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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Business

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  • they're telling me that this will be contrary to the justice department ruling with the National Association
  • agreement, not a plea agreement, but a negotiated agreement between the two parties that the National Association
  • There's a players' association.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 14th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • elder abuse training to the required training for district judges, statutory county court judges, associate
Bills: SB1015, SB2933
Summary: The Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence heard testimony on Senate Bill 1015, which would clarify that the comptroller is responsible for distributing excess judicial fund payments back to statutory probate courts. Judge Guy Herman testified in support, saying the bill would help ensure probate courts receive funding they are entitled to, while Ed Heimlich testified against the bill with broad criticism of probate courts and judicial practices. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2933, which would add elder abuse training to required judicial education for several categories of judges and judicial officers; Dr. Bruce Hargrave supported the bill, citing the prevalence and underreporting of elder abuse and the need for judges to recognize warning signs. No votes were taken on either of those bills, and SB 2933 was left pending. The committee then reconsidered Senate Bill 38, an eviction-related bill, and Vice Chair Hayes described two agreed floor amendments: one limiting the summary disposition procedure to forcible entry and detainer cases involving squatters, and another requiring a notice to pay rent or vacate for tenants who had been timely payers but missed a payment. After discussion, the committee voted 6-4 to report SB 38 without amendments. The committee also adopted or advanced a series of other bills and resolutions, including SB 293, SB 1141, SB 1448, SB 1536, SB 1558, SB 1838, SB 1940, SB 2127, SB 53, SB 251, SB 311, SB 387, SB 441 (with a substitute), SB 1164, SB 1335, SB 1574 (with a substitute), SB 1719, SB 1760, SB 1839, SB 1923 (with a substitute), SB 2807, and SJR 27 (with a substitute). Most measures were reported favorably on largely party-line or near-unanimous votes, with a few close votes on SB 942, SB 311, SB 2807, and SJR 27. SB 942, relating to retroactive child support beginning at conception, initially failed 5-5 but was reconsidered and then passed 6-5. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement May 5th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • What happened to my math teacher? Where's my English teacher?
  • a certified teacher of any stripe.
  • It might not be a retired teacher. It could be a teacher that comes in from Mississippi.
  • Or a certified teacher of any stripe. It might not be a retired teacher.
  • Teachers and other school employees, particularly teachers, though, have leave requirements in state
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

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  • I serve Minnesota's turkey industry as the executive director for the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association
  • Preemptively, I'd also like to say that the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association supports House File
  • Preemptively, I'd also like to say that the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association supports House File
  • The Minnesota Turkey Growers Association supports House File 111 in House File 7 or 979 that you guys
  • Association is requesting increase<01:30:33.480> in<01:30:33.600> funding<01:30:33.920
Bills: HF601, HF271, HF1101, HF979
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 18, 2026

Education

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  • How about any associations? How about any associations?
  • <01:24:09.360> teacher our professional teachers teacher our professional teachers teacher
  • of that association.
  • It's the National Association of State Directors for Teacher Education and Certification, or NASDTEC.
  • I'm the executive director of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education Certification
Bills: SF0035, SF0090, SF0072
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee, February 18, 2026

Education

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  • Association of School Administrators, Association of School Administrators, Executive<00:15:52.480>
  • I'm a teacher here in Cheyenne.
  • Um, I'm a proud member of the Shine Teachers Education Association, and what our little education union
  • , the Wyoming Association of Educators, the Wyoming Association of Agriculture Educators, the Association
  • association. I think they do great work. association. I think they do great work.
Bills: SF0035, SF0090, SF0072
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement Apr 29th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • We can stay away from the teachers.
  • This bill is good for teachers, but most importantly, This bill is good for teachers, but most importantly
  • We are in desperate need of teachers. In elementary, Excited about is we need teachers.
  • We are in desperate need of teachers. In elementary world, we can find teachers.
  • Middle school teachers, not so much.
Summary: The Retirement Committee met on April 29, 2026, established a quorum, and heard a series of retirement-related bills, mostly cleanup or technical measures affecting various public retirement systems. SB 22 would extend Municipal Employees Retirement System eligibility to certain positions in the Second City Court constable’s office in New Orleans. SB 17 would create a funding deposit account for cost-of-living adjustments for registrars of voters’ employees’ retirement system. SB 455 would allow certain district and parish courts to participate in the Parochial Employees Retirement System. SB 456 would update compensation rules for assigned retired judges, and SB 8 would add the Louisiana Asset Management Pool as a participating employer in MERS. All of these bills were described as aligning statutes with current practice or expanding participation options, and each was reported favorably without objection. The committee also heard several Louisiana State Police retirement bills. SB 10 would repeal outdated priority allocation and retiree raise rules and adjust handling of surplus employee contributions; SB 11 would increase the funding cap for benefit increases from 2.5% to 3.5%; and SB 12 would update membership and definition language to reflect the State Police Commission rather than the Civil Service Commission. SB 18 would repeal a special exception allowing certain MERS retirees to return to part-time work while collecting full benefits, while protecting roughly 30 current participants. SB 20 and SB 21 would update actuarial gain/loss and unfunded liability funding rules for school employees’ retirement and LASERS, respectively, in light of the new permanent benefit increase funding structure. Each of these bills was supported by system officials as cleanup or modernization measures and was reported favorably. The committee spent the most time on education and return-to-work issues for teachers and public employees. SB 16 would reduce annual trustee training requirements for retirement system boards from 16 hours back to 12 hours, which witnesses said would better fit smaller systems and match the original intent of the law. SB 13 would similarly update TRSL’s actuarial funding rules after the sunset of the experience account. SB 14, based on a 2025 study work group, would consolidate and simplify TRSL return-to-work rules and expand options for retired teachers, with witnesses emphasizing teacher shortages and the need to retain experienced educators. All three were reported favorably. Finally, SB 416 would allow certain Department of Public Safety and Corrections retirees to return to critical shortage positions after one year, and SB 477 would classify the chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board as a full-time state employee for retirement purposes. Both bills drew questions and discussion, especially SB 416, and both were reported favorably. The chair announced the committee’s next meeting would be moved from Monday to Tuesday, and the meeting adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Education Policy

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  • What we've done is that we have some teacher. We have some teacher shortages around the state.
  • Amstep was for STEM teachers, and this one just is loan assistance and.
  • That's where we get Lysia, and it just broadens so that anywhere we're having a shortage of a teacher
  • I'm also the wife of a seventh grade public school math teacher and coach and the former.
  • I'm a deacon and Sunday school teacher at Eritton Baptist Church.
OK
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  • And I think especially our newer teachers, they may need a little extra time.
  • The principals to make the decision that if teachers need this, it's available.
  • House Bill 3467 amends the state's maternity leave statute for school teachers to include the adoption
  • One of the biggest concerns I heard was from AP teachers who were concerned about books that may not
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16

State Government Finance and Policy

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  • Currently, the SBI receives a fixed appropriation of 139,000 annually for expenses associated with the
  • appropriation of 139,000 annually<00:04:53.360> for<00:04:53.560> expenses<00:04:54.320> associated
  • <00:04:55.080> with annually for expenses associated with annually for expenses associated
Bills: HF4074
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JDC-LBT, JDC DEFER Public Hearings 02-05-2026

Judiciary

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  • Next is Kakoa Mlullen for Hawaii Hotel Alliance and American Hotel and Lodging Association.
  • On behalf of the American Hotel and Lodging Association and the Hawaii Hotel Alliance, for the record
  • The general counsel I'm now the associate director, but to the extent that I understand, at that time
  • So, ethics doesn't have an associate director, but others have where they have, like, a director and
  • director was 153 but he the associate director was 153 but he retired.<00:13:25.519> I<00:13:
Bills: SB2841, SB2533
Summary: The joint Judiciary, Labor, and Technology Committee heard two bills in the morning session and later took up two Judiciary decision-making items. SB 2841 would require human trafficking awareness training for transient accommodation workers. Testimony was generally supportive from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the Department of Law Enforcement, and the Hawaii Hotel Alliance/American Hotel and Lodging Association, which also proposed amendments to preserve existing industry training programs and broaden coverage. Members clarified that the administration wanted DLE to be the lead agency instead of DLIR, while the Attorney General would still handle approval of training programs. The committee recommended passage with amendments, including coverage for third-party contractors and implementation dates, and the measure was adopted with no recorded opposition. SB 2533 would adjust the salaries of the Campaign Spending Commission’s executive director and associate director to better align with comparable enforcement/compliance positions. The commission supported the bill, saying its salaries lag behind similar offices by about $30,000 and that recruitment and workload have become more difficult, while one testifier opposed the proposal. Members questioned why the bill used the Department of Health as the salary comparator and whether Ethics would be a better benchmark; the committee agreed to revise the bill to peg the salaries to the Ethics Commission instead, blank out the dollar amounts for further review, and note the requested appropriation in the report. The committee recommended passage with amendments, and the measure was adopted. In the Judiciary decision-making agenda, SB 2203, concerning the use of masks or personal disguises by law enforcement officers, was amended to allow exceptions for officers who are unmasked nearby or who are supporting undercover operations, to change the term to “facial covering,” and to add definitions covering federal, state, and county law enforcement. The committee also set a far-future effective date and passed the bill with amendments. SB 2442, relating to judiciary purchase-of-service contracts with community-based organizations, was also passed with amendments; the committee added a far-future effective date, clarified the consumer price index reference, and noted a recommended appropriation amount of $4.26 million in the committee report. All measures were adopted without recorded no votes or reservations.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Education

Education

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  • As a former teacher, I celebrate civics, but I'm...
  • Thank you. where it's not going like a teacher or a counselor and the counselor association who originally
  • Have you talked to the Charter Association and to charters?
  • It and not force it on the teachers.
  • eligible teachers and the treasurer's estimate.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee heard and advanced a series of education-related bills and resolutions. SB 1572 would require public schools to observe Celebrate Freedom Week and provide civics instruction, including a Declaration of Independence recitation unless exempt; supporters said it would strengthen civics education, while opponents argued schools already provide similar instruction. It passed 3-2. SB 1798, as amended, would require each high school to designate a FAFSA point of contact and implement FAFSA awareness efforts; the Arizona Board of Regents supported it, while some members raised concerns about imposing mandates on charter schools. It passed 5-1 as amended. The committee also passed SB 1711, which directs the State Board of Education to develop and post age-appropriate resources on recognizing and preventing inappropriate contact, with supporters emphasizing prevention and opponents warning about conflicts with Arizona’s sex-education rules. SB 1004, as amended, would exempt certain student groups from chronic-absence consequences under a new attendance policy, and SB 1507, as amended, would require consolidation of certain small school districts in receivership, with added provisions on assets, elections, and CTED participation; both passed unanimously or near-unanimously. SB 1497, as amended, would require school districts with self-insurance programs and at least 300 employees to seek competitive quotes every three years and provide detailed claims and enrollment data; it passed 5-0. Later, SB 1424 would require annual age-appropriate firearm safety awareness instruction in public schools, limited to accident prevention and without live firearms or handling demonstrations; supporters framed it as basic safety, while some members objected to charter-school mandates. It passed 4-2. SB 1684 would create a cause of action against public schools for failing to address bullying after prior reports if a student suffers serious physical injury; opponents said existing law already covers such conduct and warned of litigation costs, but it still passed 4-2. SB 1741 would require schools to allow parent-consented release-time religious instruction and award academic credit under secular criteria; critics raised constitutional and instructional-time concerns, and it passed 4-2. SB 1754 would improve complaint handling for students with disabilities by requiring a designated helper and annual reporting on special education complaints, and it passed 6-0. SB 1763 would streamline handling of small instructional grants and set an August 15 deadline for annual financial report formats; it passed 6-0. Finally, the committee advanced SCR 1012, SCR 1041, and SCR 1051, which would expand Arizona Teachers Academy eligibility for community college students and place teacher pay and permanent school fund distribution measures before voters; each resolution passed on party-line or near-party-line votes. The committee then adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 28th, 2026 at 11:02 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

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  • It is the highest certification a teacher may obtain.
  • We have 1,513 National Board Certified Teachers out of 22,000 K-12 teachers in New Mexico.
  • newly renewed teachers.
  • Board Certified Teacher as their teacher, you know they are being taught by one of the best teachers
  • , best educated teachers in the world.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 272 is about the acute shortage of teachers.
  • And can you define acute teacher shortages? I can. It's at the bottom of... just at... I can.
  • You may have plenty of elementary teachers... you may have plenty of elementary teachers in one area,
  • So on our attraction to math and science teachers, and I know we need to do that.
  • Um, math and science were not our number one needed teachers.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Banking, Financial Services and Pensions REVISED: HB1182 - Removed Feb 17th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Banking, Financial Services and Pensions

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  • But again, that was at request of the EMT's association and county sheriffs. Other questions?
  • There's no cap, unlike teachers, where they're capped at $15,000.
  • not a teacher; you're an administrator of some kind, which is fine.
  • Yeah, the PCS just simply states that with the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System, the assumed rate
  • I mean, again, I would love to advocate for our COLA for our teacher systems, but it's kind of hard to