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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Legislative Oversight & Investigations Committee (10-12-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfUuf9bb83U, 2026-06-21T07:17:05+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Call to Order - 0:00
Roll Call - 0:00
Department of Juvenile Justice Update on Oleoresin Capsicum Spray, Allegation Investigations, and Use of Isolation Introduction of Staff Members - 1:14
Internal Investigations Branch, Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet - 55:47
Conditions of Youth at Juvenile Detention - 1:11:43
Testimony by Donald Peters of CAAPAD INC. - 2:09:29
Adjournment - 2:23:46, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- before, and I clicked on it, and it said, "The Department of War endorses this bill."
- That's the first time I've ever got an email from Department of War.
- Um, it lessens the burden of uh, of lensure for our um, cosmetology and barbers and it's a part of our
- Department of War endorses this bill." Department of War endorses this bill."
- <00:08:52.000>
So, email from Department of War. So, email from Department of War.
Keywords:
construction zone, work zone, speed camera, automated enforcement, photo radar, photographic speed enforcement, traffic safety, highway safety, road construction, maintenance workers, civil citation, civil fine, speeding ticket, owner liability, registered owner, ALDOT, Alabama Department of Transportation, ALEA, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, public safety
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- This also adds that the Department of Revenue must submit an initial report containing a summary of all
- of Revenue and so ...prior to issuing forms by the Department of Revenue.
- statute that the Department of...
- So for over 30 years, regardless of who's in control, the Department of Revenue has followed a practical
- of Revenue's longstanding practice that helps taxpayers file returns on time. ...the Department of Revenue's
Keywords:
judicial foreclosure, tax lien, redemption rights, excess proceeds, property auction, income tax, federal tax conformity, revenue analysis, legislative session, tax reporting, municipal fees, county fees, utility rates, moratorium, tax classification, local government, inflation, economic stability, tax increases, cost-of-living protection
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 2780, a technical cleanup measure related to Arizona’s judicial tax lien foreclosure and excess proceeds process. The sponsor and a witness said the bill clarifies when a court should order a public sale, standardizes distribution of sale proceeds, and corrects inconsistencies left from prior reforms. No opposition was raised, and the committee approved HB 2780 unanimously on a 9-0 do pass vote.
The committee then took up House Bill 4029, which would require the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to evaluate the revenue impact of federal tax conformity changes earlier in the process, and would require the Department of Revenue to issue tax forms consistent with statute. An amendment was adopted to have OSPB and JLBC each make the evaluation and to require a governor’s report if the impact is $100 million or more, along with new reporting deadlines for DOR. Supporters argued the bill would force earlier action on conformity and prevent tax forms from diverging from statute; opponents said it added bureaucracy and could delay filing. The committee approved HB 4029 as amended by a 5-4 vote.
The committee also heard House Bill 4030 and the related HCR 2052, both aimed at limiting local tax and fee increases. HB 4030 would bar municipalities and counties from adopting, imposing, or collecting increased fees, transaction privilege taxes, and utility rates from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030. The sponsor said the measure was intended to protect taxpayers from inflation and rising local costs. Cities, counties, and utility representatives opposed the bills, warning they would hinder infrastructure financing, water and wastewater projects, road improvements, and public safety services, and could force general fund subsidies or delayed maintenance. Supporters argued local governments have seen substantial revenue growth and should be restrained from further increases. The committee did not reach a final vote on HB 4030 or HCR 2052 in the portion provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Imposing penalties is vital for the protection of our precious history.
- It assures the protection of Texas history and ensures that it will be preserved for the future. ...of
- the director of the Texas Film Commission. the Travel Information Division of the Texas Department of
- of fairness in sports and protecting women's opportunities.
- The commitment of the people of Combs to protect. ...and enriches our cultural heritage.
