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CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Budget Subcommittee Number 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation
  • Labor costs have gone up 25%.
  • Hensel Phelps has provided an enormous amount of volunteer energy and labor in the community.
  • Hensel Phelps has provided an enormous amount of volunteer energy and labor in the community.
  • delay adds another million and a half or two million dollars to a project, given your 25% or your 11% labor
Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation held a hearing focused first on courthouse facility funding and then on the Governor’s proposed court facilities budget. Legislative Analyst’s Office staff outlined the state’s court-facilities funding structure, including the 2002 shift of trial court facility responsibility from counties to the state, the main funding accounts, the insolvency of the construction fund, the move to General Fund support, the backlog of deferred maintenance, and the large estimated cost of needed new construction and repairs. Judicial Council representatives and judges from Los Angeles and Mendocino described severe seismic, safety, ADA, security, and maintenance problems, with examples of floods, elevator failures, asbestos-related closures, and long-delayed or underfunded projects. They argued that chronic underinvestment is making facilities less safe and more expensive to maintain, and that courthouse conditions directly affect access to justice and public confidence. Committee members pressed witnesses on how projects are prioritized, whether population and filing volume are adequately reflected, why reassessments have not been updated since 2019, how long acquisitions and construction take, and what level of funding would actually close the gap. Members also questioned the fixed county contribution, the use of General Fund backfills, and whether the state should set a clearer long-term funding target for the judicial branch. LAO staff emphasized that any new General Fund commitment would require tradeoffs with other budget priorities and said the Legislature must decide its appetite for funding. Judicial Council staff said the current prioritization was based on the 2019 reassessment and trailer bill language, that a new reassessment would cost about $14 million, and that acquisition delays are often driven by willing-seller issues and CEQA requirements. The chair asked for written testimony and indicated the committee would consider a future field hearing. In the second panel, Judicial Council and Department of Finance representatives reviewed the Governor’s budget proposals for court facilities. They said the proposal includes continued backfill for the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, several new construction and reappropriation items, relocation of Los Angeles courtrooms from the Spring Federal Building, and completion of a fire/life-safety project in Orange County. A court executive from Ventura testified that courthouse conditions affect public trust, employee morale, and the quality of service, citing roof leaks, elevator breakdowns, and HVAC failures as examples of why sustained facilities funding is needed.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation
  • The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation
  • Labor costs have gone up 25%.
  • Hensel Phelps has provided an enormous amount of volunteer energy and labor in the community.
  • delay adds another million and a half or two million dollars to a project, given your 25% or your 11% labor
Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation held a hearing focused on courthouse facility funding and the Governor’s budget proposals for the judicial branch. The Legislative Analyst’s Office outlined the state’s courthouse funding structure, including the Trial Court Facilities Act, the main facility funds, the fixed county facility payment, and the heavy reliance on General Fund backfill. LAO also explained that the state’s construction funds were depleted after large transfers and declining fine-and-fee revenue, leaving a backlog of roughly 80 construction projects and more than 22,000 deferred maintenance projects statewide. Members and witnesses discussed the long timelines for capital projects, the need for reassessments, and the impact of inflation, CEQA, and site acquisition delays. Judicial branch representatives, including Justice Hill, Judge Moorman, and Judge Tapia, testified that courthouses across the state face serious seismic, ADA, security, and maintenance problems. They described cost-cutting efforts in design and construction, but emphasized that many facilities are aging and unsafe, with examples from Los Angeles, Compton, Ukiah, and other courts involving flooding, elevator failures, asbestos issues, and closures that disrupted thousands of cases. Judge Moorman highlighted the Ukiah courthouse replacement as an example of a project that is on time and on budget and would improve access, safety, and community services. Judge Tapia stressed that deferred maintenance in Los Angeles County alone exceeds $1.4 billion and argued that preventive maintenance is fiscally prudent because emergency repairs and closures are more costly. Committee members pressed the panel on how priorities are set, whether caseload and population growth are adequately reflected, how quickly projects can be accelerated, and what level of funding would actually meet statewide needs. The Department of Finance and Judicial Council staff explained that the county contribution is fixed and not inflation-adjusted, that acquisitions require willing sellers and can be delayed by CEQA and market conditions, and that the Judicial Council’s prioritization process was based on 2019 criteria that may need updating. LAO cautioned that any new General Fund commitment would require tradeoffs with other state priorities and suggested the Legislature decide what level of funding it is willing to support. The committee also reviewed the Governor’s budget proposals for courthouse facilities, which include backfill for the construction fund, selected new construction and judgeship-related projects, and major facility modifications such as the Orange County Central Justice Center and relocation of Los Angeles courtrooms from the Spring Federal Building.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Jan 29th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • But we also do labor and industry funds and permanent funds.
