Video & Transcript Research : 'religious liberty'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And so SB 11 aims to expand religious liberty in Texas schools while including safeguards to ensure participation
- Someone has an opportunity to read some other religious text, and that other religious text is not defined
- Of religious liberty and providing a meaningful path for spiritual growth among Texas children.
- An interfaith group of religious leaders across Texas.
- This bill does not expand religious freedom. It narrows it.
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:
- SB11 aims to expand religious liberty in Texas schools while including safeguards to ensure that participation
- Someone has an opportunity to read some other religious texts, and that other religious text is not defined
- It just says "religious text."
- Schools of different religious faiths. Some are Christians.
- By passing this bill, we are upholding the spirit. of religious liberty and providing a meaningful path
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
- Over the last 15 years, Liberty has expanded to become one of the largest oilfield service companies
- Liberty has nearly 6,000 employees, half of which are domiciled here in Texas.
- As such, Liberty has the ability to do that.
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:
- When a child has religious education in their life, their mental health improves.
- So if any religious group wanted to set this up, they could.
- To access release time programs for religious education for their children.
- These programs serve a vital role for families seeking religious education.
- Religious education, and they accommodate parents' desire for their children to receive religious instruction
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
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
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill empowers parents by affirming their right to direct the moral, religious, and educational upbringing
Keywords:
parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, released time, religious instruction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe in personal liberty.
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- codify and further strengthen a parent's right to religious release time.
- To allow religious release time.
- I'm with the Liberty Institute, and we are for Senate Bill 1049.
- Non-profit legal organization that advocates for religious liberty, free speech, life, marriage, and
- This allows for meaningful summer experiences like vacations, camps, and religious missions.
Keywords:
higher education, tuition rates, financial support, immigration status, Texas law, SB 1835, resident tuition, nonresident students, scholarship students, public higher education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Education Code Section 54.213, tuition waiver, in-state tuition, out-of-state students, higher education finance, enrollment cap, capacity limit, workforce development area, nonimmigrant visa
TX
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- protection from adverse action against public schools and institutions of higher education for permitting religious
Keywords:
educator misconduct, reporting requirements, local law enforcement, public and private schools, penalties for non-compliance, expressive activities, freedom of speech, public forum, higher education, protests, student rights, telework, public education, employee rights, emergency provisions, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance Week, antisemitism, genocide education, public schools
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 12th, 2025
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- know how hard it is to show my child the love of Jesus when you're using your interpretation of a religious
Keywords:
HB141, Alabama, state employees, salary deductions, payroll deduction, State Comptroller, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, employee associations, state payroll, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 36-1-4.3, public employees, union dues, benefits administration, payroll withholding, financial products, deferred compensation
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- ><c> exemption,</c><00:07:12.479><c> you</c> released for religious exemption, you released for religious
- What SB 248 does is it updates the existing code to clarify how release time religious courses can be
- SB 248 adds a local affiliation requirement so only churches or local community-based religious groups
- courses can be tak uh can be religious courses can be tak uh can be instituted<00:08:20.319><c> and<
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
Transcript Highlights:
- We've represented clients on religious liberty issues, some that some may deem controversial.
- Several years ago, I did work for a religious liberty law firm and one of the cases that I did learn
- It protects the religious liberties of Texas teachers, as well as ensures that teachers can focus on
- This bill ensures that religious liberties of educators are protected so that they can focus on this
- Please vote in favor of SB 8. 10 because it will protect the religious liberties of Texas educators and
Keywords:
Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer
AL
Bills:
SJR 36, SJR 2, SB 4, SR 45, SR 47, SR 63, SR 66, SR 70, SR 85, SCR 14, SB 10, SB 11, SB 10, SB 11
Keywords:
SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Bill 11 by Middleton et al. relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious
- Medical privacy and vaccine choice in the state of Texas and obviously they fight. for protecting our religious
- Religious exemptions were being denied, they protect our conscious exemptions and medical And at the
- end of the day, what they're fighting to protect and defend are our individual liberties to decide for
- for Vaccine Choice for their crucial role in helping in our fight for essential medical freedom and liberty
Keywords:
SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means
TX
Keywords:
SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session C Feb 11th, 2025
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH WE STAND, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
Keywords:
SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: Senator Nathan Johnson Jul 30th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity
TX
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity
TX
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity