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AL
Transcript Highlights:
- It will create some gestation programs for those violations that are in school.
- over four years of vaping in our school district.
- Vapes do not belong in our schools. Thank you. Hello everyone.
- So, how do you determine which school we're talking about here?
- The judge's mom or dad, he or she can determine which school, but they think it's a veteran school.
Committee:
House Judiciary
Keywords:
hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, blood tests, DUI, law enforcement, traffic offenses, chemical analysis, public nuisance, event liability, local government, community health, legal action, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation, accountability
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, I mean, your bill clearly says to assist the department. They don't have to.
- We can't put anything in statute to... ...alleviate that or really assist with that.
- I am the assistant manager for commercial truck claims management.
- That was a closed highway because it was a construction zone. To be done a certain way.
- That was a closed highway because it was a construction zone. The highway was closed.
Committee:
House Transportation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 9th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- From school board to Congress, Phil saw electoral politics not as a game but as a vehicle for justice
- Marvin Lavelle Boomer Jr. was an educator at Castlemont High School with deep passions for community
- His love and his legacy will live on in the school farm he established.
- In what he poured into the fab lab at Castlemont High School.
- He wanted workforce development, affordable housing, community policing, paid youth programming.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Dec 2nd, 2025
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- using the Resilient Florida grant program.
- FWC programs like the Wildlife Conservation Prioritization and Recovery Program are designed to ensure
- FWC programs like the Wildlife Conservation Prioritization and Recovery Program are designed to ensure
- We have a very active timber management program on our state forests.
- And so we have a very active program on our state forests.
Committee:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources convened with a quorum present and took up SB 302 by Senator Garcia, which would promote nature-based solutions for coastal resilience. Garcia said the bill would direct DEP to adopt statewide guidelines, encourage local restoration projects through existing grant programs, streamline permitting for green and hybrid infrastructure, support workforce training, and require a study on flood-risk and insurance benefits. Senator Harrell asked about implementation, existing statutory authority, and possible fiscal impacts. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying that hybrid infrastructure need only combine green and gray elements, not prove superiority over either alone.
The committee heard supportive testimony on SB 302 from Katie Bauman of Surfrider Foundation, who said nature-based approaches such as dunes, wetlands, and mangroves are cost-effective and protective, and several organizations waived in support, including the Environmental Defense Fund of Florida, the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, and 1,000 Friends of Florida. Senator Harrell said she supported the concept but remained concerned about the breadth of rulemaking and the fiscal implications of workforce funding. After closing remarks from Garcia, the committee voted to report CS for SB 302 favorably.
The remainder of the meeting consisted of informational presentations on land management. Brian Bradner of DEP reviewed Florida State Parks management, including prescribed fire, invasive species removal, hydrologic restoration, cultural resource preservation, visitor use, and budgeted land-management activities. Melissa Tucker of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission described wildlife management areas, emphasizing habitat restoration, wildlife monitoring, ranch infrastructure, public access, and the economic value of the system. Rick Dolan of the Florida Forest Service outlined state forest management funded through a $20 million appropriation, including road and facility work, recreation upgrades, invasive species control, reforestation, habitat restoration, prescribed burning, and boundary marking. Senators praised the agencies’ work and noted the ongoing cost of managing state lands. The committee then adjourned without further action.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 18, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- THE MASTERS PROGRAM OFTEN ARE TIED TO THE PHD PROGRAMS.
- GRADUATE SCHOOL.
- WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE AND THE GRADUATE LEVELS TIED TO SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS.
- THIS IS EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT DO NOT TIED DIRECTLY INTO INITIAL TEACHER CERTIFICATION OR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
- THE PROGRAM.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/27/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I think there's enough evidence out there to promote good math programs in the school, but that's not
- good math programs in the school<00:47:15.040><c> but</c><00:47:15.200><c> that's</c><00:47:15.359><
- And if, as we're in your role as an assistant superintendent, you believe your school board directed
- superintendent if you believe assistant superintendent if you believe your<01:46:08.840><c> school</
- They could complete that program within six years and then be a school nurse.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 129, which would redefine “evidence-based” in public education to require objective, science-based evidence for pedagogical methods. The prime sponsor said the bill is a verbatim reintroduction from the prior session and argued that current federal definitions are too vague, allowing subjective surveys and other weak evidence to justify teaching methods. He said the bill is limited to pedagogy, not subject matter, and is intended to improve student outcomes, reduce fad-driven practices, and potentially save money by limiting unnecessary retraining and new materials.
Members asked repeatedly about the bill’s scope, including whether it would affect classroom teachers, curriculum content, and existing instructional approaches such as phonics versus whole language or queuing. The sponsor said the bill applies to state and local education bodies and educator training policies, not individual teachers in their classrooms, and that teachers would retain flexibility. He also said standardized testing could be part of a scientific study but is not itself a study, and that textbook providers could be asked to furnish the studies supporting instructional guidance included in their materials.
Several members raised concerns about the fiscal note and possible cost shifts to local districts and taxpayers. The sponsor disputed the idea that the bill would necessarily create major new costs or require additional staff, saying any costs would likely be limited and that the department is already applying federal evidence-based rules. He also said if some current methods are not science-based, updating them would be justified even if there were some initial expense. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Feb 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And they've recently approved a similar bond program as well to support dementia research.
- So they'll be funding... ...a similar bond program as well to support dementia research.
- Most recently, I received an early career training grant from NIDA through the Mosaic program.
- Mosaic was designed to strengthen the biomedical research workforce... ...program.
- And you heard from UW that incoming class sizes are down across the School of Medicine.
Summary:
The Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee held its final meeting of the 2026 session, opening a public hearing on Senate Bill 6321, which would authorize up to $6 billion in state general obligation bonds over six years and create the Washington Institute for Scientific Advancement within the Department of Commerce. Staff explained that the institute would oversee grants for scientific research and facilities, with the proposal requiring voter approval for the debt and institute creation. Senator Slatter, the prime sponsor, said the bill was intended to stabilize research funding in Washington in response to federal cuts and uncertainty, and noted it was modeled in part on similar efforts in California and Texas.
Testimony was overwhelmingly in support. Representatives from Washington State University and the University of Washington described the state’s research enterprise as an economic engine and emphasized the importance of stable funding for jobs, innovation, and competitiveness. University of Washington witnesses said federal funding disruptions had reduced new NIH awards, cut student support, and threatened research programs in medicine, mental health, clean energy, forest resilience, and climate adaptation. Several early-career researchers and union members testified about personal impacts from grant terminations, furloughs, and delayed career transitions, arguing that the bill would help protect scientific work, workforce development, and public health outcomes in Washington.
After closing the hearing on SB 6321, the committee moved into executive session. It voted do pass on Substitute House Bill 2525 and sent it to the Rules Committee. The committee also approved a slate of gubernatorial appointments for confirmation recommendation, and then adjourned after thanking staff and members for their work during the session.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 01/30/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- But if I can be of assistance to help make this bill better, I'm absolutely willing to do that.
- walked into a school and beat a a a 17-year-old<00:53:26.280><c> and</c><00:53:26.640><c> and</c><00
- in Fridley my sister lives public school in Fridley my sister lives in<00:53:34.799><c> fredley</c><
- driving the cost of home construction driving the cost of home ownership<01:33:20.719><c> higher</c>
- of a new construction we could require<01:47:38.920><c> that</c><01:47:39.280><c> the</c><01:47:39.480
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Education 3RD REVISED Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- supports inside the school are a key major component to school safety, and giving school districts the
- My last question then would be, if we do create this program, can the schools in theory offer these stipends
- There's—and I think some schools do—so there are existing programs that school districts utilize for
- There's—and I think some schools do—so there are existing programs that school districts utilize for
- And I know in my school with 33 school sites, vice principals, ...in my school with 33 school sites,
Summary:
The committee took up a long agenda of education bills, with several measures passing on bipartisan votes. Early items included SB 1632 on career readiness assessments and college credit pathways, SB 1594 requiring principals to be trained in special education law, SB 2045 establishing 30 minutes of daily recess for younger grades, and SB 1630 allowing districts to count a day of virtual instruction when high school students are taking statewide assessments. Other bills passed addressed school security funds (SB 1251, adding licensed mental health services as an allowable use), teacher association access (SB 1884), library book complaints and penalties (SB 1250), human trafficking survivors’ access to higher education (SB 1262), reduced-price meals moving students into free meal status (SB 1374), high-dosage tutoring for early literacy (SB 1292), and the repeal of the sunset on the Innovative Pathways to Teaching Program (SB 1432). Votes were generally favorable, though SB 1251 and SB 1884 drew the most debate and both passed 8-3, while SB 1250 passed 7-3 and SB 1374 passed 9-1.
Several bills generated extended discussion over local control, school safety, and teacher retention. SB 1251 drew concerns that school security funds were being broadened beyond physical security, while supporters argued mental health supports can also improve safety. SB 1884 prompted questions about whether it would open collective bargaining or negotiation meetings to other associations; the author said the intent was to prevent “closed shops” and ensure equal access, while opponents argued equal access already exists and the bill could create confusion. SB 1790, the Protected Learning Environments Act, drew testimony from educator Dr. Elizabeth Pleasant about classroom discipline, teacher burnout, and student behavior; the bill would direct SDE to provide guidance for a three-tier discipline matrix, and it passed 7-2. SB 1481, increasing recess to 40 minutes and prohibiting it as punishment, and SB 1614, limiting adjunct teachers in early grades, also passed after brief discussion.
The committee also heard broader policy proposals on federal uncertainty and school leadership. SB 1489 would prepare Oklahoma for a possible federal block grant of IDEA funds, fold some parent-rights and principal-training provisions into state law, and address the cost and backlog of special education dispute resolution; it passed 9-0. SB 1718 proposed an Oklahoma Principal Leadership Development Program for new and early-career principals, with discussion focused on program structure, portability, and stipends. Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly emphasized teacher support, student safety, and the balance between state guidance and local district discretion.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 1st, 2026 at 01:15 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a 25-year-old victim of sexual assault at APS schools.
- I am here as a victim advocate for the San Domingo OVW program.
- Immediately after my school reported this man, he taught at another school just down the street.
- That person should be behind bars and not transferred to another school.
- Of this bill, since we're saying high school age, right?
Committee:
Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs
Keywords:
sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, individualized treatment, investigational treatment, health care, life-threatening illness, patient rights, physician recommendation, informed consent, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, child protection, prosecution, crime amendments, SB30, induced abortion, abortion reporting
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 35 (2-26-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , the financial assistance program for nuclear energy-related projects, and the pilot tax increment financing
- program.
- on our public schools and our school<00:48:40.000><c> staff</c> school staff school staff because<00:
- you have two schools in your school district.
- </c><01:42:02.800><c> And</c> schools in your school district. And schools in your school district.
Summary:
The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into committee and floor reports. Several measures received favorable committee reports and were ordered to first reading and placed on the calendar, including Current Resolution 9, Senate Joint Resolution 23, House Bill 145, House Bill 567, and House Bill 506 with House Committee Substitute 1. The chamber also noted that House Bills 500 and 504 had already received two readings and were sent to the Rules Committee before House Bill 500 was brought up for final consideration.
Most of the discussion focused on House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill. Members described it as a “good first draft” and emphasized a budget process they said was more transparent than in prior years. The bill was presented as a restrained two-year operating budget with spending growth kept at a little under 2% annually, while setting aside about 2% of projected revenues, or roughly $614 million, in the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future needs. The budget also used base reductions in some areas while exempting others such as Medicaid benefits, SEEK, corrections, behavioral health, and veterans programs.
Subcommittee chairs then outlined major spending areas. Education provisions included a 2% annual increase in base SEEK funding, transportation funding held flat, equalization for recallable nickel funding, continued retirement contributions, and major support for postsecondary access, dual credit, asset preservation, and workforce training. Health and family services provisions held Medicaid steady while adding waiver slots, behavioral health and substance use support, public health investments, and funding for rural health and laboratory capacity. Other sections covered personnel and pensions, veterans services, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, tourism, and environmental projects.
