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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:58 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- And this is especially true for lower-income students who qualify for free and reduced meals.
- Families at all income levels are facing student loans.
- We spend about one third of your budget on students and two thirds On government, Mr.
- I think it's about $11,000 per student, right?
- So that's per student across the entire state, right? public education.
Bills:
SB2
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- also increase on incarcerated students also increase on average<00:07:20.000><c> by</c><00:07:20.440
- Students are not in an unsafe situation while any of these investigations are taking place.
- All of our students deserve to be safe. with students. Students are not in an with students.
- through our our interact with students through our our router<01:02:56.480><c> program.
- </c> router program. all of our students router program. all of our students deserve<01:02:58.319><c>
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 12 February, 2026; 9:30 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In attendance<00:24:33.120><c> are</c><00:24:33.240><c> students</c><00:24:33.760><c> from</c><00:24:
- 34.160><c> Radiologic</c> attendance are students from Radiologic attendance are students from Radiologic
- These are the Lamplighters student leadership team and the student council.
- We have the Secretary of State Student Ambassadors with teacher Alana Magliola, who is here today.
- <04:39:46.520><c> Ambassadors</c> Secretary of State Student Ambassadors Secretary of State Student Ambassadors
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- We have with us today some members of the UAMS student body of medical school.
- These are students that are interested in pursuing dermatology.
- being awarded 2026 Best in Class 3A and for the high standards and caliber of performance of its students
- Colleagues, I come to you today to recognize an exceptional group of student-athletes who have made I
- come to you today to recognize an exceptional group of student-athletes who have made our state proud
Summary:
The House convened to finish items from an adjourned resolution and spent the meeting recognizing a series of resolutions honoring public health awareness, community service, and athletic and academic achievements. House Resolution 1021 designated May as Skin Cancer Awareness Month, with the sponsor emphasizing that skin cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in the U.S., is highly preventable, and benefits from early detection. House Resolution 1020 honored Frederick Henry Middleton upon his retirement after 50 years of service to the City of Arkadelphia, and House Resolution 1022 congratulated the Rolling Razorbacks on winning their sixth Division II National Wheelchair Basketball Championship, with MVP Jeff Glassbrenner and Coach Jared Johnson recognized on the floor.
The chamber then adopted or considered multiple school-sports resolutions, including House Resolution 1033 honoring the Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School Patriots boys basketball team for winning the 2026 Class 5A state championship, and House Resolutions 1028 through 1032 recognizing Rogers High School teams for championships in girls cross-country, baseball, boys tennis, girls wrestling, and boys golf. House Resolutions 1040 and 1041 honored Mountain Home High School’s boys and girls cross-country teams for sweeping the 2025 Class 5A titles, and House Resolution 1044 recognized Mount St. Mary Academy’s Bell’s golf team for its third straight Class 6A championship.
Additional resolutions recognized the Central Arkansas Christian High School Choir for its first Best in Class showing at the state choir festival, Coach Dave Wilbers of Arkansas Tech University for his retirement after a highly successful women’s basketball career, Arkansas Tech’s Golden Suns cross-country team for winning the Great American Conference championship, and the North Little Rock Lady Charging Wildcats girls basketball team for winning the 2026 Class 6A state title. No substantive legislation was debated; the meeting consisted primarily of ceremonial presentations, brief remarks, and requests for favorable votes or title-only readings, and it ended with the House announcing it would reconvene at 1:00 p.m.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a UNM international student, double majoring in international studies and women, gender, and sexuality
- I was an academic student at Oxford at the time.
- There were a couple other PhD students at Dartmouth, UCLA, and others that were working on this, and
- I was an academic student at Oxford at the time.
- There were a couple other PhD students at Dartmouth, UCLA, others that were working on this and we were
Summary:
The Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee heard Senate Memorial 14, which calls on the Indian Affairs Department and the Commission on the Status of Women to conduct a comprehensive study of the history, scope, and continuing impacts of forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women and women of color. Sponsors and advocates said the memorial is intended to document harms that occurred not only in Indian Health Service facilities but also through other health providers, while being culturally sensitive and respectful of tribal sovereignty. Supporters described the issue as a reproductive justice, human rights, and Indigenous rights matter, and said the study could help lead to acknowledgment, healing, and possible reparative action.
Several witnesses gave personal testimony. Representative Caballero shared a personal experience in which she nearly underwent a hysterectomy after a miscarriage due to forms she was asked to sign while sedated, and said that experience motivated her support. Jean Whitehorse, a Navajo Nation member and daughter of a Navajo code talker, described being sterilized in 1972 after treatment at Gallup Indian Health Service and said the practice caused lasting trauma to Native families. Other speakers, including Elena Giacchi, Keeley Badger, Jennifer Raphael Gatz, Rachel Lorenzo, Alicia Carese Lobbius, Nasserian Olamako, Deanna Warren, and Kat Sanchez, supported the memorial and emphasized the need for survivor testimony, historical records, data gathering, informed consent protections, and culturally grounded healing.
