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• They're medical students. And, you know, it's very precise. They're medical students. Yes.
• These donations enable practitioners to refine their skills, leading to improved surgical outcomes and
• We train procedural skills. It's not science in itself. It's not research.
• It's not research in itself, but it is to train those life-saving skills that people need to be very,
• We have residents, medical students.

Bills: SB1406 , SB1681 , SB2480 , SB2721

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 2480, which would clarify that the Texas Medical Board may collect license renewal surcharge fees from all licensees to fund the Texas Physician Health Program and related administrative costs. The bill author explained the funding fix was needed after prior language was found to allow surcharges only for physicians and physician assistants. Witnesses from the Texas Physician Health Program supported the measure and described the program’s confidential monitoring and treatment services; members asked about the fee amount, which was described as capped at $15 per two-year registration cycle. The bill was left pending. The committee then took up Senate Bills 1406 and 2721, both authored by Senator Parker, addressing the handling of human remains by non-transplant anatomical donation organizations, willed body programs, and related facilities. Senator Parker and several witnesses described alleged abuses involving unclaimed bodies, consent problems, body leasing, hotel-based dissections, and mishandling of cremains, and argued for strict licensing, inspections, transparency, and criminal penalties. Supporters included families of deceased veterans and other relatives, a biomedical ethicist, the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, and some public safety and hotel industry representatives who said legitimate training should continue but bad actors should be shut down. Opponents or cautious witnesses from accredited donation organizations and bioskills labs said they support stronger oversight but warned the bills could unintentionally disrupt legitimate medical education and urged clearer language and implementation of existing law. Both bills were left pending. Senate Bill 1681, by Senator Menendez, would require counties and municipalities that regulate boarding homes to report facility standards and related information to the Health and Human Services Commission. The author said the bill is intended to improve state oversight of boarding homes that serve elderly and disabled residents and to address abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The bill was left pending after brief discussion. After the testimony portion, the committee returned to voting on pending business and unanimously reported Senate Bills 527, 912, 1580, 1952, and 2032 to the Senate with recommendations that they do pass and be printed, and each was also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 407 and reported the substitute favorably, with six ayes and three nays. The committee then moved on to Senate Bill 500 as pending business.

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• For over a century, students have learned real skills that they use to better themselves, For over a
• century, students have learned real skills that they use to better themselves, their careers, and their
• And my own daughter, Michaela, is a student at L.A.
• ASI student leaders.
• ASI student leaders.

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• skill sets, that I can continue as a Board of Regent and serve the students of the University.
• That our students are taken care of.
• Anytime a student needs anything, they know to go to the Student Success Center, because I always have
• She has built meaningful connections with all our students, both traditional and non-traditional, student
• athletes and non-student athletes.

Committee: Senate Senate Rules

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• This isn't just about education for graduate students or line items on a spreadsheet.
• I urge my colleagues to stand up for science, for students, and for America's future. I yield back.
• He used his oratory skills to Advance civil liberties for all.
• It takes hard work, skill, extensive knowledge, and a deep The gentleman from Florida yields back.
• It takes hard work, skill, extensive knowledge, and a deep Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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• Student success means recruiting more students than other programs.
• But 93 students have come back.
• So it’s not just recent students. These students go back a ways.
• System pathways and the lived experiences for a variety of students and student types.
• To K-12 students.

Committee: Joint Higher Education Institutions Committee

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• that employers are demanding in skills that employers are demanding in the<00:29:59.360><c> world</c
• But I can hear you on the waiting list because we had students who wanted to work there, but there was
• </c> placed nearly 1,000 Minnesota students placed nearly 1,000 Minnesota students in<00:46:45.280><c
• Many of our students may not be aware of the many different careers that broadcast journalism has to
• Our company has seen students going through this internship end up in jobs in Minnesota newsrooms.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

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• And they have the skill sets. They have the interest.
• They have the skill sets. They have the interest.
• I think that we can do better for our students here.
• I think that we can do better for our students here.
• I think that we can do better for our students here.

Committee: House Higher Education

Summary: The House Committee on Higher Education met on March 14, 2025, and heard five University of Hawaii-related bills. SB 741 would create an external audit committee for the UH system and Board of Regents; UH and UHPA opposed it, saying existing internal and external audits already provide robust oversight, and the committee later recommended deferring the bill indefinitely as duplicative. SB 1252 SD2 would create a dementia training program for health care providers; the Alzheimer’s Association and other supporters said broader training is needed across the care workforce, while the university discussed using JABSOM as a coordinator. The committee deferred the bill to March 19 for an HD1 reflecting JABSOM’s suggestions and removing the appropriations/FTE language. SB 1502 SD1 would fund faculty positions, student programs, and facilities at UH Manoa and West Oahu for defense-sector workforce development. UH and Chamber of Commerce Hawaii supported the measure, describing a pipeline for students into intelligence, cybersecurity, and related fields, while one individual opposed it as too closely tied to military contracting and urged investment in other sectors instead. The committee amended the bill to remove FTE references and advanced it; the vote to pass with amendments was adopted, with several members voting aye and some excused. SB 1530 would require performance-based allocation of UH general funds and efficiency reporting. UH and the Attorney General’s office raised concerns, saying the bill’s metrics would apply across the entire general fund budget and were not practical as drafted; the committee also noted opposition from the Budget and Finance Department and individuals. SB 1624 SD1 would restrict RIM funds to renewing, improving, or modernizing existing facilities and require annual reports. UH opposed the bill and explained that RIM is a lump-sum approach used to address deferred maintenance and capital needs, with Board of Regents approval and quarterly reporting already in place; the Attorney General suggested constitutional amendments. The transcript ends during discussion of SB 1624, with no final action shown in the excerpt.

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• Health care professionals require regular training to enhance and refine existing skills.
• remain current. sure that their skills stay up to date.
• Hey, all you're doing is keeping me from being able to advertise what skills I have.
• And I taught 225 podiatry students and 50 pedagogy students.
• Students back to C. Nobody knew anything about what I taught them about those risk systems.

Bills: SB2024 , SB227 , SB268 , SB1467 , SB1580 , HB5537 , SB1313 , SB1677 , SB918 , SB331 , SB2207 , SB2721

Committee: House Public Health

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• skills of survival or in the woods and skills of survival or in the woods and skills of survival or skills
• on team building but just skills skills on team building but just skills skills on team building but
• So, if you're 40% service students. So, if you're 40% service students.
• the student fell and tripped over uh the student fell and tripped over uh the student fell and broke
• It just lets homeschool students just lets homeschool students just lets homeschool students participate

Bills: HB 10 , HB 12 , HB 147 , HB 1522 , HB 422 , HB 675 , HB 204 , HB 748 , HB 912

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• farm planning, all of that, and being able to, you know, fund our FBN program and, you know, the students
• program and you you know fund our fbn program and you know<00:01:03.440><c> the</c><00:01:03.559><c> students
• that are in it they do know the students that are in it they do pay<00:01:05.119><c> a</c><00:01:05.280
• He said the farm business management program improves farmers' business management skills and really
• goal and then that will drive students goal and then that will drive what<00:16:07.399><c> the</c><00

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• The first is student behavior.
• To do this, we place students in rural schools during their field experiences, including their student
• To do this, we place students in rural schools during their field experiences, including their student
• They're trying to track different modalities where kiddos are coming from, student retention, student
• Student success measures.

Committee: House Education

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• Two, the $100 per student cut to local effort assistance.
• Hospital discharges 46,000 individuals to skilled nursing every year.
• We serve almost 64,000 students, including 46,000 undergraduates.
• Also, for this fall, 78,000 students applied for admission at UW Seattle.
• Those are your homeless and foster students.

