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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Education Feb 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So I'm open for questions.
- public meetings and diversity. training for open public meetings and diversity, inclusion, and equity
- So I'm open for questions.
- So with that, I thank you for the opportunity to testify, and I'm open to any questions. Thank you.
- So with that, I thank you for the opportunity to testify, and I'm open to any questions. Thank you.
Summary:
The House Education Committee heard several bills focused on school district operations, student access, and special education. Substitute Senate Bill 6222 would allow school districts and educational service districts to sell or grant surplus technology hardware, such as laptops and tablets, directly to public school students, with priority for low-income students and documentation of the transfer. Testimony from the sponsor, district staff, and advocates emphasized helping students keep familiar devices, reducing waste, and extending the public investment in technology. The committee also heard Second Substitute Senate Bill 5969, which would better integrate IEP transition plans with the statewide online IEP system and the universal high school and beyond plan platform to reduce duplication; staff noted a fiscal note had been requested, and there were no public testifiers on the bill.
The committee spent substantial time on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6247, a school district financial management bill. The bill would require additional ESD oversight and support for districts showing signs of financial distress, create mandatory school director training on funding and finance, strengthen penalties for knowing violations of budget expenditure limits, and require disclosure authorizations before hiring certain budget or accounting personnel. Senator Dozier said the bill was prompted by district financial problems, declining enrollment, failed levies, and reserve fund declines. ESD, WSSDA, WASA, WOSBO, and OSPI testified in support overall, though some witnesses raised concerns about mandatory training, funding for implementation, and whether training should extend beyond school directors. Committee members asked about the bill’s scope, the undefined term “significantly,” the $750,000 reimbursement cap, and how it compared with House Bill 2593.
The committee also heard Substitute Senate Bill 622, which would exempt school districts and ESDs from certain surplus-property notice requirements when selling or granting surplus technology hardware to students at depreciated cost or no cost to low-income students. Senator Hunt said the bill came from constituent concerns about unused laptops and tablets and would help students transition to work, college, or technical school. Zero Waste Washington and an Issaquah School District official supported the measure, citing environmental benefits and practical student access to technology. The committee closed public hearings on the bills, noted sign-in counts for pro and con positions, and announced amendment deadlines and upcoming executive sessions.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- On April 17th last year, as you know, a gunman opened fire on the FSU campus.
- I was afraid to open the office door and step into the hallway.
- So I opened the door. When I stepped out, there were several armed officers at the door.
- Representative Saltzman, you know you opened with April—that fateful day in April.
- I'm open to talking about that.
Committee:
House Education & Employment Committee
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Military and Veterans Affairs Aug 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We're up to 131, with four applications for the one open bed, so we're predicting here by the end of
- It's open to them for use. And then those doors on the next picture lead into the home.
- I'm not ready to go yet, so hopefully one opens up later on.
- One is Trinity Open House.
- So that's why we went down to one open house.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:21:51.559><c> focus</c> My company’s primary focus is on the liquor channel, with that being
- Thank you for your time, and I'm open to try to answer any of your questions.
- Thank you for your time, and I'm open to try to answer any of your questions. Thank you, Mr. Smith.
- </c> the first year of these businesses open the first year of these businesses open opening<00:35:51.160
- </c> liquor stores are interested in opening liquor stores are interested in opening Municipal<00:58:
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
medical cannabis, medical marijuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, hemp, marijuana registry, patient registry, visiting patient, Tribal cannabis, Tribal medical cannabis program, Tribal sovereignty, Office of Cannabis Management, designated caregiver, home cultivation, adult-use cannabis, cannabis flower, cannabis products, dispensary, cannabis retail endorsement, patient protections
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm trying to be open-minded about it because, uh, to what some folks...
- I'm trying to be open-minded about it because, uh, to what some folks...
- </c><00:48:29.240><c> to</c> interesting so I'm I'm open-minded to interesting so I'm I'm open-minded
- Those are the two primary reasons. It's open, actually, in your districts.
- Those are the two primary reasons. It's open, actually, in your districts.
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Jefferson County Legislation Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Jefferson County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- those items, but the preventive health screenings are free because our goal is to connect you to primary
- connected over 600 people who accepted that navigation, and over 300 people have been connected to primary
- who accepted navigation, we were people who accepted navigation, we were able to connect them to a primary
Committee:
House Jefferson County Legislation
Keywords:
firearm regulation, trigger activator, civil penalties, Jefferson County, law enforcement, 1136, house, all
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services Feb 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- invite our first panel to begin, I would like to make a few introductory comments, and then I will open
- At this time, I wanted to open it up and invite my colleagues who may want to make any opening remarks
- It was hard to hear with the doors opening and so forth.
- So generally, the income guideline is going to be the primary factor after those deductions.
- We are often tasked with opening local assistance centers as well as mass casualty centers.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Debate on a bill to require athletic team designations based on biological sex at birth 4/7/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Title IX opened those doors so our daughters can compete, earn scholarships, and stand on podiums earned
- It opened<00:13:30.240><c> doors</c> Doors that my grandma wished she would have the opportunity to have
- Biological<00:39:42.640><c> sex</c><00:39:43.040><c> is</c><00:39:43.880><c> primary</c><00:39:44.440
- ><c> determinant</c><00:39:45.120><c> of</c> Biological sex is primary determinant of Biological sex
- is primary determinant of athletic<00:39:45.800><c> performance</c><00:39:46.800><c> because</c><00:39
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/21/2026 - Senate Education Committee of Reference
Senate Education Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- around the year 2050, and so as we get closer and as some of those get paid down, that capacity will open
- Each state designates three individuals to serve as commissioners, and they have three primary responsibilities
- In fact, it will open up February 1st. That's a Sunday, so February 2nd for most grantees.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 15th, 2025 at 10:15 am
Appropriations - Education and Environment Division
Transcript Highlights:
- So that's why, at least it's open now for discussion, Mr. Chairman.
- It's going to be, if you've seen the pictures of it, it's going to open on July 4 of '26.
- transferred from SIF to the development fund, but it does add language that the funding can be used for non-primary
Bills:
SB2003
Keywords:
higher education, student loans, scholarships, capital projects, workforce development, funding, North Dakota university system, 908, all
Summary:
The committee first reconsidered Senate Bill 2003 in the higher education budget and adopted several changes. It removed $3 million for enterprise resource planning, struck $2 million for a grant program for students who are pregnant or recently gave birth, and then added $3 million back into workforce education and innovative grants, restoring that line to $12 million. Members also discussed a possible purchase of the 19th Avenue building in Fargo for the State School of Science, but the motion was withdrawn for later consideration. Other higher ed items were briefly noted, including tribally controlled community colleges and a state magazine funding line, but no final action was taken on the building proposal during this segment.
The committee then moved to Senate Bill 2018, the Commerce budget, and reviewed a long list of funding items. It restored a vacant workforce FTE, increased tourism marketing to $10 million and Find the Good Life to $5 million, raised Operation Intern by $1 million, removed a $100,000 infrastructure study, increased autonomous agriculture grants to $15 million, and set the Regional Workforce Impact Program at $10 million. It also kept or adjusted several other items, including the uncrewed aerial vehicle replacement program, the global talent office, tribally controlled community colleges, Native American small business grants, and technical skills training grants.
A major new provision would transfer $50 million total, split between SIF and Bank of North Dakota profits, to the Theodore Roosevelt Library Museum Endowment Fund, matching a private fundraising challenge; members expressed both support and concern, and said they would revisit it later. The committee also discussed language to allow commercialization of Vantis and to permit the Turtle Mountain gaming compact proposal to move forward with required federal approvals, while clarifying that a previously discussed $100,000 study had been removed. Commerce officials said the workforce language was intended to centralize data and strategy, and they noted Operation Intern would need an emergency clause because applications begin in May. No final vote on the Commerce budget was taken in this segment, and the chair said the committee would return later to finish both budgets.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Commerce Mar 9th, 2026
Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- That opened in 2018, known as the CityArchRiver Project, of the...
- That opened in 2018 known as the City Arch River Project.
- Louis, Inc., which is the primary private economic development organization in the St.
- I started in 2007, just when the first openings were happening. Kansas City, Missouri was dead.
- I started in 2007, just when the first openings were happening. Kansas City, Missouri was dead.
Summary:
The Commerce Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 3395, sponsored by Representative Christ, which would reauthorize and update the Missouri Downtown Economic Stimulus Act (MODESA) to spur redevelopment in downtown St. Louis and Kansas City. Christ said the program previously helped create Ballpark Village and Power & Light District through a no-upfront-cost, tax-revenue-sharing model, and he indicated a committee substitute would significantly revise the bill language while keeping the same overall concept. Representative Sides supported the bill in principle but said he wanted the final version to read more like standard Missouri statute.
A long line of witnesses testified in support, including representatives of the Cordish Companies, Gateway Arch Park Foundation, the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Greater St. Louis, Inc., St. Louis City SC, the City of St. Louis, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City, the Kansas City Chamber/Civic Council, the Downtown Council of Kansas City, J.E. Dunn, and the Missouri Chamber. Supporters described MODESA as a proven tool that leveraged private investment, created jobs, increased visitors and tax revenue, and helped revitalize downtown areas. Cordish said the company had invested more than $2 billion in Missouri and would pursue another large mixed-use project, including residential, office, and entertainment components, if the program were renewed.
Testimony focused heavily on two proposed St. Louis projects: redevelopment of the Millennium Hotel site and broader riverfront/downtown connectivity around the Arch grounds. Gateway Arch Park Foundation said it had purchased the Millennium site, was demolishing the old tower, and believed the project would connect the Arch grounds to downtown with a high-rise residential and office mixed-use development. Committee members asked about impacts on taxing jurisdictions, property taxes, retail demand, and whether the bill would benefit communities broadly rather than only developers; witnesses said cities would be applicants, property taxes would still be paid, and the projects were intended to bring new residents and activity rather than simply shift existing development. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee took no vote before adjourning.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So with that, I'm open for questions.
- just means that they need to have the power the authority to increase it to that cap so with that I'm open
- She said this does not open the door to something new.
- Representative Scott continued that he sees a lot of the land being tied up and not open to the public
- Representative Rable said that Representative Scott had hit on one of the primary considerations for
Committee:
House State Affairs
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/05/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
Transcript Highlights:
- And another useful approach that's used in the private sector: if there's an open job rec, being able
- Is there an opportunity to be able to lower the burden of work that's being done by that job opening?
- We need to make sure that our employees and agencies are using an enterprise AI rather than an open-source
- Secondly, from a decision process on enterprise versus open and privacy pieces, that's a decision for
- The best place is to be able to say, where are there gaps in criminal and civil code that AI has opened
Committee:
House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Jan 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- electronic ballot portal, and to also specify that the federal elections referred to in the statute cover primary
- We're going to—I see a prime sponsor in the audience—so we will open House Bill 2309 with the staff report
- We're going to suspend the hearing on House Bill 2309 and open the hearing on House... I love it.
- We're going to suspend the hearing on House Bill 2309 and open the hearing on House Bill 2205 with the
- It was a necessary first step, and it helped open doors that were long closed.
Summary:
The committee began in executive session with staff briefing several bills and proposed amendments. House Bill 2206, concerning uniformed and overseas civilian voting standards, was discussed but ultimately pulled from consideration for the day. House Bill 2123, dealing with foreign national donor reporting, was amended to raise the certification threshold to $6,000 and then advanced from committee on a 5-2 vote. House Bill 2120, which would remove two JLARC reporting requirements, also passed unanimously. House Bill 2411, authorizing shared leave for state employees involved in immigration enforcement actions or who are victims of hate crimes, was amended and then reported out on a 5-2 vote after debate over eligibility and privacy-related language.
The committee then held hearings on House Bill 2309 and House Bill 2205. HB 2309 would bar state civil service classifications from requiring a postgraduate degree unless required by law, with the sponsor and OFM saying it would reduce barriers to state employment and expand the applicant pool. Testimony in support emphasized workforce access, equity, and skill-based hiring. HB 2205 would expand tribal sports wagering to allow bets placed at any tribal gaming facility and permit wagering on Washington college teams, while continuing to prohibit bets on individual Washington student-athlete performance. Tribal leaders and casino operators supported the bill as a way to bring existing illegal betting into a regulated tribal system and improve integrity monitoring, while the University of Washington and Washington State University opposed it, warning of harassment, student-athlete safety concerns, and broader gambling harms. A taxpayer advocacy witness urged broader online sports betting options, arguing that limiting access drives bettors to offshore markets. The hearing on HB 2205 was left open and HB 2309 testimony concluded without further action.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- called... the Texas Legislative Internship Program, known as TLIP. that I came here at the Capitol to open
- They're here to commemorate a great achievement, the opening of the university's nursing program.
- Community supervision And if a defendant who is the primary caretaker of a child, refer to the Committee
- HB 633 by BC relating to the days and hours in which the polls are open for early voting by a peer.
- by Tupper relating to a requirement that certain water districts make audio and video recordings to open
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Jul 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, it's just like never-ending to keep this open.
- So that's my hope and open door and open the conversations from everyone. So thank you so much.
- And to the argument that the floodgates will open, well, saying they will open, as opposed to the floodgates
- had opened or already have opened, are two very different things.
- And I will do that to help them, to open the doors.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills, with most drawing support after amendments or ongoing stakeholder negotiations. SB 29, by Senator Laird, would extend a sunset on the law allowing pain-and-suffering claims to survive a plaintiff’s death; supporters, including a family member describing a medical negligence case, labor groups, consumer advocates, and disability and elder organizations, argued it prevents defendants from running out the clock, while hospitals, medical groups, and business organizations warned of higher costs and added liability. After extensive debate about data collection, settlement reporting, and the impact on health care access, the bill passed to Appropriations on a divided vote.
SB 294, by Senator Reyes and presented by Senator Laird, would require employers to notify a worker’s emergency contact if the worker is arrested or detained and would create a template to inform employees of state and federal labor rights. Labor and worker advocates said the bill would help workers understand and enforce their rights amid weakened federal enforcement; there was no opposition on file, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations. SB 697 would modernize water-rights adjudication by allowing the State Water Board to use technology instead of requiring in-person field investigations; with no opposition, it also passed unanimously.
The committee also advanced SB 37 on attorney advertising, SB 645 on peremptory challenges in civil cases, SB 303 on bias-mitigation trainings in public workplaces, and SB 464 on expanding pay-data reporting for specified state workers. SB 37 drew support from consumer and legal groups but concerns from Walker Advertising about joint advertising; members said negotiations were ongoing, and the bill passed. SB 645 would extend anti-bias jury-selection rules to certain civil rights cases; criminal-defense and defense groups said they were close to agreement, and the bill passed. SB 303 and SB 464 were both amended to narrow scope and moved forward after several opponents shifted to neutral or removed opposition. The committee also approved a consent calendar of additional bills, all sent to Appropriations.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Special Session 2026 Part 2 May 8th, 2026
Alabama House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Imagine we go to the primaries, the court magically issues an order and allows us to go back to those
- election and who've already voted that your vote is going to count and the person who just won that primary
- Imagine we go to the primaries, The court magically issues an order and allows us to go back to those
- election and who've already voted that your vote is going to count and the person who just won that primary
- Some of you are so consumed with protecting your seats, surviving your primary opponents, and winning
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations.(3-18-26)
Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations
Transcript Highlights:
- And I know this was probably primary after vapes.
- We have heard from retailers, whether they're in a dry county, their primary business is not retailing
- 00:07:55.200><c> their</c> it's they're in a dry county, their it's they're in a dry county, their primary
- :55.880><c> business</c><00:07:56.480><c> is</c><00:07:56.760><c> is</c><00:07:57.000><c> not</c> primary
- business is is not primary business is is not um um um retailing<00:07:59.480><c> in</c><00:07:59.600
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Transportation and Public Works Feb 17th, 2026 at 09:06 am
Transcript Highlights:
- What is the primary—and first of all, thank you for the presentation—what are the primary economic drivers
- Chair, the primary drivers, as far as right now, is we have the University there in South New Mexico,
- So, I would like to know who the primary striping contractors are.
- I do want to see that primary striping. contractor list, the preferred list, and I'd like to have it
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (7-24-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Now we're going to get into the weatherization aspect of the LIHEAP program, and one of the primary tenants
- Now we're going to get into the weatherization aspect of the LIHEAP program, and one of the primary tenants
- uh</c><00:09:30.000><c> one</c><00:09:30.240><c> of</c><00:09:30.320><c> the</c><00:09:30.959><c> primary
- </c> program and and uh one of the primary program and and uh one of the primary tenants<00:09:31.760
Summary:
The Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy met for a public hearing and presentation on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). After approving the minutes, members heard from Shannon Hall of the Department for Community Based Services and Rick Baker of Community Action Kentucky, who explained that LIHEAP is a 100% federally funded block grant used in Kentucky to help low-income households pay home energy bills, prevent utility disconnects, and support weatherization and crisis assistance. Hall outlined the program’s income eligibility limits, the fact that payments go directly to vendors or utilities rather than households, and the program’s funding levels, including $43.4 million spent in federal fiscal year 2025 and an anticipated $58 million for federal fiscal year 2026.
The presenters described LIHEAP’s main components: fall and spring subsidy programs, winter crisis assistance, and weatherization. They gave participation figures for recent program cycles, including tens of thousands of households served in each component, and explained that weatherization prioritizes elderly, disabled, households with children, and high-energy-burden homes. They also noted that weatherization is carried out in partnership with the Kentucky Housing Corporation and includes repairs and efficiency measures such as insulation, air sealing, and safety checks.
Rick Baker described Community Action Kentucky’s role as the statewide administrator through 23 local community action agencies, emphasizing their presence in all 120 counties and their local board structure. Members praised Baker’s long service and the program’s importance for families facing high energy costs, especially in coalfield areas. One member asked for clarification on a slide reference to “Assurance 16,” but the transcript cuts off before the answer is completed. No votes or other committee actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.