Video & Transcript Research : 'Texas Government Code Chapter 418'
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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And some would say, why would we give the federal government this power? We aren't.
- Louis or Laredo, Texas, or anywhere else carries as much weight as my vote or your vote.
- , telling the federal government of which we have no real influence over.
- Texas did exactly what we did in this Capitol in the opposite.
- What makes you think that the federal government is going to do fair standards?
Keywords:
alcohol consumption, Senate rules, legislative conduct, ethics, New Mexico Senate, redistricting, gerrymandering, election integrity, Congress, voter rights, political polarization, Nancy Lopez, Roswell bypass, US Highway 285, U.S. Highway 285, Highway 285 bypass, road naming, highway naming, memorial, transportation department
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Press Conference: All Texans Deserve Representation Apr 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a sad day in Texas when we can't say the same thing about our governor.
- Representative, uh, Yolanda Jones for putting this together because right now there are over 800,000 Texas
- The Texas election code states that it is the intent of the legislature that the application of the Texas
- election code and the conduct of elections be uniform and consistent throughout the state.
- Special election on December 11, 2018 for the Texas State Senate after the resignation of Sylvia Garcia
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a member of the Good Government Caucus. I'm a former Waikiki Neighborhood Board member.
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Keywords:
condominium governance, education trust fund, unit owners, real estate, dispute resolution, financial obligations, community representation, pharmacy benefit managers, maximum allowable cost, transparency, drug pricing, insurance commissioner, contracting pharmacies, healthcare, substance use disorder, SUD, addiction treatment, behavioral health, mental health, rehabilitation
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 2433 SD1 relating to condominiums, which would direct the condominium education trust fund toward educational resources for unit owners and require the Real Estate Commission to ensure owners’ interests are represented in funded activities and related rulemaking. Supporters, including the Hawaii Real Estate Commission and a condominium owner advocate, said owners need a seat at the table in condo governance and education efforts. Committee discussion focused on whether the bill was necessary, with the Real Estate Commission indicating it could already use the trust fund for owner education and that owners are already considered stakeholders, though not through a specific commission seat. No vote was taken during the excerpted discussion.
The committee then took up SB 2047 SD2 HD1 on pharmacy benefit managers, which would set requirements for maximum allowable cost reimbursement, allow reverse-and-rebill claims after successful appeals, and authorize fines for violations. The Insurance Division offered comments, the Hawaii Pharmacists Association supported the measure with amendments and suggested future PBM reform funding, and Kaiser Permanente requested a technical amendment. A committee question raised whether the staffing and resource request for implementation was too large for a bill focused only on MAC pricing, and the witness said he would provide more data to the next committee. No final action was shown.
Next was SB 2425 SD2 HD1 on health insurance and substance use disorder treatment, requiring insurers to honor written assignments of benefits to SUD providers and prohibiting anti-assignment clauses. Supporters described patients being unable to access treatment because of high out-of-pocket costs and said direct payment would reduce harm for people in recovery. HMSA opposed the bill but said it would begin direct payments to non-participating SUD facilities effective March 27, while continuing to object to the assignment-of-benefits portion because of fraud and balance-billing concerns; the Hawaii Association of Health Plans also opposed. Members questioned HMSA about reimbursement mechanics and why the bill was needed if coverage policies were already changing.
Finally, the committee heard SB 3045 SD1 HD1, which would require coverage of continuous glucose monitors and related supplies, including for Medicaid managed care, under certain conditions. DHS and the Insurance Division offered comments, while SHPDA, Hilo Benioff Medical Center Foundation, and others supported the bill, citing inconsistent access and a case in which a woman allegedly died after being denied a CGM. HMSA said it already covers medically necessary CGMs and had updated its policy in 2025 for type 1 and insulin-dependent patients, but it raised concerns about expanding mandated coverage to type 2 and gestational diabetes and about supply impacts. The committee also discussed whether the bill duplicated existing coverage standards and why it had been introduced repeatedly. No votes or final dispositions were included in the excerpt.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- adds that a board of supervisors may sell real property held by the state by tax deed to a local government
- This is a practical tool to help local governments turn underused properties into long-term affordable
- We don't want local government...
- And a lot of these are programmable from the government digital currencies, where they might be able
- Government digital currencies where they might be able to turn on and off your spending, or you don't
Bills:
SB1206, SB1254, SB1290, SB1421, SB1432, SB1515, SB1563, SB1641, SB1649, SB1670, SB1671, SB1747
Keywords:
storm damage, catastrophic storm, hail damage, wind damage, roof repair, roof replacement, post-storm repairs, insurance claim, property and casualty insurance, adjuster, public adjuster, contractor licensing, homeowner protections, deductible waiver, insurance fraud prevention, storm chaser, residential construction contract, workers' compensation, joint check, claim solicitation
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 12th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- In some bond elections, Texas voters reject bond propositions placed on a ballot by their local governments
- I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
- Finance Officers Association of Texas.
- Those are all under the local government code 271.05612 and 3.
- And, you know, you hear it all the time that Texas is not a one size fits all.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a Texas issue.
- , and then also water conservation codes.
- , Texas Hydrogen Alliance, Mr.
- Uh, the Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance is a Texas-based, Texas-led advocacy organization, obviously
- Additionally, the North Central Texas Council of Governments has received a $70 million grant to fund
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We contract with two incubators, one out of University of Texas and the other out of Texas A&M University
- They're all in East Texas. They're all in East Texas. There's a lot.
- So, Texas, we're military state USA, right?
- The Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance is a Texas-based, Texas-led advocacy organization. of advancing
- Additionally, the North Central Texas Council of Governments has received a $70 million grant to fund
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, June 11, 2026 - PM
Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I understand it's all coded and divvied out. My question is, who did the codes?
- And section three um government.
- government for school use. government for school use.
- government is in control? government is in control?
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Limiting zoning authority of local governments over housing types 3/3/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, reducing minimum government subsidy.
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representatives and local government representatives and local government representatives - Local government is not an obstacle to democracy.
- Local government is not an obstacle to democracy.
- change and and cities and government change and and cities and government changed<01:25:34.320><
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- jurisdiction reforms have significantly influenced the patterns of growth throughout the state of Texas
- The way Texas is growing from Harrison, Montgomery County over to Bayer County up I-35 and I-45 to the
- So we would just like to build a, um, foster interlocal cooperation between local governments to come
- OK, go ahead, Trevor Stokes, Texas State Association of Firefighters.
- Districts that can be created in the water code.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And for the record, my name is Kirk Watson, and I'm the mayor of Austin, Texas, and I'm also by statute
- Madam Chair, members, House Bill 135 seeks to clarify the tax code in relation to tax exemptions for
- supports land conservation, hunting tourism, and the Texas economy.
- supports land conservation, hunting tourism, and the Texas economy.
- It does benefit ranchers, landowners, and hunters in Texas, and I want to thank the committee.
Bills:
HB135
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard Senate Bill 2345, as a committee substitute, which would reform the Austin Firefighter Retirement Fund. Senator Schwertner explained that the bill is based on an agreed voluntary funding soundness restoration plan between the City of Austin and the fund, and would create a new reduced benefit tier for firefighters hired on or after January 1, 2026, adjust COLAs for current retirees, establish an actuarially determined funding model to address legacy liabilities and 2024 asset losses over 30 years, and add new board seats. Mayor Kirk Watson, city finance staff, the fund executive director, trustees, and retired firefighters all testified in support, describing the measure as an agreed-to, fiscally responsible compromise that protects benefits, supports recruitment, and reduces risk to taxpayers. The committee adopted the committee substitute, but left SB 2345 pending.
The committee also heard House Bill 135, which clarifies tax treatment for exotic game or exotic livestock operations by defining them within agricultural exemptions and stating that sales of exotic livestock are not subject to sales and use taxes. Senator Flores described it as a clarification to provide consistency and fairness, and a witness for the Exotic Wildlife Association said it would resolve a Comptroller-related tax issue and benefit ranchers, landowners, and hunters. The committee closed public testimony and reported HB 135 favorably to the full Senate, with a motion to place it on the local and uncontested calendar.
