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LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget May 31st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, you really won't see the increase because that number was based on the 12,000 students, which was
- And the number of students, that this wouldn't go down, the number wouldn't go down?
- I just want to ask you about the students, and I didn't see them.
- And then the number on the right-hand side is the actual amount of students that would be impacted by
- So how many students are going to be impacted? 541. Okay, and this is throughout the entire state?
Summary:
The committee first heard a fiscal status statement from the Office of Planning and Budget showing that updated Revenue Estimating Conference forecasts reduced the FY26 general fund excess available from $292.6 million to $179.7 million, with lower revenues across the five-year baseline and larger out-year imbalances. With no questions, the statement was approved.
Members then reviewed several Facility Planning and Control items, including approval of a new $3 million LSU Health Sciences Center project in New Orleans funded by self-generated revenues, a $343,600 increase for HVAC upgrades at the Louisiana War Veterans Home in Jackson, and a $700,000 increase for Southern University’s A.A. Leno Law Center addition. The committee also received informational change-order reports and approved Louisiana Economic Development contract extensions for Zender Communications and Graham Group, as well as a Department of Education contract amendment for the Louisiana Gator ESA program with Odyssey after questions about the contract’s up-to amount and procurement process.
The Sabine River Authority sought approval for a $9.5 million increase to its operating budget and its 2026-2027 budget, explaining the increase was tied to taking over the Cypress Bend Resort hotel and related property; members asked about long-term self-sufficiency and local support, and the items were approved favorably. The Louisiana Department of Health received approval for 15 HERO Fund grant awards totaling about $4.6 million to support 541 new health care credentials statewide. The Water Sector Commission’s recommendations were also approved, including $619,850 more for St. Mary Parish Water and Sewer Commission No. 5 and emergency subfund support for the city of Tallulah, conditioned on a limited fiscal administration order. Finally, members reviewed an agreement between the LCTCS Board and its Facilities Corporation under Act 35, and the meeting adjourned without objection.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture - 02/25/2026
Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- So we are absolutely celebrating the fact that in our incoming class of students this year, 12% of our
- students are coming to us with an FFA background.
- So we are absolutely celebrating the fact that in our incoming class of students this year, we have 12%
- of our students are coming to us with an FFA back. incoming class of students this year.
- We have 12% of our students are coming to us with an FFA background. Wow.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Summary:
The Senate Agriculture Committee met and first took up five bills. It reported S.593 (land used in agricultural production), S.879A (the Garden Protection Act), S.3277 (transfer-on-death beneficiaries for farming implements), and S.4754 (creating an Office of Urban Agriculture). S.1529A, the Carbon Farming Act, was moved to the Finance Committee. The committee briefly discussed S.4754, with Senator Borrello asking about its status and members noting strong support for urban agriculture and food-system resilience; the bill was then reported to Finance by voice vote.
The committee then heard from Julie Suarez, Associate Dean for Land Grant Affairs at Cornell CALS, who described Cornell’s role in research, extension, and public service across New York agriculture. She highlighted Cornell’s economic impact, growth in FFA participation including new urban chapters, dairy investment, and the potential of the maple industry, while emphasizing the need for continued agricultural science funding to address climate change, invasive species, and market challenges. She also pointed members to Cornell programs supporting food entrepreneurs, soil health, small farms, veterans entering agriculture, and community integrated pest management.
Members asked questions about tick increases, with Suarez attributing them to deer, rodents, climate change, and invasive species, and said Cornell’s community IPM program offers landscaping and prevention guidance. She also explained Cornell’s land-grant and contract-college structure, including its statutory mission and state support. The meeting ended after members expressed interest in further outreach and informational sessions, and the committee adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 27 by King willing to the courses of personal finance literacy and economics for high school students
- women's children's health HB 5 15 by talks clear relating to the public school policies regarding student
- , referred to the Subcommittee on County and Regional Government, HB 538 by Reynolds, relating to student
- the school district's grace period policies and the provisions of school meals for public school students
- HB 593 by Bernal... ...relating to the compensatory education allotment for homeless students or students
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- These are important bills to ensure those working with our students are skilled and highly experienced
- They carry forward, enriching the lives of every student we teach.
- They carry forward, enriching the lives of every student we teach.
- Every day I assess and refer students and staff to primary care, mental health clinics, and services
- Every day, I assess and refer students and staff to primary care, mental health clinics, and services
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Service
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Service held a hearing on a wide range of credible service and retirement-related bills, with testimony largely focused on allowing public employees to buy back prior service time or receive more appropriate retirement classifications. Bills discussed included retirement buyback for Joint Base Cape Cod firefighters (H. 4317), clarification of call firefighter buyback rights (H. 2883/S. 1915), veterans’ buyback (H. 2957), a Bridgewater State University police death-benefit/heart-law issue (filed by Rep. Gallagher), unpaid parental leave buyback for municipal employees (H. 2946), school nurse creditable service (H. 2887/S. 1787), former private/parochial school teacher buyback (S. 1900/H. 2873), Massport police retirement classification (S. 1888), contract employee buyback (H. 2795), Retirement Plus late entry (H. 2792), CVTE/teacher-related buyback issues (H. 2762), Peace Corps/AmeriCorps creditable service (H. 2927), and institutional school teacher retirement fairness (H. 2757). Several speakers also referenced related bills for teachers and nurses that had been heard previously or were filed in parallel in the other branch.
Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bills. Speakers argued that the measures would correct inequities, recognize prior public service, and help recruit and retain workers in hard-to-fill public jobs. Firefighters described the unique federal-to-state transition at Joint Base Cape Cod and said some members were left out of earlier buyback opportunities. Veterans, teachers, school nurses, correctional educators, and Massport police all described service requirements, administrative gaps, or outdated statutory language that they said unfairly limited retirement credit or placed them in the wrong retirement group. Several witnesses emphasized that the proposals were fiscally responsible because employees would pay the cost of the buybacks, and some noted that similar bills had been filed repeatedly in prior sessions.
Committee members asked a few clarifying questions, mostly about why certain employees had been excluded under current law or how the retirement provisions would work. No opposition testimony was presented. The hearing concluded after all scheduled witnesses testified, with the chairs thanking participants for their service and the committee voting to adjourn.
CT
Connecticut 2026 Regular Session
Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee June 17th Meeting Jun 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This is for students—special education students with behavioral health issues, right?
- So that may include a range of students with a range of disabilities, from mental health disabilities
- So we're looking at it from the broad lens that this can include, should include, any of those students
- And we're looking at what subgroups these are good for, whether there are some groups of students with
- So that's the angle of it, not like kind of the mental health side, though it may include any student
Summary:
The meeting began with approval of the May minutes and then moved into administrative updates on several 2025 legislative workstreams. Staff reported progress on two marketing efforts tied to the youth mental health crisis: one focused on increasing awareness and use of urgent crisis centers, and another broader crisis-continuum campaign led by United Way. Both projects are refining materials based on working-group feedback and aim to have materials ready before the start of the school year. Updates were also given on the UCC private insurance review and the crisis continuum review, both of which are gathering data and reconvening working groups over the summer.
The main discussion centered on a Civic Solutions Group update on Medicaid school billing. The contractor explained that the project is examining why Connecticut schools are not billing for behavioral health and related services, with the goal of maximizing federal reimbursement. Members clarified that the study is about schools billing for services, not private providers billing in schools. Questions focused on whether Medicaid has caps or authorization issues when students receive services both in school and in the community, and whether recent federal or state changes affect billing. The contractor said the work is still in data collection and analysis, and that some issues, such as reauthorization procedures, were outside his scope. Participants also raised concerns about perceived barriers, fee-for-service limitations, and the need to distinguish school-based billing from provider billing.
