Video & Transcript Research : 'local amendment'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's got hundreds and hundreds of amendments on it already.
- But if you amend the Constitution like this, what does that threshold go up to?
- I think they put that on every bill that is a constitutional amendment.
- Chairman Heffner proposed it; it passed out of the House, local, you can see.
- Local Bill. All right, the Chair calls Phyllis Seth to testify.
Keywords:
taxing unit, bond database, local government, transparency, civil penalty, education reform, funding allocation, school infrastructure, teacher recruitment, student achievement, tax exemption, water conservation, graywater systems, rainwater harvesting, ad valorem taxation, county commissioners, HB 1587, Texas sales tax holiday, back-to-school tax holiday, clothing tax exemption
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- the constitutional amendment together. the constitutional amendment together.
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Any in as an author's amendment. Any in as an author's amendment. - And I want to constitutional amendment.
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to Minnesota Constitution be amended to Minnesota Constitution be amended to - and its agencies are working on amending and its agencies are working on amending this<01:09:16.719
Bills:
HF3900
Keywords:
permanent school fund, school endowment fund, Minnesota constitutional amendment, school aid, public school funding, State Board of Investment, investment income, distributable amount, school districts, property taxes, income taxes, voter approval, ballot question, constitutional amendment 2026, education finance, fund perpetuity, purchasing power, trust lands, swamp lands, internal improvement land fund
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, it's up to local government, and whatever local government says, that's up to them.
- So I encourage you to add an amendment.
- So, notwithstanding the POP amendment, or you called it the court... amendment, I don't know.
- Be in court amendment. This seems to be...
- It was before it was amended, in committee.
Bills:
SB2784, HB23, HB247, HB1533, HB2011, HB2013, HB2273, HB2421, HB2464, HB3120, HB3424, HB3575, HB3788, HB4370, HB4809, HB5057, HB5084, HB5534, HB5668, HJR34, HB23, HB247, HJR34
Keywords:
Somervell County, hospital district, board of directors, elections, local governance, staggered terms, third-party review, property development, local government, permits, construction inspection, regulatory authority, land development, liability, occupancy certificate, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure
TX
Keywords:
residential property, ad valorem tax, leasing, property appraisal, fair market rent, housing affordability, appraised value, tax limitation, housing market, affordable housing, leased residential real property, rent control, Texas Tax Code, property tax, residential leasing, homestead, tax code, appraisal review board, real estate sales, property tax relief
LA
Keywords:
literacy, adolescent, teacher education, high-dosage tutoring, reading intervention, workforce development, training programs, Bayou Growth Opportunity, funding, employment, skills gap, qualified employer, credential recognition, government growth limit, recurring revenue, state finance, Louisiana Income Tax Elimination Fund, fiscal responsibility, legislative sessions, regular sessions
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Apr 1st, 2026
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- earlier, is I'm I'm a big uh local earlier, is I'm I'm a big uh local control<00:12:09.120>
kind - guy and would really rather have his local police departments and sheriff’s departments work together
- >> Well, that was an amendment that was brought by Senator Albrittain.
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So, local level to fund law enforcement. - So, local level to fund law enforcement.
Keywords:
HB450, judges, judicial office, constitutional amendment, Alabama Constitution, age limit, mandatory retirement, judicial eligibility, supernumerary judge, judicial retirement, state judicial retirement benefits, election law, appointment, voter approval, ballot measure, Judiciary Committee, ambulance services, balance billing, health insurance, emergency transportation
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice Mar 25th, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Keywords:
bail, conviction, aggravated offense, minors, constitutional amendment, bail reform, post-conviction, minor victims, legal rights, ignition interlock device, DUI, public safety, vehicle operation, criminal justice reform, DWI, driving under the influence, vehicular homicide, penalties, criminal justice, jury commission
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Financial Services Committee Mar 4th, 2026
Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, it ended up in a really long amendment, which was confusing. So, we just appreciate that.
- Yeah, because when we talked Thursday afternoon when you brought a three-page amendment I was like that
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long Um, it ended up in a really long Um, it ended up in a really long amendment - > three-page afternoon when you brought a three-page afternoon when you brought a three-page amendment
- I was like that could be amendment I was like that could be problematic.<00:07:42.479>
So, <00
Keywords:
income tax credit, tax incentive, recruitment, remote work, remote worker, recruited worker, rural counties, small counties, county population tiers, opportunity zone, teacher recruitment, nurse recruitment, law enforcement recruitment, workforce development, economic development, relocation incentive, Alabama Department of Revenue, nonrefundable tax credit, tax carryforward, state income tax
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 19th, 2025
State Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It's the adoption of the amendment now. We're at the second amendment. So, Mr.
- It's the adoption of the amendment now. We're at the second amendment. So, Mr.
- It's the adoption of the amendment now. We're at the second amendment. So, Mr.
- It's the adoption of the amendment now. We're at the second amendment. So, Mr.
- It's the adoption of the amendment now. We're at the second amendment. So, Mr.
Keywords:
sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, it's up to local government, and whatever local government says, that's what you can do.
- I will label it the be-in-court amendment.
- So notwithstanding the Popp amendment, or you called it the court amendment, I don't know.
- It was amended in committee; this was amended after committee. So this was on the floor? Yes, sir.
- Well, no, you can move to local, but we're not—I don't think we're even having other local.
Bills:
SB2784, HB23, HB247, HB1533, HB2011, HB2013, HB2273, HB2421, HB2464, HB3120, HB3424, HB3575, HB3788, HB4370, HB4809, HB5057, HB5084, HB5534, HB5668, HJR34
Keywords:
Somervell County, hospital district, board of directors, elections, local governance, staggered terms, third-party review, property development, local government, permits, construction inspection, regulatory authority, land development, liability, occupancy certificate, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure
Summary:
The committee heard and left pending several local government, property tax, development, and public safety measures before later voting some of them out. Senator Birdwell explained SB 2784 for the Somerville County Hospital District, which would move the board to staggered four-year terms after a transition and was requested to be held pending until the House companion could be acted on; no public testimony was offered. HB 5084 would allow local approval for fireworks sales tied to Lunar New Year celebrations, with testimony from Hutchinson County Judge Cindy Irwin emphasizing local fire risk and the need for county discretion. HB 5534 would let county commissioners post agendas electronically instead of on a physical bulletin board. HB 4370 would expand permissible projects for certain special districts to include geothermal water conveyance systems, and HB 312 would require residential child detention facilities to enter local MOUs, report health and safety information, and conduct background checks for state-funded facilities; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 5057 would give displaced solid waste providers time to wind down after a city grants an exclusive franchise, and HB 2421 would extend the life of the Save Historic Muni District to continue work on preserving Lions Municipal Golf Course; both were left pending after supportive testimony. HB 2011 would let former owners repurchase property taken by eminent domain if the acquiring entity fails to pay property taxes for two years, and the committee substitute to SB 3065 was also laid out and left pending after a technical correction to eminent-domain language. The committee then took up additional bills on development, appraisal, and local regulation, including HB 3575, HB 4809, HB 2273, HB 247/HJR 34, HB 2464, HB 3424, HB 2013, HB 5668, HB 3788, HB 1533, and HB 23, with testimony ranging from support to opposition on issues such as appraisal procedures, historic property valuation, Galveston emergency governance, border-security tax treatment, home-based businesses, chicken covenants in HOAs, municipal utility district authority, hospital authorities’ use of assets, and third-party building review. HB 23 drew the most extensive testimony, with builders, engineers, counties, and cities split over third-party plan review and inspection authority, liability, licensing, and local code enforcement; many witnesses said the House amendments created problems and the bill was left pending. In the end, the committee voted SB 2784, SB 3065, HB 5686, HB 247, HJR 34, and HB 2011 out of committee, with the first several receiving local and uncontested calendar recommendations where applicable.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- To amend its existing agreement with the SH-130 concession company if the amendment outlines the public
- Texas Central wants to skirt paying local property taxes that are owed but use local property tax dollars
- State funding matched with local...
- This amendment merely says transit-oriented projects.
- If anyone wanted to amend the bill for that.
Bills:
HJR58, HJR63, HB263, HB542, HB905, HB 1288, HB1402, HB2003, HB2262, HB2323, HB2429, HB2876, HB3019, HB263
Keywords:
healthcare, insurance, elderly, retirement, benefits, transit-oriented projects, constitutional amendment, state highway fund, funding allocation, voter approval, highway fund, funding, public transportation, transit projects, transportation, local transit, fund allocation, voting rights, election integrity, ballot access
TX
Bills:
SJR81
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the censorship industrial complex. Mar 25th, 2025 at 01:00 pm
Constitution Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- The evidence of my dedication to the First Amendment is the fact that I am here defending the First Amendment
- That is a violation of the First Amendment.
- That is my dedication to the First Amendment.
- But is there anything contrary to the First Amendment about?
- And that makes it a First Amendment violation.
Keywords:
censorship, First Amendment, social media, misinformation, free speech, government regulation, Big Tech, public discourse
Summary:
The meeting primarily focused on the implications of government involvement in censorship, particularly regarding social media platforms and compliance with misinformation standards. senators and witnesses discussed growing concerns over the influence of large tech companies, like Facebook and Google, in shaping public discourse and suppressing dissenting views. A significant part of the meeting included testimonies from various experts emphasizing the dangers of the 'censorship industrial complex'—a term used to describe the collaborative efforts between government entities and private organizations to control information flow. This collaboration is viewed as a violation of First Amendment rights, with calls for urgent legislative action to restore free speech protections.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't meet the local standards, so they're not getting any takers. And so at some point...
- The bill seeks to amend Chapter 28. 8a of the Texas Water Code by implementing, implementing planning
- Since our creation in the Texas legislature in 1937. and we have worked alongside communities, local
- Members, this is the constitutional amendment. heard earlier this morning. The chair moves that H.
- Seven without amendment be reported favorably to the full house.
Keywords:
coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Local data and modeling are essential for GCDs to make informed decisions.
- But whenever the the local voters vote to confirm the creation of a district.
- Public utility agencies were created under Chapter 572 of the local government code to help local governments
- That would be made available locally. Is that what the bill does? Right.
- But do the other local entities that already created the PUA?
Keywords:
coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a local transaction.
- amended this local tax rule and and that rule was challenged. uh, in court, in district court, uh, in
- First of all, we're talking about local tax? Yeah. So let's say the local tax.
- It's in the local government code.
- It was not the state's, it's just the local portion. Just the local portion. Just a 2%.
Keywords:
sales tax, use tax, local tax, municipal tax, county tax, tax sourcing, place of business, principal business location, small business, retailer, marketplace seller, economic development agreement, Chapter 321, Chapter 323, Tax Code, Texas Comptroller, local sales and use tax, tax jurisdiction, order consummation, ship-to location
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We're already in the counties and we're meeting with County Commissioners, judges, local folks, maybe
- So this amendment enshrines the right to engage in producing minerals.
- But that's so I'd recommend you reject this amendment. Members, any questions?
- That's the exact language that's used in this proposed constitutional amendment.
- That it's set through a constitutional amendment, this has to go to the people, right?
Keywords:
pipeline, construction, cash bond, county authority, local government, HB 1285, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, drones, unmanned aircraft, UAS, drone inspections, oil and gas, pipeline inspection, surface mining, well sites, tank batteries, disposal wells, injection sites, natural resources
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Cater is a local family medicine physician and became a. Texan in 2006.
- Now more than ever, it is clear that our local officials making bail determinations day in and day out
- . need this discretionary tool to protect the people of Texas. by the Texas voters would amend article
- J.R. 5 by Huffman, et al., proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under
- I know it changed a local election because it was common sense, protect women in their private spaces
Bills:
SJR 5, SJR 36, SJR 5, SJR 5, SR 105, SR 121, SB 17, SB 19, SB 25, SB 28, SB 17, SB 19, SB 25, SB 28
Keywords:
bail, felony offenses, criminal justice reform, public safety, constitutional amendment, school safety, mental health, emergency response, education policy, law enforcement, SR 121, Senate Resolution 121, Pete Alfaro, Pedro Cuellar Alfaro, Pedro Alfaro, Baytown, Texas Senate tribute, in memory, memorial resolution, condolence resolution
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate of the 89th Legislature Apr 10th, 2025 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- There is an amendment. Secretary will read the amendment. Floor amendment number one by Johnson.
- And the amendment is adopted. amendment secretary should should shall read the amendment.
- Members the following amendment secretary Wilkermson the amendment for amendment number three by Cook
- Hearing none, amendment is adopted. Following amendment, Secretary will read the amendment.
- There is an amendment. Secretary, read the amendment. Amendment number one by Creighton.
Keywords:
legislation, Senate Joint Resolution 40, Senate Bill 871, constitutional amendment, emergency powers, governor authority, legislative oversight
Summary:
The meeting focused on several crucial pieces of legislation, notably Senate Joint Resolution 40, which proposed a constitutional amendment to clarify the powers of the governor, the legislature, and the Supreme Court during emergencies. Senator Birdwell presented the resolution, emphasizing the need for legislative involvement during prolonged crises. It garnered broad support, passing with 29 votes in favor and only 1 against. Following this, Senate Bill 871, considered the enabling legislation, was also moved for discussion, with the aim of reinforcing the legislature's authority during emergencies while establishing clear guidelines for the governor's powers.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- More money for compression, state and local fiscal discipline, stronger limits on local property taxes
- And then it spiked right back up because of increases in local from local entities. Yes.
- I wanted to provide some local perspective.
- You meant the local piece, right? That's correct. Yes, that's the local piece.
- This amendment simply allows the legislature.
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround