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CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • A close family friend of mine graduated at the top of his class, but he signed student loans that he
  • There were all these what-ifs that came up about having the student actually in the closed session.
  • Yeah, just to bring this panel to a close, I want to add, and also I'm a former university professor
  • This left me to become a support system for her, as our father, who did not complete primary education
  • Even last year, when I witnessed one of my close friends, a student of this program, accepted into UC
Summary: The annual joint Senate and Assembly Education Committee hearing featured student proposals from the California Association of Student Councils and SABLE, with opening remarks from legislators emphasizing student voice and the value of hearing youth ideas. Committee members noted the hearing was being streamed and that they would review the testimony even though some members could not attend because of fog-related travel issues. The first panel proposed an annual civic engagement day for grades 7-12, with flexible school-led activities such as discussions, mock elections, and voter registration-related events. Members generally praised the idea but raised concerns about costs, instructional time tradeoffs, how to evaluate effectiveness, and whether the proposal should better connect to existing civics standards and local curriculum. The second panel proposed amending Education Code Section 35012 to require at least one student board member in every unified and high school district, with added training and the right to make motions. Legislators supported student representation in principle but questioned whether the proposal should require one or two student members to avoid board tie issues, why some districts do not already have student trustees, and how the mandate would be funded if it became a state requirement. They also raised technical concerns about the scope of motioning power and the fiscal impact of converting a voluntary local practice into a statewide mandate. Later panels proposed adding middle school financial literacy instruction, expanding restorative justice practices, and creating more structured mental health education time. On financial literacy, students suggested integrating finance into existing middle school classes and teacher training over time; members worried about curriculum overload and suggested aligning the idea with the already-approved high school finance course. On restorative justice, students proposed a CDE task force and training for PPS-certified staff; legislators discussed prior related bills, confidentiality concerns in discipline hearings, and the likely cost of a state task force. On mental health, students proposed short, twice-semester classroom sessions focused on coping skills and awareness of resources, but members questioned whether such brief lessons could be effective and suggested that wellness centers, student-led awareness, and outside referrals might be more practical. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational and ended with encouragement for students to refine their proposals and follow up with legislators.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • A close family friend of mine graduated at the top of his class, but he signed student loans that he
  • It is authorized to include the SBM in the closed session expulsion hearing process.
  • So to the extent a board member is in effect sworn or held to that same closed-session confidentiality
  • There were all these what-ifs that came up about having the student actually in the closed session.
  • Yeah, just to bring this panel to a close, I want to add, and also I'm a former university professor
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 27th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Article III

Transcript Highlights:
  • To close, the Island University is immensely grateful for all the support that we have received, and
  • We've worked very closely with HHS as they planned the hospital. We actually had to transfer land.
  • It's pretty close to College Station.
  • So the TAS mission is supported by 3 primary pillars highlighted on slide 2.
  • They work very closely with our agency. Uh, I would like to think we have a very simple budget.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

WAM-EDU Informational Briefing 01-14-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You guys have certain days that the library is closed and certain hours the library is closed.
  • But also, that's our primary revenue stream for it.
  • </c> but also that's that's our primary but also that's that's our primary revenue<01:30:24.080><c> stream
  • </c><03:37:00.040><c> also</c> um this position works very closely also um this position works very closely
  • </c> have so we have to send kids away close have so we have to send kids away close 20<04:04:34.080>
Keywords: 912, senate, all
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York State Senate Session - 05/27/2026

New York Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the FitzPatrick plant in Oswego, close the Ginna plant in Ontario, close Nine Mile also in Oswego.
  • the FitzPatrick plant in Oswego, close the Ginna plant in Ontario, close Nine Mile also in Oswego.
  • CLOSE THE FITZPATRICK PLANT IN OSWEGO. CLOSE THE GENA PLANT IN ONTARIO.
  • So yes, the OB/GYN is closed right now.
  • SO YES, THE OB/GYN IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW. IT IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR A 60-DAY PERIOD.
