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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 12th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm saying adding the universities that are here in Baton Rouge, using that as the testing ground and
  • I'm saying adding the universities that are here in Baton Rouge using that as the testing ground and
  • Is that, have y'all tested that?
  • And then also, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has moved more toward online tests.
  • So what the students learn can be applied through an online test, and again, depending on the age where
Summary: The House Education Committee met on May 12, 2026, and first approved SB 518, which gives LSU a two-year pilot authority to buy and sell certain real estate within one mile of campus to support redevelopment and student needs. Senator Foyle and LSU representatives said the bill is intended to help the university act more quickly on deteriorating nearby properties and some Greek housing transactions, with safeguards such as appraisal and fair-market-value requirements. Members asked about whether the authority would affect mostly commercial property and whether the pilot could later be expanded to other universities; the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee then reported SCR 33, creating a one-year Work-Based Learning Coordination Task Force to study and better coordinate internships, apprenticeships, job shadowing, and related programs across state agencies and employers. Support testimony emphasized that Louisiana’s education and workforce systems are too siloed and that the task force would map existing efforts, identify gaps, and recommend a statewide structure. HR 168 also passed, directing the Board of Regents to study collegiate athletic program funding after concerns raised by athletic directors about deficits and accounting practices. Members next approved SB 488, a school safety drone response pilot program, after testimony described drones as a supplemental security tool that could respond faster than police and work with law enforcement; an amendment required coordination with the Department of Education, State Police, and the Sheriffs’ Association. HCR 97 was reported favorably to ask BESE and Wildlife and Fisheries to study age- and grade-appropriate hunting, conservation, and shooting sports education for grades 5-12. The committee also approved SB 112, allowing local school boards to adopt parental-consent release-time policies for religious instruction, with amendments on instructor qualifications, grade reporting, and constitutional safeguards; SB 504, expanding individual graduation plans to include vocational options and charter schools; SB 346 and SB 347, addressing harmful deepfakes involving K-12 and college students; and SB 353, authorizing postsecondary systems to digitize student IDs for LA Wallet, though members raised concerns about naming a specific vendor. The meeting adjourned after SB 353 was reported favorably.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • The GED is a test-based credential, and success requires a 9th through 12th grade reading level.
  • Again, adults unable to pass the GED are those for whom a test-centered model is not effective.
  • Again, adults unable to pass the GED are for those that a test-centered model is not effective.
  • A test alone cannot make up for years of interrupted learning.
  • But they don't read at a grade-point level that allows them to pass that test.
Summary: The House and Senate Education Committee first approved minutes from February 2 and 3, then took up an interim study proposal on adult education and the Excel Center model. Representatives from Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, the Excel Center network, and the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities testified that roughly 300,000 Arkansans over age 19 lack a high school diploma or GED, and argued that the Excel Center provides a supported diploma pathway for adults who struggle with GED testing. Witnesses highlighted wraparound services such as free child care, transportation assistance, tutoring, life coaching, and career services, and cited outcomes including high retention, growing enrollment, and research showing higher employment and earnings and lower criminal justice involvement for graduates. Committee members raised questions about the state’s role, existing adult education programs, and how the study would be structured; the motion to adopt the ISP passed, though there was some procedural disagreement about when questions should have been taken. The committee then heard a detailed adequacy funding overview from BLR staff Katie Walden and Adrian Beck on Arkansas K-12 education finance. They reviewed national funding principles and explained Arkansas’s system, including state and local revenue sources, the Public School Fund, the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Educational Adequacy Fund, and the Facilities Partnership Program. Staff said K-12 state and local revenues totaled $6.6 billion in 2025, with foundation funding making up the largest share of district and charter funding, followed by additional, categorical, and supplemental funds. They also explained the matrix-based foundation formula, the role of the uniform rate of tax, and how categorical and supplemental funds support areas such as alternative learning, English learners, special education high-cost cases, teacher salary equalization, declining enrollment, and student growth. Members asked several follow-up questions about how specific funding categories are defined and used, including student support staff, instructional aides, special education high-cost occurrences, ALE funding, teacher salary equalization, and the inclusion of Excel Center amounts in state-local funding totals. Staff said some of those details would be addressed in a later presentation and offered to provide additional records, including district lists and historical information. The meeting ended after the funding overview, with no additional votes or actions beyond the ISP adoption and adjournment.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • The GED is a test-based credential, and success requires a 9th-through-12th-grade reading level.
