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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Educators? No, the book creator. Mr. Chair, you can pick, you can fuck out. Senator Kavanaugh.
  • them, education is an incredibly important part of protecting our children.
  • Education is an incredibly important part of protecting our children. Question? Thank you.
  • We haven't really talked that much about sex education.
  • for doing their job... ...librarians, it criminalizes educators with a felony charge for doing their
Summary: The committee approved the February 4, 2026 minutes and held SB 1571 until the following week. It then heard and advanced several measures, beginning with SB 1745, which would cap transaction privilege/excise tax rates in the state’s largest cities at 2.5% per classification unless approved by voters, and would allow enforcement through the attorney general and state-shared revenue withholding. Supporters argued it would protect taxpayers and restrain municipal tax increases; the bill received a technical amendment and a due pass recommendation. The committee also advanced SB 1686, renaming Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza as the Wesley Bolin and Charlie Kirk Freedom Plaza and authorizing memorial placements for Don Bowles and Charlie Kirk, after brief supportive discussion and no substantive opposition testimony. The committee spent substantial time on SB 1567 and SB 1435, both aimed at restricting public entities, schools, and libraries from exposing minors to sexually explicit materials and from using public facilities for sexually explicit filming or access. Supporters framed the bills as child-protection measures and cited examples of explicit books and materials in libraries and schools; opponents, including the ACLU, warned the definitions were broad, could chill speech, and could criminalize librarians and educators for handling constitutionally protected literature or sex-education materials. Both bills were amended and passed on 4-3 votes, with supporters emphasizing existing obscenity standards and opponents stressing First Amendment concerns and implementation problems. The committee also advanced SB 1433 and SB 1434, which would redraw Maricopa County boundaries and, in the latter bill, create three new counties with a transition board and staggered elections. The sponsor argued Maricopa County had become too large and politically dominant, making government less representative and less responsive; opponents called the proposals expensive, disruptive, and politically motivated, citing concerns about debt division, duplicated county systems, and fiscal impacts. Both bills received due pass recommendations on 4-3 votes. Finally, the committee approved SCR 1024, requiring legislators to live in their district for one year before election, and SCR 1025, moving the legislative session start date from the second Monday to the fourth Monday in January; both resolutions passed unanimously or near-unanimously after sponsor testimony that they would modernize outdated rules and improve use of time.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part II) May 8th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Education K through 16 will come back to order and we will resume public testimony
  • My name is Gabe Grantham, education policy advisor for Texas 2036.
  • We would not be in education if we did not want to educate them, so we will provide Texas with the best
  • It's good to see public education doing so well for our students. Thank y'all.
  • The bill passed the House Committee on Public Education unanimously 14 to 0.
Bills: HB6, HB120, HB210
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Economic Development Apr 7th, 2025

Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • education in this state.
  • Lee Rector, Associate Commissioner for Workforce Education at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
  • I'm glad the... ...defeating abatements with community engagement and education.
  • Agency, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
  • the like from education and employment, crime-related risk factors rise.
Summary: The committee heard a series of bills, mostly related to economic development, tax incentives, and workforce programs. Senate Bill 1534 would direct a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission on health physics education and workforce needs; resource witnesses from the Workforce Commission and Coordinating Board testified, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1553 would authorize Kerr County to impose a hotel occupancy tax for tourism-related uses, and Senate Bills 1086 and 1087 would authorize similar county hotel taxes for Children’s County and Mason County; all three bills received supportive testimony and were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1754, which would prohibit county and local tax abatements for renewable energy facilities selling power wholesale, with testimony sharply divided between landowners and policy groups opposing renewable subsidies and industry representatives and some senators arguing the bill would harm clean energy investment and local decision-making; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2322, which would exempt dispatchable electric generation facilities from the JEDI program’s compelling-factor test so they could qualify for school district tax incentives; testimony was mixed, and the bill was left pending. Later, the committee heard Senate Bill 1718, which would add the NRA annual meeting to the state’s major events reimbursement program. The bill’s sponsor and NRA representatives argued the event brings substantial tourism and economic activity, while opponents said it would use taxpayer funds to subsidize an organization that opposes gun safety measures; the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2004 would add the Arlington Grand Prix to the major events reimbursement program, with the committee substitute exempting it from the usual competitive site-selection requirement because of timing; testimony from the event organizers and Arlington tourism officials was supportive, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2448 would create a rural workforce development grant program at the Texas Workforce Commission to support college-and-career readiness and technical assistance in rural communities; witnesses from Texas 2036, Collegiate Edgination, and a rural school district supported it, and it was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 913 would repeal a special requirement that Alpine dedicate at least 50% of its hotel occupancy tax to advertising and promotion, and Senate Bill 1143 would require more coordination and reporting for youth workforce programs serving disconnected young Texans; both bills received supportive testimony and were left pending. At the end of the hearing, Senator Johnson moved that the committee stand in recess, subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • education in this state.
