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• and teachers, relating to school building design and energy efficiency, relating to STEM diploma, relating
• An act relating to education, relating to public school financial requirements, relating to pay for success
• and teachers, relating to school building design and energy efficiency, relating to STEM diploma, relating
• ... ...relating to taxes to be leveled by county commissioners, relating to transmittal of county school
• relating to appropriation for asbestos removal and building demolition of all Albion State Normal School

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, received prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the prior day’s journal as corrected. Leadership announced that gubernatorial appointments would be taken up Monday and that only one bill would be considered in the 13th order that day. In the fifth order, Senate Resolution 113 was introduced by the State Affairs Committee; it condemns political violence and honors victims, and was referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing. Committee reports and bill introductions followed. The Judiciary and Rules Committee reported several measures correctly printed and referred them to the appropriate committees, and the Commerce and Human Resources Committee reported Senate Bill 1221 do pass. In first reading, the Senate received Senate Bills 1244 through 1247, covering regional library systems, education funding and related school policy, law enforcement officers and facial coverings, and E-Verify requirements for employers; these were referred to Judiciary and Rules for printing. Second-reading bills 1227, 1226, and 1225 as amended were advanced to third reading. The Senate then considered Senate Bill 1222, which revises domestic well provisions and clarifies the definition of “subdivision” for purposes of the domestic well exemption. Senator Anthony said the bill was intended to correct how last year’s changes were being applied, especially to already-developed subdivisions, and to make the law apply prospectively. After brief debate, the bill passed the Senate by a vote of 29 in favor with six absent, and was transmitted to the House. During miscellaneous business, senators introduced guests and announced a 10:30 farewell ceremony for the Liberty Bell on the Capitol steps, including a final ceremonial ringing before refurbishment. The Senate also adjourned by motion until 11 a.m. Monday, February 2, 2026.

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• Went to school at BYU-Idaho, majored in jazz guitar and guitar performance.
• I was junior class president, high school president, jazz band president in college.
• And while I was in law school, well, let me back up.
• And several years later, when I was in law school, there was this big movement.
• And so it was pretty exciting right from law school, right from graduating law school, I was pretty involved

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Summary: The Senate State Affairs Committee heard testimony from Layton Lenning on his gubernatorial appointment to the Idaho Commission on Human Rights. Lenning described his background as a prosecutor and attorney with experience in employment and entertainment law, and said he would approach the quasi-judicial role by being fair, impartial, and efficient. Committee members asked about his goals for the commission, and he said he had no policy agenda beyond careful, unbiased decision-making. The committee said it would vote on his appointment at a later meeting. The committee also heard from Brian Skagliano, a long-serving member of the Idaho Commission on Human Rights, on his reappointment. Skagliano said he has served nearly 20 years and described the commission’s work as reviewing investigations to determine cause or probable cause in discrimination cases. In response to questions, he said the commission is working through a backlog, expects to be caught up soon, and that roughly 6 to 9 percent of cases result in probable cause findings. He emphasized that many complainants simply want to be heard and receive an explanation, even when a case does not result in a finding of violation. The committee then approved several appointments: Megan Ronk to the Commission on Human Rights and Salvador Cruz to the Treasurer’s Advisory Committee, both with recommendations for confirmation. Finally, the committee introduced RS 32980, a proposed constitutional amendment related to public lands, sponsored by Senator Adams. Supporters said the measure was developed after broad public outreach, while Senator Ruchti noted interest in hearing from tribes, conservation groups, Farm Bureau, and others, as well as in understanding potential fiscal impacts if the state were to manage lands acquired from the federal government. The motion to send the RS to print passed, and the committee adjourned.

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• Those are official, but we also use it for school-age population issues.
• We also work with school districts.
• And you're going to find that from the teachers and the administration of the schools.
• But many will, and they know what's going on, primarily the schools, but not simply the schools.
• I live here, my kids go to school here, but I'm, you know, why would I answer this?'

