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Transcript Highlights:
  • authorized community colleges the option to offer core curricula of fewer than 42 semester credit hours
  • submitted by transfer students and some institutions that reject relatively few hours.
  • Sometimes students are taking more hours than can apply to the degree program they're transferring into
  • This involves taking the 42-hour core plus an additional 18 hours to come up with... with a 60-hour program
  • different popular subject matter and degree programs so that a student knows if they take this 60 hours
Bills: SB2847, SB3039
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill changes the number of 24-hour courts from one in each county to one statewide.
  • We have been a 24-hour facility since colonial days.
  • So when all is said and done, what would that leave for each county for 24-hour judges?
  • So when all is said and done, what would that leave for each county for 24-hour judges?
  • When somebody judge says, well, I've been sitting there for three hours a week.
Bills: HB372, HB414
Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met and heard three bills. HB 372 would reorganize Justice of the Peace Court resources by shifting the number of judges and court locations among counties, consolidating overnight operations into a single 24-hour court in Kent County, and adjusting staffing to address workload and efficiency concerns. Chief Judge Alan Davis said the change responds to increased civil filings, automated enforcement, and staffing shortages, and that a Sussex County pilot closing a 24-hour facility had worked without major issues. Some members raised concerns about impacts on Sussex and Kent County, bail processing, and local response times, while public comment included one supporter. The committee voted to release HB 372. The committee then considered SB 324, which amends Delaware’s permit-to-purchase law to allow constable agencies, including those serving institutions like Delaware Tech, to purchase handguns for newly hired constables without duplicative background checks. Sponsor Representative Cook said the bill aligns constable procurement with existing law-enforcement exemptions while preserving gun-safety requirements. Public testimony included support from Delaware Tech and comments urging broader fixes to the permit-to-purchase law, including exemptions for retired officers with federal 218 credentials and clarification on firearms returned from manufacturers, gunsmiths, or police departments. The committee voted to release SB 324. Finally, the committee heard HB 414, which clarifies that the Superior Court’s exclusive jurisdiction over certain destructive-weapon offenses applies only to adults, while juvenile cases would still begin in Family Court. Sponsor Representative Romer said the bill preserves the Family Court’s role in handling youth cases and allows referral to Superior Court when appropriate. The Department of Justice said it still believes Superior Court is the proper venue for these serious charges, while the Office of Defense Services supported keeping youth cases in Family Court first, arguing that rehabilitation and juvenile-specific dispositions are more appropriate. After public comment, the committee voted to release HB 414, and the meeting adjourned.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The same way you enforce a 25-mile-an-hour speed zone.
  • It's not the 27-mile-an-hour; that's the problem. It's the 37-mile-an-hour; that's the problem.
Bills: HB372, HB414
Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on public safety, courts, and family law. House Bill 141, with House Amendment 1, would require the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to create a firearm responsibilities notice for firearm purchasers through licensed dealers, covering Delaware gun laws, safe storage, lost/stolen reporting, straw purchases, suicide prevention, and other safety responsibilities. Testimony from the NRA, Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, Moms Demand Action, the Coalition for Safer Delaware, and Delaware State Police was uniformly supportive, emphasizing education, standardized dealer practices, and potential evidence for straw-purchase prosecutions. No committee questions were raised, and the bill was moved forward after public comment. House Bill 326 would create a new offense for theft by impersonating a family member, aimed at scams involving spoofed calls, texts, or online messages that pressure victims to send money. The sponsor described the bill as a response to increasingly sophisticated fraud enabled by artificial intelligence, and noted that a House amendment removed an original mandatory minimum jail term, leaving sentencing to the courts. No public testimony was offered on the bill. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 150 would prohibit civil arrests inside courthouses and certain Department of Labor proceedings, with the sponsor arguing that such arrests deter people from coming to court or seeking protection; the bill would allow criminal arrests and civil arrests only with advance written notice. No testimony was taken on that measure. Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Responders Act, would create a narrowly tailored offense for intentionally approaching within 25 feet of first responders at emergency scenes after crossing a barrier or ignoring warnings, if done to interfere, threaten, or harass. Supporters, including police, fire service, and sportsmen’s groups, said it would protect responders and preserve emergency operations, while the Office of Defense Services opposed it on First Amendment and overbreadth grounds, arguing existing laws already cover much of the conduct. Senate Bill 304 would amend Delaware’s safe school zone law to allow private schools to use trained, vetted sentries or similar security arrangements; supporters said it would give smaller private schools an affordable safety option, while the sponsor said the bill needed more work and should not move forward yet. The committee also heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 314, which would clarify how courts handle evidence that a sexual assault complainant previously made a false allegation; DOJ and ODS said the substitute reflects a consensus approach, and YWCA Delaware supported it as a survivor-protective reform. Finally, Senate Bill 343 would expand methods for serving child support respondents in Family Court by authorizing service through certified mail and carriers such as USPS, UPS, and FedEx, addressing cases where people avoid in-person service using doorbell cameras and other technology. The Division of Child Support Services supported the bill as a practical update that would improve timeliness while preserving proof-of-delivery safeguards. At the end of the meeting, a motion was made and seconded, and the chair adjourned the session.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Postsecondary Education Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Postsecondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Does your language in your bill then impede OSU from being able to pay for hours of police officers that
  • something that's out of my field, but I was told that, yes, whatever programs feasibly can be done in a 90-hour
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU-LBT, EDU Public Hearings 02-06-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • You could have another whole one-hour session separately and force teachers or employees to come in and
  • Basically, it says for students to go from a 6-hour day to a 6 hour 45 minute day every single day.
  • The currently what it is now is 180 hours per year, and those hours are bill.
  • Thank you so the instructional hours.
  • hours per year and those hours are bill. hours per year and those hours are bill.
Summary: The joint committee first heard SB 3179, which would require the Department of Education and charter schools to report harassment incidents involving educational workers and adopt procedures for handling them. DOE supported the bill, while the Attorney General recommended clarifying amendments to limit the measure to harassment directed at workers because of their position, to limit DOE legal assistance to temporary restraining order actions, and to clarify whether the harassment must come from outside the school system. Members also discussed whether the bill should cover non-DOE individuals on campus, whether investigations could be handled in-house, and whether training should be embedded in existing workday or school-year training rather than added as a separate requirement. The committee later voted to pass the bill with amendments as SD1. The committee then took up SB 2872, which would require retired teachers or administrators rehired into shortage or hard-to-fill positions to be paid the entry-level salary for that position. DOE supported the bill, and the Attorney General requested clarifying language about its effective date and that it would not affect already matured rights and duties. The Employees’ Retirement System administration emphasized that the bill should retain a 12-month break in service to preserve the pension system’s tax-exempt status and noted the importance of consistent classification of eligible positions. Members expressed support for using retired educators to help fill staffing gaps, but no final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee also heard SB 2391, which would provide annual step increases for public school teachers under bargaining unit 5, subject to funding. The Attorney General said the bill could conflict with collective bargaining procedures and Chapter 89, while DOE said unit 5 includes more than teachers and asked that the benefit be considered for other bargaining units as well, with funding provided if enacted. HSTA strongly supported the measure, arguing that annual step movement is already recognized in the collective bargaining agreement as a recruiting and retention tool. Testimony totals were noted as 16 in support, two in opposition, and three comments. Finally, the committee heard SB 3282, which would establish a statewide framework for the federal workforce Pell Grant program to fund short-term workforce education and training. The Attorney General suggested clarifying that the matter is one of statewide concern because UH is involved. UH and the Chamber of Commerce supported the bill, and DLIR testified that it is coordinating with DOE, the Workforce Development Council, and national groups on implementation. Members questioned whether the Workforce Development Council or DLIR should handle rulemaking and administration, and DLIR said the council is advisory while the department has grant administration expertise. The committee then moved into decision-making after discussion of possible amendments and implementation concerns.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSH-HLT Joint Public Hearing - Thu Apr 16, 2026 @ 9:45 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • There was a timed opportunity for him, where he was only allowed an ASL interpreter during certain hours
  • in ... allowed an ASL interpreter during allowed an ASL interpreter during certain<00:07:14.480> hours
  • ,<00:07:14.920> which<00:07:15.320> I certain hours, which I certain hours, which I
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  • and private business operating hours. and private business operating hours.
