Video & Transcript Research : 'neglect'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 24th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to develop strong ties to their communities, which can deter and persist against child abuse and neglect
- can be found when our community welcomes open conversations about the experience of child abuse and neglect
- Whereas all citizens need to be more aware of child abuse and neglect, and as Prevention within the community
- facilities, and businesses to increase their participation in efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/15/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- experienced horrific abuse and neglect. experienced horrific abuse and neglect. um<01:37:31.760>
- So some of those exceptions are going to be abuse and neglect cases.
- . neglect. neglect. abuse<01:58:36.480>
or <01:58:36.719>neglect. - The definition of abuse or neglect.
- So, there's an child abuse or neglect.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/24/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we’re here to highlight one specific area and targeting one aspect to the neglect of everything else
- So, we’re here to highlight one specific area and targeting one aspect to the neglect of everything else
- So, we’re here to highlight one specific area and targeting one aspect to the neglect of everything else
- So, we’re here to highlight one specific area and targeting one aspect to the neglect of everything else
- So, we’re here to highlight one specific area and targeting one aspect to the neglect of everything else
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (10/21/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And I would include child abuse and neglect in that as well.
- I'd like a break from child abuse and neglect and something else. >> Yeah. Okay. Sure.
- I'd like a break from child abuse and neglect and something else. >> Yeah. Okay. Sure.
- I'd like a break from child abuse and neglect and something else. >> Yeah. Okay. Sure.
- I'd like a break from child abuse and neglect and something else. >> Yeah. Okay. Sure.
Summary:
The subcommittee met without a quorum and discussed how to proceed with its family court review work. The chair said preliminary, unofficial reports could be circulated and voted on by email, and noted that next year the work might continue as a full committee rather than a subcommittee. Members also discussed carrying unresolved issues into next year, including the long-standing “one judge, one case” concept. Later, the committee received additional materials from a member who could not attend, including a packet on state-funded transcript requests and background information on how different states structure family court systems.
A major presentation focused on improving New Hampshire family court pre-trial and mediation practices. The presenters said current rules give judges broad discretion, which can lead to inconsistent discovery, evidence, and timelines, especially for self-represented parties. They raised concerns about uneven mediator training and oversight, lack of uniform domestic violence screening, and unclear information for families about their rights and how to exit mediation. They recommended standardized pre-trial case management orders, clearer plain-language deadlines, mandatory domestic violence screening, stronger mediator certification and continuing education, a mentorship program, an independent oversight board, and a pilot program in a few counties before any statewide rollout.
Members and presenters also discussed existing court forms and practices, including mediation agreements, mediator preparation forms, first appearances, and the use of Zoom for mediation. One participant argued that mediation can work better when parties are better prepared and when cases are not sent too early, and suggested that neutral case evaluation is another useful alternative dispute resolution tool. The discussion also touched on the need for better educational materials for pro se litigants, with one member describing efforts to create a more accessible guide for people going to court. No votes were taken, and the session ended with plans to continue reviewing materials and refine recommendations.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Families will be destroyed, marriages will be destroyed, homes will be lost, and children will be neglected
- Children neglected will come. What you guys will promise with this bill?
- 00:09:01.920>
children <00:09:02.240>will <00:09:02.480>be <00:09:02.640>neglected - be lost, and children will be neglected. be lost, and children will be neglected.
- Children neglected<00:09:39.120>
will neglected will neglected will come.<00:09:40.880>What
Summary:
The Committee on Hawaiian Affairs briefly met and adjourned after noting that GM 574, a nomination on its agenda, had been withdrawn, leaving the committee with no business to consider.
A separate joint hearing of the Senate Committees on Economic Development and Hawaiian Affairs then took up HCR 192, a resolution to convene a tourism and gaming working group. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including representatives from the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Nation of Hawaii, and CARES, said the measure would allow Hawaiians to have a seat at the table, learn from Native nations with gaming experience, and make informed decisions about whether and how gaming should be approached. Some supporters emphasized that the working group was about research and self-determination, not immediate legalization, and suggested the state should focus on broader economic development options as well.
Opponents, including the Honolulu prosecuting attorney and several community members and faith leaders, warned that gambling would increase addiction, crime, family breakdown, debt, and exploitation of low-income and vulnerable residents. They argued that online sports betting and other forms of gaming would be especially harmful, with some citing examples from other states and concerns about problem gambling, domestic violence, and illegal activity. Committee members questioned witnesses about the purpose of the working group and whether it could provide enough data to make an informed decision, while supporters and opponents alike acknowledged the need for Hawaiians to be involved in any future discussion. No vote or final action on HCR 192 was taken in the portion provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 27th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- found to be victims of... ...43,943 children in the state of California were found to be victims of neglect
- Beyond the neglect and abuse, we must face the realities that child sex trafficking, labor trafficking
- , unregulated youth transportation, and neglect are plaguing many of our homeless youth and foster children
- Child abuse and neglect remain deeply troubling realities. They cross all socioeconomic, dynamic...