Senate Bill 771, by Senator Hinojosa, was also heard and later reported favorably. The bill would allow diesel fuel used in auxiliary power units or power takeoff units to qualify for the same fuel tax credit or refund already available for gasoline, correcting an inadvertent exclusion from the 2003 motor fuel tax rewrite. A witness supported the bill as a matter of tax equity. The committee then considered House Bill 1109, the House companion to SB 935, which exempts counties from certain motor fuel taxes on fuel used in county vehicles; Senator Hall explained it as simply exempting government agencies from paying the tax on their own vehicles. HB 1109 was reported favorably to the full Senate. The committee adjourned after completing its business.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 5th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas Texas' music office, Travel Texas, the Texas Workforce Investment Council, and the new Texas..
- Texas-Mexico office and the new state of Texas-Taiwan office, which I will speak about in a moment.
- trade with Taiwan, and assist Texas communities and Taiwan businesses in doing business in Texas.
- And in the State of the State, he talked about building a stronger Texas, the Texas of tomorrow.
- It's not in the insurance code. In Texas, there's...
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the Director of Government Relations for Texas Values, and I'm testifying in favor of Senate Bill
- The number one role of government is public safety, which is why Texas must pass SB8.
- I tell them Texas is great; it's just the people governing it and those who. ...them who are despicable
- Texas.
- Section 245.021 of the Texas Health and Safety Code states that the definition of abortion does not include
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivers State of the State address 4/28/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're living through government by mean tweets.
- The proposals I made tonight represent the beginning of our last chapter working together.
- I'm hopeful this chapter will be as productive as the previous seven.
- Then he realized it is very difficult to get home on Greyhound from South Texas.
- Then he realized it is very difficult to get home on Greyhound from South Texas.
Summary:
This was Governor Tim Walz’s final State of the State address to the Minnesota Legislature. He opened by recognizing legislative leaders, constitutional officers, tribal leaders, the judiciary, and members of his administration, then asked for a moment of silence for the Hortman family and spoke at length about recent tragedies, including the Annunciation Church shooting, political violence, the COVID-19 pandemic, and what he described as the impacts of federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. He framed the address around resilience, unity, and the state’s response to grief and disruption.
Walz reviewed major accomplishments from his time in office, emphasizing investments in education, child care, free school meals, housing, infrastructure, climate initiatives, paid family leave, voting access, and worker protections. He also highlighted tax cuts, rebate checks, Social Security tax relief, medical debt protections, and efforts to lower costs for families. Looking ahead, he proposed expanding the dependent care tax credit, cutting the statewide sales tax for the first time, adding housing and first-time homebuyer support, and providing aid to businesses and households affected by Operation Metro Surge.
A major portion of the speech focused on public safety and fraud prevention. Walz said he wanted lawmakers to reestablish the binary trigger ban, pass additional gun violence measures including bans on weapons of war and high-capacity magazines, and strengthen safe storage and insurance requirements for firearms. He also urged passage of his anti-fraud package, which would increase penalties, create a centralized fraud prevention office, and restructure human services administration to improve oversight and program integrity. He closed by urging lawmakers to act on these proposals during his remaining months in office and said the next governor would inherit a fiscally strong state.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 3/11/26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- >> I oppose say nay motion carries and Israel has found. 37. 27 is referred to Texas.
- In chapters you'll find in chapters one 96 1.97, one. 98.
- I am the government affairs liaison for the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, and thank you,
- For the record, John Kelly, Director of Government Affairs for MTV.
- Thank you, chair and members of for the record, John Kelly, director of government affairs for MTV.
Keywords:
veterans property tax, homestead exclusion, disabled veteran, totally and permanently disabled, service-connected disability, property tax relief, market value exclusion, surviving spouse, family caregiver, county veterans service officer, Minnesota property tax, assessment year 2027, homestead tax benefit, veterans tax exemption, DD214, VA disability rating, veterans, veterans affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, grant standards
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Judiciary Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- These are agencies that are part of the Florida government.
- But it doesn't mean that we say, okay, government, it.
- state government, and our federal government to get every community up and running and get our roads
- state government, and our federal government to get every community up and running and get our roads
- And certainly the local government could do it. It's a layer of government.
Summary:
The committee first took up SB 1272 on guardianship, which would limit a guardian’s ability to isolate an adult ward from family and require notice to family or other named persons about major events such as a ward’s death or medical relocation. Senator Jones said the bill was intended to curb abuse by bad actors while not affecting good-faith guardians. Fortuna Smuggler and Phyllis Smith spoke in support, describing the need for family notification and closure. The bill passed unanimously, 8-0, and was reported favorably.
