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HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> the governor of the state of Hawaii." the governor of the state of Hawaii."
  • The statement was made that there was a $60 million budget purchase services that only one-third of the
  • And then we would pay their tuition, take away some of those financial barriers so they could in fact
  • ><c> so</c><02:15:38.360><c> they</c> of those financial barriers so they of those financial barriers
  • And financial barrier is part of it, and that's why we go for the apprenticeship model, so that we could
Bills: HB1890 , HB1888 , HB1676
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The committees heard three measures, beginning with HB 1890 HD3, which would provide automatic step increases and a COVID-era retention bonus for teachers. Supporters included HSTA, the Democratic Party’s Education Caucus, and a student who said higher pay and predictable salary growth would help retain teachers in Hawaii. The Department of Education supported the intent but asked that the bill be expanded to cover all department employees. The Attorney General’s office said the draft needed clarification to avoid conflict with Chapter 89 and to make clear any funding was subject to legislative appropriation. The Office of the Public Defender and B&F testified in opposition, and committee members questioned whether the step increases were already in the current contract and whether the bill was needed. HSTA said the current contract includes automatic step increases subject to funding, but argued the bill was still needed because funding is not guaranteed and the measure would codify the policy. HSTA also said the COVID bonus would apply only to active teachers who worked during the pandemic and estimated the total cost at roughly $150 million to $200 million over four years. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 1888 HD3, which would require DOE and charter schools to report harassment incidents and strengthen penalties for harassment of educational workers from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor. DOE supported the bill and suggested narrowing language about assisting workers with temporary restraining orders, saying that function would be better handled through the Attorney General’s pilot program. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing the harassment language was overly broad, vague, and potentially unconstitutional, and that existing assault and terroristic threatening statutes already protect educational workers. HSTA, the State Commission on the Status of Women, and several individual testifiers supported the measure, describing increased intimidation and harassment of teachers and other school staff, especially since COVID. The Special Education Advisory Council opposed the bill’s language on “disrupting and interfering” with school functions, saying it could chill parents of students with IEPs from advocating for their children. Testimony was split, with the chair noting 20 in support and 16 in opposition in the portion shown. A final witness, Michelle Pestana, testified in opposition based on her family’s experience with special education services, describing alleged seclusion and restraint of her daughter and expressing concern that DOE testimony in prior hearings had targeted special education parents. Her remarks were cut off as time expired. The transcript ends before any committee action or vote on HB 1888 was taken.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • The correct path being used as a form of adjudication of a wrong, of two members of the Muslim community
  • case of a conflict with the laws of the state.
  • I will take the first question because this is of great interest to me.
  • We know all of this. The people of Arizona demand all of this.
  • Chair, point of order, I wanted to clarify that I allowed him to finish his statement and not interrupt
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • One of the things that I would mention that it was used for pretty significantly was flexible financial
  • of Arizona.
  • I am Mary Rudin Carlson, and I am reading a statement on behalf of Christine Nelson, an Arizona resident
  • kinds of drugs.
  • That's, you know, all of the things we speak of today.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Father, we ask that you would open our hearts as we do the work of the people here for the state of Alabama
  • It's a bit of a housekeeping bill.
  • This gives them the option of what I see to offer some of their classes as such and not all of them on
  • Part of that was just making sure that every industry is represented and is part of this board.
  • Part of that was just making sure that every industry is represented and is part of this board.
Bills: HB462 , HB477 , SB210 , HB462 , HB477 , SB210
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Jan 14th, 2026

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • large businesses, some of While a lot of large businesses, some of this<00:08:11.840><c> economic</c
  • Some of you already know me, and you know that I'm the mother of seven children.
  • Eighty-nine percent of Republicans and 75% of Democrats and independent voters.
  • Chairman, members of the committee. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee.
  • </c> Betszel, and members of the committee. Betszel, and members of the committee.
Bills: HB69 , HB114 , HB161 , HB69 , HB114 , HB161
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • I just wish there was more of a creative way of doing this and time, financially, savings for taxpayers
  • </c> financially savings of for taxpayers. financially savings of for taxpayers.
  • And so, with interest of time, we'll get right into it. All right.
  • And uh so with interest of<00:43:18.960><c> time,</c><00:43:19.200><c> we'll</c><00:43:19.440><c> get
  • And with me is Rebecca Norton, the executive director of our Office of Financial Management. low.