A second major presentation came from Disability Rights Connecticut on a separate legislative study concerning behavioral health issues affecting students receiving special education. The subgroup is examining the feasibility and impact of requiring evidence-based interventions, especially for challenging behaviors that can lead to restraint and seclusion, and is also looking at monitoring and random audits of restraint and seclusion practices. The team described its project plan, including literature reviews, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and data requests from the State Department of Education and other stakeholders. Members emphasized that the work is aimed primarily at private providers under the statute, but may have broader relevance. Questions from the group focused on whether the study would include public schools, how evidence-based practices apply to students with intellectual disabilities and autism, and whether caregivers or parents would be interviewed; the presenters said caregiver input is not currently part of the charge. The meeting ended with reminders about the July 15 meeting, which will include a Solnit briefing, and a note that August TCB meetings will not be held, though a workshop on the Connecticut Children’s Behavioral Health Provider Survey is being planned for late July or early August.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Scott continues to lead with a focus on student-athlete success, championship culture, and the enduring
- These exceptional college students have been selected to participate in the Governor's Fellows Program
- in the Louisiana government, a highly competitive opportunity for student leaders to experience public
- Members, this is dealing with the student ID of the post-secondary system, the LA Wallet, no charge to
- the students if the schools want to use them.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Prescott is currently home to over 3,400 students, and the nation's... by visionaries John Paul Riddle
- Prescott is currently home to over 3,400 students, and the nation's Prescott is currently home to over
- 3,400 students and the nation's only College of Business, Security, and Intelligence.
- And whereas today, Embry-Riddle enrolls over 32,000 students annually, East Asia.
- The Prescott campus is the proud home of just over 3,400 students. Dr.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and recognition of the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Corinna Saldana. The chamber also received a proclamation honoring Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s centennial and a visit from university representatives, and briefly highlighted the House softball championship trophy. Early business included a motion to return SB 1113 to the Senate for further amendment and a motion to reject Senate amendments to HB 2133 and send it to conference committee.
The House then considered a series of Senate bills in Committee of the Whole. Bills receiving due pass recommendations included SB 1038, SB 1042, SB 1133, SB 1327, SB 1431, and SB 1447. SB 1429 and SB 1566 were amended before receiving due pass recommendations. SB 1124, SB 1167, SB 1214, SB 1315, SB 1635, and SB 1763 were also amended and recommended for passage, while SB 1501 was retained on the calendar. Debate focused especially on SB 1327, concerning foreign funding and public universities, SB 1315, concerning school-law enforcement interoperability plans, and SB 1635, which opponents argued was overbroad and threatened speech and community safety efforts.
After the Committee of the Whole report was adopted, the House placed several bills on third reading and then passed SB 1067, SB 1160, SB 1235, SB 1620, and SB 1668. Recorded votes showed SB 1067 passed 1-0 with six not voting, SB 1160 passed 32-23 with five not voting, SB 1235 passed 45-10 with five not voting, SB 1620 passed 48-7 with five not voting, and SB 1668 passed 55-0 with five not voting. The House adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty Two - Wednesday, April 15 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They are the proud parents of my intern, Mizzou student John Burdenson.
- Mizzou student John Burdenson. I would like the House to make them feel welcome.
- So safety, privacy, dignity for all students—those are issues that we need to look at.
- And then not to require students to sleep or use the restroom in a space of the opposite sex.
- to move into a female student dorm, the students have a cause of action against the entity, because
Summary:
The House first established a quorum, then took up several bills for perfection and printing. House Bill 2297, a fence-law bill, was presented as a way to let livestock owners enter up to 10 feet onto neighboring property to repair fences, remove trees and debris on the fence line, and avoid trespass liability while repairing damage caused by livestock escaping. Supporters said the measure addresses a real rural problem and protects farmers who are already responsible for keeping animals contained; the bill was adopted and perfected and printed after debate over property rights and access concerns.
The chamber then considered House Bills 2142 and 2058, a film and television tax incentive measure. Supporters said Missouri’s film credit program has produced strong economic returns, created jobs, and attracted productions, and they argued for combining separate film and TV funding buckets while removing a proposed sunset extension. An amendment to keep the sunset at 2029 was adopted, and the bill was then adopted, perfected, and printed. The House also took up House Bill 3004, a hardwood labeling bill requiring products sold in Missouri to be labeled accurately as wood or non-wood materials; supporters framed it as truth-in-advertising and protection for the state’s timber industry, while one member questioned how the law would apply to online and out-of-state sellers. The bill was adopted and perfected and printed.
Next, the House considered House Bills 3283 and 3306, which set a timeline and process for public-sector collective bargaining disputes, including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, and defined “good faith” in bargaining. An amendment narrowed the bill so it would not apply to teachers, police, or other excluded public employees under existing law. Supporters said the bill would prevent years-long contract disputes and save taxpayer money, especially for firefighters and other first responders; the substitute was adopted and perfected and printed.
Finally, House Bill 2536, a bill on sex-designated restrooms and other private spaces in government-controlled settings, drew extensive debate. The sponsor said it was intended to protect privacy and safety in restrooms, changing rooms, sleeping quarters, schools, airports, correctional facilities, and similar spaces, and an amendment clarified exceptions for corrections officers and other public safety duties. Opponents argued the bill would target transgender people, create enforcement problems, and rely on signage rather than preventing crime; supporters said it was needed to protect women and girls. The amendment was adopted, and debate continued on the bill as amended.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 28th, 2026 at 03:08 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And we've got some incredible students who are coming to New Mexico.
- So I mean, like, how did the reporting go to this to the student? Do they get a 1099 form?
- One high school student last... ...the past 30 days.
- My name is Bo Wilson, and I am a leader with Students Demand Action.
- My name is Bo Wilson and I am a leader with students demand action.
Committee:
Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs
Keywords:
Medicaid, healthcare, medical education, salaries, graduate education, clinician pay, health sciences, education funding, faculty salary, University of New Mexico, healthcare funding, general fund, state budget, New Mexico legislation, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, 996
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/14/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- Too many college students also suffer from suicidal thoughts.
- Through fear and haze, students were sharing pictures of a fellow student on social media, reporting
- students were carrying guns.
- I'm also a gun owner and the father of a college-age student.
- So the only students who could legally carry are those 21 years of age or older.
Summary:
The committee began with lengthy testimony and affidavits criticizing the Arizona State Bar, with speakers alleging selective discipline, due process problems, and retaliation against attorneys who take controversial cases. Committee members questioned the witnesses and discussed whether the bar and court system properly oversee attorney discipline, but no action was taken on that testimony.
The committee then considered several election-related bills. SB 1037 would impose stricter security requirements on voting and tabulating equipment, including no internet access, tamper-proof seals, chain-of-custody documentation, nonstop video at accounting centers, and criminal penalties for violations; it passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1038 would require rapid public release of cast vote records, but an amendment changed the timing and transmission process; the amended bill passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1040 would expand public access to voter registration rolls through an internet portal and a read-only format; it also passed 4-2 with one not voting.
The committee next approved SB 1039, which would allow attorneys who prevail in bar discipline matters to seek damages for reputational harm and lost earnings; it passed 4-2 with one not voting after extensive discussion about bar procedures, interim suspension, and whether attorneys can practice while under investigation. SB 1053, reducing concealed carry permit fees for Arizona residents, passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1057, requiring ballot paper fraud-countermeasure features, also passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1060, removing a voting exemption for U.S. citizens who have never resided in the United States, passed 3-2 with two not voting. The committee then heard SB 1061, which would lower the fentanyl threshold for enhanced sentencing from 200 grams to 9 grams; testimony focused on whether the bill would sweep in users as well as dealers, but the transcript ends before a vote is taken.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-23 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm very sad to say that we also have some students here from FSU who witnessed the shooting.
- She was in the student union on Thursday when the shots rang out.
- students experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
- This also creates the institutional housing plans for at-risk students.
- The namesake of this bill is Brooke Curry, an 18-year-old high school student.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and moments of silence, including tributes related to the FSU campus shooting, Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, John Thrasher, the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and visiting student and community groups. The chamber then moved into special order bills and adopted a resolution honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim. A number of measures were taken up and passed, including child care and early learning provider regulation updates, false reporting/swatting penalties, health care billing and collection protections, hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren, young adult housing support for foster and homeless students, the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, trust fund interest rules for IOTA accounts, transportation-related changes, public records exemptions for AHCA investigators, JQC employees, and appellate court clerks, municipal water and sewer utility rates in Miami-Dade, motor vehicle offenses involving obscured plates and impersonating law enforcement, trespass at large-scale ticketed events, refund of patient overpayments, stem cell therapy standards, insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives, pre-arranged transportation services, and the Uniform Commercial Code update for digital assets.
Several bills were amended before passage, often by substituting House companions and adopting late-filed amendments. The transportation bill was significantly revised to remove speed-limit increases and utility-related provisions while adding beach equipment removal, flood-wake enforcement, expectant mother parking permits, and local regulation of micromobility devices; it passed 37-0. The trust fund interest bill drew the most debate, with supporters arguing it right-sized a volatile funding stream for legal aid and opponents warning it would sharply reduce support for legal aid organizations; it passed 28-10. The municipal water and sewer rate bill also prompted extended debate over fairness, fiscal impact, and accusations of racism, but passed 36-2. Public records exemption bills for AHCA investigators, JQC employees, and appellate clerks passed with varying margins, with supporters emphasizing safety and anti-doxing protections. One bill on cardiac emergencies and another on education were temporarily postponed.
Most measures were adopted by wide margins, often unanimously, after brief sponsor explanations and little or no debate. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the late USF coach Amir Abdur-Rahim and recognized several visiting groups in the gallery. After completing the day’s special order calendar, the Senate recessed for lunch until 1:30 p.m. or on call of the President.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Kamehameha School graduate, class of 2007, I am pleased to introduce 25 eighth grade social studies students
- </c> eighth grade social studies students eighth grade social studies students from<00:01:26.720><c>
- In the gallery today, we have some hardworking students from W.
- In the gallery today, we have some hardworking students from W.
- Just want to add that we want to thank the students for serving the cowboy stew and for all of those
Bills:
SB2350 , SB2349 , SB2178 , SB2101 , SB2373 , SB2905 , SB3231 , SB3296 , SB2704 , SB3162 , SB2885 , SB2174 , SB3256 , SB2333 , SB2713 , SB2100 , SB3012 , SB2805 , SB2102 , SB2478 , SB2103 , SB3233 , SB2678 , SB2461 , SB2645 , SB3247 , SB2005 , SB2022 , SB2083 , SB2128 , SB2130 , SB2240 , SB2306 , SB2547 , SB2603 , SB2756 , SB2782 , SB2818 , SB2944 , SB2982 , SB2986 , SB3022 , SB3031 , SB3032 , SB3035 , SB3053 , SB3288 , SB2435 , SB2970 , SB2938 , SB3110 , SB3251 , SB3322 , SB2068 , SB2268 , SB3046 , SB2526 , SB2231 , SB2448 , SB2567 , SB3095 , SB3264 , SB3131 , SB3069 , SB3180 , SB2119 , SB2137 , SB2209 , SB2180 , SB2949 , SB2431 , SB2410 , SB3199 , SB3245 , SB2274 , SB2277 , SB2175 , SB2080 , SB2799 , SB2491 , SB2310 , SB2489 , SB2925 , SB2709 , SB17 , SB2227 , SB2887 , SB2006
Keywords:
agriculture, aquaculture, livestock, agribusiness, Department of Agriculture, regulatory functions, employee benefits, restorative practices, sustainability, environmental stewardship, local food systems, Native Hawaiian, workforce development, industrial hemp, Hawaii, Native Hawaiian practices, regulation, cultural stewardship, economic development, organic waste
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Pro Forma Floor Session Jan 23rd, 2026
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It is totally fantastic on this Friday of you standing here in a tie that I donned as a graduate student
- Fantastic on this Friday of you standing here in a tie that I donned as a graduate student lobbyist for
- Winning the NCAA championship, as we heard, 19 students from within this state, going on the road, entering
- It is totally fantastic on this Friday of you standing here in a tie that I dawned as a graduate student
- Winning the NCAA championship, as we heard 19 students from within this state, going on the road, entering
Summary:
The Senate met briefly and handled routine business, including approval of the previous day’s journal and referral of several bills and committee reports. Among the measures mentioned were SB 5720 (Uniform Debt Default Act), SB 6194 (allowing hospitals to refer to Ways and Means), SB 5931 (redirected to Rules), and SB 6294 (redirected to Ways and Means). The chamber also received messages from state officers and the House on several bills, including House-passed substitute SB 1066 and substitute HB 1187 and HB 1345.
The main substantive action was adoption of Senate Resolution 8666, which recognized the University of Washington men’s soccer team for winning the 2025 NCAA championship, the program’s first. Senators spoke in support of the team’s achievement, highlighting the players’ Washington roots, the coaching staff, the team’s hard work, and the inspiration the championship provided. The resolution passed by voice vote.
After adopting the resolution, the Senate welcomed members of the UW team and staff to the gallery and recognized them on the floor. No roll call vote was taken on the resolution, and the Senate adjourned until Monday, January 26.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 03:29 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Engrossed House Bill 425 to repeal the provision allowing students to transfer from one school to another
- bill would allow an optional local program where juniors and seniors in high school or homeschool students
- Engrossed House Bill 5048, to ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement
- President. ...require that vocational education agricultural programs be offered to all students, only
- Beginning in grade 8, for students in foster care, the availability of the post-secondary transition
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/26/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Military Affairs and Border Security
Transcript Highlights:
- students.
- So I want you guys to listen to us students when we ask you not to embolden ICE further.
- students.
- So I want you guys to listen to us students when we ask you not to embolden ice further.
- So many high school students have been showing up and know that you are wrong.
Committee:
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Expenditures for the public schools educational support programs division of student support for fiscal
- support, transferring monies from the Idaho Career Ready Students Program Fund to the Idaho High Need
- Student Fund, transferring monies from the driver training account to the Idaho High Need Student Fund
- And I think it's unlikely that those students would be willing to move to that school for just part of
- This bill is the trailer bill to Senate Bill 1288, which was the high-needs student funding bill.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- She was in the student union on Thursday when the shots rang out.
- youth and students experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
- This also creates institutional housing plans for at-risk students.
- This also creates the institutional housing plans for at-risk students.
- The namesake of this bill is Brooke Curry, an 18-year-old high school student.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests, students, advocates, and a resolution honoring the late USF men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. Senators also observed moments of silence for victims of recent campus violence and for former FSU President John Thrasher. The chamber then moved to special order bills, with several members explaining measures and, in some cases, substituting House companions before final passage.
Among the bills passed were measures updating child care and early learning provider regulation; strengthening penalties and cost recovery for false reporting and swatting; extending protections against extraordinary medical debt collection; expanding hazardous walking condition criteria for schoolchildren; creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students; and requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to disclose which accommodations they will provide. The Senate also passed a bill adjusting interest rules for trust accounts funding legal aid, after extended debate over the impact on legal aid funding and banking practices, and a transportation package that was heavily amended to address issues such as school bus camera hearings, beach vehicle use for equipment removal, flooded-street wake restrictions, expectant mother parking permits, micromobility regulation, and traffic signal modernization.
The chamber also approved public-records exemptions for Agency for Health Care Administration investigators, Judicial Qualifications Commission employees, and appellate court clerks; a municipal water and sewer rate bill affecting Miami-Dade residents near a plant; motor vehicle offenses involving impersonating law enforcement and obscured license plates; trespass penalties at law-enforcement-controlled locations and large ticketed venues; refund requirements for patient overpayments; stem cell therapy authorization with source and consent limits; and insulin administration authority for direct support professionals and relatives in group homes. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, and motor vehicle manufacturer/franchise dealer legislation. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, though the trust fund interest bill drew notable opposition and passed 28-10, and the Family Empowerment Scholarship bill passed 37-1.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy Committee 2/19/25 - Part 2
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- of decides how they're going to handle that, but for the most part, if there's a challenge to that student
- </c><00:02:32.599><c> data</c> um and just like any other student data um and just like any other student
- </c><00:03:16.239><c> I</c> can turn into law for our students I can turn into law for our students I
- </c> of the actual numbers of student of the actual numbers of student athletes<00:23:35.799><c> that
- It's saying that only girls, only female students, can play on female teams.
Committee:
House Education Policy
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Opening Day Floor Session 01-15-2025 10:00am
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Those are kids over there, students.
- </c><00:37:30.720><c> you</c><00:37:30.880><c> have</c> prek as a k through2 student you have prek as
- a k through2 student you have better<00:37:31.560><c> educational</c><00:37:32.760><c> outcomes</c><
- </c> apprenticeships to have these students apprenticeships to have these students in<00:38:17.240><c
- Care about those students. Their lives matter, but that's the way that we move change.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> not delivered the outcomes our students not delivered the outcomes our students deserve.<00:36:40.080
- ,</c> meaningful participation by students, meaningful participation by students, parents,<00:39:38.160
- </c> approaches best suited for the students approaches best suited for the students in<00:40:54.000>
- </c> the communities that know their students the communities that know their students best. best. best
- </c><00:45:13.320><c> I</c> them to support student learning. I them to support student learning.