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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Mar 25th, 2025
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a student from Seminole High School, and I attend the Scrub Club Environmental Conservation Club,
- We have fought for the scrub jay so hard as students because Florida technically has no state bird.
- In the 1990s, high school students pushed to change it to the Florida scrub jay, an endemic endangered
- Thank you to all the students who came. It's really impressive, and you spoke beautifully.
- It matters in the environment, it matters about nature, and it matters about our students.
Committee:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Summary:
The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of environmental and natural resources bills. It reported favorably SB 1784 on sewer collection systems, allowing municipal sewer revenues to be used for expansion; SB 1388 on vessels, which prohibits random vessel inspections without probable cause, creates a five-year safety decal, bars local fuel-type boat bans, and expands funding options for boat ramps and marinas; and SB 880, which designates the American flamingo as Florida’s state bird and the Florida scrub jay as the state songbird. SB 946, as amended, was also reported favorably; it restricts certain waste facilities and incinerators near the Everglades, with the amendment narrowing the focus to the Broward/Miami-Dade area near the C-9 impoundment project. SB 1792 on dry sandy beaches was reported favorably after amendment, creating a pilot and process to inventory beaches and explore voluntary public access or conservation arrangements with private owners. SB 866 on anchoring limitation areas was reported favorably despite opposition from cruisers and boaters who argued existing law should be used instead of new county-specific restrictions. SB 832 on former phosphate mining lands was reported favorably with amendments that removed language about the necessity of phosphate mining and clarified that landowners requesting a radiation study must pay for it. The committee also reported favorably SB 1326 on hurricane evacuation clearance times and permit allocations in the Keys, and SB 1580, after a delete-all amendment, which authorizes DEP to use public-private partnerships for coastal resiliency projects. Finally, SB 1300 on oil and gas drilling permits was introduced to require DEP to consider potential harm from accidents or blowouts to natural resources when reviewing drilling permits, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill. The committee also took up confirmations, temporarily postponing the vote on Rodney Barreto’s FWC reappointment after public criticism of his leadership, while recommending favorably the other listed appointments.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Education Finance Committee hears HF2210 3/20/25
Transcript Highlights:
- mean myself and my co-workers will be back in the fall to fill these critical roles supporting our students
- 04:24.960><c> roles</c><00:04:25.400><c> supporting</c><00:04:25.840><c> our</c><00:04:26.440><c> students
- </c> critical roles supporting our students critical roles supporting our students thank<00:04:27.639
- school district's general fund, where it would compete with classroom funding and programming for students
- school district's general fund, where it would compete with classroom funding and programming for students
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 20th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- please welcome guests of Senator Cortese in the gallery: former Assembly Member Nora Campos, and students
- Welcome to the students. At Ag Day tomorrow.
- Welcome to the students. Welcome to Senator Dali's desk. of her guests. Thank you, Mr. President.
- succeed—not a little bit, but to succeed to the extent that he succeeded in—is something that our students
- That was an important part of the student movement, of the Chicano movement, of the Civil Rights Movement
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- 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
- 2025, which now requires the Department of Education to offer the classic learning assessment to students
- 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
Summary:
The subcommittee reviewed multiple methods of finance and construction items, including projects for Arkansas State University, Black River Technical College, UAMS, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and UCA. The UAPB Allied Health and Sciences Building appeared both as a method of finance and as an alternative delivery construction project, with East Harding Construction selected and AMR Architects as designer. Members approved the methods of finance, the alternative delivery project, and several discretionary grants, including Department of Health grants for a heart attack center designation and community health worker training, and DHS grants related to homeless services, behavioral health transition support, and an enabling technology pilot.
The committee then reviewed service contracts, including RFQs, construction-related contracts, intergovernmental agreements, and a large number of out-of-state and in-state contracts. Testimony focused heavily on DHS staffing and state hospital contracts, the Arkansas State Police seatbelt survey, AEDC’s lithium supply chain analysis, and Shared Administrative Services’ new SuccessFactors performance-management contract. Members asked detailed questions about contract nursing costs, turnover, hiring timelines, and whether some contracts were being renewed or amended beyond their original projected costs. DHS and Veterans Affairs officials explained staffing shortages, retention incentives, and the use of contract labor as a supplement to state employees.
Several contracts drew scrutiny and were held for further review. Representative Wardlaw raised concerns about projected costs and repeated amendments on the Department of Education security contract and on DHS staffing contracts, arguing that some had exceeded their original projected totals. The committee voted to hold contracts 5, 7, and 8 until Friday, while adopting the remaining contracts. The meeting ended after informational reports on service contract amendments without material change, executed contracts, and emergency procurements were presented, with no further business before adjournment.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 08:02 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- section providing civil, criminal, and administrative immunity to participating employers who hire students
- Engrossed House Bill 425, to repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to
- has had under consideration Engrossed House Bill 5048, to ensure virtual instruction for foster students
- has had under consideration Engrossed House Bill 5048, to ensure virtual instruction for foster students
- Engrossed House Bill 5048, to ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Emerging Issues Mar 9th, 2026
Emerging Issues and Professional Registration
Transcript Highlights:
- Annually, our primary prevention efforts reach over 60,000 K-12 students.
- Additionally, we train... ...reach over 60,000 K-12 students.
- Additionally, we train over 3,000 students each year in team mental health first aid, equipping them
- One of the most telling is a survey administered to middle and high school students.
- One of the most telling is a survey administered to middle and high school students asking them about
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 3423 from Rep. Darren Chappell, which would require judges in Missouri courts of record to file annual financial disclosure statements, bar judges from hearing cases involving people who have given them money, and extend similar disclosure rules to members of judicial nominating commissions. Chappell framed the bill as a transparency and ethics measure. Business groups supported the proposal, but judges, bar groups, and trial and defense lawyers opposed it, arguing existing judicial ethics rules already address gifts and recusals, that the bill is overly broad in covering “anything of value,” and that it could create unintended consequences, including strategic donations to force recusal and reduced public access to judicial financial disclosures. The Supreme Court’s representative said the bill should be read alongside the full Code of Judicial Conduct and offered to provide the committee with that material. No vote was taken.
The committee then heard House Bill 2922 from Rep. Jeff Myers, which would align Missouri’s right-to-try law with federal law by extending access from terminal illness to debilitating conditions and by addressing the use of Schedule I drugs in that framework. Myers said the bill is intended to help ensure access to emerging treatments and has passed in various forms in prior sessions. There was no opposition testimony, and the hearing concluded without action.
Next, the committee heard House Bill 2643, also from Rep. Senate, the “Hope for Missouri Patients Act,” which would expand right-to-try access for individualized treatments such as gene therapies, enzyme replacement therapies, and substrate reduction therapies for patients with rare or debilitating diseases. Supporters, including the Goldwater Institute, a parent of a child with a rare disease, and Americans for Prosperity, said the bill could help patients access customized treatments sooner and reduce red tape. The sponsor and witnesses emphasized that the bill would not require insurance coverage and is meant to help patients who cannot wait for lengthy clinical trial or FDA pathways. No opposition testimony was offered.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3204 from Rep. Senate, which would create a tax credit to encourage private donations to prevention resource centers that work on substance misuse prevention. Supporters from prevention organizations and advocacy groups said the credit would strengthen local prevention coalitions, reduce future treatment and criminal justice costs, and stabilize funding for services such as school education, early intervention, and suicide prevention. One opponent warned that Planned Parenthood could qualify as a prevention resource center and receive tax credits, but supporters said they had no concern about that. The hearing ended with no vote or other committee action, and the committee adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I have student loan debts. I might have a car payment.
- I have student loan debts. I might have a car payment.
- A lot of students had to ask them, you know, hey, where does the government get the money?
- I would bring up to my students and at that time I think we were bordering six seven trillion dollars
- A lot of students had to ask them, you know, hey, where does the government get the money?
Committee:
House State Affairs
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from January 29 and 30. It then took up HCR 25, a resolution calling for an Article V convention effort focused on a balanced budget amendment. The sponsor and supporters argued that the federal debt and annual deficits are unsustainable, that the resolution is intended to pressure Congress rather than actually trigger a runaway convention, and that any amendment would still require ratification by 38 states. Supporters also said a balanced budget amendment would force fiscal discipline without immediate tax hikes or drastic cuts, and several public witnesses, including former officials, a banker, a student, and party leaders, testified in favor on generational and economic grounds.
Opponents and skeptical members raised concerns that the resolution explicitly calls for a constitutional convention, that there is no reliable way to limit the scope or delegate selection, and that a convention could create unintended constitutional changes. Some questioned whether the strategy was honest with constituents, whether Congress should instead be changed through elections, and whether states like Idaho should continue accepting federal funds while advocating fiscal restraint. The Idaho Republican Party chair testified against the measure, saying the risk of an uncontrolled convention outweighed any benefit.
