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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Dec 12th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • that we've learned about.
  • But that hold harmless has been in law for years and years.
  • But the big deal that I have been working on this year was the that I have been working on this year
  • And I spent much time with risk management this year, Mr. Chair.
  • Vice Chair, thank you for what I and we have learned and continue to learn, and partnership is immense
Summary: The committee heard a final wrap-up presentation from Director So Lee on the Legislative Finance Committee’s budget framework for the upcoming session. He said the state remains in a strong fiscal position, though revenue estimates are lower than earlier projections and available nonrecurring funds have declined by more than $1 billion from the prior session. He emphasized that the recommendation still preserves reserves above 30 percent and supports targeted investments in the committee’s three priorities: increasing per capita earned income through education and workforce development, improving access to high-quality health care and behavioral health, and enhancing quality of life through infrastructure, water, parks, trails, and other community amenities. Director Lee highlighted several major funding areas, including a proposed expansion of the UNM medical education program, water projects, capital outlay for state agency assets, and use of a mix of severance tax bonds, general obligation bonds, and cash for capital needs. He also noted continued pressure from health insurance, liability, and compensation costs, and said the committee would keep using pilot programs for new initiatives. Members broadly praised the staff, interim travel, and budget analysis work. During member comments, Senator Woods focused on school funding stability, liability costs, and fraud or waste in state agencies, arguing the state should take more claims to court to establish precedent and better protect taxpayers. Other members thanked staff and leadership for their work and collaboration. The committee then adopted the catch-up cleanup items and the overall LFC budget framework, with Senator Woods recorded in opposition, and created a technical committee with members from both chambers to resolve any final technical issues before the January session.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Education Funding (01/30/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Maybe you could flesh that out. previous years it's not on the year that previous years it's not on the
  • is based upon previous years; it's not on the year that you're in.
  • It’s been going down about 1% each year the past three or four years.
  • year 26 EFA students?
  • five years ago.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The hearing focused on HB 563, which would revise the education funding formula for pupils receiving special education services by replacing the current single special education amount with three differentiated categories. Representative Rick Ladd, the prime sponsor, said the bill largely tracks a House-passed version from the prior session with minor figure adjustments, and explained that the proposal uses projected FY26 amounts for three categories based on time in general education versus more intensive placements. He also noted that the bill does not address catastrophic aid directly, but that special education aid, CAT aid, and proration all remain issues for later work sessions. Ladd and supporters argued that weighted categories better reflect actual costs and are more sustainable than treating all IEPs the same. Representative Margaret Drye said the approach was one of the best ideas from the education funding subcommittee and urged the committee to support differentiated aid. Representative Ames asked how the category amounts were derived, and Ladd said Category A follows the FY26 base, Category B is a higher weight, and Category C is a still higher weight for more intensive services, though he acknowledged the exact multipliers were developed earlier and could be revisited. He also said the committee would continue discussing whether the weights are appropriate and how they interact with CAT aid. Testimony from Bonnie Dunham strongly opposed the bill. She argued that funding based on placement rather than actual service need would create incentives to move students into more restrictive settings, could stigmatize children with labels such as "Category C," and would undermine the least restrictive environment requirements under federal special education law. She described her son’s experience in inclusive settings as beneficial and said the bill would have penalized the district for serving him there. In response to questions, she said schools and parents should base funding on the child’s actual needs and costs, not on placement, and urged the committee to recommend the bill inexpedient to legislate.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 3/10/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Whereas, the program has evolved over the years, it remains dedicated to its original mission, bringing
  • Whereas the Minnesota high school page program now enters its 50th year with gratitude, optimism, and
  • was the year. was the year.
  • The paid family and medical leave program was already projected to cost over a billion dollars a year
  • If you're earning a medium income, this is going to cost you about 500 bucks a year for the program.
Keywords: 1183, house
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:20:47.360> that fiscal year 2526, the fiscal year that fiscal year 2526, the fiscal year
  • Just, um, in general, as far as the CDW program, I was a CDW for several years and I learned a lot, and
  • Just, um, in general, as far as the CDW program, I was a CDW for several years and I learned a lot, and
  • As far as the CDW program, I was a CDW for several years, and I learned a lot.
  • school year. school year.
Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council met on October 8, 2025, approved the minutes from the August 29 meeting, and then focused its agenda on truancy and chronic absenteeism. Chad Butler, director of pupil personnel for Meade County and president of the Kentucky Department of Pupil Personnel directors, said chronic absenteeism remains a major problem statewide, citing recent Kentucky rates around 28% to 30% and noting that schools are trying to identify best practices to get students back in class. He said causes appear to include post-COVID social-emotional distress and confusion about when students should stay home, and he described a local effort to use a Healthy Kids Clinic model to keep some students in school when possible. In response to questions, he said chronic absenteeism has only been tracked seriously in the last two to three years and that House Bill 611 appears to have increased the number of youth entering the court system for habitual truancy; AOC said it would provide county-by-county data and outcomes later in the meeting. The council then heard from John Tyson of Alabama, a former Mobile district attorney, who described the Helping Families Initiative as a school-community partnership designed to address truancy and related behavior issues without arrest. Tyson said Alabama defines chronic absence as missing 10% of the school year and emphasized that the program is preventive rather than punitive, using warning letters, family engagement, assessments, individualized intervention plans, and referrals to community services. He said the program has operated since 2003, now includes 20 district attorneys and 44 school systems, and served more than 95,000 students, 73,000 families, and 162,000 parents in the most recent year. Tyson reported that in Mobile County the program was associated with a 3.15% attendance improvement in 2023-24 and a 4% reduction in the issue in 2024-25, along with a 50% reduction in truancy and 58% reduction in chronic absenteeism, and he said the program produced a large return on investment. Tyson also stressed that student absenteeism wastes tax dollars and that better attendance improves educational outcomes and community safety. He described the program’s use of a case-management database, real-time data tracking, and more than 1,000 referral agencies, and said the model is intended to be replicated statewide. He closed with examples of students whose attendance and family circumstances required coordinated support rather than punishment, including a teen mother and a disruptive child, to illustrate his view that schools, courts, and social services should work together to address underlying needs and keep children in school.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • program.
  • , which we have learned a lot about today, the WIC program, as well as nutrition incentive programs,
  • In fiscal year 2024, the Basic Food Program served approximately 525,000 households per month, representing
  • This ended on September 30th, and we have been wrapping up the program this year, with the end really
  • This ended on September 30th, and we have been wrapping up the program this year with the end really
Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a work session on food systems and food security, with no public testimony. The first panel focused on household food security and data. Marie Spiker of the University of Washington explained what food insecurity means, its health impacts, and the importance of reliable measurement, warning that the federal Census food security data is being terminated and that there is no true replacement. She described Washington’s WaFOOD surveys as a useful complement, not a substitute, and noted that they show food insecurity affects households at a range of income levels. Katie Raines of WSDA described the state’s food systems work, the need for shared data and dashboards, and the role of agriculture in both food production and the hunger safety net. Committee members asked about the $2.2 million state food assistance allocation, the scale of the SNAP gap, and how household size, housing costs, and other factors intersect with food insecurity. The committee then heard from Tracy Roof of the University of Richmond on the history of SNAP and its relationship to agriculture. She traced the program from Depression-era commodity distribution through the modern farm bill, emphasizing that food assistance has long functioned both as anti-hunger policy and as an agricultural and economic stabilizer. She highlighted how SNAP expands during recessions, supports retailers and farmers, and has become more important since the Great Recession because participation stayed high even as the economy recovered. Roof also noted that Washington has relatively high SNAP participation and low payment error rates, but that recent federal changes could reduce eligibility and shift more costs to states. Members asked how Washington compares to other states and why the program is structured as it is. A later panel featured the Washington State Food Policy Forum and a joint systems presentation from the Washington Farm Bureau, Washington Retail Association, and Washington Food Industry Association. The Food Policy Forum described its consensus-based recommendations on food insecurity, climate and water, regional food infrastructure, farmland protection, and farm viability, including more support for producer purchasing, water planning, and farmland conservation. The industry groups presented a systems map showing how agriculture, processing, retail, and transportation are interconnected, and argued that rising costs, regulations, labor and fuel expenses, retail theft, and thin margins make it harder to keep farms and stores viable. They said food security depends on store viability and local agricultural profitability, and promised to provide a more detailed list of policy recommendations. The final panel included state agency staff from DSHS, DOH, and WSDA. Bryce Montgomery said the Basic Food program serves about 920,000 Washingtonians monthly and warned that H.R. 1 could require Washington to pay up to 15% of SNAP benefits, broaden work requirements, and restrict immigrant eligibility. Karen Mullen described DOH nutrition programs, including WIC, farmers market nutrition benefits, fruit and vegetable incentives, and a fruit-and-vegetable prescription program, while noting funding instability and the end of SNAP-Ed. WSDA’s Katie Raines began describing ongoing food assistance and farmer support challenges, including farmer mental health and the need to address food insecurity across both producers and consumers.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 098 Apr 22nd, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And whereas through 37 years of service and impact, including programming delivered to more than 600,000
  • A 5-year-old learns what a dollar means. A 10-year-old runs a small business in Youngtown.