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation, then approved the prior day’s Journal and moved into motions, resolutions, and budget-related business. Senator Gianaris called up Senate Print 5898A for reconsideration; the Senate voted 59 ayes to restore the bill to the third reading calendar. Several amendments were also received on third-reading bills, and the Finance Committee was called into session while the chamber proceeded with resolutions. The Senate adopted Resolution J.2106 recognizing Second Chance Month and the mental health impacts of incarceration, with Senator Brisport speaking in support and a guest from the community recognized in the chamber. The body also adopted Resolution J.1492 designating May 27, 2026, as Taiwan Heritage Day, with remarks from Senators Sepúlveda, Stavisky, and Liu highlighting Taiwanese contributions to New York and expressing support for Taiwan amid current geopolitical tensions. The Finance Committee then reported several budget bills, including Senate Prints 9003D, 9004D, 9007C, and 9009C, which were moved to third reading. The remainder of the session focused on the supplemental and controversial budget calendars, especially tax and spending provisions. Senators debated the “Protecting Our Wallets” energy rebate, with supporters describing it as a one-time check for eligible taxpayers and critics arguing it was too small and not tied directly to utility bills; the chamber accepted the message of necessity and laid the bills aside. Members also debated extensions and changes to tax provisions affecting corporations, alternative fuel exemptions, Broadway and theatrical production tax credits, charitable deductions for certain 501(c)(3)s, nicotine pouch taxes, a new New York City pied-à-terre tax, and a standardbred horse-racing testing fee. Several senators criticized the budget as raising costs or favoring certain industries, while supporters defended the measures as revenue-raising, affordability, or public-health policies. No final votes on the controversial budget bills are shown in the excerpt beyond procedural rulings, adoption of the resolution calendar, and acceptance of committee reports.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Dec 10th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Gates, you're recognized to close on the amendment. I waive close, sir.
  • Senator Gates, you're recognized to close on your amendment. Wave close.
  • Seeing no debate, you're recognized to close on this amendment. Senator Gates, I waive close, sir.
  • Senator Gates, you're recognized to close on this amendment. Wave close, sir.
  • Senator Gates, you're recognized to close. I waive close, sir.
Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee met with a quorum present and took up two bills. The first, SB 250 on rural communities by Senator Simon, was described as a broad rural development package creating an Office of Rural Prosperity, a Renaissance grant program, housing and transportation investments, added funding for rural education consortiums, and health care initiatives for rural areas. Senator Harrell asked about overlap between road funding programs, and the sponsor explained that eligible counties could receive both SCRAP and FARM funding. Several organizations waived in support or spoke in support, and the bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. The committee then heard SB 318, the committee substitute for educational scholarship programs by President Gates. The bill was presented as a response to Auditor General findings about the rapid growth and administration of Florida’s school choice and scholarship programs. It would separate Family Empowerment Scholarship funding from the FEFP, require more frequent student enrollment verification, lower scholarship funding organization administrative fees, require return of overpayments, create a student ID system, establish a $250 million stabilization fund, require annual audits, and direct DOE to recommend future program administration through competitive procurement. Gates also offered five amendments, including technical changes to eligibility documentation and a substantive amendment requiring a DOE report on future administration and competitive selection; all five amendments were adopted. During debate and public testimony, senators and witnesses discussed accountability, software solutions, reimbursement delays, monthly attestations, and impacts on public schools and families. Supporters and opponents alike raised concerns about bureaucracy, fraud prevention, special education services, and whether the bill would help or burden parents. Gates said the bill aimed to fix tracking and payment problems without capping the program, and he noted the IEP timeline would be aligned with public school timelines. After debate, the committee reported CS for SB 318 favorably by unanimous vote, and then adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 23rd, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I close.
  • If there are no questions, I close.
  • Chairman, I respectfully request the right to close.
  • Chairman and members, and I respectfully close.
  • So, in closing, I ask for your consideration.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then in closing, we look forward it.
  • </c> behavioral health services into primary behavioral health services into primary care<01:43:30.639
  • Members, public testimony is now closed.
  • Uh you also have uh written closed.
  • Chair, any closing remarks uh for Mr.
Bills: HF2434
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • There'll be two primary witnesses who will testify in support, followed by two primary witnesses who
  • Seeing no other questions or comments, would you like to close?
  • Senator Muratsuchi, would you like to close?
  • Assemblymember Lee, would you like to close?
  • Would you like to close, Assemblymember Burr?
