Video & Transcript Research : 'explicit material'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Elections - 03/10/26

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • The state of Minnesota has the explicit responsibility of granting powers to corporations, businesses
  • The state of Minnesota has the explicit responsibility of granting powers to corporations, businesses
  • state of Minnesota regulates businesses and imposes mandates on businesses, just as individuals do. explicit
  • uh, responsibility of explicit uh, responsibility of uh,<00:53:30.920> granting<00:53:31.440>
  • This is the way that the legislature tells courts, "Do not bring the old material back."
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 04/15/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think one of my concerns is just as you move into subdivision 5 where there is kind of some explicit
  • I think one of my concerns is just as you move into subdivision 5 where there is kind of some explicit
  • I think one of my concerns is just as you move into subdivision 5 where there is kind of some explicit
  • I think one of my concerns is just as you move into subdivision 5 where there is kind of some explicit
  • some explicit some explicit recommendations<01:38:37.199> on<01:38:37.440> the<01:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (03/20/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • not not required to disclose material not not required to disclose material related<00:34:30.320
  • <00:34:34.079> can investigation these materials can investigation these materials can conceivably
  • <04:34:49.359> that the prescriber to use FDA materials that the prescriber to use FDA materials
  • <04:35:02.279> simply cover to cover these materials simply cover to cover these materials
  • harmful inappropriate or explicit harmful inappropriate or explicit material<06:10:13.080> that
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play. The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173. The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/12/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Restoring explicit statutory authority does not expand levy authority or weaken oversight.
  • However, because this has not been an explicit allowance in statute, MDE felt that it was not possible
  • <00:14:16.480> nature<00:14:16.800> of we looked at the explicit nature of we looked
  • at the explicit nature of allowing<00:14:17.920> for allowing for allowing for um<00:14:19.920
  • districts in in a way that is explicit districts in in a way that is explicit into<00:15:35.680>
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:24:29.240> what<00:24:29.399> chair make a little bit explicit what chair make
  • a little bit explicit what chair Stevenson<00:24:30.279> was<00:24:30.480> implying<00:
  • These are concepts I would appreciate a little bit of actual, explicit explanation of, because I don't
  • Like, what are the actual, what are we looking at in terms of the literal, explicit budget implications
  • <01:11:33.560> budget of the literal explicit budget of the literal explicit budget implications
Keywords: 1183, house
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/19/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • That language included explicit provisions making it illegal for school districts to use those funds
  • instituted a sales tax increase in order to provide dedicated funding for teachers that language included explicit
Summary: The Senate Committee on Government considered only SCR 1032, along with a strike-everything amendment. The amendment would require school districts, subject to voter approval, to dedicate at least 60% of operational spending to teacher pay, with a phased-in increase starting in FY 2028 for districts below that threshold. It also would penalize noncompliant districts by requiring unexpended Classroom Site Fund monies to revert, making districts ineligible for those funds until back in compliance, and directing JLBC to exclude those districts from per-pupil calculations. The Superintendent of Public Instruction could grant limited waivers of the forfeiture provisions for up to one year, not more than two consecutive years for the same district. Supporters, including representatives of Heritage Action, the Goldwater Institute, and the Center for Arizona Policy, argued that Arizona has increased school funding substantially while teacher pay has remained flat in real terms, and said the measure would improve accountability and ensure more money reaches teachers rather than district administration. They cited Auditor General findings and prior voter-approved efforts such as the Classroom Site Fund and teacher pay initiatives as evidence that districts have not prioritized classroom spending as intended. A rural school coalition testified in opposition, saying the proposal would be difficult for small districts to meet because it could force cuts to other essential costs such as fuel, insurance, facilities, and other operating needs, and that the Auditor General’s classroom-spending categories may not accurately reflect actual teacher pay. One committee member also raised concerns that the measure could harm special education and other legally required student services. During discussion, the sponsor said charter schools were excluded because they are private businesses under the state’s framework, despite receiving public funds. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and then voted 4-3 to give SCR 1032, as amended, a do pass recommendation.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Combatting Antisemitism Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Transcript Highlights:
  • various related to anti-Semitism and societal bias, leading the evaluation of quality curriculum materials
  • As part of the statute that was passed last year, it requires some development of rubric materials, and
  • that that kind of points out where I'm coming from here, and I would just say that we have been explicit
  • When I had looked at those materials several years ago, those materials were extremely one-sided, positioned
  • The materials presented the films that were shared, the maps, which conveniently left off the state of
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The meeting opened with approval of the July 9, 2025 minutes and a roll call confirming quorum. DESE Commissioner Pedro Martinez gave his first official testimony, affirming the department’s commitment to preventing antisemitism and societal bias in schools, saying DESE supports the commission’s recommendations and will add staff resources to help develop and disseminate guidance and instructional materials. He said DESE’s rubric and guidance for identifying effective curricula and resources should be finalized in late fall, and commissioners welcomed the partnership and asked about the ongoing Section 98A work. The commission then heard from Professor Eitan Hirsch of Tufts, who presented research on antisemitism and campus climate. He described survey findings showing sharply different Jewish and non-Jewish views on Israel, increasing social pressure on Jewish students, and a growing tendency for Jewish students to hide their identity or feel penalized for participating in Jewish life. He argued that colleges need to do more to teach students how to handle dissent and build cultures of viewpoint diversity, and commissioners asked about best practices, regional differences, and the role of campus climate surveys. Rabbi Fine of UMass Amherst Hillel and student Sky Landau testified about antisemitism at UMass, especially since October 7. Fine described both a thriving Jewish student community and serious incidents including harassment, vandalism, classroom issues, protests, and students hiding Jewish identity; he said the university is working with Hillel and DEI leadership on goals and strategy for Jewish inclusion, and he urged more training and structured dialogue. Landau described antisemitic incidents she experienced or witnessed, including hostile BDS meetings, exclusion of Zionist students, Holocaust denial, threats, and social ostracism, and said Hillel was the only consistently safe space for her. Commissioners discussed reporting pathways, affinity groups, mental health supports, and ways to distinguish criticism of Israel from antisemitism. Later, the commission moved to its recommendations and made several edits before voting, including deleting offensive wording in a footnote, adding a citation to recent FBI hate crime data, and restoring language tied to an existing DESE regulation, 603 CMR 26.05, on classroom neutrality and fact-based instruction. Commissioners also reiterated that criticism of Israel’s government is not inherently antisemitic. The meeting included a brief interruption by a protester, after which the commission recessed and then resumed its work on the draft recommendations.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Elections - 03/03/26

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • clarifying that requirements around broadcast disclaimers also apply to digital media, including materials
  • posted on websites including materials posted on websites and<00:07:56.560> social<00:07:56.920
  • Section 10 [00:24:08.150]: Senator Lucero: And those are in quotes, so that makes it very explicit for
  • If this were to become law, what about all of our signs and existing material that has the old clause
  • all of our signs and existing material all of our signs and existing material that<00:24:28.120>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 5th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • These facilities are is a key economic driver for our state, providing essential products and materials
  • Considerations for brine management possibly even recovery of valuable materials from those brine streams
  • And has there been any changes in the type of materials that... we use and our requirements for building
  • Victoria, Harlingen, and Calhoun move agricultural products, construction materials, and support the
  • Let's extend that and be explicit and say none None of them are bringing any infrastructure to treat
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/6/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • make sure that we need evidence-based rather than science of reading because of the fact that it is explicit
  • of the fact that it is explicit of the fact that it is explicit systematic<01:29:05.119> and<
  • If we look on page six, this is added material from the amendment yesterday.
  • You know, we're talking about here within the determining the curriculum and intervention materials that
  • You know, we're talking about here within the determining the curriculum and intervention materials that
Bills: HF957, HF877
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 037 Feb 20th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • transparency is an important part of this bill, control and network lease leasing arrangements by requiring explicit
  • :56:15.359> requiring leasing arrangements by requiring leasing arrangements by requiring explicit
  • <00:56:16.480> consent<00:56:16.720> and<00:56:16.880> ongoing explicit consent
  • and ongoing explicit consent and ongoing notification.<00:56:18.319> And<00:56:18.559> I
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, approved the corrected journal, and heard several announcements recognizing visiting groups and advocacy days, including the Colorado Association of Gifted and Talented Students, Colorado Mad Moms, and a hidden-figure tribute to Reverend Jesse Jackson. Members also announced upcoming committee meetings and special orders, and the majority leader moved several bills to special order, which was adopted without objection. The chamber then sat as the Committee of the Whole and considered four bills. House Bill 1071, concerning local governments locating automated vehicle identification systems on interstate highways, was adopted after a technical amendment removing counties from the bill language; supporters framed it as a local-control and safety measure, while opponents argued it functioned as a revenue-generating camera program. House Bill 1034, a technical fix to irrigation equipment standards, was adopted after committee amendments requested by CDPHE to clarify the bill and avoid unintended regulatory consequences; supporters said it corrected unintended effects from prior legislation while preserving water-efficiency goals. House Bill 1070, dealing with third-party network lease agreements for dental services, was adopted after testimony emphasizing transparency, provider consent, and consumer choice; supporters said it would protect small dental practices and require explicit opt-in for network leasing. House Bill 1136, creating a pathways to public service program in the Department of Personnel and Administration, was also adopted after an education committee amendment clarifying data and reporting requirements; supporters described it as a skills-based hiring and workforce pipeline bill, while an opponent argued the program was already functioning and did not need to be codified. The Committee of the Whole report was then adopted 41-20, with the four bills advanced on second reading and ordered engrossed, and the House laid over the remainder of the calendar until the next day before recessing.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Health - 03/17/2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • that most likely will be in print, but I might look to tweak it even a little more so that that is explicit
  • It doesn't preclude there being recommendations, but it might be something more explicit.
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Health considered a series of health-related bills, many of which were reported favorably. Among the measures approved were SB 999, which would restructure Medicaid reimbursement for early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services for children with IEPs or disabilities; SB 1816, lowering the state definition of elevated blood lead levels to 3.5 micrograms per deciliter; SB 1911A, extending due process protections for health care professionals when insurers terminate or fail to renew them; and SB 3105, allowing reciprocity for out-of-state medical cannabis patients. The committee also advanced SB 4589 on federally qualified health center rate adequacy, SB 4955B on Medicaid Inspector General audit procedures, SB 9196 to ban new for-profit hospices, SB 9237 expanding the definition of family for certain foster care health facility services, and SB 9275 requiring Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care and prohibiting related discrimination. Several of these bills were sent to Finance, while others were sent to First Reading or Higher Education as noted. The committee also discussed SB 2625, which would expand pharmacists’ authority to prescribe, administer, and dispense medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. One member raised concerns about expanding scope of practice without coordination with primary care or a holistic review of patient conditions, and indicated opposition; the bill was nevertheless referred to Higher Education. SB 5056B, requiring the Department of Health to examine heat vulnerability and heat-related deaths, prompted discussion about whether the bill should explicitly require recommendations for prevention; the sponsor said the idea was to gather data and that recommendations could be added, and the bill advanced with some reservations. Other measures included SB 7460, reauthorizing a maternal infant care centers pilot program using an existing $350,000 appropriation, and SB 9388, requiring public notice and engagement when a general hospital closes or shuts down a psychiatric, mental health, or substance use unit. The hospital closure bill drew discussion about relocations and whether moves that shift services to a new site would trigger the community engagement process; the sponsor said they would. Most bills were approved by voice vote, with some members voting no or without recommendation on certain measures, and the committee adjourned after reporting the bills onward.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So while there is also some variation by county, we have not observed any explicit patterns by region
  • cycle we put the money to set up the program, but the money for the benefits themselves is yet to materialize
  • But I know for us, where we're working on some irrigation improvement projects, the cost of materials
  • Irrigation improvement projects, the cost of materials have actually been very impacted, where a budget
  • So right now we're seeing it in the cost of materials and inputs.
Summary: The joint oversight hearing focused on food insecurity in California and how state and federal nutrition programs, agricultural production, and food distribution systems intersect. Assemblymembers emphasized that many Californians, including farmworkers, seniors, children, and communities of color, remain food insecure despite California’s agricultural abundance. Panelists and members discussed CalFresh, WIC, school meals, Sun Bucks, food banks, and the impact of federal policy changes, including possible nutrition cuts, tariffs, and immigration enforcement, on access to food and the agricultural workforce. Secretary Karen Ross described CDFA programs aimed at improving access to fresh food and supporting local agriculture, including the senior farmers’ market program, California Nutrition Incentive Program, Healthy Refrigeration Grant Program, Community Food Hubs, Farm to School, urban agriculture, and a proposed tribal food sovereignty program. She said these efforts help connect local producers to consumers, expand healthy food access, and build infrastructure such as refrigeration, mobile markets, and aggregation hubs. Department of Social Services Deputy Director Alexis Fernandez Garcia outlined CalFresh, CFAP, Sun Bucks, CACFP, emergency food programs, and tribal nutrition assistance, noting that CalFresh and related programs significantly reduce poverty and food insecurity, but participation gaps remain for non-English speakers, some Asian American communities, and undocumented households. PPIC researcher Tess Thorman presented data showing that 13% of California households experienced food insecurity in 2023, with higher rates among households with children and Latino, Black, and other households. She said nutrition programs reduce poverty and food hardship, but federal rules, income thresholds, immigration restrictions, and high living costs limit their reach. Members asked about simplifying applications, improving call center access, increasing outreach in multiple languages, and adjusting benefits for inflation. Officials said the state has used available federal options to streamline enrollment, improve customer service, and target outreach, but many core rules and benefit levels are set federally. The second panel shifted to food production and market access. A farmer, a UC food systems leader, and a produce distributor described efforts to connect small and medium farms with food banks, schools, universities, and Medi-Cal food-as-medicine programs. They highlighted programs such as Farms Together, the USDA Southwest Regional Food Business Center, Farm to School, food hubs, and climate-smart infrastructure grants as ways to create stable markets for local growers while improving food access. Speakers also raised concerns about land tenure, consolidation, regulatory burdens, labor constraints, and the loss of federal funding, and members discussed whether state investments and Prop. 4 funds could help sustain and expand these efforts.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 10th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 3225 by Alders, relating to the prohibition of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in
  • Imagine how parents feel when they walk into the store with their child and are blindsided by explicit
  • materials right next to toothbrushes, band-aids, and deodorant.
  • HB4377 by Villa-Lobos, relating to prohibiting the retention of certain genetic material and genetic
  • 4, Section 32 C 1 of the House rules on the grounds that the background purpose is substantially material
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Jun 22nd, 2026

Business, Professions and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Importantly, the legislation includes explicit exemptions for anyone who has more than 25 roosters for
  • diversion, sales to minors, unsafe products, environmental harms, and other conduct that presents a material
  • So, for example, if the materials are 30% of the cost of the project, the material providers are expected
  • AB 2667 will protect kids, support schools, and ensure that hazardous materials are handled responsibly
  • would ever come back because, as we know today, it costs four cents for every one cent point of material
Keywords: 987, senate, all
AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • And when you start getting away from systematic, explicit instruction of phonics and get more into content
  • So categorical funding provided for PD is to be used for PD-related activities and materials that do
  • Costs may also include miscellaneous administrative materials, supplies, and travel expenses.
  • and an example calculation are in Appendix B of your report, and your report is Exhibit 2 in your materials
  • are listed in your report as well on page 27, and your report again is Exhibit 2 in your meeting materials
Summary: The committee approved the March 9 and 10 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Arkansas Department of Education on the Arkansas Excellence in Teaching Fellowship, featuring three third-grade teachers from Cabot, Poyen, and Drew Central who are also teacher merit pay recipients. The teachers described the fellowship as a year-long Zoom-based collaboration with about 23 educators statewide, focused on sharing classroom strategies, data use, and professional support. Members asked about the teachers’ experience, how they share what they learn with their districts, the range of grades represented in the fellowship, and the relationship between the fellowship and merit pay. The teachers emphasized building relationships with students, using data to drive instruction, early intervention, and collaboration across grade levels, while the secretary said the program is intended to identify and elevate high-performing teachers and spread their practices. A major portion of the discussion focused on third-grade reading, retention, and the new ATLAS testing system. Teachers and the secretary said students are screened and progress monitored throughout the year, families are notified early if students are at risk, and schools are using interventions, tutoring, and individualized reading plans. They said ATLAS results are now available much faster than in the past, often within 24 hours or a few days, allowing teachers and parents to respond quickly. Members asked about the impact of poverty, trauma, foster care, DHS involvement, IEPs, and critical shortage areas; teachers said relationship-building, small-group instruction, and coordination with counselors and special education staff are key. The secretary said the fellowship is a small subset of a broader merit pay program, that participation was voluntary, and that the state is trying to build a coherent system with literacy coaches, high-impact tutoring, and clearer standards rather than teaching to the test. Members also discussed broader policy issues, including the need for more positive public messaging about public education, teacher input in decision-making, and support for early childhood education. Several legislators asked whether the state should expand funding for early learning and whether more literacy or academic coaches are needed in districts that improve and then lose eligibility for state support. The secretary said the state has committed literacy coaches to D and F schools and is still working through how to sustain support as schools improve. He also said the administration would look at data and return on investment before supporting additional funding, and he encouraged legislators to help recruit eligible teachers into future fellowship cohorts. After the teacher panel concluded, the committee moved on to the adequacy resource allocation study, where Bureau of Legislative Research staff began a presentation on state and local education funding sources, categorical funds, and district spending patterns.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Jun 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, in the supplemental materials in EBB, you'll find the Office of Risk Management's 50-state survey
  • Now, in the supplemental material, for injuries suffered from childhood sexual abuse.
  • Now in the supplemental materials in EBB you'll find the Office of Risk Management's 50 state survey
  • said that we are doing better now about racially biased decision-making, whether it's implicit or explicit
  • then I'll wrap up: ethical rules, RPC 3.8G, require a prosecutor who knows of new, credible, and material
Summary: The committee held a work session on tort liability and parole, with the chair explaining that the topics were linked because criminal justice reform and state liability often intersect, especially in cases involving child welfare and corrections. Staff first outlined Washington’s tort liability framework, including the state’s broad waiver of sovereign immunity, statutes governing mandatory reporting and investigation of abuse, the childhood sexual abuse statute of limitations, and the lack of caps on non-economic damages. Staff and presenters also compared Washington to other states and noted that Washington remains among the broadest states for state liability and childhood sexual abuse claims. Presenters from the Attorney General’s office, Washington State Association for Justice, DCYF, DSHS, and DOC discussed how tort exposure has grown, especially in claims involving DCYF, historical child abuse, juvenile rehabilitation, vulnerable adults, employment discrimination, medical negligence, and negligent supervision. DCYF and AG staff said claims and payouts are rising, with many claims tied to older abuse and new theories of liability, while defense counsel emphasized the human harm behind the claims and argued that tort cases have historically driven accountability and reform. Agency witnesses said they face large volumes of old claims with limited records, rising verdicts and settlements, and staffing and systems challenges, and they highlighted efforts such as early resolution programs, electronic health records, medication-assisted treatment, and improved incident review processes. The committee then shifted to parole. Sentencing experts reviewed Washington’s move from indeterminate sentencing to the current determinate sentencing system under the Sentencing Reform Act, and explained how parole could be integrated with sentencing guidelines through different models used in other states. They also summarized Criminal Sentencing Task Force recommendations related to a determinate-plus approach for three-strikes and persistent offender laws and a second-chance review process, noting there was no consensus on those ideas. Judges from the Minority and Justice Commission and the Superior Court Judges Association said a parole system could support rehabilitation and reduce disparities if it includes data collection, fairness, transparency, due process, and meaningful judicial review; they also pointed to research suggesting parole and structured reentry can reduce recidivism and costs, while warning that access and outcomes can vary by geography and other factors.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 25th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And they, uh, you know, are very explicit about staying neutral. We don't do that.
  • or death situation that you're looking at and you cannot uh sell assets or move a person without explicit
  • Now you have to have explicit court approval. You have to get a hearing.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 15th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation provides the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) with explicit statutory
  • Just for each, okay, yeah, so currently if you hold the brewer's license, there's no inherent or explicit
  • On the brewpub side, there's currently no explicit authority to transfer from one location to another
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways and Means (04/22/2026)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um whether that could be more explicit as far as what unavailable means.
  • Um whether that could be more explicit as far as what unavailable means.
  • Um whether that could be<00:34:00.080> more<00:34:00.320> explicit<00:34:00.799> as<
  • /c><00:34:01.039> far<00:34:01.200> as<00:34:01.279> what be more explicit as far
  • as what be more explicit as far as what unavailable<00:34:02.240> means.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all