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Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Contract Review Committee May 7th, 2026
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Transcript Highlights:
- REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES? ON THE DESK, MR. SPEAKER. READ THE REPORT.
- MOTIONS RELATING TO SUBCOMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE REFERENCES? MATTERS ON RECONSIDERATION?
- But as we discussed yesterday in committee, we had a riveting discussion on the definition of to the
- I was not able to be in any committees yesterday. I want to be fully aware as the body.
- Yesterday in committee, I talked about the long versus humanity.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education. (3-4-26)
Primary and Secondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- house bill 654 with the committee sub. house bill 654 with the committee sub.
- between committees and Senate running between committees trying<00:58:31.520>
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and legislative committees and legislative committees and subcommittees.<00 - care in Alabama. care in Alabama.
- our committee members. our committee members.
Summary:
The committee began with introductions of student guests, including an FCCLA national officer who spoke in support of career and technical education. She emphasized that CTE connects classroom learning to real careers, builds leadership and employability skills, and deserves continued state supplemental funding to keep programs current, expand offerings, and support student organizations. Members thanked her for her remarks and for representing FCCLA students.
The committee then considered House Bill 67, a cleanup bill to address unintended consequences from last session’s Senate Bill 181 on traceable communication in schools. Rep. Josh Calloway explained that the substitute clarified definitions of family members, coaches, volunteers, certified/classified/contract employees, and virtual instruction; exempted group messaging, public social media posts, translation services, parent-provided phone numbers, emergency communications, and field trip/work-based learning contacts; and allowed teachers to disclose outside commercial or nonprofit involvement so they can communicate with students for those purposes. He said the bill was developed with input from school boards, administrators, KDE, school HR groups, Kentucky League of Cities, and Farm Bureau. The committee approved the substitute and passed HB 67 favorably.
Next, the committee heard House Bill 759, which KDE described as a consistency bill for teacher certification pathways. The bill renames and standardizes alternative certification routes, clarifies content mastery requirements, allows teachers to add certifications more consistently, and lets educators extend certification into lower grade bands if they already hold higher-level certification and pedagogical knowledge. Members asked about chemistry majors, CTE occupational pathways, the veterans pathway, and grade-band “bandwidth”; KDE said the bill preserves the veterans route, does not create a new pathway but reorganizes existing ones, and will help make certification options easier to understand. HB 759 also passed favorably.
Finally, Rep. Shane Baker presented House Bill 654, a follow-up to last year’s effort to reduce administrative burdens on schools. He said the bill would eliminate additional reporting requirements, bar KDE from requiring components of a comprehensive improvement plan not expressly required by statute or federal law, and allow EARS to temporarily authorize reports when the legislature is not in session while preserving necessary reporting tied to SEEK funding and school operations. The committee took up the substitute and began discussion of the bill.
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Transcript Highlights:
- Committee today, help us all to make the best decision for the people of Alabama that we serve.
- why it's important to the state of Alabama and the work that you do?
- A unanimous vote for passage out of this committee, 15 to zero.
- The Alabama Workforce Board will be moving on to the next step.
- Any other business for the confirmations committee? Yes, sir. Confirmations committee? Yes, sir.
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- committee when we had it in committee committee when we had it in committee last<00:56:15.839>
- to the committee sub. to the committee sub.
- Alabama. The first law from 1978 created Alabama.
- So, this didn't go before<03:32:13.760>
committee. before committee. before committee.- before committee? before committee?
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Transcript Highlights:
- I always open my committee with prayer. Dear Lord, we... ...my committee with prayer.
- We thank you for the opportunity to serve the people of Alabama.
- We have a quorum of the confirmations committee today.
- The University of Alabama Board of Trustees confer are approved by the committee.
- Now we are down to the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Board.
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Transcript Highlights:
- I urge this committee to support 2252.
- committee?
- The committee committee substitute has a request in it that actually allows the governor's office to
- It's an understanding of the committee. You do not have a committee substitute, is that correct?
