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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing: Committee on Education Policy and Committee on Education Finance - 05/06/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota Legislature Page Program. Minnesota Legislature Page Program.
- We have programs to recognize students with essay programs and in the middle school and high school and
- We have programs to recognize students with essay programs and in the middle school and high school and
- We have programs to recognize students with essay programs and in the middle school and high school and
- We have programs to recognize students with essay programs and in the middle school and high school and
Summary:
The committee held a joint hearing recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and focusing on civic education, free speech, voting, and Minnesota’s America 250 commemorations. Opening remarks emphasized the importance of education, Indigenous land acknowledgement, and the idea that democracy depends on informed and engaged citizens. The chair then invited student debaters from the Minnesota High School League to testify about how debate, free speech, and evidence-based reasoning have shaped their education and civic participation. The students argued that debate teaches critical thinking, helps young people engage with difficult issues, and should be protected as part of a healthy democracy; one also urged lawmakers to move beyond empty promises and take action on issues such as eviction moratoriums, ICE collaboration, and protest protections.
Commissioner Willie Jett of the Minnesota Department of Education testified that public education is where citizenship first becomes real, and that schools, libraries, and educators help students learn to listen, question, debate respectfully, and understand both the ideals and failures of American history. He said democracy is something each generation must learn and strengthen, and thanked the committee for convening the hearing. Former students Sarah Griffin and Charlie Crocker then offered tributes to Senator Swedzinski, describing how his teaching encouraged civic engagement, disagreement, and action, and how his classroom shaped their lives and public service. Their remarks emphasized that democracy is not a spectator sport and that ordinary people build it through small, courageous acts.
Secretary of State Steve Simon followed with testimony on Minnesota’s civic culture and voter participation. He said Minnesota has long ranked near the top nationally in voter turnout, including youth turnout, and attributed that to a combination of good election laws and a strong pro-voting culture. He highlighted school-based civic education efforts such as pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds and the Students Vote mock election program, and noted that Minnesota’s congressional delegation was unanimous in supporting the Voting Rights Act in 1965 as an example of the state coming together on major moral questions. The Minnesota Historical Society then began its presentation on America 250, with Kent Whitworth describing the organization’s role, the new edition of the Northern Lights curriculum, and broader commemorative activities; Dr. Bill Convery introduced historical context about how Americans have celebrated independence and how the semiquincentennial can leave a legacy for future generations.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (01/21/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
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- Hampshire has a dam funding program Hampshire has a dam funding program problem.<01:51:15.199>
- out there and rent it as a summer out there and rent it as a summer vacation<02:08:33.199>
spot - Carbon programs hinder this costs.
- out there and rent it as a summer out there and rent it as a summer vacation<02:08:33.199>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Traffic goals of the Corridors program.
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or Alexandria Lakes area in the summer or Alexandria Lakes area in the summer - <01:08:35.520>
levels sooner than current programming levels sooner than current programming - But a lot of summer vacation traffic.
- in the summer with lake traffic. in the summer with lake traffic.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a pilot program. Implementation would occur on October 1st.
- The pilot program would include one section of interstate in the state of Alabama only.
- It is a pilot program. present. It is a pilot program.
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section <00:20:34.640>of program would include one section of program - worked on since the summer um repres M. worked on since the summer um repres M.
Keywords:
medical clinic board, clinic board, hospital bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, municipal indebtedness, municipal bankruptcy, health care provider, acute care hospital, lease property, board immunity, director liability, civil liability, healthcare finance, insolvency, debt readjustment, federal bankruptcy law, Alabama Code 11-58-5.2, library materials
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Transcript Highlights:
- Approval and execution of the contract must occur soon in order to allow adequate time for summer installation
- Completing the project during the summer will ensure construction does not disrupt spring or fall athletic
- programs.
- big, beautiful bill, which required folks to be able to draw Medicaid and/or SNAP and some other programs
Summary:
The Executive Subcommittee met and first considered a waiver request from the Stuttgart School District to use the TIPS interlocal purchasing system for a turf replacement project instead of the traditional competitive bid process. Superintendent Jeff McKinney explained that three bids were received but none fully met the RFP specifications, including warranty and insurance requirements. He said the district, with its architect’s guidance, determined that United Turf and Track was the best option because it met the 10-year warranty requirement, had resolved the insurance issue, had prior experience with the district, and could complete the work in time for summer installation. The committee approved the waiver request.
Members then approved a consultant services agreement between the Bureau of Legislative Research and WorkEd Consulting for work related to the workforce system study and potential legislation for the 2027 session. Senator Jane English and Representative Mary Bentley said the consultant would help the legislature develop reforms after prior audit findings showed the current workforce system was inefficient and ineffective. They noted WorkEd’s experience in other states, including Louisiana, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Virginia, and explained that some subcontractors would include people who had worked on the earlier Georgia Center for Opportunity study. The contract was approved.
The committee also approved a renewed actuarial and consultant services agreement with Perrin Knight for services related to the state’s new property insurance captive. Jill Thayer said the contract would provide independent actuarial support to legislative subcommittees, especially the State Insurance Properties Oversight Subcommittee, with services billed only as used. Members asked about budgeting, frequency of work, and overlap with existing executive branch contractors; Thayer and Senator Goodmore said the service had been anticipated from the start and would be separate and independent. Finally, Marty Garrity requested use of committee room funds to renovate Committee Room C in the Big Mac Building because its audio-visual equipment is outdated. That request was approved, and the meeting adjourned.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We're not talking about after-school programs.
- Today presenting is Summer Wayne from St.
- programs. 4-H's research-based science and agricultural programs are critical. session.
- programs. 4-H's research-based science and agricultural programs are critical.
- Programs. 4-H's research-based science and agricultural programs are critical to preparing Florida's
Summary:
The Committee on Agriculture met with a quorum present and first heard SB 1826 by Senator Martin, which would restrict ultra-processed foods served to public school students during the school day. Senator Martin said the bill is aimed only at government-purchased food in public schools, not parents’ lunches or after-school sales, and argued it is intended to protect children’s health and school performance. Members questioned the bill’s definition of ultra-processed food, its scope during the school day, and possible cost and compliance issues. Senator Rouson offered a friendly amendment extending the compliance date from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2026, and the committee adopted it. Several industry groups and associations spoke against the bill, citing lack of a clear definition, FDA preemption concerns, costs, and the risk of a state-by-state patchwork; Moms for Liberty waived in support. Senator Martin then temporarily postponed the bill for further work.
The committee next took up CS for SB 1132 by Senator Truenow on consumers’ right to repair certain equipment, including agricultural equipment and portable digital devices. An amendment by Senator Boyd was adopted to exclude security and life-safety systems and remove automobile-related provisions. Public testimony included opposition from TechNet, which said the bill is unnecessary because repair parts, tools, and manuals are already available and asked for changes to make the bill prospective and remove the private right of action. Agricultural equipment dealers and manufacturers testified against the bill, arguing that current repair resources and a memorandum of understanding with the Farm Bureau already address repair access, while warning that the bill could undermine dealer margins, parts inventory, training programs, safety, cybersecurity, and emissions compliance. Some members supported the concept but noted the bill still needed work. The committee voted 4-0 to report CS for SB 1132 favorably.
The meeting concluded with a presentation from Florida 4-H youth leaders on the organization’s impact and goals. The presenters described 4-H’s role in leadership, agriculture, STEM, and healthy living, highlighted statewide participation and camp programs, and asked for continued support for camp improvements, especially the Camp Cherry Lake revitalization effort. Senators praised the students’ presentations and the value of 4-H before the committee adjourned.
HI
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- But if it's embedded in the program, like every other stuff you embed into your program that has certain
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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Adjournment Sine Die Fri May 2, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 60
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We supported summer learning programs and recurring funds for deferred maintenance in our public schools
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to established farmtofood bank program to established farmtofood bank program - permanent, making homeless programs permanent, making homeless programs permanent,<01:38:00.560>
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Whether that's a program evaluation, what do we need to do with CYFD?
- Are we paying for a new literacy program?
