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ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Tribal and State Relations Committee Apr 13th, 2026
Tribal and State Relations Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The federal government does it for fish and wildlife.
- The bill that you passed, you know, was saying, like, let's take it into what Game and Fish does.
- Do we pay the county right now for what Game and Fish is currently doing?
- Fish and Wildlife, as another example, they just pay a portion of what they feel they can or will pay
- So just one follow-up to your, I guess, for my clarification: so Game and Fish, they still manage it.
Committee:
Joint Tribal and State Relations Committee
Summary:
The meeting focused on Turtle Mountain’s public health and behavioral health priorities, especially access to rural health transformation funding and a long-running data use agreement with the state. Tribal public health leaders described how, during COVID, a temporary data-sharing arrangement allowed them to do their own contact tracing and case management, and they argued that a similar agreement is now needed to respond more quickly to very high syphilis rates and other infectious disease concerns. Committee members generally expressed support and said they would follow up with state officials, while tribal representatives emphasized that they already have the staff and infrastructure to use timely data effectively.
A major portion of the meeting was devoted to the Turtle Mountain Recovery Center and the broader issue of the IMD exclusion and residential treatment capacity. Tribal leaders described the center’s opening, its five levels of care, its 16-bed limit, and its efforts to become financially sustainable through billing, grants, and partnerships. They shared success stories and argued for an IMD waiver or similar flexibility so the center could expand to 32 beds and better meet local need. Committee members discussed the policy barriers to expanding residential treatment, including federal approval timelines, state funding choices, and the need to preserve a continuum of care that includes outpatient and community-based services.
The committee then heard a detailed presentation from Hector Hernandez-Dogato of the National Health Law Program on the history and mechanics of the IMD exclusion and Section 1115 waivers. He explained that the exclusion limits Medicaid payment for services in facilities with more than 16 beds, but noted existing exceptions and alternatives such as state plan options, managed care arrangements, telehealth, and community-based services. He also reviewed mixed results from states that have used IMD waivers, warning that they do not automatically improve overdose deaths, emergency room use, or access to community care, and may risk reinforcing institutionalization if not paired with strong upstream services. The committee discussed a draft bill to appropriate $49,000 and one FTE for HHS to pursue an IMD waiver, with members suggesting the bill may need to explicitly include serious mental illness as well as substance use disorder and asking for department input at a future meeting.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- People do not choose public and charter schools for Bible education.
- Because a charter school in this state cannot exclude students on the basis of race, religion, gender
- And that relates to the role of government in regulating charter schools.
- Charter schools are government-issued charters.
- and districts will and will not do, because they're government-issued charters.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-13 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It preempts local governments from mandating charter safe-school officer options.
- The Section 19, the preemption of the charter school officer options... ...of the charter school officer
- You stated that it was four options that charter schools were restricted to.
- So it only applies to public schools, which means only charter and public schools.
- Representative Rizzo, my question is charter schools are public schools. They are graded.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Bills:
HF1250
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Districts and charter schools must document their eligible costs, demonstrate that all other funding
- This is in the section of code that applies to charters.
- So either the charter board or the school district will be over those.
- A virtual charter school will be affected by this legislation.
- At that time, we joined two other virtual schools, which were both charter schools.
Committee:
Senate Education
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 531, which updates Idaho school code language on epinephrine delivery systems so schools are not limited to referencing only auto-injectors like EpiPens. The sponsor and school nurse testimony said the change would allow newer FDA-approved options, such as nasal spray, without creating new staffing, training, reporting, or fiscal requirements. Members confirmed the bill does not require schools or LEAs to keep epinephrine on hand. The committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 1288, which creates the Idaho High Needs Student Fund to help reimburse districts and charter schools for unusually high special education costs tied to a student’s IEP. The bill sets a $30,000 threshold, reimburses 100% of costs from $30,000 to $80,000 and 80% above that up to $100,000 per student, and reserves funding between rural and non-rural districts with flexibility to use unused funds where needed. Testimony from school boards, districts, educators, and parent advocates described the bill as a way to stabilize budgets and protect services for students with complex medical, behavioral, and sensory needs. After questions about the funding split and current special education shortfall, the committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 624, which revises rules for virtual education programs and Idaho Home Learning Academy. The bill requires school board approval of contracts with education service providers, verification of Idaho residency, alignment of curricular materials with state standards, conflict-of-interest safeguards, limits on direct payments to parents, clearer rules for eligible supplemental learning expenses, and district/charter control over hiring and evaluation of teachers. Supporters from Idaho Home Learning Academy, school districts, and parents said the changes preserve virtual school choice while adding transparency and accountability. The committee voted to send House Bill 624 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Fish to cover the first item." "Good morning, Madam Chair and members. My name is Andrea Fish.
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- Fish to cover the turn it over to Ms. Fish to cover the first<00:19:57.280><c> item.
- Fish was describing.
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Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, bond issuance, Becker, sewer improvements, sanitation, Hibbing, state bonds, infrastructure funding, capital investment, safety improvements, mobility, U.S. Highway 12, bonds, transportation funding, trails, Prior Lake, bond funding, recreational improvements
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, members, House Bill 4043 requires beginning August 1, 2027, each school district and charter
- board with a weapons detection system to authorize the charter school's highest-ranking officer, who
- The charter school officer and school district superintendent must report each modification within 24
- board with a weapons detection system to authorize the charter school's highest-ranking officer who
- That students have in our public and charter schools, then it can be done in a private school.
Committee:
House Education
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- schools because that's how charters build new facilities.
- It totally leaves out and doesn't even mention one category of public schools: charter schools.
- Charter schools are a part of a public school system, but that is not what it says here.
- So school districts, I just wanted to clarify, does not include charter schools.
- And down in Section 3 on line 39, it would read: Institutes of Higher Education, charter schools, and
Committee:
House Education
Summary:
The committee heard several RS introductions related to education and school funding. Representative Harris introduced RS 33225, described as the identical bill from last year’s accountability and spending measure, and after brief discussion about vouchers versus tax credits and accountability for state funds, the committee voted to introduce it. Representative Heather Scott introduced RS 33298, which would require the Professional Standards Commission to report any allegations involving suspected criminal behavior to law enforcement; the committee approved introduction.
Representative Galaviz presented RS 3309C2, aimed at preventing property tax increases by allowing school districts to use certain building maintenance funds for lease purchases instead of forcing taxpayers into new bonds for construction or deferred maintenance. The committee moved to introduce it, with a request for additional information later on how the proposal would affect small versus large districts. Representative Tanner then brought RS 32889, a bill to have the State Board of Education aggregate and report data on the costs of educating children of foreign aliens. Members raised questions about legal status categories, charter schools, privacy, and whether the proposal created an unfunded mandate. The sponsor agreed to strike a sentence in the statement of purpose, and the motion to introduce the RS with that amendment and to add charter schools to the reporting language passed.
Representative Hawkins presented RS 32826, a proposed constitutional amendment on parental rights that would replace the compulsory education language with a statement that the right to educate children without government regulation outside public schools shall not be infringed. Members supported the measure, and the committee voted to introduce it. Afterward, there was a procedural dispute over whether the earlier amended motion on RS 32889 had been a vote to introduce the RS or only to approve clarifying language, but the chair ruled the matter closed and the committee moved on.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- , so it will allow a lease purchase, and that brings some continuity between school districts and charter
- schools because that's how charters build new facilities.
- Charter schools are a part of a public school system, but that is not what..."
- Charter schools are a part of a public school system, but that is not what it says here.
- And so school districts, I just wanted to clarify, does not include charter schools.
Committee:
House Education
AK
Alaska 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jun 12th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Alaska House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You could drive to the Douglas Island hatchery, fish from their dock.
- It doesn't look anything like fishing for reds on the Russian.
- But I'd encourage you all over the next week, if you're around Juneau, to wet a line, catch a fish.
- But I'd encourage you all over the next week, if you're around, June, to wet a line, catch a fish.
- Well, from catching fish to talking trivia. Representative Saddler, the challenge is yours.
MS
Transcript Highlights:
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- I mean, are some of these cases where you have these fish emails that are being sent out all over the
- </c> constituents who have received uh fish constituents who have received uh fish emails<00:26:11.279
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Committee:
Joint Insurance
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Organizational business meeting to consider committee rules for the 119th Congress, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, designation of subcommittees for the 119th Congress, designation of member Feb 6th, 2025 at 08:50 am
Finance Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The Ocean State fishing community and what is going on in international fisheries is really a crime.
- There are pirate fishing fleets out there that answer to no one, whose crews are essentially modern-day
- There is a predatory Chinese fishing fleet, and I would put the word "fishing" Fleet in quotes, because
- From pirate fishing fleets and from the Chinese fishing fleet that are offshore.
- Many of the top-level fish are down 90% from their previous numbers.
Committee:
Senate Finance Committee
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (05/05/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Here's what we do in our charter, which is state approved our charter.
- Here's what we do in our charter, which is state approved our charter.
- Here's what we do in our charter, which is state approved our charter.
- Here's what we do in our charter, which is state approved our charter.
- Here's what we do in our charter, which is state approved our charter.
Committee:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Apr 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Twenty-three charters have a combination of all three. 273 charters have a combination of ACEs and ELOP
- So for charters, we have 135 charter schools that are eligible for direct technical assistance and 138
- So for charters, we have 135 charter schools that are eligible for direct technical assistance and 138
- For charter schools, each LEA or charter identified for DA is $100,000.
- A charter, a particular charter, whether it's a school or a charter network, I think, would be considered
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Removing the outdated and arbitrary cap on public charter schools facilities funding will allow charter
- holder, or charter staff.
- Removing the outdated and arbitrary cap on public charter schools facilities funding will allow charter
- holder, or charter staff.
- Since 1995, over a third of charter schools approved in Texas have closed, and charter high schools graduate
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks.
The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment.
