Video & Transcript Research : 'state purchasing'

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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Financial Services Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Financial Services

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  • section to that that will give them some more teeth and a way for them to be able to go across the state
  • and be able to go across the state and bring some of the bad actors to justice.
Bills: HB297, HB587
TX
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  • Someway, you’ll get pockets around the state of people coming in with complaints.
  • , and so I hope that represents the state of Texas well.
  • Generally, in other states, staff pay is based on the executive director's pay.
  • I'm the presiding officer of the Texas State Dental Board.
  • Yu stated.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • Thank you for the state board.
  • So if it's out of state, it can take longer.
  • Bush State Office Building.
  • Add Texas State University System to the list of agencies authorized to purchase aircraft.
  • Many were concerned that the state has shifted the entire... the burden of the state board's remediation
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • I have instituted guardrails around bulk purchase activity in the state, both through procedure changes
  • I know that they recently did purchase, they were involved in a mass purchase. Okay.
  • . state.
  • Currently, the state.
  • The state needs to take him.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • Not only through the state, but also the federal government.
  • By state law, the VLB is not authorized to purchase land for these, so we receive contributions land
  • So, you know, the state does some really cool things. The feds built it. Now it'd be a state.
  • We've been able to work with other states and expand it to 10 other states, so there's 11 of us now sharing
  • We have nine wine trails across the state. state of Texas, and of that $20 billion, the vast majority
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • . the state.
  • acres of state lands.
  • So currently 125 million dollars for land purchases is what we're using to purchase land. for new state
  • It's what the state needs to have done for the state, and so we're doing the work.
  • If the state is going to address it, it's a huge issue for the state of Texas.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • From the state.
  • So there's no state law prohibition against using state funds either in real time or state funds that
  • The State Board for Educators...
  • Thank you for the state of Texas.
  • on fewer state funds.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • Item 1 discusses TDEM's State Operations Center, which monitors emergencies and coordinates with state
  • I don't think the feds could ever go away from reimbursing states for disasters. We're a big state.
  • If we have those scattered across the state, I think we're going to see a lot more of the state.
  • And the reason is the other states get a significant amount of funding from their states to support it
  • They hail from which state? Georgia.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • We've got people coming... ...in from outside the state that want to purchase GME slots from our hospitals
  • They're the ones that are purchasing the planes—state-of-the-art planes, none of them older than two
  • in the state.
  • the state. ...state of Texas.
  • Yeah, I think this state has done better than most states.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • Wynne Rosser.** You raise an important question, Senator, and it is, as you've stated, a state policy
  • Wynne Rosser.** ...as you've stated, a state policy priority to train and retain more physicians in the
  • state.
  • The future workforce is dependent upon other state physician pipeline programs including the State Rural
  • So if y'all are building these state hospitals across the state, which we know y'all have invested in
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • We love this state.
  • VHS operates in 14 western states.
  • Trone is reporting to the state in accordance with the state program.
  • There are only 33 across the state.
  • As TRON is reporting to the state in accordance with the state program, the barrier is funding to fully
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • states since 1965.
  • Kids in state custody.
  • state custody.
  • The state of Texas can do better. We're a rich state, and we need to do a little bit better.
  • The state of Texas is ranked 50th out of 50 states nationwide for DSP salaries, except...
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • This would include state hospitals and state-supported living centers.
  • We operate state psychiatric hospitals and state-supported living centers.
  • OK, state salary, but all states employ law enforcement people or an owner.
  • And that applies to state.
  • So this is a state classification for state peace officers.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • in the state of Texas.
  • most populous state.
  • This is what we're able to do to conduct state-to-state comparison.
  • Universities are not, but local governments and other states leverage those as well to purchase IT products
  • Universities are not, but local governments and other states leverage those as well to purchase IT products
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • It's only to purchase state... you talk about the State Park Fund, right? That's right.
  • It's only to purchase state... you talk about the State Park Fund, right? That's right.
  • It's only to purchase state... you talk about the State Park Fund, right? That's right.
  • So, as LBB had stated, the Pension Review Board (PRB) is a small state agency with an important mission
  • state agency.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX
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  • a big state.
  • So they would be used across the state.
  • This leverages the full purchasing power of the state through those contracts.
  • value to the state for those contracts.
  • After COVID, that number went up because of massive rise in purchasing across the entire state of Texas
Bills: SB 1, SB1
TX
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  • And if the state legislature, we in the state legislature, are serious about the policies that we pass
  • And if the state legislature, we in the state legislature, are serious about the policies that we pass
  • Too many Texans are struggling to make ends meet, and that includes our state workers and our state retirees
  • the Texas State Employees Union.
  • For decades, our state employees and retirees have been the backbone of this state.
Summary: The committee meeting focused on critical issues facing Texas state employees and retirees, highlighting the need for increased compensation and improved benefits. Senator Sarah Eckhardt and Representative John Busey presented new legislation aimed at addressing these longstanding problems, including proposed House Bills 343 and 247, which seek a $10,000 across-the-board pay increase for state employees. Senator Eckhardt emphasized the growing wage gap between public sector jobs and private sector offerings, which has led to high turnover rates and the loss of institutional knowledge. Public testimonies underscored the urgency of the issue as retirees shared their struggles with stagnant pensions amidst rising living costs.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 6th, 2026

Health and Welfare

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  • , the assets that we have as a state, and the workforce needs that health care has across the state.
  • It's stated in the law.
  • My understanding is that licensure is tied to state compliance and following state law.
  • I'm like, we're our own state.
  • The amendment set removes provisions that prohibit state agencies from purchasing or serving non-lactational
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  • Just before session, I was on a professional trip out of state to recruit other state ministers. for
  • So, I don't know that there's only one in the state that qualifies.
  • flowing from the state to the charter school.
  • So, the money flowing from the state aid.
  • The state appropriated $10 million, put it into the fund.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Healthcare

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  • The reason this bill is so thick is that it's the same compacts passed in many of the states.
  • It allows them to cross the state line and be able to go to work quicker.
  • State line and be able to go to work quicker.
  • With that, I'll in the state of Alabama.
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