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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- pray that Lord God you give them discernment to look through the environmental, economic, energy, educational
- from, and Senator Hinojosa mentioned that he's from Edinburgh, Texas, but he knows the power of education
- The city of Kauffman is the county seat, fostering education through Kauffman ISD and Trinity Valley
- One of the things she was attempting to accomplish was to bring higher education. to the Dallas area,
- school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program to Education
Keywords:
bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform, 1185, senate
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Senator Menendez, for your important legislation to educate our students.
- Vigilance and education are vital to preventing this from occurring.
- You know, he went on to serve in the State Board of Education. He'd served in the Texas House.
- The Senate Committee on Education will meet in E0128 upon adjournment.
- Education is upon adjournment or 20 minutes after adjournment? Upon adjournment. Okay, thank you.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, heard the daily invocation, approved the previous day’s journal, and received a House message announcing passage of H.C.R. 54, which authorizes the legislature to adjourn for more than three days during a specified period. The chamber then took up several recognitions, including Senate Resolution 8 honoring Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants Advocacy Day, a recognition of the Texas A&M University System Chancellor’s Student Advisory Council, a delegation from Dimmit County, and the doctor of the day, Dr. Hosey Hinojosa.
The main floor business centered on Senate Resolution 15, commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the start of Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week. Senators King, Menendez, Bettencourt, Perry, Hughes, Hinojosa, Campbell, Hall, Cook, Paxton, West, Parker, and others spoke in support, emphasizing Holocaust history, the rise of anti-Semitism, the importance of education, and solidarity with Israel. The resolution was adopted without objection, and Senator Bettencourt moved to add all senators’ names. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 17, recognizing Sexual Assault Survivors Day, with remarks focused on the prevalence of sexual violence, underreporting, support for survivors, and the need for prevention and stronger systems of response.
The Senate then adopted Senate Resolution 14 in memory of Brazoria County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesse Vargas, who was killed in the line of duty, with Senators Middleton and Huffman highlighting his service and using the occasion to call for tougher measures against violent offenders. Additional resolutions SR 3, SR 4, SR 5, SR 6, SR 7, SR 11, and SR 12 were adopted together, and SR 54 granting permission for adjournment for more than three days was approved by a 31-0 roll call vote. The chamber also recognized Leadership Frisco Class No. 28 and later honored former Senator Dr. Joe J. Bernal and, upon adjournment, Sergeant Mark Allen Butler of the Navasota Police Department. The Senate adjourned until 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2025, in memory of Deputy Vargas and Sergeant Butler.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Senator Menendez, for your important legislation to educate our students.
- children, teens, and adults. ...educates children, teens, and adults about the dangers of anti-Semitism
- Vigilance and education are vital to preventing this from occurring.
- The Senate Committee on Education will meet in E0128 upon adjournment.
- Education is upon adjournment or 20 minutes after adjournment? Upon adjournment. Okay, thank you.
Bills:
SJR36
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber received a House message announcing passage of H.C.R. 54, and then took up a series of recognitions and resolutions honoring visiting groups, including Texas Society of CPAs Advocacy Day, the Texas A&M System Chancellor’s Student Advisory Council, Dimmit County officials, the Doctor of the Day, and Leadership Frisco. Senators also recognized the Senate’s memorial and ceremonial guests throughout the day.
The main floor business centered on two commemorative resolutions. Senate Resolution 15 marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the start of Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week. Senators King, Menendez, Bettencourt, Perry, Hughes, Hinojosa, Campbell, Hall, Cook, Paxton, West, Parker, and others spoke in support, emphasizing Holocaust education, opposition to anti-Semitism and denial, remembrance of victims and survivors, and the importance of teaching students to stand up against hatred. The resolution was adopted, and the names of all senators and the lieutenant governor were added.
The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 17 designating January 28 as Sexual Assault Survivors Day. Senator Parker described the prevalence and underreporting of sexual assault, the impact on survivors, and the need for prevention, support services, and stronger responses; Senator Cook spoke as a survivor and emergency room nurse and highlighted rape-kit backlogs and the need for victim support. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 14 honoring Brazoria County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesus Jesse Vargas, who was killed in the line of duty, with Senators Middleton and Huffman urging action against violent offenders and stronger protections for law enforcement. Several additional resolutions were adopted, including SRs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, and 12, and SR 54 granting permission for the Legislature to adjourn for more than three days was approved by roll call, 31 ayes and 0 nays. The Senate later adjourned until 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2025, in memory of Deputy Vargas and Sergeant Mark Allen Butler, whom Senator Kolkhorst also honored in remarks.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Housing & Land Use Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026
Housing & Land Use
Transcript Highlights:
- And I know DSA and DHSR are both ready to do some kind of education and training on what this exactly
- It would give us and DHSR time to prepare that education and guidance.
