Transcript Highlights:

• Education and experience combined will qualify. No, a bachelor's is not a requirement.
• But education and experience both combined for minimum cost.
• And when you say education and experience, a high school degree can start somebody at $50,000 a year
• Also, we have a lot of community education.
• , and through that education, people aren't having to pay fines.

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• And we offered ourselves and built our own systems of rehabilitation and education.
• And we offered ourselves and built our own systems of rehabilitation and education.
• That's a benefit to society because we know education reduces recidivism.
• That's a benefit to society because we know education reduces recidivism.
• That's a benefit to society because we know education reduces recidivism.

Summary: The committee held a work session on tort liability and parole, with the chair explaining that the topics were linked because criminal justice reform and state liability often intersect, especially in cases involving child welfare and corrections. Staff first outlined Washington’s tort liability framework, including the state’s broad waiver of sovereign immunity, statutes governing mandatory reporting and investigation of abuse, the childhood sexual abuse statute of limitations, and the lack of caps on non-economic damages. Staff and presenters also compared Washington to other states and noted that Washington remains among the broadest states for state liability and childhood sexual abuse claims. Presenters from the Attorney General’s office, Washington State Association for Justice, DCYF, DSHS, and DOC discussed how tort exposure has grown, especially in claims involving DCYF, historical child abuse, juvenile rehabilitation, vulnerable adults, employment discrimination, medical negligence, and negligent supervision. DCYF and AG staff said claims and payouts are rising, with many claims tied to older abuse and new theories of liability, while defense counsel emphasized the human harm behind the claims and argued that tort cases have historically driven accountability and reform. Agency witnesses said they face large volumes of old claims with limited records, rising verdicts and settlements, and staffing and systems challenges, and they highlighted efforts such as early resolution programs, electronic health records, medication-assisted treatment, and improved incident review processes. The committee then shifted to parole. Sentencing experts reviewed Washington’s move from indeterminate sentencing to the current determinate sentencing system under the Sentencing Reform Act, and explained how parole could be integrated with sentencing guidelines through different models used in other states. They also summarized Criminal Sentencing Task Force recommendations related to a determinate-plus approach for three-strikes and persistent offender laws and a second-chance review process, noting there was no consensus on those ideas. Judges from the Minority and Justice Commission and the Superior Court Judges Association said a parole system could support rehabilitation and reduce disparities if it includes data collection, fairness, transparency, due process, and meaningful judicial review; they also pointed to research suggesting parole and structured reentry can reduce recidivism and costs, while warning that access and outcomes can vary by geography and other factors.

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• It says it's Ten Commandments not in a doctrinal type thing but in a historical educational setting.
• </c> thing but in a historical educational thing but in a historical educational setting<00:26:48.280
• On line 36, where it says parents have the fundamental right to direct the education, upbringing, care
• , upbringing, care, and control education, upbringing, care, and control of<00:46:06.320><c> their</c
• ,</c><00:47:45.400><c> upbringing,</c><00:47:46.000><c> care,</c><00:47:47.000><c> and</c> the education

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate File 14, Higher Education Research Funding. Ayes 25, noes 30, excused 7. Message 264.
• Senate File 14, Higher Education Senate File 14, Higher Education Research<01:12:37.280><c> Funding,<
• </c><01:15:04.239><c> include</c><01:15:04.560><c> this</c> the Department of Education include this
• the Department of Education include this appropriation<01:15:05.360><c> and</c><01:15:05.520><c> the<
• The Education Committee Number Four will meet Friday morning at 8:00 in Capital Extension Room EE5.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• My very first year of incarceration, I saw an education system that was not right.
• And because of that, an entire education system in prison was changed.
• Section four is two claims against the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
• </c> modernized based on today's educational modernized based on today's educational environment<00:40
• /c><00:45:32.000><c> will</c> tomorrow afternoon, uh, education will tomorrow afternoon, uh, education

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 24 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, currently, um, you can have a bachelor's degree with an additional 30 hours of education and one
• So, currently, um, you can have a bachelor's degree with an additional 30 hours of education and one
• No extra education, but two years of experience.
• No extra education, but two years of experience.
• No extra education but of experience.

