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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 25th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • My goal is to help expand our programs. My goal is to help expand our programs that we need.
  • I know our cybersecurity program and our AI program are fairly new, and I think with this partnership
  • one day we'll have a doctorate program in the nursing program at West Florida.
  • One of the best programs is the nursing program, where the practical nursing students pass at 90.91%,
  • , they both are doing workforce programs?
Bills: S1570, S1376
Summary: The committee heard and approved two bills before moving to a long confirmation agenda. SB 1570, by Sen. Gates, would restore Project Leo, a previously sunset program that helps locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination between CARD centers and local sheriffs; it was praised as a proven tool for families and first responders and was reported favorably. CS/SB 1376, by Sen. Burgess, would create grants to support genetic counseling education and help address Florida’s shortage of genetic counselors; testimony noted the state’s limited supply of licensed counselors and the need to expand clinical training, and the bill also passed favorably. The committee then considered a block of reappointments to university and college boards of trustees, including institutions such as UWF, Broward College, Chipola College, FIU, Pasco-Hernando, Polk State, St. Petersburg, Valencia, FAMU, FAU, UCF, FSU, New College, UNF, USF, and others. No one requested separate votes on the reappointments, and the block was confirmed unanimously for recommendation to the next committee. A series of new appointees then appeared and largely emphasized workforce training, nursing, military support, and local economic development at their institutions. Witnesses included appointees to Pensacola State, Polk State, St. Petersburg College, UNF, FIU, UWF, Valencia, the College of the Florida Keys, and others; several highlighted strong NCLEX pass rates, dual enrollment, and partnerships with employers or military communities. One nominee, Florida Poly reappointment Ilya Shapiro, faced pointed questioning from Sen. Bracey Davis about past comments regarding race and the Supreme Court; he said his remarks were about hiring criteria, not a specific justice, and reiterated opposition to race- or sex-based selection. The committee also briefly struggled to reach Sherry Young by phone before hearing her testimony for Chipola College, where she said she wanted to give back as an alumna and nurse practitioner. Most new appointees were recommended for confirmation in a block, while Thomas Zachary Smith of UWF was pulled for separate consideration.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Postsecondary Jan 28th, 2026

Education Postsecondary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill would establish an education grant program to support students pursuing a career in genetics
  • I'm glad we're going to continue this program.
  • So I think that having these kinds of programs and monitors will really save lives.
  • So thank you for continuing this program. I'm happy to.
  • I remember when we started the program as a pilot program, and I was disappointed when it was no longer
Bills: S1376, S1570
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and first considered SB 1376, which would create an education grant program to help address Florida’s shortage of genetic counselors by supporting students in genetics programs at state universities. Senator Burgess described genetic counselors’ roles in oncology, prenatal care, rare diseases, and other clinical settings, and noted Florida’s limited number of licensed counselors. The committee adopted an amendment requiring graduate programs to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling and to show sufficient clinical training capacity. Members spoke in support, and CS/SB 1376 was reported favorably by roll call vote. After a brief recess, the committee took up SB 1570, which would revive Project Leo, a prior Florida program that helped locate missing persons with special needs who are at high risk of wandering or elopement. President Gates explained that the bill would allow participating CARD centers to work with local sheriff’s offices to provide voluntary tracking devices and included $1 million in nonrecurring funding. Senators Berman and Harrell supported the measure, citing the dangers of wandering, especially for individuals with developmental disabilities or autism, and the importance of preventing drownings and other tragedies. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. No other business was raised, no senators requested to be recorded on the bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • to provide for the ABLE account program, the Louisiana Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust K-12 Program
  • And I think clearly the extra information in terms of how programs—we cannot get information at a program
  • And I think clearly the extra information in terms of how programs, we cannot get information at a program
  • the people who play for the football program, all right?
  • It exempts pre-K programs operated by non-public schools approved by BESE.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with four members present and took up a long agenda of education-related bills. Early items included SCR 65, which would create a K-12 student success task force to study statewide career and academic pathway advising; the committee adopted a substantive amendment adding designees and then reported the resolution favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SCR 119, honoring Coach D.D. Breaux, after brief remarks about her LSU gymnastics legacy and the request that LSU study naming its gymnastics training facility in her honor. Several bills affecting school operations and student support were heard and reported favorably, including HB 434 on probationary school bus driver employment and superintendent authority over dismissal; HB 484 expanding scholarship benefits for children and spouses of fallen or disabled firefighters and police officers; HB 749 and HB 1059 on savings accounts and TOPS math eligibility alignment; HB 218 adding food insecurity questions to student questionnaires, which was amended and reported favorably; HB 325 expanding TOPS Tech eligibility through dual enrollment and part-time use; HB 476 requiring Safe Haven law postings in middle and high school restrooms; HB 1249 clarifying access to school-based health centers, with an amendment adopted; HB 1242 allowing more than one early learning center license at the same location under certain circumstances; HB 632 improving data protections and functionality for LA First; and HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students, which was amended to address IEP and dispute-process concerns before being reported favorably. Two bills drew extended debate over transparency, privacy, and school autonomy. HB 608 would create confidentiality for intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing documents; LSU representatives argued the bill was needed to protect student-athletes and competitive information, while PAR and the Louisiana Press Association opposed it as an improper secrecy carve-out for state-generated revenue. Despite the opposition, the committee reported HB 608 favorably. HB 1112, which would exempt BESE-approved non-public pre-K programs from certain licensure and safety requirements and adjust related definitions, was amended and then heard with testimony from the Pelican Institute in support, arguing it corrects overreach from prior law and protects private school autonomy and parental choice.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, Maria's not passing; can I—let's set up a program, not Apollo, you know.
  • Unfortunately, there is no Texas law that prevents schools from socially transitioning a minor without
  • These medical interventions have lasting, damaging, and irreversible implications that can include infertility
  • role in reducing the number of field hours and reducing the retention rate for some certification programs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We raised the funding from $50 to $150 per student program.
  • Is that the only ones that you want served on this program?
  • They approved a bond program back in 2018.
  • The damage had been done.
  • It creates a permissive school security volunteer program. ...security volunteer program with veterans
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Transcript Highlights:
  • and repeals the pilot program on July 1, 2029.
  • So over the years, departments have begun adopting these programs.
  • It focuses a lot on proactive, preventative training.
  • Otherwise, the need for this program is even more intense.
  • Otherwise, the need for this program is even more intense. Thank you.
Summary: The Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement heard several bills related to public safety personnel. SB 1520, which would have required state agencies to share certain immigration-related data with the federal government and sunset in 2029, was set aside after a proposed strike-everything amendment was defeated. The committee then voted 7-5 to give the underlying bill a do pass recommendation. SB 1216, which removes the sunset from traumatic event counseling programs for peace officers, firefighters, and 911 dispatchers and expands eligibility to crime scene and digital forensics technicians, drew support from police and fire representatives and passed 12-1 with a do pass recommendation. SB 1391 would create an AZ POST-administered law enforcement stress management pilot program, funded with a $950,000 general fund appropriation and operated through one Arizona nonprofit. The sponsor described it as a preventive, peer-support-focused program, but several members objected that the bill was overly prescriptive and looked like a vendor-specific measure. The committee voted 5-7 against giving SB 1391 a do pass recommendation. SB 1493, as amended, would require employers to pay taxable costs, attorney fees, and expert fees when a law enforcement officer who was terminated without just cause prevails through the administrative appeal process and then in Superior Court after the employer refuses reinstatement. Supporters argued it was a fairness and due process measure for rare cases where officers must litigate twice to be reinstated. After adopting a chairman’s amendment, the committee approved SB 1493 as amended with a due pass recommendation by an 8-3 vote, with one member changing from yes to no before the final tally.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • My mother is a longtime educator, currently the certified teacher running the First Start program in
  • What this bill does, it's an existing program that we have with the Alabama Student Grant Program administered
  • .. participation in the program from 40% to 20%.
  • veterans to participate in the scholarship program.
  • This is a voluntary program; nobody has to do it.
