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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The science is clear: when instruction is grounded in structured literacy and delivered by properly trained
- on June 26th to strategize and collaborate on how colleges and universities can offer accredited structured
- supporting the policies and funding that strengthen higher education programs in reading science and structured
Keywords:
special education, funding gap, dyslexia, House Bill 2, Senate Bill 568, House Bill 3928, disability penalty
Summary:
The meeting primarily focused on special education funding, with significant discussions around House Bill 2 (HB2), Senate Bill 568 (SB568), and House Bill 3928 (HB3928). Key speakers advocated for increased funding to close the estimated $1.7 billion annual gap that affects special education in Texas public schools. Several witnesses, including educators and students affected by dyslexia, provided personal testimonies about the impact of insufficient funding and the disability penalty, which penalizes schools financially for identifying students needing special education services. The committee demonstrated a strong commitment to advocate for changes that would improve special education resources and training for teachers, thereby ensuring that all Texas children receive the educational support they need to thrive.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House public safety committee approves HF128 2/12/25
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- And then in that case, I would be interested in kind of exploring the structure and language.
- And then in that case, I would be interested in kind of exploring the structure and language.
- I would be interested in kind of exploring the structure and language.
Summary:
House File 128 was heard and then laid over for possible inclusion in the committee omnibus. The bill, authored by Representative Ric, would raise penalties for prostituting a minor so they align with existing criminal sexual conduct penalties: from 20 to 30 years for victims under 14, from 10 to 15 years for ages 14 to 16, and from 5 to 10 years for ages 16 to 18. The author said the bill addresses a statutory mismatch that makes prostitution of a minor carry a lower penalty than some sexual conduct offenses, and noted it was part of a broader, ongoing effort to reform criminal sexual conduct laws.
Caroline Palmer of the Minnesota Department of Health provided technical assistance and described the harms of child sexual exploitation, including trafficking, survival sex, coercion, and long-term physical and mental health consequences. She said children are exploited in many settings, including online, and that vulnerability factors such as housing instability, abuse, disability, and lack of support increase risk. She also cited research showing buyers of trafficked minor girls often came from varied backgrounds, and emphasized that victims can face lasting trauma and collateral consequences in education, employment, housing, and the justice system.
Members asked about the administration’s position, and Palmer clarified she was there only to provide technical assistance, not to represent a formal endorsement. Representative Mher noted that current law may already allow criminal sexual conduct charges in some cases involving very young victims, suggesting other tools remain available. Representative Pinto said he understood the policy concern but wanted to examine the bill’s structure and penalty levels further. No amendments or votes were taken, and the bill was simply laid over.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
- absent that, through legislation that would direct the administration to begin work on a temporary structure
- So, again, as a short-term solution, you get these modular structures in place.
- We want to be doing what is appropriate within the confines of a hospital structure.
- But with what you know, based on the legal structure that you're now operating under, if this legal structure
- By redesigning structures and programs and services that will improve access to health care, education
Summary:
The special legislative commission on the future of Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children held a hybrid public hearing focused on the hospital’s future, admissions, staffing, infrastructure, and whether the facility should be preserved, expanded, or reimagined. Opening remarks from legislators, commissioners, parents, and union representatives emphasized that Pappas provides a unique combination of medical, rehabilitative, educational, and residential services for children with complex needs, and several speakers argued that the hospital is effectively being depopulated through reduced admissions and ongoing discharges despite public assurances that it remains open. Multiple speakers urged the commission to extend its authorization and continue its work before any closure or major change can occur.
Testimony from labor leaders, including AFSCME, SEIU Local 509, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association, described a “silent closure” in practice, with staff reporting confusion about the hospital’s status, declining census numbers, blocked admissions, and uncertainty about the workforce’s future. They called for immediate action to stop admission denials and unnecessary discharges, and some proposed short-term solutions such as temporary modular structures to address infrastructure barriers and allow admissions to resume. Parents and former patients testified that Pappas provided life-changing independence, specialized therapy, and campus-based supports that they said could not be replicated elsewhere, and they criticized alternative placements as inadequate.
Commissioner Robert Goldstein of the Department of Public Health said the administration supports keeping Pappas open and funded while the commission works, but he argued that admissions must comply with hospital-level-of-care rules and that the campus’s deteriorating infrastructure limits the kinds of children who can safely be served there. He said the department is continuing admissions for appropriate patients, working to expand outreach and services, and exploring long-term options, including broader statewide models of care. Commissioners pressed him on whether discharge status or lack of a clear discharge plan had been used as a barrier to admission, and requested de-identified data on patients recommended for admission but denied. No formal votes were taken during the hearing.
KY
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- Whitley County maintenance facility and salt structure. $400,000 is included in the governor's budget
- Kentucky and Illinois have agreed to split the cost of the Ohio River Bridge structure, with each state
- We work hard to stretch the longevity of those major structures so we can absorb the large costs when
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with of the Ohio River Bridge structure with of the Ohio River Bridge structure - so we can absorb the large structures so we can absorb the large costs<00:31:30.000>
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Summary:
The Transportation Committee met to review the Transportation Cabinet’s budget request and the recommended highway plan; no votes were taken. Secretary Jim Gray opened with praise for KYTC snow and ice crews, describing their response to recent winter storms and noting the scale of the effort, including about 2,300 workers, 1,438 pieces of equipment, and more than 948,000 miles driven in the first week. He then outlined the cabinet’s overall highway plan, saying it includes more than 1,300 projects and about $9.5 billion in anticipated state and federal funding over six years, with roughly 40% directed to existing pavements, bridges, and guardrails. He highlighted major priority projects such as the Mountain Parkway four-laning, the Brent Spence Companion Bridge, and the I-69 Ohio River crossing.
Budget director Sean McCarron explained that the cabinet adjusted its request after the Consensus Forecast Group lowered road fund revenue estimates, and said the cabinet only included additional requests it viewed as essential. He described requests to support driver licensing regional offices, including funding to maintain temporary and contract staff used to reduce wait times, expand offices from 35 to 41 locations, and support improved customer service; he warned that without the current-year increase, wait times would rise again. He also discussed maintenance funding, saying the proposed increases would help cover rising costs for salt, snow and ice drivers, and mowing, while allowing continued litter pickup, vegetation management, pothole repair, and more in-house snow and ice work.
Deputy Secretary Mike Hancock addressed specific capital questions, especially the Brent Spence Bridge and Cairo Bridge. For Brent Spence, he said the requested $125 million in general funds is needed because construction costs have risen sharply, citing a 61% increase in highway construction costs from 2020 to 2025, and said Kentucky and Ohio are both contributing to keep the project moving. He added that if the legislature does not provide the $125 million, KYTC would have to shift $100 million in federal highway funds and $25 million in state match from other projects. Hancock also reviewed several project reauthorizations for maintenance facilities and aviation projects, and noted a $5 million federally funded truck parking project aimed at addressing statewide truck parking shortages, especially along interstates and in areas such as Louisville, northern Kentucky, Frankfort, Somerset, and western Kentucky.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- STRUCTURED DEBATE ON HB 949 IS LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER SIDE IN FIVE MINUTE INCREMENTS, WITH A TOTAL
- Structured debate on HB 1157.
- WE ARE GOING INTO STRUCTURED DEBATE ON HJR 1325.
- We are now in structured debate for HJR 679.
- It does not equal the governing structure. There's no sense of comparison.
Bills:
SB 2, HB 2, HB 2000, HB 2196, HB 213, HB 222, HB 645, HB 1458, HB 1022, HB 141, HB 502, HB 643, HB 3093, HB 1700, HB 117, SB 503, SB 2, HB 120, HB 20, HB 150, HB 6, HB 100, HB 210, HB 215, HB 1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB 142, HB 451, HB 124, HB 2, HB 2000, HB 2196, HB 213, HB 222, HB 645, HB 1458, HB 1022, HB 141, HB 502, HB 643, HB 3093, HB 1700, HB 117
Keywords:
public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/04/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
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- Um, in the current structure<00:36:22.720>
that <00:36:22.960>we <00:36:23.119>have, - <00:36:23.440>
that <00:36:23.599>would structure that we have, that would structure - It also changes the fee structure from $50 over $5,000 to a flat $30 fee that everybody will pay.
- It also changes the fee structure from $50 over $5,000 to a flat $30 fee that everybody will pay.
- It also changes the fee structure from $50 over $5,000 to a flat $30 fee that everybody will pay.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
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- Further down, item 4 discusses changes to align the agency budget structure for the 26 27 biennium.
- And once they get the funding, what is the reporting structure that you have for those entities?
- I'm still learning the structure so I was confused on why that's in the Governor's budget as opposed
- And have y'all talked about a structure that brings integrity to the process, it will be transparent
- It's structurally sound and you want to be able to tell the story.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Transcript Highlights:
- Further down, item four discusses changes to align the agency budget structure for the 26-27 biennium
- Associated with the previous budget structure, so it just breaks all these riders into individual ones
- Thank you so much and once they get the funding how what is the reporting structure that you have for
- I'm still like learning the structure, so I was confused on.
- And have y'all talked about a structure?
WY
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- Now looking specifically at western state tax policies, uh, LSO staff analyzed tax structures across
- Now looking specifically at western state tax policies, uh, LSO staff analyzed tax structures across
- Now looking specifically at western state tax policies, uh, LSO staff analyzed tax structures across
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remains Bill 108, the original structure remains Bill 108, the original structure - Um, we did look into Nebraska’s kind of tax structure. Um, this is research from 2024.
MN
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- There's a<01:10:48.960>
single <01:10:49.280>administrative <01:10:50.159>structure< - And we knew and we have a structure in Minnesota that allows for-profit nonprofits.
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in knew and we have a structure in knew and we have a structure in Minnesota - And and that's the ownership structure.
- This relates to establishing a single administrative structure and delivery system pilot program.
MN
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including <00:19:52.720>associated structure including associated structure - Um so it structure near the riverwalk.
- And that's how the bill itself is structured as well. >> Thank you.
- And that's how the bill itself is structured as well. >> Thank you.
- And that's how the bill itself is structured as well. >> Thank you.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/07/26
Health and Human Services
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where <01:10:04.280>they're <01:10:04.440>designed structure where - they're designed structure where they're designed for<01:10:07.160>
entirely <01:10:07.720> - What stands in the way is not willingness, it is the current licensing structure.
- . structure. structure.
- that reflects how licensing structure that reflects how crisis<01:15:55.120>
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And for me, that's my number one priority is actually fixing the structural issues that we've created
- She said her number one priority was fixing the structural issues created in the state grant program.
- She said fixing the structural issues in the state grant program was her number one priority.
- She said the committee had big issues, a very big shortfall, and a structural deficit going forward,
- She said the committee had big issues, a very big shortfall, and a structural deficit going forward by
MN
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- Important, you know, if we structure.
- Our last priority is the demolition of crisis condition structures.
- These structures pose active safety and security risks.
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This crisis condition structures. This crisis condition structures. - These structures pose active enterprise.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 2370 - Cannabis Omnibus - 05/16/25
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- That lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler license has a new fee structure that some individuals testified
- That lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler license has a new fee structure that some individuals testified
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that <01:36:15.920>some has a new fee structure that some has a new - <01:43:30.639>
of <01:43:30.800>the just on the overall structure of the just on the - overall structure of the bill<01:43:31.560>
and <01:43:32.639>uh <01:43:32.719>it's
MN
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- Certainly, if property is improved with the structure, its use is probably pretty apparent.
- Certainly, if property is improved with the structure, its use is probably pretty apparent.
- Certainly, if property is improved with the structure, its use is probably pretty apparent.
- Certainly, if property is improved with the structure, its use is probably pretty apparent.
- Certainly, if property is improved with the structure, its use is probably pretty apparent.
NH
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- and accountability of this new structure and accountability of this new board.<00:31:30.080>
The< - Speaker. regarding the structure of the bill, the regarding the structure of the bill, the assessment
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of deals rather with the structure of deals rather with the structure of government - The bill addresses this, providing a more structured and predictable process.
- more structured and predictable process. more structured and predictable process.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/22/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
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- . structure. structure.
- failures, lead to structural failures, lead to structural failures, environmental<04:35:33.840>
- Could he go and prove your structure?
- Um, there are exams like the structural exam which just focuses on structural engineering, and that's
- on structural exam which just focuses on structural<04:57:42.480>
engineering <04:57:42.958>
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (02/27/2025)
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- Okay, so some of the structural changes that we see in HB 2, they're not so much really structural changes
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changes okay so some of the structural changes okay so some of the structural - I really liked their structure.
- their structure of liked their structure their structure of that<04:36:08.799>
board <04:36:09.480 - <05:15:38.400>
settlements structured settlements structured settlements and<05:15:39.638>
Summary:
The committee held a work session on the Department of Business and Economic Affairs’ budget, with testimony from division leadership on staffing, funding sources, and program changes. Early discussion focused on vacant positions in the agency, including a senior planner tied to FEMA requirements, a federally funded program assistant, a program specialist to be reclassified during a planning reorganization, and two Housing Champions positions that were authorized but not funded in the current biennium and are requested for 2026-27. The witnesses also explained that temporary welcome center positions are filled as funds allow, and that the agency’s requested general fund increase is driven largely by the Division of Travel and Tourism Development and its formula-based funding.
Members then reviewed rest areas, welcome centers, outdoor recreation, economic development, procurement, and workforce opportunity lines. The department said there are 12 rest areas, with 5.8 million foot counts in FY 24, and that welcome centers are generally open year-round, though Sutton is currently closed and staffing relies on a mix of full-time and temporary employees. The outdoor recreation position is federally funded through USDA and supports business outreach, trade shows, and industry promotion. In economic development, the agency said increased dues reflect participation in the Northern Borders Regional Commission, and that a marketing line item is intended to support recruitment and promotion of growth industries such as advanced manufacturing and life sciences. The Apex Accelerator Program was described as a state-federal partnership requiring a state match and providing government contracting assistance to businesses, while the Office of Workforce Opportunity was explained as a federally funded WIOA-related effort administered through multiple agencies and subrecipients.
A major point of discussion was the proposed reduction to the Small Business Development Center, which members said had generated significant public concern. The department described SBDC as a highly effective technical assistance program for new and small businesses, but said the cut was one of the few places it felt it had room to reduce funding. Members asked about federal support and matching requirements for various programs, and the department said less than half of its overall budget is generally funded by the state and that some programs require state match. The committee also discussed travel and tourism marketing and the Joint Promotional Program, with the department saying those funds support broader advertising campaigns and grants to chambers and trade associations for events such as Bike Week, Restaurant Week, and the Seafood Festival. No votes were taken during the work session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Steering and Policy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Senate Committee on Steering and Policy
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- currently accessible out of state due to the way in which electronic medical record platforms have been structured
- Should we be mindful of any of those or ways to structure the health care information protection so that
- Should we be mindful of any of those or ways to structure the health care information protection so that
- In one way, it would be structural, that the platforms themselves would be required to isolate that information
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Steering and Policy held a public hearing on potential updates to Massachusetts’ 2022 Shield Law to strengthen protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care. Chair Cindy Friedman said the hearing was prompted by escalating federal and out-of-state threats, and testimony was sought on loopholes and clarifications involving emergency abortion care, limits on cooperation with outside investigations, protection of patient data, and safeguarding licenses of providers and attorneys involved in this care.
The Attorney General’s Office, ACLU of Massachusetts, GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, Reproductive Equity Now, the Massachusetts Medical Society, TransHealth, and Health Imperatives all supported strengthening the law. Witnesses urged broader bans on sharing health data with hostile states, explicit AG enforcement authority, exclusion of reproductive and gender-affirming prescriptions from the prescription monitoring program, protections for electronic medical records, and allowing clinicians to use practice names on prescription labels. Several speakers also called for protections for parents of transgender youth, attorneys, and nonprofit organizations, and some raised related concerns about insurance discrimination and the burden of post-24-week abortion restrictions.
Committee members asked questions about enforcement mechanisms, data privacy, patient consent, and how to balance interoperability with privacy protections in electronic records. Witnesses said the goal was to prevent immediate harm while preserving patient control and access to care. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair closed by inviting written testimony and then moved to adjourn the hearing.