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• For three-plus decades, I have been an advocate, a consultant, an educator, and helped assist in the
• Postural screening requires many hours of time for school nurses and some physical education teachers
• AORN has educated our members about the hazards of surgical smoke for decades.
• When I stepped away, When I stepped away from the operating room into my education role, my symptoms
• I do want to express that during education conferences, joint conferences, I have met several surgical

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Health

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on a wide range of bills focused on environmental health, disease prevention, and access to care. Major topics included restricting polystyrene use, creating a pancreatic cancer awareness and early-detection initiative, improving indoor air quality through a task force and new regulations, expanding access to epinephrine in public places, improving access to health care for people with long COVID, creating an OBGYN loan repayment program for underserved areas, expanding access to hygiene products, modernizing licensure for dietitians and nutritionists, updating school postural screening requirements, and restricting harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements. Several legislators also testified in support of their own bills, including measures on menstrual product access and ingredient disclosure, and surgical smoke protections. Testimony on the polystyrene bill emphasized local municipal bans and the need to reduce plastic pollution. Pancreatic cancer advocates and patients described the disease’s low survival rate, the difficulty of early diagnosis, and the need for an awareness campaign and implementation of commission recommendations. Indoor air quality supporters from environmental justice groups, public health organizations, and residents described asthma, mold, pollution, and the need for a task force with technical expertise; some witnesses urged adding remediation professionals to the task force. On epinephrine access, family members of a man who died after a bee sting and an allergy organization stressed that anaphylaxis can be sudden and fatal and that stock epinephrine in public venues could save lives. Long COVID advocates said the condition affects hundreds of thousands of residents and called for better surveillance and access to care, with a request to include MECFS in the bills’ scope. Other testimony focused on workforce and equity issues. Supporters of the OBGYN loan repayment bill said it would help address maternal health disparities and provider shortages, especially in rural and underserved communities. Hope and Comfort described widespread hygiene insecurity and a long waiting list for basic products, urging a task force to study statewide solutions. Dietitians and nutritionists supported modernization of licensure to clarify standards for medical nutrition therapy while allowing broader wellness counseling. School nurses backed reducing mandatory postural screenings, arguing the current law is not evidence-based, is not reimbursed by MassHealth, and takes time from other student health needs. On the supplement bill, the industry trade group opposed restrictions as overbroad and burdensome, while a public health expert cited research linking weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to serious harms and urged passage. The committee also heard support for menstrual product access and surgical smoke protections, with legislators and advocates describing those bills as longstanding priorities.

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• Speaker, we are the Committee on Education.
• Senate Concurrent Resolution 126 was referred to the Education Committee.
• We've worked with the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the AG's office.
• So this is, with the help of the State Board of Education, the Department of Education, and our Attorney
• the Department of Education our Attorney General it is closing up those gaps so that our children are

Keywords: 989, all

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• projects administered by the Department of Accounting and General Services and the Department of Education
• That was the Department of Education and also projects with DAGS.
• That was the Department of Education and also projects with DAGS.
• That was the Department of Education and also projects with DAGS.
• So um three education and outreach.

Bills: SB2543 , SB2014 , SB2115 , SB3095 , SB3264 , SB2114 , SB2117 , SB2246 , SB2519 , SB3055 , SB3131 , SB3144

Committee: House Labor

Keywords: state construction, construction manager, design review, public works, capital improvement, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, DOE, Department of Education, comptroller, pilot program, design review special fund, county permit review, accessibility compliance, Disability and Communication Access Board, state infrastructure, government construction, project oversight, civil service exemption, county agencies

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• My dad was an educator. Went to UNM. After I graduated. I didn't want to go back to the oil field.
• So when you talk about public education Talk about Lasunas.
• What I see as just a layperson here, early childhood educator Is a very high need for data centers if
• The education and technology notes are for fiscal year 24, 25, and 26.
• , higher ed, K-12, and Early childhood education.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The overarching theme for these two days is to be educational.
• Sorry about that, but the Supreme Court came out and ruled that a child's public education could not
• Sorry about that, but the Supreme Court came out and ruled that a child's public education could not
• States all ran back in legislators for To equal education, states all ran back, and legislators for a
• number of years looked at how they were going to run public education with our Constitution and with

