Video & Transcript Research : 'mandate'
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CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 069 Mar 24th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a mandate. no longer an option. It's a mandate.
- In fact, we do unfunded mandates on counties all the time.
- In fact, we do unfunded mandates on counties all the time.
- This is putting state mandates This is putting state mandates ideologically<02:35:24.080>
driven - with running regulation uh and mandates with running regulation uh and mandates from<02:37:29.600
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and heard several announcements about committee schedules and Capitol events, including Faith and Justice Lobby Day, Agriculture Week activities, and a tribute presentation for Sergeant Benjamin Pennington. The tribute honored Pennington’s Army service, his time at Fort Carson, and his death from injuries sustained in an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base; he was posthumously promoted to Staff Sergeant. A member also offered remarks recognizing the sacrifice of service members, and taps was played.
The chamber then took up third reading and final passage on multiple bills. Senate Bill 39, concerning Fire and Police Pension Association disability and survivor benefits, passed 63-1. House Bill 1311, regarding use of a bond in lieu of retainage in construction contracts, passed 55-1 after a brief explanation of support from a member. House Bill 1184, continuing the Colorado Forest Health Council, passed 50-1; House Bill 1305, on inpatient behavioral health access, passed 64-0; and House Bill 1234, on access to child abuse or neglect records, passed 64-0.
Senate Bill 50, requiring certain child care center policy disclosures to caregivers, passed 56-8. Senate Bill 84, preserving privileges for certain state entities in connection with information provided to the state auditor and fraud hotline duties, passed 42-12. House Bill 1186, continuing regulation of bail bonding agents by the Division of Insurance, passed 61-13. House Bill 1181, continuing the Barber and Cosmetologist Act, passed 51-13 after a member requested removal of their name as a co-sponsor.
The House also moved Senate Bill 21 back to the general orders calendar and set several bills as special orders. In the House Special Committee on Legislative Interim Activities, House Bill 1331 was heard; the appropriations committee report was adopted after members noted a roughly $400,000 general fund reduction and a 3.3 FTE staffing reduction. The bill itself would suspend 10 interim committees, repeal two committees, and limit travel and per diem reimbursements to help address the budget gap. Supporters said the measure was similar to last year’s bill and encouraged continued policy work outside formal interim committees, while opponents argued that some committees, especially those related to water, behavioral health, and youth, should be preserved and questioned the prioritization of the Colorado Youth Advisory Council and related costs.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- At a mandates coming out of Washington.
- They're like to say this is a mandate.
- They do not mandate the removal of existing appliances, and they do not mandate the removal of an appliance
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the appliances and they do not mandate the appliances and they do not mandate
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - Part 2 - 03/24/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- In fact, we do not want the counties to have to take on unfunded mandates.
- and versus what the state's mandate and versus what the state's picking<01:37:44.120>
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 11, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- treatment or we're going to be mandating treatment or we're going to be mandating that<00:24:22.640
- amendment seeks to legislatively mandate amendment seeks to legislatively mandate approval<01:31
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a <01:32:37.679>program Congress should not mandate a program Congress should not mandate - It is locally driven, not federally mandated.
- These same the mandate he was given.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, May 19, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- victory in November came with a mandate victory in November came with a mandate from<00:07:16.960
- Instead, this is a mandate that likely will arrive too late for many. Mr.
- Instead, this is a mandate that cases.
- By mandating that providers just that.
- Current law mandates that their claims.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jun 30th, 2026
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1148 provides a simple clarification in the B&P Code that allows state-mandated security
- current code can be confusing, this bill provides a simple fix and clarity that 32 hours of state-mandated
- Second, allowing applicants to complete their state-mandated training while waiting for the guard license
- Third and last, for employers like Securitas who like security guards to complete all state-mandated
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 100 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the members, I rise in support of 4672, and what my amendment does is it just looks at the unfunded mandate
- you ask them what their major concern is, at least in my district, they usually will say unfunded mandates
- They usually will say unfunded mandates, or sometimes we fund them for a few years, but then they go
- They usually will say unfunded mandates, or sometimes we fund them for a few years, but then they go
Summary:
The House took up several procedural orders early in the session, including extending the reporting deadline for the Housing Committee on H.4655 and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a petition seeking to rescind prior Article 5 constitutional convention applications. It then advanced three Ways and Means bills on education-related topics: personal financial literacy education (H.4670), expanded access to the state seal of biliteracy (H.4671), and teacher preparation and student literacy (H.4672), each moving through amendment adoption and third reading or engrossment procedures.
