Video & Transcript Research : 'Texas Chapter'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to be here in front of everyone from Texas and representing everyone
- in Texas.
- Carolyn Fairley of Potter County to lead us in the pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas
- I pledge allegiance. s Please join me for the Texas flag. Honor. Yes. Uh All right.
- Together, let's find some common ground and build a better Texas for all. Thank you.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- those policies, making Texas an outlier.
- But it led to a lawsuit in Texas is what I'm hearing. In a... consent.
- But it led to a lawsuit in Texas, is what I'm hearing.
- We like Texas in Louisiana, at least most of my colleagues do. Texas in New York.
- I might have to see what Texas is doing on this.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE May 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- My question is for Austin, Texas.
- My question is for Austin, Texas.
- My question is for Austin, Texas.
- The number of unsheltered homeless in Texas is in the tens of thousands.
- Texas, like Arkansas, has a legislature that meets every other year.
Summary:
The committee first heard a presentation on homelessness in Arkansas, with speakers from law enforcement, behavioral health, homeless service providers, and policy groups. Presenters argued that Arkansas should focus more on treatment, accountability, better data, and stronger coordination among providers, and they highlighted the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model as a way to expand Medicaid-reimbursed crisis, mental health, substance use, jail-based, and homeless outreach services. Testimony emphasized that Arkansas has relatively low overall homelessness numbers but a significant unsheltered population with serious mental illness or substance use disorders, and several members asked about sex offender tracking, provider accountability, statewide coordination, and whether the state could apply for federal funding or a statewide continuum of care arrangement. Speakers also discussed workforce supports, family homelessness, and the need for more transparent reporting and outcomes-based funding.
The committee then reviewed several Department of Energy and Department of Health/Board of Nursing rules. DEQ sought to raise the threshold for commission review of certain post-closure cleanup expenditures from $50,000 to $2 million to match Act 791 of 2025, and members asked about financial assurance and oversight; the rule was reviewed without objection. The Board of Nursing presented multiple rule changes implementing recent acts, including adding fees for dialysis patient care technician registration, updating contact-information requirements, clarifying APRN authority to sign death certificates and prescribe certain durable medical equipment, implementing delegation of certain nursing tasks to unlicensed workers, adding a declaratory-order process, revising certified medication assistant training and insulin-injection authority, and conforming independent-practice rules for clinical nurse specialists. Each nursing rule was reviewed without objection after brief questions.
In closing remarks, Senator Irvin announced that UAMS had completed its National Cancer Institute designation submission, calling it an important step for the state. The committee then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, our subcommittee has provided critical resources to deliver to our constituents and invest in Texas
- I want to thank all the women of the Texas House who signed that rider.
- acuity behavioral health needs, providing resources to combat infectious disease across the state of Texas
- the House floor for our deliberation and ultimately addressing the needs of our public schools in Texas
- approximately $364 million across six financial aid programs at the higher education level through the Texas
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I looked at Texas's rates, and Texas uses a file-and-use system. Texas had, from 2019 to 2000...
- Texas had, from 2019 to 2024, a 55% increase in rates according to AARP.
- Without the file-and-use system, Texas would... ...a transparent market.
- We've already seen that in Texas. I'm a Texas agent as well.
- I believe that Texas is doing a variety of things.
Keywords:
insurance, nonadmitted insurers, surplus lines, insurance regulation, Oklahoma, health insurance, contracting entities, medical providers, enrollment, beneficiary rights, property and casualty, rates, filing, Insurance Commissioner, regulation, property, regulations, actuary, rate filing, independent review
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Transportation and Public Works Feb 3rd, 2026 at 09:06 am
Transcript Highlights:
- We have studies from Pennsylvania, Missouri Here's one from Texas, University of Texas at Austin.
- In Texas, University of Texas, for every 114 vehicle crashes that involved a defective vehicle, you have
- Representative Armstrong, the way it works—and a lot of states, and the way it works in Texas—is that
- But a couple of questions: When was the Texas study done? Any idea, Mr. Chairman?
- Texas implemented their space safety inspection program in 2017.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:12 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Gadsden Independent School District serves a richly diverse and bilingual community along the New Mexico-Texas
- for out-of-state telehealth providers, and repealing Section 61-6-11.1 NMSA 1978, being Laws 2001, Chapter
- whenever we're down in the southeastern corner of the state, we have lots of visitors coming in from Texas
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-11 (4:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- last year for age-appropriate material. holding even just last year for age-appropriate material in Texas
- When I was growing up, we moved from Queens, New York, to a small town in Texas, and I was a fat child
- So let's close this chapter of legislative bird watching. Florida won't just be the Sunshine State.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, moments of silence for former member Terry Fields and the Parkland victims, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of guests and visitors. The chamber then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report setting the day’s calendar and debate times. The main measure taken up was HB 1119, relating to materials harmful to minors in public schools and charter schools, which the sponsor described as a clarification of existing law to keep pornographic or sexually explicit material away from minors and to give districts clearer standards for review and objection processes.
The bill drew extensive debate over constitutional concerns, local control, litigation risk, and the scope of the definition of “harmful to minors.” Members supporting the bill argued it was needed to close loopholes and protect children, while opponents warned it could lead to overbroad book removals, conflict with federal court rulings, and costly lawsuits. A series of amendments sought to narrow or redirect the bill: proposals by Gant, Aristide, Bartleman, Eskamani, Nixon, Rainer, Woodson, and Harris would have preserved literary value review, protected educational and abuse-prevention materials, exempted LGBTQ-inclusive books, limited objections, preserved funding for districts, or delayed enforcement during ongoing litigation. Supporters of the amendments framed them as protecting parental choice, academic value, student safety, and district finances; opponents said they would weaken the bill’s child-protection purpose. All of the amendments failed.
After the amendment process, the House waived rules, read HB 1119 a third time by title, and entered structured debate on final passage. Debate continued along the same lines, with opponents emphasizing book removals, First Amendment concerns, and the impact on students and schools, and supporters reiterating that the bill was intended to prevent minors from accessing obscene material. The transcript provided ends during structured debate and does not include the final vote on HB 1119.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting Aug 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Those five are CD9, Houston, CD 28 in the RGV, CD 32 in the Dallas region, CD 34 in coastal South Texas
- According to the Texas Legislative Council, as of this moment, 38.6% of the voting age population in
- Right, yes, as part of the Texas delegation, OK, and you said that one of the objectives was to create
- House, that the next two years following the midterms could be very harmful to Texas and to the United
- Uh, my district stretches all the way from far east Tarrant County out into West Texas.
Summary:
The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting met to lay out House Bill 4, the House companion to Senate Bill 4, and no public testimony was taken at this hearing. Senator King explained that HB 4 was based on the House’s revised congressional map, which he said made only minor changes from SB 4 while aiming to comply with law, improve Republican political performance, and keep districts compact. He noted changes affecting several districts, including moving Fort Bliss into CD 16, placing all of Navarro County into CD 6, and moving Liberty County into CD 9, and said counsel had reviewed the map and found it legally compliant.
Several senators criticized the process and the substance of the map. Senators Alvarado, Miles, and Hinojosa objected that the House substitute had not been subject to a public hearing and argued that communities in Houston, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, and South Texas were being split or paired with unrelated areas. They also questioned the compactness of the districts and raised concerns about racial effects, including changes in Black voting-age population in CD 9 and CD 18. Senator King responded that the committee had already heard extensive testimony on redistricting, that the Senate was following its usual companion-bill process, and that he had not relied on racial data but on historical voting patterns and legal review.