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee met without a quorum and proceeded as a subcommittee while hearing a long consent calendar and several Assembly bills. Early testimony focused on AB 1744, which would prohibit sunscreen products marketed as “reef safe” or similar from containing chemical UV filters; the author and student supporters said the bill is a truth-in-labeling measure to protect marine ecosystems, and there was no opposition. Committee members praised the student witnesses and the author asked for an aye vote, but no vote was taken because of the lack of quorum. The committee then heard AB 713, which would allow undocumented students at UC, CSU, and community colleges to access campus jobs. Supporters, including a UCLA law professor and a large coalition of student, labor, immigrant-rights, and education groups, argued the bill would reduce exploitation and improve affordability and retention; opponents argued it would conflict with federal law. Members expressed strong support, and the author closed by emphasizing that students simply want the chance to work, but again no vote occurred due to the subcommittee status. The committee also heard AB 1359, allowing people age 80 and older to opt out of jury service without a doctor’s note, with support from the Alzheimer’s Association and LeadingAge California and no opposition. Additional measures included AB 2563, which would standardize California’s definition of sex discrimination across state codes to align with equal-rights principles; it drew strong support from women’s rights and labor groups and strong opposition from anti-trans advocates. AB 1705 would require websites to verify consent before hosting sexually explicit images of people, with supporters framing it as a response to nonconsensual pornography and opponents warning it could sweep in sites that prohibit such content. AB 1940 would explicitly name menopause in workplace protections, with supporters citing workforce equity and opponents saying existing accommodation law already covers it. The committee also heard AB 1824 and AB 2115 on Native American child welfare and a formal legislative apology for historic harms, both backed by tribal representatives and allies, as well as AB 2076 on nitrous oxide sales to minors and AB 2783 on court reporter licensing and remote reporting; all drew support and no recorded opposition. Several members praised the bills and indicated they would move them when a quorum was available.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, cases where throughout the trial or in closing arguments, the government attorneys The government
  • And, again, there's a wide variety of cases, but those are the primary things that we are seeing today
  • So in closing, I just want to repeat again: legal aid is a proven, cost-effective intervention.
  • I mean, that doesn't even come close to what representation and justice is all about.
  • We are in close working relationship with the judicial branch.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - House Ways & Means

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you want closing comments before discussion, or—? I would like that.
  • All students who are qualified must be eligible to enroll in a public primary or secondary school.
  • The primary beneficiaries of this are public school students.
  • The primary beneficiaries are public school students.
Bills: SB1142 , SCR1028
Committee: House Ways & Means
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><00:04:38.000><c> was</c><00:04:38.160><c> then</c><00:04:38.480><c> called</c> About 1/3 of our primary
  • Representative Anderson, closing words? Mr. Chair, I can't say much more than that.
  • Representative<00:09:18.120><c> Anderson,</c><00:09:18.440><c> closing</c><00:09:18.720><c> words?
  • </c> Representative Anderson, closing words? Representative Anderson, closing words?
  • So, in closing, House File 1458 is going to eliminate an additional barrier to entry while maintaining
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Professional Registration and Licensing Feb 11th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Professional Registration and Licensing

Transcript Highlights:
  • Access to primary care is going down.
  • Access to primary care is going down.
  • I think the committee is very close here to what I'm about to say.
  • Critical access hospitals have been closing over the last...
  • I think since 2012, we've had 12 to 15 critical access hospitals close.
Keywords: 959, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • an opportunity to close before doing so.
  • With that, I'm going to give you an opportunity to close.
  • So with that, please close if you like.
  • And then I'll close if I could.
  • Now you may close? Thank you, Mr.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard a long agenda of transportation-related measures, with testimony focused on housing, safety, environmental access, and fuel affordability. Several bills dealt with Caltrans surplus or former freeway properties in the Los Angeles area: AB 1338 would let the City of Linwood transfer a public-purpose covenant to another parcel to enable 55 units of affordable housing; AB 1594 would remove a net-equity repayment requirement for Ronald McDonald House’s purchase of former SR 710 properties in Pasadena; and AB 2329 would create a more transparent process for tenants and cities to facilitate sales of former SR 710 homes, with support from South Pasadena and Pasadena officials and tenants. AB 2679 addressed safety and access around Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay corridor by allowing Caltrans and local Tahoe agencies to manage parking and improve pedestrian, transit, and public access infrastructure. The committee also heard several public safety bills aimed at impaired driving. AB 1685 would increase DMV points for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated from two to three, and AB 1687 would extend the license revocation period for a third DUI conviction from three years to eight years, with an interlock option after four years. Both measures drew strong support from law enforcement, MADD, and victims’ families, including emotional testimony about repeat offenders and drunk-driving fatalities. AB 1613 would require an off-highway vehicle safety and stewardship course before access to off-highway lands beginning in 2029, with supporters describing it as an education-first response to rising OHV injuries and fatalities. Other bills focused on transportation efficiency and affordability. AB 2046 would allow EPA-approved E85 conversion kits in California, which supporters said would give drivers a cheaper, lower-carbon fuel option and improve fuel resiliency. AB 2168 would revise the Active Transportation Program to better prioritize transit-connected biking and walking projects and add stronger accountability for grantees that do not spend funds on time. AB 2263 would authorize the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to reserve some affordable housing units for its employees, and supporters said it would help workers live closer to their jobs and reduce long commutes. The committee reported no opposition on most measures, and after quorum was established it approved the bills, sending them onward mostly to the Committee on Appropriations, with AB 2679 sent to Natural Resources and Water. Several votes were unanimous, while AB 1613 and AB 2168 drew some no votes but still advanced.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Go through the closing fund.
  • </c><00:30:46.880><c> fund</c> for 23.4 million from the closing fund for 23.4 million from the closing
  • Typically companies, when they close down a line, they close down the facility and they go somewhere
  • So, that's an example of how we use those funds. that closing and transition in the new that closing
  • </c> close or whatever funding you give us. close or whatever funding you give us. to<00:52:20.160><c
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee received an update from Secretary Jeff Noel of the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, joined by Matt Wingate and Terry Bradshaw of the Kentucky Association of Economic Developers, on the Kentucky Product Development Initiative (KPDI) and the closing fund. The presentation focused on how KPDI helps communities develop shovel-ready industrial sites by funding infrastructure, engineering, geotechnical work, and other site-preparation costs. Noel emphasized that the program is designed to reduce uncertainty for companies, improve speed to market, and support statewide job creation and investment, especially in rural and eastern Kentucky where development costs are often higher. Testimony highlighted the complexity and expense of preparing sites, with examples of road, water, power, and rock-removal costs, and the importance of third-party evaluation in scoring applications. Noel said the program has 116 total projects statewide, with 20 active projects stemming from pilot efforts and 35 projects already resulting in about 6,381 jobs and $4.4 billion in investment. He cited examples including Crown Holdings, Flash Metals, Phoenix Paper, Pratt Paper, AESC, Sound Elements, Kitchen Foods, Latte, Krueger, Biomass, and Anna Munsman. Bradshaw added that even communities that have not yet landed a project have benefited by building spec buildings or improving access to industrial property. The speakers said the last KPDI round drew $81 million in requests but only $35 million in available funding, and they urged lawmakers to consider whether additional funding or program adjustments are needed. Suggested changes included modestly increasing eligibility or funding flexibility for rural and eastern Kentucky, while maintaining third-party performance metrics, and continuing to prioritize finishing existing parks and creating strong regional sites. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HSH Public Hearing - Thu Mar 20, 2025 @ 10:15 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • She said they stand in strong support of the resolution and noted that during the pandemic, their primary
  • focus was individuals with ID, primary focus was individuals with ID, the<00:20:22.960><c> trauma</c
  • We also have the Hawaii Primary Care Association, Eric Abbe in support.
  • Hi, Eric Abbe for the Hawaii Primary Care Association.
  • This could serve as an opportunity for the legislature to take a really close look at Medicaid and see
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee met on March 20, 2025, to hear a series of Human Services and Health resolutions. HCR 146, which asks the Department of Human Services to apply for and implement the Elderly Simplified Application Project, drew strong support from disability, public health, and hunger advocates. Testifiers emphasized that the measure could create a more uniform benefits application, reduce repeated paperwork, extend certification periods from one year to three years, and ease burdens on both applicants and DHS staff. DHS said it stood on its written testimony and was available for questions. The committee also heard that a universal application could help people with disabilities avoid delays and denials caused by complex or duplicative forms. The committee then heard HR 170/HCR 174, which requests review of Aloha-based learning programs for youth in the juvenile legal system. Supporters from Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaii and DebtFree Justice Hawaii said the resolution would help advance restorative justice, community service, and culturally grounded rehabilitation, especially if youth fees and fines are reduced or eliminated. Testimony also supported HR 133/HCR 139, which asks the Office of Wellness and Resilience to report on the developmental needs of children born during the COVID-19 pandemic. Witnesses from the developmental disabilities council, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, the Hawaii Community Foundation, and others said the pandemic’s trauma and behavioral impacts justify a multidisciplinary, evidence-based report, and the office requested more time to complete its findings, suggesting a deadline at the end of 2026. The committee also heard HR 88/HCR 92, proposing a two-year homelessness sanctuary pilot program in Honolulu. One testifier described sleeping in a car and said the pilot could provide a safer option, while the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions said it supported the intent but stressed that a sanctuary is still an unsheltered situation and should lead people toward permanent housing. HCR 180, calling for collaboration among homelessness and law enforcement agencies, received comments that many of the issues are already being addressed locally. HR 103/HCR 107, which would convene a working group to strengthen Title 9 protections, received support from education, women’s, and LGBTQ advocates, who asked for student and queer representation on the working group and said federal Title 9 changes make state action important. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided, and the committee moved from one resolution to the next after testimony and questions.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Harder, closing comments?
  • Representative Harder, closing<00:37:46.720><c> comments?</c> closing comments? closing comments?
  • Would you like to close? No, thank you for the discussion. I appreciate it.
  • </c> get a response from their primary get a response from their primary um um um care<01:09:27.560><
  • </c> &gt;&gt; are on bill 4095 and we are close &gt;&gt; are on bill 4095 and we are close &gt;&gt; I'm
Bills: HF3547 , HF3651 , HF4043 , HF4282 , HF4095
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 4, February 12, 2026-AM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Closing vote.
  • Closing vote. Vote closed. 35 ayes, 25 no, two excused. Vote closed. 35 I, 25, no. Two excused.
  • Closing vote. Vote closed. 59 aye, three excused.
  • Closing<02:43:30.640><c> vote.</c><02:43:31.840><c> Vote</c><02:43:32.160><c> closed.
  • </c><02:43:34.560><c> Three</c> Closing vote. Vote closed. 59 I. Three Closing vote.
Keywords: 916, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing none, public testimony is now closed.
  • The hearing on Senate Bill 2046 is closed, and seeing none, testimony is now closed on Senate Bill 2046
  • Public testimony is now closed.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is closed.
  • Hearing none, I will close public testimony and leave the bill pending. That was close. Thank you.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty - Wednesday, April 29

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The clerk will close the board and tally the vote.
  • Clerk, please close the board and tally the vote.
  • Clerk, please close the board and tally the vote.
  • Clerk, please close the board and tally the vote.
  • Clerk, please close the board and tally the vote.
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the House Journal for the prior day by a 126-0 vote, and then heard several points of personal privilege, including recognition of National Fentanyl Awareness Day and a moment of silence for journalist Ray Hartman. Members also introduced numerous student groups, interns, and special guests visiting the chamber. The chamber then took up conference committee business on House Bills 2637 and 3155, a large public safety/criminal justice package. Members discussed the bill’s juvenile justice provisions, including narrowing prosecutorial certification of juveniles to certain serious offenses, changes to age language, juvenile detention facility funding, outpatient mental health treatment, cyberstalking provisions, drone restrictions, prosecutorial salaries, and sex offender registry language. The House approved the motion to exceed the conference differences, adopted the conference committee report by 124-13, passed the bill 119-18, and adopted the emergency clause for the drone-related sections by 125-15. The House also passed Senate Bill 834, a consumer protection measure dealing with mortgage modifications and sale-leaseback transactions, by 139-1 after discussion of its protections for homeowners. Senate Bill 937, a land transfer bill authorizing the governor to dispose of certain state properties, was amended and passed 137-2-1. Senate Bill 938, which raises recording fees from $4 to $6 to support the state land survey program and recorder of deeds offices, passed 121-21-2 after supporters said the increase was overdue and necessary to sustain the program. Finally, House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 973, concerning wholesaler disclosures and land banks, was amended to remove a school property provision and add land bank authority, then passed 110-36. The House adjourned after announcements and was set to return the next day with several bills on the agenda.