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KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • The lifetime hearing-impaired educational costs for a child that has hearing loss is $115,000.
  • ,</c> importance of development and education, importance of development and education, there's<00:37
  • ,</c><00:50:25.160><c> they're</c> If you talk with an educator, they're If you talk with an educator
  • ,</c> a social worker, they're an educator, a social worker, they're an educator, they're<00:50:30.320
  • ,</c> we're working every day and educating, we're working every day and educating, you<00:51:26.640>
Summary: The Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee heard Senate Bill 6, sponsored by Senate President Robert Stivers, which would create an endowed research fund to support collaborative university research in Kentucky. Stivers described the bill as an extension of earlier higher-education research efforts, arguing that Kentucky should build research “hubs” by requiring or encouraging partnerships among universities and outside entities, with potential focus areas including health care, engineering, aerospace, agriculture, and other emerging fields. He said the proposal would establish five research tranches over five years and sought a $30 million endowment for each, generating annual interest to fund consortium-based research and leverage additional private and federal dollars. Senators Frommeyer, Neal, Givens, Boswell, and Richardson spoke in support, emphasizing economic development, job creation, and examples from other research clusters such as Boston and North Carolina’s Research Triangle. The committee voted 12-0 to report the bill favorably to the Senate floor. The committee then received a presentation from Dr. Matthew Bush of the University of Kentucky on pediatric hearing loss and cochlear implants. Bush explained that early hearing detection and intervention is critical because hearing loss in newborns is a neurocognitive emergency that affects language, literacy, and long-term outcomes. He outlined national screening benchmarks, Kentucky’s incidence of childhood hearing loss, and the high educational and societal costs of untreated hearing loss. Bush also highlighted disparities in rural and western Kentucky, where children face delayed diagnosis, longer waits for hearing aids or cochlear implants, and more difficulty accessing follow-up care. He described cochlear implants, the multidisciplinary care they require, and research showing improved language development, quality of life, and cost savings when children are treated early.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 6th, 2026 at 11:27 am

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're doing another PBS educational story right now. Congratulations, Senator. Mr.
  • It affects their education, employment, their relationships, and their dignity.
  • It had to be all the educational buildings.
  • She has a deep appreciation for the value of public education.
  • The Education Committee will meet Monday in Room 311 at 9 o’clock.
Keywords: 996, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (12/17/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you. sexuality education, students must watch sexuality education, students must watch a<01:35:
  • </c> educated decisions. educated decisions.
  • </c> prevention begins with education. prevention begins with education.
  • </c> We must continue to protect and educate We must continue to protect and educate the<01:42:22.960
  • </c><01:44:03.679><c> developed</c> comprehensive health education developed comprehensive health education
Keywords: 1189, house, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session May 1st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He pardoned 10,000 Vietnam War draft evaders and established the Department of Energy and Education,
  • Her lifelong commitment to education earned her three advanced degrees from the University of Texas at
  • Mental Health Awareness Month serves as a means of educating the public about the critical issues and
  • Help me welcome up in the gallery Martha Thomas, the chief education officer from The Defensive Line.
  • Education, on motion of Ms.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, heard the invocation and pledges, and then took up a series of memorial resolutions and recognitions. Members adopted memorial resolutions honoring former President Jimmy Carter and Dr. Alice Gail Hudgens, with remarks highlighting their public service and community impact, and adopted resolutions recognizing Victoria College’s 100th anniversary and May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month. The chamber also recognized Texas A&M system interns and later granted permission for several committees to meet while the House was in session. The House then moved through a long third-reading calendar, passing a number of bills on wide margins. Measures approved included SB 304 on municipal court jurisdiction over nuisance abatement ordinances, SB 608 on reporting evidence collection kits, SB 2312 creating a Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict, SB 494 creating a petroleum theft task force, SB 530 on postsecondary accreditation, HB 45 giving the Attorney General a role in prosecuting human trafficking cases, HB 35 on peer support for first responders, HB 47 and HB 3073 on sexual assault policy and prosecution, HB 318 and HB 3000 creating rural sheriff and ambulance grant programs, HB 554 on Juneteenth fireworks sales with county opt-in authority restored, HB 705 and HB 932 joining licensure compacts for cosmetology and occupational therapy, HB 849 allowing county park boards to meet by video conference, HB 1119 on mental health bed reporting, HB 3041 on students with nontraditional secondary education, HB 713 on maternal mortality review reporting, HB 3104 on Webb County bailiff appointments, HB 3970 on electricity planning for large loads, HB 4042 on Railroad Commission safety provisions for gas distribution pipelines, HB 4490 protecting next-of-kin information, HB 1731 on the physician assistant compact, HB 2607 on Walker County Hospital District governance, HB 3689 on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association funding, HB 1788 on continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists about abuse and trafficking, HB 1612 on hospital direct payments for uninsured patients, and HB 138 on health impact cost and coverage analysis. Several bills drew extended debate or amendments. HB 353, creating a trespass offense near schools and daycares, prompted questions about constitutional concerns and property rights before passing. HB 3211 on optometrists in managed care plans received a perfecting amendment and a Medicaid-related amendment setting a minimum payment level. HB 1056 on gold and silver specie and a state-based currency prompted detailed questioning about its mechanics and fees, followed by a point of order challenging the caption. The House also adopted or postponed a number of items, including postponing HB 2520 and HB 1359 until later in the calendar before later passing both, and laying several bills on the table subject to call. Many measures passed overwhelmingly, while a few, including HB 3326 on loan forgiveness for adjunct professors and HB 3237 on energy consumption goals, passed with narrower margins.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • A free education from the state of Florida taxpayers? Prisoners.
  • now — complete their education.
  • They're trying to do is complete their education right now, complete their education and, in completing
  • Educators across the country are concerned.
  • We're already educating them. They're already in our high schools.
Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the reading of an amended joint proclamation expanding the Legislature’s immigration agenda. The proclamation added items calling for financial penalties for government officials, enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement in enforcing federal immigration law. The chamber then took up the special order calendar, beginning with Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill. Most of the meeting was devoted to debate and questions on the strike-all amendment to SB 2B. Sponsor Senator Gruters described the bill as a broad immigration enforcement package aligned with President Trump’s agenda. He said it would require greater cooperation with federal immigration authorities, strengthen participation in the 287(g) program, create a chief immigration officer and council, authorize financial penalties for noncompliance, provide bonuses for officers assisting ICE, and direct information-sharing with federal agencies. He also said the bill would bar DHSMV from issuing licenses or ID cards to unauthorized aliens and would end in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Berman, Osgood, and others questioned the scope of the bill, whether it would affect schools, churches, cities, nonprofits, and green-card holders, and how the 287(g) provisions would work in practice. Gruters repeatedly said the operational focus was on jails and detention facilities, not street-level enforcement. A major point of controversy was the bill’s proposed mandatory death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of certain capital offenses. Senator Fine said the covered crimes were the most serious capital felonies, including murder, child sexual battery, destructive-device offenses causing death, and certain trafficking offenses, and argued the provision was intended to withstand constitutional challenge. Senator Pizzo raised Eighth Amendment concerns and questioned whether the bill could mandate death sentences. The tuition waiver provisions also drew extended debate: Fine said the state would save about $41 million by ending discounted tuition for undocumented students, while Democrats argued the savings would not return to general revenue and that the policy would harm students who are already enrolled. Fine and Gruters said green-card holders would not be affected and that the bill targeted only students in the country illegally. The discussion also covered appropriations and implementation. Senator Smith asked about the bill’s large funding levels, and Fine broke down the spending as including $375 million for the chief immigration officer, $100 million in grants to local law enforcement, $29 million for the new Office of State Immigration Enforcement, and $10 million for an unauthorized-alien transport program. Gruters said the funds would reimburse local governments and help address staffing shortages, while critics questioned the lack of benchmarks and the fiscal impact. No final vote or disposition on the bill appears in the transcript excerpt.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are held to rigorous standards, education, accountability, and patient safety.
  • to our nurses who are all seeking education.
  • So part of it is to try to get education into the nursing curriculum, and my goal someday is to have
  • Aesthetics is a niche medical specialty not covered in traditional medical education, and advanced or
  • Aesthetics is a niche medical specialty not covered in traditional medical education, and advanced or
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on four bills: H. 5013 and S. 2928, which would establish a three-year celiac disease screening pilot program for children during routine cholesterol/lipid screening at ages 8 to 12; H. 5087, regulating medical spas; and H. 5115, establishing statewide food truck regulations, though the transcript focused almost entirely on the celiac and medical spa bills. For the celiac proposal, Rep. Badger and Sen. Lovely described long diagnostic delays, the lack of a cure, and the potential for a simple blood test to identify children earlier and reduce long-term harm. Multiple patients, clinicians, and researchers supported the pilot, saying celiac is frequently missed because symptoms vary widely or are absent, and that early detection could prevent malnutrition, growth problems, osteoporosis, and other complications. Testifiers also emphasized that the bill would study feasibility, accuracy, cost, and acceptability, and would include family education and support resources if diagnoses are made through the program. Several experts and advocates backed the celiac screening pilot, including a pediatric gastroenterologist from Italy who described successful national screening efforts there, a Celiac Disease Foundation representative, pediatric gastroenterologists from Massachusetts and Colorado, a pediatric dietitian, and a parent whose child was diagnosed after severe malnutrition. They argued that routine screening alongside existing pediatric bloodwork could identify many undiagnosed children and improve health equity, since celiac disease is often overlooked in people of color and lower-income patients. Committee members asked about how the screening would work, and witnesses explained it could begin with a blood test, followed by confirmatory endoscopy if needed. No vote was taken in the hearing. On H. 5087, witnesses from the medical aesthetics industry largely opposed the bill as written, saying it was outdated, redundant with existing Massachusetts licensing and board oversight, and too restrictive for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other licensed providers. Testifiers, including a retired lobbyist, a nurse practitioner, a PA, a plastic surgeon, and a clinic owner, said the bill could reduce access, raise costs, and push care into less regulated settings, while not addressing the real issues of training, compliance, and patient safety. Committee members pressed for more specific feedback on what provisions were unnecessary or duplicative, and witnesses said they had submitted position papers and written testimony identifying conflicts with current law. The hearing ended with the chair noting that all oral and written testimony would be reviewed before any decisions are made.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Health Mar 23rd, 2026

Joint Committee on Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are held to rigorous standards, education, accountability, and patient safety.
  • to our nurses who are all seeking education.
  • So part of it is to try to get education into the nursing curriculum, and my goal someday is to have
  • Aesthetics is a niche medical specialty not covered in traditional medical education, and advanced or
  • Aesthetics is a niche medical specialty not covered in traditional medical education and advanced or
Bills: H5013 , H5087 , H5115 , S2928
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York State Senate Session - 03/10/2026

New York Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Senator Fahy moves to discharge from the Committee on Education Assembly Bill 4382A and substitute
  • It is a new organization with a powerful mission to engage Jewish youth in civic education and teach
  • [Laughter] And I was educated at Fordham University.
  • Calendar 310, Senate Print 627, Senator Stavisky, an act to amend the Education Law.
  • Calendar 437, Assembly 4382A, Assembly Member Paulin, an act to amend the Education Law.
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate met on March 9, 2026, approved the prior journal, and took up several procedural items, including substituting identical Senate Bill 6734A for Assembly Bill 4382A and adopting a resolution calendar with exceptions for Resolutions 1718 and 1723. The chamber also received amendments on another bill and heard multiple guest introductions, including students from Ahavas Bas Yaakov of Monsey and Dr. Angela Odoms-Young, who was recognized for her work on food and nutrition policy and health equity. A major portion of the session was devoted to Resolution 1680 commemorating Bronx Day. Senators Fernandez, Bailey, Myrie, Serrano, Sepúlveda, Krueger, and others spoke in praise of the Bronx’s history, diversity, culture, resilience, and contributions to music, fashion, sports, and civic life. The Senate also adopted Resolution 1718 recognizing Harriet Tubman Day, with remarks highlighting Tubman’s work on the Underground Railroad, her Civil War service, and her later life in Auburn, and adopted Resolution 1723 marking the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday and emphasizing the continuing importance of voting rights protections. The Senate then passed a series of bills from the calendar. These included measures on general municipal law, public health, executive law, education, vehicle and traffic law, criminal procedure, labor law, and legislative law. Several members explained their votes on health-related bills: Senator Cleare spoke about period poverty and access to free menstrual products in educational institutions; Senator Webb supported a bill requiring hospital governing boards to include a registered professional nurse; and Senator Murray, joined by Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, described personal experiences with blood clots and pulmonary embolism in support of a bill creating a working group on the issue. Most bills passed with broad support, though some had notable negative votes, and the Senate adjourned until Wednesday, March 11 at 3:00 p.m.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • But how in the world do you do that in higher education?
  • A lot of people on this committee are not on education policy or education funding or, you know, and
  • A lot of people on this committee are not on education policy or education funding or, you know, and
  • It's looking at outcomes of higher education.
  • It's looking at outcomes of higher education.
Summary: The committee was called to order, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the minutes from the previous meeting were approved. Members then received a memo summarizing major audit items and began hearing audit presentations from the State Auditor’s Office and private auditors on a range of state agencies and organizations. Several audits were reported as clean, including the Bank of North Dakota, the North Dakota Guaranteed Student Loan Program, the Office of the Governor, the Office of the State Treasurer, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Transportation’s flexible transportation fund, Lake Region State College, and the Department of Environmental Quality. The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association also received an unmodified opinion, though repeat findings were noted for limited segregation of duties and financial statement preparation due to its small staff. The Council on the Arts audit found two findings: payroll charged to federal awards without adequate timekeeping records, and unallowable expenditures from a restricted cultural endowment fund. The Department of Public Instruction audit identified unsupported scholarship applications in the paraprofessional-to-teacher program, though additional testing showed the funds were used for their intended purpose. The most extensive discussion centered on the North Dakota Racing Commission audit, which identified four findings: overspending the promotion fund’s 25% operating limit, grant conditions not being met, improper Breeders Fund awards, and improper procurement for advertising services. Racing Commission director Bruce Johnson acknowledged complacency and weak controls, said the agency would tighten procedures, and explained that the commission had since worked with procurement and would follow the rules more closely. Auditors also explained that the commission would now be audited every two years because of the findings. Another major discussion involved the University of North Dakota School of Law, where auditors found a lack of documentation supporting admissions decisions for post-baccalaureate programs. UND officials said they remain in good standing with the American Bar Association but agreed better documentation and tools are needed; the committee pressed for more transparency and follow-up on admissions criteria. The committee also received an update on Dakota College at Bottineau, where Minot State University reported that bank reconciliations had been brought current after a significant backlog and would now be maintained through shared services. Members requested a written follow-up report on the issues and corrective actions. Finally, the North Dakota Fair Association explained that its foundation has been dissolved and remaining funds were transferred to another nonprofit for continued support of the state fair, and the Department of Public Instruction provided an update on school meal debt, saying the reported amount was about $1.1 million from a partial district survey and that debt remains a local issue, though it could be revisited if school meal funding changes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Capital Investment - 03/05/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Perpich provides one of the most impactful educational experiences for both students and educators that
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  • ><c> library</c> arts education resource library arts education resource library available<00:02:43.760
  • administrators across educators and administrators across Minnesota.
  • Those are healthc care or education.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 3/5/25

Rules and Legislative Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:05:34.360><c> so</c> every year to fund public education so every year to fund public education
  • My path to education was not traditional.
