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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • of them are fields that don't earn a lot of money.
  • and Wyoming Departments of Education.
  • Well, to address the critical workforce needs. of today, Sam Houston State University seeks to answer
  • And members, we also have Rachel Bowden here. as a resource from the Department of Insurance if needed
  • In fact, about a third of all of our students do that.
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a large agenda and repeatedly recessed for floor activity and other committee conflicts. The committee heard and left pending several higher education bills, including SB 2361 to transfer University of Houston-Victoria from the University of Houston System to the Texas A&M System and rename it Texas A&M University Victoria; testimony from university officials, local leaders, and industry representatives strongly supported the move as a way to better align degree programs with regional workforce needs in engineering, agriculture, and STEM. SB 530, which would align Texas accreditation statutes with federal rules allowing institutions to choose among nationally recognized accreditors, also received supportive testimony and was left pending. SB 1085, allowing Sul Ross satellite campuses to offer lower-division coursework toward bachelor’s degrees, was laid out and left pending as well. The committee also took up a series of education policy bills. SB 1241 would expand the standardized tests Texas public universities may accept for admission beyond the SAT and ACT, with supporters from the Classic Learning Test, homeschool advocates, and student-choice groups arguing it would increase access and competition; it was left pending. SB 769 would require a TEA/Higher Education Coordinating Board report on barriers faced by students with disabilities in higher education, and testimony from The Arc of Texas and others emphasized the need for better data and accessibility; the bill was left pending. SB 2231 would designate the second week of October as Free College Application Week, and SB 1878 would modernize terminology and support workforce-oriented programs at the Josie School; both were laid out and left pending. The committee reported several bills favorably after adopting committee substitutes. SB 605, concerning charter school expansion applications while under conservatorship or a management team, passed on a 9-0 vote. SB 1871, SB 1873, and SB 1874, all related to school discipline and teacher immunity/placement review provisions, were adopted and reported favorably, with members noting the need for further discussion on some language. SB 762, dealing with flag displays in public schools, passed on a 7-1 vote. SB 1962, relating to public school accountability and challenges to school system operations, passed 7-1 after a corrected vote. SB 1750, replacing a $60 million statewide charter facilities cap with an attendance-growth-based allotment, passed 7-1 with one member voting present not voting. SB 2252, supporting kindergarten readiness and early literacy/numeracy, SB 2253, concerning educator preparation and certification, SB 2365, on student use of wireless devices during instructional time, and SB 1924, restoring local peace officer citation authority for school offenses and adding reporting and parent-notification requirements, were also reported favorably. The committee additionally heard SB 37 on higher education governance and compliance oversight, which passed 7-1 after a substitute that refined curriculum review, governing board authority, faculty senate rules, and a new compliance office within the Higher Education Coordinating Board.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Health Care & Wellness

Transcript Highlights:
  • Patient protection should be the highest priority of the legislature and the Washington State Department
  • The realities of the workforce is that if they're... ...the untenable position this places nurses in.
  • If they, the realities of the workforce is that if they're overworked, they may be delegating tasks that
  • This was comments from the Department of Health clarifying duties and stipulations to kind of make my
  • some of our rural hospitals where often they use ARNPs and PAs to staff their emergency departments,
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses May 7th, 2026

Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business, and I have the honor
  • We think this is generational, and part of developing these plans is developing a development strategy
  • And part of developing these plans is developing a development strategy of how you're going to raise
  • My day job, I am the Executive Director of One Holyoke Community Development.
  • My day job, I am the Executive Director of One Holyoke Community Development Corporation.
Bills: S3022 , H5187
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Most states already are investing a significant amount of time and effort at the Department of Public
  • Gary Gibson testifying on behalf of Texas Department of Public Safety and Neutral as a resource.
  • You're going to hear from members of the OIG today and also members of the Dallas Police Department which
  • I'm here representing the Dallas Police Department in support of this bill.
  • to the level of deadly conduct that are not reflective of the police department. as a whole are not
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 14th, 2026 at 10:35 am

House Taxation & Revenue

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  • But the Aging Department does have a kind of formal application-based vetting system for these projects
  • That were published by the Tax and Revenue Department, and they include the impact of certain types of
  • My assumption would be that it would be for the development of energy generation and storage.
  • Chair, Vice Chair, the increasingly the development of energy projects requires storage.
  • That's assuming no economic development, you know, the current status of the district.
Bills: HB248 , HB309 , HB332 , SB48
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 13th, 2026 at 08:35 am

House Taxation & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the Secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Department, and I'm proud to speak in support of this bill
  • The department is in support of the committee substitute.
  • association of economic development professionals.
  • I am the Director of Development for Pallandrome.
  • We are an affordable and workforce housing developer.
Bills: HB248 , HB309 , HB332 , SB48
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/24/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Department of Administration could work with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to develop goals
  • </c><01:01:23.920><c> of</c> goal that the Department of goal that the Department of Administration<01
  • And again, the Department of Administration could work with other agencies to develop those standards
  • ><c> Administration</c> again, the Department of Administration again, the Department of Administration
  • /c> US Department of Agriculture, um and US Department of Agriculture, um and other<01:43:16.760><c>
Bills: HF4470 , HF2418 , HF3417 , HF3365 , HF3463
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy 2ND REVISED Feb 26th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And again, that's kind of why I wanted to reach out to the Department of Mines this morning and try to
  • the Department of Mines would be assuming that cost.
  • I actually have the department of mines. It's on our subcommittee.
  • I just found in my notes there are 763 permits through the Department of Mines.
  • My understanding is that the Department of Mines already has that ability to do so.
Bills: SB1246 , SB1510 , SB1979 , SB1929 , SB1930 , SB1976
Committee: Senate Energy
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

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  • The first of which is a general bond authorization of $1.1 billion.
  • Lily Wilson Kodega, on behalf of the Inland Boatmen's Union, representing our ferry workforce, and the
  • It requires the Department of Licensing to revoke the vehicle dealer license within 30 days if the qualified
  • A fiscal note has been requested, with likely cost to the Department of Licensing for implementation.
  • of his own.
Bills: SB6225 , SB6005 , SB6354
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 17th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Because one of them is budget and I don't know if he counts. >> He doesn't count.
  • It is permissive legislation that allows a municipality to adopt a Firefighters Bill of Rights.
  • that are insurers for municipalities that have a lot of concerns, and I just wanted to let you know
  • I wanted to make sure we got your bill given the timing now, got it in committee and probably out of
  • </c> municipalities that have a lot of municipalities that have a lot of concerns<00:03:54.640><c> and
Bills: HB468 , SB366 , HB468 , HB561 , SB227 , SB32 , HB561 , SB227 , SB32
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session May 29th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , any type of job, any type of assignment, she will take on.
  • Schwertner, you know, there was a time when the state of Texas took all of our tech out of high schools
  • you have a willful and persistent disregard of the bail laws of the state of Texas.
  • of information.
  • higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft. of
Bills: SJR5 , SJR27 , SB4 , SB6 , SB7 , SB9 , SB13 , SB15 , SB23 , SB27 , SB30 , SB40 , SB57 , SB66 , SB140 , SB268 , SB293 , SB331 , SB413 , SB437 , SB447 , SB457 , SB467 , SB506 , SB510 , SB512 , SB568 , SB571 , SB650 , SB710 , SB763 , SB785 , SB800 , SB850 , SB863 , SB865 , SB904 , SB905 , SB973 , SB974 , SB1191 , SB1281 , SB1300 , SB1362 , SB1494 , SB1504 , SB1522 , SB1540 , SB1567 , SB1579 , SB1580 , SB1610 , SB1660 , SB1723 , SB1760 , SB1838 , SB1923 , SB1946 , SB1957 , SB1964 , SB2018 , SB2024 , SB2121 , SB2167 , SB2217 , SB2221 , SB2321 , SB2337 , SB2368 , SB2373 , SB2407 , SB2431 , SB2477 , SB2587 , SB2615 , SB2753 , SB2807 , SB2900 , SB2965 , SB2972 , SB2986 , SB3039 , SB3047 , SB3059 , SB3070 , SB1 , SB8 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17 , SB21 , SB30 , SB37 , SB260 , SB268 , SB331 , SB379 , SB441 , SB447 , SB457 , SB509 , SB650 , SB763 , SB1198 , SB1405 , SB1506 , SB1566 , SB1610 , SB1637 , SB1660 , SB1833 , SB2018 , SB2024 , SB2155 , SB2217 , SB2308 , SB2337 , SB2601 , SB2753 , SB2778 , SB2878 , SB2900 , SB3059 , HB4 , HB145 , HB300 , HB493 , HB2011 , HB2067 , HB2516 , HB2525 , HB2885 , HB2974 , HB3071 , HB3372 , HB3595 , HB5138 , HB5246 , HB796 , HB1523 , HB5294 , HB748 , HB3395 , HB180 , HB3171 , HB4690 , HB146 , HB5596 , HB5694 , HB 1135 , HB3225 , HB186 , HB1449 , HB3793 , HB 112 , HB 104 , HB4233 , HB 1094 , HB3336 , HB3520 , HB3320 , HB5663 , HB2731 , HB2399 , HB 111 , HB3483 , HB4580 , HB3748 , HB632 , HB4730 , HB 127 , HB5690 , HB5689 , HB3385 , HB4359 , HB5381 , HB20 , HB 123 , HB549 , HB5606 , HB2594 , HB 1057 , HB3664 , HCR141 , HCR40 , HCR59 , SJR36 , SJR50 , SJR63 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB2023 , SB62 , SB666 , SB847 , SB284 , SB854 , SB810 , SB1505 , SB583 , SB507 , SB1434 , SB1772 , SB2016 , SB1122 , SB731 , SB397 , SB508 , SB1436 , SB287 , SB1882 , SB393 , SB1791 , SB209 , SB2429 , SB1085 , SB1975 , SB2717 , SB1262 , SB636 , SB2056 , SB884 , SB1200 , SB1845 , SB2458 , SB801 , SB3014 , SB3013 , SB758 , SB2797 , SB2076 , SB2876 , SB1640 , SB1449 , SB1181 , SB1234 , SB2926 , SB2841 , SB1528 , SB1854 , SB317 , SB1250 , SB2082 , SB1237 , SB2819 , SB629 , SB2608 , SB1602 , SB2009 , SB867 , SB640 , SB1698 , SB2680 , SB913 , SB1071 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1483 , SB1444 , SB1553 , SB1556 , SB1703 , SB2133 , SB2297 , SB2298 , SB2622 , SB2955 , SB2334 , SB1367 , SB2044 , SB2363 , SB2565 , SB1888 , SB3036 , SB3057 , SB3043 , SB3063 , SB3035 , SB203 , SB2688 , SB2522 , SB2459 , SB2655 , SB2251 , SB1884 , SB2928 , SB2566 , SB2549 , SB2553 , SB2919 , SB1944 , SB1232 , SB1798 , SB2603 , SB2607 , SB2683 , SB1319 , SB3045 , SB3071 , HB20 , HB 127 , HB549 , HB 1094 , HB2594 , HB2731 , HB4233 , HB4690 , SR625 , HCR167 , SJR5 , SB4 , SB6 , SB9 , SB23 , SB40 , SB13 , SB15 , SB30 , SB268 , SB331 , SB447 , SB457 , SB568 , SB650 , SB763 , SB1540 , SB1610 , SB1660 , SB2018 , SB2024 , SB2217 , SB2337 , SB2753 , SB2900 , SB2972 , SB3059 , HB4 , HB145 , HB493 , HB2067 , HB2516 , HB2885 , HB2974 , HB3071 , HB3372 , HB3556 , HB3595 , HB5138
Summary: The meeting centered around the discussions of several key bills, notably HB4233, which aims to align Texas's money transmission licensing and auditing requirements with federal regulations. Senator Parker led the discussion, emphasizing the need for consumer protections around cryptocurrency kiosks that have become targets for fraud, particularly affecting vulnerable populations such as seniors. The meeting also saw lively debates on HB20, designed to reintegrate technical education into high schools, addressing skills shortages in the workforce. The bills were well received, with strong bipartisan support evident in the votes.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Goldsby members, the town of Goldsby members, as well as the rest of the Goldsby Fire Department here
  • We get that number from the state department of education.
  • Again, this is part of the ask for the Department of Mental Health.
  • and workforce development.
  • infrastructure, workforce development, and healthcare.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • the Texas Workforce Commission, Health and Human Services, the Department of Family and Protective Services
  • Additionally, the Quad Agency will develop a process that would allow members of the public,...
  • The Texas Department of Insurance implementation study found that only 4% of the providers met the threshold
  • Department of Health and Human Services, it is estimated that less than 1% of vaccine adverse events
  • of Governor Abbott's health care workforce task force.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have an official hearing from the Department of... Commerce.
  • I am the Director of Community Development for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
  • Office at the Department of Commerce administers those funds. 90% of them automatically to community
  • Sure, so the Oklahoma Department of Commerce is a little over 100 employees.
  • I oversee roughly 30 to 32 of those employees for community development broadly speaking.
Bills: SB80 , SB1101 , SB1813 , SB1966
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 27th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Appointments for confirmation from the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the Department of Children
  • and Family Services, Department of Conservation, Environmental Quality, Group Benefits, Department of
  • Nicole Roebuck, the head of the Department of Music and director of band. Dr.
  • the Louisiana Department of Health.
  • the Department of Children and Family Services and the Louisiana Department of Health.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 16th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the department.
  • , Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Department of Treasury, Department of Public Service, Department
  • of Insurance, and Department of Agriculture.
  • Next schedule is Schedule 7, Department of Transportation and Development, pages 53 through 56.
  • The Department of Transportation and Development is budgeted at $826 million, with $70 million coming
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 17th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The committee on trade, workforce and economic development will meet today upon final adjournment in
  • child care services reading list property for the certain children of Subcommittee on Workforce.
  • corporations and for the Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.
  • child care resources for the Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.
  • administration of the Board of the Department of Licensing and Regulation for the Committee on Agriculture
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • the workforce development Realm, and there are some glaring holes.
  • So After looking at all of this, you know, we could very easily overwhelm the new workforce commission
  • There just seems to be an awful lot of people with fingers in the pot in the workforce pot.
  • So that was why, through conversations with business owners and some of the ones in The workforce development
  • with workforce development See no question, the emotion Du pass and say will there be debate?
Bills: HB3081 , HB3127 , HB3128 , HB3498 , HB2035
Committee: House Business
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 03/18/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> through the Department of Revenue um now through the Department of Revenue um now members<00:10:
  • </c> the intent of the people of Minnesota the intent of the people of Minnesota were<00:35:11.599><c
  • </c> mean that of um uh accepting as part of mean that of um uh accepting as part of the<00:38:26.680
  • </c> of the Blandon Corporation and a lot of of the Blandon Corporation and a lot of of<00:48:24.119>
  • </c><01:10:35.880><c> um</c> uh Department of Revenue to present um uh Department of Revenue to present
Bills: HF2274 , HF1932
Committee: Senate Taxes
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 4th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Department of Children and Family Services and the Louisiana Department of Health.
  • of Transportation and Development.
  • of Transportation and Development. within the Department of Transportation and Development.
  • and Development, including provisions to provide for the recreation of the department.
  • and Development, including provisions to provide for the recreation of the department.
Bills: SR107 , SCR53 , SCR54 , SCR55 , SCR12 , HB167 , HB181 , HB243 , HB316 , HB321 , HB335 , HB492 , HB578 , HB624 , HB708 , HB864 , HB906 , HB968 , HB969 , HB978 , HB985 , HB1005 , HB1032 , HB1077 , HB1095 , HB1104 , HB1118 , HB1157 , HB1187 , HB1189 , HB1195 , HB1198 , HB1220 , HB221 , HCR58 , SB283 , SB338 , SB488 , SB520 , HB90 , HB127 , HB138 , HB150 , HB201 , HB268 , HB273 , HB285 , HB315 , HB354 , HB355 , HB360 , HB376 , HB445 , HB506 , HB606 , HB649 , HB665 , HB681 , HB721 , HB746 , HB757 , HB781 , HB835 , HB844 , HB857 , HB872 , HB886 , HB889 , HB892 , HB972 , HB982 , HB987 , HB1037 , HB1068 , HB1072 , HB1078 , HB1085 , HB1132 , HB1137 , HB1167 , HB1174 , HB1232 , HB1238 , SB68 , SB76 , SB149 , SB191 , SB196 , SB318 , SB162 , SB382 , SCR33 , SCR30 , SB112 , SB194 , SB307 , SB341 , SB346 , SB363 , SB495 , SB503 , SB507 , SB509 , SB513 , SB408 , SB131 , SB145 , SB333 , SB464 , SB466 , SB500 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB228 , SB246 , SB249 , SB268 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB312 , SB319 , SB323 , SB369 , SB431 , SB474 , SB484 , SB490 , SB492 , SB501 , HCR14 , HB537 , HB652 , HB653 , HB661 , HB726 , HB756 , HB851 , HB964 , HB966 , HB34 , HB35 , HB48 , HB474 , HB553 , HB758 , HB852 , HB10 , HB16 , HB36 , HB44 , HB46 , HB52 , HB61 , HB78 , HB98 , HB102 , HB124 , HB126 , HB131 , HB135 , HB141 , HB142 , HB164 , HB170 , HB171 , HB179 , HB194 , HB231 , HB245 , HB280 , HB292 , HB294 , HB297 , HB305 , HB336 , HB337 , HB351 , HB436 , HB594 , HB789 , HB956 , HB957 , HB995 , HB1040 , HB50 , HB117 , HB120 , HB122 , HB139 , HB148 , HB149 , HB185 , HB199 , HB247 , HB271 , HB286 , HB301 , HB358 , HB359 , HB384 , HB413 , HB428 , HB450 , HB462 , HB547 , HB613 , HB631 , HB657 , HB669 , HB675 , HB680 , HB691 , HB712 , HB716 , HB720 , HB723 , HB727 , HB728 , HB735 , HB747 , HB759 , HB825 , HB842 , HB845 , HB846 , HB903 , HB904 , HB907 , HB923 , HB929 , HB941 , HB962 , HB965 , HB1036 , HB287 , HB370 , HB515 , HB521 , HB570 , HB1200 , HB119 , HB129 , HB677 , HB850