Video & Transcript Research : 'private entity'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 04/14/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the language related to private equity ownership of personal family homes.
- This is the language related to private equity ownership of personal family homes.
- Then the city sends out the fines, and that private equity is sold to another private equity and sold
- to another private equity.
- My main concern with this is the definition of private equity company.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Aug 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, that is a private-public partnership.
- So that's an ongoing conversation that's always going on with all the entities involved.
- Private entities are benefiting from the $60 million. Has anybody really looked at that?
- ownership that this developer has, and then there's other private owners.
- This includes public schools, charter schools, private schools, Bureau of Indian Education entities,
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Entities with revenue less than $100,000 would be exempt from reporting.
- The current system is that all public entities submit a single cover audit report.
- I agree with that; those improvements are needed to help these entities.
- with the private sector, what we do, What we do at these entities all year round is assist, help, answer
- Or local entities.
Keywords:
auditing, financial reporting, state auditor, public agencies, capital outlay, compliance, federal audits, agriculture, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, fee update, regulatory fees, egg inspection, egg grading, egg dealer, pesticide control, pesticide registration, pesticide applicator, pest management consultant, plant protection, nursery license
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- So the palace now is the operating entity, not Green Track anymore. Right? Not Green Track anymore.
- The statewide section 65 allows the county or that entity to accomplish something. Right?
- Which they would get from any other entity was... Yes.
- the original bill because these sections license people who already can sell alcohol, such as the private
- Well, there are 911 as of Friday last week—private package stores licensed in Alabama.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Mar 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker and gentlelady, can be brought through private action. Thank you, Mr.
- They don't want a firearm on their private property.
- How will a qualified entity know about how to apply for these types of projects? Mr.
- So, again, these projects have to be owned by the eligible entities.
- Because the government will now be requiring a private property owner to...
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Fraud Committee Meeting - 2025-05-05
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Most of the providers are private providers.
- So when we talk about public versus private, private could also be non-profit.
- Those are private providers. This bill, 289-1, doesn't cover that; it covers government grants.
- And when we talk about providers, they're not grantees; they're private. providers.
- entities involved.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/03/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- that it needs to be a public private that it needs to be a public private partnership<00:07:30.280
- They intend to make it a public-private partnership.
- thinking entities entities that you're thinking entities entities that you're thinking of<00:18:
- to making this a public private to making this a public private partnership<00:21:12.960>
any - to leverage for federal and private to leverage for federal and private dollars<00:26:24.440>
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Mar 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Some students turn to private loans with high No good options.
- “They can use private loans, but this is more beneficial to the student than using private loans.
- cost of private school attendance nearly doubled.
- cost of private school attendance nearly doubled.
- Contrary to popular perception, private institutions are not filled with wealthy students.
Summary:
The committee first adopted its 2025-26 rules on a 7-0 roll call, then approved three consent items—AB 88, AB 240, and AB 313—on a due-pass motion to Appropriations. The hearing then moved to AB 648, which would give community college districts the same zoning authority as the UC and CSU systems to build student and staff housing on property they own or lease. The author and supporters argued the bill would help address severe housing insecurity and homelessness among community college students, while opponents and some members raised concerns about local control, zoning exemptions, and the impact on nearby communities. AB 648 passed the committee on a 5-2 vote and was sent to the Local Government Committee.
The committee next heard AB 466, which would require California Community Colleges and CSU campuses to provide organ and tissue donor registry information during student orientation, and request UC campuses to do the same. Supporters shared personal stories about transplants and donation, saying college orientation is a good opportunity to increase registrations. Some members worried about information overload during orientation and suggested campuses have flexibility in how they present the material, but the bill advanced on a unanimous 7-0 vote to Appropriations.
AB 326 followed, proposing campus-by-campus external audits of the CSU every three years and public release of the audits. The author, faculty supporters, and a student argued that systemwide audits do not provide enough transparency about how money is spent at individual campuses, citing examples of financial mismanagement and fee increases. CSU opposed the bill, saying it already conducts annual consolidated external audits and that campus-level audits would add cost without added benefit. After extensive discussion about transparency, audit scope, and implementation, the bill passed 6-1 to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 335, which would create a California Black-Serving Institution Grant Program to support Black student success and broader underserved student services; supporters emphasized persistent equity gaps and low completion rates, while an opponent argued the bill needed to be carefully amended to comply with Proposition 209 and equal protection requirements. The transcript ends during that item’s discussion, before a final vote is shown.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine bipartisan legislative frameworks for digital assets. Feb 26th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Digital Assets
Transcript Highlights:
- widely traded in the US today, almost none create a legal relationship with an identifiable business entity
- Who really that entity is without a KYC next to it, right? Absolutely right.
