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KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Education (12-9-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am the associate commissioner of the Office of Continuous Improvement and Support at KDE, and I appreciate
  • It does not affect the conduct, speech, and freedoms of association of students.
  • of<01:59:38.560> association<01:59:39.280> of<01:59:39.599> students.
  • <01:59:40.480> It freedom of association of students.
  • It freedom of association of students.
Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call - 0:00:00 Approval of Minutes – 0:03:50 Robotics Education – 0:04:18 Canopy KY – 0:14:15 Comprehensive Support and Improvement – 0:23:20 Postsecondary Credit Alignment – 0:53:15 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in K-12 Settings – 1:21:25 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 2:05:15 Adjournment 2:05:41, 958, all
Summary: The committee opened with a roll call, confirmed a quorum, approved the minutes by voice vote, and recognized a guest of Senator Hickden, retired judge Dan Kelly. The chair then moved through a tight agenda and limited public presentations and questions. The first presentation was on robotics education in Kentucky, led by Representative Chris Lewis, Kentucky FIRST Robotics executive director Kelly Gowen, and students from Whitfield Academy. They argued that robotics should be expanded in high schools as a workforce pipeline for engineering, manufacturing, and advanced technology jobs. The presentation emphasized hands-on learning, industry certifications, teacher development, and a proposed framework to fund robotics education programs statewide. Committee members were not allowed to ask questions because of time constraints. The second presentation was from Canopy Kentucky, led by Adam Watson and founder Scott Collins. They described Canopy’s business and entrepreneurship education programs for fifth graders and high school students, including the NextGen Good Biz initiative and an eight-classroom high school unit. Canopy requested a one-time $750,000 appropriation for fiscal year 2026, matched by private funds, to expand into more schools and rural areas, train educators, and report outcomes. Members asked a brief question about how the programs fit into school schedules and the difference between the elementary and high school offerings. The final presentation, from KDE’s Kelly Foster and Todd Allen, reviewed the state’s school improvement classifications. Foster explained CSI, TSI, and ATSI status, the federal and state legal framework, and how House Bill 298 returned CSI identification to an annual cycle. She reported that Kentucky identified 50 CSI schools on the most recent release, with 53 CSI schools statewide, along with 39 TSI schools and 102 ATSI schools. She also outlined KDE’s support process, including education recovery staff, diagnostic reviews, turnaround plans, and required professional learning for CSI schools.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 5/6/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am testifying on behalf of the Economic Development Association of Minnesota, or EDAM, as we're commonly
  • testifying on behalf of the Economic Development<00:37:21.280> Association<00:37:21.760> of
  • Association of Minnesota or EDAM<00:37:22.960> as<00:37:23.119> we're<00:37:23.280>
  • My name is Jeff Tolson of the Minnesota Technology Association, and I'm here on behalf of all Minnesota
  • Electrical association members have made use of that internship. Back to the committee.
Bills: HF3228, HF2441
Keywords: workers' compensation, insurance programs, employee protection, Minnesota statutes, safety regulations, prevailing wage, certified payroll, payroll reporting, construction contracts, public works, project registration, labor standards, contractor compliance, subcontractor reporting, state government, Department of Administration, Commissioner of Labor and Industry, Metropolitan Council, highway construction, public construction
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • of— There's no more presumption of correctness on the part of the agency.
  • I am chair of one of those oversight committees.
  • When he gets through, if anybody has any questions of either the senator or of Questions either of the
  • And I'm kind of on the edge of my knowledge, but we spend millions of dollars per year to do this.
  • of them.
Bills: HB202, HB42, HB146, HB492, HB285, HB7, HB454, HB42, HB7
Keywords: law enforcement, immunity, civil liability, use of force, recruitment, bail reform, cash deposit, judicial discretion, criminal justice, Alabama law, youthful offender, capital murder, public safety, victims' rights, juvenile offenders, delinquent acts, juvenile court, nonfelony offenses, water safety offenses, illegal immigration
ND
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 11th, 2025 at 09:30 am

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • Free meals, there's your free meals at 225% of $7.3 million.
  • on the bottom of page 4 of 6.
  • Section 10 includes $700,000 from general funds for the purpose of regional education associations, $50,000
  • The other part of that is the projections of how many people would take advantage of it really leaves
  • I don't like the idea of putting a certain amount of money on it and then having no way of determining
Bills: HB1540
Keywords: education savings account, ESA, school choice, private school vouchers, nonpublic school, tuition assistance, education tax credit, homeschool exclusion, Bank of North Dakota, Department of Public Instruction, public funding for private education, voucher program, student scholarships, special education, parental choice, curriculum funding, tutoring, online learning, state per-pupil payment, income-based eligibility
Summary: The committee first took up amended bill 10-13, a school funding and education appropriations measure. Senator Schaible walked through the final version, which included changes to foundation aid, transportation grants, free and reduced-price meals funding, paraprofessional and teacher support programs, Native American education items, library and school facility projects, and several one-time grants. Members discussed removing the science center grant funding, and Senator Meyer objected to that removal, arguing that Grand Forks had raised matching private and local funds and that other cities had received similar state support. The committee also agreed to adjust regional education association funding to reflect six centers rather than seven, reducing that line to $600,000. The committee then adopted the amendment to 10-13 unanimously and passed the bill as further amended on a unanimous roll call, with Senator Shively designated as carrier. After a brief recess, the committee turned to bill 1540, but no formal action was taken. Bank of North Dakota and OMB representatives raised concerns that the draft included policy changes and procurement/IT exemptions that needed further discussion. Members agreed the bill would be delayed until Monday so the Bank, OMB, and NDIT could confer and work through the mechanics and policy issues before the committee moved it forward.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Energy Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to go ahead and call this meeting of the Energy Finance and Policy Committee to order.
  • Our first order of business is to approve the minutes from April 3, 2025.
  • don't have any other business today, but I do think it's important that we take a minute to thank all of
  • On both sides of the aisle, both Republicans and Democrats, the challenge in the refinement of bills
Bills: HF2442
Keywords: climate finance, energy finance, renewable development account, RDA, weatherization, preweatherization, low-income housing, energy efficiency, clean energy, solar incentive, Made in Minnesota, community solar gardens, transportation electrification, electric vehicles, grid-enhancing technologies, microgrid, University of St. Thomas, Public Utilities Commission, Department of Commerce, petroleum tank fund
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to go ahead and call this meeting of the Energy Finance and Policy Committee to order.
  • Our first order of business is to approve the minutes from April 3rd, 2025.
  • Representative Craft said they had looked at the minutes and moved approval of them, Madam Chair.
  • business today, but I do think it's important that we take a minute and just make sure to thank all of
  • Uh both Republicans and of the aisle.
Bills: HF2442
Keywords: climate finance, energy finance, renewable development account, RDA, weatherization, preweatherization, low-income housing, energy efficiency, clean energy, solar incentive, Made in Minnesota, community solar gardens, transportation electrification, electric vehicles, grid-enhancing technologies, microgrid, University of St. Thomas, Public Utilities Commission, Department of Commerce, petroleum tank fund
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I represent the Baker Technology Association, which is a trade association. ...Association, which is
  • a trade association that works on behalf of the baking industry.
  • I'm also the vice president of the Alabama Hemp and Bake Association. ...and Bake Association.
  • The Alabama Hemp and Bake Association (AHBA) and its members want to be part of the solution.
  • the Court of Civil Appeals and out of the Supreme Court.
Bills: SB210, SB225, HB280, HB287, HB94, HB88, SB157, HB7, HB8, HB42
Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, blood tests, DUI, law enforcement, traffic offenses, chemical analysis, public nuisance, event liability, local government, community health, legal action, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation, accountability
TX
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Public Health Mar 17th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are a number of benefits of adopting the interstate compact, including, uh, one, increasing market
  • be part of this compact uh of this particular compact uh um or you're gonna have to take an individual
  • It would just be the compact in and of itself, really.
  • compact, but not all states are members of it.
  • So if they're a member of that compact state, if, you know, they came from one of those compact states
Bills: HB163, HB 296
Keywords: judicial liability, personal bond, felony offenses, judges, criminal justice reform, voter registration, election procedures, change of address, residence requirements, Texas Election Code, Texas election law, residence address, precinct voting, county move, same-county move, Election Code, registrar, statement of residence, polling place, local elections
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (8-23-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Juvenile Justice Oversight Council (6-21-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Transportation (2-27-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Education (10-17-23)

AL
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Senator Jones, I apologize to both of you. >> Senator Jones, I apologize to both of you.
  • end of the when we finish the calendar. end of the when we finish the calendar. we'll<00:02:55.519
  • <00:07:00.880> Any get a little bit out of them. Any get a little bit out of them.
  • favor of the amendment say I. favor of the amendment say I.
  • desk that the association approved. desk that the association approved.
Bills: SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38, SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38
Keywords: oyster shell, tax credit, recycling, restaurant, state revenue, environmental benefit, sales tax exemption, seafood, fishing industry, local government, municipal exemption, seagrass restoration, environmental policy, water quality, marine ecosystems, conservation efforts, marine conservation, environmental remediation, coastal ecosystems, state waters
AL
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think I made around to each of you that we kind of bent the rules.
  • I think I made around to each of you that we kind of bent the rules.
  • I think I made around to each of you that we kind of bent the rules.
  • I think I made around to each of you that we kind of bent the rules.
  • c> core<00:18:20.080> of<00:18:20.240> engineers responsibility of the core of engineers
Bills: HB66, HB79, SB35, HB255, SB134, HB159, HB181
Keywords: elder abuse, financial exploitation, inheritance, joint tenancy, conviction effects, off-label, pharmacists, medical treatment, state board of pharmacy, employment protection, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, HB255, Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, ERSA, State Police Tier II Plan, annual leave
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:15:47.720> us large number of Acres um a lot of us large number of Acres um a lot of us
  • of the benefits of to just discuss some of the benefits of the<00:39:36.280> agwat<00:39:36.800
  • :57.200> we though there's a lot of of them we though there's a lot of of them we aren't<00:53
  • kind of like a quick uh uh adoption of kind of like a quick uh uh adoption of it<01:15:24.679>
  • > of<01:32:29.920> the rent for example of of of the rent for example of of of the acreage
Bills: HF363, HF2155, HF1524, HF821, HF1677, HF1292
Keywords: HF363, property tax credit, agricultural water quality credit, Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, clean water fund, class 2a, class 2b, certified acres, conservation incentive, water quality, agricultural property, county assessor, county auditor, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture, property tax reimbursement, school district reimbursement, legacy finance, taxes committee, southeastern Minnesota
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Mar 13th, 2025

Elections

AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Feb 5th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • They know the rest of this much...
  • of six years old, the only punishment that’s allowable is life without the possibility of parole.
  • case of Kennedy versus Louisiana.
  • It also allows the judge the discretion at the time of release to place that individual in any type of
  • That's the split part, the minimum period of confinement. part, the minimum period of confinement provided
Bills: HB2, HB27, HB54, HB49, HB58, HB40, HB38, HB43, HB2, HB27, HB40, HB38, HB43, HB54, HB49, HB58
Keywords: vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, sex offender, employment, first responder, childcare, public safety, juvenile protection, emergency orders, child custody, court authority, abuse and neglect, firearm possession, law enforcement, criminal penalty, concealed carry, Alabama law
HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU-PSM, EDU Public Hearings 04-03-2023 3:00pm

AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, members of the committee, Don Isaacson, on behalf of the Arizona License Beverage Association
  • , which is another retail association of Arizona liquor retailers, both on-sale, open service, and off-sale
  • Chairman, members of the committee, I can't speak for the Restaurant Association.
