Transcript Highlights:

• <c> bad</c> taught that law law enforcement are bad taught that law law enforcement are bad people.
• enforcement, who fear as kids law enforcement. enforcement in law enforcement.
• Why is not one law enforcement officer? So, it's not always against law enforcement.
• Why is not one law sacrifice? Why is not one law enforcement<03:00:38.240><c> officer?
• </c> law enforcement. law enforcement.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Don't make this clear in the law.
• We keep talking about this old law. This old law deals with biological sex. It doesn't deal with...
• With national law. It really isn't.
• It is trying to shoehorn into a national law, without changing the national law, a Washington standard
• It restates existing law, existing federal law.

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, led the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer from a Scouting America leader. After caucuses and routine introduction and committee-report actions, the chamber took up House Bill 1604, dealing with standards for strip searches in local jails and related correctional procedures. Supporters said the bill would align local jails with existing federal law and provide clearer standards for staff and administrators; opponents argued it would create liability, staffing, and operational problems, and force female officers into unwanted searches of male inmates. A series of amendments were debated and mostly rejected. Failed amendments sought to add liability protections, require same-sex searches, create religious accommodations for staff, broaden exigent circumstances, limit how often an inmate could change gender identity, and allow staff to decline searches or delay them when no appropriate staff were available. One amendment changing the implementation date from 2025 to 2026 was adopted. The final striking amendment was also defeated. The bill was then advanced to third reading and final passage as Engrossed House Bill 1604. In closing debate, supporters emphasized public safety, dignity, and compliance with federal standards, while opponents repeated concerns about consent, staffing, and jail administration. The House passed the bill 56-39, with three excused, and the floor session ended afterward.

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• Again, back to the Robinson-Patman Act: that law regulates price discrimination, but that law only kicks
• Again, back to the Robinson-Patman Act: that law regulates price discrimination, but that law only kicks
• Again, back to the Robinson-Patman Act: that law regulates price discrimination, but that law only kicks
• Again, back to the Robinson-Patman Act: that law regulates price discrimination, but that law only kicks
• Again, back to the Robinson-Patman Act: that law regulates price discrimination, but that law only kicks

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Current law does not go far enough.
• Talk to law enforcement about this.
• It simply clarifies existing law.
• I know we like to think we're the geniuses that create all the laws here, but I saw a good law in another
• While the law is known as a right-to-repair law, it literally says that the builder cannot receive a

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So we referenced that section of law that is already existing law right now.
• We're not making new law, even though it says it's new law.
• Paragraph A is already law. Paragraph B is already law. It's cited twice. It's already lawful.
• These are already in law. I'll go to page 4. Paragraph 7, it's already in law.
• law after law that's already in place.

Summary: The Senate Education Committee considered a long agenda of education-related bills, with most measures receiving unanimous or near-unanimous support. Early actions included passage of SB 843, which allows certain rural schools with low average daily membership to hire teachers related to board members in the second degree, and SB 1733, which requires schools to report child sexual abuse allegations to law enforcement within 24 hours before conducting their own investigation. The committee also advanced SB 1476, a Commissioners of the Land Office cleanup bill that makes land exchange approvals permissive, updates terminology, and expands permanent school fund investment options to include private equity and private credit; members questioned CLO staff about appraisals, notices, ethics, and audits before voting it out 11-0. A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 1237, the Teacher Bill of Rights, which would codify various teacher protections involving religious expression, discipline, planning time, workplace safety, and due process. Senators raised extensive questions about religious symbols, prayer, Bible use, classroom discipline, and whether some provisions were already in law; the author said the bill was intended to protect teachers and improve recruitment and retention. Despite concerns that some language was vague or duplicative, the bill passed 7-4. The committee also passed SB 1410 to codify the Ag in the Classroom program after deleting a section that would have increased a license plate fee, and SB 1894, which would remove the five-year cap on professional development hours for certain teacher training, though the title was struck for further work. Later, the committee approved SB 1272 to raise the income cap for the Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant, SB 1204 to provide three days of bereavement leave for education employees after the loss of a spouse or child, including miscarriage, and SB 1721 to extend the sunset of the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education. It also passed SB 1725 on higher-education expressive activity and free speech training, SB 1735 giving CareerTech sole authority over its accreditation, SB 1337 establishing paid paternity leave for education employees, SB 1339 codifying funding for the 2023 teacher pay raise for off-formula districts, SB 1461 extending the OETA sunset to 2031, and SB 1975 centralizing notice of AP testing locations. Several bills drew brief discussion about fiscal impact, local control, and retention benefits, and the committee adjourned after noting one agenda item had been laid over.

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• Currently, my count is at 113 laws.
• It has every one of those 113 laws organized by session.
• State charitable laws vary widely, creating a complex compliance landscape.
• match the intent of the law.
• The intent of the law.

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You all legislate and I implement as written under the law. The law is my North Star.
• And I follow the law. The law is my absolute North Star, and it will always be.
• It is a big deal, but we follow the law when we create the MUDs—just the law.
• But we are bound by the law.
• We have a current law on DEI, and there's some additional laws coming to the legislature.

Committee: Senate Nominations

Summary: The Senate Committee on Nominations met with a quorum and first took up pending nominations from an earlier agenda. Members severed Douglas McReecken, nominated to the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents, from the rest of the list and then voted to report the remaining nominees to the full Senate by a 7-0 vote. The committee then voted on the severed nomination itself and reported Douglas McReecken to the full Senate as well, by a 5-2 vote. The committee heard testimony from Brooke Pop, reappointed as chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and later from Commissioner Katarina Gonzalez, also of TCEQ. Questions focused on whether TCEQ rules comply with state law, ex parte restrictions, public transparency, concrete batch plant permitting, MUD approvals, water availability, illegal dams, enforcement, and the agency’s role in local environmental disputes. Both nominees said they follow the law as written, described internal legal review of rules, and emphasized transparency, public outreach, and enforcement; Gonzalez said she had already sent back two rules she believed did not comply with legislation. Members also discussed TCEQ’s authority limits and the need for clearer public communication about what the agency can and cannot regulate. The committee also considered Alethea Sullivan, nominated to the Texas Southern University Board of Regents. Questions centered on TSU’s status as an independent institution, the role of HBCUs amid DEI-related legal changes, and student outcomes. Sullivan said she would focus on ensuring taxpayer and student resources produce valuable credentials and noted concerns from her review of graduation and bar passage rates. The committee then heard from Benjamin Barkley, appointed chief executive and public counsel of the Office of Public Utility Counsel. Barkley said OPUC’s main need is additional funding to recruit and retain attorneys and expert witnesses, reduce turnover, and continue representing residential and small commercial consumers in utility rate cases; he said the office was involved in 73 contested cases and saved Texans $2.2 billion in FY 2024. No final action was taken on the later nominees, and the committee recessed with nominations left pending.

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative, you're from law enforcement. I see several former law enforcement officers here.
• And not only are some of us, uh, retired law enforcement, we've got active law enforcement in the room
• </c> law enforcement I see several former Law law enforcement I see several former Law Enforcement<00
• </c><00:04:40.039><c> enforcement</c> out how many years of law enforcement out how many years of law
• enforcement we've got active retired law enforcement we've got active law<00:04:49.120><c> enforcement

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c> I wore my law school tie today. I wore my law school tie today.
• House File 3 into law.
• This issue is a state law and a federal law-created issue.
• </c> is a is a state law and a federal law is a is a state law and a federal law created<00:58:11.680
• This is about corporate law.

Bills: HF4133 , HF3419

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: homeowner's insurance, peace officer, property damage, just compensation, exclusion policy, corporate powers, entity law, business corporations, nonprofit corporations, LLC, limited liability company, cooperative, partnership, trust, foreign entity, campaign finance, election spending, political spending, ballot measure, ballot initiative

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• law.
• to Cheryl's Law.
• law to Cheryl's<00:51:40.240><c> law.
• Um, updated our move over law. So, just so updated our move over law.
• </c><00:55:17.200><c> in</c><00:55:17.440><c> every</c> law. even though it is a law in every law. even

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held public hearings on three transportation bills. SB 154 would add the Snow Traveler Foundation to the list of charitable organizations authorized to offer multi-use decal plates through the existing Department of Safety program. Senator David Roford said the bill would create a non-tax funding source for snowmobile trail maintenance, especially after flood damage, and Dan Gold of the New Hampshire Snowmobile Association said the foundation would accept tax-deductible donations for projects such as upgraded trail signage. He explained that the association’s 96 volunteer clubs maintain about 7,000 miles of trails and that the sign program is costly. No opposition was presented, and the hearing was closed after questions from members about the foundation’s status and fundraising goals. SB 271 would expand eligibility for veteran license plates to include veterans with a general discharge under honorable conditions. The sponsor’s representative said the change would recognize service members who are already eligible for many veterans benefits but are excluded from plates under current law. Supporters included Phil Grizzo, who argued that general discharges often reflect service that was otherwise honorable, and Kevin Grady of the State Veterans Advisory Committee, which said it strongly supported the bill and was also considering broader statutory cleanup to standardize the definition of veteran across state law. Committee members asked whether the change should be limited to plates or applied more broadly, but the sponsor said broader changes would be a separate policy question. The public hearing was then closed. SB 273, titled “Cheryl’s Law,” would update New Hampshire’s move-over requirements for motorists approaching stopped or standing vehicles on the roadside, including stranded vehicles and those with warning signals. Senator Donovan Fenton said the bill was intended to save lives and honor Staff Sergeant Jesse Cheryl and Brigadier General John Pogo, both of whom died in roadside incidents. He said the measure would require drivers to slow down, change lanes if safe, and move over for roadside vehicles, with the intent of education rather than punishment. Committee members asked about enforcement, the lack of a fiscal note, whether the bill applied statewide, and whether the language could be read as weakening the move-over requirement; the sponsor said it applied to all roads, did not change fines, and was meant to clarify and broaden safety obligations. The hearing continued with additional questions, and the sponsor said state police and other safety stakeholders supported the approach.

