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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • Go up to the UMass Club and look out the window. There's not a lot of cranes around in the city.
  • You go up to the UMass Club and look out the window.
  • , certainly would like to hear from you as to how... you go up to the UMass club and look out the window
Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a public hearing on H. 4975, Governor Healey’s bill to manage the impact of the federal “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OB3) on Massachusetts tax law and state revenues. Administration officials, led by Secretary of Administration and Finance Matt Gorowitz, said OB3 would otherwise reduce FY26 revenue by about $442 million and argued for a phased-in conformity approach that would preserve the current-year budget while still adopting selected federal business tax provisions over time. The proposal would phase in the research and experimental expenditure deduction first, delay other major corporate provisions for two years, extend the pass-through entity excise to income subject to the 4% surtax, add a one-year delay mechanism for future federal tax changes over $20 million, limit opportunity zone benefits to Massachusetts investments, and make smaller technical changes to DFML contributions and casino reporting thresholds. Committee members questioned the rationale for phasing in rather than fully decoupling, the effect on the budget if the bill did not pass, and the treatment of opportunity zones, the surtax, and future federal tax changes. Public testimony was split. MassBudget, Progressive Massachusetts, and several labor and public-sector groups urged the committee to permanently decouple from the federal corporate tax changes rather than delay them, arguing that the bill would still send state revenue to corporate tax breaks, often for investments outside Massachusetts, and that the state should protect funding for schools, health care, human services, and other public services. The Massachusetts Society of CPAs supported the administration’s timing and the research-and-development provisions, citing filing deadlines and the importance of certainty for businesses and startups. Business and tax experts also testified that rushed conformity can create revenue losses and that the governor’s review-and-delay framework was a prudent improvement, though some said decoupling should be the default if the Legislature does not act. Unite Here Local 26 testified against sections 3 and 4, which would raise the slot-machine jackpot reporting threshold from $1,200 to $2,000, arguing the current threshold helps with problem-gambling intervention, preserves slot attendant jobs, and generates revenue. Several union leaders, including the Massachusetts Teachers Association, AFT Massachusetts, SEIU 509, the Massachusetts Building Trades, the AFL-CIO, and 1199 SEIU, urged permanent decoupling, warning that OB3’s federal tax cuts and related spending reductions would worsen budget pressures, harm public services, and shift costs onto workers, patients, and schools. No votes were taken at the hearing.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

GIRLS STATE May 28th, 2026

GIRLS STATE

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our friends in D.C. and in other general assemblies, you'll see they have five-minute windows.
  • They have 30-minute windows. They have our windows to vote. We don't.
Committee: All GIRLS STATE
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Mar 16th, 2026

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • subdivisions in smaller Idaho counties do not have regular hours of operation during the tight filing window
  • subdivisions in smaller Idaho counties do not have regular hours of operation during the tight filing window
  • This creates problems for candidates in these smaller districts. window.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Feb 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don’t know whether a Purple Alert would have saved Dallas, but I do know that there is a window, a
  • ... ...I don’t know whether a Purple Alert would have saved Dallas, but I do know that there is a window
  • , a very narrow, critical window where time is everything.
Summary: The House Community Safety Committee met on February 23, 2026, with a compressed schedule and limited testimony time. Members first heard Second Substitute Senate Bill 5974, which would set eligibility standards for sheriffs, police chiefs, and marshals, require background checks for sheriff candidates through the Washington State Patrol, regulate volunteers and youth cadets, and create a vacancy in office if an elected law enforcement official is finally decertified or fails statutory eligibility requirements. Supporters, including Senator Lovick and several advocacy groups, said the bill promotes accountability and professionalism. Opponents, including the sheriffs of Walla Walla and Spokane counties, argued it imposes unfunded mandates, conflicts with voter sovereignty and recall procedures, and could create problems for rural counties and volunteer use. The committee later took executive action and reported the bill out with a do pass as amended recommendation, 6-2 with one excused. In executive session, the committee also acted on Engrossed Senate Bill 5068, which expands law enforcement hiring eligibility to people legally authorized to work in the United States. A striking amendment clarified that agencies are not liable for employment discrimination claims if hiring is impracticable, allowed applicants who cannot yet possess weapons to apply if they can possess them when hired, and made technical changes. Representative Burnett raised concerns about background investigations, foreign-country vetting, oath of office, and firearm issues, but the committee adopted the striker and then reported the bill out as amended on a 6-2 vote with one excused. The committee also considered Substitute Senate Bill 5855, which prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings while interacting with the public except in specified circumstances and creates a civil cause of action. Amendments added an intent section, expanded exceptions for health and safety equipment under OSHA/WISHA, and proposed stronger prosecutorial language, though two amendments were rejected. The bill was then reported out as amended on a 6-2 vote with one excused. The committee then held public hearings on several bills. Engrossed Senate Bill 5890 would expand reckless driving to include driving more than 30 miles per hour over the posted speed limit, and 20 miles per hour over in active construction zones when workers are present; law enforcement, prosecutors, traffic safety officials, and construction industry representatives testified in support. Substitute Senate Bill 5936, a Uniform Law Commission proposal on human trafficking, would allow prosecution of businesses that knowingly engage in or profit from trafficking, strengthen victim confidentiality, and improve U and T visa certification procedures; testimony was overwhelmingly supportive, with one witness urging caution about unintended consequences for businesses that report trafficking. Finally, Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 6070 would expand missing-person response tools by allowing certain surveillance devices to be used for community caretaking to locate missing endangered persons, create Ebony and Purple Alerts, transfer the missing persons website to the State Patrol, and add a public records exemption. Testimony strongly supported the alert provisions, especially for people with disabilities, while one privacy advocate objected to the surveillance provisions as an overreach.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We're run on a cash reserve right now of about a 5 to 6 week window.
  • On a 5 to 6 week window, we're talking a bad flu season.
  • Again, we're in that 5 to 6 week window. Josh can explain a little bit more of what that really is.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 4th, 2026

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And in addition to that, there is a filing window which is created by the Federal Communications Commission
  • And in addition to that, there is a filing window which is created by the Federal Communications Commission
  • like to do is to make sure that those frequencies, which will be available in an upcoming filing window
Bills: SB194 , SB200 , SB203 , SB204 , SJR3
Summary: The committee began with announcements about an upcoming Friday breakfast and presentation with the School Board Association in El Dorado, then moved through a series of education appropriation and capital-style bills. The first major item was Senate Bill 194 for Luna Community College baseball and softball fields. Senator Campos and Luna officials described the project as part of a larger athletic and community complex, emphasizing the college’s NJCAA compliance turnaround, 100% athlete graduation rate, 3.44 average GPA, and the fact that 94% of athletes are New Mexico residents. Supporters said the fields would improve recruiting, reduce annual rental costs, and add community amenities such as a walking path, soccer pitch, and wildfire resiliency training space. Several senators raised concerns that the project should go through the normal capital outlay process and questioned funding sources, ongoing operating costs, bathrooms, electricity, parking, audits, and whether the $5 million request was sufficient. Despite those concerns, the committee voted 5-3 to give the bill a due pass. The committee then heard a request for KANW educational radio funding. KANW’s general manager and staff said the station is celebrating 75 years, serves much of the state with news, cultural programming, Spanish music, and emergency alert services, and is one of the state’s primary radio stations. Supporters praised