Video & Transcript Research : 'merit evaluation'
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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (9:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- entire argument behind preeminence funding is that we are giving money to these institutions based on merit
- because we instead allocated higher education funding to other purposes that are perhaps not driven by merit
- This budget includes hundreds of millions of dollars for performance funding, again, a metric-based merit
- This budget includes hundreds of million dollars for performance funding, again, a metric-based merit
- of news and information. ...provide ratings or a subjective evaluation of news and information services
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (02/19/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- These groups already have a system to evaluate these types of requests, so I felt it was unnecessary
- These groups already have a system to evaluate these types of requests.
- These groups already have a system to evaluate these types of requests, so I felt it was unnecessary
- she'd be able to, you know, get rid of a lot of those 3,000 cases because they probably didn't have merit
- she'd be able to, you know, get rid of a lot of those 3,000 cases because they probably didn't have merit
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/14/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Under current law, MMB is required to use a reverse auction process, but a recent evaluation found no
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This preferential treatment gives a small fraction of a merit and children and young adults a handout
- even if these students found and knew that they were capable of getting into these colleges on their merits
- The benefits of preferential treatment are that they do not have to be taught their merits alone and
- On-the-job training, and I think we need to evaluate how the two work together because some of the dual
- We don't have that figure, but in addition to creating an account, which may have more merit, we're creating
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Jan 29th, 2025 at 02:30 pm
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And when I met with you, you mentioned that SBIR awards Should be awarded on a merit basis.
- And I agree wholeheartedly that merit drives innovation.
- working with me and the committee to ensuring that any SBIR, STTR reauthorization effort maintains a merit-based
- And I look forward to working with you to review SCORE, see how it can be made more robust, and evaluate
- The American people want fairness and merit brought back, and you and I have discussed that in your office
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Implementing similar evaluations for individuals in positions of authority within schools could help
- Since you evaluated, you have an opinion. I think it was whitewashed. I'm not allowed to know.
- Members, Bill 5294 seeks to promote merit-based standards in Texas medical education.
- Merit and qualification are what determine who is admitted and hired. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- I myself graduated last year from a tier one Texas university with a full merit scholarship and a 4.0
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/13/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Court decisions on how we evaluate Court decisions on how we evaluate application<01:07:50.640><
- And I I move that Senate File merits.
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if for us to consider on the merits if for us to consider on the merits if
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Transcript Highlights:
- utilities to identify critical circuits and provide the information necessary for local entities to evaluate
- some of the existing portals do not provide many of the distribution system details necessary to evaluate
- as we understand them, I think they could go a long way in addressing our concerns, and we'll re-evaluate
- mistakes before they are found by others and allow escalating penalty levels if utility practices merit
- mistakes before they are found by others and allow escalating penalty levels if utility practices merit
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Two notes that I need to share before I get into the merits of the bill.
- Members, Senate Concurrent Resolution 62 by Senator Hodges urges DOTD to evaluate all school zones on
- To evaluate all school zones on state highways. Thank you, Ms. Champaign.
- So I talked with Secretary Lideh about this resolution, urging them just to evaluate ways...
- With Secretary Ladee about this resolution, urging them just to evaluate impediments to safety measures
Summary:
The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 and considered several resolutions and one Senate bill dealing with transportation project delivery, vehicle safety, school-zone safety, flooding, and highway signage. The committee first took up SCR 64, which creates a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) for public works. An amendment added representatives from Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors to the task force, and the resolution was reported with amendments. The committee also heard HR 282, which creates a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with Louisiana State Police and other stakeholders; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and the resolution was reported with amendments.
The most extensive discussion centered on SB 513, which addressed public works project delivery methods and included a proposal for an average-bid award method as well as design-build authority for airports and vertiports. Testimony from a Reason Foundation policy analyst and a Louisiana Associated General Contractors representative opposed the average-bid concept, arguing it lacked U.S. precedent, could encourage collusion, and could raise costs, while airport-related design-build provisions were supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to remove the average-bid language, then reported SB 513 with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays.
