Video & Transcript Research : 'speech protection'

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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 27, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill aims to codify protections for student speech and expressions in public schools with a strong
  • It protected prayer and freedom of speech in school.
  • It protected prayer and freedom<00:02:22.239> of<00:02:22.480> speech<00:02:22.720>
  • Um, under this section it protects students' free speech, expression, and definitions.
  • Specifying protections for speech and expression by students at public schools.
Bills: HB0159
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, March 2, 2026 AM

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I certainly can see the public policy reasons for protecting speech and protecting people from the cost
  • I certainly can see the public policy reasons for protecting speech and protecting people from the cost
  • I certainly can see the public policy reasons for protecting speech and protecting people from the cost
  • I certainly can see the public policy reasons for protecting speech and protecting people from the cost
  • The target should not protected speech.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 16, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:31:34.159> One constitutionally protected speech.
  • One constitutionally protected speech.
  • Both the first protected speech.
  • Um now so the question protected speech.
  • You know, anonymous speech is protected under the First Amendment.
Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, February 16, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • acts, which sets age consumer protection acts, which sets age limits<00:17:52.000> and<00:17:
  • So providing really critical services to protect the state's children.
  • > the<01:18:24.320> state's services to protect the state's services to protect the state's
  • <01:26:34.880> these how critical it is to protect these how critical it is to protect these
  • <01:30:00.560> the this as much as we can to protect the this as much as we can to protect
Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, February 18, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is about restoring constitutional balance of power and protecting Wyoming sovereignty.
  • It is about restoring constitutional balance of power and protecting Wyoming sovereignty.
  • It is about restoring constitutional balance of power and protecting Wyoming sovereignty.
  • That's all we're trying to do is protect the customer.
  • trying to do is protect the customer. trying to do is protect the customer.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 18, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • the citizens, but protect our country.
  • but I can say it is ground to protect but I can say it is ground to protect the<00:51:24.559>
  • the citizens, but protect our country. the citizens, but protect our country.
  • uh is able to do their jobs and protect uh is able to do their jobs and protect the<00:55:24.319
  • <00:57:25.200> our direction of how we can uh protect our direction of how we can uh protect
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/20/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • of, you know, protecting free speech, protecting the First Amendment, protected speech, it's a real
  • 29:57.480> Speech<00:29:57.799> protect protecting Free Speech protect protecting Free
  • protected free speech is incredibly protected free speech is incredibly complex<00:50:24.400>
  • All speech that is protected speech has to be protected, right?
  • what protected speech is specifically<00:56:08.599> protected<00:56:09.000> speech<00:
Bills: HF414, HF768, HF359
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • making sure that we're protecting those. making sure that we're protecting those.
  • Members, this bill protects the people that protect us.
  • to protecting our communities every day. to protecting our communities every day.
  • Protection Act, and HIPPA.
  • a fallacy of enhanced protection. a fallacy of enhanced protection.
Bills: HF1567, HF2809, HF3380
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hearings to examine the censorship industrial complex. Mar 25th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

Constitution Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The speech of Americans is protected.
  • META decided to follow X. and to restore free speech protections.
  • Similarly, in states... officials have sought to police First Amendment protected speech using similar
  • They want to jail people for their speech. They want to deport people for their speech.
  • Weingarten, do you think the January 6th riot at the Capitol was protected free speech?
Summary: The meeting primarily focused on the implications of government involvement in censorship, particularly regarding social media platforms and compliance with misinformation standards. senators and witnesses discussed growing concerns over the influence of large tech companies, like Facebook and Google, in shaping public discourse and suppressing dissenting views. A significant part of the meeting included testimonies from various experts emphasizing the dangers of the 'censorship industrial complex'—a term used to describe the collaborative efforts between government entities and private organizations to control information flow. This collaboration is viewed as a violation of First Amendment rights, with calls for urgent legislative action to restore free speech protections.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, I don't know how that protects anybody. I don't... Protects anybody. I don't...
  • of people on our policies is necessary, and I do not know what that's doing in terms of consumer protection
  • This would just be a protection, as you said, for the consumer.
  • So, I think that's what Representative Warren is just trying to do to protect...
  • Warren is just trying to do to protect the consumer in the highly unlikely event that that might happen
Bills: HB441
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Transcript Highlights:
  • Governor, Governor Ducey, and encourage Katie Hobbs to get on board with this bill so that we can protect
  • How many more kids before we get brave enough to really legislate and protect our communities?
  • How many more kids before we get brave enough to really legislate and protect our communities?
  • So this country and this state has a moral duty to protect citizens.
  • ...definitions are in statute so we can protect the public.
Bills: HB2665, HB2904, HB2917
Summary: The House Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement heard three bills. HB 2665, named Cade’s Law, would expand Arizona’s manslaughter statute to cover intentionally directed communications—verbal, written, or electronic—that encourage a minor to die by suicide, while excluding general public commentary and non-directed discussion of suicide or mental health. The sponsor and several parents and suicide-prevention advocates testified in support, emphasizing teen suicide risks and the need to address online communication. Some members raised concerns about ambiguity, peer-to-peer counseling, and whether minors could be swept into the statute. After a verbal amendment clarifying the communication language, the bill passed 10-4 with several members voting present due to drafting concerns. HB 2904 declared fentanyl trafficking across the Arizona-Mexico border a public health crisis and directed state health officials to act within their authority. The sponsor argued the bill was needed to combat cartels and protect Arizona from fentanyl-related deaths. The ACLU of Arizona opposed it, saying the bill used vague and unprecedented terms such as “unlawful invasion,” could sweep in asylum seekers or low-level drug offenders, and might affect bail and sentencing. After a contentious debate over border security, sovereignty, and the bill’s definitions, the committee gave HB 2904 a do pass recommendation by an 8-6 vote. HB 2917 would create a firefighter cancer registry at the Department of Health Services to collect and analyze data on cancer among Arizona firefighters. Firefighter representatives supported the measure as a way to better understand occupational exposure and improve prevention, but members questioned whether the bill’s reporting requirements were truly voluntary, since the draft appeared to require participation and provider reporting of medical information. The sponsor and supporters said the intent was not to mandate disclosure and were open to amendments to clarify consent and privacy. The committee approved the bill 12-1, with one present vote and one absence, while noting that cleanup amendments would be needed before floor consideration.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • With this, it's a bill to establish an associate level speech-language pathology assistant.
  • That was at the table, and this speech-language pathology board had a... Language pathology board.
  • The 30 semester credit hours at a community college or university in speech and hearing sciences is what
  • going to be required to, you know, only one licensed speech pathologist can oversee two?
  • So those have to be under the supervision, I'm assuming, of a clinical speech-language pathologist.
Bills: HB441, SB274
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 18, 2026

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:11:10.959> that<00:11:11.680> as<00:11:11.920> you're similar protection
  • that as you're similar protection that as you're talking<00:11:12.399> about<00:11:12.640>
  • And so A appears to decouple the protection about a license requirement to practice pharmacy because
  • Do you feel like it protects that collaboration between physicians and pharmacists?
  • Do you feel like it protects that collaboration between physicians and pharmacists?
Bills: HB0143, HB0129