The only recorded action on the floor was adoption of House Committee Substitute 1 to House Bill 500, followed by a motion for final passage of the bill as amended. The transcript ends as discussion on final passage begins, before any final vote is shown.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, February 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of the school that had been promised to the community but not funded or constructed.
- </c> community by serving on the local school community by serving on the local school council<00:08:
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- </c> generation college and law school generation college and law school graduate<00:18:12.520><c> after
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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Senate Bill 93 FN, relative to licensed nurse assistant licensure application materials.
- nurse assistant lensure application materials.
- Senate Bill 285, relative to changing the term physician assistant to physician associate.
- </c><00:52:14.000><c> of</c> areas by right the construction of areas by right the construction of manufactured
- </c><02:15:45.280><c> to</c> his graduation from Yale Law School to his graduation from Yale Law School
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This program, per statute, expires two years after all the money appropriated for this program has been
- Item Seven is the OAG's victim assistance grants.
- We remain committed to supporting the victim assistance programs in our state to ensure they can continue
- Let the LBB talk about the Landowners' Compensation Program.
- Okay, back to the point earlier on the advocate program.
Bills:
SB 1
Committee:
Senate Finance
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- There are 42 well-delineated reasons that this legislative body, which constructed the school board,
- </c><00:24:28.880><c> the</c><00:24:29.120><c> school</c><00:24:29.360><c> board</c> body which constructed
- the school board body which constructed the school board is<00:24:31.360><c> choosing</c><00:24:31.760
- I've got a seventh-grade girl in the distinguished math scholar program at Crosby Middle School.
- School.
Committee:
Senate Education
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Postsecondary Education (3-4-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:09:23.880><c> has</c> overall enrollment of our schools has overall enrollment of our schools
- What has been the result of Kentucky's DEI programs after one school spending $2,800,000 per year on
- DEI programs?
- What has been the result of Kentucky's DEI programs after one school spending $2,800,000 per year on
- DEI programs?
Summary:
The House Standing Committee on Postsecondary Education met to consider House Bill 4, relating to postsecondary education. Before taking up the bill, the committee adopted a committee substitute. The substitute removed language creating a private right of action and immunity provisions, added a definition of “indoctrinate,” revised language tied to the Attorney General, and added a new section directing the Auditor of Public Accounts to review compliance every four years. If an institution is found out of compliance, it would have 180 days to cure the issue or become ineligible for formula funding increases in the following fiscal year, with an opportunity to petition the Attorney General. The substitute also added language barring licensing authorities from requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion training as a condition of initial or renewal licensure.
Representative Decker presented the bill as an effort to end what she described as unconstitutional DEI practices in Kentucky’s postsecondary system and to refocus colleges on academic instruction, equal opportunity, and affordability. She argued that DEI offices and initiatives have cost taxpayers heavily and have not improved enrollment outcomes for low-income and underrepresented students. Michael Frasier, testifying in support, framed the bill as an equal-protection measure rather than simply an anti-DEI bill, saying it targets preferential treatment and discrimination while exempting traditional civil-rights compliance offices such as Title IX, disability, and other anti-discrimination functions. He also argued that the bill aligns with recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent and that Kentucky should shift toward socioeconomic-based approaches.
Several members raised concerns about the bill’s assumptions and effects. Representative Willner questioned the claim that DEI initiatives caused enrollment declines and asked why the state would not make such programs more inclusive instead of eliminating them. Representative Stalker argued that the bill ignored decades of exclusion in higher education and asked what would replace DEI efforts aimed at closing achievement gaps and preventing brain drain. Supporters responded that the bill addresses unconstitutional preferences and that the state should move toward equal treatment and socioeconomic factors rather than race-based criteria. After discussion, the committee substitute was adopted, and the committee continued consideration of House Bill 4.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- to their School of Law.
- Liberal arts or research schools, I don't really care where I go, just as long as I get the most out
- to their School of Law.
- Liberal arts or research schools, I don't really care where I go, just as long as I get the most out
- I want to go to school for law.
Committee:
House Judiciary, Rules and Administration
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- They are in Global Connections from CUNA High School.
- taught at the Coeur d’Alene Tribal School.
- taught at the Coeur d'Alene Tribal School.
- program.
- It is in the Boise School District.
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and then held a memorial program honoring former Idaho legislators and public servants, including tributes to Frank Brunel, Jeannie Givens, Carl Shirtliff, Wendy Ungrich Kachetti, Ron Vieselmeyer, and Gail Wilde. Speakers highlighted their careers, community service, family lives, and contributions to Idaho, and the chamber observed the memorial with music and remarks about public service and legacy.
After the memorial, the House received messages from the Senate and reported several committee actions. Committee reports moved a number of bills and resolutions to calendars or other committees, and the House introduced a large slate of new bills covering state budget/logo restrictions, elections, telecommunications, broadband, water, fish and game, trapping, self-defense and public assemblies on roads, child abuse interview recording, criminal procedure, parental rights, sex offender residency, sheriff reimbursement, masking during crimes, bribery and nepotism, artificial intelligence procurement, airbags, administrative subpoenas, attorney general duties, child protection, election interference, voting rights, divorce and custody attorney fees, unauthorized employment, rental application fees, commercial code changes, professional licensing, land use, building codes, land division, HOA dissolution, programmable money, school start dates, civics education, and health insurance cost-sharing.
The House then took up third-reading votes on three bills. House Bill 576, concerning the Idaho Consumer Asset Recovery Fund and limiting coverage to Idaho residents or former Idaho residents at the time of purchase, passed 53-14. House Bill 577, which removes the requirement to replace license plates every 10 years so long as they remain legible and readable, passed 66-1. House Bill 632, expanding whistleblower protections and setting a timeline for legislative information requests, passed 68-0. House Bill 607, dealing with separate restroom, shower, and locker room access in government buildings and public accommodations, generated extended debate over privacy, safety, enforcement, and business costs, but no final vote was reached in the portion provided.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- As you are now familiar, and as we know, the sales tax exemption covered everything from construction
- For those that are being constructed.
- The construction of whatever they need to construct that they're supplying their own power would not
- Chairman, Representative Raymond, none of the construction would be eligible under House Bill 897.
- So if their internal cooling loop system is part of their construction, that's just part of their construction
Summary:
The House Revenue and Taxation Committee heard House Bill 897, a revised data center tax incentive bill presented by Representative Chris Bruce and Senator Lori Den Hartog. The sponsors said the bill narrows the existing sales tax exemption so it applies only to internal server equipment, limits the exemption to 20 years, requires Tax Commission reporting on foregone sales tax revenue, and modifies the property tax treatment for large data center investments. They also emphasized new conditions intended to protect ratepayers and water resources, including requiring utilities to recover electricity costs from the qualifying business entity and requiring efficient water-use arrangements. The sponsors described the measure as a tax incentive bill, not a regulatory bill.
During questions, members asked about how the bill would protect utility customers and whether data centers that generate their own power or use closed-loop cooling systems would still qualify. The sponsors said the electricity costs would need to be covered through energy service agreements and that construction for on-site power generation or cooling systems would not qualify for the sales tax exemption because the bill limits the incentive to server equipment. Public testimony was generally supportive. Lane Thornton, a Kuna farmer, backed the bill because of concerns about power costs and water use, and Courtney Dawson of the Idaho Rural Water Association supported the water-related provisions and asked for a due pass recommendation.
After closing remarks, Representative Monks moved to send House Bill 897 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee approved the motion by voice vote, and Representative Bruce was designated to carry the bill on the floor.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- My wife has a PhD in education and has served in both public school classrooms as well as a professor
- Their high school graduation in the backyard, which we tell people all the time, we don't sell you sticks
- on every block in our communities—brand new construction.
- We do have two good policy programs moving forward this session with regard to... dispatchable energy
- This SRP program will help us alleviate that issue.
Committee:
Senate Nominations