Video & Transcript Research : 'state senators'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
State Government Finance and Policy
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- This is probably following Senator Gon's bill; that'll probably be the companion in the Senate.
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Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revised Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Gallagher, Senator Goodwin Senator Green, Senator Hicks, Senator Howard, Senator Ye, Senator
- Kirt, Senator Peterson Senator Rader, Senator Reinhart, Senator Rossino, Senator Akieri, Senator Seyfried
- Senator Stanley, Senator Stewart, Senator Thompson, Senator Woods Senator Paxton, Senator Hate, Senator
- Green, Senator Hicks, Senator Howard, Senator Ye, Senator Kirt, Senator Murdock, Senator Peterson Senator
- , Senator Goodwin, Senator Green, Senator Hicks, Senator Howardeck, Senator Kirt, Senator Murdock, Senator
Bills:
HB4028, HB4029, HB4059, HB4063, HB4073, HB4074, HB4075, HB4076, HB4077, HB4078, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1142
Keywords:
tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, ALS, funding, healthcare, State Department of Health, emergency declaration, public finance, state budget, financial regulations, monetary policy, referendum, constitutional amendments, special election, Oklahoma legislature, public voting, recovery fund
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1131, also being presented by Representative Newton.
- Up next, right, Doctor Newton with Senate Bill 1132. I believe.
- The Senate ultimately last week got 31 Of the 32 necessary votes, and so in my discussions with Senate
- And this is the negotiation they negotiated with the Senate.
- The Senate has the opportunity to vote on this on the Senate floor on Thursday Representative Schreiber
Bills:
HB4028, HB4029, HB4059, HB4063, HB4073, HB4074, HB4075, HB4076, HB4077, HB4078, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1142, HB4028, HB4029, HB4059, HB4063, HB4073, HB4074, HB4075, HB4076, HB4077, HB4078, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1142
Keywords:
tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, ALS, funding, healthcare, State Department of Health, emergency declaration, public finance, state budget, financial regulations, monetary policy, referendum, constitutional amendments, special election, Oklahoma legislature, public voting, recovery fund
HI
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- to do that but that's how the state to do that but that's how the state payrolls<00:34:16.079>
- Next, we have Stacy Aldrich, State Librarian from the Hawaii State Public Library System, with comments
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Uh relating to indent to the state. Uh relating to indent to the state.
Keywords:
reimbursement, public employees, travel costs, government travel policy, finance management, job title, administrative assistant, executive assistant, state personnel, civil service, modernization, employment standards, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, comptroller, civil service exemption, collective bargaining exemption, public works special project branch, specialized public works, information technology modernization
HI
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- Uh encouraging the state to training.
- Hawaii State Capitol. Hawaii State Capitol.
- Veterans Services, Hawaii State Veterans Services, Hawaii State Department<00:35:27.760>
of <00:35:39.000>of Office of Veterans Services, State of Office of Veterans Services, State - State Veterans Cemetery.
Keywords:
automated external defibrillator, AED, cardiac arrest, state buildings, health education, public health, lifeguards, first responders, public safety, ocean safety, emergency response, Hawaii, workers' compensation, auditor, procurement audit, compliance, Department of Human Resources Development, transparency, accountability, medical care
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The state government committee is responsible for numerous entities within state government, and that
- Article 2 is the state government policy.
- Chair now of State Government Finance.
- Please state your name and affiliation.
- This is an exciting day in state government.
Keywords:
state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- folks across state government. folks across state government.
- state enterprise. state enterprise.
- state government budget?
- focus on the state of Minnesota. focus on the state of Minnesota.
- <01:25:53.400>
as <01:25:53.520>the at the state or with the state as the at the state
Keywords:
state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 24, 2026
Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Senator KGO: here. >> Senator Love: here. >> Senator Mchuan: here. >> Senator Mchuan: here. >> Senator
- I am with the Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Waters Committee.
- Senator CGO. >> I. >> Senator Love. >> I. >> Senator Mchuan. >> I. >> Senator Pearson. >> I. >> Chairman
- Senator PGO: I. Senator Love: Aye. Senator Mchuan: I. Senator Pearson: Aye. Chairman: I.
- >> Senator<01:21:07.360>
Love. >> Senator Love. >> Senator Love.
Keywords:
forest health, grant program, state forester, wildfire prevention, environmental conservation, habitat improvement, water development, feasibility studies, appropriations, water management, rehabilitation, irrigation, public works, agricultural supply, municipal water, funding, maintenance projects, tax assessments, state law, forestry management
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 24, 2026
Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- State treasurer.
- Chairman and Senator Boner. I see that um they may invest in the state treasurer's funds.
- Uh, so in 2017, I believe it was Senator Barasso who brought forward the idea that the states need to
- state.
- state.
Keywords:
forest health, grant program, state forester, wildfire prevention, environmental conservation, habitat improvement, water development, feasibility studies, appropriations, water management, rehabilitation, irrigation, public works, agricultural supply, municipal water, funding, maintenance projects, tax assessments, state law, forestry management
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Mon Feb 23, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 20
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Item number four, Senate Communications. >> Mr. Clerk, are there any Senate communications?
- Okay, moving on to the order of the day. number four, Senate Communications.
- Mr. number four, Senate Communications. Mr.
- Clerk, are there any Senate Clerk, are there any Senate communications?
- Thanks. the Senate for um session as well as um the Senate for um session as well as um what<00:34:04.240
Keywords:
law enforcement, State Sheriffs Day, Hawaii, commemoration, public safety, honor sheriffs, HB9, Hawaii Purple Heart state, Purple Heart, Purple Heart recipients, veterans, military, armed forces, service members, combat wounded, war veterans, military honors, state designation, symbolic legislation, honorary designation
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Heart State.
- Designating Hawaii as a Purple Heart State would send a powerful message that our state stands with and
- Designating Hawaii as a Purple Heart State would send a powerful message that our state stands with and
- And so I'm such a fan of this legislation here at the state to make it happen across the state.
- um to make it happen across the state um to make it happen across the state.<00:15:35.279>
And
Keywords:
HB9, Hawaii Purple Heart state, Purple Heart, Purple Heart recipients, veterans, military, armed forces, service members, combat wounded, war veterans, military honors, state designation, symbolic legislation, honorary designation, Chapter 5 HRS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, military appreciation, veteran recognition, law enforcement, State Sheriffs Day
Summary:
The Committee on Culture and the Arts heard testimony on HB 9 HD1, which would designate Hawaii as a Purple Heart State, and SB 2723, relating to State Sheriff’s Day. On HB 9 HD1, Takumi Abby of Purple Heart Chapter 483 testified in strong support, saying the bill would recognize the service and sacrifice of combat-wounded veterans and honor Purple Heart recipients and their families. Additional support was noted from the Office of Veterans Services, the Hawaii Military Affairs Council, and CARES, whose representative Angela Melody Young described related veteran-honoring efforts in Honolulu and across Oahu and said the state designation would extend that recognition statewide.
Members then moved to decision-making on HB 9 HD1. One member briefly commented on family military service and the importance of remembering Purple Heart recipients. The committee voted to adopt the chair’s recommendation to pass the measure as is, with all members present voting aye.
For SB 2723, the chair indicated the committee would further defer the date, while also recommending passage with amendments. The committee voted on the amended version and adopted the chair’s recommendation with no objections or reservations.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on State Government (7-29-25)
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Voter List Maintenance - State Board of Elections -- 05:38
State Employee Health Insurance Plan – 44:18
Discussion of HB 622 (2025 RS) – 01:01:43, 958, all
Summary:
The Interim Committee on State Government met on July 29, established a quorum, approved the June 24 minutes unanimously, and heard an update from the State Board of Elections on voter list maintenance. Taylor Brown, the board’s general counsel, explained the federal NVRA requirements and Kentucky’s statutory process for maintaining voter rolls, including use of USPS change-of-address data, ERIC reports, and agreements with non-ERIC states. He said Kentucky has entered or discussed agreements with several states, and that the board sends postcards to voters believed to have moved; if a voter does not respond to an 8D2 postcard and does not vote over two federal election cycles, the registration may be removed. He also described other removal categories such as death, felony conviction, incompetency, duplicate registrations, and self-requested cancellations.
Brown reported that between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, the board removed 284,381 registrations from the rolls, including 42,675 for death, 5,940 for felony conviction, 5,527 for registration in another state, 578 for incompetency, 223 based on jury questionnaires indicating non-citizenship, 746 self-removals, and 3,381 duplicates, along with 225,311 removals through the address-maintenance program. He said Kentucky’s total registrations decreased by roughly 169,000 over the year and are now below the Census Bureau’s estimate of the state’s voting-age population. Brown emphasized that receiving a postcard does not mean a voter has been purged and that failure to vote alone does not trigger removal.
Members asked about the 223 non-citizen-related removals, the availability and effectiveness of alternatives to ERIC, the partisan criticism of ERIC, and how duplicate registrations are identified. Brown said the non-citizen jury questionnaire cases had been referred to the Attorney General for further review, that Kentucky currently has no organized alternative to ERIC but is pursuing reciprocal agreements with states such as Florida, and that ERIC recently changed bylaws to remove a postcard requirement that had been costly for member states. On duplicates, he said the board uses multiple data points, not just name and address, and noted that fuller Social Security data could improve accuracy. Committee leaders praised the board’s work and said they wanted to meet before session to discuss possible statutory changes to improve voter list maintenance.
HI
Keywords:
no-bid contracts, emergency procurement, audit, state agencies, public funds, accountability, auditor, state and county agencies, government accountability, emergency declarations, easement, submerged lands, drainage, Kahala Hotel, Oahu, state land regulations, biomarker testing, health insurance, precision medicine, H.B. No. 1971
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Public Safety REVISION 3: HB2977 - Added | HB3305 - Removed Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- It's basically consolidating state statute and state rules into one act that can be overseen by the legislature
- A gentleman moved here from out of state. His former state allowed applicants to self-certify.
- Most state questions do have a little ambiguity to them.
- , and 60-day for a... ...and out of state, and 60-day for in-state.
- Until the Senate bills. Yeah. Thank you.
Keywords:
animal abuse, offender registry, public safety, animal welfare, criminal justice, Oklahoma legislation, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund, grants, state funding, law enforcement technology, cyber crime, fraud prevention, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, insurance fee, digital forensics, investigative support, revolving fund, prisons, corrections
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 2nd, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We're the Texas State Chamber, and we're also the state affiliate for the National Association of Manufacturers
- There's a standard of 26 that is across the United States.
- How does Texas compare with other states?
- How do we compare, how does Texas compare with other states?
- benefits, how do we compare with other states?
Keywords:
school district, bond issuance, election dates, voter approval, Texas Education Code, HCR 9, Texas State Cemetery, Hill Country flood, July 4 2025 flood, Guadalupe River, Camp Mystic, memorial, monument, concurrent resolution, disaster remembrance, natural disaster, flood victims, survivors, State Preservation Board, Texas secretary of state
Summary:
The Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development met with a quorum and moved quickly through a long agenda, hearing testimony and taking recorded votes on several bills. Early in the meeting, HB 2214 was laid out to exempt certain short-term residential leases and leaseback arrangements from flood-disclosure requirements; Texas Realtors supported the change, and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out a series of pending measures, including HB 46, HB 186 (with a committee substitute), HB 431, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2468, HB 2488, HB 2788 (with a substitute), HB 2791 (with a substitute), HB 3260, and HCR 90, all reported favorably to the full House, with HB 1147 receiving two nays and the others passing unanimously or nearly so.
A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 112, which would create a Texas Science Park district and commission to support advanced manufacturing and innovation sites. The bill’s author and supporters, including Samsung Austin Semiconductor, the Texas Association of Business, and the Governor’s economic development office, argued it would strengthen supply chains, attract investment, and support national security and workforce development. Testimony described interest from semiconductor and advanced manufacturing companies and referenced the model of foreign science parks such as Sinshu in Taiwan. HB 112 was left pending after testimony.
The committee also heard HB 3698 and HB 3699, both related to unemployment insurance administration. HB 3698 would expand eligibility for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program using federal funds, while HB 3699 would tighten the definition of “last work” to help the Texas Workforce Commission investigate UI fraud. Both bills were discussed with TWC resource witnesses and left pending after the committee withdrew the substitutes. HB 1349, which would extend HOA transparency and property-rights provisions to condominiums and refine HOA rules, and HB 621, which would require HOA meeting spaces to be available for residents to reserve for qualified political candidates or elected officials, were also heard and left pending. Finally, the committee heard HCR 9 to designate the first Saturday of each month as Small Business Saturday, HB 199 to index unemployment benefit duration to the state unemployment rate, and HB 3466 to exempt certain cancelable service contracts from Texas’s in-home sales cooling-off law; each drew supportive and opposing testimony and was left pending before adjournment.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 2nd, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- Aligning it with Senate Bill 1706 by Senator Adam Hinojosa.
- Senator Cortez has put in this and hope to support our state workforce by voting for House Bill 512.
- Airstone compared to a very large state and a great state of Texas.
- Do you include vehicles that are sold in the state or travel through the state?
- We do get influenced in certain parts of the state. from other states like our neighboring states, for
Bills:
HB512, HB2248, HB2679, HB2832, HB3112, HB3368, HB3490, HB3512, HB3623, HB3666, HB3700, HB3711, HB3770, HB3963
Keywords:
grievance procedures, state agency, employee rights, workplace regulations, employment law, employees, employment actions, appeal, state employees, workplace rights, disciplinary actions, employment conditions, employment disputes, job protections, public information, transparency, government accountability, information access, notification requirements, federal funding
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the State Government Committee for March 10th, 2025. All those in favor, please say aye.
- If you'd like to state your name for the record, you're fully invited.
- For the state, our agency adds value by serving this body and the state government with accurate, reliable
- For those who may not know, the state government finance budget bill funds the offices of And the state
- There is a separate state government policy bill, which is also...
Bills:
HF2783
Keywords:
state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-08
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the state government finance. finance omnibus bill that Chair Cleaver and I worked on together
- The State Auditor can be found on line 3.9. The Attorney General's appropriation is on 3.13.
- The Secretary of State is on line 3.24. The State Board of Investment is on line 3.28.
- We represent over 18,000 state employees across all agencies, boards, and commissions.
- plans, as well as a large amount of state assets.
Bills:
HF2783
Keywords:
state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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level upon how we built out the state level upon how we built out the state - The Senate may do the same thing.
Keywords:
HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization
TX