Video & Transcript Research : 'test year'
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- SO MY 30 YEAR DOUGHNUT WORKS.
- HOW WOULD YOU POSSIBLY TEST FOR THAT AND MAKE SURE QUITE WHAT IS THE TESTING PROCEDURE TO TEST FOR THAT
- FOR CANADA'S TESTING.
- TESTS, COGNITIVE TESTS.
- BECAUSE OF THAT BREATH TEST REFUSAL FROM 10 YEARS AGO, 1520 YEARS AGO SO THAT BREATH TEST REFUSAL WILL
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
JLCAR Administrative Rules (07/16/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- They test on their own, but they wouldn't test on ours.
- standard test that you guys take? standard test that you guys take?
- So, year.
- years.
- They have to take a test. endorsement. They have to take a test.
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes and consent calendar, then took up several rule items. For Department of Safety rule 2611, DMV leadership explained the rule had been under development since January but needed to be updated to reflect a new statutory change and to align the rule with RSA 266. Members discussed narrowing the rule to road-safety items rather than automobile inspection provisions, and the department said it would issue a new public notice and hold another hearing. The committee voted to grant a waiver and postpone the item until the October 15, 2026 meeting.
The Board of Active Puncture Licensing item 26-47 was postponed one month at the agency’s request so it could incorporate OS feedback, with no waiver needed. The Insurance Department’s claim settlement rule 25-234 and related item 26-78 drew more extensive discussion over waiver language. Committee members objected that the proposed language gave the commissioner broad discretion to set waiver periods without clear criteria, while agency counsel argued the rule already contained standards and that the language allowed temporary waivers. After discussion about consistency, permanency, and the need for clearer documentation, the committee voted to postpone 25-234 with a waiver and to postpone 26-78.
Finally, the committee considered Health and Human Services rule 2690, which sets SNAP certification periods for a pilot demonstration authorized by SB 499. Staff explained that federal changes now require the age threshold for the 36-month certification period to be 65 instead of 60, and that the agency had been directed to make the change by August 12. Agency staff said the rule needed to be updated to match federal direction, and members generally agreed. The committee discussed whether the federal citation was sufficient and whether the rule should reference the law change directly, but no final objection was raised in the portion shown.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Um year and with this bill this year.
- cosmetics. test methods that replace animal testing test methods that replace animal testing when<02
- SB 444 requires product testing facilities to use test methods that replace animal testing when they
- Thousands of animals may be used for a single test, and they can suffer for months or years before being
- Thousands of animals may be used for a single test, and they can suffer for months or years before being
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (01/28/2026)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Now I am told at least for the last two or three years it has been only guides doing the test in Maine
- How many people typically take the test a year, on average? >> I don't have a great answer.
- 40 to 50 people each each we're testing 40 to 50 people each each year,<05:09:23.040>
excuse < - So, what I heard is you have between 40 and 50 people a year that take the test and roughly 15 people
- <05:10:27.520>
and 50 people a year that take the test and 50 people a year that take the
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- While we were able to pass fentanyl and xylazine test strip decriminalization last year, this provides
- Uh, I can offer that in the last year we went through about 30,000 test strips.
- Uh, I can offer that in the last year we went through about 30,000 test strips.
- Uh, I can offer that in the last year we went through about 30,000 test strips.
- Last year, last term, a big thing that we wrestled with when we made this the testing strips was you
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And they did do some baseline testing. It took a few years to get them to do that.
- And they did do some baseline testing. It took a few years to get them to do that.
- And they did do some baseline testing. It took a few years to get them to do that.
- And they did do some baseline testing. It took a few years to get them to do that.
- And they did do some baseline testing. It took a few years to get them to do that.
Summary:
The joint hearing of the Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs considered two resolutions related to Red Hill and PFAS contamination. HCR 186 urged the U.S. Department of Defense and Defense Health Agency to extend the renewal period for secretarial designee health care authorization for people affected by the Red Hill water contamination crisis and to improve access to care. Testimony from Moira Flanary and Board of Water Supply’s Ernie Lau supported the measure, emphasizing lasting health impacts, the need for continuity of care, and National Academies recommendations for continued eligibility and access to treatment.
The second measure, HCR 200, urged the U.S. Department of Defense to reassess prior determinations and closure decisions under CERCLA in light of evolving scientific understanding of PFAS and recent federal hazardous substance designations. Mr. Lau testified in support, arguing that military investigations should not rely only on old records or AFFF documentation and should instead use current testing methods to identify contamination. He said PFAS is persistent, mobile in groundwater, and likely to require long-term remediation, and he also answered questions about cleanup challenges and the Board of Water Supply’s ongoing litigation against the Navy over Red Hill-related costs.
At the end of the hearing, the committees voted to pass both HCR 186 and HCR 200 unamended. The Public Safety and Military Affairs Committee adopted the chair’s recommendations on both measures. The Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee did not have quorum, so its votes were deferred until April 21 at 2:00 p.m. in Conference Room 225.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Elementary and Secondary Education Jan 15th, 2026
Elementary and Secondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- It’s an ability test. It’s a nonverbal IQ test, basically.
- Last year, was it two years ago?
- The IQ test is the same IQ test. There’s no difference.
- That's not two years; it's a course of semesters, not even for the whole two years.
- But we would like to have them for two years, right? If two years is what... Two years.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- into effect September 1st of last year.
- Our team is looking into the evidence of those tests and the volume of the tests.
- I've been in private practice for over 30 years.
- Though the House already passed House Bill 50, providing for opt-out HIV testing as part of an STI testing
- For about four years, and the last year I wrote two because their pricing got so out of hand that I wasn't
Keywords:
autism, health insurance, coverage, medical treatment, health benefit plan, HIV prevention, prescription drug, prior authorization, health benefits, insurance coverage, insurance, contract termination, property and casualty, insurance agents, discrimination, appraiser, umpire, licensing requirements, continuing education, admin penalties
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hemp product laboratory testing 3/16/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- 3615, number three on the calendar for the day, an act relating to cannabis, extending laboratory testing
- testing options at this time.
- c><00:02:40.959>
is <00:02:41.200>still testing market in Minnesota is still testing market - market more time to deliver this testing market more time to deliver this testing capacity<00:02
- So, this bill with a date of this year.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Oct 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- One, year-to-year comparisons can be affected by changes in test design and student participation.
- Ensures that there are test security procedures to have valid and reliable year-to-year measures.
- Luckily, this year we decided to do practice tests with progress learning for all of the other grades
- Now, NAEP, when I was a test coordinator for many years, kids seemed to be randomly drawn.
- Anyway, just a general comment from years of giving tests, Representative Roybal-Caballero.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- All biological samples must be tested. ampoules will be destroyed after testing.
- A test, per test, it's about a $300 price per test. $300 for tests.
- DNA testing pilot program.
- Today, it's border DNA testing.
- As of late last year, DPS was still reportedly dealing with their own back logs and DNA testing.
Bills:
HB256, HB1308, HB1554, HB1743, HB2308, HB2351, HB2858, HB3676, HB3784, HB4312, HB4552, HB4823, HB4852, HB5007, HB5010, HB5520, HB5524, HCR19, HB256, HCR19
Keywords:
E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In the last two years, we've tested about 17,000 vape cases that were submitted to our laboratories,
- What have you seen in the past few years as far as these 17,000... testing cases that you've had come
- Not this year or next year.
- 19 years.
- If a state does not have a good testing game, and that includes testing the test drug making sure things
Keywords:
Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- There are three times a student takes a test each year.
- There are three times a student takes a test each year, although only one of those times is used for
- I've heard for years, my wife is a former educator. I've heard for years.
- That has to determine what am I going to do if I can't pass this test? Last year, we...
- , but just not this test.
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 296, as amended by strike-all, on middle and high school start times. Senator Bradley explained that the amendment would repeal the statewide mandate for later start times and return scheduling decisions to local school boards, while still requiring districts to inform the community about the health, safety, and academic effects of sleep deprivation and to consider later start times when setting transportation schedules. Testimony and debate were largely in support, with several school district and education group representatives waiving in support, and members citing transportation, staffing, family logistics, and cost concerns under the existing mandate. The strike-all was adopted, and SB 296 was reported favorably by roll call vote, with Senators Berman, Osgood, and Chair Calatayud voting yes and Senator Gaetz voting no; other members were absent or not recorded in the excerpt.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 356, which would designate January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida. Senator Berman said the date matches the UN’s Holocaust Remembrance Day and would require the governor to annually proclaim it, while allowing public observance and instruction about the Holocaust’s harms and its impact on the Jewish community and humanity. There was no substantive opposition in the excerpt, and the bill was reported favorably by roll call vote with yes votes from Senators Berman, Gaetz, and Chair Calatayud.
Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 166 on administrative efficiency in public schools. Senator Simon described a broad deregulation package affecting student assessments, grade promotion, teacher evaluations, contracts and certification, school board operations, instructional materials timelines, internal audits, facilities planning, cost-per-student-station limits, emergency make-up days, federal fund timing, and VPK oversight. Testimony was mixed: school district and education organization representatives generally supported the flexibility, while some groups opposed or urged changes to the grade 4 promotion and graduation-related provisions, arguing they could weaken academic standards. After debate focused especially on third-grade promotion and testing requirements, the bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded their votes on SB 296 and SB 356, and the committee adjourned.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 11, 2026
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- a a machine has been tested and sealed. a a machine has been tested and sealed.
- wedding that's next year? wedding that's next year?
- The county clerks are able to test them, and able to test them.
- able to test them and able to test them. able to test them and able to test them.
- are tested at other times.
Keywords:
voting, elections, electronic voting systems, transparency, public testing, voter registration, qualified elector, residency requirements, voting rights, mortgage modification, priority, electronic signatures, real property, financial covenants, 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- There's some that look at a 5-year statute. There's some judges that have given us 10 years.
- <00:17:48.480>
they <00:17:48.960>have tests thinking that's the test they have tests - <00:18:00.107>
[snorts] to submit to more tests?" [snorts] to submit to more tests?" - clear as to which test you have to take. clear as to which test you have to take.
- And that is a test. That that's correct. And that is a test. That that's correct.
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard and advanced several bills. Senate Bill 198, relating to operations of the Office of the Attorney General, was described as a cleanup measure with seven changes, including allowing the AG’s office to handle child support employee background checks and fingerprinting, updating child support guideline commission references, clarifying control of constitutional officers’ records in multistate litigation, setting a 10-year statute of limitations for certain consumer protection matters, streamlining administrative hearing appeals, and changing representation of the professional geologist board. After questions about the administrative hearing appeal language, the committee passed the bill 9-0.
The committee then passed Senate Bill 323, which would require subpoenas for medical records to be served at least 14 days before production. President Stivers said the bill is intended to give health care providers reasonable time to comply with HIPAA, redact records, and avoid motions to quash when subpoenas are served on short notice. A question about appeal deadlines was answered by noting the bill would not affect the common 10-day motion-to-reconsider rule. The bill passed 9-0.
Senate Bill 66, as amended by committee substitute, was also passed 9-0. The substitute addressed DUI-related issues, including preserving certain driving records for 10 years, removing urine screens from the bill, adding fentanyl and other substances to the per se controlled-substances DUI list, and clarifying that a preliminary breath test may be refused and that officers should advise drivers of that right. The committee also passed Senate Bill 221, a model-law bill making the knowing purchase, sale, transfer, or offer to sell human remains for consideration a Class D felony; members asked about whether it could affect older medical specimens or fetal remains, and sponsors said the bill is aimed at remains authorized for final disposition through cremation or burial. That bill passed 8-0.
Finally, Senate Bill 312, concerning court-ordered transports in mental health cases, was presented by court security and sheriff’s association representatives. They said the bill clarifies that sheriffs may use court security staff to monitor and transport individuals undergoing 202A mental health evaluations, addressing staffing shortages and existing practice. The committee passed the bill 8-0. The committee then began hearing Senate Bill 333 on body armor grants, with the Attorney General’s office testifying that the bill would transfer administration of the Law Enforcement Protection Program to the AG and align it with the office’s existing body armor grant program, but the transcript cuts off before any vote on that measure.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- year year and a the the past uh the past year year and a half<00:25:04.159>
uh <00:25:04.279>< - , free testing, confidential testing.
- , free testing, confidential testing.
- Give them options for testing, free testing, confidential testing. Um, uh, confidential testing.
- Give them options for testing, free testing, confidential testing. Um, uh, confidential testing.
Keywords:
agriculture, depredation compensation, livestock, crop damage, elk, wolves, wildlife management, skills path program, career and technical education, CTE, dual credit, postsecondary options enrollment, apprenticeship, apprenticeship readiness, dual training, work-based learning, career pathways, skilled trades, workforce development, high school to career
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- So we won't have people waiting a year, two years to take the test and then flunk the test.
- Number one is, historically, it's two years of what we call bad test scores.
- You said two years bad test scores, and then you talked about the third year.
- You said two years bad test scores, and then you talked about the third year.
- If you go on probation after two years of bad test scores, you get up to two years of probation, to be
Summary:
The committee heard and approved several health care bills. Senate Bill 68, by Senator Harrell, would require all hospital emergency departments to be prepared to treat children by maintaining pediatric equipment, staff training, written policies, a pediatric care coordinator, and completion/public posting of the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment. Senator Harrell said the bill is intended to improve pediatric emergency care in general hospitals, and the bill was supported by the Florida College of Emergency Physicians and the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. It passed favorably.
The committee also approved Senate Bill 154, which corrects the Mobile Act for dentists and dental hygienists by requiring graduates of out-of-state dental schools seeking licensure by endorsement to have attended a CODA-accredited school. The bill drew support from dental and dental hygienist groups and passed favorably. Senate Bill 40, by Senator Sharif, would require Medicaid managed care networks to ensure at least half of primary care providers offer appointments outside regular business hours, including evenings and weekends, to improve access and reduce emergency room use; it also passed favorably.
A lengthy discussion centered on Senate Bill 254, also by Senator Harrell, which would tighten oversight of nursing education programs, create a temporary provisional license and preceptorship for new graduates awaiting NCLEX results, require remediation for low-performing programs, add standardized admission and exit-exam requirements, and allow the Department of Health to inspect programs unannounced. Supporters said the bill would improve quality and help students gain experience, while opponents warned it could reduce the number of nursing programs and worsen shortages, especially among private schools. After debate and testimony from nursing and school representatives, the bill passed favorably, with Senator Davis voting no.
The committee then received an OPPAGA presentation on interstate health care licensure compacts. OPPAGA reviewed how Florida uses licensure by endorsement, telehealth registration, and compacts for nurses, psychologists, and physicians, and explained the potential benefits and drawbacks of joining additional compacts, including portability, data sharing, and emergency staffing versus costs, administrative burdens, and possible conflicts with Florida scope-of-practice laws. No action was taken on the presentation, and the meeting adjourned after Senator Davis requested to be recorded in support of SB 68 and SB 154.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/01/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- The test is not the issue.
- Granite State test originally in 2019. Granite State test originally in 2019.
- A couple years ago when it passed House Bill 549 and codified the Granite State test into law, the legislature
- A couple years ago when it passed House Bill 549 and codified the Granite State test into law, the legislature
- Contracts can be up to 20 years. years. years.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE May 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So we meet at the beginning of the year with all of our test scores, and we put every kid on a note card
- Over the past three years, my co-teacher and I have had pretty good test scores.
- And throughout the year when we did our testing, we have, forgive me if you know this, but we have the
- to year, would that eventually be moved over to... ...from year to year, would that eventually be moved
- Year report.
Summary:
The Senate and House Education Committee approved the March 9 and 10 minutes and then heard a presentation on the Arkansas Excellence in Teaching Fellowship Program from Department of Education staff and three third-grade teachers from Cabot, Poyen, and Drew Central. The teachers described the year-long fellowship for high-performing merit pay recipients, saying it provided collaboration with educators across the state, shared resources, and ideas they brought back to their districts. Members asked about the teachers’ experience levels, how they shared information locally, and whether the program should be expanded to more teachers and districts.
A major focus of the discussion was third-grade reading, the new ATLAS testing system, and the state’s third-grade retention law. The teachers said they do not teach to the test, but use standards, data, interventions, small groups, and relationships to help students grow. They described progress monitoring throughout the year, early screening in K-2, and interventions such as before-school tutoring, RTI meetings, and co-teaching. One teacher reported that six students in a small group improved 10 to 15 points on ATLAS, and another said a student who started the year reading four words per minute improved significantly with targeted support. Secretary Jacob Oliva said the state is trying to create clarity and alignment through Arkansas Learns, science-of-reading support, literacy coaches, and faster test-result turnaround, with student scores now available within about 24 hours and district-level results expected later in the summer.
Members also asked about student poverty, trauma, ACEs, DHS involvement, social workers, community supports, and the role of counselors. The teachers emphasized that relationship-building is essential, especially for students facing unstable home situations, and described local supports such as backpack food programs, church donations, fire department incentives, and family assistance. Oliva said the fellowship was intentionally small in its first year because it targeted top-tier merit pay recipients, but he expects participation to grow. He also said merit pay and fellowship eligibility spans many grade levels and subjects, including kindergarten and hard-to-staff areas, and that D and F schools receive state literacy coaches. No additional committee votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 27, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Medicaid to cover the blood test for this colorectal screening test.
- test has 83% accuracy.
- So with the percentage, let's focus on the blood test. It's 83%.
- What's the timeline that they probably should get tested again for it to show up in the blood test?
- Year in and year out, they have to reapply for their Medicaid benefits.