Video & Transcript Research : 'parks'

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NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Sep 11th, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is administered by the National Park Service.
  • For new parks as well.
  • So, MNERD and State Parks will come up with the other 50%.
  • One is nearby at Mallet Park in Red River.
  • New Mexico State Parks itself does not create that.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 4/2/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • The cost of building parking, and the average parking spot, last I saw, for surface parking can run somewhere
  • mandates or mandatory parking minimums mandates or mandatory parking minimums depending<00:46:33.280
  • building parking and the average parking building parking and the average parking spot<00:47:14.359
  • <00:47:16.520> can spot last I saw for surface parking can spot last I saw for surface parking
  • would also argue that mandatory parking would also argue that mandatory parking minims<00:47:35.079
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • There was a massage parlor business that opened up in White Park, a district that I represent, a few
  • years ago, and after the city of White Park did not find any issues with the authorization to do the
  • <01:16:25.440> or 286 um and uh the city weake park or 286 um and uh the city weake park or
  • I'm Anthony Resnek, the current chief of police from Way Park.
  • Way Park is like many other cities.
Keywords: 1183, house
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-PERSONNEL Mar 18th, 2026

ALC-PERSONNEL

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a review item from the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. Item B is on page three.
  • This is a review item from the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.
  • These three positions will be utilized at Blanchard Springs State Park.
  • This is a review item from the Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism.
  • These three positions will be utilized at the Blanchard Springs State Park.
Keywords: 1204, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Floor Session 5/18/25 - Part 1

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:01:42.640> You level in manufactured home parks.
  • You level in manufactured home parks.
  • We need money for a revolving loan fund so when parks go up for sale, residents can purchase their parks
  • <01:04:23.920> into purchase their parks and turn them into purchase their parks and turn
  • So, I'm excited about buy these parks.
Keywords: 1183, house
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the administrator for Division of State Parks. We're here My name is Bob Mergel.
  • I'm the administrator for Division of State Parks. We're here this morning to present AB 543.
  • In a nutshell, State Parks manages 27 parks throughout the state.
  • much just kept it in Chapter 407, which is the chapter of NRS that pertains specifically to State Parks
  • There is the Reno farm that's so close in the downtown Reno area, where they converted a parking lot
Keywords: 909, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 04/22/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • In downtown, and several regional parks.
  • Park. Park.
  • Without this project, two Regional Park.
  • made their way to the park. made their way to the park.
  • Student safety is a major parking lot.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Apr 30th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Epstein of Pinellas Park, sponsored by Senator DeSegley. Dr.
  • So we want people to have access to our state parks. Enjoy them.
  • But just not in our state parks.
  • They're polluting our streets, our city parks, our beaches.
  • They're polluting our streets, our city parks, our beaches.
Summary: The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. After routine business, the Senate took up several special-order bills. The first major bill, transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses. An amendment added penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing and required law enforcement to notify suspects of those penalties. The bill passed 37-0. The Senate then passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours and holiday access to care and setting network standards for Medicaid managed care plans, also by a 37-0 vote. The chamber next considered a major condominium and cooperative associations bill responding to post-Surfside safety and financial concerns. Senators described the measure as balancing building safety with financial relief, extending reserve-study deadlines, allowing temporary reserve relief after inspections, tightening oversight of managers and inspectors, and adjusting voting, resale, and reserve rules. After extensive debate and praise from members for the bill’s sponsors and staff, the bill passed 37-0. The longest discussion centered on a constitutional amendments/petition process bill aimed at curbing fraud in citizen initiative petitions. Sponsors argued that the 2024 petition process was plagued by fraud and identity theft and proposed tighter rules for circulators, faster submission deadlines, voter notification, penalties, and limits on petition handling. Senators offered and adopted multiple amendments, including changes to petition-circulator definitions, invalid-signature thresholds, and voter notification procedures. After a substitute amendment was withdrawn, the Senate continued debating the underlying amended bill, with members split between concerns about election integrity and worries that the bill would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Taxes - 02/26/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • by the Greater Minnesota Parks and Trails Commission would qualify as park and trail projects, which
  • park and trail projects.
