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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 10th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • He spent a lot of time trying to explain this concept to me.
  • He spent a lot of time trying to explain this concept to me.
  • He spent a lot of time trying to explain this concept to me.
  • </c> this is an attempt to do is similar to this is an attempt to do is similar to what<00:22:27.600>
  • Say, I wanted to say to the gentleman &gt;&gt; Say, I wanted to say to the gentleman who<00:24:30.799
Bills: SB292 , HB351 , HB141 , HB273 , SB292 , HB351 , HB141 , HB273
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU-LBT, EDU Public Hearings 02-06-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • to share with the employees on how to access it.
  • Uh the employees on how to access it.
  • ><c> education</c> relating to retired uh education relating to retired uh education employees.<00:10
  • This is relating to education.
  • </c> Senate Bill 2391 relating to education. Senate Bill 2391 relating to education.
Bills: SB3179 , SB2872 , SB2391 , SB3282 , SB2836 , SB2181
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The joint committee first heard SB 3179, which would require the Department of Education and charter schools to report harassment incidents involving educational workers and adopt procedures for handling them. DOE supported the bill, while the Attorney General recommended clarifying amendments to limit the measure to harassment directed at workers because of their position, to limit DOE legal assistance to temporary restraining order actions, and to clarify whether the harassment must come from outside the school system. Members also discussed whether the bill should cover non-DOE individuals on campus, whether investigations could be handled in-house, and whether training should be embedded in existing workday or school-year training rather than added as a separate requirement. The committee later voted to pass the bill with amendments as SD1. The committee then took up SB 2872, which would require retired teachers or administrators rehired into shortage or hard-to-fill positions to be paid the entry-level salary for that position. DOE supported the bill, and the Attorney General requested clarifying language about its effective date and that it would not affect already matured rights and duties. The Employees’ Retirement System administration emphasized that the bill should retain a 12-month break in service to preserve the pension system’s tax-exempt status and noted the importance of consistent classification of eligible positions. Members expressed support for using retired educators to help fill staffing gaps, but no final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee also heard SB 2391, which would provide annual step increases for public school teachers under bargaining unit 5, subject to funding. The Attorney General said the bill could conflict with collective bargaining procedures and Chapter 89, while DOE said unit 5 includes more than teachers and asked that the benefit be considered for other bargaining units as well, with funding provided if enacted. HSTA strongly supported the measure, arguing that annual step movement is already recognized in the collective bargaining agreement as a recruiting and retention tool. Testimony totals were noted as 16 in support, two in opposition, and three comments. Finally, the committee heard SB 3282, which would establish a statewide framework for the federal workforce Pell Grant program to fund short-term workforce education and training. The Attorney General suggested clarifying that the matter is one of statewide concern because UH is involved. UH and the Chamber of Commerce supported the bill, and DLIR testified that it is coordinating with DOE, the Workforce Development Council, and national groups on implementation. Members questioned whether the Workforce Development Council or DLIR should handle rulemaking and administration, and DLIR said the council is advisory while the department has grant administration expertise. The committee then moved into decision-making after discussion of possible amendments and implementation concerns.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Feb 12th, 2026

Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • allow us access to our family lands.
  • try to access these parcels.
  • It represents a lack of access to health care in that region. Turnaround delays.
  • It represents a lack of access to health care in that region. Um, Regional problem.
  • It represents a lack of access to health care in that region.
Bills: H3599 , H5047 , S2922
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/14/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Or do we want to listen to actual educators?
  • And so, if we reduce access, we are going to reduce the funds going into general education for prevention
  • , I was not only able to flourish with access to educators who cared for me, but in have my best interests
  • ><c> cared</c><01:41:40.000><c> for</c><01:41:40.120><c> me,</c> access to educators who cared for me
  • Every student should have an opportunity to receive an equal education without any financial hardships
Bills: HF3493 , HF4114
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 5th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • education plan to begin with We agreed to remove that.
