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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 13th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I went to medical school because I wanted to take care of farmers and grew up in Medford, Oklahoma
  • I got a lassoed by a young lady from Broken Arrow when I was in med school, and so Sky Took is halfway
  • likewise have a great desire to see excellent rural medicine performed from physicians, physician assistants
  • Dentistry has a severe shortage of hygienists and assistants and is in need of dentists in the rural
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 13th, 2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I went to medical school because I wanted to take care of farmers.
  • I got lassoed by a young lady from Broken Arrow when I was in med school, and so Skiatook is halfway
  • Well, I went to medical school because I wanted to take care of farmers.
  • I got lassoed by a young lady from Broken Arrow when I was in med school, and so Sky took it's halfway
  • between. ...the lady from Broken Arrow when I was in med school, and so Skiatook is halfway between
Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee first considered three executive nominations. Shonda Lasseter was reappointed to the State Board of Pharmacy, with discussion focused on pharmacy staffing shortages, PBMs, and broader health care workforce challenges; she was advanced 11-0. Dr. Lane Sabara was renominated to the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, where members discussed rural physician shortages and training pipelines; he was advanced 12-0. Dr. Paul Wright was nominated to fill an unexpired term on the same commission and was advanced 12-0 after questions about his availability and experience supporting rural medicine. The committee then heard several health-related bills. HB 3767, which adds 14 chemicals used to enhance fentanyl to Oklahoma’s controlled substances schedules, advanced 10-0. HB 3934, a dentistry workforce and cleanup bill updating insurance-claim and billing language, advanced 11-0. HB 4199, creating a three-year tri-share workforce pilot program for the Department of Commerce, was amended to change eligibility language and then advanced 9-2. HB 2947, allowing supervised behavioral health interns to bill Medicaid, advanced 10-1. HB 3834, authorizing the Department of Health to begin stage-one clinical trials for ibogaine and creating a revolving fund for that purpose, drew extensive testimony about veteran and first responder treatment, safety, funding, and state liability, and advanced 10-2. Additional measures also moved forward. HB 4302, after amendment, advanced 12-0 on a juvenile oversight reporting and law enforcement notification issue. Committee member bills included HB 495, reinstating the 211 Collaborative advisory council, which advanced 11-0; HB 3287, requiring domestic violence and human trafficking signage in health facilities, which advanced 11-0; HB 3649, allowing the Mental Health Department to sell underused property and keep the proceeds in its trust, which advanced 12-0 after amendment; HB 4430, clarifying malpractice coverage for APRNs and PAs at state facilities, which advanced 12-0; HB 2059, creating a mechanism to reimburse medication costs for incarcerated people in county and municipal jails, which advanced 12-0 after questions about continuity of care; and HB 3647, creating an all-payer claims database and transparency board, which advanced 10-2. The committee adjourned after announcing another meeting the following week.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Feb 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • use of epinephrine provisions to charter schools and state tribal education compact schools.
  • It removes the authorization for school nurses and designated trained school personnel to administer
  • It also removes the requirement that when a school nurse or designated trained school personnel administers
  • rather than only school districts, charter schools, and state tribal education compact schools.
  • and their school information research services as an example of the research school administrators and
Bills: SB6278
Committee: House Education
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • education compact schools may adopt And procedure that school districts, charter schools, and state
  • School districts and private schools are also authorized to maintain school-supplied epinephrine under
  • In the event a school nurse or other school employee administers epinephrine that is not school-supplied
  • as well as our charter schools, which we know are public schools. we know are public schools, but they're
  • I am a school nurse in the Wenatchee School District and am here representing the School Nurse Organization
Bills: SB6278
Committee: House Education
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 14th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some of those categories are drug and violent crime prevention, assisting local law enforcement partners
  • Some of those categories are drug and violent crime prevention, assisting local law enforcement partners
  • We will begin with the State Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication, also known as the SAFE program.
  • In correctional facility construction, we're asking for $56.4 million.
  • It doesn't include new construction for facilities to accommodate the growing prison population.
