Video & Transcript Research : 'DPS'

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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to thank the county, TD, DPS, and everybody that made this possible.
  • In the DPS testimony last week, I met you ladies in a hallway there at the Capitol.
  • So do you know when the DPS were there? Yes.
  • And then we got about 16 DPS deputies that helped us with traffic control in the area.
  • They had DPS at the incident command once they set it up the entire time.
Summary: The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness hearing convened in Kerrville with quorum, public testimony limited to three minutes and invited testimony to 10 minutes. Leaders from both chambers, along with the lieutenant governor and speaker, framed the hearing as an unprecedented joint effort focused on learning from the July 4 flood, honoring victims, and identifying actions to reduce future loss of life. The committee also heard opening remarks about decorum, logistics, and the intent to continue work in future sessions. The first panel included Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, Emergency Management Coordinator William B. Thomas IV, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr., Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice, Upper Guadalupe River Authority representative William Rector, Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk, and Real County Judge Bella Rubio. They described the flood as sudden and catastrophic, with Kerr County reporting 108 deaths and two missing. Local officials emphasized that they received no timely warning of the scale of the event, that responders and volunteers acted heroically under extreme conditions, and that communications, cell coverage, and rural emergency resources were strained. Several witnesses said the county’s existing alert systems were limited by geography, sparse broadband, and the speed of the flood. Testimony focused on possible improvements, including real-time flood gauges and predictive monitoring, stronger rural emergency management staffing and training, better interoperability and alerting tools such as IPAWS, CodeRED, WENS, and sirens, and expanded broadband and radio coverage. Kerrville asked for a flood warning system before next summer and state help for stormwater, floodplain, and disaster recovery funding. UGRA described its past and current flood-warning and mitigation efforts, including gauge funding, a new software-based flood prediction project, and consideration of additional retention dams. Kendall and Real counties highlighted successful or needed alerting and evacuation practices, while also stressing the difficulty of funding and maintaining such systems in small rural counties. Members asked detailed questions about the timeline of the flood response, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and whether regional consolidation or additional infrastructure could improve future preparedness.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Not the product is illegal, they have to send that product to the DPS lab because the DPS lab has to
  • DPS has reviewed the filed version of HB 28.
  • Or a DPS lab. Or DPS. Right. Okay, thank you.
  • Whether it be FedEx, excuse me, not DPS, but FedEx or any of those other carriers.
  • I couldn't get DPS to put on their website what the rules were.
Bills: HB28, SB3, SB 3
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Elections May 15th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • And as DPS has testified before this committee repeatedly, it has done so without issue.
  • It also directs the Secretary of State to work with DPS and the Department of Information Resources to
  • And more than 2 million of our voters already do this through DPS, so we think this is the next step.
  • think there are ways to do this, some of which have been heard in this committee before through either DPS
  • Well, right now we don't get an original signature from DPS. We get a scanned copy.
Bills: HB311
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Finance (Part I) Jan 28th, 2025

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We all have crime victims in our district, but the **DPS** office was— it was really domestic terror,
  • We all have crime victims in our district, but the **DPS** office was— it was really domestic terror,
  • General Paxton**: No, I, well, I'd, that, well, in 20 minutes, but I don't think we're gonna finish the **DPS
  • All right, members, you know, it's no use starting **DPS**.
  • Members, you know, it's no use starting **DPS**, I don't think we can finish it in seven minutes.
Bills: SB 1
Summary: The meeting focused on the budget recommendations for the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), where key issues included the proposed decrease of $163.9 million for the 2024-25 biennium and various methodology swaps for funding. Attorney General Paxton discussed ongoing litigation expenditures and emphasized the need for continued investments in agency staffing to address rising demands within law enforcement. Notably, he requested a 6% salary increase for 2026 and 2027 to retain talented personnel amidst competitive job markets. Public testimony highlighted community awareness challenges regarding the Landowner's Compensation Program, indicating a need for enhanced outreach efforts.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session May 5th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • According to DPS, truckers are departing the designated permitted route to pay lesser fees to cartels
  • This unit, created in coordination with DPS, will identify, investigate, and monitor foreign influence
  • This includes a state-specific minimum database training course developed and provided by DPS.
  • requirement ensures not only a comprehensive understanding of state and federal law, but also allows DPS
  • I would prefer to keep it in there so that we're expressly directive to the DPS and all the different
Bills: SB66, SB243, SB250, SB317, SB393, SB397, SB456, SB628, SB629, SB636, SB715, SB731, SB801, SB865, SB1012, SB1013, SB1015, SB1032, SB1141, SB1181, SB1224, SB1241, SB1242, SB1250, SB1266, SB1285, SB1376, SB1442, SB1449, SB1502, SB1524, SB1528, SB1551, SB1585, SB1640, SB1708, SB1844, SB1854, SB1863, SB1959, SB1965, SB2035, SB2082, SB2119, SB2138, SB2199, SB2200, SB2201, SB2245, SB2269, SB2284, SB2310, SB2357, SB2419, SB2422, SB2480, SB2514, SB2523, SB2529, SB2533, SB2541, SB2550, SB2568, SB2595, SB2605, SB2608, SB2615, SB2717, SB2721, SB2753, SB2778, SB2841, SB2846, SB2891, SB2925, SB2929, SB2933, SB3016, SB3029, SB3039, SB3044, SJR3, SJR18, SB5, SB326, SB494, SB530, SB767, SB769, SB783, SB914, SB963, SB1035, SB1197, SB1271, SB1415, SB1437, SB1619, SB1637, SB1786, SB1806, SB2312, SB29, SB1238, SB1967, SB1, SB260, SB1637, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SCR19, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB1502, SB507, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB1524, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB517, SB1200, SB1845, SB1863, SB2681, SB2200, SB2199, SB2458, SB2201, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB1013, SB2797, SB2119, SB2076, SB2876, SB2284, SB2929, SB2595, SB715, SB1640, SB2514, SB2753, SB1241, SB2538, SB1449, SB2529, SB2846, SB986, SB1181, SB1359, SB2550, SB2245, SB410, SB1234, SB456, SB1012, SB2926, SB2138, SB1242, SB2615, SB2310, SB1224, SB2972, SB2841, SB3016, SB1856, SB2035, SB1528, SB1141, SB1266, SB1373, SB2269, SB2480, SB672, SB2891, SB2422, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB2925, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB2357, SB2721, SB243, SB1285, SB2568, SB1959, SB1442, SB1454, SB2520, SB2541, SB1708, SB1237, SB1844, SB1586, SB1551, SB3039, SB2819, SB66, SB629, SB1015, SB2342, SB2903, SB2933, SB1965, SB2477, SB3029, SB2605, SB2419, SB1957, SB375, SB250, SB777, SB628, SB2523, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2778, SB3044, SB2965, SB2521, SB865, SB1032, SB2165, SB2501, SB2675, SB2452, SB2835, HB1109, HB1392, HB22, HB2525, HB3093, SB872, SB1212, SB1278, SB1588, SB1602, SB1704, SB1723, SB1833, SB1858, SB1946, SB2009, SB2177, SB2460, SB2785, SB2373, SB1660, SB614, SB867, SB1608, SB1525, SB905, SB640, SB2487, SB1698, SB383, SB705, SB748, SB1113, SB1117, SB1802, SB2340, SB2586, SB2680, SB2690, SB2994, SB2747, SB1950, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB3059, SB2782, SB2781, SB2637, SB2633, SB2337, SB2334, SB1861, SB2043, SB1367, SB946, SB945, SB2857, SB128, SB571, SB1263, SB3058, SB612, SB2221, SB2587, SB2044, SB2363, SB2713, HB517, HB912, HB1130, HB142, HB1689, HB2018
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session May 5th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • According to DPS, truckers are departing the designated permanent route to pay lesser fees to cartels
  • This unit, created in coordination with DPS, will identify, investigate, and monitor foreign influence
  • The bill mandates a state-specific minimum database training course developed and provided by DPS.
  • It also ensures that DPS can control and closely monitor who has access to the statewide intelligence
  • So part of the reason DPS and our hearings wanted to put that five years in there is to meet the federal
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received the House message that HB 35 had passed, and heard a gubernatorial message submitting Trinity River Authority board appointments for Senate confirmation. The chamber also adopted a slate of Senate resolutions by voice vote and later postponed reading and referral of bills and resolutions until the end of the calendar. Several members introduced bills with brief explanations before the Senate took them up under suspension of the regular order. The body then considered and passed a series of measures, often by wide margins, including SB 2846 on wildlife disease control and quarantine authority; CS SB 1224 requiring school superintendents or directors to report certain employee misconduct to local law enforcement; CS SB 2310 on transparency for degree and transfer requirements at public colleges; SB 1502 limiting school districts’ ability to exceed voter-approval tax rates after a failed TRE; CS SB 1141 on notice requirements before full adversary hearings in child-protection cases; CS SB 2568 exempting certain flood-control reservoirs from TCEQ permitting; SB 1524 on confidentiality of information about weapons in foster homes; CS SB 2925 creating a task force on modernizing manufacturing; CS SB 2269 on dispute resolution and enforcement for long-term care facilities; CS SB 1266 on Medicaid provider enrollment and disenrollment notices; SB 243 on migrant labor housing standards; SB 2200 on overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials; CS SB 2480 on the Texas Physician Health Program; CS SB 1585 restricting government contracts with companies tied to foreign adversaries; CS SB 2357 establishing maternal health training; and SB 1551 requiring accessible AED placement in public schools. The Senate also debated more contested bills. CS SB 2019, which would extend vaccine exemption rules to medical and veterinary students, advanced only partway after a divided vote. CS SB 1442, directing a study on veterinary telemedicine relationships, and CS SB 1241, which would allow the Higher Education Coordinating Board to study alternative college entrance exams, prompted extended questioning about agency authority and whether changes should return to the legislature before taking effect. CS SB 2753, which would integrate early voting and election day voting into a single in-person voting period, was amended and passed to engrossment despite opposition. CS SB 2201, dealing with gang and foreign terrorist organization intelligence databases, and CS SB 2514, creating a DPS hostile foreign adversaries unit, drew detailed debate over civil liberties and national security. CS SB 2422, aimed at limiting Texas Medical Board discipline related to COVID-19 treatments and practices, also advanced after lengthy discussion and a close vote.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 04/10/25

