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.

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

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.

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

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: gun show, firearm sales, criminal background check, firearm regulation, gun show promoter, election procedures, voter registration, residence requirements, change of address, voter eligibility, youth camp, flood safety, life jackets, grant program, flotation devices

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.

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

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 959, house, all

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.

Bills: HB2217 , HB2558 , HB2641 , HB2648 , HB1239 , HB1591 , HB2209 , HB2310 , HB2526

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: rehabilitation, felony offenses, criminal justice reform, first-time offenders, pathways to rehabilitation, mental health, sentencing alternative, criminal justice, diversion programs, HB 2641, ICE out act, law enforcement hiring, immigration and customs enforcement, ICE officers, former federal employees, sworn officer, police staffing, general authority law enforcement agency, limited authority law enforcement agency, immigration enforcement

Bills: HB415 , HB419 , SB219 , SB170 , HB415 , HB419 , SB219 , SB170

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: police abuse registry, law enforcement registry, officer assault, assault on police, resisting arrest, battery on law enforcement, law enforcement injury fund, Back the Blue Act, Attorney General, clemency, pardon, commutation, rehabilitation costs, medical costs, public safety, criminal records, background checks, registry removal fee, privacy, due process

Transcript Highlights:

• He was ordered to report to pretrial services, but never did.
• He was ordered to report to pretrial service, but never did.
• And every single time I hear a completely different story.
• preventive detention hearings when statutory risk thresholds are met?
• You know, we keep hearing that crime is down in Albuquerque.

Bills: SB100

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Keywords: burglary, aggravated burglary, dwelling, criminal law, property rights, 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I want to make sure I understand the committee has rules to ensure a fair and efficient hearing.
• days in which we cannot have hearings.
• What that means is, without three hearings, is that we're going to have a really, really busy hearings
• And that starts at the time of booking at pretrial all the way through the court process.
• And then we'll move on to item 1, AB 250, I hear our Curry's bill. Pacheco? Aye. Pappin? Aye.

Summary: The Assembly Judiciary Committee heard three bills. AB 250 by Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry would extend a limited window for survivors of sexual assault to seek civil recourse against perpetrators and entities that allegedly covered up abuse. The author and supporters, including survivor Maya Alexander and Equal Rights Advocates, said many survivors need years before they can come forward and that the bill would improve accountability and public safety. One member raised concerns about the bill’s application to private employers and the exclusion of public employees, but the bill was advanced on a motion to Appropriations and later placed on call until additional votes were added. AB 373 by Assemblymember Rubio would require appointed counsel for non-minor dependents in extended foster care to represent the young adult’s expressed wishes rather than substitute the attorney’s judgment. Supporters from California Youth Connection and the Children’s Law Center said 18- to 21-year-olds in foster care are legal adults and should have their voices fully respected in court. Members discussed how the bill would work in practice and whether it applied only to appointed counsel; the bill was moved to Human Services and later cleared after additional votes were added. AB 387 by Assemblymember Alanis, as amended, would exempt probation officers from criminal jury service. The author and supporters argued probation officers are deeply involved in the criminal justice process, often get dismissed anyway, and should be focused on supervision and court-related duties rather than jury duty. The Judicial Council opposed the bill, warning that categorical exemptions shrink the jury pool and set a bad precedent. After debate over fairness, precedent, and the role of probation officers, the committee voted the bill out on a do pass motion.

Transcript Highlights:

• Today's hearing will provide a chance for this committee to hear more about the success of these programs
• or detained pretrial.
• It's not just the arraignment; you have an ongoing discovery process, multiple pretrial hearings, a lot
• It's not just the arraignment; you have an ongoing discovery process, multiple pretrial hearings, a lot
• You have an ongoing discovery process, multiple pretrial hearings, a lot happens.

Committee: Senate Senate Committee on Juvenile and Emerging Adult Justice

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Juvenile and Emerging Adult Justice held an informational hearing focused on diversion programs and services for high-risk youth, with no bills before the committee and no votes taken. The chair and members emphasized that the session was intended to hear from invited testimony and discuss how to strengthen diversion, reduce court involvement, and improve outcomes for youth. The committee heard first from the Office of the Child Advocate and diversion providers, who described the Massachusetts Youth Diversion Program, its statewide expansion to 10 of 11 court counties, and its reported success rate of about 80% completion without reoffending. Testimony highlighted that diversion keeps youth out of court, connects them more quickly to community-based services, and can address needs such as mental health, education, and substance use. Witnesses also pointed to racial and ethnic disparities in arrests versus summonses, regional variation in diversion access, and the need for clearer statutory authority, more funding, and broader use of pre-arrest diversion. Committee members asked about the difference between arrest and summons, who can initiate diversion, why arrest rates have increased relative to summonses, and how diversion might prevent harmful downstream consequences such as detention or immigration enforcement involvement. Witnesses said police, clerk magistrates, district attorneys, and judges can refer youth to diversion, and argued that local policy, training, and legislative changes could expand use. They also discussed the impact of detention on youth, including stigma, lost school time, and the lack of credit for time served in the juvenile system. Testimony from Citizens for Juvenile Justice focused on prevention, school discipline, and the school-to-prison pipeline, arguing for more restorative practices, better data, and legislation to limit suspensions and expulsions, especially for younger students and nonviolent conduct. They also raised concerns about DCF-involved and foster youth, who are disproportionately represented in the juvenile system. The final panel, the Children's League of Massachusetts and transition-age youth providers, shifted to child welfare and young adult supports. They supported reducing court involvement in child requiring assistance cases, expanding family resource centers, and strengthening services for transition-age youth leaving DCF or DYS custody. Providers described housing instability, homelessness, and the need for education, employment, behavioral health, and supportive housing services for young adults ages 18 to 23. Across the hearing, witnesses consistently argued that early intervention, community-based supports, and diversion are more effective than court processing or detention for most youth, and that the legislature can help through funding, statutory clarity, expanded eligibility, and stronger data collection.

Transcript Highlights:

• SHOULD YOU WAVE YOUR SPEAKING TIME YOUR APPEARANCE WILL BE IN THE COMMITTEE HEARING RECORDS.
• PRETRIAL RELEASE CONSEQUENCES AND INDIVIDUAL TAMPERING WITH THE MONITORING DEVICE WHILE IN PRETRIAL RELEASE
• SOMEONE CHARGED UP OR CONVICTED OF -- IT APPLIES TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE AN ANKLE MONITOR AS A PRETRIAL
• SOME REASON THEY HAVE A PRETRIAL RELEASE CONDITION THAT HAS A MONITORING DEVICE.
• TWO FOR PROOF REASONS IS KIND OF SEPARATE SO IT'S EASIER ON POSTCONVICTION TO VIOLATE BUT ON THE PRETRIAL

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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Keywords: HI Senate YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohtlaK4FzA, 2026-07-02T01:23:34+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, 00:00 - Start 01:04 - GM 506 08:56 - DM JDC 9:45 AM 10:16 - HB 1247, HD1 12:52 - HB 1516, HD1 21:47 - HB 1565, HD2 27:58 - HB 1716, HD1 32:00 - HB 1878, HD2 38:37 - HB 2089 40:55 - HB 2090 46:16 - HB 2094, HD1 48:43 - HB 2099 49:19 - HB 2578, HD1 49:55 - DM JDC 9:55 AM Hearing Notices: JDC 9:45 AM http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2026/hearingnotices/HEARING_JDC_03-17-26_.PDF JDC 9:55 AM http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2026/hearingnotices/HEARING_JDC_03-17-26-1_.PDF, 912, senate, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

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Transcript Highlights:

• We do have a public hearing and have some interested parties. So we'll just go down this list.
• We will now close the public hearing and I'll open the floor for any discussion here from the committee
• If I hear some opposition to it, it'll be the first. >> Thanks. All right. We'll go ahead and...
• If I hear some opposition to >> understand.
• If I hear some opposition to it'll<00:26:21.039><c> be</c><00:26:21.120><c> the</c><00:26:21.279><c>

Bills: SB249 , SB259 , HB67 , HB214 , SB249 , SB259 , HB67 , HB214

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: municipal tax, license fee, local tax increase, ordinance, public hearing, 30-day notice, municipal notice requirements, city council, town council, Alabama municipalities, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 11-45-2, open meetings website, newspaper publication, local government finance, tax transparency, fee increase, municipal ordinance procedure, University of South Alabama, Board of Trustees

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Keywords: HI Senate YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eEU4nHUejQ, 2026-07-02T01:23:20+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Hearing Notices: 00:00 - Start 01:59 - GM730 22:57 - GM729 32:43 - GM731 51:50 - DM WTL 9:00 AM 54:07 - GM704 1:04:17 - GM726 1:20:08 - GM727 1:33:55 - HCR80 1:35:18 - HCR81 1:44:28 - DM LBT-HHS 10:20 AM 1:45:33 - DM LBT 10:00 AM WTL 9:00 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/hearingnotices/HEARING_WTL_04-16-24_.pdf LBT 10:00 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/hearingnotices/HEARING_LBT_04-16-24_.pdf LBT-HHS 10:20 AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/hearingnotices/HEARING_LBT-HHS_04-16-24_.pdf, 912, senate, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

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