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DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is for the DFCA special license plate.
  • Plate and replace it with an updated special license plate. additional license plate and replace it
  • with an updated special license plate.
  • I don't usually do license plates, but this was special, so it's since the one's already existing.
  • But the most important part of this is that proceeds from the license plate will go directly back to
Bills: SB293, SB279, SB293, SB279
Summary: The House Education Committee met and first heard Senate Bill 293, the Youth Camp Licensing Act, which would amend child care licensing rules for youth camps. The sponsor said the bill, with amendments, would remove accreditation language, clarify shelter requirements for outdoor camps, and eliminate limits that had restricted the number of children camps could serve, especially for families using purchase-of-care assistance. YMCA and school representatives testified in support, saying the measure would expand access to safe, affordable summer care for low-income working families. The committee voted to release the bill. The committee then approved Senate Bill 328, which would require the Department of Education’s school facility evaluation instrument to be established by regulation and to include lead-based paint hazards in the standard of good repair. The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee supported the bill, explaining that lead had not been included in the original evaluation tool and that the new language would improve transparency and public comment. Senate Bill 318, updating the Delaware State Education Association special license plate program, also passed after DSEA testified that proceeds support scholarships for educators and students pursuing education careers. House Bill 443, dealing with background checks for education volunteers and mentors, passed as well. The sponsor said it would allow DOE to continue receiving wrapback reports for mentors in the state mentoring program and ensure state and federal criminal background checks remain in place. The committee also released Senate Joint Resolution 15, which directs DOE to reevaluate Delaware’s use of the SAT, modernize the accountability framework, and develop additional measures of student achievement and readiness; supporters argued the SAT does not capture career and technical pathways or other indicators of success. House Bill 459, which prohibits the sale of energy drinks on public middle and high school campuses during school hours or events, passed after discussion focused on whether the bill would affect possession versus sale and whether it could lead to student discipline; DOE said the bill only bans sales, and the sponsor said an amendment would clarify intent. Finally, House Concurrent Resolution 137 passed, directing DOE to review math instruction and MTSS supports statewide; testimony emphasized low math proficiency and the need for stronger, more coherent interventions. The committee also began hearing Senate Bill 279 on occupational therapist salary placement, with discussion centered on aligning OT compensation with other specialist roles and broader salary regulation updates, though the transcript cuts off before final action is shown.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Education

Bills: SB293, SB279
Summary: The Senate Education Committee approved the June 10 minutes and then heard House Bill 447, which would create a framework for voluntary child care cost-sharing partnerships among the state, employers, community sponsors, and families. Supporters said the bill is meant to help make child care more affordable and support workforce participation by using the existing Interagency Resource Management Committee to coordinate planning and funding. Committee discussion focused on how the tri-share model would work, who would participate, and whether it would reach lower-income families; no public comment was offered on the bill. The committee then took up House Bill 300, as amended, which would establish a statewide Title IX coordinator within the Department of Education to provide training, technical assistance, data collection, and oversight for interscholastic athletics in grades 6 through 12. The bill’s sponsor and supporters said the position would help schools comply with Title IX, improve consistency, and make athletic participation and spending data more transparent; opponents or skeptics questioned whether a new DOE position was needed and whether districts were already meeting their obligations. The sponsor and witnesses responded that existing federal data are delayed and incomplete, that some Delaware schools have participation gaps, and that a state-level coordinator would provide needed support and accountability. Public comment on HB 300 included testimony from the Delaware State Education Association, the Delaware Association of School Administrators, the Delaware School Sports Network, and the Office of Women’s Advancement and Advocacy, all generally supporting the bill or its goals. DASA noted it remained neutral but appreciated changes made in House Amendment 1 to reduce reporting burden. After public comment, the chair asked members to sign the bill release forms for the two bills heard, and the committee adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Jan 14th, 2026

