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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity
Transcript Highlights:
- Our schools are using AI to help educate.
- Massachusetts has an opportunity, and our strength in higher education and innovation... ...workers.
- and protect the rights and autonomy of our educators.
- I'm speaking as a parent who has lost a child as a result of social media harm.
- threat is using generative AI to evaluate educator performance in K-12 classrooms.
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on several artificial intelligence bills, opening with remarks about the 9/11 anniversary and then broad statements from the co-chairs about AI’s promise and risks. Chair Farley-Bouvier and Senator Moore emphasized the need for guardrails, transparency, and worker and consumer protections, while Senator Finegold described Senate Bill 37, which would create a framework for AI model training with safety assessments, audits, incident reporting, Attorney General oversight, and workforce reporting. Members also discussed Massachusetts’ position relative to other states and the need for state action in the absence of federal regulation.
A large portion of the hearing focused on the Fair Act, House 77 and Senate 35, which would limit workplace surveillance, restrict collection of biometric and location data, require notice and human review for automated employment decisions, and protect workers from retaliation. Labor leaders, including AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, SEIU, building trades, and other worker representatives, testified in support, describing harms from bossware, automated benefits denials, hiring and promotion screening, scheduling, and monitoring in workplaces ranging from health care and education to manufacturing and construction. They argued that AI systems are already affecting wages, benefits, safety, and job security, and that Massachusetts should act now to set clear rules.
The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 74, which would require informed consent and clear contract terms for digital replicas of voices and likenesses, with SAG-AFTRA representatives supporting the bill as a protection for performers and creators. Another major topic was Senate Bill 51 on social media algorithm accountability and transparency; child safety advocates, researchers, and a public health expert described harms from engagement-based algorithms, including exposure to harmful content, eating disorders, and youth mental health impacts, and supported independent audits and public reporting. A few industry and civil liberties witnesses supported regulation but urged balance, warning against overly burdensome rules while acknowledging the need for privacy, transparency, and accountability. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the hearing excerpt.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- They also reference those living in rural spaces, veterans, parents, caregivers, and those experiencing
- Those living in rural spaces, veterans, parents, caregivers, and those experiencing poverty, and also
- As the Dean of Student Support Services at the San Diego College of Continuing Education, SDCCE, I'm
- The Dean of Student Support Services at the San Diego College of Continuing Education, SDCCE, I'm here
- We have Education Committee. Thank you.
Summary:
The Governmental Organization Committee met as a subcommittee because it initially lacked a quorum, then later established quorum and heard several bills. AB 445 by Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry would grant Colusa County 10 on-sale liquor licenses to address a long-standing shortage and support local economic development; the author said she would accept committee amendments. The bill was later approved on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations, with the roll held open for absent members before additional aye votes were added.
AB 766 by Assemblymember Sharp-Collins would require state agencies and departments to conduct an equity analysis before implementing budgets or regulations, with the review performed by a DEIA coordinator or qualified equivalent. Supporters, including a college administrator and a nursing instructor, argued the bill would protect diversity, equity, inclusion, and access efforts and help address systemic barriers in education and health care. The committee voted 13-? on the measure after a due-pass motion to Appropriations, with the roll held open and later additional aye votes recorded.
AB 971 by Assemblymember Alvarez would facilitate transfer of about 3.83 acres of city-owned land in San Diego to the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians, contingent on affirmative action by the City of San Diego. The author and tribal witnesses described the bill as a step toward correcting historical injustices and reopening a currently closed park as a tribal-operated historical park and museum. The measure passed on a due-pass motion to Appropriations, again with the roll held open for absent members before additional votes were added.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Educated at North Carolina was he.
- </c><00:39:45.760><c> and</c> welcome as their parents and welcome as their parents and grandparents<
- . education. education.
- What will happen to our parents, to our grandparents?
- </c> to our parents, to our grandparents? to our parents, to our grandparents?
AL
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 832 from Education was filed for the second reading calendar.
- House Bill 832 from education we filed for a second reading calendar.
- Senate Bill 1339 was referred to the Education Committee without objection.
- That's in the Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and Blind budget.
- It's just the educational service. No, 25. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Summary:
The House convened with roll call, prayer, and approval of the journal, then received gubernatorial and Senate messages and committee reports. Several new bills and resolutions were introduced and referred, including measures on taxation refunds, county commissioner vacancies, open meetings, data centers and water use, state historic preservation, and multiple Senate bills on vacancies, administrative rules, abortion trafficking, energy resources, irrigation districts, and education. The House also advanced a number of bills to second and third reading calendars and referred House Concurrent Resolution 35 and House Joint Memorial 21 for printing.
The bulk of the floor action focused on budget and appropriation bills brought up under suspended rules. House Bills 866 and 867, maintenance budgets for constitutional officers and general government, passed after debate over the size of the appropriations, transparency of JFAC’s cuts, and the inclusion of military pay raises and other baseline costs. House Bill 868, for the Public Employee Retirement System, passed after questions about one-time software and disaster-recovery funding. House Bill 869, for the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, passed amid discussion of using dedicated funds to restore cuts and confusion with a separate deaf-and-blind school budget.
The House also passed House Bill 870, an Office of Information Technology Services enhancement bill centered on cybersecurity hardware and the final phase of IT consolidation from Health and Welfare, despite objections that it represented government growth and relied on federal funds. House Bill 871, funding the State Tax Commission for tax conformity work, property tax education, and seasonal staff, also passed after debate over necessity and spending. House Bill 835, limiting non-cognizable spending by the executive branch and preserving exceptions for emergencies, military facilities, and tuition-related funds, passed as well. The House then moved to announcements and adjourned until Monday, March 16, 2026.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (03/18/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
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- As a parent, I'm concerned.
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- </c> enforcement the education enforcement the education they<05:53:37.600><c> work</c><05:53:37.840>
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> program this program is to educate program this program is to educate students<00:02:18.239><c>
- </c> behalf of the Department of Education behalf of the Department of Education the<00:02:45.200><c>
- ><00:30:28.080><c> school</c> the board of education to the the school the board of education to the
Committee:
Senate Education
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (04/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a parental rights advocate in New Hampshire focused on education.
- </c> decision maybe based on what parents decision maybe based on what parents want<02:59:44.800><c>
- They make the parents were saying.
- This bill starts off serves to educate.
- No child parents. Totally rightly so.
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 141, which would create a narrow exception to New Hampshire’s three-year deadline for motions for a new trial when a petitioner has newly discovered evidence, new forensic testing, or new scientific understanding. The prime sponsor’s representative and advocates from the Innocence Project and New England Innocence Project argued the bill is needed to help wrongfully convicted people access the courts, noting that exonerations often take many years and that outdated forensic science has contributed to wrongful convictions. The chair also said he had drafted a proposed amendment for committee review, but it had not yet been formally submitted.
Witnesses supporting the bill emphasized that the measure would not guarantee relief, only allow a petition to be filed and reviewed under existing standards. They discussed examples such as arson science, explaining that some convictions were based on forensic methods later shown to be unreliable. Committee members asked about the scope of habeas corpus, whether the bill would create a new cause of action, and whether additional screening or pleading requirements should be added. The supporters said they would be open to requiring a petitioner to plead innocence, but opposed adding more burdensome preliminary procedures or counsel requirements at the filing stage.
Thomas Farardi, from the Attorney General’s Office, testified in opposition or with caution, saying the bill was a “solution looking for a problem” because existing habeas corpus and coram nobis procedures already provide avenues for relief, and prosecutors can act when credible new evidence arises. He argued the current draft could invite additional litigation and create a new cause of action, and said he favored more screening before cases proceed. The discussion also touched on whether the statute applies in criminal cases, the current three-year limitation in RSA 526:4, and questions about posthumous petitions and petitions by deported individuals. No vote or executive action was taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Nov 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Education have caused confusion about the future of higher education and, ultimately, the
- So as a champion of public education, especially higher education access as a gateway to opportunity
- , STEM, and bilingual education.
- But this is what higher education is designed to do. And higher education will endure.
- But this is what higher education is designed to do. And higher education will endure.
Summary:
The Assembly Higher Education Committee held an oversight hearing on how federal actions are affecting California higher education, with opening remarks from the chair and members emphasizing the importance of state-federal shared governance and the need to protect access, affordability, and campus diversity. The first panel included leaders from the CSU, University of the Pacific, California Community Colleges, and UC, who described broad impacts from federal grant terminations, changes to student aid, loan limits, visa and immigration policy, and proposed reductions to research support. Testimony focused on the elimination of Grad PLUS loans, caps on Parent PLUS and Pell-related changes, the loss or suspension of hundreds of grants, and the resulting harm to student support services, research, workforce pipelines, food assistance, and health care training. UC and CSU representatives warned of major losses in research funding, indirect cost reimbursement, and student opportunities, while community college leaders highlighted uncertainty around federal grants and the need to maintain services for low-income, first-generation, undocumented, and other vulnerable students.
