Video & Transcript Research : 'Federal Emergency Management Agency'
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AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 25th, 2026
State Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, this bill simply says that the state agencies cannot self-declare emergencies at the governor. >>
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- c> cannot self-declare emergencies at the cannot self-declare emergencies at the governor. governor.
- <00:08:32.399><c> self-declaring</c><00:08:33.120><c> emergencies</c><00:08:34.159><c> so</c> agencies
- self-declaring emergencies so agencies self-declaring emergencies so they<00:08:34.640><c> can</c><00
Keywords:
HB213, Calhoun County, board of registrars, registrar compensation, county commission, local legislation, election administration, county general fund, expense allowance, officeholder compensation, public officials pay, county election officials, Alabama Code 45-8-110, Teacher's Retirement System, TRS, DROP, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, retirement benefits, teacher retirement, classroom teacher
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- States don't get to preempt federal law.
- Federal law, the federal Constitution preempts state laws that conflict.
- When there is a conflict, the federal law prevails.
- You know, we're not gonna abide by federal law.
- Did you say land management, land management, uh-huh, where you, where you restrict certain, uh, kinds
Bills:
HB 551, HB 1281, HB 1378, HB 1617, HB 2868, HB 2881, HB 3374, HB 4439, HB 4726, HB 4732, HB 4878, HB 4914, HB 4921, HB 4958, HB 5200, HB 5318, HB 5360, HB 5402, HB 5568, HB 5573, HB 5623, HJR 218
Keywords:
political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The 10th Amendment gives states this authority to manage powers not specifically assigned to the federal
- . could activate for emergencies, but which remained fundamentally a federal reserve component subject
- priorities, federal chains of command, and federal control mechanisms.
- D.C. when federalized.
- Yet today, this force remains administratively entangled under a federal-oriented agency with insufficient
Bills:
HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218
Keywords:
political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- States don't get to preempt federal law.
- Federal law, the federal constitution, preempts state laws that conflict.
- When there is a conflict, the federal law prevails.
- You know, we're not going to abide by federal law.
- Did you say land management? Land management, uh-huh.
Bills:
HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218
Keywords:
political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 1st, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- We just worked with those agencies to plan accordingly.
- We just worked with those agencies, and we'll spread that allocation out over 2026 and 2027.
- I know the agency is looking... 23% and I know the agency is looking at inflationary costs because there
- Is this different than what we do now in consultation with the Alabama Medicaid agency?
- That will be run through the Ops agency, Department... through the Ops agency, Department of a dedicated
Keywords:
Alabama budget, general fund appropriations, fiscal year 2026, state budget, appropriations act, HB186, executive branch funding, legislative branch funding, judicial branch funding, debt service, capital outlay, corrections, Medicaid, public health, mental health, transportation, education, law enforcement, tourism, veterans affairs
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety
Keywords:
emergency management, public funds, educational materials, promotional materials, state agency, speedy trial, visiting judge, court administration, public interest, criminal justice, New Hope, Madison County, municipal boundary, corporate limits, deannexation, boundary adjustment, local act, city limits, municipal jurisdiction, annexation rollback
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- And then, when you say facilities, strictly healthcare, or are we talking about any state agency, any
- This is as far, I couldn't see having these type of conversations at one of the state agencies, fought
- Members, 3310 is a fancy name for the Agency Accountability and Budget Transparency Act.
- is the supreme law, the federal law is the supreme law of the land.
- So if the federal courts would Would strike out the panhandling clause, and then it essentially is what
Keywords:
government reporting, information technology, child welfare, environmental policy, state agency compliance, gender transition, minors, health services, punitive damages, parental rights, health care providers, purchasing, compliance, state employees, longevity pay, contract management, marijuana tax, public service impact tax, county funding, voter approval
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- law now, under... ...kind of goes beyond the age of 18 because under federal law now, under Obamacare
- And then when you say facilities, strictly health care, or are we talking about any state agency, any
- This is as far as I could see; having these types of conversations at one of the state agencies would
- Members, House Bill 3310 is a fancy-named Agency Accountability and Budget Transparency Act.
- So if the federal courts would strike out the panhandling clause, then essentially it is what it is at
Keywords:
government reporting, information technology, child welfare, environmental policy, state agency compliance, gender transition, minors, health services, punitive damages, parental rights, health care providers, purchasing, compliance, state employees, longevity pay, contract management, marijuana tax, public service impact tax, county funding, voter approval
Summary:
The committee opened with prayer and then took up several bills, beginning with HB 3057, a government efficiency cleanup measure that removes more than 50 obsolete statutory report requirements. A member raised a concern that the bill might inadvertently remove language related to a child abuse response team, and the sponsor said that would be corrected before floor consideration. HB 3057 was then approved 14-0 and sent to the floor.
Members then debated HB 313, which prohibits state funds from being used for gender reassignment surgeries. The sponsor said the bill is intended to ensure taxpayer dollars are not used for such procedures, while opponents argued it goes beyond funding restrictions and could affect adults, referrals, private conversations, and medical judgment. Supporters framed it as protecting children and public funds. After debate, the bill passed 16-3. The committee also approved HB 4113, clarifying that people with felony convictions regain voting rights after completing incarceration, parole, supervision, and probation, and HB 3310, the Agency Accountability and Budget Transparency Act, both by 15-0 votes.
The committee next considered HB 3314, a county-option marijuana public safety impact fee allowing a 15% tax on retail marijuana sales. Questions focused on the 5% petition threshold and who should initiate the tax request, and the sponsor said he was open to changes. The bill passed 12-3. Members then debated HB 3985, which would create a private cause of action against certain large municipalities, mainly in the two largest metro areas, for failing to enforce laws related to issues such as camping, loitering, and panhandling. Opponents said it intrudes on municipal home rule and could raise constitutional issues; supporters said it would encourage cities to enforce their own laws. It also passed 12-3.
Finally, the committee approved HB 4486, authorizing a Gold Star Family Memorial Monument funded by the Woody Williams Foundation, after discussion about how it fits with existing veterans memorials at the Capitol. The bill passed 14-0. The chair announced the committee would meet again on Tuesday and then adjourned.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 15th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner
Summary:
The House convened with a strict roll-call enforcement request, but only 95 members were present, so a quorum was not present. The chamber heard an invocation from Furman Carpenter, DPS chaplain, followed by the pledges to the U.S. and Texas flags.
A member raised a parliamentary inquiry asking whether members must be present to make a motion and whether all members who requested strict enforcement were present; the Speaker said he would need to check the journal. The Speaker then announced that the House was about to receive a motion to adjourn sine die and noted that the governor might call another special session soon.
Representative Garin moved that the House of Representatives of the First Called Session of the Eighty-Ninth Legislature adjourn sine die. There was no objection, and the motion carried, ending the session.
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 5th, 2025
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- for a person to be designated as emergency manager coordinator.
- A certified emergency manager credential.
- And while this is the division of Emergency Management, it could be implied the Texas Emergency Management
- And, and the same kind of goes for emergency management plans too, emergency management coordinators.
- They're requiring an emergency manager to hold an emergency manager license, basic intermediate advanced
Keywords:
youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources 2ND REVISED Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Retirement and Government Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Would all these additional requirements for the agencies seem logical?
- So, will there be some kind of follow-up with the agency about complying with these regulations?
- be that Those agencies would be handling the appeals process.
- This Is the agency not going to be participating in that?
- So, would you be okay with state agencies using funds to target folks who might have autism?
Keywords:
state government, vendor contracts, subcontracting, public database, contract assessment, transparency, retirement, law enforcement, Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, school resource officers, public safety, public finance, contract management, service-driven contracts, state accounting, intangible assets, Oklahoma Police Pension, disability benefits, mental health, retirement system
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Provision number four reduces the Medicaid expansion federal match rate for the emergency Medicaid program
- Under current law, under current federal law, states are required to provide a narrow set of emergency
- These are things that the federal government had designed to deliberately undermine your ability to manage
- These are things that the federal government had designed to deliberately undermine your ability to manage
- Since the federal government now is not going to have the emergency Medicaid program anymore for people
Keywords:
physician assistants, licensure compact, medical services, multistate practice, patient care access, healthcare workforce, military families, adverse actions, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, HB 2233, rural health transformation, rural health transformation program, AHCCCS, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, JLBC
OK
Keywords:
high-demand facilities, electric utilities, public infrastructure, water management, taxpayer-funded subsidies, decommissioning plans, local control, citizen initiative, referendum, electric utility, large load customers, infrastructure, utility planning, electricity rates, cost allocation, data centers, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, ratepayer protection, HB3466
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government (2-23-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4rBXVyBAeM, 2026-06-21T07:17:03+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00
Roll Call 01:56
Discussion 02:54 – John Hicks, State Budget Director
Jeremy Slinker, Emergency Management Director
Stephanie Robey, Emergency Management at Eastern and Western Ky
State Aid Fundraising for Emergencies (SAFEFUND)
Fund Appropriations
Safe Fund Process
Application Approval Process, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- platform to fire and law enforcement agencies, provides a standardized incident command and management
- platform based on Federal Emergency Management Agency standards that enables diverse incident management
- platform to fire and law enforcement agencies, provides a standardized incident command and management
- platform based on Federal Emergency Management Agency standards that enables diverse incident management
- provision of emergency services and infrastructure.
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, marijuana, rural opportunity, dispensary, economic development, licensing, social equity, unserved communities, Arizona, small modular reactors, energy regulation, environmental compatibility, utility construction, agricultural use
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, uh, the committee substitute to House Bill 4581 improves our ability to respond to emergencies
- The bill allows transmission and distribution utilities to lease temporary emergency energy facilities
- Uh, and then, and so this is the way that medical records are, are, are managed these days, and that
- I went to school to learn the intricacies of how to treat patients in emergent settings.
- The city manager? No, it hasn't gone to the city council.
Bills:
HB 45, HB 755, HB 1232, HB 1555, HB 2460, HB 2702, HB 2973, HB 3120, HB 3225, HB 3314, HB 3356, HB 3371, HB 3634, HB 3638, HB 4247, HB 4283, HB 4290, HB 4302, HB 4503, HB 4511, HB 4565, HB 4581, HB 4627, HB 4632, HB 4660, HB 4668, HB 4960, HB 5042
Keywords:
housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money, HB 1232, whistleblower, whistleblower protection, public employee, retaliation
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Feb 5th, 2026
Agriculture and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- agencies when where he said the federal agencies when the<00:15:34.000><c> federal</c><00:15:34.240>
- <c> agencies</c><00:15:34.720><c> are</c><00:15:34.959><c> making</c> the federal agencies are making
- the federal agencies are making decisions<00:15:36.079><c> they</c><00:15:36.320><c> have</c><00:15:
- </c> bill does not apply to emergency rules. bill does not apply to emergency rules.
- </c> continue in have to have emergency rule. continue in have to have emergency rule.
Keywords:
environmental regulation, federal standards, scientific evidence, water quality, administrative law, income tax, tax exemption, Alabama tax code, Section 40-18-3, civilian employees, Department of Defense, DoD, Armed Forces, military pay, combat zone, deployment, National Guard, Reserve components, emergency response, federal employees
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- energy user that does not obtain a CEC in compliance with this act to comply with all applicable federal
- Unfortunately, because this is an agency that is run by the federal government, the system, as they call
- An agency that is run by the federal government, the system, as they call it, is under the Bureau of
- We don't have any data on anything because the federal government is not required.
- We don't have any data on anything because the federal government is not required to do this to give
Keywords:
groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, irrigation, active management area, domestic use, stock watering, water rights, small modular reactors, energy regulation, environmental compatibility, utility construction, agricultural use, industrial users, water storage, recovery well, Arizona Revised Statutes, water management
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 11th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- To open a food truck, there are 6 agencies involved.
- for an agency...
- Any federal funding, right, for an agency that gets federal funding, so this applies to those that don't
- And then you see on line 24, unless a state or federal...
- And again, I would just say that the amendment handles any federal regulations... ...handles any federal
Keywords:
competitive bidding, procurement, disclosure statements, state contracts, contract protest, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40, Houston/Hunter Act, firearm hold agreement, gun storage, temporary firearm storage, firearms dealer, federal firearms licensee, FFL, civil immunity, gun owner
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- management.
- Advisory Council, solid waste management advisory co, and the radiation management advisory co, with
- I would think it may fall through the possibly with the county emergency manager might be a Good place
- I'm the utilities director and the general manager of the Oklahoma Water Utilities Trust.
- Oklahoma City manages very large wastewater...
Keywords:
climatology, emergency declaration, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, environment, weather data, public policy, state governance, natural resources, advisory councils, sunset law, water quality, hazardous waste, solid waste, radiation management, public health, biosolids, land application, environmental quality, agriculture, wastewater treatment