Video & Transcript Research : 'volunteer program'
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- volunteer force and military families. volunteer force and military families.
- Interfaith Caregiving Program.
- Interfaith Caregiving Program.
- Beyond his role as sheriff, Mark has volunteered for the old Lycoming Township Volunteer Fire Company
- role as sheriff, Mark has volunteered role as sheriff, Mark has volunteered for<02:10:13.440>
KY
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So, you know, largely volunteer driven. - So, you know, largely volunteer driven.
- Right now, the law doesn't protect anyone with peer support programs in place except for police officers
- Warren County Regional Jail is the first jail in Kentucky to offer a peer support program, but many jails
- are looking to add this program.
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and considered four bills. House Bill 4, relating to grooming a minor, was presented as a response to child sexual abuse concerns and would create criminal penalties for adults who groom or solicit minors for sexual conduct. Members raised questions about possible impacts on teachers, youth ministers, nonprofits, and other good-faith communications, as well as concerns about vagueness and age thresholds. The sponsor and supporters said the bill was intended to target predatory conduct while exempting job-related, age-appropriate, and other non-predatory discussions. The committee approved HB 4 favorably by a vote of 14 yes, 0 no, and 5 pass.
House Bill 84, dealing with local government liability for riot-related property damage, was described as a clarification of longstanding Kentucky law so it would apply to consolidated and unified local governments such as Louisville. The sponsor said the bill preserves accountability when governments have notice of a riot and fail to act, while opponents questioned whether language about citizens’ aid could encourage vigilante behavior. The sponsor and another member said the bill was not about vigilanteism but about preserving existing rights and ensuring equal protection for property owners across the state. HB 84 passed favorably by a vote of 15 yes, 1 no, and 1 pass.
House Bill 188, relating to public safety in jails, would extend peer-support confidentiality protections from police officers to jail employees and add jail and medical staff to third-degree assault protections. The sponsor said the measure was prompted by concerns from Warren County jail leadership and was intended to improve mental and physical safety at no cost to taxpayers. Members voiced support for extending protections to jail and penitentiary staff, and the committee passed HB 188 favorably with 18 yes votes and no opposition. House Bill 143, relating to fiduciary bonds, would allow fiduciary bonds to be notarized instead of attested by the circuit court clerk, a change described as a practical request from clerks and attorneys. It passed unanimously, 18 yes, 0 no, 0 pass, and the committee then adjourned.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-11 (12:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Embry Riddell serves more than 32,000 students annually and offers more than 100 degree programs every
- It is needed to fund their education, the programs that will help them succeed.
- It is needed to fund their education, the programs that will help them succeed.
- , or any program that will require a new budget authority for a state match.
- Crimes Against Children Grant Program.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the posture of the United States European Command and United States Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed he Apr 3rd, 2025 at 08:30 am
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
Transcript Highlights:
- General Langley has volunteered me, Chairman. Thank you. You are recognized.
- These programs are the backbone of our military activities on the continent.
- And I believe the services are programming it as the years go forward. So we've learned a lot.
- if we don't continue many of those programs?
- I would never volunteer just how familiar I am with physics, but yes, a little bit.
Summary:
The committee convened to discuss various bills and hear testimonies related to legislative matters, including public concerns and implications surrounding the proposed legislation. Notably, the members engaged in a vigorous debate over SB4, where several representatives shared differing viewpoints on its impact on local communities and the environment. Public testimonies were heard, with advocates arguing for the bill's potential benefits, while opponents raised significant concerns regarding the fiscal implications and land use. Following these discussions, the committee moved to vote on HB2214, which passed without issue, illustrating the bipartisan support for certain initiatives tied to public welfare.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 11th, 2026 at 11:30 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He's a hardworking, popular student at the college's ESL and ACE programs.
- ESL and ACE programs. He is a survivor of gun violence.
- the 2024-2025 program year, Higher Education Department...
- training program, nearly 800 learners... ...participated in integrated education and training programs
- She was a volunteer, but she worked for the same teacher for 20 years.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 3rd, 2025 at 02:30 pm
Appropriations - Education and Environment Division
Transcript Highlights:
- , if you will, almost like program managers, case program managers, similar to the way they do with drug
- The bill calls for the establishment of these programs, a pilot program, in three counties as it's set
- I'm the reentry program manager.
