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• </c><00:51:28.319><c> I</c> education hours. It's 15 per year. I education hours. It's 15 per year.
• got to have parental consent."
• <02:11:20.239><c> consent</c> parental consent parental consent &gt;&gt; I<02:11:20.880><c> believe</
• </c> certified by the Department of Education certified by the Department of Education that<02:15:43.840
• So, it could be one teacher and a special education educator. >> Okay.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Prior to filing, parents may utilize Family Court Services to answer basic questions or draft a parenting
• parents with tools to communicate effectively on parenting issues while removing children from potential
• Co-parent coaching, parenting coordination, and supervised visitation are also tools available to the
• Co-parent coaching, parenting coordination, and supervised visitation are also tools available to the
• court, although they are utilized to address safety concerns, ongoing conflict, or parent education

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Rules

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That's the education that I started with, and that's the education that we need to return to.
• And parents, part of it is your responsibility.
• So parents say no. Parents set rules. Parents give your child chores.
• AB 2771 is the Sunset Bill for the Bureau for Private Post-Secondary Education.
• A dedicated public servant and educator, Ed continued to serve his community.

Summary: The Assembly convened after initially lacking a quorum, then completed the prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, journal motions, and a long series of procedural actions, including suspending rules to move bills and approve a large Appropriations Committee hearing list. Members also made several guest introductions, including Shannon Lee, district staff from Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez’s office, and later guests tied to agritourism and education recognitions. The floor debate centered heavily on AJR 31, a resolution urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Supporters argued that recent Supreme Court decisions and redistricting efforts in other states were weakening Black and other minority representation and that California should take a clear stand for voting rights. Opponents argued the measure promoted racial division, conflicted with equal protection principles, and that districts should be drawn based on place or communities of interest rather than race. After a contentious debate with repeated parliamentary warnings over decorum, the Assembly suspended the rules to take up the resolution, added coauthors, and passed AJR 31 by a vote of 58-8. The Assembly then moved through a series of bills and resolutions, generally approving them with little or no opposition. These included AB 2341 clarifying emergency language translation rules for local agencies; AB 1816 extending court supervision for certain sex-offender rehabilitation programs; AB 2561 protecting consumer privacy settings on phones and digital devices; ACR 167 recognizing World Agritourism Day; ACR 190 recognizing California Day of the Teacher; AB 1581 improving identification of Native American students in public schools; AB 1586 requiring opioid overdose prevention training for school resource officers and safety planning; AB 1665 requiring mental health training for school coaches; AB 1693 streamlining retail tenant-improvement permitting; AB 1768 authorizing a local tax measure related to health funding; AB 1712 facilitating a water-system sale for Santa Fe Springs; AB 1792 addressing sexually exploitive AI imagery in health education; and AB 1822 prioritizing school projects that address extreme heat. Most measures passed overwhelmingly, several unanimously, and the resolution on agritourism and the teacher day were adopted by voice vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• We get passed-through grants from DESE related to education.
• Those are the formula grants on Title I, special education.
• DESE-related education grants include the formula grants on Title I and special education.
• So a parent who was accused of potentially prevent that from being the case.
• So a parent who is accused of such an act could be charged with endangerment with the change that this

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Summary: The Committee on Corrections and Public Institutions resumed consideration of Senate Bill 888, focusing on sentencing changes, juvenile certification provisions, and the Department of Corrections’ fiscal impact. Department officials clarified that courts, not the DOC, impose sentences, and said the bill’s main elements for the department were sentencing transparency and changes affecting people in DOC custody. Members questioned whether the bill amounted to “truth in sentencing,” whether any federal incentives still exist for such laws, and whether the department would need a supplemental appropriation if prison populations rose; the department said it was not aware of any current federal incentive dollars and would likely seek a quick supplemental if costs exceeded budgeted capacity. Officials also explained that most federal funds received by DOC are pass-through grants, mainly for education and substance abuse treatment, and that the fiscal note uses boilerplate language tied to population and capacity changes. The committee then heard opposition testimony from Clifton Davis of the Missouri Justice Coalition, who described being certified as an adult at age 16 and serving 26 years in prison. He argued the bill’s juvenile certification provisions are too broad because they would allow adult prosecution based on Class A or B felony charges alone, before facts are fully developed, and would expose more children to adult records and prison conditions that increase trauma and recidivism. In questioning, Davis said the bill would have changed his life by avoiding an adult record and likely placing him in juvenile treatment instead of adult prison. Other members raised concerns about the bill’s impact on juvenile rehabilitation, prison programming, and whether the legislation is purely punitive. In executive session, Representative Davis offered an amendment to clarify that vaccination status alone cannot prove first-degree child endangerment; he argued the bill’s reclassification of the offense could otherwise create strict-liability concerns and undermine existing religious or medical exemptions. Representative Hovis opposed the amendment as unnecessary, citing existing statute and the lack of a history of such prosecutions. The committee split 8-8 on the amendment, so it failed. The committee then voted on Senate Bill 888 itself and passed it do pass by a 9-7 roll call vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• We get passed-through grants from DESE related to education.
• Those are the formula grants on Title I, special education. DESE related to education.
• Those are the formula grants on Title I, Special Education.
• So a parent who was accused of Potentially prevent that from being the case.
• So a parent who is accused of such an act could be charged with endangerment with the change that this

