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• It's also a decrease of 1.4 million in the school safety platform.
• It's also a decrease of 1.4 million in the school safety platform.
• </c> million in the school safety platform. million in the school safety platform.
• </c> move the charter school. move the charter school.
• On the charter school uh uh &gt;&gt; All right.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 12 March, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• She is a Tucsonan, born and raised, but attended school and law school here in Phoenix, so spent some
• well than they should in the school system are ours.
• I moved schools six times as a child. I went to six new schools, six different places.
• I moved schools six times as a child.
• , at Chaparral High School, I finished there.

Committee: House House Government Committee of Reference

Summary: The Committee on Government met for a presentation-only hearing focused on the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) and related child welfare system issues; no bills were heard or voted on. Chair Blackman opened by stressing that the hearing was for fact-finding and data, not personal attacks, and Director Catherine Patak then presented DCS data on hotline volume, investigations, reunifications, adoptions, guardianships, extended foster care, and placement patterns. She said DCS investigated more than 43,000 cases in 2025, kept the out-of-home population relatively steady, and emphasized that Arizona places a high share of children with kin. She also highlighted a mismatch between the age of children entering care and the availability of foster homes willing to take older youth, and said behavioral health capacity, not DCS alone, is a major constraint. Patak discussed kinship supports, foster care reimbursement increases, the Family First Prevention Services Act, missing youth, congregate care reduction, and the department’s procurement process for group home beds. Members asked about kinship caregiver support, behavioral health access, reunification services, parental-rights terminations, Auditor General findings on notices and documentation, licensing and reimbursement rates, and why some relatives are not approved as placements. Patak said DCS is working on policy guidance, supervisor training, and improved supports, but that provider capacity and other system partners limit what DCS can do. Representative Gillette then gave a lengthy presentation focused on system design, procurement, funding flows, and congregate care. He argued that DCS, DES, and Access are structurally intertwined, that DCS’s procurement carve-out and capitated funding model create incentives tied to bed space and volume, and that fragmented oversight diffuses accountability. He cited budget figures, contract amendments, and audit concerns to argue that the system is overreliant on congregate care and that decision-making, medical referrals, and placement processes are too vague or too centralized in ways that can harm children and families. Gillette said his findings were based on contracts, interviews, and public records, and he indicated some material would be referred to special counsel. He also raised concerns about placement decisions, due process, and demographic disparities in congregate care outcomes. The chair cut off further questioning of Gillette for time and announced the committee would move on to the next presenter, Vice Chair Fink, with attorneys and other speakers to follow.

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• Um, unfortunately, you know, when they needed space for the new school and they did a campus assessment
• Now what the traffic will look like when school begins in session, I think they said in fall of 2028,
• That's the area that we lost access to, and that's where the school, the new model school, is going.
• </c> where the school, the new model schools where the school, the new model schools going.<00:26:24.640
• He after he fresh out of law school.

Keywords: Opening and Roll Call 00:28 Public safety Cabinet 01:09 Juvenile justice MH Facility: 04:30 Department of Corrections Repair and Replacement: 10:29 Department of Criminal Justice Flat Track 19:05 KSP : 27:02 Department of Public Advocacy : 37:35, 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee heard capital project requests from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet for fiscal years 2026-28. The cabinet described its large statewide footprint and said its facilities face significant deferred maintenance, with the governor’s budget proposing full funding for maintenance pool requests, including an additional $60 million for the Department of Corrections’ maintenance pool and cash funding through investment income. Officials said the projects were based on facility assessments and were presented as necessary public safety investments rather than wish-list items. For the Department of Juvenile Justice, the main requests were $35 million for a high-acuity mental health treatment facility and $45 million each for two new female detention facilities. Officials said the mental health facility would fill a gap for youth needing psychiatric care, while the female facilities were needed to support a regional detention model and address overcrowding; they noted the current female population has grown by 50% since July 2024. Members asked about locations, and staff said they were considering western Kentucky abandoned mine land and available land in Fayette and Jefferson counties, with current female placements in Boyd County and Warren County. For the Department of Corrections, officials requested funding for critical mechanical, electrical, plumbing, roof, and structural repairs, including $15.78 million for Kentucky State Penitentiary utilities infrastructure and additional funding for North Point Training Center projects. They also highlighted two re-entry initiatives: a KCTCS partnership for a re-entry campus at North Point and the East Kentucky Applied Manufacturing Institute at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, both aimed at reducing recidivism through intensive training and job preparation. Members asked about the KCTCS re-entry model, and DOC explained it would be a more immersive, campus-style program than current prison-based vocational classes. The Department of Criminal Justice Training discussed projects at its Richmond campus and the planned Western Kentucky Training Center, including a replacement flat track and campus access road at Richmond and added training features in Madisonville. Officials said the Richmond changes were needed because EKU construction had removed the existing flat track and would affect access, while the Western Kentucky project would expand training capacity and reduce travel for law enforcement agencies. The Kentucky State Police then outlined the final phase of the statewide emergency radio system replacement, estimated at about $17.5 million, and said the system is being built in geographic phases; members asked how long completion would take, and staff estimated roughly four years after funding, assuming no major inflation spikes. No votes were taken, and the meeting remained informational with member questions and staff responses.

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• arrest versus non-school-based arrest in those circumstances, offense types, and so forth.
• on Monday and is arrested at school on Monday.
• May commit an offense on a Saturday or a Sunday, but they know that the student is in school on Monday
• and is arrested at school on Monday.
• that the school called 911 versus something that happened at school and maybe the arrest happened on

Keywords: 962, all

Summary: The Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee (JJPOC) met for administrative updates, approved the April meeting minutes, and discussed a proposed shift from monthly full committee meetings to a quarterly schedule beginning later this year. Members generally supported the change, saying it would reduce strain on agency and committee resources and allow more time for work groups to complete implementation tasks. Several members also asked for more flexible agendas and a clearer way to add issues between meetings, with staff suggesting a standardized form for submitting topics in advance. Work group updates covered cross-agency data sharing, diversion, education, incarceration, and community expertise. The data-sharing group reported continued work on the Equity Dashboard 2.0, a statewide expulsions analysis, municipal-level data collaboration with UConn’s IMRP, and a cross-system analysis of crossover youth. The diversion group described work on POST curriculum revisions for juvenile law, a youth-focused law enforcement interaction training, a community-police relationship toolkit, expansion of youth diversion teams, and pre-arrest diversion policy. The education group is reviewing implementation of the law creating educational oversight in juvenile facilities, along with a free public transportation pilot for high school students and truancy cleanup legislation. The incarceration group is tracking conditions of confinement, DOC restraint and chemical agent reports, the DOJ settlement monitoring process, the reentry success plan, and gender-responsive programming. The community expertise group emphasized elevating lived experience, youth voice, prevention, and conditions of confinement, with members urging the committee to focus on stability, infrastructure, and meaningful use of lived-experience perspectives. A major presentation from OPM outlined Connecticut’s effort to re-enter the federal Title II juvenile justice formula grant program. OPM explained the program’s core compliance requirements, including deinstitutionalization of status offenders, adult jail and lockup removal, sight-and-sound separation, and addressing racial and ethnic disparities. Staff said Connecticut is currently not fully compliant because of issues including youth being held in adult facilities and the state’s six-hour detention rule, and that Title II funding is on hold while OPM works toward compliance. OPM is developing a monitoring manual, identifying facilities to be monitored, and forming a state advisory group (SAG) to support the application and compliance process. Members questioned why a separate SAG is needed, whether JJPOC or the community expertise group could serve that role, and how lived-experience members would be selected; OPM said federal rules require the SAG to include youth or parents with lived experience and that the group cannot be composed of state or government employees in the key leadership roles. The committee agreed to circulate the federal parameters and ask members to suggest candidates for the SAG and to help move compliance work forward over the summer.

Transcript Highlights:

• And though you may know her from some of our favorite movies like Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
• to barriers in housing and employment, the... ...from segregated schools to barriers in housing and
• And the Joshung Schoolhouse is now the Locke Chinese School Museum, where visitors can see the original
• All right, honored by Assembly Member Ta is Kang Bao, a teacher at Westminster High School in Orange
• He went on to help with school districts and school bonds and parks and helping Sacramento in every corner

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journals, and removed SB 830 from the inactive file for return to the Assembly. It then took up several gubernatorial appointments, including Clint Kellum as Director of the Cannabis Control, Jennifer Osborne as Director of Industrial Relations, and two Medical Board of California appointments, Dr. Trinidad Solis and Dr. Gerald Tolbrook. Each appointment was confirmed by roll call, with broad support and no recorded opposition. The chamber also adopted SR 97 recognizing Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. Senators from multiple caucuses spoke in support, highlighting AAPI contributions to California, histories of exclusion and solidarity, and the importance of visibility and representation. The resolution passed 39-0. The Senate also recognized numerous AAPI community leaders and honorees on the floor, including Kay Buck and Mira Sorvino for anti-trafficking advocacy, and later several additional guests and community figures. Members then adopted several other resolutions by unanimous consent: SCR 168 designating Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, SCR 148 declaring GM1 gangliosidosis awareness day, SR 95 proclaiming ALS Awareness Month, SCR 156 for Stroke Awareness Month, and SR 110 recognizing Hospital Week in California. Floor remarks focused on public safety, rare disease awareness, stroke recovery and aphasia, and the role of hospitals and health care workers. The Senate also honored retiring California Professional Firefighters president Brian Rice with extensive tributes to his labor leadership, firefighter safety work, and disaster response advocacy. The meeting concluded with the remaining appointment confirmations and adjournment until May 14, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• And though you may know her from some of our favorite movies like Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
• From segregated schools to barriers in housing and employment.
• And the Joshung Schoolhouse is now the Locke Chinese School Museum, where visitors can see the original
• All right, honored by Assembly Member Ta is Kang Bao, a teacher at Westminster High School in Orange
• He went on to help with school districts and school bonds and parks and helping Sacramento in every corner

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• James Elementary School. If we could give them a warm welcome, maybe a roar, that would be great.
• To my right and your left in the upper galleries, we have one of my favorite schools from Grundy County
• We have the seventh- and eighth-grade class from United in Christ Lutheran School, as I said, and from
• For me notably, you know how important the child care subsidies and school transportation funding were
• Most taxing jurisdictions, most school board, Are very unusual circumstances.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the 56th day by roll call vote, 131-2. The Speaker also signed several enrolled measures, including HB 1768, HB 1866, HB 1870, HB 2180, and HJR 173 and 174, suspending business for those signings. Members then offered multiple points of personal privilege and introduced numerous student groups, family members, interns, and former Representative Richard Brown as special guests. The main floor business focused on budget conference motions for HB 2002 through HB 2013. The budget chair moved to refuse Senate substitutes and send the bills to conference, and the House approved each motion. In discussion, members highlighted major budget differences, including child care subsidies, transportation funding, higher education funding, and the movement of about $1.76 billion in broadband-related funds into HB 2017, which was noted as affecting how the operating budget totals appear. The House also received Senate messages on several budget bills and other measures, including HB 2002-2013, HB 2637, and HB 3155. The House then took up SB 975, an ambulance district and emergency medical services bill. A House substitute was adopted, along with Amendment 1 adding a compromise community paramedic provision and a minor first-responder mental health change. Members described the bill as helping struggling ambulance districts, improving emergency response, and allowing community paramedics to provide in-home services to reduce unnecessary ER use. The bill passed 136-7. Later, the House considered the combined property tax reform bill on SB 1066 and 1086, adopting three amendments addressing technical cleanup, uniform levy increases and timing of voter-approved tax increases, and assessor training, electronic notices, and changes to payment-under-protest procedures. Supporters said the bill improved transparency and reform; opponents warned it could reduce local control and strain funding for schools, libraries, and other local services. The bill ultimately passed 83-61. The House adjourned until 4 p.m. on Monday, April 27, 2026.

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• Ramos and the Legislature to rename the school because of the very history that Mr.
• in San Jose, a middle school.
• We changed from Peter Burnett to Aloni, to Muwekma Aloni Middle School.
• in San Josea Middle School.
• from Peter Burnett to Alonie, to Muwakma Aloni Middle School.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm originally from Melba High School.
• I started off at Melba High School and went through all four years there, and through there I joined
• One of my favorite events that our school holds is called the River Walk.
• Hadley Brown is a sophomore at Homedale High School.
• So Hadley, if you'll make your way up here, Hadley Brown is a sophomore at Homdale High School.