Summary: The meeting was the first of the year for the Capital Planning Advisory Board. Members were called, a quorum was confirmed, new co-chairs and members were welcomed, and the board approved the prior year’s meeting minutes. The chair also reviewed the capital planning timeline, packet organization, and the list of agencies that submitted plans but would not testify. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented first, outlining priorities centered on public safety, protecting existing infrastructure, preventive maintenance, and improving service delivery. Its major requests included a $21 million maintenance pool for 14 campuses and 175 buildings, phase 2 construction funding for a new public health laboratory, an 18-bed psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents with severe mental health needs, and several projects at Western State Hospital, Western State Nursing Facility, Hazlewood, and Oakwood. Members asked about the youth facility’s relationship to a separate DJJ project, vacant buildings, the high per-bed cost of the children’s hospital, and how the cabinet determined the need for the youth facility. CHFS said the youth project would be a separate facility serving high-acuity youth, the cost reflected the specialized nature of the unit and an 18-bed cap, and the broader youth plan also includes prevention, in-home services, and coordination across agencies. The Kentucky Department of Education then described projects for its three state-operated facilities: the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, and the FFA leadership training center. It requested additional funding for the FFA classroom and activity building after bids came in higher than expected, plus funding for a new education finance application system to support SEEK budgeting. Other priorities included a maintenance pool, FFA pool renovation, electrical upgrades, campus education enhancements, lighting improvements, safety and security work, door and window replacements, and HVAC maintenance. Members asked about student outcomes, the size of the FFA pool, and construction cost assumptions; the department said it tracks students through the schools and short-course programs, the pool size figure may have been a typo, and current construction estimates are being adjusted upward because of inflation and supply-chain pressures. The Education and Labor Cabinet began its presentation with 12 priority projects, including a state labor exchange system to connect job seekers and employers, renovation of the McDow Vocational Rehabilitation Center, and a new adult education and family literacy management information system. The cabinet said the labor exchange would help match workers with employers at no cost, while the McDow renovation was needed because the 30-year-old facility has safety and code concerns. The adult education system was described as outdated and lacking adequate case-management and tracking capabilities.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Apr 29th, 2025

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • Municipalities as defined in section 11-40-12 of the Code of Alabama 1975.
  • grow our network in the rural areas of the state all of a sudden having to be redone because of road
  • these hardest parts of... to get to these hardest parts of household.
  • of the association as well as the... of the association as well as the Electric Institute of Alabama
  • of the code.
Bills: HB606 , SB271
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am here to testify in support of the increase to the grant award for the Farmland Down Payment Financial
  • Even prior to the passage of the legislation, just over one-tenth of one percent of over one million
  • I was not aware of any of that.
  • A lot of concern was expressed about soil health financial equipment grants, and that is going to be
  • I was interested by the comment from one of the last testifiers; I think she was from Crookston about
Bills: HF2446
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Healthcare

Transcript Highlights:
  • I heard of last.
  • However, it does not expand the scope of practice to other types of examination of the...
  • board of governance. ...same kind of board of governance.
  • Okay, the purpose of this amendment was to create a way to ensure that the sale of all of these products
  • of things.
Bills: HB194 , SB87 , SB237
Committee: Senate Healthcare
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 11th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • It doesn't indicate a lack of interest that they're not here. They'll be joining us as they can.
  • age of 25. average wait time of 241 days.
  • Interest of everybody. Any other questions for the judge? Ms. Jones? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • class. of these type of perpetrators.
  • We all want to hire and retain employees and volunteers who have the best interests of children as their
Bills: HB268 , HB305 , HB307 , HB380 , HB548 , HB727 , HB268 , HB305 , HB307
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/11/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
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  • > arcade</c><01:03:42.119><c> faen</c> of financial burdens the arcade faen of financial burdens the
  • Chair, more of a statement here.
