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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Council of Jewish Women, San Francisco, Orthodox Union, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, and Teach
- Council of Jewish Women, San Francisco, Orthodox Union, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, and Teach
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on May 21, 2025, with 86 bills on the agenda. The committee first approved two consent motions covering a group of bills eligible for the Assembly floor consent calendar and another group of unanimous bills not eligible for floor consent. Several bills were then heard individually, with authors and supporters emphasizing that many had no or minimal state costs and were aimed at climate, health, or regulatory improvements.
Among the bills discussed were AB 39 on local planning for electrification and EV charging infrastructure; AB 1129 allowing local health jurisdictions to opt into reporting birth defects and early-life health conditions; AB 1332 to allow narrow direct shipment of medicinal cannabis to seriously ill patients; AB 1056 phasing out transfer of certain gillnet permits except for a one-time family transfer; AB 408 creating a new Medical Board health and wellness program for physicians; AB 546 requiring health plans to cover portable HEPA air purifiers for vulnerable people during wildfire emergencies; AB 942 revising rooftop solar subsidy rules to reduce costs for non-solar ratepayers; and AB 967 expediting licensure for out-of-state physicians. Supporters generally framed these bills as improving access, equity, public health, or affordability, while opponents on AB 942 and AB 967 raised concerns about implementation, workload, contract issues, and impacts on existing programs.
The committee took action on each bill after testimony and questions. AB 39, AB 1129, AB 1332, AB 1056, AB 408, AB 546, AB 942, and AB 967 were all moved out of committee on roll call votes, with some members voting no or not voting on certain measures. The suspense calendar was then read and deemed approved, and the committee opened general public comment, where speakers voiced support for bills including AB 715, AB 1138, AB 782, AB 98, AB 53, AB 258, AB 330, AB 650, AB 649, AB 1048, and AB 425. The meeting adjourned after public comment.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 24th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 11, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- We have an industry advisory thing, so everything we teach them is what industry needs in our area.
- Recently, we even hired one of Honeywell's top trainers for soldering to teach our courses.
Summary:
The Careers and Workforce Subcommittee heard a panel discussion focused on how Florida schools and colleges are exposing students to in-demand careers in manufacturing, semiconductors, transportation, and related fields, and how they are building pathways from middle school through postsecondary training. Panelists from Seminole County Public Schools, Lake Technical College/Lake County Schools, and St. Petersburg College described their career academies, dual enrollment options, industry certifications, and partnerships with employers, local governments, and state colleges. They emphasized early career awareness, counseling, and parent outreach as key to helping students understand technical education as a viable and prestigious path.
Seminole County highlighted 51 career and professional education academies and new offerings in agricultural biotechnology, global finance, firefighting, and planned aerospace engineering. Lake County described Lake Technical College’s programs, strong completion and placement outcomes, and three partnerships: a flexible-day high school/workforce model at Lincoln Park Education Center, the Lake Works pathway collaboration with Lake Sumter State College, and a Transportation Innovation Hub with the City of Tavares that trains students on municipal vehicles and serves multiple local governments. St. Petersburg College discussed its manufacturing and engineering technology programs, including semiconductor processing, mechatronics, soldering, and clean-room training, along with new grant-funded expansion at its Midtown campus.
Members asked about wages, the semiconductor workforce, how to change perceptions of technical education, how parents are engaged, and how Bright Futures CAPE and Gold Seal scholarships are communicated. Witnesses said school counselors, CTE teachers, parent nights, and district communications are used to promote these options, and that many students can earn strong wages through short-term certifications or two-year degrees. Lake Technical College also raised concerns about workforce funding not keeping pace with teacher pay increases and inflation, noting that funding covers only about 80% of what it earns and tuition has remained unchanged for 18 years. The meeting ended with members praising the programs, and the subcommittee adjourned without any vote or formal action beyond rising and adjournment.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm so excited to welcome NDI New Mexico to the floor of the House to celebrate their 31st year of teaching
- physical and mental health support, promoting academic achievement, enhancing workforce readiness, teaching
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 27, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He dedicated his life to teaching others about the Holocaust, ensuring that stories of survivors would
- <01:50:23.639>
others dedicated his life to teaching others dedicated his life to teaching - It is still a mission to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, house the homeless, teach the illiterate,
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homeless clothe the naked house the homeless clothe the naked house the homeless teach - the illiterate provide guidance to teach the illiterate provide guidance to our<03:53:52.159>
young
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 20, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would prohibit the use of federal funds to teach so-called gender ideology, whatever that is
- how to read, should be teaching children how to read, write,<03:34:56.399>
and <03:34:56.640>< - This bill also forbids the teaching of any subject related to the existence of transgender people.
