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TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband Mar 24th, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- So those kinds of programs might be a little more offbeat.
- Um, now, going to the boot program, the Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas program, we certainly
- So we had over 100 applications for that program. Um, now this program was a county level.
- We've only awarded up to $28 million for that program.
- Yeah, I mean the funding of that program, are there other pro as you look at the programs you're working
Committee:
House S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- services program.
- . program. program.
- It's a program.
- It's a program.
- It's a program.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Evaluation & Accountability Program Jun 29th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Legislative Evaluation & Accountability Program
Transcript Highlights:
- , Early Learning, and the fourth is Program Support.
- Allowing the agency to create a new sub-program called Ferries Program Support, and that would consolidate
- consolidating that all into this one Program Support sub-program. ...it all into this one Program Support
- sub-program.
- that budget program.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It's an outstanding program that supports our young folks in their future endeavors.
- The department must establish criteria to implement the program by July 1st, 2028, related to program
- The criteria must also provide for coordination with other incentive programs and ensure that the program
- I've also overseen grant and loan programs.
- It also does not change the integrity of the Conservation Futures Program.
Summary:
The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee heard public testimony on Substitute Senate Bill 5971, which would create a green fertilizer incentive program to support low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer production in Washington. Committee staff and agency witnesses described the bill as implementing recommendations from a prior work group and said the Department of Agriculture and Ecology could develop the program, though Ecology recommended clarifying lifecycle emissions accounting, defining green fertilizer, and tying incentives to emissions reductions. Supporters, including a labor representative, Atlas Agro, NRDC, and TRIDEC, said the bill could reduce emissions, stabilize fertilizer prices for farmers, create jobs, and help Washington capture federal hydrogen tax credits. The committee also heard testimony on Substitute Senate Bill 6097, which would add federally recognized Indian tribes as eligible participants in the Conservation Futures Program; tribal, county, and land trust witnesses said the change would improve conservation partnerships, reduce transaction complexity, and better support stewardship of open space, farmland, and habitat. Public testimony tallies were read into the record for both bills, with strong support and opposition noted on each.
After the hearings, the committee took up executive session on three bills. Senate Bill 5919, encouraging fire districts and insurers to create voluntary incentives for wildfire mitigation and agricultural activities, was moved out of committee with a due pass recommendation on a 10-0 vote with one excused. Senate Bill 5816, adding juice grapes as a covered agricultural product under the Agricultural Marketing and Fair Practices Act, was also reported out with a due pass recommendation on a 10-0 vote with one excused. The committee deferred action on engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5838, which concerns membership on the Board of Natural Resources and includes tribal representation; staff explained a proposed amendment would reduce tribal seats to one and alternate east-west representation by term. The chair announced the next day’s hearing would start at 9 a.m. and reminded members to submit any amendments by 6 p.m. that evening.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Feb 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Some of the programs that could be impacted are the family health programs, 1.3 billion, infectious disease
- programs, 274 million, public health emergency preparedness, 162 million, and health community programs
- that could potentially be impacted, but under the Medi-Cal program. program.
- I've heard things like well, those are just going to be those programs that Whether it's a housing program
- , it is actually an earned program.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It varies from program to program.
- because the unified program will ensure that every youth begins robust, The unified program will ensure
- We also... ...to independence program because young people can't be in those programs at the same time
- We also independence program because young people can't be in those programs at the same time we also
- And we're going to start with 50 youth who will be eligible for this extended program, a pilot program
Summary:
The Senate Human Services Committee held a work session focused on housing and services for youth and young adults, especially those exiting public systems of care. DCYF Assistant Secretary Vicki Ibarra described existing supports, including family reconciliation services and the youth and young adult housing response team, which coordinates with other agencies to help young people ages 12 to 24 avoid homelessness. Office of Homeless Youth Director Casey Hannawer Sutton outlined the office’s role in reducing youth homelessness, citing a 40% reduction since 2016, expansion of services to 37 counties, and ongoing work on prevention and “functional zero” efforts. Treehouse and the Mockingbird Society testified about education, transition, and housing barriers for foster youth and young adults, including funding cuts to Treehouse’s Graduation Success program, eligibility gaps, and the need for peer supports, financial literacy, and housing stability. A health impact review from the State Board of Health on a prior version of the extended foster care housing proposal found the bill would likely improve housing stability, health outcomes, and equity for some young adults in extended foster care.
The committee then heard public testimony on Senate Bill 5911, which would stop DCYF from using Social Security benefits of young adults in extended foster care to reimburse the state for care costs. Sponsor Sen. Emily Alvarado said the bill would protect federal benefits that belong to the young person and help them meet basic needs; supporters from Partners for Our Children, TeamChild, Mockingbird Society, and a former foster youth testified that the current practice harms housing, education, and stability and urged the state to end it. Members discussed the need for financial literacy and the federal government’s recent direction discouraging the practice.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 5940, a two-year extended foster care housing pilot that would provide rental assistance for up to 50 eligible youth in extended foster care who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, with transition planning required before age 21. Sen. Wilson said the bill is intended to keep young people in care from having to choose between foster care support and housing assistance. Testimony from Mockingbird Society, current and former foster youth, and Communities in Schools supported the bill as a way to reduce homelessness and improve educational and health outcomes. The committee briefly heard Senate Bill 5942, which would rename the DCYF Oversight Board as the DCYF Accountability Board and shift its reporting structure while keeping its oversight role, and Senate Bill 5957, which would expand the Office of Homeless Youth Advisory Committee to include additional members with lived experience and representation from disproportionately affected communities.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 3/2/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> severe problems in this program. severe problems in this program.
- </c> seeing in this program. seeing in this program.
- </c> NEMT program. NEMT program.
- I mean, you're this this this program<00:48:01.160><c> integrity</c> program integrity program integrity
- </c> vulnerabilities in the programs. vulnerabilities in the programs.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- meet demand. program.
- Uh this program is our grants program.
- The program demand has been program.
- reduction to the program.
- program.
Committee:
House Education Finance
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine defense innovation and acquisition reform. Jan 28th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I think anywhere we can create authorities, if it's small programs, if it's programs that we know
- that can literally take a company from a $50,000 program in... one year to a $50 million program the
- It didn't come from the program offices. It actually came despite the program offices.
- programs to help homeless veterans.
- For very specific programs, programs I'll get back to that help homeless vets, nutrition programs for
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> assistance programs on a regular basis. assistance programs on a regular basis.
- It's all wrapped up in those programs that provide assistance for those programs.
- </c> order to qualify for these programs. order to qualify for these programs.
- programs we have.
- </c> program, we should focus on the programs program, we should focus on the programs we<00:52:58.640
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's um program.
- It's early childhood child care program.
- under the Agri program for MLEC.
- So you'll the green fertilizer program.
- Paragraph A is for county... school and early care program writer school and early care program writer
Bills:
HF2446
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, um, are the programs—how are they distinguished in one CTE program from another program?
- Those are supplemental funds that are used to support... program by program because there are program
- . program. program.
- </c> any CTE program. any CTE program.
- </c> cosmetology program. cosmetology program.
Committee:
House Education Funding
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Jun 18th, 2026
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- So that was the focus of our, quote unquote, welfare programming in Utah and why the TANF program, and
- I'll always maintain this, is a critical program to be part of your workforce... ...is a critical program
- Again, what Utah did was we didn't philosophically see TANF and SNAP and these programs as welfare programs
- They're not seen as workforce programs. ...being seen as welfare programs.
- They're not seen as workforce programs.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So we have multiple pathways for certification, including traditional programs, undergraduate programs
- , and our SESTA programs.
- Last year in this committee, we talked about and voted on a literacy program, an additional program to
- We also have alternative programs.
- ., which I would argue are like fast-paced programs, fast-track programs to get teachers in the field
Committee:
House Education
Summary:
The House Education Committee heard testimony on House Bill 515, sponsored by Representative Chris Matthias, which would require school districts to adopt procedures for reporting suspensions related to bullying, harassment, intimidation, and related conduct to families, while removing a prior state-level reporting requirement. Matthias said the bill is intended to help families respond quickly and to keep the focus on local school-level accountability; he noted earlier versions had included language about limiting access to means of harm and notifying law enforcement, but those provisions were removed after prior defeats. Quinn Perry of the Idaho School Boards Association testified in support, saying the bill improves communication and trust with families and eliminates redundant reporting to the Department of Education. The committee then voted to send HB 515 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee also received a presentation from Brooke Blevins of the Idaho Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the University of Idaho on educator preparation programs. She described collaboration among Idaho’s colleges and universities and said programs have expanded coursework and field experiences in classroom management, educator ethics, career and technical education, rural school preparation, literacy and the science of reading, and the ethical use of AI. Members asked about literacy instruction and the earlier state literacy funding, with several expressing concern that phonics and the science of reading had not been emphasized enough in the past. Blevins said higher education institutions are aligning with state literacy efforts and that the $50 million literacy initiative primarily funds Department of Education programs rather than universities.
Committee members also asked about teacher preparation pathways and workforce readiness. Blevins said Idaho has multiple routes to certification, including traditional undergraduate programs, alternative authorizations, alternative programs, apprenticeships, graduate programs, and CTE pathways, and estimated that about 63% of current Idaho teachers were educated through institutions like those represented. She emphasized early field experiences to help candidates determine whether teaching is the right fit and said institutions are studying student success across different educational settings. No further action was taken on the presentation, and the chair adjourned the meeting after reminding members to review the rules in their folders for the following week.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities And Communications Committee Apr 7th, 2026
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Transcript Highlights:
- So the program provides for the program.
- So the program provides for those parameters to begin with.
- So the program provides for those parameters to begin with.
- program.
- This change is necessary to allow the program to continue and to protect the program.
Committee:
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The program was created in 2000 by the Idaho Legislature, and you'll The program was created in 2000
- Ideal is a self-funded program governed by the State College Savings Program Board, which consists of
- While the program is officially called Ideal Idaho College Savings Program, again, you can use it for
- Ideal funds can wrap around these programs to pay for things these programs may not.
- First, I think this is a wonderful program.
Committee:
Senate Education
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Mar 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Our first topic is cannabis and tobacco programs.
- And three, it updates the programming language to current standards, which will enable easier programming
- This program, this tax credit, will leverage the existing low-carbon fuel standard program administered
- program, which is around $116... ...programs that are fairly popular, including the low-carbon transit
- Support Cal Competes' tax program.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 15, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We found that the educator preparation programs, once they graduate from their program as a licensed
- increase in program attendance.
- to states program.
- So existing programs like the programs.
- <02:27:24.720><c> within</c> program within program within >> for<02:27:25.280><c> us.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- the legislature would do in regards to looking at the programs to see which programs are most impacted
- , what programs are priorities for the administration, and what can be done to preserve those programs
- I think a subsequent question was about the programs that are being looked at, and those programs that
- Understand that there are programs that are falling off or programs that you're not seeing additional
- There's $200 million annually out of the cap and trade program that goes to forest health programs.
Committee:
House Budget
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
Press Conference: Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana Jul 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I have been for many years a proponent of this Teacup program.
- We need to do better for this program.
- The inequity of these two programs leaves the teacup in peril.
- It's when you set up a medical program or a recreational marijuana program, and make no mistake, what
- Program and sort of the lack of medical professionals participating in the program, talking to the patients