Transcript Highlights:

• We don't let police search homes without a warrant just because the crime is serious.
• It's not onerous to get a warrant.
• We don't let police search homes without a warrant just because the crime is serious.
• warrant.
• Search warrants require probable cause, which must be based on specific, articulable facts that suggest

Bills: AB275 , SB371 , SB457

Committee: Assembly Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• We've run search warrants and been very successful. As Mr.
• So these are free-world individuals that we have run search warrants on.
• warrant, has to be executed within three days, to be the 15 days like the DNA search warrants, that
• Unfortunately, when we served the search warrant, all we had was AI porn.
• They've done a fairly good job in teaching us how to write a good search warrant, how to use the information

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:

• To the point, if a judge forgets to sign a search warrant, is it still a legal search warrant?
• I mean, should that technicality get rid of a search warrant and drug evidence?
• To the point, if a judge forgets to sign a search warrant, is it still a legal search warrant?
• I mean, should that technicality get rid of a search warrant and drug evidence?
• Or do you want search warrants without signatures to be okay? Mr. Chair, Senator Kavanaugh, Mr.

Summary: The committee approved the minutes from March 10, 2026, and then heard several House bills, mostly on appropriations, fees, water, food assistance, technology, and licensing. HB 2056, which would appropriate $100,000 for an Arizona Department of Water Resources feasibility study on brackish groundwater desalination, passed 6-3 despite concerns raised in opposition about increased groundwater pumping, subsidence, and impacts to tribal lands and conservation efforts. HB 2057, reducing the Arizona Centennial Special Plate renewal fee from $25 to $20, also passed 7-2 after one senator objected that the plate’s purpose and discount were not well justified. HB 2224, appropriating $1 million annually to DES for the produce incentive program, drew supportive testimony from food access groups who said the program helps families, farmers, and local markets; members noted the amount was below the prior $2 million funding level and could force site closures, but the bill passed 9-0. The committee also advanced HB 2257, which changes the distribution of watercraft registration and fee revenue, shifting more money to lake improvement and boating safety funds and less to the watercraft licensing fund. It passed 6-3 amid criticism that the bill moved money away from Game and Fish and concern that the boating safety fund increase could support immigration enforcement. HB 2265, which bars courts from charging criminal defendants for public defender services and certain other criminal-case fees and assessments, passed 7-1 after extensive testimony from advocates who argued the fees burden indigent defendants and cost more to collect than they raise; opponents called it a cost shift to counties and other local governments and said more fiscal data was needed. HB 2311, regulating publicly available conversational AI services with disclosure, anti-gamification, sexual-content restrictions, parental tools, and self-harm protocols, passed 7-2 after the sponsor and supporters framed it as child protection, while opponents warned about privacy, surveillance, and overbroad definitions; an Epstein amendment broadening the bill was rejected. The committee then considered HB 2752, which would subject Arizona Commerce Authority trade offices to legislative appropriation and require annual reporting. The ACA said it was neutral but supported the concept of data-driven decisions; the sponsor said the Legislature should approve trade offices and that the bill reflected his prior trade-office initiatives. An Epstein amendment requiring objective research for trade-office appropriations was rejected, and the bill passed 6-3. Finally, the committee heard HB 2957, which would preserve non-Real ID driver’s licenses, prohibit mandatory participation in enhanced ID programs, restrict biometric collection and document retention, and bar government entities from requiring digital or mobile IDs. The sponsor and several supporters argued it protects privacy, state sovereignty, and informed consent, while opponents from ADOT and the trucking industry warned it could conflict with federal Real ID and CDL requirements and jeopardize federal compliance and funding. The discussion was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, with witnesses and members debating whether the bill would change current practice or create federal conflicts.

Transcript Highlights:

• law if it's a search warrant issued by a state court judge. >> Representative Rarick: Thank you, Mr.
• current Fourth Amendment law. fedally issued search warrant and state fedally issued search warrant
• > a</c> law if it's a search warrant issued by a law if it's a search warrant issued by a state<01:00
• :51.680><c> search</c><01:01:52.000><c> warrant,</c><01:01:52.720><c> um</c> judicially issued search
• warrant, um judicially issued search warrant, um they<01:01:53.119><c> could</c><01:01:53.280><c> not

Bills: HF3432 , HF3411

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay. because you got a search warrant? Yes, ma'am.
• And I had a district judge ready to give me an arrest warrant if I didn't get it. OK.
• I search warrant on a Scrivner error, which is laughable.
• warrant in the HR department, and the HR department manager tried to tell me that my search warrant
• wasn't valid, and I've been running search warrants for 30 years.

