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ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Feb 19th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this bill creates explicit exemptions preventing a finding of medical neglect when parents or guardians
  • I think if I understand you correctly, what we're attempting to do is to prevent the false reporting
  • whether I take my child to a naturopath or, you know, osteopath, whatever, and there's nothing preventing
  • the occasional bump or bruise that's noted by somebody else and the report has made that there is abuse
  • So it really pains my heart anything that could discourage people from reporting child abuse.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Fraud, including false promises of safety or legal protection, further entraps victims in cycles of abuse
  • Disturbingly, the criminal justice system often perpetuates this cycle of abuse.
  • Texas' current legal protections... ...do not prevent unjust prosecutions.
  • this legislation would do is bring dignity back to survivors, acknowledge the complex histories of abuse
  • , prevent improper prosecution, and provide an avenue for rehabilitation and recovery for these victims
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/20/2026 - Senate Director Nominations

Director Nominations

Transcript Highlights:
  • fraud, waste, and abuse.
  • fraud, waste, and abuse.
  • We have our integrity and preventing fraud waste and abuse we have already put our new protocols to the
  • I'd love to be able to promise that we would never have an instance of fraud, waste, and abuse again,
  • As much as we can do to prevent something like that from happening, we can...
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Apr 8th, 2026

Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill also directs the CPUC to establish a separate rate structure to prevent costs associated with
  • The CPUC to establish a separate rate structure to prevent costs associated with data centers from being
  • This bill accomplishes something that is absolutely essential to being preventive and being proactive
  • in preventing fraud. ...to being preventive and being proactive in preventing fraud, and that is identifying
  • We, too, share your concerns about fraud and abuse.
Summary: The committee heard several labor-related bills focused on workplace technology, data centers, staffing agencies, and environmental health. SB 947, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” would require human review before automated systems can be used in discipline, termination, or deactivation decisions and would ban predictive behavior analysis; labor groups and worker advocates supported it, while business and industry groups opposed it as overbroad and litigation-prone. After extended discussion about due process, human oversight, and private rights of action, the bill passed 3-1 and was sent to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 978, the Data Center Community Accountability Act, would require data centers to pay for new infrastructure costs, create a separate rate structure to protect other ratepayers, and impose skilled-and-trained labor standards for construction. Supporters said it would prevent cost shifts to households and ensure good jobs, while opponents argued the CPUC already has ongoing proceedings and that the bill unfairly singles out one industry. The committee discussed balancing economic growth with labor and ratepayer protections, and the bill passed 3-1 to Senate Appropriations. SB 951, the California Worker Technological Displacement Act, would expand WARN-style notice requirements for AI-related layoffs and require reporting on displaced jobs and first consideration for openings; supporters said it would improve transparency and help policymakers respond to AI-driven job loss, while opponents warned it was too broad and conflicted with existing WARN law. It passed 3-1 to Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection. The committee also considered SB 1032, which would create a licensing and registration framework for temporary staffing agencies. Supporters said it would curb fraud and protect workers from illicit staffing operators, while opponents—many from the staffing industry—said the bill was vague, burdensome, and could hinder small and minority-owned businesses. The bill passed 3-1 to Senate Judiciary. Finally, SB 1046, dealing with protections for lifeguards and park rangers exposed to transboundary pollution in the Tijuana River Valley, would direct Cal/OSHA to develop standards for exposure, PPE, training, and incident reporting. With support from park workers and community groups and no opposition, it passed unanimously 4-0 to Senate Appropriations. The committee also approved a consent calendar item and adjourned after completing the agenda.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 8th, 2026

Housing and Community Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so that would probably prevent them from getting another loan.
  • And so that would probably prevent them from getting another loan.
  • But that prevents me from selling it for three years. It's not selling.
  • But I will say now that it is not being abused now, because it's not being used, to your point.
  • It's not being abused now because it's not being used, to your point.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/05/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 2992, pilot program, sexual abuse prevention — Education and Appropriations.
  • This bill does not prevent a librarian from being a member of a library association.
  • Mays abusing the authority of her office.
  • Mays filed multiple lawsuits to invalidate illegal secrecy clauses hiding elder abuse.
