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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Natural Resources & Energy (2-27-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- We use it to educate customers about what not to flush—you've probably heard about fats, oils, and greases
- or fatbergs, that are showing up in sewers across the state and across the country—and we need to educate
- or fatbergs, that are showing up in sewers across the state and across the country—and we need to educate
- or fatbergs, that are showing up in sewers across the state and across the country—and we need to educate
- or fatbergs, that are showing up in sewers across the state and across the country—and we need to educate
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:04
HB 387 Discussion 01:06
HB 387 Roll Call Vote 28:30
HCR 22 Discussion 29:26
HCR 22 Roll Call Vote 31:09
HB 519 Discussion 35:36
HB 519 Roll Call Vote 38:37, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 387, which would amend MSD governance and spending rules in Louisville. The sponsor said the bill was intended to add oversight and accountability in response to large MSD rate increases, though the original rate-approval provision had been removed because of concerns about contracts and bond ratings in Oldham and Bullitt counties. MSD Executive Director Tony Parrott testified that MSD is a public utility serving more than 800,000 people through wastewater, stormwater, and flood protection services, and argued that most rate pressure comes from federal and state mandates tied to a consent decree and other orders. He said MSD already provides annual notice and bond approvals through Metro Council, offers customer assistance programs, and needs flexibility for advertising, public notices, recruitment, and compliance. Members discussed stormwater funding, aging infrastructure, flood control, and the bill’s limits on advertising and other expenditures. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill passed on a roll call vote.
The committee then considered House Concurrent Resolution 22, as substituted, which expressed support for exploring nuclear energy and included language noting Kentucky’s ability to use nuclear waste, uranium tailings, and spent fuel in ways described by the sponsor as cleaner. Supporters said Kentucky faces an energy shortage and that nuclear, including small modular reactors, should be part of the state’s future energy mix. Some members said they would support the resolution but wanted a feasibility study or noted that it does not carry the force of law. The resolution passed.
Finally, the committee began House Bill 519, sponsored by Representative Fugate, which would prevent utility companies from passing demolition costs for retired coal-fired or fossil-fuel plants on to ratepayers. The sponsor cited sharply rising electricity bills in eastern Kentucky, the decline in coal employment, and the burden of demolition costs from the Big Sandy plant being placed on customers. He argued that utilities should absorb those costs rather than shifting them to ratepayers. The bill was introduced with a motion and second, and the committee was preparing to hear further questions and testimony when the transcript ended.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
MN Zoo officials present bonding request to Capital Investment Committee 2/25/25
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> special education. special education.
- </c> Department of Education? Department of Education?
- </c> 1351, special education 611 and 619. 1351, special education 611 and 619.
- . education. education.
- , K through 12 education.
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, first we have the Department of Education with comments. Department of Education comments.
- </c> on behalf of the Department of Education on behalf of the Department of Education providing<01:11
- </c> outcomes, we will not meet our education outcomes, we will not meet our education and<01:13:30.880
- Uh, the the Department of Education.
- </c><01:46:24.880><c> and</c> the Hawaii Board of Education and the Hawaii Board of Education and support
Bills:
HB1977 , HB1764 , HB1934 , HB2533 , HB1790 , HB2181 , HB1870 , HB2140 , HB2468 , HB2358 , HB1588 , HB1688 , HB1986 , HB2030 , HB2195 , HB1949 , HB1695 , HB1950 , HB2094 , HB2115 , HB2297 , HB2336 , HB2416 , HB2049
Committee:
House Finance
Keywords:
maternal health, infant health, mobile application, Medicaid, healthcare access, state programs, music education, public concerts, Hawaii State Library, cultural collaboration, music accessibility, libraries, education, reading programs, early childhood, nonprofit, community engagement, teacher retention, Hawaiian language education, special needs schools
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They are educators, and grandparents.
- Let's rely on it for their education.
- </c><00:18:31.919><c> who</c> Pam is an accomplished educator who Pam is an accomplished educator who
- </c><04:11:09.920><c> in</c> done to improve higher education in done to improve higher education in
- She has a public servant and educator.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> funds out of the education trust fund. funds out of the education trust fund.
- What's the impact on the Education Trust Fund?
- What's the impact on the Education Trust Fund?
- What's the impact on the Education Trust Fund?
- </c> do them in education all the time. do them in education all the time.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm again the education chair for the Northstar chapter of the Appraisal Institute.
- I'm again the education chair for the Northstar chapter of the Appraisal Institute.
- We've done this in other areas of continuing education.
- It's just where they can get their continuing education. Is that correct?
- </c> to take 30 hours of continuing education to take 30 hours of continuing education every<00:48:14.640
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Medicare, health insurance, supplement policies, preexisting conditions, medical assistance, premium classification, real estate, appraisers, disciplinary actions, sanction matrix, Minnesota Statutes, continuing education, out-of-state, licensing, commerce, fraud prevention, automobile theft, law enforcement, insurance crimes, 1183
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's about creating a new education program.
- MTA has a specific telecom safety education program that's been around since 1981.
- The sensible adjustments in this bill will keep safety education in place while reducing barriers to
- so uh think of within the the education so uh think of it<00:31:46.720><c> as</c><00:31:46.840><c> a
- uh and it's already helping Education uh and it's already helping limit<00:34:38.760><c> the</c><00:
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/6/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Education bills, none of them.
- Education bills, none of them.
- Education bills, none of them.
- Education bills, none of them. issues. Education bills, none of them.
- </c> early care and education program board. early care and education program board.
Keywords:
child care, day care, child care center, family child care, family day care, group family day care, licensed child care, licensing modernization, early childhood education, preschool, infant care, toddler care, school-age care, drop-in child care, night care, sick care, community-based child care, provider training, staff ratios, group size
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Thirty Four - Monday, March 9
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , from even educating our scholars.
- As a person from higher education, language matters to me. I know.
- I mean, Department of Education and secondary education, you could throw whatever underneath that.
- All other employees will be provided training and education.
- doing our part to educate our scholars on everything.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/26/2026 - House Health & Human Services
House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, it comes back to education. I can tell you, I'm an educator as well.
- Do you know how much education a medical student receives in dementia?
- And 65% say their residency training included very little dementia education.
- It's accredited education training programs.
- refresh of what we have already been trained in and educated in is all that we're asking for.
Summary:
The committee began with a presentation from the Alzheimer’s Association Desert Southwest Chapter and Dr. Anna Burke of Barrow Neurological Institute on the growing impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia in Arizona, the need for earlier diagnosis, better provider education, caregiver support, and continued research funding. They described current gaps in training and access to specialists, but also highlighted new therapies, lifestyle interventions, and Arizona-based research efforts. Members expressed support and optimism, but no action was taken on the presentation.
The committee then heard HB 2202, which appropriates $300,000 from the general fund over fiscal years 2027 through 2029 for a dementia care tele-mentoring grant program through the Department of Health Services. Supporters, including the Alzheimer’s Association, a dementia specialist, and a patient advocate, said the program would help primary care providers diagnose dementia earlier and improve care. The bill was passed out of committee on an 11-0 vote.
Next, the committee took up HB 2251, the midwifery bill, which would authorize certain licensed midwives to dispense and administer specified medications and devices, require liability insurance disclosure and annual reporting, and create a Midwifery Advisory Committee. A committee amendment removed some medications and renamed the bill the Jordan and MacTerry Act. ACOG and the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association opposed the bill as drafted, citing concerns about oversight, peer review, and the medication list, while licensed midwives and other supporters argued the bill would improve safety, transparency, and alignment with national standards. The bill was held for further stakeholder work, with members indicating more amendments were likely.
The committee then heard HB 2252, which would allow certified nurse midwives, certified professional midwives, or licensed midwives to accompany a patient in a ground ambulance during an out-of-hospital birth if approved by medical direction. Supporters described cases where continued midwife involvement during transport helped newborns and mothers, while firefighters and EMS representatives opposed the bill as written, saying it created ambiguity about command and scene control and could raise safety concerns. The chair said the bill would be held for further stakeholder meetings and possible language changes. After a recess, the committee reconvened for presentations on federal Medicaid and rural health funding impacts, beginning with JLBC’s overview of H.R. 1’s Medicaid provisions and the rural health transformation grant program.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would increase a focus on education and restoration.
- And educating people on their risks.
- I am a public school educator in the Lexington Public Schools.
- I'm a public school educator in the Lexington Public Schools.
- I guess just around the education piece, we heard from a lot of people, right?
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hybrid hearing on a large slate of bills focused on pesticides, pollinators, rodenticides, mosquito control, invasive species, and local authority over pesticide regulation. Chair Becca Rausch set strict two-minute testimony limits due to the very large number of speakers. Early testimony from Senator Moore and Representative Hawkins strongly supported a bill to restrict second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, citing harms to wildlife, pets, and public health, and noting that California has already adopted a similar model. Testimony also supported a Lowell home rule petition to allow the city to prohibit or restrict these rodenticides, with local officials describing documented raptor poisonings and municipal efforts to phase out use on city property.
A major portion of the hearing focused on pollinator protection and neonicotinoid-treated seeds. Witnesses from environmental groups, conservation organizations, academics, and beekeepers argued that neonics harm bees and other beneficial insects, contaminate soil and water, and provide little or no economic benefit in most corn and soybean fields. Several speakers pointed to New York, Vermont, and Quebec as models for restricting treated seeds, and one panel cited research showing only a small percentage of fields benefit economically from the treatments. Support was also voiced for a bill establishing an ecologically based mosquito management program, with advocates criticizing aerial and truck spraying and urging non-chemical, locally tailored approaches.
Other testimony supported bills to reform the pesticide board and pesticide regulation process, to give vulnerable municipalities more local control over pesticide use, to protect schoolchildren from pesticides on school grounds, and to respond to invasive species through a centralized state office, coordinator, strategic plan, and trust fund. Many speakers, including representatives from Mass Audubon, MSPCA, the Xerces Society, the Sierra Club, watershed groups, and local wildlife rehabilitators, described impacts on hawks, owls, pets, fish, and broader ecosystems. No votes were taken during the hearing, and committee members generally asked few questions, with the hearing remaining in testimony mode throughout.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 120 May 14th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of Education, Governor, the State Board of Education, the Commissioner of Education. >> Representative
- .problem and give educators more tools and resources to succeed.
- They're very well experienced in education law and they would also be supporting.
- As I spoke yesterday with several members from the education Several members from the education committee
- I came from the board of education in my school district. I'm here to support kids.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/11/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Seabberger, Educational Assistance for Veterans, Children, and Spouses Modification.
- Senate File 3957 seeks to modernize statutory references for veterans higher education programs that
- It changes the authority of the veterans education appropriations to MDVA's Veterans Education and Occupational
- It changes the authority of the veterans education appropriations to MDVA's Veterans Education and Occupational
- ,</c><00:24:58.960><c> recordkeeping,</c> to continuing education, recordkeeping, to continuing education
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 4th, 2026
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Most agencies in this state have the privilege of spending tax dollars to buy educational material.
- </c> opportunity to purchase education opportunity to purchase education materials<00:05:18.240><c> to
- c> on</c><00:05:20.400><c> how</c> materials to educate the public on how materials to educate the public
- He said, for what it's worth, he was not an educator before.
- He said, for what it's worth, he was not an educator before. The chair said, "Thank you.
Bills:
SB8 , SB22 , SB137 , HB295 , HB2 , HB343 , HB220 , HB303 , HB81 , SB8 , SB22 , SB137 , HB295 , HB2 , HB343 , HB220 , HB303 , HB81
Committee:
House State Government
Keywords:
emergency management, public funds, educational materials, state legislation, disaster response, uniformity, state laws, legislative commission, appointments, government structure, resilience, natural disasters, risk management, Alabama Resilience Council, Chief Resilience Officer, state planning, environmental protection, community preparedness, Alabama Office of Civic Engagement, Alabama Office of Minority Affairs
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (02/21/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- actually going back further, when I first started at New Hampshire Lottery in 2011, our return to education
- actually going back further, when I first started at New Hampshire Lottery in 2011, our return to education
- Back further, when I first started at New Hampshire Lottery in 2011, our return to education trust fund
- That is really what's going to impact your bottom line for the Education Trust Fund.
- </c> to impact your bottom line for Education to impact your bottom line for Education trust<00:26:08.039
Summary:
The committee heard a budget presentation from New Hampshire Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre and CFO Jim Durus. McIntyre said the Lottery has more than tripled its return to the Education Trust Fund since 2011, from $62 million to $207 million in FY 24, while keeping expenses relatively flat over time. He explained that the Lottery operates like a business, is heavily audited, and that the governor’s budget raises the FY 26-27 revenue estimate to $185 million, up about $12 million annually from prior estimates. He attributed FY 24’s unusually strong results to record Powerball sales driven by a spike in billion-dollar jackpots tied to higher interest rates, and said scratch tickets still make up most gross sales, though Powerball is the highest-margin product.
Members questioned the Lottery about the difference between gross revenue and profit, the steep rise in operating expenses, and the reasons for requested budget increases. McIntyre said the main drivers were payroll, benefits, advertising, added regulatory responsibilities from expanded gaming, and a new Salesforce customer-tracking system. He also described requested capital needs, including an outdated security system, building access and ADA improvements, and upgrades to the front office for employee safety. He said the security system is still running on an old Windows 7-based setup and that the requested upgrade would modernize cameras and add redundancy.
The discussion also covered staffing and gaming expansion. McIntyre said the Lottery has 84 employees including three commissioners, with 13 funded vacancies, and that it plans to fill positions as two new gaming rooms come online in Rochester and Derry. He said the Lottery’s revenue estimates were revised upward because sports betting in Massachusetts had less impact than expected and historic horse racing machines have been more profitable than forecast. He also explained the governor’s proposal to shift historic horse racing toward slot-style machines, saying the physical machines would look largely the same but the content and math would change, and that the state’s revenue share would increase under the proposal. No votes were taken; the committee mainly asked questions and received explanations about the Lottery’s budget and revenue assumptions.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 17th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You, this actually does come down to educating our children, giving parents the choices they want for
- what's good for their children to educate.
- Taxpayers' dollars have been spent on these structures for providing education.
- This bill will ensure, or do its best To make sure that they stay in the realm of education and are not
- To the State Board of Education, and there will be no process for appeal if the State Board denies any
Bills:
SB1627 , SB227 , SB366 , SB1193 , SB1433 , SB1450 , SB1481 , SB1749 , SB1810 , SB1812 , SB1921 , SB1948 , SB2044 , SB2178 , SB169 , SB1877 , HB1409 , SB1266 , SB1432
Keywords:
criminal code cleanup, duplicate statutes, statutory consolidation, repealer bill, emergency clause, Title 21 crimes, Title 47 DUI, child abuse reporting, child neglect, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, sex offenses, rape, stalking, domestic abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, sex trafficking, gang-related offense, eluding police
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 832 referred to the Education Committee.
- House Bill 832 was referred to the Education Committee.
- House Bill 846 by Education Committee, an act relating to education, amending Section 33-1027, Idaho
- Senate Bill 1227 by Education Committee, regarding education.
- They've closed down their College of Education and folded it in somewhere else.
Summary:
The House opened with roll call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the journal and received messages from the governor and Senate. Several committee reports were read, including referrals of newly printed bills and memorials, and the House moved a number of measures to second reading, general orders, or committee calendars. The chamber also advanced multiple bills through first reading and referral, including measures on health insurance prior authorization, budget limits, homestead exemption, Medicaid presumptive eligibility, student enrollment counseling, water districts, and rat control.
In Committee of the Whole, members considered House Bill 717 on motor vehicles, Senate Bill 1227 on artificial intelligence in K-12 education, House Bill 668 on child custody interference, House Bill 750 on programmable money, and House Bill 747 on abatement districts. Amendments were adopted to HB 717, HB 1227, HB 668, and HB 750, and the committee reported those bills back without recommendation as amended; HB 530, HB 627, HB 598, and HB 747 were reported as progress. The House adopted the committee report, sending HB 717, HB 668, and HB 750 to engrossing and placing SB 1227 on the first reading calendar.
On third reading, House Bill 659 passed 41-27 after extensive debate over requiring local law enforcement agencies to seek ICE 287(g) agreements and whether the bill imposed an unfunded mandate or would improve immigration enforcement and public safety. House Bill 674, dealing with telephone service discontinuance after FCC approval, passed 65-1 with four abstentions. The House also passed HB 566, HB 568, HB 774, SB 1244, and SB 1265, largely as code-cleanup or repeal measures, and held several bills on the calendar until the following Monday.
The chamber then began debate on Senate Bill 1331, a 2026 budget rescission bill that would impose across-the-board holdbacks except for certain areas such as K-12, corrections, state police, and Medicaid. Supporters argued it was needed to maintain a structurally balanced budget, preserve fiscal discipline, and set a baseline for later add-backs; opponents said it was an unfunded, blunt cut that would harm vulnerable populations, reduce services, and rely on a process they viewed as constitutionally and practically flawed. Debate continued at length, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 832 is referred to the Education Committee.
- House Bill 832 is referred to the Education Committee.
- House Bill 846, by the Education Committee, is an act relating to education, amending Section 33-1027
- Senate Bill 1227, by the Education Committee, regarding education.
- They've closed down their College of Education and folded it in somewhere else.