Transcript Highlights:

• The law as set up is there really two tracks for the red flag law.
• The law as set up is there really two tracks for the red flag law.
• The law as set up is there really two tracks for the red flag law.
• The law as set up is there really two tracks for the red flag law.
• </c> local law enforcement. local law enforcement.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> law enforcement, and insists that laws law enforcement, and insists that laws mean<01:07:04.880>
• They follow all laws. All must follow. They follow all laws.
• ,</c><02:14:47.599><c> laws</c> that this was a country of law, laws that this was a country of law,
• . law. law.
• </c> our local law enforcement. our local law enforcement.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We need stronger laws elsewhere. This will kill my business.
• The law did not stop him.
• Every single circuit court that saw those cases upheld those laws.
• And I think Olivia knows... ...a little bit about that case law.
• That's critical for law enforcement to trace a crime gun.

Bills: SB38 , SB17 , SB41 , SB264

Committee: House House Judiciary

Keywords: SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, sexual crimes, statute of limitations

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• deaths increased 25% for law enforcement in 2024.
• of duty deaths increased 25% for law enforcement in 2024.
• Park rangers are law enforcement. They deal with law enforcement activities in their work.
• They are trained as law enforcement.
• law.

Bills: SB5379 , SB6106 , SB6147 , SB6180 , SB5927 , SB6287

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: interest arbitration, parks and recreation, public employees, labor relations, employee rights, laid-off employees act, WARN notice, mass layoff, business closure, plant closing, worker adjustment and retraining notification, employment security department, employee notice, layoff notice, worker protections, job loss, employment loss, public records exemption, privacy, employee names and addresses

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• The safest and most veteran-focused approach is to ensure that Missouri law complements federal law.
• By anchoring state law directly to federal standards and using existing consumer protection laws for
• By anchoring state law directly to federal standards and using existing consumer protection laws for
• By anchoring state law directly to federal standards and using existing consumer protection laws for
• But so does the rule of law.

Committee: House Veterans and Armed Forces

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And the proposed law amends present law to remove the requirement.
• And the proposed law amends present law to remove the requirement that notification be provided to the
• fall within the gap in the law.
• fall within the gap in the law.
• if it becomes a law?

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee met on March 24, 2026, and heard a series of bills, with members generally expressing support for measures aimed at public safety, corrections, and criminal procedure. The committee first amended and reported HB 957, which removes the 72-hour advance notice requirement for sheriffs transferring prisoners, while adding notice to the prosecuting authority as well as the court. Testimony from the Louisiana Sheriffs Association said the change would help with overcrowding and security-related inmate moves, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then heard HB 106, which prohibits giving children non-prescription melatonin without parental consent. After debate over whether consent should be written, the committee rejected an amendment requiring prior written consent, but adopted a broader amendment making the bill apply to any person rather than only child care centers. Testimony from Gretna Police Chief Brett Lawson described a case involving a nanny and a one-year-old child, and child care representatives said licensed centers already require parental consent forms. HB 106 was reported favorably as amended. The committee also reported HB 111, which adds associate’s degrees to the existing sentence-reduction credits for incarcerated people who complete higher education programs; DOC said the programs are accredited and monitored, and supporters framed the bill as part of workforce reentry. Several other bills were advanced. HB 64 clarifies that judges may recall arrest warrants and requires notice to law enforcement when a warrant is recalled; former Rep. Joe Marino testified in support, describing problems with old or mistaken warrants remaining active. HB 53 adds certain gambling offenses as predicate acts under Louisiana’s racketeering law, with the Attorney General’s office citing illegal gambling operations and prison-based gambling rings. HB 152 updates the state controlled dangerous substances schedules to match federal changes, adding 13 opioids. HB 102 creates second-degree cruelty to elderly persons and persons with infirmities, with amendments adding the offense as a predicate felony and refining the penalty and affirmative-defense language; the bill drew emotional testimony from advocates and family members describing abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults, and it was reported favorably as amended. The committee also reported HB 137, which strengthens penalties for threats against schools and adds a civil cost component for false threats; the Speaker Pro Tem said the bill is meant to deter school threats and reduce disruption and emergency response costs. HB 57 was reported favorably to clarify that courts may consider criminal histories in ex parte temporary restraining order proceedings. HB 337 increases from two to four the number of special charitable bingo events allowed each year for licensed nonprofits. Finally, HB 100 was substantially amended so that driving 100 mph or more is treated as reckless operation rather than a new felony speeding offense, and HB 155 expands the prohibition on unlawful drone use to additional Capitol grounds locations; both were reported favorably as amended. The committee adjourned after reporting all measures favorably, with several bills supported by law enforcement, prosecutors, and advocacy groups and a few receiving limited opposition or informational cards.

Transcript Highlights:

• so. are not following existing laws.
• It’s dangerous, and our laws have not caught up.
• It doesn't ban lawful gun ownership.
• , we need these laws now.
• I believe that this law will only strengthen the existing laws that we have.

Summary: The committee held public hearings on House Bill 2255, House Bill 2548, and House Bill 2320. HB 2255 would regulate third-party litigation funding by requiring disclosure of funders and agreements, prohibiting funder control over litigation, capping funder recovery at 25%, and creating enforcement remedies. Supporters, including the sponsor, insurance groups, and liability reform advocates, described it as a transparency and consumer-protection measure that could improve court efficiency and reduce costs. Opponents, including the Washington State Association for Justice and the commercial litigation funding industry, argued it would burden plaintiffs, reveal protected work product, chill access to justice, and create satellite litigation. No vote was taken; the chair closed the hearing and asked testifiers to submit written comments. HB 2548 would expand state oversight of health care market transactions by broadening the types of mergers, acquisitions, asset sales, and ownership/control changes that trigger notice to the Attorney General, pausing transactions until information requests are substantially complied with, expanding interagency data sharing, and revoking nonprofit status in certain transactions. Supporters, including patient advocates, nurses, the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, the Attorney General’s office, physicians, and individual health care workers, said private equity and consolidation are driving higher costs, reduced access, and lower quality. Opponents from the Washington State Hospital Association and MultiCare said the bill is unclear, may contain drafting errors, does not adequately target private equity structures, and could create problems around nonprofit status and charitable assets. The hearing ended with the committee moving on to the next bill. HB 2320 would update Washington’s ghost gun laws to address 3D-printed firearms, CNC manufacturing, digital firearm manufacturing code, and the sale of machines marketed for firearm production, and would make certain violations per se Consumer Protection Act violations. The sponsor and supporters, including school officials, gun violence prevention advocates, a trauma survivor, a 3D-printing industry representative, and others, said the bill closes a public safety loophole and responds to the growing availability of untraceable weapons. Opponents, including the NRA, makerspace representatives, and some industry witnesses, argued the bill is overbroad, may sweep in lawful 3D-printing and CNC activity, raises First, Second, and Fifth Amendment concerns, and could create uncertainty through rebuttable presumptions and the CPA provisions. The transcript ends during the HB 2320 hearing, with additional testimony panels still to come and no final committee action recorded.

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• This law follows other reforms in states like California and Oregon, which have similar laws.
• These laws have proved extremely popular.
• That was in the 2020 law.
• The Legislature passed a law in 2020.
• The current bill that is being proposed guts the law that was passed recently, and by changing the law

Bills: SB5965 , SB6030 , SB5975 , SB5941

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: environment, retail bags, sustainability, pollution, customer impact, plastic bags, retail, waste reduction, cookware safety, lead regulation, consumer protection, interstate trade, health standards, SB 5941, Washington State Energy Code, State Building Code Council, renewable energy, solar panels, school district exemption, public school construction

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• state law.
• state law.
• on franchisor and franchisee law.
• on franchisor and franchisee law.
• to have the full force of law.

Committee: House Economic Development

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• ><c> to</c><00:08:58.560><c> lift</c> By allowing law enforcement to lift By allowing law enforcement
• I think it is more than just we can say people flee from law enforcement. of law enforcement use.
• </c> currently in law.
• So, as the as the laws currently in law.
• </c> laws um are successful drug policies. laws um are successful drug policies.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all