  • Again, adults unable to pass the GED are for those that a test-centered model is not effective.
  • A test alone cannot make up for years of interrupted learning.
  • But they don't read at a grade-point level that allows them to pass that test.
  • At a grade-point level that allows them to pass that test. That was the statement I was making.
Summary: The House and Senate Education Committee first approved minutes from February 2 and 3, then heard an interim study proposal on Arkansas adult education and the Excel Center model, presented by Goodwill Industries of Arkansas and the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities. Witnesses argued that about 300,000 Arkansas adults lack a high school diploma or GED and described the Excel Center as a diploma-granting public charter option for adults 19 and older, with wraparound supports such as child care, transportation, tutoring, life coaching, and career services. They said the Arkansas campuses are not state-funded, highlighted growth in enrollment and graduation outcomes, and cited research showing improved employment, earnings, and reduced criminal justice involvement for graduates. Committee members discussed the role of Goodwill’s nonprofit mission, the need for multiple adult education pathways, and the relationship between adult education challenges and broader state efforts such as LEARNS and ACCESS. The committee then debated the interim study proposal procedure, including whether questions should have been taken before the vote. The motion to adopt the ISP passed, and members noted that the study would broadly examine adult education, GED testing, high school diplomas, charter schools, in-person adult education, and funding allocation. Several members asked for follow-up information on current adult education funding, the availability of Excel Centers, and the criminal justice study results. After that, staff from the Bureau of Legislative Research gave a detailed adequacy funding overview for Arkansas K-12 education. They reviewed national funding principles and then explained Arkansas’s revenue streams and distribution system, including general revenue, the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Educational Adequacy Fund, local property-tax revenues, and facilities partnership funding. They also walked through the state’s foundation formula, categorical aid, supplemental aid, and additional funding, including the per-student matrix amount of $7,771 for 2025 and how funds are allocated to districts and charters. Members asked about student support staff, special education high-cost occurrences, ALE funding, teacher salary equalization, and the Excel Center’s treatment in funding totals; staff said some of those questions would be addressed in a later spending presentation. The meeting ended after the committee was told the department was present mainly to answer questions and no further business remained.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Jan 29th, 2026 at 09:13 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am confident saying the death toll is higher than we know because technically my husband didn't test
  • He couldn't test positive.
  • And by the time they did the lumbar puncture and tested that fluid, the DNA was out of his system.
  • And then additional testing, such as pathogen testing, for those mosquitoes.
  • Our partners can also do insecticide resistance testing.
Bills: SB66, SB79, SB108
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 27, 2026 - 09:30 AM

Education & Employment Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The problem is that with the misapplication of the 3rd leg of the Mueller test, number one, this is not
  • removing the Mueller test.
  • So if if if they're not using the Mueller tests. >> We excluded the military is a decision us that. >
  • And those tests has been used successfully over decades.
  • We support this bill and this bill is not about limiting indoor test.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 16th, 2026 at 09:13 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, unit and test completions and their passing rates are another way that they calculate instructional
  • Chair, who's testing those children? Do they have to come into the school?
  • Because we had to qualify and sign off to be able to administer the test as a teacher.
  • So, the virtual... who's testing those kids? So, Mr...
  • I mean, if they want to go test that in court, we can test it in court.
Keywords: 996, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Nov 18th, 2025

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a launch and test site in West Texas.
  • It then heads to tank cleaning and test, or T-CAT, for pressure testing and cleaning.
  • The test that we did... We don't have to deal with atmospheric losses in space.
  • The test that we did at Cape Canaveral, we did our testing at night because that's when the atmosphere
  • You've got to do the mission design, the flight design, the testing, the integration.
Summary: The Committee of Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security heard a series of informational presentations focused on Florida’s aerospace and space ecosystem. Blue Origin described its Florida operations at Rocket Park, Launch Complex 36, and Port Canaveral, highlighting New Glenn and Blue Moon development, recent launch activity, workforce development efforts, and major capital investment in the state. Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) outlined its low-Earth-orbit broadband network, customer terminals, satellite and gateway architecture, dark-sky mitigation efforts, and Florida investments including a payload processing facility and launch support infrastructure. Starcatcher Industries presented its concept for an orbital energy grid that would beam power to satellites, discussed demonstrations in Florida, customer interest, and plans for a first satellite launch next year. Space Florida President and CEO Rob Long gave a strategic update on the state’s aerospace industry, citing billions in private investment, growth in aerospace establishments and projects, spaceport infrastructure investments, workforce and university partnerships, and the importance of maintaining Florida’s competitiveness against other states. NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro then emphasized Artemis II preparations, rising launch demand, aging infrastructure, and the need for stronger state-federal coordination and investment in research, workforce, and common-use infrastructure. She compared Florida’s support structure with Texas and argued that Florida must act to avoid losing aerospace leadership. Members asked questions about mobile and aviation applications for Amazon Leo, dark-sky impacts, satellite counts, Starcatcher’s power transmission losses and storage approach, and NASA’s funding and infrastructure constraints. Petro also discussed limits on commercial investment in common infrastructure under federal rules and suggested that state investment and better alignment among partners could help. No bills were considered and no votes were taken beyond adjournment; the committee concluded by adopting a motion to adjourn.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to go to some of the detection and testing at the southern border also.
  • It was baffling to me that the Biden administration stopped doing DNA testing on children. that were
  • And the DNA testing has really proven... to be a successful tool, and it is not a time-consuming tool
  • The entire test can process in about 45 minutes.
  • When I was chief of the Border Patrol, we were pushing out that rapid DNA testing. I was...
Summary: The meeting centered on the nomination of Rodney Scott to serve as the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Throughout the session, various senators expressed concerns regarding CBP's recent practices, including issues related to border security and the treatment of migrants. Questions were raised about Scott's involvement in previous incidents, particularly surrounding the controversial death of Mr. Hernandez Rojas while in custody, which sparked a heated discussion about accountability and transparency in current border policies. Senators emphasized the importance of balancing efficient border security with humane treatment of individuals seeking asylum.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce Apr 10th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • They tested them yesterday. We are going to stand in recess for just a minute. Try it now.
  • But we wanted to test it at lower levels in case that might have been too high of a forecast, and we
  • A person who repairs or tests the insulation currently has to hold a license through the TCEQ.
  • Testing, inspection, and maintenance of backflow prevention assemblies are essential for safeguarding
  • A report has been a well-tested vehicle for proving identity theft.
Summary: The meeting of the committee commenced with the establishment of a quorum, where members discussed and voted on five significant bills related to energy efficiency, insurance regulation, and public utility governance. Notably, Senate Bill 2717 was presented, incorporating feedback to foster collaboration among various state agencies for improved energy efficiency performance. This was followed by a detailed discussion on Senate Bill 1642, which proposed changes to the Texas Department of Insurance's executive structure to optimize management and consumer focus. Each bill saw active participation from senators who moved to adopt committee substitutes for clarity and responsiveness to stakeholder concerns, indicating a proactive approach to legislative issues.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Commerce Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It updates cross-references related to gasoline and the American Society for Testing and Materials.
  • Those two Senate provisions relate to the licensing for the testing facilities.
  • As noted, we create a licensing variance for testing facilities.
  • This is designed to ensure that the market is able to launch effectively and have the kind of testing
  • Is there anyone else that takes exhaust the list of test?
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Education Finance (03/05/2025)

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I think that what you're really doing, instead of insisting that you have to have means testing
  • looking at this and what you're really doing is, instead of insisting that you have to have means testing
  • Families also have the opportunity to apply for the EFA, which does not require annual means testing.
  • All right, as a motion for consent, second. reluctance for anual means testing but reluctance for anual
  • means testing but this<00:23:08.760> is<00:23:09.080> a<00:23:09.600> small<00:
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Mar 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that was our first real test of all the work that we had done.
  • And but for for the test past, our transmission infrastructure held up extremely well.
  • So we test those and that right around.
  • So what I was saying was we will test without stress test those.