its public service and statewide reach. However, several senators objected to the funding mechanism, arguing that the request was being routed through growth funding rather than the usual capital or appropriations process and that other legislators lacked equal access to those funds. After discussion about federal funding cuts, translator opportunities, and the station’s educational mission, the committee voted 3-5 and the bill failed. Senate Bill 203, a duplicate of a previously heard Northern New Mexico State School documentary bill, was quickly tabled on motion. The committee then took up Senate Joint Resolution 3, which would ask voters to replace the current appointed Secretary of Education model with an appointed State Board of Education that would hire a state superintendent. Senator Soles argued the change would create more stability and reduce political whiplash, while supporters from the school board and superintendent associations backed the idea but noted concerns about appointment clarity. Opponents from PED, KIDS CAN, the Chamber of Commerce, charter schools, and others argued the proposal would add bureaucracy, reduce accountability, sideline the governor and voters, and repeat a failed pre-2003 system. Committee members were split along similar lines, with supporters emphasizing continuity and critics stressing accountability and local control; the transcript ends before a final vote on SJR 3 is shown.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2032 adjusts the testing window for the statewide assessment by requiring
  • administer the assessment during the last two school weeks of the school calendar rather than a testing window
  • it only makes sense to give them an extra four to five weeks of instruction by moving the testing window
Summary: The meeting covered a very large number of bills across multiple committees, with most items presented on consent calendars and several sponsors explaining their measures. Education bills focused on moving statewide testing later in the school year, allowing paper testing by local choice, increasing transparency around district administrator pay, expanding religious excusal policies, creating a school fitness recognition program, and sending a resolution to voters to require sex-based designation of school sports teams and private spaces. Federalism and Government items included bans on foreign contributions to ballot-measure committees, a proposed ballot measure to eliminate voting centers and return to precinct-based voting, memorials urging withdrawal from the United Nations and the IMF, penalties for late agency financial reporting, restrictions on state contracts with China, and a bill limiting use of ADS-B aviation data for fee collection. Commerce bills addressed digital goods disclosure, child influencer trust accounts, liability for river outfitters, marketplace contractor termination rights, utility submetering charges, unemployment eligibility checks, and association-based health plans. Health and human services measures included lactation consultant certification and Medicaid breastfeeding support, a ban on gender transition procedures for minors, a requirement that chief medical officers hold active licenses, technical ambulance definitions, a SNAP waiver request to restrict non-eligible food purchases, hospital collection of patient immigration status, and enrollment verification for AHCCCS-related hospital presumptive eligibility. Judiciary bills included consent-verification requirements for online sexual material, a civil cause of action for DEI policy violations, hate-crime-style enhancements that also cover political affiliation, name-change disclosure rules for sex offenders, penalties for possession of falsified commercial driver’s licenses by unlawfully present persons, penalties for mailing abortion-inducing drugs, speed-inhibiting devices as an alternative to license suspension, longer transition services for inmates, stronger penalties for sexual extortion of minors, and legislative oversight of state shooting range closures. Natural resources and water bills dealt with brackish groundwater recovery and desalination studies, water augmentation authority financing, HOA drought-year watering restrictions, water-rate parity for customers outside city limits, and groundwater transportation from the McMullen Valley basin. Other topics included a ban on PFAS firefighting foam, restrictions on vaccine and mask mandates by governments and businesses, protections against employment or service discrimination based on medical interventions, elimination of long-vacant state positions, consumer protections against device disabling after owner modifications, and restrictions on Chinese-made critical infrastructure. The committee also heard a Space Commission update bill and a continuation of the Arizona Beef Council. Several bills were pulled from consent or flagged for amendments or legal concerns, including the testing-window bill, student directory information bill, river outfitter liability bill, ambulance bill, and others. No final floor votes were taken in the transcript, but many bills were advanced on third-read or consent calendars, while a few were set aside for amendments or further discussion.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Feb 2nd, 2026

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • giving the clerks 10 days to do a remission, but then we're also expanding it to three years that the window
  • to go back and find that person because they need to fulfill their obligation, that gives you that window
  • That gives you that window of someone to go back and find them and bring them back.
Bills: S0600 , S0760 , S1012 , S1326 , S1488 , S1536 , S1544 , S1750
Summary: The committee took up several criminal justice bills, beginning with SB 760 on violations of pretrial release conditions. A strike-all amendment narrowed the bill to make willful violation of a no-contact order a first-degree misdemeanor, authorize warrantless arrest on probable cause, and require detention until first appearance in certain cases. The amendment and the bill, as amended, were both adopted and reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1536 on digital voyeurism, which would extend the expectation of privacy to backyards in the surveillance statute; it was reported favorably after brief questions and support from a Florida Smart Justice Alliance witness. Members next considered SB 1012 on inmate services. The bill would expand use of contractor-operated institutions inmate welfare trust funds for reintegration and facility upgrades, and would require reimbursement for inmate emergency and specialty medical services at Medicaid rates, with telehealth and autonomous APRNs included as options. Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida opposed the bill as written, warning that tying Medicaid participation to treatment of inmates could reduce reimbursement and discourage provider participation, while the Department of Corrections and Florida Smart Justice Alliance supported it. Senators discussed costs, aging inmates, and possible future changes, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also passed CS for SB 600 on bail bond and pretrial release laws after adopting a strike-all that aligned it with the House companion and made technical changes to solicitation, training, and bond reinstatement rules. Public testimony raised concerns about who should receive returned bond money and how clerks would process payments, but the sponsor said the bill would continue to be refined. Later, the committee reconsidered and favorably reported SB 1750 on criminal sexual conduct, which increases penalties and mandatory minimums for serious sex crimes, especially those involving children. It also reconsidered and favorably reported SB 1544 on complaints against law enforcement and correctional officers, a bill requiring complainants to provide sworn complaints to officers before interrogation unless corroborating evidence is present; police chiefs and sexual violence advocates opposed parts of the bill, while supporters argued it would protect officers from unfounded complaints. Finally, SB 1488 on booking officer duties regarding minor children of arrested persons was reported favorably, and SB 1326 on prosecution of defamation was taken up for reconsideration with a delete-all amendment that narrowed the insanity defense, limited mitigation for severe mental illness in serious cases, and extended detention periods for incompetent defendants; opposition testimony from defense, public defender, and mental health advocates warned it would worsen treatment and increase costs.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Feb 2nd, 2026

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • giving the clerks 10 days to do a remission, but then we're also expanding it to three years that the window
  • to go back and find that person because they need to fulfill their obligation, that gives you that window
  • Thank you. that gives you that window of someone to go back and find them and bring them back.
Bills: S0600 , S0760 , S1012 , S1326 , S1488 , S1536 , S1544 , S1750
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • In those two years, my co-worker-turned-stalker has bashed out car windows, left dead animals outside
  • , thrown a rock at me through my living room window, defamed me on bus seats, signs, light posts, and
  • the 2013-2014 issues where after he was surveilling in the backyard, he then broke into my bedroom window
Bills: HB2146 , HB2349 , HB2430 , HB2457 , HB2510 , HB2532
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • DA Austin talked to you all just a second ago that we have found statistically that there is a window
  • from about 5 to 7 years if a prosecutor comes in and they stay for that in that window, typically they're
  • is hopes of addressing that issue of not only recruiting and retention but keeping folks in that window
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Dec 5th, 2025 at 08:00 am

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have some longer windows for certain types of data around registration, but we'll talk a little bit
  • We have some longer windows for certain types of data around registration, but we'll talk a little bit
  • Some longer windows for certain types of data around registration.
Summary: The committee met for a pre-session kickoff focused first on voting access on tribal lands. Dr. Chelsea Jones of the Brennan Center presented research showing turnout on tribal lands trails turnout off tribal lands in every federal election studied from 2012 to 2022, with about a 10-point gap in Washington and about 11 points nationally. She identified barriers such as long travel distances to polling places and drop boxes, nontraditional addressing, unreliable postal service, lack of language assistance, and limited broadband and voter information. Members asked about the meaning of the turnout gap, the role of tribal leadership and community outreach, and whether the figures reflected lost ballots or missed voting opportunities; Dr. Jones emphasized the issue is access, not ballot disappearance, and said trusted local voices