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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 29th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you representative. Members, questions for Representative Perez?
  • Yeah, thank you representative so do I don't know this I'm just asking do other state agencies that are
  • Please state your name, who you represent, and if you're on for or against the bill.
  • Okay, if you would please state your name, who you represent, and whether you're on for or against the
  • I represent myself.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • or poli of this state or political subdivisions of this state.
  • There's no objection. House Bill 3237 will be left pending. Is there an objection?
  • Um, if there's no objection, 3278 will be left pending is objection.
  • Thank you, Representative.
  • Thank you, uh, Representative Anchia, for represent for bringing this bill again.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If there's no objection, House Bill 4427 will be left pending. Is there an objection?
  • All right, thank you, Representative Stapleton. If there's no objection, House Bill 3278.
  • All right, thank you, representative. If there's no objection, how...
  • This is specific to out-of-state contributions to in-state candidates and, of course, out-of-state PACs
  • If there's no objection, House Bill 4406 will be left pending. Is there an objection?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Members, this is Representative Metcalf's bill.
  • Representative Thompson offers up the committee substitute. Is there any objection?
  • My name is Anna Grace Hustedt, and I represent ABC Texas.
  • Work state. That's illegal. You cannot do that in this state. You have a right to choose.
  • So that kind of represents.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 2nd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If there's no objection, House Bill 15-10 will be left pending. Is there an objection, Chair?
  • throughout the state of Texas.
  • If there's no objection, House Bill 1805 be left pending. Is there objection, chair? He's none.
  • I, I'd actually also state that.
  • One example states that it's anti-Semitic to simply disagree that Israel should be a Jewish state.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 2nd, 2025

State Affairs

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  • entities and legislators while representing state agencies during legal matters. proceedings.
  • So for example, in another case where my office was representing state agencies and officials regarding
  • Please state your name, who you represent, and your position on the bill.
  • Please state your name, who you represent, and your position on the bill.
  • The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Senator, State Representative, Chief Justice or Justice of the
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Carver. Ms. Roberts, Representative Carver.
  • Come on up, Representative Jackson. Representative Jackson is here.
  • I'm going to offer those for Representative Mack. Any objections to adoption of the amendment?
  • We’re state approved by BESE. And Cognia. We’re state approved by BESE.
  • Any objections? Representative Jackson objects. Madam Secretary, call the roll.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with four members present and took up a long agenda of education-related bills. Early items included SCR 65, which would create a K-12 student success task force to study statewide career and academic pathway advising; the committee adopted a substantive amendment adding designees and then reported the resolution favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SCR 119, honoring Coach D.D. Breaux, after brief remarks about her LSU gymnastics legacy and the request that LSU study naming its gymnastics training facility in her honor. Several bills affecting school operations and student support were heard and reported favorably, including HB 434 on probationary school bus driver employment and superintendent authority over dismissal; HB 484 expanding scholarship benefits for children and spouses of fallen or disabled firefighters and police officers; HB 749 and HB 1059 on savings accounts and TOPS math eligibility alignment; HB 218 adding food insecurity questions to student questionnaires, which was amended and reported favorably; HB 325 expanding TOPS Tech eligibility through dual enrollment and part-time use; HB 476 requiring Safe Haven law postings in middle and high school restrooms; HB 1249 clarifying access to school-based health centers, with an amendment adopted; HB 1242 allowing more than one early learning center license at the same location under certain circumstances; HB 632 improving data protections and functionality for LA First; and HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students, which was amended to address IEP and dispute-process concerns before being reported favorably. Two bills drew extended debate over transparency, privacy, and school autonomy. HB 608 would create confidentiality for intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing documents; LSU representatives argued the bill was needed to protect student-athletes and competitive information, while PAR and the Louisiana Press Association opposed it as an improper secrecy carve-out for state-generated revenue. Despite the opposition, the committee reported HB 608 favorably. HB 1112, which would exempt BESE-approved non-public pre-K programs from certain licensure and safety requirements and adjust related definitions, was amended and then heard with testimony from the Pelican Institute in support, arguing it corrects overreach from prior law and protects private school autonomy and parental choice.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Budgeted voluntary resources compiled at the state level.
  • They have some of the highest in the state.
