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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (04/14/2026)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • ... ski and snowboard instructors and ski and snowboard instructors and employees<01:09:58.600> at
  • Ski instructors and anyone who is regularly scheduled less than an hour.
  • So it also applies to, like, a yoga instructor.
  • Um ski instructors and carved out.
  • And the best way to a yoga instructor.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Higher Education - 03/25/25

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Cloud State University for the past 17 years, a temporary part-time instructor at St.
  • temporary part-time instructor at St. temporary part-time instructor at St.
  • One instructor told me about his technical program.
  • The same instructor was described as exceptional, in fact the only one who was qualified to keep the
  • But we need to make sure that the physical and mental health of our instructors we place before these
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:37:37.920> must<00:37:38.319> think<00:37:38.560> about locally instructors
  • must think about locally instructors must think about this<00:37:39.520> when<00:37:39.680>
  • time that the instructor could be using and increase program cost.
  • could be using and it the instructor could be using and it increased<00:38:13.280> program cost
  • This group was from stakeholders: public, private, instructors, schools, students, fleets.
Bills: HF1167, HF1242
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • When you go in a lake, you go in with a dive instructor. They take you down.
  • <01:02:26.880> and deep with a dive inst instructor and deep with a dive inst instructor and
  • I am a scuba instructor and instructor trainer for multiple agencies.
  • They're also all CPR certified, so if not a CPR instructor, they can react to any situation if there
  • I can assure you that I'm an instructor through Public Safety divers.
Bills: HF1355, HF1469, HF1768
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Apr 8th, 2026

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Who does the instructor need to be?
  • No, they're instructors that have done it. They're instructors that have done it.
  • > you<05:32:35.600> will, these these instructors, if you will, these these instructors
  • education instructor. education instructor.
  • So if an have the instructors.
Keywords: 920, all
Summary: The Senate first recognized the Montgomery Academy boys basketball team for winning the 2026 Class 3A state championship, their second straight title. Senator Barfoot introduced the team and read a resolution commending the players, coaches, and school community for the 66-39 win over Southside Selma, noting standout performances by Braden Gordon, Mason Ellis, and Jarrett Friendley. Coach Jeremy Aant and school head John Williams thanked the Senate and emphasized the team’s selflessness, teamwork, academic standards, service, and leadership development. The Senate applauded the team, added all senators to the resolution, and arranged for a picture and challenge coins for the players. After the recognition, the Senate came to order, established a quorum, excused absent senators, and adopted the previous day’s journal. Committee reports followed. The Committee on State Government Affairs reported House Bill 541 favorably with one amendment; the bill would create the Safeguard Alabama Voter Engagement Act, requiring party registration for primary voting, restricting crossover voting, retaining voter history as a public record, revising voter registration forms, and requiring parties to publish candidate qualifications. The bill was ordered to a second reading and placed on the calendar. The Committee on Local Legislation reported House Bills 630, 631, and 632 favorably, all relating to Etowah County, including changes to tax exemptions and personnel board membership. These bills were also sent to second reading and the calendar. The Senate then took up Senate Joint Resolution 117, commending Dylan Nut for winning the 2026 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic, and added all members as co-sponsors. During discussion, one senator used the opportunity to speak at length about a separate concern involving alleged unlicensed real estate solicitation and the need for legislation to protect citizens from property-related scams; he also discussed the calendar process and other bills. The floor later included extended informal remarks about fishing and a separate discussion of a proposal to designate Miss America as an official state ambassador, with support expressed for a possible stipend amendment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health Committee Meeting - 2026-04-13