Committee members asked about the difficulty of obtaining records and whether the information exists or is being blocked. Witnesses said access is limited, requests often need to come from official state or federal bodies, and many records may be sealed or difficult to retrieve. The Commission on the Status of Women said it could serve as the organizing entity for a three-phase process: gathering data, holding discussions with subject matter experts and survivors, and contracting with an Indigenous organization to prepare the report. After public comment and questions, the committee voted 4-0 to give Senate Memorial 14 a do pass recommendation, and the chair then recessed the meeting.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/12/2026 - State of the State Address
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, public schools get approximately $15,000 per student, charters $13,000 per student, and ESAs about
- $7,000 per student.
- stop the teacher exodus, to stop underfunding schools and letting them crumble, and to give our students
- Funding schools and letting them crumble and to give our students the tools they need to thrive.
- Freedom to venture to and from all four corners of our students.
Summary:
The transcript is the opening joint session of the Arizona Legislature’s 57th Second Regular Session, featuring remarks from House and Senate leaders and Governor Katie Hobbs. House and Senate leaders emphasized a conservative governing agenda focused on affordability, public safety, parental rights, accountability, school choice, election integrity, and water policy, while also highlighting plans for tax cuts and cooperation across chambers.
Governor Hobbs centered her address on the “Arizona promise,” stressing affordability, security, and freedom. She highlighted prior actions on job growth, medical debt relief, housing, public safety, border security, water management, and economic development, and announced new proposals including a middle-class tax cut package, a capacity and efficiency initiative to save state funds, a new active management area for La Paz County, a Colorado River Protection Fund, elimination of the data center tax exemption, a housing acceleration fund, and an Arizona Affordability Fund funded in part by a short-term rental fee. She also called for more accountability in the ESA program and for renewing Prop. 123 to support public schools.
The governor and legislative leaders also addressed political violence, honoring retiring Senator Lela Alston and recognizing public safety and firefighting personnel. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken in the session; it concluded with the joint session being dissolved after the governor’s remarks.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Investments in education are crucial, but if students are not in class, those investments go to waste—wasted
- It's about responsibility and doing all we can to ensure that students are on a path to a successful
- House Bill 2947 ensures students stay on track, parents remain engaged, and schools have the tools they
- In the past, when he was able to actually go to the municipal judge, they were able to hold students
- About one in five Texas students are being chronically absent for the 2022-2023 school year.
Committee:
House S/C on Juvenile Justice
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- student student to<01:11:11.760><c> override</c><01:11:12.560><c> all</c> to override all to override
- And this bill is helping to guarantee our students that authority.
- </c> guarantee our students that authority. guarantee our students that authority.
- </c><01:18:08.800><c> and</c> all ideological views of students and all ideological views of students
- </c> where you see the parent student where you see the parent student handbooks.<01:19:35.280><c> Those
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2020, the Bears donated $100,000 to the UCI School of Medicine to permanently support medical students
- </c> permanently support medical students permanently support medical students traveling<00:07:39.039
- These student athletes have shown what's possible through teamwork, discipline, and grit.
- The largest dollar-per-student-enrolled gift of any HBCU of her recent gifts.
- The largest dollar-per-student-enrolled gift of any HBCU of her recent gifts.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 3rd, 2026
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- the gym, and that three coaches responded immediately, two school nurses arrived within seconds, students
- Students<00:04:33.520><c> went</c><00:04:33.759><c> to</c><00:04:33.919><c> get</c><00:04:34.080><c>
- </c><00:04:35.040><c> The</c> Students went to get the nurses. The Students went to get the nurses.
- secure rest of the school was put in a secure perimeter.<00:04:37.120><c> a</c><00:04:37.280><c> student
- got her mom Rachel perimeter. a student got her mom Rachel who<00:04:39.199><c> works</c><00:04:39.440
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
underground damage prevention, one-call notification system, utility locating, excavation safety, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, utility lines, underground utilities, pipeline safety, gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, water utility, wastewater, cable television, locate request, premark, tolerance zone, positive response
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/07/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Students need to be able to fully participate in their schooling.
- That's I think what we're going for here. even as teachers and uh uh student even as teachers and uh
- uh student holidays<00:28:31.159><c> and</c><00:28:31.760><c> uh</c><00:28:31.960><c> assignments</c>
- </c><00:28:44.440><c> and</c> for a holiday for Muslim Students and for a holiday for Muslim Students
- </c><00:30:36.799><c> that</c> there was a a group of students that there was a a group of students that
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Today, these students are not just visiting, they are participating.
