Video & Transcript Research : 'state control'

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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Pray for our state. I pray for our nation. Thank you.
  • <00:03:15.680> pharmacy<00:03:16.159> schools submitted by two state pharmacy schools
  • submitted by two state pharmacy schools colleges.<00:03:18.080> We're<00:03:18.239> adding
  • board of registration of the state board of registration of foresters<00:04:56.400> out<00:04
  • Uh, so far there are currently 13 states that are participating in this compact.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 29th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We all know it's been a plague. throughout Texas, the United States.
  • According to the Department of State. health services.
  • So this. to allow a blue-collar workforce to come to the state.
  • It doesn't cost the state any money.
  • state auditor's office.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 2nd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on State Affairs come to order. Kirk Calle roll.
  • So, uh, Chairman, do you know if any other state has done this already?
  • This isn't a model bill or something that I, I picked up from another state.
  • I, I'd actually also state that.
  • One example states that it's anti-Semitic to simply disagree that Israel should be a Jewish state.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 2nd, 2025

State Affairs

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  • or a state agency. or a state official.
  • In that case, the interests of the state agencies who had been sued and of the state officials who have
  • The problem is they're not complying with state law.
  • So the first thing this bill does is it directs the Secretary of State to collaborate with relevant state
  • The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Senator, State Representative, Chief Justice or Justice of the
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just state your name, 90 seconds. State your name and who you're representing.
  • This company has been in the state for 15 years. They are local. Well, it's still out of state.
  • Just state your name.
  • Further, the amendment states that this resolution is not subject to Article 9, Section 23 of the state
  • Step on up and state your name.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Criminal Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also changes the word where they can carry from anywhere in the state to throughout the state.
  • I've been advised that throughout the state means public property anywhere in the state.
  • Members, we all know that larceny is a problem in the state of Oklahoma.
  • There are 38 states that have this bill in effect.
  • And there were folks in Antifa and others who actively moved from city to city, state to state, to create
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • School districts will access across the state with an $8.5 billion investment.
  • a testament to Texas state leadership supporting military children.
  • This bill gives the state earlier access to funds, reducing the need for state borrowing and enabling
  • interest earnings for the state.
  • Two minutes: state your name.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) May 26th, 2025

Local Government

Summary: The Senate Local Government Committee briefly convened and then immediately moved to recess. Senator Paxton made a motion to recess subject to the call of the chair, which was accepted. No bills, testimony, or substantive policy issues were discussed during the meeting. With no other business before the committee, it stood in recess subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) May 26th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Michelle, state your name and who you're with. Good morning. My name is Michelle Riscoe.
  • Michelle, state your name here you're with. Good morning, my name is Michelle Riscoe.
  • If Andy—come on up, state your name, who you represent.
  • State your name and who you represent. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Senators.
  • We're trying to do all we can to root out human trafficking activity across the state of Texas.
Summary: The committee heard and discussed several local-government-related bills, mostly with committee substitutes. House Bill 2731 would let certain border counties regulate roadside vendors selling live animals in unincorporated areas and along public rights-of-way; the substitute narrowed the bill to live animal sales only and excluded livestock and other roadside commerce. House Bill 3483 would streamline TCEQ review of special utility district revenue bonds by removing tax-bond requirements that do not apply to SUDs. House Bill 4308 would create a county industrial development district framework, limited in the substitute to certain counties including Fort Bend County, to help finance industrial sites and related infrastructure. House Bill 5663 would create a Wood County Hospital District memory-care-focused district with no taxing power, intended to help pursue grants and other funding for a new facility. House Bill 4582 addressed attainable housing in Dallas and Tarrant counties, allowing local reimbursement tools for developers under a uniform, optional framework. House Bill 5509 would let municipalities suspend or revoke a hotel’s certificate of occupancy if law enforcement and a criminal court both find probable cause of human trafficking, with the substitute adding due-process protections. House Bill 1532 created a Lake Houston dredging and maintenance district funded by revenue from dredged material sales and revenue bonds, with no taxing authority or eminent domain. House Bill 23, heard as pending business, would revise the process for local governments to rescind development documents and adjust third-party reviewer liability and eligibility rules. House Bill 4580, concerning property tax exemptions for charitable organizations such as the Houston Rodeo, was amended to remove language about exempting revenue from property use and instead focus on land used for agricultural, youth, and educational support. Public testimony was generally supportive on the bills heard, with witnesses including county officials, utility and water association representatives, hotel industry representatives, and housing developers. Several speakers emphasized the need for faster financing or permitting tools, flood mitigation, housing affordability, anti-trafficking enforcement, or local economic development. Some members raised concerns about scope, precedent, consultation with affected senators, and due process, particularly on House Bill 4582 and House Bill 5509, but the committee largely accepted the committee substitutes as improvements. No public testimony was offered on several bills, and most measures were left pending before later being voted out. The committee took recorded votes on multiple pending bills and reported them favorably, often with committee substitutes adopted in lieu of the filed versions. House Bills 1532, 2731, 3483, 5509, 5663, and 4580 were reported out, with 1532 and 5663 passing unanimously and 3483, 2731, and 5509 also receiving favorable votes despite one present-not-voting on 3483. House Bill 23 and House Bill 4582 were left pending subject to call of the chair. The committee then recessed until adjournment or later.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Housing Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • HRAs are also political subdivisions of the state of Minnesota.
  • Our state is fortunate, though.
  • First, Minnesota Realtors oppose rent control policies.
  • I'm certainly against rent control.
  • Please state your name and welcome to the committee.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • to the city and the county and the state to the city and the county and the state and<00:26:43.360
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  • <01:25:33.960> thank<01:25:34.119> you<01:25:34.239> Mr state thank you Mr state
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Both areas have limited ability for counties to control the costs. State hospital costs are high.
  • Both areas have limited ability for counties to control the costs. State hospital costs are high.
  • <00:06:56.479> State for counties to control the costs.
  • State for counties to control the costs.
  • Representative Hicks, who controls the foster care funding in the state of Minnesota?
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • passing this bill is in the interest of both the state of Arizona and of the United States more broadly
  • Look at the State Department of Education.
  • Step up, state your name, two minutes. Mr.
  • Research at the University of Kansas State of the State's project also shows that we are one of ten states
  • Team Arizona covers about 80% of the state.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - Senate Federalism and Family Law