Bills: SB604 , SB843 , SB1636 , SB2395 , SB571 , SB1224 , SB1832 , SB2392 , SB747 , SB2623 , SB2624 , SB2185

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:

• ICE's arrests are based on warrants. It's important to know the reality.
• These warrants are not issued by a judge. ICE officers issued these warrants to themselves.
• Make no mistake, ICE warrants are today's general warrants. Thank you. Make no mistake.
• ICE warrants are today's general warrants.
• So he searched me out from one of my neighbors, Raquel DePina, who worked with...

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a late-file hearing on several bills, with Chairs Michael Day and Lydia Edwards outlining hearing rules, testimony limits, and written-testimony procedures. The first bill discussed was H. 4876, a proposal to strengthen supports for survivors of abuse. Representative Carol Faiola testified on behalf of a constituent who described how a lifetime restraining order was effectively undermined after a family member’s death, arguing the bill should limit abusers’ legal standing after death, improve survivor notification and privacy protections, expand coercive-control definitions, and create education and resource programs. The committee then heard testimony on H. 5111, which would strengthen the Massachusetts Antitrust Act. Representative Dave Rogers and Attorney General’s Office antitrust chief Anthony Mariano said the bill would give the state more tools to pursue anti-competitive conduct, including conduct with multi-state effects, while allowing enforcement even when federal authorities are also involved. They said it would increase penalties, clarify that invitations to conspire are violations, protect labor markets, remove limits affecting some housing transactions, and extend the statute of limitations. The committee also heard support for a related “universal 1983” bill, S. 2976/H. 2976, creating a state cause of action for constitutional violations by federal, state, or local officers acting under color of law; supporters said it would fill gaps in remedies against federal officers while preserving qualified immunity. Testimony also supported H. 4783, a bill affirming the rights of people experiencing homelessness. The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless said the measure would push back against growing criminalization of homelessness, especially after the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision and local encampment bans, and would protect the use of public spaces without discrimination based on housing status. On H. 4826, condo owners and advocates said Chapter 183A is outdated and leaves owners with too little say and too few remedies against mismanagement, citing problems such as unsafe water, major assessments, and lack of meaningful dispute resolution. The committee also heard strong support for H. 5116, renaming the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court the Judge Leslie E. Harris Courthouse, with testimony from family members, legislators, attorneys, and community leaders describing Judge Harris’s mentorship, community service, and commitment to second chances. Later testimony covered S. 2975, a bill to deter ICE courthouse arrests and protect access to justice; CPCS, law students, and defense advocates said courthouse arrests chill participation by defendants, witnesses, and victims and disrupt pending cases. The committee also heard support for H. 5244, repealing an archaic law criminalizing concealment of a child’s death, with advocates arguing it has been used to punish pregnancy loss and should be removed. The hearing concluded with additional testimony in favor of S. 2976 and more support for the Judge Harris courthouse renaming, after which the chairs closed the hearing and reminded the public how to submit written testimony.

Transcript Highlights:

• ICE's arrests are based on warrants. It's important to know the reality.
• These warrants are not issued by a judge. ICE officers issued these warrants to themselves.
• Make no mistake, ICE warrants are today's general warrants. Thank you.
• Make no mistake, ICE warrants are today's general warrants.
• So he searched me out from one of my neighbors, Raquel DePina, who worked with...

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a late-file hearing on several bills, with testimony limited to three minutes per individual or set time limits for panels. Chairs Michael Day and Lydia Edwards outlined hearing rules, written testimony procedures, and confidentiality protections before moving through the agenda. The committee heard testimony on bills including H.4876, H.5111, H.4783, H.4826, H.5116, H.5244, S.2975, and S.2976. On H.4876, supporters described it as the “Overcomers Law,” aimed at strengthening supports for survivors of abuse by limiting abusers’ legal standing after death, requiring survivor notification of an abuser’s death, expanding coercive control definitions, improving privacy protections, and creating education and resource programs. On H.5111, the Attorney General’s Office and legislative sponsors backed changes to strengthen Massachusetts antitrust enforcement, including broader jurisdiction over multi-state conduct, higher penalties, clearer treatment of invitations to conspire, labor-market protections, housing-related changes, and a longer statute of limitations. The committee also heard support for H.4783, which would reaffirm the rights of people experiencing homelessness and push back against criminalization of homelessness, and for H.4826, which would update condominium law to give owners more rights and nonjudicial dispute-resolution options. A large portion of the hearing focused on H.5116, which would rename the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court the Judge Leslie E. Harris Courthouse. Representative Worrell, the Harris family, senators, prosecutors, lawyers, educators, and community advocates testified in strong support, describing Judge Harris’s legacy of fairness, mentorship, community service, and support for young people and Black legal professionals. The committee also heard testimony on S.2975, which would prohibit civil immigration arrests in courthouses to protect access to justice, and S.2976, which would create a state cause of action for constitutional violations by federal officers. Finally, H.5244 was supported as a repeal of an archaic criminal statute that advocates said has been used to punish pregnancy loss and should be removed from the books. No votes were taken; the hearing concluded after all registered testimony was heard.

