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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Those are all acts that are defined through our criminal code.
- So currently we have all of the definitions following the criminal code, which all are crimes listed
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crimes the criminal code which all are crimes the criminal code which all are
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Natural Resources Code 91.
- . the unit's investigative and arrest work to two criminal offenses under Penal Code Section 319, theft
- ...investigate and try and convict criminals that engage in this activity.
- Criminal case. You know, there are all sorts of reports. You've got the waste hauler reports.
- And see how the criminal activity is really getting organized.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill carries severe criminal penalties.
- Welfare and Institutions Code Section 361.5(b)(12), the bypass provision.
- Those laws appropriately focus on criminal behaviors and intent.
- They have a remediation period, consistent with most types of code enforcement.
- The goal is not to criminalize immigrants.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 28, 2026 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- The Criminal Justice Subcommittee will come to order. Julia, please call the roll.
- Bar code 253189. You're recognized for amendment number one.
- And no, I do not want criminals out on the street.
- Amendment number one, bar code 237943.
- Representative Gottlieb: I believe for a career criminal or violent career criminal offender, it's 3
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES Feb 12th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES
Transcript Highlights:
- An employee was terminated, and as of our report date, no criminal charges had been brought against a
- An employee was terminated, and as of our report date, no criminal charges had been brought against a
- of law enforcement agencies we believe failed to comply with the requirements outlined in Arkansas Code
- The Attorney General has indicated that he has notified the 100,000... under Arkansas Code 121214.03.
- of law enforcement agencies we believe failed to comply with the requirements outlined in Arkansas Code
Summary:
The committee met with prayer and approved the January minutes, then heard a series of Arkansas Legislative Audit reports. Reports with findings were presented for the Department of Human Services, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Department of Corrections, and Department of Veterans Affairs, along with a special report on law enforcement racial profiling policy compliance. Several reports without findings were also filed without objection.
For DHS, auditors reported apparent thefts involving false benefit claims in disaster nutrition assistance and Medicaid, a nearly $610,000 altered warrant cashed by a California auto body shop, and multiple asset-control issues, including missing equipment, inventory discrepancies, and improper sales tax paid on exempt vehicle purchases. Members questioned DHS about the warrant fraud and whether other agencies or California officials had been notified. For Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, auditors cited missing museum receipts and problems with change funds at Daisy State Park and War Memorial Stadium; department officials said they are considering cashless payment options and provided an update on the museum loss investigation.
For Corrections, auditors reported unauthorized personal fuel-card purchases totaling about $4,500 and a delayed disaster recovery test for critical IT systems. Department officials said staffing has been increased for fuel-card oversight and that a full production disaster recovery test is scheduled soon. For Veterans Affairs, auditors found improper pay for employees who were not working, duplicate vendor payment, and numerous overtime approvals that were not properly authorized; the department said it has tightened overtime approval procedures. The special report said only 203 of 383 law enforcement agencies had responded regarding racial profiling policies, and the Attorney General had notified the remaining agencies that they were not in compliance. The committee requested a list of nonresponding agencies and adjourned, with the next meeting scheduled for March 12.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency - Room 210; 28 January, 2026: 10:30 AM
Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
Transcript Highlights:
- We've tried to do that throughout the code.
- We've tried to do that throughout the code.
- We've tried to do that throughout the code.
- We've tried to do that throughout the code.
- Uh, we've tried to do that throughout the code.
Summary:
The committee first nominated and elected Senator Lane Taylor as secretary by voice vote, with no opposition. It then took up several bills and reported each one out after brief explanations and no recorded opposition.
Senate Bill 2372, from the Department of Archives and History, would allow county filing-fee revenues now used only for preservation of historic records to also support records management, historic preservation, and museum services in counties. Barry White said the money is not for capital projects, but could fund services such as building assessments and recommendations. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2378, which would raise court reporter transcript fees from $2.40 to $4.00 per page; the sponsor said most costs are paid by litigants, while county funds are mainly affected in indigent criminal appeals. Both bills were advanced.
