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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- Commercial production is highly mobile. And right now, Investment in our local communities.
- Commercial production is highly mobile.
- advertisers today have more opportunities than ever to engage consumers across broadcast, internet, mobile
- Commercials are short, fast-moving, and highly mobile productions.
- But because commercials are so mobile, that spending can leave just as quickly.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Health Care & Wellness
Transcript Highlights:
- It funds our mobile dental program, which serves 17 schools in 2025.
- help generate the access and additional resources needed to sustain services like transportation and mobile
- It funds our mobile dental program which served 17 schools in 2025 where the majority of students were
- help generate the access and additional resources needed to sustain services like transportation and mobile
- Many. resources needed to sustain services like transportation and mobile dental care.
Keywords:
340B drug pricing, healthcare access, patient rights, discounted medications, manufacturer limitations, health professions, plasma donation, physician substitutes, medical regulation, nursing titles, healthcare, regulation, professional standards, licensure, accreditation, opioid treatment, health services, fee authority, public health, 904
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:11:18.800><c> Uh</c> our students in this fabulous way.
- Uh our students in this fabulous way.
- Chair recognizes the gentleman from Mobile. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the recognition.
- Chair recognizes the gentleman from Mobile, Pro Tem Pringle. Message from the Senate. Mr.
- Chair recognizes the gentleman from Mobile, Pro Tem Pringle. >> Mr.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The pain is unbearable and the gradual loss of my mobility has also affected my blood pressure and my
- The pain is unbearable and the gradual loss of my mobility has also affected my blood pressure and my
- has also affected my blood mobility has also affected my blood pressure<00:38:40.320><c> and</c><00:
- for writing opeds and kidnapped students for writing opeds and disappeared<01:09:22.480><c> toddlers
- We really strive for balance among all Minnesotans and what they need in terms of mobility and access
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Mar 18th, 2025
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
Transcript Highlights:
- We have three students here: Yeni Ospino Vasquez, Olivia Millett, and Grace Sedario.
- Your support for this bill will make a significant impact in the lives of these students.
- You guys are so hospitable and work directly with our students.
- My wife, who stepped out with the students, did 20. And between us, we deployed all over the globe.
- Subject to a $500,000 annual appropriation, the FDVA must expand its internet-based mobile application
Summary:
The Military and Veterans, Space, and Domestic Security Committee met with a quorum and heard several bills focused on veterans, military families, and aerospace. SB 684 by Sen. Avila would let certain Florida Retirement System members buy military wartime service credit under updated eligibility dates and expand the definition of wartime service to include recent operations such as New Dawn, Inherent Resolve, Freedom Sentinel, and Enduring Sentinel. Veterans and first responders testified in support, and senators said the bill corrects an outdated gap. The committee voted the bill favorably.
The committee then took up SB 1528 by Sen. Collins on educational opportunities for military children. The bill strengthens coordination between school districts and military installations and requires DOE training modules for school staff working with military families. An amendment removing a sunset provision was adopted, and three Hillsborough County students who helped develop the idea testified in support, describing research on military-family school transitions and the need for staff training on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The committee reported the bill favorably as amended.
SB 910 by Sen. Collins, on veterans benefit assistance, was amended and reported favorably. As amended, it allows veterans to work with professional claims advisors while adding consumer protections, including fee caps, bans on initial/nonrefundable and referral fees, required disclosures, and limits on use of veterans’ login credentials. Sen. Collins and others argued the federal VA claims process is too slow and confusing and that veterans need both help and safeguards. The committee also approved SB 1464 by Sen. Wright, which expands FDVA outreach through digital, print, social media, and in-person efforts and requires public events and annual reporting, and SB 1516 by Sen. Wright, which creates an international aerospace innovation fund administered by Space Florida to support partnerships with international aerospace companies. All measures were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned at the end of the meeting.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Rules Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We spent a lot of time in many groups in supporting students at Florida Memorial.
- Students can join athletic teams at any public school in their district.
- This bill removes restrictions by eliminating the 200 student cap on non Fhs, a member private school
- students opening sports participation to more private schools.
- This includes residential leases, condo leases from developers and also includes mobile homes.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Judiciary Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- TAB SEVEN CS FOR SENATE BILL 248 STUDENT PARTICIPATION.
- STUDENT TO PUT HIS PATENT SPORTS TO STUDENTS ATTEND SPORTS OUTSIDE THEIR SCHOOLS.
- DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS?
- STUDENTS THAT CHOSE TO BE IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
- THIS BILL DEPRIVES PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS WHEN PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Overview of Minnesota State budget request before House higher education committee 3/11/25
Transcript Highlights:
- More than 63,000 are students of color and Indigenous students.
- That also helps support our students who transfer from college to university, as well as our mobile students
- just</c> well as our mobile students who are just well as our mobile students who are just moving<00
- </c><00:20:55.760><c> an</c> student 31% of students receiving an student 31% of students receiving an
- </c> student but that is at the students student but that is at the students discretion<00:25:07.559>
Summary:
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities presented an overview of the system and several budget riders. Board Chair George Soul described the system’s structure, noting 26 colleges and seven universities governed by a 15-member board, and emphasized that Minnesota State serves about 270,000 students annually, including many students of color, adult learners, Pell-eligible students, first-generation students, and veterans. He highlighted the system’s workforce role, saying it offers more than 4,000 programs, extensive employer partnerships, and that 86% of graduates find jobs in their field or a related field. He then turned the presentation over to system staff to discuss specific funding requests.
Associate Vice Chancellor Kim Lynch focused on the Z-degree textbook program, which supports zero-textbook-cost courses and degrees. She said prior legislative support has produced about $3.1 million in savings in academic year 2024 and more than $12.6 million in aggregate savings, with 10 colleges now offering Z degrees and 12 more on track or exploring implementation. She described the program’s use of open educational resources, instructional design support, and library resources to fill gaps where free materials are not available, and said students save roughly $7 to $10 for every $1 invested. Members praised the program and asked about its expansion.
Associate Vice Chancellor Paul Shepard discussed student support funding, including a centralized basic needs resource hub, the Mantra Health mental health platform, and the emergency grant program. He said student surveys showed significant food, housing, and homelessness insecurity, and that the basic needs hub has served over 2,400 students with a 97% positive response rate. He said Mantra provides telecounseling, peer support, self-paced courses, and crisis support, and clarified in response to questions that it is not AI-driven and does not sell student data; general usage data is collected, and follow-up with campus counselors occurs only at the student’s request. He also said the emergency grant program has distributed over $3 million to more than 4,800 students, with grants averaging just under $700, and that campuses use application review and recordkeeping to manage repeat requests. Members asked about counselor staffing, data privacy, and grant safeguards.
The final item addressed sexual assault reporting and prevention funding. System staff said the appropriation supports technology infrastructure for statutory reporting, case management for investigations, campus prevention training, and professional development for Title IX coordinators and related staff. They noted that the statutory student training requirement is funded by individual colleges and universities, not by this appropriation. No formal votes were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I urge your support economic mobility.
- So, we've had pathways and opportunities for students.
- But when you have to drive an students.
- 58:22.880><c> being</c><00:58:23.119><c> able</c> these students are actually being able these students
- But when I talk to the students covered.
Keywords:
workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, security counselor, public safety dispatcher, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 11, 2026 - 09:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Next up, we'll have CS for HB 121, Student Health and Safety Bureau, by Representative Mooney.
- Next up, we'll have CS for HB-121, Student Health and Safety Bureau, Resent of Mooney.
- and staff who interact with students on a regular basis.
- to posters on how to deal with students who are choking or AED posters.
- I am a former PE teacher, and early in my career, I had a student have a seizure.
Summary:
The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met with a quorum and considered seven bills, all of which were reported favorably. HB 497 would create a neurofibromatosis research grant program within the Department of Health; an amendment removed automatic recurring funding and made the program subject to annual appropriations. Proponents described the disease burden and the need for Florida-based research support. The bill passed 14-0.
The committee also approved HB 223, which creates a licensing and regulatory framework for naturopathic medicine, including a Board of Naturopathic Medicine under the Department of Health. Supporters argued licensure would improve patient safety, transparency, and access, while the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association and Florida Medical Association waived in opposition. The bill passed 15-0. HB 683 modernizes physician assistant and APRN prescribing rules by removing certain administrative notice and prescription-labeling requirements and allowing a 30-day course of psychotropic medication; an amendment removed language that would have allowed practice without physician supervision during declared emergencies. It passed 15-0.
The committee then approved CS for HB 121, which updates Florida’s seizure action plan law by extending protections to charter school students, requiring schools to accept physician-submitted plans, clarifying training duration, expanding training to regular bus drivers, and requiring seizure-response posters in schools. HB 353 adds sickle cell disease education to existing pain-management continuing education for health professionals, prompted by extensive testimony from patients and advocates about bias, delayed treatment, and lack of provider knowledge; it passed 15-0. HB 1175 directs the Florida Building Commission and State Fire Marshal to develop updated safety design standards for office surgery suites, with an amendment delaying the effective date to January 1, 2027; it passed 14-0. Finally, HB 251 creates a public records exemption for current emergency physicians and their families, narrowed by amendment to current physicians and children up to age 26 and made subject to sunset review; it passed 15-0. The meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 21, 2026 - 10:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- MEMBERS, DRY NEEDLING IS A WIDELY USED EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT THAT USED TO RELIEVE PAIN, IMPROVE MOBILITY
- THE BILL REPORTED FAVORABLY, CONGRATULATIONS AND NEXT TO PCS FOR HB 603 TRAFFICKING FOR NURSING STUDENTS
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force Jun 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- That's not advice I give my students at social work administration classes at Missouri.
- taught thousands of first responders overdose awareness and naloxone use, and I am part of the DOTS mobile
- We have three mobile units. We’re also embedded in two different school districts.
- We have a mobile dental unit that serves 13 different school districts in our service area.
- But we're also talking about significant numbers of young people and college students and professionals
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force Jun 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- That's not advice I give my students at social work administration classes at Missouri.
- taught thousands of first responders overdose awareness and naloxone use, and I am part of the DOTS mobile
- We have three mobile units. We're also embedded in two different school districts.
- We have a mobile dental unit that serves 13 different school districts in our service area.
- But we're also talking about significant numbers of young people and college students and professionals
Summary:
The task force heard extensive testimony on recovery support, harm reduction, and community-based care. Dan Haniken of Into Action described his own recovery from addiction and incarceration and argued that treatment alone is not enough; he said recovery housing, peer support, employment, accountability, and stable housing are what help people stay sober and avoid relapse. Members asked about funding, housing shortages, transportation, treatment courts, and support for medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Haniken said Into Action relies on a braided mix of federal, state, county, city, foundation, and private funding, and that recovery housing needs longer-term support than many current funding streams provide. He also said Missouri should expand recovery housing, peer recovery support, and recovery community centers, and improve awareness and access to MAT in recovery settings and after incarceration.
Matt Cushman, a community paramedic with Raytown Fire Protection District, urged Missouri to expand harm reduction, including syringe service programs and broader access to clean needles and drug-checking tools. He argued that stigma and abstinence-only approaches keep many people from seeking help, and said harm reduction reduces disease transmission, overdose deaths, hospitalizations, and other harms while creating pathways to recovery. He cited naloxone distribution as a successful example and said similar strategies should be decriminalized and expanded. Members asked about naloxone access, community paramedicine funding, and whether safe consumption sites should be considered; Cushman said syringe exchange should be a near-term priority, while safe consumption sites are a longer-term policy question.
Representatives from Ozarks Medical Center/COMC and Four Rivers Community Health Center focused on the need to reimburse peer support specialists and community health workers, especially in rural and underserved areas. COMC’s Monet Lehman shared her trauma and recovery story and described her jail reentry work, helping incarcerated people with housing, benefits, IDs, employment, MAT, and community supports before release. Four Rivers said its care coordinators and CHWs provide wraparound services such as transportation, housing help, Medicaid enrollment, clothing, and same-day MAT access. Members and staff discussed confusion over reimbursement rules, noting that CCBHCs can bill for peer services through Medicaid while FQHCs generally cannot, and that CHWs are often funded through grants rather than reimbursement. No votes were taken; the meeting consisted of testimony and member questions, with several requests for follow-up information on funding, transportation, and reimbursement rules.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Banking and Insurance Jan 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- education requirements for the 440 customer service representative license to allow a high school student
- hour around-the-clock care, hands-on support to manage things like breathing, feeding, positioning, mobility
- They support their breathing, their swallowing, their communication, their positioning, and their mobility
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum present and took up a full agenda of bills, beginning with SB 1286 by Sen. Wright. That bill expanded the state recruitment bonus program to include newly employed firefighters, created a DFS grant review panel, and established a PTSD institute within DFS for first-responder behavioral health. Fire chiefs, the Florida League of Cities, and others supported the measure, and the committee reported it favorably.
The committee then considered SB 198 on virtual currency kiosks by Sen. Rousan. A substitute amendment was adopted that clarified daily transaction limits, registration requirements, expiration rules, and OFR authority to deny registrations. Testimony focused on protecting seniors from crypto-ATM scams while giving the industry regulatory certainty. The committee also favorably reported CS/SB 198. Members next approved CS/SB 772, which allows portable electronics limited licensees to sell eyewear insurance, and CS/SB 1504, which updates insurance customer representative licensing pathways by allowing a high school insurance and personal finance course to count toward pre-licensure education.
The committee also favorably reported Sen. Gruters’ CS/SB 1038 and CS/SB 1040, which together create the Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve and its trust fund framework, and CS/SB 1440, which expands public records exemptions and cybersecurity-related protections for financial institutions, loan originators, money service businesses, and credit unions. Sen. Burton’s SB 1668 on the NICA program drew extensive testimony from a NICA board member and family advocate, who urged stronger funding to preserve lifelong care for catastrophically injured children; the bill was reported favorably despite concerns from the Florida Justice Association about benefit restrictions and retroactivity. Finally, the committee approved CS/SB 570, creating a DFS task force on payment scams, after an amendment reduced FDLE’s required representation. At the end of the meeting, Sen. Burton requested to be recorded in the affirmative on SB 1286, and Sen. Passidomo requested affirmative votes on tabs 3, 5, and 9; the committee then adjourned.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I guess my worry or my concern is maybe are seniors or those with mobility issues that can't pass a driver's
- We need to create mechanisms to keep our public safe while promoting the mobility that they provide.
- Senator Jones, do you know how many students that graduate from this school matriculate into the university
Keywords:
traffic enforcement, speed detection systems, school safety, traffic violations, reporting requirements, local authority, electronic signatures, vehicle titles, insurance regulations, auditing, total loss vehicles, specialty license plate, specialty plates, Florida DMV, DHSMV, Miami Northwestern Alumni Association, Miami Northwestern Senior High School, alumni association, commemorative plate, license plate fees
Summary:
The Transportation Committee met with a quorum and first took up SB 654 on traffic infraction enforcement, which would standardize procedures for red-light, school-zone speed, and school bus camera enforcement. The bill would allow clerks to retain 10% of penalty revenue, permit virtual hearings, require records retention, limit surveillance/data use, tighten school-zone flashing-light requirements, and add school board approval and reporting requirements for school bus camera programs. An amendment clarified reporting periods and which entity receives liability-transfer affidavits. Members raised questions about information-sharing, facial recognition, school-zone warnings, and school bus stop safety, but the committee accepted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.
The committee then considered SB 1080, which was amended by a delete-all to address FDOT direct payments to first-tier subcontractors and takeover agreements involving sureties and replacement contractors. The amended bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved a slate of appointments in tabs 1 through 6 by one vote.
Next, the committee heard SB 382 on electric bicycles and scooters. A strike-all amendment shifted the bill away from immediate enforcement changes and instead created an e-bike task force, required crash data collection and reporting, and retained rules requiring riders to yield to pedestrians, provide audible signals, and limit speed near pedestrians. Members discussed enforcement practicality, access concerns for riders who rely on e-bikes, and the need for public education and transparency. The amended bill was reported favorably. The committee then reported favorably SB 684, which removes certain signature requirements for electronic odometer disclosures in total-loss vehicle and vessel insurance transactions, and SB 880, which creates a new license plate for the Miami Northwestern Alumni Association. The meeting ended after all items were approved and the committee adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- This committee has the ability of making dreaming realistic for students whose social mobility feels
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- </c> public students versus private students. public students versus private students.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Special Session 2026 May 6th, 2026
Alabama Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And a shout out to the people from Mobile and Baldwin County.
- </c><00:47:50.319><c> I</c> people from Mobile and Baldwin County.
- I people from Mobile and Baldwin County.
- </c> students, and lowincome populations. students, and lowincome populations.
- And I think about Mobile, there were things that were done.
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 34 senators present. The chamber then received a House message referring House Bill 1 on primary elections to the Committee on County and Municipal Government, and moved to Senate Bill 1, also dealing with primary elections and tied to ongoing court action over Alabama’s legislative maps. Senator Elliott explained SB 1 as a prospective measure meant to set up a special election if federal courts lift injunctions on the state Senate districts, while opponents argued the bill was being rushed and could disrupt voters, candidates, absentee voters, and election administration.
