Video & Transcript Research : 'legislative procedures'

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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House & Governmental May 19th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • elections, procedures, security, and confidence in Louisiana elections.
  • It's just changing the procedures if you don't have that ID. All right.
  • We're trying to legislate. Let's get moving.
  • the legislative session.
  • I've worked on some legislation in the past with illegal dumping of tires.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Other legislation.
  • Now, this particular legislation was not on the first call of the special session, but we did pass this
  • The bill empowers either house of the legislature or a legislative committee to compel testimony or evidence
  • So it would still provide immunity for what was provided in the legislative process.
  • , if there was other evidence that emerged, or additional evidence that was not explored in the legislative
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Jan 28th, 2026 at 09:16 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Professional legislators representing their interests.
  • Hatch, New Mexico, is wagon-wheeled out with about five legislators.
  • history related legislation.
  • On the legislative history-related legislation, apparently there's a bill in Congress that contains a
  • Is this Senate Memorial 1 supporting that particular piece of legislation?
Bills: SR1, SM1, SM6
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Ways & Means May 5th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm an associate legislative director for the Texas Farm Bureau, and I'm testifying in support of House
  • Fuller, could you stay on the, on the piece of legislation currently before us, HB 3830, for the record
  • Um, while the prior legislative changes to reduce the effect of 35 years to 3 years and the elimination
  • It simply broadens the eligibility and refines administrative procedures.
  • This goes with this, the enabling legislation we just heard. Very good. Thank you, sir.
Bills: SB 4, SB 23, SJR 2
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 29th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation clarifies the definition of contraband to include property linked to serious crimes.
  • "This legislation clarifies the definition of contraband to include property linked to serious crimes
  • And thank you, Representative Cook, for filing this legislation.
  • This is not at all what legislators intended when they originally passed the law, This is not at all
  • what legislators intended when they originally passed the law, and for various reasons, that standard
Bills: HB115
Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence reconvened with a quorum present and announced it would likely not vote that night because of confusion over the bill list; members were told a definitive list would be circulated the next morning and a formal meeting would be scheduled later. The chair then heard a series of bills, generally taking testimony and leaving each pending without action. House Bill 1847 would set maximum caseload standards for private attorneys handling indigent criminal appointments through the Texas Indigent Defense Commission; House Bill 2417 would expand compensation eligibility for some wrongfully imprisoned people; House Bill 2813 would require earlier and more specific victim notice of scheduled court proceedings; and House Bill 2309 would expand state and local authority in certain civil asset forfeiture cases involving human trafficking, health care fraud, and organized crime. Each bill was laid out by its author or a member, with no opposition witnesses registered, and each was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 4733, which would require sealing records for people acquitted of charges when they were not convicted on the related allegation; House Bill 2328, which would modernize expunction service by encouraging electronic notice, setting a standardized fee when electronic service is unavailable, extending clerk retention of expunction orders, and preserving certain mental health commitment orders; and House Bill 115, which would revise Texas’s “junk science” post-conviction writ law by providing counsel, changing the relief standard, requiring written decisions, and easing procedural barriers. Testimony on HB 2328 was mixed: county clerks supported the bill as a cost-saving modernization, while legal advocates warned that permanent retention of expunction orders could undermine true expunction and create privacy risks. HB 115 drew support from innocence and defense organizations, with some concern about a provision affecting subsequent writs. All were left pending after testimony. Later, the committee heard House Bill 2046, which would allow affirmative family-violence findings for any Penal Code offense rather than only Title V offenses; testimony from a Dallas County prosecutor and a committee member emphasized that family violence can involve arson, burglary, fraud, and other non-Title V conduct, and the bill was left pending. House Bill 1765 would tighten restrictions on no-knock warrants by requiring higher-level approval, judicial review, and identifiable officers; members discussed the dangers highlighted by the Harding Street raid and similar incidents, and the bill was also left pending. The meeting ended with the chair noting that some bills had been removed from the agenda at the author’s request and that members should be prepared to finalize the vote list the next day.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am sure they appreciate that type of protection with these legislative actions.
