Video & Transcript Research : 'legislative procedure'

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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Local Government (3-24-26)

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The legislation permits city governments to have audit procedures performed under an agreed-upon procedures
  • The legislation sets out statutory requirements for agreed-upon procedures, known as AUPs, including
  • > governments The legislation permits city governments The legislation permits city governments
  • procedures performed under an<00:04:31.640> agreed-upon<00:04:32.400> procedures<00:04:
  • statutory The legislation sets out statutory The legislation sets out statutory requirements<
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/25/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • this year to date pathway legislation this year to date pathway legislation for<00:10:09.839>
  • <00:10:50.360> all<00:10:50.560> this<00:10:50.800> legislation legislation all
  • this legislation legislation all this legislation including<00:10:52.440> 509<00:10:53.440>
  • healthare provider the legislation healthare provider the legislation contains<00:11:28.600>
  • would be for in-office procedures not would be for in-office procedures not involving<00:37:11.680>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session - part 2 May 15th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Reports from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration. For Friday, May 16th, 2025.
  • We also have a provision in this bill that directs data about sex trafficking to us as legislators.
  • The expanded prescribing and procedures will improve eye care for all of your constituents.
  • Optometrists routinely perform procedures that align very closely with those being proposed.
  • The concurrent resolution is being referred to the Committee on Rules. and Legislative Administration
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would require that patients give consent before undergoing anesthetized procedures under which they
  • So if you are unconscious, whether because of an accident or because in most cases a medical procedure
  • It would require that patients give consent before undergoing anesthetized procedures under which they
  • I also carried legislation like this last biennium and did not get a hearing on it.
  • <00:13:13.839> of not explaining the whole procedure of not explaining the whole procedure
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Procedures for the issuance of subpoenas, and incorporate the subpoena form by reference.
  • <00:09:29.519> and know that we passed some legislation and know that we passed some legislation
  • <00:10:43.839> Uh procedures for the board of claims.
  • Uh procedures for the board of claims.
  • Jonathan Scott, chief legislative and regulatory officer, DMS. Thank you so much.
Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met to reorganize its leadership for the new term, renewing Representative Derek Lewis as House co-chair and Senator Steven West as Senate co-chair. The committee then approved the minutes and moved through a series of agency regulations, generally adopting staff-suggested amendments without objection. Among the regulations reviewed were an Attorney General rule changing how a commission reviews and distributes funds and how grant reporting is handled; Personnel Board changes abolishing and renaming certain job classifications and adjusting probationary periods; an Education and Labor Cabinet rule removing references to local board of education members; several Public Protection Cabinet rules covering Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation procedures; an Alcoholic Beverage Control rule on direct-to-consumer shipping forms; and a Medicaid Services emergency regulation establishing the Kentucky Trauma Hospital Rate Improvement Program for rural hospitals serving many Medicaid patients. The committee also heard that the Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation regulations included both staff and, in one case, an agency amendment, which were approved. The most extended discussion came on the Department for Community Based Services’ regulation increasing per diem rates for private child-placing therapeutic foster care levels 2 and 3. Committee members questioned the estimated $10 million biennial cost, the source of the funding, and why the cabinet had not yet filed regulations implementing Senate Bill 151 on kinship care. DCBS staff said the rate increase was discretionary and intended to address placement crises for children with high needs, while acknowledging they could not personally explain the budget decisions. A kinship caregiver testified in support of the rate increase but urged the cabinet to also implement SB 151 and expand support for kinship families. The committee expressed frustration over the lack of SB 151 implementation but stated the rate increase itself was appropriate and allowed the regulation to proceed.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Legislative Administration (10/08/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um if anyone any security procedures.
  • c> security procedures that might security procedures that might jeopardize<00:20:21.360> our<
  • . procedures. procedures.
  • procedure right there. procedure right there. >> Apologies.
