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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- months jail, so that the juvenile court has discretion over sentencing and gives them more tools to to punish
Committee:
Senate Senate Judiciary
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Feb 3rd, 2025
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We limit the number of patients those nurses can actually care for, and we legislate it, and we punish
Committee:
House House Health & Human Services
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Jan 21st, 2025
Senate Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Do after their service, they're then retroactively punished through their pension, through their VA benefits
Committee:
Senate Senate Veterans' Affairs
VT
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/13/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Every child is a gift, and to punish a child because of bad choices just seems backwards to me.
- gift</c> Every child is a gift Every child is a gift and<02:48:21.359><c> to</c><02:48:21.920><c> punish
- c> child</c><02:48:23.600><c> because</c><02:48:23.920><c> of</c><02:48:24.240><c> bad</c> and to punish
- a child because of bad and to punish a child because of bad choices choices choices just<02:48:26.640
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Wed May 6, 2026, 9:00AM HST - Day 57
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And hopefully this dishonest contractor will be punished accordingly, which the Department of Labor and
- contractor And hopefully this dishonest contractor will<01:41:59.760><c> be</c><01:41:59.920><c> punished
- </c><01:42:00.560><c> accordingly,</c> will be punished accordingly, will be punished accordingly, which
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Law enforcement has used American sensitive data to punish women seeking reproductive care.
- 07:17:30.718><c> sensitive</c><07:17:31.200><c> data</c><07:17:31.680><c> to</c><07:17:31.920><c> punish
- </c> used American sensitive data to punish used American sensitive data to punish women<07:17:32.718
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/01/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- In her 40 years as a pharmacist speaking for Representative McGrath, she had never seen doctors punished
- :04:22.560><c> never</c><00:04:22.800><c> seen</c><00:04:23.120><c> doctors</c><00:04:23.600><c> punished
- </c> she had never seen doctors punished she had never seen doctors punished simply<00:04:24.360><c>
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Special Investigative Committee, February 26, 2026
House Special Investigative Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- its proceedings, to protect its members against offers of bribes or private solicitation, and to punish
- c><00:01:54.560><c> and</c> bribes or private solicitation and bribes or private solicitation and punish
- 55.920><c> its</c><00:01:56.159><c> members</c><00:01:56.560><c> and</c><00:01:56.880><c> other</c> punish
- or expel its members and other punish or expel its members and other persons<00:01:58.159><c> for</c
Committee:
House House Special Investigative Committee
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 24, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- that when clinicians practice within accepted medical standards and Hawaii law, they should not be punished
- terrible if anyone throws screws and sharp objects into the road, and we need to make sure that that is punished
- terrible if anyone throws screws and sharp objects into the road, and we need to make sure that that is punished
- terrible if anyone throws screws and sharp objects into the road, and we need to make sure that that is punished
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony on HB 1875, which would expand Hawaii’s existing protections to include gender-affirming health care, clarify permitted disclosures of protected health information, and bar certain adverse actions by malpractice insurers and health carriers against providers of lawful reproductive or gender-affirming care. The Insurance Division of DCCA supported the bill with a technical amendment, suggesting language tied to actuarial analysis rather than the phrase “actuarially sound.” The Office of Information Practices also provided comments.
Most testimony was strongly in support. State agencies and advocacy groups, including the Hawaii State Youth Commission, State Health Planning and Development Agency, Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Stonewall Caucus, ACLU of Hawaii, PFLAG Oahu, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said the bill would protect patient privacy, reduce chilling effects from out-of-state litigation, and help retain providers in a state already facing shortages. Several testifiers said gender-affirming care is medically necessary, evidence-based, and life-saving, and emphasized that Hawaii should protect its own health care decisions from outside political pressure.
A few individuals testified in opposition, arguing the bill was unnecessary or that it protected providers more than opponents of the bill, but these views were not echoed by most of the testimony. The chair repeatedly reminded testifiers to keep comments brief and maintain decorum. The transcript provided does not include a final committee vote or disposition on the bill.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- If your solution to high property taxes is to institute new taxes, new taxes that punish families and
- taxes,<00:34:35.919><c> new</c><00:34:36.320><c> taxes</c><00:34:36.879><c> that</c><00:34:37.200><c> punish
- </c><00:34:37.760><c> families</c> taxes, new taxes that punish families taxes, new taxes that punish
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- The way to hurt your best employees is to punish them all.
- employees</c> your best employees your best employees is<00:15:43.440><c> to</c><00:15:43.600><c> punish
- 44.800><c> Look</c><00:15:44.959><c> them</c><00:15:45.120><c> in</c><00:15:45.199><c> the</c> is to punish
- Look them in the is to punish them all.
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, December 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A twisted agenda that pardons the powerful, protects the predators, and punishes the people, and Black
- the powerful, protects the predators, the powerful, protects the predators, and<00:24:34.559><c> punishes
- <c> the</c><00:24:35.679><c> people,</c><00:24:36.559><c> and</c><00:24:36.880><c> black</c> and punishes
- the people, and black and punishes the people, and black Americans<00:24:37.679><c> are</c><00:24:37.840
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 24, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's about rewarding and enriching those who are well off and well connected and punishing those in the
- > those who are well off and wellconed those who are well off and wellconed and<03:00:25.359><c> punishing
- 26.479><c> in</c><03:00:26.720><c> the</c><03:00:26.880><c> middle</c><03:00:27.279><c> and</c> and punishing
- those in the middle and and punishing those in the middle and those<03:00:27.920><c> fighting</c><03
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (03/24/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- to do is leave state adequacy grants for tomorrow, or hopefully tomorrow, and I’m a glutton for punishment
- glutton</c><04:35:40.320><c> for</c> tomorrow and I'm a glutton for tomorrow and I'm a glutton for punishment
- 41.680><c> I'd</c><04:35:41.840><c> like</c><04:35:42.000><c> to</c><04:35:42.160><c> leave</c> punishment
- Um I'd like to leave punishment.
Summary:
The committee met with Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre and Charitable Gaming Chief Compliance Officer Kulie Aoyo to review proposed changes in HB 2 and related amendments affecting video lottery terminals, historic horse racing, charitable gaming, and scratch tickets. McIntyre said the late-arriving amendment made revenue estimates difficult, especially because the bill would allow operators to decide when to convert from HHR to VLTs and would change the floor-space rules. He explained that the existing 70/30 floor-space split between machines and table games was negotiated to protect charity revenue, and warned that moving to a 90/10 split could reduce charity revenue, potentially by as much as $17 million, while also changing the character of the facilities. Committee members discussed whether to keep the 70/30 split, and McIntyre said he could provide updated estimates later that day, including net impacts after any offsetting gains or losses under current law.
Members also asked about the governor’s proposed operator share versus the Sweeney amendment’s higher operator share. McIntyre said the governor’s 45% figure was based on his own estimate and on comparable rates in other states, and he supported it as a way to maximize revenue for the state and charities. He also described a change to high-stakes tournaments: after speaking with Rep. Sweeney, he said the amendment was clarified to apply only to those tournaments and would lower the house take from 10% to 5% to encourage participation in rare, high-buy-in events. The committee also discussed a separate proposal to raise the maximum scratch ticket price from $30 to $50; McIntyre said the change would take time to implement, would likely increase net state revenue by about $1 million in year two, and was consistent with pricing in neighboring states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Additional questions covered sports betting and a separate Kino-related estimate. McIntyre said March Madness is the busiest period for sports betting and that the state’s sports betting revenue has exceeded initial expectations. He also said he had estimated that removing a municipal-vote restriction for Kino could cost about $12 million total, with $2 million in the first year and $10 million thereafter. No formal votes were taken during the discussion; the chair indicated the committee would revisit the VLT amendment and other sections later, and McIntyre agreed to send updated revenue estimates to committee members.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- His punishment of 14 years of hard labor was an excessive and politically motivated sentence, despite
- in a Russian penal detained in a Russian penal colony<02:13:57.840><c> his</c><02:13:58.520><c> punishment
- c> of</c><02:13:59.159><c> 14</c><02:13:59.599><c> years</c><02:13:59.840><c> of</c> colony his punishment
- of 14 years of colony his punishment of 14 years of hard<02:14:00.320><c> labor</c><02:14:00.800><c>
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/24/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Hunger and food insecurity are not solved through restriction and punishment, but through access, stability
- Hunger and food insecurity are not solved through restriction and punishment, but through access, stability
- and punishment, but through access,<01:44:17.040><c> stability,</c><01:44:17.679><c> and</c><01:44:18.000
- Uh, they are upset that there are child abuse laws because they believe that corporal punishment, for
- Uh, they are upset that there are child abuse laws because they believe that corporal punishment, um,
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, the process being the punishment if there was some coordinated activity against them. >> I
- You know, the process being the punishment<01:18:00.080><c> if</c><01:18:00.479><c> there</c><01:18:00.639
- ><c> was</c><01:18:00.800><c> some</c><01:18:01.040><c> coordinated</c> punishment if there was some
- coordinated punishment if there was some coordinated activity<01:18:02.080><c> against</c><01:18:02.479
- Absent that consent, the recording would be a crime punishable as a misdemeanor or, in some instances
Committee:
House Judiciary
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 1067-FN, which would formalize and expand mental health courts in New Hampshire and create a grant-based funding structure for them. Representative Mark Pearson, the prime sponsor, described the bill as a bipartisan, compassionate, and cost-effective approach that would connect people with mental illness to treatment and supervision instead of incarceration, while still holding them accountable. He said the proposal was developed with input from the judicial branch, law enforcement, corrections, mental health organizations, and others, and emphasized that local courts could tailor programs to their needs.
Committee members questioned the bill’s fiscal note, whether the legislature had previously studied the issue, how the program would be funded, and whether the bill should more explicitly address treatment, prevention, and data collection. Representative Buzz Sher, who helped develop the bill, explained how mental health courts work, including referral, clinical and public-safety assessments, case management, goal-setting, and graduation from the program. He said existing New Hampshire mental health courts are mostly partial and county-funded, and that the bill would formalize them, set standards, and allow grant funding. He also cited data from Georgia and New Hampshire suggesting significant savings from reduced incarceration and related costs.
Members also raised concerns about due process, whether people not formally charged could be swept into the system, and whether individuals with violent offenses or domestic violence histories could be diverted inappropriately. Sher responded that only people already in the criminal justice process are eligible and that courts use safety assessments to screen out most violent cases. The committee requested that Sher file supporting financial data from other jurisdictions, and he agreed to do so. No vote or final action was taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- denying health care to such agencies and facilities would ultimately hurt detained individuals and punish
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several tax-related bills, beginning with AB 760, which would exempt settlement payments tied to the Garden Grove chemical incident from California income tax. The author and a school district trustee described evacuations, school closures, and losses to residents, businesses, students, and staff, arguing the payments should make victims whole rather than be taxed. There was support from the Orange County Board of Supervisors, no opposition, and the bill passed 3-0 to Appropriations, with committee amendments accepted.
Members then heard AB 2319, creating a California post-production tax credit for film and television work done in-state, even when principal photography occurred elsewhere or the project did not receive the existing film credit. The author and supporters from the Motion Picture Editors Guild, California Post Alliance, and others said post-production jobs and facilities are leaving California and that the bill would help retain high-wage work; opponents were not present. The committee members generally supported the measure, and it passed 3-0 to Appropriations. AB 2186 followed, excluding future reparations benefits for descendants of formerly enslaved people from state income tax. The author and NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference said taxing such benefits would undermine reparative justice; there was no opposition, and the bill passed 3-0.
The committee also heard AB 762, which would ban the sale of disposable nicotine vapes and add enforcement tools. Supporters, including waste, recycling, local government, and public health groups, said disposable vapes create fire hazards, waste problems, and costs for local agencies; opponents argued the bill would mainly eliminate the legal market while leaving illicit products untouched and urged stronger enforcement instead. The author accepted committee amendments adding CDTFA enforcement, but the bill was not voted on because a motion was pending and members were absent. Later, AB 1519, AB 2172, AB 2222, AB 1793, AB 2089, and AB 1265 were heard and each received support from committee members and passed 2-0 or 3-0 to Appropriations, with amendments accepted where noted. AB 1519 clarified that the 20-year tax collection statute of limitations should not be reset by later fees or penalties; AB 2172 would let large counties use a single assessment appeals commissioner for complex property tax appeals; AB 2222 would create a temporary tax credit for local news organizations to retain and hire journalists; AB 1793 would authorize symmetrical cash rounding to the nearest nickel after the federal penny phaseout; AB 2089 would streamline the welfare exemption filing process for affordable housing; and AB 1265 would extend and revise the historic building tax credit to encourage adaptive reuse for housing and mixed-use projects.