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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This means that because ASU has locker rooms deep down in the bowels of Sun Devil Stadium, they must
  • Down in the bowels of Sun Devil Stadium, they must police every restroom and every building across all
  • He makes fun of me because I went to ASU, but I'm a Sun Devils forever kind of guy.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/14/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a western state, it is thought the effect of the rays of the setting sun would be appropriate to the
  • SB 1100, patient rights, health care services; SB 1101, pilot program, STEM teachers, districts; SB 1102
Keywords: 1182, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Nov 19th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • we want to make sure that we are getting the best bang for our buck.
  • the percent of graduate degrees in programs of strategic emphasis.
  • with the prioritization of degree credentials and degree programs.
  • Again, that's the grad student in program strategic emphasis metric.
  • And we want to see what the bang for our buck is. That's the key.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to hear two presentations focused on the state university system: an update from the Board of Governors on performance-based funding and a state university efficiency study from Ben Watkins of the Division of Bond Finance. Chair Harrell emphasized accountability, maintaining Florida’s top-ranked higher education system, and getting the best return on state investment. A quorum was present, with several senators excused and one arriving later in the meeting. Sarah Donaghi outlined changes to the performance-based funding model. She said the current model will be used for 2026-27 funding, with only minor benchmark changes for metrics tied to programs of strategic emphasis, reflecting a statutory review that reduced the list of designated programs from about 800 to about 200. She also described a new “PBF 2.0” framework approved by the Board of Governors for implementation in 2027-28 funding, which will combine excellence and improvement measures, update benchmarks to the SUS 2030 strategic plan, reduce “layups” where many schools score perfect tens, expand the affordability metric to include students without loans, remove SUS transfer students from certain graduation metrics, and create a new transfer-student outcome metric. The board will run the new model alongside the current one before using it for funding, and no funding changes will occur this year. Watkins presented findings from an eight-month efficiency study ordered by executive order. Using audited financial data, student outcome data, and personnel data, he concluded that Florida’s universities provide strong value because of low tuition, rising degree production, and improved job placement and earnings outcomes. He said tuition remains the lowest in the country and that state support has increased, while per-student spending has also risen, driven largely by payroll costs. He argued that universities should operate more like business enterprises, with more granular budgeting, clearer financial reporting, and efficiency metrics such as operating expense per student and cost per degree, and he recommended that such measures be incorporated into performance funding and board oversight. Committee members asked about national comparisons, data transparency, payroll growth, admissions selectivity, and whether legislation should require more detailed institutional reporting. The meeting ended with no public comment and adjournment after Senator Bracey Davis moved to adjourn.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's likely when that sun sets, it's K.
  • </c><00:21:09.280><c> is</c> I'm happy to report that the program is I'm happy to report that the program
  • Uh, the program is ready, and most of the sheriffs have gone through the program.
  • Uh however, we have some of the program.
  • They use the same inspection programs.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its June 3 meeting and received an opening update on transportation revenues. Leadership noted that the gas tax formula dropped 4.1 cents on July 1, reducing road fund revenue by about $125 million, and warned that city, county, rural, and secondary road funding will be affected. The chair said the committee would likely have to be selective about transportation project requests given the reduced revenue outlook. The main presentation was an update on the I-69 bridge project. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials said the project is the missing link in the Henderson-Evansville corridor and is being delivered in three sections, with Kentucky leading section two. They said section two is a $933 million project, with Kentucky’s share described as $58 million and the balance Indiana’s, and that toll revenue will be used to finance the project through a TIFIA loan and Garvey bonds. Officials said Kentucky and Indiana have executed an agreement under House Bill 546 to use tolls, are working on a broader bi-state development agreement, and will ask the General Assembly next session to carry forward $150 million in general funds without conditions and to ratify the agreement. Members asked about the timeline, toll sharing, whether tolls would sunset, and whether US 41 bridges would remain open for local traffic; officials said construction is planned for 2027, tolling would begin in 2031, toll revenue would be shared 50/50, and at least one US 41 bridge would remain open for local use. The committee then heard a combined update from the Department of Vehicle Regulation and the Division of Motor Vehicle Licensing on implementation of several recent changes. Officials reported that the new registration category for special-purpose vehicles is fully operational statewide, with all counties enrolled and 292 vehicles processed so far; they also said counties received at least five plates each and that the program is permissive, not mandatory. They described implementation of Senate Bill 43’s medical review board reforms and third-party driver’s license issuance framework, saying the medical review process has been updated and that third-party partners may eventually handle easier transactions such as renewals, name changes, and address changes, while initial issuances would remain at KYTC regional offices. They also reported that the sheriff’s inspection process has been integrated into CAVIS, reducing paperwork and fraud and improving tracking. Members asked about communication to counties and cities with differing local rules, the number of counties participating, and how to coordinate multiple policy changes; officials said all counties are enrolled, though not all have submitted applications, and that they are still finalizing the scope of third-party services.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Nov 6th, 2025

Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • or statewide food programs and schools like the New Mexico Grown Program, the Approved Supplier Program
  • , Double Up Food Bucks, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in farmers markets and things like
  • And then focusing also on that Farmers Market Double Up Food Bucks Program.