- As someone in private practice, that is one of the very first questions that our firm gets.
- They simply did not know when they were crossing a line, and as a lawyer in private practice, it's very
- We don't want to stifle innovation but nudging our entities a little further along the line, that's..
Keywords:
Digital Assets, Bitcoin, Stablecoins, Legislation, Bipartisan, Consumer Protection, Regulatory Framework, Financial Innovation, Testimony
Summary:
The inaugural meeting of the Digital Assets Subcommittee brought a wave of excitement and anticipation regarding the future of digital assets, including Bitcoin and stablecoins. Chair Lummis expressed gratitude towards Senator Scott for establishing the subcommittee, indicating a commitment to promote responsible innovation while safeguarding consumers. Members discussed the necessity for a bipartisan legislative framework to regulate digital asset markets effectively while outlining the potential benefits such legislation could have on enhancing financial inclusion and streamlining payments. The meeting featured expert testimonies from key figures in the digital asset industry, highlighting the importance of creating clear regulatory guidance for digital assets to foster innovation without compromising consumer protections.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- They require private duty nursing, probably 24 hours a day.
- And last but not least, his leadership in public-private collaboration.
- And last but not least, his leadership in public-private collaboration.
- And last but not least, his leadership in public-private collaboration.
- And so we wanted to make sure that we're protecting those private property rights.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several member introductions recognizing interns, guests, and advocates. The Rules Chair added CS for CS for SB 622 to the special order calendar, and SB 80 on state land management was temporarily postponed. The chamber then moved through a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate bills when the measures were identical or nearly identical.
The Senate passed SB 200/HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, requiring DEP to develop a recycling and waste diversion roadmap by 2026; SB 492 on land development and mitigation banking, after adopting amendments related to mitigation credit use and former phosphate mine lands; and SB 494/HB 255 on aggravated animal cruelty, which increases sentencing consequences and creates a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers, with an amendment clarifying the database language. The Senate also passed SB 500/HB 711 establishing the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, SB 524/HB 1089 adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening, SB 592/HB 393 revising the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, SB 742/HB 1145 on workforce education, SB 936/HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, SB 964/HB 181 on parole guidelines, SB 976/HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, SB 1084/HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment, and SB 1156 on a home health aid program for medically fragile children. Most of these bills were adopted after brief sponsor explanations, questions, and in some cases amendments or House-substitute motions.
Debate centered on several policy issues. Senators raised concerns about the constitutional and environmental implications of mitigation banking credits in SB 492, the scope and privacy implications of the animal abuse database in SB 494, the funding and eligibility details of the condo resilience program in SB 592, and the public-school/charter-school balance in SB 822, which drew extensive questioning about enrollment, governance, discipline, accountability, and data sharing before being placed on the third-reading calendar after amendments. The Spectrum Alert bill drew support from members who compared it to the Purple Alert and emphasized the risks faced by children with ASD. The medically fragile children home health aid bill also drew strong support, with senators describing it as a long-needed fix to help families provide in-home care without losing Medicaid coverage. Votes on the measures reported in the transcript were overwhelmingly favorable, with bills passing by margins such as 38-0, 35-3, 37-0, 36-0, and 35-0.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Apr 28th, 2026
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- What is the entity that will be the department that will be preparing and submitting this annual report
- What is the entity that will be the department that will be preparing and submitting this annual report
- Private investment in STEM education and... It wasn't actually intended for individual people.
- Private investment in STEM education and ...of college with no workforce experience.
- Private investment in STEM education and workforce development solves this problem.
Summary:
The Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development heard House Bill 3359, presented by Rep. Travis Wilson on behalf of Rep. Riggs. The bill would create a state income tax credit for donations to school robotics/STEAM programs, including cash, equipment, software, materials, curriculum, and employee volunteer hours, beginning with the 2027 tax year. The credit would be 20% of the donation value, capped at $10 million annually, with a six-year sunset. Committee members raised questions about whether the credit applies to individuals or businesses, how volunteer hours would be valued and limited, whether the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or the Department of Economic Development would administer reporting, and whether the 20% rate should be higher. Several members also questioned the fiscal note and the impact on a tight state budget.
The main witness in support was Sarah Waldron, an 18-year-old Westminster Christian Academy senior and robotics team leader who said she wrote the bill. She argued that robotics programs are expensive, that private investment is needed to improve workforce readiness, and that the bill would help schools in both urban and rural areas. She clarified that the volunteer-hours provision was intended for business employees, not general individual volunteerism, and said the bill could be amended to add guardrails and better target under-resourced schools, including a possible tiered credit based on free-and-reduced-lunch percentages. Committee members praised her initiative and testimony.
One witness testified in opposition, State Public Advocate Arne C. Dinoff, who said robotics is worthwhile but the state cannot afford another tax credit given the budget deficit and the cumulative cost of tax credit programs. He objected particularly to subsidizing volunteerism and said schools should support robotics locally rather than through a state tax credit. No vote was taken; the hearing was closed and the committee adjourned after testimony.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Industry and Business Apr 2nd, 2025 at 02:45 pm
Industry and Business
Transcript Highlights:
- Lines 16 and 17 on page 5, some more technical corrections from Legislative Council, changing 'entities
- ' to 'an entity,' 'pharmacies' to 'the pharmacy,' and then 'must be allowed' to 'may.'
- That's, again, just our attempt. 2928, including pharmacies in there as an entity that a pharmacy benefit
- sector to come and work for state government and regulate PB... ...try to attract outside the private
- We're going to have to have an attractive package to get them to consider leaving the private sector
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Industry and Business reconvened to work on House Bill 1584, which would create a new pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulatory structure within the Insurance Department. Insurance Commissioner John Godfrey and Deputy Commissioner John Arnold explained a revised set of amendments negotiated with Representative Casper and the North Dakota Pharmacists Association. They said the bill largely kept the House policy intact but added technical corrections, narrowed some references in Chapter 19-02, created a separate PBM licensing class, set a delayed effective date for licensing, and established emergency authority so the department could begin building the new division. They also described the proposal to fund the program through existing trust fund resources, PBM license fees, and a transfer of about $1.6 million from the prescription drug transparency program fund, while allowing the department flexibility to hire needed attorneys, pharmacists, and examiners.
A major point of discussion was Section 10, which would have required the Attorney General to represent and bear costs for lawsuits related to the bill. Chief Deputy Attorney General Claire Ness said the language was too broad and would go beyond normal constitutional defense work, potentially obligating her office to cover all lawsuits against the commissioner or state under the section. Representative Casper said the intent was only to avoid the Insurance Department having to seek emergency funding for litigation, and both he and department officials said they were open to removing the section or narrowing it. After further discussion, the committee agreed to remove Section 10 from the amendments.
The committee then voted 4-0 to adopt the amended amendment package, and then voted 4-0 to give House Bill 1584 a do pass recommendation as amended and refer it to Appropriations. Members noted the bill was still a work in progress, but said the revised version was intended to move the PBM regulation issue forward while continuing discussion in the appropriations process.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 24th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- It was built in the 1910 and it was built by a private company, the Medina Irrigation Company.
- Uh, however, because it was done privately, the, the Medina Irrigation Company had to go out and buy
- Uh, emergency service districts in Texas are local government entities that provide emergency services
- Purchases and entity expenditures.
- Many local government entities already operate with higher expenditure thresholds, streamlining their
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, Mark mentioned that the Bureau of Economic Geology, the foremost entity in Texas on seismology,
- These are both competing entities that we need here in Texas.
- It was our understanding it was a different entity that applied for that permit than the current entity
- But was the entity... Clearly, is that listed with the TCEQ back in...?
- Yes, the entity that filed for the permit.
Keywords:
rock crushing, permits, air quality, environmental monitoring, aggregate production, seismicity, public meeting, land use, SB 1758, cement kiln, portland cement, aggregate production operation, aggregate quarry, semiconductor wafer manufacturing, chip fabrication, semiconductor plant, vibration, seismic disturbance, liability limitation, TCEQ
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 15, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- IT SERVES CHILDREN WHO RECEIVE PRIVATE DUTY NURSING THAT IS THE BILL MR.
- Tendrich: I HAVE THE GRANT PROPOSALS FROM BOTH ENTITIES HERE AND IT ALMOST, YOU KNOW, IRAN A NONPROFIT
- WHY WAS IT INTENTIONALLY MADE PRIVATE? >> Chair: GOOD POINT.
- AND SECURE FLORIDA FUTURE HAS ACCESS TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR NETWORK THAT THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT SO IF
- IF I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY AT THE FORMATION OF THE ENTITY I WOULD ASSUME BECAUSE I WAS NOT
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So we are not, you know, a heavy private care provider, we are a heavy public care provider.
- Or provide for self-insurance and the current look at the public entity insurance marketplace.