The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate all school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses involving crossing guards and distracted driving. In addition, HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were acted on and the committee adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/05/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
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by <00:18:33.679>the the evaluation conducted by the the evaluation conducted by the - as these mandates are being evaluated. as these mandates are being evaluated.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance May 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- A state funded evaluation by the Nutrition Policy Institute found that students, teachers, and school
- I think the underlying idea here has some merit, but in a weak fiscal environment, this doesn't seem
- It might still have merit, but in a year where it's a tighter budget situation, we think the state could
- to the CSU through budget that requires the CSU to keep its commitment to employees by implementing merit
- So we would have to evaluate our ability to afford to provide all the courses for the students that we
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Mon Apr 14, 2025, 11:30 AM HST - Day 50
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It added the portfolio evaluation process known as PEP plus the bridge certificate as...
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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Nobody should be hired based on any category other than merit.
- Merit should be the only category that people are hired on.
- Merit, nor anything else, made that happen. It had to happen because people wanted diversity.
- Merit is not and should not be the sole lens in deciding government action.
- designation speech, to much consternation to Democrats and critical of me, I want to be judged on merit
Summary:
The committee first heard SB 1134, which would extend the use of qualified private providers in the building permit process to residential solar energy systems and certain single-trade inspections, and would allow computer-based plan review tools. The sponsor said the bill is intended to reduce long solar permitting delays and lower costs. A late amendment clarifying the word “application” was adopted, and after some discussion about local permitting problems and the need to work with municipalities, CS/SB 1134 was reported favorably, with Senator Pizzo voting no.
The committee then took up SB 784, dealing with issuance of addresses and parcel identification numbers for plats. The bill sets a 14-day timeframe, and an amendment was adopted that would allow use of a private provider if the deadline is missed and would limit fee collection if verification is not completed. Members discussed whether the bill should include more flexibility and whether private providers are appropriate for this function, but the committee ultimately reported CS/SB 784 favorably. SB 1738, allowing counties that previously opted out of transportation concurrency to opt back in while maintaining current levels of service, was also reported favorably without significant opposition.
Next, SB 1080 on local government land regulation was presented as a measure to speed up development permit and order approvals, limit repeated information requests, prevent hearing delays, and impose penalties for noncompliance. Local government testimony argued it would rush planning and weaken public input, while supporters called it common-sense streamlining. After debate, the bill was reported favorably, with several no votes. SB 1260, which clarifies county constitutional officer budget procedures and creates an appeal process for clerks and supervisors of elections similar to that used by sheriffs, was also reported favorably after members raised concerns about county budget timelines.
Finally, the committee considered SB 420, as amended by a strike-all, which would prohibit counties and municipalities from adopting or funding DEI-related ordinances, programs, or policies, while carving out compliance with state and federal law and defining DEI-related terms. The amendment removed retroactivity and delayed the effective date, but members from both parties raised concerns about vague definitions, impacts on women- and minority-owned business programs, local commemorations, and the loss of attorney’s fees for prevailing counties. Public testimony was sharply divided, with many speakers opposing the bill as an attack on local control and inclusion, and a few supporting it as a merit-based standard. The amendment was adopted, but the bill drew extensive opposition in debate and was not yet reported in the portion of the transcript provided.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 39 Apr 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- directs the commission to evaluate whether business would...
- It is just requesting certain things be in this incentive evaluation report. Move for approval.
- in the incentive evaluation.
- So you're saying if money is spent, then only then would it be evaluated by the incentive evaluation
- be evaluated as to the ROI.
Bills:
SB1290, SB1530, SB1847, HR1050, SB169, SB1377, SB1990, SB1991, SB1778, SB1579, SB1992, SB3, SB2028, SB1928, SB2127, SB2117, SB1439, SB1930, SB330, SB1191, SB2110, SB2134, SB2069, SB2095, SB1613, SB1246, SB1976, SB1346, SB1509, SB2071, SB259, SB1314
Keywords:
2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 27th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- our efforts on stopping damage caused by surface flows, our ability to assess, characterize, and evaluate
- Well, it'd be slightly less because our current position has had some merits and some things like that
- So I don't necessarily have all those details at this point. current position has had some merits and
- And I believe they also work with our risk, the state office of risk management, to evaluate where we
- But these aren't... to evaluate where we are with, uh, any of those, those issues, um, and certainly
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present to hear Article VI Natural Resources agency budget recommendations, beginning with the Railroad Commission. LBB staff summarized the commission’s 2026-27 base recommendation at $458.7 million, down from the prior biennium, with an increased FTE cap. The presentation highlighted reduced federal IIJA funding, volatility in oil and gas regulation account 5155, continued support for IT modernization, and rider changes. The commission’s major exceptional items were then presented, including requests for produced water and injection data reporting, an authorized pit registration system, regulatory filing/permitting upgrades, an underground injection well investigation team, site remediation support, and especially $100 million for orphan well plugging. Members asked about biennium-to-biennium comparisons, salary biennialization, the scale of orphan well risks, federal funding delays, bonding, and whether the state should rely more on industry or general revenue for plugging costs. Commission leadership explained that orphan wells can threaten water and public safety, that plugging costs have risen sharply, and that current funding is insufficient to keep up with emergency wells and the backlog; they also said the agency is moving to cloud-based systems with cybersecurity protections and that the proposed performance measure may need adjustment if funding does not increase.
