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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Mar 26th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Elementary school... ...students that live within 2 miles of their elementary school must walk or ride
  • their bikes to school unless they traverse near a hazardous walking condition.
  • ANOTHER SCHOOL. ANOTHER SCHOOL. IT TOOK THE LIVES OF 17 FLORIDIANS, CHILDREN, AT A HIGH SCHOOL.
  • ARE OUR CHILDREN AND TEACHERS STILL IN SCHOOL? YES. THEY ARE.
  • Over $1 billion into the schools in hardening, in safety, in mental health.
Summary: The Florida House convened for regular business, with Speaker Perez announcing historic budget plans including the largest state tax cut in Florida history - a permanent 0.75% sales tax reduction from 6% to 5.25%, saving Floridians nearly $5 billion annually. The House will propose a budget lower than both the Governor's proposal and last year's budget. Several bills passed including Lucy's Law (boating safety), water access facilities funding, municipal utility rate corrections, hazardous walking conditions for schools, and medical malpractice 'Free Kill Law' repeal. The controversial firearm purchase age bill (HB 759) passed 78-34, lowering the minimum age from 21 to 18, despite emotional opposition citing the Parkland shooting. Other bills addressed cursive writing instruction, peer support for first responders, and government sunset reviews. Multiple veto override motions were approved unanimously, reinstating funding for veterans programs and infrastructure projects.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • She said she does not know whether it recruits schools or goes to school sites.
  • to school sites, or does not.
  • I don't know that that group ever visits the school or recruits teachers at the school site, and I don't
  • in lawsuits where the school just settled.
  • Do you have a list of schools that are currently not doing this?
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including the Nurse of the Day and a guest pastor, on the National Day of Prayer. Members also made announcements about prayer activities in the Capitol and welcomed former Speaker Charles McCall to the gallery. The chamber then moved through a long floor calendar of Senate bills, joint resolutions, and a conference committee report, with several measures amended on the floor before final passage. Among the bills passed were SB 1090, a consumer protection measure aimed at giving homeowners time to cancel contracts with predatory door-knocking roofers and contractors; SJR 49, repealing a Wildlife Conservation Commission rule on surety for oil and gas leases; SB 633, a juvenile code measure described as protecting children from fentanyl poisoning; SB 650, a public utilities bill tied to transparency and accountability for state employee salary increases; SB 263, amended to include a “lemonade stand” provision; SB 122, a transportation-related bill on proof of insurance; and SB 1614, creating a teacher induction program, which also received emergency passage. SJR 52 and HJR 1101, both dealing with agency rules, also passed, as did SJR 53 on Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority rules. The most debated item was SB 1884, which would strengthen equal access for school employees to teacher professional organizations and related membership/dues procedures. Supporters argued it would clarify existing law, ensure fair access, and give teachers more choice and legal support; opponents said the problem was compliance with current law, not a need for new statute, and warned against duplicating existing protections. After extended debate, the bill failed 47-44. Members then took up SJR 50, a major Medicaid expansion-related resolution revising earlier trigger language; supporters said it preserved expansion unless federal funding changed and gave lawmakers flexibility, while opponents argued the state had not done enough fiscal analysis before proposing changes. SJR 50 passed 69-18. Finally, the House adopted a conference committee report on HB 3021, consolidating graduation requirements into the ICAP framework and clarifying related school rules, and the bill passed with emergency status.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 9th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She is an 11th grader at Jasper High School and is paging for the house.
  • or the school officials.
  • Then the juvenile facility notified the schools. juvenile facility notified the schools.
  • Then they come to school on Monday and the schools have no clue that this shooting occurred on Saturday
  • This allows the school to be aware of potential issues.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 9th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The budget maintains full funding for the libraries: $17.53 million for state aid to libraries and $2
  • The reevaluation, which includes having a school psychologist, school social worker, etc.
  • We have $17 million to the libraries. We have $17 million to the libraries.
