Video & Transcript Research : 'budget process'

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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 11th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I'm bringing it back this year, and this is to streamline the process.
  • So I guess the concern would be about the reach for the bidding process and the transparency.
  • We have to go through this whole process, and once we get the full... ...whole process, and once we get
  • This slows the process down, and we feel we can't issue... ...process down, and we feel we can't issue
  • And it sounds like a very convoluted process prior to this.
Bills: SB36, SB39, SB40, SB12, SB29, SB121, SB131, SB12
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Mar 4th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ladies and gentlemen, I know that this process has gone along... ...that this process has gone along
  • that radio show more of a talk about how they let us do what we do and how they can control this process
  • with their nuclear options. this process with their nuclear options called closure.
  • As we talk through this process, they talked also about rule changes and making rule changes to handle
  • and prolong this any longer, but I just want this body to understand that in the true spirit of the process
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 4th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • THEY LEARN ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND PARTICIPATE IN MOCK SESSIONS.
  • SENATOR THOMPSON, REMEMBER HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROCESS IS.
  • RANGE PROGRAM PLAN TO IMPROVE FLEXIBILITY, SIMPLIFY PROCESSES, AND SHIFT THE FOCUS TO MEASURED OUTCOMES
  • FLORIDA'S RULEMAKING PROCESS CAN AND SHOULD BE MODERNIZED TO BETTER SERVE OUR STATE.
  • FOR FLORIDIANS TO VOTE TO LOWER THEIR OWN PROPERTY TAXES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PASS A BALANCED BUDGET
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/9/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lake Elmo's entire general fund budget is just under $9 million, yet we are being asked to contribute
  • and capital planning to planning process and capital planning to identify<00:58:01.440> the<00
  • We know the frontal things that our state is facing, whether it's fraud or budget deficits in the tails
  • deficits in the it's fraud or budget deficits in the tails<01:25:54.320> or<01:25:54.400>
  • Paul Plant Growth Research Facility was a definitive success, completed on time and on budget, and that
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, members, I'm I urge you to vote for this bill, but also to support an appropriation for this process
  • board and the city's relationship works: we, the municipality, set the hotel tax and approve the budget
  • budget.
  • We have open meetings where discussions on budget priorities occur. on interlocal agreement are conducted
  • We actually have implemented all but one of these, and we're in the process of implementing it.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/8/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, and so that's the process that's still underway.
  • Um, and so that's the process 10 years.
  • Uh my of where that process stands.
  • <00:15:19.440> use uh in their manufacturing process use uh in their manufacturing process
  • ,<01:18:37.040> efficiently to streamline processes, efficiently to streamline processes,
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Ways and Means Committee 4/7/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if you have a affects your budget.
  • And in an agency like ours budget.
  • non-budget years for supplemental budget non-budget years for supplemental budget ask<00:10:14.800
  • budget setting. Represent Eric. budget setting. Represent Eric.
  • budget too and do some serious cutting. budget too and do some serious cutting.
Bills: HF3006, HF2130, HF1290
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/1/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
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  • not Omnibus yeah a budget Bill our 2025<01:08:34.560> budget<01:08:34.960> budget<01:08
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  • bills including the governor's budget bills including the governor's budget and<01:29:47.520>
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 - March 30, 2020

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The department does not use a solar map layer in its decision-making process.
  • The department does not use a solar map layer in its decision-making process.
  • The Joint Committee on Capital Review reviews the closure recommendation and the process.
  • And in the legislative process, we sit here right now in a committee.
  • Planning and zoning processes are important.
Summary: The Natural Resources Committee approved the March 17 minutes and then took up a long calendar of bills, holding HCR 2038. HB 2787, which would bar the state and its political subdivisions from using personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer, or cooperate with the Mexican wolf reintroduction program, drew opposition from Sierra Club and Humane World for Animals/Animal Defense League of Arizona, who argued it would hinder wolf recovery and undercut science-based wildlife management. The committee nevertheless gave HB 2787 a do-pass recommendation by a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered HB 2055 on a Brackish Groundwater Recovery Program Fund and HB 2782 on disclosure requirements for regulatory assets in utility rates. Testimony on HB 2055 raised concerns that brackish groundwater is still groundwater and that pumping it could cause localized impacts, but the bill initially received a do-pass recommendation before a later vote failed on reconsideration. HB 2782 prompted discussion about Corporation Commission authority and utility regulation, but it ultimately received a do-pass recommendation. The committee also heard HB 2781, a solar energy decommissioning and financial assurance bill, with testimony from environmental groups, industry representatives, and a local official; an amendment by Senator Sundareshan to strengthen financial assurance and remove the remediation fund failed, and the underlying bill also failed on a tied 4-4 vote. Later, the committee approved HB 2975, which would suspend use of solar scoring maps on state trust lands and require new mining and housing scoring maps, despite opposition from environmental groups and neutral comments from the State Land Department that the solar map is only a guidance tool. HB 2696, as amended, passed after the committee adopted amendments shifting the Arizona Commerce Authority’s fuel-price mandate and creating a fuel resiliency task force; testimony focused on fuel supply, pipeline capacity, refinery access, and whether the ACA was the right agency to lead the effort. The committee also passed HCM 2009 urging Congress to require legislative approval for new national monuments and to streamline mining and land-swap processes, and HB 2889, which funds ADEQ monitoring of uranium contamination and creates a statewide registry and tribal partnership program. Finally, the committee approved HB 2763, which would require legislative approval before the Arizona Game and Fish Commission could close a shooting range. Supporters said it was meant to protect facilities like Ben Avery and preserve safe shooting locations, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary because existing review steps already exist and there was no imminent closure threat. The committee also heard testimony on the bill from Game and Fish, which said the measure would add another layer to an already extensive closure process and that the department was neutral on the proposal.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 03-18-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:24:31.920> is processing of those applications is processing of those applications is
  • So, we did look back at process.