After debate, Senator Parker moved to report HB 4 favorably to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be ordered not printed. The committee approved the motion by a 5-3 vote, with one absent, and then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 12, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- session, wherein he created this program that has been very beneficial to our landowners across South Texas
- session, wherein he created this program that has been very beneficial to our landowners across South Texas
- session, wherein he created this program that has been very beneficial to our landowners across South Texas
- Our membership is grateful to Senator Blanco, this committee, and the Texas Legislature for passing Senate
- You know, there's been a real challenge for us down in South Texas, especially along the border from
Bills:
SB2601
Keywords:
landowner compensation, border crime, agriculture damage, law enforcement, crop loss, 1185, senate, all
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Border Security met with a quorum and heard one bill, Senate Bill 2601 by Senator Blanco, laid out by Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo. The bill amends the Landowner’s Compensation Program, which was created last session and is administered by the Office of the Attorney General, to expand eligibility to land lessees, cover damage to the land itself as well as structures and real property, add continuous smuggling of persons as a covered border crime, prohibit insurers from using claims under the program in rate calculations, and require law enforcement to provide border crime reports to the Attorney General within 14 days. The committee substitute also makes the bill a legislative council draft.
Public testimony was unanimously supportive. Representatives of the South Texans Property Rights Association and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association said the program has helped landowners but needed cleanup and broader access, especially for lessees who manage property day to day and may otherwise not receive compensation. Testimony also emphasized ongoing problems with fence damage, debris, pollutants, and other border-related property damage. Members asked about implementation, including how conflicts between landowners and lessees would be handled; the response was that documentation of authority and lease responsibilities would be required.
After public testimony closed, the committee adopted the committee substitute without objection. Senator Hinojosa then moved that SB 2601 be reported favorably to the full Senate with the committee substitute, and the motion passed on a 5-0 vote. The bill was also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar, with no objection.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Dec 9th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The median home in Texas is $332,000. That's the median price. The median homebuyer.
- My senior homeowner in Texas no longer pays school taxes for the rest of their life.
- So we have about. 6.1 million homeowners in Texas, 3.3 million homeowners.
- For every homeowner in Texas in the next few years, no matter their age.
- What happens to the Texas when we shut everything down. So we can.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And for the record, my name is Kirk Watson, and I'm the mayor of Austin, Texas, and I'm also by statute
- supports land conservation, hunting tourism, and the Texas economy.
- The Exotic Game industry is a crucial part of the Texas economy, particularly in rural areas where it
- supports land conservation, hunting tourism, and the Texas economy.
- It does benefit ranchers, landowners, and hunters in Texas, and I want to thank the committee.
Bills:
HB135
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard Senate Bill 2345, as a committee substitute, which would reform the Austin Firefighter Retirement Fund. Senator Schwertner explained that the bill is based on an agreed voluntary funding soundness restoration plan between the City of Austin and the fund, and would create a new reduced benefit tier for firefighters hired on or after January 1, 2026, adjust COLAs for current retirees, establish an actuarially determined funding model to address legacy liabilities and 2024 asset losses over 30 years, and add new board seats. Mayor Kirk Watson, city finance staff, the fund executive director, trustees, and retired firefighters all testified in support, describing the measure as an agreed-to, fiscally responsible compromise that protects benefits, supports recruitment, and reduces risk to taxpayers. The committee adopted the committee substitute, but left SB 2345 pending.
The committee also heard House Bill 135, which clarifies tax treatment for exotic game or exotic livestock operations by defining them within agricultural exemptions and stating that sales of exotic livestock are not subject to sales and use taxes. Senator Flores described it as a clarification to provide consistency and fairness, and a witness for the Exotic Wildlife Association said it would resolve a Comptroller-related tax issue and benefit ranchers, landowners, and hunters. The committee closed public testimony and reported HB 135 favorably to the full Senate, with a motion to place it on the local and uncontested calendar.
Senate Bill 771, by Senator Hinojosa, was also heard and later reported favorably. The bill would allow diesel fuel used in auxiliary power units or power takeoff units to qualify for the same fuel tax credit or refund already available for gasoline, correcting an inadvertent exclusion from the 2003 motor fuel tax rewrite. A witness supported the bill as a matter of tax equity. The committee then considered House Bill 1109, the House companion to SB 935, which exempts counties from certain motor fuel taxes on fuel used in county vehicles; Senator Hall explained it as simply exempting government agencies from paying the tax on their own vehicles. HB 1109 was reported favorably to the full Senate. The committee adjourned after completing its business.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Sep 11th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, there are states where that number, if you look at Texas, is 82%.
- If their graduates went to medical school in Texas and did a residency in Texas, 82% stay.
- , I mean, Texas is the.
- Texas has mandated the state schools, 90%. They have to take 90% of their class.
- It has to be with Texas residents.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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to Their entire family moved from Texas to Their entire family moved from Texas - We don’t want our families to move to Texas. >> We’d like to compete with Texas for those employees.
- Um, do we have a similar from Texas?
- Um, so if our arrangement with Texas?
- families to move to Texas. families to move to Texas.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE May 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Before that, you said, is it your company’s from Austin, Texas, that you work with? Yes, sir.
- My question is for Austin, Texas.
- The number of unsheltered homeless in Texas is in the 10,000s.
- Texas, like Arkansas, has a legislature that meets every other year.
- Texas, like Arkansas, has a legislature that meets every other year.
Summary:
The committee first approved a motion, then heard a lengthy presentation on homelessness policy and behavioral health. Testimony focused on the view that Arkansas should shift toward more data-driven, outcomes-based responses to homelessness, including stronger treatment options for serious mental illness and substance use disorder, better data collection, provider accountability, and possible statewide use of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model. Speakers from Fort Smith, Restore Hope, Our House, and Western Arkansas Counseling described local work, the need for better coordination across providers, and the role of crisis services, ACT teams, and employment support. Members asked about sex offender tracking, the difference between sheltered and unsheltered homelessness, how to scale successful programs statewide, and whether Arkansas could apply for a statewide Continuum of Care or CCBHC planning grant. The discussion also touched on camping bans, civil commitment, and federal funding changes, with several speakers urging the state to pursue the CCBHC planning grant and more transparent reporting systems.
After the homelessness discussion, the committee moved through a series of Department of Energy and Board of Nursing rule reviews. DEQ proposed updating the post-closure cleanup threshold for solid waste matters from $50,000 to $2 million to match Act 791 of 2025, and members asked about financial assurance and oversight; the rule was reviewed without objection. The Board of Nursing then presented multiple rule changes tied to recent acts, including adding fees for dialysis patient care technician registration, expanding contact-information requirements, implementing APRN delegation authority to unlicensed workers, clarifying APRN authority for death certificates and durable medical equipment prescriptions, updating certified medication assistant training and insulin-injection authority, and conforming independent-practice rules for clinical nurse specialists. Each rule was reviewed without objection.
Near the end of the meeting, Senator Irvin announced that UAMS had completed its NCI designation submission for the Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Institute, calling it an important milestone for the state. The committee then adjourned.
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
89th Legislative Session - First Called Session Aug 5th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for the great privilege that we have of being citizens of this great country and this great state of Texas
- Honorable Stan Kitzman of Waller County to lead us in the pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas
- Stan Kitzman: My colleagues and friends of Texas, please join me in the pledges to our flag.
- Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
- This morning, I met with the leadership of the Texas Department of Public Safety to get a full briefing
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- this bill does is it gives them another option that they can actually file bankruptcy through the Chapter
- So this is another tool just offering that they can file bankruptcy, a Chapter 9, with the bankruptcy
- So this is another tool just offering that they can file bankruptcy, a Chapter 9, with the bankruptcy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Rain and flooding threatens parts of Texas, including the Hill Country.
- Rain and flooding threatens parts of Texas, including the hill country.
- “Hello, this is Riley Griffin, and I live at 255-1 Highway 39 in Hunt, Texas.
- You know, I live in Houston, Texas.
- Texas is better prepared. Would that be an accurate statement? Absolutely.