Video & Transcript Research : 'state constitution'

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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources, February 10, 2026

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We use a lot of those around the state. We use a lot of those around the state.
  • distribution formula so that the states distribution formula so that the states with<00:30:13.120
  • :14.240> heavier with states the counties with heavier with states the counties with heavier lottery
  • They come up here, from out of state.
  • <00:34:04.799> Liquor Mike Moer, Wyoming State Liquor Mike Moer, Wyoming State Liquor Association
Bills: SF0052, SF0024
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources, February 10, 2026

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • the state, then it is covered.
  • . state. state.
  • That has been throughout the state. So, That has been throughout the state.
  • I'm the state director for Americans for Prosperity right here in the Cowboy State.
  • Again, no state repair law adopted in the other states has allowed for private right of action.
Bills: SF0052, SF0024
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • out of state. out of state.
  • >> Not not the nearest state. Yeah. But yeah, some states are double some states.
  • Next item on the agenda: SB 3219 proposing amendment 7, section 12 and 13 of the Hawaii State Constitution
  • . states. states.
  • "Shall the Hawaii State Constitution be amended to authorize counties to issue housing infrastructure
Summary: The House Housing Committee heard testimony on a series of housing-related Senate bills. SB 2190 SD2 on inclusionary zoning drew support from HHFDC, Hawaii YIMBY, Grassroot Institute, Housing Hawaii’s Future, and Hako Seed Center, with opposition from OHA and Aloha Independent Living Hawaii. SB 2338 SD1, dealing with housing agency personnel authority, received comments from the Attorney General cautioning that the bill should be clarified to avoid conflicts with civil service and collective bargaining laws and recommending removal of a provision limiting employment contracts; HHFDC said its comments addressed those concerns and supported the measure. SB 2424 SD1, concerning HHFDC, received broad support from housing, business, and community groups, with one opposition. Testimony focused on changing the definition of “qualified resident” so people who already own an HHFDC-assisted unit could later purchase another if their housing needs change; HHFDC said the current rule forces people to sell before buying again and that the bill would help people move up the housing ladder and encourage more housing development. SB 2356 on parking also drew broad support from state agencies, housing advocates, business groups, and local officials, with Unite Here Local 5 in opposition. SB 2981 on land use had strong support from many organizations and 67 individuals, with Unite Here Local 5 opposing. SB 3028 SD2 on property conveyance generated the most detailed policy debate. Supporters, including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Indivisible Hawaii, and others, backed restructuring the conveyance tax into a marginal rate system and urged changes to revenue allocations, including dedicated funding for homeless services, DHHL, and the rental housing revolving fund. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii supported the marginal-rate concept but opposed dedicated special-fund allocations and criticized the bill’s blank sections. Committee members questioned the historical purpose of the conveyance tax, and the Tax Foundation explained it was originally a modest tax tied to property-value tracking when the state still ran the property tax system. The committee also heard SB 3187 SD2 on off-site construction, SB 2378 SD2 on housing permitting, and SB 2398 SD2 on residential housing utilities. OPSD supported SB 3187 but said it preferred the House version and wanted clarification that off-site certification should apply to factories in Hawaii, not out of state, to avoid outsourcing labor; it also suggested starting with a small scope. SB 2378 SD2 drew support from engineering, housing, and labor groups, with testimony that the House version included needed fixes to make the program insurable. On SB 2398 SD2, the Board of Water Supply opposed the bill, saying it could require disclosure of sensitive infrastructure information beyond ordinary water-availability assessments and raise critical-infrastructure and cybersecurity concerns; developers and housing groups supported the measure. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 2nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Recognizing April 2nd, 2025 as Val Verde County Del Rio Day at the State Capitol.
  • You may have heard Chairman Hunter state earlier that we have a balanced budget. this state, if we have
  • We can afford this amendment as a state, can't we, Mr. Verdell? Yes, sir.
  • the state legislature?
  • state affairs a share 187 by cook proposing constitution authorizing the legislative modulum taxation
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 7th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 289 miles from the Texas state line near Davidson, Oklahoma, to the Arkansas state line near Broken
  • As far as I understand, that's a requirement in the state constitution that every child receive a free
  • textbook in The state of Oklahoma.
  • We have a constitutional obligation to fund public schools in our state. It's in our constitution.
  • Now, if you look at any state in the United States, healthcare is a big part of their budget because
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Fiscal May 19th, 2026