  • on access to food and the environment.
  • Hey, you know, we'd like to have access to your driver's license. Would you like to grant access?
  • application itself grants access to.
  • So this will be a much more difficult way to get access to this data.
Bills: HJR34 , HB 113 , HB184 , HB198 , HB247 , HB367 , HB449 , HB1778 , HB514 , HB576 , HB632 , HB1395 , HB2225 , HB2582 , HB2494 , HB766 , HB2715 , HB2712 , HB3069 , HB3505 , HB 1269 , HB4224 , HB3609 , HB5032 , HB2240 , HB5180 , HB3348 , HB4668 , HB4909 , HB4665 , HB4895 , HB3395 , HB3157 , HB4762 , HB4395 , HB4325 , HB4952 , HB4386 , HB4273 , HB2760 , HB2697 , HB2820 , HB1828 , HB1768 , HB1579 , HB1773 , HB1871 , HB2035 , HB2448 , HB2492 , HB1411 , HB4753 , HB4666 , HB4529 , HB1499 , HB1610 , HB2028 , HB1506 , HB886 , HB3546 , HB796 , HB223 , HB1475 , HB3556 , HB4638 , HCR126 , HB38 , HB 104 , SB1008 , SB1106 , SB1172 , SB2629 , SB2964 , SB616 , HB2214 , SB552 , HB3181 , HB3628 , HB589 , HB3529 , HB3354 , HB333 , HB2914 , HB4130 , HB4131 , HB24 , HB 1160 , HB3962 , HB4115 , HB2295 , HB5398 , HB1407 , HB3800 , HB2613 , HJR138 , HB42 , HJR34 , HB 129 , HB677 , HB426 , HB668 , HB1699 , HB2017 , HB2128 , HB2038 , HB3783 , HB3717 , HB2316 , HB3686 , HB2563 , HB3883 , HB4021 , HB2788 , HB2663 , HB3305 , HB3173 , HB3474 , HB 1105 , HB3531 , HB3490 , HB3597 , HB 1295 , HB3512 , HB3010 , HB3112 , HB4215 , HB3223 , HB3464 , HB3120 , HB4214 , HB4511 , HB3704 , HB4081 , HB4783 , HB4063 , HB2783 , HB4937 , HB5085 , HB2510 , HB3426 , HB4361 , HB 1169 , HB2516 , HB2347 , HB4034 , HB4700 , HB3560 , HB5150 , HB3860 , HB3146 , HB3924 , HB 113 , HB184 , HB198 , HB247 , HB367 , HB449 , HB1778 , HB514 , HB576 , HB632 , HB1395 , HB2225 , HB2582 , HB2494 , HB766 , HB2715 , HB2712 , HB3069 , HB3505 , HB 1269 , HB4224 , HB3609 , HB5032 , HB2240 , HB5180 , HB3348 , HB4668 , HB4909 , HB4665 , HB4895 , HB3395 , HB3157 , HB4762 , HB4395 , HB4325 , HB4952 , HB4386 , HB4273 , HB2760 , HB2697 , HB2820 , HB1828 , HB1768 , HB1579 , HB1773 , HB1871 , HB2035 , HB2448 , HB2492 , HB1411 , HB4753 , HB4666 , HB4529 , HB1499 , HB1610 , HB2028 , HB1506 , HB886 , HB3546 , HB796 , HB223 , HB1475 , HB3556 , HB4638 , HCR98 , HCR92 , HCR126
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations.(6-18-26)

Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><c> the</c> accessibility to areas of the accessibility to areas of the Commonwealth<00:17:23.640><c
  • to increase access and And our goal is to increase access and opportunity<00:37:20.360><c> while</c><
  • about transforming the way in which we limit access right now, and to find ways to open up access so
  • about transforming the way in which we limit access right now, and to find ways to open up access so
  • find ways to access right now, and to find ways to open<00:44:24.040><c> up</c><00:44:24.200><c> access
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Education (1-15-26)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the first Senate Standing Committee on Education.
  • </c> Welcome to education committee. Welcome to education committee.
  • </c><00:27:01.919><c> 20</c> being educators they've got to take 20 being educators they've got to take
  • Uh, you know, I want to dedicate my career to being in education.
  • It would seem to me to make more sense for both the state Board of Education and the local board of education
Committee: Senate Education
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • to that that want to add anything to that that narrative?
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  • to.
  • to make those decisions on what to put in and what to take out.
Summary: The committee held its first meeting on budget instructions for the 2026-2028 state budget, as required by KRS Chapter 48. Staff from the Office of State Budget Director outlined three recommended changes: restructuring Form B4 for additional budget requests to emphasize the problem, solution, and quantitative data; adding page numbers to the Record P report so agencies’ additional budget requests can be located more easily; and updating the budget calendar to reflect the December 20 presentation of the consensus forecast to LRC under changes made by House Bill 360. Members asked follow-up questions about contribution rates, debt service template rates, and employee health rates. Staff said the fiscal 2026 KS non-hazardous contribution rate is 42.76%, but fiscal 2027 and 2028 rates have not yet been set; debt service rates would be posted later; and employee health rate assumptions are still being discussed with the Personnel Cabinet. Members also asked how program reductions or terminations would be handled, and staff explained that agencies base requests on statutory and federal requirements, while budget reductions are handled through the appropriations act. The committee discussed whether Form B4 should ask agencies to describe alternative options considered and how they were evaluated. Staff said the current instructions do not specifically require that, though some implications may appear in narrative responses, and members agreed to continue working on the instructions. The committee then adopted a motion directing the co-chairs to work with LRC staff to finalize the 2026-2028 budget instructions and present them for adoption, with the motion approved by roll call. Members also noted that federal budget developments, including possible SNAP cost shifts to states, are being monitored but are too early to incorporate into the instructions at this time.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am

Labor & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is language access. Yes, so this is the language access bill. I'll speak to it briefly.
  • Senate Bill 5847 is an act relating to access to medical care and workers' comp.
  • Medical access challenges are real, and L&I fully supports efforts to reduce delays and improve access
  • promotes access to medical care in multiple ways, I want to talk about the medical treatment guidelines
  • I had no access to counseling when I needed it most.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • as for the professionals to educate their patients.
  • Only 13% of Texans want what this bill is doing, which is to reduce access to abortion.
  • To access.
  • It criminalizes access to abortion through the very few options available to people.
  • Can you just speak to that for a moment, just to educate me? I don't have any clue.
TX
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  • I thank you all for taking it up, and I look forward to In March of 2018, the licensed abortionist and
  • former medical director of Planned Parenthood. to the city of San Antonio's general budget, and so instead
  • of giving that money back to tax Thank you.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Oversight Mar 2nd, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Education Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • I have grown to know him and understood him as I was going through education coursework.
  • to retain a truly qualified Oklahoma education force.
  • Do we or do we not have a constitutional obligation to educate Oklahoma children?
  • We do have a constitutional obligation to educate children.
  • I'm not saying that this child is not going to be educated ever.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Oversight Mar 2nd, 2026

Education Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to get started here with Education Oversight, and we're just going to get right into it.
  • We are producing more educators through our traditional pipeline, thanks to Inspired to Teach.
  • to retain a truly qualified Oklahoma education force.
  • We do have a constitutional obligation to educate children.
  • I'm not saying that this child is not going to be... ...educated ever.
Summary: The Education Oversight committee heard and advanced several bills, with most receiving due pass recommendations by voice vote. HB 4359, by Speaker Pro Tem Moore, would move the annual testing window to the last three weeks of the school year; members asked about district scheduling and possible cost impacts, but the bill passed 10-0. HB 4363 updated outdated statutory references tied to OSU’s early development and also passed unanimously. HB 3467 would extend school-teacher maternity leave protections to include adoption of newborn children, and it passed without opposition. HB 2987 would change how academic standards are handled if the legislature takes no action within 30 legislative days, deeming them disapproved rather than approved; supporters said it preserves legislative oversight, while concerns were raised about leaving outdated standards in place, but it passed. HB 376, as amended, would create a new alternative teacher certification pathway through third-party certifiers; debate centered on whether easier pathways would weaken traditional teacher-prep programs or help fill vacancies, and it passed after extended discussion. The committee also advanced HB 4427, which adds guardrails to the adjunct teacher program by limiting adjuncts in core subjects in grades K-4 and requiring them to work toward certification. HB 3026 would let children of U.S. military allies stationed in Oklahoma start kindergarten according to their home-country timelines, and it passed. HB 3288 would restore physical education emphasis in schools, and HB 3315 would direct a feasibility study on 90-hour bachelor’s degree programs; both moved forward. HB 3711 would require schools to post the percentage of spending devoted to instructional expenditures on their websites and bond applications, with the sponsor declining to extend the same requirement to private schools receiving public tax-credit dollars. HB 3885 drew the most debate. It would establish suspension and expulsion standards for students who physically attack teachers or school employees, with supporters arguing it gives administrators clearer authority to protect staff and students and opponents warning it could conflict with existing protections for students with disabilities and create legal risk. The sponsor said the bill is intended to address intentional violence and allow case-by-case judgment, while critics cited prior civil-rights concerns over disproportionate discipline. Despite the objections, the bill passed on a due pass recommendation. The committee adjourned after announcing it would meet again Wednesday at 9 a.m.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 15th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • be able to address this issue. to help prevent cancers through education.
  • Looking for steps we can take to support the professionals who choose to educate the next generation
  • We need to educate them in the communities we want them to serve in.
  • They give them access to substantial funding outside of this.
  • The whole point is that by educating the folks in those areas, they're more likely to... to stay in the
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • to expanding healthcare education programs and provide students with the tools necessary to pursue a
  • Key investments to address that: one, it ensures districts have access to high-quality curriculum for
  • Our agency will monitor bilingual education and special language programs in order to... ...to increase
  • I want to feel equal, and that other people can talk to me and to other Jews about any subject without
  • Students and educators need to understand what anti-Semitism is and to recognize and identify bullying
Bills: HB295 , HB824 , HB1579 , HB1581 , HB2189 , HB295
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 06:30 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would like to see us continue to work on it, and so I'm going to be a no this time, but I think the
  • to fight wildfire.
  • Mint didn't intend to be disrespectful to Abraham Lincoln. It is a good bill.
  • Mint didn't intend to be disrespectful to Abraham Lincoln. It is a good bill.
  • Two bills to go.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 01:45 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We want to make sure that they have access to all the tools in their toolkit to be able to be used.
  • to the businesses, and in fact creating... ...to the bill, education and outreach to the businesses,
  • So we're talking about taking education dollars to defend against this.
  • Social, interview, criminal history, educational minimum criteria in order to be able to access training
  • President, for the opportunity to educate.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Senior Policy Advisor to the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
  • Just to have a flat $5,000 fee is just going to lead to more lawsuits.
  • And to me, that's just part of the American dream: that ability to work hard, to improve, to build yourself
  • a chance to work to that level.
  • To be generous to provide shared leave to others. That's the problem.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 16th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Health Care & Wellness

Transcript Highlights:
  • And these fees serve as a financial deterrent to access to justice.
  • Commitment by removing any barriers to access.
  • I look forward to working with you to help ensure that we maintain access to coverage for individuals
  • This requires This requires access to preventive visits and access to vaccines that don't bankrupt families
  • and to a victim's access to justice.
Bills: HB1496 , HB2182 , HB2196 , HB2242