- family support services, and community awareness can dramatically reduce the instances of abuse and neglect
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- They don't have electricity, but they are owned by private citizens likely that have been neglected through
- They don't have electricity, but they are owned by private citizens likely that have been neglected through
- Likely that have been neglected through probably generational lack of successions to actually have them
Summary:
The Civil Law and Procedure Committee met at 10:15 a.m. on May 26 and established a quorum. The first item was House Resolution 307 by Representative Dana Henry, which would create a task force to study expropriation, acquisition, and related issues tied to economic development in New Orleans East and the Louisiana International Terminal project. The resolution was described as focused on identifying underdeveloped parcels, clarifying ownership, and ensuring due process and safeguards against illegal takings. The chair moved to report H.R. 307 favorably, and it was reported favorably without objection.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 228 by Senator Duplessis, a proposed constitutional amendment to allow public funds to be used to replace drinking water utility service lines on private property, specifically to enable use of federal funds for lead pipe replacement on both sides of the water meter. Testimony from the sponsor and Paul Rainwater emphasized that the measure is narrowly tailored, intended to avoid the Constitution’s donation prohibition, and needed to access already-granted federal money. Members discussed why a constitutional amendment was necessary, whether the wording should specify federal funds, and whether the proposal could confuse voters.
A draft 6.8A report recommended reporting SB 228 without amendments and noted a possible conflict with House Bill 603 because both measures amend the same constitutional section. The committee adopted the 6.8A report without objection, then approved a motion to report SB 228 without amendments. The meeting adjourned without further action.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (02/17/2026)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- <03:57:49.439>
and specifically on abuse and neglect and specifically on abuse and neglect - or child sexual abuse is a neglect or child sexual abuse is a preponderance<04:50:06.560>
of < - Um but the grounds neglect case.
- The other thing that's addressed is abuse and neglect in lines 26 through 29.
- <05:37:49.760>
statute under the abuse and neglect statute under the abuse and neglect statute
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-08 - 11:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Sometimes it's the first visible sign of deeper issues, including family instability, neglect, or harm
- Sometimes it's the first visible sign of deeper issues, including family instability, neglect, or harm
- Sometimes it's the first visible sign of deeper issues, including family instability, neglect, or harm
- There is a concern about educational neglect or something more.
- <00:34:39.760>
or <00:34:40.159>trrency welfare education neglect or trrency welfare
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Sep 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Abuse, neglect, and exploitation focuses on determining if Someone within... page six, I apologize.
- facing abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
- That individual cases of abuse, neglect, and exploitation were not caught.
- there's a lot of difference between abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
- And for the abuse, neglect, and exploitation measure, it's actually a national measure.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 11:34 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them
- Chair, here's none, so ordered. relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and or neglect
- claims substantiated against them prior to reunification, second reading of the bill. ...or neglect
- The strike-and-insert amendment for House Bill 5684 would create a pilot program in our abuse and neglect
- improvement period, and termination decisions that are crucial to the resolution of these abuse and neglect
Summary:
The Senate met on March 11, 2026, with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and numerous guest and page introductions, including school groups, prayer caucus visitors, and advocates for Home Family Education Day and Women in Blue Day. The chamber then took up committee reports and a large number of House bills, most of them on third reading, along with several resolutions and referrals. Senate Resolution 62, designating March 12, 2026, as West Virginia Athletic Trainers Day, was adopted after remarks emphasizing the value of athletic trainers in preventing injuries and tragedies in school sports. Several other resolutions and concurrent resolutions were referred to the Committee on Rules or laid over under the rules.
The Senate passed a wide range of bills addressing economic development, public safety, health, licensing, and state administration. Measures approved included bills on the West Virginia Collaboratory at Marshall University, the Business Ready Sites program, volunteer fire company spending authority, the Load Forecast Accountability Act, funeral service licensure, work zone fines, biennial business reporting, correctional officer retirement law, the Right to Try Act, quick claim deed tax exemptions, an ibogaine drug-development grant program, aggravated vehicular homicide sentencing, 529 savings plan definitions, opportunity zones, barber apprenticeship, municipal and county hotel occupancy fund uses, criminal-record licensing standards, intimate image disclosure remedies, executor training materials, contempt penalties, PEIA treatment flexibility, PANS/PANDAS information, the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, capitation rate review expansions, convention and visitors bureau board membership, peer support services, cosmetology licensure compacts, natural resource police retirement, DNR fee indexing, ALS care services, the Neighborhood Investment Program, oil and gas well plugging and carbon capture-related provisions, DUI technical changes, abuse intervention program terminology, and a youth summer employment and career readiness program. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, with a few closer votes, including the Load Forecast Accountability Act and the DNR fee-indexing bill.
Several bills were amended on the floor, including title amendments and strike-and-insert changes. The Senate also debated the work zone penalty bill, with supporters citing worker safety and fatalities and opponents arguing the bill increased fines too much without requiring removal of outdated work-zone signs. On the energy-related load forecast bill, senators discussed the inclusion of provisions from Senate Bill 420 and concerns about coal plant utilization and utility impacts. After debate, the Senate adopted amendments and passed the bill. In most cases, after passage the Senate ordered the bills communicated to the House, and for a few measures it also adopted title amendments or made bills effective from passage or on a specified date.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 1841 by Gehan relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.
- of an individual's name is added to a central abuse child or neglect registry.
- certain policies and procedures for healthcare specialty consultations and certain child abuse or neglect
- of certain court orders of conditions and bonds in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect
- to the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice HB 2235 by Dutton relating to the definition of abuse and neglect
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Aging and Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- abuse such as physical abuse, abandonment, abduction, financial abuse, isolation, mental suffering, neglect
- Assembly Member Gonzalez: By doing so, we can improve how substantiated reports of abuse and neglect
- Abuse and neglect are among the most common complaints reported to California's local long-term care
- communicate whether a resident was physically assaulted, financially exploited, sexually abused, neglected
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families & Children (3-11-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- focused mainly on just kind of supplementing what APS workers already do with recognizing abuse, neglect
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with <00:06:52.800>recognizing <00:06:53.560>abuse <00:06:53.880>neglect - <00:06:54.199>
and do with recognizing abuse neglect and do with recognizing abuse neglect
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Roll Call – 00:14
Discussion on HB 479 – 00:49
Vote on HB 479 – 09:03
Review of 921 KAR 001:400 Proposed – 09:50
Notice of Half-Year Block Grant Status Reports – 10:08, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, passed over House Bill 291, and took up House Bill 479, an act related to dementia training. Rep. Derek Lewis, joined by Rep. Adriel Camel and Mackenzie Wallace of the Alzheimer’s Association, explained that the bill would provide free dementia-specific training for Adult Protective Services workers and help them better recognize and respond to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and the needs of people with dementia. Testimony emphasized the personal impact of dementia on families, the difficulty of navigating diagnosis and care, and the need to connect families to services. A senator asked about the bill’s data and scope, and Wallace explained that the county-level figures reflected Adult Protective Services referrals and diagnosed cases of Alzheimer’s or other dementia among people 65 and older. She also noted broader public health efforts related to brain health and a federal grant effort tied to those issues.
Several members spoke in support, including Sen. Denine, who described his father’s recent death after a difficult period with dementia and said the training would help families and workers identify and respond to the disease earlier. After discussion, Sen. Heron moved the bill, the motion was seconded, and the committee voted 6-0 to pass House Bill 479 with favorable expression. The chair said it should pass on the Senate floor.
Afterward, the committee briefly reviewed administrative regulation 921 KAR 2:100 and found it reviewed with no questions. A child care block grant item was also presented for information only, with no questions raised. The meeting then adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- There are too many vulnerable adults suffering from understaffing, neglect, abuse, inadequate oversight
- I'm here today to support Senate File 2972. neglect, abuse, inadequate oversight, neglect, abuse, inadequate
- result of the neglect or abuse. result of the neglect or abuse.
- It's because you have to neglect people in order to turn a profit.
- and indifference and abuse and neglect and indifference and all<00:43:15.440>
of <00:43:15.520
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Human Services - 03/04/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Twenty-three deaths in 2025 in Minnesota were directly attributed to this abuse or neglect.
- burdens facilities with debt,<00:56:52.319>
and <00:56:52.480>the <00:56:52.640>neglect - <00:56:53.040>
of <00:56:53.280>safety debt, and the neglect of safety debt, and the - neglect of safety protocols.<00:56:54.880>
Research <00:56:55.520>indicates <00:56:56.480 - The vast majority of abuse or neglect.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 14th, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- Sad and devastating is potentially pretty relevant in determining whether or not abuse or neglect is
- One, has abuse or neglect occurred and then has it been rectified and to stop in the future.
- I mean, even with regards to statement by a person required to report abuse or neglect of child, it's
- This does not include any statements of abuse or neglect.
- and advocacy at Text Protect, where we focus on strengthening families to prevent child abuse and neglect
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Steering and Policy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Senate Committee on Steering and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And finally, we need to make sure our courts do not recognize out-of-state findings of abuse and neglect
- presentation, one of the things that you said is that courts should now recognize out-of-state findings of neglect
- general have taken to try to pass laws that, you know, define gender-affirming care as child abuse or neglect
- it is something that I think, looking on the horizon, we just want to make... ...as child abuse or neglect
- The parents of trans kids are afraid of losing custody, being charged with child neglect, or even losing
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Steering and Policy held a public hearing on potential updates to Massachusetts’ 2022 Shield Law to strengthen protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care. Chair Cindy Friedman said the hearing was prompted by escalating federal and out-of-state threats, and testimony was sought on loopholes and clarifications involving emergency abortion care, limits on cooperation with outside investigations, protection of patient data, and safeguarding licenses of providers and attorneys involved in this care.
The Attorney General’s Office, ACLU of Massachusetts, GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, Reproductive Equity Now, the Massachusetts Medical Society, TransHealth, and Health Imperatives all supported strengthening the law. Witnesses urged broader bans on sharing health data with hostile states, explicit AG enforcement authority, exclusion of reproductive and gender-affirming prescriptions from the prescription monitoring program, protections for electronic medical records, and allowing clinicians to use practice names on prescription labels. Several speakers also called for protections for parents of transgender youth, attorneys, and nonprofit organizations, and some raised related concerns about insurance discrimination and the burden of post-24-week abortion restrictions.
Committee members asked questions about enforcement mechanisms, data privacy, patient consent, and how to balance interoperability with privacy protections in electronic records. Witnesses said the goal was to prevent immediate harm while preserving patient control and access to care. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair closed by inviting written testimony and then moved to adjourn the hearing.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 14th, 2026 at 03:13 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and passed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 54, establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect
- that the House amended and passed Senate Bill 228, relating to use of technology in child abuse and neglect
- It's come to my attention that we have neglected the father of one of our pages.
- That we have neglected the father of one of our pages.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families & Children (3-13-25) - Upon Recess
Transcript Highlights:
- Animal Control Officers to undergo training, whether in person or online, to identify child abuse and neglect
- identify child person or um online to identify child abuse<00:02:45.640>
and <00:02:45.959>neglect - um<00:02:47.120>
while <00:02:47.360>they're <00:02:47.599>in abuse and neglect - um while they're in abuse and neglect um while they're in homes<00:02:48.920>
um <00:02:49.080
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This meeting will take place upon Recess of the Senate Chambers. There is not an exact time for this meeting therefore a placeholder time for the live stream has been set for 1:00PM est.
Roll Call - 00:03
Discussion on HB 508 – 00:34
Vote on HB 508 – 03:52
Discussion on 805 – 05:00
Vote on HB 805 -09:38, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and first adopted a Senate committee substitute covering House Bills 718 and 194, then heard testimony on House Bill 508, House Bill 805, and the committee substitute for Senate Bill 111. HB 508 would let applicants for the Kentucky Employee Child Care Assistance Program view and download the required agreement and submit it by mail, email, or online, codifying a change the Cabinet for Health and Family Services had already agreed to make. The child-protection portion of the committee substitute would require animal control officers to receive training to identify child abuse and neglect, with the sponsor saying the training materials would be provided at no cost to local governments.
For HB 805, the sponsor said the committee substitute mainly cleans up last year’s juvenile justice legislation, including changing “plaintiff” to “victim,” narrowing language on confidentiality of juvenile records when information is disclosed in a civil suit, and changing a status offender provision from mandatory to discretionary charging for escape when absent without leave from a DJJ facility. The bill also incorporates “Baby Maya’s Bill,” requiring the Cabinet to physically locate a child within a set time and, in certain cases involving prior removals, contact law enforcement if the child cannot be found. A committee member asked whether the changes would affect public access to records for juveniles transferred to circuit court on felony charges, and the sponsor said they would not.
The committee then voted on HB 805 as amended by the committee substitute and passed it 7-0 with favorable expression. A title amendment was also adopted. After brief thanks and comments from members, the committee adjourned.