  • the makeup of the joint uh legislative the makeup of the joint uh legislative or<00:32:05.039>
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then moved into a work session on its remaining bills. The main discussion centered on House Bill 477, which would establish a commission to study safety and security procedures at the New Hampshire State House. Members debated whether a new commission was needed, with several speakers arguing that security is already being reviewed through the bipartisan Joint Facilities Committee and existing security staff, including an outside consultant’s review. Others raised concerns that members do not always know how to report safety or behavioral issues and suggested better communication to the full membership about who to contact and what information can be shared. The House clerk then explained the structure and authority of the Joint Facilities Committee under RSA 17-E, noting that it is a bipartisan legislative committee made up only of elected officials, with publicly listed members, defined duties, and the ability to meet in nonpublic session on sensitive matters such as security. The clerk said members can bring concerns to the committee, its chair, or their caucus leadership, and that some safety briefings are already given to all members when appropriate. Several members said they preferred keeping security matters limited to a need-to-know basis and opposed creating a new commission that could force public discussion of sensitive procedures. The committee then voted on HB 477. Representative Sheen moved ITL, Representative Turkot seconded, and the motion passed 12-0, with Representative Wall voting no. The bill was sent to consent. After that, the committee began discussion of House Bill 314, which would prohibit the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 1/21/26

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • and authority and oversee judicial, and legislative branches uh judicial, and legislative branches uh
  • accordance with the legislative accordance with the legislative appropriations<00:11:04.920>
  • statewide policies and procedures statewide policies and procedures that<00:13:16.400> guide<
  • The policies and procedures that um Mr. The policies and procedures that um Mr.
  • Um legislation.
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 14, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • As legislators, we have two crucial responsibilities in this process.
  • MQA has submitted a legislative budget request for consideration during the upcoming legislative session
  • Lastly, a physician who performs a liposuction procedure can be fined $5,000 per procedure, where previously
  • Level one procedures do not have to register with the department.
  • Level one procedures do not have to register with the department. Thank you.
Summary: The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met for an introductory and oversight briefing from the Florida Department of Health on implementation of several 2024 laws. The committee heard first from Jennifer Winhold on practitioner-regulation measures, including SB 1716 and SB 1600, which expanded workforce pathways through foreign-trained physician licensure, area-of-critical-need temporary certificates for APRNs and physician assistants, graduate assistant physician licenses, interstate compacts, and a new universal licensure-by-endorsement process. She also reviewed HB 197 on massage therapy enforcement, HB 975 on broader background screening, HB 1561 on office-surgery and liposuction safeguards, HB 159 on pharmacist HIV post-exposure prophylaxis certification, and HB 1063 on chiropractic dry needling and foreign degree licensure. Members asked about compact scope, foreign graduate requirements, massage enforcement overlap with DBPR, and registration thresholds for liposuction procedures. Dr. Emma Spencer then outlined implementation of SB 76 and related programs, including changes to the FRAME and dental loan repayment programs, the volunteer health care provider program, the Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program, the Health Care Innovation Council and revolving loan program, and the Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant Program. She said the department had updated portals, posted forms, launched or was developing public search tools, and submitted required reports and contracts. Members questioned whether loan repayment funds were reaching rural and underserved areas, how nonprofit applicants were being informed about the Alphonse screening grant program, the short application window for that grant, and how the department would evaluate whether the programs were improving recruitment and retention. A third presentation, delivered by Mike Mason standing in for Shea Holloway, covered maternal and child health and other public health initiatives. He reported on the telehealth maternity care program’s expansion from a pilot in Duval and Orange counties to 23 counties, the pregnancy-and-parenting resources website required by HB 415, CMV newborn screening requirements under SB 168, sickle cell registry and research grants under HB 7085, and the swim lessons voucher program under SB 544, which received nearly 10,000 requests for 3,500 vouchers and enrolled 86 facilities. Members asked about utilization, marketing, website launch timing, and how the department was promoting these services. No bills were voted on; the meeting concluded with the chair noting that more committee presentations and bills would follow and that briefing materials would be distributed to members.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Fiscal Committee (01/30/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, then we go to the Fiscal Committee rules and procedures.
