Video & Transcript Research : 'force'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Resident tuition rates 3/12/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I really reject that idea that people should have to be forced to carry pregnancies so that we can
  • And I really reject that idea that people should have to be forced to carry pregnancies so that we can
  • And I really reject that idea that people should have to be forced to carry pregnancies so that we can
  • I don't think we can tie people to Minnesota and force them to stay here, but if there is something creative
  • I don't think we can tie people to Minnesota and force them to stay here, but if there is something creative
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Transit operation consolidation 3/11/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • establish an implementation plan, as well as some provisions within the section setting out a task force
  • setting<00:09:04.600> out<00:09:04.839> a<00:09:04.960> task<00:09:05.480> force
  • <00:09:06.320> that section setting out a task force that section setting out a task force
  • I suppose it is possible for the task force to present a preliminary draft consolidation plan by February
  • advocacy organizations, transit riders, or community organizations designated as appointees to the task force
Keywords: 1183, house
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:25 pm

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I can provide you the specific statute, but it is part of the tolling statutes that is already in force
  • If it's between the ages of 13 to 18, you also have some type of other conduct, and the example is force
  • In fact, the 1993 rewrite of the Children's Code was conducted by a Children's Code task force created
  • You were literally like a one-person task force.
  • You created the task force, you managed the task force, and you did the very, very best you can.
Bills: SB41, SB153, SB165, SB261, SB264
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-02-04 - 3:30PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, be released from U.S. custody, that all U.S. military forces
  • c> military from US custody and that all US military from US custody and that all US military forces
  • That all<00:04:41.199> US<00:04:41.520> military<00:04:42.000> forces<00:04:42.400
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Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House convened, suspended its rules to introduce 18 bills by number only, and referred the bills to the appropriate committees. House Bill 647, relating to the Vermont Sister State Program and carrying an appropriation, was referred to Appropriations under House Rule 35A. The chamber also read several resolutions: HR13, concerning support for the people of Palestine and Israel and the end of apartheid, was treated as a bill and referred to Government Operations and Military Affairs; JR88, condemning a U.S. military incursion in Venezuela and calling for withdrawal of U.S. forces, was likewise referred to Government Operations and Military Affairs; and JRS37, supporting gender equality in Nordic combined Olympic competition, was referred to Commerce and Economic Development. JRS39, a weekend adjournment resolution, was adopted in concurrence. On the action calendar, the House passed H541, relating to interference with voters and election officials. It then took up H5, which expands Vermont’s existing hearsay exception for child victims from age 12 and under to age 15 in specified abuse and sexual assault proceedings, with judicial safeguards and a July 1, 2026 effective date. The Judiciary Committee reported the bill favorably 10-1, and the House adopted the committee amendment and ordered third reading. The House also considered H626, a major Judiciary Committee bill on voyeurism, non-consensual disclosure of explicit images, and sexual extortion. Committee members described the bill as updating criminal and civil remedies for image-based abuse, creating a separate sextortion offense, extending criminal statutes of limitation, and clarifying civil recovery for trauma-related harm. During floor debate, members questioned the distinction between the voyeurism and disclosure provisions and the meaning of “reasonable expectation of privacy”; the committee responded with examples and statutory explanations, including that voyeurism covers unlawful recording while the disclosure offense covers later dissemination of images. The bill remained under consideration as the discussion continued.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 20th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Did this body do anything to force local governments to move debt obligation votes from May to November
  • almost certainly harm small business owners, entrepreneurs, and brick-and-mortar stores, which will force
  • This is a practice of forced bundling of home and auto insurance.
  • Senate Bill 213 establishes that forced bundling restricts competition in the insurance business, and
  • Any Republican who votes for this thing would be voting to force the tax-paying men and women of the
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Minnesota House passes SF2298, the housing finance bill 4/29/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a simple amendment and Representative Cleorne and I both were on the aging task force, and this
  • She and Representative Cleorne were both on the aging task force, and this amendment simply is a voice
  • That was one of the things they heard loud and clear on the task force: seniors felt that they often
  • were forgotten when there were task force issues that affected them.
  • Representative Zeleznikar continues that seniors felt forgotten when task force issues affected them.
Keywords: 1183, house
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 22nd, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • During this period, there were ad hoc roundups of Jews for forced labor.
  • able to return to their apartment, but Jack's father was sent to do construction work at Tanga, a forced
  • We will remember the cattle cars, the forced labor, the hideous medical experiments, the starvation,
  • them out like forcing themselves to have smaller calendars.
  • I start, by the way, I served on the RTD task force. I spent a year studying this stuff.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Air Force, I also hold a license in three states, two of which do have a tracking method for continuing
  • the state level, and I believe the benefits would mirror those I have experienced throughout the Air Force
  • you from experience we've had in our office, what we have seen working with our boarding home task force
  • Lizzie is forced to choose between her lifelong dream and life itself.
  • No one should ever be forced to take any medical treatment against their will for their jobs, for their
Summary: The committee first took up several pending bills and reported them favorably: SB 968, SB 636 as substituted, SB 1137, and SB 1138 as substituted. Each was advanced by roll call vote, and the committee also recommended the approved bills for the local and uncontested calendar. The chair then moved to the posted agenda and heard SB 719, a mental health bed-capacity study bill by Senator Eckhart, with a committee substitute that refined the data collection to distinguish state and non-state beds, child and adult beds, include two point-in-time counts, and capture jail diversion data. Testimony on SB 719 was largely supportive from Integral Care, NAMI Texas, and the Children’s Hospital Association of Texas, all of whom said Texas needs better data on inpatient psychiatric capacity, workforce needs, and future demand. Several witnesses described long waits for beds, especially for forensic restoration, and argued the study would help target future investments. Senator Perry and others noted the state has already made major investments in new beds and urged the bill to account for beds already coming online; the committee ultimately withdrew the substitute and left SB 719 pending after public testimony closed. The committee then heard SB 1864, which would allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs more broadly, including to restaurants and retailers, with the substitute increasing the weekly sales threshold and addressing sanitation and labeling. Supporters said grading is about size, not safety, and that the bill would help small farms reach new markets; opponents from the Texas Poultry Federation argued grading and candling help identify cracks and defects that can affect safety and quality. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. It also heard SB 1467, requiring DSHS to share death record information with hospitals for record accuracy and quality review, and SB 912, which would modernize continuing education tracking for health licensing agencies; both bills drew supportive testimony and were left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2023, which would create an HHSC grant program to help counties pay for indigent burial costs, with county representatives testifying in support.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • the table going to really bring them to the table other<00:47:33.559> than<00:47:34.200> force
  • him to have some other than force him to have some accountability<00:47:37.640> to<00:47:37.760
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first took up SB 19, which would require a daily moment of silence or reflection in Kentucky public schools and clarify that students may use the time as they choose without coercion or religious direction. The sponsor and supporters, including representatives of the Kentucky Jewish Council, argued the bill is nonsectarian, intended to promote calm and focus, and supported by research and prior bipartisan backing. Opponents from the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass said they supported the anti-coercion language but objected to making the moment of silence mandatory rather than permissive, citing concerns about the statute’s interaction with the Lord’s Prayer language already in law. After discussion, the committee voted to pass SB 19 unanimously with favorable expression. The committee then considered SB 83, which revises the KEES scholarship program so homeschool and non-certified school students can receive awards using an ACT-to-GPA conversion and be treated more comparably to public school students. The sponsor described the bill as a recurring measure and walked through how the award amounts would be calculated under the substitute. There was no opposition raised during the hearing, and the committee adopted the substitute and passed SB 83 unanimously with favorable expression. Finally, the committee heard Senate Joint Resolution 55, directing Kentucky public postsecondary institutions to combat anti-Semitism. The resolution would require campuses to adopt policies using the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, notify students of Title VI and state-law complaint rights, recognize Jewish organizations as community resources on the same basis as other religious organizations, take action against student groups supporting designated terrorist organizations, and collect and report campus anti-Semitism data. The presenters and supporters described a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents on campuses after October 7 and said schools have not responded adequately. The committee adopted the substitute and began hearing testimony on the resolution, but the transcript cuts off before any final vote on SJR 55.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Wed Feb 19, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • She said there are a lot of issues, like the failure to repair units while owners are forced to pay $115,000
  • would provide better consumer protections were not scheduled by committee chairs from CPC and CPN.’” forced
  • to pay forced to pay $115,000<00:20:05.799> in<00:20:06.080> fees<00:20:07.000> and
  • Currently, we are being forced to outsource about 23% of our production staff to outside the U.S. because
  • /c><00:27:24.559> Outsource<00:27:25.159> about<00:27:25.360> 23% have being forced
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with HB 117 on condominiums. Testifiers were split: reserve-study professionals and the Community Associations Institute opposed tying reserve requirements to assessed value, arguing reserve studies should be based on actual components and costs and that the bill could lead to over- or under-collection. Condominium owners and advocates supported the bill, saying some associations are not completing reserve studies or are failing to provide audits and adequate funding, and urging stronger fiduciary accountability. A member later asked about compliance rates, and a witness said he was not aware of any association that had failed to do a reserve study, estimating compliance at well over 95 percent, likely close to 100 percent. The committee then took testimony on HB 544 on pet insurance, which drew support from the Attorney General’s office and the Insurance Division with comments about contract-impairment issues, as well as support from the North American Pet Health Insurance Association and the Hawaiian Humane Society. Testifiers said the bill would help consumers understand and use pet insurance as veterinary costs rise. HB 983 on certified public accountants also drew mostly support, with the Hawaii Society of CPAs and the Hawaii Association of Public Accountants offering conditional support and proposed amendments. Public accountants said the bill could help address a shortage of CPAs and expand pathways into the profession, while some speakers cautioned that the language needed clarification and that public accounting experience should be tied to CPA-firm work. An instructor from UH West Oahu said students cannot afford the extra credits currently required and would benefit from a more accessible pathway. The committee also heard HB 1050 on Title 24, with DCCA supporting the measure and no opposition or questions. The discussion then moved to HB 256 HD1 on environmental protection and incinerator emissions. The Department of Health offered comments, while Energy Justice Network and Climate Protectors Hawaii supported strengthening the bill, warning that it could weaken existing standards at H-Power unless amended to preserve stricter state rules and require modern pollution controls. A member questioned the Department of Health about H-Power’s permits and whether additional controls would be required if federal rules change; the department said permits are reviewed every five years and that the facility currently meets state and federal requirements, while EPA rules remain in a public comment process. Finally, the committee heard HB 1051 HD1 on energy efficiency portfolio standards, with support from the Consumer Advocate, State Energy Office, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Hawaii Energy. The committee then heard HB 350 HD1 on energy, where the State Energy Office supported the bill, Solar Ray Corporation offered conditional comments urging any new mandated water-heating technology to meet the same efficiency level as existing solar thermal systems, and the Kauai Climate Action Coalition testified in support. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-01-28 (4:30PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • that involves a death penalty where death sentence is imposed is direct appeal to the state, to the force
  • The Colombian government sent the equivalent of Air Force One to come pick them up.
  • The Colombian government sent the equivalent of Air Force One to come pick them up and said, “We are
  • It does allow for task force programs to be used and to deputize officers in the field.
  • Some by choice, some by force. Immigrants, nonetheless, we need serious immigration reform.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, and adoption of the special order calendar for the day. The chamber then took up House Bill 1B on immigration, along with discussion of anticipated Senate changes. The sponsor described the bill as creating a chief immigration officer housed in the Department of Agriculture, establishing an Office of State Immigration Enforcement, expanding cooperation with federal immigration authorities, increasing criminal penalties for certain offenses by unauthorized aliens, ending undocumented-student fee waivers, and providing substantial appropriations for enforcement and related programs. Members also questioned the Senate version’s proposed mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses involving unauthorized aliens, as well as pretrial detention, 287(g) participation, DMV reporting requirements, and the bill’s effects on schools, teachers, social workers, and local agencies. The sponsor and supporting members repeatedly said the bill required broad cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and that existing federal law would control where conflicts arose. A major portion of the debate focused on whether the bill would allow or require immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive settings, and whether teachers, school resource officers, and social workers could be placed in conflict with federal privacy or professional obligations. Members also raised concerns about detention based on suspected status, the standard of proof for immigration-status determinations, prison and jail impacts, workforce shortages, and the fiscal effects on counties and state agencies. The sponsor said the bill did not provide DMV funding, that the state would need to study some implementation questions, and that the appropriations included $25 million for a local law enforcement participation incentive program and up to $350 million for broader implementation and coordination. Several amendments were offered and failed. Representative Chambliss proposed protecting schools, churches, and places of worship from enforcement activity; Representative Escamani offered amendments to preserve in-state tuition for Dreamers and to grandfather currently eligible students; Representative Woodson offered a similar Dreamer-related amendment; and Representative Bartleman proposed barring local law enforcement from entering schools during school hours to detain children solely for immigration status. Supporters of these amendments argued they would protect children, preserve educational access, and prevent trauma in schools and houses of worship. The House rejected each amendment by voice vote, and the transcript ends during debate on the Bartleman school-safety amendment before final disposition is shown.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jun 8th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • importance, and the impact of this resolution than Brigadier General Ruth Wong, United States Air Force
  • My own return from the Persian Gulf War, serving as an Air Force flight nurse and commander of an aeromedical
Keywords: 987, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

October 7, 2025 - 01:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • attorney's offices, multiple code enforcement agencies, FDLE, HSI ICE, FBI Human Trafficking Task Force
  • , the Southwest Florida Intercept Task Force and the DEA as a result and he way opened 73 regulatory
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Apr 3rd, 2025

Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • It simply gives the Maes Indians a police force. All right, motion in a second.
  • Because it was really surprising and shocking, I think, to a lot of the task force members, so I wanted
Bills: SB241, HB304, HB295, HB361
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

April 1, 2025 - 04:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • why, because these are the worst of the worst, the most vile of the vile, a person that would use force
  • A person that would use force to traffic a child under the age of 12, where they are repeatedly raped
Summary: The committee heard three member bills. CS/HB 1095 would create a criminal offender substance abuse pilot program in Hillsborough County for probationers ordered to abstain from drugs and alcohol, with frequent testing, immediate arrest for violations, and a cap of 150 participants. An amendment removed the fiscal impact by eliminating an appropriation and directing any appropriated funds to the administering entity; the amendment and bill both passed, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. CS/HB 1455 would establish mandatory minimum sentences for repeat sexual offenders or predators who commit specified sexual offenses, including 10-year and 20-year minimums depending on the offense, with no gain time or discretionary early release. The only public testimony was in support from the Smart Justice Alliance. The committee approved the bill 11-1 and reported it favorably. CS/HB 1283 would make the sex trafficking of a child under 12 or a mentally incapacitated person a capital felony punishable by death or life imprisonment. Members questioned the fiscal impact, housing on death row, and how the death penalty process would work; the sponsor said the bill was aimed at the worst offenders and that current law already provides mandatory life for trafficking a child under 12. Public testimony included opposition from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and support from the Smart Justice Alliance. After debate focused on constitutionality and the death penalty, the committee passed the bill 10-3 and reported it favorably.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Sunset Advisory Commission Jan 15th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • charities, and community organizations with principal purposes other than political activity from being forced
  • Communities with principal purposes other than political activity from being forced to follow the same
Summary: The Sunset Advisory Commission met for its final meeting of the biennium, established a quorum, approved the December 11, 2024 minutes, and then voted on recommendations for several agencies reviewed earlier in the cycle. It adopted all recommendations for the Angelina and Nettus River Authority, the Lower Nettus Valley Authority, and the Trinity River Authority of Texas, with no modifications offered for those agencies. The Commission then considered the Texas Ethics Commission. Members adopted staff recommendations with modifications, including changes to lobby compensation thresholds and rounding of inflation adjustments. The Commission also adopted a series of new recommendations addressing TEC customer service staffing, late-filing penalties, post-election reporting penalties, waiver of penalties when notice cannot be shown, review of the “substantial compliance” standard, review of the “principal purpose” definition, more prominent public posting of delinquent penalties, and clearer training and guidance on filing and lobby-registration requirements. The Commission also adopted two previously omitted Texas Department of Criminal Justice recommendations, 6.5 and 6.6. By recorded vote, the Commission unanimously forwarded all recommendations adopted during the biennium to the 89th Legislature, with nine ayes. Sunset staff then reported on implementation of 2023 Sunset recommendations, saying the State Auditor found 89% of selected management actions fully implemented and Sunset staff found 68% of statutory and related changes fully implemented, with the remainder mostly in progress. The Commission also noted receipt of a January 6 evaluation of the Texas Lottery Commission, including a study of potential regulation of lottery ticket courier companies, but no further action was taken on that item. The meeting concluded with closing remarks and a motion to recess subject to the call of the Chair.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

07/08/2026 - Legislative Council

Legislative Council

Transcript Highlights:
  • We had a saying in the military, at least in the Air Force, you wouldn't say, 'Sir,' before and after
  • So the title and text of this act makes very clear that armed forces members, their children, aren’t.
  • Jim Barton: The title and text of this act make very clear that armed forces members and their children
  • Armed Forces or was killed in the line of duty, as well as wards of the state, students on tribal lands
  • Armed Forces or was killed in the line of duty, as well as wards of the state, students on tribal lands
Summary: The committee met to review and adopt Legislative Council ballot measure analyses, with members repeatedly reminded that the hearing was limited to the accuracy, clarity, and impartiality of the summaries and not the merits of the underlying proposals. Steve Premack explained the statutory role of the analyses in the publicity pamphlet, and staff presented draft language for several measures. The committee considered and voted on multiple amendments, often debating whether proposed wording was clearer or instead crossed into advocacy or added unnecessary legal detail. For SCR 1004, members debated amendments to more closely mirror the measure’s text and to add language about electric vehicles and mileage, but several proposed changes were rejected. The analysis was ultimately adopted by an 8-6 roll call. HCR 2021 was then adopted without amendment by the same 8-6 margin. For HCR 2055, members debated whether the summary should say the Department of Homeland Security must “do everything” or “use all lawful means available,” and whether to add language about cartels acting “individually or collectively”; both amendments were rejected and the analysis was adopted 8-6. The committee next took up SCR 1004 on photo enforcement systems, where members proposed amendments to clarify that the measure would apply to red light cameras, to add “thereafter” regarding recurring voter approval, and to specify that approval would occur at the general election; those amendments failed, and the analysis was adopted 8-6. On SCR 1032, dealing with instructional expenses and classroom site fund reductions, members debated adding a definition of the Classroom Site Fund and spelling out the waiver process in more detail; both amendments failed, and the analysis was adopted 8-6. Finally, on HCR 2001 regarding citizenship identification and early voting, members rejected amendments that would have added background on current law, clarified that mail voting would be affected, added severability and revenue-source language, and struck the measure’s short title; the discussion was lengthy and at times contentious, but the transcript ends before a final roll-call vote on that measure is shown.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence May 19th, 2026

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • She was forced to The house that she owned that she got from my grandparents, she was forced to get rid
  • Any life insurance she had, she was forced to get rid of that.
  • at a certain level that the assisted living or these other groups can provide, then you're almost forced
  • I'm the National Vet Force Director in Tucker. My name is Kimberly Teke-Moyers.
  • I'm the National Vet Force Director and Texas Vice President for Veterans for Americaverse.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Local government zoning authority 3/23/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • As well as we put less of a time tax on people in terms of how much time we force them to spend in their
  • places that are closer to places that people work, go to school, and play. terms of how much time we force
  • them to terms of how much time we force them to spend<00:09:52.080> in<00:09:52.160> their
  • This stems from the 2018 task force on housing, and since that time, our housing shortage has doubled
  • This stems from the 2018 task force on housing, and since that time, our housing shortage has doubled
Keywords: 1183, house
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Education. (3-19-26)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We hear from our job force all the time, we want students that can work with a community of workers,
  • We hear from our job force<00:43:07.840> all<00:43:08.120> the<00:43:08.280> time,
  • c><00:43:08.600> we<00:43:08.760> want<00:43:09.000> students force all the time
  • , we want students force all the time, we want students that<00:43:09.400> can<00:43:09.600>
  • c><00:53:52.160> who<00:53:52.440> aren't forcing high income people who aren't forcing
Keywords: 958, all