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• have proof, that adoption of the Common Core math standards delayed algebra readiness and delayed performance
• But I do applaud Senator Boyd, and I thank you for what you're doing. ...delayed performance on algebra
• Senator, is just directing that communities of less than 15,000 be considered as part of their evaluation
• c><02:10:48.960><c> process</c><02:10:49.440><c> and</c><02:10:49.599><c> determining</c> their evaluation
• process and determining their evaluation process and determining where<02:10:51.199><c> to</c><02:10

Committee: Joint Education

Keywords: Education - Room 216, 22 January, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• MnDOT does not object to performing the analysis and reporting those results to the legislature, but
• If it doesn't, we can re-evaluate<00:23:04.480><c> it</c><00:23:04.640><c> next</c><00:23:04.880><c>
• 23:05.840><c> Uh,</c><00:23:06.480><c> I</c><00:23:06.720><c> do</c><00:23:06.880><c> want</c> re-evaluate
• Uh, I do want re-evaluate it next year.
• and more of their bread-and-butter transactions are being moved away from their offices while they perform

Bills: HF2438

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

Transcript Highlights:

• It's already evaluated in legal standings today.
• </c><00:51:22.079><c> and</c> guardian at itms custody evaluators and guardian at itms custody evaluators
• </c><00:53:34.000><c> other</c> with how courts already evaluate other with how courts already evaluate
• </c><01:30:41.440><c> in</c> that the court may evaluate in that the court may evaluate in determining
• </c> evaluating alienating behaviors today evaluating alienating behaviors today without<01:30:51.760

Committee: Senate Children and Family Law

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So it was really great to get an evaluation across the board, right?
• So it was really great to get an evaluation across the board, right? better.
• So it was really great to get an evaluation across the board, right?
• these programs and the increase in employees with disabilities in those workforces through the evaluation

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities met virtually and in person for its June meeting. Members approved the March meeting minutes and heard a chair’s report on recent “Meeting the Moment” community conversations, including the successful Lowell event and plans for a July 14 Northampton event and an October National Disability Employment Awareness Month celebration at the State House. The October event will include a panel with MassAbility on artificial intelligence and its impacts on people with disabilities, with discussion of both accessibility benefits and risks such as bias and discrimination. A major presentation came from the Supplier Diversity Office on its Empowering Abilities in Contracting and Employment (EAC) program. Staff described the program’s evolution from a pilot launched after 2016 legislation to a statewide policy now included in new state contracts. The program aims to increase certification of disability-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, expand workforce participation by people with disabilities, and use vendor reporting to track progress toward a 3% workforce goal. The office reported about 292 active certified businesses, roughly 40 vendors currently on EAC contracts, and expectations that the number of participating vendors will grow to about 130 by November. Commissioners praised the program and asked about its reach, data, and potential replication in other states or institutions. The advisory council update highlighted broad engagement across topics including accessibility, employment, youth transition, housing, health equity, transportation, technology, AI, and supported decision-making. Members were asked to share fact sheets and resources for posting on the commission website, and two council members will help plan the October employment event. Subcommittee reports followed: the employment subcommittee reviewed transition-to-employment barriers, the disability employment tax credit, veteran services, and a SEED policy brief; the workforce supports subcommittee discussed apprenticeships and a May webinar on addressing workforce barriers through apprenticeships; and the long-term services and supports/health equity subcommittee heard about care coordination training resources and a presentation on post-COVID health care inequities for people with disabilities. The executive director also reported on ongoing work with state agencies, MassHealth-related conversations, caregiver and aging issues, and AI planning. The meeting ended with commissioner announcements on the Paul Spooner Generational Leadership Summit and a Medicaid summit, followed by adjournment by vote.

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• important to move the bill through finance so its fiscal and policy implications can be properly evaluated
• <00:08:24.400><c> can</c><00:08:24.520><c> be</c><00:08:24.640><c> properly</c><00:08:25.120><c> evaluated
• </c> implications can be properly evaluated implications can be properly evaluated in<00:08:26.400><c

Committee: Senate Rules and Administration

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I don't know whether they were doing the evaluation of that, but they weren't going to the healthcare
• Senator Rossino has a task force bill that's going to evaluate mental health and maybe put some of that
• willing to look at all the tick-related illnesses and maybe make some investments to where we do tick evaluation
• There's no specific clinical evaluation that diagnoses it.

