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ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It reduces a regulatory burden by reducing the number of continuing education credits required for private
- We updated these incorporated by reference documents to reduce the number of continuing education hours
- These changes ensure that these private, licensed individuals receive the necessary continuing education
- Just for clarification in my head, we're getting rid of the continuing education requirements that are
- Chairman and Senator Lakey, for the record, what we are doing is we are lowering the continuing education
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee met with Senator Shippee presiding in place of Chairman Lakey for part of the meeting. The committee first considered two gubernatorial appointments to the Commission of Pardons and Parole: Scott Smith and Dailen Hobson. Both were moved to the floor with a recommendation for Senate confirmation and approved by voice vote.
The committee then reviewed Rule Docket 21-01-0101-2501 from the Idaho Division of Veterans Services, which removes obsolete rules related to domiciliary care that is no longer provided. Members asked about a weapons prohibition at the state veterans home and whether it related to federal rules and resident safety; the presenter said it did. The docket was approved by voice vote. Next, the committee heard Rule Docket 57-0101-2501 from the Sexual Offender Management Board, which lowers continuing education requirements for private licensed evaluators and treatment providers from 40 to 30 hours and removes duplicative language between the rule and incorporated documents. The presenter requested an early effective date of sine die so temporary rules would not be needed, and the committee approved the docket with that early effective date by voice vote.
After Chairman Lakey returned, Senator Wintrow presented RS 32987, a proposal to add two misdemeanor offenses to the list of crimes requiring DNA collection in Idaho. She said the measure was narrowed from an earlier version with seven misdemeanors, cited public safety and repeat-offense concerns, and noted informal support from stakeholders including the sheriffs’ association. The committee voted to introduce the RS and send it to print by voice vote, then adjourned.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 22nd, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And then there is an amendment that was given to us by the Department of Education to make sure we were
- Yes, it came from the Department of Education, and it's making sure... if you're looking through it,
- This amendment came from the Department of Education to make sure that we were treating it as we needed
- This was the amendment that came from the Department of Education to make sure we included everyone that
- And y'all know I reference the Southern Regional Educational Board all the time, and I wanted to make
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- About 8 million of the 9.2 million acres in the state land trust goes to fund education, classrooms,
- teachers, and educational opportunities for Arizona’s kids.
- , teachers, educational opportunities for Arizona's kids. education, classrooms, teachers, educational
- The reason for the state land trust is to generate these dollars for education.
- , We've had meetings for the last two, almost two years, on workforce, education, and energy.
Bills:
HB2014, HB2055, HB2145, HB2150, HB2696, HB2755, HB2763, HB2781, HB2782, HB2787, HB2795, HB2889, HB2975, HB2985, HB2986, HCM2009, HCR2020, HCR2038
Keywords:
air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, Arizona Revised Statutes, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, fuel reformulation, gasoline standards, environmental regulations, ethanol supply, Air Quality, state land department, mineral lease, renewals
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Native American Affairs Mar 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Very enlightening education. Thank you so much for all of your testimony.
- Very enlightening education components for myself, and I'm pretty sure members on the dais.
- And so... ...there’s going to be a lot more education.
- I think we're at a point of education and understanding mutual respect.
- I think we're at a point of education, of understanding, mutual respect, and understanding.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 14 (1-27-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- What was missing was morals, because we seek to not only give our children an education but a moral education
- </c> height of education height of education universities<00:01:38.560><c> were</c><00:01:38.799><c>
- but a moral our children an education but a moral education<00:01:48.479><c> to</c><00:01:48.720><c>
- to not only build a strong education to not only build a strong society<00:01:50.799><c> but</c><00:
- ><c> stakeholders</c><00:18:38.880><c> to</c> education groups and stakeholders to education groups and
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Transcript Highlights:
- the Department of Education dismantle itself, sources of funds are you confident?
- , special education program supervision, and some other targeted special education services.
- This is to now we're into the Department of Higher Education.
- This is to now we're into the Department of Higher Education.
- The second is the Early Childhood Development Education Care Fund.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-05-01 (11:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, round two of our education train, if you include Senator Claudio, of our education policy.
- We should have an entire session on education policy alone, Mr. President.
- President, round two of our education three, if you include Senator Claudio of our education policy.
- We should have an entire session on education policy alone, Mr. President.