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • What this bill is going to do is set up two different licenses, non-restricted and restricted.
  • You don't have to have a license.
  • Um, it's going to change the licensing fees where right now water well contractor license with the state
  • Unrestricted license is going to go to $1,000 every two years.
  • And a restricted license will go to $500 every two years.
Bills: HB69, HB114, HB161
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Workforce Development Apr 10th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Workforce Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then on number six is the committee dissolves at the end of the rewrite of the licensing standards
  • And we talked about that. ...of the licensing standards. So it's a time-limited committee.
Bills: HB1119
Summary: The Workforce Development Committee reconvened to consider House Bill 1119 with amendment version 02005. Senator Hogan explained that the amendment removed a section requiring the Department of Human Services to respond to legislative management, in order to make the bill feel more like a program evaluation than an audit and to avoid placing an unreasonable burden on the executive branch. The amendment also clarified that the Child Care Advisory Committee would provide an update and that the committee would dissolve after the rewrite of licensing standards, making it a time-limited body. Committee members discussed the bill as a novel approach to forming a group to study an issue and then disbanding after reporting back. Senator Larson noted the concept was similar to broader performance-review ideas, and Senator Hogan said the Legislative Council program evaluation effort was parallel to, but separate from, other performance-review proposals. The committee then voted 4-0-1 to adopt the amendment. Afterward, the committee moved to give House Bill 1119, as amended, a do pass recommendation. That motion also passed on a roll call vote, and the committee adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Agriculture and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this bill amends the veterinary practice act to define what a veterinary client-patient relationship
  • "They will be available, and to have a veterinary client-patient relationship.
  • It's simply refining the veterinary client-patient relationship.
  • would if if I was still in veterinary would if if I was still in veterinary practice<00:10:42.959
  • You can't kill a veterinary. They just want to bathe dogs and treat dogs."
Bills: SB85, SB85
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/10/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We will hear from the Minnesota Department of Education, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
  • <00:59:42.160> So<00:59:42.400> this<00:59:42.720> doesn't before license to
  • So this doesn't before license to teach.
  • And we also work on how do we license more Reading Corps tutors to become teachers.
  • And we also work on how<01:35:46.639> do<01:35:46.800> we<01:35:46.960> license<
Bills: HF3421
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance Apr 9th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • They will still have to pay the license fees for each separate license.
  • This bill will extend the current moratorium on new marijuana business licenses to 2028.
  • Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority may approve to no more than 2,550 licenses beginning in November
  • House Bill 3011 is a constituent request bill to remove Oklahoma's home brewer license requirement.
  • The license generates no revenue. It used to cost $5 per year, now it's no cost.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 29th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • Relating to the criminal and licensing – criminal and licensing consequences for the commission of certain
  • McQueen's bill that we previously voted out relating to the issuance of a license or provisional license
  • One code defines a license holder as a person who is licensed while the other defines it as a person
  • who holds a license.
  • Department of License and Regulation.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

State Powers Apr 8th, 2026 at 09:00 am

State Powers

Transcript Highlights:
  • But Senate Bill 1287 is to close a loophole in the authority of the abstractor's board to deny a license
  • Not sure how that would be addressed in this bill because these are individual license holders.
  • whether it's here or somewhere else, but they would have to prove that they're legally allowed to be licensed
Bills: SB1287
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Workforce Development Apr 3rd, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Workforce Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • So like if you look at Section 1, Legislative Management Study, Child Care Provider Licensing.
  • So they're studying licensing. So here are Legislative Management. Child care provider licensing.
  • So they're studying licensing. So here in Legislative Management Program Evaluation.
  • Are provided by the Department of Health and Human Services on their licensing side.
  • Licensing, and then the program evaluation will be out of LC and a little more independent.
Bills: HB1220
Summary: The Workforce Development Committee reconvened to discuss House Bill 1119, which would create a child care advisory committee and authorize a Legislative Council program evaluation of child care services. Senator Hogan explained that the bill is intended to review child care licensing rules, child care assistance, and related laws and policies, while also giving child care providers a stronger voice in the rulemaking process. He described the proposal as a new model for legislative program evaluation and noted that leadership had been briefed and was supportive. Committee members raised concerns about the bill’s wording, scope, and structure. Senator Larson questioned the title and several sections, and multiple members suggested making the response language less directive and more collaborative, including changing “shall” to “may” in the section requiring a written response from the Department of Health and Human Services. Members also discussed limiting the advisory committee to the interim, clarifying that the evaluation would focus on child care services rather than broader early childhood programs, and adjusting language about enacted legislation to sound more neutral. The committee also discussed fiscal impact, with Hogan saying the evaluation would be done by Legislative Council staff and that any costs would likely be limited to meetings and existing DHS rulemaking activities. Members compared the proposal to other oversight models, including audit-style reviews and a possible DOGE process, and Hogan emphasized that the bill is meant to evaluate why child care issues keep recurring and why some laws are not fully implemented. No vote was taken; the committee agreed to continue refining the bill and planned to meet again the following Thursday.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Apr 4th, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Agriculture and Veterans Affairs

Bills: HB1541
Summary: The committee reconvened on April 4 to consider two bills. House Bill 1280, Representative Brandenberg’s bill on election approval of projects, was briefly discussed after the chair said legislative council had raised constitutional concerns and the bill could invite lawsuits. Despite that caution, a member moved a do pass recommendation, it was seconded, and the committee approved HB 1280 by roll call vote. The committee then turned to House Bill 1318. The chair explained that after consulting attorneys, the phrase “notwithstanding any other provision of law” in line 7 was considered problematic and would be removed through a crafted amendment. He also said the proposed sunset clause was not a good idea and indicated the bill would be held until the following Thursday morning to allow further review. A member asked about other lines, and the chair said those provisions remained as previously amended. The committee discussed procedural handling of the bill, including whether reconsideration of a prior motion was needed, and confirmed the bill would remain in committee. No further action was taken before adjournment.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Wildlife Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • They would not be required to have a license unless they are out of state.
  • waterfowl Waterfowl conservation, do we have any idea what type of fees we're going to put on these licenses
Bills: SB330, SB2069, SB2095
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/17/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • teacher under statute or a group of individuals that includes one or more licensed teachers to operate
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  • uh group may charter either a licensed uh group may charter either a licensed teacher<00:10:41.440
  • :44.560> more individuals that includes one or more individuals that includes one or more licensed
  • 45.920> to<00:10:46.160> operate<00:10:46.560> a<00:10:46.800> school Licensed
Bills: HF3487, HF3421
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN DEFER, CPN-HOU, CPN, CPN-EDT Public Hearings 02-03-2026

