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HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, the school benefits from that.
  • and high school students.
  • </c><00:59:02.640><c> and</c><00:59:02.799><c> I'm</c> school and high school students and I'm school
  • </c> Health Plans in support. Health Plans in support. &gt;&gt; Thank<01:25:13.280><c> you.
  • Public safety weapons violations.
Committee: House Finance
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Feb 18th, 2026

Fiscal Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Let's take up tab 4, Senate Bill 774, on 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicator employment-related mental
  • 774, which most of you have seen, extends enhanced workers' compensation benefits to 9-1-1 public safety
  • The bill extends enhanced workers' compensation benefits to 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicators for
  • SB 770 is a straightforward bill that improves both safety and efficiency in our state's forensic system
  • To a Transportation Safety Trust Fund used for training and technology to enforce these provisions.
Bills: S0086 , S0554 , S0760 , S0774 , S0778 , S0844 , S1022 , S1230 , S1246 , S1594 , S1630
Summary: The Fiscal Policy Committee met and first reported favorably SB 774, which extends enhanced workers’ compensation benefits to 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicators for mental or nervous injuries, after adopting a late-filed amendment declaring an important state interest. The committee also heard supportive testimony from a Palm Beach County dispatcher. SB 770, which updates the definition of forensic clients so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism can be housed with other Chapter 916 residents in secure forensic settings, was reported favorably as well. Members then approved CS/SB 86, which declares unauthorized operation of a commercial vehicle by an unauthorized alien an imminent safety hazard and imposes driver, carrier, and enforcement consequences, despite questions about vehicle impoundment and cargo handling and one appearance in opposition. SB 1594, which protects veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth from being used as reimbursement and instead sets them aside for education and transition services, was reported favorably after supportive testimony. The committee also approved CS/SB 760, creating a new offense for willful violations of no-contact pretrial release conditions in certain violent crime cases, though the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers raised concerns about expanded warrantless arrest authority in one section. The committee next reported favorably CS/SB 554, a complete rewrite of Chapter 617 governing nonprofit corporations, after a technical delete-all amendment. It also approved CS/SB 844, requiring continuing education on sickle cell disease care for certain health care professionals; the bill drew extensive supportive testimony from advocates and patients describing pain management gaps and health disparities. SB 1022, expanding Florida Children’s Initiatives by adding programs in Bay County and Broward County, and CS/SB 1246, broadening the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to include health science workforce programs and related uses, were both reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1230, which restricts the use, sale, and distribution of aqueous film-forming foam containing intentionally added PFAS and requires inventory and disposal reporting, after adopting amendments that removed airports from one provision. It also approved CS/CS/SB 128, directing DEP to erect markers for the Andrew Red Harris Spoil Island water body designation. Several senators requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 14th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the law, we specifically protected public schools and charter schools, but we did not protect private
  • schools as digital providers.
  • All this bill does is add private schools as a protection, just like public schools, because they were
  • I'm the Executive Director of the Texas Private Schools Association.
  • We seek to exempt private schools in the same way that public schools and colleges and universities are
Bills: SB315 , SB584 , SB1228 , SB1484 , SB1860 , SB1802
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Committee 4/7/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, it is a topic of discussion in the public safety committee. It's not in this bill.
  • Um, it is a topic of discussion in the public safety committee. It's not in this bill.
  • </c> safety committee. It's not in this bill. safety committee. It's not in this bill.
  • </c> available because uh of the planning available because uh of the planning efforts<00:16:16.160><
  • I just want to public safety is upheld.
Bills: HF3006 , HF2130 , HF1290
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Every morning, my daughters and I walk to school, and before school, we visit the school's playground
  • Vaping devices are being found not only on middle school and high school campuses. but even on elementary
  • I didn't graduate from high school; I dropped out of school when I was in the sixth grade.
  • . ...to have my high school diploma.
  • Request that private schools be excluded from these provisions in the same way that public schools and
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/7/26

Ways and Means

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  • For the safety, security, and comfort of all attendees, please note the following guidelines.
  • Troopers and House security personnel are present to ensure everyone's safety.
  • Troopers and House security personnel are present to ensure everyone's safety.
  • </c><00:01:07.439><c> Those</c><00:01:07.760><c> providing</c> everyone's safeties.
  • Those providing everyone's safeties.
Bills: HF3475 , SF3832 , HF3508 , HF3917 , HF3404 , HF3593
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We had two public safety equipment funds.
  • to provide equipment for public safety.
  • There is a bill number 1580 that was heard in Public Safety.
  • Because it usually goes to the public safety committee, it's usually forwarded to the public safety chairman
  • But what we didn’t do was plan for after our dollars ran out.
Bills: SB1112 , SB1517 , SB1537 , SB1584 , SB1673 , SB1776
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So admissions, and missed school days.
  • This bill has made a safety agencies.
  • It's it's a safety element. Um, service. It's it's a safety element.
  • Up until that point, school lunch programs were always provided by the school districts without problem
  • 14.960><c> by</c><01:37:15.119><c> the</c><01:37:15.280><c> school</c> were always provided by the school
Bills: HF3738 , HF2295 , HF3520 , HF3666
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/25/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, OB increases that to school tuition.
  • OB also expanded certain floor plan financing interest from the exclusion here.
  • </c> 89.82 million in the planning years. 89.82 million in the planning years.
  • ,</c> uh would again go towards public safety, uh would again go towards public safety, operation<01:
  • Uh, the school district, the county believe in this project so much as well.
Bills: HR1 , HF387
Committee: House Taxes
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Mon Feb 23, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 20

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She earned her medical degree at UC Irvine School of Medicine and is also a distinguished professor at
  • Burns School of Medicine.
  • She earned her medical degree at UC Irvine School of Medicine and is also a distinguished professor at
  • Burns School of Medicine.
Bills: SB2723 , HB9
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CAA Public Hearing - Fri Feb 20, 2026 @ 11:00 AM HST

Culture & Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • At my school, we have a bunch of veterans and active duty, and many of my classmates are being trained
  • it was um very eye opening And um at and it was um very eye opening And um at my<00:16:06.079><c> school
  • 08.160><c> a</c><00:16:08.399><c> bunch</c><00:16:08.560><c> of</c><00:16:08.720><c> veterans</c> my school
  • um we have a bunch of veterans my school um we have a bunch of veterans and<00:16:09.519><c> active<
Bills: HB9 , SB2723
Summary: The Committee on Culture and the Arts heard testimony on HB 9 HD1, which would designate Hawaii as a Purple Heart State, and SB 2723, relating to State Sheriff’s Day. On HB 9 HD1, Takumi Abby of Purple Heart Chapter 483 testified in strong support, saying the bill would recognize the service and sacrifice of combat-wounded veterans and honor Purple Heart recipients and their families. Additional support was noted from the Office of Veterans Services, the Hawaii Military Affairs Council, and CARES, whose representative Angela Melody Young described related veteran-honoring efforts in Honolulu and across Oahu and said the state designation would extend that recognition statewide. Members then moved to decision-making on HB 9 HD1. One member briefly commented on family military service and the importance of remembering Purple Heart recipients. The committee voted to adopt the chair’s recommendation to pass the measure as is, with all members present voting aye. For SB 2723, the chair indicated the committee would further defer the date, while also recommending passage with amendments. The committee voted on the amended version and adopted the chair’s recommendation with no objections or reservations.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:25 pm

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • About 5:30, we have dinner plans for the committee, so we'll take a brief break when we decide to do
  • If we do that, everybody kind of plans.
  • The group is called New Mexico Safety Over Profits. Ms.
  • Their children attend charter schools, public schools, and private schools off reservation.
  • When I left high school, I believed I was free, but the damage followed me into adulthood.
Bills: SB41 , SB153 , SB165 , SB261 , SB264
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Feb 10th, 2026

Local and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It has to do with public safety, public health, and environmental quality.
  • a safety issue as opposed to a hygiene issue?
  • And as I'm thinking of Department of Public Safety, do you want to...
  • I think of people that protect public safety. Follow-up. Maybe a police officer?
  • The safety and the environmental quality around the campsite. That's it.
Bills: SB1265 , SB1198 , SB2046
Summary: The Senate Local and County Government Committee met and first announced that Senate Bill 1619 would be laid over to a later date. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1265, which would extend the deadline for municipalities to publish ordinances from 15 days to 30 days, with supporters citing the decline of daily newspapers and the need to help cities meet publication requirements. The bill received a due pass recommendation and advanced on an 8-0 vote. The committee next considered Senate Bill 1198, which would require the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to release liens on property owned by a city or county when requested by the local treasurer. Senator Mann explained that the measure is intended to help local governments reuse tax-delinquent or code-violation properties for affordable housing, since liens can exceed the value of the property. The bill advanced on a 7-1 vote. After a brief recess, the committee took up Senate Bill 2046, as amended by committee substitute, which would allow the Department of Environmental Quality to determine the legality of campsites and evaluate whether sanitary and environmental standards are met. Members questioned the bill’s definitions, reporting thresholds, timelines, fiscal impact, and the role of DEQ and the Department of Public Safety in notifying counties and ordering removal of camps. Following debate, the bill advanced on a 6-2 vote.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means May 12th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • So you're saying right now that the current exemption is for businesses and instructional schools, and
  • rate and value data borrowed from the comprehensive annual financial reports from five large Texas school
Committee: House Ways & Means
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Jan 28th, 2026

Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • purpose of the institute is to strengthen the mental resilience and well-being of the state's public safety
  • I'm hoping that we will get to a point as a legislature where we even look... ...at doing more on a school
  • I think we actually have a model in Broward at Boyd Anderson High School.
  • Antonio Burgess and amazing students, if you guys were staying from Broward County Schools, Mentoring
  • , no alternative plan, but this program.
Bills: S0198 , S0570 , S0772 , S0808 , S1038 , S1040 , S1286 , S1440 , S1504 , S1668
Summary: The Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1286 by Senator Wright. That bill expands the law enforcement recruitment bonus program to include firefighters, creates a DFS grant review panel for fire-related grants, and establishes an institute for PTSD and first-responder behavioral health. Testimony from fire chiefs and others supported the measure, and the committee reported it favorably. The committee then considered several insurance and financial regulation bills. CS/SB 198 by Senator Rousan, as amended, regulates virtual currency kiosks with transaction limits, notice and receipt requirements, and OFR enforcement authority; witnesses described it as a needed anti-fraud measure, especially for seniors, and it was reported favorably. CS/SB 772 by Senator Burgess, as amended, allows limited licenses for portable electronics and eyewear insurance, and CS/SB 1504 by Senator Claudio, as amended, creates a pathway for high school students to qualify for insurance customer representative licensure; both were reported favorably. The committee also approved two cryptocurrency reserve bills by Senator Gruters: CS/SB 1038 creates the Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve framework, and CS/SB 1040 creates the related trust fund; both received technical amendments and favorable reports. CS/SB 1440 by Senator Martin, as amended, creates public records exemptions and cybersecurity reporting provisions for financial institutions and related entities, and it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1668 by Senator Burton, which updates the NICA program’s funding and benefit structure, and CS/SB 570 by Senator Polsky, which creates a task force on payment scams, were both heard with supportive testimony and reported favorably. Senators later recorded additional affirmative votes on selected bills before the committee adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • emergency item, and I want to thank Senator Joan Huffman for her leadership on this vital issue of public safety
Bills: SB26 , SB28 , SJR36 , SB26 , SB616 , SB565 , SB384 , SB28
Summary: The House and Senate met in joint session under HCR 5 to hear an address from Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock, with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick introducing him. The session included recognition of the justices, judges, law enforcement officers, and interpreters present, and it also marked the formal completion of the joint session once the address ended. Chief Justice Blacklock said the state of the judiciary is strong, while paying tribute to former Chief Justice Nathan Hecht and thanking Governor Abbott for his appointment. His remarks focused on judicial administration and public safety, including a call for a 30% increase in district judge salaries, which he argued is needed to attract and retain qualified judges. He also urged support for law enforcement, backed efforts to keep violent offenders in custody pending trial, and said the court is gathering data to identify underperforming judges and use constitutional remedies where necessary. Blacklock emphasized that Texas courts should interpret statutes and the constitution according to text and original meaning, rejecting the “living constitution” approach. He highlighted reforms to improve efficiency and reduce litigation costs, including changes to docketing practices, civil procedure, and the regulation of legal services, and he urged the State Bar to remain politically neutral. He also discussed family law and child welfare, arguing for stronger legal representation for parents and suggesting repeal of Family Code subsection O, which he said can unfairly lead to termination of parental rights. The joint session concluded after his remarks, and the House stood at ease as guests departed.