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ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • It’s health information technology; it’s medical coding and stuff. So that makes sense.
  • Coding and stuff, so that makes sense.
  • the decades-old rules that we follow in our procedures is to determine residency based on Century Code
  • And that happens... ...on Century Code 15-10-19.1.
  • it is a small portion, but these students that are doing very well advancing themselves are being penalized
Summary: The committee met at North Dakota State College of Science for a presentation from President Flanagan and campus leaders on the college’s mission, enrollment growth, workforce programs, facilities needs, and industry partnerships. Flanagan highlighted student success in national competitions, strong placement and retention, the college’s strategic plan, and new or expanding programs such as aviation maintenance, fire science, dental hygiene, community health worker, surgical technology, HVAC/plumbing, and precision agriculture. He also described the need for a new dorm and a remodel of the library into academic and allied health space, including a simulation center, to address capacity limits and support growth. Several committee members asked about program demand, faculty recruitment, pay competitiveness, and how the college shifts resources from lower-demand programs to high-demand ones. Industry partner Jim Albright of Comdell testified that the college has been essential to the local manufacturing workforce and that many employees and interns come from NDSCS. A major topic was dual credit. Flanagan said dual credit is important but financially challenging, noting that only a small share of dual credit students ultimately matriculate to NDSCS and that the college’s dual credit model is close to break-even. He explained that many dual credit credits are general education rather than CTE, and that the college pays instructors, supports high schools, and absorbs indirect costs. Williston State College President Bernal Herning added that his institution loses money on the front end but has shifted toward helping students complete associate degrees before high school graduation because many go directly to work after high school. Committee members questioned how dual credit is delivered, how instructors are qualified, and whether students are truly doing college-level work. The committee then received a University System presentation from Jamie Wilkie on the cost of delivering dual credit statewide. Wilkie explained the methodology used to allocate direct and overhead costs and said the analysis shows dual credit is not profitable at several institutions once tuition, instructor payments, and overhead are included. Members asked how much of the cost is borne by students, families, and the state, and whether K-12 funding should also be considered. Discussion also covered the difference between subsidized and unsubsidized dual credit, payments to high school teachers or schools, and the possibility of waiving tuition in the future. No votes were taken, and the committee mainly gathered information for the ongoing dual credit cost study.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 29th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President Drake has never wavered in his belief that every single student, no matter their zip code or
  • You know that you have that four-digit key code.
  • And a lot of us are familiar with a variety of technology systems where they ask you for a key code.
  • And only you know the key code.
  • And I would even go a step further that if you're going to take somebody's land, you should be penalized
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long daily file with numerous guest introductions and recognitions, including tributes to outgoing University of California President Michael Drake, student and community advocates, and visitors connected to foster care, military appreciation, and college savings. The chamber also took up several procedural items, including concurrence in Senate amendments to ACR 75 on California Farm Week, which passed 59-0. Members then adopted AJR 7 on protecting federal special education funding and services for students with disabilities, with broad bipartisan support and a 65-0 vote after 63 co-authors were added. The Assembly also adopted ACR 82 recognizing Foster Care Month and ACR 85 recognizing 529 College Savings Day by voice vote after adding co-authors, and ACR 89 recognizing Military Appreciation Month, also adopted by voice vote after co-authors were added. These resolutions featured testimony and remarks emphasizing support for vulnerable children, foster youth, military families, and access to higher education. On policy bills, the Assembly passed AB 929 on groundwater and managed wetlands (41-14), AB 1026 on utility connection timelines for housing projects (52-0), AB 1332 on direct shipment of medicinal cannabis under specified conditions (55-0), AB 1356 on follow-up reporting in DHCS death investigations at treatment facilities (54-0), and AB 671 on streamlining restaurant openings through self-certification of certain plans (62-0). The chamber also approved AB 715 on anti-Semitism and school climate after extensive debate and cross-caucus support, 64-0, and AB 33 on autonomous vehicle deliveries requiring a human safety operator, 52-6. Later, AB 5 on election ballot-counting timelines passed 66-0, AB 27 and AB 28 addressing the Chiquita Canyon landfill disaster passed 61-0 and 44-6 respectively, and the Assembly began consideration of AB 43 to extend state authority over wild and scenic rivers.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Debate — April 26 Apr 26th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is also penalizing a company for doing good.
  • And this company has done very well, and now we're trying to penalize them. So, urging a no vote.
