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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • They do not have fancy high-paid lobbyists to advocate for them.
  • They're high needs, no matter what. High needs from dusk till dawn and through until dusk again.
  • needs no matter they're they're high needs no matter they're high<00:57:39.560> needs<00:57:39.960
  • > from<00:57:40.440> dusk<00:57:41.040> till high needs from dusk till high needs
  • This is already a very high quality of care that we're giving them.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Those are also high educators that each of us know are in the top 100 jobs needed in the state.
  • Quab, berating evidence can be testimonial in nature so if the student deletes the text, it's a high
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 02-04-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please help pass SB 2024 as a way to help more families access high-quality school facilities without
  • Um, clearly the sectors are where the high need is, which is really west leeward central, right?
  • Um clearly the sectors are where the<00:09:15.200> high<00:09:15.360> need<00:09:15.600
  • Because if people want to have this really high standard, that's fine.
  • You know, you're at the point where the standard needs to be really high, which is great.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/24/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Before this, their high school had tried several DIY solutions like dedicated office phone lines or a
  • As a current high schooler, I went to three different schools throughout middle school.
  • As a current high schooler, I education.
  • As a current high schooler, I went<01:26:20.880> to<01:26:21.120> three<01:26:21.360>
  • Having consistent statewide expectations for high-quality health content for all our students, paired
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • High<00:57:34.720> medical<00:57:35.040> costs<00:57:35.280> for<00:57:35.520>
  • Reinsurance payments go directly towards covering high-cost claims.
  • claims from real people in high-cost claims from real people in this<01:05:03.440> market.
  • directly towards covering high-cost directly towards covering high-cost claims. claims. claims.
  • That's the general high-level of how it works.
Bills: HF3388, HF400
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from the prior day and then heard House File 400, a bill described as a defrayal measure for health insurance mandates. Representative Perryman said the bill would not block future mandates, but would require the state to pay the added costs of any new mandated benefits so those costs would not be shifted to premium payers. She and supporters framed the bill as a way to protect affordability for Minnesota employers, workers, and families, especially in the fully insured market. Testimony in support came from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota Council of Health Plans. They argued that Minnesota has a high number of mandated benefits, that each new mandate adds cost to premiums, and that businesses—especially small and midsize employers—are already struggling with rising health insurance costs. The health plans representative said the bill would use the existing Commerce defrayal process to reimburse plans for eligible mandate-related claims, allowing those costs to be removed from premium rates. Several members echoed support, saying the bill would improve transparency by showing the fiscal impact of proposed mandates and help prevent people from being priced out of coverage. Members also explored how mandates apply in the market and how premiums are set. Deputy Commissioner Julia Dryer explained that, unless otherwise specified, mandates generally apply to the individual, small group, and fully insured large group markets, while self-insured ERISA plans and other markets are generally outside that scope. Representative Elkins noted that the affected market is relatively small and said small businesses are increasingly moving to self-insured plans because of cost. He and others raised concerns about affordability, while Representative Smith argued that mandates often ensure needed care and that the bill shifts costs to taxpayers rather than insurers. Representative Bacham added a personal example from tribal self-insurance, saying preventive physicals had saved lives and asking whether other factors besides mandates are driving insurer costs. No amendments were offered, and the bill was laid over for possible future consideration.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Feb 10th, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • of transportation services, the public transportation services, anything from your rail state, your high-speed
  • rails all the way to your dial-a-bus or your paratransit. ...from your rail state, your high-speed rails
  • point out is, if we put sovereign immunity, if we get rid of it, or if we put it at a level that is so high
  • point out is if we put sovereign immunity, if we get rid of it, or if we put it at a level that is so high
  • It sets a sales threshold and requires any such high-volume brands to be represented by a set number
Bills: S0828, S1274, S1310, S1378, S1562
Summary: The Transportation Committee took up several measures and adopted amendments on multiple bills. SB 1274, as amended, removed a number of provisions from the original bill and added items including local authority to lower residential street speed limits, clarification on obscured license plates, FDOT funding for certain rural airport aviation projects, limits on yellow-light timing changes tied to red-light cameras, changes to private use of license plate readers, and other transportation-related revisions. After brief questions and supportive testimony, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also approved SB 1310, which was converted into a study bill directing FDOT to study advanced detection and monitoring systems at public railroad crossings and report findings and policy options to the governor and legislature. Railroad industry testimony supported the study but raised concerns about interoperability with train safety systems and suggested the study consider additional safety tools such as red-light cameras and wayside horns. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. SB 828, as amended, would extend sovereign immunity protections to private contractors providing public transit services on behalf of governments, with supporters saying it would reduce costs and provide certainty for transit providers, while opponents warned it was an overbroad expansion of sovereign immunity and could conflict with railroad employee protections under federal law. The committee reported that bill favorably as well. The committee then passed SB 1378, which strengthens traffic enforcement by clarifying when vehicles may be treated as abandoned, adding penalties for unlawfully attached plates or stickers, and allowing forfeiture of vehicles used to flee law enforcement even without an immediate arrest. It also approved SB 1562, which aims to prevent manufacturers from concentrating sales of certain vehicle brands through a single dealer group and instead promote competition among independent dealers. In addition, the committee unanimously confirmed a slate of appointees, and members later recorded additional affirmative votes on several bills before adjourning.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Mar 25th, 2025

S/C on Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Employment is high, and within the disability community there are a number of employment resources that
  • Employment is high, and within the disability community there are a number of employment resources that
  • The goal of this bill is to bring high-paying jobs to Cameron County, which is crucial for the future
  • The 'or' allows, you can imagine situations where tensions get high in disputes and sometimes you need
  • demand, high wage.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Fri Feb 13, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • This would authorize the Department of Education to award a high school diploma to qualified persons
  • services of the United States or whose high school education was interrupted due to wartime practices
  • um<00:41:05.520> finish This would authorize the Department of Education to award a high
  • or voluntary induction into the armed services of the United States or whose high school education was
  • reduces a critical gap in access to food during re-entry, which is a period that's associated with high
Summary: The committee opened by announcing that it would hear testimony but would not take decisions on the day’s bills, with action deferred to a later decision-making agenda. The first measure, HB 2264, would require notification to military security forces when a protective order is issued involving a military-affiliated person. Support came from the U.S. Defense State Liaison Office, the Hawaii National Guard, and DBEDT’s Military Affairs office, all emphasizing better coordination and faster notice to help protect victims and support command oversight. Family Court Judge Jesse Hall supported the intent but asked for deferral, explaining that a prior fax-and-email notification system had broken down and that the military had not re-engaged with the court. The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence supported the bill but recommended narrowing it so it applies only when the respondent is actually marked as military-connected and delaying the effective date to January 1, 2027 to allow implementation. In questions, members discussed the current breakdown in communication, the number of military-marked TROs statewide, and whether the bill would be necessary if the old system were restored; the military witness said she would try to reestablish contact with the court. The committee then took up HB 2336, which would authorize the Department of Transportation to enter into agreements with the U.S. Department of Defense for services at federal military installations and charge an administrative fee. DOT and the Military Affairs office supported the measure, describing it as a way to speed projects, combine state and federal resources, and strengthen infrastructure that also supports disaster response and the economy. Members questioned why the bill was needed if similar arrangements had existed before, and whether Title 23 federal highway funds could be used; DOT responded that the bill would help expedite projects and supplement, not supplant, federal funding, while each project would still require review of the appropriate funding source. The committee also heard HB 2298, which would allow the Department of Education to award high school diplomas to qualified people whose schooling was interrupted by military service or wartime practices during World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. The U.S. Defense State Liaison Office, the Hawaii Office of Veterans Affairs, and DOE supported the bill, and DOE said implementation would have only a minimal printing cost. Finally, the committee heard HB 1518, which would require DHS, upon obtaining a federal waiver, to create a pre-release SNAP application process for inmates nearing release by January 1, 2028. DHS said it was already working on a pilot and stood on its testimony; the County of Hawaii, the Correctional System Oversight Commission, the ACLU of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Public Health Institute supported the measure, arguing it would improve reentry outcomes and would not cost the state additional money. No votes or final committee actions were taken on any of the bills during this meeting.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • And good afternoon, House Bill 38 simply states that an inmate of DOC obtained a high school equivalency
  • This dovetails with the Sarah Act by adding a high school equivalency diploma to the inmate's release
  • file, which contains her birth certificate, a state ID or driver's license, and now a high school equivalency
  • This will elevate an inmate's employability and help reduce recidivism and also high school equivalency
  • equivalency program, and then But a lot of these programs that are already offered by DOC require a high
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Williams votes high. All present voted for se yaze.
  • You wind up having a disproportioned representation for that district.
  • Do you see this being an issue that we are going to wind up Losing more rural legislators that will be
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • high school diploma.
  • The non-traditional high school diploma has the same weight as a traditional high school diploma.
  • What's the dropout rate now in Alabama in our high schools?
  • So, this is high-stakes measurement, high-stakes instruction.
  • Then that is turned over to the local high school, and the local high school goes through the transcripts
Bills: HB266, SB85, SB166, HB266, SB85, SB166
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Mar 6th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • school was my dad's best friend in high school was my dad's best friend in high school uh Don's oldest
  • school um and his his oldest son in high school um and his his oldest son in high school um and his
  • standards as you know you poost has high standards as you know you poost has high standards as you know
  • cost it's going to be a very very high cost it's going to be a very very high cost to retrieve it uh
  • head at 19 so but but I accumulated high head at 19 so but but I accumulated high head at 19 so but
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 6th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He grew up and excelled at Wheatley High School. from Howard University.
  • Austin High Schools.
  • Middie Canyon High School, HCR 66, Bicratic, Tevis and Patricia Heard, HCR 66.
  • HR 152 by Vo, Alif Early College High School. HR 167 by Martinez Fisher. Homes High School.
  • HR 339 by Leach, Sergio Garcia, HR 340 by Buckley, Barlett High School, HR 346 by.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, someone with a lawful presence status who graduates from a Minnesota high school is eligible
  • And so, someone with a lawful presence status who graduates from a Minnesota high school is eligible
  • And so, someone with a lawful presence status who graduates from a Minnesota high school is eligible
  • should have them because of the the high should have them because of the the high cost<00:25:14.679
  • And if we making is is is quite high.