Video & Transcript Research : 'session law'
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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 19th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
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- and federal law enforcement officers.
- It is not preempted by federal law and it strengthens Texas ability to uphold the rule of law.
- This law goes into effect.
- Let's allow our law and our local law enforcement agencies to do the same.
- law.
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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
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
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- That is all part of the federal law, not part of this law. >> Senator Pizzo?
- Could federal law change? Yes.
- Didn't we pass a condo law in a special session? What happened there?
- I know this is only a special session.
- They are all following the law right now; none of them is not following the law.
Keywords:
accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, advocacy, legislation, business issues, memorial, law enforcement, sacrifice, tribute, community support, service, community, Holocaust, remembrance, antisemitism, human rights, education, Holocaust Remembrance Day, memorialization, sexual assault
TX
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- Deputy Vargas was a 17-year veteran of law enforcement.
- So my vow and I hope your vow is to ensure we support our law enforcement.
- We're losing our first responders, our brave law enforcement officials.
- He fought to take laws off the books.
- That's what law enforcement does — it's a family. It truly is a family.
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accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, advocacy, legislation, business issues, memorial, law enforcement, sacrifice, tribute, community support, service, community, Holocaust, remembrance, antisemitism, human rights, education, Holocaust Remembrance Day, memorialization, sexual assault
TX
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- apply to a special session.
- The uh and these special sessions have repeatedly turned into many legislative sessions.
- sessions.
- So there's a difference between regular session and special session because if not, anyone running for
- But overriding of vetoes is not on the special session call. Do we know the law?
Keywords:
voter registration, election procedures, provisional ballot, change of address, residence requirements, Texas Election Code, voting rights, judicial administration, court reform, juvenile diversion, court security, mental health services, drug offenses, constitutional amendments, political contributions, special legislative session, election code, transparency, campaign finance, election law
TX
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- session.
- These special sessions have repeatedly turned into many legislative sessions.
- special sessions.
- after special session.
- But if overriding vetoes is not on the special session call, do we know the law on that?
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voter registration, election procedures, provisional ballot, change of address, residence requirements, Texas Election Code, voting rights, judicial administration, court reform, juvenile diversion, court security, mental health services, drug offenses, constitutional amendments, political contributions, special legislative session, election code, transparency, campaign finance, election law
NM
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- If you're absent in the morning session, you're absent all day and you get a deduction.
- They're not engaging with law enforcement so that law enforcement can do what they...
- They're not engaging with law enforcement so that law enforcement can do what they are trained and hired
- Since then, we've had five sessions. Since then, we've had five sessions.
- It is next week, correct, here in Santa Fe. ...breakout sessions.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:01 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
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- Law.
- I'm reading this from our post-session review from last session.
- That's something that's not currently in state law, but certainly something that could be in state law
- That's something that's not currently in state law, but certainly something that could be in state law
- So we have a law in New Mexico that was passed that allows us to lease directly... ...a law in New Mexico
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:06 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
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- laws from the first special session of the 57th Legislature that would otherwise become effective on
- Second Session.
- 1999, Chapter 238, Section 1, as amended by Laws 2005, Chapter 29, Section 1, and by law. ...Section
- Laws 1988, Chapter 107, Section 5,... ...1978, being Laws 1988, Chapter 107, Section 5, and Laws 1988
- We will not have floor session tomorrow. We will not have floor session tomorrow.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
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- Outlay Fund is 1.6 billion and we have also been tracking since the 21st and 2022 special and regular sessions
- new requests, I just Kind of wanted to give you a sense of what you all will be dealing with this session
- Okay, moving on to some policy issues that we took up this interim that will be before you this session
- Side, what we're kind of looking at with the reforms proposed this session are putting at least a few
- You know how it is during the session, and it's just always amazing to me how much knowledge you all
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:16 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
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- House Bill 1 appropriates for the expenses of the 2026 legislative session and appropriations for the
- So Sections 1 and 2 are appropriations for the expenses as of the 2026 regular session.
- Section 10 it talks about the Official master database of laws self-publication.
- So the funding that is laid out in section one, for example, on session expense, okay, so Mr.
- If we do hire additional Interim Committee staffers, what are they doing during session?
