Video & Transcript Research : 'digital accessibility'

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TX
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  • This would modernize raffle sales to make them more accessible. And efficient with that.
  • In 1991, after a great deal of discussion of concerns about access by children, gambling addiction, family
  • needed to implement it. its own smartphone app, allowing the players to check on draw results and access
  • The access, the data that we are giving to these companies is pretty remarkable.
  • It prohibits access to genome sequencing data by individuals located outside the U.S. unless authorized
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Not as many people read print newspapers anymore, but they all read digital, uh, unbelievably.
  • Um, the paywall, a paywall if they have it, so it's all free access.
  • We turned Texas energy into digital security and grid stability.
  • We're not just consumers, we're the grid's digital shock absorbers.
  • Well, this bill provides real-time digital mapping resources for first responders.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • And we all know we all receive digital information.
  • This feature helps us take our next steps as we continue to move digitally.
  • We turn Texas energy into digital security and grid stability.
  • We're not just consumers; we're the grid's digital shock absorbers.
  • Britain does not allow energy storage facilities to access the fund.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Access to registered apprenticeship programs like ours, project labor agreements (PLAs), and our apprenticeship
  • The real-world, high-standard training model would not be accessible without them.
  • They provide equal access. Everybody comes to the table.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 9th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

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  • The Texas Public Information Act guarantees the public's access to government records.
  • There's an overall lack of standardization, making public access less efficient and less transparent.
  • Okay to make it difficult for the public to be able to access that information releasing data in its
  • The accessibility this bill would support.
  • We want that information to be accessible.
OK
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  • for their essential role in powering communities and protecting public safety and ensuring reliable access
  • Heard me speak and pontificate about before broadband and access to high-quality, high-speed internet
  • As for the purpose, think just for clarity and for ease of access, it's one less job that staff had to
  • OK, so today, select Oklahoma, we have a lunch and learn on the lake industrial access grain in room
TX
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  • With AI, we need data scientists and those with specialty skills to help with the large-scale digital
  • The enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act has made campuses more accessible for students
  • These advancements have created more pathways to access education.
  • Waiting periods for pre-existing conditions to no more than six months, ensuring timely access to care
  • By making the college application and financial aid process more transparent and accessible, My Future
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a large agenda and repeatedly recessed for floor activity and other committee conflicts. The committee heard and left pending several higher education bills, including SB 2361 to transfer University of Houston-Victoria from the University of Houston System to the Texas A&M System and rename it Texas A&M University Victoria; testimony from university officials, local leaders, and industry representatives strongly supported the move as a way to better align degree programs with regional workforce needs in engineering, agriculture, and STEM. SB 530, which would align Texas accreditation statutes with federal rules allowing institutions to choose among nationally recognized accreditors, also received supportive testimony and was left pending. SB 1085, allowing Sul Ross satellite campuses to offer lower-division coursework toward bachelor’s degrees, was laid out and left pending as well. The committee also took up a series of education policy bills. SB 1241 would expand the standardized tests Texas public universities may accept for admission beyond the SAT and ACT, with supporters from the Classic Learning Test, homeschool advocates, and student-choice groups arguing it would increase access and competition; it was left pending. SB 769 would require a TEA/Higher Education Coordinating Board report on barriers faced by students with disabilities in higher education, and testimony from The Arc of Texas and others emphasized the need for better data and accessibility; the bill was left pending. SB 2231 would designate the second week of October as Free College Application Week, and SB 1878 would modernize terminology and support workforce-oriented programs at the Josie School; both were laid out and left pending. The committee reported several bills favorably after adopting committee substitutes. SB 605, concerning charter school expansion applications while under conservatorship or a management team, passed on a 9-0 vote. SB 1871, SB 1873, and SB 1874, all related to school discipline and teacher immunity/placement review provisions, were adopted and reported favorably, with members noting the need for further discussion on some language. SB 762, dealing with flag displays in public schools, passed on a 7-1 vote. SB 1962, relating to public school accountability and challenges to school system operations, passed 7-1 after a corrected vote. SB 1750, replacing a $60 million statewide charter facilities cap with an attendance-growth-based allotment, passed 7-1 with one member voting present not voting. SB 2252, supporting kindergarten readiness and early literacy/numeracy, SB 2253, concerning educator preparation and certification, SB 2365, on student use of wireless devices during instructional time, and SB 1924, restoring local peace officer citation authority for school offenses and adding reporting and parent-notification requirements, were also reported favorably. The committee additionally heard SB 37 on higher education governance and compliance oversight, which passed 7-1 after a substitute that refined curriculum review, governing board authority, faculty senate rules, and a new compliance office within the Higher Education Coordinating Board.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

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  • Which strengthened accessible parking standards by requiring the international symbols of access and
  • Resulting in a widespread dismissal, dismissal of accessible parking tickets.
  • Currently that section prevents officers from issuing citations for accessible parking violations in
  • from the legislature going back to 2016 and 2017, and we believe that we're making progress on accessible
  • Loss of access to their vehicle could also mean loss of employment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

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  • by requiring the international symbol of access and the words "No Parking" to be painted on designated
  • Currently, that section prevents officers from issuing citations for accessible parking violations in
  • Our committee has studied accessible parking extensively. We've had interim studies.
  • Going back to 2016 and 2017, we believe that we were making progress on accessible parking.
  • Loss of access to their vehicle could also mean loss of employment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

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  • record... ...operator's private information, such as their full name or address, could be publicly accessed
  • You may be protecting them, but you may also be hurting other people by not allowing access to information
  • other question, I guess, along those lines is will families... these or investigators be able to access
  • we have this draft is, you know, if a court orders it... say, in a lawsuit, then they would have access
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 8th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • Does your bill give access to the Attorney General, giving them access to national security intelligence
  • You don't know if your bill gives access?
  • That people at the state level don't have access to national...
  • Without access to national security data, without access to what people were doing in other countries
  • Does the Attorney General have any access to investigate overseas?
Bills: SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127, SB906, SB1229, SB855, SB703, SB1025, SB888, SB1119, SB1080, SB929, SB1355, SB2231, SB1877, SB1998, SB552, SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB2697, HB3801, HB3488, HB3477, HB3466, HB3469, HB2594, HB2564, HB2298, HB5331, HB5646, HB5247, HB5323, HB4384, HB3896, HB4014, HB3627, HB3594, HB2524, HB510, HB561, HB 1181, HB3963, HB5111, HB2785, HB1661, HB200, HB1803, HB249, HB721, HB851, HB 1128, HB1904, HB30, HB1916, HB541, HB5560, HB3071, HB5627, HB5435, HB2688, HB3045, HB3483, HB4213, HB4226, HB783, HB175, HB4735, HB5155, HB5057, HB4813, HB5339, HB5196, HB5033, HB3486, HB4211, HB74, HB4730, HB4743, HB4463, HB4139, HB4752, HB4486, HB4437, HB4426, HB4396, HB4263, HB3487, HB3418, HB2266, HB2229, HB2189, HB5224, HB5195, HB3947, HB3358, HB3370, HB3745, HB3697, HB2001, HB1968, HB3371, HB3909, HB4944, HB2284, HB4506, HB3317, HB4166, HB3913, HB1768, HB4603, HB2494, HB3099, HJR138, HB133, HB3832, HB1988, HCR34, HB3421, HB3892, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Delta Dental of Wisconsin purchased it because they were concerned about access to care.
  • We want to keep access affordable for all.
  • This bill helps keep trips accessible while maintaining accountability.
  • In closing, OPA is a tool to provide increased access to oral health care.
  • House Bill 2991 essentially cards every Arizonan at the digital door.
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2308, which would prohibit dental insurers and their holding companies from owning dental practices or other businesses regulated by the Arizona Board of Dental Examiners. The sponsor and Arizona Dental Association argued the bill is meant to prevent vertical integration and payer control over provider care, while Delta Dental of Arizona opposed it, saying the measure would block nonprofit insurers from investing in clinics for indigent care and create regulatory burdens. After discussion about private equity ownership in dentistry and whether nonprofit insurers should be exempted, the committee voted 7-0 to give HB 2308 a do pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 4001, as amended, which creates a licensing and enforcement framework for alternative nicotine products beginning in 2028, restricts youth-targeted marketing, and increases penalties for selling to minors or manufacturing/distributing without a license. Supporters, including the sponsor, Border Security Alliance, and industry representatives, said the bill would improve supply-chain transparency, curb illegal products, and strengthen youth access enforcement. Opponents, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, argued the bill should instead create a full tobacco retail licensing system and include broader nicotine definitions, while also warning that enforcement resources would be insufficient. The committee adopted the amendment and then approved the bill 6-1. House Bill 2873, as amended, was also approved unanimously. The bill allows a person or organization that files a city or town referendum petition to withdraw it before it qualifies for the ballot, with retroactive application to withdrawals filed beginning January 1, 2026. The committee then heard House Bill 2408, which revises Arizona Board of Nursing complaint procedures, confidentiality rules, investigation timelines, expungement authority, and board oversight of nursing education programs. The sponsor said the bill responds to long-standing audit findings and aims to improve fairness and timeliness, while nursing board officials opposed provisions affecting education oversight and warned about patient safety, costs, and liability. Nurses and other supporters described delayed investigations and the need for expungement relief. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2408 on a 5-2 vote. Additional bills heard included House Bill 2342, which limits HOA restrictions on backyard shade structures and related installations; it passed 7-0 after supporters described a family hardship case and committee members criticized HOA overreach. House Bill 2323, which extends Arizona’s motor vehicle lemon law protections to lessees, also passed unanimously after testimony from the sponsor, attorneys, and a consumer describing repeated repair failures on a leased vehicle. The committee also began hearing House Bill 4010, which would establish a Board of Genetic Counselors under the Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners and set licensure and disciplinary rules, but the transcript ends before any final action on that bill.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations REVISED Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Appropriations

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  • Senate Bill 1344 creates the insulin accessibility program at the health department to increase patient
  • access to affordable insulin and encourage marketplace competition.
  • We also have access to very immediate responding law enforcement agencies.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many of the pet parents I speak with have no other access to veterinary care.
  • Without adding this exception, pet owners will now have to come to the clinic to get access to flea and
  • I'm here in part because my own child was harmed through access to an app that I believed was safe.
  • I mean, we're talking about two different things: access and harm, right?
  • We have to address the access point, and that's what doing this on the app store level does, right?
Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then heard Senate Bill 1668, which would extend the deadline for funeral establishments or responsible persons to submit required documentation from seven calendar days to 14 business days and make related changes involving disposition of unborn or stillborn children, minors, and abortion clinic forms. Funeral industry testimony said the current timelines are difficult to meet and create stress for grieving families, while a mother described problems caused by requiring an ex-spouse’s signature after her child’s death. The bill passed on a 4-3 vote, with some members supporting the timing and family-law fixes and others objecting to the abortion-clinic provisions. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1286, on veterinary telemedicine prescriptions. An amendment shortened the telemedicine prescription period for non-antimicrobial drugs from 60 days to 30 days, allowed antimicrobial prescriptions for up to 14 days based on an electronic exam, and barred further antimicrobial prescriptions without an in-person exam. Veterinarians and the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association moved to neutral on the amended bill but warned about safety, overprescribing, and the limits of telemedicine; supporters argued it would improve access for rural, elderly, and low-income pet owners. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill as amended on a 4-3 vote. Senate Bill 1235, creating the emergency services personnel licensure interstate compact, passed unanimously after sponsor testimony that it would improve reciprocity for EMTs and paramedics and help military personnel. Senate Bill 1446, which would change dialysis-center social worker documentation from monthly to quarterly, also passed unanimously, with DeVita Dialysis Services saying the change would reduce paperwork and align Arizona with federal and most-state practice. Senate Bill 1515, a cleanup bill for the Industrial Commission of Arizona that renames positions, removes outdated duties, and changes publication of fee schedules, passed after an amendment and supportive agency testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1678, which would require direct-care staff in certain facilities to complete patient information forms and reestablish the Vulnerable Adult Systems Study Committee. An amendment removed the form requirement and instead required DHS to investigate complaints from EMS personnel about missing DNR orders; first responders and provider groups supported the revised approach, though some members wanted minority-party appointments added to the study committee. The bill passed as amended on a 6-0-1 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1747 on social media protections for minors, with the sponsor framing it as a child-safety measure and opponents from NetChoice, TechNet, and Meta warning about privacy risks, age-verification problems, constitutional concerns, and the possibility that teens would evade restrictions; supporters argued parents need stronger controls and pointed to app-store-based alternatives, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:05 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

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  • access, slow digital adoption, and it just really makes it unsustainable at this time for a digital-only
  • I urge you to support this temporary... ...and fundamental to maintaining access to trusted local news
  • So I think a lot of people are leaving and they're going to the digital paper, which is the competitor
  • If we could get, you know, people have access to that.
  • Get, you know, people have access to that.