Video & Transcript Research : 'capitol security'

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KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • One announcement: the Kentucky Soybean Association is feeding us today over in Room 113 of the Capitol
  • I can tell you last year House Bill 315 passed out of the Senate with 38-0 votes, and it's to secure
Summary: The committee met with a quorum, heard brief announcements, and moved quickly through four House bills. House Bill 24, as amended by a committee substitute, would raise the audit threshold for conservation districts from $750,000 to $1 million and also clarify that temporary roads, highways, and structures may be built on certain easements if they are removed when work is complete. The substitute was adopted, the bill passed on a roll call vote, and a title amendment was also adopted. House Bill 304, presented by Rep. Ryan Bivens with support from the Kentucky Soybean Association, would adjust soybean checkoff language so the state checkoff could rise from one-quarter to one-half percent if the federal checkoff ever ends, keeping funding levels effectively the same and allowing the state board to continue promotion, research, and education work. Members asked about the cost impact on farmers, and sponsors said there would be no added cost because the language is intended as a backup to match the current federal rate. The bill passed unanimously with favorable expression. House Bill 186 would streamline rules for churches and nonprofits providing food to homeless shelters or people displaced by declared natural disasters, reducing regulatory barriers for safe, wholesome food service. The sponsor argued current requirements are too restrictive for simple food distribution. The bill passed. House Bill 315, with a committee substitute, would protect agricultural land from entities tied to designated hostile governments, while also allowing some land to be used or leased for research purposes; the sponsor noted the substitute reflected prior work and concerns from bankers about lien priorities, which he said he would address later on the floor. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill passed unanimously. The committee then adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, how much is, um, do we have a good portion or percentage that's going into security? Mr.
  • Security projects, we've had from the capital outlay bill this previous session, HB 450.
  • There isn't a designated amount indicating how much of that is for security.
  • I don't even know where to start with security.
  • But the schools for security? Mr. Chair, Madam, yes, you are correct.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • It will raise $9 billion in bonds secured by extending an existing fee on electricity bills that would
  • It will raise $9 billion in bonds secured by extending an existing fee on electricity bills that would
  • need to strive to limit annual bill increases to the cost-of-living adjustment provided by Social Security
  • And I oftentimes tell people on a number of issues in this Capitol, L.A. has 27 members of the Assembly
  • But if you could walk through, because we want the Western Grid enough security that we're in and not
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy convened with a quorum and first heard SB 254, a major utility affordability and wildfire package authored by Senator Becker and coauthored by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris. The bill was described as combining wildfire mitigation reforms, $6 billion in securitized financing for future fire-mitigation capital spending, a public ownership/transmission financing program, tighter scrutiny of utility profits, clean energy permitting streamlining, stronger customer connection timelines, and a successor wildfire fund/continuation account to replace the current fund. Supporters, including the Governor’s office, TURN, labor, clean energy groups, utilities, and public advocates, said the measure would lower bills, stabilize utilities, protect fire victims, and reduce wildfire-related bankruptcy risk. Opponents and some local government groups raised concerns about affordability impacts, the volumetric wildfire fee, strict liability, and provisions they said could affect local control. After discussion, the committee approved SB 254 on a 16-0 vote and sent it to the floor. The committee then held an informational hearing on AB 825, which would enable California to participate in a West-wide electricity market. The authors said the proposal could save ratepayers up to $1 billion annually, improve reliability by allowing California to draw on a larger regional supply, reduce curtailment of renewable power, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Support came from environmental organizations, labor, utilities, community choice aggregators, large energy users, and the Public Advocates Office, all emphasizing cost savings, reliability, and cleaner energy integration. TURN opposed the measure, warning that last-minute amendments removed safeguards against subsidizing out-of-state fossil generation and could expose California ratepayers to unwanted costs. Members questioned governance, exit rights, CPUC oversight, and local control, and the authors responded that the bill includes multiple safeguards, legislative reporting, the ability to exit without penalty, and continued local consultation. No vote was taken because the hearing was informational only.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Floor Session 2/6/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • been a fantastic addition to our chamber and does an excellent job of keeping us safe here at the Capitol
  • Hoap and her team, I'm filled with gratitude for the professionalism and character of our entire security