  • It's test simulate the storm around a four-day face-to-face workshop.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • These products were test-marketed in certain cities like Atlanta, Charlotte, and Richmond at boutique-like
  • Has it been approved or has it been tested or gone through any type of health testing to make a comparative
  • But typically, before a product is put on the market, there's some testing by that company of the effects
  • So, I would be interested to know what your test findings were before it was put on the market.
  • So the test findings, and this is part of our submission to the FDA to get that order, include exhaustive
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • :01:52.119> Municata<00:01:53.119> Ulopono<00:01:53.680> has<00:01:53.840> test
  • <00:01:54.320> uh Michael Municata Ulopono has test uh Michael Municata Ulopono has test uh
  • 00:04:18.079> know<00:04:18.239> just<00:04:18.720> initial<00:04:19.519> testing
  • <00:04:20.479> bore or you know just initial testing bore or you know just initial testing
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs heard HCR 58 HD1, which asks the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a geothermal energy working group to review the regulatory and policy landscape for geothermal development in Hawaii. Testimony was generally supportive: the PUC, Consumer Advocates Office, and State Energy Office all said they stood on written testimony in support. In response to questions, a State Energy Office representative explained that geothermal exploration and permitting involve multiple agencies and depend on the land involved, and estimated that drilling an initial slim-hole test well could cost around $2.5 million or more, with additional work needed afterward to characterize the resource. The representative also noted that drilling can provide useful information about groundwater, geology, and temperature profiles. The committee discussed the importance of including community members and relevant energy stakeholders in the working group. After discussion, the committee voted to recommend HCR 58 HD1 be passed unamended. The chair, vice chair, and Senator Richards voted yes, Senator Fevella was excused, and the recommendation was adopted. Later in the same meeting, the committee heard HCR 68, which urges the City and County of Honolulu to create a dedicated animal education and training complex in the Kalai Loa Parklands, and HCR 72, which urges county ethics commissions to adopt standards similar to those applied to state elected officials and officers. Pacific Pet Alliance testified in support of HCR 68, citing the lack of animal-friendly facilities on the Leeward side and the high cost of renting space for shows and related events. No one testified on HCR 72. The committee then voted to pass both resolutions unamended, with Senator Fevella excused, and both recommendations were adopted before adjournment.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 20, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • The discussion we had last week was pre-election testing and sealing of equipment.
  • <00:09:10.160> This testing and sealing of equipment.
  • This testing and sealing of equipment.
  • <00:16:11.680> Um the orderly testing of the machines.
  • Um the orderly testing of the machines.
Bills: HB0085, HB0086
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • This gap has already been tested in practice.
  • This gap has already been tested in practice.
  • The fact remains every ES&S system we undergo rigorous testing by independent federal test laboratories
  • All ESNS tabulation testing program.
  • <01:19:21.280> that SLI, the independent lab testing that SLI, the independent lab testing
Summary: The committee met, approved the October 21 minutes, and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal to prohibit the use of tax dollars and public resources to advocate for or against ballot questions, including constitutional amendments. Senator Rawlings and the other presenters argued the current law already bars such advocacy but lacks meaningful enforcement, citing the 2024 school choice amendment campaign and other examples where public officials and school systems allegedly used taxpayer-funded resources to influence voters. They said the bill would add civil and criminal penalties, while preserving First Amendment rights for public employees acting in their personal capacities. Much of the discussion focused on whether the bill should be limited to school districts or broadened to cover other public entities, and on how to define terms such as “advocating in impartial terms.” Members raised concerns about possible effects on county and city lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, on legitimate factual explanations by public officials, and on whether the bill could unintentionally restrict needed representation for local governments. The sponsors said the measure was intended to be narrow, would be vetted further, and would not bar individuals from speaking on their own behalf. Several members suggested revisions. Representative Lockett asked that schools and school employees be specifically named, and suggested separating the lobbying restrictions from the ballot-measure provisions into different bills. Representative Layman questioned the meaning of the bill’s language and whether it would cover factual testimony by officials. Representative Heen asked about a Jefferson County example involving legal fees used to challenge petition signatures; counsel said that situation would likely be allowable under the bill as drafted, though some members thought it should be covered. No final vote was taken on BR 25 during this discussion.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, you would test it thoroughly.
  • Your testing again could be three months, six months, as you're testing every single use case.
  • Uh you would test it thoroughly. works. Uh you would test it thoroughly.
