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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Calls Tony Hopkins, Rolinda Schmidt, and Stephanie Harris. Thank you. Stephanie Harris.
- Okay, we're going to show Stephanie Harris on behalf of herself, registered against the bill but not
- I drove all the way from Collin County, and I've been here since 7. 30 a.m.
- I don't know, Harry Potter or something. I'm just trying to give an example. Oh, I see.
- The Chair calls Stephanie Harris, Trevor Goodman, and Colby Woltsie. Thank you.
Bills:
SB 13, SB 27, SB 57, HB1325, HB1655, HB3312, HB5526, SB13, SB57, SB207, HB441, HB591, HB5019, SB27, SB843
Keywords:
lobbying, public funds, political subdivision, local government, county association, municipal lobbying, registered lobbyist, Texas Legislature, taxpayer lawsuit, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, government finance, county dues, state association of counties, sheriffs association, law enforcement officers, legislative advocacy, bill tracking, legislative alerts, Government Code Chapter 556
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This closes the loophole brought to us by the Minnesota County Attorney's Association.
- Dundas is a small but growing city in Rice County, with a population that has increased significantly
- We're in the northwest part of the state in Norman County.
- Little Learners has the only licensed child care centers in Norman County.
- It's also my understanding that the practice of county licensors who assess whether Violations occur
Keywords:
child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So this closes the loophole brought to us by the Minnesota County Attorneys Association.
- We're in the northwest part of the state, in Norman County.
- Little Learners has the only licensed child care centers in Norman County. us<00:26:26.600>
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um <00:27:11.000>Little of the state in Norman County um Little of the - It's also my understanding that the practice of county licensors, who assess whether violations occur
Keywords:
child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, it's Galveston County Day.
- You were the last county treasurer of Galveston County, so it's also not every day that we have a...
- Aimed for the railroad's vice president, Pearsall became the county seat of Frio County in 1880. and
- We have County Commissioner. Jorge Aguilar, Commissioner Aguilar, we have our county clerk, JCP.
- County to jurisprudence.
Bills:
SJR34, SB10, SB18, SB19, SB21, SB72, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB480, SB495, SB627, SB703, SB767, SB790
Keywords:
parental rights, parents, children, custody, care and control, upbringing, family law, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, child welfare, education policy, medical decisions, parental authority, primary decision makers, family autonomy, education, Ten Commandments, public schools, religious display, First Amendment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I am both a faculty member at Dakota County Technical College and I'm here on behalf of Minnesota State
Keywords:
firearms, guns, gun rights, gun control, campus safety, public college, university, postsecondary institution, higher education, visitor carry, concealed carry, open carry, campus policy, Minnesota Statutes 624.714, petty misdemeanor, parking lot carry, firearm possession, public safety, college campus, student carry
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- For the record, my name is Linda Fairchild, and I'm a family residential service provider in Wright County
- I come from Mille Lacs County.
Keywords:
Medical Assistance, Medicaid, prepayment review, claims review, fee-for-service, provider integrity, high-risk provider, high-risk service, fraud prevention, program integrity, Department of Human Services, CMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, health care billing, medical claims, provider enrollment, Indian Health Service, Minnesota Statutes chapter 256B, human services, medical assistance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We operate four clinics in multiple underserved counties with HPSA scores of 19 and 20, indicating severe
- We operate four clinics in multiple underserved counties with HPSA scores of 19 and 20, indicating severe
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
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism 2ND REVISED Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- Rebates for jobs whose wages exceed either 100% or the average county wage or 110% of no health benefits
- Allowing establishments in several counties to receive rebates for jobs whose wages were significantly
- below the county average by eliminating the statewide threshold.
- High wages in the county they are created without making it harder to qualify in counties with low wages
- I'm not talking about how the county assessor assesses other properties.
Bills:
SB1327, SB1372, SB1403, SB1937, SB277, SB2131, SB1749, SB1348, SB1469, SB2018, SB1931, SB1530, SB2155
Keywords:
tourism, recreation, economic development, Oklahoma Commission, executive director, probation, credits, educational advancement, Oklahoma Statutes, criminal justice reform, job incentives, tax rebates, Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program, employment growth, wage requirements, labor organization, incentives, employer practices, union neutrality, worker rights
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/03/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- For the record, Tristan Wolfson, with Maricopa County, in support of HB 2428.
- So I'm wondering why it's necessary to preempt the counties here.
- I'm going to work with the counties. I always do.
- I'm going to work with the counties. I always do.
- And geothermal in Greenlee County is there as well.
Bills:
HB2014, HB2113, HB2145, HB2331, HB2340, HB2389, HB2400, HB2401, HB2428, HB2494, HB2696, HB2756, HB2795, HB2955, HCM2008
Keywords:
air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, utility consumer, rate intervention, public service corporation, Arizona Revised Statutes, residential rates, consumer protection, fuel reformulation, gasoline standards, environmental regulations, ethanol supply, Air Quality, energy reliability, electric service providers, reliable resources, public power entity
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 29th, 2026 at 11:09 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Today I am so excited to announce, again, the annual Otero County Days in Santa Fe.