  • <01:21:10.600> team character of our entire security team character of our entire security
  • 21.080> the always looking for ways to improve the always looking for ways to improve the security
  • for all of us and all of those security for all of us and all of those who<01:21:23.239> enter
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then proceeded to elect a Speaker. Republicans nominated Lisa Demuth and Democrats nominated Melissa Hortman, with multiple members seconding each nomination and praising the candidates’ leadership, bipartisanship, and ability to guide a closely divided chamber. After roll call, Representative Demuth received 67 votes to Representative Hortman’s 65 and was declared duly elected Speaker of the Minnesota House for the 2025-2026 session. After taking the oath of office from Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, Speaker Demuth delivered remarks emphasizing gratitude, integrity, respect, accountability, and a commitment to real results, safer communities, strong schools, economic opportunity, and open collaboration with all members. She said her door would remain open to both parties and urged the House to focus on shared purpose and Minnesota’s future. The House then took up a resolution adopting temporary rules for the 94th session, based on the prior session’s rules and modified by the House organization agreement dated February 6, 2025. Members speaking in support said the agreement reflected bipartisan negotiation, preserved power sharing, protected committee and conference committee balance, and would help the House address issues such as affordable housing, health care, and child care. The temporary rules were adopted by a roll call vote of 130 ayes and 2 nays. Finally, the House began the election of the chief clerk. Representative Robbins nominated Patrick Duffy Murphy, highlighting his long service to the House, his role as parliamentary adviser, and his work supporting continuity and remote proceedings during the pandemic. The transcript cuts off during the nomination and does not include the final vote on chief clerk.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 21, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • previous secretary of homeland security. previous secretary of homeland security.
  • shutdown of our homeland security shutdown of our homeland security operations<02:30:46.240>
  • Security. Security.
  • <02:49:47.920> officers airports, the cyber security officers airports, the cyber security
  • <04:38:38.879> for stability, and a loss of security for stability, and a loss of security
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:30:17.360> food, and who help patients secure food, and who help patients secure food,
  • partnerships<00:39:25.599> and Secured 70 new school partnerships and Secured 70 new school
  • Kohiki Hoya. food security supporting our partners in food security supporting our partners in the<02
  • In just over two years since our founding, we have secured millions of dollars for our community, secured
  • Um, if things Capitol Auditorium.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: This joint informational briefing on Act 310 grants and aid focused on organizations describing how federal funding cuts, Medicaid/SNAP changes, and related policy shifts are affecting their services and budgets. Committee members explained there would be no Q&A, testimony would be limited to one minute, and in-person participants would be heard before Zoom callers. Members repeatedly asked testifiers to identify the amount of federal funding lost or at risk. Testimony came from a wide range of nonprofits and community providers, including Aloha Care, Hawaii Bicycling League, Hawaii Literacy, Hawaii Youth Symphony, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, the Tsunami Museum, The Kohala Center, West Hawaii Community Health Center, West Hawaii Region Hospital Foundation, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii, Dynamic Community Solutions, Feeding Hawaii Together, Girl Scouts of Hawaii, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Hawaiian Lending and Investments, Homana, Honolulu Theatre for the Youth, Kids Hurt Too Hawaii, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. Most described reduced or threatened federal support and requested state funding to maintain services such as health care access, food security, disaster preparedness, literacy and digital inclusion, youth mentoring, arts education, housing, and climate or agricultural resilience. Several speakers emphasized direct impacts on vulnerable populations, including kūpuna, low-income families, immigrants, homeless youth, and people with disabilities. Requests ranged from relatively small planning or program grants to multi-million-dollar stabilization asks, with some organizations citing specific losses such as reduced Medicaid or USDA funding, canceled EPA or FEMA support, or expiring federal grants. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 107 May 1st, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill expands collective bargaining authority and removes barriers to union security agreements, but
  • <01:52:44.240> agreements, barriers to union security agreements, barriers to union security
  • So, um, this amendment would require union security agreements to be reapproved by employees every 3
  • So, tomorrow concrete day at the Capitol. Still no Rocky Mountain oysters.
  • tomorrow concrete day at the Capitol. tomorrow concrete day at the Capitol.
Keywords: 981, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • You can register at Senate kiosks throughout the Capitol.
  • It's purely discretionary, so anywhere in the life of those securities, which, by the way, in this case
  • , would have no security.