Summary: The Senate opened with a moment of silence for Senator Chris Gildon and his family after the death of his wife, Autumn. It then took up several bills on final passage, beginning with Substitute House Bill 2020, which establishes a 3.1% B&O tax rate for payment card processing activities and allows a deduction for certain related fees. Supporters said it resolves a long-running dispute with the Department of Revenue; it passed 47-0. The chamber also passed House Bill 2039, delaying the child support pass-through expansion from 2026 to 2029, and House Bill 2040, delaying the elimination of recoveries from the Aged, Blind, and Disabled Assistance Program from October 2025 to October 2028. Supporters framed both as timing changes, while opponents argued they would postpone benefits for families and vulnerable people. Both bills passed 25-22. Substitute House Bill 2051, dealing with payment to acute care hospitals for difficult-to-discharge patients, passed 27-20 after several proposed amendments were withdrawn. Supporters said the bill helps hospitals care for patients who have nowhere else to go, while opponents argued the state should not delay payment support for these patients. The Senate also passed In Gross Substitute House Bill 2061, imposing a 10% concession fee on duty-free sales to fund tourism promotion and sustainable aviation fuel, over objections that it was a tax increase passed on to consumers. Finally, Substitute House Bill 2077, which taxes certain business activities related to zero-emission vehicle credits, passed 28-19 after an amendment to remove or narrow parts of the tax was rejected. Supporters said the measure would encourage spending of credits and support clean transportation goals, while opponents called it a targeted tax on Tesla and warned it could raise EV prices. The Senate then concurred in amended Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1293, a litter and plastic bag measure that increases litter penalties and keeps the planned bag-thickness increase from taking effect, and passed it 27-20. The Senate adjourned until April 27, 2025.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN-EIG, CPN DEFER, CPN DEFER Public Hearings 02-04-2026

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • safety metrics or deviate from the historical performance that we expect from them, they do get penalized
  • one area where sticks have been applied, because these pins do exist and the companies have been penalized
  • one area where sticks have been applied, because these PIMs do exist and the companies have been penalized
  • one area where sticks have been applied, because these PIMs do exist and the companies have been penalized
  • one area where sticks have been applied, because these PIMs do exist and the companies have been penalized
Summary: The committee first reconvened on SB 2471 and SB 2829, both relating to the powers of artificial persons. After discussion with the Attorney General’s office and a prior Q&A period, the chair said the committee would defer decision-making again, with the intent to return with amended versions of both bills that could gain support from the administration and its lawyers. The measures were deferred to Tuesday, February 10, 2026, in Conference Room 229 at 9:30 a.m. The committee then took up SB 2180, relating to deposits of public funds. Members noted late testimony from the prior day’s joint hearing with the Housing Committee and moved to pass the bill out with amendments, including a defective effective date. The motion carried unanimously among those voting: the chair, vice chair, Senator Lamosao, and Senator Awa voted aye; Senator McKelvey was excused. The measure was adopted. A joint hearing followed on SB 2033, relating to renewable energy and a streamlined grid-ready homes interconnection process. The PUC supported the bill’s intent but raised concerns about the time, resources, and stakeholder input needed to establish the proposed process, and asked for clarification of terms such as “grid-ready homes” and the role of HERA. Hawaiian Electric said it supported the intent but opposed the proposed process and HERA funding use. The Hawaii Solar Energy Association strongly supported the bill, arguing that faster interconnection is needed to meet rooftop solar goals and lower costs over time. Testimony totaled 27 in support, two in opposition, and four with comments. Members questioned costs, consumer protections, and whether the bill would burden low- and moderate-income households; the bill’s supporters said amendments could clarify the definition of grid-ready homes and add guardrails, while acknowledging that upfront costs and interconnection costs would still need to be addressed.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Children and Family Law (04/03/2025)

Children and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • The federal guidelines are that if you're $2,500 or more in arrears, you will be penalized by not being
  • <00:22:45.120> no penalized no penalized no more.
  • And I believe that the fact that we don't do anything as a state to discourage and prevent or penalize
  • I know too many people penalized was because there's broad um penalized was because there's broad um
  • mother<03:29:33.680> has<03:29:33.920> an penalized because the mother has an penalized
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/20/25

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's what's in code. It's 327C.095, subdivision whatever. So just so people are aware of that.
  • That's what's in code. It's 327C.095, subdivision whatever. So just so people are aware of that.
  • That's what's in code. It's 327C.095, subdivision whatever. So just so people are aware of that.
  • Um, you know, I think you're penalizing the owners and their families, saying they can't sell to whoever
  • the the owners and their penalizing the the owners and their families<01:30:18.080> and families
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Basically, everybody who's late in doing their financial reports gets penalized in some way, and so hopefully
  • Basically, everybody who's late in doing their financial reports gets penalized in some way, and so hopefully
  • shopping cart from, let's say, Fry's in Phoenix and then you dump it somewhere, Fry's is going to be penalized
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The meeting covered a large number of bills and resolutions across education, federalism, government, health, commerce, and judiciary-related topics. In education, members heard bills on moving the statewide testing window later, allowing paper-based testing in more cases, posting school administrator compensation data, expanding who may receive student directory information, reviewing duplicative ADE reporting requirements, requiring religious excusals, creating a school fitness recognition program, and a proposed ballot measure on sex-designated school sports and private spaces. In federalism, the committee discussed banning foreign nationals from funding ballot-measure committees and a proposal to eliminate voting centers and return to precinct-based voting. Other items included memorials urging the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations and the IMF, and a government bill penalizing agencies that fail to submit financial reports on time. Health and human services bills focused on lactation care, a state certification program for lactation providers, prohibiting gender transition procedures for minors, requiring chief medical officers at state agencies to hold active licenses, clarifying air ambulance statutes, seeking a SNAP waiver to restrict non-eligible food purchases, and collecting hospital patient immigration-status data for reporting. Sponsors generally framed these as consumer protection, public health, or administrative cleanup measures, while some members raised concerns about cost, privacy, and possible legal conflicts. In commerce, the committee heard bills on digital goods disclosure, protections for child content creators, liability limits for river outfitters, landlord utility billing transparency, appraisal management company definitions, unemployment eligibility verification, and association-based health plans. Several measures were pulled from consent or flagged for amendments. The judiciary portion included bills creating a civil cause of action for violations of anti-DEI laws, expanding hate-crime-style penalties to include political affiliation and expression, adding reporting requirements for name changes by sex offenders, penalizing possession of falsified commercial driver’s licenses by unlawfully present individuals, adding penalties for mailing abortion-inducing drugs, allowing speed-limiting devices as an alternative to license suspension, extending inmate transition services, increasing penalties for sexual extortion involving older teens, requiring legislative approval to close state shooting ranges, and advancing an Article V convention resolution for congressional term limits. Several sponsors emphasized public safety, parental rights, election integrity, or government accountability, while some members raised constitutional or implementation concerns, particularly on liability, voting systems, and the term-limits resolution. Multiple bills were reported as being on consent calendars, with some pulled for amendments or further discussion.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:19:26.320> for<00:19:26.440> your<00:19:26.640> pre-existing penalized for your
  • pre-existing penalized for your pre-existing conditions conditions conditions and<00:19:29.400> they
  • And so I think the uniformity of appraisal code is super important to ensure that we have transparency
  • so I think the uniformity<00:43:10.319> of<00:43:10.599> appraisal<00:43:11.160> code
  • of appraisal code is super super<00:43:12.599> important<00:43:13.319> to<00:43:13.520
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

Public Health Aug 13th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • code is the penal code is the penal code.
  • They had to move out of their state to a different zip code.
  • It's got a QR code on the back of it, whether it's Delta 8 or Delta 9.
  • They've got QR codes.
  • And on the back of every product we have, it has to have that scan code to get it.
Summary: The House Committee on Public Health heard House Bill 5, a proposal to ban THC products outside the Texas Compassionate Use Program while allowing non-intoxicating CBD and CBG products under tighter regulation. Chair Van Deaver gave a lengthy background on the 2018 federal Farm Bill and Texas’s 2019 hemp law, arguing that the lack of guardrails allowed a large, unregulated THC market to develop. HB 5 would impose licensing fees, product registration, testing and inspection requirements, and restrictions intended to keep products away from children. Invited witnesses from law enforcement strongly supported the bill. Steve Dye of the Texas Police Chiefs Association and Brian Hawthorne of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas argued that THC consumables are widely mislabeled, often far more potent than advertised, and linked to youth access, impaired driving, and organized crime. Both said regulation would be ineffective and would amount to legalization, while a ban would be easier for officers to enforce. They also emphasized support for the Texas Compassionate Use Program and said medical THC should remain available. Dr. Peter Stout of the Texas Association of Crime Lab Directors and Alice Amelot of Texas DPS testified as resource witnesses about forensic testing. They said current lab resources are already stretched thin, that quantitative testing for THC and related cannabinoids is expensive and time-consuming, and that a ban would simplify enforcement because labs could focus on presence/absence testing rather than concentration. Amelot said DPS labs are neutral on the bill but explained that mislabeled products and inaccurate certificates of analysis are common. Committee members asked about traffic safety, impairment, youth use, and the costs of enforcement and lab testing; witnesses repeatedly said the bill would reduce complexity for law enforcement but that any approach would still require more resources for labs.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/24/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:24:40.559> in most progressive uh, state tax code in most progressive uh, state tax code
  • Most porous and complicated tax code.
