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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • It trains people in peer support.
  • It is modeled after the 585 program, which is the state program. It is about 20 hours.
  • It launched program, which is the state program. It is about 20 hours.
  • Senate Bill 1400 allows a law enforcement agency to establish a wellness program to support the agency's
  • Additionally, the bill allows a law enforcement agency to establish a peer support counseling program
Summary: The committee heard several public safety and appropriations-related bills. SB 1452 would create a cargo theft task force in the Attorney General’s Office to coordinate with federal, state, and local law enforcement on cargo and freight theft; the sponsor and trucking industry supporters described cargo theft as a rapidly growing, organized crime problem, and the bill received a 7-0 do pass recommendation. SB 1048 would appropriate $36 million to Coconino County for a new juvenile court services facility and conversion of the existing detention center into a detox/sobriety/crisis recovery center; some members objected to directing a large sum to one county, but it passed 4-3. SB 1092 would prohibit early termination of probation or earned-time/work-time credit for people convicted of dangerous crimes against children, including retroactive application to current lifetime probationers; the sponsor argued it would prevent offenders from being released from supervision, while opponents raised concerns about judicial discretion and overbreadth, and it passed 4-3. The committee also approved SB 1391, which directs AZ POST to create a pilot law enforcement stress management and mental wellness training program with a $950,000 appropriation and a sunset date in 2029. Supporters, including law enforcement trainers and family members, said the program would address cumulative stress, suicide prevention, and resiliency before crises occur; it passed 7-0. SB 1401, a special license plate bill creating a golf tournament charity plate and fund to support youth athletic programs in Tucson, also passed unanimously after testimony from the Tucson Conquistadors. SB 1314 sought unspecified appropriations for salary increases for probation officers, corrections staff, juvenile corrections officers, and DPS employees. Supporters from the Fraternal Order of Police and agency representatives argued that pay raises were needed to address vacancies, turnover, and retention, while some members expressed concern about the open-ended cost and broader budget pressures; it passed 5-1 with one not voting. The committee then took up SB 1071, which would repeal the Arizona Rangers’ statutory framework; testimony sharply divided over accountability, transparency, training, and the organization’s public service role. Rather than vote, the chair held the bill for further discussion and possible amendment. Finally, the committee heard SB 1400, which would allow law enforcement agencies to establish confidential wellness and peer support counseling programs for employees exposed to trauma; supporters said confidentiality is needed to encourage officers to seek help, and the bill was presented for further consideration.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 13th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and for any track within the program.
  • Programs or components to offer that instruction.
  • This is a cleanup bill for the Texas Leadership Scholars Program.
  • the leadership program.
  • Chairman and members, I urge you to support SB 2055.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Workforce Development Apr 10th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Workforce Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And after reviewing it with counsel, we thought that because this is the program evaluation component
  • Senator Hogan said thank you, and the DOGE program... Senator Hogan. Thank you.
  • And we decided to put in Legislative Council program evaluation because we pass laws and we sometimes
  • And so there will be DOGE and there will be Legislative Council program evaluations.
  • But the protocols may be... ...be DOGE and there will be Legislative Council program evaluations, but
Bills: HB1119
Summary: The Workforce Development Committee reconvened to consider House Bill 1119 with amendment version 02005. Senator Hogan explained that the amendment removed a section requiring the Department of Human Services to respond to legislative management, in order to make the bill feel more like a program evaluation than an audit and to avoid placing an unreasonable burden on the executive branch. The amendment also clarified that the Child Care Advisory Committee would provide an update and that the committee would dissolve after the rewrite of licensing standards, making it a time-limited body. Committee members discussed the bill as a novel approach to forming a group to study an issue and then disbanding after reporting back. Senator Larson noted the concept was similar to broader performance-review ideas, and Senator Hogan said the Legislative Council program evaluation effort was parallel to, but separate from, other performance-review proposals. The committee then voted 4-0-1 to adopt the amendment. Afterward, the committee moved to give House Bill 1119, as amended, a do pass recommendation. That motion also passed on a roll call vote, and the committee adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/13/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so this is a two-year immersion program in supporting and in doing.
  • And so this is a two-year immersion program in supporting and in doing.