  • Mays published the elder abuse registry to ensure transparency for families.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 4th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 878 will allow survivors of violence and abuse to ask for reasonable safety accommodations from their
  • AB 1227 helps remove barriers to critical wildfire prevention projects in California.
  • Assembly Bill 441 by Assembly Member Hadwick, an act relating to wildfire prevention.
  • AB 246 will prevent evictions of seniors and people with disabilities if there is a declared illegal
  • Assembly Bill 653 by Assembly Member Lackey and others, an act relating to child abuse.
Summary: The Assembly convened with a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long daily file of bills. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules for AB 1219, followed by consideration of numerous measures on housing, veterans, education, elections, energy, wildfire prevention, public safety, and consumer affordability. Several bills drew bipartisan support and passed overwhelmingly, including AB 878 on safety accommodations for survivors of violence, AB 948 on school district facility maintenance, AB 81 and AB 88 on veterans’ mental health and student aid, AB 640 on school board fiscal training, AB 660 on housing permit timelines, AB 1048 on workers’ compensation billing disputes, AB 1119 on dual credentialing, AB 1172 on inhalable anti-seizure medication access, AB 1227 on wildfire prevention, AB 1285 and AB 696 on lithium-ion battery safety, AB 1417 on offshore wind transparency, AB 1530 on disaster recovery assistance, and AB 353 on affordable home internet. Some measures drew opposition or more divided votes, including AB 704 on sealing certain misdemeanor records, AB 1249 on early voting access, AB 1280 on thermal energy incentives, AB 1448 on offshore oil protections, AB 380 on price gouging, AB 402 on Cal Grant increases, AB 1074 on CalWORKs reunification, and AB 1084 on expedited gender-change and name-change court orders. The Assembly also granted reconsideration on AB 435, a child passenger safety bill, and passed it after debate on the five-step safety-seat standard. The floor debate featured recurring themes of affordability, housing, wildfire preparedness, election access, veterans’ services, and public safety. Supporters of the election bill AB 1249 argued it would simply add a Saturday early-voting option in non-VCA counties, while opponents raised concerns about verification and county staffing. AB 30, authorizing E15 gasoline in California, was presented as an urgency measure to lower fuel costs and passed unanimously on the urgency and the bill. AB 1466 on groundwater disputes was also taken up, with the author arguing it would reduce frivolous litigation and better represent all water users; the vote was 42 ayes and 17 noes. After completing the file, the Assembly recessed for lunch, later returned, and continued with additional file items, with many measures passing on strong bipartisan votes.
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have several other instances, for example, abuse laws are similarly structured.
  • This act does not prevent a government.
  • Its purpose is prevention.
  • Its purpose is prevention.
  • This would prevent the risk of potential future brownouts throughout our communities.
Summary: The House received a series of Senate communications and committee reports, then took up a long consent calendar and several individual measures. Early actions included passing consent calendar items, recognizing Freedom of Speech Week and Juneteenth, and hearing numerous introductions and tributes, including remarks honoring House fellows, Father’s Day, and Representative Mara Gorman. The chamber also adopted several procedural motions and recesses, with roll calls recorded throughout. Among the bills considered, the House passed House Bill 134 on animal cruelty, increasing penalties for repeat offenses; House Bill 131 with Senate Amendment 1 on pet stores and animal welfare; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 320 on technical corrections to the Delaware Constitution; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 407 on technical updates to the Hazardous Substance Control Act; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 425 on salary supplements for certain school employees; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 450, the Road Delaware Act, on land use and permitting reform; House Bill 459 on restricting energy drink sales in schools; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 439 on electric moped and motorcycle disclosures; and House Bill 444, the Delaware John Lewis Voting Rights Act, after amendment delaying its effective date to July 1, 2027. House Amendment 1 to House Bill 459 was adopted, and House Amendment 1 to House Bill 444 was adopted before final passage. The House also rejected House Amendment 1 to House Substitute 1 for House Bill 425 after debate over salary supplement policy for school-related certifications, then passed the substitute bill itself. House Bill 407 prompted questions about the increase in civil penalties, which DENREC said was intended to update outdated fines and align the penalty structure with other laws. House Bill 444 drew floor speeches emphasizing voting rights protections and concerns about voter suppression and dilution. The session ended with the House moving to recess after continuing consideration of House Bill 355, the Speaker Truth Act, which had just adopted an amendment changing damages language to attorney’s fees and costs.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The standard doesn't allow it, the bill works to prevent that. as well.
  • What is to prevent somebody like these bad actors from getting into that?
  • What else is there besides waste, fraud, and abuse? And thank you morning. Sir.
  • To give our Office of Inspector General the tools that they need to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse
  • We have abuse of official capacity. We have official oppression. We have assault by a.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am

Consumer Protection & Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • Business Committee for Friday, January 23, 2026, and open the public hearing on House Bill 2428, preventing
  • policyholders or policyholders experiencing a cognitive decline, this additional notification could prevent
  • And this bill is a really simple and effective way to prevent that from happening.
  • . ...opening the door to inflated claims from the contractor, abuse of litigation, and higher costs for
  • It's an area that is sort of fraught with misunderstandings and so on, as well as actual sexual abuse
Bills: HB2428 , HB2399 , HB2087
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 2nd, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So what Oklahoma CASA does is we handle all the child abuse, neglect cases, per judicial discretion.
  • They go through child abuse and neglect cases in our judicial system.
  • Felony domestic abuse charged within 10 years.
  • , or I'm sorry, charged with misdemeanor domestic abuse, ineligible for drug court.
  • And we know that many DV abusers have drug problems. So this does not displace the DV charge.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized the Doctor and Psychologist of the Day. The chamber also presented a citation to Oklahoma Task Force One’s K-9 search and rescue unit, with remarks praising its in-state and out-of-state disaster response work and professionalism. Several gallery introductions followed, including a student shadowing Senator Mann and the Crooked Oak Hispanic Student Association. The Senate then considered several bills. SB 2065, as amended, renamed the measure the Lucille Morehouse Pollinator Act and updated state insect/pollinator designations; it passed 48-0. SB 1641 required business entities to provide an email address on incorporation filings for electronic notice of annual reports; it passed 48-0. SB 1642 allowed physicians to make prescriptions in divided quantities, with discussion focused on opioid prescribing and post-surgical treatment; it passed 48-0. SB 1589 increased penalties for sweepstakes violations and expanded the law to target illegal online gambling operations; it passed 48-0. SB 1597 removed the requirement that the State CASA Association follow specific national standards while keeping local training and background-check requirements. Debate centered on whether removing national standards would reduce DEI-related training; Senator Boren opposed the bill on that basis, while the author argued it preserved Oklahoma flexibility. The bill passed 41-7. SB 1216 broadened judicial discretion for drug court eligibility for some offenders with prior domestic violence-related charges, and senators questioned whether the language was clear enough and whether it could affect eligibility rules; the author said the intent was to expand discretion, not change DV accountability. It passed 44-4. At the end of the session, the Senate voted to reject House amendments to SB 893 and request conference committee consideration. Announcements were made about committee meetings, a women’s caucus lunch, and an Irish Caucus gathering. The Senate then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting date.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (02/18/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • , the department has the ability to address the root causes of behavioral health conditions, child abuse
  • The reason why it's coming before you is that the Governor's Commission on the Prevention of Cruelty
  • to Animals, on which I serve, has looked long and hard at section 644:8, which contains all the abuse
  • </c><02:37:30.200><c> another</c> like I said it also prevents another like I said it also prevents another
  • Prosecutors and the judges already have discretion to prevent situations like this.
Committee: Senate Judiciary
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, next we have from 10 to 11 is the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
  • So when we're doing this today with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, let's make sure
  • The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services basically does three main functions.
  • She was at DHS prior to... the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, so she knows
  • But obviously, in prevention around type two diabetes with our obesity rates where they are, can you
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • your kids, you can't have access to your money, because you are afraid and somebody is using this to abuse
  • your kids, you can't have access to your money, because you are afraid and somebody is using this to abuse
  • your kids, you can't have access to your money, because you are afraid and somebody is using this to abuse
  • Your kids, you can't have access to your money because you are afraid and somebody is using this to abuse
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Summary: The committee heard extended debate on a bill requiring cooperation with ICE and reporting related to undocumented people in certain criminal contexts. Representative Rymer argued the measure was meant to align with federal priorities focused on violent offenders and to ensure local governments respond to federal inquiries, not proactively target immigrants. He also said the bill was intended to address serious crimes and protect victims, citing examples of violent offenders and trafficking-related cases. Several members raised concerns that the bill’s language was broader than described and could affect family court matters, health care, elder care, and routine interactions with government agencies. Testifiers and members warned it could be used as leverage against undocumented people in custody, child support, domestic violence, and labor exploitation situations, and could discourage people from reporting crimes or seeking help. The sheriff’s association and county attorneys’ association letters were cited as raising due process, equal protection, civil rights, and public safety concerns. The discussion also focused on the bill’s definitions and mechanics, especially whether section three would require reporting after arrests that do not lead to charges and how county attorneys would know when to report. Representative Pinto pressed on the bill’s reference to “violent crime” and whether drug possession could be swept in, while Rymer argued the bill was narrower than critics suggested. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided; the exchange remained at the discussion and questioning stage.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-04 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just to remind senators, the main thrust of the bill is not to prevent unlawful gain, but it is to prevent
  • , and child abuse survivors.
  • , and child abuse survivors.
  • , and child abuse survivors.
  • , and child abuse survivors.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (04/29/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'd like to prevent that from happening in the first place.
  • </c> an annual uh numerical goals to prevent an annual uh numerical goals to prevent and<00:50:35.200
  • So DCYF is tasked with investigating child abuse and neglect as well as providing services for abused
  • </c> well as providing services uh for abuse well as providing services uh for abuse and<01:26:47.360
  • intake unit for concern for abuse or neglect.
Committee: Senate Finance
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kratom Working Group Aug 7th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The potential side effects include abuse, dependency, and risk of fatality, which have prompted federal
  • So we can't just dismiss that as, well, we're going to just outlaw it now because some people have abused
  • One of my concerns, I guess I've been around people that have been on kratom and have abused it, and
  • I have a drug abuse class, and I'll introduce kratom as one of our discussion topics for the students
  • And I don't know if that's preventable or if that's just part of the chemistry of of of Preventable or
Summary: The working group met for a legislative-only discussion on kratom ahead of a special session, with members agreeing to keep remarks brief and noting a public open house and expert testimony would follow the next week. Staff provided an overview of kratom regulation, describing the substance, its psychoactive effects, reported health risks, federal DEA action on 7-OH, state approaches, and North Dakota’s recent executive action and special session call. Legislators then debated whether the state should prohibit kratom, regulate it, or distinguish between natural kratom and synthetic or concentrated 7-OH products. Several members cited extensive testimony from the 2025 session, including House Bill 1101, which would have scheduled kratom as a Schedule I substance and failed in the House, and House Bill 1566, which evolved into a study. Supporters of regulation emphasized testimony from people who said natural kratom helped with chronic pain or function, while others stressed concerns about addiction, adulterated products, youth access, infant withdrawal, and deaths linked to kratom or 7-OH. Members also discussed enforcement and public health issues, including whether the Good Samaritan law should be updated, how law enforcement would respond under the executive order, and whether withdrawal could drive people toward harder drugs. One member urged a temporary approach until the 2027 session, while others argued the short special session could still address a narrow ban on 7-OH and tighter controls on natural kratom. No votes were taken, and the meeting ended with plans for additional testimony and further legislative hearings during the special session.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 22nd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Miller to commend Hearts of Hope Children's Advocacy Center for its work in support of young victims of abuse
  • people of the state of Louisiana, that would be the rule, just like the 22nd Amendment would have prevented
  • materials, providing relative to the crime of child sexual abuse materials, not applying to persons
  • guardian requesting authority, and use of resources; and Senate Bill 523 by Senator Mizell, victims of abuse
  • , domestic abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking, provide for applications for probation, commutation
Summary: The House met with a quorum and handled a mix of ceremonial recognitions, committee reports, and floor action on a large number of bills and resolutions. Members recognized several championship high school teams, including Northlake Christian, Archbishop Hannan, St. Scholastica, Lutcher, and St. Louis, and also designated or commended groups and individuals such as Ascension Parish, the Louisiana Counseling Association, LSU, Dr. Paul Correll, and others. The chamber adopted several resolutions without objection, including measures naming Counseling Day at the Capitol, LSU Day at the Capitol, and honoring Dr. Correll’s retirement, while also receiving and referring various other resolutions and Senate bills to committees or laying them over. The House then took up and passed a series of bills, many with amendments. Major measures included HB 159 creating a Caddo Parish home incarceration pilot program with court, sheriff, and district attorney coordination; HB 364 directing public safety PSAs about celebratory gunfire; HB 414 on background checks for certain health care workers; HB 74 creating a Spectrum Alert program for missing children with autism; HB 568 increasing penalties for visible marijuana use in school zones; HB 786 prohibiting extrapolation in Medicaid provider audits; HB 1033 expanding the definition of critical infrastructure; HB 1041 limiting medical-intervention-based discrimination and mandates; HB 1062 revising the Special School District board; HB 1079 giving charter-school enrollment preference to certain preschool, military, foster care, and custody-ordered students; HB 1139 on discharge planning for involuntarily admitted behavioral health patients; HB 1182 changing occupational therapy licensure credentialing; HB 1214 creating an Office of State Health Care Facilities; and HB 1241 requiring insurers to check for child-support arrears before paying certain settlements. Most of these bills passed by wide margins, often after technical or substantive amendments. Several local and administrative measures also advanced, including bills on utility district per diem, abolishing a police chief position in Edgefield, a crime prevention district fee, and New Orleans historic preservation penalties. The chamber also referred or temporarily returned a number of bills to the calendar, and one local bill on historic preservation in New Orleans was introduced at the end of the transcript. Overall, the meeting was marked by broad bipartisan support for many measures, with recorded roll-call votes on the more contested bills and no major procedural disputes beyond extended questioning on the marijuana-in-school-zones bill and the medical-intervention bill.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/15/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill is trying to extend child abuse penalties.
  • This bill is trying to extend child abuse into prenatal times.
  • What this will actually do is prevent mothers who may have addictions or substance abuse issues from
  • so that we have public hearings, public input, legislative input, oversight for fraud, waste, and abuse
  • So this bill would... ...waste and abuse, which is very important in health care.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and recognition of guests, including Maricopa Community Colleges representatives, Club America students, and the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Jane Lyons. A proclamation was read honoring Maryvale High School’s Mariachi Las Panthers de Oro, with Representative Abeytia praising the students, director Mike Dominguez, and the program’s cultural and leadership impact. The chamber then moved through Committee of the Whole consideration of several Senate bills. SB 1011, SB 1170, SB 1400, SB 1456, SB 1476, SB 1511, and SB 1805 were advanced, with amendments adopted on SB 1400, SB 1456, SB 1511, and SB 1805. Debate centered on SB 1476, which would strengthen child neglect laws regarding exposure to dangerous controlled substances, and SB 1511, which dealt with CDL licensing and immigration status; opponents argued both were unnecessary or harmful, while supporters said they addressed public safety and trucking concerns. SB 1519 was retained on the calendar. The House then adopted the Committee of the Whole report and took up third reading votes, passing SB 1121, SB 1137, SB 1206, SB 1477, and SB 1786. In a second Committee of the Whole, the House advanced SB 1043, SB 1095, SB 1316, SB 1421, SB 1649, and SB 1711, with SB 1401 amended and moved forward. SB 1095 drew extended debate over gender-affirming care for minors, with supporters framing it as child protection and opponents warning it would override parents and doctors and harm transgender youth; SB 1316 concerned a rural health transformation fund; SB 1421 drew objections over banking, identification, and immigration-related burdens; and SB 1711 focused on school resources for recognizing inappropriate contact. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole reports, placed several bills on third reading, deferred some bills for engrossing, and then recessed and adjourned until the next day.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • neglect and abuse and violence and drugs.
  • Why couldn't this have been prevented?
  • And I implore you and ask you to think that it absolutely was preventable. And it is preventable.
  • abusive.
  • Home where he had two active drug-abusing parents.