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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Judiciary

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  • If they had hit them, had they called 911 immediately, stopped and given assistance like they should,
  • ,<00:08:20.000><c> stop</c><00:08:20.639><c> and</c><00:08:20.960><c> give</c><00:08:21.199><c> assistance
  • </c> immediately, stop and give assistance immediately, stop and give assistance like<00:08:21.919><c
  • what we're trying to do is to make sure people stay at the scene and call for help and provide assistance
  • what we're trying to do is to make sure people stay at the scene and call for help and provide assistance
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Jan 15th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

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  • of their school districts, and they have spoken their voice with their vote.
  • So the cost of the construction can be paid sooner before the inflationary costs get added on.
  • We struggle with school construction. We have many schools that are over 50 years old.
  • in my, in the 18th, be able to make some improvements in their school construction and their maintenance
  • Improvements in their school construction and their maintenance and their buildings, so please join me
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Jan 28th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

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  • If teachers cannot easily access the assistance, or if funding is uncertain, the program will not be
  • His co-teacher actually just left her position partway into the school year. and preparation program
  • public schools.
  • place in a school.
  • Schools are being shut down. Seven schools have shut down.
Bills: S0124, S0206, S0420
Summary: The committee first heard SB 124, which updates Florida Virtual School’s statute to remove outdated language and clarify its service, funding, governance, reporting, and district coordination provisions without changing day-to-day operations. Florida Virtual School testified in support, members praised the bill, and it passed unanimously on a roll call vote. The committee then took up CS for SB 206 on students with autism spectrum disorder. Senator Harrell explained that the bill would require autism and neurodevelopmental training in educator preparation programs, require ESE-certified teachers to complete an autism microcredential, create an Autism Educator Loan Forgiveness Program, provide salary supplements for teachers with the autism endorsement, and require district professional development to include autism-specific training with local CARD centers. A large number of speakers—teachers, parents, students, and advocacy groups—supported the bill while urging that implementation be fully funded, high quality, and not become an unfunded mandate. Several members spoke in favor, emphasizing the growing number of students with autism and the need to recruit and retain special education teachers. The bill was reported favorably by committee vote. Finally, the committee considered SB 420 on patriotic displays in classrooms. Chair Burgess explained the bill as a way to place portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in schools to encourage civic and patriotic reflection, and he offered an amendment narrowing the requirement from every classroom to one prominent display in each school and adding language making it subject to state appropriation. The amendment was adopted. Testimony on the bill was mixed: some speakers supported the idea as a spark for civic discussion, while many others opposed it as symbolic, unnecessary, or better addressed through curriculum and teacher training rather than mandated displays. In debate, some senators argued the portraits could prompt broader historical conversations, while others raised concerns about representation, classroom autonomy, and funding. The transcript ends during debate on the amended bill, before a final vote is shown.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 10th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

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  • received an attorney general's opinion that said that no city employees could benefit from CDBG programs
  • </c><00:23:56.320><c> So</c><00:23:56.480><c> the</c> programs run by their city.
  • So the programs run by their city.
  • ><c> those</c> homes, they could not benefit from those homes, they could not benefit from those programs
  • And we just think that's programs.
HI
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  • Programs like affordable housing, universal child care, paid family and medical leave, free school meals
  • Programs like affordable housing, universal child care, paid family and medical leave, free school meals
  • Programs like affordable housing, universal child care, paid family and medical leave, free school meals
  • incentive program, but the DOE is not the employer of charter school teachers.
  • Some stop going to school. school. school.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 22nd, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

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  • Detention ponds also need to be constructed there.
  • These planning dollars would assist in doing that.
  • you would be able to go and apply for that assistance.
  • Going on, but we need a government program.
  • That's the kind of program that will make the most sense.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Education

Education

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  • schools.
  • construction.
  • construction.
  • But we need to have the technical experts in the field, so with the school construction. So, on.
  • The other technical experts in the field, so with the school construction, so I vote aye today.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

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

Ways and Means Education

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  • grants. $10 million for summer and after-school programs.
  • Back the Blue Foundation school detection dog program, $720,000.
  • Schools. $200,000 for Thomasville Middle School Cafeteria. $140,000 for Tuscaloosa County CTE program
  • We’ve added $500,000 for a micro school grant program.
  • Micro schools are school grant program.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Labor & Workplace Standards

