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MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Twenty Six - Tuesday, February 24

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Revolution is not just the outward expression of resistance.
  • labor and ethnic cleansing attempts of the Indigenous people, there are ever-present stories of resistance
  • Firm resistance to the brutal system of human trafficking, murder, rape, and enslavement produced numerous
  • King, was a nonviolent resistance campaign... ...by Dr.
  • We must remember the stories of struggle and the stories of achievement, the stories of resistance, and
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • like the Third World Liberation Front and the Delano grape strike, and create protest dances of resistance
  • Sixth graders will learn about black power as resistance, explore George Floyd Square, and drive around
  • Sixth graders will learn of resistance.
  • ,</c><00:07:17.440><c> explore</c> about black power as resistance, explore about black power as resistance
  • We need to learn about their fight, their resistance, and their liberation, because that is American
Summary: House File 29 was heard in committee as a proposal to suspend adoption of the revised social studies standards, push implementation to 2030-31, repeal the requirement to embed ethnic studies across all standards, and cancel related appropriations. The bill sponsor argued Minnesota schools should focus on basic academic achievement and that ethnic studies requirements add burdens and distract from reading, math, and science. The chair moved the bill to the Committee on Education Finance after opening the hearing and then took extensive public testimony. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters of HF 29, including Katherine Kersten, Deanna Moose, Kendall Qualls, Hillary Swanson, and Diane Smith, argued the ethnic studies framework is ideological, overly focused on race, insufficiently transparent, and costly in professional development time; several said it would divide students or burden teachers. Some supporters also claimed the standards or framework promote activism, critical race theory, or racial stratification. Opponents, including Mark Westfall, Crystal Johnson, Jim Grathwol, Marcus Penny, Claude Sigman, and Courtney Major, said the standards are inclusive, research-based, and designed to help students understand multiple perspectives, civic life, and the contributions of diverse Minnesotans. They emphasized that ethnic studies can improve engagement, critical thinking, and representation, and that teachers should be trusted to implement the standards. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided. The only formal action noted was the chair’s motion to re-refer House File 29 to the Committee on Education Finance.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Tribal and State Relations Committee Jul 22nd, 2026 at 11:00 am

Tribal and State Relations Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And when things don't go right in any movement or any resistance, we tend to attack each other.
  • When things don't go right in any movement or any resistance, we tend to attack each other.
  • Whenever something is unfair or inequitable, we have to resist. And we always will resist.
  • Resistance is part of us because we always see the inequities. How do you?
  • You resist. You build awareness about the inequities so lawmakers can change the policies.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, and as a matter of fact, she resisted efforts from the governor to scuttle the bill.
  • Um, and as a matter of fact, she resisted efforts from the governor to scuttle the bill.
  • Um, and as a matter of fact, she resisted efforts from the governor to scuttle the bill.
  • Um, and as a matter of fact, she resisted efforts from the governor to scuttle the bill.
  • Um, and as a matter of fact,<00:35:19.440><c> she</c><00:35:19.839><c> res</c><00:35:20.320><c> resisted
Summary: Senate Republican leaders held a press event to roll out a package of anti-fraud proposals focused on state welfare and human services programs. Mark Johnson opened by citing recent fraud scandals, including a shuttered housing program and reports of vulnerable adults being left without care while providers billed for full services, and said Republicans want top-down reform, stronger accountability, new technology, and tighter oversight of taxpayer dollars. Michael Kreun said Republicans support an independent Office of Inspector General and argued the Senate-passed bill should not be weakened in the House; he also said the Senate should restore its role in confirming agency commissioners, especially at DHS, which he described as central to the fraud problem. Jordan Rasmusson outlined a plan to stop “blank checks” for DHS and DCYF services by requiring legislative audit review when a program exceeds budget by 5 percent and legislative approval for additional spending at 10 percent over budget. He also said DHS should adopt basic integrity tools such as electronic visit verification and client sign-off. Steve Drazkowski described two bills: a statewide “do-not-pay” list to block payments to ineligible people or entities, and an “I’m Not a Robot” proposal for Medicaid managed care that would require enrollee verification forms, with a 2 percent payment withhold used to encourage compliance and potentially fund county system upgrades. Mark Krueger said the state should improve technology and data use for eligibility determinations, citing other states’ rapid fraud-fighting systems, and proposed penalties for false reporting to the Legislative Auditor after a DHS audit found falsified site-visit records. Steve Gruenhagen said his bill would require DHS and DCYF to resume annual fraud-prevention and oversight reports to the legislature, which he said had stopped after 2017 despite rising fraud cases. Michael Holmstrom proposed unannounced site visits for all DHS and DCYF providers before enrollment, reenrollment, and revalidation, funded through provider service fees, and cited a recent case involving a woman with autism who was billed for far more care than she received. In the Q&A, Kreun said House Democrats’ delete-everything amendment to the inspector general bill removed the law enforcement division and stripped the bill of its “teeth,” and he suggested the governor’s office may have been involved in efforts to replace the bill with a weaker coordination council model. No votes were taken in the press conference.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Legislative Audit Committee Jun 29th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • sort of astounding to me, as a former trustee and as a former legislative staffer for 15 years, how resistant
  • sort of astounding to me, as a former trustee and as a former legislative staffer for 15 years, how resistant
  • have made it for students who are the first in their families to go to college, all because of resistance
  • And as a former legislative staffer for 15 years, how resistant I feel the UCs, the CSUs, and the community
  • have made it for students who are the first in their families to go to college, all because of resistance
Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit Committee held an oversight hearing on a state audit of California’s community college transfer process, with members and witnesses broadly agreeing that transfer pathways remain too complex and inconsistent. Opening remarks emphasized that community colleges serve a large, diverse, often first-generation and low-income student population, but only about one in five transfer-intending students move to a UC, CSU, or other university within four years. Members highlighted disparities by race, region, campus, and major, and pointed to the Associate Degree for Transfer, TAG, and Cal-GETC as helpful but incomplete tools because requirements still vary across campuses and systems. State Auditor’s Office staff said the audit found that while UC and CSU overall enroll substantial numbers of transfer students, individual campuses and high-demand programs often do not, especially in STEM fields. They described barriers including missing prerequisite courses, unclear information, limited counseling, and inconsistent articulation between campuses. The audit used a computer science example to show how different UC and CSU campuses require different courses for the same major. The audit issued 22 recommendations, with 10 fully implemented and four partially implemented; remaining work centers on articulation, counseling, data sharing, and better use of ASSIST. UC, CSU, and the Community Colleges each said they support transfer and are taking steps to improve it. UC cited a new public dashboard, data-sharing agreements, new transfer pathways, and an ADT pilot at UCLA, while saying campus capacity and program differences limit systemwide mandates. CSU pointed to its strategic plan goals, the Transfer Success Pathway program, direct admissions outreach, and efforts to expand ADT alignment and credit applicability, while acknowledging that many students never reach the application stage. Community Colleges emphasized that transfer reform is central to equity and baccalaureate access, and called for stronger common course numbering, broader ADT acceptance, and more student-centered articulation. Members pressed the systems on why more uniform requirements and better coordination have not been achieved, and on how to reduce barriers for placebound and working students.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • These grants cover proven security upgrades, electronic access controls, ballistic resistant glass and
  • upgrades, electronic access controls, upgrades, electronic access controls, ballistic<00:00:54.240><c> resistant
  • </c><00:00:54.800><c> glass</c><00:00:55.320><c> and</c><00:00:55.480><c> wall</c> ballistic resistant
  • glass and wall ballistic resistant glass and wall panels,<00:00:56.480><c> mass</c><00:00:56.840><c>
  • Do you think the governor is influencing the resistance? I believe so. Yeah, and I maintain that.
Summary: Minnesota Senate Republicans held a press event focused on school safety, student performance, and relief from what they described as burdensome mandates on districts. Sen. Zach Duckworth promoted the SHIELD Act, which would provide grant funding through the Minnesota School Safety Center for security upgrades such as access controls, ballistic-resistant materials, mass notification systems, and staff training. He also highlighted other education bills, including measures to require parental and teacher notification of violent incidents within 24 hours, allow short removals after serious incidents in K-3 classrooms, expand retention and intervention policies for students not meeting grade level, and increase parental access to curriculum materials and consent for sex education. Duckworth said the school safety proposal has bipartisan support and argued schools should have flexible, locally driven tools to protect students. Sen. Julia Coleman and other Republicans framed the agenda as a response to classroom violence, learning loss, and a lack of transparency. Coleman said teachers and parents are seeing serious problems firsthand and argued that schools should not hide violent incidents. She described Senate File 676 as a notification and anti-retaliation bill, and said Senate File 4023 would give schools a brief reset after serious incidents in early grades. She also backed the transparency bill requiring parental review of curriculum and written consent for sex education. The group repeatedly argued that schools, parents, and teachers should be prioritized over what they called political secrecy or overreach. Sen. Jason Rarick focused on school finance, saying new state mandates have left districts in deficit despite prior funding increases. He discussed bills to expand safe school aid to nonpublic schools, increase staffing at the Minnesota School Safety Center, expand counselor funding for nonpublic students to K-6, and conform state law to federal tax credits that could support scholarships and tutoring. Sen. Carla Nelson Housley argued that more than 60 unfunded mandates have strained districts and said Senate File 3361 would temporarily let districts transfer funds between accounts and opt out of certain new mandates from 2023-24, with public board discussion and votes. In the question period, Republicans also discussed the governor’s supplemental budget, fraud enforcement, possible bonding for IT upgrades, and potential tax and child care credit changes, while emphasizing they want bipartisan cooperation on fraud and school safety but oppose new taxes and what they called harmful mandates.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Aug 25th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It gave us art, it gave us music, it gave us poetry, and a language of resistance that still empowers
  • Marabelle sisters, three political activists from the Dominican Republic who were assassinated for the resistance
  • : Compton's Cafeteria Riot of 1966. ...when a trans woman in San Francisco's Tenderloin district resisted
  • Stryker has reminded us, this was the first act of militant queer resistance to police harassment in
  • So this resolution is about honoring Californians who have contributed to our culture, resisted discrimination
Summary: The Assembly met after initially lacking a quorum, then proceeded with prayers, the pledge, journal approval, and a series of guest introductions and recognitions. The chamber honored the 2025 Science and Technology Policy Fellows and the 2024-25 Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly Fellows, and members also recognized guests including Brad Webb, youth advocates supporting AB 1231, the Live Oak Lady Lions softball team, UC President J.B. Milliken, and the Rohnert Park Cal Ripken All-Star team. Several ceremonial resolutions were then taken up, including ACR 12 designating November 1 as Fernando Valenzuela Day, and H.R. 56 recognizing August 2025 as Chicano Heritage Month; both drew extensive floor remarks about cultural pride, immigrant stories, and community representation before being adopted. The Assembly also adopted ACR 101 naming a portion of Highway 46 the James Dean Memorial Highway, and approved a series of concurrence items with Senate amendments, including AB 359 on political reform, AB 594 on student health insurance protections, AB 1085 banning license plate obstruction devices, AB 1286 on future employment disclosure for public officials, and AB 1505, the Agriculture Committee omnibus bill. AB 359, AB 594, AB 1085, AB 1286, and AB 1505 all passed on roll calls with no opposition recorded. The chamber also adopted HR 50, proclaiming November 25, 2025 as Elimination of Violence Against Women Day, after testimony emphasizing the prevalence of gender-based violence and the need for survivor support and prevention. Two major joint resolutions generated substantial debate. AJR 14 urged federal agencies to consider the impact of tariffs on California ports; supporters argued tariffs were harming cargo volumes, jobs, and supply chains, while an opponent said trade negotiations should be left to the federal government. The resolution passed by roll call, 44-1. AJR 17 urged Congress to modernize immigration law and create a pathway to lawful permanent status for long-term undocumented residents; supporters framed it as a humane and economically necessary response to an outdated system, while the debate highlighted family separation, labor contributions, and fears of deportation. AJR 17 passed 47-7. The Assembly also adopted ACR 108 recognizing Sacramento County’s 175th anniversary, and began consideration of ACR 11 on Military Sexual Trauma Awareness Day, with the author and a veteran member describing the prevalence and harms of MST and the need for trauma-informed support.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, you know, we're going to continue to stand up for our constituents and resisting, these fines
  • that I think are to stand up for our constituents and resisting, these fines that I think are unjust
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Pro Forma Floor Session Jan 26th, 2026 at 12:30 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • India solidified its achievement of independence from British rule through peaceful and nonviolent resistance
  • India solidified its achievement of independence from British rule through peaceful and nonviolent resistance
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-03 (9:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation provides that a person may not lawfully use force or violence to resist a law enforcement
  • The bill also clarifies the person cannot resist an officer with Senator Leek: violence or threat of
  • penalty but the level of offense which goes for scoring that was always level Senator Pizzo: Five for resisting
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/19/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And while the resistance theater may feel good, it doesn't solve the problem.
  • And while the resistance theater may feel good, it doesn't solve the problem.
  • those laws and that and cities resisting those laws and that enforcement.<00:03:47.519><c> If</c><00
  • And while the resistance not terrorists.
  • And while the resistance theater<00:04:18.320><c> may</c><00:04:18.479><c> feel</c><00:04:18.720><c>
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 17th, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, we then combine all that and build a model of the resistivity. Let's go to the next slide.
  • The warm colors at the top indicate high resistivity, which represents dry zones.
  • The red areas indicate high resistivity, which generally means they are dry.
  • resistivity.
  • We actually do resistivity logs in the wells too, but wells are very expensive.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

House Chamber - Mon Mar 10, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 28

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • committee report number 1172 resisted on committee report number 1172 resisted on page<00:17:32.280><
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • work will extend beyond just Saturday's summit. these tools back to their communities, organize, and resist
  • We must hold those responsible. and fight for a future where none of us have to hide. is resistance and
Summary: The meeting was characterized by impactful discussions focused primarily on education and the representation of diverse histories in Texas's curriculum. Notably, Representative Christina Morales advocated for HB178, a bill aimed at ensuring that all Texas high school students have access to Mexican-American and African-American studies as part of their graduation requirements, moving from elective-only status. This bill garnered support from both sides of the aisle, highlighting a cooperative effort to improve educational equity in Texas. Several representatives shared personal stories reflecting on the importance of inclusive education, showcasing the bill's far-reaching implications for students' sense of identity and history.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is clearing vegetation, upgrading vents, using ignition-resistant materials, and so on.
  • Simple upgrades like ember-resistant vents and defensible space can significantly improve a home's chance
  • Simple upgrades like ember-resistant vents and defensible space can significantly improve a home's chance
  • Institute for Business and Home Safety has also found that homes built or retrofitted to wildfire-resistant
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several tax and revenue measures, beginning with SB 1329 on solar property tax assessment. The author and solar industry witnesses argued the bill would create a uniform statewide method, provide certainty for developers, and exclude tax credits and other intangibles from valuation; county assessors and several counties opposed it, saying it would reduce assessed value and depart from market-based appraisal. The bill was moved to Appropriations on a 2-0 vote and placed on call. The committee also heard SB 1406 to close the “Montana tax loophole” used to avoid California vehicle taxes, with support from the California Teachers Association and no registered opposition; it passed 2-0 and was placed on call. SB 984, conforming California law to the federal tipped-income deduction, drew support from the restaurant industry, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and enrolled agents, and passed 3-0 to Appropriations, on call. Later, the committee considered wildfire- and energy-related tax credits. SB 1084 would create a fire-safe home tax credit for home hardening and defensible space improvements; supporters said it would reduce wildfire losses and insurance costs, and it passed 3-0 on call. SB 1118 would provide credits for backup generators and solar battery systems in high fire-threat areas; the author framed it as a resilience measure for households and small businesses, but members raised concerns about cost, diesel use, and whether the credit would reach lower-income households. The bill was moved 1-0 and placed on call, with the chair and other members noting unresolved budget and policy concerns. SB 1424, expanding a partial sales tax exemption to zero-emission vehicle refueling equipment, received support from hydrogen and electric transportation groups and passed 4-0 on call. The committee also advanced SB 1249, a senior tax deduction for taxpayers ages 86 to 90, with support from LeadingAge California and senior advocates; members noted it was narrowly targeted and passed 4-0 on call. SB 1113, conforming California tax law to the federal tonnage tax regime for U.S.-flag international shipping companies, drew support from maritime industry groups and opposition from ILWU over the fiscal impact; it passed 4-0 on call. SB 1137, the Medical Expense Deduction Act, would allow a targeted deduction for medical expenses for lower-income taxpayers; supporters said it would help families facing high out-of-pocket costs, and it passed 4-0 on call. Finally, SB 1415 would extend a partial welfare property tax exemption to mixed-income housing that includes moderate-income units; supporters said it would help finance “missing middle” housing, while assessors and housing stakeholders requested amendments and guardrails. The bill was also moved forward on a committee vote and placed on call.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 4/10/2026 #2

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, I resist the motion to reconsider the amendments.
  • President, I resist the motion to Mr.
  • That resisted. make. That resisted.
  • It's my motion to move to resist that concurrence. Maybe to special order it.
  • </c><02:05:21.640><c> Maybe</c><02:05:21.880><c> to</c> resist that concurrence.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Tue Jan 28, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • > renewable energy as opposed to um renewable energy as opposed to um electric<00:49:19.040><c> resistance
  • ><c> it</c><00:49:20.040><c> would</c><00:49:20.200><c> be</c><00:49:20.319><c> in</c> electric resistance
  • as it would be in electric resistance as it would be in the<00:49:20.520><c> case</c><00:49:20.680><
  • Typically, that’s an electric resistance, or it could be gas.
  • Typically, that’s an electric resistance, or it could be gas.
Summary: The House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection opened its first hearing of the session and heard testimony on several energy and environmental bills. On HB 470, relating to noise and leaf blowers, the Department of Health supported the bill’s intent to reduce noise pollution but raised concerns about using decibel limits alone and suggested using dBA measurements; testimony also noted the bill would regulate future sales rather than current use, and there were three additional testimonies, two in support and one in opposition. No questions were raised before the committee moved on. The committee then heard HB 742 on transit-oriented development, which would require HCDA to prepare a programmatic EIS for Ewa, Kapalama, and West Oahu improvements. UH supported the bill, HHFDC said it was already preparing a master plan and programmatic EIS for the Ewa area, and HCDA explained that the projects are already underway or completed, including infrastructure work funded by prior appropriations. Supporters said the bill would streamline environmental review and potentially reduce costs for future housing, while HCDA emphasized the work is already in progress. On HB 340, concerning a streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process and related cost recovery, DCCA provided comments, the Attorney General suggested changing a deadline to a specific date, and the PUC said it wanted to study the matter further while still meeting the 180-day reporting requirement. Solar and clean energy groups strongly supported the bill as a way to speed interconnection and advance grid-interactive technologies, while Hawaiian Electric supported the goal of more DERs but opposed the process, saying its interconnection performance has improved and that collaboration would be preferable to legislation. Members asked about newer technologies, UL 1741, and ratepayer impacts, and the Consumer Advocate said removing the cost-recovery section would alleviate its concerns. The committee also heard HB 243, requiring PV- and EV-ready new residential construction, which the Hawaii State Energy Office described as a cost-saving no-brainer because installing these features during construction is much cheaper than retrofitting later. The hearing then shifted to HB 350, expanding the water-heater systems that can satisfy building-permit requirements to include heat pump water heaters alongside solar hot water systems. The Energy Office supported the bill, Solar Ray supported the concept but asked for amendments to align efficiency standards and noted the bill’s removal of a 15-year lifespan limit for solar thermal systems, and Hawaii Solar Energy Association raised questions about how heat pump performance should be measured and whether PV-plus-heat-pump combinations should qualify. Committee members asked about impacts on smaller homes and ADUs, and the discussion remained focused on technical standards and possible amendments; no votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 3/26/2026 #1

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, I wouldn't resist that motion. All right, the question remains on the motion to special order.
  • So, I wouldn't resist that motion. All right, the question remains on the motion to special order.
  • So, I wouldn't resist that motion. All right, the question remains on the motion to special order.
  • So, I wouldn't resist that motion.
  • So, I wouldn't resist that motion. All right, the question remains on the motion to special order.
Summary: The Maryland Senate convened with 39 members present and a quorum. The session opened with an invocation by Bishop Antonio Palmer of Kingdom Celebration Center, whose remarks were journalized. The President and members also welcomed several guests to the chamber, including former Delegate Sean Terrence, students from Charles H. Flowers High School and Garrison Forest School, Dr. Lee Snyder as doctor of the day, and Dr. Barbara Ann Palmer in recognition of Women’s History Month. The President also noted that the next day would be pro forma and that some scheduled items would be moved to the following week. The Senate considered Executive Nominations Report No. 6, covering gubernatorial nominees for boards and commissions including the State Board of Education, MEDCO, and the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. On motion of the committee chair, the report was special ordered to Tuesday, with members asked to review the list for recusals or related issues. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 890, which concerns an insurance premium receipts tax exemption for captive insurance procured by nonprofit hospitals and health care systems. On SB 890, the Senate adopted the committee amendments and then adopted a floor amendment offered by the bill sponsor. The amendment was described as replacing the bill’s earlier approach with a two-year moratorium on collection of any related liabilities, followed by a Maryland Insurance Administration report back on ongoing investigations. One senator raised concern that the amendment’s language could require the state to refund taxes already paid by hospitals and others, potentially costing millions, and asked for more time to review it; the motion to special order the bill was defeated. After discussion, the amendment was adopted and the bill was ordered printed for third reading. At the close of the floor session, committee and delegation announcements were made, including Finance, Triple E, Judicial Proceedings, Budget and Tax, Executive Nominations, and several county delegations. A senator from District 6 also spoke about the anniversary of the Key Bridge collapse and thanked colleagues for bipartisan work on related legislation and recovery efforts.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Feb 16th, 2026

Emerging Issues and Professional Registration

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, complex PTSD, and I struggled with treatment-resistant depression
  • I was diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, complex PTSD, and I struggled with treatment-resistant depression
  • veterans who have exhausted conventional treatments for PTSD, opioid use disorder, or treatment-resistant
  • The difference from my experience, before I became a firefighter, I was in crippling, resistant depression
  • clinical research from major medical institutions has shown significant improvements for treatment-resistant
Summary: The committee first met in executive session and voted do pass on House Bill 3037, House Bill 2760, House Bill 1778, and House Bill 2830, each by recorded roll call. HB 3037, HB 2760, and HB 1778 all passed 8-4, while HB 2830 passed unanimously 12-0. The committee also said it would not take up HB 1746 and HB 1769 yet, because more work was needed on an amendment. The public hearing began with House Bill 3005, sponsored by Representative Justice, which would require public and school libraries to adopt and post reconsideration policies for challenged materials, limit requests to local residents or parents/guardians, extend the process to digital materials, and prohibit tracking or retaining personalized user data from digital library resources. Justice said the bill was developed with the Secretary of State’s office and library groups and was intended to add transparency, local control, and privacy protections. Testimony from EBSCO Information Services and the Missouri Library Association supported the bill as a codification of existing library practices and a way to create clearer procedures. The committee then heard a group of similar bills on AI-generated or digitally altered depictions, including measures by Representatives Lucas, Farnan, Gallick, Schmidt, Williams, Houseman, and Dolan. The sponsors described the bills as closing loopholes in child pornography, revenge-porn, and digital impersonation laws, creating civil remedies, criminal penalties, and in some versions platform takedown requirements for nonconsensual altered images. Members raised questions about how to combine the bills, whether sunsets should be included, and how the proposals relate to existing revenge-porn law. No votes were taken on these bills during the hearing. Finally, the committee heard House Bills 2817 and 2961 on ibogaine research for veterans and other trauma-affected populations, followed by House Bills 1717 and 1643 on psilocybin and other alternative therapies. Supporters, including veterans, first responders, clinicians, and family members, described severe PTSD, TBI, addiction, and suicide crises and said these treatments had helped them when conventional care had not. Opponents, including the Missouri State Medical Association, said they did not support non-FDA-approved drugs. Members questioned the cost and structure of the proposed studies, the role of the FDA, and whether similar research is already underway. The hearing ended without a vote on these bills.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Feb 3rd, 2025

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • manufactures the vagus nerve stimulation, or VNS, therapy for patients who are suffering from drug-resistant
  • That's what we mean by drug-resistant epilepsy.
  • As I said before, 30% of those patients are medically resistant.
  • So right now, we do not have appropriate access to drug-resistant epilepsy treatment.
  • Weinberg: "Okay, Madam Chair, Representative, there are an estimated 5,800 New Mexicans with drug-resistant