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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's protected by FERPA. The federal law that protects your grades and things of that nature.
  • No child has ever seen with that.
  • Any child under that is to have parental consent.
  • We also included some improved data protections.
  • We have a child with great outcomes.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with four members present and took up a long agenda of education-related bills. Early items included SCR 65, which would create a K-12 student success task force to study statewide career and academic pathway advising; the committee adopted a substantive amendment adding designees and then reported the resolution favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SCR 119, honoring Coach D.D. Breaux, after brief remarks about her LSU gymnastics legacy and the request that LSU study naming its gymnastics training facility in her honor. Several bills affecting school operations and student support were heard and reported favorably, including HB 434 on probationary school bus driver employment and superintendent authority over dismissal; HB 484 expanding scholarship benefits for children and spouses of fallen or disabled firefighters and police officers; HB 749 and HB 1059 on savings accounts and TOPS math eligibility alignment; HB 218 adding food insecurity questions to student questionnaires, which was amended and reported favorably; HB 325 expanding TOPS Tech eligibility through dual enrollment and part-time use; HB 476 requiring Safe Haven law postings in middle and high school restrooms; HB 1249 clarifying access to school-based health centers, with an amendment adopted; HB 1242 allowing more than one early learning center license at the same location under certain circumstances; HB 632 improving data protections and functionality for LA First; and HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students, which was amended to address IEP and dispute-process concerns before being reported favorably. Two bills drew extended debate over transparency, privacy, and school autonomy. HB 608 would create confidentiality for intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing documents; LSU representatives argued the bill was needed to protect student-athletes and competitive information, while PAR and the Louisiana Press Association opposed it as an improper secrecy carve-out for state-generated revenue. Despite the opposition, the committee reported HB 608 favorably. HB 1112, which would exempt BESE-approved non-public pre-K programs from certain licensure and safety requirements and adjust related definitions, was amended and then heard with testimony from the Pelican Institute in support, arguing it corrects overreach from prior law and protects private school autonomy and parental choice.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 23rd, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is no such thing as child prostitution.
  • I'm really grateful for Vice Chair LaFleur for bringing this bill to better protect our child sex trafficking
  • If you're a small child, and those of you who have children, think of your little child thinking the
  • pornography to child sexual abuse material in the Louisiana statute.
  • It's a child that for the purposes of today I'll call DJ.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 28th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The intention of the bill is for us to recognize the unborn child, the child in the womb, the same as
  • We're talking about a child and an unborn child in this statute in particular.
  • Therefore, please consider defining an unborn child as an unborn child and eliminate the reference to
  • And I left for my child.
  • It deserves, that child deserves the protections of our laws.
Bills: S0164, S0656, S0892
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSH Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • So long as there is a parent or specified relative caring for a child, it would meet the qualification
  • I'm just double-checking that once a child and whatever family unit they become part of at that time,
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to criminal procedure, homelessness, family resilience, Medicaid-funded services, and school Medicaid reimbursement. On SB 2479 SD2, the Judiciary testified in neutral opposition with concerns that the bill could require imprisonment even for probation-eligible defendants, expand sentence reconsideration in ways that could undermine finality for victims, conflict with existing sentencing statutes, and require additional judicial resources. The Office of the Public Defender supported the bill’s intent but asked for language changes so people serving sentences could raise the new evidence in Rule 40 petitions and so probation would remain available in appropriate felony cases. Written testimony also included opposition from several county prosecutors and police, and support from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The chair later deferred SB 2479 SD2, citing unintended consequences and problems with the bill. For SB 2557 SD1, which would require annual reporting by the State Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions, the office said it supported the intent but noted it already produces annual and quarterly reports, that some requested data is already available, and that staffing and cost constraints could make the new reporting burdensome. The State Council on Mental Health supported the measure and suggested narrowing the reporting language to data on individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring behavioral health conditions, to the extent practicable and in collaboration with relevant agencies. A committee member asked about the availability of point-in-time count data, and the office explained that some figures may not be available every year and may need to be generated through HMIS. Dr. Jack Lewin testified in support, saying the data would be useful for understanding health care costs. The committee passed SB 2557 SD1 with amendments, including a deferral of the effective date. The committee also heard SB 2861 SD2 and SB 3204 SD1, both family resilience pilot program measures. For SB 2861 SD2, the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS supported the bill but requested amendments to clarify that the office’s role is planning and advisory, that DHS is a key partner, and that federal compliance safeguards are included. The chair raised concerns about overlap with DHS’s existing Ka Ohana program and asked for language to avoid redundancy while allowing the bill to cover other at-risk children; decision-making was deferred to the next hearing. For SB 3204 SD1, which would create a peer-navigator-based family resilience pilot, the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS supported the measure, with the office requesting a two-year pilot period, and both agencies and several advocacy groups submitted support. The committee discussed funding, the proposed five peer navigators, and whether the pilot should be limited to one or two geographic areas; no final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee also heard and supported SB 3324 SD1 on Medicaid home and community-based services, with the Department of Health emphasizing caregiver shortages and the cost-effectiveness of community care, and SB 3325 SD1 HD1 on public school Medicaid reimbursement, where DOE and the Attorney General requested clarifying amendments to reporting language and position titles.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Consumer Protection & Business Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Consumer Protection & Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • Calling to order this meeting of the Consumer Protection and Business Committee of Wednesday, February
  • Would that not be covered under the Consumer Protection Act? I think there are additional issues.
  • Would that not be covered under the Consumer Protection Act?
  • when a person's certified by the Department of Social and Health Services as non-compliant with a child
  • And while I agree there are bad actors in this area, that is why we have the Consumer Protection Act.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, February 12, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, the first bill we have for our consideration in committee is Senate File 58, the Wyoming Indian Child
  • Additionally, taking action now is about protecting the future.
  • Now the language does protect at least the three counties that don't have operations right now.
  • </c><00:47:04.240><c> This</c> Wyoming's equal protection clause.
  • This Wyoming's equal protection clause.
Bills: SF0045, SF0058, SF0067
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • The National Fire Protection Association, or NFPA, sets the national standards.
  • </c> agenda, we have a staff update on child agenda, we have a staff update on child fatality<00:16:06.320
  • Three4s of our cases to protect kids.
  • Um they also have saved us millions of dollars in doing things the wrong way as well as protected us
  • Um they also have saved us millions of dollars in doing things the wrong way as well as protected us
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from December 19 and June 12, then received a staff report on the Kentucky Fire Commission’s minimum training standards and administrative spending. Staff explained that the commission’s current minimum training hours are 115 for volunteer firefighters and 300 for paid firefighters, down from 150 and 400 before January 1, 2023, after the commission removed elective classes not directly tied to NFPA standards. The report found the commission’s certification testing aligns fully with NFPA standards, but recommended that the commission formally promulgate regulations establishing the reduced training hours. On finances, staff said the commission complied with the first statutory cap on administrative reimbursements to KCTCS, but could not verify compliance with a second, more specific cap because the finance system does not break out program-level costs and the statute is vague. Staff recommended the commission work with KCTCS to fix that issue and suggested the General Assembly may wish to clarify the statute. After questions about reimbursement levels and investment income, the committee voted to accept the report. The committee then heard an update on the Kentucky Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel. Staff reported that the panel has implemented two of three prior recommendations: it revised its agency notification letter to clearly state the 90-day response deadline and added response prompts and checkboxes to improve completeness. The third recommendation, to adopt formal written procedures, remains in progress; staff said the panel plans to develop those procedures alongside its new case management system. The panel is meeting its statutory membership and meeting requirements, but agency responses to its recommendations have been inconsistent: 48% were timely and appropriate in 2022, 36% in 2023, and 82% in 2024, though only three of nine timely 2024 responses were fully complete. Staff also described the new case management system project, funded with $200,000 in one-time money, and recommended the panel consult budget staff about use of those funds beyond fiscal year 2025. They reissued the recommendation that the panel develop written procedures for case review, findings, recommendations, and annual reports. Committee members raised concerns about the lack of penalties for noncompliance, the volume and length of panel meetings, and technology barriers to reviewing cases, and one member said the panel’s findings should inform future legislation.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Over the last decade we've made significant improvements to child nutrition.
  • And whatever that option is, that is right for the individual child.
  • When I began my career in child nutrition, it was for selfish reasons.
  • Half of the reason I'm here today is that passion for child nutrition.
  • So, dairy holds a huge space in my heart, obviously, as does child nutrition.
Bills: SB222
Summary: This meeting of the committee focused primarily on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, S222, which aims to permit schools to offer a fuller range of milk options, including whole, reduced, and low-fat varieties, that have garnered bipartisan support. Chairman Bozeman opened the session by highlighting concerns over children's nutrition and the obesity epidemic, emphasizing the significance of nutritious school meals in addressing these issues. Experts from various organizations were invited to discuss the implications of this bill as well as the current challenges facing school meal programs, including budget constraints and food supply issues. The meeting included passionate testimonies about the direct impacts of current dietary guidelines and federal funding reductions affecting schools' abilities to provide healthy meal options.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety REVISED Feb 24th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • husband and wife, and the husband or the wife might accuse that spouse of sexually abusing their own child
  • if you are incarcerated, even if you are in prison, you do deserve at least a certain level of protections
  • Number one, and that number 2, that you don't have a situation where you have a child who is being trafficked
  • The goal is really to, as strange as it may be to believe, but the goal is actually to protect the performers
  • Somebody looked at this child.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety REVISED Feb 24th, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • husband and wife, and the husband or the wife might accuse that spouse of sexually abusing their own child
  • husband and wife, and the husband or the wife might accuse that spouse of sexually abusing their own child
  • , actually, over the past two years, you saw two wide-reaching bills, one turning all of the terms child
  • pornography into child sexual abuse material, and the other, and I can't remember the exact vernacular
  • Somebody looked at this child and saw dollar signs.
Summary: The Public Safety Committee took up a series of bills dealing with cold cases, sexual assault investigations, parole, criminal code cleanup, jail backlog relief, private prison oversight, and human trafficking. SB 1636, by Sen. Hicks, would let an immediate family member or similar person request an OSBI investigation in a cold case; it passed 8-0. SB 1584, by Sen. Burns, shortened the deadline for submitting sexual assault evidence kits for forensic testing and required kits received after the effective date to be processed within 30 days; it passed 8-0. SB 1730, by Sen. Thompson, required law enforcement to forward sexual assault reports to OSBI to help identify repeat offenders, with testimony that the reports would remain confidential and could still be expunged where applicable; it passed 8-0. The committee also approved SB 1255, by Sen. Yack, which shifts the authority to request medical parole from the DOC director to the DOC medical director while leaving parole board and gubernatorial discretion intact; it passed 8-1. SB 1627, by Pro Tem Paxton, was a request bill to consolidate redundant and obsolete criminal statutes into a cleaner code, and it passed 9-0 after questions about underlined language in the committee substitute. SB 137, by Vice Chair Hamilton, would remove DUI causing great bodily injury from eligibility for DOC’s electronic monitoring program after a case highlighted what sponsors described as a loophole; it passed 9-0. SB 2062, by Sen. Pugh, sought to reduce county jail and LARC backlog by allowing certain low-level, nonviolent offenders to bypass county jail waiting periods and report directly to their assigned facility after screening; members raised concerns about flight risk, logistics, transportation, and county impacts. Pugh agreed to continue working on the measure and requested a struck title, and the bill passed 7-1. SB 1470, by Sen. Brooks, as amended, would allow elected officials and religious leaders to conduct informal inspections of private prisons operated for out-of-state interests, with a three-day notice requirement and definitions added to narrow the scope; it passed 8-0. Finally, SB 1284, by Vice Chair Hamilton, aimed at combating human trafficking in exotic entertainment venues by creating licensing and inspection requirements and penalties for unlicensed operation or knowingly hiring unlicensed performers. The bill drew extensive debate over whether it was too punitive or could sweep in lawful businesses, but supporters said it would help identify trafficking victims and improve oversight; it passed 7-1. The committee adjourned after the final vote.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 3rd, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:08:08.639><c> sex</c> you are aware of the horrific child sex you are aware of the horrific child
  • </c> these last 30 years on protecting these last 30 years on protecting children.<00:17:22.640><c> So
  • c><00:21:40.000><c> any</c><00:21:40.320><c> citizens,</c> protection we would give any citizens, protection
  • </c><00:24:46.159><c> so</c> uh in the bill there is a protection so uh in the bill there is a protection
  • </c> motorcycles have to use for protective motorcycles have to use for protective gear. gear. gear.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am

Health Care & Wellness

Transcript Highlights:
  • with a pre-existing relationship with the youth to have a specific child placed with them.
  • The second scenario applies to individuals who have been approved for a child-specific license if the
  • Both of these exemptions also require that the individual will not have any findings by Child Protective
  • We know firsthand how vital it is to have clear, robust protections in place.
  • Many CCRCs provide significant health care protections to their residents as well.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Ethics and Campaign Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill has two protections.
  • Uh protecting Alabama from your mind.
  • The bill has two protections.
  • The bill has two protections.
  • The bill has two protections.
Bills: HB358, HB358
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Finance Apr 23rd, 2025

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Watson, because all these bills need to... ...because all these bills need to, number one, does it protect
  • Because in these bills, that's always the balance: to make sure we protect the taxpayers and the citizens
  • , and most active and retired Austin firefighters recognize that these reforms are essential to protecting
  • thoughtful compromise, informed by extensive actuarial analysis, and guided by a shared commitment to protecting
Bills: HB135
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee heard Senate Bill 2345, as a committee substitute, which would reform the Austin Firefighter Retirement Fund. Senator Schwertner explained that the bill is based on an agreed voluntary funding soundness restoration plan between the City of Austin and the fund, and would create a new reduced benefit tier for firefighters hired on or after January 1, 2026, adjust COLAs for current retirees, establish an actuarially determined funding model to address legacy liabilities and 2024 asset losses over 30 years, and add new board seats. Mayor Kirk Watson, city finance staff, the fund executive director, trustees, and retired firefighters all testified in support, describing the measure as an agreed-to, fiscally responsible compromise that protects benefits, supports recruitment, and reduces risk to taxpayers. The committee adopted the committee substitute, but left SB 2345 pending. The committee also heard House Bill 135, which clarifies tax treatment for exotic game or exotic livestock operations by defining them within agricultural exemptions and stating that sales of exotic livestock are not subject to sales and use taxes. Senator Flores described it as a clarification to provide consistency and fairness, and a witness for the Exotic Wildlife Association said it would resolve a Comptroller-related tax issue and benefit ranchers, landowners, and hunters. The committee closed public testimony and reported HB 135 favorably to the full Senate, with a motion to place it on the local and uncontested calendar. Senate Bill 771, by Senator Hinojosa, was also heard and later reported favorably. The bill would allow diesel fuel used in auxiliary power units or power takeoff units to qualify for the same fuel tax credit or refund already available for gasoline, correcting an inadvertent exclusion from the 2003 motor fuel tax rewrite. A witness supported the bill as a matter of tax equity. The committee then considered House Bill 1109, the House companion to SB 935, which exempts counties from certain motor fuel taxes on fuel used in county vehicles; Senator Hall explained it as simply exempting government agencies from paying the tax on their own vehicles. HB 1109 was reported favorably to the full Senate. The committee adjourned after completing its business.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • deaths, injuries, and substantiated abuse that occurs in child care facilities.
  • It removes statutory provisions that require family and large child care homes to provide parents with
  • It amends family care home to family child care home.
  • deaths, injuries, and substantiated abuse that occurs in child care facilities.
  • It amends family care home to family child care home.
Bills: S0996, S1022, S1462, S1690
Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs heard and advanced four bills. CS/SB 1690, on early childhood education, was amended with a delete-all amendment that required public posting of child care inspection reports and data on child deaths, injuries, and substantiated abuse; changed certain notice and insurance provisions for family and large family child care homes; created the Florida Endowment for Early Learning; and made related definitional changes. The amendment was adopted and the committee reported the bill favorably. SB 1022, on children’s initiatives, would add two new Florida Children’s Initiatives in Bay County and Pompano in Broward County; the sponsor described the program as a community-based service network model, and the bill was reported favorably without opposition. SB 996, on dependent children, would require DCF and community-based care lead agencies to coordinate and regularly meet with organizations focused on people with lived experience in the child welfare system, and to publish how suggestions are implemented. Several young adults with foster care experience testified in support, emphasizing the importance of youth voice, normalcy, and teaching financial responsibility through allowance. The bill was reported favorably after supportive debate. The committee also considered CS/SB 1462, on temporary cash assistance eligibility, after adopting an amendment that narrowed a SNAP eligibility carve-out to people who were victims of human trafficking at the time of a drug conviction. The sponsor said the bill was intended to remove barriers to reunification and redemption. After supportive testimony and no opposition, the committee reported the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/25/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • a child is living either with a caregiver, such as with a grandparent, or if the child is in foster
  • Child support is often redirected under this redirection statute under the child support section, and
  • </c><00:03:06.239><c> support</c><00:03:06.560><c> services</c> the child support services the child
  • </c> be in the child's best interest child be in the child's best interest child support<00:03:49.519
  • </c> protect rights um and protect protect rights um and protect information<00:59:22.319><c> um</c><
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's also going to maintain that food safety protection and expand access to that high-protein food that
  • Maybe if the department could point to what they feel is protection on the food safety. >> Anybody from
  • Um, we set up this indemnity account for a reason, and it's really to protect folks who really have no
  • folks who really have no control protect folks who really have no control over<00:25:13.039><c> a</c
  • </c> &gt;&gt; So, she protects the sheep. &gt;&gt; So, she protects the sheep.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • will simply go along with the Trump administration's deregulatory agenda. instead of fighting to protect
Summary: The meeting centered around the confirmation of four significant individuals nominated for leadership positions within various financial institutions. Members engaged in heated discussions regarding the nominees' qualifications and past track records. Concerns were raised over the potential implications of these appointments on economic stability and consumer protections. Each nominee was scrutinized, with particular emphasis on their political alignments and prior influence in their respective agencies. Despite the contentious atmosphere, there was a clear focus on the need for strong leadership to guide economic policies during challenging times.