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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 7th, 2026 at 10:15 am
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not a standardized test, and standardized tests are not good for individuals.
- are really good in math don't fear standardized math tests.
- And so if we up the instruction, it reduces a lot of that fear over standardized tests as well.
- You know, we talked earlier about standardized tests. That doesn't start till third grade.
- You know, with this bill, reading tests may only measure English skills, not bilingual learning.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Aug 25th, 2025
Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Where they found it was a first-of-a-kind blood testing study of people in the Clovis area, where they
- Awareness training, then we do the validation by conducting penetration testing.
- Penetration testing, similarly with cybersecurity awareness training, etc., etc.
- And there is no test that we can, or there's no governing body that has given them a seal of approval
- Off to somebody else to get the test, so they can come in and say, With respect to our co-branches of
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think we can all agree, since our teachers are having to teach so much to testing and that happens
- And I'm glad you brought up the point about testing.
- One of the benefits of a bill like this is that it is not going to increase the amount of testing that
- And so, with the testing staying constant, this bill would allow more time to be spent on instruction
- My question wasn't directly about testing. My question wasn't directly about testing.
Bills:
HB3622, HB3621, HB3151, HB3882, HB3661, HB4273, HB3644, HB3706, HB3708, HB2021, HB3986, HB3972
Keywords:
HB3622, 2030 Census, Decennial Census, U.S. Decennial Census Revolving Fund, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, census preparation, federal census, state treasury fund, revolving fund, continuing fund, deemed appropriated, technology upgrades, census outreach, redistricting, population count, Title 74, OMES, State Treasurer, budgeting
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 9, 2025 - 08:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- THEIR AND CAN ONLY BE USED INCIDENCES OF TESTING AND MAINTENANCE OR WHEN THERE IS AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY
- SUCH AS NOISE STANDARDS AND NOISE ORDINANCE WE DO NOISE TESTING AT THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY LINE
- THIS OF THE COMPANY DOES, ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS, ET CETERA BEFORE THEY MOVE INTO AN AREA THAT HAS BEST
- WHICH IS THE BEST TIME TO DO THOSE TESTS? >> GREAT QUESTION.
- ACQUIRING LAND, DOING THE TESTING, AND GIVE THE COMMUNITY. DOES THE INDUSTRY REGULATE THAT?
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- So now, in the past, we had about 13 of our sites that were identified for GED testing sites.
- We now have well over half of our facilities are set up as GED test... GED testing sites.
- We now have well over half of our facilities are set up as GED testing sites.
- Our prior model for the last several years was based on a pre-test and a post-test and looking at only
- Okay, and then to sort of test the efficacy, have you heard—I mean, this presumably maybe not tracking
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Eric Hall on the Florida Scholars Academy, a new unified education model for youth in residential commitment programs. He explained that the academy replaced the prior decentralized district-run system with a contracted model through Florida Virtual School, allowing individualized blended learning, real-time progress monitoring, expanded special education services, and a broader course catalog including dual enrollment, CTE, GED testing, and postsecondary pathways through the Florida Youth College partnership with Tallahassee State College. Hall said the department is using data to focus on academic achievement, workforce credentials, and peer-group change as strategies to reduce recidivism, and reported early results including 60 diplomas or GEDs, a 5.5% teacher vacancy rate, and progress-monitoring gains for most students.
Hall also reviewed implementation of House Bill 1181 on swift accountability and juvenile justice reforms. He said the law strengthened pre-arrest delinquency citation use, raised the target for eligible citations to 70%, required written justification for releasing youth charged with certain felony firearm offenses, and directed the department to develop a firearm-offending curriculum focused on avoidance and consequences. He described a new statewide graduated sanctions matrix for probation technical violations, intended to provide quicker and more consistent responses without overburdening courts. He said early data showed reductions in weapons/firearm offenses and auto theft, and that the department had conducted circuit-level outreach to law enforcement, courts, and providers to support implementation.
Members asked about the number of unauthorized alien children in detention or residential care, teacher vacancies and whether instruction continues when staff are absent, screen-time and supervision concerns with laptops, and whether students are reentering local schools with improved academic performance. Hall said he did not have data on immigration status, that FLVS and classroom staff provide continuity when teachers are absent, that devices are checked in and out and security has been tightened, and that the department is still early in implementation but is hearing positive anecdotal feedback from parents. Vice Chair Smith asked for more detail on the firearm curriculum, and Hall offered to provide it. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after no public testimony was offered.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Revised Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This is simple: this is a seven-panel test that they already issue.
- If that seven-panel test is positive for opioids, then you do one additional test for fentanyl.
- In doing so, he learned that the drug screening panels used in the child welfare process did not test
- He told a story all around the state of Oklahoma, urging lawmakers to correct this gap in testing and
- This will require the Oklahoma Department of Human Services to include fentanyl testing in all child
Summary:
The committee considered and advanced a series of bills, beginning with House Bill 3834, which creates a revolving fund at the Department of Health for ibogaine research. The author said the measure is limited to clinical trials, has support from several tribal nations, and would not have an immediate fiscal impact, though retirement-related costs were discussed as roughly $1 million based on prior estimates. HB 3834 passed 20-0. House Bill 3940, updating Oklahoma Military Department provisions, National Guard retirement benefits, and some Uniform Code of Military Justice language, also passed after questions about the same estimated retirement cost and the effect of changing the date for implementation; it passed 21-1.
Members then approved House Bill 4346, with an amendment aimed at addressing fraud concerns in agricultural sales tax exemptions. The bill would extend reciprocity to holders of ag sales tax exemption cards from Texas and other surrounding states, allowing them to use those exemptions in Oklahoma border communities. Opponents argued the change would place too much burden on retailers to verify out-of-state cards and could increase liability, but supporters said it would help rural businesses. The bill passed 17-4. House Bill 2947, allowing clinical interns and accredited behavioral health graduate programs to bill Medicaid for supervised services, passed 21-0, and House Bill 3257, extending state benefits for 100% disabled veterans to those similarly disabled due to negligence at a VA hospital, also passed 21-0.
The committee next passed House Bill 3264, which adds domestic abuse by strangulation to the list of 85% crimes. Supporters emphasized the seriousness of strangulation and its connection to later homicide risk, while questions focused on prison population growth and costs; the bill passed 21-0. House Bill 4326, dealing with Oklahoma Promise homeschool language and the definition of certified classroom personnel, was amended to remove unrelated T-SET restructuring language and then passed 19-2. House Bill 4421, “Leo’s Law,” which requires fentanyl testing in child welfare drug screens when fentanyl use is suspected, drew emotional testimony about a child’s death and had its fiscal estimate discussed as dropping from $125 million to about $16 million; it passed 22-0.
Finally, the committee approved House Bill 3944, a State Finance Act cleanup and modernization measure, after questions about reporting dates and public finance oversight, and House Bill 3979, which raises financing caps under the Oklahoma Economic Development Finance Pool, after an amendment to add an effective date and emergency clause; both passed 21-0. House Bill 4118, updating the family caregiver tax credit and raising the maximum credit while keeping the annual cap unchanged, passed 20-1. The meeting ended with thanks to members and staff and adjournment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Notice required when deploying chemical irritants in a building 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The committee took up House File 3782, Chair Mueller’s bill, and first adopted an oral amendment changing the term “distraction” to “diversionary” in four places. The DE2 author’s amendment, as amended, was then adopted. The bill was described as a response to concerns raised after the summer’s events and is intended to address safety and cleanup issues when law enforcement deploys chemical irritants inside buildings.
Colin Hortman testified virtually about the cleanup of his parents’ home after tear gas was used there. He described extensive residue, health effects when re-entering the house, months of delay before it could be safely occupied, difficulty determining what chemicals and quantities had been used, and confusion over who was responsible for remediation costs. He said clearer documentation, immediate disclosure of the agents used, and faster communication would make the process safer and less traumatic for future victims.
Chair Mueller explained that the bill would require law enforcement that uses chemical irritants inside a building to leave a standardized notice for occupants or owners, including information on what was used and how much, and to direct them to the agency for more details. Members asked about the logistics of the notice requirement, including how it would work in multi-agency operations; Mueller said the agency in command of the scene would leave the notice. Representatives expressed support for the bill and its purpose. The committee then renewed and approved the motion to re-refer House File 3782, as amended, to the Judiciary, Finance, and Civil Law Committee.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- allows for the department to do what they kind of already do actually, but go around and randomly test
- allows for the department to do what they kind of already do actually, but go around and randomly test
- That's for technology and the testing of fentanyl.
- That's for technology and the testing of fentanyl.
- <00:21:23.840>
of That's for technology and the testing of That's for technology and the testing
Keywords:
teachers retirement, credit purchase, St. Clair County, DAY Program, pension reform, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, HB444, vaccines, vaccine exemption, religious exemption, religious liberty, private school, church school, faith-based school, parochial school, school immunization
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Agriculture and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, we encourage people to take the test. I think in the...
- We encourage people to take the test.
- I think in the last 10 years, we only have one person who has applied and taken the test.
- Have you taken the test? The process costs $75.
- Particularly now, we're testing mammals particularly now we're testing mammals for a variety of diseases
Keywords:
wildlife rehabilitation, conservation, good samaritan, injured animals, orphaned animals, debilitated wildlife, wild birds, wild animals, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, permit exemption, animal rescue, animal welfare, veterinary medicine, veterinary licensing, animal cruelty, wildlife care, rehabilitation act, non-federally protected species, endangered species
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-01-23 - 11:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee on Finance be relieved of S. 154, an act relating to health insurance coverage for biomarker testing
- Committee on Finance be relieved of S. 154, an act relating to health insurance coverage for biomarker testing
- Test 3002 related to the collection of personally identifying information. Gulick and others.
- Test<00:11:04.480>
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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (3-10-26) - Reupload
Appropriations & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- It establishes a firm testing window.
- taker can come take times that a test taker can come take the<00:40:45.840>
test, <00:40:46.840 - taker can take the test so they cannot take it over and over again.
- It requires testing of cannabinoid products by an accredited laboratory.
- We need to test those correctly. So, that is a big part of doing this.
Keywords:
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Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:15
HB 647 Discussion 00:02:00
HB 647 Vote 00:05:47
HB 501 Discussion 00:07:40
HB 501 Vote 00:09:53
HB 502 Discussion 00:11:20
HB 502 Vote 00:14:48
HJR 75 Discussion 00:16:53
HJR 75 Vote 00:17:35
HJR 76 Discussion 00:19:00
HJR 76 Vote 00:19:43
HB 869 Discussion 00:21:22
HB 869 Vote 00:30:00
HB 619 Discussion 00:31:39
HB 619 Vote 00:34:33
HB 356 Discussion 00:36:22
HB 356 Vote 00:40:19
HB 900 Discussion 00:43:17
HB 900 Vote 00:46:21
HB 816 Discussion 00:48:02
HB 816 Vote 00:53:47
HB 9 Discussion 00:55:05
HB 9 Vote 01:18:25
HB 757 Discussion 01:21:04
HB 757 Vote 01:35:55, 958, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And the issue alcohol blood testing lab.
- So you know testing and stuff like that.
- At least it got sent out and the testing process has begun.
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Summary:
The Senate Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs held an informational briefing on violent crime clearance rates and what resources law enforcement and prosecutors need to improve them. Chair and members noted there would be no public testimony. The briefing was led by Marshall Clement of the Council of State Governments’ Justice Center, with later participation expected from state and county law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies.
Clement argued that solving violent crime is a systemwide issue, not just a local police function, and said clearance rates have declined nationally over decades for homicide, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery. He said Hawaii’s reported data, limited to Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, shows overall violent crime rates are lower than the national average and have been relatively flat with a pandemic-era spike followed by declines in 2023 and 2024. He reported that Hawaii’s overall violent crime solve rate fell from about 52% in 2014 to about 40% in 2024, with 2024 rates of 50% for homicides, 48% for aggravated assaults, and 26% each for rapes and robberies. He also estimated unsolved cases over the past three years at about 17 homicides, 3,300 aggravated assaults, 1,200 rapes, and 1,700 robberies.
Members asked about victim and witness support, staffing shortages, the Denver example, whether clearance rates include cases not prosecuted, and whether HPD’s size or structure might affect solve rates. Clement said support can include victim-witness programs and coordinators that help maintain cooperation and trust, especially where clearance rates are low. He said resources, training, technology, and detective caseloads matter, citing Boston, Denver, and Omaha as cities that improved solve rates through relatively low-cost operational changes; he highlighted Denver’s increase in non-fatal shooting clearance from 39% to 65% in seven months after dedicating more resources. He said he had no research showing that breaking up a large department would improve solve rates, and noted that clearance data can include exceptional clearances such as victim noncooperation, prosecutorial declination, or a suspect’s death. No votes or formal actions were taken during the informational briefing.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
Transcript Highlights:
- Next. you make sure you test five before five next we're going to do house 279 and we have a panel dr
- test, but the answer is not to throw out the test; rather, the better approach is to work with that
- Let that speak for itself for folks who fail the test by a few points.
- Because if we lose workers because of this flawed test, then families lose supports.
- Because if we lose workers because of this flawed test, then families lose supports.
Summary:
The committee held a hybrid hearing on a range of bills affecting children, families, disability rights, homelessness, and social services. Early testimony focused on H.215, which would support children experiencing homelessness by speeding access to child care vouchers and early intervention screenings. Boston officials, Horizons for Homeless Children, Head Start, pediatric and early education advocates, and families described delays in child care and early intervention, the developmental risks of homelessness, and the need for automatic referrals and faster access to services. Testimony also supported H.216, which would improve emergency housing assistance by restoring presumptive eligibility, reducing documentation barriers, extending shelter stays from six to nine months, and creating an ombudsperson; providers and legal advocates said current rules leave families sleeping in cars or outside and create unnecessary administrative hurdles.
The committee also heard strong support for H.210, which would repeal the “Learn Fair” school attendance sanction that cuts cash assistance to families when children miss school. Advocates from legal aid, education, and anti-poverty organizations argued the policy is punitive, burdensome, and ineffective, disproportionately affecting low-income, disabled, and Hispanic/Latino families. Several speakers said chronic absenteeism should be addressed through supports such as family outreach, wraparound services, and school engagement rather than benefit cuts. Legislators and school officials from Salem also testified that their districts reduced absenteeism through supportive strategies, not sanctions.
Additional testimony addressed children’s vision bills H.202 and H.166, with optometrists and researchers urging better screening, data systems, and treatment access to close achievement gaps caused by untreated vision problems. Senator Lovely also presented S.2714, proposing a study of discrimination in public accommodations for people with service animals. Later, testimony on H.279 supported changing social work licensure rules to remove exam requirements that speakers said disproportionately exclude multilingual candidates and candidates of color. The hearing also included testimony on bills related to the Judge Rotenberg Center and electric shock devices, with disability rights advocates opposing continued use of the devices and urging the committee to reject licensing or authorization for them. No votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy.(6-4-26)
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- testing, and how we better share data from the individual organizations and stakeholders and agencies
- that are doing testing.
- Uh, and it was that could test for PAS.
- Those that do have tested for a higher level than the allowable amount.
- Area, and we will go out and test people's ground wells to see if there's PAS impact.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/21/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- test at the station.
- is largely because blood and urine tests is largely because blood and urine tests don't<00:45:50.480
- violator submits for a chemical test violator submits for a chemical test rather<00:55:01.040>
- we don't take any action until the test we don't take any action until the test result<00:57:16.000
- <02:00:51.599>
their allowing the individual to test their allowing the individual to test
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, when it was chronic pain testing, I guess, for an example, there could be testing done to make
- Do we have any way to know how much these diagnostic tests are saving by diagnosing earlier?
- to $1,800. ...chronic pain medication and testing to $1,800.
- Children do not have a testing limit, so it would be applicable to adults. Okay.
- I think we have testing up to $500 for the adults.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (03/24/2026)
Public Works and Highways
Transcript Highlights:
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- Association did their own testing. Association did their own testing.
- The Canadians tested differently bus.
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tested.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- but if you're 18, you can walk in and just take the written exam, take the eye exam, take the road test
- Statutorily mandated that if you're 16 or 17, you have to take Driver's Ed to come to the DMV and test
- I mean, the way the state statute reads, you have to take driver's ed in order to come in and test if
- So at 18, you can just come in and take the test.
- So at 18, you can just come in and take the test.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Dec 18th, 2025 at 09:13 am
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm currently the district test coordinator.
- , no territory has the same test, and nothing has been done to actually compare that.
- Many districts have never given a NAEP test in the last 20 years.
- And then there are several districts that have given a NAEP test every year for the past 20 years.
- No one has ever seen a NAEP test. No one has ever seen the questions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety Committee and Toxic Materials Committee Jul 15th, 2025
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there any standardized testing for solubility of PFOS?
- And I think also we'll get more testing, right?
- It requires manufacturers to test their products and disclose the results so people can make safe and
- Many responsible manufacturers already tested.
- If what is the testing that determines?