:23:24.799>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: Explore Minnesota Executive Director Lauren Bennett McGinty gave the committee an agency overview focused on the state’s tourism, livability, business attraction, film, and outdoor recreation promotion work. She highlighted record 2023 tourism results, including 80.2 million visitors, $4.1 billion in economic impact, more than 180,000 hospitality jobs, and $2.3 billion in state and local taxes, and said tourism sales, hotel occupancy, and other metrics continued to improve. She also described the agency’s marketing strategy, including a new campaign centered on authentic Minnesota stories, expanded domestic and international advertising, and a strong emphasis on winter, diverse markets, and accessibility. McGinty reviewed several one-time-funded programs launched or expanded in the last year, including Explore Minnesota for Business, the tourism recovery grant program, the first Tribal Nations Grant program, and the outdoor recreation industry partnership with IRRR, DEED, and DNR. She said the recovery grants had distributed $1.15 million to 110 grantees, the tribal grant program had spent $1.4 million with eight tribal nations, and outdoor recreation was estimated at $13.5 billion annually with 10.5% growth. She also noted strong media and social media results, including a viral Timberwolves-related campaign, high video completion rates, and increased website traffic. In response to committee questions, McGinty said the workforce and business attraction campaign is aimed at showing why people choose to live and work in Minnesota, using stories from newer residents and businesses, and that it is performing well in markets such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and Seattle. She said the agency is investing more in winter advertising to promote Minnesota as a winter destination and is working with partners to highlight activities beyond outdoor cold-weather recreation. Members also discussed the agency’s new film program, resident retention efforts, and a planned music-themed tourism ad tied to Prince and Bob Dylan. No votes or formal actions were taken.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Identified population health programs support mental health and substance use prevention programs for
  • programs as needed, but in general, these programs were assessed within the intentions and context of
  • Proposition 1 to identify programs that again provide population health programming, being provided
  • , the advocacy grant program as well as the Innovation Partnership Grant Program—would you categorize
  • Right, the first $300 million is a grant program—pardon me, is a loan, a no-interest loan program.
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held a May Revision hearing covering several health-related budget proposals and broader concerns about the state’s budget structure. The Chair opened by praising some May Revision changes, such as added health IT funding, county administration support tied to Medi-Cal changes, a delay in Medi-Cal cuts for some lawfully present immigrants, and additional support for Covered California subsidies, while criticizing proposed increases in Medi-Cal premiums, changes to senior eligibility, the lack of a Medi-Cal dental solution, and other reductions affecting counties, mobile crisis units, workforce incentives, and physician shortages. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the state’s budget condition remains weak despite progress on the structural deficit, and the Department of Finance said the May Revision uses a mix of reductions, reforms, revenue proposals, and fund shifts to cut out-year deficits. The committee first heard Department of State Hospitals proposals, including adjustments to county bed billing authority, contract exemption language for online clinical/pharmacy subscriptions, reversion of unspent funds, a revised Metro Central Utility Plant replacement project, electronic health record implementation, and workforce development funded partly through Behavioral Health Services Act resources. DSH also described savings and realignments in incompetent-to-stand-trial and conditional release programs, including extending the independent placement panel program and shifting funds to support additional bed capacity and a mental health rehab center. Members asked about the use of BHSA funds for workforce programs, and the department said the proposal would replace General Fund support with BHSA reimbursements. The Emergency Medical Services Authority proposed funding for statewide behavioral health crisis response guidance and for enterprise system development, and the Department of Managed Health Care proposed modernization of its complaint system and claims-settlement data system to improve oversight and comply with AB 3275. The largest discussion centered on the administration’s BHSA spending plan under Proposition 1, including state-directed prevention, workforce, and other uses, plus General Fund offsets for existing programs. The LAO questioned whether some proposed offsets fit Proposition 1’s non-supplant and eligible-use requirements, while the administration argued the uses were consistent with the measure and that the state-directed share can be adjusted annually. The Commission for Behavioral Health’s proposals drew the most public and member concern. The administration proposed cutting the commission’s Innovation Partnership Fund from $20 million to $10 million and reducing the Community Advocacy Program by $6.7 million, while redirecting BHSA dollars to other state purposes and direct services. Commissioners, advocates, and several members argued the cuts would weaken community voice, reduce support for underserved populations, and disrupt grants already in process; they also objected to using BHSA funds to backfill General Fund commitments. Public commenters, including youth, disability, behavioral health, LGBTQ, tribal, veteran, immigrant, and community-based organization representatives, overwhelmingly opposed the cuts and urged preservation of prevention, advocacy, mobile crisis, and innovation funding. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
CA
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  • million for the conditional release program to support an MHRC program within that.
