Video & Transcript Research : 'majority quorum'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Here, Senator Schwertner, Senator West, Senator Zaffirini— the quorum is present. Go ahead.
- But the majority would need to go to supply to address the challenges we have today so that we'll have
- Because if it's subject to the majority of the urban representatives' and senators' conversations every
- Some of that water is recycled for frack water; it goes back downhole, but the vast majority of it in
- Since we have a quorum, we will go ahead. We're going to leave this bill pending for now.
Keywords:
alcohol, taxation, reporting requirements, sales, distribution, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer, constitutional amendment, water fund, Texas water supply, state revenue, infrastructure, HJR 7, Texas Legislature, quorum, majority quorum, two-thirds quorum, legislative procedure
TX
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- Quorum is present.
- I would say that, I would say that, you know, regulation in this particular case and You have a majority
- Our members are responsible for the vast majority of water, waste water, and drainage-related services
- And the vast majority of it also to the north of Houston, typically Huntsville.
Keywords:
coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The quorum is present. Good morning members.
- irrigation, water supply, drainage, flood, and they provide water and wastewater services. to the majority
- Yes sir, Jeremy Major, Texas 2036. I want to, Chairman, I want to thank you for Two things.
Keywords:
coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation
TX
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- The quorum is present.
- So ranked-choice voting does not comport with majority rule here in our state.
- Capetillo, who received, quote, a majority of... voters.
- So who are your major donors?
- And who are your major donors?
Keywords:
HB 817, Texas Election Code, majority vote, majority threshold, ranked-choice voting, preferential voting, instant runoff voting, vote reassignment, ballot ranking, election administration, public office election, Election Code Section 2.0215, runoff elections, plurality vs majority, voting systems, education reform, budget allocation, teacher retention, student performance, accountability measures
TX
Bills:
HB293
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Feb 18th, 2026
Ethics and Campaign Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- making certain expenditures while absent from the state without leave for the purpose of breaking quorum
- In the past, legislators have used quorum breaks to raise political funds, creating concerns that members
- This current arrangement creates a financial incentive to break quorum.
- While Article 3, Section 10 of the Texas Constitution has been interpreted to allow for quorum breaking
- , and we do not remove or restrict any of that constitutional right for them to break quorum if they
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- A quorum is present.
- It recognizes that, uh, quorums will happen, and that's why there are provisions to address the quorums
- This bill has nothing to do with limit somebody's ability to quorum break quorum.
- Benefiting financially from a quorum break. This bill does not compel a quorum.
- And breaks quorum.
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Quorum is present. Good afternoon.
- This current arrangement creates a financial incentive to break quorum.
- Article 3, Section 10 of the Texas Constitution has been interpreted to allow for quorum-breaking.
- Would it also have the same effect on a quorum?
- Those funds could not be spent by that quorum-breaking legislator on...
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- A quorum is present.
- I mean, you know major moments.
- recent quorum break.
- This bill has nothing to do with... to break quorum. Financially during quorum break.
- Because you, Democrats, would you, did you say love to break quorum? Love to break quorum.
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It recognizes that quorums will happen, and that's why there are provisions to address quorums, such
- a right to quorum break, fundraising.
- Benefiting financially from a quorum break. This bill does not compel a quorum.
- It was filed specifically because Democrats love to break quorum. Did you say love to break quorum?
- Love to break quorum.
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
Summary:
The meeting of the committee focused on the discussions surrounding HB18, which aims to prevent legislators from financially benefiting when they break quorum. Chairman Shaheen emphasized that this bill addresses the integrity of the Texas legislature and responds to constituent concerns about lawmakers being absent and raising funds simultaneously. Throughout the meeting, members discussed the implications of enforcing penalties for breaking quorum and the balance between legislative strategy and financial transparency. Various representatives expressed their views, with some supporting the bill for enhancing accountability, while others argued that it imposes unfair restrictions on a constitutional tactic historically used by minority factions.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Feb 18th, 2026
Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, you have a quorum. >> All right. Thank you.
- Or is it because no one has reached the majority over that individual?
- Or is it because no one has reached the majority over that individual?
- Or is it because no one has reached the majority over that individual?
- Cuz I'm majority over that individual?
Keywords:
abandoned roads, land ownership, government regulations, property rights, transportation, Ten Commandments, public education, displays, funding, Alabama law, municipal elections, runoff elections, majority voting, electoral procedures, local governance, campaign finance, record retention, political action committees, Fair Campaign Practices Act, 1136
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't have a quorum yet, so we'll call the roll a little later, but we, I see Senator Hinojosa, Adam
- We'll vote that out in a little later when we have a quorum.
- Campbell, Creighton Flores, Paul Colcourse, Nichols, Paxton, Perry Schwartner West Safarini, a quorum
- All right, a quorum is present. Uh, so members we're gonna go ahead and vote.
Bills:
HB104
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tax rate election, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, de minimis rate, local government, special district, tax increase, tax notice, public hearing, tax code, Health and Safety Code, Texas property taxes, taxing unit, election threshold, two-thirds vote, majority vote, budget approval
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, a quorum is present.
Bills:
HB104
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tax rate election, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, de minimis rate, local government, special district, tax increase, tax notice, public hearing, tax code, Health and Safety Code, Texas property taxes, taxing unit, election threshold, two-thirds vote, majority vote, budget approval
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Keywords:
juvenile justice, detention, age of majority, jurisdiction, child welfare, K-12 education, wireless communication devices, digital safety, social media education, classroom distraction, agriculture authority, eminent domain, property rights, tax exemption, agriculture center, SNAP, nutrition assistance, benefits theft, state reimbursement, food security
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 15th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There being 95 members present, a quorum is not present.
Keywords:
district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner
Summary:
The House convened with a strict roll-call enforcement request, but only 95 members were present, so a quorum was not present. The chamber heard an invocation from Furman Carpenter, DPS chaplain, followed by the pledges to the U.S. and Texas flags.
A member raised a parliamentary inquiry asking whether members must be present to make a motion and whether all members who requested strict enforcement were present; the Speaker said he would need to check the journal. The Speaker then announced that the House was about to receive a motion to adjourn sine die and noted that the governor might call another special session soon.
Representative Garin moved that the House of Representatives of the First Called Session of the Eighty-Ninth Legislature adjourn sine die. There was no objection, and the motion carried, ending the session.
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 5th, 2025
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a quorum.
- Whether or not the House has a quorum or not, this work is too important to wait on, on, on the political
- Throughout the hours of testimony at our select committee hearings, some of the major concerns that emerged
- our organized volunteer groups are truly are the backbone of how we recover across the state from major
- This committee will be voting them out, um, in anticipation of a quorum in the Texas House where we can
Keywords:
youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (1-7-22)
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KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Y-MRb6G0Q, 2026-06-21T07:16:59+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, This meeting will convene upon adjournment of the Majority House Caucus. The set time is only a placeholder until the exact meeting is known
Meeting Start: 00:00
Roll Call: 00:03
SB 2 Discussion: 01:39
SB 2 Roll Call Vote: 20:12
SB 3 Discussion: 22:46
SB 3 Roll Call Vote: 35:06
SB 20 Discussion: 39:17
SB 20 Roll Call: 45:43, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 19th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, a quorum is present. Thank you all for being here.
- We have a quorum, we have six bills we're going to vote on today or we're going to hear six bills today
- of Americans. majority of the folks living in this country, in this state, to utilize this idea. be
- Chair calls Omar Villarreal, Texas Department of Public Safety. 746 Major, thank you for being here.
- Thank You Major appreciate what you do so The, is this based on the application itself?
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, parole supervision, law enforcement, warrant execution, public safety, handgun license, judgment evaluation, medical advisory board, application denial, gun law procedures, abandoned property, unclaimed property, disposition, handgun, driver's license, commercial driver's license, weapon carry, gun rights, Texas legislature, legislative attendance
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 19th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- A quorum is present.
- One of the major ways we deliver services to our clients is through contracts.
- So the Majority, 97% of the people we serve in Medicaid are on managed care.
- And the majority of those were for AES. In the base Bill, you all funded 642 temporary FTEs.
- The majority of those, they're.
Keywords:
cybersecurity, state command, information resources, data protection, incident response, information technology, classification officer, job descriptions, state positions, competency-based, information sharing, government efficiency, public sector, private sector, distributed ledger, title registry, real estate, property liens, pilot program, healthcare