Video & Transcript Research : 'reasonable accommodation'
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/21/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Does anybody need to be reviewing those changes to make sure that they're just and reasonable?
- and reasonable? and reasonable?
- Was there any specific reason why no contracts were entered?
- I don't see any reason why we would do that.
- I don't see any reason why we would do that.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- The reason that we wanted to do that in the first place was to make sure that we had access for people
- Um the reason<00:02:07.560>
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Summary:
The House first took up S. 298, the Vermont Voting Rights Act. Members explained the Senate’s further proposal of amendment, including changes to language about how the State Ethics Commission may respond to ethics inquiries, a directive for the Secretary of State and Ethics Commission to work out a shared process for the candidate financial disclosure form by January 30, and a technical PAC-related wording change. The committee reported an 11-0-0 vote in favor, and the House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment.
The chamber then suspended rules to take up S. 328, the omnibus housing bill, and heard detailed committee reports from General and Housing, Ways and Means, and Appropriations. The bill addresses common interest community resources, a service-supported housing advisory council, expansion of the 10% for Vermont program to 12.5%, an off-site construction accelerator pilot, VHFA’s rental housing revolving loan program, special assessment districts, municipal housing planning requirements, and several reports on housing-related issues. Ways and Means described revenue impacts from the cash-balance expansion and revised the off-site construction pilot and loan program language; Appropriations removed a section already included in the budget and adjusted advisory council per diem funding. The House adopted the amendments, ordered third reading, suspended rules to place the bill in all remaining stages, passed it in concurrence with proposal of amendment, and messaged the action to the Senate forthwith.
The House then suspended rules to take up S. 197, relating to payment reform for primary care. The House Health Care Committee recommended a strike-all amendment, saying the health care system is in crisis, premiums are rising, access to primary care is limited, and clinicians are burdened by documentation and administrative work. The committee vote on its amendment was 10-0-1, and the bill was also referred to Ways and Means and Appropriations because of fiscal implications. The transcript cuts off as the House was beginning consideration of the bill.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- There's really no reason for it.
- There's really no reason for it.
- The reason why I did that, and the reason why I will continue to testify the way I have testified on
- The reason why I did that and the reason The reason why I did that and the reason why<01:24:06.000
- When we all are reasonable doubt.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Jul 8th, 2025
Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact
Transcript Highlights:
- For these reasons I respectfully ask I vote on AJR 14 to ensure California continue to prioritize and
- For these reasons, we ask for your aye vote. and our California Retailers Association.
- I'm very familiar with the Bagley-Keene Act and appreciate that you've made some accommodations and amendments
- It's one of the reasons that I have not supported the move to go all electronic, because I really think
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- those issues this summer, especially with medically complex children and all of a sudden for some reason
- are they located and so that we can ramp up staffing in those particular counties to be able to accommodate
- creates a defense to the crime unlawfully sheltering or eating reminders where the defendant had reasonable
- cause to believe that hers his or her action was had reasonable cause to believe that hers his or her
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 26th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would also require high schools to provide reasonable accommodations for those activities.
- Creating learning environments free from cell phones during our school day is essential for two reasons
- There are a lot of reasons that they recommend that you not have them.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee Feb 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- ONE OF THE REASONS THIS BILL CAME ABOUT WAS THAT.
- WE HAVE SEEN AGENCIES DRAG THEIR FEET ON IMPLEMENTING AND WE HEAR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS AND
- CHANGES IN THE LAW IN 2024 DO IN FACT REQUIRE IN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT AND ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE
- BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE WAY TO GO THROUGH THE REASON IS OUR WORKER, JUDGES ON ONE SIDE OF THE
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-29 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to an identified or identifiable individual or to a device that identifies, is linked to, or is reasonably
- ...an identified or identifiable individual or to a device that identifies, is linked to, or is reasonably
- Were processed for an automated decision, question the result, be informed of the reason, review the
- Collecting the personal data of consumers to what is reasonably necessary and proportionate in relation
- . 220, they both left, the Senate had ramped things down every year, and we had a series of... ...reasons
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 12th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Environmental Protection Agency and are able to install, at a reasonable cost, a filtration system to
- And the reason is that we are very interested... ...against the bill.
- And the reason is that we are very interested, and we really agree that good water quality is something
- The Rural Water Association is more than willing to find an accommodation to address the concerns.
- This bill is not only reasonable, it's essential, and beyond that, it's fiscally responsible.
Keywords:
outboard motors, certificate of title, vessel regulation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, marine documentation, HB 685, municipal utility rates, water rates, sewer rates, local government code, rate discrimination, tax-exempt entities, sales tax exemption, ad valorem tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, charitable organizations, municipal water service, municipal sewer service, utility billing, public utilities
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with no quorum at the start, but later reached quorum and took up several bills. House Bill 2692, codifying the San Antonio River Authority’s enabling legislation and making non-substantive modernization changes, received brief supportive testimony from the River Authority and was left pending before later being voted out favorably. House Bill 685, which would prevent municipalities from charging higher water or sewer rates to tax-exempt entities than comparable customers, also drew support and was reported favorably. House Bill 1318, clarifying compensation issues when a municipality decertifies part of a retail water utility’s service area, was heard without opposition and passed out of committee. House Bill 630, exempting certain older outboard motors from title requirements, likewise passed and was placed on the local and uncontested calendar.
