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MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations - Room 210; 22 January, 2026: 1:30 PM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • So our concern is, and the budget people need to hear, is that if we don't develop a product and a lot
  • <00:14:00.000> a this is that if we don't develop a this is that if we don't develop a product
  • in a labor market that has become ultra competitive recently for first responders.
  • and needed for you to remain competitive and needed for you to remain competitive in<00:28:10.000
  • Uh, all the way from the firefighter first responders all the way up to leadership and development.
Summary: The meeting began with a budget presentation from the insurance commissioner’s office. The commissioner said most of the request was for personnel costs, including an increase above LBO and two additional IT positions tied to a possible conversion to a state-based system and cybersecurity needs. The office also discussed travel costs, contractual expenses, vehicle replacement, and hurricane mitigation funds, noting that some funds are in trust accounts and require legislative authority to spend. The commissioner also briefed members on possible policy changes affecting the ACA exchange and a proposed low-cost plan for the high-risk pool, warning that if coverage options are not developed, more people could shift into uncompensated care. Members asked about the budget request, the IT positions, and a constituent question about propane meter regulation, which the commissioner said falls under the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, though his office sometimes checks related issues informally. The committee then moved to the State Fire Academy hearing. The academy director described a workforce stabilization proposal focused on retaining and recruiting fire instructors, citing competition from local fire departments that pay more, a shrinking applicant pool, and a growing number of retirement-eligible staff. He said the academy’s instructors are being recruited away by municipalities, that recent applicant pools have produced very few qualified candidates, and that the academy may soon have to cut advanced courses if staffing does not improve. He referenced a State Personnel Board review that supported the need for compensation changes and said the academy is trying to remain competitive while continuing to train firefighters, hazmat responders, EMS personnel, and fire officers statewide. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken in the portion provided. Members mainly asked questions, requested written follow-up on some budget items, and indicated they would work with the agencies later in the session if pending bills or funding needs changed.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Education (02/11/2025)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • or non-competitive bid process ClassWallet was, and we do know that there's not an annual competitive
  • or non-competitive bid process ClassWallet was, and we do know that there's not an annual competitive
  • or non-competitive bid process ClassWallet was, and we do know that there's not an annual competitive
  • or non-competitive bid process ClassWallet was, and we do know that there's not an annual competitive
  • or non-competitive bid process ClassWallet was, and we do know that there's not an annual competitive
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jul 1st, 2026

Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The city relied on bad information and committed millions in future tax revenues to the developers.
  • Can we put any new housing developments or retail outlets or parks there?
  • There is a whole range of forecasts that are developed for different purposes.
  • And we've really seen a robust April and May for resource development.
  • How do you see that developing over the next couple of years?
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part II) May 15th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • These programs build essential life skills and shape the kind of whole child development that test scores
  • In today's competitive landscape, we need to retain and reward our staff, not just our teachers, but
  • It was the academic experiences and friendships I developed in band and theater classes that guided me
  • We are a statewide network of business leaders advancing policies for a more globally competitive Texas
  • On reforms to improve student outcomes, which will lead to a more globally competitive workforce.