- I do have a committee substitute.
Keywords:
instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the committee.
- "Welcome to the committee.
- Alabama, it's only about 17%.
- Welcome to the committee.
- Welcome to the committee.
Keywords:
healthcare, insurance, regulation, financial institutions, prescription drug affordability, consumer protection, restitution account, financial compensation, attorney general, distributions, property insurance, homeowners insurance, fire and allied lines, hail insurance, appraisal clause, loss adjustment, alternative dispute resolution, insurance claims, claim valuation, actual cash value
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Oversight Commission on Opioid Settlement Funds Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- that committee.
- Fifty percent of that committee will be.
- Fifty percent of that committee will be veterans, and the rest of the committee will be non-veterans.
- I know some of you have to go to other committee meetings. Go to other committee meetings.
- Is there any place in Alabama that has that?
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 10 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of committee reports.
- committee sub. committee sub.
- the committee substitute. the committee substitute.
- the committee substitute. the committee substitute.
- It has the makeup of the study committee.<02:44:53.600>
Um committee. Um committee.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, received an invocation from Dr. Denise Pope, and led the pledge of allegiance. The body then dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. Several guests were introduced, including the doctor of the day, student pages, Carthage Christian Academy, Mississippi Valley State University visitors, the University of Southern Mississippi’s DuBard School and related programs, and members of the Mississippi Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
The Senate took up Senate Bill 2896, which revises the Department of Public Safety salary schedule for MHP and MBN officers. Senator Hopson explained it as the vehicle for possible pay raises for troopers, NBI, and MBN officers, and the chamber adopted the committee substitute and passed the bill by morning roll call. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 2917, a recurring appropriations cleanup measure; its main change would allow Mississippi Valley State University to use previously designated dormitory funds for repair and renovation instead. A reverse repealer amendment was adopted before final passage by morning roll call.
Senate Bill 2825, the Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act, was then considered. Senator Harkins said the bill extends the repealer for the health care industry zone incentive program to 2028 and noted the program has generated significant investment and jobs statewide. An amendment requested by the Mississippi Development Authority was adopted to revise eligibility language, including replacing a CON requirement with a requirement that a hospital have at least 25 acute care beds and deleting a section under current law. The bill then passed by morning roll call.
Finally, the Senate considered Senate Bill 2894 on local improvement projects and the return of unexpended funds and earned interest. Senator Harkins explained that the bill would require older local improvement project funds to be returned if projects were not moving forward, require reporting to DFA and the Legislative Budget Office, allow audits, and permit limited extensions, while also withholding a portion of other state distributions for noncompliance. Senators raised concerns about projects that are already obligated or delayed by workforce and engineering constraints, and Harkins said the bill would be refined with a reverse repealer to work with LBO and avoid disrupting active projects. The bill was discussed but not finally disposed of in the portion of the transcript provided.
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- For people, that's welcome to the Education Policy Committee.
- As we deal with very important matters in this committee, we ask for your guidance, direction, and instruction
- I mean, this has all been part of the original Alabama High School Athletic...
- Thank you, committee. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for working on the... ...chair.
- I want to thank the committee for their attention.
Keywords:
athletic classification, public high schools, English language learners, state education policy, athletic associations, religious instruction, elective credit, released time, public education, school policy, educational intervention, State Superintendent, local boards of education, subpoena, accountability, state control, 1136, house, all
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 9th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- HJr1024 updates the judicial nominating committee by removing the Restrictions on the members of the
- I'm not sure what you mean by credibility because right now the judicial nominating committee is not
- For example, I will give you our own judicial committee in the Senate.
- The Senate Technology Committee is canceled for this week. We will meet next week.
- committees in room 230.
Bills:
HB4248, HB4429, HB2588, HB3472, HB4317, HB3462, HB2035, HB3501, HB3127, HB3143, HB3144, HB3260, HB4321, HB3011, HB3522, HB3530, HB3940, HB3078, HB3043, HB3005, HB3007, HB3403, HB1907, HB3175, HB3986, HB3466, HB3411, HB4246, SJR49, HB3281, HB4319, HJR1086, HJR1024, HJR1087
Keywords:
HB4248, hemp beverage, hemp drinks, THC beverage, cannabis beverage, intoxicating hemp, age restriction, under 21, minor possession, youth access, public health and safety, Title 63, Oklahoma Statutes, retail sales, alcohol-style regulation, controlled substances, beverage regulation, proxy advisory services, shareholder rights, financial transparency
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Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Feb 18th, 2026
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, this bill does not prohibit anyone from doing business in Alabama
- Protecting Alabama from hostile foreign influence is what we title the bill. Why do we need this?
- So keep that in the back of in Alabama. So keep that in the back of your<00:02:58.319>
mind. - Uh protecting Alabama from your mind.
- They have in Alabama? >> We care about the ones where they actually own 20% of the business.
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- it is my prayer that they will Alabama it is my prayer that they will Alabama it is my prayer that they
- on rules begs leave to report committee on rules begs leave to report committee on rules begs leave
- reports see those standing committees reports see those standing committees with throughout the day
- uh and and there were where so Alabama uh and and there were where so Alabama uh and and there were
- or Big Town you're in rural Alabama or Big Town you're in rural Alabama or Big Town Alabama or the big
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the Education Policy Committee. If you have cell phones, please silence them now.
- Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
- This is my first time in front of the Education Policy Committee.
- I've been the administrator of schools in Florida and Alabama.
- I do want to thank the folks at the Alabama Community College System.
Keywords:
Coach Safely Act, youth athletics, noncompliance penalties, Department of Public Health, youth athlete, dual enrollment, high school, community college, university, educational access, high school credit, violence prevention, conflict resolution, mediation, public education, high school graduation, 1136, house, all
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Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 25th, 2026
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- "The House State Government Committee come to order on February the 25th."
- The committee cannot kill a contract.
- The committee cannot review. All right.
- The committee cannot kill<00:14:27.519>
a <00:14:27.839>contract. - And it's over in the state of Alabama.
Keywords:
absentee ballot, voting, elections, voter registration, electoral process, defective affidavit, voting rights, HB455, Clarke County, coroner, coroner's office, county commission, local act, local legislation, mileage reimbursement, county vehicle, office expenses, operating expenses, retroactive ratification, remedial and curative
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Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Special Session 2026 May 4th, 2026
Alabama House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Whereas an extraordinary occasion exists in the state of Alabama which requires the legislature to convene
- Now, therefore, I, Kay Ivey, as Governor of the state of Alabama, do hereby proclaim and direct that
- the legislature of the state of Alabama shall convene in special session in the Alabama State House in
- Montgomery, Alabama, at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May the 4th, 2026, to take up the following specifically
- , Alabama at 4:00 House in Montgomery, Alabama at 4:00 p.m.<00:10:29.280>
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Transcript Highlights:
- All right, we'll call the Health Committee meeting to order.
- All right, we'll call the Health Committee meeting for Tuesday, April eighth in session.
- Chairman, members of the committee, certainly thank you for your attention.
- That way we actually know the facts. ...actually know how it’s impacting Alabama.
- I mean to say this is all self-funded and our Alabama Department...
Bills:
HB441
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Transcript Highlights:
- All right, we'll call the Health Committee to order.
- All right, we'll call the Health Committee meeting for Tuesday, April eighth in session.
- Chairman, members of the committee, certainly thank you for your.
- Thank you, committee members. Yes, sir. Representative Falner. Thank ... Yes, sir.
- I mean, this is all self-funded and our Alabama Department Self-funded and our Alabama Department of
Keywords:
hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, THC, delta-8, delta-9, delta-10, consumable hemp products, psychoactive cannabinoids, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, ABC Board, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, retail hemp sales, wholesale hemp distribution, hemp tax, excise tax, age verification, underage sales, product testing, certificate of analysis