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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Joint Committee on Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Back in 2019, I read a newspaper article with a headline highlighting maternal mortality.
  • I don't know. ...and also comprehensive code coverage for services like e-consults and e-visits.
  • Health care access should not depend on your ZIP code or the language that you speak.
  • Health care access should not depend on your ZIP code or the language that you speak.
  • We have fought successfully for civil rights and public accommodations, and we recently expanded our
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee held a public hearing with testimony on several health care bills, with most of the discussion focused on primary care access, community health center reimbursement, midwifery and birth centers, telehealth, hospital-at-home, direct primary care, and trans-inclusive health care access. Chair Feeney and Chair Murphy opened by noting the large number of signups and asking testifiers to keep remarks brief because of time constraints. Legislators and witnesses repeatedly emphasized that Massachusetts’ primary care system is under strain and that federal policy changes and reimbursement gaps are worsening financial pressure on providers. On community health centers, Representative Blay, Senator Lovely, Michael Curry, Bethany Keeley, Jag Deep Trevetti, Sean Cahill, and Christina Severin all supported H. 1096/S. 711, which would require commercial insurers to pay federally qualified health centers at least the MassHealth prospective payment system rate. They argued that commercial plans currently reimburse health centers below Medicaid rates, threatening sustainability, staffing, and access, especially as federal cuts and coverage losses could increase uncompensated care. Testifiers said the bill would stabilize health centers, protect primary care access, and not cost the state money. A second major topic was H. 1117/S. 784 on sustaining birth centers and the midwifery workforce. Senator Lovely, Senator Miranda, Emily Anesta, Rebecca Orden, Catherine Rushworth, Nishira Burrill, Joel Sutherland, Rachel Blessington, Joelle Ward, and others described the 2024 maternal health omnibus as an important first step, but said birth centers and midwives still face low reimbursement, workforce shortages, and financial instability. They urged reimbursement parity, a workforce development fund, and support for freestanding birth centers, citing improved outcomes, lower C-section rates, better patient experience, and racial equity in maternal health. Several speakers shared personal birth stories and said the bill would help preserve and expand birth options in communities like Roxbury, Worcester, and the North Shore. The committee also heard support for H. 1343 on direct primary care from Dr. Garofalo, Dr. Altman, Dr. Nair, Stephanie Cameron, Dr. Haley Moke-Blessed, and others, who said current insurance rules force patients to use a separate in-network primary care doctor for referrals and sometimes prevent physicians from dispensing medications. They argued the bill would reduce delays, administrative burden, and costs while improving continuity of care. In addition, Dr. Miklides and Sue Stempeck supported H. 1141 on hospital-at-home parity, saying the model has strong outcomes and should be reimbursed at the same rate as brick-and-mortar hospital care. Heather Myers and Katrina Cook testified on telehealth and digital health equity, urging broader coverage for asynchronous care, remote monitoring, interpreter services, and digital literacy supports. SEIU Local 509 supported H. 1188/S. 681 on trans-inclusive health care access, saying it would remove arbitrary insurance barriers to gender-affirming care. No votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Where Article 5 is cited...
  • Where Article 5 is silent, the Tenth Amendment prevails, and there was a court case dealing with term
  • People are there for way too long, but the Article 5 convention is what has always bothered me going
  • You have... ...certain people that want an Article 5 that want to do very bad things.
  • I wish the Article 5 was not part of this, and for that reason I vote no.
Keywords: 1182, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Mar 3rd, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • the next slide, it shows a map, and so this is the confirmed case count that we announced on. error code
  • The Texas Administrative Code says that the school administrator shall exclude an exposed child who's
  • Yes, when I read the health code. Okay. All right. And if that's the case...
  • They aren't all forensics. 75 are forensic, but but 125 are actually civil beds.
  • That should- How many are civil? 125. and then there are 92 pediatric beds. And that's in Dallas.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Public Safety Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Parole Hearings to advance our shared goals, to ease the public while respecting the constitutional civil
  • Its provisions are now in state law and in effect, having added sections to the Health and Safety Code
  • , the Penal Code, and the Government Code.
  • It does not expand the law or rebalance public safety and civil rights.
  • Conservatorships are civil proceedings.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing several bills, with members repeatedly noting that votes would be taken later once a quorum was established. Early in the meeting, the committee heard SB 1446 on parole en banc review and SB 1278 on elderly parole eligibility for certain sex offenses. SB 1446’s author said the bill would give commissioners more discretion in en banc review, make votes public, and allow referral for sexually violent predator evaluation in certain cases; supporters included the California District Attorneys Association, while opponents from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and public defender groups argued it would add confusion, create constitutional and litigation concerns, and duplicate existing safeguards. SB 1278 would exclude certain rape, child sexual abuse, and habitual/serial sex offense convictions from elderly parole eligibility; district attorneys and police chiefs supported it as a victim-safety measure, while civil rights and defense organizations opposed it as unnecessary, costly, and inconsistent with evidence on aging and recidivism. Both bills were discussed but not voted on due to the lack of quorum. The committee then heard SB 1354, which would bar out-of-state military or law enforcement personnel from entering California to perform such functions without the Governor’s permission. The author and supporters framed it as protecting state sovereignty and limiting unauthorized armed incursions; the committee accepted an amendment removing a criminal penalty and leaving enforcement to the Attorney General. No opposition testimony was offered, and members expressed support, but no vote was taken because quorum was still lacking. The committee also heard SB 926, a bill to fund implementation of Proposition 36. Supporters, including sheriffs, district attorneys, probation officials, and the League of California Cities, said local agencies need funding for treatment, supervision, and administration; opponents argued the proposal was fiscally reckless, lacked accountability, and overemphasized incarceration. Amendments removed a specific appropriation and shifted funding decisions to the budget process, but the bill was also held pending quorum. Later, the committee heard SB 874, which would require background checks for unlicensed providers of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, create a stakeholder workgroup, and direct DHCS to issue guidance and report on program integrity. Support came from local health plans and behavior analysis providers, who said the bill would improve safety and consistency; there was no opposition testimony. The committee then heard SB 1210, which would extend CalGang oversight and due process protections to local gang databases as well as shared ones. Supporters described privacy abuses, racial disparities, and personal harm from inaccurate gang labels; law enforcement opposition argued the bill would impose CalGang standards on informal investigative files and would significantly change the gang definition. The author said the bill closes a loophole and preserves prior reforms, but no vote was taken. The committee also began hearing SB 1019 on creating a California Cargo Thief Task Force, with strong support from BNSF, trucking, shipping, port, and supply-chain representatives who described organized, multi-jurisdictional cargo theft and rail sabotage; no opposition was heard, and members indicated support, but action was deferred pending quorum. The meeting then moved to SB 1217 on a non-consensual intimate image clearinghouse, with the chair and author describing privacy-related amendments and the bill’s focus on helping survivors remove exploitative images; the transcript cuts off as that presentation began.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The response was that it is going to Judicial Finance and Civil.
  • House File 2689, as amended, was referred to the Committee on Judicial Finance and Civil Law.
  • Also, the American Academy of Family Physicians, in an article on the resource center, commented that
  • on the resource Physicians in a article on the resource center<01:28:12.159> uh<01:28:12.560>
  • 6138 code of federal regulations. regulations. regulations.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 1/29/2026 #1

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • No, just the civil citation. The civil citation. >> Okay.
  • This is a civil<00:34:43.760> issue. civil issue. civil issue.
  • It's a civil citation. >> Civil citation. >> Okay.
  • >> Civil<00:47:57.839> citation. >> Civil citation. >> Civil citation.
  • A civil offense. Um, you spoke correct. A civil offense.
Summary: The Senate reconvened after a snow delay, heard an invocation from Reverend Scott Shelton, and conducted several floor introductions and recognitions, including birthday wishes for staff, a welcome for a temporary office staffer, recognition of the Center for Urban Families, and introduction of the week’s pages. The chamber then approved the prior journal and moved through bill and bond initiative readings, referring the listed measures to their standing committees or the capital budget subcommittee. The first substantive action was adoption of a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 17, an emergency bill authorizing the Baltimore City Board of Licensed Commissioners to issue a related event promoters permit for the CIAA tournament. The floor leader said the bill had no amendments, no fiscal impact, and no opposition in committee. The Senate adopted the report without objection and ordered the bill printed for third reading. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 1 from the Judicial Proceedings Committee, which would require the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to adopt a statewide policy on law enforcement face coverings, apply it to state, local, and federal officers in Maryland, and enforce violations through a civil citation and discipline. The committee report included two amendments: one technical and one making the policy statewide and preempting local policies. During extended debate, the bill’s sponsor argued that masks undermine transparency and trust and that the measure would create a uniform standard. A senator from Frederick County questioned whether the bill would effectively create a policy for federal agents without Maryland-specific training and raised concerns about enforcement, temporary detention, complaints, and possible conflicts with federal authority. The sponsor responded that officers would retain discretion, that the bill would be enforced through civil citations, and that similar civil enforcement mechanisms have been upheld in Maryland. No final vote on the amended report is shown in the transcript excerpt.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 60 (4-15-26) - Part 3

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:30:21.560> of March 18th, 2026, including articles of March 18th, 2026, including articles
  • of impeachment did lay the articles of impeachment did lay the articles<01:30:59.960> before<
  • Whereas the articles before the Senate.
  • c><01:31:04.120> of Senate received the articles of Senate received the articles of impeachment
  • raised by the articles of impeachment. raised by the articles of impeachment.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Municipal and County Government (01/27/2026)

Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • the budget, presenting warrant articles. the budget, presenting warrant articles.
  • The ability to propose warrant articles. The ability to propose warrant articles.
  • war article needs more than that. war article needs more than that.
  • DRA review all warrant articles? DRA review all warrant articles?
  • article? article?
Keywords: 1189, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • she'd gotten a little bit of civil she'd gotten a little bit of civil experience<00:02:08.479>
  • Uh, I think she's somebody who's civil.
  • <00:25:41.240> online know, if I read a news article online know, if I read a news article
  • So, on the civil calendar, you're going to have all types of civil cases, including probate and agency
  • attorneys are protecting the civil attorneys are protecting the civil constitutional<00:41:43.720
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard Governor’s Messages 796 and 797, both judicial confirmation nominations, but announced at the outset that no votes would be taken that day. The committee said it would hold the vote the next day in Room 225. For GM 796, Annalisa M. Bernard Lee was nominated to serve as circuit court judge for the Second Circuit (Maui) for a 10-year term. Supporters included former Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald, former judges, attorneys, and the Hawaii State Bar Association, all describing her as fair, hardworking, experienced on both criminal and civil matters, and active in the legal community. Judge Lee testified about her background as a Maui native, former public defender and prosecutor, and current district court judge, and said her experience on all sides of the courtroom shaped her commitment to fairness and access to justice. Senators asked about diversion, sentencing repeat offenders, and the role of a circuit court judge; Lee said she would consider cases individually, support diversion and pretrial collaboration where appropriate, and use judicial power to address underlying problems when possible. For GM 797, Michael K. Soong was nominated to the Fifth Circuit Court for Kauai and Niihau. Former Chief Justice Recktenwald and other supporters praised his long legal career, including service as a prosecutor, district court judge, and acting chief judge during a period when Kauai lacked a full-time circuit judge. They emphasized his courtroom control, common sense, community ties, and willingness to take on extra judicial committee work. Soong testified that he had served as a district court judge since 2017 and had recently been handling circuit court duties, including civil, criminal, and jury trial matters. He described the differences between district and circuit court, his experience presiding over complex trials, and his support for specialty courts such as drug court, veterans court, and mental health calendars. The Hawaii State Bar Association said it found him qualified after its review. No votes were taken on either nomination during this hearing.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 9, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • /c> consumer, civil rights, labor, consumer, civil rights, labor, religious,<01:25:47.280> and
  • economic opportunity and a fair tax code economic opportunity and a fair tax code that<05:03:19.440
  • Small businesses that rely on consistency in our tax code. We cannot fail them.
  • We cannot consistency in our tax code. We cannot fail<05:10:23.160> them.
  • The code got more progressive.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 02/19/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In your packet you should have an article from the Minnesota Reformer, and this points out that students
  • > the<00:04:33.080> Minnesota<00:04:33.960> reformer<00:04:34.960> um article
  • from the Minnesota reformer um article from the Minnesota reformer um and<00:04:35.479> this<
  • and gibbis recognizing a fellow Civil and gibbis recognizing a fellow Civil War<00:41:32.040>
  • direct admissions let students zip code direct admissions let students know<01:16:03.760> their
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PSM DEFER, PSM Public Hearings 03-20-2026

Public Safety and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • These orders are civil, limited, and include due process protections, making them a constitutionally
  • These orders are civil, limited, and include due process protections, making them a constitutionally
  • Uh, this measure authorizes civil asset forfeiture related to fireworks offenses that constitute felonies
  • Uh, this measure authorizes civil asset forfeiture related to fireworks offenses that constitute felonies
  • receiving fireworks or articles receiving fireworks or articles pyrochnic<00:23:08.960> by
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs took up several measures, beginning with House Bill 2413 on pre-trial reform, which had been deferred from a prior agenda. The chair said the committee would incorporate judiciary recommendations and other technical, non-substantive amendments to continue discussion, and the measure was adopted with amendments by a 2-1 vote, with one member excused. The committee then heard extensive testimony on House Bill 2062, which appropriates funds for gun violence prevention efforts, including processing temporary restraining orders and gun violence protective orders and funding public awareness campaigns. Supporters, including county, advocacy, law enforcement, and student witnesses, said the bill would improve implementation of an existing law, save lives, and reduce suicides and violence. Opponents argued red flag laws can be abused, raise due process concerns, and may create dangerous enforcement situations. Written testimony was reported as 60 in support, 47 in opposition, and one comment. The committee later passed HB 2062 with amendments, including a corrected effective date, by a 3-1 vote with one member excused. The committee also considered House Bill 1957 on safe entryways, which would establish enforcement procedures in larger cities to prevent blocking of private doorways and entrances. Written testimony included support and opposition, but no oral testimony was offered, and the bill was passed with technical, non-substantive amendments. House Bill 253 on fireworks, which expands civil asset forfeiture for felony fireworks offenses and clarifies air-delivery provisions, was also passed with an amended effective date. House Bill 2581 on emergency management, which would narrow the definitions of disasters and emergencies, drew testimony both supporting the bill as a check on emergency powers and opposing it as incomplete or too broad in its current form; decision-making on that measure was deferred to the committee’s March 23 meeting. House Bill 2498 on a care home resilience pilot program was also deferred to March 23 after no testimony was offered.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Perez, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, by virtue of the authority vested in us by Article
  • How about for 1983 civil rights actions?
  • rights actions in a civil sense to plaintiffs who have sued for, you know, wrongful unconstitutional
  • Today, do you know what the level of offense is, just for criminal punishment code task force?
  • : Would you agree that a level four offense, the raw score is 22 points on the criminal punishment code
Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the reading of an amended joint proclamation expanding the Legislature’s immigration agenda. The proclamation added items calling for financial penalties for government officials, enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement in enforcing federal immigration law. The chamber then took up the special order calendar, beginning with Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill. Most of the meeting was devoted to debate and questions on the strike-all amendment to SB 2B. Sponsor Senator Gruters described the bill as a broad immigration enforcement package aligned with President Trump’s agenda. He said it would require greater cooperation with federal immigration authorities, strengthen participation in the 287(g) program, create a chief immigration officer and council, authorize financial penalties for noncompliance, provide bonuses for officers assisting ICE, and direct information-sharing with federal agencies. He also said the bill would bar DHSMV from issuing licenses or ID cards to unauthorized aliens and would end in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Berman, Osgood, and others questioned the scope of the bill, whether it would affect schools, churches, cities, nonprofits, and green-card holders, and how the 287(g) provisions would work in practice. Gruters repeatedly said the operational focus was on jails and detention facilities, not street-level enforcement. A major point of controversy was the bill’s proposed mandatory death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of certain capital offenses. Senator Fine said the covered crimes were the most serious capital felonies, including murder, child sexual battery, destructive-device offenses causing death, and certain trafficking offenses, and argued the provision was intended to withstand constitutional challenge. Senator Pizzo raised Eighth Amendment concerns and questioned whether the bill could mandate death sentences. The tuition waiver provisions also drew extended debate: Fine said the state would save about $41 million by ending discounted tuition for undocumented students, while Democrats argued the savings would not return to general revenue and that the policy would harm students who are already enrolled. Fine and Gruters said green-card holders would not be affected and that the bill targeted only students in the country illegally. The discussion also covered appropriations and implementation. Senator Smith asked about the bill’s large funding levels, and Fine broke down the spending as including $375 million for the chief immigration officer, $100 million in grants to local law enforcement, $29 million for the new Office of State Immigration Enforcement, and $10 million for an unauthorized-alien transport program. Gruters said the funds would reimburse local governments and help address staffing shortages, while critics questioned the lack of benchmarks and the fiscal impact. No final vote or disposition on the bill appears in the transcript excerpt.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Wed Feb 5, 2025 @ 8:30 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • The wiring is not up to code, the plumbing is not up to code, and the building is falling apart. those
  • <01:27:48.000> the the wiring is not up to code the the wiring is not up to code the plumbing
  • the the the plumbing is not up to code the the the building<01:27:51.199> is<01:27:51.280>
  • <02:11:51.960> rights rhetoric around um on civil rights rhetoric around um on civil rights
  • <02:11:57.639> rights by violations of people's civil rights by violations of people's civil
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The Public Safety Committee held a hearing on House Bill 433, which would appropriate $4 million for Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation re-entry services to connect offenders with community-based services. Director Tommy Johnson said the department supports the bill’s intent but noted the governor’s executive budget already includes $4 million for the same purpose and asked that the measure defer to that budget. Supporters, including the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the ACLU, backed the funding but urged that it be tied to a clear re-entry plan, performance measures, transparency, and regular reporting to the legislature. They emphasized that re-entry should begin at intake and involve community partnerships, housing, treatment, employment, and family reunification services. Committee members questioned the department about current re-entry services, pre-trial detainees, and how the new funds would be used. Johnson said the department’s current statewide re-entry budget is about $1.5 million to $1.7 million, separate from the larger Corrections Program Services Division budget for in-facility programs. He described the proposed $4 million as supporting a mix of services, including a pilot apprenticeship program, substance abuse treatment, navigator or warm-handoff services, and short-term transitional housing. He also said the department already tracks performance outcomes in its annual report and can provide a matrix showing the intake-to-discharge process, program contracts, and volunteer organizations. The discussion also covered pre-trial detainees, electronic monitoring, and mental health services. Johnson said the department has limited jurisdiction over pre-trial detainees but works with courts to seek supervised release when possible; he noted that many requests are denied, though electronic monitoring has improved release rates somewhat. On mental health, he said the jail is not an ideal therapeutic setting for people found unfit to proceed and suggested a secure community-based step-down facility run by the Department of Health for those needing care above what the jail can provide but below forensic-level treatment. No vote or final action on the bill was taken during the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Motion to bring up HF3405 on House Floor 2/19/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's how civil rights, constitutional rights work.
  • civil rights, constitutional rights civil rights, constitutional rights work.<00:53:47.599> Either
  • There was this, uh, article.
  • Oh man, I There was this uh article.
  • Motans have preserved everything worthwhile about Western civilization while armed brutes try to tear
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (02/20/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:20:38.600> case time period of when how the civil case time period of when how the civil
  • <01:48:09.719> three<01:48:10.119> of<01:48:10.280> our be achieved article
  • I wish I could, you know, I wish that I could rewrite, I could, uh, restate Article 3 in 14 different
  • That is what I am hoping, but I don't have those words because I think that Article 3 is pretty well
  • from May 17th 2024 which I HPR article from May 17th 2024 which I referenced<02:24:54.880> at
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Senate Floor Session - 04/30/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a couple of articles. You could say Abler and Hoffman article about eugenics.
  • <03:05:26.800> Abler<03:05:27.120> and articles.
  • You could say Abler and articles.
  • <03:05:28.880> You Hoffman article about eugenics. You Hoffman article about eugenics.
  • do Abler Hoffman article about the assisted<03:05:31.279> suicide.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Mar 26th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice will now come to order.
  • Members, under Tab 1 is our Criminal and Civil Justice proposed budget.
  • The proposed criminal and civil justice budget of $7.6 billion demonstrates a balanced approach to addressing
  • Also, the article that I had given to you with regards to the investigation done by the Miami Herald,
  • The fact that what we saw in that article even happened at all was, and the response was, we really,
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to review its proposed fiscal year 2025-2026 budget, totaling about $7.6 billion. The chair highlighted funding for the Department of Corrections, including health services, food inflation, and prison population growth; the Department of Juvenile Justice for residential beds and higher food/medical costs; FDLE for a law enforcement apprenticeship program and officer wellness services; justice administration for court-appointed attorney rates and VOCA shortfalls; major IT projects; and court operations, including funding for 29 new judges. Members asked about where the new judgeships would go and whether staffing would accompany them, and staff said the judge positions would be listed later in a conforming bill and that associated court staff were included, but not additional state attorney or public defender staffing. Several members also asked whether the budget addressed pay and staffing shortages in state attorneys’ and public defenders’ offices, and staff said those decisions had not yet been finalized. The committee then heard public testimony from several speakers who urged more funding for prison safety, medical care, and oversight. Speakers described personal experiences involving deaths or serious harm in correctional facilities and jails, alleging inadequate medical treatment, excessive force, isolation, and failures to investigate. One speaker said her son died after being beaten and denied timely medical care in a correctional facility; another said her son was not receiving adequate health care at Charlotte Correctional; and another described her brother’s death in the Marion County Jail after repeated tasing and pepper spraying. The committee adopted a motion allowing staff to make technical adjustments and then approved the committee’s budget proposal as a recommendation to the full Senate Appropriations Committee. The committee also took up CS for CS SB 48 on alternative judicial procedures and foreclosure sales. Senator Garcia offered an amendment to standardize judicial sales, increase transparency, limit preferences in bidding, preserve public notice requirements, restrict plaintiff credit bids to the amount of the judgment unless a deposit is posted, and prevent deviations from statutory timelines and procedures from being hidden in court orders. Garcia said the bill was intended to close loopholes and protect homeowners, especially condominium owners, from unfair foreclosure practices. A representative for Auction.com said similar laws have been used in other states and offered to provide data. After debate, the amendment was adopted, and the bill passed the committee favorably on a roll call vote.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 4th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Transnational Organized Crime Division combats human trafficking through criminal prosecution. investigations, civil
  • We've really had a focus and push the last year or so with our civil enforcement.
  • And so that's whether local prosecutors. whether an offense certain offenses within the election code
  • Armstrong, I'll just point to, is about an exigency requirement for Article 1403. 3A1, which is the suspicious
  • which is, corrections is unique in the terms of using body-worn cameras because even the occupations code
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy and Administration (02/20/2026)

Education Policy and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • He received a full-tuition scholarship with honors designation to pursue his degree in civil engineering
  • Roman numeral 7 creates a strong civil Roman numeral 7 creates a strong civil remedy<02:22:29.760
  • special needs but he wasn't coded special needs but he wasn't getting<02:48:35.439> all<02:48
  • Finally, even international human rights instruments, including Article 26 of the Universal Declaration
  • 26 of the instruments, including article 26 of the Universal<03:36:31.760> Declaration<03:36:
Keywords: 1189, house, all