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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 15, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve
- students have access to in school meals. students have access to in school meals.
- each school day.
- in high school.
- He was a student in high school.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
Transcript Highlights:
- This is one of my priority pieces of legislation.
- , daycares, and school-age children programs.
- Schools, daycares, and school-age children programs have notification requirements to parents and staff
- Our current law states the requirements for pesticide use at school, child care centers, and school-age
- However, this current law only affects schools, child care centers, and school-age child care programs
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries held its second hearing and heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including food security, cottage food entrepreneurship, hemp regulation, lobster industry support, pesticide restrictions, pollinator protections, pet cemeteries, and municipal land rights. Committee chairs outlined hearing procedures, noted that 19 bills were on the docket, and took testimony both in person and remotely, with several legislators testifying out of turn because of scheduling conflicts.
Several speakers supported food access and local economic opportunity bills. Representative Howard and Senator Oliveira backed the Food Justice Frontline Program and a cottage food/food entrepreneur bill, arguing they would fund nonprofit food security organizations, create jobs, improve SNAP/HIP outreach, and reduce barriers for home-based food businesses. Eastie Farm representatives and a student testified in favor of the food justice bill, describing food insecurity in East Boston and the need for grants, youth involvement, and multilingual outreach. Sidney Travis of the Institute for Justice also supported cottage food reforms, saying current municipal permitting rules create unequal access and that cottage foods are generally safe.
The committee also heard sharply divided testimony on hemp legislation. Senator Comerford supported S. 54 as a public health measure to ban synthetic THC products, restrict intoxicating hemp sales to licensed dispensaries, and fund local enforcement, while Laura Beiner, John Nathan, and Elizabeth Wendorf opposed the bill or parts of it, warning it would harm compliant hemp businesses and small farmers. Representative Arena-DeRosa testified in support of a related pollinator bill, and Adam Karachi opposed pesticide restrictions for schools while Deborah Smith supported them, arguing existing protections should be expanded to other child-centered locations. The committee also heard support for a bill to aid lobstermen affected by right whale protections, a bill to preserve private pet cemeteries, and a municipal right-of-first-refusal bill for agricultural and recreational land. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 675, Aguiar-Curry, farm to school: do pass out on an A roll call.
- AB 461, Arreguín, CalWORKs school attendance: AB 461, Arreguín, CalWORKs school attendance: do pass out
- AB 1361, Bains, Kern County UC medical school study: hold in committee.
- AB 294, Gallagher, OES program priorities: holding committee.
- AB 453, Martucci, School Safety Plans Work Group: holding committee.
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its May 23, 2025 suspense hearing and opened by emphasizing the difficult budget environment, rising costs for constituents, and the need to make tough choices. The chair said many bills would be held, amended to reduce costs, or made two-year bills because the state could not afford broad program expansions this year. The committee also noted the agenda was organized alphabetically by author and that results would be posted later that day.
The committee then acted on a large suspense file, taking up hundreds of Assembly bills across topics including housing, health care, education, labor, public safety, climate, water, transportation, elections, and technology. Many bills were held in committee, while many others were approved with cost-saving, clarifying, or author’s amendments. Examples included measures on CalABLE, Covered California enrollment, wildfire and insurance issues, reproductive health, school and college programs, prison and juvenile justice matters, AI and data privacy, and local government and utility regulation. Several bills were converted to two-year bills to continue discussion.
Throughout the hearing, the committee repeatedly voted on bills by A roll call or B roll call, often with Republicans not voting on amended measures. Some bills were advanced with notable amendments, such as narrowing scope, removing appropriations, delaying implementation, or striking costly provisions. The committee also approved a number of committee bills and omnibus measures, including emergency management, judiciary, insurance, and water-related bills.
At the end of the hearing, the chair stated that the committee had moved 435 bills to the Assembly floor, either as do pass or do pass as amended, and adjourned the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We host great communities, amazing schools, wonderful amenities, and, of course, really good partners
- We host great communities, amazing schools, wonderful amenities, and, of course, really good partners
- We host great communities, amazing schools, wonderful amenities, and, of course, really good partners
- We host great communities, amazing schools, wonderful amenities, and, of course, really good partners
- There are more people turning 65 than there are children entering elementary school.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thereby reducing chaos in our schools.
- Um, but unfortunately, there are some other things happening in schools and for some reason in school
- When I was a junior in high school, my AP physics teacher asked me to stay after school to discuss college
- In May of that school year, he kissed me, and within weeks he sexually assaulted me inside the school
- Schools stand in loco parentis to students, which, which is why victims of abuse in schools need the
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The budget request will highlight the agency's priorities in public safety.
- Just to recap what the Florida Scholars Academy is, it is the unified school district in 39 of our residential
- So I understand that there's competing priorities for you all, for the executive and legislative branch
- The priority must be fixing the conditions, not ignoring them. Thank you.