Transcript Highlights:

• We want that to stay with law enforcement to enter with search warrants.
• In the rural areas, we don't want someone coming onto the property without a search warrant or probable
• They do not have the legal authority to come onto your property without a search warrant.
• If not, they have to come back with a search warrant.
• warrant or law enforcement.

Committee: House Special Committee on Urban Issues

Summary: The Special Committee on Urban Issues held a public hearing on House Bill 2292, sponsored by Rep. Holly Jones, which would require cross-reporting and training between child/elder abuse systems and animal welfare personnel. Jones said the bill is intended to help identify abuse earlier by training investigators to recognize signs of abuse in both people and companion animals, and she announced planned amendments to narrow the definition of animal to dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds and to extend training time from one hour to one and a half hours. She emphasized the bill is focused on companion animals, not livestock, and said it would use existing agencies rather than create a new department. The committee heard questions about the definition of companion animal and the scope of the bill. Supporters included Humane World for Animals, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation, the Missouri Animal Control Association, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Wayside Waifs, and the St. Louis County Police Association. They argued that animal abuse is closely linked to child, elder, and domestic abuse, that animal control officers and humane investigators often see warning signs first, and that cross-reporting would improve early intervention and save lives. Several witnesses described cases where animal abuse coincided with child abuse or other violence, and some said current reporting systems are inconsistent or delayed. One witness also said the training could be provided at low cost through existing mechanisms. Opponents, including the Missouri Pet Breeders Association, Missouri Cattleman’s Association, Missouri Federation of Animal Owners, and Missouri Animal Husbandry Association, raised concerns about the bill’s wording, possible inclusion of commercial breeders or livestock-related issues, and the role of humane investigators. They argued that animal abuse is already reported to law enforcement, that the bill could create confusion about authority or access to private property, and that it could impose costs and training burdens on agencies already stretched thin. Some rural witnesses said they wanted any investigations to remain with law enforcement and the Department of Agriculture, not animal welfare groups. The hearing ended without a vote or other action on the bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• warrants, etc.
• warrant.'
• So I think we're ...not require a search warrant.
• a warrant with the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle, so I'm looking at page three, line one, line two
• And so then that satisfied the issues with warrants, et cetera.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard House Bill 1582, a study bill on false accusations and false reports of a crime. The sponsor argued the issue is broad but important, citing concerns about weaponized accusations in custody, civil, and political disputes and saying the study should gather statistics on how often these offenses are charged and prosecuted. Testimony in support came from the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents and the North Dakota Association for Justice, both describing cases where false domestic-violence allegations or false reports caused arrests, jail time, and court burdens, while noting the difficulty of finding statistics or examples of prosecutions. Members questioned the bill’s scope, and the committee amended it to narrow the study to North Dakota Century Code Chapter 12.1 before giving it a do pass recommendation by roll call vote. The committee then took up House Bill 1613, which addresses autonomous vehicles, robots, and law enforcement use of technology. The sponsor explained the amendment was intended to create definitions for autonomous, remote, lethal, and less-than-lethal systems, while preserving current law enforcement tools such as body cameras, license plate readers, and other cameras, and requiring warrants or use-of-force policies in certain situations. Testimony and discussion focused on ensuring humans remain involved in decisions to deploy weapons, limiting autonomous use of lethal force, and clarifying how drones and other devices could be used for surveillance or emergency response. After discussion of concerns from law enforcement, technology, and other stakeholders, the committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill as amended by roll call vote. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1499, which would make home addresses and telephone numbers of federal judges, magistrate judges, and U.S. Supreme Court justices confidential under state open-records law. The sponsor and the Attorney General’s office said the bill would extend protections already given to state judges and other justice-system employees, noting increased threats to judges and explaining that federal law does not fully protect these records in state files. With no opposition offered, the committee gave the bill a do pass recommendation and then adjourned after noting it had completed action on all 122 bills before it, with only two conference committees remaining.

