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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Jurisprudence (Part I) May 21st, 2025

Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Generally, then, House Bill 2530 would establish that a court may appoint an amicus attorney only after
  • It would also require the Office of the Attorney General to include, in its biennial report regarding
  • The chair calls as a resource Joel Rogers, Associate Deputy Attorney General for Child Support.
  • I'm the Associate Deputy Attorney General for Child Support Legal Services, and I'm here as a resource
  • The courts and the Attorney General support division have been little help.
Summary: The committee heard several House bills, most of them relating to family law and court procedure, and left each bill pending after testimony. House Bill 1916 would clarify that the court that issued a final divorce decree retains exclusive jurisdiction over later actions involving undivided property. House Bill 1973 would require a certified birth certificate, if reasonably available, to be filed with a SAPCR petition or allow alternative proof of parentage while keeping the information confidential. House Bill 2530 would add qualifications and procedural safeguards for appointing amicus attorneys in SAPCR cases, including notice and hearing requirements, minimum qualifications, conflict rules, and limits on what amicus attorneys may do. House Bill 2524 would make Family Code references to attorney’s fees consistent by using “reasonable and necessary” language. House Bill 3180 would correct a scrivener’s error in the civil discovery rules by changing “settlement” to “statement.” The committee also heard House Bill 4213, which would change the interest rate on overdue child support from the current 6 percent simple interest to a fixed 5 percent and require the Attorney General to report on the impact of the change. Testimony was sharply divided: supporters argued lower interest could improve collections and help low-income obligors catch up, citing research and the size of child-support arrearages; opponents said lowering the rate would reduce incentives to pay and harm custodial parents and children. The Attorney General’s office raised implementation concerns about a House version that would have created a variable rate, while the committee substitute was described as restoring a simple fixed rate. After testimony, the bill was left pending. The committee also discussed House Bill 40, updating business court provisions and supplemental jurisdiction; House Bill 3421, streamlining probate procedures for original wills and copies; and House Bill 417, clarifying venue for lawsuits involving private transfer fees on real property. Each drew limited testimony and was left pending. Finally, House Bill 3783 drew extensive testimony on court-ordered counseling and reunification therapy in family cases. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would protect children and abuse victims from coercive, unregulated reunification practices, while opponents argued it was too broad, could interfere with legitimate therapy and judicial discretion, and might affect military families and other high-conflict cases. The committee heard testimony from judges, therapists, parents, survivors, and advocates, but took no final action and left the bill pending.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • attorney general, and ADE ongoing through the year.
  • I appreciate the fact that this budget has just generalized 5% cuts. ...that this budget has just generalized
  • $228 million in general fund dollars.
  • And then Brian, I usually try ladies first, just general rule.
  • There's not a specific general fund allotment from here.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 8th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill, I have a number of amendments on it, but the general premise of the bill is to ensure that
  • This bill, I have a number of amendments on it, but the general premise of the bill is to ensure that
  • I was just clarifying, not for your sake but in general, that we were still on the amendment.
  • I'm the deputy executive director for planning and administration.
  • showed that through its one-stop shop model of whole person care, in 2024 alone, our organization generated
Bills: HB414 , HB457 , HB475 , HB611 , HB616 , HB740 , HB897 , HB925 , HB926 , HB931 , HB949 , HB962 , HB1076
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Thu Feb 26, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good afternoon, Deputy Attorney General Travis Moon.
  • 07.200><c> General</c> Department of the Attorney General Department of the Attorney General offering
  • :54:16.800><c> General</c> Good afternoon, Deputy Attorney General Good afternoon, Deputy Attorney General
  • I'm a deputy attorney general, and we oppose this bill because of the financial burden that it would
  • I'm a deputy attorney general,<00:59:56.319><c> and</c><00:59:56.720><c> we</c><00:59:57.280><c> oppose
Summary: The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on February 26, 2026, and heard several bills, mostly in the areas of workers’ compensation and consumer protection. HB 1946 HD1 on timeshare registration renewal drew support from DCCA’s timeshare program and major industry groups including Hilton Grand Vacations, the American Resort Development Association, and Marriott Vacations Worldwide, with no opposition noted. HB 1515 HD1, which would allow an attending physician to request a functional capacity examination without employer permission, was supported by DLIR and the Department of Human Resources Development and had no other in-person testimony; the bill was then moved on without questions. The committee spent substantial time on HB 1514 HD1, which would streamline workers’ compensation vocational rehabilitation by clarifying provider selection and requiring vocational plans within 90 days. DLIR supported the intent but asked for amendments, saying the 90-day deadline was too rigid given case-by-case complexity, limited staffing, and the need for coordination among injured workers, employers, and counselors; members discussed possible extensions and whether a 120-day timeline or other flexibility would be better. Testimony on the bill included one individual in support and seven in opposition. HB 1648 HD1, concerning workers’ compensation and physician dispensing of non-prescription drugs, drew support from DHRD and comments from DLIR and industry witnesses. DLIR said the bill should be narrowed so it does not restrict medically necessary over-the-counter medications or oral guidance from providers, while Aloha Billing Company and Solera Integrated Medical Solutions urged tighter limits on physician dispensing and raised concerns about pricing abuse through average wholesale price. Members discussed clarifying the bill’s language so it targets written prescriptions rather than oral advice. HB 1644 HD1, requiring a standardized disclosure form for residential solar contracts, received support from the Hawaii Solar Energy Association and Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative, while DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection supported the consumer-protection goal but proposed stronger remedies, including a three-day cancellation right, voidability for missing disclosures, and possible lender liability; members questioned how those remedies should apply to lenders, and no vote was taken on the measures in the portion provided.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 27th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • registered with no party affiliation for 365 days before the beginning of qualifying preceding the general
  • Save that for your attorney, save that for the courtroom.
  • It's about the elected state attorney in the Seventh Circuit.
  • It's about the elected state attorney, saving face for the job that he didn't do.
  • to $500 per day if the nuisance activity is not abated within one year, allows for the award of attorney
Bills: S0062 , S0156 , S0168 , S0288 , S0290 , S0292 , S0296 , S0298 , S0364 , S0386 , S0624 , S7004 , S7006 , S7008 , S7012 , S7014 , S7016
Committee: Senate Rules
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and considered a long agenda of bills, many of which were reported favorably. Early action included CS for SB 62 on candidate qualification, which would create an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation qualification requirements, and CS for SB 156, the Officer Jason Raynor Act, which would clarify resistance-to-officer language and add mandatory life imprisonment for manslaughter committed against a law enforcement officer. SB 156 drew strong support from the City of Daytona Beach and law enforcement groups, while the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers opposed parts of the bill, arguing it removed useful limits on force and imposed overly rigid sentencing. The committee also approved several open-government sunset review bills, including measures extending exemptions for social media platform investigations, small business loan program records, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigatory records, emergency shelter recipient information, Department of Military Affairs records, conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information, Public Service Commission records and meetings, and Florida Gaming Control Commission records and meetings. The committee also advanced CS for SB 624, allowing batterers’ intervention programs to offer optional faith-based activities, with supporters saying faith-based counseling can help reduce domestic violence and no participant would be required to take part. Other approved measures included HB 167 on former phosphate mining lands, which limits certain liability claims if notice and survey requirements are met; CS for SB 48 on housing, which requires local governments to allow accessory dwelling units and was amended to remove hearing and variance requirements and clarify local ordinance obligations; SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, described as a negotiated glitch bill preserving co-op authority over generation and power purchases; and CS for SB 364 on public accountancy, which creates additional CPA licensure pathways and mobility provisions. The committee also approved SB 292 creating a public records exemption for appellate court clerks and their families, despite some opposition votes. Later, the committee passed CS for SB 296 and CS for SB 298, which expand protections for victims of domestic violence and dating violence by creating a feasibility study for a secure web-based 911 alert platform and extending address confidentiality and public records protections to dating violence, stalking, and aggravated stalking victims. SB 386 on farm equipment, described as a “lemon law” for tractors and similar equipment, also passed. Additional open-government bills were approved for emergency shelter recipients, military affairs records, conviction integrity unit materials, PSC records, and gaming commission records. SB 168 on public nuisances was reported favorably as well. One bill, CS for CS for SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, was temporarily postponed after extensive stakeholder testimony; the chair allowed public comment but no vote was taken, and the sponsor indicated ongoing discussions and possible changes. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded several individual votes for the record, and the committee adjourned.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:00 am

Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2156 relates to the authority of the Attorney General's Office investigators, and there are
  • The substitute provides that peace officer includes any general authority, limited authority, or specially
  • The bill generally provides that the crime does not prohibit things that are protected constitutionally
  • We are in a crisis right now where we have a shortage of prosecutors and defense attorneys.
  • It does protect society, and for that I respectfully disagree with the good general lady and urge a no
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Here's what I'm trying to drive to, if the Attorney General, or a future attorney general, refuses to
  • allow that future Attorney General to act in contravention to that law?
  • Because I'm not just concerned with who the Attorney General is today, it's who the Attorney General
  • The Attorney General and his staff have been swinging at the clock.
  • It gives the Attorney General some new tools.
Bills: SB10 , SB16 , SB6 , SB 6 , SB 10 , SB 16
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Where a lot of these illegal aliens are coming up through. general on the on the the daring gap in Panama
  • I was a deputy investigator from 1991 until 2002.
  • Deputies, sheriffs and their deputies, constables and their deputies, officers and their deputies and
  • Are they common generally? Yes, sir. Air Marshals go through Basic Law Enforcement Academy.
  • There is a general problem with fiscal notes.
Bills: HB214 , HB626 , HB647 , HB658 , HB668 , HB674 , HB908 , HB214
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Additionally, Texas Attorney General Opinion, J.S.
  • I'm the President and Attorney for Texas. values.
  • It affects my first generation. generation friends who rely on specialized support just to understand
  • I have a generalized anxiety disorder.
  • Generally, I want to thank the three of you for the excellent feedback.
Bills: SB12 , SB1565 , SB13 , SJR12 , SB686 , SB371 , SB204 , SB609 , SB112 , SB400 , SB813 , SB 12 , SB 13
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/20/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • school in which they are generated.
  • at the school in which they generated at the school in which they are<00:06:29.520><c> generated.
  • </c> education of the students who generated education of the students who generated it.<00:34:48.480
  • </c><00:35:38.960><c> compensatory</c> be generating compensatory be generating compensatory dollars.
  • Who should generate these extra is. Who should generate these extra dollars?
Bills: HF1048 , HF1049 , HF745 , HF2210
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the deputy attorney general. The department did submit written comments.
  • Deputy Attorney General Ashley Tanaka. We did submit comments for this bill.
  • Uh attorney general offering &gt;&gt; Thank you.
  • Deputy Attorney<02:03:12.000><c> General</c><02:03:12.320><c> Ashley</c><02:03:12.639><c> Tanaka.
  • We did Attorney General Ashley Tanaka.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 20, which would create a lava zone insurance subsidy/fund. The Insurance Division opposed the bill, arguing that lava zones 1 and 2 are the highest-risk areas, that a subsidy would not reduce the underlying risk or loss costs, that it could invite similar subsidy requests for other hazards, and that the bill may conflict with HICV by diverting funds from the CRF. Members discussed the lack of authorized homeowners insurance in those lava zones, the role of HPIA and the surplus market, and the difference between the proposed lava-zone subsidy and the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund. The chair noted 37 submitted testimonies in support and one in opposition, and the committee then moved on without taking a vote on HB 20 in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 2612, relating to mortgages, which would clarify that a mortgage does not exist independently of the debt it secures and is not independently enforceable from that debt. The Hawaii Credit Union League and Hawaii Financial Services Association opposed the bill, while several individuals testified in support, arguing it would restore Hawaii’s long-standing lien-state rule and prevent so-called “zombie mortgages” after the Hawaii Supreme Court’s White decision. Supporters said the bill would protect borrowers from delayed foreclosures and predatory lending practices, while opponents and the Insurance Division emphasized that foreclosure actions still require proof of standing and possession of the note, and that lenders generally pursue foreclosure without seeking deficiency judgments. Committee members questioned the Insurance Division about how the current market works, whether lenders could wait out the statute of limitations and then foreclose only on the mortgage, and whether equitable tolling or later defaults could allow refiling. The division said it is still trying to attract authorized insurers back into the lava-zone market, but has seen little progress. No vote or final action on HB 2612 was taken in the excerpt provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • So there's generational impacts that can happen. It's important, even if you're not on.
  • It will create future generations of.
  • If the district loses the suit, the attorneys will be paid.
  • And what does it actually mean to have a general diffusion of knowledge?
  • That can be pursued by the Attorney General, and it's deposited in the state treasury. With that.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And we must do more to inspire the next generation. Thank you for your consideration.
  • If the district loses the suit, the attorneys will be paid.
  • that we're trying to reach in all of our public schools. and what does it actually mean to have a general
  • My name is Yasmin Bhatia, and I'm the CEO of Uplift Education, a Generation One. public charter school
  • That can be pursued by the Attorney General, and it's deposited in the state treasury with that.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Mar 24th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am the Director of Public Policy and General Counsel for the Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian
  • I have been involved in discussions around perinatal palliative care and palliative care generally.
  • Well, I ask for your favorable consideration, and then it be sent to general calendars.
  • I'm a general pediatrician here in Austin.
  • And every day Texas does not take aggressive action, we risk leading another generation to a lifetime
Committee: House Public Health
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Apr 13th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • First of all, we started this year with $574 million in bonding capacity and $288,536,935 in general
  • It authorizes the state, through the State Bond Commission, to sell general obligation bonds to fund
  • This Thursday morning at the State Bond Commission meeting, the state will be selling general obligation
Bills: HB2 , HB3
Committee: House Ways & Means