Video & Transcript Research : 'alcohol distribution'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- keeps an amendment in the House that defines victim as someone who was not under the influence of alcohol
- Uh, distribution, improving safety and preventing road damage.
Bills:
HB227
Keywords:
HB227, kratom, Mitragyna speciosa, kratom products, kratom processor, kratom retailer, controlled substances, Texas Controlled Substances Act, Health and Safety Code, Penalty Group 1, tianeptine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, mitragynine, synthetic kratom, kratom alkaloids, adulterated products, product testing, lab testing, ISO 17025, labeling requirements
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations (10-16-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpla0FnGX9c, 2026-06-21T07:17:05+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00
Roll Call 00:15
Approval of minutes from September 28, 2023 01:38
Riverboat Alcohol Sales 02:40
Freestanding Birth Centers 06:55
Kentucky Distillers’ Association 37:30
T-21 Minimum Sales Age Enforcement 49:45
Marriage & Family Therapists 01:05:40, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> And these class of devices I'm going to call distributed energy resources.
- Because of where these distributed energy resources are located, this bill is really focused on the distribution
- Distribution costs are growing substantially. Whoop, sorry. And this is more detail.
- so that these distributed resources function like a grid-scale generation resource.
- so that these distributed resources function like a grid-scale generation resource.
Keywords:
virtual power plant, VPP, distributed energy resources, DER, demand response, load management, grid modernization, peak demand, peak shaving, battery storage, energy storage, solar photovoltaic, solar panels, electric vehicles, smart thermostats, heat pumps, aggregator, public utilities commission, PUC, rate recovery
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Tue Feb 3, 2026 @ 2:00PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- that communities can put in place to reduce the harms associated with alcohol and the cost of alcohol
- that communities can put in place to reduce the harms associated with alcohol and the cost of alcohol
- </c><00:27:45.760><c> percentage</c> know um kind of this alcohol percentage know um kind of this alcohol
- </c> been addressed in the alcohol industry. been addressed in the alcohol industry.
- </c><00:32:57.039><c> by</c> of gauge what maybe the alcohol by of gauge what maybe the alcohol by volume
Keywords:
liquor tax, alcohol, inflation adjustment, small craft breweries, public health, tenant rights, housing stability, landlord-tenant code, eviction prevention, multilingual resources, condominium, dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration, attorneys' fees, common expenses, construction defects, building code, statute of repose, statute of limitations
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 1991, which would change Hawaii’s liquor excise tax structure to an ABV-based system. The Department of Taxation and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii took no position and stood on written comments. Supporters, including the Hawaii Public Health Institute and an individual testifier who described surviving a drunk-driving crash, argued that higher alcohol taxes reduce alcohol-related harms, save lives, and generate additional state revenue. The public health witness cited alcohol-related harms as a major preventable cause of death and said the tax increase would have only a small annual cost for most consumers.
Most industry testimony was in opposition. Representatives of Lanikai Brewing Company, Maui Brewing Company, the Wine Institute, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association said the bill would sharply raise taxes on beer and wine, squeeze already thin margins, and threaten local jobs and businesses. They argued Hawaii producers already face high costs for labor, energy, shipping, and compliance, and said an ABV-based tax would be difficult to administer, would require additional testing and labeling work, and could reduce consumer choice. Several industry witnesses urged lawmakers to instead adopt a small-producer or class 18 carveout, with one suggesting a cap tied to 60,000 barrels.
Committee members questioned the brewers about alcohol content testing, labeling, and whether smaller producers already measure ABV. Witnesses said many local producers do not certify ABV for in-state sales, that yeast and fermentation can vary by batch, and that an ABV-based system could require more testing than current practice. No vote or final action on the bill was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- keeps an amendment in the house that defines a victim as someone who was not under the influence of alcohol
- Weight limits, but also have appropriate actual weight distribution, improving safety and preventing
Bills:
HB227
Keywords:
HB227, kratom, Mitragyna speciosa, kratom products, kratom processor, kratom retailer, controlled substances, Texas Controlled Substances Act, Health and Safety Code, Penalty Group 1, tianeptine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, mitragynine, synthetic kratom, kratom alkaloids, adulterated products, product testing, lab testing, ISO 17025, labeling requirements
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Children and Youth Health
Keywords:
parental rights, minor consent, medical consent, mental health services, school counseling, student counseling, parental notification, opt-in, health records, HIPAA, vaccine consent, adolescent health, youth privacy, confidential counseling, school mental health, reproductive health, pregnancy services, sexually transmitted infections, STI treatment, substance abuse treatment
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations (7-31-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emYOqVgRIEs, 2026-06-21T07:17:04+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting start 00:00:00
Roll call 00:00:20
Approval of June 22, 2023, meeting minutes 00:01:33
Alcohol Delivery and License Quota 00:01:50
Land Surveyors 00:15:01
Veterinarian Allied Health 00:43:10
Public Services for Problem and Addicted Gambling 01:10:03
Adjournment 01:23:00, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Of other faiths, and he goes to Mormon churches as people are leaving and distributes gospel tracts.
- Then he can distribute tracts per that per the decision. Senator Devis, you are recognized.