  • </c><01:19:31.560><c> a</c><01:19:31.760><c> statement</c> hu uh Mr chair uh more of a statement hu uh
  • Mr chair uh more of a statement here<01:19:32.880><c> um</c><01:19:33.800><c> some</c><01:19:33.960>
Bills: HF169 , HF195 , HF194 , HF1756 , HF2133
Committee: House Taxes
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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  • I am interested in some of these bills, but I didn't have an opportunity before today to kind of review
  • </c><01:00:16.560><c> a</c> implications of the FDA approval of a implications of the FDA approval of
  • Given all of that, we understand the legislature's interest in this issue, so we hope that there are
Committee: House Health
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 847, which would create a Kauai pilot program allowing qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications. The Board of Psychology supported the bill’s intent but asked for amendments to delay the effective date or extend the pilot so rules could be written first, and to clarify the education/training language. Supporters, including the Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawaii Mental Health Coalition, and several psychologists, argued that prescribing psychologists have long safety records in other jurisdictions and that the pilot could improve access to care on Kauai, especially amid ongoing mental health needs and storm-related stress. They cited studies and examples from New Mexico, Louisiana, the Department of Defense, and other places. Opponents, including the Hawaii Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Queen’s Medical Center, and a Department of Health representative, said the bill needed substantial work, raised concerns about training, liability, and workforce impacts, and urged a team-based model with psychiatrist oversight rather than independent prescribing. Some testimony also referenced a GAO report, with witnesses disagreeing over its meaning and cost-effectiveness. No vote was taken during the discussion, and members asked questions about how the bill would address the workforce shortage and whether a psychiatrist on Kauai could already meet the need. The committee then moved to SB 2271 on hospital licensing and SB 2272 on home health care licensing. The Department of Health, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported both measures, which were described as streamlining and clarifying licensing oversight by relying on accreditation or certification reports. A member asked whether the bill language on hospital accreditation reports was duplicative, and the response was that the second provision was intended to strengthen enforcement by requiring hospitals to provide the actual report to DOH. The committee did not take final action in the portion of the hearing provided, and the chair noted that all bills on the agenda would later be considered for decision-making.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Fri Mar 20, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I find that interesting to support a measure, but it requires a lot of work.
  • an online auction of a lot of the an online auction of a lot of the elements.<00:41:09.160><c> Uh</c
  • </c><00:51:54.840><c> tech</c> it kind of ties into a lot of tech it kind of ties into a lot of tech
  • A<01:31:18.240><c> lot</c><01:31:18.520><c> of</c><01:31:18.720><c> the</c> A lot of the A lot of the
  • um um um a<01:31:21.880><c> lot</c><01:31:22.360><c> of</c> a lot of a lot of the<01:31:24.360><c> local
Summary: The committee opened by reviewing hearing procedures and then took up SB 2580, which concerns Hawaii’s film production tax credit and related incentives. Testimony was strongly supportive overall, with witnesses saying the measure would help attract productions, extend the sunset date, include streaming platforms, and strengthen the state’s competitiveness. Several supporters asked for cleanup language on grant administration, tax credit management, local-hire uplifts, and limits on third-party audit requirements for smaller productions. The state film office said the bill was generally strong but suggested clarifying language and noted that DBEDT and DOTAX already provide oversight of the current credit. No vote was taken in the transcript, but the bill drew broad support with a few comments and one opposition noted later in the hearing. The committee then heard SB 2578 SD1, a measure to create a film commission and related grant structure. Testifiers said the proposal would formalize industry input, improve accountability, and help the state compete globally, but they also raised concerns about how a new grant program would interact with the existing tax credit system. The film office said the grant program and tax credit should be separated operationally, that the advisory structure should include industry voices and possibly union representation, and that county film commissioner language may need technical adjustment. A testifier also suggested a Hawaii film museum and related tourism opportunities. The measure was described as having 42 supporters, one opposition, and five comments, with no final action shown. The committee next considered SB 2259, a dementia training measure. Supporters, including the bill’s drafter and the Alzheimer’s Association, described personal caregiving experiences and said free dementia training could help workers and families. Suggested amendments focused on clarifying the relationship between EOA and DBED and allowing retraining every two years because of workforce turnover. DBED said the bill is worthwhile but is not really an economic development initiative, and it should align with existing dementia programs and be easy for businesses to use, preferably online. The committee then moved to SB 3084 SD1, which HTDC said would expand its R&D matching program beyond SBIR to other federal research grants because of uncertainty at the federal level; the transcript ends as testimony begins, with no vote or final action recorded.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 29th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Doris Gleeson, the mother of Shannon Dion and a constituent of House District 115, was one of those victims
  • A deletion of the section prohibiting control of testamentary documents.
  • Deletion of the list of amenities as the list had the potential to narrow the scope of the bill to a
  • Mine is really more of a statement. Thank you for bringing this.
  • And let me just say first of all, um, thank you so much for the statement that you just made.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 29th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, without help, a lot of families are pushed into financial and emotional hardship.