  • And so they are just opting out of the current legislation.
  • What I am asking you is, yes, you gave the legislated grace in 2014.
  • I believe this legislation will pass today.
  • When I read this piece of legislation, nobody is telling me to say this.
Bills: SJR36, SR8, SR14, SR15, SR17, HCR54
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jan 28th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Senator Menendez, for your important legislation to educate our students.
  • Thank you, Senator Menendez, for your important legislation to educate our students.
  • No state, and certainly no legislative body, has done more in support of Israel.
  • During Texas's 86th legislative session, I was honored to author House Bill 2298 to establish...
  • And so, I look forward to working with y'all on that kind of legislation.
Bills: SJR36, SR8, SR14, SR15, SR17, HCR54
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources (Part I) May 21st, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Unfortunately, we don't have it back yet from legislative counsel at this juncture, but I would like
  • Additionally, for communication from a legislator, the permit must Additionally, for communication from
  • a legislator, the permit must be for a facility within their district.
  • I serve as the executive director of the Texas Humane Legislation Network.
  • We do agree having a consulting procedure is important and actually like that part of the bill.
Summary: The committee heard and laid out several natural resources and environmental bills, with testimony focused on balancing development, public health, wildlife protection, and regulatory authority. SB 3074 would allow the governor, lieutenant governor, and legislators to communicate in writing with TCEQ about matters before the commission, with safeguards requiring the communication to be part of the record and allowing other parties to respond; a committee substitute narrowed it to written communications about permits only, limited legislator communications to facilities in their districts, and adjusted conflict-of-interest rules. HB 3556, as substituted, would require notice to Texas Parks and Wildlife for certain very tall structures in specified coastal counties and give TPWD a limited right to seek injunctive relief if mitigation is insufficient to prevent material harm to migratory birds; supporters said it would address ignored wildlife recommendations and protect key flyways, while opponents argued the bill was too broad, singled out wind energy, and gave one agency unusually strong enforcement power. HB 49 would expand liability protections for produced-water recycling and beneficial use; supporters said it would encourage reuse of a large wastewater stream and reduce disposal pressures, while opponents warned it could shield operators from responsibility before the science and standards are mature. HB 4413 would authorize mass-balance accounting for renewable biomass feedstocks, and HB 3866 would regulate intermediate bulk container recycling facilities near homes, with a committee substitute adding a grandfather clause and making implementation contingent on funding. The committee also heard bills affecting air and energy regulation. HB 5033 would create a trigger to end vehicle emissions inspections if federal law changes to allow it; the substitute removed a Supreme Court-related trigger, and the lone public witness opposed the bill, warning it would worsen air quality and harm nonattainment areas. HB 4112 would clarify that on-site storage of high-level radioactive waste is allowed at current and future nuclear reactors and university research reactors only for waste generated at that site; the substitute clarified the language and removed an inoperative permit condition, and witnesses from environmental and nuclear groups said the clarification was needed to prevent unintended restrictions while avoiding off-site storage. HB 2440 would prohibit state agencies from using air-quality rules to ban or restrict vehicles based on energy source, including internal combustion vehicles, and no public testimony was offered. HB 4271 would require TCEQ to hold public meetings on request for composting facility authorizations; the substitute limited the requirement to future applications and was presented as a transparency measure after a denied local request and extensive public comments. Additional bills addressed landowner protections and Railroad Commission oversight. HB 3619 would require the Railroad Commission to restore surface land after plugging or replugging operations and indemnify landowners from damages tied to authorized entry; a witness supported the bill but urged fixing a separate statutory loophole that he said allowed operators to enter unrelated tracts without notice. HB 4042 would extend Railroad Commission pipeline safety and fee provisions to propane distribution systems by removing the word “natural” from the relevant definitions. HB 4426 would set a 10-year permit term for commercial surface disposal facilities, allow renewal based on compliance history, and require renewal applications 120 days before expiration. The committee took no votes because a quorum was not initially present, and each bill was left pending after testimony and discussion.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/26/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • They have not given specific legislative recommendations. So I would reach out to them.
