Video & Transcript Research : 'nonvoting position'
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (05/20/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- in a bill on its own because if we end up in a committee of conference, it gives us a much better position
- in a bill on its own because if we end up in a committee of conference, it gives us a much better position
- in a bill on its own because if we end up in a committee of conference, it gives us a much better position
- gets discussed, and I think that it is really by having this in this bill, it really puts us in a position
- the clerk to call the roll on amendment to SP 302, number 2025-2219H. ...it really puts us in a position
Summary:
The committee met in executive session on SB 302, a bill requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners. Members discussed and adopted amendment 2025-2219H, which incorporated language from prior Senate and House amendments, including provisions related to the siting evaluation committee and changes affecting landfill expansions and additional cells. The amendment also folded in language from HB 616, the animal cruelty/due process bill, which members said clarifies probable cause, imminent danger, temporary protective custody, and the role of the state veterinarian or designee in animal seizure decisions. Several members emphasized that the bill does not bar seizure of animals in emergencies or prevent nonprofits from fundraising, and that the changes are intended to strengthen due process and reduce conflicts of interest.
The committee voted 12-0 to adopt the amendment. It then voted 12-0 to give SB 302 an OTPA recommendation with the amendment included. After the vote, the director raised a concern that the amendment appeared to eliminate the waste management council and related appeal provisions in the governing statutes; members acknowledged the issue and said it was intentional or at least acceptable to address later in committee of conference, where they expected further changes. The committee then agreed to place the bill on the consent calendar.
After concluding the executive session, the committee discussed an afternoon field trip to research farms in Lee and Durham. They also accepted an invitation to visit a farm in Fremont on May 30 at 10:00 a.m., with the address provided as 63 South Road, Fremont, New Hampshire.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee May 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- You can state your name, your position, and your affiliation. Good morning.
- You can state your name, your position, and your affiliation. Good morning.
- Or is it your position that they should not ever... ...interior of our home?
- Was it your position that they should not ever? I'm going to turn it over.
- That's where my position is. I will vote for this to continue that conversation.
Summary:
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard four items, including one consent bill, and began before quorum was established. AB 760, by Assemblymember Ta, would temporarily allow mobile home park-owned homes to be rented to people displaced by a natural disaster in areas under a declared state of emergency, including adjacent jurisdictions. Supporters said it would quickly add housing after fires, floods, or earthquakes; there was no opposition at the hearing, and members generally praised the narrow committee amendments. The bill later passed on a due-pass-as-amended vote.
Chair Haney presented AB 1445, which would let cities create downtown recovery districts to finance office-to-housing conversions and other downtown revitalization projects using growth in property tax revenue. Support came from the California Travel Association, Housing Action Coalition, IKEA, Spur, Abundant Housing, and Circulate San Diego, with members saying the bill could help downtowns recover and expand mixed-use housing. The committee voiced support and interest in broader use of the tool, and the bill was approved on a due-pass-as-amended vote.
AB 456, by Assemblymember Connolly, drew the most extensive debate. The bill would prohibit mobile home park managers from requiring interior repairs or improvements as a condition of sale and would require timely written lists of exterior repairs, with supporters arguing that park managers are interfering with sales and delaying closings. Opponents, led by the Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association, argued that interior inspections are needed to protect buyers and park residents from unsafe conditions and potential liability. Members raised questions about safety, disclosure, HCD oversight, and liability; after discussion, the bill was moved on a due-pass-as-amended vote, with some members not voting or expressing reservations. The committee also approved the consent calendar.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Financial considerations that looked positive during the initial assessment.
- Is it your position that to detach 70% of the district would not require a public vote?
- Or is it your board's position that you all could do this without a vote?
- So, I didn't really have a position on whether I was pro-split or anti-split.
- No matter their position, a total of 89% of the people that responded, which was about 2,300 people,
Bills:
HB4, HB54, HB775, HB850, HB 1122, HB 1249, HB1405, HB2336, HB2757, HB3372, HB3622, HB4442, HB4687, HB4893, HB5089, HB5515, HB5606, SB10, SB24, HB1573, HB3369, HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24
Keywords:
non-human behaviors, education, Texas schools, policy, regulation, funding, teacher salaries, school districts, state budget, non-enrolled students, University Interscholastic League, participation, eligibility standards, school participation, academic standards, Texas education, interscholastic league, extracurricular activities, academic proficiency, AED
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Apr 28th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Please state your name and position on the bill. My name is Paul Segal.
