Video & Transcript Research : 'terroristic threat'

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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Judiciary

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  • because you don't want somebody to show up and shoot an offender that's unarmed and not posing any threat
  • in here now, and in their discretion, they look at me and they say, you know, hey, he looks like a threat
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary

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  • This is a bill that involves terrorist threat, actually to try to clarify and change particularly as
  • And so with that, it's where this bill is attempting to address a terrorist threat...
  • For it to classify as a terrorist threat, it must be a credible and imminent threat. And so with...
  • I filed and you all helped me pass the initial terrorist threat bill.
  • It does not change anything with the terrorist threat in the first degree. terrorist threat in the first
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Jan 28th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

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  • , publicly available guidance that clearly explains how students, faculty, or staff should report threats
  • Threats to their physical safety.
  • , publicly available guidance that clearly explains how students, faculty, or staff should report threats
  • A threat occurs, no one is left guessing who to contact, what to do, or what support is available, and
  • Of course, there's always 911, but if there are threats that are not immediate, if you get a threat,
Bills: S0176, S0816
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to hear two bills and several confirmation appointments. Senate Bill 176, as amended, required public universities to maintain and publicize clear campus safety policies and reporting procedures for threats to students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Senator Polsky said the bill was intended to close a gap in postsecondary safety guidance and mirror K-12 requirements. The committee adopted the amendment without objection, heard supportive comments about campus safety, and reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard Senate Bill 116, which would codify the University of Florida Diabetes Institute in statute to support research, prevention, education, collaboration, and outreach on diabetes; the bill drew supportive testimony from AARP and others and was also reported favorably. The committee then took up confirmations for multiple university and college boards of trustees. Nominees and appointees testified about their backgrounds and priorities, including FIU trustee Nestor Plana, UNF trustee Clarence Stephen Moore, UCF trustees Mark Philburn and Alan Flores, USF trustees Rick Piccolo and Nancy Watkins Hemingway, and Miami Dade College trustee Ismarie Monreal, among others. Their remarks emphasized student success, research growth, workforce development, financial stewardship, and institutional goals such as engineering, cybersecurity, health care, and preeminence. Several members asked about NCLEX nursing pass rates and university performance metrics, and one public commenter raised concerns about campus climate and student safety at UCF. After hearing the appointees and public comment, the committee voted to confirm the group of nominees in a block and reported the confirmations favorably. The meeting concluded without further business after a motion to adjourn.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • However, the fight continues and as a matter of fact... the threat posed by terrorists is even worse
  • We also have massive terrorist threats coming from overseas.
  • However, it has given a terrorist sanctuary to ISIS and to several other terrorist groups right now that
  • general, is we have got to be proactive. against the terrorist threats that are emanating from overseas
  • threat network.
Summary: The committee meeting centered around significant discussions regarding national security and intelligence community leadership. Notably, nominees Aaron Lucas for Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Joe Kent for Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and John Eisenberg for Assistant Attorney General for National Security were introduced. Concerns were raised about the current state of U.S. intelligence capabilities, particularly in relation to threats posed by foreign adversaries such as China and ongoing risks from terrorism. The dialogue emphasized the necessity for robust oversight and the importance of collaboration within the intelligence community, as well as with international allies, to ensure effective security measures are in place.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Postsecondary Jan 13th, 2026

Education Postsecondary

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  • , publicly available guidance that clearly explains how students, faculty, or staff should report threats
Bills: S0176, S0372, S0720, S0816
Summary: The Committee on Education Postsecondary met with a quorum present and considered several bills and one confirmation. Senate Bill 720, relating to resident status for tuition purposes for previously incarcerated Floridians, was presented by Senator Osgood and supported by testimony from Eddie Fordham, who described his own reentry and college experience and the difficulty of proving residency after long incarceration. Senators Jones and Rodriguez spoke in favor, emphasizing rehabilitation and access to education. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. The committee then approved Senate Bill 372, which would extend the state employee tuition waiver program to sheriff’s office employees on a space-available basis, with support noted from the Florida Sheriffs Association. Senate Bill 176, dealing with campus emergency management, conduct, and workplace violence policies, was also reported favorably after discussion focused on clearer reporting protocols, protective measures, and timely updates for students, faculty, and staff; several groups waved in support. Members also voted to recommend confirmation of Douglas Broxton to the Board of Governors of the State University System. Finally, Senate Bill 816, establishing the University of Florida Diabetes Institute in statute to advance research, prevention, care, education, collaboration, and outreach on diabetes, received supportive testimony from medical and university representatives and favorable comments from senators, including remarks about research, federal funding, and improved outcomes. The bill was reported favorably, and the committee adjourned without objection.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a concept in security called your threat surface.
  • a smaller threat surface and allow us to reduce risk a little bit that way.
  • That's the number your threat surface.
  • If we increases our threat surface.
  • threat surface to a smaller uh threat threat surface to a smaller uh threat surface<00:04:39.360
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance received a presentation from Jim Barnhard, CIO of the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and David Carter, deputy CIO/CISO, on the state’s citizen identity management project. They said the project is intended to streamline citizen logins across agencies, reduce duplicated identity-management costs, improve security by centralizing authentication, and provide a flexible system that can scale with demand. The presenters described major implementation challenges, including integrating with diverse and legacy applications, and said the chosen software-as-a-service vendor was selected because it can connect to many systems and maintain the service in a federally certified cloud environment. The presenters emphasized that the project scope is limited to login, authentication, identity management, and identity proofing, while leaving authorization decisions to the individual applications and agencies. They said the work is being done in phases, beginning with discovery sessions with agencies, then selecting representative applications for onboarding rather than attempting a “big bang” rollout. They also said the vendor agreement includes professional services and knowledge transfer to reduce long-term dependence on outside support, and that the state has already begun outreach to agencies, including initial work with the Finance Cabinet and the Department of Revenue. Members asked about staffing, current spending, future costs, and whether existing systems or contracts could be reduced. The presenters said the project is being supported with existing staff, with no expectation of a large increase in positions, and that the vendor will carry most of the operational load. They said they did not have statewide spending figures with them but could try to gather them, and explained that the negotiated pricing is intended to be all-inclusive, with fixed costs for the first five years and capped increases in years six and seven. They said centralizing identity services should eventually allow the Commonwealth to stand down some duplicated agency-level licensing and reduce overall operational costs.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/17/26

Education Policy

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  • This is the anonymous threat bill. Um, and it was laid over by Chair Jordan.
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  • <00:43:10.079> Um,<00:43:10.960> and<00:43:11.200> it is the anonymous threat
  • Um, and it is the anonymous threat bill.
  • reporting which would anonymous threat reporting which would be<00:46:52.560> a<00:46:52.800>
Bills: HF3487, HF3421
TX
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  • The threat of AI-generated nudes is unpunishable because it isn't considered child pornography, although
  • Texas has implemented various measures to bolster student safety, and many risks arise from external threats
  • However, students also face internal threats related to education. and student misconduct.
TX
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  • think is somewhat a good thing, but we did not charge because we ended up getting the documents under threat
  • then we add including by engaging in conduct that involves physical mistreatment or constitutes a threat
  • implemented various measures to bolster student safety, and many However, students also face internal threats