  • Force Education at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
  • Agency, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
  • Rural educators also face barriers in building and sustaining industry partnerships.
  • When youth are disconnected from education and employment, crime-related risk factors rise.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It relates to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding health physics
  • education in this state.
  • Lee Rector, Associate Commissioner for Workforce Education at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
  • Agency, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
  • Rural educators also face barriers to build and sustain industry partnerships.
Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee met to hear a series of bills and informational primers, with several resource witnesses from the Governor’s Office, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The chair opened by noting the death of Senator King’s son and asking members to keep the family in their prayers. Most bills were laid out and left pending subject to the call of the chair after brief author presentations and public testimony. The committee heard several local hotel occupancy tax bills: SB 1553 for Kerr County, SB 1086 for Childress County, SB 1087 for Mason County, and SB 913 for Alpine. Supporters, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association and local officials, said the measures would allow counties or the city to use hotel tax revenue for tourism-related projects and local development. The committee also heard SB 1534, which would direct a study on health physics education and workforce needs in Texas; resource witnesses from TWC and THECB testified on the bill. All of these measures were left pending. A major portion of the hearing focused on SB 1754, which would prohibit local tax abatements for renewable energy facilities selling power at wholesale, with an exception for certain battery storage tied to dispatchable generation. The bill drew strong support from witnesses who argued counties should not subsidize wind and solar projects that can harm neighboring landowners and that renewables already receive substantial federal support. Opponents from the solar and storage industry argued the bill would remove a voluntary local economic development tool, raise power prices, and discourage investment. Senators also debated landowner impacts, grid reliability, and whether the bill was the right policy tool; the bill was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2322, a committee substitute related to the Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act, which would exempt electric generation facilities from the program’s compelling-factor test so they can qualify for school tax limitation agreements. Supporters said the change would correct an unintended barrier for dispatchable generation, while Senator Johnson argued it would weaken the program’s purpose by subsidizing projects that would locate in Texas anyway. SB 1718 would add the NRA annual meeting to the major events reimbursement program; the NRA supported it, while gun violence prevention advocates opposed using state incentives for the organization. SB 2004 would add the Arlington Grand Prix to the major events program, and SB 2448 would create a rural workforce development grant program; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. The committee also heard SB 1143, a substitute bill aimed at improving transparency and coordination in programs serving opportunity youth ages 14 to 24, with witnesses supporting better reporting and workforce alignment. At the end of the meeting, Senator Johnson moved that the committee stand in recess subject to the call of the chair.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Taxes Committee 3/27/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Chair Youakim, who's my co-chair in the Education Finance Committee.
  • Student loans were added to the definition of educational assistance payments.
  • It is also the state's largest platform for education and agriculture.
  • Educational outcomes are better. Economic outcomes are better.
  • <01:26:42.880> outcomes in two parent homes educational outcomes in two parent homes educational
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Leg Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's an investment we see in education and empowerment of our people.
  • In addition to the educational aspect, the senior workshop.
  • The Aquarium will leverage its existing educational framework to engage the public with this conservation
  • , economic development, community building, and intergenerational education.
