Video & Transcript Research : 'statutory construction'

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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, February 25, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, it updates the statutory definition of customer to more clearly distinguish between a customer
  • It simply removes ambiguity and aligns statutory language with current practice.
  • First, it updates the statutory<00:01:47.680> definition<00:01:48.079> of<00:01:48.320>
  • customer<00:01:49.119> to<00:01:49.520> more statutory definition of customer to
  • more statutory definition of customer to more clearly<00:01:50.079> distinguish<00:01:50.640>
Bills: HB0002, HB0022
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 25, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:08:21.680> without call the right to construct without call the right to construct without
  • Um, I will mention that it is only for residential construction.
  • So it does not residential construction.
  • So you know our hope is construction.
  • So this bill bill does not construction.
Bills: HB0002, HB0022
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 5/6/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Murphy naming of the library construction grants that we passed off the House floor.
  • Murphy um naming of the<00:02:49.120> library<00:02:49.440> construction<00:02:49.840><
  • c> grants<00:02:50.080> that<00:02:50.239> we the library construction grants that
  • we the library construction grants that we passed<00:02:50.560> off<00:02:50.720> the<00
  • I absolutely wanted to campaign for, but absolutely wanted to get on and use my construction experience
Bills: HF719, HF2484, HF2486
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 13, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And on page 17 and statutory provisions.
  • And I was just statutory provisions.
  • It does not really deal with general questions of statutory interpretation.
  • deal with general questions of statutory deal with general questions of statutory interpretation
  • At the court's discretion, supersede existing statutory provisions.
Bills: HB0066, HJ0005, HB0010
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Guy Herman statutory probate court judge here in Travis County.
  • I happen to be the presiding statutory probate court judge.
  • All the statutory probate courts, there's 24. those.
  • And I send out a lot of statutory probate court judges to these rural counties because they ask. me to
  • And that's why I'm in strong support of this. all the statutory probate courts.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 26th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • He's referring to fortified construction, and it is available.
  • We have over 75,000 homes that are built to fortified construction standards in the state of Alabama.
  • ..the wood frame construction manual.
  • It takes an engineer to read that wood frame construction manual.
  • wood frame construction manual.
Bills: HB324, HB252, SB80, HB241
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 9th, 2025 at 10:30 am

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 5 is the exemption to spend the various funds that were appropriated for construction of CTE
Bills: SB2019, HB1369
Summary: The committee met to finalize and advance the Career and Technical Education budget in Engrossed Senate Bill 2019. Representative Richter walked through Amendment 2004, which included increases for salaries and wages, inflationary operating expenses, a $2.5 million federal grant increase, $12.7 million for secondary grant programs and related work-based learning support, a $100,000 increase for Marketplace for Kids, and removal of the STEM initiative and adult farm management from the CTE budget because that program funding was moved to the Department of Agriculture. The amendment also included $750,000 for workforce training branch office positions and set the total general fund appropriation at $64 million. Members also discussed a $1 million virtual reality career exploration item, which remained in the bill but was shifted to SIF one-time funding. A new $150,000 one-time general fund appropriation was added for CTE moving expenses because the agency must relocate after Legislative Council expands into its current space. Committee members noted that amount may need to be revisited in conference committee once more accurate relocation and rent costs are known. Levi from legislative staff explained that the exemption language in the bill applies to remaining coronavirus capital projects fund dollars for CTE center construction, allowing those federal funds to be spent before they expire. The committee adopted Amendment 2004 on a 5-0 roll call and then passed Engrossed Senate Bill 2019 as amended on a 5-0 roll call. Representative Richter was named the carrier, and the committee adjourned after noting that higher education and congressional budgets were the remaining items to resolve.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 26th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, Member, Senate Concurrent Resolution 64 by Senator Price creates the task force on construction
  • On construction management at risk, CMAR. And we do have a set of amendments. Thank you, ma'am.
  • And that's what this bill does: to study the historical purpose, viability, and statutory restriction
  • Turin is kind of similar in that sense, in Italy in general, when it comes to highway construction.
  • Why would our state willingly spend more on these pilot construction projects than necessary?
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 with a quorum present and took up several resolutions and one Senate bill. SCR 64 created a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) in Louisiana public works; an amendment added representatives from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors, and the resolution was reported with amendments. HR 282 created a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with state agencies; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and it was also reported with amendments. The committee then considered SB 513 on public works project delivery methods. The bill originally included an average-bid award method for certain pilot projects, along with airport design-build provisions. Testimony from a Reason Foundation analyst and from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors raised concerns that average-bid contracting could encourage collusion, raise costs, and lacked supporting data or use by U.S. transportation departments, while airport design-build was supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to strike the average-bid provisions, leaving the airport-related design-build language in place, and SB 513 was reported with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays. The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses, including a fatal incident referenced by the author. HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were disposed of and the committee adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • them as workforce housing because we realize the cost of housing these days—it can’t all be new construction
  • can't all cost of housing these days it can't all be<00:29:13.159> new<00:29:13.440> construction
  • > and<00:29:14.279> this<00:29:14.399> will<00:29:14.679> help be new construction
  • and this will help be new construction and this will help preserve<00:29:15.880> some<00:29:16.039
Bills: HF110, HF111, HF263, HF105
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

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

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I got a lot of comments from some very constructive people; thank you—you know who you are.
  • So we think SB12, along with SB29, both streamline construction projects and decrease unnecessary...
Bills: SB36, SB39, SB40, SB12, SB29, SB121, SB131, SB12
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 17th, 2026

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • still going to allow for sales and use tax and non-educational taxes to be abated during their construction
  • /c><00:09:54.480> their taxes to be abated during their taxes to be abated during their construction
  • 56.720> But<00:09:56.959> once<00:09:57.360> that<00:09:58.080> um construction
  • But once that um construction period.
Bills: SB265, HB593
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:45 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • kind of recognize that through the support of the state, particularly through the way that we've constructed
  • Senate Bill 6 supports the new construction of a School of Medicine to replace the University of New
  • This bill provides a mechanism for the necessary advancement and construction of a three-year project
Bills: SB5, SB6, SB8
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And with the way it’s constructed, it’s going to only happen in an extreme case.
  • It provides relative to the Uniform Construction Code and Inspector Licensing.
  • Please understand that the Uniform Construction Code Council appeared last year as a standalone entity
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Summary: The Senate Education Committee considered three bills. SB 1210 would create a separate out-of-state registration process for private post-secondary institutions domiciled outside Arizona that enroll Arizona residents in fully online programs, require certain disclosures and financial protections, and extend student tuition recovery fund protections to those students. Testimony from the Arizona Private School Association supported the bill as closing a regulatory loophole and protecting Arizona students; the committee moved it forward with a due pass recommendation by a 7-0 vote. SB 1370 would allow principals, during the first quarter of the school year, to let eligible patriotic youth groups address students and distribute materials, and would prohibit public schools from discriminating against such groups based on membership criteria or oath requirements. The sponsor’s representative said the bill would allow, not require, access and would expand a list of youth groups that has not been updated since 1978. The committee approved the bill with a due pass recommendation by a 7-0 vote. SB 1422 would continue the Credit Enhancement Eligibility Board until July 1, 2036, with termination tied to the retirement of outstanding obligations, and SB 1423 would continue the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education until July 1, 2036. Both bills were described as continuations of existing programs; WICHE’s president testified in support of SB 1423 and noted the state’s long partnership with the organization. The committee passed both bills with due pass recommendations, each by 7-0 votes, and then adjourned.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Administration for distribution to Coconino County for 80% of the total cost of constructing
  • Chair and members, Senate Bill 1071 repeals the Arizona Rangers and removes all statutory requirements
Summary: The committee heard several public safety and appropriations-related bills. SB 1452 would create a cargo theft task force in the Attorney General’s Office to coordinate with federal, state, and local law enforcement on cargo and freight theft; the sponsor and trucking industry supporters described cargo theft as a rapidly growing, organized crime problem, and the bill received a 7-0 do pass recommendation. SB 1048 would appropriate $36 million to Coconino County for a new juvenile court services facility and conversion of the existing detention center into a detox/sobriety/crisis recovery center; some members objected to directing a large sum to one county, but it passed 4-3. SB 1092 would prohibit early termination of probation or earned-time/work-time credit for people convicted of dangerous crimes against children, including retroactive application to current lifetime probationers; the sponsor argued it would prevent offenders from being released from supervision, while opponents raised concerns about judicial discretion and overbreadth, and it passed 4-3. The committee also approved SB 1391, which directs AZ POST to create a pilot law enforcement stress management and mental wellness training program with a $950,000 appropriation and a sunset date in 2029. Supporters, including law enforcement trainers and family members, said the program would address cumulative stress, suicide prevention, and resiliency before crises occur; it passed 7-0. SB 1401, a special license plate bill creating a golf tournament charity plate and fund to support youth athletic programs in Tucson, also passed unanimously after testimony from the Tucson Conquistadors. SB 1314 sought unspecified appropriations for salary increases for probation officers, corrections staff, juvenile corrections officers, and DPS employees. Supporters from the Fraternal Order of Police and agency representatives argued that pay raises were needed to address vacancies, turnover, and retention, while some members expressed concern about the open-ended cost and broader budget pressures; it passed 5-1 with one not voting. The committee then took up SB 1071, which would repeal the Arizona Rangers’ statutory framework; testimony sharply divided over accountability, transparency, training, and the organization’s public service role. Rather than vote, the chair held the bill for further discussion and possible amendment. Finally, the committee heard SB 1400, which would allow law enforcement agencies to establish confidential wellness and peer support counseling programs for employees exposed to trauma; supporters said confidentiality is needed to encourage officers to seek help, and the bill was presented for further consideration.