Committee: Senate Senate Committee on the Census

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on census preparation, focusing first on testimony from U.S. Census Bureau staff James Whitehorn and Andrea Grace Johnson. They described the Bureau’s decade-long geographic and redistricting programs, including the Boundary and Annexation Survey, School District Review Program, Participant Statistical Area Program, and Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA), along with the Block Boundary Suggestion Project and voting district collection. They emphasized that Massachusetts has been a strong partner in these efforts and explained how the Bureau is using updated street data, building footprints, machine learning, and change detection to improve address lists and track new housing. Whitehorn also reviewed the 2030 redistricting data program, the legal basis for it under PL 94-171, the role of state nonpartisan liaisons, and the expected timeline for data delivery. He noted that OMB’s revised race and ethnicity standards will merge those questions into one and add a Middle Eastern/North African category. Committee members asked about the new standards, state contacts, and how boundary updates are submitted, and the witnesses said they would provide the slide deck and contact information. Wendy Underhill and Helen Brewer of NCSL then testified about why census preparation matters for states, stressing its impact on data, federal funding, and political representation. They outlined optional steps states can take before 2030, including staying in touch with Census Bureau staff, identifying state and local personnel involved in census work, supporting local participation in Bureau programs, and creating complete count committees or commissions. They cited Massachusetts’s prior complete count committee and grantmaking efforts as an example and said such efforts can improve self-response and overall accuracy. They also noted that state legislatures can act as conveners and trusted messengers, and they discussed broader issues such as privacy protections, differential privacy, budget uncertainty, and the possibility of future litigation or a citizenship question. Secretary of State William Galvin then gave extended remarks on Massachusetts’s 2020 census experience and the need to prepare early for 2030. He said the state faced major challenges in 2020 from the pandemic, litigation, and rhetoric about citizenship, and that Massachusetts relied heavily on local records, university data, and community outreach to document residents, especially students and non-native-born populations. He argued that the state should strengthen local recordkeeping now through LUCA, annual resident lists, assessors’ and zoning records, and other local data sources, and he urged support for a proposed $500,000 appropriation for census-related grants and technical assistance. Galvin said better preparation is needed because housing patterns, population shifts, and local administrative capacity have changed since 2020, and he emphasized that the goal is to improve the completeness of the records the Census Bureau will use in 2030.

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• I'm a sixth grade student at Sigart Model School."
• ,</c> student at Sager Heart Model School, student at Sager Heart Model School, level<00:18:22.160><c
• </c> Model School. Model School.
• </c><00:21:48.000><c> And</c> I think, until I was in law school.
• And I think, until I was in law school.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 958, all

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• This is next to New Mexico State University, our agriculture school, home of our Department of Agriculture
• Call it 2016, Izzy, were you still in school then? The oil bust. The oil bust.
• So that goes to our common schools, that's our universities, our public schools, and that's money that
• In the 2022 to 2023 school year, 96% of school-based pre-kindergarten teachers held a bachelor's degree
• Quality, access, and accountability are the foundation for school readiness and long-term success.

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• </c><00:43:19.440><c> uh</c> help them with uh uh after school uh help them with uh uh after school uh
• </c> program after school learning program. program after school learning program.
• school districts.
• </p> are attributed to school districts. are attributed to school districts.
• </c> they're um uh not including school they're um uh not including school districts.<01:56:35.440><c

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• High school football, there's a benefit to high school football, but does involve serious risk of harm
• High school football, there's a benefit to high school football, but does involve serious risk of harm
• High school football, there's a benefit to high school football, but does involve serious risk of harm
• High school football, there's a benefit to high school football, but does involve serious risk of harm
• High school football, there's a benefit to high school football, but does involve serious risk of harm

Committee: House Children and Family Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Juniper was my constituent and attended the New Mexico School for the Arts High School.
• from Rock Hill High School.
• Montgomery High School.
• And so I called his high school coach, John Davis, who happened to be one of my high school coaches at
• He was in high school. He was a high school student with only a few credits away from graduation.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• The group will School Chamber Orchestra.
• </c><00:29:01.279><c> district</c> 271, Senate file 35, school district 271, Senate file 35, school district
• Message number 282, Senate File 81, K12 Public School Finance 2.
• And so affected our school districts.
• We'll see how these schools fare under the model over the next year.

