Video & Transcript Research : 'class levels'
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- and unified voice for the existing family care councils, ensuring the recommendations and for state level
- to the public regarding the existing care provider, background Screening Clearinghouse system and level
- to those seeking employment who are required by law to be background screen to include details on level
- Well, some of the third-party systems, a searchable catalog organized by agency listing job classes,
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 041 Feb 24th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , not at the state level.
- federal level, not at the state level. federal level, not at the state level.
- I don't seem to recall this level<01:09:46.880>
of level of level of but<01:09:50.080>whatever - facilities at the county level. facilities at the county level.
- rather than creating a state level rather than creating a state level workaround<02:16:03.760>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesotans deserve that level of care. abstract. They are deeply human, deeply abstract.
- Motans<00:05:32.960>
deserve <00:05:33.440>that <00:05:33.919>level <00:05:34.240 - Motans deserve that level of care. Suicide barriers work. They interrupt suicidal ideation.
- as well for the on the federal level as well for the Barriers<00:06:55.919>
to <00:06:56.080>< - Chaplain provide a level of program.
Keywords:
suicide prevention, transportation, mental health, bridge safety, data collection, state law, bridge inspection, active transportation, truck parking, public safety, vehicle registration, fee structure, full-service providers, Capitol security, emergency management, state buildings, law enforcement, Minnesota State Patrol, State Patrol compensation, trooper salary
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/10/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , approving managers up to certain levels, approving managers up to certain levels, et<00:24:54.200
- Annuity for perpetuity classes, right?
- We have actually reduced our costs, and we have increased our service levels.
- So, it's a win-win our service levels.
- the plan has and the benefit level the plan has and the normal<01:31:48.960>
cost.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- of expense uh exactly the same level of expense uh expense<00:27:49.320>
so <00:27:50.279> - the playing field in sort of levels the playing field in terms<00:36:53.880>
of <00:36:54.520> - use of you verify levels the playing field<00:37:42.000>
in <00:37:42.160>terms <00:37: - This would just do 25 and more, so it would have two separate classes of employers.
- One is the federal poverty level for an individual is $5,650.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And protections on the federal level.
- <00:51:02.960>
So typically felt at the user level. So typically felt at the user level. - with people packaging gram level with people packaging gram level amounts.<00:54:03.200>
They - <00:55:21.680>
Uh, those street level amounts. Uh, those street level amounts. - <01:00:15.359>
up, become the next level up, become the next level up, >> right?
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Are these surveys mandatory in class? They're not mandatory.
- Are these surveys mandatory in class? They're not mandatory.
- Are these surveys mandatory<01:03:05.599>
in <01:03:05.920>class? mandatory in class? - mandatory in class? They're<01:03:08.079>
not <01:03:08.400>mandatory. - Colleagues, please join me in welcoming the Deerfield Community School fourth grade class.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 25 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and places them into a vehicle in order to best respond to tax changes that occurred at the federal level
- 5264, specifically in support of the provisions which respond to the tax code changes at the federal level
- Because this is a federal deduction, its impact cannot be directly addressed at the state level.
- legislature authorized $300 million for the Chapter 90 program, a 50% increase over historical funding levels
- for local initiatives that Fair Share surtax was meant to fund without raising taxes on the middle class
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and received a resignation letter from Rep. Fana Howard of Lowell, effective March 17, 2026, as she transitioned to the Senate. The chamber then took up several procedural orders, including multiple unanimous or voice-vote suspensions of rules and concurrence with Senate petitions, such as referrals on housing and student transportation matters, and a suspension of Joint Rule 12 for a petition involving children served by DCF.
The main substantive item was House No. 5264, a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill totaling about $1.8 billion. Members discussed its use of Fair Share surtax surplus funds for transportation and education, including major support for the MBTA, special education circuit breaker costs, early education and child care, snow and ice costs, regional transit authorities, and other deficiencies such as GIC and sheriff costs. Members also explained the bill’s tax conformity provisions responding to recent federal tax changes, with debate over whether to delay conformity to limit state revenue exposure. The House adopted a consolidated amendment to the bill and then passed it to be engrossed by roll call vote, 150-3.
The House also adopted a resolution commending the Admetek Foundation on Prostate Cancer Awareness Day. Several local bills were advanced, including a sick leave bank for a Department of Corrections employee, a bill waiving the minimum age requirement for a Boston police officer, a Nantucket charter bill, a Stoneham public safety bill, and a Malden special police officers bill, the last of which was amended before being engrossed. The chamber also considered Amendment 43 to redistribute $100 million of Fair Share revenue more evenly to municipalities for roads and education; supporters argued the current distribution favored statewide priorities over local aid, while opponents said the formula would not adequately address rural road needs. That amendment was rejected 128-25. The House then recessed several times, observed moments of silence for local public servants, welcomed visiting youth sports teams, and finally ordered adjournment to meet the next day at 11 a.m. in informal session.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana Advanced Aviation and Drone Advisory Committee Jun 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We've been doing several training classes up in the north part of the state as well, also trying to educate
- We have an opportunity to inform a lot of regulation and policy, not only at the state level but at the
- national level as well, to move this agenda forward in a safe and secure way, and also in a way that
- there, and what new certification pathways and curriculums we need to start thinking of at the local level
- what new Certification pathways and curriculums that we need to start thinking of at the at the local level
Summary:
The Louisiana Advanced Aviation and Drones Advisory Committee met with a quorum and opened by noting that, under current law, the committee will sunset after the 2026 regular session unless legislation is passed to reconstitute it. Members discussed the need for a smaller, more workable committee structure in the future so quorum requirements would be easier to meet, and they added an agenda item to consider reconstitution and another for a legislative briefing. The June 2025 minutes were approved.
Subcommittee reports focused heavily on counter-drone policy and advanced air mobility. Mr. Muley described the new counter-UAS effort, referred to as the “Let’s Go Act,” which would create a joint task force of state police, sheriffs, and municipal police chiefs to develop training standards and equipment standards for counter-drone operations. Members also discussed federal developments in the NDAA and DOJ’s role in authorizing mitigation capabilities for states with laws and training plans. Public safety members reported that training on recently enacted drone laws is underway in north Louisiana.
The committee also heard a major update from Josh Deplanis, newly named Louisiana’s first advanced aeronautics director. He outlined Louisiana’s selection for the FAA’s Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing/Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program, branded “Lift Off Louisiana,” and described plans for real-world operations beginning as early as August, centered on Houma-Terrebonne Airport. He also reviewed the state’s broader advanced air mobility strategic plan, including vertiport readiness, charging infrastructure, logistics, workforce training, and community engagement. Members emphasized Louisiana’s opportunity to influence FAA policy and international airspace issues related to operations over the Gulf and beyond 12 nautical miles.
In final action, the committee adopted a resolution supporting reconstitution of LADAC, with revised proposed membership language reducing the committee from 15 members to 11 and setting a simple majority of six for quorum, with new appointments effective July 1, 2027. No public testimony was offered, and the meeting adjourned after the motion passed.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 9, 2025 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- AND THERE IS CURRENTLY A CLASS ACTION THAT SHOWS ALLEGEDLY THAT 90% OF THEIR CLAIMS WERE DENIED WITH
- WHAT CAN WE DO TO EITHER PRESENT THIS OR HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO SEE HOW
- WE ARE CONCERNED BUT BEFORE I TALK ABOUT CONCERNS GENERAL IN BRIEF LET ME TALK ABOUT A HIGH LEVEL.
- WE ARE CONCERNED BUT BEFORE I TALK ABOUT CONCERNS GENERAL IN BRIEF LET ME TALK ABOUT A HIGH LEVEL.
- THE BROAD LANDSCAPE OF HOW AI HAS DEALT WITH COUNTRYWIDE AND WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT AT THE COMPANY LEVEL
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 2nd, 2025 at 10:00 am
Appropriations - Government Operations Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, there's seven classes of wheat and durum wheat in addition.
- I guess my question is they're already doing, they already have funding to do the work now at some level
- What does it cost to run a breeding program now, and what are we funding at that level?
- the durum industry was fusarium head blight, or scab, and so I would, you know, there's got to be a level
- But so there's a, if it doesn't happen at that cellular research crossing level, and now we're using,
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 2023 for the Racing Commission. Members confirmed the bill’s existing items, including the internships program and copier replacement, and then adopted an amendment based on the worksheet that moved those items to one-time funding. The committee then passed SB 2023 as amended, with the only noted differences from the Senate version being the one-time treatment of the $20,000 internship item and the copier replacement.
Next, the committee considered House Bill 2011 for the Highway Patrol. Representative Pyle explained a series of verbal amendments that shifted several one-time and ongoing expenses from the general fund to the electronic permit fee fund, including body armor, preliminary breath test devices, handgun replacement, emergency vehicle operations course resurfacing, and related items, while also removing the shooting range ventilation project because it could be completed with existing funds. The committee also added a section allowing carryover authority for federal grant dollars tied to the in-car router system. After adopting the amendments, the committee passed HB 2011 as amended.
The committee then discussed Senate Bill 2014 for the Industrial Commission, focusing on a proposed amendment by Representative Fisher that would direct additional percentages of North Dakota Mill net income to wheat breeding programs at NDSU’s main experiment station and branch research centers. Members asked about current funding, the size of the proposed transfers, and how the money would be used, with Fisher arguing the funds would support breeding, disease resistance, and related research. Several members said they wanted more information on existing funding and program costs before advancing the idea, so the committee held the amendment for further review and took no final action on the bill during this discussion.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- There is no world in which we may charter schools on level playing ground with district schools.
- Lucie, for example, that's established by class size, which you all do established by the fire code and
- So we're trying to get to here is some kind of level playing ground, although we know it can never really
- >> I think because we're at the next level of educational choice.
- The next level of choice is really the cities and counties standing in the way and delaying the open
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session E May 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're way above the national levels.
- , like, the highest levels.
- the state that are lower-level that are still professional tennis tournaments.
- like the highest levels.
- that are lower-level that are still professional tennis tournaments.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the conference report on House Bill 501E, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026-27. Budget chairs presented the major spending areas, describing a $114.5 billion overall budget that they said was fiscally responsible and below the prior year’s spending. Highlights included pay increases and retirement adjustments for public safety employees, education funding for K-12, higher education, health and human services, criminal justice, transportation, environmental programs, and agriculture/regulatory agencies.
Members then questioned chairs on several items. In education, senators discussed K-12 declining enrollment funding, teacher salary set-asides, private school scholarship spending, mental health funding, preeminence funding for universities, the Hamilton Center at UF, and charter school PICO funding. In health and human services, questions focused on the iBudget waiver waitlist, provider rates, ADAP/HIV funding and the return of Biktarvy to the formulary, KidCare, rural health funding, SNAP-related IT and error reduction efforts, and the IDD managed care program. In criminal justice, senators asked about correctional officer pay, prison staffing and infrastructure, air conditioning in prisons, juvenile justice facilities, law enforcement recruitment, and court system funding. Environmental and transportation questions covered Florida Forever, water quality, state parks, water projects, housing, elections funding, and emergency management.
Several specific actions and explanations were given during debate: the budget includes $8.8 million for state attorney competitive area differentials but no funding for public defender CAD requests; assistant state attorneys will start at $70,000 and assistant public defenders at $65,000; the battery disposal issue was described as a temporary study/preemption approach; and the Senate said the budget does not fund Medicaid expansion, preeminence funding, or the SunBucks Summer EBT state share. Senators also noted that some proposals discussed in committee did not make it into the final budget. The transcript ends with debate statements from members praising the budget process and Chair Hooper, while also expressing concerns about public schools, health care access, affordability, and the lack of funding for certain priorities.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The following class of persons shall not be allowed to vote in this state: persons under 18 years of
- We already have laws at the state and federal level that require you to be a citizen.
- It was postponed due to state-level delays and the COVID pandemic.
- Ethnicity, economic class, level of education, and gender identity.
- in Travis and Williamson counties in which we go into high school classrooms, typically government classes
Keywords:
HB 2442, Texas Election Code, Election Code Section 84.001, early voting, ballot by mail, mail ballot, absentee voting, runoff election, primary runoff, general runoff, voter application, election administration, county election officials, opt-out, voter choice, mail voting, ballot application, voting by mail, Election Code, size requirements
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So they're monitoring the water level in the aquifer. Water level in the aquifer.
- Groundwater levels have through 222.
- <00:35:46.400>
in wells would draw down water levels in wells would draw down water levels - Hopefully, we can build the trust between the state level, the regional level, and the local level that
- >
can level, and the local level that we can level, and the local level that we can work<01:18
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- graduate-level coursework.
- graduate-level coursework.
- graduate-level coursework.
- graduate-level coursework.
- graduate-level coursework.
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from DHS on its early intensive developmental and behavioral intervention (EIDBI) study and related licensing proposal. Christy Grom explained that EIDBI is a Medical Assistance state plan service for children and young adults under 21 with autism or related conditions, and that DHS’s multi-phase evaluation included standards review, community engagement, and a comparison with other states. She said the service is important but that DHS identified gaps in oversight, including stretched clinical supervision, providers affiliated with many centers, out-of-state providers, and rapid growth in enrollment that has outpaced current monitoring capacity.
DHS’s main recommendation was to create a provisional license for EIDBI in Chapter 245A as an immediate step, with later work toward full licensing standards. The proposal would let DHS identify controlling individuals, disqualify ineligible people, investigate maltreatment, suspend or revoke licenses, require background studies and qualifications before service delivery, move EIDBI providers into a higher-risk category for revalidation, and make DHS the lead investigative agency for maltreatment. DHS also recommended statutory standards for supervision, caseloads, training, and documentation, while emphasizing the need to balance oversight with continued access to services. Grom said the provisional licensure proposal is part of the governor’s budget and that DHS hopes to begin implementation in 2025, with a possible full license start date in 2028.
Testifiers then spoke in support of EIDBI while urging the committee to preserve access and include more community input. Ana Hagi Muhammad, a parent of three autistic children and a Somali community advocate, said EIDBI has been beneficial for her family and that community organizations serving Somali families have not been sufficiently engaged in DHS’s process. Ana Muhammad, a Black mother of a young autistic child, said ABA has helped her son with communication, self-regulation, and independence, and asked that discussions reflect the diversity of family experiences. Committee members asked testifiers to keep remarks brief and to identify which modality they use, and the chair indicated the committee would continue hearing from additional testifiers before further discussion.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It is not grade-level performance.
- standard or maybe unfortunately does not make a grade-level standard.
- They maybe are not getting it at the level that the tests are requiring yet.
- And finally, the benefits of this... ...the other levels of autism.
- All that happens at the CST level before any petition is filed. Okay.
Summary:
The Education and Employment Committee heard and passed HB 921, which adds cursive writing to required instruction for grades 2 through 5 and requires students to demonstrate proficiency by the end of fifth grade. The bill sponsor argued cursive is important for historical literacy, everyday signatures, and possible early identification of learning differences. Opponents and several members supported teaching cursive but objected to the testing/proficiency requirement, saying students and teachers are already overburdened and that reading cursive is not currently part of the standards. Some members also raised concerns about fairness to charter schools and the bill’s application only to public schools. Despite those concerns, the bill passed 21-0 and was reported favorable.
The committee then took up PCS for HB 1405, a major rewrite of Florida’s juvenile prevention and truancy statutes in Chapter 984, covering children in need of services/families in need of services. The bill updates definitions and procedures, strengthens truancy intervention, requires earlier and more detailed school reporting, adds parent involvement through child study teams, allows virtual participation, and sets review timelines for shelter placement. Sponsors said the goal is prevention and family support rather than punishment, with court involvement only after school-based intervention. Members asked about school compliance, court capacity, parent accountability, and whether all counties have child study teams; the sponsors said the bill expects CSTs in every school and can escalate cases to court and, if needed, to prosecutors for noncompliant parents.
Public testimony on the juvenile justice bill was supportive, including from the Department of Juvenile Justice, youth services groups, and juvenile justice advocates. In debate, members praised the modernization effort and the emphasis on early intervention and family participation, while also noting the bill’s size and suggesting further attention to attendance thresholds. The PCS for HB 1405 was then approved unanimously and reported favorable. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:51:57.760>
of move it up to a higher class of move it up to a higher class of chemicals - <01:14:55.199>
of aimed at retaining the same level of aimed at retaining the same level of - >
of protection or similar level of protection or similar level of protection<01:14:57.040> - We get the same level of protection.
- accomplished on the federal level. accomplished on the federal level.
Keywords:
boat storage structures, public waters, natural resources, rule amendments, watercraft canopy, PFAS, environmental regulation, manufacturers, public health, product safety, groundwater, water appropriation, water-use permit, water permit, aquifer test, aquifer, well construction, groundwater permit, Department of Natural Resources, DNR
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We are committed to pursuing this next level in waste management and renewable energy production for
- lab, down to parts per trillion levels.
- of the lab down to parts per levels of the lab down to parts per trillion<00:17:57.760>
levels. - It it's coming directly to the recycling and energy center. level um, discussions with that.
- We're level um, discussions with that.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 38th Legislative Day Jun 18th, 2026
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- All of you have such different and deep levels of expertise.
- at the high school level that are selling these drinks.
- I would appreciate your consideration to vote for the State-level Voting Rights Act.
- Even conservative states like Florida and Texas have filed State-level Voting Rights Acts.
- And the federal level is doing the same thing with so many particular areas.
Summary:
The House received a series of Senate communications and committee reports, then took up a long consent calendar and several individual measures. Early actions included passing consent calendar items, recognizing Freedom of Speech Week and Juneteenth, and hearing numerous introductions and tributes, including remarks honoring House fellows, Father’s Day, and Representative Mara Gorman. The chamber also adopted several procedural motions and recesses, with roll calls recorded throughout.
Among the bills considered, the House passed House Bill 134 on animal cruelty, increasing penalties for repeat offenses; House Bill 131 with Senate Amendment 1 on pet stores and animal welfare; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 320 on technical corrections to the Delaware Constitution; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 407 on technical updates to the Hazardous Substance Control Act; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 425 on salary supplements for certain school employees; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 450, the Road Delaware Act, on land use and permitting reform; House Bill 459 on restricting energy drink sales in schools; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 439 on electric moped and motorcycle disclosures; and House Bill 444, the Delaware John Lewis Voting Rights Act, after amendment delaying its effective date to July 1, 2027. House Amendment 1 to House Bill 459 was adopted, and House Amendment 1 to House Bill 444 was adopted before final passage.
The House also rejected House Amendment 1 to House Substitute 1 for House Bill 425 after debate over salary supplement policy for school-related certifications, then passed the substitute bill itself. House Bill 407 prompted questions about the increase in civil penalties, which DENREC said was intended to update outdated fines and align the penalty structure with other laws. House Bill 444 drew floor speeches emphasizing voting rights protections and concerns about voter suppression and dilution. The session ended with the House moving to recess after continuing consideration of House Bill 355, the Speaker Truth Act, which had just adopted an amendment changing damages language to attorney’s fees and costs.