- Regarding the prosecution-led diversion program, this is a program that gives eligible defendants an
- program.
Summary:
The committee met to review fiscal aspects of House Bills 1417 and 1425, both part of a broader criminal justice reentry package. HB 1417 would eliminate the $35 public defender application fee and end court-ordered reimbursement of indigent defense costs, while also removing the $55 monthly community supervision fee. Testimony from the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents and the Department of Corrections said the bill would replace lost revenue with general fund appropriations of about $310,000 for indigent defense and $1.5 million for supervision fees, and that the fees are rarely collected and can hinder reentry. Representative Clemene said the bill is intended to reduce barriers to successful community reintegration and improve data and supervision practices.
HB 1425 would create and fund front-end diversion, deflection, and pretrial services programs. Supporters described it as allowing prosecutors and local jurisdictions to divert appropriate low-level offenders from prosecution, establish deflection programs for people with behavioral health needs, and expand pretrial services. The bill includes a pilot program in three counties, a $1 million appropriation to DOCR for one FTE and contracts with local providers, $750,000 to DHS for treatment services, and $55,000 for a study of pretrial services cost savings. Committee members asked several questions about how the pilot counties would be chosen, how the consultant study would be procured, and what services the DHS funds would cover.
The committee also heard House Bill 1603, which would provide a $500,000 matching grant for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act compliance, with $100,000 available to each of North Dakota’s five tribes if matched. Sponsor testimony said the funds would support a Historical Society NAGPRA compliance committee and help catalog and repatriate human remains and cultural items in coordination with tribes. After questions about the federal mandate and the difficulty of identifying artifacts, the committee voted 4-0 to give HB 1603 a do-pass recommendation, with Senator Meyer assigned to carry it forward.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- step further by including non-certified individuals, those employed by, under contract with, or volunteering
- very, very good data, not only from around the state, but from around the nation, that showed what programs
- these changes back in 2015 was what we could... ...show empirically, through data, that having these programs
- However, for the rest of the state and the rest of the nation, these kinds of programs have been shown
- If you don’t have a GED, the courts will say, "Hey, if you're in a GED program..." ...program, we'll
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- which system they enter this program which system they enter this program will<00:07:20.160>
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existing injectable pilot programs existing injectable pilot programs existing - strengthen our newborn screening program strengthen our newborn screening program through<00:56:
- They need it for their programming needs.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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citizens status to those volunteer citizens status to those volunteer citizens - children the federal summer EBT program children the federal summer EBT program fills<07:26:34.398
- Shirley volunteered for almost a decade with the Girl Scouts as a volunteer mom, helping out Daisies,
- board of directors Shirley volunteered board of directors Shirley volunteered for<07:37:35.840><
- Now, what type of programs are they?
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- The program will host up to 100 participants each academic year through the program duration.
- for implementing a permanent program modeled after the pilot program, including the metrics for the
- If the program were deemed ineffective, then obviously this body could choose not to continue the program
- America or any of the ARL programs.
- or any of the ARL programs.
Keywords:
military, veterans, education, teaching, Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, licensure, certification, public schools, charter schools, school social worker, school counselor, school psychologist, internship, practicum, student support services, mental health, harassment, bullying, power-based violence, school safety
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/01/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we volunteer at Concord Hospital. That's a volunteer.
- The comfort dog program itself, our program in Franklin, was actually the second program in the state
- New Hampshire Medicaid program. New Hampshire Medicaid program.
- program.
- The granted advantage program program.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- In 1970, Massachusetts enacted the police career incentive pay program known as the Quinn Bill.
- Many local programs in Massachusetts still operate with no full-time staff.
- State programs are built on unstable federal grants.
- We also have folks like Larry who are volunteer and are unpaid in the position.
- I'm past director of ethics programs and of palliative care programs at the Israel Deaconess Medical
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security held a public hearing on a wide range of bills affecting law enforcement, corrections, fire services, emergency management, telecommunicators, and sex offender policy. Testimony strongly focused on proposals to restore an education incentive for Massachusetts State Police troopers hired after the Quinn Bill was repealed, with State Police Association witnesses arguing the current system creates unfair pay disparities, hurts recruitment and retention, and leaves newer troopers earning less than some supervisors with the same or less education. They urged favorable reports on H. 2651, S. 1759, and S. 1783. A separate witness also supported H. 2627, a sheriff’s pay-parity bill, while suggesting amendments to avoid distinctions between correction officers and jail officers and warning that the proposal should not be viewed as a funding issue alone.