Keywords: 916, all

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• So, one example could be safe school funding, extending that to non-public schools.
• </c> Um, yes, there is a a urgency to school Um, yes, there is a a urgency to school safety.<00:36:04.079
• be safe school funding, extending that to<00:36:53.280><c> non-public</c><00:36:53.839><c> schools.
• </c><00:37:11.760><c> That's</c> non-public schools to it. That's non-public schools to it.
• </c> I favor an SRO in every single school I favor an SRO in every single school building<00:37:35.280

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• There's many people in this body who have school district, school sites, despite the Um, the Zia Pueblo
• We're hoping that folks are going to be able to get new schools in their school district.
• Will this increase the cost of building those schools or lower the cost of building those schools?
• So if, if I was building a pro if I was in charge of a school and a construction job at a school and
• a new school?

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• When he was a public school teacher, that was the best thing to be in because it wasn't private school
• Now that he's flipped the boat, went the other side, they're much better than public school.
• He attended Northeast High School, graduating in Faith and resilience and hard work.
• She also taught grade school in the public school system for two years before their home church in Larry
• City opened up a Christian school where she taught for the next 23 years.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• When he was a public school teacher, that was the best thing to be in because it wasn't private school
• Now that he's flipped the boat, went the other side, they're much better than public school.
• She also taught grade school in the public school system for two years before their home church in Larry
• City opened up a Christian school where she taught.
• We could be focused on ensuring that... ...in our schools.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for February 4, 2026 by roll call vote, 123-1. Members spent a substantial portion of the morning introducing special guests and recognizing birthdays, including visitors from Missouri Technology Corporation, educators, pediatricians, a longtime legislative photographer, and several family members and constituents. A member also delivered a lengthy personal-privilege tribute for Black History Month honoring his father’s military service, postal career, ministry, and mentorship work, and another member paid tribute to the late Donna Kramer Scott. The chamber then took up first reading of House Bills 3218, 3219, and 3220. On third reading, House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1667 and 2294 was debated as a “born alive”/abortion-related measure; supporters argued it protects infants born alive and clarifies provider duties, while opponents said the issue is already covered in statute and that the House should focus on other priorities. The bill passed 103-40. The House also considered House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1694, 1674, 1780, 2056, 2312, and 1755, a package centered on the Act Against Abusive Website Access Litigation and related accessibility/ADA litigation concerns. Supporters described it as curbing settlement-driven lawsuits and helping businesses, while opponents and some supporters emphasized the need for real accessibility improvements. That package passed unanimously, 149-0. During announcements, members highlighted an American Idol contestant from a district, an upcoming rural health care funding informational session, a property tax reform committee executive session, a St. Charles festival, an American Heart Month photo opportunity, and several committee meetings. The House was told to be prepared to consider additional bills upon return, and it adjourned until 4 p.m. Monday, February 9, 2026.

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• Arwari attended medical school at the University of Arizona, interned in internal medicine at Tulane,
• And whereas the 2026 theme, School Counselors Amplify Student Success, underscores the transformative
• frontline professionals delivering critical support and crisis intervention in our schools.
• And whereas comprehensive school counseling programs are an integral part of the educational process,
• Murray later enrolled at Howard University School of Law, where she was the only woman in her class,

Keywords: 1182, all

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• lunches. ...is about protecting kids and making sure that we prioritize natural sugar in their school
• How can we get natural sugars in kids' school lunches and in their breakfast programs?
• Back when I was in high school, I took trombone lessons from his dad.
• He graduated from high school with a scholarship to go to diesel mechanics school.
• He graduated from high school with a scholarship to go to Diesel Mechanics School.

Committee: House Agricultural Affairs

Summary: The House Agricultural Affairs Committee approved the January 20, 2025 minutes and then took up an RS, introduced by Rep. Jaron Crane, promoting natural sugar in school lunches and breakfast programs as part of Idaho’s support for the MAHA movement. The committee voted to introduce RS 32944C1, with lighthearted discussion about “sweetening” the proposal. Crane and others framed the memorial as a way to encourage federal officials to prioritize real sugar over artificial sweeteners and to support Idaho sugar beet growers. The committee then heard a panel from the Snake River Sugar Beet Growers Association and Amalgamated Sugar on the economic condition of the sugar beet industry. Growers described sharply lower prices, rising input costs, and tightening margins, saying many farms are near break-even or losing money and that smaller family farms are especially vulnerable. A presentation on regenerative agriculture emphasized soil health practices such as strip-till, cover crops, and compost/manure use, while noting that cover crops are costly and may be reduced in tight years. Questions from members focused on glyphosate availability, the effect of losing herbicides on tillage practices, and whether more incentives or federal help could support production. Amalgamated Sugar’s Jake Hancock explained the cooperative’s role in Idaho’s economy and described the federal sugar program, arguing that low prices are being driven by excessive imports, USDA demand overestimates, and an outdated high-tier import duty that has not kept pace with inflation. He said the recent federal increase in the sugar loan rate helps, but long-term sustainability requires raising the duty and better aligning import policy with domestic production costs. Several members expressed support for a joint memorial to Congress and federal agencies asking them to review sugar policy and protect the domestic industry. The chair closed by stressing that agricultural policy decisions affect rural jobs, families, and local economies, and then adjourned the meeting.

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• very involved in this, as well as the Rochester Community and Technical College and the Rochester school
• This would be in high school students through PSEO, through Minnesota's Virtual Academy, so it's open
• to all high school students to get that training that will put them on the path for an EMS or an EMR
• </c> students this would be in high school students this would be in high school high<00:07:52.120><c
• :54.199><c> through</c> high school students through PSO through high school students through PSO through

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He is the school of business Bernett.
• School. School.
• </c> 31, a student at Severign School. 31, a student at Severign School.
• Colleagues, House Bill 854 is for special ed schools that serve public school students.
• </c> going to schools out of state? going to schools out of state?

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, April 13, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• AVID is making a difference in Orange County through programs at Orange High School, Kramer Middle School
• , Valencia High School, and Columbus Thurston Middle School.
• I remember the AVID programs when I was in school in San Diego, and they did an amazing job.
• of education, and charter schools throughout the state.
• Right now there's a little shift in who is troubled fiscally in school districts.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• McClatchy High School Eco Club, who came up with the idea for the bill.
• McClatchie High School Eco Club, who came up with the idea for the spell.
• McClatchy Senior High School in Sacramento. Sorry.
• McClatchy Senior High School, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you. Thank you, Ms.
• I'm also speaking on behalf of the Kern County Superintendent of Schools.

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Currently, within 500 feet of schools, that's very problematic when you have places very close to schools
• Currently, within 500 feet of schools, that's very problematic when you have places very close to schools
• Currently, within 500 feet of schools, that's very problematic when you have places very close to schools
• And this was near an elementary school with 53% reduced-price lunches.
• The school had to put up a six-foot fence and put in an alarm.

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6244 , SB6044 , SB5109 , SB5877 , SB6258

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, the flag was escorted by the Muckleshoot Veterans Color Guard, and the day opened with a prayer from Dennis Anderson Sr. The House approved the previous day’s minutes, welcomed representatives from the Urban Native Education Alliance, and then moved through caucuses and Senate messages before taking up a long series of third-reading votes on bills that had returned from the Senate. Several measures drew debate over Senate amendments. House Bill 1069, concerning bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits for certain public employees, passed 78-17 after supporters said it would help correctional workers and critics said the Senate changes weakened the bill. Second Substitute House Bill 1128, creating a child care workforce standards board, passed 68-27 amid arguments over child care shortages, wages, and affordability. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155, banning non-compete agreements, passed 62-33; supporters framed it as pro-worker and pro-entrepreneurship, while opponents said contracts should be voluntary and important in business sales. The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1187 on ambulance billing and collections (93-2), Substitute House Bill 1390 phasing out the Community Protection Program (51-44), Engrossed House Bill 1501 on housing-related local requirements (58-37), House Bill 291 on bargaining communication rights (92-3), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2110 on ambulance staffing/training (95-0), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 on impersonating peace officers (66-29), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2219 on child care regulations and opioid-related safety language (67-28), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2266 on housing siting and local flexibility (56-39), Substitute House Bill 2350 on notice and accountability for developmental disability services (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2360 allowing schools to keep and administer albuterol with parental-notification changes (79-16), Second Substitute House Bill 2384 on financial transparency for continuing care retirement communities (78-17), Second Substitute House Bill 2429 on behavioral health planning and appropriations (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2496 protecting tribal sacred sites (71-24), and House Bill 2510, on which the House did not concur in Senate amendments. The chamber also granted conference requests on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bills 5998 and 605 and appointed conferees for each.