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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: Gun Violence Apr 14th, 2025 at 01:04 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- We could treat gun violence like the public health crisis that it is. But instead, what do we do?
- thank you for having me here today to speak about why these bills are the absolute antithesis of public
- And while I have served on the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, I want to address the issues
Keywords:
gun violence, legislation, public safety, firearm access, community advocacy, testimony, survivors
Summary:
The committee meeting was dominated by discussions surrounding gun violence legislation and the implications of proposed bills aimed at easing access to firearms. Numerous advocates and survivors of gun violence shared their emotional testimonies, expressing concerns about the safety of children and communities in the aftermath of tragic incidents. Notable speakers included representatives and community leaders who condemned the proposals that would allow younger individuals to obtain handguns and reduce restrictions on firearm carry in schools. The meeting concluded with a rallying call for lawmakers to prioritize public safety over the interests of gun lobbying groups.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Political Subdivisions Apr 10th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- If I could just ask Representative Motschenbacher, what does 'immediate publication' mean?
- Under subsection 2, a state agency may request immediate publication?
- And so this way it will go on our webpage so that even if the newspaper misses the publication, it'll
- Working with the Public Service Commission and Newspaper Association, thanks.
Bills:
SB2069
Committee:
House Political Subdivisions
Keywords:
legal notices, publication requirements, transparency, state agency, public access, 908, all
Summary:
The Political Subdivisions Committee met to reconsider Senate Bill 269, which concerns legal notices and newspaper publication requirements. Representative Motschenbacher explained that a prior version had a mistake in Section 2 and that the revised amendment, worked out with the Public Service Commission and the North Dakota Newspaper Association, would limit the change to state agencies rather than all governmental units because the broader version would have required thousands of affidavits and been too burdensome. The committee also discussed the meaning of “immediate publication,” with the newspaper association stating the intent was to post notices on the website as soon as a print notice is received, even before newspaper publication, so notices would still appear online if the print version was missed.
Members raised questions about whether posting notices online before print publication could affect statutory notice periods, such as 30-day notice requirements. The response given was that the clock would begin when the notice is published on the agency website. After discussion, the committee adopted the amendment 11-0, with two members absent and not voting.
The committee then approved Senate Bill 269 as amended and further amended on a 11-0 vote, again with two absent and not voting. Representative Motschenbacher agreed to carry the bill, though members noted it would likely go to a conference committee because of differences between the House and Senate versions. The chair thanked those who worked on the bill and adjourned the meeting.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Bills:
SB165
Committee:
House Ethics and Campaign Finance
Keywords:
candidates, economic interests, disclosure, ethics, transparency, public officials, 1136, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You get to hear the public in a better way.
- Uh, bills and hearing from witnesses, public testimony will be combined for Senate Bill 452-1489 and
- So we'll open up public testimony on Senate Bill 724.
- With no public testimony, uh, public testimony on Senate Bill 724 will close.
- OK, we'll close public testimony on Senate committee substitute for Senate Bill 1741.
Bills:
SB 37
Committee:
Senate Education K-16
TX
Committee:
Senate Education K-16
TX
Bills:
SB 26
Committee:
Senate Education
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Retirement and Government Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Employees Retirement System Hazardous Duty Retirement Plan.
- just to read to you some of their duties so that you understand that they are in that hazardous duty
- You have to agree that all of those Situations rate hazardous duty pay.
- Public employees. 283 million is the cost of that turnover rate.
- What this means is that we had some people that were teaching duty calls.
Bills:
SB134 , SB1356 , SB1407 , SB1611 , SB1639 , SB169 , SB1722 , SB182 , SB1870 , SB2039 , SB432 , SB609 , SB715 , SB716
Committee:
Senate Retirement and Government Resources
Keywords:
retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, state government, OMES, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Rehabilitation Services, civil service, human capital management, state employee disputes, whistleblower, veterans employment, veterans placement, fleet management, state fleet, motor vehicles
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources REVISED Feb 17th, 2026
Retirement and Government Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Employees Retirement System hazardous duty retirement plan.
- Hazardous duty retirement, and I want to take the opportunity just to read to you some of their duties
- so that you understand that they are in that hazardous duty space.
- They're definitely in that hazardous duty space.
- Duty calls, they went off to serve in some particular conflict.