Bills:
HB370, HB738, HB2935, HB3227, HB4103, HB5259, SB519, SB1350, SB1247, SB1248, SB2112, HCR81, HCR83, HCR84, HCR59, HCR109, HCR111, HCR135, SCR6
Keywords:
HB 370, Events Trust Fund, Texas events funding, sports eligibility, women's sports, girls' sports, biological sex, transgender athletes, sex-segregated sports, athletic competition, event subsidies, tourism funding, site selection organization, anti-trafficking plan, female athletes, public funding, economic impact, sports policy, Rosenwald Schools, historical preservation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- and certain other duties of the Department relating to wildlife corridors.
- The protection of wildlife corridors is a bipartisan issue.
- The state of Texas already has wildlife crossings protecting wildlife. Texans.
- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was authorized to implement a system of digital tagging.
- The lack of protection means that harvest information collected by the department, including the exact
Bills:
HB370, HB738, HB2935, HB3227, HB4103, HB5259, SB519, SB1350, SB1247, SB1248, SB2112, HCR81, HCR83, HCR84, HCR59, HCR109, HCR111, HCR135, SCR6
Keywords:
HB 370, Events Trust Fund, Texas events funding, sports eligibility, women's sports, girls' sports, biological sex, transgender athletes, sex-segregated sports, athletic competition, event subsidies, tourism funding, site selection organization, anti-trafficking plan, female athletes, public funding, economic impact, sports policy, Rosenwald Schools, historical preservation
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Look, no criticism of the unelected parole board or the unelected Department of Corrections employees
- That's an employee of the Department of Corrections, Youth Services, a sheriff of a county or municipality
- , if the entity knew of the order of limited relief at the time of...
- The order of limited relief at the time of hiring.
- It would save costs for the Department of Corrections and where they would serve warrants in the prison
Keywords:
criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, custodial sexual misconduct, sexual misconduct, inmate abuse, prisoner exploitation, correctional staff, jail staff, detention center, probation officer, parole officer, Department of Corrections, Department of Youth Services, sheriff, county jail, municipal jail
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota Department of Health the DWF Minnesota Department of Health the DWF and<00:37:09.000><
- I serve as the secretary of the fire department for the city of Raymond.
- environmental impact of such a environmental impact of such a substandard<00:58:13.359>
sewer - Our project further protects the environment with only one point of discharge instead of five points
- /c><01:35:45.119>
a <01:35:45.199>health Department of Health we issued a health Department
Bills:
HF458, HF459, HF461, HF449, HF450, HF965, HF1280, HF612, HF615, HF616, HF622, HF650, HF651, HF1045, HF972, HF851, HF644, HF1050
Keywords:
HF458, Henderson, water treatment facility, drinking water, municipal water, public infrastructure, capital investment, state bonds, bonding bill, Public Facilities Authority, water distribution system, well connection, local government grant, Minnesota capital budget, HF459, Carver levee, City of Carver, levee restoration, flood control, flood mitigation
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- of statute that provide protection of them.
- of statute that provide protection of them.
- of statute that provide protection of them.
- of Labor and Industry, the Department of Human Services, and the Minnesota Department of Health, and
- So we worked with the Department of Human We worked with the Department of Human Services to work through
Keywords:
whistleblower, whistleblower protections, public employees, state employees, retaliation, reporting fraud, misuse of authority, personal gain, state government, state services, state programs, legislative auditor, constitutional officer, public corruption, fraud reporting, government accountability, employee rights, labor law, Minnesota Statutes 181.931, Minnesota Statutes 181.932
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy (7-2-26) - Reupload
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- So, if we find somebody who is in need of an energy payment and they're involved with child protective
- So, the cabinet provides that funding to KHC, and then they also operate the Department of Energy's
- of protecting all the um, with the idea of protecting all the rate<00:55:37.560>
payers. - The EPA, along especially Jim's department and a lot of his colleagues are actively working on the new
- and a lot of especially Jim's department and a lot of his<01:20:23.520>
colleagues <01:20:24.040
Bills:
SB8
Keywords:
utilities, public service commission, energy regulation, appointment, emergency declaration, tax increases, consumer protection, The first couple minutes of the livestream was cut off. This recording restored the beginning of the meeting
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:51
Approval of Minutes 00:02:07
Legislator Comments 00:02:18
LIHEAP Public Hearing 00:04:19
PSC Update on RS 26 SB 8 00:32:18
WaterStep Presentation 01:04:08, 958, all
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Father, help us to understand the needs of the least of these, and guide us and enlighten us.
