Transcript Highlights:

• They collaborate with parents, and if the child, I guess, passes or graduates from the program after
• It is a collaborative program for school districts around the Claremore area for students exactly like
• So Project Accept is one of the schools in Tulsa where we got invited in to collaborate on how to do
• So Project Accept is one of the schools in Tulsa where we got invited in to collaborate on how to do
• So Project Accept is one of the schools in Tulsa where we got invited in to collaborate on how to do

Committee: House Common Education

Summary: The committee held an interim study on how to educate and support students with severe violent or disruptive behavior while protecting classmates, teachers, and school staff. Members framed the issue as one involving students who have often experienced trauma and may be removed from class through suspension, expulsion, or juvenile placement, but who still need a meaningful path back to school. Several legislators shared personal experiences as former educators or administrators and emphasized that schools need clearer criteria for removal and return, along with stronger support for families and staff. Dr. Michelle Butler, an alternative education director, testified that Oklahoma’s current alternative education system is not designed to serve students removed for major discipline issues because placement is generally voluntary and programs are built around students who need a different learning environment, not punitive removal. She argued for early intervention, stronger attendance enforcement, trauma screening, teacher training, and a regional or cooperative model that would combine credentialed educators, social workers, therapists, and family counselors. She also described existing programs such as Trace Academy, Rogers County Youth Services diversion programs, and the limitations of virtual-only models and current funding, saying the system lacks sufficient resources and staffing. Representatives and senators asked about funding, staffing, credentials, and whether statutes should be changed to prevent alternative education dollars from going to programs that do not provide direct services. Other testimony came from Family and Children’s Services and Mid-Del Youth and Family Services, both of which described embedded school-based mental health, crisis response, intensive outpatient services, family engagement, and juvenile diversion programs. Witnesses stressed that wraparound services, school-community partnerships, and a bridge back to the home school are essential, and that many students and families need mandatory or strongly supported participation rather than purely voluntary help. The study concluded with members noting possible next steps, including expanding or supplementing alternative education, improving early intervention, and examining participation requirements and transition supports; no votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after the presentations.

Transcript Highlights:

• That means breaking entrenched practices and demanding real cross-sector collaboration.
• And so we're establishing this project management collaborative.
• Tammy, also the leadership that you've had there, really appreciate your collaboration on this urgent
• I will also say the collaboration and cooperation from the developers is essential as well.
• Planners are collaborative by nature.

Summary: The Senate Housing Committee work session focused first on Civic Commons’ “starter home production plan,” a statewide strategy intended to increase production of homes affordable to households roughly between 60% and 120% of area median income. Presenters said the Covenant Home Ownership program will not succeed without more starter homes, and outlined recommendations including a temporary cross-sector crisis task force, a developer network, new financing tools, public seed funding, and a multi-site demonstration program to test off-site construction and standardized designs. Committee members asked about silos in the current system, the role of off-site and modular construction, target income ranges, and where the plan would be most useful. Civic Commons said the plan is meant to be statewide, community-informed, and respectful of local context, with pre-approved plans and standardized approaches for both single-family and multi-unit housing. The Department of Labor and Industries then gave an update on factory-built housing oversight. Officials said residential factory-built structures are a small but important part of their work and described progress in prioritizing residential plan reviews, which they said has reduced review time from months to about two days. They also reported creating a plans examiner supervisor position, moving forward with rules for third-party plan review and inspection, and beginning analysis of national standards from the Modular Building Institute to see whether they align with state code. Committee members and L&I discussed the value of standardized plans, real-time tracking for applicants, and the role of state inspection in reducing local jurisdictional variation. The Washington State Building and Construction Trades Council testified that it supports efforts to reduce permitting delays and increase housing production, but warned against weakening safety standards or labor protections. The labor representatives said prefabrication and modular construction can help if the workforce is protected, wages and apprenticeship opportunities are preserved, and projects use tools such as community workforce agreements. They also raised concerns about wage theft, misclassification, and unlicensed contractors in residential construction, and suggested stronger front-end contractor education or licensing. Committee members responded that the goal is to expand production without sacrificing safety or good jobs. The committee also heard city perspectives on local housing reforms. Olympia described its affordable housing emergency ordinance, which gives qualifying projects priority in the permitting queue, and said success depends on communication among housing staff, planners, engineers, and developers. Walla Walla, an early adopter of middle housing, reported increased ADUs, duplexes, and smaller-lot development after eliminating single-family zoning and expanding tools such as MFTE and ADU flexibility. Des Moines described adopting middle housing and ADU ordinances in June 2025 after a lengthy public process, while Poulsbo described proactive code changes including duplexes on corner lots, unit lot subdivisions, manufactured home protections, expanded ADU allowances, and pre-approved ADU plans shared with neighboring jurisdictions. No votes were taken during the work session.