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and I think the more that you all learn about these instructors, the more that you're going to want
  • <00:04:12.160> that<00:04:12.400> help<00:04:12.800> our swimming instructors
  • instructors at this moment<00:04:31.560> in<00:04:31.680> time,<00:04:32.360> but
  • I'm a certified ISR instructor.
  • I'm a certified ISR instructor who works with infants as young as 6 months old on up, and other young
Summary: The committee met at 1:00 p.m., confirmed a quorum, and approved the April 8, 2026 minutes. The first bill heard was House File 4712, which was laid over after the committee adopted a DE2 amendment. Representative Schultz said the bill would create a narrow additional exception to public pool limitations so highly certified swimming instructors could use certain pools for specialized infant, youth, and developmental-disability swim instruction. The only testifier, Tessa Seppelt, described ISR instruction as water-safety and drowning-prevention training for very young children and children with developmental delays, and said access to appropriate facilities is the main barrier. Members raised questions about emergency egress, public safety, and insurance coverage, and the author said he would follow up on those concerns. The committee then took up House File 4801, a bill by Representative Nadeau aimed at health care program integrity. He said it would align commercial and Medicaid partners to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse by changing prior authorization and retrospective review processes, improving data sharing on suspected fraud, addressing conflicting or duplicative services, allowing managed care organizations to verify provider credentials, and making risk corridors in MCO contracts permanent. The Minnesota Council of Health Plans supported the bill, saying it would help detect fraud and improve coordination, while the Minnesota chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics opposed it, arguing that expanded prior authorization would delay care, increase physician burden, and harm children with chronic conditions. Members debated patient safety, fraud detection, and whether the bill would undermine recent prior-authorization reforms. The bill was laid over. House File 3756, a technical update to the insulin safety net program, was also laid over. Representative Backer said the bill clarifies that a hospital-use intravenous insulin product is not part of the program because it is sold only to health care institutions and infused by practitioners, not dispensed to patients for self-use. The Board of Pharmacy testified that the language was drafted to avoid affecting future legitimate uses, and members asked whether the definition could limit new uses if treatments change. The committee then began House File 4860, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s presentation is completed.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Sep 24th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • And our coaches are teachers, instructors, and so I think they go hand-in-hand, and you can't do one
  • And so we put in Capturing Kids' Hearts to take that into the classroom so that our instructors would
  • Currently, within our CTE pathways, we have one vacancy, and that's for an HVAC instructor.
  • So I share that not as an illustration of the instructor. Model.
  • Our blend of instructors is about 50-50 from industry and from the typical classroom.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Indian Affairs Jul 16th, 2025

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We actually have a waiting list now for nursing instructors, which is really amazing.
  • I have a question about Can you give us an update on student and instructor housing and a little bit
  • than the instructors.
  • I believe we need to look at that and do a better job funding the instructors.
  • This is a very relevant concern with our nursing instructors.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am a license to carry instructor for the state of Texas, for the state of Illinois, for the state of
  • I can tell you as a licensed. to carry instructor.
  • And for the bill, as I've said before, I am a licensed carry instructor.
  • private security instructor and all that kind of stuff.
  • My name is Gary Zimmerman, and as some of you know, I am a licensed carry instructor for four states.
NJ

New Jersey 2026-2027 Regular Session

Senate Budget and Appropriations Jun 4th, 2026

Senate Budget and Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • for real estate licensees and regulation of certain real estate continuing education providers, instructors
  • real estate schools from the requirement that a school's directors be licensed as a real estate instructor
  • remove language authorizing certain continuing education course providers to approve their own instructors
  • The amendments would remove language requiring a continuing education course instructor approved by the
  • Commission to provide proof that the instructor taught two approved courses in the previous license
Keywords: 1146, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Transportation Jan 27th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you consider a flight instructor, true story, a flight instructor that might do a flight into Tallahassee
  • as a part of flight training, and then that flight instructor gets out of that aircraft on an active
  • Not an instructor that gets up. May I ask one more quickly? Sir, we're talking about an ADS system.
  • Not an instructor that gets out of the plane after he brings it to a full stop on the runway.
  • I'm a certified flight instructor and many, many different types of aircraft.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee met and first considered SB 86, which would make it unlawful for unauthorized aliens to operate commercial motor vehicles in Florida. The sponsor described the bill as a highway safety measure, requiring lawful presence, a valid CDL, English proficiency, and the ability to communicate with law enforcement. The bill also provides for impoundment, custody transfer to federal authorities, a civil penalty on the motor carrier, and an out-of-service order. An amendment was adopted, public testimony included support from the Florida PBA, and the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee then heard SB 706, which preempts naming of major commercial service airports to the state and would rename Palm Beach International Airport as Donald J. Trump International Airport. An amendment was adopted to make the change subject to FAA approval, a trademark agreement, and a reasonable implementation period for Palm Beach County. Palm Beach County representatives supported the measure and the amendment, and the committee reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee approved SB 1670, a specialty license plate bill for the “outsider” plate, after adopting an amendment reducing the Huber Brothers Foundation’s share of proceeds from 25% to 10%. The committee also passed SB 1054, which increases penalties for traffic infractions that result in crashes involving red lights or stop signs, including higher fines, license suspensions, and a one-year bodily injury insurance requirement after injury-causing crashes. Testimony from law enforcement and advocacy groups supported the bill, and it was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 422 on ADS-B aviation surveillance data. The bill would prohibit use of ADS-B data to calculate or collect landing-related fees, and an amendment narrowed the prohibition to fees tied to landings, touch-and-goes, or entering a fee-assessing airspace radius. Aviation groups, pilots, and airport officials offered extensive testimony, with supporters arguing the bill protects safety and prevents inaccurate or surprise billing, while airport representatives said they use the data for fee collection and operational purposes and wanted further changes. Despite those concerns, the committee reported the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Laurie Broden, Healthcare Technology Instructor, Quincy High School.
  • Our instructors track student attainment of these competencies to make certain that students develop
  • The team consists of CTE instructors, school nurses, and school administration.
  • My name is Laurie Broughton, healthcare instructor at Quincy High School.
  • I am honored to represent the 22 Chapter 74 CTE instructors from Quincy High and North Quincy High Schools
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held an informational hearing at Quincy Public Schools focused on career and technical education (CTE). Committee members said the visit was intended to gather input for statewide CTE legislation, including efforts to expand awareness and access, improve middle school exposure, invest in equipment and facilities, and strengthen ties to workforce boards and labor pathways. Quincy officials described their CTE system as integrated with academics and highlighted support from district, city, and state partners. School leaders outlined Quincy’s CTE offerings, including 15 Chapter 74 programs at Quincy High School and four at North Quincy High School, with about 1,360 students enrolled. Presenters emphasized curriculum aligned to DESE frameworks, work-based learning, industry-recognized credentials, safety training, business electives, dual enrollment and articulation with Quincy College, and grant funding such as Skills Capital and Perkins. They also discussed support liaisons for nontraditional careers and military pathways, advisory committees, and plans to seek Chapter 74 approval for an engineering program at North Quincy, along with new computer science and business offerings. Testimony from MassHire South Shore described workforce partnerships, YouthWorks, job fairs, resume workshops, and the Credit for Life Fair, while the assistant superintendent explained Quincy’s MyCAP planning grant and efforts to build a student-driven college and career readiness system. Three students testified about their pathways in welding, early education and care, and healthcare technology, describing hands-on learning, certifications, clinical or co-op experiences, and future plans for college and careers. Committee members praised Quincy as a model for combining CTE with general education, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn and unanimous adjournment.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Economic and Rural Development Jun 4th, 2025

Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The instructors aren't making enough money to be held at the college that we're we're losing instructors
  • And they can earn twice the money as an instructor. And who's more important to keep.
  • If the instructors aren't there and, and we've kind of let the instructors go by the wayside and I think
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/17/26

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:56:58.040> Ellness.<01:56:58.360> Mr.
  • Ellness. Mr. Dolan, Thank you, Mr. Ellness. Mr.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Jan 27th, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you consider a flight instructor—true story—a flight instructor that might do a flight into Tallahassee
  • as a part of flight training, and then that flight instructor gets out of that aircraft on an active
  • Not an instructor that gets up. May I ask one more quickly? Sir, we're talking about an ADS system.
  • Not an instructor that gets out of the plane after he brings it to a full stop on the runway.
  • I'm a certified flight instructor and have flown many different types of aircraft.
Bills: S0086, S0422, S0706, S1054, S1670
Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation met and considered several bills, beginning with CS/SB 86 on commercial motor vehicles operated by unauthorized aliens. The sponsor described the bill as a highway safety measure requiring commercial drivers to be lawfully present, hold a valid CDL, read English, and communicate with law enforcement, with vehicle impoundment, civil penalties, and out-of-service orders for violations. After questions about impacts on carriers and interstate operations, the committee adopted an amendment and reported the bill favorably, with one no vote. The committee then heard CS/SB 706, which would preempt naming of major commercial service airports to the state and rename Palm Beach International Airport as Donald J. Trump International Airport. An amendment added FAA approval, trademark authorization, and a flexible implementation period for Palm Beach County; county representatives supported the amendment and bill. The committee also approved CS/SB 1670 on the Outsider specialty license plate after an amendment reduced the Huber Brothers Foundation’s share of proceeds from 25% to 10%. Next, the committee considered CS/SB 1054, dealing with traffic infractions resulting in crashes with another vehicle. The bill would impose escalating fines and license suspensions for crashes caused by running red lights or stop signs, and require bodily injury insurance for a year when injury results. A clarifying amendment limited the insurance requirement to one year, and the bill was reported favorably after supportive testimony from law enforcement and advocacy groups. The final major bill was CS/SB 422 on automated dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) data; it would bar use of ADS-B information to calculate or collect certain landing-related fees. Supporters argued the technology should remain focused on aviation safety and warned against false invoices and discouraging pilot training, while airport representatives said they currently use the data for fee collection and wanted further discussion. After an amendment narrowing the bill’s application, the committee reported CS/SB 422 favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • There's three workstations and then an instructor station.
  • And each station has an iPad so you can watch a recipe video and then work on it, with the instructor
  • kind of leading from above and maybe a support instructor kind of guiding you right beside you if you
  • We have with the instructor kind of leading from above and maybe a support instructor kind of guiding
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The meeting began with a presentation from Run the Gamut, a new two-year transition program for young adults with autism ages 18 to 24. Staff described the program’s focus on person-centered planning, independent living skills, social connection, and experiential learning, including a teaching kitchen, laundry room, community-based instruction, and job shadowing. They said the program is intended to complement existing Massachusetts services and partnerships rather than duplicate them, and that it is inspired by the founders’ experience helping their daughter transition to adulthood and employment. Committee members asked about employment outcomes, employer readiness, funding, eligibility, and whether students with intellectual disabilities could participate. Run the Gamut said the program is currently private-pay tuition-based, but a grant is covering tuition for the first cohort while they explore additional funding sources, including possible school-district or insurance pathways. They said students with intellectual disabilities would not be automatically excluded if they meet admissions criteria. Staff also emphasized building employer relationships in advance, using job shadowing and industry partnerships to improve hiring practices and create real opportunities for students. They noted partnerships with programs such as PYD, JBS, Aspire, and Boston University, and said the program is opening soon with about eight students enrolled and an open house planned for September 18. After the presentation, the committee shifted to planning its proposed workshop for the Massachusetts APSE conference, “Employment Matters,” themed “Partners in Progress.” Members discussed submitting the application by the August 31 deadline, selecting a second presenter, and shaping interactive questions for attendees using a live polling tool. Suggested audience questions focused on the benefits of hiring people with disabilities and the barriers or challenges employers and employment advocates face, with an emphasis on connecting responses back to commission resources and partnerships. The committee also approved the minutes from the prior meeting unanimously and ended with a discussion of future fiscal year goals, including interest in a possible veterans-and-disability-focused event or resource effort.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU-HHS, HHS, HHS-TRS Public Hearings 02-11-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, and so we already have three American Sign Language instructors.
  • and so we already have three instructors and so we already have three instructors uh<00:27:59.440
  • > sign<00:27:59.600> language<00:27:59.840> instructors, uh sign language instructors
  • <00:28:01.120> Instructors.
  • So >> American Sign Language Instructors.
Bills: SB3263, SB3261
Summary: The joint Senate Committee on Education and Committee on Health and Human Services heard testimony on several bills related to student health and safety, University of Hawaii programs, and workforce development. For SB 2969, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaii to expand and sustain the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study and Maui Health Registry, testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Witnesses described the ongoing physical and mental health impacts of the August 2023 Maui fires, said the study has identified serious untreated conditions and connected participants to care, and emphasized its role in serving survivors and training students. The committee also heard support from the Department of Health, the Alzheimer’s Association, the American Lung Association, Maui residents, and study staff. No vote was taken during the hearing. The committee then heard SB 2657, which would establish an Alzheimer disease and related dementia research center at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. University of Hawaii and Alzheimer’s Association representatives supported the bill, saying a local center would improve coordination of existing research, build state capacity, and help Hawaii compete for future NIH designation and federal funding. A family member affected by Alzheimer’s also testified in support, citing the disease’s impact in Hawaii. In response to questions, the university said the proposal would follow a five-year phased plan, with the first year funding used to recruit a senior neuroscientist and staff person, at an estimated cost of about $375,000, and that the effort would still strengthen Hawaii’s research infrastructure even if federal funding is not secured. For SB 2612, which clarifies immunity for Department of Education employees and agents who assist students with medication administration under certain conditions, the Department of Education said the bill is intended to protect volunteers and help ensure students can participate in school activities even when staffing is limited. The committee discussed how volunteers would be selected and whether every school would have someone available, and DOE said schools currently rely on health attendants, nurses, and trained volunteers. The committee also briefly discussed liability language and gross negligence exceptions. The hearing then moved to SB 2412, which would fund a bachelor’s degree program in sign language and sign language interpretation at UH Mānoa with a future master’s pathway. Testimony from interpreters, educators, and university officials emphasized the shortage of interpreters, the need to retain local talent, and the program’s role in building a pipeline; university representatives said the initial request would fund a faculty/staff position as a first step, with additional funding needed later. No final committee action or votes were announced in the transcript.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • <02:03:52.639> and here today with their instructors and here today with their instructors
  • I think there's 13 or 14 instructors. instructors. instructors.
  • <02:12:53.679> who<02:12:54.360> is that an instructor who is that an instructor who
  • <02:33:11.359> through uh I almost put the instructor through uh I almost put the instructor
  • of respect for the the two instructors of respect for the the two instructors over<03:31:14.399>
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 185, which would add timelines to Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC) investigations. Senator Howard Pearl said the bill was prompted by concerns from the New Hampshire Association of Realtors about delays at the Real Estate Commission, and he explained that the proposal would require OPLC staff to make an initial determination within 30 days and, if misconduct is found, complete an investigation within 60 days. He said the goal is to improve transparency and give consumers and licensees more timely information, while preserving the board’s adjudicatory role. He also noted that the bill had been amended to delay implementation to give OPLC time to work through its backlog. Committee members questioned how the bill would work when an investigation is incomplete and whether the board could send a case back to OPLC without a firm deadline. Pearl said the board would have discretion to continue the investigation or make a final determination, and that the bill was intended to streamline OPLC’s process rather than impose a hard cap on complex cases. OPLC Executive Director Deanna Durus and General Counsel Nicholas Fry then testified that the agency has already changed its procedures under prior legislation, including a facial review of complaints and monthly board review of dismissal memos. They said the bill would substantially alter the current structure, could conflict with existing limitation periods and board duties, and would be difficult to implement without additional staff and funding. Durus said the agency’s backlog is large, that new complaints are being triaged and prioritized, and that some urgent matters are moved ahead based on risk and statutory deadlines. She said OPLC had completed a review of about 500 backlog cases that would now be dismissed under current screening standards, and that those cases are being turned into memos for board review. Board of Medicine public member Nina Gardner testified in favor of the bill but said the backlog is significant and that the agency needs more resources to make the process work effectively. She said the board is seeing progress, but not fast enough, and suggested the bill may not go far enough without additional staffing and funding. No vote was taken during the hearing.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 15th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to revoke licenses from any massage therapist instructor
  • off-highway safety. certification program with additional requirements to certify the courses and instructors
  • off-highway vehicle on a beach unless they hold a safety certificate issued by a TDLR certified instructor
  • The requirement is not widely known by the public, and in 2024, they were only. only 13 approved instructors
  • However, it has not exercised this authority, but the limited number of available instructors calls into
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/26/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Meet Elle. She had a beautiful birth at home, but immediately started to bleed after.
  • Had I been allowed to carry the medications that are within my scope, or had Elle birthed in any other