The committee next considered Senate Bill 2401, relating to Accelerate Mississippi. Senator Sparks said it would extend the repealer to 2029, update procurement and reporting provisions, change some federal terminology, move the annual report deadline from October 1 to November 1, and repeal obsolete workforce-area references. It was reported out after a brief question about the obsolete sections. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 2402, the Amy Act, which removes the five-day grace period for lobbyist registration so registration must occur before a person begins lobbying; sponsors said the goal is transparency and tracking misinformation, not changing the definition of lobbyist.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2445 on community mental health centers. Department of Mental Health Executive Director Wendy Bailey said the bill would create a formal performance audit process, with standards developed by June 30, 2027 and audits beginning in FY28 every two years. Centers failing standards would be placed on probation, and continued failure could lead to temporary replacement of leadership by DMH-selected contractors until compliance is restored. Members asked about current probation and decertification procedures, the number of struggling centers, and whether consolidation would be preferable; Bailey said the department wants to preserve local centers and use the process only as a temporary intervention. The bill was discussed but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Under the school's discipline code, the girl was charged with assaulting a teacher, although she never
- This bill simply prohibits expulsions and suspensions for students who violate the dress code policy.
- It requires that dress code policies are both clear, objective, specific, and non-discriminatory, and
- This bill simply prohibits expulsions and suspensions for students who violate the dress code policy.
- code policies are both clear, objective, specific, and non-discriminatory, and applied in ways that
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Education held a public hearing on a large slate of bills, with much of the testimony focused on school discipline and student equity. Bills discussed included measures to address inequities in suspension and expulsion, clarify school exclusion rules, reduce discipline for dress and grooming violations, and expand protections related to fair educational practices. Committee members repeatedly reminded witnesses of the two-minute limit and asked for written testimony to supplement oral remarks.
A substantial portion of the hearing centered on the RAISE Act and related school discipline bills, including H. 730/S. 376 and H. 731/S. 380. Testifiers from advocacy groups, legal services, and the legislature argued that exclusionary discipline disproportionately affects Black and Latino students, students with disabilities, low-income students, and DCF-involved youth. They said current law is overly broad or unclear in areas such as “assault on educational staff,” indefinite suspensions tied to felony complaints, and definitions of weapons, leading to unnecessary removals from school. Supporters said the bills would add due process, clearer definitions, and better accountability, while one legislator testified in support of the discipline reforms and opposed several other bills on the agenda.
The committee also heard testimony on H. 576/S. 368, which would prohibit suspensions and expulsions for dress and grooming violations and require clearer, non-discriminatory dress code policies. Witnesses cited research and personal stories about disproportionate enforcement against Black girls, girls of color, non-binary students, and students wearing religious attire, and said the bill would prevent physical contact used to enforce dress codes. Another major topic was H. 641/S. 349, which would add “special medical status” protections in education; supporters said it would prevent exclusion based on medical decisions or conditions, though members questioned how it would interact with existing disability law and vaccination-related school requirements. The committee also heard testimony on H. 625, which would extend the ban on corporal punishment from public to private schools, with witnesses citing research on harm and disproportionate impact.
Additional testimony covered bills on accelerated learning and gifted education, with parents, educators, and advocates saying Massachusetts under-identifies advanced learners and lacks adequate acceleration pathways. A senator also testified for S. 406 on recovery high schools, saying the funding formula should be updated to better support students in recovery. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair closed testimony on several bill groups and noted that written testimony would remain open for a week.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And what we don't recognize is these are transnational criminal organizations.
- There's no reason that a telecom should be enabling a criminal to present a bank's 1-800 number.
- We enforce the Arkansas Insurance Fraud Act and the Arkansas Criminal Code.
- We enforce the Arkansas Insurance Fraud Act and the Arkansas Criminal Code.
- It puts a one-time code in there. Without that direct touch, it generates an algorithm.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 166, relating to committing the criminal offense of endangering a child, elderly individual
- House Bill 166, relating to committing the criminal offense of endangering a child, elderly individual
- They had no idea that he had a criminal history involving children.
- House Bill 1871 to Criminal Justice. House Bill 2243 to Education K through 16.
- House Bill 2594 to Criminal Justice. House Bill 2697 to Criminal Justice.
Summary:
The Senate opened with an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of HB 74 creating the Puerto Verde Port Authority District, and heard a recognition from Senator Hancock about a weekend human trafficking operation in Fort Worth in which Unbound Now and the Fort Worth Police Department freed 19 victims. The Governor also submitted nominations to the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. The chamber then repeatedly suspended rules to take up and pass a series of House bills and one House joint resolution, mostly by wide margins, along with several local and honorary designations.
Among the substantive measures, the Senate passed HB 1244 on open-space appraisal after property transfers, HJR 99 and HB 1399 to exempt animal feed from ad valorem taxation, HB 166 expanding child/endangered-person protections to fentanyl-related conduct, HB 1672 speeding DMV enforcement against unsafe motor carriers, HB 2018 clarifying the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program, HB 140 creating a DFPS advisory committee on child protective investigations, HB 467 providing for dissolution of the Cedar Creek Hospital District, HB 2000 requiring sex-offender registration for child grooming, HB 331 creating presumptions for first responders who suffer heart attacks or strokes after strenuous shifts, HB 1089 creating the Gulf Coast Protection Account, HB 2730 limiting when appraisal districts may require new homestead exemption applications, HB 2723 easing cemetery tax-exemption procedures, HB 353 creating a trespass offense near schools and day care centers, and HB 3248 authorizing defense-based development authorities to employ and commission peace officers. Several of these bills drew brief explanations and, in some cases, questions from other senators about their scope and purpose.
The Senate also passed numerous memorial highway and facility designations, including HB 767 for Paul P. Mendez, HB 1708 for Trooper Kevin Ramirez-Vasquez, HB 2415 for Senior Police Officer Louis Andy Taylor, HB 2143 for Army Specialist Joey Lenz, HB 2457 for the Molly Mullins Mile, HB 2523 for Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia, HB 2198 for Officer Jacob Candinoza, and HB 2763 naming a TxDOT facility for Eduardo Eddie Garcia Jr. Other local or administrative measures included HB 3513 on the Moore County Juvenile Board and HB 3135 creating specialty plates for retired firefighters. The chamber also adopted several concurrent resolutions and later moved through a large local calendar, including HCR 80, which designated Brenham as the ice cream capital of Texas. Most measures passed with little or no opposition, though a few votes on rule suspensions and final passage recorded small numbers of nays.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill also defines reclaimed water in the code, and I will move the adoption of...
- I'm creating a criminal offense for people who are selling marijuana products that doesn't currently
- It removes the criminal components, ensuring there's a consistent civil remedy throughout.
- House Bill 969, this conference report directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to convene
- Criminals will be criminals. We heard about the number of deaths from cars.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Criminal Jurisprudence S/C New Offenses and Changed Penalties May 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The legislation strengthens the criminal penalty for rigging a sporting event, elevating the offense
- This bill is related to the imposition of consecutive sentences for more than one criminal offense that
- targets the abuse of children, the elderly, and the disabled arising out of the same criminal episode
- Uh, sir, we show you registered as William Vassar, Assistant Criminal District attorney.
- Uh, let's see Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County Criminal District attorney. Yes sir.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/25/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- The state sets building codes few miles.
- Criminal different structural standards.
- If you don't believe me, look at your local zoning code.
- If you don't believe me, look at your local zoning code.
- If you don't believe me, look at your local zoning code.
Bills:
HF3351
Keywords:
firearms, guns, gun control, gun safety, local control, home rule, preemption, municipal regulation, county regulation, city ordinances, zoning, firearm dealers, gun dealers, ammunition, carry permits, permit to carry, pistols, Saturday night special, metal-penetrating bullets, public safety
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- of criminal gangs.
- to prosecute a wide range of criminal actions as part of a larger criminal enterprise by broadening
- Tackling upstream criminal actors that are a part of larger criminal enterprises.
- I'm just saying these ones on sexual exploitation of children, the criminal sexual penetration, criminal
- But anyway, it doesn't contradict the criminal code; it just tells us kind of what we already know.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 094 Apr 18th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That is already children's code.
- but we do have a robust children's code. but we do have a robust children's code.
- criminalizing contract disputes. criminalizing contract disputes.
- criminal charges that can be levied. criminal charges that can be levied.
- add with a criminally negligent mind. add with a criminally negligent mind.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (10-22-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh just to criminal arrest part of it.
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charges individuals who have criminal charges individuals who have criminal - conduct and criminal thinking.
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Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the September 24 minutes, and heard a briefing from representatives of three Kentucky drug task forces: Greater Hardin County, Bowling Green-Warren County, and Bluegrass Narcotics. The presenters described how multi-jurisdictional task forces operate, their partner agencies, and the kinds of drugs and trafficking patterns they are seeing, with fentanyl identified as the most dangerous and fastest-growing threat. They also described large seizures and investigations involving fentanyl pills, cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, tractor-trailer shipments, postal shipments, and a case tied to a pill press and undercover work with the DEA. Bluegrass Narcotics said it was formed in response to overdose deaths and has since seen major reductions in complaints and overdose deaths in Harrison and Bourbon counties.
A major theme of the presentation was funding. The task forces said Byrne JAG funding has declined from about $2.1 million statewide in 2023-2024 to $1.4 million this year, while their costs for vehicles, fuel, technology, overtime, office space, and training have risen sharply. They said local support and asset forfeiture help, but the revenue is uneven and unpredictable, and they asked the legislature to consider adding about $1 million per year in state support, with oversight from the Justice Cabinet or Office of Drug Control Policy. They also emphasized that if meth labs return, many agencies would need new training and equipment because those capabilities have largely expired or been scaled back.
Members asked about possible statutory barriers, coordination across counties and states, the source of drugs, and how seized cash is handled. The task forces said coordination with federal, state, and other local agencies is generally strong, but money remains the main obstacle to broader operations. They explained that seized cash is held as evidence and, after court proceedings, may be awarded back to task forces or split under statute, with 15% going to the Commonwealth’s attorney and 85% to law enforcement. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving the briefing.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 8th, 2026
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It generates a six-digit code, right? That represents your time in.
- That's where a person is acting with criminal intent to commit Medicaid fraud.
- investigations and referrals for criminal prosecutions.
- It would also be helpful to have diagnosis codes submitted with prescriptions.
- We took a look at the Texas Administrative Code, the TAC, audit ready.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Building codes are a necessary and overdue step.
- should include a stretch resilience code.
- A stretch code is a type of building code.
- A stretch code is a type of building code that a city or town can choose to adopt to exceed the requirements
- of statewide code.
Summary:
The hearing focused on the Healey-Driscoll administration’s Mass Ready Act, a $3 billion environmental bond bill. Administration officials said the bill would fund climate resilience, clean water, land conservation, parks, PFAS remediation, food security infrastructure, and coastal and inland flood protection, while also streamlining permitting for housing, restoration, and other resilience projects. They emphasized that the bond authorizes spending but does not itself obligate it, and said the proposal includes deauthorizations as housekeeping. Committee members asked about the new Resilience Revolving Fund, flood and drought management, MVP funding, land acquisition, Chapter 61 right-of-first-refusal changes, salt marsh carbon sequestration, and how the bill would help smaller municipalities and offset expected federal funding losses. Officials said the revolving fund would be managed through EEA and the Clean Water Trust, with criteria aimed at directing aid to communities most in need, and noted that drought issues would continue to be handled through existing DEP and drought commission tools.
Several committee members and witnesses discussed specific policy provisions, including flood disclosure requirements for homebuyers and renters, expanded authority for regional planning and small-town access to grants, and permitting reforms that would exempt or expedite certain environmental restoration and priority housing projects from more time-consuming review processes. Administration witnesses defended the reforms as a way to achieve the same environmental outcomes faster and with more certainty, while some advocates argued the bill should go further, especially on Chapter 91 and restoration permitting. The administration also described investments in DCR facilities, water and wastewater systems, open space, agricultural easements, and a new focus on blue carbon and salt marsh restoration.
Public testimony largely supported the bill. Mass Audubon, the Trustees of Reservations, the Environmental League of Massachusetts, The Nature Conservancy, MAPC, the Massachusetts Municipal Association, municipal officials, and others praised the bill’s resilience, conservation, and water infrastructure investments. Some witnesses urged additional funding for land protection, coastal resilience, buyouts, and restoration, and several called for stronger or simpler permitting reforms. Municipal witnesses from Boston, Beckett, Beverly, Conway, and regional planning organizations stressed the need for flexible financing, especially for small and rural communities facing costly infrastructure and climate adaptation projects. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided; the committee heard testimony and asked questions before moving on to additional panels.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 29th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2776, which is Representative McLaughlin's bill that we previously voted out relating to the criminal
- and licensing, criminal and licensing consequences for the commission of certain offenses by massage
- therapy and other programs administered by the Texas Department of Licensing regulation, creating criminal
- Additionally, inconsistency in the definition of a license holder between labor code and occupation code
- One code defines a license holder as a person who is licensed while the other defines it as a person
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-16 (2:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee substitute for Senate Bill 806, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Florida Trust Code
- committee substitute for House Bill 1173, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Florida Trust Code
- committee substitute for House Bill 1173, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Florida Trust Code
- committee substitute for House Bill 1173, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Florida Trust Code
- House Bill 1173, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Florida Trust Code. Is there debate?
Summary:
The Florida Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and gallery recognitions, including students, university basketball coaches, and other visitors. The chamber then moved through a long special order calendar of bills, with most measures explained by sponsors, often substituted with identical House companions, and many passing on unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, utility services, higher education, pre-arranged transportation services, the Uniform Commercial Code, altered sexual depictions, firearms during emergencies, brownfields, false reporting, health care billing and collection, and motor vehicles.
Among the bills passed were measures on the Florida Trust Code, school district reporting requirements for educator arrests and misconduct, debt collection email communications, service of process, public lodging and food service establishments, lien waivers and releases, public records protections for Crime Stoppers personnel, foreign ties affecting health care licensure, diabetes management in schools, platting procedures, fentanyl testing in hospitals and emergency departments, third-party reservation platforms, electronic delivery of landlord-tenant notices, restitution for leaving the scene of a crash, background screening of athletic coaches, and surrendered infants. Debate was especially notable on the surrendered infants bill, where some senators raised concerns about safety, anonymity, and liability, while supporters argued the devices could save lives. The affordable housing/Live Local bill also drew extensive discussion and a late-filed amendment, with the sponsor describing major land-use and permitting changes and the chamber adopting the amendment before final passage.
The most contentious floor debate came on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, where senators argued over its fluoride-related provisions and broader policy package. Opponents criticized the bill as an overbroad preemption and raised public health concerns, while the sponsor defended it as a farm-and-consumer package with multiple unrelated provisions. That bill ultimately passed 27-9. At the end of the session, the Senate agreed to certify all bills passed that day to the House, recognized a resolution honoring Florida’s sister-state relationship with Taiwan, made additional announcements, and then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- For these codes would also apply.
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