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FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 21, 2026 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Teaching our kids about the accurate history helps our educational institutions.
  • We pride ourselves on being a state that educates doesn't indoctrinate.
  • Educators and researchers would face confusion that is standard everywhere else in the world.
  • This same thing happened in American history with Native Americans where we said you can live here in
  • It simply addresses state... documents and proper education.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session Feb 26th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Orange and maroon Legislative Day serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of higher education
  • also have our EDC executive Director Steve Valdez, and I would be remiss if I did not recognize a native
  • a supportive, challenging, and safe educational environment.
  • Watching his documentary, viewers will learn about ingredients that are native to Texas like nopales,
  • It has built a reputation as a hub of innovation, industry, education, and tourism.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is especially devastating to the native stations and to the stations in greater Minnesota.
  • It is especially devastating to the native stations and to the stations in greater Minnesota.
  • It is especially devastating to the native stations and to the stations in greater Minnesota.
  • , platform for education, platform for education, helping<00:48:53.440> the<00:48:53.520><
  • So, as a native Minnesotan, I'm laws.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations.(6-18-26)

Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><00:14:45.160> a native Kentuckian from Owensboro, a native Kentuckian from Owensboro, a Kentucky
  • Wesley brings a very strong education Wesley brings a very strong education background,<00:18:18.520
  • in the office overseeing all Education in the office overseeing all higher<00:18:24.080> education
  • Higher education.
  • I will say as a native of the country.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 03-12-2025

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:08:49.000> in opportunities for public education in opportunities for public education
  • <00:10:26.519> investing high quality Early Education investing high quality Early Education
  • expanded also focusing on our Educators expanded also focusing on our Educators who<00:12:04.200
  • <00:13:35.680> Foundation receive a strong Educational Foundation receive a strong Educational
  • Resuming the Committee on Education.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • But I think the more that states like yourself can be supportive of non-crypto-native banks that want
  • <01:29:12.320> uh<01:29:12.800> non-crypto<01:29:13.360> native<01:29:13.679>
  • banks<01:29:14.000> that native uh non-crypto native banks that native uh non-crypto native
  • So most blockchains like native token.
  • So there's there's another native token.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The meeting began with roll call and introductions of commission members and guests, followed by approval of the agenda and a motion to approve the February 10 minutes with a correction clarifying that one quoted statement was misattributed. The commission then moved into presentations. The main presentation came from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors on implementation of the federal GENIUS Act for stablecoins. The speaker reviewed the OCC’s recent 367-page proposed rule, noting it raises many open questions and design choices for states, and discussed expected upcoming rulemaking from the FDIC, Federal Reserve, and Treasury. The presentation focused on six areas: permissible issuer activities, reserve assets and redemption, risk management and supervision, treatment of state-qualified issuers, capital/operational backstops, and foreign issuers. It also flagged unresolved issues around Bank Secrecy Act/AML requirements and the meaning of “digital asset service provider” activities. A substantial portion of the discussion addressed yield restrictions, with the presenter explaining the OCC’s broad definition of yield and its rebuttable presumption against issuer-affiliated or related third-party yield arrangements. The speaker said this likely forecloses many existing white-label structures but leaves some room for third-party payments depending on distance from the issuer, and noted ongoing Senate debate over similar provisions. The presentation also covered reserve valuation, liquidity and diversification requirements, redemption timing, and supervisory expectations such as third-party oversight, IT security, exam cycles, and reporting. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the amended minutes.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-11 (4:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have an education problem here in Florida.
  • They're not native. They are native. First, the first sighting was in the 1700s.
  • They are migratory, but they are native.
  • They're not native. They are native. First, first time, the first etchy was in the 1700s.
