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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • allows for single-use and family accommodations and makes exceptions for emergencies, children, disabilities
  • These laws should be enforced rather than creating further discrimination and division among us.
  • And who's going to verify which disabilities can use aid?
  • About 80% of disabilities are hidden, such as PTSD, epilepsy, or chronic pain. This is ridiculous.
  • In the early 20th century, eugenics policies targeted Black, Brown, immigrant, and disabled people. disabled
Bills: SB7, SB14, SB 7, SB 14
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 04/29/26

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
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  • <00:21:39.280> um particular division um particular division um is<00:21:40.640> one
  • disabilities in our wonderful state. disabilities in our wonderful state.
  • Moving next to line 227, this is a budget-neutral proposal related to disability waiver annual vehicle
  • , if we're able to offset disabilities, if we're able to offset that<01:25:51.440> through<01:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 27th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Young to commend the Lincoln Preparatory School Boys Basketball Team on winning the Division
  • Let us choose respect over outrage, conversation over condemnation, and unity over division.
  • House Bill 107 by Representative Malloran, relative to intellectual disabilities and capital cases, to
  • House Bill 107 by Representative Malloran, relative to intellectual disabilities and capital cases, to
  • different ones: the START, the K through 12, and then also the ABLE, which is for students with disabilities
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, adopted the journal, and spent much of the day on recognitions and resolutions. Members honored NAMI and proclaimed Mental Health Awareness Month, recognized fourth graders from Alpine Christian School, Hunter Nation supporters, Vermilion Parish guests, and the 2026 Louisiana Young Heroes. The House also observed a moment of silence for Martha Odom after the Mall of Louisiana tragedy, and one member spoke against political violence and harassment. Several resolutions were adopted, including measures for Louisiana Young Heroes Day, Rural Mental Health Day, Nurses’ Day/Week, a study of child abuse reporter training, a memorial on FISA/privacy, and studies on civil bench warrants, property transfer/public records issues, the term “foreign” in state law, and carbon sequestration-related property issues. The House also adopted HCR 4 by a 63-30 vote to suspend certain Louisiana Administrative Code provisions on supplemental feeding, baiting, and chronic wasting disease control areas for 18 months. The chamber then moved through a large number of committee reports and bills, mostly advancing them without objection. Notable measures included bills on criminal discovery and law enforcement records, impaired driving task force, sexual assault nurse examiners and oversight, election commissioner pay, Medicaid dental coverage tied to other procedures, judicial salaries, teacher phased retirement, TOPS Tech eligibility, school emergency operations plans, pharmacy benefit manager transparency, and school-based health services. Several bills were recommitted to Appropriations or sent to third reading, while others were adopted as titles or amended in committee reports. In floor action on final passage, the House approved a series of bills with broad support: H.B. 12 on survivor benefits for reserve and auxiliary law enforcement officers (102-0), H.B. 402 on phased retirement for higher education employees (97-2), H.B. 205 on supplemental compensation for election commissioners (98-0), H.B. 224 on Medicaid dental coverage for medically necessary procedures (98-0), H.B. 267 on Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors appointments (70-19), H.B. 324 on judicial salary increases (98-0), H.B. 325 on TOPS Tech eligibility changes (90-7), H.B. 350 expanding a charter school’s grade levels (98-0), H.B. 745 extending special permit authority for tandem loads (100-0), H.B. 749 transferring administration of 529/ABLE savings programs to a third-party platform while keeping state oversight (94-0), H.B. 797 creating the Bayou Gold Program for digital gold businesses (101-0), H.B. 807 creating a workforce instructor capacity investment program (90-0), H.B. 821 moving the Center for Safe Schools to the Law Enforcement Commission (103-0), H.B. 896 on toll signage, dispute procedures, and customer service centers (103-0), H.B. 979 increasing first responder survivor benefits to $404,000 after amendment (103-0), H.B. 992 assigning student IDs in early childhood programs (94-6), H.B. 1000 adjusting highway priority program procedures and local district contract limits (96-0), H.B. 1024 creating a Louisiana Democratic Party license plate (100-0), H.B. 1050 clarifying CDL age and vision requirements (98-0), and H.B. 1173 easing late-fee treatment in license reinstatement payment plans (94-0).
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, March 6, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and special needs they rely disabilities and special needs they rely heavily<02:21:35.560> on
  • This will slash support for students with disabilities, undermine schools and rural communities, and
  • This will slash support for students with disabilities, undermine schools and rural communities, and
  • in this country are a serious divisions in this country are a serious problem<04:03:04.040> I
  • The Public Integrity Division is uniquely qualified to root out any corruption, recover stolen funds,
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Oct 15th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any salary dollars positions, we usually go division by division within the agency, and if there's an
  • That division did not put anything forward.
  • I will get with the specific division, our administrative funds division, and I can get you a copy of
  • To the best of my knowledge, yes, I will get with the specific division, our administrative funds division
  • Americans with Disabilities Act, $1 million in that area. So again, $1 million in that area.
Summary: The committee met to hear fiscal year 2026-2027 legislative budget requests from several justice-related agencies. The Florida Commission on Offender Review requested funding for investigator and revocation staff salary increases to address turnover, plus nonrecurring funds for Wi-Fi, seven vehicles, technology support, and commissioner salary adjustments. The State Courts Administrator presented a broad judicial branch request focused on trial court case-management technology, additional case managers, trust fund authority for child support hearing officers, courthouse furnishings, district court flexibility in staffing, a future courthouse for the Sixth District Court of Appeal, Supreme Court elevator replacement, POM accounting implementation support, judicial security liaison positions tied to the Florida Fusion Center, expanded senior management service authority, and judicial salary adjustments. The Office of the Attorney General outlined pay and operating requests for consumer protection, citizen services, ethics, crime compensation, victim services, vehicle replacement, IT and cybersecurity, lease and operating costs, and PALM-related expenses, while several senators questioned the office about outside counsel contracts, contingency-fee arrangements, transparency, and the use of private law firms. The Department of Corrections made the largest presentation, describing severe staffing shortages, high turnover, rising inmate populations, increased assaults, and heavy overtime use. Secretary Ricky Dixon said the agency’s request was driven by constitutional and public safety needs and included funding for operations, security equipment, inflationary costs, vehicle replacement, offender information system modernization, technology restoration, inmate health services, drug and food cost increases, staffing pilots, maintenance, security infrastructure, Florida PALM, recruitment and retention, and $56 million for new correctional housing units. Members asked about inmate labor, prison safety, overtime, vehicle breakdowns, and whether more National Guard support was needed; Dixon said the agency needed more staffing and pay competitiveness rather than a long-term military presence. A correctional officers’ union representative also urged support for pay raises, citing low pay and staffing concerns. No votes were taken on the budget requests. The chair allowed extended questioning, especially for the Department of Corrections, but noted time constraints and asked agencies to return in a later committee meeting, including FDLE, which was deferred because of a House site visit.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Feb 13th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The NCAA just passed a resolution yesterday to allow the three divisions to make flag football an emerging
  • I expect it to be in the SEC and at the Division One level in the next couple of years.
  • These accounts are designed to achieve a better life experience for individuals with disabilities.
  • An ABLE account is a savings account or investment option for people with disabilities who qualify under
  • The money in an ABLE account may be used to pay for qualified disability expenses.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 12th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lord, in a time filled with debate, uncertainty, and division, help us all stay grounded in faith instead
  • It just identifies the divisions of the court. Madam Clerk.
  • It just identifies the divisions of the court.
  • No, it just calls them divisions.
  • It's just removing the L, but it's going to just rename the divisions of the court.
Bills: HR265, HR266, HR267, HR268, HR269, HR270, HR271, HR272, HR273, HCR107, HCR108, HCR109, HCR110, HCR111, HR257, HR258, HR259, HR260, HR261, HR262, HR263, HCR105, HCR106, SCR30, SB57, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB276, SB450, SB465, SB501, SB525, HR3, HR80, HR197, HR243, SCR5, SCR35, HB4, HB623, HB944, HB986, HB1098, HB1222, SB34, SB164, SB172, SB198, SB208, SB232, SB281, SB286, SB317, SB322, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB409, SB417, SB421, SB430, SB439, SB447, SB458, SB510, SB398, HB646, HR84, HR188, HR205, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, SCR20, SCR24, HCR6, HB301, HB359, HB657, HB675, HB680, HB727, HB302, HB819, HB1257, HB1258, SB8, SB10, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB14, SB16, SB17, SB18, SB20, SB21, SB22, SB40, SB48, SB55, SB69, SB75, SB77, SB78, SB85, SB102, SB115, SB133, SB140, SB148, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB185, SB197, SB200, SB217, SB235, SB278, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB315, SB324, SB330, SB411, SB416, SB420, SB436, SB438, SB449, SB455, SB456, SB477, SB489, SB521, SB45, SB58, SB71, SB81, SB92, SB100, SB109, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB204, SB205, SB207, SB213, SB214, SB216, SB229, SB257, SB274, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB429, SB479, SB522, HCR72, HB633, HB603, HB940, HB251, HB775, HB998, HB1191, HB625, HB1255, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, HB258, HB842, SB149, SB382, SB441
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Conference Committee on Budget May 4th, 2026

Conference Committee on Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Division of Energy Wood Energy Tax Credit. Division of Energy, Wood Energy Tax Credit.
  • Division of Energy, I got 15% on it. 10. 15. I wrote 10 on. And is it also 10 on the next one? 335.
  • I think it was $50 million in FY25, but this will have the division.
  • So they're actually part of the Department of Social Services, but the division that is MoHealthNet,
  • This will help Children's Division pull down some additional federal funding, working with the Office
Summary: The meeting was a lengthy conference committee review of multiple budget bills, with most of the discussion focused on House Bill 2 and related education funding. Members walked through numerous fund switches and appropriations tied to the foundation formula, blind pension, Capital Commission, Lottery Proceeds, and Classroom Trust funds. Several members urged fully funding the foundation formula or getting as close as possible, while others defended the compromise approach as a way to close the gap with available revenue. The committee also settled a number of education-related items, including child care grants, career ladder, school safety training, assessment pilots, Title I reallocation, parents as teachers language, child care subsidy language, and flex percentages on selected lines. The committee agreed to sign the House Bill 2 conference report after resolving the listed positions and language compromises. The committee then moved through House Bill 3 on higher education, agreeing to most Senate positions and a conference proposal directing the department to develop a new higher education funding model by December 1, 2026. Several members raised concerns about the timeline and whether the model would preserve separate funding buckets for two-year and four-year institutions, but the proposal was retained. House Bill 2004, covering transportation, was also reviewed, with compromises on items such as safety operations, low-volume roads, port funding, and several flex percentages. Members discussed the use of Capital Commission dollars and the status of road and port projects, and the bill was advanced with the agreed positions. House Bill 5, dealing with information technology and administration, generated substantial debate over a new Senate-added language proposal for OA/ITSD. Several members objected that the language was overly prescriptive, resembled a resolution, and could steer the state toward a specific cloud-computing direction or vendor; others said it was intended to create accountability and a plan for better oversight of IT spending. The committee left some items open briefly, then returned with a shorter conference proposal and agreed to distribute it. House Bill 7, House Bill 8, House Bill 9, and House Bill 2010 were also handled, with a mix of Senate, House, and compromise positions on public safety, veterans, agriculture, economic development, and behavioral health items. The committee recessed several times and repeatedly instructed members to sign the conference reports after the agreed changes were read into the record.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/14/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Would it come from our schools, health care, nursing homes, services for people with disabilities, or
  • , services for people with disabilities, services for people with disabilities, or<00:18:44.000><
  • I'm the Cooperative Forest Management Supervisor for the Division of Forestry at DNR.
  • I'm the Cooperative Forest Management Supervisor for the Division of Forestry at DNR.
  • Management Supervisor for the Division Management Supervisor for the Division of<01:23:56.280>
Summary: The committee first approved the April 9 minutes, then took up House File 2988, which would extend for eight more years a sales tax exemption tied to Minnesota State High School League tournament ticket revenue that is funneled into the league’s foundation and returned to schools as grants. Chair Youakim and Executive Director Eric Martins said the program sends more than $1.1 million annually back to schools for activity fee reductions, scholarships, coaching and training, AEDs, late buses, and other school needs, with over 98% of funds going directly to schools. Representative Huot and others spoke in support, while Representative Robinson questioned the structure and suggested the state could instead simply reduce ticket prices and not tax the tickets. The committee laid HF 2988 over for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill. The committee then heard House File 4906, as amended, which would create a one-time property tax refund in calendar year 2026 for owners of residential homesteads and the homestead portion of agricultural property, funded by a $4 billion appropriation in fiscal year 2027. The bill includes a clawback for delinquent taxpayers and offsets to ensure no one receives more in property tax refunds than they paid. A House Research staffer said the Department of Revenue viewed the refund as potentially taxable, while House Research said it likely should be treated as a recovery of prior taxes, and the two would follow up. The bill was introduced with testimony from Eric Bernstein of We Make Minnesota and Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project, both of whom opposed it, arguing it would create a large budget hole, force future cuts, and disproportionately benefit homeowners while excluding renters and lower-income Minnesotans. Several members also raised concerns. Representative Hewitt said the state should prioritize public safety, rural EMS, and safety-net hospitals rather than a large rebate, and Representative Youakim argued the money would be better spent on longer-term property tax relief and education funding. Representative Hollins said the proposal would worsen racial and wealth inequities because homeownership is lower among communities of color and renters would get nothing. In response, the author and supporters said the bill is meant to put money back into people’s budgets and that individuals should be able to decide how to use their own money. The discussion continued with questions about the bill’s size and fiscal impact, but no final action on HF 4906 was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Division?
  • Division?<01:33:09.560> Division?<01:33:10.080> Okay. Okay. We have a division.
  • All in favor of the bill, a division has been called.
  • Because these people with disabilities are humans too.
  • Because these people with disabilities Because these people with disabilities are<01:40:56.480><
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 11, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • As the father of a disabled young man, a Down syndrome As the father of a disabled young man, a Down
  • syndrome young man, I will tell you that the benefits that my son or others who are disabled count on
  • And when we talk about community, education, disability payments, poor people, helping widows, helping
  • people, veterans, and people with disabilities.
  • Government contracts that go to women, children, disabled people, veterans, and people with disabilities
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • I noticed that I did the division and all of that, but my concern is that we tend, again, Going back
  • Likewise, a student could be identified as a student with a disability and Caucasian, for example.
  • The number of students with disabilities has changed by less than 0.6% since 2022, and students with
  • disabilities made small incremental gains to 8.6%, but they still remain among the lowest performance
  • And then we see that students with disabilities remain flat, around 2% to 3% proficient, showing really
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 14, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think we're going to get a division anyway. All those in favor, raise your hands.
  • If we could just go over the testing, what exactly we're cutting out of the testing division.
  • It is a request to establish a standalone division for the Wyoming School Authorizing Board.
  • Footnote number 12 provided $12.3 million for preschool children with developmental disabilities to be
  • employee within the forestry division employee within the forestry division when<05:07:56.160>
Keywords: 916, all
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • Sections 19 and 20 guide the division in the event.
  • Christine Hess with the Nevada Housing Division.
  • And everybody is asking the Division, what's next?
  • So I think the division... Nope, that's separate.
  • It's fun for the division.
Keywords: 909, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • He's the construction operations manager with our Real Estate and Construction Services Division within
  • The first change is to establish a special reviews division.
  • Right now, OLA has two divisions: the Program Evaluation Division and the Financial Audits Division.
  • The first change is to establish a special reviews division.
  • Right now, OLA has two divisions: the Program Evaluation Division and the Financial Audits Division.
Bills: HF1867, HF1240
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • involved in that with disabilities involved in that sector?
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  • 00:19:27.039> knowing<00:19:27.280> that with the disability part knowing that with the
  • <01:13:56.400> The<01:13:56.640> wooden our nailed wood division.
  • The wooden our nailed wood division.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the October minutes, and heard first a progress report on the state-funded “Putting Young Kentuckians to Work” initiative. Workforce leaders from Cumberland Workforce Development Board and Kentucky Works said the HB 1 funding has allowed them to contract with all 10 workforce boards and build new pipelines with high schools, area technology centers, school districts, and community and technical colleges. They reported an end-of-year goal of 3,600 job placements, with 218 placements reported as of October 2025 and enrollment numbers continuing to rise. Testimony emphasized that the program is aimed at disconnected youth and high school seniors, that federal WIOA funds are too limited to support this work alone, and that the flexible state funding has enabled short-term training and placements in fields such as welding, CDL, and CNA. Members asked about barriers to implementation, wage levels, and services for students with disabilities; presenters said the main challenge was building school relationships and that wage growth should improve as students gain more skills and credentials. The committee then received an update on the Kentucky Talent Attraction Initiative. Representatives from Greater Louisville Inc. and Commerce Lexington explained that the General Assembly previously provided $250,000 for a consultant to develop a statewide talent attraction and retention strategy, and that more than 13 organizations across the state support the effort. Development Counsellors International described its research process, including statewide stakeholder engagement, and said the goal is to create a Kentucky talent value proposition that combines job opportunities with quality-of-place messaging. They reported that Kentucky faces a shrinking labor force and a projected national worker shortfall, while internal research found 47% of working-age respondents could consider leaving the state within two years because they are not confident in career opportunities. At the same time, they said 96% of surveyed higher education students would stay if offered a full-time job, and 72% of employers expect to expand staffing in the next two years. The presenters said they are moving from research into messaging and an action plan, and that the strategy should be customized and measurable rather than one-size-fits-all.
WV

West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 14th, 2026 at 01:53 pm

West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House amendment would mandate the division reimburse the cost of the utility relocation in the vast
  • House announced the House amended and passed Senate Bill 826, supplementary appropriation to the Division
  • amended and passed committee substitute for Senate Bill 97, creating benefit for duty-related partial disability
Keywords: 994, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • establishment and administrative authority for the MAP grant program from DPS to the Criminal Justice Division
  • I'm the Director of the Aviation Division for the Texas Department of Transportation.
  • difficult-to-navigate platforms that create barriers for small businesses. elderly users, individuals with disabilities
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Economic Development May 19th, 2025

Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And administrative authority for the MAP grant program from DPS to to the Criminal Justice division in
  • I'm the director of the aviation division for the Texas Department of Transportation.
  • navigate platforms that create barriers for small businesses, elderly users, individuals with disabilities