Video & Transcript Research : 'judicial eligibility'

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MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS Senate Floor - 10 March, 2026; 10:00 AM

Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • full authority to determine eligibility full authority to determine eligibility of<00:51:32.240>
  • uh the Judicial System Operation Fund. uh the Judicial System Operation Fund.
  • uh judicial operations me talk about the uh judicial operations fund<03:48:52.760> and<03:48:52.920
  • you remember, there was the judicial you remember, there was the judicial operations<03:49:06.400
  • <03:51:25.920> operations fund uh what was the judicial operations fund uh what was the judicial
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, received the invocation and pledge, and then dispensed with reading the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. Several guests and pages were introduced, including junior pages, a doctor of the day, Farm Bureau representatives, and other visitors in the galleries. The chamber also recognized a birthday and welcomed a House member to the Senate. On the calendar, the Senate took up several bills and mostly adopted strike-all amendments before passing them, often by morning roll call. These included HB 1646, which increased disaster trust fund transfer limits for declared and non-declared disasters; HB 1649, which authorized additional state fund transfers for Main Street revitalization projects and increased the total authorized expenditure; HB 1653, which kept a local improvements project fund bill alive for possible repurposing of funds, including a Mississippi Valley State residence hall project; and HB 669, which allowed patrons to bring wine into licensed premises with a corkage fee and changed wine shipment reporting from quarterly to semiannual. HB 1620 created an economic zone around the Chevron refinery in Jackson County, and HB 2787 changed school district gas-piping inspection requirements from annual testing to a two-year cycle, with funding support from gas companies. The Senate also handled several concurrence and conference motions on House and Senate bills, including SB 2263 on probable-cause requirements for Marine Resources officers boarding or stopping vessels, SB 2524 establishing the Postsecondary Attainment Council, and SB 2597 involving the ABC warehouse transfer in Madison County, with the chamber choosing not to concur and to invite conference on those items. SB 2368 made technical changes to the higher education legislative plan grant program, and SB 2526 on the Rural Water Oversight Committee returned with changes removing a reverse repealer and shifting administration of some duties to a nonprofit using rural water revolving loan funds. The Senate also tabled motions to reconsider on some items, and one nomination-related motion drew extended remarks about the role of the capital post-conviction counsel office and respect for crime victims.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce May 15th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • request passage of the committee substitute for HB 434 to the local and uncontested calendar, if eligible
  • It requires PUC approval and a showing of ongoing eligibility.
  • It requires PUC approval and a showing of ongoing eligibility, and it provides that utilities must notify
  • And three, all Texans geographically will be eligible.
  • These organizations are also required to write eligible policies, regardless of risk, unlike traditional
Summary: The committee first handled pending business, including reconsidering SB 715 and then voting out several measures. The committee substitute for SB 1978 was reported favorably, and HB 431, HB 1522, HB 1922, HB 3228, HB 3229, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 4219, HB 4238, HB 434, HB 1584, and HB 4739 were all reported favorably, many with objections sent to the local and uncontested calendar. HB 1522 and HB 4238 were adopted as committee substitutes before passage. The committee then moved into public testimony on HB 2963, a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics. Supporters argued it would reduce waste, lower costs, and help independent repair shops by requiring manufacturers to provide parts, tools, and information on fair terms, while opponents said the bill was too broad and the automotive MOU exemption was problematic. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard HB 2467, which would align State Fire Marshal Office investigators’ pay with other commissioned peace officers at TDI; testimony was strongly supportive, emphasizing the office’s arson-investigation role, and the bill was left pending. HB 252, a bill allowing certain state agencies flexibility to pay Schedule A employees twice monthly, was laid out and left pending after limited testimony. HB 2468, dealing with public improvement district notice in real estate transactions, would let buyers terminate within seven days if required PID notice was not provided before contract execution; it drew no public testimony and was left pending. HB 4386, an annuity exchange and surrender process bill, was presented as a consumer-protection measure with deadlines and penalties for insurer delays; it received support from industry witnesses and was left pending. The committee then heard HB 4751, creating the Texas Quantum Initiative within the Governor’s Office to coordinate quantum research, workforce, industry partnerships, and possible future grant funding. Witnesses from universities and industry supported the bill, while several senators questioned whether a new state structure was necessary; the bill was left pending. HJR 175 proposed a constitutional amendment protecting Texans’ right to use mutually agreed forms of exchange, including cash, bullion, digital currency, or private script, and was discussed at length in the context of central bank digital currency and barter; it was left pending after testimony. HB 2221, updating insurance anti-rebating laws to allow wellness and value-added services, drew supportive testimony from the insurance industry and discussion about incentives versus monitoring; it was also left pending. Finally, the committee heard a series of utility wildfire and infrastructure bills: HB 106, requiring oil and gas operators to maintain certain electrical infrastructure near well sites; HB 144, requiring electric utilities to submit pole inspection and management plans to the PUC; and HB 145, requiring wildfire mitigation plans and allowing self-insurance under certain conditions. Utility, insurance, and cooperative witnesses generally supported the wildfire-related bills while asking for clarifications and less burdensome reporting, and the bills were left pending.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:12 pm

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Throughout the sections of this bill, it requires eligibility and requirements.
  • To be eligible, children must be a New Mexico resident from birth through 12.
  • This is a technical error, and so we strike 'is eligible for.'
  • President, to be eligible for this program, To be eligible for this program and to determine the amount
  • So they're eligible no matter what. So, Mr.
Keywords: 996, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House panel considers election security bill, HF2073 3/19/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • on page 12 looks like a more substantive change, but what this effectively is doing is requiring judicial
  • this effectively is doing is requiring this effectively is doing is requiring um<00:04:02.720> judicial
  • <00:04:03.159> officers<00:04:04.000> County<00:04:04.239> attorneys um judicial
  • officers County attorneys um judicial officers County attorneys and<00:04:04.680> County<00:04
  • to vote at election to their eligibility to vote at election to provide<00:08:32.760> for<00:
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Feb 3rd, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, of course, we would assume that everyone is judicious and good actors, and they're going to... .
  • ..would assume that everyone is judicious and good actors and they're going to charge for the increased
  • Now, of course, we would assume that everyone is judicious and good actors, and they're going to I don't
  • know. would assume that everyone is judicious and good actors and they're going to charge for the increased
  • It increases the weight limit for heavy rental trucks that are eligible to receive a permanent registration
Bills: S0260, S1220, S1352, S1362, S1370
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 1362 on advanced air mobility. Senator Harrell described the bill as a framework for vertiports and eVTOL aircraft, but an amendment removed the sales tax exemptions and narrowed the sovereign immunity provisions to vertiports co-located at airports. Supporters said the bill would help Florida lead in emerging aviation technology, while opponents and some members raised concerns about safety, local control, and extending immunity to unproven facilities. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also considered SB 260 on storage of damaged electric vehicles. The bill, as amended, would allow local governments to set a daily administrative fee of up to three times the normal rate for storing EVs with visible battery damage or saltwater intrusion, reflecting fire-safety spacing requirements. Testimony from insurers, towing interests, and fleet operators focused on whether the fee was justified, whether cleanup language could lead to cost shifting, and whether more data reporting should be required. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Members then approved SB 1352, which creates a secure online portal for license plate seizures and related DMV functions, preserves disabled veterans’ plate designations, prohibits license plate covers that obscure plates, and routes online license and ID renewals through county tax collectors. SB 1370 was also reported favorably; it closes a loophole so drivers who never obtained a license can still face habitual traffic offender penalties after repeated offenses. Finally, the committee took up SB 1220, a broad FDOT transportation package. After amendment, it retained provisions on trails, SunTrail, seaports, airports, drone delivery, autonomous vehicle protections, and FDOT coordination on federal funding, while removing the digital driver’s license provision and the rapid rail compact language. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Grantees from the first cohort were eligible to apply for the second cohort as long as they submitted
  • And then there is judicial diversion where a judge can offer a non-violent offender an alternative.
  • rap team from the tribal community a release to the tribal community but those of ultimately our judicial
  • decisions and so that's why judicial education is important I am meeting with at the state level with
  • offered to speak at their institutes that kind of thing and we are helping to author the most current judicial
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 4th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To be eligible to have their records sealed and destroyed.
  • It's public benefits, employment opportunities, housing eligibility, and the freedom to live and work
  • By expanding early voting opportunities, we're helping ensure that every eligible voter can participate
  • All energy storage and industrial heat pump storage eligible for public funding.
  • Assembly Bill 993 expands program eligibility to these counties, increases local capacity to respond
Keywords: 988, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 25th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • $50,000 to be able to make and if they have a um a uh a, a gender neutral bathroom that would be eligible
  • Um, not just within those judicial districts, but one of the things that Senator Antoinet Cedillo Lopez
  • and I worked on was to make sure that You're not bound by the judicial districts based on capabilities
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Session (03/20/2025)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The fiscal note says the Judicial Branch asserts that this bill would eliminate statutory references
  • The Judicial Branch recommends that if the legislature intends to eliminate the magistrate position,
  • The fiscal note says the Judicial Branch asserts that this bill would eliminate statutory references
  • The Judicial Branch recommends that if the legislature intends to eliminate the magistrate position,
  • Only 2% of the eligible population has enrolled.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Education (05/13/2025)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I can't support universal eligibility, just opening the door for everybody.
  • <00:14:48.800> are<00:14:49.040> of eligibility means people who are of eligibility means
  • But what it also does eligibility.
  • So once a student is considered eligible So once a student is considered eligible and<00:23:07.919
  • and they're in and their eligibility and they're in and their eligibility like<00:23:09.840>
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Private areas, you need a judicial warrant to go into.
  • Private areas, you need a judicial warrant to go into.
  • private areas you need a judicial private areas you need a judicial warrant<00:43:04.000> to<
  • So that's a judicial warrant.
  • for this wholesale should be eligible for this wholesale tax<01:34:00.800> rate.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2485, which would require cardiovascular screening for student athletes. The Department of Education and Department of Health said they support the bill’s intent but noted that many screenings are already part of existing school-entry and well-child exams. The Attorney General’s office asked for clarifying language on who performs the screenings, where results go, how “positive findings” are defined, how referrals would work, and whether funding would be appropriated if DOE must hire health professionals. The American Heart Association strongly supported the bill, citing the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes and arguing that sports physicals are an effective opportunity for early detection. No vote was taken, and the committee moved on after testimony. The committee then heard HB 89, concerning a school psychologist working group and possible licensing or credentialing of school psychologists. The Department of Education and Board of Psychology supported the measure. The Hawaii Psychological Association said it supports licensing school psychologists but asked to be included in the working group, arguing it is an important stakeholder. The Hawaii Association of School Psychologists opposed including HPA, saying the issue is between school psychologists and DCCA and that HPA is not part of their organization. Testimony and discussion focused on the long-running disagreement over whether school psychologists should be regulated under the Board of Psychology or another mechanism, and on title protection and scope of practice. No action was reported during this portion. The committee also took up HB 2445, relating to standardized emergency responses for immigration enforcement at or near schools. The Department of Education said it already issued internal law-enforcement guidance and questioned whether the bill was necessary, while also raising concerns about the bill’s 1,000-foot buffer language and the limits of school authority over activity off campus. The Board of Education echoed those concerns and suggested the bill may need clearer definitions. Supporters, including the White Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and an attorney testifying on Know Your Rights training, argued that recent federal changes have increased ICE activity near schools and that a law is needed to ensure clear, public protocols, staff training, and family protections. A student testifier said the measure was a top priority of the state student council. The transcript ends during testimony, with no vote or final committee action shown.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE Mar 5th, 2026

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • across multiple need and asset-based programs and enrolling eligible. redetermining eligibility across
  • “That is the number that are eligible to receive services.
  • So they have applied and they have received eligibility notification.
  • “The schools do assist with eligibility. It’s not just limited to Our Kids B.
  • “Do help administratively with eligibility.
Summary: The committee heard a series of Arkansas Department of Human Services budget presentations and questions, beginning with the Secretary’s Office and then the Division of Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health Services. Staff described the divisions’ appropriations, funding sources, and major programs, including senior centers, Meals on Wheels, mental health grants, substance abuse treatment, community alcohol safety, the Medicaid tobacco settlement program, and crisis stabilization units. Members raised concerns about flat or limited funding for senior services, the use and tracing of federal block grants, the lack of a funding source for the veterans’ mental health grant, and the mechanics of the community alcohol safety and treatment programs. The committee also discussed patient benefits funds at state facilities, transportation for senior center clients, and whether some special-language appropriations or fund balances should be revisited. Executive recommendations were adopted for the divisions considered. The committee then reviewed the Division of Children and Family Services and the Division of County Operations. Questions focused on foster care growth, adoption subsidies, professional fees tied to staff training and onboarding, vacancies, the Children’s Trust Fund, and TANF subgrants. Members asked about the reduction or elimination of TANF funding to child advocacy centers and other subgrantees, and DHS explained that prior reserves had been spent down and that the department was now trying to live within the annual TANF block grant and rebuild reserves. County operations questions also covered summer EBT, SNAP employment and training, the farmers’ market program, and the expected impact of a federal SNAP administrative match change, which DHS estimated would increase state costs by about $24 million annually, with roughly $18 million affecting the current year because the change begins October 1. Executive recommendations were again adopted. Finally, the committee heard from the Division of Developmental Disability Services and the Division of Medical Services. DDS testimony covered vacancies, staffing shortages, human development center construction and repairs, the reopening of the Boonville work training program, and funding for infant infirmary and child/family life programs. Medical Services testimony covered the Medicaid program, the current FMAP rate, the Our Kids B CHIP program, Medicaid payments to schools, nursing home distress funding, and large appropriation lines used to provide flexibility for claims and potential facility closures. Members asked for more detail on school Medicaid payments, reserve balances, and why some appropriations were much larger than actual spending. In each division, the committee moved and adopted Executive REC after questions concluded.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, um, the bill before you is a piece of the judicial branch's policy bill for the year.
  • Shorba from the judicial branch, to um go through it with you and answer any questions you might have
  • I'm the State Court Administrator for the Minnesota Judicial Branch.
  • So, those are the bill. the judicial branch's policy bill for the judicial branch's policy bill for the
  • Administrator for the Minnesota Judicial Administrator for the Minnesota Judicial Branch.<00:13:
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 101 Apr 24th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are screening youth for eligibility and we are applying for those benefits in a timely manner.
  • And eligibility isn’t a one-time question.
  • And eligibility isn’t a one-time question.
  • <04:14:15.520> bill yesterday where we had a judicial bill yesterday where we had a judicial
  • So, I still urge an I vote on this motion to move it back to judicial.
Keywords: 981, all
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 19th, 2026

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They still have to meet all the eligibility. It doesn't change any of that.
  • They still have to meet all the eligibility. It doesn't change any of that.
  • It doesn't change any of eligibility.
  • Whereas it is Alabama judicial system.
  • Whereas Alicia Cannon judicial system.
Keywords: 920, all
Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then quickly handled routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports throughout the day. The chamber first took up House amendments to Senate Bill 19 on insurance, including a changed start date and a bill name honoring David McHanie and Roy Johnson. On a long roll, the Senate concurred 22-0 with one abstention. Senator Singleton then used personal privilege to present a Black History observance highlighting Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., and Mahalia Jackson. Committee reports followed, with the Senate confirming Brandy Williams to the Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards and Education Commission and Lynn Brewer to the Alabama Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors. Senator Singleton spoke at length in support of the trades-related confirmation, emphasizing the importance of skilled labor, contractor oversight, and workforce training, while also discussing the need to support such professions and the role of boards in protecting consumers. The Senate also received favorable reports from Judiciary, Education Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Tourism, and Local Legislation on a range of bills, many with amendments or substitutes, and placed them on the next day’s calendar. In motions and resolutions, Senator Elliott recommitted Senate Bill 310 to local legislation and introduced Senate Joint Resolution 50 honoring Coach Tim Carter, which was sent to rules. The Senate adopted Senate Joint Resolution 51 mourning Junior Harold Sorrells and several House resolutions from the Rules Committee, including recognitions for the Alabama State Games, Mack McCutcheon’s retirement, the Black pioneers of Macon County, Alicia Cannon, Joseph William Jones Jr., and Louis Vuitton the Pitbull Day. The chamber also recognized several school leaders in the gallery and then moved into local bills, beginning with Senate Bill 266, a proposed constitutional amendment regarding Covington County, for which a bill reading was requested using the previous roll.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Thu Mar 5, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're just asking to include our farmers that are in Department of Agriculture ag parks to be eligible
  • <00:48:35.359> for agriculture egg parks to be eligible for agriculture egg parks to be eligible
  • <00:58:38.079> proceedings<00:58:38.640> involving judicial proceedings involving judicial
  • First up, we have judicial proceedings.
  • the window for filing a judicial the window for filing a judicial challenge<00:59:29.839> to<
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1531, HD1, which would require the governor or county mayors to provide American Sign Language interpreters during official emergency announcements broadcast on television or the internet, ensure the interpreter is visible, and provide a primary pool feed with picture-in-picture so rebroadcasters would not need to add the feature themselves. Testimony from the Disability and Communication Access Board and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities strongly supported the bill, emphasizing effective communication for deaf and hard-of-hearing residents and noting that interpreter placement and size can make broadcasts inaccessible. The council requested an effective date of July 1, 2027 to allow implementation time. Members raised concerns about interpreter availability and emergency logistics on Hawaiʻi Island, but the chair moved to pass the bill with amendments reflecting the picture-in-picture recommendation and the later effective date. The committee adopted the motion, with several members voting aye and others voting with reservations. The committee then heard House Bill 1880, HD2, which would prohibit, beginning January 1, 2027, the use or application of pesticides containing 1,3-dichloropropene, such as Telone. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity explained that pesticides are already regulated at both the federal and state levels, with EPA risk assessments and state enforcement of label restrictions, reporting, and school-buffer requirements. The Hawaii Public Health Institute supported the bill, citing cancer and respiratory risks and arguing that safer alternatives exist. In opposition, Dole Food and the Hawaii Farm Bureau said Telone is important for controlling nematodes in pineapple production, that it is applied underground under EPA conditions, and that no comparable registered alternative exists for pineapple; they also said the bill’s 2027 start date is too short for growers to adjust. A representative from the Y Alliance for Progressive Action and Support supported the measure, citing statewide usage data and concerns about drift and chronic health impacts. Committee members questioned both sides about drift monitoring, groundwater impacts, alternative methods, and whether a transition period or research into resistant varieties could reduce reliance on the chemical.
IN

Indiana 2026 Regular Session

Friday, Feb. 27 part 1

Indiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We will now move to the Senate Conference Committee reports eligible for action.
  • Members of the Senate, that conference committee removed the language in the bill concerning judicial
  • And the way you're going to enforce this upon me is to basically expose me to the judicial system with
  • I don't like to enforce a bill to see if I'm eligible for it or not.
  • I don't like to enforce a bill to see if I'm eligible for it or not, waiting for a cause of action by
Keywords: 964, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Pursuant to KRS 45.769, the judicial and executive branches, as well as post-secondary institutions managing
  • 54.720> to<00:01:54.799> KS<00:01:55.280> 45769 Pursuant to KRS 45.769, the judicial
  • if the RFP were written in such a narrow way that it minimized those that believed they were even eligible
  • <00:10:25.040> even those that believed they were even those that believed they were even eligible
  • So we didn't get anyone else eligible. So we didn't get anyone else to<00:10:28.320> submit.
Summary: The committee met with quorum, approved the September meeting minutes, and received a set of information reports on capital projects, debt, school district bond issues, UK and KCTCS asset preservation projects, and the Louisville Arena Authority’s financial report, with the latter noted as lengthy and expected to be discussed further in person in December. The committee also heard a Finance and Administration Cabinet lease report covering three leases: a temporary lease for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Louisville due to ongoing maintenance and safety issues at its current site, a Department of Juvenile Justice lease in Hardin County for a day-treatment/alternative school program, and a Warren County lease renewal. Members questioned the Hardin County lease about the higher rate and limited competition; agency staff explained the specialized school setting, transportation and program requirements, and the difficulty of attracting bidders for alternative-school space. The lease package was approved after roll call. The committee then considered seven economic development grants: four EDF grants and three KPDI grants. The projects included infrastructure for Allen County’s industrial park, flood-related repairs for Weddington Plaza in the Big Sandy area, an Owensboro manufacturing expansion for Mscan America, a new Louisville manufacturing facility for Anthro Energy, a Henderson due-diligence study, a Paducah spec building, and utility extensions for the Riverbend site in Carrollton. Staff said the projects had been approved by KEFA and recommended by the relevant cabinet leadership, and the committee approved them by roll call. Finally, the committee reviewed a new Kentucky Housing Corporation conduit bond issue for about $43 million for 233 Louisville housing units, which was approved. It then took up five SFCC debt issues together: new money for an Edmonson County elementary school and Knox County middle school gym improvements, plus refundings for Callaway, Hardin, and McCracken counties. Members raised concerns that the refundings were bundled together and that some did not appear to meet a newly referenced 3% net present value savings guideline, but the package was still approved on a 5-2 vote. The meeting ended with calendar updates, including a November 20 meeting at noon and a December 16 meeting featuring the Yum Arena presentation, followed by adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • or operators are failing to obtain criminal history records for people who they know will not be eligible
  • Their opinion is not subject to judicial review or congressional intervention.
  • It is a composite DNA that is eligible for patent eligibility as upheld by Supreme Court ruling.
  • And so the result of all of that was that they became eligible to have their rights terminated under
  • The Supreme Court noted that our judicial antenna is raised and attuned to potential misuse of O.