Bills: HB46, HB379, SB22, HB487, HB273, HB525
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 16th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Jan 21st, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this is a program that will assist so many people and equalize the playing field so that homeowners
  • It also increases the amount of damages resulting from a crash that need to be reported from the $500
  • It undermines apprenticeship programs and lowers the pool of trained craft professionals at a time when
  • It undermines apprenticeship programs and lowers the pool of trained craft professionals at a time when
  • is that it's still... ...with our re-employment assistance program is that it's too easy to get.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered ten bills, beginning with SB 594 on local housing assistance plans. Senator Burton explained that the bill would make residents of mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities eligible for SHIP rental assistance and, in some cases, repair or rehabilitation funds, recognizing that many own their homes but rent the lot. Supporters from AARP and the Federation of Manufactured Homeowners said the bill would help seniors and low-income residents remain housed. The bill was reported favorably by a roll call vote. Members then approved two Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles measures: SB 488, the agency package updating Florida’s motor fuel tax compliance with IFTA, allowing online filing and private license plate agencies to act as agents, raising the crash-damage reporting threshold, expanding email communications, and updating tank vehicle compliance; and SB 490, a related public records exemption for email addresses collected for renewal notices. Both were reported favorably without opposition. The committee also passed SB 246, creating a specialty license plate for the UFC Foundation, despite concerns raised that the foundation is based out of state and that the plate was politically motivated; the bill was approved on a split vote. The committee gave favorable reports to SB 216 on reemployment assistance eligibility, which would tighten job-search requirements, require more frequent eligibility verification, and add reporting on fraudulent claims. The bill drew substantial opposition from labor and policy advocates who argued it would add barriers for unemployed workers, especially in rural and skilled-trades jobs, and that the state’s unemployment system remains difficult to navigate. Supporters said the bill was aimed at fraud prevention and ensuring claimants remain eligible. SB 356 on utility terrain vehicles generated extensive debate over safety, local control, and whether UTVs should be allowed on certain roads; supporters emphasized rural utility and law enforcement benefits, while opponents cited manufacturer warnings and crash risks. The sponsor ultimately temporarily postponed the bill. The committee also reported favorably SB 528 on manufacturing, which expands the Department of Commerce’s manufacturing responsibilities, codifies the chief manufacturing officer position, and creates workforce development grant support; SB 584 on commercial driving schools, which authorizes DHSMV agreements with county tax collectors to help enforce school regulation; and SB 388, which raises the annual use fee for the Florida Wildflower specialty plate from $15 to $25 to support the Florida Wildflower Foundation. The final bill, SB 470 on the Fraternal Order of Police specialty plate, was introduced as a measure to broaden eligibility for the existing plate and stabilize funding for law enforcement memorial efforts, but no final action on that bill was reached in the portion of the transcript provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:25:23.679> so continue funding this kind of program so continue funding this kind of program
  • <00:35:03.599> I so to say and uh this this uh program I so to say and uh this this uh program
  • used to be a quite an expensive program used to be a quite an expensive program and<00:43:24.680
  • pre-existing CNA training program pre-existing CNA training program because<00:52:10.319> I'm
  • <00:56:47.640> and the EMS locally as a pilot program and the EMS locally as a pilot program
Bills: HF110, HF111, HF263, HF105
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee, February 23, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first bill for our consideration is Senate File 14, literacy position for K through 3 reading program
  • It appropriates $240,000 from the public school foundation program account to the Department of Education
  • 00.879> to<00:01:01.199> the<00:01:01.520> deployment<00:01:01.920> of program
  • account to the deployment of program account to the deployment of educ<00:01:02.559> uh<00:01
  • However, you all as part of the program.
Bills: SF0014, SF0053
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN-HHS, AEN DEFER Public Hearings 02-02-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • So first up, we have relating to underground storage tanks and... excuse me, anybody testify?
