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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (04/20/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- for their special education needs.
- Moving on to slide eight, in the education unit, there'll be three classrooms.
- And there'll be a sensory room in the education unit.
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Summary:
Division Three of the Finance Committee met in work session on April 20, 2026, to consider Senate Bills 481, 603, and 663, with the discussion focused primarily on SB 481, relative to the sale of the Sununu Youth Services Center property. The chair explained that the bill was advisory only and that the committee’s recommendations would go to full Finance on April 27. For SB 481, members reviewed conflicting provisions in the prior budget law about whether sale proceeds should go to the general fund or the Youth Development Center Claims and Administration Settlement Fund, and the bill was described as a compromise that would direct proceeds to the general fund before June 30, 2027, and to the settlement fund after that date. It was noted that the settlement fund had originally received about $20 million and had roughly $10 million remaining.
The committee also received an extensive update from DCYF Director Marie Noonan on the new Youth Development Center in Hampstead. She reported that construction remained on schedule, with major structural and interior work complete, substantial completion expected in late summer or early fall 2026, and occupancy anticipated in early 2027. The presentation highlighted the facility’s design features, including single-occupancy bedrooms, sensory rooms, an education wing, medical and clinical suites, visitation space, a gym, and multiple outdoor courtyards, all intended to support a trauma-informed setting. Members asked about the facility’s funding, square footage, fencing, and scanner; staff said the building is about 34,000 square feet, funded entirely with federal ARPA state recovery funds to date, and that the scanner is on site but not yet operational pending policy and staff training.
Committee members also raised concerns about the facility’s design and security. In response, DCYF said some concrete walls are required for structural and safety reasons, but they are being painted to maintain a brighter environment, and that the fencing will be about 15 feet high with privacy netting because the campus is shared with Hampstead. Officials said the new facility is legislatively limited to a maximum of 12 youth, while the current center can house 12 to 18, and emphasized that courts ultimately determine placements. No votes or final actions were taken during the work session.
MN
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Committee:
House Ways and Means
Keywords:
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And then delivering our outdoor education and environmental education work: approximately 8,600 programs
- and environmental education work.
- and environmental education work: approximately 8,600 programs to over 200,000 participants each year
- Also, delivering our outdoor education and environmental education work: approximately 8,600 programs
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/11/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
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- I'm the executive director of ASA, the African Career Education and Resources, Inc., and currently one
- We know that stable homes correlate to positive outcomes in health and education.
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Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 1/23/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I will call the Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee to order.
- </c><00:01:02.160><c> is</c> that the office of higher education is that the office of higher education
- We're here to educate students and keep them safe. That's the purpose of a university.
- We're here to educate students and keep them safe. That's the purpose of a university.
- We're here to educate students and keep them safe. That's the purpose of a university.
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Feb 24th, 2026
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development will come to order.
- This is language that is taken from the career and technical education advisory council that both Representative
- That concludes the executive session of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee.
Summary:
The House Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development met in executive session and considered two bills. House Bill 1659 was advanced after the committee adopted a House Committee amendment ending in .02H, rolled it into a House Committee substitute, and then voted the substitute do pass by a roll call vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes.
The committee then took up House Bill 2740, which would create a task force. The substitute described a task force made up of members from the House and Senate, higher education, the Department of Health, public and private health care, research, Missouri University, nonprofits, and a patient advocacy group. The task force would meet quarterly starting in January 2027, issue annual reports on research, outcomes, funding, and legislative recommendations, and expire in December 2030.
An additional amendment ending in .03H clarified the partisan balance of the elected members, specifying that the two Senate members could not be from the same party and the two House members could not be from the same party. That amendment was adopted, rolled into a substitute, and the House Committee substitute for HB 2740 was then voted do pass by 9 ayes, 0 noes, and 1 present. The committee then adjourned.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Education Postsecondary Feb 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Education Postsecondary will now come to order. Secretary, please call the roll.
- I have to say we have the number one higher education system in the entire country.