- Please state your name, who you're with, and your position on the bill in two minutes.
- Please state your name, who you're with, and your position on the bill. Yes, sir.
- Take a majority, though, just the position of a single landowner.
- State your name and your position on the bill. You have two minutes. I'll begin.
Keywords:
migrant labor housing, migrant housing, farmworker housing, migrant agricultural worker, agricultural labor, farm labor contractor, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, TDHCA, civil penalty, housing code enforcement, sanitation, occupancy standards, retaliation, worker complaint, language access, Spanish-language outreach, H-2A visa, temporary agricultural workers, unlicensed housing, rural housing
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- witnesses in support must be those accompanying the author or who otherwise have registered a support position
- opposition can be stated at the standing mic when called upon to simply state name, affiliation, and position
- When residents know their facility staffing levels, they are better positioned to choose the facility
- When I found my father that day, he was lying in a fetal position on an injured hip, dressed in a long-sleeve
- Cities in my district and around the state saw positive results, and seniors were able to stay safe while
Summary:
The Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee met on April 22, established a quorum, and adopted its 2023-24 committee rules. The hearing then considered five bills focused on aging, long-term care, immigrant seniors, nutrition, and emergency preparedness. AB 450 would create a task force to study the needs of undocumented Californians age 55 and older; supporters from CHIRLA and other advocates described barriers to housing, health care, retirement, and digital access, while members raised questions about eligibility and process. The bill was approved on a due pass motion and re-referred to the Committee on Human Services.
AB 508 would require residential care facilities for the elderly to disclose staffing information upon request at admission and when rates increase. The author and supporters argued that staffing levels are closely tied to quality of care and that families need transparency to make informed choices; a witness described her father’s death in an understaffed facility. Assisted living industry representatives opposed the bill as burdensome but said they were continuing discussions with the author. The committee adopted amendments and passed the bill to Appropriations.
AB 1476 would allow senior congregate meal programs to continue offering to-go meals, a practice expanded during the pandemic. Supporters said the option improved access for homebound and food-insecure seniors and helped bring people into senior centers; there was no opposition, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 1068 would create a working group on evacuation and sheltering needs for older adults and people with disabilities in long-term care during disasters, and AB 1069 would ensure area agencies on aging and aging/disability resource programs have access to emergency shelters to provide services. Both measures drew broad support from aging, disability, and advocacy groups, with testimony citing recent fires and evacuations, and both were approved and re-referred to the Committee on Emergency Management. The committee also left rolls open for additional members to add votes before adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That's basically part of the origin for this position.
- And they're grassroots, and they have every right to express their position.
- But the general position was this— Mr.
- Hunter: I think it's just simply a position that a majority party can make the policy—the procedural
- And they're grassroots, and they have every right to express their position.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- authorize any new funding or positions. authorize any new funding or positions.
- <00:22:37.520>
costs My position is that enforcement costs My position is that enforcement - <00:39:23.599>
uh that there were negative positive uh that there were negative positive uh - to be to serve in the position. to be to serve in the position.
- I was just curious, position?
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill itself allows for a vote if the committee decides to bring that in position and present it to
- The bill itself allows for a vote if the committee decides to bring that in position and present it to
- To pay is actually being utilized in a positive way for the community.
- But you can't do that without a vote. it's doing and the positive impacts that it's doing and the positive
- tax dollars and how that has positively tax dollars and how that has positively impacted<00:46:29.839
Keywords:
property tax, homeowner exemption, Wyoming, voter initiative, tax legislation, HB0127, recreation mill levy, recreational facilities, public recreation, mill levy, local tax, county commissioners, school district levy, voter approval, ballot measure, general election, tax referendum, special purpose tax, Wyoming taxation, W.S. 18-9-201
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/08/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I ask that you keep this position of support in mind as you consider the bills on tonight's agenda.
- I ask that you keep this position of support in mind as you consider the bills on tonight's agenda.
- I ask that you keep this position of support in mind as you consider the bills on tonight's agenda.
- I ask that you keep this position of support in mind as you consider the bills on tonight's agenda.
- We've started to get some positive feedback from our teachers.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- may be positive. may be positive.
- So, we've cut about 100 vacant positions out and we got bodies in those positions.
