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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Jan 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- summary of the budget sub chairs already talked about the so we'll spend a lot of time on of pre having blind
- rest of education there, primarily federally funded, both connected to adults and then same case of blind
- Probably the main thing here in which we we talked about earlier, vocational rehabilitation and blind
- We have and blind services are more like your typical.
- It's a blind an anonymous survey.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Property Tax Reform Jan 20th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Special Committee on Property Tax Reform
Transcript Highlights:
- And then it also includes the statutory language related to the blind pension fund that the chairman
- committee in the future on, but this includes the statutory language to go ahead with turning the blind
- The other thing, I think the blind pension issue, what do we do if the legislature don't fund that line
- that there's some type of guarantee and funding in terms of appropriations needs to be given to the blind
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Judiciary panel approves HF1915 3/27/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- we provide an extra layer of protection and ensure that no corner of a daycare facility becomes a blind
- daycare facility that no corner of a daycare facility becomes<00:18:27.760>
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for <00:18:28.640>mistreatment <00:18:29.120>or becomes a blind - spot for mistreatment or becomes a blind spot for mistreatment or harm.<00:18:31.360>
Parents
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- One year, we took three injured veterans who were blind, completely blind.
Summary:
The Committee on Veterans and Armed Forces met informally and heard a presentation from Tron Peterson, director of Peterson Outdoors Ministries. Peterson described the organization’s 20-year mission of providing free outdoor recreational therapy and faith-based support to veterans, active-duty service members, military chaplains, female veterans, and families at its Lodge of Hope near Sheldon, Missouri, as well as at events in several other states and Canada. He said the ministry serves more than 500 veterans a year, uses adaptive equipment for severely injured participants, and focuses on helping with PTSD, family stress, and veteran suicide prevention.
Committee members praised the ministry and asked about its funding, expansion, and outreach model. Peterson said the organization is supported mainly by churches, individuals, businesses, sponsors, and volunteers, with many expenses covered through donated services and travel support. He also said the ministry recently added RV pads and a bunkhouse to expand capacity and is planning marriage retreats for special forces, a June gathering for military chaplains, and other future events. Members highlighted the reported high divorce rate among veterans and special forces, and Peterson said family support is a major part of the program.
No legislation was considered and no votes were taken. The meeting ended with members thanking Peterson for his work and the chair adjourning the committee.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Number 34, Department of Education School for the Deaf and Blind with Community Rehab Associates.
- Contract 65, School for the Deaf and Blind with Executive Services Spin, is for janitorial services.
- Contract 66, School for the Deaf and Blind with Lindel Green, is for therapy services.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Number 34 is with the Department of Education School for the Deaf and Blind and Community Rehab Associates
- It's for armed security services in their buildings. 65, School for the Deaf and Blind, Executive Services
- This is for janitorial services. 66, School for the Deaf and Blind with Lindle Green.
Summary:
The committee met to review a supplemental agenda, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, and a member disclosure. The Office of State Procurement presented rule changes tied to 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, with updates to sole-source definitions, unrealistic bids, protest requirements, debarment procedures, and recodification references; the committee voted to accept the supplemental agenda and approve the rules. Members also approved eight methods of finance covering university repairs, equipment replacement, property purchase, and capital projects, along with a large slate of discretionary grants for courts, health, DHS, historic preservation, and tobacco prevention programs.
The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys, Department of Health costs from an ice-storm-related water leak, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, Veterans Affairs HVAC and medical-service payments, and a UA Little Rock painting contract. The Department of Public Safety ratification drew extended questioning about why the expired Motorola contract had not been renewed sooner and why the issue took months to reach the committee; agency officials said the project was bond-funded, had not been tracked in ASIS, and involved ongoing negotiations and system updates. Despite concerns, the committee approved the ratifications.
Members also reviewed a long list of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including numerous university, DHS, health, corrections, and state agency agreements. Several contracts were discussed in more detail, including an SAU custodial contract question about sales tax and transparency reporting, and Department of Corrections aerial application contracts for Tucker and Cummins farms, which officials said served separate facilities in different parts of the state. The committee approved the contract lists, reviewed reports, and accepted a disclosure from Representative Andrew Collins regarding his investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services before adjourning.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/29/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #21
Transcript Highlights:
- sale or release of school buildings and grounds by the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
- And just to that point, the School for the Deaf and Blind down in Tucson, they've closed that facility
- and they're getting, they're in the process of selling that... ...and the School for the Deaf and Blind
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- That was a Journal of Psychopharmacology randomized double-blind trial from 2016.