After debate, Representative Boyle moved a substitute motion to hold HCR 25 in committee, but that motion failed 9-4. The committee then voted on the original motion to send HCR 25 to the floor with a due pass recommendation, and that motion passed 9-4. The committee then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Teachers and students were scared, and our school is on constant high alert.
- My daughter is a student at St. Francis; she was a kindergartner, five years old when Isaiah...
- officers, particularly school resource officers (SROs), who are tasked with ensuring the safety of students
- legislation not only enhances officer safety and survivability but also strengthens the protection of students
- security officers, whether civilian or sworn in, is identical to the mission: protecting the lives of students
Bills:
SB614 , SB872 , SB1199 , SB1212 , SB1278 , SB1573 , SB1588 , SB1602 , SB1660 , SB1704 , SB1723 , SB1833 , SB1858 , SB1946 , SB2009 , SB2146 , SB2177 , SB2373 , SB2460 , SB2785
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Keywords:
forensic science, capital writs, criminal justice, case review, Texas Forensic Science Commission, SB 872, burglary of a vehicle, vehicle burglary, theft of a firearm, stolen gun, firearm theft, Penal Code Section 30.04, third-degree felony, Class A misdemeanor, criminal penalty enhancement, gun theft, vehicle break-in, property crime, sentencing enhancement, Texas criminal law
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I am president of the Student Angler Organization in the state of Minnesota.
- The student anglers and the anglers of Minnesota certainly are supportive of this.
- The one tie-in that I really want to bring in is the student angling program.
- The more we can get people outside, and I think part of it is due to the student angling program.
- One of the greatest outcomes of the student angling part of it is really not just engaging the youth,
Keywords:
water appropriation, aquifer management, potable water, water conservation, environmental policy, fishing regulation, angling, sustainability, biodiversity, game fish, Carley State Park, Minnesota state parks, state lands, park boundary expansion, Wabasha County, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, public lands, land acquisition, park addition
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:24:30.159><c> and</c><00:24:30.320><c> so</c> tips that we see among students and so tips that
- we see among students and so this<00:24:30.720><c> bill</c><00:24:30.960><c> is</c><00:24:31.200><c>
- I gave multiple presentations to hundreds<01:00:10.319><c> of</c><01:00:10.559><c> students</c><01:00
- We need to teach students all kinds of different types of sexual behaviors, which made it easier for
- We need to teach students all kinds of different types of sexual behaviors, which made it easier for
Committee:
House Judiciary
Keywords:
stalking, minors, felony, protection orders, criminal penalties, grooming, sexual offenses, child protection, 916, all
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
HHS-AEN-EIG, HHS, HHS Public Hearings 02-02-2026
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a clinical psychology graduate student and a student member of the Hawaii Psychological Association
- And also when I talk to University of Hawaii students and students I counsel combating suicide, battling
- And also when I talk to University of Hawaii students and students I counsel combating suicide, battling
- And also when I talk to University of Hawaii students and students I counsel combating suicide, battling
- ,</c> um the last four years to 100 students, um the last four years to 100 students, teens<01:02:00.480
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
Summary:
The joint HHS, Agriculture, Environment, Energy, and Intergovernmental Affairs hearing focused first on SB 2262, a pollution and illegal dumping measure. The Department of Health said it stood on its written testimony, and public testimony included support from CARES with suggested amendments to involve the counties in standardized response planning and to address pollution caused by individuals. Members questioned the bill’s fines, where they would go, and how the department would handle carcasses and illegal dumping enforcement. DOH said administrative fines go to the general fund, criminal fines are collected by the Attorney General, carcasses are generally buried by the landowner under existing rules, and DOH mainly regulates solid waste and coordinates with counties and other agencies when violations arise.
After discussion, the chair recommended SB 2262 be passed with substantial amendments. The proposed amendments would add DLNR to the task force, deposit all fines into a special fund to support enforcement, allow fines below $5,000 for littering and higher fines for excessive or chronic illegal dumping, and include a January 30, 2050 effective date. The committee adopted the recommendation, with members voting aye.