  • Senate Bill 3052 clarifies the limitations on the district. ...authority to issue bonds secured by ad
  • Senate Bill 3053 clarifies the limitations on the district's authority to issue bonds secured by ad valorem
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Tue Apr 1, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is our Tuesday, April 1st, 2 p.m. agenda, and we are at the State Capitol in Conference Room 329
  • 09.840> has<00:27:10.039> been We feel like there's a missed opportunity to be able to secure
  • 33.360> to opportunity an opportunity to be able to opportunity an opportunity to be able to secure
  • c> future<00:27:34.760> of<00:27:35.080> Japanese<00:27:35.679> visitors secure
  • the future of Japanese visitors secure the future of Japanese visitors back<00:27:36.440> to<
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on April 1 at the State Capitol and heard four measures. HCR 45/HR 38 urged the Public Utilities Commission to support transferring regulatory authority over motor carriers, water carriers, and other transportation means to the Department of Transportation; both the PUC and DOT testified in support, and members discussed that the resolution was largely symbolic because statutory changes would still be needed. HCR 58/HR 54 requested a geothermal energy working group; the Consumer Advocate, PUC, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and Life of the Land supported it, while Students for Justice in Palestine at UH opposed it, citing an active injunction, environmental risks, and the need to prioritize Native and local community voices. Members asked about the injunction and community representation, and the PUC said it would support including Hawaiian community members in the working group. HCR 91/HR 87 sought insurance coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices; a 14-year-old amputee testified in support, describing the need for sports prosthetics and arguing that coverage should allow people with limb loss to participate fully in school and athletics. HCR 102/HR 98 urged the Real Estate Commission to allow the salesperson exam to be administered in Japanese for timeshare sales; the Real Estate Commission opposed, while ARDA supported it, arguing there is a shortage of bilingual real estate professionals and that Japanese-language testing would help the timeshare industry and Japanese visitors. Members questioned the limited-license concept and public protection concerns, and the committee later amended the measure to a limited real estate salesperson’s license for timeshare sales, changing the target from Japanese-speaking visitors to Japanese nationals, before passing all four measures out of committee, with HCR 102 passing with amendments and the others passing as is.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-03 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They were just kids here to experience the Capitol.
  • Members, if we do not fight for our safety and security in Florida, what are we fighting for?
  • It will include all information that is not deemed critical to state or national security.
  • We know that Social Security has not kept up with what's happening here in the world.
  • Members, tomorrow is Lily Day, so we're celebrating Lily at the Capitol.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for former member Chester Clem, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum confirmation. Members then adopted the special order report for the day and approved a Rules and Ethics Committee report amending House Rule 15.3 to allow fundraising under certain circumstances during extended or special sessions. The chamber then took up several bills. HB 1405 on a statewide project for missing persons with special needs passed unanimously. CS/CS/CS/SB 290, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, passed 94-10 after debate focused on conservation land surplus procedures and agricultural use of state lands. CS/CS/CS/HB 905, the “Fire Act” on foreign influence, foreign gifts, critical infrastructure, sister city agreements, and related restrictions, passed 80-20 after the House adopted an amendment adding a prohibition on certain surrogacy contracts involving citizens or residents of foreign countries of concern. CS/CS/HB 1197, dealing with information technology procurement and contracting, passed 109-0. HB 1103 on local administration of vessel restrictions passed unanimously. The House also debated CS/CS/CS/HB 399 on land use and development regulations. Supporters said it would limit development fees, standardize compatibility rules, allow manufactured homes in RV parks, and lower voting thresholds for comprehensive plan changes to address housing affordability; opponents argued it would preempt local control, weaken voter-approved urban boundary protections, and risk conservation lands. An amendment to preserve Orange County’s boundary rules failed, while a technical amendment on manufactured homes passed. The bill then passed 71-38. The House also passed several local bills, including measures for the Pace Fire Rescue District, Avalon Beach/Mulat Fire Protection District, East Point Water and Sewer District, Fellsmere Water Control District, and Headwaters Water Control District, with votes ranging from 83-27 to unanimous approval. The transcript also included farewell remarks from Representative Angie Nixon before the House returned to remaining business.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

UMN Regent Candidate Forum - 02/04/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think one thing that's sort of important to me is safety and security.
  • Safety and security, and, you know, I would... that's a partnership to start discussing with the chief
  • Robert Albright: One thing that's sort of important to me is safety and security.
  • Dylan Young: So when it comes to addressing concerns around student basic needs like housing security
  • <01:15:23.159> strategic purchases and secure strategic purchases and secure strategic Partnerships
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The forum focused on the University of Minnesota system’s future, with candidates largely agreeing that the five campuses should remain distinct while working more closely together. Speakers emphasized the land-grant mission, the importance of serving Greater Minnesota, and the need for each campus to have a clear value proposition tied to local communities. Several suggested stronger cross-campus partnerships, more use of technology, and more seamless student pathways between campuses, while also noting enrollment declines and the need to preserve campus identities. A second major topic was public trust in higher education and the perceived value of a college degree. Candidates pointed to rising tuition, student debt, and concerns about post-graduation job prospects as key challenges. Proposed responses included better storytelling about university outcomes, stronger partnerships with schools, legislators, and communities, more targeted fundraising and commercialization of research, and clearer evidence of return on investment for students and families. The discussion then turned to athletics, where most candidates described sports as the university’s “front door” but said academics must remain the priority. They raised NIL, revenue sharing, and the need to keep athletics funding separate from core university funding, while also recognizing athletics’ role in campus culture and student recruitment. In later questions, candidates discussed why they sought regent service and how to support diversity, equity, and inclusion, with responses stressing access, belonging, open debate, and meeting students where they are. No formal votes or actions were taken in the transcript.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/23/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • that, I'm going to read an announcement relating to committee decorum and expectations, which our security
  • Security folks have asked us to read this at the beginning of every hearing.
  • For the safety, security, and comfort of all attendees, please note the following guidelines.
  • By embedding constitutional protections in our strongest legal document, the ERA will secure remedies
  • remedies in our courts that will secure remedies in our courts that cannot<00:17:25.000> be<00
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 17th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Secure Texas Elections? That's correct, yes.
  • And Secure Texas Elections? Yes, subcommittee correct. Yes, okay.
  • The chair calls Ed Johnson, Harris County ballot security, and yourself.
  • The chair calls Ed Johnson with Harris County Ballot Security. And self.
  • Security and yourself. Welcome back, sir. I show you registered as Ed Johnson.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Congressional Redistricting, Select Jul 26th, 2025

Congressional Redistricting, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • So just so you know, "capitol" with an "O" refers to the building, while "capital" with an "A" refers
  • Or, "Oh no, Social Security said you're not disabled, so that's it. Sorry."
  • Redistricting has too often been used to secure seats, not to serve the people, but we're ignored.
  • I am on Social Security and Medicare.
  • And secure the blessings of liberty to us and our prosperity.
Keywords: 997, house, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 27th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V

Transcript Highlights:
  • Moving on to item nine, border security.
  • Examples of expenses include judicial staff, security, lease costs, and other operating expenses.
  • system that we're hoping to procure would be vendor hosted, a cloud-based system, improving the security
  • only staff but additional tools to help us in this aggressive, aggressive fight to maintain the security
  • They have solved that for Capitol postconviction by addressing that rural justice gap.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Labor and Industrial Apr 28th, 2026

Labor & Industrial

Transcript Highlights:
  • Which would allow them to get Social Security disability and all of those other things if they're permanently
  • Which would allow them to get Social Security disability and all of those other things if they're permanently
  • I’ve been coming to the Capitol for over 20 years advocating for the rights of injured workers.
  • I’ve been coming to the Capitol for over 20 years advocating for the rights of injured workers.
  • I know we're very cognizant at the Capitol about doing anything unconstitutional with any bill we pass
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Labor and Industrial Apr 28th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Which would allow them to get Social Security disability and all of those other things if they're permanently
  • Which would allow them to get Social Security disability and all of those other things if they're permanently
  • I've been coming to the Capitol for over 20 years advocating for the rights of injured workers.
  • I've been coming to the Capitol for over 20 years advocating for the rights of injured workers.
  • I know we're very cognizant at the Capitol about doing anything unconstitutional with any bill we pass
Summary: The committee first voluntarily deferred House Bills 460 and 561, then took up House Bill 1101 on workers’ compensation. The sponsor said the bill would define maximum medical improvement, adjust fraud provisions, shorten temporary total disability and supplemental earnings benefit periods, and revise vocational rehabilitation rules; an amendment removed proposed age-based termination language for benefits. Business groups including LABI supported the bill as a way to reduce Louisiana’s comparatively high indemnity costs and align the state with regional norms, while injured-worker advocates and attorneys strongly opposed it, arguing it would cut benefits, shift medical and disability decisions away from treating physicians and judges, broaden fraud too far, and potentially push costs onto public programs. After debate, the committee voted to report HB 1101 with amendments. House Bill 282 was voluntarily deferred. House Bill 293, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to Louisiana employment discrimination protections, drew generally supportive testimony from the sponsor and supporters, with some members raising questions about religious exemptions and federal law. The committee ultimately voted against reporting HB 293 favorably. House Bill 390, providing unpaid leave protections for domestic abuse survivors at larger employers, was presented as a tool for survivors, but the committee split 6-6 on a motion to report it favorably; the tie resulted in the bill being voluntarily deferred. The committee then heard House Bill 456, which would expand workers’ compensation petition requirements and allow employers or payers broader access to file disputed claims and seek discovery. Supporters argued employers currently lack a practical way to obtain records and challenge claims without first cutting off benefits, while opponents said the bill would revive a rejected 2012 approach, increase litigation, and undermine the no-fault workers’ compensation bargain. The discussion centered on whether the bill would preserve benefits while allowing discovery or instead encourage more disputes and penalties. The transcript ends with testimony still underway on HB 456, with no final vote shown.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Apr 28th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to try to make sure everybody who has taken the time and effort to come to the Capitol has
  • We're going to try to make sure everybody who has taken the time and effort to come to the Capitol has
  • And this is my fourth year doing legislative advocacy at the Capitol.
  • I really want to know that our systems and IT is secure.
  • media and got leaked, so I want to be sure that we keep that on our radar to make sure that we have secure
Keywords: 999, senate, all
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • want to bypass some of the logjams and get these projects moving because it's an issue of national security
  • punish lawful energy production and to force policy change from the bench that activists could not secure
  • I've been coming to the Capitol now for a couple, three years, right?
  • We appreciate your commitment to coming to the Capitol and being able to give testimony on this win-win
  • We appreciate your commitment to coming to the Capitol and being able to give testimony on this win-win
Summary: The committee first took up HB 804, the Louisiana Energy Protection Act, which was presented as a narrowly focused ban on climate-change damages lawsuits rather than a measure affecting emissions claims, pollution claims, or private property rights. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to stop speculative suits targeting energy producers, farmers, truckers, manufacturers, and other businesses for global climate impacts, while preserving claims for actual legal violations under state or federal environmental and safety laws. After a substitute amendment was adopted to clarify and streamline the bill, the committee heard extensive support from oil and gas, chemical, business, port, and legal reform groups, along with a few opposition speakers who argued the bill could still be read to shield industry too broadly or weaken climate accountability. HB 804 was reported favorably as amended. The committee then considered HB 802, as amended, which creates a watershed conservation fund tied to the Amite River Basin. The author explained that the bill was narrowed from a statewide proposal to a basin-specific program to reduce flood risk and restore watershed areas using existing severance revenue from sand mining, modeled in part on coastal restoration funding. Supporters from the concrete industry, landowners, levee boards, and conservation groups described it as a practical, low-cost, non-government solution to help remediate old sand and gravel pits and improve flood control. With no opposition cards and no objections, HB 802 was reported favorably as amended. Finally, the committee heard HB 934, as substituted, which would allow licensed wildlife rehabilitators to possess white-tailed deer fawns under specific conditions, including disease monitoring, release only within the same management zone, and other handling requirements. The author said the bill was meant to prevent the euthanizing of orphaned fawns that could be rehabilitated and to create a lawful pathway for licensed care. A supporter described her experience rescuing an orphaned fawn that was later confiscated and killed, while the Louisiana Wildlife Federation opposed the measure, warning it could effectively create a captive deer program, undermine wildlife conservation principles, and lead to dangerous or inhumane facilities. The transcript ends during testimony on HB 934, before final committee action is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session - part 2 May 12th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • think about when I walk into this chamber, and before I even get into the steps of this beautiful Capitol
  • robust set of climate and health initiatives, including environmental health, agriculture, and food security
  • We have about $6 million of food security funding.
  • existing systems for accountability; rather, it honors the requests of victims who have come to the Capitol
  • Like to have a donut or a pastry and then ride two miles with us to the Capitol, please look in your