Bills: S0054 , S0156 , S0296 , S0298
Summary: The committee first heard a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-27 public safety budget, which totals about $8.2 billion within a $117.4 billion overall state budget. Caitlin Dawkins of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget outlined funding and reductions across the public safety silo, including the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Justice, FDLE, Legal Affairs, the courts, and related entities. Agency heads then presented their requests, with FDLE seeking funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert system upgrades, alcohol testing equipment, officer mental health, criminal alien detection, and statutory staffing needs; DJJ requesting money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential contract rate increases, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requesting major funding for correctional officer pay increases, 500 additional FTE, facility construction and maintenance, communications and security technology, offender information system modernization, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members discussed staffing shortages, prison conditions, immigration enforcement, public records burdens, mental health and substance use treatment, and the need for continued investment in corrections. A member of the public also testified about poor conditions in some prisons, including clothing, food, medical care, and maintenance issues. The committee then considered and passed CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would clarify that a person may not resist a law enforcement officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties and would increase penalties in cases involving violence against officers. The bill sponsor described the case of Officer Jason Rayner and said the measure was intended to prevent defendants from using claims about unlawful detention or arrest to justify violence. An amendment conforming the bill’s language was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably after support was noted from several law enforcement and municipal groups. Next, the committee passed CS/SB 54, which addresses use of substances affecting cognitive function. An amendment narrowed the medical-records language to records relevant to investigations of violent offenders and clarified privacy protections. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee also passed CS/SB 296, the Haven Act, which would direct a study of a secure web-based alert system for domestic violence victims so they can contact 911 without alerting an abuser, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to include dating violence victims. Testimony from survivors and advocates emphasized the danger victims face when trying to leave abusive situations. Finally, the committee passed CS/SB 298, the public-records companion bill, which extends confidentiality protections for participants in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating violence victims as well. All three bills were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned after no further business.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 14th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some of those categories are drug and violent crime prevention, assisting local law enforcement partners
  • We will begin with the state assistance for fentanyl eradication, also known as the SAFE Program.
  • In correctional facility construction, we're asking for $56.4 million.
  • It doesn't include new construction for facilities to accommodate the growing prison population.
  • It doesn't include new construction for facilities to accommodate the growing prison population.
Bills: S0054 , S0156 , S0296 , S0298
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice heard a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-2027 public safety budget, which totals $117.4 billion overall and includes $8.2 billion for the public safety silo. Caitlin Dawkins of the Governor’s Office outlined proposed funding and reductions across FDLE, DJJ, DOC, and related justice agencies. Agency heads then presented major budget requests: FDLE sought funding for fentanyl enforcement, a career offender registry unit, a missing persons alert system upgrade, alcohol testing modernization, officer wellness, criminal intelligence, and illegal immigration-related intelligence work; DJJ requested funds for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential services, a new Broward detention center, and facility repairs; and DOC requested major increases for officer pay, 500 additional FTE, facility construction and maintenance, communications technology, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members questioned FDLE about the scope of immigration-related enforcement and public records burdens, and DOC about staffing, inmate health care, substance use treatment, prison capacity, and whether prison beds were being used for immigration detainees. A public commenter also urged attention to basic conditions in prisons, including clothing, food, medical care, and facility maintenance. The committee then considered several bills. CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, was presented as a response to the killing of Daytona Beach Officer Jason Rayner and would clarify that a person may not use violence against an officer performing official duties, while also increasing penalties related to manslaughter involving law enforcement. An amendment conforming the bill’s language was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably after debate and a roll call vote. CS/SB 54, dealing with substances affecting cognitive function and law enforcement access to certain medical records, also received an amendment clarifying that only records relevant to an investigation of a violent offender may be furnished; the amended bill was then reported favorably. The committee next heard CS/SB 296, the Haven Act, which would direct a study of a secure web-based alert system for domestic violence victims so they can contact 911 without alerting an abuser, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to include dating violence victims. Testimony from advocates and survivors strongly supported the measure, and the bill was reported favorably. Its companion, CS/SB 298, a public records exemption for victims of domestic and dating violence in the Address Confidentiality Program, was also reported favorably. The meeting concluded after the committee approved all four bills and adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 1st, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • They then are assessed by Either a medical physician or a physician's assistant or a nurse practitioner
  • Have they returned to school? Can they take care of their life?
  • He put on a lab coat and put out an advertisement asking young women to come and apply for an assistant
  • Help or assist in determining whether that person gets released or not.
  • I was actually told by the assistant district attorney who's no longer in Williamson County, thank God
Bills: HB47
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/18/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • schools.
  • schools.
