Bills: SB1519, SB1775, SB1900, SB1948, SB2080, SB1226, SB1456, SB1462, SB1463, SB1980, SB1479, SB1608, SB1923

Keywords: municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI

Transcript Highlights:

• In September of 2024, an on-duty Gregg County deputy sheriff encountered an intoxicated individual.
• Because the intoxication assault crime currently requires serious bodily injury.
• But it's intoxication assault, so if someone...
• But if you're intoxicated, you just hit someone like that. How many no votes do we have on this?
• But that's, I mean, the real point of this is we are adding bodily injury to intoxication assault.

Bills: SB535, SB664, SB1019, SB1020, SB1120, SB1537, SB1804, HB3207

Keywords: SB 535, Texas criminal procedure, rape shield, victim sexual history, past sexual behavior, sexual assault evidence, trafficking of persons, continuous trafficking, indecency with a child, continuous sexual abuse, aggravated sexual assault, indecent assault, consent defense, in camera hearing, Rule 412, Rule 609, victim protection, evidence admissibility, criminal evidence, sexual offense prosecution

Bills: SB127, SB456, SB482, SB659, SB739, SB816, SB1234, SB1666, SB1886, SB1980, SB2580, SB2611, SB2693, SB2776

Keywords: child abuse, reporting obligation, statute of limitations, negligence, legal professionals, human organs, criminal penalties, physician license, medical ethics, illegal trade, smuggling, human trafficking, felony offenses, law enforcement, authorized peace officer, peace officer definition, tracking equipment, communications access, electronic surveillance, cell phone records

Transcript Highlights:

• Wright: THE AMENDMENT CHANGES THE LANGUAGE TO ANY INTOXICATING SUBSTANCE TO ANY IMPAIRING SUBSTANCE.
• RATHER THAN HAVING ANY INTOXICATING SUBSTANCE, ANYTHING THAT WOULD IMPAIR WHETHER IT BE MEDICINES THAT
• BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THE CHANGE OF INTOXICATING TO IMPAIRING HOWEVER IT STILL DOES PRESENT AN ISSUE WHEN
• SO AS FAR AS A THRESHOLD FOR WHAT IMPAIRING, ONCE INTOXICATING IF IT IS A REGULAR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VERSUS
• SImon: AS WE DEBATE THE INTOXICATING AND IMPAIRING LANGUAGE IS IN THE ONUS STILL ON THE PERSON THAT'S

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The Union Depot would be able to distribute on-sale intoxicating liquor.
• allowed to issue an onsale intoxicating allowed to issue an onsale intoxicating liquor<00:52:18.920
• to uh operate and sell uh intoxicating to uh operate and sell uh intoxicating Linker<01:03:15.920
• <01:04:08.279> liquor issue an onsale intoxicating liquor issue an onsale intoxicating liquor
• <01:04:51.960> liquor courses to sell intoxicating liquor courses to sell intoxicating liquor

Bills: HF1262, HF1741, HF472, HF1668, HF2055, HF1786, HF1876, HF1089, HF1121, HF509, HF1545, HF2027, HF642

Keywords: food truck, liquor license, temporary license, community events, catering, municipal regulations, food hall, St. Louis Park, on-sale, intoxicating beverages, food vendors, common seating area, HF472, Mankato, Minnesota State University Mankato, MSU Mankato, Taylor Center, special liquor license, on-sale wine license, malt liquor license

Transcript Highlights:

• Is being high, from your perspective, the same as being intoxicated?
• intoxication to be... ...word intoxicated as— you know, I consider intoxication to be not mentally sound
• It’s not alcohol intoxication; it’s intoxication.
• But intoxicated from alcohol? No, I’m not saying that.
• Are those intoxicating hemp products?

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy held its fourth hearing, with opening remarks from Senate Chair Adam Gómez and House Chair Dan Donahue emphasizing the committee’s broad agenda, including retail modernization, labor protections, advertising rules, sustainability, and financial resources. Testimony began with public health advocates supporting H.157/S.9 to ban cannabis billboard advertising, arguing that billboards normalize use for youth and are linked to cannabis-related harms such as psychosis, addiction, and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Witnesses cited research, family stories, and court decisions in Mississippi and Virginia upholding similar restrictions, while committee members questioned the scope of the state’s authority to regulate billboards on private property and the relevance of federal highway funding and federal cannabis law. The committee also heard testimony on H.175, a proposal to allow cannabis drive-through sales. A dispensary operator argued drive-throughs would improve access, especially for disabled customers and veterans, and said security and ID checks could be handled with cameras and staff screening. Committee members pressed him on how employees would assess impairment, whether drive-throughs could increase access for minors, and whether the industry should be treated like alcohol, with the witness responding that staff already refuse service to intoxicated customers and that education, not prohibition, is the better approach. Another bill, H.3982, would apply the bottle deposit law to carbonated hemp- or THC-infused beverages; the sponsor said the measure would standardize recycling requirements for products already sold in dispensaries and other markets, and members asked about container types and recycling compatibility. A major portion of the hearing focused on labor peace agreements, with UFCW representatives, cannabis workers, and Sen. Lydia Edwards supporting S.77/H.161. They said the bill would require cannabis businesses to remain neutral when workers seek to organize, arguing that unions improve safety, wages, benefits, and job stability in an industry they described as underregulated and prone to retaliation. Witnesses cited workplace hazards, wage theft, and the death of a worker at a Holyoke facility as examples of why stronger worker protections are needed. Committee members asked how the proposal differs from existing labor law, whether tying LPAs to licensing and renewal could create legal or administrative problems, and how other states handle similar requirements. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• It was explicitly an effort to legalize non-intoxicating hemp products like CBD.
• Where intoxicating cannabinoids are cheap, potent, untested and untaxed.
• Simply put, if it is an intoxicating product it belongs in the regulated cannabis supply chain.
• If a product is intoxicating, it belongs under the DCC.
• And we join with origins councils in the concerns they express. about intoxicating hemp.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There was an effort to illegalize non-intoxicating hemp products like CBD.
• If a product is intoxicating, it belongs under the regulatory authority of the Department of Cannabis
• Intoxicating cannabinoids are cheap, potent, untested, and untaxed.
• Simply put, if it is an intoxicating product, it belongs in the regulated cannabis supply chain.
• Importantly, while significantly increasing supply, intoxicating hemp integration would not increase

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation met as a subcommittee and heard several bills, with members explaining that measures with significant fiscal impacts would be held for suspense or taken up later. AB 761 would let the Monterey-Salinas Transit District place a local sales tax measure on the ballot with approval from two-thirds of its board rather than needing approval from each member jurisdiction; supporters said it would preserve transit funding for veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities, while an opponent argued it would make it easier to raise a regressive tax. The bill was voted out 5-2 after being called for absent members. AB 1253, which would clarify property tax treatment for wildfire reconstruction beyond substantial equivalence, drew support from the Los Angeles County Assessor and the California Assessors Association but was sent to suspense. AB 8, dealing with hemp enforcement, intoxicating hemp products, and integration of hemp cannabinoids into the cannabis supply chain and tax system, drew strong support from cannabis operators and labor groups and opposition from small cultivators and public health advocates concerned about supply, tax revenue, and voter intent; it was also sent to suspense. The committee then heard AB 1138, a major expansion and modernization of the film and television tax credit program. Supporters, including entertainment unions, workers, studios, and local officials, said the bill would help keep production and jobs in California amid competition from other states and countries; opponents criticized it as picking winners and losers and argued broader business costs were the real problem. The bill was referred to suspense. AB 829, which would create a California Parkinson’s Disease Research Fund and voluntary tax contribution program to support research and services, received unanimous support from advocates and was approved 6-0 to Appropriations. AB 474 would exempt rental income from nonprofit home-sharing programs for low-income homeowners from state income tax and protect participants’ eligibility for certain benefits; supporters said it could help older adults age in place and address housing shortages, and the bill was sent to suspense after members asked for clarification on the fiscal estimate. The committee also heard AB 376, which would exempt wildfire settlement payments from state income tax for certain disaster survivors; supporters from rural counties said the money is meant to help victims rebuild and should not be taxed, and the bill was referred to suspense. Finally, AB 480 would allow developers using low-income housing tax credits to switch from allocated to certificated state credits after an award, with supporters saying it would maximize private investment and stretch housing dollars further; it too was sent to suspense. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly emphasized the need to balance policy goals with fiscal impacts, and several bills were held or referred to suspense rather than voted out immediately.

