Transcript Highlights:

• At this time, DCT is still evaluating the proposal that is coming forward here.
• At this time, DCT is still evaluating the proposal that is coming forward here.
• At this time, DCT is still evaluating the proposal that is coming forward here.
• We are already out of compliance by our best evaluation.
• </c> compliance um by our best evaluation. compliance um by our best evaluation.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Chair, Representative, hi, I'm the Deputy Director for Evaluation at LFC, but I can add a little
• Both the executive and LFC have reached a consensus on performance measures.
• My question, Madam Chair, has to do with the Performance Measures Summary.
• If a horse was injured during a race, we need to evaluate the horse maybe immediately or a day or two
• So those all have to be evaluated between six in the morning and race time at 11.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• appropriations to a specific organization who is then using that money outside of the purview of performing
• ><00:09:54.560><c> of</c> money um outside of the purview of money um outside of the purview of Performing
• said Duty that the Performing said Duty that the legislature<00:09:57.360><c> had</c><00:09:57.839><
• What voters don't know is who those contributors are, why they're giving it, or how to evaluate that.
• </c><00:19:50.919><c> that</c> they don't know how to evaluate that they don't know how to evaluate that

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, we're working on performance tracking; we've put a ton of money into that.
• The more we look at those patients as clinicians, we are able to actually Evaluate a treatment.
• Then, the drug is evaluated for effectiveness, and typically formularies and the cost to the patient
• Again, evaluate opportunities for collaborative participation.
• It really requires looking at the specific groups of activities that they perform.

Transcript Highlights:

• allowances to the fossil fuel industry will keep gasoline prices low at the pump, then we should evaluate
• first-of-its-kind market feature, and as with all CARB programs, staff will continue to monitor, evaluate
• This will give more time for the Legislature, stakeholders, and CARB staff to work together to evaluate
• It would require staff to monitor, evaluate, and assess how the program is working and ensure that it
• What is CARB's recourse for failure to perform by a covered entity receiving MDI allowances?

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We in Massachusetts are justifiably proud of having been the nation's top-performing education reform
• Now our overall performance has stalled.
• The vast majority of the state's lower-performing schools are in those neighborhoods. So, um...
• The vast majority of the state's lower-performing schools are in those neighborhoods.
• Thanks. ...which means that I perform heart procedures on children born with heart defects.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held its final hearing of the session on H. 5187 and S. 3022, the Enough Act, with Chair Andy Vargas and Senator Adam Gomez opening by thanking committee members and stakeholders for their work during the session. The bills were described as a grant-based, place-based anti-poverty initiative intended to support cradle-to-career services by funding local nonprofits, schools, community organizations, and backbone entities that can coordinate housing, education, health, workforce, and family supports in high-poverty neighborhoods. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bills. Speakers including Strategies for Children, Chelsea Public Schools, Bunker Hill Community College, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Rep. Antonio Cabral, the Harlem Children’s Zone’s Kwame Owusu Kesse and Jeffrey Canada, former Education Secretary Paul Reville, AFT Massachusetts, United Way, the Boston Foundation, Give Black Alliance, Eastern Bank Foundation, and others argued that poverty is a systems issue that schools alone cannot solve. They emphasized the need for local control, community voice, coordinated services, and long-term public-private investment, often citing examples from Chelsea, New Bedford, Springfield, Lowell, Boston, and other communities, as well as the Harlem Children’s Zone and Maryland’s similar model. Committee members asked several questions about how the bill would function in practice, including what organizations would do on day one, how it would interact with existing efforts like community schools, McKinney-Vento, and the Student Opportunity Act, and how it would be sustained over time. Witnesses said the act would help create or strengthen backbone organizations, reduce duplication, align existing resources, and leverage philanthropy and future revenue sources for long-term sustainability. No vote was taken during the hearing, but multiple speakers urged the committee to report the bill favorably and quickly.

Transcript Highlights:

• We evaluated this.
• For example, if the cosmetologist is performing a facial at the time that the inspector goes in, well
• Should the performance measures not be met, the 30% mandate will be reinstated.
• Senator Scott, can you explain the workload of the number of SANE exams that are being performed?
• And so there are over 1,200 exams performed every year.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 246, which would require licensure and inspections for massage therapy establishments. The sponsor and Regulation and Licensing Department said the bill is intended to close a gap in oversight, improve sanitation and public safety, and help address human trafficking and prostitution concerns. Supporters from the massage therapy profession and industry groups said establishment licensing would create accountability and protect legitimate practitioners, while AMTA took a neutral position but supported the rulemaking process. Several senators raised concerns about privacy, home-based businesses, and whether mobile or traveling therapists would be affected; the department said the bill would apply to establishments, not individual therapists, and that home inspections would be governed by rules. The committee voted 8-0 to give SB 246 a do pass recommendation. The committee then took up Senate Bill 300, an appropriation for CYFD computer hardware and software to improve compatibility with the national child welfare management system. The sponsor said the goal was to reduce delays and improve data sharing, especially in child welfare and ICWA-related cases. Members asked about the current system and how the funding would help, and the sponsor said the bill was aimed at better interoperability. The committee voted 8-0 to send SB 300 forward with a do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 146, which would amend the New Mexico Civil Rights Act. The bill and committee substitute would align the legal standard more closely with federal deliberate indifference language, reduce damages caps, shorten the statute of limitations, require 90 days’ notice, and bar double recovery under both the Civil Rights Act and Tort Claims Act. Supporters, including county and city representatives, law enforcement, AFSCME, and risk management officials, argued the changes were needed to control rapidly rising claims costs and protect public budgets. Opponents from the ACLU, civil rights, poverty, immigrant, and LGBTQ advocacy groups said the bill would weaken accountability, reintroduce qualified immunity-like protections, and make it harder for people harmed by government actors to seek justice. After a failed motion to table and a 5-5 vote on the committee substitute, the bill remained in committee and did not advance.

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 11654 allows districts to evaluate Functionality.
• SB 1164 allows districts to evaluate contractor experience, safety records, technical expertise, and
• At Crafton Hills College, we recently built a performing arts center with state-of-the-art equipment
• the safety of the contractor, but creates a carve-out for a handful of contractors to avoid being evaluated
• I'm not off the top of my head, but we are signatory to union contractors that perform carpenter laborer

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You can see they still have to meet the professional performance criteria in order to move over.
• And then to advance within those pink cells, you need to have certain performance metrics met as far
• They advance on the ladder based on experience and based on performance.
• You have to actually perform to move forward.
• But if I perform and my students perform, I can advance just like any other instructional or pupil service

Summary: The committee first disposed of Senate Bill 1291 with a due-pass recommendation to the floor. It then took up House Bill 816, which would adjust Idaho’s career ladder rules for career technical education and pupil service staff so prior relevant experience can count toward movement on the ladder, rather than leaving many employees stuck for years at the same level. The bill’s sponsors and LSO staff explained that the career ladder is an apportionment model, not a salary schedule, and that the change is intended to help recruit and retain educators who come from industry or clinical settings. Testimony in support came from a school psychologist, a school nurse, school administrators, and a CTE representative, all emphasizing shortages, recruitment problems, and the cost of contracting for these services. Despite support, a motion was made and approved to hold HB 816 in committee. The committee then considered House Bill 815, a narrow fix for Answer Charter School’s transportation block grant funding. Sponsor Sonia Galavis and Answer representatives explained that the school began full busing only in 2022-23, but its transportation funding was still being calculated from a small 2010 pilot program, leaving it far below comparable schools despite running multiple buses and transporting students daily. Testifiers, including a parent and the school’s executive director, said the current formula creates an unfair funding gap and limits access for families. The committee heard that the bill would correct an unintended anomaly without affecting newer charter schools, and it voted to send HB 815 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. The committee also adopted an RS for House Bill 816, with a technical correction to the language, and sent it to the second reading calendar. Representatives Diger and Galavis were named to carry that measure on the floor. The meeting then adjourned after completing its work for the day.

Transcript Highlights:

• They perform a valuable function. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• They perform a valuable function. I grew up in the military. My father was career military.
• Performance, as well as it reduces behaviors within the school system.
• One of the requirements is performance metrics. That's one thing that I was...
• One of the requirements is performance metrics.

Summary: The House opened with roll call, prayer, and approval of the journal, then received a notice appointing Kirk Larson as a substitute representative for District 33. The chamber also handled several Senate messages and committee reports, including printing or engrossing a number of bills, and advanced multiple measures through the calendar. Among the bills introduced were appropriations bills for the judicial and legislative branches (HB 847 and HB 848), an education bill revising career ladder and endorsement provisions (HB 849), and Senate bills on occupational licensure, veterans’ benefits consumer protections, specie/tender contracts, state investment in gold and silver, and household egg production. The House passed Senate Bill 1332, a fiscal year-end cash transfer bill that reallocated about $100 million back to the general fund by pulling unspent money from several programs, including transportation strategic initiatives, the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship, the Permanent Building Fund, water pollution control grants, and the In-Demand Careers Fund. Members also passed House Bill 545, which would allow military chaplains to qualify for counseling licensure and bill insurance; the bill drew substantial debate over whether chaplain training is equivalent to the education and supervised experience required for independent mental health practice, but supporters argued the military experience is valuable and the bill would help address counselor shortages. The House also passed HB 702 on securities ownership and Idaho law, HB 638 to restore Idaho’s presidential primary in March, HB 765 and HB 766 on fire district boundary changes and impact-fee collection, HB 767 on using impact fees for replacement of certain fire vehicles, HB 797 on fire district sub-district representation, and HB 672 to keep logos and slogans out of the executive budget document. Later, the House passed HB 785, which adds school disciplinary procedures for vulgar or inappropriate online posts about educators, HB 760 on property tax exemption for workforce and affordable housing, and HB 789, ratifying the Coeur d’Alene Tribe Water Rights Settlement of 2026. The chamber also adopted House Concurrent Resolution 27 honoring Idaho civilians who served and died on Wake Island during World War II, and House Resolution 25 approving reviewed administrative rules. A motion to suspend rules allowed immediate consideration of HB 833, a bill requiring daily recess in elementary schools and unstructured activity for middle school students; debate focused on whether the bill would improperly limit classroom discipline, and the transcript ends during closing remarks on that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• A few quick statistics might help demonstrate the board's increasing workload and performance.
• The agency performed a compensation analysis which revealed pay efficiencies for specific positions like
• Additionally, the board would like to provide increases. based on performance to incentivize high-performing
• So much so that we are asking to increase our performance measures for this year.
• Lastly, on page 6, performance and results matter for your State Securities Board.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• decision-making and action<00:02:58.520><c> to</c><00:02:58.640><c> educate,</c><00:02:59.200><c> evaluate
• </c> action to educate, evaluate action to educate, evaluate environmental<00:03:00.440><c> impacts</
• The intent of the Minnesota bioincentive program was to provide performance-based payments to encourage
• :08:13.280><c> of</c><00:08:13.400><c> disadvantage</c><00:08:14.000><c> to</c><00:08:14.080><c> evaluate
• </c><00:08:14.640><c> the</c> bit of disadvantage to evaluate the bit of disadvantage to evaluate the

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill streamlines standards for licensing and experience of evaluators at residential treatment centers
• Evaluators must be a psychiatrist or a psychologist licensed in Florida with at least three years of
• a residential treatment center, and maintains the current experience requirements for qualified evaluators
• a residential treatment center, and maintains the current experience requirements for qualified evaluators
• I know the court would evaluate that.

Bills: S0560, S0590, S0778, S1010

Keywords: child welfare, psychotropic medication, Department of Children and Families, community-based care, liability insurance, forensic services, defendants, mental health, judicial system, defense, legal definitions, minors, healthcare, parental rights, criminal penalties, civil action, sex-reassignment, investigations, economic damages

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs considered four bills. SB 590, by Sen. Bradley, would toll the statute of limitations for failure to report suspected child abuse by mandatory reporters until the offense is known to law enforcement; an amendment clarified retroactive application for offenses not already time-barred by the bill’s effective date. Sen. Bradley said the bill is intended to ensure accountability in institutional abuse cases and not to change the reasonable-suspicion reporting standard. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard SB 778, by Sen. Simon, which would update the definition of forensic client so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism whose charges were dismissed for incompetency can be housed with other Chapter 916 residents, reducing duplicative staffing and space needs at the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Barney Bishop appeared in support, and the bill was reported favorably without amendment. SB 560, by Sen. Garcia, would streamline procedures for psychotropic medication prescriptions for children in DCF custody, reduce duplicative background checks and reporting, and simplify consent documentation. Amendments removed language allowing licensed clinical social workers and marriage and family therapists to serve as evaluators and narrowed changes to the Road to Independence Program’s postsecondary education services and supports, extending eligibility ages from 18 to 26 while keeping the five-year cap. Senators discussed the fiscal impact and funding blend for the education stipend. The committee adopted the amendments and reported the bill favorably. The committee then took up SB 1010, by Sen. Yarbrough, which adds criminal and civil enforcement for violations involving sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures for minors and related parental-rights provisions. An amendment clarified that the civil action authority applies to minors and that damages benefit the affected minor. Public testimony was heavily divided, with supporters saying the bill enforces existing protections and opponents warning it would chill care, counseling, and school-based support for transgender youth. Senators Harrell, Sharief, and Rouson raised concerns about vagueness, standing, and impacts on teachers and health professionals; Sharief voted no, while the bill was still reported favorably.

