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DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Social Services Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026

Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I attended the Levy Court committee here last night. It was at the old State House.
  • So they were asking for a higher threshold of, I guess, performance maybe in the hemp industry.
  • them being a, quote, professionally licensed shop because maybe a very small percentage of their performance
Bills: HB305 , HB395 , HB341
Summary: The committee met in late June with Senators Hansen, Buckson, Siegfried, Townsend, and Huxable present, and first approved the meeting minutes by voice vote. The opening bill, HB 341, would limit DFS from filing child support in foster care cases unless doing so would not hinder reunification; Children’s Department staff said the department has already decided to stop filing in all such cases, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $140,000 annually. Public testimony from the League of Women Voters supported the bill as a compassionate measure to help families reunite. The committee then heard HB 446/related anaphylaxis legislation for colleges and universities, which would allow institutions to stock and use intranasal epinephrine alongside auto-injectors and update training and reporting requirements. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America supported the measure, emphasizing the need for needle-free options and faster treatment of anaphylaxis. The committee also took up HS1 for HB 356 on PFAS, which would ban firefighting foam containing PFAS beginning in 2028, require disclosure if PPE contains PFAS, and address recalls; DNREC and the fire service supported it, saying most departments have already transitioned away from PFAS foam. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 305, a diabetes wellness pilot program that would use continuous glucose monitoring, app-based care coordination, lab testing, and DHIN data analysis to shift care toward prevention and remission. Sponsor Senator Siegfried described the bill as a response to Delaware’s high diabetes costs and prevalence, and the Medical Society of Delaware supported it as a proactive model. The committee also discussed HB 395, which would regulate intoxicating hemp-derived products and synthetic cannabinoids by classifying products over a THC threshold as marijuana and creating penalties for unlicensed sales; the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner supported the bill, while hemp industry representatives and Senator Hoffner warned it could harm legitimate hemp retailers and access to hemp products. The final item, HS1 for HB 332, would ban sales and marketing of kratom products to those under 21 and direct the state to study testing and regulation of kratom and synthetic variants. Supporters, including the Delaware Healthcare Association and several recovery advocates, said age-gating is a reasonable first step and that synthetic products are the main concern; opponents and some senators argued the bill should go further and fully ban kratom or better distinguish synthetic products from natural leaf kratom. No formal roll-call votes were taken on the substantive bills during the transcript, and the meeting adjourned after public comment.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/26/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm just wondering if you're aware of the recent court decision, Isaacson v.
  • So you said that this puts basically these decisions back in the hands of the courts.
  • And so what we're talking about justice courts here, is that right?
  • The bill puts the discretion on both superior court and justice court to be able to craft the remedy
  • All entries into court are approved or disapproved by a judge.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Finally, the bill requires clerks of the court to automatically discharge an existing bond if the court
  • revokes partial release and orders detention without requiring an additional court order.
  • This bill is known as Missy's Law, and it requires courts to immediately remand...
  • While the court is not required to use this process, it is used as the default by most courts for almost
  • , which will rectify a split in the district courts on that issue.
Bills: S0436 , S0532 , S0600 , S0644 , S0682 , S0928 , S1072 , S1332 , S1632 , S1634
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to consider several criminal justice and court-related bills, along with the committee’s proposed $7.9 billion budget. The committee first heard and approved CS/SB 600 on bail bonds, as amended to adjust solicitation, cash bond return, forfeiture remission timing, and clerk procedures; CS/SB 436 on felony battery, which expands qualifying prior offenses and was amended to correct a drafting issue; CS/SB 928, “Missy’s Law,” requiring immediate remand to custody after conviction for dangerous crimes; SB 1332 on career offender registration, adding in-person reporting, more detailed registration requirements, and stronger penalties for noncompliance; and CS/SB 682 on violent criminal offenses, a domestic violence measure adopted via a substitute amendment that adds stricter penalties, electronic monitoring, injunction protections, and related procedures. All of those bills were reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1072 creating an anti-Semitism task force in the Attorney General’s Office. The bill drew extensive public testimony both for and against, with supporters emphasizing rising anti-Semitic incidents and the need for statewide review, and opponents raising concerns about free speech, the definition of anti-Semitism, and possible conflation of criticism of Israel with hate speech. Senators also discussed the bill’s scope and the IHRA definition before it was reported favorably. In addition, CS/SB 532 on clerks of court was amended to clarify foreclosure sale procedures and funding predictability for clerks, then reported favorably. CS/SB 644 on attorney’s fees, suit money, and costs was also approved after amendments that aligned family-law fee provisions and codified standards for fee awards in dissolution and paternity cases; the sponsor said the bill was intended to curb vexatious litigation and improve consistency across districts. After the bill actions, the chair summarized the criminal and civil justice budget, describing it as a disciplined proposal that addresses corrections deficits and future inmate growth while funding core public safety needs. The committee then heard substantial public testimony on prison conditions, staffing, pay, heat, infrastructure, and the possibility of reducing prison populations or adding air conditioning in facilities. The chair announced that SB 1632 and its conforming bill SB 1634 would be temporarily postponed to the following week, and the record was supplemented with the names of many people who had registered to speak for or against those bills. The meeting concluded after members were invited to record votes and the committee adjourned.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Apr 14th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is it going to be the courts? Who does the monitoring?
  • Half the time we do stuff that just has no way of being implemented by the court system.
  • So that is what the court is supposed to do, but we can keep her safe until we get to that judgment point
  • determination on whether or not they're going to try a certain case, despite the offense, in drug court
  • orders visitation, comma, the court.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Apr 14th, 2026

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is it going to be the court? Who does the monitoring?
  • Half the time we do stuff that just has no way of being implemented by the court system.
  • So that is what the court is supposed to do, but we can keep her safe until we get to that judgment point
  • determination on whether or not they're going to try a certain case, despite the offense, in drug court
  • orders visitation, comma, the court.
Summary: The committee heard a long series of Senate bills covering criminal justice, public safety, family law, and administrative changes. Measures discussed included penalties for impersonating a notary or law enforcement officer, consolidating DUI charges, allowing motor carriers to represent themselves at Corporation Commission hearings, drone trespass penalties over critical infrastructure, expanding protections for contract employees under assault and battery laws, copper theft felony penalties, raising the marriage age to 18 with no exceptions, expanding the definition of great bodily injury for domestic abuse cases, post-adoption contact for services, driver’s license and testing changes, expungement system automation delays, consumer protection clarifications, gambling penalty updates, OSBI authority and fee changes, gift card protections, medical parole eligibility decisions, firearm transport on boats, caps on wrongful termination settlements at public institutions, GPS monitoring for certain domestic violence defendants, mandatory school reporting of inappropriate employee contact with students, expedited driver’s license delivery and tracking numbers, DOC credit modifications, drug court discretion, repeat peeping Tom and clandestine recording penalties, open pasture signage requirements, supervised visitation after DHS findings of sexual abuse, and victim notification by email from the Pardon and Parole Board. Most bills were presented by members as request or cleanup measures, with brief explanations and limited debate. Several bills drew questions about implementation, due process, costs, and scope, especially the domestic violence GPS monitoring bill and the DOC credit bill. The committee also discussed a bill to lower the age for marriage, which was reported out 10-1, and a domestic violence-related GPS tracking bill that passed 12-0 after questions about monitoring and payment. Another domestic violence bill expanding great bodily injury definitions passed 12-0, and a bill requiring supervised visitation after a DHS sexual abuse finding passed 13-0. Nearly all measures were reported out with unanimous or near-unanimous votes, including multiple 11-0, 12-0, 13-0, and 14-0 recommendations. A few bills had split votes, including the marriage-age bill at 10-1, the gambling penalty bill at 12-1, the OSBI record-check fee bill at 13-0, and the wrongful termination cap bill at 8-5. Several bills were laid over for a later meeting, and the committee adjourned after announcing it would continue work on Thursday.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/26/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> they need to provide a copy of the court they need to provide a copy of the court order<00:07:43.680
  • </c><00:32:49.279><c> First,</c> defending its value in court. First, defending its value in court.
  • </c> gets becomes part of the court gets becomes part of the court proceeding.<00:41:40.240><c> And</
  • and request a court order.
  • </c> this kind of puts it back in the court this kind of puts it back in the court of<00:57:19.280><c
Bills: HF3676 , HF2959 , HF3233
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Feb 3rd, 2026 at 08:30 am

Law & Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm going to be more specific about this: it would remove the requirement that a court consider a person's
  • It no longer instructs the court to give this information great weight. Great, thank you.
  • The Supreme Court justices really should be replaced. I'm really upset with this.'
  • The Supreme Court justices really should be replaced. I'm really upset with this.'
  • I remember serving actually as an intern or an extern at the time at the King County Superior Court,
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • and the Court of Criminal Appeals.
  • But my court is doing it directly.
  • Staffing at the court right now.
  • It's the whole court.
  • That's settled out of court.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • and criminal court.
  • And both the Supreme Court of Texas and the United States Supreme Court have consistently recognized
  • If you go into any court in Harris County that is not a J.P. court . . .
  • There is a court security fund. county has annexed JPs, JP courts, then there is a percentage. of the
  • And justice courts deserve the same protection that the other courts cross this. state have.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 21st, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Court, Felicia Feist with St.
  • John Clerk of Court, Maria Ross Tucker. Maria Ross Tucker, St. John Clerk of Court. Aaron A.
  • Baer, Assumption Clerk of Court. Randy Desotale with Evangeline Clerk of Court.
  • Debbie Hadnell with Louisiana Clerks of Court.
  • ; Jenny Lawrence, Bossier Parish Clerk of Court; and David Dart, East Feliciana Clerk of Court.
