Video & Transcript Research : 'intergovernmental cooperation'

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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources May 27th, 2026

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senators, House Bill 1209 places a pause on the issuance of new cooperative endeavor agreements for surface
  • Issuance of new cooperative endeavor agreements for surface water withdrawals while allowing existing
Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee met on March 27 with a quorum present, approved prior minutes, and then took up several resolutions and one bill related to wildlife, water resources, and conservation. H.C.R. 79, as amended, urged the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to work together to allow the use of dogs for hunting in Kisatchie National Forest; supporters described it as a traditional hunting practice that has been restricted for years and could benefit local hunters and businesses. H.C.R. 104, as amended, asked the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to study and modernize the collection, retention, and access to subsurface data, with members emphasizing the need to avoid sharing company-specific information. H.C.R. 87 was reported favorably to support correspondence from U.S. Sen. Kennedy regarding duck flyway management, H.C.R. 54 was reported favorably to study the impact of flooded corn on migratory waterfowl and restore an enforcement mechanism related to hunting over intentionally flooded crops, and H.C.R. 94 was reported favorably to require annual boating safety reports to legislative committees. The committee then heard HB 1209, which would have paused new cooperative endeavor agreements for surface water withdrawals while allowing existing agreements to continue and be renewed through December 31, 2036. The author said the bill was intended to give the state time to develop a more comprehensive, data-driven surface water strategy and to address invasive species such as giant salvinia, which he said has severely affected waterways in his district. Members and witnesses acknowledged the seriousness of the issue, but there was concern that the bill was too complex to move quickly in the session. The committee discussed converting it into a study resolution instead, and the bill was deferred without objection. The meeting then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary committee approves HF1354 3/25/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, Madam Chair, I thank you very much, and I thank those parties that I said for cooperating for clarity
  • Those parties that I said for cooperating for clarity of language. It's important. All right.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee took up House File 1354, which was moved with a DE1 amendment. The amendment was adopted without opposition. The bill, as explained by the author and BCA Superintendent Drew Evans, would narrow the BCA’s website-posting requirement for officer-involved death investigations so that the agency must post the video of the incident showing the events leading up to, during, and shortly after the incident, rather than all body-camera footage. Other materials would still be available through normal data requests, and the change was described as intended to reduce the burden of redacting and posting large amounts of extraneous video while preserving transparency. Evans said the BCA supports public access and transparency but is struggling to meet the current 30-day posting deadline because of the volume of video and the time required to redact private information. He noted that the BCA has nine full-time staff working on data practices requests and that the Senate amendment clarifies what must be posted while preserving Chapter 13 and the Minnesota Data Practices Act. A public testifier, Rich Newmeister, thanked the bill authors and said the amendment helps ensure data remains available to the public and supports transparency following George Floyd’s death. Members offered supportive comments, including appreciation for the BCA’s cooperation and willingness to work on the issue. No opposition was recorded. The committee then approved the motion to re-refer House File 1354, as amended, to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Higher Education - 02/26/26

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Minitex also delivers major value through cooperative purchasing.
  • Last year at MSU Moorhead, Minitex's cooperative purchasing for learning materials saved us approximately
  • that benefits from the cooperative that benefits from the cooperative purchasing<00:11:27.519>
  • Cooperative purchasing through Minitex also creates substantial cost avoidance.
  • Minitex, thanks to cooperative purchasing, has been able to hold those increases much lower than that
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ways Committee Meeting - 2026-05-07

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I appreciate your cooperation and help in this regard. Thank you both. Thank you, Chair Clayborn.
  • I appreciate your cooperation<00:10:23.320> and<00:10:23.480> help<00:10:23.720> in<
  • cooperation and help in this regard. cooperation and help in this regard.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Municipal May 7th, 2026