  • We need harsher legislation against pedophiles and rapists. HB 2870 is a...
  • against pedophiles and rapists HB 2870 is a harsher legislation against pedophiles and rapists.
  • The right to access abortion was more popular on the ballot than legislative Republicans, and yet legislative
  • Republicans continue to put anti-abortion bills on the legislative agenda.
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several bills. HB 2749, as amended, would allow certain nonviolent class 4, 5, or 6 felonies to be redesignated as class 1 misdemeanors after five years and after completion of sentence terms, with exclusions for crimes such as cruelty to animals, weapons misconduct, and failure to register as a sex offender. Supporters framed it as a redemption and reintegration measure, and the committee adopted the amendment and gave the bill a due pass recommendation on a 6-0 vote with one not voting. HB 2870 would prohibit certain level 2 and level 3 sex offenders from living together in the same single-family dwelling, with exceptions for relatives, community reentry centers, and certain existing supervised facilities. The sponsor and neighborhood residents described a real-life situation in Chandler involving multiple offenders in one house and argued the bill would protect families; opponents warned it could push people into homelessness and undermine supervision. After testimony from residents, housing operators, and a structured-housing provider, the committee approved the bill 3-2 with two not voting. HB 2862, which increases penalties for offenses committed while wearing a mask to conceal identity, drew support from the City of Scottsdale and opposition from the ACLU over First Amendment concerns; it passed 3-2 with two not voting. HB 2364 would create criminal penalties for mailing or delivering abortion-inducing drugs, including felony penalties for providers and a misdemeanor for ordering such drugs by mail. Supporters said it would enforce existing law and protect women; opponents argued it conflicts with Proposition 139 and constitutional protections for abortion access. The committee gave it a 4-3 due pass recommendation. HB 2244, supported by Phoenix Vice Mayor Keisha Hodge Washington, would streamline satisfaction of eviction judgments when tenants have paid and allow sealing of eviction records in some cases; it passed unanimously 7-0. HB 2573, which removes the 45-day waiting period before some repeat DUI offenders can apply for an ignition interlock restricted license, also passed unanimously 7-0. The committee also considered HB 4117, a strike-everything amendment creating a new offense for interfering with a religious service or worship by obstructing access or engaging in disorderly conduct intended to disrupt the service. Supporters, including ADL and Jewish community representatives, said it would protect worshippers from obstruction and intimidation; opponents argued it was vague, unnecessary, and could chill protest speech. After extensive debate, the committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and gave the bill a due pass recommendation. Finally, HCR 2004, a mirror resolution to SCR 1004, would require voter approval for local photo enforcement systems and periodic reauthorization; it was discussed with support from city and league representatives, but the transcript ends before a final vote on that measure.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We had legislation a couple of years.
  • <00:40:31.440> And legislation that's before you today.
  • And legislation that's before you today.
  • So it was good foresight from the good legislators back in the day that put this program together.
  • <01:03:36.720> gotten even legislators that have gotten even legislators that have gotten
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now we'll jump into our legislation.
  • It is House Bill 85, post-election audit procedures.
  • Uh, we're already doing this procedure.
  • Basically, already doing this procedure.
  • document procedures, and finish on time. document procedures, and finish on time.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Feb 9th, 2026 at 01:36 pm

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we believe that all three pieces of legislation are in harmony and are equally necessary.
  • Again, we would finally have a piece here to put the Wildlife Commission legislation intact.
  • This legislation closes a dangerous gap in the current law.
  • Maybe you're working on the Legislative Council Service, and we've got to send that message up to Legislative
  • We have a rule of procedure by how we do that. It's Rule 45. We've got to be impressed.
Bills: SB40, SB104, SB136, SB164