- That was a Journal of Psychopharmacology randomized double-blind trial from 2016.
- That was a Journal of Psychopharmacology randomized double-blind trial from 2016.
- That was a Journal of Psychopharmacology randomized double-blind trial from 2016.
- That was a Journal of Psychopharmacology randomized double-blind trial from 2016.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Tue Mar 12, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- We call everyone, and it falls upon blind eyes and deaf ears. Enough is enough.
- Do not allow anyone to suffer like this or fall upon blind eyes and deaf ears. We're taxpayers.
- We call everyone, and it falls upon blind eyes and deaf ears. Enough is enough.
- Do not allow anyone to suffer like this or fall upon blind eyes and deaf ears. We're taxpayers.
- me we call everyone it falls up on blind me we call everyone it falls up on blind eyes<00:35:43.240
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/16/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Am I blind, or is she not on here?
- Well, I don't have the same list here that you have right now, so I couldn't tell you if you're blind
- or is she not on blind or is she not on here<00:19:15.360>
well <00:19:15.520>I <00:19: - <00:19:18.600>
or tell you if you're blind or tell you if you're blind or not<00:19:21.720 - Medicaid historically was just a categorical program, meaning the aged, the blind, the disabled, and
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 11th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Appropriations - Education and Environment Division
Transcript Highlights:
- So going down the FTEs, like I said, we have one FTE, which we added to the School of the Blind, which
- What was included in that, we did add the School for the Blind.
Bills:
HB1540
Keywords:
education savings account, ESA, school choice, private school vouchers, nonpublic school, tuition assistance, education tax credit, homeschool exclusion, Bank of North Dakota, Department of Public Instruction, public funding for private education, voucher program, student scholarships, special education, parental choice, curriculum funding, tutoring, online learning, state per-pupil payment, income-based eligibility
Summary:
The committee first took up amended bill 10-13, a school funding and education appropriations measure. Senator Schaible walked through the final version, which included changes to foundation aid, transportation grants, free and reduced-price meals funding, paraprofessional and teacher support programs, Native American education items, library and school facility projects, and several one-time grants. Members discussed removing the science center grant funding, and Senator Meyer objected to that removal, arguing that Grand Forks had raised matching private and local funds and that other cities had received similar state support. The committee also agreed to adjust regional education association funding to reflect six centers rather than seven, reducing that line to $600,000.
The committee then adopted the amendment to 10-13 unanimously and passed the bill as further amended on a unanimous roll call, with Senator Shively designated as carrier. After a brief recess, the committee turned to bill 1540, but no formal action was taken. Bank of North Dakota and OMB representatives raised concerns that the draft included policy changes and procurement/IT exemptions that needed further discussion. Members agreed the bill would be delayed until Monday so the Bank, OMB, and NDIT could confer and work through the mechanics and policy issues before the committee moved it forward.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 01/29/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And one thing that we're just really proud of is that State Services for the Blind is number two in the
- nation for the number of seniors with vision loss that we serve through its older blind and aging eyes
- in place with hospital systems and medical providers, and that's, you know, State Services for the Blind
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is deed State services for the blind is deed State services for the blind is - and aging eyes programs some blind and aging eyes programs some really<01:37:12.239>
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WY
Transcript Highlights:
- say, "Oh, we can protect children from groomers by promoting and supporting or at least turning a blind
- say, "Oh, we can protect children from groomers by promoting and supporting or at least turning a blind
- say, "Oh, we can protect children from groomers by promoting and supporting or at least turning a blind
- say, "Oh, we can protect children from groomers by promoting and supporting or at least turning a blind
- supporting or at least turning a blind supporting or at least turning a blind eye<01:03:15.839><
Keywords:
stalking, minors, felony, protection orders, criminal penalties, grooming, sexual offenses, child protection, 916, all
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on Budget May 4th, 2026
Conference Committee on Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Foundation Formula Fund Switch, GR to blind pension fund.
