Video & Transcript Research : 'legislative rules'
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AZ
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Next year that we have all the legislators coming up.
- The three-minute rule is in effect.
- I want to say fellow legislators. I've been here. I want to say fellow legislators.
- I think there's serious problems with this legislation.
- We honor the rule of law in our party. We don't honor the rule of a master.
Bills:
SB256
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 1 April, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- >> We do not define that criteria in the legislation.
- and provide a report on those rules to the committee.
- Rules and in the what's ...the standard.
- They’ve actually published the rules and regulations earlier... ...rules and regulations earlier, at
- So, the rules have been filed.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I move to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider H.R. 122.
- The chair hears none, the rules are suspended.
- I move to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider H.R. 122. Mr.
- I move to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider H.R. 60.
- The chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Rules Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- If, just for clarification with this legislation, if a fundraiser is being With this legislation, if
- And in connection, in the parallel to the legislation before us, I believe that this legislation would
- Under Rule 2.39, paragraph 4, in the germanity standards outlined in the Senate rules, this amendment
- Rule 2. In the Senate rules, this amendment is out of order. The amendments are out of order.
- There's a lot of things that if you go through the rules of evidence, or even the case rulings that I
Summary:
The committee took up a long agenda of retained bills and several new measures, with most receiving favorable reports after amendments. Major debate centered on CS/SB 706, which preempts airport naming to the state and designates Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport subject to FAA and trademark-related conditions. Senator Jones offered amendments to avoid private royalty benefits, but both failed. Senators Berman, Osgood, Jones, and Pizzo spoke against the bill, raising concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and ethical issues; Senator Mayfield defended the bill as cost-free to the airport and noted the naming agreement. The committee ultimately voted the bill favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements and CS/SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, both with amendments and some opposition from the Florida League of Cities on the utility bill.
Several other bills were heard and reported favorably with little controversy. CS/SB 1500 would streamline uncontested probate proceedings; SB 962 would exclude farms and farm operations from certain zoning definitions tied to affordable housing preemption; CS/SB 820 would strengthen reporting for problem-solving courts; SB 840 would revise portions of last year’s hurricane-related land-use law to narrow its scope and sunset temporary restrictions; and SB 856 would require online property listings to show estimated ad valorem taxes, with an amendment excluding social media platforms and broadening liability protections. SB 110 would clarify homestead exemption eligibility for 98-year or longer residential leases. SB 394 would exempt certain underwriting managers handling limited facultative reinsurance from licensure requirements, and SB 434 would prevent wind-hardening improvements from increasing assessed value for residential property tax purposes.
The committee also advanced several public-safety and transparency measures. CS/CS/SB 658 and 608, a combined water-safety bill, would require safety features for rental properties with pools or nearby water bodies and authorize DBPR enforcement; supporters framed it as a response to Florida’s high child-drowning rates, and Airbnb waived in support. SB 748 would place constitutional language on restoration of voting rights on sentencing score sheets, with broad support from voting-rights and civil-rights groups. CS/SB 824 would require annual reporting of unimproved school-district land inventories, and CS/SB 848 would create a framework for off-site stormwater treatment and related credits, with support from builders and mitigation bankers. The committee also heard CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, which clarifies certification requirements and performance criteria after a delete-all amendment.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, and I understand the ruling. Mr. Chairman, and I understand the rulings.
- But we have rules in the law, what is called statutory construction, which are rules the court has adopted
- Testified in front of Senate Rules.
- Maybe you're working on the Legislative Council Service, and we've got to send that message up to Legislative
- We have a rule. We have a rule of procedure by how we do that. It's Rule 45.
Keywords:
SB40, Driver Privacy and Safety Act, automated license plate reader, ALPR, license plate reader, vehicle surveillance, privacy, data sharing, law enforcement data, immigration enforcement, reproductive health care, gender-affirming care, civil liberties, surveillance, public records, Inspection of Public Records Act, New Mexico State Police, Department of Public Safety, data sovereignty, vehicle tracking
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 59 (4-14-26) - Part 1
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- legislation legislation that<00:02:56.959>
concerns <00:02:58.080>these <00:02:58.480>< - Thank you. not legislative micromanagement. For not legislative micromanagement.
- <03:26:01.760>
Rules Mr. Clerk, please report. Rules Mr. Clerk, please report. - Prior to me ruling on that, from FET 13. Prior to me ruling on that, Mr. Mr. Mr.
