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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA-AEN Public Hearing 02-11-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Summary: The committees heard testimony on several measures related to wildlife, conservation, shoreline adaptation, and climate governance. On SB 2606, which would establish the Freshwater State Recreational Area Wildlife Sanctuary Corporation, the Department of Land and Natural Resources said it had concerns about employee eligibility and was not yet prepared to comment further on the bill’s ramifications. After testimony ended, a senator asked DLNR to follow up with more detail, and the department said it would relay the questions to leadership and respond later. No vote was taken on the measure during the excerpt. On SB 3253, which would create the Hawaii Conservation Sanctuary as a nonprofit entity to work with DLNR, the department said it supported the bill. In discussion, DLNR said Hawaii has not done anything like this before, described a similar model in New Zealand, and estimated that developing such a sanctuary could cost millions of dollars. Members also discussed whether the concept would fit with existing efforts such as Hakalau, and DLNR said the bill could apply to private or state lands depending on the site. No action was taken. The most extensive discussion was on SB 237, which would expand state and county authority to develop adaptation pathways for relocating infrastructure away from sea level rise and coastal flooding areas. DLNR supported the bill, saying it prioritizes public trust resources over economic development or private property. The Kahana Bay Steering Committee and the Shoreline Preservation Coalition opposed the measure, arguing it was too focused on managed retreat and should include a broader range of shoreline responses, such as erosion mitigation, groins, sand nourishment, and other interim protections. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development said it appreciated the bill’s intent but wanted broader language that would allow more tools in the toolbox. Members debated whether retreat is inevitable, whether different shorelines require different approaches, and whether the bill should be more flexible. No vote was taken. The final measure discussed was SB 3252, which would amend the powers and duties of the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, create a coordinator position, and appropriate funds. The commission’s coordinator testified in support, while OPSD opposed the bill, saying it would remove the two cabinet-level co-chair positions, raise accountability concerns, and duplicate some of OPSD’s functions. In questioning, members debated whether the current commission structure has been effective, who would appoint or confirm the coordinator, and whether the bill would improve transparency and implementation. OPSD said it supported more statewide interdepartmental funding for climate planning and staffing, but had concerns about the proposed governance changes. No vote or final action was taken in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals May 1st, 2025

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals

Transcript Highlights:
  • when teachers are out of school.
  • School teachers are public sector employees, and the purpose of voting no would be to preserve.
  • fact that they're teachers; it's the fact that they are public sector employees.
  • Especially in some of the larger districts, teachers would be great candidates for these positions.
  • I have a friend who's a teacher.
Bills: HB3557 , HB5578 , SB973 , SB974 , SB2068 , SB2073
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • , say, Spanish, okay, because you know—I know it's going to be a challenge for some schools with teachers
  • They can absolutely talk to a nurse, a teacher, a counselor, whoever they want.
  • Furthermore, teachers and employees are sometimes required by the First Amendment and federal law to
  • This bill puts teachers in a position where they have to choose between violating federal or state law
  • Can we ban math teachers from using those equal signs?
Bills: HB332 , HB166 , SB336 , HB447 , HB244
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know what else they want: good teachers, good families, and pro-life policy.
  • I'm not competing with the state of Oklahoma for teachers.
  • It modifies the definition of career teacher to include teachers whose earned career status is accepted
  • I think it protects both students and teachers.
  • But of course, we're in a teacher shortage, so even seven is great.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They want good teachers. They want good families, and they want pro-life policy.
  • I'm not competing with the state of Oklahoma for teachers.
  • It modifies the definition of career teacher to include teachers whose earned career status is accepted
  • Teacher to include teachers whose earned career status is accepted by a vote of the board in the teacher's
  • I think it protects both students and teachers.
Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, gallery introductions, and extended farewell remarks from Senator Jett, who reflected on his six years in the Legislature, his focus on representing constituents, protecting families, and holding government accountable. Several senators responded with personal tributes, praising his conviction, faith, family involvement, and willingness to ask difficult questions. No votes were taken during the farewell portion. The chamber then considered House Bill 2268, a PACE appropriation to support comprehensive care for low-income seniors and expand services in rural Oklahoma. The bill was amended to restore the title, advanced, and passed 34-9, then passed as an emergency measure 36-7. House Bill 3000, a cosmetology and barbering measure, made multiple changes including board reorganization, adding a human trafficking specialist and massage therapist, shifting some licensing functions to Service Oklahoma, and eliminating the massage therapy advisory board. It drew significant debate over process and policy, especially from senators concerned about late changes, lack of board input, and the human trafficking rationale; it passed 25-19 and then as an emergency 33-11. The Senate also passed House Bill 3043, allowing the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to hire prorated seasonal staff for veterans homes, 37-6; House Bill 3066, creating a revolving fund for federal workforce training money for behavioral health recruitment and retention, 38-6 and as an emergency; and House Bill 3078, allowing donation options on state payment forms for the ODVA revolving fund, 45-0 and as an emergency. Additional measures passed included House Bill 3143, extending the moratorium on new medical marijuana business licenses to 2028, 39-7; House Bill 3144, capping medical marijuana commercial grower licenses at 2,550 after amendment, 34-12; House Bill 3244 on identity theft, 46-0; House Bill 3298 on child interview procedures in court cases, 46-0 and as an emergency; House Bill 3320, replacing the traditional sunset process with more immediate legislative review of agencies, 33-13 and as an emergency; House Bill 3321, requiring county data collection and reporting related to court costs and financial obligations, 45-0 and as an emergency; House Bill 3329, a trailer bill adding a repealer and a sunset for the Board of Psychological Examiners, 33-10 and as an emergency; House Bill 3431, expanding restrictions on foreign entities owning or leasing land and critical minerals, 43-0; House Bill 3464, setting safety and training requirements for certain projects involving fire code compliance and decommissioning, 43-0 and as an emergency; and House Bill 3499, expanding special judges’ authority over vehicle title orders, which was presented and advanced as the transcript ended.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this would be the raise for teachers.
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  • </c> see what applications their teachers see what applications their teachers their<00:50:16.559><c>
  • teacher recruitment in the budget.
  • All opposed. teacher raise. Um, a few other changes teacher raise.
Bills: HB235 , HB236 , HB565 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242 , HB235 , HB236 , HB565 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • This will allow our teachers to have two years in a row.
  • can serve hopefully even more teachers.
  • For the teachers, it says the limit of the agreement is $500 per teacher.
  • That would be for each teacher for each school year.
  • kind of competitive process for teachers to submit their projects.
Bills: AB568 , SB90 , SB133 , SB147 , SB229 , SB233 , SB240 , SB245 , SB280 , SB378 , SB393 , SB417 , SB434 , SB494 , SB495
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a high schooler, I played percussion and had the same band teacher each year.
  • </c> and had the same band teacher each year. and had the same band teacher each year.
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  • In closing, a teacher cannot accidentally groom a student. It is not a one-time event.
  • </c><01:25:25.880><c> She's</c> teacher alone with six kids. She's teacher alone with six kids.
Bills: HF4277 , HF3819 , HF3489 , HF4408 , HF3901 , HF4316
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 6th, 2026 at 09:10 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're now actually the region in compensation for teachers and other school personnel to the point where
  • That's what funds our teachers. That's what funds our schools. That's what funds our teachers.
  • As Secretary Rodriguez shared, this is a growth industry in higher ed and in the teacher prep programs
  • As Secretary Rodriguez shared, this is a growth industry in higher ed and in the teacher prep programs
  • As Secretary Rodriguez shared, this is a growth industry in higher ed and in the teacher prep programs
Bills: SB204 , SB241 , HB34
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 6th, 2026

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Their online school teachers are phenomenal. Their online school teachers are phenomenal. Mrs.
  • She is so happy with her ELL teachers, and all of her teachers are amazing.
  • And caseloads for the teachers.
  • And caseloads for the teachers.
  • teacher, we have a teacher, we have a teacher, I was an administrator—when building this piece of legislation
Bills: HB2 , SB204 , SB241 , HB34
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 253, as substituted, which would create a framework for full-time virtual/distance learning programs in New Mexico. Sponsors and agency witnesses said the bill is intended to preserve virtual options while adding approval, reporting, and compliance requirements, including definitions for distance learning programs, annual reporting, renewal every three to five years, and a pause on new programs while existing ones are grandfathered for a period. They also said the bill addresses budget concerns by limiting enrollment growth units and excluding distance-learning students from certain funding calculations, including rural population units, to prevent unexpected losses in the state equalization guarantee. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters included district superintendents and education officials who said the bill is needed to protect school funding, improve accountability, and gather basic data that the state currently lacks. Opponents included parents, students, teachers, charter-school representatives, and business and advocacy voices who argued virtual education has been lifesaving for medically fragile, bullied, rural, neurodivergent, and working students, and that the bill’s caps, geographic limits, and approval authority would reduce school choice and could eliminate some programs. Several witnesses stressed that virtual charter schools such as Pecos Cyber Academy and New Mexico Connections would not be affected, while others said the bill still reaches too broadly. Committee members raised extensive questions about the 10% enrollment cap, the adjacent-district requirement, the denial-and-appeal process, the treatment of charter schools versus district programs, and the effect on rural or small districts. Witnesses explained that the bill is meant to be temporary, with an interim study in 2026 to develop longer-term policy, but some members said they remained concerned about overreach and unintended consequences. No final vote or action on the bill was shown in the transcript excerpt.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 29th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Early Learning & K-12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • year: three math teachers and three ELA teachers, to receive ongoing annual STAR teacher bonuses of
  • And you ask Senator Wilson... ...to reward the teachers who are doing it well.
  • We know that some teachers want to teach students how to use their device.
  • Approved programs will use these standards to train teacher candidates, and they will be used for teachers
  • Teacher capacity has increased. Teacher staff climate surveys are at a nine-year high.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • I was visiting when you were answered, so if this is duplicative, but alt-certified teachers, people
  • I was visiting when you were answered, so if this is duplicative, but alt certified teachers, people
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including Veteran of the Week Colonel Stanley L. Evans, Oklahoma City Young Professionals, state contest winners for America’s 250th anniversary, and a long series of page introductions. The chamber then moved into floor action on a large number of measures, many of them Senate bills and House joint resolutions dealing with administrative rules and agency oversight, public safety, education, health, agriculture, business, and tax policy. Among the major bills discussed were SB 1543 on aggregating multiple DUI charges within one year into a single felony case, HB 1933 on nitrous oxide violations, SB 1859 creating an OSBI Cybercrimes and Fraud Unit, SB 237 on ad valorem tax NAICS code changes, SB 2065 designating pollinator-related state symbols, SB 44 extending nonprofit sales tax exemptions to contractors, SB 2030 updating automated expungement procedures, SB 2045 expanding the Grow Your Own education program, and several water and agriculture measures including SB 1509, SB 1314, and SB 2071. Members also considered multiple joint resolutions approving permanent administrative rules for education, energy and agriculture, business and commerce, health agencies, and building code rules, with Kendricks explaining that some major rules were separated out for transparency and, in one case, a cost mitigation agreement had been reached. Testimony and debate were generally brief and focused on clarifying amendments. Several authors explained that amendments were added to address constitutionality, remove outdated or incorrect language, or reflect negotiated changes with agencies and stakeholders. Notable discussion included concerns about forum shopping in SB 1543, questions about the scope of the Grow Your Own program in SB 2045, and clarification that SB 1618’s pretrial report language had been changed to a public safety report agreed to by sheriffs and district attorneys. The House adopted numerous amendments without objection and passed the bills by wide margins, including some unanimous or near-unanimous votes, while a few measures drew more opposition, such as SB 1403, SB 1509, SB 2071, and SB 1618. The House also adopted HCR 1027 setting sine die adjournment for Thursday, May 14, and adjourned until the next day, May 5, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • One of the concerns they talked about was our teachers.
  • And I can tell you, as my children were growing up, the most amazing teachers were those teachers that
  • path that respects our teachers and students.
  • are we going to have to have another teacher in fluency?
  • The pre-service teachers...
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • resources and support they need to be successful readers and be successful in life, making sure our teachers
  • have the Successful readers and be successful in life, making sure our teachers have the resources they
  • My mom was an elementary school teacher at a rural school and then also right here in Lincoln.
  • That is how teachers show up all day, every day to help fill those gaps.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-06-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But also with them, teacher Jared Honio as well as VP Greg Nakata.
  • But also with them teacher them here.
  • Welcome. >> [applause] Oh, maybe we have some other teachers here.
  • </c> Oh, maybe we have some other teachers Oh, maybe we have some other teachers here.<00:03:43.599><
  • Thank you so much. acknowledge their teacher Mr. Fitz um in acknowledge their teacher Mr.