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• The number one ask from these companies is having a way to collaborate, having a way to run into each
• That collaboration, that collision that Nora speaks of, is very, very important.
• I like "Founder Density," "Collision," "Collaboration." Those are place-based theses.
• What the process—the collaborative I was working with—was to identify.
• So, this is a very collaborative process.

Transcript Highlights:

• expensive for school districts to provide the services, whether it's in district or through a collaborative
• So I want to thank a number of folks who have collaborated on redrafting this amendment.
• And so I appreciate the collaboration, the bipartisan support.
• many people who are working on this: the Metro Mayors Community Safety Initiative Coalition, in collaboration
• on important initiatives that you know, To collaborate on important initiatives that you know and I

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate took up a long series of FY26 budget amendments during debate on the Ways and Means budget bill. Early on, an amendment on debt service and the Debt Affordability Committee was rejected. A major education amendment offered by Senator Lewis and supported by Senator Comerford was then adopted; it directs DESE to begin a public process, with $200,000 in funding, to review and recommend updates to the Chapter 70 municipal contribution formula and related school funding structures as the Student Opportunity Act nears full implementation. Senators argued that school districts across the Commonwealth are under severe fiscal strain, citing rising special education, transportation, health insurance, and Proposition 2 1/2 pressures, and that the current formulas are increasingly out of alignment with local needs. The chamber also considered and voted on many other amendments, with several adopted and several rejected. Adopted amendments included measures on public payroll transparency, regional EMS, a small business group purchasing cooperative pilot, simplifying Medicaid eligibility determinations, and early education background checks. Rejected amendments included proposals on first-time homebuyer savings accounts, population change studies, competitiveness studies, emergency contract reform, natural gas cost containment, a $200 per pupil aid increase, regional school reimbursement increases, a Foundation Budget Review Commission-related study, special education service studies, welfare benefit audits, short-term capital gains, and an MBTA sustainability plan. Senator Durant also spoke in support of Amendment 766, which would create a crumbling concrete assistance fund for homeowners affected by pyrrhotite, with tax-exempt aid, federal funding applications, audits, and a stakeholder working group. Near the end of debate, Senator D. DiDomenico praised the Shannon Grant program for gang violence prevention, and the Senate adopted a final corrective amendment containing technical fixes and local earmarks. The bill was then ordered to a third reading and, after a roll call on engrossment, passed to be engrossed by a vote of 38-2. The Senate also approved a motion to adjourn to the following Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. and recessed in memory of Yaron Lashinsky, Sarah Lynn Milgram, and Leslie A. Feeney.

Transcript Highlights:

• This was, you know, great collaborative work. This is not only about system modernization.
• made sure that all stakeholders—the tribal nations, the counties, the agencies—it's more of a collaborative
• <00:13:31.680><c> uh</c><00:13:31.920><c> great</c><00:13:32.240><c> work</c><00:13:32.880><c> collaborative
• </c> you know uh great work collaborative you know uh great work collaborative work.<00:13:33.920><c>
• system that changes the a collaborative system that changes the ecosystem<00:13:45.839><c> for</c><00

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We have some external collaboration going on as well, with Washington State.
• Or in what we're trying to figure out is how can we come together and collaborate that empowers not only
• But you know, my I guess My pain point is the collaboration.
• You know, we want to see better collaboration.
• And so, I think that collaboration is improving with them.

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We also have a recommendation of expansion of ARC, a cross-functional collaboration.
• So this would... ...be to continue and expand that collaboration between Minnesota State's academic and
• We also have a recommendation around federal and state partnerships and to continue to collaborate with
• implementation of an automated identity proofing system, strengthening cross-functional... ...collaboration
• Maintain strong collaboration between students, representatives, faculty, and system leaders.

