Video & Transcript Research : 'background checks'
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VT
Transcript Highlights:
- See if it's possible to use it to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- scholarship granting organization to provide scholarships to students of, you know, disadvantaged backgrounds
- We're out doing what we're doing on the campaign trail or not, check in with your schools.
- Check in with your superintendents.
- They were humming along in the background, getting the work done.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Jan 8th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- So just a little background, the questions were developed based on that literature review and our committee
- Emily Rankle replied that, after checking her notes, she believed it was Idaho.
- It was, let me double check my notes, but I believe it was Idaho.
- These provide fundamental background on key policy... ...bulked up some of their publications for new
- These provide fundamental background on key policy issues, and I've linked the fiscal analysis division's
Summary:
The Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee met with a quorum, approved the previous meeting minutes, and heard an update from Garty Consulting on the interim study of legislative term limits. The consultants outlined their research plan and preliminary themes, including loss of institutional knowledge, shifts in power toward executive agencies and lobbyists, reduced long-term policy capacity, faster leadership turnover, and recruitment/support challenges. They also described possible recommendation categories ranging from constitutional and statutory changes to procedural and cultural adjustments. Committee members asked about how other states repealed term limits, how the public survey would address perceptions of term limits, and how stakeholder focus groups would be selected. The committee also heard a presentation from NCSL on term limits in other states, including examples from Nevada, Montana, and Colorado, with discussion of training programs, staffing changes, annual-session debates, bill limits, and impacts on decorum and leadership continuity. Several members requested follow-up data on part-time versus full-time legislatures, taxpayer costs, and nonpartisan staff devoted to oversight.
The committee then considered revisions to the legislature’s workplace harassment policy and related forms. Legislative Council explained changes that clarified the definition of harassment, added captions for readability, extended several deadlines, allowed informal resolution before a review panel is appointed, clarified the role of Legislative Council in intake and documentation, and updated confidentiality/open-records language. Members, especially Senator Hogan, said the revisions better formalize the role of counsel and provide a less intimidating path for resolving complaints. The committee adopted the revised policy and forms by roll call vote.
Finally, the committee approved a motion to enter executive session at 1:00 p.m. to review the results of a capital threat assessment and discuss legislator security, citing the applicable open-meetings exemptions. Members were instructed to limit discussion to the stated purpose and not take final action until returning to open session.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 18, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- So the Mark Allen, 2 questions, one with a little background information. My professional life.
- And then maybe just give us a little background on the new pipelines since things have kind of come back
- They go through the pipeline and they they check the integrity of the pie.
- And so we'll go in and check that depending on the area depend on population in the area.
- some of your major, major suppliers. >> Anyone else want to tackle that that are kind of varied backgrounds
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, so, this non-disclosure... if I were to go on one of the background sites, if this were implemented
- after a certain period of time, if I were to go on one of the background sites and pay for a background
- check, you're saying that it wouldn't show up...
- Just to check before you get started, Lynelle Hanks, we have you registered as yourself and against the
Keywords:
mental health, women's health, county jail, depression screening, criminal justice, inmate release, identification certificate, Texas Department of Corrections, personal identification, driver's license, state law, reentry services, nondisclosure, criminal history, criminal defendants, community supervision, misdemeanors, felonies, rehabilitation, hearsay
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- make sure that we have a person in the classroom that’s teaching health and wellness with that background
- You checked those boxes. So, I went with ... >> All right. How about Barrett? Christina. budget.
- You checked those boxes. So, >> Oh, sorry. You checked those boxes.
- So, and I might also give a little background on that. We were all sitting there. We broke away.
- We were all sitting background on that.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 25th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The pro tem explained well Sister Michelle's background, achievements, all of which she brought to us
- ACA 20 gives the legislature a blank check for debt. Members, I urge that no one support this bill.
- But let's check them out a little bit, because some of them have had a little bit of Austin Powers to
- It requires an initial background check before activating a ride-share driver and annual background checks
- so proud and part of what brings our identity together: we have such a strong, diverse cultural background
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- be stored by a third party, and at that hearing third parties must agree to undergo a firearms background
- check, and they must also sign an affidavit acknowledging receipt of the firearms, and really making
- parties must agree to undergo a third parties must agree to undergo a firearms<01:00:02.640>
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Summary:
The House first debated House Bill 527, extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. chapter 248A, which governs telecom tower siting. Members discussed a Senate proposal of amendment that would require a mandatory local hearing with the developer and the Department of Public Service present. Supporters said the change would improve public participation and local control, especially for rural towns, while opponents argued it could either stall telecom development or speed it up with less input. Several members also raised concerns about health effects of RF radiation and cited scientific studies and court actions, while others said they had not seen evidence of the harms claimed and emphasized the importance of connectivity. A proposed further amendment to shorten the sunset to one year was defeated by roll call, 52-89, and the House then concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment by roll call, 122-14.