and tribal-government partnerships are important complements to policy fixes. The University of Washington Elections Database then presented vote-by-mail data for tribal reservation areas from 2020 to 2024. The presentation showed voter registration on reservations rose steadily from about 107,000 in 2010 to 137,000 in 2024. Turnout on reservations remained lower than outside reservations by roughly 8 to 9 percentage points in general elections, with similar but slightly smaller gaps in primaries. The UW team also reported that about 1.5% of ballots cast on reservations were signature-challenged in general elections, that cure rates were generally similar inside and outside reservations and ranged around 60% to two-thirds, and that late return was the most common reason for rejection in primaries while signature mismatch was the leading reason in general elections. Senators raised concerns about mail delivery and postmarking, and the researchers said they would continue studying return methods and cure rates. The committee next heard an overview of the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs from staff and Executive Director Tim Rennon. They described the office’s history, its role as a liaison between the state and tribes, and its work on consultation, training, convening work groups, and supporting the Centennial Accord and related tribal-state agreements. Rennon said the office now has six positions, is working on statewide tribal relations training, and does not speak for tribes but helps ensure consultation occurs early and often. Members asked about whether tribal voting is discussed in Centennial Accord settings and were told it is more commonly addressed through ATNI and its voting committee. The final major topic was state contracting and supplier diversity. WSDOT’s Earl Key described the impact of Initiative 200 and the recent federal suspension of the DBE program, and said WSDOT has expanded race-neutral tools such as mentorships, small business goals, veterans goals, trucking consortia, small-works set-asides, and emerging/rising small business goals. DES’s Adrian Thompson and OMWBE’s Sharon Harvey Hughes and Laca Fernandez outlined statewide contracting policy, outreach, certification, and spend data, noting efforts to centralize support, expand the EDGE program, and improve procurement systems. OMWBE reported agencies increased spend with certified firms to over 6% in the latest period, with total certified-firm spend at 4.15% or about $371 million, while higher education lagged behind. Members pressed for clearer performance data, asked about certification barriers and the effect of federal changes, and were told the agencies coordinate through a governor’s sub-cabinet, regular meetings, and ongoing outreach. The Office of Equity then began its update, describing its role in agency consultation, dashboards, and accountability monitoring, including a homelessness dashboard and a trooper-cadet application dashboard, before the transcript ended.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • And what I wanted to do, and I barely got this in yesterday because the Amira window closed.
  • Sometimes they get, if you, for example, complete the MSSA early into the MSSA window, you get your results
  • I do know we have great proctors or administrators... in that window takes those things, takes these
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Aug 21st, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mandatory assessment windows are misplaced for good.
  • First, it supports instruction by clearly defining testing windows and introducing...
  • assessment administrator, shadow a testing coordinator in one of our public schools during a testing window
Bills: HB8
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 29th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • A few days away from the windows, covering our heads, sitting huddled together where the walls were the
  • They cannot open windows and doors and so have to run their AC constantly with huge electricity and energy
  • It gives survivors a limited window to revive claims.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • However, those applications come in across various windows in order to create an expeditious process.
  • So while we're reviewing applications, applications from the first window, new proposals can be coming
  • in for the second window, but that can create an issue where everybody's expenditure date is set based
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/01/2026)

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the car gets too hot, the windows go down, the fans turn on, and Liberty stays there.
  • She jumped out of a second-story window. She didn't die.
  • </c><01:33:06.560><c> She</c><01:33:06.800><c> didn't</c> of a second story window.
  • She didn't of a second story window.
  • The window could stages of the disease.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health Committee Jul 1st, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the 30-day window is exceeded, this would immediately then certify the request that was submitted
  • For patients with chronic illness, a one-year authorization window means fewer gaps in therapy and more
  • A one-year authorization window means fewer gaps in therapy, more reliable disease management, and less
  • They are the window in which effective coordination determines whether someone successfully transitions
  • If a second emergency happens during that window, that patient waits longer for help.
