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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Apr 7th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Since 2022, it has delivered a 100% completion rate and zero recidivism because it gives kids the structure
  • Rate and zero recidivism because it gives kids the structure and support they need to succeed.
  • It's important to note that our program has had a 100% success rate, meaning that 30 students who would
  • Imposing additional financial obligations in this context will likely result in low collection rates
  • The cost to their health is magnified by higher rates of preexisting health conditions.
Summary: The committee heard a large public safety agenda and began by announcing several bills off calendar and limiting testimony to two witnesses per side. The first major item was AB 2698, which would authorize local governments to create youth court diversion programs for first-time juvenile offenders. The author and supporters, including Bakersfield Police Department representatives and a student participant, described the program as restorative, record-clearing, and successful in Bakersfield. Opponents argued it was not true diversion because it occurs after adjudication, could widen system involvement, and should instead be replaced by pre-arrest community-based diversion. The bill was moved on a due pass motion to Appropriations, but remained on call with some members not voting. The committee also adopted a consent calendar of ten bills without opposition. The committee then heard AB 1959, which would create a narrow exception allowing resentencing in adult court for certain violent juvenile offenders in a case arising from the Santana High School shooting. The author, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan, and a survivor/city councilmember argued the bill would close a loophole that could lead to resentencing and early release despite parole denials. Several organizations registered opposition or opposed unless amended, but many noted they were reviewing the amended version. The bill was moved due pass as amended to Appropriations and remained on call. AB 1628, extending California’s safe surrender window for newborns from 72 hours to 30 days, drew broad support from the author, firefighters, medical and child welfare groups, and no opposition; it was moved due pass to Human Services and remained on call. The committee also approved AB 1974, which authorizes law enforcement agencies to create voluntary temporary firearm storage programs. The author and supporters from San Francisco law enforcement, Giffords, and gun safety groups said the bill would expand safe storage options during crises and in custody disputes; there was no opposition, and it passed due pass as amended. AB 2297, requiring restitution in diversion cases, drew support from the author, district attorneys, and victims’ advocates, while opponents argued it was duplicative, could burden low-income participants, and might undermine diversion success. After discussion about restitution law and ability to pay, the bill passed due pass. Finally, AB 2438, which would require people sentenced to more than six years to serve in state prison rather than county jail, drew support from the author and Riverside County Sheriff Bianco, who said realignment had overcrowded county jails and strained resources. Opponents warned it could worsen state prison overcrowding and conflict with realignment’s purpose. The chair recommended no, and the bill was moved due pass and re-refer to Appropriations, remaining on call.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Education (04/08/2025)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bulk of the lift would be done by the vendor that is selected in the schools, not necessarily from
  • The bulk of the lift would be done by the vendor selected in the schools, not necessarily from New Hampshire
  • So they would be a potential vendor of this type of activity.
  • schools and we have fire drills and we have active shooter drills, and the kids are not dying at the rate
Committee: Senate Education
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 4th, 2025

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is this bringing them to market rate? So, Mr.
  • The one above it is the provider rate increases.
  • Chair, because I know they were told they were getting a rate increase.
  • So, we've almost doubled the rate of rent increase that the nation has seen.
  • to be below market rate.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways and Means (04/01/2026)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • the intent of it, to Senator Lang's point, was that sports betting through the lottery's authorized vendor
  • We've seen over 16 years an annual growth rate of 12.7% in New Hampshire's qualified wages, growing to
  • ><00:59:38.920><c> an</c><00:59:39.080><c> annual</c><00:59:39.440><c> growth</c><00:59:39.760><c> rate
  • </c> seen over 16 years an annual growth rate seen over 16 years an annual growth rate of<00:59:40.200
  • That has to be done by our vendor. We have obtained a cost for that. It's $40,000.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education. (3-18-26)

Primary and Secondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • in the Senate committee substitute that would have allowed JCPS to hire its own outside turnaround vendor
  • You have to pay market rate as opposed to dealing with the public-private partnership that would allow
  • You have to pay market rate as opposed to dealing with the public-private partnership that would allow
  • because they own them; they can fix that up, and they can lease that out instead of paying market rate
  • because they own them; they can fix that up, and they can lease that out instead of paying market rate
Keywords: 958, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • We acknowledge the points from uh's testimony, but the levels of gender violence on campus and the rates
  • /c><00:57:47.200><c> campus</c><00:57:47.680><c> and</c><00:57:47.839><c> the</c><00:57:48.000><c> rates
  • </c><00:57:48.240><c> that</c> violence on campus and the rates that violence on campus and the rates
  • quite extensive, and so we are actually in the process of hopefully refining that training with our vendor
  • quite extensive, and so we are actually in the process of hopefully refining that training with our vendor
Committee: House Education
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committees heard testimony on HB 1872, which would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program to help early childhood providers participate in approved apprenticeship programs, require annual reporting, and appropriate funds. Testifiers in support included the University of Hawaiʻi, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the City and County of Honolulu, Commit to Keiki, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, the Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network Speaks, Parents for Public Schools of Hawaiʻi, and Kīʻoka Family Learning Centers. Supporters said the bill would reduce financial barriers, strengthen recruitment and retention, improve compensation and career pathways, and help address child care shortages and workforce instability. The committee then voted to pass HB 1872 with amendments, including an HD1 and a defective date to allow further discussion. The committee next took up HB 2489, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaiʻi to establish a bachelor’s degree program in American Sign Language interpretation, with a longer-term plan for a master’s program. Testimony in support came from the Disability Communication Access Board and the University of Hawaiʻi, and members also heard detailed support from DECAP and other advocates describing a statewide shortage of ASL interpreters, long waiting lists for ASL courses, and the need for locally trained interpreters who understand Hawaiʻi’s cultural and community needs. Witnesses said the shortage affects schools, courts, hospitals, emergency services, and other settings, and that the program could be expanded through articulation with other campuses. The committee voted to pass HB 2489 with amendments, again using an HD1 and defective date. After those two measures, the committee moved to HB 441 on campus safety, which would require students, including transfer students, to complete training on federal laws and university policies regarding sexual misconduct before initial registration and would change how often training is provided to students and employees. The University of Hawaiʻi stood on its written testimony, while supporters including IMUA Alliance and other testifiers urged passage, citing survivor experiences, national best practices, and the need for prevention before harm occurs. No vote on HB 441 was reached in the portion provided.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Improvements that I've just mentioned and associated benefit theft rates.
  • Participation rates. Thank you very much, Department of Finance.
  • The program has proven to be quite popular, as we saw from the burn down rate. burn down rate, so it's
  • The findings were primarily focused on the eligibility worker rate.
  • As a result, California's poverty rate remains a serious concern.
Keywords: 988, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 1st, 2025

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So when we say that they're coming in at such a low rate, what's that rate?
  • For FY 24, our disposition rate was 106%.
  • Update them on our vacancy rate and our reversion rate, please.
  • In FY23, we had a 0.9% reversion rate, and in FY24, we had a 0.35% reversion rate.
  • We've had clearance rates over 100%.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Agriculture (02/03/2026)

Environment and Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • but we can still certainly have our open hearing for HB 157, which is relative to lensure as pet vendor
  • Uh so currently pet vendors need to uh anyone who is selling pets as defined in statute needs if they
  • . vendor. vendor.
  • need to uh uh currently uh pet vendors need to uh uh anyone<02:37:15.840><c> who</c><02:37:16.000><c
  • Um, so, uh, anyone who's selling more than 30 of those animals needs to be licensed as a pet vendor.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (04/24/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • While TPLF contracts regularly impose rates from 15% to over 100%.
  • While TPLF contracts regularly impose rates from 15% to over 100%.
  • While TPLF contracts regularly impose rates from 15% to over 100%.
  • They call me all the time about some of the troubles that they're having finding bidders and vendors
  • They call me all the time about some of the troubles that they're having finding bidders and vendors
Committee: Senate Judiciary
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Feb 11th, 2026

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it's well below the rate of inflation. since we took office.
  • They're growing at a rate that is high, but it's important.
  • Wall Street's able to purchase at a cheaper rate.
  • Our utilities should be able to purchase at a cheaper rate.
  • Market-rate units go like this.
Keywords: 1212, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Mar 3rd, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don’t know how we can afford higher insurance rates. Insurance rates are—you’ve got to have it.
  • What’s the rate of return right now for that money? I’m not sure right off the top. Okay.
  • What's the rate of return right now for that money? I'm not sure right off the top. Okay.
  • Knew or should have known that for years this vendor has not been cleaning any of our surgical rooms
  • You could actually see the questions I was asked: is this going to increase or decrease rates?
Bills: S0036 , S0620 , S0796 , S0934 , S1080 , S1096 , S1366 , S1536 , S1548 , S1580 , S1588 , S1620 , S1756 , S7034 , S7044
Committee: Senate Rules
Summary: The committee first took up SB 354, the “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill, which creates a framework for large planned communities on at least 15,000 contiguous acres with 60% reserved area and a streamlined local review process. Senator McLean presented the bill and a strike-all amendment, and members raised concerns about local control, conservation enforceability, data centers, concurrency, multi-county projects, and whether reserve lands could later be converted. Audubon Florida and 1,000 Friends of Florida opposed the bill, arguing the conservation protections were not permanent enough and that the reserve areas could be changed later; small-county representatives also worried about tax-base impacts. Supporters argued the bill would better manage growth, preserve green space, and provide a more orderly alternative to sprawl. After debate, the committee voted to report the bill favorably. The committee then approved SB 620 on candidate qualifying, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judiciary, school, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship. Amendments added disclosure about whether federal candidates intend to trade stock if elected and adjusted 2026 congressional qualifying procedures in the event of redistricting, including a new qualifying window and petition rules. The bill was reported favorably after brief support from a member of the public and discussion about candidate vetting. The committee also reported favorably CS/CS/CS/SB 1452, a Department of Financial Services bill with amendments addressing My Safe Florida Home notices, condo pilot eligibility, firefighter hiring, unclaimed property, and related financial-services provisions. Next, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1620, a school board members’ bill of rights. A substitute amendment narrowed the bill to access to records, fiscal transparency, and nondisclosure agreements, while preserving board members’ rights to timely documents, budget information, and public comment, and setting deadlines for records requests. Superintendents and a school board member testified in support, saying the bill clarifies roles and prevents board members from being frozen out. The committee also passed CS/HB 245, which replaces the term “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material”; one senator supported the terminology change but warned about preserving legal precedent and avoiding appellate issues. The committee then reported favorably SB 1548, an update to the Live Local affordable housing law expanding eligible sites and clarifying setbacks, airport proximity, and fair-housing protections. Finally, the committee took up the veterinary medicine bill creating veterinary professional associates. The bill allows trained master’s-level VPAs to perform limited veterinary services under a veterinarian’s supervision, and an amendment tightened the standard to immediate supervision on premises. Supporters said the measure would expand access to care, especially in rural areas with vet shortages, while opponents argued it added unnecessary regulation. After testimony from veterinary educators and others, the bill continued with support expressed by committee members, including praise for the direct-supervision amendment.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Rules Mar 3rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Insurance rates are—you’ve got to have it.
  • What’s the rate of return right now for that money? I’m not sure right off the top. Okay.
  • What's the rate of return right now for that money? I'm not sure right off the top. Okay.
  • has not... ...knew or should have known that for years this vendor has not been cleaning any of our
  • You could actually see the questions I was asked: is this going to increase or decrease rates?
Summary: The Committee on Rules heard a long agenda of growth-management, elections, education, housing, and professional-licensing bills. The first major item was SB 354 on “Blue Ribbon Projects,” a framework for very large planned developments on at least 15,000 contiguous acres with 60% reserved area. After adopting a strike-all amendment, senators debated whether the bill adequately protected conservation land, local government authority, neighboring property, concurrency, and multi-county projects. Supporters argued it would create more orderly, master-planned growth and preserve large areas of land; opponents said the reserve areas were too weakly protected and the bill preempted local control. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably on a party-line style roll call, with Chair Pasadomo and Vice Chair Jones voting no. The committee then approved SB 620 on candidate qualifying, which requires candidates to disclose any foreign citizenship and, through amendments, adds a 2026 congressional qualifying framework tied to apportionment and redistricting, including revised petition rules and deadlines. Members discussed disclosure, redistricting, and candidate vetting, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/CS/CS/SB 1452, a Department of Financial Services bill, was also amended and approved; the amendments addressed My Safe Florida Home, unclaimed property, firefighter hiring, workforce housing code accommodations, and related financial-services issues. CS/CS/SB 1620, the school board members’ bill of rights, was narrowed by substitute amendment to focus on access to records, fiscal transparency, NDAs, and related rights, and it passed after supportive testimony from school board and superintendent representatives. The committee also passed CS/HB 245, which replaces the term “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material,” after debate over whether the terminology change could affect the seriousness of the crime or existing case law. SB 1548, a Live Local/affordable housing update, was reported favorably with little debate. Finally, the committee approved the veterinary medicine bill creating veterinary professional associates, after amending it to require immediate supervision by a licensed veterinarian. Throughout the meeting, many public commenters and senators weighed in on the balance between development and conservation, local control, and the scope of state regulation, with several bills drawing both strong support and strong opposition before final votes.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it's well below the rate of inflation. since we took office.
  • They're growing at a rate that is high, but it's important.
  • Wall Street's able to purchase at a cheaper rate.
  • Our utilities should be able to purchase at a cheaper rate.
  • Market-rate units go like this.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The joint budget hearing opened the FY27 budget process with remarks from the Senate and House Ways and Means chairs, who described the fiscal outlook as challenging because of slow revenue growth, rising health care and other costs, and uncertainty from federal policy changes. Governor Healey and Secretary of Administration and Finance Matthew Gorzkowicz then presented House 2, a $62.8 billion budget that they said grows by about 1% and does not raise taxes or fees. They emphasized affordability, fiscal discipline, protection of core services, and continued investment in education, transportation, housing, child care, health care, and public safety. The administration also discussed a separate bill to delay and phase in certain federal tax-code changes from the so-called OB3 law, especially research and experimental expense provisions, to reduce immediate budget impacts and preserve competitiveness. A major portion of the hearing focused on education and municipal aid. The administration said House 2 provides about $7.6 billion for Chapter 70 aid, fully funds the final year of the Student Opportunity Act, increases special education circuit breaker funding, and raises rural school aid. Senators and representatives from both parties raised concerns that Chapter 70 and other aid formulas are not equitable for small, rural, and low-wealth communities and are not keeping pace with inflation, and several called for broader review of the formula and related funding streams. The governor and secretary said they are open to further discussion, pointed to additional support through rural aid, special education, transportation reimbursements, and minimum aid, and said total Student Opportunity Act investment would reach about $2.1 billion over the life of the law. Transportation, housing, and fair share spending were also central topics. The administration said fair share revenues are being used holistically, with education-heavy spending in the operating budget and transportation-heavy spending in the supplemental budget, and estimated the overall split to date at roughly 57% education and 43% transportation. They highlighted MBTA stabilization, regional transit authority support, microtransit, fare-free regional transit, and bridge and commuter rail investments, while noting the MBTA remains a major fiscal concern. On housing, the governor stressed production, permitting reform, ADUs, down-payment assistance, and support for public housing authorities, while lawmakers pressed for more funding for local housing authorities and for ways to address out-migration, energy costs, and affordability. The governor also said the administration will not withhold fire safety grants from communities over MBTA Communities Act noncompliance and will handle such issues case by case. No votes were taken at the hearing; it was an informational presentation and question-and-answer session.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Dec 8th, 2025 at 09:45 am

Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Where is that plume moving, and at what rate is it moving?
  • Rate in a given year. They've been living with this year after year after year.
  • Their point source water discharge rate is the exact same deal.
  • The focus now is shifting to being able to make pits at a higher rate, or rate production, as we call
  • Make pits at a higher rate, or rate production, as we call it.
Keywords: 996, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • , and we have two of them, both the standard reimbursement rate and the regional market rate, and the
  • This report included full joint recommendations on how rates under a single rate structure would vary
  • under the single rate structure.
  • So it would be up to the single rate structure to decide how that estimate translates to a rate.
  • the regional market rate.
Summary: The committee heard a lengthy budget hearing focused on child care, child welfare, and immigration-related services, with most of the discussion centered on child care funding, slot utilization, and rate reform. Department of Social Services officials said the Governor’s budget would provide $6.8 billion for child care programs in 2026-27, including $11.5 million in Prop. 64 funds for mini-grants to licensed facilities affected by 2025 disasters. They also described federal CCDF and Prop. 64 revenue reductions that would reduce general child care funding by about 4,176 slots, while emphasizing that the cuts should not affect currently enrolled children. The LAO supported aligning spending with lower revenues and asked for more detail on the disaster grant program. Members questioned why so many awarded slots remain uncontracted or unfilled, and DSS said delays are largely due to providers building new infrastructure, licensing, staffing, and enrollment work. One senator criticized the repeated explanation, argued unspent funds revert to the General Fund instead of being redirected to child care, and urged shifting more funding from contract slots to vouchers and increasing flexibility for infrastructure and expansion costs. DSS said it is exploring more flexibility, better readiness screening, and quicker redistribution of relinquished slots. The committee also discussed the Emergency Child Care Bridge program, with DSS saying it can redistribute funds among counties to avoid disenrolling children. A second panel addressed the state’s broader commitment to expand child care and move toward a single rate structure. DSS reported that since 2021-22 nearly 125,000 new slots have been awarded across CCTR, CAPP, CMAP, and the Emergency Child Care Bridge program, bringing monthly service levels to more than 366,700 children. The department and CDE described progress on rate reform, including completion of the alternative methodology and joint recommendations from the labor-management committee on a single-rate framework. County and provider testimony emphasized persistent unmet need, especially for infant and toddler care, and argued that current reimbursement disparities between CDSS-funded programs and state preschool create inequities and discourage expansion. Stanislaus County Office of Education said rate differences can materially affect local program revenue and staffing, while Parent Voices California described the child care system as difficult to navigate and inequitable, especially for Black families and survivors of domestic violence. The California Budget and Policy Center argued that only a small share of eligible children are served, that Universal TK has concentrated investment in school-based settings, and that providers are still paid far below the cost of care. Members pressed the administration for deadlines on automation and implementation of the single-rate structure, and DSS said some work can proceed before collective bargaining concludes, though policy decisions are still needed. The committee also reviewed several trailer bill proposals. For the COLA, DSS proposed applying the 2026-27 increase through cost-of-care-plus payments, but acknowledged it had inadvertently excluded CalWORKs Child Care and the Emergency Child Care Bridge from the initial calculation; the LAO recommended making the COLA increase uniform across child care and state preschool programs. On the alternative methodology survey, DSS proposed replacing the market rate survey with the federally approved alternative methodology and aligning the timing with the federal CCDF state plan cycle. On licensed family child care homes, DSS proposed limiting temporary absences to 20% of monthly care hours and allowing more flexibility for medical appointments, jury duty, training, and union activities. On excessive unexplained absences, DSS proposed a statutory definition to align state policy with federal rules allowing disenrollment after 30 days of unexplained absences. The committee also discussed a proposal to require contractors to collect family fees directly so the full voucher value reaches providers, with DSS saying it is working with Riverside County on implementation and CDE asking that the same policy apply to state preschool. Finally, the committee reviewed an Early Childhood Policy Council reappropriation and reporting proposal, with DSS explaining that prior funds were underused because participation costs are hard to estimate and that additional staffing and contractor support would be needed for the expanded annual report requirements.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas reimburses community-based DSPs at an average rate of just $10.60 an hour, far below market rates
  • National federal rates.
  • I think they're not the same, but we get the flat rate. Sorry, we get the flat rate for the...
  • The way our rate is structured is not the same as the IDD rate.
  • , and according to the rate table, it now needs a 21% increase to fully fund the rate.
Bills: SB1 , SB 1
Committee: Senate Finance
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 28th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • increases for hospitalization, If you look at the statistics and the increases for hospitalization rates
  • Our suicide rates among young girls and young boys have skyrocketed since the early 2010s.
  • The majority of the abuse is not targeted; they cast a wide net, and they are graded or rated by the
  • I got a call on Monday from the author of this bill, and we talked about the suicidality rates in children
  • I've met with Cal OES, administration, vendors, and stakeholders.
Keywords: 988, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 23rd, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • elderly prisoners, and the data shows that elderly incarcerated individuals have the lowest recidivism rate
  • And the state of Louisiana has the highest exoneration rate for individuals on death row.
  • And do you have any concerns that Louisiana has one of the highest exoneration rates?” “Rep.
  • There's a reason why the recidivism rate is higher for folks that come home from local facilities, and
  • The vendor to be able to report when there is non-compliance. Is that correct? That is correct.
Summary: The committee first handled several housekeeping items, voluntarily deferring HB 123, HB 255, and HB 994 without objection. It then took up SCR 3 by Senator Brock Myers, which would delay and revise implementation of a state police rule affecting criminal history background checks for licensed ambulance personnel and certain health care workers. After adopting Amendment Set 434 to remove a provision involving parish and local law enforcement checks, the committee reported SCR 3 as amended favorably. The committee also heard HB 978 by Rep. Lecombe, which as amended raises the population threshold for municipalities required to remit certain special costs to the District Indigent Defender Fund from under 5,000 to under 9,000; with support from the town of Addis and related stakeholders, the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then considered HB 967 by Rep. Moore, which sought to remove language limiting parole eligibility for certain pre-July 2, 1973 life-sentenced offenders to those who had pleaded guilty, thereby allowing a small group of elderly inmates convicted at trial to seek parole consideration. Supporters argued the bill would only create an opportunity for review, not release, and cited rehabilitation and fairness concerns; opponents, including district attorneys and corrections officials, argued the 2022 law already addressed the intended group and that the current bill would reopen cases involving serious violent crimes. After extended debate, the motion to report HB 967 favorably failed on an 8-3 vote. Finally, the committee took up HB 1107 by Rep. Melerine, a bill on determining intellectual disability in capital cases. The bill, as amended, raised the burden of proof to clear and convincing evidence, set an IQ threshold framework, required expert reports and Daubert-type reliability review, and limited the article to post-conviction capital cases. The Attorney General’s office and district attorneys supported the bill as a way to create clearer procedures and speed resolution of Atkins claims, while criminal defense lawyers, disability advocates, clergy, and medical experts opposed it as inconsistent with current clinical standards and potentially unconstitutional, warning that rigid IQ cutoffs and presumptions could wrongly expose people with intellectual disabilities to execution. The transcript ends during closing remarks on HB 1107, with no final committee vote shown.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 23rd, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • elderly prisoners, and the data shows that elderly incarcerated individuals have the lowest recidivism rate
  • And the state of Louisiana has the highest exoneration rate for individuals on death row.
  • And do you have any concerns that Louisiana has one of the highest exoneration rates? Rep.
  • There's a reason why the recidivism rate is higher for folks that come home from local facilities, and
  • The vendor to be able to report when there is non-compliance. Is that correct?" "That is correct.