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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 8th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the policy director. State Shield, Black State Armor, is working at the state level.
  • I guess, advise more policy in the legislature.
  • Hi, Madeline Batson, Director of Policy Research. Years, three years?
  • Hi, Madeline Batson, Director of Policy Research at the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children.
  • Hi again, I'm Madeline Batson, Director of Policy and Research at the Louisiana Policy Institute for
Bills: HB113 , HB342 , HB632 , HB690 , HB1003 , HB1078 , HB1132 , HB1146
Committee: House Education
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • bill itself, the bill would require the State Board of Education to adopt a model sick leave day policy
  • Uh, the other the bill would require the sick leave policy to allow employees to donate sick leave directly
  • </c> model sick leave day policy. model sick leave day policy.
  • </c><00:04:47.919><c> to</c><00:04:48.560><c> allow</c> require the sick leave policy to allow require
  • </c> implement a sick leave uh a bank policy implement a sick leave uh a bank policy and<00:05:03.840
Bills: SB211 , SB305 , SB300 , SB211 , SB305 , SB300
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 6th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Elias, please ensure that your remarks directly relate to the merits and demerits of the policy
Summary: The Senate opened with routine proceedings, including the roll call, approval of the previous day’s journal, referral of committee reports and gubernatorial appointments, and the removal of Senate Joint Memorial 8003 from the consent calendar to the regular calendar. The chamber also received and referred Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1604 to the Committee on Human Services, and later took up several gubernatorial confirmations. The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 8682 recognizing the YMCA’s 150th anniversary in Washington. Senators spoke in support, describing the YMCA’s role in child care, swim lessons, youth programs, civic engagement, camps, and community health, and guests from YMCA organizations were recognized on the floor. The Senate then confirmed Jeffrey P. Fairchild to the Whatcom Community College Board of Trustees, Randall V. Scott to the Lake Washington Institute of Technology Board of Trustees, and Anna M. Franklin to the Community Colleges of Spokane Board of Trustees, each by unanimous or near-unanimous roll call votes. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for the family of Representative Tom Dent after his wife suffered a stroke. After caucuses, the Senate returned to floor action on two major bills. Substitute Senate Bill 5185, creating a pilot pathway to physician licensure for international medical graduates, was advanced to final passage and approved 39-1. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5993, lowering the interest rate on medical debt, drew extensive debate about affordability, charity care, and the impact on rural hospitals; amendments were considered, including one to make the bill prospective rather than retroactive, which was adopted, while a rural-hospital differential-rate amendment failed. The bill ultimately passed 29-19. The Senate then adjourned until Monday, February 9, 2026.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the February 27th, 2025, Minnesota House State Government Finance and Policy Committee.
  • </c> to the Judiciary finance and policy to the Judiciary finance and policy committee<00:02:06.479><
  • </c> myself reach out to Emma our um policy myself reach out to Emma our um policy and<00:15:50.759><
  • </c><00:31:43.679><c> so</c> with a referral to education policy so with a referral to education policy
  • We’ll move to Education Policy.
Bills: HF550 , HF412 , HF796 , HF140
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 14th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Tuition policy.
  • There are a couple slides that outline the historical tuition policy in words, if that's how you would
  • The last time that tuition policy was changed was in 2015.
  • was a holding flat, there was a buy-down of tuition, and then an increase since that new tuition policy
  • Recent policy changes in 2024 included changes for Washington College Grant, College Bound, and Passport
Bills: HB2148 , HB2132
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/2/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • statewide nonprofit that supports equitable, sustainable homeownership through education, advising, and policy
  • education, homeownership<00:09:31.400><c> advising,</c><00:09:31.880><c> and</c><00:09:32.000><c> policy
  • </c> homeownership advising, and policy work. homeownership advising, and policy work.
Bills: HF2614 , HF3587 , HF3589 , HF3588
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Jan 29th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • The nexus between the goals of much of what is outlined in this policy doesn't really give direct benefit
  • I think it's really important that we use the funding wisely, and I would urge a no vote on this policy
  • the Washingtonians, the working families of Washington, that are having to bear the weight of this policy
Bills: HB2159 , HB2251 , HB2521
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • sponsored by Senator Warnick, and this is about having the Washington State Institute for Public Policy
  • Chapin Hall is an independent, nonpartisan policy research center with decades of experience in child
  • across all income levels, and singling out SNAP families is stigmatizing and ineffective public health policy
  • My expertise is in the economic evaluation of health and nutrition policies.
Bills: SB6007 , SB6186 , SB6212
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The policy also provides an incentive.
  • policy are in place.
