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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jan 15th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It allows school districts to save money, save money for their taxpayers and implement the will of the
- of their school districts, and they have spoken their voice with their vote.
- This legislation will then allow those school districts to bond against those levy collections so that
- And this is just another set of tools to use to hopefully help the district in my, the school district
- I think it erodes the public trust because it allows a school district to go out and request money and
Keywords:
HB1175, small business, residential zoning, land use, zoning reform, neighborhood store, neighborhood cafe, convenience store, minimarket, corner store, mixed-use, local government, city zoning, town zoning, code city, parking regulations, hours of operation, alcohol service, food requirement, commercial use in residential areas
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jan 14th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The member from the 21st district, Representative Ortiz-Self, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- The member from the 20th district, Representative Abbarno, good morning, Mr. Speaker.
- District, Representative Abbarno. Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
Keywords:
HB1175, small business, residential zoning, land use, zoning reform, neighborhood store, neighborhood cafe, convenience store, minimarket, corner store, mixed-use, local government, city zoning, town zoning, code city, parking regulations, hours of operation, alcohol service, food requirement, commercial use in residential areas
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Mann, to explain Your amendment adds that the money for this paid leave will come from the public school
- Senate Bill 1204 provides Oklahoma teachers and school employees 3 days of bereavement leave following
- of Education, once they receive updated numbers for the teachers that are in off the Formula schools
- Would you spell out if this is only for public schools? Thank you for the question. Yes.
- And whether that was they that meant they had public or private school experience, and we wanted to be
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Keywords:
longevity pay, state employees, Oklahoma government, salary increase, emergency declaration, capital planning, funding allocation, state budget, infrastructure, emergency measures, income tax credit, qualified project, economic development, infrastructure funding, small population areas, school employees, teachers, support personnel, support employees, public schools
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The good member from the 40th district. member from the 40th district represent to move adoption of the
- I appreciate the attention to detail by the good member from the 8th District.
- It would have been a small portion.
- Further remarks, the good member from the 9th District, Representative Dye.
- Remarks, the good member from the Third District, Representative Ormsby.
Keywords:
tourism, tourism promotion, Washington Tourism Marketing Authority, assessment, self-supported assessment, visitor economy, destination marketing, statewide marketing, lodging, hotels, restaurants, travel services, attractions, recreation, retail, beverage producers, arts and culture, tribal nations, tribal businesses, rural communities
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 50 Apr 30th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, for example, my own district, Enid public schools, utilize this program to build new tennis courts
- It's correct though that the cap on a school district is $200,000.
- District, that money's still going to retain with the school district.
- Didn't really respond to my question about the $200,000 dollars cap on a public school district allocation
- It's 200,000 dollars per public school district, so it's really not going to be that.
Keywords:
bail bondsman, bondsman license, multicounty agent bondsman, surety bondsman, Insurance Commissioner, bail bond regulation, bond deposit, forfeiture, deposit ratio, writing capacity, license transfer, power of attorney, surety bond, bail industry, Oklahoma insurance law, financial solvency, administrative action, Oklahoma Local Food for Schools, school meals, local food procurement
IA
Bills:
HF113 , HSB107 , HF120 , HSB108 , HF186 , HF136 , HF33 , HSB97 , HSB34 , HF80 , SF12 , SF14 , SF60 , SF61 , SF72 , SSB1066 , SSB1067 , SF141 , SSB1077
Committee:
Joint Education
Keywords:
HF 113, Iowa school finance, small school districts, budget enrollment, 200 students, physical plant and equipment levy, PPEL, public education and recreation levy, PERL, Secure an Advanced Vision for Education, SAVE fund, revenue purpose statement, general fund flexibility, school district levy, voter approval, 60 percent threshold, local option tax, unencumbered funds, unobligated funds, school district budgeting
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and members, Senate Bill 1811 requires the policies and procedures adopted by a school district
- First off, there are some standards that are set by some of the school districts from the state’s guidance
- There are some standards that are set by some of the school districts from the state’s guidance that
- districts.
- districts and charter schools to build community gardens.
Bills:
SB1088 , SB1156 , SB1157 , SB1169 , SB1245 , SB1273 , SB1330 , SB1332 , SB1391 , SB1498 , SB1531 , SB1550 , SB1598 , SB1677 , SB1707 , SB1811 , SB1818
Keywords:
cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, appropriation, public safety, detention, unauthorized aliens, local government funding, border security, fencing, appropriations, southern border, local government, medical education, physician shortage, healthcare funding, Arizona health care
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- A district must consolidate with the closest school district and any common school district that is located
- This particular district that we're referring to is a high school, and the relatively small student population
- This particular district that we're referring to is a high school, and the relatively small student population
- district or charter school.
- I mean, there are several districts, school districts, public school districts that already offer this
Bills:
SB1004 , SB1424 , SB1497 , SB1507 , SB1572 , SB1684 , SB1711 , SB1741 , SB1754 , SB1763 , SB1798 , SCR1012 , SCR1041 , SCR1051
Keywords:
sex offender registration, sex offender registry, A.R.S. 13-3821, sexual offenses, public safety, GPS monitoring, electronic monitoring, transient offender, homeless registrant, online identifiers, internet identifiers, sheriff notification, Department of Public Safety, DPS, DNA collection, juvenile adjudication, kidnapping of a minor, unlawful imprisonment of a minor, lifetime registration, community notification
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- When we talk about school meals, there's 1.1 million school kids across our state.
- Just learned, I just, you know, was in my school district and we're able to handle the kids and their
- Yeah, so Battleground School District, we've got school meals, we're doing a great job with that.
- My question is: We know that Spanaway, which is the very south end of the 29th District, my district,
- It's small businesses, it's small farmers, that are able to fill those gaps.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Natural Resources
Keywords:
HB 2238, HB2238, statewide food security, food security strategy, hunger, food insecurity, food access, food assistance, anti-hunger, nutrition education, food system literacy, agricultural viability, supply chain resilience, Washington Department of Agriculture, food policy forum, BIPOC, tribal consultation, small farmers, diet-related health disparities, food affordability
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Feb 4th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Turning to the bill before you today, this bill requires school districts, charter schools, and state
- The language in the bill is that each school district that operates a high school shall provide all students
- District that operates a high school shall provide all students with financial education instruction
- The graduation requirement takes effect in 2033, but school districts are directed to start offering
- For the record, my name is Sandy Hayes, and I serve as a school director in the Northshore School District
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
Keywords:
financial education, graduation requirement, student curriculum, financial literacy, education reform, teacher preparation, principal preparation, educator preparation, alternative route certification, teacher certification, principal certification, Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, PESB, field placement, student teacher, residency, mentoring, school district partnerships, K-12 education, preK-12
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- For a brief background, public utility districts, known as PUDs, are a type of special purpose district
- For the record, Senator Keith Goehner, representing the 12th District.
- For the record, Senator Keith Gainer, representing the 12th District.
- For instance, the legislature can bolster school-based mental health services.
- by his high school classmates who were using dangerous anonymous apps.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, chatbots, regulation, technology, consumer protection, pollutants, tire regulation, 6PPD, environment, public safety, SB 6076, consumer-owned utilities, public utility districts, municipal procurement, competitive bidding, public works, clean energy, renewable energy, nonemitting generation, energy storage
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- He previously served as Executive Director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association from 1998 to
- </c><00:04:55.280><c> Athletic</c> of the Hawaii High School Athletic of the Hawaii High School Athletic
- and communities to expand schools and communities to expand opportunities<00:05:06.520><c> for</c><00
- First off, I'd like to congratulate the Hilo High School Vikings, my alma mater, the girls water polo
- and the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce in 1951.
Keywords:
immigration enforcement, sanctuary policy, detainer, ICE, federal immigration authorities, 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), 8 U.S.C. 1373, 8 U.S.C. 1644, deportation, undocumented immigrants, noncitizen, migrant rights, local police cooperation, law enforcement cooperation, hold request, judicial warrant, probable cause, civil immigration enforcement, county police, state police
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Feb 24th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- The act applies to school districts, charter schools, and state tribal education compact schools, and
- districts do, and then how JLARC plays. ...what the 295 school districts do, and then how JLARC plays
- First, this legislation requires that after 2027, anytime a school district, charter school, or state
- First, this legislation requires that after 2027, anytime a school district, charter school, or state
- It provides that the actions of OSPI, school districts, charter schools, and state tribal education compact
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- by the school district constituency.
- So allowing school districts to take advantage of this, we also know that a lot of our school districts
- district in the state, the seventh most diverse school district in the country.
- We know that small school districts don't have the same ability to access bond capacity, bond debt, to
- I serve as the school board president for Lake Washington School District.
Bills:
HB1796
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- districts and the cities and towns within those school districts as defined in that radius.
- </c><00:26:27.919><c> districts,</c> 45% to counties, school districts, 45% to counties, school districts
- </c> geographical area of the school geographical area of the school districts<00:26:36.559><c> within
- </c><00:27:04.640><c> and</c> school districts and the cities and school districts and the cities and
- </c><00:27:07.120><c> districts</c> towns within uh those school districts towns within uh those school
Bills:
HF1049
Committee:
Senate Taxes
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 25th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I have a Lincoln County resident, District 28. He has given service to this country as well.
- Some of them are from my district and Senator Woods's district. And we're welcoming them today.
- So if you'd like to notify your pastors or groups in your districts, they'd like to come up.
Bills:
HJR1032 , SB1314 , SB1257 , SB1326 , SB1365 , SB1932 , SB169 , SB1991 , SB1992 , SB1204 , SB1339 , SB182 , SB1847 , SB1360 , SB1346
Keywords:
HJR1032, House Joint Resolution 1032, Service Oklahoma, administrative rules, rule repeal, joint resolution, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 670:15-1-10, OAC 670:15-1-14, agency regulation, legislative oversight, Secretary of State, Oklahoma Register, rulemaking, permanent rules, administrative code, groundwater, indemnity fund, well drilling, pollution prevention
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 20th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Authorizing school district waivers.
- Local school districts...
- and rules to individual schools within the district.
- The bill requires school districts, charter schools, state tribal education compact schools, and public
- The bill requires school districts, charter schools, state tribal education compact schools, and public
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
Keywords:
digital transcript, transcript sharing, student records, education data exchange, K-12, higher education, community colleges, universities, school districts, charter schools, state-tribal education compact schools, educational service districts, data interoperability, secure platform, student consent, FERPA, privacy, education technology, records management, transcript standard
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/23/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- And it includes representatives from Scott County municipalities, school districts, townships, tribal
- and watershed districts.
- And it includes representatives from Scott County municipalities, school districts, townships, tribal
- And it includes representatives from Scott County municipalities, school districts, townships, tribal
- town in America has a Every single small town in America has a downtown<00:48:46.240><c> district</c
Keywords:
public utilities commission, Lake City, port authority, Red Wing, terms of appointment, local government, elections, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, voter access, polling place, ballot, unexpected needs, election judge, public information, political parties, HF4295
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- districts or school districts.
- districts or school districts.
- districts or school districts.
- districts or school districts.
- districts or school districts.
Bills:
HF3900
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
Keywords:
permanent school fund, school endowment fund, Minnesota constitutional amendment, school aid, public school funding, State Board of Investment, investment income, distributable amount, school districts, property taxes, income taxes, voter approval, ballot question, constitutional amendment 2026, education finance, fund perpetuity, purchasing power, trust lands, swamp lands, internal improvement land fund
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- There is less community service available for those rural school districts, so how do we support school
- there's less community service available for those rural school districts so how do we support school
- These are also the people representing school districts, educational service districts, community-based
- health specialist for North Thurston School District.
- I have worked with rural schools, big cities, small districts, and I have seen the increase of suicide
Bills:
HB1634
Committee:
House Education