Video & Transcript Research : 'First Amendment rights'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, seeing none, I will renew my motion that House File 1614, the first engrossment, be placed
  • All right, seeing none, all in favor of adoption of the A3 amendment, please say aye. Opposed?
  • Okay, so Representative Curran, did you want to say any more about the bill as amended right now?
  • All right, and we do not have an amendment, so go ahead, Representative Frazier.
  • Right now, with the warrant, it only allows—first, they have to have probable cause to get that warrant
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/1/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there any discussion to the amendment before we adopt the DE4? All right. Seeing none.
  • So I'd ask members to support that amendment. All right. So I will move the A3 if I didn't already.
  • All right, seeing none, all in favor of adoption of the A3 amendment, please say aye. Aye. Opposed.
  • <01:07:56.640> Um,<01:07:57.200> right amended? Um, right amended?
  • Right now, with the warrant, they first have to have probable cause to get that warrant.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 31st, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right.
  • There is a court case in which the Supreme Court of Texas found that the First Amendment posed stricter
  • To me, done right is you have to establish that first in-person VCPR.
  • All right. I appreciate it. Let me go with the bill author first.
  • All right. All right.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 22nd, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, we have today with us... and I'm gonna try to get the first name right. I've called you...
  • Okay, I have an amendment. We got to get the BR first. M.
  • All right. Then that's the first one. That's A. Then you got B.
  • So that's... they asked for the amendment for this amendment. Okay. All right.
  • All right. So can I have a look at that amendment?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So just what right about this particular amendment?
  • I'm going to vote yes on this amendment. Thank you. All right. Any other questions? Mr. Speaker?
  • Speaker I do have a perfecting amendment the following amendment the clerk will read the amendment Amendment
  • Strikes the first part, right? That your amendment strikes line eight through 13, isn't that right?
  • Look at your amendment, you see the first part where it says it strikes lines 8 through 13 you see that
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 29

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, I'd like to introduce people. First, I'd like to introduce Dava<00:16:58.400> Watson.
  • All right. Sorry. Second introduction.
  • I was blessed to not only have him as a teacher, but I was able to be in the first class on the first
  • I was blessed to not only have him as a teacher, but I was able to be in the first class on the first
  • <00:31:04.560> day<00:31:05.160> he in the first class on the first day he in the first
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • and Accountability Act, Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IV of the Education Amendments
  • This proposed amendment also includes some additional pieces, right?
  • If the committee wishes to move this bill with the two amendments—the first to remove those sections
  • be to amend and do pass as amended.
  • be to amend and do pass as amended.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-08-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He didn't and continued to work to try to work out areas of disagreement right up to the floor amendment
  • It said basically that corporations have rights, Basically, that corporations have rights, not powers
  • Did I get that right?
  • She was from the first year I was there. She was from the first year I was judge here back in 2013.
  • And with that, first, I'm stopping right here and going to call on Senator Wakai. >> Mr.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Right here. >> Right here. >> Come on. >> Come on. >> Come on. >> Come on. >> Come on.
  • And I told him, "But Colleen is there, right?" He goes, "Yes." "Mike is there, right?" "Yes."
  • And after our first meeting, the main thought in my head was that Colleen My first thought was that Colleen
  • When Colleen was elected Senate President in 2006, she was the first she was the first Asian-American
  • I think the first part is how I felt about...
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 13th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we have an amendment, staff. We have an amendment. Is this just technical?
  • Amendments set 3575 to HB 555. Amendments 1 and 2 are technical. Amendment set 3575 to HB 555.
  • That amendment.
  • Right, right, right. And, guys and ladies, it’s a 1-800 number. Yeah.” “Right, right.
  • Members, for the first 70 years in the co-op world, bylaw amendments had to be approved by the members
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • >> right?
  • Right.
  • >> So,<00:15:22.560> right. >> So, right. >> So, right.
  • All right. Thank you. >> Okay. All right. Thank you.
  • But right right. Then we'll see a drop. But right now,<00:24:27.840> good.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/24/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • right reason.
  • It'd be all right if we have Kristen Green go first. We'll be fine. Sure.
  • All right if we have Kristen Green go first. We'll be fine. Sure. Good morning, Mr.
  • All right. Thank you. Thank you, Senator Leach. Okay. All right. First speaker up. Let's see.
  • Right.
Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 1630, which would direct AHCCCS to seek federal approval for a home- and community-based services program for adults determined to be seriously mentally ill, with quarterly implementation updates, stakeholder input, and a cap on enrollment. The sponsor and advocates from Arizona Mad Moms argued the bill would create an assisted-living-style Medicaid option for the most disabled SMI individuals, improve continuity of care, and reduce state general fund costs by shifting some expenses to federal Medicaid funding. Access testified neutral, estimating a total fiscal impact of $27.7 million, including $5.83 million general fund, and explained the need for CMS approval. The committee adopted an amendment reducing the initial cap to 250 members, changing reporting frequency, and adjusting eligibility and expansion conditions, then passed SB 1630 as amended on a 10-0 vote. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1131, which originally required school districts and charter schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans and appropriated $1 million for implementation. An amendment replaced the mandate with a reporting requirement on AED counts, CPR/AED-trained staff, and whether schools have a plan, while keeping a grant component for AEDs and prioritizing rural schools. The American Heart Association supported the amended approach as a way to gather baseline data and target resources, and members discussed AED training, school preparedness, and whether the funding should favor rural or high-population schools. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1131 as amended on a 9-1 vote, with Senator Kuby voting no and several members explaining concerns about funding and priorities. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1582, which concerned the school safety interoperability fund. An amendment shifted the appropriation from the Department of Education to the Department of Administration and allocated funds to specific county sheriff offices for continuing operation and maintenance of existing interoperability systems, while narrowing the program to public safety agencies and school districts and requiring twice-yearly testing. Sheriffs, a county school superintendent, and the Arizona Sheriffs Association described the systems as useful for drills and real emergencies, improving communication between schools and first responders; one speaker noted the program had been used in drills and at least one live deployment. Some members questioned the audit findings, the focus on rural counties, and whether the program was a good use of funds, while supporters emphasized its value for school safety. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1582 as amended on a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1504, which would change retirement rules for Tier 2 and Tier 3 public safety personnel by allowing earlier normal retirement and shortening the COLA waiting period, with an amendment exempting the changes from the statutory pre-funding requirement. Supporters from firefighter and police groups said the bill would improve recruitment and retention and let employees receive earned benefits sooner, while city, county, and taxpayer representatives warned it would add substantial unfunded liabilities and undermine the 2016 pension reforms. Actuarial testimony estimated significant costs, including tens of millions in annual or upfront impacts depending on how the change is funded, and members debated whether the amendment would shift costs onto future taxpayers or simply spread them over time. The transcript ends during continued testimony and discussion on SB 1504, before a final vote is reached.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce May 13th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Got it right. Did I really? Well, I'm starting off the day well. All right, uh...
  • Why don't we would you like to go first?
  • All right. Well, I had a question. Senator Nichols.
  • The first is in subsequent— section C.
  • All right. All right. We're going to close public testimony and leave HB 3228 pending.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Business and Commerce May 13th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Got it right. Did I really? I'm starting Chair: off the day well. All right, why don't we...
  • So first off, what industries would this be?
  • The first is in subsection C.
  • Yeah, so you're right about the impact statement.
  • Chairman Schwertner: All right, members.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, why don't we—would you like to go first? All right.
  • So first off, what industries would this be?
  • All right. Well, I had a question. Senator Nichols.
  • The first is in subsection C.
  • Yeah, so you're right about the impact statement.
Summary: The committee first took up pending business and favorably reported several House bills without opposition, including HB 11, HB 132, HB 1041, HB 1606, HB 2286, and HB 5061. Each was moved out of committee with a recommendation that it do pass and be printed, and several were also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard HB 3306, which would extend existing construction-contract indemnity exceptions to electric infrastructure construction, maintenance, and vegetation management work for electric utilities and transmission and distribution utilities. The sponsor said the bill would reduce litigation and insurance costs for ratepayers, while construction industry witnesses argued it would shift liability onto subcontractors and create broad-form indemnity in a way Texas law has generally prohibited since 2011. HB 3306 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4739, a Comptroller-requested cleanup bill to repeal an outdated Finance Code provision requiring remittance of a portion of certain delinquency charges to the state, and HB 3803, HB 3804, and HB 3806, all Department of Banking-requested cleanup bills dealing with confidentiality and supervision rules for perpetual care funds, state banks, and trust companies. Those bills were briefly explained and left pending without testimony. HB 4219, aimed at improving Public Information Act compliance by requiring timely notice when records do not exist or are being withheld, allowing complaints to the Attorney General, and imposing training and fee consequences for noncompliance, drew support from a journalist and a policy analyst and was also left pending. The committee then heard HB 4238 on coerced debt and identity theft. The sponsor explained that the committee substitute narrows the bill to court-ordered findings of identity theft/coerced debt, gives collectors seven business days to stop collection activity, and removes a section to avoid litigation over court orders. A law professor and a family violence advocate testified in strong support, describing coerced debt as a barrier for domestic violence and elder abuse survivors trying to rebuild credit and access housing, jobs, and utilities. The bill was left pending. HB 1522, which would require local governments to post meeting notices three business days in advance and make budget materials more accessible online and in physical form, also drew support, though a school business officials representative raised concerns about the timing language, proposed-budget wording, and taxpayer impact statements for school districts; the bill was left pending after discussion. Later, the committee heard additional pending bills, including a PUC background-check bill that would expand the commission’s authority to check current employees and contractors and obtain FBI criminal history information, HB 3805 updating money services business regulation, HB 431 extending HOA solar-panel protections to solar tiles, and HB 3228 and HB 3229 on wind and solar recycling financial assurance and recycler solvency. HB 3228 received support from a Sierra Club witness who said recycling and disposal plans are needed for end-of-life renewable energy equipment, and HB 3229 was described as requiring recyclers to show financial resources at 125 percent through a letter of credit or bond. These bills were heard and left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce May 13th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, why don't we—would you like to go first? All right.
  • So first off, what industries would this be?
  • All right. Well, I had a question. Senator Nichols.
  • The first is in subsection C.
  • Yeah, so you're right about the impact statement.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up pending business, reporting several House bills favorably to the full Senate, including HB 11, HB 132, HB 1041, HB 1606, HB 2286, and HB 5061, with some also recommended for the local and uncontested or contested calendars. The committee then heard and left pending HB 3306, which would extend construction-contract indemnity exceptions to electric infrastructure work, including construction, maintenance, and vegetation management for utilities. Supporters said it would align utility infrastructure work with public works and reduce litigation and ratepayer costs, while opponents argued it would shift liability onto subcontractors and create broad-form indemnity concerns. Members also heard HB 4739, a Comptroller-requested cleanup bill repealing an outdated Finance Code provision tied to delinquency charges on retail charge accounts, and left it pending without testimony. The committee then considered several Department of Banking cleanup bills, including HB 3803, HB 3804, and HB 3806, all left pending after brief explanations and no public opposition. HB 4219, dealing with public information requests, drew support from a journalist and a policy analyst who said it would improve transparency by requiring timely responses, notice when records do not exist, and training or fee consequences for noncompliance; it was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4238, a committee substitute addressing coerced debt and identity theft, which would bar collection of certain debts from victims who obtain a qualifying court order. A law professor and a family violence advocate supported the bill as narrow, protective relief for domestic violence and elder abuse survivors, and it was left pending. Other bills heard and left pending included HB 1522 on local government budget meeting posting and taxpayer impact disclosures, HB 4344 authorizing background checks for PUC employees and contractors, HB 3805 updating money services business regulation, HB 431 extending solar-panel HOA protections to solar tiles, HB 3228 and HB 3229 on wind and solar recycling financial assurance, and HB 1922 clarifying the accrual date for construction defect claims under right-to-repair law. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Right?
  • Right.
  • Right.
  • You have a fundamental right, right? I said I have a fundamental right.
  • You got it right the first time, this time, sir, yeah.
TX
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  • So right now, yes, right now we would not have the ability... ...to crosstab as you described, because
  • It's right there, it's right there. 2583. Yeah. 2583, thank you.
  • Right, the free delegation, the free supervision. Right. Is that able to provide supervision?
  • care at the right time.
  • And at the right place.
TX
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  • I mean, it's on schedule one right now.
  • My first deployment was to Iraq.
  • I'll do the bill first if that's okay.
  • If you're a baby, different smells. right?
  • That we must do everything in our power to get that first placement right for that child. child.