The Railroad Commission testimony was followed by LBB and agency testimony for the Texas Animal Health Commission. LBB described a $42 million recommendation for 2026-27, an increase overall, but with a reduced FTE cap due to turnover and salary reallocation. The recommendation maintained funding for cattle fever tick work, chronic wasting disease, lab testing through an MOU with Texas A&M’s veterinary diagnostic lab, and a new $5 million spay-and-neuter pilot program, while deleting a capital budget rider and adjusting riders tied to entry point inspection stations and clinical trials. Agency leadership then outlined the commission’s mission to protect livestock health and the state’s $22 billion animal industry, and described major disease threats including highly pathogenic avian influenza, cattle fever ticks, New World screwworm, and chronic wasting disease. Their exceptional items focused on recruiting and retaining veterinarians, replacing fleet vehicles, creating an ectoparasite identification lab, adding field staff and IT support, improving records and epidemiology reporting, strengthening central administration, supporting secure food supply planning, expanding chronic wasting disease work, and staffing the new spay-and-neuter program. Members asked about field identification of ticks, the use of disinfectants and PPE, fleet management, the scale of cattle fever tick risk, and chronic wasting disease; the agency explained its current inspection and lab-confirmation process, its reliance on field disinfecting and biosecurity, and the need for more staff and better data systems to keep pace with growing workloads and disease threats.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And so those are the ones that would be re-evaluated. You recognize.
- Does that process go on now, a re-evaluation of all 6,500, assuming it's a similar number every year?
- Who is doing this evaluating? Senator Fein. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- seems to suggest it smells a little bit like you're trying to allege affirmative action instead of merit
- , instead of less merit.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee took up SB 2B, a major immigration bill by Senator Gruters, described by supporters as a Trump-aligned package to strengthen Florida’s role in immigration enforcement. The bill would create a grant program for local law enforcement, expand jail-ICE agreements beyond sheriff-operated jails, establish a chief immigration officer and a state immigration enforcement council, require more coordination on E-Verify and detention-bed reporting, allow immigration status to be considered in bail decisions, increase penalties for certain offenses tied to illegal reentry and voting, and repeal in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Much of the sponsor’s presentation and debate emphasized focusing on criminal offenders, improving coordination with federal authorities, and using state resources to support detention and enforcement.
Committee questioning focused heavily on the tuition-waiver repeal, reimbursement for jail costs, E-Verify coverage, and whether the bill could lead to street-level immigration enforcement in schools or churches. Senator Smith, Senator Pizzo, Senator Polsky, Senator Sharief, and others challenged the tuition repeal as unfair to students who were brought to Florida as children and argued for grandfathering current students or studying the fiscal impact first. Senator Fine defended the repeal as ending a state subsidy for people who are not lawfully present and argued the change would save tens of millions of dollars. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri testified that the bill was limited to jail-based enforcement, said there was no current street-level 287(g) program in Florida, and stated he did not believe the bill raised concerns for law enforcement or schools/churches. A representative of the Florida Supervisors of Elections supported the voting-related section, while a Florida Highway Patrol representative said state agencies would need additional funding if they were expected to take on more enforcement duties.
