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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Postsecondary Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- ALSO, EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AS THE OTHER AREA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK ON.
- CHARACTER IN THE WORK ETHIC THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT BUT IT'S ALSO BRIDGING THE GAP WITH COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- IF THEY CAN GET IN BEFORE THE JOB, THOSE SKILLS ARE ALSO EMPLOYED IN TERMS OF SUPPORT THAT WE ARE ABLE
- MEDICAL SKILLS AND SERVICES. HEALTH SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS. FITNESS LIFESTYLE AND DESIGN.
- TEACHERS WHO ARE UNIQUELY SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY ARE CREDENTIALED IN EDUCATION
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Art in the Capitol: It’s by Design Mar 13th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Capitol, just the thought of those souls being creative, trying to tell a story, trying to learn new skills
- trying to tell a story trying to learn trying to tell a story trying to learn new<00:01:55.520><c> skills
- 56.799><c> to</c><00:01:57.039><c> say</c><00:01:57.479><c> something</c><00:01:57.960><c> to</c> new skills
- trying to say something to new skills trying to say something to the<00:01:58.360><c> world</c><00:01
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The READ Act's main goal is to get kids reading at grade level using foundational reading skills.
- so the read Act is going to get skills so the read Act is going to get the<00:06:41.960><c> kids</c>
- the the best part about the react skills the the best part about the react is<00:07:11.919><c> that<
- </c><00:32:43.480><c> in</c> instruction and foundational skills in instruction and foundational skills
- We know the explicit foundational skills that students need.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Rules Committee Jun 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- 12, 2025, in which it stated that the number of first-year students at the university whose math skills
- And the goal was to take the students who didn't have top skills and surround them with support, with
- a tutor... ...who didn't have top skills and surround them with support, with tutoring and co-requisite
- math professors, that a lot of the students, like you said at UCSD, are concerned about the math skills
- We're going to continue to hire as many skilled staff as we can, reduce our vacancy rate, and hire more
Summary:
The Senate Rules Committee approved several governor’s appointments not required to appear, including Dorka Keene to the California Arts Council, Luciana Profaca to the Commission on Disabilities, Sarah Han Shapiro to the Commission on Disability Access, Robin Umberg and Veronica Zoror to the California Veterans Board, and Daniel Curtin to the California Water Commission. Two appointments to the State Park and Recreation Commission, Phil Ginsburg and Francesca Viter, were approved on split votes of 3-2. The committee also unanimously approved a motion to refer bills to committees.
The committee then heard testimony from three appointees to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors: Jesse Melgar, Tom Epstein, and Joseph Williams. They emphasized student success, affordability, workforce alignment, dual enrollment, basic needs support, housing, and adapting to AI. Members questioned them about financial aid and ghost-student fraud, regional career technical education needs, enrollment declines, standardized testing and AB 705, community college baccalaureate degrees, and the new career passport initiative. Public commenters strongly supported the nominees, and the committee voted 5-0 to send all three appointments to the full Senate for confirmation.
Finally, the committee heard from Mark Beckley, nominated as Chief Deputy Director for Operations at the Department of State Hospitals. He described his background in state operations and said his priorities would include recruitment and retention, improving treatment through a new electronic health record system, maintaining aging facilities, and supporting community providers. Senators asked about high vacancy rates at state hospitals, especially Atascadero and Patton, and about coordination with law enforcement oversight on patient deaths and safety trends. The committee voted 5-0 to advance his appointment to the full Senate for confirmation.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee to Hear SAO Performance Audits May 13th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- So the access to internet and the skills used for it are integral to participating in modern civic life
- The equitable access of these skills and resources in general are what I am referring to when I speak
- generally accepted components of digital equity, including access to high-speed internet, digital skills
- forth recommendations to the legislature, but they do not have any authoritative decision-making skills
- Access to the internet and the skills to use it are essential in modern life.
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee subcommittee held a hybrid hearing to receive three State Auditor’s Office performance audits. The first audit examined implementation of the Law Enforcement Training and Community Safety Act. Auditors said the Criminal Justice Training Commission had developed most required training, but six community/cultural topics were still unfinished, the patrol tactics curriculum was incomplete in one area, and the agency lacked a systematic project management approach. They reported that most officers had not completed the 40 required hours, with low participation in patrol tactics training, weak communication, limited data to track compliance, and ineffective incentives or consequences. Committee members questioned staffing, liability, and enforcement, and the Commission said it generally agreed with the findings and had begun implementing recommendations, including improving training development and communication.
