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Transcript Highlights:
  • Through that, we selected pilot courts to learn and be trained on the use of validated risk assessment
  • They weren't trained to do this work. But guess what?
  • They weren't trained to do this work. But guess what?
  • And there's a lot of training that goes into training those juvenile probation officers and staff and
  • You’re getting that in one year that could pay for training and welding, all the things that Mr.
Summary: The Senate and House Joint Committee on Children and Youth met to approve prior minutes, confirm Representative Mary Bentley to the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee, and receive several presentations. The Arkansas Infant and Child Death Review team reported on unexpected child deaths in Arkansas, saying its 2023 review covered 148 of 170 non-natural deaths, with the remainder unavailable due to criminal investigations or missing records. Of the reviewed deaths, 69 were accidents, 14 suicides, 18 homicides, and 47 undetermined, and members discussed how the report’s recommendations could be used by agencies and nonprofits for prevention work and grant applications. Committee members also asked about age breakdowns and how the data could be shared without identifying individual cases. The committee then took up HCR 1010 and a broader discussion of juvenile justice reform. Representative Shepard said the resolution was intended to confront data on juvenile incarceration and system outcomes. Senator Missy Irvin, judges Troy Braswell and Kathy Hess, and AOC Juvenile Division Director Burke Steen described the state’s long-running reform efforts, including the SAVRY risk assessment, diversion programs, and efforts to keep more youth in their communities. They said the reforms have reduced delinquency filings, DYS commitments, and revocations, while increasing diversions, but also emphasized ongoing gaps in mental health, substance abuse, and school-based supports. Members raised concerns about school data sharing, behavioral health access, and how to better identify youth with disabilities or trauma earlier. Judge Braswell and others stressed that many youth in the system have significant trauma, family instability, or unmet treatment needs, and that judges need individualized information to make decisions. Several members discussed the role of schools, the school safety dashboard, and the need for stronger community providers, especially in rural areas. The committee then heard from DYS Director Michael Crump, who provided data on commitments, facility use, demographics, offense levels, length of stay, education outcomes, recidivism, dual DCFS/DYS custody, and costs. He said commitments rose after the pandemic and then began to decline, while secure and detention costs increased with the need for more beds; he also noted that most youth in custody have behavioral health needs and that DYS works closely with DCFS, courts, and providers. No final action was taken on HCR 1010 during the discussion.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • and associate licensed counselors.
  • <00:08:59.040><c> and</c><00:08:59.279><c> associate</c><00:09:00.320><c> licensed</c> counselors and
  • associate licensed counselors and associate licensed counselors.<00:09:01.360><c> This</c><00:09:01.519
  • ><c> bill</c><00:09:01.760><c> would</c><00:09:02.000><c> require</c><00:09:02.320><c> an</c> counselors
  • This bill would require an counselors.
Bills: HB465 , HB307 , SB338 , HB465 , HB307 , SB338 , SB359
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> consequences of a strict training consequences of a strict training regimen.<00:13:11.279><c> However
  • I was a sex offender counselor. I'm not just some whiny mom.
  • I was a sex offender counselor. I'm not just some whiny mom.
  • I was a sex offender counselor. I'm not just some whiny mom.
  • I was a sex offender counselor. I'm not just some whiny mom.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 102, which would make informational materials about type 1 diabetes available on the Department of Education website. Senator Ward said the bill is intended to help parents, teachers, and school staff recognize early symptoms such as thirst, frequent urination, fatigue, and weight loss so children can be referred for care before they develop diabetic ketoacidosis. He noted that a newer blood test can identify some children at risk earlier than in the past. Members asked how people would be directed to the website, and Ward said the information would be posted online and also distributed in handouts, with school personnel helping spread awareness. He emphasized the bill is informational only and not a diagnostic or treatment tool. Several supporters testified in favor, including representatives from the Dartmouth Diabetes Link and students with type 1 diabetes who described delayed diagnoses, emergency hospitalizations, and the difficulty of having symptoms misunderstood as stress, athletics, or normal teenage changes. They said the bill could help parents, teachers, and peers recognize warning signs earlier and reduce the risk of life-threatening ketoacidosis. One witness noted that New Hampshire ranks high in childhood type 1 diabetes, and another said even a single person seeing the information could make a difference. A retired diabetes educator and state representative also testified in support. The hearing on SB 102 was then closed. The committee then opened the hearing on Senate Bill 211, which would require school sports teams to be designated as male, female, or co-ed, bar biological males from female-designated teams and locker rooms, and create a cause of action for violations. Senator Avard said the bill responds to constituent concerns and is meant to protect fairness, safety, and privacy for biological females. In questioning, he said girls could still play on boys’ teams, but boys could not play on girls’ teams, and he said he would be open to changes. Opponents, including an attorney from LGBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, argued the bill is substantially the same as a law passed the previous year that was already challenged in federal court and found likely unconstitutional under equal protection and Title IX; they urged the committee to mark it inexpedient to legislate. The transcript cuts off before any committee vote or further action on SB 211.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 4th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you work with our teacher training programs? Do you host student teachers?
