Video & Transcript Research : 'statue'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- governmental entities, state contractors, and private employers in the state regarding the legal status
- In the state regarding the legal status of employees, including requiring participation in the federal
- HB 1324, by Olcott, relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions
Summary:
The House met to read a large slate of newly filed bills and resolutions and refer them to committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including health care and insurance, public education, elections, criminal justice, public safety, taxes, transportation, agriculture, environmental regulation, higher education, housing, and local government. Several proposals focused on abortion and reproductive health, firearms, voter registration and ballot access, school curriculum and accountability, property tax and homestead issues, and state contracting and agency oversight. A number of constitutional amendments were also filed, including proposals on initiative and referendum, veto override authority, vaccination refusal, parental rights in education, gun rights, Medicaid expansion, and various tax exemptions.
No substantive debate, testimony, or votes occurred during this portion of the meeting; the clerk simply read the bills and resolutions and announced their committee referrals. The list included both general legislation and joint resolutions, with many items sent to standing committees and several to subcommittees. The House then adjourned without objection until 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- a general consensus that the achievement gap is largely a reflection of the gaps in socioeconomic status
- Because when they graduate and they're working on their status to become a naturalized citizen one day
- Because when they graduate and they're working on their status to become a natural life citizen one day
- have not meaningfully changed, and significant achievement gaps by race, language, and disability status
- DREDF's greatest concern is that the status quo will come to simply be accepted as inevitable.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-13 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
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- revises statutory data sharing requirements for the Vermont cancer registry and the ALS registry. status
- disclosure, and update the status disclosure, and update the status to<01:34:10.080>
align - If the court grants youthful offender status, the next step is a disposition hearing where the court
- If the court grants uh youthful<01:46:18.400>
offender <01:46:18.800>status, <01:46:19.280- youthful offender status, the next step is<01:46:20.400>
a <01:46:20.639>disposition <01
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, March 2, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It says, "An applicant status cannot be verified through available data sources.
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cannot <00:59:38.079>be says, "An applicant status cannot be says, "An applicant status - And when our hospital staff work with patients to verify their identity and their financial status, they
- And when our hospital staff work with patients to verify their identity and their financial status, they
- . status. status.
Keywords:
medical necessity, insurance, healthcare policy, independent review, claim processing, shared parenting, family law, joint custody, child well-being, parental rights, pharmacy, collaborative care, healthcare, prescriptions, patient safety, Wyoming Pharmacy Act, welfare, Medicaid, employment, eligibility verification
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Committee (04/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- on that corrective action and then we will be reporting back to this committee again on what the status
- this committee again on what the status this committee again on what the status is<01:00:11.839>
- Assuming status quo with our funding and where we are right now, we will be able to migrate into New
- The appendix located behind the tab on page 17 reports the current status of observations contained in
- <01:36:40.480>
of page 17 reports the current status of page 17 reports the current status
Summary:
The committee first approved the March 21 minutes and then took up a consent calendar, withdrawing several items before adopting the remainder. It also moved item FIS 25103 to the table by a 6-4 vote after Senator Gray argued the Executive Council had not yet acted on a prior $5 million approval and that the committee should avoid adding to the rainy day fund draw. The committee then approved item 25106 for the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources/State Library after hearing that the department expected about a $400,000 lapse to return to the state.
A major discussion centered on New Hampshire Police Standards and Training (item 2577). Senator Gray questioned whether a proposed equipment purchase could be delayed to the next biennium in light of the state’s deficit and rainy day fund use. The agency said the equipment was needed now for scenario training, vendors had already been identified, and delaying would likely increase costs and force continued reliance on unpaid volunteer help. The committee ultimately approved the item.
The committee also approved Department of Energy item 2587 after hearing that federal weatherization funds are drawn down on a reimbursement basis, and item 2588 after similar testimony that weatherization work must be completed and inspected before reimbursement, limiting how quickly funds can be expended. Item 250094 had been withdrawn. Later, the committee discussed Senator Carson’s request for an LBA review of the YDC claims settlement fund, with members expressing concern about administrative costs, attorney fees, settlement-loan payoffs, and the need for more detailed reporting. The committee voted to direct LBA to conduct the audit described in Senator Carson’s memo, with the additional request that the review include the term over which attorney fees are paid. The meeting then moved on to an HHS staff item, where members began questioning the timing of dashboard data and reporting delays.
AL
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- as youth or as juvenal would make status as youth or as juvenal would make status as youth or as juvenal
- offender who has confinement of a status offender who has confinement of a status offender who has violated
- other question is explain and I guess my other question is explain to me the difference between a status
- to me the difference between a status to me the difference between a status offender and a delinquent
- theft or something like that a status theft or something like that a status offender is a minor that
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
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- as to ways that children all the statues as to ways that children can<00:14:25.639>
be <00:14: - engage in survival sex, meaning they trade sex for money, food, a place to stay, drugs, clothing, status
- engage in survival sex, meaning they trade sex for money, food, a place to stay, drugs, clothing, status
- engage in survival sex, meaning they trade sex for money, food, a place to stay, drugs, clothing, status
- engage in survival sex, meaning they trade sex for money, food, a place to stay, drugs, clothing, status
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for having us today to provide information to committee members on the financial status of
- Our ratio appears higher... financial status of Henipin Healthcare financial status of Henipin Healthcare
- <00:18:06.559>
Recruitment status and other programs. - Recruitment status and other programs.
- and what is projected for current status and what is projected for the<00:20:24.480>
future.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, the subject of the bill today relates to vaccination status and facilities.
- Based solely upon their vaccination status. Any other questions on the bill as amended?
- The rest of it's all gone in terms of vaccine status. Senator Byrd. Thank you, Madam President.
- What's in the bill is what the bill speaks to, which is vaccination status and facilities.
- But today's amendment, today's bill, is only dealing with vaccination status and facilities.
Summary:
The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. After routine business, the Senate took up several special-order bills.
The first major bill, transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses. An amendment added penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing and required law enforcement to notify suspects of those penalties. The bill passed 37-0. The Senate then passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours and holiday access to care and setting network standards for Medicaid managed care plans, also by a 37-0 vote.
The chamber next considered a major condominium and cooperative associations bill responding to post-Surfside safety and financial concerns. Senators described the measure as balancing building safety with financial relief, extending reserve-study deadlines, allowing temporary reserve relief after inspections, tightening oversight of managers and inspectors, and adjusting voting, resale, and reserve rules. After extensive debate and praise from members for the bill’s sponsors and staff, the bill passed 37-0.
The longest discussion centered on a constitutional amendments/petition process bill aimed at curbing fraud in citizen initiative petitions. Sponsors argued that the 2024 petition process was plagued by fraud and identity theft and proposed tighter rules for circulators, faster submission deadlines, voter notification, penalties, and limits on petition handling. Senators offered and adopted multiple amendments, including changes to petition-circulator definitions, invalid-signature thresholds, and voter notification procedures. After a substitute amendment was withdrawn, the Senate continued debating the underlying amended bill, with members split between concerns about election integrity and worries that the bill would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/25/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- Also evaluating risk reduction strategies as they approach 100% funded status.
- funded status and are approaching<00:11:32.640>
a <00:11:32.800>surplus <00:11:33.360>< - A major change took place to the correctional officer status.
- A major change took place to the paracreal<01:38:28.239>
officer <01:38:28.639>status. - As of January paracreal officer status.
MN
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- He has a history of going into status; when the seizures don't stop, he then gets intubated and flown
- He has a history of going into status; when the seizures don't stop, he then gets intubated and flown
- He has a history of going into status; when the seizures don't stop, he then gets intubated and flown
- He has a history of going into status; when the seizures don't stop, he then gets intubated and flown
- an undetectable status can be and<00:37:20.319>
they <00:37:20.400>want <00:37:20.560><
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 16, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
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- simply because she immigration status simply because she was<00:40:08.280>
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under ability ever to adjust her status under ability ever to adjust her status - Sexual predators off our streets, irrespective of legal status. Sexual crimes, Mr.
- in 1984 in 2022 it was threatened status in 1984 in 2022 it was removed<03:04:15.000>
from <03 - New Glenn is a 320-ton rocket that's taller than the Statue of Liberty, which has seven engines, and
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Status of Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Good morning and welcome to the Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
- 2021 legislative statutory language with three other commissions, including the Commission on the Status
- of Latinos and Latinas, the Commission on the Status of African Americans, and the Commission on the
- Status of Black Men and Boys.
Summary:
The Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities held its quarterly meeting virtually and in person at the State House. The commission approved the March minutes and elected its officers by unanimous roll call vote: Denise Garlick as chair, Chris White as vice chair, Carl Richardson as treasurer, and Osmondahar as secretary. The meeting also welcomed several new commissioners, including Rep. Jay Livingstone, Rep. Vanna Howard, Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, Rep. John Marzi, and Leo Sarkisian, with brief introductions from the new legislative members.
A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the commission’s current work and the broader policy environment affecting people with disabilities. Commissioners and subcommittee leaders raised concerns about federal threats to Medicaid/MassHealth, Section 504 accessibility protections, DEI-related rollbacks, immigration policy impacts on the direct care workforce, and the loss of funding for youth employment and vocational rehabilitation programs. Members also discussed ableist language in public discourse and the need for stronger advocacy and communication in response to these developments.
Subcommittee reports highlighted recent activity on disability employment, workforce supports, and long-term services and supports/health equity. Presentations included veterans with disabilities, employment programming for young adults with disabilities, immigration and labor protections, MassHealth’s PCA working group, and a health equity roundtable. The commission also discussed future plans to create an advisory board, develop successor and mentoring planning, and launch regional “meeting the moment” listening sessions across the Commonwealth to strengthen outreach and leadership development. The meeting ended with an open invitation for commissioners to share urgent information with staff for broader distribution and a unanimous motion to adjourn.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Management Jun 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So they will serve meals to all students based on their status.
- They agree to take applications, and their reimbursement then for those meals is based on the status
- then also, I think we could improve our direct certification process to include foster and migrant status
- Right now, those are identified at the school level, and I think we could And migrant status students
Summary:
The Legislative Management Committee met to address the fiscal impact of Initiated Constitutional Measure No. 3, which would require public schools, public school districts, and public charter schools to provide breakfast and lunch at no cost to students and allow reimbursement from the state, with implementation beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The committee first filled a vacancy created by Representative Jared Hagert’s resignation by appointing Representative Berg to the committee. Legislative Council and DPI staff explained the measure’s requirements, including federal reimbursement participation, possible use of the legacy earnings fund if other funding is unavailable, and the authority of the Legislature and superintendent of public instruction to clarify implementation details.
Linnell Johnson of DPI testified that the estimated fiscal impact for the 2027-2029 biennium is between $124 million and $134 million, based on participation assumptions, federal reimbursement rates, and the extent to which schools continue to collect applications or use community eligibility/provision 2 options. She also noted a likely additional administrative cost of about $300,000 for DPI to operate the program. Members asked about school participation, Title I implications, special diets, staffing, and whether the measure could reduce federal reimbursements if families stop applying. Johnson said the estimate is uncertain and could be higher if applications decline, but that schools would still have incentives to participate in federal programs because of reimbursement and other funding ties.
After discussion, the committee adopted a motion to report a fiscal impact range of $124,300,000 to $134,300,000 per biennium to the Secretary of State. The committee then received an informational update from Legislative Council attorney Dustin Richard on the ongoing redistricting litigation. He explained that the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Eighth Circuit’s ruling and sent the case back for reconsideration in light of Louisiana v. Callais, while the district court-imposed map remains in effect for now. No action was taken on that update, and the meeting adjourned after members noted minutes from the prior meeting were not yet available for approval.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Veterans and Armed Forces Jan 20th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Veterans and Armed Forces
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- So, as you know, there's a constraint for what type of funding and status that that personnel is in.
- So, as you know, there's a constraint for what type of funding and status that that personnel is in,
- if they're in Title 5 status or Title 10 or Title 32, or if they're in a state activity status.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Apr 21st, 2025 at 09:15 am
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- And then the other five counties that were in that status can convert to non-oil.
- Counties that were in that status can convert to non-oil.
- But with the way what's happening with the stripper well status and what's happening with the price of
- And we need to keep doing this status report because we got to continue building on Highway 85.
Summary:
The committee met to consider Senate Bill 2012, the Department of Transportation budget, with Representative Brandenburg presenting a detailed House amendment package and Speaker Robin Weisz explaining the overall funding strategy. The discussion focused on restructuring transportation funding streams, including moving Prairie Dog money into a flexible transportation fund, adjusting gas tax distributions, increasing the legacy earnings transfer from 7% to 8%, and authorizing a $155 million bond for Highway 85. Members also discussed DOT operations, bridge funding, rest areas, electronic titling, and the use of funds for grants to counties, cities, and townships. A separate provision would let the DOT consider whether local ordinances or policies unreasonably restrict permitted agriculture or energy projects when scoring grant applications, which drew significant debate about local control and whether the language was punitive.
Testimony from Brandenburg and Weisz emphasized that the plan was intended to provide more predictable funding, preserve the ability to match federal dollars, and direct money where needs are greatest through a grant process. Weisz said the package was designed to simplify multiple revenue buckets, ensure DOT can meet federal match requirements, and free up money for the general fund while still supporting transportation needs. Several members raised concerns about whether cities, counties, and townships would receive as much as under the prior Prairie Dog structure, whether the bridge allocation was correctly reflected in the bill, and whether the local-policy language would penalize subdivisions that oppose energy projects. Supporters argued the state needed to protect revenue tied to energy development and that local governments would still receive distributions plus additional grant opportunities.
The committee adopted the House amendment to SB 2012 by a vote of 19-1-3, then rejected an amendment to remove the local-policy language on a 5-15-3 vote. The committee then passed SB 2012 as amended on a 20-0-3 vote, with Representative Brandenburg designated as the carrier. The chair announced that Senate Bill 2014 would not be taken up at that time and the committee recessed until called back.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't know how many of you have... had the opportunity to go to New York City and see the Statue of
- One of the things that they had on there was a picture of the Statue of Liberty next to one of these
- You know, the Statue of Liberty is 300 feet high; it's massive, and yet one of these modern wind turbines
- It's almost double the size of the Statue of Liberty. It's incredible.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 2nd, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- facilities provide structured programs designed to help individuals achieve and maintain a drug-free status
- well-being of patients. many situations for which a person can show up in a hospital with altered mental status
- It allows for timely genetic counseling. carrier assessment status for moms, initiation of multidisciplinary
- tens of thousands of dollars. in health care costs in a year, you have no incentive to shop in the status
Keywords:
healthcare, training, abuse, neglect, penalties, chemical dependency, safety, regulation, inpatient competency restoration, competency restoration, forensic mental health, mental health law, criminal competency, incompetent to stand trial, Chapter 46B, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state hospital, behavioral health, local mental health authority
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Mar 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- You talked about Chapter 27 or 27, I think as the Boeing statue.
- different teams for the same conduct number one and why we just strengthening the vessel home side statue
- Yeah, I'm appears which statue we've we've flight we've passed into law that prevents businesses from
- I like to take grown adult status. But in this process, we have to take baby steps.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HWN, HWN, TCA-HWN Public Hearings 02-13-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Public schools and charter schools can happily celebrate the Hawaiian Kingdom’s independent status, collaborate
- Public schools and charter schools can happily celebrate the Hawaiian Kingdom’s independent status, collaborate
- Public schools and charter schools can happily celebrate the Hawaiian Kingdom’s independent status, collaborate
- Public schools and charter schools can happily celebrate the Hawaiian Kingdom’s independent status, collaborate
Summary:
The Committee on Hawaiian Affairs met on February 13 and heard testimony on three measures before taking up decision-making. On SB 1410, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands supported the bill as a practical way to require counties to timely respond when DHHL seeks transfer of infrastructure or facilities, and the chair later recommended passage without amendment. The committee adopted that recommendation, with Senator Ihara excused.
The committee then heard extensive testimony on SB 1549, which would help fund the Kahili Homestead community’s planned multi-service center and park improvements. DHHL supported the measure, and community witnesses described a 16-year planning process, prior grant and developer funding, completed phase-one park work, and the need for state bonding to complete phase two. Members asked about community engagement, fundraising, and whether the design included features such as a lāʻau garden, Hōlua mound, imu hall, craft pavilion, and space for Native Hawaiian games and lua practice. The chair recommended passage of SB 1549 unamended, and the committee adopted the recommendation.
The committee also considered SB 903, described as a housekeeping bill to create a vehicle for continued funding of OHA after the current working group sunsets. The chair recommended passage with amendments incorporating the contents of proposed Senate Draft 1 and recommittal to the Hawaiian Affairs committee, and that recommendation was adopted. The meeting then shifted to a joint hearing with Transportation and Culture and the Arts on SB 614, relating to Hawaiian Independence Day, and SB 1051, relating to Hawaiian History Month. Testimony on SB 614 was largely supportive, emphasizing cultural recognition and education, though one witness from Hawaii Sovereignty Studies opposed it; the Office of Collective Bargaining said it did not yet know the cost. SB 1051 also drew support, with testimony stressing the importance of teaching the history of the overthrow and Hawaiian sovereignty. Both bills were advanced with amendments, including technical changes and effective dates, and both committees adopted the chair’s recommendations.