- ><01:29:25.560>
positions <01:29:26.120>out about 100 position vacant positions out about - and we got bodies in those positions. and we got bodies in those positions.
- positions from Trooper 2 to sergeants. positions from Trooper 2 to sergeants.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- removing the school librarian position removing the school librarian position due<00:50:05.280><
- So this is asking for positions. We currently have one position.
- So this is asking for positions. We currently have one position.
- So this is asking for positions. We currently have one position.
- So this is asking for positions. We currently have one position.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/24/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- studies that indicate positive impacts. studies that indicate positive impacts.
- <00:34:32.639>
outcomes SUD treatment leads to positive outcomes SUD treatment leads to positive - <04:38:01.760>
as are used to fund both my position as are used to fund both my position as - >> Uh the the two refugee program positions >> Uh the the two refugee program positions
- 06:03:03.200>
a <06:03:03.360>co-director position, I functioned as a co-director position
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- With all due respect, I think you've very clearly taken a position without actually taking a position
- I mean, taking a position on a bill, not taking a position does not infer one way or the other.
- actually taking a position. Thank you. actually taking a position. Thank you.
- ever taken positions on other bills? ever taken positions on other bills?
- on a bill, not taking taking a position on a bill, not taking a<01:07:12.560>
position <01:07:
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/13/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- want to be put in the um in the position want to be put in the um in the position of<00:39:53.839
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like <01:13:18.960>fast positions with fixed wages like fast positions with fixed wages - Wouldn't wouldn't all that position etc.
- So I'm just some positive aspects to it.
- <01:31:11.440>
I'm new position uh is a challenge. I'm new position uh is a challenge.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 14, 2026 - 01:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU BACKGROUND ON WHY.
- WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT IN THE POSITION TO SUPPORT THIS BILL. >> Chair
- OUR CURRENT BOARD POSITIONS DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN OUR PROFESSIONS.
- THANK REPRESENTATIVE YARKOSKY CONTINUING TO WORK WITH US AS WE TALK ABOUT CONCERNS WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION
- THIS WILL KEEP PUT FORWARD A CPA IN A WORSE POSITION.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 11:00 am
Appropriations - Government Operations Division
Transcript Highlights:
- You approved in the last session a new position for OMB that would be that statewide construction manager
- So that's a positive thing. Senator Dwyer. Mr.
- I know last week we were like $250-some million to the positive. Mr.
- Chairman and members of the committee, as of last night we were about $280 million to the positive.
- As of last night, we were about $280 million to the positive.
Bills:
HB1015
Keywords:
Office of Management and Budget, OMB appropriation, state budget, biennial appropriation, North Dakota Century Code, state facility maintenance fund, capital improvements, Capitol building fund, governor's residence, state hospital, mental health hospital, Bank of North Dakota, line of credit, strategic investment and improvements fund, SIIF, new and vacant FTE pool, state employee pay raise, performance-based compensation, guardianship grants, community corrections
Summary:
The Government Operations Division met to review proposed amendments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) budget, with the chair noting the bill would not be voted out that day and would likely be held until the following week for any technical corrections. Members discussed a series of amendments, generally without objection: a $1.5 million appropriation for a pro-life education committee; a $40,000–$45,000 deficiency appropriation for Uniform Laws travel costs; creation of a state deferred maintenance fund with $40 million for deferred maintenance projects; adding the state hospital project to the OMB budget with $200 million from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund (SIF) and $85 million from a line of credit, plus construction management oversight; $110,114 for custodial equity increases; $1 million for a retirement incentive pool; $3 million to cover a shortfall in the new and vacant FTE funding pool; and $4 million for space reconfiguration and rent/moving costs. Prairie Public Broadcasting was also discussed, with a suggestion to change the purpose from local programming to infrastructure and set the amount at $850,000, likely as one-time SIF funding. The committee also heard a heads-up about a possible $180,000 federal reimbursement issue tied to an education grant, but no action was taken on that item.
The committee further discussed a broader amendment to reduce the transfer from the social services fund to the human services fund from $250 million to $232 million, based on DHS needs and available carryover funding. Members also agreed to add emergency clauses to the capital assets, deferred maintenance, and moving/space reconfiguration items. The chair indicated Brady could begin incorporating the discussed changes into a consolidated amendment, while noting there could still be additional items next week. Staff also reported the SIF balance was about $280 million positive, though some removed agency items, including airport grants, would need to be considered.
The committee then reconsidered its earlier action on House Bill 1581 and restored it to its original form at $100,000 after hearing that the funding would support tribal tourism-related events tied to upcoming 2026 celebrations and the Theodore Roosevelt Library opening. A motion for do pass on the bill as originally introduced passed unanimously by roll call. Finally, the committee postponed action on another bill until later that day, directing that revised materials be distributed and that the item be taken up in the afternoon session.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (3-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- bit deeper dive into some of the backgrounds and just the criteria that we want to find in these positions
- It keeps people from remaining in a position when the Senate has not acted on the reappointment. are
- criteria that we want to find<00:07:19.919>
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because <00:07:21.000>the find in these positions because the find in - these positions because the decorum<00:07:22.160>
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Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:02
Attendance Roll Call: 03:09
SB 245 (Sen. Smith): 05:55
Adjournment: 11:21, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met, established a quorum after some initial roll-call and IT issues, and recognized several guests, including a student page, local tourism representatives, and Scott Smith of the East Kentucky trail authority. Members also briefly highlighted ongoing tourism and trail development efforts in eastern Kentucky and thanked guests for their work and local support.
The main item of business was Senate Bill 245, sponsored by Senator Brandon Smith. He explained that the bill closes a loophole in the confirmation process for board appointments and reappointments, so that if the Senate declines to confirm a reappointment—or takes no action on it—the person cannot continue serving for an extended period without confirmation. In response to questions, he clarified that the bill is aimed narrowly at preventing unconfirmed members from remaining in office and making major fiduciary decisions, while preserving the governor’s appointment authority.
After discussion, a motion and second were on the bill, the clerk called the roll, and the committee voted to pass Senate Bill 245 favorably. The chair announced that the bill is now eligible for consideration on the House floor, and the committee adjourned.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Finance and Tax Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- SHOULD YOU SELECT A WAY YOUR SPEAKING TIME YOUR POSITION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING RECORDS
- SO IN TERMS OF BUDGET YEARS TO COME WE ARE IN A VERY GOOD COMFORTABLE POSITION GIVEN HOW REVENUES ARE
- UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU SAID THAT YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE AND I THANK YOU SAID THAT WE ARE IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION
- AGAIN BUT BASED ON WHAT THE NUMBERS AND HOW THEY WERE LAST TIME ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE HEADED IN A POSITIVE
- SPEAK FOR HER BUT I CAN SHOW YOU MY UNDERSTANDING ON THE NUMBERS WHICH IS THAT THEY ARE SHOWING POSITIVE
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Said bill is returned here position.
- Said bill is returned here position.
- Let's keep it positive.
- Should the Senate prefer a position.
- Let's keep it positive. Come on. Let's keep it positive.
Summary:
The House convened with 122 members present, heard a prayer, and the Speaker urged members to remain respectful as difficult bills were expected later in the day. The chamber then moved through several ceremonial floor presentations honoring retiring members, including Delegate Barry S. Celebrity and Delegate Pam Queen, with resolutions read congratulating each on their years of service and lasting impact. The House also recognized an “interim birthday caucus” with a lighthearted resolution celebrating members born outside the session, followed by remarks and thanks from the Speaker and members.
After the presentations, the House turned to business, including concurrence and nonconcurrence actions on Senate amendments. The chamber refused to concur in Senate amendments to House Bill 339 and House Bill 512, while House Bill 512 was then concurred in, read for final passage, and passed with 118 votes in favor and none opposed. The House also received messages indicating conference committees for several bills, including House Bills 107, 153, 769, 1063, and 1118.
The House adopted favorable committee reports on a series of bills, sending many to third reading. These included measures on earned wage access, security guard certification renewal, county board and alcohol licensing matters, animal regulation, veteran status notation, procurement transparency, Public Information Act divorce records, election board qualifications, and a local sourcing database. During discussion of the local sourcing database bill, the minority whip asked whether business groups that had opposed the bill remained opposed after amendments; the floor leader explained the amended bill would require the Department of Commerce to create a searchable Maryland Local Sourcing Portal to connect businesses with local sources of tariff-impacted goods and services.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/22/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're down six funded positions and eight total positions.
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positions <01:21:38.080>still <01:21:38.480>exist, positions. the positions - >
uncommon positions. - And that's not uncommon positions.
- funding as well as additional positions. funding as well as additional positions.