Municipal

Transcript Highlights:
  • It'd take a little bit of cooperation; I've only had two or three bills go through the House.
  • So it takes a little bit of cooperation from the House, but I think that it could be done.
  • It'd take a little bit of cooperation. I've only had two or three bills go through the House.
  • So it takes a little bit of cooperation from the House, but I think that it could be done.
Summary: The committee on local and municipal affairs met on May 7, 2026, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then took up a series of local bills. HB 362 creating the Regency Park Towns Townhomes Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish was reported favorably without objection. HB 822, dealing with nonprofit entities that hold appointments on boards and commissions while not in good standing with the Secretary of State, drew questions about whether it targeted a specific entity and about how long an entity should be out of good standing; the committee adopted an amendment changing the trigger to three consecutive years and then reported the bill as amended. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 1243, which would give the Orleans Parish City Council more authority over the Sewer and Water Board. The sponsor, Council President J.P. Morrell, and Representative Hilfordy argued the bill would move New Orleans toward a more local, responsive public-works model and help address long-standing dysfunction. The Bureau of Governmental Research testified that it supported increased local control but urged a formal study or transition plan so the city would document the future governance structure. Despite those concerns, the committee adopted an amendment clarifying ownership of assets and then reported HB 1243 as amended. The committee also handled several St. George bills and other local measures. SB 348, allowing third-party administrative support for motor vehicle enforcement, and SB 444, granting expropriation authority for certain public projects, were reported favorably. SB 485, transferring insurance premium tax authority to the City of St. George, was initially amended but then reconsidered; the amendment was stripped and the bill was reported favorably. HB 990, concerning Jefferson Parish and unpaid water/sewer bills on multifamily properties, HB 466 on West Feliciana Parish property-tax rebates, HB 664 raising parish ordinance fines, HB 87 increasing per diem for a Livingston Parish gas utility district board, HB 115 abolishing the police chief for the Village of Edgefield, HB 741 creating emergency housing vouchers for human trafficking survivors, HB 377 removing civil-service pay restrictions for state examiners, HB 162 updating a crime prevention district fee, HB 368 raising fines for improper demolition of historic properties, and HB 441 returning Sewer and Water Board employees to city civil service were all reported favorably, most without objection. HB 431, requiring mayors to complete 16 hours of annual training, was amended to add continuing legal education and national conferences and then reported as amended. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Committee Apr 29th, 2026

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I believe that planning can and should be cooperative at the local level.
  • We have a long history of working cooperatively with municipalities on issues such as utility relocation
  • Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
  • Thank you to my colleagues for your patience and cooperation. And we've concluded the agenda.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and first approved the consent calendar, including SB 1187 and SB 1388. The committee then heard SB 983, which would authorize the Port of San Diego to use job order contracting for smaller repair and maintenance work; supporters said it would speed up routine repairs and reduce costs, while opponents raised concerns about construction language and project labor agreement effects. The bill was moved to the floor but initially remained on call after a split vote, along with several other measures heard later in the day. The committee also heard SB 1256, aimed at limiting repeated litigation against a San Diego County housing project, with supporters arguing it would curb duplicative lawsuits and opponents warning it could weaken wildfire safety review. SB 992, which would make permanent and expand a financial oversight option for very small special districts, drew support from county auditors and special districts and passed unanimously. SB 1115, addressing governance failures at the Tulare County Public Cemetery District by allowing supervisors to remove individual trustees under specified conditions, also passed unanimously after testimony about district dysfunction and insurance concerns. Later, the committee considered SB 1193, which would impose transparency requirements on Alameda County discretionary funding; supporters said it would add guardrails against conflicts of interest, while the county argued its current process is already transparent and the bill is overly restrictive. SB 1383, clarifying that local labor standards cannot be waived through density bonus concessions, passed on a divided vote after labor groups supported it and no opposition testified. SB 1361, intended to prevent local governments from undermining transit projects to avoid SB 79 housing requirements, also passed on a split vote. Finally, SB 1272, the CASH Act, would give homeowners more time to cure certain non-safety code violations; county and code enforcement groups opposed the introduced version but said they were working on amendments, and the bill passed unanimously as amended. The committee adjourned after reporting several bills out, with some measures remaining on call until later votes were taken.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Apr 29th, 2026

Labor and Employment

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we have Chloe Osmer, Executive Director of Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund.
  • Cooperation Trust Fund. You may begin with your testimony, and thank you again for being here.
  • I'm the executive director of Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund.
  • I'm the executive director of Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment held a review hearing on SB 588, the 2015 wage theft enforcement law, focusing on whether its tools are working and what additional authority or resources may be needed. Committee members emphasized that wage theft is a major and under-enforced form of theft in California, citing large backlogs in wage claims and long delays that often leave workers unpaid even after winning judgments. Panelists from UCLA, worker advocacy organizations, and legal aid described SB 588’s enforcement tools, including liens, levies, stop orders, successor and individual liability, and priority in bankruptcy. They said the law has improved collections and settlement leverage, especially in industries like janitorial services and property services, where client companies and contractors can be held jointly responsible. Several examples were discussed, including cases involving Tesla, Cheesecake Factory, Optum, and Winko Foods, where the law helped secure payments or settlements for workers. At the same time, advocates argued that the prejudgment lien provisions are too limited, that care home cases remain especially difficult, and that more staffing and broader authority would improve recovery. Workers testified about unpaid wages, long delays, retaliation fears, and the difficulty of collecting even after obtaining judgments. A home care worker described waiting years for a hearing and still not recovering money because assets had been moved or hidden. A residential care worker said caregivers are often underpaid, denied breaks, and left with little practical recourse. The Labor Commissioner reported that the agency has recovered more wages since SB 588, including through mail levies, liens, and stop orders, but said many cases involve judgment-proof employers and require intensive investigation. Public comment from a SEIU representative supported SB 588 and urged continued focus on bad actors and targeted enforcement. No vote or formal action was taken at the hearing.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Finance (04/22/2026)

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • you're talking about lines 13 through 25 on page 2, and we came to an agreement allowing for a cooperative
  • <00:10:27.960> a um allowing for uh and this was a um allowing for uh and this was a cooperative
  • <00:10:28.480> agreement<00:10:28.840> between cooperative agreement between cooperative
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-02-13 - 9:30AM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And whereas the cooperative relationship between the two departments has markedly improved as Matt Muller
  • [snorts] And whereas the<00:10:20.000> cooperative<00:10:20.560> relationship<00:10:21.120
  • > between<00:10:21.360> the the cooperative relationship between the the cooperative relationship
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House opened with devotional remarks from Representative Mark Higley, who read poems about maple sugaring and Groundhog Day and offered a Valentine’s Day reminder to give maple sugar candy. The chamber then recognized the first class of legislative pages for their service during the 2026 session, presented them with pins, and took photos. Several guests and groups were welcomed, including representatives from Vermont’s natural resources conservation districts, members of the St. Albinstown Fire Department for its 50th anniversary, and the Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition, which highlighted housing, land conservation, and historic preservation work supported by the Housing and Conservation Board. The House also recognized former legislators in the gallery and several members’ birthdays. On the legislative calendar, H.900, relating to exempting Social Security benefits from Vermont income tax, was introduced and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. HCR 164, congratulating the St. Albinstown Fire Department on 50 years of service, was read and adopted. The House also voted to relieve the Committee on Education of H.750, relating to school districts pursuing construction projects during the moratorium on state aid, and commit it to Ways and Means. Later, H.527, extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. § 248A, passed third reading, and J.R.S. 37, supporting gender equality in Nordic combined Olympic competition and urging gender-equal new Olympic sports, was adopted in concurrence. The House then took up H.898, concerning copper-to-fiber telecommunications network transitions and consumer protections. The committee explained that the bill requires advance written notice to customers and state agencies, reporting on backup power and E911 issues, public safety coordination, consumer education, and ongoing monitoring by the Department of Public Service. The committee reported an 8-0-1 vote, and after a question about whether the bill would affect provider-of-last-resort obligations, the House ordered the bill to third reading. The session ended with announcements about an upcoming report on Women, Work, and Wages and a motion to adjourn until the next meeting day, which was agreed to.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 12