Committee: House Agricultural Affairs

Summary: The House Agricultural Affairs Committee began by approving the minutes from February 12, 2026, and then briefly recognized Idaho FFA state officers and Hadley Brown, a Homedale student who had won the national FFA creed speaking contest. The officers described FFA’s classroom, leadership, and supervised agricultural experience model, their statewide leadership events, community service hours, and the value of agricultural education. Brown then recited the FFA Creed and discussed the competition process from chapter to national level, drawing praise from committee members. The committee then heard House Bill 503, which would place the Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission within the Idaho Department of Water Resources. Representative Dustin Manwaring said the bill was intended to improve administrative efficiency, reduce duplication, and save about $107,000 while preserving the commission’s non-regulatory, locally led mission. Testimony from the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation and the Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts said they had initially had concerns but were now neutral or supportive because Senate Concurrent Resolution 115 would reaffirm the commission’s independence and voluntary conservation role. Director Matt Weaver said the process had been credible and that the merger could work if statutory duties and resources were preserved. The committee voted to send HB 503 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation. The committee then considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 115, introduced by Representative Steve Miller, who spoke about his long background in agriculture and conservation districts and argued that local control and independence were essential. Members emphasized that the resolution should accompany HB 503 to protect the commission’s mission. The committee voted to send SCR 115 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation. Finally, committee members received a report from the Soil and Water Conservation Commission and the Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts on district services, conservation programs, and budget needs, including CREP, WACPA, and local project funding. The Idaho Wheat Commission also presented its annual update on grower-funded research, market development, education, export activity, and challenges facing wheat producers, including low prices, high input costs, misinformation about wheat, and farmer mental health. The meeting adjourned after the presentations.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm originally from Melba High School.
• I started off at Melba High School and went through all four years there, and through there I joined
• One of my favorite events that our school holds is called the River Walk.
• Hadley Brown is a sophomore at Homedale High School.
• So Hadley, if you'll make your way up here, Hadley Brown is a sophomore at Homedale High School.

Committee: House Agricultural Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 124, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Florida Virtual School.
• Senate Bill 124 updates the Florida Virtual School statute to clean up outdated statutory language.
• The bill does not change how Florida Virtual School serves students day by day.
• and coordinates with school districts.
• Senate Bill 124, an act relating to the Florida Virtual School. Is there a debate?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 124, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Florida Virtual School.
• Senate Bill 124 updates the Florida Virtual School statute to clean up outdated statutory language.
• The bill does not change how Florida Virtual School serves students day by day.
• and coordinates with school districts.
• Senate Bill 124, an act relating to the Florida Virtual School. Is there a debate?

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• that the House has made this a priority, especially with efforts to ask Murray State to start a vet school
• with asking Murray State to start<00:02:36.640><c> a</c><00:02:36.800><c> vet</c><00:02:37.040><c> school
• > so</c><00:02:38.160><c> we</c><00:02:38.400><c> are</c><00:02:38.480><c> trying</c> start a vet school
• Uh so we are trying start a vet school.
• Um, you had talked about having requirements to go to school here, uh, live here, work here.

Committee: House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations

Keywords: 00:00 Call to Order 00:05 Roll Call 1:00 HB 357 Discussion 4:53 HB 357 Vote 6:40 HB 45 Discussion 8:00 HB 45 Vote 9:29 HB 48 Discussion 15:00 HB 48 Vote 16:25 HB 212 Discussion 20:17 HB 212 Vote 21:50 HB 49 Discussion 25:55 HB 49 Vote 27:16 Adjournment, 958, all

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• . ...schools from the language.
• And why you did that, you know, our shared high school and Boise High School has had a flag since 1905
• And certainly building community comes from public schools and those flags.
• We have the flag bill for the schools.
• The flag bill in the school has already had that limitation. Boise doesn't follow the rules anyway.

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Particularly when combined with the existing school year eviction bans.
• In Tacoma, the school year ends on June 17th of this year. It began on September 3rd.
• I am wondering what cities have the school year eviction bans. Are there lots of them?
• Those are the two that have winter bans and school-year bans. Thank you. Representative Engell.
• and the beginning of the next school year, then they can't, they won't do it when the new school year

Bills: HB1974 , HB2265 , HB2452

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation, deed restriction, affordability covenant, property tax exemption, excise tax exemption, predevelopment

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• I graduated from Central High School in Tuscaloosa, and I actually went to high school with his daughters
• I graduated from Central High School in Tuscaloosa, and I actually went to high school with his daughters
• ,</c><00:26:50.000><c> then</c> Hill Baptist Elementary School, then Hill Baptist Elementary School,
• And she said, "I was just filled with pride from what I had learned in school."
• And she said, "I was just filled with pride from what I had learned in school."