  • And you make decisions about a tax code.
  • I can't speak to federal tax code or the 501(c)(3) process.
  • I can't speak to federal tax code or the 501(c)(3) process.
Bills: HF331, HF916
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 3/17/2026 #1

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1105, Statute of Limitation, Prosecution or Enforcement of Local Consumer Protection Codes
  • <00:28:50.920> from<00:28:51.120> amendments codes from amendments codes from amendments
  • It just asks it to change zip codes. What do I mean by that? Let me tell you how the process works.
  • they are penalized for their carbon<01:09:09.160> emissions.
  • And if they get penalized for that, um, maybe that is really the way that it should go, because this
Summary: The House opened with prayer, a quorum call showing 116 members present, and approval of the previous day’s journal. It then took up three ceremonial resolutions. One honored Robert Buchanan for his philanthropy, community leadership, and service in the greater Washington region; another welcomed a visiting delegation from County Tipperary, Ireland, and recognized efforts to strengthen Maryland-Ireland ties; and a third congratulated Dr. Miriam Rogers on her retirement as superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools and her 2026 Woman in School Leadership Award. The chamber then moved through a series of committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports on bills without objection and ordering them to third reading. Measures included House Bills 435, 954, 1087, 1470, 936, 1110, 1554, 187, 324, 688, 776, 1152, 1320, and 1348, covering topics such as movie captioning in public accommodations, procurement and finance, health care facilities, school food procurement, tax foreclosure notice requirements, agricultural electricity tax study, expungement, child support rights, intercepted communications penalties, juvenile supervision, police orders studies, victim notification, and human trafficking reporting. Several bills were amended before being advanced, including House Bill 768 on benefits for children in custody, which added a foster youth savings program; House Bill 877 on institutional debt reporting, which changed reporting dates and required a data dictionary; House Bill 1092 on child advocacy centers, which clarified continuity-of-care standards and technical assistance grants; House Bill 310 on restrictive housing for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities, which required assessment at admission; House Bill 634 on police training, which added training on intellectual and developmental disabilities; House Bill 750 on access to religious facilities; House Bill 752 on gift card valuation and forgery; House Bill 1005 on child abuse and neglect reporting; and House Bill 1105 on consumer protection limitations, which was amended to apply only to civil suits. House Bill 1105 drew additional discussion, with the minority leader asking for a special order to review the changes, and the House agreed to postpone it until the appropriate time the next day. Later, House Bill 953, which would authorize transfers from the Revenue Stabilization Account to the State Disaster Recovery Fund, prompted extended questioning about Western Maryland flooding, FEMA denials, and the state’s response; the bill was presented as a way to provide relief after federal aid was denied. The transcript ends with the House still in session and continuing through the appropriations report.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Commerce and Small Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • not the person working or has the franchisee, from denying renewal, threatening termination, or penalizing
  • not the person working or has the franchisee, from denying renewal, threatening termination, or penalizing
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 13, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Code 758.
  • Code 758: whoever flees or evades a checkpoint operated by Customs and Border Protection or any other
  • Code 758: whoever flees or evades a checkpoint operated by Customs and Border Protection or any other
  • Code 758: whoever flees or evades a checkpoint operated by Customs and Border Protection or any other
  • It gives law enforcement authorities the necessary tools to fully penalize criminals who intentionally
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Apr 8th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh and the Alabama Uniform Trust Code.
  • , Association is working on all the codes, Association is working on all the codes, barcodes<04:43
  • understands the need to get those codes understands the need to get those codes uniformly<04:47:
  • They got to figure out how to do the UPS codes.