  • So first up we have relating<00:15:51.759> to<00:15:52.000> underground<00:15:52.639>
  • > storage<00:15:53.120> tanks relating to underground storage tanks relating to underground
  • So with regards to underground storage tanks, the responsible party is responsible for cleanup, and if
  • that's occurring to the state the damage that's occurring to the state or<00:32:04.960> the<00
Summary: The joint Senate Agriculture and Environment and Health and Human Services hearing opened with SB 2093, which would require the fuel tank advisory committee to meet at least quarterly and provide funding. The Department of Health offered written testimony, and multiple supporters, including the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Sierra Club, and a public member of the advisory committee, said more frequent meetings were needed to keep Red Hill cleanup, water testing, and public engagement front and center. Senators asked about public participation and whether the bill should also require meetings outside business hours; testifiers urged at least one evening or weekend meeting to improve access. No vote was taken during the discussion shown. The committee then heard SB 2095, creating a PFAS working group within the Department of Health to study PFAS and related chemicals and report to the Legislature. DOH supported the concept but requested amendments and funding, while the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity deferred to DOH. The Board of Water Supply supported the measure and asked to be included in the working group. Members asked about the bill’s reference to “other residuals,” and DOH explained it could refer to remaining PFAS components in soil, water, or other media. The discussion emphasized the widespread and long-lasting nature of PFAS contamination. Next, the committee considered SB 2046 on underground storage tanks and Red Hill-related cleanup. DOH and the Board of Water Supply testified, and a long list of community and environmental groups supported the bill. Testifiers argued the Navy caused the problem and should be held accountable for cleanup, while one witness said the bill was necessary because the Navy had delayed meaningful remediation. Senators asked whether the bill’s “large landowner” language could include the state or counties under existing statutes; DOH said it would check and later explained that cleanup responsibility generally falls first on the responsible party, then on large landowners if no responsible party exists, with the Navy currently understood to own Red Hill. The hearing then moved to SB 2096 on wastewater management, which the Department of Land and Natural Resources supported, noting PFAS can harm marine resources, and DOH’s wastewater branch offered comments. SB 2127 on water pollution drew support from Agra Business Development Corporation and opposition from the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and others. The main debate centered on runoff, NPDES permitting, and whether the bill could unfairly affect agricultural and public entities; senators and witnesses discussed how heavy rainfall, cesspools, and mixed land uses complicate responsibility and compliance. The transcript ends with the committee still in discussion on SB 2127, with no final votes or actions shown in the excerpt.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 29

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He is the driving force behind innovative programs such as the school's agricultural tech curriculum
  • He is the driving force behind innovative programs such as the school's agricultural tech curriculum
  • behind He is the driving force behind He is the driving force behind innovative<00:32:56.040> programs
  • such<00:32:57.080> as<00:32:57.160> the<00:32:57.280> school's innovative programs
  • such as the school's innovative programs such as the school's agricultural<00:32:58.480> tech
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 23, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:07:21.759> reserve school foundation program reserve school foundation program reserve
  • in this uh school foundation program. in this uh school foundation program.
  • <00:27:31.600> program.
  • Both houses had reverted $54.9 million for the BRC program, Business Ready Community Program.
  • program, business ready community<00:30:19.600> program.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 23, 2026 PM 1

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, the bill ended up trying to have a grant program to try to bridge the defects we have right now,
  • I just want to be clear that term that is used for the study, not necessarily for the grant program.
  • We got like 75-year-old equipment working underground for us.
  • The regulations in this program.
  • program, there was about $350 million. program, there was about $350 million.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 23, 2026 PM 2

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:10:02.640> while wildfire recovery and prevention while wildfire recovery and prevention
  • They did remove the dual enrollment pilot program or grant program and the $7.5 million for CTE.
  • They did remove the dual enrollment pilot program or grant program and the $7.5 million for CTE.
  • pilot program or uh grant<00:15:32.560> program<00:15:33.199> and<00:15:33.440> the
  • fund for a leadership programs. fund for a leadership programs.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 11, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • bill today that we're going to take a look at is Senate File 14, Literacy Position for K-3 Reading Program
  • Program. And I've asked uh members of Program.
  • intervention um literacy program. intervention um literacy program.
  • We just haven’t, you know, used this and filled the program. And I don’t know, I could be wrong.
  • Madam Chairman, for Senate File 14, Literacy Position for K-3 Reading Program, do pass amended.
Bills: SF0014, SF0018