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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 4th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Evans School fourth grade class is here to tour the Capitol.
- It just reads that a public school employee shall be a human being.
- Members, this is a Jewish Caucus priority bill.
- Mandated full-time productivity, which entails 32 hours of work or school per week.
- Assembly Bill 1860 by Assembly Member McKinnor, an act relating to school facilities.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then approved a procedural motion by a 41-17 roll call to re-refer AB 2690 and AB 1863 to Appropriations and to allow guests for the Latino Spirit Awards ceremony. House Resolution 92, recognizing Cinco de Mayo Week, was adopted after supportive remarks from members of several caucuses, and the chamber then held the 2026 Latino Spirit Awards ceremony honoring 11 individuals and organizations in higher education, human rights, philanthropy, health and science, advocacy, business, environmental justice, journalism and media, culinary arts, and a legacy award for Los Tigres del Norte. After the ceremony, the Assembly resumed business with guest introductions and moved through the daily file, passing or retaining a number of bills and resolutions.
Among the measures taken up, the Assembly passed AB 1657 on domestic violence restraining order procedures (64-0), AB 2042 on civil procedure and service of process (66-0), AB 1660 on probate and public guardians (45-10), AB 1917 on criminal procedure and reinstatement of dismissed charges (43-15), AB 2148 clarifying that public school employees are human beings in the context of AI (69-0), AB 1647 protecting juvenile statements at transfer hearings (63-0), AB 1555 expanding community college access in Siskiyou County (66-0), AB 1608 on High-Speed Rail Inspector General oversight and reporting (45-18), AB 1803 requiring anti-hate speech training in workplace harassment prevention (50-9), AB 2128 protecting tenants in subsidized housing from certain federal work requirements and time limits (44-16), AB 2576 as a land-use cleanup bill protecting historic resources (61-0), AB 2601 allowing concurrent review for certain housing projects, and AB 2764 on extended foster care eligibility (60-0). Several items were passed and retained on file, and AB 2601 was interrupted by a call of the house before later business continued.
The chamber also adopted ACR 159 on indigent defense after adding 59 coauthors, then heard guest introductions from chief public defenders from multiple counties. ACR 179, designating Wildland Urban Interface Preparedness and Resilience Day, was adopted with 65 coauthors after remarks on wildfire risk and forest management. Later, ACR 183 establishing Black Health Equity Advocacy Week was presented with extensive testimony from members of multiple caucuses emphasizing racial health disparities, maternal mortality, life expectancy gaps, and the need for systemic change; the debate continued beyond the excerpt provided. Throughout the session, members repeatedly used guest introductions to recognize visiting groups and individuals, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members, UAW President Shawn Fain, California Women in Agriculture, and others.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Apr 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- me and my husband who was in grad school.
- 2 and Cohort 3 LEAs are able to submit claims by the beginning of the next school year.
- Is the end of the school year the deadline for them to be reimbursed for those services?
- To continue providing some sort of services in school.
- Right now, my school could use them, the university we partner with.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- male-dominated field, despite the fact that 50 percent, over 50 percent, of those entering medical schools
- We are very, very, very small little town, but this is an absolutely priority.
- When it comes to certain things on Highway 70, enforcement is a priority to me.
- restoration, visitor programs, scientific research, Colorado River management, educational programs for school
- We have a number of schools that have Lincoln involved with it.
Keywords:
appropriation, transportation, safety improvements, Route 70, infrastructure, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, special license plate, special plate, license plate, vanity plate
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Mar 19th, 2025
House Taxation & Revenue
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- Less public transit, meals for seniors, after-school programs for kids, what does that mean?
- If it's put on a nonprofit's property, such as a school or so forth, they could use it indirectly.
- operating agreement between the university and American Campus Communities that states the first priority
- Those projects that are not the governor's priorities and never would have been her priorities.
- As soon as you found out that this is in the list of priorities for the governor, you relayed it to all
MN
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I literally have over a dozen school board members from multiple different school districts who have
- She was denied admission to medical school because she was a girl, which forced her to apply to law school
- She was denied admission to medical school because she was a girl that forced her to apply to law school
- of where she was going to school, in the Christian day school.
- I know you're hearing about it as well. >> School boards from all across this state, including school
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 25th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She began her ministry as a teacher's aide at Our Lady of Fatima School in St.
- Sister Gorman, my entire educational career, K through 12, was in Catholic school.
- And my mom sent me to Catholic school. ...through 12 was in Catholic school, and my mom sent me to Catholic
- school, even though my father was a public school teacher, because I could get whipped each day.
- You could still get a whipping in Catholic school.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 29th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We deal with a club in high school and middle school all about technology, and we just appreciate everything
- Priority list.
- NMSIA received premium revenue from school districts, charter schools, and other participating entities
- The cost will be borne by the school districts and the charter schools. The 80-20.
- The cost will be borne by the school districts and the charter schools themselves. Okay.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, and your desire to become an actress started in high school?
- Actually, it started in elementary school.
- And your other classmates in high school, they had to leave the state as well?
- to assemble a list of the 15 highest priority issues.
- Brain Institute, and Texas A&M Veterinary Medical School.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- priorities this year. priorities this year.
- And we heard from so many school And we heard from so many school districts<00:18:29.320>
across - <00:19:33.120>
officials <00:19:33.600>are school officials are school officials are very - and destroyed a school and destroyed a school and<00:21:37.520>
so <00:21:37.680>I - are out, many schools have said they'll let school out early, let everybody get home safely before that
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- These landmark projects will bring much-needed tax revenue to help fund local schools, infrastructure
- I'll wait and... ...their schools and their taxing jurisdictions as possible. Thanks.
- More money for your schools, your fire department, your libraries, your community colleges.
- They are levies on schools, community colleges, and so on. And then this is off of one development.
- The school revenue? What are you upset with?
Summary:
The Committee on Utilities held an informational hearing on data centers in Missouri, with the chair explaining that the goal was to hear from three speakers with different perspectives and allow committee questions, but no public testimony. The first witness, Matt Edelow of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Columbia-Jefferson City Area Building Trades Council, spoke in support of data center development for its construction jobs, long-term employment, tax revenue, and local economic benefits. He said the Montgomery County projects had already put about 200 Missourians to work, described the facilities as using closed-loop water systems and generator noise levels that he said would be limited by setbacks and acoustics, and urged local hire and apprenticeship requirements. Committee members asked about water use, noise, cybersecurity, labor, and tax revenue, and he said one project could generate about $13.1 million annually at full buildout.
The second witness, Rob Dixon of Ameren Missouri, testified that Senate Bill 4 and the Public Service Commission’s large-load tariff provide strong protections for existing customers. He said large data center customers must sign long-term contracts, pay 100% of interconnection costs, post collateral, pay at least 80% of contracted demand, and face exit and reduction fees, with load-shedding rules applying to them like other customers. Dixon said Ameren’s planning process includes engineering reviews and MISO review before projects proceed, and that the utility’s integrated resource plan calls for 5.3 gigawatts of new generation by 2030, with 2.2 gigawatts of signed large-load agreements already in place. He also said large customers can help spread fixed grid costs and put downward pressure on rates, and noted that the protections apply to investor-owned utilities, not co-ops or municipal utilities.
The final witness, John Kaufman of the Consumers Council of Missouri, argued that the current protections are not strong enough and that data centers could raise rates through construction work in progress, stranded generation costs, and other risks if projects change or technology shifts. He urged greater consumer protections, including more upfront financial security from data centers, reconsideration of construction work in progress policies, and possibly requiring data centers to bring their own power in some cases. Committee members debated his claims about SB 4, QIP, and rate impacts, with some members saying the law already contains clawbacks and consumer-benefit requirements, while others echoed concerns about transparency and public understanding. The hearing ended without any votes or formal action, and the chair said the committee would continue the discussion in future meetings.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26 - Evening Meeting
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So, getting them back to school. So, getting them back to school. - Instead of the priority being the needs of a patient, the priority has become how to appease the patient's
- > of a patient, the priority has become of a patient, the priority has become how<01:01:00.040>
to - In med school we spend four years learning physiology, pathology, microbiology, pharmacology.