  • Idaho teachers and counselors believe—some of you sitting here today—confuse that.
  • Idaho teachers and counselors believe, some of you sitting here today confuse that.
Committee: Senate Education
Keywords: 989, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations - Room 210; 29 January, 2026: 8:00 AM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mississippi, you're you call 988 in Mississippi, you're getting<00:25:52.480><c> the</c><00:25:52.720><c> trained
  • </c><00:25:53.039><c> crisis</c><00:25:53.440><c> counselor</c><00:25:53.760><c> in</c> getting the trained
  • crisis counselor in getting the trained crisis counselor in Mississippi.<00:25:54.400><c> It's</c><00
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • There's no training. We took recordings. There's no training.
  • How are you trained about drinking in the office? How are you trained about texting?
  • How are you trained about drinking in the office? How are you trained about texting?
  • </c> was training uh that was done. was training uh that was done.
  • </c> and procedure manual and the training. and procedure manual and the training.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission met on November 18, 2025, approved the October 14 minutes, and then took up five motions in ethics matters 24LEC3 and 24LEC6. Those motions included a renewed motion to dismiss and motion to quash by Representative Daniel Gberg, a renewed motion to compel/sanctions and continuance request by Mr. Jenkins, and competing motions in limine concerning evidence and redaction of deposition transcripts. Vice Chair Mike Schaw was appointed hearing officer for the motion practice, and the commission agreed to hear the motions one at a time in open session. Representative Chris Lily joined later by Zoom. Counsel for Representative Gberg argued the remaining allegations were minor, that the commission lacked key exculpatory materials such as an alleged LRC report, policies, procedures, and training materials, and that the record did not support the ethics charges. She also argued the case had been broadened by extraneous allegations and that the respondent had been unfairly prejudiced. Enforcement counsel responded that he had produced all materials in his possession, that any LRC materials were not in the commission’s custody, and that the commission’s probable-cause findings were based on sworn testimony and affidavits already in the record. He argued the motions to dismiss and for summary judgment should be denied because genuine issues of material fact remained and the commission had already found probable cause on three ethics violations. Commission members questioned both sides about the alleged LRC report and whether it was part of the commission’s record. The chair stated the commission had not relied on any LRC report and had not withheld anything, while another member emphasized that the proceeding concerned alleged violations of the ethics code, not LRC sexual-harassment policy. A commissioner also noted the unusual structure of the proceeding and questioned whether the complaints, taken as true, stated a basis for dismissal. The transcript ends during continued discussion of the standard for dismissal and summary judgment, with no final ruling on the motions captured in the excerpt.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am

Joint Committee on Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • racial equity, a commitment to emergency preparedness and our readiness to respond, a strong, well-trained
  • Supporting the funding and utilization of maternal health pipeline programs to recruit, train, and retain
  • Supporting the funding and utilization of maternal health pipeline programs to recruit, train, and retain
  • This is why, since 2011, we have trained health centers, hospitals, and private practices around the
  • This study determined that frequent exposure can train an infant's immune system to recognize peanut
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held an introductory informational hearing for the new session, with Chairs Marjorie Decker and Senator Michael Driscoll outlining the committee’s scope and emphasizing the impact of the federal landscape on Massachusetts public health. They noted the hearing would focus on testimony from agencies and advocates, with short testimony limits due to the hybrid format. No votes were taken; the meeting was for briefing and discussion of priorities. Commissioner Robbie Goldstein of the Department of Public Health described the department’s budget and federal funding, warning that recent CDC grant terminations could cut nearly $100 million and affect lab testing, surveillance, vaccines, and community engagement. He highlighted DPH priorities including racial equity, maternal health, substance use and child welfare coordination, emergency preparedness, data transparency, and public hospital quality. MassHealth Assistant Secretary Michael Levine discussed MassHealth’s role covering about 2 million residents and its priorities in health equity, behavioral health, primary care, member independence, and customer service, while noting the agency relies heavily on federal Medicaid dollars and would face major strain from federal cuts. Several advocacy and provider groups focused on reproductive health and maternal health. Planned Parenthood warned of threats to Title X, 340B savings, and other federal funding, and supported a bill to eliminate parental consent and judicial bypass for abortion care for young people. Reproductive Equity Now urged stronger shield-law protections and changes to Massachusetts’ later-abortion framework. Dr. Indyamaka Anugaka called for full implementation of the maternal health law, better reimbursement for doulas and midwives, stronger data collection, and support for full-spectrum pregnancy care coverage. The Health Policy Commission said new maternal health and primary care task forces would begin work soon. Mental health and health system access were also major themes. The Mass Medical Society urged action on vaccine hesitancy, removal of non-medical school vaccine exemptions, and primary care reform. The Massachusetts Association for Mental Health and the Children’s Mental Health Campaign opposed proposed cuts to DMH and substance use services, called for more school-based supports, and raised concerns about inpatient capacity, including a unit serving LGBTQ youth. The Massachusetts Nurses Association and 1199 SEIU warned that staffing shortages, low wages, workplace violence, hospital closures, and possible Medicaid cuts threaten patient care and the health care workforce. The Betsy Lehman Center also urged investment in automated patient-safety monitoring to reduce harm and costs.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/03/2026 - House Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • to $25,000 per teacher to replace them in costs for marketing and recruitment, for onboarding and training
  • So these are individuals that don't have specific education training.
  • In 35-plus years as a teacher, coach, guidance counselor, assistant principal, principal, and central
  • States can focus on real things like strengthening school counselors and addressing bullying problems
  • , training educators to have inclusive practices, and ensuring that every student, transgender or not
Committee: House Education
Keywords: 1182, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Nov 7th, 2025

Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So let's train them in a career that they want and like.
  • Also, counselors—the number of counselors in middle schools and high schools—enormous caseloads.
  • I'm an architect by training and a lawyer.
  • We've got a lot of foreign-trained doctors elsewhere.
  • About foreign-trained doctors and making that easier for them to come here as well.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Informal House Session 101 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Boudger for legislation to establish a Board of Registration of Licensed Mental Health Counselors, to
  • on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery; petition of Jeffrey Rosario Turco relative to the training
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and procedural motions. The Committee on Rules recommended, and the House adopted, an extension for the Committee on Housing to report on House Document 4682. The House also concurred in Senate petitions referred under suspension of Joint Rule 12, including measures on equitable school transportation funding, BMX/motocross track safety standards, and public health and safety near aging nuclear facilities. Later, the House suspended Joint Rule 12 for additional petitions involving a board for licensed mental health counselors, constable and civil deputy sheriff training and certification, and retirement benefits for a retired state trooper. The House then acted on a slate of local and special bills scheduled by the Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee. These included bills on veteran license plate eligibility, school bus transportation professionals, Milford town meeting vacancies, Fairhaven retired police officers serving as special police officers, and amendments to the Hudson town charter. The House also passed several bills to be engrossed, including measures extending residency requirements for certain Newton police and fire personnel, allowing Williamstown to expand eligibility for a senior property tax exemption, amending Arlington’s town manager act regarding the town clerk, changing Longmeadow’s charter, and establishing a fall annual town meeting in Swampscott. The House further enacted House No. 4521, establishing a sick leave bank for Kathleen Rodriguez of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. It also concurred in a Senate petition to rescind prior Article 5 constitutional convention applications. Throughout the session, the chair welcomed visiting groups, including physical therapy advocates, Boston Age-Strong Senior Civic Academy members, and students and teachers from Nanai High School in Japan. The House adopted an order to meet again Monday at 11 a.m. and then adjourned.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Education Committee Jul 2nd, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've been generous enough to appropriate some money over the past few years for teacher training, and
  • And the goal is to train about 8,500 teachers around California and eventually to reach about a million
  • and it's going really well and we're funded for another two three years here and the goal is to to train
  • We need the awareness, the tools, the training, and the time to do it well.
  • It also mandates comprehensive training, requires abuse awareness education for students, and ensures
Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a series of bills focused largely on school safety, immigrant student protections, Holocaust and genocide education, civic engagement, and workforce pathways. SB 631 would expand the charter school revolving loan fund by increasing loan amounts and broadening eligibility, including for charter schools affected by natural disasters; it drew support from the Treasurer’s Office and the California Charter Schools Association and was advanced on a 4-0 vote, with the bill held on call. SB 472 would reinforce Holocaust, slavery, and genocide education requirements and create or expand teacher training and grants; it received strong support from survivors, educators, and Jewish organizations and passed 6-0, with several members asking to be added as coauthors. The committee also took up a package of immigration-related school bills. SB 48 would bar school officials from allowing immigration enforcement access to campuses without a judicial warrant and protect student records; it was backed by Superintendent Tony Thurmond, teachers, school districts, and many advocacy groups, and passed 5-0 to the Judiciary Committee. SB 98 would require K-12 schools and higher education institutions to notify campus communities when immigration enforcement is present; it also drew broad support from student groups, colleges, and education organizations and passed 3-0 to Higher Education, with the bill held on call. Both measures were presented as responses to recent immigration enforcement activity near schools and the chilling effect on attendance and student well-being. Other measures advanced included SB 848, which would strengthen protections against employee sexual misconduct in schools by updating safety plans, training, reporting, and misconduct tracking; it was supported by education groups and a survivor who described grooming at her high school, and passed 6-0 to Public Safety. SB 638 would create a statewide coordinating entity for education and workforce programs and support career pathways, with testimony emphasizing the need to align fragmented funding and improve access for underserved communities; it passed 7-0 to Higher Education. SB 316, on high school voter registration and pre-registration, passed 8-0 to Elections after testimony from students and civic engagement advocates, and SB 334, which would add sexual harassment prevention content and a Sexual Harassment Safety Week to school curriculum, was presented with support from student advocates and AAUW, with no opposition noted in the portion of the transcript provided.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Oklahoma is open for business, and we are going to do everything in our power to make sure that we train
  • And what has come up repeatedly is access to counselors, specifically around behavioral health, and having
  • be counselors?
  • They were able to hire another counselor because of a piece of legislation that my good, good friend
  • So doubly trained.
Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, received an invocation focused on grief and remembrance, and heard several special presentations recognizing a brave child, visiting groups, and multiple student-athlete teams and school groups in the galleries. The chamber also introduced the Doctor of the Day and Nurse of the Day. The main business was consideration of the Joint Committee report on Senate Bill 1177, the general appropriations bill, presented by Chairman Caldwell-Trey. Most of the floor time was spent on extended questions about the budget’s major features. Caldwell-Trey explained the bill as a largely flat or modestly increased budget that includes a $200 million transfer to a new sovereign wealth fund, $225 million in set-asides, a $12.5 million “dream accounts” program for newborns, and funding tied to teacher pay, education, workforce, public safety, agriculture, and health agencies. Members questioned the use of one-time funds for recurring expenses, the reduction in state contributions to the OPRS pension system, Medicaid assumptions, emergency management funding, veterans’ services, child care, school counselors, and the lack of funding for some requested items such as National Board Certified Teacher stipends and veterans’ facility maintenance. Caldwell-Trey defended the budget as transparent, early, and designed to preserve cash reserves while supporting core services. No final vote on the appropriations report is reflected in the transcript excerpt. The House also heard explanations that the limits bills would be run later in committee, and that the budget negotiations were still ongoing with the Senate and governor on some related items. The session ended with the queue closed after the budget questioning, and the transcript cuts off during additional remarks from Representative Timmons.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/18/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Not once during my training did anyone mention how much child care would cost or that I would only receive
  • </c><00:10:43.279><c> did</c><00:10:43.440><c> anyone</c> Not once during my training did anyone Not
  • once during my training did anyone mention<00:10:44.160><c> how</c><00:10:44.399><c> much</c><00:10:44.640
  • MSEF represents nearly 4,000 instructors, counselors, and librarians at our 26 colleges on 47 campuses
  • ,</c> nearly 4,000 instructors, counselors, nearly 4,000 instructors, counselors, and<01:05:00.160><c
Bills: HF3714 , HF4399 , HF4176 , HF2544 , HF60 , HF4231 , HF4232
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education. (2-11-26)

Primary and Secondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:20:16.480><c> and</c><00:20:16.880><c> employment</c> facilitate the training and employment
  • facilitate the training and employment of<00:20:17.760><c> historically</c><00:20:18.400><c> untapped
  • enrollment counselors actually work with the student.
  • So, our enrollment counselors, students.
  • ><00:28:57.520><c> with</c> enrollment counselors actually work with enrollment counselors actually work
Keywords: 958, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-19-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our first honoree joining us today is my constituent, the 2026 Hawaii School Counselor Association Counselor
  • I'm excited to join you in recognizing the 2025 Hawaii School Counselor Association Counselor of the
  • </c><00:26:33.600><c> Association</c><00:26:34.200><c> Counselor</c> School Counselor Association Counselor
  • School Counselor Association Counselor of<00:26:34.640><c> the</c><00:26:34.720><c> Year,</c><00:26:
  • Association Counselor of the Year, Leka.
Bills: HB1576 , HB2490 , HB1546 , HB1588
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Jan 23rd, 2025

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's just been part of my training. apologize to you because I know before this is all over I'm going
  • It's just been part of my training. But Mr.
  • We also have a couple of officers that are here with us, trained officers that continue to help to keep
  • , if you will, not only the peace, but serve also as counselors, in my opinion, as we deal with it.
  • For outstanding service and commitment to its mission of providing skills training, job development,
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Children and Family Law (04/03/2025)

Children and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we wanted to make sure that it's just failure to report by those people like guidance counselors,
  • , trained, and their license is at stake.
  • ,<00:51:26.240><c> um</c><00:51:26.960><c> doctors,</c><00:51:27.520><c> counselors,</c><00:51:28.640
  • ><c> uh</c> counselors, um doctors, counselors, uh counselors, um doctors, counselors, uh attorneys,<
  • </c><01:26:55.600><c> to</c> enforcement investigator is trained to enforcement investigator is trained
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:37:15.920><c> or</c> principles are not um trained or principles are not um trained or equipped
  • </c><00:42:31.920><c> for</c> of free know your rights trainings for of free know your rights trainings
  • once it's finalized, updating folks on training. >> I think the training would be basically a quick,
  • </c><00:56:49.839><c> up</c> updated guidance including training up updated guidance including training
  • . training. training.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2485, which would require cardiovascular screening for student athletes. The Department of Education and Department of Health said they support the bill’s intent but noted that many screenings are already part of existing school-entry and well-child exams. The Attorney General’s office asked for clarifying language on who performs the screenings, where results go, how “positive findings” are defined, how referrals would work, and whether funding would be appropriated if DOE must hire health professionals. The American Heart Association strongly supported the bill, citing the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes and arguing that sports physicals are an effective opportunity for early detection. No vote was taken, and the committee moved on after testimony. The committee then heard HB 89, concerning a school psychologist working group and possible licensing or credentialing of school psychologists. The Department of Education and Board of Psychology supported the measure. The Hawaii Psychological Association said it supports licensing school psychologists but asked to be included in the working group, arguing it is an important stakeholder. The Hawaii Association of School Psychologists opposed including HPA, saying the issue is between school psychologists and DCCA and that HPA is not part of their organization. Testimony and discussion focused on the long-running disagreement over whether school psychologists should be regulated under the Board of Psychology or another mechanism, and on title protection and scope of practice. No action was reported during this portion. The committee also took up HB 2445, relating to standardized emergency responses for immigration enforcement at or near schools. The Department of Education said it already issued internal law-enforcement guidance and questioned whether the bill was necessary, while also raising concerns about the bill’s 1,000-foot buffer language and the limits of school authority over activity off campus. The Board of Education echoed those concerns and suggested the bill may need clearer definitions. Supporters, including the White Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and an attorney testifying on Know Your Rights training, argued that recent federal changes have increased ICE activity near schools and that a law is needed to ensure clear, public protocols, staff training, and family protections. A student testifier said the measure was a top priority of the state student council. The transcript ends during testimony, with no vote or final committee action shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The HECAT, the Homeownership Education Counseling Training Fund, supports a statewide network of over
  • ><00:51:10.840><c> Fund</c> Education Counseling Training Fund Education Counseling Training Fund supports
  • ,</c><00:52:47.760><c> the</c> ensure we don't lose counselors, the ensure we don't lose counselors,
  • We strongly support HF 1879 in the investment in homeownership education, counseling, and training.
  • This investment is not just training.
Bills: HF3279 , HF1879 , HF1417 , HF2462
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session Apr 3rd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 4665 by Emmanuel ruling to the training requirements for the childcare employees and directors are
  • , professional counselors, associates, and social workers, including certain out of state applicants
  • AG 4863 by government ruling the required mental health awareness training for first responders for the
  • HB 4904 by G relating to civil liability of property owners relating to the motorcycle training courses
  • AG 4991 by Canales relay the open meetings and public information training of certain public officials