- record over the last five, six years in doing and remaining number one in the country in higher education
Summary:
The Committee on Education Postsecondary convened, confirmed a quorum, and welcomed visiting students from the College of Central Florida and several counties. The committee then took up confirmation hearings for appointments on tabs 1 through 4, with Senator Simon moving to recommend confirmation of all appointees. The motion passed on a roll call vote, and the appointees were reported favorably.
After the vote, members offered closing remarks thanking committee staff for their work and praising Florida’s higher education system, state colleges, and universities. Senator Harrell emphasized continued support for postsecondary institutions through policy and appropriations, while the chair reflected on her own path from student visitor to committee chair and encouraged the visiting students to continue advocating and pursuing their goals.
With no further business, Senator Simon moved to adjourn. There was no objection, and the committee adjourned.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 22, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- All the while adding education funding.
- But my colleagues are instead education.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 6th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The organization's tireless work in education, youth development, humanitarian services, and the promotion
- increase our collaboration with our most important trading partner, Mexico, in this case, in the education
- SB 930 requires proctoring companies that are providing services to a local educational agency for a
- In our schools, educators, counselors, and other school employees with DACA status are wondering whether
- The last thing California needs is to lose qualified educators at a time when many districts are already
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Capital Improvement Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026
Capital Improvement
Transcript Highlights:
- Under the Department of Education, there are some adjustments here as well.
- then for Skyline Middle, an add of $4,032,184, bringing total appropriations to the Department of Education
- The total appropriations to the Department of Education are $269,103,019.
- And I think that there's nothing better than having the opportunity to educate the public on what we're
- Also with the education, you know, that is all based on the certificate of necessities.
Committee:
Joint Capital Improvement
Summary:
The committee met to finalize the FY27 bond bill, beginning with a roll call and a detailed review of updated appropriation amounts. The Comptroller General walked through major changes across agencies, including additions for OMB, the Department of State, DNREC, Agriculture, Education, and Transportation, and explained the funding sources that would cover the total $1.256 billion package. Members then debated several large items, especially the $110 million appropriation for the Diamond State Port Corporation, the $35 million Legislative Hall addition, the $20 million Community Reinvestment Fund, and the $30 million land and building acquisition line. Questions focused on the port project’s costs, expected jobs, return on investment, and whether the state would face future commitments; Secretary of State Charney Patitofunded Chances and other officials testified that the port expansion would create construction and permanent jobs and support long-term economic growth, while some members remained skeptical and objected to the process and spending priorities.
The committee also discussed school construction funding, with officials explaining that additional money would forward-fund projects already in the pipeline and help districts that had been turned down for certificates of necessity. Other items reviewed included funding for park improvements, marina acquisition, the Plummer Center demolition and transfer, the Pyle Center sewer project, the Site Readiness Fund, affordable housing, the Arts Endowment Fund, an unclaimed property task force, and various transportation and community transportation projects. Several members raised concerns about county distribution, minority-party involvement in negotiations, and the scale of certain appropriations, but the majority defended the package as statewide investment and economic development.
The committee then voted on the Section 1 addendum and a series of new and replacement epilogue sections, including provisions for the port project, Legislative Hall minor capital improvements, land acquisition, affordable housing, the Community Reinvestment Fund, downtown development districts, the Rite Aid demolition, the Site Readiness Fund, school construction formula review, and enhanced school capital funding. Most motions carried, with a few recorded no votes or abstentions on the main addendum. The meeting concluded with a motion authorizing technical corrections by the Comptroller General’s office, followed by closing remarks thanking staff and members for their work and noting that this was likely the final bond committee meeting for some participants before adjournment.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- As a scientist and a university leader, I've spent my career in research and higher education, and I
- As a scientist and a university leader, I've spent my career in research and higher education, and I
- As a scientist and a university leader, I've spent my career in research and higher education, and I
- Mitch Steiger with CFT, a union of educators and classified professionals, also in support.
