Video & Transcript Research : 'minor adoption'

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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 6th, 2025

Children and Youth Health

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Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • If not, I'll entertain a motion to adopt the amendment. Yeah.
  • If not, I'll entertain a motion to adopt the amendment.
  • If not, I'll entertain a motion to adopt the amendment.
  • >> to adopt the amendment. >> to adopt the amendment.
  • :39.039> represent >> Adopt the amendments by represent >> Adopt the amendments by
Bills: HB461, HB465, HB469, HB473, SB94, SB303, HB461, HB465, HB469, HB473, SB94, SB303
Keywords: fundraising, Alabama Educational Television, state authority, public broadcasting, legislation influence, emergency management, public funds, educational materials, promotional materials, state agency, ambulance services, balance billing, health insurance, emergency transportation, reimbursement rates, water recreation, public access, water bodies, recreational use, water commissions
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Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, I think we need to maybe have a motion to try to adopt the amendment if we need to have the amendment
  • So, I think we need to maybe have a motion to try to adopt the amendment if we need to have the amendment
  • 41.680> to we need to maybe have a motion to try to we need to maybe have a motion to try to adopt
  • the amendment if we need to have adopt the amendment if we need to have the<00:11:44.079> amendment
  • I move to adopt the amendment. Second. Adopt the amendment. Motion by Representative Baker.
Bills: HB130, HB190, HB123, HB250, HB130, HB190, HB123, HB250
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 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll try to get those adopted if they're favorable.
  • If they're favorable, get them adopted and then move it along.
  • Using previous rules, hearing none, the amendments are adopted.
  • Hearing none, the second amendments are adopted. Back on the bill as amended, I... Adopted.
  • Okay, the amendment is adopted. Is that the only adoption, or have we had a motion for...?
Bills: HB43, SB81, SB178, SB138, SB89, SB183, HB27, HB188, HB199, HB190, SB117, HB43, HB27
Keywords: criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, custodial sexual misconduct, sexual misconduct, inmate abuse, prisoner exploitation, correctional staff, jail staff, detention center, probation officer, parole officer, Department of Corrections, Department of Youth Services, sheriff, county jail, municipal jail
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Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • representing adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoption agencies.
  • to use state adoption.
  • to use state adoption.
  • kids were adopted.
  • I am an adoptive mom and I am the founder of Life Tree Adoption Agency.
Bills: HB163, HB216, HB721, HB2035, HB2038, HB3057, HB3153, HB3233, HB3595, HB3801, HB3812, HB4076, HB4129, HB4377, HB4535, HB4666, HB4730, HB4743, HB4903, HB5149, HB5155, HB1534
Keywords: epinephrine, healthcare, emergency response, administration, medical policy, health care, itemized billing, patient rights, provider regulations, Texas Health and Safety Code, cost disclosure, insurance, benefit plan, administrators, chemical dependency, treatment facilities, minor admissions, parental notice, mental health, medical licensing
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
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Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've been doing adoptions for 20-plus years and I've probably been involved with over 5,000 adoptions
  • Presenting adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoption agencies.
  • I am an adoptee, an adoptive parent, and I've worked in the adoption field since... 1994, and I have
  • Part of my adoption plan was that my son went home with the adopted family from the hospital, not with
  • I'm the executive director at New Life Adoptions, but I'm also an adoptive mom.
Bills: HB163, HB216, HB721, HB2035, HB2038, HB3057, HB3153, HB3233, HB3595, HB3801, HB3812, HB4076, HB4129, HB4377, HB4535, HB4666, HB4730, HB4743, HB4903, HB5149, HB5155, HB1534, HB163, HB216
Keywords: epinephrine, healthcare, emergency response, administration, medical policy, health care, itemized billing, patient rights, provider regulations, Texas Health and Safety Code, cost disclosure, insurance, benefit plan, administrators, chemical dependency, treatment facilities, minor admissions, parental notice, mental health, medical licensing
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Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now >> got a motion to move adoption of the sub by Senator Givhan, second by Senator Figures.
  • Um Miss Ogden, if adoption of the sub.
  • I'll move to adopt the substitute. Do I have a second? You got a second by Senator Elliott.
  • Any opposition using previous roll on the adoption of the substitute? [clears throat] None.
  • The substitute's adopted. Senator Melson on the substitute. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Bills: SB24, SB83, SB142, SB140, SB94, SB24, SB83, SB142, SB140, SB94, HB132, HB37, HB51, HB105, HB54, HB7, HB158, HB188, HB189, HB111, HB13, HB192, HB149
Keywords: body-worn camera, public records, law enforcement transparency, recording disclosure, civil rights, adult-size changing table, changing station, accessible restroom, public bathroom, public building, public entity, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, accessibility, restroom renovation, new construction, grant program, state grant, local government facilities, historic property
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Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And only 7.4% of adoptive families access any post-adoption services.
  • Adopted and what made me the most passionate about adoption when I was 11 years old and um when we had
  • And is it more expensive to adopt out of the foster system as opposed to a private adoption?
  • Foster to adopt is much more affordable, um, and, uh, private adoption can cost anywhere from $400,000
  • be very difficult for adoptive parents to.
Bills: HB 2510, HB 3589, HB 4611, HB 4655, HB 4665, HB 4666, HB 4670, HB 4700, HB 4730, HB 4798, HB 4838, HB 5136, HB 5243, HB 5302, HB 5539
Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy
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Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair hears none, and the substitute is adopted.
  • The chair hears none, and the substitute is adopted.
  • The chair hears none, and the substitute is adopted.
  • The chair hears none, and the substitute is adopted.
  • Is there an objection to the adoption of the committee substitute? and the substitute is adopted.
Bills: HB2510, HB3589, HB4611, HB4655, HB4665, HB4666, HB4670, HB4700, HB4730, HB4798, HB4838, HB5136, HB5243, HB5302, HB5539
Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy
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Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • of adoptive families.
  • Access any post-adoption services.
  • My sister was adopted, and that made me the most passionate about adopting. ...and when we had the honor
  • It is true that foster-to-adopt is much more affordable, while private adoption can cost anywhere from
  • adoptive parents.
Bills: HB2510, HB3589, HB4611, HB4655, HB4665, HB4666, HB4670, HB4700, HB4730, HB4798, HB4838, HB5136, HB5243, HB5302, HB5539
Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee Families and Children (6-19-24) - REUPLOAD

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Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment is adopted. Please move the bill. Aye. Opposed?
  • The amendment is adopted. Please move the bill as amended.
  • So ordered, the amendment is adopted. Please move the bill as amended.
  • So ordered, the amendment is adopted. Please move the bill as amended.
  • The amendment is adopted. Please move the bill as amended.
Bills: SB1017, SB1149, SB1162, SB1192, SB1249, SB1253, SB1331, SB1333, SB1334
Keywords: informed consent, surgical procedures, healthcare professionals, patient rights, regulatory compliance, child welfare, dependency hearings, foster care, court procedures, parental rights, healthcare compliance, behavioral health technicians, licensing, monitoring, administrative burdens, basic first aid, good samaritan, medical licensing exemption, Arizona medical board, A.R.S. 32-1421
Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee opened with approval of the January 28 and 29 minutes and a welcome to Arizona Physical Therapy Day at the Capitol, including remarks from physical therapy advocates and students. The committee then took up several bills related to SNAP, health care oversight, child welfare, dementia planning, and safe haven newborn surrender. On SNAP, SB 1334 would bar DES from seeking or renewing federal waivers of work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents unless authorized by law; it passed 4-1. SB 1333 would require DES to reduce the SNAP payment error rate to 3% by 2030, with regular reporting, corrective action plans, and possible funding penalties; an amendment changed the reporting to quarterly and required a special audit, and the bill passed 4-1 as amended. SB 1331 would require able-bodied adults under 60 receiving SNAP to participate in mandatory employment and training unless exempt; testimony split between supporters citing work incentives and opponents warning of administrative burden and impacts on families and food banks, and it passed 4-2. The committee also advanced SB 1162, which clarifies DHS as the lead licensing and monitoring agency for health care institutions and, as amended, requires DHS and AHCCCS/Access to coordinate to identify duplicative oversight and report back periodically; it passed unanimously. SB 1017, requiring signatures on emergency informed consent forms for surgical procedures, passed 4-2. SB 1149, dealing with DCS periodic review hearings and notice/reporting requirements, including for tribal parties, passed 5-1. SB 1249, which designates DHS as the lead agency on Alzheimer’s and dementia planning and creates a dementia services program funded through lottery monies under the adopted amendment, passed unanimously after emotional testimony from advocates and family members. Finally, SB 1253, clarifying that a parent may surrender a newborn at the hospital of birth without leaving and returning, passed 5-0. The committee then adjourned.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

2023 House Impeachment Committee - UPON ADJOURNMENT - (1-5-23)

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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 27th, 2025

Children and Youth Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • This was deemed harmful to... that was deemed harmful to minors.
  • Protection for minors, um, but I don't...
  • That's information the tech companies can use to know this is a minor, not an adult.
  • You know, in contracts we learned that no contract made with a minor is enforceable.
  • So even if minors are entering contracts, nothing is enforceable from either party.
Bills: SB186, SB187
Keywords: internet filtering, child protection, obscene content, civil liability, manufacturers, app store, app store provider, app developer, mobile app, age verification, parental consent, minor safety, child online safety, parental controls, age gating, digital privacy, data protection, in-app purchases, online consumer protection, deceptive trade practice
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 11th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • slip forward and go to tab two, and we're going to talk about SB 1594, veteran benefit payments to minor
  • existing assistance, but rather are set aside for post-secondary education or aftercare services when the minor
  • There are no amendments, sir. ...set aside for post-secondary education or aftercare services when the minor
  • The amendment is adopted. So, back on the bill as amended.
  • Seeing no objection, the motion is adopted. Is there any other business?
Bills: S1182, S1594
Keywords: veterans, military spouses, business incentives, tax exemptions, economic development, veteran benefits, minor clients, financial assistance, education services, Department of Children and Families, Department of Health
Summary: The Senate Committee on Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum present and took up two bills. SB 1594, by Senator Gates, would change how veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth are handled so the funds are not used to offset foster care costs, but instead are preserved for post-secondary education or aftercare services when the youth leaves foster care. The bill drew one supportive appearance from Victoria Zep of Family Support Services, had no debate, and was reported favorably by a unanimous roll call vote. Senator Sharief later asked to be recorded as a yes vote on the bill. The committee then considered SB 1182, by Senator Jones, which creates the Florida Veterans and Military Spouses Business Development Act to provide fee relief and tax incentives for veteran-owned and military spouse-owned businesses. The committee adopted Jones’s strike-all amendment, which added information-sharing and verification provisions, refined the tax exemptions, and broadened eligibility for fee waivers and sales tax relief. After no questions or debate, the amended bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. The committee also held a confirmation hearing for three appointees—Matthew Bacchano, Tim Thomas, and Belinda Kaiser—and recommended confirmation on all three in one vote. The meeting concluded with several members offering remarks praising Chair Wright’s long service and leadership on veterans’ issues, followed by adjournment.
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Children and Youth Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Their ability to rapidly apply first aid to what was, in reality, a minor non-life-threatening injury
  • We’ve got to talk about the rights of the majority and try to figure out how to deal with the minority
Bills: SB58, SB101, SB102
Keywords: parental rights, minor consent, medical consent, mental health services, school counseling, student counseling, parental notification, opt-in, health records, HIPAA, vaccine consent, adolescent health, youth privacy, confidential counseling, school mental health, reproductive health, pregnancy services, sexually transmitted infections, STI treatment, substance abuse treatment
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children (2-27-24)

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Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/12/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Transcript Highlights:
  • parties to a divorce proceeding to use AI-assisted arbitration if both parties consent and do not have minor
  • They only had vehicles and they only had a house, no minor children.
  • And then they had minor tweaks from the divorce calculator, and then they went before a judge, and the
  • Members, the motion before you is the adoption of the Wilmeth amendment.
  • Chairman, I move that the two-page Wilm. amendment dated February 10th at 8:44 a.m. be adopted.
Bills: HB2311, HB2371, HB2409, HB2410, HB2456, HB2457, HB4005
Keywords: artificial intelligence, disclosure requirements, data privacy, minor protection, online safety, HB2371, Arizona divorce, family law, dissolution of marriage, AI arbitration, AI-assisted arbitration, automated dispute resolution, online arbitration, binding determination, recommendation, superior court appeal, de novo review, marital dissolution, spousal consent, minor children
Summary: The committee met in a special morning session and first heard HB 2371, a pilot proposal to allow consenting divorcing parties without minor children to use AI-assisted arbitration in simple divorce cases. Rep. Martinez described it as a voluntary, fairness-focused tool for people who cannot afford lawyers, with the judge retaining final authority. Members raised concerns about the bill’s binding-language, privacy, and the need for clearer guardrails on assets and support, but the sponsor said amendments were welcome. The committee voted 7-0 to give HB 2371 a do pass recommendation. The committee then took up HB 2311, which requires conversational AI systems to notify minors they are interacting with AI, restrict sexual content, prohibit deceptive human impersonation, and require self-harm response protocols. Google testified in support, saying its Gemini product already uses similar safeguards and that the bill would set an industry-wide floor; a speaker also noted similar measures are being considered in several other states. After adopting a committee amendment clarifying customer-service AI and limiting developer liability, the committee voted 7-0 to recommend HB 2311 do pass as amended. Next, the committee heard HB 2409, creating a voluntary statewide summer AI education program focused on digital hygiene, civic integrity, privacy, media literacy, critical thinking, and algorithmic bias. Supporters argued Arizona needs to prepare residents for AI-driven job disruption and help people use the technology to become more self-sufficient, while opponents objected to the program’s funding and potential unfunded mandate to the education department. The bill passed 4-3. HB 2410, which would treat communications with AI as privileged like communications with human professionals, also passed after testimony from the sponsor and a criminal defense advocate who argued the measure would protect sensitive legal and personal conversations; the vote was 6-0 with one member present. The committee then approved HB 4005, requiring school districts and charter schools to provide instruction on ethical, moral, and educational uses of AI, by a 4-2-1 vote after some members said schools lacked resources and should not be mandated to add curriculum without funding. Finally, the committee considered HB 2456 and HB 2457, both related to small modular nuclear reactors and utility siting/streamlining for energy development tied to large power users. Supporters framed them as necessary for future energy demand, data centers, and economic growth, while opponents raised concerns about local zoning authority and environmental oversight. Both bills were amended and advanced on 4-3 votes, and the meeting adjourned after the final roll calls.
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Judiciary

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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Feb 4th, 2026

Commerce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, local governments can adopt stricter standards if that should be the case.
  • The amendment is adopted. We are back on the bill as amended.
  • If a minor, like a 13-year-old, for example, is... I appreciate that.
  • We are all on the same page on wanting to protect minors.
  • The amendment is adopted. We are back on the bill as amended.
Bills: S0198, S0422, S1236, S1356, S1456, S1722
Keywords: virtual currency, kiosks, money services business, regulation, financial services, consumer protection, cryptocurrency, registration, ADS-B, automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, aviation, airports, airport fees, landing fees, departure fees, touch-and-go landing, general aviation, pilot privacy, airspace radius, aircraft tracking
Summary: The committee first postponed SB 1456, then heard SB 1236, which would condition state economic development incentives on employers using secret-ballot union elections and prohibit neutrality agreements. The sponsor argued the bill protects workers from coercion and applies only to companies receiving taxpayer-funded incentives; opponents said it was government interference, likely to hurt contractors, apprenticeships, and business growth, and raised concerns about federal preemption and Attorney General enforcement. After debate, the committee reported SB 1236 favorably on a recorded vote. The committee then considered CS/SB 198, a measure to regulate cryptocurrency kiosks by requiring operator registration, fraud warnings, transaction limits, blockchain analytics, receipts, and refund protections for certain first-time transactions tied to fraud. Supporters from the banking industry, AARP, and others said the bill would help stop scams that are targeting seniors and vulnerable adults; one industry witness supported the bill but suggested narrowing the limits for existing users and shortening the new-customer period. The committee reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee took up CS/SB 1356 on dog breeding, pet sales, and breeder registration. The sponsor said the bill is intended to curb puppy mills, improve animal welfare, and add consumer protections, while an amendment removed state oversight of local animal shelters. Pet store representatives supported much of the bill but objected to the three-day waiting period for financed purchases, expanded reimbursement, and unfair trade practice penalties; others argued the bill would add red tape and litigation. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard SB 1722 on app stores and minors, which would require age verification, parental consent for minors, app-content disclosures, and enforcement by the Department of Legal Affairs. Supporters said the bill would help parents protect children online; opponents warned it could force collection of sensitive personal data, create privacy and constitutional problems, and duplicate existing parental tools. Members debated the balance between child safety and privacy, and the committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 422 on ADS-B aviation data, which would bar use of ADS-B information to calculate certain landing or access fees; an amendment added departures to the restriction. Pilots supported the bill as a safety and privacy measure, while airport representatives opposed it as undermining airport finances and shifting costs. The amendment was adopted, and the hearing on the bill began with testimony from both sides.