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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- These case management systems are not cheap; they're about $2 million dollars, and we are actively in
- We still maintain active collaboration with many review boards that are specified under state statute
- I'm the executive director of the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System.
- As you know, we're the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, the statewide public defender.
- activity is, and that's how they move the money.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Justice Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Senators Tab 9 is SB 1136 age as an element of a criminal defense by Senator Jay Collins.
- bill did not include any language, reaffirming a lawful purpose as a defense.
- for a lawful purpose, they may use act as a legal defense.
- If I des defense working that we should be seeing reduction, but we're not.
- A person may not store any firearm at a school sanctioned activity or school-sponsored event.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Defense, and gladly accept the committee's amendments that will be taken when the bill
- With me today in support, I have Kelly Douglas on behalf of the Department of Defense.
- My name is Kelly Mae Douglas, and I work for the Defense State Liaison Office, which operates under the
- And let me preface it by saying I did criminal defense work.
- It's not activating opioid receptors in the brain. It's very different.
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Public Safety heard two bills. SB 99, by Senator Blakespear, would improve coordination between military and civilian law enforcement in domestic violence cases involving military protective orders. The author and a Department of Defense witness said the bill would help courts and police identify existing military protective orders, allow them to be considered in restraining order proceedings, require notification to military authorities when violations are suspected, and encourage memoranda of understanding between agencies. The ACLU California Action opposed unless amended, citing due process concerns because military protective orders are issued by commanders without court procedures. Members generally supported the bill as a way to protect survivors, and it passed the committee 5-0 to the Judiciary Committee.
SB 758, by Senator Umberg, addressed nitrous oxide and concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products sold in retail settings. Supporters, including local officials, law enforcement groups, and parents, argued that nitrous oxide misuse and concentrated 7-OH products are harming youth and communities and that the bill would restrict sales while preserving legitimate culinary uses of nitrous oxide. Opponents, including kratom and drug policy advocates, argued the bill would criminalize adults, that 7-OH is a naturally occurring kratom component with limited evidence of severe harm when used alone, and that regulation rather than prohibition would be preferable. After discussion, the committee adopted amendments narrowing the bill and voted 5-0 to send SB 758 as amended to Appropriations.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Defense, and I gladly accept the committee’s amendments that will be taken when the bill
- Department of Defense, and I gladly accept the committee’s amendments that will be taken when the bill
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, on behalf of military families in
- And let me preface it by saying I did criminal defense work.
- It's not activating opioid receptors in the brain. It's very different.
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Protection and Victim Services Committee May 13th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Protection and Victim Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Just by briefly stating, because there's often a question of why defense attorneys or indigent defense
- Have a great time with your fellow defense people. Thank you, Mr.
- And so it should be an opt-in, but then in their defense, not my defense for them, is that, you know,
- And so it should be an opt-in, but then in their defense, not my defense for them, is that, you know,
- He appears doing lots of different activities.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Counties can include program modules like guidance in technology assistance, physical activity, music
- The bill will strengthen social connections for our seniors and will help them remain active, informed
- Counties can include programs, program modules like guidance in technology assistance, physical activity
- The bill will strengthen social connections for our seniors and will help them remain active, informed
- That accounts for 12% of law enforcement activity in our county and is an impact far out of proportion
Committee:
Senate Human Services
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, of Hawaii, to be Director of National Intelligence; to be immediately followed by a closed hearing in SH-219. Jan 30th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Intelligence (Select) Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- No fewer than five times has the Department of Defense reviewed her security clearance and extended it
- He released information about the United States government's illegal activities.
- I'm not familiar with the specific Biden administration policy, but I believe strongly in the defense
- There are a lot of suggestions about how to make the Department of Defense more efficient also.
- Their forces and their constitution have been primarily focused on self-defense.
Committee:
Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Unfortunately, too few active at 6%.
- Under HR military activation orders.
- </c> budget, Department of Defense budget, Department of Defense budget.<05:23:14.480><c> How</c><05:
- ><c> in</c><05:23:37.840><c> around</c> Defense actually is coming in around Defense actually is coming
- </c> think of as government non-defense think of as government non-defense discretionary.<05:27:42.558
Bills:
HR377
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/25/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- They provided me a Department of Defense letter saying that they do Department of Defense work, which
- that was supported otherwise by the Department of Defense...
- The Department of Defense in January started a program to review all of their grants, right?
- Is there an active movement right now to accomplish that goal?
- of Arizona and you are out of the state on military active duty or military duty, whether it be active
Bills:
SB1003 , SB1060 , SB1134 , SB1275 , SB1327 , SB1429 , SB1618 , SB1634 , SB1654 , SB1803 , SCR1002 , SCR1005 , SCR1023 , SCR1027
Committees:
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections , House House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference
Keywords:
election, canvass, certification, ballot tabulation, write-in candidates, registration, voting procedures, voter registration, temporary absence, absentee voting, residency, military voters, overseas voters, election law, Arizona Revised Statutes, political signs, campaign materials, public safety, municipal regulation, foreign relations
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Here's a copy of the active policy that...” They weren't on a delivery.
- Here's a copy of the active policy that would, the endorsement that would be liable.
- or activity when the app is open is not commercial activity.
- So that system is in place. and it's our opinion that trolling activity or activity when the app is open
- is not commercial activity.
Committees:
House Insurance , House Insurance and Banking
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Jun 30th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- structural fires in the communities they served, they were never designed to function as wildfire defense
- They are not designed to meet the significant volume of water necessary for large-scale wildfire defense
- They are not designed to meet the significant volume of water necessary for large-scale wildfire defense
- These actions can include structural hardening, defensible space clearance, and redundant power supplies
- Markey's King Mason, on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in support. Thank you.
Summary:
The Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee heard several bills focused on wildfire preparedness, industrial safety, and recycling oversight. SB 1153 by Senator Caballero would require urban retail water suppliers to add wildfire-specific procedures to emergency plans and coordinate with fire agencies; supporters said it would improve planning while recognizing water system limits, and the bill was framed as protecting ratepayers and infrastructure. SB 811, also by Senator Caballero, would create a comprehensive DTSC permitting and regulatory framework for metal shredding facilities; supporters argued it would set clear statewide standards and protect communities, while opponents said it would weaken hazardous waste protections and carve the industry out of existing law. SB 883 by Senator Umberg would impose new safeguards for facilities storing reactive chemicals such as methyl methacrylate after the Garden Grove evacuation, including backup cooling, public review, emergency planning, and state tracking; industry groups opposed the breadth of the bill and sought further clarification, while environmental and community groups supported it. SB 1010 by Senator Ashby would strengthen oversight of appliance recyclers by improving reporting, inspections, certification, and funding for enforcement; supporters said it would reduce emissions and improve compliance, while recyclers raised concerns about fees and certification requirements.
Each bill drew extensive testimony from industry, environmental, labor, local government, and community representatives. Supporters generally emphasized public safety, transparency, and the need for clearer statewide standards, while opponents warned about overregulation, reduced flexibility, or unintended impacts on existing hazardous waste and recycling systems. Committee members also raised questions about transparency, liability, size-based treatment of facilities, and whether the bills were narrowly tailored enough to address the problems identified.
The committee voted to advance all four measures to the Committee on Appropriations, with votes taken on call and some members voting no or not voting on certain bills. The final add-on votes showed SB 811, SB 883, SB 1010, and SB 1153 all passing out of committee, with the roll left open for absent members before the meeting adjourned.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Veterans and Armed Forces Jan 20th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Veterans and Armed Forces
Transcript Highlights:
- It affects recent service members who come off active duty, and it has modernization for the armed forces
- a tremendous asset in the cybersecurity team and the cybersecurity training and the cybersecurity defense
- they can do that, to help do preventive cybersecurity work, talk about cybersecurity prevention, defensive
- But could you talk me through a process of how we would go from the National Guard being activated to
- And the governor has the power to activate.
Committee:
House Veterans and Armed Forces
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Mar 9th, 2026
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- How many people are in that office working on death penalty defense?
- Have you done any sort of defense when it comes to death penalty? Anything like that?
- You're still going to proceed with a defense as if it didn't happen? So that's a good question.
