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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 9th, 2026

House Rules & Order Of Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, overdose deaths in New Mexico rose by...
  • program, which would include implementation of... ...a statewide overdose prevention program, which
  • would include implementation of overdose prevention centers and other harm reduction strategies, and
  • an overdose, prevent deaths, and connect people to treatment and medical care.
  • And so, with New Mexicans dying every day from these preventable deaths, we must use all of the tools
Bills: SB238, HJR1, SM21, SM22
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 238, which would rename the governor’s residence advisory commission as a governor’s residence management committee and clarify its duties, membership, and authority over furnishings, maintenance, inventories, and hospitality functions at the governor’s residence. Senator Worth and Secretary Designate Anna Silva said the change was needed to remove ambiguity during the transition to a new administration and to improve transparency around the residence, the General Services Department fund, and the separate Mansion Foundation fundraising role. Several senators questioned whether the bill concentrated too much authority in the governor and whether it could enable a large renovation project without sufficient legislative oversight; supporters said major renovations would still require legislative appropriations. The committee ultimately advanced the Senate Rules Committee substitute for SB 238 on a 5-2 vote. The committee then approved House Joint Resolution 1, which would create bipartisan nominating commissions to vet and recommend university and special school regents to the governor, rather than leaving appointments entirely to the governor’s discretion. Senator Steinborn said the resolution would improve qualifications and reduce conflicts of interest, including by changing the student regent selection process. After brief discussion about party-affiliation restrictions, the resolution received a due pass with no objection. Two memorials followed. Senate Memorial 21, presented by Senator Stephanics for Senator Bergman, calls for a Department of Health study of overdose prevention tools, including overdose prevention centers and other harm-reduction strategies, in response to New Mexico’s high and rising overdose death rates. Supporters cited rural access challenges and the need to explore all available tools; one senator asked for more accurate county and demographic data in the memorial’s background. The committee gave SM 21 a due pass. Senate Memorial 22, presented by Senator Charlie and the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence, asks the Legislative Finance Committee to convene a working group to map how domestic-violence funding flows through CYFD and related agencies, with an emphasis on transparency, accountability, and provider input. Witnesses said funding streams are fragmented and sometimes unclear, and senators discussed whether the work should remain within CYFD or be overseen elsewhere. The committee also gave SM 22 a due pass. The chair then announced that the committee would hear SB 264 and SB 261 at its next meeting and recessed.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • or using minors in drug offenses, continuous sexual abuse of a child, attempted first-degree murder,
  • So we're talking about very abusive actions against children who are 14 and under. Correct.
  • SB 1391 is about prevention and readiness.
  • It deals a lot more with prevention. The teacher... ...or marital problems and divorce.
  • It's smart policy, it's just smart prevention, and a smart use of our resources.
TX
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Excuse me, member's house bill 2929 strengthens mandatory child abuse recording reporting requirements
  • , ensuring that any Allegations or abuse by a school employee is reported to law enforcement within 24
  • This bill's about being sexually abused as a child.
  • it's tough for them to come out and discuss that abuse.
  • So, drug and alcohol abuse wouldn't necessarily.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • of abuse by a school employee is reported to law enforcement within 24 hours.
  • This bill is about being sexually abused as a child. She was sexually abused as a child in a...
  • And there is an environment where it's tough for them to come out and discuss that abuse.
  • Does this prevent folks that have domestic violence or anything like that?
  • So drug and alcohol abuse wouldn't necessarily...
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a large number of bills covering tort claims, criminal law, child protection, licensing, housing, and public transparency. Early measures included HB 3037, adding students in curricular activities to the Government Tort Claims Act definition of employee; HB 3581, revising riot statutes and removing a no-bail provision; HB 458, allowing voluntary blood type notation on driver’s licenses; HB 2929, tightening mandatory child abuse reporting by school employees; and HB 3087, extending garnishment notice and objection timelines. All of those bills received unanimous or near-unanimous due-pass recommendations. Several bills drew more substantial discussion. HB 4227, the Cindy Clemishire Act, was amended to allow minors to discuss sexual abuse with health care providers and was named after a survivor; it passed 13-0. HB 4125, restoring Second Amendment rights to certain nonviolent felons, passed 13-1 but members raised concerns about federal law and asked for further explanation before floor consideration. HB 1453, which would criminalize hostile foreign nationals and entities owning Oklahoma real property and agricultural land, generated extensive debate over indirect ownership, foreclosure timelines, logrolling, and constitutional concerns, and it ultimately failed 3-10. HB 3521, modernizing money transmission regulation and adding payment processors and digital asset kiosks, passed 13-0. Other measures advanced after questions or minor amendments, including HB 3691 on self-certifying medical fitness for a Class D license, HB 2015 on landlord-tenant repair and tenant remedies, HB 2940 on recording public meetings, HB 1016 on trust protections for minors appearing in monetized online content, HB 3267 making breaking and entering an occupied dwelling a felony without needing proof of another intended crime, HB 3695 expanding the definition of great bodily injury for DUI cases, HB 3453 shifting the burden in eminent domain cases to the condemning authority, and HB 3053 creating parole review criteria for older eligible inmates. The committee also advanced bills on self-defense definitions, straw purchasing of land for prohibited foreign parties, human trafficking parole guidelines, child welfare/adoption terminology, outpatient treatment, child support-related license revocations, workplace violence protective orders, and protections for charities reporting sexual misconduct. The meeting ended with several bills laid over and the committee adjourning, with a note that it would meet again Thursday.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 15th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this does not prevent a family from having their children vaccinated.
  • We have many vaccines that actually don't prevent the transmission.
  • It does not prevent transmission.
  • And last thing, this shot does not prevent transmission, does it?
  • This bill will absolutely result in preventable death, trauma, and loss.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/26/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • So you have a real case. ...designed to prevent are exceptionally rare.
  • And this bill is a bill about crime prevention and accountability.
  • And this bill is a bill about crime prevention and accountability.
  • Why is it a crime prevention bill?
  • What is preventing someone from being charged?
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 14th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Early Learning & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • hearing on House Bill 1544, improving a risk assessment process used when investigating alleged child abuse
  • By way of background, if a person suspects that a child has been abused or neglected, that abuse or neglect
  • Sex abuse. Yeah. Sexual abuse.
  • Sexual abuse of youth in the schools, in the prisons, in the jails, everywhere.
  • One that better matches families with the services and interventions that can prevent harm.
Bills: HB1544, HB2219, HB2253
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1544, which would require DCYF to study and improve its child abuse and neglect risk assessment tool, including better identification of family strengths and needs, substance use-related risk, service needs, and ongoing reassessment, with certification every three years. Staff explained the bill had passed unanimously from committee last year as a substitute but did not advance on the House floor. Representative Ruhl, the prime sponsor, said the tool would reduce bias and help workers distinguish actual child safety risk from subjective concerns. Testimony from Partners for Our Children and DCYF supported the bill and said the current tool is not evidence-based, while members raised questions about data limitations, fiscal impact, and how the department would validate the tool and track outcomes. The hearing on the bill was then closed after a brief continuation for testimony from DCYF. The committee then held a work session on juvenile rehabilitation with DCYF Assistant Secretary Jennifer Redman and security classification administrator Jeff Indermark. They described an older JR population, longer lengths of stay, and growth driven largely by adult-sentence youth who remain in JR until age 25 before transferring to DOC. They said Green Hill School remains crowded, Harbor Heights has added some capacity but is intended as a short-term placement, and the Caseload Forecast Council projects the need for at least 50 additional JR beds over the next five years. They also reviewed classification and placement processes, the new behavior management system, and community transition services (CTS), which uses electronic home monitoring for eligible youth. DCYF reported 41 CTS referrals, 23 participants, and a 70% successful completion rate, while members asked about racial equity, community resources, escapes, staffing, after-hours support, and concerns about safety, abuse, and lawsuits. The committee next heard House Bill 2219, which would allow longer mixed-age group time at child care centers and waive repeat pre-service orientation for people who have already completed it. The prime sponsor and supporters from SEIU 925, a family child care provider, the Washington Child Care Centers Association, and the Children’s Campaign Fund Action said the bill would ease staffing pressures, help providers take meal and rest breaks, and reduce duplicative licensing burdens without compromising safety. One provider group supported the licensing flexibility but asked that the bill’s time limits on mixed-age grouping be removed or revised as too restrictive. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2253, a DCYF technical corrections bill covering licensing and monitoring changes. Staff said it would allow child-specific licenses for certain interstate placements, exempt kinship caregivers from blood-borne pathogen training, remove physician and lawyer exemptions from licensing, allow inactive licenses to be terminated, revise license content requirements, adjust staffing ratios for crisis residential centers, and remove state monitoring requirements for the Washington School for the Deaf residential program. The prime sponsor and DCYF said the bill is intended to streamline licensing and right-size workload after prior staffing cuts. Testimony from Community Youth Services supported the crisis residential center staffing fix as budget-neutral, and Partners for Our Children supported the kinship care provisions. Members pressed DCYF on how inactivity would be defined, how licenses would be protected from errors, and why the fiscal note was zero despite the staffing and monitoring changes.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Jan 12th, 2026

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Prevention.
  • The prevention tier does not have a fiscal component at this time, and all prevention expenditure or
  • The process to implement a prevention tier will go as follows: first, define prevention.
  • for prevention?
  • Right now, the prevention tier, just because you don't see a prevention tier from a monetary outcome
Bills: S0042, S0578, S0624, S7018
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first heard SB 624, which would codify DCF’s current practice of allowing batterers intervention programs to offer supplemental faith-based activities so long as participation is voluntary. The bill drew support from faith-based and family organizations, which argued it would restore access to effective rehabilitation options and remove discriminatory barriers. SB 624 was reported favorably after a roll call vote. The committee then heard SB 42, which would require child protective investigators and child protection teams to rely on qualified medical professionals when a child has a documented pre-existing diagnosis or when a parent requests an exam, and would require clearer notice to parents and custodians at the start of an investigation. Testimony overwhelmingly came from parents, advocates, and disability rights representatives describing cases in which medically complex children were allegedly misdiagnosed as abuse victims and families were separated unnecessarily. Members expressed sympathy and support, and SB 42 was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered CS/SB 578, creating an Alzheimer’s disease awareness initiative within the Department of Elder Affairs to promote early detection, brain health education, research updates, and clinical trial awareness, with outreach focused on older adults and at-risk populations. An amendment was adopted to place the campaign within the Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative. A caregiver testified about the need for public education and early diagnosis, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also took up SPB 7018, a committee bill on child welfare that would extend the definition of “visitor” for foster homes to reduce repeated background checks, make the Step Into Success foster youth workforce pilot permanent and statewide, and create a program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare to catalog best practices among community-based care lead agencies. The bill was approved as a committee bill and reported favorably. Finally, the Department of Children and Families presented its 2025-26 final funding methodology and rates report for community-based care. Members questioned the proposed tiered model, including insurance costs, risk corridors, prevention funding, performance measures, and regional funding disparities. No vote was taken on the presentation, but members discussed the possible need for follow-up legislation and additional stakeholder input.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's always an increased demand for the Back the Blue Act, which includes recommendations preventing
  • If someone is accused... further that if someone is convicted of abusing an elder, they also would be
  • in the bill that would subvert them from receiving any kind of inheritance if they are convicted of abuse
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/24/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • more people can use it, because interlock has been shown in many studies to be very effective at preventing
  • cameras in toddler and infant rooms along with 60 days of data retention so that we can hold any abuser
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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Tue Feb 3, 2026 @ 2:00PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
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  • It is 100% preventable. And that’s why I’m here.
  • It is 100% preventable. And that’s why I’m here.
  • It is 100% preventable. And that’s why I’m here.
  • It is 100% preventable. And that’s why I’m here.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1991, which would change Hawaii’s liquor excise tax structure to an ABV-based system. The Department of Taxation and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii took no position and stood on written comments. Supporters, including the Hawaii Public Health Institute and an individual testifier who described surviving a drunk-driving crash, argued that higher alcohol taxes reduce alcohol-related harms, save lives, and generate additional state revenue. The public health witness cited alcohol-related harms as a major preventable cause of death and said the tax increase would have only a small annual cost for most consumers. Most industry testimony was in opposition. Representatives of Lanikai Brewing Company, Maui Brewing Company, the Wine Institute, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association said the bill would sharply raise taxes on beer and wine, squeeze already thin margins, and threaten local jobs and businesses. They argued Hawaii producers already face high costs for labor, energy, shipping, and compliance, and said an ABV-based tax would be difficult to administer, would require additional testing and labeling work, and could reduce consumer choice. Several industry witnesses urged lawmakers to instead adopt a small-producer or class 18 carveout, with one suggesting a cap tied to 60,000 barrels. Committee members questioned the brewers about alcohol content testing, labeling, and whether smaller producers already measure ABV. Witnesses said many local producers do not certify ABV for in-state sales, that yeast and fermentation can vary by batch, and that an ABV-based system could require more testing than current practice. No vote or final action on the bill was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 3rd, 2026

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • She explained that New Mexico local governments run animal shelters for homeless and abused animals,
  • When we have abuse cases, we rely on them; we contract with them to take care of these horses.
  • Not everybody can take an abused equine and just know exactly how to handle them and how to care for
  • horses to... ...with some of the rescues in order for us to take abused horses to.
  • We're not aware of any holding pens, but we do have them help us sometimes with abused animals.
Bills: HM26, HB243, HB109
Summary: The committee first heard House Memorial 26, a student-presented memorial encouraging state agencies to participate in insect education and conservation efforts, including free workshops sponsored by Wild Friends. The young witnesses emphasized the ecological and agricultural importance of insects, especially pollinators, and clarified that the memorial would not restrict fishing bait or other insect use. After brief questions about fishing, the University of New Mexico connection, and a planned BioPark bugarium, the committee approved the memorial on a due pass motion by unanimous consent. The committee then heard House Bill 243, which would provide more stable funding for shelters that care for homeless, abused, abandoned, or surrendered horses, donkeys, and mules. The bill would appropriate $500,000 to the existing Equine Shelter Rescue Fund, move administration of the fund from the Livestock Board to the Department of Agriculture, strengthen grant and reporting requirements, and create an Equine Welfare Trust Fund seeded with $5 million. Supporters from Animal Protection New Mexico, the Livestock Board, and the Department of Agriculture said the shelters are essential, underfunded, and at capacity, and that the bill would provide a more reliable funding stream. Some public testimony raised concerns about how animals are tracked and whether any horses could end up at auction or slaughter. Committee discussion focused on whether equine care should be funded through recurring appropriations instead of a trust fund, whether the Livestock Board or Department of Agriculture should administer the money, and whether the bill could affect wild or free-roaming horses. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would not change the Livestock Board’s enforcement role and that the trust fund was intended to create long-term support. A motion to table the bill failed, and the committee then voted 4-4 on the due pass motion, so HB 243 did not advance. One member explained his support but said the bill was not a good long-term solution. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 109, which would temporarily, through December 2029, allow the New Mexico Finance Authority to award water project funds without separate legislative authorization after projects have already been vetted. The sponsor and NMFA and Water Trust Board witnesses said the current authorization step delays projects for months, increases costs, and especially hurts small rural communities and acequias. They said the bill keeps existing oversight and evaluation processes, adds technical assistance for smaller applicants, and was amended to extend the sunset date to 2029 and remove an unconstitutional two-thirds-extension requirement. The committee approved HB 109 on a due pass motion by a vote of 7-1.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency May 14th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill empowers businesses to prevent breaches and is a win-win for businesses and consumers alike
  • Poll workers have sustained abusive situations in Kaufman County, where poll workers walked off the job
Bills: SB1540, SB2610, SB2373