The committee also heard testimony on public safety and oversight bills. A rape survivor testified in support of S. 1663, arguing that municipal fire or police personnel convicted of sex offenses should not remain in positions of public trust. Senator Miranda testified in support of S. 1723, S. 1724, and S. 1727, which would create correctional officer training/accountability standards, a correctional inspector general, and privileged communication with legislators for incarcerated people; he said the bills respond to misconduct and lack of independent oversight in the Department of Correction. In contrast, the Fire Chiefs Association and Professional Fire Fighters opposed H. 2572/S. 1668/S. 1740 on emergency management, saying the bill was developed without enough collaboration, lacked local-control safeguards, and could undermine incident command and local decision-making during disasters.
Several panels supported other public safety measures. The Fire Chiefs Association and PFFM backed S. 1641 and S. 1744 to create a Massachusetts Public Safety Building Authority to help fund fire station and municipal public safety building projects, and supported S. 1647 to implement the Walsh-Kennedy Commission recommendations on hot works and welding safety, including tougher penalties and training requirements. Witnesses also supported H. 2664/S. 1736 to create a hoisting machinery regulations board, saying current licensing standards for heavy equipment are too minimal. Another panel backed H. 2663/S. 1761 to classify 911 telecommunicators as first responders, citing stress, burnout, and the expanding role of dispatchers. Finally, an attorney from CPCS testified in opposition to S. 1752, warning that expanded sex offender residency restrictions would likely increase homelessness, make supervision harder, and raise constitutional concerns based on prior court rulings.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- They are House Bill 558, which is an act relating to the Medicaid school-based services program, and
- Medicaid school-based services program, Medicaid school-based services program, and<00:08:25.840>
- As a matter of fact, my seatmate right here was in the 4-H program with my daughter.
- everything from traditional livestock programs to STEM programs like coding, robotics, and beyond.
- This program has been active in the United States since 1902.
Summary:
The House opened with a devotional, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the formal swearing-in and seating of newly appointed Representative Jack Bighgam of St. Albans Town, who was also assigned to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry. The chamber then introduced House bills 911 and 912 and referred them to the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry Committee and the Judiciary Committee, respectively. Several other bills were referred to money committees under House rules, including H.558 and H.775 to Ways and Means and H.632 and H.778 to Appropriations. Members also made announcements recognizing visiting groups, including fire and rescue personnel, community action agencies, 4-H participants, and other guests, along with caucus meeting notices.
The House then took up H.907, a Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee bill to review and repeal outdated reporting requirements. The committee explained that the bill categorizes reports into those repealed, those to be reviewed again in four years, and those retained permanently, with an effective date of July 1, 2026. The committee reported unanimous support, and the House ordered the bill to third reading after agreeing to the committee recommendation.
Next, the House considered H.205, dealing with agreements not to compete and stay-or-pay provisions. The Commerce and Economic Development Committee described the bill as generally prohibiting non-compete agreements, especially for lower-wage workers, while allowing narrow exceptions, and limiting stay-or-pay provisions to voluntary, reasonable, and clearly disclosed arrangements. During questioning, a member raised concern about a specific carveout for teacher contracts, arguing it could be used to restrict teacher mobility; the presenter said the language was intended to clarify that the bill did not conflict with existing teacher-contract law. The House adopted the committee amendment and ordered the bill to third reading.
The House then began second reading of H.639 on genetic data privacy. The committee described the bill as creating strong protections for consumers’ genetic information, requiring express opt-in consent for collection, use, disclosure, transfer, retention, and marketing uses; allowing revocation of consent; requiring deletion of data and biological samples upon request; restricting storage and transfer outside the United States; and prohibiting disclosure to insurers, employers, and most government access without a warrant. The committee also said the bill would impose security requirements and anti-discrimination protections, and the detailed presentation continued as the transcript ended.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 25th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Because if he's going to be chair, I will volunteer to do it.