- bill establishes the same penalty for trapping people in a church building and for peacefully distributing
- people in a church building, like what happened in Minneapolis at City's Church, and for peacefully distributing
- So, with that being the case, why should our laws treat someone who peacefully distributes tracts 99
Bills:
SB1519, SB1775, SB1900, SB1948, SB2080, SB1226, SB1456, SB1462, SB1463, SB1980, SB1479, SB1608, SB1923
Keywords:
municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, therefore thereof appointed for the second regular Session of the 60th legislature as distributed
Bills:
SB1519, SB1775, SB1900, SB1948, SB2080, SB1226, SB1456, SB1462, SB1463, SB1980, SB1479, SB1608, SB1923
Keywords:
municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 2nd, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Bills:
SB1519, SB1775, SB1900, SB1948, SB2080, SB1226, SB1456, SB1462, SB1463, SB1980, SB1479, SB1608, SB1923
Keywords:
municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- The distribution is calculated on the basis of population and the number of homesteads throughout the
- The distributions for each parish for fiscal year 2027 can be found on pages 43 through 43.
- House Bill 314 provides for the distribution of the constitutionally mandated $90 million allocated to
- Article 7, Section 26 of the Constitution requires a minimum of $90 million annually to be distributed
- Historically, the distribution has been calculated with an 80% weight on proportionate population and
Keywords:
state budget, appropriations, education funding, public health, social services, government operations, state institutions, capital outlay, budget, infrastructure, appropriation, general obligation bonds, bond authorization, capital improvement, financial management, state treasury, funding, state general fund, local government, fiscal year
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- describe changes to the workers' compensation reinsurance associations process for excess surplus distributions
- describe changes to the workers' compensation reinsurance associations process for excess surplus distributions
Keywords:
apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician
FL
Keywords:
sovereign immunity, public transit, contractors, liability, state agents, transportation, traffic signal modernization, seaports, commercial space launch, micromobility, automated license plate recognition, railroad crossing safety, railroad crossings, grade crossing, public railroad-highway grade crossing, rail safety, crossing technology, advanced detection systems, monitoring systems, sensors
Summary:
The Transportation Committee took up several measures and adopted amendments on multiple bills. SB 1274, as amended, removed a number of provisions from the original bill and added items including local authority to lower residential street speed limits, clarification on obscured license plates, FDOT funding for certain rural airport aviation projects, limits on yellow-light timing changes tied to red-light cameras, changes to private use of license plate readers, and other transportation-related revisions. After brief questions and supportive testimony, the committee reported the bill favorably.
The committee also approved SB 1310, which was converted into a study bill directing FDOT to study advanced detection and monitoring systems at public railroad crossings and report findings and policy options to the governor and legislature. Railroad industry testimony supported the study but raised concerns about interoperability with train safety systems and suggested the study consider additional safety tools such as red-light cameras and wayside horns. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. SB 828, as amended, would extend sovereign immunity protections to private contractors providing public transit services on behalf of governments, with supporters saying it would reduce costs and provide certainty for transit providers, while opponents warned it was an overbroad expansion of sovereign immunity and could conflict with railroad employee protections under federal law. The committee reported that bill favorably as well.
The committee then passed SB 1378, which strengthens traffic enforcement by clarifying when vehicles may be treated as abandoned, adding penalties for unlawfully attached plates or stickers, and allowing forfeiture of vehicles used to flee law enforcement even without an immediate arrest. It also approved SB 1562, which aims to prevent manufacturers from concentrating sales of certain vehicle brands through a single dealer group and instead promote competition among independent dealers. In addition, the committee unanimously confirmed a slate of appointees, and members later recorded additional affirmative votes on several bills before adjourning.
WY
Keywords:
K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- distribution.
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- distribution.
Keywords:
K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (11-2-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XePnZuGfvpQ, 2026-06-21T07:17:05+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:11
Approval of October Minutes 00:02:03
Introduction of Guests: 00:02:39
Centralized Tax Reporting & Distribution System for State & Local Transient Room Taxes November 1 Report 00:03:29
Motor Vehicle Rental/Ride Share Business & Associated Fees 00:23:09
University Capital Project Requests 00:40:00
Follow-up Information from Prior Meeting & Correspondence Received 01:26:31, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education (2-9-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZXkj_Cxflw, 2026-06-21T07:17:02+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, MEETING START 00:00
ROLL CALL 00:00
DISCUSSION WITH KY COUNCIL ON POST SECONDARY EDUCATION, PRESIDENT AARON THOMPSON, VICE PRESIDENT, TRAVIS POWELL, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS. DISCUSSING KEY PROGRESS, INITIATIVES, ENROLLMENT TRENDS, DEGREE & CREDENTIAL PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENTS, NEW P-12 POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE COLLABORATIVE, INCREASED ENROLLMENT IN HEALTHCARE RELATED FIELDS INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, BUCKS FOR BRAINS PROGRAM, AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. 00:03, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We cannot ignore the growing pattern of criminal abuse tied to illegal abortion pill distribution.
Keywords:
evictions, judgment satisfaction, tenant rights, landlord obligations, court procedures, abortion-inducing drugs, medical abortion, pharmaceutical regulation, felonies, state law, DUI, ignition interlock, substance abuse treatment, driving privileges, alcohol education, felony conviction, misdemeanor designation, court judgment, criminal justice reform, rehabilitation
TX
Keywords:
immigration enforcement, ICE agreements, sheriff grants, law enforcement, county jail, federal immigration law, public nuisance, civil actions, legal claims, abatement, Texas law, transnational repression, foreign law enforcement, criminal offenses, law enforcement training, first amendment rights, public safety, liquor, distiller, wholesaler
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 17th, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, the Workforce commission would be tasked with distributing this poster to each employer who employs
Keywords:
public school finance, property values, homestead exemptions, funding allocation, education policy, HB227, kratom, Mitragyna speciosa, kratom products, kratom processor, kratom retailer, controlled substances, Texas Controlled Substances Act, Health and Safety Code, Penalty Group 1, tianeptine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, mitragynine, synthetic kratom, kratom alkaloids