  • <00:32:01.360> the<00:32:01.600> programs become available to support the programs
  • um<01:24:09.040> people these programs more to support um people these programs more to support
  • And then there are the programs to support teachers in specific fields, special education.
Bills: HF846, HF1538, HF1959
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs May 6th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are here in support of SB 1131.
  • We're also looking at doing direct caregiver education and support and evidence-based support for state
  • It also does teen pregnancy prevention programs.
  • I support this.
  • I support this.
Bills: SB1131, SB1249
Summary: The Committee on Appropriations heard two bills. Senate Bill 1131 would require school districts and charter schools to report AED counts, CPR/AED training levels, and cardiac emergency response plans to ADE, and would appropriate $1 million for AED purchases and maintenance. The committee adopted an amendment shifting the funding source from the general fund to the industry-recognized certification and licensure reimbursement fund, after staff said the fund had an estimated $2 million balance and continued to receive $1 million annually. The American Heart Association testified in support, emphasizing the need for AEDs, CPR training, and emergency planning in schools. The bill was returned with a due pass recommendation by a 15-1 vote, with two members voting present and several members noting concerns about using the special fund rather than general funds. Senate Bill 1249 would create or continue a dementia services program and Alzheimer’s state plan at the Department of Health Services and appropriate $600,000 from the Health Services Lottery Moneys Fund. The Alzheimer’s Association testified in strong support, saying the prior three-year appropriation helped establish the plan and workgroups and that the new funding would support implementation, caregiver support, data collection, training, and grant applications. Several members raised concerns about taking money from a fund that supports maternal and child health programs such as Health Start and WIC, describing it as “robbing Peter to pay Paul,” while others said they supported the policy but wanted a sustainable funding source. The bill received a due pass recommendation on a 9-3 vote, with three members voting present.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation would help us support teachers and ensure that we're funding programs that truly prepare
  • Next slide, please. leadership support. They need to look at leadership support.
  • help offer them supports? help offer them supports?
  • really need some additional support. really need some additional support.
  • Into magnet programs.
Summary: The committee opened with a roll call, confirmed a quorum, approved the minutes by voice vote, and recognized a guest of Senator Hickden, retired judge Dan Kelly. The chair then moved through a tight agenda and limited public presentations and questions. The first presentation was on robotics education in Kentucky, led by Representative Chris Lewis, Kentucky FIRST Robotics executive director Kelly Gowen, and students from Whitfield Academy. They argued that robotics should be expanded in high schools as a workforce pipeline for engineering, manufacturing, and advanced technology jobs. The presentation emphasized hands-on learning, industry certifications, teacher development, and a proposed framework to fund robotics education programs statewide. Committee members were not allowed to ask questions because of time constraints. The second presentation was from Canopy Kentucky, led by Adam Watson and founder Scott Collins. They described Canopy’s business and entrepreneurship education programs for fifth graders and high school students, including the NextGen Good Biz initiative and an eight-classroom high school unit. Canopy requested a one-time $750,000 appropriation for fiscal year 2026, matched by private funds, to expand into more schools and rural areas, train educators, and report outcomes. Members asked a brief question about how the programs fit into school schedules and the difference between the elementary and high school offerings. The final presentation, from KDE’s Kelly Foster and Todd Allen, reviewed the state’s school improvement classifications. Foster explained CSI, TSI, and ATSI status, the federal and state legal framework, and how House Bill 298 returned CSI identification to an annual cycle. She reported that Kentucky identified 50 CSI schools on the most recent release, with 53 CSI schools statewide, along with 39 TSI schools and 102 ATSI schools. She also outlined KDE’s support process, including education recovery staff, diagnostic reviews, turnaround plans, and required professional learning for CSI schools.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

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

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • As Chairman Gore said, it supports workforce development and the... ...engagement in different programs
  • With permanent funding, this program can grow to support all four years of high school, and it can offer
  • I support House Bill 2196, and here's why.
  • I'm here today in support of HB 117 and to offer a friendly reminder that not all pre-K programs are
  • They're supported by many grants.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Andrew Brown, Texas Public Policy Foundation, in support of Senate Bill 2052.
  • But $117, like you say, TANF is not a way to support these children either. Thank you.
  • So we agree that child support should follow the caregiver.
  • We supported this.
  • And that's why I'm in strong support of this, and all the statutory probate courts.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Jurisprudence heard several family-law and probate bills. Senate Bill 2052 would codify a rebuttable presumption that a parent acts in the best interest of a child and require clear and convincing evidence to overcome that presumption in disputes involving non-parents; the author and several witnesses supported the bill as a clarification of existing case law, while one witness suggested refining the modification language. Public testimony was closed and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1923, which would allow child support to follow a child placed temporarily with kin or fictive kin under a parental child safety placement or authorization agreement; the bill’s author and a grandparent caregiver testified in support, while one witness suggested the Attorney General could handle the change administratively. That bill was also left pending. Senate Bill 1838 would standardize fee schedules and compensation rules for attorneys ad litem and related court-appointed counsel in DFPS child-protection cases. The author said the bill would clarify unclear current law, and witnesses from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and family-defense bar supported it, though one asked that expert-witness expenses be expressly included. Senate Bill 387 would raise the bond requirement for county judges handling guardianship proceedings to at least $500,000; the author described it as a refiling of a prior bill that passed unanimously but was vetoed, and a statutory probate judge testified in support. Senate Bill 1839 would require original or paper wills to be delivered to the transferee court when probate proceedings are transferred; the committee substitute broadened the delivery methods, and the district clerk witness supported the change. All three bills were left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 1536, which had previously been voted out with the wrong committee substitute; members reconsidered the vote, adopted the corrected substitute, and then voted 3-0 to report the bill favorably to the full Senate, with local and contested calendar certification. Finally, Senate Bill 1940 would create a transfer-on-death mechanism for manufactured homes classified as personal property, similar to existing tools for real property and vehicles; the author and an estate-planning attorney testified that it would streamline transfers and reduce probate costs. A non-substantive committee substitute was still being prepared, and the bill was left pending.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • rate of past-due child support arrears from 6% to 3% annually.
  • I'm here today in strong support of Senate Bill 629, which would reduce the interest rate on child support
  • I think it's a great first step for reforming our child support system. ...system.
  • I, myself, am not part of the child support system.
  • We are in support of this bill, obviously.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Mar 11th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • This includes SSI, child support, and other benefits.
  • We've got the UIFSA, which is the one on child support.
  • Needs to effectively oversee state health programs.
  • And medically tailored meal programs.
  • So that's our Texas Health Steps program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • or moderate support from their homes, indicating a significant impact.
  • It tells teachers to look away, it tells students not to ask for support.
  • So with her support and her affirmation, he was able to go on.
  • People with the type of support and care that he never had.
  • It's about denying them the support that they need to survive.
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.
  • It creates a permissive school security volunteer program. ...security volunteer program with veterans
  • Smaller purchases were made as needed to support new curriculum topics, campus programs, UIL competitions
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, thank you for your support of this bill.
  • So, with that, I hope you'll support as much today. Thank you. That concludes debate.
  • I don't think there'll be anybody in here that would not support that.
  • I think supporting families and dads is important. As you know, you're a dad of six.
  • That's why I'm supportive of this. Senator Hiinz, for a question. Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm in support of the founding of a Profound Autism Awareness Day in Texas as a mother.
  • and because he's been able to get on a Medicaid waiver program through a diversion slot.
  • Steven Price is our only invited witness to testify in support of this bill.
  • I am for the bill and I support this. This is 100% plus.
  • Support the senator. I was looking for one day, but the senator is asking for a full month.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It will create some gestation programs for those violators that are in school.
  • We educate consumers, support responsible legislation, and regulation.
  • We're not trying to hurt small businesses; we're trying to support them.
  • So, I mean, essentially, this is why the judges support legislation.
  • The judges support legislation, the District Attorneys Association supports the legislation because oftentimes
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, um, I fully support your bill and at the proper time I'll make the motion to give passage.
  • I'm gonna support it. But I am not gonna order by no state.
  • I support the troopers. I support Aaliyah.
  • So I support your... Correct those things.
  • So I support your bill, and I don't see where any additional funding will be needed either.