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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Mar 11th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just a couple questions that I was asked is the intent of this bill to make it mandatory that districts
  • It's not to make it mandatory, but it is to allow a period of time.
  • bill like is current law section 3, 8, 1, 0, 5, 6, that the Florida statue already makes screenings mandatory
  • Mandatory ECG screenings for student athletes starting in 2026.
  • I also want to thank so many members of the committee for spending time with me on this bill talking
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/17/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • that, what the dollar amount is, and what we've been spending on the most of it is for contracting for
  • that, what the dollar amount is, and what we've been spending on the most of it is for contracting for
  • Colorado was the first state to really implement a mandatory testing program of all the dairy farms to
  • </c><00:35:59.480><c> time</c> account uh you know and and spend time account uh you know and and spend
  • Be very careful that we don't be spending money that we don't have at the department, in my mind.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • asking that if you're going to tell someone that their Fourth of July plans are canceled, they can't spend
  • But there's no specific training or mandatory training as best practice that Uber and Lyft require.
  • training as best practice. is and isn't allowed but there's no specific training or mandatory training
  • because they were hung up in a supplemental budget debate about other pressing and controversial spending
  • None of the contracts included in that bill, including ours, were controversial spending lines because
Summary: The hearing opened with the co-chairs introducing House and Senate members and explaining the hybrid format, three-minute testimony guidance, and the deadline for written testimony. The committee then heard extensive testimony on S. 2665, which would require employers to post notice to employees when an I-9 audit or similar federal immigration inspection is underway. Supporters, including immigration attorneys, a pediatrician, a labor leader, and an affected family member, argued the bill would protect privacy, give workers time to gather documents and consult counsel, and reduce fear and wrongful arrests. One witness from Illinois described a similar law there and said it had not caused the problems employers feared, while others said recent ICE enforcement has made notice especially important. The committee also heard testimony on S. 1360, a bill affecting collective bargaining rights for State Police, with the State Police Association arguing that a statutory gap lets departmental rules override their contract and that the bill would restore intended bargaining protections. A separate labor bill, S. 1305, was also briefly supported by the AFL-CIO as part of broader worker-classification protections for app-based delivery drivers. A large portion of the hearing focused on H. 2066, which would impose fines on transportation network drivers who refuse rides to people with disabilities using service animals. Testimony from blind and disabled riders, service dog users, advocates, and the Disability Law Center described repeated ride cancellations, drivers pulling away after seeing a service animal, and the difficulty of enforcing existing anti-discrimination laws through MCAD or other agencies. Witnesses said the current system leaves riders without practical recourse because drivers are hard to identify and complaints can take years, and they argued that fines on individual drivers would create a real deterrent. Several witnesses also described the impact on employment, medical appointments, and daily independence. Committee members asked about service-animal verification, whether refusals are ever appropriate, and whether penalties should target drivers or companies; witnesses said legitimate refusals are limited to misbehaving or unsafe animals and that companies already have policies and some training, but enforcement remains weak. The committee also heard from a witness supporting a related bill on rideshare accessibility and from advocates describing broader transportation discrimination issues. One witness discussed a separate proposal to study service-animal denial, and others noted that Uber’s self-identification feature and company policies have not solved the problem. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the meeting ended after the final witnesses on the service-animal bill and a brief organizational discussion about related legislation and committee business.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (02/18/2026)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • And a mandatory minimum fine of not less than $1,000 for each separately.
  • And a mandatory minimum fine of not less than $1,000 for each separately.
  • The minimum mandatory separately.
  • </c><01:36:20.480><c> that</c> this and other minimum mandatories that this and other minimum mandatories
  • </c> around this mandatory minimum section. around this mandatory minimum section.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Session Apr 30th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The circulator must now complete mandatory training before engaging in collection.
  • Senator Leak, I think minimum mandatories... In the possession.
  • what they are designed to do, which is set the minimum mandatory.
  • I personally have a problem with the minimum mandatory overall.
  • Current spend. There's no question. Senator Davis: Thank you, Mr. President.
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange. Senators also paid tribute to former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron with a moment of silence. The chamber then moved to special-order bills after routine announcements that no committee reports, governor’s messages, or House messages were on the desk. The first major bill, SB 138/HB 687 on transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses and added warnings and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. After a brief amendment and questions about attorney rights and prior impairing-substance language, the bill passed 37-0. SB 306 on Medicaid providers followed, requiring broader provider access, including after-hours availability and more primary care access for Medicaid enrollees; it also passed 37-0. The chamber then took up the major condominium reform bill, SB 1742/HB 913, addressing post-Surfside safety, reserve funding, milestone inspections, budgeting, reserve flexibility, manager regulation, conflicts of interest, and condo sale rescission periods. Senators from both parties praised the sponsors for extensive stakeholder work and the bill passed 37-0 after multiple amendments. The final major item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendments and petition-gathering rules, with sponsors arguing the bill was needed to combat fraud in the 2024 petition process and opponents warning it would burden citizen initiatives. The Senate adopted the House bill and then considered numerous amendments on petition circulator rules, submission deadlines, invalid-signature thresholds, voter notification, and related enforcement provisions; several amendments were adopted, and the substitute was later withdrawn, leaving the chamber to continue on the underlying bill and remaining amendments.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Jan 14th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • SEEN BEFORE WITH VIRTUAL EDUCATION IN PORTABLES AND RECOGNIZING THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE FOLKS WHO SPEND
  • WE'RE NOT SETTING THEM UP FOR FAILURE JUST TO SPEND IT.
  • GETTING AROUND TO ALL MY PRISONS AND SPENDING TIME WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE GATES I THINK THOSE THAT
  • MY SON IS 16 YEARS INTO A 30 YEAR MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE UNDER PRR BUT THAT IS A STORY FOR ANOTHER
  • HE JUST WANTS TO GO HOME TO HIS WIFE AND LIVE OUT HIS LIFE BUT BETWEEN PRR AND MANDATORY MINIMUM WE HAVE
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 25th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1084 by Representative Turner is an act in Title 17 relative to tuition and mandatory fee
  • House Bill 1084 by Representative Turner is an act in Title 17 relative to tuition and mandatory fee
  • We have to spend it all day. I have to spend them all right.
  • It deals with Department of Children and Family Services mandatory training. So it's not simple.
  • Mandatory training. So it's not simple, it's important, but it is simple. I may move final passage.
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
Summary: The Senate met with a quorum, received a Memorial Day guest minister introduction and prayer, and then moved through journal and legislative bureau matters. The chamber adopted or advanced several Senate resolutions, including SR 149 directing DOTD to study hazards from increased Norfolk Southern rail activity at the Alabo Street Wharf, SR 153 commending a Miss St. Tammany Parish Fair Queen, SR 154 asking LDH to study the in-home skilled nursing market, and SR 145 recreating the task force on protecting Louisiana critical infrastructure from foreign adversaries. It also adopted SCR 78 designating Bonfuca Museum and Research Center Day at the Capitol, and later adopted SCR 54 and SCR 59 memorializing Congress on the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission and Comite River Diversion Canal flood-risk map review, respectively. The Senate also considered a large number of House bills and Senate bills on concurrence or final passage, with most passing overwhelmingly. Topics included education and school policy, health care, criminal justice, natural resources, transportation, insurance, and local government. Among the measures discussed were bills on adolescent literacy, vocational training in graduation plans, special education due process, school crisis plans, autism therapy accommodations during the school day, Medicaid dental coverage, workers’ compensation procedures, prior authorization for certain generic drugs, boiler inspection authority, money transmission licensing, and alternative power sources for nursing facilities. Several bills drew brief explanations from sponsors about technical corrections or policy clarifications, while a few were returned to the calendar or recommitted to committee. A few measures prompted more substantial debate. Senate Bill 456 on workers’ compensation generated extended discussion over whether employers should be allowed to file actions to investigate questionable claims without first cutting off benefits; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, while opponents argued it would increase litigation and disadvantage injured workers. The bill ultimately passed 20-17. Senate Bill 401 on the Prescription Drug Affordability Board had House amendments rejected, and Senate Bill 487 on charitable gaming premises rental agreements also had House amendments rejected. Other bills, including SB 393, SB 415, SB 426, SB 435, SB 488, SB 523, and SB 163, had House amendments concurred in, while HB 1095, HB 1103, HB 1129, HB 1166, HB 1195, HB 220, HB 316, HB 511, HB 799, HB 12, HB 66, HB 145, HB 167, HB 196, HB 213, HB 218, HB 222, HB 256, HB 291, HB 326, HB 352, HB 430, HB 433, HB 434, HB 448, HB 456, and HB 1039 were among the House bills finally passed, many by wide margins.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Apr 1st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Already are able to spend with their students.
  • Not so I'm trying to figure out what we are spending this billion dollars to do.
  • So that delta would be mandatory participation.
  • I do know other states have done mandatory participation across the entire state.
  • It's entirely voluntary, instead of mandatory for counties over 100,000.
Bills: SJR12 , SJR37 , SB7 , SB8 , SB16 , SB27 , SB108 , SB125 , SB207 , SB251 , SB318 , SB371 , SB379 , SB396 , SB406 , SB472 , SB503 , SB533 , SB578 , SB599 , SB608 , SB617 , SB621 , SB689 , SB707 , SB763 , SB836 , SB854 , SB856 , SB857 , SB875 , SB878 , SB906 , SB922 , SB942 , SB965 , SB985 , SB988 , SB1021 , SB1059 , SB1084 , SB1098 , SB1185 , SB1188 , SB1202 , SB1207 , SB1307 , SB1321 , SB1330 , SB1366 , SB1388 , SB1396 , SB1453 , SB1484 , SB1497 , SB1498 , SB1535 , SB1563 , SB1596 , SB1610 , SB1619 , SB1737 , SB1738 , SB1741 , SB1816 , SB1822 , SB1841 , SB1939 , SB2188 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SJR37 , SJR81 , SJR50 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB875 , SB318 , SB707 , SB765 , SB62 , SB666 , SB888 , SB687 , SB847 , SB1248 , SB504 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB1497 , SB1498 , SB241 , SB304 , SB621 , SB1023 , SB371 , SB204 , SB609 , SB670 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB1539 , SB447 , SB406 , SB985 , SB965 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB1215 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB583 , SB673 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB608 , SB955 , SB957 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB541 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB125 , SB599 , SB1330 , SB53 , SB1352 , SB785 , SB472 , SB1450 , SB1502 , SB1566 , SB414 , SB1062 , SB578 , SB711 , SB746 , SB942 , SB1404 , SB1448 , SB1738 , SB108 , SB8 , SB507 , SB533 , SB689 , SB1026 , SB1349 , SB1355 , SB1433 , SB1434 , SB1596 , SB1403 , SB763 , SB667 , SB1059 , SB617 , SB1567 , SB503 , SB16 , SB310 , SB311 , SB396 , SB505 , SB1209 , SB1210 , SB1470 , SB264 , SB1029 , SB1185 , SB1358 , SB1364 , SB1569 , SB1376 , SB1228 , SB519 , SB878 , SB1350 , SB462 , SB1535 , SB827 , SB1585 , SB207 , SB1207 , SB1619 , SB1396 , SB920 , SB1484 , SB1273 , SB1741 , SB7 , SB927 , SB1227 , SB1229 , SB1353 , SB1366 , SB1464 , SB1709 , SB1729 , SB1733 , SB1744 , SB1772 , SB1816 , SB1841 , SB2188 , SB1147 , SB879 , SB1008 , SB1536 , SB2016 , SB1453 , SB1173 , SB1163 , SB996 , SB27 , SB568 , SB1370 , SB1321 , SB1101 , SB906 , SB860 , SB1563 , SB993 , SB693 , SB1610 , SB1537 , SB836 , SB1332 , SB1307 , SB963 , SB493 , SB922 , SB984 , SB1084 , SB619 , SB1098 , SB1122 , SB455 , SB522 , SB1057 , SB1239 , SB1254 , SB1255 , SB1259 , SB1341 , SB1664 , SB1877 , SB464 , SB1277 , SB32 , SB732 , SB660 , SB731 , SB921 , SB268 , SB1822 , SB1188 , SB1939 , SB1589 , SB397 , SB1388 , SB2230 , SB1058 , SB1036 , SB1267 , SB2112 , SB1930 , SB532 , SB1035 , SB2155 , SB508 , SB29 , SB292 , SB291 , SB901 , SB1333 , SB1436 , SB1494 , SB964 , SB779 , SB1378 , SB2312 , SB1719 , SB1386 , SB287 , SB2143 , SB1245 , SB261 , SB1247 , SB1948 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SB1882 , SB1197 , SB1814 , SB618 , SB38
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Next we have Executive Director Kristin Ching from the Hawaii State Campaign Spending Commission with
  • Spending Commission with comments.
