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• A Williamsburg woman was also sentenced in 2022 for creating fake IDs in the Covington area.
• A Williamsburg woman was also sentenced in 2022 for creating fake IDs in the Covington area.
• Um, we're talking about individuals who have sentence and probation for most felony sentence and probation
• And I believe that once individuals complete their sentence and they're off probation and parole, we
• And I believe that once individuals complete their sentence and they're off probation and parole, we

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call establishing a quorum of 35 members, and approval of the previous day’s journal. The chamber also received messages from the House that it had passed House Bills 43, 139, 297, 414, and 485 and requested concurrence. Second reading reports placed several bills in the Rules Committee, including measures on property disposition, children, school district sick leave, unemployment insurance, and status offenses, and a new resolution was introduced honoring the 10th anniversary of the 2016 session and its bullying-prevention legislation. The main floor action was on Senate Bill 39, relating to fishing in privately owned lakes and ponds. Senators debated multiple floor amendments, with several withdrawn and floor amendment 6 adopted. Supporters said the bill clarified private property rights and allowed stocking of F1 Florida bass without changing existing license requirements, while opponents and some supporters emphasized protecting the public trust, conservation funding, and the North American wildlife management model. After extended debate, the Senate passed SB 39 as amended by a vote of 29-8. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 154, relating to elections. The sponsor said it would strengthen election integrity by removing non-photo identification options, specifically Social Security cards and EBT SNAP cards, from the list of acceptable voter verification methods. Opponents argued the bill would make voting harder without evidence of fraud, citing that many Kentuckians used those IDs in the last election and that transportation and access barriers already exist. The transcript cuts off during debate on SB 154 before a final vote is shown.

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• received the narcotics dies from an overdose, it would constitute a first-degree felony carrying a sentence
• Good morning, my name is Jeff Hornsby, I'm the executive... director of the Texas Correctional Employees
• So one thing I will also say is that this isn't going to increase somebody's sentence.
• After just 15 years into his sentence in 2003, he was eligible for parole due to prison overcrowding.
• However, just within four months of his sentence, he became eligible for parole, and then we were forced

Bills: HB153, HB1828, HB2306, HB2498, HB3464, HB3488, HB3636, HB3673, HB3834, HB3860, HB4120, HB4937, HB1515, HB153

Keywords: education, funding, student resources, technology access, equal opportunity, veterans treatment court, mental health, criminal justice, rehabilitation, eligibility criteria, veterans, treatment court, military service, legislation, legislative leave, correctional officers, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, accumulated leave, compensatory time, parole eligibility

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• having that sentence in there and having that sentence in there and it<00:53:29.640> sounds<00
• <01:51:03.360> investigation part of the pre-sentence investigation part of the pre-sentence
• <01:51:28.199> guidelines Minnesota sentencing guidelines Minnesota sentencing guidelines
• <01:52:10.560> and use of reduced sentences and use of reduced sentences and alternatives<
• abuse when determining their sentence abuse when determining their sentence when<01:55:54.040>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Strike that sentence.
• Do I have a motion to go into executive session? Move to go executive session.
• Move go executive executive session?
• Move to come out of executive session. We have a motion to come out of executive session.
• Move to come out of executive session. We have a motion to come out of executive session.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• have to even call the executive session. have to even call the executive session.
• This one sentence was very clearly not in the voters' guide.
• Sentence. What would the constitutional amendment mean?
• >> we're going to open the executive >> we're going to open the executive session<03
• And with that, I'm going to close the executive session on House Resolution 38. >> All right.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• YEAR HOW MANY ARE COMING IN AND OUT IT'S SHOCKING TO THINK OF A 7000 OF THOSE IN OUR CUSTODY ARE SENTENCED
• YOU HAD MENTIONED IN SLIDE 11 THE SHORT-TERM SENTENCE CORRECTION INSTITUTION.
• MY SON IS 16 YEARS INTO A 30 YEAR MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE UNDER PRR BUT THAT IS A STORY FOR ANOTHER
• NOBODY WAS PHYSICALLY INJURED BUT HE STILL GOT A 30 YEAR SENTENCE.
• A FIVE PACK OF CDS WAS THE SUBSEQUENT ACT THAT RESULTED IN A PRISON RELEASE REOFFENDER SENTENCE TWICE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• PENALTIES, RECLASSIFIED TAMPERING WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF THE CHARGE OF THE SENTENCE
• LEGISLATORS WANT TO CREATE MORE LAWS WITH SENTENCING THAT DO NOTHING TO DETER CRIME.
• I KNOW OUR OFFICE LOOKED UP THERE WAS 225 CONVICTIONS ON THIS BUT ONLY 12 THAT WERE SENTENCED ON THIS
• IF THE MANDATORY SENTENCE EXCEEDS THE LEGAL MAXIMUM MANDATORY TERM APPLIES.
• I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. I JUST WANTED TO COME SPEAK IN FAVOR AS WELL. AS MR.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Then you got this executive order, which I don't think was upheld.
• The executive order started it. I'm not going to say it's...
• Who considers the Gulf of America other than the executive order?
• In the first sentence and in the second sentence of the 13th Amendment, it says... but I can make the
• The third thing we did was, yeah, we removed the sentence... ...we removed the one sentence for the school

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Resulting in more pretrial detention, greater disparity in plea bargaining, and longer sentences for
• If a person is sentenced to three years in L.A.
• I have confidence in our state and local law enforcement officials in terms of being able to execute
• And usually that means a bigger sentence, a longer sentence, keeping them off the streets, keeping them
• Sometimes decades earlier than that original sentencing judge handed down.

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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• Executing the Governor's request requires substantial collaboration with Texas Congressional members.
• I'm the Deputy Chief of the The Executive Director of the agency, chief, is Mike Wisco.
• I'm the executive director of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, or TDHCA.
• Brandon Wood, Executive Director, Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Mr.
• And once they have discharged their sentence, it will release them back into the community.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It doesn't say says in the sentence.
• <01:14:40.800> in necessarily that specific sentence in necessarily that specific sentence in
• 02:13:08.239> on<02:13:08.560> Senate close the executive session on Senate close the executive
• the executive session at 1:00 this afternoon. 232 and set a time certain to resume the executive session
• As I execution, not the policy itself.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This would be in the executive branch.
• c><00:03:51.360> a<00:03:52.319> reports executive, or since there's a reports executive
• so that we could find some the executive so that we could find some the executive branch<00:19:41.520
• I I just think that giving<00:27:21.039> executive<00:27:21.600> branch giving executive
• Section 15.066. 066 sentence.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This is why the judicial sentences.
• governors today to commute the sentences governors today to commute the sentences of<00:30:14.480
• pushing for them to have their sentences pushing for them to have their sentences commuted<00:30
• We need harsher prison sentences.
• up to 20 years or even a life sentence. up to 20 years or even a life sentence.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, September 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It was an executive agency. It was under the governor.
• One is obviously it's a conflict to have the chief executive manage the criminal defense.
• Where was the sentencing commission on that bill? Um, when.
• We have a sentencing commission.
• Did the sentencing commission endorse that legislation? They did not.

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• I was sentenced to life plus 25 years. I know that most people here would have given up.
• They became my community. sentenced to life plus 25 years. I know sentenced to life plus 25 years.
• And that also means individuals who have served enough time, who have been sentenced to draconian sentences
• Trump as an executive staff member with an office inside the White House.
• Trump as an executive staff member with an office inside the White House.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 24 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, and approved dispensing with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. The chamber also welcomed several guest groups, including members of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Land Committee, the Stone County Republican Party, Mississippi State University Student Association leaders, the first graduating class of the Mississippi LEAD program, Montgomery County 4-H leaders, and Mississippi Young Bankers. Floor privileges were granted to Alice Marie Johnson and her guest. The Senate then took up Senate Resolution 28 honoring Alice Marie Johnson of Olive Branch, recognizing her work on clemency and second chances after her own pardon and appointment to a White House pardons-related role. Johnson addressed the Senate, describing her personal history, her time in prison, and her advocacy for people impacted by incarceration and harsh sentencing. Representative Kimberly Remak also presented a House recognition in her honor. The resolution and presentations emphasized redemption, justice reform, and Johnson’s Mississippi roots. On the calendar, the Senate passed Senate Bill 3104, a deficit appropriation bill for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, after Senator Hopson outlined numerous funding items. Those included payments related to wrongful incarceration claims, attorney general litigation, a MIMA settlement, claims involving educational television and the community college board, Medicaid deficit funding, emergency management and county disaster assistance, repairs and relocation needs tied to the Bolton building, AOC pass-through and judge-related costs, licensing board and Marine Resources special funds, student financial aid, and DHS income-verification software to reduce SNAP error rates. The bill passed by morning roll call. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 3105, a placeholder deficit vehicle with no dollars attached, and then passed and retained several later items, including Senate Bill 3053 on IHL general support, after discussion of performance metrics and higher education accountability.

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• So that's what's helped us kind of execute on this program.
• Next up is the New Mexico Sentencing Commission, Agency Code 354.
• What do research scientists do at the Sentencing Commission? Mr.
• The agency representative is their executive. Director, Pilar Vail.
• We have Executive Director Roberta Cohen with us here today.

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• I want to read a sentence from this book on the January 6th experience.
• They're in the executive branch, as all members do at the White House.
• "Part of the executive branch, Deep State. Mr.
• President Trump's executive orders have a national security exception.
• They met with senior executives.

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• My name is Missy Bender, and I am the executive director of the Texas School Coalition representing school
• To demonstrate what it could look like to the taxpayer when the following sentence is added to the school
• The sentence that I have inserted is highlighted in pink and it's on the second page of exhibit 2, and
• Uh, I'm gonna use exhibit two, that, that sentence you read that you highlighted on our pages.
• The school district will be responsible for, uh, that sentence doesn't exist, so I, I added that sentence

Bills: HB195, HB247, HB255, HJR6, HJR31, HJR34

Keywords: HB 195, Texas Controlled Substances Act, Schedule IV, controlled substances, mifepristone, misoprostol, carisoprodol, Health and Safety Code, drug scheduling, pharmacy regulation, prescription drugs, reproductive health, abortion medication, medication abortion, women's health, prescribing, dispensing, law enforcement, drug control, education reform

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• We've added a penalty for mandatory minimum sentencing on first-degree human trafficking.
• Consecutive sentencing for assaulting a county jailer.
• on firstdegree human minimum sentencing on firstdegree human trafficking.<00:02:38.239> Um<00
• Um consecutive uh sentencing<00:02:40.560> for<00:02:40.879> assaulting<00:02:41.440>
• > a<00:02:41.840> county sentencing for assaulting a county sentencing for assaulting a county

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:07:54.960> of Thompson, the executive director of Thompson, the executive director of
• Regular sentence is actually up to 20 years.
• Regular sentence is actually up to 20 years and a fine of up to $25,000.
• that get imposed and the the sentences that get imposed and the length<00:41:13.599> of<00:41
• Know that through a couple of interested counties and detention centers, we've executed an agreement

Bills: SF0007, SF0008, SF0009, SF0010

Keywords: theft, penalties, larceny, criminal offense, felony, Wyoming, absconding, law enforcement, criminal justice, fentanyl, controlled substances, minors, drug distribution, enhanced penalties, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, 916