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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Apr 15th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And just like other moving violations, a driver can take an educational course to remove these points
- In addition, the amendment also changes the structure of the current educational point-removing class
- A driver can take an educational course to remove these points, but the difference being at that they
- In addition, the amendment also changes the structure of the current educational point removing class
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development heard three bills after temporarily postponing SB 1524. The committee first took up CS for SB 1264, a broad economic development bill covering law enforcement recruitment bonuses, venture capital tax credits, data center tax exemptions, military land transfers, Space Florida procurement exemptions, and changes to regional planning councils. An amendment was adopted to remove sections tied to emergency management shelter plans so the bill would align with another measure. The main debate centered on the proposal to repeal regional planning council statutes; supporters argued the councils are duplicative and bureaucratic, while opponents said they provide valuable regional coordination, technical assistance, and grant support, especially for rural communities. The bill was reported favorably 13-1, with Senator Sharif voting no.
The committee then considered CS for SB 1348, which streamlines motor vehicle services by expanding the role of tax collectors as DHSMV agents. Three amendments were adopted: one making the scalping of driver and motor vehicle appointment slots a misdemeanor, one increasing penalties for texting while driving and requiring a new distracted-driving course to remove points, and one allowing veterans with DV plates to use a sticker instead of a stencil or imprint. The bill received supportive testimony from tax collectors and law enforcement-related groups and was reported favorably without opposition.
Finally, the committee heard SB 936, which directs the Department of Commerce’s workforce research bureau to conduct a recurring statewide study every three years on the effects of automation, robotics, and AI on Florida’s workforce. The sponsor said the study would have minimal fiscal impact and would help guide policy recommendations. With no opposition or debate, the bill was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned after brief closing remarks thanking staff and members.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Article II Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article II
Transcript Highlights:
- DSHS has proposed education, clinical, and community resources that are vital to ending this epidemic
- to boost the funding or we support the boosting of funding for the tobacco quit line for targeted education
- to keep vaping products from getting into young kids' hands, and we know that public awareness, education
- um, and see other programs like Say What and I've learned through those, my time with them that education
Committee:
House Appropriations - S/C on Article II
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article II Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article II
Transcript Highlights:
- HHS has proposed education, clinical, and community resources that are vital to ending this epidemic
- boost the funding or we support the boosting of funding for the Texas tobacco quit line for Target education
- And we know that public awareness, education, community support and family involvement are all effective
- Say What and see the other programs like Say What and I've learned through my time with them that education
Committee:
House Appropriations - S/C on Article II
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee Feb 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THE COMMITTEE EXTENDED DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- SECOND UP WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT IS GOING TO BE TALKING TO US ABOUT THE
- MY NAME IS AMELIA JOHNSON AND I AM THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
- HERE IN REGARDS TO THE RULEMAKING FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on State Government (2-6-25) - Upon Adjournment
Transcript Highlights:
- recognition that we recognize here in the Commonwealth, and I really do think it will help with our education
- c><00:05:12.560><c> help</c><00:05:12.880><c> with</c><00:05:13.039><c> our</c><00:05:13.759><c> education
- </c><00:05:14.560><c> Economic</c> it will help with our education Economic it will help with our education
Keywords:
Pledge of allegiance, roll call, welcome of new members 00:00:15
Consideration of HB 313 00:03:20, 958, all
Summary:
The House State Government Committee held its first meeting of the session, established a quorum, welcomed new members, and heard only one item of business: House Bill 313, sponsored by Representative Kim King. King said the bill would add a Kentucky History Month recognition and tied it to recent local anniversary celebrations, arguing it could support education, economic development, and tourism. Kentucky Historical Society Executive Director Scott Alvi testified in support, describing the proposal as part of a broader effort to create a legacy around the nation’s 250th anniversary, coordinate statewide history events, and promote heritage tourism.
Members asked why June was chosen and whether an emergency clause should be added so the measure could take effect in time for this June. King said June was selected because it aligns with Statehood Day and Boone Day and leads into July 4th, and she said she was open to the emergency-clause idea, though any amendment would need to be filed in writing later. The committee then voted on the bill and passed it 19-0, with no opposition. The chair noted the bill would next go to the House floor and closed by joking that the meeting was unusually short.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Children, Youth and Family Services Apr 8th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Children, Youth and Family Services
Transcript Highlights:
- guardianship, or adoption by the age of 16, it lists that these individuals must be completing secondary education
- or enrolled in some sort of postsecondary education program or employed 80 hours a month.
- If they're wanting to continue their education, I would be very supportive.
Committee:
House Children, Youth and Family Services
Keywords:
child care, licensing, definitions, foster care, child welfare, SB1983, resource family partner, resource family partners, Department of Human Services, DHS, foster homes, foster children, placement data, data sharing, de-identified data, aggregated data, sibling groups, placement disruptions, foster parent recruitment, foster parent retention
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- Just as a quick reminder, OSsM educates through three modes: number one, our residential school; number
- program at OSM- that we might get closer to that 288 mark, and then we would start giving that quality education
- decision for those students and their families to give up certain activities for this particular education
Committee:
House A&B Education Subcommittee
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- 1216 committee on education and 1459 committee on environmental safety and toxic materials.
