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• And then Service 3, we had a time when we were providing patients care in our jail because our county
• jail cannot afford to have medical in it in Osage County.
• We were notified pretty abruptly that jail had to close because of staffing.
• We were notified pretty abruptly that the jail had to close because of staffing, and they were transferring
• all the inmates to Maries County Jail, which was outside of our coverage area.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Local Government heard testimony on Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 975, which dealt with community paramedic/mobile integrated health services and related jurisdictional issues. Supporters, including representatives from Caldwell County Ambulance, Osage Ambulance District, and Cox Health EMS, described community paramedic programs as effective in rural and regional care, reducing Medicaid costs, helping frequent ER users, supporting early hospital discharges, and filling gaps in underserved areas. A representative of the Missouri State Council of Firefighters opposed the jurisdictional changes added in the Senate, saying the organization supported the underlying bill but wanted the community paramedic language clarified so services could continue without conflict between service areas. Committee members asked about MOUs, service-area boundaries, and whether the Senate amendment was necessary, but no vote was taken and testimony was closed. The committee then took up House Bill 3496, sponsored by Representative Reedy, which would update county official salary schedules and assessed valuation ranges that have been in place for about 45 years. Reedy and Missouri Association of Counties Executive Director Steve Hobbs said the bill was the product of a multi-year task force effort and was intended to preserve local control while modernizing minimum salary schedules to reflect current county valuations and economic conditions. Members discussed how the bill would interact with existing salary-setting practices, annual training requirements, and prior legislation, and noted concerns about public misunderstanding when county commissions set salaries above the base schedule. Support for HB 3496 came from the Missouri Association of Counties and Warren County Presiding Commissioner Joe Gildon, who said he approved of the bill. There was no opposition or informational testimony on HB 3496, and the chair closed the public hearing and adjourned the meeting after testimony concluded.

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• Well, no, I know we've done it before but he went to jail, so that's the reason I'm asking.
• That I would not agree with, to bring up somebody who went to jail.
• A sentence to jail because of things that he had done during that.
• because, again, the only reason I'm saying that is because the last person in Texas who did that went to jail
• The person who did that in Texas went to jail because he was doing things on a federal level that...

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• Meaning that if they weren't bailed out, they would have sat in jail for absolutely no reason.
• If someone's grandmom bails them out of jail, oftentimes there's a personal connection.
• , this bill will require them to get jail in all future situations.
• , this bill will require them. person's going to get probation, gonna get not jail.
• This bill will require them to get jail in all future situations.