Bills:
SB134 , SB1356 , SB1407 , SB1611 , SB1639 , SB169 , SB1722 , SB182 , SB1870 , SB2039 , SB432 , SB609 , SB715 , SB716
Committee:
Senate Retirement and Government Resources
Keywords:
retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, state government, OMES, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Rehabilitation Services, civil service, human capital management, state employee disputes, whistleblower, veterans employment, veterans placement, fleet management, state fleet, motor vehicles
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Retirement and Government Resources considered a series of retirement, pension, and state employee bills. Senate Bill 1870 would let small municipalities in OPERS with populations of 2,000 or less opt out for new employees; members questioned the fiscal impact and the bill passed 8-0 after the chair struck the title to get a clearer actuarial analysis. Senate Bill 1722 passed 9-0 and would require OMES construction contract fees to be based only on construction costs, not interior design and furnishings, with members discussing how to define those terms and whether historical or specialized projects could still be accommodated. Senate Bill 1639 passed 9-0 after an amendment removed provisions affecting the Indian Education Act commission, leaving a bill to repeal several dormant boards and commissions. The committee also passed Senate Bills 715 and 716, which would increase municipal contributions to firefighter and police pensions, respectively; members raised concerns about city budgets, and the sponsor said he was open to phasing in the increases. Senate Bill 182 passed 5-2 to add certain DHS Inspector General officers and OJA residential care specialists to hazardous duty retirement, and Senate Bill 609 passed 7-0 to allow police recruits to buy up to five years of prior out-of-state service credit as a recruitment tool.
The committee then passed Senate Bill 169 5-2 to increase state employee longevity pay by 50%, with supporters citing high turnover and opponents warning about budget pressure and the need for broader raises. Senate Bill 134 passed 7-0 to shorten the waiting period for county employees to return to work from one year to six months. Senate Bill 432 passed 6-0 to raise volunteer firefighter pension benefits, and because it was double-assigned it would next go to Appropriations. Senate Bill 1407 passed 7-0 after an amendment requiring OMES to provide the Commission on the Status of Women an itemized accounting of funds; the bill generally clarifies staffing and financial reporting authority for the commission. Finally, Senate Bill 2039 passed 8-0 after an amendment narrowing the bill to military personnel who are also teachers and defining salary for buyback purposes; the sponsor said the measure would help service members return to teaching and buy back up to five years of credit. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1356 7-0, a broader OMES cleanup bill moving certain functions elsewhere, though members flagged concerns about relocating the state use program and the pay-for-success fund and suggested further study on those sections.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a public ownership.
- ,</c><00:43:03.200><c> ADA</c> upgrades to the public, ADA upgrades to the public, ADA accessibility,
- </c> HF2344 for the city of Trant for public HF2344 for the city of Trant for public infrastructure<01
- The total estimated could jeopardize public health. could jeopardize public health.
- </c> since 2009 and we do not have any public since 2009 and we do not have any public transit<01:37:
Bills:
HF604 , HF1972 , HF578 , HF1951 , HF629 , HF864 , HF874 , HF1155 , HF884 , HF2365 , HF643 , HF234 , HF2655 , HF2637 , HF2535 , HF2530 , HF2344 , HF584 , HF524
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
airport funding, bonds, transportation, capital investment, Karlstad, community center, Breckenridge, state bonds, economic development, HF578, Faribault, River Bend Nature Center, bonding bill, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR grant, nature center, visitor center, environmental education, multicultural center
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 3rd, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I have a spend any public dollars.
- accounts and saves them the money of audit but it satisfies the examiner's public accounts.
- accounts and saves them the money of audit but it satisfies the examiner's public accounts.
- </c> the examiner's public accounts. the examiner's public accounts.
- And so I got with examiners of public accounts and the League of Municipalities.
Committee:
Senate County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, income tax, research expenditures, economic development, tax deductions, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Alabama tax law, sheriff, credit card, debit card, financial procedures, Jackson County, purchasing authority, HB17, Alabama Squat Truck Law, squat truck
TX
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, this bill relates to reporting of certain public school employees. ...is conducted to local
- and public institutions of higher education.
- Excused absences from public school for the purpose of attending a released time course.
- Members, this bill relates to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.
- Members, this bill restricts remote work by employees of public institutions of higher education.
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
educator misconduct, reporting requirements, local law enforcement, public and private schools, penalties for non-compliance, expressive activities, freedom of speech, public forum, higher education, protests, student rights, telework, public education, employee rights, emergency provisions, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance Week, antisemitism, genocide education, public schools
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 16th, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- If I recall, we had our public hearing last week. I don't know if everybody was here.
- House Bill 484 by Representative Shaw addresses the public blockchain creation of inclusion of certain
- The public blockchain is a shared data store out there in the world.