Summary: The Select Committee on Property Taxes met for an educational session focused on how Florida funds public schools and how property taxes are assessed and levied. Dr. Jim Zengali of the Department of Revenue explained the FEFP school funding formula, noting that it is built on weighted student counts, a base student allocation, and programmatic add-ons such as transportation, exceptional student education, school safety, and mental health. He said school funding is roughly split between state general revenue and local property taxes through required local effort, with additional discretionary and capital outlay millages contributing to total school funding. He also described the Department of Revenue’s role in certifying property rolls at fair market value and reviewing them for substantial compliance, including the so-called “nuclear option” if a roll is not approved. Members asked about trends in millage rates, county-by-county funding differences, the effect of growth and enrollment changes, and how property appraisals are reviewed. Zengali said aggregate millage for school funding has declined over the last decade while revenues have still increased, and he agreed to provide additional data on county trends, parcel strata, student growth, and enrollment impacts. He also clarified that school funding is equalized so students receive similar resources regardless of county wealth, and that federal funding plays only a small role in the FEFP. Amy Baker of the Joint Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research then discussed existing homestead benefits. She said about half of Florida’s parcels are homestead properties, most fall in the $250,000 to $500,000 value range, and many seniors without mortgages pay property taxes in lump sums rather than through escrow. Baker explained that Florida’s homestead tax burden is middle-of-the-pack nationally and that the main benefits are Save Our Homes and portability on the differential side, plus the $25,000 homestead exemption and related exemptions on the exemption side. She said these benefits reduce taxable value substantially, with homestead properties receiving a large share of the reductions, and noted that the committee requested follow-up data on exemption usage, portability timing, senior exemptions, and county-level patterns. The final presentation, by Lizette Kelly of the Department of Revenue, covered millage rates and the TRIM process. She reviewed the history of truth-in-millage notices, required taxpayer mailings, public hearing notices, and later changes that tied local millage resets to rollback and majority-vote rates. Kelly explained the difference between proposed and adopted millage, the rollback rate, and the majority-vote rate, and described how taxing authorities include counties, cities, special districts, and MSTUs. She also outlined how county taxable value is calculated from just value through assessment differentials and exemptions, and how certain exemptions, such as the additional senior exemption, apply only to the taxing authority that adopted them. No votes were taken during the meeting, but members requested several follow-up data reports for later discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is number one of several education trains. This one contains the Bright Futures legislation.
• President, round two of our education trio, if you include Senator Claudio, of our education policy.
• We should have an entire session on education policy alone, Mr. President.
• Thank you to the education trio.
• Thank you to the education trio.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing interns, pages, and retiring Senate staff, including Pastor Gary Austin. Leaders also noted ongoing budget talks with the House and said senators would not need to plan on being in Tallahassee the following week. The chamber then moved to third reading and returned messages from the House later in the day. The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for House Bill 12.5, the citizen initiative/constitutional amendment bill. Sponsors said the measure was intended to address fraud in the petition process, citing investigations, arrests, pleas, and open cases involving paid circulators and invalid petitions. Opponents argued the bill would make citizen-led amendments far more difficult, expensive, and risky, warning it would chill grassroots participation, burden supervisors of elections, and effectively favor wealthy or corporate-backed efforts. Supporters responded that the bill preserved grassroots petitioning, placed reasonable guardrails on paid circulators and sponsors, and included a provision barring public funds from being used to advocate for or against ballot initiatives. The bill passed 28-10. The Senate also passed several education measures unanimously, including bills tied to Bright Futures, dual enrollment, educator preparation, and broader education policy. Later, the chamber concurred in House amendments on several bills: stem cell therapy legislation clarifying permitted therapies and penalties for improper use of fetal or embryonic tissue; an EKG requirement bill for student athletes with exemptions and partnership options for districts; and a cardiac emergency response bill that renamed the school emergency plan and removed a bill title honoring Rafe McCrone. These measures passed by wide margins, generally 37-0 or 38-0.