Committee: Joint Business and Financial Institutions

Keywords: Business and Financial Institutions - Room 409, 2 February, 2026; 2:00 P.M., 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Department of Health, Department of Education.
• For instance, we have undergraduate medical education according, and we have all of them cited within
• We've also included physician retention rate, physicians who have completed graduate education in New
• So we provide some education around those. It's kind of individualized from that entire team.
• So do you have a classroom or classrooms within your facility, or how does their education work?

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:43:10.320><c> and</c><01:43:10.560><c> teenage</c> driver's education and teenage driver's education
• Every kid in Mississippi deserves a quality education.
• Every kid in Mississippi deserves a quality education.
• Every kid in Mississippi deserves a quality education.
• Every kid in Mississippi deserves a quality education.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 15 January, 2026; 2:00 PM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> host public events and educational host public events and educational tours.<00:42:59.520><c> And
• </c><01:04:19.599><c> ethnic</c> really trying to educate ethnic really trying to educate ethnic communities
• </c><01:04:44.480><c> re</c> should at very minimum educate re should at very minimum educate re retailers
• ,</c> retailers that we have been educating, retailers that we have been educating, they<01:09:07.440
• </c> will help with some of these education will help with some of these education as<01:09:14.319><c

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We had previously required 10 hours of continuing education for each year.
• We had previously required 10 hours of continuing education for each year.
• We had previously required 10 hours of continuing education for each year.
• We had previously required 10 hours of continuing education for each year.
• He then said Proposal 5 was to identify education for electricians. Mr.

Committee: Joint Administrative Rules Committee

Summary: The committee approved the March 12, 2026 minutes and granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rule changes tied to House Bill 1620/1622, which concern North Dakota’s entry into the physician assistant licensure compact. The Board said it is waiting on compact rules, especially fee structures, before finalizing its own rules. The committee then took up extensive Office of Management and Budget personnel rule revisions, covering salary administration, recruitment, leave policies, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR practices and implement recent legislation, including new hire leave and enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions; the committee raised concerns about the subjectivity and fairness of the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but no action was taken against the rules. The North Dakota Lottery presented emergency and regular rule changes, including updates tied to the Millionaire for Life game and miscellaneous clarifications. The Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology described rule updates that add speech-language pathology assistants to the rules, ease continuing education requirements for out-of-state applicants, expand temporary licensure, and clarify supervision standards. The State Electrical Board reviewed numerous code updates, including changes to electrical and fire alarm standards, receptacle labeling, countertop receptacles, and a major new conveyance/elevator inspection program added by the Legislature; the board said it is preparing to begin inspections by August 1. The Industrial Commission’s Geological Survey Division presented new rules implementing House Bill 1459 on critical minerals in coal-bearing formations, including permit, reporting, confidentiality, and royalty-related provisions. The committee asked about confidentiality of exploration data and drilling depth. The Public Employees Retirement System outlined rule changes implementing several bills affecting defined benefit, public safety, defined contribution, insurance, deferred compensation, and retiree health credit programs, and noted possible future proposals to add state EMS or create a LOSAP-style plan. The Department of Health and Human Services presented substance use disorder voucher rules implementing House Bill 1012, including allowing individuals to apply directly and setting reimbursement procedures; the rules were expected to have a $250,000 general fund impact already included in the budget. The longest discussion involved the Gaming Commission rules. Members questioned whether the commission had authority to raise poker tournament buy-ins from $300 to $1,500, viewing it as an expansion of gaming rather than a mere clarification. After debate, the committee voted to void that specific rule section for lack of statutory authority. The rest of the gaming rules covered higher raffle limits from House Bill 1192, the change from “bar” to “alcoholic beverage establishment,” veterans’ organization proceeds, credit ticket voucher kiosks, online raffles, and advertising restrictions; the presenter said several public comments led to revisions or withdrawals of proposed language. The meeting ended with discussion of upcoming Ethics Commission travel-reporting rules and scheduling the next committee meeting in September.

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• and education generally.
• Sixth is educating Americans and developing an AI-ready workforce.
• I think I can actually take away from your presentation, is the tech companies, certainly in the education
• Thank you. ...as well as Delegate Sewell around education and our children.
• And the Department of Education was tasked with helping out in that way.

Keywords: Technology and Science, Joint Commission on, 976, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 918 by the Ways and Means Committee: an act relating to education, amending Section 33-505
• So I like the idea of having some signage and having some laws in place to help educate people.
• And House Bill 918 was referred to the Education Committee. March 17, 2026, Mr.
• You've got to educate your constituents. Everyone got the brief. Get everyone excited.
• The House Education Committee will not meet Wednesday, March 18. Hawkins, chairman.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• c><00:09:33.279><c> I</c><00:09:33.519><c> continued</c><00:09:34.080><c> to</c><00:09:34.399><c> educate
• </c> through which I continued to educate through which I continued to educate myself<00:09:35.279><c
• And so it’s just a matter really truly of preparation, of education, and just willing to get in there
• , and just willing to get in education, and just willing to get in there<00:21:48.159><c> and</c><00:
• He came down to Supreme Court at one time to educate both the Court, prosecutors, the judiciary committee

Bills: SB2418 , SB2568 , SB2661

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: drug paraphernalia, overdose prevention, public health, substance use, harm reduction, criminal justice reform, public servants, harassment, safety, government, criminal offense, nepotism, transparency, public officials, accountability, government ethics, 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee first took up three previously heard measures in decision-making. SB 2418, which repeals the law prohibiting drug paraphernalia under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, was amended to keep prohibitions on manufacturing-related paraphernalia and then passed. SB 2568, which elevates harassment against certain public officials to a misdemeanor, was amended to place it in the harassment statute, narrow the nexus language, and extend coverage to all public employees; it passed with amendments. SB 2661, dealing with nepotism rules in the code of ethics, was amended so the ethics restrictions would apply more broadly to legislators and judges as well, and it also passed with amendments. In each case, the committee reported no no-votes or reservations and adopted the measures. The committee then heard Governor’s Message 684, the nomination of Judge Stephanie Char to the Fifth Circuit Court on Kauai. The governor’s office testified in strong support, and the Hawaii State Bar Association representative said the usual review process found her qualified. Judge Char described her Kauai roots, 17 years as a public defender, and service as a district family court judge since December 2020, saying she would bring hard work and continued commitment to access to justice. Members questioned her about recusals on a small island, her experience handling criminal and civil matters, sentencing repeat offenders, administrative appeals, and how she would approach competency and fitness issues under HRS 704. Char said she had recused only a few times, emphasized case-by-case sentencing and probation conditions tailored to underlying problems, and said she would rely on preparation and education for unfamiliar administrative matters. On 704 cases, she said defendants awaiting evaluation should generally remain in custody, with possible diversion or strict release conditions in appropriate cases, and that those found unfit would need to be sent to Hawaii State Hospital. No vote was taken on the nomination; the committee announced it would decide on Monday, February 23, at 10:45 a.m. in Room 016.

Transcript Highlights:

• mother, Tamika Barrett, a proud graduate of Brookside Charter School, where she also serves as an educator
• The JAG program empowers our nation's young people with the skills and support to succeed in education
• We are selling support for the funding of these important programs for education and veterans, disabled
• machines with a promise of tax dollars for education, whoever else is getting this money, and people
• The lottery, also gambling, was implemented and was going to fund education, supposedly.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the prior day’s journal by a 134-0 roll call vote. Members then moved through a series of personal privileges and introductions of guests, including Turning Point USA chapters, CASA volunteers and staff, JAG students, university students, nursing students, interns, and other visitors recognized from across the state. On third reading, House Bill 1766, dealing with personal property tax treatment and new construction, was debated as a taxpayer relief measure. Supporters said it would treat personal property more like real estate under Hancock-style limits, while opponents warned it could reduce revenue for taxing districts. The bill passed 94-50. The House then took up House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2989, a major gaming bill aimed at cracking down on illegal “gray market” machines while creating a regulated local-option video lottery terminal system. Debate focused on enforcement, local control, consumer protection, revenue for education, veterans, and disability programs, and whether the bill effectively legalized gambling in a new form. A motion to send it to Fiscal Review failed 69-44, and the bill ultimately passed 83-66 with one present. The chamber next considered House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2014, the supplemental appropriations bill. The sponsor said it provides a little over $3 billion in additional authority for the rest of FY2026, including tax refunds, disaster response, St. Louis tornado relief, Medicaid-related spending, and Missouri Department of Transportation operations. Members discussed the size of supplemental spending, the use of federal and general revenue funds, and the first-time use of general revenue for the adult expansion Medicaid population. The House adopted an amendment reducing some unused Medicaid authority, then adopted the bill as amended and perfected it for printing. The session ended with announcements, including a notice that the Super Committee on Tourism would meet immediately in Hearing Room 6.

Transcript Highlights:

• He saw that we were educated.
• We walked through life together as women, as educators, and as advocates for justice.
• High-quality public education workforce for Florida students, and that is the bill.
• Yale Olnick, Florida Education Association, waives speaking in support.
• Senator, my name is Bob Harris, and I do represent the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 694, which would compensate the descendants of the Groveland Four—Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas—for the wrongful convictions, incarceration, and death tied to the 1949 case. Senator Bracey Davis described the bill as a final step after prior state apologies, pardons, and exonerations. The committee adopted a $4 million amendment that divided compensation equally among the four families and updated the recipient for Ernest Thomas’s share. Multiple family members and advocates testified in support, emphasizing the decades of trauma and the need for full justice. Senators in debate largely supported the bill, and it was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 330, which clarifies disability provisions for firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers by refining the definition of heart disease and allowing certain officers who transfer agencies to rely on a prior physical under specified conditions. SB 474 also passed, expanding military leave protections to include public officials and employees who serve in the Coast Guard or Florida State Guard, adjusting pay eligibility for federal service, and updating related retirement and assistance provisions. SB 96, the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program bill, was amended to expand eligibility to veterans with incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty level and to move funding into the General Appropriations Act; members debated whether the broader eligibility could increase demand, but the bill was reported favorably. The committee also advanced SB 7018 on child welfare, making the Step Into Success pilot program permanent statewide, adjusting visitor/background-check rules for out-of-home placements, and creating a best-practices program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. CS/SB 480 on state IT governance was reported favorably after amendments that strengthened vendor performance metrics and restored state data center security provisions; it creates a new central IT governance structure under the Governor’s office and aims to improve oversight of procurement, spending, and technical debt. SB 1066, addressing partial restoration of the Ocklawaha River and Kirkpatrick Dam, passed after a late-file amendment and extensive testimony from environmental, recreation, and local economic interests. SB 1216, which gives school districts more flexibility in educator compensation, and SB 1120, which increases oversight and reporting for water management district spending, were also reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 1366 on claims against the government, which raises sovereign immunity caps, ties future adjustments to CPI, shortens claim deadlines, and changes attorney-fee provisions. The bill drew support from local government and public-hospital groups as a compromise, but also significant concern from some senators about the impact on self-insured agencies and whether the fee changes would discourage attorneys from taking cases. The discussion remained ongoing, and the bill was still moving forward as the meeting continued.

Transcript Highlights:

• And so we will initially focus on things that fall into adaptive outdoor recreation, camping, education
• And so we will initially focus on things that fall into adaptive outdoor recreation, camping, education
• Things that fall into adaptive outdoor recreation, camping, education and interpretation, fishing, nature
• I believe this is transformational for the state of Wyoming in order for us to figure out how to educate
• people uh when figure out how to educate people uh when they<00:21:32.320><c> come</c><00:21:32.480>

Bills: HB0015 , HB0017 , HB0019

Committee: Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Keywords: right to repair, digital electronics, consumer protection, embedded software, manufacturers, repair providers, tools and documentation, anti-theft measures, blockchain, financial technology, digital innovation, economic development, select committee, trespass, hunting, land use, public access, wildlife, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, but if this committee is going to be handling these bills, I think you need to educate yourself
• Unless there's a committee sub, it would you need to educate yourself on the you need to educate yourself
• I can tell you I'm not educated on the subject. Um I have been back and forth. I've seen data.
• I can tell you I'm not educated on the subject. Um I have been back and forth. I've seen data.
• I can tell you I'm not educated on the subject. Um I have been back and forth. I've seen data.

Committee: Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor

Keywords: Meeting start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:37 SB 39 discussion: 04:10 SB 39 vote: 26:35, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• for Progress of Mississippi. ...honor its enduring contributions to civic leadership, advocacy, education
• We are staunch supporters of a strong education system, one that provides a quality education to every
• system, one that provides a education system, one that provides a quality<00:25:04.640><c> education
• </c><00:25:05.200><c> to</c><00:25:05.520><c> every</c><00:25:05.840><c> child,</c> quality education
• to every child, quality education to every child, regardless<00:25:07.120><c> of</c><00:25:07.360><c

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 20 January, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• mitigation, those types of things on both private, state, and federal lands, but it allows us to educate
• We have a Buckeye, in Buckeye Valley Irrigation District, there's an elementary conservation education
• We also have an elementary conservation education center down in Hereford.
• So, and Madam Chair, to that point, it's really important that we educate people on how drainage works
• This allows us to get out there and educate people on how to help them help their neighbors and help

Committee: House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee heard introductions from members and staff, then took up several water and natural resources bills. House Bill 2024 would expand Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) authority to include snowpack augmentation and related planning and permitting costs. Supporters, including a cloud-seeding company, argued the technology can increase snowpack and water supply at relatively low cost, while opponents raised concerns about weather modification, chemicals such as silver iodide, uncertainty in the science, and potential environmental effects. After debate, the committee passed HB 2024 on a 6-4 vote, with some members explaining they wanted more research but were willing to advance it for further consideration. House Bill 2053 would appropriate $100,000 to the Arizona Department of Water Resources to update stormwater recharge mapping statewide, including private land, and the committee adopted an amendment extending the timeline and revising language about recharge sites and surface-water conflicts. ADWR said it could do the mapping but noted legal concerns about determining appropriable surface water rights. SRP and the Sierra Club opposed parts of the bill, arguing the language could affect existing water rights or exclude nature-based recharge areas. The bill passed as amended on a 6-4 vote. The committee then heard a presentation from WIFA director Chelsea McGuire on the agency’s revolving funds, conservation grants, and long-term augmentation efforts, including seven proposed augmentation projects and a request for no budget cuts. House Bill 2097, which would cap groundwater pumping in irrigation non-expansion areas at six acre-feet per acre and add related reporting, exemptions, and substitution provisions, drew support from the sponsor as a conservation measure but opposition from ADWR and environmental advocates who said the cap was too high or could encourage pumping; it passed 6-4. House Bill 2116, appropriating $1 million to the Colorado River Litigation Fund, passed 8-1 amid comments that it was a precaution in ongoing Colorado River negotiations. Finally, House Bill 2117, a cleanup bill shifting environmental special plate fund authority to the new conservation district board and updating distribution rules, was presented as a technical correction and education-fund update; the transcript ends before a final vote on that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• The educational realm of not only how to respond, but how to prevent.
• When you're looking at education, the school-to-prison pipeline remains completely strong.
• We need to invest in education, in security, and in programs that build understanding and not division
• We need to invest in education, in security, and in programs that build understanding and not division
• The Legislature must also continue funding for direct legal assistance and know-your-rights educational

Summary: The Select Committee on Hate, Racism, and Xenophobia met to examine the scope of hate activity in California and hear from state agencies, commissions, and community organizations. The chair opened by framing hate as a persistent crisis affecting many protected groups, and Assembly Member Gonzalez briefly joined the committee. The first panel included the California Department of Justice and the California Commission on the State of Hate, both of which presented recent data and policy recommendations. The Department of Justice reported that in 2024 California saw 2,023 reported hate crime events, 2,568 hate crime offenses, and 2,491 victims, with anti-Black bias remaining the most common category, followed by anti-Jewish and anti-Latino bias. DOJ also said referrals for prosecution increased, and it described its hate-crimes guidance, rapid response protocol, and multilingual resources. The Commission on the State of Hate said hate is undercounted in law enforcement data and cited a survey suggesting about 2.6 million Californians experienced at least one hate act in a year, including more than half a million potentially criminal incidents. It recommended permanent data infrastructure, mandatory law enforcement training, and continued funding for community-based prevention and victim support. The committee then heard testimony from representatives of the NAACP, LULAC, Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California, CHIRLA, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, CARE, Equality California, and the Racial Equity Commission. Witnesses described systemic racism, anti-immigrant enforcement, antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Asian bias, and anti-LGBTQ+ hate, often linking these harms to political rhetoric, social media, and federal actions. They urged the Legislature to fund programs such as California vs. Hate, Stop the Hate, nonprofit security grants, language access, school and mental health supports, and legal assistance, while also protecting civil rights, due process, and free speech. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing, but members indicated they would request additional recommendations and continue the discussion in future hearings.