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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Apr 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The Assembly Higher Education Committee is now called to order.
- colleagues for being here on time as well, and welcome to the sixth policy hearing of the Assembly Higher Education
- Whether you're in person or watching virtually, thank you for your ongoing work in higher education policymaking
- And with that, the Assembly Higher Education Committee meeting is adjourned.
- And with that, the Assembly Higher Education Committee meeting is adjourned.
Summary:
The Assembly Higher Education Committee met for a hearing with one item on the agenda, ACA 18, a constitutional amendment to expand student representation on the University of California Board of Regents. The authors, Assemblymembers Celeste Rodriguez and Anamarie Farías, said the measure would double the number of student seats on the board and ensure both an undergraduate and a graduate student voice, arguing that students are the primary stakeholders and should have more meaningful input on decisions affecting tuition, housing, basic needs, and other campus issues. The authors accepted committee amendments that cleaned up language and the appointment process for student regents and their nonvoting designates.
Supporters included UC student leaders, alumni, and advocacy groups. Testimony emphasized that the UC system has far more students than the current single voting student regent can represent, that student input has helped shape policies on housing, basic needs, campus policing, and tuition, and that the UC should align with the CSU and community college systems, which already have two student voting members. No opposition testimony was presented.
Committee members voiced support, with several noting the importance of student voice and representation. The committee then voted to pass ACA 18 as amended and re-refer it to the Committee on Appropriations. The roll call ultimately finished at 9-0 in favor, and the measure was reported out of committee.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Apr 14th, 2026
Emergency Management
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a motion from the Vice Chair, which is due pass to the Senate Committee on Education.
- Urtado, due pass to the Senate Committee on Education. Please call the absent member.
- SB 1181, Urtado, do pass to the Senate Committee on Education. Please call the absent members.
- File item number 2, SB 1181, Urtado, due pass to the Senate Committee on Education.
- We'll go to file item number 2, SB 1181, Rortado, due pass to Senate Education.
Committee:
Senate Emergency Management
Summary:
The Senate Emergency Management Committee heard several bills focused on emergency response, fire safety, and school threat prevention. SB 904 would codify and expand the coordinated permitting and rebuilding response used after major wildfire disasters, with the author saying it would standardize agency coordination without eliminating protections. Climate Action California opposed the bill, raising concerns about streamlining and permitting. SB 1299 would create a clearer statutory framework for State Fire Marshal certification, training, and enforcement for fire sprinkler fitters; supporters, including the Sprinkler Fitters Association and State Building Trades, said it would ensure qualified installation of critical life-safety systems, while no opposition was presented. SB 1181 would create a limited pilot allowing schools to communicate with regional threat assessment centers when there is a credible safety concern, with the author and supporters describing it as a privacy-protected way to connect warning signs and prevent violence; committee members generally supported the concept and discussed fusion centers, social media threats, and recent incidents.
The committee also took up a consent calendar. After recesses to establish quorum and repeated calls for absent members, the committee voted to move all measures forward. SB 1299 was approved on a 9-0 vote to the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement. SB 904 was approved 9-0 to the Senate Committee on Appropriations. SB 1181 was approved 9-0 to the Senate Committee on Education. The consent calendar items were also approved 9-0. All measures were left on call briefly for absent members before the final votes were recorded and the committee adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Apr 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a motion from the Vice Chair, which is due pass to the Senate Committee on Education.
- Due pass to the Senate Committee on Education. Please call the absent member. Senators Ashby.
- SB 1181, due pass to the Senate Committee on Education. Please call the absent members.
- Due pass to the Senate Committee on Education. Please call the absent members.
- We'll go to file item number 2, SB 1181, due pass to Senate Education.
Summary:
The Senate Emergency Management Committee heard several bills related to wildfire recovery, fire safety, and school threat response. SB 904 would codify emergency coordination procedures used after the L.A. County and Palisades fires, including identifying permitting and building code requirements that can slow rebuilding after wildfire disasters. The author said it would not eliminate protections but would streamline recovery; Climate Action California opposed the bill, while the chair noted concerns about balancing efficiency with safeguards. The bill was later advanced on a 9-0 vote to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The committee also heard SB 1299, which would create a clearer statutory framework for certifying and training fire sprinkler fitters. Supporters from the Sprinkler Fitters Association and State Pipe Trades Council said the measure would ensure only properly trained and certified workers install sprinkler systems, addressing safety risks and litigation that weakened existing regulations. There was no opposition, and the bill passed 9-0 to the Senate Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement Committee.