Federalism and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • Article 5 gives states no control over delegates and no authority to nullify their votes.
  • state communications regarding those regions.
  • , I think, in 12 states this year.
  • states to deal with.
  • CAIR has never been designated a terrorist organization by the United States government, not by the State
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • He is not a resident of the state of Arizona. He is a resident of the state of Nevada.
  • This is another out-of-state voter that has never lived in the state of Arizona.
  • This individual lives in the state of California, temporarily resided in the state of Arizona.
  • So we're in an ERIC state.
  • voter registration across the United States that every state complies in.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • the state would feel those are important enough for the state to pay for those coverages instead of
  • <00:02:29.040> to<00:02:29.440> continue state are working hard to continue state are
  • squarely within the legislators control. squarely within the legislators control.
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  • in this state. in this state.
Bills: HF3388, HF400
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from the prior day and then heard House File 400, a bill described as a defrayal measure for health insurance mandates. Representative Perryman said the bill would not block future mandates, but would require the state to pay the added costs of any new mandated benefits so those costs would not be shifted to premium payers. She and supporters framed the bill as a way to protect affordability for Minnesota employers, workers, and families, especially in the fully insured market. Testimony in support came from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota Council of Health Plans. They argued that Minnesota has a high number of mandated benefits, that each new mandate adds cost to premiums, and that businesses—especially small and midsize employers—are already struggling with rising health insurance costs. The health plans representative said the bill would use the existing Commerce defrayal process to reimburse plans for eligible mandate-related claims, allowing those costs to be removed from premium rates. Several members echoed support, saying the bill would improve transparency by showing the fiscal impact of proposed mandates and help prevent people from being priced out of coverage. Members also explored how mandates apply in the market and how premiums are set. Deputy Commissioner Julia Dryer explained that, unless otherwise specified, mandates generally apply to the individual, small group, and fully insured large group markets, while self-insured ERISA plans and other markets are generally outside that scope. Representative Elkins noted that the affected market is relatively small and said small businesses are increasingly moving to self-insured plans because of cost. He and others raised concerns about affordability, while Representative Smith argued that mandates often ensure needed care and that the bill shifts costs to taxpayers rather than insurers. Representative Bacham added a personal example from tribal self-insurance, saying preventive physicals had saved lives and asking whether other factors besides mandates are driving insurer costs. No amendments were offered, and the bill was laid over for possible future consideration.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/04/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fentanyl triggers a state drug trafficking statute.
  • We have cases like that, and not in the United States.
  • I've been in health care for 35 years in the state of Arizona.
  • Child porn is illegal in the state and in the federal government.
  • We need to share those records with state and local governments.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, as a result of this, state fire marshals, ADPH, lead municipalities, everyone has come together and
  • > fire<00:08:10.800> marshals, result of this, state fire marshals, result of this, state
  • It's been good working with the health care committee or group out in the state.
  • <00:16:13.839> The or group out in the in the state.
  • The or group out in the in the state.
Bills: SB197, SB84, SB197, SB84