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer and the pledge, established a quorum, excused absent senators, and adopted the previous day’s journal. The chamber then received several House Joint Resolutions: HJR 2 and HJR 3 to notify the governor that the legislature is in session and to escort the governor to the joint session, HJR 4 mourning the death of Howard Sanderford, and HJR 5 mourning the death of Samuel Allen Harper. Each was taken up by suspension of the rules and adopted without objection. Committee reports followed, with multiple Senate bills receiving favorable reports and being advanced to the calendar for the next legislative day. Reported bills included SB 20, 30, 31, and 41 from Judiciary; SB 19 from Banking and Insurance; SB 12, 28, 35, 42, 93, and 134 from County and Municipal Government; a large group of fiscal and economic development bills including SB 54, 77, 78, 89, 100-103, 113, 122, 126, 127, 128, and 136; and SB 32, 33, 55, 70, 108, 114, and 118 from Veterans and Military Affairs. Several of these reports included amendments, and all were placed on the calendar for the next legislative day. In motions and resolutions, the Senate adopted SJR 6 honoring former Representative Brian Melton Jr., SJR 7 supporting federal voting rights legislation including the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, SJR 8 naming the Lamar Harrison Memorial Bridge on U.S. Highway 98 in Wilmer, and SJR 9 honoring Samuel Allen Harper. The chamber then adopted SJR 10, a lengthy resolution celebrating the life of Claudette Colvin, with remarks from Senators Figures and Coleman emphasizing her civil rights legacy and the impact of her refusal to give up her bus seat at age 15. The session concluded with a motion to adjourn until 8:30 a.m. the next day.

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• That school is designed to address two workforce issues in the field of archaeology at either end of
• So this field archaeology school is designed to address both ends of that spectrum.
• That's another key part of this archaeological field school: the notion that we really need to bring
• How can we best support this effort to get education into the schools?
• It's a fine line between sex education, which some schools or school districts might have some hesitations

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

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• We go to schools in and outside of the state.
• So the day before the conference starts, I'm going to go to UMKC Dental School to do a lunch and learn
• So we travel the state, and then every quarter I do old-school outreach.
• I think we have had high school students who have done that right out of high school.
• Right now, we don't have a schedule that really works with the high school.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• seniors applying for high school seniors applying for financial<00:01:51.240><c> aid</c><00:01:51.759
• when graduating from Monoka High School in 2021 and attending school in an environment that promoted
• when graduating from monoka high school when graduating from monoka high school<00:09:22.000><c> in<
• /c><00:09:22.640><c> 2021</c><00:09:23.640><c> attending</c><00:09:24.120><c> school</c><00:09:24.440

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Roet; Henry County FFA; and my prior high school teacher, Miss Lindsey Davey. If they could stand.
• Roet; Henry County FFA; and my prior high school teacher, Miss Lindsey Davey. If they could stand.
• Henry County School Nutrition, Anna Lusk, and Owen County 4-H student Delany Tler, thank you, Mr.
• Roet; Henry County FFA; and my prior high school teacher, Miss Lindsey Davey. If they could stand.
• Henry County School Nutrition, Anna Lusk, and Owen County 4-H student Delany Tler, thank you, Mr.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Agriculture Committee met with a large group of 4-H and FFA students and guests in attendance, and members repeatedly highlighted the importance of those youth programs to agriculture and future leadership. The committee first took up House Bill 356, as amended by a committee substitute, which would create the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative. The sponsor explained that the substitute broadened the bill beyond hands-on farming to include agricultural education, agribusiness, advocacy, internships, apprenticeships, and other experiential learning, while also lowering the starting age from 6 to 5, removing the requirement that participants have access to farmland, and changing the program into a pilot focused on urban youth. Testimony from a 4-H student and Kentucky 4-H leadership emphasized that the goal is to remove barriers and provide access to agriculture education for all youth, including those in urban areas. Several members spoke in support, noting the value of urban agriculture and youth exposure to the field, and one member asked whether urban community gardens would fit within the concept; the sponsor said the substitute was designed to allow that kind of access. The committee then voted unanimously to pass HB 356 as amended, and also approved a title amendment. After HB 356, the committee moved to House Bill 315, a foreign adversary land bill intended to limit certain foreign entities’ ability to purchase land in Kentucky. The sponsor said the bill was carried over from a prior version drafted by a former representative. The chair then recognized Tim Shank, general counsel for the Kentucky Bankers Association, who testified in opposition to the mechanics of Section 8 dealing with foreclosure. He said banks are already heavily regulated and must screen borrowers through federal systems such as FinCEN, and warned that the bill’s provisions could create problems for community banks that make agricultural loans and potentially limit access to credit if the issue became widespread. The transcript ends during discussion of HB 315, before any final committee action on that bill is shown.