  • A 5-year-old<01:04:43.440> learns<01:04:43.680> what<01:04:43.839> a<01:04:44.000
  • <01:04:44.480> A 5-year-old learns what a dollar means.
  • A 5-year-old learns what a dollar means.
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present, approved the previous day’s journal, and received several housekeeping notices, including corrected engrossments/enrollments and committee reports. The Committee on Education reported Senate Bill 23, and the Committee on Judiciary reported Senate Bill 149, both amended and referred to Appropriations with favorable recommendation. The chamber also recognized former Representative Lang Sias as a special guest and heard several moments of personal privilege, including introductions of guests connected to the Boulder Boulder race and the Leadership Program of the Rockies. The Senate then took up Senate Resolution 6, designating April 2026 as National Donate Life Month. Supporters highlighted Colorado’s high donor registration rate, the work of Donor Alliance, and personal stories about organ and tissue donation saving lives. The resolution was adopted 34-0, with the current roll call added as co-sponsors. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 7, designating April 2026 as Second Chance Month. Proponents emphasized the impact of collateral consequences on people with criminal records, the importance of employment and reentry, and the value of redemption and public safety; the resolution passed 34-0 and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. Finally, the Senate considered Senate Joint Resolution 23, recognizing Young Americans Bank and the Young Americans Center for Financial Education for their contributions to financial literacy education in Colorado. The resolution cited House Bill 25-1192’s new financial literacy requirements and praised the organizations’ experiential learning model and statewide reach. Senators spoke about Bill Daniels’ legacy and the programs’ impact on students, including testimony that the institutions have served hundreds of thousands of Colorado youth. The resolution was read at length and discussed, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Veterans and Armed Forces Jan 20th, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Veterans and Armed Forces

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think it's like a 2012-on program.
  • 39 years overall.
  • And I'm 41 years old.
  • I learned about this last summer.
  • We've been doing lessons weekly for the last 14 years, and that means I've learned a different song every
Keywords: 959, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:38:16.320> lensure<01:38:16.960> program 18-month or two-year lensure program 18
  • because some of them didn't know they had to be enrolled in a program pretty much year one.
  • So it's an 18-month program or a two-year program if they're getting a master's degree.
  • because some of them didn't know they had to be enrolled in a program pretty much year one.