- The priority must be fixing the conditions, not ignoring them. Thank you. Can I ask a question?
Summary:
The committee received a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-2027 public safety budget, which totals $8.2 billion for the public safety silo and includes funding for the Departments of Law Enforcement, Juvenile Justice, and Corrections, along with courts and legal affairs. The Governor’s Office highlighted recurring reductions and vacancy eliminations, while agency heads outlined their major requests: FDLE sought funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert-system upgrades, alcohol testing modernization, officer wellness, criminal intelligence, and immigration-related intelligence work; DJJ requested money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential services, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requested major increases for officer pay, additional staff, facility construction and maintenance, communications upgrades, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members questioned FDLE about immigration enforcement and public records burdens, and DOC about staffing, capacity, mental health services, contraband, housing, and whether prison beds were being used for immigration detainees. Public testimony also urged better prison conditions and basic necessities for incarcerated people.
The committee then took up and reported favorably CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would strengthen penalties and clarify that a person may not resist an officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties. An amendment conforming the bill to House language was adopted, and the bill passed with Senator Smith voting no. The committee also adopted an amendment and reported favorably CS/SB 54, which concerns use of substances affecting cognitive function and limits certain medical-record disclosures to information relevant to investigations of violent offenders; Senator Smith voted no on that measure as well.
Next, the committee considered Senator Berman’s bills on domestic and dating violence. CS/SB 296 would direct a study of a secure web-based alert platform for victims, including a discreet phone-number/code system and geolocation support, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims. The bill drew emotional support testimony from survivors and advocates describing the dangers victims face when trying to leave abusive situations, and it was reported favorably. Its companion, CS/SB 298, would extend public-records protections in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims; it was also reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Sep 23rd, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So our goal is to not only improve the high school diplomas, GED equivalent.
- So the judge will authorize the person to get into that program, to the 28-day program, and priority
- Martinez, the guy who's at the front of the law school class, I'm sure. What year was it?
- I commend you all for making that a priority and recognizing the bigger picture.
- Ordinance recognizing that behavioral health had to be a higher priority relative to all the things we've
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 11th, 2025
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- To help us establish our priorities, we have the Grow Center Advisory Committee.
- also, what we try to do each year with our symposium over the last few years, is align our research priority
- So we've released a priority research award that we are looking for more research, specifically on the
- degree or equivalent credit hours and two years of relevant professional work experience, or a high school
- degree or equivalent credit hours and two years of relevant professional work experience, or a high school
Summary:
The committee heard three presentations focused on child welfare workforce development and the needs of children in Florida’s dependency system. First, the Florida Institute for Child Welfare described its Grow Center and related initiatives, including academic curriculum enhancements, simulations, virtual reality training, coaching, on-demand learning, advanced certifications, and the planned Tallahassee learning lab opening in January 2026. Members asked about conflict resolution, domestic violence, addiction, and microcredentials; the presenter said the institute is expanding training in those areas and is working with DCF to align advanced certifications with the department’s career ladder.
The Department of Children and Families then presented on the Continue the Mission initiative, which recruits veterans, military spouses, and former law enforcement officers into CPI, API, and case management roles. DCF said it has held more than 240 hiring events and hired 372 such workers since launch, while also improving recruitment and retention through higher starting pay, streamlined hiring, rebranding, wellness supports, and enhanced pre-service training. Senators asked about PTSD concerns, staffing levels, caseloads, hotline vacancies, and salaries; DCF said it had not seen direct PTSD issues from the hiring effort and provided figures including a $50,000 starting salary for CPIs, $37,000 for APIs, and average caseloads of 12 to 15 investigations for CPIs and about 10 for APIs.
Finally, DCF discussed the increased acuity of children in the dependency system, explaining that fewer children are entering care overall but those who do often have more complex behavioral, mental health, developmental, or medical needs. The department highlighted a new Behavioral Qualified Residential Treatment Program (BQRTP) designed for youth who need more intensive support than traditional foster or group home settings but do not require inpatient psychiatric treatment; one facility is licensed with 12 of 14 beds filled, and DCF said it is seeking funding for placement for 230 youth total. Members pressed for details on licensure timelines, standards, funding, and the handling of crossover youth and lockouts, and DCF said it uses braided funding and works with DJJ, APD, and lead agencies through local and state review teams. A representative of the Florida Coalition for Children also testified, saying the issue is complex and multi-year, and that the coalition is working on possible legislative and programmatic solutions. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after the presentations and discussion.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- for my teacher and school nurse.
- It's true that when I went to school, I have no way of knowing that if I went to school or I went to
- This bill applies to every daycare, school, employer, and business in Arizona. It prohibits...
- This bill applies to every daycare, school, employer, and business in Arizona.
- He goes to radiology school.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to start with one of our old-school notes here, Matt Fioretti.
- They have everything from... ...school, and it’s still going strong. It’s an amazing place.
