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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 02-04-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Testing is not an obstacle for professions. Did you read the testimony here?
  • Testing is not an obstacle for professions. Did you read the testimony here?
  • Testing is obstacle in front of them.
  • their content, and coursework, or they're going to do coursework, and we're requiring them to take a test
  • So on the moratorium... take a test. The requirements come from take a test.
Committee: Senate Education
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/20/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • additional needs for children when they want to care for them without adequate financial support. test
  • scores than those who haven't test scores than those who haven't experienced<01:34:47.040><c> foster
  • we have uh we families and I believe we have uh we have<01:47:52.440><c> one</c><01:47:52.639><c> test
  • testifier</c><01:47:53.480><c> here</c><01:47:54.480><c> uh</c><01:47:54.679><c> thank</c> have one test
  • testifier here uh thank have one test testifier here uh thank you<01:47:55.440><c> and</c><01:47:55.719
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Election Law (03/04/2025)

Election Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've tested them, and we distribute the red tape out to the local clerks.
  • We've tested them, and we distribute the red tape out to the local clerks.
  • Rank choice voting is a widely accepted, tested, improved method of voting.
  • </c><03:56:22.279><c> improved</c><03:56:23.279><c> method</c> widely accepted tested improved method
  • widely accepted tested improved method of<03:56:23.760><c> voting</c><03:56:24.720><c> um</c><03:56:
Committee: House Election Law
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 2/10/25

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • 38.279><c> executive</c><00:08:38.760><c> branch</c><00:08:39.120><c> agency's</c><00:08:39.680><c> test
  • </c><00:08:40.039><c> with</c> of executive branch agency's test with of executive branch agency's test
  • that performance audit, for example, we went down and looked at all of those agreements and then pull tests
  • </c><01:31:09.880><c> and</c><01:31:10.080><c> then</c><01:31:10.679><c> pull</c><01:31:11.320><c> tests
  • </c> of those agreements and then pull tests of those agreements and then pull tests okay<01:31:12.560
Keywords: 1183, house
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Protection and Victim Services Committee May 13th, 2026

Protection and Victim Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • really started with No Child Left Behind in our education system when we started teaching toward a test
  • So then we have a pre-test and a post-test.
  • So then we have a pre-test and a post-test.
Summary: The committee first approved the December 16 minutes and then heard a presentation from Dr. Ramona Danielson on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their economic and public-system impacts. She explained that ACEs are population-level risk indicators, not individual diagnostic tools, and said higher ACE exposure is associated with more chronic illness, mental health challenges, child welfare and justice involvement, and lower workforce participation. She cautioned that precise dollar estimates are difficult because of the many interacting factors across the life course, but said the direction of the impact is clear and that evidence-based interventions and protective factors can reduce harm. Members asked about definitions of a “healthy family,” same-sex couples, divorce, substance abuse, trends in ACEs, and home visiting; she emphasized supportive relationships, protective factors, and the importance of positive childhood experiences. The committee then heard from Allison Mahoney and Missy Barranco, along with a recorded family story from Abby, about evidence-based home visiting programs in North Dakota. Abby described how Healthy Families North Dakota supported her family after a premature birth and NICU stay by providing weekly in-home coaching, developmental screenings, postpartum mental health check-ins, referrals, and parenting support. The presenters explained that home visiting is voluntary, relationship-based, and usually begins prenatally or shortly after birth, with referrals coming from hospitals, WIC, pregnancy navigators, human service zones, self-referrals, and other community partners. They said North Dakota currently has four main evidence-based models operating through 12 organizations, with Healthy Families available in all 53 counties, though only a fraction of eligible families are served. Funding was described as a patchwork of federal MIECHV/Title IV-E, Medicaid, state and tribal funds, philanthropy, charitable gaming, and other grants; members discussed whether the Legislature or agencies should expand support and how to improve outreach and sustainability. Finally, the committee received a memorandum on artificial intelligence and sexual exploitation, focusing on AI-generated child sexual abuse material, deepfakes, sextortion, and chatbot-related risks. The report summarized federal and state law, including North Dakota’s existing computer-generated image provisions, the federal PROTECT Act, the Take It Down Act, and recent federal executive orders on AI policy. Members discussed the need for child-safety protections, the limits of executive orders, and broader concerns about AI’s effect on critical thinking and misinformation. The committee then heard from BCI Special Agent Cassidy Halsef, who said AI is already driving a sharp rise in child exploitation cases in North Dakota, including AI-generated explicit images of real minors and school-based incidents involving mass-shared manipulated images. She said investigators are seeing more cyber tips, more difficult forensic work, and lasting harm to victims and families, and urged stronger legal penalties, specialized training, victim services, and prevention education in schools and communities.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 4/13/2026 #3

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 423, Research Facilities and Testing Facilities that use animals, Prohibitions and Adoption
  • Senate Bill 180, Evidence, Interception of Oral Communications, Fair Housing Testing.
  • interception of oral communications fair interception of oral communications fair housing<00:42:56.440><c> testing
  • </c> housing testing. Madam Speaker. housing testing. Madam Speaker.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 18, March 3, 2026-AM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a lot of, there's a lot here with technology and testing the law and understanding the law.
  • There's a lot of, there's a lot here with technology and testing the law and understanding the law.
  • There's a lot of, there's a lot here with technology and testing the law and understanding the law.
  • There's a lot of, there's a lot here with technology and testing the law and understanding the law.
  • There's a lot of, there's a lot here with technology and testing the law and understanding the law.
Keywords: 916, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 13 (1-23-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 123, an act relating to testing of applicants for instruction permits and operators licenses
  • Senate Bill 123, an act relating to testing of applicants for instruction permits and operators licenses
  • Senate Bill 123, an act relating to testing of applicants for instruction permits and operators licenses
  • Senate Bill 123, an act relating to testing of applicants for instruction permits and operators licenses
  • Senate Bill 123, an act relating to testing of applicants for instruction permits and operators licenses
Keywords: 958, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> Public libraries respond to community needs in a variety of ways, such as serving as testing centers
  • Further, many libraries are GED testing centers.
  • 00:57:21.760><c> libraries</c><00:57:22.319><c> are</c><00:57:22.640><c> GED</c><00:57:23.280><c> testing
  • </c> Further, many libraries are GED testing Further, many libraries are GED testing centers.<00:57:24.319
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on State Government met for its first meeting and heard a presentation from the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KY Stats) by Executive Director Matt Barry and Legislative Director Calli Arnold. The presentation reviewed KY Stats’ statutory background, its evolution from KESUS, its board membership, and its role in housing Kentucky’s longitudinal data system and labor market information office. Barry explained that KY Stats links data from multiple state sources, validates and cleans it, deidentifies it, and uses it to produce reports, evaluations, and responses to data requests for policymakers, practitioners, and the public. Barry described the scale of the system, noting more than 6,000 active data elements, 178 unique file types, and data from 48 sources across 26 agencies. He highlighted the agency’s privacy and security practices, including separate servers for source data and deidentified reporting data, and said KY Stats does not use real-time data. He also outlined the types of reports produced, including the annual high school feedback report and a recent life outcomes report tracking the 2017 public high school cohort’s postsecondary education, completion, wages, and employment outcomes. Members asked about the timeliness and availability of data, especially SNAP and Medicaid information, and Barry said most data arrive annually or quarterly and that Medicaid data had been used in a limited one-time project rather than as an ongoing feed. Questions also focused on artificial intelligence; Barry said KY Stats has not integrated AI but is exploring it cautiously because of privacy and security concerns. Several members encouraged further work with AI tools, while Barry emphasized that any use would need to protect confidentiality. The committee also discussed staffing and funding, with Barry saying KY Stats has about 49 total staff and annual funding of roughly $3.1 million in state general funds, plus federal labor-related funding. Committee members praised the agency’s work and suggested legislators may not fully understand its capabilities. No votes or formal actions were taken.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 03/05/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the North Metro program, currently there are 418 learners who have been tested and are ready to start
  • Learners who currently there are 418 Learners who have<00:37:06.880><c> been</c><00:37:07.119><c> tested
  • > are</c><00:37:07.880><c> ready</c><00:37:08.119><c> to</c><00:37:08.280><c> start</c> have been tested
  • and are ready to start have been tested and are ready to start classes<00:37:09.960><c> in</c><00:37
  • Students' eyes were tested, and their glasses were shipped directly to the school.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 3, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • workers by ending the Democrats' absurd 600 1099-K reporting threshold and reverts back to the time-tested
  • I wouldn't be able to afford my insulin, diabetes medications, blood pressure medications, or see my
  • millions of children across this country will be able to get medicine and have their sight and hearing tested
  • 05:12:45.280><c> sight</c><05:12:45.600><c> and</c><05:12:45.840><c> hearing</c><05:12:46.320><c> tested
  • </c> and have their sight and hearing tested and have their sight and hearing tested and<05:12:49.360
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Insurance Committee May 12th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's important that we do this targeting right, and that means investing in data, simulation, and testing
  • There's an unmet need as well for medium-scale testing in California.
  • Insurance Strategy went into full effect using our existing authority, but the market was really being tested
Summary: The Senate Committee on Insurance held an information hearing on the impacts of climate change and catastrophic wildfire on California’s insurance market, with opening remarks focused on the state’s affordability, availability, and stability problems. Chair and members discussed the role of SB 254’s report, the Sustainable Insurance Strategy, the growth of the FAIR Plan, and the need to better align insurance regulation, mitigation, and land-use decisions. The Vice Chair noted the importance of hearing from industry as well as consumer and academic experts, and Senator Becker said the report would inform further committee work. Amy Bach of United Policyholders described how climate-driven wildfire and flood risk, combined with inflation, insurtech, and risk modeling, have reduced competition and pushed more homeowners into the FAIR Plan and non-admitted surplus lines coverage. She said availability is improving somewhat, but affordability will depend on mitigation, insurer competition, and fair rate regulation. In response to questions, she emphasized underinsurance as a long-running problem, supported stronger insurer responsibility for replacement-cost estimates, and suggested a public reinsurance backstop and more mitigation funding rather than removing wildfire coverage from basic policies. Nancy Watkins of Milliman and Michael Wara of Stanford argued that the market problem is fundamentally that expected claims and expenses now exceed premiums because too many homes are burning. They said California needs both risk reduction and actuarially sound pricing, along with a state mitigation framework that targets the highest-risk communities and prioritizes home hardening, defensible space, and community-scale mitigation over broad acreage-based spending. They also discussed the role of non-admitted carriers as a gap-filler, the need for better data on reconstruction costs and mitigation effectiveness, and the importance of sustained funding rather than one-time grants. A later panel with Frank Freebalt of Cal Poly and Michael Golnar of UC Berkeley focused on modeling and mitigation science. They said wildfire policy should treat the issue as a structure-ignition and urban conflagration problem, not just a wildland fire problem, and stressed integrated land-use, utility, and community mitigation. Members asked about zoning, building codes, utility hardening, and who should pay for mitigation; witnesses said older, denser neighborhoods are the highest priority, that utilities must improve operational safety measures, and that targeted mitigation in the highest-risk areas offers the best return. No votes or formal actions were taken at the hearing.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 27th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And they put it up on the screen and they figure out what evidence is still out there, what's been tested
  • , what hasn't been tested.
  • refuse students based on disability or learning needs, and they can also refuse students based on test
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, pledges, and several floor recognitions, including the Doctor of the Day, Psychologist of the Day, and Nurse of the Day. Members also honored the OSBI Cold Case Team for its work on unsolved cases, recognized the 75th anniversary of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and welcomed guests for the Prague-Kolache Festival. The chamber then moved into floor action on multiple measures and conference motions. The most significant item was Senate Joint Resolution 39, a property tax constitutional amendment. After extensive debate over the impact on homeowners, seniors, farmers, schools, local governments, and future revenue, the Senate adopted House amendments by a 27-19 roll call and then passed the resolution 40-8. However, the motion to order a special election failed 26-20, so the measure did not advance to a special election call. Senators also rejected House amendments to Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 215 and requested conference on both. The Senate passed Senate Bill 1290 unanimously as an emergency measure, and advanced or passed several House bills dealing with ARPA and funding reallocations: HB 4028, HB 4029, HB 4073, HB 4074, HB 4075, HB 4076, HB 4077, and HB 4078. Other approved measures included HB 1250 creating a Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund for local law enforcement grants, HB 2951 renaming Red Rock Prison as the Chief James Smith Correctional Center, HB 2961 creating a Gold Star Survivor tuition benefit, HB 3151 extending the school year to 173 days, and HB 3581 increasing penalties for riot-related offenses. The Senate also took up HB 3705, which would raise the Parental Choice tax credit cap from $250 million to $275 million, but the transcript cuts off during questioning on that bill.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Mar 18th, 2026

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • And she's like, oh, I'm studying for the citizenship test.
  • And she's like, oh, I'm studying for the citizenship test.
  • Testing one, two. Sorry. So I want to thank both chairs, Chair Cronin, Chair Cahill.
Bills: H4697 , S2635 , S2680 , S2681 , H5158
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • But today, that endurance is being tested. ...is one of endurance.
  • But today, that endurance is being tested by an insurance crisis that threatens our financial sovereignty
  • And again, it tested every aspect of our department.
Summary: The Select Committee on Native American Affairs met on Barona tribal land to examine rising homeowners insurance costs affecting tribal communities, with opening remarks from tribal leaders and Assembly members emphasizing tribal sovereignty, the history of forced settlement in high-risk areas, and the need for the state to recognize mitigation work already being done on tribal lands. The committee heard that wildfire, drought, and other climate-driven disasters have sharply increased insurance premiums and reduced coverage options, especially for tribes located in rural or mountainous areas that were not chosen by the tribes themselves. Cal Fire Deputy Director Frank Bigelow described the state’s wildfire response and tribal engagement efforts, including tribal liaisons on incident management teams, a Southern Region Tribal Affairs Deputy Chief, cultural burning agreements, and more than $30 million in tribal wildfire resilience grants over the last three years. Members questioned why tribal communities receive only a small share of grants, whether Cal Fire should do more outreach and budget proposals for tribes, and whether mitigation work is being recognized by insurers. Bigelow said Cal Fire is working with insurers and the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety on mitigation standards, but acknowledged that more tribal outreach and participation are needed. Tribal chairpersons and fire chiefs testified that their communities are already investing heavily in fire protection through dedicated fire departments, fuel reduction, defensible space, prescribed burns, firebreaks, and home-hardening efforts, yet premiums remain high or coverage is denied. Barona leaders said premiums can range from $6,000 to $18,000 and urged insurers to assess properties individually rather than by broad high-risk zones. Soboba, Hamu, and Pechanga representatives described similar efforts and said grant rules, environmental review, and insurer practices can make it difficult to translate mitigation into lower rates. Several members suggested short-term state assistance or a tribal insurance mitigation fund, and the committee discussed the possibility of requiring insurers to better account for tribal mitigation and sovereignty in risk assessments.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • But today, that endurance is being tested. Well, thank you. I'm so much.
  • But today, that endurance is being tested by an insurance crisis that threatens our financial sovereignty
  • And again, it tested every aspect of our department.
Keywords: 988, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-17 (1:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • physicians and play a critical role in improving comprehensive patient care by interpreting genetic testing
  • physicians and play a critical role in improving comprehensive patient care by interpreting genetic testing
  • results, helping families and physicians understand and navigate interpreting genetic testing results
Summary: The House convened with prayer, moments of silence for Reverend Jesse Jackson and former State Attorney Joseph Di Alessandro, and a quorum present. Members then took up a special order calendar and considered a series of bills, with several recognitions and brief recesses interspersed throughout the day. Early floor action focused on civil justice and estates measures. The House passed CS/HB 1407 on commencement of civil actions, clarifying when a complainant may file an employment discrimination suit if the Florida Commission on Human Relations does not issue a right-to-sue notice. It also passed HB 895 on trustee settlement and discharge, allowing certain non-adversarial irrevocable trusts to be discharged without court involvement; CS/HB 1337 on estates, expanding personal representative authority and increasing small-estate thresholds; and CS/HB 131 on curators of estates, codifying a tool for court protection when the state faces potential loss. Each of these bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously after brief sponsor explanations and, in the case of HB 895, a technical amendment. The House also approved CS/HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over U.S. military installations, which would allow juvenile offenses on certain installations to be handled in state court rather than federal court, and CS/HB 441 on conservation lands, which increases notice and transparency requirements for land swaps involving conservation property. Members from both parties praised the conservation bill as a response to public concern over land swaps. Additional measures passed included HB 409 requiring K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, CS/HB 461 allowing eligible students to volunteer at polling locations for community service hours, CS/HB 1115 creating grants for genetic counseling education, HB 569 revising forensic client services for persons with developmental disabilities, CS/HB 505 regulating virtual currency kiosks to combat senior fraud, and HB 271 addressing premium reporting rules for foreign and alien bail bond insurers. The most extended debate centered on CS/CS/HB 919, which creates a statutory definition for major commercial service airports and preempts local naming authority for seven major airports, including a proposal to rename Palm Beach International Airport for President Donald J. Trump. The bill drew sharp partisan debate over local control, costs, trademark/licensing concerns, and the appropriateness of honoring a sitting president. Amendments to delay the naming until after Trump leaves office and to combine his name with John F. Kennedy’s were both defeated. After structured debate, the bill passed 81-? yeas (the transcript records 81 yeas) and was sent on. The House also began debate on HB 191 regarding re-employment assistance eligibility verification, with the sponsor explaining added disqualifications and identity/eligibility checks; questioning began but the transcript ends before final action on that bill.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • at that time, the House of Representatives, he made me read the state constitution and he gave me a test
  • And one of those questions on that test was, does the state constitution prohibit an income tax?
  • So the President is going to take a risk with the efficacy of his recent cataract surgery by testing
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:25 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Calais, that this term has no business, has no place, and no relevance whatsoever under the Gingles test
  • The current version of the Voting Rights Act, the Gingles test of the Voting Rights Act, which...
  • Voting Rights Act, the Gingles test of the Voting Rights Act, which in my view, Mr.
Summary: The House took up second reading and final passage on several bills. House Bill 2575, relating to reducing certain environmental reporting obligations, was amended to direct savings from reduced utility reporting toward low-income electricity assistance, then passed 95-0. House Bill 2334, on cash transaction rounding for the loss of pennies, passed 89-6 after debate over common-sense rounding, tax treatment, and concerns about moving away from cash. House Bill 2714, updating caseload forecasting for food and nutrition assistance programs including SNAP, passed 95-0. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2557, concerning parental access to special education evaluation meetings and timelines, passed 95-0 after a technical amendment clarifying terminology and discussion about giving parents more time to prepare for meetings. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 2594, which codifies protections for unhoused students and aligns state law with federal McKinney-Vento protections; supporters described the bill as ensuring continued educational access for homeless youth, and it passed 94-1. House Bill 2348, updating timber sale process efficiencies, including electronic notice and appraisal/approval requirements for certain land sales, passed 95-0. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2215, dealing with Climate Commitment Act compliance obligations for fuels, drew extensive debate over market fairness, fuel prices, rural impacts, and Ecology’s authority; after adopting a striking amendment and rejecting several others, it passed 57-38. The House then considered House Bill 1710, a Washington Voting Rights Act compliance bill creating a new chapter in Title 29A RCW. Members debated numerous amendments focused on preclearance standards, lookback periods, fee shifting, rulemaking authority, settlement treatment, and the use of citizen voting-age population. Some technical amendments were adopted, while many substantive amendments were rejected. The transcript ends during continued amendment debate on the bill, before final passage is recorded.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 28th, 2026 at 03:08 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We call it the who test: Who benefits? Does it reduce harm? And what are the likely outcomes?
  • SB 4 is a great example of a piece of legislation that passes this test.
  • Someone was testing what was considered a legal modification to a gun, a Glock switch, and that did not
Bills: SB4 , SB7 , SB9 , SB17