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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, and invited, we'll have Emily Doyle and Dean McDaniel. Emily Doyle and Dean McDaniel.
  • And at his suggestion and the commissioner's...
  • But we have to protect human dignity and preserve public trust.
  • And all we're asking, and...
  • You train and you train and you train.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 16th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, and invited. We'll have Emily Doyle and Dean McDaniel. Emily Doyle and Dean McDaniel.
  • And they make a lot of money on it. And we... Yes. And they make a lot of money on it.
  • But we have to protect the human dignity, preserve public trust, and we need to ensure that the sacred
  • And even in the aircraft crash test programs, testing airbags and seatbelts and restraints and things
  • We'll protect the rights of residents to make autonomous decisions regarding their end-of-life care and
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 2480, which would clarify that the Texas Medical Board may collect license renewal surcharge fees from all licensees to fund the Texas Physician Health Program and related administrative costs. The bill author explained the funding fix was needed after prior language was found to allow surcharges only for physicians and physician assistants. Witnesses from the Texas Physician Health Program supported the measure and described the program’s confidential monitoring and treatment services; members asked about the fee amount, which was described as capped at $15 per two-year registration cycle. The bill was left pending. The committee then took up Senate Bills 1406 and 2721, both authored by Senator Parker, addressing the handling of human remains by non-transplant anatomical donation organizations, willed body programs, and related facilities. Senator Parker and several witnesses described alleged abuses involving unclaimed bodies, consent problems, body leasing, hotel-based dissections, and mishandling of cremains, and argued for strict licensing, inspections, transparency, and criminal penalties. Supporters included families of deceased veterans and other relatives, a biomedical ethicist, the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, and some public safety and hotel industry representatives who said legitimate training should continue but bad actors should be shut down. Opponents or cautious witnesses from accredited donation organizations and bioskills labs said they support stronger oversight but warned the bills could unintentionally disrupt legitimate medical education and urged clearer language and implementation of existing law. Both bills were left pending. Senate Bill 1681, by Senator Menendez, would require counties and municipalities that regulate boarding homes to report facility standards and related information to the Health and Human Services Commission. The author said the bill is intended to improve state oversight of boarding homes that serve elderly and disabled residents and to address abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The bill was left pending after brief discussion. After the testimony portion, the committee returned to voting on pending business and unanimously reported Senate Bills 527, 912, 1580, 1952, and 2032 to the Senate with recommendations that they do pass and be printed, and each was also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 407 and reported the substitute favorably, with six ayes and three nays. The committee then moved on to Senate Bill 500 as pending business.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I'm open to... to come in and close.
  • In fact, we've gone and seen that it was meandered and mapped back into the... was meandered and mapped
  • And I wonder how... boat and it floats.
  • And that's why we're here. I... ... away. And that's why we're here.
  • and payment of fees.
Bills: HB352, HB366, SB272, SB296
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we did a lot of mental training, leadership training, and they... Just went above and beyond.
  • health, and political awareness and involvement.
  • And we do protect defendants' rights because they do receive the list through the criminal discovery
  • And do you feel that the intent of this bill is to try to protect the Oklahoma citizens who are innocent
  • feel that this resulting bill offers much-needed protection for the people and resources of Oklahoma
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a custom and tradition of the Senate that we begin each session with a word of prayer.
  • We should take these books out in the parking lot and burn them. we're here to protect our kids.
  • And as has been stated over and over again, one of our jobs is to protect our state's children.
  • We protect the vulnerable. We defend the innocent and we refuse to invite divine judgment.
  • My intent, and I believe the intent of this entire body is... simply to protect children from seeing
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/24/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and a lot of business taxes do get exported because a lot of businesses have business beyond the borders
  • , and a lot of business taxes do get exported because a lot of businesses have business beyond the borders
  • 23 and and 28.
  • their customers by reducing barriers and creating efficiencies.
  • their customers by reducing barriers and creating efficiencies.
Bills: HF331, HF916
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

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  • needs, has certainly enhanced our mission to protect and serve our community.
  • The modality that they use to do case management is fragile already, and we have to protect, you know
  • He added that documentation protects management and that this comes from his experience in HR in the
  • <01:36:03.600> And<01:36:03.760> that's got your protection there.
  • And that's got your protection there.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Revenue Committee, February 27, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • a valuable and important part of their communities, and they made a cause and a reason to protect it.
  • I mean, I think that our job here and the local representatives should be to protect the taxpayers, and
  • I think this is a check on local governments to protect those taxpayers, and they can do it every four
  • to protect the representatives should be to protect the taxpayers<00:52:23.280> and<00:52:23.760
  • to protect those local governments to protect those taxpayers<00:52:28.160> and<00:52:28.559>
Bills: HB0147, HB0127
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Engage the voice of the customer and treat it like a business.
  • customer and treat it like a business. customer and treat it like a business.
  • We need to protect the school board and local control and making informed decisions about what kind of
  • We need to protect the school board and local control and making informed decisions about what kind of
  • We need to protect the school board and local control and making informed decisions about what kind of
Bills: HF3650, HF2238
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:04 am

Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so a lot of that research was conducted in the 70s and 80s.
  • systems meant to protect the health and well-being of our people, this was unfortunately rooted in racism
  • It lays the groundwork for culturally competent healthcare, informed consent protections, and rebuilding
  • I don't remember exactly the year because I was in elementary and 12 and boarding school, and my aunt
  • And you know, historically, our Native women were given to settlers and further abused, and who knows
Bills: SM14
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:09:46.800> very literacy um and and and in a very literacy um and and and in a very successful
  • <00:28:58.559> you're birth and and and then really you're birth and and and then really you're
  • And I love Ben. and uh and loves Ben.
  • and to help protect themselves and the citizens that they serve.
  • themselves pressure and to help protect themselves pressure and to help protect themselves and<01
Summary: The committee opened its sixth meeting of the 2025 Interim Joint Committee on Education, confirmed a quorum, recorded attendance votes, and approved the minutes. Chair Lewis reminded presenters to keep remarks brief because of the full agenda and limited time. The first presentation was from United Way of Southern Kentucky, with Anne Puckett, Craig Browning, and Warren County Schools Superintendent Rob Clayton introducing a regional early childhood initiative. The presenters argued that kindergarten readiness and early childhood support are critical to later academic and life outcomes. They cited research and statistics about brain development in the first five years, the effects of unprepared kindergarten entry, and links between low literacy, school discipline, dropout rates, and incarceration. They said their region’s readiness scores fell during COVID and after a tornado, and that the most effective response was in-home parent education to help families support children from birth to age five. They described the model as voluntary, community-based, and not requiring new buildings, and said similar programs have been successful in Missouri. The group said it had already raised more than $1 million in private donations and committed three years of funding for four additional staff, expanding service in Allen, Logan, and Warren counties. They requested $600,000 per year for the next two-year budget cycle to add 12 more educators, serve about 360 families and 660 additional children, and build evidence for a possible statewide model. Members generally expressed support for the concept, with Representative Tipton and Representative Jackson discussing a prior home-based preschool pilot and the importance of starting early. Representative Calloway questioned whether increased family chaos and government involvement justified the approach; presenters responded that the program uses community educators, not a government-run organization, and is aimed at helping overwhelmed families. Representative Stalker asked about eligibility and early intervention, and presenters said the program serves children from birth to age five and can help identify needs early enough to connect families with services such as First Steps.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management May 22nd, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • due process protections such as notice and hearing, requirements, there remains significant confusion
  • And so, mandamus...
  • they have to go back and go through and do it right.
  • and boost local communities and economies.
  • You know, at a local level to protect their communities, heritage, and history. Yeah. Okay, great.
Bills: SB2215, SB2639
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2025-04-28

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • this together, and I'm happy that we're able to protect some of the major provisions we put in place
  • In the finance arena, we are able to protect linking the general education formula to inflation and universal
  • So, originally, SSPA was set to increase in 2026 and 2027 and stay steady in 2028 and 2029.
  • Kathy Briggs and Renee Warringer. And Ms.
  • I urge the Minnesota legislature to protect unemployment insurance for school workers and oppose any
Bills: HF1388
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 25th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Lord, for your saving grace and your mercy and your Son, Jesus, my Savior, for those...
  • And your mercy, and your Son, Jesus, my Savior. For though my sin is great, my Savior is greater.
  • For all the people we represent across this state, for courage and strength, understanding, protection
  • Kleinpeter, Miller, and Reese.
  • State Capitol, and to provide relative to the Museum Research Center and expressing appreciation for
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 25th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • .and your mercy, and your Son, Jesus, my Savior.
  • For all the people we represent across this state, for courage and strength, understanding, protection
  • and pregnancy loss.
  • to study the important stewardship, protection, management, conservation, and other factors of the Louisiana
  • to study the important stewardship, protection, management, conservation, and other factors of the Louisiana
Summary: The House met with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then received a series of Senate messages, conference committee appointments, and enrolled bill reports. The chamber also noted Senate concurrence in several House concurrent resolutions and the adoption of conference reports, while multiple Senate bills and resolutions were signed by the Senate President. Senate Bill 480, dealing with butterfly bottom nets and vessel use/anchorage, was referred to the Natural Resources Committee without objection. Members introduced several House resolutions, including measures to commend Arsenal Football Club, recognize Pope Leo XIV and 4-H honoree Margaret Mimi Stoker, study forensic medical exam protocols for domestic violence survivors, create a task force on second-degree murder sentencing, review miscarriage and pregnancy-loss terminology, commemorate the 250th anniversary of New Orleans, and support the National Guard Youth Challenge Program. Committee reports also moved forward bills on child welfare, water quality, scenic rivers, orphan wells, gravel mining reclamation, groundwater conservation, agricultural production, railroad hazards, and retirement system merger feasibility, along with resolutions on Pope Leo XIV and the LaMelle family. The House took up numerous Senate bills returned from the Legislative Bureau, adopting amendments and advancing many to third reading, including bills on health and welfare, education, insurance, and criminal justice. The chamber also reported favorably on resolutions condemning political violence and honoring public figures and organizations, and it scheduled several committee meetings for the following day, including Health and Welfare, Appropriations, Natural Resources, Civil Law, Transportation, and Ways and Means. The session ended with announcements about upcoming committee agendas and delegation meetings, and the House adjourned on motion to reconvene at 1:00 p.m. the next day.