  • We have a number of labor and industry funds.
  • We have a number of labor and industry funds.
  • Madam Chair, committee members, my name is Jeff Johnson, former president of the Washington State Labor
  • I am the president of the Thurston-Lewis-Mason Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
Bills: SB5439, SB6109, SB6304
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It will also require an OBGYN add-on payment... ...to support hospitals providing labor and delivery
  • HB 18 goes further with regard to labor and delivery payments, specifically in the areas of Medicaid
  • Labor and delivery is a 24-hour service that requires specialized staff, equipment, and space.
  • They don't do labor and delivery in rural Texas when they might have the ability to do it.
  • In the midst of a physical recovery from labor or surgery, Parents are now forced to make impossible
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2025

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Then turning on slide 7 to the national labor market, there was almost no change from August to December
  • You've probably seen headlines that each month when labor statistics are released, the headline is usually
  • that the U.S. labor market is performing a little stronger than expected, and that we revised upward
  • So, we continue to see a stronger labor market in the U.S.
  • I'm the Secretary of the Department of Labor and the Director of Finance and Administration.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • If I have a young man out here doing physical labor that's 18 years old, he comes in with some point
  • table today at the end of August before table today at the end of August before the<00:59:45.200><c> Labor
  • Day weekend and we deferred it the Labor Day weekend and we deferred it from<00:59:48.240><c> your</
  • Dandra Meredith, Deputy General Counsel, Education and Labor Cabinet.
  • Dandra Meredith, Deputy General Counsel, Education and Labor Cabinet.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The subcommittee met on October 14, approved the minutes, and then took up a large group of staff-suggested amendments to multiple regulations. Those staff amendments were approved without objection and were described as technical changes needed to comply with KRS Chapter 13A and other governing law. The committee then moved out of order to consider Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure regulation 2011 KAR 9:270, which governs buprenorphine prescribing and related standards. Board representatives said the regulation has been updated over time since 2015 and that the current amendments are intended to streamline the rule, remove outdated federal references such as the X-waiver, narrow education requirements to addiction-related topics, and create exceptions for settings like emergency rooms and certain pain treatment situations. The agency amendment would also allow buprenorphine monoproduct for up to 30 days when a patient is transitioning from a full opioid agonist, and would add physicians certified in addiction medicine as eligible specialty consultants. Board officials said the regulation was developed through a two-year process with a work group, informal outreach to medical organizations, and multiple comment periods, and they argued the rule is working because overdose deaths have declined and provider numbers have increased. Several witnesses and committee members raised concerns that the regulation remains too restrictive. Senator Rocky Adams noted that major medical organizations had said the proposed language could restrict access and worsen overdose risk, and he questioned whether the committee was being asked to choose between conflicting expert views. Opponents, including a medical student, a recovery advocate, and Dr. Colleen Ryan of the Kentucky Society of Addiction Medicine, argued the rule is outdated, creates unnecessary barriers to buprenorphine treatment, and should be repealed or substantially revised to align with federal guidance and evidence-based care. They said rigid requirements can discourage treatment and that addiction should be treated like other chronic illnesses. No final vote on the medical licensure regulation is reflected in the transcript excerpt, and the discussion ended with the chair preparing to hear from additional opponents.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Conference Committee on HF2432 5/16/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • c><01:05:37.680><c> um</c><01:05:37.920><c> our</c><01:05:38.240><c> existing</c><01:05:38.960><c> labor
  • </c> that's tied to um our existing labor that's tied to um our existing labor contracts.<01:05:39.920
  • giving an answer to that, is grounded in the very essence of the agreements that the state has with labor
  • position we find ourselves in today is that our collective bargaining agreements require us to do labor-management
  • Labor unions and that is that we come to the table when decisions like this are made, and we initiate
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The conference committee met late on Friday evening to discuss the Public Safety and Judiciary budget agreement, beginning with a brief exchange among members about concerns that the executive branch had been delaying the committee’s work by waiting to approve legislative decisions. Members emphasized that the legislature should retain its independence while still allowing normal collaboration with the governor’s office. The committee then moved through several outstanding policy items and adopted them without opposition, including the A38 amendment addressing data-sharing concerns involving disability-related information, a study of firefighting services by the state fire marshal, and an A46 amendment governing access to unredacted portable recording system data in collision investigations, with guardrails on disclosure and use. The committee next reviewed the spreadsheet and budget targets. Fiscal staff explained the judiciary side of the agreement, including funding for court operating costs, a one-time Justice Partner Access Program appropriation, forensic exam rate increases, guardian ad litem funding, public defense, human rights, the competency attainment board, the cannabis expungement board, and fee increases for civil filings and motions. On the public safety side, staff described the target as well as the discretionary items funded, including nonprofit security grants, BCA staffing changes, fire marshal initiatives, a 10-year arson statute of limitations, prosecutor training grants, legal representation for children, E911 funding for critical infrastructure, Philando Castile Training Fund support, corrections-related savings from the Stillwater phased closure and sentence-to-serve elimination, a mandatory minimums task force, a victims of crime account transfer, a decommissioning study, in-service use-of-force training, and extensions of several expiring appropriations. The committee also noted a correction to a spreadsheet label related to the Stillwater closure item. After the spreadsheet walkthrough, the committee took testimony from Chief Justice Natalie Hudson and State Court Administrator Jeff Shorban on behalf of the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Hudson thanked the committee for its work and said the agreement covers some unavoidable costs, including insurance, lease expenses, forensic examiner pay, and the new access system, but argued it does not adequately address the judiciary’s most urgent problem: staffing and judicial compensation. She said court employees are leaving for better-paying jobs, judicial salaries are frozen for two years, and applicant pools for judgeships have declined, especially in greater Minnesota. She also said the judicial branch was not meaningfully consulted on the budget target and urged lawmakers to recognize the courts as a constitutional obligation rather than a discretionary program.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (05/08/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And depending on who you ask, my processing, my writing, and my organizational skills all seem to have
  • all seem to have organizational skills all seem to have actually<00:38:13.520><c> improved</c><00:38
  • </c> lifelong skills in STEM and teamwork. lifelong skills in STEM and teamwork.
  • </c><03:16:04.239><c> From</c><03:16:04.720><c> that</c> skills to foster them.
  • From that skills to foster them.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 16th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 1869, Haney, from the Revenue and Taxation Committee to the Labor and Employment Committee.
  • than 1.7 million Cambodians, roughly 21% of the population, died through genocide, starvation, forced labor
  • Thank you. ...starvation, forced labor, and crimes against humanity.
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • bills we talk about, we're insisting as much as possible on our right to self-enforcement for our labor
  • bills we talk about, we're insisting as much as possible on our right to self-enforcement for our labor
  • I did have one question, and I wanted to ask this, and this is something that we do on the labor enforcement
Summary: The Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee heard three bills. SB 849 by Senator Weber Pearson would tighten restrictions on physicians and surgeons who committed specified sexual misconduct against patients by barring license renewal petitions, requiring automatic revocation in certain reinstatement cases, and making the changes retroactive to 2020. Support came from the California Medical Association and the American College of OBGYN; there was no opposition in the room. Members praised the bill as closing a loophole and protecting patients, and it passed 8-0 to the Appropriations Committee, placed on call for absent members. SB 96 by Senator Umberg would extend California’s ad volume rules to streaming services, podcasts, and similar content so advertisements cannot be louder than surrounding programming. The author said the bill was prompted by a child being awakened by loud streaming ads and was intended to mirror the federal CALM Act’s approach for television. There was no support or opposition testimony in the room. The committee discussed how the rule might work across platforms and states, then passed the bill 9-0 to Appropriations, also on call. SB 342 by Senator Umberg, the Contractors Licensure Fairness Act, would allow contractors to recover payment for work performed while licensed even if their license lapsed during part of a project, while still denying payment for unlicensed days and preserving penalties for starting work without a license. Supporters included the California Conference of Carpenters, State Building and Construction Trades, and several contractor associations. Committee members raised concerns about consumer protections, burden of proof, and whether the bill could create loopholes, but the author and staff said existing enforcement would remain and the bill would only limit forfeiture to the period of unlicensure. The bill passed 9-0 to Judiciary. At the end of the hearing, the chair announced all three bills were out of committee and thanked staff for their work.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Jan 12th, 2026

Business, Professions and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • bills we talk about, we're insisting as much as possible on our right to self-enforcement for our labor
  • bills we talk about, we're insisting as much as possible on our right to self-enforcement for our labor
  • I did have one question, and I wanted to ask this, and this is something that we do on the labor enforcement
Summary: The Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee heard three bills. SB 849 by Senator Weber Pearson would address physician sexual misconduct by clarifying that physicians or surgeons who committed specified sexual offenses against patients cannot petition for license renewal, and by requiring automatic revocation in certain misconduct-related cases, including where a license was surrendered, revoked, or the person was convicted or required to register as a sex offender. Support came from the California Medical Association and the American College of OBGYN; there was no opposition in the room. The bill was moved do pass to Appropriations on an 8-0 vote, then later confirmed out on call. SB 96 by Senator Umberg would extend California’s advertising-volume rules to streaming services, podcasts, and similar content by requiring ads to be kept at the ambient level of the surrounding content. The author said the bill was inspired by a child awakened by loud streaming ads and argued it would update the earlier CALM Act for modern media. There was no support or opposition testimony in the room. The committee discussed how the rule might affect platforms operating statewide or nationally, and the bill passed do pass on a 9-0 vote, then was confirmed out on call. SB 342 by Senator Umberg, the Contractors Licensure Fairness Act, would allow contractors to recover payment for work performed while licensed even if they were unlicensed for part of a project, while still barring payment for unlicensed days and preserving existing prohibitions on starting work without a license. Supporters, including representatives of the California Conference of Carpenters, State Building and Construction Trades, and contractor associations, argued the current law can be overly punitive and can create windfalls for owners when a technical lapse is discovered later. Committee members raised concerns about consumer protection, burden of proof, and whether the bill could create loopholes, but the author and supporters said existing protections remain and the bill is intended to be proportional. The bill passed do pass to Judiciary on a 9-0 vote and was later confirmed out on call to Appropriations.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • 12.6% OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET IS EITHER SALARIES OR OPS DOLLARS OR CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT HAVE A LARGE LABOR
  • SHARE OF THE POPULATION IS GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF KNOCK ON EFFECTS FOR THE ECONOMY IN FLORIDA, FOR THE LABOR
  • THAT'S WHY WE SAY THERE'S GOING TO BE LABOR MARKET ISSUES GOING FORWARD.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Digital Equity Commission, which would include members with backgrounds in broadband, digital equity, labor
  • commission will consist of 11 diverse members with representation from industry, community, nonprofit, and labor
  • important is not so much the geographic diversity, but that you have industry, community, nonprofit, and labor
Summary: The Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee met to adopt its 2025-2026 rules and hear three bills. The committee first adopted the rules on a roll call vote, then heard AB 1303 by Assemblymember Valencia, which would clarify that a Social Security number is not required to apply for California Lifeline and would restrict sharing subscriber information with immigration enforcement absent a court warrant or subpoena. Supporters said the bill would help vulnerable Californians, including undocumented residents, domestic violence survivors, unhoused people, and identity theft victims, access essential communications services; there was no opposition. The bill passed on a due pass motion and was re-referred to Judiciary. The committee next heard AB 1271 by Assemblymember Bonta, which would require broadband providers to report pricing and speed-performance data to the Department of Consumer Affairs and make the information publicly available, with privacy protections and a standardized reporting template. Supporters argued the bill would improve transparency and help consumers, local governments, and the state understand what broadband service Californians are actually receiving; testimony highlighted disparities in speed and pricing in low-income communities. The bill was amended in committee and passed on a due pass as amended motion to the Committee on Business and Professions. Finally, the committee heard AB 693 by the chair, Assemblymember Boerner, which would consolidate broadband and digital equity functions into a new Department of Broadband and Digital Equity and create an 11-member commission with decision-making authority. Supporters said the current split between agencies creates delays and coordination problems, while members discussed governance, geographic representation, and whether the proposal would require follow-up constitutional or statutory changes. The bill passed 9-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations. Afterward, the committee added AB 1303 and AB 1271 as later add-ons, both of which were also reported out, and the meeting adjourned.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

LAB Info Briefing - Fri Aug 22, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think some departments, for example, the Department of Labor, right?