- . legislate. legislate.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Local Government (3-10-26)
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- want to be clear that this legislation want to be clear that this legislation only<00:11:01.920>
- The addition is about the council rules shall not prohibit the filing of legislation that comports with
- , legislation, legislation, the<00:15:14.079>
council <00:15:14.600>rules <00:15:15.120> - accept that legislation. accept that legislation.
- of legislation of legislation um<00:29:15.240>
needed.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The legislation being considered before you today again would extend the five-year rule only by an additional
- The legislation being considered before you today again would extend the five-year rule only by an additional
- The legislation being considered before you today again would extend the five-year rule only by an additional
- The legislation being considered before you today again would extend the five-year rule only by an additional
- The legislation being considered before you today again would extend the five-year rule only by an additional
IN
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, your Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures recommends the House Rule 1-55.3 for the
- Rules and Legislative Procedures recommends that House Rule 1-55.5.3.
- We don't legislate that. And the second thing is education.
- It's an administrative rule, it looks like. Or, okay.
- It's an administrative rule, it looks like, or was?
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (03/11/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We have rules that tell you what you can do and rules that will tell you what you can’t do.
- We have rules that tell you what you can do and rules that will tell you what you can’t do.
- We have rules that tell you what you can do and rules that will tell you what you can’t do.
- pharmacist to know the laws and rules. pharmacist to know the laws and rules.
- but I'm in support of this legislation. but I'm in support of this legislation.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- to legislate by a vote of 3 to 1. to legislate by a vote of 3 to 1.
- HB 53 inexpedient to legislate. HB 53 inexpedient to legislate.
- . legislate. legislate.
- The motion is inexpedient to legislate. The motion is inexpedient to legislate.
- inexpedient to legislate is adopted. inexpedient to legislate is adopted.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revised Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Would take issue, it's not circumventing the rules.
- So, if you want to object to a particular rule, you're free to object to that.
- But I don't ask specific rules. I say, can we do this?
- There's precedents for this and it follows our senate rules.
- This is the last time I could see this happen was during the right to work legislation.
Bills:
HB4028, HB4029, HB4059, HB4063, HB4073, HB4074, HB4075, HB4076, HB4077, HB4078, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1142
Keywords:
tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, ALS, funding, healthcare, State Department of Health, emergency declaration, public finance, state budget, financial regulations, monetary policy, referendum, constitutional amendments, special election, Oklahoma legislature, public voting, recovery fund
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit
Transcript Highlights:
- ... ...else, and then we would promulgate a rule.
- Council to review those rules.
- If there's a legislative issue with any of the rules we have, that's the proper... ...for the legislature
- So again, I just felt like the legislation at this point is a little... ...the legislation at this point
- There's not been a proposed rule.
Keywords:
DUI, driving under the influence, ignition interlock, interlock device, driver license suspension, restricted license, motor vehicle, alcohol offense, first offense, repeat offender, blood alcohol concentration, BAC, license revocation, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, ALEA, public safety, traffic safety, chemical dependency, substance abuse, court referral program
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:36 am
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It allows the PRC to operate as a self-funded agency while preserving legislative and executive oversight
- The PRC would still go through the annual legislative appropriation process, maintaining full oversight
- This is Christina Vasquez, as she works for Legislative Council, and this is Clinton Turner.
- Vasquez works for Legislative Council, and this is Clinton Turner, and he is the economist in our Legislative
- They may not have specific rules, but they are aware that those rule areas are our priority. rules but
Keywords:
Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility oversight fund, public utilities, utility regulation, commissioners, commission staff, chief of staff, ethics, Gift Act, revolving door, post-employment restrictions, consumer complaints, telecommunications, pipeline safety, natural gas pipelines, oil pipelines, license fees, regulatory oversight, administrative cleanup
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (06/26/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- state legislator. I vote on your budget. state legislator. I vote on your budget.
- Senate bill knowing that legislative Senate bill knowing that legislative policy<00:23:15.360>
- Okay. >> Would it be possible for the division to come up with some rules or suggested rules?
- The interim final rule expressed rule.
- rule of how we should be approaching it. rule of how we should be approaching it.
Summary:
The committee first approved the draft minutes from its May 29 meeting and then received an informational update from the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing about the state’s ASL interpreter pipeline. Representative Woods and Associate Commissioner Ann Landry explained that the American Sign Language program at UNH Manchester, the nation’s first fully accredited program, is facing viability concerns because high tuition has left only two of a potential 20 students committed so far. They warned that if enrollment does not recover, the program could face a teachout and eventually be lost, which they said would be detrimental because many state services and legal proceedings require qualified interpreters. Members discussed possible alternatives, including whether community colleges could help, and asked for follow-up research and contact information for UNH officials. The committee also heard that interpreter demand across DHHS continues to rise and that the department must ensure compliance with civil rights and service-access requirements.
The committee then turned to Medicaid policy changes tied to Senate Bill 134 and a new federal interim final rule on Medicaid community engagement, or work, requirements. DHHS officials Olivia May and Ann Landry explained that the state law and federal rule align in many areas, but the committee still needed to decide how to implement several remaining policy choices. The department recommended adopting all four short-term hardship exceptions because the federal rule requires states to take them all or none: inpatient or institutional care, federally declared emergencies, high-unemployment areas, and extensive out-of-state travel for serious medical care. Members generally supported the exceptions but raised concerns about how they would be defined and applied, especially the emergency and medical-travel categories.
Several legislators asked for more clarity on terms like “extensively” and “serious or complex medical care,” and DHHS said the federal rule does not rigidly define them, though the state could refine implementation through rulemaking if authorized. The department also said the emergency exception would apply only to federally declared emergencies, not state declarations, and would be tied to the emergency event itself. No final vote on the Medicaid policy was recorded in the portion provided, but the discussion indicated the committee was reviewing the remaining decisions needed to implement Senate Bill 134 under the new federal framework.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
JLCAR Administrative Rules (08/21/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- However, rule that was presented.
- concerns regarding the rule. concerns regarding the rule.
- rule as presented. rule as presented.
- in this rule. in this rule. >> Agency<00:17:58.320>
comments. - <00:21:49.200>
Um which is our waiver rules. Um which is our waiver rules.
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes and adopted the consent calendar after removing two items: DES rule FP 25127 concerning dug-in boat basins and HHS child care licensing rule 25132. The child care licensing item was then taken up separately. HHS staff said the rule had been developed over more than a year with the child care advisory council and the broader child care community, and that it was urgent because the department is out of compliance with federal Office of Child Care requirements and needs database changes completed in time for a September 30, 2025 implementation deadline. After brief questions, the committee moved to approve the rule as presented, and it passed unanimously.
The committee also considered an HHS interim rule to restore expired rules and keep them in compliance while regular rulemaking proceeds. HHS explained the rules had expired in April and that the filing was intended to minimize the gap until permanent rulemaking could occur; the only fee in the rule relates to copying medical records, and the department said it is not collecting those fees. Committee members noted broader problems with keeping rules current in the state’s tracking system, but said the situation had improved. The committee then moved to approve the interim rule, and it was adopted unanimously.
For DES rule 25127 on project-specific requirements for boat houses, staff and committee members focused on language about new dug-in basins. Some members were concerned the rule read like an absolute prohibition without clear statutory authority, while DES staff said a waiver process exists and offered possible edits to clarify that dug-in basins could still be approved in rare cases if a waiver is granted or if they are the least impacting alternative. Because the language needed further work, the committee postponed the item for one month and asked DES to return with written conditional-approval language. The committee also voted to move its October meeting to October 17 at 9:00 a.m. in State House 100, and was told to expect an emergency Lottery Commission rule on slot machines next month. The meeting then adjourned.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- legislation. Signed, John Treadwell. legislation. Signed, John Treadwell. Clerk.
- Local legislation.
- >> from the committee on rules. House joint >> from the committee on rules.
- we used to have a rule in here. we used to have a rule in here.
- And the rule was that for have a rule.
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then adopted the previous day’s journal and excused absent senators. The chamber recognized visiting members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and adopted a Senate resolution designating February 10, 2026, as Alpha Phi Alpha Day at the Alabama State Capitol. Senators offered remarks praising the fraternity’s service, civic outreach, and historical significance, and the House later sent over a matching resolution, which the Senate adopted. The Senate also heard a Black History Month presentation highlighting Benjamin Banneker, Dr. Charles Drew, Ralph Bunche, and Carter G. Woodson.
The Senate then processed a large number of House messages and confirmations. House bills and resolutions were referred to committees, including measures on juvenile offenders, administrative rules, state income tax, local legislation, ad valorem tax, multi-member boards, license plates, criminal procedure, and food banks. The Senate confirmed several appointments, including multiple Alabama Army National Guard promotions, Mike Suo to the Jacksonville State University Board of Trustees, and Christy Andrews to the Alabama Securities Commission, each by roll call with no opposition.
In motions and resolutions, the Senate adopted numerous commemorative and honorary resolutions, including observances for National Blood Donor Month, Diabetes Month, Booker T. Washington Day, the Alabama Community College Football Study Commission, and recognitions for individuals and organizations such as the Baldwin County Fair, Sheriff Derek Cunningham, William Riley Hawkins Jr., and Clifford Ray Miller. Senator Barfoot’s resolution urging federal funding for the state logging efficiency grant fund was adopted after adding all senators as co-sponsors, and a resolution honoring Sheriff Derek Cunningham was read at length and adopted. The Senate also adopted the Rules Committee’s special order calendar for the next legislative day, which prioritized several bills on libraries, taxation, retired state employees, municipalities, transportation, coal-impacted communities, income tax, the Alabama Space Authority, cosmetology and barbering, security, entertainment incentives, and health. In local legislation, the Senate passed several local bills, including measures for Mobile County, class 2 municipalities, public transportation, Jefferson County, and the town of Morris.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Jan 8th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- members, require legislative sessions to be held on an annual basis, and unduly impair the legislative
- track the impacts of legislation.
- track the impacts of legislation.
- So Nevada actually passed legislation in 2011 requiring all new legislators to attend the Legislative
- legislators.
Summary:
The Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee met with a quorum, approved the previous meeting minutes, and heard an update from Garty Consulting on the interim study of legislative term limits. The consultants outlined their research plan and preliminary themes, including loss of institutional knowledge, shifts in power toward executive agencies and lobbyists, reduced long-term policy capacity, faster leadership turnover, and recruitment/support challenges. They also described possible recommendation categories ranging from constitutional and statutory changes to procedural and cultural adjustments. Committee members asked about how other states repealed term limits, how the public survey would address perceptions of term limits, and how stakeholder focus groups would be selected. The committee also heard a presentation from NCSL on term limits in other states, including examples from Nevada, Montana, and Colorado, with discussion of training programs, staffing changes, annual-session debates, bill limits, and impacts on decorum and leadership continuity. Several members requested follow-up data on part-time versus full-time legislatures, taxpayer costs, and nonpartisan staff devoted to oversight.
The committee then considered revisions to the legislature’s workplace harassment policy and related forms. Legislative Council explained changes that clarified the definition of harassment, added captions for readability, extended several deadlines, allowed informal resolution before a review panel is appointed, clarified the role of Legislative Council in intake and documentation, and updated confidentiality/open-records language. Members, especially Senator Hogan, said the revisions better formalize the role of counsel and provide a less intimidating path for resolving complaints. The committee adopted the revised policy and forms by roll call vote.
Finally, the committee approved a motion to enter executive session at 1:00 p.m. to review the results of a capital threat assessment and discuss legislator security, citing the applicable open-meetings exemptions. Members were instructed to limit discussion to the stated purpose and not take final action until returning to open session.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 21st, 2025 at 10:08 am
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislation to impose penalties or punishments for legislators who willfully absent themselves during
- Legislation to authorize a water conservation districts.
- That is under TDEM's rules.
- The rules mean that TDEM could actually modify the rules to reduce those numbers if necessary, if it's
- Well, if it's a rule, that means they can modify their own rules.
Keywords:
youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license
Summary:
The committee meeting primarily focused on the discussion and passage of several key bills, including SB5, which pertains to supplemental appropriations for disaster relief. This bill was passed unanimously, highlighting the committee's commitment to addressing disaster preparedness. HB20, aimed at reducing fraudulent charitable solicitations during disasters, also saw significant debate, with positive sentiments expressed by its sponsor, Mr. Darby. Additionally, HB22, which expands the authority of the comptroller to fund emergency communication systems, was passed with overwhelming support, indicating a consensus on improving emergency response capabilities within the state. The session concluded with discussions about future legislative measures aimed at strengthening infrastructure against disasters.