- They requested a zero-waste program increase for FY 26. increase for FY 26.
- You'd need legislation to authorize Cultural Affairs to do that kind of programming.
- Program.
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Transcript Highlights:
- will allow for the same thing by designated church employees or if they want to run a residential program
- was what they call speed of play summer was what they call speed of play right<00:20:00.840>
how< - The gambling commission that met over the summer, that was one of the recommendations.
- The gambling commission that met over the summer, that was one of the recommendations.
- The gambling commission that met over the summer, that was one of the recommendations.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Legislative Administration (04/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- , LCHIP, as a result of her legislation, and our state's children's insurance program.
- Summer—what's that? People are busy in the summer with vacations. Yes, good point.
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- in the summer with vacations. in the summer with vacations.
Summary:
The Legislative Administration Committee opened with Senate Bill 197, which would remove the Department of Health and Human Services commissioner’s supervisory role over the legislative facilities committee nurse and instead place the nurse under the Board of Nursing’s scope of practice. The sponsor’s aide and DHHS legislative director explained that the change updates outdated language last amended in 1995, aligns the statute with current practice, and was reviewed with legislative staff and nursing regulators, who were said to be comfortable with the proposal. Members asked why the change was needed and whether the commissioner had actually been supervising; the response was that the language no longer reflected how the position functioned. The chair said the bill might still be a simple consent item, but additional modifications were being discussed, so the hearing was closed with no vote taken at that time.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 186, authorizing the Joint Legislative Historical Committee to accept and display a portrait of former Senator Jeb Bradley in the State House. The sponsor’s aide described Bradley’s legislative and congressional service and urged the committee to move the bill ought to pass. Members asked practical questions about whether the portrait was completed, its size, and where it would be hung. The witness said the portrait was not yet completed and that size and placement had not been determined, though the committee was told the historical committee would decide placement. A committee member noted that portrait sizes and locations are already being reviewed because of space concerns, and the hearing ended without a vote.
A work session followed on the portrait bills, with the chair using them as a vehicle to discuss broader problems in the statutes governing portraits and the historical committee. He said the committee had gathered information from other states and suggested possible policy ideas such as portrait moratoriums, waiting periods after death, size limits, and clearer placement rules. Members discussed the need to update the RSAs and better define the historical committee’s authority. The committee did not take final action during the work session, but the discussion indicated that the portrait bills may be held while broader statutory revisions are considered.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/03/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
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and implementation at the program and implementation at the program and project - Um, we can get a uh fiscal program.
- program that that is affordable. program that that is affordable.
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that townships already have a program that townships already have a program - It was a billion-dollar program federally.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (06/26/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- the program itself. the program itself.
- >> Uh, well, the program is a four-year regular bachelorate program.
- so it's it's a full four-year program. so it's it's a full four-year program.
- accredited program? accredited program?
- program and leadership. program and leadership.
Summary:
The committee first approved the draft minutes from its May 29 meeting and then received an informational update from the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing about the state’s ASL interpreter pipeline. Representative Woods and Associate Commissioner Ann Landry explained that the American Sign Language program at UNH Manchester, the nation’s first fully accredited program, is facing viability concerns because high tuition has left only two of a potential 20 students committed so far. They warned that if enrollment does not recover, the program could face a teachout and eventually be lost, which they said would be detrimental because many state services and legal proceedings require qualified interpreters. Members discussed possible alternatives, including whether community colleges could help, and asked for follow-up research and contact information for UNH officials. The committee also heard that interpreter demand across DHHS continues to rise and that the department must ensure compliance with civil rights and service-access requirements.
The committee then turned to Medicaid policy changes tied to Senate Bill 134 and a new federal interim final rule on Medicaid community engagement, or work, requirements. DHHS officials Olivia May and Ann Landry explained that the state law and federal rule align in many areas, but the committee still needed to decide how to implement several remaining policy choices. The department recommended adopting all four short-term hardship exceptions because the federal rule requires states to take them all or none: inpatient or institutional care, federally declared emergencies, high-unemployment areas, and extensive out-of-state travel for serious medical care. Members generally supported the exceptions but raised concerns about how they would be defined and applied, especially the emergency and medical-travel categories.
Several legislators asked for more clarity on terms like “extensively” and “serious or complex medical care,” and DHHS said the federal rule does not rigidly define them, though the state could refine implementation through rulemaking if authorized. The department also said the emergency exception would apply only to federally declared emergencies, not state declarations, and would be tied to the emergency event itself. No final vote on the Medicaid policy was recorded in the portion provided, but the discussion indicated the committee was reviewing the remaining decisions needed to implement Senate Bill 134 under the new federal framework.
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Transcript Highlights:
- So I spent much of my time this summer talking through this bill started thinking about it and working
- On August 27th, just this past summer, I remember waking up, saying, not my kid, saying, you know, my
- We brought multiple amendments to committee, including a tiered implementation pilot program similar
- For me, you know, Annunciation happened this summer.
- It pays the costs for other crime prevention and drug abuse programs for students and staff.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/26/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- abrahamson here who runs that uh program abrahamson here who runs that uh program and<00:02:25.920
- stockpiling it um later on in the summer stockpiling it um later on in the summer so<00:29:08.519
- The MPCA has grant programs for past replacement.
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was in the past the Bion setum program was in the past the Bion setum program - has Grant programs for past replacement has Grant programs for past replacement the<00:53:32.480
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social
- You design programs. You structure the laws that will either reinforce old walls or open new doors.
- of social uplift is approaching programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual<00:07:15.360>
- You design<00:07:39.199>
programs. - You structure the laws design programs.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And as you know, as previously discussed this summer, two of our own were appointed by Governor DeSantis
- And as you know, as previously discussed this summer, two of our own were appointed by Governor DeSantis
- Laws and programs can be revised. They can be changed and updated. Programs can be revised.
- Everyone I've spoken to about the program supports making sure the children in Florida...
- Everyone I've spoken to about the program supports making sure the children in Florida don't go to bed
Summary:
The Senate convened for opening day of the 2026 regular session with prayer, presentation of colors by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a performance of the national anthem by the FAMU Marching 100. The chamber then administered the oath of office to newly elected Senator Ralph E. Misullo, Jr. of District 11, and welcomed a number of special guests, including statewide elected officials, Supreme Court justices, and former Senate leaders and members.
The Senate adopted SCR 1466, which authorized the House and Senate to meet in joint session to receive a message from the Governor, and waived rules to immediately transmit the resolution to the House. The Rules Chair also moved that the Secretary notify the House and Governor that the Senate was convened and ready to begin the 2026 regular session. No substantive legislation was debated; the session was largely ceremonial and organizational.
In remarks, the Senate President reflected on the role of the Senate, the need for balance, deliberation, and checks and balances, and highlighted priorities such as rural Florida, citrus recovery, farmers feeding Florida, rural health care, affordability, low taxes, property tax relief, and fiscal restraint. He also emphasized faith, service, and cooperation. At the end of the session, Senator Gates announced that 52 executive appointments would be considered the next day, and the Senate adjourned until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, with committee meetings and other business to follow.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Didn't happen at their summer camp. Didn't happen at their summer camp.
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for <03:47:09.920>health loan repayment programs for health loan repayment programs for - Champion designation and grant program Champion designation and grant program fund<04:11:22.239>
- the education freedom accounts program the education freedom accounts program to<04:13:59.199>
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 19th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Last summer, from my driveway, I could easily see four front lawns that had to be fully resoded.
- Good, the good news is we're planning to get to two-day a week water in the summer, uh, based on some
- This programs I see funding for new technologies and innovation across all industry sectors.
- HB 1268 creates the Texas Technology Innovation Program, TTIP housed within the office.
- I, I don't, I don't believe that this would be a program. That would be cut.
Bills:
HB 186
Keywords:
public funds, lobbying activities, political subdivisions, government expenditure, transparency, local government, political subdivision, county, city, municipality, special district, taxpayer-funded lobbying, lobbying restriction, registered lobbyist, government association, county association dues, Texas Legislature, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, Chapter 556