  • We're talking about budget costs.
  • like throughout that process. like throughout that process.
  • <01:56:58.880> is dollars are so crucial, the budget is dollars are so crucial, the budget
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 3rd, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that is early on in the process.
  • No different than any capital offense now. >> You know, certainly they have to go through the process
  • So that is early on in the process. No different than any capital offense now.
  • <00:11:47.680> No<00:11:47.920> different early on in the process.
  • No different early on in the process.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice May 20th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Additionally, it cleans up the staff disciplinary process to better comply with agency grievance policies
  • Currently, a defendant is required to pay $50 for the execution process of an arrest warrant.
  • This bill proposes a long-overdue increase in the fee for executing and processing arrest warrants from
  • No police time is used in these cases despite being processed by the computer and accruing the fee.
  • Compounding this problem is punitive action with no due process for those who are innocent, repeated
Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met with a quorum and heard a long agenda of bills on criminal justice, public safety, mental health, victims’ rights, and related administrative issues. Early bills included HB 47, the omnibus sexual assault survivors bill, which would expand post-assault care, require courts to consider delays for adult survivors, bar sex offenders from rideshare driving, allow lease termination regardless of where an assault occurred, and require more reporting from sexual assault response teams. Testimony was generally supportive, though one witness raised concern that the bill’s reporting requirements could jeopardize county grant funding. HB 171, the Annel Borrego Act, would set a minimum period for court-ordered chemical dependency treatment; NAMI Texas supported it. HB 908 would require missing children reports to be sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children within two hours, and HB 1443 would criminalize possession and promotion of childlike sex dolls; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 567, changing juvenile board chair selection in Parker County, and HB 4263, a TJJD workforce retention bill, were also heard and left pending after brief discussion and adoption of committee substitutes where applicable. The committee also heard several bills focused on jail and prison safety, court process, and victim protection. HB 2282 would raise the arrest warrant fee from $50 to $75; constables supported it as a cost-recovery measure, while the Texas Fair Defense Project opposed it as a regressive fee that burdens low-income defendants. HB 3464 would increase penalties for correctional employees who bring drugs or alcohol into prisons, with support from Harris County jail officials and a formerly incarcerated advocate who described the dangers of contraband and retaliation. HB 285, “Poncho’s Law,” would add criminal negligence to non-livestock animal cruelty offenses; animal welfare advocates said it would close a loophole that lets pet service businesses avoid accountability, and the bill was left pending. HB 2355 would keep certain Crime Victims Compensation records confidential when held by the Attorney General, and HB 2637 would standardize jury exemption ages and clean up jury disqualification reporting; both were left pending after limited testimony. Mental health and competency-related bills received significant attention. HB 305 would require a pretrial hearing within 14 days after a defendant is restored to competency, aimed at reducing repeated decompensation and the forensic waitlist; NAMI Texas supported it. HB 1741 would tighten procedures for not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity outpatient commitments by requiring a stronger nexus to the receiving county and clearer supervision authority; law enforcement and mental health witnesses said it would improve public safety and treatment success. HB 2492 would make the four-hour family-violence post-bond cooling-off period mandatory rather than discretionary, and HB 1445 would allow a managed assigned counsel director to designate someone to approve certain payments for indigent defense attorneys; both were left pending. HB 1024 would require prompt execution of warrants for parole violators on superintensive supervision, and HB 1306 would extend first-responder-style benefits to death investigation professionals; neither drew opposition in the hearing. The committee also heard a series of public integrity and technology bills. HB 449 would expand the deepfake sexual content statute to include sexually explicit images, with Public Citizen supporting the change as necessary to address a rapidly growing problem. HB 1902 would create a new offense for “jugging,” or following bank or ATM customers to rob them; the Texas Bankers Association supported it. HB 2697 would require sureties to notify prosecutors before surrendering a felony defendant’s bond, and HB 2001 would sharply increase penalties for misuse of public information for financial gain and related coercion, with prosecutors and Texas Rangers describing bid-rigging and public corruption investigations as difficult to prove under current law because of short limitations periods and limited penalties. HB 1866 would grant Texas peace officer authority to National Park Service rangers within Texas park boundaries, and HB 4996 would increase penalties for fraudulent liens filed against public servants. Throughout the hearing, most bills were left pending after testimony, and several committee substitutes were adopted without objection.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 30th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm doing the budget for DFPS right now.
  • with the carrier to have an informal settlement process before an arbitration process actually happens
  • Prior to 2019, when we just had the mediation process, 95% was solved through the informal process.
  • process, but not by setting rates in statute.
  • So is it a positive process? No, no. It's not.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and announced it would vote on pending bills at 10:30, with public testimony limited to two minutes. It first took up Senate Bill 905, a TDLR cleanup bill on licensing regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Senator Zafferini said the committee substitute would streamline advisory board consultation, remove obsolete provisional licenses, and allow any licensed physician to authorize hearing instruments for minors; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. The committee then heard House Bill 451, which would require universal screening for commercial sexual exploitation risk for children in DFPS conservatorship and youth under TJJD jurisdiction. The author and witnesses from Children at Risk, the Fort Bend Anti-Trafficking Collective, and Texas CASA supported the bill as a prevention tool with existing infrastructure and training; the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee next considered Senate Bill 466, which would clarify that families may request a fetal death certificate at any gestational age, while keeping existing filing requirements for physicians. A constituent father testified about losing his 11-week-old daughter and being told he could not obtain a certificate, which he said prevented funeral arrangements; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. Senate Bill 2311 followed, requiring residential treatment centers to have a written agreement with the school that will educate resident children before becoming operational. The author cited a local dispute where an RTC and school district lacked communication, and witnesses from Texas CASA and Disability Rights Texas supported clearer educational planning while suggesting the Education Code may need conforming changes; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2826, known as Alyssa’s Law, which would create a statewide education program on medical child abuse for medical students, health care professionals, and CPS caseworkers. The author and Sheriff Bill Weyburn described Alyssa’s case as involving repeated unnecessary surgeries and argued the bill would improve awareness and early identification, while several witnesses and members raised concerns about false accusations, impacts on medically fragile children, and the need for scientific, peer-reviewed training and safeguards. After extensive discussion, the chair left the bill pending. The committee also heard House Bill 136, which would add certified lactation consultants as Medicaid providers to expand breastfeeding support; witnesses from lactation and nutrition fields said the bill would improve access, maternal and infant health, and long-term savings, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2805, a surprise-billing/arbitration measure that would clarify provider identifiers and shift arbitration costs to the losing party. The author said the substitute was a legislative counsel draft with no substantive difference, and witnesses from the Texas Medical Association, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, and U.S. Anesthesia Partners supported the bill as a modest improvement that would reduce administrative confusion and make arbitration fairer without weakening patient protections. Members discussed how arbitration costs affect settlement behavior and how to define the “winner” in close cases. The bill was heard but not voted out during this segment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 15th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and this is a consensus-based process that we have.
  • I have been through four jury processes here in Travis County. I take that process very seriously.
  • that continue to use the grand jury process.
  • Over the course of my career, I've seen the grand jury process be eroded, both in terms of due process
  • And so to take part in this process, they have that responsibility. Can any process be abused?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • But what this bill does is provide an expedited process for adjudicating those suits.
  • And so the idea is, if we were to take that aspect out of the process...
  • However, our conscious mind is only processing four bits of information per second.
  • to gain access to their victim outside of the normal criminal investigatory process.
  • There's an internal process, and then there's outreach, especially with these special districts.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • This process is already in place, right?
  • In 2024 alone, we processed almost 20,000 new case filings.
  • Now I'm forced to go through the. appeals process.
  • process can start, right?
  • Maintain the online notarization process.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 10th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The commission chair is to handle administrative and budget matters, and the commission will be housed
  • It’s about the process. She is a stickler for the rules. It’s the how. It’s about the process.
  • The program is similar to the performance of the same process, which will be included in school year
  • The budget fund showcases the money transferred to the fund by the Legislature, money donated, gifts,
  • Speaker Arch consistently modeled respect for this body, for its process, and for the people who make
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 14th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So a future legislature faces budget shortfalls.
  • Our budget grew by $330 million. So where does all the money come from?
  • And I saw that we did not budget that much money.
  • Senate Bill 1161 is the Oklahoma Healthcare Authority's budget limit bill.
  • Senate Bill 1163 is the DHS budget limit bill.