Video & Transcript Research : 'local amendment'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- know their local businesses and their local area, and understand their local housing needs.
- and at the local taxpayers.
- up to local officials, right?
- Are you of the opinion that local government should be able to operate locally?
- HB524 seeks to radically amend local government code by stripping power from your constituents and obliterating
Keywords:
housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation
TX
Keywords:
housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation
WY
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- um the two multiple different local um the two multiple different local governments.<00:13:12.240
- Would you going to be a few amendments.
- Amendment is adopted. Is there any further... Adopted. Is there any further amendments?
- 102 as amended. 102 as amended. Representative<00:46:52.319>
Braden. - a mandate uh and it oversteps local a mandate uh and it oversteps local control<01:20:00.159>
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Any potential amendments or changes or ... >> Madam Chairman? >> Yes, sir.
- This doesn't amend those statutory provisions.
- <00:32:13.760>
if the whole or second reading amendment if the whole or second reading amendment - And the rest, Madam Chairman, is conforming amendments. And, uh, nope, I'm sorry.
- <01:08:43.040>
And conforming amendments. And conforming amendments.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd like to offer the amendment. Yes. Okay, that's a friendly amendment.
- You're offering the amendment? Yes. The amendment corrects a typo that's in the bill.
- Yes, a local bill.
- Let's get the amendment on, then I'll... Okay, let's just voice vote the amendment.
- All in favor of the amendment say "I." I. The amendment passes. Go ahead. The amendment passes.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board. (3-9-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- There was House Floor Amendment 5 that was filed in the House.
- Five and perhaps some of the Amendment Five and perhaps some of the other<01:07:35.119>
amendments - <01:14:45.840>
to about a state plan amendment to about a state plan amendment to schoolbased - <01:14:59.280>
we've about a state plan amendment we've about a state plan amendment we've - Hogan. its amendments. Eevee passed away on its amendments.
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00:00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call
00:02:20 - Discussion of 26RS HB 689
00:13:13 - Discussion of 26RS SB 201
00:27:45 - Discussion of 26RS HB 583
00:46:37 - Discussion of 26RS HB 488
00:48:13 - Discussion of 26RS HB 2
01:14:34 - Discussion of Kentucky State Plan Amendment (SPA) 26:0001: School-based Medicaid Services Program
01:18:24 - Public Comment, 958, all
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight Board met on March 9 with a quorum present and no minutes to approve. The chair reordered the agenda to hear House Bill 689 first. Representative Amy Neighbors presented HB 689, which would authorize Kentucky to seek CMS approval for a Medicaid state-directed payment program for physician and non-physician professional services delivered through qualifying hospital-affiliated groups, beginning January 1, 2026, with retroactive payments for that year. She said the bill is intended to improve access to care in rural and underserved areas, support workforce retention, and generate about $29 million annually in federal Medicaid funds without using general fund dollars. Representatives from Owensboro Health and St. Elizabeth Healthcare testified in support, describing staffing and subsidy pressures, lower Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement, and the importance of the program for maintaining access and quality in rural and safety-net settings. Committee members noted the bill had already passed the House Health Services Committee unanimously and discussed broader concerns about Kentucky’s low reimbursement rates and the need to consider other systems not covered by the proposal.
The board then heard Senate Bill 2011 from Senator Donald Douglas and Cody Hunt of the Kentucky Medical Association. The bill would address a Medicaid coding issue by ensuring that coverage limits do not reduce payment to fewer than two evaluation and management service units per provider, per patient, per day. Douglas argued the current one-visit, one-issue limitation forces multiple visits, increases no-shows, and prevents providers from treating the whole patient. Hunt explained that the bill is meant to correct a longstanding regulation that limited E&M services to one per physician per recipient per date of service, which can prevent providers from coding additional medically necessary work during the same visit. He said DMS has already filed a regulatory amendment to fix the problem, but a statutory change is still needed to prevent the issue from returning. He also said the bill is not intended to change reimbursement policy, only coding rules, and that MCO payment practices vary.
Members generally supported the concept. Senator Berg asked about fiscal impact and private-payer billing; Hunt said there should be no fiscal impact because the bill does not change payment policy, only coding. Representative Moore said the proposal could reduce costs and improve convenience by avoiding extra visits. Chairman Meredith said the bill illustrated problems with fee-for-service care and supported moving toward a more holistic delivery model. Dr. Schuster raised a drafting concern about the bill summary language, and Hunt responded that the regulatory amendment should address the issue generally for providers. No votes were taken on either bill during this portion of the meeting.
WY
Keywords:
teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse, active duty military, teacher shortage, career and technical education, CTE teacher, background check, disciplinary records, licensure portability, multistate commission, education regulation, school staffing
WY
Keywords:
foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits
WY
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- It's been amended. I've got the copy of the amendments in front of me.
- walk us through the amendments. walk us through the amendments.
- >> Amendment.
- amend it. amend it. Plenty<01:20:09.440>
of <01:20:09.679>time. - amendment to House Bill 43.
Keywords:
foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits
WY
Keywords:
foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Local and County Government Feb 24th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Local and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate Local and County Government Committee will now come to order.
- Senator Boren, would you care to explain your amendment?
- As you've heard the explanation of the amendment, will there be questions of Senator Boren on this amendment
- The amendment is adopted. Senator Boren, would you care to explain your bill as amended?
- Another is being on that local level.
Keywords:
zoning, municipal compensation, property rights, financial impact, reversion ordinance, solid waste management, municipal authority, regulatory fees, waste reduction, environmental impact, restrictive covenants, discriminatory covenants, racially restrictive covenants, housing discrimination, Fair Housing Act, plats, subdivision plats, residential additions, county clerk, municipal ordinance
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Postsecondary Education Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Postsecondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you have any concerns about this kind of usurping local control?
- student decides to attend a university, they are not foregoing their free speech and their First Amendment
- I just have concerns that we are overstepping local control.
- Is there an Instance in which this amendment is targeting? I appreciate that question.
Keywords:
education policy, grading system, student assessment, academic integrity, state funding, opinion conduct, higher education, bachelor's degree, feasibility study, Oklahoma State Regents, accreditation, credit hours, emergency declaration, gender, privacy, public schools, sleeping quarters, restrooms, criminal history, admissions process
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- At the local level, the main thing is to make sure that we follow the law on qualifying dates.
- Um, you intimated that you were considering this to be a local bill. What was the...
Keywords:
primary election, election calendar, off-presidential year, May primary, second Tuesday in May, fourth Tuesday in May, runoff primary, special primary, presidential primary, election administration, candidate filing, ballot access, political parties, county election officials, state election law, Alabama elections, elections, voter registration, publishing requirements, cost-saving
LA
Bills:
HCR6, HCR19, HB81, HB134, HB154, HB163, HB170, HB194, HB254, HB318, HB410, HB473, HB485, HB718, HB970
Keywords:
HCR 6, House Concurrent Resolution 6, successions, intestate succession, testate succession, disinheritance, disinherison, forced heirship, forced heir, legitime, estranged heir, estranged child, inheritance, estate planning, wills, testaments, Civil Code Article 1617, Civil Code Article 1618, Civil Code Article 1619, Civil Code Article 1620
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- It might take a larger amendment. amendment. amendment.
- but<00:56:30.880>
then amendments, both the amendment, but then amendments, both the amendment - recommendation to pass with amendments. recommendation to pass with amendments.
- Thank you for Thank you for your<01:42:28.239>
amendments. your amendments. your amendments. - HB 1650 to pass un amended as is. >> as is. HB 1650 to pass un amended as is.
Bills:
HB1881, HB2218, HB1956, HB2151, HB1845, HB1844, HB2103, HB2424, HB1650, HB376, HB2599, HB1861
Keywords:
land use, ropeway, transportation, state regulation, government exemption, DLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, public lands, public trust resources, community co-management, co-management agreement, community-based organization, Native Hawaiian, malama aina, ahupuaa, subsistence, cultural resources, religious practices
Summary:
The committee on Water and Land met on February 10, 2026, with Chair Mark Hashem outlining strict testimony rules and noting a time constraint because of later hearings and floor session obligations. The committee then took up several bills, hearing mostly supportive testimony on HB 1881 relating to land use, HB 2218 relating to DLNR/community management, and HB 1956 relating to freshwater waves, while HB 1845 relating to the Land Use Commission drew legal concerns and opposition. HB 2151 relating to building materials had no substantive testimony presented in the excerpt, and the committee moved through it quickly.
On HB 1881, testimony focused on protecting North Shore lands from overdevelopment. A supporter described the area as valuable precisely because it remains largely undeveloped, and a member asked whether the bill’s restrictions on “finculars” would affect existing or future private residential installations; the response suggested the bill was aimed at future commercial uses and that grandfathering or personal-use exceptions might be possible, but the exact wording would need legal refinement.
HB 2218 received broad support from OHA, DLNR, Kua, Sierra Club, Hui Maka Aana, the Honlay Initiative, and others, who said the measure would expand community-based co-management across DLNR divisions, build on existing park partnerships, and produce real benefits such as better stewardship, safer access, local jobs, and stronger community trust. Members asked about the bill’s five-year review structure, how multiple community groups would be handled, and whether the model could apply to ocean or nearshore areas; DLNR said the board would retain authority, agreements would be non-exclusive and subject to review, and the department was still working through how the approach would function across different divisions and marine settings.
For HB 1956, the Attorney General offered technical comments, urging clearer definitions of “residing” and “freshwater way,” clearer timing for citations and arrests, and more explicit procedural safeguards and agency roles. On HB 1845, the Attorney General and Land Use Commission raised concerns that the bill could conflict with constitutional protections for important agricultural lands and could not be reconciled with existing voting requirements; the LUC also said commissioners cannot vote by proxy under sunshine law and warned that the bill could allow too few commissioners to approve major boundary changes. Members questioned how the bill would work in counties without designated important agricultural lands, and the LUC explained that Kauai is the only county to have completed the IAL process, while the broader statutory process remains county-driven and has been the subject of litigation. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the excerpt.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 28th, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill amends the language on these forms to add clarity and make these forms more applicable to all
- Texas CASA is the statewide membership organization for the 74 local CASA programs across Texas in all
- These timelines are important... ...very consistent with the responsibility that we place on our local
- And the 5th Circuit deemed it violative of the 2nd Amendment.
- The current language in the law is not tailored to child protection cases and creates confusion in local
Bills:
HCR10, HB1814, HB2160, HB2353, HB2643, HB2971, HB3282, HB3382, HB3996, HB4507, HB4509, HB4805, HB5551, HB1863, HCR10
Keywords:
family abduction, child safety, custodial rights, parental kidnapping, awareness day, marriage license, informal marriage, family code, identity verification, child support, family law, child custody, court interview, parent-child relationship, child welfare, attorney ad litem, compensation, legal representation, government entity, HB 2643
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Economic Development and Tourism
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- So, let's get Exemption Amendments.
- Are there any amendments? Very good.
- Discussion on the amendment.
- >> Is there a second on that amendment? >> Is there a second on that amendment?
- Representative Brown has seconded that amendment. Uh, discussion on this amendment?
WY
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Local and County Government Apr 7th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Local and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I do have an amendment at the desk.
- That concludes the explanation of the amendment. Will there be questions on the amendment?
- Seeing no questions, will there be debate on the amendment?
- Do we have questions on the amendment? Seeing no questions, will there be debate on the amendment?
- I know we're outside of the amendment process, but is it possible to get a printed copy of that amendment
Keywords:
counties, county officers, education, training, sunset law, county purchasing, procurement practices, budget management, public accountability, emergency procurement, reverse auction, bidding process, competitive bidding, public procurement, city council regulations, public works, bidding procedures, construction contracts, transparency, public trust