Video & Transcript Research : 'individual liberty'
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WY
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- liberty.
- The individual liberty part of this is essential to this bill. We are made up of individuals.
- </c><00:50:03.200><c> in</c> a prosecution of another individual in a prosecution of another individual
- And that individual had discrepancy. And that individual had been<00:50:15.200><c> convicted.
- </c><01:54:47.360><c> the</c> counties to still individualize the counties to still individualize the
Keywords:
administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, state agencies, regulatory interpretation, statutory interpretation, separation of powers, individual liberty, administrative procedure, agency action, Wyoming Supreme Court, district court review, oil and gas inspector, regulatory challenge, anti-deference, law enforcement, memorial, Patrolman Rosa
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
State Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This would allow those individuals that are full-time employees of the day program to be able to opt
- previous employment where they were not putting into the retirement system would not require the individual
Keywords:
Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, APA, administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, contested case, state agency, regulatory power, individual liberty, statutory interpretation, rule interpretation, license revocation, license suspension, tax assessment, tax refund, administrative appeal, circuit court, Montgomery County
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Education Policy
Keywords:
sales tax exemption, Consumer Price Index, local government, clothing, school supplies, emergency preparedness, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, APA, administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, contested case, state agency, regulatory power, individual liberty, statutory interpretation, rule interpretation, license revocation
TX
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- This would, uh, uh, this would be an individual.
- As a disabled veteran, I serve this country to defend freedom and individual rights.
- It could be something individual where someone just comes in and has an opportunity to pray.
- It's about protecting the liberty of every student to seek spiritual guidance if they choose.
- Of religious liberty and providing a meaningful path for spiritual growth among Texas children.
Keywords:
electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This would be an individual, this would be a non-profit or a company that formed out of it.
- As a disabled veteran, I serve this country to defend freedom and individual rights.
- That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- It could be something individual where someone just comes in and has an opportunity to pray.
- It's about protecting the liberty of every student to seek spiritual guidance if they choose.
Keywords:
electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Greg Thurner, and I'm representing Liberty Power Innovations.
- Liberty Power Innovations is a subsidiary of Liberty Energy and Energy Services Company, founded in 2011
- Liberty has nearly 6,000 employees, half of which are domiciled here in Texas.
- As such, Liberty has the ability to do that.
- We're not going to have another hearing on it, so reach out to us individually. Thank you. Mr.
Keywords:
electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (6-8-23)
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KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3WLVtunniQ, 2026-06-21T07:17:04+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:38
Referred Administrative Regulations 00:01:44
Discussion of the Cancellation of the Proposed Sale of Kentucky Power from American Electric Power to Liberty Utilities 00:02:14
Adjournment 01:03:02, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> is they allow those, uh, individual is they allow those, uh, individual income<00:03:33.760><c>
- ><c> pass-through</c> And that allows individual pass-through And that allows individual pass-through
- </c><00:05:25.360><c> That</c> their individual income taxes. That their individual income taxes.
- </c> income tax at the individual level. income tax at the individual level.
- Do I go back to the old individual method of paying it on April 15th?
Keywords:
taxation, pass-through entity, qualifying owner, partnership, S corporation, tax return, overtime compensation, tax deduction, income tax, federal regulations, tax reform, tip income, federal tax deduction, Minnesota Statutes, individual income, employer contributions, Trump accounts, federal law, gross income exclusion, 1183
Summary:
The House Tax Committee met on March 3, 2026, approved the February 26 minutes without objection, and then took up House File 3127, the chairman’s bill to extend Minnesota’s pass-through entity tax through tax year 2027. The bill was amended with the H3127A2 amendment, which also revives and reenacts the expired tax provision. Committee discussion focused on the bill’s purpose: allowing pass-through businesses to pay state income tax at the entity level and claim a federal deduction, thereby reducing federal tax liability for owners. Department staff said the proposal is revenue neutral to the state, with a zero revenue estimate, because the entity-level tax is offset by a credit against individual income taxes.
Several witnesses testified in support, including representatives from NAIOP Minnesota, the Minnesota Association for Justice, the Minnesota Society of CPAs, NFIB, and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. They said the extension would help small and medium-sized businesses, law firms, real estate investors, and other pass-through entities, improve tax fairness, preserve competitiveness with other states, and provide certainty ahead of filing deadlines. One self-described taxpayer also testified in favor, arguing the provision helps Minnesota businesses and stabilizes state revenue timing. Members generally expressed support, and the chair said he wanted to get the bill done by March 15. House File 3127, as amended, was laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill.
The committee then moved to House File 3524 and House File 3525, both presented by Representative Robbins and also laid over for possible inclusion. HF 3524 would conform Minnesota law to the federal “no tax on overtime” provision, and HF 3525 would conform to the federal “no tax on tips” provision. Representative Robbins said both bills would simplify tax filing and let workers keep more of their earnings, with HF 3525 aimed especially at tipped workers and other lower-wage employees in hospitality and similar industries. Testimony on those bills was deferred to a later point, and no votes were taken on them during this portion of the meeting.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And so another policy metric is, you know, unleashing freedom and liberty in the private market and making
- But another policy metric is, you know, unleashing freedom and liberty in the private market and making
- </c> individuals, and complex partnerships. individuals, and complex partnerships.
- </c><00:45:50.800><c> But</c><00:45:51.520><c> but</c> their individual program needs.
- But but their individual program needs.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It also establishes individual income tax subtractions from Arizona gross income and modifies the deductions
- will have to double-check that number you're referring to is the $3.3 billion increase in only individual
- But if we were to speak of individual income tax, yes, inflation does play a significant role in that
- We had one of the highest individual income tax rates in the United States.
- We had one of the highest individual income tax rates in the United States.
Keywords:
individual income tax, subtraction, Arizona Revised Statutes, retirement benefits, adoption costs, charitable contributions, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, education savings
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They are often referred to as individuals who use performance-enhancing drugs.
- Lastly, it removes the exemption from including deceased individuals on the Do Not Hire Registry and
- It will ensure that everyone in our educational settings interacts with vetted individuals.
- Just the individual school district has decided to do it? Yes, correct. Okay. Absolutely, yeah.
- The Austin Independent School District actually listens to pre-recorded presentations by individuals
Keywords:
residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension, reporting requirements, released time, religious instruction
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- I think this is for the individual return. So only for individual returns? Okay.
- I believe that the language, where this is amended, does reference specifically individual income tax
- that's been customary for people who have been doing it to do it individually, and that's where the
- Is it possible that a lot of people don’t file their taxes personally and Liberty Tax or whoever else
- House Bill 474 by Representative Young creates an individual income tax checkoff for donations to the
Keywords:
severance tax, parish revenue, constitutional amendment, natural resources, local government funding, HB 474, Act 400, Louisiana income tax, tax refund checkoff, refund donation, alumni association, Grambling University National Alumni Association, Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association, Department of Revenue, Title 47, voluntary contribution, tax return designation, state tax refund, nonprofit donation, higher education
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Apr 1st, 2026
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Keywords:
HB444, vaccines, vaccine exemption, religious exemption, religious liberty, private school, church school, faith-based school, parochial school, school immunization, testing requirement, disease testing, parental rights, school enrollment, attendance requirements, CHOOSE Act, school choice, education funding, tax exemption, corporate income tax
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- While it may not be the perfect way of measuring business size, looking at the impacts of the individual
- Over 70% of the revenue reduction in the Department of Revenue's revenue analysis goes to the individual
- income tax versus the the individual income tax versus the corporate<00:38:22.640><c> franchise</c><
- </c><00:39:11.839><c> income</c> tax impacts are in the individual income tax impacts are in the individual
- owners who are the small individual owners who are struggling<01:01:26.000><c> to</c><01:01:26.319><
Keywords:
taxation, pass-through entity, qualifying owner, partnership, S corporation, tax return, corporate franchise tax, individual income tax, research expenditures, federal compliance, Minnesota Statutes, income tax, corporate tax, section 179, federal conformity, HF3815, Minnesota taxes, tax conformity, Internal Revenue Code, IRC conformity
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor Jun 1st, 2025 at 11:30 pm
Commerce and Labor
Keywords:
brew pub, alcoholic beverages, liquor store, licensure, regulation, Department of Taxation, fertility preservation, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, oncology, reproductive medicine, infertility, cancer treatment, egg freezing, embryo freezing, oocyte cryopreservation, sperm banking, assisted reproductive technology, health insurance mandate, Medicaid
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Only sophisticated individual taxpayers and businesses are likely to be able to afford to put together
- As discussed earlier, this is a program that will almost exclusively benefit individuals or businesses
- In conversations with my colleagues and our clients, Minnesota businesses and individuals are wanting
- The bill also exempts employers from a requirement to withhold taxes from the wages of individuals who
- It's important to remember this would only be allowed for those individuals with a reciprocal state.
Keywords:
individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (7-17-24)
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KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMYWlS2r8us, 2026-06-21T07:17:08+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting start 00:00:00
Roll call 00:00:02
Department of Revenue and Office of State Budget Director 00:02:44
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce 00:26:08
Tax Increment Financing and the Individual Income Tax Rate Reduction Process 00:39:04, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 10th, 2026
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- urge support of this bill because, basically, first of all, exercise is very, very important to individuals
- assess core competencies, efficacy of the mentoring program, recruitment and retention challenges, individual
- service quality through a 360-degree view with subject matter experts from both the department and individual
- to advance the preservation of childhoods and support caregivers, promote family well-being and individual
- I welcome the opportunity to visit and meet with the individual that came up and provided remarks.
Keywords:
high school diploma, graduation requirements, physical education credit, performing arts credit, marching band, Special Olympics, students with disabilities, IEP, individual education plan, 504 plan, Florida education, school credits, diploma substitution, ROTC, dance class, State Board of Education, public schools, graduation pathways, adaptive physical education, Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Summary:
The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs considered three bills and a confirmation. On SB 1600, the committee adopted a strike-all amendment and a technical amendment that shifted the bill from creating an accreditation process to requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation, DCF, and community-based care lead agencies to study liability insurance coverage and availability in the child welfare sector and report findings to the legislature by January 1, 2027; the bill also included enforcement provisions for failure to provide requested information. Support was noted from child and family advocacy groups, and the committee reported the bill favorably.
The committee also heard CS for SB 556, which would allow students with disabilities to satisfy a physical education graduation requirement through participation in Special Olympics, if included in the student’s IEP, and would clarify that two years of marching band participation can satisfy both PE and fine arts credit. Special Olympics Florida, families, and other supporters testified in favor, emphasizing flexibility, access, and recognition of rigorous activity. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered CS for SB 794, which requires background screening for employees of residential facilities and day training programs serving people with developmental disabilities and directs a review of waiver support coordination, including quality, consistency, access, competencies, recruitment and retention, caseloads, and geographic gaps in services. An amendment to conform to the House version was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably.
Members then questioned Secretary Taylor Hatch regarding her confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families. Senators raised concerns about child welfare system performance, parent notification and rights, CBC funding formulas, managing entities, opioid settlement spending, peer support expansion, and technology/interoperability improvements. Hatch described DCF’s recent data and initiatives, including reductions in out-of-home care entries, youth advisory efforts, missing children recovery operations, expanded behavioral health capacity, and technology upgrades for benefits processing. Public comment included support from family and provider organizations and concerns from a former foster care worker about medical misdiagnosis cases. The committee voted to recommend Hatch’s confirmation favorably, with Chair Grall voting no, and adjourned after allowing Senator Sharief to be recorded as voting in favor of SB 1600.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Only sophisticated individual taxpayers and businesses are likely to be able to afford to put together
- As discussed earlier, this is a program that will most exclusively benefit individuals or businesses
- Only sophisticated individual taxpayers and businesses are likely to be able to afford to put together
- As discussed earlier, this is a program that will most exclusively benefit individuals or businesses
- individuals from gross income,<01:05:33.119><c> it</c><01:05:33.280><c> reduces</c><01:05:33.760><c>
Keywords:
individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- a resort, but as their health declined, they were getting closer and closer to selling it off individually
- a resort, but as their health declined, they were getting closer and closer to selling it off individually
- closer and closer to selling<00:42:39.240><c> it</c><00:42:39.400><c> off</c><00:42:39.760><c> individually
- </c><00:42:40.599><c> like</c><00:42:41.240><c> he</c> selling it off individually like he selling it
- off individually like he mentioned<00:42:42.040><c> earlier</c><00:42:43.040><c> and</c><00:42:43.559
Keywords:
solid waste management, resource management account, environmental fund, taxation, Minnesota statutes, homestead, property tax, classification, disability, resort properties, recreational use, commercial property, tax refund, estimated tax, interest on refunds, income tax, corporate franchise tax, S corporation, partnership, corporation