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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Diaz, does the genetic testing, is that required in your amendment?
- Yeah, is it required for the mother to do genetic testing while she's pregnant?
- Thank you. ...for the mother to do genetic testing while she's pregnant? No, only when necessary.
- during pregnancy. ...any mother to undergo genetic testing during pregnancy.
- Like I said, this is something that has been tested.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 3 February, 2026; 9:00 A.M.
Judiciary, Division B
Transcript Highlights:
- test or from other test situations where maybe they have to be tested, you know, post-accident or anything
- If that test is positive, excuse me, if that test is negative, the first is deemed as a false positive
- /c> invasive follow-up test.
- If that test is invasive follow-up test.
- 01:23.600><c> that</c><00:01:23.759><c> test</c><00:01:23.920><c> is</c> pos, excuse me, if that test
Committee:
Joint Judiciary, Division B
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 072 Mar 27th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's get them tested while kids are. Let's get them tested while they're<01:28:46.360><c> there.
- </c> students are getting tested earlier. students are getting tested earlier.
- </c><01:35:20.240><c> in</c> the bill is to get children tested in the bill is to get children tested
- </c> eye vision test." It It matter. eye vision test." It It matter.
- ><c> with</c> Perfect Union tested this with Perfect Union tested this with ride-share<02:15:01.800><
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Sub. on Primary and Secondary Education and Workforce Development (2-24-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- But there are so many kids who are so much more than a test score.
- But there are so many kids who are so much more than a test score.
- He will stay and speak on the MI2 metals career pathway. >> Let's just test the microphone.
- </c><00:13:48.000><c> Go</c><00:13:48.079><c> ahead</c> >> Let's just test the microphone.
- Go ahead >> Let's just test the microphone.
Summary:
The House Budget Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education and Workforce Development met without a quorum and heard presentations on several workforce and school-safety funding requests. The first item was a proposal for a school mapping data program, presented by Rep. Steve Bratcher with law enforcement and mapping partners. They said the plan would move money to the 911 system so school maps could be embedded there and kept current for all schools, public and private, to improve response times and officer, student, and teacher safety. The request was described as a $10 million one-time appropriation, with an estimate that the work could be completed in about a year.
The committee then heard testimony on the Be Proud Initiative, a mobile workshop program aimed at exposing students age 13 and up to skilled trades and related education and career opportunities. Speakers from the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, MI2, the Kentucky Treasury, and the Associated General Contractors said the program would improve perceptions of manufacturing, construction, and metals careers, connect students to training and employers, and help build the workforce pipeline. They said private industry would contribute $1 million in FY 2026-2027 before state funds are released, and requested $3 million in state funding in FY 2027-2028 contingent on that match. A Treasury official said handling the funds through the Treasury would have minimal impact on the office.
Committee members responded favorably, including a comment from Rep. Bojanowski about the value of hands-on learning for students who struggle with test-focused instruction. Speakers also explained that the program includes classroom materials before and after the truck visit and ongoing outreach for students and parents. The final presentation was on an MI2 metals career pathway proposal, which cited economic impact data for Kentucky’s metals industry and asked for a $3 million one-time investment for FY 2027-2028 to pilot a middle- and high-school pathway in Carroll and Logan counties. The proposal would be matched by industry funds and used for curriculum, equipment, dual-credit and apprenticeship connections, student stipends, and parent outreach. The chair closed by noting it was the final scheduled meeting of the session and moved toward adjournment.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Constitution, where it says religious test and teaching in schools prohibited.
- So it specifically says that no religious test or qualifications shall ever be required of any person
- Constitution, where it says religious test and teaching in schools prohibited.
- I did not, I was not aware of the Idaho oath test where members of the LDS faith were not allowed.
- I think that, you know, you look at the Idaho oath test that disenfranchised our LDS citizens.
Committee:
House State Affairs
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So less than 1% basically is when you test it on, is what you...
- “Not delegated, I don’t guess, but set to the amount of test you receive versus the amount of tests you
- the costs for the diagnostic test, not for our time, not for our supplies.”
- Diagnostic test. Not for our time, not for our supplies. For none of that.
- So in Louisiana, while you may voluntarily submit a sample for testing, it never has come at a cost to
Summary:
The task force met to review chronic wasting disease (CWD) developments and related management actions. After adopting an amended agenda and approving prior minutes, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries presented an update on the new CWD control area expansion triggered by a positive deer sample from Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area in Concordia Parish. Staff explained the emergency declaration, the enhanced mitigation zone and buffer zone rules, baiting and feeding restrictions, carcass transport limits, and the taxidermy waiver process. Members asked about where the deer may have been exposed, how sampling and surveillance are targeted, how the control area boundaries were drawn, and how the department tracks harvest and sample data. LDWF said the disease appears to be at low prevalence, that the emergency declaration lasts 180 days unless changed, and that a formal notice of intent will follow; the commission may act on the emergency and later rulemaking in time for the next hunting season.
The committee also heard from the National Deer Association, which stated that CWD is the most serious long-term threat to wild deer and deer hunting and urged hunters, landowners, scientists, and agencies to work together to slow its spread. The task force then discussed its legislatively assigned report under H.R. ACR 75, with staff outlining five required areas: testing and tracking practices, information sharing and public notification, monitoring captive and wild herds, containment protocols, and needed regulatory updates. Members clarified the timing for recommendations and noted the report is due before the 2027 session, though recommendations can be made earlier.
Later, LDWF staff provided retail sales figures showing significant declines in corn and rice bran sales in late 2025 compared with the prior year, attributing the drop to the baiting restrictions in CWD areas and noting impacts on small businesses and local economies. Members discussed the need to present harvest, sample, and DMAP data separately and in map form, while also cautioning that detailed property-level data could create legal or economic concerns; LDWF said it can stratify data by parish, public/private land, and DMAP status without identifying individual hunters or properties. The meeting ended with a public comment thanking Governor Landry for assistance after an ice storm, and the task force adjourned with the next meeting date to be announced.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- So what we learn and practice and are taught and tested on in second grade will be much different than
- TAUGHT AND TESTED ON IN SECOND GRADE WILL BE MUCH DIFFERENT THEN THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF THAT
- IF THEY WOULD BE RETAINED AND NOT MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL, NO, THAT IS NOT PART OF FLORIDA'S TESTING
- whether they would be retained and not move to the next level, no, that is not part of Florida's testing
- HAPPEN BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT 808 AND IT'S COMING BACK AND WE WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WRITE TESTS
Committee:
House Education & Employment Committee
Summary:
The Education and Employment Committee met with a quorum and considered four measures. HB 409, which would require K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, was presented briefly with no public testimony or debate and passed 18-0. The committee then took up HJR 583, a proposed constitutional amendment to codify religious liberty and expression in schools. Supporters argued it would strengthen existing protections and give voters the final say, while opponents from parent, atheist, interfaith, and church groups warned it could privilege dominant faiths, create coercion or confusion in schools, and reduce flexibility for districts. After extended debate, the resolution passed 18-1, with Rep. Harris voting no.
The committee next heard CS/HB 453, which would allow students to substitute participation in Special Olympics for a PE credit and marching band for PE and arts credit under certain conditions. The sponsor and supporters said the bill recognizes the physical demands of these activities and would benefit students with disabilities and band students; school district and PTA representatives waived in support. The bill passed unanimously, 19-0. Finally, HB 127, requiring cursive writing instruction in grades 2 through 5, was presented as a literacy and heritage measure. Supporters said it would help students read historical documents and strengthen handwriting skills, while questions focused on grading, retention, and applicability to charter schools. It passed 17-0. The committee then adjourned.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> remove the need for genetic testing remove the need for genetic testing persons<01:52:57.040><c>
- </c> say today that it is impossible to test say today that it is impossible to test for<02:13:31.360
- </c> suddenly going to need genetic testing. suddenly going to need genetic testing.
- </c> Undescended testes.
- These are expensive genetic microarray tests. They're not simple karyotype XX and XY tests.
Committee:
House Judiciary
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm saying adding the universities that are here in Baton Rouge, using that as the testing ground and
- I'm saying adding the universities that are here in Baton Rouge using that as the testing ground and
- Is that, have y'all tested that?
- And then also, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has moved more toward online tests.
- So what the students learn can be applied through an online test, and again, depending on the age where
Committee:
House Education
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE Mar 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The GED is a test-based credential, and success requires a 9th through 12th grade reading level.
- Again, adults unable to pass the GED are those for whom a test-centered model is not effective.
- Again, adults unable to pass the GED are for those that a test-centered model is not effective.
- A test alone cannot make up for years of interrupted learning.
- But they don't read at a grade-point level that allows them to pass that test.
Summary:
The House and Senate Education Committee first approved minutes from February 2 and 3, then took up an interim study proposal on adult education and the Excel Center model. Representatives from Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, the Excel Center network, and the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities testified that roughly 300,000 Arkansans over age 19 lack a high school diploma or GED, and argued that the Excel Center provides a supported diploma pathway for adults who struggle with GED testing. Witnesses highlighted wraparound services such as free child care, transportation assistance, tutoring, life coaching, and career services, and cited outcomes including high retention, growing enrollment, and research showing higher employment and earnings and lower criminal justice involvement for graduates. Committee members raised questions about the state’s role, existing adult education programs, and how the study would be structured; the motion to adopt the ISP passed, though there was some procedural disagreement about when questions should have been taken.