The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The amount displayed for charter schools is the amount remaining after any charter school billing and
- With regard to the charter schools specifically, it would be helpful to understand that a charter school
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- </c> like a a an elementary only charter like a a an elementary only charter school<01:24:14.239><c>
- </c><01:24:17.120><c> school</c> the list and saw in the charter school the list and saw in the charter
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Mar 3rd, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Chartered banks, and there's 212 of those. Those banks have about 450 billion. in assets.
- For instance, in the kind of the lime green would be the state chartered.
- I've converted to our charter, and most of those are the national banks that convert.
- in the country are state chartered.
- So as I mentioned, you can have a national charter, and if you have a national charter, you're are chartered
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Apr 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- chartered banks, which are preempted and not included in the bill.
- But, you know, from my members' perspective, we enjoy what's called a dual charter system.
- It can be a federally chartered institution or a state-chartered institution.
- It can be a federally chartered institution or a state-chartered institution.
- So it kind of, like I mentioned, devalues the state charter in our eyes.
Summary:
The Assembly Banking and Finance Committee met to hear several bills, beginning with a consent calendar that included AB 665 and AB 866, both adopted on a do pass basis and referred to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 801, which would create a California Community Reinvestment Act to require covered financial institutions, including state-chartered banks, credit unions, residential mortgage lenders, and money transmitters, to meet the financial needs of low- and moderate-income communities and communities of color. The author and supporters argued the bill would close gaps left by the federal CRA, address redlining and discriminatory lending, and expand investment in housing, small business, and community development. Support came from community groups, CDFIs, labor, and housing advocates, while opposition from mortgage bankers and credit unions argued the bill would impose costly new reporting and regulatory burdens, especially on institutions they said already serve underserved borrowers well. Committee members discussed the scope of the bill, the experience of other states with state CRA laws, and possible carve-outs or tiered treatment for smaller credit unions. AB 801 was passed as amended and referred to Appropriations, with the roll left open and later completed; one member voted no and others were not voting or voted aye as the roll was finalized.
The committee also heard AB 743, which would require licensing and surety bonds for commercial lawsuit financing and bring those transactions under DFPI oversight. The author said the bill was aimed at a largely unregulated, multi-billion-dollar industry and was intended to increase transparency and address concerns about foreign interests, fraud, and abusive litigation funding practices, while not affecting consumer legal funding. Supporters, including Unified Patents, the Civil Justice Association of California, the California Chamber of Commerce, the California Trucking Association, and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, said the bill was an important first step toward disclosure and regulation. There was no opposition testimony. AB 743 passed unanimously as amended and was referred to Appropriations, with the roll held open briefly for absent members before the committee adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- club out of business on... ...2023, we passed House Bill 304, which would allow the Department of Fish
- they can garner the right amount of money on a sale, got involved in that... ...process, as was the Fish
- So what this bill does is it's an alternative, and it was actually brought to me by Fish and Game, the
- that ground, the proposal would move the project to land adjacent to Farragut State Park that the Fish
- It says that Fish and Game can use up to the amount that was originally approved for Pittman-Robertson
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 04/20/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, are you aware of any state-chartered banks that are currently investing in private Prison
- We don't have any state Chartered banks because it can only impact state-chartered banks.
- We don't have any federally chartered institutions.
- We don't have any state-chartered banks investing in private prisons outside of New York State.
- Because this targets a very narrow group of people: state-chartered banks.
Summary:
The Senate opened with routine formalities, approved the journal, welcomed a SkillsUSA student delegation, and then moved into budget and policy business. The chamber accepted a Rules Committee report and took up a supplemental budget extender, Senate Print 9963, which would extend state operations through April 22 and authorize $12.7 billion, including about $5.1 billion in new funding for Medicaid, payroll, and school aid. Senator O’Mara questioned the delay in the budget, the lack of public detail, and unresolved issues such as CLCPA changes, auto insurance, and SEQR reforms; the sponsor said negotiations were ongoing and that school aid would likely build on the executive budget. The extender passed 57-1, with Senator Weik voting no.
The Senate then adopted Senate Resolution 1887, sponsored by Senator Brisport, memorializing the Governor to proclaim April 2026 as Arab American Heritage Month. Senators Brisport, Fahy, Salazar, and Gounardes spoke in support, emphasizing Arab Americans’ cultural, civic, and economic contributions in New York and condemning anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias. The resolution was adopted by voice vote and opened for co-sponsorship.
The chamber next considered several bills on the calendar, including a bill by Senator Cleare to prohibit state-chartered financial institutions from investing in private correctional facilities. Supporters framed it as a moral response to private prisons and rising federal use of detention facilities, while opponents argued it would overregulate state-chartered banks and affect private investment decisions. The bill passed 36-22. The Senate also passed a bill by Senator Krueger raising the nonprofit lobbying disclosure threshold from $5,000 to $10,000, after debate over transparency and whether the change would reduce oversight; it passed 35-23. Finally, the Senate passed Senator May’s bill on advanced transmission technologies and utility planning, after extensive debate over ratepayer costs, battery storage, and data center growth; supporters said it could lower energy costs through more efficient grid use, while opponents said it would raise rates and duplicate existing studies. The bill passed after being restored to the non-controversial calendar.