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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's not that we want to illegalize that person carrying a firearm in public.
- Public Policy at the Texas Council on Family Violence, and I'm here in support of HB 2703.
- The Texas Council on Family Violence has the privilege of representing family violence programs all over
- There's not only the potential for violence happening, but also because of past violent events.
- Constantly at risk of violence because of someone's broken political ideology. What do you think?
Bills:
HB316 , HB353 , HB 1160 , HB1414 , HB1422 , HB1443 , HB1713 , HB1789 , HB1902 , HB2073 , HB2666 , HB2695 , HB316
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
Keywords:
motor fuel, criminal offense, metering device, organized crime, Texas Penal Code, trespassing, school safety, day-care centers, education, trespass, public safety, utility employees, criminal penalties, assault, harassment, public duties, safety, law enforcement, driving offenses, license regulations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senators Hear Gun Violence Prevention Testimony Sep 16th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members also heard bills on firearm safety courses.
- Members also heard bills on firearm safety courses.
- There was also a bill on the safe storage of firearms.
- . firearms. firearms.
- </c> where danger is present and firearms where danger is present and firearms demand<00:02:41.519><c
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The violence. Represents a serious invasion of personal safety and privacy.
- Firearm trace data is exactly what it sounds like: data points tracing the flow of a firearm from its
- Violence Research Center at UC Davis.
- Firearm trace data identifies the first lawful retail sale of a firearm.
- a firearm dealer did anything wrong?
Committee:
House Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Motion to suspend rules in order to debate gun control, gun violence prevention package 5/14/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . violence. violence.
- >> Most<00:54:23.200><c> firearms.</c> >> Most firearms. >> Most firearms.
- violence.
- </c> intervention addresses all firearm intervention addresses all firearm violence.<03:33:21.760><c>
- </c> free of gun violence. free of gun violence.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Modifying when firearms are permitted on school property 2/25/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:01:28.640><c> on</c> storage requirements for firearms on storage requirements for firearms on
- </c> to carry a firearm on school property. to carry a firearm on school property.
- </c> firearm access is linked to suicide. firearm access is linked to suicide.
- </c> unsecured guns and increased violence. unsecured guns and increased violence.
- Representative Dupel: Firearm.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Every year, over 3,000 Floridians die from gun violence, and firearms remain the leading cause of death
- Violence and firearms remain the leading cause of death for children and teens.
- Making firearms more financially accessible without addressing the root causes of this violence... highest
- making firearms more financially accessible without addressing the root causes of this violence Making
- firearms more financially accessible without addressing the root causes of this violence will not make
Committee:
Senate Finance and Tax
Summary:
The Finance and Tax Committee met and first heard SB 674, which would allow county property appraisers, like tax collectors already can, to budget for and pay hiring or retention bonuses if approved in their Department of Revenue budget. Support came from property appraiser representatives, who said the bill would help them compete for specialized staff without requiring new funding. The bill was reported favorably.
The committee then considered SJR 318, a proposed constitutional amendment on tangible personal property used on agricultural land, along with an amendment clarifying the exemption’s scope and allowing the Legislature to set conditions by general law. Farm Bureau and the Florida Chamber supported the measure, and the committee adopted the amendment and reported the joint resolution favorably. Members also took up CS for SB 1664, which would require voter reapproval of local discretionary taxes when they expire; an amendment changed the bill to require expiration dates and tied reapproval to tax expiration rather than a fixed eight-year cycle. Local government and tourism groups raised concerns about impacts on tourist development taxes, transportation surtaxes, beaches funding, and long-term financing, while supporters argued voters should periodically affirm local taxes. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.
Next, the committee considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill SB 1512, both dealing with a homestead-style property tax benefit for certain long-term leased residential properties. After multiple amendments narrowed the proposal substantially, limiting it to one qualifying property and then to single-family homes, mobile homes, and condominium units, counties and cities still opposed the measures as a tax shift to other taxpayers. The sponsor said the changes reduced the scope and fiscal impact, and both measures were reported favorably.
Finally, the committee heard SPB 7034, the Senate tax package, which includes permanent sales tax exemptions, multiple tax holidays, motor vehicle fee reductions, a property tax study, rural investment tax credits, a freeze on local communications services tax rates, and other tax changes, with an estimated $2.1 billion revenue reduction. Testimony was mixed: property appraisers supported the property tax study, while many public commenters opposed the firearm and ammunition tax holiday and urged inclusion of gun safes and locks instead. County, city, tourism, and lodging representatives raised concerns about tourist development tax limits and other local revenue impacts, while supporters emphasized tax relief and the study’s value. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to submit SPB 7034 as a committee bill and reported it favorably.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 2 February, 2026; 4:30 P.M.
Judiciary, Division B
Transcript Highlights:
- It's related to ordering in domestic violence convictions that firearms be taken up after due process
- It's related to ordering in domestic violence convictions that firearms be taken up after due process
- It's related to ordering in domestic violence convictions that firearms be taken up after due process
- violence, when firearms are involved, are the most deadly part of the domestic violence situation.
- When firearms are involved, they are the most deadly part of the domestic violence situation.
Committee:
Joint Judiciary, Division B
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:24:28.440><c> and</c> likely to in um use fatal violence and likely to in um use fatal violence
- </c> demand fuels much of the violence demand fuels much of the violence inherent<00:29:23.679><c> in
- Well, when we have a domestic violence order that is in place, you are asked to disclose where the firearms
- The speaker says the court is recognizing that access to firearms is as deadly as owning the firearm
- For the court is recognizing that access to firearms is as deadly as owning the firearm in this case.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Safety Committee Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Gun violence is now the leading cause of death for children and teens in our country.
- , and firearm accessories for various state law enforcement agencies and departments.
- dealers who have violated firearm laws and regulations meant to protect the public.
- Gun violence survivor, in support.
- We have pride ourselves on safety for 150 years with firearms here in California.
Summary:
The Assembly Public Safety Committee met to consider several bills, with six measures approved on consent, including bills on background checks, female offender prison facilities, a juvenile justice hunger survey, protective orders and firearms, a youth offender camp pilot, and peace officer behavioral health training. AB 710 and AB 848 were pulled by the authors. The committee also took up AB 458, AB 394, AB 1094, AB 1092, and AB 1036, with extensive testimony on each.
AB 458, by Assembly Member Stephanie, would require state agencies purchasing firearms, ammunition, or accessories to vet vendors for compliance with firearms laws and procurement standards. Supporters, including Brady and the California Police Chiefs Association, said taxpayer funds should not go to dealers with serious violations; opponents argued the bill added burdens and vague standards. The committee approved the bill as amended and sent it to Appropriations. AB 394, by Assembly Member Wilson, would expand protections for transit workers and riders by broadening enhanced battery penalties, clarifying who may seek temporary restraining orders in the transit context, and making those orders system-wide. Transit agencies, labor groups, and law enforcement supported the bill, while public defender and civil liberties groups raised concerns about vagueness, duration, and impacts on access to transit. The committee passed AB 394 to Judiciary as amended.
AB 1094, by Assembly Member Baines, would raise the minimum parole eligibility term for child torture convictions involving a child under 14 in the perpetrator’s care or custody from seven years to 20 years. Prosecutors, sheriffs, and police groups supported the bill, citing the severity of the abuse and the need to protect child victims; opponents argued the parole system already screens for risk and that harsher sentences do not improve public safety. The committee approved the bill as amended to Appropriations. AB 1092, by Assembly Member Castillo, would extend concealed carry weapon license renewals from two years to four years; supporters said it would reduce costs and administrative burdens, while the chair and others opposed it as unnecessary. The committee ultimately voted the bill down. AB 1036, by Assembly Member Schultz, would expand post-conviction discovery access for people convicted of felonies with sentences of one year or more, including Brady materials and jury selection notes. Innocence organizations and defense groups supported it, while district attorneys opposed the broader discovery obligations; the committee passed it to Appropriations as amended.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- , and felonious conduct increased the risk of violence.
- But surely the risk of violence isn't abated because someone committing a felony while armed with a firearm
- And he had been convicted of felony domestic violence.
- violence.
- We all have sympathy towards victims of domestic violence.
Committee:
House Public Safety
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Criminal Jurisprudence S/C New Offenses and Changed Penalties May 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the director of public policy at the Texas Council on Family Violence.
