Video & Transcript : 'beach closure' :
Page 183 of 257
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:31 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- with the victim or victim's family to resolve or to acknowledge responsibility and help with that closure
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- . ...we've actually seized and taken and so forth, it's about a $500 penalty and roughly a 30-day closure
Summary:
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard three bills ahead of the house-of-origin deadline. AB 762 by Assemblymember Irwin would ban the sale and distribution of disposable vapes in California, with committee amendments to align implementation dates and allow a sell-through period. The author and supporters, including waste agencies, firefighters, local governments, and public health groups, argued the devices create lithium-ion battery fire risks in waste facilities and burden ratepayers and first responders. Opponents, including cannabis industry and retail groups, argued the bill would not meaningfully reduce battery waste because most problematic products are already illicit, and warned it could worsen the illegal market and reduce consumer access to legal products. After extensive debate, the committee passed AB 762 as amended to Appropriations on a vote with some members not voting or on call.
AB 1382 by Assemblymember Castillo would prohibit the sale of genetically modified animals created for cosmetic purposes. Supporters said the bill would prevent novelty pet breeding, reduce pressure on already overcrowded shelters, and avoid ethical concerns about modifying animals for appearance alone, while preserving medical and scientific research. Opponents, including the pet industry, argued the measure was unnecessary because regulated products such as glowfish already undergo scientific review and that the bill could create ambiguity and harm lawful commerce. The committee clarified that glowfish and scientific research were exempt, and AB 1382 passed to the Judiciary Committee.
AB 739 by Assemblymember Jackson would require managing agents in common interest developments to provide homeowners and HOA boards a summary of fees charged for management services. Realtors supported the bill as a transparency measure, while community managers and the Community Associations Institute said they could accept it once promised amendments were adopted to narrow the disclosure and avoid blanket mailings that could raise costs. The author said amendments would be taken in the Housing and Community Development Committee and committed to further consultation. AB 739 passed to Housing and Community Development.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jan 13th, 2026
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- that we've actually seized and taken and so forth, it's about a $500 penalty and roughly a 30-day closure
Committee:
House Business and Professions
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 15, 2025 - 11:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- at the federal cuts, we're looking at massive health care cuts across the board that will force closures
Summary:
The Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee considered one bill, HB 603, which would repeal section 768.21(8), the Florida medical negligence wrongful death exception often referred to by supporters as the “Free Kill” law. The sponsor argued the current statute unfairly bars certain families—especially adult children or parents of unmarried adults without minor children—from recovering non-economic damages when a loved one dies from medical negligence, while such damages are available in other wrongful death cases. Supporters, including family members, AARP, and some legal advocates, testified that the law is discriminatory and denies equal access to justice for grieving families and vulnerable adults.
Opponents, including physicians, hospital and insurer representatives, and business groups, argued that repeal would increase malpractice exposure, raise premiums, worsen access to care, and accelerate physician retirements or departures from Florida. Several urged that if the bill moves forward, it should be paired with caps on non-economic damages to balance the impact on the health care system. Supporters countered that negligence must still be proven, that the law creates unequal treatment, and that existing tort reforms have not lowered premiums. The sponsor closed by rejecting claims that the bill is “jackpot justice” and emphasizing that families deserve court access and accountability.
After debate, the committee voted on HB 603 and passed it 16-2. The meeting then adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Sep 2nd, 2025
Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- very Pretty much in line with what Representative Callavera has addressed, but with trying to bring closure
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy Jul 15th, 2025 at 10:00 am
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The closure of Washington's last coal plant by the end of 2025 under the Clean Energy Transformation
Committee:
Joint Select Committee on Pension Policy
Summary:
The Select Committee on Pension Policy approved the June minutes by roll call vote, with 11 ayes and 6 excused. The chair then outlined meeting procedures and public comment rules before educational briefings began.
Lisa Wan of the Office of the State Actuary gave the agency’s annual update, describing its staffing, clients, strategic plan, and performance measures. She noted the office is a small nonpartisan legislative agency that provides actuarial valuations, fiscal notes, policy analysis, and support for multiple retirement systems and boards, and said the office faces a heavy workload in 2025 because of the demographic experience study and other recurring projects.
Jacob White provided the annual LEOFF 2 Board update, covering the board’s structure, plan demographics, funded status, contribution rates, and several policy topics under review. Those topics included a Seattle overtime/pension spiking review, catastrophic disability survivor benefits, retiree return-to-work employer contributions, and the change in interest credited to member accounts. He said the board would continue coordinating with DRS and report back through interim updates.
Erin Gutierrez presented background for the LEOFF 1 study, explaining plan benefits, medical and death benefits, historic funding, and federal tax qualification issues. She compared Substitute House Bill 2034 and Substitute Senate Bill 5085, describing 2034 as a restatement/termination approach and 5085 as a merger into a Legacy Retirement Plan, both requiring IRS determination letters. Committee members asked questions about LEOFF 1 medical costs, funding sources, and tax implications, and public commenters urged the committee to protect tax qualification, consider a recurring COLA for PERS and TERS 1, and address pension policy concerns. The meeting ended with adjournment and notice of a 30-minute break before executive session.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Safety Committee Jun 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- consequences for the victims and surviving family members, who are re-traumatized when they thought they had closure
Summary:
The Assembly Public Safety Committee met and adopted a consent calendar that included SB 4, SB 229, SB 385, SB 459, and SB 553. SB 221 was pulled by the committee and will return later. The committee then heard several bills, with members repeatedly noting the next hearing would be July 1 in Room 126.
SB 281 by Senator Perez would require judges to use the exact statutory immigration-consequences advisement when taking pleas from noncitizen defendants. Supporters said judges have been deviating from the required language, creating confusion and harming defendants; opponents, including district attorneys, warned that the bill could affect plea withdrawals and appellate litigation unless amended. The committee discussed possible amendments, including a nonretroactivity clarification and language proposed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, and the bill was passed on call.
SB 337 by Senator Menjivar would strengthen protections against sexual abuse and misconduct in prisons, especially women’s prisons, by requiring documentation of searches, extending grievance timelines, limiting hiring of people with violent or sexual convictions, and improving investigation procedures. Supporters emphasized staff abuse, retaliation concerns, and the need for oversight; opposition testimony focused on transgender inmate placement and was criticized by committee members as not germane. The bill passed 9-0 to Appropriations. SB 379 by Senator Jones, dealing with oversight of sexually violent predator conditional release placements, passed to Appropriations after support from law enforcement and prosecutors and no opposition. SB 734 by Senator Caballero, which would provide due process protections for law enforcement officers affected by California Racial Justice Act findings, also passed to Appropriations with support from police and district attorney groups and no opposition. SB 551 by Senator Cortese, which would codify normalization and dynamic security principles in corrections, passed to Appropriations despite concerns from one member that it went too far in making prisons too home-like.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- consequences for the victims and surviving family members who are re-traumatized when they thought they had closure
Committee:
House Public Safety
Summary:
The Assembly Public Safety Committee met to consider several Senate bills, first adopting a five-bill consent calendar that included measures on missing and murdered Indigenous persons, peace officers, prison clearances, and related public safety topics. SB 221 by Senator Ochoa-Bogh was pulled from the agenda for later consideration. The committee then heard SB 281 by Senator Perez, which would require judges to use the exact statutory immigration-consequences advisement for noncitizen defendants. Supporters said the bill would restore consistency and avoid confusion, while district attorneys warned it could create plea-withdrawal problems and sought amendments; the bill was held on call after a split vote.
The committee next heard SB 337 by Senator Menjivar, a broad prison-safety bill focused on women’s prisons, including documentation of searches, body-camera rules, grievance timelines, hiring restrictions for staff with violent or sexual convictions, and stronger oversight of investigations. Supporters said it would improve transparency and protect incarcerated people from abuse; opposition testimony focused largely on transgender inmate placement and was criticized by members as not germane. The bill passed 9-0 to Appropriations. SB 379 by Senator Jones, which would add Department of State Hospitals oversight to sexually violent predator conditional release placements, also passed to Appropriations after support from law enforcement and district attorney groups and opposition from criminal justice advocates.
Later, SB 734 by Senator Caballero passed to Appropriations. It would give law enforcement officers due process protections when findings from California Racial Justice Act hearings are later used in employment or decertification proceedings. Supporters argued officers should have notice and a chance to defend themselves, while the bill was presented as not changing defendants’ CRJA rights. Finally, SB 551 by Senator Cortese, which would codify normalization and dynamic security principles in corrections policy to promote rehabilitation and safer prison conditions, passed to Appropriations despite objections that prisons should remain punitive. The committee adjourned after updating vote records and announced its next hearing would be July 1 in Room 126.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- I know this was the closure that you and your family had, but the Alabama... ...your family had, but
Bills:
SB210 , SB292 , HB360 , HB233 , HB66 , HB356 , HB164 , HB238 , HB209 , SB223 , HB307 , SB210 , SB292 , HB360 , HB233 , HB66 , HB356 , HB164 , HB238 , HB209 , SB223 , HB307
Committee:
House Judiciary
TX
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- school districts, classified staff at JPA schools can experience financial hardships due to school closures
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement met for its first hearing of the session, adopted committee rules, and heard several labor-related bills. The chair reviewed hearing procedures, including limits on testimony and expectations for orderly conduct. Members then took up measures affecting public employee bargaining, contracting, confidentiality, school employee benefits, pay stub information, and state correctional health staffing.
AB 672 would require public employers to notify PERB when filing court actions involving statutes PERB administers and allow PERB to intervene; it drew support from SEIU, AFSCME, school employees, labor groups, and no opposition, and was passed out of committee. AB 283 would move IHSS bargaining from the county to the state level; providers and recipients testified about low wages, long delays in bargaining, and care access concerns, while counties and public authorities raised cost, scope, and implementation issues. The bill passed 7-0 after members discussed family care worker concerns and the author said he would continue working on the issue.
AB 339 would require local governments to give unions 120 days’ notice before contracting out bargaining-unit work. Labor supporters said the bill would make existing meet-and-confer rights meaningful and protect jobs, while counties, cities, special districts, chambers of commerce, and staffing groups argued it would burden local agencies and interfere with existing MMBA procedures. The committee also heard AB 340, which would make communications between employees and union representatives confidential for PERB purposes; supporters said it codified existing case law, while school administrators, special districts, counties, and business groups warned it could hinder investigations. AB 378 would extend the classified school employees summer assistance program to JPA employees, and AB 374 would require more detailed pay stubs for classified school employees; both had labor support and some education-sector opposition over implementation and cost concerns, and both advanced. AB 393 would require cost analyses before contracting out physician work at CDCR and the Department of State Hospitals; supporters argued the state was overpaying contractors amid high vacancy rates, and the bill also advanced. At the end of the hearing, the committee recorded final votes showing AB 283, AB 340, AB 374, AB 378, AB 393, and AB 672 all passing out of committee, while AB 339 remained on hold with a 4-0 vote and some members not voting.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- As an example, one year ago this month, the last remaining sugar mill in Texas announced its closure
Committee:
House Natural Resources
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Addressing the Federal Funding Freeze on Victim Services - 02/24/25
Transcript Highlights:
- will be forced to make devastating cuts that will look like staff layoffs, reduced programs, and closures
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 069 Mar 24th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- often asked what are those there for, and this resolution will help to clarify that and bring some closure
- 02:46:00.960><c> some</c> help to clarify that and bring some help to clarify that and bring some closure
- :01.920><c> who</c><02:46:02.000><c> have</c><02:46:02.160><c> worked</c><02:46:02.399><c> so</c> closure
- to the people who have worked so closure to the people who have worked so hard<02:46:03.120><c> to</
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/26/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for the good closure, Senator McEwen. And, uh, stay tuned.
- Thank you for the the good<01:59:00.639><c> closure,</c><01:59:00.960><c> Samune.
- 01.760><c> And</c><01:59:02.159><c> uh</c><01:59:02.960><c> uh</c><01:59:03.199><c> stay</c> good closure
- And uh uh stay good closure, Samune.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It is not closure. It is a child who still carries pieces of a weapon inside of him.