- President of UAW 411, the union of 60,000 higher education workers at the University of California.
Committee:
House Appropriations
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 22nd, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Under his leadership, Loma Linda grew in ways that strengthened education, expanded access to care, and
- She leads outreach, education, and program implementation efforts for the sidewalk vending program, helping
- Department of Education.
- of race, gender, identity, education, and entertainment.
- I move that Joint Rule 62A be suspended to allow the Committee on Education to hear AB 745 on Wednesday
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:30 am
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- We represent almost 30,000 human service workers in education.
- Local 509 SEIU represents almost 30,000 human service workers and educators.
- Our priority as educators every day is to make sure that every student in our classroom is provided a
- Just last Thursday, I listened to an educator from Waltham share her extreme loss and helplessness when
- This educator shared with me that she thinks of this disappeared student every day, and she can't help
Summary:
The hearing focused on the Safe Communities Act, House 2580 and Senate 1681, along with related proposals to limit local and state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, prohibit 287(g) agreements, and expand legal defense for immigrants. Most testimony came from advocates, attorneys, labor leaders, health care professionals, educators, and community members who argued that fear of ICE discourages immigrants from reporting crimes, seeking medical care, attending school, or cooperating with courts, and that a clear statewide policy would improve public safety, due process, and trust in institutions. Several speakers described personal or client experiences involving domestic violence, trafficking, workplace abuse, or children affected by deportation, and many emphasized economic harms to workers, families, and small businesses.
Health care witnesses said immigration enforcement is causing patients to miss appointments, avoid emergency rooms, and delay preventive care, with resulting public health consequences. Labor and education representatives said immigrant workers and students are increasingly fearful, and that the state should not allow local police to act as ICE agents or enter 287(g) agreements. ACLU and coalition witnesses cited examples they said showed existing or recent collaboration between local agencies and ICE, including courthouse alerts, vehicle stops, and use of municipal spaces, while also arguing that the bill would still allow cooperation on criminal matters and public safety emergencies. One witness opposed the bill, arguing that serious criminal offenders should be deported and defending ICE’s role.
Committee members asked several questions about whether the harms described were widespread or anecdotal, and about the distinction between assisting ICE in civil immigration arrests versus responding to violent or public safety emergencies. Witnesses said the bill was aimed at civil immigration enforcement, not criminal investigations or emergency situations. At the end of the hearing, a committee member requested a study on immigration enforcement’s effect on emergency room wait times, and the committee then adjourned without taking a vote on the legislation.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- As part of their education, PAs receive hundreds of hours of instruction in behavioral medicine and undergo
- I work as a PA educator at the Mass General Institute of Health Professions.
- The risks and rates persist regardless of age, marital status, education level, or socioeconomic status
- services like ...clinical services like you'd expect and also non-clinical services like family education
- and work and education support.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on a large group of behavioral health and insurance-related bills. Topics included expanding access to mental health services by allowing physician assistants to authorize Section 12 emergency holds and be recognized as licensed mental health professionals (H. 1131/S. 773); improving coverage for community behavioral health centers so commercial insurance matches MassHealth’s bundled outpatient and crisis services (H. 1276/S. 703); eliminating cost sharing for certain behavioral health services (S. 718); extending detox and clinical stabilization coverage from 14 to 30 days and adding transitional support services (H. 1319/S. 772); requiring coverage for dual-diagnosis treatment in psychiatric facilities (H. 1277/S. 771); and preserving access to treatment for serious mental illness through coverage of coordinated specialty care and assertive community treatment (H. 1135/S. 709). The committee also heard bills on preventive behavioral health services for children (H. 1228/S. 802) and post-pregnancy mental health care, including postpartum depression and pregnancy loss-related care (H. 1314/S. 823).
