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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first is creating the wage recovery program and the wage recovery account.
  • The first component is the wage recovery program.
  • The stated purpose of the program is to allow the department to disperse funds to unpaid low-wage employees
  • The employee attests that without relief from the program, they will suffer immediate economic harm,
  • The bill requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee to evaluate the program and submit
Summary: The Labor and Workplace Standards Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 2479, the Wage Recovery Act, which would create a wage recovery program and account to provide limited advance payments to low-wage workers facing immediate hardship from unpaid wages, while also changing how L&I prioritizes wage complaints and increasing civil penalties for willful wage violations. The bill was described as a consensus product of a labor-business work group, and testimony from the sponsor, work group members, business groups, and labor organizations was strongly supportive, emphasizing faster wage recovery, better enforcement, and a balanced approach to wage theft. No one testified in opposition. The committee then moved into executive session and took action on several bills. It reported out House Bill 291, extending employee contact-information sharing requirements to all state agencies; House Bill 2105, as amended, on notice requirements for I-9 audits and related records; House Bill 2107, as amended, on L&I notice to employers after construction-site hazard inspections; House Bill 2151, as amended, on factory-built housing and inspection standards; House Bill 2190, on compensation for language access providers for missed appointments; House Bill 2303, as amended, prohibiting employer requests or coercion for microchip implantation; and House Bill 2345, as amended, adjusting paid family and medical leave premium allocation to address an IRS-related issue. The committee also deferred action on House Bills 2191 and 2218. Several amendments were adopted during executive session, including technical and policy changes to HB 2105, a carve-out in HB 2151 for certain prefabricated enclosures used for energy equipment, and removal of administrative enforcement from HB 2303. Final votes were largely bipartisan, with most measures passing on voice vote or by recorded vote and receiving due pass recommendations.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Jan 13th, 2026

Education Pre-K - 12

Transcript Highlights:
  • But specifically, Florida law already directs patriotic programs in schools.
  • We allow school districts to adopt rules to require programs of patriotic nature to encourage greater
  • But specifically, Florida law already directs patriotic programs in schools.
  • We allow school districts to adopt rules to require programs of patriotic nature to encourage greater
  • It creates the Autism Education Loan Forgiveness Program, and I'm so excited about this.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Oct 1st, 2025

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • For the past several years, We have been operating these programs that are specifically for those who
  • And then the second part of this bill relates to the exchange and the affordability programming that
  • This current program may not provide any kind of subsidies for me, correct?
  • And so that would mean the existing programs that we have in place, as well as this program for those
  • Madam Chair and Representative, our programs already do that.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, I have concerns, just like anybody else, that sometimes programs get abused.
  • The California Small Business Technology Assistance Program, SVTAP, needs more robust protections in
  • Karen Nelson, VP of Programs with the California Asian Chamber of Commerce.
  • And four, creates temporary relief for the state's largest small business technical assistance program
  • and establish a small-business utilization program to increase small-business participation.
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact met on July 11, 2025, and heard six measures focused on small business contracting, ports and trade, local economic development, clean energy transition, tariff impacts, and infrastructure finance. SB 70 would raise the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act contract cap from $250,000 to $350,000 and index it to inflation; supporters said it would reflect current economic conditions, while opponents argued it could reduce transparency, favor larger firms, and strain small businesses’ ability to carry inventory and wait for payment. The bill was approved 7-0 to Appropriations. AJR 14 urged federal agencies to consider the effects of tariff policy on California ports, with testimony emphasizing impacts on cargo volumes, jobs, supply chains, and infrastructure needs; it passed 7-0. SB 781 would require cities and counties to adopt small business utilization plans and strengthen the California Small Business Technical Assistance Program; chambers of commerce and committee members supported it as a way to expand procurement opportunities and technical assistance, and it passed 7-0 to Local Government. SB 227 would extend and expand the Green Empowerment Zone in Contra Costa County, add environmental justice representatives, and extend authorization to 2040; it passed 7-0 to the floor. SB 263 would direct the California Transportation Agency to study the statewide impacts of tariffs, with supporters from the ports, retail, and trucking sectors arguing that better data is needed to guide budgeting and policy responses; it passed 7-0 to Appropriations. SB 769 would create the Golden State Infrastructure Fund to finance major infrastructure projects through a revolving public-private investment model; supporters said it would help address long-term infrastructure needs and prepare for major events, and the bill passed 6-0 to Appropriations after opposition was withdrawn. All measures were reported out of committee, and the meeting adjourned at 10:39 a.m.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 18, 2025 - 09:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • need to fill them to really fulfill our responsibilities and implementation of our early learning programs
  • It starts in the program offices.
  • Once they've selected a candidate, then the program office has them complete all the paperwork.
  • But now if it was a new program, that may do it.
  • I'm proposing that we align the procedural processing of these two programs.
Summary: The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee met for two workshops. The first focused on vacant positions in the Division of Early Learning and the Department of Education. Committee members reviewed vacancy reports, including long-vacant positions and positions that had received discretionary pay adjustments. Division and department officials said many vacancies were being filled, advertised, or under review, but acknowledged persistent recruitment and retention problems, especially for engineering, legal, finance, IT, and other specialized roles. Members questioned whether some long-vacant positions were still necessary, whether overtime and workload were being affected, and whether outside contracting, cross-training, combining positions, or eliminating some vacancies could help. Officials said they were considering those options and noted that hiring has become slower and more difficult since the pandemic, with lower applicant volume and more competition from other agencies and private employers. The second workshop addressed draft legislation related to school choice scholarships and the FEFP. The chair said the committee’s prior hearings raised concerns about student identification numbers, cross-checking between districts and scholarship organizations, duplicated FTE reporting, delayed district payments, scholarship payment timing, and inconsistent data sources. She said the proposed language is intended to standardize scholarship processing and improve accuracy and efficiency while preserving the long-standing FEFP principle that funds follow the student. She also said funding scholarship students below the line would not solve the identified problems and could create disparities. The draft would align processing for the Family Empowerment Scholarship and Florida Tax Credit Scholarship programs and would reduce add-on weights by 50% while keeping the current policy structure. No votes were taken. The chair invited further comments and said the draft budget and legislation would continue to be refined before rollout. The meeting adjourned without objection.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Mar 12th, 2025

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • I just do have to jump on and say, in particular, thank you for including the adult day care program.
  • I just do have to jump on and say, in particular, thank you for including the adult daycare program.
  • And say, in particular, thank you for including the adult day care program.
  • It encourages green infrastructure projects through the Resilient Florida grant program.
  • basically green infrastructure projects through the resilient Florida grant program.
Committee: Senate Rules
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 108 on administrative procedures. That bill, as amended, would require agencies to review all rules on a five-year cycle, submit regulatory plans and annual reports, publish intended agency action within 90 days of new rulemaking authority, improve public access to incorporated materials, and streamline rule publication and correction procedures. After brief testimony from the Florida Bar’s Administrative Law Section and support from Americans for Prosperity and the James Madison Institute, the committee adopted two amendments and reported CS for SB 108 favorably. The committee then approved several other measures, including the Senate veterans package (CS for CS for SB 116), which made technical changes and was supported by veterans and advocacy groups; SB 118 on presidential libraries, which preempts local barriers while preserving state and federal law and building codes; CS for SB 126 allowing mail distribution of prescription hearing aids after a Florida-licensed professional examination; CS for SB 150, “Trooper’s Law,” making it a third-degree felony to abandon restrained animals during declared disasters; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice expansion for complex cardiac conditions; SM 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure; CS for SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process to remove unauthorized persons from commercial property; CS for SB 348 on ethics, addressing false military rank claims and delinquent ethics fines; SB 356 designating January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day; CS for SB 160 expanding CPA licensure pathways and clarifying administrative outsourcing; and CS for SB 50 promoting nature-based coastal resilience measures. Most of these bills received supportive testimony and were reported favorably. The committee also considered and reported favorably the annual reviser bills SB 36, SB 38, SB 40, and SB 42, which adopt the 2025 Florida Statutes, conform statutory names, remove expired provisions, and clean up obsolete language and cross-references. Throughout the meeting, members asked questions on a few bills, but no roll-call votes were recorded as opposed; each measure was approved and reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, senators requested that a few missed affirmative votes be recorded, and the committee adjourned without objection.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This program would be implemented similarly to the Tim Tebow rule that allows homeschooled athletes to
  • have priority for the Career Tech programs in their district.