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• Seeing none, members, we do have written testimony and support from HAP20 Partnerships for Education,
• </c><00:34:50.240><c> Healthcare</c> Partnerships for Education Healthcare Partnerships for Education
• Okay, seeing none, we'll be moving on to SB 747, relating to the Board of Education.
• First to testify on this measure, we have the State Board of Education with comments.
• I do have a question for the Board of Education.

Committee: House Labor

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• </c><00:10:06.480><c> was</c> nearest shelter that that educator was nearest shelter that that educator
• The act relating to higher education.
• </c> pulled us aside and helped to to educate pulled us aside and helped to to educate us<01:09:07.920
• </c> educators working with their students. educators working with their students.
• </c> this bill and your educators. Thank you. this bill and your educators. Thank you.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• c> everyone</c> educated, not college educated, everyone educated, not college educated, everyone overwhelmingly
• </c> Education Workforce Committee, Mr. Education Workforce Committee, Mr. Harris. Harris. Harris.
• </c> education for both doctors and patients. education for both doctors and patients.
• The Department of of Education.
• The Department of Education, Education, Education, which<07:56:36.478><c> was</c><07:56:36.718><c> created

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• </c> relates to the general and education relates to the general and education trust<00:13:01.199><c>
• see that the education trust fund you'll see that the education trust fund is<00:23:12.679><c> $</c>
• </c><01:03:40.000><c> trust</c> general fund and the education trust general fund and the education trust
• </c><02:18:47.639><c> property</c> swept the Statewide education property swept the Statewide education
• Thank you. gamble in fact I L an educational gamble in fact I L an educational session<03:57:19.159><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee received an overview from Chris of the Legislative Budget Assistance Office on how it will estimate unrestricted revenues for the General Fund, Education Trust Fund, Highway Fund, and Fish and Game Fund. He explained that the committee’s work is based on current law, not pending bills, and that the estimates will feed into a House resolution and an amendment to House Bill 1, the operating budget. He also described the broader budget process, including how House and Senate estimates are reconciled, how surplus statements account for revenue changes from enacted bills, and how a committee of conference could resolve differences later in the session. No votes were taken. Members then asked about why the Education Trust Fund was running below plan. Chris said the shortfall appeared to be driven largely by business taxes, including differences in the BET/BPT split and improved tax-processing systems that better track where business tax payments belong. Representative Orr also asked about tobacco tax collections and out-of-state sales; Chris said tobacco revenue was likely overestimated in 2023 based on COVID-era patterns, with more people smoking at home, and noted that e-cigarette tax revenue goes to the General Fund while cigarette taxes are split between the General Fund and Education Trust Fund. He said he did not have a specific estimate for cross-border sales. Commissioner Lindsay St. Pierre of the Department of Revenue then began a deeper dive into the department’s role and the taxes it administers. She reviewed the department’s mission, organizational structure, taxpayer services, and the tax policy and legislative analysis staff who prepare fiscal notes and testify on bills. She noted that the department administers about $2.9 billion in revenue across major taxes such as business taxes, meals and rooms, and utility property tax, and that the figures being discussed were preliminary because the annual report had not yet been issued. The discussion was informational only, with no formal action taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• One is focused on deaf education, one is focused on blind education.
• All of our students are on individual education plans.
• All of our students are on education.
• We look at individual education plans.
• </c> use it, which affects their educational use it, which affects their educational programming. programming

Bills: HF3599 , HF3761 , HF3523 , HF3515 , HF573

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, bond issuance, Becker, sewer improvements, sanitation, Hibbing, state bonds, infrastructure funding, capital investment, safety improvements, mobility, U.S. Highway 12, bonds, transportation funding, trails, Prior Lake, bond funding, recreational improvements

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• Senate Bill 263, an act relating to education. Senator West.
• Senate Bill 263, an act relating to education. Senator West.
• Whereas the Commonwealth of Kentucky has long recognized that locally elected boards of education are
• </c> lawful local board of education action. lawful local board of education action.
• authority or excludes board of education authority or excludes the<02:02:31.760><c> board</c><02:02:

Keywords: 958, all

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• We proactively<00:07:53.039><c> educate</c><00:07:54.240><c> students,</c><00:07:54.960><c> interns,<
• /c> proactively educate students, interns, proactively educate students, interns, registrants,<00:07:
• I I'm not really worried about your grants and your education programs.
• I'm not really worried about your grants and your education programs.
• education and craft training<00:57:43.119><c> programs.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 22 January, 2026; 8:00 AM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So when we're trying to educate my caucus and my constituents on what's actually going on, we can't do
• The fee schedule represents the intersection of two separate systems: health care and education.
• The intersection of educational record privacy data and health privacy data is a complex one.
• The intersection of sort of educational record. That's right.
• Hi, Amanda Dickey with the Santa Clara County Office of Education.

Summary: The committee heard a budget oversight hearing on the Department of Health Care Services, focusing first on the overall Medi-Cal budget and a March General Fund loan to cover a current-year shortfall. DHCS said the 2025-26 budget proposal totals $193.4 billion, with Medi-Cal projected at $188.1 billion total funds and $42.1 billion General Fund, driven by higher enrollment, pharmacy costs, managed care growth, and costs tied to eligibility expansions and the COVID-era redetermination unwinding. The department said the $3.44 billion loan was needed to manage cash flow and ensure timely payments to providers and plans, while the LAO noted Medi-Cal’s cash-basis budgeting creates volatility and that more detailed estimates would come with the May Revision. Members discussed federal Medicaid threats, the need for transparency on cost drivers, and the impact of pharmacy spending, long-term care, and immigration-related coverage expansions. The second major topic was family health programs, including California Children’s Services, the continuous coverage unwinding, and opioid settlement fund spending. DHCS described CCS funding methodology changes, ongoing county stakeholder work, and a delayed rollout of CCS monitoring and oversight until July 1, 2025, while county representatives and advocates argued the program is underfunded and asked for more technical assistance and a delay in implementation. On the unwinding, the department explained that federal redetermination flexibilities helped maintain coverage after the pandemic, but the Governor’s budget proposes ending them at the end of June 2025; advocates urged making the flexibilities permanent to avoid coverage losses. For opioid settlement funds, DHCS and Finance said the budget increases funding for naloxone distribution while reducing other harm-reduction spending based on updated settlement revenues, prompting criticism from members and public commenters who argued the change would weaken effective harm-reduction programs. The hearing also included an update on Proposition 35 implementation. DHCS said the voter-approved measure continuously appropriates MCO tax revenues beginning in 2025, with up to $4.6 billion annually available for specified Medi-Cal and provider investments in 2025 and 2026, but implementation depends on consultation with the required stakeholder advisory committee. The department and LAO noted uncertainty about future federal rules affecting the MCO tax after 2026. Public testimony largely supported maintaining Medi-Cal expansions, protecting immigrant coverage, preserving harm-reduction funding, and increasing support for community health workers, pediatric dental care, and CCS county administration. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Chairman and members, as passed by the House, House Bill 2477 conforms Arizona's 529 education savings
• to use up to 75% of motorcycle safety fund monies to implement and support voluntary motorcycle education
• , awareness, and training, and up to 25% for scholarships for motorcycle education programs for persons
• to use up to 75% of motorcycle safety fund monies to implement and support voluntary motorcycle education
• awareness and training and up to 25% for scholarships for motorcycle education programs for persons

