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• orientation or gender identity, or reproductive or sexual health information.
• Did the student have more than one sexual partner?
• have more than one sexual partner. Did the student use a latex condom or oil-based lubricants?
• orientation or gender identity, or reproductive or sexual health information.
• , sexual trafficking, those are not addictive feeds.

Summary: The committee first heard AB 1159, which would update California student data privacy law for educational technology and college-level platforms. The author and supporters argued that students’ personal information is being collected and used far beyond educational purposes, including sensitive health and demographic data, and said the bill would limit misuse and add stronger privacy protections. Support came from privacy, labor, education, and civil rights groups, while opposition from college store and industry representatives focused on narrowing the definition of “operator,” preserving institution-related communications, and concerns about the bill’s private right of action. Members raised questions about how the bill would affect scholarships, financial aid, adult students, consent, and litigation; the author said the bill includes a right to cure and notice to the Attorney General. The committee voted 4-0 to pass the bill to Appropriations, with the measure placed on call. The committee then took up AB 1709, which would set a minimum age of 16 for social media accounts on platforms with specified addictive design features and create a youth safety commission. The author, pediatric and safety advocates, and several public supporters argued that social media companies intentionally design compulsive features that harm youth mental health, sleep, and development, and that the bill is a necessary product-safety response. Opponents argued the bill is overbroad, may be ineffective, raises First Amendment concerns, and could cut off vulnerable youth from important online support networks. Members focused heavily on possible amendments, especially a non-addictive feed option for younger users and strengthening the commission; the author said he was open to those changes and to further work with the committees. The bill was moved to Judiciary on a 5-0 vote and placed on call. At the end of the excerpt, the author began presenting a third measure, AB 2076, which would strengthen California’s Parents’ Accountability and Child Protection Act by adding nitrous oxide to the list of age-verified dangerous products, banning purchase with gift cards or store credit, and increasing penalties for large sellers. The author described nitrous oxide as increasingly accessible to minors online and cited enforcement gaps in the current law, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or action on that bill.

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• No art form is inherently sexual or adult.
• Also, sexualize children in the exact same way.
• Sexualizing children in that sense is not only not irredeemably bad, it isn't bad at all.
• regarding inappropriate sexual conduct with.
• My performance here and now is highly sexualized.

Bills: SB 18 , SB 19 , SB18 , SB19 , SB666 , SB688 , SB707 , SB888

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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• Through those efforts, Cold cases were solved, sexual predators were locked up, and I got to announce
• in my first year in office that we completed the testing of every one of those untested sexual assault

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

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• </c> students to sexual harassment. students to sexual harassment.
• </c> be sexually assaulted by another inmate. be sexually assaulted by another inmate.
• It sounds to me like sexual abuse. Sexual assault is...
• It sounds to me like sexual abuse. Sexual assault is...
• </c> inappropriate sexual contact themselves. inappropriate sexual contact themselves.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

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• debut, sexual promiscuity, increased risk of teen pregnancy, child sex abuse, sexual trafficking, and
• And sexual content harmful to children.
• provide mental health counseling to victims of sexual violence.
• mental health counseling to victims of sexual violence.
• These are sites where predators exist.

Bills: HB2112

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: age restrictions, online content, digital media, youth protection, cyber safety

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• ... ...education on the prevention and recognition of inappropriate forms of contact, including sexual
• To distribute or make available resources about recognizing inappropriate sexual contact in a state that
• tightly restricts classroom discussion of sexual health topics and requires parental opt-in, that's
• On behalf of the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, we are neutral on this bill,
• Madam Chair, I suspect he's referring to things, to allowances that far predate ESAs.

Committee: Senate Senate Education Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several education-related bills. SB 1572, the Return to Civics Instruction Act, would require Freedom Week, civics instruction on the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and a Declaration recitation for grades 3-12; it passed 3-2 after some members argued schools already provide civics instruction and that the legislature should not mandate curriculum. SB 1798, as amended, would require each high school to designate a FAFSA point person, post contact information, and implement a FAFSA awareness strategy; the Arizona Board of Regents supported it, while some members raised concerns about mandates on charter schools and staffing burdens. The committee also passed SB 1711, which directs the State Board of Education to develop and post age-appropriate resources on preventing and recognizing inappropriate contact, with testimony split between support for parent-accessible safety materials and concerns about sex-education compliance issues.

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• debut, sexual promiscuity, increased risk of teen pregnancy, child sex abuse, sexual trafficking, and
• mental health counseling to victims of sexual violence.
• It's a vague definition of sexually harmful material for minors.
• I think language that could put at risk sexual education materials.
• These are sites where predators exist.

Summary: The Consumer Protection and Business Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 2112, which would require commercial entities, including some social media companies, to use age verification before allowing access to websites where more than one-third of the material is sexual content harmful to minors. Staff explained that the bill would require reasonable age verification methods, prohibit retention of identifying information, exempt bona fide news and public-interest sites, and authorize the Attorney General to enforce the law through civil penalties. The bill would also require warning notices on landing pages and advertisements, with content to be developed by the Department of Health. Prime sponsor Representative Mari Leavitt said the bill is intended to protect children from harmful online sexual content and argued that parental controls are not sufficient. She cited pediatric and public-health concerns, said the bill is modeled on laws upheld elsewhere, and emphasized that the measure is aimed at commercial entities rather than school-based sharing or general adult access. Supportive testimony from parents, clinicians, and advocates described early exposure to pornography, mental health harms, and the need to place responsibility on platforms rather than families alone. Opposition testimony focused on privacy, free speech, enforcement, and scope. Several witnesses argued that age verification systems create data-security risks even if data is not retained, that the bill’s definitions and one-third threshold are vague and could sweep in LGBTQ, health, educational, or artistic content, and that enforcement would be difficult against out-of-state websites. Some opponents said the law would push users to less-compliant sites and would not effectively protect children. A technology industry witness said the bill is narrow and comparable to carding for alcohol or tobacco, while a Free Speech Coalition representative said the law is ineffective in practice and offered to discuss amendments. No vote was taken during the hearing.

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• Most of those offenses are public corruption cases, sexually violent predators, and multi-jurisdictional
• Public corruption cases, sexually violent predators, multi-jurisdictional crimes. Mr.

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• Administration funding includes $10.3 million for clerks of court fees related to Baker Act, Marchman Act, sexually
• violent predator cases, and injunctions for protection, as well as additional support for jury-related
• attorneys and public defenders. ...for clerks of court fees related to Baker Act, Marchman Act, sexually
• violent predator cases, and injunctions for protection, as well as additional support for jury-related

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• Travers and she says that this is very, very similar to claim shark predators on vulnerable veterans.
• Travers and she says that this is very, very similar to claim shark predators on vulnerable veterans.
• As amended, the bill imposes a fee assessment of $200 on individuals convicted of paying for sexual conduct
• also modifies the definition of prostitution to distinguish between a person offering to engage in sexual

