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TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Press Conference: Gun Violence Apr 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- who is a parent who's led a lot of us across the state, started by leading local dyslexia parent groups
- Um, and she's gone from leading her neighborhood group to running for school board in Spring Branch ISD
- My friend who's here today, she serves more students in her groups than she's supposed to, but there
- We've got, um, How many other groups are, um, Sabrina is with, um, Archi Texas.
- I'm sorry, and T Case is here and there's so many groups that are supporting the effort and thank you
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee Feb 5th, 2025
Veterans and Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- In Alabama, we have several civilian heavy DOD and service... ...agencies and groups.
- For our commission, we have a broad group of stakeholders from many different organizations, including
- The intent here is that there is federal law that prevents certain predatory practices for private groups
- serviced for free by your state Veterans Affairs and Federal Veterans Affairs, as well as private groups
- want to mention here that we worked... ...mention Paul here that we worked with the Military Advisory Group
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on Budget May 4th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Conference Committee on Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- I think it's very concerning to take that chance, knowing what group this serves.
- I also like, I guess it's better, the part about creating a work group and studying the enhancements
- If we look at that last paragraph, here we're mandating now the convening of a group of stakeholders.
- There's no one else advocating for those children outside of the group of people that are appropriating
- , Questioning this because they believe that the money, this port group does more work on one side of
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty Nine - Tuesday, April 28
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We had, I think, an assistant commissioner from DESE there, and we had a couple other groups who have
- And I think what we were able to do... ...groups who have an interest in this as well.
- We have school groups that come in. We have... ...at the Capitol.
- We have school groups that come in. We have groups that come in and talk to us in our offices.
- We have school groups that come in. We have groups that come in and talk to us in our offices.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the 58th day by roll call vote, 123-1. Members also introduced a number of special guests, including physicians, sheriffs, students, interns, and a police chief, before moving to third reading and perfection of bills.
House Bill 1758, dealing with permanent daylight saving time in Missouri, was debated at length. Supporters said it would end the twice-yearly clock changes and argued it could benefit children, productivity, and quality of life. Opponents warned it would create darker morning commutes, safety concerns, and health issues tied to circadian rhythms. The bill passed third reading by a vote of 107-31 with two present.
The chamber then perfected and printed House Bill 3329, which repeals expired or unused tax credits, and House Bill 3405, which clarifies that SALT/pass-through entity provisions are deductions rather than tax credits for Department of Revenue processing. Both bills were described as cleanup and efficiency measures, with supporters emphasizing accountability and reduced manual work at DOR; both moved forward without opposition in committee and were approved on the floor.
Finally, House Bill 2426, a parental rights bill, drew extensive debate and an amendment. The bill would elevate parents’ rights in education, medical, privacy, and related decisions to a fundamental-rights standard and add provisions on school records, recordings, evaluations, and certain health-care decisions. Critics argued it was overly broad, could interfere with school operations and existing protections, and might create problems in areas such as IEPs, truancy, and medical consent; supporters said it simply codified and strengthened parental authority. House Amendment 1, focused on IEP procedures and requiring parental consent for major changes, was adopted 98-25 with six present, and debate on the underlying bill continued.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- have worked with all the stakeholders, both cabinets, AOC, Kentucky Hospital Association, several groups
- came into session, myself and Representative Kevin Bratcher were tasked with uh chairing a working group
- uh to solve this solution, to get group uh to solve this solution, to get a<00:19:52.160>
plan <00:27:23.520>of essentially concentrate a group of essentially concentrate a group of extremely - Uh, number one, I was on part of that working group that Senator Carroll talked about, and I thank him
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and took up Senate Bill 125, sponsored by Sen. Danny Carroll, which would create a structure for evaluating and placing juveniles with acute mental illness, including a continuum of care and a process for resolving placement disputes between the Justice Cabinet and Juvenile Justice Cabinet through a judge. The committee adopted a committee substitute before hearing the bill. Carroll described several changes in the substitute, including removing language that would have made juvenile information nonconfidential in certain lawsuits, requiring public escape information to be removed once a juvenile is returned to custody, clarifying escape charges for juveniles absent without leave, and revising language about when hospitals may discharge high-acuity youth until a new facility is built.
