Video & Transcript Research : 'purchasing authority'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, any question on Senate Bill 688 for the bill author? Chair is none.
- Delivery to anyone under 18 so a straw man purchase would be addressed as well.
- Any question to the bill author on Senate Bill 666? Members, good.
- Those for the author as well. Thank you, Senator Middleton. Senators, any questions?
- The Chair lays out Senate Bill 18. and recognizes the bill's authors.
Keywords:
municipal libraries, state funding, gender identity, public events, children's literature, SB 19, Texas, political subdivision, local government, county, city, municipality, taxpayer-funded lobbying, lobbying ban, public funds, registered lobbyist, Chapter 305, Government Code, Local Government Code, county association dues
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services REVISED Feb 23rd, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- But do we pass by the author, seconded by Senator Coleman? Will there be questions of the author?
- Do pass by the author, a second by the vice chair. Will there be questions of the author? None.
- Seconded by the author. Seconded by Senator Haste. Will there be questions of the author? None.
- So thank you for that, questions of the author, Senator McIntosh.
- Further questions of the author? Seeing none, will there be debate?
Bills:
SB1806, SB1430, SB206, SB1547, SB1849, SB1428, SB1653, SB1984, SB1644, SB1561, SB1813, SB1570, SB1796
Keywords:
foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, mental health, substance abuse, commissioner appointment, governor's authority, legislative consent, SB206, emergency medical services, EMS, ambulance, 911 response, emergency response, essential services, federal funding, grant funding, public health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, does the medical board have authority to do that?
- These are distinct agencies that have this authority.
- Authority for psychologists is safe and effective.
- But currently, right now, psychologists don't have prescribing authority.
- Thank you to Representative Gonzalez for authoring this much-needed legislation.
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you purchase whole bodies or do you purchase parts, body parts?
- Purchased from? They don't purchase, they work with the families.
- So after you purchased your specimen, and you said that you're not purchasing a full body, but a specimen
- So do you purchase organs? No. Okay, so nobody...
- Your agency literally authorizes... would be the agency that would authorize or I guess certify that
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- statute, insurers must pay a $5 per vehicle year fee to support the motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority
- This bill will give Tex DMV the authority it has historically exercised.
- Um, thank you to our author who is, uh, constantly done a great job when it comes to the, the movers
- So anyways, uh, this bill simply allows a local authority to essentially put up the stop signs, alert
- We have purchased or retailed more than 4 million vehicles nationwide in Texas.
Bills:
HB 341, HB 469, HB 971, HB 1624, HB 2721, HB 2959, HB 3365, HB 3731, HB 3793, HB 3861, HB 3946, HB 3966, HB 4348, HB 4401, HB 4402, HB 4924, HB 4966, HB 5563
Keywords:
affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, commercial vehicle, safety standards, enforcement, Texas counties, transportation
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 46 Apr 23rd, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
4-H, youth development, community service, education, volunteering, Oklahoma, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, SB171, state government, Capitol security, peace officer commission, legislative security, Department of Public Safety, Commissioner of Public Safety, President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 45 Apr 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
4-H, youth development, community service, education, volunteering, Oklahoma, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, SB171, state government, Capitol security, peace officer commission, legislative security, Department of Public Safety, Commissioner of Public Safety, President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House
LA
Keywords:
HB 290, Act 426, sunset law, Department of the Treasury, Louisiana Treasury, re-creation, reauthorization, statutory entities, termination date, sunset review, Title 49, fiscal administration, state finance, agency continuation, legislative authority, insurance premiums, Municipal Fire and Police, dedicated fund, assessments, Louisiana legislation
WY
Keywords:
healthcare, rural health, transformation program, funding, incentives, training, access, perpetuity fund, Medicaid, emergency medical services, ground ambulance, healthcare funding, reimbursement rates, military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- in law for over a century, authorized in law for over a century, but<00:42:03.040>
it's <00:42 - He then joked about 25 and asked how many AR-15s or M16s would be purchased for 25.