  • They got to figure out how to put codes.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the rules and pass the bill S. 4530, a bill to amend chapters 83 and 84 of Title 5, United States Code
  • H.R. 3482, a bill to amend Title 38, United States Code, to establish an online program through which
  • H.R. 3482, a bill to amend Title 38, United States Code, to establish an online program through which
  • Union Calendar number 259, H.R. 2954, a bill to amend Title 38, United States Code, to authorize the
  • , to authorize the Secretary States Code, to authorize the Secretary of<04:26:02.479> Veterans
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • version, says no court, state, political Subdivision, etc., shall recognize or enforce any religious code
  • So it is an interesting kind of construing of the language here, religious code and repugnant.
  • The code to vote 83 to 10 nay, having to see two through Israel in constant house.
  • their own rules and their own municipal codes when it comes to illegal camping, obstruction of public
  • If you acquire title to a land unlawfully, shouldn't you be penalized for that and have that land taken
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is about unlocking the potential in every student, regardless of their zip code, bank account, or
  • Census-level ZIP code data, that there are at least 57,000 staff and 11,000 academic employees who are
  • behalf of ensuring that all students, irrespective of their race, ethnicity, income level, or zip code
  • Additionally, AB 1433 will define what noncredit is in the Education Code.
  • Additionally, AB 1433 will define what noncredit is in the Education Code and address the ability for
Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee met with a quorum and first approved a consent calendar containing AB 341, AB 1098, and AB 1316, sending those measures to the Human Services, Judiciary, and Appropriations Committees respectively. The committee then heard AB 977, which would require CSU to audit surplus land and work with California tribes to identify three regional burial sites for Native American remains that cannot yet be repatriated. Supporters, including tribal leaders and archaeology groups, said the bill is needed to honor ancestors and address the large number of remains still held by CSU; CSU said it is committed to repatriation but had no formal position. The bill passed to Appropriations on a 5-0 vote. Members also heard AB 1093, creating a California-Mexico higher education exchange program, and AB 1035, expanding the California College Promise to cover tuition for students pursuing community college bachelor’s degrees. AB 1093 drew support for strengthening cross-border educational and economic ties, but some members raised concerns about border-region sewage problems and the bill’s budget implications; it was held for later consideration. AB 1035 received strong support from community college leaders and faculty who said it would help low-income and first-generation students complete workforce-focused bachelor’s degrees, but several members questioned whether it would stretch Prop. 98 funding and whether the state should prioritize broader affordability concerns. AB 1035 passed to Appropriations on a 3-2 vote. The committee next approved AB 922, which would let the University of California keep access to federal criminal-history information for hiring background checks, avoiding delays and added costs if statutory authority is required. UC said the bill is needed to maintain safety and hiring operations, and it passed to Public Safety on a 5-0 vote. AB 1346, protecting military dependents from losing in-state residency status because of family travel, also passed unanimously to Military and Veterans Affairs. AB 1212, allowing UC to use low-income housing tax credits to build affordable housing for faculty and staff on UC land, drew support from UC and labor groups but opposition from members concerned about preferential access to public resources; it was held for later action. Finally, the committee approved AB 500 and AB 684, both aimed at increasing transparency around UC admissions policy changes and UC BOARS decision-making, sending AB 500 to Education and AB 684 to Governmental Organization, each on 5-0 votes. The hearing then moved on to AB 1122 on dual enrollment, with the author and witnesses presenting the bill as a way to expand college access for high school students.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And to clean up the use of service codes, which was another goal of rate reform, so that both profit
  • and non-profit providers of those services can be in the same service code.
  • We also don't want to penalize providers for things that may be out of their control, like people seeking
  • don't make it prohibitively expensive as we ask people to manually customize millions of lines of code
  • recommendations focus on increasing the consistency of the practices of the rates used, the service codes
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill amends education code to mandate that an institute Governing Board approve or disapprove the
  • The the reason why I filed this bill is because there's not any code that defines faculty councils or
  • If we, as lawmakers, don't set the expectations in code, then how How can we complain about them?
  • That's unethical according to our standard, our Code of Ethics.
  • Chairman, that maybe we've got 42 in code now, 42. right?
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Education Policy - 03/10/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • current practice of counting opt-outs the same as not proficient for Northstar calculations unfairly penalizes
  • current practice of counting opt-outs the same as not proficient for Northstar calculations unfairly penalizes
  • the law as written actually compels families to subject their children to standardized tests by penalizing
  • their children to standardized<01:18:16.800> tests<01:18:17.560> by<01:18:17.800> penalizing
  • <01:18:18.440> their standardized tests by penalizing their standardized tests by penalizing
Keywords: 1187, senate, all