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• Would we do this for firearms? Would we do this for firearms?
• the manufacture of certain firearms and firearm parts, subject to various exceptions, including the
• the manufacture of certain firearms and firearm parts, subject to various exceptions, including the
• In effect, this bill makes an illegal firearm, the manufacture of an illegal firearm, illegal.
• In effect, this bill makes an illegal firearm, the manufacturer of an illegal firearm illegal.

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: 904, all

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• defense in crimes where the age of the victim is a crucial element.
• You can't carry a firearm into a bar, right? I believe that is correct.
• I apologize to store to store a firearm on line. 44 particularly on line 65.
• a firearm.
• Prohibiting firearms on college and university campuses except by trade.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This goes after the customers as a deterrent, increasing the penalties for the customers who purchase
• I lived this for seven years, starting at the age of 15.
• And I can tell you, in those seven years, until I was rescued at the age of 21 by a woman named Pearl
• The bill makes it so that a person must be at least 21 years old to purchase kratom products instead.
• The Department of Ag can. There is a university in Florida.

Bills: HB2028 , HB2047 , HB2136 , HB2244 , HB2364 , HB2406 , HB2415 , HB2557 , HB2573 , HB2589 , HB2720 , HB2749 , HB2825 , HB2861 , HB2862 , HB2870 , HB2970 , HB4070 , HB4117 , HCR2004 , HCR2051

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Elections

Keywords: community restitution, homelessness, indigence, court assessments, monetary obligations, forcible entry, detainer, writ of restitution, criminal trespass, judgment enforcement, civil terrorism, disorderly conduct, vandalism, political activism, public order, subversion, government security, evictions, judgment satisfaction, tenant rights

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• Uh, there's a 95 AG opinion that covers that.
• Uh there's<00:07:20.720><c> a</c><00:07:21.039><c> 95</c><00:07:21.680><c> AG</c><00:07:22.080><c> opinion
• </c><00:07:22.479><c> that</c><00:07:22.880><c> um</c><00:07:23.039><c> that</c> there's a 95 AG opinion
• that um that there's a 95 AG opinion that um that covers<00:07:23.759><c> that.
• They're covered by that AG opinion. Is there an amendment too, or is that just the amendment?

Bills: HB268 , SB279 , SB304 , SB303 , SB298 , HB268 , SB279 , SB304 , SB303 , SB298

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: lottery winnings, lottery prize, state lottery, income tax exemption, tax exemption, gambling, games of chance, prize proceeds, Alabama Department of Revenue, state income tax, tax relief, winnings, jackpot, lotto, Alabama State House, Montgomery, Legislative Council, demolition, state capitol, state capitol building

Bills: HB2476 , HB2893 , HB4848 , HB5062 , SB37 , SB60 , HB2860 , HB4930 , SB646 , SB 37

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: living expenses, higher education, student support, homeless students, financial aid, grant program, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, workforce development, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, competency-based education, baccalaureate degree, cost of attendance, dual credit, computer science, course credit, foreign language requirement, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council

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• It's part of the neurodegeneration. generation age related.
• How do we reverse engineer aging? It's really hard.
• levels of trauma from an early age onward.
• Based on age, sex, different race, different metabolisms.
• We, as we age, it's been We have amyloid accumulation in the brain as a normal process of aging. and

Bills: HB5 , HJR3 , HB155 , HB513 , HB5 , HB155

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: dementia, research, health care, Texas Institute, grants, medical breakthroughs, oversight, prevention, funding, healthcare, Texas, autopsy, confidentiality, public records, medical examiner, law enforcement, HB 513, surgical smoke, surgical plume, smoke evacuation

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• I'm a Deputy AG in the Office of Legislative Affairs for AG Rob Bonta, the sponsor of the bill.
• a firearm safety certificate.
• Current law requires a person to obtain a firearm safety certificate, or FSC, before they can purchase
• Under current law, Californians who wish to purchase a firearm must pass a written examination in order
• of those firearms.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, though no final votes were taken because a quorum had not yet been established. SB 493 by Senator Becker would add war or armed conflict to California’s price-gouging emergency triggers, with the author and supporters arguing it would protect consumers from gas-price spikes tied to international conflict. Opponents, including business and housing groups, warned the bill could over-trigger emergency powers and create broad, ongoing price controls. The chair indicated support for an aye-as-amended recommendation once quorum was reached. SB 1056 by Senator Grayson would require protective orders for disclosure of sexually explicit material involving adult victims in specified criminal cases. Denise Huskins-Quinn and Aaron Quinn testified in support, describing how sensitive evidence in their case was copied and handled without adequate safeguards; supporters said the bill would extend privacy protections similar to those already used for child sexual abuse material. Criminal defense attorneys supported the goal but raised concerns about notice procedures and how the bill would apply when material is in the public domain. The chair said the bill filled a gap in existing law and would receive an aye recommendation. SB 1208 by Senator Grayson would let law enforcement seize and return crypto assets used in scams and fraud to victims. The Attorney General’s office and law enforcement groups supported the bill as a tool to recover losses from transnational crypto fraud, while the ACLU and public defenders argued it lowered the burden of proof, raised constitutional concerns, and could be misused against unbanked or low-level defendants. The chair nevertheless said the bill aligned with existing law for stolen property and would be recommended aye. SB 874 by Senator Weber-Pearson would strengthen oversight of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, including requiring background checks for employees of providers and convening a stakeholder workgroup; it drew support from the California Association for Behavior Analysis and no opposition was heard. Later, SB 1266 by Senator Stern would change how the value of stolen copper and related infrastructure damage is calculated, aiming to address copper theft and its costs to cities and utilities. Supporters said the bill would better capture the real harm from thefts that disrupt streetlights, telecom, and emergency services, while opponents argued it would inflate charges, turn many misdemeanors into felonies, and increase court and incarceration costs. The author said he would continue discussions and accept the amendments. Senator Cervantes presented SB 1379, which would separate the Riverside County sheriff and coroner offices and create an independent medical examiner; supporters cited in-custody death concerns and conflicts of interest, while opponents said the problem was not unique to Riverside and that the bill would override local control. Cervantes also presented SB 1418 to extend ballot-custody protections to other election records and equipment after a Riverside County ballot seizure, with support from the Attorney General’s office. Finally, Senator Blakespear began presenting SB 936 on nitrous oxide misuse, describing public health, impaired-driving, and disposal concerns, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s testimony concluded.

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• Last year, DOJ successfully defended California's age-based restrictions on purchasing firearms and our
• Last year, DOJ successfully defended California's age-based restrictions on purchasing firearms and our
• or registered firearm in DOJ's automated firearm system.
• If they have 10 firearms recorded in the automated firearm system, but nine firearms have been documented
• recovering firearms that are known to DOJ databases because they were once legally purchased or acquired

Summary: The hearing focused on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) grant program under the Board of State and Community Corrections and related Department of Justice efforts. BSCC reported that it now administers 36 MMIP grants across three cohorts, with awards ranging from $436,000 to $1 million, plus five collaborative grants at $2 million each, totaling $35.4 million awarded to federally recognized tribes. Testimony from tribal leaders and grantees described how the funding supports prevention, family advocacy, domestic violence services, law enforcement coordination, youth programming, culturally grounded healing, and new tribal public safety positions such as investigators, social workers, and drone operators. Speakers repeatedly emphasized that the crisis is longstanding, tied to generational trauma, and that the grant has helped build trust and infrastructure in tribal communities. Several witnesses and committee members urged continued and preferably ongoing funding, noting that demand now exceeds available one-time money. BSCC and tribal representatives described outreach efforts that increased participation from four applicants in cohort one to 20 in cohort two and more applicants than funding in cohort three. Tribes also raised implementation concerns, especially the burden of quarterly narrative reporting, limited staff capacity, and the need for flexible administration. BSCC said it uses steering committees, separate small- and large-project categories, orientations, monitoring visits, and technical assistance to support grantees. Tribal leaders and advocates stressed that the program should remain accessible without requiring a waiver of tribal sovereignty. The second major topic was DOJ’s update on AB 3099, the Tribal Assistance Program, and the tribal police pilot under AB 134. DOJ officials said the Office of Native American Affairs and the Division of Law Enforcement have been conducting outreach, trainings, listening sessions, and coordination with tribal, local, state, and federal partners to address Public Law 280 jurisdictional issues, improve reporting and data, and support Feather Alert and MMIP-related resources. DOJ said the AB 3099 report is in internal review and that the tribal police pilot is moving forward with the Yurok Tribe as a participant, with a July 1, 2026 start date. DOJ and tribal witnesses said the pilot’s main barriers are cost and, for some tribes, the waiver of sovereign immunity. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with broad support for expanding and sustaining MMIP-related funding and infrastructure.

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• of a firearm safety device.
• 00:10:37.399><c> safety</c><00:10:38.639><c> device</c> purchase of um a firearm safety device purchase
• This is about safety, encouraging, if you will, those persons that see fit to purchase a firearm that
• pertaining to that purchase or transfer is private data. purchase a trigger lock and they have purchase
• </c> the purchase or transfer of a firearm the purchase or transfer of a firearm safety<00:15:29.759>

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This would include safe firearm storage, child access prevention laws, basic California firearm laws,
• Firearms, by design, are dangerous.
• firearm safety and current firearm laws.
• Firearm safety is crucial, and firearm safety training ...here, we agree.
• Firearm safety is crucial, and firearm safety training needs to be at the forefront of everyone's mind

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of water, parks, transportation, species protection, and fisheries bills. AB 430 would require the State Water Resources Control Board to publish an economic and environmental impact study when emergency water regulations are extended over multiple years; the author and supporters from agricultural and water groups said it would add transparency without limiting emergency authority. AB 1139 would expand a CEQA exemption to let county park agencies open existing roads and trails for non-motorized recreation, with supporters emphasizing access to nature and opponents warning about impacts to sensitive habitat, tribal resources, and fire risk. AB 929 would temporarily exempt small community water systems and managed wetlands from certain SGMA pumping reductions and fines; supporters said it would protect vulnerable communities and wetlands, while farm and water coalition opponents argued it would undermine basin-wide groundwater management and shift burdens to other users. AB 1225, creating an Accessibility Advisory Committee for State Parks, drew broad support and passed unanimously. The committee also heard AB 514, which would encourage local water suppliers to develop emergency water supplies for drought and service interruptions; it passed with broad support, though one member cautioned against using scientific research as a loophole. AB 550 would let developers seek incidental take permits for species under consideration for listing, aimed at reducing delays for clean energy projects; environmental groups supported the goal but asked for clearer standards, limits on using research as mitigation, and a fee provision, and the bill passed as amended. AB 697 would authorize an incidental take permit for the State Route 37 interim project in Solano and Marin counties, balancing congestion relief and habitat restoration; supporters stressed long commutes and urgent restoration deadlines, while opponents raised climate, sea-level-rise, and tribal concerns. The bill passed, with some members noting they would continue to work on the measure. Other measures discussed included AB 975, which would give Sutter County a narrow, temporary exemption from streambed alteration agreements for certain damaged small bridges and culverts; county officials described repeated flood damage and long permitting delays, and the bill passed as amended. AB 1056 would phase out transferability of set gillnet permits after 2027, allowing only a final family transfer; supporters framed it as a gradual response to bycatch concerns, while fishing industry opponents said it would unfairly target an existing fishery and set a bad precedent. The committee also took up AB 1146, described by the author as a response to politically motivated water releases; supporters from conservation and water organizations backed the bill. Several bills were voted out to Appropriations, some were left open for later action or add-ons, and the committee repeatedly noted it was working through the agenda without a quorum early in the hearing.

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• a firearm.
• a firearm.
• Exempting certain weapons from all firearms regulation under the Gun Control Act and National Firearms
• Has and uses the power to purchase Tasers.
• TASERS LIKE DEADLY FIREARMS.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• That algorithm then raises the price you see online for your purchase based on how online for your purchase
• The average age of a first-time home buyer is...
• And we put out a bill called Raise the Age.
• The thinking on that was, well, if we raise the age from 18 to 21 for people using or purchasing assault
• of America. a truly golden age of America.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence HB 306 by Lalani relating to prohibiting certain transfers, purchases
• , and possessions of firearm, creating criminal offense referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
• For certain water districts referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, AG 421 by Gonzalez of El
• HB 445 by PA relating to an agreement credit for the purchase of an attendance credit under the public
• HB 479 by Bernal relating to the requirement of a licensed firearms dealer.

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• New Mexico has an age-adjusted firearms death rate of 85% higher than the national average.
• This deals with stealing a firearm, larceny of a firearm.
• You still can't possess a firearm in the age of handgun under the age of 19, I believe it is.
• go up to the age of 21.
• go up to the age of 21.

Committee: House House Consumer & Public Affairs

Keywords: 996, all

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• </c> purchasing another firearm? purchasing another firearm?
• </c> any impediments to future firearm any impediments to future firearm purchases.<00:47:50.480><c>
• </c> to wait 30 days to purchase a firearm? to wait 30 days to purchase a firearm?
• </c><02:10:48.480><c> Um,</c> to purchase a firearm. Um, to purchase a firearm.
• </c><02:15:32.880><c> Um,</c> purchase a firearm. Um, purchase a firearm.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Among self-inflicted unintentional firearms deaths, the average age of the victims was 5.9 years old,
• Among self-inflicted unintentional firearms deaths, the average age of the victims was 5.9 years old,
• Among self-inflicted unintentional firearms deaths, the average age of the victims was 5.9 years old,
• </c><02:34:11.520><c> them</c> who purchases a firearm and have them who purchases a firearm and have
• their</c> tries to purchase a firearm after their tries to purchase a firearm after their weapons<04:

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• . firearms. firearms.
• . firearms. firearms.
• They were not permitted to have firearms, but they went to Fleet Farm with one of the kids and purchased
• . firearms. firearms.
• </c> cheap firearms. cheap firearms.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I would agree that at age 60, a lot of those, age 60.
• a firearm safety certificate.
• Current law requires a person to obtain a firearm safety certificate, or FSC, before they can purchase
• Under current law, Californians who wish to purchase a firearm must pass a written examination in order
• of those firearms.

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• by law from possessing a firearm at the time of the offense.
• Currently, are juveniles eligible to possess a firearm?
• Currently, are juveniles eligible to possess a firearm?
• Under law, are you aware if juveniles are eligible to possess a firearm?
• Senator Myers’s bill lowers the age for prostate cancer screening.

Bills: HR257 , HR258 , HR259 , HR260 , HR261 , HR262 , HR263 , HCR105 , HCR106 , HR252 , HR253 , HR254 , HR255 , HR256 , HCR103 , HCR104 , SB83 , SB143 , SB155 , SB228 , SB283 , SB295 , SB338 , SB388 , SB408 , SB431 , HR84 , HR188 , HR205 , HB302 , HB597 , HB819 , HB1257 , HB1258 , SCR24 , SB45 , SB58 , SB71 , SB81 , SB92 , SB100 , SB109 , SB141 , SB156 , SB181 , SB203 , SB204 , SB205 , SB207 , SB213 , SB214 , SB216 , SB229 , SB257 , SB274 , SB290 , SB304 , SB374 , SB379 , SB396 , SB410 , SB425 , SB427 , SB429 , SB479 , SB522 , SB357 , SB406 , HR171 , HCR49 , HCR65 , HCR72 , HR37 , HCR64 , HR170 , HR191 , HR206 , HR207 , HR208 , HR217 , HCR11 , HCR53 , HCR60 , HCR66 , HCR68 , HR9 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR50 , HCR62 , HCR67 , HCR71 , HCR78 , HCR81 , SCR19 , SCR3 , SCR6 , SCR18 , SCR11 , SCR22 , SCR2 , SCR20 , HCR6 , HB64 , HB68 , HB92 , HB130 , HB258 , HB633 , HB801 , HB61 , HB98 , HB102 , HB139 , HB142 , HB170 , HB185 , HB194 , HB199 , HB231 , HB247 , HB294 , HB336 , HB474 , HB661 , HB842 , HB852 , HB301 , HB359 , HB657 , HB675 , HB680 , HB727 , HB79 , HB251 , HB625 , HB769 , HB775 , HB783 , HB895 , HB1011 , HB1057 , HB1155 , HB1186 , HB1224 , HB1245 , HB1247 , HB1253 , HB1254 , HB1255 , HB1256 , SB41 , SB44 , SB64 , SB84 , SB87 , SB93 , SB98 , SB107 , SB118 , SB142 , SB192 , SB195 , SB199 , SB219 , SB222 , SB234 , SB241 , SB255 , SB275 , SB277 , SB292 , SB294 , SB306 , SB314 , SB482 , SB8 , SB10 , SB11 , SB12 , SB13 , SB14 , SB16 , SB17 , SB18 , SB20 , SB21 , SB22 , SB40 , SB48 , SB55 , SB69 , SB75 , SB77 , SB78 , SB85 , SB102 , SB115 , SB133 , SB140 , SB148 , SB151 , SB165 , SB169 , SB170 , SB185 , SB197 , SB200 , SB217 , SB235 , SB278 , SB280 , SB291 , SB300 , SB303 , SB315 , SB324 , SB330 , SB411 , SB416 , SB420 , SB436 , SB438 , SB449 , SB455 , SB456 , SB477 , SB489 , SB521 , HB646 , HB824 , HB341 , HB682 , HB766 , HB926 , HB998 , HB1051 , HB1080 , HB1201 , HB1223 , HB603 , HB940 , HB1191 , SB47 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HB284 , HB306 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1240 , SB82 , SB89 , SB149 , SB382

Keywords: condolences, memorial resolution, House Resolution, Shreveport, children, tragedy, sympathy, bereavement, tribute, mourning, schoolchildren, public charter school, elementary school, Head Start, family loss, Louisiana House of Representatives, condolence resolution, House resolution, victims, family support

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• And in June of this year, he went to a firearm store, purchased a firearms product, passed a background
• store, purchased a firearms product, store, purchased a firearms product, passed<00:49:44.880><c> a<
• purchases or the purchase of firearm components.
• purchases or the purchase of firearm components.
• </c> firearm purchases. firearm purchases.

Keywords: 916, all