- It reduces firearm suicide, but suicide rates overall don't reduce.
- As a professor, I taught violence risk assessment at the graduate level.
- here, including school shootings, workplace violence, and mass casualty violence.
- that prevent gun violence among young people.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- safety policies, and make recommendations on suggestions on how to reduce firearm violence in New Mexico
- Unfortunately, gun violence affects males of color.
- So what can we do to save lives with firearm safety?
- So what can we do to save lives with firearm safety?
- rising has to do with firearms?
Summary:
The committee first heard House Memorial 64, which urges the Indian Affairs Department to quickly fill open positions and build technical assistance capacity to help tribes, pueblos, and nations use capital outlay funds effectively, especially in light of changes made by House Bill 247. The sponsor and several members discussed concerns that the new capital outlay rules could cause tribal projects to lose funding and be forced into a competitive tribal infrastructure process. After brief discussion and no public opposition, the committee voted do pass.
The committee then heard House Memorial 65, which asks the Department of Health and the Department of Public Safety to convene a task force and study firearm safety and gun violence as a public health issue, with recommendations to reduce firearm deaths in New Mexico. Supportive testimony emphasized gun violence, school shootings, suicide, rural impacts, and the value of data-driven prevention; several members also raised concerns about including gun safety trainers, rural and tribal voices, and clarifying some language in the memorial. The sponsor said the task force would meet monthly and report by September 15. After debate, the committee approved the memorial on a 4-3 vote.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/14/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> enthusiast,</c><01:05:38.960><c> firearm</c> guy, uh, firearm enthusiast, firearm guy, uh, firearm
- I like firearms and I like firearms freedom.
- like</c><02:46:55.600><c> firearms</c> like firearms and I like firearms like firearms and I like firearms
- And firearms than just a firearms bill.
- </c> you the firearm. you the firearm.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/27/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- It contains recommendations from the 2025 Legislative Task Force on Domestic Violence and Firearms, and
- It contains recommendations from the 2025 Legislative Task Force on Domestic Violence and Firearms, and
- A 2017 study found that approximately 30% of intimate partner violence incidents involve a firearm.
- And when a homicide does occur as part of an intimate partner violence incident, a firearm is most often
- is</c><01:12:27.640><c> most</c> violence incident, a firearm is most violence incident, a firearm is
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Gun violence is now the leading cause of death for children and teens in our country.
- , and firearm accessories for various state law enforcement agencies and departments.
- dealers who have violated firearm laws and regulations meant to protect the public.
- Gun violence survivor, in support.
- We pride ourselves on safety for 150 years with firearms here in California.
Committee:
House Public Safety
Summary:
The Assembly Public Safety Committee heard several bills and adopted a consent calendar of six measures, including bills on background checks, female offender prison facilities, a juvenile justice hunger survey, protective orders and firearms, a youth offender camp pilot, and peace officer behavioral health training. AB 710 and AB 848 were pulled by the authors. The committee also took up AB 458, AB 394, AB 1094, AB 1092, and AB 1036, with extensive testimony on each.
AB 458, by Assembly Member Stephanie, would require state agencies buying firearms, ammunition, or accessories for law enforcement to vet vendors for compliance with firearms laws and procurement standards. Supporters, including Brady and the California Police Chiefs Association, said it would prevent taxpayer dollars from going to irresponsible dealers; opponents argued it imposed unnecessary bureaucracy and vague standards. The bill passed the committee on a due-pass-as-amended vote to Appropriations.
AB 394, by Assembly Member Wilson, would expand protections for transit workers and riders by clarifying battery penalties, allowing restraining orders in the transit context, and making those orders system-wide. Transit agencies, labor groups, police chiefs, and other supporters backed the measure, while public defenders and civil liberties groups raised concerns about clarity, judicial discretion, and impacts on riders who rely on transit. The bill passed unanimously to Judiciary. AB 1094, by Assembly Member Baines, would raise the minimum parole eligibility term for child torture cases from seven to 20 years; supporters emphasized the severity of the abuse and the need for stronger accountability, while opponents argued the parole system already screens risk and that prevention would be more effective. It passed to Appropriations. AB 1092, which would extend concealed carry permit renewals from two to four years, drew support from gun rights groups and sheriffs but was opposed by the chair, who called it a solution in search of a problem; the bill failed. AB 1036, by the chair, would expand post-conviction discovery access for people serving felony sentences of one year or more, including Brady material and jury selection notes; innocence organizations supported it, while district attorneys objected that it was too broad and burdensome. It passed to Appropriations, with members noting ongoing negotiations over amendments.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- Also, Colorado voters who favor a tax on firearms and ammunition to help fund victims of domestic violence
- violence.
- for gun violence prevention across the entire state.
- October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
- violence perpetrators.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Revenue
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Revenue held a long hybrid hearing on a wide range of tax bills, with testimony covering cigarette and tobacco taxes, nicotine pouches, contractor rental equipment exemptions, aircraft sales tax exemptions, rolling stock, advanced sales tax payments, a gun and ammunition excise tax, a digital services tax, and a psilocybin cultivation/tax proposal. Committee chairs outlined the hearing process and noted that 39 House-filed sales and excise tax bills were being heard for required reporting by November 28. No votes were taken during the hearing.
On tobacco-related bills, supporters including Senator Keenan, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and Tobacco Free Mass backed higher cigarette taxes and closing the synthetic nicotine loophole, arguing the measures would reduce youth initiation, encourage cessation, and offset health care costs. Retailers, wholesalers, and convenience-store groups opposed the increases, warning of smuggling, out-of-state purchasing, and harm to small businesses; premium cigar representatives argued cigars should be treated separately from cigarettes. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3067 and related bills concerning nicotine pouches, with public health advocates supporting taxation and industry witnesses urging a lower, more competitive rate.
Several other bills drew sharply divided testimony. United Rentals supported H. 3065 to simplify contractor rental equipment exemption paperwork, while airport and aviation groups opposed bills to repeal the aircraft sales tax exemption, saying it would hurt airport competitiveness and jobs. The Transportation Association of Massachusetts backed rolling stock tax exemptions, saying the current tax discourages fleet investment and interstate commerce. Restaurant industry representatives supported repealing advanced sales tax payments and changing penalty rules, saying businesses were hit with retroactive penalties after unclear pandemic-era changes. On H. 3082, an excise tax on guns and ammunition, gun violence prevention advocates, Roca, and Giffords supported the bill as a dedicated funding source for prevention and survivor services, while sportsmen’s groups opposed it as unfair to lawful gun owners and harmful to conservation funding.
The committee also heard testimony on H. 3208, a digital advertising services tax, with Representative Paulino supporting it as a way to capture revenue from online advertising and fund public needs, while the Chamber of Progress opposed it as costly and burdensome for small businesses and campaigns. Finally, multiple witnesses testified on H. 4050 regarding psilocybin cultivation and taxation: advocates from Mass Healing, Roca, the Reason Foundation, and individuals describing personal medical benefits urged a regulated, permit-based system, while the hearing ended after all signed-up speakers were heard and the chair adjourned the meeting.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- and intimidation by threat of force or violence are expanded to include interference by force or violence
- This includes when sentencing a person for unlawful possession of a firearm.
- license, they don't have an individual right to possess a firearm, right?
- license, they don't have an individual right to possess a firearm, right?
- And when I see the violence in Minnesota, when I see the violence across our country, all of these situations
Committee:
House Community Safety
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Thu Feb 5, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Studies show that states with gun violence protection orders see lower rates of gun violence.
- Studies show that states with gun violence protection orders see lower rates of gun violence.
- violence protective orders.”
- </c><00:40:20.320><c> violence</c><00:40:20.800><c> protective</c> the um firearm violence protective
- the um firearm violence protective orders orders orders >> by<00:40:22.800><c> no</c><00:40:23.760
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard opening remarks and ground rules from Chair David Tarnas, including a request for two-minute testimony limits, clear speaking, Zoom etiquette, and respectful conduct. The first measure taken up was HB 2062, relating to gun violence prevention, which would appropriate funds for enforcement of gun violence protective orders and for public awareness campaigns. Judiciary submitted written testimony recommending technical changes to clarify that it does not enforce laws and instead should be funded for personnel to process temporary restraining orders and gun violence protective orders; the Department of Law Enforcement supported the bill and said it is well positioned to conduct public education. Support also came from county and advocacy witnesses, including Moms Demand Action, Giffords Gun Owners for Safety, HGEA, and a retired police officer, while opposition testimony argued the measure raises due process and Fifth Amendment concerns and that education, not enforcement, should be the focus. The chair noted 37 testimonies in support, 103 in opposition, and three comments; no vote was taken in the portion provided.
Testimony on HB 2062 emphasized both public safety and constitutional concerns. Supporters described the bill as a way to increase awareness of an existing legal tool, prevent suicides and shootings, and help law enforcement and the public understand gun violence protective orders. Opponents, including gun owners and firearms groups, argued that red flag laws can be abused, lack due process, and should not be expanded through state funding. A county neighborhood safety witness suggested an amendment to allow public, private, and nonprofit consultants to assist with training and implementation. Members asked a few questions, but the agencies with written testimony were not present, so the chair referred members to their submissions.
The committee then moved to HB 2061, relating to firearms, which appropriates money for the state gun buyback program and requires at least two buyback events in each county. Written support was noted from the Department of Law Enforcement, Hawaii County Council, the County of Kauai Prosecuting Attorney, and the Hawaii State Association of Counties, with the latter emphasizing that buybacks are voluntary prevention tools that can reduce risk before crises escalate. Opposition came from the Mid-Pacific Pistol League, SDM Training Group/Bows and Bullets, and others; one witness argued buybacks are ineffective, costly, and can be vulnerable to misuse or black-market diversion, and suggested a year-round surrender option instead. The committee heard additional support from a retired police officer and from a gun violence survivor with Students Demand Action, but no final action or vote was taken in the excerpt provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/28/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> to carry a firearm. to carry a firearm.
- . firearms. firearms.
- I believe that those with a domestic violence order of protection against them should have their firearms
- I believe that those with a domestic violence order of protection against them should have their firearms
- I believe that those with a domestic violence order of protection against them should have their firearms
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Finance and Tax Apr 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Every year, over 3,000 Floridians die from gun violence, and firearms remain the leading cause of death
- for children and teens... ...violence and firearms remain the leading cause of death for children and
- The inclusion of a sales tax holiday for firearm purchases is deeply troubling, especially when gun violence
- Making firearms more financially accessible without addressing the root causes of this violence...
- Making firearms more financially accessible without addressing the root causes of this violence will
Summary:
The Finance and Tax Committee considered several tax-related measures. SB 674, allowing county property appraisers to budget for and pay hiring or retention bonuses with Department of Revenue approval, was supported by property appraisers and reported favorably. C.S. for SJR 318, as amended, would create a tangible personal property exemption for agricultural land used in agricultural production or agritourism; the amendment clarified the property’s location and allowed the Legislature to define conditions, and the resolution was reported favorably with support from Farm Bureau and the Florida Chamber.
The committee also advanced C.S. for SB 1664, as amended, which requires locally approved discretionary taxes to be reauthorized by voters when they expire and sets rules for taxes tied to revenue bonds. Local government and tourism-related groups raised concerns about impacts on tourist development taxes, beach funding, transportation surtaxes, and long-term planning, while supporters argued voters should periodically reaffirm taxes; the bill was reported favorably. C.S. for SJR 1510 and its implementing bill, SB 1512, were both amended to sharply narrow a proposed long-term lease property tax exemption to one qualifying property and to single-family homes, mobile homes, and condominiums; counties and cities opposed the measures as tax shifts, but both were reported favorably.
The committee then took up SPB 7034, the Senate tax package, which includes permanent sales tax exemptions for certain clothing and bullion, multiple tax holidays, a temporary motor vehicle fee reduction, a property tax study, corporate and insurance tax credit changes, a communications services tax freeze, and other tax provisions, with staff estimating $2.1 billion in total revenue reduction. Testimony included support for studying property taxes and strong opposition to the firearm and ammunition tax holiday from students and advocacy groups, who argued it was unsafe and inappropriate; others urged adding combined reporting or removing tourist development tax changes. After debate, the committee reported the package favorably and also approved a motion to submit it as a committee bill. The meeting ended after Senator Bernard recorded an affirmative vote on tab 5 and the committee adjourned.