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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Oral History Committee Feb 23rd, 2026
Legislative Oral History Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- , is it a pro forma that you would distribute printed copies to the Secretary of State, the State Library
Summary:
The Legislative Oral History Committee met to elect officers for the coming year, unanimously selecting Senator Schessler as chair and Ramos Santos as vice chair by voice vote. Staff then updated members on completed and in-progress oral history projects, including the printed oral history of former House Majority Leader Lynn Kessler, which has had interviews completed and is now being edited with photographs added, and the Mary Margaret Howgan project, for which staff is still seeking a contractor to finish the work.
Members discussed where completed oral histories are stored and learned they are posted on the committee website, with some additional printed copies available and the website itself being redesigned. The committee also reviewed its finances, hearing that the account balance was $79,639.20, though members noted inconsistencies in the report and asked staff to provide a fuller accounting later. Staff said typical oral history projects cost about $10,000 to $15,000 each.
The committee received an update on TVW-produced video projects, which are complete and will be posted once the oral histories web page is ready. Staff identified the topics as the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, early legislative technology, and the PDC/party-switch history involving former legislator P.V. Reichertbauer. Members then brainstormed future projects, including campus history, leadership-focused histories, interviews with departing members, and oral histories of women and former staff who became legislators.
By motion and voice vote, the committee approved conducting oral histories of former Representative Barb Lisk and Senator Hargrove, and also established a program to interview the longest-serving retiring member of each caucus every biennium. Members discussed possible interviewers, including staff, TVW, and university-based or other nonprofit oral history practitioners, and asked staff to explore options and report back.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is the steward of the state's most sacred founding documents
Keywords:
border region, infrastructure, economic development, government operations, education, HB 2768, Texas information technology apprenticeship, state IT credential, information resources workforce, junior college, technical institute, apprenticeship program, workforce development, state agency hiring, job classification, career ladder, bachelor's degree substitution, associate degree, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, state auditor classification officer
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 11:00 am
Appropriations - Government Operations Division
Transcript Highlights:
- work for a one-time event in our 250th celebration and also coinciding with the Theodore Roosevelt Library
Bills:
HB1015
Keywords:
Office of Management and Budget, OMB appropriation, state budget, biennial appropriation, North Dakota Century Code, state facility maintenance fund, capital improvements, Capitol building fund, governor's residence, state hospital, mental health hospital, Bank of North Dakota, line of credit, strategic investment and improvements fund, SIIF, new and vacant FTE pool, state employee pay raise, performance-based compensation, guardianship grants, community corrections
Summary:
The Government Operations Division met to review proposed amendments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) budget, with the chair noting the bill would not be voted out that day and would likely be held until the following week for any technical corrections. Members discussed a series of amendments, generally without objection: a $1.5 million appropriation for a pro-life education committee; a $40,000–$45,000 deficiency appropriation for Uniform Laws travel costs; creation of a state deferred maintenance fund with $40 million for deferred maintenance projects; adding the state hospital project to the OMB budget with $200 million from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund (SIF) and $85 million from a line of credit, plus construction management oversight; $110,114 for custodial equity increases; $1 million for a retirement incentive pool; $3 million to cover a shortfall in the new and vacant FTE funding pool; and $4 million for space reconfiguration and rent/moving costs. Prairie Public Broadcasting was also discussed, with a suggestion to change the purpose from local programming to infrastructure and set the amount at $850,000, likely as one-time SIF funding. The committee also heard a heads-up about a possible $180,000 federal reimbursement issue tied to an education grant, but no action was taken on that item.
The committee further discussed a broader amendment to reduce the transfer from the social services fund to the human services fund from $250 million to $232 million, based on DHS needs and available carryover funding. Members also agreed to add emergency clauses to the capital assets, deferred maintenance, and moving/space reconfiguration items. The chair indicated Brady could begin incorporating the discussed changes into a consolidated amendment, while noting there could still be additional items next week. Staff also reported the SIF balance was about $280 million positive, though some removed agency items, including airport grants, would need to be considered.
The committee then reconsidered its earlier action on House Bill 1581 and restored it to its original form at $100,000 after hearing that the funding would support tribal tourism-related events tied to upcoming 2026 celebrations and the Theodore Roosevelt Library opening. A motion for do pass on the bill as originally introduced passed unanimously by roll call. Finally, the committee postponed action on another bill until later that day, directing that revised materials be distributed and that the item be taken up in the afternoon session.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children (9-24-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- They're going to the library. They're checking out books. They're checking out video games.
- They're going to the library.<00:45:10.560><c> They're</c><00:45:10.800><c> checking</c><00:45:11.040
- </c> library. They're checking out books. library. They're checking out books.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Families and Children met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and received an update that the number of children in out-of-home care with active placements was 8,647 as of September 7, 2025. The first presentation was from Isaiah 117 House, a nonprofit that provides a home-like setting for children on removal day so they do not have to wait in a state office. Speakers described the mission as reducing trauma for children, lightening the burden on case workers, and easing transitions to foster or kinship placements. They said the Kentucky home in Logan County opened on August 15 and had already served 10 children in its first six days.
Committee members asked about logistics, including whether children placed with kinship caregivers would still come to the house, how long children can stay, who remains responsible for them, and how volunteers are screened. The presenters said children are brought to the house regardless of whether they are headed to kinship or foster placement, that 72 hours is not a hard cutoff, and that a case worker remains in charge at all times while volunteers provide support. They also said volunteers undergo background checks, trauma-informed training, confidentiality instruction, and annual continuing education. In response to questions about funding and expansion, they said Isaiah 117 House is community-funded without state or federal money, and that new homes are opened only when fully funded, with construction costs typically ranging from $80,000 to $150,000 and first-year budgets around $180,000.
The committee then heard a presentation from Remy Eastep Homes on its Family Centered Integrated Healthcare and related services. Leaders described the organization’s history from its origins as separate orphanages in Boyd County to residential treatment, treatment foster care, prevention services, and outpatient behavioral health. They said the organization shifted about 15 years ago toward engaging families more directly because family involvement improves outcomes and helps keep children safely at home when possible. The presentation continued into program details, but no votes or formal actions were taken on either presentation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 1832 - Jobs and Labor Omnibus - 05/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
- living on our external page, but I believe you can access them through the Legislative Reference Library
- 00:20:56.720><c> reference</c> through the legislative reference through the legislative reference library
- </c> library and go back any number of years. library and go back any number of years.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- the flexibility to tune into his class via my phone, my computer, sometimes I could go to the local library
- computer um sometimes I could go to the computer um sometimes I could go to the local<01:04:36.599><c> library
- 37.720><c> go</c><01:04:37.960><c> to</c><01:04:38.960><c> my</c><01:04:39.200><c> truck</c> local library
- I could go to my truck local library I could go to my truck whatever<01:04:40.079><c> I</c><01:04:40.160
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- could draw it from memory, all right, take a typical eight-year-old and ask them to draw this and imagine
- /c><00:37:02.280><c> draw</c><00:37:02.640><c> this</c><00:37:03.520><c> and</c><00:37:03.800><c> imagine
- </c> and ask them to draw this and imagine and ask them to draw this and imagine what<00:37:04.280><c
- I’m imagining bringing their children and the whole bit, but I want to talk a lot more about the cultural
- much life is a way to hopefully encourage people to look into their own town histories, their own libraries
Summary:
The hearing opened on House Bill 192, which concerns the Joint Committee on Employee Classification process for state employee positions. Representative Peter Schmidt explained that the bill is a procedural step to send already-reviewed classifications to Korn Ferry and then into statute and the budget. Department of Corrections staff and Commissioner Helen Hanks testified that one Deputy Director of Medical Services position had been omitted from the bill by mistake even though it had already gone through the JCEC process, and they asked for an amendment to add it. Hanks clarified that the position is an existing classified job being converted to unclassified status, not a new position. The committee discussed how the amendment would work and the quorum requirements for the JCEC, then closed the hearing on HB 192 after no further testimony.
The committee then heard House Bill 435, sponsored by Representative Don McFarland, which would clarify professional engineering licensure law. McFarland said the bill is intended to make clear that work in IT security, electronics, digital systems, computing, and software is not the practice of engineering requiring a professional engineer license, while preserving licensure requirements for fields such as civil, structural, and building-related engineering. He said he had consulted with the American Council of Engineering Companies and that the bill is meant to remove ambiguity and legal risk, not deregulate engineering. Several members with engineering backgrounds spoke in support, describing the distinction between licensed PE work and other technical fields, and one member noted that software development and regulated software work typically do not require a PE license. The committee voted ought to pass on HB 435 by a roll call of 16-0 and placed it on consent.
