Bills: SSB1205

Committee: Joint Ways and Means

Keywords: Iowa Economic Development Authority, economic development incentives, tax credits, business incentives for growth, BIG program, seed investor tax credit, venture capital, startup investment, research and development tax credit, R&D credit, film production incentive, movie production, sustainable aviation fuel, SAF, renewable fuels, advanced manufacturing, bioscience, technology and innovation, high quality jobs program, Endow Iowa

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• Indicate that by 2030 over 60% of jobs in Texas will require education beyond a high school diploma,
• This bill would create pathways offered by RPIP. to be aligned with high-wage, high-demand jobs in our
• , High-Growth Jobs.
• It's trying to provide a meaningful career pathway for those type in high-paying jobs. paying jobs, that
• kinds of high-wage jobs and we would like to applaud Representative Gates for this effort.

Bills: HB20 , HB 120 , HB20 , HB120

Committee: House S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Keywords: applied sciences, career education, high school diploma, certificate program, work-based learning, job placement, high-growth jobs, technical training, career readiness, education reform, workforce training, public schools, financial aid, fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations

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• areas</c> shortages in high dem high demand areas shortages in high dem high demand areas such<00:02:
• So many of our high schools have pathway programs where kids are trying to figure out where they're going
• of our high schools have pathway programs<00:32:00.399><c> where</c><00:32:00.640><c> kids</c><00:32
• Even within that list, we know that there are programs where the name of the program and the job that
• We started this program. We don't money. We started this program.

Bills: HF2634 , HF2241 , HF2649 , HF2520 , HF2610

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: North Star Promise, scholarship, higher education, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, in-demand jobs, workforce development, career training, job market, high-demand occupations, high-demand industries, college aid, state financial aid, FAFSA, student eligibility, program of study, degree program, certificate program, community college, university, labor market data

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• Not cutting off funds to libraries that offer diverse and engaging programming.
• Parents should be trusted to... decide what programs are right for their children.
• Defunding these programs takes away that choice. So I urge you to vote no. on this bill.
• I think they should choose or attempt to punish them for those programs.
• In particular, we want to ensure that your bill emphasizes high-wage jobs in the areas of nuclear, electrical

Bills: SB34 , SB75 , SB330 , SB1535 , SB18 , SB 18 , SB 34

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature

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• the process of setting this up so that way we're not being infiltrated, because there is a lot of high-quality
• ... ...high-quality, high-level research that's being done in the state that I think we need to be very
• , high-wage jobs.
• Those programs.
• that our education system is helping increase labor force participation by preparing students for high-quality

Bills: HR171 , HCR49 , HB632 , HB1084 , SB310 , SB351 , SB399

Committee: House Education

Keywords: HR171, House Resolution 171, M.J. Foster Promise Program, TOPS-Tech, TOPS Tech Award, Board of Regents, Louisiana Works, Louisiana Community and Technical College System, LCATCS, financial aid, scholarship, workforce development, career training, technical education, vocational education, postsecondary credential, associate degree, industry-based credential, high-demand jobs, high-wage occupations

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• designed to develop our labor capacity as more high-paying jobs are created in our community.
• The goal of this bill is to bring high-paying jobs to Cameron County, which is crucial for the future
• lead directly to high-demand jobs.
• that lead directly to high-demand jobs.
• demand, high wage.

Bills: HB322 , HB331 , HB673 , HB 1147 , HB 1154 , HB2488

Committee: House S/C on Workforce

Keywords: JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage

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• So, the representative did a great job laying out the ins and outs of the program.
• fields. exposure to in-demand skills and a direct pathway into high-paying, future-ready jobs.
• with our high schools.
• One might say look for another job. But I've worked in this job my whole life.
• Then, once that job finished, he transferred to a new job where it was more exposed, the AC wasn't on

Bills: HB446 , HB1609 , HB4443 , HB4464 , HB4735 , HB5476

Committee: House S/C on Workforce

Keywords: heat illness prevention, workplace safety, Texas Workforce Commission, advisory board, employee rights, administrative penalties, training requirements, employee training, occupational health, employer penalties, worker rights, heat illness, volunteer firefighter, volunteer emergency responder, emergency medical services volunteer, EMS volunteer, firefighter, fire department, emergency services, declared disaster

Bills: SB462 , SB519 , SB878 , SB972 , SB1228 , SB1350 , SB1356 , SB1535

Committee: Senate Economic Development

Keywords: childcare, priority, child-care workers, waiting list, legislation, Texas history, education, grant program, nonprofit, student engagement, economic development, public funding, local government, tax abatement, performance metrics, transparency, community engagement, reimbursement rates, Texas Rising Star Program, subsidized childcare

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• and renames that program Next Ed.
• It was an adaptation of an old program, and every different version along the way when that program has
• Jobs Program.
• Representative, big fan of the Quality Jobs Program, been in place for a very long time, very successful
• It's bringing quality jobs right here in the state of Oklahoma.