  • But it harms the public school students. The majority of kids in Florida go to public schools.
  • public schools and charter schools cannot.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 9th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 13 by relating to school districts' library materials and cataloging the creation of local school
  • library advisory councils and the principal rights regarding public school library catalogs and access
  • ; H.R. 635 by Johnson, Penn Oak Middle School; H.R. 636 by Johnson, John the School.
  • SB 13 by SB 13 by relating to school districts' library materials and cataloging the creation of local
  • school library advisory councils and the principal rights regarding public school library catalogs and
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee, February 13, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • cardiac survival as schools who don't. cardiac survival as schools who don't.
  • schools in Wyoming already have AEDs. schools in Wyoming already have AEDs.
  • to help out schools who need some. to help out schools who need some.
  • Because my school had elementary school.
  • <01:20:10.159> this<01:20:11.120> that school uh schools don't have this that school
Bills: HB0076, HB0102, HB0115
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 13, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • source of 400 million from the school source of 400 million from the school foundation<00:04:05.280
  • pathway and I spent hours after school pathway and I spent hours after school with<00:15:57.279>
  • Uh, what high school did you attend? Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. I attended Pinedale High School.
  • Uh, what high school did you attend? Uh, what high school did you attend?
  • Uh, it's just Pinedale High School.
Bills: HB0076, HB0102, HB0115
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The prayer would have to go on during the school day, but it has to go before school or after school
  • time. before school or after school time.
  • So is that for the entire school or just that... that for the entire school or just that? No.
  • We're talking about the school practice as a whole. Yeah, and... school practice as a whole. Yeah.
  • ... ...report back to high school.
Bills: SB278, HB459, HB61
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means May 5th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • deliver that flat dollar amount for schools.
  • Members, this bill respects local control, protects bondholders, and school finance.
  • El Paso's largest school district, El Paso Independent School District, recently closed eight elementary
  • schools due to dwindling student numbers.
  • Schools are at risk, and local businesses are staggering for customers.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/17/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • schools are experiencing staffing schools are experiencing staffing shortages,<00:30:24.080>
  • having on our school district budgets. having on our school district budgets.
  • Katina Taylor: Yes. school district budgets need to school district budgets need to understand<00:35:
  • Michael-Albertville School District.
  • Michael-Albertville School District.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's enough money for the Franklin County school system to do some major school projects in their county
  • It's enough money for the Franklin County school system to do some major school projects in their county
  • It's enough money for the Franklin County school system to do some major school projects in their county
  • system to do some major County school system to do some major major<00:10:37.440> school<00:10
  • go to the Franklin County school system. go to the Franklin County school system. Correct.
Bills: SB337, HB520, HB75, SB337, HB520, HB75
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 9, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Tomorrow we have scheduled for noon time or upon Senate recess: Senate File 37K to2 School Facilities
  • file<00:14:51.120> 37<00:14:52.320> K<00:14:52.639> to2<00:14:53.199> school
  • recess of Senate file 37 K to2 school recess of Senate file 37 K to2 school facilities<00:14:54.079
Bills: HB0105, HB0107, SF0002
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 9, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • appropriated from the public school appropriated from the public school foundation<00:02:15.280>
  • funds shall revert to the public school funds shall revert to the public school foundation<00:03
  • <00:03:54.159> facilities appropriated to the school facilities appropriated to the school
  • 21, Big Horn number three, high school 21, Big Horn number three, high school 828,878.
  • charter school lease expenses for school charter school lease expenses for school year<00:04:44.560
Bills: HB0105, HB0107, SF0002
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 19th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Two categories were created: one for everyone except schools, and then in a separate bucket for school
  • For school districts, the school board was afforded some discretion in that they could vote in a public
  • of the elementary school a little bit.
  • I voted for every park, every library, all the school improvements, for light rail, for anything that
  • Of course, we have. 31 million people in this state, and 5.5 million school students in public schools
Bills: SB414, SB621, SB2395