  • assist districts and<00:35:08.400><c> charter</c><00:35:08.800><c> schools</c><00:35:09.320><c> in</c
  • She provides some of the best technical assistance you could get from a school nurse, so I'm very opposed
  • you could get from technical assistance you could get from a<01:51:23.719><c> school</c><01:51:24.119
Bills: HF6 , HF52 , HF53
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Apr 20th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I would Respond to you that a private school, nonprofit private school, is a small business.
  • Any nonprofit private school.
  • We would be extending these loans to private schools because they are schools, not because they are religious
  • and perhaps some private schools.
  • Except that in the case of a charter school, the charter school board is reviewing the infrastructure
Bills: HB1590 , HB1242 , HB3818 , HB4305
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Apr 20th, 2026

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would make it possible for our charter schools and nonprofit private schools to access dollars.
  • It would make it possible for our charter schools and nonprofit private schools to access dollars for
  • private school, is a small business.
  • and perhaps some private schools.
  • I believe it's a good fit for the infrastructure needs for charter schools and perhaps some private schools
Bills: HB1590 , HB1242 , HB3818 , HB4305
Summary: The committee first considered and unanimously approved the nomination of Keith Ventress to the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority and then to the Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority. Members noted his banking background and asked a brief question about the reference to old congressional district boundaries in the nomination materials, but there was no substantive opposition and both nominations advanced to the Senate. House Bill 1590, by Senator Daniels, would create an Oklahoma education infrastructure linked deposit program to provide reduced-interest loans for charter schools and nonprofit private schools for capital and building needs. Supporters said it would use existing state linked-deposit structures already used for agriculture and affordable housing, while opponents raised concerns about using taxpayer-backed funds for private schools, the bill’s broad nonprofit language, and whether it could lead to more state oversight of private education. The bill passed 9-2. House Bill 1242, which would add survey day to the list of agricultural sales tax exemption items, was discussed briefly but received no motion for a do pass recommendation and remained in committee. House Bill 3818, by Senator Coleman, would create tax-advantaged insurance loss savings accounts for homes and vehicles; members expressed concern about missing definitions, contribution limits, and the potential for abuse, but agreed the concept had promise and the bill passed 9-2 after the enacting clause was stricken for further work. House Bill 4305, as amended, clarified how affordable housing properties are assessed for ad valorem tax purposes by excluding certain income-based subsidies from valuation; after questions about prior court cases and assessment practices, it passed 6-5.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Loss of premium tax credits, significant medical assistance, and Medicare cuts, and other market dynamics
  • What kind of discount do you get if I did the fortified construction? Yes, Mr. Cocking.
  • And I’m not maligning the construction industry. They do their job, and many of them do very well.
  • And I’m not maligning the construction industry. They do their job, and many of them do very well.
  • &gt;&gt; Chair of the school, they had a chair and Mr.
Bills: HF4881 , HF4867 , HF4422 , HF4223
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 19, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, members of the committee, with your indulgence, we're going to lay back Senate File 120, K-12 school
  • Senate File 120, going to lay back, uh, Senate File 120, uh,<00:00:35.920><c> K12</c><00:00:36.559><c> school
  • </c><00:00:36.880><c> facilities</c><00:00:37.280><c> major</c> uh, K12 school facilities major uh, K12
  • school facilities major maintenance.<00:00:38.879><c> And,</c><00:00:39.360><c> uh,</c><00:00:39.680
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part I) May 15th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's just a public school requirement at this point. But are charter schools public schools?
  • public schools when it's convenient, when we're helping, but we exclude them from the public school
  • public schools to charters.
  • , middle school, whatever, and then all of a sudden a charter school gets built across the street.
  • Because, again, treating charters differently from public schools... ...from public schools.
