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• Pursuant to the most recent data published by DOJ, youth crime has not increased beyond pre-COVID levels
• In looking at both arrests and sustained petitions in juvenile court, youth crime does not appear to
• A serious crime, but does not need a long-term multiple years of incarceration.
• And the county department supervises people in order to receive services to deter crime.
• To make it difficult to distinguish whether the prison population crime or state savings are a result

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• victims' reparation fund to the crime victims' compensation fund; provides relative to applicable crimes
• Members, this bill speaks to the crime victims' reparations program.
• We are changing the language to crime victims' compensation.
• Speaker, members, the bill before you today creates a misdemeanor crime for the possession or intent
• Well, this was a bill that I was asked to bring by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, and I thought

Bills: HR218, HR219, HR220, HR221, HR222, HCR91, HCR92, HCR93, HR210, HR211, HR212, HR213, HR214, HR215, HR216, SCR29, SCR38, SB100, HR171, HCR49, HCR65, SCR23, HB276, HB508, HB512, HB599, HB632, HB656, HB998, HB1052, HB1084, HB1171, HB1193, HB1194, HB1204, HB1209, HB1250, SB2, SB19, SB24, SB50, SB70, SB96, SB101, SB103, SB104, SB114, SB122, SB159, SB160, SB173, SB180, SB182, SB260, SB412, SB418, SB424, SB442, SB460, SB476, HCR41, HCR76, HCR77, HCR63, HCR69, HCR86, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, HB64, HB68, HB92, HB130, HB167, HB227, HB243, HB321, HB335, HB398, HB492, HB624, HB689, HB708, HB804, HB906, HB926, HB955, HB968, HB969, HB978, HB985, HB1005, HB1029, HB1069, HB1077, HB1095, HB1104, HB1107, HB1187, HB1203, HB1217, HB1220, HB730, HB225, HB175, HB198, HB437, HB457, HB488, HB646, HB763, HB909, HB971, HB981, HB1066, HB1089, HB1125, HB1154, HB1231, HB1246, HB1248, HB1249, SB47, SB82, SB106, SB206, SB210, SB248, SB305, SB376, SB397, SB441, HCR32, HB59, HB617, HB897, HB911, HB1223, HB798, HB824, HB989, HB1140, HB1166, HB1244, HB901, HB79, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB306, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB459, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB996, HB1035, HB1113, HB1180, HB1234, HB1240, SB89

Keywords: EJ Fields, Shreveport, Louisiana, gospel music, commendation, resolution, honorary resolution, Billboard Gospel Airplay, Mediabase Gospel Airplay, Mercy Endureth, music award, ministry, artist recognition, cultural heritage, spiritual heritage, African American gospel, local hero, state commendation, St. Charles Parish, parish day

Summary: The House met with 89 members present and began with prayer, the pledge, and routine journal and leave requests. The early part of the session was largely ceremonial, with multiple personal privilege remarks recognizing visiting groups and special days at the Capitol, including St. Bernard Parish Day, Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association Day, ARPEC members, retired public servant Barney Arsenault, Deaf History Month, Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, Young Farmers and Ranchers, Louisiana Housing Corporation participants, and Louisiana Hospital Day. The chamber also received Senate messages, including concurrence in several House concurrent resolutions, Senate passage of a number of bills, and a list of Senate resolutions lying over. The House then moved through a long series of resolutions and bills, many of them adopted without objection. Among the measures approved were resolutions designating or commending various observances and groups, and bills addressing inmate documentation upon release, court filings on letter-sized paper, safe harbor protections for trafficking victims, public benefits verification, travel meal reimbursement limits for state employees, the Governor’s Task Force on Impaired Driving, school emergency operation plans, justice of the peace jurisdiction in East Baton Rouge Parish, unaffiliated voter participation in party primaries, electronic monitoring rules, crime victims’ compensation terminology, the indigent defender fund threshold for small municipalities, sex offender identification procedures, the Office of State Public Defender, microbrewery special-event permits, alternative power sources for nursing facilities, relay attack device penalties, and a capital-case intellectual disability bill. Several of these passed overwhelmingly; some were temporarily returned to the calendar or tabled after passage. A few bills drew more discussion. HB 335 on citizenship verification for public benefits passed 77-17. HB 398, limiting meal reimbursements for state travel to GSA rates with an exception process, passed 62-32 after questions about scope and lodging. HB 906 on presidential preference primary qualification and party rules for unaffiliated voters passed 68-19. HB 897, protecting health data collected by pregnancy centers and imposing fines for unauthorized disclosure, passed 94-0 after an amendment and questions about its application. HB 1107 on intellectual disabilities in capital cases passed 75-11 after amendments informed by disability advocates. HB 1187, allowing Citizens Property Insurance to direct certain emergency assessment overages to the Fortify Homes Program or reserves, passed 87-9. HB 1220 on the State Board of Medical Examiners passed 95-0. The House also reconsidered and successfully revived HB 225 after suspending the rules, and several bills were returned to the calendar for later consideration, including HB 689 before it was later brought back and passed 84-7 after amendment. The session concluded with notice of additional Senate messages and upcoming floor scheduling.

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• </c> that crime that crime because<00:34:22.000><c> of</c><00:34:22.080><c> a</c><00:34:22.120><c> mental
• We are the only law that I'm aware of that we put an exception in that said this crime won't apply to
• We are the only law that I'm aware of that we put an exception in that said this crime won't apply to
• We are the only law that I'm aware of that we put an exception in that said this crime won't apply to
• We are the only law that I'm aware of that we put an exception in that said this crime won't apply to

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 409 in executive session, with the chair noting a caucus break to explain amendments to several substitute members. Members discussed a proposed amendment to narrow the bill’s felony provisions by limiting them to specific, knowingly dangerous conduct rather than making the offense too broad. The committee also noted a planned floor amendment to add missing “or” language to clarify that the listed acts were alternatives, not cumulative requirements. The amendment was adopted 13-0, and the bill as amended was then reported OTPA by a 13-0 vote. It was initially said to be headed to consent, but members later agreed it would not go on consent because a floor amendment was anticipated. The committee then opened House Bill 667, which would extend protections for medical personnel into emergency room settings. Supporters said the bill was needed because emergency room staff face increasing assaults and existing protections did not fully cover ER circumstances. Several members described firsthand or secondhand incidents involving nurses, EMTs, and other staff being threatened or injured, and argued that stronger penalties would help deter violence and improve prosecution. Others supported the bill but raised concerns about how it might affect people experiencing mental health crises, dementia, or intellectual and developmental disabilities. A proposed amendment from Representative Sher would exempt people experiencing a mental health crisis who have a mental health diagnosis, and also address dementia and certain developmental disabilities. Supporters said the amendment was narrowly tailored and had backing from the Disability Rights Center, NAMI New Hampshire, and the New Hampshire Nurses Association. Opponents argued that the criminal justice system already has safeguards such as prosecutorial discretion, insanity defenses, and competency rules, and warned against creating special exceptions that could weaken equal application of the law. After debate, the committee voted 10-3 to report HB 667 ought to pass, with members noting that minority and majority reports would be prepared.

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• And apparently Kansas City thinks that the way to fight crime is to eliminate the sale of tiny liquor
• And the whole idea that you can solve a crime problem by limiting the sale of a... ...solve a crime problem
• But it was in the big cities, and the crime epidemic that came from that.
• And the crime epidemic that came from that.
• But it was in the big cities, and the crime epidemic that came from that.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1142, which would clarify the Secretary of State’s authority to issue certificates of good standing to series LLCs and make each series searchable on the Secretary of State’s website. The sponsor said the bill was needed to preserve a long-standing practice and keep Missouri business-friendly, and witnesses from the Missouri Chamber and a law firm supported it as a simple clarification. No opposition was presented, and the hearing concluded without a vote in the transcript. The committee then took up House Bill 3347, sponsored by Rep. Murphy, which had two parts: one establishing requirements for political subdivisions entering contingency-fee legal contracts, and another addressing a Kansas City ordinance restricting sales of small liquor bottles in certain areas. Supporters of the legal-contract portion argued that local governments should coordinate with the Attorney General on contingency-fee cases involving statewide issues, citing opioid, PFAS, environmental, and other multi-jurisdictional litigation as examples where attorney fees and fragmented local action created delays and inefficiencies. Opponents, including the Missouri Municipal League, Missouri Association of Counties, and private attorneys, argued the bill would add bureaucracy, delay cases, undermine local control, and potentially freeze out smaller communities; they also raised concerns about vague language, a 45-day review period, and retroactive effects on existing contracts. On the alcohol portion, industry witnesses supported the amendment, saying the Kansas City proposal was discriminatory, unsupported by data, and would hurt retailers and tax revenue. After the hearing, the committee moved into executive session and unanimously voted House Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 907, 1154, and 1272 do pass and do pass with consent, after adopting a technical substitute. The transcript then returned to HB 3347, where testimony continued on both the legal-contract and alcohol provisions, but no final committee vote on HB 3347 appears in the transcript.