Transcript Highlights:

• It specifies that operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicant or a highly intoxicated driver
• Highly intoxicated<00:46:09.760> drivers,<00:46:10.319> drivers<00:46:10.640> who
• ><00:46:10.800> have<00:46:10.880> a intoxicated drivers, drivers who have a intoxicated
• A second high-intoxication DUI would be a class C felony.
• Oftentimes the irony is that the way that we get evidence that people are highly intoxicated on Oahu

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Transportation heard several vehicle and traffic safety measures. HB 2347, which would require the director of transportation to adopt rules allowing mobile vehicle safety inspections, drew support from DOT and individual testifiers who said it would add convenience and efficiency for passenger vehicle owners. Committee members questioned how home or driveway inspections would handle safety standards such as headlight checks and whether added convenience would come with higher costs; DOT also said it would follow up on inspection fees and audit procedures. HB 182, which would exempt motorcycles and passenger cars from safety inspections, received opposition from DOT, the Hawaii Police Department, and the City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, with Grassroot Institute in support. HB 2022, which would equalize county and state annual vehicle registration fees, was opposed by the Hawaii Transportation Association because it would raise costs that would likely be passed on to consumers. The committee also took testimony on HB 1708, which would make operating a vehicle under the influence at a high intoxication level a class C felony and add probation requirements. Prosecutors, police, DOT, and the Honolulu customer services department supported the bill, while the Public Defender’s Office opposed it, arguing that it would increase court workload, require more defense resources, and create collateral consequences, including possible immigration impacts. Several witnesses and members discussed a proposed HD1 that would change the bill to a graduated penalty structure, making a first offense a misdemeanor and a second offense a felony, while also addressing deferred pleas and DUI deferrals. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office supported the bill’s intent but warned that Oahu lacks a reliable electronic or telephonic warrant system, which could lead to more refusals and additional court impacts. HB 2086, which would amend negligent injury in the first degree to include injuries negligently inflicted by intoxicated drivers, received support from DOT, county prosecutors, police, and the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office. Honolulu’s prosecutor supported the bill but recommended against the attached HD1, saying the current drafting better preserves negligent injury as a lesser included offense and avoids blending it with a separate statutory scheme. HB 2154, which would create a framework for intelligent speed assist technology and require a report to the legislature, was supported by DOT, county police, Smart Start LLC, AAA Hawaii, and others, with the Alliance for Automobile Innovation offering comments and proposed amendments. A testifier described the bill as a way to prevent repeat speeding by limiting vehicles from accelerating beyond the speed limit. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're seeing a lot more intoxicated drivers.
• That's not a technicality; that's high-grade intoxication.
• So there's just intoxicating—it’s in the category of intoxicating products. Thanks.
• The second is traffic accidents caused by alcohol intoxication.
• The second is traffic accidents caused by alcohol intoxication.

Summary: The House Committee on Public Health heard House Bill 5, a proposal to ban THC products outside the Texas Compassionate Use Program while allowing non-intoxicating CBD and CBG products under tighter regulation. Chair Van Deaver gave a lengthy background on the 2018 federal Farm Bill and Texas’s 2019 hemp law, arguing that the lack of guardrails allowed a large, unregulated THC market to develop. HB 5 would impose licensing fees, product registration, testing and inspection requirements, and restrictions intended to keep products away from children. Invited witnesses from law enforcement strongly supported the bill. Steve Dye of the Texas Police Chiefs Association and Brian Hawthorne of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas argued that THC consumables are widely mislabeled, often far more potent than advertised, and linked to youth access, impaired driving, and organized crime. Both said regulation would be ineffective and would amount to legalization, while a ban would be easier for officers to enforce. They also emphasized support for the Texas Compassionate Use Program and said medical THC should remain available. Dr. Peter Stout of the Texas Association of Crime Lab Directors and Alice Amelot of Texas DPS testified as resource witnesses about forensic testing. They said current lab resources are already stretched thin, that quantitative testing for THC and related cannabinoids is expensive and time-consuming, and that a ban would simplify enforcement because labs could focus on presence/absence testing rather than concentration. Amelot said DPS labs are neutral on the bill but explained that mislabeled products and inaccurate certificates of analysis are common. Committee members asked about traffic safety, impairment, youth use, and the costs of enforcement and lab testing; witnesses repeatedly said the bill would reduce complexity for law enforcement but that any approach would still require more resources for labs.

Transcript Highlights:

• It was explicitly an effort to legalize non-intoxicating hemp products like CBD.
• Simply put, if it is an intoxicating product, it belongs in the regulated cannabis supply chain.
• hemp products. ...are seeking cheaper alternatives like intoxicating hemp products.
• If a product is intoxicating, it belongs under the DCC.
• And we join with Origins Council and the concerns they express about intoxicating hemp.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of bills, with most measures drawing support from industry, professional, local government, and advocacy witnesses, and several receiving committee amendments before moving forward. AB 8 on hemp and cannabis drew the most extensive debate: supporters said it would close loopholes around intoxicating hemp products, strengthen enforcement, and bring THC products into the regulated cannabis supply chain; opponents, including small cannabis farmers and environmental groups, warned it could undermine Proposition 64’s closed-loop system, harm California cultivators, and reduce tax revenues for youth, environmental, and law enforcement programs. The author said the bill was intended to protect consumers and children and to work further with stakeholders. AB 476 on copper theft was presented as a public safety and infrastructure bill to tighten reporting, documentation, and penalties for scrap metal theft; supporters from cities, utilities, broadband, and recycling-related groups described major losses and outages from copper theft, and the remaining opposition moved to neutral after amendments, with the bill advancing with committee support. The committee also heard AB 985, which would allow nationally certified anesthesiologist assistants to practice under direct supervision of licensed anesthesiologists to address anesthesia workforce shortages. Supporters, including the California Society of Anesthesiologists, medical groups, students, and patients, said it would expand access and bring California in line with other states; nurse anesthesiology groups expressed concerns and sought further clarification, but there was no formal opposition at the hearing. AB 506, aimed at online pet sales, would void contracts that fail to disclose an animal’s origin or veterinary records or that require non-refundable deposits; animal welfare groups said it would curb puppy mill pipelines and deceptive online sales, and there was no opposition. AB 876, on certified registered nurse anesthetists, generated the sharpest health care policy dispute: supporters said it would codify existing practice and clarify CRNA duties, while physicians and medical associations argued it would expand scope too far and reduce patient safety. After a roll call, AB 876 passed the committee 9-0, as amended, to Appropriations. Other bills advanced with broad support after amendments. AB 432, the Menopause Equity Act, would require continuing medical education on menopause-related care for certain physicians; the author and medical experts said the bill addresses widespread gaps in menopause treatment and research, while CMA and ACOG opposed the mandate as an inappropriate CME requirement, though they agreed the underlying problem is real. The bill passed on call, as amended, to Health. AB 759 would allow eligible architectural candidates to use the title “architect in training” to encourage completion of licensure and improve diversity in the profession; it passed unanimously, as amended, to Appropriations. AB 967 would create an optional expedited licensure fee for out-of-state physicians to reduce delays in bringing doctors into California’s workforce; supporters said it would help address shortages and improve patient access, and the bill was presented with support from medical stakeholders.