Bills: HB2
Summary: The committee continued public testimony on House Bill 2, which would make major changes to public school funding, teacher pay, special education, early learning, school safety, and related programs. Many superintendents and education advocates supported the bill’s overall direction but urged changes, especially a larger basic allotment and more flexible funding for rural and small districts. Witnesses from Paint Creek, West Hardin, Cushing, Blooming Grove, Mildred, Buffalo, Plano, and rural school groups said the bill’s targeted raises and new requirements would not fully cover inflation, TRS/Medicare costs, transportation, insurance, or support staff salaries, and several asked the committee to restore the House version’s higher basic allotment and small-school allotment. Charter school representatives supported the facilities funding changes and said charter schools need state help because they cannot levy taxes, while also noting the funding gap with ISDs. Fine arts advocates asked the committee to restore the fine arts allotment, arguing arts improve engagement, attendance, and academic outcomes, especially in rural and at-risk communities. Early learning and special education witnesses supported parts of the bill but raised concerns about pre-K restrictions, disability-related pre-K access, and the need to preserve or clarify special education provisions and mental health oversight language. Several witnesses praised the teacher pay raise, teacher incentive allotment expansion, and teacher preparation investments, saying they would help recruit and retain educators and improve student outcomes. Others, including counselors and support staff advocates, argued the bill should also include raises for counselors, nurses, librarians, bus drivers, custodians, aides, and other non-teaching employees who keep schools running. One witness from the Texas Counseling Association opposed the substitute because it removed a counselor pay provision, warning of counselor shortages and inequities. A parent and special education advocate said the bill’s structure creates too many strings attached and asked for a larger basic allotment instead of more targeted funding. Another witness from Mental Health America urged keeping the collaborative task force on public school mental health services through 2031, and a disability rights advocate said the committee substitute appears to omit some special education items that were in the House version. The committee also briefly took up House Bill 6, a school discipline bill. After questions about automatic mandatory expulsion for vape possession and concerns about younger students, the committee adopted the substitute and voted to report HB 6 favorably to the full Senate by a 9-1 vote, with Senator Menendez voting no and Senators West and Menendez expressing reservations but supporting further discussion. After that vote, testimony on HB 2 resumed. Senators used the hearing to ask about the bill’s cost, the difference between the basic allotment and the bill’s targeted funding buckets, and whether the permanent teacher pay increase shifts pressure off districts. The bill’s supporters emphasized that it represents an historic, roughly $8 billion investment and that many of the new funding streams are intended to be permanent or to address specific district needs.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Minnesota House passes HF2563, the Legacy finance bill 4/25/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We directed large amounts of new money to competitive grant programs rather than direct appropriations
  • And we also prioritized many of our member projects in these competitive grant pools from both sides
  • Speaker, that is my introduction to the bill. competitive grant pools from both sides competitive grant
  • And I am hopeful that the competitive grants that may come forward will give them something.
  • process for those coming to competitive process for those coming to uh<00:17:48.320> look<00:
Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In fact, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer by the
  • Before the development of a geothermal project, developers need to drill a small number of exploratory
  • This bill is about speeding up clean energy and giving geothermal developers the regulatory expediency
  • Today it has grown into a complete powerhouse in the FIRST Robotics Competition.
  • Keeping kids on probation for too long interferes with healthy development, compounds trauma, limits
Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members then moved through guest introductions, including students and fellows from California Lutheran University, UC Merced’s CAPE program, the Maddy Institute, and Madera High School’s Madtown Robotics Team 1323, which was recognized for multiple robotics world championships. The chamber also adopted an adjournment in memory and took up the daily file. Several bills and resolutions were considered and passed, including AB 1390 on school board compensation thresholds, AB 1338 on air district cost recovery for fence-line air monitoring, AB 648 on community college housing, AB 1207 on cap-and-trade price ceilings, ACR 66 recognizing Skin Cancer Awareness Month, AB 49 on keeping ICE out of public schools, AB 317 on a CEQA exemption for certain single-family homes, AB 527 on geothermal exploratory wells, AB 665 on the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation ombudsman report, AB 940 creating quantum innovation zones, AB 1021 on workforce housing for education agencies, AB 1112 on property tax apportionment in Rancho Mirage, AB 1318 on nonprofit eligibility for public funding, and AB 1470 on using student housing loan funds for affordable housing in downtowns and commercial districts. Most measures passed with broad support; AB 49 and AB 1318 were urgency bills and passed with the required higher vote threshold. The floor also adopted H.R. 40, declaring May 25 as Rosenda’s Day to honor a teen killed by a drunk driver, and H.R. 42, recognizing May as Behavioral Health Awareness Month. Both drew extensive personal testimony from members about mental health, suicide, substance use, and the need to reduce stigma and expand access to care. Additional health-related bills passed, including AB 408 creating a physician health and wellness program, AB 546 requiring coverage for HEPA purifiers for certain enrollees after wildfire disasters, AB 967 expediting licenses for out-of-state physicians, and AB 968 expanding pharmacist authority to provide non-hormonal contraception. The Assembly also debated AB 1056 on phasing out gill net fishing and AB 1376 on limiting juvenile probation terms, with supporters framing both as conservation or rehabilitation measures and opponents warning about economic harm or public safety concerns. Both bills ultimately passed. Throughout the session, members repeatedly emphasized public safety, education, housing, climate, health care access, and support for immigrant and youth communities, with recorded roll-call votes and voice votes taken on each measure.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So a little under $2,000. a more professional development that's required to recertify.