  • by the Greater Minnesota Parks and Trails Commission would qualify as park and trail projects.
  • by the Greater Minnesota Parks and Trails Commission would qualify as park and trail projects.
  • by the Greater Minnesota Parks and Trails Commission would qualify as park and trail projects.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Apr 8th, 2025

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Then yes, there would be less than one parking spot per unit.
  • I don't have an answer on handicapped parking spots.
  • as a part of parking reductions.
  • Because in my community, it's not that parking is an issue.
  • A lot of developments that need to it's not that parking is an issue.
Summary: The Rules Committee took up a large agenda of bills, with many measures reported favorably after brief explanations, amendments, and testimony. Early bills included CS/SB 658 on lien waivers and releases, which was amended to preserve enforceability despite form differences and then passed; CS/CS/SB 736 on brownfields redevelopment, which drew support from business and redevelopment interests and passed; and CS/SB 1002 on utility service restrictions, which was amended to bar certain building or fire code provisions affecting fuel-source choices and then passed despite opposition from environmental advocates. The committee also advanced CS/CS/SB 1132 on right-to-repair for certain equipment, where manufacturers, dealer representatives, and industry groups warned the bill could undermine dealer networks and existing repair programs, while supporters argued it would improve consumer access and help farmers and equipment owners. The bill still passed. Other measures reported favorably included CS/SB 1378 on restitution for leaving the scene of property-damage crashes, CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign-country controlling interests in health care licensing, CS/SB 772 on school access to glucagon for diabetes emergencies, CS/SB 1400 on removal of nonconsensual altered sexual depictions, and CS/SB 1696 on transportation network company impersonation and transit funding. A major portion of the meeting focused on affordable housing. CS/SB 1730, a follow-up to the Live Local Act, made several changes to zoning, height, density, parking, moratorium, and enforcement provisions, with members raising concerns about parking reductions, attorney’s fees, local control, and impacts in the Keys and other sensitive areas. Supporters said the bill closes loopholes and improves workforce housing implementation, while some witnesses urged additional exemptions for areas of critical state concern. The bill was reported favorably after amendment. Later, the committee considered several bills from Senator Leak, including CS/SB 576 on service of process, CS/SB 606 on public lodging and food service establishments, and CS/SB 1164 on electronic delivery of landlord-tenant notices. CS/SB 606 drew substantial debate over whether hotels and extended-stay properties should be able to remove nonpaying guests without treating them like residential tenants; the sponsor said the bill clarifies transient occupancy and removes mandatory arrest provisions, and it passed. CS/SB 1164, which allows email notice delivery by agreement, passed despite concerns from tenant advocates that the bill should include clearer consent and safeguards. The committee also approved CS/SB 1374 on school district reporting of educator arrests and misconduct, CS/SB 940 on third-party restaurant reservation sales, and began hearing CS/SB 1690 on surrendered infants, which would authorize infant safety devices or “baby boxes” as a legal surrender option, with supportive testimony from proponents describing crisis situations and the need for anonymous surrender options.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:05:22.960> Nelson Kentucky River Adventure, Camp Nelson National Monument, Hybridge Park
  • Go to the Kentucky Horse Park or Keeneland.
  • Kentucky horse horse park or Keeland. Kentucky horse horse park or Keeland.
  • Um, as it going to Highbridge Park.
  • Its parks, bourbon explore Kentucky.