  • It is well-intentioned, but it represents bad policy.
  • The state treasurer must annually notify JLBC staff with an estimate of the amount of the reported state
  • SCR 1051 is subject to voter approval and constitutionally prohibits the state or a state officer from
Summary: The Senate Education Committee heard and advanced a series of education-related bills and resolutions. SB 1572 would require public schools to observe Celebrate Freedom Week and provide civics instruction, including a Declaration of Independence recitation unless exempt; supporters said it would strengthen civics education, while opponents argued schools already provide similar instruction. It passed 3-2. SB 1798, as amended, would require each high school to designate a FAFSA point of contact and implement FAFSA awareness efforts; the Arizona Board of Regents supported it, while some members raised concerns about imposing mandates on charter schools. It passed 5-1 as amended. The committee also passed SB 1711, which directs the State Board of Education to develop and post age-appropriate resources on recognizing and preventing inappropriate contact, with supporters emphasizing prevention and opponents warning about conflicts with Arizona’s sex-education rules. SB 1004, as amended, would exempt certain student groups from chronic-absence consequences under a new attendance policy, and SB 1507, as amended, would require consolidation of certain small school districts in receivership, with added provisions on assets, elections, and CTED participation; both passed unanimously or near-unanimously. SB 1497, as amended, would require school districts with self-insurance programs and at least 300 employees to seek competitive quotes every three years and provide detailed claims and enrollment data; it passed 5-0. Later, SB 1424 would require annual age-appropriate firearm safety awareness instruction in public schools, limited to accident prevention and without live firearms or handling demonstrations; supporters framed it as basic safety, while some members objected to charter-school mandates. It passed 4-2. SB 1684 would create a cause of action against public schools for failing to address bullying after prior reports if a student suffers serious physical injury; opponents said existing law already covers such conduct and warned of litigation costs, but it still passed 4-2. SB 1741 would require schools to allow parent-consented release-time religious instruction and award academic credit under secular criteria; critics raised constitutional and instructional-time concerns, and it passed 4-2. SB 1754 would improve complaint handling for students with disabilities by requiring a designated helper and annual reporting on special education complaints, and it passed 6-0. SB 1763 would streamline handling of small instructional grants and set an August 15 deadline for annual financial report formats; it passed 6-0. Finally, the committee advanced SCR 1012, SCR 1041, and SCR 1051, which would expand Arizona Teachers Academy eligibility for community college students and place teacher pay and permanent school fund distribution measures before voters; each resolution passed on party-line or near-party-line votes. The committee then adjourned.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-02-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the state Addison Har.
  • Welcome to the Hawaii State Senate.
  • Welcome to Hawaii State Linda Jury.
  • Welcome to your state Senate. And Mr.
  • President, can I state senate. And Mr.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Jan 21st, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:21:18.240> by out of committee as as it was stated by out of committee as as it was stated
  • >> that I had objection to that you were >> that I had objection to that you were working
  • So, it's citizens, but this great state.
  • Uh, any objection to previous roll?
  • <00:38:20.560> Ontario Bill 66 by Representative Ontario Bill 66 by Representative Ontario
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Please state your name, who you represent, and you may begin your testimony.
  • Please state your name, who you represent, your position on the bill, and you have two minutes.
  • As a state senator, I represent a lot of different people, but I also represent a lot of...
  • Just for the record, please state your name and who you represent.
  • Just for the record, please state your name and who you represent.
TX
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  • that the Attorney General shall represent the state in the prosecution of the offense.
  • Please state your name, who you represent, your position on the bill, and you have two minutes, sir.
  • Please state your name, who you represent, your position on the bill, and you have two minutes. ...of
  • Morrow, you would get to state your name, who you represent, your position on the bill, and you have
  • Please state your name, who you represent, your position on the bill, and you have two minutes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

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  • We represent parents and children in cases involving DFPS all over the state.
  • Is there objection?
  • If you would, state your name for the record.
  • Who will benefit if the technology is banned in this state?
  • In his State of the Judiciary address, Chief Justice Blacklock asked, why would the state terminate parental
Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • State Hospital and the Wichita Falls State Hospital.
  • Representative Frank also included language in HB 19 that requires each state hospital to have its own
  • When you do come up, if you would, state your name, who you represent, position on the bill, and speak
  • Senate Bill 577 represents one of the most righteous fights for foster children in this state at this
  • And just to finish, pages 16 through 17 state it is a false statement to say that ICWA represents the
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum and took up several House and Senate bills, with public testimony limited to two minutes per witness. The committee first heard HB 2358, a cleanup bill requested by HHSC that would repeal outdated training and conference requirements for long-term care facility surveyors and certain providers; there were no witnesses, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard HB 18, the rural hospital stabilization bill, which would create financial assessment tools, a rural hospital finance office at HHSC, an academy for rural hospital officers, multiple grant programs, enhanced Medicaid reimbursement tied to average cost, OB/GYN add-on payments, expanded pediatric telehealth connectivity, and a rural pediatric mental health program. Senator Perry and witnesses from TORCH, a rural hospital, AARP Texas, and ARCHI strongly supported the bill as a way to stabilize rural hospitals, improve OB access, and address workforce and financial pressures. Committee members discussed rural hospital closures, low-volume quality metrics, system affiliation, and the need for predictable monthly reimbursement; the bill was left pending after testimony and questions. The committee next heard HB 37, which would create a perinatal bereavement care initiative for families experiencing stillbirth, neonatal death, or intrauterine fetal demise, including counseling, staff training, and access to cooling devices, with possible grants and a recognition program for hospitals. Senator Huffman explained the bill, and several witnesses testified in support, sharing personal stories about infant loss and the importance of time with the baby, trained staff, and cuddle cots or similar devices. A neonatologist also supported the bill while suggesting clarification that hospitals should not be penalized if state funding is unavailable and recommending use of regional advisory councils to help implement training. Public testimony was then closed and the bill left pending. The committee also heard HB 879, which would create a streamlined licensing pathway for veterans with medical or nursing experience to practice in Texas, and HB 913, which would add new state hospitals to statute and split the North Texas State Hospital into two separate hospitals with their own superintendents; both bills had no opposition testimony and were left pending. Later, the committee heard SB 2744, a heart disease screening bill that would update the 2009 Texas Heart Attack Prevention Act to require insurance coverage for coronary CT angiography with plaque analysis, including soft plaque detection, as a preventive screening tool. The author and invited witnesses argued the technology is more effective than calcium scoring alone, can identify patients before symptoms appear, and could save lives at a cost comparable to or lower than colonoscopy. An insurance industry witness opposed the bill, arguing the technology has not been recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for universal screening and that the mandated coverage and payment level would raise costs; the bill was left pending after testimony. Finally, the committee heard HB 1151, a parental rights bill clarifying that refusing psychotropic medication or psychiatric treatment is not neglect unless the child is harmed. Supporters, including parent advocates and attorneys, said the bill would protect parents from CPS overreach and preserve medical decision-making authority, while one witness urged broader attention to physical causes of behavioral issues. Public testimony was closed and HB 1151 was left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 28th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • These states have higher purses than we have in Texas.
  • If there's a business in the state of Texas and it's...
  • There's no objection. House Bill 5169 will be left pending. Is there any objection?
  • The franchise tax is our second largest state revenue source in fiscal 24, representing 8.4% of total
  • state tax collections.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, we're pretty fortunate to have this job of state representative.
  • I am the I'm an instituent of State Representative Alan Schoolcraft, and I'm here to testify in support
  • Representative Jones, I'm sorry, Representative Jones.
  • Is there object if if there is no objection has to be a 4408 will be left pending is our objection chair
  • Represents one. I don't see any questions. If there's no objection, House Bill 2684 will be left.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Kraft. Thank you, Madam Chair. Representative McDonald.
  • I see Representative Nadeau has a question. Go ahead, Representative Nadeau.
  • Representative Purcell.
  • Thank you for your comments, Representative McDonald. Representative Nadeau.
  • Representative Nadeau.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Craft, thank you, Madam Chair and Representative McDonald.
  • Representative Nadeau, thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Representative Purcell.
  • Representative Mohler thanked Representative McDonald for his comments and then noted that Representative
  • Representative Nadeau thanked the Madam Chair and then addressed Representative Mohler.
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