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ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Workforce Development Apr 10th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Workforce Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • I hope that was a sigh of contentment. Well, you ought to know better than that. Good morning.
  • And then on number six is the committee dissolves at the end of the rewrite of the licensing standards
  • I think that's kind of a new idea. That's cool.
  • I think if I don't take words out of Senator Hogan's...
  • And because we've never done either of them, this is a learning process. Okay, cool.
Bills: HB1119
Summary: The Workforce Development Committee reconvened to consider House Bill 1119 with amendment version 02005. Senator Hogan explained that the amendment removed a section requiring the Department of Human Services to respond to legislative management, in order to make the bill feel more like a program evaluation than an audit and to avoid placing an unreasonable burden on the executive branch. The amendment also clarified that the Child Care Advisory Committee would provide an update and that the committee would dissolve after the rewrite of licensing standards, making it a time-limited body. Committee members discussed the bill as a novel approach to forming a group to study an issue and then disbanding after reporting back. Senator Larson noted the concept was similar to broader performance-review ideas, and Senator Hogan said the Legislative Council program evaluation effort was parallel to, but separate from, other performance-review proposals. The committee then voted 4-0-1 to adopt the amendment. Afterward, the committee moved to give House Bill 1119, as amended, a do pass recommendation. That motion also passed on a roll call vote, and the committee adjourned.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Feb 10th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Banking, Financial Services and Pensions

Transcript Highlights:
  • OK, let's just kind of work down the agenda of holding the committee members' bills till the very end
  • to be part of a hedge fund.
  • or some lifetime consideration of some kind of lifetime income as part of the DC plan, so that it becomes
  • One of those is the assignment for the benefit of creditors.
  • A lot of A lot of people, particularly older people, get to know their bank tellers.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that the process of getting a certification coming from another state, we're moving that out.
  • And uh this is one of another one of our military bills that, of course, you know, passed the Senate
  • questions of the sponsor? questions of the sponsor?
  • of our men and women service. of our men and women service.
  • The purpose of that is a lot of time for example.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Fri Feb 6, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I first want to say that we share the community, this committee's shared values of public trust and
  • that is worthy of the public's trust.<00:47:16.720> So<00:47:16.880> I<00:47:17.200>
  • Chair recommends to define U or T visa certification as a certification of a form required by federal
  • <01:55:02.800> a certification as a certification of a certification as a certification of
  • the certifying agency to issue non-immigrant status certifications on behalf of that agency or to a
Summary: The committee opened testimony on House Bill 1838, relating to visas. Testifiers from the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the legal clinic, the Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the ACLU, CARES, and immigrant-rights groups strongly supported the bill, saying it would bring Hawaii into compliance with federal law, standardize and speed up certification for U and T visa applicants, and better protect survivors of crime and trafficking. Supporters emphasized that delays in certification can leave eligible survivors waiting years for federal visa access and can undermine public safety by discouraging victims from reporting crimes. The chair announced there were 103 testimonies in support and one in opposition, and the committee then moved on without taking a vote on the bill in the hearing. The committee next heard House Bill 1870, concerning protected locations and immigration enforcement. Testimony from the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, ACLU of Hawaii, educators, students, and community advocates supported limiting immigration enforcement at schools and other essential-service sites, arguing that families should be able to access education, health care, shelters, libraries, and social services without fear. The Department of Education said it had already issued guidance in March 2025 for how staff should respond when law enforcement comes onto campus, and the Public Charter School Commission noted implementation would need to occur at the school level. Testifiers said the bill would create standardized protocols and protect students and families from fear and disruption; the chair reported 142 testimonies in support, one in opposition, and five comments. The committee then took up House Bill 2445, relating to student safety and law enforcement on campus. The Department of Education again said it had already rolled out statewide guidance and described its process for staff to notify administration, verify law enforcement identification and purpose, and route matters through the complex area superintendent and attorney general, while noting emergencies would be handled differently. A committee member questioned whether the procedures were sufficiently standardized and whether staff were trained for unusual situations. Student and community testifiers supported the bill, saying schools should remain safe havens and that clear procedures are needed if federal immigration enforcement appears on campus. The Department of Law Enforcement testified in opposition to parts of the measure, raising concerns about masking requirements, vehicle markings, officer safety, doxxing, retaliation, costs, and possible supremacy-clause conflicts, and suggested more exemptions and a compromise approach. The chair reported 106 testimonies in support, two comments, and no opposition for the bill before moving on to the next measure.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 23rd, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now made to some of the some of my. Now made to get a bit. D. Made. Am get a bit.
  • He's won tons of awards. We are so proud of him and the program that he has built at Deer Creek.
  • These are some of the most outstanding students, some of the broadest young minds. Around.
  • Clear of the bill to be advanced.
  • That concludes explanation of House Bill 3622. With any questions of the bill?
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Administration Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026

Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • but kind of similar.
  • Really, the Venn diagram of obstruction of justice, obstruction of firefighting—most of this conduct
  • The definition of marked... ...members of the committee suggesting these amendments.
  • definition of a remain within 25 feet, coupled with the lack of clarity in terms of the warning, fully
  • of the section.
Bills: SB231
Summary: The House Administration Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 231, which would extend the existing 6% salary supplement for school-based mental health professionals with advanced credentials to school social workers who hold licensed clinical social worker credentials and have passed the national exam. The bill sponsor and multiple witnesses described school social workers as essential to student mental health, crisis response, attendance, and family support, and argued the measure corrects an oversight and inequity in the current salary supplement structure. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted to release the bill. The committee then heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 212, a constitutional amendment to protect the rights to hunt, fish, and trap. Supporters, including sportsmen’s groups and individual residents, said the amendment would preserve longstanding traditions, support wildlife management, and guard against future threats to hunting and trapping. An opposing witness argued there was no current threat in Delaware and said the Constitution should not be used to protect trapping or elevate hunting and trapping over other wildlife management approaches. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to release the substitute bill. Finally, the committee took up Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Response Act, which would create a 25-foot buffer around first responders at emergency scenes after warning, with misdemeanor penalties for knowingly entering or remaining in the zone to interfere with duties. Supporters said the bill would protect police, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics from interference, while opponents from the ACLU and the Office of Defense Services raised concerns about vague terms, potential First Amendment impacts, enforcement clarity, and jurisdictional issues. Committee members also questioned how the buffer would be marked and enforced. The sponsor and staff said they would continue working on the language, and the committee voted to release the bill.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, we could all do a lot of that for sure. I do have... I don't know. We're starting to launch.
  • And this meeting of the Children and Senior Advocacy Committee is open for business.
  • I was going to be brief in the interest of time.
  • We've got a great child advocacy center in Mobile, but I've never heard of the Alabama Network of Children's
  • I'm not sure about the makeup of the board.
Bills: HB493
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Apr 8th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, all right, members, first of all, thank you all for being part of this subgroup.
  • kids. of the rights of those kids.
  • Um, so we would object to any sort of... object to any sort of...
  • of it may not.
  • the report of abuse or neglect: The full name and date of birth of the child who is the subject of the
Bills: HB493
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 2ND REVISED Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The letter is to indicate whether a teacher was the Subject of an allegation of inappropriate behavior
  • of the constituents that we represent.
  • What we're trying to do is people who move in from out of state, as again, specifically some of our military
  • So, if you're giving us your word that we're not going to fund a bunch of out-of-state institutions,
  • Iar of the bill to have passed.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • There would also be this requirement of a certificate of composition that would allow the MDA staff to
  • <01:17:21.920> of<01:17:22.480> composition<01:17:23.280> for certificate of composition
  • Under, I believe, the language of this bill, they would be required to submit a certificate of composition
  • uh certificate of composition which uh certificate of composition which uh again<01:22:09.040>
  • 23:06.320> composition about that certificate of composition about that certificate of composition
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Feb 10th, 2026

Education Pre-K - 12

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, Vice Chair, members of the committee.
  • Education has the authority to adopt rules rather than the Department of Education.
  • I did sort of want to comment, and I was involved, and I think a lot of us were, about changing some
  • It authorizes a stipend of up to $3,000 and a highly effective evaluation.
  • Well, we've reached the end of the road.
