Video & Transcript Research : 'legislative study'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It seems like a lot for a<01:07:36.200> study. a study. a study.
  • as regu- you know, we are legislators as regu- you know, we are legislators who<01:14:51.640>
  • than a study. than a study.
  • So, maybe a study is something that we So, maybe a study is something that we need<01:20:27.960> to
  • chair just said that this is a study. chair just said that this is a study.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2010, Rusk County completed our study and began our efforts to refocus our local economy on rail.
  • An article was published stating that mobility leaders are moving forward on a study to extend US 290
  • I think, as the good legislator mentioned earlier, this pretty much speaks for itself.
  • The study will cover five county road...
  • That is to support legislation that expands options for safe multimodal transportation.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requests the Legislative Auditor to study the cost and feasibility.
  • It requests the Legislative Auditor to study the cost and feasibility of merging the firefighter retirement
  • My legislative aide will provide staffing support, and this will be a foundational study that we can
  • H.R. 370 by Representative Murray authorizes and directs the Legislative Auditor to study the economic
  • It is a study.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd just like to recognize my new legislative assistant.
  • She's a graduate of Loyola University and studied political science. Her name is Cameron Rivers.
  • It's just a task force to study blockchain technology in Louisiana. Rep. Thomas for a question.
  • Is there another way to study it other than a task force that's going to cost us money?
  • The amendment would change some of the membership of the study group.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, the pledge, and a national anthem performance, then moved through several personal privileges and recognitions. Members welcomed a student cancer survivor and entrepreneur, Bella of Brave Bella Bead Company, and also recognized a new legislative assistant, a page leaving for college, and a resolution honoring National Mississippi River Day. The chamber also received conference committee reports and enrollment reports, and returned some previously failed measures to the calendar, including H.R. 119 and H.B. 410. The main floor action centered on a series of Senate concurrent resolutions, most of which were adopted overwhelmingly. These included SCR 59 on re-evaluating flood maps and insurance rates tied to the Comite River Diversion Canal, SCR 61 urging higher reimbursement for behavioral health crisis centers, SCR 62 calling for review of school-zone safety and speed limits, SCR 68 creating a blockchain and digital innovation task force, SCR 69 encouraging continued research to reduce sugarcane burning, SCR 70 supporting the Major Richard Star Act for medically retired combat-wounded veterans, SCR 54 supporting the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act, SCR 55 designating the Peggy Martin Rose as the official state rose, SCR 64 creating a construction manager-at-risk task force, SCR 75 studying a Louisiana maneuvers museum and trail, and SCR 80 creating a task force on the minimum foundation program and long-term teacher pay funding. Most passed with little or no opposition, with SCR 84 on earthquake seismic activity in several parishes amended to adjust task force membership before final adoption. The House also heard a personal privilege statement honoring the late Ponder P.C. Clinton Jr., a noted Black farmer, cattleman, and community leader in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood, and expressed condolences to his family. Later, members received a hurricane-season reminder from Rep. Jay Galle about disaster response procedures and the need to work through parish emergency offices. The transcript ends as the House moves into additional concurrent resolutions returned from the Senate with amendments.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she also received a Pacific-Asian Legal Studies
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation... ...and in the long game are looking for water supplies.
  • This legislation remedied that. I'm very proud of it. Mr. Chair? Yes.
  • I support this legislation. I think it's the best solution we're going to get.
  • This is a technical fix that was missed in the original legislation.
  • I am the legislative policy administrator for the Arizona State Land Department.
