Video & Transcript Research : 'contested adoption'
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AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill calls for the State Board of The bill calls for the State Board of Education to adopt rules
- And then again on the adoption side, which I definitely don't want to say there's any difference between
- I haven't been through the adoption process; I know you have, so you probably feel a little stronger
- In adoption, you're not going through that; it's more... ...not going through that; it's more emotional
- U... ...under the catastrophic leave roles, maternity and adoption had been added for 8 weeks.
Keywords:
home school, career and technical education, public schools, K-12 education, enrollment policy, parental leave, state employees, adoption, employee benefits, aircraft tax, aviation tax, sales tax exemption, use tax exemption, lease tax, rental tax, commercial aircraft, air carrier, airline, aircraft parts, maintenance
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Committee Jan 14th, 2026
Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit
Keywords:
district attorneys, prosecutorial function, law enforcement, criminal procedure, legal advice, paternity, putative father registry, adoption, legal rights, parental rights, HB181, Alabama Building Renovation Finance Authority, bond authorization, state bonds, capital improvements, public buildings, State Capitol, renovation finance, public office facilities, infrastructure financing
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- The agency then has the ability to modify or set decide or adopt that and they have to specify the reasons
Bills:
HB3146, HB3719, HB3895, HB3923, HB4748, HB4751, HB4936, HB4952, HB4990, HB4991, HB5061, HB5196, HB5238, HB5246, HB5487
Keywords:
State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code
TX
Keywords:
commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening, validated screening tool, evidence-informed tool, conservatorship, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, trafficking prevention, Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit
TX
Keywords:
commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening, validated screening tool, evidence-informed tool, conservatorship, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, trafficking prevention, Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 12th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- Before an agency can really start walking down the path to adopting a rule, there's a with a lot of work
- , formally adopts the rule, when they their commissioner or their governing board makes a decision to
- And then lastly, the rules will go up for adoption. by our commission. Ms.
- I remember a few years ago... years ago, we had this issue where we had adopted an electrical code for
- Finally, when you've got a final rule adopted, what we've spoken to is you have a very good process for
Keywords:
regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Motion prevails and the amendment is adopted.
- Motion prevails and the amendment is adopted.
- The bill proposes criteria including population change, technology adoption, modes of travel, impacts
- Motion prevails and the amendment is adopted.
- The bill proposes criteria including population change, technology adoption, modes of travel, impacts
Keywords:
public utility, interim rates, utility rates, rate case, general rate case, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, PUC, rate increase cap, rate freeze, refunds, customer refunds, ratepayer protection, electric utility, gas utility, regulated utility, ratemaking, return on equity, rate base, test year, rate design
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- To be clear, Repro for All supports adoption information in the context of pregnancy options.
- Instead of adding another requirement mandating adoption-related instruction any time the topics are
- I move the 8-page amendment to HB 2379 in my name, dated March 17th at 1:45 p.m., be adopted.
- The amendment is adopted. Please move the bill as amended. Thank you.
- I opposed the amendment is adopted. Please move the bill as amended.
Keywords:
public education, adoption, sex education, parental rights, student health information, school safety, resource officers, mental health, training, infrastructure improvements, Arizona Teachers Academy, teacher preparation, education funding, public schools, scholarships, teacher certification, community colleges, school district, governing board, training requirements
Summary:
The committee on Education heard a series of bills and took action on each. HCR 2015, a resolution supporting at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity for K-12 students and posting dietary guidelines in schools, drew testimony from advocates for recess and student wellness; it was approved 6-0. HB 2040, which would require schools to provide adoption information when contraception or STI topics are discussed and add adoption-related content to sex education, drew opposition from Reproductive Freedom for All and the Arizona Education Association, but passed 4-2. HB 2255, extending Arizona Teachers Academy eligibility for community college students from two to four years, passed unanimously 6-0. HB 2764, creating a voluntary state seal of computer science proficiency for high school graduates, also passed 6-0.
The committee then considered HB 2600, requiring written parental permission for students in grades 6-8 to join school clubs or organizations. The ACLU of Arizona opposed the bill, arguing it would suppress participation in clubs involving sensitive identities or topics; the bill passed 4-2. HB 2379, which requires school district governing board members to complete recurring training on school finance and related duties, was amended to narrow the re-election consequences and then passed 4-2. HB 2142, establishing a school safety center and council within the Arizona Department of Education to provide training, technical assistance, and risk assessments, received mixed testimony over its funding source and council makeup but passed 4-2.
Later, HB 4033, which would require more detailed bond election pamphlets and separate ballot propositions for certain school bond projects such as stadiums, administrative buildings, and teacher housing, drew opposition from the Arizona Education Association over added barriers to school funding, but passed 4-2. HB 2482, capping job order contracting for building renewal grant projects at $1 million and requiring verification against artificial project splitting, drew concerns from builders and school board groups about slowing repairs and limiting procurement flexibility; it passed 4-2. Finally, HB 2575, the Anti-Semitism and Education Act, which would bar public schools and higher education institutions from teaching or promoting antisemitism and create reporting and discipline procedures, drew strong support from Jewish community representatives describing school and campus incidents, and opposition from the ACLU and AEA over free-speech and liability concerns; the transcript cuts off before the committee vote on this bill.
TX
Bills:
HB 12, HB 149, SB 229, SB 1361, SB 1749, SB 1897, SB 2113, SB 2566, SB 2677, SB 1652, SB 2327, SB 2344, SB 2696
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, automobile sales, finance, retail seller, motor vehicle purchase, motor vehicle sales, pricing restrictions, third-party financing, education, funding, student assessment, accountability, standards, motor vehicle, financing
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 4819 would provide some incentive to the adoptive owner by requiring a $50 deposit.
- Is there an objection to the adoption of the committee's substitute?
- If not, the substitute is adopted. Of course, the new committee substitute is in your drop box.
- **Adoption Agencies** - Organizations that facilitate the adoption process, helping expectant mothers
- and families seeking to adopt.
Keywords:
SB 670, investigational sun protection products, sun protection, sunscreen, FDA approval, clinical trial, phase one trial, patient access, informed consent, physician prescription, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Medical Board, compassionate use, experimental treatment, medical freedom, patient autonomy, healthcare regulation, dietitian, dietitians, licensed dietitian
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There being no objection the substitute is adopted.
- There being no objection, the substitute is adopted.
- The substitute is adopted.
- There being no objection, the substitute is adopted.
- Is there any Hearing none, the substitute is adopted.
Keywords:
solid waste management, exclusive contracts, public agency, contract amendment, notification requirements, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Emissions Reduction Plan, TERP, air quality, emissions reduction, clean fleet, alternative fuel, natural gas vehicles, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen infrastructure, diesel replacement, fleet grants, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, clean school buses
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Children, Youth and Family Services Apr 8th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Children, Youth and Family Services
Transcript Highlights:
- kids who are aging out or those who are 16 or older that have achieved permanency, guardianship, or adoption
- I move for adoption and yield for questions. Are there any questions? No questions.
Keywords:
child care, licensing, definitions, foster care, child welfare, SB1983, resource family partner, resource family partners, Department of Human Services, DHS, foster homes, foster children, placement data, data sharing, de-identified data, aggregated data, sibling groups, placement disruptions, foster parent recruitment, foster parent retention
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- who are adopted and also women children who are adopted and also women children who are adopted and
- parents the parents can decide adoptive parents the parents can decide adoptive parents the parents
- this approach, local governments adopted this approach, local governments adopted this approach, it'
- The board may adopt rules. Replace line 353 on page 13 adopt rules.
- I move to adopt the amendment. I move to adopt the amendment. I move to adopt the amendment.
Keywords:
parental leave, state employees, local education agencies, adoption, work-life balance, family support, portable benefits, portable benefit account, independent contractor, gig worker, 1099 worker, freelancer, app-based worker, rideshare, delivery driver, worker benefits, health insurance, retirement benefits, life insurance, income replacement insurance
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Health Services (3-29-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCAoJnTXQwE, 2026-06-21T07:17:04+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start: 00:00:00
HB 331 Discussion: 00:00:14
HB 331 Roll Call Vote: 00:06:45
HB 56 Discussion: 00:08:02
HB 56 Roll Call Vote: 00:21:05
HB 311 Discussion: 00:23:26
HB 311 Roll Call Vote: 00:24:39
HB 345 Discussion: 00:26:27
HB 345 Roll Call Vote: 00:41:43
HB 353 Discussion: 00:45:05
HB 353 Roll Call Vote: 00:53:30
HJR 38 Discussion: 00:54:35
HJR 38 Roll Call Vote: 00:56:22
Adoption of Senate Resolutions by Voice-Vote: 00:57:43, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 8th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- hearing none the motion is adopted.