  • Kristin Ching from the Campaign<00:43:23.480><c> Spending</c><00:43:23.840><c> Commission.
  • </c><00:43:24.680><c> The</c> Campaign Spending Commission. The Campaign Spending Commission.
  • </c><00:52:10.600><c> WCAG</c> centralized portal, mandatory WCAG centralized portal, mandatory WCAG
Committee: House Labor
Summary: The House Committee on Labor met on February 19, 2026, and heard a series of bills largely focused on public employment, staffing, and professional licensing. Early measures included HB 2276 and HB 2472, both relating to Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund staff salaries, which were supported by trust fund representatives and received no opposition or questions. The committee also heard HB 1714 HD1 on housing, where the Hawaii Public Housing Authority testified with comments and the Deputy Attorney General raised concerns about the scope of autonomy, civil service, collective bargaining, and a possible separation-of-powers issue involving legislative approval of long-term contracts. The committee then considered several personnel and civil service bills. HB 2325 HD1, relating to civil service exempt positions at DLNR, drew support from DLNR and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, but HGEA opposed it and urged the department to seek other recruitment and retention solutions while keeping employees in civil service. HB 1541, relating to Department of Health positions, was supported by DOH on the grounds that the positions serve vulnerable populations and require specialized expertise, while HGEA opposed. HB 2140 HD1, relating to essential permanent positions, received support from OPSD, HGEA, and the Chamber of Commerce, with written comments from the city Department of Budget and Fiscal Services. HB 2315 HD1, relating to state employment benefits, was strongly supported by DOH, UPW, and HGEA as a recruitment and retention incentive; members questioned the pilot program, and DOH explained it would allow employees to cash out vacation leave earlier than current policy allows. The committee also heard HB 2295 on government contracting, with DOE support not present and IBEW 1186 in opposition. HB 1720, relating to professional engineers, drew strong support from the City and County of Honolulu’s planning department, which argued the bill would help with affordable housing review and only affect eligibility to sit for the licensure exam, but strong opposition from engineering industry and licensing board representatives, who warned it would lower licensing standards and harm reciprocity; members questioned both sides about plan review experience and licensure requirements. HB 2367, relating to employment earnings and pay transparency, received strong support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, AAUW, the Commission on the Status of Women, and others, who said transparency helps small businesses and retention, while written opposition came from the Maui Chamber of Commerce and NFIB. Finally, HB 1935, relating to personal information, drew comments from the Attorney General and the Campaign Spending Commission about implementation burdens and disclosure requirements, with UPW supporting the home-address redaction portion but opposing the broader disclosure process; additional written testimony was noted from OIP, the League of Women Voters, Public Press Law Center, HGEA, and DCCA.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • is what your threshold of making is, so you know that if you go out and, you know, literally, you spend
  • We want to change that process and sweep it and take it to Stillwater, and then you have to ask to spend
  • So then page four, Section G, talks about mandatory elimination.
  • I'd be happy to insert a mandatory report to the legislature if we want.
Bills: HB2398 , HB4363 , HB3557 , HB3701 , HB2210
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

How will federal law affect Medicaid in Minnesota? 2/24/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're projected to spend about 1.4 billion.
  • We're projected to spend about 8.9 billion.
  • Um, but the spend about 1.4 billion.
  • ,</c> exceptions, some of which are mandatory, exceptions, some of which are mandatory, some<00:15:02.160
  • You talked about less Medicaid spending would actually result in more spending, more cost to taxpayers
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • So just base spending for that.
  • So just development funds new spending.
  • And looking base spending for for that.
  • :24:25.679><c> 50</c><00:24:26.000><c> million</c> spending to create the 50 million spending to create
  • Um there's an increase of spending<00:29:40.399><c> of</c> spending of spending of 1,357,000<00:29:42.320
AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • So the matrix, importantly, is a funding matrix; it is not a spending matrix.
  • This means that basically public schools are not required to mirror the spending patterns and...
  • Basically, public schools are not required to mirror the spending patterns seen in the matrix.
  • The districts have the discretion to spend it however they see fit for their particular district.
  • It is a funding model; it's not a spending model.
Summary: The meeting began with approval of the previous minutes and then focused on an update from the Department of Education on early childhood programs, especially the state-funded Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) program. Secretary Jacob Oliva and Deputy Commissioner Stacey Smith said Arkansas had received a federal Preschool Development Grant and described ongoing work to review ABC slots, which have been flat for years at about 23,800 slots and roughly $114 million. They said about 1,000 slots statewide are currently unfilled despite a waiting list of more than 2,000 families, and the department is shifting toward paying based on enrollment rather than guaranteed slots. Members asked about school choice, income eligibility, year-round access, curriculum flexibility, transportation, and whether funding should be increased or rebalanced; the department said it is collecting data, may survey providers more formally, and is considering whether to modernize income thresholds, daily rates, and other program rules. The committee agreed to form an early childhood subcommittee and asked the Bureau of Legislative Research to help gather historical information on income limits and other program details. The second major portion of the meeting was a legal presentation on the framework for Arkansas school adequacy by BLR education attorney Taylor Lloyd. She reviewed the constitutional basis for a “general, suitable, and efficient” public school system, the Dupree and Lake View cases, and the principle that adequacy and equity are different but related: adequacy asks what resources are needed, while equity asks whether those resources are distributed fairly. She explained that the General Assembly must define adequacy, study it, and react to evidence over time, and that the current adequacy definition includes curriculum and career/technical frameworks, the 38 mandatory Carnegie units, state testing standards, and sufficient funding. She also described the matrix as a funding tool, not a spending mandate, and noted that categorical funds are separate from the matrix. BLR’s Elizabeth Bynum then gave the historical framework, tracing legislative responses from Dupree through Lake View and into the present. She highlighted major changes such as the creation of equalization funding, fiscal distress and academic distress laws, the adequacy study process, the Educational Adequacy Fund, facilities and transportation changes, declining enrollment and student growth funding, and later adjustments to teacher salaries, isolated funding, and categorical programs. She explained that the adequacy study has evolved through committee hearings, surveys, site visits, and outside consultants, and that recent changes include updates to accountability references and the addition or removal of certain funding categories. Members asked follow-up questions about how the matrix is used, whether homeschool or private-school funding raises comparable issues, whether stakeholders include private and homeschool participants, whether school board members should be surveyed, and whether the state should revisit average daily membership versus attendance-based funding. No votes were taken on the adequacy presentations, but the committee did agree to continue the early childhood discussion in a future subcommittee meeting.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/18/26

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • goes to the money that we're spending goes to the right<00:10:34.600><c> place.
  • Then last, after the care is provided, the bill has mandatory compliance trainings for providers that
  • Across those 14 programs, the state spends hundreds of millions of dollars per month.
  • Across those 14 programs, the state spends hundreds of millions of dollars per month.
  • So, this amendment will save about $50 million, which I'd rather spend on something else.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • For example, I think Education Week is often cited for their per-pupil spending.
  • You know, some proposals for ongoing spending increases, for one-time spending increases because of that
  • About making kindergarten mandatory.
  • That category of spending that they looked at also included community schools.
  • And of course, we don't have mandatory kindergarten, so...
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 12:10 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sometimes we can spend the money better, better reforms.
  • And in per pupil spending, we are not.
  • We are not lowest in the regional per pupil spending.
  • So, is it mandatory? Thank you. I'm sorry, I didn't catch that question.
  • So, is it mandatory? Thank you. I'm sorry, I didn't catch that question.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 1st, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • conviction, and $5,000 and a mandatory conviction, and $5,000 and a mandatory jail sentence of 10 to
  • Well, all this great spending we it? Well, all this great spending we it?
  • So, that that made it mandatory thought. So, that that made it mandatory thought.
  • It does not make it mandatory, but it just uh the make it mandatory, but it just uh the make it mandatory
  • . understood that it was not mandatory. understood that it was not mandatory.
Bills: HJR 4 , HJR 6 , HB 195 , HB 13 , HB 143 , HB 135
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Apr 8th, 2026

Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Almost half that spending is unaccounted for.
  • -23 wildfire spending year.
  • The bill would create a new mandatory look-back review of wildfire mitigation spending that has already
  • The bill would create a new mandatory look-back review of wildfire mitigation spending that has already
  • But I know that there were audits done on wildfire spend.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The mandatory employment and training for SB 1331, in my view, perpetrates a myth that people who are
  • This bill imposes a mandatory SNAP work requirement without the funding or capacity to support it.
  • This bill imposes a mandatory SNAP work requirement without the funding or capacity to support it.
  • I mean, look at the short title, mandatory employment and training.
  • I mean, look at the short title, mandatory employment and training.