Video & Transcript Research : 'definitions'
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- So I definitely appreciate it.
- I do definitely appreciate it.
- So we came up with the definition that very much mirrors the definition in our collective bargaining
- We couldn't, we didn't think it was necessary to include that entire definition.
- We couldn't, we didn't think it was necessary to include that entire definition.
Summary:
The Assembly Higher Education Committee met to hear several Senate measures focused on artificial intelligence in higher education. Senator Niello presented SCR 82, which encourages California’s higher education segments to coordinate on best practices for AI use, including academic integrity, teaching standards, and faculty/student engagement. Testimony was generally supportive, with one community college faculty representative raising concerns about preserving faculty purview, academic freedom, and segment-specific governance. The resolution was adopted and re-referred to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee on an 8-0 vote.
The committee also heard SB 928 by Senator Cervantes, which seeks to protect CSU faculty employees from being replaced by AI and to clarify that faculty positions, including instructional and certain non-instructional roles such as librarians, counselors, and coaches, must be held by humans who meet CSU minimum qualifications. Support came from the California Faculty Association and labor groups, who argued that AI should augment rather than replace faculty and that guardrails are needed to protect jobs and student support. Members asked for clarification about the bill’s scope, and the author and witnesses explained that it was intended to mirror CSU faculty definitions and not apply to classified or administrative workers. The bill passed the committee on a 10-0 vote and was sent to the Assembly Floor.
The committee also approved a consent calendar containing SB 308, SB 892, and SB 968 on a 7-0 vote, with the roll kept open for additional members to add on. Several members also requested to be added as co-authors on the AI-related measures. The chair announced the next hearing date and then adjourned the meeting.
MN
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- Then there is a definition of public accommodations.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (02/20/2026)
State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Shahin at the American University of Cairo give the following definition.
- Shahin at the American University of Cairo give the following definition.
- Shahin at the American University of Cairo give the following definition.
- Shahin at the American University of Cairo give the following definition.
- Shahin at the American University of Cairo give the following definition.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 3rd, 2025 at 02:30 pm
Appropriations - Education and Environment Division
Transcript Highlights:
- First, it updates and adds definitions to Century Code related to community supervision.
- First, it updates and adds definitions to Century Code related to community supervision.
- Parole hearings and definitions: Section 1 incorporates the new definition of absconding into the parole
- The bill also updates the existing definition of risk assessment.
- It is also worth noting that having definitions helps our state agencies track data better.
Summary:
The committee met to review fiscal aspects of House Bills 1417 and 1425, both part of a broader criminal justice reentry package. HB 1417 would eliminate the $35 public defender application fee and end court-ordered reimbursement of indigent defense costs, while also removing the $55 monthly community supervision fee. Testimony from the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents and the Department of Corrections said the bill would replace lost revenue with general fund appropriations of about $310,000 for indigent defense and $1.5 million for supervision fees, and that the fees are rarely collected and can hinder reentry. Representative Clemene said the bill is intended to reduce barriers to successful community reintegration and improve data and supervision practices.
HB 1425 would create and fund front-end diversion, deflection, and pretrial services programs. Supporters described it as allowing prosecutors and local jurisdictions to divert appropriate low-level offenders from prosecution, establish deflection programs for people with behavioral health needs, and expand pretrial services. The bill includes a pilot program in three counties, a $1 million appropriation to DOCR for one FTE and contracts with local providers, $750,000 to DHS for treatment services, and $55,000 for a study of pretrial services cost savings. Committee members asked several questions about how the pilot counties would be chosen, how the consultant study would be procured, and what services the DHS funds would cover.
The committee also heard House Bill 1603, which would provide a $500,000 matching grant for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act compliance, with $100,000 available to each of North Dakota’s five tribes if matched. Sponsor testimony said the funds would support a Historical Society NAGPRA compliance committee and help catalog and repatriate human remains and cultural items in coordination with tribes. After questions about the federal mandate and the difficulty of identifying artifacts, the committee voted 4-0 to give HB 1603 a do-pass recommendation, with Senator Meyer assigned to carry it forward.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- In fact, one of the definitions...
- In fact, one of the definitions is going to include artificial intelligence into the definition.
- It is including artificial intelligence in the definition.
- The other thing it's doing, members, is it's taking out all those definitions that you see in the bill
- So, we should be taking out those definitions.
Keywords:
athletic classification, public high schools, English language learners, state education policy, athletic associations, religious instruction, elective credit, released time, public education, school policy, educational intervention, State Superintendent, local boards of education, subpoena, accountability, state control, 1136, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Deputy Attorney General Ian Robertson submitted comments suggesting including a definition for the term
- We will also be adding a definition for Performing Arts and outlining granting standards.
- We will also be adding a definition for Performing Arts and outlining granting standards.
- We will also be adding a definition for Performing Arts and outlining granting standards.
- for Performing Arts and definition for Performing Arts and outlining<00:25:49.559>
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Summary:
The Committee on Culture and the Arts heard testimony on HB 547 HD1, which would create a spay-neuter special fund to reduce pet overpopulation and support spay/neuter services, funded in part through a tax return check-off and other sources. The Department of Taxation said it could implement the check-off; the Attorney General and Budget and Finance raised drafting and placement concerns about which department should house the fund; and the Hawaii Humane Society strongly supported the bill, emphasizing statewide need and the importance of distributing funds to areas of greatest need, including neighbor islands. The Tax Foundation opposed the measure on special-fund grounds, arguing there was no sufficient nexus between the bill’s purpose and the proposed revenue source. The committee later recommended HB 547 HD1 with technical amendments and sent it to Finance, with members voting aye and no objections noted.
The committee also heard HB 925 HD1, relating to arts funding, which would impose a 1% fee on ticket sales from concerts at state venues and direct the proceeds to a dedicated arts fund. The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts supported the measure, while the Attorney General suggested defining “concerts” for clarity and Budget and Finance was available with comments. In discussion, the committee chair asked about how other states fund arts programs, and Director Ewald said many states use dedicated funding sources such as concert fees, bond funding, cultural trusts, and hotel lodging taxes. The committee recommended HB 925 HD1 with amendments, including a preamble, a new Performing Arts special fund, a definition of “concerts,” and a defective date, and the recommendation was adopted.
Finally, the committee considered HB 1378, also related to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Based on the Attorney General’s testimony, the committee proposed deleting a section of the bill, creating a Performing Arts special fund, specifying revenue sources such as legislative appropriations, foundation charges, grants, gifts, and interest, and using the fund for coordination, planning, promotion, marketing, and execution of performing arts events. The amendments also added a definition of Performing Arts, granting standards, and a defective date, while blanking out the appropriation amount for the committee report. The committee voted to adopt the recommendation on HB 1378 with amendments, and the meeting adjourned.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- And so it's definitely not going to be, uh, it's definitely different from that bill from the ground
- And I would say that that definition.
- need we do think some of the definitions need we do think some of the definitions of<01:05:22.799
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of to just clean up the definition of to just clean up the definition of firearms - So the difference between the definition So the difference between the definition of<01:08:51.120
Keywords:
Second Amendment, firearms, state rights, federal regulation, law enforcement, civil penalties, government liability, concealed carry, public colleges, university facilities, weapons legislation, self-defense, campus safety, weapons, age requirement, permits, HB0097, Wyoming firearms privacy, merchant category code, MCC
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there a definition of prayer somewhere?
- Rader, going back up to the top of page three, line 1, is there a definition for control?
- I don't know that we necessarily need to have a definition of the word 'control'.
- We don't have a really working definition of what the courts have established what that means.
- Definitely today, Sarah Deers for debate. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Bills:
SB843, SB1733, SB1476, SB1237, SB1410, SB1894, SB1272, SB1204, SB1721, SB1725, SB1735, SB1337, SB1339, SB1461, SB1975
Keywords:
school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- These definitions cover images of a real child, images of a real child that could have been modified
- The bill seeks to strengthen the legal framework by establishing in clear legal definitions, enhancing
- We have a definition of deepfake media, pretty much a definition of deep, uh, uh, visual depiction.
- So, you know, we've tried to provide definitions that encompass as much as possible.
- So when you definitely max these folks out, no question about that. All right. Very good.
Keywords:
child protection, sexual offenses, visual material, artificial intelligence, criminal penalties, law enforcement, defense against prosecution, obscenity, judicial officer, deepfake, deep fake, synthetic media, AI-generated content, machine learning, nonconsensual pornography, revenge porn, sexually explicit media, intimate images, digital manipulation, visual depiction
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy (06/11/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- definitely get additional should definitely get additional uh<01:11:27.520>
scientific <01:11: - European Union to modify the definition European Union to modify the definition of<02:02:04.320>
- FDA definitions or the CDC definitions for gene therapy.
- <02:32:49.280>
and recently that have more definitive and recently that have more definitive - so so uh just a thought maybe definitely so so uh just a thought maybe definitely not<02:35:50.479
Summary:
The committee met as a special House committee on COVID response efficacy, noted absences, and restated its mission to review New Hampshire’s pandemic response, including federal guidance, federal funds, emergency use authorization vaccination efforts, long COVID treatment, patient bill of rights implementation, and vaccination policies. The main business was discussion of a proposed letter or report language concerning current COVID vaccine recommendations for young children, especially those under age two, and how to support any conclusions with cited scientific and state sources.
Representative Polozov argued that the committee should ask the governor or agencies to reconsider current recommendations, saying the committee should focus on whether vaccination is needed for that age group, whether it is effective, and whether the risks outweigh the benefits. He said he had distributed articles and wanted the committee to pair its conclusions with scientific and statistical data. Other members asked him to identify the specific New Hampshire DHHS and American Academy of Pediatrics sources for the recommendation, clarify the age range being discussed, and separate any evidence about adverse effects in other age groups from the infant/toddler demographic so the letter would be transparent and not misleading.
Members generally agreed the letter should be carefully sourced and refined, with citations for each claim. The chair said the committee would treat the request as urgent and try to finalize a version by the next meeting, noting that some members would be traveling. The committee also discussed scheduling additional testimony in September and October, possibly with extra meetings, to continue gathering evidence and to hear from witnesses. The chair then began reviewing supporting articles, including studies he said were new since the 2024 report, and introduced a 2025 South Korea cohort study and another 2025 Italian cohort study as examples of the evidence he wanted to incorporate into an updated 2026 report.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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of your question, um, the definition of your question, um, the definition of - <00:23:19.280>
of um we got to an updated definition of um we got to an updated definition - <00:23:37.760>
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the athletic trainers definitely have the athletic trainers definitely have the - diagnosis has a definition in statute. diagnosis has a definition in statute.
Keywords:
hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So we should definitely continue this discussion.
- of the day um so we should definitely of the day um so we should definitely continue<00:36:51.160
- Um, it would definitely go to the child if the school perceives that, um, if the...
- So that's definitely the case, and I thank you for what you're doing. I appreciate it.
- So that's definitely the case, and I thank you for what you're doing. I appreciate it.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So HB 737 helps update this definition.
- So HB 737 helps update this definition.
- <01:16:15.199>
of land is exempt from the definition of land is exempt from the definition - <01:34:24.679>
please they say that's our definition please they say that's our definition - definition definition um of<02:46:48.479>
el I think we'll note that in the committee report
Summary:
The Committee on Housing held a public hearing on January 31 and heard testimony on a series of housing and building-code bills. The first major item, HB 1 relating to building codes, drew sharply divided testimony. Supporters, including BIA Hawaii, Grassroot Institute, Dr. Horton, and several builders and trade groups, argued the current code-adoption process is slow, fragmented, and costly, and that reform would help housing production. Opponents, including Sierra Club Hawaii, AIA Hawaii, ICC, and labor representative Kiko Bosi, said the bill would weaken public safety, reduce statewide consistency, and could leave tenants and first responders at greater risk. No vote was taken during the hearing, and members asked questions about the effect of a governor’s emergency proclamation suspending the Building Code Council and about county authority over code amendments.
The committee then heard HB 745 and HB 1321, both also relating to building codes. Grassroot Institute supported both measures, saying the system is broken and needs streamlining, while BIA Hawaii and others emphasized the cost burden of repeated code updates. Opponents, especially Bosi and ICC, argued that the bills would undermine the State Building Code Council’s role, create confusion, and prioritize cost over safety; Bosi also said labor should be included in any code discussions. Members questioned whether counties can remove state code provisions and whether the state code already supersedes county codes, and one member noted the need for clarity and consistent enforcement rather than a wholesale overhaul.
Later, the committee heard HB 284 on housing, HB 761 on county permitting and inspection, and HB 738 on historic preservation. HB 284 drew support from several housing and real estate groups, while DLNR opposed it. On HB 761, HHFDC supported the bill, DLNR warned that the proposed changes could jeopardize Hawaii’s participation in the National Flood Insurance Program, DAGS said it would likely need to duplicate county permitting staff, and the Department of Planning and Permitting opposed it; Grassroot Institute and NAIOP supported it. For HB 738, HHFDC, DLNR, Grassroot Institute, Hawaii YIMBY, NAIOP, and others supported the measure, with Grassroot and NAIOP suggesting clarifications so expedited review would also cover mixed-use projects and better define the scope of work. The transcript does not show any final votes or committee action on these bills during the hearing.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Mar 18, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- some concerns about the legal definition some concerns about the legal definition of<01:07:16.080
- And we've of the definitions.
- the definition of the definition of illegal<01:27:49.440>
electronic <01:27:49.960>gambling - definition that raise some concerns. definition that raise some concerns.
- >> But in terms of adding a new definition >> But in terms of adding a new definition
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 3123, which would treat free tuition or school-conditioned enrollment at private educational institutions as a conditional gift rather than a contractual obligation unless otherwise agreed in writing. The Office of the Governor supported the bill, and Kamehameha Schools and the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools strongly backed it, saying it would protect donor intent, preserve school-ohana relationships, and help maintain tuition assistance and educational access for families. A committee member commented favorably on the unity among school organizations, and there were no objections raised before the committee moved on.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 2438, which creates a civil cause of action for interference with constitutional and statutory rights through threats, intimidation, or coercion, with private and government enforcement options and protections for constitutionally protected speech. Testifiers from the Community Alliance on Prisons and a know-your-rights educator supported the measure as a civil rights protection grounded in the Hawaii Constitution. No opposition testimony was presented during the hearing, and the measure appeared to receive general support from those who testified.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 3142, which establishes offenses for dangerous and habitual dangerous intoxication and allows civil protective custody and emergency examination in lieu of arrest in certain cases. The Attorney General, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of Health, and Department of Human Services supported the bill as a treatment-oriented diversion tool for people who are dangerously intoxicated and at risk to themselves or the public. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, warning it could expand police discretion, burden emergency rooms, and function as a loss of liberty without sufficient treatment resources, while committee members questioned whether the bill would simply cycle people through emergency rooms and back onto the street. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided; the chair said decision-making would occur at the end of the agenda.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- I can't answer that definitively because ultimately courts usually decide the definition of terms, but
- And then we get into the definition.
- definitions.
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NH
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of changes I'm using the definition of changes I'm using the definition of - > the M&R tax definition that's critical the M&R tax definition that's critical is<01:01:27.440
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of Even though we have a definition of Even though we have a definition of - <01:02:01.680>
are in agreement that the definitions are in agreement that the definitions - I believe there's a definition for waterways. Sorry. I believe there's a definition for waterways.
VA
Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Communications, Technology and Innovation Mar 9th, 2026
Communications, Technology and Innovation
Transcript Highlights:
- And if you're an operator and you're trying to comply with the definition of...
- And if you're an operator and you're trying to comply with the definition of And if you're an operator
- and you're trying to comply with the definition as it is currently drafted, we're uncertain that that's
- And finally, several definitions are still overly broad and create compliance uncertainty, potentially
- And finally, several definitions are still overly broad and create compliance uncertainty, potentially
IN
Transcript Highlights:
- Do we have the second definition that I tried to remove the other day? Is that still in the bill?
- So if nothing's been changed, then I'll assume that the second definition still remains in the bill.
- And we chose to write now another definition of the same crime and put it in the code.
- We just want to make sure that we had a broad definition. Thank you. I do appreciate that.
- It also adds an amended definition of bulk drug substance, which was part of Senate Bill 282.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jul 1st, 2025
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- So I am definitely supporting the bill today and I am going to hear it again in privacy so hopefully
- And I think the most critical thing is in terms of just definitions that we're not conflicting in any
- way, so we want to really defer to ABA on just sort of those basics. definitions and structures.
- So, I think it gets back to the point the Senator brought up a moment ago relative to definitions, and
- the definitions have changed, definitely have changed from the point the CDPH put out, regulations in
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Affordable Housing Efforts – Senator Eric Lucero Feb 20th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I definitely think that's something that everybody can get behind for sure.
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definitely <00:00:52.640>think <00:00:52.800>that's <00: - 00:53.039>
something <00:00:53.280>that >> I definitely think that's something that - >> I definitely think that's something that everybody<00:00:54.000>
can <00:00:54.160>- Now, again, the average age being 40, it is actually altering the definition, and some in the younger
Summary:
The discussion focused on Minnesota’s affordable housing and workforce homeownership development program, which aims to increase the supply of owner-occupied single-family and multifamily housing. The senator said his connection to the issue comes from his background as a real estate agent and his role as the Republican lead on the Senate housing committee, and he framed the goal as making homeownership more affordable across the state.
Asked about the annual report, he said it showed some progress, including 123 homes built through the program, but argued that the number was far too small to address Minnesota’s broader housing shortage or rising costs. He said housing prices are climbing for both renters and buyers, and that government funding alone cannot solve the problem.
The senator attributed much of the affordability problem to government regulation, including permitting delays and building code requirements, which he said make homes in Minnesota $50,000 to $150,000 more expensive than comparable homes in neighboring states. He said the state should roll back regulatory barriers so the free market can increase supply and lower prices, and he emphasized that homeownership is important for family stability, education, work, and preserving the American dream. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the exchange.