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Mar 24th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
court reporter, official court reporter, courts, judicial system, ethics, post-employment restrictions, cooling-off period, two-year waiting period, rehiring, reemployment, contractual services, former public employee, public employer, Louisiana ethics law, R.S. 42:1121, Act 532, lobbying, public service, statewide officials, compensation
FL
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- families and each person represented in this process as we come together to finalize our budget this session
- reform, public safety, and environmental conservation, and helped shape major institutions including law
- Garrison, House a Concurrent Resolution 1635, a concurrent resolution extending the 2025 regular session
- Representative Garrison, House Concurrent Resolution 1635, a concurrent resolution extending the 2025 regular session
- Garrison: HCR 1635 extends the session to 11:59 PM, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, and provides legislation
Keywords:
legislative session extension, General Appropriations Act, budget process, session deadlines
Summary:
The Florida House of Representatives convened for a brief session focused on procedural matters. Representative McClure moved to waive rules and introduce House Bill 5017 and House Joint Resolution 5019. The primary business was Representative Garrison's House Concurrent Resolution 1635, which extends the 2025 regular legislative session until 11:59 PM on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. The resolution specifies that only the General Appropriations Act (GAA), its implementing bill, and an enumerated list of conforming bills, joint resolutions, and general bills may be considered during the extension. All other legislative measures will be indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration as of 12:00 AM on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The resolution was adopted.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Local Government (11-20-25) - Reupload
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- We don't coming into this session.
- this year and going into the session. this year and going into the session.
- Current law speci jail authority.
- Am I provided to law enforcement.
- operations of a law enforcement agency. operations of a law enforcement agency.
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Reupload to restore attendance roll call
Roll Call 00:00:00
Approval of Minutes from September Meeting 00:00:24
Presentation of the Kentucky Association of Counties Legislative Platform for the Upcoming 2026 Session 00:01:48
Discussion of Legislation Concerning Firefighter Death Benefits 00:35:43
Discussion of DNA Collection in Jails for Felony Arrests 00:45:52
Discussion of Federal Immigration Law Enforcement 00:54:18
Adjournment 01:15:39, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met for its sixth meeting, established a quorum, and approved the minutes from the October 21 meeting. The main agenda item was a presentation from Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) leaders and county officials on jail funding and jail-system reform. Speakers said county jail costs have reached crisis levels, citing large and rising general-fund subsidies in counties such as Hardin, McCracken, and Warren, and noting that county general-fund contributions to jail funds have increased by 76% since 2019.
KACo outlined a three-part legislative approach for the upcoming session: incentivizing regional jails, clarifying responsibility for pre-trial felony detainees, and redefining the model for housing state inmates in county jails. On regional jails, they proposed one-time state construction funding, statutory changes to allow former county jails to serve as 96-hour holdover facilities, broader participation of jailers on regional jail authority boards, an increased supplement for closed county jails, and a one-time payment for counties that close local jails and join regional facilities. Union County Judge Adam Onan described his county’s savings from contracting with Webster County and said regionalization can reduce costs where feasible.
Harlan County Judge Executive Dan Mosley focused on pre-trial felony detainees, saying counties bear the full cost of housing people awaiting trial for long periods, sometimes years, and that pre-trial time is later credited toward state sentences. He argued the state benefits from that credit and referenced prior bills that would have reimbursed counties for time-served credit. Shelley Hampton then proposed replacing the current per diem model for state inmates with contracts requiring the Department of Corrections to pay actual housing costs and to support programming such as substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavioral programming, re-entry services, workforce training, and academics. No votes were taken on the jail proposals, and the meeting ended with the presentation and discussion of the county recommendations.
NM
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- So we would have two 45-day sessions.
- Um, so there's a little bit of whiplash going from a 60-day session to a 30-day session back to a 60-
- day session.
- Well, we're in the second session.
- session to get things done because you could just come back in the second session.
Keywords:
constitutional amendment, legislative sessions, veto override, New Mexico legislature, session length, legislative session, even-numbered years, New Mexico Constitution, student behavior, physical restraint, seclusion, public schools, training, de-escalation, student safety, behavior interventions, criminal offenses, peace officer, Victims of Crime Act, law enforcement
FL
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- As you know, Tom Yatman retired last fall at some point during session, whenever that was, and Shasta
- the 2026 Florida Statutes as an official document and, more importantly, adopts as official statute law
- of the state all statute materials passed by the 2025 regular session.
- Senate Bill 102 deletes statutory provisions that were repealed by an earlier session of the legislature
- adjourn, I just want, this is probably going to be the quickest meeting we're going to have this session
Keywords:
Florida Statutes, codification, revisers bill, statutory adoption, official law, general laws, repeal by omission, statutory compilation, Florida Legislature, legal code update, session law, statute revision, F.S., codified laws, legislative services, pending civil remedies, accrued rights, reviser bill, statutory cleanup, technical corrections
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard three housekeeping/statutory revision bills. Chair Passidomo introduced the committee’s new staff director, and the committee proceeded quickly through the agenda with no public appearance forms, questions, or debate on any of the bills.
SB 100, the Adoption Act, prospectively adopts the 2026 Florida Statutes as an official document and adopts the statute materials passed by the 2025 regular session as official state statute law. SB 102 deletes statutory provisions that were previously repealed or expired and are now without effect. SB 104 is the General Reviser's Bill, which removes obsolete language, updates cross-references, and corrects grammatical and typographical errors in the Florida Statutes.
Each bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. After the votes, several senators asked to be recorded as voting favorably on tabs 1 and 2, and the committee adopted that request without objection. The meeting then adjourned, with members reminded that the committee would meet again on Thursday.
HI
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- There's been testimony that federal law There's been testimony that federal law under<00:08:56.399
- So, codifying state law removes this ambiguity. Codifying state law removes this ambiguity.
- this article, we don't have any case law this article, we don't have any case law that<00:32:32.640
- So it just seems like the law is moot at this point, right?
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as You're required to follow the law as You're required to follow the law as
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students with disabilities, individualized education programs, emergency plans, evacuation procedures, support services, Hawaii education law, HB2343, Maui State Veterans Home, veterans home, veterans, long-term care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, Alzheimer's care, respite care, assimilate, transfer deadline, Act 99, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024
Summary:
The committee heard House Bill 1997, which would require IEPs for students with disabilities to include individualized emergency accommodations and evacuation supports. The Attorney General’s office supported the intent but recommended amendments to explicitly include students with Section 504 plans and to change references from “department schools” to “public schools” so charter school students are covered. Testimony in support came from disability advocates and several individuals, including Peter Fritz, who said emergency evacuation planning should be made explicit because it is not clearly required by federal law, and Ka Swan, who emphasized student safety during emergencies. No vote or final action was taken on the bill in the transcript.
The committee then took up House Bill 2343, relating to the Maui State Veterans Home. The measure would repeal a deadline for transferring the home to a state agency with a Maui affiliation and instead require the transfer to occur as soon as practicable. The Department of Defense, the Office of Veterans Services, HHSC Oahu Region, and several individuals testified in support. Committee members asked whether a more definite deadline should be used, but the department said the open-ended language was preferable because the Maui entity is not yet ready and Oahu is currently providing oversight. No vote or final action was recorded.
House Bill 2566, authorizing special license plates for Hawaii Civil Air Patrol members, was also heard. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services testified in opposition, while Johnny Perry testified in support. The committee did not take a vote in the transcript.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2493 on wrongful imprisonment compensation procedures. The Attorney General’s office opposed the bill, arguing it would create an automatic payment mechanism without a sufficient finding of actual innocence, could trigger payments within five days of dismissal, and raised concerns about insufficient time for prosecution review and about funding and appropriation issues. Supporters, including people who said they had been wrongfully convicted and later found actually innocent, argued the bill would reduce delays and help released individuals survive while awaiting compensation. Judiciary staff requested technical amendments and said operational details still needed review. Members questioned the AG about the meaning of “actual innocence,” burden shifting, and whether the bill would better define the standard, but no vote or final action was taken.
FL
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- OH GOD, THE FOUNTAIN OF WISDOM, WHOSE WILL IS GOOD AND GRACIOUS AND WHOSE LAW IS TRUTH.
- WE BESEECH YOU SO TO GUIDE AND BLESS US THAT WE MAY ENACT SUCH LAWS THAT SHALL PLEASE YOU TO THE GLORY
- Perez: MEMBERS, ON JANUARY 13, WHEN THE GOVERNOR ISSUED A PROCLAMATION CALLING US INTO A SPECIAL SESSION
- WE HAVE CONVENED A SPECIAL SESSION AS SURGICALLY AS POSSIBLE.
- IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTIONS, WE WILL NOT REPLICATE THE COMMITTEE PROCESS FROM THE OTHER SESSION
Summary:
The Florida House of Representatives convened for a special session on February 11-14 to address illegal immigration legislation. Speaker Perez announced they would consider two bills and a memorial filed the previous night, with committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday and final passage on Thursday. The Speaker emphasized the legislature's role as equal participants rather than recipients of instructions, describing their approach as aggressive in combating illegal immigration while being thoughtful in methods. The session was designed to be surgical and efficient, bypassing the normal committee process except for Budget Committee review.
VA
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- The House is now in session.
- As we prepare to conclude this 2026 reconvened session, we humbly beseech thee to bless us.
VA
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- The House is now in session.
- Exemptions are maintained for law enforcement, military, ROTC, and those engaged in lawful hunting or
- Exemptions are maintained for law enforcement, military, ROTC, and those engaged in lawful hunting or
- This legislation will criminalize law-abiding citizens, Virginians, including off-duty law enforcement
- This legislation will criminalize law-abiding citizens, Virginians, including off-duty law enforcement
VA
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- The House is now in session.
- , so bear with me as I give session, so bear with me as I give this.
- Speaker, I've been pretty quiet this session, but— Mr.
- He broke numerous gun laws. He was a felon in possession of a firearm.
- All of the job that they have been doing throughout this session.