- This bill also forbids<03:36:57.359>
the <03:36:57.600>teaching <03:36:57.840>of - <03:36:58.080>
any <03:36:58.399>subject forbids the teaching of any subject forbids the
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 12, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- After graduating in 1975 with a degree in history, Don initially planned to teach and coach high school
- Jewish tradition teaches in Mishna Sanhedrin that saving one life is like saving the whole world.
- young children how million for teaching young children how to<04:59:54.718>
make <04:59:55.200 - Now teaching eighth grade U.S. history at Northwest Middle School in Salt Lake City, Miss Posey brings
- Now teaching eighth grade U.S. history at Northwest Middle School in Salt Lake City, Miss Posey brings
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (04/17/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- statutory disqualifiers that would prevent a district and the department from allowing someone to teach
- individuals who want to teach. individuals who want to teach.
- <00:23:43.200>
to individual who wants a license to to individual who wants a license to to teach - The the district also does a teach.
- So that list allowing someone to teach.
Summary:
The committee heard Senate Bill 254, which Senator David Roford described as a technical correction to controlled substance inventory law for pharmacies. He said the bill would remove outdated language requiring inventories to be done in an odd-numbered year, while keeping the existing requirement that pharmacies conduct a full controlled substance inventory every two years in line with federal law. Members asked several clarifying questions about whether the requirement is pharmacy-by-pharmacy, whether new pharmacies would be affected, and whether the change would alter scope or compliance; the sponsor and a representative of the New Hampshire Pharmacist Association said it would not, and that it mainly provides clarity for pharmacies and inspectors. The public hearing on SB 254 was then closed, and the committee also heard support from a representative of the pharmacist community, who said the association supports the bill.
The committee then discussed a non-germane amendment to SB 254 dealing with FBI background checks for educational surrogate parents under the Department of Education. Representative Leyon explained that the amendment was requested by the Department of Education after the FBI rejected prior statutory language, and that the goal was to allow people serving as educational surrogate parents to complete FBI fingerprint-based background checks so they can perform their duties. Department of Education and Department of Safety staff testified that the amendment mirrors language that has worked in other education-related background check statutes, including provisions with specific disqualifying offenses tied to child safety, and that the FBI requires precise statutory language and direct transmission of records through the Department of Safety. Members questioned why the FBI’s approval was needed, whether individuals could simply provide their own records, and whether changing federal leadership could require future changes; witnesses said the state needs both state and national records, that records must come directly from the FBI through the Department of Safety, and that the language is intended to satisfy current federal requirements.
During the discussion, some members expressed skepticism about the need for the amendment and about placing it on a bill about controlled substance inventories, but no vote was taken during the portion of the transcript provided. The committee also briefly discussed a separate bill on physician assistants/physician associates, with members noting that the proposed name change would not alter scope of practice and that some outside groups had raised concerns about transparency, but that discussion was interrupted and not concluded in the excerpt.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:59:18.079>
kids <00:59:18.359>how the culture of parents teaching kids how the - <00:59:33.799>
their <00:59:34.400>child <00:59:35.160>about have that parent teach - their child about have that parent teach their child about how<00:59:35.480>
to <00:59:35.599> - kids if that's not the parents teaching kids if that's not the culture<00:59:51.760>
that <00: - their kids how to tubes or teaching their kids how to water<01:09:13.960>
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Summary:
The committee first discussed scheduling and notice for upcoming executive sessions on a larger slate of bills, including plans to take up eight bills in the morning and possibly the last three bills in the afternoon, with caucus time provided if needed. The chair emphasized advance notice, publication, and flexibility if more bills are added later. The hearing then opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and proceeded to HB 568, a bill allowing local planning boards to request water supply studies for subdivisions to ensure water adequacy as housing density increases.
Representative Kat McGee, the prime sponsor, said HB 568 was developed after constituent concerns about private wells being affected by nearby development. She described the bill as narrowly tailored, non-mandatory, and intended to preserve local control while clarifying that planning boards may request studies under local regulations. She noted bipartisan support, an exclusion for community water systems and larger groundwater withdrawals regulated elsewhere, and said the bill would help prevent water shortages and related problems for new and existing homes. Questions from members focused on whether the bill should specify that it applies to subdivisions of four or more lots, since that language had been in an earlier version.
Testimony on HB 568 was mixed. Bob Quinn of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors opposed the bill, arguing it lacked a definition of “water supply study,” could lead to expensive hydrology studies, and might raise housing costs; he suggested more work with DES or a study committee. DES administrator Brandon Kernin said the department had worked from a 2010 groundwater commission report, that such problems arise only intermittently in certain areas, and that the bill would make explicit local authority to adopt such ordinances. He also said DES data and homeowner surveys can help identify problem areas and that more robust wells could be considered in the long term. The committee noted 10 online submissions in favor and 3 opposed, plus blue-sheet testimony of 2 in favor and 1 neutral, and then closed the hearing on HB 568.
The committee immediately opened HB 582, a bill on safety requirements for operation of personal watercraft. Representative Darby, the sponsor, said the bill responds to the speed and maneuverability of modern personal watercraft, which he described as more like motorcycles on water than traditional boats, and cited a fatal accident on Lake Monomonac as an example of the risks. He said the bill is not intended to restrict ordinary recreation or wake surfing, but to update safety standards for a newer class of larger, quieter three-person PWCs. The hearing began with Darby’s presentation, and no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We got some really good Chinese faculty, and we sent our faculty to China to teach. Absolutely.
- standards to do that, which goes into detail like how many school days per year and requirements for teaching
- year and require requirements<03:36:11.279>
for <03:36:12.080>um <03:36:12.319>teaching - <03:36:12.800>
credentials requirements for um teaching credentials requirements for um teaching
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Teachers should be focused on teaching and not about surveillance of students on personal and private
- Teachers should be focused on teaching and not about surveillance of students on personal and private
- Teachers should be focused on teaching and not about surveillance of students on personal and private
- Teachers should be focused on teaching and not about surveillance of students on personal and private
- Your job is to teach the academic subjects as a surrogate, as an extension of their parents.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play.
The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173.
The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Motion to suspend rules in order to debate gun control, gun violence prevention package 5/14/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm glad they have him because he can teach them the things that my dad didn't teach me, specifically
- I'm glad they have him because he can teach them the things that my dad didn't teach me, specifically
- >
things <02:25:20.560>like They're teaching our kids things like They're teaching our - I teach at a local district and have the stress of escape plans ready.
- I teach at a local district and have the stress of escape plans ready.
Summary:
The House took up a motion to suspend the rules so House File 5140 could be recalled from committee, given second and third readings, and placed on passage. Representative Long and Representative Greenman argued the bill was an urgent, comprehensive gun violence prevention package that had already passed the Senate and should be acted on immediately in response to recent shootings, including Annunciation School, Burnsville, and Accent Signage. They said families, students, survivors, doctors, and community members had been pressing legislators to act, and Greenman described the bill as including mental health, intervention, anonymous threat reporting, bans on weapons of war, ghost guns, and binary triggers.
Representative Heintzeman opposed the urgency motion and focused on specific bill language, arguing that parts of the proposal were unclear or overly broad. He questioned whether the language on protruding grips would effectively ban all handguns, whether the penalties section could turn lawful gun owners into felons for possessing multiple noncompliant items, and whether the firearms assembly language could criminalize routine cleaning and reassembly of guns. He said these issues should have been addressed in committee and argued members needed clearer answers before voting on urgency.
Greenman responded that the language was intended to target additional protruding grips, not ordinary handgun grips, and said she was willing to adopt an amendment to clarify that point. On the penalties and assembly questions, she said the bill was aimed at certifying existing weapons, banning ghost guns, and preventing harm, and repeatedly urged members to vote for the urgency motion so the full bill could be considered. The exchange remained focused on the motion to suspend the rules and on the substance of the gun violence prevention package; no final vote or other action is shown in the transcript excerpt.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- This formula that was developed with the dean of his mathematics department at the college he teaches
- This formula that was developed with the dean of his mathematics department at the college he teaches
- This formula that was developed with the dean of his mathematics department at the college he teaches
- This formula that was developed with the dean of his mathematics department at the college he teaches
- This formula that was developed with the dean of his mathematics department at the college he teaches
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- It says, "I hear from many teachers today of all levels that parents solely rely on teachers to teach
- on teachers to teach their children." on teachers to teach their children."
- for America um legal including Teach for America um legal aid.<01:25:05.760>
We <01:25:06.080> - No, we do teaching at our clinics. No, we do teaching at our clinics.
- And I had really the privilege to teach both medical students and residents and fellows here.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- No, they just need to be teaching children.
- In the classrooms, teachers are teaching. We have curriculum, we have standards. That's what we do.
- This is her first trip to ever teaching. He's on the dead scene.
- This is her first trip to ever teaching. He's on the dead scene.
- His life teaches us that history is not just something we remember; it is something we build.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- it was the first time we ever got brand-new books, and it was a beautiful book around history and teaching
- American history through black teaching American history through black history. history. history.
- Whereas Hortman was a devoted public servant who spent her life helping others, teaching Sunday school
- <00:57:25.599>
Sunday <00:57:26.000>school, helping others, teaching Sunday school, - helping others, teaching Sunday school, serving<00:57:26.960>
as <00:57:27.119>a <00:57
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDN Info Briefing - Fri Jan 9, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Hawaii, uh, that was something we struggled with a lot because our mission was not necessarily to teach
- because our mission was not necessarily because our mission was not necessarily to<01:57:46.080>
teach - :47.280>
You <01:57:47.440>know, <01:57:47.840>we <01:57:48.080>had to teach - You know, we had to teach to the test.
- to the test, but at the want to teach to the test, but at the same<01:59:03.520>
time, <01:59:
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Seclusion Working Group - 10/15/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have Danielle Thompson from Fidley Public Schools ready to teach us a thing or two. Ms.
- procedure and seclusion procedure and seclusion all<01:01:08.480>
while <01:01:08.880>teaching - <01:01:10.319>
Um, <01:01:10.720>so all while teaching academics. - Um, so all while teaching academics.
- And so, I've spent a good deal of time, along with my colleagues, trying to teach case managers how to
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They don’t have the wherewithal to teach their child at home; they don’t have the experience or any of
- their child at home they don't teach their child at home they don't have<00:45:53.280>
the <00 - I just want you to know that I was very flexible in my teaching career.
- My name is Mary Grasset, and I've been teaching at Mountain View Middle School in Gwn for the past 26
- at Mountain View Middle School teaching at Mountain View Middle School in<02:21:58.160>
gwn <02
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- goal of the program was to fund individuals while they're in school and encourage them to go into teaching
- My former students teach in high school classrooms from St. Peter to Moorhead.
- My former students teach in high school classrooms from St. Peter to Moorhead.
- 01:40:10.360>
my <01:40:10.560>former <01:40:11.000>students <01:40:11.719>teach - <01:40:12.000>
in underclass my former students teach in underclass my former students teach