Finally, the committee opened House Bill 210, which would create a commission to study the New Hampshire state flag. Representative Tom Corman argued that the current flag is a generic “state seal on a blue bedsheet” and does not meet common vexillological design principles such as simplicity, meaningful symbolism, limited colors, and distinctiveness. He said the proposed commission would include legislative members plus representatives of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New England Vexillological Association, and would review the flag’s history and recommend whether to redesign it and how to do so. He also indicated he intended to add language to avoid costs, but the bill discussion was not completed in the portion provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So that, I mean, I imagine that if the information is denied, the agency that's seeking the information
- So that, I mean, I imagine that if the information is denied, the agency that's seeking the information
- So that, I mean, I imagine that if the information is denied, the agency that's seeking the information
- So that, I mean, I imagine that if the information is denied, the agency that's seeking the information
- You best ask that question to an attorney that's going to speak to you, but I would imagine so.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And that was a full budget cycle ago, and we have done nothing. libraries, technology, transportation
- , libraries, technology, transportation, facilities,<03:16:33.760><c> and</c><03:16:34.000><c> school
- Like many parents, I'm already having conversations I never imagined that I thought I would be having
- already having conversations<04:20:54.479><c> I</c><04:20:54.720><c> never</c><04:20:54.880><c> imagined
- I never imagined that I thought<04:20:55.600><c> I</c><04:20:55.760><c> would</c><04:20:56.000><c> be
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- So, you can imagine that that is a problem.
- </c><00:54:03.359><c> So,</c><00:54:03.599><c> you</c><00:54:03.760><c> can</c><00:54:03.920><c> imagine
- So, you can imagine that in September.
- So, you can imagine that that<00:54:04.720><c> is</c><00:54:05.200><c> um</c><00:54:05.359><c> a</c><
- mill on their pool every year, and their entire community — Kemmerer, Diamondville, Opal, and the library
Keywords:
education, cell phones, smart devices, school policy, student conduct, school property, rental fees, youth activities, education policy, Wyoming legislature, teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The library put forward an overtly biased survey that was found, through a right-to-know request by the
- The library put forward an overtly biased survey that was found, through a right-to-know request by the
- He said you can imagine the potential lawsuits involved with this bill.
- the</c><03:33:07.520><c> the</c><03:33:07.720><c> potential</c><03:33:08.279><c> lawsuits</c> can imagine
- the the potential lawsuits can imagine the the potential lawsuits involved<03:33:09.840><c> with</c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 02/11/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- put it on the website, but written reports be available and be sent to the Legislative Reference Library
- legislative</c><00:24:45.399><c> reference</c> uh legislative reference uh legislative reference library
- <00:24:47.360><c> my</c><00:24:47.600><c> final</c><00:24:48.480><c> um</c> library my final um library
- I would imagine that because this is so public, and so many of their reports will be public, and they'll
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Civil Judiciary REVISION 2: Links added Apr 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, Senate Bill 1621 simply says that the local county district attorney can defend the county law library
Summary:
The Civil Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and took up a long series of Senate bills, adopting a committee substitute for SB 1716 as a working draft before hearing the bill. SB 1716 clarified data privacy language as it applies to utility companies, and it passed on a recorded vote with one nay. The committee then heard and advanced SB 1303, transferring property and records from the Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation to the Workers’ Compensation Commission, and SB 2180, the Foreign Principal Lobbying Oversight Act, which requires agents of foreign principals to register with the Secretary of State subject to stated exceptions. Both measures passed without opposition.
Members also approved SB 504 setting the minimum marriage age at 18, SB 1209 changing eviction timing to exempt only Sundays and holidays, SB 1448 as a Consumer Protection Act cleanup bill, and SB 1597, a mirror CASA bill clarifying that it does not affect receipt of national funds. SB 1679, described as preserving Oklahoma values and protecting against foreign law overriding Oklahoma contracts, also passed after questions about constitutional and interstate issues. SB 2182, creating a Uniform Civil Remedies Act for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images, was adopted after a committee substitute was filed.
Later, the committee adopted an amendment to SB 2112 and advanced it as an open-pastures bill for certain county roads in western Oklahoma, then passed SB 2170 requiring supervised visitation for individuals with substantiated DHS findings of sexual abuse. Additional measures approved included SB 2084 limiting settlements in wrongful termination suits involving higher education faculty to two years’ salary, SB 1496 updating OSBI authority and information-sharing rules, SB 1595 restricting state agencies and contractors from steering commercial driver training school choices, SB 1655 expanding post-adoption services through the Children’s Specialty Plan Program, SB 1876 modernizing service of process for foreign insurance companies, SB 1621 allowing county district attorneys to defend county law libraries, SB 1944 clarifying agricultural payroll and independent contractor thresholds, SB 1266 on notary accountability, SB 2072 expanding title-theft investigations and fee waivers, SB 2104 cleaning up the Uniform Trust Code, SB 1769 allowing short-term rental owners to require photo ID from renters and guests age 18 or older, and SB 1827 removing certain University Hospital Trust physician faculty and staff from the Government Tort Claims Act. Most bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So we had Senate Bill 1244 in front of us earlier, and that was dealing with regional libraries.
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee heard Senate Bill 1291 from Senator Carrie Semmelroth, a code-cleanup measure tied to the prior session’s Code Cleanup Act and reviewed by agencies, the LSO program impact team, and the DOGE Task Force. Semmelroth walked the committee through multiple sections of Idaho Code Title 33 that she described as obsolete, outdated, or orphaned, including provisions on public school appropriations, third-party contracts to improve student achievement, teacher recognition reporting, county school funding mechanisms, industry partner funds, asbestos abatement at Albion Normal School, and advanced opportunities. She also explained that two sections in the bill simply removed references to provisions being repealed. The committee asked no substantive questions and voted unanimously to send SB 1291 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
After the bill hearing, the committee received a presentation from Idaho FFA state officers, who described FFA’s role in agricultural education, leadership development, and supervised agricultural experience. The students outlined the three-circle model of classroom instruction, FFA activities such as career and leadership development events, and SAE projects ranging from beekeeping and welding to dairy work, greenhouse management, and livestock production. They highlighted statewide participation, leadership conferences, community service hours, and the upcoming state convention in Twin Falls, and invited legislators to attend.
Committee members responded with supportive comments and a few questions about the students’ projects, including welding techniques, aluminum prep, and beekeeping. The students answered with details about MIG welding, cleaning aluminum before welding, hive management, honey production, and recordkeeping. The chair thanked the students for their work and emphasized values such as respect, responsibility, and resilience before adjourning the committee until the next day.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So we had Senate Bill 1244 in front of us earlier, and that was dealing with regional libraries.
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee heard and advanced Senate Bill 1291, presented by Senator Carrie Semmelroth as a code cleanup bill tied to the prior session’s Code Cleanup Act. She walked the committee through multiple sections of Title 33 that were described as obsolete, outdated, or unused, including provisions on public school appropriations, third-party academic contracts, teacher recognition reporting, county school funding mechanisms, orphan code, maternity school language, an unused industry partner fund, an old asbestos abatement appropriation, and advanced opportunities language. The committee asked no substantive questions, then moved and seconded a motion to send the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation; the motion carried unanimously.
After the bill, the committee received a presentation from Idaho FFA state officers, who described FFA’s three-circle model of classroom instruction, career and leadership development events, and supervised agricultural experiences. The officers highlighted their own agricultural projects and education paths, explained state and national FFA leadership activities, and emphasized community service and student leadership development. They also invited legislators to the upcoming state convention in Twin Falls.
Committee members offered supportive comments and asked a few questions about welding, beekeeping, and recordkeeping for agricultural projects. The FFA officers responded with details about their experiences and techniques. The chair closed by thanking the students and the committee adjourned until the next day.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 10, 2026 - 04:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, when it comes to getting mail or a library card, folks who are homeless typically rely on
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 4198 by Richardson relating to the standards for the school district library collection development
TX
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (01/30/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- the issue would be from the imagine the issue would be from the governing<01:15:32.280><c> bodies</c
- So, I mean, you try to bond something with this, I couldn’t imagine very rarely would communities be
- </c><02:17:17.840><c> very</c><02:17:18.160><c> rarely</c><02:17:18.519><c> would</c> couldn't imagine
- Then I would imagine the town would have to pay for those additional costs for a second election.
- </c> checklist Trustees of the library checklist Trustees of the library Trustees<02:21:02.359><c> of
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And then we have been doing outreach to libraries, public libraries in communities, health fairs, to
- their path to healing, supporting their strengths, respecting their resourcefulness, and helping them imagine
- I’m a mom of an 8-year-old, and I just can’t even imagine this being something that happens.
- Representative Keeler continued, “And I just can’t even imagine this being something that happens.
Keywords:
health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation