Video & Transcript Research : 'subpoena authority'
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider an authorization to subpoena the production of memoranda, documents, records, and other materials from the Massachusetts Port Authority, and an authorization to subpoena the production of memoranda, documents, records, an Mar 5th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- To that end, we will be making a motion to authorize a subpoena. to Massachusetts Port Authority today
- It's important to note we're not voting today to authorize a subpoena to Massport. authorized subpoenas
- The subpoena for which we will be voting to authorize is to subpoena those documents.
- The subpoena authorization is breathtakingly broad.
- Finally, this vote is not to issue the subpoena, but rather an authorization to issue the subpoena.
Keywords:
oversight, subpoena, illegal immigrants, Massachusetts Port Authority, O'Hare Airport, legislative practices
Summary:
The meeting was convened by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, where robust discussions were held regarding the need for improved oversight within the Senate. The chairman emphasized the historical decline in oversight activities and proposed motions to authorize subpoenas related to an ongoing investigation involving the Massachusetts Port Authority and allegations of illegal immigrant sheltering at airports. This prompted a detailed examination of the current practices and measures needed to address such issues effectively, particularly in light of recent reports from O'Hare Airport. The committee engaged in deliberations that highlighted the importance of maintaining legislative oversight to safeguard national interests.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And lastly, we expand the Attorney General's subpoena authority so it can get access to the same financial
- the Attorney General's subpoena the Attorney General's subpoena authority<00:35:03.599>
so typical restitution authority in law. typical restitution authority in law.- In giving us this authority to subpoena these bank records that county attorneys can, is consistent with
- language, not open-ended authority. language, not open-ended authority.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- The first bill for consideration is House Bill 83, legislative subpoena penalty.
- bill goes into existing statute 281-1110, and it amends the penalty for a violation of legislative subpoena
- subpoena um from a $100 fine to<00:01:20.720>
a <00:01:21.119>$750 to a $750 to a $750 - What is the if I were to be subpoenaed by a court in a civil action and I didn't appear, what would be
- by a court in a civil action subpoenaed by a court in a civil action and<00:02:41.760>
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AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Parents are required to sign an authorization.
- of the local boards, define what you mean by construe and their authority.
- Well, I mean, they still have the authority to limit the authority of the local school boards.
- spot from using that authority to inflict their ideas on the classroom.
- What did we just hear about authority not inflicting their personal beliefs on students?
Keywords:
school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, National Signing Day, athletic scholarships, military enlistment, postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, high school students, educational commitments, education intervention, State Superintendent, local boards, provisional release, subpoena authority, compliance, educational operation control, fundraising
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Education Without conditions, this bill would authorize the state superintendent to summon witnesses
- and subpoena records and other information during an educational intervention and return the local Board
- I think the key here is the subpoena of the records. We have Dr.
- There are a lot of state agencies that have this authority, but we don't have the authority, obviously
- We don't have the authority, obviously.
Keywords:
school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, National Signing Day, athletic scholarships, military enlistment, postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, high school students, educational commitments, education intervention, State Superintendent, local boards, provisional release, subpoena authority, compliance, educational operation control, fundraising
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Not so much a question, just in gratitude for the author and her testifiers today.
- This moves administrative subpoena authority that was in the bill that would have been granted to the
- BCA and expands the existing administrative subpoena authority that exists for both the attorney general
- One note as of page 3 of the D1, I appreciate having the administrative subpoena authority for county
- Appreciate having the administrative subpoena authority for county attorneys and the attorney general
Keywords:
grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, what I'd like to do is see we have the bill in the form the author wishes by just making that
- state legislators' sharing of that authority.
- To combat that, House File 689 grants county attorneys the authority to issue administrative subpoenas
- House File 689 grants county attorneys the authority to issue administrative subpoenas, enabling them
- He said if the author wants to move it forward, then it has to go to roll call.
Keywords:
unemployment benefits, iron ore mining, economic support, workforce development, Minnesota, unemployment insurance, deferred resignation, employment, worker rights, benefits eligibility, Ellsworth Independent School District, ISD 514, school construction, school renovation, sales tax exemption, use tax refund, construction materials, HVAC replacement, boiler replacement, window replacement
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
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subpoena <00:14:08.079>can <00:14:08.240>typically - c><00:14:08.639>
be administrative subpoena can typically be administrative subpoena can typically - c><00:14:08.639>
Keywords:
firearm restrictions, domestic violence, public safety, court orders, criminal convictions, identity theft, subpoena authority, fraud, statute of limitations, financial crime, victim notification, expungement, criminal justice, plea agreements, minor victims, identification protection, stalking, crime data, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, law enforcement grants
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- First, the subpoena authority in section 1.
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to Services also has the authority to Services also has the authority to subpoena
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes from March 5 by voice vote and welcomed new member Representative Van Binsbergen. It then took up House File 2354, which Chair Liebling moved to re-refer to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Representative Norris presented the bill as an updated version of the Medical Assistance Protection Act, aimed at strengthening the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, closing loopholes, equalizing fraud penalties, and increasing penalties for large-scale Medicaid fraud. Attorney General Ellison said the bill would add 18 specialized staff to the unit, moving it from 32 to 50 positions, and argued the federal-state matching structure makes the Attorney General’s office the proper home for the funding because the unit is dedicated to Medicaid fraud work.
Nick Wonka, director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, explained the bill’s provisions affecting committee jurisdiction: expanded subpoena authority to obtain financial account contents in provider-fraud investigations, conforming legal representation language to preserve the unit’s authority, venue changes to allow charging in counties where parts of the offense occurred, and a restitution change to let courts order restitution for related conduct in the same scheme. He said the subpoena change would speed investigations and align the Attorney General’s authority with other agencies, and that the restitution change would help recover more fraudulently obtained Medicaid funds.
No public testimony was offered. Members questioned why the funding should go to the Attorney General’s office rather than the BCA, whether the new records authority was federally required, how the venue language would work across state lines, and whether the added FTEs indicated the fraud problem was larger than expected. Ellison and Wonka responded that the federal grant requires the work to stay within the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, that the unit’s investigators are specialized and work with, but separate from, law enforcement, and that the venue provision applies only within Minnesota while out-of-state matters would be referred to the appropriate authorities. The amendment that had been posted was withdrawn and not offered.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill authorizes the city of Plymouth to establish up to two redevelopment districts within the city
- <00:08:02.840>
the <00:08:02.960>city <00:08:03.159>of this bill authorizes - The city requests the authority to use tax increment financing to support infrastructure improvements
- first before we we need the authority first before we can<00:21:28.600>
engage <00:21:28.840>< - author of The testifier<00:25:52.559>
all <00:25:52.679>right <00:25:52.880>not
Keywords:
Oakdale, tax increment financing, local government, funding, urban development, tax increment, St. Paul, redevelopment, housing authority, housing trust fund, low-income housing, property taxation, Minnesota statutes, vacant property, housing, commercial to residential conversion, Minneapolis, urban redevelopment, public parks, tax capacity
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, this puts the bill in the shape the author wants. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye.
- We will continue to talk with the author about that offline.
- We will continue our conversation with the author offline and proponents on the issues that they have
- When school ended, certainly..." co-authoring this bill with me and co-authoring this bill with me and
- <00:50:42.079>
powers expanding the office's subpoena powers expanding the office's subpoena
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It gives the State Superintendent witness and subpoena powers for records.
- Likewise, I caution this body not to be overstepping our authority somewhat in a domain that already
- So the second amendment clarifies that local school boards or districts have the authority to make a
Keywords:
athletic classification, public high schools, English language learners, state education policy, athletic associations, religious instruction, elective credit, released time, public education, school policy, educational intervention, State Superintendent, local boards of education, subpoena, accountability, state control, 1136, house, all
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 23rd, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- This exposed a gap in our law; state agencies currently don't have obvious authority to withhold personal
- It should be what we prescribe in law, no more, no less. ...creates clear statutory authority, rigorous
- I think that there are rules that we could find that they do not have legislative authority to make.
- to issue administrative subpoenas for digital records.
- Yeah, I think, and I'll talk to the author about this as well.
Keywords:
constitutional amendment, fiscal impact, state budget, ballot measure, transparency in voting, management-to-staff ratio, state agencies, employee regulations, government efficiency, workforce management, public information, governing board, transparency, confidentiality, access rights, privacy, identifying information, state agency, consent, occupational license
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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not <01:35:46.600>being <01:35:46.840>- <01:36:13.680>
was <01:36:13.880>not the House author was not the House author was- And I have spoken to the Senate author myself, who does not disagree with this process.
- Senate author. Senate author.
- And I have spoken to the Senate author And I have spoken to the Senate author myself,<01:40:49.320
- <01:36:13.680>
Bills:
HF1338
Keywords:
Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, state oversight, government accountability, fraud, waste, abuse, audit, investigation, subpoena, whistleblower, public integrity, transparency, state agencies, executive branch, public funds, taxpayer funds, law enforcement oversight, public safety programs, advisory council
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Sunset Advisory Commission Jan 15th, 2025 at 08:01 am
Transcript Highlights:
- , Lower Natchez Valley Authority, Trinity River Authority of Texas, and the Texas Ethics Commission.
- For the Angelina and Natchez River Authority, Lower Natchez Valley Authority, Trinity River Authority
- We will begin with the Angelina and Natchez River Authority and Lower Natchez Valley Authority.
- or the Lower Natchez Valley Authority.
- That concludes the voting on these two river authorities.
Keywords:
Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Ethics Commission, recommendations, Angelina River Authority, Natchez Valley Authority, public testimony, legislative session
Summary:
The meeting of the Sunset Advisory Commission served as a concluding assembly for the current biennium, where various agencies were reviewed. Notably, the Commission focused on staff recommendations and modifications regarding the Angelina and Natchez River Authority, Lower Natchez Valley Authority, and Texas Ethics Commission. After discussing various modifications, the members voted unanimously on multiple recommendations aimed at improving operational efficiency and accountability within these agencies. The Chair emphasized the collaborative effort of the Commission members and staff, acknowledging their hard work throughout the biennium.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to give the Commerce Authority more to do, okay?
- I want to give the Commerce Authority more to do, okay?
- I want to give the Commerce Authority more to do, okay?
- And as I mentioned to the Commerce Authority, this is not an anti-Commerce Authority move.
- Commerce Authority. This is not an anti-Commerce Authority move.
Keywords:
trade offices, committee, Arizona commerce authority, stakeholder input, efficiency, Arizona competes fund, economic development, fund repeal, state finances, state appropriations, Arizona Commerce Authority, job creation, business incentives, commerce authority, public-private partnership, business regulation, Arizona governance, 1182, all
Summary:
The Committee on International Trade heard a presentation from Alan Renteria of the Puerto Peñasco Chamber of Commerce, who promoted Rocky Point as a major tourism and investment destination for Arizonans. He highlighted tourism growth, cross-border ties, safety coordination, the importance of fishing and shrimp to the local economy, and potential commercial opportunities such as improved border infrastructure and a possible cargo or cruise port. Members responded with personal comments about travel, geology, medical volunteer work, and the city’s appeal, and Renteria said he wanted to serve as a liaison to improve communication between Arizona offices and Puerto Peñasco.
The committee then considered three bills related to the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA). HB 2751 would continue the Arizona Competes fund indefinitely and subject use of the fund to legislative appropriations; HB 2752 would shift oversight of trade offices from the ACA board to legislative appropriation and require annual reporting to JLBC; and HB 2753 would add legislative ex-officio members to the ACA board, including committee chairs and, under an amendment, minority party ranking members. Supporters argued the bills would give the legislature more oversight and a seat at the table, while Greg Blackie of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club opposed HB 2751, calling for repeal or stronger guardrails and citing past audit concerns.
All three bills advanced on due pass recommendations. HB 2751 passed 7-1 with one member present and one absent; HB 2752 passed 9-0 with one absent; and HB 2753 passed 9-0 after the Austin amendment was adopted, adding minority party representation. The committee also removed HB 2746 from the agenda before taking up the ACA measures.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Shelby County Legislation Committee Feb 19th, 2026
Shelby County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- It is the one that would authorize entertainment districts in the city of Alabama. >> In Alabama, anybody
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Shelby County Legislation Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Shelby County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, uh, authorized the city of Alabaster to create entertainment districts.
- It authorized the city of Alabama to create a weed abatement process just so they can better manage their
- Likewise bill we had last year.<00:01:58.399>
It <00:01:58.640>authorized <00:01:59.040> - It authorized the city of Alabama year.
- It authorized the city of Alabama to<00:02:00.479>
create <00:02:00.799>a <00:02:00.960>
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Feb 18th, 2026
Commerce and Small Business
Keywords:
financial services, banking, insurance, debanking, social credit score, ESG, environmental, social, and governance, diversity, equity, and inclusion, DEI, religious freedom, free speech, viewpoint discrimination, political discrimination, firearms, gun industry, ammunition, fossil fuels, oil and gas, mining, timber
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- local bill as required by law commits the crime of tampering with a legislative record without authorization
Bills:
SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307, SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307
Keywords:
hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, education oversight, subpoena authority, investigation, State Superintendent, school misconduct, drug courts, accountability, veterans, mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, criminal justice, court intervention, elder abuse, financial exploitation