Video & Transcript Research : 'background study'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 11 also relates to human services background studies and is from the policy bill.
  • This modifies background<00:21:13.840> study<00:21:14.159> requirements<00:21:14.640>
  • > for background study requirements for background study requirements for housing<00:21:15.280>
  • <00:21:38.480> study<00:21:38.840> disqualifications<00:21:39.840> for background
  • study disqualifications for background study disqualifications for drug<00:21:40.400> offenses.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • You don't have a background study? Oh, 200 bucks. Big deal.
  • You don't have a background study for five years and you haven't gotten licensed for five years?
  • <00:40:50.840> Oh, You don't have a background study?
  • Oh, You don't have a background study? Oh, 200<00:40:51.800> bucks. 200 bucks. 200 bucks.
  • You don't have a background study<00:40:56.000> for<00:40:56.200> 5<00:40:56.640> years
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I agree with you, a study needs to be done.
  • Try to have a comprehensive study about that.
  • We do support the idea of a study, and we think it's long overdue, that 2006 study.
  • to oversee this study.
  • of international immigration and not a study of illegal... legal immigration or at least a study of international
Bills: SB825
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Apr 8th, 2025 at 09:00 am

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The study has a few objectives.
  • to legislators; study reentry to the job force; and study how to protect former victims.
  • study reentry to the job force; and study how to protect former victims.
  • This is looking at a study. It's looking at the study of the terminology. Right.
  • There's 10 shall studies and 35 shall consider studying.
Bills: HCR3028
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard and acted on several measures related to human trafficking, criminal procedure, and child protection. It first took up House Concurrent Resolution 3028, which would direct a legislative study of human trafficking victim services and re-entry programs. The sponsor and supporters emphasized helping victims rebuild basic life and workforce skills and better understanding existing services; YouthWorks and the North Dakota Catholic Conference described current programs and the trauma victims face. The committee discussed overlap with other interim studies, then voted unanimously to give the resolution a due pass, with Senator Braunberger designated to carry it. The committee then considered House Bill 1263, concerning sealing criminal records, and moved it forward without changing the House version after members noted the House had removed presumption language and reduced the waiting period. That bill also received a due pass recommendation. Next, House Bill 1226, which revises the state’s mask law for public places, drew testimony from the sponsor and an expert witness who argued that masking to conceal identity during group criminal conduct undermines public safety and law enforcement. Members debated the House-added requirement that law enforcement request unmasking; the committee adopted an amendment to remove that language, then passed the bill as amended, with Senator Luick to carry it. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1410, a study resolution on criminal conduct against children, including child sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, and the use of artificial intelligence in exploitation crimes. Supporters from the Child Sexual Assault Prevention Task Force, YouthWorks, and the Children’s Advocacy Centers of North Dakota said the study would help update outdated terminology, review AI-related issues, and improve investigation and prosecution tools. The committee approved the resolution with a due pass recommendation, and Senator Cory was assigned to carry it. The committee also received a brief report that, in a quick review, there were 82 active studies introduced, including 10 shall studies and 35 shall-consider studies, with limited overlap identified beyond the trafficking-related measures.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/27/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • or unqualified in their background or unqualified in their background studies.<00:43:12.800>
  • > studies<00:43:16.000> so<00:43:16.240> that expand those background studies so
  • staying with background studies which is staying with background studies which is staying within
  • Because, you in this background study?
  • c> by<00:58:01.920> the background study that's conducted by the background study that's conducted
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:16:13.199> checks the scope of annual background checks the scope of annual background
  • Let's make sure we do that deep background check. We do that FBI background check.
  • There's going to be background information about him, background information about his employees, and
  • There's also going to be personal data about him, background information about him, background information
  • There's also going to be personal data about him, background information about him, background information
Bills: HF1867, HF1240
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 26, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so I was just trying to have a little background so that the five of us could explain it if we're
  • just<00:25:15.279> trying<00:25:15.520> to I was just trying to have a little background
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Workforce Development Apr 10th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Workforce Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, this really seems like a novel idea—something to form a group to study and then have it disbanded
Bills: HB1119
Summary: The Workforce Development Committee reconvened to consider House Bill 1119 with amendment version 02005. Senator Hogan explained that the amendment removed a section requiring the Department of Human Services to respond to legislative management, in order to make the bill feel more like a program evaluation than an audit and to avoid placing an unreasonable burden on the executive branch. The amendment also clarified that the Child Care Advisory Committee would provide an update and that the committee would dissolve after the rewrite of licensing standards, making it a time-limited body. Committee members discussed the bill as a novel approach to forming a group to study an issue and then disbanding after reporting back. Senator Larson noted the concept was similar to broader performance-review ideas, and Senator Hogan said the Legislative Council program evaluation effort was parallel to, but separate from, other performance-review proposals. The committee then voted 4-0-1 to adopt the amendment. Afterward, the committee moved to give House Bill 1119, as amended, a do pass recommendation. That motion also passed on a roll call vote, and the committee adjourned.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 16, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • right at the out outset that this study right at the out outset that this study is<00:01:21.920>
  • study as well. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. study as well. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • The study will produce a be a gap.
  • studies about lot of studies uh national studies about how<00:15:11.360> transmission<00:15:12.079
  • it's a study. You can always work it. it's a study. You can always work it.
Bills: SF0102, SF0113
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Finally, the bill repeals the study committee on January 1, 2027.
  • Just a brief background on the... Just a brief background.
  • Two questions: one, why a study committee? Why not just a stakeholder group?
  • But all of this I pretty much call work we do in the interim, so why do you need a study committee?
  • I have something about background checks.
Summary: The Committee on Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency heard several bills and took action on three of them. Senate Bill 1137 would update underground facility excavation rules by requiring white lining before notice, creating coordination meeting requirements for large projects, adding an interactive response system, and directing the Arizona Corporation Commission to adopt rules. Supporters from SSC Underground, Arizona 811, and the Associated General Contractors said the bill would improve communication, reduce delays, and modernize the 811 system; the League of Arizona Cities and Towns raised concerns about staffing, project scope, meeting requirements, and liability, but said it was working on amendments. The committee passed SB 1137 on a 7-0 vote. Senate Bill 1145 would shift licensing and regulation of behavior analysts to the Committee of Behavior Analysts under the Psychology Board, reduce the board from 10 to 8 members, and remove the requirement for two behavior analysts on the board. Supporters said the current structure creates delays and that the change would let the board focus on psychology issues while the committee handles behavior analyst matters. A self-advocate also supported the bill, citing long waitlists and the importance of behavior analysts for people on the autism spectrum. The committee passed SB 1145 on a 7-0 vote. Senate Bill 1128 would create a study committee on scrap metal theft to review current laws, industry compliance costs, and penalties, and report recommendations by December 1, 2026. The Arizona Scrap Recyclers Association supported the bill as a way to evaluate whether current reforms remain effective, while members discussed the difficulty of tracing stolen metal and the need to keep the process bipartisan. The committee passed SB 1128 on a 7-0 vote. Senate Bill 1238, which adopts the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact to allow multistate licensure privileges, also received support from the Arizona State Association of Physician Assistants, who said it would improve workforce mobility, help military families, and expand access to care; the committee passed it on a 7-0 vote. The committee then held SB 1235 at the sponsor’s request and adjourned.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 12, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it's a level two study.
  • And it's a level two study.
  • being clear to your study. being clear to your study.
  • . study. study.
  • what I see coming out of this study. what I see coming out of this study.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • supports with amendments and subject to the availability appropriations The aviators cancers examination study
  • where essentially some of the therapists are told to get white noise and put ambient music in the background
  • the day they get out. learning to work together regardless of race, religion, or socioeconomic background
  • TAPS strongly supports the Aviation Cancers Examination Study Act. and thank Senators Cotton and Kelly
Summary: During the meeting, various members engaged in extensive discussions surrounding 15 proposed bills related to veterans' affairs. Notably, concerns regarding recent VA workforce changes sparked debates, particularly about potential cuts and their implications for veterans' care and benefits. Chairman Moran emphasized the need for thoughtful reforms and coordination with stakeholders, urging responsible measures to prevent negatively impacting service delivery. The meeting highlighted a significant bipartisan effort to enhance veterans' access to essential health services, particularly in light of recent challenges faced by the VA workforce. Senator Blumenthal's assertions about the urgent plight of veterans due to cuts in personnel drew strong reactions, showcasing the deep concern among committee members regarding the current state of veteran services.