Committee members asked how the state could respond, including through intersegmental partnerships, dual enrollment, transfer pathways, and support for basic needs and nutrition programs. Witnesses said California could help by sustaining financial aid, protecting minority-serving institution programs, and investing in research, housing, and workforce development. Several speakers stressed that federal changes were creating instability for students and campuses, and that the effects would likely be long-lasting, especially in health care, teaching, STEM, and social work pipelines.
A second panel then focused on equitable access. The California Student Aid Commission described state efforts such as the $3.9 billion investment in aid programs, the Cal Grant system, the Dream Act, and possible reforms to better serve adult learners, foster youth, undocumented students, and students with dependents. The Los Angeles Community College District reported that federal cuts and policy shifts are discouraging students from applying for aid, threatening TRIO and MSI/HSI-funded services, and reducing support for basic needs, counseling, and workforce programs. The Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities and the CSU Academic Senate echoed concerns about FAFSA confusion, international student restrictions, grant losses, and the erosion of equity-focused programs. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and discussed possible state responses.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/29/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- That process can result in termination of parental rights.
- education education um<02:56:19.399><c> warnings</c><02:56:20.359><c> will</c><02:56:20.640><c> help
- I think education is important.
- It's more for educational purposes than anything else.
- </c><03:41:03.520><c> Outreach</c> messaging and education Outreach messaging and education Outreach
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- His parents to give their children a chance at a real education.
- Would the students and educators from Carmel School please stand? Mr.
- Speaker, we have with us today in the gallery students, educators, and parents from the Carmel School's
- House Bill 299 is legislative relating to the Board of Education.
- The Virginia Prison Education Task Force is established report.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee - Morning Session Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:33 am
A&B Health Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- campus, the parking garage facility, nursing logistics centers, and additional graduate medical education
- So, we really, of course, with parent and caregiver permission, really try to get hands-on and jump in
- We contract With them, and they send out three special education teachers and three paraprofessionals
- We do have a couple of big education campaigns that will be coming up this year, fiscal year.
- On that, and then the other I mentioned previously is the youth education, which is multipronged.
Committee:
House A&B Health Subcommittee
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 523 and House Bill 525 will refer to the Education Committee.
- act relating to motor vehicles, amending Section 49-307, Idaho Code, to revise provisions regarding parents
- Section 49-307, Idaho Code, to revise provisions regarding parents' student on-road driver's training
- For tomorrow, House Education Committee will meet Wednesday, January 28th at 9 a.m. in Room E.W. 41.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I'm the face of driver's education in Minnesota.
- So, I'm the face of driver's education in Minnesota.
- A student does driver's education for two weeks.
- A student does driver's education for two weeks.
- We can't educate them if we can't get them safely into the building.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- In the Senate, Senate Bill 1288 by the Education Committee, an act relating to education, to establish
- In the Senate, Senate Bill 1289 by the Education Committee, an act relating to education, to establish
- In the Senate, Senate Bill 1290 by the Education Committee, an act relating to education, to establish
- In the Senate, Senate Bill 1291 by the Education Committee, an act relating to education, relating to
- training, to revise provisions regarding foster parent training.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 26th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Her decades-long commitment to education, particularly her pioneering work in special education, continues
- or guardian as they continue their education.
- or guardian as they continue their education.
- is used only for educational purposes and cannot be misused.
- The Bureau oversees private postsecondary education, making sure that these programs meet minimum educational
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- was homeschooled, and currently the real estate board does not recognize homeschool as an approved education
- It creates fairness and parental choice for Idaho families who choose non-public education, so they are
- acceptable proof of high school completion, completely invalidating the student's legally issued parental
- So we applauded Thank you. completely invalidating the student's legal parental issued diploma.
- That work belongs within a historical and educational framework, which is the Idaho State Historical
Committee:
House Business
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from February 19 and March 11. It then heard Senate Bill 1285, which would make high school diplomas from non-public schools, including homeschool, equivalent to public school diplomas or GEDs for Idaho occupational and professional licensing. The sponsor and supporters said the bill removes a barrier for homeschool and private-school graduates without changing other licensing requirements. After brief questions and supportive testimony from Homeschool Idaho, the committee voted to send the bill to the House floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee next considered House Bill 841 on prior authorization in health insurance. The sponsor said the bill would add transparency, predictable timelines, qualified clinical review, stability once authorization is granted, and reporting requirements, while preserving fraud protections and not dictating prices or coverage design. Testimony from the Idaho Medical Association, a migraine patient, and the Idaho State Dental Association supported the bill as a way to reduce delays and administrative burden. Representative Harris raised concerns about complaints and fiscal impact, but after debate the motion to send the bill to the floor failed on a 9-5 roll call, with four absent.