The second audit reviewed Washington’s digital equity planning. Auditors concluded the state lacked a comprehensive, unified digital equity strategy, a designated lead, and reliable funding. They said the existing PEAR/Impact Plan, BEAD five-year plan, and NTIA-approved digital equity plan each addressed parts of the issue but none provided a full statewide framework with clear authority across agencies. The Department of Commerce’s Broadband Office and the Office of Equity said they agreed with the findings and were open to working with the legislature and the Digital Equity Forum on a more structured approach. A public witness described local and regional digital equity planning efforts and emphasized the importance of coordination and community-based work.
The third audit focused on Commerce’s management of the Digital Navigator Program. Auditors said Commerce did not consistently use a competitive process, did not adequately vet grantees and subgrantees, wrote contracts that lacked clear deliverables and monitoring requirements, failed to enforce reporting, and paid $10.7 million without sufficient documentation to verify reimbursement eligibility. They said agency staff had raised concerns that were ignored and that some payments and contract expansions occurred despite warnings. Commerce officials said new leadership had already begun major contract-management reforms, including centralized oversight, risk assessments, clearer documentation standards, and staff training, and they said they would pursue recapture where appropriate. Committee members expressed strong concern about accountability, and the hearing ended after public testimony and committee discussion.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- that there is a real challenge for these companies to find and hire employees with the AI-related skills
- There is a real challenge for these companies to find and hire employees with the AI-related skills.
- to be able to do this work, or at least the skills to know that they can.
- But what's interesting here is that almost 60% of kids said that they don't have enough AI-related skills
- But it's the soft skills.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Education Pre-K through 12 met to hear a panel discussion on artificial intelligence in K-12 education. Dr. Maya Israel of the University of Florida gave an overview of AI literacy, the benefits of AI for personalized learning and teacher support, and the risks involving data privacy, overreliance, hallucinations, and misuse. She described the Florida K-12 AI Task Force, which published statewide guidance in March and is now providing professional development, case studies, surveys, and resources for teachers and families. She also noted that teacher preparation programs and microcredentials are being developed, but there is not yet a statewide baseline standard for teacher AI training.
Superintendents Van Ayers of Hillsborough County and Kevin Hendrick of Pinellas County described district policies and implementation efforts. Hillsborough adopted an AI governance policy, created an implementation guide, and set rules barring generative AI use for students in pre-K through 7th grade while allowing limited, teacher-approved use for older students with district-vetted tools. Pinellas emphasized digital responsibility, parent transparency, data-use agreements, and a governance process for approving tools. Both districts said AI is being used for lesson planning, tutoring, reading-level adjustments, scheduling, and other administrative tasks, but they do not yet have reliable evidence that AI is improving academic performance. They also discussed teacher training, stipends, and certification efforts, including partnerships with universities and vendors such as Microsoft, Google, Magic School, and Gemini.
Drew Allen of FSU Inspire offered an industry-focused perspective, arguing that AI is not new but that education must adapt more quickly to industry needs. He described Inspire’s workforce and research mission, its AI and robotics training for teachers, and the need to build teacher comfort and confidence through incentives and applied training. Committee members raised concerns about student dependence on AI, academic integrity, mental health, moral decision-making, data privacy, and whether schools should return to more paper-based testing. The panel generally agreed that AI should be used with strong guardrails, human oversight, and a balance between technology use and traditional learning. No legislation was considered, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was adopted without objection.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We need to make sure that we have the personnel with the skill set necessary to do all of the things
- and non-skilled providers and simplify the process.
- So on line 59, you change from a minimum of 20 hours to up to 20 hours of skilled training.
- So on line 59, you change from a minimum of 20 hours to up to 20 hours of skilled training.
- So why did you go from 40 to 20, and why is it up to 20 hours of skills training on line 86?
Summary:
The Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and took up a long agenda of health care, Medicaid, and patient-access measures, along with confirmation votes. The committee first reconsidered and amended SB 1606 on patient access to records, clarifying portal obligations, deleting a section affecting nursing home facility records, and setting a January 1, 2026 effective date; the bill then passed favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of appointees and separately confirmed Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after Harris testified about priorities including financial accountability, managed care oversight, transparency, and quality improvement. Senators asked about audit findings and Medicaid managed care performance, and several witnesses and committee members voiced support for her appointment.