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• which resulted in death, for violent crimes, or sex offenses.
• Violent crimes or sex offenses.
• which resulted in death for violent crimes or sex events.
• There were 18,238 notification. violent crimes or sex events.
• Being homeless is not a crime. We know that. Displacement is awful.

Summary: The Special Commission on Criminal Justice Reform 3.0 heard a presentation from the Massachusetts Parole Board focused on how parole, probation, the Department of Correction, sheriffs, and community providers coordinate reentry and supervision. Chair Angela Gomez described the board’s mission, its discretionary parole process, and the work of its transitional services, life sentence, victim services, and field services divisions. She highlighted 2024 activity including 2,810 institutional release hearings, 141 life-sentence hearings, 100 victim access release hearings, 18,238 victim notifications, 53 pardon petitions, 70 commutation petitions, 41 early termination applications, and supervision of about 2,993 committed parolees. She also emphasized the board’s shift toward evidence-based practices, individualized conditions, graduated sanctions, and more service-oriented supervision, including GPS guidelines and community-based interventions. Members focused heavily on data questions and the practical overlap among agencies. Senator Brownsberger and others asked for clearer breakdowns of releases, active supervision, average length of supervision, and distinctions between parole, mandatory release, revocations, and interstate compact cases. The board explained that some figures combine in-state and out-of-state cases, that roughly 400-plus people on supervision are lifers, and that annual revocations can remain technically supervised until final hearings. Members also asked for more detailed outcome data on employment, housing, treatment, and program retention, as well as a clearer breakdown of people who refuse parole versus those who decline after a grant. The board said it could provide follow-up data and noted that many refusals are driven by pending cases, desire to avoid supervision, or preference for serving time inside. The discussion also covered collaboration with UMass, including risk assessment research, training on best practices, and real-time support for medication and drug-testing issues through community pathways. The board and commissioners described shared housing and reentry resources such as MASH, community justice resource centers, sheriff-run programs like Rocky Hill and HOPE, and other placements that help stabilize people after release. Several speakers stressed that housing is the biggest gap and that agencies are trying to keep people in the community with employment, benefits, treatment, and safe housing. The commission also received an update on the Mattis-related clemency/parole cohort: 210 individuals were identified, 144 were immediately eligible for hearings, 100 hearings had been completed, 10 were scheduled, and some had postponed or were still being calculated for eligibility. The meeting ended with plans for a March 9 public hearing and a request for follow-up data and continued site visits before the commission moves into recommendations.

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• and can they be held guilty of the crime if they were in fact undergoing a mental illness episode at
• There’s actually no crime for them endangering your life in the process in the state of Minnesota.
• </c> enforcement's perspective fleeing crimes enforcement's perspective fleeing crimes create<01:25:42.080
• Third is going to be just a suspect actively fleeing a crime that they had just committed.
• Third is going to be just a suspect actively fleeing a crime that they had just committed.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> rights they may have as victim of crime rights they may have as victim of crime in<04:32:00.479>
• , sexual assault, and other serious crimes.
• New Hampshire passed the rights of crime victims found in RSA ... other serious crimes there are also
• </c> Hampshire passed the rights of Crime Hampshire passed the rights of Crime Victims<04:32:45.000><
• </c><04:35:46.400><c> to</c> and would allow uh victims of crime to and would allow uh victims of crime

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• 6334 applies to parental abduction and that the federal law, the International Parental Kidnapping Crime
• in helping work through mental issues in people so that they're much less likely to commit violent crimes
• it would cost them at least $75,000 and most likely a lot more to create a form and change their computer
• lot more to create a form and change lot more to create a form and change their<04:20:04.560><c> computer
• system in order to handle their computer system in order to handle these<04:20:06.399><c> changes.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• unit, and it has formed the new financial crimes and fraud section within the BCA.
• </c> consolidation of the white collar crime consolidation of the white collar crime uh<00:42:00.560>
• new financial crimes and fraud the new financial crimes and fraud section<00:42:25.200><c> within</c
• and finance crimes within state government — one place — and I was working on language to do that.
• </c><00:44:17.200><c> and</c> uh that moving the finance crimes and uh that moving the finance crimes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Here in Washington, we have an opportunity to send a clear message that crime victims will not be an
• take account of situations where survivors end up as defendants in court and even incarcerated for crimes
• Not only would we want a mitigating factor at sentencing, they have committed a crime, and yet we want
• I am alive today because of crime victim services, two types of crime victim services: community-based
• Our state has a responsibility to survivors of crime.

Summary: Sen. Manka Dhingra held a press conference focused on Washington’s ongoing efforts to support survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, trafficking, and other gender-based violence, while warning that state victim-services funding is at risk amid budget pressures. She highlighted past legislative actions such as extending sexual-assault statutes of limitation, keeping firearms from abusers, protecting survivors from discrimination, improving civil protection orders, and addressing female genital mutilation, and said the state must continue funding trauma-informed, victim-centered services. Several advocates and service providers testified that the system is at a breaking point without restored funding. Colleen McIngles of the Children’s Justice Center said programs statewide could close if the Legislature does not restore roughly $10 million in additional victim-services funding, while Kate Garvey of KSARC said $21.38 million is needed just to maintain current services after federal VOCA cuts and staff layoffs. They argued that losing forensic interviewers, advocates, and coordinated response teams would leave survivors without support and increase harm. Legislators also discussed several bills. Sen. T’wina Nobles described SB 5169, aimed at protecting children from having to relive trauma in court. Rep. Jamila Taylor and Rep. Roger Goodman discussed HB 1591, which would address “defendant survivors” by recognizing coercion and allowing mitigation, resentencing, and vacatur in some cases. Rep. Chris Stearns and Sen. Tina Orwall discussed a bill to make court proceedings less retraumatizing for sexual-assault survivors and to address female genital mutilation, and Dhingra noted the Senate had unanimously passed the Ebony Alert bill. Rep. Lauren Davis shared her personal experience relying on victim services and said the state must fully fund both community-based and system-based advocacy. In response to a question, Dhingra said funding discussions were ongoing but emphasized the need to secure about $21.5 million for survivors and to create a more stable statutory funding mechanism.

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• Human trafficking is a crime that involves the use of coercion to recruit and harbor a person for their
• This heinous crime can come in many forms. are often forced to work in factories, on construction sites
• Human trafficking is an affront to human dignity and as we think about this horrific crime impacting
• Human trafficking is a heinous crime and a direct assault on human dignity, affecting millions of lives
• Be strong as these crimes are cruel. Awareness is only the beginning.

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• </c><00:03:25.720><c> gets</c> This means that less crime gets This means that less crime gets reported
• They stop reporting crimes. They stop showing up in our community.
• They stop<00:09:33.720><c> reporting</c><00:09:34.200><c> crimes.
• </c> stop reporting crimes. stop reporting crimes.
• ><c> their</c> prosecution of those crimes due to their prosecution of those crimes due to their fear

Keywords: 1183, house

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• No, that would not be a constituted crime under my bill.
• Representative Jordan, if you feel like it's more acceptable to commit crimes on your property than off
• If you commit this crime on something... So it's very, very simple.
• Again, it's never okay to commit crimes in front of kids, in front of families.
• House Bill 162 by Representative McMakin, Jefferson Place Bocage Crime Prevention Improvement District

Bills: HR188, HR189, HR190, HR191, HR179, HR180, HR181, HR182, HR183, HR185, HR186, HR187, HCR75, HCR76, HCR77, HCR78, HCR79, SCR24, SCR36, SCR39, SB64, SB107, SB152, SB185, SB217, SB232, SB278, SB290, SB294, SB320, SB321, SB419, SB424, SB436, SB440, SB468, SB470, SB476, SB482, SB489, HCR32, SCR11, HB12, HB42, HB205, HB222, HB267, HB324, HB325, HB350, HB478, HB610, HB617, HB679, HB745, HB749, HB797, HB807, HB821, HB896, HB979, HB992, HB1000, HB1024, HB1050, HB1166, HB1172, HB1173, HB1193, HB1207, HB1218, HB1223, SB256, SB180, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HCR4, HCR47, HB59, HB74, HB159, HB330, HB364, HB414, HB458, HB525, HB568, HB786, HB1008, HB1033, HB1034, HB1041, HB1062, HB1070, HB1079, HB1112, HB1118, HB1139, HB1151, HB1176, HB1182, HB1196, HB1214, HB1241, HB87, HB115, HB162, HB368, HB433, HB441, HB447, HB466, HB481, HB741, HB1242, HB362, HB893, HB990, HB1007, HB1153, HB1243, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, SB127, SB244, HB615, HB864, HB1103, HB1175, HB31, HB225, HB608, HB664, HB897, HB977, HB1003, HB1160, HB1180, HB911, HB306, HB366, HB1161, HB1230, HB181, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB393, HB459, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB772, HB773, HB996, HB1035, HB1058, HB1082, HB1113, HB1189, HB1234, HB1240

Keywords: hunting dogs, field trials, working dogs, dog training, greyhound protection, Farm Bill, federal overreach, sportsmen, sportswomen, wildlife management, conservation, rural communities, Louisiana hunting, hunting tradition, animal welfare, dog breeders, dog owners, outdoor recreation, Kathy Taylor, musical achievements

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• Madam Speaker, if we had time, I certainly would read the names and the crimes in which these people
• on motans were captured and taken crimes on motans were captured and taken out<00:26:03.600><c> of</
• . crime. crime.
• Um, there's also really good data from the Cato Institute looking at immigration and crime, and they
• Produce papers for the crime of being a person of color in Minnesota or in my district.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Perpetrators walk away with no record of their crimes while victims are left with no recourse.
• We must ensure always that the most heinous of crimes are treated with the severity it deserves.
• We must ensure always that the most heinous of crimes are treated with the severity it deserves.
• Respectfully, I ask for an aye vote. ...great bodily injury and the most horrendous crimes in our state
• Senate Bill 1266 by Senator Stern and an act relating to crimes. Senator.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• This proposal does not create any new crime, does not extend government authority, and simply adds HR
• :01:17.600><c> new</c> This proposal does not create any new This proposal does not create any new crime
• ><c> does</c><00:01:19.119><c> not</c><00:01:19.280><c> extend</c><00:01:19.759><c> government</c> crime
• , does not extend government crime, does not extend government authority,<00:01:20.880><c> and</c><00
• against their H staff and recent crimes against their H staff and I<00:04:14.560><c> received</c><00

Keywords: 1183, house

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• No mandatory minimum, the lowest level of crime we could do, just trying to get this on the books.
• Representative Shirts. ...lowest level of crime we could do, just trying to get this on the books.
• One of the things I think is important just for the public to know is that we do pursue election crimes
• and we do prosecute those who violate those crimes.
• Senate Bill 1248 removes an obsolete section of code referring to the capital crimes defense fund.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The House Judiciary and Rules and Administration Committee approved the minutes from February 23, 2026, welcomed Caldwell High School students, and then took up several bills. House Bill 743, dealing with enforcement of laws and penalties for noncompliance by public officials, drew concerns about fee shifting and contempt provisions; after debate, the committee voted unanimously to hold the bill subject to call of the chair. House Bill 688, which creates criminal penalties for counterfeit or nonfunctional airbags and related deceptive conduct, was presented as a consumer safety measure and received unanimous due-pass approval. House Bill 695 made a technical change to last year’s squatter legislation by replacing “possession” with “restitution” in the writ language. The Idaho State Sheriffs Association testified in support, explaining the change aligns the bill with the correct eviction process and fee structure. The committee then unanimously sent the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. House Bill 697, a Secretary of State-backed cleanup of election code related to tampering with voting machines and ballot systems, was described as a reorganization that does not change penalties; the Secretary of State said it would clarify charges and avoid confusion with election integrity cases. It also passed unanimously with a due-pass recommendation. House Bill 727, sponsored by Representatives Greene and Crane, sought to address sextortion by making threats to expose intimate images actionable even if the images are never actually released. Testimony from the Attorney General’s office described a sharp rise in sextortion cyber tips in Idaho and emphasized the difficulty of pursuing perpetrators, many of whom are overseas, while the sponsors stressed the need for earlier intervention and victim support. The committee unanimously advanced the bill. Finally, Senate Bills 1248 and 1249 were both described as minor cleanup measures—removing obsolete capital defense fund language and changing “mountain standard time” to “mountain time,” respectively—and both were sent to the floor unanimously with due-pass recommendations.

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• peace officer under this section, as opposed to generally, may investigate economic and financial crimes
• peace officer under this section, as opposed to generally, may investigate economic and financial crimes
• Economic and financial crimes. I'll pause for questions. Thank you.
• which would require legal financial obligations recovered under this section to be deposited in the Crime
• which would reduce the number of felony offenses that meet the definition of economic and financial crimes

Summary: The committee took executive action on a series of bills, beginning with Engrossed House Bill 2445 on heir finder services and probate. Members adopted Striking Amendment Alpha, which added definitions and guardrails for heir finder agreements, including written filing and court oversight requirements, and then advanced the bill as amended to the Rules Committee. A second proposed striker, Bravo, was rendered out of order after Alpha was adopted. On Engrossed House Bill 1574 concerning access to life-saving care and substance use services, the committee considered several competing amendments. Amendment Charlie was rejected, while Amendment Delta was adopted to narrow protections and add public health and syringe service program provisions. Amendment Echo, which would have limited distribution of drug testing equipment to health care facilities and excluded syringe and smoking equipment, was rejected. Amendment Foxtrot, dealing with fentanyl endangerment and parenting sentencing alternatives, was withdrawn after discussion and then incorporated into a new striking amendment; the bill as amended was sent to the Rules Committee. The committee also adopted a striking amendment on Second Substitute House Bill 2333, expanding protections for elected officials and prosecutors, including security provisions, address confidentiality, residential address redaction, and limited criminal history information sharing, and sent it to Ways and Means. The committee next acted on Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2548 on health care market standards, adopting Amendment Hotel to exempt state-owned or state-operated entities and public hospital districts from filing fees, rejecting Amendment India on fee calculations and refunds, and then sending the bill as amended to Ways and Means. On Engrossed House Bill 2156 regarding Attorney General investigators, the committee rejected several amendments that would have limited criminal investigations, required additional certification, redirected recovered funds, or narrowed the definition of economic and financial crimes, then advanced the bill as amended to the Rules Committee. It also adopted striking amendments on Second Substitute House Bill 1909 creating a court unification task force and Substitute House Bill 2203 creating reckless interference with emergency operations, sending both bills onward. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2508 on the Office of Independent Investigations and Substitute House Bill 2248 on corporate filings were advanced without amendments, and the committee removed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2095 on vulnerable users of public ways from the day’s exec list. The meeting ended with final votes, committee recommendations, and adjournment, marking the last Law and Justice Committee meeting of the 2026 session.

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• House Bill 580, by the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee, relating to crimes and punishments
• in Canyon County, called the Canyon County Anti-Trafficking Task Force, and they're concerned with crimes
• And what this legislation does, it focuses on a particular kind of crime.
• That crime is enticing or persuading, seducing, or luring children over the Internet to, in order to
• And per the current version of that statute, it's a felony to commit this crime with a penalty up to

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The House convened with 67 members present, approved the previous journal, and received several communications, including a temporary substitute appointment for District 19 and committee recommendations on Transportation Department rules. The chamber also received notice that Governor Little signed House Bill 559. Committee reports moved a large slate of bills and resolutions forward for printing or calendar placement, including measures on public records, development impact fees, open meetings, motor vehicles, electronic registration, predatory animal control, Idaho products, government transparency and ethics, sales and use tax, education funding, school district facilities, and a constitutional amendment proposal on education. On third reading, House Bill 540 passed 69-0, expanding juvenile corrections records exemptions to protect safety and security information. House Bill 541 also passed 69-0; it broadened child enticement protections to include 16- and 17-year-olds, with a five-year age gap for those victims, and members discussed related online sextortion concerns. House Bill 569, a water-skiing safety bill that would have allowed certain early-morning two-person boating arrangements with added equipment requirements, drew extended debate over safety, outboard motors, and whether it applied to all skiing, but failed 31-38. Senate Bill 1222 passed 69-0, clarifying that prior domestic water-use limits apply prospectively and defining subdivisions as five or more lots. The House also passed Senate Joint Memorial 108 by voice vote, urging federal agencies to stop discouraging grazers from seeking depredation compensation for wolf and grizzly bear losses. Several bills and memorials were held on the calendar for one legislative day, and the House announced upcoming committee meetings before adjourning until Thursday, February 12, 2026.

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• Anti-Jewish hate crimes account for 80% of all reported religious hate crimes, 19% of all crimes committed
• Between 2019 and 2022, hate crimes against Black Californians nearly tripled, hate crimes against Latinos
• nearly doubled, and hate crimes against Asians more than tripled.
• Between 2019, 2022 hate crimes against black California is nearly tripled, hate crimes against Latinos
• nearly doubled, hate crimes against Asians more than tripled.

Keywords: 987, senate, all