Transcript Highlights:

• So just to frame the question, this bill tolls the statute of limitations for the crime of failing to
• report, not the crime of the underlying behavior that gives rise to the obligation to report.
• So would you consider something where it matches the statute of limitations on the crime, or I'm just
• Up next, HB 359, search warrants for computers, computer systems, and electronic devices, by Representative
• And the necessity is that when this unit is reinvestigating this crime, it could result in the public

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee considered four bills and reported all of them favorably. HB 373, by Rep. Duggins, tolls the statute of limitations for the offense of knowingly and willfully failing to report suspected child abuse until law enforcement or another outside agency learns of the violation. Members raised concerns about fairness if the underlying abuse is time-barred while the reporter still faces prosecution, and the sponsor said he would discuss possible changes with his state attorney, but the bill was not amended and passed 13-0. HB 359, by Rep. Anderson, extends the deadline for forensic examination of seized computers and electronic devices from 45 days to 365 days. Supporters from the Florida Prosecutors Association and state attorneys said modern devices are difficult and time-consuming to unlock and analyze, creating repeated requests to extend search deadlines and slowing investigations in cases involving child exploitation, homicide, and other crimes. The bill passed 13-0. HB 703, by Rep. Gentry, preserves a public records exemption for information generated by a state attorney’s conviction integrity unit during reinvestigation of a claim of innocence, with supporters saying disclosure could reveal sensitive information such as alternate suspects, witnesses, or evidence and compromise the review. It passed 12-0. HB 4001, by Rep. Tant, caps inmate health care compensation in Jefferson County at 110% of the Medicare reimbursement rate to encourage preexisting provider contracts and prevent overbilling; it also passed 13-0. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, I came in here and I saw computers.
• and violent crime and gang violence.
• I know when we talk about the other crimes, we think about the crimes related to the business and the
• for violent crime.
• As the others have said, this is a crime.

Summary: The Industries and Professional Activities Subcommittee met to hear a panel on the prosecution and enforcement of illegal gaming in Florida. The chair opened with a video showing seized machines at a Florida Gaming Control Commission warehouse and described the scale of illegal operations. Panelists included the commission’s executive director, local sheriffs and police officials, and state attorneys from several counties, who described widespread illegal slot-machine locations, often in strip malls or convenience-store-type settings, and said the machines are typically used in organized criminal activity rather than legitimate amusement gaming. Witnesses repeatedly said the current penalty structure is ineffective because possession and operation of illegal slot machines are generally second-degree misdemeanors, which they described as too minor to deter operators who can quickly reopen after paying fines or completing diversion. They said enforcement is resource-intensive, requiring undercover work, search warrants, machine seizure, storage, forensic review, and long prosecutions, often while the same operators reopen elsewhere. Several panelists cited associated crimes such as robberies, firearms offenses, prostitution, drug activity, human trafficking, and at least some homicides tied to illegal gaming locations. Members also asked about the difference between legal amusement devices and illegal slot machines, online gambling, illegal horse racing, local licensing and ordinances, and whether manufacturers or distributors could be pursued. The commission and prosecutors said legal slot machines are limited to specific regulated locations and that lawful amusement machines lack a material element of chance. They said many illegal machines are imported or reworked versions of gaming devices and that upstream accountability is difficult under current law. Panelists also discussed cooperation with licensed casinos, tribal gaming entities, and local governments, noting that some local ordinances have tried to permit or limit these businesses. The main policy takeaway from the panel was a call to increase penalties, likely to felony-level offenses, and to consider stronger forfeiture and enforcement tools. No vote or formal action was taken at the meeting, and the chair adjourned after thanking the panelists.

Transcript Highlights:

• Recommendations for Crime Lab services include $192.6 million. in all funds, resulting in an increase
• The Crime Records Division is responsible for the state repository. of CJIS information, TCIC, NCIC,
• We don't have a crime lab in San Antonio. so that not just DPS, that entire region has to bring their
• Because right now we're tying up Texas Rangers to process crime scenes. They're really good at it.
• Don't show up on a uniformed crime report if somebody's being trafficked.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But we've seen whether it be Elon Musk, or Google, or others are looking to create new human-computer
• </c> familiar with the human computer familiar with the human computer interface<00:23:17.000><c> right
• </c><00:23:34.440><c> interfaces</c> create new human computer interfaces create new human computer interfaces
• interfaces can they human computer interfaces can they implant<00:24:37.559><c> a</c><00:24:37.799><
• </c><00:24:58.760><c> to</c><00:24:59.080><c> extract</c> ensure that it is a crime to extract ensure

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill does not stop crime enforcement.
• As long as that crime...
• As long as that crime was permitted and they are in hot pursuit, they can go after.
• Is that a criminal crime? Is that a crime, rather?
• If you tell somebody to stop and they don't, they run from you, is that not a crime?

Keywords: 1064, all

Transcript Highlights:

• THEY DON'T HAVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS. HR AND OFFICE MANAGERS TO DO THIS WORK FOR THEM.
• COMPUTER SYSTEMS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
• IF FDLE GOES IN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SCAN COMPUTER SYSTEMS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
• IT BECOMES ESSENTIALLY A SUSPECT IN A CRIME.
• AS FAR AS WHETHER THE STATE OF FLORIDA COULD CREATE A CRIME? IT YES I CAN.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You could make fewer things crimes.
• Currently, the Texas Crime Victims Compensation Fund explicitly excludes financial and property crimes
• , where these crimes happen most.
• The crime happens in Texas.
• They are accessing them through the computer.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Crime victims are not an exception to this problem.
• and paying... ...from may to shall when it comes to dangerous crimes against children and paying the
• , and certainly it's a heinous crime.
• She's not in the computer. Okay. Do a new slip. I'm not sure. She's not in the computer. Okay.
• system in the last year ...and we've been able to upgrade our computer system in the last year.

Summary: The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee heard several election, victims’ rights, family court, and probation-related measures. SB 1425, an emergency bill moving Arizona’s primary election date earlier and adjusting related election timelines, was amended to move the primary to the second-to-last Tuesday in July and to remove the proposed compression of cure/ID deadlines; county officials supported it, and it received a do pass recommendation. SB 1289 and SCR 1013/SCR 1014 focused on foreign money in election administration and ballot measure campaigns, with supporters arguing the bills would close loopholes that allow foreign-backed funding to influence elections; some members raised concerns about breadth and enforcement, but both measures advanced. SB 1402 would require probationers on certain sex-offense-related monitoring to pay the cost of electronic monitoring; supporters said it would improve accountability and child safety, while opponents warned it could punish indigent people and divert money from treatment. It also received a do pass recommendation. The committee spent substantial time on family court bills. SB 1330 would allow a parent with less than 35% parenting time or no legal decision-making authority to request a jury trial in custody-related disputes; supporters described severe financial and emotional harm in family court and argued juries would provide a neutral check, while county and legal representatives opposed the bill as costly, slow, and ill-suited to specialized child-welfare decisions. Despite those objections, SB 1330 passed with a do pass recommendation. SB 1328, as amended, declared Arizona public policy to include protecting parents and a child’s right to equal access to both co-parents; supporters said it would clarify legislative intent, while opponents called it duplicative of existing law. It also passed. The committee also heard SB 1329, which would let parents sue court-appointed professionals in custody and parenting-time matters if the professional deviated from licensing ethics or standards. Supporters argued that quasi-judicial immunity and weak oversight have allowed harmful, expensive practices in family court, while opponents said existing malpractice and licensing remedies already exist and warned against expanding litigation. The bill received a do pass recommendation. SB 1326, allowing courts to award attorney fees and costs to victims when a party violates or worsens a victim-rights violation, also passed after supporters said it would help pro bono and victims’ attorneys enforce rights, and opponents said the term “exacerbates” was vague and the need was unclear. The committee approved the minutes and held SB 1285 and SB 1392 without hearing them.

Transcript Highlights:

• We already recognize some crimes are so serious that time should not shield them.
• Sexual assault crimes are horrible. people they can't proceed.
• But there's also the crime of kidnapping. Forever. But there's also the crime of kidnapping.
• So it's just peculiar that that crime would be, would toll when... Thank you.
• It is peculiar that that crime would toll when it just seems funny to me.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, the crime records direction, uh, the crime records division is responsible for the state repository
• has to bring their drugs, uh, to Austin to the crime lab.
• Uh, the cold case investigation team, there's a piece here for the crime lab.
• We need that because right now we're tying up Texas Rangers to process crime scenes.
• They're not people that, that run to law enforcement and report crimes.

Transcript Highlights:

• It was suspect to computer fraud and abuse. That is 1030, 20701.
• That's why you started seizing computers and interviewing people and firing people.
• That is a crime. It is not a glitch. This individual lives in Africa.
• That's a crime. I saw the name on that. That's Lydia something. No, that's just... That's a crime.
• That in itself is a crime, according to the hobble.

Summary: The Committee on Federal and Military Affairs and Elections met with all members present and began with an extended presentation on an investigative referral packet concerning alleged voter registration anomalies from March 2023 to the present. The presenter described multiple examples of registrations tied to out-of-state residents, deceased individuals, temporary residents, and registrations allegedly generated through Service Arizona, MVD, Access, county recorders, and third-party/NGO channels. The committee also discussed a Secretary of State email about party-preference changes, discrepancies between county and state counts, and a proposed criminal referral to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice. Members asked questions about whether the issues were glitches or intentional, and several members said the examples reflected serious problems with voter-roll maintenance and automatic voter registration. A roll call was taken on whether members wished to sign onto the referral; some declined, while others agreed, and the committee said the referral would be transmitted after the meeting. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1259, which would allow certain protected individuals to use an alternate mailing address when filing candidate and financial disclosure paperwork. The sponsor said it closes a confidentiality loophole for people whose addresses are protected for safety reasons. Members raised concerns about how the bill interacts with in-district residency requirements, but the bill passed on a 6-1 vote. Senate Bill 1281, dealing with state land procedures for covered federal designations and notification of legislative leaders about land takings, drew opposition from the Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon Chapter, which argued the bill was unnecessary, unfunded, and insufficiently protective of tribal consultation; it passed 4-3. Senate Bill 1037, concerning election equipment security and internet connectivity, prompted debate over whether the bill could be read to permit internet-connected election equipment and over a hostile strike-everything amendment that would have expanded voter-registration and election-administration programs, including ERIC participation and new funding. The amendment failed, and the underlying bill also failed on a 3-3-1 vote. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 1040, which would require county recorders to provide public online access to voter registration rolls and prohibit fees for downloading them. Staff explained that the bill would replace the current chairperson-request process with public access, while still excluding sensitive information such as Social Security numbers. Members debated how much information would be public and whether the bill adequately defined “voter registration rolls.” The bill passed on a 4-3 vote. The chair closed by asking members to look into school app data-sharing contracts and offered to show unredacted materials privately, then noted that dinner had been provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Get computers that can connect to that Fusion Center or employees to run the computers?
• Get computers that can connect to that fusion center or employees to run the computers?
• This one is helping with our Crime Stoppers grant program that we administer.
• And one more pay adjustment issue that we are looking at: our Office of Crimes Compensation.
• For analyst positions, these people are working with victims of crime.

Summary: The committee met to hear fiscal year 2026-2027 legislative budget requests from several justice-related agencies. The Florida Commission on Offender Review requested funding for investigator and revocation staff salary increases to address turnover, plus nonrecurring funds for Wi-Fi, seven vehicles, technology support, and commissioner salary adjustments. The State Courts Administrator presented a broad judicial branch request focused on trial court case-management technology, additional case managers, trust fund authority for child support hearing officers, courthouse furnishings, district court flexibility in staffing, a future courthouse for the Sixth District Court of Appeal, Supreme Court elevator replacement, POM accounting implementation support, judicial security liaison positions tied to the Florida Fusion Center, expanded senior management service authority, and judicial salary adjustments. The Office of the Attorney General outlined pay and operating requests for consumer protection, citizen services, ethics, crime compensation, victim services, vehicle replacement, IT and cybersecurity, lease and operating costs, and PALM-related expenses, while several senators questioned the office about outside counsel contracts, contingency-fee arrangements, transparency, and the use of private law firms. The Department of Corrections made the largest presentation, describing severe staffing shortages, high turnover, rising inmate populations, increased assaults, and heavy overtime use. Secretary Ricky Dixon said the agency’s request was driven by constitutional and public safety needs and included funding for operations, security equipment, inflationary costs, vehicle replacement, offender information system modernization, technology restoration, inmate health services, drug and food cost increases, staffing pilots, maintenance, security infrastructure, Florida PALM, recruitment and retention, and $56 million for new correctional housing units. Members asked about inmate labor, prison safety, overtime, vehicle breakdowns, and whether more National Guard support was needed; Dixon said the agency needed more staffing and pay competitiveness rather than a long-term military presence. A correctional officers’ union representative also urged support for pay raises, citing low pay and staffing concerns. No votes were taken on the budget requests. The chair allowed extended questioning, especially for the Department of Corrections, but noted time constraints and asked agencies to return in a later committee meeting, including FDLE, which was deferred because of a House site visit.