  • We should retain this to remain competitive.
  • Pass for our UIL competitions. Thanks. for your testimony. Ms. Furlich.
  • Finland is very competitive.
  • It's as competitive as. medical school and law school.
Bills: HB2, HB2
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, June 4, 2026 - PM

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • development. And if you don't mind, Mr. development. And if you don't mind, Mr.
  • then kind of in an economic development then kind of in an economic development place<00:49:34.559
  • <02:07:55.679> these time and effort into developing these time and effort into developing
  • .<02:46:25.840> Developers<02:46:26.479> value<02:46:26.800> clear developers.
  • Developers value clear developers.
Keywords: 916, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, this is economy is developing.
  • Every single day our state is in a competition for investment, jobs, and people.
  • <00:21:37.800> for state is in a competition for state is in a competition for investment,
  • 44th in overall state tax competitiveness, which places us in the 10 lowest-ranked states.
  • tax competitiveness and bolster economic<00:36:23.920> growth.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee heard presentations on two tax bills: House File 4123, by Representative Agbaje, would expand Minnesota’s net investment income tax to include certain business income, especially income from S corporations and LLCs not subject to federal self-employment taxes, while keeping the current rate and million-dollar threshold; she said it would raise an estimated $88.7 million next year. House File 4616, by Chair Gomez, would impose a 1% annual tax on fortunes above $10 million. Gomez framed the bill as a response to growing wealth inequality and argued that wealthy households and large fortunes should contribute more to public services, while Agbaje said her bill would broaden the tax base and help meet state needs. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project, Erica Mominee of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, Lauren Richards, and teacher Kristen Sinicariello, said the bills would help address wealth and income inequality and provide needed revenue for public health, education, and other public services. They pointed to federal tax cuts for high-income households, cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, and strains on state agencies and schools. Richards said small businesses already pay more than large corporations like Amazon, and Sinicariello argued that higher revenue would support classrooms and help equalize opportunity. Opponents, including Brian Cook of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, Dalton Danielson of the Minnesota Business Partnership, and John Beschi of NFIB Minnesota, warned that both bills would hurt business competitiveness and investment. They argued that HF 4123 would effectively create a new higher tax tier for pass-through businesses and that HF 4616 would be difficult to administer, could force sales of illiquid assets, and could discourage entrepreneurship and capital investment. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee moved through bill presentations and public testimony before member discussion.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm going to try to start this meeting, the second meeting of the Budget Review on Economic Development
  • Our mission is to support the promotion and development of Kentucky tourism, arts, and heritage as a
  • <00:02:36.200> and<00:02:36.360> marketing tourism development and marketing tourism
  • and development of Kentucky Tourism<00:02:42.120> Arts<00:02:42.400> and<00:02:42.599>
  • This funding is crucial for us as it helps stay competitive in the market.