Summary: The caucus meeting on Friday, June 12, reviewed several bills on Blue Sheets 16, 17, and 18, with sponsors generally concurring in Senate amendments. On property tax and agricultural inspection bills, HB 2104 and HB 2105 were described as creating temporary limits on county assessors’ ability to reclassify or inspect agricultural property after a successful appeal or recent inspection, while preserving assessor authority for changes in use, ownership, splits, or taxable improvements. HB 4117, concerning religious worship assemblies, was amended by the Senate to focus on intentionally obstructing entry or exit from a place of worship or creating a disruptive commotion. HB 2311 would require AI conversational systems to notify users they are interacting with AI and add other consumer protections, and HB 2477 would conform Arizona’s 529 plan rules with federal law and allow certain rollovers to ABLE or Roth IRA accounts. The meeting also covered HB 2114, which directs motorcycle safety fund spending toward education and scholarships and ties motorcycle registration requirements to Class M licensing, with Senate changes narrowing the registration provisions and exempting business-owned motorcycles. HB 2729 was broadened by the Senate from continuing only the Nursing Board to also continuing DES, the Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, the Physician Assistants Board, and the State Board of Pharmacy, with members noting this kind of consolidation is common at the end of session. All of these bills were presented for concurrence, and no objections or substantive questions were raised. The caucus then reviewed three additional measures that had just come through rules: SB 1618, which revises military affairs statutes, creates procedures for military installation fund property acquisition, changes commission duties and membership, and adds reporting requirements; SB 1110, which creates a Department of Corrections home confinement program for certain inmates nearing release; and SCR 1004, which would, subject to voter approval, restrict photo enforcement systems unless a contract existed before December 31, 2026. Members clarified that the House mirror of the photo enforcement measure had not advanced. The meeting ended with notice that more caucus or rules activity could occur later in the day as the chamber moved bills to the floor on sine die.

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• you that Jennifer White of Boise, Idaho, was appointed as Executive Director of the State Board of Education
• The gubernatorial appointment for Jennifer White will be referred to the Education Committee, while the
• Secretaries: Agricultural Affairs, Rachel Verrett; Commerce and Human Resources, Linda Kambites; Education
• Secretaries: Agricultural Affairs, Rachel Verrett; Commerce and Human Resources, Linda Kambites; Education
• Rachel Verrett, Commerce and Human Resources; Linda Cambites, Education; Lauren Young, Finance; Lindsay

Keywords: 989, all

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• California is home to the largest number of undocumented students enrolled in higher education, at 87,000
• and access to financial aid, but also the constant threat of deportation, which looms over their educational
• that may jeopardize their academic pursuits and the relentless efforts they have invested in their education
• By fostering a supportive and secure educational environment, we can help ensure that undocumented students
• By securing continuity in their education, respectfully asks for an aye vote. Thank you, Senator.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on July 16, 2025, with a quorum present and 51 bills on the agenda. The chair reviewed public testimony rules, noted Assemblymember Arambula was absent, and took up the consent calendar. Several bills were approved on consent in two motions: one group eligible for the Assembly floor consent calendar and another group approved do pass with amendments. The suspense calendar was then deemed approved, covering a long list of Senate bills that were not individually heard. Two bills were presented before the committee. Senator Sívants presented SB 307, which would require CSU and UC to adopt protections for undocumented students affected by immigration enforcement, including preserving nonresident tuition exemption status, providing access to financial and academic support, and creating policies for grade withdrawals and re-enrollment. The California Faculty Association supported the bill, and an Assemblymember spoke in favor, citing the need to protect undocumented students; the bill was sent out on a roll call. Senator Allen presented SB 413, which would allow limited access to juvenile court records in certain civil and government claims cases to speed resolution and reduce costs, while maintaining privacy safeguards. The County of Los Angeles sponsored the bill, and it also moved out on a roll call, with Assemblymember Dixon not voting. After those presentations, the committee opened the floor for public comment on bills not heard that day, but no additional testimony was offered. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Kehoe Education<00:37:03.920><c> Center,</c><00:37:04.920><c> the</c><00:37:05.520><c> um</c> Education
• groups,</c><00:37:26.720><c> for</c> For um for education groups, for For um for education groups, for
• ><c> to</c> They should provide education to They should provide education to consumers,<00:53:34.080
• the educational<00:54:28.560><c> materials</c><00:54:29.240><c> and</c><00:54:29.360><c> educational
• </c> educational materials and educational educational materials and educational strategies<00:54:31.120

Keywords: 927, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It educated me.
• It educated me.
• It educated me.
• It educated me.
• It educated me.

Committee: House Agriculture & Food Systems

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Let's give a warm Senate welcome to Liddana. education and her f 21st year at Sheran education and her
• I. provide in education and providing us provide in education and providing us for<00:42:49.359><c> a
• </c> joint appropriations and the education joint appropriations and the education interim<01:04:06.960
• They're great students educators.
• </c> state and district uh education state and district uh education officials<04:28:06.720><c> to</c

Keywords: 916, all