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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 27th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- When power goes unchecked, our freedoms erode and the trust in our institutions erodes.
- Like the many generations before us who fought for a variety of our freedoms, attendance in this moment
- We do not defend freedom by violating rights.
- Now, the ratings agencies and most other government finance experts from around the country and academics
- This is a significant amendment that allows the railroads the freedom to better control where detection
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- to give y'all 2 hours on the calendar no more, but we will give you one cuz you had a right, the freedom
- </c> had a right the freedom of speech. had a right the freedom of speech.
- </c><02:10:46.480><c> affairs</c> institution that handle academic affairs institution that handle academic
- And in his interview process, the professors said, "I didn't have the academic background that you have
- </c><02:14:30.760><c> background</c> "I didn't have the academic background "I didn't have the academic
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WLA-EDU, EDU Public Hearings 02-18-2026
Water, Land, Culture and the Arts
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:28:13.840><c> That</c> campus system academic strategy.
- That campus system academic strategy.
- <c> programs</c><00:47:20.319><c> and</c> president for academic programs and president for academic
- </c> no contact order, if they want academic no contact order, if they want academic adjustments,<01:
- Um so I actually traveled our freedoms.
Bills:
SB2003
Committee:
Senate Water, Land, Culture and the Arts
Summary:
The joint committees on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts and Education heard testimony and discussed SB 20003, which would require the auditor’s report under Act 255 to include a recommendation on whether the Monarch Stewardship and Oversight Authority is fit to continue managing Monaca lands. Testimony focused on the bill’s reversion language, the role of the auditor, and whether the measure gave the auditor too much discretion without clear criteria. The Office of the Auditor’s position, read into the record, was that it had strong reservations because the bill did not provide standards for assessing fitness and asked that the requirement be held or amended. Other testimony suggested a work group with relevant agencies and Hawaiian practitioners to manage the transition and reduce conflict.
Committee members debated whether the bill should simply restore the original reversion language or also require an audit-based fitness determination. Several members questioned the need for a 2031 audit when Act 255 already provides for a performance and financial audit in 2031 and noted that the bill could shift authority away from the legislature. In response, the committee chair explained that the measure was intended to restore language removed during conference and to address the transition back to the University of Hawaii if the authority was not meeting the act’s purpose.
The committees ultimately recommended SB 20003 be passed with amendments. The amendments would strike the auditor/audit section, add language addressing timelines by providing a 10-year lease extension and sublease extension, and make technical changes including a defective date. The committees voted to adopt the amended measure and send it forward as an SD1.
The transcript also included a separate Education Committee hearing on SB 3286, which would require the University of Hawaii to develop a facilities and student housing master plan and report to the legislature. University of Hawaii testimony said the system supports the intent but that the bill’s requirements are a heavy lift across 10 campuses and should follow development of a broader academic strategy. Members raised concerns about deferred maintenance, shifting priorities, and the lack of a systemwide plan, while the university said it already has a six-year capital improvement plan but acknowledged it does not fully incorporate the broader academic and housing strategy the bill contemplates.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 5th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- It would cripple our nation and our freedom.
- The imperative is irreversible and our freedom them is in jeopardy.
- So next, we will hear from the Governor's Small Business Freedom Council.
- Certainly if that is accompanied with an academic F. academic A, I don't know that I am bothered by that
- It comes out every year. about the same time that we post A-F academic ratings.
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 024 Feb 6th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- These operations included Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Thank you, Wayan. the fight for freedom continues. Let us the fight for freedom continues.
- Across defend our freedoms and values.
- </c> and continued a life of freedom and continued a life of freedom until<01:58:44.080><c> just</c><
- . freedom. freedom.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, February 23, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Outstanding Ag Teacher of the Year Award, and express gratitude for his passionate commitment to the academic
- Outstanding Ag Teacher of the Year Award, and express gratitude for his passionate commitment to the academic
- Outstanding Ag Teacher of the Year Award, and express gratitude for his passionate commitment to the academic
- Bless those who defend our freedoms, those who serve in our communities, and those who struggle quietly
- BLESS THOSE WHO DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS, THOSE May this chamber be guided not only by power, but by conscience
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 12th, 2025
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Important places that every child should be able to access for their well-being, as well as their academic
- When we say free, that comes with certain freedoms that we have.