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee opened with committee guidelines for the 2026 session, including limits on testimony, amendment deadlines, confidentiality expectations, and professionalism rules. Chair Ormsby also reviewed housekeeping for the public hearing, noting the meeting was recorded and live streamed, and that testimony would be limited to one minute because of the large number of sign-ups. The committee then began its work session on Governor Ferguson’s proposed 2026 supplemental operating budget, presented by OFM Director Katie Chapman, who outlined the state’s fiscal pressures: higher caseloads in major programs, a revenue forecast decline of about $390 million, federal policy changes tied to H.R. 1, inflation, and a relatively small ending fund balance. She said the governor’s budget solves about a $2.3 billion shortfall through nearly $800 million in spending reductions, revenue shifts, fund transfers, use of about $1 billion from the Budget Stabilization Account, and some tax preference changes, while also making targeted investments in areas such as child welfare, behavioral health, wildfire response, housing, and IT modernization. Chapman also explained that the proposal does not fully balance over the four-year outlook under the state’s statutory assumptions, but said the governor relied on the budget-balance law’s exception tied to BSA use and low employment growth. A question from Rep. Connors about credit ratings was answered with the view that the impact is difficult to predict and that Washington’s strong pension funding and balanced-budget framework remain positives. The public hearing drew testimony from state officials and many advocates, most of whom opposed specific cuts or fund shifts in the governor’s proposal. Secretary of State Steve Hobbs objected to proposed sweeps from the corporations and charities fund and the library archives account, citing prior cuts, layoffs, cyberattack-related costs, and the need to upgrade aging systems. Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove urged restoration of wildfire prevention funding, saying the proposed amount was still $30 million short of the commitment in House Bill 1168 and that underfunding would increase suppression costs and risk to communities. Many education witnesses opposed reductions to Working Connections Child Care, transition to kindergarten, local effort assistance, Running Start, and higher education across-the-board cuts, arguing they would harm access, equity, and workforce development. Higher education leaders from community colleges, the University of Washington, Western Washington University, and Evergreen State College described staffing cuts, program reductions, and pressure on student services, while K-12 groups and OSPI said the budget would deepen existing funding gaps. A large portion of testimony focused on human services, health, housing, and civil legal aid. Child welfare and youth-serving organizations supported some targeted investments but opposed cuts to child care, child welfare network administration, and youth programs; advocates for foster youth, homeless youth, and mentoring programs asked for continued or increased funding. Health care and long-term care providers warned that proposed Medicaid and rate changes would reduce access for seniors, people with disabilities, and safety-net patients, while Planned Parenthood and abortion access advocates urged full restoration of the Abortion Access Project and related reimbursements. Housing and legal aid witnesses backed the governor’s proposed right-to-counsel funding but asked for more support, and homelessness advocates sought contingency funding for federal housing programs. Crime victim and domestic violence service providers repeatedly said the proposed $12 million was far short of the roughly $21.38 million needed to avoid service cuts and closures. Other testimony addressed the Climate Commitment Account shift for the Working Families Tax Credit, with environmental advocates opposing the diversion of CCA dollars and workforce advocates supporting the governor’s economic security and employment programs. No votes or formal committee action were taken during the hearing portion described in the transcript.

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• </c><00:03:10.400><c> set</c> Air, anything that has a skill set Air, anything that has a skill set that's
• </c><00:05:02.800><c> 46%</c><00:05:03.600><c> of</c> skills and experience levels. 46% of skills and
• workforce, and strong local a skilled workforce, and strong local partners<00:14:59.680><c> like</c>
• In 2012, we launched Career Choice, a program where we will prepay education and skills training for
• In 2012, we launched Career Choice, a program where we will prepay education and skills training for

Summary: The task force met on November 4, 2025, approved the prior minutes without objection, and then heard a presentation from Amazon on its Kentucky aviation and logistics operations. Amazon described its statewide footprint, including its Boone County air hub at KCVG, its investment of more than $60 billion in Kentucky since 2010, about 20,000 jobs in the state, and its use of Amazon Air as a middle-mile network supported by third-party carriers. The company also highlighted small-business support, community relief efforts, and workforce development through Career Choice, including partnerships with Kentucky schools and aviation maintenance training. Members asked about Amazon’s most in-demand workforce needs, future operational challenges, and whether autonomous vehicles are used on the KCVG ramp. Amazon said it would follow up on workforce-demand details, identified customer-driven innovation and culture as ongoing challenges, and said autonomous vehicles are in testing but are not part of regular KCVG operations. Amazon also emphasized sustainability efforts, including alternative aviation fuel, and said it wants to work with the legislature to expand AAF production and supply in Kentucky. The task force then heard from Secretary Jeff Noel of the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and Matt Wingate on the state’s aviation economic development strategy. They said aviation and aerospace are central to Kentucky’s logistics and economic-development goals, with aerospace identified as the state’s top export and air cargo as a major strength. They discussed outreach to general aviation airports, support for local grant matching, airport funding projects, workforce and education partnerships, and efforts to market Kentucky at aviation trade shows such as Paris Air Show and MRO America. No formal votes or other actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• Six months ago, I was a normal, healthy college student attending classes, had a part-time job on campus
• When families and mothers have access to skilled lactation support, outcomes improve.
• Once home, access to a skilled lactation consultant changed everything.
• ...information regarding their qualifications, skills, and knowledge.
• Skilled nursing facilities are subject to both federal certification surveys and state licensure surveys

Bills: HB2049 , HB2050 , HB2051 , HB2072 , HB2082 , HB2085 , HB2177 , HB2178 , HB2179 , HB2183 , HB2195

Committees: House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Keywords: radiation therapy, particle accelerator, critical access hospitals, patient care, rural healthcare, radiologic technologist, radiologist assistant, radiology, imaging, x-ray, diagnostic x-ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography, CT technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, bone densitometry, radiation safety, radiation licensing, scope of practice

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• the social skills necessary for a well-functioning member of society.
• .. ...aspect of K through 2 students as they're going through that.
• Furthermore, 50% of students... ...occurs for a student, and 50% of students get 240 notifications a
• There was an experiment in Texas where they had two different groups of students.
• They presented the same material to both groups of students and tested them at the end.

Bills: SB92 , HB9 , HB9

Committee: House Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• For Title I low-income students, it's about $18 billion.
• And for IDEA students with disabilities, it's $15 billion.
• and leave students that are not rich and not diverse behind.
• Public school students, folks. Public school students, folks.
• And ultimately threatens the quality of education that students receive.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest introductions, and several proclamations and recognitions, including Arizona’s hosting of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four, Autism Awareness Day, Farm Worker Day, and Passover observances. Members also welcomed guests from the Arizona Psychiatric Society, Tucson International Airport, Autism Bringing Change, and others. No substantive debate occurred during these ceremonial items, and the House later noted the Doctor of the Day and approved the prior journal. The chamber then moved through Committee of the Whole consideration of several Senate bills. SB 1024, SB 1078, SB 1123, SB 1164, SB 1232, SB 1293, SB 1493 as amended, SB 1520, SB 1572, and SB 1160 as amended all received do-pass recommendations, while SB 1665 was retained on the calendar. Debate centered most heavily on SB 1142, a federal scholarship tax credit conformity bill, with supporters arguing it would allow Arizona students to benefit from an existing federal tax credit and opponents warning it would divert public resources to private schools and expand voucher-like programs without accountability. SB 1293 drew debate over GPLET property tax abatements and whether the bill would protect school district revenues or hinder housing and economic development. SB 1572 also prompted discussion over civics instruction and whether it imposed an unfunded mandate on schools. On third reading, the House passed SB 1097, SB 1166, SB 1216, and SB 1787. SB 1787 passed on a 31-24 vote after debate over municipal and county development and due process. The House also adopted a floor amendment to SB 1160 before passing it as amended, with supporters framing it as a public safety measure for drone restrictions near venues and opponents raising constitutional and drafting concerns. The House then adopted the Committee of the Whole reports, properly engrossed the measures, and adjourned until Thursday, April 2, 2026.

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• For Title I low-income students, it's about $18 million, billion dollars.
• And for IDEA students with disabilities, it's $15 billion.
• and leave students that are not rich and not diverse behind.
• Public school students. Folks.
• Representative Neil Carter continued: “Public school students, folks.

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• </c><00:02:10.280><c> grievance</c> it differs from the student grievance it differs from the student
• Then the Title IX office, with their permission, can send a letter to that student, the other student
• </c> and engaging education for all students and engaging education for all students I'm<00:32:32.880
• students across the state.
• But we're already going to be past the 50% mark of students, senior students across the state.

Committee: Senate Higher Education

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• So the majority of the students, excuse me, are the older students, many of them 30 or older.
• and students.
• A student asked to go to the office. A student asked to go to the office.
• A student asked to go to the office. 28, 2025. A student asked to go to the office.
• That students who cause a battery or assault on a teacher or another student, that the student is reprimanded

Committee: House Education

Summary: The House Education Committee met on March 31, 2026, and heard several bills focused largely on workforce training, student aid, and school safety. HB 325 by Rep. Brass would add successful completion of nine dual-enrollment credit hours as a third eligibility pathway for the TOPS Tech Award; after a clarifying amendment limiting the change to students graduating in the 2026-2027 school year, the bill drew broad support and was reported favorably. HB 407 by Rep. Larvadane would return the M.J. Foster Promise Program’s initial eligibility age to 21 for two years, grandfathering in current younger participants while the state addresses funding shortfalls; despite concerns about access for 18- to 20-year-olds, the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill as amended on a 12-2 vote. HB 482 by Rep. Turner would loosen TOPS Tech requirements, including lowering one academic threshold, raising the age window to 25, and increasing the award amount at community and technical colleges; after an amendment expanding the affected institutions beyond LCTCS, it was reported favorably. The committee also advanced HB 283 by Rep. Newell, which strengthens penalties and school responses for assault and battery on teachers and other school employees and expands sick-leave coverage for related medical, psychological, and rehabilitation treatment. Testimony from educators and union representatives described serious incidents of violence and fear of retaliation, while a school district attorney warned about unintended consequences for rural districts, transportation, and students with disabilities; the bill was amended to include students as protected victims and then reported with amendments. HB 448 by Rep. Adams would allow scholarships for firefighters injured or killed in the line of duty, and their spouses, to be used for graduate study rather than only a bachelor’s degree; after an amendment clarifying the scholarship could be used for bachelor’s or advanced degrees, it was reported as amended. HB 319 by Rep. Beham, a cleanup measure for the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education to improve quorum and update organizational references, was reported favorably. HB 195 by Rep. Beham, which would bar public postsecondary institutions from prohibiting students from carrying self-defense chemical spray on campus, was amended to add exceptions and then reported with amendments. The committee also heard testimony on HCR 10 by Rep. Wilder, which asks the Louisiana High School Athletic Association to recognize dance and cheer as sanctioned sports; the sponsor said the resolution was prompted by a parent request and safety concerns, and an amendment was expected to broaden the measure. Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly emphasized workforce development, dual enrollment, and the need to align education programs with labor-market demand, while also debating how to balance student access, funding limits, and school safety.

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• students.
• But I ...plan so that students aren't impacted.
• I just want to make sure that we are prepared for those steps so that our students, our Missouri students
• Because one of the worst things that you can do is have students take on student loan debt and then not
• Which is about students and making sure we're focused on students themselves.

Committee: House Utilities