- In med school we our most vulnerable.
Summary:
The committee first took up House File 3939, a bill to support a Helping Paws service-dog litter named in honor of Gilbert and the Hortman family. Testimony from Helping Paws and service-dog graduate Angie Foley described the organization’s work, the significance of the “Guided by Gilbert” litter, and how the funding would help train dogs that provide independence and support to people with disabilities, veterans, and others. Members from both parties spoke warmly about Speaker Hortman’s connection to the organization and Gilbert, and the bill was laid over for possible inclusion.
The committee then considered House File 3769, the Department of Corrections’ technical omnibus bill, with an A1 amendment adopted to clarify tuberculosis testing language. The bill updates TB screening procedures in correctional facilities, including how refusals are handled, and adds Quantiferon Gold Plus testing as an option alongside existing methods. Members discussed whether the bill would create costs for counties and jails, with some noting added testing and segregation costs and others arguing the changes would improve accuracy and reduce time in restrictive housing. The bill, as amended, was recommended to the general register.
House File 3978 was next, a technical cleanup bill for a provider wellness program created last year. The bill expands eligibility and confidentiality protections from physicians to all health care providers, while supporters said the program is meant to address burnout and mental health strain in the workforce and does not require new money. Some members questioned whether the change was redundant or would broaden the program without additional funding, but the Minnesota Medical Association testified that the program is separate from insurance and was intended to serve all providers. The bill was recommended to the general register.
Finally, the committee began House File 3476, which Rep. Liebling described as a cleanup bill related to Minnesota’s Medicaid managed care system and public program oversight. She argued that the state spends billions through managed care organizations and that the system has never been proven better than direct payment, setting up a broader discussion of the bill’s purpose and the state’s oversight of public health care spending.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Reed Rubinstein, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser, Mike Huckabee, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the State of Israel, and Kevin Cabrera, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, all of the Depar Mar 25th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Foreign Relations Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- No mail upstream from me, not one, in my entire family lineage had ever graduated from high school.
- I was 17 years old, right out of high school. It was a month before my... 18th birthday.
- And a very important ambassador who looks at the priorities.
- Our president has made it very clear that it is one of his highest priorities to bring that level of
- in the Detroit public school system for almost five decades.
Summary:
The committee meeting was focused on various key issues, including the implications of recent violence in the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy in relation to Israel and Panama. Members discussed the need for diplomatic efforts between the U.S. and Israeli officials following the recent attack by Hamas. Governor Huckabee emphasized the importance of maintaining a strong U.S.-Israel relationship and reiterated the need for accountability for terrorist organizations involved in violent acts against civilians. Senators shared their concerns regarding the ramifications of U.S. actions in Panama and the presence of Chinese influence, highlighting the significance of the Panama Canal in terms of trade and security.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Law school this fall as a first-year law student. So thank you so much to Team TMF.
- Our legislative director, Christian Aguirre, is a recent UT LBJ School graduate.
- LBJ School to be here in Texas.
- His defibrillator in schools bill, we walked over.
- HR 1538 by Ashby, recognizing the Cal Allen High School softball team.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Joe is a former Air Force A-10 pilot; he's now a middle school math teacher.
- Or look at Berlin, where the old Brown Elementary School was repurposed for new housing.
- I am the proud product of public schools, and so is Joe, but it's not working for every child.
- we haven't had the hard schools we haven't had the hard conversations<01:13:17.679>
that <01:13 - is going to be keeping our priority is going to be keeping our state<01:20:19.000>
safe <01:20
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- safety, and active shooter threats that are occurring at our schools.
- Those were a priority under the previous administration.
- They are now not a priority at all under this administration.
- And obviously, there's quite a few other big priorities related to water.
- As we started at the top of this presentation with sort of three main priorities, I think if we don't
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE AND HOUSE May 6th, 2026
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- And then CNA school is after that.
- Yes, this is a priority for us, for sure. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- Yes, this is a priority for us, for sure. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- We have it for schools. We have it for prisons. We don't have it.
- We have it for schools. We have it for prisons. We don't have it.
Summary:
The Joint State Agencies committee met to approve the October 8, 2025 minutes and then held an extended hearing on the death of Zachary Moore at the Southeast Arkansas Human Development Center. DHS officials Lori McDonald, Jennifer Brise, and Melissa Weatherton described the HDC system, staffing and resident needs, and said Moore died after being held in a prone restraint for about 13 minutes, followed by a delayed chemical restraint and delayed CPR. They said the family settled a wrongful death claim for $725,000, 13 staff were terminated, the facility leadership was changed, and at least five staff had been criminally charged, with the death certificate later described as homicide and the cause of death as physiologic stress associated with struggle and prone restraint.
Members pressed DHS on why the family was not kept informed, whether there was a written restraint protocol, how staff are trained, and why the agency did not have more complete information ready for the hearing. DHS said staff receive CPI restraint training, annual restraint training is mandatory, and a consultant is reviewing policies, retraining staff, and conducting a root cause analysis under a directed plan of correction from the Office of Long-Term Care. Legislators also raised broader concerns about low pay, staffing shortages, use of float and contract staff, and a waiting list of about 2,000 people for home- and community-based care. DHS said it is working on a retention and recruitment plan and a rate report for certain PASS services, but that the PASS rate study does not cover CNA pay.
Several members said the incident reflected both a failure of restraint practice and a broader staffing and oversight problem. DHS acknowledged that prone restraint should not have been used, that the chemical restraint was given at the wrong time, and that multiple breakdowns occurred in supervision, communication, and equipment use. The committee also discussed whether there should be more regular independent audits of HDC policies, and DHS said it does not currently have a separate annual policy audit beyond existing oversight. At the end of the meeting, the committee asked DHS to keep it updated on recruitment, consultant reports, and to contact Moore’s mother about the communication she had been promised. The meeting adjourned without any additional formal action beyond approving the minutes.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- agreements between the state and various bargaining units related to salary adjustments for special school
- All right, well, I hope it is the administration's priority to continue negotiating about the Bay Area
- We then worked with the legislature over the summer on other priorities.
- If that's a high priority, it's something that we can continue to look at.
- At the state special schools. Thank you. Mr.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- TRADITIONAL PRESIDING OFFICER GAME OF DEFINING THE WORK OF SESSION AROUND THE SET OF MY OWN PERSONAL PRIORITIES
- WHAT ARE MY PRIORITIES FOR THIS SESSION?
- I WILL NOT FIND MEANING FOR MY SPEAKERSHIP AND PERSONAL PRIORITIES.
- AND AS GREAT A PLACE AS FLORIDA IS TO LIVE, WORK, RAISE A FAMILY, AND SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, WE CAN
Keywords:
property insurance, insurance reform, housing, healthcare, public education, public safety, budget reform, tax policy, government accountability, taxpayer protection
Summary:
The Florida House of Representatives convened for the 2025 Regular Session. Speaker Perez delivered opening remarks emphasizing collaborative governance over personal priorities, announcing no House Bill 1 to focus on collective work. He outlined key policy areas including property insurance reform, with plans for subcommittee hearings and subpoena powers to investigate insurance company practices and potential accounting irregularities. The Speaker called for meaningful reforms in housing, healthcare, education, and public safety, while challenging budget subcommittees to find recurring revenue savings rather than relying on temporary tax holidays. The session will focus on government accountability, waste elimination, and taxpayer protection. Governor DeSantis requested to deliver the State of the State address on March 4th, which was approved through concurrent resolution.