Transcript Highlights:

• departments, it is vital that the staff are trained to recognize the subtle signs that these patients are displaying
• These are some of the red-flag behaviors that we train our nurses on.
• We train them on the behaviors they're going to be displaying. They're going to avoid eye contact.
• that came into our program, into our office, not into the ER but into our office, were having red-flag
• So far this year, the patients that we've seen, 24.7% of them are being flagged for risk of being human

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The first meeting of the Human Trafficking and Emergency Department Task Force focused on implementing Act 267 of 2025, which created the body to develop a statewide human trafficking protocol to be incorporated into regional sexual assault response plans. Chair Rep. Kelly Hennessy Dickerson and Office of Human Trafficking Prevention Director Mary Kate Andrepont outlined the task force’s goal of producing a practical, transferable protocol for hospitals and emergency departments across Louisiana, with help from Heal Trafficking. Members and presenters repeatedly emphasized that the protocol should be trauma-informed, survivor-centered, multidisciplinary, and adaptable to different regions and health systems. Hospital, SANE, and advocacy presenters described current practices and gaps. Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport’s Operation Rahab and FMOLHS’s policies highlighted staff education, badge buddies, private screening, reporting pathways, and coordination with the National Human Trafficking Hotline, law enforcement, DCFS, and local advocates. SANE nurses and forensic staff stressed that most trafficking victims pass through emergency departments and that subtle behavioral indicators, rapport-building, and broad staff education are critical. LaFASA described statewide sexual assault advocacy services, emphasizing 24-hour crisis response, legal support, and the role of advocates in helping survivors understand options and regain control. Child and youth trafficking specialists from DCFS-contracted programs, including Unbound Now and BCFS/Common Thread, explained Louisiana’s Act 662 response for minors, which routes reports into coordinated advocacy and care coordination. They said their teams respond statewide within 90 minutes, provide crisis support, and work with CACs, hospitals, and law enforcement. Members raised concerns about major service gaps, especially for adults, transportation, safe housing, and specialized placements for survivors with disabilities. Presenters also noted that male survivor housing remains limited, though Eden Centers now offers some beds. The task force also reviewed a needs assessment showing many hospitals lack mandatory trafficking training, screening practices, written protocols, and confidence in identifying victims. Members discussed expanding education beyond ED staff to residents, nursing schools, student health, mental health, housekeeping, maintenance, and law enforcement. No formal votes were taken, but the chair said the survey results and testimony would be used to draft a protocol before the next meeting, with a final draft to follow after further review and feedback.

Transcript Highlights:

• I pledge allegiance to the flag. Thank you.
• Her creative ability in arts and crafts is displayed in my office.
• Her creative ability in arts and crafts is displayed in my office.
• production crew, and a big hometown concert, and I've been invited to present her a resolution and flag
• always talking about it, but as we continue to welcome the World Cup and those visitors, that is not displaying

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands
• limiting it to the intentional display limiting it to the intentional display of<02:05:34.079>
• You know, it's part of their outfit, but they're not openly displaying it while they're on duty.
• You know, it's part of their outfit, but they're not openly displaying it while they're on duty.
• outfit but they're not openly displaying outfit but they're not openly displaying it<02:12:03.920

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So according to the verbiage, it does say site of a display show, or sight of the display.
• So according to the verbiage, it does say site of a display show, or sight of the display.
• So according to the verbiage, it does say site of a display show, or sight of the display.
• So, to the verbiage, it does say site of a display show, or sight of the display.
• <00:10:23.079> I language is a sight of the display I language is a sight of the display I

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We ask our guests and visitors to remain standing to join us in the flag salute. Somebody...
• We ask our guests and visitors to remain standing to join us in the flag salute.
• Members, join me in saluting our flag.
• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands
• Independence Day, it is such an honor to be Raised the flag for Philippine Independence Day.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a busy floor session with several procedural motions and bill actions. Members suspended rules to allow speeches and guests, withdrew AB 362 from Appropriations to the second reading file, and voted 41-13 to suspend the rules for that motion. The body also took up a number of items on the daily and third reading files, with several measures passed, retained, or moved to inactive file. The main policy focus was ACR 70, designating September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Member Pellerin presented the resolution with a personal account of losing her husband to suicide and urged greater use of 988, secure firearm storage, and open conversations about mental health. Many members from both parties and caucuses spoke in support, sharing personal experiences with suicide and emphasizing stigma reduction, access to care, and the importance of checking in on others. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, Senate amendments were concurred in, and suicide awareness pins were distributed to members. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 977 on Native American human remains, with unanimous support and a 68-0 vote, and to AB 1510, the Assembly PERS Committee bill, which passed 66-1. Members then adopted H.R. 65, recognizing October as Filipino American History Month, after extensive remarks celebrating Filipino American history, labor organizing, public service, and community contributions; 63 co-authors were added without objection before the voice vote. Later, the chamber passed SB 81, protecting access to health care facilities from immigration enforcement, and SB 98, requiring schools and campuses to notify communities when immigration enforcement is present; both were framed as part of a broader package to protect immigrant communities and passed on urgency votes. The session concluded with debate on SJR 9, a resolution condemning mass immigration raids and defending civil liberties, which drew sharply divided remarks from supporters and opponents, with no final action shown in the transcript excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• We try to catch those and flag those and then reach out to the applicants to rectify those.
• services include things like designing the images that would go into an ad or planning where you would display
• pre-dissemination services, 100% will be taxed to Washington businesses at their office, even if that same ad is displayed
• pre-dissemination services, 100% will be taxed to Washington businesses at their office, even if that same ad is displayed

Summary: The House Finance Committee held a work session that began with welcoming new member Rep. Janice Zahn, who introduced herself as representing the 41st Legislative District. The Department of Revenue then gave an update on the Antio-related legislation following the Washington Supreme Court decision and the 2025 session changes. DOR explained its voluntary disclosure program and the new expanded voluntary disclosure agreement for taxpayers with unreported investment income, including broader eligibility and interest/penalty relief, but said utilization has been minimal so far because additional implementation questions remain unresolved. The committee next received the annual update on the Working Families Tax Credit. DOR reported record participation in 2025, with about $205 million refunded through October and a major increase in applications after TurboTax added the credit to its filing software. Officials said most dollars went to households with children, outreach efforts remained important, and community partners and state agencies helped increase uptake. Members focused heavily on fraud concerns, especially tax preparers allegedly filing claims without applicants’ knowledge or diverting refunds; DOR said it is using fraud detection tools, training preparers, and trying to make applicants whole, but current law does not provide direct penalties against preparers. The final portion covered implementation of engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5814, which expanded sales tax to certain services. DOR described the new tax framework, its guidance process, and the large volume of ruling requests and outreach since the law took effect October 1. Committee members asked about fiscal assumptions, the scope of taxable services, and whether the department had revised its implementation estimates; DOR said the fiscal note assumed broad application absent explicit exemptions and that no expenditure revision had been made. In stakeholder testimony, Expedia and T-Mobile argued the law creates complexity and competitive disadvantages for Washington businesses, while a construction training provider said the tax raises tuition for workers seeking required certifications. School and nonprofit representatives said the tax will increase costs for special education services, arts programming, and other public-facing activities, and urged exemptions or further legislative fixes. The chair closed by noting the committee would revisit 5814 in the next session and then adjourned the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• This year we're going to have some other static displays.
• I think we're going to, I'm not sure what the static displays are, but we're going to have some helicopters
• This is a particular slide after the one displayed on the screen, but you have it in your handout.
• Well, I should flag it at this point: New Mexico is the only state in the Southwest that has not passed

Transcript Highlights:

• will remind members, if there's a bill that you want to be able to go and talk about offline, please flag
• Please flag it in your notes, and then after we read through caucus, we can go to a closed caucus and
• Madam Chair and members, SB 1184 prohibits COAs and HOAs from not allowing the display of division flags

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee heard a long series of Senate bills, mostly on third-read consent, covering education, public safety, health, courts, labor, and water. Several bills were briefly explained and then pulled from consent for further discussion, including measures on public records review standards (SB 1078), sexually explicit materials in schools/libraries (SB 1435 and SB 1567), burial costs in death cases (SB 1135), military flags in HOAs/COAs (SB 1184), court-ordered treatment guardianship (SB 1243), standardized state hiring (SB 1665), released-time religious instruction (SB 1741), firearm safety instruction in schools (SB 1424), student participation in extracurriculars after certain convictions (SB 1475), Celebrate Freedom Week (SB 1572), federal scholarship-granting organizations/vouchers (SB 1142), immigration-related arrest notifications (SB 1055), defamation standards (SB 1099), peace officer certification for military police veterans (SB 1107), mandatory reporting of child abuse/neglect directly to DCS (SB 1127), attorney licensing and discipline issues (SB 1148 and SB 1039), concealed weapons on college campuses (SB 1068), and firearm muffling devices/silencers (SB 1069). Members also raised constitutional, policy, and school-safety concerns on several of these bills, while supporters emphasized alternative pathways for students, veterans, and workers, and tighter reporting or licensing rules. Other bills were described without extended debate, including claims against the state for unpaid contracted services (SB 1097), workers’ compensation death benefits for surviving spouses who remarry (SB 1136), burial expense increases (SB 1135), state agency web pages for internal guidance (SB 1586), court-ordered treatment procedures and service of process in mental health cases (SB 1113), medical examiner authorization (SB 1123), tribal MOUs with DCS (SB 1125), controlled-substance scheduling conformity with federal classifications (SB 1188), EMT personal information protections (SB 1193), mammography notice updates (SB 1318), assisted-living referral disclosures (SB 1477), accommodation school GED instruction for 11th graders and students over 16 (SB 1166), credit enhancement board continuation (SB 1422), school district and charter school obligations related to religious release time (SB 1741), school firearm safety instruction (SB 1424), and school civics/freedom-week instruction (SB 1572). The committee also heard bills on CPA certification pathways (SB 1181), insurance adjuster licensing (SB 1415), county voter-registration rules online (SB 1040), campaign address privacy (SB 1259), federal land acquisition notification (SB 1281), water supply/demand assessments (SB 1202), environmental compatibility for power plants and small modular reactors (SB 1418), and groundwater recovery rules (SB 1785). The meeting ended with announcements and a brief recognition of Rep. Stephanie Hamilton with an “Affordability Award.” No final votes are shown in the transcript excerpt; instead, many bills were either left on consent, pulled for later discussion, or flagged for closed caucus. The chair then asked guests to leave so members could hold a closed caucus.

Transcript Highlights:

• And it's our prayer that your love will be on full display.
• Currie of McLennan College. to lead us in the Pledges of Allegiance to the United States and Texas Flags
• Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. who are two great flags.
• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So I'm assuming display.
• Basically, it's display.
• And simply displaying it displaying it.
• Um, display is display.
• Um display is display. attached to you. Um display is display.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
• Let us remember the courage and the resiliency of the Mexican army displayed in the face of adversity
• Families display these banners in their windows, quietly showing their nation and their families the
• Vittaliano was born in the Philippines and served proudly under the flag of the United States.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then spent much of the session on floor recognitions. Members welcomed the Far West Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and honored its leadership and civic service, including wildfire recovery work and local chapter anniversaries. The body also recognized the 2026 Latino Spirit Award honorees, with remarks tied to Cinco de Mayo and Latino resilience, followed by a series of resolutions and guest introductions. Several resolutions were adopted, including SR 86 on Cinco de Mayo Week, SCR 146 declaring May Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, SCR 154 establishing Green Star Veterans and Families Day, SCR 123 recognizing California Peace Officers Memorial Day, SCR 164 designating Black Health Equity Advocacy Week, and SCR 103 on Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. Testimony and remarks emphasized cultural heritage, shared struggles for justice, veterans’ mental health and suicide prevention, law enforcement sacrifice, and persistent racial health disparities. Most resolutions passed by unanimous roll call votes. The Senate also confirmed multiple Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation appointments, including Kathleen Ratliff and Joseph Tuggle, Jason Johnson, Madeline McLean, Brian Bishop, and Sarah Larson. Senators Grove and others voiced protest over CDCR appointments, arguing for consideration of Frank Silva, but the confirmations still passed overwhelmingly or unanimously. The chamber then approved several bills, including SB 1159 on artificial intelligence and public meetings, SB 1416 shortening refund timelines for duplicate medical/dental payments, SB 1273 expanding tied-house advertising rules for winery instructional events, SB 941 limiting commissary markups in private detention facilities, SB 1099 clarifying local authority to provide public benefits, SB 1195 expanding tied-house exemptions for certain venues, and SB 990 allowing a highway information sign near Ridgecrest. The session concluded with adjournment memories for labor leader and UCLA Labor Center director Kent Wong and recognition of his family and colleagues.

Transcript Highlights:

• Those are the colors of the New Mexican flag.
• I still get angry about the disparate treatment that we saw on display during those years.
• We didn't hear ideology on display. You all showed us cost comparisons.
• It's like if someone waves this economic development flag, then no questions are asked, and we go fight

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . displayed. displayed.
• A big red flag. Abuse is difficult to talk about. It can feel taboo, but knowledge is power.
• A big red flag. injuries. A big red flag.
• And I want to<01:24:31.840> flag to flag to flag um<01:24:33.160> that<01:24:33.400>
• We do have these flags<01:26:59.880> about<01:27:00.080> the<01:27:00.160> bill.

Bills: HF4277, HF3819, HF3489, HF4408, HF3901, HF4316

Keywords: child care, child care center, day care, licensed child care, video security cameras, surveillance, security cameras, maltreatment, child abuse, child safety, public and shared areas, camera mandate, child care assistance program, CCAP, Great Start Compensation Support, early learning scholarships, licensed provider, Minnesota Statutes 142B.68, Harvey's Law, privacy

Transcript Highlights:

• The displays from teachers or student.
• <05:27:37.520> of presentation as about the displays of presentation as about the displays
• times to display times to display That<05:27:46.798> is<05:27:47.040> why<05:27:47.200
• It was sacred, but they were not displayed.
• <05:53:03.840> in history are you going to display in history are you going to display in

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and is now displayed. Please proceed. and is now displayed. Please proceed.
• properly displayed. You can proceed. properly displayed. You can proceed.
• be properly displayed. be properly displayed.
• properly displayed. properly displayed.
• The amendment has been displayed. >> okay. The amendment has been displayed.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal of Friday, May 1, 2026, on a voice vote after Representative Johnson offered a humorous Star Wars-themed motion. Members then made announcements about upcoming committee meetings, including Finance, Business Affairs and Labor, State Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources, and Appropriations, along with a few non-legislative notices such as open enrollment and a Cinco de Mayo potluck. The chamber also received a committee report from Appropriations recommending House Bills 1016, 1272, 1326, 1428, and Senate Bill 5 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation. The Majority Leader moved to add House Bills 1054, 1272, 1327, 1016, and 1428 to the special orders calendar for May 4, 2026 at 9:18 a.m., and there was no objection. The House then took up Senate Bill 160, concerning employee protections in the workplace, with a Business and Labor committee report. The bill’s sponsors said it would ensure meatpacking workers receive frequent bathroom breaks and that the cost of initial protective equipment is not deducted from paychecks. Supporters argued the bill protects basic dignity and health, while opponents said the issues are already covered by OSHA and that the measure is redundant, potentially preempted, and too specific to one employer. Representative Richardson offered amendment L002 to require coordination with OSHA before state action, but the amendment was defeated on a voice vote. Debate on the bill continued, with members divided over whether the legislation was needed or whether existing labor and safety rules were sufficient.

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you. flag the representative of Mesa is here. Welcome. I know you have to go.
• Money follows the flag, meaning that ancillary services should follow it. such as trustee work, depository
• 552 concerns by requiring large social media platforms to retain and display available finance data,

Bills: HB74, HB175, HB460, HB576, HB2271, HB2294, HB2874, HB3016, HB3133, HB3191, HB3458, HB3929, HB4063, HB4115, HB4394, HB74, HB175

Keywords: Puerto Verde, Port Authority, eminent domain, bonds, tax assessments, economic development, infrastructure, transportation, public welfare, child care, certifications, Texas Rising Star Program, grant program, disability inclusion, family income, affordability, economic impact, state study, cost analysis, government support

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:58:53.200> of<00:58:53.359> that all and I have seen displays of that all and I
• have seen displays of that bipartisanship<00:58:54.400> in<00:58:54.559> committee<00:
• right next to their Mexican flag or their Ecuadorian flag.
• right next to their American flag right next to their Mexican<01:26:12.239> flag<01:26:12.480
• > or<01:26:12.719> their<01:26:12.880> Ecuadorian<01:26:13.679> flag.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• coming holidays of Memorial Day, the 4th of July, back to school, and Halloween, whenever they want to display
• storage container, that they think twice about putting it near places... ...where they're also displaying
• I want to thank Chairs Schumacher and Knorr for displaying kind and fair leadership through an extremely
• We have spent money on all kinds of things: six million dollars for the state flag and the new emblem
• It was a cost to implement it, to put the new flag in all these courthouses. It cost money.

Transcript Highlights:

• They aren't certainly displayed in the same way they used to be.
• They aren't certainly displayed in the same way they used to be.
• They aren't certainly displayed in the same way they used to be.
• They aren't certainly displayed in the same way they used to be.
• They aren't certainly displayed in the same way they used to be.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Wirth, I pledge allegiance to the flag.
• I salute the flag of the...
• Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
• Please display it proudly in your offices. Your desk is a medallion from the Burrell College.
• Please display it proudly in your offices or on your desk. Use it as a paperweight.

Keywords: 996, all