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  • In construction, we all know the reality.
  • Classen from a 345 construction and flooring company.
  • My name is Troy Blodell, and I'm here on behalf of JTM Construction.
  • JTM Construction supports HB 2191 because we believe the Washington construction industry should be built
  • I'm the owner of 345 Construction and Flooring Coat.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • unintended inclusion of urban political subdivisions in rural water statutes, and under the Code Construction
  • subdivision that would work for all the stakeholders and apply to all the Texas Water Development Board programs
  • most encouraging thing was to see firefighters from all over the state volunteering to come up and assist
  • suppliers for the... ...pays all of his or her subcontractors and suppliers for the state agency construction
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met on Texas Water Day and limited public testimony to two minutes. The chair emphasized the need to move quickly because of scheduling conflicts with other committees and noted the importance of water policy and related stakeholders. The committee heard several bills focused on water administration, rural utilities, emergency response, and public works contracting. Senate Bill 790 by Senator Alvarado would let the Public Utility Commission create a simplified process for resolving tenant complaints over water or wastewater bill discrepancies; it was described as a way to avoid lengthy contested-case hearings for small disputes. Senate Bill 971 by Senator Sparks would clean up conflicting statutory definitions of “rural political subdivision” so Texas Water Development Board programs are applied consistently; Texas Rural Water Association testified in support. Senate Bill 767, also by Senator Sparks, would expand and improve a statewide database of fire-response equipment so departments, including volunteer and rural departments, can locate and share resources more effectively during emergencies; fire service witnesses supported the bill and suggested annual updates to keep the database current. Chair Perry laid out Senate Bill 480 to clarify that local governments and special districts may enter interlocal agreements for water-related planning and research, including aquifer management and flood/water planning. He also presented Senate Bill 1066, which raises payment and performance bond thresholds for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public works contracts to $150,000, arguing the change would reflect inflation and help smaller vendors on lower-risk projects. Witnesses were heard on the bills, with no opposition recorded in the transcript. The committee voted out all five bills favorably. SB 1066, SB 480, SB 767, SB 790, and SB 971 each received unanimous committee approval and were recommended to the local and contested calendar, with SB 767 noted as amended by a suggested annual-update requirement for the equipment database.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:05 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

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  • owner and a program trainer.
  • That program owner gets kicked out, but I'm still good to go.
  • Biking my son to his pre-K program, the first class of free pre-K at Woodier Elementary School, we would
  • is aware is the $7 billion deficit in road construction.
  • The bonding bill will help with construction.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Early Learning & K-12 Education

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  • These programs may include mentoring, expanded learning opportunities, after-school or summer programs
  • Staffing to provide regular after-school programming.
  • through after-school programs.
  • program in their community, and for every child in after-school programs, five or more would participate
  • You'll find school-based PTAs that raise funds to support enrichment programs at their schools.
NV
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  • I'm here representing the Nevada Association of School Superintendents, and this has been a program that's
  • I am here representing the Nevada Association of School Superintendents, and this program, especially
  • Similar to the Governor's STEM Recognition Program, the Civic School of Excellence Recognition Program
  • Similar to the Governor's STEM Recognition Program, the Civic School of Excellence Recognition Program
  • for schools who want to create civics programs in their schools.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

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  • Um programs.
  • program.
  • </c> public programs. public programs.
  • </c> removed from the program. removed from the program.
  • . assistance. assistance.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm a client of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
  • Now, there are some 340B-type programs.
  • The bill makes this program permanent.
  • The bill makes this program permanent, with a statewide program and expansion into more diverse areas
  • There’s various ways they can be within the program, or they can take them through the CE/CEU-type programs
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard public comment first on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program and the iBudget waiver. Testimony on the HIV program warned that proposed Department of Health changes could disrupt care for thousands of clients, create confusion, and force people off life-saving medications; a senator suggested affected clients explore medically needy and FQHC/340B options. Testimony on iBudget urged support for a roughly 7% rate adjustment for direct support professionals, citing rising costs and the need to sustain the developmental disabilities workforce. The committee then considered several bills. SB 428 expanded Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7 and was reported favorably. SB 68 required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment standards, and readiness assessments; an amendment aligning reporting dates with the House was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 1718 lengthened the time an adult may stay in an out-of-home placement before being treated as a visitor, reduced background screening burdens for foster families, made the Step Into Success program permanent, and created a best-practices program; it was also reported favorably. The committee next approved SB 606, which adds drowning-prevention and safe-bathing education to postpartum materials and requires related compliance records, and SB 96, which expands the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program to veterans up to 400% of the federal poverty level; an amendment removed the bill’s specific $500,000 appropriation so funding can be handled in the budget process. SB 340 required nursing education to include a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure, and SB 1480 created a grandfathering process for certain area-of-critical-need health care providers if federal designations change, both of which were reported favorably. The committee adjourned after all bills passed their roll calls.