  • My path to education was not traditional.
  • , and give students the education they deserve.
  • and give students the Educators and give students the education<00:12:13.839><c> they</c><00:12:14.079
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 2/19/25 - Part 1

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Education will continue to Department of Education will continue to Anchor<01:01:56.599
  • This governs education.
  • This governs education.
  • This governs education.
  • This governs education.
Keywords: 1183, house
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Apr 9th, 2026

Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Without access to these products, students are forced to disrupt their education and often...
  • Chapter 70 education funding. Senator D. D. Domenico. Thank you, Mr. President.
  • The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education offers grant programs.
  • The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education offer grant programs.
  • One of our oldest obligations is to fund K-12 education adequately, and we are not.
Summary: The Senate considered a supplemental appropriations bill and a series of amendments focused on education, health, transportation, and tax administration. Senator Kennedy spoke in support of increasing funding for DTA caseworkers to improve SNAP access and reduce errors, citing food insecurity and staffing shortages, but then withdrew the amendment by unanimous consent. Senator O’Connor’s amendment providing $500,000 for Free Period to supply menstrual products in public schools was adopted, as was Senator Miranda’s $1 million METCO transportation and student support amendment. Senator Collins withdrew an amendment to extend paid family and medical leave and unemployment insurance to graduate student workers. Other adopted amendments included funding for Bridgewater Middle School water filtration, Randolph High School restroom improvements, Uffum’s Corner Health Center, and NeighborHealth’s student pharmacy technician program. Several amendments were debated and rejected after standing votes. Senator Tarr proposed oversight and reporting requirements for the Group Insurance Commission and the MBTA deficiency fund, as well as a 90-day notice requirement for tax-code decoupling with major fiscal impacts; all were opposed and not adopted. Senator Rodrigues and Senator Crighton argued that the GIC and MBTA already have oversight mechanisms and need flexibility, while Tarr argued the measures would improve transparency and fiscal discipline. Senator DiDomenico withdrew a Chapter 70 education funding amendment after speaking about declining enrollment, school funding losses, and the need to protect gateway city districts; he also used the opportunity to reaffirm support for gender-affirming care funding. Senators Collins and others echoed concerns about school funding inequities and the need for future action. The Senate also adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Arthur H. Tobin, a former Quincy mayor, state representative, state senator, and longtime clerk magistrate of Quincy District Court, with a detailed tribute to his public service and military record. After all amendments were resolved, the Senate substituted the new draft, ordered the bill to a third reading, and then passed House No. 5280 to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 35-4. The chamber then agreed to adjourn until the following Monday at 11 a.m., with the clerk directed not to print a calendar.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 3/17/25 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:04:11.120><c> committees</c> and Senate higher education committees and Senate higher education
  • But education funding has not kept pace with inflation.
  • But education funding has not kept pace with inflation.
  • But education funding has not kept pace with inflation.
  • But education funding has not kept pace with inflation.
