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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • and new programs in addition to updating the plan.
  • It also does teen pregnancy prevention programs.
  • It does the WIC, Women, Infants, and Children program, so I...
  • good work to give this program funding, and so with that I will be voting present today.
  • good work to give this program funding, and so with that I will be voting present today.
Bills: SB1131, SB1249
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 21st, 2026 at 02:04 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Everything like that in short order, the STEP is a six-year program, right?
  • , I think the tribes, at least for some of them, are going after the Tribal Transportation Bridge Program
  • Bridge Program money to be able to leverage the state investment.
Bills: SB2
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:58 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • , Early Intervention Program.
  • It's by program what we've been Spending since 2012.
  • Maribeth has the actual numbers by program, Mr. Chair.
  • Those programs that pay more than that how are they participating or how do they participate in the program
  • Infants don't benefit from programs.
Bills: SB2
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Senate Session (Part II) Aug 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Bills: SB3, SB16
Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation by Senator Hagenbuch, who asked for wisdom, humility, courage, and guidance in serving Texas and conducting the chamber’s work with integrity and respect. After the prayer, the House messenger reported that the House had passed several congratulatory and commemorative resolutions, including HCR 2 honoring the victims of the July 2025 Hill Country floods, HCR 3 marking the dedication of the Children’s Emergency Relief International George M. Cowden Building in Austin, HCR 4 congratulating Ricky and Anne Lowe on their 47th wedding anniversary, and HCR 5 recognizing Don Sparks of Midland for receiving the 2025 Chief Roughneck Award. Following the House message, the Senate announced a brief recess while awaiting completion of the House calendar. Senator Zaffirini then moved that the Senate stand in recess until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 27, and the motion was adopted without objection.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 11th, 2025 at 09:30 am

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • A paraprofessional teaching program, which is $3 million. ...of what we did.
  • Paraprofessional teaching program, which is $3 million.
  • The North Dakota Teacher Rise is a teacher mentoring program.
  • , is that the Amira program?
  • Okay, so that's the Amira program, dyslexia training.
Bills: HB1540
Summary: The committee first took up amended bill 10-13, a school funding and education appropriations measure. Senator Schaible walked through the final version, which included changes to foundation aid, transportation grants, free and reduced-price meals funding, paraprofessional and teacher support programs, Native American education items, library and school facility projects, and several one-time grants. Members discussed removing the science center grant funding, and Senator Meyer objected to that removal, arguing that Grand Forks had raised matching private and local funds and that other cities had received similar state support. The committee also agreed to adjust regional education association funding to reflect six centers rather than seven, reducing that line to $600,000. The committee then adopted the amendment to 10-13 unanimously and passed the bill as further amended on a unanimous roll call, with Senator Shively designated as carrier. After a brief recess, the committee turned to bill 1540, but no formal action was taken. Bank of North Dakota and OMB representatives raised concerns that the draft included policy changes and procurement/IT exemptions that needed further discussion. Members agreed the bill would be delayed until Monday so the Bank, OMB, and NDIT could confer and work through the mechanics and policy issues before the committee moved it forward.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Like right now with an H2A program, for instance, if I owned a company and I brought you labor, I couldn't
  • are going to add every state is we are going to add every state agency to start to use the SAVES program
  • The SAVES program is similar to E-Verify but it's for government benefits.
  • they will a public means-tested benefit, they will need to input their information into the SAVES program
Bills: HB1
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We do have uplifts in the current program.
  • Do you think that since we are investing or we plan to invest more money in this program, this program
  • It's the number one program in the state of Texas.
  • McConaughey mentioned this program today.
  • You've heard about the 469% ROI of the TMIP program.
Bills: SB22, SB 22
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 27th, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • the United States for the Paris Olympics through our program.
  • And he was able to stay on track through our hybrid programming.
  • Yeah, I go to athletics on every blue day for our school. OK. The block scheduling, blue days.
  • The blue day. And then you can do like PE and stuff too, if you want.
  • However, I was doing a back-of-the-envelope calculation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/25/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, it's not codified anywhere for a number of programs for many years.
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  • ><c> program</c> Learners our specialized program Learners our specialized program includes<01:13:32.840
  • ALC is, without a doubt, one of my favorite programs at our ALC.
  • ALCS are considered a graduation incentive program.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • I have a blue envelope from the State Police that I keep in my car to let a police officer know that
  • We're very encouraged to see the blue envelope rolling out across Massachusetts and recognizing the need
  • We're very encouraged to see the blue envelope rolling out across Massachusetts and recognizing the need
  • And just like Morris said as well, I think it coincides well with the blue envelope bill, where people
  • And lastly, creating a Blue Alert... ...a plate program, so we're familiar with it in Massachusetts.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing focused on a range of public safety bills, with especially emotional testimony on the Maggie Hubbard Rental Safety Act, which would require short-term rentals to be inspected for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and require platforms or agents to verify compliance before listing. Rep. Hadley Luddy, Sen. Julian Cyr, and the Hubbard and Waldron families described the fatal Airbnb fire that killed Shannon Hubbard and her daughter Maggie in New York, saying the deaths were preventable and that the bill would save lives. Committee members expressed sympathy and support for the families’ efforts to turn their loss into legislation. The committee also heard testimony on a proposed peace officer oath (S. 1680), described by Sen. Lydia Edwards as a binding ethical standard tied to certification and recertification, with discipline and annual reporting to promote accountability and de-escalation. Rep. Tom Walsh testified for a bill requiring hotel and motel workers to be trained to recognize human trafficking and to post hotline signage, and later testimony supported a school safety data grant program to provide first responders with standardized, up-to-date school maps for emergencies. Another major topic was a bill to allow temporary door-locking devices in public buildings; supporters said the devices are removable, do not alter fire code, and could improve lockdown response during active shooter events. Additional bills discussed included measures to transfer the Office of Emergency Medical Services to EOPSS, increase penalties for unlicensed hood-system cleaning, expand membership on the Massachusetts Fire Training Council, and strengthen confidentiality for peer support and critical incident stress debriefings. Firefighters and fire chiefs also supported a bill to tighten penalties for violations of hot-work regulations, citing the 2014 Beacon Street fire that killed Lt. Walsh and Firefighter Kennedy. Law enforcement groups backed a package including a Blue Star plate and Blue Alert system for fallen officers’ families, stronger move-over penalties, and a memorial fund, while the State Police Association supported the move-over provisions but asked for further work on the special state police officer bill before final action. No votes were taken during the hearing.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/23/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • For the record, Mark Osborne, you're on behalf of Blue Cross Blue Shield.
  • Chairman, for the record, Mark Osborne, you're on behalf of Blue Cross Blue Shield.
  • We're talking about the building envelope.
  • get their program started.
  • So this is the state Medicaid program.
WV

West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 11:05 am

West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 453, to establish the Blue Envelope Program.
  • The Blue Envelope Program. Third reading of the bill. Questions on passage of the bill?
  • This bill requires the West Virginia State Police to develop the Blue Envelope Program for the distribution
  • of blue envelopes to drivers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, dementia, or intellectual and
  • , except as necessary to distribute the envelope to the requester.
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and numerous guest introductions, including students, community leaders, food bank representatives, and visitors connected to Hunger Free West Virginia Day. A resolution recognizing March 10, 2026, as Hunger Free West Virginia Day was adopted, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 on the Southern West Virginia water crisis was referred to the Rules Committee. The chamber also heard remarks highlighting Hunger Free West Virginia’s work and a West Virginia company, Unigen, developing pharmaceutical manufacturing in the state. The Senate concurred with House amendments and passed several measures, including Senate Bill 467 on enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces, Senate Bill 712 on cattle guards on certain public roads, and Senate Bill 781, a supplemental appropriation measure that was also made effective from passage. The chamber then adopted and passed Senate Bill 844, a large supplemental appropriation to the Department of Human Services, and Senate Bill 87, a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Commerce, both effective from passage. Other third-reading bills passed included the Blue Envelope Program for drivers with autism, dementia, or intellectual and developmental disabilities; coverage for scalp cooling systems during chemotherapy; expansion of sex-offender registration to include solicitation of a minor and non-consensual disclosure of private images; child safety reporting requirements for school personnel; age-verification requirements for websites hosting harmful sexual material; free Gold Star parent vehicle registration; online training and updated standards for sanitarians; sheriff hiring authority; organ donor registration through voter registration; a Cold Case Task Force; abandoned vehicle title procedures; nutrition continuing education for physicians; special plate rules; gift card fraud offenses; protections for athletic officials; in-year school personnel movement; administrative services powers; pharmacy benefit manager regulation; vape shop regulation; reduced parole supervision fees; disability service credit for certain troopers; property valuation reporting changes; and quarterly Hope Scholarship payments. The Senate also advanced a large number of House bills and committee substitutes on second reading, including supplemental appropriations and measures on mental health examinations, dog registration rules, juvenile jurisdiction on military installations, military interpersonal violence, kinship care subsidies, a statewide prevention plan, contraband smuggling into federal prisons, forestry equipment levy treatment, and Commerce Department rules for microgrid districts and high-impact data centers. Several committee amendments were adopted, and many bills were advanced to third reading without objection. No executive communications were reported.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • . $3 or more to a grant program benefiting non-profit organizations that support the DPS employees.
  • This is completely voluntary. program funded by these voluntary contributions is intended to serve as
  • Just to be clear, all this bill does is authorize the creation of this grant program.
  • This includes programs related to identity management and digital identity credentials.
  • This grant program would be administered by the Governor's Public Safety Office.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Clarity on sample ballot mailings the goal of HF931 2/26/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • A disclosure on the envelope and on the forms would greatly reduce the number of calls.
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Keywords: 1183, house