  • policy are in place. considering these policy enhancements after the essential components of an allocation
  • policy are in place.
  • EITE allowance allocation policies on leakage risk and competitiveness in concert with other state policies
Bills: HB2272 , HB2285 , HB2296
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, Kentucky Office of Policy interns concluded 2026 annual report interviews.
  • </c> Next on the agenda is an update from the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy. Mr.
  • I'm director of the Office of Drug Control Policy.
  • I joined that office two months policy.
  • , which is an for Substance Abuse Policy, which is an umbrella<00:24:02.159><c> agency</c><00:24:02.480
Summary: The committee met on September 18, 2025, approved the July 10 minutes, and received Brandon Reid’s monthly report on Kentucky agriculture development and finance activity for July and August. Reid emphasized the long-running structure created under House Bill 611 and Senate Bill 28, the role of county agriculture development councils in all 120 counties, and the importance of the program as a national model for supporting Kentucky agriculture. He also introduced new staff and interns, including a new loan programs manager, Rachel Coward, and project manager Kylie Davis. For July, the development board reported $3.4 million invested in agriculture and the finance corporation reported $3.1 million in loans. Highlights included 11 county council meetings, site visits, program reviews, and 18 project reports. July approvals included county agriculture incentive programs, deceased farm animal removal programs, youth incentive programs, county/state projects, infrastructure loans, an agriculture processing loan, and beginning farmer loans. Staff also noted that all 120 counties had submitted their required five-year comprehensive plans on schedule. Bill McCloskey then highlighted several funded projects, including Dino’s Farm LLC in Jefferson County, which received support to purchase a meat processing facility and equipment, with the goal of creating market opportunities for goat, sheep, and cattle producers and establishing Kentucky’s first halal meat processing facility. Other projects included a veterinarian facility project to address large animal vet shortages and Grow Appalachia at Berea College, which provides technical assistance and market support for small-scale and eastern Kentucky producers. Members discussed the need for programs such as high tunnels and other small-scale opportunities in rural areas, and staff noted related resources such as CAPE and NRCS funding. For August, the board reported $500,000 in development board investments and just over $3 million in finance corporation loans, along with fewer staff activities than July but continued county council, site visit, and project review work. August approvals included county agriculture incentive programs, deceased animal removal programs, youth incentive programs, county/state projects, agriculture infrastructure loans, beginning farmer loans, and a horticulture incentives loan. Additional project updates included another veterinary equipment purchase, emergency safety equipment in Graves County, and a food safety and efficiency incentive for Jared Cornet.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/26/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we'd like you to finance and policy.
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  • of that data might, how that disclosure might impact a participant.
  • of that data might be, and how that disclosure might impact a participant.
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Bills: HF3676 , HF2959 , HF3233
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Jan 13th, 2026

Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • They just require members to sign a disclosure that HCSMs are not insurance.
  • So it's good policy, it's balanced, no mandate. Mr.
  • Chair, I have a non-disclosure. I'm not allowed to disclose that until the ads actually air.
  • The report must be included with any offer of coverage and upon policy renewal.
  • The report must be included with any offer of coverage and upon policy renewal.
Bills: S0266 , S0394 , S0540 , S0632 , S0642 , S0832 , S0834 , S1028
Summary: The Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum and took up several bills, beginning with SB 834 on insurance requirements for nonprofit religious organizations and health care sharing ministries. The bill repeals a recent restriction on licensed insurance agents marketing or selling faith-based health care sharing programs. Supporters argued the change restores free speech and consumer education while preserving existing fraud and disclosure protections; opponents said allowing agents and brokers could create consumer confusion and has been associated with bad actors. A title amendment was adopted, and after debate the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard and passed SB 642, which extends reporting and duty requirements to foreign and alien bail bond insurers, and SB 394, a technical bill updating reinsurance intermediary manager law to match current DFS practice. SB 266, which lets vulnerable adults rescind public adjuster contracts without penalty, was reported favorably after testimony from supporters in the insurance and elder law communities and a public adjuster who said the intent was good but the bill may need refinement. SB 832, a residential property insurance transparency bill requiring rate breakdown reports and a consumer resource center, also passed after discussion about consumer clarity and whether the required cost categories can be compiled as written. Later, the committee approved SB 540, which creates cybersecurity requirements for mortgage and money service businesses, closes a regulatory gap for certain investment advisers, adjusts OFR examination-payment deadlines, changes de novo charter requirements, allows virtual credit union meetings, and makes other financial regulation updates. Several amendments were adopted, including a substitute amendment removing fintech sandbox provisions. Finally, SB 1028 on Citizens Property Insurance Corporation was reported favorably after debate over a commercial lines clearinghouse intended to reduce Citizens’ exposure and shift more business to the private market; members discussed taxpayer risk, market competition, and consumer protections. The meeting ended with adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/24/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Chair calls the Education Policy Committee to order for Tuesday, March 24th, 2026.
  • We are a policy committee and all this.
  • My work focuses on menstrual health education and policy.
  • My work focuses on menstrual health education and policy.
  • I regularly education and policy.
Bills: HF751 , HF3550 , HF3764 , HF1490
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this is just a modest expansion of that policy, which I'm in favor of.
  • So this is just a modest expansion of that policy, which I'm in favor of.
  • So this is just a modest expansion of that policy, which I'm in favor of.
  • This is just a modest expansion of that policy, which I'm in favor of.
  • They could be in the Policy Committee, the Appropriations Committee, or the floor.
Committee: House Education
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 15th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We want access for all, and with the federal policy that's already in place.
  • So does this just require a school board to make a policy on it?
  • They won't have to make a policy.
  • This bill does require them to make a policy that reflects the state policy.
  • This policy makes it easier for us to collaborate, right?
Bills: SB226 , SB413 , SB571 , SB1049 , SB2398 , SB2920
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 25th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the last few years, members, several local governments across the state of Texas have adopted policies
  • Um, for local governments to adopt these policies, and this bill is intended to address that.
  • I believe in protecting the legal tools that Texas already has to shape local policy, tools that are
  • So why does this bill reverse that policy and allow abusive partners to sue based on an abortion that
  • Because the question is, why does this bill reverse that policy and allow abusive partners to sue.
Bills: HB 229 , HB 3990 , HB 5082 , HB 5510
Committee: House State Affairs
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 22nd, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We use a lot of their policy, and they are very, very helpful and have been forever.
  • some confusion about this, and there is some bill that will be in committee later in the education policy
Bills: SB113 , SB114 , SB305 , SB111 , HB600 , SB112 , SB150 , SB109 , SB122
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • During committee for this— During committee for this policy bill, we heard testimony that referred to
  • And I will tell you that also during the committee hearings that we've had on this policy, not one mention
  • This bill moves us from good policy to real homes for Washingtonians. Please vote yes and go Hawks.
  • It's a policy that implements some of the industry practices and codifies it to make certain that we
  • What that means, and to have a more comprehensive approach to the policy.
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer before caucusing. The chamber then received a Senate message that Substitute Senate Bill 5820 had passed the Senate. Members took up a long series of House bills on second and third reading, with most advancing by wide margins after brief debate and, in some cases, amendments. Among the measures considered, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 on impersonating law enforcement drew the most debate. Supporters said it would address public safety and accountability by prohibiting people from claiming police authority or creating that impression, while opponents argued it could create confusion, overlap with existing law, or interfere with federal-state law enforcement cooperation. Amendment 1521 was adopted to protect ceremonial transfers of badges and identification to families of fallen or retired officers. The bill ultimately passed 56-38. Other bills passed included House Bill 2624 on clarifying property-related definitions for conservancies, House Bill 2385 delaying implementation dates tied to Medicaid reimbursement changes, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1717 on affordable housing tax remittance, Second Substitute House Bill 1859 on housing development on faith-owned land, Substitute House Bill 2151 adopting national standards for factory-built housing inspections, House Bill 2155 protecting the nursing title, House Bill 2111 on Interstate Bridge toll interest revenue, House Bill 2543 on county clerk fees, House Bill 2606 updating the Office of Privacy and Data Protection’s performance measures and AI-related duties, and House Bill 2417 aligning victim rights for National Guard members. Later, the House considered additional bills on early learning, marine safety, energy devices, nitrous oxide sales, derelict vessels, and a Seahawks-related resolution. House Bill 2317 on early learning assistance was amended to clarify school and community/technical college premises and passed unanimously. House Bill 2436, a technical fix for pilotage-related vessel requirements, also passed unanimously. Substitute House Bill 2296, dealing with distributed energy resource devices and meter-mounted equipment, passed 56-38 after concerns about timing relative to UTC rulemaking. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2532, restricting nitrous oxide sales with exemptions for medical, dental, and automotive uses, passed unanimously after an amendment clarifying those exemptions. Substitute House Bill 2199, aimed at removing derelict and sinking vessels, passed unanimously. Finally, House Bill 1759 designating December 12 as the “Day of the 12s” in honor of the Seahawks and their fans passed 93-2 after enthusiastic floor remarks and a brief point of order. The House then recessed for caucus until 2 p.m.