- A few years ago, that volunteer program was done away with.
- There's also a program at Endova County Medical Center called the Next Step program, a violence intervention
- program that has saved lives and broken cycles of trauma.
- Please talk to the advocacy programs and the direct service programs in your communities and find out
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (03/14/2025)
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- appropriation for a new grant program appropriation for a new grant program right<00:40:19.599><
- our rules but under this grant program our rules but under this grant program um<00:41:13.599>
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on measurements um help train volunteers on measurements um help train volunteers- out of the equation because I volunteer out of the equation because I volunteer to<03:56:55.680>
- ahead this is with the the program ahead this is with the the program changes<04:43:55.200>
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Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 187, which would allow parents or guardians to seek restraining orders on behalf of a minor child even when the alleged perpetrator is not a family or household member. Tracy Sirles testified that the bill was prompted by her family’s experience after being told by state police to seek a restraining order, only to learn the current law did not allow it because the offender was the child’s best friend’s father. Members agreed the change was straightforward, noted the fiscal note reflected only a small indeterminate cost to the judicial branch, and moved House Bill 187 ought to pass; the motion was approved unanimously.
The committee then discussed House Bill 66, a Right-to-Know bill that removes “citizen” language in favor of “person” in some provisions and allows certain New Hampshire-connected requesters to seek records electronically if the records already exist in that format. Members reviewed concerns about defining “member of the media,” the scope of electronic requests, and a sentence stating appeals would have no filing fee or search charge. After debate, the committee voted to amend the bill by removing that fee-waiver sentence, then recommended House Bill 66 ought to pass as amended. The vote was 6-3.
Next, the committee heard from the Environment and Agriculture chair about several solid-waste-related bills being folded into trailer bill language, including House Bill 215 and House Bill 171, with discussion of a possible three-year landfill moratorium and the need to address DEES staffing and funding concerns. DEES later clarified that the revised approach would not require new positions or create a fiscal impact because the new solid waste commission would be self-funded through filing fees. The committee voted unanimously to retain House Bill 215.
Finally, the committee considered House Bill 566, which requires landfill permit applications to include a detailed leachate management plan and more information about disposal contracts. The sponsor said the bill was developed with DEES to address leachate problems and improve safety oversight. DEES testified that the bill largely reflects current practice and would have no specific fiscal impact, with existing staff able to absorb any review workload. The committee moved House Bill 566 ought to pass, and the motion was approved unanimously. The committee also briefly discussed House Bill 624, a grant program for local river management advisory committees, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 013 Jan 27th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And whereas 4-H's local network of over 10,000 volunteers and almost 100 professionals provides caring
- In the 4-H program, they learn about chores.
- In the 4-H program, they learn about chores.
- That was what a great leadership program it is, and that's what it teaches us.
- That was what a great leadership program it is, and that's what it teaches us.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/09/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- the Dartmouth College Writing Program the Dartmouth College Writing Program for<00:06:55.919>
- I mean, I'm of an age CARES program.
- um including energy efficiency programs um including energy efficiency programs.<01:40:59.360>
Um - So with through programs like this.
- of Vermont and listed in that program. of Vermont and listed in that program.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 27, 2026 - 09:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- committee members, today along with my cosponsor Representative Valdes we are representing Bill 461, Volunteers
- Legislative Associate, Equal Ground Action Fund, and quite frankly we have 16-year-olds who are wanting to volunteer
- to vote and volunteer at these polls, so we want to let you know that we waive in support of this bill
- Representative Tendrich: I am the program sponsor of this bill.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- While initially exploring the license plate program, NHSA identified the existing plate decal program
- down to a two-year program.
- >
that shoveled down to a two-year program that shoveled down to a two-year program that money - The Hike Safe program has been a fantastic program for our folks that are lost in the woodlands of the
- implementation through a pilot program implementation through a pilot program and<02:02:40.440><
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Many Career and Technical Education programs require alignment with industry partners and internship
- Many Career and Technical Education programs require alignment with industry partners and internship
- I contribute my time to the volunteer organizations in the area.
- organizations in the area um I volunteer organizations in the area um I am<00:25:18.080>
very - that is in Nationwide we offer a program that is in High<01:08:43.679>
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