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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Feb 9th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if me recounting those facts offended your sensibilities, but the president's video depicting former
  • President Obama as a primate did not, I video depicting former President Obama as a primate did not,
  • presence in the Oval Office with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, and then to have both of them depicted
  • These racist depictions have absolutely no place in our society.
  • With every posting, with every offhand comment, with every depiction of hate intended to be a lash, felt
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (05/23/2025)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not all sexually explicit conduct, production, or participation in the production or visual depiction
  • the or in the participation in the or in the production<01:22:14.159><c> or</c><01:22:14.320><c> visual
  • </c><01:22:14.719><c> depiction</c><01:22:15.120><c> of</c><01:22:15.280><c> sex</c> production or visual
  • depiction of sex production or visual depiction of sex conduct<01:22:16.159><c> etc.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Municipal and County Government (01/30/2026)

Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • If they see something that's out of the ordinary when they do their visual inspection every year. >>
  • /c><00:18:26.400><c> they</c><00:18:26.559><c> do</c><00:18:26.720><c> their</c><00:18:27.120><c> visual
  • </c> ordinary when they do their visual ordinary when they do their visual inspection<00:18:28.000><c
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2133, Sexual Material Consent Synthetic Depiction, as amended, modifies Arizona's unlawful
  • disclosure of explicit images statute to include AI-generated depictions.
  • Internet website to verify, using reasonable consent verification methods, that each individual depicted
  • publishes or distributes sexual material on the Internet without obtaining verified consent from depicted
  • in the sexual material So. consent verification methods that each individual who is depicted in the
Summary: The caucus reviewed a long minority calendar covering a wide range of bills, with sponsors giving brief descriptions and members frequently raising concerns about constitutionality, cost, federal preemption, and policy impacts. Topics included medical intervention and vaccination/mask prohibitions, state treasurer investment rules, vacant state positions reporting, shooting range closure limits, congressional term limits, audit penalties, cellphone use while driving, procurement restrictions tied to China, air ambulance regulation, hospital immigration-status reporting, SNAP purchase restrictions, school assessment changes, school contract transparency, religious excusals from school, student contact information, fitness reporting, and several property tax, water, and agriculture measures. Members also discussed bills on AI-generated sexual material consent verification, DEI liability, hate-crime sentencing, commercial driver forfeiture tied to immigration status, speed-limiting devices for repeat speeding offenses, PFAS firefighting foam, name changes for sex offenders, abortion-inducing drugs, prisoner transition services, sexual extortion penalties, solar radiation management bans, and cultivated-cell food labeling and sales bans. Several bills drew explicit opposition or requests to pull them from consent, especially those affecting abortion access, immigration-related hospital reporting, school testing, religious release programs, DEI policies, and cultivated-cell foods. Members noted that some measures appeared duplicative, overly broad, or likely unconstitutional, and in multiple cases referenced prior vetoes or prior-year versions of the same bills. Supportive comments were also made on selected bills, including the PFAS foam prohibition, the assistive technology study committee, the digital goods consumer protection bill, and the prisoner transition services extension. The caucus also considered water and infrastructure measures, including brackish groundwater funding and studies, water augmentation authority bonds, Pima County water rates, groundwater transport rules, and HOA drought watering limits. Toward the end, members reviewed election-related memorials and resolutions, including a proposal to limit voting centers, a memorial urging withdrawal from the United Nations, and another urging defunding the IMF; all three were noted as being on consent and were pulled for further discussion. The meeting closed with announcements, including a note about a local missing-person concern and a caucus recognition program called the Affordable Arizona Award.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 14th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Early Learning & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • This graph just kind of depicts a little bit of the variability. JR is really small.
  • These graphs just kind of depict the breakout of our overall population in JR.
  • This graph just kind of depicts a little bit of the variability. JR is really small.
  • This slide depicts the population growth at Greenhill School, and what we've done is This slide depicts
  • These graphs just kind of depict the breakout of our overall population in JR.
Bills: HB1544 , HB2219 , HB2253
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Mar 17th, 2025

Commerce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation addresses the reality that there is no current avenue by which an altered sexual depiction
  • prescribes a timeline for covered platforms to create a process for the removal of altered sexual depictions
  • like to know, is there a way that we can try to ensure that similar images on the same platform depicting
  • like to know, is there a way that we can try to ensure that similar images on the same platform depicting
  • Using AI, using someone's likeness to create depictions of sexually explicit images Create depictions
Summary: The committee heard several bills on commerce, tourism, labor, technology, and public safety. SB 1666, by Senator Graal, would adopt Florida’s version of UCC Article 12 to address commercial transactions involving digital assets such as cryptocurrency, blockchain, smart contracts, and NFTs; after a technical amendment, it was reported favorably. CS/SB 480, by Senator DiCeglie, would create affordable health coverage options for farmers and ranchers through a nonprofit agricultural organization model similar to Tennessee’s; supporters said it would expand access in rural areas, while opponents and some senators raised concerns about ACA protections, preexisting conditions, and state fiscal impacts. The committee also approved CS/SB 1172, which expands business development incentives for veterans and military spouses, including procurement preferences, fee waivers, tax exemptions, and an entrepreneurship program, after an amendment expanding hiring preferences for military spouses was adopted. The committee then took up SB 1400, which creates a process for removing nonconsensual AI-generated sexual deepfakes from covered online platforms within 24 to 48 hours and subjects noncompliant platforms to penalties under Florida’s deceptive trade practices law; an amendment carved out internet service providers, and the bill was reported favorably. SM 1488, a memorial urging Congress to create a sovereign wealth fund, drew opposition from a public school teacher who questioned its necessity and constitutionality, but it still passed. CS/SB 922, dealing with employment agreements, would strengthen enforcement of certain non-compete and garden leave agreements for employees with access to sensitive information; critics argued it would restrict workers and innovation, while supporters said it protects trade secrets and high-paying jobs. After an amendment, it was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1252, which would create a statewide system for sharing pawn and secondhand dealer data among law enforcement agencies, with an initial feasibility study cost estimated at $250,000 and questions raised about enforcement if agencies do not participate. Finally, CS/SB 1776, under the Whistleblower’s Act, would require advance notice and an opportunity to cure alleged violations, narrow retaliation and disclosure definitions, and limit claims when another statutory remedy exists; members questioned whether the changes could reduce employee protections or allow employers time to destroy evidence, but the bill was still under debate as the transcript ended.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 19, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill deals with the creation of altered sexual depictions of a person.
  • The purpose of HB 757 is to prohibit a person from willfully generating an altered sexual depiction of
  • This bill deals with the creation of altered sexual depictions of a person.
  • The purpose of HB 757 is to prohibit a person from willfully generating an altered sexual depiction of
  • This PCS also authorizes a person who is portrayed in any such altered sexual depiction without their
Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee considered a long agenda of criminal justice, public safety, and related bills. Early measures included HB 1171, tolling the statute of limitations for failure to make mandatory child abuse reports, and HB 1403, expanding school safety provisions by allowing child care facilities in the guardian program and clarifying perimeter and door-security rules; both passed unanimously, with HB 1403 adopted as amended. The committee also approved HB 1099, giving law enforcement discretion in arrests involving elderly or medically vulnerable individuals in facilities; HB 1121, strengthening restrictions on misuse of unmanned aircraft systems; HB 1525, creating penalties for impersonating rideshare drivers and clarifying transportation-disadvantaged access; and PCS for HB 687, increasing penalties for repeat DUI/vehicular homicide offenses known as “Trenton’s Law.” Members then advanced HB 847 to create an FDLE grant program for expedited DNA testing, PCS for HB 757 to prohibit altered sexual depictions of identifiable persons and create a civil remedy, and HB 1415 to repeal an obsolete Broward County narcotics enforcement unit. The committee also heard and approved HB 1207, the Tristan Murphy Act, which expands mental health diversion grants, creates a model diversion process, and establishes a behavioral healthcare data repository; testimony from the bill’s namesake’s mother and law enforcement emphasized the need for treatment over incarceration. HB 1351 updated sexual offender/predator registration rules, and HB 1479 created a public records exemption for domestic violence lethality assessment forms; both passed without opposition. Later, the committee approved PCS for HB 1283, making sex trafficking of children under 12 or mentally incapacitated persons a capital felony, despite constitutional concerns raised in debate; the bill passed 13-2. PCS for HB 781, addressing cyber intimidation by publication (doxing), also passed unanimously after supporters described it as a needed tool against online harassment. Finally, CSHB 139 authorized pawnbrokers to use digital transaction forms, and PCS for HB 107 created and enhanced penalties for fraudulent use of gift cards. Most bills were reported favorably, many unanimously, and several were amended before passage.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/13/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • He depicted freedom from fear. Norman Rockwell's masterpieces when he depicted freedom from fear.
  • He depicted freedom from fear. Norman Rockwell's masterpieces when he depicted freedom from fear.
  • He depicted freedom from fear. Norman Rockwell's masterpieces when he depicted freedom from fear.
  • He depicted freedom from fear. Norman Rockwell's masterpieces when he depicted freedom from fear.
  • He depicted freedom from fear. Norman Rockwell's masterpieces when he depicted freedom from fear.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • The records protected by this bill contain depictions of children at their most vulnerable.
  • or simulates specific sexual activities or the lewd exposure of specific anatomical areas. ...depicts
  • , you have no problem banning drag shows anywhere that appeal to the prurient interest in sex and depict
  • choose to expose your grandchildren to a drag show that appeals to prurient interests in sex and depicts
  • that appeals to prurient interest and... ...to a drag show that appeals to prurient interest and depicts
Summary: The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee approved the minutes from its March 18, 2026 meeting and then took up a long agenda of bills and a clemency nomination. HB 2825, as amended, was heard first. The bill would replace criminal enforcement tools for nonpayment of fines, fees, restitution, and surcharges with a civil collection process, including a required summons and civil default procedures. Supporters said it would streamline restitution collection and reduce costs, while opponents argued it would weaken victims’ rights and remove effective enforcement leverage. The committee adopted the Rogers amendment and passed the bill 5-2. The committee also confirmed Neil McDowell to the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency by a 6-0 vote after hearing his background in corrections and his plans to help the board function efficiently. The committee then passed HB 4070, as amended, 5-2. That bill bars incorporation of corporations whose officers, directors, or trustees have been convicted of sex trafficking or human trafficking, and expands civil liability to those who facilitate trafficking. Supporters framed it as a corporate accountability tool to deter trafficking, while the ACLU opposed it as overbroad and potentially sweeping in people not intended to be covered. HB 2720, which increases penalties for paying or agreeing to pay for sexual conduct and adds a fee to support anti-trafficking services, also passed, 4-3. Supporters, including survivors and law enforcement, said it targets demand and helps victims; opponents warned it could criminalize victims and lacked sufficient safeguards. The committee heard several additional bills. HB 2047 would raise trespass penalties after eviction-related writs of restitution from third-degree to first-degree trespass; the sponsor and constables said it would improve scene safety and encourage law enforcement response. HB 2136 would create new crimes for “civil terrorism” and “subversion” and increase penalties for certain highway obstruction; the ACLU argued it would punish protest and speech critical of government. HB 2406 would make images and recordings of abused children and deceased minors confidential, limit dissemination, and impose civil and criminal penalties for misuse; supporters said it would prevent re-victimization and reduce trauma, while defense and media concerns were raised about access. HB 2415, dealing with kratom and 7-OH products, drew sharply divided testimony over whether the bill is a needed safety regulation or an overbroad ban that could push users to illicit drugs; the transcript ends before a final vote on that bill.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Agriculture & Livestock Apr 8th, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many of these photos that you've provided us, sir, depict many scenes and I see a lot of trash. along
  • these areas that are depicted in these photographs.
  • I see other photos here that depict piles of rock.
  • Some of these photos depict basically trash, piles of trash. served and what had those entities city
Bills: HB2013 , HB4163 , HB4810
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Oct 29th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the linear depiction of the Sequential Intercept Model.
  • What this slide, again, depicts is what an ideal jurisdiction looks like when it comes to that crisis
  • What this slide, again, depicts is what it is that an ideal jurisdiction looks like when it comes to
Summary: The committee held an interim work session on crisis response, focusing on how Washington can better connect people in behavioral health crisis to the right level of help through 988, 911, mobile crisis, co-response, and alternative destinations. Travis Parker outlined the Sequential Intercept Model and the crisis care continuum, emphasizing early intervention, regional coordination, and the need for navigators, peers, and case managers to help people avoid cycling back into crisis or the justice system. Several witnesses stressed that crisis systems should be integrated rather than treated as an either-or choice between 911 and 988. Washington practitioners described a range of local models. Brooke Bettner, Kim Hendrickson, and Dr. Jennifer Stuber discussed co-response and field-based crisis teams, noting Washington’s growth in 988, mobile crisis, and 911 co-response programs, but also flagging duplication, inconsistent coordination, limited training for fire/EMS, gaps in involuntary treatment processes, emergency room overuse, and first responder wellness. Laura Pippen, speaking for designated crisis responders, said staffing has dropped sharply statewide and described major barriers in getting law enforcement, hospitals, and facilities to carry out involuntary treatment holds and placements, especially for substance use cases. She said systems and policies remain fragmented and difficult to align. Researchers Dr. Evan Lowder and Dr. James Pine summarized the evidence base, saying it is still limited but generally shows that non-police and co-response models can improve linkage to services and reduce emergency department transport or involuntary detention in some settings, while longer-term effects are less clear. They emphasized the importance of dispatch triage, on-scene resolution when safe, clear diversion pathways, and ongoing evaluation. 911 dispatch leaders Katie Myers, Justin Rasmussen, and Angie Bunk described efforts to embed behavioral health expertise into call centers, create warm transfers to 988, and use shared triage to route calls more accurately; they also warned about under-triage risks, liability, and the need for funding and dispatcher support. The committee then heard national examples from Denver, Albuquerque, and Atlanta, where alternative response programs are dispatched through 911 or 311 and have reduced police workload, use of force, or unnecessary emergency responses. No votes were taken.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/12/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • The stars on the map give you a visual of where they reside around the state of Minnesota.
  • The stars on the map give you a visual of where they reside around the state of Minnesota.
  • If, on the other hand, the camera is off to the side, then the depiction of the ground is very distorted
  • 20.400><c> the</c> the camera is off to the side then the the camera is off to the side then the depiction
  • of the ground is very depiction of the ground is very distorted<01:00:24.359><c> so</c><01:00:24.880
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Rules Committee Jan 21st, 2026 at 04:05 pm

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would add depictions of minors that are currently illegal, sexually explicit depictions, and
  • say that if you use digitally altered imagery to still depict those minors, that's also illegal.
Committee: Senate Rules
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Public Safety Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're depicting very specific things.
  • guess what committee help have done a good job of talking about what the content is right we're depicting
  • would never forget: millions of AI-generated sexually explicit images and videos of women being depicted
  • Millions of AI generated sexually explicit images and videos of women being depicted in acts they never
  • Chair, I have just a visual, if I could get it passed out to the committee. It's just a one-pager.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing several bills on public safety, parole, criminal justice oversight, Proposition 36 implementation, behavioral health, gang database reform, cargo theft, and nonconsensual intimate images. The chair explained hearing procedures and noted that SB 906 was pulled from the agenda. Several measures were heard but not voted on because quorum was lacking. SB 1446, a committee bill, would expand discretion in en banc parole review, make en banc votes public record, and allow CDCR referrals for sexually violent predator evaluation of certain incarcerated people serving determinate or indeterminate terms. Support came from the California District Attorneys Association; opposition came from the Ella Baker Center, Uncommon Law, public defenders, and others who argued it would add confusion, litigation risk, and unnecessary duplication. The author said the bill was intended to clarify review standards and improve transparency. SB 1278 would exclude certain sex offenses and habitual/one-strike offenders from elderly parole eligibility. The San Diego District Attorney’s Office and California District Attorneys Association supported it, citing cases such as Gregory Vogelsang and David Funston; opponents from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and others argued elderly parole is already highly restrictive, evidence-based, and cost-effective. Vice Chair Seyarto strongly supported SB 1278, emphasizing victim justice and public safety. SB 1354 would bar out-of-state military personnel not operating under Title 10 from entering California to perform military or law enforcement functions without the governor’s permission; a committee amendment removed a criminal penalty and left enforcement to the Attorney General. SB 926 would provide funding for Proposition 36 implementation, with committee amendments deleting a specific appropriation and shifting funding decisions to the budget process; supporters said counties need resources for treatment, probation, and administration, while opponents criticized the bill as fiscally reckless and duplicative. SB 874 would require background checks and clearer statewide standards for Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, especially ABA services for children; supporters said it would improve patient safety and program integrity. SB 1210 would extend CalGang-style oversight, notice, appeal, and DOJ regulation to all gang databases, not just shared ones; supporters described harms from inaccurate, unregulated local databases, while police chiefs opposed applying the CalGang framework to all local investigative files. The committee also heard SB 1019, which would create a DOJ cargo theft task force and add reporting requirements; supporters from BNSF, trucking, shipping, ports, and law enforcement said organized cargo theft is harming supply chains and worker safety, and no opposition was presented. Finally, SB 1217 would create a DOJ clearinghouse to help victims remove nonconsensual intimate images, including AI-generated deepfakes, from covered platforms; amendments narrowed the bill’s scope and clarified law enforcement’s role. The author and survivor witnesses described ongoing trauma from repeated reposting of exploitative images and argued the bill would provide a centralized removal process. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 1217, with no final votes taken on the measures heard.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 25, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • In my mind at least, that's who I kind of visualize: inmate workers who are spending day in, day out
  • In my mind at least, that's who I kind of visualize: inmate workers who are spending day in, day out
  • In my mind at least, that's who I kind of visualize: inmate workers who are spending day in, day out
  • In my mind at least, that's who I kind of visualize: inmate workers who are spending day in, day out
  • In my mind at least, that's who I kind of visualize: inmate workers who are spending day in, day out
Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony on two immigration-enforcement bills: HB 1886 HD1 and HB 2540 HD1. HB 1886 would limit state and federal collaboration in immigration enforcement, require visible identification and restrictions on facial coverings for law enforcement officers, and create offenses for improper masking, lack of identification, and unauthorized civil immigration interrogation, arrest, or detention. HB 2540 would also limit state and federal collaboration, require law enforcement agencies to adopt and publicly post written civil immigration enforcement policies, prohibit stops or arrests based solely on immigration status, and restrict state and county participation in civil immigration enforcement in certain places. Most testimony supported both measures. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Office of the Public Defender, the ACLU of Hawaii, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and several private individuals said the bills would increase transparency, accountability, and community trust, and would help protect constitutional rights and reduce fear among immigrants and other community members. Several testifiers emphasized Hawaii’s history and the need to keep local law enforcement separate from federal immigration enforcement, while others said the bills would help people feel safer going to court, school, work, or public protests. A retired police officer also supported visible identification and uniform standards for officers, including federal agents operating in Hawaii. A few testifiers opposed the use of masked or unidentified officers and argued that local police should not be diverted from ordinary public safety duties to immigration enforcement. One ACLU witness noted that the federal government has increasingly used local and state agencies to expand immigration enforcement, and said the task-force provisions in the bills are important to prevent blurred lines between agencies. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion of the meeting provided, but it recorded very large numbers of supportive testimonies for both bills, with only a small number in opposition.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 03/03/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So what this bill does is it prohibits the depiction or references to American Indian tribes, individual
  • </c><00:41:23.000><c> or</c><00:41:23.280><c> references</c> it prohibits the depiction or references
  • it prohibits the depiction or references to<00:41:24.160><c> American</c><00:41:24.599><c> Indian</c
  • If it is denied, then they must change their mascot and their depictions.
  • um this bill also their depictions um this bill also allows<00:43:10.640><c> uh</c><00:43:10.800><c>
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5105 is the bill that modifies certain offenses related to fabricated depictions
  • Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5105 is the bill that modifies certain offenses related to fabricated depictions
  • It's building upon the committee's work on sexually explicit depictions.
  • It's building upon the committee's work on sexually explicit depictions.
  • This committee heard earlier a bill related to explicit depictions, and that bill did not move through
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 21, 2026 - 04:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • THIS IS ABOUT BOOKS LIKE CALF OR BOY, WHICH DEPICTS HOMOSEXUAL PEDOPHILIA IN A GRAPHIC MANNER.
  • THE FACT THAT THE MAJORITY OF CENSORED BOOKS IN FLORIDA DEPICT BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR, QUEER
  • THEY WILL BOOKS WITH PICTURES THAT DEPICTED THE VIOLENCE TO THEIR BODIES, THEY TOLD THE STORIES AND DESTRUCTION
  • THAT BOOK USES BEING A MERMAID TO DEPICT PUBERTY AND IF YOU HAD KNOWN WHAT THAT LIBRARIAN SAID SHE WOULD
  • IT'S A DEPICTION OF RAPE BETWEEN A FATHER AND DAUGHTER BUT THESE ARE REAL EXPERIENCES THAT ALL THESE
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Feb 9th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if me recounting those facts offended your sensibilities, but the president's video depicting former
  • President Obama as a primate did not, I... ...video depicting former President Obama as a primate did
  • presence in the Oval Office with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, and then to have both of them depicted
  • These racist depictions have absolutely no place in our society.
  • With every posting, with every offhand comment, with every depiction of hate intended to be a lash, felt
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, completed the roll, and opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest introductions recognizing visitors, students, and a long-serving committee secretary, Tabitha Volga-Sang, who was honored for 32 years of service. Members also took up a procedural motion by Assembly Member DeMaio to immediately consider ACA 14, the Taxpayer Protection Act, without reference to file; that motion failed on a 14-44 vote. The main policy debate centered on SB 106 by Senator Laird, a budget appropriation to provide $90 million in one-time funding for Planned Parenthood and related women’s health and family planning services after federal cuts. Assembly Member Tangipa offered amendments arguing the money should be directed more broadly to women’s health and hospitals, but the Assembly voted 41-13 to lay the amendments on the table. Supporters, including Gabriel, Sharp-Collins, Gibson, Krell, Bonta, and others, said the bill was needed to preserve access to cancer screenings, contraception, STI testing, and reproductive care, especially in rural and underserved communities, and to offset the effects of federal defunding. Opponents, including Johnson, DeMaio, Patterson, and Tangipa, criticized the bill as lacking transparency, favoring a politically connected organization, and diverting attention from hospital funding and other health needs. After extended floor debate, SB 106 passed the Assembly 55-10 and was transmitted immediately to the Senate. The chamber then took up H.R. 84, a resolution condemning racism after President Trump circulated racist imagery depicting former President Obama and Michelle Obama. Members from the Black, LGBTQ, Latino, AAPI, Jewish, Native American, and other caucuses spoke in support, saying the post normalized dehumanization and had real-world consequences; Assembly Member Tangipa also stated the post was wrong and apologized on the record. The transcript ends during continued debate on H.R. 84, before a final vote is shown.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 20th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The original National Life Monument is an eight-foot bronze sculpture by an artist depicting a mother
  • I want to be clear because I know this body has been... ...concern with sexual depictions of things.
  • They're going to use their professional judgment if they're able to make decisions based on a visual