  • I don't know that, but I know that our association represents plenty of restaurants, plenty of other
  • He's also part of the National Trucking Association, our discussions basically, and this is just me telling
Bills: SB1004, SB1012, SB1100, SB1110, SB1170, SB1213, SB1317, SB1402, SB1413, SB1416, SB1476, SB1511, SB1573, SB1655, SB1656, SB1709, SB1720, SB1723, SB1725, SCR1040
Keywords: sex offender registration, sex offender registry, A.R.S. 13-3821, sexual offenses, public safety, GPS monitoring, electronic monitoring, transient offender, homeless registrant, online identifiers, internet identifiers, sheriff notification, Department of Public Safety, DPS, DNA collection, juvenile adjudication, kidnapping of a minor, unlawful imprisonment of a minor, lifetime registration, community notification
Summary: The committee heard Senate Bill 1170, which would impose enhanced sentencing for selling dangerous or narcotic drugs to minors when the sale contributes to the minor’s death, and would treat the offense as a dangerous crime against children if the victim is under 15. The sponsor and families of overdose victims urged passage as a way to hold dealers accountable, while ACLU/AACJ opposition argued the bill would sweep too broadly, remove judicial discretion, and increase prison terms for people with substance use disorders. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 5-2 vote. Members then considered Senate Bill 1012, which would change concealed-carry signage rules for Series 12 restaurants and limit liquor-license consequences in those settings. The sponsor and gun-rights groups said the bill was a narrow correction that would not expand carry rights or property rights, while liquor-industry opponents said it would override restaurant owners’ decisions about whether to allow firearms. The committee approved the bill 6-2. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 1511, requiring proof of lawful presence for drivers using non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses in Arizona and allowing citations and possible impoundment when proof is not provided. The sponsor tied the bill to trucking safety and fatal crashes, while no outside speakers testified. The bill received a 6-2 do-pass recommendation. Later, the committee adopted a strike-everything amendment to Senate Bill 1100 creating a state registration/disclosure system for lobbyists representing foreign adversary principals, with Homeland Security supporting the measure and CAIR Arizona opposing it as overbroad; the amended bill passed 8-0. Additional bills were heard and recommended do pass, including SB 1004 on GPS monitoring for homeless sex offenders, SB 1213 denying probation to unlawfully present defendants and requiring ICE notification, SB 1402 requiring probationers on electronic monitoring to pay the fee, SB 1709 mandating revocation and consecutive prison terms for probation violations by adults convicted of dangerous crimes against children, SB 1413 removing the $100,000 restitution cap for serious injury or death from moving violations, and SB 1416 updating missing-child notification and photo-distribution procedures. The committee also heard SB 1725, which would create a civil cause of action and petty offense for excessive marijuana smoke or odor drifting onto neighboring property; supporters, including a 13-year-old student and the sponsor, said it would protect neighbors and schoolchildren, while opponents argued existing trespass law is sufficient and the bill could conflict with medical marijuana protections. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 1725, before a final vote is shown.
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm also president of the Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys.
  • had made a list of associated with their product.
  • side effects of all of this.
  • In front of you is an anthology of what we've known.
  • Yes, my name is Julia Hatcher, an attorney in Galveston, president of the Texas Association of Family
Bills: HB18, HB37, HB 116, HB388, HB879, HB913, HB 1151, HB2216, HB2358, HB2809, SB577, SB1590, SB1782, SB1887, SB2744
Keywords: rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability, perinatal bereavement, healthcare, hospital training, bereavement support, maternal care, fetal demise, stillbirth, neonatal death, parent-child relationship, involuntary termination, family law, child welfare, child protection, HB 388, HB388
Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.