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • also here: Madison Balish, Angel Deac Cruz, Kiana Kaya, Nick Kikuta, Haram Kim, Filippo Maldini, Cooper
  • 15:08.880> Kim,<00:15:09.519> Filippo<00:15:10.160> Maldini,<00:15:11.279> Cooper
  • Haram Kim, Filippo Maldini, Cooper Haram Kim, Filippo Maldini, Cooper Mench,<00:15:12.880> Anna
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Joint Appropriations Jan 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's why it's important that we have everybody's cooperation and assistance to make sure we get the
  • provides some exemptions from various public improvement requirements and provides some provisions for cooperative
  • provides some exemptions from various public improvement requirements and provides some provisions for cooperative
  • But having cooperative purchasing for tech, you know, so that we can look at buying group things so that
Bills: HB1623
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1623, the appropriations bill tied to North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program, which is funded through a new federal rural health care grant. Senator Bekkedahl explained the bill’s background, the interim committee process that developed it, and the federal conditions attached to the award, including spending deadlines, administrative cost limits, and restrictions on uses such as new construction, supplanting existing funding, and certain other costs. Legislative staff then walked through the seven sections of the bill, including appropriation authority, transfer authority, contingent appropriations for pass-through grants, procurement and public improvement exemptions, recipient reporting, legislative reporting, and immediate effective date. Commissioner Traynor and HHS staff described how the department plans to implement the program, emphasizing that the funding is intended to improve rural access, workforce recruitment and retention, technology and data connectivity, and community health initiatives. They said the department will rely on local applications, technical assistance, templates, listening sessions, and partnerships with providers, schools, public health units, tribal entities, and other community groups. Members asked about reimbursement timing, upfront costs, administrative expenses, sustainability after the five-year grant period, and whether CTE centers, public health units, gyms, grocery stores, and other community partners could participate; the department said yes, within program rules and with a focus on measurable outcomes and sustainability. Several supporters testified in favor. Mental Health America of North Dakota and the Mental Health Advocacy Network supported the bill and urged investment in community-based mental health, crisis response, children’s services, peer support, and mobile crisis teams. HIA Health described the grant as a chance to expand home-based and hospice care, noting that rural providers already have workable models but need funding to scale them. A cybersecurity representative also supported the bill, warning that the large amount of health data and AI-related tools will require strong data protection and professional support. The hearing was closed with no opposition testimony, and the committee announced it would return later in the day for further work on the bill and other measures.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Aug 25th, 2025

Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • In cooperation with these funding programs, there is a qualified status called Eligible Telecommunications
  • Because I know some of the electric cooperatives are offering broadband now.
  • And what about the rural electric cooperatives that offer broadband? Would they be eligible?
  • But ETCs right now are not typically defined by the rural electric cooperatives.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Room 225 Conference PM - 04-25-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Implements cooperative labeling and consumer disclosure. Where's my Where's my All right.
  • similar sidewalk, similar faces, similar facilities<00:25:34.480> implements<00:25:34.880> cooperative
  • facilities implements cooperative facilities implements cooperative labeling,<00:25:35.919> consumer
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The conference committee first took up HB 496 HD2 SD1 on mamaki tea. Members described the agreed conference draft as prohibiting misleading use of Hawaiian words, imagery, place names, and motifs on tea packaging unless all tea or dried leaves were grown, harvested, and dried in Hawaii. The bill also included an appropriation for a measurement standards inspector position at the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, with $65,000 in each of FY 2026 and FY 2027. The House and Senate managers recommended passage with amendments, and the measure was adopted by unanimous votes from the members present, with some members excused. The committee then recessed and reconvened several times to manage a larger agenda of conference bills, moving some items to later times and rooms. Among the measures adopted were HB 862, addressing school transportation shortages by allowing certain nontraditional vehicles under safety conditions; HB 667, retitled the Microchip Identification Act, requiring DOT and counties to scan deceased cats and dogs for microchips and notify animal services; HB 958, regulating electric bicycles and other micromobility devices with safety, labeling, registration, and age requirements; HB 934, relating to broadband and the digital equity office, with appropriations and positions; HB 960, raising DOT capital advancement contract thresholds and annual caps; HB 697, updating automated speed enforcement rules and appropriating $2 million; and SB 26, creating an affordable housing land inventory task force with a $250,000 appropriation. Each of these measures was adopted with amendments by conference vote, with some members excused and several brief recesses taken for quorum or agenda management. Not all bills were resolved. HB 732, relating to the film industry tax credit cap, was deferred after conferees said they had not reached agreement, despite comments supporting the industry and local workers. HB 437, concerning an office in the Philippines under DBED, was also deferred for lack of agreement. The committee adjourned after stating that the remaining measures on the agenda would be deferred indefinitely.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