  • So it's an 18-month program or a two-year program if they're getting a master's degree.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee on Education heard testimony on HB 1895, which would add education-worker protections by expanding harassment-related offenses. The Department of Education, HSTA, HGA, and several school employees and principals testified in support, describing increased harassment and threats toward teachers and staff, especially since COVID, and saying the bill would help deter bad actors. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, saying the language was vague and overbroad, could criminalize ordinary parental advocacy or speech, and might not survive constitutional scrutiny. In response to questions, the public defender said existing statutes already cover threatening or assaultive conduct against educational workers, while DOE representatives said the bill was aimed at excessive and repetitive disruptive behavior. No vote or final action was taken in the excerpt. The committee then took up HB 1592, concerning protections for educational workers and sports officials. DOE, the Charter School Commission, HGA, HSTA, school principals, athletic programs, and many individual testifiers supported the bill, with several describing threats, harassment, and aggressive behavior at schools and athletic events. One principal said he had repeatedly involved law enforcement after threats and incidents on campus, and a teacher testified about the need to keep school environments safe and orderly. The Office of the Public Defender again opposed the bill, arguing that current law already enhances penalties for assaults and terroristic threatening against educational workers and sports officials, and that new offenses would have little deterrent effect. Committee members questioned whether the bill should be a separate statute and how to distinguish passionate advocacy from harassment; DOE said the line was crossed when conduct became excessive and repetitive, while the public defender urged clearer drafting and more emphasis on prevention, education, security, and de-escalation. No vote or final action was announced in the excerpt.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Aug 18th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The program starts in the junior year and includes up to four college-level courses that prepare students
  • So, your program here is a two-year program for the... The RN, is that correct?
  • The CCTE program is a mill levy funded program, and it has been in existence for about 25 to 30 years—a
  • To help support our MOUD program for this fiscal year, for fiscal year 26, we're usually getting about
  • Within MCD, and then that pilot program started in January of this year.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Agriculture. (3-25-26)

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the Harrison County 4-H program is here.
  • with the urban ag program.
  • <00:04:45.520> and Kentucky 4-H President this year and Kentucky 4-H President this year and
  • <00:04:57.640> from up here on Capitol Hill learning from up here on Capitol Hill learning
  • <00:05:05.240> about and kind of learn about and kind of learn about more<00:05:06.840>
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • that program. that program.
  • program or not? program or not?
  • . learn. learn.
  • <02:44:06.800> But FA program or any other program. But FA program or any other program.
  • <04:27:22.319> is programming and and that programming is programming and and that programming
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The commission meeting focused on reviewing and correcting draft minutes and then working through a draft report on the cost of special education. Members made mostly clerical corrections, including clarifying references to Spalding, fixing acronyms such as LETRS, and cleaning up membership titles and appointee roles to match SB 57. The minutes were approved as amended, with some members abstaining because they were not present at the prior meeting. The chair also noted the commission’s deadline to complete findings and recommendations by July 1 and said the final report must be delivered to legislative leaders, the governor, the state librarian, and others. The main substantive discussion centered on the report’s findings about special education funding. Members agreed the report should emphasize that the commission was created to study the cost of special education and reduce reliance on local property taxes. One draft section described FY24 special education funding as coming from three primary state and federal sources totaling about $152 million, or roughly 15% of annual costs, with the remaining 85% paid by local school districts through property tax revenue, estimated at about $825 million. Members discussed adding historical or longitudinal data to show trends over time, and some suggested attaching charts or tables showing funding over the last 20 to 30 years. A second major topic was demographic data. The draft noted that statewide K-12 enrollment has declined since 2003 while the number and share of students with IEPs has increased. Members questioned whether the data compared like with like, especially given the growth of Education Freedom Accounts and charter school enrollment, and whether the figures included or excluded those students. Several members asked for clearer sourcing from the Department of Education and suggested keeping a list of unresolved questions, including the impact of the shift from ADMA to ADMR and the effect of the EFA program. The discussion ended with agreement to continue refining the report and to gather additional attachments and clarifications before finalizing recommendations.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Last year we learned in a Fox 9 report that Ramsey County was charging people for using crisis services
  • Last year we learned in a Fox 9 report that Ramsey County was charging people for using crisis services
  • Last year we learned in a Fox 9 report that Ramsey County was charging people for using crisis services
  • Last year we learned in a Fox 9 report that Ramsey County was charging people for using crisis services
  • throughout the state for over 10 years throughout the state for over 10 years we've<00:08:32.880
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 2/25/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • 20 and 30 years.
  • A few years ago, researching this project, I heard and learned that the career of being a veterinarian
  • c> and 50-year-old Zoo 50-year-old campus and 50-year-old Zoo 50-year-old campus and we<00:20:32.480
  • As we look at this program over the years, it has been very successful, and we have these grants which
  • uh look at this program over the years<00:47:55.240> it<00:47:55.400> has<00:47:55.559>
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 5/5/26

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • :04:01.360> the last year and this year we heard uh the last year and this year we heard uh the
  • My kids were in daycare years and years ago, and we had to do that.
  • But I thought it was a fairly simple process. daycare years and years ago and we had daycare years and
  • So, no, the damage that comes from retaliation is going to take years and years and years to undo it.
  • and years and is going to take years and years and years<00:47:59.200> to<00:47:59.520> undo
Keywords: 1183, house
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 20, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • years.
  • YEARS.
  • THAT SONG WOULD WIN HIM BOTH THE SONG OF THE YEAR AT THE CMA AWARDS AND THE COUNTRY SONG OF THE YEAR
  • abuse in the high-cost program.
  • The STARBASE program provides students with hands-on STEM experiences and real Opportunities to learn
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Transportation Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • One would be, instead of 45 years old for an antique vehicle, it would be 50 years.
  • For last school year, it was 1,830 students.
  • with the relocation of three career technical programs and expansion of three more with added learning
  • This bill would increase $10 a year.
  • This bill would increase $10 a year.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Transportation held a public hearing on a wide range of bills and topics, including impaired driving, antique and collector vehicles, roadway maintenance, homelessness-related identification cards, a pedestrian tunnel for Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School, a bridge naming in Sandwich, historic route designations, and litter prevention. The chairs outlined the hearing process, including three-minute limits for individuals and seven minutes for panels, and noted that elected officials would be taken out of turn. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee heard testimony and then adjourned. On impaired driving, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan and tow lot operator Chris Nolan supported a bill creating a 12-hour tow-yard hold for vehicles involved in drug-impaired incidents, similar to the existing alcohol-related hold. On transportation infrastructure and road safety, Representative Howitt testified for several bills requiring reflective tape on temporary loads, restoring road markings after utility work, requiring roadway restoration after excavation, and improving reporting on roadway damage after crashes. AAA Northeast supported bills expanding the distracted driving law to cover video recording while driving, while noting it preferred the offense remain a primary offense. Several witnesses testified in support of bills affecting vehicle enthusiasts, including restoring year-of-manufacture plates for antique vehicles, creating a single rear collector plate, and changing antique vehicle inspection rules. Another major topic was H. 3750/S. 2399, which would provide no-fee state IDs and flexible residency documentation for youth and adults experiencing homelessness; supporters included the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, social workers, city officials, and people with lived experience, all emphasizing that lack of ID blocks access to housing, jobs, health care, and other services. The committee also heard strong support for S. 2414, authorizing a tunnel connecting the north and south campuses of Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School, with school leaders and students citing safety, accessibility, and traffic concerns. Finally, the committee heard emotional testimony for H. 4374 to name the Quaker Meeting House Road overpass in Sandwich for Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Torville, and testimony for a resolve creating a roadside litter prevention and cleanup task force.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Families and Children. (2-12-26)

Families & Children

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh we worked with the program.
  • , ensures the quality of early learning, ensures the quality of early learning, more<00:04:29.840
  • assistance program. assistance program.
  • Uh, I have a 2-year-old and a one-year-old now, and we had our first kid.
  • You know, the All Stars program was created 10 years ago, and that's a long time ago, especially in the
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 6, as amended by a committee substitute, which was described as a broad child care reform package developed through a multi-stakeholder collaborative. The substitute added a two-year pilot program for off-base child care at Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, beginning July 1, 2026, and making the bill an emergency measure for that purpose. Sponsors said the bill focuses on long-term reforms to affordability, quality, and access, including modernization of the All Stars quality rating system, creation of micro centers, support for children with special needs, child care data and transparency measures, CCAP improvements, and changes to the employee child care assistance partnership (ECAP). Testimony explained that micro centers are intended to fill gaps such as rural, third-shift, drop-in, and partnership-based care, would initially be limited to 10 statewide with no more than two per county, and could serve 4 to 24 children under a more flexible regulatory framework. Members also discussed whether family child care homes like the “Miss Barbara” model fit the bill; sponsors said they are not micro centers, but the bill includes other provisions to support family child care homes. Questions also focused on ECAP, which was described as a tri-share model in which employers contribute, the state matches for eligible employees, and the employee pays the remainder; sponsors said the bill privatizes ECAP first before considering expansion to teachers or public employees. House Bill 6 passed favorably by a vote of 12-0-1, and the title amendment passed. The committee then took up House Joint Resolution 50, also sponsored by Representative Heavrin. The resolution asks the Kentucky Auditor’s office to study the administrative regulations, statutes, agency policies, and processes affecting the opening and operation of licensed and certified child care services, with particular attention to the All Stars program. The sponsor said the goal is to identify opportunities for change through a thorough third-party review, noting that the All Stars system has been in place for about 10 years and that many child care rules are tied to federal funding and cannot be changed quickly. The resolution passed unanimously by a vote of 13-0. The meeting concluded with notice of the next committee meeting and adjournment.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Aug 19th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and New Mexico Highlands University developed a doctoral program. four years.
  • Programs within the coming academic years. Now, let's jump to completion.
  • They were able to set up their social work program in two years.
  • Just quickly, is the UNM program a one-year or a two-year program for social work?
  • Madam Chair, it will be a two-year program for social work. Thank you. Okay, Senator Charlie.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 12th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • me with interest and said, let's make it a pilot program for two years.
  • me with interest and said, let's make it a pilot program for two years.
  • one year to take a hard look at how Louisiana coordinates work-based learning.
  • It authorized... ...pilot program that—let me just give you a quick backdrop—is we did a year-long study
  • Well, in all the schools, it's a pilot program, so it's been up and running this school year in Florida
Summary: The House Education Committee met on May 12, 2026, and first approved SB 518, which gives LSU limited authority to buy and sell certain real estate within one mile of campus as a two-year pilot program. Supporters said the bill would let LSU respond more quickly to deteriorating properties near campus and improve the student experience, while keeping protections such as appraisals and fair-market-value requirements. Members asked about whether the authority would affect residential property or be expanded to other universities, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee then advanced SCR 33, creating a one-year Work-Based Learning Coordination Task Force to study and better align apprenticeships, internships, job shadowing, and related programs across state agencies and employers. Testimony emphasized the need to reduce duplication and improve coordination so students and employers can more easily connect. HR 168 also passed, directing the Board of Regents to study collegiate athletic program funding after concerns raised by athletic directors about deficits and accounting practices. Members next approved SB 488, establishing a school safety drone response pilot program to supplement school crisis plans. The bill drew detailed testimony from a vendor describing drone deployment, response times, and coordination with law enforcement; an amendment was adopted to require coordination with the Department of Education, State Police, and the Sheriffs’ Association. The committee also favorably reported HCR 97, asking BESE and Wildlife and Fisheries to study adding age-appropriate hunting, conservation, and shooting sports education in grades 5-12, with members clarifying that no live firearms would be used on campus. Finally, the committee approved SB 112, allowing local school boards to adopt parental-consent release-time policies for religious instruction, with amendments adding instructor qualifications, reporting requirements, electronic delivery flexibility, and constitutional safeguards. It also reported SB 504, expanding individual graduation plans to include vocational options and apply to charter schools, with an amendment for standalone elementary charters. The committee then passed SB 346 and SB 347, both dealing with deepfakes—one prohibiting their use against K-12 students and the other adding unlawful deepfakes to campus power-based violence rules—and SB 353, authorizing postsecondary systems to digitize student IDs for use in LA Wallet. Several members raised concerns about naming LA Wallet specifically, but the bill was still reported favorably. The meeting ended with adjournment.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (02/05/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Last year, we invested in dual and concurrent enrollment programs to help put more individuals on the
  • <00:44:25.119> It's<00:44:25.359> a their learning programs.
  • It's a their learning programs. It's a wonderful<00:44:26.000> place.
  • In a single year it was funded, the program helped 184 essential workers—nurses, elder care workers,
  • So what did we learn on this day 40 years ago? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Keywords: 1189, house, all