Video & Transcript Research : 'state statute'

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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 15th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to take up TAP 1, Senate Bill 100 on Florida statutes by Senator Passidomo.
  • It's an essential element of the continuous statute.
  • , adopts as official statute law of the state all statute materials passed by the 2025 regular session
  • Next, we're going to take up tab 2, SB 102 on Florida Statutes by Chair Passidomo.
  • SB 104 is the General Reviser's Bill for the Florida Statutes.
Bills: S0100, S0102, S0104
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard three housekeeping/statutory revision bills. Chair Passidomo introduced the committee’s new staff director, and the committee proceeded quickly through the agenda with no public appearance forms, questions, or debate on any of the bills. SB 100, the Adoption Act, prospectively adopts the 2026 Florida Statutes as an official document and adopts the statute materials passed by the 2025 regular session as official state statute law. SB 102 deletes statutory provisions that were previously repealed or expired and are now without effect. SB 104 is the General Reviser's Bill, which removes obsolete language, updates cross-references, and corrects grammatical and typographical errors in the Florida Statutes. Each bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. After the votes, several senators asked to be recorded as voting favorably on tabs 1 and 2, and the committee adopted that request without objection. The meeting then adjourned, with members reminded that the committee would meet again on Thursday.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The state department will develop that program... ...department will develop that program, and it will
  • What we're... ...State Board of Education.
  • school throughout the state.
  • The expense was put on them through a statute, but it might be a greater deterrent if we say that if
  • I think the State Board of Education ought to be adopting these kind of policies.
Bills: SB92, HB9, HB9
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Only one other state, we're one of two states that do this.
  • So what is the action from the state if a person becomes a faithless elector and does something different
  • It also updates Oklahoma statute to formally include human trafficking victims and existing victim service
  • ... ...statute to formally include human trafficking victims and existing victim service programs.
  • What's been going on in the state and business and restaurants and everything is much larger than it
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • is a state...
  • statute.
  • Well, I don't really get into that in this state. I think there's some other existing statute.
  • Your concern is putting... in state statute. My concern is the technical details.
  • Our industry has serious concerns with codifying specific building code provisions in the state statute
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • State your name, please.
  • And the same holds true for this state.
  • You read what the state of Texas says you can read.
  • So, I travel around all over the state.
  • That is a challenge for libraries across our state.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on state affairs come to order. Kirk call the roll.
  • State your name, please. Uh, Claire Warren.
  • And the same holds true for the state.
  • And if so, why is this any business of the state of Texas?
  • So I, I travel around all over the state.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have traditionally been a top 10 school district in the state of Alabama, and we've lost a lot of
  • One of you would like to come forward and state your name, please. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • The registry is already the law in the state of Alabama; it is not being enforced.
  • If they meet the federal premarket criteria, they can get on our state premarket registry.
  • So I can go through it line by line or simply state the amendments.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We don't need to create a state law and blanket the whole state with all of this.
  • or any state, whether it be the state of Alabama.
  • But I am not gonna order by no state.
  • in the state.
  • I mean, you know, I think it saves the state money. Know, I think it saves the state money.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/20/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • These already exist on the state level.
  • I'm your state senator.
  • In State v.
  • Just state your name. Just state your name.
  • They're listed in statute.
Summary: The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee heard and advanced several election, judiciary, child welfare, and criminal justice measures. SB 1489 would require paid petition circulators for initiatives and referenda to disclose their name, state of residence, and paid status verbally and on a badge, add registration requirements for certain local circulators, prohibit pay by signature for local measures, and apply strict compliance and funding-disclosure rules to local initiatives. The ACLU opposed it as compelled speech and a burden on political expression, while the Arizona Chamber supported it as transparency and parity with state-level rules. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 4-3 vote. SB 1609, an emergency measure concerning political party names, would require proposed party names to be distinguishable from existing parties and bar use of terms like “independent” or similar variations. The Arizona Independent Party opposed it as a retroactive change and “cartel protection,” while county election officials and the Arizona Association of Counties supported it as reducing voter confusion. The committee adopted an amendment and recommended the bill do pass on a 7-0 vote. SCR 1040, a voter-approved constitutional referral, would raise the mandatory retirement age for judges and justices of courts of record from 70 to 75; supporters argued it reflects longer life expectancy and preserves experienced judges, while opponents said voters previously rejected a similar proposal and that an age limit is preferable. It passed 5-2. The committee also considered SB 1234, which changes juvenile court representation rules by requiring a guardian ad litem in dependency and termination cases and allowing appointment of an attorney for the child depending on age and ability to express an opinion. Sponsor Senator Werner said the bill was part of a broader child-safety reform effort informed by cases such as Rebecca Baptiste, arguing that a guardian ad litem with attorney authority would better protect children’s best interests. Child welfare attorneys and advocates opposed the bill, saying children need a dedicated attorney-client relationship, confidentiality, and a voice separate from the court or DCS; DCS remained neutral. The committee adopted an amendment and recommended the bill do pass on a 5-2 vote. SB 1661 would allow a presumed father to be relieved of child support obligations if genetic testing shows he is not the biological father; supporters described cases where men remained liable despite exclusionary DNA results, and the bill passed 6-0. Later, the committee heard election administration and transparency bills. SB 1392 would give governing bodies canvassing elections access to locations where election materials are created, handled, processed, tabulated, or stored, so they can observe procedures and review records while protecting secrecy and security; county officials raised concerns about the term “agent,” and the bill passed 4-3. SB 1634 would require ADOT to provide county recorders with a copy of an applicant’s handwritten signature when facilitating voter registration; county officials said it would improve signature comparison, and the bill passed 5-2 after a vote correction. SB 1743 would redact an individual donor’s employer street number, employer name, or residence address from public campaign finance reports, with penalties for improper disclosure; supporters cited privacy and safety, while opponents argued employer information is important for transparency and identifying influence. It passed 5-2. SB 1099, a strike-everything amendment, set statutory criteria for defamation claims involving public or private figures and public or private concerns, including falsity, reckless disregard, and context; it passed 4-3. After a recess, the committee heard SB 1535, which increases penalties for buyers of sexual conduct, including making the conduct a class 6 felony and adding a $200 assessment to support anti-human trafficking services. The sponsor and supporters, including survivors, law enforcement, neighborhood advocates, and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, said the bill targets demand that fuels trafficking and neighborhood disorder. Opponents from criminal justice and anti-violence groups said the bill should include a rebuttable presumption to better protect trafficking victims. The committee adopted an amendment and recommended the bill do pass.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Aug 6th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Affect debt rate setting across the state.
  • We have that in statute, do we not?
  • Certainly political subdivisions of the state and state agencies.
  • Trump's executive order into state law.
  • I think any state agency or any political subdivision of the state should be able to pay that unless
Bills: SB15, SB9, SB7, SB1, SB2, SB67, SB15, SB9, SB7
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I drove here at 4 a.m. from DFW to state my testimony today.
  • They have to be chased down and pursued by the state.
  • Doctors are quietly fleeing the state.
  • We're trying to circumvent other states.
  • In the case of State vs.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • like to amend the reasonable expectation of privacy as it relates to digital voyeurism in Florida statutes
  • hospital systems, public hospital systems, academic medical centers, and children's hospitals around the state
Bills: S0760, S1012, S1536, S1582, S1792
Summary: The Criminal and Civil Justice Committee met with a quorum present and began with a notice that the committee would not present its budget that day, explaining that the budget rollout would be coordinated with House partners and Senate notice requirements, with the next opportunity expected the following week. The committee then moved to legislation, starting with CS for SB 760 by Senator McLean, the Victim Safety and Pre-Trial Release Act, which would address willful violations of court-ordered no-contact conditions for defendants on pretrial release for serious violent crimes. The bill had support from the Florida Sheriffs Association, received no debate, and was reported favorably by roll call vote. The committee next considered SB 1536 by Senator Pizzo on digital voyeurism, described as expanding the reasonable expectation of privacy to include a privately fenced yard. The transcript shows the chair moved on before questions or a vote were taken on that bill. The committee then took up CS for SB 102 by Senator Yarbrough on inmate services, first adopting a leave-filed amendment that revised provisions on inmate welfare trust funds, Medicaid supplemental reimbursement participation, emergency transport reimbursement, and negotiated rates for certain community health care providers, including telehealth and secure-unit care. Justin Senior of the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida testified in information, saying the amendment was a major positive move, and the amended bill was then reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, the chair noted that two agenda items were being temporarily postponed: CS for SB 1582 on statewide data sharing of secondhand dealer and pawnbroker transactions and SB 1792 on public records for pawnbroker transactions. No further business was raised, and the committee adjourned after a motion by Senator Simon.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Colorado is a seminal law in the United States as the manner of time, place, and restriction.
  • They were looking around for a state law so they could charge them, and they didn't have one, and so
  • I want to state just openly that I do not believe that the attack on the church in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • , and there's various states that do have restrictions on what you can do at a funeral.
  • We need to work on our communities and ourselves to fix the problems in this great state.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • After I graduate high school, I plan to go to Eastern Oklahoma State College and judge livestock collegiately
  • I am paging under Brent Howard, and after graduation, I plan to attend Oklahoma State University.
  • She is a freshman at Oklahoma State University. You can go ahead and clap. Go folks.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 2nd, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Pursuant to Article 5, Section 26 of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, the The Senate of the
  • I salute the flag of the State of Oklahoma.
  • Motion is adopted as provided by Title 75 of the Oklahoma statutes 2021, Section 26.14.
  • She went to medical school at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. OK.
  • me, so please welcome my family back to the State Senate.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are we seeing this in other states? And how many states?
  • About other states: Are we seeing this in other states, and how many states, if any, are doing what Arizona's
  • But this state won't do that.
  • It is United States history.
  • Here in the state of Arizona, Arizona Revised Statutes 41-1030, paragraph B, says that a board may not
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2308, which would prohibit dental insurers and their holding companies from owning dental practices or other businesses regulated by the Arizona Board of Dental Examiners. The sponsor and Arizona Dental Association argued the bill is meant to prevent vertical integration and payer control over provider care, while Delta Dental of Arizona opposed it, saying the measure would block nonprofit insurers from investing in clinics for indigent care and create regulatory burdens. After discussion about private equity ownership in dentistry and whether nonprofit insurers should be exempted, the committee voted 7-0 to give HB 2308 a do pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 4001, as amended, which creates a licensing and enforcement framework for alternative nicotine products beginning in 2028, restricts youth-targeted marketing, and increases penalties for selling to minors or manufacturing/distributing without a license. Supporters, including the sponsor, Border Security Alliance, and industry representatives, said the bill would improve supply-chain transparency, curb illegal products, and strengthen youth access enforcement. Opponents, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, argued the bill should instead create a full tobacco retail licensing system and include broader nicotine definitions, while also warning that enforcement resources would be insufficient. The committee adopted the amendment and then approved the bill 6-1. House Bill 2873, as amended, was also approved unanimously. The bill allows a person or organization that files a city or town referendum petition to withdraw it before it qualifies for the ballot, with retroactive application to withdrawals filed beginning January 1, 2026. The committee then heard House Bill 2408, which revises Arizona Board of Nursing complaint procedures, confidentiality rules, investigation timelines, expungement authority, and board oversight of nursing education programs. The sponsor said the bill responds to long-standing audit findings and aims to improve fairness and timeliness, while nursing board officials opposed provisions affecting education oversight and warned about patient safety, costs, and liability. Nurses and other supporters described delayed investigations and the need for expungement relief. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2408 on a 5-2 vote. Additional bills heard included House Bill 2342, which limits HOA restrictions on backyard shade structures and related installations; it passed 7-0 after supporters described a family hardship case and committee members criticized HOA overreach. House Bill 2323, which extends Arizona’s motor vehicle lemon law protections to lessees, also passed unanimously after testimony from the sponsor, attorneys, and a consumer describing repeated repair failures on a leased vehicle. The committee also began hearing House Bill 4010, which would establish a Board of Genetic Counselors under the Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners and set licensure and disciplinary rules, but the transcript ends before any final action on that bill.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

County and Municipal Government Apr 8th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • These rules mirror the state eCard program, tailored to county needs.
  • Senate Bill 1552 simply changes the population requirements in this 1992 statute. You've questions?
  • Statute today, and we're just counting home rules already in statute. It was passed in 1992.
  • Statute unconstitutional because it excluded a larger county. And Mr.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a very dated statute.
  • This is a very dated statute.
  • This is a very dated statute.
  • This is a very dated statute.
  • for another bill, another uh statute. for another bill, another uh statute.