- It's just pretty much a different way of publishing the transactions out to the public.
Committee:
House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords:
firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And, uh, this deals with the public notice that our public notices that are published in newspapers and
- I appreciate the opportunity to speak in favor of this bill concerning the publication of public notices
- In Hemphill County to get a public notice out, is there? No, there isn't.
- Seeing none, we'll begin public testimony. Chair calls Jason Ryan.
- Safety and local public safety agency.
Bills:
HB 1951 , HB 2715 , HB 3092 , HB 3237 , HB 3278 , HB 3511 , HB 3592 , HB 3675 , HB 3778 , HB 3782 , HB 3826 , HB 3970 , HB 4016 , HB 4049 , HB 4341 , HB 4344 , HB 4406 , HB 4427
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This deals with the public notice. ..that are public notices that are published in newspapers.
- I appreciate the opportunity to speak in favor of this bill concerning the publication of public notices
- I have the Geothermal Energy Alliance and the public.
- Safety and local public safety agencies.
- For the public good, this would be a silo-busting approach.
Bills:
HB1951 , HB2715 , HB3092 , HB3237 , HB3278 , HB3511 , HB3592 , HB3675 , HB3778 , HB3782 , HB3826 , HB3970 , HB4016 , HB4049 , HB4341 , HB4344 , HB4406 , HB4427
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- As stated in the hearing notice, there will be a time limit of two minutes per witness during public
- field for public works contracts to build projects utilizing state funding or credit.
- The bill promotes competition in the awarding of public contracts, leading to a more competitive and
- These are local public projects funded with taxpayer dollars.
- Where's the public outcry? Everything you heard today is from one group.
Bills:
HB1951 , HB2715 , HB3092 , HB3237 , HB3278 , HB3511 , HB3592 , HB3675 , HB3778 , HB3782 , HB3826 , HB3970 , HB4016 , HB4049 , HB4341 , HB4344 , HB4406 , HB4427
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- chair lays out House bill 1368 by representative Jones relating to notification requirement if a public
- Thank you, Chairman Buckley, Vice Chair Bernal, and esteemed members of the Public Education Committee
- . 1368 is a vital piece of legislation that addresses a critical gap in communication between public
- Before you is a bill that truly truly supports parents' rights in public education.
- Unfortunately, that is too often not the case on Texas public school campuses.
Bills:
HB367 , HB497 , HB549 , HB983 , HB 1188 , HB 1290 , HB1368 , HB2243 , HB2310 , HB2849 , HB3099 , HB3546 , HB3629 , HB3627
Committee:
House Public Education
Keywords:
education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Standards for Texas public schools.
- In public, in every public classroom has access to high quality curriculum.
- It took public outcry to get additional teachers added. And here we are again.
- I was in Del Valle ISD. at two charter schools, KIPP and Harmony Public Schools.
- Our kids are in public school.
Bills:
HB367 , HB497 , HB549 , HB983 , HB 1188 , HB 1290 , HB1368 , HB2243 , HB2310 , HB2849 , HB3099 , HB3546 , HB3629 , HB3627
Committee:
House Public Education
Keywords:
education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/20/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:32:13.679><c> Service</c> who are in positions of Public Service who are in positions of Public
- and healthy public there uh and public and healthy public and<00:37:30.839><c> uh</c><00:37:31.040><
- public health and safety and uh public health and safety officials<00:37:32.359><c> can</c><00:37:32.520
- </c><00:38:34.839><c> health</c> information to our local public health information to our local public
- Shouldn't it be public?
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
nonopioid directive, opioid refusal, opioid-free care, pain management, health care directive, advance directive, patient autonomy, informed consent, substance use disorder, opioid epidemic, prescriber immunity, provider liability, emergency medical services, EMS, health record, Minnesota Department of Health, health care agent, medical power of attorney, Metropolitan Council, Minnesota government data practices
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> colleges</c><00:20:14.720><c> and</c> believe our public colleges and believe our public colleges
- And there is no better place to do public dialogue than in a public building.
- I think that would be a problem if they were saying, no, the public, you may not hold a public event
- It's really about the public bill.
- </c> borne I think for a public institution. borne I think for a public institution.
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
Keywords:
higher education, public university, college campus, postsecondary institution, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, University of Minnesota, town hall, town hall meeting, elected official, legislator, public forum, constituent meeting, campus access, free meeting space, parking fees, civic engagement, public outreach, chapter 135A, HF4368, Minnesota State