Video & Transcript Research : 'damage caps'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/26/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill would adjust the loan cap amounts from 50,000 to 75,000 for no match and 150,000 to 200,000
- The bill would adjust the loan cap amounts from 50,000 to 75,000 for no match and 150,000 to 200,000
- The bill would adjust the loan cap amounts from 50,000 to 75,000 for no match and 150,000 to 200,000
- First, we are seeking to cap the loan amounts and a reduction in the match for the higher loans.
- Is the $21 the starting wage, and is there a cap at $24?
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Apr 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- You've taken the energy revenue strength and you've essentially capped it and said we're not going to
- If you didn't want to damage the corpus of that into the future, and you wanted to continue spending
- Last week, along with you and many others in the room, and hearing Ryu Doso and the horrific damage that
- We giving money, you know, if the house went, my insurance would you know cover some of that damage and
- say, finding a tax expenditure that has the lowest return on investment and saying we'll lower the cap
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- may not seem like a lot, but a pellet gun is not as lethal as a firearm, but it can cause severe damage
- frequently results and property. from law enforcement, a practice that frequently results in property damage
- Chair, Senate Bill 1624 caps the civil penalty for a person who is found responsible for a civil traffic
- what they're going to have, and they always state, by the way, that's not a revenue situation, then cap
- So, no points and a $75 cap. There you go. Any questions? Any further discussion?
Bills:
SB1046, SB1317, SB1376, SB1416, SB1448, SB1471, SB1493, SB1498, SB1502, SB1504, SB1538, SB1544, SB1550, SB1579, SB1581, SB1584, SB1624, SB1673
Keywords:
telecommunications, broadband, internet infrastructure, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, foreign adversary, China, Chinese equipment, supply chain security, network equipment, microchips, Arizona Corporation Commission, telecommunications provider, communications infrastructure, Huawei, ZTE, state-owned enterprise, sanctions, infrastructure security
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Jul 14th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- also assist with executing an agreed-upon procedures engagement contract if they are over that $50,000 cap
- In terms of the amounts and the caps, it is probably time to reevaluate that.
- They would not understand the extent of the damage.
- Some of them were damaged in pieces and parts, you know, where there's heavier drainage.
- being able to mobilize one of our consultants out to the areas to help with those assessments of damages
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/28/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- where a lot of damage is already done. where a lot of damage is already done.
- You all hear about the county cap and how much county cap costs and how much your county is putting in
- You all hear about the county cap and how much county cap costs and how much your county is putting in
- You all hear about the county cap and how much county cap costs and how much your county is putting in
- You all hear about the county cap and how much county cap costs and how much your county is putting in
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It caps the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by nearly half, rescinds unobligated unused funds from
- It caps the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by nearly half, rescinds unobligated unused funds from
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AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This is for emergency property damage mitigation.
- allow them to give agencies the opportunity to use this vendor list in case of some kind of property damage
- This is for emergency property damage mitigation.
- This is for emergency property damage mitigation.
- Number 22, on page 62 of item E, is with Arkansas Tech University and CAP Financial Partners.
Summary:
The committee met to review a supplemental agenda, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, and a member disclosure. The Office of State Procurement presented rule changes tied to 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, with updates to sole-source definitions, unrealistic bids, protest requirements, debarment procedures, and recodification references; the committee voted to accept the supplemental agenda and approve the rules. Members also approved eight methods of finance covering university repairs, equipment replacement, property purchase, and capital projects, along with a large slate of discretionary grants for courts, health, DHS, historic preservation, and tobacco prevention programs.
The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys, Department of Health costs from an ice-storm-related water leak, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, Veterans Affairs HVAC and medical-service payments, and a UA Little Rock painting contract. The Department of Public Safety ratification drew extended questioning about why the expired Motorola contract had not been renewed sooner and why the issue took months to reach the committee; agency officials said the project was bond-funded, had not been tracked in ASIS, and involved ongoing negotiations and system updates. Despite concerns, the committee approved the ratifications.
Members also reviewed a long list of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including numerous university, DHS, health, corrections, and state agency agreements. Several contracts were discussed in more detail, including an SAU custodial contract question about sales tax and transparency reporting, and Department of Corrections aerial application contracts for Tucker and Cummins farms, which officials said served separate facilities in different parts of the state. The committee approved the contract lists, reviewed reports, and accepted a disclosure from Representative Andrew Collins regarding his investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services before adjourning.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This is for emergency property damage mitigation, and they are requesting the ability to develop a qualified
- allow them to give agencies the opportunity to use this vendor list in case of some kind of property damage
- allow them to give agencies the opportunity to use this vendor list in case of some kind of property damage
- allow them to give agencies the opportunity to use this vendor list in case of some kind of property damage
- Number 22, on page 62 of Item E, is with Arkansas Tech University and CAP Financial Partners.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Ethics and Elections Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- TO THE REINSURE CAT AGAINST RISK AND THEN BEYOND THAT WE’RE SEEING IN TWO SECTIONS OF A CAT LOSS AND CAP
- ACROSS WITH THE INITIAL OFFER WAS, THE DAMAGES, THE PERILS, WHAT THEY DID, WAS A REOPENED, WAS A CLOSE
- CITIZENS AND THEY ARE GOING UNDER REINSURANCE THAT IS THE CATEGORY YOU'RE PUTTING THEM SO WHAT IS YOUR CAP
- AS YOU MAY KNOW ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO THE LEGISLATURE INCREASED THE INCREASE CAP FROM 10 PERCENT TO 20
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, I guess, I guess my question is, could the funding go towards those that need to be capped or plugged
- When people have thought, my God, you must be capped out, it still went up even more, and it continues
- in the oil patch when it comes to, uh, plugging abandoned wells, uh, also mitigating environmental damage
- One, this, under this proposal, there is a cap, uh, at $500 million for the, uh, for the total amount
- Now within that, that 10% tranche, if it reaches its own cap of $500 million then that overflow amount
Keywords:
emergency preparedness, flood-prone communities, Texas Rural Emergency Preparedness Fund, disaster relief, funding, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting, child neglect, mandatory reporting, background check, criminal history check, sex offender registry, CPR training, first aid
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, well, I guess my question is could the funding go toward those that need to be capped or plugged
- It's continued to go up when people have thought, my God... ...You must be capped out.
- One, under this proposal, there is a cap at $500 million for the total amount, and anything beyond that
- state of Texas, but the economic stabilization... ...fund is projected to reach its constitutional cap
- Now, within that 10% tranche, if it reaches its own cap of $500 million, then that over...
Keywords:
Texas STRONG defense fund, severance tax revenue, oil and gas revenue, constitutional transfers, rainy day fund, economic stabilization fund, state highway fund, oil and gas production, qualifying county, county grants, water infrastructure, first responders, public safety, DPS staffing, commercial motor vehicle safety, gang violence prevention, human trafficking prevention, economic development, TxDOT grants, school districts
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- leaving the scene of a crash and who caused or otherwise contributed to the crash that resulted in damage
- House Bill 479, a bill to be entitled an act relating to leaving the scene of a crash involving only damage
- places that these have been installed would be in a fire station, and they would be under immunity caps
- I'm deeply concerned that three years from now we'll be right back here scrambling to reverse this damage
- I'm deeply concerned that three years from now we'll be right back here scrambling to reverse this damage
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized several guests and groups in the gallery, including students, business groups, and university basketball coaches. The chamber then moved through a long special order calendar, taking up a series of bills on trust law, school district reporting, debt collection, service of process, lodging and food service establishments, lien waivers, public records protections for Crime Stoppers personnel, foreign ownership/health care licensure issues, diabetes management in schools, platting, fentanyl testing, third-party reservation platforms, electronic landlord-tenant notices, leaving the scene of a crash, background screening for athletic coaches, surrendered infants, and affordable housing. Several bills were temporarily postponed, and multiple House companion bills were substituted where the measures were identical or had only drafting differences.
Debate focused on a few measures. Senators questioned the trust code bill’s effect on out-of-state attorneys general; the school reporting bill was described as strengthening arrest and misconduct reporting for instructional personnel; and the service-of-process and lodging bills were presented as technical and consumer-protection fixes. The fentanyl testing bill drew emotional support from the sponsor and families affected by overdose deaths. The surrendered-infant bill prompted opposition over safety, anonymity, and the limited use of baby boxes, while supporters argued it could save lives. The affordable housing bill, updating the Live Local Act, was amended to adjust parking reductions and allow certain properties to use the administrative approval process, with additional limits and exclusions added.
Most measures passed overwhelmingly, including the trust code bill, school reporting, debt collection, service of process, lien waivers, public records, foreign-country business interest restrictions, diabetes management in schools, platting, fentanyl testing, third-party reservation platforms, electronic landlord-tenant notices, leaving-the-scene restitution, athletic coach background screening, surrendered infants, and affordable housing. The day’s most divided vote was on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, which drew extended debate over fluoride policy and other provisions; it passed 27-9. At the end of the session, the Senate agreed to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House, recognized a Taiwan-related resolution for the journal, made additional announcements, and adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Postsecondary Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS FROM DOCTOR RICHARD OLSEN FROM THE FIU CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE FOR HURRICANE DAMAGE
- THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT IS A MODEL OF A HIGH-RISE FOR THE DAMAGE THAT WAS NOTICED IN RAILINGS AND HIGH-RISES
- IS INVOLVED WITH WATER ISSUES IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT CARRIES WITH IT INCREDIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE
- DEDICATED TO HELPING US AND WE ARE HELPING THEM WITH THE HURRICANE HAZARD AND WAYS TO REDUCE THE DAMAGE
- DEVELOPING PATENTS INCLUDING WITH A STARTUP COMPANY THAT ON A RELATIVELY LOW COST DEVICE TO REDUCE DAMAGE
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- related management fees, but what type of cap are you thinking of?
- But what type of cap are you thinking of?
- This gives a little bit of flexibility with that cap. Mr.
- And so that's why there's not a cap.
- But is one of these items related to the well capping and cleanup?
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- This is an opportunity for our voices to be heard when projects are proposed to mitigate damages and
- Did the 5% cap come out as part of the amendments? It did, absolutely.
- Nor do foreign refineries have to reduce on-site emissions or pay into cap-and-invest programs.
- Nor do foreign refineries have to reduce on-site emissions or pay into cap and invest programs.
- These out. on-site emissions or pay into cap and invest programs.
Summary:
The committee heard a long series of bills, beginning with AB 2026 on groundwater recharge. The author and supporters said the bill would streamline permitting, codify existing CEQA exemptions for recharge diversions, and help California capture flood flows for storage in aquifers. Water agencies and local districts supported the measure, while environmental groups and some irrigation districts opposed it or sought amendments, warning about CEQA, streambed, Delta, and tribal-resource concerns. The bill was held open pending a quorum.
Members then heard AB 1577 on data center energy accountability, which would require monthly reporting of energy use and related information to the Energy Commission and local agencies. The author and the Little Hoover Commission argued the bill would improve transparency, help protect ratepayers, and support grid planning. Data center industry and business groups opposed it as duplicative, burdensome, and uniquely targeted, while several environmental and local-government groups supported or supported if amended. The bill was left with a due-pass recommendation once a quorum was present.
The committee also took up AB 2245 on producer responsibility for vehicle lubricant products and containers, AB 2170 on CEQA language-access and environmental protections in overburdened communities, AB 2059 on rural transportation/VMT analysis, AB 1808 on Western Joshua tree permitting and fee relief, AB 2182 on industrial energy efficiency program changes, AB 2231 on streamlining two hospital projects, and AB 2433 on density bonus housing incentives. Each bill drew a mix of support from sponsors, local agencies, labor, housing, or environmental justice groups and opposition or concerns from business, local government, or conservation organizations. Several measures were amended in committee, and multiple bills were reported out on due-pass or due-pass-as-amended votes, with some roll calls left open for absent members.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The agency's FTE cap will remain at 183.5.
- So in a few short months, we're primarily working on the end caps at the far east and west wings and
- The board also requests consideration for an adjustment to the exempt executive director's salary cap
- This year, we're going to administer over $4 billion in volume cap for the state.
- What I'm interested in, Madam Chair, is seeing if debt has ballooned since we've done revenue caps and
Bills:
SB 1
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards
Summary:
The committee began with Article I budget items for the Secretary of State. LBB staff outlined recommendations that would reduce the agency’s appropriation by about $40.3 million, including changes to HAVA funding, removal of one-time business system replacement money, and a rider directing the agency to use Fund 5095 first. Secretary Jane Nelson and staff then defended several exceptional items, especially additional staffing for elections and business filings, a new website, digitization of records, cybersecurity tools, and renovation of the James Earl Rudder Building. Members focused heavily on election administration, cross-checking voter rolls, Harris County complaints, call-center response times, and whether online voter registration should be expanded. No votes were taken; the discussion was informational and budget-focused.
The committee then heard the Office of the Governor and trustee programs. LBB presented a recommended $2.4 million decrease for the governor’s office proper and a much larger decrease in trustee programs driven by one-time funding and unexpended balances, while still preserving major border security funding and victim assistance funding. Governor’s staff emphasized Texas’ economic growth, the importance of border security, and efforts to seek federal reimbursement for the roughly $11 billion Texas has spent on border operations. Members discussed whether shifting National Guard deployment to federal control could reduce state costs, and they also reviewed the music incubator program, the Governor’s University Research Initiative, and the semiconductor innovation consortium. Staff highlighted a $5 million late-added request for grants to protect nonprofits from violence and terrorism. Again, the exchange was largely explanatory, with no formal action.
Finally, the committee took up the Texas Facilities Commission and lease payments for revenue bonds. LBB recommended major reductions overall, including removal of border wall construction funding and capital complex bond funding, but added money for higher utility costs, renovation of the Rudder Building, and additional facilities staff. George Purcell also noted stable maintenance-and-renewal funding and new riders related to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission building, tenant communications, and space utilization. For lease payments, LBB recommended a smaller appropriation tied to revenue-bond costs allocated across agencies. The discussion was informational, with members asking about the Rudder Building renovation, border wall progress, and capital complex construction timelines; no votes were recorded.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- After an MRI revealed severe and irreversible brain damage, we no longer felt it was fair to make Logan
- This disease also destroys the heart, kidneys, and ...damage.
- E-cigarette use, as we've heard, damages not just lungs but also developing brains, particularly the
- E-cigarette use, as we've heard, damages not just lungs but also developing brains, particularly the
- nicotine strength caps on nicotine pouches.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on a wide range of bills focused on children’s health, tobacco control, newborn screening, pediatric cancer, palliative care, and professional licensure. Early testimony highlighted Senate bills to expand newborn screening for pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency, lysosomal storage disorders, and congenital CMV, with families and clinicians describing severe diagnostic delays, missed treatment windows, and the benefits of early detection. Speakers also supported a bill to improve pediatric cancer research through a dedicated trust fund, and a bill to extend pediatric palliative care services to age 22, with parents and providers emphasizing continuity of care for seriously ill young people.
Several witnesses gave personal accounts in support of the newborn screening measures. Families described children who endured years of misdiagnosis before receiving diagnoses such as Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, Pompe disease, Niemann-Pick disease, and CMV, often after irreversible damage had already occurred. Medical and advocacy witnesses said Massachusetts already collects some of the relevant screening data and argued that results should be reported to families, while others urged the committee to add conditions to the state panel because effective treatments already exist. The committee also heard support for a bill to establish a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder program and training for providers.
On tobacco and youth health, testimony supported bills to ban internet tobacco sales, strengthen youth protections, and reduce lung cancer deaths through point-of-sale information and quit-line access. A student testified about easily purchasing flavored nicotine products online without meaningful age verification, and public health advocates backed measures to keep tobacco out of children’s environments. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to ensure parents have access to their children’s medical records through age 16, with exceptions for sensitive services already protected by law.
The committee additionally took testimony on an optometry licensure bill, where ophthalmologists opposed language they said could broaden scope of practice and allow optometrists to use the title “optometric physician,” while optometry educators and students supported the bill as a modernization measure with no scope expansion. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair repeatedly reminded speakers of time limits and noted that written testimony could be submitted for additional comments.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- an owner or the Attorney General to bring a civil action in Superior Court to recover the cost of damages
- allow an owner or the Attorney General to bring civil action of Superior Court to cover the cost of damages
- American version, is poisoning our mind, and the Chinese version of TikTok is educational, and they cap
- Shepherd, can you fill out one of the small cap sheets? Yes, absolutely. Thank you.
- Shepherd, can you fill out one of the small cap sheets? Yes, absolutely. Thank you.
Keywords:
modification, electronic equipment, consumer rights, OEM restrictions, civil penalties, intellectual property, critical infrastructure, foreign adversaries, China, communications, security, Arizona Space Commission, strategic plan, aerospace, economic development, space industry, education, workforce training, assistive technology, disability services
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety May 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- State Department or agency appropriation for costs necessary to continue recovery efforts for the damage
- provides the funds for VOCA from the federal government is actually in an improved condition, and the cap
- , they do an annual cap of how much you can take out of it each year, has been increased over last year
- general fund backfill needed for the SCFCF and a withdrawal of the 2.9 million general governor's budget cap
- and 2024 budget. to address reprioritized roof projects across the state and kitchens which were damaged
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- CAP is 34% of the water. Those are the two biggest chunks.
- They got that benefit of the bargain by capping us.
- We know that CAP is a stakeholder. K-Grid is a stakeholder.
- I also sit on the CAP board as well.
- I also sit on the CAP board as well.
Keywords:
solar radiation management, environment, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, public health, complaint process, Attorney General, groundwater management, water conservation, irrigation, water supply, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, brackish water, groundwater, water resources