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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:52 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

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  • White received the Lifetime... ...and public service. Dr.
  • The NMSU College Assistance Migrant Program is a federally funded program to help U.S. citizens and permanent
  • I also have a young man who's shadowing me today from the NMSU CAMP program.
  • From Artesia Public Schools as well. And I have Daron or Cruz.
  • that public school.
TX
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  • increased public safety.
  • And so that is what we're speaking to in this area: rehabilitation programming, meaning the programs
  • So TDCJ provides programming, the school district provides programming, and some of the programming is
  • Program waiting for a spot to open up in that program, but what we found is that some insufficient strategic
  • The Department of Public Safety has a very robust polygraph program.
TX
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  • The Chair now opens up for public testimony.
  • The Chair now opens up for public testimony.
  • Supervision programs in the state.
  • Now the Chair opens up for public testimony.
  • There are two public members, so the Chair now opens the floor for public testimony.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice (Part II) Apr 8th, 2025

Criminal Justice

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  • We will now have chair open public testimony.
  • Chair now opens up for public testimony. There is no one registered for public testimony.
  • The chair now opens public testimony. We have no one registered for public testimony.
  • official's public duties.
  • There are two public members, so public testimony is now open.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice heard testimony on several bills dealing with criminal discovery, crime lab access, controlled substances, community supervision, interference with officers, oilfield theft, and copper theft. On SB 1124, witnesses split over whether the bill clarified discovery law after the Heath decision or rolled back the Michael Morton Act; opponents argued it narrowed disclosure and shifted responsibility away from prosecutors, while supporters said it restored balance, limited harsh sanctions, and preserved exculpatory-disclosure duties. The committee later voted 4-0 to report SB 1124 favorably and place it on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also heard and later reported favorably SB 1372, which resolves a statutory conflict over access to the DPS crime lab portal, and SB 1936, which changes how LSD “abuse units” are defined for testing and charging purposes; both were sent to the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1937, which would require a subject-matter expert from the testing lab to participate in pretrial meetings in capital cases involving biological evidence, was also reported favorably and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 552, which would make people defined in the bill as “illegal aliens” ineligible for judge-ordered or jury-recommended community supervision, including deferred adjudication. Supporters said the bill would prevent state-funded early release of people who entered or remained in the country unlawfully, while county officials and immigration advocates warned it would be overbroad, difficult to administer, and costly to local jails and taxpayers. Despite those concerns, the committee voted to report SB 552 favorably, and Senator Huffman requested it be taken to the floor. On SB 1208, which increases interference with a peace officer or public official from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony, law enforcement witnesses said repeat “auditors” and similar actors were creating dangerous confrontations and needed stronger deterrence; opponents argued the bill would chill protected filming and protest activity. The committee voted to report SB 1208 favorably and place it on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also took testimony on SB 1806, a committee substitute addressing oilfield theft and related crimes. Supporters from law enforcement and the oil and gas industry said organized theft of crude, equipment, and related materials is a growing problem and that the bill would strengthen penalties, allow seizure and sale of stolen product, and improve inspection and forensic tools. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, with placement on the local and uncontested calendar. Finally, the committee heard SB 1646, which targets copper theft and fiber vandalism by increasing penalties, requiring reporting and recordkeeping for certain purchases, and adding training and enforcement tools. Telecommunications, law enforcement, and emergency-network witnesses supported the bill as necessary to protect 9-1-1 and critical infrastructure, while metal recyclers warned the bill could overregulate legitimate businesses and sweep too broadly. The committee later voted to report the committee substitute for SB 1646 favorably as well.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice (Part I) Apr 8th, 2025

Criminal Justice

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  • public safety.
  • So TDCJ provides programming, the Windham School District provides programming, and some of the programming
  • If it's a small program, waiting for a spot to open up in that program.
  • The Department of Public Safety has a very robust polygraph program. We have 17 examiners.
  • The Department of Public Safety has a very robust polygraph program. We have 17 examiners.
Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice bills, beginning with SB 1870 and SB 1727, both of which were adopted as committee substitutes and reported favorably to the full Senate. SB 1870 would bar local governments from adopting policies that decriminalize controlled substances or direct officials not to enforce state drug laws, with civil penalties enforced by the Attorney General for violations. SB 1727 was described as a technical change to make the draft a formal Legislative Council version of a TDCJ-related assault bill; both bills were also sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then took up SB 2405, the major Sunset bill for TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Windham School District, and the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee. Senator Parker explained that the bill continues and modernizes those agencies, requires a 10-year facilities and staffing plan, expands rehabilitation and reentry programming, improves parole-board consistency and training, and codifies various cleanup and inspector general recommendations. Sunset staff and agency witnesses discussed the bill’s data-sharing, program coordination, and projected savings from reducing delays in parole-voted programming; public witnesses generally supported the post-secondary education and reentry provisions, while some urged stronger statutory direction for Windham and more reform to medically recommended intensive supervision. The bill was left pending. SB 1804, SB 1099, SB 2569, and SB 2570 were also heard. SB 1804 would allow restitution for tattoo removal for human trafficking survivors and remove the age restriction so adult survivors can qualify; it was reported favorably and sent to the local calendar. SB 1099 would increase penalties for certain felony offenses when committed by a person determined to be unlawfully present in the country; immigration and civil rights witnesses opposed it as overbroad and difficult to administer, but it was reported favorably. SB 2569 would modernize unmanned aircraft reporting by requiring law enforcement agencies to post reports on public websites; it passed unanimously and was sent to the local calendar. SB 2570 would create a defense to prosecution for peace officers and correctional guards using less-lethal force weapons within the scope of their training; law enforcement witnesses supported it, civil rights and prosecutor witnesses raised concerns that it was too broad and could weaken existing use-of-force standards, and the bill was left pending for further work.
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  • So public school foundations could already use this program for capital projects.
  • So, for example, my own district, Enid public schools, utilize this program to build new tennis courts
  • program?
  • program?
  • program?
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Education Policy

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  • programs are using in in this state? programs are using in in this state?
  • Uh, I understand we have a public hearing.
  • Uh, I understand we have a public hearing.
  • I attend public school in Tuscaloosa County.
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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Energy Finance and Policy

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  • As we've program here in Minnesota.
  • That program, the habitat-friendly solar program, is a cost-effective, successful program.
  • Um that program, the habitat you.
  • cost-effective successful program. cost-effective successful program.
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Bills: HF2928, HF2912, HF2297
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 5th, 2026 at 04:18 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

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  • The Office of Broadband, in combination with the broadband programs at the Public Regulation Commission
  • Another question, Madam Chair, Senator, what programs, do you have any programs for asphalt companies
  • And these people already have gone through the program or the programs that are already provided for
  • So that is the benefit of our programs that have over other programs that we do encourage for higher
  • Apprentice programs are great.
TX
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  • Public testimony. Let's, the chair calls Laura Zent.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is now closed.
  • The public testimony is now closed.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is now closed.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is now closed.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

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  • . $150 goes to the Support Program, $350 goes to the community fund, and another $350 goes to the emergency
  • I believe this is a low-cost, high-reward program and a good first step... ...high-reward program and
Bills: HB30, HB35, HB72, HB89, HB30, HB35
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary

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  • It will create funding for cessation programs for our young people and will also give our juvenile judges
  • As the program, if passed, gets instilled or installed, we have the ability to be privy to some data
  • with the intent of the program.
  • This is what's being labeled to the public and branded as a second chance act. ...branded to the public
  • Now, ladies and gentlemen, what we've got here today is a public hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • > get<01:35:00.679> and Public Assistance programs they get and Public Assistance programs
  • Youth Program as part of the program.
TX
TX
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  • I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation. I'm here to testify in favor of SB 1927.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is now closed and Senate Bill 1927 will be left pending.
  • Yes, are they invited or they're not it's all public Thank you.
  • So Senate Bill 844 preserves public hearings, as you heard, local oversight.
  • It doesn't look like there's anyone else, so we're going to close public testimony.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) Apr 7th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing Nunn will begin public testimony on the committee substitute to Senate Bill 1927.
  • Through programs like Bird City Texas, which you also see in your handout.
  • I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation. I'm here to testify in favor of SB 1927.
  • So Senate Bill 844 preserves public hearings, as you heard, local oversight.
  • Doesn't look like there's anyone else, so we're going to close public testimony.