- Today, these students are not just visiting, they are participating.
- ><c> not</c><00:01:54.160><c> just</c> Today, these students are not just Today, these students are not
- ,</c> pride in that school, in its students, pride in that school, in its students, its<00:09:27.680>
- That is not a reflection of our students' potential, because we know our students can succeed, but it
DE
Transcript Highlights:
- collection, and oversight related to Title IX compliance in interscholastic athletics for Delaware students
- For Delaware students in grades 6 through 12.
- for collecting and reporting data on athletic participation, expenditures, and opportunities for students
- Ultimately, this bill helps to ensure that every student, regardless of gender, has a fair opportunity
- . of legal compliance, it is an investment in the success and well-being of Delaware students.
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
SB 293, youth camp, child care licensing, Office of Child Care Licensing, OCCL, American Camp Association, ACA accreditation, Purchase of Care, POC reimbursement, summer camp, school-age child care, child care exemption, Division of Public Health permit, Title 14, Delaware Department of Education, health and safety standards, child care provider reimbursement, summer child care, camp licensing, license exemption
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee approved the June 10 minutes and then heard House Bill 447, which would create a framework for voluntary child care cost-sharing partnerships among the state, employers, community sponsors, and families. Supporters said the bill is meant to help make child care more affordable and support workforce participation by using the existing Interagency Resource Management Committee to coordinate planning and funding. Committee discussion focused on how the tri-share model would work, who would participate, and whether it would reach lower-income families; no public comment was offered on the bill.
The committee then took up House Bill 300, as amended, which would establish a statewide Title IX coordinator within the Department of Education to provide training, technical assistance, data collection, and oversight for interscholastic athletics in grades 6 through 12. The bill’s sponsor and supporters said the position would help schools comply with Title IX, improve consistency, and make athletic participation and spending data more transparent; opponents or skeptics questioned whether a new DOE position was needed and whether districts were already meeting their obligations. The sponsor and witnesses responded that existing federal data are delayed and incomplete, that some Delaware schools have participation gaps, and that a state-level coordinator would provide needed support and accountability.
Public comment on HB 300 included testimony from the Delaware State Education Association, the Delaware Association of School Administrators, the Delaware School Sports Network, and the Office of Women’s Advancement and Advocacy, all generally supporting the bill or its goals. DASA noted it remained neutral but appreciated changes made in House Amendment 1 to reduce reporting burden. After public comment, the chair asked members to sign the bill release forms for the two bills heard, and the committee adjourned.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Caucus of the Whole - 2026-05-29 - 11:15AM
Vermont House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, the FY27 long-term weighted average daily membership—these are the weighted students within that
- So, it's either per student or total spending, if that makes sense.
- Um, so, you can see the dollar amount per student that is over the excess spending threshold.
- they're falling into the excess spending threshold, uh, is they are at Uh, is they are at $1 per student
- Those students need to be attending a public school or an independent school, or another school capable
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Number five, U of A Pulaski Technical College with Arkansas Student Loan Authority.
- Number five, U of A Pulaski Technical College with Arkansas Student Loan Authority.
- This is an original contract, and it is for the Student Loan Authority to provide student financial aid-related
- in 9th and 10th grade and 11th grade for free. ...to students in 9th and 10th grade and 11th grade for
- This is Amendment 8 to an existing contract, and this is for providing student transcripts and other
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/16/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Military Affairs and Border Security
Transcript Highlights:
- As a high school student, I recognize that our schools need continuous investment and attention.
- I see schools lacking the proper resources for quality education for our students.
- As a human being, I see that students cannot properly learn if they fear for their safety.
- I am an Arizona State University student. I am a Navy veteran.
- ... ...lives on both sides of this: lives when it comes to drugs coming into our country and our students
Committee:
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Keywords:
border security, drug trafficking, human smuggling, law enforcement funding, Arizona, public safety, immigration, military leave, national guard, employment rights, paid leave, disaster response, veterans services, education programs, funding, appropriation, Yavapai county, lawful presence, public programs, verification
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- And I appreciate them looking into that for those schools and those students.
- This is another way to help our students, help our parents. Gotcha.
- And I appreciate them looking into that for those schools and those students.
- This is another way to help our students, help our parents. Gotcha.
- That resulted in students' disqualification or prohibition.
Committee:
House Government Efficiency
Summary:
The Committee on Government Efficiency met in executive session and voted several bills due pass. House Bill 3136 passed 13-1, House Bill 2506 passed 14-0, and House Bill 1758 passed 14-0 after brief comments, including one member stating he would vote present because the issue divided the public. The committee then took up House Bill 2278, which was combined with House Bill 2403 in a House Committee Substitute. Members discussed and adopted a committee substitute and amendment creating an appeals board for MSHSAA-related eligibility disputes, with supporters saying it would provide a final, independent appeal option for students and parents and opponents raising concerns about process, timing, and gubernatorial appointments. The substitute for House Bill 2278 and 2403 was adopted and voted do pass 11-7, with several members voting no over concerns about independence and government oversight of a nonprofit.
The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 2877, which would create a new unemployment administration adjustment fund funded by a small portion of employer unemployment contributions, capped at $10 million annually, to reduce reliance on general revenue for administering unemployment insurance. Representative Voss said the bill would not raise employer costs or affect benefits, and Division of Employment Security Director Alan Andrews testified in support, saying the measure would help avoid general revenue exposure and keep the program self-sustaining. Members asked about the effect in a recession, the relationship to federal funds, and whether the proposal could become a precedent for other funds; no opposition testimony was offered.
The committee also heard House Bill 3428, a cleanup bill to move expired dormant funds back to general revenue. The sponsor said several funds had expired and were no longer in use, though some accounts had already been renewed or were still active and would be removed by amendment. Members questioned whether the affected agencies had been contacted and whether some of the money should instead be renewed or used for the original purposes; the sponsor said she was open to discussion, but the bill as presented was intended to reclaim expired balances. No one testified in opposition, and the hearing concluded without a vote on the bill in the transcript.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- You can read those of where students, or not students, teachers can even be punished.
- Pass that out, you can read those of where students are not students, teachers can even be punished,
- entity shall notify a minor student's parents within 72 hours of receiving any request by the minor student
- to participate in or facilitate the social transitioning of the minor student.
- Middleton, Idaho, at the state track tournament and, or meet, excuse me, and you have a thousand students
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If you'll turn your attention back to the South gallery, we have with us today a group of students and
- works to invite state leaders from across the political spectrum to the SU campus and speak to the student
- civics and citizenship, United States government, and American history, inspiring generations of students
- And whereas she began her distinguished teaching career in 1992 and has served students in Oklahoma,
- And whereas the Oklahoma Senate hereby commends Melissa Yvon for her outstanding service to the students
Bills:
SB1238 , SB1277 , SB1304 , SB1378 , SB1423 , SB1484 , SB1501 , SR32 , SB1502 , SB1721 , SB1735 , SB1832 , SB1847 , SB1859 , SB1876 , SB2170 , SB2182
Keywords:
domestic abuse, domestic violence, assault and battery, strangulation, intimate partner violence, family or household member, repeat offender, felony enhancement, Class B5 felony, stalking, batterers intervention program, court-ordered treatment, protective order, presence of a child, pregnant victim, great bodily injury, animal cruelty, cockfighting, dogfighting, sex offender registration
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Jan 27th, 2026
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- We're a small local business that's provided safe and affordable student transportation in the Commonwealth
- Over the past year, Doherty's has introduced competition to the local student transportation market by
- Our goal is to continue expanding our efforts and competing on more student transportation contracts,
- However, the... ...more student transportation contracts, adding much needed vendor choice for the local
- This regressive tax policy disincentivizes adoption of better transportation options for the students
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Revenue
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Revenue held a hybrid hearing on 17 miscellaneous and late-file bills, with testimony focused on several local tax and policy measures. The first major item was H. 4687 for Watertown, which would make permanent a temporary tax classification adjustment allowing the city to maintain a 50% minimum residential factor and a 175% commercial shift. Watertown officials and legislators said the change is needed because the city’s commercial growth has triggered an old statutory formula that would otherwise push a larger share of the tax burden onto homeowners, especially seniors and fixed-income residents. They said the current temporary relief expires in fiscal 2027 and warned that, without permanent action, residential tax bills could rise sharply; committee members asked about the regional business impact, commercial taxpayers such as Alexandria Real Estate, and Watertown’s stabilization and free cash balances.
The committee also heard H. 4435, a Charlemont bill authorizing a tax on commercial recreation services. Town officials said the measure would help a small rural town with a large tourism and recreation economy cover increased police, fire, and EMS costs caused by visitors, while reducing pressure on local property taxpayers. A committee member questioned whether the proposal fit within existing tax law and whether it was more like a tax on entry than on services; town witnesses responded that it would apply to recreation-related services such as guides and lifts and was modeled on the meals and rooms tax.
Finally, testimony was taken on H. 4722, which would promote fair tax treatment for zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including electric school buses and trucks, by capping sales and excise taxes at the level of comparable diesel vehicles. Supporters said the bill would remove an unintended tax penalty, help school districts and transportation providers afford electrification, and remain revenue-neutral. Representative Gentile also testified in support of H. 4722 and H. 4755, a Sudbury bill to amend the town’s means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption so the local program can continue without requiring a new special act if it lapses. No votes were taken; the hearing concluded after testimony and questions.