  • They love being able to participate in the Career Tech program.
  • So it wasn't an integral part of the program, and I felt that this was a fair compromise.
  • They have first priority as far as attendance in the Career Tech program.
Bills: HB61 , HB327 , HB253 , HB297
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 4th, 2025

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The program over here is over-subscribed.
  • Every year, the program is oversubscribed with more projects than we have funding for, but it's a good
  • So that's how I find out about all the grant programs, all the rulemaking, and all that stuff.
  • There are other programs out there, so that's what I'm curious about.
  • Programs out there, so that's what I'm curious about.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/09/2025)

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> lower net costs to the Medicaid program lower net costs to the Medicaid program that<03:38:23.840
  • So, this allows us to have the program.
  • Um, and there are very good program.
  • We have a whole host of program integrity aspects of the Medicaid program that look for fraud, waste,
  • We have a whole host of program integrity aspects of the Medicaid program that look for fraud, waste,
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Committee Jun 24th, 2026

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 750 offers important updates to this program.
  • The portfolio reinvestment program was designed to decrease the risk...
  • So with the Portfolio Reinvestment Program, The Portfolio Reinvestment Program provides the capital for
  • It also ensures that this very successful program is...
  • It also ensures that this very successful program is being used.
Committee: Senate Housing
Keywords: 987, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - House Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • , including the ESA voucher program, and so with that I am a yes.
  • , including the ESA voucher program, and so with that I am a yes.
  • education that is an opt-out program instead of an opt-in.
  • Appropriate sex education that is an opt-out program instead of an opt-in.
  • Would you, and were you familiar with the ADOA grant program? Yes, sir.
Committee: House Education
Keywords: 1182, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • , and the Rural Strategic Engagement Program.
  • So there is no longer a program at DGS on telework.
  • We no longer have a program or resources for a program, but there's still a desire to reference how telework
  • I am a licensing program analyst in San Diego.
  • I work for a statewide program.
Summary: The subcommittee heard an informational update on the state’s generative AI implementation and related oversight. Administration officials said several proof-of-concept projects have moved into minimum viable product phases, including work at CDTFA and Caltrans, and that CDPH has a May Revision request for up to $8 million to scale up its healthcare facilities inspections project. The Legislative Analyst’s Office urged the administration to publish a report on lessons learned from each POC and recommended limiting the new generative AI approval process to a pilot through the first two rounds of projects, with continued monthly meetings and stronger legislative oversight. Members pressed for more transparency and questioned why the CDPH request was not included in January; the administration said the cost estimate was not available then and that only one project is seeking additional resources beyond existing departmental budgets. The committee then reviewed a proposed $400 million loan from the Labor and Workforce Development Fund to the General Fund. Finance and the Labor Agency said the fund has grown because civil penalty revenues have risen sharply, and the loan would be repaid in 2029-30 with provisional language allowing earlier repayment if needed. The LAO agreed the fund could support the loan but warned that recent PAGA reforms may reduce future revenues. Public commenters, including labor and community groups, argued the money should instead support labor-law enforcement and outreach programs such as CWOP, and urged rejection of the loan. Members also heard a Department of Industrial Relations request for $19.1 million for phase two of Public Works Information Technology System Enhancements, which officials said will support labor-law enforcement and apprenticeship registration. The department said the project was delayed because a prior procurement did not result in a contract award and that completion is now expected in October 2026. The committee then took up an EDD Next reappropriation technical adjustment to extend UI fund spending authority through June 30, 2026; the LAO said the request was fine but again raised concerns about oversight of the larger modernization effort, which EDD said now totals more than $660 million and is expected to continue through 2029. Finally, the committee discussed DGS’s request for new parking facilities near the May Lee Building and a trailer bill shifting statewide telework policy language from DGS to CalHR while also expanding NDI eligibility for certain CEA employees. The LAO said the telework trailer bill should likely go through the policy committee process instead of budget, and union and employee witnesses strongly opposed it, arguing it would undermine bargaining rights and could be used to narrow telework. In a separate item on the governor’s return-to-office order, administration officials said departments are being directed to move to a four-day in-office expectation starting July 1, 2025, but they had no statewide cost estimate yet because departments are still assessing vacancies, exemptions, and space needs. Members criticized the lack of analysis and said the state should have clearer numbers before moving forward.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CAA Info Briefing - Thu May 8, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that's different programming.