  • Identified population health programs support mental health and substance use prevention programs for
  • Proposition 1 to identify programs that again provide population health programming, being provided
  • Right, the first $300 million is a grant program—pardon me, is a loan, a no-interest loan program.
  • The state has now implemented the loan program and is now implementing the grant program.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health heard presentations on several May Revision proposals, beginning with an overview from the Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Department of Finance on the state’s budget condition and the administration’s efforts to reduce out-year deficits through a mix of revenue measures, fund shifts, and program reductions. The chair expressed support for some administration proposals, such as added health IT funding, county administration support, a delay in Medi-Cal cuts for some immigrants, and additional Covered California subsidy backfill, but also criticized proposed Medi-Cal premiums, changes to senior eligibility, the lack of a Medi-Cal dental solution, and other cuts affecting counties, workforce, and rural access. The LAO said the budget still relies heavily on reserves and borrowing and urged more reserves and caution on new commitments. The Department of State Hospitals presented several proposals, including reduced county bed billing authority, limited contract exemption authority for online clinical subscriptions, reversion of unspent prior-year funds, additional lease revenue authority for the Metro Central Utility Plant replacement, funding for electronic health record implementation, and a shift of workforce development costs to Behavioral Health Services Act funds. The department also described savings and realignments in its IST and CONREP programs, including making the Independent Placement Panel permanent and adjusting funding for jail-based competency treatment and conditional release services. Members questioned the BHSA workforce funding swap, and the administration said it was part of a broader General Fund offset strategy. The Emergency Medical Services Authority requested funding for statewide behavioral health crisis response guidance and for continued operation of its enterprise systems, and the Department of Managed Health Care sought funds to modernize its complaint system and claims settlement data systems. The largest debate centered on the administration’s proposed use of Behavioral Health Services Act revenues to offset General Fund spending and fund state-directed behavioral health programs. The Department of Finance said the proposal would support population-based prevention, workforce programs, mobile crisis services, and other state-directed uses, while the LAO said it was still reviewing whether the uses comply with Proposition 1 and whether the non-supplement and eligible-use requirements are met. The Commission for Behavioral Health strongly opposed proposed cuts to its Innovation Partnership Fund and community advocacy grants, arguing that both programs are central to community voice, culturally responsive services, and statewide innovation. Commissioners and many public commenters said the cuts would reduce grants to community-based organizations, tribal groups, veterans, LGBTQ communities, youth, and other underserved populations, and that the advocacy program helps communities participate in local planning and access services. The Department of Finance defended the reductions as a way to prioritize direct services and said the programs fit within Proposition 1, but members criticized the proposal as a midstream shift that would weaken community engagement and redirect funds away from prevention and advocacy.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 15, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • program as our largest driver.
  • Additional major cost drivers are the KidCare program, the iBudget waiver program at APD, and the child
  • welfare program at DCF.
  • services. programs.
  • So that's another program. So that's another program that I wanted to highlight.
Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee met to organize the new term, take roll, and hear introductory presentations from the six agencies under its jurisdiction: the Agency for Health Care Administration, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Department of Children and Families, Department of Elder Affairs, Department of Health, and Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The chair outlined the committee process, including assigning members to review agencies and make budget recommendations. Each agency head gave a high-level overview of their budget, staffing, major programs, and priorities, with recurring themes including Medicaid, long-term care, disability services, child welfare, mental health, aging services, public health, and veterans’ health care. Several agency leaders highlighted recent initiatives and funding priorities. AHCA emphasized Medicaid managed care, provider regulation, Hope Florida, hospital-at-home, and cancer-related efforts; APD discussed iBudget services, Hope Florida, a managed-care pilot, online applications, and forensic care costs; DCF focused on child protection, foster care, adult protective services, food/cash/medical assistance, mental health, and opioid treatment; Elder Affairs highlighted Alzheimer’s services, community-based senior care, guardianship, ombudsman services, and disaster outreach; DOH covered cancer innovation, maternal telehealth, cybersecurity, HIV/hepatitis/syphilis screening, and school nursing; and Veterans Affairs described benefits and health care access for veterans, long-term care, and federal reimbursement. Several speakers also raised concerns about rising costs, provider rates, disaster response, and access to services. The committee heard two public comments from disability advocates about Medicaid redeterminations affecting iBudget waiver recipients and provider payment delays. In response, AHCA and APD said they were coordinating on data sharing, early outreach, escalation processes, and efforts to reduce disenrollments and make recertification smoother. Members then asked questions about provider rates, opioid settlement spending, managed care quality measures, pediatric rare disease grants, group home transparency, senior outreach, ABA services moving into managed care, annual Medicaid recertification, veterans’ service utilization, waiting lists for elder services, and prevention spending. No formal votes were taken during the meeting.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Last year, the program served 326 students.
  • Three programs proposed for closure were suspended before the 2025 budget plan, and seven programs proposed
  • Very excited about those programs.
  • programs that do not.
  • Another significant part of our apprenticeship program is to have those programs that don't get college
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So you just ...for the Community Schools Partnership Program.
  • , but not a program, a movement.
  • We call them a movement, not a program.
  • So I can't, I'm a walking commercial for the program.
  • We need the ability to be able to open up those programs.
Summary: The joint informational and oversight hearing focused on community schools in California, with members emphasizing that the purpose was to examine effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability rather than the Governor’s budget proposal. The California Department of Education described the California Community Schools Partnership Program, created in 2021 and funded with more than $4 billion, including planning, implementation, extension, and county coordination grants. Officials said nearly 2,500 schools are participating and highlighted the statewide technical assistance structure, including the State Transformational Assistance Center, eight regional centers, county offices, and CDE support. Researchers from the Learning Policy Institute and UCLA presented early findings and implementation data. LPI reported reductions in chronic absenteeism and suspensions, along with gains in math and English language arts, with especially large benefits for Black students and other historically underserved groups. UCLA described the Annual Progress Report as a statewide improvement tool showing growth in capacity-building, shared decision-making, whole-child supports, and continuous improvement. Members asked about how the reports measure outcomes, how to interpret outliers, and how to distinguish community schools effects from other concurrent initiatives; presenters said matched comparison methods and deeper case-study work are being used, with additional statewide findings expected in June. Panelists from Oakland Unified, LAUSD/UTLA, San Diego Unified, and advocacy organizations described key elements of success: integrated student supports, strong family and student engagement, collaborative leadership, community partnerships, and school-site decision-making. They gave examples such as wellness centers, dual enrollment, student senates, parent leadership, and community campaigns that built trust and increased participation. Members also raised concerns about sustainability, implementation fidelity, and whether community schools improve participation in LCAP processes. Presenters said major barriers include unclear early guidance, the need for a mindset shift away from top-down models, and uncertainty about long-term funding for coordinators and other staff. The panel’s recommendations centered on stable ongoing funding, stronger technical assistance, shared governance, and embedding community schools practices into district and county systems.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Public Safety Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under the misdemeanor diversion program, people charged with vehicular manslaughter are able to keep
  • While these programs are important tools for judges to carry out discretion based upon the details of
  • It's not interfering with the criminal procedures of how a diversion program works.
