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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House DFL school safety proposal fails committee vote 4/16/26
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> is what is um what is what the standard is what is um what is what the standard practice<00:42:43.760
- I have four sister-in-laws who teach and a daughter-in-law who teaches.
- I have four sister-in-laws who teach and a daughter-in-law who teaches.
- I have four sister-in-laws who teach and a daughter-in-law who teaches.
- I have four sister-in-laws who teach and a daughter-in-law who teaches.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 4893, a school safety and gun violence prevention bill, and first adopted a DE1 amendment before hearing the bill. The author and supporters described the measure as a layered approach to school safety, combining increased funding for student support personnel, required school safety plans, and anonymous threat reporting systems. They cited research from the Violence Prevention Project and other sources arguing that many school shooters are insiders, often show warning signs, and frequently leak plans beforehand, making early intervention and trusted adults in schools important.
Members and testifiers also discussed the bill’s firearm storage provisions. Representative Green explained that the bill would require firearms on school property and in vehicles to be unloaded and locked, and would limit or remove principals’ discretion to allow firearms in school buildings, while preserving access for trained school security personnel. Supporters said the bill would improve clarity and safety for schools, while a representative from private schools raised concerns that the language could limit flexibility and create staffing and accountability problems for non-public schools, prompting discussion of possible amendments.
Several student and organizational testifiers supported the bill, including students from Edina High School, Education Minnesota, the Minnesota School Counselors Association, and the Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota. They emphasized the impact of gun violence on students’ mental health and learning, the value of anonymous reporting systems, and the need to invest in counselors, social workers, psychologists, and nurses. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided, but the committee did adopt the DE1 amendment and continued discussion of possible changes, including with the BCA and school safety center.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If I want to go into teaching, I can take this, and as a block, it will apply wherever I go to transfer
- as a teaching student to the four-year university.
- Just because some dean in some college says that, you know, that algebra wasn't up to our standards,
Keywords:
higher education, bachelor's degree, core curriculum, general education, semester credit hours, credit hours, degree acceleration, time to degree, workforce-aligned credentials, workforce readiness, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, public universities, community colleges, transferability, curriculum reform, academic requirements, degree completion, transfer students, education transparency, academic credit
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If I want to go into teaching, I can take this, and as a block it will apply wherever I go to transfer
- as a as a teaching student to the four-year university.
- Just because some dean in some college says, you know, that algebra wasn't up to our standards.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/26/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the core curriculums we teach pertains to employment education.
- One of the core curriculums we teach pertains to employment education.
- </c> One of the core curriculums we teach One of the core curriculums we teach pertains<00:05:10.880>
- So, say standard adult diploma. Yeah.
- For the standard that again, please. For the standard adult<00:18:11.840><c> diploma.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Without standardized training, we often ask these volunteers to navigate complex legal frameworks and
- The district has been unable to operate the system within safe drinking water standards, and its well
- Great teaching tricks and behaviors, just not how to stop them.
- It would be the strictest set of standards in the nation.
- Adding these regulations and requirements would create a statewide standard.
Summary:
The committee held a lengthy hybrid hearing of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government, with testimony spanning local board training, animal welfare and enforcement, municipal charters, water district dissolution, and other home rule matters. Chairs Rausch and Lewis set strict time limits because of the large number of speakers and explained that written testimony would also be accepted. Members heard from local officials, advocates, municipal employees, and residents, with many bills receiving broad support from municipal and advocacy witnesses.
Several speakers supported bills requiring or expanding training for local boards and commissions, including pre-service training for planning, zoning, and other land use boards. Supporters said training would help volunteers understand complex laws, improve consistency, reduce legal challenges, and speed up housing and development decisions. Related testimony also backed a bill to modernize historic district commissions and another to allow associate planning board members to serve more broadly when needed to maintain quorums.
A major portion of the hearing focused on animal legislation. Witnesses supported bills to expand citations for cruel conditions beyond dogs, update dangerous dog procedures, improve animal health inspections and breeder oversight, strengthen tethering rules, and protect pet consumers. Animal control officers, humane organizations, and some victims of dog attacks described enforcement gaps and the need for clearer standards, while several dog trainers and the American Kennel Club opposed parts of the dangerous dog bill and tethering restrictions, arguing they would limit humane training tools and professional discretion. The committee also heard strong support for a bill to create a statewide pet shop and consumer protection framework.
The committee also heard testimony on several local home rule petitions. Medford officials and residents strongly supported a new city charter that would replace the current at-large council with ward-based representation and periodic charter review. Wayland representatives supported a bill to preserve the library’s Millennium Fund as intended, Cambridge officials backed creation of an employment and job training trust, and Carver officials supported dissolving the North Carver Water District due to compliance and financial problems. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair repeatedly invited written testimony and follow-up materials.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Whereas, the Arizona State Senate has long upheld the highest standards of dignity, order, and tradition
- what this bill also represents is a continuation of this legislature to mandate that universities teach
- what this bill also represents is a continuation of this legislature to mandate that universities teach
- our university systems, and that is what I am voting no for here. ...to mandate that universities teach
- state laws providing farm workers with overtime pay after eight hours a day, the first comprehensive standards
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest introductions, and a light April Fools proclamation directing the sergeant-at-arms to wear a silk top hat for the day. The chamber then agreed to the House request to adjourn from April 2 to April 7, and messages from the House were received, including transmission of some bills to the Governor. The body also briefly recognized visitors from the Arizona Psychiatric Society and the nominee to lead the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs.
In Committee of the Whole, the Senate considered several bills. On the first calendar, it advanced HB 2120 on property tax exemptions and disability determinations, HB 2174 on insurance business and modeling data, HB 2289 on truth-in-taxation bond notices, HB 2861 on marital/postnuptial agreements, and HB 2903 on banks and financial institutions. On the second calendar, it advanced HB 208 on school libraries, HB 2040 on public educational institutions and adoption information, HB 2075 on school employee contracts, HB 2203 on public school reporting requirements, HB 2255 on school employee training, HB 2383 on school property leases and housing development, and HB 2903 again as amended. Several floor amendments were debated, including a successful hostile amendment to HB 2075 that was later rejected, and committee amendments to other bills were adopted.
The Senate then took third-reading votes on multiple bills. HB 257, HB 2131, HB 2223, HB 2264, HB 2857, HB 2120, HB 2174, HB 2289, HB 2861, HB 2903, HB 2008, HB 2040, HB 2075, HB 2203, HB 2255, and HB 2383 all passed, with recorded roll-call votes and several members explaining their opposition or support. HB 2255 passed with the required three-quarters vote. The chamber also adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and transmitted the bills as appropriate.
Before adjournment, Senator Miranda read a proclamation recognizing Farm Workers Day, and Senator Tothley offered a statement and moment of silence in memory of Passion Swartz, urging review of turquoise alert practices. The Senate then voted to adjourn until Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 10 a.m.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- short of them having to pull those levers again, which are allowed in law, if they just go with the standard
- Teaching residents requires real-time, hands-on instruction, whether at 2 a.m., assisting in a delivery
- Teaching residents in family medicine is a 24/7 commitment by our dedicated faculty who embody Hennepin's
- The appropriation from the Office of Higher Education is specifically used to support the teaching portion
- We buy out clinical FTE for the faculty to teach.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 27th, 2026
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- You know how often you're going to need it, and it's a standardized service.
- Teaching hospitals are unique, and more than most are mandated to provide care to everybody who comes
- Do you see how the teaching hospitals take care of us? Pre-commercial there, Maureen.
- So I'm going to have to start with some standard of known and some standard of reality to assume that
- The strand is a category of topics within the standards.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- No, I would not have entered the teaching profession.
- </c> would not have entered the teaching would not have entered the teaching profession.<00:11:42.040
- Um, our language teachers, our EMTs—um, I had the privilege of teaching honors anatomy and physiology
- </c><01:15:46.000><c> some</c> kids and teaching some kids and teaching some curriculum curriculum curriculum
- You don't hear of public standards.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Following the standards the government sets out for you and doing something, those standards are designed
- So it's very different standards.
- If the standards are equally high, then that argument fails. And I don't distrust Ms.
- standard, not with giving someone the same protections that you would already have.
- The only way to prevent it is to have which is some sort of standard that a court finds.
Bills:
HB 1181, HB3704, HB1363, HB1610, HB1615, HB1620, HB3223, HB1317, HB2884, HB2176, HB4027, HB1664, HB933, HB2613, HB3353, HB2086, HB4101, HB3441, HB4145, HB3455
Keywords:
judiciary, judges, justices, retired, legal assignments, judicial conduct, notary public, criminal offense, education requirements, official documents, record retention, implicit bias, bias training, judicial training, judge education, court personnel, continuing legal education, CLE, state bar, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Jan 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We work a lot with kids to teach them how to look you in the eye.
- And we work a lot with kids to teach them how to look you in the eye and how to say, 'I want this' and
- The most important part about that was teaching mommies and... ...babies and children.