Transcript Highlights:

• Including a detective in our special victims unit, a computer forensic examiner, an intelligence analyst
• our special victims unit has been assigned more than 240 cyber tips from the multi-agency Internet Crimes
• </c><00:04:21.120><c> against</c> investigating internet crimes against investigating internet crimes
• </c><00:04:41.280><c> forensic</c> victims unit, a computer forensic victims unit, a computer forensic
• Our new computer forensic examiner has processed 44 cases, 165 items of evidence, and 64 terabytes of

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:30 Office of the Attorney General 00:01:50 Kentucky River Authority 00:12:50, 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government met without a quorum at first, then heard an update on child exploitation enforcement efforts from the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Criminal Investigations. The presenters described the specialized investigation and prosecution unit funded in House Bill 6, saying the added resources allowed them to hire four staff members and expand work on cyber tips, search warrants, arrests, forensic processing, victim advocacy, and training for local law enforcement. They highlighted a recent rescue of a 5-year-old victim from a Discord-related case and said the office had also filed a civil lawsuit against Roblox, alleging the platform lacked adequate age verification and allowed predators access to children. Senators asked about the lawsuit, and the presenters said Kentucky was one of only two states to sue Roblox and that the complaint was based on evidence collected by the office. The committee then received an update from the Kentucky River Authority on lock and dam repairs funded in the 2024-2026 budget. The authority reported progress on three capital projects: upper guide repairs at Locks 2 and 3, design and repair work at Dam 7, and design work to reopen Lock 5 for navigation. Officials explained that river construction is limited by flooding and fish-spawn restrictions, and they described the engineering and safety issues involved in replacing guide walls and repairing Dam 7’s spillway. They also said the authority had demolished three obsolete lockmaster houses and filled a fifth lockmaster position, while continuing to work on pay retention for those employees. Members asked about the transfer of the lock and dam properties from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the permitting process through the Division of Water, and the timeline for reopening navigation. The authority said the Corps had transferred the properties to Kentucky, that permits for river work are handled through the Division of Water and the Army Corps, and that Locks 1 through 4 are open seasonally from Memorial Day weekend through the end of October. Officials said Lock 5 would add 14 miles of navigation if reopened, but that it would still take a few more years before that project is complete.

Transcript Highlights:

• organized crime.
• House Bill 119 by Representative Fontno provides relative to computer-related crime, provides for the
• So if you witness a crime and you choose not to be a witness to the crime, that's okay.
• Without objection, House Bill 119 by Representative Fontenot, computer-related crime, crime of unlawful
• House Bill 119 by Representative Fontenot, computer-related crime, crime of unlawful dissemination of

Bills: HR72, HR73, HR74, HR75, HR76, HR77, HR78, HR79, HR80, HR81, HR82, HR83, HCR36, HCR37, HCR38, HCR39, HCR40, HCR41, HB368, HB433, HB1017, HB1018, HB1019, HB1020, HB1021, HB1022, HB1023, HB1024, HB1025, HB1026, HB1027, HB1028, HB1029, HB1030, HB1031, HB1032, HB1033, HB1034, HB1035, HB1036, HB1037, HB1038, HB1039, HB1040, HB1041, HB1042, HB1043, HB1044, HB1045, HB1046, HB1047, HB1048, HB1049, HB1050, HB1051, HB1052, HB1053, HB1054, HB1055, HB1056, HB1057, HB1058, HB1059, HB1060, HB1061, HB1062, HB1063, HB1064, HB1065, HB1066, HB1067, HB1068, HB1069, HB1070, HB1071, HB1072, HB1073, HB1074, HB1075, HB1076, HB1077, HB1078, HB1079, HB1080, HB1081, HB1082, HB1083, HB1084, HR70, HR71, HCR35, HB31, HB326, HB1013, HB1014, HB1015, HB1016, SB192, SB196, SB198, SB203, SB204, SB214, SB216, SB257, SB291, SB383, HB13, HB23, HB25, HB32, HB41, HB42, HB90, HB120, HB121, HB122, HB127, HB138, HB139, HB141, HB179, HB187, HB213, HB247, HB286, HB332, HB344, HB357, HB367, HB370, HB462, HB505, HB527, HB537, HB605, HB680, HB681, HB725, HB780, HB782, HB847, HB892, HB911, HB916, HB1012, HR15, HR20, HCR14, HB53, HB57, HB64, HB102, HB106, HB111, HB137, HB152, HB155, HB177, HB238, HB256, HB258, HB337, HB359, HB363, HB386, HB434, HB546, HB557, HB584, HB661, HB697, HB726, HB727, HB747, HB756, HB758, HB759, HB765, HB767, HB825, HB858, HB930, HB941, HB957, HB964, HB58, HB69, HB93, HB166, HB199, HB201, HB202, HB218, HB223, HB224, HB231, HB235, HB246, HB338, HB349, HB352, HB379, HB405, HB429, HB535, HB547, HB577, HB588, HB626, HB636, HB652, HB653, HB669, HB688, HB691, HB721, HB738, HB806, HB851, HB857, HB861, HB889, HB904, HB907, HB908, HB929, HB1009, HB868, HB119, HB140, HB739, HB842, HB875, HB919, HB61, HB185, HB233, HB613, HB848, HB52, HB228, HB289, HB735, HB796, HB722, HB284, HB301, HB827, HB953, HB901, HB9, HB46, HB193, HB400, HB436, HB468, HB570, HB582, HB733, HB746, HB923, HB952

Keywords: HR72, House Resolution 72, Sophia Patout, Layla Porter, St. Amant High School, Future Farmers of America, FFA, Coastal Restoration Heroes, coastal restoration, Louisiana coast, coastal land loss, wetlands, saltmarsh, barrier island, West Grand Terre Island, Restore or Retreat Inc., smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, black mangrove, Avicennia germinans

Transcript Highlights:

• Around 60% of those deaths are the result of suicides and accidents rather than violent crime.
• by the ATF are stolen from private citizens, often from the home and then later often recovered in crime
• We have deeply integrated a custom miniaturized computer, a sensor suite, and a novel electronic fire
• Okay, thank you. ...that are used in violent crime. So that's the focus. Okay, thank you.
• I’m sitting here at home on my other computer. I pulled up the website.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission met for its fourth hearing on emerging firearm technology, focused on personalized firearms and related privacy issues. Co-chairs noted the commission’s charge to study personalized firearm incentives, risks from digital manufacturing codes and AI, and the costs of requiring personalized firearm and microstamp technologies, and said the report deadline is being extended to July 31. They also announced the next public hearing for April 17 at 11:00 a.m., limited to Massachusetts residents. The first witness, Kai Kloepfer of Biofire, described the company’s personalized 9mm smart gun and argued it is designed to prevent unauthorized use through biometric authentication, local encrypted data storage, no wireless connectivity, and automatic disarming when released. He said Biofire opposes any mandate requiring personalized firearms, calling such mandates a de facto gun ban that would stifle innovation, limit consumer choice, and burden a still-developing market. He said the company has a patent portfolio, has received thousands of pre-orders, is shipping in all 50 states, and is approved for sale in Massachusetts; he also said the gun costs about $1,500, is currently sold online, and is intended mainly for home defense. Members questioned him about sales, manufacturing, battery life, repairability, transfer of ownership, possible expansion to other firearms, and whether microstamping could be incorporated. A Massachusetts firearms roster official, Michaela Dunn, explained the state’s testing and approval process for handguns and confirmed that the Biofire firearm is now on the Massachusetts roster and commercially available for retail sale in the state. Kate Crockford of the ACLU of Massachusetts testified only on facial recognition, warning that commercially available systems show significant demographic bias and that Massachusetts lacks comprehensive biometric privacy protections. She urged passage of pending data privacy and biometric privacy bills, including the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act and related measures, before any broader use of biometric verification in firearm laws. Commissioners discussed privacy concerns, and Biofire said its system is zero-knowledge and would likely comply with stronger biometric privacy laws. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported beyond the scheduling announcement and the extension effort.