Summary: The committee began with an informational presentation from Gordon Shemp of Nemecu Analytics on Arizona transportation fuel supply and pricing. He explained that Arizona sits at the end of the pipeline system, relies on limited terminal inventories, and can experience only about a seven-day fuel supply if pipelines are disrupted. He attributed recent price spikes to constrained pipeline capacity, Kinder Morgan pressure reductions after PHMSA anomaly reviews, and recovering demand, and he also discussed California refinery closures, increased imports from overseas, and proposed new pipeline capacity into Phoenix from the east. Committee members asked about fuel formulations and pipeline logistics, and Shemp said the proposed project would not change fuel specifications, only transport capacity. The committee then took up House Bill 2758, which would allow eligible entities in La Paz County’s McMullen Valley groundwater basin to transport groundwater to AMAs under specified limits and conditions, with related provisions on fees, districts, and water improvement programs. Supporters, including Stan Barnes, Jim Downing, and Barry Arons, argued the bill follows the Harquahala model, provides needed augmentation for urban Arizona, and includes local benefits and guardrails. Opponents, including La Paz County Supervisor Holly Irwin, Devonna Sater, and Ed Curry, said the bill would worsen groundwater decline, subsidence, and well failures in Salome and Wenden and favored outside investors over rural residents. After debate, the committee approved HB 2758 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also heard and advanced several other water-related bills. HB 2031, extending the deadline to apply for grandfathered groundwater rights in the Wilcox AMA from 15 to 27 months, passed 5-2 after some members said the extension was unnecessary and would delay protections. HB 2102, allowing county improvement districts in subsequent AMAs or groundwater transportation basins to use eminent domain for a well and standpipe site and water hauling, passed 4-3 after Sierra Club testimony called it a limited “band-aid” rather than a real solution. HB 2103, which would let water improvement programs accept gifts and dedicate groundwater transportation fee revenue to local residential water hauling and delivery, also passed 4-3. HB 2117, a technical cleanup bill shifting Environmental Special Plate Fund administration to the Natural Resource Conservation Board and raising education-center distributions from $5,000 to $10,000, passed 5-2 despite concerns about the fund’s administration. The committee then considered HB 2261, which changes agricultural property tax terminology and valuation rules. County assessors and the Arizona Association of Counties opposed it, warning it would effectively exempt many agricultural improvements from taxation and shift costs to residential taxpayers; the Arizona Farm Bureau supported it as a clarification that would provide certainty for agriculture. The bill passed 4-3. Finally, HB 2262, transferring the Resource Analysis Division from the State Land Department to the Arizona Geological Survey and revising geospatial advisory responsibilities, was introduced, with State Land Department staff saying they were neutral but noting the bill would need clearer statutory duties if RAD is removed.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means May 5th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • okay, a little background on what's going on, because this will be—we'll continue to have this legislative
  • upgrades and inspections, runway repairs and expansions, obstruction removal, planning and economic studies
  • we've run into a new problem after a new problem that's required us to come back in subsequent legislative
  • Given this fluid nature, Given this fluid nature of the studies that we've been going through, and the
  • And did this bill come out of a study?
Bills: HB1039, SB423, SB436
Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on May 5, 2026, and first considered Senate Bill 436 by Senator Cloud, which revises how annual aviation fuel estimates are calculated for the Aviation Trust Fund. Senator Cloud explained that the fund supports airport and aviation projects and has been supplemented in recent years with general fund dollars because the estimated balance has remained stagnant. The committee adopted amendments allowing DOTD’s Office of Multimodal Commerce to use federal and other public data sources, requiring Revenue to provide annual aviation fuel sales tax collections data, and making a technical change. After a brief question about existing airport disclosure requirements, the bill was reported as amended with support cards entered into the record. The committee then took up House Bill 1039 by Representative Desotel, dealing with local sales and use tax audit procedures. The bill was presented as a fairness and transparency measure for audits, but members and the author discussed substantial amendments that would remove or modify several provisions. The committee adopted the amendments except for Amendment 4, which would have required private auditing firms contracting with taxing authorities to be domiciled in Louisiana; that language was set aside for further work after concerns it could affect audits conducted outside Louisiana. Members also discussed provisions on waiving prescription periods, suspending interest and penalties by agreement, and concerns about multiple parishes auditing the same business at once. The bill was reported as amended, with several support cards and informational cards entered. Senate Bill 423 was voluntarily deferred, and there was no other business before the committee. The meeting adjourned after a motion to adjourn was adopted.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Retirement and Government Resources 2ND REVISED Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Retirement and Government Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • accountability and transparency and avoiding any potential fraudulent activity, I think that this legislation
  • will pay for itself and what it benefits us as legislators and the general public.
  • Yeah, I'm just thinking about the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency Report about central purchasing
  • I have seen some of those studies. I have seen some that have suggested other reasonings.
  • You know, in the context of how Oklahoma legislators have treated gay people in Oklahoma from Curriculum
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the sheriff's wholly support this legislation. We like the amendment.
  • Studies indicate that more than 30% of police chases end in crashes.
  • Now, I've done significant studies in this area, and from the studies and the research that I've done
  • , 2.4%, 4,000, I have... ...studies in this area, and from the studies and the research that I've done
  • I urge you to vote no and instead direct this body to consider serious legislation.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills dealing with criminal justice, victims’ rights, education funding, and public safety. SB 1094, which would create a civil cause of action for minors who received irreversible gender reassignment surgery in violation of Arizona law, drew extensive testimony. Supporters argued it would provide compensation for harmed minors and extend accountability similar to sexual abuse cases; opponents said it was discriminatory, targeted transgender people and providers, and interfered with informed consent and parental decision-making. The committee voted 6-3 to give SB 1094 a do pass recommendation. SB 1635, which creates the offense of unlawfully alerting someone to an imminent arrest, also passed 6-3 after strong debate. The sponsor said it was intended to stop people from warning specific targets of arrest, including in immigration enforcement and other criminal cases, while preserving First Amendment protections for general alerts. Opponents, including the ACLU and community members, argued the bill criminalized speech, was overbroad, and duplicated existing obstruction laws. SB 1673, appropriating money for the crime victim notification fund, passed unanimously after an amendment increasing the appropriation from $5 million to $8.2 million was adopted. The committee also approved SB 1092, which bars early termination of probation for dangerous crimes against children, after testimony from victims’ advocates and defense-side witnesses about probation, online evidence, and the risk of re-victimizing survivors. SB 1239, extending the statute of limitations for failure to register as a sex offender, passed 6-4 despite arguments that registration is already continuously monitored and that the bill could create redundant liability. SB 1139, a strike-everything bill requiring GPS monitoring for registered sex offenders without a permanent residence, failed after members noted existing monitoring systems already cover many offenders. Later, SB 1502, increasing penalties for unlawful flight when accompanied by aggravating danger, passed 5-1 amid concerns about over-criminalization and possible impacts on drivers trying to pull over safely. Additional measures included SB 1248, clarifying county use of accommodation schools for juvenile detention and jail education programs, which passed unanimously, and SB 1240, excluding dangerous-crime-against-children probationers from county probation incentive calculations, which passed 5-4 over objections that it would undermine rehabilitation incentives. SB 1669, changing rape-shield evidence rules to focus on physical injury, passed 6-3 after a dispute over whether the bill would narrow or clarify admissible evidence. The committee then began hearing SB 1540, a new offense targeting fuel dispenser theft and manipulation devices, with the petroleum industry describing organized gas theft schemes and the sponsor’s amendment removing mere possession of a device from the criminal statute.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/04/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've conducted numerous research studies on youth physical fitness and authored several fitness education
  • Research from the CDC and numerous longitudinal studies confirm a powerful mind-body synergy.
  • Research from the CDC and numerous longitudinal studies confirm a powerful mind-body synergy.
  • During the same legislative session, where HB 2379 would require school board members to stay up to date
  • This bill legislates a problem that does not exist.
Summary: The committee took up several education bills. HB 2395 would create a voluntary Arizona School Fitness Program in ADE to recognize schools that participate in nationally recognized fitness testing or events and allow the designation on school report cards. Supporters, including the sponsor and outside witnesses, argued it would encourage student activity and support the whole child; the bill passed with a 6-0 do pass recommendation. HB 2409, the Getting Arizona Ready for AI Act, would create a voluntary summer AI course program through ADE with curriculum on digital hygiene, civic integrity, and AI for small business/entrepreneurship, with optional facility use and academic credit. The sponsor said it was meant to prepare students for AI-driven job disruption without requiring new appropriations; it passed 4-2. HB 2203 would direct ADE to review public school and agency reporting requirements for duplicative, expired, or obsolete reports and recommend consolidation or repeal, and an amendment making a technical correction was adopted before the bill passed 6-0. HB 2008 would bar school libraries from using public money to pay dues to certain professional library associations; opponents from Secular AZ and the ACLU argued it was viewpoint discrimination and a threat to professional association rights, but the bill still received a do pass recommendation on a 6-0 vote, with one member explaining a no vote because the problem did not exist. The committee also heard HB 2075, which would require school districts to submit superintendent and CFO employment contracts to ADE, post them online, keep them available for five years after termination, and create a searchable database with compensation details. The Goldwater Institute supported the bill, citing difficulty obtaining contracts through public records requests and examples of very high superintendent compensation and opaque contract terms; the Arizona School Administrators opposed the bill as singling out districts while not applying to charters or other public-dollar schools, though they said they could support it if expanded to all schools receiving public funds. Members debated whether charters are political subdivisions and whether the bill should extend to charters and ESAs, and some discussion also focused on transparency and public records access. The bill ultimately received a 4-2 do pass recommendation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's legislating the way legislating should be done. It was utterly nonpartisan.
  • Uh it's legislating the way<00:07:18.240> legislating<00:07:18.880> should<00:07:19.120
  • So this next slide legislation.
  • the core legislation. the core legislation. >> Thank<00:23:08.159> you.
  • to state service or comes to legislative to state service or comes to legislative service<01:30:
Bills: HF3422, HF3461, HF2904
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • family-centered universal child care program can grow responsibly while remaining aligned with legislative
  • problems, but more in line to say that workers everywhere, firefighters included, benefit from legislation
  • The second The amendment instructs to report to the Legislative Health The report must also include redacted
  • Presenters, those who spoke against the legislation initially, their concern was regarding their salaries
  • But instead, one person made a directive preceding this legislative session and has decided how this
Bills: SB132, SB241
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 13th, 2026 at 09:19 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • We stand in opposition to this legislation.
  • And that's why this study is so very important.
  • I think I bring us back to the whole point of the study.
  • And so I like doing a study. I like looking into it.
  • And so I like doing a study.
Bills: SM20, SM9, SJR6, HB124
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 23rd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • The substitute clarified... ...that the cost will be determined by the Legislative Budget Board.
  • well as any legislative appropriations made towards the amendment.
  • It also does not affect the ability of agencies to appeal to the Legislative Budget Board.
  • As of today, 23 have introduced this legislation.
  • These efforts resulted in a report with robust legislative recommendations.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Intergovernmental Affairs Mar 18th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • study work done on the effects and how it played out in real life?
  • But under this legislation, it's very clear and there's no... ambiguity.
  • We provide market studies. We provide appraisals.
  • This item is actually specifically outlined in our legislative program.
  • And a few other notes on those studies, I had a few for the study that was conducted under OpenAI.
Bills: HB21, HB211, HB223
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • I appreciate your work on this legislation.
  • We pass legislation all the time here, where the majority doesn't give… where the majority doesn't give
  • But I wanted to commend the gentle lady on this piece of legislation.
Bills: HB52, HB89, HB141, HB52, HB89, HB141
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • “I guess the same way you discern whether legislation is good or not.
  • You know, it’s going to be up to each legislator to do their due diligence.
  • But this is not to interpret legislation.
  • And we have a process as legislators to respond certain ways by certain times.
  • It's not evaluating the legislation.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Apr 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, it is authorized by legislation and it seems that it's in alliance with legislative authority
  • change to move to a hearing examiner that with your amendment based on next year affirming your legislation
  • And so, I appreciate the hope that we can move forward in legislation with Chairman Berkstrom passing
  • legislation that will try to address some of the concerns given the feedback that I have received from
  • But in addition to that, as I've stated, I'm going to be running legislation next year to guarantee that