Transcript Highlights:

• We heard that you were instructed not to report it. We heard that we didn't know where it was.
• <00:24:00.480> not<00:24:00.640> to heard that you were instructed not to heard that
• you were instructed not to report<00:24:01.039> it.
• asking, "Why should we have to buy bulletproof backpacks or smartwatches just so our kids can survive math
• I felt it and lived it every day. survive math class?" We do not have to survive math class?"

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House first adopted a conference committee report on House File 3426, a natural resources bill. Representative Jordan said the report largely reflected the House position, with changes including removal of the word “random” regarding DNR checks, clarification of minimum grant amount limits for trail maintenance and other projects, a two-year sunset on those caps, and repeal of obsolete language requiring DNR approval of ENRTF-funded acquisitions. Representative Heintzeman said the changes were technical and supported the bill. The motion prevailed, and the bill was given third reading. The House then concurred in Senate amendments to House File 4239, the campaign finance bill, and House File 4240, the elections bill. Representative Fryberg said HF 4239 addressed campaign disclaimers and privacy of addresses on campaign documents, with a compromise $10,000 security spending limit, authority for the Campaign Finance Board to dismiss frivolous complaints, and limits on sharing addresses with caucus leaders. HF 4240, the Secretary of State’s administrative bill, added an immediate effective date for a Three Rivers Park Commissioner disclosure requirement, removed an appropriation and related policy language, included amendments on special school district elections and betting on elections, and corrected a discrepancy with public safety language. Both bills were passed as amended by the Senate, with 118-15 and 127-6 votes respectively. The House also passed Senate File 3720, the workers’ compensation advisory council recommendations. Representatives Baker and Berg described bipartisan, unanimous council recommendations updating the workers’ compensation reinsurance process, allowing appellate judges to be assigned when needed, adding psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners as PTSD diagnosticians, updating attorney fee notice rules, increasing compensation for permanent partial disability, clarifying witness rules at employer medical exams, extending the time for employers to deny liability from 60 to 90 days, and correcting a prior error affecting DLI commissioner authority. The bill passed 132-1. Finally, Representative Long moved to suspend the rules to recall House File 5140, the comprehensive gun violence prevention package, from committee and bring it directly to passage. Long and Representative Greenman argued the Senate had already passed the bill and urged immediate action, citing the Annunciation shooting and other gun violence incidents. Representative Heintzeman raised concerns about the bill’s language, arguing a provision on protruding grips could make all handguns illegal and questioning other penalty provisions. Debate on the motion and bill continued, but no final vote on HF 5140 is shown in the transcript excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• It turns out the truth is in the math. The math actually can tell you.
• It's math.
• <05:33:25.480> the<05:33:25.600> math the public the truth it's math the math the public
• The math is very clear, and it's left math, right math.
• The math is very clear, and it's left math, right math.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• As an engineer, I do a lot of math. From 2010 to 2020, our population grew by 3,999,994. people.
• And I'm being told that they were instructed not to provide any additional space for people who couldn't
• Thank you for doing accurate math. I don't know if that was accurate or not.

Keywords: 997, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It was for math and them pay that off.
• <00:37:38.800> It is 20 for math, 20 for language arts.
• It is 20 for math, 20 for language arts.
• <00:38:51.520> Um 15% for math, 15% for language arts.
• Um 15% for math, 15% for language arts.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I might be wrong with my math here, but what I was looking at is the difference between creating and
• I might be wrong with my math here, but what I was looking at is the difference between creating and
• So we do some math here: you take 50 million divided by 500, or divided by 50 million, and one-third
• here uh but might be wrong with my math here uh but what<00:31:31.559> I<00:31:31.639> was
• here you take 50 billion do some math here you take 50 billion divided<00:32:17.200> by<00:32

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, House Bill 124 actually just changes a loan repayment for teachers program that was aimed at math
• teachers program that was aimed at math teachers program that was aimed at math and<00:09:36.480
• It used to just be for<00:10:14.480> math<00:10:14.720> and<00:10:14.880> science
• ><00:10:15.200> teachers<00:10:15.600> and<00:10:15.839> it for math and science
• Before, it went for math and science teachers, and it's not been activated as much.

Bills: HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359, HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359

Keywords: HB178, Ten Commandments, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama, school display, religious display, Bible, Judeo-Christian, Establishment Clause, church-state separation, religion in schools, founding documents, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, social studies, civics, history curriculum

Transcript Highlights:

• But really the math is the same.
• So really the math is the same.
• <00:27:00.080> The really the math is the same. The really the math is the same.
• So really the math level of assessment.
• So really the math is<00:27:11.919> the<00:27:12.159> same.

Bills: SF0079, SF0080, SF0039

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, economic development, impact assistance, industrial facilities, tax exemptions, local control, electronic notice, compliance, tax collection, administration, tax exemption, long-term homeowners, property tax, seniors, residential property, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 584 by Representative Ross and others regarding screen-based instruction is referred to the
• screen-based instruction in kindergarten through 12th grade, to create the Instructional Technology
• in kindergarten through 12th instruction in kindergarten through 12th grade<00:55:59.200> to<
• the instructional grade to create the instructional technology<00:56:00.799> task<00:56:01.040
• We increased it, rough math in my head, I'd say 20% in committee.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. Senators then adopted the prior day’s journal and excused absent members. A lengthy point of personal privilege followed, in which Senator Smith criticized the prior day’s handling of the special order calendar and argued that minority-party senators were denied the chance to speak, while Senator Coleman said Senate Bill 318 had been removed from the calendar and tied that to Child Abuse Prevention Month; she also noted Senate Bill 43, which would provide civil recourse for child sex assault survivors, had not advanced. The presiding officer also recognized guests in the gallery, including staff from the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The Senate then received multiple committee reports, largely on a unanimous or near-unanimous basis. Finance and Taxation Education reported favorably on House Bills 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 565, 517, and 98, and Senate Bill 380, with some substitutes or amendments; Finance and Taxation General Fund reported Senate Bill 378 favorably; County and Municipal Government reported House Bills 568, 499, and 433; Education Policy reported House Bills 8 and 380; Banking and Insurance reported House Bill 545; Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reported House Bill 586 with two nays; Healthcare reported House Bills 533 and 605; Tourism and Marketing reported House Bills 513 and 626 and Senate Bill 357; and local legislation committees reported several Mobile County and Madison County bills, including Senate Bill 379 relating to Madison County and various House bills, all advancing to the next legislative day. In motions and resolutions, the Senate agreed to allow committee reports to be received at any time during the day. Several resolutions were introduced and referred to the Rules Committee, including Senate Joint Resolution 100 honoring Presley Skelton, SJR 101 commending Auburn University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, SJR 102 establishing the Alabama Forest Products Retention and Pulp and Paper Mill Stability Study Commission, SJR 103 mourning Norman Wendell Arnold, and SJR 104 designating Alabama as the river state. The chamber also suspended the rules to take up Senate Joint Resolution 105, commending Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth for his service; the resolution included a lengthy recitation of his background and accomplishments and was read for immediate consideration with all senators added as sponsors.

Transcript Highlights:

• So QCAMP stands for the Quantum Computing, Math, and Physics.
• Madam Chair, Senator, it's not quantum math. No, but I can explain that. That's common.
• There are four teachers minus Debbie here, and two of them are math—no, three of them are math teachers
• or were math teachers, so this is very exciting.
• I learned a lot of physics, a lot of math. And help me out here.

Transcript Highlights:

• It evolved into Math Nation, and now it's run independently by a technology vendor.
• It's a classic math problem that'll give you a sense of it.
• It's a classic math problem that'll give you a sense of it. you probably will feel familiar.
• The classic math problem that'll give you a sense of it. You probably will feel familiar.
• Math Matrix, scene two, take two. Action. All right, are you ready for the problem? Yes.

Summary: The Education Postsecondary Committee held its first meeting and focused on state university centers and institutes, with an overview from the Board of Governors on how the more than 500 centers and institutes across Florida’s public universities are categorized, overseen, and reported. The Board described three categories: state-level centers, legislatively established centers, and university-established centers. Members were told universities must maintain policies, notify the Board of changes, publish public inventories, and submit annual reports and compliance certifications. Senator Harrell asked about funding sources and whether underperforming centers are reviewed for elimination; the response was that funding varies by center and that universities decide whether to maintain or disband centers under their own policies, with annual reporting and audit findings shared with the Board. Four university presentations followed. Florida Atlantic University highlighted its Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology, describing research in marine-derived drug discovery, genomics, imaging, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and ocean sustainability, along with spin-off institutes and partnerships that have generated significant grant and contract support. FIU presented its Center of Excellence for Hurricane Damage Mitigation and Product Development, emphasizing the Wall of Wind facility, hurricane and water intrusion testing, code and product innovation, insurance modeling, and future expansion toward higher wind speeds and flood simulation. Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute described work in advanced materials, aerospace composites, sensors, nanocomposites, and AI-enabled materials development, along with patents, industry partnerships, and new facilities tied to economic development. The University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning outlined its work on teacher professional learning, literacy, New Worlds Reading, tutoring, and mathematics supports, including microcredentials, statewide book distribution, and early results showing improved reading confidence and growth. Members generally praised the centers for their research, commercialization, workforce development, and education impacts. Senator Jones and Senator Harrell commended the Lastinger Center’s literacy work and the broader return on investment from these programs, while Senator Berman noted the value of the synergies across institutions. The chair emphasized that future funding requests should clearly show measurable success, commercialization, and statewide impact. The committee then adjourned without any formal votes on legislation.

Transcript Highlights:

• , I just showed you the math.
• um I just I just changing our our math um I just I just showed<00:47:37.240> you<00:47:37.400
• c> start<00:47:38.520> changing showed you the math if we start changing showed you the math
• Correct, yeah, that's what we're including in the math. Representative Faulkner, thank you.
• Correct, yeah, that's what we're including in the math.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Public Works and Highways committee held a capital budget orientation led by Legislative Budget Assistant Office staff, who walked members through the budget materials, the capital budget process, and the committee’s compare sheet. The presentation explained that agencies begin developing capital requests nearly a year in advance, submit them by May 1, and that the governor’s recommended capital budget is a reduced version of the much larger agency wish list. Members were told the agencies initially requested about $1.1 billion in projects, the catalog was trimmed to just over $400 million in general fund projects, and the governor’s recommendation in the pink book totals about $143 million in general fund capital appropriations. The committee also reviewed the prior capital budget and related statutes and committee procedures. Several specific projects drew discussion. The Department of Education’s CTE projects were explained as having been shifted into the operating budget in the prior cycle and now returning to the capital budget recommendation; members asked whether there was a backup CTE project and whether local approval had been secured for the named project. The Cannon Mountain tramway request was highlighted as a $20 million recommendation, with the presenter explaining that an earlier $18 million appropriation would be lapsed back to the general fund to help balance the budget. The Department of Corrections’ new prison project was also discussed; members were told the state has already appropriated $50 million for planning and site evaluation, but the governor’s current capital budget does not include a new prison construction appropriation because the project is not yet ready for that phase and may need to be funded differently, possibly through a separate, staggered appropriation. State Treasurer Monica Mezzapelli then presented on debt affordability and the state’s borrowing capacity. She said the state’s credit position has improved, with the debt-to-revenue ratio falling from 8.2% in 2015 to 3.8% in 2024, and explained that RSA 6-C limits debt authorization to 10% of unrestricted prior-year revenue. She noted that the Treasury’s planning assumes $60 million in annual bond issuance, with the prison-related $40 million now expected to be issued in 2026 rather than 2025 because the project is not ready to spend the funds. She said the state can still borrow more, but additional debt service must be paid from operating funds, and recommended keeping capital bonding in the $120 million to $130 million range to preserve affordability and the state’s credit rating. Members asked for clarification on the CTE funding shift, the prison schedule, and the meaning of the large agency request totals. The chair and treasurer discussed the governor’s $143 million recommendation versus the committee’s usual target range, and the treasurer said $130 million would be more comfortable than $140 million, with $135 million described as a possible compromise. No formal votes or committee actions were taken in the portion provided; the meeting was informational and ended with the presenters offering to answer follow-up questions as agencies come before the committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• They may be using their math.
• And we also have pullout math currently until some other things are implemented.
• So that's Why I've gravitated towards striking more challenging math classes.
• And they lost their math teacher, right, like the second week of school.
• So, they hired our math teacher.

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I just did some very quick back-of-the-envelope math, but I mean when you look at the tens of billions
• account other funds that might be flowing through MDE for health care entities in Minnesota, I mean my math
• <00:51:58.400> I<00:51:58.559> mean<00:51:58.720> my<00:51:58.960> math
• I mean my math entities in Minnesota.
• I mean my math shows<00:51:59.440> that<00:51:59.599> it's<00:51:59.680> it's<00

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Rules and Administration Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability met on February 20, 2026, to hear from Minnesota Management and Budget State Budget Director Anna Mingi about federal funding changes affecting the state budget. Before testimony began, Senator Rasmusson objected to a draft committee report that had been prepared in advance of the hearing, arguing it was inappropriate to summarize testimony before it occurred. The chair responded that nonpartisan staff had prepared the draft from Mingi’s submitted presentation and could revise it after the hearing if needed. Director Mingi explained that federal dollars make up more than one-third of state spending and support about 650 federal awards totaling over $23 billion this year, with more than $15 billion supporting state entitlement programs. She said the federal funding environment had changed significantly since January 2025 through executive orders, pauses, terminations, new grant conditions, delayed awards, and the July 2025 passage of H.R. 1, the federal reconciliation bill. Her main focus was H.R. 1’s effects on health care and food assistance, including work requirements for some adults, changes to eligibility for legal non-citizens, limits on retroactive Medicaid coverage and directed payments, new limits on provider taxes, and SNAP changes that shift some benefit and administrative costs to the state and counties. She estimated H.R. 1 would reduce federal funds to state-administered programs by about $327 million in the current biennium and $1.6 billion in the next, with additional costs to hospitals, counties, and other partners beyond the budget horizon. Members asked follow-up questions about whether the estimates were relative to the forecast and whether federal Medicaid funding would still rise over time. Mingi said the estimates were based on the November forecast baseline and that Medicaid federal dollars would likely continue growing overall, though the law still creates significant losses relative to prior projections. Senator Rasmusson emphasized that point in remarks to the committee. The discussion then shifted to federal grant pauses and cancellations: MMB’s tracker showed about six awards on hold totaling roughly $491 million, 13 confirmed cancellations across areas including clean energy, education, food assistance, and public health, and additional threatened or litigated cuts not included in those totals. Mingi identified two canceled violence-prevention-related grants, including a FEMA public safety grant and a justice reinvestment grant, and noted that CDC had recently moved to cancel or seek cancellation of several Minnesota public health grants, including a $65 million public health infrastructure award.

Transcript Highlights:

• Fine: IS A MATH QUESTION BECAUSE THIS SLIDE IS SUPPOSED TO INDICATE WE HAVE A PROBLEM WE ARE GOING TO
• ADDRESS THOUGH I HAVE A MATH QUESTION. 95% OF THESE HOUSEHOLD INCOME AT OR BELOW 80% OF MEDIAN INCOME
• SO I'M CURIOUS HOW THAT'S CALCULATED BECAUSE THE MATH DEFINITION OF MEDIAN IS THE NUMBER IN THE MIDDLE
• Fine: ANOTHER MATH QUESTION TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. YOU SAID $150 MILLION.
• >> WE PUT OUT OVER 331 MILLION SO TO GET BACK 4 MILLION, I'M SORRY I DON'T KNOW THE MATH.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• 00:08:26.400> Block<00:08:27.400> programs<00:08:27.840> like<00:08:28.000> math
• <00:08:28.319> core Chopping Block programs like math core Chopping Block programs like math
• :14:11.839> the over um or 250 years ago would do the over um or 250 years ago would do the math
• <00:16:14.040> play read and write make friends do math play read and write make friends do
• math play outside<00:16:15.040> learn<00:16:15.319> about<00:16:15.720> science

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Minnesota Senate Democrats held an education finance press conference focused on concerns that the Trump administration may dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and freeze or reduce federal education funding. Speakers said such actions could jeopardize Title I, special education, English learner, school meal, transportation, and other programs, and noted that federal education aid is often reimbursed after districts have already spent the money. They argued that even a 10% cut would amount to roughly $1 billion and could leave districts unable to cover costs they have already incurred. Several speakers also raised concerns about broader federal actions, including school vouchers, curriculum restrictions, and access to student and Treasury data by Elon Musk and others, warning about privacy and the possible targeting of DEI, ethnic studies, truth-and-history curriculum, and efforts to recruit and retain teachers of color. They said the instability makes it impossible for districts to plan budgets and maintain staffing, and that the harm is already being felt through frozen aid and other disruptions. The speakers criticized Republican colleagues for downplaying the threat and said Republicans were inconsistent because they had recently highlighted teacher shortages and school infrastructure needs while now minimizing potential cuts. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the press conference; the event was a call for public pressure on Republican lawmakers to oppose the federal changes and protect Minnesota schools and students.

Transcript Highlights:

• The math is clear: why are we so far behind in production of new housing units?
• It's not partisan; it's just math. Cities have reacted to the math by blocking housing.
• The state must not ignore the math.
• <00:24:12.279> is complicit in their failure the math is complicit in their failure the math
• cities have reacted to it's just math cities have reacted to the<00:24:36.159> math<00:24:36.520

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• positions to be filled without the credentials, training, and experience necessary to protect instructional
• In the elementary grades, foundational skills such as reading, writing, and math are particularly vulnerable
• ; inadequate instruction can lead to regression or learning loss rather than progress over multiple years
• on students' academic growth, especially for students with disabilities who require specialized instruction
• have been a non-voting member of the Board of Education, I might still be a non-aculie talking about math

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Education heard testimony on HB 1895, which would add education-worker protections by expanding harassment-related offenses. The Department of Education, HSTA, HGA, and several school employees and principals testified in support, describing increased harassment and threats toward teachers and staff, especially since COVID, and saying the bill would help deter bad actors. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, saying the language was vague and overbroad, could criminalize ordinary parental advocacy or speech, and might not survive constitutional scrutiny. In response to questions, the public defender said existing statutes already cover threatening or assaultive conduct against educational workers, while DOE representatives said the bill was aimed at excessive and repetitive disruptive behavior. No vote or final action was taken in the excerpt. The committee then took up HB 1592, concerning protections for educational workers and sports officials. DOE, the Charter School Commission, HGA, HSTA, school principals, athletic programs, and many individual testifiers supported the bill, with several describing threats, harassment, and aggressive behavior at schools and athletic events. One principal said he had repeatedly involved law enforcement after threats and incidents on campus, and a teacher testified about the need to keep school environments safe and orderly. The Office of the Public Defender again opposed the bill, arguing that current law already enhances penalties for assaults and terroristic threatening against educational workers and sports officials, and that new offenses would have little deterrent effect. Committee members questioned whether the bill should be a separate statute and how to distinguish passionate advocacy from harassment; DOE said the line was crossed when conduct became excessive and repetitive, while the public defender urged clearer drafting and more emphasis on prevention, education, security, and de-escalation. No vote or final action was announced in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• I am the OIO local president and a math teacher of 23 years.
• The cost to students, of course, will be the loss of personalized instruction.
• 17.679> loss<01:23:18.000> of<01:23:18.320> personalized<01:23:19.320> instructions
• the loss of personalized instructions. the loss of personalized instructions.
• sitting here looking through all of the handouts that were given to us tonight and doing some quick math

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• that further proceedings under the roll call be dispensed with and that the sergeant-at-arms be instructed
• a five-year felony to sell, distribute, or transfer, except under a federal firearms license, instructions
• that may may be used to instructions that may may be used to program<00:31:52.640> a<00:31:52.960
• And if you do the math, depending on which schools and how many are in that district apply for the grant
• And if you do the math, depending on which schools and how many are in that district apply for the grant

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Some of the math in the fiscal note represents the total cost; it doesn’t represent the post-rebate costs
• Some of the math in the fiscal note represents the total cost; it doesn’t represent the post-rebate costs
• So at that time, that's when we're kind of taking instruction from them and then going on how we're going
• Transformation Fund to receive federal monies through the Rural Health Transformation Program and instructs

Bills: SB1052, SB1115, SB1118, SB1120, SB1121, SB1124, SB1171, SB1172, SB1174, SB1175, SB1214, SB1233, SB1235, SB1316, SB1345, SB1372, SB1399, SB1458, SB1494, SB1496, SB1564, SB1602, SB1621, SB1628, SB1630, SB1631, SB1668, SB1672, SB1814, SB1821

Keywords: assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, radiation protection

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1121, which would prohibit hospitals from requiring lead aprons for cardiac catheterization staff when a radiation protection system is in place, while still allowing hospitals to require aprons outside the designated safety zone or when exposure levels warrant additional protection. An amendment added flexibility for radiation safety officers to require lead or other PPE if exposures approach occupational limits and removed expedited rulemaking language. Supporters, including the sponsor and interventional cardiologists, argued the devices reduce radiation and orthopedic injuries and improve recruitment and retention; hospital groups shifted to neutral after the amendment. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1121 on a 9-2 vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1120, which would require hospitals performing cardiac catheterization procedures to equip at least 50% of those rooms with radiation protection systems by 2027. Supporters said the systems protect clinicians from radiation and long-term injury, while opponents, including hospital and radiology groups, argued the bill was overly prescriptive, could create a captive market, and might not fit all rooms or procedures. After adopting a children’s hospital exemption amendment, the committee passed SB 1120 on a 6-6 vote, with the chair breaking the tie in favor of the bill. Senate Bill 1118, an appropriation measure tied to the radiation protection system proposal, was also advanced after brief discussion, passing 6-5. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1214, which would create guardrails for non-FDA-approved stem cell and regenerative therapies, including provider standards, informed consent, advertising limits, reporting requirements, and a private right of action for violations. Supporters described it as a patient-protection and access bill, while testimony emphasized concerns about unregulated “bad actors” and patients traveling out of state for treatment. The committee adopted an amendment removing a reference to the National Law and passed SB 1214 on a 9-3 vote. The transcript then began discussion of SB 1630, which would create a Medicaid-funded home and community-based service benefit for adults with serious mental illness, with AHCCCS taking a neutral position and estimating a significant fiscal impact.