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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Whereas Colin and Sophie Hortman shared how to honor their parents: plant a tree, visit a local
- Melissa said that her parents, in particular Linda, instilled in her the principle that to whom much
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in Melissa said that her parents, in Melissa said that her parents, in particular - The best way to honor our<00:39:46.000>
parents <00:39:46.960>is <00:39:47.280>to - Her parents will have paid family medical leave.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:35 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- It is our goal as we expand to provide that service to every parent in every county across the state,
- And then each parent in the case gets their own attorney by statute. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- how to gain the things that they need to be able to be good parents Thank you, Madam Chair.
- So, the interdisciplinary legal teams are only assigned to parents.
- So, a parent in a case gets the team.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Dec 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- He's looking at all kids in foster care, which can include kids who are in their home with the parents
- And so sometimes there's a near fatality and sometimes it's not in regard to the parent.
- But we would have to show that the parents had some culpability in regard to the situation that happened
- I see a lot of this used in retaliation by parents who are going through divorce proceedings or parenting
- I see a lot of this used in retaliation by parents who are going through divorce proceedings or parenting
Summary:
The committee heard a lengthy update on Washington child welfare from Casey Family Programs and DCYF. Dr. David Sanders said Washington has sharply reduced out-of-home care and increased kinship placements, but he flagged concerns about low screening-in rates, long stays in foster care for many children, and a recent rise in repeat maltreatment and child fatalities, especially among infants. He urged more focus on infants and young children, better coordination among child protection, health care, and law enforcement, and more proactive review and investigation practices. Members asked for disaggregated data on children lingering in care, fatalities, and causes such as fentanyl exposure. DCYF said it has increased relative placements and guardianships, but also reported a concerning rise in 2025 critical incidents, mostly near-fatalities involving children age three and under, many opioid-related. The department described responses including safe child consults for opioid cases, more training, hotspot analysis, and proposed investments in peer support, public health nurses, community referrals, and an updated safety framework. Members also discussed whether a broader commission on child abuse prevention would be useful, and DCYF said it was open to that idea.
The committee then received a DSHS reorganization update from Secretary Angela Ramirez, who described the “Reimagined” plan to consolidate four administrations into three new ones, with the stated goals of reducing silos, improving customer experience, and making transitions between services smoother. She said the agency is seeking statutory changes and CMS approval to align the new structure, and members asked about preparing for federal HR1 impacts, especially SNAP. Ramirez said DSHS is monitoring those impacts closely and emphasized the need for accurate data and cross-agency coordination.
Finally, DSHS’s Behavioral Health and Habilitation Administration updated the committee on residential habilitation centers and implementation of Substitute Senate Bill 5393, which phases out Rainier School by June 30, 2027 and limits new admissions. Officials reported current census and staffing levels at the state’s RHCs, said Rainier has had some residents transition to supported living or adult family homes, and explained that emergency and permanent rulemaking was needed to implement the law. They also said Rainier was recently cited by federal surveyors for not meeting the active treatment requirement for two residents, and that the facility has 90 days to return to compliance before possible payment penalties or further remedies. Members pressed for details on the citation, the meaning of active treatment, the assessment process for admissions, and whether Rainier could be repurposed for other services; DSHS said it is working on corrective action and will follow up in writing.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (03/24/2026)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- There's a limited amount of attorneys who have agreed to represent parents.
- Now, there's another represent parents.
- But having parents...
- The parents have lost their parental rights.
- their<02:17:44.800>
parental The parents have lost their parental The parents have lost their
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The trauma of taking a child away from a parent so a parent can get treatment is traumatizing.
- Yes, we have a parenting educator.
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get <00:28:11.120>treatment <00:28:11.640>is parent so a parent can - get treatment is parent so a parent can get treatment is traumatizing<00:28:12.760>
anytime <00 - c> department of what we call parenting department of what we call parenting coaches<00:30:56.760>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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provides and parenting leave uh provides and parenting leave uh provides employees<00 - But then also parenting leave rights.
- Uh supporting pregnant and new parents Uh supporting pregnant and new parents in<00:58:46.319>
- parent, will also have ability to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave. >> Okay.
- parent, will also have ability to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave. >> Okay.
Keywords:
unemployment insurance, judicial officials, paid leave, economic development, worker protections, workforce development, unemployment benefits, youth training, grants, job creation, grant funding, revolving loan, underserved communities, disadvantaged groups, electrical licensing, installation, Class A installer, regulations, labor and industry, 1183
Summary:
The committee first adopted the minutes from February 26 and then heard House File 2581, authored by Representative Frazier, which sought $1 million for Fortis Capital, a nonprofit economic development lender. Frazier and Fortis CEO Brian Smith described Fortis as a gap-financing lender that helps underserved entrepreneurs who cannot meet traditional bank underwriting standards. They said the organization has made 37 loans totaling more than $4 million since 2021, leveraged another $29.5 million, and created 314 jobs. Smith said Fortis typically charges around 6.5% interest, has had two defaults, and uses a revolving loan fund model that recycles repayments; members discussed how the proposal fits with other state economic development programs and whether Fortis should instead be part of a competitive grant process. The chair laid HF 2581 over for possible inclusion in a budget bill.
The committee then heard House File 3707, brought by Representative Berg, which would extend confidentiality protections to unemployment insurance and paid leave judges and related staff by adding them to the definition of judges for purposes of protecting personal information. Berg and testifiers from the Department of Economic Development and MAPE said the bill responds to harassment and safety concerns, including threats, doxxing, and an attack near an office, and is intended to protect people making sensitive determinations. MAPE supported the bill as an update to existing protections for similar workers.
Members raised concerns that the bill’s language was too broad, especially the reference to the paid leave division, and questioned whether it should cover only judges or also call-center and other staff. Department and committee members agreed the language likely needed narrowing and discussed possible amendments and whether to move the bill to Judiciary and then revisit it. No final vote was taken on HF 3707 during the discussion, and the bill remained under consideration for further language work.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 1137 by Leo Wilson relating to a handbook on parental.
- Relating to the neglect of a child and the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship and
- Assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain parents, referred
- certain political subdivisions. of portions of that market value of the resident homestead or the parent
- or guardian or person who is disabled or who resides within the homestead or parent or guardian.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:32 pm
House Commerce & Economic Development Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We do recognize that children do need to be protected, but we also recognize that parents need to help
- I know in other avenues we depend on the parents.
- But I don't really believe, I think that that is my responsibility as a parent and a grandparent.
- Is there any way to increase the penalty and maybe even increase the penalty on a parent that allows
- I believe that it's parents, it's other children.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jul 10th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It gave her the peace of mind that every parent deserves, that her child was in good hands, learning
- The children and working parents of California respectfully ask for your I vote on AJR 12 today.
- Thank goodness the parents are there and their children are thriving.
- We also know that Head Start, Pre-Ks, and T-Ks are the foundation for their parents to be involved in
- They're the training grounds for parents to become familiar.
Summary:
The Assembly met with a quorum present after a roll call and prayer, then proceeded through routine journal, procedural, and guest-introduction business. Members recognized several guests, including local district officials, Japanese business leaders, and students/interns, and the chamber also observed remarks about the Texas flooding tragedy during the prayer. The body then moved through the daily file, including second-reading items and concurrence votes on AB 390, which expands the slow-down/move-over law to stationary vehicles, and AB 1478, which allows retailers to absorb mattress recycling fees; both measures had Senate amendments concurred in by recorded vote.