- It's in the mighty, matchless name of Jesus we do pray. ...matchless name of Jesus we do pray.
- Since it's the first committee meeting of the session, I want to go over some general rules of how we'll
- My understanding is, of course, this bond is only to protect and guarantee the premium tax that we collect
- We passed this out of this committee last year and we passed it out of the house 102 to nothing.
Keywords:
salvage title, salvage certificate of title, rebuilt title, flood vehicle, junk vehicle, total loss, motor vehicle title, vehicle branding, insurance claim, insurance company, Department of Revenue, vehicle inspection, rebuilder, automotive dismantler, parts recycler, secondary metals recycler, junkyard, vehicle identification number, VIN, stolen vehicle
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Apr 1st, 2026
Banking and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you have expertise in the field of pennies?
- Is Neil a part of this program?
- I He I'm looking at you of the Lord is.
- Is is Neil a part of this to you. Is is Neil a part of this program? program? program?
- moment we sit here, the state of moment we sit here, the state of Kentucky<00:05:22.000>
adopted
Bills:
HB545
Keywords:
HB545, legal tender, cash rounding, nearest five cents, nickel rounding, in-person cash transaction, cash transactions, change making, sales tax, Department of Revenue, merchant payments, consumer payments, currency rounding, cash payment, retail transactions, payment methods, 923, senate, all
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/23/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- They're not part of a fire department. They're not part of frequently<00:40:58.079>
aren't. - , or that a lot of them are directed as being, you know, employees, people underneath a police department
- or a fire department or an organization, whereas some of these entities really aren't underneath them
- or a fire department or an organization, whereas some of these entities really aren't underneath them
- , people underneath a police department or a fire department or an organization, whereas some of these
Keywords:
correctional fees, supervision fees, probation, Department of Corrections, criminal justice funding, electronic home monitoring, drug testing, restitution collection, community service work, postprison supervision, court-ordered services, fee sunset, fee phaseout, offender fees, community corrections, supervised individuals, 1183, house
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 12th, 2025 at 10:30 am
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords:
firearm acquisition, gun smuggling, criminal offenses, ammunition, terrorism, public safety, driver's license, vision correction, medical verification, Texas Department of Public Safety, renewal fees, weapons, community supervision, law enforcement, retired officers, prohibition, criminal liability, missing children, national reporting, investigation
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I know that the Department of Education has been trying to work with you a little bit too about maybe
- This bill requires the State Department of Education to report to the adult education...
- One of them is in the military and one is in the first year of college.
- On the data sharing which is going to go from the Department of Education to your college system: what
- The bulk of what we do in GED in the state of Alabama is through the community college system.
Keywords:
Coach Safely Act, youth athletics, noncompliance penalties, Department of Public Health, youth athlete, dual enrollment, high school, community college, university, educational access, high school credit, violence prevention, conflict resolution, mediation, public education, high school graduation, 1136, house, all
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 13th, 2026 at 05:31 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- The department issued a survey to school districts to ask how many of them are specifically operating
- permission to the department for that continuum of oversight.
- Now, the Environmental Product Declaration Act is one of the three legs of this stool.
- chambers of commerce to environmentally focused nonprofits.
- Stephen Wancoff, 911 Bureau Chief, with the Department of Finance, Local Government Division.
Keywords:
distance learning, virtual instruction, public education, student enrollment, school funding, education standards, pandemic education response, low-carbon construction, construction materials, rebate, environmental product declaration, EPD, embodied carbon, carbon intensity, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonization, industrial incentives, clean manufacturing, cement, concrete
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Morning Session Apr 8th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The cash fund will be administered by the Department of Education.
- It authorizes rules and regulations to be done by the Department of Education.
- The cash fund will be administered by the Department of Education.
- It authorizes rules and regulations to be done by the Department of Education.
- Yeah, so the Department of Education is going to be administering the program.
Bills:
LB878, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB1209, LB937A, LB962A, LB1050, LB1050A, LB965, LB1022, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB745, LB749, LB778, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR495, LR496, LR497, LR498, LR499, LR500, LR501, LR502, LR503, LR504
Keywords:
paid parental leave, state employees, workplace benefits, family support, economic impact, Medicaid, Medical Assistance Act, home and community-based services waiver, HCBS waiver, waiver participant, assessment tool, clinical interviewing, service tier, retroactive coverage, doula, doula reimbursement, maternal health, prenatal care, pregnancy, birth outcomes
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 8th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have the Nebraska Department of Education back in January of 2025.
- The Nebraska Department of Education under Dr.
- That's kind of why we have the Nebraska Department of Education.
- So ESUs have played a part in some of that, but I also think the initiatives now of the Department of
- Go look at the Nebraska Department of Education's website.
Bills:
LB878, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB1209, LB937A, LB962A, LB1050, LB1050A, LB965, LB1022, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB745, LB749, LB778, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR495, LR496, LR497, LR498, LR499, LR500, LR501, LR502, LR503, LR504
Keywords:
paid parental leave, state employees, workplace benefits, family support, economic impact, Medicaid, Medical Assistance Act, home and community-based services waiver, HCBS waiver, waiver participant, assessment tool, clinical interviewing, service tier, retroactive coverage, doula, doula reimbursement, maternal health, prenatal care, pregnancy, birth outcomes
LA
Bills:
HB288, HB403, HB420, HB783, HB815, HB915, HB927, HB933, HB944, HB962, HB971, HR74, SCR3, SCR20, SB5, SB34, SB37, SB190, SB255, SB270, SB273, SB314, SB415
Keywords:
medical terminology, documentation, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, healthcare, medical records, billing, homemade food, food safety, small business, exemption, regulation, Department of Children and Family Services, background checks, child welfare, employee screening, safety regulations, criminal history, non-lactational dairy, labeling requirements
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
- No one will ever see that great, horrendous, and tragic failure of the Department of Public Safety.
- Disclosures are meant to protect, to the extent possible, the identity of patients.
- So none of that is protected by this statute. Okay. Okay.
- of this state, and it certainly was not an oath to protect the interests of these taxpayer-funded lobbyists
Bills:
SB2, SB3, SB5, SB9, SB10, SB14, SB16, SB18, SB34, SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB 2, SB 3, SB 5, SB 9, SB 10, SB 14, SB 16, SB 18, SB 34, SB 6, SB 7, SB 8, SB 11, SB 12, SB 13, SB 15, SB 17, SB 4, SB1, SB2, SB3, SB5, SB9, SB10, SB14, SB16, SB18, SB34, SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB4
Keywords:
flooding, public safety, outdoor warning sirens, disaster preparedness, emergency response, flood warning, outdoor sirens, local government, safety measures, flood management, emergency preparedness, municipal safety, disaster response, disaster relief, emergency funding, Meteorological forecasting, local government assistance, training facilities, hemp regulation, consumable products
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members of the Senate will come to order, and the Secretary will call the roll.
- In a House of Nueces, in a House of Hidalgo, have. Huffman, Hughes, Johnson, King.
- Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this blessing of being here in this chamber.
- Thank you for the honor of serving your people.
- The Dean of the Senate moves to dispense with the reading of yesterday's journal.
Bills:
SB2, SB3, SB5, SB9, SB10, SB14, SB16, SB18, SB34, SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB 2, SB 3, SB 5, SB 9, SB 10, SB 14, SB 16, SB 18, SB 34, SB 6, SB 7, SB 8, SB 11, SB 12, SB 13, SB 15, SB 17, SB 4, SB1, SB2, SB3, SB5, SB9, SB10, SB14, SB16, SB18, SB34, SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB4
Keywords:
flooding, public safety, outdoor warning sirens, disaster preparedness, emergency response, flood warning, outdoor sirens, local government, safety measures, flood management, emergency preparedness, municipal safety, disaster response, disaster relief, emergency funding, Meteorological forecasting, local government assistance, training facilities, hemp regulation, consumable products