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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Mar 2nd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • It specifies that the tax exemptions for schools applies to both school districts and educational service
  • The tax exemptions for schools apply to both school districts and educational service districts.
  • apply to both school districts and ESDs.
  • It also specifies that the tax exemptions for schools apply to both school districts and ESDs in the
  • House Bill 1796, relating to school district's authority to contract indebtedness for school construction
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • public school system.
  • It will be up to the charter school, virtual school, char, virtual charter school, or homeschooler to
  • I am sure that public schools have needs just like private schools have needs.
  • So, my school, my local public school district, they built some tennis courts.
  • Or, so they can designate the school, and the school can request it for that.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the expectation that our schools are going to follow the law.
  • It's not prescribed in the bill, so that's left up to the local school.
  • There are very few prohibitions that would stop schools from doing it.
  • So, we probably have schools right now.
  • on the district's website and indexed by school site.
OK
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  • purchasing post in perpetuity post assessment of contracts.
  • Charles Page is the high school in Sand Springs. Charles Page is the high school in Sand Springs.
  • The expectation is that our schools are going to follow the law.
  • Are you talking about the 2025-26 school year? No, the 2026-27. Yes.
  • The Senate and act relating to schools.
Summary: The House met in session, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then held an extended OU Day presentation recognizing the University of Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team for its 2025 national championship and honoring athletic director Joseph Castiglione. OU President Joseph Harris and Castiglione both spoke about the university’s growth, affordability efforts, health care expansion, and research progress, and the championship team was introduced and thanked the Legislature for its support. The chamber also received several gallery introductions, including visitors from Stigler, North Rock Creek, and Charles Page High School, along with the Doctor and Nurse of the Day. The floor then took up a package of public finance and procurement bills sponsored by Representative Strom. House Bills 3413 through 3420 focused on transparency, contract reporting, subcontractor disclosure, post-contract assessments, central purchasing rules, restrictions on bid information sharing, and limits on pilot programs and CIO contract justifications. Each bill was advanced and passed, with vote totals ranging from 87-95 in favor and only a few nays on some measures. Strom described the package as a response to audit findings and concerns about fraud, waste, and abuse in state and local spending. The House also passed several other measures. House Bill 3706, as amended, requires more elementary school math instruction time and drew questions about balance with reading and other subjects; it passed 74-19, and its emergency was approved. House Bill 3711 requires school districts to post instructional spending percentages and include them in bond materials, passing 79-16 with the emergency clause approved. House Bill 4139 created the Oklahoma Home Service Transparency Act and passed 89-5. House Bill 1268 created a deferred option retirement plan for certain emergency responders and law enforcement personnel and passed 92-1 after a title strike request. House Bill 3660, concerning natural organic reduction/cremation, passed 59-37 after debate over licensing and public health concerns. House Joint Resolution 1023 updating the workers’ compensation fee schedule passed unanimously, and House Bill 3298 standardizing judicial interviews of children in family proceedings passed 95-0. House Bill 3056, allowing sales of unpasteurized milk at farms, feed stores, and farmers markets, prompted extensive debate over safety, labeling, liability, and market access, but ultimately passed 43-11. The House then recessed until 1 p.m.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • high school.
  • in that school the following school semester or the following school year excuse me you're recognized
  • It would be so they can give it to the school, or so they can designate the school and the school can
  • It would be so they can give it to the school, or so they can designate the school and the school can
  • It would be so they can give it to the school or so they can designate the school and the school can
Summary: The House convened after lunch, established a quorum, and then took up a long series of measures. Early debate centered on H.J.R. 1084, which would amend the Oklahoma Constitution to reaffirm that courts must follow the Oklahoma and U.S. Constitutions and not recognize or enforce religious codes that conflict with them. The author said it was meant as a safeguard against unconstitutional courtroom practices; several members questioned its practical effect and constitutional basis. The resolution passed the House 70-19. The chamber then passed a number of bills on workforce, public safety, tax, and administrative issues, including HB 3934 on dental hygienist workforce gaps, HB 3919 allowing county commissioners to adjust fair board membership to reach quorum, HB 4118 creating a family caregiver tax credit, HB 4119 requiring a bond in certain real-property title disputes, HB 426 on workers’ compensation for first responders suffering heart attack or stroke after strenuous shifts, HB 4178 on sales tax exemptions for municipal-beneficiary public trusts, HB 4215 to aid small post-production companies, HB 4324 allowing district attorneys to adjust sentences after initial sentencing with an amendment clarifying jury verdicts are unaffected, HB 3270 cleanup language for farmed cervidae/chronic wasting disease law, HB 4352 adopting the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act, HB 4305 clarifying ad valorem assessment of low-income housing tax credit properties, HB 2955 modernizing captive insurance law, HB 3315 creating a 90-hour degree program, HB 3066 reestablishing and funding a behavioral health workforce program, HB 1245 changing retirement coverage for certain DHS law enforcement officers, HB 4125 restoring firearm rights for certain nonviolent felons after five years with expungement or pardon, HB 3075 creating a penny-rounding rule for public-sector cash transactions, HB 3129 creating a process for university security fees, HB 3239 modernizing the Veterinary Practice Act, HB 4153 reinstating prior driver-licensing rules tied to an eighth-grade reading test with a hardship exception, HB 3265 defining mental health specialists for police pension disability cases, HB 4491 allowing school districts to opt in to extracurricular participation by charter, virtual charter, and homeschool students, SB 680 creating a tobacco tax incentive for lower-risk products, HB 4263 aligning retirement options for CareerTech employees, and HB 4268 creating the Teacher Effectiveness and Excellence Act with a compensation pilot and National Board stipend. Most measures passed with little or no debate, though several drew extended questioning, especially the school extracurricular bill, the driver’s-license literacy bill, and the tobacco tax measure. Emergency clauses were adopted on several bills, including HB 3934, HB 3270, HB 3315, HB 3066, HB 3075, HB 3129, HB 4153, and HB 4268.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 17th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • High School from West Richland.
  • I remember in high school kids asking me whether in India kids went to school on an elephant.
  • I remember in high school kids asking me whether in India kids went to school on an elephant.
  • where we have an elementary school, they built the school for 600.
  • count toward the school districts if they want to repair their outside school buildings or high schools
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 17th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • High School from West Richland.
  • I remember in high school kids asking me whether in India kids went to school on an elephant.
  • where we have an elementary school, they built the school for 600.
  • count toward the school districts if they want to repair their outside school buildings or high schools
  • And those schools on bases like Fairchild, they're not just schools, they're community centers too, so
Summary: The Senate convened with all members present, heard a prayer and pledge, approved the prior day’s journal, and then moved through committee reports and House messages. Several bills were referred to committees, including low-income energy assistance and real property use restrictions. The chamber then took up a series of gubernatorial appointments, confirming Apollonio P. Hernandez to the University of Washington Board of Regents, Violet M. Frolov to the Central Washington University Board of Trustees, and Monica U. to the Washington Student Achievement Council, each after sponsor remarks and roll-call votes. The Senate also recessed briefly for caucuses and later resumed floor action on bills. On final passage, the Senate approved SB 6220 on nonprofit housing property tax exemptions for temporary community use, SB 5947 creating the Washington Health Care Board, ESSB 631 on safe pedestrian passage during construction, ESSB 6066 establishing crash prevention zones, SB 6044 recognizing Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas, SB 5899 allowing qualified chiropractors to treat non-human animals under a licensing framework, SB 6151 dedicating environmental program fee accounts, ESSB 6200 allowing renters and mobile home occupants to install portable cooling devices with safeguards, SB 5901 adjusting school construction assistance for on-base schools, and SB 6080 governing federal detention contracts with county and municipal jails. Most of these bills passed with strong bipartisan support, though SB 5947, SB 5924, SB 6200, and SB 6080 drew notable opposition from some senators who raised concerns about cost, scope, safety, or implementation. The Senate also adopted amendments to several measures, including technical or stakeholder-driven changes to SB 5947, ESSB 631, ESSB 6066, SB 5899, and ESSB 6200. SB 5924, expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice, passed after a lengthy debate over access to care, professional training, and the role of collaborative drug therapy agreements; supporters framed it as a response to provider shortages, while opponents argued it moved too quickly or needed more study. SB 6080, concerning jail contracts for federal detainees, saw failed amendments seeking an attorney general opinion and a good-faith extension, before passing on a 30-19 vote. The meeting ended with a personal privilege statement marking Lunar New Year and a motion to recess for lunch and caucus.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 05:20 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need more to do more to fund school construction so that kids all across the state are going to school
  • President, in my district, we have our elementary schools and our middle schools and our high schools
  • Schools are overcrowded.
  • That's the percentage of school levies that have passed across school districts in this state last week
  • President, as you know, originated as a high school student. ...originated as a high school student in
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today's color guard is composed of Senate Pages Bo Biordahl, a student at Sylvester Middle School from
  • Normandy Park, and Asher Fisher, a student at Liberty Bell Junior Senior High School from Carlton.
  • Liberty Bell Junior Senior High School from Carlton. They will now present the colors.
  • Today's pledge will be led by Senate Page Heidi Hoppus, a student at Columbia High School from Trout
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Aug 22nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Who's on school lunch and things of that nature?
  • I went to Eastern Hills High School. I grew up in Hampton.
  • It can also be school districts and counties and cities and portions of cities.
  • Relates to schools, do we have the same issues in rural communities with our schools as we have in our
  • Disciplinary actions within the schools, those are all... You hit the nail on the head.
Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Aug 22nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Of particular concern in House Bill 4 is the splitting of school districts, which occurs throughout Senate
  • In addition to that, the city of Florida, the CFR is divided into two, and the city has a school district
  • , the first of which has all the schools affected by this division.
  • When communities that have worked together for decades—shared schools, churches, and struggles—are suddenly
Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Postsecondary Feb 4th, 2026

Education Postsecondary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The high school computer science course provision does not require such courses to include instruction
  • The high school computer science course provision does not require such courses to include instruction
  • side of it with regards to the ethical use of artificial intelligence. ...on the high school side of
  • It would just be greater optionality of where you can take a course as a high school student.
  • "Course as a high school. Okay. Follow up, Mr. Chair.
Bills: S7038, S1694
Summary: The Committee on Education Postsecondary heard and approved CS/SB 1694, which would revise general education core standards at public postsecondary institutions to incorporate technology-related instruction. The adopted amendment shifted the bill away from creating a sixth core course and instead required technology integration within existing core courses to include digital literacy, AI tool application, and related instruction in areas such as software engineering, networks, databases, and cybersecurity as applicable. For high school computer science courses, the amendment added guidance on critical evaluation of AI results, AI limitations, and ethical use of AI. The committee adopted the amendment and then voted the bill favorably. The committee also took up confirmation appointments on tabs 1 through 2 and, on one motion, recommended confirmation of all appointees favorably. In addition, it considered SPB 7038 on postsecondary education and workforce development, which addresses tuition and fee policies, consumer protections, career and technical education, student acceleration, and institutional operations. Members asked about dual enrollment expansion, CIE licensure exemptions, and the removal of the Classic Learning Test as a fee-waiver qualifier; staff said the dual enrollment change was intended to expand student options without necessarily increasing enrollment, the CLT removal was an error to be corrected, and a Florida Dental Association representative raised concern about preserving the long-standing exemption for dental assisting programs. The committee moved SPB 7038 as a committee bill and reported it favorably.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/29/25

Ways and Means

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  • </c> drivers in the Eden Prairie schools. drivers in the Eden Prairie schools.
  • </c> to how to best approach the school day. to how to best approach the school day.
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  • That's very scary to schools.
  • That's very scary to schools. I that. That's very scary to schools.
Bills: HF2433, HF2434
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Juvenile Justice Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Juvenile Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The kids not coming to school.
  • And if kids drop out of school—some kids drop out of school.
  • Aren't going to school because the schools aren't doing their job of letting them know.
  • so the school can get more money.
  • I used to sit on the school board. ...school board, but thank you. Thank you. All right.
Bills: HB2947, HB3276, HB3513
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Jan 15th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and all are safe and seen, that all have what they need, and all can be at peace, in hospital or school
  • Insert after the purchaser first received the resale certificate.
  • It allows school districts to save money, save money for their taxpayers and implement the will of the
  • of their school districts, and they have spoken their voice with their vote.
  • We struggle with school construction. We have many schools that are over 50 years old.