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, you know, oftentimes don't get the resources necessarily or the education or the training that
- creates an impossible scenario for local students like me, where we're either forced to delay our education
- the integrity of California's licensed professionals who earn the public's trust through years of education
- , supervised experience, examinations, continuing education requirements, and adherence to professional
- , supervised experiences, examinations, continuing education requirements, and adherence to professional
Summary:
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard several Senate bills, with most of the discussion focused on worker training, public safety, and consumer protection. SB 1203 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would expand training and de-escalation requirements for private security officers. Supporters, including security workers and labor groups, said the bill would better prepare officers who often respond first to mental health crises and violent incidents. Opponents, including security industry representatives and business groups, argued it would impose major costs, create training bottlenecks, and could reduce licensed security coverage. The committee ultimately voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Labor and Employment, with some members noting future amendments to address training capacity and employer-provided training.
The committee also approved SB 936 by Senator Blakespear, which would restrict retail sales of nitrous oxide canisters larger than 8 grams while preserving legitimate medical, dental, culinary, and automotive uses. Support came from county officials, public health groups, waste management organizations, law enforcement, and local governments, who described rising misuse, impaired driving, and recycling hazards. No opposition testimony was presented, and the bill passed to Public Safety.
SB 1271 by Senator Reyes, aimed at strengthening California’s midwifery training pipeline by requiring data collection on licensed midwife preceptor capacity, also passed unanimously to Health. Supporters said the bill would help address shortages in rural birth care and improve access to training for aspiring midwives. SB 903 by Senator Padilla, which would place guardrails on the use of AI in mental health and psychotherapy settings and prohibit AI from being marketed as a therapist, drew emotional testimony from a mother whose son died by suicide after extensive chatbot interactions. Health and behavioral health groups supported the measure, while several industry and health organizations were opposed unless amended; the committee nevertheless sent it to Privacy and Consumer Protection on a unanimous vote. The committee also approved SB 1165 on consent and then adjourned.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty Seven - Thursday, April 23
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is for higher education. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Discussion on the gentleman's motion.
- Chair, notably in House Bill 3, the higher education funding formula that was passed out of the House
- As we head to conference, do you have any comments on what we would expect the higher education funding
- The comment I've heard most is not any complaint about a need to fund higher education differently or
- We'll be doing the education and training.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Conservation and Natural Resources Mar 30th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Conservation and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a plant ecologist and educator with over two decades of experience.
- We help educate our municipal officials where they can make those decisions locally.
- So we're going to conduct an educational seminar to educate our members.
- And that's ongoing work for us as we educate our city officials. They call in and need information.
- So our role will be more educating our city officials where they can make informed and good decisions
Committee:
House Conservation and Natural Resources
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Conservation and Natural Resources Mar 30th, 2026
Conservation and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a plant ecologist and educator with over two decades of experience.
- We help educate our municipal officials where they can make those decisions locally.
- So we're going to conduct an educational seminar. We do that to educate our members.
- That's an ongoing work for us, educating our city officials.
- So our role will be more educating our city officials where they can make informed and good decisions
Committee:
House Conservation and Natural Resources
Summary:
The Conservation and Natural Resources Committee heard Senate Bill 953, sponsored by Sen. Jason Bean, which would address a projected shortfall in the Department of Natural Resources’ air pollution control program. Bean and supporters from Associated Industries of Missouri, quarry and sand producers, engineering firms, the Missouri Chamber, forest products, and municipal utilities said the bill would stop sweeping unused program funds into general revenue and dedicate a portion of existing sales and use tax revenue from utilities to keep the program solvent without raising permit fees on businesses that have reduced emissions. One informational witness from Armour Vine warned that moving funds out of general revenue could affect broader state revenue and tax triggers. DNR also testified that the fee fund is projected to become insolvent in fiscal year 2028 if current trends continue. No opposition testimony was presented, and the bill hearing was closed.
The committee then heard House Bills 3362 and 3364, sponsored by Reps. Colin Wellenkamp and Mike Koslow, which would create guardrails for AI/data center buildout around electricity and water use. The sponsors said the bills are intended to protect ratepayers and local water systems by requiring large-load customers to bear their own infrastructure costs, extending consumer protections to co-ops and municipal utilities, and requiring permits and review for major water withdrawals, with emergency shutoff provisions in water shortages. Support came from environmental groups, conservation organizations, rural advocates, Renew Missouri, the Sierra Club, Missouri Municipal League, Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Ameren Missouri, and Missouri American Water, though some witnesses urged tighter thresholds, more frequent reporting, stronger water-quality protections, and clearer definitions to avoid legal ambiguity. Several witnesses also raised concerns about transparency, local impacts, and whether current thresholds are high enough to protect aquifers, springs, and utility customers. The chair closed testimony after noting time limits and adjourned the committee.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment Mar 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We educate our youth, and we're getting to let them know.
- Let me know so I could maybe educate in my district.
- Let me know so I could maybe educate in my district.
- You're trying to prevent them, educating them to let them know the environmental damage.
- , parishes, municipalities, and through that education, work this type of policy into their operating
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and took up a series of coastal, seafood, wildlife, and environmental measures. House Bill 851 by Rep. Ilg, which adds intentional mass balloon releases to the gross intentional littering statute, drew support from agriculture, wildlife, and environmental groups because of impacts on livestock, wildlife, power lines, and waterways; members clarified it targets organized intentional releases, not accidental releases by children, and it was reported favorably. House Bill 652 by Rep. Broe adding a non-voting Department of Agriculture appointee to the Oyster Task Force was also reported favorably, as were House Bills 349 and 588 by Rep. Domain to expand the imported seafood safety fund’s uses and add oyster, crab, and finfish representation to the Seafood Safety Task Force. House Bill 721 by Rep. Kerner setting a 5:30 a.m. shrimp trawling start time in certain bays, House Bill 857 clarifying labeling rules for commingled imported and domestic seafood, House Bill 669 expanding state property use for Grand Isle oyster research, and House Bill 889 creating bulk tagging for oysters were each supported by industry and agency witnesses and reported favorably. House Bill 688 by Rep. Ogeron adding Atlantic tarpon to the definition of saltwater game fish was backed by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation and fishing guides and was also reported favorably.
The committee spent significant time on House Bill 653 by Rep. Beham, which would require one of two United Commercial Fishermen appointees to the Oyster Task Force to be a St. Bernard Parish resident. Rep. Beham argued the parish deserves a guaranteed voice because of oyster industry impacts from freshwater intrusion and the BP spill, while opponents including the Oyster Task Force chairman said the parish-specific requirement would make vacancies harder to fill and should be worked out through the task force or by amending another bill. After debate, an amendment was adopted, but the bill itself ultimately received a favorable report. Testimony throughout the meeting emphasized the economic and cultural importance of Louisiana seafood, the need to combat imported seafood fraud, and the role of oyster cultivation and shrimping in coastal communities.
House Resolution 20 by Rep. McCormick, urging the Department of Conservation and Energy to study industrial water use from Caddo Lake, prompted a broader discussion about data centers and water withdrawals. Department witness Monique Edwards explained current state limits on regulating surface water withdrawals and said more authority may be needed for comprehensive water management; committee members asked for a future departmental presentation on data center water use. The resolution was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, Rep. Sawyer moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned without objection.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- think our legislators should be limiting the provider's ability to prevent harm and to advise and educate
- And to advise and educate people against harm. So I vote no. Senator Sieur? No. Senator Schia?
- And I think arguably everybody, everybody knows that... and to advise and educate people against harm
- My name is Shannon Bidsa, and I am the associate director of education for the Arizona State Board of
- My name is Shannon Bitsa, and I’m the Associate Director of Education for the Arizona State Board of
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
Keywords:
orders of protection, domestic violence, court procedures, legal guardian, enforcement, healthcare, licensed health aides, scope of practice, ventilator care, training standards, medical freedom, healthcare mandates, employment requirements, public health, government regulation, elderly, physical disabilities, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, home and community based services, funding increase