The committee then considered CS/SB 1284 on wrongful death for an unborn child. Senator Graal explained that the bill would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow parents to recover economic and non-economic damages for the death of an unborn child. An amendment was adopted to define “unborn child” as a member of the species Homo sapiens carried in the womb and to state that the act does not authorize a wrongful death action against the mother or a health care provider acting within the applicable standard of care. The amendment drew questions about abortion, medical emergencies, and whether fathers could sue; the sponsor said the bill was not intended to create claims against mothers or lawful medical care. Public testimony was sharply divided, with supporters arguing it gives families parity and accountability, and opponents warning it could be used to target abortion care, increase malpractice pressure, and worsen physician shortages. The committee approved the bill as amended by a 6-4 vote.
Finally, the committee heard a strike-all amendment to SB 1288 on parental rights. The amendment would strengthen parental consent requirements for minors’ medical care, with exceptions for emergencies, court orders, certain legal categories of minors, and other existing statutory exceptions. It also would require parental consent for treatment related to STD screening, give parents more control over school or health surveys, and address use of biofeedback devices. Supporters said the measure restores parents’ authority and protects children from inappropriate questioning or treatment, while opponents argued it could block needed care for minors in unsafe homes, reduce access to STI treatment and mental health services, and create unintended consequences. The amendment was adopted, and the committee continued hearing testimony on the bill.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/26/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not the way the government was set up to run. We deserve better in this chamber, all of us.
- Yet, you cited Texas.
- Yet, you cited Texas.
- WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SENATOR, WE HAVE NOT SEEN NUMBERS LIKE THAT FOR TEXAS.
- And we couldn't find a way to cover $441 million for local governments?
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and then moved through a series of budget-related and ceremonial items. The chamber accepted Rules and Finance Committee reports and took up several budget extender and budget implementation bills, including the main appropriations extender and later a transportation, economic development, and environmental conservation budget bill. Senators questioned the sponsor extensively about the status of the remaining budget bills, the use of messages of necessity, and the absence of joint budget conference committees. The extender bill passed 59-2, and later budget-related measures were advanced after reconsideration and amendment.
A major portion of the session focused on the environmental and energy provisions in the budget bill, especially changes to the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Senators debated extending emissions targets, the role of cap-and-invest, utility affordability, ratepayer impacts, and the structure of a proposed blue-ribbon commission. Supporters said the changes were needed to give the state more time to implement the law and to protect affordability, while opponents argued the bill was a political delay that would not lower energy costs and relied too heavily on subsidies and future planning. The bill also drew questions about electric vehicle rebates, thermostat control programs, emergency diesel generation for Micron, and how imported electricity and out-of-state emissions would be treated.
The Senate also adopted several previously adopted resolutions honoring the 50th anniversary of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, India Independence Day, the New York State Veterans Hall of Fame, and the 50th anniversary of Interfaith Works of Central New York. Senators spoke in support of each resolution, highlighting the contributions of Black legislators, Indian-American communities, veterans, and refugee and interfaith service organizations. The Veterans Hall of Fame ceremony was specifically noted as a chamber event, and guests were recognized from the floor and gallery.
In addition, the Senate restored recalled bills to the third reading calendar through reconsideration votes and amendments, including a highway law bill and another recalled bill, and then stood at ease for scheduled conferences and a Veterans Hall of Fame ceremony before resuming session. The transcript ended with discussion of a separate bill affecting automobile insurance serious-injury standards, with questions about what claims would remain available and whether the change would improve affordability.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/09/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
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- facility um relies on the NAKES code. facility um relies on the NAKES code.
- In each chapter, the first chapter is about impacts on communities and land use.
- The second<05:55:18.480>
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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Will this bill allow our students of Florida to be successful because they may not have Texas certain
- Our government deciding for us that is harmful.
- I trust our teachers to decide student curriculum without government interference.
- But the Hays code band Queer People for Mean Project did in any type of media.
- We are living in a time when public trust in our government is fragile.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Sep 22nd, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We had a nice invitation from your county government. We said, well, we're here.
- Code and typically deployed overseas, we're federalized.
- I have Title 10 folks right now that are deployed—three in the southern border in Texas.
- overreach—federal government overreach.
- President, I think it's because it's in the employment code.