  • That tragedy is a painful reminder that a protective order must be more than a promise on paper.
  • They just pushed me further into a hole and fostered a deep distrust of the system.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The committee met on June 16, 2026, with a quorum present and first approved a consent calendar containing several bills, while a number of other measures were pulled and set for later hearings. The committee then heard AB 1662, which would require notice to the DMV when a defendant receives diversion in certain driving-related cases so DMV points can still be assessed. The author and supporters, including police chiefs, road safety advocates, district attorneys, cities, and AAA, said the bill closes a loophole identified in reporting on dangerous drivers; one opposition witness from the Western Center on Law and Poverty objected. The bill was moved on a due pass recommendation to Transportation and kept on call. The committee next heard AB 1741, which would allow sexual battery committed during an unlawful residential intrusion to be charged as a wobbler. The author and supporters, including district attorneys, sheriffs, and victim advocates, argued current law leaves a gap when an intruder sexually touches a victim in a home without meeting other felony elements. Public defenders opposed, saying existing burglary, attempted rape, and other statutes already cover the conduct and warning the bill was overbroad. The bill passed on a due pass as amended recommendation to Appropriations. AB 2760 followed, allowing counties with an Office of Inspector General to expand oversight to probation and animal control. The author and a San Diego supervisor’s letter framed it as optional local oversight to address capacity limits, while probation chiefs and Fresno County opposed, citing existing oversight and concerns about duplication and confidentiality. The bill passed to Local Government, with some members voting no. The committee then heard AB 1753, the Survivor Pathways to Safety Act, which would strengthen firearm relinquishment and protection-order enforcement, expand remote hearing access, and add certain offenses to firearm prohibitions. Supporters, including Giffords, prosecutors, police chiefs, emergency physicians, and victim advocates, said it would make restraining orders more effective and close enforcement gaps; gun rights groups opposed on due process and Second Amendment grounds. The bill passed to Judiciary. AB 1743, by Assembly Member Wicks, would allow local governments and certain universities to request firearm trace data from DOJ for research and policy analysis. Supporters said the data would help identify trafficking patterns and improve evidence-based policy, while NRA and gun rights groups warned about privacy, misuse, and stigmatizing lawful dealers. The bill passed to Appropriations. Later, the committee heard AB 2164, the Care Without Fear Act, which would strengthen California’s shield-law protections for abortion providers by limiting extradition cooperation and extending reciprocal protections to providers from other shield states. Health care and reproductive rights groups supported it; the California Family Council opposed, raising concerns about abortion and gender-affirming care. The bill passed to Judiciary. AB 2664, the Safe Worship Zone Act, would create an eight-foot personal buffer within 100 feet of a place of worship’s entrances and exits to prevent harassment or intimidation. Jewish organizations and the ADL supported it as a response to harassment at synagogues and other houses of worship, while the ACLU, CAIR, and others opposed on First Amendment grounds and urged narrower alternatives. The bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 2122 would prohibit bench warrants for Vehicle Code infractions and allow noncustodial warrants for other infractions; the author and supporters said it would reduce criminalization of poverty and unnecessary arrests, while the transcript cuts off during support testimony and no vote is shown in the excerpt.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 15, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Jesuit beat a program with moment.
  • This bill creates a grant program to make these programs accessible to departments of all sizes, rural
  • > to<00:46:33.839> departments these programs accessible to departments these programs
  • , and Shop with a Cop programs.
  • He was also a town board programs.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Apr 10th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • because we know that we have dwindling enrollment within these programs.
  • We want to foster this profession.
  • I promise I will keep this brief. Human trafficking is a scourge on our society.
  • Let's take up Tab 6, SB 1102 on school readiness program by Senator...
  • budget so that school readiness program providers who meet minimum program assessment composite scores
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met and considered a wide range of education-related bills, with most measures receiving favorable reports. Early in the meeting, the committee approved CS/SB 754 on International Baccalaureate bonus funding, CS/SB 1122 on Florida Virtual School updates, and CS/SB 430 requiring public schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans, train students and staff in CPR/AED use, and maintain accessible AEDs. Testimony on the cardiac bill came from the American Heart Association and the Florida chapter of the American College of Cardiology in support, and the chair noted a survey suggesting many districts already have AEDs in schools. The committee also approved CS/SB 1528 on educational opportunities for military children, which expands coordination and training under the interstate compact, and CS/SB 364, which would move the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys from the Department of Legal Affairs to Florida Memorial University for research and administrative support. The committee then adopted amendments and favorably reported CS/SB 1590 on educator preparation, which modernizes teacher standards and certification pathways, including updates to FEAPs, a revised teacher exam, and an alternative certification program. The SPLC testified in opposition to part of the bill, arguing that language on historical instruction and systemic racism was contradictory and could limit accurate teaching of history. The committee also approved CS/SB 1702 on education, incorporating a wireless-device-in-schools pilot and other education provisions, with support from the Florida Charter School Alliance and others. CS/SB 444 on human trafficking awareness was amended to require no-cost training for school employees and charter schools; FSU law students testified in support, emphasizing the need for school personnel to recognize trafficking indicators. The committee also approved CS/SB 650 on hazardous walking conditions, expanding transportation eligibility for students walking near limited-access facilities, though members noted the bill carried an indeterminate fiscal impact and no dedicated funding. Later, the committee favorably reported CS/SB 1102 on school readiness, which expands how disabilities can be identified for early learning services and ties additional funding to training on early identification of delays. It also approved SB 1382 on access to school readiness programs for economically disadvantaged households, revising eligibility and priority tiers to use state median income rather than federal poverty level and refining the waitlist and forecasting process. Several members recorded votes on bills they had missed during the meeting, and the committee adjourned after reporting all of the above measures favorably.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Agriculture and Water Management Committee Jun 17th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Agriculture and Water Management Committee

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  • , loan programs and stuff like that, but do we, and I know FSA had a program at one time, I don't know
  • We have a program in family and community wellness, which includes our food and nutrition programs.
  • We have a program in family and community wellness, which includes our food and nutrition programs, aging
  • For this new program, which is called the Water Resources Certificate Program, we developed that in fall
  • We are also planning to develop a new certificate program similar to this undergraduate program, but
Keywords: 908, all
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Protection and Victim Services Committee May 13th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Protection and Victim Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we start these programs as soon as we get the referral and, um, So we start these programs as soon
  • Chairman, I'm just curious if this is the same program or an evolution of the same program that LSS,
  • So the demand reduction program, this is a sentencing diversion program that came through the 2015 legislative
  • So just to explain a little bit more of how the program works is if someone's sentenced to this program
  • And in this program, it's a day-long program... ...where it's eight to ten hours, where we go over what
Keywords: 908, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Finance May 21st, 2025

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Attorney General's Crime Victims Compensation Program provides financial assistance to individuals
  • Members, Texas's conservative policies and robust economy have fostered a strong fiscal outlook for the
  • The Galveston Bay Foundation operates a qualified oyster shell recycling program in the state.
  • Uh, we believe this legislation will incentivize new restaurants to join our program and will reward
  • existing restaurants that are already a part of our program, um.
Bills: HB104
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Jan 28th, 2025

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They deliver over 200 classes per week and over 200,000 hours of instruction across all of their programs
  • Over 8,000 children across the state will participate in programs, and over 64,000 audience members will
  • While NDI's leave in the floor, I just want to acknowledge this great program and Cynthia.
  • It's a great program, and I encourage anyone to get involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters.
  • Governor's summer program or other programs of the department that are open to minors, providing the
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • to serve the program.
  • enacted eight programs.
  • Utah's school choice program is not the biggest program.
  • Utah's school choice program is not the biggest program.
  • Indiana has an ESA program, Florida, of course, has a program, Arizona's ESA program started with that
Bills: SB 2
Keywords: 1185, senate, all