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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • education we're trying to do in our school, which tells... ...trying to do in our school, which tells
  • that we needed to be able to discuss regarding the total education of this young man.
  • This bill requires the State Department of Education to report to the adult education...
  • Education to report to the adult education programs across the state at least quarterly on the students
  • I believe every education group has had a chance to review this bill prior to bringing it today.
Bills: SB140 , HB102 , SB133 , SB34
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:05:44.320><c> that</c> access to pathways and programs that access to pathways and programs that
  • </c> to come. the Trump and our educational to come. the Trump and our educational institutions<01:24
  • an equal opportunity to a highquality<01:31:35.360><c> education</c><01:31:36.159><c> free</c><01:31
  • equal opportunity to education, especially for our young people.
  • equal opportunity to education, especially for our young people.
Summary: The committee opened with a roll call, confirmed a quorum, approved the minutes by voice vote, and recognized a guest of Senator Hickden, retired judge Dan Kelly. The chair then moved through a tight agenda and limited public presentations and questions. The first presentation was on robotics education in Kentucky, led by Representative Chris Lewis, Kentucky FIRST Robotics executive director Kelly Gowen, and students from Whitfield Academy. They argued that robotics should be expanded in high schools as a workforce pipeline for engineering, manufacturing, and advanced technology jobs. The presentation emphasized hands-on learning, industry certifications, teacher development, and a proposed framework to fund robotics education programs statewide. Committee members were not allowed to ask questions because of time constraints. The second presentation was from Canopy Kentucky, led by Adam Watson and founder Scott Collins. They described Canopy’s business and entrepreneurship education programs for fifth graders and high school students, including the NextGen Good Biz initiative and an eight-classroom high school unit. Canopy requested a one-time $750,000 appropriation for fiscal year 2026, matched by private funds, to expand into more schools and rural areas, train educators, and report outcomes. Members asked a brief question about how the programs fit into school schedules and the difference between the elementary and high school offerings. The final presentation, from KDE’s Kelly Foster and Todd Allen, reviewed the state’s school improvement classifications. Foster explained CSI, TSI, and ATSI status, the federal and state legal framework, and how House Bill 298 returned CSI identification to an annual cycle. She reported that Kentucky identified 50 CSI schools on the most recent release, with 53 CSI schools statewide, along with 39 TSI schools and 102 ATSI schools. She also outlined KDE’s support process, including education recovery staff, diagnostic reviews, turnaround plans, and required professional learning for CSI schools.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So they have to get an education.
  • are children, and they are people, and they deserve equal access to inclusionary child care spaces,
  • are children, and they are people, and they deserve equal access to inclusionary child care spaces,
  • are children, and they are people, and they deserve equal access to inclusionary child care spaces,
  • c> not</c> required to have any education not required to have any education not necessarily<00:56:22.280
Bills: HF1247 , HF628
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Financial Services Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> institution to be able to offer this. institution to be able to offer this.
  • patients and decreases quality of care and access to care as well as fairness and reimbursements across
  • of care and access and decreases quality of care and access to<00:25:24.640><c> care</c><00:25:25.360
  • </c><00:31:40.159><c> for</c> to do is trying to find a win-win for to do is trying to find a win-win
  • I'm trying to I want to &gt;&gt; Is the I guess I'm trying to I want to make<00:46:02.560><c> sure</
Bills: HB55 , SB15 , SB247 , HB55 , SB15 , SB247
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • to educate individual unit trust fund to educate individual unit owner.<00:12:47.800><c> Yes.
  • leave everything behind just to access care.
  • leave everything behind just to access care.
  • leave everything behind just to access care.
  • </c><00:42:26.920><c> to</c><00:42:27.040><c> this</c> should have access to this should have access
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2433 SD1 relating to condominiums, which would direct the condominium education trust fund toward educational resources for unit owners and require the Real Estate Commission to ensure owners’ interests are represented in funded activities and related rulemaking. Supporters, including the Hawaii Real Estate Commission and a condominium owner advocate, said owners need a seat at the table in condo governance and education efforts. Committee discussion focused on whether the bill was necessary, with the Real Estate Commission indicating it could already use the trust fund for owner education and that owners are already considered stakeholders, though not through a specific commission seat. No vote was taken during the excerpted discussion. The committee then took up SB 2047 SD2 HD1 on pharmacy benefit managers, which would set requirements for maximum allowable cost reimbursement, allow reverse-and-rebill claims after successful appeals, and authorize fines for violations. The Insurance Division offered comments, the Hawaii Pharmacists Association supported the measure with amendments and suggested future PBM reform funding, and Kaiser Permanente requested a technical amendment. A committee question raised whether the staffing and resource request for implementation was too large for a bill focused only on MAC pricing, and the witness said he would provide more data to the next committee. No final action was shown. Next was SB 2425 SD2 HD1 on health insurance and substance use disorder treatment, requiring insurers to honor written assignments of benefits to SUD providers and prohibiting anti-assignment clauses. Supporters described patients being unable to access treatment because of high out-of-pocket costs and said direct payment would reduce harm for people in recovery. HMSA opposed the bill but said it would begin direct payments to non-participating SUD facilities effective March 27, while continuing to object to the assignment-of-benefits portion because of fraud and balance-billing concerns; the Hawaii Association of Health Plans also opposed. Members questioned HMSA about reimbursement mechanics and why the bill was needed if coverage policies were already changing. Finally, the committee heard SB 3045 SD1 HD1, which would require coverage of continuous glucose monitors and related supplies, including for Medicaid managed care, under certain conditions. DHS and the Insurance Division offered comments, while SHPDA, Hilo Benioff Medical Center Foundation, and others supported the bill, citing inconsistent access and a case in which a woman allegedly died after being denied a CGM. HMSA said it already covers medically necessary CGMs and had updated its policy in 2025 for type 1 and insulin-dependent patients, but it raised concerns about expanding mandated coverage to type 2 and gestational diabetes and about supply impacts. The committee also discussed whether the bill duplicated existing coverage standards and why it had been introduced repeatedly. No votes or final dispositions were included in the excerpt.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 3rd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • They urged the Legislature to pass SB 6194 to help preserve health care access and correct the health
  • low-income students to pursue post-secondary education.
  • In Texas, former foster youth with access to tuition waivers were 3.5 times more likely to graduate with
  • Before you is Senate Bill 5826, an act relating to access at public post-secondary educational institutions
  • Rather, schools are expected to direct students to any existing accessible spaces on their campuses,
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 9th, 2026 at 09:04 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to Senate Education, and I so appreciate my members who are here on time.
  • By expanding access to the Education Technology Infrastructure Fund, this bill also helps schools implement
  • We just wanted to state that we need students to be prepared as they enter higher education, whether
  • on the wireless access to that school.
  • And it's just so hard to see, to know somebody that dedicated his life to bike access and to keeping
Bills: SB23 , SB73 , SB210 , SB234 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 9th, 2026 at 08:33 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that was the impetus for trying to scale back who had access to these programs.
  • But to your point about access for students, I want to clarify, just to make sure everybody, depending
  • Chair, to what I was saying then, and I continue to say that we need to own the public education system
  • like to see their children educated.
  • It's good to be back in Education again. I must say I miss all of you. Um, today, I...
Bills: SB23 , SB73 , SB210 , SB234 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/25/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I call the House Education Policy Committee to order. There is a quorum present.
  • I'm here today though to speak to a specific question which is coming up: Have educators already received
  • </c> educators to understand the specific educators to understand the specific needs<00:04:39.280><c>
  • </c> educators are not trained on how to educators are not trained on how to recognize<00:07:38.880><
  • , that first round, because we wanted to be sensitive to all that the educators have been doing through
Bills: HF60 , HF3067 , HF3730 , HF3638 , HF3401
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • to go to stop think where you're trying to go to stop these<00:18:16.880><c> educational</c><00:18:17.640
  • Representative Barner, would you like to move House File 1165 to Higher Education? Yes, Mr.
  • Representative Bahner, would you like to move House File 1165 to Higher Education? Yes, Mr.
  • Representative Bahner, would you like to move House File 1165 to Higher Education? Yes, Mr.
  • Representative Bahner, would you like to move House File 1165 to Higher Education? Yes, Mr.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're not going to proceed with anything today, but I want to give you some numbers that you need to
  • But we want to put it in the law to kind of codify that to give people regulatory confidence and get
  • to other tobacco products to make them more attainable to consumers.
  • I'm happy to.
  • We're on so many committees, and I would love to be able to be a full I would love to be able to be a
Bills: SB282 , SB300 , HB72 , HB396 , SB282 , SB300 , HB72 , HB396
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Mar 25th, 2025

S/C on Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill ensures that all first responders have access to care and treatment for PTSD under the workers
  • stress from their previous shift, they will have access to workers' compensation insurance for those
  • stress from their previous shift, they will have access to workers' compensation insurance for those
  • I just want to make sure that's clear, so it doesn't have to, they can have that access.
  • for students that allow them to have access to different college and career opportunities and pathways
Bills: HB322 , HB331 , HB673 , HB 1147 , HB 1154 , HB2488
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • access to care and benefits for veterans and survivors, remove barriers to life-saving mental health
  • This is a critical piece of legislation designed to enhance access to essential health care services
  • What outreach has the VA done to inform survivors of the need to education benefits they are eligible
  • Finally, in this regard, the VFW recommends that Access Act be a to prohibit barriers to accessing community
  • We've heard from veterans who have tried to access, not just my wife, but others who have tried to access
Bills: SB124 , SB201 , SB275 , SB410 , SB478 , SB607 , SB610 , SB611 , SB654 , SB702 , SB787 , SB831 , SB892
Summary: During the meeting, various members engaged in extensive discussions surrounding 15 proposed bills related to veterans' affairs. Notably, concerns regarding recent VA workforce changes sparked debates, particularly about potential cuts and their implications for veterans' care and benefits. Chairman Moran emphasized the need for thoughtful reforms and coordination with stakeholders, urging responsible measures to prevent negatively impacting service delivery. The meeting highlighted a significant bipartisan effort to enhance veterans' access to essential health services, particularly in light of recent challenges faced by the VA workforce. Senator Blumenthal's assertions about the urgent plight of veterans due to cuts in personnel drew strong reactions, showcasing the deep concern among committee members regarding the current state of veteran services.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm not going to carry it. I'm going to just hold it over and move on the agenda.
  • You want to go ahead and move to that? >> I do. Yes, sir.
  • Senator Elliott, you want to try to handle this one? >> Sure.
  • Senator Elliott, you want to try to handle this one? >> Sure.
  • Senator Elliott, you want to try to handle this one? >> Sure.
Bills: HB166 , HB487 , SB130 , SB181 , HB166 , HB487 , SB130 , SB181
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 23rd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The initiative is like access to justice.
  • access to secure messaging. and private communication without censorship.
  • This commission will bring together expertise from multiple agencies to address gaps in child care accessibility
  • Business owners who are on the front lines working every day to provide safe, nurturing, and educational
  • and job creator here in Texas, can continue to thrive, compete, and help fans access the events they