Summary: The committee approved the September minutes and heard two presentations focused on tourism and economic development. First, Visit Jessamine and local winery representatives described Jessamine County’s tourism branding, visitor center renovation at the old jail in Nicholasville, wayfinding signs, kiosks, murals, and the Jessamine Wine and Spirits Trail. They said Kentucky tourism generates more than $1 billion in taxes and $14.3 billion in economic impact statewide, and that Jessamine County tourism generates about $6.2 million in taxes and $87 million in economic impact. They emphasized that the wine trail and related events, including the Kentucky Wine and Vine Festival, draw repeat visitors, support surrounding counties, and attract visitors from across the country and overseas. Committee members praised the presentation and discussed local events such as Halloween activities in Nicholasville and Wilmore and the Great Jessamine Pumpkin event. The committee also received prepared comments on Fort Knox from Lance O’Brien of the Knox Regional Development Alliance after a Fort Knox representative could not attend because of the federal government shutdown. The remarks highlighted Fort Knox’s role as a military installation, economic engine, tourism draw, and workforce partner. The presentation cited an estimated $5.6 billion in annual output, about $1.3 billion in payroll, more than 60,000 retirees and veterans in the surrounding area, and roughly 11,000 to 13,000 soldiers stationed there at a time. It also noted major tourism-related activity such as Cadet Summer Training, the National Raider Challenge, and the George Patton Museum, along with more than $484 million in small-business contracts in fiscal year 2025 and Fort Knox’s role in IT and cybersecurity. Members discussed the importance of tourism revenue, out-of-state visitors, and the broader economic impact of both Jessamine County and Fort Knox.
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

Agriculture & Livestock Jul 21st, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • head of Entomology at Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Corey Gan, Big Game Program director of the Texas Parks
  • Um, also looking at systematic pharmaceutical treatments, uh, with the, uh, Texas Parks and Wildlife
  • Uh, we've collaborated with USDA AFIS, Texas Parks and Wildlife, AgriLife Extension.
  • the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, testifying, um, on the subject.
  • I'm the big game program director for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 3 March, 2026; 3:00 PM

Public Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Parks, Parks, Parks, Barnett, Barnett, Barnett, Blackwell, Blount, Boyd, DeBar, England, Blackwell, Blount
  • > to Senator Parks is recognized to Senator Parks is recognized to discuss<00:53:33.200> your
  • Parks. Parks.
  • ,<01:22:29.160> our guys like you said Senator Parks, our guys like you said Senator Parks
  • you understand that Senator Parks? you understand that Senator Parks?
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1622, a strike-all amendment to create a pilot program for certain small-community hospitals to receive limited certificate-of-need exemptions. The bill would allow qualifying hospitals to open a geriatric psychiatric unit without a CON, permit each hospital one additional CON exemption for a service otherwise requiring one, cap dialysis-unit exemptions at eight hospitals, continue existing moratoriums with periodic Department of Health review, allow facilities in Issaquena or Humphreys Counties under limited conditions, and add a loser-pays rule for unsuccessful CON court challenges. Technical corrections were made, the strike-all amendment was adopted, and the bill was reported do pass as amended by voice vote. The committee then moved to House Bill 942, where Senator McMahan offered an amendment to allow a Lee County chiropractor to advertise as a neurologic chiropractor and list related credentials. Members questioned whether chiropractic neurology is recognized in Mississippi and raised concerns about the practitioner’s prior discipline by the board, but the chair ruled the amendment germane. The amendment failed on voice vote, and the bill itself then passed and was reported to the floor. The committee next considered House Bill 1034, but no amendment was offered. It then took House Bill 479 off the table. That bill extends the temporary licensing period for psychology and marriage-and-family-therapy boards from 30 to 60 days to allow more time for criminal background checks. Senator Blackwell offered a clarifying amendment to make clear that temporary licenses must be revoked if required background checks or other licensure requirements are insufficient, and that the temporary license does not replace the underlying education, training, and examination requirements. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported do pass as amended. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1067, the Rural Health Transformation Program. Senator Hickman explained that the bill would require procurement procedures and reporting for the state’s rural health transformation funds, prioritize projects tied to the original application, and direct funds toward rural and underserved areas such as health professional shortage areas, low-income counties, and places without hospitals. Senators questioned whether the added state rules would layer on top of existing federal requirements and whether the bill could slow distribution or invite litigation, but supporters said it was meant to add transparency and guardrails rather than change the federal program. The bill was discussed at length, but the transcript ends before a final vote on HB 1067.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Thu Mar 20, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • for parking spaces reserved...
