Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• , be sentenced to a lesser amount of time.
• , they know that they will, if sentenced, they know that they will, if sentenced, will<02:36:52.800
• > be<02:36:52.960> sentenced<02:36:53.200> to<02:36:53.359> a<02:36:53.520
• of will be sentenced to a lesser amount of time.<02:36:54.640> And<02:36:54.880> that's
• <02:41:41.200> with<02:41:41.840> uh jail sentence in particularly with uh jail sentence

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I prosecuted I put together a sex trafficking case ended up resulting largest sentence longest sentence
• I prosecuted I put together a sex trafficking case ended up resulting largest sentence longest sentence
• I prosecuted I put together a sex trafficking case ended up resulting largest sentence longest sentence
• I prosecuted I put together a sex trafficking case ended up resulting largest sentence longest sentence
• longest sentence in largest sentence longest sentence in state<01:42:58.480> history<01:42:59.119

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Uh, the amendment replaces line 166, and that's on page six, with the following sentence: no more than
• /c> and that's on page six with this and that's on page six with this following<00:10:17.920> sentence
• c> no<00:10:19.360> more<00:10:19.519> than<00:10:19.680> 10% following sentence
• Uh no more than 10% following sentence.

Bills: HB247, HB317, HB318, HB253, HB271, HB135, HB247, HB317, HB318, HB253, HB271, HB135

Keywords: Gulf of America, name change, state compliance, educational materials, local resources, historical reference, age verification, parental consent, consumer protection, app store regulations, data privacy, Internet filters, digital safety, minors protection, civil liability, device manufacturers, obscenity, aircraft tax, aviation tax, sales tax exemption

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• What the bill does is increase the sentence if you violate it in the one way and results in great bodily
• <00:20:45.520> guideline concerns from the sentencing guideline concerns from the sentencing
• What the bill does is increase<00:21:45.919> the<00:21:46.159> sentence<00:21:46.720>
• if you violate it increase the sentence if you violate it in<00:21:48.320> the<00:21:48.559><
• Deputy Commissioner Khan explained that restitution is typically set after the initial sentencing.

Bills: HF2358, HF3496, HF3504, HF2169, HF3440

Keywords: public safety, coercion, criminal penalties, law enforcement, victim protection, HF3496, supervision abatement, earned compliance credit, earned compliance credits, conditional release, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, restitution, willful nonpayment, probation-like supervision, release supervision, community supervision, lifetime conditional release, early termination of supervision

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• victims of domestic abuse, human trafficking, and sexual assault; applications for commutation of sentence
• ; and provisions relative to probation, sentencing guidelines, and determining suspension of sentence

Bills: HR192, HR193, HR194, HCR80, HCR81, HCR82, HCR83, HCR84, HCR85, HR188, HR189, HR190, HR191, SB134, SB140, SB281, SB331, SB384, SB389, SB415, SB451, SB458, SB479, SB504, SB523, HR38, HR96, HR160, HCR31, HCR61, SCR19, HB316, HB549, HB578, HB646, HB748, HB798, HB824, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1032, HB1081, HB1108, HB1129, HB1140, HB1157, HB1186, HB1192, HB1195, HB1198, HB1222, HB1244, SB73, SB89, SB128, SB149, SB191, SB196, SB238, SB318, SB340, HB225, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HCR4, HCR47, HCR32, HB362, HB893, HB990, HB1007, HB1153, HB1243, HB12, HB42, HB205, HB222, HB267, HB324, HB325, HB350, HB478, HB610, HB617, HB745, HB749, HB752, HB797, HB807, HB821, HB896, HB979, HB992, HB1000, HB1024, HB1050, HB1166, HB1172, HB1173, HB1207, HB1218, HB1223, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, SB127, SB244, SB256, HB911, HB306, HB366, HB1161, HB1230, HB59, HB481, HB772, HB897, HB1003, HB1008, HB1112, HB1180, HB1189, HB181, HB1118, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB393, HB458, HB459, HB525, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB773, HB864, HB996, HB1035, HB1058, HB1082, HB1113, HB1234, HB1240

Keywords: ACOG, maternal health, healthcare professionals, patient-physician relationship, obstetrics, gynecology, condolences, military service, veteran, community, memorial, visual acuity, student health, de-identified data, longitudinal analysis, education policy, property rights, carbon dioxide sequestration, expropriation, Landowner Bill of Rights

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened in prayer, and adopted the journal. Members received messages from the Senate on several House bills and Senate bills, and a number of House resolutions were introduced or laid over. The chamber also suspended rules to allow committees to continue meeting while the House was in session. Several local and ceremonial resolutions were taken up, including measures on public health data, carbon sequestration property rights, declining school enrollment, and commendations and condolences. The floor then considered a series of local bills and Senate bills, many of which passed with little or no opposition. Among the House bills approved were measures creating or adjusting local districts and utility-related authorities in Orleans and Jefferson parishes, including bills on the Regency Park Town Home Crime Prevention Security District, Sewage and Water Board procurement and lien authority, the Foulberg-New neighborhood improvement district, and temporary parish burn bans. The House also passed bills on broadband cable price notices, state finance limits, toll exemptions for school board-owned leased vehicles, prestige license plates, and a brain injury designation on driver’s licenses. Senate bills passed included measures on workers’ compensation evidence rules, recreation of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, a soybean grain research board name change, incumbent worker training, interdict estate planning, and recreational alligator hunting. The most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 256, which would consolidate Orleans Parish’s separate civil and criminal clerk of court offices into a single Orleans clerk. Supporters argued the change would align Orleans with the rest of the state, improve efficiency, and reduce costs, while preserving employees and services. Opponents raised concerns about the timing, the lack of broader legislative and public involvement, the impact on the recently elected criminal clerk, and possible disruption to court operations and constitutional rights. After lengthy questioning, the bill passed 89-8. The House also heard a personal privilege statement recognizing a school choir visiting the Capitol and later continued with additional Senate bills, including one on workers’ compensation medical review evidence and another on the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

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• So it ensures that you have four people, a minimum of four people.
• You have four people, a minimum of four people. In Texas, we have a multidisciplinary team.
• It's a minimum. Right. So you take big schools and small schools together.
• So, at minimum, we need data, but I know that those numbers had been kind of shockingly low.
• Things that were once considered bare minimum are now luxuries that we can no longer afford. As Dr.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• <02:18:40.920> that's guilty sometimes the sentence that's guilty sometimes the sentence that's
• If you can close in one sentence, and just close it. Okay, I’ll get my one sentence.
• time is up if you can close one sentence time is up if you can close one sentence and<04:05:54.920
• You can go one sentence.
• <05:16:08.320> your your time you can go one sentence your your time you can go one sentence

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 199, which would extend the statute of limitations for civil actions seeking damages from PFAS contamination from six years to 20 years. The prime sponsor and other supporters argued that PFAS contamination in southern New Hampshire has long-term and often delayed health and property impacts, making the current six-year period too short for victims to discover harm, connect it to exposure, and seek relief. Supporters described contamination in places such as Merrimack and surrounding communities, cited health concerns including cancer, developmental issues, and other illnesses, and said a longer period would better preserve legal rights while still requiring proof of causation. The Department of Environmental Services said it was not taking a position but acknowledged the contamination and ongoing work to address it. The Business and Industry Association opposed the bill, arguing that evidence becomes stale over time, memories and documents fade, and a longer window would make it harder to determine causation when other exposures or intervening factors may be involved. Committee members questioned both sides about causation, the difficulty of proving PFAS-related illness, and whether a 20-year period was necessary if a plaintiff already knows of the injury and its source. Supporters responded that PFAS effects can emerge slowly, that scientific understanding continues to develop, and that current knowledge is still incomplete. Opponents said the existing discovery rule already starts the clock when harm and causal connection are known, and that extending the period would reduce clarity and fairness in litigation. After testimony and questions, the chair closed the hearing on HB 199. The committee then opened House Bill 268 FN, which was described as a technical measure to confirm that the Board of Tax and Land Appeals may hold hearings in its Concord hearing rooms. The sponsor indicated the bill reflects current practice and does not require additional facilities. With only one witness listed and no apparent opposition, the discussion was brief and focused on why the authorization should be placed in statute rather than left to practice.

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• . >> I believe where it says in section two there, the last, um, sentence there in that paragraph, it
• there in that >> the last um sentence there in that paragraph, paragraph, paragraph, it<00:27:
• It could be as the minimum standards apply. It could be an educator-to-student ratio capacity.
• It could be as the minimum standards apply. It could be an educator-to-student ratio capacity.
• I mean, some of you know me from my days of the minimum school standards and the 306 rules.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• He's now serving a 17-year prison sentence as a result.
• Three of those members of that family served prison sentences as well, and that was prosecuted in San
• He's now serving a 17-year prison sentence as a result.
• We prosecuted this case in the Los Angeles County. prison sentence as a result.
• Because criminal records are a life sentence for survivors.

Summary: The Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety held an informational hearing in Pomona on sex work-related crimes and efforts to combat human trafficking. The chair and Assembly Member Michelle Rodriguez framed the issue as a major public safety and victim-protection concern, referencing the repeal of the loitering law in SB 357 and the recent enactment of AB 379, which targets buyers of sex rather than sex workers. The hearing was organized into three panels: data and research, policing and anti-trafficking efforts, and courtroom/prosecution impacts. In the first panel, the California Department of Justice presented arrest and conviction data for the repealed loitering statute, noting overall declines from 2019 to 2022 but also explaining that the data did not distinguish clearly between people selling sex, people loitering to sell, and people purchasing sex. USC law professor Hannah Gary summarized a 2021 report finding that law enforcement stings and raids often lack transparency, disproportionately harm Black women, minors, LGBTQ+ people, and undocumented migrants, and rarely achieve the stated goals of protecting victims, prosecuting traffickers, or preventing trafficking. The ACLU of Southern California argued that criminalization of sex work is discriminatory and historically used to police women and people of color, and that laws aimed at buyers still harm sex workers and can increase immigration consequences. Committee members asked about data collection, racial disparities, and whether the new law could worsen profiling; the panelists urged public health approaches, better data, and more survivor services. The second panel featured the California DOJ human trafficking coordinator, Pomona Police Chief Mike Ellis, and survivor advocate Jess Torres of Rising Worldwide. DOJ described its regional trafficking teams, task forces, victim services, and prosecutions, emphasizing a victim-centered and trauma-informed approach. Chief Ellis said SB 357 limited police intervention and contributed to visible open-air prostitution near schools and other sensitive locations, citing complaints from residents and a reported drop in juvenile rescues in Pomona after the law changed; he supported AB 63-style enforcement with safeguards and service referrals. Torres, speaking as a survivor, argued that anti-trafficking policy must be survivor-led, that many youth in the sex trade are boys or LGBTQ youth, and that criminalization and street enforcement often worsen harm and displacement rather than solving the underlying problems. In the final panel, a Riverside County deputy district attorney said AB 63 could help law enforcement make earlier contact with potential victims and identify traffickers, while stressing the need for training, documentation, and oversight. A Los Angeles County public defender argued that prosecuting trafficked people reinforces traffickers’ control, creates lifelong barriers, and retraumatizes survivors, and pointed to diversion programs as a better model. The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking began its testimony by describing its survivor services and crisis response work. The hearing ended without any vote or formal action, but with committee members and witnesses continuing to debate the balance between enforcement, data collection, and survivor-centered services.

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• thank you all right live let's move to HB 2749 Madam Chair members House Bill 2749 felony conviction sentence
• completion designation is also Members, House Bill 2749, felony conviction, sentence completion, designation
• Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2495, sentencing enhancements vulnerable adults, creates a three-year
• or five-year sentencing enhancement for certain felonies committed against vulnerable adults.
• I voted present in committee, but also, as a general matter, this is also a sentencing enhancement bill

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of bills and resolutions, with staff giving brief descriptions and members flagging which items were on consent, had unanimous committee votes, or should be pulled for further discussion. Topics included education, health care, public safety, labor, water, taxation, housing, and elections. Several measures were noted as party-line or mixed votes, while many others were reported as unanimous and placed on third-read or consent calendars. Among the more discussed items were bills on school and labor policy, including a proposal to prohibit teacher strikes, a measure restricting school district bond actions, a bill requiring school safety protocols and assigning felony penalties for noncompliance, and a resolution limiting public money for labor organization activities. Members also raised concerns or requested further review on bills involving pharmacist testing authority, expired opioid antagonists, a county sheriff-related measure, a housing affordability district proposal, and a tobacco/vape regulation bill. Some measures were explicitly pulled from consent, including a Medicaid audit resolution, a budget-related pay-withholding resolution, and several education and public safety bills. The caucus also heard multiple health and human services measures, such as genetic counselor licensing, nursing board and pharmacy board continuations, foster care rights, psychiatry access funding, and free school meals. In addition, there were water and energy bills on Colorado River management, groundwater, transmission-line review, and renewable energy valuation, plus election and campaign-related proposals. The meeting ended with announcements, including an upcoming Colorado River breakfast briefing and an internal award recognizing Representative Brian Garcia, followed by adjournment.

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• the last six years, as the president pro tem of the state senate, Dave led a caucus that raised the minimum
• She, like thousands of other immigrant students, left school to join the workforce, taking a minimum
• to terrorize children and then say that they are the ones fighting for children... ...in the same sentence

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• for cancer, we know how to treat, should For cancer, we know how to treat, should not be a death sentence
• At a minimum, let's address the root At a minimum, let's address the root causes, but thoughts and prayers

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Find out what dollar amount do we, at the minimum, need to be able to keep this infrastructure going
• I would rather us be more robust than trying to do, for a lack of a better word, a bare minimum for these
• the state of California do for those descendants of slaves is to give them projects, long prison sentences

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I have one sentence left. Strengthen your partnerships with community-based organizations.
• Judgment, an unconscionable timeline that slashes the current minimum of, I believe, 6 days, which allows
• talk with United Ways and their partner agencies working in the housing housing stability space, at minimum

Bills: HB15, HB171, HB204

Keywords: flood risk, campground, safety regulations, civil penalty, guest safety, Harris County, flood control, governance, expansion, public health, local governance, environmental management

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• This bill provides a multiplier for the sentencing because most of the... a multiplier for the sentencing
• public safety bill as it is an animal protection bill, and that is the bill. a multiplier for the sentencing
• is protected, and those who commit capital crimes are severely punished through the alternative sentence
• clarify that for purposes of determining the level of tampering offense, the underlying charge or sentence

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered a large agenda of bills, mostly in the criminal justice, courts, civil procedure, and family/consumer protection areas. Early measures included CS/HB 1161 on removing altered sexual depictions posted without consent, HB 403 modernizing LLC law to allow protected series LLCs, CS/HB 97 on service of process in protection proceedings for vulnerable adults, and HB 813 as the state courts package addressing duty judges, arbitrator compensation, and notarization by judges. All of those bills were reported favorably, with HB 403 and HB 813 amended. The committee also heard and advanced CS/HB 947 on evidence of medical damages in personal injury and wrongful death cases, which drew substantial opposition from insurers, business groups, and defense-oriented witnesses, while the sponsor argued it would let juries hear all relevant evidence; it passed 19-3. Members also approved CS/CS/HB 615 allowing electronic delivery of landlord-tenant notices by email, after an amendment requiring opt-in language and written notice to update an email address; tenant advocates still raised concerns about eviction-related notices and receipt verification. HB 663 increased penalties for using tracking devices or apps to commit dangerous crimes and passed unanimously. CS/HB 385 made technical changes to the Florida Trust Code and passed unanimously after a conforming amendment. CS/HB 255, known as Dexter’s Law, increased penalties for aggravated animal cruelty and was supported by law enforcement and animal welfare groups; it passed unanimously. Later in the meeting, the committee approved HB 513 on electronic transmittal of court orders after the sponsor withdrew an amendment that would have changed the deadline from six hours to six business hours, following concerns that the delay could be too long for urgent orders. CS/HB 1099 gave law enforcement discretion in arrests involving individuals with significant medical conditions in facilities and passed unanimously. HB 653 added aggravating factors for capital felonies involving assassinations or attempted assassinations of heads of state; it drew opposition from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops and passed 20-2. CS/HB 59 expanded wrongful incarceration compensation by extending the filing deadline, removing the clean-hands bar, and allowing exonerees to choose between civil suit and the state claims process; it passed unanimously. PCS/HB 777 increased penalties for in-person luring or enticing of children and barred certain age-based defenses, passing unanimously. Finally, CS/HB 437 increased penalties for tampering with electronic monitoring devices; two amendments softened the bill by clarifying juvenile treatment and giving judges limited discretion to avoid automatic revocation of pretrial release, and the bill passed 21-1 before the meeting adjourned.

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• And what we we'd like to do is, instead of at the end of the sentence where it says, but not both, you
• when you have multiple. offenses that a person is convicted of, but it's all in one trial, those sentences
• So you can get a 10-year sentence. year, a five-year, and an eight-year sentence, but they all run at
• Y'all have allowed, in certain circumstances, judges that. discretion to stack one sentence on top of

Bills: SB20, SB1621, SB412, SB441, SB442

Keywords: child protection, sexual offenses, visual material, artificial intelligence, criminal penalties, law enforcement, defense against prosecution, obscenity, judicial officer, deepfake, deep fake, synthetic media, AI-generated content, machine learning, nonconsensual pornography, revenge porn, sexually explicit media, intimate images, digital manipulation, visual depiction

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• The assumptions for our fall estimate include admissions beginning in January 2025, that sentencing would
• However, those types, those crimes would typically carry relatively longer sentences, so we don't think
• it's likely that someone would be able, would have enough time to have committed their crime, been sentenced
• , serve that relatively long. prison sentence and be released to parole by the end of the budget year
• you get to the point where the person, we're now talking about that added piece on their prison sentence

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Can you read that sentence again?
• I don't know if you can find that, but I'd like to hear that sentence again and where did you get that
• /c><01:09:44.560> to<01:09:44.679> hear<01:09:44.920> that<01:09:45.080> sentence
• that but I'd like to hear that sentence that but I'd like to hear that sentence again<01:09:46.679
• So I can say in Shakopee Public Schools, at minimum, it's done once a year, and there's visibility and

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• If you want to say one last sentence, that would be great, and if you want us to have any additional
• information, because you did give us the bridge-in-the-gap info, but one last sentence would be great
• <00:07:59.199> that you want to say one last sentence that you want to say one last sentence
• is going to be that um the last sentence is going to be that um the stem<00:08:17.400> ecosystem<
• time unless there's one last sentence time unless there's one last sentence that<01:30:57.639>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all