The committee then advanced a series of bills, most of them with amendments, including claims bills SB 28 and SB 22 for South Broward Hospital District settlements, SB 772 on undesignated glucagon in schools, SB 998 on death certification by physician assistants and APRNs, SB 1412 on home health administration flexibility, SB 1800 creating a Parkinson’s disease research consortium at USF, SB 306 on managed care network access during holidays and after hours, SB 1768 on stem cell therapies by physicians, SB 1602 on pediatric readiness in emergency departments, SB 1156 on the home health aide program for medically fragile children, SB 1490 on Children’s Medical Services and managed care administration, and SB 1182 on Medicaid coverage of continuous glucose monitors. Most of these bills received support from industry, advocacy, or provider groups and were reported favorably as committee substitutes.
The most debated measure was SB 1270, a broad strike-all amendment combining provisions on mRNA vaccine documentation, vaccination-status protections in the Patient Bill of Rights, medical marijuana reporting and background-screening definitions, compact language, and volunteer immunity. The committee heard extensive testimony both for and against the vaccine-related provisions, including concerns about discrimination, patient safety, provider discretion, and medical liability. After additional technical amendments and a time-certain motion, the bill passed favorably as a committee substitute, with Senators Davis and Osgood voting no and Senator Harrell expressing a weak yes. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected tabs, and the committee adjourned.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Mar 18th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- So I am really excited about this appointment and how my skills can add to the other trustees.
- simply pursuing more degrees in higher education when the market very much is promoting vocational skills
- And so our students get a great opportunity to develop skills in construction and the trades immediately
- something about our state colleges that are just the absolute closest thing to giving people the skills
- trades and first responders. ...program, of course, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and skilled
Summary:
The committee first heard CS/SB 270, which would extend Bright Futures eligibility by 12 months for certain students whose parent was serving overseas in public service and then retired, giving military and diplomatic families more time to return to Florida without losing scholarship eligibility. Senator Burgess also explained a late-filed amendment to set the bill’s effective implementation for the 2025-26 school year, and the committee adopted the amendment without objection. The bill received supportive testimony, including from Senator Smith, and was reported favorably by a roll call vote.
The remainder of the meeting focused on confirmation hearings for appointees to state college boards of trustees, with the chair emphasizing a new process of hearing from each nominee individually rather than taking a blanket vote. Nominees from Tallahassee State College, St. Johns River State College, South Florida State College, Broward College, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, Palm Beach State College, Pasco-Hernando State College, and Valencia College described their backgrounds and priorities, which largely centered on workforce development, nursing and health sciences, dual enrollment, fiscal responsibility, student retention, and partnerships with local employers and communities. Several nominees highlighted their own educational or professional ties to the colleges, and some noted the importance of serving rural or military-connected communities.
One nominee, John Aloko for Pasco-Hernando State College, was not present because he was attending a conference in Hawaii and was deferred to a later hearing. After hearing all other nominees, the committee voted to recommend confirmation of the remaining appointees in a block vote, covering Tabs 2 through 22 except Tab 8, and the motion passed. Two members later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on earlier items.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We provide social skills instruction, consult with parents and therapists, create and adjust behavior
- Early education shapes their academic futures, teaching critical skills.
- It doesn't teach students the skills they need. It doesn't improve classroom behavior.
- </c><01:15:42.520><c> they</c> doesn't teach students the skills they doesn't teach students the skills
- </c><01:31:31.639><c> conflict</c> repairing harm teaching skills conflict repairing harm teaching skills
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- to the general good by an interchange of acts of kindness, by giving and receiving, and thus by our skill
- one of the worst kids in school, but prior to joining JROTC, my instructors taught me the valuable skill
- one of the worst kids in school, but prior to joining JROTC, my instructors taught me the valuable skill
- agencies, the state reinforces a single, clearer talent development through line, from education to skills
- legislation to coordinate and promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, skills
Summary:
The committee first approved the March 4, 2026 minutes without objection. It then heard House Bill 712, which would create a civics seal or endorsement on high school diplomas for students who meet specified academic and civics requirements, including coursework in U.S. history and government, a civics test score, and a civics project or related activities. The sponsors described it as a voluntary recognition to encourage civic knowledge and engagement, and testimony from the Idaho Family Policy Center and Dr. Samuel Lair supported the bill as a way to promote citizenship and public service. Committee members asked about how the coursework requirement is defined and whether the seal could be earned alongside other diploma endorsements; the Department of Education clarified that the required coursework is two credits each in U.S. history and American government. The committee voted to send HB 712 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then took up House Bill 761, which would consolidate the Idaho STEM Action Center into the Workforce Development Council. Senator Lent and Workforce Development Council/STEM Action Center Director Wendy Seacrest explained that the merger is intended to streamline operations, reduce administrative overlap, and better connect STEM education with workforce development. Seacrest said the combined structure would continue most STEM programs, including teacher professional development, community partnerships, and career awareness efforts, while tying them more closely to careers and workforce needs. She also said the consolidation would save more than $300,000 annually and eliminate two staff positions, and that private donations and foundation support would still be available, including direct support to local districts or organizations and a 50% match requirement for new programs. With no public testimony against the bill, the committee voted to send HB 761 to the floor with a due pass recommendation and then adjourned.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- You do not want to be stuck in a hospital if you'd rather be sent to a more appropriate skilled nursing
- You do not want to be stuck in a hospital if you'd rather be sent to more appropriately a skilled nursing
- A recent hospital survey showed delayed access to a skilled nursing facility is the top barrier leading
- occurs because we are often having to develop single-case agreements between the insurers and the skilled
- This is because of the lack of network adequacy in the skilled nursing or rehab hospitals for Washington
Summary:
The Health Care and Wellness Committee met on February 10 at 8:30 a.m. and heard two bills. On Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5594, staff explained that the bill would expand state policy on biosimilars by allowing health carriers to require patients to try a biosimilar before covering the equivalent brand drug starting in 2027, directing exchange plans to increase biosimilar utilization, and changing pharmacist substitution rules so substitution is generally allowed unless the prescriber says not to substitute. The prime sponsor, Sen. Harris, said the bill would lower costs and noted many other states already allow similar substitution. Supporters from health plans and generic/biosimilar manufacturers said biosimilars are safe, effective, and can save consumers and the system money, while a patient advocate raised concerns that the bill may not guarantee lower out-of-pocket costs at the pharmacy counter and suggested preferred formulary placement as a fix. AAM supported the bill with a technical amendment to place biosimilars in the same section as generics and interchangeable products, and the hearing on the bill was closed with no vote taken.
The committee also heard Engrossed Senate Bill 5142 on Medicaid network adequacy for post-acute care. Staff said the bill would require the Health Care Authority to adopt network adequacy standards for nursing homes and inpatient rehabilitation facilities, considering community access, regional availability, timeliness, and federal Medicaid rules, with standards due by January 1, 2028 and implementation by July 1, 2028. Sen. Muzzall described it as a follow-up to last year’s bill that would create a pre-approved pathway for patients who are difficult to discharge because continuing care is hard to secure. Testimony from hospital and health system representatives strongly supported the bill, saying patients often remain in hospitals longer than medically necessary because of delays in finding skilled nursing or rehab placements and because single-case agreements are time-consuming and unpredictable, especially in rural areas. Public testimony on SB 5142 was then closed, and the meeting adjourned without any recorded votes or other action.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF2039 hearing in the House workforce, labor and economic development committee 4/1/25
Transcript Highlights:
- And through their leadership program and through their training, I also learned skills such as building
- serious impact for employers who need employees that are work ready and equipped with those basic work skills
- ability to learn the necessary hard and ability to learn the necessary hard and soft<00:04:43.919><c> skills
- The highlights have been the ability to learn the necessary hard and soft skills in construction.
- foreman, like a teacher aide for my fellow classmates, which has allowed me to grow my leadership skills
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- They learned life-saving skills and ocean rescue.
- reading if they have some reading skills.
- </c><01:22:47.920><c> to</c> have the they lack the basic skills to have the they lack the basic skills
- </c> ...reading skills already.