The House then took up House Bill 686, relating to expanding identification of certain lobbying advertisements. After suspending rules, members heard a summary of the Senate’s strike-all amendment, which broadened the definition of lobbying communications and required clearer identification and reporting for paid lobbying ads, while avoiding duplicate reporting where campaign finance disclosures already apply. The Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee reported a 10-1-1 straw poll in favor, and the House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment.
Next, the House considered Senate Bill 326, miscellaneous amendments to motor vehicle laws. The Transportation Committee described the changes as largely technical, including provisions related to hands-free cell phone use for commercial drivers and to mufflers, motorcycles, and annual inspections. After testimony from Legislative Council and the Department of Motor Vehicles, the committee recommended concurrence on a 9-1-1 straw poll, and the House concurred and then voted to message its action to the Senate forthwith. The chamber also took up the conference report on House Bill 642, youthful offender proceedings, with the conference committee restoring House language allowing victims to attend and present impact statements at both hearings and making several technical cross-reference corrections; the report was presented for House consideration.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It clarifies that a landlord needs to do a background check if he wants to rely on evicting somebody
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WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Topics Meeting, March 5, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- , House Bill 166 from 2009, which would allow people who are not a certified vet to be able to pre-check
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- before we [snorts] some some background before we [snorts] some even<00:24:54.960>
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Summary:
The committee met briefly to hear and sort through interim topic proposals, with members noting they needed to finish quickly before floor work. The first topic, from Representative Banks and Representative Ottman, would allow non-veterinarians to perform pre-check pregnancy testing on cattle to help address veterinary shortages, while still requiring a certified veterinarian for cattle sold as bred. No public testimony was offered, and the committee agreed to move through the full list and rank topics later rather than taking an immediate vote.
A second topic, brought by the County Commissioners Association through Jeremiah Ryman and Joy Hill, concerned subdivision fencing laws. Hill said recent statutory changes moved fencing requirements into the subdivision statutes, creating cost and planning problems for developers and county officials. She said the preferred option would be repeal; if not, counties should have flexibility to exempt some subdivisions, and at minimum the law should be clarified because key terms and requirements are unclear. The committee asked a few questions and then moved on.
Representative Davis and Holly Kennedy of the Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts discussed updating conservation district statutes. Kennedy said districts are currently barred from borrowing money for major purchases and that election rules can force board members to vacate seats if they move within the district but outside their original locality. The association supported revisiting those provisions. The committee also heard a topic on comparing recreation rules on state lands and federal lands, with the sponsor saying the goal was to identify disparities and possible improvements.
Later topics included preventing orphaned water rights, with Keith Kennedy of the Wyoming Association of Irrigation Districts asking for statutory clarification so water rights are properly transferred during divisions and not forfeited, especially in small subdivisions and family exemptions. Another proposal from Representative Ottman addressed a tribal buffalo issue involving whether animals crossing between reservation land and fee land are treated as wildlife or domestic animals; members emphasized the topic was for information and discussion rather than legislation. Senator Pearson also proposed revisiting fence-out laws for livestock to give landowners more protection when repeatedly dealing with wandering animals, while others cautioned that any changes would need to be handled carefully because of differing livestock rules and the state’s fence-in/fence-out framework. Finally, Senator Hicks raised livestock identification concerns, arguing producers should retain flexibility under prior law to identify animals as they choose and that veterinarians should not be forced into new federal tagging requirements.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Jan 28th, 2026
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- You have to complete required application materials, fees, and criminal background check.
- /c> application materials, fees, and application materials, fees, and criminal<00:40:31.359>
background - <00:40:31.839>
check. - criminal background check. criminal background check.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 15th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- FDLE's systems and networks, which support all of the criminal justice agencies and provide the background
- screening services for background checks and all that kind of stuff.
- I would think it would be fairly consistent, but I would want to check the budget just to make sure I'm
- I give that background because education is something that's critically important to me, and we want
- I have something called data check-ins, and I'll talk about that as well.
