Video & Transcript Research : 'petition circulators'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/11/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • circulation.
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  • Um Minnesota has 12 circulation.
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  • <00:04:16.160> e- years, the demand for circulating e- years, the demand for circulating e
Bills: HF3698, HF3067, HF3730
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • gt;> Okay, we will um >> Okay, we will um need<00:01:59.800> to<00:01:59.920> circulate
  • that also with our need to circulate that also with our members<00:02:02.080> as<00:02:02.280
  • you circulated a CD1.
  • >> Um, Senator, I believe you circulated a CD1.
  • We have circulated the CD1 proposals as well as the finance and ways and means clearances.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • it for us to do the subcommittee work and so we'll turn to the original resolution that's been circulated
  • Turning now to the roster of subcommittee chairmen, ranking members, and members that has been circulated
  • to all members, may I have unanimous consent to adopt the roster that's been circulated?
  • Okay, with regard to the original resolution that's been circulated to all members, may I have unanimous
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 11, 2026 - 09:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think I want to know is, are we taking pennies out of circulation? You're recognized.
  • We are not taking that out of circulation. They are still in circulation. However, the U.S.
  • Mint is not printing any additional pennies for circulation. ...not taking that out of circulation.
  • They are still in circulation. However, the U.S.
  • Mint is not printing any additional pennies for circulation. You are recognized. Follow up?
Summary: The Insurance and Banking Subcommittee met to hear and vote on several bills, with all measures reported favorably. The first major item was PCS for HB 175 on payment stablecoins, which would create a Florida regulatory framework aligned with the federal GENIUS Act so issuers can choose state regulation instead of federal licensing. Members asked extensive questions about how stablecoins differ from other digital assets, whether Florida would need federal approval, and what impact the bill would have on the Office of Financial Regulation; the sponsor and OFR said the state framework would mirror federal standards and that any workload increase was currently indeterminate. The PCS passed unanimously after testimony from OFR and the Florida Blockchain Business Association in support. The committee then approved CS for HB 961, which streamlines electronic signature requirements for salvage titles and certificates of destruction, and HB 1415, a DFS stablecoin pilot program allowing certain stablecoins to be used for licensing and regulatory fees. HB 1415 was amended to remove authority for a Florida coin, limit the pilot to established stablecoins with at least $1 billion market cap, and require secure custody through a public depository or custodial bank. Members discussed how any interest or revenue would be used, with sponsors saying the pilot was still exploratory and intended mainly to cover program costs. Both bills passed favorably. HB 1039, establishing a state cryptocurrency reserve, also passed after a strike-all amendment moved administration of the reserve from the CFO’s office to the State Board of Administration and tightened eligibility to cryptocurrencies with a $100 billion market cap over the prior 12 months. Supporters argued the bill would create a framework for future diversification and investment in established digital assets, while several members raised concerns about volatility, reporting frequency, and the meaning of new terms such as qualified liquidity provider and secure custody solution. The committee also passed CS for HB 951 on penny rounding for cash transactions, with an amendment clarifying cash transaction definitions and treating money orders and gift cards like credit-card transactions for rounding purposes.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Jun 23rd, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • legal issues, and they don't have clarity about an MPO, about whether an MPO is admissible in a petition
  • Warburton, on the Care Act Working Group, advises jail inmate health experts to file CARE petitions for
  • The adult correctional health here in Sacramento County did file a petition, but there was no coordination
  • Warburton on the Care Act Working Group advises jail inmate health experts to file care petitions for
  • The adult correctional health here in Sacramento County did file a petition and did family, but there
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jul 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sadly, petitions have been dismissed because enrollment in an ACT program alone has been equated with
  • Why would 33% of petitions be submitted if the person was currently stable?
  • As an example, a pending CARE petition involves an individual who has not changed their clothes in over
  • But without a definition of clinically stabilized in ongoing voluntary treatment, that petition could
  • Right now, there's one influential group that's circulating a petition that states, 'Sign our open letter
Summary: The committee met as a subcommittee without quorum at first, then later established quorum and continued hearing several bills. SB 27, the annual CARE Court cleanup bill, would require courts to consider CARE referral for certain misdemeanor defendants found incompetent to stand trial, combine some hearings, allow limited data sharing among licensed medical professionals, and expand eligibility to include mood disorders with psychotic features. Supporters said it would clarify the meaning of “clinically stabilized,” streamline the process, and help more severely ill people receive treatment; opponents argued it would expand CARE Court too broadly, strain county resources, and divert attention from housing and voluntary services. The bill passed to the Health Committee on a roll call vote and was placed on call. SB 82, dealing with so-called “infinite arbitration clauses,” would limit consumer contract arbitration provisions to disputes arising from the product or service actually purchased. The author and supporters said the bill would stop companies from forcing arbitration in unrelated claims and would not ban arbitration itself. Opponents from business and banking groups argued the language was too restrictive, could create litigation over related transactions, and should be clarified as prospective only. The committee approved the bill and placed it on call after a roll call vote. The committee then heard two reparations-related bills. SB 437 would direct CSU to develop a genealogical methodology and framework for verifying descendants of enslaved people, with oversight, reporting, and guardrails tied to recently allocated state funding. Supporters said the bill would create a fair, evidence-based process; opponents, including professional genealogists and reparations advocates, argued the work is already well understood, the bill is unnecessary, and it could delay action. SB 518 would create a Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery within state government, with divisions for genealogy, property reclamation, outreach, and legal affairs. Supporters framed it as needed infrastructure to implement reparations recommendations; opponents objected to locating it in the Department of Justice, warned about data privacy and law enforcement control, and criticized the inclusion of broader communities. Both bills were moved to Appropriations and placed on call. The committee also heard SB 52, the End AI Rent Hikes Act, which would prohibit the use of algorithms to collude on and artificially inflate rental prices; the author and supporters described it as a response to AI-assisted rent fixing in California’s housing market.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • It provides more time for small cities and counties to update their circulation element, and it also
  • We represent 483 cities that are mandated to complete the circulation element as required in AB 98.
  • So achieve the goals of AB 98, ensure it is implemented, whether it be through the circulation element
  • The ability to allow the circulation of truck route requirements to be completed in a local ordinance
  • And since that bill was signed, there's also a requirement to do a circulation element, a $50,000 fine
Summary: The committee first heard SB 753, which would modernize California’s shopping cart recovery rules by allowing cities and counties to return abandoned carts directly to retailers, recover documented retrieval costs, and avoid the current impound-and-wait process. The author and supporters, including San Jose officials and the League of California Cities, said the bill would help clear streets, sidewalks, and waterways and reduce local costs. Grocers and retailers opposed the measure unless amended, arguing it would turn cart retrieval into a new cost burden and could create incentives for cities to charge too much for stolen property. After extensive discussion about notice periods, cost caps, and local ordinances, the committee adopted amendments and passed the bill 6-0 as amended. The committee then took up SB 445, which would speed up permitting and approvals needed for high-speed rail by requiring early engagement, setting rules for third-party coordination, and creating a dispute-resolution process. The author said the bill was narrowed from an earlier, broader transit proposal and was intended to reduce delays caused by utilities, local governments, and other entities. Supporters said permitting bottlenecks add major costs and delays to infrastructure projects, while opponents from utilities, cities, counties, telecoms, and special districts raised concerns about safety, reliability, affordability, and the need to review the pending amendments. The bill passed 8-1 to the Utilities and Energy Committee. The committee also heard SB 9, a narrower housing bill focused on accessory dwelling units. The author explained that it would require local ADU ordinances to be submitted to HCD for review and would make state standards control if a local agency fails to submit a compliant ordinance or respond to HCD findings. Supporters from housing and YIMBY groups said the bill would improve enforcement of state ADU law and prevent local barriers from slowing housing production. There was no opposition, and the bill passed 6-0. The committee then began hearing SB 79, which would allow more housing near major transit stops; the author and supporters framed it as a response to the housing shortage and transit underuse, and the hearing continued with extensive support testimony as the transcript ended.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Families and Minnesotans have used their voice, their stories, their power to petition the government
  • 00:03:20.879> to voice, their stories, their power to voice, their stories, their power to petition
  • <00:03:23.440> And<00:03:23.680> members, petition the government.
  • And members, petition the government. And members, that's<00:03:24.400> us.
  • <04:27:39.120> deserve<04:27:39.840> in circulation of what motans deserve in circulation
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The House took up a motion to suspend the rules so House File 5140 could be recalled from committee, given second and third readings, and placed on passage. Representative Long and Representative Greenman argued the bill was an urgent, comprehensive gun violence prevention package that had already passed the Senate and should be acted on immediately in response to recent shootings, including Annunciation School, Burnsville, and Accent Signage. They said families, students, survivors, doctors, and community members had been pressing legislators to act, and Greenman described the bill as including mental health, intervention, anonymous threat reporting, bans on weapons of war, ghost guns, and binary triggers. Representative Heintzeman opposed the urgency motion and focused on specific bill language, arguing that parts of the proposal were unclear or overly broad. He questioned whether the language on protruding grips would effectively ban all handguns, whether the penalties section could turn lawful gun owners into felons for possessing multiple noncompliant items, and whether the firearms assembly language could criminalize routine cleaning and reassembly of guns. He said these issues should have been addressed in committee and argued members needed clearer answers before voting on urgency. Greenman responded that the language was intended to target additional protruding grips, not ordinary handgun grips, and said she was willing to adopt an amendment to clarify that point. On the penalties and assembly questions, she said the bill was aimed at certifying existing weapons, banning ghost guns, and preventing harm, and repeatedly urged members to vote for the urgency motion so the full bill could be considered. The exchange remained focused on the motion to suspend the rules and on the substance of the gun violence prevention package; no final vote or other action is shown in the transcript excerpt.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • The showers are small, moldy, with no air circulation.
  • In 2020, I filed a petition to be released on medical parole based on my permanent incapacitation and
  • My petition was denied, and my attorney appealed the denial all the way to the Supreme Court.
  • We're waiting on another beloved member's medical parole petition to be decided on. She was denied.
  • Eighty-eight percent of parole petitions were denied in that first five-year period, often for reasons
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing before the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security focused on several correction-related bills, including visitation reform, elder and medical parole, incarcerated persons’ human rights, and creation of an independent correctional oversight office. Vice Chair Christopher Worrell chaired the hearing in place of Chair Dan Cahill for much of the session and explained that the committee would first hear from incarcerated individuals remotely, then move to public testimony. The committee repeatedly enforced three-minute limits and accepted written testimony as well. Much of the testimony from incarcerated people emphasized that visitation is central to rehabilitation, family stability, and reentry, and that current DOC policies—visitor caps, pre-approval requirements, scheduling rules, dress-code enforcement, and restrictions on contact—have reduced family contact and caused harm. Several speakers argued that elderly and medically frail prisoners should be released through parole because incarceration is costly, ineffective, and inhumane for people who pose little public-safety risk. Others described poor prison conditions, limited programming, inadequate healthcare, segregation-like housing, and the impact of K2 use, suicides, and self-harm. Supporters of the oversight bill said an independent office is needed to address racial disparities, grievance failures, and lack of accountability within the DOC. A number of speakers tied their support to personal experiences, including alleged racial discrimination, denial of programs, and barriers to family visits. Some testified that rehabilitative programming, education, and restorative justice reduce violence and improve outcomes, while others said the DOC spends too little on programming and too much on punishment. Committee members asked a few follow-up questions, including about K2 contraband and how to reduce drugs in facilities, and one member asked about typical visitation lengths. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee heard testimony on the bills and several witnesses urged favorable reports.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

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

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, circulate that grease in the gear. Let's do it. All right, sir.
  • name, dated March 19th at 10:57 a.m., authorizes a person or organization that files a referendum petition
  • with a city or town clerk to withdraw the referendum petition by filing a written notice of withdrawal
  • It does say that it gives the individual an opportunity to petition the board for an expungement.
  • It does say that it gives the individual an opportunity to petition the board for an expungement.
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.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference AM - 04-23-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We agreed on the HD1, your CD1 as proposed and circulated. Okay. And we'll get it circulated.
  • proposed<00:05:13.039> and HD1, your CD1 as proposed and HD1, your CD1 as proposed and circulated
  • 14.880> And<00:05:15.120> we'll<00:05:15.440> get<00:05:16.160> it's circulated
  • And we'll get it's circulated. Okay.
  • And once the CD is completed and circulated, uh, we will let you know as soon as possible.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Mar 19th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Keywords: 1136, house, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EDU-AEN, EDU Public Hearings 02-10-2025

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We can use it and circulate it as many times as we want.
  • In some cases it's 26 circulations, and then we have to buy it again.
  • them one at a time um book and circulate them one at a time we<00:58:37.240> H<00:58:37.400><
  • <00:58:50.880> and in some cases it's 26 circulations and in some cases it's 26 circulations
  • I mean, this is legislate within the government and the state of Hawaii. ebook that gets circulated so
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint committees heard Senate Bill 659, which would exempt the Department of Education from the electronic procurement system for purchases of fresh local agricultural products and local value-added processed agricultural or food products up to $100,000, and require geographic preference guidelines for locally sourced products. The Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and State Procurement Office all testified in support or support of the intent. DOE said the bill would give it short-term flexibility to buy local items not currently on the vendor list, such as poi and limu, while procurement staff said they would provide written comments and a corrected version of their testimony. Committee members questioned why the bill was needed, why the threshold would rise from the current $24,999 small-purchase limit to $100,000, and whether the department should instead amend its vendor list or RFP process. Members raised concerns about efficiency, administrative burden, whether the bill was a temporary fix for procurement planning gaps, and whether purchases would remain compliant with federal USDA rules if federal school-lunch funds were used. DOE responded that the measure would help it expand local purchasing, support farmers, and allow purchases of products not currently available through existing distributors, and said it was working with partners on food-safety certification and federal compliance. The committees then voted to pass SB 659 with amendments. The Joint Committee on Education approved it 3-2, and the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Environment later approved the amended measure 4-0. The chair noted an amendment and a deferred effective date, and the motion was adopted.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 28th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are a number of, um, call them China land bills that are circulating in the legislature in various
  • However, the subject can demand a petition for both before complying.
  • are accredited by the Department of Justice to offer immigration services, all family-based like petitions
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 28th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are land bills that are circulating in the legislature in various committees.
  • However, the subject can demand a petition for both before complying.
  • And we are accredited by the Department of Justice to offer immigration services, like petitions, renewals
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • I know it's been circulated widely, but do we actually have it in our packages?
  • Yeah, just, you know, I circulated a memo amongst us, but for the public benefit, when you're one of
  • I know it's been circulated distributed?
  • I know it's been circulated widely,<00:12:59.200> but<00:12:59.400> do<00:12:59.520>
  • Yeah, just, you know, I circulated a memo amongst us, but for the public benefit, when you're one of
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The committee took up H.F. 4188, the Commerce and Consumer Protection Policy Omnibus, and moved through a series of agreed-upon motions to adopt various House and Senate language articles and sections. The adopted provisions covered a wide range of topics, including residential mortgage loan servicing standards, student loan borrower protections, rental home marketplace guarantees, group coverage cancellation, limited lines travel insurance, insurance lead generators, collection agency and credit services organization definitions, proof of identification requirements, scrap metal copper licensing, technical changes to ASTM references and report filings, securities-related provisions, unclaimed property issues involving virtual currency and funeral prepayment funds, repeal of the prescription drug affordability advisory council, reinsurance program changes, and health insurance reporting and oversight provisions. Most motions were adopted without opposition after brief staff explanations and member encouragements to vote yes. In the health-related sections, the committee adopted language requiring insurers and nonprofit health service plan corporations to notify the Commissioner of Commerce about significant enrollment increases, expanding access to all-payer claims data for oversight, and requiring the sharing of PBM annual transparency reports with the Commissioner of Health. The committee also adopted language on artificial intelligence in utilization review, initially defining AI and prohibiting exclusive reliance on AI for adverse coverage determinations. Representative Elkins then offered an amendment to remove the specific AI definition and replace it with broader language referring to automated processing, arguing that technology-neutral drafting is more durable and that a human must remain in the loop for coverage denials; the amendment was adopted. After the agreed-upon items were completed, members indicated the chairs would huddle to work on the remaining issues and return after recess. The meeting then recessed to the call of the chair.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference AM - 04-21-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, 511, yeah, we can vote tomorrow if you have a CD and circulation. Okay, we can do that.
  • we can vote tomorrow if you have a CD we can vote tomorrow if you have a CD and<00:05:25.120> circulation
  • and circulation. Okay, we can do that. and circulation. Okay, we can do that.
  • A CD has been circulated as well, and just to add that this has been a long-awaited measure, and we thank
  • A CD has been circulated as well.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The most common The conception of newspapers today is that we lean on our print circulation.
  • Our digital circulation is four times the size of our print circulation, and a hundred percent of any
  • It is not a print circulation issue or a digital circulation issue.
  • Print circulation is higher than it ever has been.
  • Readership of newspapers is higher today than at any point in print circulation history in San Antonio
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 1st, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • understand I have had a case that happened when floppy disks were available, and it's currently being circulated
  • So anyway, um, so the chair calls Jeane Petit.
  • Now my personal data is circulating on the dark web. Still no protection.
Bills: HB47