  • On public programming, we have resource.
  • we're</c><00:39:57.920><c> really</c> programming.
  • This year we're really programming.
  • </c> and so doing the series of programming and so doing the series of programming to<00:40:03.920><c
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The Committee on Culture and the Arts held an informational briefing with representatives from ʻIolani Palace and Bishop Museum to discuss how the Legislature can better support state-funded cultural institutions during the interim and into the next session. Chair Capella said the goal was to understand current needs, preserve Hawaiian culture and history, and expand educational access. No votes or formal actions were taken during the briefing. ʻIolani Palace’s representative described the Friends of ʻIolani Palace’s role as the nonprofit supporting repair, restoration, maintenance, and public education for the state monument. She said state operational funding and ARPA funds were critical to keeping the palace open, maintaining HVAC and other systems, and funding repairs that would otherwise fall to DLNR. She highlighted ongoing and planned projects including a fire suppression system, HVAC improvements, basement exhibit work, plumbing repairs, elevator replacement, etched glass restoration, and school-tour access. She also noted that a prior $150,000 CIP for windows and doors had not yet been released, and said the organization is exploring ways to bring more neighbor island students to the palace through transportation support, airline partnerships, and digital outreach. Bishop Museum’s representatives outlined the museum’s history, its role as the state museum of natural and cultural history, and its extensive collections in archives, archaeology, botany, entomology, zoology, and cryopreservation. They emphasized the museum’s work in preservation, research, environmental stewardship, and public education, including free access through Museums for All, daily programming, and cultural festivals and community events. They said state funding has been essential for staffing, IT security, fire suppression, and infrastructure needs, and that digitization of the museum’s 25 million objects is a major ongoing initiative to preserve and share Hawaiʻi’s history and knowledge.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HRE Public Hearing 03-11-2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • University of Hawaii and appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii system for various nursing programs
  • > first</c><00:01:25.799><c> to</c><00:01:26.079><c> testify</c><00:01:26.960><c> we</c> nursing programs
  • and first to testify we nursing programs and first to testify we have have have clemena<00:01:29.200
  • </c><00:03:39.599><c> in</c> various Conference Center programs in various Conference Center programs
  • The member says all they are looking at now is getting one new data-processing program, or another program
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Higher Education met on March 11 and began with House Bill 442, which would appropriate funds to the University of Hawaiʻi system for nursing programs. University of Hawaiʻi representatives testified in strong support, and several additional supporters submitted testimony. Members asked about a similar Senate measure, and the witness confirmed the university supported that bill as well. No opposition or vote was recorded on HB 442 during the excerpt. The committee then heard House Bill 1169, a housekeeping measure concerning the University of Hawaiʻi Conference Center revolving fund. Testimony explained that the bill would consolidate existing Conference Center statutes into one centralized fund statute and allow campuses to use the fund more broadly. Members raised no questions, and no vote was taken in the excerpt. House Bill 185, which would establish a plant-based building materials working group, drew the most discussion. The Department of Agriculture said it supported the intent but wanted baseline research before a larger working group was formed. Supporters argued the measure could help develop a homegrown industry using bamboo, hemp, and other plant materials, create green jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Several members questioned whether a formal working group was necessary and whether the work could be done without new legislation. The University of Hawaiʻi later estimated the bill’s requested work would cost about $150,000 over two years to analyze crop options and report findings. The final measure discussed in the excerpt was House Bill 1320, which requires the University of Hawaiʻi to collect, analyze, and publicly report graduate outcome data and develop a Graduate Outcomes Dashboard. University officials said they already use some data sources but lack a dedicated data-visualization specialist and need additional capacity to consolidate and present the information. Members questioned the need for new positions and funding, arguing the university should use existing resources and that students already have many ways to explore careers. Supporters responded that the dashboard would help students and the state better understand postgraduate outcomes, workforce needs, and program value. No final action or vote was shown in the excerpt.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Public Works and Highways (03/04/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> saving performance contract program saving performance contract program which<00:45:33.359><c> is
  • </c><04:01:17.279><c> being</c> asked him about uh that program being asked him about uh that program
  • </c> effectiveness of the training programs effectiveness of the training programs and<04:12:39.399><
  • program program you<04:50:42.120><c> might</c><04:50:42.360><c> know</c><04:50:43.200><c> that</c><04
  • </c><05:31:59.840><c> you</c> its programs 70 80 plus programs you its programs 70 80 plus programs you
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented its capital budget process and priorities, explaining how agencies assess facility needs, rank projects, and submit requests to the governor’s office. DAS described its Plant and Property division, which maintains 96 state buildings, and Public Works, which develops detailed cost estimates for selected projects. Officials said the governor’s office has traditionally narrowed requests into priority tiers, but this year all projects were estimated, creating more work and less detail. They also emphasized that the capital budget book functions as legislative intent and can be binding on how approved funds are used. On the substance of the request, DAS highlighted several priorities: continued funding for the state ERP system upgrade to the cloud, with about $5 million requested for sustainability and related Treasury functions; emergency fund and annex renovation work; a sprinkler replacement at DMV; and elevator repairs at the main building. Karen Rocky also identified maintenance projects that rose in priority after a facility condition assessment, including HVAC work for Portsmouth Circuit Court and Coos County Courthouse, boilers and controls for Carroll County and Lebanon Circuit Court, brick repointing at the main building and annex, window replacement at Spalding, and Brown building elevator replacement. Officials noted that the governor’s proposed capital budget included fewer DAS projects than in past years and no projects for the Bureau of Court Facilities. The committee also discussed lapses and reprogramming of prior appropriations. DAS said the first eight projects approved in 2023 remain under construction and should be extended, while many 2021 projects are delayed because of ARPA-related workload and broader construction backlogs. Members reviewed a 2019 project list and agreed to lapse project number 49, the Spalding roof project, with about $81,000 remaining. DAS also said some small 2019 balances, including courthouse generators, a boiler, cooling and controls, roof and exterior repairs, and the State House Annex elevator, could be redirected through Capital Budget Overview toward the Hillsboro County South Cell Block project. The hearing ended with questions about project schedules, ARPA deadlines, and the division of authority between DoIT and DAS for the ERP system.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Apr 7th, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're just getting prepared for getting this program underway.
  • It's a pilot program. Follow-up. Thank you.
  • It's a voluntary program. They have to download the app. Any more questions?
  • I'm the program manager for Oklahoma Task Force One for the team out of Tulsa.
  • The language in the bill has it as a grant program. Follow-up.
Summary: The Public Safety Committee met and first held House Bill 3045. It then heard and passed several bills, beginning with HB 1250, which creates a public safety technology revolving fund for Attorney General grants to support the Blue Jay pilot program, a voluntary traffic-stop safety app. Members questioned whether the fund would actually be financed this year and how municipalities would be selected; the author said no funding source was yet identified and the bill was only creating the fund. HB 1250 passed 8-0. The committee also passed HB 2710, creating the Oklahoma Emergency Communications Act and a 15-member board to develop a strategic plan for improving emergency radio communications among state, local, and tribal agencies. The author explained the bill was meant to address communication gaps and interoperability problems, with no fiscal impact. HB 3831, dealing with Oklahoma Task Force One, drew extensive discussion over its funding structure and blank appropriations language. The bill would place the urban search and rescue team in state law and seek a reliable funding source; members discussed the team’s statewide disaster response role, its Tulsa and Oklahoma City bases, and a carve-out excluding wildland firefighting. It passed 8-0. Other measures approved included HB 4408, which sets a protocol for calculating and directing savings from State Questions 780 and 781 into the proper drug diversion account; HB 1002, requiring law enforcement to inform stalking victims about certified domestic violence program advocates; HB 3008, extending the sunset date for the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence to 2031; HB 3086, requiring the Department of Corrections director to keep the Board of Corrections informed about budgets and inmate deaths; HB 3595, creating a DPS revolving fund for counties and municipalities to buy vehicle-barrier equipment to prevent crowd-vehicle attacks; HB 3678, expanding electronic-harassment protections for public officials to include municipal officials and school board members; HB 4107, establishing penalties for unauthorized activation or misuse of emergency warning sirens; and HB 3695, revising the definition of great bodily injury in a DUI-related context. HB 3595 passed 6-1 and HB 4107 passed 6-2; the other bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously after brief questioning and debate.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 25th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • With this program, I have a chance.
