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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy and Administration (01/30/2026)

Education Policy and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • successfully The program has been successfully The program has been successfully running<00:04:06.080
  • > is<00:04:50.960> administered this way, the program is administered this way, the program
  • the Education of Freedom Account Program the Education of Freedom Account Program or<00:47:22.560
  • attend graduate library programs. attend graduate library programs.
  • ready to go and a shovel ready program. ready to go and a shovel ready program.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, please it's a wonderful program.
  • <00:27:54.320> I'm Doctor of Pharmacy program. I'm Doctor of Pharmacy program.
  • <00:33:56.000> The um through the Medicare program. The um through the Medicare program.
  • In the past, it was a two-year program. Of those going through the program, how many have stayed?
  • four-year program, would more stay put? four-year program, would more stay put?
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The joint hearing opened with SB 1442, which would update the statute governing the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division and clarify its role as the state Medicaid provider of intensive mental health services for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance. The Department of Health testified in strong support, saying the current statute is outdated and warning against any unfunded mandate because the division relies on federal funding and faces uncertainty about future resources. Written testimony from several organizations also supported the bill. The committees took no immediate action and said they would hold decision-making until later. The hearing then moved to SB 479 on ABLE savings accounts. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities and the Hawaii Disability Rights Center supported the measure, arguing that ABLE accounts help people with disabilities save money without losing benefits and that the state needs more outreach and staffing to expand participation. A testifier with a disability said the bill would help people keep Social Security and housing stability. The chair indicated an intention to move the bill forward, and asked about funding; the discussion settled on a requested appropriation of about $75,000 for incentives. Next, SB 1245 on reimbursement of pharmacists drew broad support from the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, rural pharmacies, the Hawaii Primary Care Association, and others, who said the bill would improve access to care, especially on neighbor islands and in rural communities, and help pharmacies participate in 340B-related services. The Insurance Division and HMSA raised concerns about bill language, saying it could be read to cover pharmacists outside an insurer’s network and that the scope of reimbursable services needed clarification; the pharmacists’ association said the bill is intended to apply only to in-network pharmacists and should continue to reference existing scope-of-practice law. The hearing also took up SB 1279, which would allow pharmacists to authorize medications via telehealth under certain circumstances. The State Board of Pharmacy opposed the bill, citing patient safety, a pilot project with reported errors, concerns about controlled substances and unregulated technicians, and the view that in-person pharmacist services are safer and already available on the affected islands. Several pharmacies and health care groups supported the measure as a way to preserve 340B access and improve service on Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi, while some local pharmacies said they already provide in-person service and opposed remote dispensing. No votes were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hearings to examine the VA's Community Care Program. Jan 28th, 2025 at 09:30 am

Senate Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I will put in the record later today a list of programs.
  • The freeze on funding affects vital programs, including suicide prevention programs.
  • The program last year.
  • The FOX suicide prevention program that was mentioned...
  • And there was a mention of the electronics record program.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Increase funding in B-1 and B-1-3 programs for the 26-27 biennium.
  • Moving to the trustee programs, one of my favorites is the music incubator program.
  • The next one is the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program.
  • So that happened early in the program.
  • our child care programs.
Bills: SB 1
Summary: The committee began with Article I budget items for the Secretary of State. LBB staff outlined recommendations that would reduce the agency’s appropriation by about $40.3 million, including changes to HAVA funding, removal of one-time business system replacement money, and a rider directing the agency to use Fund 5095 first. Secretary Jane Nelson and staff then defended several exceptional items, especially additional staffing for elections and business filings, a new website, digitization of records, cybersecurity tools, and renovation of the James Earl Rudder Building. Members focused heavily on election administration, cross-checking voter rolls, Harris County complaints, call-center response times, and whether online voter registration should be expanded. No votes were taken; the discussion was informational and budget-focused. The committee then heard the Office of the Governor and trustee programs. LBB presented a recommended $2.4 million decrease for the governor’s office proper and a much larger decrease in trustee programs driven by one-time funding and unexpended balances, while still preserving major border security funding and victim assistance funding. Governor’s staff emphasized Texas’ economic growth, the importance of border security, and efforts to seek federal reimbursement for the roughly $11 billion Texas has spent on border operations. Members discussed whether shifting National Guard deployment to federal control could reduce state costs, and they also reviewed the music incubator program, the Governor’s University Research Initiative, and the semiconductor innovation consortium. Staff highlighted a $5 million late-added request for grants to protect nonprofits from violence and terrorism. Again, the exchange was largely explanatory, with no formal action. Finally, the committee took up the Texas Facilities Commission and lease payments for revenue bonds. LBB recommended major reductions overall, including removal of border wall construction funding and capital complex bond funding, but added money for higher utility costs, renovation of the Rudder Building, and additional facilities staff. George Purcell also noted stable maintenance-and-renewal funding and new riders related to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission building, tenant communications, and space utilization. For lease payments, LBB recommended a smaller appropriation tied to revenue-bond costs allocated across agencies. The discussion was informational, with members asking about the Rudder Building renovation, border wall progress, and capital complex construction timelines; no votes were recorded.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Elections - 03/04/25

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • These programs are incredibly important, both the public subsidy program and the PCR are meant to ensure
  • So, as you are likely all aware, when candidates choose to participate in these programs, they agree
  • programs uh these programs are programs uh these programs are incredibly<00:10:07.279> important
  • create more opportunities for programs create more opportunities for candidates<00:10:26.440> who
  • in these programs they agree to<00:10:37.800> abide<00:10:38.120> by<00:10:38.320>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • So all of our programs are geared towards achieving these long-term outcomes.
  • Have fidelity over the actual program.
  • And you have any specific programs that address that as well as addiction.
  • We heard, you know, about the grow program and what if Suu is you know, about the grow program and what
  • And I'm glad to see that we think we have one bq it program. It's been a long time coming.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 7th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • , entry-level driver training programs, transportation, distribution, and logistical programs.
  • And then trying to find instructors to teach those hard-to-fill programs.
  • We're finalizing year two of that program.
  • programming on Tuesday.
  • program, where they had a mentor and a teacher...
Summary: The committee met with a large docket and adopted the April 29 minutes. Several bills were heard and advanced, mostly on education, workforce, literacy, early childhood, charter schools, and student mental health. Testimony was generally supportive, with many witnesses waiving in favor; a few bills drew questions about implementation, student awareness, and whether proposals were sufficiently broad or specific. House Bill 406, requiring the Department of Education to study the direction and regulation of interscholastic high school athletics and report back by March 1, 2027, was reported favorably after testimony from a retired principal who urged an open-minded study and discussion from the bill author about compliance and the bill’s purpose. House Bill 380, creating a pilot program between community and technical colleges and local school systems to expand awareness of CDL, entry-level driver training, and related programs, was also reported favorably. House Bill 807, creating a workforce and structure capacity investment program and fund to help industry partner with colleges to train instructors, was reported favorably after support from higher education and industry witnesses; senators raised interest in adding a stronger health care component and in reaching students earlier, but the author said he would work on amendments. The committee also advanced House Bill 316 on adolescent literacy and high-dose tutoring, with amendments clarifying teacher training timing, existing statutory bans on outdated literacy practices, and charter school participation; House Bill 1146, consolidating early childhood governance into a commission; House Bill 28, creating an appeal path for denied teacher certification applicants through BESE; and House Bill 992, assigning early childhood education identification numbers to support data collection on outcomes. House Concurrent Resolution 26, urging BESE to add the science of human growth and development to science and health standards and provide approved instructional resources, was amended and reported favorably. House Bill 386, allowing local districts to let locally authorized charter schools operate as their own LEA under district rules, was amended and reported favorably. House Bill 392, expanding suicide prevention information requirements on school websites, ID cards, handbooks, and signage, was reported favorably as well.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Apr 29th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Emerging Issues

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we created this program.
  • So we created this program.
  • It's just a matter of 10% less toward recycling programs right now.
  • We're trying to get the program up and going. We have it going. It's an award-winning program.
  • Busson pointed out, that's a lot of programs and services. Sure.
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The committee met to hear Senate Bill 1586, sponsored by Senator Ben Brown, which would address abandoned, ownerless landfills in Missouri. Brown described a constituent’s discovery of contamination near an abandoned landfill in St. Clair and argued the state has at least 29 similar sites, creating risks to water supplies and public health. He said the bill evolved through multiple versions and now keeps the solid waste districts intact while redirecting 10% of tipping fees to fund environmental studies, investigation, remediation, and management of ownerless landfills. The bill also would clarify seller disclosure requirements by requiring written, dated notice delivered by mail. Members questioned the fiscal impact and whether the 10% diversion would effectively amount to a larger share of district revenues. Brown said he was open to further discussion but emphasized the need to fund at least initial studies and to create an interim committee for broader stakeholder input next year. Supportive testimony came from University of Missouri engineering dean Marisa Crusoe, who said the bill provides both a clearer regulatory framework and a stable funding stream, and that studies are a necessary first step to determine cleanup costs and potential reuse of the sites. Opposition testimony came from solid waste district representatives, including Chris Busson, Diana Bryant, and Lacey Miller. They argued the districts already perform important recycling and household hazardous waste functions, that the proposed cut would significantly reduce local programs and staffing, and that DNR already has authority to address abandoned landfills. They also said the districts are subject to oversight and that the system has generally worked, while warning that consolidation or funding cuts would harm local recycling, grants, and hazardous waste services. No vote was taken, and the hearing concluded without further business.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Apr 29th, 2026

Emerging Issues and Professional Registration

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we created this program.
  • So we created this program.
  • Various programs at the University dealing with water.
  • Busson pointed out, that's a lot of programs and services. Sure.
  • Sheltered workshops recycling programs just can't exist in towns that small.
Summary: The committee met in public hearing on Senate Bill 1586, sponsored by Sen. Ben Brown, which would address abandoned, ownerless landfills in Missouri. Brown described the bill as a response to a constituent who discovered contamination near property in Franklin County, and said the measure had evolved through multiple versions. He explained that the bill would give the Department of Natural Resources clearer authority over ownerless landfill sites, direct 10% of tipping fees from solid waste districts toward assessment, investigation, testing, remediation, and management of those sites, create an interim committee for further study, and tighten seller disclosure requirements to require written, dated notice by mail. Brown said the state has 29 such sites and argued that counties and DNR lack the resources to study or clean them up. Support testimony came from Marisa Grosoccoe, dean of engineering at the University of Missouri, who said the bill provides both a regulatory framework and a steady funding stream, and that environmental studies are a necessary first step to determine the scope and cost of cleanup and potentially return contaminated land to productive use. She said the funding would likely support only a few studies per year, but would reduce uncertainty and help unlock other funding sources. Opposition came from representatives of solid waste districts, including Chris Bussin and Diana Bryant, who argued the districts already perform important recycling, household hazardous waste, and grant administration work, and that the proposed diversion of tipping fees would reduce funding for those programs. They said the districts are already tightly regulated, that the abandoned landfill issue has been known for years, and that DNR already has authority to act. Lacey Miller, speaking for informational purposes, said the districts support local recycling and community programs, especially in small counties and schools, and warned that consolidation or funding cuts would hurt local services. No vote was taken; the hearing on Senate Bill 1586 was concluded.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Mar 2nd, 2026

ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • or the programs.
  • There's no one silver bullet or one program that's going to solve it all.
  • But I think part of the program also ought to be that with the AI group...
  • Out of that $14 million, $1.5 million was spent on training and programs.
  • services programs—of all of those programs, how efficient are they?
Summary: The committee met to review an audit and recommendations from the Alliance for Opportunity on reforming Arkansas workforce and social service delivery. Members discussed creating a more integrated, regional, “one-door” system that would combine eligibility screening, job training, and service referrals across DHS, workforce, health, and related programs, with an emphasis on reducing administrative overhead and redirecting more funds to direct services and training. Several members raised the need to include groups such as people in generational poverty, rural residents, reentry populations, and people involved in the court system, while also ensuring access for those without digital skills or technology. Artificial intelligence was a major topic. Members suggested using AI and a centralized database or virtual hub to pre-populate forms, identify program eligibility, notify workforce agencies, and improve efficiency, while still maintaining case managers and in-person support for those who need it. There was also discussion of benefit cliffs, DHS processes that may hinder employment, and the need for industry input and working groups to study AI and other issues. Members repeatedly asked for measurable outcomes, including return-on-investment estimates, cost savings, and performance metrics tied to the number of people moved into self-sufficiency and employment. The committee then reviewed a draft consultant services agreement with Work Ed Consulting LLC, represented by Mason Bishop, to assist with the study under Act 145 of 2025. The contract would run from March 20, 2025 through June 30, 2027, with a maximum amount of $158,000 plus possible additional services up to 10% if approved. Bishop said his work would include ongoing ROI updates and that his experience included helping create Utah’s workforce department and assisting Louisiana with similar reforms. After questions about oversight and deliverables, Representative Beck moved to advance the contract, Senator Sullivan seconded, and the committee approved it by voice vote before adjourning.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Is that going to be a grant program, correct? Yes, ma'am. And who creates that grant program?
  • to create that grant program.
  • Create that grant program. Okay, are there any other questions?
  • existing program.
  • to an existing separate program and putting them as an amendment to an existing program.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Jan 28th, 2026

Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • officer and firefighter recruitment bonus payment program, thereby expanding the program to include
  • newly employed firefighters in that program.
  • The bill expands the program to include newly employed firefighters.
  • was accepted into the NICA program in 2008.
  • NICA program.
Summary: The Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1286 by Senator Wright. That bill expands the law enforcement recruitment bonus program to include firefighters, creates a DFS grant review panel for fire-related grants, and establishes an institute for PTSD and first-responder behavioral health. Testimony from fire chiefs and others supported the measure, and the committee reported it favorably. The committee then considered several insurance and financial regulation bills. CS/SB 198 by Senator Rousan, as amended, regulates virtual currency kiosks with transaction limits, notice and receipt requirements, and OFR enforcement authority; witnesses described it as a needed anti-fraud measure, especially for seniors, and it was reported favorably. CS/SB 772 by Senator Burgess, as amended, allows limited licenses for portable electronics and eyewear insurance, and CS/SB 1504 by Senator Claudio, as amended, creates a pathway for high school students to qualify for insurance customer representative licensure; both were reported favorably. The committee also approved two cryptocurrency reserve bills by Senator Gruters: CS/SB 1038 creates the Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve framework, and CS/SB 1040 creates the related trust fund; both received technical amendments and favorable reports. CS/SB 1440 by Senator Martin, as amended, creates public records exemptions and cybersecurity reporting provisions for financial institutions and related entities, and it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1668 by Senator Burton, which updates the NICA program’s funding and benefit structure, and CS/SB 570 by Senator Polsky, which creates a task force on payment scams, were both heard with supportive testimony and reported favorably. Senators later recorded additional affirmative votes on selected bills before the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Mar 31st, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • This fully funds the Unified Transportation Program for the biennium, also known as the UTP.
  • Doing the same for HHSC programs would be a matter of parity.
  • , or the SHARS program, in this bill.
  • We're also supportive of many of the railroad commission programs, including the plugging program.
  • But use industry fees to pay for that; we are supportive of that program.
Bills: SB1, HB500, SB 1
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 02/05/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • participation in the program participation in the program and<00:17:29.799> number<00:17:
  • <00:17:34.960> curriculum requirement of the program curriculum requirement of the program
  • Career and Technical education program Career and Technical education program uh<00:26:12.120>
  • okay how robust are these plr programs okay how robust are these plr programs and<02:01:27.239><
  • , at least that's what we found. states with robust plr programs it's states with robust plr programs
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Sep 22nd, 2025

Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So as we toward your program and your dietary program and all those sorts of things, with the education
  • program, Or how are you working with our public school system and maybe other types of programs that
  • For educational programs.
  • Our young people who are made eligible through the courts program and are released onto the program are
  • accepted and released onto the program.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 34 (2-25-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Whereas the YMCA is a leader in providing swim lessons, camping programs, youth sports, meal programs
  • <00:40:00.400> in<00:40:00.720> 1936, program in 1936, program in 1936, a<00:40:02.640>
  • Whereas the YMCA is a leader in providing swim lessons, camping programs, youth sports, meal programs
  • , programs, youth sports, meal programs, programs, youth sports, meal programs, lifestyle,<00:41:
  • of fitness programs for older provider of fitness programs for older older<00:41:59.520> adults.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the pledge, called the roll, excused absent members, and approved the prior day’s journal. The chamber then received House messages noting passage of House Bills 1, 422, 568, and 627, and heard second-reading reports for several measures, including bills on the state dog breed, mortgage loan income limits, virtual currency kiosks, agriculture, and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Committee reports also advanced a number of bills from Appropriations and Revenue, Health and Services, Natural Resources and Energy, and State and Local Government, with many sent to the Rules Committee for further action. New bills and resolutions were introduced, including measures on transportation, tobacco/nicotine/vapor products, Public Schools Week, and honoring Joseph H. Mattingley Jr.; the Rules Committee later posted several bills for the next day and committee referrals were announced. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 98, relating to welding safety. The sponsor explained that the bill requires inspections by American Welding Society-certified personnel on certain projects where those standards apply, citing a prior school structure collapse in Kentucky as the public-safety rationale. After debate, the bill passed by a vote of 33-4. The chamber next considered Senate Bill 122, which updates alternative sentencing law to allow judges to consider caregiving responsibilities when sentencing defendants. A floor amendment, developed with input from judges, broadened and clarified the caretaker definition and moved the language into the existing sentencing statute while preserving judicial discretion. Supporters said the bill is intended to help keep families together without mandating probation or reducing penalties; after the amendment was adopted, the bill passed 35-2. Later, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 57 honoring Father Patrick McDow on his ordination, and Senate Resolution 60 was read in full to honor the YMCA on its 175th anniversary in the United States, highlighting the organization’s history and Kentucky service. Members also announced upcoming committee meetings, including a special Health Services Committee meeting on artificial intelligence in rural health, and other committee schedules. The session concluded with the Senate in recess for committee meetings and then returning to report additional committee referrals and announcements.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • a multi-year grant program.
  • They need a multi-year program.
  • and Disabled Veterans Program, and the Effective Access to Student Education, or EASE, Grant Program
  • The foundation itself helps supplement a lot of the programs within DOE and also puts on additional programming
  • like GEAR UP and the federal TRIO programs.
Summary: The committee first took up a confirmation for UCF trustee reappointment candidate Mr. Christie, who described his long service on the board, his UCF business-school background, and his focus on strengthening UCF’s financial foundation, workforce alignment, and engineering and technology programs. Members praised his service and asked about UCF’s future direction, including its role in Florida’s space and engineering sectors. He was allowed to leave early for a meeting with the governor. The committee then heard the Higher Education Appropriations budget presentation for fiscal year 2025-26. The chair outlined a proposed $11.5 billion higher education budget emphasizing workforce education, Florida College System operations, career and technical education, the GATE program, nursing education through the Florida Center for Nursing, UF/IFAS agriculture technology, tutoring, autism and neurodevelopment services, student financial aid, and $250 million for state universities through the Board of Governors. Senator Davis asked about line grant flexibility, and the chair said a conforming bill would address details. The committee adopted a motion allowing technical corrections and then adopted the budget proposal as a recommendation to the full Appropriations Committee. The remainder of the meeting focused on confirmations for university boards, especially the University of West Florida, where several nominees were questioned about Title IX compliance, free speech, workforce readiness, military/veteran ties, and prior statements about privatization and higher education. Rebecca Matthews, Rachel Moyah, Ashley Ross, and Adam Kessel each described their backgrounds and goals for UWF; Kessel faced extensive questioning about his past writings on privatization, the GI Bill, and speech suppression, and said he would not recommend privatizing Florida universities and supported veterans’ education benefits. Public testimony on UWF was largely opposed, with speakers arguing the nominees lacked local ties and warning the slate would harm the university and community. The committee also heard from FAMU reappointment nominee Judge Belvin Perry, who emphasized student success, workforce quality, and FAMU’s continued rise, and from UCF nominee Mark Philburn and FSU nominee Peter Jones, both of whom highlighted their professional experience and commitment to student success and prudent stewardship. The meeting extended its time to 6:30 p.m. to continue hearing nominees and public testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • program uh has has programs uh Farm Serv program uh has has experienced<00:27:06.520> a<00:27:
  • I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
  • I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
  • I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
  • And to be clear, it's a good program. I have nothing against the program.
Bills: HF601, HF271, HF1101, HF979
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Taxes - 05/07/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • local government aid and county program local government aid and county program aid<00:19:33.039
  • local government aid and county program local government aid and county program aid.<00:19:49.919
  • emergency medical services aid program. emergency medical services aid program.
  • <01:58:24.000> In to focus on county program aid. In to focus on county program aid.
  • County program aid county program aid.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-02-13 - 11:30AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • called the Read Vermont program.
  • called the Read Vermont program.
  • <00:28:25.440> We called the Read Vermont program. We called the Read Vermont program.
  • for the bridges to health program. for the bridges to health program.
  • program. We just released the the RFP. program. We just released the the RFP.
Keywords: 927, senate, all