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:24:20.080> Next Next measure is SB 2771 relating to licensing.
  • DCCA Professional Licensing Division with comments. >> Good morning. >> Cindy. We can't hear you.
  • Cindy Matsushita of DCCA's Professional Vocational Licensing Division.
  • professional licensing division with professional licensing division with comments. comments. comments
  • DCCA's Professional Vocational Licensing DCCA's Professional Vocational Licensing Division.<01:25
Bills: SB2045, SB2354
Summary: The committees first took up SB 2071 on rent-to-own housing. Testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC and Hawaii Realtors, but Sierra Club of Hawaii and others opposed the bill unless it was amended to exclude ceded lands from the 99-year lease provision. Members discussed the scope of ceded versus non-ceded lands and whether an inventory exists. The committees ultimately recommended passage with amendments, including HHFDC’s proposal to make the fixed-price period flexible by tying it to an option period and Sierra Club’s language limiting the program to non-ceded state or county land. They then heard SB 2191 on limited profit housing associations. HHFDC supported the measure, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Office of the Auditor urged caution about tax exclusions and asked for clearer, more targeted limits and measurable outcomes. The committees adopted amendments to add a statement of purpose, include measurable metrics, apply the tax provisions to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and delay the effective date to allow for administrative changes. SB 2191 was recommended for passage with amendments. The committees also considered SB 2197, which would have replaced the five-year fixed-price period in rent-to-own housing with an option period set by HHFDC, but deferred it indefinitely because its issues were addressed in SB 2071. SB 2180 on deposits of public funds drew comments from the Hawaii Bankers Association questioning definitions and noting banks are already subject to Community Reinvestment Act requirements; decision-making was deferred to the next day in the CPN committee and to a later date for the housing committee. Finally, SB 2210 on housing discrimination received support from disability advocates and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, which asked for one additional investigator; the committees passed it with amendments adding a blank appropriation for one full-time position and planned to notify Ways and Means for possible re-referral.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances REVISED: HB3530 - Added Feb 11th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and this was Currently, it is legal to brew beer at home, and we do not get any revenue for the license
  • So this just takes away that license and still keeps the guidelines in for the established statute of
  • As long as the ownership of the land matches the ownership of the license perfectly, and are these, thank
  • However, if they own that land for 5 consecutive years In the same name that the license is in, then
  • House Members, House Bill 530 is simply a clarity bill that sets timelines for ABLE license disease to
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, does that mean like, in licensing, you have like licensing investigations, we post the results of
  • like So, like in licensing you have like<00:04:20.440> licensing<00:04:21.040> investigations
  • ,<00:04:21.720> we<00:04:21.880> post like licensing investigations, we post like licensing
  • provider can have a perfect licensing provider can have a perfect licensing record<01:41:57.320>
  • licensing visits. Let's do it. licensing visits. Let's do it.
Bills: HF3542, HF3819
Summary: The committee took up House File 3542, authored by Representative Hudson, and first adopted the February 25 minutes. Hudson explained that the bill, as amended in a DE1, would require agencies to disclose to the public, legislators, or the press the existence of certain investigations only after the subject has been notified and the agency has decided to reduce, suspend, or withhold payments. He said the amendment was intended to avoid tipping off subjects before notification while still increasing transparency about investigations involving public funds. A separate A3 amendment was withdrawn after the DE1 was adopted. Several members questioned the bill’s scope and timing, asking what “existence of an investigation” meant and whether the proposal would disclose information before findings were complete. Hudson clarified that the bill was aimed at identifying who is being investigated, not revealing investigative details. The committee then heard extensive public testimony from child care providers and advocates, who opposed the bill and argued it would expose providers to harassment, threats, and stigma before any findings were made. Testifiers described recent threats, ICE-related disruptions, audits, overpayment findings, and the burden of CCAP compliance, saying the bill would punish providers for paperwork errors and worsen safety concerns, especially for Somali and other providers of color. A board member of the Minnesota Child Care Association also opposed the bill, saying providers had been chilled from speaking publicly because of death threats and harassment, and warning that disclosure of investigations could intensify that climate. In response, Hudson said the bill was not about targeting child care providers generally and was limited to confirmed ongoing investigations after notice to the subject. The committee then heard from Inspector General Keys, who explained that CCAP investigations are administrative, not criminal, and are based on evidence of repeated errors or financial misconduct rather than intentional fraud. He said the office looks for patterns beyond simple mistakes and that the bill’s notice requirement would not impede investigations. The discussion ended amid a brief procedural dispute over comments directed at Hudson, after which the chair returned to the bill and the Inspector General’s testimony.