- It is not closure.<00:22:55.840><c> It</c><00:22:56.080><c> is</c><00:22:56.240><c> a</c><00:22:56.480
- ><c> child</c><00:22:56.960><c> who</c><00:22:57.360><c> still</c><00:22:57.840><c> carries</c> closure
- It is a child who still carries closure.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- those three board meetings, and although the stated reason for the suspension of the policy was the closure
- c><01:01:40.319><c> policy</c><01:01:40.640><c> was</c><01:01:40.799><c> the</c><01:01:40.960><c> closure
- </c> suspension of the policy was the closure suspension of the policy was the closure of<01:01:41.280
Committee:
Senate Education
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 4, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- >> Um, yes, we have had closures due to lack of deputy sheriffs. the act 26?
- </c><00:41:03.760><c> we</c><00:41:04.000><c> have</c><00:41:04.160><c> had</c><00:41:04.400><c> closures
- </c><00:41:04.880><c> due</c><00:41:05.119><c> to</c> >> Um, yes, we have had closures due to &
- gt;> Um, yes, we have had closures due to lack<00:41:05.520><c> of</c><00:41:05.760><c> deputy</c>
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard House Bill 2095, which would provide supplemental appropriations for the Judiciary for the 2025-2027 biennium. Judiciary Administrative Director Brandon Kimura testified in strong support and outlined a request for about $6.4 million in supplemental operating funds, plus four permanent full-time position conversions. He grouped the request into security, services to court users, and staffing needs, including $3.25 million for supplemental armed private security at judiciary facilities statewide, nearly $200,000 for cybersecurity staffing and support, restoration of funding for substance use treatment purchase-of-service contracts, restoration of funding for the Office of Public Guardian on Kauaʻi, salary commission funding, a Kona court operations position, and two Court-Appointed Special Advocates positions converted from temporary to permanent. He also described five capital improvement requests totaling $55.4 million, led by $30 million for construction of a new South Kohala courthouse, $1.2 million each for air conditioning upgrades in Hilo and Kauaʻi, $15 million for elevator upgrades at Kahumanu Hale, and $8 million in lump-sum bond funds for emerging projects.
Several organizations testified in support, including Parents and Children Together and the True Cost Coalition. Supporters emphasized the importance of the purchase-of-service funding for domestic violence and substance use treatment services and said the restoration would return funding to pre-COVID levels and help providers maintain capacity. Kimura explained that the Judiciary often shifts funds among contracts during the year to avoid service interruptions, but that the reduced funding has caused delays and operational problems for providers and probationers.
Members asked detailed questions about the capital projects and operating requests. Representative Shimizu asked for more information on the lump-sum bond funds and the elevator project, and Kimura explained that the Kahumanu Hale request covers four remaining elevator shafts after earlier funding addressed the first five elevators. Representative Cochran asked about the absence of Maui County projects, and Kimura said the Judiciary is still planning for its older Maui facilities with DAGS. Chair Tarnas questioned the need for armed private guards and discussed whether court security should be prioritized within the Department of Law Enforcement; Kimura said the Judiciary needs additional personnel now and has not asked DLE to deprioritize other missions, though the chair suggested further coordination between the agencies. No vote or final action on the bill was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 2, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And five rural hospitals are at risk of closure. We're here to help people, not to screw them over.
- are</c><03:46:27.920><c> at</c><03:46:28.080><c> risk</c><03:46:28.319><c> of</c><03:46:28.640><c> closure
- </c><03:46:29.120><c> We're</c> hospitals are at risk of closure.
- We're hospitals are at risk of closure.
Keywords:
House of Representatives, Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, appointment, H.Res. 566, HR566, House resolution, rule, special rule, procedural resolution, floor procedure, budget reconciliation, reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill, Senate amendment, House Concurrent Resolution 14, H.Con.Res. 14, Budget Committee
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Belongings cannot and will not be stored over the course of the closure.
- will not be stored over the course<01:50:15.119><c> of</c><01:50:15.280><c> the</c><01:50:15.440><c> closure
- /c><01:50:16.320><c> Please</c><01:50:16.639><c> avoid</c><01:50:16.960><c> the</c> course of the closure
- Please avoid the course of the closure.