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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Feb 3rd, 2026

Education Pre-K - 12

Transcript Highlights:
  • Namely, the bill requires the review to develop recommendations for facility design and construction
  • law enforcement have acted swiftly in response, but we don't want to do anything as we continue to construct
  • And if we have to refurbish or rehab existing schools,... ...as we continue to construct new schools,
Bills: S0824, S1170, S1620, S1738, S7036
Summary: The Education Pre-K-12 Committee considered several K-12 bills and resolutions. SJR 1104, by Senator Massullo, would place on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment protecting voluntary religious expression in public schools; supporters said it simply codifies existing law and protects student and employee rights, while opponents warned it could entrench religious pressure and exclusion. The resolution was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 1738, by Senator Yarborough, on educational facilities; an amendment removed crime-prevention-through-environmental-design language and adjusted transparency/safe-space provisions, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. SB 824, by Senator Truenow, was amended into a transparency measure requiring districts to submit annual reports on unimproved land holdings to DOE, and it was reported favorably. Appointments in tabs 7 and 8 were recommended for confirmation. The committee then took up SPB 7036, a comprehensive education package by Chair Simon. The bill would expand educational emergency triggers, adjust Title I withholding uses, align charter school rules with school improvement processes, update safety and early learning provisions, expand literacy and math interventions, and revise educator pipeline policies. Members raised concerns about a provision that could allow the state to develop instructional materials; Simon said that section was still being considered and would need guardrails. The committee adopted a motion to submit the bill as a committee bill, and it was reported favorably. SB 1620, by Senator Leak, proposed a “school board members’ bill of rights” giving board members direct access to district documents and staff, limiting district attorneys’ dual representation, strengthening nepotism rules, and prohibiting nondisclosure agreements. Volusia County school board members and others testified both for and against the bill, with supporters citing transparency and accountability and opponents warning about confidentiality, staff pressure, and undermining the superintendent’s authority. The bill was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1170, by Senator Calatayud, as amended, would allow parents of students in self-contained ESE classrooms to request cameras, with district policies governing review, notice, timelines, and appeals. Parents, advocates, and educators testified strongly in support, while one witness opposed it as an unfunded mandate. The committee reported the bill favorably.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/18/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • project of $400,000 have a construction project of $400,000 or<00:02:32.360> remodeling<00:02
  • While we recognize that there's a construction-based exception to the Labor Day start, we've already
  • that there's a construction-based that there's a construction-based exception<00:12:30.320> rued
  • on or within a quarter mile of the proposed school-related construction.
  • This does pertain to new construction. It does impact existing schools.
Bills: HF1124, HF1457, HF1803
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a dedicated organization to dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline.
  • I live on a gravel hill, a massive hill of gravel that is used to construct all the roads in the city
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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:53 am

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It got increased For Milan, we knew that the county prisoners from Jemez that were all housed there now
  • And then, plus that's $160 a day per prisoner in another jail somewhere. So, Mr.
  • hobgoblin of scenarios and contradictions that is, with all due respect, just horrible statutory construction
Bills: SB273, SB37, SB100
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 18th, 2026 at 08:43 am

House Taxation & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have the new gross receipts tax deduction for receipts on the sale of construction material and
  • And so also, based on the discussions in the guidelines for the construction tax credit, to ensure that
  • Construction costs are up, and interest rates are high.
  • Construction is one of our highest hiring industries right now.
  • It is the Section 5 construction affordable housing construction GRT deduction, and then also Section
Bills: SB240
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Military Affairs and Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm trying to get a good, constructive conversation in this committee on why there's so much chaos out
Summary: The committee first approved the February 9, 2026 minutes and then took up Senate Bill 1618, which would restructure the Military Affairs Commission by changing membership, adding defense and industry expertise, expanding advisory roles, requiring more frequent meetings, and directing the commission to focus on sustaining and attracting military missions and defense-related economic activity. After testimony in support from the Southwest Mission Acceleration Center and a DEMA representative, the committee adopted the Gowan amendment and gave SB 1618 a do-pass recommendation by a 6-1 vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1047, the “Defend the Guard” bill, which would bar Arizona National Guard members from being sent into active-duty combat overseas unless Congress has declared war or otherwise expressly authorized the action. Supporters, including veterans and activists, argued it would restore constitutional limits and protect Guard members from unauthorized wars; opponents warned it could harm Guard readiness, federal funding, and the Guard’s role in state missions. After extended debate, the committee passed SB 1047 on a 4-3 vote. Next, Senate Bill 1474 was heard, which would require state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, prohibit restrictions on such cooperation, and require sheriff’s offices to enter 287(g) agreements under the amendment. The bill drew strong opposition from clergy and community members who argued it would increase fear, racial profiling, and unfunded mandates, while supporters said it would improve cooperation and public safety. The committee adopted the amendment and gave SB 1474 a do-pass recommendation by a 4-3 vote. The committee also considered Senate Bill 1620, which would revise the Arizona Space Commission by reducing governor appointments, adding the lieutenant governor as chair, and making legislative and executive leaders nonvoting advisory members. The sponsor said the changes would better align the commission with Arizona’s growing aerospace and space interests. The bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 5-1 vote. Finally, the committee began consideration of Senate Bill 1365, which would remove the income cap for the property tax exemption available to disabled veterans on their primary residence; discussion focused on the fairness of eliminating the cap, and the committee moved to adopt the strike-everything amendment before the transcript cuts off.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • bonding authority for state road funds or the Highway Infrastructure Fund bond proceeds for the DOT construction
  • paradigm shift to where you know we're in a different time and we're in a different way of how construction
  • And while I've been made apprised that this bill will primarily be for construction on major road projects
  • processes and how they Procure new contracts and contractors for projects, maintenance, and new road construction
  • Installation and construction, for example, so that on its own would not be in scope.
Bills: SB2
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • These folks will get out of prison without the identified help that they need, resources, so on and so
  • Much of what happens in prisons, by design and necessity, takes place outside of public view, yet the
  • ...involves a fixed price or guaranteed maximum price for construction.
  • I'm currently a faculty associate in the Del Webb School of Construction.
  • So all this construction details is your baby, huh? Mr. Chair, yes, sir.
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.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, since 2009, when the fee structure for the Construction Industries Board, the fee structures
  • I believe the Construction Industries Board has presented a fair and responsible assessment that we adjust
Bills: SB1239, SB1732