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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • That has a lot to do with early literacy.
  • This is a pilot program.
  • The goal with this program is education.
  • It should be opt out like this program is.
  • Yeah, I love the effort of the program.
Summary: The committee heard several appropriations and policy bills, with testimony often focused on public safety, education, and procurement. HB 263 would appropriate $1.5 million in FY2027 to the Independent Correctional Oversight Office; the sponsor and supportive testimony argued the office is needed to address serious problems in the corrections system, and the bill received a due pass recommendation, 17-1. HB 2993, as amended, would allow DPS to spend on legal services independent of the Attorney General and redirect $5 million from the Consumer Protection/Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund to the Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission Fund; the Speaker framed it as supporting law enforcement and public safety, and it passed 17-0. HB 2271 dealt with firefighter cancer coverage and insurance rates. The bill would allow an insurer covering firefighters and fire investigators to file a uniform rate deviation only if it is not reimbursed by the municipal firefighter cancer reimbursement fund. Testimony described the measure as a temporary shell pending a broader consensus agreement to bring fire districts into the reimbursement system; members stressed that firefighters should not see changes in claim handling, but several said the bill still needed work. It received a due pass recommendation on a 16-1-1 vote. HB 2416 would appropriate $20 million to DPS for local border support, including law enforcement positions, prosecution and detention costs, and equipment; sheriffs and the Arizona Sheriffs Association supported it as a continuation of existing funding for drug interdiction and border-related crime, and it passed 11-6-1. The committee also advanced HB 2692, which revises public construction procurement rules and authorizes progressive design-build and one-step competition for certain federally funded projects. Construction and procurement stakeholders said the bill was the product of a long consensus process, while some members worried about taxpayer impacts and the move away from standard procurement; it passed 10-7-1. HB 2478, as amended, creates the Arizona Commission on Student Outcomes to study K-12 accountability, standards, graduation requirements, early childhood education, and a trade pathways diploma, funded by Classroom Site Fund dollars; members debated whether the work should instead be done by ADE or the State Board, and the bill passed 11-7. The committee also heard HB 4044, which would create a Public Safety Parity Fund to support DPS and corrections salaries using investment earnings from the Budget Stabilization Fund and proceeds from forfeited digital assets; the sponsor and a troopers association witness argued it would provide a stable long-term funding source to address chronic vacancies and pay gaps.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I only have benefit programs.
  • And in our other programs, you can see at the top, oh, you're off the program.
  • And in our other programs, you can see at the top, oh, you're off the program.
  • you're you're you're off the program. you're you're you're off the program.
  • Thank you, Chair Baker. the ship program. Again, it's about the ship program.
Keywords: 1183, house
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • new adult education and family literacy new adult education and family literacy management<00:32
  • And we Brownfield redevelopment program.
  • So, this program has Conservation Fund.
  • <01:02:47.200> that where we take old computer programs that where we take old computer programs
  • The legislature their programs as well.
Summary: The meeting was the first of the year for the Capital Planning Advisory Board. Members were called, a quorum was confirmed, new co-chairs and members were welcomed, and the board approved the prior year’s meeting minutes. The chair also reviewed the capital planning timeline, packet organization, and the list of agencies that submitted plans but would not testify. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented first, outlining priorities centered on public safety, protecting existing infrastructure, preventive maintenance, and improving service delivery. Its major requests included a $21 million maintenance pool for 14 campuses and 175 buildings, phase 2 construction funding for a new public health laboratory, an 18-bed psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents with severe mental health needs, and several projects at Western State Hospital, Western State Nursing Facility, Hazlewood, and Oakwood. Members asked about the youth facility’s relationship to a separate DJJ project, vacant buildings, the high per-bed cost of the children’s hospital, and how the cabinet determined the need for the youth facility. CHFS said the youth project would be a separate facility serving high-acuity youth, the cost reflected the specialized nature of the unit and an 18-bed cap, and the broader youth plan also includes prevention, in-home services, and coordination across agencies. The Kentucky Department of Education then described projects for its three state-operated facilities: the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, and the FFA leadership training center. It requested additional funding for the FFA classroom and activity building after bids came in higher than expected, plus funding for a new education finance application system to support SEEK budgeting. Other priorities included a maintenance pool, FFA pool renovation, electrical upgrades, campus education enhancements, lighting improvements, safety and security work, door and window replacements, and HVAC maintenance. Members asked about student outcomes, the size of the FFA pool, and construction cost assumptions; the department said it tracks students through the schools and short-course programs, the pool size figure may have been a typo, and current construction estimates are being adjusted upward because of inflation and supply-chain pressures. The Education and Labor Cabinet began its presentation with 12 priority projects, including a state labor exchange system to connect job seekers and employers, renovation of the McDow Vocational Rehabilitation Center, and a new adult education and family literacy management information system. The cabinet said the labor exchange would help match workers with employers at no cost, while the McDow renovation was needed because the 30-year-old facility has safety and code concerns. The adult education system was described as outdated and lacking adequate case-management and tracking capabilities.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jul 21st, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The different programs that are available.
  • You know, with the El Centro or Echo Cares program.
  • We plan to have a lot of programs going.
  • Hands-on programs for the youth.
  • We need to partner up with the state and any other program that can help us get that program off and
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • education and outreach, California Workplace Outreach Program, and the Rural Strategic Engagement Program
  • We no longer have a program or resources for a program.
  • I am a statewide coordinator for a conservation planning program.
  • I work for a statewide program.
  • I'm sorry can you just say the name of the program that?
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 05/11/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a cleaner education programs.
  • And so we've already set up some programs. Here's a special little program for somebody.
  • Here's a special little programs.
  • It's a huge win for literacy. And, Mr.
  • President, it for literacy. And Mr.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 2/25/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Attorney's Office bat school program Attorney's Office bat school program where<00:51:03.240>
  • <00:51:12.359> on and educational neglect program on and educational neglect program on average
  • we still need more last year our program we still need more last year our program received<00:51
  • Number two was literacy.
  • <01:19:45.159> and and talk to them about that program and and talk to them about that program
Keywords: 1183, house
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Formal House Session 14 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to a radio or television broadcasting station, including a cable or satellite television operator, program
  • The House Bill, relative to teacher preparation and student literacy, House No. [questionable].
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The House first suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow consideration of a petition to designate the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court as the Judge Leslie E. Harris Courthouse. It then took up two election-related bills reported out of Ways and Means: House 5093, to protect against election misinformation, and House 5094, to enhance disclosure requirements for synthetic media and political advertising. Supporters described both measures as targeted responses to AI-generated deepfakes and deceptive election content, emphasizing transparency, accountability, and protecting voter trust rather than banning speech outright. House 5094 was debated first. An amendment was adopted to exempt certain broadcasters, cable/satellite operators, program producers, and streaming services when paid to broadcast deceptive election-related material. The bill then passed to be engrossed on a roll call of 156-0. House 5093 was then debated, with supporters saying it would prohibit deceptive AI use within 90 days of an election and address materially deceptive audio, visual, and election-related communications. Two amendments were offered and defeated: one to move the state primary earlier, and another to narrow the bill’s scope by striking part of the definition of materially deceptive media. The bill passed to be engrossed on a roll call of 153-3. Earlier in the session, the House also passed to be enacted several local bills, including measures affecting Rockland’s charter, Williamstown’s senior property tax exemption eligibility, and Rochester’s fire chief employment. Later, the House rejected concurrence with Senate amendments on a bill related to teacher preparation and student literacy and instead appointed a committee of conference. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Quincy public servant Arthur Tobin before adjourning to meet the next day at 11 a.m.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Higher Education - 03/27/25

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Rachel Fishman, and I am the director of the higher education program at New America.
  • And that vision is why I'm here today to support the College Financing Literacy Act that's before the
  • Um, we at the program at New America.
  • > policies<01:32:03.440> and commissioner for programs policies and commissioner for programs
  • grant and state financial aid programs. grant and state financial aid programs. um<01:33:48.199>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health Oct 23rd, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • With me here today is Corey Hall, our chief programs officer.
  • Respite programs have been around for over 3 decades and The adoption of these programs is spreading
  • across the U.S., with over 150 active programs.
  • In our program, we will have on Site clinical staff providing health services.
  • For our state, respite programs rely on...
Summary: The meeting focused on hospital “avoidable days” and the difficulty of discharging medically stable patients who still need post-acute placement or social services. Presenters from Saint Anthony Hospital Midtown, the Oklahoma Hospital Association, City Care, and OU Health described common barriers including lack of skilled nursing, rehab, long-term care, behavioral health, and hospice placements; insurance prior authorization delays; Medicaid and Social Security eligibility delays; guardianship and Adult Protective Services bottlenecks; limited home health and private duty nursing; and the challenge of placing unhoused, uninsured, or medically complex patients. Several speakers emphasized that these delays reduce bed availability, increase emergency department boarding, contribute to staff burnout, and expose patients to hospital-acquired conditions and other harms. The testimony included multiple examples of patients remaining in acute care for days, weeks, or even months after being medically ready for discharge, including patients awaiting guardianship, disability determinations, or placement in facilities willing to accept them. Speakers also highlighted special populations such as patients with behavioral health or substance use disorders, medically fragile children, patients with criminal histories, and unhoused individuals who need respite or hospice care. City Care described its planned 40-bed medical respite facility, set to open in 2027, as a way to provide clinical support and housing navigation for patients too sick to recover on the street or in shelters. Witnesses recommended policy and system changes such as standardizing preauthorization protocols, expanding rural swing-bed and home-based services, increasing public guardianship resources, improving data collection on homelessness, expanding private duty nursing hours, and creating more placement options for complex patients. They also suggested better coordination between hospitals, DHS, APS, the Health Department, and post-acute facilities, including a database of facility services to improve discharge planning and keep patients closer to home. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the transcript, but the chair indicated the issue would require collaboration across multiple agencies and partners.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 11th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are program books on your desk highlighting the individuals we are recognizing this year.
  • For one student, this program is more than a sport. It's her family's history and passion.
  • Assembly Bill 2503 by Assembly Member Wallis and act relating to interscholastic athletic programs.
  • AB 1920 addresses a small but significant issue in the California College Promise Program.
  • But right now, those steps can knock students out of their program entirely.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly convened after initially lacking a quorum, completed the prayer and pledge, and then held a lengthy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month ceremony. Members from both parties and several caucuses spoke in support of HR 107, emphasizing AAPI contributions, resilience, and the need to oppose hate and discrimination. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, and the chamber then recognized 13 honorees for the 2026 observance, including community leaders, educators, advocates, business leaders, and cultural institutions. After guest introductions, the Assembly took up the Daily File and passed a series of measures, including AB 2050 on HOA reserve funding, AB 2106 on lawsuits involving licensed design professionals, AB 1794 on direct home delivery of enteral formula, AB 1829 on CalWORKs-related student aid, AB 2038 extending wildfire insurance moratorium protections, AB 2281 on election cybersecurity, AB 2448 on protecting sensitive medical information, AB 2568 on water district board compensation, and AB 1658 on county public contract change-order authority. Most of these bills passed with broad support, though AB 2050, AB 2038, and AB 2448 drew some no votes. The Assembly also adopted AJR 29, a resolution opposing a federal executive order affecting vote-by-mail and election administration, after a contentious floor debate over election trust, voter access, and decorum. Additional measures passed unanimously or near-unanimously, including AB 2125 on notice in water-rights adjudications, AB 2784 on State Bar fees, AB 1614 on e-bike passenger restrictions, AB 2503 on high school heat safety guidelines, AB 1703 on osteopathic title protections, AB 1920 on community college Promise eligibility, AB 1999 on veterinary workforce and animal shelter care, and ACR 123 recognizing Duan Wu Jie. The chamber then began consideration of ACR 189 designating May 2026 as Foster Youth Awareness Month, with supportive remarks from members, before the transcript cuts off.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • He said he became a booster and also has a scholarship program within his company.
  • students in the area and around the state, especially the nursing program, the water program, the entrepreneur
  • program, and the hospitality program.
  • But also, I wanted to speak specifically about the water program.
  • And also your commitment to sports programs as well.
Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education opened by noting it would not present its budget that day, explaining the budget rollout would be delayed until the following week to align with House partners and Senate notice requirements. After a roll call confirmed a quorum, the chair explained that because of the large number of gubernatorial appointments, the committee would hear only a subset individually and consider reappointments in a block unless members requested otherwise. The committee then heard testimony from appointees and reappointees to several university boards. Florida A&M University nominees Roderick Harris, Victor Young, and Rafael Vasquez emphasized service to their alma mater, support for leadership, student success, entrepreneurship, scholarships, and maintaining FAMU’s status as a leading HBCU. Florida Atlantic University appointees Linda Stock and Thomas Mersh highlighted FAU’s growth, R1 research designation, quantum computing, servant leadership, entrepreneurship, and expanded research opportunities. University of Central Florida reappointee Alex Martins focused on UCF’s preeminence, workforce needs, nursing and engineering, and keeping graduates in Florida. Florida Gulf Coast University nominees James Gris-Mall, Douglas Van Orte, Robert Rommel, Sarah Partial Perry, and reappointee Joseph Fogg discussed workforce development, affordability, student success, water and environmental programs, business and entrepreneurship, nursing outcomes, and FGCU’s regional role. University of South Florida reappointee Rogan Donnelly cited USF’s AAU status, research growth, and focus on student success, health care, cybersecurity, and AI. Committee members generally praised each nominee’s background and the universities’ achievements. At the end of the hearing, the committee approved all nominees in a single block vote for confirmation and then adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session Feb 25th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The school's outstanding academic and athletic programs combined with a faculty dedicated to teaching
  • Uh, members, the Bob Bullock scholarship program was named after, of course, distinguished Lieutenant
  • rural pathway excellence Partnership programs and a high school advising program including funding of
  • those programs under the Foundation School program and the new institutional facility allotment and
  • Savings Account Program, refer to the Committee on Public Education.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Feb 25th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The school's outstanding academic and athletic programs combined with a faculty dedicated to teaching
  • In addition to their support of superior academic programs, Baylor has one of the finest law schools
  • In addition to their superior academic program.
  • partnership programs and a high school advising program including funding of those programs under the
  • funding under the Foundation School Program for certain. school districts to support those measures.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Other - PSCOC Mar 11th, 2026

Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Transcript Highlights:
  • We did hire a new programs manager who is Jillian Papin.
  • I want to give a quick update to the teacher housing program.
  • We did not have any new impacted legislation for any of the programs within PSFA, but we did receive
  • Just a brief maintenance program status update.
  • Chair, with the Measurement and Verification Program, which is our energy management program.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty One - Thursday, April 30

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • When they imposed literacy tests, people learned and marched.
  • If we eliminate the inspection program, we'll keep unsafe vehicles off the road.
  • Schools don't have to do it, but they can adopt the program.
  • Schools don't have to do it, but they can adopt the program.
  • We worked on this last year and this year both, and it is, as he said, a voluntary program.
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The House opened with prayer, approval of the prior day’s journal by a 120-0 roll call, and a successful motion to suspend House Rule 98 so members could wear hats on the floor. The chamber then spent time on introductions of special guests, including the Eugene High School Class 2 basketball champions, family members of members, and other visitors. One member also used a personal privilege speech to respond to the U.S. Supreme Court’s voting-rights ruling, arguing it weakens protections for Black voters and other communities of color and calling for expanded access to the ballot. The House received committee reports recommending passage of House Substitute for House Bill 2426 and Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bills 863 and 866. It then agreed to a motion to go to conference on the property-tax omnibus, Senate Bills 1066 and 1088. On third reading, House Bill 3329 passed 142-0 to repeal expired tax credits, and House Bill 3405 passed 138-0 to clean up SALT deduction language and improve tax-credit accounting. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2426, a parental-rights bill, failed on a 70-60 vote after opponents argued it would burden schools and could endanger vulnerable students, while supporters said it affirmed parents’ fundamental rights. The House also took up House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1233, a professional licensure bill dealing with CPA licensing and other occupational-licensure provisions. Members adopted an amendment removing compact language, an amendment allowing APRNs and physician assistants to perform nursing-home physicals was offered but then withdrawn after the sponsor objected, and the bill ultimately passed 129-6. Finally, the chamber debated House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1408, a transportation package centered on allowing MoDOT to raise rural interstate speed limits up to 75 mph, with multiple amendments added or removed. The bill drew sharp debate over speed limits, vehicle inspections, DOR language, and road safety, and members also began considering an amendment to add specialty license plates for women’s professional sports teams such as the Kansas City Current and a future WNBA franchise.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 23rd, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are so proud of him and the program that he has built at Deer Creek. I'm so proud of you guys.