The committee adopted Senator Gruters’ late-filed amendment correcting a drafting error. Senator Smith’s amendment to require an OPAGA study on the tuition-waiver policy was withdrawn after discussion, and his handwritten amendment to delete the repeal of in-state tuition for undocumented students failed on a roll-call vote. The bill then advanced as amended, with several members speaking in debate both for and against it. Supporters framed it as a focused public-safety and enforcement measure; opponents criticized the special-session process, the cost, and the tuition repeal’s impact on students already enrolled.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Conservation Jan 27th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Senate Conservation
Transcript Highlights:
- We can get into the merits of the bill again. I'm sure there'll be some questions about that.
- As many of you know, the purpose of a sunset was to collect the necessary data to evaluate the program
- You do not have the data you need to properly evaluate the program.
- a court case is if a judge stepped in and said there's a substantial likelihood of success on the merits
Keywords:
SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, SB46, organic waste, solid waste, waste diversion, composting, compost feedstock, waste characterization study
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 22nd, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If my colleague could stick to the merits of this and not impugn the integrity of the brave men and women
- Please stay with the merits of this bill. Mr. Berman. Absolutely. I found it to be... Thank you.
- Office, but the Riverside sheriff himself wanted to engage in a political escapade that he knew had no merits
- Under AB 1584, the Office of Civil Rights would be tasked with developing a civil rights evaluation tool
Summary:
The Assembly convened, initially lacked a quorum, then completed the roll call and prayer, adopted routine procedural motions, and moved through the daily file with many bills passed and retained or passed outright. Early measures included AB 2417 on community college faculty retirement information, AB 1579 expanding the Children’s Crisis Pilot Program, AB 2041 on emergency medical services reporting, AB 1547 on a UC medical school feasibility study in Kern County, and AB 1552 directing higher education segments to report on civic engagement and democracy education. The body also took up SB 73, an urgency elections-security bill, where supporters argued it would protect ballots, voting systems, and election workers from interference, while opponents said it could be unconstitutional, partisan, and overly restrictive of local and federal investigations. SB 73 passed with urgency and immediate transmittal to the Senate.
The Assembly then approved a long series of policy bills, many with unanimous or near-unanimous votes, including AB 1554 on California Earthquake Authority transparency, AB 1584 on civil rights duties at the Air Resources Board, AB 1592 on the California Indian Cultural Center, AB 1629 on direct payment to dentists, AB 1645 on prison visitation physical-contact rules, AB 1688 on foster care notice and accountability, AB 1699 on prescribed and cultural burns, AB 1738 on virtual final inspections for single-family homes, AB 1741 on charging sexual battery during a residential break-in as a wobbler, AB 1802 on mitigation lands endowments, AB 1813 on community renewable energy program changes, AB 1899 creating a youth homelessness prevention office, AB 1904 on a credentialing apprenticeship program, AB 1941 on organized metal theft, AB 2043 on drone-attack prevention for mass gatherings and critical infrastructure, AB 2054 on paid family leave for military relatives, AB 2081 on home-based Medi-Cal care, AB 2116 on predatory lending, AB 2122 limiting bench warrants for vehicle-code infractions, AB 2176 on student housing coordination, AB 2187 on tribal public-contract exemptions, AB 2221 on charitable fundraising processing deadlines, AB 2232 on advance parole hearing reporting, AB 2235 on confidentiality of judges’ home addresses, AB 2250 on cannabis/hemp enforcement cleanup, and AB 2266 on electricity. Most measures were described as support or bipartisan bills and passed with little or no opposition.
A few bills drew notable debate or recorded opposition, including AB 1813, AB 2122, and SB 73, though all ultimately passed. After finishing 35 items, the Assembly announced it would return the following week with a much larger file, noted upcoming floor amendment deadlines, and adjourned until Tuesday, May 26 at 1 p.m. A post-adjournment vote change was also recorded, changing Assembly Member Dixon’s vote on AB 2041 from aye to no.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- , should it pass, would be its merits, should it pass, would be ineffective. ineffective. ineffective
- But regardless of its merits, it is simply not going to be effective.
- And if you stop there, I think that has some merit.
- things, it's a lot easier to evaluate things, it's a lot easier to evaluate those<01:11:26.159><
- external economic analyst to evaluate external economic analyst to evaluate the<01:33:46.560>
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/24/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- I’m requesting that we adhere to the merits of the bill.” “Thank you.
- Is somebody from the SAU going to come down and evaluate these people?
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They're down and evaluate these people? - They're down and evaluate these people?
- In fact, who's going to evaluate the principal? applicants. You look and you review applicants.