- Swimming is a life skill.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Dec 17th, 2025 at 09:20 am
Transcript Highlights:
- students in both grade cohorts reported positive perceptions of their school climate self-management skills
- really can provide opportunities for students, make them want to be at school, and develop their skills
- Watching those leaders grow in confidence and skill, and seeing that growth reflected in our students
- Together, we are developing more than 30 New Mexico leaders who will have the knowledge and skill to
- After continuing to develop my leadership skills at the high school level, I decided to step outside
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seven - Tuesday, January 20
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- champions today's opportunity for youth who aspire to improve their lives and communities by building the skills
- and resources. ...to improve their lives and communities by building the skills and resources to reach
- YouthBuild helps youth age 16 to 24 develop life skills and get their GED so that we can get them off
- Joseph, learning the skills that they need to be successful in their life.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty - Tuesday, March 24
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Economic Development, the Department of Commerce and Insurance, and the Department of Labor
- Department of Economic Development, the Department of Commerce and Insurance, and the Department of Labor
- include prior knowledge and experience, integrated neural processes, motivation, and metacognitive skills
- include prior knowledge and experience, integrated neural processes, motivation, and metacognitive skills
- I will not, but I will labor the point.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/10/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- :10:04.680><c> removal</c><01:10:05.160><c> is</c><01:10:05.360><c> unskilled</c><01:10:06.200><c> labor
- </c> snow removal is unskilled labor. snow removal is unskilled labor.
- It tells our snow-fighting crews that their specialized skills are essential to the state's infrastructure
- It tells our snow-fighting crews that their specialized skills are essential to the state's infrastructure
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Gaming, May 14, 2026 - PM
Select Committee on Gaming
Transcript Highlights:
- We have rule-making authority for skill-based amusement games.
- </c> rule-making authority for skill-based rule-making authority for skill-based amusement<01:03:57.560
- We have skill games in a lot of locations.
- We have skill games in a lot of locations.
- We have skill games in a lot of locations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 4188 - Omnibus Commerce and Consumer Protection - Part 2 - 05/12/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Home care nursing, by contrast, is continuous, hourly, one-on-one skilled nursing for medically fragile
- </c> patients who need periodic skilled care. patients who need periodic skilled care.
- </c><00:07:44.480><c> nursing</c><00:07:45.200><c> for</c> hourly, one-on-one skilled nursing for hourly
- , one-on-one skilled nursing for medically<00:07:45.920><c> fragile</c><00:07:46.400><c> children</c>
- </c><00:22:32.160><c> nursing</c> need for sustained skilled nursing need for sustained skilled nursing
Summary:
The committee heard public testimony on a health insurance/home care nursing provision and on other consumer protection items. Nick Keis and Emily Walters, both parents of medically complex children, testified that commercial health plans had recently begun capping home care nursing as if it were intermittent home health visits, which they said was contrary to Minnesota law and legislative intent dating to 2010. They described severe impacts on their families, including hospitalizations, loss of nursing coverage, strain on waiver budgets, and the risk of children being forced out of the home and into institutions. Representative Bierman echoed that the bill was a straightforward clarification of existing law, not a new mandate or added cost, and a staff member later cited the statutory definition of home care nursing as ongoing, continuous nursing services that cannot be met through intermittent or visit-based care. The committee also discussed the practical difference between home health visits and private duty/home care nursing, with testimony emphasizing that the latter is medically necessary, assessed, and not unlimited in practice.
Laura Sales of the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office testified on changes to the Consumer Protection Restitution Fund (CIPRA). She said the fund has begun distributing restitution, starting with consumers harmed by the closure of Woodbury Dental Arts, but that current statutory language limits the office’s flexibility to prorate payments. She asked for an amendment allowing the AGO to distribute available funds more equitably so more eligible consumers can receive some payment, rather than requiring full payment to the oldest claims first.
Annette Meeks, representing Citizens Against Gambling Expansion, testified in support of banning sweepstakes gambling in the Commerce Committee omnibus report. She argued that online sweepstakes casinos are an illegal gray-market form of gambling, cited rapid growth and billions in revenue, and said other states have acted through enforcement and legislation to stop them. She urged the committee to include language from Senate File 4474 to clarify state law and prohibit sweepstakes gambling. No votes were taken in the portion of the meeting shown; members mainly asked questions and received testimony.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Interventions may be restorative in nature, so conflict resolution activities, skill-building activities
- taxpayers at the end of the day, when we can help rehabilitate young people early, give them the skills
- So we are all about both accountability, taking responsibility, and giving young people the skills they
- And the data has shown that that's not where young people get the skills to thrive and change their life
- So we invest so much in our partners to help them be with us to build these skills of young people.
Bills:
SB6062