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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Tue Feb 17, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • First up, we have Hawaii State Department of Education in person. They here in support.
  • First up, we have Hawaii State Department of Education in person. They here in support.
  • First up, we have Hawaii State Department of Education in person. They here in support.
  • We have been educating the uh makaoku.
  • are telescopes that are educational. are telescopes that are educational. this<01:39:04.880>
Summary: The committee heard HB 1817, which would create a daily bag limit for amaa/ama fish to protect Hawaii’s fisheries. DLNR said the biggest stressor on amaa populations is diversion of freshwater flows that cut off food sources for juvenile fish, and suggested that place-by-place rulemaking with fishers and stakeholders would be the most effective approach. A teacher and several Waialua Elementary students testified in strong support, describing research on declining catch data, cultural importance, and the need to preserve the fish for future generations. Other supporters said the fish is being outcompeted by invasive species and cited historical declines, including testimony that bag limits in Hilo Bay have helped increase populations. Committee members asked DLNR about traditional and cultural gathering rights, whether the bill’s bag limit would apply to native Hawaiian practices, and whether the limit was 10 per day or per season. DLNR said constitutional Hawaiian practices are protected, but also noted that if the bag limit is set in statute it would limit the department’s flexibility to tailor rules by area. Members also asked about other conservation efforts, and DLNR said fish pond revitalization and amaa production are underway statewide. One member raised concern that a statewide statutory limit might not fit conditions on every island, and DLNR said it has authority to adopt area-specific rules through rulemaking, though that process can take months to more than a year. The committee then moved to HP 206, an appropriations measure for the City and County of Honolulu involving school land transfers, and HP 266B relating to Banyan Drive. On HP 206, the county said the request is a one-time item and estimated costs were about $3.25 million, with the city and county already spending more than $350,000 on the transfers. On HP 266B, HCDA said it is conducting a master planning effort for Banyan Drive and plans a community visioning exercise this summer. Testimony from the Banyan Drive redevelopment agency emphasized the need for more flexible land-tenure rules, while OHA supported the bill with amendments to include cultural specialists and lineal descendants in the redevelopment process and to protect ceded lands. No votes were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill does not eliminate standardized education requirements.
  • I'm currently attending the West-MEC Veterinary Science Program.
  • West-MEC specializes in innovative career and technical education.
  • Lauren Hewitt: ...accredited program.
  • We know that the accredited CBT schools offer valuable education and...
Summary: The committee approved the minutes and held Senate Bill 1241 for a later hearing because a witness was unavailable. It then took up Senate Bill 1144, which would create an alternative pathway for veterinary technician certification through supervised on-the-job training instead of only a two-year curriculum. Supporters, including the Arizona Humane Society, a high school student in a veterinary program, and a veterinary technician employer, argued the bill would help address a veterinary technician shortage, reduce student debt, and expand access to care. Opponents, including the Arizona Veterinary Technician Association and some veterinarians, said Arizona already has an existing pathway, warned the bill could weaken competency standards and patient safety, and argued the shortage is more about retention and utilization than entry requirements. The committee adopted a Bolick amendment tightening supervision and documentation requirements, then passed SB 1144 as amended on a 6-1 vote. The committee next approved Senate Bill 1247 unanimously. That bill would allow an individual who does not need services to live with a resident in an assisted living center or other unit in the facility, and would bar the Department of Health Services from imposing care requirements on that individual. The sponsor and a lobbyist said the bill was intended to fix a recent statutory interpretation that could force spouses or other companions to separate or pay for services they do not use; a floor amendment was mentioned to extend the same treatment to assisted living homes. Senate Bill 1286, which would extend from 14 days to 60 days the period for veterinary prescriptions and renewals issued through telemedicine, drew extensive testimony and was ultimately held for a possible amendment next week. Supporters, including the sponsor, the Arizona Humane Society, and Animal Policy Group, said telemedicine has expanded access in rural and underserved areas and that longer prescription windows would improve convenience and continuity of care while still excluding controlled substances. Opponents, including the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association and several veterinarians, argued the current 14-day limit is a compromise that protects animal safety, that telemedicine without an in-person exam can lead to misdiagnosis and delayed diagnostics, and that the bill could function like a “pill mill.” The committee then passed Senate Bill 1164, which would let Medicaid billing continue under the prior owner’s certification number during a change of ownership for skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Supporters said the current process can delay reimbursement for 6 to 18 months and strain providers; Access said it had legal concerns about possible conflict with federal law but was working on fixes. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1181, which would expand CPA certification pathways by adding degree-and-experience options and updating reciprocity rules, and a supporter from the Arizona Society of CPAs said it would address workforce shortages and improve mobility.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • For additions, upgrades, repairs, and improvements to their water infrastructure, the process is generally
  • With the need for new water resources and infrastructure upgrades in rural Texas, committee substitute
  • On the main public education bill and others, it takes a little time. to make sure you get the right
  • charitable organizations for property used to promote agricultural support for youth and provide educational
  • will benefit from this exemption. ...a tax exemption to promote agricultural support, youth, and educational
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Feb 9th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • going to keep working with the scrap dealers association, the Department of Agriculture and the Oklahoma
  • through those as we you know, and seeing what we can do on licensing fees and how to better run this program
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • That number two, if they receive the education trust fund, advancement technology fund, then they're
  • And to let you know, some of the states that do have this at this time are South Carolina, Oklahoma,
  • >> It's a specific program administered by DECA. It's a limited life program.