Committee: Senate Higher Education

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It jump-started a very collaborative and bipartisan process by which members of all four legislative
• :12.600><c> jump-started</c><00:05:13.200><c> a</c><00:05:13.240><c> very</c><00:05:13.520><c> collaborative
• </c><00:05:14.160><c> and</c> It jump-started a very collaborative and It jump-started a very collaborative
• One that is a result of hours of work and collaboration.
• </c> of work and collaboration. of work and collaboration.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm wondering, I guess, where I would find the entire Contentional collaboration and the purpose of collaborating
• However, there's a bigger picture here in terms of the kind of collaboration.
• I'd really like to see collaboration with the Forest Service, the land grants, and the acequias in terms
• And so, when the opportunity came, we really thought about how to do exactly that: how to collaborate
• This regards the forest, and I don't know if the gentleman here are aware of a kind of collaboration

Committee: House House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm very grateful to collaborate with him on items related to that.
• So we appreciate the collaboration that we have with the city on that.
• This entity, this effort, collaboration with these groups, is trying to speed up.
• We're very appreciative of the opportunity we have to work in this joint collaboration effort.
• So we're very appreciative of that collaborative effort.

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• I know the Moose Habitat Collaborative really good.
• I know the Moose Habitat Collaborative really good.
• <00:09:42.720><c> really</c><00:09:43.040><c> good</c><00:09:43.440><c> moose</c> collaborative really
• good moose collaborative really good moose collaborative<00:09:44.720><c> that's</c><00:09:45.040><c
• > something</c><00:09:45.279><c> we're</c> collaborative that's something we're collaborative that's

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• It really took a collaborative effort, and I really appreciate all the hands that worked on this measure
• I think this has really been a collaborative effort.
• ><c> effort</c><00:03:25.440><c> and</c> really took a collaborative effort and really took a collaborative
• I think this has really been a<00:03:34.920><c> a</c><00:03:35.920><c> collaborative</c><00:03:36.480
• I also just a a collaborative effort.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The conference committees met several times on April 25, 2025, to resolve a number of bills, often delaying items until later in the day because of missing FIN/WAM releases or lack of quorum. Early in the day, SB 382 was discussed briefly but not advanced because finance would not release it. HB 1064, relating to the state fire marshal, was taken up and approved after conferees confirmed a $2,212,000 appropriation for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to fund eight positions in the Department of Law Enforcement. Members thanked the many agencies, staff, and advocates involved, and the bill passed by unanimous votes of those present. Several other measures were rolled over to later conference-room meetings, including HB 423 on workers’ compensation, HB 214 on government, HB 1036, HB 1037, and HB 1039 on public employment cost items, SB 828 on workers’ compensation medical benefits, SB 717 on collective bargaining, and HB 286 on the individual housing account program, all pending FIN/WAM release or further agreement. A larger housing agenda was also postponed to 4:30 p.m. in Room 225, including bills on housing, transportation, transient accommodations development, rental housing revolving funds, dwelling unit revolving funds, and low-income housing credit. At the later transportation and housing sessions, HB 1231 was adopted as a conference draft establishing a $5 county motor vehicle registration surcharge for the Safe Routes to School special fund and clarifying rules for automated enforcement citations and liability. HB 4209 on transit-oriented development also passed; it defined transit-oriented development, created a mixed-income subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund, and authorized HCDA to use the definition in planning. HB 1298 on housing passed with amendments to support a government employee housing program tied to a transit-oriented development site, including funding for planning and an HHFC position. HB 830 on historic preservation reviews also passed with amendments limiting third-party review to residential or mixed-use development and setting staggered effective dates. Later, SB 662 on transportation passed with amendments authorizing county police officers to enforce the statewide traffic code on public streets, roadways, and highways. Several other bills remained pending and were recessed for later consideration.

Transcript Highlights:

• Chairman, thank you for your collaboration. Thank you. Thank you.
• short term goal of identifying content with various state agencies and encouraging a continued collaboration
• . collaboration amongst them.
• security-related technology and critical infrastructure at the former Reese Air Force Base in collaboration
• Stephen Bain, Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Collaboration at Texas.

