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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 27th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to thank also the teachers, the educators, Mr.
- As a leader in the Shafter Police Department, he mentored many young officers and eventually earned the
- who's passionate about making a difference in the community and impacting the lives of those he mentored
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> dads become coaches kids get mentored dads become coaches kids get mentored and<00:21:34.240><c>
- Because when we look at who we serve, it's nurses, it is teachers, it is manufacturers, it is police,
- Because when we look at who we serve, it's nurses, it is teachers, it is manufacturers, it is police,
- Because when we look at who we serve, it's nurses, it is teachers, it is manufacturers, it is police,
- </c><00:49:29.319><c> it</c><00:49:29.400><c> is</c> nurses it is Teachers it is nurses it is Teachers
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Jan 26th, 2026 at 09:05 am
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The workforce, those of us in the front line that serve these students as their mentors, has decreased
- If New Mexico wants more providers, we need more teachers in clinics and hospitals.
- You can build more classrooms, but you cannot train healers without mentors.
- If New Mexico wants more providers, we need more teachers in clinics and hospitals.
- You can build more classrooms, but you cannot train healers without mentors.
Committee:
House House Health & Human Services
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They are not only teachers, but mentors, counselors, coaches, and role models.
- She mentors teacher candidates and serves as a lead math model for her district while also helping her
- She mentors<08:04:07.600><c> teacher</c><08:04:07.920><c> candidates</c><08:04:08.398><c> and</c><08:
- 04:08.638><c> serves</c><08:04:08.958><c> as</c> mentors teacher candidates and serves as mentors teacher
- </c> Tracy, on earning teacher of the year. Tracy, on earning teacher of the year.
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Morning Session Apr 17th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- State Law Enforcement Bargaining Council, the Fraternal Order of Police, and the State Code Agency's Teachers
- As a championship-winning coach, as the founder and a mentor of the most As the founder and a mentor
- of the most extraordinary in-school mentoring program in the country, as a statesman, he personifies
- I also want to thank my mentors as a politician.
- I also want to thank my mentors as a politician, Senator Ernie Chambers, Senator Paul Shoemaker, who's
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- organization taught me many life lessons and skills, as well as blessing me with an opportunity to meet and mentor
- As a teacher for over years, I've seen firsthand how reading opens doors for students.
- This week is also a time to recognize our teachers, librarians, and families who work every day to instill
- With us is the California Teachers Association Vice President Leslie Littman and their communications
- We love our teachers. We love our teachers. Thank you. Members, the quorum call is still in place.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, mentor. Next slide.
- Thank you, mentor. mentor. mentor. Next<00:18:10.720><c> slide.</c> Next slide. Next slide.
- This is in a teacher uh reduction.
- </c> teachers collective bargaining units? teachers collective bargaining units?
- So, do we know how many teachers?
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- to you today the school threat and sentencing bill, which is about protecting our children, our teachers
- The children and the families and the staff and the teachers are emotionally impacted, just as if it
- The bill is not only for the students; it's for restoring the peace of mind of the parents and teachers
- And hopefully in going through that process, whoever their mentor is, can really help them understand
- And hopefully in going through that process, whoever they are mentoring, totality of this.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary C
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 137, which would strengthen penalties for knowingly making threats against schools, school activities, students, or school employees. The author said the bill responds to repeated false threats that disrupt schools, frighten families, and divert law enforcement, and it adds education and parental acknowledgment requirements. Members discussed possible juvenile consequences such as public service or physical work at schools, and the bill drew support from law enforcement, district attorneys, and Catholic bishops. It was reported favorably without objection.
House Bill 321 followed, addressing Louisiana’s Safe Harbor law by expressly exempting minors from prostitution offenses and treating them as trafficking victims rather than offenders. The author, clergy, trafficking advocates, and a survivor testified that children involved in commercial sex are typically coerced, groomed, or controlled by traffickers, often family members or caregivers, and should receive protection and services instead of arrest. Witnesses described statewide advocacy and crisis-response services created in 2022, and committee members asked about prosecution of perpetrators and the prevalence of trafficking in rural areas. The bill was reported favorably without objection.
The committee then approved House Bill 1246, a response to a fatal drunk-driving crash involving Jada Bright, which would allow law enforcement to keep intoxicated offenders in jail if they are not safe to release. An amendment was adopted to clean up the language, and the bill was reported favorably. House Bill 1104, creating a misdemeanor for possession of motor vehicle key-programming or emulating devices used to steal cars, also passed favorably with support from prosecutors and police. House Bill 552, a cleanup measure replacing references to intoxication with impairment in prior drug-related statutes, was reported favorably as well.
Finally, the committee took up House Bill 310, which would require random reassignment when a defendant waives a jury trial in districts with more than two judges, unless the prosecutor agrees otherwise. Supporters said it would prevent judge shopping and address concerns about unusually high acquittal rates before particular judges, while opponents argued it raises due process concerns and effectively lets prosecutors choose the judge. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably. The last major item was House Bill 1107, dealing with post-conviction death penalty cases involving claims of intellectual disability; the bill would set a 75 IQ threshold and create procedures for Atkins claims. Supporters said it would bring finality to long-pending capital cases and follow U.S. Supreme Court guidance, while opponents argued it would be unconstitutional under Atkins, Moore, and Hall because intellectual disability cannot be reduced to a single number. After extensive testimony and debate over amendments, the committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Mar 18th, 2026
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- Colby was a member of our local Fraternish chapter, which is a group of boys and men, boys and mentors
- Colby was a member of our local fraternish chapter, which is a group of boys and men, boys and mentors
- We represent faculty and graduate workers that teach and mentor students from all over the world, and
- I'd like to invite Max Page from the Massachusetts Teachers Association, who I believe is online with
- From a public health perspective, of that a teacher. I profoundly support this bill.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 5, 2026 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- care, community support, crisis response, counseling, addiction recovery, food assistance, youth mentoring
- But with our pastors, our mentors—by the way, I'm a mentor on the Veterans Treatment Court also, because
- So last year, I held a roundtable with all different types of teachers, public, private homeschoolers
- So last year, I held a roundtable with all different types of teachers, public, private homeschools.
- I hear from teachers and kids that the furries are disruptive in class, that they're protected.
Summary:
The subcommittee first took up HB 387 on ADS-B airport billing. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would stop airports and third-party vendors from using federally required automatic dependent surveillance broadcast data to calculate landing or touch-and-go fees, arguing the technology was intended for safety and collision avoidance, not invoicing. An amendment clarifying touch-and-go landings and other fee calculations was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably 15-0.
Members then heard several local and policy bills. CS/HB 803 on private-provider building permits and inspections drew broad support from industry groups and was reported favorably 14-1. HB 451 and HB 4053, local fire-district assessment bills, were presented as relief for homeowners and churches facing higher non-ad valorem assessments; both were reported favorably after amendments, with testimony emphasizing impacts on houses of worship and local communities. PCS/HB 1329 on local government spending transparency prompted extensive debate over searchable budget formats, posting requirements, and possible unfunded mandates; supporters framed it as taxpayer access and accountability, while opponents argued many local governments already provide this information and that the bill could impose costs. It was reported favorably 8-4.
The committee also advanced PCS/HB 927 on local land planning and development, which would allow qualified professionals to assist with pre-application reviews; local government representatives raised concerns about preemption and environmental restrictions, but the bill was reported favorably 13-2. HB 929 on chickee huts, PCS/HB 4081 on expanding a local water and sewer district by referendum, and HB 489 conveying the Trenton Train Depot to the city and county all passed unanimously or near-unanimously. HB 1211, a Department of Military Affairs bill updating leave and assistance-program provisions, was amended and reported favorably. HB 1041, creating business incentives for veteran- and military spouse-owned businesses, also passed 13-0 after amendment and supportive testimony from members and veterans. The final item shown was HB 1001, a bill restricting county and municipal DEI-related actions and contracting; the sponsor described it as a response to division and waste, and members began questioning its definitions, scope, and potential effects on training and civil actions, but the transcript cuts off before any vote or final action on that bill.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 26, 2025 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Teachers that are coming to teach our kids require DCF to complete a background screening of those teachers
- critical need to have a teacher in their facility.
- And then the facility was losing that teacher, right?
- The pay level is not so high that a prospective teacher would hang around. Right.
- They've got a wingman teacher or a mentor in the room with them. That satisfies me as a parent.
Summary:
The Health Care Budget Subcommittee began with a roll call confirming a quorum, then heard a presentation of the proposed health care budget. The chair said the overall health care budget would total $46.7 billion, a 2.1% decrease in total spending and a 3% increase in general revenue, while reducing 3,585 state FTE. He highlighted funding for Medicaid, KidCare, developmental disabilities services, opioid settlement spending, mental health facilities, senior services, school health nurses, veterans’ dental care, and veterans nursing home improvements. The chair also presented PCB HCB 25-01, a conforming bill that eliminates the Health Care Innovation Program, the Health Care Innovation Council, and the revolving loan program; makes changes to cancer research and graduate medical education provisions; and adjusts Medicaid rebate-related language. The conforming bill passed favorably after no questions, public testimony, or debate.
The committee then considered CS/HB 47 on child care. The bill, as explained by Rep. McFarland, would reduce regulation for child care providers in good standing, speed background screening for child care workers, allow provisional hiring status in some cases, create license-exempt status for certain employer-provided child care facilities and DOD child care facilities, and remove outdated paperwork requirements such as the flu brochure. An amendment restored language protecting large family child care homes from being dropped by residential insurers and cleaned up statutory language; it was adopted. Members debated the bill at length, with supporters emphasizing common-sense deregulation and helping working parents, while some members raised concerns about safety, early learning quality, and the loss of informational reminders to parents. The bill was reported favorably.
The subcommittee also heard HB 1553 on a uterine fibroid research database. Rep. Dunkley explained that the bill would require health care providers to submit identified fibroid data to DOH so it can be de-identified for a research database, after the department had been unable to use prior de-identified submissions reliably. An amendment removed the current appropriation and was adopted. Members spoke in strong support, noting the prevalence of fibroids and the value of better diagnosis and treatment data. The bill passed favorably.
Finally, the committee heard HB 1529, which addresses the home health aide program for medically fragile children. Rep. Tremont said the bill would direct AHCA to seek a federal waiver so parents’ earnings from caring for their children would not count against Medicaid eligibility, and would revise training requirements and remove mandated annual program assessments. The bill drew supportive public testimony from home care stakeholders, had no debate, and was reported favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Apr 15th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Not just a professor, Jim served as a mentor and inspiration to countless students, encouraging them
- He is a dedicated public servant, a teacher, a friend, and a mentor to many, and a loving husband, father
- He is a dedicated public servant, a teacher, a friend, and a mentor to many, and a loving husband, father
- They have both served as mentors to me for decades and have instilled in me a passion for protecting
Summary:
The Senate considered a broad environmental bond bill with amendments touching climate resilience, coastal infrastructure, housing, plastics, wildlife protection, and public health. Early in the debate, Senator Keenan withdrew an amendment to fund the Massachusetts Healthy Homes Program, explaining that the program had been enacted without funding and that he hoped to secure money through the budget process instead. The Senate then adopted his amendment banning hotels from providing plastic toiletry packaging. The chamber also debated and rejected a Republican amendment to remove the paper bag fee; supporters argued the 10-cent charge would burden working families, while opponents said it was a necessary environmental measure. The amendment failed on a standing vote, 5-10.
Several environmental and coastal amendments were adopted, including measures on ocean acidification and nutrient pollution, a statewide carbon sequestration goal that includes salt marshes and seagrasses, a study of banning polystyrene, restrictions on rodenticides with local control and emergency-use exceptions, and indoor air quality improvements. Senators also approved amendments to create a Massachusetts Climate Bank, establish a trust fund and on-site housing for the Manuel F. Corrella State Forest on Martha’s Vineyard, increase the Douglas State Forest entry fee from $1 to $2, and clarify procedures and oversight for housing priority projects. Some proposals were withdrawn, including a special commission on resilient urban coasts and a conservation commission proposal, while others were rejected, including a local-priority housing confirmation amendment and a warrantless-entry amendment that raised Fourth Amendment concerns.
The Senate also adopted a series of coastal resilience and permitting amendments, including streamlined permitting for urban coastal projects, a pilot for nature-based solutions, dredging and sand placement in general permits, and a Salisbury Beach trust fund clarification. A New Bedford state pier redevelopment amendment and a harbor protection amendment were adopted, as were amendments related to public and private water utility reporting and equitable representation. The session concluded with notice that only two amendments remained before a roll call, followed by an adjournment in memory of James A. Jim Sheets, former Quincy mayor and educator.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Apr 15th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Not just a professor, Jim served as a mentor and inspiration to countless students, encouraging them
- He is a dedicated public servant, a teacher, a friend, and a mentor to many, and a loving husband, father
- He is a dedicated public servant, a teacher, a friend, and a mentor to many, and a loving husband, father
- They have both served as mentors to me for decades and have instilled in me a passion for protecting
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Protection and Victim Services Committee May 13th, 2026
Protection and Victim Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So that's a teacher, students.
- So that's a teacher, students.
- That was a teacher a couple years ago, and that was my granddaughter's teacher.
- That was a teacher a couple years ago, and that was my granddaughter's teacher.
- it every year for their teachers.
Summary:
The committee first approved the December 16 minutes and then heard a presentation from Dr. Ramona Danielson on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their economic and public-system impacts. She explained that ACEs are population-level risk indicators, not individual diagnostic tools, and said higher ACE exposure is associated with more chronic illness, mental health challenges, child welfare and justice involvement, and lower workforce participation. She cautioned that precise dollar estimates are difficult because of the many interacting factors across the life course, but said the direction of the impact is clear and that evidence-based interventions and protective factors can reduce harm. Members asked about definitions of a “healthy family,” same-sex couples, divorce, substance abuse, trends in ACEs, and home visiting; she emphasized supportive relationships, protective factors, and the importance of positive childhood experiences.
The committee then heard from Allison Mahoney and Missy Barranco, along with a recorded family story from Abby, about evidence-based home visiting programs in North Dakota. Abby described how Healthy Families North Dakota supported her family after a premature birth and NICU stay by providing weekly in-home coaching, developmental screenings, postpartum mental health check-ins, referrals, and parenting support. The presenters explained that home visiting is voluntary, relationship-based, and usually begins prenatally or shortly after birth, with referrals coming from hospitals, WIC, pregnancy navigators, human service zones, self-referrals, and other community partners. They said North Dakota currently has four main evidence-based models operating through 12 organizations, with Healthy Families available in all 53 counties, though only a fraction of eligible families are served. Funding was described as a patchwork of federal MIECHV/Title IV-E, Medicaid, state and tribal funds, philanthropy, charitable gaming, and other grants; members discussed whether the Legislature or agencies should expand support and how to improve outreach and sustainability.
Finally, the committee received a memorandum on artificial intelligence and sexual exploitation, focusing on AI-generated child sexual abuse material, deepfakes, sextortion, and chatbot-related risks. The report summarized federal and state law, including North Dakota’s existing computer-generated image provisions, the federal PROTECT Act, the Take It Down Act, and recent federal executive orders on AI policy. Members discussed the need for child-safety protections, the limits of executive orders, and broader concerns about AI’s effect on critical thinking and misinformation. The committee then heard from BCI Special Agent Cassidy Halsef, who said AI is already driving a sharp rise in child exploitation cases in North Dakota, including AI-generated explicit images of real minors and school-based incidents involving mass-shared manipulated images. She said investigators are seeing more cyber tips, more difficult forensic work, and lasting harm to victims and families, and urged stronger legal penalties, specialized training, victim services, and prevention education in schools and communities.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-12 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In addition to her academic and professional pursuits, Jada volunteers and mentors young girls through
- for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 182, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the school teacher
- training and mentoring program.
- training and mentoring program.
- And all of that is in the amendment while maintaining the mentoring program, and that is the bill, Mr
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, recommending beneficial changes to our laws and mentoring the next generation of legal minds.
- Judge Herman has mentored countless clerks and associate judges, served on numerous Supreme Court and
- Recognize over 165 years of service to Texas students, teachers, researchers, and everyday citizens.
- city manager to someone who's representing folks like y'all are, all the way down to students and teachers
- There's guides for teachers to use it in the classroom.
Bills:
HCR6
Committee:
House Culture, Recreation & Tourism
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 031 Feb 13th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, Faith was my matched mentor on paper.
- I was assigned to a mentor program.
- From mentoring young women by every day.
- Yes, I can be a teacher, lawyer, whatever, but I can do air quality.
- And I that she offered to mentor me. And I said,<03:02:35.439><c> "Okay."
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
Transcript Highlights:
- working as a mobility instructor, showing someone how to use a cane, a vision rehab therapist, a teacher
- working as a mobility instructor, showing someone how to use a cane, a vision rehab therapist, a teacher
- The three things I want to mention very quickly: we have regional mentors.
- These mentors also work with the supervisors in those programs because we saw a significant turnover
- So retaining staff starts with our mentors. We also have a really significant investment.
Summary:
The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty.
The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts.
The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services.
The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2575, school plan; HB 2578, centers of ESA assessment; HB 2580, ESA microschools; HB 2583, ESA teacher
- We learned he was a friendly mentor, someone people looked up to. We learned so much about him.
- We learned he was a friendly mentor, someone people looked up to. We learned so much about him.
- I meet with elderly women who’ve all been teachers for the past 50 years.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and recognition of Dr. Pamela Murphy as Doctor of the Day. Members also introduced a number of guests, including Deacon Ernie Gonzalez, local Prescott officials, Arizona Game and Fish commissioners, and advocates from the Alzheimer’s Association. A proclamation was read designating January 26, 2026, as Arizona Aviation Day, with remarks highlighting the aviation industry’s economic impact and the presence of airport and aviation representatives in the gallery.
The clerk then read a long list of bills that had been first read or referred for printing, and a second-reading calendar covering measures on water and energy, education, elections, taxes, housing, veterans, public safety, and other topics. No floor votes on those bills were taken during this segment. Representative Gress also read a resolution recognizing National School Choice Week and praising Arizona’s school choice programs, including charters and ESAs.
Much of the remainder of the session consisted of members’ personal privilege remarks responding to violence and immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota and elsewhere. Speakers from both parties and several senators and representatives condemned ICE tactics, described constituent fear and family separations, and called for constitutional rights, due process, and accountability. Representative Sandoval requested and the House observed a moment of respectful silence in memory of Alex Pretty and Renee Good. The House then received committee and caucus announcements and adjourned until 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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