Carroll and Justice Cabinet officials Mona Wamik and Dr. Clark Lester argued that Kentucky needs a secure high-acuity mental health facility for violent juveniles because detention centers are not equipped to provide psychiatric treatment, private hospitals often refuse these youth, and current staff cannot administer the level of care needed, including intramuscular medication. They also said the bill would support two new female detention centers to help return DJJ to a regional detention model. Carroll cited prior juvenile detention crises, ongoing lawsuits, and a Department of Justice investigation, saying the bill could affect whether Kentucky faces a consent decree. Wamik said the proposed high-acuity facility would serve youth clinically assessed as needing secure treatment and would be designed to balance security with clinical care.
Senators asked about how the bill would apply to a violent 14-year-old, whether the facility would simply isolate dangerous youth, what clinical care DJJ can currently provide, and staffing and cost estimates. Carroll said the bill would not change criminal accountability but would apply only if a youth were found to be severely mentally ill and need treatment placement. Dr. Lester said DJJ currently can provide only oral psychiatric medication and cannot administer intramuscular injections or the physical holds needed for acute psychiatric treatment. Cabinet staff said staffing would need to be higher than in a standard detention setting and estimated annual operating costs for the high-acuity facility at about $12 million, compared with about $8 million for a regular juvenile detention facility. No vote on final passage was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- last year, we had nearly 200 runaways, missing persons that we managed that came specifically from group
- times we don't treat runaways the same and we know there's a lot of runaways from foster care homes group
- Employee groups were very worried about their ability to receive a pension.
- Employee groups were very worried about their ability to receive a pension.
- Assaulting a victim of one of these protected groups automatically results in an aggravated assault,
Bills:
SB1046, SB1317, SB1376, SB1416, SB1448, SB1471, SB1493, SB1498, SB1502, SB1504, SB1538, SB1544, SB1550, SB1579, SB1581, SB1584, SB1624, SB1673
Keywords:
telecommunications, broadband, internet infrastructure, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, foreign adversary, China, Chinese equipment, supply chain security, network equipment, microchips, Arizona Corporation Commission, telecommunications provider, communications infrastructure, Huawei, ZTE, state-owned enterprise, sanctions, infrastructure security
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- than this one group? than this one group?
- at the legislative comparison group at the legislative comparison group average<01:35:03.720>
- in an average of their comparable group. in an average of their comparable group.
- 35 agencies in that comparison group. 35 agencies in that comparison group.
- that comparison [clears throat] group. that comparison [clears throat] group.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- She said with other groups, they are fortunate to have groups like Dover Youth, but there is not always
- She said with other groups, they are fortunate to have groups like Dover Youth, but there is not always
- She said with other groups, they are fortunate to have groups like Dover Youth, but there is not always
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all group and it it was a working group all group and it it was a working group
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR/AEN Joint Info Briefing - Mon Nov 24, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So there's also groups like the plant animal board.
- You know, that strategic framework—are we thinking in that group setting with DNR and DOT?
- So, we do have to start raising the salary that we offer to this young group in order to attract them
- Thank you for also being in the group. Really appreciate it. >> Yes. Mahalo. >> Thank you.
- <02:12:56.880>
Really also being in the group. Really also being in the group.
Summary:
The joint informational briefing from the House Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment focused on the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity’s update on Hawaii’s biosecurity framework, especially implementation of Act 231 (2024) and Act 236 (2025). Chairs Corey Chun and Mike Gabbard opened the meeting by framing the briefing as an update on investments to fight invasive species and improve statewide evaluation and coordination. Department leaders Sharon Her and Richard Kim described historic legislative and executive investments that have allowed the department to rebuild and modernize biosecurity infrastructure to better prevent, detect, control, and eradicate invasive species.
The presentation emphasized the importance of biosecurity to Hawaii’s agriculture, economy, environment, and public well-being, citing threats such as rapid ohia death, little fire ant, coconut rhinoceros beetle, brown tree snake, and red imported fire ant. Staff explained the state’s layered approach—pre-border, border, and post-border—and compared it to New Zealand’s model, stressing that Hawaii must act as a “net, not a wall” and that prevention before entry is far more cost-effective than response after establishment. They also outlined agency roles across the system, including agriculture, natural resources, health, transportation, enforcement, and university partners, and noted that Act 231 strengthened authority over high-risk imports, offshore treatment, compliance agreements, and pest management plans, while Act 236 renamed the department and clarified statewide biosecurity coordination.
Jonathan Ho then walked through specific program areas and progress. He said pre-border risk analysis is being supported by Act 231 funding and a university contract, while offshore compliance and treatment efforts have improved substantially, including Christmas tree inspections from Oregon and Washington and airline declaration systems that provide advance passenger information. For border work, he highlighted inspections, surveillance, detector dogs, and port monitoring. For post-border response and readiness, he discussed the invasive pest hotline and dashboard, trace-forward/trace-back and diagnostics, preparedness for future threats, and the need to build stronger internal capacity. He also described a developing transitional facilities program authorized by Act 236, modeled on New Zealand’s certified facilities system, and said the department has already begun outreach to industry groups such as the Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association. No votes or formal actions were taken; the meeting was informational only.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/19/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- You're talking about a very, very complex group of people that we're trying to help.
- You heard literally from every advocacy group in our hearing, New Futures, the Department, the CBCC group
- You're talking about a very, very complex group of people that we're trying to help.
- You heard literally from every advocacy group in our hearing, New Futures, the Department, the CBCC group
- all were opposed to this bill so group all were opposed to this bill so uh<01:19:26.040>
and <
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a group that will be presenting an update on the State Office Building renovation update, so
- We are in every corner of the state, every cultural group, and every demographic group.
- Those Minnesotans make up the second-largest population group in our state.
- Those Minnesotans make up the second-largest population group in our state.
- Those Minnesotans make up the second-largest population group in our state.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HED/EDN Joint Info Briefing - Wed Jan 29, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I was able to present to several other teacher groups.
- experimenting with it and now that group experimenting with it and now that group is<00:28:40.159
- program so we're piloting with a group program so we're piloting with a group of<00:48:55.680>
- Um, but that group we put together, the Digital Literacy Ambassadors Group, so these are all students
- Um, but that group we put together, the Digital Literacy Ambassadors Group, so these are all students
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The Education Policy Committee approved the minutes from January 21, 2025, and then heard testimony from several school superintendents about the financial and operational impact of recent education-related mandates. Chair Bennett framed the hearing as an opportunity to hear from districts about the effects of more than 65 new mandates and restrictions adopted in recent years. The first witnesses were Corey McIntyre of Anoka-Hennepin, Michael Thomas of Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, and David Law of Minnetonka Public Schools.
The superintendents said districts are facing rising costs, flat or declining enrollment, the end of federal pandemic aid, and mandates they described as unfunded or underfunded. McIntyre cited major budget cuts in Anoka-Hennepin, including reductions in central office staff, and said the district faces continuing shortfalls tied to special education, multilingual learner costs, unemployment claims, paid leave, transportation, literacy materials, and the K-3 discipline statute. Thomas said Prior Lake-Savage is balancing growing student needs against limited revenue, and argued that mandates such as REACT and other requirements should be delayed or better funded so districts can implement them with fidelity. Law said the concerns are statewide, not just metro-based, and criticized the accumulation of expectations around food service, mental health, sick and safe time, unemployment, and family leave without corresponding resources.
Several witnesses emphasized that school budgets are heavily committed to staff costs and that new obligations create administrative burdens as well as direct expenses. They urged lawmakers to reduce, delay, or better fund mandates, adjust timelines, and provide more flexibility in local revenue tools and equalization aid. No votes were taken on legislation during this portion of the meeting beyond approval of the prior day’s minutes.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/04/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, we also have another group in this state, Lake Winnipesaukee Association, and Lake Winnipesaukee
- um uh a a lot of other interested groups um uh a a lot of other interested groups within<01:37:11.119
- >
Carroll <04:47:07.200>County Conservation Group in Carroll County Conservation Group - That's a big group. It includes Wisconsin. It includes New Hampshire. It includes everything.
- is lumped together in the SPF South group, and those values are lower as a result of that.
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 163FN, dealing with requiring current, verifiable evidence of a species’ presence before land-use restrictions are imposed for habitat protection. Members discussed an amendment that had been worked on with agencies and stakeholder groups. Fish and Game testified that, while the amendment improved the bill, the agency still opposed it because of concerns about citizen science, how the proposal would apply to public versus private property, and how the transition to DES would work. Representative Darby argued the amendment was ambiguous, lacked a full hearing, and did not clearly address record verification or private-property access issues. The amendment passed 8-7, and the committee then voted OTPA 8-7, with a minority report noted.
The committee then moved to HB 1752FN, which would create a chain of custody for timber and carbon credits. Representative Davis presented an amendment saying it would help law enforcement investigate timber theft and add transparency to New Hampshire’s carbon registry by identifying buyers of carbon credits. Supporters said the change would impose little burden and align with practices in other states. Opponents, including Representative Darby, Representative Vale, and the state forester from DNCR, said the carbon market is complex, the amendment was not fully vetted, and a hearing with all stakeholders was needed; they also raised fiscal-note concerns. The amendment passed 8-7, and the committee then voted OTPA 8-7, again with a minority report.
Finally, the committee opened a hearing on HB 1019, which would add an active water treatment professional to the state water well board. Representative Peter Petrino and Representative Wendy Thomas said the board should include expertise on contamination risks and treatment technologies, citing concerns about arsenic, radon, and PFAS in private wells. The chairman of the Water Well Board testified in opposition to the bill as drafted, saying the board supports the general idea of licensing water filtration work but does not currently have authority or rules to oversee that field and believes the proposal would put “the cart before the horse.” Members questioned whether the board’s current mandate even covers filtration systems, and the discussion ended with those concerns unresolved.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Chris Alexander, Louisiana Citizens Advocacy Group. We'll put that into the record.
- bill, we do have one card in opposition present and would like to speak: Louisiana Citizens Advocacy Group
- In opposition, present and would like to speak: Louisiana Citizens Advocacy Group, Chris Alexander.
- Chris Alexander, Louisiana Citizens Advocacy Group.
Summary:
The House Civil Law Committee met on May 11, 2026, with a quorum present and heard several bills and resolutions. It reported favorably without objection Senate Bill 466, which bars foreign adversaries from using expropriation authority in Louisiana and creates a narrow expropriation category for very large aerospace/LED projects of at least 20,000 contiguous acres with no residential structures. The committee also reported favorably House Bill 986, requiring child support payments from persons convicted of vehicular homicide for the benefit of a child who lost a parent.
The committee then considered two constitutional amendments by Senator Morris. Senate Bill 123 would allow judges to be removed for cause by a majority vote of the legislature and certification by the governor; it was amended to change the ballot language to refer to removal for malfeasance, gross misconduct, or incompetence, and was reported favorably after a roll-call vote of 5 yeas and 1 nay, with Representative Carter voting no. Senate Bill 97 would require prosecutorial consent for a defendant to waive a jury trial, except in capital cases; after adopting Amendment Set 5277 to clarify the capital-case exception, the committee heard opposition from Chris Alexander of the Louisiana Citizens Advocacy Group and then reported the measure favorably by a 5-1 vote, again with Representative Carter voting no.
The committee also heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 35, which urges the Louisiana State Law Institute to study remote online notarization for authentic acts. Testimony in support came from the Louisiana Bankers Association, which argued the study is needed because of declining notary availability, especially in rural areas, and noted similar practices in other civil law jurisdictions. SCR 35 was reported favorably without objection. Finally, House Bill 1098, by Chairman McFarland, was reported favorably without objection; it provides a limited liability framework for FAA-licensed aerospace flight entities operating in Louisiana. House Bill 375 was voluntarily deferred, and the meeting adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 30th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 2023 was brought to me by a group of incredibly enterprising high schoolers.
- Consumers and advocacy groups. The core team included a specialist in plain language.
- Whereas each of the recognized groups shares different backgrounds and distinct national realities, but
- each group members willingly, bravely, and with full knowledge of the risks entailed, served with valor
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- President and members, I'd like to also introduce you to a fantastic group of individuals.
- > a like to also introduce you to a like to also introduce you to a fantastic<00:01:47.680>
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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- clarification on page 3 of your bill under section 2, starting with line 6, which says students from groups
- Chairman, Senator, that would be groups that are socioeconomically disadvantaged, low income, race, religion
- So in addition to the groups that Senator Pope mentioned, I believe that rural communities that don't
- Students from universities would also be included in that group.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
JLCAR Administrative Rules (04/17/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- group host applications. group host applications.
- <00:21:49.200>
net <00:21:49.440>metering group net metering group net metering and<00: - <00:30:08.799>
host Section 8 of the RSA about group host Section 8 of the RSA about group - That is an executive service group.
- governor's uh constituent services group governor's uh constituent services group and<01:54:15.760
Summary:
The committee opened with housekeeping items, approved the minutes and consent agenda, and reminded the public that JLCAR’s role is limited to determining whether agency rules are within statutory authority, not to decide policy. Testimony was to be limited, and members noted that policy concerns should be addressed through the legislature rather than the committee process.
The first major item was Public Utilities Commission rule 25-215 concerning natural gas suppliers. Staff said the proposal had been postponed because the PUC appeared to lack authority to impose fines and penalties in this rule set, especially suspending or revoking registrations, and recommended either a conditional approval removing those provisions or a preliminary objection for lack of statutory authority. PUC counsel responded that the cited authority had been incorrect, that the Department of Energy now has most registration rulemaking authority, but argued the commission still has jurisdiction over mediation and dispute resolution and may still have authority over fines because natural gas suppliers are not expressly excluded from public-utility status. Committee members discussed the split between PUC and DOE authority and the possibility that the transition in authority had not been fully cleaned up in statute.
The committee then voted to grant a waiver of the time limit and postpone the item for another month so the agencies could work with counsel and clarify which parts of the rule could proceed. Members also urged that any needed legislative fix be brought forward quickly, noting that the Senate was not taking up non-germane amendments and suggesting the House as the likely venue for a cleanup bill.
The committee next took up Department of Energy EN900 and EN1000 rules. Staff said the EN900 net-metering rules had been postponed previously and that the main remaining issue was a retroactive requirement in EN909.03(b), which the agency agreed to revise so the language would apply only on or after the 2026 effective date of the chapter. The agency described the EN900 rules as implementing net metering authority transferred from the PUC and expanding the chapter to cover municipal group net metering and low- and moderate-income community solar projects. The EN1000 interconnection rules were described as implementing 2024 legislation requiring uniform procedures for distributed energy resources. The department said both sets of rules were developed through extensive stakeholder input and asked for approval subject to the oral amendment already discussed."}】【。json
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We've all seen the groups in our community, groups of eight or more masked, unidentified, armed, oftentimes
- We've all seen the groups in our community, groups of eight or more masked, unidentified, armed, oftentimes
- We've all seen the groups in our community, groups of eight or more masked, unidentified, armed, oftentimes
- That is not a normally sized group.
- That is not a normally sized<01:25:01.120>
group. sized group. sized group.