Video & Transcript Research : 'local control'

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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/12/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • And they have control with the new digital thermostats, control of your temperature in your house.
  • So nobody in the local jurisdiction can even afford that.
  • municipalities or local districts, counties should have some kind of say.
  • I mean, if your local community, you should be able to buy it.
  • I think all the local people bowed out. And that's the struggle.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, I understand this is a local bill, but we're running it statewide. Is that it?
  • bill, but we're running this is a local bill, but we're running it<00:20:35.679> statewide.
  • you're trying to handle a local you're trying to handle a local situation. situation. situation.
  • But this isn't a local problem.
  • This is going to be state; ours is a local bill that was put together. We'll figure a solution.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Alabama legislature uh from this prohibition replaces line 25 on page one with the following federal and local
  • Alabama legislature uh from this prohibition replaces line 25 on page one with the following federal and local
  • Uh represent Bolton explain amendment. following federal and local employees and officials replaces line
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, this makes the process easier for both families and for local agencies who are administering CCAP
  • easier for families throughout the state to access vital scholarship funds and to connect to their local
  • And I wanted to take a moment to shed some light on why it's important for local businesses as well.
  • To their local welfare agency, their county social services.
  • So, what the A1 amendment does is clarify that it is the authority and the obligation of our local social
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, this makes the process easier for both families and for local agencies who are administering CCAP
  • Again, this makes the process easier for both families and for local agencies who are administering CCAP
  • ><00:04:37.360> agencies<00:04:37.759> who<00:04:37.880> are families and for local
  • agencies who are families and for local agencies who are administering administering administering CCAP
  • reported this abuse to their local reported this abuse to their local welfare<01:41:53.280> agency
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • that's the case how would you control that's the case how would you control that<00:26:15.399>
  • So we believe that this will allow us the ability to have better control.
  • Asset in our local Asset in our local downtown<01:18:46.280> the<01:18:46.440> location
  • Wade Lunberg with Unite Here Local 17.
  • Wade Lunberg with Unite Here Local 17.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It will be locals partnered with state resources to go after that.
  • I need THC to control my seizures, to control my pain, to give me an appetite.
  • At ProSolutions, we already implement strict quality control measures.
  • This impact would ripple through our local economy.
  • I'm a media manager of a local hemp company here in Austin, Texas.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 30th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Paul Dyson for the committee and local consent calendars.
  • For the committee on local consent calendars, HR1469 by Hayes commends...
  • For the committee on local consent, HR1470 by Gomez congratulates Dr.
  • Paul Dyson for the committee and local consent calendars.
  • For the committee on local consent, HR1470 by Gomez congratulates Dr.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • controlled day or not a local controlled day?
  • This is not, in fact, the local controlled day. Thank you for. Should have brought my sign.
  • And they can have any setback they want in any county in the state of Oklahoma with a vote of local control
  • and local people.
  • . control in deciding what setback distances are best for them.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Oh, the decoder, whether this is a local control day or not a local control day, this is not, in fact
  • , a local control day.
  • The majority of site control will be at 85% of land leases for the project to be obtained.
  • control and local people.
  • control in deciding what setback distances are best for them.
Summary: The House first took up Senate Bill 893, a conference committee report on property and critical infrastructure. The bill would bar foreign principals from countries designated as foreign adversaries from owning agricultural land or other land, especially within 10 miles of military installations or critical infrastructure, and also restrict certain state software purchases tied to adversarial countries. Members asked about how later-designated adversary countries would be covered and about the delayed effective date, which was explained as giving current owners time to divest. The conference report was adopted without objection, and the bill then passed the House 89-0. The chamber then considered Senate Bill 2, another conference committee report on wind energy setbacks. The measure would establish statewide setback standards for industrial wind turbines, including 2.5 tip heights from occupied dwellings and 1.5 tip heights from nonparticipating property lines, with exceptions for projects that had already secured most site control or queue positions before the effective date and for small community-scale systems. Supporters said it was a compromise that at least put some protections into statute, while opponents argued it weakened earlier House language and eliminated county local-control options. After debate, the bill failed on a 20-67 vote. Later, the House voted 60-19 to override the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 1589, allowing it to become law notwithstanding the governor’s objections. The session also included prayers and announcements, including updates about Representative Cantrell’s hospitalization and a note that the Senate had adjourned sine die. The House then adjourned sine die for the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature.
OK
Summary: The House convened, completed roll call, and heard an invocation and pledge before moving through several ceremonial presentations. Members recognized Monty Smith for 43 years of service with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, honored the Marlow Lady Outlaws girls golf team for winning the Class 3A state and academic state championships, and acknowledged the final group of pages for the 60th Legislature. The House also adopted HCR 1030, which sets the legislative procedure schedule and deadlines for the 61st Oklahoma Legislature. The chamber then met in a joint session with the Senate to observe Veterans Awareness Day. Speakers from both chambers and the Oklahoma Veterans Council delivered remarks honoring veterans, Gold Star families, and military service, and highlighted recent policy achievements for veterans, including the full tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans, the exemption of military retirement pay from state income tax, improved funding for veterans’ homes, and restructuring of the Oklahoma Veterans Commission. The Veterans Council also presented its annual awards, naming Sen. Kerry Hicks as Outstanding Senator of the Year, Rep. Andy Menz as Outstanding Representative of the Year, Aaron Higgins as Veteran of the Year, and the Speed family as Veteran Family of the Year, and recognized Scott Howell for his service to the council. The joint session then adjourned. Back in the House, members took up Senate amendments to House Bill 1370, which concerns the Corporation Commission plugging fund and a repealer tied to a state fuel-tax offset provision. The bill’s author explained that the amendment would prevent the state from capturing savings if the federal fuel excise tax is reduced, so any reduction would benefit consumers rather than state revenue. After questions about fiscal impact and the well-plugging fund, the House adopted the Senate amendments without objection and passed HB 1370 on final passage by a vote of 89-1; the emergency clause also passed 89-1. The House then recessed, later returned for a staff appreciation and sine die-style recognition, including a tribute to long-serving bill drafter Mark Carter, and recessed again while awaiting any additional legislation from the Senate.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 22nd, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • The local auctioneers cannot seem to be able to bid on it to get that contract.
  • management, or this person that y'all was talking about with property control management here, Mr.
  • Because I can't imagine us not allowing our locals to bid on this. It makes zero sense. Rep.
  • Now there's technology where they have remote-control-operated deployment strips.
  • And this bill creates a localized state basis for some of the funding.
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on April 22 and first considered Chairman Beaulieu’s House Bill 646, a constitutional amendment limiting the amount of State General Fund money that may be appropriated in a fiscal year. After adopting a set of amendments creating the Louisiana Income Tax Elimination Fund and making conforming changes, the committee reported the bill favorably as amended. The companion bill, House Bill 824, which establishes the growth limit formula based on CPI, medical CPI, and population change, was also amended and reported favorably as amended. Supporters framed both measures as a way to keep spending within recurring revenues and create a path toward reducing or eliminating the state income tax. The committee then reported favorably as amended House Bill 1157, creating the Louisiana State Infrastructure Fund to help finance infrastructure-related projects, with testimony that it would leverage private and federal dollars and initially focus on rail, port, road, and bridge projects. House Bill 316, which provides a framework for student literacy reforms for grades four through eight, was presented as having no new cost because the Department of Education said the work was already covered by existing resources; it was reported favorably. House Bill 549, creating the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program to provide employer-based training grants, also received support from business groups and was reported favorably as amended. House Bill 1129, dealing with the sale of state-owned surplus movable property, drew support from Louisiana auctioneers who argued local firms should be allowed to bid on the state’s auction contract instead of relying on an out-of-state vendor; it was reported favorably. House Bill 873, which would fund pursuit intervention technology through a $2 driver’s license fee, generated significant concern about adding fees and whether the money should instead come from existing budgets. After discussion of the proposed technologies and training, the committee deferred the bill voluntarily to work on alternatives, including a possible sunset and other funding options. Finally, House Bill 752, which would change the timing and duration of regular legislative sessions by joint rule, was reported without action after members noted the revised fiscal note showed a decrease in state general fund expenditures. The meeting then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/10/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • we're not impacting local jurisdictions. we're not impacting local jurisdictions.
  • “Chair Gomez and I have had some experience with local tax task forces that are overloaded with local
  • local government members. local government members. Uh<00:57:12.760> yeah. Uh yeah.
  • everything from, you know, local option everything from, you know, local option sales<00:57:51.040
  • something we like never do on on local something we like never do on on local taxes. taxes. taxes
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Government Oversight Feb 26th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Government Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, there are a number of provisions that people can enact through signature at the local level
  • Ultimately, the way this was initially written is look, our local county commissioners are elected just
  • municipal entity to court and I'm I'm assuming that if that case did not be was not resolved at that local
  • It is us telling local municipalities beyond what the constitution says that they must Do things in a
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are forced to cut local needs, local citizen input needs to pay Addressing the fact that we have been
  • We are forced to cut local needs, local citizen input needs to pay Not focusing on the issues to children
  • We are forced to cut local needs, local citizen input needs to pay To show just how close all of us are
  • We are forced to cut local needs, local citizen input needs to pay stories today.
  • to local economies throughout our state. to local economies throughout our state.