Summary: The committee met for its second Budget Review on Economic Development, Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy and first approved the minutes from the prior meeting. Members then heard a presentation from the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet and the Kentucky Department of Tourism on the 1% tourism marketing fund. Witnesses explained that the fund supports statewide tourism promotion, advertising, research, regional marketing, and matching grants to local tourism commissions, and that it cannot be used for capital construction. They reported that the General Assembly and governor increased appropriations in the 2024 session, adding $3 million in FY25 and $7 million in FY26, and set aside funding for the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority, the National Quilt Museum, and the Southern Kentucky Tourism Initiative. Tourism officials emphasized that Kentucky tourism is a major economic driver, citing 2023 figures of $13.8 billion in economic impact, 79.3 million visitors, $9.7 billion in direct spending, more than 95,000 jobs supported, and nearly $1 billion in state and local tax revenue. They said the department now uses targeted digital and over-the-top advertising in selected domestic and international markets, with 62% of media placements digital and 80% of the budget spent out of state. Members asked about market selection, how the department measures return on investment, and what attracts visitors from places such as Dallas, Orlando, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.; officials said research shows a mix of family visits, outdoor recreation, and varied Kentucky offerings, and that 81% of overnight visitors are repeat visitors. They also discussed the potential impact of tariffs and trade tensions on bourbon-related tourism and international visitation, especially from Canada, and officials said they were monitoring the situation with U.S. Travel Association and Brand USA. The committee then heard from Kentucky State Parks officials on capital projects funded through HJR 76, HJR 56, and House Bill 6. They said they are providing quarterly project reports and have been meeting regularly with the Finance Cabinet’s engineering and contract staff. The presentation focused on campground utilities, broadband, and structural upgrades, including $40 million for campground improvements across the park system, with completed bathhouse renovations at Barren River and Nolin Lake and additional projects underway or in planning. Officials said the work is based on camper survey feedback, such as requests for better Wi-Fi, sewer and electric upgrades, frost-free spigots, and improved site layouts, and noted that the My Old Kentucky Home campground project is under construction and expected to be completed by spring 2026.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Agriculture & Livestock Jun 18th, 2026

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • We do not see our technology as competitive to USDA.
  • We do not see our technology as competitive to USDA.
  • We do not see our technology as competitive to USDA.
  • And so they just don't have the development; the feed manufacturing side of their world is not as developed
  • That system has been developed and refined.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Education - 05/05/2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • An act to amend the Education Law in relation to protecting women's sports from unfair competition.
  • An act to amend the Education Law in relation to protecting women's sports from unfair competition.
  • And it's not legal in most competitive sports. In fact, it's banned in the Olympics.
  • Law relating to electric buses, and authorizing a study by the New York State Energy Research and Development
  • Law relating to electric buses, and authorizing a study by the New York State Energy Research and Development
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met on May 5, 2026, and considered a series of bills, several of them brought up through motions for committee consideration. Chair Shelley Mayer said she would allow brief remarks but stated her opposition to those motioned bills, emphasizing her general practice of giving minority members’ bills consideration. The committee first took up S-16 (Jacob’s Law, on bullying and related school safety issues), which was moved out of committee on a majority vote, with Senators Jackson and Bynoe recorded without recommendation. The committee then debated S-717, a local bill by Senator Rose to exempt the Wantagh Union Free School District from the state’s indigenous mascots/logos restrictions. Senator Rose argued Wantagh’s mascot and name are tied to local history and not intended to denigrate anyone. The bill was moved, but the committee vote was not favorable enough to advance it, and it was referred onward to the Investigations Committee. S-4496, Senator White’s bill to protect women’s sports from what supporters described as unfair competition by biological males, drew strong support from the sponsor and strong opposition from Chair Mayer, who said she opposed it as mean-spirited and unnecessary; the bill did not advance. The committee also considered several school bus and transportation bills. S-4748, by Senator Borrello, would repeal the electric school bus mandate and replace it with a feasibility study; he cited safety, cost, and operational problems with early adopters. S-8847, by Senator White, similarly sought to remove electric bus mandates and leave decisions to local districts, and S-9667, by Senator Ryan, would delay the zero-emission school bus mandate by five years. The committee advanced some of these measures to other committees or the floor, while others did not move. In addition, the committee approved S-7788 on special education reserve funds, S-8288A on reasonable rates for public school room use, S-8368 on records retention for Education Department proceedings, S-8370 on temporary resident placement of children with disabilities, S-8370 on release of student records to juvenile detention facilities, and S-1049 on updating the Dignity for All Students Act’s cyberbullying definition to include AI-related harassment.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (02/11/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The development was for a pilot program that ends July 1, 2025.
  • The development was for a pilot program that ends July 1, 2025.
  • impact the child's brain development impact the child's brain development educational<00:19:02.480
  • <00:25:20.240> so<00:25:20.799> we continue to get staff development so we continue
  • to get staff development so we put<00:25:21.159> an<00:25:21.320> amendment<00:25:21.880
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 02/24/26

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • university's central locations for university's central locations for athletic<00:27:37.039> competitions
  • <00:27:37.520> and<00:27:37.679> our<00:27:37.919> athletic athletic competitions
  • and our athletic athletic competitions and our athletic events<00:27:38.960> play<00:27:39.200
  • <00:28:48.399> help<00:28:48.559> us<00:28:48.720> remain<00:28:49.039> competitive
  • <00:28:49.600> in and help us remain competitive in and help us remain competitive in attracting
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:14:22.560> was where a planned unit development was where a planned unit development was
  • area created by a developer in a development is adequately maintained.
  • area created by a developer in a development is adequately maintained.
  • /c><00:22:59.880> adequately developer in a development is adequately developer in a development
  • a developer in a development<00:24:08.880> agreement<00:24:09.240> could<00:24:09.440>
Keywords: 1183, house
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 10th, 2026 at 09:05 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there a well-developed record?
  • And Madam Chair and Senator, from an economic development standpoint...
  • And Madam Chair and Senator, from an economic development standpoint.
  • I welcome economic development for my community and for my district.
  • that purpose, it was brought to New Mexico as a subsidy for big developers of upscale development.
Bills: SB78, SB235, SB22, SB310
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 2499 requires that Cal/OSHA develop and propose a standard covering these facilities.
  • The second component of this bill is the Employment Development Department directive exemption from the
  • In 2017, California's workforce development... ...good-paying, high-quality jobs.
  • When labor and management partner on workforce development, the result is stronger industries, a more
  • , and a more competitive California economy.
Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard and advanced a series of bills, mostly on worker safety, wages, workforce training, and retirement savings. AB 2137 (Chen) would strengthen safety rules and certification for artificial stone fabrication shops to reduce silica exposure; AB 2499 (Gibson) would require Cal/OSHA to develop heat-illness protections for incarcerated workers and staff in correctional facilities; AB 2300 (Arambula) would streamline the disbursement of state and federal workforce funds; AB 2646 (Krell) would establish a minimum wage floor for certain agricultural workers; AB 2227 (Connolly) would tighten licensing and bond requirements for farm labor contractors and add default-judgment procedures for wage claims; AB 1869 (Haney) would create a reporting process for alleged REIT interference in hotel operations; AB 2650 (Pellerin) would expand CalSavers with emergency savings accounts and other updates; AB 2634 (Zbur) would prioritize labor-management partnerships in High Road Training Partnership grants; and AB 1888 would require skilled-and-trained workforce and prevailing wage standards for work under the Safe Home Grant Program. AB 1534 (Irwin) would create California’s approval process for short-term Pell-eligible workforce programs. The committee also took up several consent items, including AB 1904, AB 1980, AB 2550, AB 2078, and AB 2682. Most bills were described as aligning state programs with federal law or improving worker protections and program quality, while opponents generally raised concerns about costs, administrative burden, regulatory uncertainty, or reduced oversight. Testimony was largely split along labor and industry lines. Supporters included labor unions, legal aid groups, workforce boards, and affected workers or family members, who emphasized heat illness, wage theft, silica exposure, poor prison conditions, and the need for higher-quality training and retirement access. Opponents on several bills, especially those affecting agriculture, REITs, and workforce administration, argued the measures would increase costs, create uncertainty, or duplicate existing law. On AB 2227, committee members engaged in extended discussion about Labor Commissioner delays and whether the bill’s default-judgment and bond provisions would meaningfully help workers. On AB 1869, members and witnesses debated whether the bill created new standards or simply improved enforcement of existing REIT rules. The committee voted to pass all of the measures heard, generally with motions to do pass and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. Several bills were held open for absent members during the meeting, and later add-on roll calls recorded additional ayes, moving the bills out of committee. The meeting concluded after the consent calendar was approved and the committee adjourned.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And I do not see the goal of this bill being to deter the development of data centers across the state
  • As you know, I also serve as vice chair of the housing committee, and the development community has been
  • Since no new large hydroelectric generation is being developed in the Western Interconnect, the only
  • The deadlines in this bill would help provide needed pressure to develop dynamic pricing rates.
  • So we have to offer rates that are competitive, and dynamic rate is part of those options.
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard several bills focused on grid reliability, affordability, clean energy infrastructure, and industrial decarbonization. AB 222, by Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, would require more data reporting on data centers and aim to prevent ratepayers from bearing related grid costs; supporters said better information is needed to plan for rapidly growing electricity demand from AI and data centers, while opponents warned about privacy, security, trade-secret, and cost-shifting concerns. The bill passed the committee on a 13-4 vote, with the roll left open for absent members. AB 941, by Assemblymember Bonta, would impose a 270-day timeline for CPUC review of priority transmission projects to speed clean-energy infrastructure buildout. Supporters argued that transmission delays are slowing California’s climate goals and raising costs, while opponents raised concerns about CEQA process, staffing, and prioritization. The bill passed 15-0. AB 1191, by Assemblymember Tangipa, would make existing large hydroelectric facilities eligible for the Renewable Portfolio Standard; supporters framed it as a way to lower rates and ease affordability pressures, while opponents said it would undermine the purpose of the RPS by substituting existing resources for new renewable development. That bill failed on a 4-11 vote. AB 1280, by Assemblymember Garcia, would expand state grant programs to support thermal energy storage projects for industrial decarbonization. Supporters said it would help modernize manufacturing, cut pollution in disadvantaged communities, and preserve jobs, with broad support from environmental and clean manufacturing groups and no opposition testimony. The bill passed 17-0. AB 1117, by Assemblymember Schultz, would require the CPUC to offer optional dynamic electricity rate tariffs for customers to shift usage away from peak periods; supporters said it could lower bills and improve grid efficiency, while utilities said they were not opposed to the concept but wanted more flexibility and time in the regulatory process. That bill passed 14-0. The committee also approved its consent calendar and other noncontroversial items, with several measures moving forward unanimously.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • athlete has the opportunity to participate, to challenge themselves, and to experience the joy of competition
  • My major was special education, and it was there that I developed an actual love for people.
  • It helps them build confidence, develop leadership skills, and, most importantly, become active community
  • Because I know that a lot of the special needs enhance other areas in our development.
  • And so we call those kids with superpowers. ...in our development, and so we call those kids kids with
Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and brief procedural business, including approval of the prior day’s journal, suspension of certain rules for guest introductions, and moving AB 568 to the inactive file. The chamber then recognized several visiting groups, including a fourth-grade class from Marigold Elementary School, representatives of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses and its Royal Court, and students from the University of California Students Association on lobby day. The main floor actions centered on two resolutions. ACR 147 by Assembly Member Lackey designated March 9, 2026 as California Special Olympics Day. Members from both parties spoke in strong support, sharing personal connections to Special Olympics and praising its impact on athletes, families, and volunteers. The resolution received 70 co-authors and was adopted by voice vote. H.R. 89 by Assembly Member Patterson declared March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Speakers emphasized rising colorectal cancer rates among younger adults, the importance of screening, and new testing options including blood tests. The resolution also received 70 co-authors and was adopted by voice vote. After the resolutions, Assembly Member Rodriguez offered an adjournment in memory of Bob Yuloa of Chino, a Navy veteran and longtime community servant. The Assembly then announced upcoming committee and floor session dates and adjourned until Thursday, March 12 at 9 a.m.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/12/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:09:55.440> Center cost to the Workforce Development Center cost to the Workforce Development
  • Hello, members of the Jobs and Economic Development Committee.
  • Hello, members of the Jobs and Economic Development Committee.
  • Hello, members of the Jobs and Economic Development Committee.
  • Hello, members of the Jobs and Economic Development Committee.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all