- It is, the motion is adopted. Senator Miles.
- for adoption of the committee's substitute for Senate Bill 822.
- , and genetic history report before an adoption...
- If those kids are in an adoptive placement, it's $2,000.
Keywords:
SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Hearing none, the motion is adopted.
- Hearing none, the motion is adopted.
- Hearing none, it is... the motion is adopted.
- And members, we had not adopted the substitute.
- Here's none, and the motion is adopted. Thank you.
Keywords:
SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction
Summary:
The committee first took up several pending bills and reported them favorably: SB 968, SB 636 as substituted, SB 1137, and SB 1138 as substituted. Each was advanced by roll call vote, and the committee also recommended the approved bills for the local and uncontested calendar. The chair then moved to the posted agenda and heard SB 719, a mental health bed-capacity study bill by Senator Eckhart, with a committee substitute that refined the data collection to distinguish state and non-state beds, child and adult beds, include two point-in-time counts, and capture jail diversion data.
Testimony on SB 719 was largely supportive from Integral Care, NAMI Texas, and the Children’s Hospital Association of Texas, all of whom said Texas needs better data on inpatient psychiatric capacity, workforce needs, and future demand. Several witnesses described long waits for beds, especially for forensic restoration, and argued the study would help target future investments. Senator Perry and others noted the state has already made major investments in new beds and urged the bill to account for beds already coming online; the committee ultimately withdrew the substitute and left SB 719 pending after public testimony closed.
The committee then heard SB 1864, which would allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs more broadly, including to restaurants and retailers, with the substitute increasing the weekly sales threshold and addressing sanitation and labeling. Supporters said grading is about size, not safety, and that the bill would help small farms reach new markets; opponents from the Texas Poultry Federation argued grading and candling help identify cracks and defects that can affect safety and quality. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. It also heard SB 1467, requiring DSHS to share death record information with hospitals for record accuracy and quality review, and SB 912, which would modernize continuing education tracking for health licensing agencies; both bills drew supportive testimony and were left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2023, which would create an HHSC grant program to help counties pay for indigent burial costs, with county representatives testifying in support.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- It is adopted. Thank you guys for your is adopted. Thank you guys for your is adopted.
- They are adopted. Any opposed? They are adopted. Any opposed? They are adopted.
- It is adopted. Mr. Chairman adopted. Mr. Chairman adopted. Mr.
- It is adopted. House joint opposed? It is adopted. House joint opposed? It is adopted.
- Move for adoption. All in calendar. Move for adoption. All in calendar. Move for adoption.
Keywords:
regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So let me move adoption and we adopt this resolution HR 648 on behalf. have your chance members the question
- Is there objection to the adoption of the amendment?
- Is there objection to the adoption of the amendment? Chair hears none. The amendment is adopted.
- Is there objection to the adoption of the amendment? Chair hears none. The amendment is adopted.
- I move adoption of the amendment. The author is of objection to the adoption of the amendment.
Keywords:
regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Commerce Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And while federal standards set time and distance criteria by service type and county, the state adopts
- I'm a dedicated rescue dog and cat mom, so I've adopted many, many animals.
- And so you specify that a space for adoption, but not receive a fee for providing space.
- They allow rescues and 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations to come in and adopt dogs out there.
- that model of working with non-profits and having people come in and adopt dogs from them.
Keywords:
garnishment, wage garnishment, earnings levy, bank levy, execution, judgment debtor, judgment creditor, exemption notice, exempt property, bank account freeze, financial institution levy, employer disclosure, garnishee, writ of execution, debt collection, consumer debt, collections, bankruptcy exemptions, public benefits, means-tested benefits
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- may provide space for adoption, but not receive a fee for providing space.
- may provide space for adoption, but not receive a fee for providing space.
- may provide space for adoption, but not receive a fee for providing space.
- I've adopted many animals, and so you specify that a pet shop may provide space for adoption, but not
- and having people come in and adopt dogs from them.
Keywords:
garnishment, wage garnishment, earnings levy, bank levy, execution, judgment debtor, judgment creditor, exemption notice, exempt property, bank account freeze, financial institution levy, employer disclosure, garnishee, writ of execution, debt collection, consumer debt, collections, bankruptcy exemptions, public benefits, means-tested benefits