  • They are migratory, but they are native.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, moments of silence for former member Terry Fields and the Parkland victims, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of guests and visitors. The chamber then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report setting the day’s calendar and debate times. The main measure taken up was HB 1119, relating to materials harmful to minors in public schools and charter schools, which the sponsor described as a clarification of existing law to keep pornographic or sexually explicit material away from minors and to give districts clearer standards for review and objection processes. The bill drew extensive debate over constitutional concerns, local control, litigation risk, and the scope of the definition of “harmful to minors.” Members supporting the bill argued it was needed to close loopholes and protect children, while opponents warned it could lead to overbroad book removals, conflict with federal court rulings, and costly lawsuits. A series of amendments sought to narrow or redirect the bill: proposals by Gant, Aristide, Bartleman, Eskamani, Nixon, Rainer, Woodson, and Harris would have preserved literary value review, protected educational and abuse-prevention materials, exempted LGBTQ-inclusive books, limited objections, preserved funding for districts, or delayed enforcement during ongoing litigation. Supporters of the amendments framed them as protecting parental choice, academic value, student safety, and district finances; opponents said they would weaken the bill’s child-protection purpose. All of the amendments failed. After the amendment process, the House waived rules, read HB 1119 a third time by title, and entered structured debate on final passage. Debate continued along the same lines, with opponents emphasizing book removals, First Amendment concerns, and the impact on students and schools, and supporters reiterating that the bill was intended to prevent minors from accessing obscene material. The transcript provided ends during structured debate and does not include the final vote on HB 1119.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are dying at nearly two times the rate, and the deaths of Native
  • <00:33:31.200> Hawaiian rate and the deaths of native Hawaiian rate and the deaths of native
  • <01:10:46.040> and veterans in need public education and veterans in need public education
  • <03:41:10.000> and hard to remove and based education and hard to remove and based education
  • <03:46:03.680> and this tax to support native and this tax to support native and Indigenous
Keywords: 910, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Education Finance - 01/21/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • education general education and special education for<00:49:42.720> the<00:49:42.839> 2627
  • fund budget for education.
  • fund budget for education.
  • fund budget for education.
  • Education uh the Department of Education Education uh the Department of Education um<01:04:17.599
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Education Finance Committee met on January 21 with a quorum present for the first meeting of the 2025 biennium. The co-chairs described the temporary power-sharing arrangement in the tied Senate, introduced committee staff and pages, and had members briefly introduce themselves and share what subject they would teach. After the introductions, the committee moved to a presentation from State Demographer Susan Brower. Brower reviewed Minnesota’s school-age population trends and projections, noting that the state had just under 1 million children ages 5 to 17 in 2023 and that, for the first time, the older adult population exceeded the school-age population. She said the school-age population is concentrated in the Twin Cities metro and other regional centers, and projected an overall decline of about 5% over the next 15 to 20 years, driven mainly by declining birth rates and long-running net outmigration of young adults. She also explained that growth is expected in some areas, especially along the I-94 corridor north of the metro, while northern regions are projected to see the largest declines. She clarified for members that her figures measure resident children, not school enrollment, and that boundary changes are not reflected in the district-level data. The presentation also covered demographic change among students. Brower said about 35% of Minnesota children ages 5 to 17 are children of color, with growing multiracial populations and increasing linguistic diversity. She reported that about 20% of school-age children have at least one foreign-born parent, and about 18% of enrolled students speak a language other than English at home, with Spanish, Somali, and Hmong the largest home languages. She also discussed child poverty, saying Minnesota’s rate is just under 10%, below the national rate of about 15%, and that poverty is concentrated in Minneapolis-St. Paul, some first-ring suburbs, and parts of northern Minnesota, including districts with larger Native populations. Members asked questions about whether the projections accounted for migration and whether open enrollment affected the figures; Brower said the data reflect where children live, not where they attend school, and that the projections are based on recent migration and birth patterns, with future changes more likely to come from international immigration than from domestic migration.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Apr 15th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The North Dakota Native Tourism Alliance was created in 2016.
  • , preserving, promoting, and educating the world about Native American culture, history, and the environment
  • And your Education Committee recommends concurrence on the amendment. Is there any discussion?
  • Madam President, your Senate Education Committee will be meeting with the House Education Committee for
  • Madam President, your Senate Education Committee will be meeting with the House Education Committee for
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present and handled a mix of conference committee appointments, appropriations bills, policy bills, and House amendments. Early in the session, the chamber appointed conference committees for SB 2399 and for House-amended SBs 2213 and 2354, and also named conference committees for HB 103, HB 1308, and HB 1169. The Senate then took up several appropriations measures, including HB 1612, which creates the North Dakota Center for Aerospace Medicine at UND; the Senate adopted an amendment shifting the funding to a one-time $250,000 Community Health Trust Fund appropriation with a required $250,000 match from other sources, and the bill passed 39-7. HB 1193, the “Back the Blue” grant, was amended to make the funding one-time and focus on officer retention, then passed 41-5. HB 1329, a government spending database proposal for school districts, was amended into a legislative study and passed 42-4. HB 1020, the water budget, received extensive amendments reducing and reallocating funding across major water projects, adding studies and oversight changes, and passed 45-0 with the emergency clause. HB 1581, a tribal tourism grant, also passed 40-6. The Senate rejected HB 1330, which would have authorized divestment from direct investments in Chinese companies; after debate over the prudent investor rule, trade impacts, and whether the bill singled out one nation in law, it failed 20-26. HB 1534, limiting property valuation increases, and HB 1266, adjusting the disabled veterans property tax credit, both failed unanimously or nearly so after committee recommendations against them. HB 1566, which would have created a regulatory framework for a product discussed as kratom, was amended on the floor to convert it into a study and then passed 31-15. The chamber also passed HB 2241 on charter schools after a House amendment changed the funding formula to the statewide average from the prior year, and HB 2022, the indigent legal counsel budget, after House changes added funding flexibility, offset lost fee revenue, and included a study on a public defender office. The Senate concurred in several House amendments and then passed a number of Senate bills. SB 2375, allowing joint negotiations between dental providers and insurers under Attorney General oversight, passed 44-2. SB 2251, clarifying that open records requests during state audits should be referred to the audited agency, passed 46-0. SB 2159, related to nuclear energy research, passed 43-3 after House amendments required Industrial Commission approval and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. SB 2155, changing gratis antelope license rules, passed 30-16 after debate over landowner rights and tag distribution. SB 251, setting fees and an audit for the Private Investigative and Security Board, passed 44-2. SB 2280, the prior authorization health insurance bill, passed 43-3 with a House-added study and consumer protections. SB 2023, the Racing Commission budget, passed 41-5 after a House change made internship funding one-time. SB 2232, changing prenatal substance exposure reporting requirements and related toxicology rules, passed 44-2. SB 2241, authorizing public charter schools, passed 39-7. The session ended while the Senate was still processing SB 2022’s final passage vote, but the bill had already cleared concurrence on House amendments.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Calling the committee on Higher Education and the committee on Agriculture and the Environment to order
  • I am a Native Hawaiian and a current undergraduate at the University of Hawaii.
  • > a<00:38:39.760> current a native Hawaiian and a current a native Hawaiian and a current
  • As a Native Hawaiian, we are very attuned with the aa.
  • As a Native Hawaiian, we stewardship.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint committees heard House Bill 643, House Draft 2, which would create short-term management initiatives and appropriate funds for the coconut rhinoceros beetle response program. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Committee discussion focused on biocontrol efforts, including fungus and virus-based treatments, the need for a biosecure facility, and the timeline for testing and range studies. Department of Agriculture officials said initial testing is underway at the University of Hawaii, but full testing requires a higher-biosafety facility that is not yet available on island. Members also discussed funding levels, the possibility of a mobile facility, and whether the work could be accelerated. The committees later voted to pass HB 643 unamended. The committees also heard House Bill 736, House Draft 1, which would establish a three-year wastewater system and individual wastewater technology testing pilot program at the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center. Supporters said the bill could help certify new, lower-cost decentralized wastewater technologies and reduce the cost of cesspool upgrades while improving water quality. University of Hawaii witnesses explained that the center would test technologies, collect samples, analyze results, and provide reports to the Department of Health for certification. Members raised concerns about whether the program would help communities facing immediate wastewater issues, the length of the testing timeline, and whether technologies like the Genki ball could be included. The committee was told the pilot would likely test one technology at a time over about nine months each, though multiple tests could run in parallel later. The committees voted to pass HB 736 unamended. After those measures, the joint committee moved to an AEN-only agenda and began hearing STR 111 / SR 92, which declares a public health emergency relating to climate change and calls for statewide coordination on cross-sector solutions. Testimony in support came from the Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others. Supporters said climate change affects public health through heat, wildfire risk, invasive mosquitoes, and other impacts, and argued that the response should involve agriculture, planning, transportation, and emergency management, not just the Department of Health.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/34

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the harm reduction manager at Native American Community Clinic, or NACC.
  • NACC is a FQHC that aims to address health disparities within the urban Native American community.
  • We see the results of criminalization and its uneven application in the following: Native Americans are
  • We see the results of criminalization and its uneven application in the following: Native Americans are
  • We also created funding for the Intensive Comprehensive Peace Officer Education and Training Program.
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee approved the March 22, 2024 minutes and then took up House File 3761, the Safety Through Support Act, with a motion to lay the bill over. Representative Lee Finke said the bill is intended to improve re-entry outcomes and public safety by expanding prison visitation, including mentoring and access for mental health and medical professionals, and by creating a task force to support rehabilitation and re-entry. Testifiers in support included Holly Bot, who described how family visits helped her through incarceration and later into successful re-entry and business ownership, and Zeke Caliguri, who argued that consistent visitation and community connection are essential to humanity, rehabilitation, and reducing recidivism. Elliot Bhai of NAMI Minnesota also supported the bill, framing visitation as a form of needed mental health support in prisons. Members raised several concerns and suggestions. Representative Hudson questioned the bill’s strip-search limitation language, asking what would count as a credible, documented security concern, and also worried the task force could create discriminatory access or favor certain viewpoints. Representative Finke said she did not view a conviction as making someone permanently a security risk and said the task force was meant to ensure meaningful visitation for everyone, not to enable discrimination. Representative Hollins and Representative N. supported the bill’s overall goals while suggesting language could be tightened and noting that maintaining outside ties helps people return as productive members of society. Representative Witte asked about the Department of Corrections commissioner’s presence, and the chair said questions for him could wait for a later bill. Representative Mu asked about the fiscal note and the research behind the bill. Staff said a fiscal note had been requested but not yet signed off by the LBO, which was one reason the bill was being laid over. Finke said she could share the visitation study and noted that the bill responds to research linking visitation to lower recidivism; she also said remote visitation data shows value but can be costly. After closing remarks emphasizing that visitation is “medicine” and that most incarcerated people will return to the community, the chair renewed the motion and laid over House File 3761. The committee then moved on to House File 4959, with a motion to re-refer it to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome, everyone, to the joint committees on Higher Education and Water and Land.
  • Inouye and her committee, as well as the Committee on Higher Education.
  • This will enhance their educational experience and contribute to innovative solutions for environmental
  • <00:03:33.519> experience<00:03:34.000> and their educational experience and their
  • educational experience and contribute<00:03:35.040> in<00:03:35.280> to<00:03:35.480>
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint committees first heard SB 1146, which would appropriate funds to the University of Hawaiʻi to develop an action plan and pre-engineering concept plan for debris management and water quality control in the Ala Wai Watershed. Testimony was largely supportive from DLNR, a UH student, and a special improvement district representative, while one speaker suggested the work should be coordinated with existing efforts to avoid duplication. Committee discussion focused on the multi-jurisdictional nature of the watershed, existing debris-trap work that captures only about 20 to 30 percent of debris, the role of the university in capstone projects and recommendations, and the relationship to the existing Geni project and other community efforts. Members also asked about costs, tracking progress, and the difference between water-quality improvements and the larger debris problem. The committees then voted to pass SB 1146 with amendments, including blanking out the appropriation and deferring the effective date to July 31, 2050. The motion passed in both committees, with votes recorded in support and no opposition noted during the decision-making. The committees also heard SB 321, which would deem certain fee simple privately owned lands transferred to adjacent property owners or community associations if specified conditions are met. Testimony was in support from several individuals, but members raised concerns about the lack of input from counties and the state, and about how the bill might affect roads already used by the public or maintained by local governments. After discussion, the committees voted to advance SB 321 unamended to the next committees, with the measure adopted in both committees despite one recorded no vote in the Water and Land committee.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning, Kim Delfino with Earth Advocacy on behalf of the California Native Plant Society, also
  • Native American tribes and the public.
  • This entity is going to be directed by Native Americans.
  • Native American tribes to ensure the build-out and the programming of the actual Native, the Indian Heritage
  • Center has the voices and the culture and education of the Native American tribes of California.
Keywords: 988, house, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House International Trade

International Trade

Transcript Highlights:
  • Prior to this, I worked in higher education in our community college system.
  • I was born and raised in Douglas, Arizona, so I'm an Arizona native.
  • I was born and raised in Douglas, Arizona, so I'm an Arizona native.
  • So we now provide educational services through a proxy.
  • And again, we don't have the native cattle to fill those gaps.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The House Committee on International Trade held its first meeting of the year, with members introducing themselves and the chair emphasizing Arizona’s role in foreign relations, especially with Mexico. The committee then heard presentations from the Nogales-Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce and related local partners about the region’s importance as a trade, tourism, agriculture, logistics, and mining corridor. Chamber representatives described efforts to support small businesses with bilingual resources, digital and procurement assistance, entrepreneurship training, Google certificates, and workforce development tied to the South32 mine and other emerging industries. They also highlighted tourism promotion efforts to counter negative perceptions of Nogales, noting increased online engagement and stronger visitor activity. Members asked about state and federal improvements that could help trade, and witnesses said the top needs were infrastructure upgrades, especially roads and port-of-entry access, along with more pedestrian-friendly crossings and housing to retain workers. The Santa Cruz County Provisional Community College District described its unusual provisional status, its contract with Pima College, and the challenge of limited spending authority despite expected revenue growth from mining. The college said it is expanding workforce training, especially in AI, advanced manufacturing, trades, and ESL support, and is working toward eventual accreditation. The committee also heard from cattle industry representatives from Cattlemex, T4 Ranch, and J.M. Fletcher Cattle Co. They urged the reopening of the U.S.-Mexico border to live cattle imports, arguing that Sonoran cattle are safe, traceable, and vital to Arizona’s economy and the national beef supply. Witnesses said the New World screwworm-related border closure has reduced imports, raised beef prices, hurt feedlots and packing plants, and shifted cattle trade to other states. They asked lawmakers to advocate with USDA for a Sonora-specific reopening and to support Arizona’s livestock infrastructure and grazing lands. No bills were heard and no votes were taken.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 22nd, 2025

Business and Professions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Care, education, transportation, and finance all rely on the communications infrastructure.
  • I'm a Santa Barbara native and a graduate of UC Berkeley.
  • Well, a significant factor is the lack of provider education.
  • We need to not only help educate the trainees, but we really need to educate the workplace as it is required
  • Continuing education is critical.
Keywords: 988, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session Feb 4th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • These parks protect the habitats of Florida's beloved native wildlife while also providing both Floridians
  • The habitats of Florida's beloved native wildlife while also providing both Floridians and visitors with
  • The program would focus on educating the general public, particularly those over the age of 60 and the
  • currently undergoing historic transformation to become a world-class center for classical honors education
  • currently undergoing historic transformation to become a world-class center for classical honors education
Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several ceremonial introductions recognizing St. Johns County Day, Florida Space Day, Florida State Parks Day, Pinellas County Commissioner Kathleen Peters, and AMI Kids Day at the Capitol. The chamber then received and adopted a committee report on executive appointments, with debate focused on the confirmation of Tina Vidal-Douart. Senator Smith opposed her confirmation, citing concerns about contracts tied to the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility and the Hope Florida Foundation; Senator Pizzo spoke in support, describing her assistance during COVID testing and vaccination efforts. The report was adopted by a vote of 37 yeas, 0 nays. On the special order calendar, the Senate passed Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 48 on housing, which requires local governments to allow voluntary accessory dwelling units, limits certain local restrictions, preserves homestead treatment for the primary residence portion, and extends density bonus incentives for military families. The bill passed 38 yeas, 0 nays. The Senate also passed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 578, creating a statewide Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Initiative through the Department of Elder Affairs to promote early detection, diagnosis, brain health, and outreach to older and higher-risk Floridians. That bill also passed 38 yeas, 0 nays. Chair Hooper gave a budget update, saying appropriations work was progressing and that budget rollout would be delayed until next Thursday, February 12, with full appropriations hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 18. The Senate then waived rules to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House. Additional announcements highlighted Manatee County Days, New College of Florida Day, and Florida Keys Day. The Senate adjourned until noon on Wednesday, February 11, or upon the call of the President.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Natural Resources Committee Jun 22nd, 2026

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're an educational nonprofit focused on the thoughtful advancement of renewable hydrogen for our energy
  • California Native American tribes are best positioned to identify their own TCRs and how to best protect
  • SB 1326 empowers California Native American tribes to better protect their TCRs and preserve their culture
  • United Auburn is proud to be co-sponsor of SB 1326, and we are honored to work with other California Native
  • SB 1326 ensures that California Native American tribes have the authority to use our tribal cultural
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/03/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:47:15.920> planting park improvements, native planting park improvements, native planting
  • <00:47:24.400> breaks wellowner education, and more. breaks wellowner education, and more.
  • But we have a long stain of not protecting the religious freedom of Native Americans.
  • But we have a long stain of not protecting the religious freedom of Native Americans.
  • In addition to Native people in support of this bill, there are many non-Native people who also support
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Dec 3rd, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the Appropriations Committee on Higher Education.
  • She is also a proud product of Florida's higher education system.
  • afford to go out of state or out of city for their education.
  • I just want to give you a quick rundown about me from Live Oak, native of Suwannee County.
  • The role is to help Florida families pay for the cost of higher education.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to hear confirmations for 19 appointees and reappointees to university and state college boards, with most of the agenda focused on the University of Florida, Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, University of Central Florida, Florida State University, Florida Polytechnic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Pensacola State College, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, North Florida College, South Florida State College, and the Florida Prepaid College Board. Testimony from the nominees generally emphasized their educational backgrounds, professional experience, and priorities such as student success, workforce development, financial sustainability, research growth, housing, and maintaining or improving institutional rankings. Several UF trustees highlighted the university’s “One UF” vision, institutional neutrality, and goals of reaching top-three or top-one national status. Other nominees stressed the role of state colleges in workforce pipelines, and Florida Poly witnesses focused on STEM growth, housing, and strong graduate outcomes. One in-person public testimony came from Elijah Hooks, who spoke in opposition to the current FAMU administration and described his expulsion, arrest, and trespass from campus after protesting the appointment of President Marva Johnson. For FAMU, Jocelyn Dobson Rodriguez testified in support of her appointment, emphasizing her legal background, alumni ties, and goals of strengthening leadership, alumni engagement, and the connection between the main campus and the College of Law in Orlando. For Florida Atlantic University, Tina Vidal-Duart was questioned closely about her prior service on the Hope Florida Foundation board and about CDR Health’s involvement in state contracts; she said she was not aware of the foundation’s governance problems at the time and that CDR’s state contract was a flat daily rate. The committee then voted to report all appointees favorably except for Tina Vidal-Duart, whose confirmation was held for a separate vote at the request of Senator Bracy Davis. After discussion, the committee voted 5-1 to report her confirmation favorably as well. The meeting concluded with no further business and adjournment.