Bills: S0182, S1318, S1690
Summary: The Senate Education Pre-K through 12 Committee considered three bills and reported all of them favorably. SB 1318 by Senator Rodriguez made a technical clarification to the Florida tax credit scholarship program so that when a scholarship account is closed, any remaining funds revert but do not revert to the state. The bill was taken up without debate and passed on a favorable roll call vote. The committee then heard CS for SB 1690 by Senator Calatayud on child care and early learning services. The bill updates child care laws, improves transparency and accountability, clarifies terminology, and aims to avoid over-regulating before- and after-school programs. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying rulemaking authority, shifting it to the State Board of Education. Senator Berman questioned a provision related to information on leaving children in vehicles, and Senator Calatayud said she would follow up. The committee then voted the bill favorably. Finally, the committee considered CS for SB 182 by Senator Jones on school teacher training and mentoring programs. A strike-all amendment aligned the bill with the House companion, limited mentor placements to D- and F-rated schools, expanded participation to districts and charter schools, tightened mentor qualifications, authorized stipends up to $3,000, and allowed use of educational enrichment funds. The amendment was adopted, supportive appearance forms were waived in, and the bill was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, members recognized committee staff and applauded Kathy Missouri for her last committee meeting, and senators later recorded additional affirmative votes before adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The terror of that day has changed him in many ways. He now struggles to trust adults.
  • He would not trust any of us. He believes adults let it happen, and that we failed him.
  • <00:04:22.160> He He would not trust any of us. He He would not trust any of us.
  • These are the root sources of trust.
  • We're required to trust that these entities put the well-being of patients and not corporate business
Bills: HF3668, HF2779, HF2771
Summary: The House Finance and Policy Committee met on March 2 with a quorum present and heard House File 3668, which would create a state Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The bill author argued the office would treat gun violence as a public health crisis, improve research and coordination, and help reduce deaths and trauma, especially among children. Several supporters testified, including representatives from the Minnesota Medical Association, Protect Minnesota, family medicine, public health, and obstetrics/gynecology, all emphasizing firearm injury and suicide as major public health problems and urging a coordinated, data-driven response. Multiple testifiers shared personal accounts of shootings and their effects on children and families, including the Annunciation shooting, and said the office could help align prevention efforts across health care, law enforcement, and community organizations. Opposition came from the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, which argued the bill would create a permanent taxpayer-funded bureaucracy that could be used to shape firearm policy and restrict a constitutional right. The group said Minnesota should focus instead on enforcing existing laws, prosecuting violent offenders, and providing direct victim services. During committee discussion, Vice Chair Nadeau offered an A2 amendment to move the proposed office from the Department of Health to the Department of Public Safety, citing data-sharing, accountability, and examples from other cities and states; after discussion with the bill author, he withdrew the amendment. Chair Becker then noted existing state and local spending on violence prevention and public safety programs and raised concerns about duplication of effort.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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  • We stand in support of behalf of HMSA.
  • reality of of the chances of reality of of the chances of infertility.<00:11:45.760> Um<00
  • School<00:25:51.039> of on behalf of the John Aurn School of on behalf of the John Aurn
  • > in bring kind of a base level of funding in bring kind of a base level of funding in addition
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several health-related bills. HB 1864, which would require health insurance coverage for standard fertility preservation services for people undergoing medically necessary treatment, drew broad support from SHIPA, the Department of Health, HMSA, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, and others. Testifiers emphasized that fertility preservation is routine coverage on the mainland and important for patients facing infertility from cancer or other treatment; one patient described incurring more than $20,000 in costs. The Insurance Division flagged possible Affordable Care Act issues, a potential conflict in the bill’s language about using patient history to determine limits, and a mismatch with state medical-necessity standards. Committee discussion also focused on whether the bill should apply to all women of childbearing age rather than a narrower age-based category. HB 2305 would require nutrition and metabolic education as part of physicians’ continuing medical education. The Hawaii Medical Board opposed the measure, arguing that CME should remain flexible and tailored to each physician’s specialty and warning that topic-specific mandates can expand over time. The Office of the Governor supported the bill, saying it would help the state’s rural health transformation application and could improve federal funding prospects, though the exact impact was unclear. Members questioned whether nutrition is already covered in medical training and whether the requirement should be limited to primary care physicians; the board said Hawaii currently has no topic-specific CME mandates and that physicians can already choose relevant courses. The committee also heard strong support for HB 1597, which would establish an Alzheimer’s disease research center at the University of Hawaii. Supporters from the university, the Alzheimer’s Association, AARP, and others said the center could attract federal research dollars, expand clinical trials, and help address the state’s high Alzheimer’s-related health costs. HB 2159, which appropriates funds for health care workforce development, also received broad support from the University of Hawaii, health systems, and advocacy groups, with no opposition noted. Finally, HB 2121, which would prohibit the sale and distribution of disposable electronic smoking devices, drew support from the Department of Health, youth advocates, and public health groups citing youth addiction, environmental waste, and fire hazards; the department said a separate bill, HB 1573, would be more comprehensive and better defined for enforcement and penalties. The committee ended with HB 1913, creating a veteran services mental health coordinator position at Tripler Army Medical Center, which was supported by veteran services officials and others who said veterans need better navigation and coordination for behavioral health care.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • consolidation upon receipt of a petition signed by at least 2% of the number of qualified electors who
  • Upon receipt of a petition signed by at least 2% of the number of qualified electors who reside in each
  • One year of tuition equals one year of service.
  • rates with the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each house of the legislature
  • Of course.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee heard and advanced a series of education-related bills and resolutions. SB 1572 would require public schools to observe Celebrate Freedom Week and provide civics instruction, including a Declaration of Independence recitation unless exempt; supporters said it would strengthen civics education, while opponents argued schools already provide similar instruction. It passed 3-2. SB 1798, as amended, would require each high school to designate a FAFSA point of contact and implement FAFSA awareness efforts; the Arizona Board of Regents supported it, while some members raised concerns about imposing mandates on charter schools. It passed 5-1 as amended. The committee also passed SB 1711, which directs the State Board of Education to develop and post age-appropriate resources on recognizing and preventing inappropriate contact, with supporters emphasizing prevention and opponents warning about conflicts with Arizona’s sex-education rules. SB 1004, as amended, would exempt certain student groups from chronic-absence consequences under a new attendance policy, and SB 1507, as amended, would require consolidation of certain small school districts in receivership, with added provisions on assets, elections, and CTED participation; both passed unanimously or near-unanimously. SB 1497, as amended, would require school districts with self-insurance programs and at least 300 employees to seek competitive quotes every three years and provide detailed claims and enrollment data; it passed 5-0. Later, SB 1424 would require annual age-appropriate firearm safety awareness instruction in public schools, limited to accident prevention and without live firearms or handling demonstrations; supporters framed it as basic safety, while some members objected to charter-school mandates. It passed 4-2. SB 1684 would create a cause of action against public schools for failing to address bullying after prior reports if a student suffers serious physical injury; opponents said existing law already covers such conduct and warned of litigation costs, but it still passed 4-2. SB 1741 would require schools to allow parent-consented release-time religious instruction and award academic credit under secular criteria; critics raised constitutional and instructional-time concerns, and it passed 4-2. SB 1754 would improve complaint handling for students with disabilities by requiring a designated helper and annual reporting on special education complaints, and it passed 6-0. SB 1763 would streamline handling of small instructional grants and set an August 15 deadline for annual financial report formats; it passed 6-0. Finally, the committee advanced SCR 1012, SCR 1041, and SCR 1051, which would expand Arizona Teachers Academy eligibility for community college students and place teacher pay and permanent school fund distribution measures before voters; each resolution passed on party-line or near-party-line votes. The committee then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The voluntary certification program teaches applicators how to use the right amount of product at the
  • ><00:05:06.639> details of outlined a lot of the um the details of outlined a lot of the um the
  • the pound of product. the pound of product.
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  • hundreds of years in some thousands of hundreds of years in some thousands of years<01:00:47.760
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the school trust lands division within the Department of Resource Management.
  • Currently today, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has in tribal trust status 45,753 acres, or 7.35% of our
  • trust parcels within the boundaries of our reservation.
  • This bill is in the best interest of the school trust.
  • as we heard in the Presentation: 1.5 percent coming out of the trust on top of the current draw.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • the<00:46:44.560> the of School Trust support the the of School Trust support the the proposal
  • of the school trust lands division within the Department of Resource Management.
  • This bill is in the best interest of the school trust.
  • <00:56:21.599> trust encroachment or in the case of trust encroachment or in the case of trust
  • And now the trust has kinds of numbers.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/17/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill does a lot of good things for a lot of people for a relatively small amount of money in terms
  • opposition both from members of my side of the aisle but also from a lot of stakeholders as well.
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  • <00:18:29.960> output 15 to 20% of our of our economic output 15 to 20% of our of our economic
  • <00:36:43.800> state quarter of 1% of the overall state quarter of 1% of the overall state
Bills: HF1704, HF1722