  • So it would take the Double Up Food Bucks program.
  • Program, our ecological monitoring program, and our conservation science program.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • libraries and library professionals provide to communities across Oklahoma, from early literacy programs
  • and student support to workforce development, digital access, research assistance, and community programming
  • One of the things I asked her that she enjoyed about high school the most was the fine arts program.
  • This isn't marijuana that qualifies under the state's marijuana medical program. Even though the?
  • medical marijuana program.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Angela worked in the reading program back when Janet Brii was Superintendent, and we did great things
  • of the House and Thompson of the Senate, an act relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
  • of the House and Thompson of the Senate, an act relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
  • Speaker, members, Senate Bill 1344 creates the insulin access and feasibility program at the Health Department
  • So I'd appreciate it, and so would my son who's running the program.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Angela worked in the reading program, Mr.
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
  • Members, Senate Bill 1379 establishes a two-year pilot program for grants to organizations to provide
  • And so with my son who's running the program. Thank you.
  • And so with my son who's running the program. Thank you.
Summary: The House met in session with a roll call establishing a quorum, followed by prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including the Doctor and Nurse of the Day and youth groups visiting the chamber. Special presentations honored the Oklahoma City Blazers under-10 ice hockey team for winning a Texas state championship and MacArthur High School JROTC cadets for repeated drill team success. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 1055 declaring April 29, 2026, as Oklahoma Agriculture Day, and House Resolution 1056 recognizing Denim Day during Sexual Assault Awareness Month; both were adopted without objection. Members then considered a series of Senate bills. SB 2170 on child custody passed 77-0 and requires supervised visitation when a court finds child abuse or sexual exploitation. SB 1833 codifies a federal waiver barring SNAP purchases of candy and soft drinks and passed 62-17. SB 1198, requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to file releases on county- and municipally-owned properties at the request of local officials, passed 79-0. SB 1730, which requires law enforcement sexual abuse reports to be forwarded to OSBI for investigative use, drew debate over victim protection versus due-process concerns and passed 52-29. The House also passed SB 1379 creating a two-year grant pilot for services to labor and sex trafficking victims, including services regardless of immigration status, and approved the emergency. SB 1645 on Medicaid audit procedures, SB 2155 allowing the Route 66 Commission to use MOUs for administrative oversight, and several sunset-extension bills for boards and commissions also advanced, many with emergency clauses approved. SB 1461 extending the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority passed 67-20, but its emergency failed 55-20. Other measures passed included SB 1344 creating an insulin access and affordability program, SB 1309 increasing Roads Fund debt-service capacity, and multiple board-extension bills for construction, polygraph examiners, engineers and surveyors, and midwifery, most with emergency clauses adopted. The House then moved to announcements and recessed until 1:30 p.m.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • libraries and library professionals provide to communities across Oklahoma, from early literacy programs
  • and student support to workforce development, digital access, research assistance, and community programming
  • One of the things I asked her that she enjoyed about high school the most was the fine arts program.
  • This isn't marijuana that qualifies under the state marijuana medical program, even though the federal
  • It is being sold as hemp, never having been in the medical marijuana program.