- purchase for 25? purchase for 25? >> I<00:47:10.000>
don't <00:47:10.160>know. - Currently, the governor has the authority to establish a state guard and appoint the State Council of
- It is just the authorization to move forward if we can receive funds from other parties to fund that
Keywords:
healthcare, rural health, transformation program, funding, incentives, training, access, perpetuity fund, Medicaid, emergency medical services, ground ambulance, healthcare funding, reimbursement rates, military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment
WY
Keywords:
healthcare, rural health, transformation program, funding, incentives, training, access, perpetuity fund, Medicaid, emergency medical services, ground ambulance, healthcare funding, reimbursement rates, military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair moves A1 amendment to put the bill in the shape the author prefers.
- It was due to gaps in Minnesota laws in 2016 regarding positions of authority and high school students
Keywords:
grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm trying to get the authors to come over here, but we're going to start with one now.
- Currently, the condemner is required to disclose, at the time an offer to purchase is made, any and all
- CCI is all the entities with eminent domain authority except TxDOT in the state of Texas.
- That includes private and public entities with eminent domain authority, which includes things like cities
- This document doesn’t have any legal authority to it.
Keywords:
impact fee, moratorium, local government, Texas legislation, infrastructure funding, municipal utility district, eminent domain, bonds, assessments, infrastructure, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Harris County, Municipal Utility District, territory exclusion, debt service taxes, property taxation, condemnation, property acquisition, real property, appraisal reports
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- To the author of the bill, please describe your bill for us. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- We do support House File 912 and thank the authors for bringing it forward.
- I am the Port Authority Administrator for the City of Bloomington.
- under the temporary transfer authority.
- To the author, would you like to wrap it up? Author: Sure. Thank you, Chair Davis.
Keywords:
individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
Keywords:
underground damage prevention, one-call notification system, utility locating, excavation safety, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, utility lines, underground utilities, pipeline safety, gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, water utility, wastewater, cable television, locate request, premark, tolerance zone, positive response
TX
Bills:
SB 913, SB 1086, SB 1087, SB 1143, SB 1534, SB 1553, SB 1718, SB 1754, SB 2004, SB 2322, SB 2448
Keywords:
hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax code, local government funding, Texas legislation, county taxation, economic development, hotel industry, local government, counties, taxation, tourism, workforce development, youth programs, employment, education, technical training, health physics, higher education, nuclear energy
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Parents are required to sign an authorization.
- of the local boards, define what you mean by construe and their authority.
- Well, I mean, they still have the authority to limit the authority of the local school boards.
- spot from using that authority to inflict their ideas on the classroom.
- What did we just hear about authority not inflicting their personal beliefs on students?
Keywords:
school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, National Signing Day, athletic scholarships, military enlistment, postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, high school students, educational commitments, education intervention, State Superintendent, local boards, provisional release, subpoena authority, compliance, educational operation control, fundraising
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Education Without conditions, this bill would authorize the state superintendent to summon witnesses
- There are a lot of state agencies that have this authority, but we don't have the authority, obviously
- We don't have the authority, obviously.
Keywords:
school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, National Signing Day, athletic scholarships, military enlistment, postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, high school students, educational commitments, education intervention, State Superintendent, local boards, provisional release, subpoena authority, compliance, educational operation control, fundraising
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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um <00:47:07.079>it <00:47:07.240> - to the Minnesota Health and Education Facilities Authority to reflect the newly expanded authority that
Keywords:
informed consent, sensitive examinations, healthcare, patient rights, anesthesia, hot water pools, rental properties, public health, safety regulations, Minnesota Statutes, health care access, hospital surcharge, fund allocation, medical assistance, health funding, health care, education, bonding capacity, financing, Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Obviously, I'm already a co-author on this, but I want to commend Ms.
- director or not but or maybe the author director or not but or maybe the author why<00:48:30.640
- FZ has anything to say in addition, but last year I originally authored this bill and authored it because
- FZ has anything to say in addition, but last year I originally authored this bill and authored it because
- Last year, I originally authored this bill, and authored it because of the great work that was going
Keywords:
energy, economic development, funding, renewable resources, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, air ventilation, geothermal, school financing, Minnesota Climate Innovative Finance Authority, geothermal energy, renewable energy, construction funding, Como Zoo, energy efficiency, HF2162, Minnesota, planning grants, renewable development account, clean energy, Department of Commerce