  • I think some departments, for example, the Department of Labor, right?
  • </c> laborers we've been making progress in. laborers we've been making progress in.
  • I know we don't have any vacancies in our labor relations division.
  • We also our labor relations division.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Labor held an informational briefing on August 22, 2025, to receive an update from DEH on statewide recruitment efforts aimed at reducing vacancies across state departments. Director Hashimoto, joined by DEH staff, presented on two hiring initiatives: Wikiwiki Hire and Operation Hire Hawaii. The committee focused on how each program works, how quickly applications are screened and referred, and how the programs differ from standard recruitment procedures. For Wikiwiki Hire, DEH described it as an accelerated recruitment pathway used mainly for classes with multiple vacancies. DEH screens applications every two weeks, then sends qualified applicants a list of participating departments and recruiter contact information so applicants and departments can connect directly. Committee members asked about effectiveness data, timelines, and whether the process aligns with the merit principle. DEH said the program is intended to speed hiring, that departments are not required to interview every person on a list, and that applicants can be hired as vacancies are filled on a first-come, first-served basis so long as all qualified applicants have the same opportunity. DEH also said it could provide data later and that it is working through a backlog of screenings. The committee then discussed Operation Hire Hawaii, an executive-order-based hiring effort launched in February to expedite hiring, including for displaced federal workers but open to all applicants. DEH reported more than 6,000 applications, 127 recruitments, 81 closed recruitments, and 142 hires, with a goal of conditional offers within two weeks. DEH said it turns applications around daily, while departments do the initial screening, interviews, and hiring decisions, with DEH completing final qualification screening and suitability checks at the end. Members asked about the program’s duration, its low conversion rate, and what happens to applicants who are not hired; DEH said it can refer qualified applicants to other vacancies and that the pilot was originally intended to run about a year, with possible extension if departments want it to continue.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We had to have the cancer center and other skilled nursing facilities in Fountain Grove shut off their
  • Everybody has to learn these skills that they never thought they were going to have to have to be able
  • the facilities and occupant types within our local wildland urban interface fire area, specifically skilled
  • But what happens when those occupancies either are placed in a high-risk environment or there's a skilled
Keywords: 988, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 21st, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Elections are becoming more complex, and that requires more training and skill sets.
  • We have new voting technology coming up, new closed... more training and skill sets.