Summary: The House convened under quorum call and began with several recognitions and presentations, including visits from Comanche County 4-H, the Muskogee Police Department officers who completed EMT training, the March of Dimes, and Ag Day honorees, including the Ag Hall of Fame recipient Ron Justice. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 1054 designating April 2026 as Library Month, with a special presentation honoring library leaders and advocates for their work on the first Library Day at the Capitol. The House then considered and passed a series of bills, mostly on broad bipartisan votes, covering state symbols, fireworks sales, oil and gas royalty protections, AP exam access, veteran records access for grandchildren, Medicaid support for a food-is-medicine grant, law library representation, controlled substances, public health, state security staffing, financial exploitation protections, credit union modernization, workforce data, staffing contracts, enterprise zone incentives, conveyance/title theft protections, hospice narcotics disposal, duplicate statute cleanup, and memorial highway/bridge designations. One major bill, SB 237 on eliminating the solar and battery storage manufacturing tax exemption, was laid over after discussion and questions about tax policy and local incentives. Several measures drew brief explanation and questions, including SB 2159 on state symbols and wheat, SB 1948 on fireworks sales, HB 1371 on oil and gas royalty payments and bankruptcy protections, SB 1975 on AP testing locations, SB 2026 on access to veterans’ discharge papers, SB 1565 on food-is-medicine Medicaid support, SB 1642 on splitting short opioid prescriptions, and SB 933 creating a right-to-try pathway for individualized treatment. Most of these bills passed with little or no debate, and several emergency clauses also passed by the required two-thirds vote. Not all measures advanced: SB 1771, expanding Workforce Commission data authority, failed on a 27-46 vote, and the House later gave notice of intent to reconsider. SB 1365 was reconsidered and then passed, but its emergency clause failed. The session also featured an extended personal privilege speech by Rep. Scott Fetgatter marking his departure, in which he thanked colleagues and staff and reflected on his tenure and legislative work.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1480 creates a pilot program to encourage youth apprenticeship programming in our districts
  • As we discussed last year, we were one of two states who didn't have this program.
  • So, purely out of curiosity, do we have Diversion programs in all 77 counties.
  • with a diversion program.
  • I can tell you firsthand knowledge of this program.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the Department of Medical Education, he currently serves as medical director of the PA program and
  • They've only had a program for three years, but this year they did a state contest.
  • Whereas the Westmore High School aviation program for Moore Public School District won the inaugural
  • tech programs because more than just pilots, bioengineering, family and consumer science, and all the
  • We have a faith-based organizational program, but it helps and houses Over 200 people on any one day,
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1480 creates a pilot program to encourage youth apprenticeship programming with our districts
  • a county with the diversion program.
  • But certainly the program is underway and monies have been granted.
  • I can tell you firsthand knowledge of this program.
  • I can tell you firsthand knowledge of this program.
Summary: The Senate began with several ceremonial recognitions, including citations for the Destiny Christian School girls volleyball team and football team for state championships, and for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, in connection with Delta Day at the Capitol and Women’s History Month. Members and guests were welcomed to speak briefly before the chamber returned to its agenda. The chamber then considered a series of bills. SB 444, dealing with hospice handling and disposal of controlled dangerous substances left after a patient’s death, passed 39-0. SB 1327, restoring the Tourism and Recreation Commission’s authority and adding general commission-member requirements, passed 27-12. SB 1061, a mortgage broker fee cleanup bill, passed 38-0. SB 1425, repealing an obsolete health care workforce board, passed 40-0. SB 1455, extending the sunset for the Board of Governors of the Architects, Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers, passed 28-11 and then also passed the emergency with 38-1. SB 1458, an Attorney General-request bill to align grand jury witness confidentiality statutes, failed 24-14. The Senate also passed SB 1460, which increases penalties for repeat peeping Tom and clandestine recording offenses and makes second or subsequent offenses sex offenses, by a vote of 38-3. SB 1480, creating a youth apprenticeship pilot program, passed 42-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1530, updating the Oklahoma Research Development Rebate Program and encouraging private partnerships with higher education, passed 36-4. SB 1543, allowing multiple DUI charges within one year to be prosecuted as a single felony case and making related cleanup changes, passed 37-6 after extended debate about diversion, due process, and testing issues. SB 1555, aligning the state definition of intellectual disability with federal standards, passed 42-0, with a later correction noting the final vote as 42-1. SB 1593, updating outdated OSU-Tulsa trustee language, passed 43-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1730, requiring law enforcement to copy OSBI on sexual offense reports, passed 37-6. SB 1209, which would have excluded Sundays and federal holidays from the eviction filing-to-hearing timeline, failed on a 21-21 tie after debate over landlord rights, service timing, and court delays.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> question about, Representative Buck. question about, Representative Buck.
  • </c> or drawing back the reinsurance program. or drawing back the reinsurance program.
  • </c> program called the reinsurance program. program called the reinsurance program.
  • </c> current reinsurance program ends. current reinsurance program ends.
  • </c> reimbursement program. reimbursement program.
Bills: HF3388, HF400
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And so I like to say, there's, you know, that phrase, make hay while the sun is shining.
  • Now, just a space of where the Legislature could potentially improve and strengthen the program.
