Video & Transcript Research : 'emergency declarations'

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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I declare Senate Bill 169 to have passed.
  • Seeing none, I declare Senate Bill 169 to have passed as an emergency measure.
  • I declare the bill to be advanced.
  • The order is to declare the bill advanced.
  • I declare the bill to be advanced.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 31st, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

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  • . >> Bill 144: emergency medical transport providers assessment sunset. >> If you will, we'll move that
  • That's where we were in 2026. $600,000 to the North Alabama Public Energy District, $750,000 to the Emergency
  • >> Bill<00:20:25.280> 144,<00:20:26.080> emergency<00:20:26.640> medical<00
  • :20:27.120> transport >> Bill 144, emergency medical transport >> Bill 144, emergency
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Administrative Rules

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  • On present, would you declare the vote? Anyone want to change their vote? Please declare the vote.
  • Would you please declare the vote now? Would you please declare the vote? Nay. Present, Chairman.
  • Just declare it. Sticking with it. So I'm gonna declare the vote. One, Representative Kendricks.
  • Please declare the vote. Nay.
  • Please declare the vote.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • I ended up with a $2,100 bill on the way out from that same emergency vet appointment.
  • I started driving in the emergency. Which state? New York. New York. New York.
  • I started driving in an emergency. I started ambulance work when I was about 16.
  • These are the answers we get when we arrive on scene commonly at a 9-1-1 emergency.
  • These are the answers we get when we arrive on scene commonly at a 9-1-1 emergency.
Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then heard Senate Bill 1668, which would extend the deadline for funeral establishments or responsible persons to submit required documentation from seven calendar days to 14 business days and make related changes involving disposition of unborn or stillborn children, minors, and abortion clinic forms. Funeral industry testimony said the current timelines are difficult to meet and create stress for grieving families, while a mother described problems caused by requiring an ex-spouse’s signature after her child’s death. The bill passed on a 4-3 vote, with some members supporting the timing and family-law fixes and others objecting to the abortion-clinic provisions. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1286, on veterinary telemedicine prescriptions. An amendment shortened the telemedicine prescription period for non-antimicrobial drugs from 60 days to 30 days, allowed antimicrobial prescriptions for up to 14 days based on an electronic exam, and barred further antimicrobial prescriptions without an in-person exam. Veterinarians and the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association moved to neutral on the amended bill but warned about safety, overprescribing, and the limits of telemedicine; supporters argued it would improve access for rural, elderly, and low-income pet owners. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill as amended on a 4-3 vote. Senate Bill 1235, creating the emergency services personnel licensure interstate compact, passed unanimously after sponsor testimony that it would improve reciprocity for EMTs and paramedics and help military personnel. Senate Bill 1446, which would change dialysis-center social worker documentation from monthly to quarterly, also passed unanimously, with DeVita Dialysis Services saying the change would reduce paperwork and align Arizona with federal and most-state practice. Senate Bill 1515, a cleanup bill for the Industrial Commission of Arizona that renames positions, removes outdated duties, and changes publication of fee schedules, passed after an amendment and supportive agency testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1678, which would require direct-care staff in certain facilities to complete patient information forms and reestablish the Vulnerable Adult Systems Study Committee. An amendment removed the form requirement and instead required DHS to investigate complaints from EMS personnel about missing DNR orders; first responders and provider groups supported the revised approach, though some members wanted minority-party appointments added to the study committee. The bill passed as amended on a 6-0-1 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1747 on social media protections for minors, with the sponsor framing it as a child-safety measure and opponents from NetChoice, TechNet, and Meta warning about privacy risks, age-verification problems, constitutional concerns, and the possibility that teens would evade restrictions; supporters argued parents need stronger controls and pointed to app-store-based alternatives, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Jan 21st, 2026

State Government

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  • And they're declaring—I mean, we've got people who have had emergency contracts to run the license board
  • So this bill simply says the governor has to give them a letter declaring an emergency.
  • It has to be a health safety, you know, before they declare these emergencies and go around the process
  • <00:04:28.800> can self-declaring an emergency so they can self-declaring an emergency so
  • <00:06:32.160> required written declar de declaration required written declar de declaration
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Noble because of a medical emergency on motion of Mr. Cook. Is there an objection? Chair sees none.
  • create a commission made up of House members, Senate members, governor appointees to work together and emerge
  • All it does is say let's push it back, let's do a commission and emerge with something we can all support
  • relationship, and not one where we're pivoting or acquiescing, where we actually work together and emerge
Bills: HB8, HB12, SB 3, HJR1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 5th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Members, Senate Bill 75 would codify the Texas Grid Security Commission under the Texas Department of Emergency
  • The same emergency management specialists who warned the New Orleans Levee Board made it clear that the
  • Furthermore, last November, Governor Abbott issued Executive Order 49 directing the Texas Department of Emergency
  • language about ensuring they are also trained in radioactive waste management, storage, safety, and emergency
  • Current annual requests are over $43 million, creating a perpetual backlog and delaying emergency equipment
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 30th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • Jeff Addix, I have you here on behalf of Precision Emergency Physicians, PLLC.
  • Precision Emergency Physicians is an emergency medicine physician group that staffs three emergency medical
  • Texas currently has over 300 freestanding emergency centers.
  • applies to freestanding emergency medical care facilities.
  • Absolutely, we operate as hospital emergency rooms. We have our own labs.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 17th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Whether or not the care was an emergency to begin with.
  • That's obviously not an emergency, but you didn't know that when they presented.
  • People coming in for COVID tests that were not emergencies at all.
  • an emergency medical condition when they presented, that is the standard.
  • That can't be the basis for saying, well, we're not paying this as an emergency.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Apr 15th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • By ensuring timely support for the families of deceased victims during declared state of emergency.
  • state of emergency. ...emergency as defined by section 433.001 of the government code.
  • Families suffering loss during a declared emergency are often left in financial crisis.
  • Sorry, vulnerable claimants in times of declared emergency.
  • emergency runs for the state of Texas.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • These lawsuits are an emerging threat to the water. They are a threat in three areas.
  • The water park is... the start of these emerging journeys.
  • Your parents are coming to get you, or aliens are coming to get you, and they show up. emergency room
  • Yeah They don't tell you when you go into an emergency room that you have the right to remain silent.
  • My sophomore year of high school, my family had to rush me. to the emergency room because they thought
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 18th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • , cost-effectively expedite smaller-scale construction, maintenance work, and time-sensitive and emergency
  • What we've seen in our area, and maybe you've seen it in yours, is an increased demand in our emergency
  • Or I found out after the bill was filed, after I was contacted by several emergency department doctors
  • emergency services.
  • If emergency room care is carved out under every single scenario, why are ER costs factored into the
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Declare the vote 89 to 0.
  • Having received a majority vote of those elected to the House, I declare the bill to have passed.
  • Having failed to receive the majority of votes, the bill is declared to have failed. Thank you, Mr.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • I hereby declare a quorum of the house and senate present, and the third joint session of the regular
  • Declare the 89 I one nay having received a majority vote of those elected to and constituting the House
  • , I declare the bill to have passed emergency.
  • On the bill, Representative Boles now moves the vote on the bill be considered to vote on the emergency
  • I declare the emergency to have passed.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Declare the vote. Eighty-nine aye, zero nay. 89 aye, zero nay.
  • Having received a majority vote of those elected to and constituting the House, I declare the bill to
  • Having received a majority vote of those elected to and constantly in the House, I declare the bill to
Summary: The House first took up Senate Bill 893, a conference committee report on property and critical infrastructure. The bill would bar foreign principals from countries designated as foreign adversaries from owning agricultural land or other land, especially within 10 miles of military installations or critical infrastructure, and also restrict certain state software purchases tied to adversarial countries. Members asked about how later-designated adversary countries would be covered and about the delayed effective date, which was explained as giving current owners time to divest. The conference report was adopted without objection, and the bill then passed the House 89-0. The chamber then considered Senate Bill 2, another conference committee report on wind energy setbacks. The measure would establish statewide setback standards for industrial wind turbines, including 2.5 tip heights from occupied dwellings and 1.5 tip heights from nonparticipating property lines, with exceptions for projects that had already secured most site control or queue positions before the effective date and for small community-scale systems. Supporters said it was a compromise that at least put some protections into statute, while opponents argued it weakened earlier House language and eliminated county local-control options. After debate, the bill failed on a 20-67 vote. Later, the House voted 60-19 to override the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 1589, allowing it to become law notwithstanding the governor’s objections. The session also included prayers and announcements, including updates about Representative Cantrell’s hospitalization and a note that the Senate had adjourned sine die. The House then adjourned sine die for the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • I declare the vote: 89 aye, 1 nay.
  • Having received a majority vote of those elected to and constituting the House, I declare the bill to
  • Having received a majority vote of those elected to and constituting the House, I declare the bill to
  • Emergency on the bill.
  • Having received two-thirds vote of those elected and constituting the House, I declare the emergency
Summary: The House convened, completed roll call, and heard an invocation and pledge before moving through several ceremonial presentations. Members recognized Monty Smith for 43 years of service with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, honored the Marlow Lady Outlaws girls golf team for winning the Class 3A state and academic state championships, and acknowledged the final group of pages for the 60th Legislature. The House also adopted HCR 1030, which sets the legislative procedure schedule and deadlines for the 61st Oklahoma Legislature. The chamber then met in a joint session with the Senate to observe Veterans Awareness Day. Speakers from both chambers and the Oklahoma Veterans Council delivered remarks honoring veterans, Gold Star families, and military service, and highlighted recent policy achievements for veterans, including the full tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans, the exemption of military retirement pay from state income tax, improved funding for veterans’ homes, and restructuring of the Oklahoma Veterans Commission. The Veterans Council also presented its annual awards, naming Sen. Kerry Hicks as Outstanding Senator of the Year, Rep. Andy Menz as Outstanding Representative of the Year, Aaron Higgins as Veteran of the Year, and the Speed family as Veteran Family of the Year, and recognized Scott Howell for his service to the council. The joint session then adjourned. Back in the House, members took up Senate amendments to House Bill 1370, which concerns the Corporation Commission plugging fund and a repealer tied to a state fuel-tax offset provision. The bill’s author explained that the amendment would prevent the state from capturing savings if the federal fuel excise tax is reduced, so any reduction would benefit consumers rather than state revenue. After questions about fiscal impact and the well-plugging fund, the House adopted the Senate amendments without objection and passed HB 1370 on final passage by a vote of 89-1; the emergency clause also passed 89-1. The House then recessed, later returned for a staff appreciation and sine die-style recognition, including a tribute to long-serving bill drafter Mark Carter, and recessed again while awaiting any additional legislation from the Senate.