The hearing then moved to the HHS calendar. On SB 2087, relating to health insurance, agencies including DHS, DCCA, the Attorney General, and Labor stood on written testimony, while several advocacy and medical groups testified in support. One Medicaid recipient opposed the bill, arguing the coverage should be immediate rather than phased in over three years. Angela Melody Young supported the bill but urged amendments to prioritize people with disabilities, kupuna, and mothers. Members questioned whether the rural health transformation program could support the bill’s deductible structure; the Department of Human Services said it was unlikely CMS would allow that level of coverage, though rural funds might help in other ways. The committee then moved on to SB 2089, which would expand services eligible for Medicaid prospective payment system reimbursement, hearing support from OHA, DHS, and others, along with testimony about mental health access and training. The transcript also began SB 2106, relating to health and eating disorder prevention, with a student testifying in support and citing youth eating disorder harms, but the discussion was cut off before any action on that bill.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Administration (01/22/2026)
Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- But the Berkeley students were protesting us at that time. We knew about it.
- ><c> were</c> But the Berkeley students were But the Berkeley students were protesting<00:43:04.319><
- HB 79, that students can attend wherever their parent pays taxes. I'm sorry, it's my brief video.
- </c><02:01:05.679><c> Students</c> I'm sorry, it's my brief video.
- Students I'm sorry, it's my brief video.
Committee:
House Legislative Administration
MS
Transcript Highlights:
- We see a net enrollment loss of 7,224 students, which also included 2,333 low-income students, which,
- So because of the decline in students, this is the resultant decrease in the student funding formula,
- We see a net enrollment loss of 7,224 students, which also included 2,333 low-income students, which,
- So because of the decline in students, this is the resultant decrease in the student funding formula,
- And scholarship funding for students.
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Establishing an Office of Gun Violence Prevention 3/2/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I listened to the mother of a student from enunciation. Chris Kelly's son was in church that day.
- I listened to the mother of a student I listened to the mother of a student from<00:03:08.560><c> enunciation
- </c><00:15:17.199><c> member</c> physicians and medical student member physicians and medical student
- I think that's something our students need, that type of protection.
- our students need that type<00:42:26.960><c> of</c><00:42:27.200><c> protection.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice, Public Safety, & Judiciary (1-20-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:41:34.480><c> about</c> talk to third-year law students about talk to third-year law students
- DPA needs to hire 50 to 70 graduating law students to come to Kentucky to be public defenders.
- DPA needs to hire 50 to 70 graduating law students to come to Kentucky to be public defenders.
- DPA needs to hire 50 to 70 graduating law students to come to Kentucky to be public defenders.
- DPA needs to hire 50 to 70 graduating law students to come to Kentucky to be public defenders.
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.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 11, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And now the state of students.
- </c><00:16:29.279><c> In</c> students across the country. In students across the country.
- without</c><00:16:38.079><c> teachers,</c> would mean students without teachers, would mean students
- As we all know, good our students.
- </c> disparities and exposing more students disparities and exposing more students to<00:23:28.799><c
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jan 22nd, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the House bill relative to teacher preparation and student
- Senate Rule 7 or any other rule to the contrary, the House bill relative to teacher preparation and student
- Senate Rule 7 or any other rule to the contrary, the House bill relative to teacher preparation and student
- athletics, especially North Shore high school sports, and in 1992 founded the Moynihan Lumber North Shore Student
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a resolution congratulating Anna Karaz on her 100th birthday. It then took up and passed to be engrossed a home rule bill authorizing bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole for the Town of Randolph. The sponsoring senator spoke in support, saying the measure would improve access, inclusivity, and voter participation for Randolph’s growing Haitian Creole-speaking population, and noted the town’s low recent turnout and the importance of not waiting for a federal language-access review.
The Senate also passed to be engrossed a bill authorizing the Town of Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor. It later adopted a Ways and Means order advancing a House bill on teacher preparation and student literacy with a new draft, and suspended rules to refer several Senate petitions. Additional local bills were enacted, including measures concerning Provincetown’s charter, the appointed town clerk in Avon, and Westwood liquor license authority. The Senate also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer a House petition on retirement benefits for a Massachusetts Maritime Academy associate professor.
Later, the Senate amended and passed a bill validating and confirming certain acts and proceedings of elected and appointed officials in the Town of Plymouth. A senator also offered remarks congratulating Sweet Paws Rescue on its 15th anniversary and new facility, which were ordered printed in the Journal. The chamber then adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Gerard W. Moynihan of North Reading, followed by a moment of silence, and adjourned until the following Monday at 11 a.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 29th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We are joined on the Senate floor by students from the San Diego Kappa League and members of the San
- Diego Alumni Chapter, and in the gallery we have students and mentors of the Sacramento Alumni Chapter
- Many of our districts have been serving students, even though they have not been receiving the dollars
- He was also a standout student-athlete in both basketball and baseball and served as a student council
- He frequently tutored his fellow classmates and students and encouraged their studies, rooted in his
Summary:
The Senate session opened with a roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long series of floor recognitions and votes. Members spent substantial time honoring the Los Angeles Dodgers, celebrating their back-to-back World Series championship and highlighting the team’s history, community role, and connections to Jackie Robinson, Fernando Valenzuela, Vin Scully, and Jaime Jarrín. Senators also recognized summer interns and welcomed members of Kappa Alpha Psi’s Kappa League and Guide Right program to the floor.
The chamber then took up several measures, beginning with AB 182 on ballot order and proposition numbering for the 2026 statewide ballot, which passed 38-8 after debate over whether placing legislatively referred measures first was fair. SR 113, commemorating the International Day of Peace and honoring Dr. Yongshik Cho’s role in proposing it, passed unanimously after supportive remarks about peace, education, and California’s diversity. The Senate also adopted SJR 16 urging Congress to restore commercial driver’s licenses for affected California truck drivers, and SCR 185 designating Probation Services Week.
A major portion of the meeting was devoted to budget trailer bills. The Senate concurred in Assembly amendments to AB 112, AB 150, AB 152, AB 181, and AB 179, covering Medi-Cal, child care, human services, education governance, and housing. It also passed or concurred in SB 168, SB 169, SB 170, SB 171, SB 172, SB 174, SB 177, and SB 180, addressing public resources and energy, transportation, executive branch reorganization, labor, state government, courts, Medi-Cal financing, and taxation. Several of these drew opposition centered on energy costs, transparency, business impacts, or the proposed “fair share” approach to Medi-Cal costs for large corporations, but most measures passed on party-line or near-party-line votes. The Senate also confirmed three California Horse Racing Board appointments and ended with adjournment motions, including a request to adjourn in memory of Francis Lydia Limos of American Canyon.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Joint Legislative Audit
Transcript Highlights:
- Student impact, complaint handling, board actions, including reported firings of top administrators,
- and how that may have affected school operations and its consequent impact on students, political or
- And they demand transparency, accountability, and a commitment to serving students... ...and they demand
- transparency, accountability, and a commitment to serving students above all else.
- , as a board member, could sit in my board of education chambers and not wear a mask, while every student
Committee:
House Joint Legislative Audit
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the biggest reasons Mokai students do not attend pharmacy school is the pure expense of four years
- working in rural and underserved areas like Mokai by having a center helping with pharmacy school student
- Moka students do not attend<00:12:19.519><c> pharmacy</c><00:12:20.000><c> school</c><00:12:20.720><
- loan</c><00:12:50.720><c> repayment</c><00:12:51.680><c> we</c><00:12:51.839><c> will</c> school student
- loan repayment we will school student loan repayment we will find<00:12:52.360><c> more</c><00:12:52.639
Committee:
House Higher Education
Summary:
The House Committee on Higher Education met on January 31 and heard six bills. The chair opened by outlining committee practices, including giving at least 72 hours’ notice for hearings, releasing testimony by 5:00 p.m. the day before hearings, and deferring bills needing substantive HT1 changes so members would not vote “blind.” Members briefly thanked the chair for the transparency approach before moving to the agenda.
HB 223 would create a Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy special fund and workforce assessment fee to support a pharmacy center. Testimony from the Board of Pharmacy, the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo College of Pharmacy, Mokai Drugs, and others generally supported the measure, emphasizing workforce data, rural access, student loan repayment, and retention. The committee later advanced HB 223 with amendments, including leaving fee amounts blank for further discussion and inserting a defective date, and the motion passed unanimously.
HB 940 would appropriate funds for the rat lungworm lab at UH Hilo; HB 546 would establish the Aloha Intelligence Institute at UH to advance AI; HB 549 would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program; HB 1172 would add the Department of Taxation to the Statewide Longitudinal Data System for wage-data sharing; and HB 1320 would require UH to collect and publicly report graduate outcome data and create a dashboard. Testimony on these bills was largely supportive, with some privacy concerns raised on HB 1172 and a request to protect taxpayer confidentiality. In decision-making, the committee passed all five bills with amendments, generally deleting or blanking appropriations and FTEs for Finance Committee review, adding defective dates for further discussion, and in HB 549 adding a statement that the program is a matter of statewide concern. The committee recessed briefly for decision-making and then adopted the chair’s recommendations on each bill.