Video & Transcript Research : 'joint liability'
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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:
- I am also the co-chair of the Minnesota Teachers Joint Apprenticeship Committee.
- joint apprenticeship teachers committee. joint apprenticeship teachers committee.
- program, these are new joint program, these are new joint apprenticeship<00:07:17.919>
training - applicants, two newly formed joint applicants, two newly formed joint apprenticeship<00:08:48.240
- filing a notice of denial of liability. filing a notice of denial of liability.
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
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Jul 7th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- They did sort of a joint venture using IHS and some private funding, which would not be unlike what we're
- As Laura said, I'll be speaking on Senate Joint Memorial I.
- Although Senate Joint Memorial I is a non-binding and unfunded legislative memorial, MNERD, in partnership
- Senate Joint Memorial I became a natural extension, an accelerant, if you will, for this work.
- This presents a rare opportunity to turn a wildfire liability into a rural economic engine.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day- REASSEMBLE Part 1 Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Chief Clerk, please read in Senate Joint Resolution 19 by title only.
- So releasing them from liability will not help this situation.
- Chief Clerk, please call the role on Senate Joint Resolution. Roll call. Mr.
- Senate Joint Resolution 22 and requests the concurrence of the House.
- Chief Clerk, please read in Senate Joint Resolution 22 by title only.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Are there bills or joint resolutions on third reading? None on the desk, Mr. Speaker.
- By Representative McClure, House Joint Resolution 5019, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to
- By Representative McClure, House Joint Resolution 5019, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to.
- By Representative McClure, House Joint Resolution 5019, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to
- Subject to the 24-hour review period pursuant to Joint Rule 2.1.8.
Summary:
The House met on the final day of session, swore in Representatives Boyles and Hodgers, and observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as for Representative Rosenwald’s father. The chamber then moved into final budget work, with leaders outlining the plan to take up H.J.R. 5019, HB 7031, HB 5017, HB 5015, and then the general appropriations act once the Senate transmitted it. H.J.R. 5019, a proposed constitutional amendment to expand the budget stabilization fund, was explained and amended to raise the rainy day fund cap, require annual deposits, and allow withdrawals for critical state needs by a two-thirds vote; it passed 100-1.
The House then adopted the conference report on HB 7031, the tax package. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or expands several sales tax holidays and exemptions, including permanent exemptions for disaster-preparedness items, hunting/fishing/camping items, and ammunition and firearms-related purchases, and makes changes to property, corporate income, local tax, and economic development provisions. Members debated the removal of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related revenue streams, the new ammunition exemption, and the data center tax changes; supporters argued the package reduces taxes and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents raised concerns about housing, transportation, and gun violence. The conference report passed 93-7.
HB 5017, creating a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer to retire state bonds early, passed unanimously. HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment, also passed. The House then began explanation and questions on the fiscal year 2025-26 general appropriations act, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down $3.8 billion from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major spending areas, including pre-K-12 funding increases, health care funding for Medicaid, KidCare, nursing homes, opioid treatment, and mental health, transportation and economic development funding, environmental and water projects, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology. Questions focused on school vouchers, inflationary pressures on school districts, and the adequacy of funding for housing, transportation, and other priorities.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd like to call to order the joint House and Senate Conference Committee hearing for Thursday, April
- I'd like to call to order the joint Senate Conference Committee hearing for Thursday, April 24th, for
- Only owner-builder projects must execute a liability waiver.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- the Joint Fiscal Office. the Joint Fiscal Office.
- residential contractors of the liability residential contractors of the liability and<00:56:46.760
- We heard from the Joint Fiscal Office.
- With Legislative Council and the Joint Fiscal Office.
- There are no Joint Fiscal Office.
Summary:
The House first suspended the rules briefly to make announcements, including welcoming former representative Doug Gage to the gallery. It then returned to House Bill 211 on data brokers and personal information, where the Appropriations Committee explained a $50,000 appropriation to the Secretary of State for a consultant-led study on an accessible deletion mechanism for consumers to delete personal data held by data brokers, with interim and final reports due in 2027 and 2028. The committee reported a 9-0-2 vote in favor, and the House agreed to the Commerce and Economic Development Committee’s amendment and ordered third reading.
Floor debate on H. 211 focused heavily on the bill’s deletion and exemption framework. Supporters argued the bill is needed to give Vermonters meaningful control over their data and to prevent data brokers from commingling information for unrelated uses. Opponents warned the bill could conflict with existing federal frameworks such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, and could make credit, banking, insurance, fraud prevention, and identity verification harder. In response, the sponsor said the bill uses use-case-based exemptions rather than broad entity-level exemptions, noted testimony from banks, insurers, a data broker, a former data broker employee, and the Attorney General, and said no constitutional concerns were raised. The House ultimately adopted the amendment and advanced the bill.
After H. 211, the House moved to House Bill 577, establishing the Vermont Prescription Drug Discount Card Program. Committee reports from Health Care, Ways and Means, and Appropriations were read into the record, and the Colchester member described the bill as a way to lower prescription drug costs by joining the multi-state Array Rx program. The bill would let any Vermont resident obtain a free discount card for FDA-approved prescription drugs, with claimed savings up to 80% on generics and 20% on brand-name drugs. The House then proceeded to second reading on H. 577.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Administration (01/29/2026)
Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- in certain cases involving liability in certain cases involving drug<01:16:38.719>
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historic consider having the joint historic consider having the joint historic - committees combined, that gave the joint committees combined, that gave the joint historic<01:51
- instead uh the joint historic committee. instead uh the joint historic committee.
- And I'm not saying I'm wedded to the Joint Historic Committee.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 08:02 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The strike-and-insert amendment simply added the aggravated offense and ensured that the joint and several
- liabilities imposed by this section do not conflict with existing code.
- Committee on Natural Resources has had under consideration Senate Concurrent Resolution 9, requesting the Joint
- had under consideration Senate Concurrent Resolution 10, originating in committee, requesting the Joint
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 5th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair lays out House Joint Resolution 40 and recognizes Representative Swanson to explain the resolution
- We don't want the liability. We just don't do that.
- The chair lays out as a matter of pending business, Senate Joint Resolution 57 by Senator Huffman.
- The chair lays out as a matter of pending business, Senate Joint Resolution 57 by Senator Huffman.
Bills:
HJR40
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Insurance Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Faith Borgis, on behalf of the California Association of Joint Powers Authorities, we’d align ourselves
- Faith Borgis, on behalf of the California Association of Joint Powers Authorities, we'd align ourselves
- Move the bill. joint powers authorities, we'd align ourselves with the comments of Mr.
- obviously, and the reason we hire farm labor contractors is we want to be held from some of the liability
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Insurance met as a subcommittee and heard several bills related to workers’ compensation, insurance access, climate resilience, and farmworker protections. AB 815 would prevent social service workers who use personal vehicles to transport clients from being misclassified as commercial or for-hire drivers under personal auto policies; supporters said the current practice leads to unaffordable premiums and denied claims, while no opposition testified. AB 1329 would revise the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund to reduce litigation and medical-legal costs and lower employer assessments; insurers and business groups opposed unless amended, citing concerns about eligibility standards and the QME process, but the bill advanced after amendments were discussed. AB 1048 would allow disputed unauthorized payment reductions for medical providers to be reviewed through independent bill review; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, while opposition argued IBR is the wrong forum and existing contract dispute processes should control, though the bill also passed. AB 1236 would create a Department of Insurance grant program for climate and sustainability risk-reduction projects, with broad support from the department, environmental groups, and insurers, and it passed unanimously.
The committee also heard AB 1336, the Farmworker Heat Illness Prevention Act, which would create a rebuttable presumption that a heat-related injury arose out of employment when an agricultural employer fails to comply with heat illness prevention standards. Supporters, including United Farm Workers, argued the bill would help protect farmworkers amid extreme heat and enforcement gaps; opponents from the workers’ compensation and agricultural sectors said the measure improperly uses the compensation system to enforce OSHA rules and could create unclear adjudication and delay issues. Members discussed Cal/OSHA enforcement limits, undocumented workers’ reluctance to report violations, and the relationship between the bill and existing workers’ compensation procedures. Despite opposition, AB 1336 passed on a divided vote.
The committee also took up a consent calendar including AB 1125, AB 1293, and AB 1398, which were approved together. Roll calls were held open and later completed, and the bills that advanced were sent to the Committee on Appropriations. The meeting concluded with the committee adjourning after final votes were recorded.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Community Affairs Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ON SO ESSENTIALLY BUSINESSES THAT HAVE THAT INSURANCE PREMIUM INCOME TAX LIABILITY
- NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE, WE BASICALLY DECIDED TO DO A JOINT RFA SO A JOINT APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT
- AGREEMENTS MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING, CONTRACTS AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS OR INFORMAL AGREEMENTS SUCH AS JOINT
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Joint Resolution No. 22.
- Senate Joint Resolution No. 22, sponsored by Senator Paradee, Representative K.
- So what we have before us is Senate Joint Resolution No. 22.
- So what we have before us is Senate Joint Resolution No. 22.
- Our time together on Joint Finance, I was on Joint Finance for eight years.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So I want to just finally reiterate: it's not clear entirely how a company would limit that liability
- I think that a lot of the arguments as to changing the standard on liability are just not founded in
- I think that a lot of the arguments as to changing the standard on liability are just not founded in
- And the third is in subdivision D, which would result in joint and several liability.
- and several liability is also of significant concern to CJA and its members.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills, beginning with AB 2, which would create enhanced civil penalties for large social media companies when negligence proven in court causes harm to children and teens. The author and supporters argued the bill is needed to address addictive algorithms and harmful content, while opponents warned it was vague, could chill speech, and might be preempted by federal law. Members largely focused on whether the bill changed the standard of care or burden of proof; the bill passed out of committee on a roll call vote, with some members noting concerns but supporting it to continue the discussion.
AB 282, dealing with housing vouchers and source-of-income discrimination, would clarify that housing providers may prioritize applicants who qualify for rental assistance without violating fair housing law. Supporters from housing authorities, local governments, and advocacy groups said it would help voucher holders find units and improve use of housing funds. There was no opposition, and the bill passed to Appropriations on a roll call vote, with two no votes.
The committee also considered AB 882 on court reporter availability and electronic recording in certain cases when a court reporter is unavailable. Supporters said the bill is a temporary, narrowly tailored response to a shortage of reporters and would preserve access to accurate records, while opponents argued it was too narrow, raised access-to-justice concerns, and should be broadened. Members from both sides emphasized the importance of court reporters and electronic recording as a backup; the bill passed with an urgency clause and was sent to Appropriations. The committee then heard AB 325 on algorithmic price fixing, AB 935 on civil rights data clarity, AB 1414 on tenant choice of internet service provider, and AB 67 on Attorney General enforcement of the Reproductive Privacy Act; each drew support from sponsors and advocacy groups, opposition centered on overbreadth or policy concerns, and each advanced on committee votes, with several members requesting further amendments or clarification.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- According to the Joint budgets.
- So, um, first number I'm going to give you: Joint Economic Committee.
- first number I'm going to give you joint first number I'm going to give you joint economic<06:20
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$4.2 <06:23:34.160>trillion joint committee on tax, $4.2 trillion joint - It is that important. liability. $4.2 trillion added to our liability. $4.2 trillion added to our national
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/03/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #3
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair and members, H.B. 2763, Shooting Range Closure Conditions, requires the joint resolution
- It's a huge liability for the governing board.
- Madam Chair and members, HB 2279, Commercial River Outfitters Limited Liability, codifies federal safety
- and liability release requirements for river trip providers operating in the Grand Canyon.
- Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2135, liability diversity, equity, and inclusion laws, allows a person
Summary:
The caucus reviewed a long list of bills and resolutions, with members frequently asking to pull measures from consent and noting party-line or unanimous votes. Topics included medical and vaccination restrictions (HB 2248, HB 2086), state investment and conflict-of-interest rules for the treasurer (HB 2303), budget and reporting requirements (HB 2688, HB 2015), procurement limits involving China-linked companies (HB 2170, HB 2134), homelessness administration (HB 2533), traffic and transportation measures (HB 2109, HB 2574, HB 2210), school testing and education policy (HB 2032, HB 2033, HB 2075, HB 2266, HB 2395, HCR 2003), and several health-care bills involving lactation services, gender-transition care for minors, abortion-related restrictions, and hospital immigration-status reporting (HB 2072, HB 2085, HB 2364, HB 2689, HB 2796). Members also discussed water policy, including desalination, groundwater transport, and water-use limits (HB 2052, HB 2056, HB 2098, HB 2758, HB 2328), as well as food and agriculture measures such as SNAP restrictions, cultivated-cell food labeling and bans, and the Beef Council extension (HB 2396, HB 2762, HB 2791, HB 2155). Several members criticized bills as unconstitutional, costly, or harmful to affordability, while sponsors described them as clarifications, consumer protections, or administrative fixes.
The caucus also considered a number of bills affecting labor, property, and consumer issues, including unemployment eligibility changes, mobile home park submetering fees, appraisal management company rules, digital goods seller requirements, property tax clarifications, and protections for minors in online content creation (HB 2690, HB 2459, HB 2501, HB 2010, HB 2120, HB 2192, HB 2261, HB 2279). Other measures addressed sexual extortion penalties, name-change procedures for sex offenders, and restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs and gender-transition procedures for minors (HB 2666, HB 2223, HB 2364, HB 2085). Members repeatedly raised concerns about federal preemption, constitutional issues, implementation costs, and unintended consequences, and several sponsors or members indicated they were working on amendments or stakeholder discussions.
At the end of the meeting, the caucus also heard memorials and resolutions, including a proposal to limit voting centers and precinct voting, and memorials urging withdrawal from the United Nations and defunding the IMF (HCR 2016, HM 2001, HM 2004). The meeting concluded with caucus announcements, including an affordability-themed award recognizing Rep. Betty Villegas, a Black History Month sign-up request, and reminders about upcoming affordability and Latino Caucus events. No final floor votes were taken in the transcript, but multiple bills were pulled from consent or noted for opposition.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- He is a joint author. to transplant legislation that we are carrying in the House this session, and one
- HB 2790 by Darby relating to the liability and capturing of storing carbon dioxide referred to the committee
- , a part of the Committee on Cultural Recreation and Tourism, HB 2843 by Zulu. relating to civil liability
- 2888 by isaac to the motorist who fails to hold a driver's license or maintain a motor vehicle of liability
- Refer the committee on criminal jurisprudence, HB 2916 by Leach, relating to the criminal and civil liability
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, calling to order the joint committee on Ways and Means and Judiciary.
- Remove the option for the contributors to receive payments from the Wildfire Liability Trust Fund for
- utilities to participate in the wild utilities to participate in the wild fire<00:14:46.040>
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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.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 7th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I will focus today on independent physician liability.
- This is from a different data source: the Medical Liability Monitor.
- What could be driving medical malpractice spending up if we cap physician liability?
- Subject to more medical malpractice liability, you raise your prices.
- For medical malpractice premiums, it's from the Medical Liability Monitor, and they only have selected
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Feb 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And in addition, the joint legislative audit committee had the California State Auditor conduct an audit
- So is there any other things that we're not thinking about right now to be able to reduce our liability
- voiced a concern that a disabled veteran from a war injury might be a larger workers' compensation liability
- even in the last year or so with additional claims coming in, which suggests that that outstanding liability
- So there's this extra liability associated, potentially. with the returning veterans.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- difficult time getting liability difficult time getting liability insurance.<01:20:21.520>
And - When liability markets harden, that impact is felt acutely, as I've mentioned.
- insurance coverage uh to the liability insurance coverage uh to the entities<01:26:59.600>
that - Um, those insurance companies that do continue to provide high-risk insurance liability coverage, the
- Um, those insurance companies that do continue to provide high-risk insurance liability coverage, the