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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Finance (Part I) Jan 28th, 2025

Finance

Bills: SB 1
Summary: The meeting focused on the budget recommendations for the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), where key issues included the proposed decrease of $163.9 million for the 2024-25 biennium and various methodology swaps for funding. Attorney General Paxton discussed ongoing litigation expenditures and emphasized the need for continued investments in agency staffing to address rising demands within law enforcement. Notably, he requested a 6% salary increase for 2026 and 2027 to retain talented personnel amidst competitive job markets. Public testimony highlighted community awareness challenges regarding the Landowner's Compensation Program, indicating a need for enhanced outreach efforts.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would allow a station to meet the safety standard through a combination of UL certification
  • It doesn't lower any safety standards.
  • equipment to meet the safety standard equipment to meet the safety standard with<00:32:35.200>
  • <00:39:53.880> these<00:39:54.040> standards<00:39:54.480> include officers.
  • And these standards include officers.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • When you go somewhere and... ...and there's a gross deviation from standards.
  • right that's shared between the property owner and the government because they have to meet OSHA standards
  • They have to meet certain building code standards. They have to meet all of these kinds of things.
  • I cite this example to demonstrate how far the Lottery Commission has moved and how ethical standards
  • Currently, providers of websites or tools that use deepfake content do not have to verify that the user
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 9th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's an overall lack of standardization, making public access less efficient and less transparent.
  • These measures would standardize the reporting of contact information, resulting in increased transparency
  • As Representative Curry stated, there is no standardized process. by which to identify that person or
  • In a range of matters that includes standard operating procedures, compliance in our bills, contracts
  • Many things, like standard operating procedures or. discussing compliance in our jails.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • the record, respectfully yet unequivocally disagree that the trap mentioned by testifiers is the standard
  • 00:21:39.520> testifiers<00:21:40.400> is<00:21:40.640> the<00:21:40.960> standard
  • So, this bill ties compensation to airport service workers to establish federal standards under the McNamara-O'Hara
  • So, this bill ties compensation to airport service workers to establish federal standards under the McNamara-O'Hara
Bills: HF3889, HF2567, HF3878
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/24/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • When specific content-based feedback was provided, the standards changed accordingly.
  • When specific content-based feedback was provided, the standards changed accordingly.
  • We need these standards.
  • We need these standards. class. We need these standards.
  • Having state standards would help ensure that Minnesota's students all learn the skills and content they
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • industry that crosses boundaries, we believe Minnesota policy should be consistent with national standards
  • I'm professionally trained, held to a high safety standard, and was responsible for the well-being of
  • to<01:12:57.840> a<01:12:58.000> high<01:12:58.239> safety<01:12:58.719> standard
  • ,<01:13:00.159> and<01:13:00.480> was to a high safety standard, and was to a high
  • safety standard, and was responsible<01:13:01.280> for<01:13:01.440> the<01:13:01.600><
Bills: HF3553, HF3513, HF3576
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Bills: S0920, S1036, S1216
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met with a quorum present and first temporarily postponed SB 920 on mathematics education. The committee then took up SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation, sponsored by Senator Rodriguez, which would give districts more flexibility in educator pay by restoring meaningful cost-of-living adjustments for teachers with direct student contact, allowing recognition of relevant advanced degrees, and removing rigid performance-pay caps. Several senators spoke in support, emphasizing teacher retention, compensation, and education as a state investment. The bill was reported favorably on a unanimous roll call vote. After a brief recess, the committee considered CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, sponsored by Senator Calatayud, to address counselor shortages by removing certification barriers tied to classroom teacher requirements. The sponsor and supporting testimony described recruitment and retention problems, high counselor-to-student ratios, and the need for counselors to focus on student academics, mental health, and college/career readiness rather than administrative duties. Public testimony came from students, educators, and school personnel who described limited access to counselors and the impact on student well-being and college planning. Committee members broadly supported the bill while noting that counselors are often overburdened and that additional support personnel, including BRACE advisors, may also need attention in the future. Senators also discussed broader efficiency measures and the need for schools and colleges to improve access to guidance services. CS/SB 1036 was reported favorably by unanimous vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded their votes on the two bills, and the committee adjourned.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 25, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:22:23.440> dosage safety guidelines or standardized dosage safety guidelines or standardized
  • Is that how you read the 21-year-old standard? >> testing? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • Is that how you read the 21-year-old standard? >> Testing? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • Is that how you read the the 21-year-old<01:43:30.880> standard 21-year-old standard 21-year-old
  • standard >> testing?
Bills: SF0071, SF0088, SF0056
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Bills: HB2122, HB2184, HB2910
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from February 18 and March 4, 2026, then took up House Bill 2122 while holding House Bill 2910. HB 2122 would clarify reciprocity and endorsement requirements for professional registration with the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration, including that applicants must hold a valid license, registration, or certification issued by the proper authority in another jurisdiction and, in some cases, a national council record. Support testimony described it as a simple cleanup measure that would facilitate reciprocity, including for Arizona engineers and the United Kingdom. The committee voted 7-0 to give HB 2122 a do pass recommendation. The committee then considered House Bill 2184 with an eight-page strike-everything amendment. The amended bill would extend the deadline for filing death certificates after taking possession of human remains from seven calendar days to 14 business days, require a disposition transit permit in certain cases involving unborn children under 20 weeks’ gestation or under 350 grams, and address parental authority and abortion clinic form requirements. Testimony in support emphasized grieving parents’ need for dignity, burial options, and recognition after miscarriage or fetal death, while opposition was narrow and focused on replacing the term “unborn child” with “fetal remains.” Several members said they were sympathetic but also stressed that wording mattered. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and then voted 4-3 to give HB 2184, as amended, a do pass recommendation. Senators Epstein, Fernandez, and Ortiz voted no, with Epstein explaining that he wanted the bill to move forward but believed the language needed to be changed before final passage. The meeting then adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • the compact bills that we do in our state, and there's a great deal of work being done to try to standardize
  • Standardize the compact process to make it so that each time we have something of this nature come up
  • early on in the process of the bill's work and the things that were going on trying to get to a standardized
  • We've done with a variety of other groups, and the efforts being made to standardize a process for the
Bills: HB384, SB181, HB391
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • If we get this right, we don't just fix our system; we set the standard for the rest of the country.
  • This sets a standard, and I think Texas can lead here.
Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Major food companies already adjust their ingredients to meet strict standards overseas.
  • Currently, there are minimal nutritional standards for meals provided. ...to those with chronic diseases
  • ensure that Medicaid-funded home-delivered meals met clear... ...dietitian-approved nutritional standards
  • The national standardized testing does not really cover this.
  • When it comes to food standards, we're falling behind.
Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314