The committee spent the most time on Senate Bill 2497, relating to filtration systems for certain public drinking water systems. Senator Zaffirini described the bill as a response to ongoing secondary water quality complaints, while TCEQ testified that such contaminants are aesthetic rather than health-based and that the water remains safe to drink if primary standards are met. The Texas Rural Water Association opposed the bill as written, arguing filtration may not solve most water quality problems and could be costly for small systems, while a consumer witness from Floresville supported it and described repeated rate increases and brown water after a filtration system was removed. Members discussed narrowing the bill through a committee substitute and emphasized the need for flexibility and technical expertise; the committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, with Senator Kolkhorst later asking to be recorded as voting no.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 2850, which would create a pollinator task force to study habitat loss, public education, and best practices for protecting bees and other pollinators. Senator Menendez and invited witness Erica Thompson of Texas BeeWorks highlighted major colony losses and the economic importance of pollinators to Texas agriculture, and Environment Texas and the Texas Beekeepers Association supported the measure. Members discussed monarch butterflies, native grasses, milkweed, and conservation efforts, and the bill was reported favorably and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. After testimony, the committee also voted out several pending items, including House Bill 5560 with a committee substitute addressing water-loss penalties and infrastructure improvements, and then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 3 - 05/17/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I would like to listen to more discussion on this, but the reason I asked the questions to the author
- REASON I ASKED THE QUESTIONS TO THE AUTHOR SEN.
- The reason this is particularly important on the Iron Range is because our mining economy is central
- The reason this is particularly important on the Iron Range is because our mining economy is central
- what I have seen over this project itself is they have accommodated fully to protect the landowners
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-10 (11:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The reason why I had an issue with the retroactivity is because when a teacher is a mandatory reporter
- You do not get to ask for accommodations of a bill, have your accommodations made to the bill, and then
- This is the reason why we're here.
- He's never had any special accommodations. Went to the University of Florida.
- And, you know, there's a practical reason why I think this amendment is important.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for Army Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum and journal business before taking up the special order calendar. Several bills were explained and moved through amendment and final passage, including CS/SB 590 on the statute of limitations for mandatory reporters’ child-abuse reporting violations, which was clarified on the floor to apply prospectively only and passed 111-0. CS/SB 418 on law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism spectrum disorder was amended to align with the House version and passed 111-0. The chamber also recognized Spina Bifida Week and guests in the gallery before considering additional measures.
Members then passed CS/CS/SB 1668 on the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA), described as preserving the program’s actuarial soundness, by a 112-0 vote; CS/SB 1246 on the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund, expanded to support broader health science education programs and non-health-care partner contributions, by 112-0; CS/CS/SB 1404 on memory care facility standards by 111-0; CS/CS/SB 1030 on recovery residences, including transfer-of-ownership and MAT-related provisions, by 168-0; CS/CS/SB 178 on athletics in public K-12 schools, allowing limited coach support for student welfare with parental consent and other guardrails, by 112-0; CS/CS/SB 422 on automatic dependent surveillance broadcasts, limiting use of ADS-B data for airport billing, by 108-2; and CS/CS/SB 598 on funeral, cemetery, and consumer services, modernizing licensure and exclusivity rules, by 111-0.
The House also took up CS/SB 1134 on official actions of local governments and DEI-related restrictions. The sponsor argued the bill would prohibit counties and municipalities from official DEI actions and related funding while preserving numerous exceptions for holidays, observances, public safety, and other activities. Members asked extensive questions about how the bill would affect local programs, events, and offices, and Representative Gant offered an amendment to narrow the bill’s DEI definition by removing two prongs; debate centered on vagueness, enforcement, and local-government impacts. The transcript cuts off during consideration of that amendment, so no final action on the bill is shown. The session also included lengthy farewell remarks from Representatives Eskamani and Overdorf, reflecting on their service, staff, constituents, and policy priorities.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- tendons being severed, and I believe it is cruel and unusual and should not be performed for any other reason
- As a result, it is unlawful for the owner of any housing accommodation to discriminate against any person
- The reason I'm speaking today is I'm concerned.
- Life sentences are given for a reason, and indeterminate terms are reserved for serious criminal acts
- To be blunt, life sentences are given for a reason, and indeterminate terms are reserved for serious
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on April 23, 2025, with a large regular-order agenda and first approved a consent calendar covering many bills. Several measures were then heard individually, with most receiving support from sponsors and stakeholder groups and no formal opposition in the room, though some bills drew respectful opposition or no votes. The committee also read and deemed approved a lengthy suspense calendar before taking up additional bills and public comment.
Among the bills discussed, AB 263 would extend temporary flow regulations on the Smith and Shasta Rivers for five years or until permanent rules are completed; AB 309 would remove the sunset on pharmacists’ ability to provide sterile syringes without a prescription to support HIV and hepatitis prevention; AB 631 would require animal shelters to post intake and outcome data online; AB 792 would allow consolidation of bargaining for court interpreters; AB 867 would ban cat declawing except when medically necessary; AB 1206 would require pre-approved housing plans for small residential projects; AB 787 would require health plans to better help patients find in-network providers; AB 596 would protect workers’ right to wear face coverings unless unsafe; AB 282 would allow housing providers to prefer voucher holders without violating source-of-income discrimination law; AB 738 would create a limited rebuilding exemption for disaster survivors from newer solar requirements; AB 566 would require browsers and mobile operating systems to make global privacy opt-outs easier; and AB 622 would clarify CDCR’s authority to award credits to people serving indeterminate sentences who complete rehabilitation programming.
Most of these bills were reported out on roll calls, often with bipartisan or limited dissent. AB 309, AB 631, AB 792, AB 867, AB 1206, AB 787, AB 596, AB 282, AB 738, AB 566, and AB 622 all advanced, while AB 263 also moved forward despite opposition from the Siskiyou Board of Supervisors and the California Farm Bureau. AB 622 generated the most extensive debate, with supporters emphasizing rehabilitation, parole-board review, and cost savings, and opponents warning about public safety and the impact on serious violent offenders. The meeting ended after brief public comment on several other bills on the suspense file and then adjournment.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, the reason we've been given that the lake closure was over a zebra mussel that we do not have a problem
- Now we think at least that we should be afforded a good, honest reason why this situation is happening
- We don't have the staff or the resources to completely... ...redesign everything we have to accommodate
- That's the only reason why people are...
- That's the only reason why people are riding on paved roads—to get from one place to the next.
Keywords:
HB352, cotton, cotton bale assessment, cotton levy, cotton producers, agriculture, forestry, Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee, per bale fee, commodity assessment, producer referendum, cotton sales tax, Alabama Code 2-8-199, cotton commission, agricultural funding, HB366, Lakyn Canine Act, police dog, K9, K-9
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider S.527, to require the Federal Trade Commission to study the role of intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations, S.1040, to amend the Federal Trade Commis Apr 3rd, 2025 at 09:15 am
Senate Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- No other prosecutor in this large D.C. office would sign the pleading for the same reasons.
- Barton for many of the reasons that the Ranking Member has articulated.
- This is a reasonable change to the bill that I think will only improve it and at the same time protect
- One of the reasons is that big pharmaceutical companies, big pharma, are able to game the patent system
- colleagues, Senator Coons and Senator Lee, well-founded concerns in the abstract, and we will seek to accommodate
Keywords:
drug competition, product hopping, generic drugs, biosimilars, federal regulations, FTC Act, patent, biological products, healthcare access, affordable prescriptions, Medicare, Federal Trade Commission, sham petitions, competition, public health, unfair competition, healthcare, pharmaceutical, antitrust law, pay-for-delay
Summary:
The meeting focused on addressing the high cost of prescription drugs and the abusive practices that contribute to elevated prices affecting American families. Several bills were presented, including proposals to end pay-for-delay deals and to enhance transparency in the operations of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The discussion was notable for its emphasis on consumer protection and ensuring that cheaper generic drugs reach the market more effectively. Members expressed frustration over past attempts to pass similar legislation stalling in the Senate, leading to renewed efforts to push these bills forward.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- reasonable, right?
- We talk about a reasonable accommodation, and even you ready for this one, Madam President?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Transportation panel considers bill to implement electronic MN driver's licenses, IDs 3/26/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- multiple discussions regarding mobile ID, and we're confident that the MNDOT system is capable of accommodating
- had multiple discussions regarding mobile ID, and we're confident that the system is capable of accommodating
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Protecting Public Trust / Prioritizing Infrastructure Projects / Offering Students More Choices Mar 27th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It would also accommodate anybody that requests a non-dairy beverage, almond or other alternative milk
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/16/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And the reason we need to do this is for some of those same reasons that people have been talking about
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like trying to accommodate, like trying to accommodate, like Representative - the reasons that they were out. Right. the reasons that they were out. Right.
- Reasonable people can work through reasonable problems to get to reasonable solutions and have reasonable
- Reasonable people can work through reasonable problems to get to reasonable solutions and have reasonable
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 016 Jan 30th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jul 1st, 2026
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- For these reasons, U.S.
- It's for all the reasons why this is important.
- And so I just want to accommodate, I think, the way these things are done.
- And so for reliability reasons, we've been able to bring those new resources online.
- And I use the word portfolio for a reason.