  • Uh as you're testing every six months.
  • And the wage test under the law.
Keywords: 1183, house
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • But there are so many kids who are so much more than a test score.
  • But there are so many kids who are so much more than a test score.
  • He will stay and speak on the MI2 metals career pathway. >> Let's just test the microphone.
  • <00:13:48.000> Go<00:13:48.079> ahead >> Let's just test the microphone.
  • Go ahead >> Let's just test the microphone.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The House Budget Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education and Workforce Development met without a quorum and heard presentations on several workforce and school-safety funding requests. The first item was a proposal for a school mapping data program, presented by Rep. Steve Bratcher with law enforcement and mapping partners. They said the plan would move money to the 911 system so school maps could be embedded there and kept current for all schools, public and private, to improve response times and officer, student, and teacher safety. The request was described as a $10 million one-time appropriation, with an estimate that the work could be completed in about a year. The committee then heard testimony on the Be Proud Initiative, a mobile workshop program aimed at exposing students age 13 and up to skilled trades and related education and career opportunities. Speakers from the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, MI2, the Kentucky Treasury, and the Associated General Contractors said the program would improve perceptions of manufacturing, construction, and metals careers, connect students to training and employers, and help build the workforce pipeline. They said private industry would contribute $1 million in FY 2026-2027 before state funds are released, and requested $3 million in state funding in FY 2027-2028 contingent on that match. A Treasury official said handling the funds through the Treasury would have minimal impact on the office. Committee members responded favorably, including a comment from Rep. Bojanowski about the value of hands-on learning for students who struggle with test-focused instruction. Speakers also explained that the program includes classroom materials before and after the truck visit and ongoing outreach for students and parents. The final presentation was on an MI2 metals career pathway proposal, which cited economic impact data for Kentucky’s metals industry and asked for a $3 million one-time investment for FY 2027-2028 to pilot a middle- and high-school pathway in Carroll and Logan counties. The proposal would be matched by industry funds and used for curriculum, equipment, dual-credit and apprenticeship connections, student stipends, and parent outreach. The chair closed by noting it was the final scheduled meeting of the session and moved toward adjournment.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 22, 2026 - 10:30 AM

Education & Employment Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So what we learn and practice and are taught and tested on in second grade will be much different than
  • TAUGHT AND TESTED ON IN SECOND GRADE WILL BE MUCH  DIFFERENT THEN THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF THAT
  • IF THEY WOULD BE RETAINED AND NOT MOVE TO THE NEXT  LEVEL, NO, THAT IS NOT PART OF FLORIDA'S TESTING
  • whether they would be retained and not move to the next level, no, that is not part of Florida's testing
  • HAPPEN BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT 808 AND IT'S COMING BACK AND WE WILL  HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WRITE TESTS
Summary: The Education and Employment Committee met with a quorum and considered four measures. HB 409, which would require K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, was presented briefly with no public testimony or debate and passed 18-0. The committee then took up HJR 583, a proposed constitutional amendment to codify religious liberty and expression in schools. Supporters argued it would strengthen existing protections and give voters the final say, while opponents from parent, atheist, interfaith, and church groups warned it could privilege dominant faiths, create coercion or confusion in schools, and reduce flexibility for districts. After extended debate, the resolution passed 18-1, with Rep. Harris voting no. The committee next heard CS/HB 453, which would allow students to substitute participation in Special Olympics for a PE credit and marching band for PE and arts credit under certain conditions. The sponsor and supporters said the bill recognizes the physical demands of these activities and would benefit students with disabilities and band students; school district and PTA representatives waived in support. The bill passed unanimously, 19-0. Finally, HB 127, requiring cursive writing instruction in grades 2 through 5, was presented as a literacy and heritage measure. Supporters said it would help students read historical documents and strengthen handwriting skills, while questions focused on grading, retention, and applicability to charter schools. It passed 17-0. The committee then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • My mother absolutely refused and denied intrusive testing that would put the baby at risk, knowing that
  • Even the New York Times recently published an article stating that 85% of prenatal tests yield false
  • The Life Center offers free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, and child care classes.
  • We offer pregnancy tests, sonograms, and life-affirming options.
  • We've broadened our medical testing to address the gaps left by the abortion industry, and we utilize