  • Is there an opportunity for us to look at a grant program that would allow permittees to lower costs
  • You know, it's that upfront fee, which, being involved in multiple programs, area-advance program and
  • Kyle Jones, representing the San Joaquin Valley Water Collaborative Action Program, which is comprised
Summary: The hearing focused on oversight of AB 658 and the State Water Resources Control Board’s five-year temporary permits for groundwater recharge. Assembly Member Arambula and committee members discussed how the permits are intended to help capture high flows during wet periods, support SGMA implementation, and store water underground for later use. The State Water Board chair said the five-year permits have become an important tool, with seven five-year permits issued this season and over 43,000 acre-feet authorized, but noted that actual recharge depends on hydrology and that the board is open to improvements. Members and witnesses discussed several possible changes to make the program more effective: allowing a two-year delay before the five-year permit clock starts, codifying CEQA exemptions that have been used through executive order, and shifting from a public objection model to a public comment model to reduce delays. There was also discussion of water availability analyses, with some members asking whether the state could develop a broader statewide assessment to reduce consultant costs and make permitting more predictable. The board said such an effort would be large and costly, but could potentially save applicants money and improve consistency. District representatives described their experiences. Stockton East said the five-year permit was more cost-effective than repeated 180-day permits, but that the 90-20 methodology, consultant costs, and a burrowing owl survey condition made use difficult. Omaha-Hartnell Water District said its recharge work depends on simple, low-cost infrastructure and that five-year permits, CEQA reform, and lower upfront fees would help small districts. A consultant working with Scott Valley and Sierra Valley said five-year permits can work well in different basins, but local infrastructure, stakeholder coordination, streambed alteration agreements, and upstream flow constraints can limit recharge. Members also raised concerns about basin connectivity, downstream water rights, and the need to pair recharge with sustainable groundwater pumping and broader water storage planning.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 115 Part 2 May 9th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • /c><00:43:02.880><c> Department</c><00:43:03.200><c> of</c> program originally in the Department of program
Keywords: 981, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Buck Wehrbein, thank you very much.
  • Buck Borbine here as a witness.
  • How is that possible, Buck?
  • My name is Buck Warbine.
  • Reporting Program.
Summary: The committee meeting focused on crucial discussions surrounding the challenges faced by the agriculture sector, particularly concerning avian flu and its impact on poultry and dairy producers. Members provided insights into the economic struggles within the industry, emphasizing the need for a new bipartisan farm bill that addresses the diverse needs of specialty crop and livestock producers. Witnesses from various agricultural sectors spoke about their experiences, illustrating the high costs, regulatory burdens, and emerging diseases that threaten their operations. The meeting underscored a commitment to exploring solutions that will help maintain market stability and ensure food security.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Feb 17th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • These youth participants in their program conduct community-based research and learning, exploring how
  • While the fire in this year's young Fire Horse symbolizes a bright light like our sun, in contrast to
  • prestigious USC School of Cinematic Arts and completing the highly competitive Peter Stark producing program
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call and brief procedural business, including approval of a motion to withdraw SB 107 and SB 117 from the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and place them on third reading. Members also approved procedural requests for adjournment-in-memory remarks and guest seating, and later took up the daily file. The main floor item was H.R. 80, a resolution recognizing Lunar New Year. Assembly Member Fong presented the resolution, and several members from different caucuses spoke in support, emphasizing the holiday’s cultural significance, themes of renewal and family, and California’s large AAPI community. The resolution was opened for coauthors, received 62 coauthors, and was then adopted by voice vote. Fong also distributed prosperity cookie boxes to members after passage. The chamber also observed moments of silence for Reverend Jesse Jackson and later for Babatunde Akinlola and Harold Tripp during adjournments in memory. Members gave tributes highlighting Akinlola’s film and education career and Tripp’s leadership in the Karuk Tribe and work on tribal restoration and natural resources. The session ended with announcements of upcoming committee meetings and adjournment until Thursday, February 19 at 9 a.m.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Feb 17th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • These youth participants in their program conduct community-based research and learning, exploring how
  • The fire in this year's young fire symbolizes a bright light like our sun, in contrast to last year's
  • prestigious USC School of Cinematic Arts and completing the highly competitive Peter Stark producing program
Keywords: 988, house, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Feb 11th, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Blue plans and 44 other State Medicaid programs, including those from Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi
  • bill is based on fundamental truths that are as old as the Book of Genesis and are as reliable as the sun
  • planning health care services, and even making decisions related to economic development and education programs
Bills: HB45, HB79, SB79
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (04/08/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> the program. the program.
  • </c><00:51:42.160><c> So,</c> program is. So, program is.
  • </c> program we're offering. program we're offering.
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Keywords: 1191, senate, all