Senate Bill 1262 followed, a narrow insurance code change that removes a confusing “lesser of” investment limit and leaves a 10% asset cap for certain insurer investments. The sponsor and a domestic insurer said the change would simplify the code and improve portfolio flexibility, and the committee approved it for the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 898, which moves the State Historic Preservation Office from the Idaho State Historical Society to the new Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination. Supporters argued the move would streamline permitting and keep federal historic-preservation duties intact, while opponents warned of conflicts of interest, loss of independence, and possible funding and efficiency problems. After extensive testimony from preservation professionals, water users, and others, the sponsor closed by saying the budget and staff would follow the office and that the change would improve permitting efficiency; the transcript cuts off before the final disposition of the bill.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Secondly, the policies and practices of terminating parental rights appear inconsistent from circuit
- Currently, we have children that are being taken from parents with the accusation of child abuse, and
- Some of these kids go three and four birthdays and never see their parents on their birthday.
- And my kids had to get a re-education on when you see Senator Pasadomo.
- We watch our parents age. It's a sacrifice.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, page introductions, and recognition of guests, including a state champion Crossroads Academy basketball team and a student intern. The chamber then took up executive appointment reports from the Ethics and Elections Committee and related committees, which covered a large slate of gubernatorial appointees to state boards and commissions. Senators were given the opportunity to separate nominees for individual votes, and several members spoke in support of or opposition to specific appointees based on qualifications, ideology, and prior public service.
The first major confirmation vote covered most of the 186 appointments on the report, with debate centered on three nominees highlighted by Senator Polsky: Ilya Shapiro, Thomas Zachary Smith, and Dr. John Lattell. The report was adopted 31-0 after those objections, and Jeffrey Aaron was then considered separately for the Public Employee Relations Commission. Senators Smith and Polsky opposed Aaron’s confirmation, citing his role as legal counsel to the Hope Florida Foundation and alleged involvement in the transfer of Medicaid settlement funds to political entities; Chair Gates defended Aaron as a lawyer representing a client and noted no disciplinary or law-enforcement action against him. Aaron was confirmed 26-10.
The Senate next confirmed Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after debate focused on her prior leadership at the Department of Children and Families, Medicaid redeterminations, postpartum coverage issues, Hope Florida-related concerns, and a women’s shelter inspection dispute. Supporters emphasized her work stabilizing Medicaid funding and her responsiveness to agency problems, while opponents argued she had overseen serious failures and lacked suitability. The confirmation passed 32-5. Taylor Hatch was then confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families after committee members noted serious operational concerns at DCF, including SNAP/EBT compliance, child welfare practices, forensic audit issues, and questions about Hope Florida, but also cited her commitment to child welfare and willingness to address problems; the vote was 33-4.
After the confirmations, the Senate recessed and later returned for a lengthy tribute to outgoing Senate President Kathleen Pasadomo. Senators from both parties offered personal remarks praising her leadership, diligence, toughness in committee, mentorship, and resilience after personal loss, while also joking about her reputation as a strict rules chair and “bill killer.” The session concluded with the recognition of her service and presentation of a handmade keepsake box filled with letters and mementos from staff and colleagues.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 12 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Workforce Training and Education Workforce Training and Education Consolidated<00:31:27.920><c>
- Significant changes have been made to this general education program, and such as follows: General education
- </c> So, that is the general education So, that is the general education budget. budget. budget.
- </c> the vocational technical education the vocational technical education section. section. section.
- And I think the answer is yes. for indigent parental representation. for indigent parental representation
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 44 (3-11-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Education Committee, House Bills 96, 253, 555, and 562.
- ><c> House</c><01:12:21.240><c> Bills</c> To the Education Committee, House Bills To the Education Committee
- His parents, Tim and Carrie, and his older sister, McKenzie.
- His parents, Tim and fine young man.
- <01:19:15.800><c> tomorrow</c> >> Education Committee will meet tomorrow >> Education Committee