- Thank you to the education trio.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of member introductions recognizing interns, pages, volunteers, and the retirement of Pastor Gary Austin from the sergeant’s office. Leadership also announced that budget talks with the House were continuing and that senators would not need to plan on being in next week, suggesting progress toward a budget framework. After routine floor business, the chamber took up a major third-reading measure on citizen initiatives and several education bills, followed later by returning messages from the House on health and school-safety measures.
The most extensive debate centered on the citizen initiative bill, which sponsors said was intended to protect the constitutional amendment process from fraud and abuse based on election-crime investigations and a large state report on petition fraud. Supporters argued the bill would add reasonable guardrails, prevent misuse of public funds, and preserve integrity while still allowing grassroots participation. Opponents from both parties argued it would make citizen-led amendments much harder by adding costs, deadlines, criminal penalties, and administrative burdens that would chill participation and favor wealthy or corporate interests. After lengthy debate, the Senate voted 28-10 to pass the bill.
The chamber then passed several education measures with little or no opposition, including bills tied to Bright Futures, dual enrollment, Florida ABLE, teacher preparation, and other education policy updates, all by 38-0. Later, the Senate concurred in House amendments on a stem cell therapy bill, an EKG requirement for student athletes, and a cardiac emergency bill, each passing 37-0. The House also sent back a school safety bill with amendments affecting child care facility partnerships with law enforcement, temporary door locks during active assailant incidents, supervision windows, and funding for panic alarm systems; the transcript ends as that bill is being explained.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- President, round two of our education three, if you include Senator Claudio, of our education policy.
- We should have an entire session on education policy alone, Mr. President.
- President, round two of our education three, if you include Senator Claudio of our education policy.
- We should have an entire session on education policy alone, Mr. President.
- Thank you to the education trio.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of member introductions recognizing interns, pages, and a retiring Senate employee. Leadership also announced that budget talks with the House were continuing and that senators should not plan to be in next week, with hopes of sharing more budget news soon. The chamber then moved to third reading and took up a major bill on citizen initiatives and constitutional amendments, with sponsors saying it was needed to address documented petition fraud and to protect the integrity of the process.
That bill drew extensive debate. Supporters argued that recent investigations showed widespread fraud in petition gathering, that the measure would add reasonable guardrails, and that it would prevent taxpayer-funded government messaging from being used to influence ballot measures. Opponents said the bill would make it much harder for ordinary Floridians to place amendments on the ballot by adding costs, deadlines, registration requirements, fines, and felony exposure, and they warned it would chill grassroots participation and effectively favor wealthy or corporate-backed campaigns. After debate, the Senate passed the bill 28-10.
The Senate then adopted several House amendments and concurred on a series of education and public-safety measures, including bills on stem cell therapy, student-athlete electrocardiograms, cardiac emergency planning in schools, school safety, Bright Futures and other education policy items, and educator preparation. Most of those measures passed unanimously or with overwhelming support, and the chamber also recognized additional interns and a long-serving education advocate before recessing and returning to continue with House messages.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The educational requirements are pretty stringent, period.
- Scope of practice or the lowering of the educational standards at all. Thank you. Thank you.
- You can't lower your continuing education requirements. So in Texas.
- In 2019, 50% of Texas medical schools graduates left the state to finish their education.
- And they also they don't need to like miss out on education.
Keywords:
healthcare, maternal health, reporting requirements, Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee, health provider immunity, workplace violence, nurses, grant program, healthcare facilities, safety measures, safety, nursing, grants, healthcare safety, verbal abuse, physical abuse, nurse empowerment, occupational therapy, licensure, interstate practice
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (02/24/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not just administrative services; there are things like CTE from the Department of Education, and
- and there's a statute that Education and there's a statute that guides<00:06:55.560><c> how</c><00:06
- </c><00:12:54.240><c> trust</c> appropriation use the education trust appropriation use the education
- But the governor has now taken these projects and put them in her capital budget under the Education
- Because I used to be on education. I've been following it for years. It's actually...
Summary:
The Public Works and Highways committee held a capital budget orientation led by Legislative Budget Assistant Office staff, who walked members through the budget materials, the capital budget process, and the committee’s compare sheet. The presentation explained that agencies begin developing capital requests nearly a year in advance, submit them by May 1, and that the governor’s recommended capital budget is a reduced version of the much larger agency wish list. Members were told the agencies initially requested about $1.1 billion in projects, the catalog was trimmed to just over $400 million in general fund projects, and the governor’s recommendation in the pink book totals about $143 million in general fund capital appropriations. The committee also reviewed the prior capital budget and related statutes and committee procedures.
Several specific projects drew discussion. The Department of Education’s CTE projects were explained as having been shifted into the operating budget in the prior cycle and now returning to the capital budget recommendation; members asked whether there was a backup CTE project and whether local approval had been secured for the named project. The Cannon Mountain tramway request was highlighted as a $20 million recommendation, with the presenter explaining that an earlier $18 million appropriation would be lapsed back to the general fund to help balance the budget. The Department of Corrections’ new prison project was also discussed; members were told the state has already appropriated $50 million for planning and site evaluation, but the governor’s current capital budget does not include a new prison construction appropriation because the project is not yet ready for that phase and may need to be funded differently, possibly through a separate, staggered appropriation.
State Treasurer Monica Mezzapelli then presented on debt affordability and the state’s borrowing capacity. She said the state’s credit position has improved, with the debt-to-revenue ratio falling from 8.2% in 2015 to 3.8% in 2024, and explained that RSA 6-C limits debt authorization to 10% of unrestricted prior-year revenue. She noted that the Treasury’s planning assumes $60 million in annual bond issuance, with the prison-related $40 million now expected to be issued in 2026 rather than 2025 because the project is not ready to spend the funds. She said the state can still borrow more, but additional debt service must be paid from operating funds, and recommended keeping capital bonding in the $120 million to $130 million range to preserve affordability and the state’s credit rating.
Members asked for clarification on the CTE funding shift, the prison schedule, and the meaning of the large agency request totals. The chair and treasurer discussed the governor’s $143 million recommendation versus the committee’s usual target range, and the treasurer said $130 million would be more comfortable than $140 million, with $135 million described as a possible compromise. No formal votes or committee actions were taken in the portion provided; the meeting was informational and ended with the presenters offering to answer follow-up questions as agencies come before the committee.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Legislative Oversight & Investigations Committee (7-6-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- Thought you might be able to educate me. >> Thank you.
- prevention education pieces that they do while they're in the home.
- caregivers, we ask that they educating caregivers, we ask that they also<00:42:05.680><c> educate</c
- </c><01:10:38.159><c> What</c> money and invested it in education.
- What money and invested it in education.
Keywords:
Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:01
Approve Minutes from June 11, 2026- 00:00:40
Staff Report on 2026 Child Fatality Panel Update- 00:01:17
Panel Staff Response to Report-00:21:12
University of Kentucky Name, Image, and Likeness-00:44:34
Kentucky State Police Update on SERVS-01:17:55
Adjornment-01:33:05, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first established a quorum and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Members then received a staff report on the Kentucky Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel, including an annual LOIC evaluation of the panel’s operations, statutory compliance, case management system development, member experience, and written procedures. The report noted recent House Bill 778 expanded the panel’s access to records and to TWIST/I-TWIST, and recommended that staff request access and training promptly to avoid implementation problems.
Analysts reported the panel has met statutory membership and meeting requirements, and that agency responses to the panel’s 2025 recommendations improved, with all responses meeting statutory content requirements though some were late. They also said the panel still lacks formal written procedures, so a prior recommendation was reissued. The report discussed the panel’s new case management system, now in testing with the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and a survey of panel members showing generally positive views of meetings and case discussions but recurring concerns about SharePoint access, time demands, virtual meetings, and the panel’s lack of enforcement authority. The report included a matter for legislative consideration suggesting the General Assembly may wish to seek additional testimony from agencies when responses are unclear or more information is needed.
Panel staff responded that the work is difficult but important, said they are optimistic about gaining TWIST access, and acknowledged that written procedures have not yet been completed because they wanted to align them with the new system. They said both the system and procedures are hoped to be finished by the end of the year, with the new case management system expected to be implemented by September 1 after further testing and migration. Members also discussed trends in child fatality and near-fatality cases, including increases in reported cases since 2013, substance abuse, safe storage of firearms, and concerns about THC/CBD gummies reaching children. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- If not, the clerk will take the call to the Maryland State Education Association.
- </c> to the Maryland State Education to the Maryland State Education Association.<00:04:34.960><c> Uh
- PTA former education activist, and and PTA former PTA<00:09:31.440><c> mom.
- ,</c><00:31:11.360><c> energy,</c> right, let's go to uh education, energy, right, let's go to uh education
- ,</c> >> Senate Bill 197, Chair, Education, >> Senate Bill 197, Chair, Education, Energy,
Summary:
The Senate convened with an invocation, journalized the prayer, and recognized Read Across America Day with a special resolution congratulating the Maryland State Education Association on the program’s 28th anniversary. Senators also welcomed several guests and student groups, including Eleanor Roosevelt High School students, Maryland Federation of Republican Women members for Red Scarf Day, medical shadows from Johns Hopkins, a student page prospect, and a group from Matthew Henson Elementary School.
The chamber then took up multiple Finance Committee consent calendars and individual local alcohol-related bills, all of which were reported favorably, adopted without objection, and ordered printed for third reading. Measures included changes to alcohol license fee refunds for uniformed service members, Anne Arundel County license classifications and compensation for liquor board officials, a Baltimore City racetrack license extension, a Cecil County license quota change, and new or expanded licenses for golf courses, sports venues, and barber shop/beauty salon establishments. The Senate also advanced bills on social work licensing, a rural readiness economic development program, a Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission extension, peer-to-peer car sharing insurance rules, telematics-based auto insurance disclosures and appeals, and veteran status notation on public profiles.
Several bills were amended before being advanced, generally with technical or clarifying changes and no recorded opposition. Senate Bill 18 would create a provisional social work license; Senate Bill 351 would regulate insurer use of vehicle telematics data; Senate Bill 395 would revise insurance and liability rules for peer-to-peer car sharing; and Senate Bill 197 would alter comprehensive plan elements in land use law. Senate Bill 439, protecting fire and rescue public safety employees from adverse action based on medical cannabis certification, also moved forward without amendment.
One measure, Senate Bill 69, which would make permanent the nonprofit navigator position in the Department of Commerce, was discussed at length after a member raised concerns about oversight of nonprofit grant funding. On request, the bill was special ordered to the next day for further consideration. All other bills discussed in the transcript were advanced to third reading by unanimous or near-unanimous voice action, with no recorded roll-call votes.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 25 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> to fully fund education to fully fund education uh<00:24:08.960><c> since</c><00:24:09.520><c> we've
- </c> >> When you say nonprofit educational >> When you say nonprofit educational institutions
- </c> foster care institutions, educational foster care institutions, educational institutions institutions
- But, on the on the education side.
- </c> what we were giving to public education. what we were giving to public education.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- grow the Massachusetts economy by empowering our students and investing directly in our technical education
- The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is mandated to establish regulations setting minimum
- needs, we draw confidence from neighboring states that have pursued similar strategies of tying education
- Idaho's launch grant program provides significant education grants to students pursuing careers determined
- But this proposal doesn't compete with essential services like Medicaid or education.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Revenue held a hybrid hearing on a large slate of bills related to advertising, economic development, tourism, digital advertising, delivery taxes, and alcohol taxation. The first panel supported H. 3249, which would create a high school trade partnership program linking public schools with private employers, especially in manufacturing, and would offer employers a tax credit for participation. Representative Soder, Uxbridge High School leaders, and others argued the bill would strengthen career pathways, build a skilled workforce, and keep students and jobs in Massachusetts.
The committee then heard testimony on H. 3031 and S. 2003 to modernize the Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund by dedicating an additional share of hotel occupancy tax revenue to tourism promotion. Tourism and hospitality representatives from Cape Cod, Southwick Zoo, and Indian Ranch said the proposal would not raise taxes but would reinvest existing visitor-generated revenue into marketing that supports jobs, local businesses, and municipal tax receipts. A tech-industry coalition opposed several digital advertising tax bills and a delivery tax bill, warning they would raise costs, create uncertainty, and burden consumers, small businesses, and delivery workers.
The largest portion of the hearing focused on S. 2029, which would raise the alcohol excise tax by 10 cents per drink and dedicate the revenue to public health programs. Public health experts, advocates, a student prevention leader, and representatives from Jane Doe, Inc. argued the tax would reduce alcohol-related harms, address decades of inflation-driven erosion in the tax, and generate substantial new funding for prevention, treatment, domestic violence services, and community schools. Committee members asked questions about the current tax structure, inflation, and how the proposal compares with neighboring states. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair adjourned after public testimony concluded.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 57 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill will also support our educators.
