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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/16/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, we are currently in process with um ELA standards review process as well as career and technical
- Um, we are currently in process with um ELA standards review process as well as career and technical
- . process. process.
- accreditation process. accreditation process.
- . process. process.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- that that regulation a waiting process that that regulation a is<00:13:45.920>
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where know this is an iterative process where know this is an iterative process - <01:28:27.239>
in figure out how to take this process in figure out how to take this process - So we come at licensing conversations from a little bit of a different perspective.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And homes being evacuated in the process.
- Process and, uh, and once that process concludes in roughly 4 months from now, we would love to visit
- Um, we also do aircraft conversions.
- Um, on the, uh, well, we'll talk about conversion in a minute here.
- So we start the process.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We've been having this conversation for years, for the most part.
- Davis, I'm not familiar with the RFP process. I'm a freshman at this job.
- Does your RFP process?
- , and once that process concludes in roughly four months from now.
- One is, what's the procurement process in the state? Is it competitive or not?
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jun 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- have these conversations with the department and follow progress.
- We're in the process.
- and go through the licensing process again.
- This was a very involved process.
- We do know we just finished our RFP process.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We look forward to that as we get into the budget process.
- Look forward to those conversations, though. Thank you.
- So just wanted to add that to the conversation. The state as well as inside.
- And thank you again, Senator Davis, for your conversations with me.
- Some states use election processes.
Keywords:
drowning prevention, water safety, swimming lessons, swim vouchers, child drowning, infant safety, toddler safety, pool safety, bath safety, safe bathing practices, postpartum education, newborn care, childbirth education, birth centers, home birth providers, Department of Health, public health, water competency, swim instruction, infant supervision
Summary:
The Senate Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and took up several health-related bills, with a strong focus on drowning prevention and patient safety. SB 428 by Senator Yarborough would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7. Supporters, including a pediatric emergency physician and YMCA leadership, cited Florida’s high child drowning rates and argued that swim lessons reduce risk and should be available to more children. Senator Harrell noted the need to consider increasing the program’s funding as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably.
The committee also heard SB 606 by Senator Smith, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing education to postpartum materials provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and, after amendment, no longer home birth providers. A parent who lost a child to drowning testified in support, and senators emphasized the preventability of such deaths. The bill, as amended, was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 340 by Senator Harrell would require nursing students to complete a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure; after a strike-all amendment shifted the requirement from nursing programs to the students themselves, the bill received support from advocates and was reported favorably as a committee substitute.
The committee also considered SB 162 by Senator Davis, which would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies for using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively inexpensive and already common in many facilities, while opponents and some senators questioned the medical evidence, enforcement, and possible impacts on rural and smaller facilities. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably, with some members voting no. SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull on behalf of Senator Martin, would remove the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; the Florida Chiropractic Society supported the change as pro-small-business, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also received an OPAGA presentation comparing Florida’s health care practitioner regulation system with other states, focusing on board autonomy, rulemaking oversight, board composition, appointments, term limits, and funding mechanisms.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Nov 7th, 2025
Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- None of these are supposed to be part of the annual appropriations process.
- But it's not really a normal budget process.
- You're welcome to stick around and listen to our next conversation.
- It's the side aisle conversations that are important, and a lot of these are side aisle conversations
- We don't have any process here for doing that, and this committee could identify a process for doing
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 1 Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- but has been a major crux of the conversation in the last few weeks.
- It takes so much to get something through the process here.
- And so I want to start with, you know, how this process played out.
- It's a conversation that's not over.
- As we begin a new session, as we start to have more conversation.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- So we worked through that process.
- So I'm going to kind of close my conversation on education for just a little bit and come into the conversations
- Before, we never had those conversations about what was happening in education.
- I think two points that I'd like to make, I think, in that conversation. No data.
- I think two points that I'd like to make in that conversation.
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Eric Hall on the Florida Scholars Academy, a new unified education model for youth in residential commitment programs. He explained that the academy replaced the prior decentralized district-run system with a contracted model through Florida Virtual School, allowing individualized blended learning, real-time progress monitoring, expanded special education services, and a broader course catalog including dual enrollment, CTE, GED testing, and postsecondary pathways through the Florida Youth College partnership with Tallahassee State College. Hall said the department is using data to focus on academic achievement, workforce credentials, and peer-group change as strategies to reduce recidivism, and reported early results including 60 diplomas or GEDs, a 5.5% teacher vacancy rate, and progress-monitoring gains for most students.
Hall also reviewed implementation of House Bill 1181 on swift accountability and juvenile justice reforms. He said the law strengthened pre-arrest delinquency citation use, raised the target for eligible citations to 70%, required written justification for releasing youth charged with certain felony firearm offenses, and directed the department to develop a firearm-offending curriculum focused on avoidance and consequences. He described a new statewide graduated sanctions matrix for probation technical violations, intended to provide quicker and more consistent responses without overburdening courts. He said early data showed reductions in weapons/firearm offenses and auto theft, and that the department had conducted circuit-level outreach to law enforcement, courts, and providers to support implementation.
Members asked about the number of unauthorized alien children in detention or residential care, teacher vacancies and whether instruction continues when staff are absent, screen-time and supervision concerns with laptops, and whether students are reentering local schools with improved academic performance. Hall said he did not have data on immigration status, that FLVS and classroom staff provide continuity when teachers are absent, that devices are checked in and out and security has been tightened, and that the department is still early in implementation but is hearing positive anecdotal feedback from parents. Vice Chair Smith asked for more detail on the firearm curriculum, and Hall offered to provide it. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after no public testimony was offered.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 3rd, 2025
House Commerce & Economic Development Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- from all of us, an open conversation of how we get there.
- And that's what the process is that we engage in every year at this time.
- And I think the This goes to your question of conversation.
- To me, that seems like it's a charge on the expedited process, not on the advance itself.
- That would be a consideration that could help this process.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/9/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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that some of the older conversations that some of the older conversations that- we should be having that conversation. we should be having that conversation. both<01:32:46.400>
- conversation about the non-compete area. conversation about the non-compete area.
- we can have a conversation about this. we can have a conversation about this.
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House/Senate DFL Media Availability 9/30/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- >> We're going to have to continue to have the conversation.
- >> We're going to have to continue to have the conversation.
- >> We're going to have to continue to have the conversation.
- >> We're going to have to continue to have the conversation.
- We're going to have to the conversation.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- I think as the legislature moves through this process...
- So it's a part of the process that it comes here, although there's no fiscal note on it.
- I ain't heard anything about the appropriations process.
- I ain't heard anything about the appropriations process.
- So the conversation that has been had at length is where...
Summary:
The House Appropriations Committee met on May 26, 2026, and first took up Senate Bill 433, which would provide Medicaid coverage for certain weight-loss medications. After adopting a House amendment adding customary subject-to-appropriation language, the committee heard from LDH Secretary Bruce Greenstein, who said the state currently spends about $240 million a year on GLP-1 drugs for Medicaid patients with obesity and certain other conditions, and that the bill would let the department expand coverage gradually while controlling costs and negotiating better pricing. Members spoke in strong support, and SB 433 was reported favorable as amended.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 157, which creates paid parental leave for eligible public K-12 educators and staff. An amendment was adopted to adjust fund language and make the bill proper for Appropriations. Senator Jenkins and supporters, including the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, described the bill as providing six weeks of paid leave for birth, adoption, fostering, and related family-building events, while members discussed whether medical leave should also be included and confirmed the leave applies to fathers as well. The bill drew broad support and was reported favorable as amended.
Senate Bill 250, requiring the Office of Group Benefits to offer a comprehensive weight management plan with employees paying the full premium and medication costs, was briefly discussed and reported favorable without objection. The committee then spent considerable time on Senate Bill 237, a child welfare measure from Senator Barrow that would expand notification, access, and investigative procedures for the Child Ombudsman and DCFS, including child-on-child sexual abuse cases and multidisciplinary fatality reviews. Members and agency officials debated the fiscal note, with estimates ranging from about $525,000 to $3.2 million and disagreement over whether some costs were already covered or could be absorbed; after a roll call, the bill passed 10-9 and was reported favorable as amended.
Finally, the committee began Senate Bill 155, which requires insurance coverage for medically necessary dental care tied to cancer treatment. Senator Talbot and medical and cancer advocacy witnesses said the bill would remove a barrier to timely chemotherapy or radiation and could prevent more expensive complications later. Members expressed support and discussed a relatively small fiscal note, but the transcript cuts off before final action on the bill.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This measure reflects conversations started.
- So just to get the full picture in this conversation, I think that's an important point.
- There’s been a lot of conversation around our balance sheet and all of that.
- There’s been a lot of conversation around our balance sheet and all of that.
- Chairman, for facilitating these conversations, for helping to inform this proposal.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- One is streamlining the comp plan process.
- Some of the process still has challenges with it.
- Are you open to that conversation? Senator Collins. Thank you, Mr. President.
- So there is a process to do that.
- The conversations that they have with their lawyer, who is a public defender, the conversation that they
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including remarks from Senator Berman outlining Democratic priorities such as education, health care, environmental protection, and opposition to rollbacks on child labor, book access, and gun safety. The chamber also recognized military guests and an intern before moving to the special order calendar. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on human trafficking, waste management, Bright Futures, Medicaid oversight at one point in the flow, and mammogram coverage, though the Medicaid oversight bill was later taken up and passed.
The Senate passed a series of bills, often after substituting House companions and adopting technical amendments. Among the major measures approved were the dangerous dogs bill (the Pam Rock Act), which tightened penalties and procedures after fatal attacks; a local government land regulation bill that streamlined comp plan review and defined impact-fee circumstances, though members raised concerns about quasi-judicial hearing limits and local costs; a vessel-related bill combining boating safety and voter-freedom provisions; a blood clot screening and treatment bill creating the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act; fleeing and eluding penalties; concealed carry and firearm possession rules for certain officers and service members; timeshare management reforms; and public education on background screening requirements.
The chamber also approved bills on disability history and awareness instruction, manufacturing and a related fee bill, utility service restrictions, educational opportunities for military children, health facilities authorities, and veteran and spouse nursing home beds. The disability instruction bill drew extended debate about the use of the term “disability,” inclusion, and whether the measure was consistent with broader DEI debates; it passed unanimously after emotional testimony from the sponsor and families. The manufacturing and utility bills focused on statewide economic policy and preemption of local restrictions, while the military children bill was presented as a student-driven proposal. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, with recorded votes ranging from unanimous to 33-3 on the firearm bill and 26-8 on the land regulation bill.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We, of course, would love to be a part of ongoing conversations, but that's a conversation for a different
- We, of course, would love to be a part of ongoing conversations, but that's a conversation for a different
- I would love to have that conversation.
- I would love to have that conversation.
- I'll be honest, I've never been happy with the process.
Bills:
HB4154, HB4155, HB4156, HB4157, HB4158, HB4159, HB4160, HB4161, HB4162, HB4163, HB4164, HB4165, HB4166, HB4167, HB4168, HB4169, SB1847, SB1848, SB1849, SB1850, SB1851, SB1852, SB1853, SB1854, SB1855, SB1856, SB1857, SB1858, SB1859, SB1860, SB1861, SB1862
Keywords:
general appropriations act, budget, biennial budget, state spending, fiscal year 2026-2027, appropriations, state agencies, public funding, education funding, health and human services, public safety, transportation, government operations, budget bill, fiscal policy, state finance, spending plan, legislative budget, capital appropriations, operating budget
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 02/27/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
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- get it uh would provide us a process get it uh would provide us a process over<00:51:26.119>
- <01:27:53.080>
it this bill moves through the process it this bill moves through the process - <01:46:46.920>
is courts what happens in that process is courts what happens in that process
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The process, excuse me, let me back up, I'm proud to report that during the 2024 inaugural MRO process
- This is a conversation that involves your parent, and so what does that look like?
- And conversations about certain.
- Just sort of really thinking out loud, listening to the conversation and comments.
- Um, you could offer to have conversation, explore it. Why, why are you talking? to me.
Bills:
HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627
Keywords:
education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Combatting Antisemitism Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Has there been any conversations about creating multiple pathways of reporting at UMass?
- We'll be deferential, and I hope we'll just continue the conversation.
- It's been a process, and I think we're just grateful.
- Well, I think it's the fault of the university processes.
- Certainly want to continue this conversation with you.
Summary:
The meeting opened with approval of the July 9, 2025 minutes and a roll call confirming quorum. DESE Commissioner Pedro Martinez gave his first official testimony, affirming the department’s commitment to preventing antisemitism and societal bias in schools, saying DESE supports the commission’s recommendations and will add staff resources to help develop and disseminate guidance and instructional materials. He said DESE’s rubric and guidance for identifying effective curricula and resources should be finalized in late fall, and commissioners welcomed the partnership and asked about the ongoing Section 98A work.
The commission then heard from Professor Eitan Hirsch of Tufts, who presented research on antisemitism and campus climate. He described survey findings showing sharply different Jewish and non-Jewish views on Israel, increasing social pressure on Jewish students, and a growing tendency for Jewish students to hide their identity or feel penalized for participating in Jewish life. He argued that colleges need to do more to teach students how to handle dissent and build cultures of viewpoint diversity, and commissioners asked about best practices, regional differences, and the role of campus climate surveys.
Rabbi Fine of UMass Amherst Hillel and student Sky Landau testified about antisemitism at UMass, especially since October 7. Fine described both a thriving Jewish student community and serious incidents including harassment, vandalism, classroom issues, protests, and students hiding Jewish identity; he said the university is working with Hillel and DEI leadership on goals and strategy for Jewish inclusion, and he urged more training and structured dialogue. Landau described antisemitic incidents she experienced or witnessed, including hostile BDS meetings, exclusion of Zionist students, Holocaust denial, threats, and social ostracism, and said Hillel was the only consistently safe space for her. Commissioners discussed reporting pathways, affinity groups, mental health supports, and ways to distinguish criticism of Israel from antisemitism.
Later, the commission moved to its recommendations and made several edits before voting, including deleting offensive wording in a footnote, adding a citation to recent FBI hate crime data, and restoring language tied to an existing DESE regulation, 603 CMR 26.05, on classroom neutrality and fact-based instruction. Commissioners also reiterated that criticism of Israel’s government is not inherently antisemitic. The meeting included a brief interruption by a protester, after which the commission recessed and then resumed its work on the draft recommendations.