Bills: HB 1105 , HB1527 , HB1787 , HB1972 , HB2081 , HB3296 , HB3976 , HB4071 , HB4234 , HB4438 , HB4701 , HB5092 , HB5150 , HB5180 , HB5265 , HB5333 , HJR203

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: tuition exemption, paramedics, higher education, laboratory fees, emergency medical services, peace officers, criminal justice, law enforcement, degree programs, public institutions, HB 1787, HPV, human papillomavirus, college health, university health, student health, public health education, prevention program, screening, early detection

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, so, this resolution requires the cabinet to collaborate with Dolly Parton Imagination Library on
• /c><00:01:49.160><c> with</c><00:01:49.280><c> Dolly</c><00:01:49.520><c> Parton</c> cabinet to collaborate
• with Dolly Parton cabinet to collaborate with Dolly Parton Imagination<00:01:50.600><c> Library</c><
• They could collaborate on ways to increase enrollment through hands or put information about Imagination
• And so, this resolution directs the cabinet to engage in that important collaboration and report back

Committee: House Families & Children

Keywords: 00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call 01:00 - Discussion of 26RS SJR 54 03:23 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS SJR 54 04:48 - Discussion of 26RS SB 122 17:08 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS SB 122 21:30 - Adjournment, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• For over two years, dedicated citizens and experts have collaborated with this body to refine this measure
• When to get married: I made that decision collaboratively with my husband and took consideration from
• When to have children: I made that decision collaboratively with my husband and took medical guidance
• I make those decisions daily with my husband and, in collaboration again, with my chosen pediatrician
• Never did I imagine making these decisions collaboratively with my local government.

Summary: The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved the February 10, 2026 minutes and then took up Senate Bill 1346, a measure proposing a two-year pause on mRNA-based COVID-19 products for pregnant women and children. Senator Shippey presented the bill as a targeted safety pause to allow more long-term review, saying it was not a blanket ban and that amendments were likely needed to clarify the bill’s language and the process for reviewing safety data. He also said the committee should send the bill to the 14th order for possible amendments. The committee heard extensive testimony both for and against the bill. Supporters, including Nicholas Holster, Christina Parks, James Thorpe, Laura Dembray, Xavier Figueroa, and several others, argued that mRNA products are unsafe, described them as gene therapy, and cited alleged harms to fertility, pregnancy, children, and broader health outcomes. Opponents, including physician Stephen Montemot, Primo Castro of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and parent Stephanie Neymour, argued that mRNA vaccines are not gene therapy, that the bill would restrict parental choice and access to medical care, and that decisions should remain with patients and doctors. Committee members also questioned the bill’s definitions, the legislature’s ability to review scientific data, the scope of the exemption for cancer and genetic disorder therapies, and whether the measure would affect other vaccines. After debate, members expressed mixed views: some supported further work on the bill, while others raised concerns about government overreach, the breadth of the definitions, and whether the legislature had the expertise or mechanism to evaluate safety data. Senator Lenny moved to send SB 1346 to the 14th order for possible amendments, and the motion passed by roll call vote, 5-4. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm happy to work collaboratively on a budget that would be sustainable in the future, but I suspect
• I will just hopefully conclude us here and say that I have enjoyed the collaboration with the ranking
• realize that we're not in agreement today, but I would reject any notion that it has not been a collaborative
• fact I'll be voting no I will just hopefully conclude us here and say that I have enjoyed the collaboration
• with the ranking members and say that I have enjoyed the collaboration with the ranking member and the

Summary: The Senate Ways and Means Committee met in executive session on Senate Bill 5998, the proposed operating budget, and received a staff briefing on 39 proposed amendments. The amendments covered a wide range of issues, including technical corrections; truancy intervention funding; public defense and Blake-related vacatur work; family reading, shellfish program review, cultural resource protection, agritourism, transmission planning, paid leave, developmental disabilities services, nursing home rates, TANF workforce services, food bank language, oral health access, behavioral health partnership access, sexual assault nurse examiner training, Department of Corrections security measures, child welfare staffing, pediatric interim care centers, Working Connections Child Care, range rider funding, Chinese American history month materials, Running Start, retiree health subsidies, school bus contractor costs, local effort assistance, transition to kindergarten, charter school enrichment, arts grants, and a tribal liaison position. Several amendments were withdrawn before action, including the truancy increase, Blake funding, one DD-related amendment, and others. The committee adopted a number of amendments, including the technical corrections packet, reductions or savings-related corrections, the family reading program, shellfish review funding, the transmission-system implementation funding, the oral health foundation, the partnership access line, health technology assessment funding, the governor errata correction, the sexual assault nurse examiner training contract, the DOC canine scheduling language, the child welfare staffing correction, the people transportation language, the TTK-related amendment, and the tribal liaison funding. It rejected several others, including agritourism, paid leave study language, DD waiver expansion, nursing home add-ons, the PIC program, range rider funding, Chinese American history month materials, Running Start restoration, the LEA restoration amendment, and the arts grant restoration. Some amendments were withdrawn after discussion, including the DD waiver and LEA-related proposals. During debate, supporters of various amendments emphasized service needs for vulnerable populations, including people with developmental disabilities, survivors of sexual assault, Medicaid dental access, behavioral health callers, and students in Running Start and TTK. Opponents repeatedly cited budget constraints, the need for a sustainable operating budget, and the view that some issues were better addressed through collective bargaining or future negotiations. The committee then rolled the adopted amendments into a new substitute Senate Bill 5998 and voted to send it to the Rules Committee with a do-pass recommendation, subject to signatures. Several members stated they would vote no on the budget overall, while others supported it as a difficult but necessary compromise. The meeting adjourned after the final vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• The amendment assures quarterly collaboration with superintendents and charter school leaders, where
• The intent is collaborative, structured work focused on continuous improvement of systems and processes
• I have sat in IEP meetings, collaborated with special education teachers trying to manage overwhelming
• in the spirit of a balanced ...collaboration.
• And finally, it ensures strategic collaboration.

Bills: HB30 , HB120 , HJR1 , SB210 , SB306

Committee: House House Education

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model

Transcript Highlights:

• THESE ENTITIES ARE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ACROSS MULTIPLE STATE UNIVERSITIES AND REQUIRE FORMAL APPROVAL
• IT IS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SO WE CAN BE A RESEARCH FACILITY
• COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY IS THE FUTURE. THEY ARE WONDERFUL.
• FOCUSED ON AN ECOSYSTEM OF SUPPORTS SO OUR LITERACY PROGRAM IS WHERE WE HAVE HAD THE GREATEST COLLABORATION
• SELECTED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHO APPROVES THE BOOKS THAT GO OUT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Allow friendship to generate collaboration.
• 2025 in celebration of texas hispanic judges day at the state capitol and whereas in columbia Collaboration
• significant strides in strengthening its research enterprise, prioritizing interdisciplinary... collaboration
• As I've collaborated with him, I'm coming to the point of view that we should think seriously about a
• Creative bachelor degree options for faster graduations and lower student loan volumes. and closer collaboration

Bills: SB 26 , SJR 36 , SB 26 , SB 616 , SB 565 , SB 384 , SB 28 , SR 109 , SR 122 , SR 126 , SR 130 , SR 136 , SR 137 , SR 141 , SR 142 , SCR 20

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement, enforcement suspension, utility consolidation, regionalization, water supply, sewer

Summary: The meeting was marked by significant resolutions recognizing various contributions to Texas and celebrating community initiatives. Key discussions included the adoption of resolutions commemorating Texas Hispanic Judges Day and highlighting the 100th anniversary of Memorial Park. Senators expressed appreciation for the judges' dedication and legacy, with notable mentions of individual judges and their impact on the community and legal landscape in Texas. The Senate also honored students and organizations contributing positively to their communities, showcasing the interconnectedness of public service and the legislative process.

Transcript Highlights:

• This initiative is led by the Minnesota Medical Association, which works collaboratively with other care
• And so providing support that the Minnesota Medical Association, in collaboration with a dozen other
• the Minnesota Medical<00:03:28.319><c> Association</c><00:03:29.120><c> in</c><00:03:29.360><c> collaboration
• </c> Medical Association in collaboration Medical Association in collaboration with<00:03:30.159><c>

Keywords: 1183, house