Video & Transcript Research : 'liability shield'

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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a strict liability. There isn't a mens rea on it. What are your thoughts there?
  • It's a strict liability offense, and with strict liability, you want to make sure that there isn't one
  • element that messes you up on that strict liability.
  • And I'm satisfied that a strict liability offense in this context is appropriate.
  • And I'm satisfied that a strict liability offense in this context is appropriate.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, strict liability lawsuits, defense created by this bill's centered on transparency and public
  • health insurance is it is only against one specific kind of claim that bring strict liability or what
  • is otherwise known as automatic bring strict liability or what is otherwise known as automatic liability
  • from the bottom of my heart to vote No on SB 832, from what I understand SB 832, got environmental liability
  • This is an incredibly narrow, strict liability defense.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (05/21/2026)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • for product liability or breach of implied warranty.
  • for product liability or breach of implied warranty.
  • <00:32:42.000> for<00:32:42.320> product invite any legal liability for product invite
  • any legal liability for product liability<00:32:43.279> or<00:32:43.519> breach<00:32:
  • liability or breach of implied warranty. liability or breach of implied warranty.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, sometimes it's as simple as not having any liability in that particular bucket, especially if it's
  • So, you have to be profitable and have a tax liability. >> Correct. >> Okay.
  • in into the into in um any liability in into the into in that<00:22:59.360> particular<00:22:
  • Um, so I would liability to to offset.
  • and have a tax liability. and have a tax liability. >> Correct.<00:23:41.200> Okay.
Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the August 21 minutes. The main presentation was from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development on the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation (BSSC), which was created in 1984 and is administratively tied to the cabinet. Staff explained that BSSC supports workforce training for companies in Kentucky through two main programs: the grant-in-aid reimbursement program and the skills training investment tax credit. They also described the board’s structure, quarterly meetings, annual audit, and the metropolitan tax credit tied to UPS in Louisville, along with public-private training consortia supported by the program. The cabinet outlined eligibility and funding rules: applicants must be qualified companies, trainees must be full-time Kentucky residents meeting wage requirements, and eligible training includes in-house company-specific training, train-the-trainer efforts, safety/OSHA training, and outside training through KCTCS or other providers. Grant-in-aid is a 50% reimbursement program capped at $75,000 per company per fiscal year and $2,000 per trainee, while the tax credit is capped annually and is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications are scored based on county tier, wages, workforce development activity, veteran hiring, participation in consortia, and job growth. Members asked for data on trainees and industries served, and staff said they could provide it. They also discussed coordination with other workforce programs, especially KCTCS and the state’s TRAIN program, to avoid overlap and double dipping. Several members asked about program usage and differences between fiscal years. Staff said the tax credit is less popular because it is not refundable and requires tax liability, while grant-in-aid is more attractive because it is cash reimbursement. They said lower or delayed spending in some years can reflect one-year training windows, reimbursement lag, new facilities ramping up, consortia activity, and special allocations such as those tied to Ford facilities. Questions also covered support for new businesses, which staff said can receive favorable scoring for new jobs and may have funds set aside for new location projects. On veterans, staff said they connect companies to Kentucky Valor and other resources, but the program does not track veteran retention outcomes. The final discussion was on a draft bill related to the Kentucky Horse Park and the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Representative Vanessa Gracel and Kentucky Horse Park President Lee Carter explained that the proposal is intended to help the park maintain integrity and protect athletes, volunteers, coaches, trainers, and guests from abuse and misconduct. They described SafeSport’s federal role in Olympic and Paralympic sports and said they hope to move the draft forward as legislation in 2026. No votes were taken on the BSSC presentation or the horse park discussion.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways and Means (01/21/2026)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • will reduce the amount of credit available against the business profits tax liability.
  • <01:59:08.639> will credit used to reduce bet liability will credit used to reduce bet liability
  • If it is intended that the liability.
  • credit of 20 grand, but your liability credit of 20 grand, but your liability is<02:05:02.320>
  • >> credit against their state tax liability >> credit against their state tax liability
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • But yeah, not having any liability for ignoring it.
  • That will add additional liability protections to the commissioner.
  • Okay, go ahead. liability protection.
  • And that's where you guys don't want to have liability, or that's where it would eliminate liability.
  • It's... or gross negligence. terms of legal liability.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The most troubling part is personal liability.
  • This is a major piercing of unlimited liability protections, especially for passive or minority owners
  • This is a major piercing of unlimited liability protections, especially for passive or minority owners
  • Please amend the bill to require actual participation, control, or knowing benefit before personal liability
Summary: The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee met as a subcommittee, then later established a quorum and heard several tax-related bills. Chair Gibson reviewed committee procedures, including the suspense file for bills with revenue impacts over $150,000. SB 881 by Sen. McNerney would extend the farmer-to-food-bank tax credit through 2032 and the emergency food for families voluntary tax contribution through 2033; supporters from food banks, agricultural groups, local governments, and climate organizations said it would reduce food waste and help address food insecurity, with no opposition on the record. The bill was moved to suspense. SB 1406 by Sen. McNerney would target the so-called Montana tax loophole used to avoid California vehicle taxes and fees; supporters said it would recover up to $20 million annually and improve enforcement, while an opposition group warned the shell-company language could affect legitimate small businesses and passive owners. That bill was also sent to suspense. SB 1349 by Sen. Gonzalez would direct the Legislative Analyst’s Office to review major state tax expenditures and evaluate whether they are meeting their intended goals. Supporters, including the California Teachers Association, tax reform advocates, school employees, and local governments, argued that California’s roughly $94 billion in annual tax expenditures need more accountability, especially given the state’s budget pressures. The committee approved SB 1349 on a due-pass-as-amended motion to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The committee also approved two consent items, SB 1436 and SB 1437, on a due-pass motion. Later, SB 1249 by Sen. Richardson proposed a $3,000 tax deduction for seniors ages 86 to 90 through 2032, with supporters from LeadingAge California saying it would help older adults cope with rising costs; the bill was referred to suspense. SB 1151 by Sen. Cervantes would codify infant formula as a food product for sales tax exemption purposes; the author and supporters said it would protect families from uncertainty and preserve tax relief for an essential product. Members discussed the high cost of formula, and the bill passed on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations. The committee then completed its business and adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance 10/1/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many of you talked about liability exposure or the cost of claims and then discussions about consumer
  • Many of you talked about liability Many of you talked about liability exposure<00:17:59.120>
  • some fraud and tort liability issues. some fraud and tort liability issues. to<00:24:57.360>
  • So this proposed theme is liability issues, legal issues, and tort reform.
  • factors and then also the liability factors and then also the liability issues<01:44:11.760>
Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I want to ask Assembly Member Rubio if you can just address the liability issue that the opposition
  • I do not have, I cannot afford unlimited liability for actions that I don't even control.
  • number, but also this whole notion that, for all the issues for HOAs, this one would be personal liability
  • would make it public, take it over, and pay the maintenance costs, reducing the HOA's financial liability
  • He said he has a little different take on board and director liability, and he thinks the author is spot
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard several housing-related bills, beginning with AB 2002, which would clarify and extend the Regional Early Action Planning (REAP 1.0) grant program to support regional governments, cities, and counties with housing element planning and technical assistance. Supporters from SCAG and CalCOG said REAP helped jurisdictions meet housing obligations and build capacity, while the California Building Industry Association opposed unless amended over concerns the bill could create additional local constraints. The committee discussed accepted amendments, including emergency and permanent regulations, suballocation to subregions, and a three-year expenditure deadline. The bill was moved on a do-pass-as-amended basis and kept on call, along with the consent calendar. AB 1684 would bar homeowners associations from restricting a homeowner’s ability to install, use, or replace a home cooling system. Supporters argued cooling is a health and safety necessity during extreme heat, especially for vulnerable residents, while opposition from the Community Associations Institute said the bill needed more clarity on electrical capacity, permits, and common-area placement of equipment. Committee amendments were summarized to require licensed electrical contractors where permits are needed, preserve HOA authority over unpermitted or unsafe installations, and require disclosure to buyers. The bill was approved on a do-pass-as-amended motion to Senate Judiciary and kept on call. AB 1710 would extend SB 330-style vesting protections to state and regional agencies so housing projects are not subject to later regulatory changes after the entitlement process begins, except for certain health, safety, and environmental exceptions. Supporters said it would reduce delays and costs in housing development, while special districts and water agencies opposed unless amended, warning the bill could improperly freeze later state, regional, or federal requirements. Senators raised concerns about overbreadth and operational conflicts, but the bill was moved do-pass as amended to Senate Local Government and kept on call. The committee also heard and advanced AB 2263, authorizing the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to develop employee housing with a preference for employees and annual reporting; AB 2270, which would adjust tax credit scoring for farmworker housing to reflect rural realities; AB 2118, which would refine AB 2011 streamlined approval rules for mixed-use and affordable housing; and AB 2050, the HOA reserve-funding bill, which would require associations to build reserves over time and add notice and safeguards, but drew opposition over enforcement and foreclosure concerns. Each of those bills was moved forward with amendments and kept on call for absent members.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 37 (3-2-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There were concerns that this bill could cause potential unintended liability exposure for local governments
  • without this committee substitute, this training mandate does not create new civil or criminal liabilities
  • It also preserves the legislative intent while limiting unintended civil liabilities for counties that
  • <00:30:42.120> civil while limiting unintended civil while limiting unintended civil liabilities
  • for counties that do not opt liabilities for counties that do not opt out.<00:30:45.360> So,<
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum with 95 members present, excused absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The chamber also received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 33, 37, and 56 and requested concurrence, and it approved the journal from February 27, 2026. The House then considered several bills. House Bill 648, relating to motor vehicle dealers, was explained as closing loopholes in warranty compensation for class 7 and 8 heavy-duty truck dealers; it passed 94-0. House Bill 299, relating to machine gun conversion devices or “Glock switches,” was amended by House Committee Substitute 1, described as mirroring existing federal law so local law enforcement can enforce it; it passed 65-25, with one member explaining support as a constitutional gun restriction. House Bill 282, “Troy’s Law,” relating to vehicle lights for tow trucks, was amended to allow green flashing, rotating, or oscillating lights for wreckers and was presented as a safety measure honoring tow operators killed or injured on highways; it passed unanimously. House Bill 658, relating to limited commercial driver’s licenses for agricultural businesses, was amended with clarifying language and passed 93-0. House Bill 519, relating to a voluntary notation on driver’s licenses or IDs for people with communication disorders, was described as a non-stigmatizing safety tool for first responders and passed 92-0. House Bill 246, “Keion’s Law,” requiring animal control officers to receive training to identify and report child abuse and neglect, was amended to address county liability concerns and passed 85-0 after testimony about child maltreatment data and the link between animal abuse and child abuse. After the bills, the House took up additional business, including moving House Bills 619 and 651 from Appropriations and Revenue for second reading. The chamber also adopted Citation 52 recognizing the Model Laboratory School Personal Finance Team for winning a state competition, and Citation 51 honoring the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children and Children’s Advocacy Week. Members announced committee meetings, an Americans for Prosperity Kentucky reception, and a Women’s History Month recognition highlighting Martha Layne Collins as Kentucky’s first and only female governor.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/03/25

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • says a person is is that a natural person like is that like a human being that is engaging that has liability
  • says a person is is that a natural person like is that like a human being that is engaging that has liability
  • says a person is is that a natural person like is that like a human being that is engaging that has liability
  • says a person is is that a natural person like is that like a human being that is engaging that has liability
  • it says a person, is that a natural person, like is that a human being that is engaging that has liability
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 4th, 2025

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • An act related to liability.
  • An act the Rural Electric Cooperative Wildfire Liability Act, requiring wildfire mitigation plans, providing
  • providing for approval by the Public Regulation Commission, requiring public establishing limits on liability
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Human Services Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We know the Department of Insurance is actively involved in looking at the liability issues and what's
  • Right now, FFAs are where the pressure is most visible, but the same insurance and liability pressures
  • For that reason, I urge the committee to continue to address the insurance and liability issues that
  • Right now, FFAs are where the pressure is most visible, but the same insurance and liability pressures
  • For that reason, I urge the committee to continue to address the insurance and liability issues that
Keywords: 988, house, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

06/10/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires that DES hold these employers harmless by reducing each of their UI tax liability by 3.15%
  • It will be funded by the 3.15% of their UI tax liability each quarter by an employer's liability.