Summary: The committee first confirmed six appointees in a single vote, then took up a series of bills, most of them reported favorably. The early debate centered on SB 208, a land-use bill by Sen. McLean that would require development fees to reflect review costs and create more objective compatibility standards for residential development denials. An amendment adding housing-related provisions, including an OPAGA study of urban development boundaries, drew extended discussion over the Everglades and local control; it was adopted, while a late-filed amendment on rural boundaries was withdrawn. The bill was then reported favorably after supporters and opponents, including Miami-Dade and housing groups, weighed in. The committee also favorably reported SB 686 on agricultural enclaves after amendments adding conservation, wildlife corridor, and Everglades-related protections, with one amendment specifically preserving stronger protections in counties covered by the Northern Everglades/Indian River Lagoon plan. Several criminal justice and public records measures also advanced. SB 436 would add resisting an officer with violence as a qualifying prior offense for battery enhancement and include certain felony battery offenses in prison release reoffender status. SB 830 would extend public-records protections to county and city administrators and related family information. SB 990 would authorize protected cell captive insurers in Florida. SB 600, on bail bonds, drew the most debate: an amendment by Sen. Rouson preserved the current treatment of charitable bail organizations’ deposits, with supporters arguing nonprofits help low-income defendants and critics saying the bill should distinguish commercial and nonprofit bonding; the amendment was adopted and the bill reported favorably. SB 914 on dry needling and SB 1434 on infill redevelopment also passed, the latter with an amendment removing a 10% markup requirement for buyback provisions. The committee then moved through a large education and health agenda. SB 1504 would let high school students who complete an insurance/personal finance elective qualify later for a customer service representative license. SB 1718 would expand educator preparation and temporary certification options. SB 7038 was a broad education package covering tuition waivers for Florida State Guard members, residency rules, consumer protections, dual enrollment, grading, and college funding; amendments clarified workforce licensure and exempted certain dental training from new licensure rules. SB 1092 on podiatric medicine added definitions and restrictions for cellular/tissue-based products. SB 1138 on qualified contractors created a pre-application review program for certain local governments, with historic-preservation carveouts. SB 186 on student health and safety required seizure-training and action plans in schools, and SB 560 on child welfare streamlined psychotropic-medication procedures for children in state care while adding youth advisory meetings and insurance-data review. SB 902, a broad Department of Health bill, addressed medical marijuana facility setbacks, practitioner discipline, autism microcredentials, marriage and family therapy licensure, a neurofibromatosis grant program, and family home health aide delegation; it passed after two amendments. Finally, SB 218 on land-use regulations limited hurricane-recovery restrictions to affected counties, SB 1002 expanded child-neglect definitions tied to parental drug abuse, SB 1474 tightened biosolids land-application rules, SB 1708 eased out-of-state veterinary licensure by endorsement, and SB 314 established a Florida regulatory framework for payment stablecoins aligned with federal law. Most measures were reported favorably by committee vote after brief testimony or no debate.

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• But that happens sometimes when they wait in jail and then go through the judge.
• </c> happens sometimes when they wait in jail happens sometimes when they wait in jail and<00:14:42.720
• It just means you have people spending more time in the county jail waiting to be bailed out.
• uh waiting waiting to be county jail uh waiting waiting to be bailed<00:16:09.040><c> out.
• I do not want to put somebody in jail for 36 hours just because they were possessing a firearm.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• That a sheriff operating a county jail must enter into a written agreement with with the ice to help
• identify and detain criminal illegal immigrants to include county jails, not operated by the sheriffs
• This bill requires county jails to prevent to provide ice with the immigration status of inmates.
• It's about making sure that we need 7 G program members only about the jails. >> So it's about any other
• Alright or do want to change or answer, senator. >> There's 4 that are the jail model and there are 47

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Chairman, Senator Fernandez, their jail, we see did a fiscal note on it, and it came out, I believe,
• child as being in attendance on a day that the child is counted as being in attendance in a county jail
• A county may establish a county jail education fund or detention center education fund to support the
• A county may establish a county jail education fund or detention center education fund to support the
• A county may establish a county jail education fund or detention center education fund to support the

Summary: The committee took up several appropriations, transportation, naming, and education measures. It first approved SB 1035, which provides a FY27 General Fund appropriation for a 5% salary increase for Arizona Department of Corrections sworn officers and civilian employees; an amendment set the appropriation at $34 million and extended the raise to private prison employees under contract. Testimony from corrections advocates emphasized severe staffing shortages and pay gaps with other law enforcement employers, while some senators objected to including private prisons. The bill passed 6-3. The committee then approved SCM 102 and SCM 1006, which rename stretches of highway in honor of L.F. Quinn and PFC Michael Nolan, respectively, after emotional testimony from family members and local supporters; both memorial measures passed 9-1. SB 1065, appropriating $3.64 million for the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Military Veterans Fund, also passed 6-4 after supporters described HBOT as a promising, drug-free treatment for veterans, while opponents questioned the evidence and FDA approval for the claimed uses. SB 1248, which clarifies funding and attendance rules for county jail and juvenile detention education programs, passed unanimously 10-0 after county school officials said it would prevent double-counting students and separate funding streams properly. The committee also advanced transportation bills focused on the fast-growing West Valley corridor. SB 1204 appropriates $5.5 million to ADOT to design and conduct environmental analysis for interchange improvements at U.S. 60 and SR 303; supporters from the City of Surprise described severe congestion, safety risks, and economic impacts, while some senators argued the project should be funded through HURF rather than the General Fund. It passed 8-1, and the chair invited members to discuss broader HURF funding issues later. SB 1207, a smaller $150,000 study bill to examine financing mechanisms for development tied to U.S. 60/SR 303 infrastructure, also passed 7-1 after local officials said it would help align growth with transportation funding. SB 1274, creating a Police Foundation specialty license plate and fund for Phoenix Police Foundation programs, passed 6-2; the foundation said proceeds would support officer wellness, remembrance, and community/youth outreach. Finally, SB 1001, a $1 million appropriation for the Older Individuals Who Are Blind program, passed 9-0 after blind seniors and advocates testified that the services preserve independence and prevent more costly institutional care. The committee also heard SB 1161, which would make non-lapsing a prior $750,000 DPS appropriation for the Yuma County Family Advocacy Center, with the sponsor explaining it was intended to allow the funds to be spent over multiple years; the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

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• We have their eye and you're sitting current chairman of the Ford Model Jail standards effective about
• a month and a half ago, I hold my jail to a different standard.
• In my jail.
• What they came in as so as a member, the Florida Mall just and that we are working to ensure our jails
• Again, our key to success in the state of Florida to reduce recidivism starts in our county jails to

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY BUT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO 65,000 PEOPLE IN JAILS
• AND A DAY TO COME TO A STATE PRISON BUT A LOT OF TIMES A PORTION OF THAT TIMES IS SERVED IN COUNTY JAIL
• SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IS IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE LET'S SAY THEY'VE BEEN IN THE JAIL FOR EIGHT
• AS FAR AS KEEPING THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN COUNTY JAIL THERE IS STATUTORY PROHIBITIONS THAT WOULDN'T ALLOW
• THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO RISK LOSING, YOU KNOW, THEN JOSÉ KEEPS GETTING HIS BIG MACS AT THE COUNTY JAIL

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• they didn't have a jail.
• they didn't have a jail.
• or whether they didn't um had a jail or whether they didn't have<00:39:02.560><c> a</c><00:39:02.720
• ><c> jail.
• So, I excluded them so that have a jail.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:08 Roll Call 00:00:29 Discussion of Large Project Siting in Local Governments Following Clover Creek Solar v. Breckinridge County 00:03:34 Discussion of Coroners’ Issues 00:24:49 Adjournment 01:01:11, 958, all

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• , it was my understanding that it was turning something that used to be covered by contempt into a jail
• How many inmates, best guess, on a daily basis would the sheriff of Grant Parish have in the jail that
• No, this is not a problem at the jail run by the sheriff.
• It applies to situations that occur in jails and prisons; that's in the very first paragraph of it.
• And I'm... ...year in jail, even if it's nonviolent, you're banned from owning a gun for life.

Bills: HB63, HB91, HB98, HB108, HB131, HB151, HB161, HB294, HB305, HB310, HB320, HB336, HB622, HB789, HB1040

Keywords: HB63, Louisiana bail, bail bond, surety, failure to appear, FTA, bench warrant, NCIC, National Crime Information Center, criminal procedure, Article 331, defendant registry, surrender of defendant, rule to show cause, law enforcement records, pretrial release, bond forfeiture, disclosure, criminal records, witness protection

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• I believe that it is up to a year in jail, up to a $4,000 fine.
• A year in jail. And that's for...
• I mean, is a Class A misdemeanor, a year up to a year in jail and $4,000, is it equitable?
• and a fine of $4,000, or both jail time and a fine.
• You could end up in jail. We're not going to tolerate this one more day.

Summary: The Senate first adopted a motion by Senator Zaffirini to suspend Senate Rule 5.14 and move the intent calendar deadline to 8:00 p.m. that day, also allowing the Secretary to make the calendar available as soon as practicable. The chamber then took up and passed several House bills, often by suspending the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule. HB 2128, relating to a study of rural firefighting and technical rescue capabilities, passed unanimously. HB 4157, on liability protections for commercial spaceflight and exploration, passed 28-3. HB 2240, concerning certain void marriages, passed after adoption of a Birdwell amendment extending filing deadlines to 90 days for certain active-duty service members and Foreign Service officers. HB 367, on verification of excused absences for students with severe or life-threatening illnesses, passed unanimously after clarifying school district forms and TEA model forms. HB 1506, expanding expedited handgun license eligibility to certain retired county court judges, passed 29-2. HB 4449, on alcohol sales in annexed municipal areas, passed 29-2. HB 3812, on health plan prior authorization requirements, passed 30-1. The Senate also announced a long list of bills and resolutions signed in the presence of the Senate. A major portion of the meeting centered on HB 521, a voting-related bill on curbside voting for voters with disabilities. Senator Paxton described it as an anti-misuse measure requiring a signed eligibility form for curbside voting, creating a 20-foot electioneering buffer, limiting election officer assistance in marking ballots unless a second officer is present, and adding reporting requirements for people who assist seven or more curbside voters. Senators Miles, Menendez, Johnson, Campbell, Cook, and others questioned whether the bill would burden disabled voters, create a de facto registry of volunteers, and impose a harsh Class A misdemeanor penalty for failing to complete the form. Paxton said the bill was intended to protect legitimate curbside voters and curb abuse, and the chamber adopted Paxton Floor Amendment No. 1 after a recorded vote. Zaffirini’s Floor Amendment No. 2, allowing an escorting voter to receive his or her own ballot at the curbside or entrance, was adopted. Menendez’s Floor Amendment No. 3 to reduce the penalty failed. The bill was then passed to third reading on a 20-11 vote, with a motion by Senator Miles to have the exchanges reduced to writing and placed in the journal adopted. The Senate also passed HB 3000, creating a grant program for rural ambulance service providers, after a comptroller-related amendment; HB 5616, establishing the Texas Presidential Library Promotion Program and funding for traveling exhibits, after narrowing the bill to mobile exhibits only; HB 4211, addressing certain residential property interests controlled by entities, which passed 30-1; HB 1178, creating temporary educator certificates for out-of-state certified educators and military spouses, which passed unanimously; HB 2243, creating the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention, which passed after debate over the need to streamline education mandates; and HB 42, increasing and reallocating the constitutional Higher Education Fund appropriation by 50% to $1.18 billion, which passed 31-0. Finally, HB 2512, a Fort Worth-specific bill limiting ETJ release for land subject to active development agreements, passed after debate over broader ETJ and de-annexation policy, with a local-only clarifying amendment adopted and a proposed broader amendment withdrawn. The meeting ended with the Senate beginning consideration of HB 3372, which would bar school district administrators from receiving financial benefits tied to outside consulting or contracting with education entities, though the transcript cuts off during questions on that bill.

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• He was sitting in jail... ...arrested for the rape and murder of a child. He was sitting in jail.
• He added that this should help clarify things for prisons and jails.
• And there are heavy, heavy fines and jail time.
• And again, there's heavy fines and jail time.
• And again, there's heavy fines and jail time.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• goes to my county sheriff, and the bill right now, as it reads, must require that he use it only on jail
• He must use it only on jail services, and this bill simply amends it to allow him to use part of the
• My bill says for my sheriff to be able to expand the use of funds from simply jail expenditures to...
• it to me because he wanted to expand the utilization of this money past just what he spends in the jail

Bills: SB208, SB216, HB187

Keywords: Montgomery, retirement system, employees, constitutional amendment, city council, retired law enforcement, retirement benefits, employment, firemedics, salary cap, HB187, court fees, docket fee, sheriff's fund, sheriff's office, jail operations, law enforcement, county sheriff, court filing fees, Alabama Code 12-19-312

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• and some people go to people go to jails and some people go to prison<00:44:54.280><c> uh</c><00:44:
• </c><00:45:04.760><c> if</c><00:45:05.000><c> an</c> they go to our County jails if an they go to our
• County Jail system has individual in our County Jail system has multiple<00:45:08.559><c> consecutive
• </c> better served staying in the county jail better served staying in the county jail maybe<00:45:28.480
• We cannot have people sitting in jail without having legal representation.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• get into the state hospital, which results in these mental health cases languishing in our county jails
• So the uh uh Wyoming law county jail.
• We've seen certain inmates, uh, discharged from the Title 7 and jail process altogether in entering our
• We've seen certain inmates, uh, discharged from the Title 7 and jail process altogether in entering our
• ended up having to detain them our jail ended up having to detain them for<01:04:20.559><c> several<

Bills: SF0032, SF0010, SF0001, HB0001

Keywords: 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development

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• for 6 months have sit in six sit in jail for 6 months have to<00:31:50.159><c> call</c><00:31:50.360
• requirement of the offender to jail requirement of the offender to complete<00:46:50.440><c> a</c><00
• According to the data, almost 90% of those convicted of possession serve little to no jail time.
• 7 months in jail for Austin saronin<00:54:03.480><c> because</c><00:54:03.720><c> he</c><00:54:03.839
• </c> little to no jail little to no jail time<00:54:14.240><c> a</c><00:54:14.440><c> recent</c><00:54

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Currently, state law requires county jails to verify an inmate's veteran status through the Veterans
• does not provide for when the veteran's status must be verified. be checked, which leads some county jails
• Senate Bill 2938 would require officers who transfer inmates to TDCJ from county jails to be given documentation
• It allows veteran inmates in our county jails to have free in-person or video visitation with either
• Chairman and members, we do have the Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards

Bills: SB2007, SB2104, SB2543, SB2545, SB2926, SB2938

Keywords: military status, vehicle registration, veterans, Texas transportation, state records, discrimination, employment rights, spouses of service members, labor code, SB 2543, Texas veterans cemeteries, state veterans cemetery, Texas Veterans Commission, Veterans Land Board, Natural Resources Code, veterans land fund, veterans housing assistance fund, veterans burial, burial eligibility, cemetery location

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• Each time he sits in jail for months, often in solitary, unmedicated and in psychosis.
• My son has been through the state hospitals and jail-based programs across California.
• jail stabilization sometimes, he asked me, why does this keep happening to me?
• Another example is California's 90-day jail in-reach benefit.
• We keep people out of jail and out of hospitals.

Summary: The hearing focused first on behavioral health, especially serious mental illness and anosognosia, a condition described by witnesses as a neurological symptom that prevents people from recognizing they are ill. The chair framed the issue around families cycling through emergency rooms, jails, conservatorships, and short-term stabilization without lasting treatment, and warned that federal changes under H.R. 1 could reduce Medi-Cal funding and worsen access. Dawn Marie Anderson gave a personal account of her son’s long history of psychosis, homelessness, arrests, repeated jail and state hospital stays, and eventual stability when he received sustained medication and coordinated support. She argued that the system often treats the problem as criminal rather than medical and that voluntary programs and short-term services are not enough for people who lack insight into their illness. Other panelists, including representatives from the California Behavioral Health Association, Santa Barbara County Behavioral Health, and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association, agreed that anosognosia is not denial or noncompliance and said the system needs long-term, coordinated care, including assertive community treatment, mobile crisis, supportive housing, medication support, and stronger handoffs between county and managed care systems. They said CalAIM and other reforms have improved some coordination, but significant gaps remain, especially for people with serious mental illness, for those in jail or locked settings, and for people with private insurance, which witnesses said often offers little meaningful coverage for early psychosis or intensive behavioral health services. Several witnesses urged the Legislature to protect Medi-Cal, shore up county safety-net services, and invest in training and family engagement. The committee then turned to the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, with a focus on the virtual services platforms BrightLife Kids and Soluna and the CYBHI fee schedule. DHCS reported strong growth in app registrations, coaching sessions, referrals, and positive user outcomes, saying the platforms provide free, culturally responsive, early-intervention support statewide and help connect users to higher levels of care when needed. On the fee schedule, DHCS said more than 500 LEAs, colleges, universities, and school-linked providers are participating, 181 LEAs have submitted claims, and $9.6 million has been reimbursed to date, with 41,556 students represented in claims. The chair and several members criticized the pace of implementation and the amount of money spent relative to reimbursement levels, saying the Legislature had requested data earlier and that the return on investment still appeared low. DHCS responded that many claims are still being submitted, that 70% of denials are correctable, that $400 million in capacity grants has been distributed locally, and that reimbursement is increasing rapidly as more districts come online. Public comment included a rural county behavioral health director who said private insurance denials leave counties with significant uncompensated work, especially for unlicensed staff providing case management and mobile crisis services.

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• It is not a get-out-of-jail-free card.
• It is not a get out of jail conduct. It is not a get out of jail free<00:09:56.640><c> card.
• One federal prison and as many jails as we are welcomed across Kentucky as well.
• But also, House Bill 5 will help supplant, but not replace, the programming we have at our jails, our
• </c> agencies, local jails, local agencies, local jails, local prosecutors,<00:16:21.440><c> and</c><

Keywords: 958, all

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• When you compare that you can get more jail time for strangling a dog than you can for a woman, it's
• you jump a fence to grab some used car tires at a junkyard, you are subject to up to six years in jail
• grab a loaf of bread from the back of an SUV at the Walmart parking lot, you face up to 12 years in jail
• But if you strangle an intimate partner, strangle a woman, you face no more than three years in jail.
• This bill basically establishes some mandatory jail time for those individuals who flee a scene when

Summary: The Senate Committee on Judiciary C met on May 19, 2026, with a quorum present and first deferred House Bill 276 at the sponsor’s request. The committee then heard and advanced several bills, largely focused on criminal justice, domestic violence, victims’ rights, probation/parole, and critical infrastructure protections. HB 160, by Rep. Knox, would increase the penalty for domestic abuse battery and battery of a dating partner involving strangulation from three to six years, with at least one year without probation or suspension; it drew strong support from prosecutors and domestic violence advocates and was reported favorably. HB 769, by Rep. Boyd, would create a 24- to 72-hour cooling-off hold in domestic violence cases, with an amendment to make the hold concurrent with other detention periods and to avoid stacking with existing law; it was reported with amendments. The committee also reported favorably HB 1234, which creates mandatory jail time for fleeing the scene after striking a person and failing to render aid, and HB 158, which restores custodial inpatient treatment as an option for probationers and increases the allowable treatment period from 90 to 180 days. HB 169, allowing courts or the parole board to assess extradition costs against absconders based on ability to pay, was also reported favorably. HB 251, requiring notice to a victim or designated family member before resentencing or final conviction hearings, drew support from the Attorney General’s office and opposition from the ACLU, which argued that victim involvement at that stage could be inconsistent with post-conviction standards; it was nevertheless reported favorably. Additional measures advanced included HB 289, which removes a redundant 24-hour delay between denial of a new trial motion and sentencing; HB 394, extending the conditional parole period from nine months to 24 months to allow completion of required programming; and HB 330, increasing penalties and restitution for vandalizing churches and graves, which was supported by the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops. HB 429, expanding critical infrastructure protections to oil and natural gas facilities and related operations and increasing penalties for unauthorized entry, drone activity, and cyber interference, was reported with amendments after discussion about harmonizing the definition with another bill and ensuring coverage of water-related facilities. The committee also approved the minutes from the prior meeting before adjourning.