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um uh if if I could invite Um uh if if I could invite um<00:36:10.720> DVS<00:36:11.440> DPS
  • to come forward and help us um DVS DPS to come forward and help us understand<00:36:16.480> a
  • /c><00:48:55.599> support<00:48:56.400> DVS<00:48:57.040> and<00:48:57.280> DPS
  • <00:48:57.839> in we're going to support DVS and DPS in we're going to support DVS and DPS
  • So, we're like giving tons of money to DPS. Yeah. All right, members, comments or amendments?
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Study Committee is established to consider private property towing practices only, and they require DPS
  • of Representatives on establishing and administering a towing compliance and enforcement unit within DPS
  • Administering a towing compliance and enforcement unit within DPS to regulate private towing carriers
Keywords: 1182, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • I think Senator Dibble's bill goes through DPS, which puts many more regulations on there.
  • <00:04:12.319> bills<00:04:12.640> goes<00:04:12.879> through<00:04:13.120> DPS
  • <00:04:14.239> uh<00:04:14.319> which Dibble bills goes through DPS uh which Dibble
  • bills goes through DPS uh which puts<00:04:14.799> more<00:04:15.040> many<00:04:15.280
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The discussion focused on Minnesota legislation for autonomous vehicles, with Sen. John Jasinski arguing the state should create a clear statewide regulatory framework that welcomes driverless ride-share services without imposing so many rules that companies avoid investing here. He said autonomous vehicles are already testing and mapping in the Twin Cities area, and that the main benefits would be improved accessibility and independence for people who cannot drive because of disabilities or medical conditions, as well as broader transportation options for work and travel. Jasinski described his bill, Senate File 4010, as a public-safety framework that would rely on existing MnDOT and governor’s connected automated vehicle task force structures rather than creating a new, more restrictive process through DPS. He contrasted that approach with Sen. Dibble’s bill, which he said would be much more restrictive and could amount to "death by regulation." He also said he supports some guardrails, such as geomapping around downtown events, safe loading and unloading zones, and procedures for human takeover if a problem occurs, but wants to avoid a patchwork of city-by-city rules. He said the legislature is considering several autonomous-vehicle bills this session and that the timing reflects years of study by the state task force. Jasinski also discussed his earlier bipartisan Senate File 75, which authorized MnDOT to research autonomous mower technology after he noticed traffic delays caused by ditch mowing along highways. He said that pilot is still in testing at an MDOT facility, but he sees potential for the technology to reduce traffic disruption, improve worker safety, and lower costs. No votes or formal committee actions were described in the interview.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • TDEM, DPS, and everybody that made this possible, it's never easy to move the capital.
  • Our local responder deputies, EMS, Texas DPS, and volunteer...
  • Additional support from the Texas Game Warden and Texas DPS began arriving soon thereafter.
  • So do you know when the DPS were there?
  • They had DPS at the time.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 22nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Specifically, what this bill does is it provides for the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to... ...to
  • Well, once DPS gets the information from... ...the other state, they provide that to the Secretary of
  • And again, it's just that DPS has to check. They have to proactively ask the other state.
  • ...that DPS has. So DPS subscribes to multiple databases already in existence.
  • Senate Bill 2569 modernizes DPS reporting requirements by simply requiring law enforcement agencies to
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 15th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill directs DPS... Chair: Mr. Leach, before you go any further, I'm going to let Mr.
  • Jones: Specifically what does it make DPS do? Mr.
  • Leach: So the bill directs DPS to electronically identify eligible records.
  • This bill creates a streamlined process for DPS and courts to seal records.
  • Pursuit: I haven't heard of any opposition from DPS or otherwise.
Bills: HB200
UT