Bills: SB1983 , SB444 , SB1503 , SB1561 , SB592 , SB1501 , SB1946 , SB1567 , SB1833 , SB2026 , SB904 , SB2178 , SB1651 , SB1558 , SB1565 , SB1553 , SB1257 , SB65 , SB1749 , SB1242 , SB1642 , SB640 , SB667 , SB1436 , SB1484 , SB1562 , SB1794 , SB1644 , SB1533 , SB933 , SB1555

Committee: House Health and Human Services Oversight

Keywords: SB1983, foster care, resource family partner, resource family partners, Department of Human Services, DHS, child welfare, foster homes, foster children, placement data, data sharing, de-identified data, aggregated data, sibling groups, placement disruptions, foster parent recruitment, foster parent retention, private child-placing agency, Title 10A, Oklahoma

Transcript Highlights:

• Even after persistent pushing for an evaluation through the district, our family ultimately had to pay
• for a private neuropsych evaluation to get answers.
• That evaluation confirmed she had dyslexia. She's here with me today.
• Many families cannot afford these evaluations, which puts many students at risk of being unidentified

Keywords: 1183, house

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• second page says, hey, it's the intent of the legislature to direct the department to identify and evaluate
• second page says, hey, it's the intent of the legislature to direct the department to identify and evaluate
• So as I was reading section two, it's identifying, evaluating policies, and options to do all these things
• on individual independence, quality of life, all those things again, and then number three, in evaluating

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from January 28 and January 29, 2026. It then heard several RS print requests. Senator Shippey presented RS 33115C1, a follow-up to prior foster care legislation that would set a basic 10-hour foster parent training expectation in statute, with training topics including trauma, behavior management, birth parents, court processes, and child safety; the committee voted to send it to print. Senator Wintrow presented RS 33213 to clarify that crime victims compensation and sexual assault forensic exam funding are not public benefits under prior immigration-status verification law; she explained the funds come from criminal fines and fees and are meant to support victims, and the committee voted to print it. Senator Galloway presented RS 3314 to establish the importance of voluntary newborn hearing screenings in Idaho code amid federal uncertainty, and the committee voted to print it. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1266 from Senator Galloway, which would expand expedited foster placement eligibility from relatives to “kin,” including extended family members and others with a significant family-like relationship, while keeping licensing and safety standards in place. A foster/kinship parent testified in support, describing how kinship placement helped her family care for a newborn and later adopt him. The committee voted to send SB 1266 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Finally, Senator Wintrow presented Senate Bill 1267, which would direct the Department of Health and Welfare to study and prepare for changes to Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities so participants can continue working past age 65 without losing coverage or facing sharply higher costs. She and several testifiers described the program’s role in supporting independent living and avoiding institutionalization, and Wintrow said the bill was intended as a study/implementation directive rather than an immediate program change. Committee members raised questions about the federal changes, the meaning of “institutionalization,” and the bill’s metrics, but no motion was made; the bill was held in committee and the meeting adjourned.

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• who are on the legislative audit commission to choose the topics that will be the subjects of the evaluations
• the subjects topics that will be um the the subjects of<00:17:27.280><c> the</c><00:17:27.679><c> evaluations
• 28.720><c> in</c><00:17:28.880><c> the</c><00:17:29.360><c> in</c><00:17:29.600><c> the</c> of the evaluations
• done in the in the of the evaluations done in the in the next<00:17:30.080><c> here.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Yes, we are evaluating different solutions. Okay, so where does that stand at this point?
• There is a new CEO, there's new leadership, they're evaluating the project and sort of looking at top
• make sure I understand, because the Feds are also, you may or may not know this, the feds are also evaluating
• If you can speak to under that coexistence project evaluations by any means?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I can't imagine not having an FBM instructor to help me evaluate my financial standing and also stay
• :50.720><c> me</c> having an fbm instructor um to help me having an fbm instructor um to help me evaluate
• > financial</c><00:04:52.560><c> standing</c><00:04:53.360><c> and</c><00:04:53.759><c> also</c> evaluate
• my financial standing and also evaluate my financial standing and also stay<00:04:54.280><c> creative

Keywords: 1183, house

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• If they receive a proficient or better evaluation at the school they're teaching at, let them move, right
• placement, but they are stuck on the career ladder for four years until they have so many proficient evaluations
• experience, but we currently, the statute does not allow movement until they have multiple proficient evaluations

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill further clarifies that this is for evaluation purposes only, not for determining if or when
• This bill further clarifies that this is for evaluation purposes only, not for determining if or when
• No, the bill specifically addresses that it is for evaluation purposes only, not for contracts.

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• innovation, but also ensuring for some of our most high-risk use cases that we're doing a lot of evaluation
• And so... ...doing a lot of evaluation and monitoring and training.
• , or I guess the tool — it's really an Excel spreadsheet at this point in time — but how we are evaluating

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• June 27th, SB 108 modernizes Florida's rulemaking process, creating a routine and comprehensive evaluation
• SB 108 modernizes Florida's rulemaking process, creating a routine and comprehensive evaluation process
• public input, allowing the public to request a workshop on the CERC, and supplementing the agency evaluation

Committee: Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met for its first meeting of the session, took roll, and heard a presentation from Ken Plant of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee on SB 108, the 2025 law overhauling Florida rulemaking. The presentation focused on new deadlines for agencies to begin and publish rules, limits on automatic sunset provisions, changes to emergency rule procedures, expanded public input on statements of estimated regulatory costs, a five-year review cycle for existing rules, and new licensing-reporting requirements. Members asked about the review timeline and emphasized the need to keep agencies accountable for meeting the new requirements. The committee then reviewed the Department of Management Services’ response to Auditor General Report 2025-1096 on fleet management. DMS said the audit found 10 issues, most of which it believes it has addressed, and described the statewide fleet system as tracking about 27,000 assets with limited staff. DMS highlighted two major improvement ideas that would require funding: an enterprise telematics system to automate vehicle data and improve tracking, and centralized fleet procurement to reduce duplication and save money. Members questioned the status of FleetWave implementation, missing vehicle records, integration with other state systems, and access controls for separated employees. DMS explained that FleetWave is fully implemented but still relies on manual data entry, that discrepancies with the state accounting system largely reflect mismatched or inconsistent entries, and that policies and procedures were updated after the audit. The department said it now works more closely with People First to deactivate access when employees leave. After discussion, no further business was raised, and the committee adjourned without objection.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> know that flown we have not evaluated know that flown we have not evaluated any<03:57:31.359><c>
• and we this evaluation happened and we determined<03:57:49.199><c> that</c><03:57:49.520><c> there</
• We need to finish evaluating the study that was done by DHHS, look at our work in the last two years,
• We need to finish evaluating the study that was done by DHHS, look at our work in the last two years,
• We need to finish evaluating the study that was done by DHHS, look at our work in the last two years,

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The idea is to evaluate the many issues around this, determine whether there is a path going forward,
• And we also wanted to make sure that this portion of the law is re-evaluated in a full budget process
• </c><01:16:12.320><c> the</c> and the [snorts] idea is to evaluate the and the [snorts] idea is to evaluate
• in a full budget process re-evaluated in a full budget process next<01:16:56.560><c> term.
• in Oregon at a this being um, evaluated in Oregon at a state<01:49:03.119><c> level</c><01:49:03.679

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The MPCA would then evaluate those requests and make individual determinations.
• The MPCA would then evaluate<00:47:25.040><c> those</c><00:47:25.280><c> requests</c><00:47:25.599><c
• > and</c><00:47:25.839><c> make</c> evaluate those requests and make evaluate those requests and make
• </c> would that compliance be evaluated would that compliance be evaluated through<01:31:38.880><c> your
• Those may be absolutely legitimate issues, so we'll evaluate those on a case-by-case basis.

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• He could... evaluation this is what I see regularly evaluation this is what I see regularly in<05:59:
• </c><06:01:18.600><c> would</c> independent psychiatric evaluation would independent psychiatric evaluation
• Again, this is also part of that assessment and evaluation process.
• Again, this is also part of that assessment and evaluation process.
• </c> hospital this is part of the evaluation hospital this is part of the evaluation and<06:16:26.000

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 146, which would require longer retention and quicker disclosure of certain video recordings from traffic stops and similar motor vehicle violations when a citation is disputed. The prime sponsor described the bill as a response to a constituent who challenged a speeding ticket but could not obtain a cruiser video before it was deleted under the current 30-day retention practice. Supporters argued the bill is about fairness and access to potentially exculpatory evidence, and one member suggested a simple 60-day retention period might avoid confusion over different timelines. The sponsor also noted that the bill would not affect criminal cases and that victims and complainants should have access to the same evidence as law enforcement when a recording is relevant to a defense. Major Brendan Davey of the New Hampshire State Police testified in opposition. He said the proposal would create a different discovery standard for one type of evidence, could discourage agencies from adopting body-worn or cruiser cameras, and would add cost and administrative burden. He explained that the State Police already retain routine traffic-stop videos for at least 30 days, but keep videos much longer when complaints or possible litigation are involved, and said the current system balances efficiency with accountability. He also argued the underlying speeding case did not make the trooper video directly material to the citation, though he acknowledged the legislature could choose a longer blanket retention period if it wished. No vote was taken during the hearing. The committee then opened a public hearing on House Bill 638, which would allow people serving life without parole sentences to become eligible for a parole hearing at age 60 after serving at least 18 years, provided they have had no major conduct violations in the prior 10 years. The sponsor said the bill is intended to give a narrow second look to a small number of elderly prisoners, citing the high cost of incarceration and the health challenges of aging in prison. He emphasized that the bill would not automatically release anyone, would not apply to capital murder convictions under RSA 630:1, and would still allow victims to participate in the parole process. Testimony on HB 638 was mixed. Alexander Bailey, a survivor of violent crime and domestic violence advocate, supported the bill, saying many survivors favor rehabilitation, second chances, and restorative justice, and that people in prison often age faster and face serious health and safety problems. Another supporter, Russell Roy, began offering a personal story about crime, addiction, and violence in Concord, but the transcript cuts off before his full remarks. Committee members asked about why age 60 was chosen, how released individuals would support themselves, and whether victims or families would be consulted; the sponsor said 60 was meant to limit eligibility and reflect the health realities of prison, and that parole boards already consider support networks and victim input. No action or vote was taken in the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Barrow is a concurrent resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to re-evaluate
• Members, this is a resolution to ask Congress to re-evaluate a commitment that was made to the state
• Canal, when they stated that once 50% of the project was completed, they would come back and re-evaluate
• the project so that we can lower insurance costs. 50% of the project has been completed, and that evaluation
• Senator Miller is a resolution to urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and evaluate

Bills: SR145 , SR146 , SR147 , SR148 , SCR78 , SCR12 , HB302 , HB221 , HCR58 , HB59 , HB89 , HB153 , HB243 , HB335 , HB342 , HB350 , HB407 , HB451 , HB513 , HB595 , HB682 , HB688 , HB690 , HB730 , HB762 , HB802 , HB816 , HB940 , HB944 , HB1003 , HB1011 , HB1029 , HB1053 , HB1058 , HB1062 , HB1064 , HB1079 , HB1084 , HB1098 , HB1161 , HB1189 , HB1203 , HB1215 , HB1247 , HB1248 , HB1251 , HB1253 , HB1257 , HB1258 , SCR3 , SB393 , SB401 , SB415 , SB426 , SB435 , SB487 , SB488 , SB523 , SB56 , SB163 , SB341 , SB504 , SB322 , SR125 , SCR54 , SCR59 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HCR72 , HCR5 , HCR32 , HCR49 , HCR50 , HCR53 , HCR60 , HCR62 , HCR64 , HCR68 , HCR78 , HCR81 , HCR86 , HCR97 , HCR102 , HCR31 , HCR47 , HCR3 , HB1095 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1129 , HB1154 , HB1166 , HB1195 , HB1230 , HB316 , HB511 , HB799 , HB1039 , HB12 , HB66 , HB145 , HB167 , HB196 , HB213 , HB218 , HB222 , HB256 , HB291 , HB326 , HB352 , HB401 , HB430 , HB433 , HB434 , HB448 , HB456 , HB476 , HB481 , HB487 , HB492 , HB549 , HB579 , HB608 , HB621 , HB624 , HB626 , HB632 , HB637 , HB656 , HB722 , HB745 , HB804 , HB818 , HB821 , HB833 , HB864 , HB867 , HB874 , HB893 , HB909 , HB951 , HB968 , HB969 , HB978 , HB979 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1005 , HB1007 , HB1024 , HB1032 , HB1038 , HB1050 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1059 , HB1077 , HB1080 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1108 , HB1112 , HB1153 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1175 , HB1192 , HB1193 , HB1204 , HB1218 , HB1242 , HB1244 , HB1249 , HB1252 , HB1254 , HB1 , HB2 , HB3 , HB42 , HB45 , HB71 , HB79 , HB158 , HB160 , HB169 , HB227 , HB251 , HB289 , HB312 , HB313 , HB314 , HB330 , HB383 , HB394 , HB410 , HB429 , HB769 , HB971 , HB983 , HB1017 , HB1126 , HB1234 , HB1235 , HB17 , HB27 , HB36 , HB41 , HB47 , HB73 , HB126 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB166 , HB205 , HB211 , HB226 , HB259 , HB271 , HB308 , HB310 , HB324 , HB337 , HB351 , HB399 , HB403 , HB571 , HB712 , HB723 , HB726 , HB740 , HB750 , HB759 , HB812 , HB844 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1009 , HB1018 , HB1036 , HB1107 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB441 , SB449 , HB74 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB956 , HB1117 , SB149

Keywords: critical infrastructure, foreign adversaries, homeland security, task force, Louisiana Senate, military bases, oil and gas, refining facilities, energy generation, industrial manufacturing, agriculture, food supply, biosecurity, agroterrorism, Chinese Communist Party, People's Republic of China, Russia, Russian government, FBI, Secret Service