  • I'm really honored to be able to work on this pilot program with my work in dyslexia and trying to ensure
  • the classroom with a 3.9 weighted GPA and a dedicated volunteer within his church in local youth programs
  • House Bill 3372 creates a revolving loan fund program for charters charter School capital expenditures
  • This is the program that you've seen in the budget limits bill for the Department of Education.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Mar 19th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • THIRD PARTY RESERVATION PLATFORMS ARE USING AUTOMATED PROGRAMS OR BOTS TO MISAPPROPRIATE RESTAURANT RESERVATIONS
  • INSURANCE INSPECTIONS WITH MITIGATION AND FOUR POINT GROUP INSPECTIONS, IS THE SPECIFIC TO A TYPE OF PROGRAM
  • QUALIFY THEM OR PUT THEM ON THE PATH OF QUALIFYING THEM TO DO INSPECTIONS UNDER MY SAFE FLORIDA HOME PROGRAM
  • THIS IS THE TOPIC OF FINANCIAL LITERACY BASIC CONSUMER PROTECTION RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION FRAUD, CONSTRUCTION
Keywords: 999, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 4th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The ceasefire program is working. Our violence prevention programs are working.
  • when I was a council member, we were able to approve a first-time investment to the Advanced Peace Program
  • I don't know if you guys have heard about this program, but that program actually started in Richmond
  • And so, you know, six years later, this program still continues in the city of Fresno, but also lost
  • funding this past year because the Trump administration cut valuable programs and investments that would
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly met in session after a quorum call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through routine procedural business including journal approval, bill re-referrals, and consent actions. Several guest introductions were made, including family members of members and two CIF Scholar Athletes of the Year, Ryan Liu and Mona Sugawara, who were recognized for academic, athletic, and community achievements. The main floor action was on ACR 191, which designated June 5 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in California. Assemblymember Stephanie presented the resolution and described the ongoing toll of gun violence, citing Hadea Pendleton and recent shootings, while numerous members from both parties and regions spoke in strong support, sharing personal and district-level experiences with gun violence and urging continued state and federal action. The resolution received 55 co-authors and was adopted by voice vote. The Assembly also adopted several consent calendar resolutions, including ACR 206 on elder and dependent adult abuse awareness month and ACR 211, along with multiple Senate concurrent resolutions, all by unanimous roll-call votes. The chamber then heard an adjournment in memory for Michael George Savan, a longtime Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department commander, Marine Corps Reservist, former Lomita mayor and council member, and volunteer coach. The Assembly adjourned until Monday, June 8 at 1 p.m.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 8 (1-15-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:13:10.320> and<00:13:10.560> declaring<00:13:10.959> an engagement program
  • House Bill 391, an act relating to elementary literacy and making an appropriation.
  • House Bill 417, an act relating to the farmland preservation loan program, Representative Osborne.
  • House Bill 417, an act relating to the farmland preservation loan program, Representative Osborne.
  • House Bill 417, an act relating to the farmland preservation loan program, Representative Osborne.
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 95 members present. Members approved excusing absences, suspended rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications, and approved the journal from January 14, 2026. The clerk reported second readings of House Bills 176, 184, and 265, and the Health Services Committee reported favorably on House Bills 178 and 280, as well as House Joint Resolution 24, which would direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw a previously submitted 1115A waiver application for a mandatory community engagement program; those measures were advanced to first reading and placed on the calendar. During announcements, members noted a KPA breakfast the next morning, a House Committee on Local Government meeting cancellation, a POB meeting after adjournment, a “Bags of Hope” service project for children in foster care, an open house for higher education leaders, and a Legislative Oversight and Investigation Committee meeting after adjournment. The House then received a large batch of new bill and resolution introductions covering school bus safety, education, literacy funding, local public agency transactions, Alzheimer’s services, tax-dollar restrictions, curriculum, public holidays, trophy catfish, electric generating unit decommissioning costs, sexual offenses against children, fertility treatment, medicinal cannabis, workers’ compensation, occupational license fees, pension supplemental payments, certificate of need, end-of-life patient-directed care, risk protection orders, affordable housing, physician continuing medical education, constitutional term limits for governor and lieutenant governor, jail booking procedures, educators, farmland preservation loans, domestic violence, and several resolutions including Burn Awareness Week, Profound Autism Day, and Suits and Sneakers Day. The House recessed for a Committee on Committees meeting, then received the committee’s report assigning numerous bills to standing committees and making several membership changes, including appointing Representatives Burke, Gentry, and Camuel to specified committees and removing Representatives Gentry, Watkins, and Stevenson from others. No floor amendments were introduced. The House then adjourned by unanimous consent until 9:00 a.m. Friday, January 16, 2026.