- So let's start where I had on the first one, the blind pension fund.
- So let's start where I had on the first one, the blind pension fund.
- See where it says GR, the blind pension fund.
- But between the blind pension fund and the Capital Commission, it gets us to that 118. Okay. So.
Summary:
The meeting was a lengthy conference committee review of multiple budget bills, with most of the discussion focused on House Bill 2 and related education funding. Members walked through numerous fund switches and appropriations tied to the foundation formula, blind pension, Capital Commission, Lottery Proceeds, and Classroom Trust funds. Several members urged fully funding the foundation formula or getting as close as possible, while others defended the compromise approach as a way to close the gap with available revenue. The committee also settled a number of education-related items, including child care grants, career ladder, school safety training, assessment pilots, Title I reallocation, parents as teachers language, child care subsidy language, and flex percentages on selected lines. The committee agreed to sign the House Bill 2 conference report after resolving the listed positions and language compromises.
The committee then moved through House Bill 3 on higher education, agreeing to most Senate positions and a conference proposal directing the department to develop a new higher education funding model by December 1, 2026. Several members raised concerns about the timeline and whether the model would preserve separate funding buckets for two-year and four-year institutions, but the proposal was retained. House Bill 2004, covering transportation, was also reviewed, with compromises on items such as safety operations, low-volume roads, port funding, and several flex percentages. Members discussed the use of Capital Commission dollars and the status of road and port projects, and the bill was advanced with the agreed positions.
House Bill 5, dealing with information technology and administration, generated substantial debate over a new Senate-added language proposal for OA/ITSD. Several members objected that the language was overly prescriptive, resembled a resolution, and could steer the state toward a specific cloud-computing direction or vendor; others said it was intended to create accountability and a plan for better oversight of IT spending. The committee left some items open briefly, then returned with a shorter conference proposal and agreed to distribute it. House Bill 7, House Bill 8, House Bill 9, and House Bill 2010 were also handled, with a mix of Senate, House, and compromise positions on public safety, veterans, agriculture, economic development, and behavioral health items. The committee recessed several times and repeatedly instructed members to sign the conference reports after the agreed changes were read into the record.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Kentucky now has documented malpractice cases where optometrists have caused permanent blindness, including
- It's also about preventing vision loss and blindness from glaucoma.
- Glaucoma remains one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in this country, and timely access
- scares me is if we do this and we're responsible, I feel like we are sending New Mexicans in there blind
- And I don't want to mess up the real eye, obviously, because she could, you know, possibly end up blind
Keywords:
medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 04/07/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- These just update terminology used for State Services for the Blind.
- state<00:27:22.799>
services <00:27:23.200>of No change for state services of the blind - Fund, updates to the Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership statute, alignment of state services for the blind
- Fund, updates to the Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership statute, alignment of state services for the blind
- Fund, updates to the Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership statute, alignment of state services for the blind
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- calls Antonio Najera with the Legislative Budget Board to give an overview of the Texas school for the blind
- I'm the mother of a 19-year-old who's blind with multiple disabilities, and I have personally used all
- offerings and provide more. our support statewide that's continually requested by TEA for students who are blind
- We'd like to put a blind soccer pitch on our campus. It is smaller than a regular soccer field.
- Legislative Budget Board and my next presentation is for the special provisions for the School for the Blind
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/29/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #21
Transcript Highlights:
- sale or release of school buildings and grounds by the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
- sale or release of school buildings and grounds by the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
- And just to that point, the school for the deaf and blind down in Tucson, they've closed that facility
Summary:
House Republican caucus met on April 29 to review the FY 2027 budget package and several related “budget implementation” bills, with Chairman Livingston noting that HB 2415 was being held. Staff and members walked through HB 4138, the General Appropriations Act (“feed bill”), which appropriates about $17.96 billion from the general fund and includes one-time fund transfers, 5% lump-sum reductions for most agencies, funding for the state health insurance plan, school facilities, child care, correctional officer stipends, public safety, and other prior-year items. Members emphasized that the budget reflected House and Senate negotiations after the governor left budget talks, and Republican leaders framed it as a package that lowers taxes, shrinks government, and funds priorities such as K-12, child care, foster care, and public safety.
The caucus then reviewed a series of mostly standard budget bills: HB 4139 on gaming/racing assessments; HB 4140 on federal monies, the budget stabilization fund, and ACE initiative savings reporting; HB 4141 on capital outlay, highway construction, airport funding, and rural transportation match funds; HB 4142 on commerce and lottery distributions; HB 4143 on corrections reporting; HB 4144 on environmental provisions and water-related fund uses; HB 4145 on state employee health insurance premiums and DES reforms; HB 4146 on higher education funding provisions; HB 4147 on SNAP administration and error-rate reduction; HB 4148 on K-12 inflation adjustments, school facilities, and ASDB property-sale oversight; HB 4150 on county expenditure flexibility and state office rent rates; HB 4151 on the Department of Revenue’s integrated tax system funding and related charges; HB 4152 on tax conformity, deductions, and repeal of several renewable-energy tax preferences and the Rio Nuevo diversion; and HB 4153 on transportation reporting. Discussion repeatedly centered on health plan solvency, SNAP/ACCESS eligibility and fraud controls, school funding, rural transportation, and tax conformity and relief.
The caucus also took up several blue-sheet bills: HB 2035 on extended-family placement notifications in child welfare cases; HB 2170 restricting certain PRC-controlled companies from state IT contracts; HB 2249 expanding Parents’ Bill of Rights provisions; HB 2573 on DUI interlock/restricted-license rules and psychotherapy definitions; and HB 2873, which was amended to allow withdrawal of referendum petitions before ballot qualification. HB 2415 was held. The Speaker closed by praising the caucus for its budget work, saying the package delivers tax relief, protects vulnerable populations and public safety, and reflects months of Republican negotiations, and the meeting adjourned to the floor.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Most of our private schools evaluate applications... totally blind to income.
- Need blind means that they don't know before acceptance what the financial situation is of the parents
- of our schools, I believe in all of them, but again the superintendents can clarify, we use a need-blind
- And so the private school admission is separate, that's need blind, which we've mentioned before.
- I want to ask a couple of clarifying questions because I heard a lot about need-blind admissions, but
Bills:
HB 3
Keywords:
emergency communication, public safety, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, grant program, emergency communications, public safety radio, first responders, radio system, dispatch, 911, emergency management, Texas Division of Emergency Management, public safety infrastructure, Project 25, P25, broadband emergency alerting, outdoor warning sirens, homeland security, disaster response
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- advancing the rights, resources, and quality of life for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind
- lifelong dedication to improving access, opportunity, and inclusion for deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind
- Thank you. ...improving access, opportunity, and inclusion for deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, and
- it’s better that we be inspired by the courage of those who have stepped forward to challenge the blind
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and several ceremonial introductions and proclamations, including a Coolidge centennial proclamation, recognition of guests tied to Pre-born Day of Rights, a proclamation honoring Carmen Green Smith’s retirement, and a memorial resolution for Brad Brower. The chamber also heard a Game and Fish outdoor expo announcement and welcomed student visitors and other guests in the gallery.
The main legislative action centered on House Bill 2072 and House Bill 2307 in Committee of the Whole. SB 1396 was the subject of an unsuccessful motion to suspend the rules and move it immediately to third reading; that motion failed 12-16. HB 2072, dealing with holidays and the César Chávez Day repeal, drew extensive debate over a Miranda floor amendment to rename the day as Farm Worker Day and preserve the farm worker movement’s recognition. The Miranda amendment failed 12-15, a subsequent committee amendment was adopted, and the bill was ultimately reported out as amended and later passed on third reading.
HB 2307, concerning dangerous and incompetent defendants and a state facility/restoration process, was amended with an Angus floor amendment addressing funding, bed capacity, a sunset, and a study committee. The bill passed the Committee of the Whole and then passed third reading 27-2, with several members explaining support as a public safety measure and others noting remaining concerns. HB 2874, relating to campaign committee termination statements and expenses, also received a technical floor amendment and passed as amended on third reading 18-11, without the emergency clause.
The Senate also adopted HCR 2053, a death resolution for Brad Brower, with a moment of silence and unanimous adoption. At the end of the meeting, the Committee of the Whole report was adopted, the bills were properly assigned, and the chamber recorded the final passage of HB 2307 and HB 2874 and the passage of HB 2072 as amended.