Video & Transcript Research : 'commanders task force'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Vets Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- commander's task force in that task force.
- I've had the privilege of working with the Minnesota Commanders Task Force for my entire time at the
- I'm the Department Commander for the DAV of Minnesota. And vice chair of the Commanders Task Force.
- We're here today asking that the Commanders Task Force be formalized.
- Uh, the Commanders Task Force has been doing this for 40 years, but we do feel that it's important to
Keywords:
military, pay, officers, enlisted members, state active service, Minnesota Statutes, veterans, burial eligibility, honor guard, state cemeteries, military service, burial fees, veterans affairs, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, advisory task force, commanders task force, veterans service organizations, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW
MN
Bills:
HF3396
WY
Transcript Highlights:
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into <01:15:40.239>an task force and then moved into an task force and - So again, that's the task force.
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force as as I look through the task force as as I look through the task force
Bills:
HB0150
Keywords:
Wyoming business council, economic development, task force, evaluation, policy reform, 916, all
WY
Bills:
HB0150
Keywords:
Wyoming business council, economic development, task force, evaluation, policy reform, 916, all
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
AI Task Force - Room 216, 14 July, 2026; 8:00 AM
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
AI Task Force - Room 216, 13 July, 2026; 1:00 PM
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
AIR Task Force - Room 409, 13 January, 2026; 3:00 P.M.
Transcript Highlights:
- As you know, as a member of this task force, this is not a one-and-done task force.
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said - this is not a this task force, this is not a oneanddone<00:01:07.200>
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Summary:
The January meeting of the AIR Task Force focused on reviewing a draft report on artificial intelligence and discussing how to move forward with future work. Ted Booth and Matthew Holmes explained that the report is intended to lay a foundation by describing AI-related challenges, what Mississippi has already done, and possible steps for future reports, since the task force will continue meeting in coming years. Members were invited to suggest edits and improvements, including on how the group communicates by email and how to keep the process efficient given everyone’s schedules.
A major topic was whether the task force should recommend a statutory definition of artificial intelligence. The chair said a bill needed to be filed quickly and asked members to review the definition on page five of the report. Booth read the definition, which tracks federal language describing a machine-based system that makes predictions, recommendations, or decisions using machine and human inputs. Members generally agreed the definition was solid and noted that it could be amended later as the field evolves.
The task force also discussed the broader legislative approach to AI. Members said the issue is fluid and that they do not want to regulate too early or duplicate existing law. They noted that current criminal statutes, including recent changes related to morphed images, appear to cover AI-related crimes for now, and the attorney general’s office reported no current loopholes or need for tweaks. Homeland Security likewise had no recommendations for new legislation. The chair said the report would be submitted to leadership if there were no objections, and the meeting adjourned.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
AIR Task Force - Room 216, December 11, 2025; 2:00 PM
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
AIR Task Force - Room 216, November 6, 2025; 1:00 PM
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/25/26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- I am here today to talk about the Commander Task Force.
- Uh, I am also the chair of the Commander Task Force.
- Task Force.
- But for the Commander Task Force to approve a priority, it must be unanimous.
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approve <00:37:09.920>a commander task force to approve a commander task force
Keywords:
veterans rights, employment discrimination, human rights, Minnesota laws, protected classes, veterans, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans affairs, Secret War in Laos, SGU veteran, Hmong veterans, Laotian veterans, honor guard, military funeral honors, state veterans cemetery, burial eligibility, veterans home, temporary closure, state active service, National Guard
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
One Door Task Force - Room 409, 8 July, 2025; 9:00 A.M.
MS
Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
One Door Policy Task Force - Room 409, 28 October, 2025; 8:30 A.M.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Save Our Service Members Task Force - Room 216, January 12, 2026; 2:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
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force. - state and in a a responsive task force. state and in a a responsive task force.
- Um, anybody from the task force have anything they'd like to say or anybody in this room have anything
- Anybody from the task force have anything they'd like to say or anybody in this room have anything they'd
- Rising reports. the task force have anything they all the task force have anything they all like<00:20
Summary:
The meeting focused on veteran suicide and mental health challenges affecting Mississippi National Guard soldiers, with Colonel Chris Cookie describing recent losses in the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team. He said that in roughly 50 days, from late September to mid-December 2025, three soldiers died by suicide, and that the unit had seen 50 to 60 suicidal ideations over the past year. He emphasized that suicide is a threat he cannot “defeat” through military training alone, and that warning signs are often hard to detect compared with battlefield threats.