  • Boris Gleason, the mother of Shannon Dionne and a constituent of House District 115, was one of those
  • of family members of victims and others affected by the lack of safety standards for senior homes.
  • Vice Chair Manuel, mine is really more of a statement. Thank you for bringing this.
  • And let me just say, first of all, thank you so much for the statement that you just made.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 29th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It has been really a negotiated process, and we've literally looked at the financial statements of different
  • Of a nursing home? Well, because every nursing home is different. I mean, I'm a financial geek.
  • Like literally a financial statement, and they didn't have to, but they did.
  • to any other Medicaid program, including very specific timelines, interest penalties, and financial
  • It seeks to amend Section 32.32 of the Penal Code to include false statements made to obtain benefits
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Senate Session Feb 28th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1153 by Hughes relaying the authority of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to take an
  • the Office of Inspector General of the Texas Juvenile Bill 1172 by Perry relating to exempting certain
  • Senate Bill 1186 by Hughes relating to oversight of certain election procedures by the Secretary. of
  • to criminal justice, Senate Bill 1200 by cold-course relaying the required disclosure of certain financial
  • number and certificates of time.
Bills: SJR36 , SJR3 , SB616 , SB565 , SB384 , SB5 , SJR52 , SJR53 , SJR54 , SJR55 , SCR18 , SCR19 , SCR22 , SB27 , SB29 , SB35 , SB1151 , SB1152 , SB1153 , SB1154 , SB1155 , SB1156 , SB1157 , SB1158 , SB1159 , SB1160 , SB1161 , SB1162 , SB1163 , SB1164 , SB1165 , SB1166 , SB1167 , SB1168 , SB1169 , SB1170 , SB1171 , SB1172 , SB1173 , SB1174 , SB1175 , SB1176 , SB1177 , SB1178 , SB1179 , SB1180 , SB1181 , SB1182 , SB1183 , SB1184 , SB1185 , SB1186 , SB1187 , SB1188 , SB1189 , SB1190 , SB1191 , SB1192 , SB1193 , SB1194 , SB1195 , SB1196 , SB1197 , SB1198 , SB1199 , SB1200 , SB1201 , SB1202 , SB1203 , SB1204 , SB1205 , SB1206 , SB1207 , SB1208 , SB1209 , SB1210 , SB1211 , SB1212 , SB1213 , SB1214 , SB1215 , SB1216 , SB1217 , SB1218 , SB1219 , SB1220 , SB1221 , SB1222 , SB1223 , SB1224 , SB1225 , SB1226 , SB1227 , SB1228 , SB1229 , SB1230 , SB1231 , SB1232 , SB1233 , SB1234 , SB1235 , SB1236 , SB1237 , SB1238 , SB1239 , SB1240 , SB1241 , SB1242 , SB1243 , SB1244 , SB1245 , SB1246 , SB1247 , SB1248 , SB1249 , SB1250 , SB1251 , SB1252 , SB1253 , SB1254 , SB1255 , SB1256 , SB1257 , SB1258 , SB1259 , SB1260 , SB1261 , SB1262 , SB1263 , SB1264 , SB1265 , SB1266 , SB1267 , SB1268 , SB1269 , SB1270 , SB1271 , SB1272 , SB1273 , SB1274 , SB1275 , SB1276 , SB1277 , SB1278 , SB1279 , SB1280 , SB1281 , SB1282 , SB1283 , SB1284 , SB1285 , SB1286 , SB1287 , SB1288 , SB1289 , SB1290 , SB1291 , SB1292 , SB1293 , SB1294 , SB1295 , SB1296 , SB1297 , SB1298 , SB1299 , SB1300 , SB1301 , SB1302 , SB1303 , SB1304 , SB1305 , SB1306 , SB1307 , SB1308 , SB1309 , SB1310 , SB1311 , SB1312 , SB1313 , SB1314 , SB1315 , SB1316 , SB1317 , SB1318 , SB1319 , SB1320 , SB1321 , SB1322 , SB1323 , SB1324 , SB1325 , SB1326 , SB1327 , SB1328 , SB1329 , SB1330 , SB1331 , SB1332 , SB1333 , SB1334 , SB1335 , SB1336 , SB1337 , SB1338 , SB1339 , SB1340 , SB1341 , SB1342 , SB1343 , SB1344 , SB1345 , SB1621 , SJR57