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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • All we got in law enforcement, school teachers, and all.
  • Gainesville High School.
  • Senate Bill 1216 gives school districts another tool in the toolbox.
  • Senate Bill 1216 gives school districts another tool in the toolbox.
  • When they get sued, the school district gets sued.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with SB 694 on compensation for the descendants of the Groveland Four. Senator Bracey Davis described the wrongful accusations, convictions, deaths, and long-term harm to the families, and an amendment added a $4 million appropriation and updated the recipient for Ernest Thomas’s family. Multiple family members, advocates, clergy, and supporters testified in favor, emphasizing the decades-long delay in justice and the need for accountability and repair. Senators from both parties spoke in support, and the committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee then approved SB 330 on disability provisions for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers; SB 474 on military affairs leave and related benefits; and SB 96 on the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program. SB 96 drew the most discussion, with Senator Sharief explaining that the bill raises eligibility to 400% of the federal poverty level and moves $500,000 in recurring funding to the General Appropriations Act. Senator Wright and Senator Harrell raised concerns about whether expanding eligibility could worsen the existing waitlist, while supporters argued the change would help more veterans access needed dental care. The bill was ultimately reported favorably. The committee also passed SB 7018 on child welfare, making the Step Into Success pilot program permanent and statewide, adjusting visitor/background-check rules for foster homes, and creating a best-practices program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. SB 480 on information technology was reported favorably after amendments creating a central IT governance structure under the Governor’s office, adding vendor performance metrics and a preferred vendor list, and restoring criminal justice information security provisions. SB 1066 on the Ocklawaha River and Rodman Dam also advanced after extensive testimony from supporters and historians about partial restoration, recreation, and economic benefits; the sponsor said he would continue working through permitting questions before floor consideration. Later, the committee approved SB 1216 on educator compensation, which gives districts more flexibility on cost-of-living adjustments, advanced degrees, and performance pay caps, and SB 1120 on water management district oversight and reporting. The committee also reported favorably SB 1366 on sovereign immunity and claims against government, which would raise damages caps, index them to CPI, shorten claim deadlines, and cap attorney fees at 25%. That bill drew testimony from hospitals, cities, counties, school districts, and others, with some supporting the Senate’s compromise approach and others raising concerns about impacts on self-insured law enforcement agencies and attorney incentives. The meeting concluded with the favorable report on the bill after debate continued over those issues.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 06:48 pm

House Consumer & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • structured and accountable program, including a public website that explains the law and grant process, transparent
Bills: HB25, SB38, SB101, HB199
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Apr 1st, 2025

S/C on Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • It brings so much. ...transparency and accountability to the issue. Thank you for your time.
  • We work with nonprofits, we work with philanthropy, we work with school districts, and business leaders
  • These are youth aged 16 to 24 who are neither in school nor employed.
  • That's significant, but we lack basic transparency on how those funds are used.
  • , perform poorly in school, and have difficulty obtaining and maintaining long-term employment.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Aeronautics and Transportation REVISED Apr 13th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Aeronautics and Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2979 enables the Department of Transportation to establish school zones on portions of state
  • The Department of Transportation has identified 14 locations where a school dwells school zone meets
  • I just took the normal common Definition of the run the highway running right beside the school.
  • The school, Senator Stewart, you're recognized for a follow-up question. Thank you again.
  • So, we're gonna take care of the initial marking of the school zone in the signage Tewart for follow-up
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The partnerships were between school districts or charter schools, traditional school districts. of higher
  • Because when I look at even my own kids who are in high school, middle school and elementary school,
  • Enhances transparency and fairness by requiring school districts and charter schools to report data they
  • Unaddressed problems at school, because the schools have no resources, because the schools have no patience
  • All members voted Kerwin voting aye School Bell School Bell School Bell Have all members voted.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/26/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • The remaining property is either outside city limits or publicly owned by the City of Frazee or School
  • This road also borders the Frazee School District campus, including football, softball, and baseball
  • 00:56:59.520> borders<00:57:00.000> the<00:57:00.080> Frazee<00:57:00.560> School
  • This road also borders the Frazee School This road also borders the Frazee School District<00:57
  • Uh, the mill also hosts tour groups from riverboat cruise ships, local school groups, and various other
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • over four years of vaping in our school district.
  • And in middle school, we had very few. We have put in vape detectors.
  • Vapes do not belong in our schools. Thank you. Hello everyone.
  • So, how do you determine which school we're talking about here?
  • The judge's mom or dad, he or she can determine which school, but they think it's a veteran school.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 19th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would always lean on the side of transparency. I think that's always important.
  • But the municipalities—I mean the universities aren't included, or schools, or churches are not going
  • We give schools grades, we change how they're funded based on grades, and we take over schools if… based
  • We take over schools if they're not performing well.
  • Step school in future. All right, next bill up is Representative Butler's HB252.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • transparency transparency to<00:29:27.159> public<00:29:27.560> construction<00:29:28.120
  • transparency, uniformity, and making transparency, uniformity, and making sure<00:55:40.480>
  • So I appreciate you transparency.
  • , that transparency, that transparency, I<01:20:54.840> believe<01:20:55.120> the<01
  • transparency as well. transparency as well.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mask if they are on campus, because it's just a school bill, right?
  • This is not like a grocery store bill or because you're using schools.
Bills: HB411, HB559
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 6th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • your plans after high school.
  • I am paging for Senator Fricks and my school that I go to is Alcoll High School.
  • I'm a senior in high school.
  • , and after that, hopefully, law school.
  • She's a freshman in high school at Mount Saint Mary High School, currently playing flag football.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 26th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is not an abstract policy debate for our teachers and school employees.
  • President would like to speak, Larry Carter, with the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and Schools.
  • This is not an abstract policy debate for our teachers and school employees.
  • If we want to recruit and retain school employees, then we have to act like it.
  • that doesn't report. requires, or it carries a penalty against any school that doesn't report.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Banking, Financial Services and Pensions REVISED: HB1182 - Removed Feb 17th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Banking, Financial Services and Pensions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, HB 2206 allows newly hired school resource officers to participate in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
  • Members, HB 3625 updates Oklahoma school districts' investment statute.
  • Local school boards retain full control through written policy and monthly review.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Julia attends a private school, a small public school.
  • of school attendance.
  • time, after school, on school release days, and in the summer.
  • I went to Minneapolis Public Schools, where we did not have school buses for the high schoolers.
  • Families don't have to wait for a school. school to report to us to receive services.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/3/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • schools.
  • school school year and the start of the school school year and we<00:35:58.880> provide<00:35:
  • > School<00:36:45.240> release<00:36:46.000> days after school time School release
  • But luckily, me advocating for that specific high school, I got that specific high school to get school
  • > the School to get school buses for the School to get school buses for the upcoming<00:39:08.480