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NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Education Funding (01/24/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • our department our uh assistance our department our uh nutrition<02:22:36.479><c> program</c><02:22:
  • In fact, if you have a really wealthy family, they'll try to get you for more donations on top of tuition
  • It's not just because the Roman Catholic parochial schools charge lower tuition than most other private
  • to get you for more donations on top try to get you for more donations on top of<03:41:30.600><c> tuition
  • but it's a familiesal funds of tuition but it's a familiesal funds and<03:41:32.199><c> then</c><03:
Summary: The committee first heard HB 295, which would make school building aid funds non-lapsing/non-APS. Representative Cahill said the bill was intended to keep any unused building aid money available for future projects, potentially helping move projects up the priority list or provide a little more funding for school construction. Members asked about how much money has lapsed in past years, whether the education trust fund and building aid are separate, and whether any lapsing dollars could be used to pay down debt. Department of Education official Jim Carney said about $29.1 million would be available if building aid is funded to the $50 million maximum in FY26, confirmed that the fund currently lapses, and said the department would gather historical lapse data. Committee members also discussed whether a dedicated fund structure could achieve the same goal, and the chair noted that the education trust fund statute includes school building aid as one of its uses. No vote was taken; the hearing was closed and the committee said it would later hold a work session after receiving more information. The committee then took up HB 237, introduced by Representative Dan McGuire, which would prohibit the use of special education state funds and differentiated aid for students not receiving special education services. The New Hampshire School Boards Association, through Becky Wilson, opposed the bill as written, saying it was unclear, potentially unnecessary, and difficult to implement because adequacy and differentiated aid are distributed as part of a districtwide lump sum rather than as student-specific dollars. She explained that special education costs are embedded across district budgets, including staffing, training, transportation, and instruction, and that some staff and services benefit both special education and general education students. Wilson also said differentiated aid is not tied to a specific pupil and is used at the district’s discretion, though it is intended to support students with greater needs. Committee members pressed on whether the bill would require districts to track money by individual student, whether it could conflict with federal special education law, and whether it would affect least restrictive environment requirements. Wilson said making the funds student-specific could create privacy and accounting problems and could make it difficult to staff inclusive classrooms, though she did not give a definitive legal opinion on federal compliance. She agreed that students who are not eligible for special education would not be included in the separate catastrophic/special education aid reimbursement program. The discussion continued into the second section of the bill, with members exploring how adequacy aid and differentiated aid are used in practice, but no action was taken during the portion provided.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 04/23/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • people and the public that those parents who choose not to use the public schools, but choose to pay tuition
  • people and the public that those parents who choose not to use the public schools, but choose to pay tuition
  • people and the public that those parents who choose not to use the public schools, but choose to pay tuition
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  • </c> We have dollars in this bill to assist We have dollars in this bill to assist with<00:42:08.480>
Committee: Senate Taxes
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 03/11/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • , food assistance, rides, rent assistance, food assistance, rides, helping<02:22:39.960><c> people</c
  • or aid rental assistance was assistance or aid rental assistance was put<03:29:36.280><c> out</c><03
  • . assistance. assistance.
  • program after assistant on assistant program after assistant program<03:38:17.680><c> after</c><03:38
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health Committee Apr 22nd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Assistant, please call the roll. Senators Weber-Person: Aye. Caballero: Aye. Daro: Aye.
  • Assistant, please call the roll. Senators Weber-Person, aye. Valaderas, aye. Caballero, aye.
  • Assistant, please call the roll on the consent calendar.
  • Vice Chair, assistant, please call the roll on the consent calendar.
  • Assistant, please call the roll. Senator Weber-Person? Aye. Weber-Person, aye. Valaderes.
Summary: The committee heard several health-related bills, beginning with SB 1124, which would require the California Department of Public Health to create and post lung cancer screening eligibility signage at tobacco point-of-sale locations. The author and supporters said the bill is intended to raise awareness of a screening that many eligible Californians do not know exists; retailers raised concerns about signage size, distribution, and notice to stores. The bill was presented while the committee lacked quorum, so no vote was taken at that time. Members then heard SB 1150, which would require clearer patient notice when cancer cases are reported to the California Cancer Registry. The author and committee chair emphasized patient awareness and privacy, while registry and university stakeholders said they appreciated the amendments and would continue working on the language. SB 1400 followed, proposing changes to Alameda Health System governance to give Alameda County more flexibility and direct oversight; county and labor supporters said the current structure is too rigid for today’s health care environment, and no opposition was heard. The committee also heard SB 1094, which would expand substitution of biosimilars and generics to lower prescription drug costs. Supporters, including health plans and Sharp Health Care, said the bill would reduce premiums and out-of-pocket costs, while opponents from biotechnology and rheumatology groups raised concerns about pharmacist substitution, patient switching, and therapeutic equivalence. After quorum was established, SB 1094 passed 6-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations. The committee then heard SB 1314, which would create a statewide definition for smoke shops, impose a 600-foot buffer from sensitive sites, and restrict nitrous oxide sales; it drew broad support from local government, pediatric, and law enforcement groups and passed 6-0 on call. SB 1309, which would eliminate cost-sharing for medically appropriate lung cancer screening follow-up care, also passed 7-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations after testimony from clinicians, advocates, and insurers. Finally, SB 1199 was introduced to ban copay accumulators, with the sponsor and author arguing it would ensure patient assistance counts toward out-of-pocket maximums and improve medication access.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health Committee Apr 22nd, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Assistant, please call the roll. Senators Weber Pierson, aye. Caballero, aye. Durazo, aye.
  • Assistant please call the roll. Senators Weber-Person. Aye. Weber-Person, aye. Valaderas.
  • Assistant, please call the roll on the consent calendar.
  • Assistant, please call the roll on the consent calendar.
  • Starting with the consent calendar, assistant please call the absent members.
Committee: Senate Health
Summary: The committee heard several health-related bills, beginning with SB 1124 on lung cancer screening awareness. The author and supporters said the bill would require CDPH signage about lung cancer screening eligibility at tobacco point-of-sale locations to address low awareness and low screening rates. Support came from medical students, physicians, and the California Academy of Family Physicians, while retailers raised concerns about sign size, retailer notification, and implementation. Committee members generally supported the bill and noted the need to work through those concerns. SB 1150 sought to require clearer patient notice when cancer cases are reported to the California Cancer Registry. The author described the bill as a response to inconsistent notification practices and privacy concerns, and the chair and other members shared personal stories about learning they or family members were in the registry without knowing it. Cancer registry and university stakeholders expressed appreciation for amendments but continued to have concerns or wanted more time to review the language. The bill was discussed as a patient-awareness measure rather than a change to reporting requirements. The committee also heard SB 1400 on Alameda Health System governance, SB 1094 on biosimilar substitution and health plan policies, SB 1314 on smoke shop regulation and nitrous oxide restrictions, and SB 1309 on eliminating cost-sharing for medically necessary follow-up after lung cancer screening. SB 1400 and SB 1314 drew support from local officials, labor, and public health advocates, with members emphasizing youth protection and local oversight. SB 1094 passed after extensive debate over pharmacist substitution authority and notification requirements, with a 6-0 vote and opposition from biotechnology and physician groups. SB 1309 also passed after members discussed the cost of follow-up care and the value of early detection, despite opposition from health plans over premium impacts; it received a 7-0 vote and was placed on call.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health Committee Apr 22nd, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Assistant, please call the roll on the consent calendar. Vice Chair.
  • Assistant, please call the roll on the consent calendar.
  • Assistant, please call the roll. Senator Weber-Pierson? Aye. Weber-Pierson, I.
  • Assistant, please call the roll. Senators Weber-Pierson. Aye. Weber-Pierson, aye.
  • Starting with the consent calendar, assistant please call the absent members.
Committee: Senate Health
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (2-24-26)

Appropriations & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c><00:48:43.119><c> programs</c> administering public assistance programs administering public assistance
  • That's the Public Assistance Reporting Information System.
  • That's the Public Assistance Reporting Information System.
  • That's the Public Assistance Reporting Information System.
Committee: House Appropriations & Revenue
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Department of Transitional Assistance enforces Learn Fair by cutting off cash assistance to students
  • The stated goal of Learn Fair is to ensure... ...their cash assistance grant gets cut.
  • Cutting off cash assistance to families in deep poverty does not help improve attendance.
  • Is this the messaging we want to convey to families on cash assistance?
  • Is this the messaging we want to convey to families on cash assistance?
Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Education
Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held a public hearing on a large slate of bills, with much of the testimony focused on school discipline and student equity. Bills discussed included measures to address inequities in suspension and expulsion, clarify school exclusion rules, reduce discipline for dress and grooming violations, and expand protections related to fair educational practices. Committee members repeatedly reminded witnesses of the two-minute limit and asked for written testimony to supplement oral remarks. A substantial portion of the hearing centered on the RAISE Act and related school discipline bills, including H. 730/S. 376 and H. 731/S. 380. Testifiers from advocacy groups, legal services, and the legislature argued that exclusionary discipline disproportionately affects Black and Latino students, students with disabilities, low-income students, and DCF-involved youth. They said current law is overly broad or unclear in areas such as “assault on educational staff,” indefinite suspensions tied to felony complaints, and definitions of weapons, leading to unnecessary removals from school. Supporters said the bills would add due process, clearer definitions, and better accountability, while one legislator testified in support of the discipline reforms and opposed several other bills on the agenda. The committee also heard testimony on H. 576/S. 368, which would prohibit suspensions and expulsions for dress and grooming violations and require clearer, non-discriminatory dress code policies. Witnesses cited research and personal stories about disproportionate enforcement against Black girls, girls of color, non-binary students, and students wearing religious attire, and said the bill would prevent physical contact used to enforce dress codes. Another major topic was H. 641/S. 349, which would add “special medical status” protections in education; supporters said it would prevent exclusion based on medical decisions or conditions, though members questioned how it would interact with existing disability law and vaccination-related school requirements. The committee also heard testimony on H. 625, which would extend the ban on corporal punishment from public to private schools, with witnesses citing research on harm and disproportionate impact. Additional testimony covered bills on accelerated learning and gifted education, with parents, educators, and advocates saying Massachusetts under-identifies advanced learners and lacks adequate acceleration pathways. A senator also testified for S. 406 on recovery high schools, saying the funding formula should be updated to better support students in recovery. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair closed testimony on several bill groups and noted that written testimony would remain open for a week.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Jan 22nd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • of arts education organizations throughout the state, causing us to have to collect sales tax on tuition
  • In terms of background, the School Construction Assistance Program provides state financial assistance
  • The state provides partial assistance.
  • The School Construction Assistance Program provides state financial assistance on a formula basis to
  • The state provides partial assistance based on formulas, allowances, and costs for certain aspects of
Bills: SB6073 , SB6113 , SB6116 , SB6129 , SB6162 , SB6114 , SB5857
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
Keywords: SB 6073, LEOFF, Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System, retirement system, pension, public safety retirement, wildland firefighter, aviation firefighter, wildland fire, forest firefighter, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, firefighter benefits, retirement benefits, service credit, disability retirement, survivor benefits, employer contributions, Washington RCW, public employees
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Human Services Committee Apr 8th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • youth to support their transition to adulthood, including housing support, education, employment assistance
  • This bill shifts the focus from punishment to partnership, ensuring families receive the assistance they
  • In doing so, the agency restricted when a family can continue to receive assistance in ways that are
  • Californians have made it clear: they need more assistance, not less, to afford groceries.
  • , one year after applying for assistance, she has not received the support she desperately needs.
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard a long agenda of bills focused largely on child welfare, foster care, child care, CalWORKs, mandated reporting, and public benefits. Early items included AB 890, which would ease county transfer rules for nonminor dependents in extended foster care; AB 461, which would replace punitive truancy-related penalties with supportive services for families; and AB 753, which would create an interim associate teacher pathway to help address the child care workforce shortage. Testimony on these bills emphasized barriers faced by foster youth, low-income families, and child care providers, and members expressed support for the general policy direction. The committee also heard AB 926 on foster care visitation, AB 563 on early childhood planning and reporting, AB 601 on standardized mandated reporter training, AB 1074 on CalWORKs reunification aid, AB 822 extending the Commission on the State of Hate, AB 970 creating a Los Angeles County mandated reporter pilot, AB 1161 protecting public benefits during disasters, AB 1172 allowing trained staff to administer emergency seizure medication in community care settings, and AB 363 expanding CalWORKs student supports and work-study. Witnesses generally supported these measures as ways to reduce trauma, improve reunification, modernize reporting and training, and expand access to services. County welfare and child welfare groups, advocacy organizations, and providers largely testified in support, while some bills drew concerns from county representatives about implementation or needed amendments. Several bills were voted out of committee, often unanimously and sometimes as amended, including AB 926, AB 563, AB 601, AB 1074, AB 822, AB 970, AB 1161, and AB 1172; AB 1172 was reported on call. The committee also took up consent items and later voted on subcommittee-held bills AB 461, AB 753, and AB 890, leaving them on call. At the end of the hearing, the committee heard AB 1211, which would protect CalFresh benefits from federal cuts and require a feasibility study on increasing benefits and eligibility; testimony stressed rising food insecurity and the economic importance of food assistance, but the transcript ends before a final vote on that bill.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 05:50 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , SB5467 , SB5820 , SCR8406 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5995 , SB6278 , SB5831 , SB5915 , SB5963 , SB6025 , SB6046 , SB6084 , SB6134 , SB6136 , SB6137 , SB6188 , SB6291 , HB2689 , SB5922 , SB5944 , SB5957 , SB5988 , SB5994 , SB6011 , SB6065 , SB6103 , SB6151 , SB6244
Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, SB 5467, water-sewer district, water sewer district, surplus property, public property sale, local government, RCW 57, real property disposal, personal property, notice of intent to sell, public auction
Summary: The House received several messages from the Senate announcing passage of engrossed or substitute versions of House Bill 2294, House Bill 2472, Senate Bill 606, Senate Bill 6335, engrossed substitute Senate Bill 6266, and engrossed substitute House Bill 3. The chamber then moved through second and third reading on a series of measures, often suspending the rules to advance bills to final passage. A major floor debate centered on Senate Concurrent Resolution 8406, which would reestablish the Joint Select Committee on Civic Health and expand its membership. Amendment 2131, offered to keep the committee at its current size rather than expanding it, was rejected after debate over fiscal restraint, committee scope, and whether the body functioned like a “proxy legislature.” The resolution then passed 83-10. The House also passed engrossed substitute Senate Bill 6200 on portable cooling devices for renters and mobile home occupants, Senate Bill 6084 on clarifying the prohibition on voting in more than one election, second engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5105 on sexually explicit depictions involving minors, and Senate Bill 6046 authorizing the Civil Air Patrol to be used by the governor in emergencies; each drew debate over policy scope, enforcement, and state-federal authority, but all ultimately passed. The House next passed substitute Senate Bill 6054, limiting HOA and common-interest community restrictions that conflict with wildfire-hardening measures; substitute Senate Bill 6091, requiring greater transparency in real estate broker practices; Senate Bill 6291, giving more time to train and certify on-site wastewater inspectors; substitute Senate Bill 6081, creating a Public Records Act exemption for sex designation information to protect transgender people from doxxing and harassment; Senate Bill 5963, automatically enrolling certain vulnerable students in the Washington College Grant; and substitute Senate Bill 6226, addressing audiology scope-of-practice and telemedicine concerns. Most of these bills passed with broad bipartisan support, though some drew dissent over added regulation, privacy, or scope-of-practice issues. The final portion of the transcript focused on Senate Bill 6106, which the Speaker ruled had an out-of-scope amendment related to agricultural seasonal workers; the bill itself passed 75-18 after debate over layoff notices and tribal sovereignty. Substitute Senate Bill 6014, dealing with pregnancy accommodations and related public records issues, saw a failed amendment to replace gender-neutral language with “pregnant woman” and then passed 68-25. The House also debated Senate Bill 5820, with multiple amendments concerning freight rail, greenhouse gas calculations, county planning, property rights, and rail safety; the excerpt ends amid that amendment debate before final action on the bill is shown.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Pro Forma Floor Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 09:55 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Municipal and County Government (02/10/2026)

Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • :05:15.920><c> care</c><02:05:16.080><c> system,</c><02:05:17.520><c> wages,</c><02:05:18.960><c> tuition
  • </c> child care system, wages, tuition child care system, wages, tuition pressure,<02:05:20.320><c> workforce
  • Tuition is already maxed out for families.
  • Wages are too low, and prices are not flexible in the way they are in other industries because if tuition
  • </c> other industries because if tuition other industries because if tuition rises<02:09:59.360><c> too
Committee: House Municipal and County Government
AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/01/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And what is especially alarming to me is that the school tuition organization tax credits largely benefit
  • There's chocolate cake in my office, room 204, courtesy of my lovely assistant Susan.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest introductions, and several proclamations and recognitions, including Arizona’s hosting of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four, Autism Awareness Day, Farm Worker Day, and Passover observances. Members also welcomed guests from the Arizona Psychiatric Society, Tucson International Airport, Autism Bringing Change, and others. No substantive debate occurred during these ceremonial items, and the House later noted the Doctor of the Day and approved the prior journal. The chamber then moved through Committee of the Whole consideration of several Senate bills. SB 1024, SB 1078, SB 1123, SB 1164, SB 1232, SB 1293, SB 1493 as amended, SB 1520, SB 1572, and SB 1160 as amended all received do-pass recommendations, while SB 1665 was retained on the calendar. Debate centered most heavily on SB 1142, a federal scholarship tax credit conformity bill, with supporters arguing it would allow Arizona students to benefit from an existing federal tax credit and opponents warning it would divert public resources to private schools and expand voucher-like programs without accountability. SB 1293 drew debate over GPLET property tax abatements and whether the bill would protect school district revenues or hinder housing and economic development. SB 1572 also prompted discussion over civics instruction and whether it imposed an unfunded mandate on schools. On third reading, the House passed SB 1097, SB 1166, SB 1216, and SB 1787. SB 1787 passed on a 31-24 vote after debate over municipal and county development and due process. The House also adopted a floor amendment to SB 1160 before passing it as amended, with supporters framing it as a public safety measure for drone restrictions near venues and opponents raising constitutional and drafting concerns. The House then adopted the Committee of the Whole reports, properly engrossed the measures, and adjourned until Thursday, April 2, 2026.
AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/01/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • What is especially alarming to me is that the school tuition organization tax credits largely benefit
  • There's chocolate cake in my office, Room 204, courtesy of my lovely assistant Susan.
MS
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS House Floor - 9 February, 2026; 4:00 PM

Mississippi House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> This is the program that we passed last year that provides tuition guarantee for students that are
  • Ladies and gentlemen of the House, this bill sets up a construction training assistant. >> Gentlemen,
FL
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 4, 2026 - 01:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • James Grant is an opponent of the bill and appears as a tuition person Mr.
  • This morning, members of my family managed to ship without any assistance from me.