Cookie identified the biggest gap as the period between drill weekends and annual training, when soldiers are back home and less connected to leadership. He said the unit does well when soldiers are together at drill or Camp Shelby, where behavioral health support is available, but struggles to reach them in between. He urged the state to create preventive and responsive support that leaders in traditional status could activate quickly, and he strongly supported expanded chaplain access because chaplains are trained in behavioral and mental health issues and may be easier for soldiers to approach without stigma.
Committee members discussed possible solutions, including a statewide chaplain rotation or on-call system, community-based support networks, and a 24/7 hotline staffed by Mississippi veterans. They also discussed legislation to have the state cover TRICARE costs for Guardsmen and to use TANF funds for related support services. Members said a draft bill was being prepared for public review, with committee reporting deadlines approaching on February 3, and that they would circulate the bill once it received a number and was posted online. The meeting ended with a motion to rise and report.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
MS Save Our Service Members Task Force - Room 216, December 9, 2025; 10:00 AM
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
MS Save Our Service Members Task Force - Room 216, November 17, 2025; 10:00 AM
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EIG-CPN, EIG, EIG-TRS Public Hearings 04-16-2026
Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The suggested amendments for this task force would be to also include one of the things that they're
- force that the chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee having primary jurisdiction over energy
- or that chairperson's designee be on this task force as well, as the chairperson of the Senate Standing
- force.
- task force that the the language of this task force that the chairperson<00:03:27.040>
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Bills:
HCR202
Keywords:
Hawaii, renewable energy, task force, energy independence, cost savings, decarbonization, public utilities, stakeholders, clean energy goals, 912, senate, all
Summary:
The joint committees on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs and Consumer Commerce and Consumer Protection heard HCR 202 HD2, a resolution creating a task force to study Hawaii’s electric generation mix and related costs. Testimony from the Hawaii State Energy Office was neutral and stood on written comments, while another testifier supported the resolution, emphasizing affordability, reliability, and the need to understand the right balance of thermal generation and renewables as the state moves toward its 2045 renewable goals. The chairs said they had conferred on the measure and outlined recommended amendments, including adding study of the separation of ownership and control of generation versus transmission and distribution, and adding Senate committee representation to the task force.
The Consumer Commerce and Consumer Protection committee voted to pass HCR 202 HD2 with amendments; the chair, vice chair, and another member voted aye, with one senator excused, and the recommendation was adopted. The Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs committee did not have quorum at that time and said it would take its vote later.
The Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs committee also heard HCR 165, concerning pickleball courts in Hawaii Kai. One resident testified in opposition, citing concerns about permanent lights, permanent nets, noise, light pollution, safety, maintenance, and the loss of multi-use flexibility. After discussion, the chair recommended passing the measure as is, and the committee said it would vote the next day because it lacked quorum. The committee also heard HCR 154 and HCR 43 with the Transportation Committee; HCR 154 was passed unamended, and HCR 43, which urged raised crosswalks near Ala Wai Elementary School for pedestrian safety, was also passed unamended. Supporters of HCR 43 described heavy pedestrian traffic, schoolchildren crossing, and unsafe vehicle turning patterns at the intersections. The Transportation Committee adopted both recommendations, while the Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs committee scheduled its votes for the following day.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Commerce Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- force.
- Section 5 is a task force on homeowners and commercial property insurance; this is the 2025 appropriation
- They have a report that will be due to be submitted by February 15th, 2026, and then that task force
- This is a heavily negotiated provision that adds a representative to the insurance task force for the
- force.
LA
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- Representative Henry, which creates the Expropriation and Acquisition for Strategic Transformation Task
- Force to study the feasibility of expropriating and redeveloping certain vacant and blighted properties
- So this task force, the Expropriation and Acquisition for Strategic Transformation, involves multiple
- There's about 22 tasks that are listed in the resolution.
- force study that I think will be provided to the body before March 1, 2027.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's the homeowners and commercial property insurance affordability task force.
- This was house affordability task force.
- And section five is a task force on homeowners and commercial property insurance.
- representative to the insurance task representative to the insurance task force<00:54:21.280>
- this task this task force.<00:54:43.520>
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