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 1709, dangerous crimes against children probation revocation.
• SB 1829, probation, dangerous crimes against children. SB 1830, turquoise alert, runways.
• If all the computer systems of the Secretary of State's office were a tree, the roots are the part that
• These computer programs are like branches for elections and IT, and they are sagging from the weight
• These computer programs, agenda this item needs to be on the agenda in full these computer programs are

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 1709, dangerous crimes against children probation revocation.
• SB 1829, probation; dangerous crimes against children. SB 1830, turquoise alert; runways.
• If all the computer systems of the Secretary of State's office were a tree, the roots are the part that
• These computer programs... ...finance reporting and special programs for election night reporting.
• These computer programs... ...available funds that were already allocated to the Secretary of State in

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a recorded roll call showing 30 members present. The journal was approved, no guests were introduced at first, and the Governor’s signed bill HB 2022 was reported. The President also announced temporary committee substitutions for the Rules Committee on February 9. Senator Shamp introduced licensed naturopathic physicians in the gallery and highlighted SB 1178, which would expand their authority to administer certain intravenous drugs, including antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals. The chamber then read a lengthy calendar of first- and second-reading bills and resolutions covering elections, education, health care, water, criminal justice, housing, taxation, and other topics, with no floor action taken on those measures during the reading. The Senate recessed to recognize law enforcement personnel involved in the rescue of an eight-year-old boy from a human trafficking situation. A proclamation commended Deputies Gregory Sanders and Jacob Montoya, along with Cochise County and Border Patrol personnel, for their courage and professionalism. After returning to order, members made personal privilege remarks urging the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to review $2.85 million in election-related funding for the Secretary of State, and another senator spoke about water security and the need for long-term planning. Additional announcements included caucus and committee meeting notices, an invitation to Arizona Aerospace Day, and a motion to adjourn until Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 1:15 p.m. The transcript ends as the chamber was considering adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• I will now call to order this Committee on Crime and Public Safety.
• And then there'll be a strobe light that goes off, a computer that will... Sure.
• The biggest barrier is not just the crime.
• So I'm sure that there's folks at the crime lab that could dig into that deeper.
• Seeing none, that will conclude this hearing for Crime and Public Safety.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Crime and Public Safety met with a quorum, first in executive session and then in public hearing. In executive session, members voted House Bill 2323 do pass, after discussion clarified that it would create a confidential domestic abuse offender registry accessible to law enforcement; the vote was 13 aye, 0 no, 3 present. The committee also passed House Bill 2530, described as a scrap metal bill, by a vote of 14 aye, 0 no, 3 present. House Bill 1882 was withdrawn after members noted it had been rolled with another bill and needed to be handled differently. The committee then adopted a committee substitute and two amendments for House Bill 3332, which dealt with public safety personnel recruitment and retention and first responder benefits, including scholarship eligibility and removing a sunset from a line-of-duty death benefit; the substitute was approved 15 aye, 1 no, 1 present, and the bill was voted do pass. In public hearing, Representative Justice presented House Bill 3174, Alyssa’s Law, which would require wearable panic alert systems for school employees, subject to appropriation, to improve emergency response and location sharing with first responders. Support testimony came from Alyssa’s mother, Lori Al-Haddaf, who described the Parkland shooting and argued that faster alerts save lives; committee members asked about cost, implementation, and how the system would work for medical emergencies as well as active shooter situations. Representative Williams presented House Bill 3434, which would create a statewide sexual assault response task force to review reporting, investigation, medical response, advocacy, and prosecution. Testimony in support emphasized Missouri’s history of sexual assault kit backlogs, the need for consistent statewide practices, and ongoing challenges for advocates, nurses, and crime labs; witnesses also discussed teleSANE, rural access, and the need for better coordination and funding. No votes were taken on the public hearing bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• That’s not a crime, even if it did happen. That’s not a crime.
• That’s only to the novice computer user.
• Computers haven’t been plugged into walls now for about 15 years. Why?
• There's no evidence that suppressors increase violent crime.
• It doesn't have anything to do with crime.

Bills: SB1003, SB1006, SB1029, SB1037, SB1038, SB1039, SB1040, SB1053, SB1057, SB1060, SB1061, SB1068, SB1069

Keywords: election, canvass, certification, ballot tabulation, write-in candidates, registration, voting procedures, campaign finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements, political action committees, elections, campaign contributions, candidate committees, posthumous provisions, termination process, Arizona Revised Statutes, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security

Transcript Highlights:

• it was determined by a survey of all of our state attorney's offices, vocal funding, the Victims of Crime
• But essentially, the federal government pays for most of the Victims of Crime Act funding that we use
• you don't have funding to do the things that you just mentioned, could the person on trial for the crime
• defenders are the first agency that is appointed to represent indigent people who are charged with crimes
• old, which is like five generations of computers.

Keywords: 999, senate, all