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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice May 19th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • work release program?
  • We don't know what that child is going to grow up... And I cried to her.
  • We don't know what that child is going to grow up. But who are we?
  • We don't know what that child is going to grow up to be.
  • , you know, and go through the whole pregnancy, or the child, you know.
Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee met on May 19, 2026, with a long agenda and several members’ bills and resolutions. The committee first considered HB 255, as substituted, which would add up to two years of imprisonment for a person charged with a felony or rioting offense who wore a mask or face covering to evade identification, with exceptions for religious coverings, motorcycles, and medical use. Supporters said it targeted concealment during felonies; the ACLU opposed it as redundant and potentially overbroad, while the Louisiana District Attorneys Association clarified the enhancement would apply only to felony convictions. The committee adopted the substitute and reported HB 255 favorably by a vote of 8-3. It then advanced HB 378, which creates penalties for using a vehicle to obstruct first responders and law enforcement; after an amendment narrowed the bill to first responders, it was reported favorably. HB 1090, increasing penalties for arson of a religious building, also passed favorably after testimony emphasizing attacks on houses of worship. HR 272, requesting a study on parental discipline, abuse allegations, and juvenile delinquency, was reported favorably as well. The committee also heard HB 479, the Fiscal Truth and Sentencing Act, which would require more detailed reporting on incarceration costs and sentencing impacts. Supporters, including the ACLU, said the bill would improve transparency and help lawmakers make better fiscal decisions; clerks of court opposed it as an unfunded mandate. Despite amendments shifting reporting duties and clarifying compliance with Children’s Code Article 412, the bill failed on a 4-7 roll call. The committee then deferred HCR 99 and took up HR 278, which asks the Attorney General to consult stakeholders and review electronic monitoring laws and regulations; supporters described serious failures in the current GPS monitoring system, and the resolution was reported favorably. HR 273, creating a task force to study work release programs, was also reported favorably after members said it would help refine the system and gather cost data. Later, the committee heard SB 448 on the Office of the State Public Defender. After discussion of a recent Supreme Court ruling and concerns about expert-witness funding and indigency determinations, the committee adopted an amendment adding a contradictory-hearing process and appellate review protections, then reported the bill as amended. HCR 100, concerning casino property sales, was amended to remove specific property references and instead urge the Gaming Control Board to consider economic development, job creation, and community benefit; the casino association withdrew opposition after the amendment, and the resolution was reported favorably as amended. The committee also voluntarily deferred SB 278 and HCR 91. HB 261, which would create exceptions to abortion laws for rape and certain sex offenses, drew extensive emotional testimony from supporters and opponents, including survivors and legislators discussing rape, incest, and fetal life; the bill was defeated 2-10. Finally, the committee took up HB 778 on kratom possession, with the author arguing for a distinction between natural kratom and synthetic products, and supporters and opponents offering conflicting testimony about safety, addiction recovery, and regulation.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Military Affairs and Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • and education and maybe health programs and programs that would help people who have... ...help people
  • A child followed shortly after that.
  • problematic program that... ...problematic, so I don't understand why we take a problematic program
  • that has errors and we found that in order to look at even programs that are using this particular program
  • It doesn't matter where he attends veteran programs or veteran programs; it's about helping the veteran
Summary: The Military Affairs and Border Security Committee approved the February 16, 2026 minutes and then heard several bills. HB 2416 would appropriate $20 million for DPS border support, including equipment, officer positions, and grants to local governments for border-related prosecutions and detention costs. Supporters, including the Arizona Sheriffs Association, said the funds are fully used each year and are largely spent on drug interdiction; opponents argued the bill’s immigration-related language could expand enforcement and that the money should instead go to health care, education, food assistance, or prevention programs. After debate, the committee passed HB 2416 on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered HB 2806, which would require county recorders, ADOT, and AHCCCS to use the federal SAVE system and report citizenship-verification results to JLBC and the Auditor General. The sponsor was absent, and an ACLU representative testified in opposition, arguing SAVE is not appropriate for voter eligibility checks, could disenfranchise eligible citizens, and would likely cause litigation and administrative confusion. Members raised concerns about necessity, due process, and whether the state already verifies citizenship adequately, but the bill still received a do-pass recommendation on a 4-3 vote. HB 2663, a technical cleanup bill updating military leave language for state and local employees who are National Guard or Reserve members, drew no opposition and passed unanimously. HB 2759 would appropriate $500,000 to the Department of Veterans Services for grants tied to veterans programs at Yavapai County institutions; testimony described it as helping veterans with housing gaps, emergencies, and professional development while they wait for GI Bill payments. Several members questioned why it was limited to Yavapai County and whether private institutions should be included, with some viewing it as a pilot program and others wanting statewide expansion. It passed 4-3, and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice May 20th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • to 30 days for follow-up care, expand training for health care regarding survivor care, prohibit persons
  • The task force has developed whole-survivor care guiding principles, and House Bill 47 includes eight
  • ...cleaning up their act and taking better care of our pets. Thank you.