  • <00:18:03.520> are and our policies and procedures are and our policies and procedures are
  • <00:55:56.000> action two of which suggest legislative action two of which suggest legislative
  • <01:00:26.720> for establish policies and procedures for establish policies and procedures
  • <01:01:52.480> governing<01:01:52.960> the procedures governing the procedures governing
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on January 30, 2025, and first organized itself by electing Senator Jim Gray as vice chair, electing Representative F as clerk, appointing Michael Caine as legislative budget assistant, and adopting the committee’s rules and procedures. The committee also adopted an amendment to the rules allowing audits to be automatically released to the public once placed on the Fiscal Committee agenda, with members discussing that the change would improve transparency and reduce paper handling. The minutes from the November 15, 2024 meeting were approved, with members who were absent abstaining. The committee then worked through a consent calendar and several individual items. It removed or noted withdrawals on a few items, including item 25004 for further discussion, item 25016 withdrawn by the Department of Education, item 257 removed by Representative F, and item 25001 removed under Tab 4. Item 25004, concerning the newborn screening program, prompted testimony from the Department of Health and Human Services explaining that the program is mandatory with an opt-out provision; officials said 99.2% of newborns were screened in 2023, meaning the opt-out rate was under 1%. The committee also approved item 25007, related to DHHS community health workers and telework policy, after hearing that the workers are not placed in schools and that DHHS follows statewide telework policy. On the regular calendar, the committee approved a Department of Administrative Services request to extend the release date for fiscal year 2024 numbers to March 31, and approved a Department of Fish and Game item. It also approved winter maintenance funding for the Department of Transportation after hearing that the $5.7 million request might not last through the winter if additional storms occur; DOT said even a small storm can cost more than $1 million and that crews are dispatched based on road conditions and supervisory judgment. The committee then approved items for the Judicial Council and the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant. The final discussion focused on the Health and Human Services dashboard and the Youth Development Center claims. DHHS acknowledged a data error in the APS client line and said Community Mental Health Center caseload data is still not fully accurate because two centers are undergoing EHR conversions. Members also asked about the low census at the Sununu Youth Development Center and about the process for managing future claims related to the YDC settlement fund. Witnesses from the Attorney General’s office said the fund is handled through a unique arrangement involving DOJ appropriations and judicial branch staff, that current judicial budget cuts are not yet affecting the litigation pace, and that the average resolution so far has been about $500,000, though future claims may vary. No votes were taken on the discussion items beyond the approvals noted above.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • First, it moves all of our internal procedures from administrative rule and relocates those procedures
  • So it's currently all of the procedures are within the manual.
  • It's the procedures of how our staff will operate on a day-to-day basis.
  • We do have procedures that are internal, yes.
  • and procedure manual.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Aging, Children, and Youth first approved the February 11 minutes and then reviewed a DCFS policy manual update from Director Tiffany Wright. The rule changes were described as largely terminology and compliance updates to align with new laws, an executive order, and current practice, including moving internal procedures out of the public manual and into DCFS’s internal procedure manual. Members asked whether the changes altered practice or just wording, and Wright said they were mainly procedural and vernacular updates, such as changing terms like “protection plan” to “immediate safety plan” and “safety factor” to “safety threat.” The committee then reviewed and accepted the rule without objection. Wright also presented DCFS performance data for the third quarter of FY 2026, including hotline reports, investigations, foster care, in-home services, permanency, and adoption measures. She noted staffing shortages in some counties, lower timeliness in completing maltreatment reports, and efforts to support those areas with central office staff and daily calls. Members asked about neglect trends, sexual abuse/exploitation categories, behavioral issues, and workforce recruitment and retention. Wright said DCFS is expanding hiring support, outreach, retention efforts, trauma support through UAMS, and a new staff training model beginning July 1. She also presented the biannual overturned investigations report, which tracks hotline calls, true findings, appeals, and reversals by county, and answered questions about comparing it with prior years. Major Jeff Drew of the Crimes Against Children Division presented the 2025 annual report, saying the hotline received 67,987 calls and 37,986 were accepted for investigation, with 6,539 CACD investigations assigned and a 28% substantiation rate. He described hotline operator training, including a four-week program with policy review, scenarios, recorded calls, live call monitoring, and evidence-chain and decision-making instruction. He said the starting salary for hotline operators is $43,888 plus benefits and would check on comparisons with other states. Elizabeth Pooley of the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Arkansas reported that the state’s 29 CACs and 64 multidisciplinary teams served 13,568 children and families in 2025, up about 3,000 from the prior year, and hosted 259 trainings. Members asked about funding, and she said state funding is the same for each center at roughly $70,000 to $75,000, supplemented by federal and community support, with work underway on Arkansas-specific best practices. The meeting ended after a brief unrelated question about Meals on Wheels and a Project Zero adoption event announcement.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:20:50.320> session proposals for this legislative session proposals for this legislative
  • He added that if they were following the procedures they had, it should have been zero.
  • No, we're going to follow the procedures to make sure that it's the right channels.
  • What do you think prompted the governor to make this a priority, this legislation?
  • you always make me a better legisl you always make me a better legisl legislator<00:52:57.119>
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 04/04/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • They'll talk to their legislators.
  • They'll talk to their legislators. They'll talk to their legislators.