Transcript Highlights:

• warrants when investigations are being done.
• This is an administrative warrant of a sort. Why is it appropriate here, but not in other contexts?
• to searches.
• This is not a search, right? No AG is going into your house to see if there's evidence of a crime.
• We also ask to uphold the guidance at the felony warrant standard.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with the most extensive discussion focused on civil investigative demands for the Attorney General (ESSB 5925), automated license plate readers (ESSB 6002/6702), medical debt interest limits (ESSB 5993), default judgments in consumer debt cases (SSB 5720), adult guardianship technical changes (ESSB 5837), and Court of Appeals bailiff authority (SB 6011). Sponsors and agency staff generally framed the bills as targeted tools or clarifications, while opponents raised concerns about privacy, due process, overreach, and unintended consequences. The AG’s office supported 5925 as a way to investigate civil rights, wage theft, and related laws more efficiently; opponents argued it gave too much pre-suit power and lacked sufficient judicial safeguards. The Court of Appeals bailiff bill was presented as a near-identical extension of authority already given to Supreme Court bailiffs, with no major controversy beyond questions about training. The ALPR bill drew the sharpest policy split. Supporters, including the prime sponsor and civil rights advocates, argued Washington lacks meaningful regulation of license plate readers and needs limits on retention, sharing, and vendor access to protect privacy and prevent misuse. Law enforcement, cities, and some parking-related users said the bill was necessary but too restrictive or technically flawed, warning it could effectively shut down the technology or prevent use in serious cases; they asked for broader crime coverage, clearer definitions, and longer retention. Privacy and civil liberties groups supported regulation but urged stronger protections, especially shorter retention periods and tighter limits on third-party access. On medical debt, the sponsor and supporters argued that capping interest at 1% would reduce financial harm to patients, especially those facing serious illness, and would still allow administrative costs to be covered. They cited bankruptcy risk, chronic illness, and the burden on families, while noting the bill was narrowed from an earlier version and made prospective. Hospitals, collectors, dentists, and physician groups opposed the bill, saying it would not solve broader affordability problems, could reduce repayment incentives, and might push providers toward cash-only models or credit cards, especially harming small and rural practices. The committee also heard support for the consumer debt default judgment bill as a negotiated compromise that improves notice and preserves existing debt-buyer protections, and for the guardianship bill as a technical cleanup of adult guardianship and supported decision-making provisions. No votes or final actions were taken in the hearing excerpts provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:30:20.320><c> to</c> search warrant to include uses to search warrant to include uses to document
• The current statute requires that law enforcement obtain a search warrant to fly a drone, but for nine
• </c><00:31:42.000><c> to</c><00:31:42.159><c> frame</c> search warrants can be issued to frame search
• </c> that law enforcement obtain a search that law enforcement obtain a search warrant<00:31:46.159><
• </c> obtain a search warrant and so that's obtain a search warrant and so that's where<00:32:26.760><

Bills: HF2233 , HF1524 , HF1893 , HF1396 , HF2456 , HF2959 , HF2300 , HF2412 , HF3022 , HF2825 , HF1862 , HF1373 , HF1039 , HF3070

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to go through a search warrant process.
• We're going to go through a search<00:20:02.960><c> warrant</c><00:20:03.200><c> process.
• </c> search warrant process. search warrant process.
• </c> subpoena this or we can write a search subpoena this or we can write a search warrant<00:20:34.760
• <00:35:07.920><c> warrants,</c> search warrants, search warrants, all<00:35:09.080><c> for</c><00:35:

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• Ten search warrants were conducted, 2,500...
• Ten search warrants were conducted, resulting in: - 2,500 grams of fentanyl seized, - 12,000 grams of
• There are warrants that... or misused.
• and... is the person that has the warrant?
• Still an active warrant, maybe a valid warrant. But I think Senator...

Bills: HB2 , HB43 , HB49 , HB94 , HB137 , HB156 , HB200 , HB250 , HB3 , HB42

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, HB49, Alabama criminal code, capital offense, capital punishment, death penalty, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, child sexual abuse

Transcript Highlights:

• Chairman, Senator Wintrow, that is to protect law enforcement who are serving search warrants, and most
• tactical teams do cover their face because if they're using a tactical team to serve a search warrant
• It would be for specific things in policy that you would cover, like search warrants, you know, like
• Chairman, Senator Wintrow, that is to protect law enforcement who are serving search warrants and most
• It would be for specific things in policy that you would cover, like search warrants, you know, like

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Rules

Transcript Highlights:

• warrants, by helping them doing interviews in the field, by helping them with the data analysis, and
• warrants, by helping them doing interviews in the field, by helping them with the data analysis, and
• warrants, by helping them doing interviews in the field, by helping them with the data analysis, and
• warrants, by helping them doing interviews in the field, by helping them with the data analysis, and
• > data</c> execute search warrants, do that data execute search warrants, do that data analysis<00:44

Transcript Highlights:

• We were doing search warrants. At one point, we were doing two search warrants a week.
• My job was when they set up a search warrant, I would go with.
• My job was when they set up a search warrant, I would go with.
• My job was when they set up a search warrant, I would go with.
• </c> went through the door on the search went through the door on the search warrant warrant warrant

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• After a massive national search.
• It would require law enforcement to obtain a warrant to search through location information purchased
• Police already need a warrant, as Greg said, to get the information directly.
• Get a search warrant to get information from the phone company is because the phone company just won't
• They wanted to impose a warrant requirement.

Bills: HB166 , HB2000 , HB3248 , HB3513 , SB155 , SB1659 , SB1730 , SB1778 , SB1790 , SB1848 , SB2017 , SB2105 , SB2794 , SB2917 , HB2756 , HB353 , HB166

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:

• But as we waited, we searched to see if we could find unused resources.
• But as we waited, we searched to see if we could find unused resources.
• </c><00:09:49.120><c> and</c> their neighborhood without warrants and their neighborhood without warrants
• to see if But as we waited, we searched to see if we<00:10:21.000><c> could</c><00:10:21.200><c> find
• , wondering where that their searching, wondering where that their mother<00:15:50.760><c> and</c><00

Transcript Highlights:

• Are you referring to a search? Is that correct? Yes. Okay, I don't address that in the bill.
• Can the officer search the vehicle? I'll give you room. Yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. Go ahead.
• That means they have the discretion to search the vehicle upon an arrest.
• That means they have the discretion to search the vehicle upon an arrest.
• That's not constitutional, in my opinion, and I think that they should have a warrant.

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard and voted on a series of bills dealing with traffic enforcement, drug-related homicide charges, vessel regulation, crime-stoppers records, cyber harassment, pawn data sharing, hotel removals of nonpaying guests, and Fish and Wildlife Commission authority. Members and witnesses generally framed the bills around public safety, law enforcement efficiency, victim protection, and property rights, while several bills drew concerns about criminal penalties, due process, and impacts on workers or families. Public testimony included support from sheriffs, police chiefs, AARP, hospitality workers, civil liberties groups, and industry representatives, depending on the bill. PCS for CSHB 351, creating a criminal offense for dangerous excessive speeding, passed 13-4 after debate over whether the new offense would expand search-and-seizure authority and whether the penalties were too harsh. HB 457, which expands third-degree murder to include unlawful distribution of controlled substances resulting in death and removes the under-18 exclusion, was amended to add a knowledge/should-have-known fentanyl standard and then passed unanimously 17-0. CS for HB 1285 on disposition of migrant vessels and HB 1149 on vessel accountability both passed unanimously after brief discussion and a cleanup amendment on HB 1149. HB 397, providing a public records exemption for Crime Stoppers organizations, passed 16-0 after a clarifying amendment. HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment also passed 16-0 after an amendment expanding definitions, penalties, civil remedies, and limitations periods. PCS for HB 1359, requiring FDLE to study a statewide pawn database, passed 16-0 with support from law enforcement and concerns about linking local systems and private vendors. CSHB 535, which clarifies when guests in public lodging establishments may be removed for nonpayment and also addressed service-charge language affecting gratuities, generated the most extended debate and strong opposition from hospitality workers and labor advocates over due process and tipped income. Supporters argued it would clarify transient occupancy and protect property owners, but the bill passed 11-6. Finally, CS/HB 1133 on Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission appointments and warrant requirements for FWC officers passed 16-0 after an amendment requiring warrants or probable cause for entry onto private land. The meeting adjourned after all agenda items were reported favorably.

Transcript Highlights:

• warrant issued uh there's a search warrant issued uh pursuant<02:46:43.520><c> uh</c><02:46:43.680><
• On page 10, section 7 of the A4, line 24, this is in reference to the court issuing a search warrant
• </c><03:24:58.880><c> warrant</c><03:24:59.320><c> for</c> required to issue a search warrant for required
• warrant to hand over a firearm. involve multiple search warrants for involve multiple search warrants
• </c> than complying with a lawful search than complying with a lawful search warrant<03:26:36.920><c>

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety