Video & Transcript Research : 'Alabama Ethics Commission'
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- I'm an emergency physician in Alabama as well. I'm also here in support of this bill.
- On behalf of Alabama physician present.
Keywords:
immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens, Alabama state law, SB80, Buddy Sharpless Education Institute, Alabama Local Government Training Institute, county commissioner training, local government training, ethics training, State Ethics Commission, county commissioners, Association of County Commissions of Alabama, local emergency management director, public officials, municipal officials, Alabama Code Title 11, Alabama Code Title 31
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- statement for another reason, that you're... ...that you're allowed to provide proof of that to the Ethics
- Commission.
- analysis, an American Law Institute principles analysis with standardized principles, followed by ethics
Bills:
HB250
Keywords:
HB250, Alabama Ethics Commission, statement of economic interests, financial disclosure, candidate ethics, campaign finance, candidate filing deadline, qualifying papers, declaration of candidacy, independent candidate, ballot access, election law, ethics reform, public officials, public employees, asset disclosure, income disclosure, real estate holdings, indebtedness disclosure, late filing penalty
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
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- House District 10, Madison County, Alabama. House District 64, Bald County. Our Clerk, Mary Ruth.
- The name of the commission is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Commission.
- Again, representative Simpson on the Alabama Professional Bell Bonding Board.
- Alabama voters overwhelmingly support President Trump's agenda.
- Alabama. This is disgraceful.
Keywords:
U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, public facilities, space exploration, education programs, bond issuance, Governor involvement, HB110, sunset bill, Alabama Sunset Law, State Board of Medical Examiners, Medical Licensure Commission, medical licensing, physician regulation, healthcare regulation, professional licensing, ethics law, state ethics code, public servants, board members
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Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 4th, 2026
State Governmental Affairs
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- So, I am um um been serving the last few years as chairman of the Alabama Space Authority.
- Chairman. >> Good job. >> Uh, Senate Bill 210, Senator Woods. as uh chairman of the Alabama Space as
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elder abuse, financial exploitation, inheritance, joint tenancy, conviction effects, HB110, sunset bill, Alabama Sunset Law, State Board of Medical Examiners, Medical Licensure Commission, medical licensing, physician regulation, healthcare regulation, professional licensing, ethics law, state ethics code, public servants, board members, agency continuation, sunset review
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Keywords:
immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens, Alabama state law, out-of-state warrants, criminal procedure, extradition, Alabama Code, arrest authority, interstate cooperation, Marshall County, TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority, in-lieu-of-taxes, payments distribution, local legislation, school funding, education finance
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Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
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- Alabama schools. Alabama schools.
- Senator Elliott passed yesterday. is on the commission as far as our is on the commission as far as our
- This does this. >> I don't think we get into boards and commissions.
- This does this. >> I don't think we get into boards and commissions.
- Uh, the Alabama incentive rebate.
Bills:
HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359, HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359
Keywords:
HB178, Ten Commandments, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama, school display, religious display, Bible, Judeo-Christian, Establishment Clause, church-state separation, religion in schools, founding documents, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, social studies, civics, history curriculum
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 19th, 2025
State Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, this is a pretty simple bill pertaining to the Public Service Commission.
Keywords:
sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification
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Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 28th, 2026
Ways and Means Education
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- in working towards solutions that will benefit the people of Alabama.
- So we have the North Alabama STEM hub, which is the Cook's Museum and Education Center.
- The Sabin Center is the West Alabama STEM hub, and the Central East Alabama STEM hub is the McWane Center
- So we have the North Alabama STEM that.
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Keywords:
HB130, Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists, Sunset Law, sunset review, licensure board, professional geologists, geology, geologist licensing, board appointments, congressional district representation, gubernatorial appointments, state boards and commissions, professional licensing, regulatory board, Alabama Code 34-41-4, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, mining industry, petroleum industry, geological sciences
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Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Jan 28th, 2026
Ethics and Campaign Finance
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- Our former vice chair is now serving as the president of the Public Service Commission.
- Uh, but this bill very simply marries up the FCPA that we have here in the state of Alabama with the
- campaign contributions to our ballot referendums or constitutional amendment elections in the state of Alabama
- Thank you all. amendment elections in the state of amendment elections in the state of Alabama.
Keywords:
law enforcement, false information, criminal penalty, public safety, identification, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure, professional services, education, HB252, Class IV municipality, Class IV municipalities, municipal audit, audit rotation, certified public accountant, CPA, municipal accounting, Section 11-43B-9, county and municipal government
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Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Jan 14th, 2026
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
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- Uh, currently we have two statutes that cover the State Ethics Commission.
- We're gonna get you on up real quick on 128, the sunset on Alabama sickle cell oversight.
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before been executed by the commission before been executed by the commission - Sunset law on the Alabama Massage Therapy License Board. They were under nursing for a while.
Keywords:
pilotage, commission, statewide laws, maritime regulation, repeal, sunset law, Alabama Surface Mining Commission, environmental regulation, mining, state commission, Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, state agency, continuous operation, government efficiency, sickle cell disease, healthcare, regulatory commission, public health, 911 services, 911 Board
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Sunset Advisory Commission Jan 15th, 2025 at 08:01 am
Transcript Highlights:
- The next agency we're voting on is the Texas Ethics Commission.
- There were no modifications or new recommendations offered for the Texas Ethics Commission.
- So this recommendation directs the Ethics Commission to review rules relating to their definition of
- This recommendation directs the Texas Ethics Commission to provide an in-person training and online webinars
- This recommendation directs the Texas Ethics Commission to provide in-person training and online webinars
Keywords:
Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Ethics Commission, recommendations, Angelina River Authority, Natchez Valley Authority, public testimony, legislative session
Summary:
The meeting of the Sunset Advisory Commission served as a concluding assembly for the current biennium, where various agencies were reviewed. Notably, the Commission focused on staff recommendations and modifications regarding the Angelina and Natchez River Authority, Lower Natchez Valley Authority, and Texas Ethics Commission. After discussing various modifications, the members voted unanimously on multiple recommendations aimed at improving operational efficiency and accountability within these agencies. The Chair emphasized the collaborative effort of the Commission members and staff, acknowledging their hard work throughout the biennium.
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- The bill requires that the Alabama Department of Public Health is required to develop educational programs
- We've worked very closely with the medical association here in Alabama, and they will still have the
- I'm with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
- And I've got a long text here from Miss Keen in Alabama, and it's one of her projects that she's working
Bills:
SB191, HB84, HB79, SB132, HB108, HB109, HB110, HB114, HB118, HB120, HB122, HB124, HB126, HB128, HB129, HB131
Keywords:
postpartum depression, mental health, Medicaid, screening, education, maternal health, Chiropractic, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, license renewal, continuing education, election procedures, off-label, pharmacists, medical treatment, state board of pharmacy, employment protection, SB132, Alabama, controlled substances, Schedule I
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Financial Services Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We provide essential services to people in Alabama.
- Most importantly, this hurts Alabama small businesses and Alabamians.
- I'm with the Alabama Securities Commission.
- So, right now in Alabama, we don't care how you register with us.
- Any other questions for the securities commission? securities commission? All right. Thank you.
Bills:
HB297
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Carrie Stillman, the executive director of the Commission on Ethics and Elections.
- Actually, the Commission on Ethics. Madam Director, you're The Commission on Ethics.
- This is a recommendation of the Florida Commission on Ethics this year.
- The bill provides that the act of retaliation itself is an ethics violation, which the commission would
- I am here before you on behalf of the Florida Commission on Ethics.
Keywords:
student volunteers, polling locations, election administration, community service, Florida statutes, ethics, public officers, employment of relatives, transparency, government accountability, campaign finance, child care, elections, fund usage, political candidates, candidate qualifying, federal office, election integrity, regulatory compliance, political candidacy
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and considered several election- and ethics-related bills. Senate Bill 572 by Senator Harrell, which would update ethics statutes so the definition of “relative” includes foster parents and foster children, received supportive testimony from the Commission on Ethics and passed unanimously. Senate Bill 414 by Senator Bracy Davis, allowing campaign funds to be used for campaign-related child care expenses, was presented as a way to reduce barriers to public service but was temporarily postponed after the sponsor said it lacked the votes to advance.
Senate Bill 500 by Senator Avila would require FDLE protective security details for major-party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and cabinet offices from nomination through assumption of office; members questioned the scope, definitions of major and minor parties, and whether taxpayers should bear the cost, and the bill was reported favorably on a divided vote. Senate Bill 620 by Senator Mayfield would require candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship or dual citizenship; testimony opposed the bill as stigmatizing dual citizens, but it was reported favorably.
The committee also approved CS for SB 92 by Chair Gaetz, which creates whistleblower-style protections for public employees who file ethics complaints based on firsthand knowledge and face retaliation, with support from the Commission on Ethics. In addition, the committee unanimously approved a block of gubernatorial appointments and then passed Senate Bill 564 by Senator Yarborough, allowing registered or pre-registered high school students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours; members discussed whether the bill would create new volunteer opportunities and whether the term “community service hours” needed clarification. The meeting ended with adjournment.
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Transcript Highlights:
- The senate companion bill is an update to the Alabama business and nonprofit code.
- Most of you know that in 2013, the Alabama Law Institute undertook to revise this in whole.
- I think the body when I say it this way, but you know, I'm on the board with the Alabama Law Institute
- Now that person comes to Alabama.
- My intent is if someone comes through the state of Alabama... through the state of Alabama, you're just
Keywords:
vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, HB49, Alabama criminal code, capital offense, capital punishment, death penalty, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, child sexual abuse
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It provides for ethics training for local officials to include known influence efforts and how to identify
- registration of foreign agents are for willful violations, to be consistent with the Florida Elections Commission
- jurisdiction, and that the new course content requirements for ethics training are in addition to existing
- Carrie Stillman, the executive director of the Commission on Ethics, and she is accompanied by Steve
- The Commission believes that this bill supports the transparency and compliance goals of the statute
Keywords:
financial disclosure, statement of financial interests, ethics, late filing, late-filed disclosure, automatic fine, waiver, Florida Commission on Ethics, public officials, state officers, local officers, state employees, ethics enforcement, government transparency, sunshine law, reporting persons, penalty reduction, first-time offender, election ethics, general revenue fund
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and first took up Senate Bill 1178, the Foreign Interference Restriction and Enforcement Act, sponsored by Senator Garcia. The bill would expand state restrictions on foreign countries of concern and designated foreign terrorist organizations, including creating a state registration framework for foreign agents, banning gifts to public officials from covered foreign entities, requiring ethics training on foreign influence, tightening procurement limits for information technology and critical infrastructure, restricting sister-city/sister-state encouragement, revising linkage institute rules and tuition provisions, and criminalizing certain conduct tied to foreign governments or unauthorized enforcement of foreign law. Members asked extensive questions about how the bill would affect election technology, software development, federal foreign-agent registration, educational exchanges, and the treatment of organizations such as CARE; the sponsor said the bill focused on ownership/control and foreign countries of concern, not specific components or general participation in events. An amendment by Senator Grall was adopted to clarify definitions, align penalties with willful violations, and specify that new ethics training content is additive. The committee then heard supportive testimony from Kelly Curry of State Armor and Rob Pierce of American Global Strategies, both of whom argued the bill would help Florida counter foreign influence, protect data and infrastructure, and improve transparency. CS for SB 1178 was reported favorably by roll call vote.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 1622, which provides a one-time waiver of the automatic fine for a late-filed financial disclosure under specified conditions, including that the filer submitted the disclosure before the maximum fine accrued and had not previously received such a waiver. Carrie Stillman of the Commission on Ethics testified in support, saying the bill preserves transparency and compliance goals while making the fine and appeals process more workable. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote.
Finally, the committee took up confirmation hearings for appointments in tabs 3 through 26. No separate votes were requested, no public testimony was offered, and the block of appointees was recommended favorably to the full Senate by roll call vote. The meeting then concluded with no further business.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Texas Ethics Commission Dec 10th, 2025 at 09:12 am
Transcript Highlights:
- 2 3 Chair calls this meeting of the Texas Ethics Commission at 9-10 p.m.
- We want to recognize the contribution. of three former chairs of the Texas Ethics Commission.
- Before joining the Ethics Commission, she worked as a lawyer. in Governor Perry's office, held several
- This delinks those and gives to the Ethics Commission the responsibility of adjusting. the base amount
- The Texas Ethics Commission adjourns at 1.17 p.m.
Keywords:
Texas Ethics Commission, HB18, SB12, political contributions, civil penalties, Attorney General, criminal election offenses, legislation
Summary:
In the latest meeting of the Texas Ethics Commission, significant discussions centered around newly passed legislation, specifically HB18 and SB12. HB18 introduces a civil penalty for members who accept political contributions while absent from the state, addressing potential obstructions to legislative actions. Senators and commissioners engaged in an in-depth dialogue about the implications of this bill, with many expressing concerns regarding enforcement and compliance. In contrast, SB12 expands the jurisdiction of the Attorney General to prosecute criminal election offenses, further tightening the oversight of election activities. The meeting concluded with acknowledgement of the efforts put forth by previous commission chairs, highlighting their contributions to the commission's success.
TX
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 12th, 2025 at 10:30 am
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- House District 10, Madison County, EV Alabama. House District 64, Baldwin County.
- The name of the commission is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Commission.
- Alabama voters overwhelmingly support President Trump and his agenda.
- This is... ...Alabama. This is disgraceful.
- ... the Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Keywords:
U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, public facilities, space exploration, education programs, bond issuance, Governor involvement, pharmacy, pharmacist licensure, Alabama State Board of Pharmacy, renewal fees, continuing education, disciplinary actions, sessions, 2025-R, 1, 219
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Texas Ethics Commission Sep 17th, 2025 at 09:09 am
Transcript Highlights:
- There being no objections, if he does not object, the Ethics Commission will then issue a final order
- Johnson, left the Ethics Commission to return to practice.
- The adjusted thresholds are codified in the Texas Ethics Commission rules.
- We will discuss the status of the Texas Ethics Commission legislative recommendations.
- The Ethics Commission by next year, in September, needs to adopt and publish the methodology by which
Keywords:
Texas Ethics Commission, legislative recommendations, general counsel appointment, foreign lobbying, political contributions, quarterly meetings, public testimony, rule amendments
Summary:
The meeting focused on the Texas Ethics Commission's (TEC) evaluation of legislative recommendations and personnel updates, including the appointment of a new general counsel and discussions about upcoming quarterly meetings. Commissioner Schmidt reported on the progress of various bills, including amendments to existing laws, the need for increased regulation on foreign lobbying, and the publication of new rules in the Texas Register. Public testimonies were heard regarding compliance issues and proposed changes in political contribution regulations. The Commission agreed to schedule further review on the legislative items discussed and the proposed rule amendments.