Video & Transcript Research : 'Texas Utilities Code'

Page 200 of 500
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 9, February 19, 2026-AM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would encourage you to remember the code of the West. Live each day with courage, folks.
  • the code of the west. the code of the west.
  • <01:44:20.960> Thank<01:44:21.119> you, election code violations.
  • Thank you, election code violations. Thank you, sir. sir. sir.
  • <01:45:25.199> and 116 surface water drainage utilities and 116 surface water drainage utilities
Keywords: 916, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have three Maui doctors working in Texas, two commandment schools graduates, and one Maui High
  • <00:12:25.959> two<00:12:26.240> commandment<00:12:26.720> schools working in Texas
  • two commandment schools working in Texas two commandment schools graduates<00:12:27.600> and<
  • Burns School of Medicine to support programs that utilize a team of medical specialists to support primary
  • a team of Medical that utilize a team of Medical Specialists<00:19:27.679> to<00:19:27.880>
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Higher Education met on February 6 and began with decision-making items. SB 663, concerning additional positions for the University of Hawaiʻi College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, was deferred again after the chair said the university’s response did not include the requested details on vacant positions, recruitment status, and fill dates. The chair said the committee needed the full information before considering new positions, and the university apologized for treating the request as informal rather than a formal committee inquiry. The committee then discussed SB 672, relating to capital improvement projects for the Y. Manalo Research Station. University representatives said the project had been identified late because of timing and that they were still developing a broader plan for SEAR research facilities. The chair questioned how the project fit within the university’s existing Board of Regents-approved CIP priorities and whether any current priorities should be displaced. The university said it could not unilaterally reprioritize the budget, and the measure was deferred pending better direction on how it fits into the overall plan. For SB 557, which would require the John A. Burns School of Medicine to direct a study on physician and dentist recruitment and retention for Maui, the committee heard strong testimony in support from Maui health care providers and community representatives. Supporters described severe shortages of physicians and dentists, long waits for care, and the need for housing, loan repayment, scholarships, transportation, and telehealth support to retain providers. The university said it was willing to help and suggested the work could be done through existing rural health and AHEC efforts. The bill was kept alive for further work, with the chair encouraging the parties to develop a plan. The committee also heard SB 1107, establishing a medical education position at JABSOM to support ECHO-style mentorship and guidance programs. The university opposed the bill, saying it did not believe the measure addressed a problem that needed fixing and that Hawaiʻi already has five ECHO clinics administered through the Hawaiʻi State Rural Health Association, not JABSOM. The committee then took up SB 1204, concerning integration of the Kakaʻako medical school and cancer center. University leadership asked for time to develop a plan and timeline, possibly with an external consultant, and requested the bill be withdrawn. The chair expressed skepticism, citing long-standing concerns about the cancer center’s finances and planning. Testimony included support from the American Cancer Society and a patient who warned that integration could jeopardize the cancer center’s NCI designation and clinical trials, while a university vice president said the NIH P30 grant does not require the cancer center and medical school to remain separate and that many NCI centers are integrated. No final votes were taken on the measures discussed in the excerpt.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (02/12/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • ,<00:35:33.119> Florida, other states such as Texas, Florida, other states such as Texas,
  • Even as the state continues to ignore court decision after court decision, your zip code should not be
  • after court decision, your zip code after court decision, your zip code should<01:31:02.960>
  • policy that increases utility costs. policy that increases utility costs.
  • <05:19:59.360> costs, which would indeed lower utility costs, which would indeed lower utility
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 11th, 2026 at 11:30 am

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And unanimous consent to allow for a relaxed dress code to allow jeans for our guests, not our members
  • There's been a request for a relaxed dress code only for our guests who are joining us today in the chamber
  • and whereas since his first solo art expedition at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas
  • case of in-home daycares, there's not usually traffic situations because normally the people who utilize
  • ... rising insurance, if you can get it, rising utilities and groceries.
Keywords: 996, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • This month, a humanoid robot was seen running through the streets of Austin, Texas.
  • And I use ethical and not moral because we have professional codes of ethics as a whole society.
  • to be a guide to collect and monitor data on anti-Semitism, not, in his words, to be an enforceable code
  • meant to be a guide to collect and monitor data on anti-Semitism, not, in his words, an enforceable code
  • In fact, last year in Texas, a federal judge ruled that Students for Justice in Palestine were likely
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law. On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The gentleman from Texas is recognized. The gentleman from Texas is recognized.
  • gentle from Texas is recognized. gentle from Texas is recognized.
  • gentle from Texas is recognized. gentle from Texas is recognized.
  • saying I was from Texas. Um, Mr. saying I was from Texas. Um, Mr.
  • gentle from Texas is recognized. gentle from Texas is recognized.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 29th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have implemented similar reforms, and the results are clear.
  • Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have implemented similar reforms, and the results are clear.
  • Texas followed last year, and Alabama signed similar legislation just this month.
  • Florida and Texas have both seen enrollment records this past year, and these reforms are not driving
  • We're utilizing whatever structure we already have in place, and funds are already allocated for that
Summary: The House Education Committee met on April 29, 2026, with a quorum present and heard several higher education and K-12 bills. SB 234 by Sen. Presley, which would provide grading for medical school students, was briefly discussed and reported favorably without objection. SB 142 by Sen. Reese, dealing with continued management and oversight of Board of Regents support fund matched endowments if a related constitutional amendment passes, drew questions about endowment matching, oversight, and the roughly $75 million in unmatched requests; it was also reported favorably without objection. SB 482 by Sen. Reese, expanding the role of career coaches in middle and high school graduation planning and reporting on career development fund spending, received support from BESE and others, with committee members discussing counselor workload and district flexibility; it was reported favorably without objection. The committee then took up SB 64 by Sen. Hodges, which would require two people to review initial video/audio recordings from cameras in self-contained classrooms when complaints arise, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. HB 1063 by Rep. Owen, a broad higher education governance bill that would increase board oversight of curriculum, hiring, faculty senates, and discipline, generated extensive discussion and testimony from Rep. Owen and a representative of Parents Defending Education Action, but the author said he did not want to vote on it yet and moved to voluntarily defer it; the committee agreed without objection. HB 818 by Rep. Riser, as amended, was converted into a reporting bill requiring public inventories and state reporting on assessments, with Cynthia Posey of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers explaining the amendments; the committee adopted the amendments and reported the bill favorably with one opposition card noted. Finally, SB 28 by Sen. McMath, carried by Rep. Carver, would lower the age for associate teachers from 25 to 21 to help address the teacher shortage; Department of Education staff said the change could expand the pipeline, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee also announced it would meet the following week on Wednesday, May 6, and then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/13/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fire codes don't stop every fire.
  • He said the use of it continues to increase as law enforcement and family members utilize this tool,
  • Um it is uh uh it<01:41:29.520> is<01:41:29.840> utilized<01:41:30.239> in<01:41
  • in um in a variety of it is utilized in um in a variety of circumstances.<01:41:33.600> Uh<01
  • And each of those cases is coded on approximately 200 different pieces of information.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Education Finance - 01/21/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • of contracted services and utilization of contracted services and special<01:15:52.159> education
  • Part of our team again in the special education funding area utilizes the information that we get for
  • <01:21:07.600> the education funding area utilizes the education funding area utilizes the
  • There's a number of edits built in, both total cost based on each personnel type code, so position type
  • uh so position type along with type code uh so position type along with rates<01:24:48.119> of
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Education Finance Committee met on January 21 with a quorum present for the first meeting of the 2025 biennium. The co-chairs described the temporary power-sharing arrangement in the tied Senate, introduced committee staff and pages, and had members briefly introduce themselves and share what subject they would teach. After the introductions, the committee moved to a presentation from State Demographer Susan Brower. Brower reviewed Minnesota’s school-age population trends and projections, noting that the state had just under 1 million children ages 5 to 17 in 2023 and that, for the first time, the older adult population exceeded the school-age population. She said the school-age population is concentrated in the Twin Cities metro and other regional centers, and projected an overall decline of about 5% over the next 15 to 20 years, driven mainly by declining birth rates and long-running net outmigration of young adults. She also explained that growth is expected in some areas, especially along the I-94 corridor north of the metro, while northern regions are projected to see the largest declines. She clarified for members that her figures measure resident children, not school enrollment, and that boundary changes are not reflected in the district-level data. The presentation also covered demographic change among students. Brower said about 35% of Minnesota children ages 5 to 17 are children of color, with growing multiracial populations and increasing linguistic diversity. She reported that about 20% of school-age children have at least one foreign-born parent, and about 18% of enrolled students speak a language other than English at home, with Spanish, Somali, and Hmong the largest home languages. She also discussed child poverty, saying Minnesota’s rate is just under 10%, below the national rate of about 15%, and that poverty is concentrated in Minneapolis-St. Paul, some first-ring suburbs, and parts of northern Minnesota, including districts with larger Native populations. Members asked questions about whether the projections accounted for migration and whether open enrollment affected the figures; Brower said the data reflect where children live, not where they attend school, and that the projections are based on recent migration and birth patterns, with future changes more likely to come from international immigration than from domestic migration.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 02/10/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans

Transcript Highlights:
  • We took 21 guys down to Central Texas on a hog hunt in October, and the camaraderie and the togetherness
  • Lake County, per building permit codes, we needed to have an inspection on our septic.
  • 00:23:11.600> building<00:23:12.039> permit<00:23:12.760> uh<00:23:12.919> codes
  • County uh per building permit uh codes County uh per building permit uh codes we<00:23:13.400>
  • Our 100% volunteer staff utilizes our funds in a very fiscally responsible way, where we stretch that
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 9, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the three heavy industries: mining, construction, and utilities.
  • And ultimately, you know, that will show up in electric utility rates.
  • have more natural gas reserves than Texas.
  • ,<01:31:40.480> we compare those reserves with Texas, we compare those reserves with Texas
  • have more natural gas reserves in Texas. have more natural gas reserves in Texas.
Keywords: 916, all
MO
Transcript Highlights:
  • table when recruiting jobs and investment, but when we're competing against states like Tennessee and Texas
  • The issue at hand here is competitiveness, and competitiveness starts with our tax code.
  • This plan is about aligning our tax code with today's economy, and not yesterday's.
  • Missouri's tax code was built for the past 100 years.
  • the freedom to choose the public school that best meets their child's needs, regardless of their zip code
Keywords: 959, house, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • And two, how is Kentucky's tax code reflect, if at all, the change of the federal code?
  • And two, how is Kentucky's tax code reflect, if at all, the change of the federal code?
  • federal code? federal code?
