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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/16/2026)

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, we are trained as primary care.
  • </c><03:44:52.320><c> that</c> sessions to give them the skills that sessions to give them the skills
  • I did my training at Duke doctor.
  • So, it's brain training."
  • Do you need for skills? Again, it depends on how many skills the person needs.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • noticed in the bill that you had put an exemption in for anyone needing to undergo law enforcement training
  • We'll get you trained on that.
  • <00:12:44.600><c> the</c><00:12:44.720><c> largest</c><00:12:45.240><c> onfi</c><00:12:45.880><c> skilled
  • </c><00:12:46.800><c> um</c> that one of the largest onfi skilled um that one of the largest onfi skilled
  • We'll get you trained on that.
Bills: HF1 , HF1754 , HF1809 , HF1478
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - House Education

House Education Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • and charter school to ensure that at least one employee at each school successfully completes a training
  • So it's not just CPR and first aid; it's training on an AED. Mr.
  • The American Heart Association supports CPR training as it promotes the mission.
  • Teachers for us, our teachers are already doing CPR training every year.
  • There are a lot of trainings available to develop the board-superintendent relationship.
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 4043, which would require each school district and charter school, beginning in 2027, to ensure at least one employee at each school is trained in CPR, first aid, and AED use. The sponsor said he intended to amend the bill on the floor to ensure someone is trained at all times and to clarify AED language. The American Heart Association testified neutral with concerns, supporting CPR training but warning the bill could leave gaps if only one person is trained and noting the need for AED access and emergency planning. Parents whose son died in an Arizona kindergarten classroom urged support, saying school staff should be prepared to respond to emergencies. The committee recommended the bill do pass by a vote of 7-1 with four present. The committee then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2015, as amended by a strike-everything amendment supporting at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity for students and prominent display of federal dietary guidelines. A representative of End Chronic Disease testified in favor, arguing schools should help prevent chronic disease through health education and physical activity. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and then gave the resolution a due pass recommendation on a 12-0 roll call. House Bill 2621, in its strike-everything form and with a Garcia amendment, addressed enrollment and special education procedures for students in unorganized territory, students using certificates of educational convenience, and children of active-duty military parents. The sponsor explained the bill was meant to clarify confusing law, speed enrollment and evaluations, and reduce delays in services. Champions for Kids supported the measure and the amendments, and the committee adopted both amendments before recommending the bill do pass 11-0. The committee also approved House Bill 2385, which limits superintendent contracts to one-year terms for the first three years unless the superintendent has already been employed three consecutive years; the sponsor framed it as a way to reduce costly early buyouts. That bill passed 7-4. Later, the committee approved House Bill 4106, creating the One Arizona Service Fellowship Program to provide service opportunities, stipends, and tuition awards for young adults, with an amendment changing the stipend contribution formula. The sponsor and supporters described it as a state-based service model inspired by Utah and aimed at education, military families, parks, hunger, and homelessness work; some members opposed it as an unnecessary state mandate or questioned the need for a new program. The committee also passed House Bill 2992, as amended, establishing a pilot program on child sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention, expanded to K-12 and including grooming/exploitation content. A survivor advocate strongly supported the bill, while some members raised concerns about the funding source and possible unintended consequences. Finally, the committee passed House Bill 2370, which would require school leaders to notify governing boards before modifying weapons detection systems and to report changes within 24 hours; the sponsor cited a fatal school stabbing and other weapons incidents, while opponents argued the bill was too vague and could create operational problems. The committee also adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 4056, allowing legislators making public records requests in their official capacity to avoid fees and requiring electronic production; the sponsor said it was needed after districts sought large fees, while opponents warned it could burden public agencies. The committee then began discussion of House Bill 2478, which would create an Arizona Commission on Student Outcomes to study K-12 accountability, finance, graduation requirements, and related issues, with proposed amendments to add early childhood study and change commission membership, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:52 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Zevron is focused on his leadership skills and discipline because of the opportunities 4-H has given
  • They're thankful for the opportunities 4-H gives them to develop leadership and communication skills,
  • She also has numerous skills.
  • It would require us to do some training ahead of time. And, Mr.
  • And with a part of that training, we want to respect that training.
Bills: HB111 , HB61 , HB43 , HB156 , HB70 , SB3 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HB247 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Economic and Rural Development Sep 4th, 2025

Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just the attractiveness in terms of housing right now for those folks, but also just the skill levels
  • I don't know if it's more training or how we can do that, but in this region, as we move forward, if
  • Thank you so much for connecting the dots on the training programs that you're providing and how they
  • I mean, they do all of the training and everything.
  • Labor shortages, both skilled and unskilled, are affecting many of our meat processors.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Isaacson, so you also mentioned training. Are any...
  • There's no use of force training.
  • Training, there's no.
  • The people trained for this are physicians and nurse practitioners who have the training and experience
  • If you don't have the right training and experience and If you don't have the right training and experience
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2433, which would require insurers offering Medicare supplement policies to also offer them to people under 65 who qualify for Medicare because of ALS or end-stage renal disease, with enrollment periods and premium protections. Supporters, including patient advocates and an ALS patient, said the bill would improve access to needed coverage and transplant-related care and could have only a small premium impact. Opponents, including Blue Cross Blue Shield/AHIP, argued it would shift significant costs onto older seniors and shrink the Medigap risk pool. The bill was ultimately given a do-pass recommendation on a 12-0 vote. House Bill 2593 would appropriate $1.5 million to the University of Arizona for the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line. The sponsor and physicians testified that the line helps providers quickly treat pregnant and postpartum patients with depression, psychosis, OCD, and suicide risk, and also supports pediatric mental health care. Supporters said it improves outcomes and reduces emergency and referral costs. The committee approved the bill with a do-pass recommendation by a 10-1 vote, with one member present. The committee also passed House Concurrent Resolution 2013, proclaiming June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month, after emotional testimony from a woman born with spina bifida and another supporter. Several members objected that the state should focus on concrete supports such as health care and family leave, but the resolution still received a 7-5 do-pass recommendation. House Bill 4010, creating a licensing and regulatory board for genetic counselors, also advanced 11-1 after testimony from genetic counselors and a cancer survivor who said licensure would protect patients and improve access. House Bill 2196, addressing pharmacy benefit manager reimbursement and dispensing fees, passed 11-1 despite opposition from PBMs and employers who warned of higher costs; independent pharmacies argued the bill would help them cover costs and stay open. The committee then adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 2182 requiring insurers and health plans to report claims denial and prior authorization data to DIFI, which would publish aggregated information and hold a later stakeholder review. Supporters said Arizona needs state-specific transparency data, while opponents called it redundant to federal CMS reporting; the amended bill passed 12-0. House Bill 2189, directing the Board of Nursing to update rules for licensed health aides and collect annual data, also passed unanimously after the board said it was already working on curriculum and implementation. The committee held House Bill 2813 and 2725, and began discussion of House Bill 2404, as the transcript ended.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 19, 2025 - 10:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that includes things like we provide training to all the agency and university safety coordinators
  • And that includes things like we provide training to all the agency and university safety coordinators
  • It houses the Bureau of Fire Standards and Training.
  • props, a bookstore, a cafeteria, a library, and a large hands-on training field.
  • However, the fire standards and training is done by our personnel that are on campus.
Summary: The subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of Financial Services and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, then returned to its ongoing budget workshop with the Department of Management Services. DFS’s Division of Risk Management described its role as the state self-insurance fund, covering about 200,000 employees and 27,000 vehicles, paying roughly $150 million in claims last year, and managing a pilot ETS treatment program for veterans and first responders that had 49 patients and 804 treatments as of the latest report. The Division of State Fire Marshal outlined its fire prevention, training, emergency response, and grant programs, including hurricane deployments, the Florida State Fire College, and several capital and grant requests for roof, courtyard, memorial, and equipment needs. The Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation explained how it handles insolvent insurers under Chapter 631, currently administering 14 estates with $1.2 billion in assets and $3.7 billion in liabilities, and said no new receiverships had been opened since February 2023. Members asked about grant backlogs, fire truck procurement delays, memorial repairs, and whether affiliate transfers were occurring in insurer liquidations. Secretary Griffin then updated the committee on DBPR’s implementation of House Bill 1021 on community associations. He said the department had used the new authority to expand education, complaint handling, and ombudsman services, including 10 free standardized courses, a new condo website, and a four-hour board certification course that had already drawn more than 12,000 attendees. He reported that outreach to condominium communities had increased by more than 60%, that complaint filings were up 39% while jurisdictional dismissals dropped to 11%, and that about 81% to 82% of the 65 new positions had been filled. Members pressed him on whether the department had enough authority and funding, how condominium counts are determined, how self-reported structural integrity reserve study data is verified, and whether more public-facing complaint tracking and better reporting from local governments or developers would improve the system. The committee then resumed questioning Secretary Allende of DMS about outstanding budget and operations issues. Members focused on the delayed People First contract extension required by statute, with the secretary saying the delay involved technical and contractual complexity in moving a legacy hard-coded system to the cloud. They also revisited the state data team and data catalog project, asking why a statutory 2022 deadline had not been met, how the four-person team and broader data staff were organized, how many applicants were considered for key positions, and what each role was doing. The secretary said the catalog work was being simplified into six metadata fields and supported by a broader community of practice, but no firm completion date was given during the exchange.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, we started that when it comes to training staff. All the sheriff's offices.
  • Now, we started that when it comes to training staff.
  • If you train someone that rules and regulations do not matter, then why should anything else matter?
  • has been security and custody, this is what I... ...said, if your whole life your training has been
  • And that may be a training and a programming issue on top of other elements, but that was where those
Summary: The commission held an open discussion on how to develop recommendations for its report due at the end of September, with chairs Dan Hunt and Senator Brownsberger emphasizing that the group is moving from information-gathering into idea-sharing. Members discussed the need for more testimony from stakeholders such as reentry centers, correctional officers, unions, and the judiciary, and several participants urged the commission to use prior reports and existing data as a starting point. There was broad agreement that the work should focus on outcomes, transparency, and identifying gaps across the correctional and community supervision systems. A major theme was whether Massachusetts should move toward a more integrated, step-down model that better connects DOC, county sheriffs, probation, parole, reentry centers, and community-based services. Participants raised the possibility of expanding use of minimum security, pre-release, day reporting, and community justice support centers, and some suggested exploring whether sheriffs should have jurisdiction over people with longer remaining sentences, or whether judges should have more discretion to place people in county facilities. Others stressed the importance of involving the judiciary earlier, improving sentencing information, and aligning programming across agencies so reentry planning begins at sentencing and continues through release. The discussion also focused on facility conditions, women’s housing, Bridgewater, Framingham, restrictive housing, and the relationship between correctional settings and mental health needs. Several members called for more consistent standards, better data on spending and program effectiveness, and stronger accountability for evidence-based practices. The group also raised concerns about contraband K2, the need for cultural change inside institutions, and the importance of trust, staff training, and soft handoffs to the community. No votes were taken; the meeting was primarily a working discussion, and the chairs said they would circulate a written set of recommendations and continue the conversation at future meetings.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Mar 20th, 2026

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • with the gift agreement to select a director upon the basis of executive ability, experience, and training
  • the bureau shall be chosen on the non-political and non-partisan basis of merit and for special training
  • and skill.
  • the bureau shall be chosen on the non-political and non-partisan basis of merit and for special training
  • and skill.
Committee: House State Affairs
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Mar 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So many of you probably recall the train derailment in DuPont several years ago.
  • So many of you probably recall the train derailment in DuPont several years ago.
  • It's about safety and developing practical skills that will help young people make responsible decisions
  • identifies a combined transportation cost of approximately $182,000, both for the State Patrol's training
  • There is a fiscal cost of $90,000, which is associated with State Patrol training costs of $76,000 and
Bills: HB2495
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jan 29th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • These opportunities are critical as students prepare themselves for skill shortages and become better
  • This bill would create a skilled and trained requirement for the CSU system, bringing it into harmony
  • are medical doctors who have completed four years of medical school, have the highest levels of training
  • during anesthesiology residency, and must complete between 12,000 and 16,000 inclusive hours of training
  • Thank you. ...16,000 inclusive hours of training prior to practicing independently.
Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, offered a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and then took up a long third-reading file with several guest introductions and ceremonial resolutions. Early floor action included AB 713, allowing undocumented students equal access to campus jobs at UC, CSU, and community colleges, and AB 1049, streamlining California Food Assistance Program applications for low-income immigrant families; both passed. The body also defeated an amendment to AB 1421, a bill to begin studying a statewide mileage-based road user charge, before passing the measure. AB 1171, modernizing part-time community college faculty health insurance access, also passed with strong support. The Assembly then approved a series of policy bills on animals, domestic violence, telehealth for autism services, forestry, false lien filings, tianeptine restrictions, housing, common interest development fee transparency, prison sexual abuse accountability, PBM reporting, foster youth benefits protections, illegal dumping and abandoned RV removal, condo financing/liquidated damages, public contracting, pension-related study language, climate resiliency research funding, and a disposable vape reduction measure. Most passed with broad margins; AB 762 on vapor inhalation devices drew the most debate, with supporters emphasizing landfill fires and public health and opponents warning about revenue losses and illicit-market growth, but it still passed. AB 1406 on condo development financing drew extensive discussion about housing affordability and consumer protections before passing. The chamber also adopted three resolutions: ACR 120 declaring January 2026 Positive Parenting Awareness Month, ACR 121 designating January 2026 National Mentoring Month, and ACR 122 designating Anesthesiologist Week. Later, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments on AB 1485, extending welfare-tax exemption treatment to federally recognized tribes holding land for conservation, and adopted the consent calendar, which included several additional bills and SCR 6. The session ended with adjournment until February 2, 2016, after which several members recorded vote changes from the floor.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/29/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think that we have failed to keep up, possibly on training, on looking at the operator as being someone
  • them to get part-time jobs or even full-time jobs to start learning those independent daily living skills
  • First, they learned— ...start learning those independent daily living skills, like how can I become more
  • The next step is for training, and so we hope that they will be able to actually start processing claims
  • .been having some conversations with Director Johnston and how we could better partner, how we can train
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 20, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is it skilled labor? Is it degreed labor? What does that look like?
  • Juvenile Justice, and Veterans Affairs to develop certification programs and potentially even give training
  • Training opportunities like with corrections before inmates get out to get certification so that once
  • /Long Beach, that might have been dependent upon trains and the rest of it coming through there, some
  • And we need skilled labor.
Summary: The Transportation and Economic Development Budget Subcommittee heard an overview from FDOT Secretary Jared Perdue on the state’s transportation work program, with emphasis on the Moving Florida Forward initiative, major roadway projects, workforce needs, seaports, airports, spaceport infrastructure, and the role of MPOs/TPOs in planning. He said the $4 billion general revenue investment in Moving Florida Forward has been leveraged into a roughly $7 billion-plus program, with 20 projects underway and about 70% of the initiative expected to be under construction by year’s end. He highlighted I-4 as the centerpiece, describing a new procurement approach, phased delivery, and added lanes intended to provide congestion relief during construction. He also discussed a projected 38% growth in transportation workforce needs and proposed a Florida Transportation Academy and a research institute to support training and innovation. Tiffany King of the Florida Airports Council said Florida’s 128 public-use airports have about $5.7 billion in unfunded projects through 2029, and stressed that airport priorities include not only terminals and passenger capacity but also safety, security, gates, and environmental work. Michael Rubin of the Florida Ports Council said Florida’s 16 deepwater seaports now have a $195.9 billion economic impact, support about 1.2 million jobs, and generate $7.4 billion in state and local taxes; he noted that ports still have about $4 billion in project needs, including dredging and intermodal connections. Jeff Sheffield of the North Florida TPO described the value of regional, community-based planning and said his four-county TPO has helped align local priorities with FDOT funding. Members asked about whether the state is planning for advanced air mobility and “flying cars,” whether Moving Florida Forward bypassed MPOs, how long major projects take, cost escalation, regionalization of MPOs, port governance, airport governance, and the contractor qualification system. FDOT and the witnesses said the state is working on policy and planning for advanced air mobility, that Moving Florida Forward did not bypass MPOs because the projects were already locally prioritized, and that the main delay is funding rather than the planning process. They said long-range plans are updated regularly and can be amended when priorities change, and that regional MPO structures can improve coordination. The committee took no formal vote; the meeting concluded after questions and comments, including discussion of workforce training opportunities for incarcerated individuals and a motion to adjourn by the ranking member.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • On line 436, there are training limits, IHS training limits, which are different than the governor's
  • uh IHS training limits which are limits uh IHS training limits which are different<00:07:33.759><c>
  • On line 542 is a nocost item training.
  • :21:15.600><c> experience</c> skills, see progress, and experience skills, see progress, and experience
  • training, coaching and mentorship, life planning and vocational training support, family services that
Bills: HF2434
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (05/07/2026)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think it's a valuable skill that someone's going to learn.
  • </c> at this time and my eyes will be trained at this time and my eyes will be trained to<04:33:21.680
  • </c><04:56:58.958><c> aligned</c> coursework and clinical training aligned coursework and clinical training
  • The Senate foundational literacy skills.
  • Safety comes from training, enforcement, and accountability, not just language.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Children and Family Law (03/04/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • how to call or when to call; it's not mandated report training, it's training about how to recognize
  • </c><00:22:10.520><c> it's</c><00:22:10.799><c> training</c> mandated report training it's training mandated
  • report training it's training about<00:22:11.480><c> how</c><00:22:11.559><c> to</c><00:22:11.799><c
  • </c> child abuse and Mal treatment training child abuse and Mal treatment training for<00:22:28.080><
  • They said it is really important for physicians to update their training and refresh their skills, and
Summary: The Children and Family Law Committee opened its March 4 meeting with procedural announcements, including a deadline for any Minority Report, notice that the committee would not meet the following Tuesday because of town meeting day, and a preview of its March 18 agenda. The chair said that meeting would include hearings and executive sessions on HB 518, requiring DHHS to provide a detailed annual report of DCF costs, and HB 775, directing DHHS to seek proposals for supervised visitation centers; HB 553 was also slated for executive session. The committee also heard an update on Representative Grossman’s son, who remained in the PICU at Mass General. The main hearing was on HB 493, which would require child abuse and neglect education for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants as a condition of licensure. Representative Alicia Gregg presented the bill and an amendment reducing the required training from two hours to one hour, saying the goal was to improve recognition of abuse and prevent both missed cases and false accusations. Cassandra Sanchez, the state Child Advocate, strongly supported the bill, describing a 2020 review of nine cases of non-ambulatory infants with serious injuries and later system mapping that identified gaps in medical recognition; she said the training should be part of existing continuing education hours and that voluntary uptake had been limited. Dr. Michael Matos of Wolfeboro Pediatrics also testified in support. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association opposed legislating the requirement, saying hospitals already train staff and that the legislature should not single out one topic for statutory mandate when other reporting obligations are handled differently. In questioning, committee members asked whether the hour would be part of existing continuing education, whether hospitals already provide similar training, and whether the bill should be placed in the continuing medical education statute instead of child protection law. Bradley said hospital members already provide annual training and collaborate with proponents, but did not support putting the requirement in statute. Sanchez said the bill was intended to use one of the hours already required for training, though members noted that the bill text did not clearly say so. The committee also heard broader testimony about the Family Division of Circuit Court, including a proposal to create a subcommittee to study more difficult issues such as pre-trial counseling, evidentiary practices, and domestic violence-related cases, with the Speaker appointing members to that subcommittee.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM-LBT, WAM Informational Briefings 01-20-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> manager, Patty McDonald, our training manager, Patty McDonald, our training manager,<00:01:17.200
  • worker to training to upgrade their<01:02:15.280><c> skills</c><01:02:16.079><c> and</c><01:02:16.400
  • 31.760><c> the</c> They're receiving training from the They're receiving training from the University
  • work</c> is the training is the training work is the training is the training work working<01:08:55.520
  • </c> &gt;&gt; the training or the monitoring. &gt;&gt; the training or the monitoring.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 03/26/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • under the READ Act and have received other training that meets the requirements of the training that's
  • </c><00:49:06.240><c> uh</c> received other training um uh that uh received other training um uh that
  • </c> the uh local certified trained the uh local certified trained facilitator<00:49:59.040><c> paragraph
  • </c><00:51:12.119><c> um</c> structured literacy uh training um structured literacy uh training um before
  • </c><00:53:25.400><c> um</c> supposed to have for their training um supposed to have for their training
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Is this kind of training for those athletes?
  • We weren’t trained in it. We weren’t trained to assess it or anything.
  • Our whole staff now has received advanced training in it.
  • We do a lot of training. We do a lot of training for hospitals on that.
  • Well, we've trained all our attorneys.
Summary: The committee met to discuss domestic violence with a focus on teen dating violence, healthy relationships, and the impact of technology on abuse. Chair Blanca Rubio opened by describing the urgency of the issue, including a recent teen murder in her district tied to domestic violence, and emphasized that restraining orders alone do not prevent abuse. The first panel featured Janica Morin Pasquale and Taylor Stone Mill, who described warning signs in teens such as constant monitoring through phones and social media, isolation from friends, jealousy normalized by online content, and control through gifts, food delivery, and access to passwords or tracking apps. They stressed that many teens do not tell parents, that parents often miss the signs, and that prevention should begin early and be reinforced in schools, homes, and youth activities. They also cited resources such as Love Is Respect, One Love, and Take It Down, and urged consistent funding and implementation of the California Healthy Youth Act rather than one-time lessons. The second panel shifted to the effects of domestic violence on children and the systems that respond to them. Joyce Blue of the Sacramento Regional Family Justice Center described the center’s wraparound services, including forensic interviews, legal help, housing support, child therapy, and high-risk response, and highlighted the prevalence and danger of strangulation, including cases with no visible injury. She explained that domestic violence is about power and control, that children often normalize abuse, and that safety planning must accompany restraining orders. Susie Flores of Inner Circle Children’s Advocacy Center explained the multidisciplinary forensic interview model used for child abuse cases, gave examples of severe abuse involving children exposed to domestic violence, and noted that many centers are overwhelmed by caseloads. She stressed the need for immediate trauma-informed services and more front-end intervention rather than waiting until long-term harm develops. Dr. Pamela Tate of Black Women Revolt Against Domestic Violence and other members discussed the need to support not only victims but also the systems and educators who are expected to respond. Several members shared personal experiences with domestic violence, sexual assault, and family trauma, and raised concerns about school implementation, immigrant families’ fear of reporting, and the need to address abusers’ behavior and trauma as well. The discussion also touched on statute of limitations issues, with panelists saying memory and trauma can delay disclosure for years and that rigid deadlines can prevent justice. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational and ended with members expressing support for continued collaboration, prevention funding, and stronger implementation of existing law.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Mar 24th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • That training says you cannot administer medication without parental consent.
  • Staff are required to get a minimum of three hours a year of health and safety training, and that training
  • We represent a company called C-Tech that's in the job training space in prison. Mr.
  • We represent a company called C-TEC that's in the job training space and prison reentry.
  • It's what LA Works certifies as workable credentials in, I guess, what I would call skilled or semi-skilled
Bills: HB53 , HB57 , HB64 , HB100 , HB102 , HB106 , HB111 , HB137 , HB152 , HB155 , HB337 , HB957