Bills: HB2
Summary: The Senate Education K-16 Committee met to consider HB 2, the major school finance bill, with the chair explaining that the committee substitute would provide about $8 billion in new public education funding. The bill was described as including permanent teacher compensation increases, expanded teacher incentive allotment funding, support for early literacy and numeracy, teacher certification and residency pathways, special education funding, career and technical education, school safety dollars, and facilities support for charter schools. The committee adopted the committee substitute without objection after roll was called and a quorum was present. Members questioned the bill’s structure, especially the balance between across-the-board teacher pay and the teacher incentive allotment, the treatment of uncertified teachers, and differences in requirements between traditional public schools and charter schools. Senator Menendez and Senator West raised concerns about equity, charter-school parity, facilities funding, inflation, and whether the bill should include more support for fine arts and extracurricular programs. The chair responded that the bill was designed to direct most new money to traditional public schools while also preserving flexibility and that charter-school and public-school alignment would need further work. Invited witnesses Dr. Imelda De La Rosa and Val Acri testified in support of the bill, emphasizing that the Teacher Incentive Allotment helps recruit and retain teachers in rural districts and supports mentorship and certification pathways. Public witnesses also supported the bill but urged more funding for fine arts, local flexibility, and full restoration of House-proposed funding levels. Dr. Josh Jones supported year-long teacher residencies, Dr. Philip Morgan asked for more local control and restoration of fine arts funding, Rich Saina supported the bill but warned about hold-harmless reductions, and Dr. Greg Poole supported the bill while asking for flexibility for high-performing districts that already pay high salaries. After the invited testimony and some public testimony, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair so members could attend the Senate floor.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part II) May 15th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • or a private school.
  • for charter schools.
  • The boundaries of my school district include 75 private schools.
  • I'm a retired public school teacher and public school librarian.
  • I've been in at least five school districts, at least 20 schools.
Bills: HB2
Summary: The committee continued public testimony on House Bill 2, which would make major changes to public school funding, teacher pay, special education, early learning, school safety, and related programs. Many superintendents and education advocates supported the bill’s overall direction but urged changes, especially a larger basic allotment and more flexible funding for rural and small districts. Witnesses from Paint Creek, West Hardin, Cushing, Blooming Grove, Mildred, Buffalo, Plano, and rural school groups said the bill’s targeted raises and new requirements would not fully cover inflation, TRS/Medicare costs, transportation, insurance, or support staff salaries, and several asked the committee to restore the House version’s higher basic allotment and small-school allotment. Charter school representatives supported the facilities funding changes and said charter schools need state help because they cannot levy taxes, while also noting the funding gap with ISDs. Fine arts advocates asked the committee to restore the fine arts allotment, arguing arts improve engagement, attendance, and academic outcomes, especially in rural and at-risk communities. Early learning and special education witnesses supported parts of the bill but raised concerns about pre-K restrictions, disability-related pre-K access, and the need to preserve or clarify special education provisions and mental health oversight language. Several witnesses praised the teacher pay raise, teacher incentive allotment expansion, and teacher preparation investments, saying they would help recruit and retain educators and improve student outcomes. Others, including counselors and support staff advocates, argued the bill should also include raises for counselors, nurses, librarians, bus drivers, custodians, aides, and other non-teaching employees who keep schools running. One witness from the Texas Counseling Association opposed the substitute because it removed a counselor pay provision, warning of counselor shortages and inequities. A parent and special education advocate said the bill’s structure creates too many strings attached and asked for a larger basic allotment instead of more targeted funding. Another witness from Mental Health America urged keeping the collaborative task force on public school mental health services through 2031, and a disability rights advocate said the committee substitute appears to omit some special education items that were in the House version. The committee also briefly took up House Bill 6, a school discipline bill. After questions about automatic mandatory expulsion for vape possession and concerns about younger students, the committee adopted the substitute and voted to report HB 6 favorably to the full Senate by a 9-1 vote, with Senator Menendez voting no and Senators West and Menendez expressing reservations but supporting further discussion. After that vote, testimony on HB 2 resumed. Senators used the hearing to ask about the bill’s cost, the difference between the basic allotment and the bill’s targeted funding buckets, and whether the permanent teacher pay increase shifts pressure off districts. The bill’s supporters emphasized that it represents an historic, roughly $8 billion investment and that many of the new funding streams are intended to be permanent or to address specific district needs.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Workforce Development

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.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/13/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ben Fiser: For me, that involved completing my undergraduate degree, getting acceptance to medical school
  • Now, it may surprise you that medical school is extremely... chair and members uh I'm a medical chair
  • </c><00:05:23.840><c> is</c><00:05:24.080><c> extremely</c> Medical school is extremely expensive.
  • those of you who love your fur babies, veterinarians, it costs just as much to go to veterinarian school
  • those of you who love your fur babies, veterinarians, it costs just as much to go to veterinarian school
Bills: HF1359 , HF1829 , HF290 , HF1933 , HF926
Committee: House Taxes