- And I think that the education and training is probably implicit, but it would just make it explicit
- to educate people in advance.
- And having gone through all of those educational seminars, it's still kind of a bit of a disaster.
Summary:
The Senate Land Use Committee met in hybrid format but did not have a quorum, so it did not approve minutes or take formal votes. The committee first heard House Bill 457, which would raise the appraisal threshold for certain DELDOT real property dispositions from $10,000 to $25,000 to match federal highway standards and reduce the time and cost of selling small surplus properties. There was little discussion and no public comment on that bill, and the chair indicated it would be circulated.
The committee then took up House Bill 451, which would codify a disparate impact framework under Delaware’s Fair Housing Act. The bill was described as clarifying that housing policies or practices can violate the law even without discriminatory intent if they have an unjustified discriminatory effect on a protected class, using a burden-shifting test similar to federal law. The sponsor and DHSA said the measure was intended to preserve fair housing protections amid uncertainty at the federal level, and an additional amendment was discussed that would delay implementation for 180 days and require DHSR, with DSA and stakeholders, to conduct outreach, education, and training.
Public testimony was divided. Supporters, including Housing Alliance Delaware, YWCA Delaware, and the Delaware Human and Civil Rights Commission, said the bill would protect against discriminatory outcomes, align state law with longstanding fair housing principles, and preserve recourse if federal enforcement changes. Opponents and housing-provider groups, including the Delaware Association of Realtors, Greater Wilmington Housing Providers, and the Delaware Apartment Association, argued the bill could create liability for neutral policies, rely on statistical outcomes landlords cannot easily measure, and increase litigation and costs; several asked for more time, a right-to-cure process, or further amendments. The committee adjourned without taking a formal vote.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- expenditures through an application process managed by the Idaho Department of Education.
- As a note, anytime the state increases its overall special education expenditure level, it raises its
- This is a federal requirement related to receiving special education funding under IDEA.
- Overall, the fund is used to reimburse driver education classes. Would continue to sit in the fund.
- Overall, the fund is used to reimburse driver education classes. Other questions or comments?
Summary:
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and first considered a trailer appropriation for House Bill 730, which changes how SNAP eligibility is determined. The committee heard that the bill would require $351,000 one-time from the General Fund for system changes in the Division of Welfare. One member argued the change was unnecessary because Idaho already has a low SNAP error rate and uses existing verification systems, but the motion passed in both chambers and received a do-pass recommendation.
The committee then took up trailer actions for House Bill 898, moving the State Historic Preservation Office from the Idaho State Historical Society to the new Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination. Members discussed whether the move was requested by the governor and whether it would improve coordination and permitting efficiency; supporters said it would streamline federal review and the historical society director supported the move. The committee approved reducing the Historical Society budget by 12 FTP and $1,699,700, then approved adding the same staffing and funding to SMEC, and also adopted language exempting SMEC from certain transfer restrictions.
Next, the committee considered Senate Bill 128, creating the Idaho High Need Students Fund for extraordinary special education costs. The analyst explained that the recommended one-time $5 million dedicated fund appropriation would also require a $5 million cash transfer, and that increasing special education spending could raise the state’s federal maintenance-of-effort obligation. The committee approved the $5 million appropriation and two transfers: $1 million from the Idaho Career Ready Students Program Fund and $4 million from the driver training account, all with do-pass recommendations.
Finally, the committee revisited the Department of Fish and Game budget. After discussion of habitat projects, Good Neighbor Authority work, fisheries inflation, wolf depredation, communications, OITS replacements, and replacement items, a substitute motion that would have funded a larger package failed in the House, and the original motion passed instead. The committee approved a reduced Fish and Game budget package and adopted language directing the $200,000 wolf depredation enhancement specifically to wolf trapping. The meeting ended with brief discussion of the next day’s agenda and timing, including pending items such as rural health transformation and state police-related legislation.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 03/16/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Both of my parents only had a primary school education. My father had a year of technical school.