  • This program is administered today by the Attorney General's Office.
  • competency restoration program, and we are on the bill.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met with a quorum and heard a long agenda of bills on criminal justice, public safety, mental health, victims’ rights, and related administrative issues. Early bills included HB 47, the omnibus sexual assault survivors bill, which would expand post-assault care, require courts to consider delays for adult survivors, bar sex offenders from rideshare driving, allow lease termination regardless of where an assault occurred, and require more reporting from sexual assault response teams. Testimony was generally supportive, though one witness raised concern that the bill’s reporting requirements could jeopardize county grant funding. HB 171, the Annel Borrego Act, would set a minimum period for court-ordered chemical dependency treatment; NAMI Texas supported it. HB 908 would require missing children reports to be sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children within two hours, and HB 1443 would criminalize possession and promotion of childlike sex dolls; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 567, changing juvenile board chair selection in Parker County, and HB 4263, a TJJD workforce retention bill, were also heard and left pending after brief discussion and adoption of committee substitutes where applicable. The committee also heard several bills focused on jail and prison safety, court process, and victim protection. HB 2282 would raise the arrest warrant fee from $50 to $75; constables supported it as a cost-recovery measure, while the Texas Fair Defense Project opposed it as a regressive fee that burdens low-income defendants. HB 3464 would increase penalties for correctional employees who bring drugs or alcohol into prisons, with support from Harris County jail officials and a formerly incarcerated advocate who described the dangers of contraband and retaliation. HB 285, “Poncho’s Law,” would add criminal negligence to non-livestock animal cruelty offenses; animal welfare advocates said it would close a loophole that lets pet service businesses avoid accountability, and the bill was left pending. HB 2355 would keep certain Crime Victims Compensation records confidential when held by the Attorney General, and HB 2637 would standardize jury exemption ages and clean up jury disqualification reporting; both were left pending after limited testimony. Mental health and competency-related bills received significant attention. HB 305 would require a pretrial hearing within 14 days after a defendant is restored to competency, aimed at reducing repeated decompensation and the forensic waitlist; NAMI Texas supported it. HB 1741 would tighten procedures for not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity outpatient commitments by requiring a stronger nexus to the receiving county and clearer supervision authority; law enforcement and mental health witnesses said it would improve public safety and treatment success. HB 2492 would make the four-hour family-violence post-bond cooling-off period mandatory rather than discretionary, and HB 1445 would allow a managed assigned counsel director to designate someone to approve certain payments for indigent defense attorneys; both were left pending. HB 1024 would require prompt execution of warrants for parole violators on superintensive supervision, and HB 1306 would extend first-responder-style benefits to death investigation professionals; neither drew opposition in the hearing. The committee also heard a series of public integrity and technology bills. HB 449 would expand the deepfake sexual content statute to include sexually explicit images, with Public Citizen supporting the change as necessary to address a rapidly growing problem. HB 1902 would create a new offense for “jugging,” or following bank or ATM customers to rob them; the Texas Bankers Association supported it. HB 2697 would require sureties to notify prosecutors before surrendering a felony defendant’s bond, and HB 2001 would sharply increase penalties for misuse of public information for financial gain and related coercion, with prosecutors and Texas Rangers describing bid-rigging and public corruption investigations as difficult to prove under current law because of short limitations periods and limited penalties. HB 1866 would grant Texas peace officer authority to National Park Service rangers within Texas park boundaries, and HB 4996 would increase penalties for fraudulent liens filed against public servants. Throughout the hearing, most bills were left pending after testimony, and several committee substitutes were adopted without objection.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • What that does is prolong the amount of time that the child remains in care.
  • So the part about not being, number one, the child is being cared for by a relative.
  • And when they say, yes, how can you help me, that comes down to pain CPS pain for child care.
  • The state of Texas asserts that they file for termination in every case where a child comes into care
  • They lose access to former foster care child Medicaid, so there goes their health insurance.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 15th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Districts leaving TRS active care when their costs are low and getting back into TRS active care when
  • By fostering these positive influences... programs, out of school programs, empower students to make
  • When I don't have child care, my job is disrupted. want to to this organization.
  • A competitive grant program would help us expand access to free or low-cost programs. and communities
  • There's a scholarship program program that we associate with that.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 15th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we've changed that now to a grant program—simply a grant program.
  • care.
  • You will improve vision care.
  • Regarding the vision care grants, vision care is expensive and not available to everyone.
  • The establishment of a grant program declares that our state believes no child should have to sacrifice
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a strong interest and great support in the community to do work in the area of memory care.
  • will be no extra funding, but a volunteer board within that district will focus solely on this memory care
  • So basically, this would be to try to collect grants for brain and memory care services for the residents
  • This is the Wood County Hospital. district, brain and memory care that does not cost any money except
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 10th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 1578 by Parker, relaying the creation and operations of a healthcare provider. participation program
  • With respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child to state affairs, Senate Bill 1588 by
  • Hancock. failure to report child abuse or neglect to criminal justice.
  • The Texas Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Program's Grant Program to Economic Development.
  • Hancock relating to required reporting of information on the ownership and control of certain health care
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Another investment in Texas classrooms is more funding for emergent bilingual programs, for Pre-K, and
  • That's why we make investments in a "Grow Your Own" program.
  • All of this is taken care of in House Bill 2.
Summary: The meeting primarily revolved around the discussion of HB2, which aims to increase funding for public education in Texas. Key points included enhancements to teacher salaries, special education funding, and initiatives to support emergent bilingual programs. Legislators highlighted the need for collaboration and leadership in addressing the challenges faced by public schools, noting the vital role that education plays in the state's future. Speaker Burroughs expressed confidence in achieving significant improvements for Texas students through this legislation, which has been deemed one of the most consequential bills of the session.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 16th, 2025 at 09:00 am

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • Was there a change made on the internship program?
  • Committee, this is an amendment having to do with the replacement program, the drone replacement program
  • Most of these programs have been ongoing programs.
  • And these programs have been successful.
  • Committee, that takes care of the Commerce Budget.
Bills: SB2018
Summary: The E&E Committee met to finalize action on Senate Bill 2018, the Commerce Department budget. Members reviewed several funding lines and made verbal adjustments, including reducing tourism marketing awareness to $5 million, keeping Operation Intern at $2 million, restoring the Destination Development Fund to $20 million, setting Autonomous Agriculture Grants/Grand Farm at $10 million, and reducing the WIP Regional Workforce Impact Program to $5 million. Representative Martinson proposed additional earmarks for the Fargo Theatre, Maddock trolley cars, a theater in Marmarth, and Driscoll’s community hall, and also moved to keep the Destination Development Fund at $25 million; the committee discussed these items, but the transcript does not show separate recorded votes on those proposals. The committee adopted two amendments. One dealt with the drone replacement program and related data-collection direction, with language agreed to by UAS representatives, IT, and the governor’s office. The second, offered by Representative Swantec, created a trigger for funding children’s science centers in Fargo and Grand Forks if the SIF fund exceeds a specified threshold during the 2025-27 biennium; the amendment was clarified to use the term “Children’s Science Education Center” and passed 7-0. The committee then approved a do-pass motion on the Commerce budget as amended and with the verbal changes discussed, passing the bill 7-0. During debate, Representative Louser raised concerns that the budget’s spending could affect property tax relief, while the chair responded that there would still be sufficient money for tax relief and that the programs funded were ongoing and successful. The chair closed by thanking members and staff, noting conference committee assignments and a committee dinner, and then adjourned.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 8th, 2025 at 02:00 pm

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, you generously gave us new FTEs for those programs.
  • We have not heard of any cuts to our federal programming.
  • programs.
  • Again, that is a program that they currently administer.
  • Historically for this program.
Bills: SB2018
Summary: The committee took up Senate Bill 2018, the Department of Commerce budget, and walked through the long sheet and a series of proposed changes. Members discussed restoring a vacant workforce FTE that Commerce said it could fill soon, monitoring federal funding delays but reporting no known cuts, and adjusting several one-time items including Operation Intern, the North Dakota Development Fund, the Global Talent Office, and tourism-related funding. The chair also proposed separating tourism marketing and Good Life funding again, rather than combining them, and members raised concerns about ensuring tourism dollars are used only for tourism purposes. A number of program amounts were reviewed or adjusted in discussion, including UAS grants, Vantus/Beyond Visual Line of Sight funding, Grand Sky, Grand Farm autonomous agriculture grants, base enhancement grants, Native American small business grants, regional workforce impact grants, technical skills training grants, and tribal college workforce grants. Commerce officials explained that some grant language would be changed to require competitive RFP processes, and they clarified that the housing opportunity and community property improvement items were handled in other bills or programs. The committee also discussed apprenticeship efforts across state agencies and Commerce’s role in workforce development. The committee reviewed carryover and exemption language for prior appropriations, including federal weatherization and energy funds, and Commerce said three one-time FTE tied to those federal programs should become ongoing because the federal dollars continue over several years. A motion to add $1.5 million for the North Dakota Safety Council failed for lack of a second. The committee then planned to return the next day to continue work on Commerce and take up the CTE budget, including a pending amendment related to CTE’s possible move from the 15th floor of the Capitol.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Remerge's mission is to restore mothers and families through a comprehensive diversion program of treatment
  • This brought her to the time that she opened Vibrant Life Direct Care in 2019, which probably was a tough
  • COVID to do that and has since served the southwest Oklahoma City and Tuttle area with direct primary care
  • Industrial Revolving Fund to be used by ODOT to provide grants to the Lake and Industrial Access programs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Mar 26th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I have been providing care for both... primary care and mental health care in the rural areas for over
  • We provide the only access to primary care and mental health care in those counties.
  • This includes providing care in foster care facilities; we see patients in the jails and at schools,
  • care where you pay a monthly fee.
  • Texas Primary Care Consortium.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Mar 26th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • One insurer could care about a particular issue a lot more than another insurer, which may not care about
  • services, and our programs do provide beyond routine eye care into medical services for Texas employers
  • Having a health care plan is better than not having a health care plan.
  • Inpatient care, okay?
  • To me, any care is better than no care. Does that make sense?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • program as well as other um various program as well as other um various programs<00:19:10.080> that
  • The Minnesota State Grant Program is our state's largest financial need program.
  • state grant program. state grant program.
  • talked about to the work study program. talked about to the work study program.
  • <01:37:36.000> Uh affected programs. I don't have that. Uh affected programs.
Bills: HF4362, HF4252, HF4440
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 18th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some of the programs are a little bit longer.
  • There are some associate degree programs that apply to some of the demand out there.
  • So this bill just requires us to take care of the tooth so we can take care of the other medically covered
  • Really, the doctors just want to be in network, get a fair price, and take care of patients.
  • Yeah, we're going to ask Senator Edmonds to take care of HB 821. Okay, Senator Edmonds.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's my understanding under this program.
  • So, I... to have their care, and they can't.
  • It gives not only jobs locally but also care locally.
  • Our kids are developing those programs.
  • He owns urgent cares across the whole state.
Bills: SB1, HB176, HB86, SB1, HB176, HB86