Transcript Highlights:

• New, but not new because what we're talking about is an intoxicating beverage.
• talking about is an intoxicating talking about is an intoxicating beverage. beverage. beverage.
• beverages cuz they're all intoxicating beverages cuz they're all intoxicating beverages. beverages
• The KDA's position on hemp-based THC intoxicating beverages has been and remains that our industry can
• <00:18:07.760> than<00:18:07.840> a usually less intoxicating than a usually less intoxicating

Keywords: The livestream event for this meeting cut off shortly after the meeting began. This is the complete copy pulled from back ups., 958, all

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• cannabinoids or that otherwise prohibits the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid products.
• Correct, because industrial hemp is a non-intoxicating product.
• Hemp, intoxicating hemp products would no longer be allowed.
• Industrial hemp is non-intoxicating.
• So that would be the intoxicating side.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• intoxicating cannabonoids. intoxicating cannabonoids.
• , in some cases less intoxicating.
• obtaining lowcost non- intoxicating obtaining lowcost non- intoxicating canabonoids<01:41:29.840
• market that can't sell intoxicating market that can't sell intoxicating canabonoids<01:42:56.159
• <02:19:50.800> like something that's intoxicating like something that's intoxicating like

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The other person cannot consent because of intoxication or impairment by any substance.
• To say that someone knows someone's intoxicated... is actually a subjective standard.
• I said no; I was violated, but the law didn't see it that way because I was intoxicated.
• The law already recognizes that intoxication impairs judgment when it comes to driving.
• Why doesn't our law recognize that intoxication impairs the ability to consent to sex?

Bills: HB75, HB108

Keywords: building standards, youth camps, floodplains, safety regulations, environmental policies, drainage utilities, flood management, land use regulation, county authority, drainage fees, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And number three, non-intoxicating products like CBD should be on a shelf, not locked behind a case or
• locked behind the register, like intoxicating products.
• You would have a intoxicating products.
• There's absolutely no reason for non-intoxicating CBD that binds your endocannabinoid system to get it
• :32.320> that<00:22:32.559> binds<00:22:32.799> your non- intoxicating CBD that

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• There's no real health reason to prohibit sublingual application of non-intoxicating cannabinoids, and
• In 342, we're moving away from that, but there was one relic: the non-intoxicating hemp-derived topicals
• Non-intoxicating cannabinoid products. And with that, I will toss it over to Mr. Tabell.
• There's no real health reason to prohibit sublingual application of non-intoxicating cannabinoids, and
• <00:19:54.039> hemp Relic the uh non- intoxicating hemp Relic the uh non- intoxicating hemp

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• place where intoxicating place where intoxicating Liquors<00:20:16.559> uh<00:20:17.080><
• It is a misdemeanor to bring intoxicating liquor or 3.2% malt liquor into a polling place to drink or
• to be intoxicated in a polling place.
• to be intoxicated in a polling place.
• in a polling place or to be intoxicated in a polling place or to be intoxicated in<00:24:22.080>

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We're seeing a lot more intoxicated drivers.
• It doesn't, it's not intoxicating.
• That's high-grade intoxication.
• If it's not intoxicating and from everything I've seen, if it's less than 3%, it is not intoxicating.
• I urge you to ban intoxicating cannabis.

Bills: HB5

Keywords: hemp, cannabinoids, regulation, occupational licenses, consumable products, marketing, criminal offenses, labeling requirements, health and safety, 997, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Mislabeling is leading to accidental intoxication.
• Inside the package, mislabeling is leading to accidental intoxication and overdoses.
• So five milligrams of THC is enough to have intoxicating effects among users.
• Showing up at 2 a.m., a kid or an adult completely intoxicated.
• Because intoxication is absolutely going to play a part in it.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all