  • algebra criteria, a successful completion of nine credit hours for dual enrollment and equivalent skills
  • We are able to guide them in: these are the skills that are needed, this is how I got into the industry
Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 350, which would extend the grade levels at Ecole Pointe-au-Chien from fourth through eighth grade. The sponsor and several members emphasized the school’s importance to Terrebonne Parish, French immersion, and school choice. An amendment was adopted making the bill subject to appropriation, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Members then approved House Bill 749, which authorizes the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority to contract with a program manager for certain savings programs, including ABLE, START, and START K-12, in response to a prior cyber incident and to improve security and customer service. An amendment simplified the bill’s effective-date language so provisions would take effect upon execution of the contract. The bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee also advanced House Bill 979 to increase the survivor benefit for law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty from $250,000 to $350,000. Testimony from the governor’s office said the increase could be covered within existing appropriations and that the amount was consistent with inflation since the benefit was last set. The bill was reported favorably. Later, House Bill 42 creating a phased retirement option for public post-secondary employees in the Teachers’ Retirement System was reported favorably, and House Bill 205 to allow local clerks of court to supplement election commissioner pay by up to $100 per election was also reported favorably after extensive testimony about staffing shortages and stagnant pay. The committee additionally reported favorably House Bill 12 extending survivor benefits to reserve officers killed in the line of duty, and House Bill 324 on judicial salaries, after amending it to remove future COLA provisions and leave only the permanent stipend increase.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CAA Public Hearing - Fri Feb 6, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Culture & Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • getting the resources from the libraries and the school librarians themselves teaching those research skills
  • themselves teaching those<00:36:03.119><c> research</c><00:36:04.320><c> um</c><00:36:04.560><c> skills
  • </c><00:36:05.280><c> have</c><00:36:05.520><c> been</c> those research um skills have been those research
  • um skills have been really<00:36:05.920><c> useful</c><00:36:06.240><c> throughout</c><00:36:06.560>
Summary: The Committee on Culture and the Arts heard several measures focused on arts funding, public art, performing arts, and libraries. HB 2437 would appropriate funds for the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts’ Artists in the Schools program; the Foundation testified in strong support, explaining that demand has increased and that additional funding would allow more schools to be served. HB 2461 would raise the ceiling for the works of art special fund and provide money for maintenance and a collections manager position; the Foundation supported it and described major conservation needs, including large-scale repairs to public artworks such as the Tadashi Sato work in Hilo and the King Kamehameha statue, as well as ongoing bronze maintenance and new commissions affected by rising materials costs. HB 2604 would create a performing arts ticket surcharge; the Attorney General and Department of Taxation raised drafting and administration concerns, while the State Foundation supported the concept. HB 2605 would create a position to coordinate specialized arts programs and therapeutic arts interventions for underserved neurodivergent populations, and the Foundation supported that measure as well. HB 1860 would designate the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra as the state symphony orchestra and require annual reports; the Attorney General suggested clarifying the public purpose, and the Symphony, youth symphony, and many community supporters testified in favor, emphasizing educational, cultural, and civic benefits. HB 20001 would designate the first Friday in February as Love My Library Day; the State Public Library System, Friends of the Library, and individual testifiers strongly supported it, describing libraries as essential community and educational resources. After hearing testimony, the committee took action on several bills. HB 2437 was recommended for passage with amendments in HD1, with the appropriation blanked out and the additional needed funding to be noted for Finance consideration; the vote was unanimous among members present. HB 2604 was also recommended for passage with HD1 and technical amendments, including deleting the term “Hawaii-based,” clarifying that student performances at public charter schools are exempt, aligning recordkeeping provisions with tax law, and setting an effective date of January 1, 2027. HB 2461 was deferred to decision-making on Friday, February 13. The transcript also indicates the committee moved through the remaining measures after testimony, but the excerpt ends before final votes are shown for HB 2605, HB 1860, and HB 20001.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:45 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And they offer general life skills curriculum for the most part. ...of low- and high-risk kids.
  • And they offer general life skills curriculum for the most part, rather than intensive home- or community-based
  • We do leadership development, both hard and soft skills.
  • We have a financial literacy program as well as practicing those soft skills that are needed for education
Bills: SB5, SB6, SB8
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Early ranches like Randado, Las Animas, and others were built by skilled horsemen. whose techniques,
  • Beyond learning and accounting skills, these students are also developing. customer service, problem
  • solving, and communication skills.
  • Creighton relating to measures to support kindergarten readiness and early literacy and numeracy skills
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Other - PSCOC Apr 14th, 2025

Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Transcript Highlights:
  • technology, e-sports classroom, and combined wet-dry science lab, as well as special education, life skills
  • Skills, career tech, culinary arts, and all of these spaces will be discussed in Mr.
  • We do have a life skills lab because we don't Have some of the resources and services that large urban
  • districts have to be able to take those students out into the community and teach them those skills