Video & Transcript Research : 'Developmental Disabilities Division'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um and disability amendment approval.
  • The next one changed how we authorize disability waiver services.
  • <01:28:00.960> I coexisting intellectual disability.
  • I coexisting intellectual disability.
  • They have intellectual disability.
Bills: HF3379
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Investments and Pensions Oversight Nov 5th, 2025

Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • As I stated, active membership has grown in all divisions within the PERA fund, which is a good thing
  • Our disability retirees, about 1,500 of those, have an average age of 62 with a $20,000 benefit.
  • Looking at this by division, I know it doesn't sound like good news, but these are all down compared
  • We break it down by divisions. The biggest lag is in the state general plan.
  • So, I wrote down that if you're 75 or older, you're disabled, or you have a disability, or if your salary
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Does it separate it out for the courts, the three different divisions of courts, but it also allows it
  • Does it separate it out for the courts, the three different divisions of courts, but it also allows it
  • ><00:10:46.720> different the courts, the three different the courts, the three different divisions
  • <00:10:47.279> of<00:10:47.440> courts, divisions of courts, divisions of courts, >&
  • This bill is a ... service retirement allowance and service retirement allowance and disability<00:19
Bills: HB304, HB285, HB312, HB311, SB60
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm a charter school parent to special needs and learning-disabled children, and I strongly oppose AB
  • First of all, in your bill, if a family has a child with disabilities that is on an IEP or a 504, and
  • As you know, I've spent much of my professional life serving students with disabilities.
  • As you know, I've spent much of my professional life serving students with disabilities as a special
  • Today I serve students who have specific learning disabilities.
Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard AB 84, a charter school accountability measure focused on non-classroom-based charter schools and fraud prevention. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to respond to the A3 charter fraud case and related scandals by strengthening audits, transparency, authorizer oversight, and funding determination rules, while ensuring public education dollars are used for public education. Supporters included FCMAT, CSEA, CTA, and CSBA, who argued the bill would improve oversight and protect taxpayers. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, many charter parents, educators, and charter operators, said the bill was too broad, would impose major new costs and bureaucracy on all charter schools, and could reduce options for families, especially those using flexible, homeschool, or special-needs charter programs. After extensive testimony and committee discussion, the bill passed on a 5-1 vote and was sent to Appropriations, with the item left open for additional votes. The committee then approved a consent calendar of 11 education bills, including AB 542, AB 563, AB 731, AB 753, AB 784, AB 964, AB 988, AB 1034, AB 1233, AB 1255, and AB 1381, all moving to Appropriations. The consent calendar passed unanimously. Later, the committee heard AB 1454, a literacy and reading instruction bill authored by Assembly Members Rubio and Revis. The bill would require the state to create professional development resources for evidence-based literacy instruction, update English language arts and English language development instructional materials, and revise administrator preparation standards to include literacy training. The authors and a broad coalition of supporters, including CTA, EdVoice, Families in Schools, Decoding Dyslexia, school administrators, and parent advocates, described the measure as a compromise aimed at improving reading outcomes and addressing California’s literacy crisis. There was no opposition testimony at the hearing, and members voiced strong support for the bill and its collaborative approach.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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  • I think that we're still >> right so so so I think that we're still in<00:07:35.360> developmental
  • 36.400> on<00:07:36.639> that<00:07:36.880> but<00:07:37.120> we in developmental
  • phase on that but we in developmental phase on that but we are<00:07:37.440> going<00:07:37.599
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee first took up SB 2567, a Judiciary package measure concerning temporary restraining orders for threats and harassment tied to a public employee’s official actions. Representatives from the Attorney General’s Office and the Judiciary said they had worked out a compromise to address earlier concerns, including a two-year pilot project, broader coverage for state officers and employees across all branches and counties, a special fund to pay for private counsel in some cases, and authority for Judiciary staff attorneys or Judiciary funds to represent Judiciary personnel. Members asked about coverage for retired judges, funding limits, and whether the measure could be used for workplace disputes; the witnesses said retired judges and per diem judges could be covered if the harassment related to their work, the fund would be limited and subject to available appropriations, and petitions would not be allowed between employees in the same branch. The chair recommended passage with amendments, and the committee adopted the recommendation unanimously. The committee then heard SB 2448, which creates a civil remedy for the unauthorized disclosure of intimate images under the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. The bill’s proponent from the Uniform Law Commission explained that a plaintiff would need to show intentional disclosure or threat of disclosure of a private intimate image without consent, and said the privacy question would be fact-specific. Supporters, including the Commission on the Status of Women and Imua Alliance, favored giving survivors civil recourse. Opponents from the Sex Abuse Treatment Center and others warned that the term "private" could invite victim-blaming and broad discovery into a survivor’s past, while still acknowledging the need for some privacy limitation to avoid overbreadth, especially for people who intentionally distribute intimate content online. Committee members questioned whether the definition of "private" should be tightened. The bill’s proponent said the term should remain because it aligns with the related criminal statute and helps keep the measure focused on classic revenge-porn situations, while still allowing Hawaii-specific changes if needed. The committee did not take final action on SB 2448 in the portion provided, but testimony and discussion centered on balancing survivor protections with concerns about discovery and the scope of liability.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House OKs SSHF5, the omnibus K-12 education budget bill 6/9/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • One to look at an age at which students are provided developmental delay services.
  • at an age which students are One to look at an age which students are provided<00:05:16.720> developmental
  • provided developmental delay services. provided developmental delay services.
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Fri Mar 14, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Adult facilities do not provide the developmentally appropriate rehabilitative services youth require
  • Adult facilities do not provide the developmentally appropriate rehabilitative services youth require
  • Adult facilities do not provide the developmentally appropriate rehabilitative services youth require
  • Adult facilities do not provide the developmentally appropriate rehabilitative services youth require
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard several measures, beginning with Senate Bill 869 on community outreach boards. The Office of Information Practices said the bill was now clear and raised no concerns after clarification that it applies to Hawaii County community development action plan committees under the Sunshine Law. Written support was received from several individuals, and one testifier initially opposed the bill but withdrew opposition after hearing OIP’s explanation. No vote was taken in the excerpt. The committee then heard Senate Bill 405 on neighborhood board meetings, which would let boards receive and discuss reports from government officials that were not on a noticed agenda, with final action deferred to a later noticed meeting. OIP said the bill was a policy choice but warned it would give boards more flexibility at the cost of less public notice. Support came from the Wke neighborhood board and Jacob Weinek, while Natalie Iwasa and Greg Mian opposed it, arguing it could lead to unclear agenda items and deeper discussion without adequate public notice. No vote was taken. The committee also heard Senate Bill 903 on a claims review working group in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands asking for the measure to be deferred because it believed a complete inventory and audit of the public lands trust should come first. Members asked about the status of related House Bill 1358. The committee then heard tax measures: Senate Bill 1469, which would suspend the collection statute of limitations while tax assessments are on appeal, and Senate Bill 1467, which would clarify that county tax appeals do not need to be served on the Director of Taxation. The Tax Department supported both bills, and the Tax Foundation’s witness generally agreed but suggested a possible amendment to SB 1469 regarding insurance premium tax language. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 544 on sentencing of minor defendants, which would require courts to consider youth-related factors and allow departures from mandatory minimums; OHA, the Public Defender, Human Rights for Kids, and others supported it, citing trauma, diminished culpability, and national trends, and no opposition was noted in the excerpt. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 691 on family courts, which would set a minimum age of 12 for adjudication of law violations. The Public Defender and Human Rights for Kids supported the bill, saying very young children should not be treated as law violators and can still receive services through other family court mechanisms. The Attorney General’s office and the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office opposed the measure, arguing it could limit court jurisdiction and services for younger children and might have unintended consequences, including recruitment of children into criminal activity. Members asked whether amendments could preserve the bill’s intent while addressing those concerns; no final action is shown in the excerpt.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human services panel considers HF1005 3/4/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • with in-home skills and therapy helped Sally and her parents gain new strategies and skills and developmental
  • strategies and her parents gained new strategies and skills<00:20:04.919> and<00:20:05.120> developmental
  • <00:20:05.720> supports<00:20:06.520> that skills and developmental supports that skills
  • and developmental supports that helped<00:20:06.960> her<00:20:07.200> stabilize<00:20
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: House File 105 was presented by Representatives Beerman and Baker and then laid over for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill. The bill would implement the remaining mental health and physician service recommendations from DHS’s rate study, including raising certain Medicaid reimbursement rates to at least 100% of Medicare where a Medicare equivalent exists, increasing community-based children’s and adult mental health rates and behavioral health home rates, and phasing in additional increases over three years. The authors said the proposal also addresses master’s-level clinician reimbursement and fee-for-service hospital inpatient mental health services, and they emphasized that the changes are intended to improve access, transparency, and provider stability. Both authors argued that low MA reimbursement rates are driving access problems across Minnesota, especially for children, families, and rural communities. They said providers are struggling to hire and retain staff, clinics are closing or shrinking, and patients are facing long waits, boarding in hospitals, or delayed care. Representative Baker said the issue is personal and described the bill as a phased, long-term approach because of state budget limits and the size of the cost, which he said is in the hundreds of millions but still awaiting a fiscal note. Public testimony was strongly supportive overall. A family physician said higher rates would improve access, keep clinics open, and help patients avoid emergency care, while a Children’s Minnesota mental health leader described more than 1,200 pediatric boarding episodes in 2024 and said outpatient investment is needed to reduce pressure on emergency and inpatient services. A rural provider said her organization had to close an in-home children’s mental health program because of insufficient reimbursement, harming access in underserved counties. A psychologist testifying for the Minnesota Psychological Association supported the bill’s general direction but objected to repealing the pay differential for doctoral-level psychologists, arguing that doctoral training is more extensive and that eliminating the differential could worsen workforce shortages. After testimony and member questions about the bill’s scope and cost, public testimony was closed and the bill was laid over.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Feb 9th, 2026 at 08:38 am

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The receptionist, the General Service Division, the AG's office, the Commission for Disability, DDS,
  • I am a person with a disability.
  • Jim Jackson for Disability Rights in New Mexico.
  • The governor has a commission on disabilities, doesn't she?
  • division and another state agency to provide this.
Keywords: 996, all
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Apr 15th, 2025 at 02:00 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Each division has their own budget, and then it all comes together in the totals.
  • So our division said that at 2% the first year and 1.5% the second year.
  • Thank you, Division. You did? Thank you, Division.
  • I mean, a division of DPI. In most cases, it's the Department of Education that does.
  • I mean, a division of DPI. In most cases, it's the Department of Education that does do that.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1012, the Department of Health and Human Services budget. Senator Dever walked through the amended budget, highlighting a roughly $5.85 billion all-funds total, major one-time items for IT, child care, housing, behavioral health, juvenile justice, rural EMS, and supportive housing, along with funding for Medicaid expansion, CCBHCs, opioid settlement uses, and several studies and reporting requirements. Members discussed the provider inflation increase, with Senator Mathern urging a 2%/2% rate instead of 2%/1.5%, but the committee adopted the subcommittee amendment and then passed the amended bill 15-0 with a do-pass recommendation. Senator Dever was named as carrier. The committee then considered House Bill 1540, a school choice/education savings account-style bill. Senator Shibley explained the subcommittee amendments, including clarifying the Bank of North Dakota as administrator, adding a means test at 400% of the federal poverty guideline, and adjusting the fiscal note to about $21.7 million for the second year. In debate, members raised concerns about the bank being assigned duties outside its normal role, the lack of DPI involvement, and whether the means test should be tiered rather than a hard cutoff. The committee rejected a do-not-pass motion 5-10-1, then approved a do-pass motion on the amended bill 9-6-1, with Senator Wobama noted as the likely carrier. The meeting ended with the chair announcing the committee would adjourn and reconvene the next morning.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Third, it mandates that all probation conditions be developmentally appropriate...
  • Third, it mandates that all probation conditions be developmentally appropriate, tailored to the individual
  • This is particularly harmful for youth who are in a vulnerable developmental period.
Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members then moved through guest introductions, including students and fellows from California Lutheran University, UC Merced’s CAPE program, the Maddy Institute, and Madera High School’s Madtown Robotics Team 1323, which was recognized for multiple robotics world championships. The chamber also adopted an adjournment in memory and took up the daily file. Several bills and resolutions were considered and passed, including AB 1390 on school board compensation thresholds, AB 1338 on air district cost recovery for fence-line air monitoring, AB 648 on community college housing, AB 1207 on cap-and-trade price ceilings, ACR 66 recognizing Skin Cancer Awareness Month, AB 49 on keeping ICE out of public schools, AB 317 on a CEQA exemption for certain single-family homes, AB 527 on geothermal exploratory wells, AB 665 on the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation ombudsman report, AB 940 creating quantum innovation zones, AB 1021 on workforce housing for education agencies, AB 1112 on property tax apportionment in Rancho Mirage, AB 1318 on nonprofit eligibility for public funding, and AB 1470 on using student housing loan funds for affordable housing in downtowns and commercial districts. Most measures passed with broad support; AB 49 and AB 1318 were urgency bills and passed with the required higher vote threshold. The floor also adopted H.R. 40, declaring May 25 as Rosenda’s Day to honor a teen killed by a drunk driver, and H.R. 42, recognizing May as Behavioral Health Awareness Month. Both drew extensive personal testimony from members about mental health, suicide, substance use, and the need to reduce stigma and expand access to care. Additional health-related bills passed, including AB 408 creating a physician health and wellness program, AB 546 requiring coverage for HEPA purifiers for certain enrollees after wildfire disasters, AB 967 expediting licenses for out-of-state physicians, and AB 968 expanding pharmacist authority to provide non-hormonal contraception. The Assembly also debated AB 1056 on phasing out gill net fishing and AB 1376 on limiting juvenile probation terms, with supporters framing both as conservation or rehabilitation measures and opponents warning about economic harm or public safety concerns. Both bills ultimately passed. Throughout the session, members repeatedly emphasized public safety, education, housing, climate, health care access, and support for immigrant and youth communities, with recorded roll-call votes and voice votes taken on each measure.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/3/2026

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • of our leadership team and division of our leadership team and division leadership<00:14:36.720>
  • access and opportunities division access and opportunities division division<00:37:05.839> serves
  • Um, under their finance division.
  • for this division.
  • We work services division.
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The Education Finance Committee met on March 3, 2026, approved the minutes from February 26, and then held a lengthy informational hearing on the Minnesota Department of Education’s funding and internal allocation of resources. House fiscal staff walked members through several spreadsheets showing federal, non-general fund, and general fund administrative spending, noting the data was filtered from SWIFT and was not exact. The chair said the discussion was intended to help members understand how MDE is funded and how those funds are used internally, in advance of later budget decisions and a separate upcoming hearing on the Perpich Center. Commissioner Willie Jett opened by describing MDE’s mission, statewide reach, and FY 2026 budget of about $14.1 billion, most of which flows directly to districts and charter schools for instruction, special education, transportation, nutrition, and operations. He emphasized transparency, accountability, and the department’s role in implementing laws, distributing aid, and supporting schools and students across urban, suburban, and rural communities. He also noted the department serves more than 873,000 pre-K through 12 students in 2,264 schools. Deputy Commissioner Maren Holden outlined the Office of American Indian Education, the Office of General Counsel, and the Office of Inspector General, highlighting support for American Indian students, legal and rulemaking work, special education dispute resolution, fraud prevention, and student maltreatment investigations. Assistant Commissioner Dr. McCari Traum described the Office of Equity and Engagement, including equity and inclusion training, safe and supportive schools work, public engagement, family outreach, and fraud-prevention coordination. Assistant Commissioner Darren Cordy reviewed nutrition programs, special education services, and the charter center, including free school meals, commodity food distribution, IDEA compliance, and charter school support. Assistant Commissioner Bobby Bernham then described the Office of Teaching and Learning, including early education, academic standards, instruction and assessment, state library services, expanded learning, and literacy work. He highlighted early childhood alignment efforts, standards development across core subjects, professional learning, and library grants. No votes were taken beyond approval of the prior minutes, and the meeting remained informational, with members expected to ask questions after the presentations.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session - Session 2 - 41st Legislative Day Jun 25th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Delaware Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the Director of the Division of Legislative Services. Good afternoon.
  • Sasha and Emily have become an extremely valued part of the division through their positive attitudes
  • Sasha and Emily have become an extremely valued part of the division through their positive attitudes
  • The bill was requested by DOJ to ensure that their fraud and consumer protection division is made aware
  • I want to thank Kara Wilson from the Division of Legislative Services for bringing this error to our
Keywords: 1064, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 03/23/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:04:43.760> of manager at Metro Transit, a division of manager at Metro Transit, a division
  • seniors and disabled Minnesotans. seniors and disabled Minnesotans.
  • Director Jeong: Pong Jeong with the uh Driver and Vehicle Services Division.
  • Um all and Vehicle Services Division.
  • Director Jeong: Pong Jeong with the uh Driver and Vehicle Services Division.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • It also requires the school facilities division, before it formally approves a project, to verify that
  • It also requires the school facilities division, before it formally approves a project, to verify that
  • Are they going to cut disability services? Are they going to cut support for veterans?
  • Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2090, ASRS long-term disability, requires a member of ASRS to claim
  • It requires the Associate Director of the Weights and Measures Services Division to conduct a feasibility
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The committee worked through a very long minority caucus calendar covering a wide range of bills, with many items being described and then either left on consent, pulled from consent, or noted for votes. Topics included bullion and state depository proposals, a produce incentive appropriation, a biennial budget change, veterans services funding, driver licensing and traffic enforcement measures, procurement and public records changes, school board and school facilities rules, SNAP work requirements and verification, child welfare and juvenile justice provisions, housing and homelessness measures, energy and fuel policy, election administration, and several tax, commerce, and licensing bills. Members repeatedly raised concerns about constitutionality, federal preemption, duplication of existing law, and whether some measures were policy priorities that had been vetoed in prior sessions and were returning unchanged. Several bills drew extended debate. Members objected to English-proficiency requirements for commercial drivers and motor carriers, arguing federal law and the supremacy clause would bar them. Earned wage access regulation prompted strong opposition over consumer harm, overdraft cycles, and high effective APRs. School-related bills were criticized for overregulating public schools while not imposing similar requirements on ESA/private-school programs, especially on fingerprint clearance and reporting. SNAP-related bills were also opposed as setting unrealistic mandates and repeating vetoed proposals. Other contested measures included a drag-show criminalization bill, a bill restricting photo enforcement, a bill limiting local regulation of unmanned aircraft, and a bill conforming Arizona tax law to federal changes, which members said would benefit wealthy taxpayers and corporations without a clear funding source. The committee also heard a number of supportive or less controversial measures, including bills on veterans awareness, dementia care telemonitoring, Braille transcription funding, CPA licensure pathways, cash acceptance by retailers, and some child safety and court administration changes. Several bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, while others were noted as having unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The meeting ended with caucus announcements, including an affordability award presentation, an upcoming Latino Caucus discussion on community land trusts, and an invitation to African American Legislative Day activities, followed by adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 01/23/25

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have four divisions, three large divisions in MJS, which is Minnesota Justice Information Services
  • We have four divisions, three large divisions in MJS, which is Minnesota Justice Information Services
  • We have four divisions, three large divisions in MJS, which is Minnesota Justice Information Services
  • We have four divisions, three large divisions in MJS, which is Minnesota Justice Information Services
  • We have four divisions, three large divisions in MJS, which is Minnesota Justice Information Services
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 8th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • but can do so by establishing a service code through the health care authority's medical services division
  • Certified through the Health Care Authority's Behavioral Health Services Division.
  • One would be on your prevention programs for individuals with disabilities.
  • New Mexico created the first program for young people with disabilities, created by people with disabilities
  • We did introduce legislation to study sexual assault on disabled persons.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - 04/09/26

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:02:07.800> status, like health status, disability status, like health status, disability
  • Standards Division. Standards Division.
  • Division. There will be division called. Roll will be taken.
  • > division<01:17:25.600> called Okay.
  • Wait, this is division, right? Okay. Wait, this is division, right?
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/05/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 1698, ESA children with disabilities evaluations.
  • SB 1704, ESA student disabilities requirements.
  • SB 1698, ESA's children with disabilities evaluations. Education.
  • SCM 1007, San Carlos Irrigation Project Division. Thank you.
  • SCM 1007, San Carlos Irrigation Project Division. Natural Resources.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the prior journal. Members then recognized several guest groups in the gallery, including the Arizona Dental Hygienists Association, deaf and hard-of-hearing advocacy organizations, the Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists, the Doctor of the Day, and Native vote advocates. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for two DPS officers killed earlier that morning. A long list of bills was introduced and read for first reading, with many measures covering education, elections, health, public safety, tribal affairs, housing, taxation, and government administration. The Senate also received committee referrals and standing committee reports. In Committee of the Whole, SB 1425, relating to elections and July primary cure provisions, was considered, amended, and recommended do pass. The Senate adopted the committee report and then substituted HB 2022 for SB 1425 because the bills were identical. HB 2022 was then read on third reading and passed with the emergency clause by a vote of 27 ayes, 1 no, and 2 not voting. Supporters said the bill was a bipartisan effort to move the primary earlier, improve ballot return timing, and require observers in every county; one senator cited tribal voting challenges and provisional ballot rejection rates as reasons for supporting the measure, while another voted no over concerns about the emergency clause. The Senate also adopted proclamations recognizing Taekwondo Day in Arizona and American Heart Month 2026, then recessed and later reconvened to introduce additional bills, announce upcoming committee meetings, and adjourn until February 9, 2026.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee Feb 5th, 2025

Veterans and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • One is lowering the disability rating for entrance into the scholarship program back to 20%, which is
  • Currently, you need to have lived in Alabama for five years and have a 100% disability rating.
  • This pilot program would explore allowing residency with a 50% disability rating, which could potentially
  • Existing law provides veterans who are 100% disabled with an exemption from property taxes; however,
  • in Vietnam. in the First Marine Division in Vietnam in 1969.
Keywords: 1136, house, all