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FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 27, 2026 - 09:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, and thank you for hearing this bill.
  • Thank you for hearing HB 895, the Trustee Settlement Undischarged bill.
  • CS for HB 397, Violations of Pretrial Release Conditions for Violent Crimes.
  • That's going to take the pretrial officer being contacted.
  • I then have to set it for a hearing assuming the individual shows up to that hearing.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • This hearing will have three parts.
  • Move the mic closer; we can't hear you.
  • I'm glad to hear it's not just me.
  • So am I hearing you to...
  • Rarely do I say, you know, hey, I hear you, but the, you know, Rarely do I say, you know, hey, I hear
Keywords: 987, senate, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Do I hear a motion? Hearing a due pass and second. Will there be discussion or debate?
  • Hearing a due pass and second, will there be discussion or debate?
  • What else are they going to use besides this pretrial, this new pretrial release act?
  • Pretrial assessment in Grant County? The answer to your question is no. Representative Hefner.
  • Do you hear a motion? Hearing a due pass and second. Will there be discussion or debate?
Keywords: 914, all
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills. Senate Bill 419, as amended to update the effective date to 2026, would allow the state treasurer and the Department of Wildlife Conservation/Wildlife Conservation Commission to employ or appoint attorneys. Supporters said the treasurer’s office handles highly specialized financial matters and needs in-house expertise and faster legal advice; questions focused on possible conflicts with the Attorney General, fiscal impact, and why Wildlife was included. After discussion, the bill was reported due pass by a 7-2 vote. Senate Bill 835, also amended to a 2026 effective date, would require qualifying licensing boards and commissions to submit proposed non-rulemaking actions with anti-competitive implications for review by the Secretary of State. The author said the bill responds to antitrust concerns raised by the North Carolina dental board case and is intended to provide state supervision before boards take potentially anti-competitive action. Members questioned whether existing court remedies and Attorney General oversight were sufficient, and whether a single official should have that authority. The bill passed due pass 8-2. Senate Bill 1618 would require courts to conduct pretrial risk assessments early in criminal cases, with the assessments used as one factor in bail decisions but not as the sole basis for granting or denying bail. The author said the bill is modeled on federal practice and is meant to help judges make fact-based decisions and reduce jail overcrowding, especially in Oklahoma County. Members asked about who validates the assessments, county implementation, and costs; the author said counties could choose their own approach and that the fiscal impact would not be significant. The bill was reported due pass 6-4. The committee also considered Senate Bill 262, which was heavily amended and had both the title and enacting clause struck while members continued working on it. The bill concerns moving certain inmates convicted of nonviolent financial crimes out of county jails and into appropriate intake/transport processes, with the author emphasizing the goal of reducing jail overcrowding and inviting further collaboration on the language. Members raised concerns about fairness and possible unequal application based on community ties, and the bill was reported due pass 8-1 despite being acknowledged as a work in progress.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 12, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • We want to hear from you, and I want to respect it.
  • I really want everyone to hear.
  • Thank you, committee, for hearing my bill.
  • Thank you, Committee, for hearing my bill.
  • That could be an elevated level of pretrial release, and that could be an elevated level of pretrial
Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard a series of bills, beginning with HB 759, which would lower Florida’s minimum age to purchase or transfer firearms from 21 to 18. The bill drew strong opposition from gun-violence prevention groups, Parkland survivors and families, and several members who argued the current law was enacted after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting and should not be reversed. Supporters, including gun-rights advocates and some members, argued 18-year-olds are legal adults who serve in the military, vote, and should have full Second Amendment rights. After debate, the committee voted 13-5 to report HB 759 favorably. The committee then unanimously approved HB 431, extending Level 2 background screening requirements for youth athletic coaches through July 1, 2026, and HB 231, which keeps certain medical examiner information confidential, both with little opposition. It also approved HB 663, increasing penalties for unlawfully using tracking devices or apps in furtherance of dangerous crimes, after adopting a technical amendment, and HB 845, which clarifies the intake process for Veterans Treatment Court and removes Veterans Hall of Fame language from the bill. Each of those measures passed without recorded opposition. Members also approved PCS for HB 255, known as Dexter’s Law, which creates a sentencing multiplier for aggravated animal cruelty cases. The bill was presented as a response to a high-profile dog abuse case and was supported by animal welfare and law enforcement groups; members cited animal cruelty as a predictor of broader violence. The committee then approved HB 1021, allowing active law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at sporting events, after debate over identification, venue procedures, and whether the bill should extend more broadly; it passed 16-1. Finally, HB 653, adding aggravating factors for capital felonies involving the assassination or attempted assassination of a head of state, was reported favorably after brief discussion about federal penalties and deterrence. The transcript ends as the committee begins hearing HB 6025, a repeal bill related to emergency restrictions on firearms during local states of emergency, but the discussion is cut off before action is taken.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 11th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, to a 14-day pretrial hearing upon their return, uh, to the county.
  • , the pretrial hearing?
  • And what this pretrial hearing within 14 days, oftentimes that's going to turn into a disposition hearing
  • By ensuring a timely pretrial hearing, Committee of HB 305 helps reduce the.
  • Um, it was said to me that maybe pretrial hearings can take place.
Bills: HB268, HB305, HB307
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice May 19th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the last hearing of this session.
  • Hearing none, let the amendment be adopted.
  • But as far as I can remember, I always felt that when I hear the story and hear other stories, it wasn't
  • And I hear your point of view.
  • And I hear your point of view.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The next item that I have a question on: we had hearings here with Sub 6 dealing with remote hearings
  • During the hearing opening.
  • The statewide pretrial program was established to promote the safe, efficient, fair, and timely pretrial
  • Courts, therefore, may increasingly rely on pretrial services.
  • Courts, therefore, may increasingly rely on pretrial services.
Summary: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 heard the Governor’s May Revision proposals for the judicial branch, the Board of State and Community Corrections, the Department of Justice, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Legislative Analyst’s Office opened with a warning that the state budget remains structurally imbalanced and urged the Legislature to avoid new ongoing spending unless offset by reductions elsewhere. In the judicial branch discussion, the Judicial Council highlighted language access funding, appellate court security, a backfill for the state court facilities construction fund, and an extension of the lactation room mandate; Finance supported most items but suggested reporting language on interpreter costs and reducing the General Fund backfill. Members raised concerns about judicial vacancies, long-term salary freezes, remote hearings, and the lack of progress on court staffing in some counties. For the Board of State and Community Corrections, the administration proposed $10 million one-time each for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People grant program and a human trafficking vertical prosecution grant program. The LAO said both should be weighed against other priorities and suggested the Legislature consider whether the Tribal Nations Grant Fund could support MMIP work, while Finance said it preferred General Fund support and wanted more review before any fund swap. Members strongly supported MMIP funding and asked whether ongoing support would be considered. On the human trafficking grant, Finance said BSC was a good fit because of its grant administration experience and prior vertical prosecution work, while legislators asked why the program was not placed with the Office of Emergency Services as originally contemplated in prior legislation. The Department of Justice presented antitrust litigation funding, Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse staffing, completion of organized retail criminal enterprise cases, and trailer bill language for a continuous appropriation from the Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund. The LAO supported the antitrust account use but questioned the Unfair Competition Law Fund’s ability to cover the full request without General Fund repayment, and recommended against a continuous appropriation for the restitution fund in favor of a more limited mechanism with legislative oversight. Finance said the fund would remain solvent and defended the continuous appropriation as necessary to pay victims promptly. In the CDCR portion, the largest discussion centered on the Boston Consulting Group efficiency review and sharply reduced savings estimates; LAO said the department had not fully explained the proposed position eliminations or future $100 million savings target, while Finance said the work reflected deeper analysis and ongoing efforts to find savings. Members repeatedly pressed CDCR and Finance on the gap between earlier promised savings and the revised figures. CDCR also outlined population projections showing continued declines in prison and parole populations, while LAO again urged the state to close an additional prison to save ongoing costs. The department then walked through several May Revision items, including workers’ compensation funding, a Corcoran honor housing dorm, incarcerated firefighter pay implementation, an incarcerated menopause program, mental health receiver staffing, mental health resource teams and crisis intervention teams, medical classification staffing changes, and AI note-taking for the electronic health record. LAO generally recommended limiting-term funding and more reporting for many of these proposals, while Finance defended them as necessary ongoing investments or court-ordered obligations. Members questioned the cost of workers’ compensation, the need for more prison closures, the lack of funding for women’s facility violence prevention, and the timing and transparency of the BCG savings process. No votes were taken.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 4th, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • When you have to fly experts in pretrial for a hearing, you're going to pay for their travel, you're
  • Second question: In a motion in limine, at a pretrial hearing, how many times have you been successful
  • It will be fairly rare that I actually utilize a remedy of a pretrial hearing and for... through a Daubert
  • It will be fairly rare that I actually utilize a remedy of a pretrial hearing and for...
  • That I actually utilize a remedy of a pretrial hearing and bring witnesses in to be challenged, because
Keywords: 959, house, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Jan 29th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're having the hearing.
  • We can hear you. Go ahead.
  • We’re in public hearing. We’re going to open the hearing on House Bill 2648.
  • We're in public hearing.
  • We're going to open the hearing on House Bill 2648. the hearing on House Bill 2648, please.