- Although in a previous life in school districts I sat on several public entity risks.
- Public entity risk pool boards, in fact the majority of my career, 30 years in school districts.
- Public entities chose to form pools joint powers authorities with the legislature's blessing.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (02/03/2026)
Municipal and County Government
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- A pension benefit plan is a retirement program offered by a public entity in Arizona.
- When you look at the give, it's what the private party is promising in direct objective value.
- They've got to do something to make sure they still get private investment coming in.
- They've got to do something to make sure they still get private investment coming in.
- I'm a big believer in private property rights.
Keywords:
savings and loan, technical correction, Arizona Revised Statutes, financial institutions, prohibitions, GPLET, abatement, tax incentives, local government, property improvement, central business district, insurance, settlement demands, time limits, third-party claims, regulatory compliance, initiative, referendum, ballot measures, petition circulators
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Health Policy Jan 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The care provider networks and qualified entities will benefit from more reliable and timely background
- Qualified entities will benefit from more reliable and timely background screening information, allowing
- , as the legislation from 2020 intended, screenings conducted for qualified entities need to include
- , if it's a private school, must identify all students... ...in current law, we have a process that if
- It appears first in families without access to private health care, paid sick leave.
Summary:
The committee heard several health-related bills. SB 1082 would let providers or insurers in state-regulated commercial plans opt into the federal independent dispute resolution process for emergency out-of-network claims, with a late-filed amendment clarifying access to the state program in certain circumstances. The bill sponsor and emergency physicians said the measure would reduce litigation and improve payment resolution; the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute.
SB 1168 would centralize background screening work for the care provider clearinghouse at the Agency for Health Care Administration and update related screening rules, including sealed and expunged records for qualified entities. The sponsor said the change would speed turnaround and reduce duplication; an amendment was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1156 would move ambulatory surgical center regulation out of Chapter 395 into a standalone section of law, and it was reported favorably without amendment.
SB 1480, as amended by a strike-all, would grandfather certain temporary certificate holders practicing in areas of critical need if federal designations change, allowing them to continue seeing current patients and potentially new patients in their existing area subject to board oversight. The committee heard support from health system representatives and reported the bill favorably. The final and most debated measure, SB 1756 on medical freedom, would require vaccine education materials and alternative schedules, expand school immunization exemptions to conscience-based objections, clarify limits on emergency vaccination orders, and allow pharmacists to dispense ivermectin behind the counter with written information. The sponsor and supporters framed it as parental choice and access, while physicians, public health advocates, cancer advocates, and parents of immunocompromised children warned it would lower vaccination rates and increase disease risk. The committee adopted a liability-related amendment, rejected a substitute amendment that would have required consultation for exemptions, and continued hearing public testimony opposing the bill; the transcript ends before final action on SB 1756.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- at FHSAA member public and private schools if the school doesn't offer the sport.
- It would take somebody alerting the enforcement entity that there has been a violation of it.
- It would take somebody alerting the enforcement entity that there has been a violation of it.
- So it would be the same process, just with those additional entities.
- Specifically, is this a private school? Is this a charter school?
Summary:
The Florida Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness for sexual assault survivors, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a memorial proclamation for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special-order bills, with senators also briefly discussing the session’s pace and thanking staff and colleagues for their work.
The first major bill, on driving and boating offenses, was amended and passed 37-0. As amended, it increases penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide/vessel homicide offenses, and adds notice requirements and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. Senators also passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers 37-0, requiring Medicaid managed care plans to offer more after-hours and holiday access and ensuring more primary care appointment availability outside regular business hours.
The Senate then passed a major condominium and cooperative associations bill, also 37-0, after extensive debate and multiple amendments. The measure extends deadlines for structural integrity reserve studies, adds flexibility for reserve funding and budgeting, tightens rules for managers and inspectors, limits certain requirements to buildings of three or more habitable stories, and extends the rescission period for condo purchases. Senators from both parties praised the bill’s sponsors for years of work responding to post-Surfside safety and affordability concerns.
The longest and most contentious item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendment petition procedures. Sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse in the citizen initiative process by tightening circulator rules, requiring faster submission of signed petitions, adding voter notification, increasing penalties, and shifting costs to sponsors. Opponents argued it would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizens to qualify initiatives. The chamber adopted a series of amendments, including changes to the petition-circulator threshold, volunteer protections, submission timing, invalid-signature investigation thresholds, and notice/cure provisions, while debate continued over whether the overall package would protect election integrity or suppress citizen-led amendments.