- school based health and mental health services for students requires the California Department of Education
- reimbursement for for school-based health and mental health services including but not limited to the local education
Committee:
House Appropriations
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-04 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Thompson's legacy of service as a champion of education, and a tireless advocate for the scholarship
- , preservation, and education of Black history will always be remembered.
- Many of you have filed bills this session tackling housing and healthcare and public education and public
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, May 15, 2026 - AM
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, you have to have a master's in nursing education.
- Now, you have to have a master's in nursing education.
- Now, you have to have a master's in nursing education.
- </c> and what I learned is the more educated and what I learned is the more educated and<01:24:08.400
- </c> as the United States for educating as the United States for educating medical<01:42:17.000><c> graduates
Committee:
Joint Labor, Health & Social Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/14/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> of Education, of Education, 300<01:23:57.560><c> million</c><01:23:58.000><c> dollars</c><01:23
- You got to bring education here. You got to bring human services here.
- You got to bring education here. You got to bring human services here.
- </c> Um Perpich Center for Arts Education. Um Perpich Center for Arts Education.
- We are entrepreneurs, health care workers, educators, and public servants.
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- > State</c> accessible education material State accessible education material State Services<00:42:55.400
- That's Minnesota Department of Education.
- Currently, both are undefined in education law.
- Currently, both are undefined in education law.
- </c> I have moved it through education I have moved it through education finance.<01:12:16.680><c> I<
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
data broker, data brokerage, consumer privacy, personal data, data privacy, Minnesota attorney general, registration, public registry, civil penalties, enforcement, special revenue fund, privacy rights, data sales, data collection, consumer protection, chapter 325M, controller, processor, data broker registry, transparency
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force (7-24-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- experiences to uh work in educational experiences to uh work in the<00:04:35.280><c> contemporary</c
- We're among the only groups in the country that are providing this type of education. program that's
- As far as curriculum and education, there's nothing like that.
- :25.039><c> nothing</c><00:24:25.360><c> like</c> education, there's there's nothing like education,
- </c><00:52:00.240><c> in</c> on our team was trained and educated in on our team was trained and educated
Summary:
The Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force met with a quorum, adopted the minutes from the previous meeting, and heard a presentation from Western Kentucky University’s Disaster Science Operations Center. WKU described its multidisciplinary disaster science effort, including meteorology, emergency management, the Kentucky State Climate Center, the Kentucky Mesonet, and the Disaster Science Operations Center, which was created in 2021 and serves as an operational hub for forecasting, emergency planning, crisis management, training, and decision support. Speakers emphasized applied learning, student field work, partnerships with industry and event venues, and a five-year NSF/UK-led research project focused on weather hazards, disaster preparedness, and building a statewide disaster database to improve mitigation and resilience. Members asked about flooding, the relationship to EKU’s program, Tennessee’s capabilities, and the timeline and goals for the research project; WKU said the data collection is underway and that the evidence suggests tornado risk is shifting east and occurring more at night.
A WKU graduate student also described the value of hands-on storm-chasing and operational forecasting experience, saying it helped prepare her for work in forecasting and emergency management. Members asked about her motivation for joining the program and about the practical realities of storm chasing. The discussion also touched on whether Kentucky’s tornado risk is shifting east; WKU said the evidence from tornado observations and other studies points in that direction, with added concern about nighttime events and communicating warnings to vulnerable communities.
The task force then heard from Amy Shaquinn of the Mayfield Graves County Long-Term Recovery Group, who outlined the county-level recovery process after the 2021 tornadoes. She said Kentucky ranks among the top states for federally declared disasters, has seen a high number of tornadoes in recent years, and also faces major flood risk and earthquake concerns along the New Madrid fault. Shaquinn stressed the distinction between immediate response and long-term recovery, explaining that response covers rescue, cleanup, temporary housing, and short-term assistance, while recovery is the longer effort to restore survivors to safe, sanitary, and secure housing through local long-term recovery groups. She said community-led recovery is essential and that preparedness and mitigation follow once immediate recovery needs are addressed.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 3/24/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> serve the Commissioner of Education. serve the Commissioner of Education.
- and set up our IG team at the Department of Education.
- In 2024, the legislature of Education.
- In fact, um, in the education department's student longitudinal education data system, SLEDS, is probably
- </c><01:06:25.520><c> In</c> In fact, um, in the education department's student longitudinal education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 02/18/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Special education funding comes July 1; it gets drawn down by districts. How do we make a budget?
- Special education funding comes July 1; it gets drawn down by districts. How do we make a budget?
- And I am kind of wondering that in other places too, if we don't change special education laws in the
- state of Minnesota, but we don't have special education funding, then what happens and how long can
- My name is Willie Jett, and I have the privilege to serve as the commissioner of Education.
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/05/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- RCTC, or Rochester Community and Technical College; Riverland; Mayo Clinic; Hawthorne Education Center
- This is not just about getting education; it is about the jobs that go with it, changing families and
- I'm not one who doesn't see the importance of high demand and, you know, high-education and IQ-driven
- and IQ driven you know high education and IQ driven job<00:37:30.680><c> but</c><00:37:30.839><c> I<
- educated, but training is also education, right?
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jul 9th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- throughout the United States regarding injury prevention through safety and health information, education
- They specifically Health information, education, training, and advocacy.
- preventable deaths at work, in homes, and communities, and on the roads through leadership, research, education
- sessions, and through my work on youth behavioral health, I have heard from parents, clinicians, educators
- It's designed, on occasions at certain times in a young person's public education, for the school system
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming
Transcript Highlights:
- more that have been awarded to Massachusetts and organizations including public and private higher education
- Of electric vehicles, particularly for moderate-income drivers, and then invest in education to combat
- And locally, we work to improve public sentiment around offshore wind through education and pushing back
- As I know the legislature has long supported, we can also very importantly continue to educate the public
- building the projects that we’ve been working with our communities to do the outreach for and the education
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on the impact of the Trump administration’s federal climate policy changes on Massachusetts, with a focus on threatened grants, regulatory rollbacks, and state options to continue climate work. Chair Creem and other senators emphasized that Massachusetts still has a 2050 net-zero mandate and needs contingency plans for clean energy, transportation electrification, offshore wind, resilience, and financing if federal support is reduced or withdrawn.
Executive branch witnesses said Massachusetts has already experienced disruptions to more than $1 billion in climate-related federal funds, though many suspended grants were restored after litigation by the Attorney General’s office. EEA reported continued uncertainty around a $389 million Grid Innovation Program award and a FEMA dam-safety reimbursement, while MassDOT said its NEVI fast-charging program remains on track with about $50 million obligated, but a $14.4 million competitive charging grant is on hold and future unobligated NEVI funds remain uncertain. Senators also discussed EV rebates, charging infrastructure, the role of the Community Climate Bank, and whether the state can expand independent financing and support for municipalities, higher education, and nonprofits.
The Attorney General’s office described successful multi-state litigation that won a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the federal funding freeze, restoring access to many EPA, DOE, USDA, and Interior funds, while noting continued enforcement actions over FEMA manual reviews and other barriers. The office said it is also preparing to defend the endangerment finding, California vehicle-emissions waivers, offshore wind permits, and other federal climate protections. Outside advocates warned that federal tax-credit rollbacks, tariffs, and possible repeal of IRA and infrastructure funding could slow EV adoption and raise costs, while offshore wind testimony said federal permitting pauses and legal challenges are delaying projects and could leave Massachusetts far short of its 2030 offshore wind goals. Nonprofit witnesses also described canceled or delayed grants for wetland restoration and urban heat mitigation, and urged the Legislature to increase state funding, including for the environmental bond bill and municipal vulnerability preparedness work.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Administrative Rules Committee Jun 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- One of these was people coming from out of state needing continuing education.
- We had previously required 10 hours of continuing education for each year.
- The same with Proposal 5, that was just to identify education for electricians.
- The same with Proposal 5, that was just to identify education for electricians.
- And also, next week, the Ethics Commission is having some education on the issue.
Summary:
The Administrative Rules Committee met on June 11 and first approved the March 12, 2026 minutes by voice vote. It then granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rules tied to recent legislation, including North Dakota’s participation in the physician assistant licensure compact and a new physician nutrition continuing education requirement. The Board said it was waiting on compact rules and fee information before finalizing its own changes.
The committee heard a lengthy presentation from the Office of Management and Budget on broad personnel rule revisions, including salary administration, recruitment, leave, sick leave, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR language and implement recent legislation such as enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions and new hire leave. Members questioned the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but OMB and counsel said those standards come from statute, not the rules. The committee also heard and accepted rule packages from the Lottery, the Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, the State Electrical Board, the Industrial Commission, PERS, and Health and Human Services, with each agency describing mostly technical, clarifying, or statutory-conforming changes and noting the public notice and comment process.
The most significant action came during the Gaming Commission rules presentation. After questioning whether the commission had authority to raise the poker tournament buy-in limit from $300 to $1,500, members moved to void Section 99-01.3-09-01 on the ground that the agency lacked statutory authority for that change. The motion passed on a roll call vote. The committee also discussed several gaming-related issues, including online raffles, kiosk use, advertising restrictions, and the broader policy question of whether charities should be allowed to own bars, but took no further formal action on those topics.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- And third, it strengthens oversight by expanding the board to include behavioral health, higher education
- going to create a professional path under licensing, which will also connect individuals to higher education
- Also connect individuals to higher education. So what we'll see is more accountability.
- a dual purpose: the individuals that are beginning their career as a peer support specialist, it educates
- And by connecting that to our higher education pieces, which are those certified universities like LSU
Bills:
HR174 , HR194 , HCR98 , SB39 , SB124 , SB190 , SB236 , SB270 , SB273 , SB359 , SB415 , SB426 , SB437 , SB451
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Keywords:
fenbendazole, cancer treatment, public health, FDA, clinical trials, patient safety, visual acuity, student health, de-identified data, longitudinal analysis, education policy, SNAP, food stamps, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, grocery delivery, delivery fees, service charges, online grocery, food access, food insecurity