Bills: SCR63, SCR8, SCR160, SCR90, SCR93
Summary: The House Committee on Human Services and Homelessness heard several resolutions focused on disability access, housing, and support for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries. SCR 63 SD1 would have the Disability and Communication Access Board study communication needs in health care settings for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and revise provider guidance; testimony was strongly supportive, including from the board, a physician, and a family member who described harmful delays in care, and the committee later recommended passage as is. SCR 8 would require counties to act within 45 days on completed permit applications for home modifications needed for an older adult or person with a disability; testimony noted delays in permitting and financing, and the committee recommended passage as is. The committee also heard SCR 160, which urges state housing agencies to create a “housing ladder” program to help individuals and families move from subsidized to unsubsidized housing. Hawaii Public Housing Authority and other agencies supported the concept, and DHS described its family self-sufficiency program and said prior federal resident-services funding had declined over the past 20 years. The committee acknowledged the program may already exist in some form but still recommended adoption of the resolution as is. SCR 90 would ask county planning departments to establish kupuna-friendly building permit requirements for parking accessibility in private businesses. The committee moved it forward with an HD1 for technical amendments; a member raised concern that the measure did not specify the age threshold for “kupuna,” and said they would vote with reservations. Finally, SCR 93 would direct DHHL and the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions to develop a coordinated support and stabilization pathway for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries experiencing homelessness or very low income. DHHL said it is already operating a transitional housing effort called Ka Leo Opu Mama for about 18 beneficiaries using more than $6 million in federal Nah Ho Sa funds, with no dedicated state funding, and the committee recommended passage as is. The meeting ended with the chair thanking testifiers and members and adjourning the hearing.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • counties to require contractors to disclose information regarding their employees' wages, benefits, hours
  • , revoke, or suspend a building permit application for violating laws relating to wages, benefits, hours
  • violating laws relating to wages, for violating laws relating to wages, benefits,<00:16:56.320> hours
  • /c><00:16:56.720> and<00:16:56.839> employment<00:16:57.280> status benefits, hours
  • , and employment status benefits, hours, and employment status under<00:16:57.880> certain<00:
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2614, which would require merchants selling cosmetics to accept returns of newer unopened goods within specified time frames and expand signage requirements for return and refund policies. DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection strongly supported the bill, citing updated figures of 180 cosmetic complaints from 2020 to 2025, 54 still under investigation, 148 referred to class action litigation, and more than $1.3 million in consumer losses. Members questioned whether the bill was needed given the pending lawsuit and whether bad actors would comply, while the office responded that clearer signage would improve consumer awareness and could reduce complaints without limiting other remedies. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 1660 HD1, which would allow counties to require contractors to disclose wage, benefit, hour, and employment-status information and to deny, revoke, or suspend permits for certain labor-law violations. DLIR, the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters, Operating Engineers Local 3, and Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support, arguing the measure would help deter cheating contractors, protect law-abiding employers, and keep bad actors from undercutting wages and taxes. One member raised concerns about possible delays to affordable housing projects and whether owners should be held responsible for contractors’ misconduct; supporters replied that compliance is a minimum standard, that county action would be discretionary rather than automatic, and that the bill would not bar counties from working with affordable housing developers. No action was reported. Finally, the committee took up HB 1704, adopting the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to allow telepsychology and temporary in-person practice across state lines. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans supported the measure, saying it would help fill major staffing gaps, especially for forensic evaluations and services in rural and neighbor-island communities. The Board of Psychology raised concerns about the compact’s scope, the need for a study focused specifically on psychologists, background-check requirements, possible loss of regulatory authority and revenue, and the need to update older statutory provisions. Hawaii Association for Justice opposed the immunity language in the compact, and Shawn Scanlon opposed the bill, arguing it could weaken cultural responsiveness and local control and suggesting the state instead improve temporary licensing and other in-state pathways. The committee also questioned the Department of Corrections about its vacancies and whether telehealth could be filled by local providers; no vote was taken in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 17th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • We drove about nine hours and eight minutes. I say eight minutes.
  • This is under current law, Galveston County is unable to at our uniform work hours for county employees
  • This bill would remedy that situation by allowing Galveston County to set uniform work hours for all
  • As we have grown in population, we really need. hours and you know that just creates a system of efficient
  • delivery for Our citizens county government should serve the citizens and should operate under predicted hours
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • , you didn't give us a 3-hour, you didn't give us a 5-hour, whatever two-day notice.
  • of work or 80 hours of volunteering per month. 80 hours at federal minimum wage. $580 someone has to
  • of work or 80 hours of volunteering per month. 80 hours at federal minimum wage. $580 someone has to
  • of work or 80 hours of volunteering per month. 80 hours at federal minimum wage. $580 someone has to
  • Free health care in Minnesota is 80 hours of work or 80 hours of volunteering per month. 80 hours at
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/18/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yet, I often outside the school hours.
  • These unique learning in hours.
  • Are on top of those contracted hours?
  • teaching to those contracted hours teaching to those contracted hours during<00:59:58.480> the
  • <01:05:16.240> of innovation zone, CTE, hour of innovation zone, CTE, hour of instruction,
Bills: HF630, HF1435, HF1607
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Thu Apr 23, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • kupuna-friendly building permit requirements for parking, accessibility, and private businesses' operating hours
  • accessibility, and private businesses accessibility, and private businesses operating<00:13:37.240> hours
  • operating hours. operating hours. Okay. Okay. Okay.
  • kupuna-friendly building permit requirements for parking and accessibility in private businesses' operating hours
  • kupuna-friendly building permit requirements for parking and accessibility in private businesses' operating hours
Summary: The committee heard several resolutions related to water, coastal management, and permitting. Early measures included SCR 8 on faster county action for certain home-modification permits for older adults and people with disabilities, SCR 40 on banning disposable body boards, SCR 83 on creating a lithium-ion battery disposal facility, SCR 179 on enforcing Maui fire-code provisions for brush clearance and emergency access, and SCR 90 on kupuna-friendly permit requirements. No testifiers were present for those measures, and the chair moved through them without taking votes in the portion provided. The most extensive discussion was on SCR 94, endorsing Waikiki as a world surfing reserve, and SCR 159, urging shared guiding principles for restoring and maintaining Waikiki’s beaches and shoreline. University of Hawaii testimony said the surfing-reserve designation would bring recognition, could help attract grants, and would require a stewardship committee and management plan, but would not itself block beach nourishment or shoreline restoration. Members asked about possible effects on dredging, beach nourishment, and shoreline structures; the witness said impacts on surfing were not expected to be immediate or significant. For SCR 159, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development supported the resolution but requested clarifying amendments to broaden references to law, stakeholder collaboration, and coastal science expertise. The Waikiki Beach Special Improvement District Association also supported the measure, emphasizing coordinated maintenance, public access, and the economic importance of Waikiki beaches, while noting that existing legal agreements and court decisions should be reflected in the resolution. The discussion also covered whether the state and private owners share repair and maintenance obligations for Waikiki seawalls; testimony said existing agreements remain relevant but must yield to current law. The committee also heard SCR 165 designating March as Water Month, with support from the Board of Water Supply and others, and SCR 177 requesting DAGS to convene a cooperative working group on state projects needing county permits. Mary Alice Evans said the latter would help expedite permitting, especially for housing and other state projects, and would complement efforts to standardize county permitting processes. No final votes or dispositions were announced in the excerpt provided.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Commerce and Small Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • it's a new type of franchise that they're doing, most every franchise agreement lays out the days and hours
  • it's a new type of franchise that they're doing, most every franchise agreement lays out the days and hours
  • say seven days a is clearly going to say seven days a week<00:10:59.760> in<00:11:00.079> hours
  • week in hours of operation. Burger King. week in hours of operation. Burger King.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 30th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, hyper small Texas counties have struggled to implement the 12 hours of voting.
  • It will also allow for extended hours to ensure Texas voters can continue to request additional hours
  • ...in those 17 hours that we're shortening?
  • I'm just wondering why the 17 hours—what is going to be gained by the 17?
  • ...hours and what is going to be lost.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 30th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • It took them an hour and ten minutes to count the money.
  • Did this, the Secretary's office had only one staffer, and it took that poor lady two hours and forty-five
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 8th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • does not have a nurse school counselor or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours
  • And I'll say, for my godson and my nephew, when they needed services, it was a two-hour drive. drive
  • For families like ours, it required dozens of hours of research, time. off work when her child was disenrolled
  • in place. with a Texas education agency that requires a student to be enrolled for a minimum of two hours
  • funded professional development for teachers in reading and math by paying them a stipend. for the hours
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 8th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • Cosmetologists and barbers currently must complete four hours of continuing education. every two years
  • One of these hours must be in sanitation while the other three are half graded.
  • There are so many occupations that were. require hours upon hours of training and education in order
  • We do it continuously, 24 hours a day, 10 days a week.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 8th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • appreciates the trust that you place in our elected body and over the past two years we have spent over 50 hours
  • She said, I spent eight hours talking. about HB this and SB that and she kind of gets real quiet for
  • Requiring written consent from parents for every in-classroom guidance hour would be so burdensome on
  • because again if you think about the amount of time that a student spends in school... it's several hours