- We recently had our MLK Peace March, and we are teaching our children to stand up and use their voice
- And we are teaching our children to stand up and use their voice and to tell them that their voice is
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Accountability and Oversight held a hearing on the Trump administration’s freeze of federal child care and social services funding and its potential impact on California. The chair opened by emphasizing that child care is economic infrastructure and warning that the freeze could destabilize California’s $10 billion child care system. The Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Department of Social Services explained that California child care programs rely on roughly $1.4 billion in federal CCDF and TANF funds, which are blended with state dollars and support hundreds of thousands of children and families. CDSS said the state and four other Democratic-led states quickly sued, obtaining a temporary restraining order that has kept the funds flowing for now.
Witnesses including Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, child care provider Amisha Griffin, and parent advocate Mara Linda Bustamante described the practical consequences of a funding interruption: providers could lose reimbursement, close centers, cut enrollment, or lay off staff; parents could lose child care, jobs, or school opportunities; and counties could not backfill the lost federal dollars. Several speakers stressed that child care centers also provide wraparound supports such as nutrition, developmental screening, and referrals, especially in rural and low-income communities. Mitchell and others argued that the freeze would worsen child care deserts and disproportionately harm women, single parents, and communities of color.
Members repeatedly challenged the federal rationale of “waste, fraud, and abuse,” asking for oversight details. CDSS said providers face extensive audits, fraud policies, monitoring, and recoupment procedures, and that identified fraud amounts to about $7 million over two years compared with roughly $6.5 billion in annual child care spending. Several members said the fraud rate is under 1 percent and criticized the freeze as politically motivated and illegal. They also discussed the need for a state “bridge plan” to protect families if federal funds remain disrupted, and some members referenced prior legislation to modernize CalWORKs and child care eligibility.
During public comment, parents, providers, county representatives, and advocacy groups echoed the same concerns, citing waiting lists, workforce losses, and the risk of families falling back into homelessness or poverty. No formal vote was taken; the hearing concluded with broad bipartisan expressions of support for child care funding and a commitment to continue working on state protections and federal advocacy.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The voluntary certification program teaches applicators how to use the right amount of product at the
- Um, this bill does not protect gross negligence, intentional injury, or failure to follow the standards
- program teaches certification program teaches applicators<00:03:07.680><c> how</c><00:03:07.840><c>
- </c><00:04:04.560><c> And</c> failure to follow the standards. And failure to follow the standards.
- ,</c> investing in modern treatment standards, investing in modern treatment standards, resiliency,<01
Keywords:
groundwater, water use permit, data centers, public health, environmental regulations, municipalities, state park license plate, specialty license plate, Minnesota DNR, Department of Natural Resources, license plate design contest, North Shore, Lake Superior Agate, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, Minnesota resident, state parks, specialty plates, vehicle registration, contest requirements
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/09/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- I<00:09:08.720><c> enjoyed</c><00:09:09.200><c> teaching.</c> I enjoyed teaching.
- <03:15:21.840><c> to</c><03:15:21.920><c> be</c> but also teach people how not to be but also teach people
- So the standard that would be amended is serious bodily harm.
- So seclusion, the standard is a little bit<04:46:24.480><c> lower.
- We saw this a lot we could teach them?
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (9:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But God, we also pray that You teach us how to love each other better. We pray for President Trump.
- But God, we also pray that you teach us how to love each other better. We pray for President Trump.
- for teacher salary increases, which includes $200 million for teachers with at least 10 years of teaching
- increases, which includes $200 million for teachers with at least 10 years of teaching experience in
- So we are actively making sure that for those sections of land that look like they meet the standards
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Whereas you all know that for our teachers that have littles in the school that they teach in, it was
- able to have their own kids in the pre-K program that was already offered in the school that they teach
- He continued by saying that not only did he teach those young people, but he made them young men and
- The conference committee report kept the House minimum lot size at a standard of 30,000 square feet.
- The Conference Committee report kept the House minimum lot size at a standard of 30,000 square feet.
Summary:
The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several conference committee matters and resolutions. It granted the House request for a conference committee on House Bill 46 and adopted a conference report on Senate Bill 37, which was described as higher education governance reform, including stronger board authority, changes to faculty senates, general education requirements, and a new ombudsman office. Senators also adopted a large package of resolutions and HCRs by voice vote.
A major focus was Senate Bill 12, the “Parental Bill of Rights,” whose conference report was adopted after extended questioning. The bill was described as giving parents more access to school materials and grievance procedures, requiring parental consent for student clubs, and restricting school district employees from assisting with social transitioning or related gender-identity instruction. Senators raised concerns about effects on students already socially transitioned and on parental rights in medical or psychological decisions; the author said the House language was retained in key areas and that districts would need policies and parent notification. The report passed 20-11.
The Senate then adopted a resolution allowing the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-2027, to go outside the bounds, and later adopted the budget conference report. Senators highlighted major funding for public education, property tax relief, public safety, health and human services, child care, water and transportation infrastructure, and the Texas Energy Fund. The budget discussion also covered higher education, mental health facilities, community attendant wages, rural hospitals, DFPS case management, child care assistance, and a study rider on TRS. The report passed unanimously, 30-0.
Finally, the Senate suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 8 and adopted its conference report. The bill requires counties with jails or jail contracts to participate in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, with sheriffs choosing among available models and counties receiving tiered grants to help cover costs. Supporters framed it as a public safety measure targeting criminal illegal aliens, while opponents questioned whether it would divert local resources and increase fear in immigrant communities. The report was adopted after debate.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Standardize the procedure statewide, creating a more predictable and fair system.
- Us due course and why Texas should hold itself to a higher standard.
- I teach legal aid and I teach a law school clinic.
- Under HB32, it would be harder as there will be no standard process for notices to vacate and no standard
- We can't say to look out for the constable, and there will also be no standard timeline.
Bills:
HB32, HB15, HB171, HB421, HB581, HB644, HB745, HB349, HB917, HB204, HB923, HB15, HB171, HB204
Keywords:
eviction, landlord rights, tenant rights, justice court, property law, court procedures, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, deep fake, digital impersonation, age verification, private cause of action, explicit content, consumer protection, HB 581
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Being able to implement the Supreme Court caseload standards for dependencies and indigent appeals will
- The caseload standards mean we can retain existing high-quality counsel and also effectively recruit
- Therapists teach formally homeless people to avoid eviction by caring for themselves and their homes.
- They teach concepts beyond our curriculum or teacher knowledge.
- They are interactive, they teach the Next Generation Science Standards, and make kids love science.
Bills:
HB2289
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 1 April, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That's the lowest standard. And if a court does not award... ...standard.
- Rules and in the what's ...the standard.
- standard.
- will require that those jurisdictions adopt a code plus that will yield this IBHS roof standard.
- So, that’s only... ...this IBHS roof standard.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- So I'm just here to support vexillological standards and thank Representative Corman for bringing this
- So I'm just here to support vexillological standards and thank Representative Corman for bringing this
- I did teach American government at the college level for a number of years.
- American government at the did teach American government at the college<01:12:34.199><c> level</c><01
- to make sure that, as currently amended, we can still have those higher standards.
Summary:
The hearing opened on House Bill 192, which concerns the Joint Committee on Employee Classification process for state employee positions. Representative Peter Schmidt explained that the bill is a procedural step to send already-reviewed classifications to Korn Ferry and then into statute and the budget. Department of Corrections staff and Commissioner Helen Hanks testified that one Deputy Director of Medical Services position had been omitted from the bill by mistake even though it had already gone through the JCEC process, and they asked for an amendment to add it. Hanks clarified that the position is an existing classified job being converted to unclassified status, not a new position. The committee discussed how the amendment would work and the quorum requirements for the JCEC, then closed the hearing on HB 192 after no further testimony.
The committee then heard House Bill 435, sponsored by Representative Don McFarland, which would clarify professional engineering licensure law. McFarland said the bill is intended to make clear that work in IT security, electronics, digital systems, computing, and software is not the practice of engineering requiring a professional engineer license, while preserving licensure requirements for fields such as civil, structural, and building-related engineering. He said he had consulted with the American Council of Engineering Companies and that the bill is meant to remove ambiguity and legal risk, not deregulate engineering. Several members with engineering backgrounds spoke in support, describing the distinction between licensed PE work and other technical fields, and one member noted that software development and regulated software work typically do not require a PE license. The committee voted ought to pass on HB 435 by a roll call of 16-0 and placed it on consent.
Finally, the committee opened House Bill 210, which would create a commission to study the New Hampshire state flag. Representative Tom Corman argued that the current flag is a generic “state seal on a blue bedsheet” and does not meet common vexillological design principles such as simplicity, meaningful symbolism, limited colors, and distinctiveness. He said the proposed commission would include legislative members plus representatives of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New England Vexillological Association, and would review the flag’s history and recommend whether to redesign it and how to do so. He also indicated he intended to add language to avoid costs, but the bill discussion was not completed in the portion provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We hold our law enforcement officers to a very high standard, and justifiably so.
- Everyone should be held to a standard.
- specific language of the standard, and the justification for exceeding the baseline.
- , as many services overlap with multiple standards.
- as many services overlap with standards as many services overlap with multiple multiple multiple standards