Much of the debate focused on whether the bill would effectively change election rules too close to an election and whether it conflicted with a 2022 statewide amendment requiring election-related changes to take effect at least six months before a general election. Supporters said the bill simply preserves the legislature’s enacted maps and responds to recent court rulings, while opponents said it could disenfranchise voters, especially military, elderly, absentee, rural, and Black voters, and that the underlying litigation and federal Voting Rights Act issues remained unresolved. Several members also referenced a Brennan Center report and broader concerns about racial turnout gaps and minority representation in Alabama.
Senator Coleman offered an amendment to give the state discretion rather than mandate a special election, arguing it would better align with the current court order; the Senate rejected it on a roll call vote, 8 yeas to 25 nays. Senator Vivian Figures then offered a notice-focused amendment requiring adequate public notice before any election changes, arguing that voters need time to learn new dates, polling places, deadlines, and ballot information; that amendment also failed on a roll call vote, with the clerk announcing it did not pass. The transcript ends with further discussion beginning after the failed amendment votes.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 24th, 2026 at 09:09 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, are they basing this on the fact that we have more students asking for the Opportunity Scholarship
- Of daily living, which includes bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility, and other services.
- , and other things. of daily living, which includes bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility, and other
- As far as I've seen this statewide student information system in many different places, can you briefly
- This chairman, as we look at this, this is for pilot projects, for student organizations, and innovation
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Serena is a high school student with a passion for public service and an interest in pursuing a future
- In a time where people are struggling to survive, our students are going to face the burden.
- needs of students, educators, and families.
- Our students deserve more than crumbs. Working families deserve more than crumbs.
- Arizona's public schools educate the overwhelmingly majority of our students and serve every student
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge, approved the journal, and welcomed several guests in the gallery, including a high school student and an advocate connected to the domestic violence bill HB 2995. The chamber then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, first advancing HB 4155, HB 4156, and HB 4157, then HB 4164, HB 4165, and HB 4166, all with do-pass recommendations and no substantive amendments on those calendars. Later, the House also considered SB 1326, a victims’ rights measure, adopted a floor amendment, and reported it out as amended. The House corrected an earlier clerical error regarding HB 4155-4157 being referred to engrossing rather than third reading.
The House then took up a long series of final passage votes on Senate bills. SB 2174, SB 2611, SB 1011, SB 1012, SB 1016, SB 1018, SB 1038, SB 1039, SB 1040, SB 1053, SB 1055, SB 1057, SB 1060, SB 1061, SB 1068, SB 1069, SB 1075, SB 1100, SB 1113 on reconsideration, SB 1160, and SB 1170 all passed. SB 2873, SB 1004, SB 1009, SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1049, SB 1093, and SB 1143 failed. SB 2995, the emergency family-law/domestic-violence bill known as the Alec and Lydia Act, passed with the required two-thirds vote after extensive debate; supporters said it would better protect children and clarify judicial standards, while opponents argued its definitions were overly broad and could harm families. SB 1018 on foreign laws also drew extended debate over Sharia law, with supporters framing it as a defense of American values and opponents calling it unnecessary and discriminatory.
Several votes included explanations focused on policy concerns. SB 1004 on sex-offender registration and monitoring drew debate over whether electronic monitoring is effective. SB 1040 on voter registration transparency prompted arguments over public access to voter rolls versus privacy and security. SB 1118 on municipal zoning and historical homes was debated as a property-rights and local-control issue, with supporters saying it could help preserve affordable housing and opponents warning it would override local decisions. The House also adopted motions to reconsider prior actions on SB 1043 and SB 1100, and it requested the Senate return SB 1552 for reconsideration. The session ended with the House still processing additional Committee of the Whole business, including HB 4158, HB 4159, HB 4160, HB 4161, HB 4162, and HB 4163, with HB 4162 and HB 4163 receiving floor amendments and do-pass recommendations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/28/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um and I thought of Mobility from cuts.
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- </c> I was being asked to teach my students I was being asked to teach my students to<02:34:32.399><c
- ><c> students,</c><02:55:50.800><c> our</c> students, our foster students, our students, our foster students
- And student supports look different. Student parent supports look different at every campus.