Bills: SB1319 , SB1369 , SB1378 , SB1379 , SB1309 , SB1330 , SB1481 , SB1546 , SB1122 , SB1403

Committee: House Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ

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• It renames the program as the Agricultural Enforcement Program and expands the program statewide.
• </c><00:45:42.480><c> priority</c> food production being a high priority food production being a high
• </c><00:50:13.119><c> Those</c> designing an enhanced program. Those designing an enhanced program.
• any future programs. And additionally, any future programs.
• Happy to answer any questions. programming. We've seen a lot of um programming.

Bills: SB2885 , SB2174 , SB2925 , SB2798 , SB2320 , SB2800 , SB1230 , SB2706 , SB3233 , SB2405 , SB2350 , SB2169 , SB3320

Committees: House Agriculture & Food Systems , House Agriculture and Environment

Keywords: coconut rhinoceros beetle, invasive species, biosecurity, green waste, environmental management, agriculture, quarantine, pest control, transport regulations, Hawaii Revised Statutes, coconut trees, tax credit, natural management, Hawaii, environment, agricultural enforcement, agricultural theft, farm theft, crop theft, commodity theft

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2885 SD1, which would create mandatory handling and storage rules for commercial and residential coconut rhinoceros beetle host material beginning in 2027, with penalties and an effective date. Support came from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, DLNR, Maui County Department of Agriculture, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farmers Union, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Testifiers generally said the bill would help reduce CRB spread, though some urged additional science-backed methods, better coordination, and technical or cost-share support for smaller operations. Hawaiian Earth Recycling recommended amendments to align the bill with existing Department of Health/EPA composting rules, add other materials that can harbor CRB, allow future approved treatment methods, and replace the bill’s 60-day turning requirement with existing pathogen-reduction standards. One individual supported the goal but argued the state’s CRB strategy has lacked community and cultural consultation and should include a cultural advisement role. Department witnesses said enforcement would rely on inspection and an educate-before-regulate approach, and they noted the challenge of creating enough drop-off sites, especially in rural areas. The committee then took up SB 2174 SD2, which would authorize the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to declare an emergency quarantine, halt operations in affected areas for 96 hours with possible extension, quarantine suspected pest areas, issue notices and compensation to affected farmers, and adopt interim transportation rules for materials that may harbor high-impact invasive species. The department and DLNR supported the measure, emphasizing the need for fast action in the first hours of an invasion. Hawaii Farmers Union supported the compensation provisions but asked for stronger communication with producers and a post-action report to the Board of Agriculture after about 90 days to evaluate effectiveness and economic impacts. In response to questions, department staff said the bill would be a short-term, department-only quarantine authority distinct from the governor-declared biosecurity emergency authority enacted previously, and that it could serve as an intermediate step. They also said outreach would need to be done through farm organizations such as Farmers Union, Farm Bureau, and Cattlemen’s groups. The final measure discussed was SB 2925 SD1, relating to coconut trees. The bill would recognize coconut trees as a source of food and water and a cultural treasure, require rules for coconut tree seed banks, require signage identifying landscape palms where applicable, set labeling standards for non-consumable landscape palms, and create an income tax credit for consumable coconut trees maintained through natural management practices. The transcript ended before testimony or action on this bill was completed, and no vote was taken on any of the measures discussed in the portion provided.

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• Project Ranger, a defense technology company, is bringing 300 high-paying jobs and $220 million in private
• Not a program industries have operated under for seven years.
• and I'm the executive director for Teach Plus New Mexico, an educator-led organization committed to high-quality
• Clean skies bring great jobs and a healthy and resilient New Mexico.
• It's still a very high-emission methane in New Mexico.

Bills: SB12 , SB36 , SB92 , SB120 , SB133 , SB151 , SB18 , SB96

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Keywords: tax credit, physician, healthcare, income tax, rural health, quantum technology, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, journalism, local news

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• My concern is, could programs at the university, that the jobs that come out of university aren't at
• consolidation as it relates to low-producing programs.
• To decide whether or not a program could continue? Yeah.
• can choose to suspend or delete that program.
• , there's a shared program, whatever it may be.

Bills: HB2398 , HB4363 , HB3557 , HB3701 , HB2210

Committee: House Postsecondary Education

Keywords: credential of value, education, workforce development, labor market, government reporting, higher education, Oklahoma State University, Board of Trustees, presidential selection, college governance, Oklahoma Agricultural Extension, local funding, financial institutions, county extension services, state funds, academic programs, low-producing programs, Oklahoma State Board of Regents, program review, curriculum quality

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• Members, this bill relates to prohibiting the regulation of homeschool programs.
• Members, this bill relates to the use of funds awarded under the Jobs and Education for Texans. known
• as the JET grant program.
• representation of prospective student-athletes and student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs

Bills: HB322 , HB 126 , HB3062 , HB1481 , HB2310 , HB2674 , HB 121 , HB2243 , HB3627 , HB 1178 , HB367 , HB5515

Committees: Senate Education K-16 , Senate Education

Keywords: JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, student athletes, name image likeness, compensation, intercollegiate athletics, representation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, higher education, mental health resources, substance abuse education, student policy, communication devices, school regulations, disciplinary measures

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• This is a revision to the Smaller Employer Quality Jobs Act.
• Some of the changes include lowering the number of jobs created quality to 10 jobs or 10% of the company's
• The amount of jobs were 1f and lowered to 10.
• I don't think these funds sit in a fund; usually, with quality jobs, it's a percentage of withholding
• But I think this is a good program.

Bills: HB3044 , HB3465 , HB3625 , HB3704 , HB3759 , HB3920 , HB3972 , HB4191 , HB4311 , HB4426

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Keywords: veterans, tax refund, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, capital improvement, donations, Oklahoma Emission Reduction, incentive, taxation, environment, revenue, investment, school funds, treasurer, education funding, financial policy, income tax, scholarship, tax credit, Oklahoma Tax Commission, school funding

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• two gentlemen to Mandeville High.
• It ensures institutional quality, integrity, and viability.
• , high-wage jobs.
• , ideally the best jobs possible.
• demand, highways, jobs, because we know these jobs are coming to Louisiana.

Bills: HR175 , HCR81 , SB105 , SB290 , SB304 , SB374 , SB522

Committee: House Education

Keywords: TOPS, education funding, workforce development, postsecondary education, Louisiana Works, tech training, declining enrollment, public schools, school districts, Louisiana Department of Education, state superintendent, school closures, budget cuts, teacher layoffs, school consolidation, education policy, enrollment decline, birth rates, migration, private schools

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• The lead acid types are not a part of this program.
• Do you see this program being like the car battery program and that they will whenever they buy a new
• And the jobs it's producing are jobs that it's producing in The public in the public sector is at taxpayers
• It will allow the Department of Environmental Quality to set up a program that is highly requested by
• And inputs are high. They are high. But it's just like anything else.

Bills: HB3005 , HB3007 , HB3403 , HB1907 , HB3175 , HB3986 , HB3466 , HB3411 , HB4246

Committee: Senate Energy

Keywords: climatology, emergency declaration, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, environment, weather data, public policy, state governance, natural resources, advisory councils, sunset law, water quality, hazardous waste, solid waste, radiation management, public health, biosolids, land application, environmental quality, agriculture, wastewater treatment

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• The money will go for different things, and one of them is an indigent burial program that they have.
• incorporates language from the Department of Commerce, who are all working hand in hand to update the Jobs
• Oh, Chairman Fetgatter wishes to hold y'all a little longer, so give him a high five on the way out.
• It's been one of the funniest jobs I've had up here, and I've had a great chance to work with a lot of

Bills: SB44 , SB134 , SB1378 , SB1400 , SB1403 , SB1832 , SB2018 , SB2143

Committee: House A&B Finance Subcommittee

Keywords: sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, contractors, charitable purposes, state law, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, Olympics, funding, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, local businesses, revolving fund, event hosting, sales tax, tax exemption, tax refund, Oklahoma Sales Tax Code

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• of the poorest counties that we need jobs in.
• A thousand jobs of supporting families.
• This is loss of jobs.
• Once again, Senator, great job on this bill and great job on the other medical bills that you have done
• So the public high schools this year.

Bills: SB273 , SB37 , SB100

Keywords: SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services

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• high field.
• job or a placement.
• Like, we can't penalize a school that has high-demand jobs, children, students that are on rigorous courses
• already, a high-paying job, and doing critical research in what our state is intentionally investing
• program, whether or not that funding can be used for that program, that very important program that

Bills: SB37 , SB29

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• Then when the UNM BA MD program reached out at the high school, you know, it just really opened like
• Again, that matches the demographics and the needs that let you get to being able to build high-quality
• Programs.
• This special itself would allow the expansion of that program, I believe, to roughly 17 additional high
• . high schools.

Bills: SB37 , SB29 , SB37 , SB29

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach