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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • , It aligns funding for several programs, It aligns funding for several programs, including<00:06
  • human services programs. human services programs.
  • <00:09:19.760> integrity On slide eight, our program integrity On slide eight, our program
  • service program administration. service program administration.
  • I'll call it ancillary programs related. I'll call it ancillary programs related.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, we're working on that program to do the pre-payment review for high-risk programs in the fee-for-service
  • modifying or terminating a program. modifying or terminating a program.
  • ,<00:25:47.800> please residential service programs, please residential service programs,
  • <00:29:56.280> because decision to close programs because decision to close programs because
  • is for kids receiving this program is for kids receiving this program is highly<01:06:30.280>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • continues<00:08:18.479> because Fraud in this program continues because Fraud in this program
  • The family public assistance programs.
  • this program a career ending decision. this program a career ending decision.
  • We no longer work accredited program.
  • , clinical program education, clinical program accreditation,<01:15:40.800> and<01:15:41.040><
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Mar 2nd, 2026

Fiscal Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've done a lot of programs, put together a lot of programs to support our folks with disabilities throughout
  • waiver program, continue to exist.
  • No, it doesn't matter which program they're in. No, it doesn't matter which program they're in.
  • My career as a bus driver afforded me that opportunity.
  • And many of our residents cannot afford to buy a home.
Summary: The committee first took up CS for SB 42 on specific medical diagnosis and child protective investigations. A late-file strike-all amendment was adopted that made only stylistic changes to align with the House version. Supporters said the bill would help DCF and child protective teams better identify rare medical conditions and give parents a chance to defend against mistaken abuse findings. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1570, which restores a prior program to help locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination with sheriff’s offices and CARD centers, with nonrecurring funding included. Members then advanced several education, disability, and public services measures. CS for CSSB 182 created a teacher training and mentoring program for high-performing current and retired teachers to mentor teachers in D- and F-rated schools, and CS for CSSB 794 required background screening for employees in residential and day training programs for people with developmental disabilities while directing APD to study support coordination quality, workforce issues, and service gaps. Testimony on SB 794 strongly supported better training, lower caseloads, and more consistent support coordination. The committee also favorably reported CS for CS SB 1168 on background screenings, CS for CS SB 214 to allow rural special districts to pay verified invoices directly, CS for SB 1376 to create grants for genetic counseling education, and SB 1574 (Maddie’s Law) to add newborn screening for biliary atresia; the latter drew emotional support and testimony that early screening could save lives and reduce transplant costs. The committee heard and passed a number of other policy bills, including CS for CS for SB 1510, the DEP agency package, after environmental groups warned that one provision could delay basin management protections and allow more septic systems in impaired watersheds; the bill still passed favorably. Members also approved CS for CS for SB 598 on funeral and cemetery regulation, SB 688 to license naturopathic doctors, SB 1318 on scholarship account reversion rules, CS for CS for SB 682 on domestic violence injunctions and penalties, SB 130 on workforce training for current and former inmates, and SB 1548, the latest Live Local affordable housing update. Several bills were briefly postponed or taken up later in the meeting. In the latter portion of the meeting, the committee approved CS for C.S. for SB 536 on criminal gang membership criteria, CS for C.S. SB 762 on assigning conflict capital cases across regional counsel offices, SB 1332 on career offender registration requirements, CS for CS for SB 1742 creating a new offense for indecent exposure of sexual organs to a child, and CS for SB 1750 increasing penalties for serious sex offenses and child sexual abuse material crimes. The committee also debated CS for SB 1226 on Public Employee Relations Commission procedures and union certification rules, including a late-file amendment setting a 60% threshold and 25% quorum for recertification; the discussion focused heavily on constitutional concerns, union rights, and differences between first responders and other public employees. The transcript ends while that bill’s debate is still underway, with the committee having already taken numerous favorable votes throughout the meeting.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism 2ND REVISED Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • on probation by allowing individuals to earn credits through completing a qualifying educational program
  • It requires program participants to file rebate claims within one year of qualification and eliminates
  • This would ensure the program is encouraging the creation of jobs with relatively.
  • costs making forecasts or program.
  • We have been looking nationwide and just really gathering programs from other states.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 02-04-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • . programs. programs.
  • pathway programs coming into the state. pathway programs coming into the state.
  • Mono has put out many out programs. Mono has put out many programs. programs. programs.
  • and good programs that are a lot more cost effective and affordable, and by your moratorium you've kept
  • driver outreach and pathway program. driver outreach and pathway program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 5th, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • This certification program is completely voluntary.
  • It's a very high-level certification program, much different than a fire academy type program that you
  • I know we also have an incident command course within the paramedic technology program.
  • The council would administer a grant program to help.
  • What we're asking for is a grant program to be held in trust at the comptroller's office.
Bills: HB2, HB1, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 29th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our theater programs in all K-12 schools. And so, I move for adoption. I have a motion...
  • them further by creating public fear of transgender employees at institutions that have overnight programs
  • notion of my constituents, I will just add the three of my constituents here with the Juneteenth program
  • I also... ...program in Dothan and Abbyville. I also represent Henry County. They are here.
  • We know that we do not have enough affordable housing in our state, and I don't think even in our nation
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • This program will be implemented through rulemaking at the PUC.
  • We have programming in over 20 prisons in Texas, including our character, um, education program called
  • , energy efficiency programs.
  • It's a low-income assistance program, or it's an energy efficiency program, they don't necessarily push
  • it out all the time to say, take full advantage of these programs.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have programming in over 20 prisons in Texas. including our character education program called the
  • , energy efficiency programs.
  • . what energy efficiency programs are available in their territory.
  • program.
  • But I do manage all of our electrification programs.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I wasn't familiar with the program. You referenced it. As I'm looking at the website here...
  • This is a registered apprenticeship program. Is that right?
  • We have another program called Veterans in Piping, where Fort Cavazos.
  • It's like their training facilities, their apprenticeship programs, things like that.
  • I'm a proud veteran and graduate of the United Association's Veterans in Piping Program.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Feb 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Revenue and Taxation

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  • States with school choice programs.
  • Choice programs.
  • A summer learning program is a summer learning program.
  • a $4 billion dollars Public school program.
  • Ron, oversight of schools in the program.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight REVISION 2: Delayed until 11:30 AM

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • actually targeting and if there is an actual issue with families who are trying to access these programs
  • think as we come into this legislative session, there's a lot of conversations about our welfare programs
  • And then there were a lot of conversations about just how many Oklahomans are on these programs.
  • And it's my understanding that this does not cost the state to run applicants through the SAVE program
  • They have an intern program, similar to what doctors do when they do their residency.