Revenue & Fiscal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Brian Adams, the State Fire Marshal.
  • So we have state general fund direct.
  • Right now, the bill, if you divide up the state projects and local projects, obviously the non-state
  • And right now the state projects is not the constitutionally required five-year plan.
  • It was more like a five-year state plan and a 10-year.
Bills: HB2, HB3, HB799, HB1039
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill prohibits the conveyance of land, as well as the sale, lease, or sublease of state land.
  • the state, and I believe that we have already reached our maximum...
  • Do you happen to know how much—you may not know—but how much state... ...how much state funding is used
  • What is the policy that your organization is stating if that situation happens?
  • known as Humane Society of the United States.
Bills: SB1075, SB1144, SB1280
Summary: The Committee on Land and Agriculture heard two bills, SB 1075 and SB 1280, with public testimony limited and several speakers appearing on each measure. SB 1075 would create a Foreign Entity Review Commission and prohibit the conveyance, sale, lease, or sublease of state land to hostile foreign entities without commission approval. Supporters said it was needed to protect land near critical infrastructure and military sites, while opponents argued it created unnecessary bureaucracy and duplicated existing safeguards. The committee voted 5-4 to give SB 1075 a due pass recommendation. The committee then took up SB 1280, which would bar the Arizona Game and Fish Commission from transporting Mexican gray wolf pups into the state or using public funds or resources for that purpose. Supporters said the bill would stop state involvement in importing wolves and argued the population had already reached sufficient numbers. Opponents, including representatives from Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon Chapter and Humane World for Animals, said the measure would undermine science-based recovery efforts, reduce genetic diversity, and harm a still-endangered species. Members debated the wolf population, recovery goals, and whether the bill would affect federal conservation efforts. After testimony and member discussion, the committee voted 4-3, with one absent, to give SB 1280 a due pass recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/12/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, put together the original constitution for the future state.
  • Constitution.
  • The state would then pick up the rest, and the state share would increase.
  • The state would then pick up the rest, and the state share would increase.
  • The state would then pick up the rest, and the state share would increase.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:47:50.720> I that of the state government. I that of the state government.
  • ideas about this state gemstone. ideas about this state gemstone.
  • community building across our state. community building across our state.
  • Thanks to federal and state lines.
  • across the state? across the state? >> Very<01:36:24.000> good.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, February 18, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Mary Langford, and I have the honor of representing the county clerks of the state of Wyoming.
  • was, in fact, to say, because this is a uniform law, but you know courts can look to see what other states
  • Chairman. >> And it just basically states, "This act shall not be construed to negate the validity or
  • Chairman. >> And it just basically states, "This act shall not be construed to negate the validity or
  • Chairman. >> And it just basically states, "This act shall not be construed to negate the validity or
Bills: SF0114, SF0102, SF0117
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, February 12, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • built in the United States since 2007. built in the United States since 2007.
  • Guard for their states.
  • state guard.
  • militia and the is between the state militia and the state<01:42:38.000> guard.
  • That means we are the State Guard of the United States.
Bills: SF0045, SF0058, SF0067
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 12, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • up too much time, but this was the result of some constituent feedback and feedback from across the state
  • So I think this is a good local control bill, helps deal with a real need we have throughout the state
  • And similar districts throughout the state have issues with this aging irrigation infrastructure, and
  • I'm the Wyoming state director for The Nature Conservancy.
  • <00:08:22.400> Nature state director for the Nature state director for the Nature Conservancy.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 12, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

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  • firms or state firms outside the state.
  • Um so I state firms outside the state.
  • meat products in the United States. meat products in the United States.
  • the state engineer. the state engineer.
  • > engineers questions for the state engineers questions for the state engineers office?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Aeronautics and Transportation Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Aeronautics and Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is the state responsible for funding this signage, or does the family take care of that, or someone else
  • I'm curious if those monies that were supposed to be dedicated to a particular fund, as that law states
  • On certain aspects of drones, but also the state would have jurisdiction over certain things.
  • department waived this due to COId as we were rewriting the state standards for reading sufficiency
  • based on road conditions and traffic safety trends across the state.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee May 7th, 2025

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll call the State Government Committee to order. Uh, clerk, please call the roll.
  • Uh, welcome everyone to the State Government Committee meeting.
  • States like Hawaii, New York, and Vermont...
  • States like Hawaii, New York, Vermont, Ohio, and Michigan all have programs that state they shall be
  • . in 1952 that religious release programs are constitutional.
Bills: SB13, SB278, SB13
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/27/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:13:26.920> this standard entitled identity States this standard entitled identity States
  • name of your school you can simply State name of your school you can simply State your<00:23:41.840
  • Minnesota Compass states that Minnesota is known for high-quality public education; however, our state
  • Minnesota Compass states that Minnesota is known for high-quality public education; however, our state
  • this class truly is the United States this class truly is the United States was<00:47:43.480>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

State Government Finance and Policy

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  • Hortman State Office Building.
  • , around the state, around the state, Republicans<00:07:01.040> and<00:07:01.280> Democrats
  • Melissa Hortman State Office Building. Melissa Hortman State Office Building.
  • And just a note, State Gov webpage.
  • , This petition represents 38 states, This petition represents 38 states, Washington,<00:09:08.440
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Fiscal Responsibility Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Hey, where do I get those little books that talk about the state of Alabama?
Bills: SB282, SB282