SB 1181 proposed a voluntary pilot allowing schools to share credible safety concerns with regional threat assessment centers in several Central Valley counties, with privacy protections and a reporting requirement before expansion. The author tied the bill to youth violence, social media threats, and the need to connect warning signs before tragedies occur. Senators Rubio and the chair spoke in support, citing fusion center successes in preventing attacks; there was no opposition. The committee also approved a consent calendar, and all measures were reported out on unanimous votes.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 31 Mar 30th, 2026
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He also served as Superintendent of Security Forces Inspections, Headquarters Air Education and Training
- Today is Social Workers, Legislative, Education, and Advocacy Day, and I'm going to ask all the social
- To study early childhood education. Let's give Kylie a big round of applause, please. Next, Ms.
- She was a freshman state qualifier for tennis and wants to attend OU to study early childhood education
- Tennis wants to attend OU to study early childhood education.
Summary:
The House convened, the roll was called, and members proceeded through the day’s order of business, including prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, introductions, and routine floor announcements. Chaplain Ronnie Wilson delivered the invocation, and Chief Master Sergeant Walter Kula Jr., U.S. Air Force retired, was recognized as Veteran of the Day for more than 26 years of service and continued civic leadership. The House also welcomed student pilots from multiple countries training at Vance Air Force Base, social workers and social work students for Legislative, Education, and Advocacy Day, and a group of pages introduced by the Majority Leader.
Several honorees were presented to the chamber, including Doctor of the Day Chanel Gray of Tallahena Hospital/Choctaw Nation Hospital, Psychologist of the Day Dr. Mary Shepard, and Nurse of the Day Robin George. Members also recognized the Edmond Memorial Bulldogs palm squad for a fifth consecutive 6A large mixed state championship and the Dover Longhorns basketball team for winning the Class B-2 state title. Additional floor remarks included birthday greetings and a poem directed at Representative Anthony Moore.
The transcript does not show debate on substantive legislation or recorded votes. The only formal action reflected at the end was a motion to adjourn, and the House agreed to stand adjourned until Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 16, 2026 - 11:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- The Higher Education Budget Subcommittee will come to order. Sarah, please call the roll.
- A quorum being present, I want to welcome everyone to the Higher Education Budget Subcommittee.
- We are considering a proposed higher education conforming bill by yours truly.
- How will we make up for effectively closing an elementary education school and a nursing school?
- Education degree starting in 2027, is there any changes to that? Chair Besada? Thank you, Chair.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 4, 2026 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Three years ago, the House passed House Bill 299, which established education about Alzheimer's disease
- It will promote care provider education in partnership with the Department of Health to improve care
- it first starts, and this is going to be an important part in ensuring all Floridians have that education
- a single provider, and it also increases the maximum age of eligibility under the Postsecondary Education
- Specifically, it brings in the disciplines of education, healthcare, employment, and housing services
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 11:00 am
Appropriations - Government Operations Division
Transcript Highlights:
- This would add funding and create a pro-life education committee, and the appropriation in that amendment
- there's ways to abort your child so i think this kind of it this kind of funding is necessary to educate
- We have a $180,000 grant that's an education grant that we were the fiscal officer for, and we've had
- So we're working through it, and hopeful... ...no longer with the Department of Education.
- We'll do. longer with it, a part of education.
Bills:
HB1015
Keywords:
Office of Management and Budget, OMB appropriation, state budget, biennial appropriation, North Dakota Century Code, state facility maintenance fund, capital improvements, Capitol building fund, governor's residence, state hospital, mental health hospital, Bank of North Dakota, line of credit, strategic investment and improvements fund, SIIF, new and vacant FTE pool, state employee pay raise, performance-based compensation, guardianship grants, community corrections
Summary:
The Government Operations Division met to review proposed amendments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) budget, with the chair noting the bill would not be voted out that day and would likely be held until the following week for any technical corrections. Members discussed a series of amendments, generally without objection: a $1.5 million appropriation for a pro-life education committee; a $40,000–$45,000 deficiency appropriation for Uniform Laws travel costs; creation of a state deferred maintenance fund with $40 million for deferred maintenance projects; adding the state hospital project to the OMB budget with $200 million from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund (SIF) and $85 million from a line of credit, plus construction management oversight; $110,114 for custodial equity increases; $1 million for a retirement incentive pool; $3 million to cover a shortfall in the new and vacant FTE funding pool; and $4 million for space reconfiguration and rent/moving costs. Prairie Public Broadcasting was also discussed, with a suggestion to change the purpose from local programming to infrastructure and set the amount at $850,000, likely as one-time SIF funding. The committee also heard a heads-up about a possible $180,000 federal reimbursement issue tied to an education grant, but no action was taken on that item.
The committee further discussed a broader amendment to reduce the transfer from the social services fund to the human services fund from $250 million to $232 million, based on DHS needs and available carryover funding. Members also agreed to add emergency clauses to the capital assets, deferred maintenance, and moving/space reconfiguration items. The chair indicated Brady could begin incorporating the discussed changes into a consolidated amendment, while noting there could still be additional items next week. Staff also reported the SIF balance was about $280 million positive, though some removed agency items, including airport grants, would need to be considered.
The committee then reconsidered its earlier action on House Bill 1581 and restored it to its original form at $100,000 after hearing that the funding would support tribal tourism-related events tied to upcoming 2026 celebrations and the Theodore Roosevelt Library opening. A motion for do pass on the bill as originally introduced passed unanimously by roll call. Finally, the committee postponed action on another bill until later that day, directing that revised materials be distributed and that the item be taken up in the afternoon session.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- WE CHOSE EDUCATION OVER INDOCTRINATION. WE CHOSE EDUCATION OVER INDOCTRINATION.
- FLORIDA IS ALSO LEAD ON THE ISSUE OF EDUCATION.
- WE LED THE WAY IN FLORIDA BY BEING THE FIRST STATE TO ELIMINATE DEI FROM OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM.
- FAMILY DESERVES UNIVERSITIES THAT PROVIDE EDUCATION ON DOCTOR NATION AND THE EDUCATION MUST BE ATTAINABLE
- WE CODIFIED PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (03/03/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
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- <04:20:39.119><c> trust</c> education trust education trust fund<04:20:41.359><c> so</c><04:20:42.199
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- , but the Education Trust Fund isn't the only place that education revenue comes into the coffers of
- Representative Summers: Thank you, Mr. ... but but uh the education trust fund but but uh the education
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Regulating AI in psychotherapy 3/24/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This therapy needs to be provided by an educated, trained, and licensed mental health professional, not
- ,</c><00:02:42.680><c> trained,</c><00:02:43.200><c> and</c> be provided by an educated, trained, and
- I'm the CEO of SAVE, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education.
- We are a Awareness Voices of Education.
- </c> general wellness or educational tools. general wellness or educational tools.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 029 Feb 12th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there any further discussion on the education committee report?
- Seeing none, the motion before us is the passage of the education committee report.
- </c><00:40:10.079><c> passed</c><00:40:11.119><c> to</c> education committee report is passed to education
- :20.480><c> but</c><00:40:20.800><c> we</c> education committee unanimously, but we education committee
- Education Committee will meet today at 1:30 in STR 357.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventeen - Monday, February 9
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- grade for gifted education.
- I am one of those teachers that believes that every child would benefit from a gifted education.
- Speaker, this bill updates provisions that relate to the Department of Higher Education and Workforce
- Speaker, as was mentioned, this did come through your committee on higher education.
- My education on the bill path of how we got to sunset...
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- of the immigration law section, and is a member of the children's court improvement committee, educational
- She believes education is not just about personal success, but about creating opportunity for others.
- She believes education is not just about personal success, but about creating opportunity for others.
- I care about what is going on in their life and their educational career.
- I care about what is going on in their life and their educational career.
Committee:
Senate Senate Rules
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- of the Immigration Law Section, and is a member of the Children's Court Improvement Committee, Educational
- Management and the Higher Education Regents Coalition.
- She believes education is not just about personal success, but about creating opportunity for others.
- She believes education is not just about personal success, but about creating opportunity for others.
- I care about what is going on in their lives and their educational career.
Committee:
Senate House Rules & Order Of Business
Summary:
The committee held confirmation hearings for Don Walters as New Mexico’s first State Child Advocate and for two New Mexico Highlands University regents, Elaine Luna and Grace Margaret Herrera. For Walters, the sponsor and selection committee chair described her extensive child welfare background, including work as a guardian ad litem, CYFD attorney, and director of CYFD’s Office of Advocacy. Multiple supporters testified, including former colleagues, a foster parent, and CYFD Acting Secretary Valerie Sandoval, all praising her integrity, child advocacy experience, and commitment to collaboration and transparency.
Committee members focused heavily on the new Office of the Child Advocate’s startup needs, especially staffing, access to CYFD records, and funding. Walters said she expected the office to need roughly $4.5 million to $5 million to launch and envisioned about 26 to 27 staff, with regional presence across the state. Members urged the legislature to fund the office through House Bill 2 and discussed possible legislation to ensure timely access to records. The committee then voted unanimously to advance Walters to the full Senate.
For New Mexico Highlands University, Senator Campos introduced Elaine Luna for reappointment, highlighting her background in social work, hospital administration, and community service. Luna said she would focus on student support, basic needs, and mental health, and the university president testified in support. The committee asked about campus safety and student issues, including how the board would respond if students were affected by ICE actions. The committee voted to advance Luna unanimously.
The final confirmation was Grace Margaret Herrera, presented as a student regent candidate for Highlands. Supporters described her as a former foster youth, small business owner, and current student success center employee who mentors students and brings lived experience to the role. Members praised her resilience and connection to students, and the committee unanimously advanced her to the full Senate as well.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Indian Affairs Sep 26th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- New Mexico has performed poorly in many areas of economic development and educational attainment.
- We are especially proud of our educational program, and any family in San Diego Pueblo. look and send
- their children to any school, and the tribe pays for the cost of that education.
- One of the things the tribes did to educate the tribes a little bit more about Indian gaming, because
- They're just here for the history of it to educate our legislators.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 18th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A champion of education for Native American students who dedicated her life to serving our Native youth
- And these were more than early education centers.
- She served on numerous nonprofit and educational boards, where she championed educational equity for
- In every sector, from small business to engineering, to education and public service.
- Kojima began her career as a classroom teacher and quickly distinguished herself as a gifted educator
Summary:
The Assembly met on June 4, 2025, after a quorum call and opening prayer led by Assembly Member Ramos, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and routine procedural actions. Members handled several motions on bill referrals and file management, including disputes over SB 280 and ACA 8. The Speaker’s rulings were repeatedly appealed and sustained, and the body ultimately approved re-referral and notice waivers related to ACA 8 and SB 280, along with related committee hearing notices and shortened file notice requirements. Several bills were also removed from consent, moved to inactive file, or withdrawn from committee as nonfiscal measures.
The chamber then held a Native American Day ceremony centered on ACR 102 by Assembly Member Ramos, recognizing California Native American Day and the California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference. Multiple caucus leaders and members spoke in support, emphasizing California’s Native history, past state harms, and recent legislative efforts affecting tribal communities. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after 71 coauthors were added. The ceremony also honored Native leaders and students, including Judge Abby Abinanti, Councilwoman Catalina Chacon, Rosemary Salgado, Chairman Frederick Massetti, and Clovis Unified students who defended their right to wear regalia at graduation.
Later, the Assembly took up concurrence votes on several Senate-amended bills, all of which passed unanimously: AB 829 on Parkinson’s disease, AB 463 on emergency medical services, AB 493 on mortgage escrow interest, and AB 1387 on behavioral health coordination for justice-involved individuals. The body also adopted ACR 100 honoring India’s Independence Day and H.R. 44 recognizing homeless service providers, both by voice vote after substantial support from members and coauthors. Guest introductions highlighted the music industry, the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, and visiting officials from Pakistan.
The session concluded with adjournments in memory of Joel Nilsen and Grace Akiko Kojima, followed by announcements of upcoming session dates and adjournment under the call of the Speaker.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant May 30th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- You may have heard of that lawsuit; it's an education lawsuit.
- The council likes to invest in land grant communities by providing educational opportunities for our
- I'm wondering if you have approached anyone from the Hispanic Education Act Advisory Council.
- As the SEA Educational Technical Assistance, this is something relatively new.
- . education and development.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- I went to the education program two days per week.
- The education classes were a highlight of the week.
- I've got an education through here. The staff...
- I want to further my education.'
- From the youth system, from the educational system, with sixth-grade education coming into juvenile systems
Summary:
The Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration met at 10:07 a.m. and approved the minutes from its February 9 meeting. The commission said it would accept Department of Correction testimony in writing because of a scheduling issue, and then spent most of the hearing hearing from people with lived experience in county and state correctional settings. Members repeatedly reminded witnesses to keep remarks to about three minutes and focused the discussion on correctional consolidation, collaboration, programming, and reentry.
Testimony from multiple sheriff’s offices was broadly supportive of county-based programming, treatment, education, and reentry services. Witnesses from Hampshire, Barnstable, Hampden, and Franklin counties described access to GED and college courses, vocational training, recovery meetings, therapeutic groups, housing and ID assistance, work release, and reentry centers. Several said these programs helped them gain sobriety, employment, family reunification, and parole readiness. Hampden County witnesses emphasized immediate reentry planning and individualized case management; Franklin County witnesses praised respectful treatment and an accessible off-site reentry center; Barnstable witnesses highlighted the women’s therapeutic treatment program, creative writing, and the Bridge Center; Hampshire witnesses described the Bridge House, work release, and transition supports.
Several witnesses contrasted those experiences with what they described as limited or delayed programming in DOC facilities, especially for people serving longer sentences or with restrictive classifications. One witness said DOC programming was hard to access because shorter sentences and offense labels affected eligibility; another described overcrowding, little counseling, and no reentry planning in state prison. A juvenile lifer testified that classification barriers and lack of tailored programming left him feeling unprepared, and another witness said DOC’s handling of classification hearings and records was unfair and opaque. Some speakers also raised concerns about mental health care and visitation policies, especially at Framingham, where one witness said suicidal thoughts were met with inadequate responses and another said family visitation was denied without clear explanation. Commissioners asked follow-up questions about DOC access, step-down opportunities, family support, and whether more transitional housing or acclimation time before release would help. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the prior minutes.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 021 Feb 4th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, the Committee on Education is under consideration.
- </c> designate a time to promote and educate designate a time to promote and educate people<00:29:11.919
- And I'm going to and education access.
- Educator granted. District attorney granted.
- Educator<01:11:04.000><c> granted.</c> Educator granted.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Finance (Part II) Jan 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The Education Committee is meeting at the same time.
- Sometimes education is a component of that.
- higher education in Texas prisons.
- Also around higher education. We just heard Lewis testify.
- Also around higher education. We just heard Lewis testify about the importance of higher education.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard the Legislative Budget Board’s overview of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s 2026-27 budget, followed by extensive testimony from DPS leadership. The LBB presentation covered funding and staffing changes across driver license services, facilities, troopers and recruit schools, crime labs, vehicle and aircraft operations, and border security. The recommendations included added support for customer service staffing and trooper hiring, but did not include several DPS exceptional items such as major driver license staffing and technology requests, new regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio, and other capital projects. Members also discussed proposed rider changes, including a new rider to lapse unused trooper funding and require reporting after recruit schools.
Much of the committee’s questioning focused on driver license operations, where senators criticized long call wait times, low call-answer rates, appointment delays, and what they viewed as an overreliance on adding staff rather than improving processes. DPS and LBB witnesses said the agency is pursuing some technology upgrades, including automation, online pre-population of applications, and appointment-system improvements, but acknowledged that the driver license division remains a major problem area. Senators also raised concerns about whether the 2019 efficiency study led to meaningful changes and whether the agency should consider broader process redesign or even a different administrative structure.
Colonel Freeman and other DPS officials then defended the agency’s broader law enforcement and border-security work, emphasizing the need for the Williamson County training academy, the 500 additional troopers funded in prior sessions, and continued support for Operation Lone Star. They described DPS’s role in border interdiction, threat-to-life investigations, oilfield theft cases, Capitol and Alamo security, and highway safety, and said the agency is stretched thin by deployments and overtime. Members asked about border reimbursement possibilities, regional staffing differences, pursuit safety, fleet and aircraft replacement needs, and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame museum. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.