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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/5/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • the committees whether they're granted, you know, obviously at the end of the day there's a grand budget
  • And I think the people on this committee and in the committee in the Senate that is the judiciary committee
  • Chair, welcome to the committee. Um Mr. Chair, welcome to the committee.
  • the committee.
  • Eing, welcome to the committee.
Bills: HF3874, HF3875, HF3378
Summary: The committee approved the March 3 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Minnesota Judicial Branch on House File 3874, which was laid over for possible inclusion in a finance bill. State Court Administrator Jeff Shorba and Chief Judge Michael Fritz testified in support of a supplemental funding request focused on judicial branch safety and security, along with funding to cover the employer share of Minnesota Paid Leave costs. Shorba said the branch is seeking help because it did not receive funding for paid leave in the last session and is having to hold positions open to absorb the cost. The safety and security request included five parts: personal data protection for judges and court administrators, home security, two additional staff positions for threat assessment and coordination, security for the chief justice at public events, and a revived courthouse security grant program for counties. Testimony emphasized rising threats and incidents involving judges and court staff, including examples of doxing, home surveillance, and threats involving litigants, and cited increases in reported incidents, threats, and disturbances. Fritz said the branch’s current response system is stretched and that more law-enforcement-trained staff would improve coordination and response. Members questioned why the judicial branch should receive state funding for paid leave when private employers must absorb the cost, and Shorba responded that the branch was excluded from end-of-session funding decisions and that the mandate should be funded for all branches of government. Members also asked about the threat-response process and whether local law enforcement should be used more directly. Another concern raised was whether State Patrol troopers assigned to judicial security would have the training needed for criminal-code enforcement, and Shorba said the branch is discussing that issue with the State Patrol. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • What we did is take the federal statute, what is in federal law, and transpose it to state legislation
Bills: SB206, HB554, SB206
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Jul 21st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate of the first called session of the 89th Legislative Assembly will come to order.
  • Legislation to provide relief funding for response to and recovery from the storm.
  • Legislation reducing the property tax burden on Texans and legislation imposing spending limits on entities
  • Legislation similar to Senate Bill No. 1278 from the 89th Legislature.
  • Legislation protecting women Privacy in sex-segregated spaces, legislation proposing a constitutional
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Jul 21st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This includes the committee name Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting.
  • Well, in every committee we have in special sessions and regular sessions, one of the committee chair's
  • I'm not on that committee.
  • If indeed, as you're going into structuring this committee, guiding the committee, Come out with a determination
  • Well, it's correct that if the committee What you do and how you run a committee, because that's what
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Mar 24th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Chair lays out a Committee Substitute.
  • The committee substitute for House Bill 8...
  • If not, the Chair withdraws the committee.
  • Okay, the Chair withdraws the committee substitute.
  • Chair VanDeaver, Vice Chair Campos, and members of the committee.