Transcript Highlights:

• So the 2023-24 performance audit, no findings. The 2021-22 performance audit, no findings.
• So the 23-24 performance audit, no findings. The 21-22 performance audit, no findings.
• Some of the longitudinal data is showing that students perform well with dual credit.
• But it's basically tied to particularly the highest-performing students, academically performing students
• How do we keep some of our highest-performing students in the state, if possible?

Summary: The committee met on the Minot State campus for a presentation from President Shirley and several university leaders on enrollment, academics, workforce initiatives, and partnerships. Shirley reviewed the university’s financial audits, noting mostly clean results with only minor technical findings in recent years, and highlighted Minot State’s major programs, specialized accreditations, and ties to Minot Air Force Base and NCAA Division II athletics. Members asked about education workforce shortages, athletic tuition waivers, dual credit incentives, and the university’s in-state tuition policy for all students. Shirley also discussed the university’s recruitment efforts, including the Hometown Pride and Academic Excellence scholarships, campus visit growth, and the Emerging Scholars dual-credit reimbursement program. A major focus was workforce development and new academic offerings supported by legislative Workforce Education Innovation Funds. Shirley described the new Innovation Engineering program, which was developed with industry input to train broadly skilled engineers for western North Dakota, and said it had already drawn more applicants than expected. Dr. Crystal St. Peter presented a new master’s program in counseling that integrates mental health and addiction counseling to address statewide provider shortages, with a hybrid format to reach rural students. Members asked about licensure requirements, internship hours, and job placement for graduates. Shirley also outlined a new nursing simulation center and health sciences space in downtown Minot, made possible by state support and the purchase of the former Trinity Health Center West building. The committee also heard about Minot State’s efforts to build pipelines into education and special education, including the Aspire program for rural high school students and an online paraprofessional-to-special-education degree pathway. Shirley said these programs, along with new articulation agreements and a large Bush Foundation grant, are intended to address teacher shortages and keep students in North Dakota. No formal committee votes or actions were taken during the presentation; the session consisted of informational updates and member questions.

Transcript Highlights:

• And so when it says perform common services... First-party marketplaces.
• Does it perform common services, or does it have a specific service?
• Members, this is a performative amendment on a performative bill.
• I'll just communicate to you: There's nothing performative about this amendment.
• My amendment protects professional athletes, artists, entertainers, or performers.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation and pledges, and received several announcements and recognitions before moving to legislation. Members honored the UTRGV chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, educator Jessica Lopez, the late Jennifer Maddenly, Jeanette Valdez Duran and Mobile Blessings from the Heart, TAMAC’s 50th anniversary, and journalist Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement. The chamber also adopted motions allowing committees to meet, setting a local and consent calendar, and suspending posting rules for a Public Health hearing on SB 2721. The House then considered a long series of Senate and House bills on third reading, with many passing by wide margins. Measures included SB 906 on Ysleta del Sur Pueblo peace officers; SB 1229 designating Veterans Memorial Highway; SB 855 on foster care medical costs; SB 703 on massage therapy licensing and trafficking protections; SB 1025 on tax-increase ballot language; SB 1119 on water park liability; SB 1080 on provisional occupational licenses for people with criminal convictions; SB 929 on lien deadlines; SB 1355 on liquor sales credit disputes; SB 2231 on fee waivers for college applications; SB 1877 on Public Utility Commission data access; SB 1998 on pediatric preceptorships; and several House bills on topics such as bond forfeiture notice, health workforce planning, civil commitment counsel, expunction of contempt records, consumer transactions, nuisance birds, theft venue, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, military-related tuition, utility recovery mechanisms, psychedelic therapy studies, teacher retirement funding transparency, election procedures, juvenile parole eligibility, and more. Some bills drew notable debate or amendments. HB 200, creating a “second look” parole process for certain juvenile offenders after 20 years, prompted extended discussion about serious offenses and juvenile rehabilitation before passing 102-4. HB 2298 on AI-assisted cancer detection passed 85-62 after the sponsor emphasized “augmented intelligence” and physician oversight. HB 5247 on utility capital recovery saw a failed amendment to require ratepayer credits, then passed. HB 3045, a franchise tax exemption for spaceport operators, initially failed 73-74 but later passed after verification showed a 70-69 result. SB 2420, regulating app stores and mobile software distribution, was postponed for later consideration after substantial debate over age verification responsibilities. Several other measures were postponed, including SB 888, SB 552, SB 17, and SB 2420, while HB 1128 on election judges carrying concealed handguns passed 85-57 after a withdrawn point of order.

Transcript Highlights:

• Performance bond was still there.
• You, you mentioned performance bonds.
• Um, so what, what's been your experience on performance bonds as opposed to cash bonds?
• A performance bond, they know exactly what it's going to cost them.
• Next, you have to perform the locate within 48 hours.

Bills: HB206

Keywords: HB206, school district bonds, bond election, voter approval, Education Code, Chapter 45, Section 45.003, Section 45.0034, Texas schools, school finance, local tax election, bond referendum, school construction, capital improvements, election frequency, five-year waiting period, district bonds, public school funding

Transcript Highlights:

• Those are the full set of criteria that the projects are evaluated against by project type.
• team evaluates these things.
• So they are really the engines behind this evaluation process.
• Water Trust Board, not the evaluation team, and they'll do face presentations.
• Planning is essential; poor planning leads to poor performance, as I would say in the military.

Transcript Highlights:

• They have a program called the National Performance of Dams.
• We evaluated existing monitoring data; these data consist of those collected primarily by the mine.
• So I can't—I won't go into all the data and all the analyses that we performed.
• The next three slides are going to give you a picture of the types of analyses we performed.
• Development of box and whisker plots was one of several analyses we performed to evaluate chemistry data

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 1144 shifts safety oversight and liability because CVTs perform anesthesia monitoring, medication
• Safety, oversight, and liability because CVTs perform anesthesia monitoring, medication calculations,
• Safety, oversight, and liability because CVTs perform anesthesia monitoring, medication calculations,
• With this in mind, I could not evaluate the case to see if the doctor was or wasn't a direct threat to
• Safe administration requires advanced diagnostic evaluation, interpretation of labs and imaging, and

Summary: The committee first approved the January 28, 2026 minutes and held Senate Bill 1241 for a later hearing because a witness was unavailable. It then took up Senate Bill 1144, which would create an alternative pathway for veterinary technician certification through supervised on-the-job training and board-approved skills standards. Supporters, including the Arizona Humane Society, a high school student in a veterinary program, and other advocates, said the bill would help address workforce shortages, reduce student debt, and improve access to care, especially in rural and low-income areas. Opponents, including the Arizona Veterinary Technician Association and several veterinarians, argued the bill could weaken training standards, increase liability, and create safety risks; the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association ultimately moved to neutral after amendments added supervision and affidavit requirements. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed SB 1144 as amended on a 6-1 vote. The committee next passed Senate Bill 1247 unanimously. That bill would allow a person who does not receive care services to live with a resident in an assisted living center, and would bar the Department of Health Services from imposing requirements on that person that the resident would not face. Supporters said the bill was needed to fix a recent agency interpretation that could force spouses or other companions to separate or pay for services they do not use, and noted a possible floor amendment to extend the same treatment to assisted living homes. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1286, which would extend from 14 days to 60 days the period for veterinary prescriptions and renewals issued through telemedicine. Supporters said the change would improve access in underserved and rural areas and reflect how telemedicine is already used in human medicine, while opponents warned that longer telemedicine prescriptions could delay necessary exams and diagnostics, increase the risk of misdiagnosis, and create animal welfare and liability concerns. After testimony, the sponsor asked that the bill be held for a possible amendment next week, so no vote was taken. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1164, which would allow Medicaid claims to continue under a prior owner’s billing number during a skilled nursing or assisted living facility change of ownership until new enrollment is complete; supporters said this would prevent long reimbursement delays, while Access raised concerns about federal-law conflicts and said it needed advance notice to process ownership changes. The bill passed 6-0 with one member not voting. Finally, the committee passed Senate Bill 1181, which expands CPA licensure pathways by allowing combinations of degree and work experience and updates reciprocity and rulemaking provisions, and Senate Bill 1415, which creates a licensing path for salaried insurance adjusters with out-of-state credentials, subject to an amendment clarifying exam and employment requirements. Both bills were supported as workforce and mobility measures, and both were reported out of committee on unanimous or near-unanimous votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is as a result of strong performance in the stock market, which impacts our revenue forecasts.
• But still, we think that kind of revenue performance is...
• But still, we think that kind of revenue performance is not plausible.
• It would be like counting on an 80th percentile revenue performance into the future.
• I don't think they performed well.

Keywords: 987, senate, all