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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 2/27/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • The amendment is coded A2.
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Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 1770 reiterates that all arbitration claims be conducted pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure,
  • Chris McAley, on behalf of the Civil Justice Association of California.
  • So I did a bill in 2022, Age-Appropriate Design Code Act.
  • For decades, and Civil Code Section 5551 requires balcony inspections to make sure they're safe.
  • Hi, Annalie Augustine, here on behalf of the Civil Justice Association of California.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The committee heard several bills, with extensive testimony on AB 1557, AB 1770, AB 2075, AB 1864, and AB 1709. AB 1557 would clarify e-bike power limits and set lower speed restrictions for Class 1 and 2 e-bikes; the author and police chiefs framed it as a youth safety measure in response to severe injuries and deaths, while bicycle industry representatives warned it could conflict with federal standards and disrupt California businesses. AB 1770 would place large health care service plans’ binding arbitration under Attorney General oversight and require compliance with the California Arbitration Act; supporters described patient harm and biased arbitration, while Kaiser Permanente and the Civil Justice Association said they were still reviewing amendments and had concerns. AB 2075 would require fire suppression equipment to be kept on or near tractors and other work sites to prevent wildfire spread, and AB 1864 would require screening of gene synthesis orders to prevent misuse for bioterrorism; both were presented as common-sense safety measures, with AB 1864 drawing support from biosecurity experts and some industry groups raising amendment concerns. The most extensive discussion was on AB 1709, which would prohibit social media accounts for users under 16 on platforms with harmful addictive features and create an e-safety commission. The author and supporters argued that social media companies intentionally design addictive products that harm children’s mental health, citing internal company documents, research, and recent court rulings; teen, medical, and advocacy witnesses described cyberbullying, addiction, and other harms. Opponents, including EFF and other civil liberties and industry groups, argued the bill is overbroad, violates the First Amendment, increases data collection, and could cut off access to community and information for youth, especially LGBTQ+ youth and other vulnerable groups. Committee members raised questions about out-of-state users, parental use, dark web harms, and how to preserve community resources for teens; the author said the bill targets platform design rather than speech and emphasized continued work with stakeholders. No final votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided. The chair repeatedly noted that motions would be taken later when quorum and agenda timing allowed, and several authors asked for aye votes or said they would continue working with opponents on amendments and clarifications.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • pursuant... ...examine the qualifications, elections, and returns of the members-elect, pursuant to Article
  • Florida House. examine the qualifications, elections, and returns of the members elect, pursuant to Article
  • For corporate income tax, the amendment exempts charitable trusts and adopts the Internal Revenue Code
  • So since that's an ambiguity in the code, we're clarifying it for purposes of Florida.
  • So since that's an ambiguity in the code, we're clarifying it for purposes of Florida.
Summary: The House convened on the final day of session, observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and for Representative Rosenwald’s father, then swore in and seated new members Boyles and Hodgers. The Speaker also outlined the chamber’s end-of-session priorities, including action on the budget and related conforming bills. The House then took up H.J.R. 5019, a constitutional amendment to expand Florida’s budget stabilization fund by raising the cap, requiring annual transfers, and allowing withdrawals for critical state needs. After sponsor explanations and questions about what would qualify as a critical need and how the fund might respond to possible federal funding cuts, the House adopted an amendment that added more flexibility for suspending transfers and withdrawals. The joint resolution then passed on final passage. Members next considered HB 7031, the tax package conference report. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or extends several sales tax exemptions and holidays, and makes changes affecting property taxes, local taxes, pari-mutuel taxes, and revenue distributions. Debate focused heavily on the new permanent exemption for ammunition and hunting-related items, the elimination of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related distributions, and the shift of some funding from recurring to nonrecurring status. Supporters argued the package provides tax relief and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents criticized the ammunition exemption and the reductions in recurring housing and transit support. The conference report was adopted and the bill passed. The House then passed HB 5017, which creates a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer from general revenue to retire state bonds early, and HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment. Finally, the chamber began explanation and questions on the General Appropriations Act conference report for fiscal year 2025-26, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major budget areas, including K-12 education, health care, transportation and economic development, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology, highlighting funding for school choice, Medicaid, housing, transportation infrastructure, Everglades restoration, workforce programs, cybersecurity, and technology modernization.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 17th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • requesting the House's consent to the adjournment of the Senate for more than 3 days pursuant to Article
  • So all this, what the current tax code says is look, there's an offset here.
  • We are the 17th most regulated state with 142,313 regulatory restrictions in our administrative code
  • Pursuant to Article 5, Section 30 of the Oklahoma Constitution, Mr.
  • I referenced the report through a series of newspaper articles. That is what I'm referencing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House passes elections bill after lengthy amendments discussions 5/6/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I recognize a member from coded A4.
  • The amendment is coded A6. The amendment is coded A6.
  • The amendment is coded A5. The amendment is coded A5.
  • the civil rights of Americans. Mr. the civil rights of Americans. Mr.
  • The amendment is coded A12.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: House File 4240, an elections administration bill, was introduced as a package of updates to absentee voting, statewide voter registration system use, early voting procedures, recordkeeping, removal of outdated statutory language, and reimbursement for municipalities and counties that administer certain special elections. The author, Rep. Freiberg, described the bill as a modernization and efficiency measure that would clarify procedures while maintaining election security. Several amendments were adopted. The A4 amendment, offered by Rep. Freiberg, was described as aligning language with the Senate and passed without objection. The A6 amendment, offered by Rep. Cosnik, would give school districts more direction on polling locations for special elections in multi-county districts; Rep. Lee raised concerns that it could affect many districts statewide and questioned whether it applied to early voting, while Rep. Cosnik said it was narrowly tailored and intended to prevent disenfranchisement. Rep. Freiberg and Rep. Lee both said they would support it as a voter-access measure despite possible costs, and it was adopted. The A5 amendment, offered by Rep. Schultz, would require the Secretary of State to provide voter information to the U.S. Department of Justice upon request for civil-rights and federal voting-law enforcement; it was debated at length, with supporters framing it as election integrity and opponents arguing it would jeopardize voter privacy and could be used by the Trump administration to pressure Minnesota. The amendment was adopted after a roll call request. The debate on A5 was especially contentious, with Republicans arguing the state should cooperate with federal efforts to clean voter rolls and Democrats arguing the DOJ had overreached, mishandled civil-rights investigations, and sought voter data without a lawful need. Members on both sides cited voter fraud, privacy, and federal-state election authority, and several speakers referenced recent DOJ actions and court disputes. The transcript ends during further discussion of the federal role in elections, with no final disposition on the underlying bill shown in the excerpt.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Jan 20th, 2026

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • That places key definitions directly in the criminal code and adds a narrowly defined restricted presence
  • That places key definitions directly in the criminal code and adds a narrowly defined restricted presence
  • Next week I'm presenting before a city commission that ignored what I reported to them as civil rights
  • Aaron Waite, President-elect with the Florida Association of Civil Defense Lawyers. Good afternoon.
  • It ranks battery by strangulation in the criminal punishment code as a level six rather than a four.
Summary: The committee took up a series of criminal justice and public safety bills. SB 1084, which exempts certain identifying and location information for non-legal support staff in state attorneys’ offices from public records requests, was supported by prosecuting attorneys and reported favorably. SB 212, as amended, created new restrictions related to sexual offenders and predators, including a 200-foot restricted presence provision near certain locations and updated notification/supervision requirements; it drew strong opposition from researchers, advocates, and affected families who argued it lacked evidence and would increase homelessness, but it was reported favorably. SB 682, addressing domestic violence, coercive control, strangulation, animal abuse, injunctions, and related training and enforcement issues, received emotional survivor testimony and support from animal welfare and law enforcement groups and was reported favorably. SB 656, creating and renaming FDLE Internet Crimes Against Children funding and grant programs, was amended and reported favorably and unanimously. The committee also considered SB 810 on sealing criminal history records, which would expand eligibility for some non-conviction records and one low-level misdemeanor conviction after waiting periods and judicial review; supporters said Florida is unusually restrictive, while one senator raised concerns about the scope, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 890, creating a standalone battery by strangulation offense applicable outside domestic relationships, was reported favorably after the sponsor said it would close a gap in current law. SB 892, revising habitual offender and violent career criminal sentencing procedures and notice requirements, was reported favorably, with defense lawyers supporting the clearer pretrial notice. SB 928, “Missy’s Law,” requiring immediate remand to custody after conviction of certain dangerous crimes, was amended to include computer pornography/child exploitation offenses and reported favorably after a family member of the namesake victim testified in support. Later, SB 1284 modernized arrest and search warrant statutes, expanding judicial summons options for some misdemeanors and broadening warrant/arrest authority in certain DUI, injunction, domestic violence, and misdemeanor force cases; defense lawyers supported the judicial-discretion portions but raised concerns about DUI/BUI arrests, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, SB 812, a technical companion to SB 810 updating public records treatment for sealed criminal history records, was amended to clarify prosecutorial access for later cases and reported favorably. Several bills were supported by law enforcement, prosecutors, and advocacy groups, while others drew opposition from civil liberties, treatment, homelessness, and criminal defense advocates. The meeting adjourned after members recorded additional votes on selected tabs.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Education Committee Jul 1st, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Marcos Aguilar, Executive Director of Semilla, Societive Civil, and a co-founder of Anawa Kalmeca, Los
  • We're seeking a specific amendment in Education Code Section 60642.7.
  • I'm a 10-year physics teacher in Davis, and I oppose the article without additional amendment.
  • another clarification based on the opposition comment: I do see it does reference back to that Ed Code
  • But if the questions that I had were in reference to a specific Ed Code section concerning alignment,
Keywords: 988, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-06-02 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • CS/House Joint Resolution 1F, a joint resolution proposing amendments to Sections 4, 6, and 9 of Article
  • VII and the creation of a new section in Article XII of the state constitution to revise the limitation
  • can fund the operations and administration of county officers and commissioners established under Article
  • Does that include building safety inspections, code enforcement, animal control?
  • Does that include building safety inspections, code enforcement, animal control?
Summary: The House took up the special order calendar for a proposed constitutional amendment on property taxes, CS/HJR 1F, which would create a new homestead exemption for non-school taxes, lower the annual assessment cap on non-homestead property, and restrict how counties and municipalities may use ad valorem tax revenue. The sponsor, Rep. Overdorf, said the measure would give homeowners tax relief and argued local governments could adjust spending or use other revenue sources. Opponents repeatedly questioned the ballot language, the lack of a fiscal estimate or backfill, and the potential impact on local services, public safety, and debt obligations. The House adopted the special order report and then debated the resolution and a series of amendments. Several amendments were offered to carve out or protect specific services from the tax changes. Rep. Bartleman’s amendment to protect Children’s Services Councils and Children’s Trusts was supported by members who said those entities fund early learning, mental health, aftercare, and other services for children and working families, but it failed 25-74. Rep. Cross offered an amendment to include water management districts in allowable ad valorem uses, warning of impacts on flood control, water quality, Everglades restoration, and water supply; that amendment also failed. Rep. Eskamani offered an amendment requiring the Legislature to backfill public safety funding if local revenues fall, arguing police and fire services, staffing, and response times would be at risk; it failed 25-71. The chamber then rejected Rep. Woodson’s amendment to require state backfill for senior services, with supporters citing Meals on Wheels, transportation, adult day care, and other local senior programs, and opponents saying the proposal was outside the bill’s scope. Finally, Rep. Gant offered an amendment to protect veteran services, saying local governments fund housing, mental health, transition, and family support programs for veterans; debate emphasized the importance of honoring veterans and avoiding cuts to those services. The transcript cuts off during debate on that amendment, before a final vote is shown.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • The insurers choose by demographic what to offer, and they go as far as by ZIP code or, in some cases
  • And what that left me with was a choice: either to move to a ZIP code where I could buy it or to go without
  • is because an order has been picked up for the apprehension and detention of someone striking their civil
  • Arizona courts have been clear that because civil commitment results in a serious deprivation of liberty
  • So I don't know how many read the very heartbreaking article in The Atlantic about an infant dying from
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2433, which would require insurers offering Medicare supplement policies to people 65 and older to also offer them to Medicare beneficiaries under 65 with ALS or end-stage renal disease, with enrollment periods and premium protections tied to 65-year-old rates. Supporters, including dialysis and ALS advocates, said the bill would help a small population facing high out-of-pocket costs and could improve access to transplants and care; opponents argued it would shift costs onto older seniors and raise Medigap premiums. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 12-0 vote. The committee also heard House Bill 2593, appropriating $1.5 million to the University of Arizona for the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line. The sponsor and physicians testified that the line helps obstetric and pediatric providers quickly consult on perinatal depression, postpartum psychosis, suicidality, and other mental health crises, improving outcomes for mothers, children, and families and reducing costly emergency and crisis care. The bill received a do pass recommendation on a 10-1 vote. House Concurrent Resolution 2013, proclaiming June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month, drew emotional testimony from a young woman with spina bifida and another speaker supporting the sanctity of life. Some members objected that the state should focus on practical supports such as paid leave, child care, and health care access, while others supported the resolution as a statement of human dignity. The resolution passed the committee 7-5. The committee then approved House Bill 4010, creating a Board of Genetic Counselors and licensure standards, after testimony from genetic counselors and a patient advocate about the need for qualified counseling and better access; it passed 11-1. Later, the committee approved House Bill 2196, which would require pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse non-affiliated pharmacies at least their acquisition cost and pay a dispensing fee, and establish an appeals process. Independent pharmacists and their coalition said PBM practices are driving closures and unfairly favor affiliated pharmacies, while PBM and employer representatives warned of major cost increases and said the bill would interfere with private contracts; the bill passed 11-1. The committee also adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 2182 requiring insurers and health plans to report claims denial and prior authorization data to DIFI, and then gave the amended bill a 12-0 do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 2189, directing the Board of Nursing to update rules for licensed health aides and collect annual data, with the sponsor and board staff saying it would help implement routine ventilator care in the home; it passed 12-0. The committee then began hearing House Bill 2404, a strike-everything amendment on inter-facility transports for behavioral health patients, but the transcript cuts off before action on that bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 04/24/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are three articles in amendment. There are three articles in this<00:03:43.760> amendment.
  • Article for licensing those services.
  • Go ahead. >> So, if you look at article 3, page 15, >> So, if you look at article 3, page 15, lines 23
  • article 3 section one. article 3 section one.
  • and non-public uh under 1339 the civil and non-public uh under 1339 the civil investigative<02:01
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 30, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He was an advocate for civil rights and justice, a trusted friend to leaders across our ...a generous
  • In 1990, the U.S. passed this landmark civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people
  • That objection. >> And I want to amend this article. It appeared in May 2026.
  • But when you look at the code to USC 1415, harassment is qualified to two other sections of code referring
  • And he wrote this code in between rounds of chemotherapy code in between rounds of chemotherapy and surgery
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Land Grant Jul 14th, 2025

House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • both the land grant statutes and any other potentially applicable statutes, such as the Procurement Code
  • We've been able to get some of his other articles and papers over the years.
  • I believe it's either Article 8, Section 5, or Section 5, Article 8.
  • I think it's Section 5, Article 8 that provides a specific exemption for counties, municipalities, and
  • The rights, privileges, and immunities, civil, political, and religious... ...guaranteed to the people
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Apr 16th, 2025 at 12:30 pm

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we have to go with this streamlined tax code. However, maybe that's the way to go.
  • , be forced to bring it up to code.
  • Title 28 is judicial procedure, civil.
  • Title 28 is judicial procedure, civil.
  • First, it covers judicial procedure, civil, as previously mentioned.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up several procedural motions, including suspending House rules for three legislative days and replacing conference committee members on Senate Bill 2282 and SCR 4007. The chamber also recognized visiting student groups from Grafton/Pleasant Valley and Shiloh School. Later, the House agreed to several conference committee reports and moved a number of measures through final passage or final disposition. House Bill 1428, which would have created a sales tax exemption for clothing sold by thrift stores or nonprofit corporations, drew extensive debate over tax policy, revenue loss, and possible conflicts with streamlined sales tax rules. Supporters argued it would help lower-income shoppers and nonprofit thrift stores, while opponents said it created an unfair advantage and could reduce state and local revenue. The conference report was adopted, but the bill ultimately failed on final vote, 37-54. House Bill 1440, relating to cigar lounges, was amended in conference and then passed 75-17. House Bill 1460, concerning adult foster care for private-pay adults, electronic monitoring, and a legislative study, was also adopted and passed overwhelmingly, 91-1. The House then passed Senate Bill 2224, which revises gaming commission structure and gaming stamp requirements, adds Attorney General enforcement provisions, and includes a $25,000 general fund appropriation, by a vote of 88-0. Senate Bill 2327, which expands uses of the agriculture diversification and development fund and appropriates $15 million to it, passed 74-17 after a member was excused from voting due to a personal interest. Senate Bill 2267, creating a regulatory framework for on-site wastewater treatment systems and shifting licensing authority to the Department of Environmental Quality, passed 82-10, and Senate Bill 2276, addressing joint water resource boards for cross-county projects, passed 90-1. The most contentious debate centered on Senate Bill 2160, which would move the state employee health plan from grandfathered status to a non-grandfathered ACA-compliant plan and appropriate about $6.6 million for the transition. Supporters said it would give the PERS board more flexibility, expand preventive and other benefits, and potentially slow premium growth without charging employees premiums. Opponents warned it could raise out-of-pocket costs, add mandated benefits, and shift costs to employees, while also arguing the bill had not been adequately studied. After extended debate, the House passed SB 2160 by a vote of 55-37. The chamber also concurred in Senate amendments to House Bill 1318, a pesticide labeling bill, and placed it on final passage, but the transcript ends before the final vote on that measure.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • I went to the website, I paid—I think I paid like $220—and then they just gave me a code so I was able
  • Cities and counties retain authority over zoning codes, fees, record keeping, and enforcement.
  • We’ve had health and safety mentioned... ...and those applications of code, like the LEED.
  • , and fire codes.
  • , and fire codes.
Summary: The Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency Committee approved the February 4, 2026 minutes and first considered the reappointment of Troy L. Campbell to the Arizona State Liquor Board. Campbell described his nearly 10 years of service, his role as chair since 2019, and his focus on fairness, public safety, and applying the law consistently. He answered questions about the board’s workload and authority, noting it handles roughly 40 to 50 cases a year and does not issue fines. With no public testimony, the committee voted 6-0 with one not voting to recommend his confirmation to the full Senate. The committee then heard and passed SB 1478, a liquor omnibus bill making technical and policy updates to liquor statutes, including changing “manufacture” to “produce,” allowing rather than requiring cities and towns to levy certain liquor-related taxes or fees, repealing a federal food-safety preemption reference, and clarifying cider’s definition to include products up to 8.5% alcohol by volume. Supporters described it as an annual stakeholder-driven cleanup bill, and the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control testified neutral. The committee adopted the Bolick amendment and then passed the bill as amended. It also passed SB 1108, which creates a Swedish-rounding framework for cash transactions when pennies are unavailable, with signage and enforcement provisions; the Leach amendment removed an individual-item exemption and clarified tax treatment. The Greater Phoenix Chamber supported the bill, and the committee passed it as amended. The committee next approved SB 1205, regulating private-property vehicle booting by prohibiting local bans, setting signage, written permission, rate limits, release rules, and misdemeanor penalties. Supporters said it would provide a more transparent, less costly alternative to towing, while members raised concerns about signage, appeals, and consumer protections. The Bolick amendment made a technical change, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1241, allowing private permitting providers to conduct plan reviews and inspections for single-trade residential projects, drew the most debate: supporters argued it would reduce delays and costs for homeowners and help cities with backlogs, while cities and counties warned about public-safety risks, loss of local control, and liability concerns. After adopting the Payne amendment on immunity, the committee passed the bill 5-2. Finally, the committee passed SB 1366, which creates a Public Property Towing and Impound Practices Study Committee to review fees, standards, insurance, background checks, and related DPS and public-property towing practices. Some members objected that the study committee lacked minority-leader appointments, but supporters said the review was needed before making permanent changes. The committee then began hearing SB 1431, a housing-design bill limiting municipal design standards and restrictions on certain shared features, but the transcript ends before any action on that measure.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 1st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Texas Administrative Code uses the word 'between'; however, when referencing the Free Trade International
  • Bridge, the TAC code uses the word 'from', thereby creating an inconsistency in how the Free Trade International
  • the general revenue, it keeps the SCRF in the general revenue fund and exempts it in the government code
  • before the Texas Transportation Commission, and while the bill cross-references Texas Transportation Code
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 1st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a way to honor his life, his service, and his sacrifice, subject to transportation code. 225.021C
  • allowing a 15% axle weight tolerance for vehicles transporting aggregates as defined in the Water Code
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, May 19, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , to amend Title 38, United States Code, to amend Title 38, United States Code, to<04:28:39.359><
  • <07:25:10.558> to would weaponize the tax code to would weaponize the tax code to exacerbate
  • We went from the end of the Civil War to the civil rights movement.
  • Obviously, then it kind of skipped ahead to the Civil War, and the focus of the Civil War there was no
  • War and the focus of the to the Civil War and the focus of the Civil<08:10:19.760> War<08:10:
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Jun 17th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Since 1977, Penal Code Section 1016.2 has required judges to inform anyone entering a plea that there
  • In recent years, however, some judges have been deviating from the required language in Penal Code Section
  • this issue by requiring judges to use the exact statutory language that has been contained in Penal Code
  • Under Vehicle Code section 25593, judges are already required to provide a verbatim advisement regarding
  • You've seen in the past couple of years article after article about people who've been put in place to
Summary: The Assembly Public Safety Committee met and adopted a consent calendar that included SB 4, SB 229, SB 385, SB 459, and SB 553. SB 221 was pulled by the committee and will return later. The committee then heard several bills, with members repeatedly noting the next hearing would be July 1 in Room 126. SB 281 by Senator Perez would require judges to use the exact statutory immigration-consequences advisement when taking pleas from noncitizen defendants. Supporters said judges have been deviating from the required language, creating confusion and harming defendants; opponents, including district attorneys, warned that the bill could affect plea withdrawals and appellate litigation unless amended. The committee discussed possible amendments, including a nonretroactivity clarification and language proposed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, and the bill was passed on call. SB 337 by Senator Menjivar would strengthen protections against sexual abuse and misconduct in prisons, especially women’s prisons, by requiring documentation of searches, extending grievance timelines, limiting hiring of people with violent or sexual convictions, and improving investigation procedures. Supporters emphasized staff abuse, retaliation concerns, and the need for oversight; opposition testimony focused on transgender inmate placement and was criticized by committee members as not germane. The bill passed 9-0 to Appropriations. SB 379 by Senator Jones, dealing with oversight of sexually violent predator conditional release placements, passed to Appropriations after support from law enforcement and prosecutors and no opposition. SB 734 by Senator Caballero, which would provide due process protections for law enforcement officers affected by California Racial Justice Act findings, also passed to Appropriations with support from police and district attorney groups and no opposition. SB 551 by Senator Cortese, which would codify normalization and dynamic security principles in corrections, passed to Appropriations despite concerns from one member that it went too far in making prisons too home-like.