Video & Transcript Research : 'publication process'

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TX
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  • Okay, with no further public testimony on Senate Bill 735, we will close public testimony.
  • With no public testimony, public testimony on Senate Bill 2310 will close.
  • With no further public testimony on Senate Bill 1069, public testimony will close.
  • So even within this bill, there's talk of due process and a disciplinary process.
  • of due process, that due process is not clearly outlined.
TX
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  • We're going to open public testimony on Senate Bill 2986.
  • With no public testimony here for Senate Bill.
  • Public... let's start with 16.
  • I am the student of public educators going to a public law school.
  • Okay, with no further public testimony. on Senate Bill 2683. Public testimony is closed.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Mar 24th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

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  • I have the privilege of serving as Vice President of Policy for the Texas Public...
  • For Children and Families found that our state's processes do not afford parents proper due process.
  • I'm the Director of Public Policy at the Texas Council on Family Violence.
  • It occurs in public because when we're in our homes, justice does not occur.
  • We're just getting that process rolling now because we had to pilot it.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • And one of the things that we are very proud about is the fact that at the highest rate among all public
  • Leader, members, the more public school spirit leaders are in the house today.
  • To me, he's not only a public servant but a godly man and a devoted father who strives to do what is
  • And whereas Cyrus Avery and BP Pipemeyer sent a telegram to the Bureau of Public Roads in Washington,
  • I just was notified that we've already taken care of this through another process.
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  • House Bill 3627 by Cantrell of the House and Alvert of the Senate, an act relating to public meetings
  • Bill 3627 simply adds the State Committee of Blind Vendors to the list of acceptable committees and public
  • of the bill House Bill 3627 by Cantrell of the House and Alvert of the Senate, and a relating to public
  • House Bill 3721 is a retention mechanism for the three public safety pensions.
  • It allows established children to elect a survivor benefit if they're unmarried public safety officer
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

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  • So there is a several-step process.
  • But currently, that is the legal process we have in this state, and that is a process that we must all
  • ... ...process we have in this state, and that is a process that we must all abide by, that that's the
  • But currently, that is the legal process we have in this state, and that is a process that we must all
  • It's called due process. And this bill attempts to bypass that process.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

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  • Enro Public Safety. We'll get you back over there right away. Okay, okay.
  • And in the legislative process, we sit here right now in a committee.
  • Planning and zoning processes are important.
  • The public testimony on a rezoning application provides residents a voice in the process, and the subsequent
  • process is the issue.
Summary: The Natural Resources Committee approved the March 17 minutes and then took up a long calendar of bills, holding HCR 2038. HB 2787, which would bar the state and its political subdivisions from using personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer, or cooperate with the Mexican wolf reintroduction program, drew opposition from Sierra Club and Humane World for Animals/Animal Defense League of Arizona, who argued it would hinder wolf recovery and undercut science-based wildlife management. The committee nevertheless gave HB 2787 a do-pass recommendation by a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered HB 2055 on a Brackish Groundwater Recovery Program Fund and HB 2782 on disclosure requirements for regulatory assets in utility rates. Testimony on HB 2055 raised concerns that brackish groundwater is still groundwater and that pumping it could cause localized impacts, but the bill initially received a do-pass recommendation before a later vote failed on reconsideration. HB 2782 prompted discussion about Corporation Commission authority and utility regulation, but it ultimately received a do-pass recommendation. The committee also heard HB 2781, a solar energy decommissioning and financial assurance bill, with testimony from environmental groups, industry representatives, and a local official; an amendment by Senator Sundareshan to strengthen financial assurance and remove the remediation fund failed, and the underlying bill also failed on a tied 4-4 vote. Later, the committee approved HB 2975, which would suspend use of solar scoring maps on state trust lands and require new mining and housing scoring maps, despite opposition from environmental groups and neutral comments from the State Land Department that the solar map is only a guidance tool. HB 2696, as amended, passed after the committee adopted amendments shifting the Arizona Commerce Authority’s fuel-price mandate and creating a fuel resiliency task force; testimony focused on fuel supply, pipeline capacity, refinery access, and whether the ACA was the right agency to lead the effort. The committee also passed HCM 2009 urging Congress to require legislative approval for new national monuments and to streamline mining and land-swap processes, and HB 2889, which funds ADEQ monitoring of uranium contamination and creates a statewide registry and tribal partnership program. Finally, the committee approved HB 2763, which would require legislative approval before the Arizona Game and Fish Commission could close a shooting range. Supporters said it was meant to protect facilities like Ben Avery and preserve safe shooting locations, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary because existing review steps already exist and there was no imminent closure threat. The committee also heard testimony on the bill from Game and Fish, which said the measure would add another layer to an already extensive closure process and that the department was neutral on the proposal.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 03-18-2026

Education

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  • <01:24:31.920> is processing of those applications is processing of those applications is
  • And really, this bill helps to clarify that any public school teacher, including public charter school
  • public um school<01:29:14.719> teacher,<01:29:15.360> including<01:29:15.840> public
  • So, we did look back at process.
  • like throughout that process. like throughout that process.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 3rd, 2026

Judiciary

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  • So that is early on in the process.
  • No different than any capital offense now. >> You know, certainly they have to go through the process
  • So that is early on in the process. No different than any capital offense now.
  • <00:11:47.680> No<00:11:47.920> different early on in the process.
  • No different early on in the process.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice May 20th, 2025

Criminal Justice

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  • The chair now opens public testimony. The chair sees no one registered for public testimony.
  • I've read the public comments.
  • I've read the public comments.
  • Chair now opens for public testimony. Chair sees no one registered for public testimony.
  • Public testimony is closed. The chair now opens for public testimony. Chair calls Patty Henry.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met with a quorum and heard a long agenda of bills on criminal justice, public safety, mental health, victims’ rights, and related administrative issues. Early bills included HB 47, the omnibus sexual assault survivors bill, which would expand post-assault care, require courts to consider delays for adult survivors, bar sex offenders from rideshare driving, allow lease termination regardless of where an assault occurred, and require more reporting from sexual assault response teams. Testimony was generally supportive, though one witness raised concern that the bill’s reporting requirements could jeopardize county grant funding. HB 171, the Annel Borrego Act, would set a minimum period for court-ordered chemical dependency treatment; NAMI Texas supported it. HB 908 would require missing children reports to be sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children within two hours, and HB 1443 would criminalize possession and promotion of childlike sex dolls; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 567, changing juvenile board chair selection in Parker County, and HB 4263, a TJJD workforce retention bill, were also heard and left pending after brief discussion and adoption of committee substitutes where applicable. The committee also heard several bills focused on jail and prison safety, court process, and victim protection. HB 2282 would raise the arrest warrant fee from $50 to $75; constables supported it as a cost-recovery measure, while the Texas Fair Defense Project opposed it as a regressive fee that burdens low-income defendants. HB 3464 would increase penalties for correctional employees who bring drugs or alcohol into prisons, with support from Harris County jail officials and a formerly incarcerated advocate who described the dangers of contraband and retaliation. HB 285, “Poncho’s Law,” would add criminal negligence to non-livestock animal cruelty offenses; animal welfare advocates said it would close a loophole that lets pet service businesses avoid accountability, and the bill was left pending. HB 2355 would keep certain Crime Victims Compensation records confidential when held by the Attorney General, and HB 2637 would standardize jury exemption ages and clean up jury disqualification reporting; both were left pending after limited testimony. Mental health and competency-related bills received significant attention. HB 305 would require a pretrial hearing within 14 days after a defendant is restored to competency, aimed at reducing repeated decompensation and the forensic waitlist; NAMI Texas supported it. HB 1741 would tighten procedures for not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity outpatient commitments by requiring a stronger nexus to the receiving county and clearer supervision authority; law enforcement and mental health witnesses said it would improve public safety and treatment success. HB 2492 would make the four-hour family-violence post-bond cooling-off period mandatory rather than discretionary, and HB 1445 would allow a managed assigned counsel director to designate someone to approve certain payments for indigent defense attorneys; both were left pending. HB 1024 would require prompt execution of warrants for parole violators on superintensive supervision, and HB 1306 would extend first-responder-style benefits to death investigation professionals; neither drew opposition in the hearing. The committee also heard a series of public integrity and technology bills. HB 449 would expand the deepfake sexual content statute to include sexually explicit images, with Public Citizen supporting the change as necessary to address a rapidly growing problem. HB 1902 would create a new offense for “jugging,” or following bank or ATM customers to rob them; the Texas Bankers Association supported it. HB 2697 would require sureties to notify prosecutors before surrendering a felony defendant’s bond, and HB 2001 would sharply increase penalties for misuse of public information for financial gain and related coercion, with prosecutors and Texas Rangers describing bid-rigging and public corruption investigations as difficult to prove under current law because of short limitations periods and limited penalties. HB 1866 would grant Texas peace officer authority to National Park Service rangers within Texas park boundaries, and HB 4996 would increase penalties for fraudulent liens filed against public servants. Throughout the hearing, most bills were left pending after testimony, and several committee substitutes were adopted without objection.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 30th, 2025

Health & Human Services

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  • 451, if not, public testimony is closed.
  • with the carrier to have an informal settlement process before an arbitration process actually happens
  • Prior to 2019, when we just had the mediation process, 95% was solved through the informal process.
  • The committee will also hold public meetings and allow for public comments to raise awareness about how
  • Public testimony is closed.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and announced it would vote on pending bills at 10:30, with public testimony limited to two minutes. It first took up Senate Bill 905, a TDLR cleanup bill on licensing regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Senator Zafferini said the committee substitute would streamline advisory board consultation, remove obsolete provisional licenses, and allow any licensed physician to authorize hearing instruments for minors; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. The committee then heard House Bill 451, which would require universal screening for commercial sexual exploitation risk for children in DFPS conservatorship and youth under TJJD jurisdiction. The author and witnesses from Children at Risk, the Fort Bend Anti-Trafficking Collective, and Texas CASA supported the bill as a prevention tool with existing infrastructure and training; the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee next considered Senate Bill 466, which would clarify that families may request a fetal death certificate at any gestational age, while keeping existing filing requirements for physicians. A constituent father testified about losing his 11-week-old daughter and being told he could not obtain a certificate, which he said prevented funeral arrangements; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. Senate Bill 2311 followed, requiring residential treatment centers to have a written agreement with the school that will educate resident children before becoming operational. The author cited a local dispute where an RTC and school district lacked communication, and witnesses from Texas CASA and Disability Rights Texas supported clearer educational planning while suggesting the Education Code may need conforming changes; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2826, known as Alyssa’s Law, which would create a statewide education program on medical child abuse for medical students, health care professionals, and CPS caseworkers. The author and Sheriff Bill Weyburn described Alyssa’s case as involving repeated unnecessary surgeries and argued the bill would improve awareness and early identification, while several witnesses and members raised concerns about false accusations, impacts on medically fragile children, and the need for scientific, peer-reviewed training and safeguards. After extensive discussion, the chair left the bill pending. The committee also heard House Bill 136, which would add certified lactation consultants as Medicaid providers to expand breastfeeding support; witnesses from lactation and nutrition fields said the bill would improve access, maternal and infant health, and long-term savings, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2805, a surprise-billing/arbitration measure that would clarify provider identifiers and shift arbitration costs to the losing party. The author said the substitute was a legislative counsel draft with no substantive difference, and witnesses from the Texas Medical Association, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, and U.S. Anesthesia Partners supported the bill as a modest improvement that would reduce administrative confusion and make arbitration fairer without weakening patient protections. Members discussed how arbitration costs affect settlement behavior and how to define the “winner” in close cases. The bill was heard but not voted out during this segment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 15th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

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  • I have been through four jury processes here in Travis County. I take that process very seriously.
  • What is it that we're trying to get into the public that we can't, and why do we want it in the public
  • I mean, right now, most people believe that the whole trial process should be public.
  • It's all out there in public.
  • And so to take part in this process, they have that responsibility. Can any process be abused?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 8th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

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  • For all those interested in submitting a public comment, please review the notice of public. hearing
  • The public comment portal will close shortly after adjournment.
  • Social workers are essential to public service in Texas.
  • Or just a percentage of social workers that work in the public sector?
  • hold that inventory. for the process of which you go out for the public bid, then you have the committee
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 8th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

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  • Now it's time for public testimony. The chair will now call Cyrus Reid.
  • on behalf of the Texas Public Policy Foundation for the bill.
  • This practice ought to concern us as it corrodes public trust.
  • The bill doesn't change the competitive bidding process.
  • House Bill 3977 establishes a permissive process for meet and confer.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • But what this bill does is provide an expedited process for adjudicating those suits.
  • In terms of protecting the public, is the public better protected by leaving the law as it is, or is
  • And so the idea is, if we were to take that aspect out of the process...
  • . ...public trust in our judicial system.
  • However, our conscious mind is only processing four bits of information per second.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • The public. OK, so public. So that's what I missed. One of them is already eight.
  • This process is already in place, right?
  • process can start, right?
  • Also, putting a notary public on notice.
  • Subsequent no public censure or other public act against the judge Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 19th, 2026

Health and Welfare

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  • We're making that process more complicated. “...process more complicated.
  • And those individuals who work this process, they know that.
  • It's a really nice inclusion in the system and the process.
  • It's a really nice inclusion in the system and the process.
  • This is a public health emergency.
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  • Mary's commitment to public safety extends beyond traditional clinical care.
  • of the decision-making regarding Privacy, etc., to the agency to generate administrative rules to process
  • Anything can be done from a standpoint of rules in this process, and if and if you're if Your argument
  • right now, when people go to work as attorneys in district attorney's offices, is that considered public
  • Claremore's question, would you believe that all the federal student loan forgiveness programs for public
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Sep 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Rules 7.09, 11.11, 11.10, 11.18, and 11.19 to permit the consideration of referred business at a public
  • Two House companions have come over on bills that the Senate has already had public hearings on the Senate
  • The process hasn't worked out. Thank you.