The Assembly adopted AJR 12, a bipartisan resolution recognizing Head Start Month and urging Congress and the President to protect and increase Head Start funding. Multiple members spoke in support, emphasizing the program’s role in early education, health, nutrition, and family support, especially in rural and low-income communities; the resolution received 70 ayes and no noes after 69 co-authors were added. The chamber also adopted ACR 96, designating a portion of Highway 101 in Humboldt County as the Patty Berg Memorial Highway, and SCR 50, which calls for state review of climate adaptation and maladaptation criteria to improve climate resilience planning; both measures passed without opposition.
On the consent calendar, the Assembly added co-authors to ACR 81 and adopted the second-day consent calendar and remaining consent items, all by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The body also approved a motion to return AB 529 from engrossing and enrolling to the Senate for further action. The session concluded with numerous adjournment-in-memory tributes, most notably for Rincon Tribal Council Chairman Bo Mazzetti and former legislative secretary George Steffes, followed by a moment of silence for each and adjournment until Monday, July 14 at 1 p.m.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- IF IT'S NOT FAMILIAR TRAFFICKING, THEY MAY NOT HAVE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PARENTS, NECESSARILY.
- THEY DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY LEAVE THEIR PARENTS OR THE RELATIVE THAT THEY ALREADY LIVE WITH.
- WE KNOW MOST ARE COMING FROM CHILDREN LIVING WITH THEIR PARENTS AND A HOME.
- CAN THEY RETURN IF THEY CAN GO HOME SAFELY TO THEIR PARENT OR ANOTHER CAREGIVER?
- ANOTHER LEAD AGENCY INCREASED REIMBURSEMENT RATES TO FOSTER PARENTS CARING FOR CSE YOUTH.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill to ban semiautomatic military-style assault weapons 2/24/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Parents in our community don't sleep all the way through the night anymore.
- uh especially again to uh the parents uh especially again to uh the parents and<00:06:22.639>
- It's not a parent when their child dies.
- Each of them crying out for their parents.
- go through what these parents who have testified today have gone through.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 3433 and House File 3402 together, both aimed at restricting assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. The bill authors described the measures as bans on the sale and possession of enumerated military-style semi-automatic weapons and magazines over 10 rounds, while allowing current owners to keep firearms through a BCA certification process. They framed the bills as a response to the Annunciation School shooting and broader gun violence, emphasizing public support and the need to act to protect children and communities.
Testimony in support came from Annunciation families and a Hennepin Healthcare emergency physician. Survivors and family members described the shooting’s aftermath in personal detail, including the death of children, severe injuries, long-term trauma, and ongoing medical treatment. They argued that the type of weapon mattered because it increased the speed and severity of the attack, and that limiting access to these weapons could slow future mass shootings and save lives. The physician said the injuries he treated showed how high-velocity rifles cause far greater tissue damage and urged swift action to limit access.
Opposition testimony came from the Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center and the NRA. They argued the bills would not have prevented the Annunciation shooting, contended that the 1994 federal assault weapons ban did not reduce crime, and said the legislation would likely face constitutional challenges because the firearms and magazines are in common use and protected by the Second Amendment. They also raised concerns about the bill’s grandfathering, registration, renewal, inspection, storage, and ammunition restrictions, and suggested lawmakers should instead focus on mental health intervention and other upstream causes of violence. The hearing ended with the committee moving into member discussion; no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Parents, grandparents, taxpayers.
- It gives parents, not bureaucrats, not<01:29:44.880>
unions, <01:29:45.600>parents, <01: - <02:09:07.119>
We between the provider and parent. We between the provider and parent. - It does not give more parental choice. It does not give more parental choice.
- Parents, and Mr.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/24/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
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- <00:25:10.520>
were find out, well, your parents were find out, well, your parents were evicted - were evicted and that eviction parents were evicted and that eviction keeps<00:25:35.600>
showing - or adult tenants who they may parents or adult tenants who they may have<00:26:18.240>
lived < - But the process is that if the parent is being evicted, the child or the caretaker is being evicted,
- Their parents were put on an eviction action along with them. Much earlier date.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children.(3-10-26)
Families & Children
Transcript Highlights:
- It gives more access and options for parents.
- <00:04:22.400>
to <00:04:22.440>make parents. - Parents must be able to make parents.
- <00:04:32.120>
by and create more options for parents by and create more options for parents - childhood providers are also parents. childhood providers are also parents.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Modifying when firearms are permitted on school property 2/25/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's part of the parents, the board, and the administrators to do this.
- Does this ban a parent who has a carry permit to be able to defend these children?
- It's part of the parents, the board, and the administrators to do this.
- Does this ban a parent who has a carry permit to be able to defend these children?
- Uh does that may be parents of students?
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Legislative Task Force on Child Protection 8/13/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- recommending is uh parenting is hard. recommending is uh parenting is hard.
- children uh because sometimes parents children uh because sometimes parents just<00:21:12.480>
- The parent support outreach program. The parent support outreach program.
- interviewing parents and providers. interviewing parents and providers.
- So parents and families served.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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at <02:09:12.159>the parents escaped brutal oppression at the parents - Colorado, uh, the author of the parental Colorado, uh, the author of the parental proxy<02:48:47.600
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have that I was in and so many parents have that I was in and so many parents - allow new parents to vote by proxy. allow new parents to vote by proxy.
- It's also about making a new parents.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Sep 12th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a very special women's program, or the parent family's mother.
- But what if every child's champion was their parent? And that's what we do.
- The parents had to seek an alternate pre-K program.
- In January, we have a parent advocacy leadership...
- When we have our parent power hours every month, it's just so amazing.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Parents are entitled to a second opinion if a group of doctors who call themselves experts—child abuse
- experts—are actually expert in nothing except trapping parents when parents become dissatisfied and
- They circle the wagons, they seize the child, and sometimes parents never see their children again.
- Kids are being unrightfully taken from their parents. That should not be so. With that, I vote aye.
- This is something that is very disturbing in regards to having the parents' rights being violated.
Summary:
The House Committee on Government was called to order with member and staff introductions, followed by a reminder of committee rules and amendment deadlines. Chair Blackman also gave an opening statement framing the committee’s work as legislative oversight focused on child safety, transparency, and systemic issues at the Department of Child Safety (DCS), noting the committee may hold additional hearings and use subpoenas if needed.
The committee then heard a presentation from the Arizona Auditor General on a special audit of DCS investigations of non-criminal child abuse and neglect reports. The audit found that while DCS generally met initial contact timeframes, 123 of 125 sampled cases had at least one policy violation. Problems included failures to provide or document required notices to alleged perpetrators, incomplete or missing documentation of key investigative steps and safety plans, and investigations that exceeded statutory or policy timeframes. The Auditor General said DCS agreed with the findings and all 15 recommendations, and members asked questions about sample size, staffing, and whether the issues reflected broader systemic problems.
After the audit, the committee considered House Bill 262, which authorizes a Buffalo Soldiers memorial in Wesley Boland Plaza. Supporters testified about the historical significance of the Buffalo Soldiers and the importance of recognizing their contributions in Arizona. The bill passed unanimously, 7-0, with members explaining their votes in support.
The committee also heard House Bill 2018, which would prohibit DCS from entering into agreements with health care institutions that allow payment in exchange for reports of child abuse or neglect. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill would prevent financial incentives from influencing reporting and protect the integrity of mandatory reporting. Some members and public commenters raised concerns about DCS contracts, hospital reporting practices, and the need for documentation or a paper trail. After a recess and further discussion, HB 2018 was returned with a do pass recommendation by a 4-3 vote.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 8, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- And it is important for students, parents and educators to understand these options, which included 24
- planning their courses accordingly, looking at all available pathways and also, for importantly, parents
- In terms of students that up, her parents have looked at school choice options such as I think you may
- an opportunity to ensure that across our our great state that we're sharing with school districts, parents
- My question to you and act on what you could help me with it is that data for those parents who have