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• I just need things to slow down in my district because I need young people to learn how to walk away
• <00:03:04.000> how because I need young people to learn how because I need young people to
• learning in a family environment to handle guns safely, to understand how to use them, to go hunting
• learning in a family environment to handle guns safely, to understand how to use them, to go hunting
• learning in a family environment to handle guns safely, to understand how to use them, to go hunting

Keywords: HB 312 continued 00:00 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 25:16 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 27:27 Recess for ConC and Rules Meeting 28:33 ConC/Rules Report 33:45 Adjournment 35:21, 958, all

Summary: The House took up House Bill 312, which would expand concealed carry rights to 18- to 20-year-olds. Debate focused heavily on gun violence, public safety, constitutional rights, and whether the bill would make schools, parks, and other public places less safe. Opponents argued that young people are not ready for the responsibility, cited recent shootings and gun deaths in their districts, and said families had not asked for this bill. Supporters said 18- to 20-year-olds already may possess firearms, that concealed carry is safer than open carry for law-abiding adults, and that the bill includes training and background-check provisions. Several members also discussed differences between rural and urban gun culture and whether crime trends were related to constitutional carry laws. During floor discussion, members exchanged questions about crime rates since constitutional carry was enacted, with a sponsor responding that crime had decreased in the Commonwealth. Other members raised concerns about suicide, mental health, and the impact on students and women, while supporters emphasized self-defense and constitutional rights. After debate, the House voted on HB 312 and passed it 73-17. The bill was then clinched. After HB 312, the House handled routine business. Members moved House Resolutions 30, 33, and 7 from committee to the floor, and several committee schedule announcements were made, including possible changes due to weather. The Committee on Committees reported referrals for a number of bills to standing committees, and the Rules Committee posted House Bills 134 and 306 for the regular orders on Monday, January 26, 2026. The House then adjourned until 4:00 p.m. Monday, January 26, 2026.

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• We’ve been preferring it to call it, you know, like learned experience or something like that, I think
• > experience<00:03:15.200> or<00:03:15.440> something<00:03:15.680> like learned
• experience or something like learned experience or something like that,<00:03:16.080> I<00:03
• We have spent the past 14 months listening to workers, businesses, um, learning from our enforcement
• We have spent the past 14 months listening to workers, businesses, um, learning from our enforcement

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I mean, just like the Starship, you know, Elon learns more from the Starship breaking up than he does
• The value, the rate of learning, the first derivative of learning is our competitive weapon.
• By the way, I thought the examples one of you used a little bit ago about Elon Musk learning more from
• But we learned so much.
• It takes a long time for these programs to get to the point where you're up the learning curve.

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• someone to learn a skill to get a job. someone to learn a skill to get a job.
• They learn how to drive. All of them learn how to work forklifts.
• learn how to drive.
• All of them learn learn how to drive.
• It's a true distance learning.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• And this is also creating. increasing student learning gaps.
• One to two months of additional learning growth are shown.
• In my district, I've seen firsthand how funding disparities affect student learning.
• And I've learned a lot. A decade or so ago, I ran into the following words.
• And then to address their learning loss based on the absenteeism. Basing funding on attendance.

Bills: HB2, HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• FROM HER WE LEARNED THAT POLICY MUST NOT ONLY MOVE PEOPLE FORWARD BUT HELP THEM HEAL REMEMBER MARY OF
• FROM HER WE LEARNED THAT LEADERSHIP MEANS TELLING THE TRUTH EVEN WHEN IT DISRUPTS EXPECTATION OR CHALLENGES
• A KEY PART OF THE LEGACY OF THE YMCA YOUTH GOVERNMENT PROGRAM EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW DEMOCRACY
• IT STRENGTHENS EARLY LEARNING GOVERNANCE BY SHIFTING OVERSIGHT OF DISTRICTS RUN VPK PROGRAMS IN EARLY
• LEARNING COALITION'S TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LINES PUBLIC SCHOOL VPK PROGRAMS TO VERIFY ATTENDANCE USING

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• Well, I mean, um, you guys may not know I've learned a lot about my co-chair during the course of having
• One of the most important things I think I learned was that he's the most requested singer at funerals
• So, we're I'm going to try to... um you guys may not know I've learned a um you guys may not know I've
• learned a lot<00:05:09.759> about<00:05:10.240> uh<00:05:10.320> my<00:05:10.479
• <00:05:16.639> was important things I think I learned was important things I think I learned

Bills: HF2437

Keywords: tax credits, tax increments, housing development, local government, economic aid, 1183, house

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• You know, we have a brand new governor who is learning the process and seeing the state government from
• And, you know, we're still in the process of learning each other. This is this first year.
• I think we'll learn a lot.
• And you learn, I mean, I've learned an incredible number of lessons.
• We've been here for 15 years, and the lessons learned during this session, they're never forgotten, no

Summary: House and Senate Democratic leaders held a post-sine-die press availability to describe a difficult 2025 session and the major budget and policy outcomes. They said the state faced a $16 billion operating shortfall and an $8 billion transportation gap, along with inflation, slowing revenue, federal uncertainty, and a new governor. Despite that, they said the chambers reached balanced operating and transportation budgets while trying to avoid harming vulnerable residents or overburdening working families. The leaders highlighted several priorities they said were advanced: increased school funding, including about $1.4 billion more for special education; housing measures such as rent stabilization, parking minimum reforms, lot-splitting, and middle-housing enforcement; and public safety funding, including a $100 million one-time law-enforcement appropriation requested by Governor Ferguson. They also discussed a community reinvestment approach and said local governments would have more flexibility to fund community safety. They acknowledged that balancing the budget required painful cuts and tradeoffs, including delays to child support pass-through payments and TANF benefits, reduced support for higher education and student aid, higher child-care copays and fewer child-care slots, closure of one prison and four reentry centers, and reductions in managed care payments. They also said the tax package included modest business tax increases, including a surcharge on some large businesses and sales tax changes for certain services, and that a wealth tax remained alive for future sessions even though it was not part of this year’s budget. Much of the discussion focused on the new governor’s role and whether there was tension over his review of the budget and bills. Leaders said communication with the governor and his staff had improved over the session, that they expected him to carefully review the legislation, and that they were not reading anything into his absence from the press conference. They repeatedly emphasized bipartisan and bicameral collaboration, and several speakers described the session as one of the most challenging they had experienced, citing the budget gap, federal uncertainty, and recent personal losses in the Legislature.

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• What do we learn? Where are we headed? What are the needs? Okay.
• What we're learning, though, is that that EMPG grant is currently in the minibus that is going through
• What we're learning, though, is that that EMPG grant is currently in the minibus that is going through
• Department of Energy, incorporating lessons learned from these exercises and real-world activations.
• We received $500,000 to do a discovery phase on Waters, and we've learned a lot through this process.

Keywords: 996, all

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• They're learning public speaking by giving demonstrations.
• Members learn how to lead meetings, collaborate with peers, and serve their communities.
• They learn accountability. They learn how to problem solve.
• They learn how to respectfully engage with differing perspectives.
• I learned so much from them.

Bills: HR1052, SB2184, SB171

Keywords: 4-H, youth development, community service, education, volunteering, Oklahoma, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, SB171, state government, Capitol security, peace officer commission, legislative security, Department of Public Safety, Commissioner of Public Safety, President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House

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• And our centers do an amazing job of giving our students opportunity for work-based learning.
• program are extremely valuable to us, and they allow us to offer students additional work-based learning
• So what we're trying to do with these work-based learning experiences is, again, accommodate students
• how to weld or if you learn how to be an electrician, that is transferable across different companies
• He was like, 'Well, I got out of that one so I could do work-based learning where you work.'

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• We're going to start with HB 765, Childcare and Early Learning Services, by Representative McFarland.
• This bill does several things involving childcare and early learning. So I'll walk you through.
• And most excitingly, it creates an early learning endowment fund that will allow for private or public
• teachers, helping to professionalize the learning growth of the craft.
• I remember learning about this issue maybe about 4-5 years ago when it was really just kind of in the

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• Make sure you learn from Mike Uemasa's retirement from the system, which comes after 56 years of service
• 00:03:15.680> you from Senate it exactly make sure you from Senate it exactly make sure you learn
• > UNAM<00:03:18.840> masami's<00:03:19.280> retirement<00:03:19.760> from learn
• Mike UNAM masami's retirement from learn Mike UNAM masami's retirement from the<00:03:20.000> uh<
• modern learning environment environments he<00:03:42.319> also<00:03:42.519> helped<00

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• New York have already implemented similar systems, and this proposal allows us to build on lessons learned
• from those states while learned from those states while tailoring<00:03:17.360> the<00:03:17.519
• And, you know, how can we make sure, if and when we do this, that we learn from that?
• I mean, you know, I've had mentors in my life that always tell me learn from the mistakes that I've done
• from the mistakes that I've me learn from the mistakes that I've done<00:16:50.240> so<00:16:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The purpose of the information briefing is to learn from experts about the current regulatory framework
• The purpose of the information briefing is to learn from experts about the current regulatory framework
• that are out there and the resources that are available for this community, and to learn more about
• Thank you. ...to learn about the different organizations that are out there and the resources that are
• available for this community, and to learn more about the community.

Bills: HB1974, HB1853, HB1973, HB1574, HB2619, HB1966, HB1643, HB1671, HB2558, HB1854, HB2173, HB1575, HB2229, HB1535, HB1978, HB2508, HB1549, HB2187, HB1550, HB1977, HB2314, HB1871, HB2319, HB1591, HB1858, HB1898, HB2372, HB1765, HB2012, HB1706, HB1962, HB1963, HB1975, HB2009, HB2083, HB2224, HB1877, HB1959, HB1626, HB1665, HB2488, HB2456, HB2548, HB2207, HB1832, HB2079, HB1985, HB1618, HB2486, HB2242, HB2045, HB1703, HB2236, HB2480, HB1976, HB2287, HB2288, HB1777, HB276, HB1660, HB1676, HB1605, HB1751, HB1967, HB2383, HB2340, HB1946, HB2268, HB1950, HB2156, HB2118, HB1859, HB1863, HB1996, HB2114, HB2423, HB2429, HB2475, HB2534, HB2545, HB1813, HB1941, HB2474, HB2583, HB1576, HB1886, HB1939, HB2540, HB2590, HB2000, HB2163, HB2386, HB1691, HB1680, HB2516, HB1993, HB2442, HB1510, HB1958, HB1692

Keywords: HB1974, hearing loss, audiology, audiologist, hearing screening, hearing aids, cochlear implants, tele-audiology, communication access, assistive technology, speech-language pathology, deafness, hard of hearing, public health, kupuna, keiki, dementia, cognitive decline, fall prevention, State Health Planning and Development Agency

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• from the past, like we want to learn from COVID response, where we want to learn from opioid overprescription
• from the past like we want to to learn from the past like we want to learn<00:35:57.840> from
• from COVID response where we want learn from COVID response where we want to<00:36:00.440> learn<
• /c><00:36:00.760> from to learn from to learn from uh,<00:36:02.000> opioid<00:36:02.800
• response<00:38:13.120> and learned from COVID response and learned from COVID response and

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy for New Hampshire held its first organizational meeting. The chair read the committee’s updated mission statement, which says the bipartisan committee will fact-find on the state’s COVID-19 response and its impact on the healthcare system, with focus areas including federal guidance, federal funds, emergency use authorization vaccination efforts, long COVID, the Patient Bill of Rights, and vaccination policies. The chair also announced committee staffing changes: Linda McGrath stepped down as vice chair and Representative Gerard was named vice chair; Representative DeRoy was named clerk. The chair emphasized the committee’s work is intended to be science-based and fact-finding, not anti-vaccine, and noted that the committee may issue follow-up reports and recommendations. Members discussed a broad list of topics for future hearings, including long COVID treatment, ongoing vaccination policies, reporting of COVID deaths, standards of care and provider discretion, COVID-related funding such as ESSER/CARES Act money, and communication of treatment developments during the pandemic. Representative Pollina argued the committee should examine specific treatments and outcomes, including remdesivir, oxygen/intubation practices, and ivermectin, and raised concerns about whether some treatments were harmful or suppressed. He also focused on pediatric vaccination policy, saying the committee should review New Hampshire’s recommendations for children and medical students, and questioned the state’s reliance on federal guidance versus independent review. The chair responded that shifting federal positions may justify an independent New Hampshire evaluation and asked him to gather more information and potential witnesses. In open discussion, members suggested additional witnesses and topics, including local funeral directors, nursing homes, and emergency medical services, as well as how nursing homes were affected by positive tests and admission restrictions. Another member suggested the committee consider what products it should produce, such as a final report, possible bill recommendations, and better documentation or footnotes tying findings to testimony and scientific sources. The chair said the committee’s deliverables could include reports, letters to department heads or legislative leaders, and other actions, and noted that the committee’s 2024 report and supporting documents are available on the House committee page. No votes or formal actions beyond the organizational appointments were taken.

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• Our kids are learning how to do school.
• Our kids are learning how to do school.
• Our kids are learning blue cups left?
• They're learning that how to do school.
• And how do learn to navigate new adults?

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard House File 3493, the Safe Schools Revenue Increase bill, and first adopted the DE amendment before moving the bill on for re-referral to Ways and Means. Representative Lawrence described the bill as a multi-layered school safety package for all students and schools, including public, nonpublic, charter, and tribal schools, with increased safety funding, mental health support, anonymous threat reporting, school safety plans, and student discipline changes. Several supporters emphasized the need for flexible safety funding and cited real-world safety concerns, including anonymous tip systems that had generated many reports, classroom evacuations, staff injuries, and the need for more resources for mental health and safety infrastructure. Some supporters, including charter school leaders and Catholic Conference testimony, argued the bill’s flexibility and broader safety approach were important, while others supported the K-3 suspension language as a needed tool in severe cases. Opponents focused heavily on the bill’s repeal of Minnesota’s K-3 suspension ban and non-exclusionary discipline requirements. Legal aid, disability advocates, and education groups argued that suspensions harm young children, worsen disparities, and disproportionately affect students of color and students with disabilities, and they urged the committee to keep restorative and non-exclusionary practices in place. Disability advocates also asked that any safety planning explicitly account for students with disabilities and that the bill remain aligned with IDEA protections and individualized education decisions. Several testifiers opposed using public funds for private schools, saying public money should stay in public programs. Other testimony came from school administrators and staff who supported restoring limited suspension discretion, describing serious elementary incidents, classroom evacuations, and injuries that they said required a short-term removal option to stabilize classrooms and plan for students’ return. Mental health and school support personnel witnesses stressed that safety and mental health funding should remain distinct and that more counselors, social workers, and related staff are needed to address student crises. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the portion provided beyond adoption of the DE amendment and the motion to re-refer the bill.

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• <00:02:40.319> Together,<00:02:40.959> the experimental learning.
• Together, the experimental learning.
• > and classroom, experimental learning, and classroom, experimental learning, and FFA<00:02:44.239
• It's a big learning process for a lot of smaller processors as well.
• It's a big learning process big deal.

Bills: HF3580, HF3566

Keywords: agriculture, livestock, depredation, crop damage, wolf compensation, elk damage, state funding, agricultural protection, trespass, criminal penalties, farm equipment, agricultural land, 1183, house

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then heard from Minnesota FFA officers, who described FFA as a student-led agricultural education organization focused on leadership, personal growth, and career success. The students explained the three-part model of agricultural education, the size and reach of FFA in Minnesota, and upcoming events at the Capitol, including an agricultural policy experience conference and FFA Day at the Capitol. Members asked about FFA’s role in encouraging the next generation of farmers, the organization’s broader focus beyond farming to include wildlife and other natural resources careers, and the mix of rural, metro, and urban chapters. The students emphasized that FFA and agricultural educators help students discover career paths and that urban chapters are active and thriving alongside rural ones. The committee then received a presentation from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture on the Agri program. The department described Agri as a legislature-created program that uses producer-payment funds to support roughly 15 grant and cost-share programs, including newer efforts such as Protect and Prepare. Testimony stressed transparency and fraud prevention: Agri is reimbursement-based, requires detailed documentation, conducts site visits on grants over $25,000, and has identified and stopped more than a dozen fraudulent applications in the past year. The department also noted a prior legislative auditor review of two larger Agri programs and said only about one-tenth of 1% of reviewed expenditures were recommended for recovery. The department highlighted the Make It Minnesota cost-share program, which helps Minnesota food and agriculture companies attend national trade shows such as Natural Products Expo West. Testifiers then described how Agri has supported their businesses: Mark Schiller of Lon Liquor in Northfield said the program helped his microdistillery expand into milling organic flour and adding food service, while Pete Gangler of Snowpack Foods in Caledonia said Agri grants supported food safety improvements, processing capacity, and a new freezer warehouse project. The department said additional grantees would testify as well, and members asked whether the department’s fraud-prevention practices could be shared with other state agencies; staff said they already are being shared through interagency best-practice efforts.

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• speed that I can learn at.
• that I can learn at.
• Passing the Seizure Safe Schools bill means fewer students will have to learn survival before learning
• You did a great job. survival before learning algebra. survival before learning algebra.
• learn learn have<01:06:08.200> better<01:06:08.960> academic<01:06:09.520> outcomes

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Students benefit from learning how AI systems rely on data, how outputs are generated, and whether inaccuracies
• So I learned when I returned to the college here that it's a great program.
• So I learned when I return to the college here that it's a great program.
• these students thrive and provide an environment where they can be safe when they go to school and learn
• I look forward to serving during the college's second decade of outstanding teaching and learning.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education convened with a quorum and first took up CS for SB 1694 on technology education. The bill would require technology-integrated postsecondary general education core courses to include digital literacy and competency instruction, including use of artificial intelligence tools, and would encourage high school computer science courses that include AI to teach how AI systems use data, their benefits and limitations, and responsible use in academic and personal settings. The bill sponsor and several supporters emphasized preparing students for an AI-driven workforce while teaching critical evaluation and ethical use; one speaker raised concerns about overreliance on AI and the need to preserve real-world skills. Senator Davis supported the measure and suggested introducing similar instruction earlier, possibly in middle school. The committee voted the bill favorably, with Senator Leak later recorded in the affirmative. The committee then heard a large block of confirmations for higher education boards, including appointees to Tallahassee State College, the University of South Florida, the University of North Florida, Palm Beach State College, the College of the Florida Keys, Hillsborough College, Miami-Dade College, Florida A&M University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, New College of Florida, Florida Polytechnic University, and the University of Florida. The appointees generally highlighted backgrounds in education, health care, law, business, technology, and public service, and described priorities such as student success, workforce alignment, affordability, fiscal responsibility, and institutional growth. One nominee to Tallahassee State College was asked about low NCLEX pass rates and said the college had a plan approved by the Florida Board of Nursing. Another nominee discussed Florida Poly’s STEM mission, and several members praised the nominees’ community ties and professional experience. After hearing the appointees, the committee voted to report the block of confirmations favorably to the Ethics and Elections Committee. The committee then received a high-level overview of the higher education budget, totaling $11.9 billion, with major emphasis on workforce training and development. Highlights included increases for school district workforce education, the Florida College System, workforce development capitalization, a rural educator recruitment program, funding for the USF Center for Nursing, preeminent research universities, UCF’s community school grant program, UF’s literacy and math initiatives, UF’s autism and neurodevelopment center, and a postsecondary guardian program for campus security. Members asked a brief question about a workforce fund transfer, and the chair explained it was a transfer of an existing program with new funds added. No public comment was offered, and the meeting adjourned.