- This legislation will also ensure that all educator preparation programs are molding our future educators
- We understand that in order to meet the moment, our educators must be well supported.
- I'd like to thank the Speaker, the gentleman from the North End, the chair of the Education Committee
- The best public education in the Commonwealth, in the country, and we're going to keep it that way.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed several student and community guests, including ambassadors from Robinson Middle School in Lowell, visitors honoring the Gaudet family and Patricia Rappucci, Scottish visitors celebrating Scotland’s World Cup appearance, Top-Notch Scholars students from Lawrence, and the King Philip Regional High School baseball team after its first state championship. The chamber also adopted several routine resolutions and orders, including extending the reporting deadline for the Health Care Financing Committee and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a condominium-related petition. The House then rejected concurrence with the Senate on the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act and instead voted to appoint a committee of conference.
The major policy action was on Senate Bill 3064, the Mass Ready Act, a large climate resilience and environmental bond bill. Members speaking in support emphasized flood protection, clean water, PFAS remediation, municipal vulnerability preparedness, coastal resilience, parks, trails, housing, and agricultural and food-system investments. The bill was described as authorizing roughly $3.8 billion in general obligation bonds, with discussion of specific funding for the Clean Water Trust, PFAS remediation, coastal infrastructure, biodiversity, healthy homes, and farmland preservation. A consolidated amendment was adopted, and after debate the House passed the bill to be engrossed by a roll call vote.
The House also took up the conference report on H. 5511, the early literacy and teacher preparation bill. Supporters said the measure would require evidence-based reading instruction, move away from three-cueing approaches, support educator training and apprenticeships, and improve student literacy outcomes statewide. The conference report was accepted on a roll call vote of 152-0. Later, the House considered amendments to the Mass Ready Act, including one proposal to increase PFAS remediation funding that was ultimately withdrawn, and adopted another consolidated amendment before passing the bill to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 151-0. The House then adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and adjourned to an informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 57 Jun 17th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill will also support our educators.
- This legislation will also ensure that all educator preparation programs are molding our future educators
- We understand that in order to meet the moment, our educators must be well supported.
- I'd like to thank the Speaker, the gentleman from the North End, the chair of the Education Committee
- The best public education in the Commonwealth, in the country, and we're going to keep it that way.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/13/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Senator May moves to discharge from the Committee on Higher Education, Assembly Bill 4840A, and
- AMEND THE EDUCATION LAW. >> READ THE LAST SECTION.
- Calendar 923, Senate Print 8899, Senator Stavisky, an act to amend the Education Law.
- Calendar 923, Senate Print 8899, Senator Stavisky, an act to amend the Education Law.
- Calendar 924, Assembly 9566A, Assembly Member Berger, an act to amend the Education Law.
Summary:
The Senate opened with routine business, approved the prior journal, and received several motions to discharge identical Assembly bills from committee and substitute corresponding Senate bills. Members also offered brief recognitions for visitors, including Yemeni American community advocates and Cheri Davis, who was honored for her Alzheimer’s advocacy and support work. The chamber then took up several previously adopted resolutions, including Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Period Poverty Awareness Week, and Nurses Week, with senators speaking in support of each measure’s purpose and importance.
The body then moved through a long calendar of bills, passing a wide range of measures on education, public health, correction law, environmental conservation, municipal law, agriculture, and consumer protection. Notable floor discussion included Senator Ramos explaining her support for a bill requiring salons and similar businesses to display multilingual domestic violence resource information, and Senator Gianaris and Senator Borrello debating a bill to prohibit electronic shelf labeling in stores over concerns about surveillance, dynamic pricing, and impacts on brick-and-mortar retailers. Senator May and Senator Skoufis also spoke on an environmental conservation bill concerning American eel management, with May supporting the species protections and Skoufis objecting to the bill’s structure.
Most bills were adopted by wide margins, though several drew recorded negative votes. The Senate passed the domestic violence information bill, the electronic shelf-labeling bill, and multiple other measures, including bills on eviction notice procedures, surrogate court procedure, and environmental conservation. After completing the calendar, the Senate reported no further business and adjourned until the next day at 11:00 a.m.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a bill that was brought forward by the Department of Education. This is not a vendor bill.