A major portion of the meeting focused on H.4670, which would require personal financial literacy instruction in middle and high school and establish a financial literacy trust fund for curriculum and teacher training. Members spoke in support, emphasizing budgeting, credit, student loans, and long-term financial planning, and the bill passed to be engrossed by a 154-0 roll call. H.4671, which broadens access to the seal of biliteracy for students in public and private schools, also drew support and passed to be engrossed 155-0.
The most extensive debate centered on H.4672, a literacy bill requiring evidence-based reading instruction, DESE-approved curricula or approved local alternatives, screening and progress monitoring, professional development, and related implementation measures. Members described concerns about declining reading scores and argued for a shift away from three-cueing toward phonics-based, science-of-reading approaches. Several amendments were considered: a proposal to change intervention language from “significantly” to “at risk of falling behind” failed, while amendments adding funding language, stakeholder collaboration, and other implementation details were adopted. One amendment clarifying that pictures may be used as a supplement in literacy curricula was also adopted, and the bill ultimately passed to be engrossed 155-0. The House also observed moments of silence for former Judge Leslie Harris, former Representative Mark Carron, and former Representative Dennis Rosa, and adjourned to meet the next day at 11 a.m.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Mandates interagency coordination and expedited review for projects to facilitate timely delivery of
- pilot programs subject to an annual for pilot programs subject to an annual cap.<00:09:04.880>
Mandates - Mandates interagency coordination cap.
- Mandates interagency coordination and<00:09:07.080>
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Keywords:
immigration enforcement, sanctuary policy, detainer, ICE, federal immigration authorities, 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), 8 U.S.C. 1373, 8 U.S.C. 1644, deportation, undocumented immigrants, noncitizen, migrant rights, local police cooperation, law enforcement cooperation, hold request, judicial warrant, probable cause, civil immigration enforcement, county police, state police
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 4/14/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairwoman, yeah, I'll let Chairwoman come in, and Representative Baker can also speak to when we put mandates
- There's no need to mandate that. Our schools are so overmandated right now.
- You know, the 65-plus mandates you hear about, they're real. Schools are sinking because of those.
- We don't need to mandate anymore because they will opt into good ideas.
Summary:
House Education Finance and Policy leaders discussed House File 3493, a school safety package presented as a bipartisan, common-sense effort to protect students in public, non-public, tribal, and charter schools. Rep. Brian Lawrence said the bill would provide more school safety funding, more student mental health support, local anonymous threat reporting options, safe school plans, and student discipline reforms. Chair Peggy Bennett and Rep. Ben Bakeberg emphasized that the proposal was intended to be flexible, practical, and responsive to local needs rather than a one-size-fits-all mandate.
Several questions focused on whether the package would include gun restrictions, but the authors said the committee was focused on education-related tools it could control and on areas of agreement. They repeatedly said they were not willing to advance a package that left any students out, including those in non-public or tribal schools. Bennett said schools should be able to opt into anonymous threat reporting systems rather than being mandated, arguing schools are already overmandated and that good ideas will be adopted voluntarily.
Members also discussed funding, including a proposed $50 million shift from Northern Lights money and the overall size of the appropriation, which was described as still unsettled but roughly $52 million a year in the latest figures. The speakers said the package was being moved during committee deadlines and that they wanted to act quickly on the areas where there was agreement. They expressed frustration that no Democratic counterproposal had been brought forward and said they hoped to pass a school safety package that could keep all kids safe.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 14th, 2026 at 09:19 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- provisions of the bill with regard to record-keeping requirements, the effective date of the E-Verify mandate
- I have to tell you, again, it's currently mandated that they verify that their employees are authorized
- amendment to the Judiciary Committee’s amendment, I think the Judiciary Committee amendment makes it, it mandates
- So there's nothing about mandating E-Verify that is going to help determine or help catch employers employing
Summary:
The Senate considered and passed several measures, beginning with House Bill 4245, a Department of Revenue rules bundle covering 27 rules from six agencies. The Senate adopted an amendment changing two lottery rules and one tax rule related to pre-need cemetery companies, then passed the bill 30-1, adopted a title amendment, and made it effective from passage. The chamber also adopted a group of interim study resolutions, including studies on school finance transparency, divorce grounds, the Southern West Virginia water crisis, athletic trainer access in public secondary schools, the Eastern gray fox population, upland game bird stamps, and the PSC.
Members then passed House Bill 5381, which reworked the Office of Energy’s role to develop a comprehensive energy development policy and grid stabilization plan, moved coalfield community development under that office, and expanded energy development planning authority. House Bill 5412, the Future Ready Education Act, was amended to require annual vocational and agricultural offerings unless not viable, and to require K-5 literacy teachers to complete science-of-reading training by the 2028-29 school year; it passed 33-0. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 845 on supplemental appropriations and the civil contingency fund, concurring in a House amendment that reappropriated funds and increased the fund from $15 million to $25 million, and made it effective from passage.
A major floor debate centered on House Bill 4198, the E-Verify Safe Harbor Act. Senators discussed whether to require employers to use E-Verify, with one amendment narrowing the mandate to public employers and creating a permissive option for private employers, while preserving penalties for unauthorized hiring and recordkeeping violations. After debate over small-business impacts and federal-state law conflicts, the Senate adopted the amendment as amended, passed the bill 31-3, and amended the title. The chamber also passed House Bill 5453 to modify the school aid funding formula by adding weighted enrollment for certain special education students and adjusting staffing-related provisions, and House Bill 4004 creating the Recharge West Virginia training reimbursement program, which was passed and made effective from passage.
Later, the Senate resolved several House amendment disputes by concurring in or receding from amendments on bills including House Bill 4009 on portable benefits, Senate Bill 587, Senate Bill 164 on long-term substitute teachers, House Bill 4606 on pretrial release for certain felonies, House Bill 4010, House Bill 5438, and House Bill 4765. Most of these measures passed with broad support, and several were made effective July 1, 2026 or from passage. The session concluded with the Senate adjourning sine die.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Grand Canyon chapter, which is the Arizona chapter, and we are opposed to House Bill 2013, which does mandate
- ADEQ is neutral on House Bill 2013, but notes concern with the mandate for submission of exceptional
- ADEQ is concerned about the cost and time and resources for the mandated submission of an exceptional
- This bill instead mandates submissions every time a wildfire occurs on federally managed land...
Keywords:
air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes from February 27 and March 3, 2026, and then heard several natural resources and water-related measures. House Bill 2013 would require ADEQ to submit an exceptional event demonstration to EPA when wildfire smoke from federally managed land affects Arizona air quality. The sponsor said this would help Arizona’s ozone/nonattainment position, while Sierra Club and ADEQ raised concerns that the bill duplicates an existing process and could waste staff time and resources. The bill passed 5-3.
House Bill 2156 would appropriate $250,000 to the Livestock Compensation Fund. Supporters argued ranchers need help with livestock losses and drought impacts, while opponents criticized the board’s transparency and said the program already receives federal and prior state funding. The bill passed 5-3. House Bill 2113 would require RUCO to intervene in utility rate cases when a proposed increase reaches 100% or more; the sponsor said rural customers are being overlooked, while RUCO said it would need significant additional staff and funding and could not absorb the workload without more resources. The bill passed 6-2, with members noting they expected a future amendment to add funding.
The committee also approved House Concurrent Memorial 2011, which urges Congress to delist the Mexican gray wolf and return management to states and local authorities. Supporters cited livestock losses and ranching impacts, while opponents said the species remains endangered and recovery decisions should remain science-based; the memorial passed 5-3. House Bill 2026, concerning how ADWR evaluates water availability when supplies are commingled, passed 5-3 despite concerns that it could weaken groundwater safeguards. House Bill 2056, which funds a feasibility study for brackish groundwater desalination sites, also passed 5-3 after debate over whether the study was necessary given existing groundwater accounting and treatment efforts. House Bill 2098, modernizing Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority bonding authority, passed unanimously 8-0. Finally, House Concurrent Resolution 2057, supporting a geothermal permitting roadmap and agency coordination for next-generation geothermal development, passed unanimously 8-0.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate DFL Media Availability 2/27/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Property taxes are spiking as new federal mandates burden our counties and leave Minnesotans with fewer
- spiking<00:03:49.519>
as <00:03:49.840>new <00:03:50.080>federal <00:03:50.319>mandates - <00:03:50.799>
burden spiking as new federal mandates burden spiking as new federal mandates
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Jul 16th, 2025
Communications and Conveyance
Transcript Highlights:
- County, as example, 85% of every fare is a straight pass-through to government-mandated insurance.
- Nevertheless, our observations indicate that the elevated limits mandated by UMUIM have become economically
- cost to riders today so in in your district assembly member 45% of every trip goes to government mandated
- meet with me about this bill and from our meeting I know you mentioned that you know this is not a mandate
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study May 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- they're, I'm scared, really scared of the word required because required equals Something that's mandated
- and mandated usually equals money involved.
- members and their families who live in my district, and I just want to make sure that if we're gonna mandate
- the Act does not distinguish absences for students with disabilities, however, the school is still mandated
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's a court order, which my understanding is now federally mandated… You can get a court order to
- Whether it's fines or whether it's a mandate to do it, and if you don't comply, there could be jail time
- However, the disciplinary mandates enacted during the 88th session have resulted in the unnecessary removal
- Texas is diverse, and a one-size-fits-all mandate doesn't always serve all of our communities.
Keywords:
HB 1022, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Texas State University System, Education Code, higher education, course levels, upper-level college, lower-division courses, community college-style courses, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Uvalde, Board of Regents, academic programs, university expansion, HB 2856, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, clinical training placements, clinical rotations
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Omnibus state government policy bill, HF1837, passes Minnesota House 5/1/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're mandating that if you see fraud going on in a state agency, you have to report it.
- So So we're mandating<00:14:08.240>
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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- OF THESE MANDATED REPORTERS CAN'T COLLECT INFORMATION WITH THE SURVEYS WERE VERBALLY WITHOUT PARENTS
- MANDATED REPORTERS NEED DATA TO BE ABLE OR TO BE ABLE TO EXAMINE THE CHILD FROM POTENTIAL INJURIES.
- IF YOU HAVE TO MANDATE YOUR CHILD'S TRUST YOU PROBABLY DO NOT HAVE THE GOOD OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
- PARENTAL CONSENT AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY FLORIDA MUST BE AN EXCEPTION TO THIS LEGISLATION CANNOT MANDATE
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 14th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is permissive, and regardless of what you hear going forward, the only mandate on payment card
- The opponents say this was a mandate, well I'm here to tell you it was not. It was an agreement.
- The state mandates that we collect sales tax on every transaction.
- Finally, is the state of Texas going to mandate a cap on...
Bills:
HB245, HB245, HB700, HB2783, HB3526, HB3900, HB4061, HB4124, HB4166, HB4395, HB4534, HB4609, HB4641, HB4736, HB4738, HB4739, HB4945, HB5015, HJR175
Keywords:
property tax, delinquent taxes, ad valorem, penalties, interest cap, military service, retirement, law enforcement, custodial officer, Employees Retirement System, commercial financing, brokers, registration, disclosures, finance, consumer protection, fees, deferred compensation, automatic participation, county employees
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 7th, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Create a waiver program for these categories of veterans, but we didn't mandate it.
- The Texas Coordinated Council for Veteran Services is a legislatively mandated entity that gathers together
- In a prior life, I also oversaw the court-mandated inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, and
- We can certainly collaborate on any mandated effort. Happy to answer any questions you may have.
Keywords:
Veterans of Foreign Wars, veterans, commemoration, military service, recognition, September 29, waiver programs, toll roads, discount programs, transportation, affordable housing, land bank program, low-income households, Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, HB 2061, Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 225, State Highway 242, Interstate Highway 69, Montgomery County
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine big fixes for big tech. Apr 1st, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- The America Act responds by mandating fair access to both digital advertising exchanges and internet.
- Access mandates have lowered consumer prices in other countries and have the potential to help shoppers
- The landmark Microsoft antitrust case demonstrated how mandated open API access and prohibitions against
- Specifically, policymakers should consider mandating open API access, require dominant firms to provide
Keywords:
antitrust, competition policy, digital advertising, monopoly, America Act, big tech, consumer rights
Summary:
The meeting, titled 'Big Fixes, Big Tech', marked the first hearing of the Senate antitrust competition policy and consumer rights subcommittee in the 119th Congress. Chairman Lee opened the session focusing on the urgent need for effective solutions regarding anti-competitive behavior among major tech firms like Google and Facebook, highlighting several ongoing court cases regarding monopolistic practices in the digital advertising and search markets. Key discussions included the limitations imposed on small businesses and innovation due to the dominance of these tech giants, with many testimonies advocating for stronger legislative measures, including the America Act. The act aims to disrupt the monopolistic capabilities of these firms and restore competitive integrity in the marketplace, which has suffered under their oppressive market control.