  • >> So this is a specific program is that right?
  • It's a a limited life program. uh DECA.
Bills: HB187, HB341, HB4, HB175, HB326
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education May 1st, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a bill that recognizes JROTC and LOTC programs as career and technology education options and as
  • Under the Texas Education Code, CTE programs are designed to equip students with academic and technical
  • having such a program.
  • The program is offered at no cost to students through partnerships between schools and higher education
  • The Commissioner of Higher Education shall approve the participants of the program partnership between
Bills: HB 1079, HB3651, HB4980
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 24th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • By the Education and Employment Committee, Higher Education Budget Committee, Careers Workforce Committee
  • By the Education Employment Committee, Education Administration Subcommittee, Representative Snyder and
  • WE ARE IN AN AGE NOW WHERE EDUCATION IS EDUCATION.
  • WE NEED TO CALL IT EDUCATION.
  • Identifying, once again, an inmate's use of vocational, education, and self-betterment programs while
Summary: The Florida House of Representatives conducted legislative business including prayer, pledge, and voting on multiple bills. Key legislation included HB 1105 expanding Florida Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility, HB 443 on charter school regulations (passed 83-23), and HB 1539 on materials harmful to minors (passed 81-29) after extensive debate about book challenges in schools. Other bills addressed education funding, law enforcement benefits, parole guidelines, and various local issues. The Speaker announced budget negotiations with the Senate have stalled, with disagreements over spending levels and tax cuts. The House will not meet this weekend as originally planned. Session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 AM.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • care assistance program. That's fine. care assistance program. That's fine.
  • government programs. government programs.
  • state programs aren't doing so hot. state programs aren't doing so hot.
  • we're educators. we're educators.
  • the term programs a lot. the term programs a lot.
Bills: HF3542, HF3819
Summary: The committee took up House File 3542, authored by Representative Hudson, and first adopted the February 25 minutes. Hudson explained that the bill, as amended in a DE1, would require agencies to disclose to the public, legislators, or the press the existence of certain investigations only after the subject has been notified and the agency has decided to reduce, suspend, or withhold payments. He said the amendment was intended to avoid tipping off subjects before notification while still increasing transparency about investigations involving public funds. A separate A3 amendment was withdrawn after the DE1 was adopted. Several members questioned the bill’s scope and timing, asking what “existence of an investigation” meant and whether the proposal would disclose information before findings were complete. Hudson clarified that the bill was aimed at identifying who is being investigated, not revealing investigative details. The committee then heard extensive public testimony from child care providers and advocates, who opposed the bill and argued it would expose providers to harassment, threats, and stigma before any findings were made. Testifiers described recent threats, ICE-related disruptions, audits, overpayment findings, and the burden of CCAP compliance, saying the bill would punish providers for paperwork errors and worsen safety concerns, especially for Somali and other providers of color. A board member of the Minnesota Child Care Association also opposed the bill, saying providers had been chilled from speaking publicly because of death threats and harassment, and warning that disclosure of investigations could intensify that climate. In response, Hudson said the bill was not about targeting child care providers generally and was limited to confirmed ongoing investigations after notice to the subject. The committee then heard from Inspector General Keys, who explained that CCAP investigations are administrative, not criminal, and are based on evidence of repeated errors or financial misconduct rather than intentional fraud. He said the office looks for patterns beyond simple mistakes and that the bill’s notice requirement would not impede investigations. The discussion ended amid a brief procedural dispute over comments directed at Hudson, after which the chair returned to the bill and the Inspector General’s testimony.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 21st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-18-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:04:36.200> Again, our Department of Education. Again, our Department of Education.
  • He is also an education programs consultant with the Native Hawaiian nonprofit organization Malama Loko
  • <00:13:36.960> programs He is also an education programs He is also an education programs
  • remarkable contributions to education. remarkable contributions to education.
  • <00:15:52.600> Student the Hawaii Public Education Student the Hawaii Public Education Student
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment Committee Meeting - 2026-04-09

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:18:47.440> Another fractured infrastructure. Another fractured infrastructure.
  • We also have aging infrastructure. It's not the new zoo anymore.
  • <01:36:12.800> It's We also have aging infrastructure.
  • It's We also have aging infrastructure.
  • <01:36:18.320> with state agencies for infrastructure with state agencies for infrastructure
Bills: HF4740, HF3940
Summary: The committee approved the March 26, 2026 minutes and then heard House File 4740, authored by Rep. Hansen, which would require feedlots with at least 1,000 animal units to provide financial assurance for closure costs. Hansen argued the bill would shift cleanup responsibility from taxpayers to owners, citing abandoned feedlots, changing ownership structures, and the 2024 Pure Prairie Poultry bankruptcy as examples of why public funds should not be used for closures and cleanup. He also said the bill would apply to new or renewed permits and suggested a statutory definition of abandoned feedlot storage units may be needed. Farm and livestock groups testified in opposition. Minnesota Farmers Union, Minnesota Milk Producers Association, Minnesota Pork Producers Association, and Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation said existing MPCA and county permit rules already require closure planning and reporting, and that the bill would add unnecessary costs and barriers for family farms, beginning farmers, and expansion. They warned the financial assurance requirement could function like an animal-unit cap, encourage fragmentation or out-of-state relocation, and impose annual costs that would not improve environmental outcomes. Several testified that true abandonment is rare and that current permitting and closure processes already address it. MPCA staff said the agency has concerns with the bill, noted there is currently no formal fiscal note, and said the agency would need to ensure any appropriations cover ongoing staffing needs. MPCA officials explained that permitted feedlots already must notify the agency before closure, follow a checklist of closure requirements, and undergo follow-up inspection; they said abandonment notifications are uncommon and they are not aware of any currently permitted facilities in abandonment process. Members questioned whether the bill was needed, what form financial assurance would take, how other states handle similar requirements, and whether the proposal would unfairly burden smaller or family operations. No vote on HF 4740 was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/20/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • You have X number of people in the program. You lose 10% of them.
  • It grew, and it was very educational. I'm not fond of government.
  • We haven't even launched our program.
  • So this is just a new program we're launching.
  • Would you have voted to authorize such a program?
Summary: The committee began with a JLBC presentation comparing the baseline budget to the governor’s proposal. JLBC said the baseline shows a positive cash balance in each year, with about $577–$578 million available above statutory formulas, but that major items such as tax conformity, state employee health subsidies, school repairs, SNAP administrative changes, and possible SNAP error-rate costs are not fully funded. JLBC also reviewed executive revenue and spending proposals, including border-security funding, sports betting tax changes, data-center tax changes, short-term rental and water surcharges, and several one-time items that JLBC said appear to be ongoing in practice. Members questioned SNAP error rates, Medicaid/Access enrollment and costs, possible fraud involving Access-to-Marketplace shifting, prison receivership risk, and the need for more oversight of waste and fraud. The committee then heard and passed SB 1032, which appropriates $1.5 million to fund the Independent Correctional Oversight Office created last year. The sponsor and several advocates said the office is needed to provide independent oversight, improve transparency, help whistleblowers, and reduce the risk of federal receivership over the prison system. Testimony from advocacy groups and former incarcerated individuals strongly supported the bill, and the committee approved it 10-0. Next, the committee considered several transportation appropriations. SB 1064 would provide $3 million to Flagstaff for improvements along U.S. Route 66; the mayor and local planning officials described safety problems, congestion, and housing growth along the corridor, while some members objected to using general fund dollars for roads instead of HURF and to bypassing the normal transportation board process. The bill passed 7-3. SB 1059 would appropriate $9.2 million for a right-turn lane at SR 87 and SR 260 in Payson, and SB 1062 would appropriate $1 million for a left-turn lane at US 60 and Superstition Mountain Drive in Gold Canyon; both were supported by local witnesses citing congestion and safety concerns and both received do-pass recommendations, 7-3 and 6-4 respectively. The committee also began hearing SCR 1004, a voter-referral measure to prohibit photo enforcement systems, with the sponsor and public commenters arguing that photo radar is unconstitutional, abusive, and tied to ticket revenue, but the transcript cuts off before any committee action on that measure.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management May 8th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • One is private property rights, and the second is publicly funded infrastructure.
  • In the coming years, you're going to see unprecedented infrastructure building.
  • This goes to hard infrastructure. It's very specific.
  • This will not stop all of our infrastructure growth. It may slow a project down.
  • This will not stop all of our infrastructure growth.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

Transcript Highlights:
  • , so what this does, we had a bill two years ago by Senator Orr that created an inland port grant program
  • The original discussion on the bill included airports, a grant program for airports, but there's already
  • >> No, but the original program that Senator Ward did doesn't start till this year. Okay.
  • But there are grant programs that are available through the FAA and then also through ALDOT that gets
  • You have a second. >> Yep. programs that are available through the programs that are available through
Bills: HB277, SB89, HB135, HB277, SB89, HB135
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • programs that would: 1.
  • With services and providing overdose education. Syringe programs do not encourage.
  • But it wasn't an exchange program.
  • are safe and effective programs.
  • Programs shall report back to the state information on the overall effectiveness of the program, the
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County and Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I work in education and represent myself.
  • Y'all have an education on it; that ain't me.
  • This is essential for our education and psychological well-being.
  • day fund. ...to implement its 287(g) program in Maricopa County, Arizona.
  • These programs improve public safety.