WAM-JDC, WAM, WAM, WAM DEFER Public Hearings 02-27-2025

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Amend page 17, line 10, so that the court may instead of shall consolidate cases, allow cooperative utilities
  • instead of shall consolidate<00:14:41.600> cases<00:14:42.600> allow<00:14:43.000> Cooperative
  • consolidate cases allow Cooperative consolidate cases allow Cooperative utilities<00:14:44.120><
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint Ways and Means and Judiciary committee met in decision-making mode and took up a long list of measures, mostly recommending passage with or without amendments. Early actions included S.B. 414, which was amended to blank the appropriation, draw funds from the major disaster fund, and change the effective date to 2050, and S.B. 223, which would require fire breaks in hazardous fire areas and create or expand wildland fire prevention and protection programs with blank appropriations for FY 2026 and 2027. The committee also advanced S.B. 1009 on state reserve parking space enforcement, S.B. 1149 on reported hate crime definitions and reporting, S.B. 402 on mooring-line requirements for certain vessels, S.B. 1441 on the Oahu regional health care system transfer, S.B. 1442 on child and adolescent mental health responsibilities, S.B. 1478 on harbor evacuation orders, and S.B. 493 on written notice for emotional support animal sales or verifications. Members generally raised little opposition, and most measures were adopted without reservations. Some bills drew brief discussion or committee-report notes, including S.B. 1149, which referenced a Hawaii Civil Rights Commission report encouraging policy-level hate crime data reporting, and S.B. 1442, which was amended with a far-future effective date and a committee-report note about whether mental health services should be expressly subject to funding. S.B. 1441 was substantially revised to require a memorandum of agreement between the Oahu Regional Health Care System and the Department of Health by November 30, 2025, with patient care to begin by December 31, 2025, and a report to the legislature before the 2026 session. The committee also considered several finance and energy-related measures. S.B. 897 on the wildfire liability trust fund prompted questions about whether costs would be passed to consumers; the response was that the proposal contemplated cost sharing and that some amounts were still blank. S.B. 1395 and S.B. 1396 were amended to remove special-fund structures, direct revenues into the general fund, and require the governor to include equivalent amounts in the executive budget for climate-related projects. S.B. 501 was amended to expand step-in agreement provisions for future PPAs and establish a fund outside the State Treasury, and S.B. 1589 was amended so private donations to the stadium authority would go into the NID special fund for stadium infrastructure and sod, with members discussing accountability and the source of stadium-related consultant spending. The committee adopted the recommendations on all measures considered, with some members noting reservations on a few bills, and one item, S.B. 1418, was deferred.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Cooperatively, I think it shows that we can disrupt this trafficking.
  • We all need to come together, and I'm starting to see that collaboration and that cooperation amongst
  • Through Haida, the task force has developed a uniquely cooperative investigative program which is helping
  • I know Senator Klobuchar talked a little bit about international. cooperation, of course Minnesota on
Summary: The meeting of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation addressed critical issues surrounding maritime drug enforcement and the Coast Guard's role in stopping the influx of illegal drugs. The chairman highlighted the alarming consequences of current policies allowing drugs to cross borders, emphasizing the need for legislative reforms, such as the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2025. There was an intense discussion regarding the operational challenges faced by the Coast Guard, which has recently made significant drug seizures, indicating progress but also revealing gaps that need addressing. Several witnesses, including victims of the drug crisis, shared their compelling testimonies, which underscored the urgency for stricter controls and comprehensive support for law enforcement agencies involved in drug interdiction efforts.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • state's travel industry, and so if we were to support it, we would be perceived as facilitating and cooperating
  • perceived as uh it we would be perceived as uh facilitating<00:19:32.760> and<00:19:33.039> cooperating
  • <00:19:33.880> with<00:19:34.600> um<00:19:35.280> a facilitating and cooperating
  • with um a facilitating and cooperating with um a hotel<00:19:36.320> that<00:19:36.760> unfairly
Keywords: 910, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources May 27th, 2026

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1209 places a pause on the issuance of new cooperative endeavor agreements for surface water
  • House Bill 1209 places a pause on the issuance of new cooperative endeavor agreements for surface water
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Mar 4th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • excludes pre-roofing that has not involved modification to the structure from prohibition on using cooperative
  • excludes pre-roofing that has not involved modification of the structure from prohibition on using cooperative
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • ODOT does a great job with an eight-year plan, but we don't cooperate within various agencies and state
  • government at the level we could, and we certainly don't cooperate with counties, municipalities, and
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Mar 19, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • Next, we have Joshua Wish from Hua Cooperative Collaborative Collective.
  • Joshua Wish, from Hua Cooperative Collaborative Collective.
  • Additionally, HDOA indicated they could do this through a cooperative agreement.
  • they could do this through Cooperative they could do this through Cooperative agreement<02:07:39.320
  • agreements to enforce those Cooperative agreements to enforce the<02:07:56.119> federal<02:07
Keywords: 910, house, all