- We have the Otero County Fair. We have also local That we have to offer.
- We have the Otero County Fair. We have also local flavors of delicious pecans.
- honor Otero County Days in Santa Fe.
- A round of applause for Otero County Day.
Keywords:
nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And so the hope would be that in the counties where you have really specialized attorneys who do great
Keywords:
digital rights, replication, Voice likeness, visual likeness, private causes of action, fee structure, online service providers, postmortem rights, self-defense, stand your ground, castle doctrine, use of force, deadly force, civil immunity, civil liability, tort claims, attorney fees, court costs, lost income, Chapter 9 Penal Code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair Harris, Vice Chair Martinez, Representative Ashby, Representative Barry.
- Chair Harris. By Sher Martinez, Representative Ashby, Representative Berry.
- Thank you, Chairman Harris, members of the Natural Resources Committee.
- And often these districts cross county lines.
- Thank you very much, Chairman Harris, Vice Chairman Martinez, and members of the committee.
Keywords:
HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The common county is one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States.
- Meanwhile, I look over at, I pulled up Hayes County Mud No. 5, and Hayes County is... county of almost
- yourself I'm representing Kaufman County representing Kaufman County and you're for the bill I am for
- that this is the position of Kauffman County and I do represent the county. as the CDA.
- growing county, this county, and that county.
Keywords:
HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair Harris? Here. Vice Chair Martinez? Here. Representative Ashby? Here. Representative Berry?
- Chair Harris? Aye. Vice Chair Martinez? Aye. Representative Ashby? Aye. Representative Berry.
- If a water district is located in at least one county with at. least 125,000 people or more the district
- They've not been able to, and often these districts cross county lines.
- Thank you very much, Chairman Harris, Vice Chairman Martinez, and members of the committee.
Keywords:
HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 1st, 2026
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And that gave me the idea for counties.
- And our the idea for counties.
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join so it would let smaller counties join so it would let smaller counties - Be within their county.
- . counties. counties.
Keywords:
tobacco regulation, vaping, sales restrictions, youth protection, tobacco compliance, public health, education programs, electronic nicotine delivery systems, human cloning, criminal penalties, embryo, genetic modification, bioethics, campus chaplain, chaplain, school chaplain, volunteer, public K-12 schools, public schools, public charter schools
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So my first reaction to your question is, um, what we've heard from city and county officials is that
- In fact, we have cities and counties coming to ask us how we can develop new manufactured home communities
- is an option, and I know that I'm getting that reinforced by my conversations at the city and the county
- Um, we... my conversations at the city and the my conversations at the city and the county<01:03:30.559
- county level. county level.
Keywords:
HF4234, Minnesota private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, bond cap, aggregate bond limitation, residential rental projects, multifamily housing, affordable housing finance, housing bonds, public finance, bond allocation, private activity bond cap, Minnesota Statutes 474A.02, tax committee, natural gas, gas hookups, residential construction, energy policy, local control, state preemption
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a livestock crop farmer from southwestern Minnesota, Redwood County.
- So, to the question, Representative, in terms of counties, there's a county agricultural inspector that
- is required in every county to oversee the weed law and the enforcement of it locally.
- The county agricultural inspector is required in every county to oversee the weed law and its enforcement
- <01:43:11.280>
to able to give grants to the counties to able to give grants to the counties
Keywords:
agriculture, livestock, retailers, ownership interest, exclusive contracts, meat packing companies, dominant retailers, state law, Department of Agriculture, appropriation, funding, agriculture policy, state budget, animal welfare, cat declawing, animal cruelty, therapeutic procedures, civil penalties, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, aquatic life
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I told the county worker I could not continue to foster if we could not get them into a program.
- worker, I was the school and the county worker, I was told<00:10:13.839>
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worker <00:10:23.440>I <00:10:23.680>could <00:10- We say like the seven-county metro and then outside of the seven-county metro.
- We say like the seven-county metro and then outside of the seven-county metro.
- I told the county<00:10:23.120>
Keywords:
foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, education, school board, elections, local governance, school district, site-governed schools, education reform, local control, autonomy, interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, student eligibility
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Mar 18th, 2026
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Recently, uh, there was an event that took place that, uh, one of my daughters, working in Cusa County
- , and my youngest daughter, working in Philip County, and we had an event take place in our family, and
- Recently, uh, there was an event that took place that, uh, one of my daughters, working in Cusa County
- , and my youngest daughter, working in Philip County, and we had an event take place in our family, and
Keywords:
foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, education, school board, elections, local governance, school district, site-governed schools, education reform, local control, autonomy, interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, student eligibility
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 17th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
service of process, funding, Marion County, fees, legal documents, firefighters, rights, personnel procedures, state law, public safety, HB468, local commissions, local authorities, municipal planning commission, planning commission, zoning, land use, municipal official, municipal officer, city council