- $1 and $4 million for the defense side of it.
- In the last several years, two men have been executed that still had innocence claims active in their
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
Summary:
The Committee on Corrections and Public Institutions met with a quorum and heard testimony on three bills, with no executive session. House Bill 2153, by Rep. Jim Murphy, would repeal the death penalty in Missouri. Murphy argued the death penalty is costly, not a deterrent, irreversible when mistakes are made, and harmful to victims’ families through repeated appeals. Supporters included Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Baptist minister Brian Kaler, Public Defender Director Matthew Crowell, Dr. Heidi Moore of Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty, former inmate Clifton Davis, Empower Missouri’s Gwen Smith Moore, the Innocence Project, Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation, and former Rep. Tony Lobotto. Testimony focused on moral objections, wrongful convictions, racial arbitrariness, the burden on victims’ families, and significant state and defense costs. Several members asked about costs, retroactivity, and the effect on current death-row inmates; Murphy said the bill would apply prospectively only. No vote was taken.
House Bill 3154, by Rep. Bennie Cook, would update Missouri Gaming Commission fingerprint/background-check requirements to explicitly include sports wagering and fantasy sports applicants, suppliers, and key persons. Cook said the bill is intended to ensure proper criminal background checks through the Highway Patrol and to align the statute with newer gaming activities. Missouri Gaming Commission Executive Director Mike Lira testified in support, explaining that fingerprints are needed to identify out-of-state criminal histories and that federal guidance requires specific statutory language for sports wagering background checks. The committee asked a few clarifying questions, and there was no opposition.
House Bill 3535, also by Rep. Bennie Cook, would add fireworks-related authority and clarify that state fire marshals, who are already post-certified peace officers, may act in exigent circumstances and assist other officers during investigations or emergencies. State Fire Marshal Tim Bean supported the bill, saying it would give fire marshals another tool and help with illegal fireworks investigations. One witness opposed the bill, objecting to the phrase “exigent circumstances” as too subjective and potentially harmful to Fourth Amendment protections. The hearing concluded without a vote, and the chair then dismissed the committee.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Jan 12th, 2026
Business, Professions and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- The incentive is you're not getting paid for the days that you didn't have a license active.
- In other words, you're asserting an affirmative defense, and she's, I think she's right.
- And they allege, as an affirmative defense, that you were not licensed.
- The burden of proving an affirmative defense...
- That burden of proving an affirmative defense falls to the party who's alleging that affirmative defense
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Dear Speaker Moyle: The House Transportation and Defense Committee has received and reviewed all pending
- Respectfully, Joe Palmer, Chairman, House Transportation and Defense Committee.
- Speaker, we, the Committee on Transportation and Defense, report that we have had under consideration
- House bill number 628 by Transportation Defense Committee and act relating to motor vehicles amending
- House bill number 629 by Transportation and Defense Committee.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Jul 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I started out as a prosecutor, but then I went into insurance defense.
- It shouldn't be incumbent on defense counsel.
- Chair and members, Mike Belote for the California Defense Council.
- So you cannot do any of those activities if you are not a...
- Palisades Bowl sits on an active landslide zone.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills, with most drawing support after amendments or ongoing stakeholder negotiations. SB 29, by Senator Laird, would extend a sunset on the law allowing pain-and-suffering claims to survive a plaintiff’s death; supporters, including a family member describing a medical negligence case, labor groups, consumer advocates, and disability and elder organizations, argued it prevents defendants from running out the clock, while hospitals, medical groups, and business organizations warned of higher costs and added liability. After extensive debate about data collection, settlement reporting, and the impact on health care access, the bill passed to Appropriations on a divided vote.
SB 294, by Senator Reyes and presented by Senator Laird, would require employers to notify a worker’s emergency contact if the worker is arrested or detained and would create a template to inform employees of state and federal labor rights. Labor and worker advocates said the bill would help workers understand and enforce their rights amid weakened federal enforcement; there was no opposition on file, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations. SB 697 would modernize water-rights adjudication by allowing the State Water Board to use technology instead of requiring in-person field investigations; with no opposition, it also passed unanimously.
The committee also advanced SB 37 on attorney advertising, SB 645 on peremptory challenges in civil cases, SB 303 on bias-mitigation trainings in public workplaces, and SB 464 on expanding pay-data reporting for specified state workers. SB 37 drew support from consumer and legal groups but concerns from Walker Advertising about joint advertising; members said negotiations were ongoing, and the bill passed. SB 645 would extend anti-bias jury-selection rules to certain civil rights cases; criminal-defense and defense groups said they were close to agreement, and the bill passed. SB 303 and SB 464 were both amended to narrow scope and moved forward after several opponents shifted to neutral or removed opposition. The committee also approved a consent calendar of additional bills, all sent to Appropriations.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 25, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> activities of the executive branch. activities of the executive branch.
Keywords:
appropriations, military construction, veterans affairs, VA funding, USDA, agriculture appropriations, legislative branch appropriations, fiscal year 2026, omnibus, spending bill, rural development, rural housing, broadband, SNAP, WIC, school lunch, food safety, FDA user fees, veterans health care, toxic exposure
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 12, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- But right now, we're also seeing a lot of activity on the spaceport side as well.
- You know, on the federal side, federal government activities are not necessarily designed to be able
- I think we have a nice blend right now between what we would consider our financing activities, which
- Pete as well, and Orlando is amazing, but cybersecurity, space, defense, and so much more.
- And the maritime defense hub—tremendous. We couldn't have done it without them, too. So thank you.
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and heard first from Space Florida President and CEO Robert Long, who described the agency’s role as the state’s aerospace finance and business development authority and spaceport authority. He reported a pipeline of about 187 projects, nearly $7 billion in potential private investment, and roughly 8,000 potential jobs, with 161 projects in the fiscal-year pipeline, up about 30% from the prior year. Long said Space Florida is focusing on workforce development through its Space Florida Academy with 23 school districts, and on target markets including advanced air mobility/eVTOL, flight simulation, and satellite manufacturing. Members asked about infrastructure, federal-state coordination, LNG planning, environmental mitigation, workforce, and how the Legislature’s recent $5 million recurring increase is being used; Long said the funds are mainly supporting staffing, contracted services, and IT improvements to handle growth and move projects through faster.
The panel then heard from Blue Origin, Leonardo (through LSN Partners), and Lone Star Data Holdings. Blue Origin said its Florida manufacturing and launch operations have grown far beyond initial commitments, with more than $3 billion invested and over 3,000 employees in the state, and emphasized the need for roads, water, wastewater, and other launch-site infrastructure as launch cadence increases. Leonardo highlighted its TH-73A Navy helicopter program in Milton and a new 70,000-square-foot maintenance facility at Whiting Aviation Park, crediting state, local, and federal partners and noting future potential for its AW-609 tiltrotor aircraft. Lone Star Data Holdings described its satellite-based data storage and disaster-recovery business, said Florida was its first customer, and urged the state to use Florida as a pilot project for protecting data and expanding space-based data infrastructure.
Members repeatedly focused on what the state should do next, and the panel’s main answer was continued investment in infrastructure and long-term planning. Specific needs mentioned included road widening, traffic signals, fire suppression, water pressure, wastewater capacity, power, transportation links, environmental mitigation, and LNG-related planning at the spaceport. No formal votes or bills were taken up in the meeting, and the session ended after member questions and comments with a motion to rise and adjourn.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee, First Extraordinary Session Jan 27th, 2025
Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- we presented on two bills that contained over $2.5 billion for immediate response and recovery activities
- Legal defense services for indigent individuals.
- And specifically, can you articulate what specific enforcement activities of our immigration laws that
- One, I heard a little bit about a concern regarding the activities of counsel, a suggestion that activities
- And then two, this funding can be used for legal defense for removal.
Committee:
House Budget
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Nov 7th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- They may lose that if they're not cooperative with the defense or the defense strategy, I think.
- For the compact to actually become active, once it gets active, they have to begin to meet, develop rules
- That takes us down to six that are actually active. That's the nursing compact.
- Senator Tobiasen has been active in both social work and the medical field.
- What's the long-term activity that existed on Mr. House?