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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • You as an individual, we want you to come here and spend money. We want you to come here and work.
  • We conduct that work through lawful advocacy, pro bono legal services, and public education.
  • It does nothing to address education, health care, housing, safety, or water.
  • It offers know-your-rights educational materials to communities to help them understand and defend their
  • I think it was Secretary of State Fontes this morning who stated that Arizona elections spend $9 per
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Early Learning & Human Services Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Early Learning & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • bill, House Bill 1873 provides that full-time professional and graduate students at institutions of higher
  • education are eligible for Working Connections benefits when their household income is at or below 85%
  • the quality of the education.
  • This is why there is a higher staff turnover that really affects the residents.
  • This is why there is a higher staff turnover that really affects the residents.
Bills: HB1873, HB2600, SB5957
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Mar 31st, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Nobody wants to spend time on somebody's condition that was used to just sort of shock and awe, like
  • As a result, I have a fourth-grade education.
  • An educated man, runs 23 trucks.
  • We have a little education in neurology, but our little brain has a lesion in it.
  • We don't want to spend time in the courthouse.
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs convened to discuss several critical pieces of legislation including SB30 and SB38. Senator Betancourt introduced a committee substitute for SB38 which underwent a smooth adoption process, moving it favorably toward the Senate. The meeting featured a mix of invited testimonies where both proponents and opponents took the floor. One notable highlight included a testimony from Melissa Casey, who criticized the current legal state as prone to fraud and detrimental to both insurers and the public at large, contending that it inflated insurance costs across the board. The discussions delved deeply into the implications of the bills on judicial processes and potential insurance ramifications, with spirited debates surrounding issues of non-economic damages and jury rights. The atmosphere remained engaged as committee members heard varied perspectives on the bills, showcasing a robust democratic process. The meeting underscored the importance of public testimony in shaping legislation, ensuring that multiple voices were considered as the committee pressed on towards making decisions that affect the legal landscape of Texas.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Jan 30th, 2026 at 09:10 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • education. ...of partisanship to education, which is not a good thing for children and education and
  • Some of the education partners.
  • My guess is LFC would present an education budget and LESC would present an education budget.
  • rather than the Governor and the Secretary of Education on education priorities.
  • Department of Education rather than the Governor and the Secretary of Education on education priorities
Bills: SB104, SJR3, SM3
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 15th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House Committee on Public Education. We'll come to order, and the clerk will call the roll.
  • When a child has religious education in their life, their mental health improves.
  • To access release time programs for religious education for their children.
  • These programs serve a vital role for families seeking religious education.
  • Many parents consider religion an important part of their child's education.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 18th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to make at the higher end.
  • I work with children in education, and it was my students in education who inspired me to go to law school
  • and higher and higher until we. you end up with another assault or a murder.
  • He definitely came for his education.
  • I think it's higher than preponderance.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

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

Culture & Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our arts education specialist. >> Aloha to Rosen Grant, arts education specialist at the State Foundation
  • Our arts education specialist. here. Our arts education specialist.
  • </c> focus is on performing arts education? focus is on performing arts education?
  • and civic benefits that public school, higher education, and archival and museum libraries provide to
  • </c> benefits that public school higher benefits that public school higher education<00:39:36.480><c>
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.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/4/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • But this approach essentially is a contract arrangement between the school district and the higher education
  • education teacher, and presenting coursework that meets the higher education system's requirements.
  • </c><00:57:25.520><c> education</c> been trained by a higher education been trained by a higher education
  • Stump, Superintendent Stump. with the higher education institution with the higher education institution
  • higher education institution but of the higher education institution but it's<00:58:10.960><c> offered
Bills: HF984, HF921, HF922
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Higher education has empowered me to take that foundation and build a future beyond the uniform.
  • For me and for so many others of my fellow service members, access to higher education has been transformational
  • Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 1026 prohibits the Arizona Department of Education.
  • of Education from requiring a school district governing board, alternative education program provider
  • Having no further business before the body, the Senate Education Committee is adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Jan 20th, 2026

Health Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I feel that this piece of legislation is part two or part B that will help educate parents at a very
  • And thank you, Senator Davis, for the bill and also spending time and discussions with me.
  • We already require this in continuing education programs.
  • But we have no requirement in our education programs for nurses.
  • Senator Harrell: I'm thinking of the bill concerning education for nursing students to receive education
Bills: S0428, S0606, S0192, S0162, S0340
Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and took up several health-related bills, with a strong focus on drowning prevention and patient safety. SB 428 by Senator Yarborough would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7. Supporters, including a pediatric emergency physician and YMCA leadership, cited Florida’s high child drowning rates and argued that swim lessons reduce risk and should be available to more children. Senator Harrell noted the need to consider increasing the program’s funding as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 606 by Senator Smith, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing education to postpartum materials provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and, after amendment, no longer home birth providers. A parent who lost a child to drowning testified in support, and senators emphasized the preventability of such deaths. The bill, as amended, was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 340 by Senator Harrell would require nursing students to complete a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure; after a strike-all amendment shifted the requirement from nursing programs to the students themselves, the bill received support from advocates and was reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also considered SB 162 by Senator Davis, which would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies for using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively inexpensive and already common in many facilities, while opponents and some senators questioned the medical evidence, enforcement, and possible impacts on rural and smaller facilities. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably, with some members voting no. SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull on behalf of Senator Martin, would remove the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; the Florida Chiropractic Society supported the change as pro-small-business, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also received an OPAGA presentation comparing Florida’s health care practitioner regulation system with other states, focusing on board autonomy, rulemaking oversight, board composition, appointments, term limits, and funding mechanisms.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 13th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've worked in higher education for over 25 years, of which the past 17 have been in dual credit.
  • That educator is to handle and to educate the kids in the classroom.
  • a study on the K-12 impacts from our ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion offices in higher education
  • To see a gay teacher meant that there is life for me outside of higher education.
  • Education Equity Coalition.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Education.
  • Education.
  • To the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.
  • House Bill 4363 by Moore of the House and Gollihare of the Senate, an act relating to higher education
  • House Bill 4363 by Moore of the House and Gollihare of the Senate, an act relating to higher education
Summary: The House met in session with prayer, the Pledge, and several recognitions, including Veteran of the Week Jake Searock, Doctor of the Day Dr. Nicole Bowden, Psychologist of the Day Dr. Amy Cherry, Nurse of the Day Eileen Cooper Grubbs, and a presentation for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day. Members also welcomed student and community guests in the galleries. The chamber then moved through a long calendar of House bills, with most measures advancing on unanimous consent or broad bipartisan votes. Among the major bills discussed, lawmakers passed measures on county jail medication reimbursement (HB 2059), a sales tax exemption for LifeShare (HB 3920), ratepayer protections for large data centers and crypto mining facilities (HB 2992), a felony offense for breaking and entering an occupied dwelling without intent to commit another crime (HB 3267), PBM access protections for specialty pharmacy patients (HB 4457), adjunct teacher guardrails in K-4 tested subjects (HB 4427), malpractice coverage for state-employed nurse practitioners and physician assistants (HB 4430), and several higher education, water, and state government cleanup bills. The House also approved bills addressing the 988 mental health lifeline, juvenile oversight disclosures, school support employee tracking, a federal education tax credit opt-in, firearms education curriculum development, AI personhood restrictions, child safety reviews related to fentanyl, and expungement relief for trafficking victims. Debate centered most heavily on HB 2992, where supporters argued data centers should pay their share of infrastructure costs so residential and other ratepayers are not burdened, while some members questioned why the bill singled out data centers instead of all large-load users. HB 3267 drew questions about how the new offense would affect people with cognitive impairments, and HB 3312, the firearms education bill, prompted concerns about who would teach the curriculum. HB 3546 on artificial intelligence personhood also generated discussion about accountability and future regulation. Several bills were amended on the floor, including HB 492, HB 4302, and HB 4105. The House recorded numerous final passage votes, with many bills passing overwhelmingly and some by narrower margins, including HB 3800, HB 4333, HB 3704, HB 4159, and HB 3619. Emergency clauses were adopted on some measures, including HB 4427 and HB 3312, while others were passed without emergency action. The chamber also reconsidered and then passed HB 1979 after a motion to reconsider a prior failure.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education will now come to order.
  • Tab 2, SB 920, Mathematics Education, by Senator Gates.
  • SB 920, Mathematics Education, by Senator Gates, we're going to show that bill temporarily postponed.
  • Florida's educator compensation statute in 1012.22 was rewritten more than a decade ago to emphasize
  • The Committee on Education Appropriations will come back to order.
Bills: S0920, S1036, S1216
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met with a quorum present and first temporarily postponed SB 920 on mathematics education. The committee then took up SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation, sponsored by Senator Rodriguez, which would give districts more flexibility in educator pay by restoring meaningful cost-of-living adjustments for teachers with direct student contact, allowing recognition of relevant advanced degrees, and removing rigid performance-pay caps. Several senators spoke in support, emphasizing teacher retention, compensation, and education as a state investment. The bill was reported favorably on a unanimous roll call vote. After a brief recess, the committee considered CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, sponsored by Senator Calatayud, to address counselor shortages by removing certification barriers tied to classroom teacher requirements. The sponsor and supporting testimony described recruitment and retention problems, high counselor-to-student ratios, and the need for counselors to focus on student academics, mental health, and college/career readiness rather than administrative duties. Public testimony came from students, educators, and school personnel who described limited access to counselors and the impact on student well-being and college planning. Committee members broadly supported the bill while noting that counselors are often overburdened and that additional support personnel, including BRACE advisors, may also need attention in the future. Senators also discussed broader efficiency measures and the need for schools and colleges to improve access to guidance services. CS/SB 1036 was reported favorably by unanimous vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded their votes on the two bills, and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Mar 31st, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • These investments in our students and educators will make this a landmark session. ...for public education
  • In higher education, it was important for us to make higher education more affordable and accessible
  • education in the state of Texas.
  • Education Coordinating Board to fund higher than anticipated outcomes from House Bill related to the
  • I have been in public education for 30 years and a special education director for 26.
Bills: SB1, HB500, SB 1
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Parents should be the guiding influence and the strongest voice in any educational decision.
  • I applaud the removal of educators, counselors, and district leadership from the SHAC.
  • I'm speaking for myself but also for Texas Education 9-1-1.
  • I'm testifying for the bill on behalf of myself and Texas Education 9-1-1.
  • Senate Education Committee K through 16 will stand in recess.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome back, everyone, to the Committee on Education K through 12.
  • At PAISD, we are incredibly proud of the quality of education we provide, but the escalating cost of
  • We understand our role in support. supporting the broader public education system in Texas.
  • The goal of this bill is simple: to put educational dollars back into the classroom if passed.
  • This bill relates to repayment. of certain mental health professional education loans.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Council on Postsecondary Education 13 KAR 2:111 repealer.
  • Remove a a continuing education.
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  • Education and Labor Cabinet, Board of Education...
  • Education and Labor Cabinet, Board of Education. 701 KAR 5:150, 704 KAR 3:460, and 701 KAR 5:170. 701
Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met for its January meeting, approved the minutes from the prior meeting, and welcomed the new regulations compiler. The first item was a repealer from the Council on Postsecondary Education, 13 KAR 2:111, which was explained as necessary because Senate Bill 77 from the 2025 session removed the regulatory authority for advanced practice doctoral degree programs at comprehensive universities. No questions were raised, and the repealer moved forward without objection. The subcommittee then reviewed a large package of State Board of Elections regulations with staff-suggested amendments. The package would update definitions and election procedures, require e-poll books to be ready before polls open, change the standard and timeline for removing an election officer, add oversight by a State Board appointee on election days, recognize the Kentucky party, require voter registration records to be added to electronic voter records, require ballots to fit all races and questions on a single sheet, adjust precinct consolidation petition deadlines, and update incorporated forms and identification references. The package was approved without objection. The Office of the Attorney General’s Office of Regulatory Relief also presented multiple regulations with staff amendments, covering funeral planning declarations, cemetery companies, pre-need cemetery merchandise and funeral/burial contract sellers, and crematory contract sellers. These changes were described as adding specificity, streamlining forms and reporting, and bringing the regulations into compliance with KRS Chapter 13A; they were approved without objection. The Board of Examiners of Psychology presented several regulations, including compact rules, grace-period extensions, and significant fee increases for applications, renewals, reinstatements, exam retakes, and reciprocity. Board representatives said the increases were needed because many fees had not been raised since 2002, the board was operating at a deficit, and legal and administrative costs had risen sharply after the termination of state legal services. Members expressed concern about the size of the increases, but the chair said he would not hold the matter up and would raise the issue with the committee of jurisdiction. The subcommittee also approved staff amendments for the Energy and Environment Cabinet’s air quality regulations and the Education and Labor Cabinet’s education regulations, which updated nontraditional instruction procedures, waiver requests, instruction topics, superintendent assessment requirements, and academic standards. The meeting ended with the next meeting scheduled for February 9 at 1 p.m., and the agenda was adjourned without further objection.