Committee:
House State Government
Keywords:
HB141, Alabama, state employees, salary deductions, payroll deduction, State Comptroller, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, employee associations, state payroll, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 36-1-4.3, public employees, union dues, benefits administration, payroll withholding, financial products, deferred compensation
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/19/2026 - Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The second is around academics.
- But the thing that I found lacking here was academics.
- They may not have the academics.
- And that’s not about academic, Senator Leach.
- And that's not about academic, Senator Leach.
Committee:
Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Summary:
The committee first heard a follow-up on the Arizona State Board of Chiropractic Examiners special audit. The Auditor General’s contractor reported that the board has made progress on most of the 28 recommendations from the 2024 audit, with 25 in process and three not yet implemented. Remaining concerns included complaint investigations not being resolved within 180 days, continued open meeting law compliance problems, and failure to consult the Attorney General’s open meeting law experts. The follow-up also identified new issues with posting disciplinary/non-disciplinary actions and maintaining a complete public records request log. Board staff said they had adopted new complaint timelines, subpoena limits, conflict-of-interest procedures, public meeting guidance, training, and a new licensing platform, and they described efforts to professionalize investigations and improve transparency. Members pressed the board on open meeting violations, complaint backlogs, lobbying activity, and the resignation of the board chair, while the executive director said the audit findings were being treated as a roadmap for reform.
The committee then received the January 2026 Arizona school district financial risk analysis. The Auditor General’s office said the number of highest-risk districts rose from two to nine, and districts approaching highest risk increased from seven to nine. The report highlighted common risk factors such as declining student counts, budget reserve problems, use of capital funds for operations, and weakening general fund positions. Tucson Unified was used as an example of a highest-risk district, with declining enrollment, reserve declines, and capital funds redirected to operations; Scottsdale Unified was cited as approaching highest risk. The office explained its web-based dashboard, district action plans, and ongoing outreach to affected districts.
Sierra Vista Unified School District superintendent Terry Romo then presented the district’s response to its financial risk designation. She said she inherited the problems, quickly developed an action plan, and is working to stabilize enrollment, reduce staffing through attrition, close an elementary school, freeze nonessential spending, tighten purchase controls, and renegotiate or cancel high-cost contracts. She also said the district is redirecting DAA funds, considering sale or lease of property, and improving communication with families through letters, videos, and enrollment outreach. Committee members questioned the district about declining enrollment, school safety, academic performance, and the pace of corrective action, while Romo emphasized that the district is trying to protect both students and finances and avoid returning to the high-risk list.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/19/2026 - Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Publish FAQ sheets for discipline, safety, academics, and transportation.
- The second is around academics.
- But the thing that I found lacking here was academics.
- They may not have the academics.
- And that's not about academics, Senator Leach.
Committee:
Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 29, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- back the clock decades to a time when Americans with disabilities were offered less choice, less freedom
- , and less less choice, less freedom, and less care.
- or regress to four years of freedom or regress to four years of failure.
- We rejoice in our freedoms, but we're not really free if we fail to protect and defend faithfully this
- and legacy of academic achievement at their school.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- So academic education, career and technical training, substance use treatment, and programs addressing
- They're still in the category they're in, but it's a vast difference in the freedom of movement that
- So we allow freedom of movement, freedom at dining—sit where they would like.
- Chapter 33 for incentive camps to allow them... ...in Chapter 33 for incentive camps to allow them more freedom
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Summary:
The Senate Criminal Justice Committee met with Vice Chair Smith presiding in Chair Martin’s excused absence. After opening remarks from several senators, the committee heard a presentation from Department of Corrections Secretary Ricky Dixon on the state’s incentivized prisons program and related population-management efforts. Dixon said the department now operates eight incentivized prisons, which use enhanced privileges and programming for well-behaved inmates, and reported major reductions in disciplinary reports, staff assaults, inmate-on-inmate assaults, and uses of force compared with average institutions. He also described administrative management units for more disruptive inmates, short-sentence correctional institutions for those with less than a year to serve, and a reentry strategy that places inmates closer to home within 18 months of release. Dixon said Florida’s recidivism rate has fallen to about 21 percent, among the lowest in the nation, and emphasized that staffing, programming, and facility repairs remain ongoing needs.
Committee members asked about access to education and workforce training, staffing levels, contraband, technology upgrades, heating and air-conditioning maintenance, and whether incentivized prisons could be expanded. Dixon said educational access is improving but remains limited by eligibility and staffing, that the incentivized facilities are at capacity, and that expansion depends on adding more administrative management unit beds. He also said the department is increasing use of technology, improving maintenance oversight, and continuing efforts to reduce contraband and improve staff recruitment and retention. Several senators praised the department’s work and urged more funding for prison infrastructure and officer pay.
Public testimony largely supported the incentivized prisons model while calling for more seats, better staffing, and broader reforms. Family members of incarcerated people said the facilities were safer, more stable, and better for rehabilitation, though they asked for more programming, better treatment by staff, and clearer access to education and release-related opportunities. A Florida PBA representative emphasized that programs can only succeed with safe staffing levels and better pay and retention for correctional officers. No formal committee vote or bill action was taken, and the meeting ended after public testimony and closing remarks.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/17/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #6
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair and members, HB 2830 requires the State Board of Education to adopt academic science standards
- conversations about who should be in charge of their own bodies when it comes to reproductive rights and freedoms
- Freedoms. I think that would be a much better use of our time and energy and resources. Thank you.
- This pattern of labeling dissent as terrorism is a scary escalation of rhetoric that endangers the freedoms
- This pattern of labeling dissent as terrorism is a scary escalation of rhetoric that endangers the freedoms
Summary:
The caucus reviewed a long calendar of House bills across education, health, water, land, housing, labor, public safety, and taxation. Several measures dealt with artificial intelligence, including bills on AI disclosures for minors, AI-assisted divorce arbitration, an Arizona AI education program, AI privilege protections, and a required AI course in schools. Other topics included ESA administration funding, a prohibition on public money for certain foreign-controlled genetic sequencing devices, towing regulations, DUI and ignition interlock changes, health facility and nursing facility complaint timelines, internationally trained physicians, nurse anesthetist reimbursement, pharmacy penalties, childhood cancer research, cybersecurity encryption, school mental health instruction repeal, superintendent performance pay, adoption disclosures in student health settings, anti-Semitism in schools, and a range of water, land, and housing bills.
Members frequently raised concerns about local control, unfunded mandates, constitutional issues, and the scope of state intervention. Several bills drew criticism for affecting school curriculum, public education, reproductive rights, protest activity, or tribal communities. Others were supported as technical fixes, consumer protections, or funding measures. The caucus also discussed a series of bills related to the Mexican gray wolf, state land management, solar and wind siting, groundwater transport, and rural development, with some members objecting that the proposals would undermine federal protections or tribal interests.
A number of bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, including HB 2020, HB 2957, HCR 2044, HB 2352, HB 2667, HB 2906, HB 2093, HB 2386, HB 2481, HB 2830, HB 2076, HB 2411, HB 2136, HB 2665, and HB 2904. The meeting ended with an announcement of the Latino Caucus guest presentation and an emotional tribute to Reverend Jesse Jackson, followed by presentation of an Affordability Award to Representatives Lorena Austin and Stephanie Simacek for work on economic justice and working families. The caucus then adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:52 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And thank You, thank You for the freedoms that allow us to gather openly in this chamber and to open
- Thank You for the freedoms that allow us to gather openly in this chamber and to open with a word of
- They were awarded the Team Academic Award, which recognizes teams that maintain outstanding academic
- So your amendment will take that freedom away from the local school boards to decide how they are going
- We have the worst freedom index in the United States of America.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (11/12/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- There has always been freedom of the executive branch, for the governor's office, to reestablish whatever
- There has always been freedom of the executive branch, for the governor's office, to reestablish whatever
- There has always been freedom of the executive branch, for the governor's office, to reestablish whatever
- There has always been freedom of the executive branch, for the governor's office, to reestablish whatever
- So the the purpose of the academic.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She is a faith-driven speaker, creator, and worshiper with a bold heart for God, freedom, and truth.
- She inspires others to live courageously for Jesus and freedom.
- Teacher of the Year, an honor recognizing her exceptional dedication, leadership, and commitment to academic
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We are thankful again, Father, for this opportunity, for this land of freedom.
- Help us to keep those freedoms for all. And we say this in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
- for clinical excellence, leadership, and teaching, including the Common Health Spirit Excellence Academic
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the City of Lubbock is highlighting at it today, we thank you for the values of faith, family, and freedom
- that Texas will remain a shining city on a hill, a land of opportunity. and blessing where faith and freedom
- predominantly white institutions, black students were often isolated. denied access to social and academic
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- commerce today, the ties between Texas and the UK. have been built on shared values, respect for freedom
- comes from every... background imaginable, bringing a wealth of perspectiveness that enrich the academic
- thank Texans for Vaccine Choice for their crucial role in helping in our fight for essential medical freedom
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I would like to acknowledge that SB 465 is founded by an academic poster.
- For context, freedom is the bill.
- I'm the owner of Hope to Freedom Recovery Homes in Claremont, New Hampshire.
- </c><03:14:22.239><c> Recovery</c> was linked to Hope to Freedom Recovery was linked to Hope to Freedom
- Um, because Freedom is not FDA approved, there's no established safe dose.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 28, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- create centralized pacing guides and standardized expectations rather than giving teachers a lot more freedom
- Parents may disengage from schools, meetings, special education services, or academic support programs
- Parents disengaging from schools, meetings, special education services, or academic support programs
- schools that rely on punitive or law-enforcement-driven discipline see higher dropout rates and lower academic
- Section 6 specifies that a student may not be dismissed from a specialized charter school based on academic
Summary:
The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee took up CS for House Bill 1071, a broad education package described by the sponsor as updating transparency, parental rights, student safety, early learning accountability, scholarship oversight, and instructional program rules. The committee adopted two amendments without objection: one clarifying that Title I funds may be used for STEM programs, and another removing a prior provision related to canine dogs on school grounds. Members then questioned the bill’s provisions on student records transfers, instructional materials adoption and removal, educational emergency authority for low-performing schools, health education and a fetal development video, student-led organizations, FHSAA board language, lab schools, and rulemaking authority. The sponsor repeatedly said the bill was intended to improve accountability, keep education dollars focused on students, and give districts flexibility, while also noting that some issues would be addressed through future rulemaking or later amendments.
Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed. Many speakers argued the bill was an omnibus measure that bundled unrelated policies together, making it hard for families and educators to understand or meaningfully comment on it. Opponents also said it would increase school-law enforcement coordination, chill immigrant and mixed-status families’ participation, restrict DEI-related and student-led organizations, and impose controversial health and embryology content on students. Supporters, including the Christian Family Coalition and Florida Citizens Alliance, backed the fetal development video and the bill’s parental rights and funding restrictions, saying the content should be medically accurate and that schools should not fund political advocacy. Several speakers urged the committee to break the bill into separate measures.
In debate, some members praised the sponsor’s responsiveness but said they would vote no because of constituent concerns, especially around DEI, the fetal development video, and local control. Others supported the bill, emphasizing rulemaking, educational emergency flexibility, EpiPen access, early learning changes, and evidence-based math instruction. The sponsor closed by reiterating support for the bill as amended, saying the law enforcement provision had been removed, the embryology content would be opt-out with posted materials, state funds should not support political advocacy, and the bill would help with safety, accountability, and student outcomes. The committee then voted on the bill after debate, with the sponsor indicating support and members stating their positions during closing discussion.