  • General Assembly has been doing code General Assembly has been doing code updates updates updates
  • the code updates sometimes the code updates uh<01:21:23.120> exclude uh exclude uh exclude uh
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The meeting focused on reaching consensus on official Kentucky revenue estimates for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, using updated S&P Global economic forecasts compared with the September presentation. Staff explained that the updated forecast relied partly on alternative data because of the federal government shutdown, and they walked through changes in national and Kentucky economic assumptions across control, optimistic, and pessimistic scenarios. The control forecast was described as slightly more optimistic in the near term but more cautious in fiscal 2027 and 2028, with GDP growth revised up for the current year and down somewhat in the outer years. The pessimistic scenario now assumed a two-quarter recession beginning in the current quarter, while the optimistic scenario was given a higher probability weight than before. The presenters highlighted several Kentucky-relevant variables that changed since September, including weaker manufacturing employment, weaker housing starts, weaker consumer sentiment, and lower expected non-farm employment in fiscal 2026. At the same time, wage and salary disbursements were revised upward in fiscal 2027, reflecting higher disposable income from tax changes, and real consumer spending was expected to be stronger in the near term. They also discussed assumptions about tariffs, business profits, the Federal Reserve, unemployment, oil prices, retail sales, vehicle sales, exports, and consumer sentiment, noting that some indicators were little changed while others shifted materially. Consumer sentiment was attributed to affordability concerns, tariff impacts, and a general sense of malaise, but was expected to improve in later years from a low base. Members asked follow-up questions about why the forecast worsened in later years and about the consumer sentiment assumptions. Staff responded that the forecast assumed larger take-home pay and refunds from tax withholding changes, along with some easing of tariff effects, which they believed would help offset a negative wealth effect from stock market declines. They also noted that S&P Global’s December forecast, which had already been published, was essentially consistent with the presentation and that the firm believed its earlier assumptions had tracked recent data well. No vote or final action was recorded in the portion provided, but the discussion was aimed at settling the revenue estimates that will underpin the upcoming branch budget bills.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 31st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • by Senator Pressly is a joint resolution to amend Article 7 of the Constitution relative to water utility
  • service lines, to provide for the use of public funds to remove or replace drinking water utility service
  • It's an act to amend Title 13 and 32 in the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to driving while intoxicated
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 31st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • by Senator Pressly is a joint resolution to amend Article 7 of the Constitution relative to water utility
  • service lines, to provide for the use of public funds to remove or replace drinking water utility service
  • It's an act to amend Title 13 and 32 in the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to driving while intoxicated
Summary: The Senate met with 29 members present, heard a prayer and national anthem presentation, and approved the journal without objection. The chamber then received multiple messages from the House on conference committee reports and concurrence actions, and took up a long calendar of Senate resolutions and House/Senate bills returned from the House with amendments. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including commendations and requests for reports or studies, while others were left over or returned to the calendar. The Senate concurred in or adopted amendments on a series of bills covering registrar compensation (SB 25), broadband administration and reimbursement (SB 80), school safety master key boxes (SB 132), dental coverage for cancer treatment (SB 155), paid parental leave for educators (SB 157), election supervisor compensation days (SB 202), water utility service line replacement funding (SB 228), weight management services through the Office of Group Benefits (SB 250), medical debt protection (SB 414), Medicaid coverage of weight-loss medication (SB 443), and design-build authority for vertiport facilities (SB 513). It also adopted a House concurrent resolution urging backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge (HCR 32). One bill, SB 479 on removal of certain judges, had its amendments rejected and was sent to conference. The chamber then considered conference committee reports on several measures. Reports were adopted on SB 312 (labor organization dues and fees), SB 208 (veterans services and VA-related restrictions), SB 382 (workers’ compensation advisory council and reimbursement schedule timing), SB 389 (agent and athlete registration and fee review), and multiple House bills including HB 359 (party primary qualifying rules), HB 368 (New Orleans historic preservation lien procedures), HB 468 (wholesale residential real estate definitions), HB 552 (DWI-related responsive verdict language), HB 732 (motor vehicle fines/fees and hybrids), HB 870 and HB 1236 (pharmacy benefit manager and insurance provisions), and HB 1117 (prescription period issues). HB 210 on retroactivity was also adopted after debate. Several conference reports were temporarily passed over or returned to the calendar, including HB 953, and the Senate adjourned to reconvene the next morning for final work.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/14/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • Through that mechanism, he has reviewed trauma systems in Texas, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
  • and our fire codes.
  • This bill addresses the fire code.
  • So, we'd be addresses the fire code.
  • code compliance, stuff<01:37:06.239> like<01:37:06.400> that.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Mar 2nd, 2026

Fiscal Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • already processed through hospital labs and Medicaid billing systems, and Florida already has an ACA code
  • , billing code 8249, for a combined total and direct bilirubin test.
  • I proudly spent the last 26 years serving as a utility worker in the Tampa Bay area.
  • The utility... ...for our residents, they just cannot even purchase a home right now.
  • The utility bills are way too high.
Summary: The committee first took up CS for SB 42 on specific medical diagnosis and child protective investigations. A late-file strike-all amendment was adopted that made only stylistic changes to align with the House version. Supporters said the bill would help DCF and child protective teams better identify rare medical conditions and give parents a chance to defend against mistaken abuse findings. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1570, which restores a prior program to help locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination with sheriff’s offices and CARD centers, with nonrecurring funding included. Members then advanced several education, disability, and public services measures. CS for CSSB 182 created a teacher training and mentoring program for high-performing current and retired teachers to mentor teachers in D- and F-rated schools, and CS for CSSB 794 required background screening for employees in residential and day training programs for people with developmental disabilities while directing APD to study support coordination quality, workforce issues, and service gaps. Testimony on SB 794 strongly supported better training, lower caseloads, and more consistent support coordination. The committee also favorably reported CS for CS SB 1168 on background screenings, CS for CS SB 214 to allow rural special districts to pay verified invoices directly, CS for SB 1376 to create grants for genetic counseling education, and SB 1574 (Maddie’s Law) to add newborn screening for biliary atresia; the latter drew emotional support and testimony that early screening could save lives and reduce transplant costs. The committee heard and passed a number of other policy bills, including CS for CS for SB 1510, the DEP agency package, after environmental groups warned that one provision could delay basin management protections and allow more septic systems in impaired watersheds; the bill still passed favorably. Members also approved CS for CS for SB 598 on funeral and cemetery regulation, SB 688 to license naturopathic doctors, SB 1318 on scholarship account reversion rules, CS for CS for SB 682 on domestic violence injunctions and penalties, SB 130 on workforce training for current and former inmates, and SB 1548, the latest Live Local affordable housing update. Several bills were briefly postponed or taken up later in the meeting. In the latter portion of the meeting, the committee approved CS for C.S. for SB 536 on criminal gang membership criteria, CS for C.S. SB 762 on assigning conflict capital cases across regional counsel offices, SB 1332 on career offender registration requirements, CS for CS for SB 1742 creating a new offense for indecent exposure of sexual organs to a child, and CS for SB 1750 increasing penalties for serious sex offenses and child sexual abuse material crimes. The committee also debated CS for SB 1226 on Public Employee Relations Commission procedures and union certification rules, including a late-file amendment setting a 60% threshold and 25% quorum for recertification; the discussion focused heavily on constitutional concerns, union rights, and differences between first responders and other public employees. The transcript ends while that bill’s debate is still underway, with the committee having already taken numerous favorable votes throughout the meeting.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 11th, 2026 at 11:17 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Whereas, J.B. was born April 25, 2002, in Dallas, Texas, and moved to Santa Fe when he was six years
  • old. 2002 in Dallas, Texas, and moved to Santa Fe when he was six years old.
  • The school code, the public schools code, defines law enforcement in a different section. Mr.
  • Speaker, gentlemen, according to the Public Schools Code, these officers that you are describing are
  • And this is from the Public Schools Code, not from this bill, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:14 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • They are Texas, Nebraska, Florida, and Delaware.
  • This is all laid out by the code. I mean, not the code, I'm sorry, by their rules.
  • People are better to other states like Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona.
  • In fact, probably 15, 20 years ago, Texas changed to a percentage return.
  • Texas probably offers a game of that type.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Floor Session 3/13/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment to the amendment is coded A10.
  • amendment is coded amendment is coded A7<01:38:14.800> I<01:38:14.960> recognize<01
  • The amendment is coded A8.
  • engrossment the amendment is coded engrossment the amendment is coded A8<01:49:57.719> I<
  • overwhelmingly Texas Texas in the fiscal overwhelmingly Texas Texas in the fiscal year<02:19:24.880
Keywords: 1183, house