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VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Mar 6th, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • and federal partners, at this point we don't have anything that is Virginia-centric in the threat space
  • However, I would always keep— ...in the threat space specifically.
  • So again, it's another opportunity to share information, intelligence, and stay connected in that space
  • So again, it's another opportunity to share information, intelligence, and stay connected in that space
  • , but that is the central clearinghouse where all complaints come in specific to the cybersecurity space
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Mar 18th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • So for all, follow up, all the work that we've done in this space, and you're a school board member.
  • Travis Moore, Animal Legal Defense Fund, waving in support. Justice, waiving in support.
  • Travis Moore, Animal Legal Defense Fund, waving in support.
  • It's Aaron Waite with the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Thank you.
  • I represent criminal defense attorneys around the state of Florida.
Summary: The committee first considered the appointment of Michelle Whitworth to the Florida Commission on Offender Review. Whitworth described her 30 years of criminal justice experience, and the committee voted to recommend her confirmation favorably. The committee then took up SB 1692 on material harmful to minors, adopting a delete-all amendment that shifted the focus to K-12 instructional materials and objections by parents or residents. Supporters argued it would create clearer standards and protect children from pornographic content, while opponents warned it would worsen book bans and remove consideration of literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. After extensive debate and public testimony, the bill as amended was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably on several criminal justice and public safety bills. SB 1422 increased penalties for certain drone-related offenses near critical infrastructure and for weaponized drones; SB 1360 clarified xylazine’s veterinary use while creating stronger trafficking penalties; and SB 1732 increased penalties for animal cruelty involving minors and for contributing to a minor’s delinquency. SB 776 added an aggravating factor for the assassination or attempted assassination of a head of state, and SB 984 added aggravating factors for capital felonies committed where people are gathered for religious, school, or government activities. SB 1640 made domestic violence lethality assessment forms confidential, and SB 1268 updated FDLE operations and increased reimbursement for retired police dogs. All of these bills were reported favorably after brief debate and mostly supportive testimony. Later, the committee approved SB 1084 on sexual cyber harassment, with a strike-all amendment addressing digitally forged intimate images and extending prosecution time limits. SB 1654 updated sexual offender and predator registration rules, including definitions of residence and online reporting for in-state travel, though one witness raised concerns about vague language and employer privacy. SB 1774 created a rebuttable presumption in certain second-degree murder cases when the victim had a controlled substance in their system, drawing criticism that it could devalue victims who used drugs. Finally, SB 1838 strengthened protections for court officials against tampering, harassment, and retaliation, with an amendment adding magistrates, hearing officers, and related staff; defense attorneys warned the tampering language could inadvertently reach zealous advocacy. Each of these measures was ultimately reported favorably, and the meeting ended with adjournment.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • for additional comments, but this was the flag we wanted to make sure that we uplifted here in this space
  • These supplemental funds roughly doubled the annual investment for removal defense services to about
  • We urge you to, promise spaces that our families so desperately need.
  • That's why we urge the Assembly to support the Senate Democrats by funding 44,000 new child care spaces
  • That's why we urge the Assembly to support the Senate Democrats by funding 44,000 new child care spaces
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, with no votes taken. The first major topic was child care and early education, where the Department of Social Services and Department of Finance outlined proposed changes to absorb federal Child Care and Development Fund and Proposition 64 revenue reductions, shift some funding between child care programs, end funding for prospective pay implementation now that the federal requirement has been rescinded, adjust the alternative payment administration structure, and fund child care infrastructure grants and a Low-Income Investment Fund contract closeout. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the budget makes progress on the structural deficit but recommended maintaining the administration’s solution level, making reserve deposits, and avoiding new ongoing commitments; it also raised concerns about shifting reductions to the California Alternative Payment Program and about the proposed administrative-rate change. Committee members strongly criticized the proposed loss of child care slots and said they would oppose eliminating those slots, while also expressing support for child care as essential infrastructure. The committee then reviewed California State Preschool Program proposals. Finance and CDE described reductions to the preschool COLA from 2.41% to 2.01%, removal of prospective pay funding, and increases for the QRIS block grant, audit support, and rate reform implementation. Trailer bill language would codify age-based rate categories, inclusion-rate documentation, family fee collection rules, portability, and excused absences. CDE supported the QRIS increase and some attendance and family-fee changes, but warned that aligning three- and four-year-old rates could reduce support for three-year-olds and that the budget does not fully cover enrollment growth. Members also questioned whether the preschool and child care slot reductions should be reallocated rather than terminated, and the administration said the reductions were intended to reflect current utilization and avoid harm to currently enrolled families. The hearing then moved to CalFresh and nutrition programs. CDSS said the May Revision includes a one-time CalFood augmentation, funding to cover federal SNAP administrative cost-share pressures, and additional staffing and technical assistance to implement HR 1 changes, including the able-bodied adults without dependents time limit and new non-citizen eligibility rules. The department estimated HR 1 could cut CalFresh funding by $2.3 billion to $3.7 billion annually and affect about 500,000 people, with roughly 806,000 adults potentially subject to the time limit and about 34,000 non-citizens expected to lose eligibility once fully implemented. Members pressed for stronger harm mitigation, including a $98 million backfill to protect families from losing food benefits, and raised concerns about county workload and the “chilling effect” on immigrant participation. The final portion of the transcript began the IHSS presentation, noting a revised budget of $33.7 billion total funds and $12.8 billion General Fund, with proposed reductions tied to Medi-Cal asset-limit changes and other federal conformity items.
UT

Utah 2025 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Interim Committee - November 19, 2025

Health and Human Services Interim Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • I’m the Assistant Director for the Indigent Defense Commission.
  • The mission of the IDC is clear, and the idea is that defense IPR teams do support... ...and the defense
  • Salt Lake County also has three workers under their defense service team.
  • Salt Lake County also has three workers under their defense service team.
  • This is a very valuable program for parents' defense and really for the entire system.
Keywords: 985, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 10th, 2026 at 04:43 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • them to work in a secret space and by cloud space.
  • Secret space and by cloud space.
  • And so UNM is allowed to leave space from the labs.
  • Because no other state has the ability to go work inside a lab and a secure space in a secure lab.
  • And we have to pay them rent for that space, which makes us the developers.
Bills: SB20, SB21, SB166, SB177, SB181, SB189, SM6
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Minnesotans will not submit with silent reluctance but will remain proactive in the defense of rights
  • <00:06:15.240> defense<00:06:16.240> of<00:06:16.479> Rights<00:06:16.840>
  • > not<00:06:17.080> just the defense defense of Rights not just the defense defense of Rights
  • <00:10:34.600> such<00:10:34.760> as females to share private spaces such as females
  • to share private spaces such as restrooms<00:10:35.560> locker<00:10:35.880> rooms<00:
Keywords: 1183, house
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, September 8, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sharing amenities in space and services.
  • sharing space in federally owned or leased...
  • SPACES AND MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF THIS INITIATIVE.
  • sharing space in federally owned or leased...
  • sharing space in federally owned or leased...
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Aug 15th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a private space, and we all respect each other in there.
  • Trans people are not endangering anyone in the bathroom or other private spaces.
  • Libraries, parks, event spaces, and domestic violence shelters.
  • , you know, a defense, we, as prosecutors, you often rely on cops as witnesses, and a defense attorney
  • That person deserves the affirmative defense that this bill provides everyone else.
Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act, and heard extensive public testimony both for and against the measure. Supporters, including representatives of Texas Values and Texas Values Action, argued the bill was needed to protect women’s privacy and safety in restrooms, locker rooms, showers, prisons, domestic violence shelters, and other government-controlled spaces, and said it would provide clear, sex-based rules. Opponents, including many transgender Texans, civil rights advocates, clergy, business and public safety voices, and others, argued the bill would invite harassment, gender policing, lawsuits, and invasive inspections, while harming trans, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people as well as cisgender women who do not fit stereotypes. Several witnesses said the bill would conflict with federal law or prison standards, worsen safety in shelters and prisons, and hurt Texas’s reputation and economy. The chair repeatedly noted the compressed special-session schedule and said flood relief remained the session’s top priority. Public testimony on SB 8 was eventually closed, and the bill was left pending. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 6, dealing with consumable hemp product restrictions. Testimony on SB 6 focused on whether the bill went too far in restricting hemp-derived THC products. Opponents argued hemp and THC have medical and economic value, that the bill would criminalize conduct and burden courts, and that regulation—not prohibition—was the better approach. Some witnesses supported tighter rules such as testing, child-resistant packaging, and limits on marketing to children, but still opposed the bill’s broad THC ban, higher fees, and age restrictions. Several speakers emphasized benefits for veterans, chronic pain patients, and small businesses, and warned that prohibition would push consumers toward the illicit market. The committee heard the testimony and then continued with additional witnesses, with no final vote or disposition reported in the excerpt.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 6th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's an affirmative defense. This does not lead to litigation.
  • So when we were here last time, the LHA had a few issues, and one was with the affirmative defenses.
  • And although an affirmative defense is not a cause of action, it's an affirmative defense.
  • , and although an affirmative defense is not a cause of action, it's an affirmative defense.
  • Particularly the young patients who need safe and confidential spaces to access care.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 13 (1-23-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • for self-defense. for self-defense.
  • ,<00:14:56.000> the concealed weapons in public spaces, the concealed weapons in public spaces
  • Defense of gun use is from the Department of Justice National Crime Victimization Survey.
  • Defense of gun use is from the Department of Justice National Crime Victimization Survey.
  • Defense of gun use is from the Department of Justice National Crime Victimization Survey.
Summary: The House convened with an invocation focused on the approaching storm and the need to check on neighbors, first responders, hospitals, and vulnerable residents. A quorum was established, absent members were excused, the rules were suspended for co-sponsorship and vote modification filings, and the journal from Thursday, January 22, 2026 was approved. The clerk also reported Senate passage of SB 13, 22, 46, 51, and 90 and requested concurrence. Under orders of the day, HB 258 was recommitted to the Transportation Committee. The chamber then took up HB 312, an act relating to concealed firearms and deadly weapons, which would create a provisional concealed carry license for law-abiding 18- to 20-year-olds. The sponsor argued the bill restores equal treatment for adults, aligns Kentucky with other states, and imposes training and background-check requirements. Supporters said the Second Amendment applies to this age group, that military service and other adult responsibilities are already entrusted to them, and that the bill would not change prohibited locations for firearms. Opponents argued the measure would increase gun violence and public safety risks, citing concerns from school district police, SROs, and empirical research about firearm-related assaults, homicides, and brain development in young adults. They emphasized that concealed weapons reduce visibility for parents, schools, and law enforcement and pointed to local youth-violence prevention efforts in Lexington as progress that could be undermined. Supporters countered that defensive gun use is common, that the CDC and other studies overstate gun harms, and that the bill is about constitutional rights rather than hunting or alcohol analogies. The transcript provided does not include the final vote on HB 312.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • They were making mistakes in space. I have no comment on that.
  • This goes towards my experience as a criminal defense attorney. I handle mostly self-defense cases.
  • and defense of a third person itself.
  • Spaces alone recognize a sense of peace, and public trust are paramount.
  • This fear is directly related to carrying firearms in. these spaces.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (04/14/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • > New<01:55:15.360> Hampshire Women's Defense League of New Hampshire Women's Defense League
  • <02:23:51.040> courses know a rape aggression defense courses know a rape aggression defense
  • firearms on campus and in campus spaces firearms on campus and in campus spaces does<02:35:22.720
  • <03:20:18.720> My far better for self-defense. My far better for self-defense.
  • , better or worse shared living space, better or worse shared living space, shared<03:36:03.040><
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Criminal defense lawyer, you acknowledge to me that you feel loyalty to the president.
  • And it was during his defense work over his career he saw the danger of prosecutorial excess.
  • Evidence to defense councils, so did the government produce emails and records between Tebow and his
  • team of agents to defense council including the ones that I recently made public?
  • And that has led to massive problems in the drug space where we have hundreds and hundreds. hundreds
Summary: The meeting focused on the nominations of Todd Blanch and Gail Slater for the positions of Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, respectively. The committee considered the qualifications of both nominees, with opening statements provided by the nominees themselves. There was an evident emphasis on the rigorous vetting process that nominees undergo before their selection, highlighting the importance of the roles within the Department of Justice. Members of the committee engaged in a structured question-and-answer session to further evaluate the nominees' capabilities and fit for the positions they were nominated for, with each member allotted seven minutes to pose questions.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee May 13th, 2026

Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • it has been my honor and privilege to work with over too many years advocating across all of the spaces
  • They have extremely smart, extremely talented, extremely well-funded defense attorneys.
  • Let's talk about the defense attorneys' cost to all of this.
  • space around their properties.
  • space around their properties.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on the California Earthquake Authority’s SB 254 report and possible reforms to California’s utility wildfire recovery system. The chair framed the discussion around the Palisades and Eaton fires, the high and growing wildfire-related costs on utility bills, and the need to weigh tradeoffs among survivors, ratepayers, utilities, insurers, and taxpayers. The chair emphasized that the SB 254 report is an inventory of policy pathways rather than recommendations, and that the Legislature’s role is to evaluate the options publicly. The first panel featured wildfire survivors William Abrams and Joy Chen, who described severe ongoing displacement, housing insecurity, delayed compensation, and frustration with what they characterized as opaque and unfair compensation structures. They argued for greater transparency, clearer accountability for utilities, stronger oversight of wildfire mitigation spending, and incentives tied to safety performance. They also urged faster survivor payments, but only if they are full, fair, and not financed by shifting more costs to taxpayers or ratepayers. Committee members asked about gaps in the SB 254 report, the meaning of “full” compensation, and how a fast-pay facility might work. The second panel included the California Earthquake Authority, RAND, PG&E, LADWP, Consumer Attorneys of California, and the Public Advocates Office. Tom Welsh of CEA explained the report’s process and the current wildfire fund structure, including that utilities remain liable, the fund reimburses eligible claims, and prudency reviews can require reimbursement to the fund. RAND’s Lloyd Dixon outlined how roughly $38 billion has been paid to survivors, insurers, and public entities since 2017, and noted substantial litigation costs and cost-shifting among stakeholders. Utility representatives supported reforms that preserve financial stability and reduce risk, while consumer and public-interest advocates opposed shifting more costs to ratepayers and stressed accountability, audits, and safety-linked recovery. No votes or formal actions were taken in the hearing.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 18th, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Obviously, there's work going on with our defense sites.
  • Yeah, so, Madam Chair and Senator Woods, the Department of Defense, despite the federal shutdown, had
  • What I want to make a comment about is that we all realize how important the Department of Defense is
  • Because I need that base there, I need it there for national defense.
  • Management, and workers at defense facilities.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 6th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's an affirmative defense. This does not lead to litigation.
  • So when we were here last time, the LHA had a few issues, and one was with the affirmative defenses.
  • And although an affirmative defense is not a cause of action, it's an affirmative defense, but from what
  • , and although an affirmative defense is not a cause of action, it's an affirmative defense.
  • to access care. particularly the young patients who need safe and confidential spaces to access care
Summary: The committee heard a personal privilege update on HB 1227, which Representative DeWitt said would return next week as a proposed HCR for a two-year study of the three-doctor panel after discussions with Dr. Nia Colotta. Better Louisiana also presented its new Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Program, describing it as a data-driven leadership initiative focused on health care workforce, rural access, chronic disease, and other system issues; members discussed whether the program could also help generate policy research, including on managed care organizations. The committee then considered SB 427 on anatomical gifts. After adopting technical amendments, Senator Presley and Dr. Jeff White explained that the bill would strengthen organ donation law by creating a decision registry that records both yes and no choices, clarifying the legal effect of refusal, and codifying ethical principles such as the dead donor rule. Questions focused on organ viability, registry procedures, minors, and a Monroe case involving a disputed donor designation. Supporters included LOPA and the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the bill was reported favorably. HB 946, dealing with hospital price transparency and compliance with federal pricing rules, drew extensive testimony. Representative Landry and a witness from Patient Rights Advocate described it as a consumer transparency measure, but the Louisiana Hospital Association opposed the bill’s state-level enforcement and debt-collection provisions. Landry offered an amendment removing the debt-collection and affirmative-defense language, but after debate the substitute failed on a 5-6 vote and the bill was voluntarily deferred. The committee also reported favorably on SB 109, which revises membership qualifications for the Louisiana Emergency Medical Services Commission; SCR 20, urging federal flexibility on Medicaid redetermination for elderly and disabled beneficiaries; SB 216, allowing coroners to rely on licensed practical nurses for medical pronouncements of death; and SB 45, exempting certain gratuitous hospice houses from licensure, with testimony from hospice house operators and supporters. Finally, HCR 71 by Representative Chasson sought an LDH study of how Louisiana’s law and guidance on pregnancy-related emergency medications is working in hospitals, urgent care, and retail settings. Supporters said providers are hesitant to use medications such as misoprostol because of stigma and uncertainty, while opponents from Louisiana Right to Life argued the resolution was unnecessary and could create controversy. The discussion centered on whether the study should be narrowed or made more objective, but no final action on the resolution was reached in the portion provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 16th, 2026 at 11:18 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We especially value the space when it comes to... ...the treatment of cats and the environment, which
  • Most female firearm owners cite self-defense as the primary reason for acquiring a firearm.
  • In these situations, speedy access to a suitable self-defense weapon can be the difference between life
  • Nothing in this bill prevents people from owning or purchasing guns for self-defense or sport.
  • Items number three and four make space, or I'm sorry, yeah, make space for subsections under H, second
Bills: SB38, SB17, SB41, SB264
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • We've grown considerably in getting the right faces and spaces, and the funding necessary to maximize
  • He'll talk about the Department of Defense. National response to PFAS. Appreciate it, J.D.
  • Is the Department of Defense taking this seriously?
  • The Department of Defense is working nationally through a circular process.
  • They are, I believe, separate from the Department of Defense.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 1st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Martha Thomas, the Chief Education Officer from the Defensive Line, can you please stand?
  • Chris Thomas, the Chief Executive Officer from the Defensive Line, please stand.
  • He says, it is my constitutional right to be in a public space with my firearm.
  • this and supports it because of the space race and the military.
  • and the electromagnetic spectrum in space is pretty much going to own it.
Bills: HB1520, HB1545, HJR110, HJR203, HB245, HB1465, HB1482, HB294, HB793, HB809, HB3928, HB334, HB2037, HB1973, HB285, HB4341, HB4264, HB 1043, HB837, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 1194, HB1646, HB1729, HB2498, HB1314, HB2295, HB1353, HB1531, HB1988, HB5398, HB3960, HB3923, HB1407, HB1764, HB2221, HB2214, HB2517, HB2518, HB2213, HB5008, HB5092, HB3421, HB3663, HB3748, HB3800, HB3756, HB2613, HB3782, HB5246, HB4344, HB4044, HB4066, HB2702, HB2807, HB2869, HB2898, HB3181, HB3250, HB4153, HB2091, HB2115, HB2542, HB2768, HB3349, HB3352, HB4406, HB1593, HB1899, HB3133, HB4432, HB4960, HB3214, HB3915, HB3508, HB2145, SB304, SB608, SB2312, SB494, SB530, HB45, HB2520, HB35, HB47, HB318, HB349, HB554, HB1359, HB1373, HB2254, HB2259, HB2853, HB3073, HB3088, HB353, HB355, HB786, HB762, HB705, HB932, HB849, HB 1119, HB3041, HB713, HB3104, HB3970, HB4042, HB4490, HB1731, HB2607, HB3689, HB1788, HB1612, HB138, HB15, HB1971, HB1338, HB2989, HB267, HB 1201, HB2954, HB5265, HB1804, HB5061, HB1520, HB1545, HJR110, HJR203, HB1887, HB1914, HB2402, HB2306, HB1809, HB2350, HB3000, HB3237, HB3326, HB3211, HB 1056, HB2081, HB2187, HB3092, HB3308, HB3526, HB3750, HB3527, HB4219, HB4230, HB4290, HB5238, HB4804, HB4749, HB245, HB1465, HB1482, HB294, HB793, HB809, HB3928, HB334, HB2037, HB1973, HB285, HB4341, HB4264, HB 1043, HB837, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 1194, HB1646, HB1729, HB2498, HB1314, HB2295, HB1353, HB1531, HB1988, HB5398, HB3960, HB3923, HB1407, HB1764, HB2221, HB2214, HB2517, HB2518, HB2213, HB5008, HB5092, HB3421, HB3663, HB3748, HB3800, HB3756, HB2613, HB3782, HB5246, HB4344, HB4044, HB4066, HB2702, HB2807, HB2869, HB2898, HB3181, HB3250, HB4153, HB2091, HB2115, HB2542, HB2768, HB3349, HB3352, HB4406, HB1593, HB1899, HB3133, HB4432, HB4960, HB3214, HB3915, HB3508, HB2145, HCR6, HCR12, HCR34, HCR50, HCR55, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR72, HCR74, HCR75, HCR78, HCR80, HCR93, HCR100, HCR107, HCR116, HCR117, HCR90
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs - Part 1 Mar 19th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • defenses.
  • Five states have repealed their defenses. defenses since 2019, while seven states either never had these
  • defenses or repealed them before. 2017.
  • And let's start by repealing these defenses and cleaning up this code. Thank you.
  • Who are we trying to protect with this vast, broad, affirmative defense?