  • > Department<00:43:33.839> of legislation must pass the Department of legislation must
  • > is Um the grievance procedure is Um the grievance procedure is emotionally<00:57:55.040>
  • people who might not uh read legislation people who might not uh read legislation a<01:01:27.520
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Judiciary (01/27/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation is deeply unpopular.
  • This legislation is deeply unpopular.
  • This legislation is deeply unpopular.
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  • <03:48:04.960> requires 2026 the proposed legislation requires 2026 the proposed legislation
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened with procedural remarks, including notice of an overflow room and a brief apology from Representative Andress about returning to his seat after introducing HB 114. The committee then took up HB 476, a proposed 15-week abortion ban. Chairman Lynn explained that a request to withdraw the bill had been filed, but because the bill was already scheduled for hearing, the committee would proceed with testimony and the withdrawal would require later House action. The chair also reminded witnesses to keep remarks to three minutes and asked the audience to remain respectful. Most testimony focused on abortion access, maternal health, and the likely effects of a 15-week limit. Opponents, including Nancy Pariser, Dr. Cynthia Rasmussen, Dr. Young, Bonnie Bruno, and others, argued that abortion restrictions increase maternal mortality, worsen miscarriage care, create “OB deserts,” and can delay emergency treatment in cases such as sepsis or ectopic pregnancy. Several speakers cited experiences from Texas and Georgia and warned that HB 476 contained no exceptions for rape, incest, or maternal health. Supporters of the bill, including Paul Galasso and Lynn Hill, framed abortion as the loss of unborn life and argued that 15 weeks still allows most abortions while saving lives; they also said New Hampshire’s current law is already adequate and that the bill should be strengthened rather than abandoned. Other witnesses emphasized practical and economic concerns, saying unwanted pregnancies can worsen poverty, childcare burdens, housing insecurity, and women’s lifetime earnings. Some speakers urged lawmakers to focus instead on affordable housing, childcare, and family support. No committee vote or final action on HB 476 occurred during the hearing; the meeting consisted of opening remarks and public testimony only.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • to agree to provide or pay for a gender detransition procedure.
  • And over these years, we've continuously put these proposed legislation in front of us.
  • And I keep thinking about all this proposed legislation on medical care.
  • And I keep thinking about all this proposed legislation on medical care.
  • All right, Damien Carpenter, Chief Legislative Liaison with AHCCCS, for the record.
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several health-related bills, with the longest discussion centered on SB 1214, the Arizona Stem Cell Therapy Act. The bill would regulate stem cell and birth tissue therapies, bar use of tissues derived from aborted fetuses or embryos, require informed consent and disclosure for non-FDA-approved therapies, and create civil and criminal penalties for violations. Supporters framed it as a patient-safety and bioscience-innovation measure, while opponents objected to the abortion-related language and felony penalties. The committee approved SB 1214 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also advanced SB 1194, which would prohibit health professionals and institutions from denying care or reducing care quality based on vaccination status, and SB 1814, which creates a study committee on substance use disorder treatment standards and oversight. SB 1602, increasing monthly stipends for kinship foster care parents, and SB 1603, expanding child-only cash assistance eligibility for certain foster and relative placements, were both amended and passed unanimously. SB 1177, barring public funds from being used for gender transition procedures, and SB 1014, requiring insurance coverage for detransition care and related reporting, both drew strong support and opposition and were each approved on 4-3 votes. Later, the committee unanimously passed SB 1628, requiring insurers and health plans to report claims-denial and prior-authorization data to DIFI for public reporting, and SB 1629, requiring AHCCCS managed care organizations to give advance notice and network-adequacy documentation before terminating high-volume providers without cause. Supporters of both bills emphasized transparency and patient access, while opponents argued the measures duplicated existing federal or state oversight. The committee then heard SB 1752, which would criminalize commercial harvesting or sale of mescaline while preserving a religious-use defense; the sponsor said it was intended to address improper sales of peyote-derived substances, but no final action on that bill was taken in the portion provided.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, it’s going to be up to each legislator to do their due diligence.
  • “We only have a procedure for removing someone for conviction of a court.”
  • to develop the procedures in which we do that, would it not be?”
  • But this is not to interpret legislation.
  • It’s not evaluating the legislation.
Summary: The committee first deferred Senate Bill 49, which would remove the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the list of offices subject to closed party primary elections, after the sponsor said additional amendments were being prepared. It then took up House Bill 1247, which creates a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner coordinator within the Department of Justice to improve access, evidence collection, and coordination for sexual assault survivors. Members adopted a committee amendment package that clarified the coordinating structure, geographic response considerations, reimbursement language, and related public records issues, and the bill was reported favorably as amended with support from health care and law enforcement-related groups. House Bill 1245, also dealing with public records, was amended to protect certain personal identifying information in criminal history records of criminal justice agency employees who serve as witnesses in criminal proceedings. The discussion focused on limiting release of Social Security numbers, home addresses, and dates of birth while preserving disclosure required for court proceedings and impeachment-related purposes. The committee adopted a further amendment narrowing the protection to those PII items in records held by the clerk of court, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. House Bill 1011, allowing jurors to donate per diem compensation to CASA, and House Bill 1186, which standardizes construction code and inspector licensing records while protecting inspectors’ personal information, were also reported favorably. Senate Bill 425, which implements the constitutional mandate for removal by suit of certain elected officials for felony conviction, malfeasance, or gross misconduct, drew the most extended debate. Supporters said it creates a civil process to address serious misconduct when criminal prosecution is unavailable or incomplete, while opponents warned it could be abused for political targeting, duplicate existing remedies, and rely on vague standards. After amendments clarifying the process and standards, the committee voted 10-5 to report the bill favorably as amended. The committee also adopted amendments and reported favorably House Bill 1057, extending absentee-by-mail eligibility for overseas service members from one year to two years, and began discussion of House Bill 709, which would create a rulemaking notification system, a 10-year sunset for certain rules, and an Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the governor’s office.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House/Senate DFL Press Conference 3/3/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today, House Republicans are pushing to repeal this legislation entirely.
  • Today, House Republicans are pushing to repeal this legislation entirely.
  • Today, House Republicans are pushing to repeal this legislation entirely.
  • failed procedure failed procedure Judy<00:09:01.240> was<00:09:01.360> born<00:09:
  • But we're steadfast in our support for this legislation.
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • This needs this need for legislation is clear.
  • We included the sunset clause this legislative session because last legislative session, you all as members
  • of Criminal Procedure as part of the ongoing statutory mandate on the Legislative Council to reorganize
  • Criminal Procedure relates to fire inquests.
  • Archer, the executive director of the Texas Legislative Council.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It reads, 'This report does not mark the end of legislative inquiry.
  • Legislators.
  • There were no evacuation procedures in Camp Mystic's posted emergency plans.
  • Procedures for evacuation of each cabin.
  • While no legislation can erase the pain of what occurred, the Texas...
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/20/2026 - Senate Director Nominations

Director Nominations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, let's switch to legislative and budget priorities.
  • What will be your key budget and legislative priorities?
  • Why weren't proper verification procedures in place to begin with?
  • Why is it that they have in place proper procedures, but yet...
  • I understand you guys have, or are putting in place, have put in place new procedures, right?
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Committee on Director Nominations met to consider Ruby Dylan Williams for Director of the Arizona Department of Housing. Chair Jay Kaufman opened with remarks about the committee’s role in scrutinizing nominees’ commitment to faithfully executing state law. Williams, who has served in housing roles since 2020 and as interim director since March 2025, described her background in both public service and the private sector and said her priorities would be expanding housing supply, preserving housing stability, and improving technology-driven operations and transparency. Members questioned Williams extensively about department oversight, fraud prevention, auditor general findings, homelessness policy, budget priorities, and the cost of affordable housing programs. She said the department had strengthened internal controls, added verbal verification steps for wire transfers, increased site inspections and grantee monitoring, and was tracking 68 performance metrics. She also defended the use of LIHTC and other federal housing programs as key public-private tools, said the department was working on a real-time homelessness data system, and explained that if state funding were cut, staffing would likely be reduced before core programs. Several members pressed her on past fraud and audit findings and on whether the department had been sufficiently proactive in preventing them. Public testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Developers and industry representatives praised Williams’ experience, her knowledge of housing finance, and her role in streamlining the qualified allocation plan and improving the department’s responsiveness. They argued that her leadership has helped attract investment and increase housing production in Arizona. After debate, the committee voted 3-2 to recommend Williams’ confirmation to the full Senate, with Senators Kavanagh and Shope voting no and Senators Bravo and Ortiz voting yes.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Dental insurance and parents normally cover the cost of medically necessary dental procedures.
  • The anesthesia is a medical procedure, which is usually performed by a physician.
  • Anesthesia for medically necessary dental procedures.
  • Health insurance for necessary general anesthesia for these dental procedures.
  • As somebody who has provided general anesthesia for these procedures.