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• they are offered by, sponsored by, or played in connection with a public or private post-secondary educational
• the performance or non-performance of an individual athlete who is enrolled in a post-secondary educational
• that might be changed by an agency or an entity other than a custodial parent?
• that might be changed by an agency or an entity other than a custodial parent?
• I am the custodial parent of two minors. My name appears on a lot of their documents.

Summary: The committee heard staff briefings and testimony on several bills. Senate Bill 6137 would expand Washington sports wagering by allowing wagers placed over the internet to be accepted at any tribal gaming facility, not just the same tribe’s facility, and would allow wagering on collegiate events involving Washington institutions while continuing to prohibit bets on individual Washington athletes’ performance. Washington State University opposed the bill over concerns about harassment, point shaving, and broader gambling harms, while the University of Washington supported the individual prop-bet ban but urged caution. An Emerald Queen Casinos representative supported the bill, saying it would move existing illegal wagering into a regulated system with safeguards. The committee also heard Second Substitute Senate Bill 6035, which would require regular consultation with tribes on voting access and authorize a secure electronic ballot return portal for military, overseas, Native American, and disability voters. The Secretary of State’s office supported the bill’s tribal outreach and said it was more comfortable with the revised portal language, but several election-security witnesses opposed the portal sections, arguing internet ballot return is too risky and lacks adequate standards. King County Elections supported the portal as a more secure option than current email and fax methods, and said it would improve access while preserving paper trails and security checks. Substitute Senate Bill 6034 would codify the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs as a cabinet-level agency. The office and a tribal health liaison testified in support, saying codification would stabilize government-to-government relations with tribes and ensure continuity beyond executive preference. Substitute Senate Bill 6081 would restrict public disclosure of sex designation information in certain licensing and vital records; supporters said it would protect transgender people from doxing, harassment, and violence, while opponents argued it would make official records less accurate. Staff also briefed Senate Bill 5863 on Lakeland Village records, Senate Concurrent Resolution 8406 reestablishing the Joint Select Committee on Civic Health, and Senate Bill 5892 on voter data protections. The committee adopted amendments to SB 5863 and SB 5892, rejected some other amendments, and reported SB 5863, SCR 8406, and SB 5892 out of committee with due pass recommendations.

Transcript Highlights:

• I love that it's coming from the children of the educated, you know, the children who are being educated
• They deserve to be educated on the issue, right?
• As parents, I think we tend to attribute a lot of that.
• Parents don't want to tell their kids no.
• And I believe in parents' choice 100%.

Committee: House General Laws

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We also have our chapter vice president, Sharon Saitman, special education teacher at Wilcox Elementary
• School, and Al Lohilani Rogers, our Hawaiian education committee rep.
• </c><00:12:57.920><c> teacher</c><00:12:58.240><c> at</c> saitman special education teacher at saitman
• special education teacher at Wilcox<00:12:58.800><c> element</c><00:12:59.240><c> country</c><00:13:
• </c><00:13:04.560><c> committee</c> Rogers our Hawaiian education committee Rogers our Hawaiian education

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House convened with a roll call showing 48 members present and three excused, then deferred reading of the journal. There were no messages from the Governor or Senate communications. The session featured numerous introductions recognizing the annual secondary student conference, with members welcoming more than 150 students from 28 public schools, along with teachers, advisers, and other visitors from schools across the state. Under reports of standing committees, Representative Todd moved to adopt standing committee reports Nos. 23 through 29 and advance the accompanying House bills to second reading and referral to the designated committees; Representative Moriwaki seconded, and the motion carried. Members then offered brief positions on several bills, including one dealing with evidence preservation and parental notification, and another prohibiting fines, fees, or court costs against people adjudicated for offenses committed as minors. Testimony and comments reflected both support and opposition, with some members reserving their position and others opposing the measures; concerns raised included the need for clearer parental-notification standards and objections to eliminating penalties for juvenile offenses. The House also considered a bill limiting court-ordered community service for minors to no more than 72 hours, with some members reserving and others opposing. After discussion, the motion on the committee reports was carried by voice vote. There were no resolutions for action, and all other resolutions were referred to print. The House then adjourned until 12:00 noon Monday.

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• We do parenting classes, parenting, visitation.
• So once that happens, my parents come to me, I'm talking about my client parents.
• So once that happens, my parents come to me—I’m talking about my client parents.
• I miss my parents.'
• foster parent.

Committee: House House Government Committee of Reference

Summary: The Committee on Government met for a presentation-only hearing focused on the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) and related child welfare system issues; no bills were heard or voted on. Chair Blackman opened by stressing that the hearing was for fact-finding and data, not personal attacks, and Director Catherine Patak then presented DCS data on hotline volume, investigations, reunifications, adoptions, guardianships, extended foster care, and placement patterns. She said DCS investigated more than 43,000 cases in 2025, kept the out-of-home population relatively steady, and emphasized that Arizona places a high share of children with kin. She also highlighted a mismatch between the age of children entering care and the availability of foster homes willing to take older youth, and said behavioral health capacity, not DCS alone, is a major constraint. Patak discussed kinship supports, foster care reimbursement increases, the Family First Prevention Services Act, missing youth, congregate care reduction, and the department’s procurement process for group home beds. Members asked about kinship caregiver support, behavioral health access, reunification services, parental-rights terminations, Auditor General findings on notices and documentation, licensing and reimbursement rates, and why some relatives are not approved as placements. Patak said DCS is working on policy guidance, supervisor training, and improved supports, but that provider capacity and other system partners limit what DCS can do. Representative Gillette then gave a lengthy presentation focused on system design, procurement, funding flows, and congregate care. He argued that DCS, DES, and Access are structurally intertwined, that DCS’s procurement carve-out and capitated funding model create incentives tied to bed space and volume, and that fragmented oversight diffuses accountability. He cited budget figures, contract amendments, and audit concerns to argue that the system is overreliant on congregate care and that decision-making, medical referrals, and placement processes are too vague or too centralized in ways that can harm children and families. Gillette said his findings were based on contracts, interviews, and public records, and he indicated some material would be referred to special counsel. He also raised concerns about placement decisions, due process, and demographic disparities in congregate care outcomes. The chair cut off further questioning of Gillette for time and announced the committee would move on to the next presenter, Vice Chair Fink, with attorneys and other speakers to follow.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Senate Education Committee will come to order. Members, thank you for your patience.
• Would you be surprised that that, From students in a survey of educators.
• Senator, did you know that Ed Week Research Center Educator Survey found that 10% of educators reported
• If this law, this bill doesn't pass, can a board of education do it right now?
• . ...leave for adoptive parents, and so I would like to incorporate that.

Summary: The Senate Education Committee considered a long agenda of education-related bills, with most measures receiving unanimous or near-unanimous support. Early actions included passage of SB 843, which allows certain rural schools with low average daily membership to hire teachers related to board members in the second degree, and SB 1733, which requires schools to report child sexual abuse allegations to law enforcement within 24 hours before conducting their own investigation. The committee also advanced SB 1476, a Commissioners of the Land Office cleanup bill that makes land exchange approvals permissive, updates terminology, and expands permanent school fund investment options to include private equity and private credit; members questioned CLO staff about appraisals, notices, ethics, and audits before voting it out 11-0. A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 1237, the Teacher Bill of Rights, which would codify various teacher protections involving religious expression, discipline, planning time, workplace safety, and due process. Senators raised extensive questions about religious symbols, prayer, Bible use, classroom discipline, and whether some provisions were already in law; the author said the bill was intended to protect teachers and improve recruitment and retention. Despite concerns that some language was vague or duplicative, the bill passed 7-4. The committee also passed SB 1410 to codify the Ag in the Classroom program after deleting a section that would have increased a license plate fee, and SB 1894, which would remove the five-year cap on professional development hours for certain teacher training, though the title was struck for further work. Later, the committee approved SB 1272 to raise the income cap for the Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant, SB 1204 to provide three days of bereavement leave for education employees after the loss of a spouse or child, including miscarriage, and SB 1721 to extend the sunset of the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education. It also passed SB 1725 on higher-education expressive activity and free speech training, SB 1735 giving CareerTech sole authority over its accreditation, SB 1337 establishing paid paternity leave for education employees, SB 1339 codifying funding for the 2023 teacher pay raise for off-formula districts, SB 1461 extending the OETA sunset to 2031, and SB 1975 centralizing notice of AP testing locations. Several bills drew brief discussion about fiscal impact, local control, and retention benefits, and the committee adjourned after noting one agenda item had been laid over.

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• I mean, I believe that's the education tax credit scholarship.
• I mean, I believe that's the education tax credit scholarship.
• </c> believe it's called the education believe it's called the education Freedom<00:21:26.320><c> account
• It's called, like, the Education Tax Credit Scholarship Program.
• </c> schools based not on their parents schools based not on their parents wishes<00:39:27.079><c> and

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , This source of education, a form of education, I believe it was originally created for rural schools
• an act relating to education to revise provisions regarding parental rights and education, declaring
• It's not against educators, that people know educators. They have, you know, friends and family.
• It's not against educators, that people know educators. They have, you know, friends and family.
• Assault on education and public education in this state.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It only makes sense that Narcan access and education in higher education is one of the many steps we
• education programs, higher education institutions to recognize individual education programs, IEP, and
• teach as a way to give back to the education I received, given the many educators who had supported
• I'm the president of SRI Education, a former lecturer on special education policy at the Harvard Graduate
• Because the quality of education our students deserve should not come at the cost of their educators'

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Higher Education

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education held its fourth public hearing, opening with remarks about the importance of protecting and expanding access to higher education amid federal disinvestment. The chairs also announced future informational hearings on the impact of federal cuts and on ASAP models. The hearing then focused on several bills, beginning with S. 951/H. 1462, An Act to Support College Students in Recovery, which would require recovery-focused housing on public campuses and expand naloxone access and overdose training. Senator Rausch, medical professionals, students, and advocates testified in support, emphasizing the prevalence of overdose risk among college students, the value of recovery housing, and the need for campus naloxone; committee members asked about implementation details and the existing state pilot program. Deb Schmill and Rep. Tarski gave especially personal testimony in favor of the bill, and the committee discussed broadening the naloxone language to opioid reversal agents. The committee also heard testimony on H. 1461, which would expand MassReconnect scholarships to practical nursing students at vocational and technical schools to help address the long-term care workforce shortage. Rep. Stanley argued that vocational schools graduate more practical nursing students than community colleges and serve many low-income students in areas without nearby community college programs. The committee then took up H. 1433, which would require public higher education institutions to accept IEPs and 504 plans as sufficient documentation for disability accommodations. Advocates from the National Center for Learning Disabilities described the high cost and burden of repeat testing, the lifelong nature of disabilities, and the need for more uniform access across campuses; committee members raised questions about documentation freshness, campus autonomy, and how to preserve the integrity of accommodations. Later, the committee heard S. 919/H. 1454 on modernizing the Community College Endowment Match Program so community colleges could receive state matching funds for current-use donations as well as endowments and capital gifts. Community college foundation leaders said the change would help fund immediate student needs such as food pantries, child care, emergency aid, and equipment. The hearing then moved to faculty-related bills: S. 933 on UMass faculty rights and tenure transparency, S. 930/H. 3948 on contingent faculty rights and career advancement, and S. 940/H. 1429 on an Adjunct Bill of Rights. Testimony from faculty and union representatives focused on low pay, lack of benefits, job insecurity, and the need for clearer pathways to full-time positions and fairer treatment for adjuncts who teach large shares of courses. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and asked clarifying questions.

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• K-12 education, providing policy and funding for general education.
• protecting educational choice, as well as leaving the homeschooling language.
• Those are the big changes with the education policy bill.
• We will need to look in every line for funding to save special education.
• that you're the education governor when you forced $420 million cuts on us.

Transcript Highlights:

• THE MORE EDUCATION WE GET OUT THERE FOR FAMILIES TO KNOW THE SIGNS, THE EARLY SIGNS OF TYPE I DIABETES
• AS I SAID IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WE HAVE PARENTS RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS AND THAT THEY GET TREATED
• THE BILL FOCUSES ON RESEARCH, CLINICAL CARE, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY TO SUPPORT CHILDREN WITH RARE DISEASES
• LEGISLATION IS NOT ONEROUS AND IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF LIMITÂ PARENT
• CHILD IS TYPICALLY CONSIDERED MISSING BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE AWARE OF THE PENDING REMOVAL AND ATTEMPT

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We reached out to law enforcement and asked, and educated them, or attempted to educate them about these
• As the representative mentioned, it was an education piece. Sometimes it was a resource piece.
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
• So with this form, you're a specialized unit for the committee's education... on this.
• We need to enforce this on the parents who are sending the children.

Bills: HB1583 , HB1775 , HB1832 , HB1836 , HB1837 , HB1866 , HB1983 , HB2029 , HB2217 , HB2318 , HB2363 , HB2486

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: mental health, emergency detention, peace officer, mental illness, prevention of harm, border security, private landowners, study and report, General Land Office, participation, controlled substances, opioid antagonists, law enforcement training, substance abuse prevention, Texas-Mexico border, criminal justice, public safety, law enforcement, National Park Service, arrest powers

Transcript Highlights:

• Together we are Lucy's parents. Thank you for allowing us a moment to speak today.
• Because if we continue to minimize the importance of education, For boating in Florida.
• Senators, we are here not only as grieving parents.
• And I think, without a process like that, my parents are immigrants.
• My parents didn't go to college.

Summary: The committee first took up CS for CS for CS for SB 462 on transportation. A substitute amendment was adopted that would require counties receiving transportation surtax proceeds to report how the money is used to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, prohibit certain airport fees tied to collegiate aviation flight training, create a Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority pilot program, and dedicate $10 million annually for a traffic signal modernization program. The amendment also removed several provisions from the bill, including a sales-tax transfer to the State Transportation Trust Fund, a bid-protest-related contracting requirement, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. A late-filed amendment was tabled, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS for CS for CS for SB 628, Lucy’s Law, which strengthens boating safety penalties for leaving the scene of a vessel accident and reckless operation. After the sponsor withdrew a pending amendment, the committee heard emotional testimony from Lucy’s parents and others in support, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee next considered CS for CS for SB 700, the Florida Farm Bill, under a strike-all amendment. The bill’s major provisions included removing non-purity additives from public water systems, requiring clearer labeling for meat, milk, poultry, and eggs, criminalizing drone harassment over farmland, updating agriculture disaster recovery programs, creating an honest services registry for charities tied to countries of concern, expanding FFA-related scholarships and school infrastructure, and allowing the state to repurchase certain former agricultural lands converted to solar fields. Testimony included strong support from agriculture and related groups, opposition from the Florida Bankers Association over a private right of action related to financial discrimination, and criticism from speakers opposed to fluoride removal. The bill was amended and then reported favorably despite some opposition. The committee also reported favorably SB 796, which authorizes DEP general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems to replace failing septic tanks. The committee then took up a large strike-all for CS for SB 1618, a K-20 education package. The amendment combined provisions on VPK flexibility, early grade success, agriculture education, financial literacy, reading intervention, teacher assignment transparency, restrictions on spending public funds for political or social activism, emergency opioid antagonists, corporal punishment consent, teacher certification pathways, and other higher-education and workforce items from SB 1624, including guardrails for certain private religious postsecondary institutions. Members questioned the new prohibition on using public funds for political or social activism, with the sponsor saying it was intended to keep public schools from being a battleground for ideology; Equality Florida and the ACLU opposed that section. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee began extensive debate on CS for SB 7016, a major initiative-petition reform bill. The sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse documented in a large Office of Election Crimes and Security report and would impose tighter rules on petition circulators, including Florida residency and U.S. citizenship requirements, training, shorter submission deadlines, stronger penalties, new identification requirements on petitions, and a 25% invalid-signature trigger for investigations by election-crimes officials. Senators raised numerous questions about due process, public records, penalties, the treatment of volunteers and former felons, the verification process, and the practical effect of the new deadlines and thresholds. The discussion was ongoing when the transcript ended, and no final vote on SB 7016 is shown in the excerpt.

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• which will allow us to expand a much-needed resource for our children in care and for Our foster parents
• What are the Qualifications for foster parents for some of these children that are more troubled Madam
• Chair and members of the committee, we do have very strict qualifications for any foster parents.
• For foster parents that participate in the Foster Care Plus program, the model that this legislation
• Much of what we see economically is even in the education system. Is that ours?

Committee: Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• What are the implications this could have on parental rights?
• Thank you. have on parental rights? This bill is have on parental rights?
• All Minnesota anti-parental rights.
• </c> Minnesota, a Christian education Minnesota, a Christian education ministry. ministry. ministry.
• Educational attainment has quadrupled.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Perhaps his greatest impact, however, has been in education.
• We know the power of education to transform lives, lift communities, and strengthen our state.
• My parents were immigrant farm workers from Mexico. They were...
• My parents were immigrant farm workers from Mexico.
• Especially those of us who had farm worker parents.

Keywords: 988, house, all