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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, this bill is about victims, and too often the victims of large-scale theft and organized retail
  • You know, this bill is about victims, and too often the victims of large-scale theft and organized retail
  • them to be verified victims.
  • So, for example, this victim-survivor who's now a defendant has a crime where another victim is involved
  • Indeed, the majority of victims do not go on to create additional victims of their own.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It further exploits the victims.
  • Victims of child sexual abuse.
  • Victims.
  • Should victims have the right— I mean, should victims have to fight not only their trauma but also institutions
  • and the identity of the victim.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • > their</c><00:03:16.400><c> crimes,</c> For victims who report their crimes, For victims who report
  • </c><00:03:27.440><c> was</c> In that case, the victim was In that case, the victim was a<00:03:28.680
  • </c> safety net for victims and survivors. safety net for victims and survivors.
  • Victims of crime are depending on you. Victims of crime are depending on you.
  • She said they want to make sure... victims that we see? victims that we see?
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Public Safety Committee Jun 9th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 1656 is a common-sense victim protection bill that gives more legal protection for victims of human
  • Forcing victims to proceed with a substitute attorney due to scheduling conflicts may undermine victims
  • And so, as a victim of crime in California, the...
  • victims.
  • victims.
Summary: The Senate Public Safety Committee heard several bills, beginning with AB 647, which would clarify last year’s RV disposal pilot program for Los Angeles and Alameda counties so local agencies can remove abandoned, inoperable RVs more efficiently. Supporters, including a representative for Mayor Karen Bass, said the bill is needed to address public health, fire, sewage, and neighborhood safety hazards. Opponents argued the measure would be used to remove occupied RVs without adequate housing or service referrals and would harm vehicle residents. The committee later approved AB 647 on a do-pass motion to the Appropriations Committee. The committee also considered AB 1656, which would give judges discretion to delay human trafficking cases when the assigned prosecutor has another trial, preliminary hearing, or motion to suppress, with amendments limiting the continuance to one time and no more than 10 days. Supporters said the bill would help preserve vertical prosecution and trauma-informed continuity for survivors; opponents raised speedy-trial and due process concerns. After discussion about balancing victim continuity and constitutional rights, the committee passed AB 1656 as amended to the floor. AB 1917, a bill to require prosecutors to file a motion before reinstating charges dismissed at preliminary hearing, also drew support from public defenders and defense groups and opposition from district attorneys, who argued the bill used the wrong procedural mechanism. The author agreed to explore moving the process into the existing 995 framework, and the committee passed AB 1917 as amended to Appropriations. AB 2636 would require courts to consider possession of a loaded firearm when deciding whether a juvenile qualifies for deferred entry of judgment. Supporters, including probation and police chiefs, said the bill would add accountability for serious gun-related conduct while preserving rehabilitation options; opponents said it would reduce access to effective youth diversion and disproportionately affect Black and brown youth. The committee passed the bill to the floor. AB 1632, which would replace notarization with a penalty-of-perjury statement for 602 trespass authorization letters, was supported by cities and law enforcement as a way to reduce bureaucracy and help address trespass and vacant-property hazards, while opponents warned of abuse and Fourth Amendment concerns. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill to the floor. The hearing then moved on to AB 1974, a voluntary firearm safe-storage bill, with the author introducing the measure and witnesses from Pierce’s Pledge expected to testify.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Public Safety Committee Jun 9th, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 1656 is a common-sense victim protection bill that gives more legal protection for victims of human
  • AB 1656 is a common-sense victim protection bill that gives more legal protection for victims of human
  • Forcing victims to proceed with a substitute attorney due to scheduling conflicts may undermine victims
  • Forcing victims to proceed with a substitute attorney due to scheduling conflicts may undermine victims
  • victims.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Appropriations

House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • VersaTerm does victims' rights for... Provide victims' rights notice.
  • VersaTerm does victims' rights for... provide victims rights notice first of turn does victims rights
  • We are robbing victims to pay for victim-related resources, and I think that is a travesty and should
  • Both of these programs, whether it's victims' compensation or victim notification, are extremely important
  • And I think notifying victims, compensating victims should be high on this priority list, much higher
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on March 25 for what was described as its last regular meeting, with a possible special meeting the following week. The committee first took up Senate Bill 1112, adopting a Livingston strike-everything amendment that appropriates $1 million from the special services fund in fiscal year 2027 to the Department of Corrections for holistic, studio-based rehabilitative programming and requires a report on spending, self-harm, discipline, and recidivism by June 30, 2028. Supporters from Art of Our Soul testified that the trauma-informed art and music therapy program has reduced disciplinary violations, self-harm, and mental health watches, and members described it as a rehabilitation effort with documented benefits. The bill, as amended, received a due pass recommendation by a 16-2 vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1776, which would expand AHCCCS coverage for traditional healing services to include urban Indian organizations. AHCCCS testified neutrally but said the change would require a waiver amendment, would not qualify for 100% federal match, and would carry an estimated $1.3 million general fund impact. The sponsor argued the bill would align Arizona with federal policy and correct an omission of urban Indian organizations from the existing waiver. After discussion about costs and whether the bill should proceed with a committee of the whole amendment, the committee gave SB 1776 a do pass recommendation by a 9-6-2-1 vote, with several members expressing concern about AHCCCS growth and the funding source. Senate Bill 1537, which would rename the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund as the Public Safety De-escalation and Life Safety Fund and repeal its advisory commission, failed. Testimony explained that the commission has not met in years and that the bill was largely a cleanup measure, but the Arizona Police Association opposed the change and some members wanted the commission reformed rather than repealed. The committee voted it down 6-9, with members split over whether the fund should remain tied to its current structure. The committee next adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 1584 that shifted a $1 million appropriation for Department of Corrections recruitment and training from the general fund to the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund. Supporters said DOC remains understaffed and that the training/recruitment program has worked elsewhere; some members questioned whether the fund could legally be used for that purpose, but the amendment passed and the bill received a do pass recommendation by a 10-5-2-2 vote. Finally, Senate Bill 1673, which funds the law enforcement crime victim notification system, was amended to reduce the appropriation from $5 million general fund to about $2.595 million from the victim compensation fund. Testimony from the Arizona Sheriffs Association, victim notification vendors, and Phoenix officials emphasized the program’s importance, while others argued the amendment would raid victim compensation resources. The amendment and the bill as amended both passed, and the committee adjourned after noting the next calendar had not yet been posted.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Jan 26th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • You have victims on the other side.
  • Before you now is Senate Bill 6017 relating to supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered
  • This group achieves results for victims and survivors.
  • This important amendment to the Crime Victim Bill of Rights helps prevent further trauma to victims of
  • assault victims to the point that we would give up.
Summary: The committee heard several public hearings on criminal justice and victim-related bills. SB 6087 would expand existing liability protections for donations of children’s items to include religious organizations and add strollers and car seats to the definition of children’s items; the sponsor said it would make it easier to donate usable baby equipment, and the Washington State Board of Health said it supported the goal but noted rulemaking and funding concerns under the original version. SB 5934 would change the standard for post-conviction DNA testing so courts must grant testing unless the state shows by clear and convincing evidence that the results could not demonstrate a likelihood of innocence; the Innocence Project and a DNA exoneree supported it as a way to reduce years of litigation, while prosecutors and sheriffs/police chiefs opposed it as a burden shift that could increase frivolous motions and strain lab and attorney resources. SB 5520 would revise Washington’s wrongful-conviction compensation law by broadening definitions, extending filing deadlines, removing the waiver requirement, and making other process changes; the sponsor and Innocence Project said it would reduce barriers and better fulfill the state’s promise to exonerees, and a DNA exoneree described years of litigation just to access compensation. The committee also heard SB 6017, which would expand victim-centered and trauma-informed protections. The bill would allow a court to appoint a representative to ask questions of victims when a defendant represents themself, extend forensic exam consent to minors 13 and older in non-fatal strangulation cases, add female genital mutilation survivors to protections similar to the Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights, and reauthorize and broaden the Safe Advisory Group’s mandate. Survivors, advocates, the Attorney General’s Office, and the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy strongly supported the bill, describing courtroom questioning by self-represented defendants as retraumatizing and urging broader access to services for FGM survivors; defense advocates raised constitutional concerns about limiting a pro se defendant’s right to personally question witnesses and said the bill could be vulnerable to challenge without narrower guardrails. The hearing drew extensive survivor testimony, and the chair noted 108 people signed in support and one opposed. Finally, the committee heard SB 5890, which would create an alternative reckless-driving offense for driving more than 30 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. The sponsor, a former firefighter, framed the bill as an accountability measure aimed at preventing severe crashes caused by extreme speeding. A committee member asked about officer discretion in emergencies, and the sponsor said the bill targets excessive speed while acknowledging that some situations may still be problematic. A preliminary fiscal note had been received.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 18th, 2026

Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • , namely establishing victims funds.
  • Missouri has victims funds. Missouri has a crime victims compensation fund.
  • many sex assault victims, or particularly child sex assault victims, would not be eligible for that
  • Missouri has victims funds. Missouri has a crime victims compensation fund.
  • We're the victims. Excuse after excuse. We're the victims. We have no rights and it's wrong.
Summary: The Judiciary Committee met in executive session and approved House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2765, which was amended to revise hemp beverage retailer delivery language, adjust retailer fees and renewals, require product registration, and remove residency requirements. The substitute was adopted and the bill was reported do pass by a 10-0 vote. The committee also voted House Bill 2848, relating to mass intimidation offenses, do pass by a 9-0 vote. In public hearing, the committee took testimony on House Joint Resolution 130, which would ask Missouri voters to authorize retrospective civil laws for child sexual abuse claims. The sponsor and survivor advocates argued the measure is needed to allow revival windows and address delayed disclosure, while opponents from the insurance, tort reform, and business communities warned it could expose third parties such as schools, churches, nonprofits, and employers to broad, open-ended liability and higher insurance costs. No vote was taken on the resolution. The committee also heard House Bill 2254, which would speed capital post-conviction review by requiring earlier appointment of counsel and aligning Missouri procedures with federal standards. Supporters, including victims’ family members and the Attorney General’s office, said it would reduce years of delay and bring closure, while opponents raised concerns about wrongful convictions, conflicts from simultaneous representation, and increased public defender workload. Finally, House Bill 2206 on catalytic converter theft was heard; the sponsor and law enforcement supported stronger recordkeeping and licensing rules, while scrap/recycling and press representatives objected to added paperwork and a separate provision affecting public notice for self-storage sales. The hearing on HB 2206 was interrupted by the floor schedule and not completed in the transcript.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 18th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • , namely establishing victims funds.
  • Missouri has victims funds. Missouri has a crime victims compensation fund.
  • many sex assault victims, or particularly child sex assault victims, would not be eligible for that
  • , namely establishing victims funds.
  • Missouri has victims funds. Missouri has a crime victims compensation fund.
Keywords: 959, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence May 13th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Victims often do not realize they have been defrauded.
  • Presumably, in those cases, the victim would know that their credit card was used.
  • In other words, if the person who is charged is a victim of human trafficking.
  • It's often about blaming the victim.
  • that they were a victim of trafficking by this person.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public safety committee considers HF765 3/5/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is it their responsibility to endure being victimized because somebody else was a victim?
  • ><c> a</c><00:16:32.720><c> victim</c><00:16:33.600><c> a</c> was a victim is is being a victim a was
  • a victim is is being a victim a justification<00:16:34.839><c> or</c><00:16:35.000><c> a</c><00:16:35.160
  • Victims aren't a monolith, so I'm sure you could find some victims who would be like, absolutely do this
  • </c><00:26:42.520><c> because</c> letting themselves be victimized because letting themselves be victimized
Keywords: 1183, house
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • victims.
  • a victim for a month.
  • There's only a child trafficking victim. There's only a child victim of human trafficking.
  • So as we build more services for victims... ...of identifying victims.
  • They can become a victim.
Keywords: 965, house, all
Summary: The committee held its inaugural meeting on March 5, 2026, with opening remarks from Chair Freiberg and Vice Chair Marcelle describing the panel’s purpose as studying issues affecting women and children, including health, education, economic opportunity, safety, and criminal justice. After roll call, the chair noted the meeting was informational only and not requiring a quorum. The committee then heard presentations and asked questions on human trafficking and child exploitation, followed by an audit report on the treatment and care of incarcerated women. Mary Kate Andrepont of the Governor’s Office of Human Trafficking Prevention presented 2025 data showing 2,963 victims identified, 15,437 service instances, and 33% of victims remaining in services at least nine months. She said 93% of reported victims were sex trafficking victims, most were under 18, and 62 of 64 parishes had trafficking reports. She explained familial trafficking, described screening and coordinated response procedures, and highlighted new tools and outreach campaigns. She also discussed two priority bills: HB 321 by Rep. LaFleur, which would create immunity from prostitution offenses for child trafficking victims under Safe Harbor principles, and SB 83 by Sen. Edmonds, which would require school board trafficking policies and expand victim advocacy services to labor trafficking victims and survivors up to age 21. Committee members asked about reporting procedures, data trends, service gaps, and the reach of the screening tools. Chris Masters of the Attorney General’s office then presented on online child exploitation and child sexual abuse material through the Louisiana ICAC Task Force. He reported 31,203 tips in 2025, 545 arrests, more than 80 children identified or rescued, over 1,500 search warrants, and more than 100 community presentations. He said the task force is expanding statewide, including an Orleans Metro unit, and asked for more analysts and outreach personnel to handle a projected rise in cyber tips. Members asked about community presentations, the scope of the investigations, sex offender social media restrictions, interstate cases, sentencing, and how online enticement and live abuse are prosecuted. The discussion emphasized parental monitoring, school outreach, and coordination with federal partners. The final item introduced an audit report on the treatment and care of incarcerated females. Legislative Auditor staff said the review, requested by a 2023 resolution, found that Louisiana’s jails and guidance documents had not fully addressed the key laws and standards governing women’s incarceration, including restraint use during pregnancy and childbirth, health care, hygiene, dignity, and reentry. They noted that local jails still house a majority of incarcerated women despite the opening of a new state facility, and that several facilities had confirmed prohibited restraint use or failed to provide required written advisements. The staff said the report included legislative considerations for improving compliance and care.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Rules Committee May 20th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • I do feel for all the victims in any case, whether it be the Funston case or the victims of a murder
  • So we are familiar with Marcy's Law that gives victims and victims' families and prosecutors and law
  • I think one of the things I try to do at the beginning is tell victims or victims' family members some
  • But maybe I'll say, please refer to your victims as victims one and victim two so that their names aren't
  • So I believe the way that I interact with the victims or the victims' next of kin and family members
Keywords: 987, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Executive Departments and Administration (02/11/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><03:12:13.359><c> When</c> victims. And I cared about victims. When victims.
  • They help victims through notifying victims of their rights.
  • They help victims through notifying victims of their rights.
  • Um, a lot of victims, the victim funds.
  • the victim expert representing the sorry the victim expert representing the<04:57:25.520><c> victim<
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/10/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • The second would update and correct law enforcement victim notification to ensure victim notification
  • </c><00:13:33.240><c> services</c> prosecutor based crime victim services prosecutor based crime victim
  • </c> victim notification to ensure victim victim notification to ensure victim notification<00:15:46.519
  • If they are a victim of crime, they deserve to have crime victim services, just plain and simple.
  • If they are a victim of crime, they deserve to have crime victim services, just plain and simple.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 6B, addresses victim rights.
  • The Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 6B, addresses victim rights.
  • If the accused counsel wants to call a victim as a witness and interview the victim, the counsel must
  • This bill intends to cover an existing gap and provide victim protections to all crime victims arising
  • When victims are treated fairly and transparently, trust increases.
Summary: The committee first met in executive session on several technology and economic development bills. Staff briefed proposed substitutes and amendments for House Bill 2157 on high-risk AI, House Bill 2225 on AI companion chatbots, House Bill 2351 on emergency responder protections, and House Bill 2186 on federal fund acquisition for economic development. Members discussed the competing approaches in the two proposed substitutes for HB 2225, including enforcement, disclosures, minor protections, and crisis-response requirements. The committee then voted to adopt the proposed substitute for HB 2225 and report it out with a due pass recommendation, with a 7-3 vote and three excused. It also passed HB 2186 out of committee with a unanimous due pass recommendation after discussion about reducing fiscal impact. The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 2397, which would require timely reimbursement within 60 days for state agencies and local jurisdictions mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services mobilization plan. Fire officials and fire finance staff testified in support, describing reimbursement delays of six to ten months that strain local budgets and can discourage participation in wildfire deployments. Testifiers said the bill would improve cash flow and staffing stability, while also noting the need for technical clarification on when the 60-day clock starts and possible staffing needs at the State Patrol. No one testified in opposition. The final public hearing was on House Bill 2417, which would add victim-rights protections to the Washington Code of Military Justice, aligning state military justice procedures with the federal Uniform Code of Military Justice. The prime sponsor and military legal experts testified that the bill closes a gap so victims serving in the Washington National Guard receive the same notice, participation, and fairness protections regardless of whether they are in state or federal status. Veterans’ advocates also supported the bill, saying it would improve trust, reporting, and accountability. The bill was scheduled for future executive action, and the meeting adjourned after the hearings.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25 - Part 2

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're talking about a lot of situational victims, a lot of hypothetical victims, but there are real victims
  • We're talking about a lot of situational victims, a lot of hypothetical victims, but there are real victims
  • We're talking about a lot of situational victims, a lot of hypothetical victims, but there are real victims
  • We're talking about a lot of situational victims, a lot of hypothetical victims, but there are real victims
  • victims, victims, a lot of hypothetical victims, but<00:26:17.720><c> there</c><00:26:17.840><c> are
Keywords: 1183, house
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • victims.
  • Because so often, we and those that work with other victim populations know that you may get a victim
  • So as we build more services for victims, Of identifying victims.
  • Eleven child victims have been identified, and five child victims, not including last night.
  • They can become a victim.
Summary: The committee held its inaugural meeting and heard opening remarks from the chair and vice chair about the committee’s purpose: studying issues affecting women and children in Louisiana, including health, education, economic opportunity, safety, and criminal justice. After roll call, the committee proceeded with informational presentations rather than taking any formal votes. Members emphasized the committee’s role in gathering testimony and identifying policy solutions. The first major presentation came from the Governor’s Office of Human Trafficking Prevention. The director reviewed 2025 data showing 2,963 identified victims, 15,437 service instances, and trafficking reports in 62 of 64 parishes. She explained Louisiana’s coordinated response system, including screening tools, child advocacy center referrals, and the DCFS hotline option for trafficking reports. She also described familial trafficking, new victim outreach and identification tools, and two priority bills: HB 321, which would create immunity from prostitution offenses for child victims under Safe Harbor principles, and SB 83, which would require school board trafficking policies and expand victim advocacy services to labor trafficking victims and survivors up to age 21. Committee members asked about reporting procedures, school use of the tools, service gaps, and whether the data showed increases due to better identification. The committee then heard from the Attorney General’s office on online child exploitation and child sexual abuse material. The presenter said the Louisiana ICAC Task Force received 31,203 tips in 2025, made 545 arrests, identified or rescued more than 80 child victims, and executed over 1,500 search warrants. He described rapid tip-to-arrest responses in recent cases, the expansion of partner agencies statewide, and the creation of an Orleans Metro ICAC task force. Members asked about community presentations, the role of social media in exploitation, the use of geolocation, the prosecution of out-of-state offenders, and the need for more analysts and outreach staff. The discussion also covered sadistic online enticement, sextortion, live-streamed abuse, and the need for parents and schools to monitor children’s online activity. At the end of the meeting, the committee began receiving a legislative auditor’s presentation on the treatment and care of incarcerated women, focusing on jail policies, health care, restraint use, and reentry, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation is completed. No committee votes or formal actions were recorded in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> Department of Justice Office for victims Department of Justice Office for victims of<00:03:38.840
  • </c><00:03:42.799><c> of</c> outcomes for child and youth victims of outcomes for child and youth victims
  • </c><00:10:04.680><c> will</c> and how the how the victim will and how the how the victim will cooperate
  • Victimization.
  • So we need to protect these victims, and these stiffer penalties will help protect those victims.
Keywords: 1183, house
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • And fourth, it requires the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy, or OCVA, to inform victims and survivors
  • And fourth, it requires the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy, or OCVA, to inform victims and survivors
  • The Office of Crime Victims Advocacy, or OCVA, would inform victims and survivors of victims in felony
  • And second, the amendment provides that victims and survivors of victims in felony cases have the right
  • But victims have no right to appeal. Victims are not even a party to the case.
Summary: The House Community Safety Committee met in executive session on February 2, 2026, to consider several bills. Staff summarized House Bills 1239, 2310, 2490, 2508, 2510, 2532, and 2539, along with proposed substitutes and amendments. HB 1239 would expand earned release time and add a DOC pilot program for incarcerated survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence; HB 2310 would elevate certain fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation cases to a felony for repeat offenders; HB 2490 would revise extraordinary medical placement criteria; HB 2508 would expand Office of Independent Investigations reporting and access rules; HB 2510 would require DOC supervision for people convicted of stalking; HB 2532 would make nitrous oxide distribution a gross misdemeanor with exemptions; and HB 2539 would raise the inmate indigency threshold and, in the substitute, retain only that increase. The committee took action on amendments to HB 1239, rejecting amendments that would have extended supervision for earned early release, reduced the maximum earned release percentage for serious violent and Class A sex offenses, and barred earned release time from being used if parole is later established. It adopted amendments excluding sexual motivation enhancements from earned release calculations and adding a second pilot program at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton. The committee then reported out Substitute HB 1239 on a 5-4 vote, with members split over public safety, victim impact, and sentence length concerns. HB 2310, HB 2508, HB 2510, HB 2532, and HB 2539 were all reported out with do pass recommendations, most by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. HB 2508 was amended to narrow and clarify reporting requirements for non-deadly force incidents and in-custody deaths. HB 2532 was amended to add a veterinary care exemption for nitrous oxide. HB 2539’s substitute, which removed the telephone-services provision and kept only the indigency-threshold increase from $25 to $100, passed 6-3. The committee deferred action on HB 2490 and announced it would return to the remaining bills the next day.