- But again, education was out of the reach financially for their families.
- , BOTH OF MY PARENTS ONLY HAD A PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION.
- BUT AGAIN, EDUCATION WAS OUT OF THE REACH FINANCIALLY FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
- >> 5779 SENATOR FERNANDEZ, AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW. >> READ THE LAST SECTION.
Summary:
The Senate met on March 13, 2026, approved the prior day’s journal, received a message discharging Assembly Bill 2330 from committee and substituting identical Senate Bill 5843, and welcomed visiting delegations from Connecticut. The chamber also adopted privileged resolution J.1753, honoring Saint Patrick and Irish Americans and memorializing the Governor to proclaim March 2026 as Irish American Heritage Month. Senators Kavanagh and Fahy spoke in support, emphasizing Irish heritage, immigration, public service, and the St. Patrick’s Day tradition; the resolution was adopted and opened for co-sponsorship.
The Senate then acted on a series of bills on the calendar. Measures passed included bills by Senators Hinchey, Comrie, Skoufis, Stavisky, Sanders, Kavanagh, Gianaris, Cleare, and others, with several receiving unanimous support and a few drawing recorded negative votes. Senator Fernandez’s education bill related to placing opioid antagonists with AEDs and first aid kits in schools passed 60-1 after supportive remarks from Senators Oberacker and Fernandez. A bill authorizing a study on lithium-ion battery fires also passed unanimously, with Senators Borrello and Weik explaining affirmative votes while urging caution about electric bus mandates.
The most debated item was Calendar 446, Senator May’s bill directing the Department of Economic Development to move the Central New York Welcome Center from Destiny USA to the Equal Rights Heritage Center in Auburn. Senator Walczyk questioned the move’s cost, location, visitor traffic, and local support, arguing Destiny USA was the better site; Senator May responded that the state had built the Auburn facility and should provide sustainable operating support. The bill passed 47-15. The Senate then completed the controversial calendar and adjourned until Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, we, your Committee on Education, report that we have had under consideration House Bills 623
- Amending Section 33-175 Idaho Code to prohibit taxpayer funding of local education organizations, providing
- House Bill 599, by the Education Committee, relating to education.
- For Monday, the House Education Committee will meet Monday, February 23rd at 9:00 a.m. in Room E.W. 41
- For Monday, House Education Committee will meet Monday, February 23rd at 9 a.m.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 19th, 2026
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for meaningful inclusion and positive change in special education, encouraging students to walk in other
- And, of course, my passion for education and special ed students, that's what makes... ...my passion
- for education and special ed students, that's what makes Tessa even more special to me.
- And it... ...shotgunning, for fishing, and we trick them into an education.
- Historian, educator, and author John Hope Franklin, best known for his seminal 1947 book From Slavery
Bills:
SR29, SB667, SB1466, SB1942, SB1989, SB1670, SB1716, SB1521, SB1273, SB1433, HJR1032, SB1969, SB1953, SB1277, SB1287, SB1061, SB1916, SB1589, SB2178, SB1444, SB1438, SB1501, SB1873, SB1364
Keywords:
Black History Month, Black Oklahomans, civil rights, Tulsa Race Massacre, Greenwood, Jim Crow, segregation, all-Black towns, Boley, Langston University, Clara Luper, NAACP Youth Council, Oklahoma Civil Rights Trail, Black history, African American history, racial justice, commemorative resolution, Black excellence, state history, heritage month
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and then spent much of the session on recognitions and floor introductions. The chamber honored the undefeated Jones High School Longhorns football team for winning the Class 2A-I state championship, recognized Miss Oklahoma 2025 Tessa Darrell, and celebrated the Murray State College bass fishing team for winning its second consecutive national title. The Senate also adopted SR-29, a resolution recognizing February as Black History Month and highlighting Black Oklahomans’ history, civil rights contributions, and achievements; the resolution passed without opposition.
The Senate then took up several bills. SB 667, requested by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, updates chiropractic licensure language, moves to an online licensure portal, and repeals an obsolete consultant position; it passed 45-0. SB 1466 extends the sunset date for the advisory committee on midwifery to 2036; it passed 41-4 and was advanced as an emergency measure. SB 1942, dealing with dental insurance and provider pricing for services not reimbursed by insurance, prompted extended debate over free-market principles, patient costs, and insurance contract limits; it passed 40-3. SB 1989 modernizes the Oklahoma College Savings Plan by allowing contributions through digital payment platforms such as Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle, and digital wallets; it passed 44-0.
The Senate also heard gallery introductions for FCCLA students, including the Bristow chapter and Adair High School students, and welcomed former Senator Judy Easton McIntyre for Black History Month events. Committee and floor announcements followed, including upcoming meetings of Business and Insurance, Administrative Rules, and Technology and Telecommunications. The chamber then adjourned until Monday, February 23, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr/Sub-Education Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate Education Committee subcommittee on appropriations will come to order.
- Anything that impacts both rural and urban, that's what you're gonna see on OETA from an education standpoint
- I have heard that there is maybe some confusion with colleges of education and maybe applying for this
- I have met with most of the colleges of education, but I'm going to turn this over to Michelle.
- Secretary of Education Hamlin and I discussed an audit he's doing.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Education Postsecondary will now come to order. Secretary, please call the roll.
- It's called the Line Fund, and the line is Linking Industry to Nursing Education.
- This fund was created to incentivize collaboration between nursing education programs and health care
- What the bill will do is expand the Line Fund eligibility to include health science education programs
- by the time we get to the floor, and to make sure it is still narrowly tailored for our nursing education
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Agriculture and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- We do undergo rigorous training and continuing education as wildlife rehabilitators.
- It also strengthens public health by creating an open educational network.
- Education and conservation go hand in hand.
- There are no educational resources available, heartbreaking.
- There are no educational pathways, just desperate Google searches.
Keywords:
wildlife rehabilitation, conservation, good samaritan, injured animals, orphaned animals, debilitated wildlife, wild birds, wild animals, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, permit exemption, animal rescue, animal welfare, veterinary medicine, veterinary licensing, animal cruelty, wildlife care, rehabilitation act, non-federally protected species, endangered species
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF2258 heard in House workforce, labor and economic development committee 3/25/25
Transcript Highlights:
- We're looking to create tools and provide education for Minnesota companies so that they can increase
- We're looking to create tools and provide education for Minnesota companies so that they can increase
- We're looking to create tools and provide education for Minnesota companies so that they can increase
- Our hope is to enable and educate what is required to create meaningful work, thereby resetting the trajectory
- We're looking to create tools and provide education for Minnesota companies so that they can increase
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- improving the ways in which schools are involved in the child welfare process and how DCF considers education
- .for youth and their families, including, but not limited to, issues relating to child poverty, educational
- Tarr, school compliance with educational obligations prior to CRA filing. Senator Tarr.
- ... ...that it is certified that a school district has met every educational obligation and has taken
- confront it effectively, this amendment would require the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Summary:
The Senate took up House No. 4646, an act enhancing child welfare protections, and considered a series of amendments focused on child welfare, school discipline, truancy, foster care transparency, and related services. Several amendments were withdrawn, including Senator DiDomenico’s proposal to create a Massachusetts children’s cabinet and Senator Tarr’s amendments on timeout and isolation standards, the best-interest-of-the-child standard, and mandated reporter definitions. Other amendments were adopted, including Senator Rauch’s amendments on student transfers and reasonableness, Senator Tarr’s amendment on information management integrity and youth engagement in the Office of the Child Advocate, and the Senate Ways and Means amendment. Amendments on school compliance before CRA filings, probation certification before accepting a child requiring assistance petition, and statewide truancy and engagement standards were rejected.
After the amendments were resolved, the Senate ordered the bill to a third reading and then passed it to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 39 in the affirmative and none in the negative. The chamber also adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of John Edwards and Hadley Boucher, with moments of silence held for each. Later, the Senate also adjourned in memory of former U.S. Representative Barney Frank, with remarks highlighting his civil rights work, his role in financial reform, and his historic service as the first openly gay member of Congress.
Before adjournment, the Senate took up a House amendment to the Senate bill establishing the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, voted not to concur, and requested a committee of conference. The chair appointed Senators Creem, Finegold, and O’Connor to the conference committee. The Senate then adopted an order to reconvene on Monday at 11:00 a.m. and dispense with printing a calendar, and finally adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Would the Education Committee be in the education room?
- Would the Education Committee be in the education room? Probably, you're right.
- We want to be able to make sure that this is a supplement, not supplanting the education of our students
- those projected enrollments, they have in past years been able to draw on PEF, that's our public education
- Chairman, I think I heard a recommendation for Senate Education at 6 p.m. 6 p.m. or a.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 2nd, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Trade Tech has provided our community with accessible and affordable education, especially to historically
- They provide true equity for Californians through their educational opportunities.
- Trade Tech continues enhancing the education they bring, thank you. Looking brighter, as L.A.
- Trade Tech continues enhancing the education they bring to the people of Los Angeles.
- ...of this crisis by providing life-saving medical care, trauma-informed mental health support, education
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:30 am
North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and reenact Section 43-17-27.1 of the North Dakota Century Code relating to physician continuing education
- and reenact Section 43-17-27.1 of the North Dakota Century Code relating to physician continuing education
- you see on page one, the board shall require physicians to complete a minimum one-hour continuing education
- I guess I'm missing it, but where, how is educational preparedness being measured, and how do we know
- The education is standard across the United States for pharmacists, and so once they set those standards
Keywords:
SB 2401, North Dakota, Century Code, occupational therapy, occupational therapy board, criminal history record check, background check, licensee investigation, physician continuing education, medical license renewal, nutrition education, metabolic health, chronic disease prevention, health occupation boards, medical board, licensure fee, audit response, disciplinary action, Title 43, board of medicine
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. It adopted the procedural employment committee report naming Senate staff for the special session. The chamber then took up several health-care and appropriations measures, first adopting amendments to Senate Bills 2401, 2402, and 2403 before moving them to final passage.
Senate Bill 2401 passed 44-2 and requires physicians to complete at least one hour of continuing education in nutrition and metabolic health, part of a broader rural health care package. Senate Bill 2402 passed 46-0 after major amendments negotiated between the medical and pharmacy boards; as amended, it expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution in limited areas while excluding categories such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, chemotherapy agents, Schedule II drugs, biological products, and narrow therapeutic index drugs. Supporters said it would improve rural access and help secure rural health transformation funding, while questions focused on how pharmacist competence would be measured and enforced.
Senate Bill 2403, also passed 46-0, creates a short-term medical facility emergency operating loan program through the Bank of North Dakota, reduced by amendment from $10 million to $5 million, to help a financially distressed rural hospital. Senators discussed the hospital’s mismanagement, the need for a bridge loan, and safeguards including a limited application window and expiration in 2027. Senate Bill 2404 passed 46-0 and provides supplemental appropriations to the Information Technology Department for ADA-related website accessibility compliance and to the Public Service Commission for additional legal costs in federal energy-rate litigation. The Senate then made announcements about a Highway Patrol safety presentation and filing deadlines, excused an absent member, and adjourned until the next morning.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 316 is for the new licensure category of educational tourism distilleries.
- Educational tourism distilleries.
- We are education-based, and we have an educational mission.
- We must carefully consider... ...our educational mission in everything that we do.
- It's more education. I understand that sometimes it takes a little talking about it over and over.
Keywords:
electric transmission, public highways, permit processing, economic growth, infrastructure, rural development, condemnation actions, state regulations, community development district, CDD, annexation, municipal annexation, wet municipality, dry county, wet county, Sunday alcohol sales, ABC Board, alcohol licensing, on-premises consumption, golf course
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes HF1090 to honor the late former Rep. Mary Murphy - 4/21/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the library construction grants under the Department of Education after Mary Murphy, the Mary C.
- the library construction grants under the Department of Education after Mary Murphy, the Mary C.
- The program, like I mentioned before, is established under the Department of Education.
- </c><00:01:43.119><c> Eligible</c> the Department of Education.
- Eligible the Department of Education.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 20th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to welcome a cohort of the California Association. of Resource and Special Educators that are
- The California Association of Resource and Special Educators are the only group whose sole purpose is
- to represent the unique needs of special educators and support staff throughout the state.
- We need, this is why we need diversity, equity, and inclusion in public education.
- He knew that it led to better health outcomes and educational outcomes for families.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/12/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #23
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, members, HB 2477, new title revisions, Arizona Education Savings Plan, raises caps as passed
- Just to clarify, 529s are designated for educational expenses.
- So one is education; one is supposed to be restricted to education, and one is not required to be restricted
- to education.
- It would be moving tax-free education dollars into a tax-free retirement account.