- It’s a little bigger than the kids use in school these days. It brings up pictures.
- One of our main priorities is assistive technology, which is what brings me here today.
- One of our main priorities is assistive technology, which is what brings me here today.
Keywords:
modification, electronic equipment, consumer rights, OEM restrictions, civil penalties, intellectual property, critical infrastructure, foreign adversaries, China, communications, security, Arizona Space Commission, strategic plan, aerospace, economic development, space industry, education, workforce training, assistive technology, disability services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
MN House passes HF2432, the judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy & finance bill. 4/25/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But I'm about to bring up some things we talked about in law school.
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House/Senate DFL Media Availability 4/10/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In a tied House, there will be Republican priorities of things that they want to change in state law
- There will be House DFL priorities that can't happen in a tie because those policy changes or proposals
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I think at the full budget hearings, it certainly was clear that this is a priority.
- It's a priority for the legislature, so understood that, and we'll be continuing those conversations.
- And I understand that because sometimes these encampments are, whether they're close to a school, whether
- It's like taking a school, going back to it and saying, okay.
- Other sort of lower priority projects.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House DFL Press Conference 3/27/25
Transcript Highlights:
- hardship, create a fairer and more stable marketplace, and ensure the well-being of drivers as a top priority
- One of our top legislative priorities at the foundation is housing. The city of St.
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and United States Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed ses Feb 13th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
Transcript Highlights:
- First, border security is a priority. and I agree with his decision to declare a national emergency at
- What are your top priorities?
- So what are your top priorities?
- I had a whole series of questions I wanted to ask about Haiti and other SouthComm priorities.
- What priorities will be left unfunded as a result of this shift in priorities?
Keywords:
national security, China, Russia, cybersecurity, border security, military deployment, transnational crime, defense modernization, military strategy
Summary:
In this meeting, key topics included national security concerns with an emphasis on threats from China, Russia, and transnational criminal organizations. Senior military officials provided testimony on the evolving risks posed by these adversaries, particularly focusing on cybersecurity and advancements in weaponry. The discussion highlighted the importance of a cohesive strategy among government departments to effectively respond to the challenges presented by these threats, emphasizing the need for modernization in defense capabilities. Committee members grilled the witnesses on border security and the implications of deploying military resources in domestic operations.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Education
Transcript Highlights:
- And while education has always been the top priority, they simply couldn't afford a private school for
- school.
- school.
- The Lynn Public Schools district strategic plan lays out five priorities, the first being to strengthen
- High School is our only public high school.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Education heard testimony on several bills centered on school accountability, receivership, graduation requirements, charter school access, community schools, school libraries, and student voting rights. Much of the discussion focused on the Thrive Act, S. 374, which would end state receivership and change the state’s accountability approach. Supporters, including educators, parents, advocacy groups, and students, argued that receivership has not improved outcomes in districts such as Lawrence, Holyoke, Southbridge, Boston, and the Dever, and that local communities should have more control, with greater emphasis on community schools, wraparound services, and broader measures of school quality. They also supported related bills on community schools and school library standards, and several witnesses backed a bill to expand student representative voting rights on school committees.
Opponents of S. 374, especially charter school leaders, parents, students, and some education advocates, focused on Section 4 of the bill, which would change the charter school net school spending cap in the lowest-performing districts. They argued that the provision would reduce access to charter seats in communities where families are seeking more options, and that schools such as Roxbury Prep, Excel Academy, Brook, Veritas Prep, and Libertas Academy have produced strong results for students, including students of color, low-income students, and students with special needs. Several witnesses said the section would force schools to shrink or close and would remove opportunities for families in districts with long waitlists.
Committee members questioned witnesses on both the effectiveness of receivership and the charter school cap language. Chair Lewis and Chair Gordon emphasized the need for a better accountability system and noted concerns about whether current measures, including MCAS-based designations, accurately reflect school quality. Some witnesses said they had discussed the possibility of removing Section 4 from the Thrive Act and suggested it might be addressed in separate charter reform legislation. No votes were taken during the hearing; testimony was received and the committee later closed testimony on S. 374 and several related bills before moving on to the student voting rights bill, S. 367.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So the further we can get into the school programs, we do a lot of educational programs, a lot of the
- This session we have one priority item and that's investment in water infrastructure.
- So generating new water supplies is the highest priority.
- The funding was promptly allocated to high priority projects.
- We're also partnering with high schools and community colleges to develop training programs.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I think water is probably one of the top priority issues.
- This session we have one priority item and that's investment in water infrastructure.
- Supplies is the highest priority.
- they could. receive on-the-job training while still in high school.
- The funding was promptly allocated to high-priority projects.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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within immigrants to these priorities within immigrants to these priorities - We have to... priorities here. We're seeing it through priorities here.
- and it comes down to priorities. Mr. and it comes down to priorities. Mr.