- The Department of Education and Mike Curtinbach with the Department of Education, who leads the school
- We need to make sure we keep our children, educators, and staff safe, and we need to make sure they can
- And so I think that we should take some time to really look at the research, really talk to our educators
- And so I think that we should take some time to really look at the research, really talk to our educators
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, and recognition of the Doctor of the Day. Members also welcomed a visiting group from Women Leading Government and adopted a proclamation honoring Deputy Warden Veronica Parcell and National Corrections Officers and Employees Week. The House then agreed to request Senate consent to adjourn after completing its work on Wednesday, April 22, and later moved into Committee of the Whole to consider bills on the calendar.
In Committee of the Whole, the House advanced several Senate bills. SB 1457, SB 1808, SB 1006, SB 1018, SB 1041, SB 1345, and SB 1512 all received do-pass recommendations, with SB 1552 also receiving a do-pass recommendation as amended. SB 1006 was amended to increase the anonymous small-donation reporting threshold and add an inflation adjustment, drawing debate over transparency. SB 1018, dealing with Sharia law, prompted sharp disagreement over constitutional concerns and community impact, but still advanced. SB 1041, a strike-everything amendment on electronic monitoring in assisted living facilities, drew supportive testimony about accountability and protecting vulnerable seniors. SB 1345 advanced with amendments after discussion of licensing timelines for health facilities and removal of an anonymous complaint provision.
On third reading, SB 1167 and SB 1254 passed, and SB 1763 also passed after debate over school district finance rules. SB 1315, concerning school safety interoperability and communications with law enforcement, failed on a 25-25 tie after extensive debate over whether it was a vendor-driven bill and whether it created an unfunded or poorly designed mandate. After that vote, a motion to reconsider SB 1315 succeeded by a 30-18 vote. The House also concurred in Senate requests to return HB 2035 and HB 2249 for reconsideration. The session ended with announcements about the annual legislative charity softball game, a Democratic caucus meeting, and adjournment until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Mar 17th, 2026
Louisiana House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They strive to provide their members with educational, marketing, and networking opportunities essential
- to determine costs of the minimum foundation program of education.
- Education.
- Education.
- Education meets tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. in Committee Room 1 to hear its posted agenda.
Bills:
HR39, HR40, HR41, HCR19, HCR20, HCR21, HB2, HB3, HB15, HB441, HB976, HB977, HB978, HB979, HB980, HB981, HB982, HR19, HR20, HR21, HR22, HR23, HR24, HR25, HR26, HR27, HR28, HR29, HR30, HR31, HR32, HR33, HR34, HR35, HR36, HR37, HR38, HCR15, HCR16, HCR17, HCR18, SCR10, HB115, HB208, HB465, HB964, HB965, HB966, HB967, HB968, HB969, HB970, HB971, HB972, HB973, HB974, HB975, HB474, HB487, HB503, HB606, HB633, HB707, HB720, HB728, HB733, HB846, HB852, HB856, HB868, HB875, HB78, HB112, HB148, HB149, HB190, HB221, HB346, HB354, HB355, HB356, HB358, HB384, HB427, HB657, HB675, HB716, HB207, HB300, HB331, HB428, HB464, HB587, HB618, HB629, HB801, HB853, HB891, HB901
Keywords:
St. Joseph's Day, Saint Joseph's Day, St. Joseph's Altar, Italian American, Italian heritage, Italian immigrants, Louisiana culture, New Orleans, Sicilian heritage, Catholic, Feast of Saint Joseph, cultural resolution, heritage caucus, legislative caucus, ethnic heritage, jazz history, Italian Louisiana, immigrant contributions, cultural recognition, House Resolution 40
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (3-5-26)
Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor
Transcript Highlights:
- This could be a learning experience to educate the state's environment and history. Thank you.
- Um this could be a learning experience Um this could be a learning experience to<00:10:46.920><c> educate
- the</c><00:10:47.320><c> state's</c><00:10:47.600><c> environment</c><00:10:48.200><c> and</c> to educate
- the state's environment and to educate the state's environment and history. history. history.
- </c><00:19:55.160><c> that</c><00:19:55.280><c> we</c> to to the good public education that we to to