The committee then heard a detailed adequacy funding overview from BLR staff Katie Walden and Adrian Beck on Arkansas K-12 education finance. They reviewed national funding principles and explained Arkansas’s system, including state and local revenue sources, the Public School Fund, the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Educational Adequacy Fund, and the Facilities Partnership Program. Staff said K-12 state and local revenues totaled $6.6 billion in 2025, with foundation funding making up the largest share of district and charter funding, followed by additional, categorical, and supplemental funds. They also explained the matrix-based foundation formula, the role of the uniform rate of tax, and how categorical and supplemental funds support areas such as alternative learning, English learners, special education high-cost cases, teacher salary equalization, declining enrollment, and student growth.
Members asked several follow-up questions about how specific funding categories are defined and used, including student support staff, instructional aides, special education high-cost occurrences, ALE funding, teacher salary equalization, and the inclusion of Excel Center amounts in state-local funding totals. Staff said some of those details would be addressed in a later presentation and offered to provide additional records, including district lists and historical information. The meeting ended after the funding overview, with no additional votes or actions beyond the ISP adoption and adjournment.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE Mar 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The GED is a test-based credential, and success requires a 9th-through-12th-grade reading level.
- Again, adults unable to pass the GED are for those that a test-centered model is not effective.
- A test alone cannot make up for years of interrupted learning.
- But they don't read at a grade-point level that allows them to pass that test.
- At a grade-point level that allows them to pass that test. That was the statement I was making.
Summary:
The House and Senate Education Committee first approved minutes from February 2 and 3, then heard an interim study proposal on Arkansas adult education and the Excel Center model, presented by Goodwill Industries of Arkansas and the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities. Witnesses argued that about 300,000 Arkansas adults lack a high school diploma or GED and described the Excel Center as a diploma-granting public charter option for adults 19 and older, with wraparound supports such as child care, transportation, tutoring, life coaching, and career services. They said the Arkansas campuses are not state-funded, highlighted growth in enrollment and graduation outcomes, and cited research showing improved employment, earnings, and reduced criminal justice involvement for graduates. Committee members discussed the role of Goodwill’s nonprofit mission, the need for multiple adult education pathways, and the relationship between adult education challenges and broader state efforts such as LEARNS and ACCESS.
The committee then debated the interim study proposal procedure, including whether questions should have been taken before the vote. The motion to adopt the ISP passed, and members noted that the study would broadly examine adult education, GED testing, high school diplomas, charter schools, in-person adult education, and funding allocation. Several members asked for follow-up information on current adult education funding, the availability of Excel Centers, and the criminal justice study results.
After that, staff from the Bureau of Legislative Research gave a detailed adequacy funding overview for Arkansas K-12 education. They reviewed national funding principles and then explained Arkansas’s revenue streams and distribution system, including general revenue, the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Educational Adequacy Fund, local property-tax revenues, and facilities partnership funding. They also walked through the state’s foundation formula, categorical aid, supplemental aid, and additional funding, including the per-student matrix amount of $7,771 for 2025 and how funds are allocated to districts and charters. Members asked about student support staff, special education high-cost occurrences, ALE funding, teacher salary equalization, and the Excel Center’s treatment in funding totals; staff said some of those questions would be addressed in a later spending presentation. The meeting ended after the committee was told the department was present mainly to answer questions and no further business remained.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So I understand some of the test...
- This RS and bill, if it becomes printed, tests the notion of flexibility and performance.
- If it becomes printed, [it] tests the notion of flexibility and performance.
- the principle that charter schools are there for innovation, and they're the ones that we kind of test
- Simply spoken, this is just testing that notion through the innovative approach of charter schools.
Committee:
House Education
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Twenty Two - Tuesday, February 17 -Morning Session-
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There’s actually specific tests.
- Protect children and ensure that products being sold in Missouri are safe, tested, and transparent.
- We can mandate laboratory testing. We can set potency limits.
- They've requested testing standards and labeling requirements.
- We want marketing restrictions, potency standards, testing standards.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the House Journal by roll call vote, 126-0. Members then offered several points of personal privilege and introductions, including recognition of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, a tribute and moment of silence for the late Reverend Jesse Jackson, and greetings to various visiting groups such as manufacturers, FFA students, university graduate students, and the Lewis and Clark Fife and Drum Corps for an America 250 event.
The chamber then moved through first reading of several bills and took up multiple measures for perfection and printing. House Bill 2596, dealing with multiple employer self-insured health plans for small businesses, received supportive testimony from members who said it would help small employers recruit and retain workers and modernize outdated law; it was adopted and ordered perfected and printed. House Bill 1644, establishing a franchise-specific joint employer standard, drew extensive debate over liability, franchisor control, and whether it would protect small franchise businesses without limiting legitimate claims; it was also adopted and ordered perfected and printed. House Bill 2423, updating consumer credit licensing fees for the fee-funded Division of Finance, was presented as a way to keep the agency self-funded and maintain consumer protection staffing, and it too was ordered perfected and printed.
The House also considered House Bill 2641, which would regulate intoxicating hemp products and align state law with federal changes set to take effect on November 12, 2026. The bill’s sponsor said it was intended to protect children, provide clarity, and create a coordinated enforcement framework, while opponents argued it was unconstitutional because it would effectively reclassify hemp products under the marijuana framework in Article 14 of the Missouri Constitution and could harm lawful hemp businesses. An amendment and a technical amendment were adopted, and the bill was then adopted and perfected and printed as amended. The House later announced committee meetings and other notices before voting to recess until 2 p.m.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/17/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #6
Transcript Highlights:
- In a nutshell, members, if someone on a college campus goes to get STI testing, the practitioner who's
- doing the testing would have to talk about adoption.
- In a nutshell, members, if someone on a college campus goes to get STI testing, the practitioner who's
- doing the testing would have to talk about adoption.
- Thank you. the practitioner who's doing the testing would have to talk about adoption. Madam Chair.
Summary:
The caucus reviewed a large number of House bills, mostly on third-read consent or for floor strategy, covering education, health, water, land, energy, housing, taxation, and public safety. Topics included ESA administration funding, AI in schools and legal communications, towing and DUI changes, health facility licensing and nursing records, internationally trained physicians, nurse anesthetist reimbursement, childhood cancer research, cybersecurity encryption, school mental health instruction, superintendent pay and benefits, adoption disclosures in college health settings, anti-Semitism provisions, school safety firearms authorization, coerced abortion penalties, domestic violence testimony standards, border health and terrorism-related bills, and multiple water, land, and state trust land measures. Several members flagged concerns about unfunded mandates, local control, constitutional issues, and special legislation, while others supported bills as technical fixes, public safety measures, or ways to expand access and funding.
A number of bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, including HB 2020, HB 2093, HB 2386, HB 2481, HB 2575, HB 2906, HB 2040, HB 2136, HB 2665, HB 2904, HB 2957, HB 2044, HB 2352, HB 2667, HB 2830, HB 2307, HB 2425, HB 2426, HB 2427, HB 2497, HB 2751, HB 2780, HB 2804, HB 2926, HB 4030, and HCR 2052, among others. Some bills were noted as unanimous or split votes, and several were described as party-line or having constitutional problems. The caucus also discussed committee amendments on multiple measures, including changes to water, land, health, and AI bills.
The meeting ended with a series of remarks on the late Reverend Jesse Jackson and an “affordability award” presentation to Representatives Lorena Austin and Simacek for work on economic justice and working families. The caucus then adjourned.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Water Sector Commission Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- That we decided to test because it didn't work out where we thought it would.
- Both of those tested to be very high in arsenic, so we weren't able to use either one of those.
- We had two test wells in our budget, so we had expended our test well budget on testing those two shallower
- We were able to put another test well in with our contingency money.
- last chemical analysis back that we needed to be able to say, go forward to construct the well, the test
Summary:
The Water Sector Commission met with a quorum and opened with a reminder that no funding had yet been appropriated for future project awards, so any discussion of upcoming grants was speculative until the legislature acts. The committee then approved the December 10 minutes and moved through a series of deadline extensions for Phase Two state-funded projects, including Delcambre, Faraday, Meyer Branch, and Waterworks District No. 1 of Pointe Coupee Parish. Members also approved a scope change for St. Tammany Parish Project 845 to relocate an unmarked fiber optic line discovered during construction.
The committee spent substantial time on Tallulah’s water rehabilitation project, where Mayor Yubon Lewis explained that the city is trying to isolate and fund the purchase of four permanent media filters, plus related electrical work, from the original approved project scope. Members questioned whether the request was a true scope change or a way to use existing funds while the city continues to rely on temporary filtration and state-led triage. After discussion, the committee approved the request and asked to be kept informed as the state continues seeking additional support for the system.
The committee also approved additional funding requests for Kaplan, Ponchatoula, St. Martin Parish, and West Allen Water Works. Ponchatoula’s request included multiple change orders tied to sewer and force main work, including emergency levee repair, equipment changes, and rerouting around unmarked fiber. St. Martin Parish’s increase was tied to land acquisition and added costs for a new well site in a multi-phase consolidation project. West Allen’s increase stemmed from a failed well drilling effort and was supported by cost reductions from the contractor and engineers, which members treated as in-kind match. In contrast, Tensaw Water Association’s very large request to consolidate Newellton drew significant concern over cost growth, scope, and timing; after extensive questioning, the committee deferred that item to the next meeting for further review. The meeting ended with an update that about 42.11% of ARPA funds remain, 16 projects are now considered high risk, and staff will continue ground-truthing project status and pushing ARPA dollars out first before adjournment.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Various multipart tests are used to determine whether individuals are independent contractors.
- Usually what determines an independent contractor is a test that L&I administers.
- I don't know if many of you are familiar with the tests, but it's a five-point, seven-point test.
- And the test is, you know, to me, is a person under someone else's control or are they not?
- And I think that gets away from the test and gets this into a situation where L&I can basically say you
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
SB 6197, plumbing contractor, plumber, contractor licensing, licensing enforcement, infractions, administrative penalties, license suspension, certificate suspension, endorsement suspension, registration suspension, Department of Labor and Industries, advisory board of plumbers, penalty schedule, repeat violations, workplace standards, construction trades, professional licensing, Washington state, factory built housing
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Conservation Jan 29th, 2026 at 09:13 am
Senate Conservation
Transcript Highlights:
- I am confident saying the death toll is higher than we know because technically my husband didn't test
- He couldn't test positive.
- And by the time they did the lumbar puncture and tested that fluid, the DNA was out of his system.
- And then additional testing, such as pathogen testing, for those mosquitoes.
- Our partners can also do insecticide resistance testing.
Committee:
Senate Senate Conservation
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The problem is that with the misapplication of the 3rd leg of the Mueller test, number one, this is not
- removing the Mueller test.
- So if if if they're not using the Mueller tests. >> We excluded the military is a decision us that. >
- And those tests has been used successfully over decades.
- We support this bill and this bill is not about limiting indoor test.
Committee:
House Education & Employment Committee
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Also, unit and test completions and their passing rates are another way that they calculate instructional
- Chair, who's testing those children? Do they have to come into the school?
- Because we had to qualify and sign off to be able to administer the test as a teacher.
- So, the virtual... who's testing those kids? So, Mr...
- I mean, if they want to go test that in court, we can test it in court.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Nov 18th, 2025
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a launch and test site in West Texas.
- It then heads to tank cleaning and test, or T-CAT, for pressure testing and cleaning.
- The test that we did... We don't have to deal with atmospheric losses in space.
- The test that we did at Cape Canaveral, we did our testing at night because that's when the atmosphere
- You've got to do the mission design, the flight design, the testing, the integration.
Summary:
The Committee of Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security heard a series of informational presentations focused on Florida’s aerospace and space ecosystem. Blue Origin described its Florida operations at Rocket Park, Launch Complex 36, and Port Canaveral, highlighting New Glenn and Blue Moon development, recent launch activity, workforce development efforts, and major capital investment in the state. Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) outlined its low-Earth-orbit broadband network, customer terminals, satellite and gateway architecture, dark-sky mitigation efforts, and Florida investments including a payload processing facility and launch support infrastructure. Starcatcher Industries presented its concept for an orbital energy grid that would beam power to satellites, discussed demonstrations in Florida, customer interest, and plans for a first satellite launch next year.
Space Florida President and CEO Rob Long gave a strategic update on the state’s aerospace industry, citing billions in private investment, growth in aerospace establishments and projects, spaceport infrastructure investments, workforce and university partnerships, and the importance of maintaining Florida’s competitiveness against other states. NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro then emphasized Artemis II preparations, rising launch demand, aging infrastructure, and the need for stronger state-federal coordination and investment in research, workforce, and common-use infrastructure. She compared Florida’s support structure with Texas and argued that Florida must act to avoid losing aerospace leadership.
Members asked questions about mobile and aviation applications for Amazon Leo, dark-sky impacts, satellite counts, Starcatcher’s power transmission losses and storage approach, and NASA’s funding and infrastructure constraints. Petro also discussed limits on commercial investment in common infrastructure under federal rules and suggested that state investment and better alignment among partners could help. No bills were considered and no votes were taken beyond adjournment; the committee concluded by adopting a motion to adjourn.