Utah 2025 Regular Session

Transportation Interim Committee - November 20, 2025

Transportation Interim Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • You inform, well, DPS informs InsureRight, 'Hey, don't worry about that car because he's not planning
  • And in our discussions with DPS, we just know that it's a basic matter of the crime lab being backed
  • That's located in her DPS. It is the state toxic... That's located under DPS.
  • All those are additional points of information that will be given to DPS and then included in this DUI
  • I rely on my DPS friends for the exact what happens on a refusal, but I know... ...friends for the exact
Keywords: 985, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:03 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • With line 12, DPS, this is adding license plate readers to their allowable purchases from an appropriation
  • Line 20 is for DPS to basically add language ensuring that the public safety and... ...to basically add
  • DPS for body-worn cameras. We're good with that. For body-worn cameras. We're good with that.
  • And then DPS for the cell phones. Can we add penalty language for DoIT when they overcharge?
  • DPS has a number of small ones that were recommended for reauthorization by H.A.F.C.
Keywords: 996, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill would require DPS disclosure of this data in their annual statewide electronic tracking system
  • DPS reports that 119 sexual assault kits are in health care facilities that are past the seven-day statutory
  • As you mentioned, the track it program began September 1, 2019. required DPS to develop and implement
  • DPS has reviewed the bill.
  • Senate Bill 608 supports the DPS mission of protecting and serving Texas by providing data to facilitate
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 01/23/25

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • :08:38.080> with Commerce is committed to working with Commerce is committed to working with DPS
  • Community<00:08:39.320> Partners<00:08:39.680> to<00:08:39.800> ensure DPS
  • and Community Partners to ensure DPS and Community Partners to ensure that<00:08:40.200> minnesotans
  • I appreciate the work of the BCA, the CFB, DPS.
  • I appreciate the work of the BCA, the CFB, DPS.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • This proposal was drafted by DPS and reviewed by the House and Senate sergeant at arms.
  • procedure and protocol in your binders, which was drafted earlier this year in a joint effort from DPS
  • This proposal was<00:04:26.240> drafted<00:04:26.639> by<00:04:26.880> DPS<00:04
  • and reviewed by the was drafted by DPS and reviewed by the house<00:04:28.639> and<00:04:28.960
  • and the house joint effort from DPS and the house sergeant-at-arms<00:04:42.160> based<00:04:
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/28/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Recently, I was asked by the BCA, DPS, to come back to this position, which I did this last November,
  • :20:41.799> assistant<00:20:42.520> an Happy to report, we are at the tail end of the DPS
  • Thank you for having DPS here today to discuss Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan's 2025
  • So the board of firefighter training is a separate group from DPS; however, we have staff support from
  • however we have staff support from DPS however we have staff support that<01:25:49.760> uh<01
Bills: HF2432
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • >> Um, so as someone who works at the Department of Health, um, I can't speak to my colleagues at DPS
  • Um, DPS, it's my understanding, does great work with crime victim services, violence interrupters.
  • Um DPS, it's my duplication.
  • Um DPS, it's my understanding,<00:48:46.079> does<00:48:46.400> great<00:48:47.040>
  • they can in this bill partner with DPS they can in this bill partner with DPS and<00:52:45.200><
Bills: HF3668, HF2779, HF2771
Summary: The House Finance and Policy Committee met on March 2 with a quorum present and heard House File 3668, which would create a state Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The bill author argued the office would treat gun violence as a public health crisis, improve research and coordination, and help reduce deaths and trauma, especially among children. Several supporters testified, including representatives from the Minnesota Medical Association, Protect Minnesota, family medicine, public health, and obstetrics/gynecology, all emphasizing firearm injury and suicide as major public health problems and urging a coordinated, data-driven response. Multiple testifiers shared personal accounts of shootings and their effects on children and families, including the Annunciation shooting, and said the office could help align prevention efforts across health care, law enforcement, and community organizations. Opposition came from the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, which argued the bill would create a permanent taxpayer-funded bureaucracy that could be used to shape firearm policy and restrict a constitutional right. The group said Minnesota should focus instead on enforcing existing laws, prosecuting violent offenders, and providing direct victim services. During committee discussion, Vice Chair Nadeau offered an A2 amendment to move the proposed office from the Department of Health to the Department of Public Safety, citing data-sharing, accountability, and examples from other cities and states; after discussion with the bill author, he withdrew the amendment. Chair Becker then noted existing state and local spending on violence prevention and public safety programs and raised concerns about duplication of effort.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • DPS already struggles to keep pace with the evidence that we send them now.
  • The DPS labs, as Mr. Mills will tell you, are already at capacity.
  • Most agencies go through the DPS lab.
  • DPS can handle those cases because we're going to have much fewer cases.
  • And we have the DPS resource witness, but I'm going to use this example.
Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB 5, SB 11, SB 12