Summary: The committee worked through a long Minority Caucus calendar covering a wide range of bills, with many items on consent and several pulled for discussion. Early items included resolutions on Judea and Samaria, bullion depository bills, a produce incentive appropriation, a biennial budget proposal, and a veterans services appropriation. Members also heard transportation-related bills on driver permits, citations, boat insurance, English proficiency for commercial drivers and motor carriers, photo enforcement, and a measure restricting incarceration for unpaid fines and fees. Several members raised concerns about constitutional issues, public safety, or whether bills were duplicative or targeted at specific groups. A large portion of the meeting focused on education and school governance bills. These included proposals on school district bond advisors, restrictions on school property leases and purchases, public meeting requirements, term limits and training for school board members, patriotic youth group access to students, computer science proficiency, and a bill requiring fingerprint clearance cards for traffic school instructors. Members repeatedly criticized what they described as inconsistent treatment of public schools versus ESA/private school programs, and several education bills were pulled from consent for further discussion. Other bills addressed child safety and family law, including DCS credit freezes, recorded child interviews, parents’ rights notices, mandatory reporting of threats by minors, sex offender residency and GPS monitoring, and a bill on guardianship rights during DCS investigations. The committee also considered a number of social services, health, and labor/consumer bills. These included SNAP work requirement and verification measures, a SNAP error-rate audit, dementia care telemonitoring funding, a Braille transcription appropriation, court fee limits, a physician assistant compact, pediatric licensure compact, and a kratom regulation bill. Members debated an earned wage access licensing bill at length, with opponents calling it predatory and akin to payday lending, while supporters argued it provided a regulated consumer option. Other measures covered cash acceptance by businesses, 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers, AI rules for state agencies, and a bill on public nuisance actions by the Attorney General. Several of these drew warnings about constitutional problems, preemption, or burdens on vulnerable populations. Energy, water, and tax policy also featured prominently. The committee heard bills on fuel formulations, gas tax relief, data centers and small modular nuclear reactors, utility reporting, and a Commerce Authority mandate to reduce fuel prices. Members criticized some proposals as favoring industry, preempting local control, or lacking a clear funding plan. The meeting ended after additional items on veterans, sample ballot mailing dates, and other miscellaneous measures, with multiple bills noted as pulled from consent or subject to later votes; no final roll-call results were detailed in the transcript excerpt.

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• that we do mutual aid, aviation, child deduction, response teams, missing persons, sex offender, and sexual
• predator, and career offender registration and enforcement.
• to put anybody erroneously on that registry, but we also want to make sure that we annotate those predators
• Most of them are done by informations, where we sit there in child... on more serious cases, capital sexual

Summary: The Justice Budget Subcommittee met for an introductory overview of the justice budget and the major agencies within it. Chair Maney explained that the committee would hear broad presentations rather than detailed budget questions, and the first panel included the Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Corrections, Commission on Offender Review, Department of Law Enforcement, Office of the State Courts Administrator, and the Attorney General’s Office. Each agency described its mission, staffing, budget, and major responsibilities, with repeated emphasis on public safety, rehabilitation, staffing shortages, technology needs, and the importance of mental health services and education in reducing recidivism. Secretary Hall described DJJ’s prevention-to-aftercare continuum, including civil citation, detention, probation, and residential commitment programs, and highlighted reductions in juvenile arrests and commitments. Secretary Dixon said DOC’s biggest issues are staffing, overtime, and inflation, while noting progress in education, reentry, and a low recidivism rate. FDLE Commissioner Glass outlined the agency’s investigative, forensic, intelligence, and protective functions, including work on fentanyl enforcement and crime reporting systems. The State Courts Administrator emphasized the judiciary’s constitutional role, case volume, and challenges in providing interpreters, experts, and technology support. Chief Deputy Attorney General Guard described the office’s litigation, criminal appeals, consumer protection, and opioid recovery work, especially defending state laws and recovering opioid settlement funds. Members then asked questions about prison conditions, immigration enforcement, court filing fees, crime reporting, staffing ratios, and transnational gangs. Agency leaders responded that they were not aware of ICE contracts in some cases, that FDLE works with immigration authorities and detention facilities under existing authority, and that filing fees are a legislative policy decision. The committee also heard from the Justice Administrative Commission, prosecutors, public defenders, guardian ad litem, regional conflict counsel, and capital collateral regional counsel, who focused on indigent representation, dependency and death penalty cases, and persistent staffing and retention problems. No votes were taken, and the meeting concluded after the presentations and questions.

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• probation or parole in this state or any other state, somebody that's designated a sex offender or sexual
• predator, somebody that's arrested for violating a protective injunction, is already on bond for any

Bills: SB1288 , SB1705 , SB1878 , SB2019 , SB2118

Committee: Senate Local and County Government

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• </c><00:58:10.400><c> who</c> many sex predators that are male who many sex predators that are male who
• uh sexual development is determined<02:14:32.000><c> across</c><02:14:32.320><c> sexually</c><02:14:
• </c><02:18:14.160><c> assault</c> change in incidents of sexual assault change in incidents of sexual
• mammalian sexual development.
• </c> role in mamalian sexual development. role in mamalian sexual development.

Committee: House Judiciary

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• of subcommittee, provides relative to statewide sexual assault nurse examiner coordinator.
• House Bill 1247 by representative spell provides relative to sexual assault nurse examiners.
• duties of subcommittee, provide relative to statewide sexual assault.
• And members, again, this bill addresses those who purchase commercial sexual activity.
• Could you please tell me what commercial sexual activity is?

Bills: HR257 , HR258 , HR259 , HR260 , HR261 , HR262 , HR263 , HCR105 , HCR106 , HR252 , HR253 , HR254 , HR255 , HR256 , HCR103 , HCR104 , SB83 , SB143 , SB155 , SB228 , SB283 , SB295 , SB338 , SB388 , SB408 , SB431 , HR84 , HR188 , HR205 , HB302 , HB597 , HB819 , HB1257 , HB1258 , SCR24 , SB45 , SB58 , SB71 , SB81 , SB92 , SB100 , SB109 , SB141 , SB156 , SB181 , SB203 , SB204 , SB205 , SB207 , SB213 , SB214 , SB216 , SB229 , SB257 , SB274 , SB290 , SB304 , SB374 , SB379 , SB396 , SB410 , SB425 , SB427 , SB429 , SB479 , SB522 , SB357 , SB406 , HR171 , HCR49 , HCR65 , HCR72 , HR37 , HCR64 , HR170 , HR191 , HR206 , HR207 , HR208 , HR217 , HCR11 , HCR53 , HCR60 , HCR66 , HCR68 , HR9 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR50 , HCR62 , HCR67 , HCR71 , HCR78 , HCR81 , SCR19 , SCR3 , SCR6 , SCR18 , SCR11 , SCR22 , SCR2 , SCR20 , HCR6 , HB64 , HB68 , HB92 , HB130 , HB258 , HB633 , HB801 , HB61 , HB98 , HB102 , HB139 , HB142 , HB170 , HB185 , HB194 , HB199 , HB231 , HB247 , HB294 , HB336 , HB474 , HB661 , HB842 , HB852 , HB301 , HB359 , HB657 , HB675 , HB680 , HB727 , HB79 , HB251 , HB625 , HB769 , HB775 , HB783 , HB895 , HB1011 , HB1057 , HB1155 , HB1186 , HB1224 , HB1245 , HB1247 , HB1253 , HB1254 , HB1255 , HB1256 , SB41 , SB44 , SB64 , SB84 , SB87 , SB93 , SB98 , SB107 , SB118 , SB142 , SB192 , SB195 , SB199 , SB219 , SB222 , SB234 , SB241 , SB255 , SB275 , SB277 , SB292 , SB294 , SB306 , SB314 , SB482 , SB8 , SB10 , SB11 , SB12 , SB13 , SB14 , SB16 , SB17 , SB18 , SB20 , SB21 , SB22 , SB40 , SB48 , SB55 , SB69 , SB75 , SB77 , SB78 , SB85 , SB102 , SB115 , SB133 , SB140 , SB148 , SB151 , SB165 , SB169 , SB170 , SB185 , SB197 , SB200 , SB217 , SB235 , SB278 , SB280 , SB291 , SB300 , SB303 , SB315 , SB324 , SB330 , SB411 , SB416 , SB420 , SB436 , SB438 , SB449 , SB455 , SB456 , SB477 , SB489 , SB521 , HB646 , HB824 , HB341 , HB682 , HB766 , HB926 , HB998 , HB1051 , HB1080 , HB1201 , HB1223 , HB603 , HB940 , HB1191 , SB47 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HB284 , HB306 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1240 , SB82 , SB89 , SB149 , SB382

Keywords: condolences, memorial resolution, House Resolution, Shreveport, children, tragedy, sympathy, bereavement, tribute, mourning, schoolchildren, public charter school, elementary school, Head Start, family loss, Louisiana House of Representatives, condolence resolution, House resolution, victims, family support

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• This involves eliminating distractions like critical race theory, DEI, age-inappropriate sexual lessons
• Johnson, which includes graphic accounts of Black queer experiences, including sexual acts... ...and
• yes, by and large, most kids will question, and some will question their gender identity or their sexual
• Likening teachers to child predators is offensive, and I don't appreciate it at all.
• Representative Gutierrez has raised a concern about not referring to teachers as sexual predators.

Committees: House Education , House House Education Committee of Reference

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• </c><00:33:01.039><c> assault</c> invasive process of the sexual assault invasive process of the sexual
• Now, in collaboration with the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, the Sexual
• Sexual Violence, the Sexual Domestic and Sexual Violence, the Sexual Assault<00:39:35.040><c> Kit</c
• </c> sexual exploitation. sexual exploitation.
• CSAM child sexual abuse platforms.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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• I further went on to say, what would be a bigger concern, coyotes and predators or CWD?
• enact a new section of Chapter 12.1-34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the rights of sexual
• This bill puts into code the rights of sexual violence survivors when they report the assault or seek
• right to a document prepared by the Attorney General's office explaining the rights of victims of sexual
• right to a document prepared by the Attorney General's office explaining the rights of victims of sexual

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then received a gubernatorial message listing numerous bills signed by the governor. The chamber also handled conference committee business, including appointing conferees for House Bills 1003 and 1169 after refusing to concur with Senate amendments, and adopting a conference committee report on House Bill 1053, which repealed a Century Code section related to the length of the state highway system. A major portion of the meeting focused on Senate Bill 2137, which would allow supplemental feed for hunting and include an expiration date. The House divided the proposed amendments into two parts. Division A, dealing with baiting limits and setbacks near livestock facilities, drew extensive debate over private property rights, enforceability, livestock protection, and hunting access, and failed 14-76. Division B, requiring chronic wasting disease surveillance and a report to Legislative Management, also drew debate over whether the reporting requirement was necessary or too late to be useful; it failed 44-46. With both divisions defeated, the House then passed the underlying bill 56-34. The House also laid over Senate Bills 2340, 2326, and 2289. Later, it defeated Senate Bill 2325, which would have created a process for non-federal easements on wetland areas, by a vote of 4-84. It passed Senate Bill 2210, directing a legislative management study on watershed-based water management, 85-3; Senate Bill 2387, establishing rights for sexual violence survivors, 89-0; and Senate Bill 269, allowing state agencies to satisfy legal notice requirements by posting on their websites if newspaper publication is missed, 72-17. The House then excused absent members and adjourned until Monday, April 14, 2025.

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• Kids as young as six years old are being sexually exploited on big tech platforms.
• weekend, and it talked a lot about a particular platform and how it was just swarming with child predators
• . predators. predators.
• Some are missing because they've gone to meet these predators.
• </c> meet these predators. meet these predators.

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• to codify safety guardrails and require that all operators implement reasonable measures against sexually
• But when it comes to our education system, I think we just assume that when we've had some of these sexual
• predators who end up being teachers or staff or various people within the school system, we assume that
• If a sexual predator—I use that term maybe too harshly, but I don't think it's too harsh because our
• The teacher had a ton of inappropriate sexual videos publicly available on five or six different accounts

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• , which owns Facebook and Instagram, liable for $375 million for failing to protect children from sexual
• predators on its social media platforms, ignoring the risks to the mental health of children.
• It exposes some teens to online predators who might try to exploit or extort them.