Summary: The committee heard AB 1887, which would speed prior authorization for FDA-approved rare disease treatments prescribed by specialists and, if a plan does not act within 30 days, deem the request approved. The author and supporters, including patients and clinicians, said delays can cause irreversible harm, hospitalizations, and death, especially for children and people with progressive rare diseases. Health plans and insurers opposed the bill’s automatic-approval provision and said the measure lacked safeguards for incomplete requests and shared responsibility for timely information. The chair encouraged continued work with opponents, and the author said the bill was narrowed from an earlier version that would have waived prior authorization entirely. The committee also heard AB 1979 on artificial intelligence in health care, AB 2161 on Medi-Cal work requirements, AB 539 on extending approved prior authorizations, AB 2311 on physician employment at public hospital districts, AB 1148 on banning phthalates and bisphenols in food packaging, AB 1825 on mental health offender reentry coordination, and AB 2282 on a temporary emergency stabilization unit in Patterson. AB 1979 would preserve licensed clinicians’ professional judgment, bar AI from directing unlicensed clinical functions, and protect medical records used by consumer chatbots; after amendments, several hospital, medical, and industry groups moved from opposition to neutral. AB 2161 would limit the harm of federal Medi-Cal work-reporting rules by using existing data, improving notices, and protecting due process; it drew broad support from patient, provider, and advocacy groups. AB 539 would keep prior authorization approvals valid for up to one year or the course of treatment, with supporters citing continuity of care and opponents warning about utilization, fraud, and cost concerns. AB 2311, as amended, would let certain high-payer-mix or distressed public health care districts directly employ physicians; CMA withdrew opposition after the bill was narrowed, while some hospital interests still objected to the carve-out. AB 1148 would prohibit two chemicals commonly used in food packaging, with supporters citing cancer and endocrine-disruption risks and opponents arguing DTSC should handle the issue through its existing regulatory process. AB 1825 would improve transition planning and Medi-Cal enrollment for offenders with mental health disorders leaving state hospitals, and AB 2282 would authorize a temporary rural emergency stabilization care unit in Patterson until a permanent hospital is built. Several bills were held for later action because the committee lacked a quorum, and the chair repeatedly noted that motions would be taken once enough members returned.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 23rd, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I did not notice any specifications or any windows in it, so I wanted to ask you on a lighter note, are
  • I did not notice any speculations or any windows in it, so I wanted to ask you on a lighter note, are
  • She went to a parent-teacher conference, and her chair was looking out the window, kind of in the back
  • of the class looking out the window, and I was like, I don't understand.
  • why are the other kids at tables facing the board, and my granddaughter has to sit looking out of a window
Committee: House Education
Summary: The committee first heard SB 206, which would require cardiovascular pre-screening and blood pressure testing for student athletes beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Chairman Miller said the bill was prompted by concerns about undiagnosed hypertension and sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes, and Coach Marcus Scott testified about his own kidney transplant after years of untreated high blood pressure. Members asked about who would perform the screenings and how follow-up would work; the American Heart Association said existing athletic physical processes and referral networks could handle it. An amendment was adopted, and the committee reported SB 206 favorably as amended. The committee then took up SB 305, which would require a publicly available statewide career-alignment dashboard showing how degree programs connect to workforce outcomes, including completion, employment, wages, and high-demand jobs. Chairman Edmonds and student task force member Cruz Cassard said the goal was to help students understand job opportunities in Louisiana and reduce the number leaving the state after graduation. Workforce and higher education stakeholders supported the measure as a transparency and workforce-planning tool. The committee reported SB 305 favorably. Next, the committee considered HB 624, a school safety cleanup bill updating references from crisis management plans to emergency operations plans and aligning school emergency language with national standards. Representative Johnson and the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools said the bill would not create new mandates or costs, but would clarify existing requirements. The committee reported HB 624 favorably. The committee then heard HB 1022, as substituted, concerning school-based health care services. Representative Jackson said the bill was intended to clarify that medical decisions in school-based health centers should be made by licensed health professionals, not school staff, while preserving parental consent. Testimony from school-based health center providers supported the bill, but several members raised concerns about consent, parental authority, and whether the language shifted too much responsibility away from schools; the Charter School Association suggested adding more collaborative language. After discussion, the committee adopted the substitute and reported HB 1022 favorably by a 10-4 vote.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Higher Education Funding Review Committee Mar 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Higher Education Funding Review Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • They look at the graduates every year for about a five-, six-year window.
  • right-hand side of that Excel spreadsheet, in fiscal year 2022, they take a look back at a five-year window
  • They look at the graduates every year for about a five, six year window.
  • right-hand side of that Excel spreadsheet, in fiscal year 2022, they take a look back at a five-year window
  • So for the last five years, kind of looking at a window of July 1 to June 30, for the last five years