  • It does not create a new program, and it does not expand or restrict the current one.
  • This legislation applies to an existing program and operates within current resources.
  • It gives us the opportunity to express our support of the state's cloud seeding program.
  • We urge the committee to support this bill and ensure that the program is funded.
Summary: The committee first confirmed Michael Lyndon of Post Falls to the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and then heard several water-related bills. Senate Bill 1304 would clarify ditch easement rights by allowing ditch owners to inspect, maintain, and relocate diversion structures within an existing easement without written landowner permission, while still requiring permission to move anything outside the easement. Senate Bill 1306 would fix a timing issue in irrigation district exclusion petitions by replacing an automatic approval trigger after 150 days with a more structured hearing and appeal timeline. Senate Bill 1305 would let water districts, if authorized by a patron resolution, charge specific property owners for costs tied to updating water-right ownership records instead of spreading those costs across all users. Senate Bill 1307 would repeal and consolidate overlapping code chapters on lateral ditch management into one chapter, adding definitions and clarifying election, appointment, and maintenance rules for lateral users associations and water delivery entities. All four bills received do-pass recommendations, though one senator reserved judgment on SB 1304 to consult local property-rights concerns. The committee also considered House Bill 511, which would raise the cap on the Idaho Department of Lands’ improved-parcel wildfire preparedness surcharge from $40 to $100 per year. The sponsor and department said the fee supports wildfire readiness, equipment, training, and rapid initial attack in growing wildland-urban interface areas, and industry witnesses supported the increase as modest and necessary. The bill passed the committee on a do-pass motion, with Senators Cole and Hart voting no. Finally, Senate Bill 1269 would update Idaho’s cloud seeding statute by adding definitions, formal reporting and public meeting requirements, accountability provisions, and clarification that state standards govern the program. Supporters said the bill would improve transparency and preserve the existing program without expanding it, while one virtual witness testified against it. Several members said they wanted more transparency and further discussion, but the committee still sent the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 3, 2026 - 08:00 AM

Education & Employment Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's expanding the Guardian program to allow post-secondary institutions to opt in to the program.
  • I am hesitant. about the Guardian program. And so I'm going to have to make a decision.
  • The Guardian program has had 100 percent success. There hasn't been a single accident.
  • The Guardian program gives them the option, not the requirement.
  • We currently have it through the work release program. This bill will put it behind the wall.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-29

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • One of the programs I started was. It's called Blue in the School.
  • The program is an absolute gem, but the building and leaves so much to be desired.
  • but crazily complex program.
  • This leads us to our 2025 capital program.
  • Our hazardous waste permitting program sets by the legislature in the appropriate program dollar amounts
Bills: HF3220
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • THIS GIVES FLEXIBILITY TO THE PROGRAM AS WELL. THAT IS THE BILL. >> Chair: ANY QUESTIONS?
  • EVERY OTHER MANAGED CARE PROGRAM IS UNDER ACHA. THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO HANDLE IT.
  • IT EXPANDS THE CURRENT MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAM FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN.
  • THAT THE DAYCARE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN.
  • ACHA IS HANDLING THE WHOLE PROGRAM NOW IT IS JUST THAT IT IS IT MADE THIS TRADITION ADMINISTRATIVELY
Keywords: 999, senate, all