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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/18/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've got all kinds of my students' faces going through my memory bank right now, but uh thank you for
  • <00:18:28.159> attended years and many of my students attended years and many of my students
  • Committee um before I go to uh the test Committee um before I go to uh the test ify<01:46:53.400
  • This is where young Somali students had an opportunity to have their voices heard.
  • Ken Somali or Oromo within that space. students um to have some of their voice students um to have some
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Funding (01/29/2026)

Education Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • age K through three students. age K through three students.
  • for students the facilities. for students the facilities.
  • Today, in 2024, that number was 32,000 students, 3,000 students.
  • Today, in 2024, that number was 32,000 students, 3,000 students.
  • from the students on whether the student from the students on whether the student complied<04:13
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/23/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Women now make up a majority not only of college students, but law students and medical students in this
  • Senate File 073 is not a simple equal amendment. students and medical students in this students and medical
  • students in this country. country. country.
  • You can have religious tests for government. So, for example, I'm Jewish.
  • You can have religious tests for government. So, for example, I'm Jewish.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 25, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • WSU ROAR opens doors for students like Cole and other students across campus to develop the skills and
  • doors for students like Cole and<00:31:17.840> other<00:31:18.080> students<00:31:18.399
  • , inspires young runners and students, inspires young runners and students, teaching<00:39:40.880
  • Jackson community and for every student Jackson community and for every student he's<00:39:52.720
  • <01:00:16.319> worked entire team where each student worked entire team where each student
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • > a<00:07:10.160> national Middle of his senior year of high school, a darling, gifted student
  • Uh, but the work that they do to educate students and retrain adults in automotive services, they're
  • Uh, but the work that they do to educate students and retrain adults in automotive services, they're
  • Uh, but the work that they do to educate students and retrain adults in automotive services, they're
  • Uh, but the work that they do to educate students and retrain adults in automotive services, they're
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Without coordinated intervention, the student Without coordinated intervention, the student risked losing
  • and one of when I visited that school of hearing students.
  • Is there a way that we could get high school students to learn how to sign?
  • In terms of youth and students, we have a refugee school initiative.
  • Thank you for the opportunity to test Good afternoon.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing was a FY27 budget session on Health and Human Services held in Mattapan, hosted by the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Opening remarks from Senator Lydia Edwards, Representative Brandy Fluker-Reed, Representative Russell Holmes, and Boston Public Library President David Leonard emphasized the significance of holding the first Ways and Means hearing in Mattapan, the importance of community access, and the role of libraries as human services institutions. Committee members and attendees introduced themselves before agency testimony began. MassAbility testified first, describing its mission to support people with disabilities through employment, independent living, and disability determination services. The agency highlighted federal funding uncertainty, a modest FY27 budget reduction, and a proposed reworking of its home care program, which it said is outdated and should better target those most in need. Members questioned the home care cut, staffing reductions, and federal coordination. MassAbility also shared a participant story about recovery and community support to illustrate the impact of its services. The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing then presented its FY27 request, focusing on interpreter and captioning access, workforce development, emergency communication, aging-related hearing loss, and transition services for deaf and hard-of-hearing youth. Members asked about interpreter shortages, after-hours emergency coverage, ASL education, and community training; the commission said it is expanding mentorship and referral systems but still faces staffing and vendor challenges. The Massachusetts Commission for the Blind followed with a $30.8 million request, describing services for nearly 9,000 consumers, peer support groups, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 services, while noting federal funding uncertainty and a 7% budget cut. Members raised concerns about maintaining services with fewer resources, and the commissioner said the agency had trimmed overhead and could manage the proposal. The Office for Refugees and Immigrants closed the segment, outlining expanded legal, housing, workforce, citizenship, and financial literacy supports for immigrants and refugees, including Know Your Rights trainings, legal defense initiatives, and the Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative. Members discussed the effects of federal policy changes, the loss of refugee resettlement funding, and the need for state support to fill gaps. No votes were taken in the portion provided; the hearing consisted of agency presentations and committee questioning.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session Jan 22nd, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we have three amazing young students from my hometown, Bartow County High School.
  • These students represent the very best in what youth and government stands for: curiosity, leadership
  • And we have three amazing young students from my hometown, Barton County High School.
  • These students represent the very best in what youth and government stands for, curiosity, leadership
  • The focus should be our students.
Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognitions for the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Thomas Clem of Lakeland, and a large YMCA delegation visiting for the organization’s 175th anniversary. Senators highlighted the YMCA’s youth leadership programs and community service, and the chamber entered a proclamation recognizing the YMCA’s long service and its work in community support, youth development, and public health efforts. The chamber then took up several bills on the special order calendar. Senate Bill 100 adopted the 2026 Florida Statutes and the 2025 regular session’s statute materials; Senate Bill 102 removed repealed provisions from the statutes; and Senate Bill 104, the general reviser’s bill, deleted obsolete language, updated cross-references, and corrected drafting errors. Each of those bills was advanced to third reading and passed unanimously, 36-0. Senators also passed Senate Bill 7010, which authorizes Roth post-tax contributions in state and local deferred compensation plans, also by a 36-0 vote. Senate Bill 320, relating to administrative efficiency in public schools, drew the most substantive policy discussion. Its sponsor said the bill would reduce district-level mandates, expand teacher apprenticeship pathways, create longer-term teacher contracts and certificates, streamline salary supplements and assessments, increase flexibility in district finances and Title I use, adjust facility planning requirements, and shift oversight of district-run VPK programs. The sponsor emphasized reducing bureaucracy while preserving accountability and focusing resources on students; the bill passed 36-0. The Senate also withdrew Senate Bill 1720 from further consideration, waived rules to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House, and adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Executive Departments and Administration (04/15/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • That tests you to see whether you're qualified to do the job as a pharmacist.
  • So the law that I was tested on was the law that was, you know, active in 1997.
  • That tests you to see whether boards.
  • So, the the the the exam was testing us So, the the the the exam was testing us on<02:43:38.520> stuff
  • Um, and then thirdly, conditions that are validated by testing.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 05/11/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And my help every student succeed.
  • at the students relate to the student at the students level.<00:45:10.240> Those<00:45:11.119
  • <00:59:23.680> who grants or student aid to any student who grants or student aid to any student
  • for pregnant and parenting students. for pregnant and parenting students.
  • And Minnesota became the testing ground. And, Mr. President, Minnesota passed that test.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 6th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we want to make sure that we identify these students as early as possible.
  • We already do some testing in pre-K to come into kindergarten.
  • We already do some testing in pre-K to come into kindergarten.
  • line, the people that protect our students, when did they become the enemy?
  • They want to see us do things like help our students, pay our teachers more money.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and recognitions, including a resolution honoring Bob Graham and a moment of silence for firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber then moved through a special-order calendar with multiple bills, many of them paired with House companions and amended before final passage. Early action included adoption of a tax conformity bill tied to federal changes in the Internal Revenue Code, with a 34-0 vote. The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/SB 1758, a Medicaid and SNAP reform bill. The sponsor described provisions to strengthen fraud enforcement, impose work requirements for able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services through a waiver, modernize Medicaid drug purchasing, and require a SNAP fraud-reduction plan and photo ID on EBT cards. Democrats offered amendments to delay work requirements until Medicaid expansion and to add protections for SNAP users such as caregivers, seniors, disabled individuals, and domestic violence survivors; both amendments failed. Senators also questioned implementation details, exemptions, and potential effects on vulnerable populations. After debate, the bill was placed on the calendar for third reading. The Senate also passed bills on technology education and AI instruction, a public records exemption and related Parkinson’s Disease Registry measures, designation of the SS American Victory as the state flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the sunset on legal tender recognition for gold and silver, public records protections for financial and digital-asset custodians, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, local government budget transparency, digital voyeurism, insurance customer representative licensing, and a medical freedom bill with amendments on vaccine-related materials and anti-kickback provisions. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, though the public records bill for gold/silver custodians and the legal tender repeal drew a few dissenting votes.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • , and will it improve student outcomes, particularly for those students who are currently being underserved
  • students.
  • Beyond advocating for students, an SPI office focused on public reporting and student outcomes could
  • Help California students. Don't create one more... Stay the course. Help California students.