  • <00:30:07.039> space the accessible parking space the accessible parking space requirements
  • all enforce the use of accessible parking spaces and disability parking permits.
  • <00:32:22.480> space 29171 states that no parking space 29171 states that no parking space
  • I think this relating to parking.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures. SB 1296 HD1, relating to disaster recovery, would exempt reconstruction of lawfully constructed structures damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster from special management area permits under certain conditions. OPSD, DLNR, the County of Maui, Front Street Recovery, and the Grassroot Institute supported the bill, saying it would speed rebuilding after disasters like the Maui fires; one witness noted the bill would not cover shoreline parcels unless amended, and members asked about the five-year rebuild window, the meaning of “lawfully constructed,” and whether unlawful structures were excluded. Testimony was also heard on SB 1413, which would allow the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to dispose of abandoned property in federal public housing projects after notice and within five days; HPHA said the bill would help address illegal dumping and clarify procedures. SB 31 HD1, concerning discriminatory restrictive covenants, was briefly described and had support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and comments from the Uniform Law Commission, with no in-person testimony. The committee then heard SB 1341, which would add HEMA and the Office of Homeland Security to agencies allowed to review energy industry information and would expand the program’s emergency-management purpose. The Hawaii State Energy Office supported the measure, saying the data is important for emergency response and fuel-supply planning. SB 10008 HD1 would authorize counties to adopt ordinances enforcing accessible parking space requirements and clarify county enforcement of EV-related parking provisions; the Disability and Communication Access Board strongly supported the accessible-parking provisions, saying current enforcement is weak, while noting section three on EV spaces is already largely in statute and could be struck if the committee preferred. Tina Yamaki of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii testified in opposition. Finally, the committee heard SB 1028 SD1 HD1, which would eliminate fees, fines, and court costs for offenses committed by minors, discharge existing related debt, limit community service for minors to 72 hours, and repeal certain penalties tied to minors and their parents or guardians. The Office of the Public Defender, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council, Community Alliance on Prisons, and DebtFree Justice Hawaii supported the bill, arguing that youth fines burden families, worsen poverty, and disproportionately affect Native Hawaiian youth. The Department of the Attorney General offered comments, raising possible constitutional title issues because the current draft incorporates material from HB 129 and includes sections that may relate more to restitution or curfew than to fines and fees; supporters responded that the title is sufficient and cited case law. No votes or final actions were taken on the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • :38.719> friendly Macaha there's only one dog friendly Macaha there's only one dog friendly park
  • um<00:08:41.039> on<00:08:41.279> leash<00:08:41.599> dog<00:08:41.839> park
  • <00:08:42.159> in<00:08:42.479> in<00:08:42.800> the park um on leash dog park
  • in in the park um on leash dog park in in the whole<00:08:43.399> area<00:08:44.399> and
  • For the first resolution, this is the putting a kind of a dog park in the Kalio area.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs heard HCR 58 HD1, which asks the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a geothermal energy working group to review the regulatory and policy landscape for geothermal development in Hawaii. Testimony was generally supportive: the PUC, Consumer Advocates Office, and State Energy Office all said they stood on written testimony in support. In response to questions, a State Energy Office representative explained that geothermal exploration and permitting involve multiple agencies and depend on the land involved, and estimated that drilling an initial slim-hole test well could cost around $2.5 million or more, with additional work needed afterward to characterize the resource. The representative also noted that drilling can provide useful information about groundwater, geology, and temperature profiles. The committee discussed the importance of including community members and relevant energy stakeholders in the working group. After discussion, the committee voted to recommend HCR 58 HD1 be passed unamended. The chair, vice chair, and Senator Richards voted yes, Senator Fevella was excused, and the recommendation was adopted. Later in the same meeting, the committee heard HCR 68, which urges the City and County of Honolulu to create a dedicated animal education and training complex in the Kalai Loa Parklands, and HCR 72, which urges county ethics commissions to adopt standards similar to those applied to state elected officials and officers. Pacific Pet Alliance testified in support of HCR 68, citing the lack of animal-friendly facilities on the Leeward side and the high cost of renting space for shows and related events. No one testified on HCR 72. The committee then voted to pass both resolutions unamended, with Senator Fevella excused, and both recommendations were adopted before adjournment.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • That will help expand the parking capacity in the downtown area.
  • That will help expand the parking capacity in the downtown area.
  • With respect to the proposal for additional downtown parking, we see this as designed to meet a With
  • Parking spaces and our kind of holistic evaluation of return-to-work conversations.
  • The need for additional downtown parking is there. So this helps accommodate that growing need.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The subcommittee held a May Revision budget hearing on state administration and related issues, hearing presentations from multiple departments and agencies. Early items included the Public Employment Relations Board on funding for implementation of AB 1 and a reduced request tied to AB 288, the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement on a technical College Corps adjustment, and the Secretary of State on building security upgrades, election security grant matching funds, and payroll system readiness costs. The Department of Consumer Affairs presented a Board of Pharmacy modernization request and a General Fund backfill for the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education; the LAO raised no concerns on the pharmacy item but recommended rejecting the private postsecondary backfill and questioned interest-free loan language. The Employment Development Department outlined several large workload and benefit adjustments, including EDD Next document management funding, UI loan interest, DI/PFL benefit increases, WIOA adjustments, school employee benefits, an EMT training reappropriation, and a technical reversion correction; the LAO flagged the size of the DI/PFL increase and the expansion of the document management scope, while members asked about program impacts and timelines. The California Workforce Development Board presented an April adjustment to reimbursement authority for an interagency agreement with Caltrans, which the LAO said raised no concerns. Public comment on that item and others included support for workforce and apprenticeship initiatives, including the Jails to Jobs proposal and renewal of the Apprenticeship Innovation Fund, though those were not part of the May Revision package. The Department of Industrial Relations then presented several proposals: reclassifying legal positions, continuing modernization of the workers’ compensation EAMS system, Cal/OSHA data modernization, creating a Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, reappropriating funds for the California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship program, and trailer bill changes requiring electronic payment of employer assessments and adjusting the statutory treatment of the workers’ compensation administrative director’s salary. The LAO generally found the IT and salary proposals reasonable but urged close monitoring of the new emerging technologies unit. Committee members, especially Assemblymember Ortega, pressed DIR on long vacancy rates, wage theft claim delays, low collection rates for Cal/OSHA fines, and whether new resources would improve outcomes; DIR said it was pursuing recruitment, classification reviews, and process modernization, while the LAO noted that staffing alone may not explain the delays. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board also sought to make permanent a 2024 change to the 60-day reconsideration clock, saying it had reduced backlog and interim orders; the LAO had no concerns. Finally, the Department of Human Resources presented a statewide Employee Assistance Program contract consolidation that would lower costs compared with renewing separate contracts and requested one program manager position to oversee the contract and first responder services; the hearing continued with Finance’s response after the transcript ended.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • The park fees for the buildings that the historical buildings that they also control.
  • citizens to visit their parks. citizens to visit their parks.
  • New Hampshire residents own these parks. New Hampshire residents own these parks.
  • Uh, with the order to get to our parks.
  • We're also going to increase the parking fees for non-residents.