Bills: HB12 , HB42 , HB205 , HB222 , HB324 , HB325 , HB350 , HB416 , HB482 , HB610 , HB749 , HB797 , HB807 , HB821 , HB979 , HB992 , HB1193
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> have members [snorts] that perform. have members [snorts] that perform.
  • I also have Deputy Chief Court Administrator Michelle Acasta on Zoom.
  • and they don't come to court, the court may issue a bench warrant.
  • Um and also it fought for in court.
  • It is a court transportation sector. It is a court enforced<01:20:04.080><c> settlement.
Committee: House Finance
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><01:00:23.040><c> also</c> harbors, airports and the courts also harbors, airports and the courts
  • </c> produce field field performance produce field field performance improvement<02:18:18.960><c> and
  • </c> we can actually measure the performance we can actually measure the performance in<02:20:02.880>
  • </c> of measured outcomes and performance of measured outcomes and performance improvement<02:20:16.960
  • </c><02:20:59.840><c> objectives,</c> build it into performance objectives, build it into performance
Committee: House Finance
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • and let the court know if they believe there's abuse or anything, and then the court is required to
  • We eventually will have to take those back to court and file motions to clarify so that the court can
  • Every court handles it differently.
  • . in court.
  • Her back saying there is no court of continuing jurisdiction or here is the court of continuing jurisdiction
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • without requiring an additional court order.
  • While the court is not required to use this process, it is used as the default by most courts for almost
  • It also clarifies that a court... ...rectifying a split in the district courts.
  • , which will rectify a split in the district courts on that issue.
  • It also clarifies that a court, rectifying a split in the district courts.
Bills: S0436 , S0532 , S0600 , S0644 , S0682 , S0928 , S1072 , S1332 , S1632 , S1634
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um I'm Carol Office of the Courts.
  • </c> court could not find an interpreter? court could not find an interpreter?
  • </c><00:15:20.000><c> justice</c> with the court of just court of justice with the court of just court
  • </c> participant level for those courts. participant level for those courts.
  • our court personnel.
Summary: The subcommittee heard a budget overview from the Kentucky Court of Justice focused on mandated services and several growth items in the judicial branch budget. Court officials said the requests were driven by legal and contractual obligations, including higher contractor rates for court interpreters and IT support, annual software-as-a-service costs, and upgrades to the court’s audiovisual record system (JAVS). They also discussed local facilities needs tied to Jefferson County lease space and the Boyle County Courthouse, though the bulk of the presentation centered on the court’s technology and service-delivery costs. Members asked detailed questions about interpreter services, including whether services are provided in person, by phone, or by Zoom, and whether Kentucky could train and certify more local interpreters instead of relying on contractors from around the country. Court officials said the certification process is rigorous, that the branch is working with the National Center for State Courts on an apprenticeship program, and that they believe Kentucky may have flexibility to develop state-level certification if it meets court needs. They also said they are exploring technology and AI tools for translation, but have not found a solution that reliably handles complex courtroom context. Representative Sharp asked whether cases had been delayed for lack of interpreters; officials said they could provide aggregated data later. The court also described its major IT modernization effort, including a statewide case management system, e-filing, and maintenance of many legacy applications. Officials said contractor rates need to be raised to compete for skilled labor during the implementation phase, but that those costs should decline once the new systems are fully built and only maintained. They explained that part of the request covers three SaaS initiatives: ongoing subscription costs for existing systems, annual fees for the CaseWorks system used in pretrial and specialty courts after federal grant funding ends, and adoption of DocuSign to streamline invoicing, procurement, and contract execution. In response to questions from Representative KC Carney, they said cybersecurity is taken seriously, that they recently conducted a tabletop exercise, and that some risk shifts to cloud vendors under contract, though no separate cybersecurity line item was included. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on the JAVS audiovisual court-record system. Court officials said not all courtrooms are on the same version, and they want funding to bring all locations up to the current version and prepare for version 9, which they said would standardize the system statewide and support the official court record. When asked about costs, they said each upgrade can cost about $70,000 to $80,000 per system, that they aim to upgrade about 50 per year, and that the request reflects the need to keep pace with a four-year refresh cycle. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 15th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • money... ...that I love is veteran treatment courts.
  • That's the ones that the court use as well as the sheriff's office.
  • It provides relative to the trial court case management information fund.
  • It provides relative to the trial court case management information fund.
  • It seeks to have the trial court case manager, the administrator of the trial court case management information
Bills: HB59 , HB74 , HB159 , HB167 , HB175 , HB255 , HB330 , HB364 , HB458 , HB525 , HB568 , HB656 , HB1033 , HB1034 , HB1070
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Juvenile Justice Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Juvenile Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any additional costs would be incurred by the Commissioner's Court.
  • Chairman Landgraf at the request of the Winkler County Judge, who, with the support of the Commissioner's Court