Transcript Highlights:

• It builds a Missouri-based workforce pipeline, from skilled trades to engineering.
• It establishes performance-based tools with a five-year sunset to ensure accountability and measurable
• But many of our institutions are, you know, skilled in drawing down those funds as well.
• It is basically eligible for high-skill sectors or occupations, high-wage sectors or occupations, or
• We should, and I think this H.R. 1 is trying to change that to everyone needs a skill.

Committee: House Higher Education and Workforce Development

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2510, sponsored by Rep. Steinmeier, which would create a coordinated state framework for critical minerals involving the Departments of Natural Resources, Economic Development, and Higher Education and Workforce Development. The sponsor said Missouri is well positioned because it contains 36 of 60 minerals deemed critical to national security and manufacturing, and argued the bill would help Missouri pursue federal funding, build a workforce pipeline, and support advanced manufacturing with a five-year sunset. Committee members questioned the need for a new state structure and fund, the cost to Missouri, the role of universities, and whether the task force was too narrowly written around the University of Missouri system and mistakenly included DESE instead of higher education. A Missouri Chamber witness supported the bill for its economic and national security benefits, while an environmental witness urged adding an environmental professional to the task force and a mining permitting framework, citing health and water concerns and suggesting a separate mining-regulation bill as an amendment. The committee then took up House Bill 2585, sponsored by Rep. Castile, which updates Missouri workforce development statutes to align with federal law and implement the new Workforce Pell Grant program. The sponsor said the bill would allow short-term, high-value training programs in fields like welding, public safety academies, health technology, and trucking to qualify for Pell support, while preserving oversight and tying eligibility to outcomes such as completion, job placement, and earnings. Members asked about the number and makeup of the workforce board, whether the bill’s staffing references still pointed to the wrong department, how the 150% poverty-level threshold and reporting metrics would work, and whether the board could move quickly enough to meet federal timelines. A Missouri Community College Association witness said all 12 community colleges have programs likely to qualify and explained the federal eligibility standards, including a 70% completion rate, 70% job placement rate, and three-year rolling data review; a FGA Action witness and the Missouri Chamber also supported the bill as a way to expand access to skills training and draw down federal funds. After the bill hearings, the committee received an informational presentation from the Midwestern Higher Education Compact. The presenter described the compact’s regional cost-saving work, including reciprocity for distance education, technology contracts, grants, and efforts on dual credit and FAFSA support. She also shared Missouri-specific data on educational attainment, enrollment trends, student migration, and net price, noting that Missouri lags slightly behind the U.S. in attainment, has projected declines in high school graduates, retains most in-state students, and has higher net prices for low-income students than the Midwest average. The committee then adjourned.

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• Their interpersonal skills and communication skills are amazing. Thank you. And they are amazing.
• Their interpersonal skills and communication skills are amazing.
• Their interpersonal skills, communication skills are amazing.
• So whether it's any skills trade.
• language will allow those injunctions to be in place even after the state declines to prosecute a case based

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee met with a quorum present and temporarily postponed SB 156. The committee first considered the confirmation of Matthew Walsh as Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Walsh described his background in law enforcement, social work, and juvenile justice, and outlined DJJ priorities including recruitment and retention, staff wellness, collaboration with DCF and other agencies, aging facilities, and expanding educational and vocational opportunities for youth. Members asked about his social work training, lockout youth, bed space, recidivism, and the Florida Scholars Academy. The committee voted unanimously to favorably report his confirmation. The committee then took up SPB 704, a committee bill extending the public records exemption for conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information. Senator Martin explained that the exemption was originally created to protect active innocence reviews and should continue past its current sunset date. With no opposition or debate, the committee voted unanimously to report the bill favorably as a committee bill. Next, the committee considered CS for SB 32, as amended, which creates an injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person and adds it to the statewide injunction verification system and related enforcement provisions. Senator Sharif said the bill is intended to give judges a faster tool to protect victims who have reported serious violence to law enforcement, while supporters said it addresses cases where victims are harmed before a repeat-violence injunction can be granted. Eric Friday of Florida Carry opposed the bill, warning it could be misused against self-defense situations and create problems in cases already covered by existing injunction laws. After debate, the committee voted unanimously to report the bill favorably. The committee then considered SB 210, which extends public records protections to petitions for injunctions for protection against serious violence by a known person, including dismissed petitions and identifying information before service. There was no opposition, and the committee voted unanimously to report SB 210 favorably before adjourning.

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• It's a gaming bill again.
• Other than that, this bill seeks to treat online gaming the same as we do current gaming.
• Other than that, this bill seeks to treat online gaming the same as we do current gaming.
• Other than that, this bill seeks to treat online gaming the same as we do current gaming.

Committee: Senate Ways and Means

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But for me, one of the fun things about this committee is we get to deal with Fish and Game.
• and Game.
• Now, Fish and Game is one that doesn't take any general fund revenue.
• The base budget builder was, someone, you may have heard the phrase, “what's in the base?”
• You can track the FTP, or the full-time personnel, and the base budget over a period of time.

Committee: House Resources and Conservation

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• is to know their region's veterans communities and to serve them and help veterans in the community base
• and the county. community-based organizations connect and strengthen.
• What we're finding in many of our skilled nursing veterans that come to us, they come to us with more
• I know that when we visited just, I think, two weeks ago, that there were some concerns with the skilled
• To the emerging and emergent needs of veterans through a community-based system of care. Thank you.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Hauschild has the right to go to that game, but that game may be cancelled.
• That game may be postponed.
• Senator Hauschild has the right to go to that game, but that game may be cancelled.
• That game may be postponed. That game may be postponed.
• </c><00:01:52.000><c> be</c> to that game, but that game may be to that game, but that game may be cancelled

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• why this bill also emphasizes vocational and technical training, ensuring that those who choose a skilled
• those<00:04:50.840><c> who</c><00:04:51.000><c> choose</c><00:04:51.280><c> a</c><00:04:51.440><c> skill
• </c> provide students with Real World skills provide students with Real World skills expand<00:05:00.280
• </c><00:26:25.880><c> on</c><00:26:26.080><c> funding</c> based on student ratios based on funding based
• on student ratios based on funding based<00:26:27.120><c> on</c><00:26:28.120><c> um</c><00:26:28.520

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Education met with a quorum and first took up Senate Bill 68, which was presented by Kentucky Department of Education staff as a cleanup measure to reduce duplicative or outdated reporting requirements. The bill, as amended by a committee substitute, would streamline reporting on local wellness policies, school breakfast programs, school budgets, audits, and school nutrition assessments, while preserving existing requirements to adopt wellness and physical activity policies and maintain audit obligations. Members asked whether removing reporting on physical activity and related topics would weaken oversight; KDE responded that districts would still have to adopt the policies and be reviewed under federal nutrition monitoring, but the state reports were often incomplete, hard to compare, and not especially useful. The committee adopted the substitute and passed SB 68 unanimously. The committee then heard Senate Bill 207, the School Innovation Act, sponsored by Senator West. The bill would create an optional program allowing school districts to apply to the Kentucky Board of Education for waivers from certain administrative regulations and establish three-year “schools of innovation,” potentially with third-party partners, to give struggling schools more flexibility and a fresh start. Senator West said the model was inspired by a visit to a school of innovation in South Carolina and by examples from South Carolina and Indiana, and he argued that the bill would let districts try new approaches without mandating participation. He also said existing “district of innovation” language in statute is a relic and that the bill would replace it with a school-based model. Committee members asked about fiscal impact, eligibility, and whether the bill was limited to failing schools. Senator West said the fiscal note was indeterminate because participation is voluntary and could range from none to many districts, but he expected little direct budget change and possible outside philanthropic funding if a district chose to participate. He said the bill does not limit participation to the bottom 5% of schools and would be left to local district discretion. Members also raised whether high-performing or specialized schools could use the model; West said yes, if a district chose. Supportive testimony emphasized that the bill could reduce burdensome oversight and allow schools more flexibility to innovate. The discussion ended with continued questions and no final action recorded in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our development, Lee ideal for the learning foundational water skills.
• Children are better able to follow multi step direction, able to retain skills, more more freely more
• The lifesaving skills, especially in communities, were drowning disparities.
• These new skills will be completed under the supervision of the delegating dentist.
• Fda program of skills, existing dental auxiliary without an added expense to the state.

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• </c><00:18:55.200><c> for</c><00:18:55.400><c> this</c> resources the base for this resources the base
• </c> their credentials but practical skills their credentials but practical skills needed<00:48:44.720
• This shows the annual O&M base going into 2024-25 biennium and the annual O&M base coming out of the
• This shows the annual O&M base going into the 2024-25 biennium and the annual O&M base coming out of

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> cases, unfortunately, lower big game cases, unfortunately, lower big game populations. populations
• Black bears are classified as trophy game, not big game.
• </c> classified as trophy game, not big game. classified as trophy game, not big game.
• </c> game tags. game tags.
• </c> uh through Wyoming Game and Fish. uh through Wyoming Game and Fish.

Bills: SF0025 , SF0027 , SF0043 , SF0066

Committee: Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations

Transcript Highlights:

• be the all of the base this would be the all of the base funding<00:12:36.880><c> um</c><00:12:37.040
• </c> bianium and that is all the base bianium and that is all the base funding.<00:13:28.880><c> And<
• That is all the base Minnesota film. That is all the base funding.
• </c> Uh this allows the job skills Uh this allows the job skills partnership<00:19:17.039><c> board</
• plant-based plant-based um<01:06:35.799><c> plant-based</c><01:06:36.799><c> industries.

Bills: HF3228 , HF2441

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: workers' compensation, insurance programs, employee protection, Minnesota statutes, safety regulations, prevailing wage, certified payroll, payroll reporting, construction contracts, public works, project registration, labor standards, contractor compliance, subcontractor reporting, state government, Department of Administration, Commissioner of Labor and Industry, Metropolitan Council, highway construction, public construction

Transcript Highlights:

• So those it's an income-based fee.
• . lottery terminal gaming.
• a myriad of problems that arise as gaming explodes, including problem gaming.
• </c> gaming revenue to problem gaming gaming revenue to problem gaming services services services from
• </c> tackle problem gaming. tackle problem gaming.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We work on both game birds and non-game birds.
• Two of those manage about 35 game species, and just one other manages all of the non-game bird species
• Based on making those calls, chances are that the game commissioner from our district may already know
• For instance, game.
• species and non-game species.

Committee: Senate Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:

• Mark continues to add enormous amounts of content to the website, and then based upon the conversation
• So this is again an opportunity for students to submit an original piece of art that is based on one
• The program combines hands-on skill and technique workshops, provides practical business information,
• Participants will display their craft, demonstrate their skills, and discuss their practices with event
• We continue with free screenings and discussion events based on the American Revolution series around

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The America 250 in Idaho Advisory Council met to review progress on statewide America 250 celebrations and preparations for July 4th events. Members approved the May 11, 2026 minutes and received a financial update showing about $54,967.53 currently available to spend, roughly $474,000 in total expenditures to date, and about $17,500 left to disperse in grants. Treasurer Ellsworth reported strong fundraising and broad participation, including 1,900 volunteer ambassadors and co-branding by cities, counties, businesses, schools, and veterans groups across the state. The council heard updates on numerous commemorative activities, including Liberty Bell-related programming, the Liberty Grove tree-planting effort, the “acts of service” challenge, and local events and exhibits around Idaho. Jesse Barcroft outlined the July 4th Capitol celebration, which will combine a pancake breakfast, parade, flyover, booths, concerts, and Capitol tours, with Josh Ritter as headliner and several food vendors and community booths confirmed. Questions focused on booth participation and ensuring performers’ messaging aligns with the America 250 theme. Additional reports highlighted statewide and national partner efforts. Hannah Lori Hine described federal America 250 programs such as the “Our American Story” oral history trailer in Boise, the “America’s Block Party” listing for Idaho events, the Freedom Truck visit June 7-10, the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., and student contests including the American Heroes art contest and 1776 Presidential Award. Stephen Hatcher of the Idaho Commission on the Arts previewed Cowgirl Congress in the Wood River Valley and the Blackfoot Ranch Rodeo, both tied to traditional arts and cultural heritage. Idaho Public Television also reported on America 250 programming, including educational materials, statewide event coverage, and an upcoming hour-long special on how Idahoans are celebrating the semiquincentennial. The committee agreed to meet again on June 10 and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have focused manufacturing, helping residents gain the technical skills needed for modern production
• Skill trade.
• And it's just a great story that someone that started getting those work skills at the local level.
• Trade bound support in allowing for trade skills and apprenticeships to count towards credit in high
• Many of them are place-based, so by community. Some of them are by their country of origin also.

Committee: House Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill will also establish career pathways for awarding college credits based upon career readiness
• And the only reason I didn't include pre-K based on our conversation.
• And that's an extraordinarily different skill set.
• So schools are using different screeners based off a list of approved screeners.
• But what I've done is it's not just based on that end-of-year ELA.

Bills: SB1632 , SB1594 , SB2045 , SB1251 , SB1884 , SB1250 , SB1630 , SB1262 , SB1374 , SB1292 , SB1432 , SB1199 , SB1790 , SB1481 , SB1614 , SB1734 , SB1437 , SB1489 , SB1718 , SB1778

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: career readiness, education reform, high school assessments, workplace skills, state education, credentialing, teacher certification, principal requirements, education administration, special education, Oklahoma education law, SB2045, Grow Your Own Educator Program, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, alternative certification, alternative teacher certification, teacher preparation, tuition reimbursement, course fee reimbursement

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator I do not have that information, and I think it can vary based on supervisor to supervisor, based
• Their rates will decrease based on this law. Additional questions.
• What the bill is saying is that you can't solely base your decision in the procurement process based
• They can't just base their decision. Primarily on the cost side, right?
• So I do it based on size.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and featured a series of member introductions recognizing guests, interns, firefighters, a newly awarded PhD, and the day’s doctor. The chamber also adopted a Senate resolution honoring Indiana University quarterback Fernando Mendoza for winning the Heisman Trophy. After routine business, the Senate moved to special order bills. The first measures taken up were CS/SB 68 on health care patient protection, which required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, readiness assessments, and a designated pediatric coordinator; it passed 36-0. CS/SB 350 on public records, protecting victim identities and temporarily exempting the names of law enforcement officers who are victims in the line of duty, passed 33-4 after questions about access for victims’ attorneys. CS/SB 576 on local government cybersecurity established a state-administered cybersecurity protection program for local governments, prioritized rural and fiscally constrained communities, and was amended before passing 37-0. CS/SB 532 on clerks of court, allowing clerks to retain all revenue above projections and incorporating related provisions on legal notices, traffic citation distributions, and municipal fee splits, passed 38-0. CS/SB 696 on trademark registration modernized the filing system and passed 38-0. CS/SB 698 on septic system permits, addressing permit delays and aligning House and Senate language on liability if construction begins early, also passed 38-0. The longest debate centered on CS/SB 1334 / CS/HB 991 on elections and election integrity. The bill would use REAL ID data to verify citizenship for voter registration and list maintenance, revise candidate-qualification rules, change acceptable voter IDs, add citizenship markers to driver licenses and ID cards by July 1, 2027, and make other election-administration changes. Multiple amendments were offered and defeated, including proposals to allow attestations in lieu of documentation, exempt seniors, require human review over automated systems, preserve student and retirement-center IDs, and delay implementation to July 1, 2027. One amendment was adopted to retain a stock-trading disclosure for candidates. The chamber then continued debate on the underlying bill, with supporters citing state reports of non-citizen registrations/voting and opponents warning of disenfranchisement for students, seniors, and others who may lack the required documents.

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• learning, we make sure that they're supervised and that they're trained and that they're gaining skills
• My name is Rene Menchaca and I come before you today to advocate for College Corps based on my own lived
• They were very much removed from their network bases, and some of them really haven't returned.
• To January 2025, 142 community-based organizations conducted 1.35 million interactive engagements with
• We continue to grow our businesses as well as our customer base.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I do not have that information, and I think it can vary based on supervisor to supervisor based on the
• I do not have that information, and I think it can vary based on supervisor to supervisor based on the
• I do that based on size, right? We're the third largest state.
• So I do it based on size.
• It wasn't about the game for him. It was all the way... Coached. It wasn't about the game for him.

Summary: The Florida Senate convened with a quorum, opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, public servants, and a resolution honoring Indiana University quarterback Fernando Mendoza for winning the Heisman Trophy. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, with some measures temporarily postponed and others advanced after brief debate and, in several cases, substitution of House companions for Senate bills. The first major bill passed was CS/CS/HB 355 on health care patient protection, which requires hospitals with emergency departments to have pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment, and a designated pediatric coordinator; it passed 36-0. The Senate also passed CS/HB 1113 on public records, expanding confidentiality protections for victims and temporarily protecting the name of a law enforcement officer who becomes a victim in the line of duty; it passed 33-4. CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity was amended to place the program under the Florida Digital Service and to adjust grant timing, then passed 37-0. CS/CS/HB 925 on clerks of court passed 38-0 after amendments affecting revenue retention, legal notices, traffic citation distributions, and municipal fee sharing. CS/CS/HB 679 on trademark registration modernization and CS/CS/HB 589 on septic permit timing also passed unanimously. The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/HB 991 / SB 1334, an elections bill that would use Real ID data to verify citizenship, change voter ID rules, alter candidate qualifying requirements, and revise election administration procedures. Senators offered and debated numerous amendments on documentation fees, senior exemptions, human review versus automated systems, student and retirement-center IDs, and effective dates; most were defeated, though one amendment adding stock-trading disclosure language for candidates was adopted. The bill’s sponsor cited election-crimes reports and specific prosecutions involving non-citizens as justification for the measure, while opponents argued it could disenfranchise eligible voters, especially students and seniors. The transcript ends during continued questioning and debate on that elections bill, before final disposition is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:16:16.800><c> that</c> clinical nursing diagnosis skills that clinical nursing diagnosis skills
• diluting the nursing skills, the nursing skill<01:13:23.160><c> set?
• </c> skill set? skill set?
• It's just watering down the skill set.
• There'll be fewer more highly skilled folks.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all