  • It requires that experience-rated employers pay a fee equal to 3.15% of their U.I tax liability each
  • by 3.15% each quarter. each of their UI tax liability by 3.15% each quarter and with that I can take
  • each quarter by an employer's liability that 3.15% that would otherwise go into the other unemployment
Summary: The joint House and Senate Appropriations committees met to hear the FY 2027 budget package, beginning with the General Appropriations Act (HB 4154/SB 1847). Staff outlined the overall budget, including one-time fund transfers, lump-sum reductions, funding for state employee health insurance, school facilities, corrections, flood and wildfire relief, education and child care, and other ongoing and supplemental items. Members briefly discussed the absence of a requested $1.5 million for the oversight office, but the chair said no amendments would be taken in committee and that only limited technical changes were likely later in the process. Public testimony on the feed bill was largely supportive but focused on specific funding concerns. Testimony highlighted school safety funding, Alzheimer’s services, small business tax expensing provisions, disability oversight for group homes, county use of opioid settlement dollars, adult education/community college funding, victim notification funding, and ESA oversight. Several speakers praised the budget for funding DDD and other services, while others opposed or sought changes to items such as the COMIT group home monitoring program, Maricopa Community Colleges’ lack of operating aid, and a possible cut to the victim notification program. The chair repeatedly emphasized that changes to the negotiated budget would be difficult and should be routed through leadership. The committee then moved quickly through the remaining budget reconciliation bills. Staff summarized bills covering amusement and wagering, capital outlay, commerce, criminal justice, environment, health care, higher education, human services, and K-12 education. Notable provisions included continued wagering assessments, highway and building renewal funding, defense innovation and economic development changes, corrections and wrongful conviction provisions, groundwater and water banking measures, health insurance oversight and opioid settlement provisions, higher education funding and ABOR operating caps, SNAP and housing trust fund changes, and a 2% inflation increase for K-12 formula components. The K-12 bill also included a biometric school safety pilot and a child sexual abuse prevention pilot. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the chair indicated the committee would continue through the remaining bills.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, if I could just add on the liability front, it's very real, I think, for venues in this state and
  • So the improvements that we have here would help us address those liabilities and also save us on the
  • Liability is real.
  • And what we're finding is that we really rarely host an event where there's not liability challenges
  • And so investing in this infrastructure, especially on the liability front.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The hearing focused on Los Angeles’ preparations for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with an emphasis on infrastructure, transportation, sustainability, community benefits, and legacy planning. Members and witnesses discussed venue readiness, state and local coordination, public safety, accessibility, and how the Games can leave behind lasting improvements such as transit upgrades, streetscape work, energy and utility improvements, and potentially permanent community assets. LA28 also highlighted its broader planning goals, including a transit-first, no-new-permanent-build approach and the use of temporary venues that could later serve communities. LA28’s Joey Freeman reported on ticket sales, volunteer interest, sponsorships, and recent legislative wins, including laws to support the games route network, temporary infrastructure, medical staffing, and out-of-state EMS deployment. He said LA28 has reached $2.5 billion in corporate sponsorships, sold more than 4 million tickets in the first drop, and launched a local presale with roughly half a million $28 tickets and a community ticketing program. However, several senators sharply criticized the ticketing rollout, saying low-cost tickets were too limited and that the committee lacked basic data on how many tickets were available, sold, or priced affordably. Members also raised concerns about ensuring access for low-income residents, schools, nonprofits, and the broader Los Angeles community. Mayor Karen Bass said the city’s theme is “Games for All” and described efforts to prepare small businesses, improve infrastructure, and create a citywide Cultural Olympiad and fan-fest style viewing sites modeled partly on Paris. She asked for state help with permitting, mutual aid for law enforcement, and cleanup of state-owned corridors and highways, and said the city wants local businesses prioritized over a broader Southern California definition of “local.” Other witnesses from Exposition Park and the Rose Bowl described major venue-specific needs, including accessibility, traffic and safety upgrades, utility replacement, site improvements, and legacy investments. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, but members requested follow-up meetings and additional information on ticketing, community access, procurement, cultural programming, and infrastructure plans.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Local Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2026

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It extends direct wage liability to developers per Labor Code Section 218.8.
  • Second, the developer liability prevention.
  • Second, the developer liability prevention. ...pertaining to.
  • Second, the developer liability prevention. ...does. However, two things are worth noting.
  • Second, the developer liability prevention. Government resources.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The committee hearing covered a large slate of local government and housing-related bills, with several authors presenting measures aimed at streamlining development, updating local government procedures, and addressing infrastructure and resource issues. Early bills included AB 2639 on Merced County flood control coordination, AB 1786 allowing certain local agencies to use best-value contracting, AB 2058 reducing duplicative permitting and inspection costs for factory-built housing, AB 2576 clarifying historic resource protections in housing law, AB 2568 increasing the number of compensated days for water district board members, AB 2224 updating county recorder fees and electronic recording requirements, AB 2469 requiring data-center water supply assessments and cost responsibility, and AB 2397 limiting local vetoes over housing infrastructure financing districts. Most of these measures drew support from local governments, housing advocates, or special districts, while some also drew opposition from business, county, or labor groups depending on the bill. The most extensive debate centered on AB 1751, which would create ministerial approval for qualifying townhome projects and establish a $28 hourly minimum wage floor for construction workers on covered projects, while expressly preserving prevailing wage law. Supporters, including the author, the California Conference of Carpenters, and housing advocates, argued the bill would expand homeownership opportunities, raise wages for largely non-union workers, and improve accountability through direct developer liability and enforcement provisions. Opponents, including several building trades organizations and some local government groups, argued the bill would undercut prevailing wage standards, reduce benefits, and could create broader wage pressure in the construction market. Committee members raised questions about land-use barriers, the wage floor, and the bill’s interaction with prevailing wage and federal law, and the author emphasized that the measure was intended as a wage floor rather than a replacement for prevailing wage. AB 2469 on data centers also drew a sharp split. Supporters said the bill would give local governments better information before approving water-intensive projects, protect overdrafted groundwater basins, and ensure data centers pay for needed infrastructure rather than shifting costs to ratepayers. Opponents from the Chamber of Commerce, the Data Center Coalition, and others argued the bill imposed unnecessary and potentially unconstitutional burdens, singled out one industry, and could create security and competitiveness concerns. Across the hearing, several authors asked for aye votes, and committee members repeatedly noted that the committee was still operating without a quorum, so no final votes were taken during the discussion.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Limiting local governments from mandating HOAs 3/2/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's going to be a whole lot of liability when the basement start getting wet as Chair Quam talked
  • prevent basements from flooding or what have you, they're going to see to it that it's there from a liability
  • There's going to be a whole lot of liability when the basement start getting wet as Chair Quam talked
  • There's going to be a whole lot of liability when the basement start getting wet as Chair Quam talked
  • There's going to be a whole lot of liability when the basement start getting wet as Chair Quam talked
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: House File 2614 was heard with a delete-everything amendment adopted at the outset. The bill, as explained by the authors, would prevent local governments from requiring amenities or common property that effectively force the creation of a homeowners association, while still allowing developers to create HOAs voluntarily when needed. The authors said the language was negotiated with stakeholders, including the League of Minnesota Cities, and was intended to be moved on to the Housing Committee for further discussion. Supportive testimony came from Housing First Minnesota and the Minnesota Homeownership Center. They argued that unnecessary HOA mandates can raise housing costs, reduce homebuyer choice, and shift public infrastructure costs onto homeowners through dues in addition to property taxes. Testifiers cited examples involving single-family developments, a Burnsville case involving a large roof assessment and disputed ACH withdrawal, and the Heritage Park development in Minneapolis, where an HOA was required but later became difficult to dissolve. They said the bill would preserve HOAs where they are genuinely needed, such as townhomes or shared-amenity developments. Members raised questions about the removal of county-specific language in the amendment, the meaning of the bill’s references to services and common property, and whether the bill would still allow neighborhood signs or other developer-requested features. A major point of concern was stormwater ponds and drainage infrastructure: one member argued that prohibiting cities from requiring HOA maintenance of such facilities could shift costs to taxpayers, while the authors responded that the bill was meant to stop cities from mandating discretionary amenities and that maintenance issues had been partly addressed in the amendment. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion provided, but the amendment was adopted and the bill was discussed for referral onward.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:46:41.359> in<00:46:41.440> Minnesota, would have a tax liability in Minnesota,
  • would have a tax liability in Minnesota, so<00:46:42.080> it<00:46:42.200> could<00:46
  • It's about whether they have nexus and whether they have tax liability, a corporate income tax liability
  • He also said he had misspoken: it would not be based on tax liability, but on a return requirement.
  • , it would not be based on tax liability, it would not be based on tax liability, but<00:50:03.840
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

PSM-HHS, PSM DEFER Public Hearings 02-07-2025

Public Safety and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The immunity from liability that has mentioned a few times—why are we having another standard for treatment
  • The immunity from liability that has been mentioned a few times—why are we having another standard for
  • The immunity from liability that has been mentioned a few times—why are we having another standard for
  • The immunity from liability that has been mentioned a few times—why are we having another standard for
  • The immunity from liability that has been mentioned a few times—why are we having another standard for
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: On the deferred agenda, the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs took up SB 1364, which makes emergency appropriations for law enforcement personnel costs, and SB 1452, which relates to the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. The chair recommended both measures pass with amendments, including technical corrections and a committee-report effective date of July 1, 2077. For SB 1364, the amendments included specified general fund and transfer fund amounts for DAGS, the Judiciary, and the Department of Law. For SB 1452, the chair said the bill was being corrected to fix a drug-name error that had been replicated from a federal mistake. Both recommendations were adopted by vote, with Senator Dort excused. The committee then discussed SB 1612, a joint measure on fitness to proceed that would require and appropriate funds for a five-year pilot program involving the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Health, with interim and final reports to the Legislature. Testimony was mixed: the Judiciary and Department of Health were supportive, while the Office of the Public Defender and the Disability Rights Center opposed it, arguing it conflicted with best practices and the Clark consent order, and that people found not fit to proceed must be sent to the state hospital. DCR said its main concern was that the bill would still require patients to be housed in its facilities, which it said are not rehabilitative and are already strained by staffing shortages and limited access. The bill’s author argued the proposal was meant to create joint custody and reduce the high cost of state-hospital placement, but the committee did not take final action in the portion provided. In the joint hearing with Health and Human Services, the committees heard SB 1322, a broad rewrite of the state mental health code. The Attorney General supported the measure as a comprehensive cleanup and modernization effort, but many testifiers raised concerns. Queen’s Health System and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation supported the concept but warned about emergency-room impacts and asked for amendments; IHS supported the bill with a caveat about assisted community treatment procedures; and the Public Defender, Disability Rights Center, and others opposed parts of it, citing due process, privacy, HIPAA, counsel rights, liability immunity, and the reduction of an involuntary-treatment panel from three clinicians to one psychiatrist. The hearing also covered SB 951 on child protection, where the Department of Defense supported the bill and proposed technical amendments and MOUs with military components to clarify reporting and coordination procedures; DHS and the Attorney General said they were still working through possible changes. Finally, SB 228 on excited delirium was heard, with the Public Defender and Disability Rights Center supporting the bill and arguing the term has been misused and that better police de-escalation training is the real solution.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/02/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • company or a limited liability company owned by two individuals who are family members.
  • individually owned limited liability individually owned limited liability company<00:35:42.000><
  • > company company or a limited liability company company or a limited liability company owned<
  • So, is the Department of A now going to take on the ownership or the liability of paying the producers
  • So, is the Department of A now going to take on the ownership or the liability of paying the producers
Keywords: 1187, senate, all