  • and student outcomes.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The joint Senate Education and Budget Committee hearing focused on Governor Newsom’s education governance proposal, which would reorganize state K-12 education leadership by shifting day-to-day management of the Department of Education from the elected Superintendent of Public Instruction to a governor-appointed education commissioner, while giving the superintendent a more policy-focused role and voting seats on the State Board of Education and the California Community Colleges Board of Governors. Brooks Allen, for the State Board of Education and Governor’s office, argued the change would reduce fragmented authority, improve accountability, and align California with other states that use appointed chief education officials. Amber Alexander of the Department of Finance outlined the budget-neutral staffing transfers and transition timeline, and LAO analyst Sarah Cortez said the LAO supports the shift to an appointed commissioner but recommends Senate confirmation, clearer statutory duties, preserved legislative oversight, and a cost-neutral fiscal plan. Committee members raised substantial concerns about timing, constitutionality, voter expectations, and whether the proposal would actually improve student outcomes. Senator Cabaldon argued the change would effectively alter the meaning of the constitutionally created superintendent office during an election year without voter approval, and questioned whether governance restructuring has evidence of improving achievement or should instead yield savings. Other senators asked how the new structure would work in practice, who would be accountable if it failed, whether a governor-appointed commissioner was the best model, and whether local districts would truly see clearer lines of authority. Allen responded that the Legislature retains plenary authority over education, that the transition would be minimally disruptive, and that the proposal was designed to create a single line of management and clearer communication for local districts. The discussion also covered the Legislature’s role in curriculum and education policy. LAO staff explained that the Legislature has broad authority over education and can direct curriculum-related policy, though it has generally delegated detailed curriculum work to the State Board and the Instructional Quality Commission. Several senators said the current system already creates confusion for voters and local educators, while others argued the proposal adds another layer of bureaucracy and overpromises on results. No vote was taken at this hearing; members continued questioning witnesses and indicated the proposal would be examined further in later panels, including testimony from local education leaders.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Feb 11th, 2026

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • consultants, use the state's suspicious activity reporting tool, improve information sharing when students
  • present threatening behavior indicators, establish threat management protocols based on prevention and student
  • not be held accountable the same way as somebody who had gone through the steps, passed the driver's test
  • to not be held accountable the same way as somebody who had gone through the steps, passed driver's test
  • oversight and power given to appointed positions while possibly destroying the future of Florida students
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1300 on education and workforce development for current and former inmates. Senator Claudio explained that the bill is intended to expand collaboration between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Corrections to provide training opportunities tied to Florida’s need for CDL drivers. The bill was reported favorably without debate. Members then considered SB 896 on campus safety, as amended by strike-all and late-filed amendment. The bill would require postsecondary institutions to adopt active assailant response plans, conduct security risk assessments, improve threat reporting and information sharing, and allow voluntary participation in the guardian program; the late-filed amendment removed a prohibition on guardians wearing uniforms. After questions about the firearm-discharge provision near campuses and testimony both for and against, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 86 on commercial motor vehicles operated by unauthorized aliens, SB 642 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers, and confirmed appointees listed on tabs 10 through 19. The committee next heard SB 712 on pyramid promotional schemes, which would create a new prohibition and increase penalties while preserving legitimate direct sales plans. Members raised concerns about whether participants in such schemes might themselves be victims, and the sponsor said prosecutorial discretion would distinguish victims from primary wrongdoers; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1224 on rental housing application fraud was also amended and reported favorably after testimony from apartment and realtor groups in support. In the latter part of the meeting, Chair Martin presented SB 1370 to expand habitual traffic offender status to repeated unlicensed driving, and SB 1712 to create a statewide FDLE counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit. SB 1370 was reported favorably unanimously. SB 1712 drew extensive questioning and public opposition over concerns about broad language, surveillance, and possible impacts on speech and protest, but the sponsor said the unit would focus on protecting the state from adversary intelligence threats and operate within constitutional limits; it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 758 on the Justice Administrative Commission was amended to adjust commission membership and reported favorably unanimously. The committee then recorded additional votes for members and adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Indian Affairs Aug 15th, 2025

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think this is probably your first caucus topic that you can take, and there'll be a test on the reports
  • The Migrant Education Program, which supports the educational needs of migratory children, i.e., students
  • succeed on standardized state exams. 21st Century Community Learning Centers were created to help students
  • additional services to complement the regular academic program and offer families of participating students
  • And the reports you have, there'll be a test on them next meeting. Maybe we'll see.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And another speaking of holistic discussions here, we're in the final year of the Student Opportunity
  • As it relates specifically to the Student Opportunity Act, our budget recommendation before you today
  • For some of those communities that aren't as well benefited by the Student Opportunity Act.
  • You have codified protections for immigrant students, English language learners, and students with disabilities
  • In 2025, approximately 2,050 students registered for 135 OIG Academy classes.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The joint budget hearing opened the FY27 budget process with remarks from the Senate and House Ways and Means chairs, who described the fiscal outlook as challenging because of slow revenue growth, rising health care and other costs, and uncertainty from federal policy changes. Governor Healey and Secretary of Administration and Finance Matthew Gorzkowicz then presented House 2, a $62.8 billion budget that they said grows by about 1% and does not raise taxes or fees. They emphasized affordability, fiscal discipline, protection of core services, and continued investment in education, transportation, housing, child care, health care, and public safety. The administration also discussed a separate bill to delay and phase in certain federal tax-code changes from the so-called OB3 law, especially research and experimental expense provisions, to reduce immediate budget impacts and preserve competitiveness. A major portion of the hearing focused on education and municipal aid. The administration said House 2 provides about $7.6 billion for Chapter 70 aid, fully funds the final year of the Student Opportunity Act, increases special education circuit breaker funding, and raises rural school aid. Senators and representatives from both parties raised concerns that Chapter 70 and other aid formulas are not equitable for small, rural, and low-wealth communities and are not keeping pace with inflation, and several called for broader review of the formula and related funding streams. The governor and secretary said they are open to further discussion, pointed to additional support through rural aid, special education, transportation reimbursements, and minimum aid, and said total Student Opportunity Act investment would reach about $2.1 billion over the life of the law. Transportation, housing, and fair share spending were also central topics. The administration said fair share revenues are being used holistically, with education-heavy spending in the operating budget and transportation-heavy spending in the supplemental budget, and estimated the overall split to date at roughly 57% education and 43% transportation. They highlighted MBTA stabilization, regional transit authority support, microtransit, fare-free regional transit, and bridge and commuter rail investments, while noting the MBTA remains a major fiscal concern. On housing, the governor stressed production, permitting reform, ADUs, down-payment assistance, and support for public housing authorities, while lawmakers pressed for more funding for local housing authorities and for ways to address out-migration, energy costs, and affordability. The governor also said the administration will not withhold fire safety grants from communities over MBTA Communities Act noncompliance and will handle such issues case by case. No votes were taken at the hearing; it was an informational presentation and question-and-answer session.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:02:48.640> for experience that prepares students for experience that prepares students
  • <00:04:08.799> will of the capitol and then students will of the capitol and then students
  • <00:10:36.240> their and wildlife and kind of test their and wildlife and kind of test their
  • But again, these FFA students do an outstanding job. >> Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members.
  • :54.720> just<00:14:54.959> an these FFA uh students, just an these FFA uh students, just
Bills: HF3580, HF3566
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then heard from Minnesota FFA officers, who described FFA as a student-led agricultural education organization focused on leadership, personal growth, and career success. The students explained the three-part model of agricultural education, the size and reach of FFA in Minnesota, and upcoming events at the Capitol, including an agricultural policy experience conference and FFA Day at the Capitol. Members asked about FFA’s role in encouraging the next generation of farmers, the organization’s broader focus beyond farming to include wildlife and other natural resources careers, and the mix of rural, metro, and urban chapters. The students emphasized that FFA and agricultural educators help students discover career paths and that urban chapters are active and thriving alongside rural ones. The committee then received a presentation from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture on the Agri program. The department described Agri as a legislature-created program that uses producer-payment funds to support roughly 15 grant and cost-share programs, including newer efforts such as Protect and Prepare. Testimony stressed transparency and fraud prevention: Agri is reimbursement-based, requires detailed documentation, conducts site visits on grants over $25,000, and has identified and stopped more than a dozen fraudulent applications in the past year. The department also noted a prior legislative auditor review of two larger Agri programs and said only about one-tenth of 1% of reviewed expenditures were recommended for recovery. The department highlighted the Make It Minnesota cost-share program, which helps Minnesota food and agriculture companies attend national trade shows such as Natural Products Expo West. Testifiers then described how Agri has supported their businesses: Mark Schiller of Lon Liquor in Northfield said the program helped his microdistillery expand into milling organic flour and adding food service, while Pete Gangler of Snowpack Foods in Caledonia said Agri grants supported food safety improvements, processing capacity, and a new freezer warehouse project. The department said additional grantees would testify as well, and members asked whether the department’s fraud-prevention practices could be shared with other state agencies; staff said they already are being shared through interagency best-practice efforts.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, March 2, 2026 AM

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • , or you're using the substantial contacts test, and if you're using that test, then not all foreign
  • >> And the effects test is is is the test >> And the effects test is is is the test
  • still essentially a minimum contact test still essentially a minimum contact test because<00:38:
  • are another way that the commercial test are another way that the commercial test would<00:43:20.800
  • current student in the school district. current student in the school district.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 10th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Started testing, but my brothers and sisters across the state do not have that same benefit.
  • Do not test their firefighters for cancer. Do not screen them.
  • His fight actually tested him.
  • In Flower Mound, we test. 140 line personnel and that that tag is on the expensive side.
  • There's a much more cost burden to the cities than stepping up and actually testing for cancers.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • we face trials and tribulations, You graciously... ...provide this opportunity for our faith to be tested
  • And we know from Your word that when we face trials of many kinds, this testing of our faith produces
  • Legislation to eliminate the STAAR test and replace it with... effective tools to assess students' progress
  • relating to the regulation of the cultivation, processing, packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, testing
  • relating to the regulation of the cultivation, processing, packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, testing
Keywords: 997, house, all
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Steve DeMaris was heading this up with a student helper, and that was the feeder that the student helper
  • We do ELISA testing.
  • We're testing under ag.
  • We're testing under ag.
  • We could test soil. We could test rocks. We could kind of do anything.
Keywords: 965, house, all
Summary: The meeting began with roll call, adoption of the agenda, and approval of the prior minutes. The main presentation was from Julie Grenwald of Louisiana Hunters for the Hungry, who described the nonprofit’s protein donation programs, including freezer clean-out days, deer and fish processing partnerships, and a paused feral hog donation program that had collected about 3,500 hogs and 137,000 pounds of pork before funding ran short. She said the group has donated roughly 300,000 pounds of protein over two years, works with food banks and local agencies, and is protected under Louisiana’s Good Samaritan Law. Members asked about processor locations, exotic species, signage, sponsorships, and whether the program could expand to other invasive species or mobile drop-off options; Grenwald said expansion is possible if processors and funding are available. The task force then received a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries update from Jonathan Bordelon on chronic wasting disease testing. He reported more than 2,800 samples collected and over 2,300 results returned, with nine positives total: eight in Tensas Parish and one confirmed in Concordia Parish on Richard K. Yancey WMA, which triggered preparation of an emergency declaration and future rulemaking to adjust the control area. He said harvest and sampling remain near record levels, most samples are voluntary, and the agency continues to monitor symptomatic deer reports and public submissions. The final major presentation was from William McKinley of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, who gave a detailed overview of Mississippi’s CWD response. He said Mississippi has 529 detections across 18 counties, with prevalence rising from about one in 500 samples to about one in 80 statewide, and much higher in some counties. He described Mississippi’s surveillance system, targeted tags within three miles of positives, environmental sampling, feeder bans in CWD zones, and research showing contamination at feeders and in scrapes. He also discussed possible multiple strains, including one linked to the Wisconsin whitetail strain and another around Vicksburg/Issaquena, and said the disease appears to be expanding about 3.5 miles per year. Members asked about high-fence enclosures, live deer movement restrictions, baiting and feeding rules, hunter participation, and whether Louisiana should develop similar environmental testing capacity; no votes were taken on these issues, but members discussed possible future legislative or budget action.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Beginning July 1 of this year, medical students face a $50,000 annual cap on student loans and a $200,000
  • annual cap on student loans and $50,000 annual cap on student loans and a<00:34:20.320> $200,000
  • student loan debt. student loan debt.
  • education accessible for all students education accessible for all students will<00:35:37.599>
  • >> That's<01:20:38.800> to<01:20:39.120> test. >> That's to test.
Bills: HF1925