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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 24th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you require assistance, please contact the committee staff.
  • The Texas Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program plays a critical role in the development and construction
  • this bill: First, expediting permitting would allow affordable housing developers to better align construction
  • We want to make sure that we have a logical path to getting to that point and just make construction
  • permitting process without encroaching on municipal regulations, we can help foster additional construction
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • 53.200><c> from</c> Medical assistance fraud steals from Medical assistance fraud steals from hardworking
  • </c> of penalties for medical assistance of penalties for medical assistance fraud<00:34:40.240><c> over
  • 34:45.839><c> prison</c> brings medical assistance fraud prison brings medical assistance fraud prison
  • That Medicaid assistance fraud statute.
  • It assistance were actually delivered.
Bills: HF3423 , HF2354 , HF3634
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 11th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • that veterans' benefits that are accessed by a foster care agency are not used to replace existing assistance
Bills: S1182 , S1594
Summary: The Senate Committee on Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum present and took up two bills. SB 1594, by Senator Gates, would change how veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth are handled so the funds are not used to offset foster care costs, but instead are preserved for post-secondary education or aftercare services when the youth leaves foster care. The bill drew one supportive appearance from Victoria Zep of Family Support Services, had no debate, and was reported favorably by a unanimous roll call vote. Senator Sharief later asked to be recorded as a yes vote on the bill. The committee then considered SB 1182, by Senator Jones, which creates the Florida Veterans and Military Spouses Business Development Act to provide fee relief and tax incentives for veteran-owned and military spouse-owned businesses. The committee adopted Jones’s strike-all amendment, which added information-sharing and verification provisions, refined the tax exemptions, and broadened eligibility for fee waivers and sales tax relief. After no questions or debate, the amended bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. The committee also held a confirmation hearing for three appointees—Matthew Bacchano, Tim Thomas, and Belinda Kaiser—and recommended confirmation on all three in one vote. The meeting concluded with several members offering remarks praising Chair Wright’s long service and leadership on veterans’ issues, followed by adjournment.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Can you just give some examples of what this allows our schools to be able to do regarding safety?
  • It lets them hire us s s school resource officers. That was the intent of it.
  • But we also have some schools that already have those hired.
  • We already have some of our schools that are already at or near this threshold.
  • Obviously, that is the classification of the school.
Bills: SB1360 , SB1204 , SB1989 , SB1189 , SB1481
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Diesel Fritz has distinguished himself as an outstanding representative for his school and community.
  • We are from a very small school, a two-a school, but we are a school that is one of the top schools in
  • But I want to say to you, it's so important to have the arts as a part of our public schools.
  • She's the Director of Fine Arts at Norman Public Schools. And we also have Tories Simms here.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 23rd, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • across the state, Diesel Fritz has distinguished himself as an outstanding representative for his school
  • We are from a very small school, a 2A school, but we are a school that is one of the top schools in the
  • But I want to say to you, it's so important to have the arts as a part of our public schools.
  • As a part of our public schools, it means the world to these students, and it will affect the workforce
  • She's the director of fine arts at Norman Public Schools, and we also have Tori Sims here.
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including introductions of the psychologist and nurse of the day, a citation for Diesel Fritz’s All-State Choir achievement, and a gallery introduction highlighting fine arts advocates from Norman Public Schools. Members also marked birthdays and read excerpts from George Washington’s first inaugural address in honor of the first president. On floor business, the Senate laid over item number three and then considered several bills. Senate Bill 1191 repealed the unused Oklahoma Energy Initiative Low Carbon Initiative Board and passed 48-0. Senate Bill 1258 clarified open-carry law to expressly allow firearms on boats and vessels on Oklahoma waters and passed 41-7. Senate Bill 1920 raised the salvaged title threshold from 60% to 70% to reflect repair costs and align more closely with neighboring states; it passed 48-0 after brief questioning about consumer benefits. Senate Bill 1936 added falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer, including federal officers, to the list of Class D1 felonies and passed 48-0. Senate Bill 2143, after an amendment restoring the title, authorized assessors to use state-funded aerial images to inspect property changes and included language intended to ensure fair treatment of builders and consistency with assessing standards; it passed 34-13. The chamber then heard announcements about upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Another project we did involved adopting a school called the Wilson School in a neighborhood near our
  • schools have adopted this philosophy and which schools have not.
  • How many schools have you taught in? I've taught at the law school.
  • I said appropriation school safety program. 1583 is a school safety interoperability money.
  • community or school gardens.
Bills: SB1074 , SB1327 , SB1475 , SB1582 , SB1583 , SB1598
Committee: Senate Education
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's why we voluntarily removed full beverage calories from schools in 2006 through our school
  • So, you know, they've banned it... ...schools.
  • I mean, this would take school lunches.
  • It's just what's in the schools in their lunches, the meals provided by the schools.
  • But when... get 21 or out of school.
Bills: SB87 , HB491 , SB43 , SB101
Committee: House Health
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Smith, on page three at the bottom 124, it has school nurses programs.
  • That's how—that's the nurses we have in our school. Yes, sir. Okay, good.
  • But what can we do, you know, for middle school, you know, high school?
  • At the top, it should say programs that are available to school systems.
  • We should help support the frontline educators and the children going to school, summer school, or whatever
Bills: SB305 , SB109 , SB122 , SB111 , SB114 , SB113 , SB150 , SB112 , SB289 , SB303
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 20th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 27 by Creighton, relating to the rights of public school educators and assistance provided to public
  • school. ...by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.
  • Relating to the administration of medication by open enrollment charter schools, private schools, and
  • school employees.
  • Our schools don't need this label.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 22nd, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He is a seventh grader at Helena School and is paging for Representative Holly.
  • Now, that's despite the fact that SB1 clearly states that they are entitled to assistance.
  • So it just added private schools. The question for the body's adoption of the substitute.
  • You're on the school board. You're going to tell those two...
  • This bill would establish an associate level speech language pathology assistant.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Alamo complex officers and TEA peace officers allowing school and also allowing school districts a good
  • district to school district to school district to school district.
  • So this is a school safety bill.
  • Address school safety it doesn't address school safety.
  • I mean somebody near a school openly carrying a firearm, I would think, is a part of school safety.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Apr 14th, 2026

Local and County Government

Bills: HB3419 , HB3624 , HB3748 , HB4335
Summary: The Senate Local and County Government Committee met and first took up House Bill 3419, which would prohibit officers, employees, or contractors of political subdivisions from using non-public information for personal gain, extending an existing restriction that already applies to state agencies. There were no questions or debate, and the bill passed unanimously, 8-0. The committee then considered House Bill 3748, allowing county commissioners to use county-owned equipment, labor, and supplies on property owned by a four-year institution. Senator Stewart asked whether the bill applied to public or private institutions, and the author said that point needed clarification and would be checked offline. With no further questions or debate, the bill passed 8-0. The final measure was House Bill 4335, a pet store bill that would prevent municipalities from banning retail pet stores and would extend a courtesy notice period for certain animal breeders and related entities from 60 to 90 days. The bill drew extensive questioning and debate over local control, animal welfare, Petland, shelter overcrowding, and whether the measure favored an out-of-state corporation. Supporters argued it protected free enterprise and legal businesses, while opponents said it preempted local authority and could worsen animal welfare concerns. The committee passed the bill 6-3.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:04 am

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • increase recurring funding from $2.5 million to $5 million annually from the Irrigation Works Construction
  • By serving as the one-stop shop for planning, design, and construction.
  • The second year will be construction.
  • It's from an allocation from the Irrigation Works Construction Fund, and then it's also been funded with
  • Is it a million dollars in there that the transfers also from the Waterworks Construction Fund?
Bills: SB193
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This would align with other state cash assistance programs like General Assistance and MIP.
  • </c> aid and general assistance programs. aid and general assistance programs.
  • </c> align with other state cash assistance align with other state cash assistance programs<00:52:23.200
  • like general assistance and programs like general assistance and MIP.<00:52:25.599><c> And</c><00:52
  • </c> tied to emergency general assistance. tied to emergency general assistance.
Bills: HF4210 , HF4212 , HF4549 , HF4464 , HF4546 , HF4447
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Mar 18th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're putting a lot of pressure on the school to provide services that we should be doing.
  • or in their post-nursing-school training.
  • And there's only one school in this, U.L. Monroe.
  • I was approached by some folks that are graduates of Xavier School of Pharmacy.
  • That are graduates of Xavier's School of Pharmacy.
Bills: HB62 , HB124 , HB182 , HB193 , HB198 , HB203 , HB223 , HB237 , HB469 , HB486 , HB574 , HB779 , HB796 , HB919 , SCR2 , SB4 , SB36 , SB38 , SB109 , SB152 , SB168 , SB195 , SB216 , SB221 , SB236 , SB404
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Fri Feb 13, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> with schools that have academy systems. with schools that have academy systems.
  • </c> think two our two direct feeder schools. think two our two direct feeder schools.
  • So we work with the public schools, as Leardan is a private school.
  • We take students mainly from Kua High School, Kaho High School, and Academy.
  • </c> had won an award this past school year. had won an award this past school year.
Summary: The committee opened with HB 1813 on taxation and HB 2429 on tax expenditure evaluation, taking mostly written testimony and limited oral discussion. On HB 2429, the Tax Foundation and Department of Taxation raised privacy and federal-law concerns, warning that the bill could require taxpayers to file duplicative returns and could risk disclosure of federal tax information if released publicly. Members and witnesses discussed using anonymized or summary reporting instead of individual public release, with the department saying summarized data would be preferable and that the state can ask for the information as a policy matter, but individual public release could create problems. The committee then heard HB 2423 HD1 on biodiesel, where Pacific Biodiesel said it can supply all biodiesel needed for B5 in Hawaii without imports and asked to move the implementation date earlier to November 2027 to allow rollout planning. HB 1996 HB1 on hearing aids drew broad support; a disability access representative said earlier insurance-based efforts had run into administrative problems and that this bill would immediately lower costs for consumers. HB 1851 HD1, also related to hearing aids, received support from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, while the Tax Foundation argued the program would be better funded directly rather than through the tax system, citing overhead costs and blank provisions that should be filled in before passage. On HB 2546, the research activities tax credit, HCDC said the credit supports long-term R&D and should be converted from a first-come, first-served system to proration so more applicants receive some benefit; the agency described the credit as helping companies move from idea to commercialization and noted the state is leaving potential jobs and federal dollars on the table. HB 2028 HD1, relating to Labor Day for construction workers, drew support from labor representatives who said it recognizes construction workers and helps offset cost-of-living pressures, while the Tax Foundation opposed it as an industry-specific subsidy and flagged technical issues with undefined terms and blank credit amounts. The committee also heard HB 2583, HB 2490, HB 2545, HB 2114, and HB 1859 HD1. HB 2490, concerning coastal erosion at Mokuhiki Bay, received strong support from a temple representative who described severe shoreline loss, years of temporary emergency work, and the need for a long-term, nature-based solution in coordination with state agencies. HB 2545, involving HCDC and SBIR commercialization, was supported as a way to turn R&D into economic development; HCDC said it had more applications than it could fund and that the bill could help create high-wage jobs. HB 2114, the Hawaii Benefits Hub, received comments from ETS and DHS emphasizing support for the concept but cautioning that operational, policy, cybersecurity, and data-sharing standards must be carefully aligned. HB 1859 HD1 on workforce development drew strong support from workforce and philanthropic groups, who said Hawaii faces a long-term gap between projected living-wage jobs and the number of young people entering the workforce, and argued the bill would create durable infrastructure for coordination and long-term planning. No formal votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 6th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to lead research, and I want to support our schools.
  • There's nothing disrespectful about trade schools, but it's really...
  • Is actually the school that was created by the legislature, the School for Civic Leadership.
  • I wanted to say good luck at Stanford Law School. Thank you.
  • I can still remember some of my elementary school teachers.
Bills: SB 37