  • My name is Adriana Gordillo, and I am a Latina artist, poet, and Spanish educator.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Legacy Finance Committee 3/26/25

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:54:07.280> resource will serve as an educational resource will serve as an educational
  • The aquarium will leverage its existing educational framework to engage the public with this conservation
  • gallery exhibits, art education gallery exhibits, art education workshops<01:26:11.840> and
  • educational retooling and materials. educational retooling and materials.
  • My art explores how women educator.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 17th, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, our goal here is not to create any new programs, but rather simply educate and inform. our veterans
  • that these men and women of our armed services have earned and so. if this bill will help us to just educate
  • So if I can just quickly speak to specifically the education piece, many of the systems, the GI Bill.
  • 9-11 GI Bill, as well as our state Hazelwood benefit for education.
  • So from an education standpoint alone, which many of us have benefited from, I know my daughter is directly
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 20th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • is Tarleton State University Day, and we recognize their 125-year Orders of Excellence in Higher Education
  • We educate thousands of Texans every year, we love our community colleges, so thank you Lee College for
  • their son's manager is going to the hospital He has his heart for the next generation as well, for education
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • Nevada System of Higher Education.
  • that we continue to invest in Nevada's education system in every way possible.
  • and wants to provide students with the resources they need for a quality education.
  • that we continue to invest in Nevada's education system in every way possible.
  • and wants to provide students with the resources they need for a quality education.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Feb 18th, 2026

Fiscal Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • shortages and health science education programs in addition to nursing education programs.
  • shortages and health science education programs in addition to nursing education programs.
  • shortages and health science education programs in addition to nursing education programs.
  • , Career and Technical Education, and Health Science Curriculum Framework.
  • program or institutional health science education degree or certificate program.
Summary: The Fiscal Policy Committee met and first reported favorably SB 774, which extends enhanced workers’ compensation benefits to 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicators for mental or nervous injuries, after adopting a late-filed amendment declaring an important state interest. The committee also heard supportive testimony from a Palm Beach County dispatcher. SB 770, which updates the definition of forensic clients so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism can be housed with other Chapter 916 residents in secure forensic settings, was reported favorably as well. Members then approved CS/SB 86, which declares unauthorized operation of a commercial vehicle by an unauthorized alien an imminent safety hazard and imposes driver, carrier, and enforcement consequences, despite questions about vehicle impoundment and cargo handling and one appearance in opposition. SB 1594, which protects veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth from being used as reimbursement and instead sets them aside for education and transition services, was reported favorably after supportive testimony. The committee also approved CS/SB 760, creating a new offense for willful violations of no-contact pretrial release conditions in certain violent crime cases, though the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers raised concerns about expanded warrantless arrest authority in one section. The committee next reported favorably CS/SB 554, a complete rewrite of Chapter 617 governing nonprofit corporations, after a technical delete-all amendment. It also approved CS/SB 844, requiring continuing education on sickle cell disease care for certain health care professionals; the bill drew extensive supportive testimony from advocates and patients describing pain management gaps and health disparities. SB 1022, expanding Florida Children’s Initiatives by adding programs in Bay County and Broward County, and CS/SB 1246, broadening the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to include health science workforce programs and related uses, were both reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1230, which restricts the use, sale, and distribution of aqueous film-forming foam containing intentionally added PFAS and requires inventory and disposal reporting, after adopting amendments that removed airports from one provision. It also approved CS/CS/SB 128, directing DEP to erect markers for the Andrew Red Harris Spoil Island water body designation. Several senators requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment allows regional education service centers to appoint educators to the advisory committee
  • It's those education service centers closest to the school district.
  • Hinojosa: created and graded by the Texas Education Agency.
  • So what this framework does is it gives that authority to the Attorney General.
  • It has a different framework. No, it's saying it violates the separation of powers.
Bills: HB8, HB12, SB 3, HJR1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • to the Committee on Education Policy. to the Committee on Education Policy.
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  • Thank you, Education Policy.
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