Summary:
The committee met to hear an overview of the Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice budget area and then received performance-measure presentations from the Department of Corrections, the Commission on Offender Review, and the Department of Juvenile Justice. Staff reviewed the roughly $7.4 billion criminal justice and judiciary budget, noting major funding areas such as corrections, law enforcement, victim services, courts, and due process, along with recent investments in prison health care, security equipment, fentanyl enforcement, court staffing, and juvenile justice salaries and education programs.
Secretary Dixon of the Department of Corrections described staffing and population pressures, including growth in inmate population, overtime-driven deficits, and the opening of additional housing units. He emphasized the department’s use of performance measures and highlighted reforms such as incentivized prisons, administrative management units, reentry planning, faith-based programs, and expanded education and vocational training. Members asked about teacher hiring, public defender pay parity, fentanyl funding, staffing capacity, and the role of the National Guard; Dixon said teacher vacancies had improved, public defenders had received comparable pay increases, fentanyl funding would be addressed further by FDLE, and the Guard had helped stabilize staffing.
The Commission on Offender Review reported on parole, conditional release, addiction recovery supervision, and revocations, saying its recidivism/success rates had improved over a three-year measurement period. Senator Rouson pressed the commission on clemency and pardons, saying that work was omitted from the presentation and asking for backlog and case data; the commission said it did not have those figures on hand and would follow up. The committee also discussed a conditional medical release pilot study, and members questioned the report’s conclusion that no suitable elderly inmate population could be identified, asking what criteria were used and whether stakeholders were consulted.
Secretary Hall of the Department of Juvenile Justice outlined the agency’s prevention-to-residential continuum and its emphasis on education, data-driven decision-making, and evidence-based programming. He said salary increases had reduced vacancies, juvenile arrests and residential commitments had fallen sharply over time, and tools such as civil citations, risk assessments, and quality-improvement reviews were being used to guide placements and services. Hall also described the department’s use of dashboards, monthly data check-ins, and the dispositional matrix to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 3, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- SINCE THE LAUNCH THE NEW SINGLE SIGN ON TOOL HAS BEEN USED FOR ACCESS TO THE BACKGROUND SCREENING CLEARINGHOUSE
- PAYMENT ERROR RATE FINDINGS THE AGENCY HAS HAD AROUND RISK BASED SCREENINGS BY HAVING THOSE AUTOMATED CHECKS
- WE ALSO HAVE AGAIN THE WORK IVV DOES TO CHECK AGAINST WHETHER THAT'S ACCURATE SO WE, THAT PERCENTAGE
- SO THERE ARE CONSTANT CHECK INS AND ANY DEVIATION HAS TO BE REPORTED TO CMS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT PUTTING
- I CERTAINLY WOULD GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT AND IF THERE HAS BEEN AN INSTANCE I WILL REPORT BACK
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I just think that we'll be giving them a blank check on this.
- the background of officers so that they would not get in there like bullies, etc.
- here, I was also thinking another way to do it would be if the parents had access to go online to check
- Again, I'm thinking that if you've got a teenager, you might want to start checking with that.
- What your bill does, and you may even want to give some background, that's great.
Keywords:
law enforcement, immunity, civil liability, use of force, recruitment, bail reform, cash deposit, judicial discretion, criminal justice, Alabama law, youthful offender, capital murder, public safety, victims' rights, juvenile offenders, delinquent acts, juvenile court, nonfelony offenses, water safety offenses, HB285
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Vets Committee Meeting - 2025-03-19
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- We have gone through the process of the background check.
- So, a little bit of background: again, my name is Ben.
- That agency took his check for $2,000, cashed it, and they didn't even process the power of attorney,
- Just doing a time check.
- will say is Representative Olson, the good news is what I heard from both are today, and also when I checked
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 17th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- In the background of this one, because this is a world most of you do not live in, in Harrods.
- department has ultimate authority to say, okay, yes, the terms of the contract are accepted. so that's a check
- and a balance against the Sheriff's Department just as there's a check and a balance against every department
- So it's a good relationship of checks and balances, a division and a separate cooperation of power between
- My background, part of this, I was our county EMC and administrator.
Keywords:
law enforcement, sheriff, constable, contracts, county governance, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales, seasonal fireworks sales, Fourth of July, Independence Day
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Steven Bradbury, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation. Feb 20th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- ironing clothes for 75 cents an hour and working nights in a bakery to supplement our Social Security checks
- Court, two of our greatest jurists. and greatest Americans, though coming from completely opposite backgrounds
- If you go to the auto shows, like I like to do, you can get in them and check it out.
- the supervision of the secretary are employees of the department. and go through all the conflicts checks
- So I believe there is a conflicts check process that goes through...
Keywords:
transportation, air traffic control, safety regulations, Boeing 737 MAX, Department of Transportation, infrastructure funding, public safety, legislative oversight
Summary:
The committee meeting addressed several pressing issues concerning transportation, particularly focusing on the need for improved safety standards and efficient management at the Department of Transportation. Specific discussions revolved around air traffic control, with members highlighting the urgency for a significant upgrade in systems and personnel. Notably, concerns were raised regarding past practices, especially the handling of safety regulations during the Boeing 737 MAX incidents. The committee expressed a clear intent to ensure rigorous safety oversight moving forward, emphasizing that the health and safety of the public must remain the top priority in all legislative and funding decisions.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Professional Registration and Licensing Apr 29th, 2026
Professional Registration and Licensing
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently, there isn't a check on license renewals to confirm that an individual has kept up with their
- Currently, there isn't a check on license renewals to confirm that an individual has kept up with their
- This act requires a candidate applying for licensure as a physician to submit to a criminal background
- check and furnish certain educational and experience documents.
Summary:
The Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing heard Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1083, which combines several professional licensing changes. The senator presenting the bill explained that the respiratory therapy section would require an active RRT credential to practice in Missouri, while preserving a grandfather clause for current CRT licensees, and would add random renewal audits to confirm active credentials. The Senate-added provisions also addressed interior designers, physician licensure background checks and disclosure of out-of-state discipline, reduced the required experience for social worker supervisors from five years to three, and allowed speech-language pathologists to complete clinical fellowships under supervision of licensed SLPs in good standing from any state. During questioning, Representative Nolte disputed the claim that the interior design board was in full agreement with the bill, while the sponsor and an industry witness said the profession had negotiated changes through board-related channels.
Testimony in support came from representatives of the Missouri Society for Respiratory Care, the Interior Designers Association, the Missouri Speech-Language and Hearing Association, the National Association of Social Workers–Missouri Chapter, Burrell Behavioral Health, and FGA Action. Supporters described the respiratory therapy language as a patient-safety measure, the interior design language as a scope-of-practice and business-cost reduction measure, the speech-language pathologist provision as a technical fix to ease licensure and compact participation, and the social work change as a needed response to supervisor shortages, especially in rural areas. No opposition testimony was offered.
The committee then went into executive session on SB 1083, adopted an amendment that included additional cleanup and related licensing changes, rolled the amendment into the committee substitute, and voted the House Committee Substitute for Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1083 do pass. The roll call passed 21-1, with Representative Nolte voting no. The chair announced there were no further bills before the committee and adjourned.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Frank Bisignano, of New Jersey, to be Commissioner of Social Security Administration. Mar 31st, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Finance Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Bisognano really did participate in that process and he has a background that that's why he's being hired
- They're still withholding his money, his most recent check. They're still withholding his payment.
- The head of the commerce department said well if his mother-in-law misses a check no big deal it's frosters
- Part-time a retired teacher from Jessup, Georgia says her social security check is her only income and
Keywords:
Frank Bisignano, Social Security Administration, Doge, nomination, committee, customer service, staffing issues, Senate
Summary:
The meeting of the Finance Committee primarily focused on the nomination of Frank Bisignano for Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Members discussed the nominee's qualifications extensively, raising concerns about his past connections to Doge and the implications for Social Security. Several Senators expressed doubts about Bisignano's ability to improve the existing issues faced by the Social Security Administration, particularly related to staffing, customer service, and the potential for service cuts that could ultimately harm beneficiaries. The atmosphere was contentious, with divisive opinions visible among the committee members as they scrutinized Bisignano's past dealings and strategies.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/18/26 - Afternoon Meeting
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- that out, you um that that can check that out, you know,<00:24:19.840>
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- And just a little background here.
- And just a little background<01:17:33.920>
here. - So, I have two background here.
Keywords:
libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, campaign finance, elections, political contributions, disclosure, reporting thresholds, economic interest statements, financial disclosure, ethics, public officials, local officials, metropolitan governmental unit, metropolitan area, candidate filings, principal campaign committee, political committee
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and I haven't checked, but I believe there's other areas of law that specify applicant A, applicant
- As a little bit of background, before this life I was a medical device analyst.
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wish.