Summary: The meeting began with unanimous committee approval of amendment 2026-2021S to HB 2. Senator Lang explained the amendment corrected a drafting error so that $2.5 million in state funds, matched with federal money for a total of $5 million, could be spent during the biennium rather than lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The money is intended to stabilize Medicaid per diem rates for county nursing homes, and members agreed without objection to adopt the amendment and continue working from the bill as amended by the Senate. The committee then discussed HB 155 and a proposed amendment, 2026-201H, dealing with the business enterprise tax. The House side described the proposal as a compromise that would raise the filing threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 and create a trigger that would reduce the BET rate by 0.05% for each $100 million in combined business tax surplus, down to a floor of 0.25%. Senate members opposed lowering the rate at this time, arguing that tax relief should focus on the filing threshold, which they said would remove filing burdens for about 3,500 small businesses, and that rate cuts should be considered in a budget cycle rather than an off-year. Concerns were raised that one-time revenues, such as tax amnesty receipts or federal repatriation-related surpluses, could unintentionally trigger reductions. Representative Sweeney later offered a revised approach by moving the effective date of the trigger mechanism to January 1, 2028, and said he was also willing to carve out tax amnesty revenues or adjust the effective date to avoid using one-time funds. The Senate remained unwilling to agree to a rate reduction, though it expressed openness to raising the filing threshold further. The committee ultimately did not resolve the business tax issue and recessed to continue discussions at a later time. The final item discussed was HB 1102, concerning an increase in the research and development tax credit paired with changes to state park fees. House members supported the R&D credit increase but opposed tying it to higher park fees, citing concerns about tourism, especially at border parks, and noting that the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources had said it did not need the increase. Senate members defended the park fee changes as a fairness issue, arguing that New Hampshire residents should pay less than out-of-state visitors and that the department had not raised rates in many years. No vote was taken on this item during the discussion captured here.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • It comes from a concern that we just have park deserts, like food deserts.
  • But what they're paying for are facilities for public school kids, not a public park.
  • So if it was to be like a public park, that would take a lot more resources to manage.
  • And so bringing related to parks issues.
  • So if it school kids, not a public park.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2485, which would require cardiovascular screening for student athletes. The Department of Education and Department of Health said they support the bill’s intent but noted that many screenings are already part of existing school-entry and well-child exams. The Attorney General’s office asked for clarifying language on who performs the screenings, where results go, how “positive findings” are defined, how referrals would work, and whether funding would be appropriated if DOE must hire health professionals. The American Heart Association strongly supported the bill, citing the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes and arguing that sports physicals are an effective opportunity for early detection. No vote was taken, and the committee moved on after testimony. The committee then heard HB 89, concerning a school psychologist working group and possible licensing or credentialing of school psychologists. The Department of Education and Board of Psychology supported the measure. The Hawaii Psychological Association said it supports licensing school psychologists but asked to be included in the working group, arguing it is an important stakeholder. The Hawaii Association of School Psychologists opposed including HPA, saying the issue is between school psychologists and DCCA and that HPA is not part of their organization. Testimony and discussion focused on the long-running disagreement over whether school psychologists should be regulated under the Board of Psychology or another mechanism, and on title protection and scope of practice. No action was reported during this portion. The committee also took up HB 2445, relating to standardized emergency responses for immigration enforcement at or near schools. The Department of Education said it already issued internal law-enforcement guidance and questioned whether the bill was necessary, while also raising concerns about the bill’s 1,000-foot buffer language and the limits of school authority over activity off campus. The Board of Education echoed those concerns and suggested the bill may need clearer definitions. Supporters, including the White Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and an attorney testifying on Know Your Rights training, argued that recent federal changes have increased ICE activity near schools and that a law is needed to ensure clear, public protocols, staff training, and family protections. A student testifier said the measure was a top priority of the state student council. The transcript ends during testimony, with no vote or final committee action shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 03/18/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • at the Pratt Pappas Pizza Parks Party.
  • Pratt, Pappas, Parks, Pizza Party Palooza. >> Thank you for the peas.
  • <00:24:50.000> Pizza<00:24:50.920> Parks<00:24:51.520> Party.
  • Pratt Pappas Pizza Parks Party. Pratt Pappas Pizza Parks Party.
  • > Party Pratt, Pappas, Parks, Pizza Party Pratt, Pappas, Parks, Pizza Party Palooza.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Feb 5th, 2026

Agriculture and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, every year the Department of Conservation and our State Parks Division gives out Eagle Awards to
  • people that are very helpful to our state park, whether it's volunteers in parks or people that have
  • And Representative Crawford is a great supporter of our state parks.
  • It's volunteers in parks or people that have built trails or done different things.
  • And Representative Crawford is a great supporter of our state parks.
Bills: SB71, SB71