Keywords: 1183, house
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Educational advancement, and overall well-being of the Kiti community and its native Hawaiian beneficiaries
  • This facility will also function as a preservation, education, and collective preservation, education
  • <00:06:11.680><c> as</c><00:06:11.840><c> a</c> This facility will also function as a center for education
  • These resources will expand access to education opportunities, strengthen economic pathways, and empower
  • These resources will expand access to education opportunities, strengthen economic pathways, and empower
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Hawaiian Affairs heard several Department of Hawaiian Home Lands measures. SB 2635 would appropriate funds for DHHL land development, land purchases, and mortgage or rental subsidies to address the wait list; DHHL and five supporters testified in favor, and the committee later recommended passage with amendments, including a date defect, with the measure adopted as amended. SB 2924 would authorize funding for a capital improvement project for the Kaneili Community Hall, access road, and parking lot; DHHL stood on testimony in support, Randall Ao and another online testifier spoke in favor, and the committee later amended the bill to shift the funding structure from general obligation bonds to general funds before passing it. SB 3127 would raise the state liability cap for DHHL-related borrowing and guaranteed loans from $100 million to $500 million; DHHL testified, no other testimony was offered, and the committee passed it with amendments, including a date defect. The committee also heard SB 3248, which establishes labor requirements for Aleha Products. No testifier from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Board was present, and there was no additional testimony or questions during the hearing. During decision-making, the chair noted there was both support and some opposition but recommended passage with amendments, including a date defect, and the committee adopted the recommendation unanimously. The meeting concluded after all three decision-making votes were completed and the committee adjourned.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 11 Jan 22nd, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the Senate, Senate Bill 1227 by the Education Committee: an act relating to education, to provide
  • for legislative intent, to provide for definitions, to require that the State Department of Education
  • In the Senate, Senate Bill 1227 by the Education Committee: an act relating to education, to provide
  • for legislative intent, to provide for definitions, to require that the State Department of Education
  • and public charter schools to adopt certain policies, to require the State Department of Education to
Keywords: 989, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would like to welcome the AEA retirees, Arizona Education Association.
  • and Land, Agricultural and Rural Affairs; HB 2350, Volunteer and Agricultural and Rural Affairs; Education
  • ; HB 2377, School Districts; HB 2378, School Education; HB 2384, School Requirements; HB 2477, Ways and
  • Means; HB 2479, K-5 Education; HB 2481, School District Education; HB 2490, Business Income; Corporations
  • HB 2637, School Districts Education; HB 2638, School Mental Health Professional Education and Appropriation
Keywords: 1182, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Elections and Elections Education Appropriations; SB 1683, Line Ownership; SB 1754, Education and Special
  • Education.
  • Education Appropriations. S. B. 16.83 line ownership. SB 1754. Education. and special education.
  • We don't have a license to lose because we are not necessarily all educators.
  • House Bill 2621, amending Title 15, Chapter 7, Article 4, relating to public education.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a series of guest introductions and recognitions, including Doctor of the Day Dr. Eric Osowski, State Farm visitors, Donate Life Day participants, and representatives from Ganado and Chinle Unified School Districts. The chamber also read proclamations honoring Ganado Unified for the ASBA Golden Bell Promise Program Award and Chinle Unified for multiple academic and cultural achievements, including national recognition for Chinle Elementary School and district leadership. The body then moved through committee and floor business, including consent for the Senate to adjourn, first and second readings of several bills, and a motion to reconsider HB 2429. In Committee of the Whole, HB 2093 was amended to restore mental health instruction while removing social emotional learning, HB 2229 advanced after debate over reproductive health and abortion-related provisions, HB 2429 and HB 2950 were amended and recommended do pass, and HB 4136 also advanced as amended. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole report and referred the measures to engrossing. The chamber then considered HB 4001, a bill regulating alternative nicotine products, with amendments and debate focused on licensing, enforcement, youth access, and whether to add a tax or education provisions; the bill was recommended do pass as amended. It also debated HB 4030 and the related HCR 2052, both aimed at limiting municipal tax and fee increases and allowing increases tied to inflation or new water-source costs. Amendments offered by Democrats to redirect the measures toward affordability, housing, and health insurance claims were ruled out of order or defeated on roll-call votes, while the Olson substitute amendments prevailed. The House ultimately adopted the Committee of the Whole report, sending HB 4001, HB 4030, and HCR 2052 forward as amended.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
  • See, it's a partnership with education between families It's a partnership with education between families
  • Education is a partnership.
  • But should the parent participate in the education of their child?
  • And so what we really want to get back in education is schools and parents as partners in the education
  • And so we need to respect that the educators want the best for the child.
Keywords: 959, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Budget Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:15 am

Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I appreciate the educational part.
  • It says education outreach team members.
  • , we can do better in educating our public.
  • I'm just trying to educate myself on the history here.
  • I'm just trying to educate myself on the history year.
Committee: House Budget
Keywords: 959, house, all