Video & Transcript Research : 'liability'
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-03 (9:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/11/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, I'm sure Jennifer may have signed a liability form.
- I'm I'm may uh sign liability waiverss.
- <01:48:07.360>
They may have signed a liability form. - They may have signed a liability form.
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patient <01:56:21.040>does liability forms that the patient does liability forms
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 5 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It is not a defense to civil liability under this paragraph five that a defendant has been acquitted
- It is not a defense to civil liability under this paragraph five that a defendant has been acquitted
- It is not a defense<02:01:25.480>
to <02:01:25.600>civil <02:01:25.960>liability - <02:01:26.600>
under <02:01:26.800>this defense to civil liability under this defense to - civil liability under this paragraph<02:01:27.560>
five <02:01:28.040>that <02:01:28.160
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with an invocation by Dr. Ryan Wade and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then handled routine business by dispensing with the reading of the journal and committee reports. Several guests were recognized, including Leadership Jackson County, Farm Bureau members, a doctor of the day, adult educators, and other visitors in the gallery. Senator Brumfield also announced support efforts for Senator Warren Barnett, asking members to contribute to him through Ms. Anita Jackson.
The chamber then considered a series of House bills, most of them taken up with strike-all amendments and passed by use of the morning roll call. Measures included HB 1390 on personal services funding allocations, HB 1571 on ARPA funds and unexpended balances, HB 1655 on the State Aid Road Construction director’s personnel status, HB 1650 on dormant state accounts and pooled investments, HB 1651 on state agencies using other agencies’ facilities and charging 50% of fair market value, HB 1345 on administrative forfeiture of illegal cigarette and vaping products, HB 1386 on allowing sidewalks as an eligible use of municipal infrastructure funds, HB 671 on alcoholic beverage delivery responsibility ending when retailers transfer possession to delivery services, and HB 1385 on eliminating paper-original homestead exemption submissions. Members asked questions on several bills, especially about whether the fairgrounds language in HB 1651 would affect youth livestock shows and whether HB 1386 or other measures would change county revenue; sponsors generally said the bills were intended to address state-agency use, municipal reporting, or administrative efficiency rather than alter those programs.
The Senate also advanced HB 898, creating a sales tax diversion study committee to review misallocated municipal sales tax revenues, assess impacts, examine technology and oversight, and recommend reforms by the 2027 session; Senator Hill questioned whether counties should be included, but the sponsor said that would be a separate policy decision. Later, the Senate reconsidered HB 1265, the Mississippi Debt Management Services Act extended repealer, adopted an amendment to remove the repealer instead of extending it, and then passed the bill. The body also took up SB 2632, the local governments disaster recovery emergency loan program, and voted not to concur and to invite conference. Finally, HB 1142 on bench warrant notices was called up; the sponsor explained a strike-all that would replace certified mail with personal service or electronic transmission and include a reverse repealer for further conference work.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so the liability piece in here makes us feel more comfortable. Um, taking phones away is tough.
- If that's not locked and secured, um, that liability issue really makes teachers uncomfortable.
- Um, so the liability<00:04:25.120>
piece <00:04:25.360>in <00:04:25.440>here <00: - us feel liability piece in here makes us feel more<00:04:26.400>
comfortable. - really makes um, that liability issue really makes teachers<00:04:57.840>
uncomfortable."
Keywords:
telecommunication devices, student use, public schools, student engagement, educational outcomes, confiscation policy, mental health, statewide policy, community literacy, education, Title I funding, reading proficiency, underserved communities, family engagement, tutoring, literacy support, adult education, community education, literacy programs, workforce development
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Bill 704, Senator Mautz, Maryland estate tax qualified agricultural property transfer to limited liability
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transfer <00:20:48.960>to <00:20:49.040>limited <00:20:49.400>liability - property transfer to limited liability property transfer to limited liability company,<00:20:50.560
- Well, I've got some questions about how the disparity in bringing liability... action against a state
- The disparity in bringing liability, or creating liability for state citizens, you know, federal
Summary:
The Senate reconvened with a quorum present and then proceeded through committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports and amendments without objection. Early measures included SB 530, which funds grants for multigenerational social connection programs for older adults; SB 731, clarifying the legal status of the Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council; SB 809, directing a feasibility study on a caregiver infrastructure program; SB 860, creating an Aging Resilience Fund with reporting and budget protections; SB 910, requiring insurance reimbursement for services provided by graduate-level clinical interns under supervision; and SB 972, making several Baltimore City alcoholic beverages licensing changes. Each of these bills was advanced to third reading after committee amendments were adopted.
The Finance Committee also advanced SB 555, establishing a Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and a provider resource toolkit for dementia care; SB 757, creating a Maryland Local Sourcing Portal to connect businesses with local sources for tariff-impacted goods; SB 772, creating an employment training and opportunity database to help people qualify for or maintain Medicaid and SNAP; SB 792, requiring hospitals to adopt and train staff on immigration-enforcement policies consistent with Attorney General guidance; SB 869, establishing a workforce training pilot program through Commerce and community colleges; SB 905, creating an advanced manufacturing grant program through TEDCO; and SB 974, changing who may serve as inspector for the Caroline County Board of License Commissioners. Most of these bills were reported favorably with technical or narrowing amendments and then ordered printed for third reading.
Budget and Taxation advanced SB 28, which would create binding arbitration for state employee collective bargaining impasses and include a proposed constitutional amendment requiring funding in the Governor’s budget; SB 466, expanding a physician preceptor tax credit and adjusting training-hour requirements; and later SB 704, concerning estate tax treatment for qualified agricultural property transferred to an LLC. SB 557, a gaming-related bill, was laid over until the end of the evening at the majority leader’s request. In the Education, Energy, and the Environment report, the committee advanced SB 35 on a state natural science museum designation, SB 166 on shellfish aquaculture permit sanctions, SB 189 on municipal drainage inlet safety requirements prompted by a child’s death, SB 242 on civil relief for service members and spouses, SB 266 on local regulation of invasive trees and tree-of-heaven, and SB 267 on a corporate rental-property registry and local housing application review process. SB 267 drew a brief question from the minority leader, who asked whether prior opposition remained and how the amended bill differed; the sponsor said the opposition had gone away and described the bill as now focused on a responsible-owner registry and an administrative review process.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and subdivision 5 just clarifies that this does not create a personal liability for folks working
- that this does not create<00:57:24.480>
a <00:57:24.799>personal <00:57:25.200>liability - <00:57:25.680>
for <00:57:25.920>folks create a personal liability for folks create - a personal liability for folks working<00:57:26.480>
in <00:57:26.720>good <00:57:26.960 - for anyone acting any personal liability for anyone acting in<01:17:10.239>
good <01:17:10.480
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- all the public investments that we all pay for, even if they had figured out how to have no tax liability
- to<01:21:32.320>
have <01:21:32.600>zero <01:21:32.960>tax <01:21:33.280>liability - <01:21:33.760>
in <01:21:33.920>Minnesota to have zero tax liability in Minnesota to - have zero tax liability in Minnesota even<01:21:34.679>
though <01:21:34.840>they're <01 - what we would do is we would liability what we would do is we would send<01:21:52.239>
them <01
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HRE-WTL, TCA-WTL, WTL-AEN Public Hearings 02-12-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- said it seems like the city and county in your area have already taken the responsibility and the liability
- said it seems like the city and county in your area have already taken the responsibility and the liability
- said it seems like the city and county in your area have already taken the responsibility and the liability
- said it seems like the city and county in your area have already taken the responsibility and the liability
- <00:20:54.360>
because responsibility and the liability because responsibility and the liability
Summary:
The joint committees first heard SB 1146, which would appropriate funds to the University of Hawaiʻi to develop an action plan and pre-engineering concept plan for debris management and water quality control in the Ala Wai Watershed. Testimony was largely supportive from DLNR, a UH student, and a special improvement district representative, while one speaker suggested the work should be coordinated with existing efforts to avoid duplication. Committee discussion focused on the multi-jurisdictional nature of the watershed, existing debris-trap work that captures only about 20 to 30 percent of debris, the role of the university in capstone projects and recommendations, and the relationship to the existing Geni project and other community efforts. Members also asked about costs, tracking progress, and the difference between water-quality improvements and the larger debris problem.
The committees then voted to pass SB 1146 with amendments, including blanking out the appropriation and deferring the effective date to July 31, 2050. The motion passed in both committees, with votes recorded in support and no opposition noted during the decision-making.
The committees also heard SB 321, which would deem certain fee simple privately owned lands transferred to adjacent property owners or community associations if specified conditions are met. Testimony was in support from several individuals, but members raised concerns about the lack of input from counties and the state, and about how the bill might affect roads already used by the public or maintained by local governments. After discussion, the committees voted to advance SB 321 unamended to the next committees, with the measure adopted in both committees despite one recorded no vote in the Water and Land committee.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (04/13/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- And then the district of liability relates back to the financial pieces for funding from the state.
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versus <00:36:17.520>resident district of liability versus resident - district of liability versus resident district<00:36:18.480>
or <00:36:18.800>do <00:36: - And then the district of liability is.
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responsibility the district of liability responsibility the district of liability
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Tribal Relations, January 27, 2026 - PM
Select Committee on Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- It's more than liability.
- But my understanding is it's more than liability.
- Have I messed up the liability versus jurisdiction? And please, Mr. Thomas, I thank you, Mr.
- But my understanding is it's more than liability.
- <02:35:14.640>
versus Have I messed up the liability versus Have I messed up the liability
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 6 by Hughes, relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacturing. ...and
Keywords:
education, accountability, public school assessment, state law, transparency, intervention, performance ratings, Texas congressional redistricting, U.S. House districts, congressional map, redistricting, gerrymandering, 2020 Census, census tracts, block groups, voting districts, election law, Texas House of Representatives districts, federal congressional districts, 2026 elections
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Jul 15th, 2026
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The Act established liability for AI use that violates consumer protection laws when not properly disclosed
- So copyright and provenance issues have been around for a long time, bias and discrimination, liability—those
- Utah passed SB 149, which establishes liability for the use of AI that violates consumer protection laws
- Missouri had a comprehensive AI liability bill.
- It's very much driven by... ...grid to try to mitigate those liabilities that the utilities have.
Summary:
The committee held its first meeting on artificial intelligence and data centers, establishing its purpose as a study and policy-development body rather than one aimed at producing many bills. Majority Leader Hogue urged members to move quickly, focus on federal and other states’ AI laws, consider possible federal preemption, child protections, and the siting and economic impacts of data centers. Committee leadership echoed that the goal is practical, balanced governance that protects North Dakota while allowing innovation to continue.
Legislative Council staff provided a background memo and NCSL presented a detailed overview of AI concepts and the current state legislative landscape. The presentations distinguished narrow AI, generative AI, agentic AI, and theoretical AGI/ASI, and summarized major state policy themes: comprehensive AI laws in states such as Utah, Colorado, Texas, California, and Illinois; targeted laws on deepfakes, chatbots, health, education, notifications, and digital likeness; and growing use of appropriations and agency inventories. Members asked about Colorado’s repeal and reenactment, Texas’s sandbox and training provisions, oversight structures, and whether AI regulation is bipartisan; presenters said most issues cut across party lines, with broad agreement on child safety and deepfakes but more division on broader regulatory approaches.
The federal update focused on executive orders, preemption, and congressional activity. NCSL described a White House framework favoring a single federal standard, a DOJ litigation task force, Commerce Department review of state laws, and possible funding conditions tied to state AI policy, though no formal state-law challenge had yet occurred. The presentation also covered a recent executive order creating a voluntary federal vetting process for advanced frontier models after safety concerns, and congressional proposals including a failed 10-year state moratorium, Senator Blackburn’s child-safety bills, the Kids Online Safety Act, a House-passed children’s digital safety package, a Senate data center moratorium proposal, and a House ratepayer/data-center bill. The committee took no formal action beyond receiving testimony and asking questions.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm not quite there with you because it's going to be a liability.
- You're creating a liability. >> Thank you.
- And then there was also the issues of litigation and liability for going and saying we should be doing
- A lot of people read this and say, "Oh, we're going to renegotiate..." issues of litigation and liability
- for issues of litigation and liability for going<01:15:09.280>
and <01:15:09.520>saying
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And then subdivision five ensures that post-secondary officials, staff, etc., do not have liability for
- And then subdivision five ensures that post-secondary officials, staff, etc., do not have liability for
- And it's in part why we added in liability limited in the new subdivision five.
- /c><01:31:36.720>
uh, it's in part why we added in, uh, it's in part why we added in, uh, liability - limited in, uh, the new liability limited in, uh, the new subdivision<01:31:41.320>
five.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development, February 16, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, breaking transactions into smaller pieces does not avoid liability for the purpose of evading reporting
- <01:22:02.639>
from <01:22:02.880>the pieces does not avoid liability from the pieces - does not avoid liability from the purpose<01:22:03.360>
or <01:22:03.679>to <01:22:03.840 - Breaking transactions into smaller pieces does not avoid liability for the purpose of evading reporting
- Breaking transactions into smaller pieces does not avoid liability for the purpose of evading reporting
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Education and its employees and agents shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability
- Department of Education and its employees and agents shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability
- act in accordance with the requirements of this section shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability
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criminal immune from any civil or criminal immune from any civil or criminal liability - arising from these acts except liability arising from these acts except where<00:20:00.640>
the
Keywords:
student-athletes, name image likeness, NIL, compensation, transparency, University of Hawaii, Title IX, funding, protections, athlete agents, student athletes, endorsement contracts, professional representation, registration requirements, sports law, 912, senate, all
Summary:
The joint Senate Committee on Education and Committee on Health and Human Services heard testimony on several bills related to student health and safety, University of Hawaii programs, and workforce development. For SB 2969, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaii to expand and sustain the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study and Maui Health Registry, testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Witnesses described the ongoing physical and mental health impacts of the August 2023 Maui fires, said the study has identified serious untreated conditions and connected participants to care, and emphasized its role in serving survivors and training students. The committee also heard support from the Department of Health, the Alzheimer’s Association, the American Lung Association, Maui residents, and study staff. No vote was taken during the hearing.
The committee then heard SB 2657, which would establish an Alzheimer disease and related dementia research center at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. University of Hawaii and Alzheimer’s Association representatives supported the bill, saying a local center would improve coordination of existing research, build state capacity, and help Hawaii compete for future NIH designation and federal funding. A family member affected by Alzheimer’s also testified in support, citing the disease’s impact in Hawaii. In response to questions, the university said the proposal would follow a five-year phased plan, with the first year funding used to recruit a senior neuroscientist and staff person, at an estimated cost of about $375,000, and that the effort would still strengthen Hawaii’s research infrastructure even if federal funding is not secured.
For SB 2612, which clarifies immunity for Department of Education employees and agents who assist students with medication administration under certain conditions, the Department of Education said the bill is intended to protect volunteers and help ensure students can participate in school activities even when staffing is limited. The committee discussed how volunteers would be selected and whether every school would have someone available, and DOE said schools currently rely on health attendants, nurses, and trained volunteers. The committee also briefly discussed liability language and gross negligence exceptions. The hearing then moved to SB 2412, which would fund a bachelor’s degree program in sign language and sign language interpretation at UH Mānoa with a future master’s pathway. Testimony from interpreters, educators, and university officials emphasized the shortage of interpreters, the need to retain local talent, and the program’s role in building a pipeline; university representatives said the initial request would fund a faculty/staff position as a first step, with additional funding needed later. No final committee action or votes were announced in the transcript.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- enforcement on, we're going to expose law enforcement, police departments, and cities and towns to liability
- enforcement on, we're going to expose law enforcement, police departments, and cities and towns to liability
- That's liability. This is much the same way.
- That's liability. This is much the same way.
- <00:58:38.799>
some law enforcement officers to some law enforcement officers to some liability
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We all understand liability, so we're...
- And the liability standards that we all talked about, sadly, that's the world we live in.
- That's how come you can't get insurance for raw milk dairy, because the liability is astronomical.
- Those expectations really do reflect public trust and legal liability.
- This bill does not change training requirements or liability. ...liability protections or impose new
Bills:
HB3000, HB2622, HB2283, HB541, HB1776, HB1803, HB1669, HB2588, HB220, HB3415, HB50, HB1314, HB 107, HB220, HB50, HB107
Keywords:
ambulance service, rural healthcare, grants, financial assistance, qualified counties, mental health, patient transport, female attendants, security measures, healthcare regulation, epinephrine, anaphylaxis, health care, school safety, training, emergency response, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HLT/HSH Joint Public Hearing - Wed Mar 19, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1411, relating to Medicaid third-party liabilities, Department of Human Services.
- <00:55:06.000>
uh <00:55:06.160>department third party uh liabilities uh department - third party uh liabilities uh department of<00:55:06.720>
human <00:55:07.200>services. - We believe that this would codify an illegal practice and open the state to liability.
- We believe that this would codify an illegal practice and open the state to liability.
Summary:
The joint hearing opened with SB 1442, which would update the statute governing the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division and clarify its role as the state Medicaid provider of intensive mental health services for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance. The Department of Health testified in strong support, saying the current statute is outdated and warning against any unfunded mandate because the division relies on federal funding and faces uncertainty about future resources. Written testimony from several organizations also supported the bill. The committees took no immediate action and said they would hold decision-making until later.
The hearing then moved to SB 479 on ABLE savings accounts. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities and the Hawaii Disability Rights Center supported the measure, arguing that ABLE accounts help people with disabilities save money without losing benefits and that the state needs more outreach and staffing to expand participation. A testifier with a disability said the bill would help people keep Social Security and housing stability. The chair indicated an intention to move the bill forward, and asked about funding; the discussion settled on a requested appropriation of about $75,000 for incentives.
Next, SB 1245 on reimbursement of pharmacists drew broad support from the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, rural pharmacies, the Hawaii Primary Care Association, and others, who said the bill would improve access to care, especially on neighbor islands and in rural communities, and help pharmacies participate in 340B-related services. The Insurance Division and HMSA raised concerns about bill language, saying it could be read to cover pharmacists outside an insurer’s network and that the scope of reimbursable services needed clarification; the pharmacists’ association said the bill is intended to apply only to in-network pharmacists and should continue to reference existing scope-of-practice law. The hearing also took up SB 1279, which would allow pharmacists to authorize medications via telehealth under certain circumstances. The State Board of Pharmacy opposed the bill, citing patient safety, a pilot project with reported errors, concerns about controlled substances and unregulated technicians, and the view that in-person pharmacist services are safer and already available on the affected islands. Several pharmacies and health care groups supported the measure as a way to preserve 340B access and improve service on Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi, while some local pharmacies said they already provide in-person service and opposed remote dispensing. No votes were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
CA