Transcript Highlights:

• Um, you see us working hard on gun violence prevention and security.
• the capital rallying for the gun the capital rallying for the gun violence<00:04:16.880> prevention
• tired of living under the threat of gun tired of living under the threat of gun violence<00:04:29.160
• Does immigration and gun control—are those the two biggest disappointments at this point?
• control<00:07:46.720> are Does immigration and gun control are Does immigration and gun

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: A Minnesota Senate leader discussed the end-of-session budget deal and said the Senate had passed a comprehensive budget that addresses several recent crises and federal policy changes. He highlighted funding to respond to gun violence, Metro Surge, and the effects of a federal Republican budget bill, saying the package includes retroactive medical assistance coverage, support to keep SNAP functioning, $10 million for food banks and shelves, rental assistance, and aid for counties and property taxpayers. He also said the Senate secured $205 million for HCMC, a $30 million uncompensated care pool for other distressed hospitals, and a $500 million health care stabilization reserve, along with a one-year license tab fee reduction and a $1.2 billion bonding bill. He said some priorities were left out or rejected in negotiations, including small business relief, low-income rent, energy assistance, rural EMS stabilization, a manufactured home bill of rights, a social media platform data collection tax, and proposals to block private equity from nursing homes and single-family homes. He also said the House Speaker had promised but not brought a gun vote to the floor, and he expressed disappointment that immigration-related action and some gun control measures did not advance further. He defended the rental assistance as available to Minnesotans regardless of documentation status and said it was not tied only to Operation Metro Surge. The leader also addressed concerns about payment withholding and program integrity in human services, saying the goal was to fight fraud without cutting services. He said hospitals seeking access to the stabilization reserve would need to show distress and financial need, and that both the governor and a legislative advisory committee would have to approve. He closed by saying the process had been difficult and too much negotiation had moved into backroom settings, but that the chambers were working toward an orderly conclusion and that he expected the remaining bills to be finalized and sent to the governor.

Transcript Highlights:

• Like responding to ICE and gun control.
• Republicans have made it clear they don't want to touch anything on guns.
• letting anything around guns just sail. letting anything around guns just sail.
• <00:10:03.840> Um don't want to touch anything on guns.
• Um don't want to touch anything on guns.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• GERALD CAROL, GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA SPEAKING AGAINST. >> WAIVE IN OPPOSITION. >> Chair Martin: WAIVE
• THEY WON'T BE OUT PURCHASING A GUN. THAT'S WHAT THE MILITARY DOES. ULTIMATELY.
• >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SENATOR COLLINS, GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA IS AGAINST THE BILL.
• IT'S A GUN PURCHASED AT A LICENSED GUN RANGE. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A PRIVATE SALE RESTRICTION, RIGHT?
• YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED 47 PERCENT OF REGISTERED DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE GUN OWNERS.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• our original goal of enhancing gun safety.
• Does that require the gun to return to the owner to go through a background check again?
• While we do have always concerns about youth with gun charges, this charge is only possession.
• The legislature has already decided what the appropriate remedy is for a youth with a gun charge.
• A second gun charge, they’ve already decided, they need a year at Ferris.

Bills: HB372, HB414

Keywords: HB372, Justice of the Peace Court, Delaware courts, Title 10, court administration, judicial staffing, county courts, Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Wilmington, 24-hour hearings, court locations, court hours, magistrate court, access to justice, court consolidation, Delaware General Assembly, destructive weapon, possessing a destructive weapon

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met and heard three bills. HB 372 would reorganize Justice of the Peace Court resources by shifting the number of judges and court locations among counties, consolidating overnight operations into a single 24-hour court in Kent County, and adjusting staffing to address workload and efficiency concerns. Chief Judge Alan Davis said the change responds to increased civil filings, automated enforcement, and staffing shortages, and that a Sussex County pilot closing a 24-hour facility had worked without major issues. Some members raised concerns about impacts on Sussex and Kent County, bail processing, and local response times, while public comment included one supporter. The committee voted to release HB 372. The committee then considered SB 324, which amends Delaware’s permit-to-purchase law to allow constable agencies, including those serving institutions like Delaware Tech, to purchase handguns for newly hired constables without duplicative background checks. Sponsor Representative Cook said the bill aligns constable procurement with existing law-enforcement exemptions while preserving gun-safety requirements. Public testimony included support from Delaware Tech and comments urging broader fixes to the permit-to-purchase law, including exemptions for retired officers with federal 218 credentials and clarification on firearms returned from manufacturers, gunsmiths, or police departments. The committee voted to release SB 324. Finally, the committee heard HB 414, which clarifies that the Superior Court’s exclusive jurisdiction over certain destructive-weapon offenses applies only to adults, while juvenile cases would still begin in Family Court. Sponsor Representative Romer said the bill preserves the Family Court’s role in handling youth cases and allows referral to Superior Court when appropriate. The Department of Justice said it still believes Superior Court is the proper venue for these serious charges, while the Office of Defense Services supported keeping youth cases in Family Court first, arguing that rehabilitation and juvenile-specific dispositions are more appropriate. After public comment, the committee voted to release HB 414, and the meeting adjourned.

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• Representative Boger, if I may, along with the gun range, there's numerous gun ranges across the state
• Thank you. with the gun range there's numerous gun with the gun range there's numerous gun ranges<04:
• <04:19:07.000> range three or four where this one gun range three or four where this one gun
• <04:20:12.040> ranges join up with all the other gun ranges join up with all the other gun
• <04:30:26.920> range that's still pending is this gun range that's still pending is this gun

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing and work session on House Bill 25/25A, the capital improvements budget. Representative David Mills introduced HB 25A, which makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapses from prior appropriations, noting it is based on Governor Ayotte’s budget. The hearing then focused on requests to add or restore funding for several projects, including community college capital needs, Veterans Home ADA and safety upgrades, career and technical education renovations in Milford, and airport infrastructure funding. Shannon Reed of the Community College System of New Hampshire asked for an additional $2.6 million for IT infrastructure, critical maintenance, and energy management systems, citing failing boilers, roof work, cybersecurity needs, and a recent costly water damage incident at Lakes Region Community College. John Graham, representing the New Hampshire Veterans Home, requested $1.5 million for ADA compliance and safety improvements such as floor replacement and wider doors, saying the work would help the home before an upcoming VA inspection and protect federal funding. Lance Whitehead testified for Milford CTE, asking the committee to keep $9.9 million in the budget for a scaled-down renovation; members discussed the town’s failed vote, the need for local matching funds, and the possibility of another vote next year. Tim Thompson of Concord and Margaret Burns of NHMA urged restoration of airport matching funds, arguing that about $3.6 million in state money would leverage roughly $62 million to $65 million in federal FAA funds for safety and infrastructure projects. Trisha Lambert and Andrew Pomroy of the Bureau of Aeronautics and airport management association explained the airport program, the 12 federally funded airports, and how projects are selected through airport master plans and a capital improvement program. After public testimony, the committee closed the hearing on HB 25A. In the work session that followed, staff distributed supporting documents, including cost breakdowns and comparison sheets. The chair indicated the committee would work from the governor’s $143 million capital budget as a baseline and proposed reducing it by about $10 million, largely by removing the Milford CTE item because both towns had voted it down and would not have another vote for a year. The chair said the goal was to bring the overall budget to about $133 million and then repurpose the remaining funds through straw polls and further committee action.

Transcript Highlights:

• of, um, Chris McNutt and Texas gun rights.
• Oh, he, he's just the president of Texas Gun Rights, so he's sort of the entity.
• Yeah, but can you just clarify that you're testifying on behalf of Texas Gun rights and yourself?
• He said, Drop your and before he said the word gun.
• And in this case we're putting gun owners. I myself as a father, as a gun owner.

Transcript Highlights:

• Vice Chair Romero, does that include ghost guns? It would, Madam Chair.
• Vice Chair Romero, does that include ghost guns? It would, Madam Chair.
• The new gun crime will be punished in addition to felon in possession.
• If the goal is to prevent gun violence, we have to be honest about what actually works.
• with it. ...about it and they go get that gun.

Bills: HB99, HB49, HB164, SB30, SB43, SB50, SB136

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• > guns<04:31:09.920> have<04:31:10.080> surpassed<04:31:10.640> car that gun
• have guns have surpassed car that gun have guns have surpassed car crashes<04:31:11.439> at<04
• by gun violence. by gun violence. >> Mhm. >> Mhm. >> Mhm.
• curious why you limited this to gun curious why you limited this to gun violence<04:35:27.600>
• country constantly rattled by gun country constantly rattled by gun violence. violence. violence

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> Did you guys have any mention in your proposals of gun legislation at all?
• <00:04:56.400> Um, proposals of gun legislation at all?
• Um, proposals of gun legislation at all?
• ,<00:05:09.919> um, safety um, also includes guns, um, safety um, also includes guns, um,
• So why, if all of the above is the way forward, why is guns not part of it?

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So we've taken action to prevent gun violence and make really our schools and communities safer.
• We've held two successful gun buyback events this year.
• We don't ask questions; we just want to get guns off the streets.
• larger effort to com uh to combat gun larger effort to com uh to combat gun violence<00:36:20.400
• Safety than just addressing gun Safety than just addressing gun violence<00:36:32.079> three<

Keywords: House Agenda:, 910, house, all

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• Put simply, this bill allows foster homes to hide how many guns they have in the home.
• His dad's gun closet, cut off the barrels on four shotguns.
• There are no gun safety laws to speak of. There's no gun safe storage laws to speak of.
• Members, all this bill does is it prevents the creation of a gun registry.
• It also does not prevent CPS from knowing whether or not there are guns in the home.

Bills: SB66, SB317, SB393, SB397, SB456, SB614, SB628, SB629, SB636, SB715, SB731, SB801, SB872, SB905, SB986, SB1012, SB1013, SB1015, SB1032, SB1113, SB1181, SB1212, SB1241, SB1250, SB1278, SB1285, SB1376, SB1444, SB1449, SB1524, SB1525, SB1528, SB1556, SB1588, SB1660, SB1704, SB1708, SB1802, SB1833, SB1844, SB1854, SB1863, SB1957, SB1959, SB1965, SB1999, SB2035, SB2056, SB2082, SB2119, SB2138, SB2165, SB2199, SB2201, SB2203, SB2245, SB2284, SB2419, SB2422, SB2452, SB2487, SB2523, SB2529, SB2533, SB2541, SB2586, SB2595, SB2605, SB2615, SB2675, SB2690, SB2717, SB2753, SB2778, SB2835, SB2841, SB2891, SB2929, SB2933, SB3016, SB3039, SB3044, HB912, HB2525, SJR3, SB5, SB29, SB326, SB494, SB530, SB769, SB783, SB963, SB1238, SB1271, SB1786, SB1967, SB2312, SB72, SB616, SB1143, SB1172, SB1267, SB1273, SB1506, SB1759, SB2361, SB1, SB260, SB1637, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SCR19, SB2023, SB1524, SB2422, SB2119, SB2753, SB1863, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1376, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB517, SB1200, SB1845, SB2681, SB2199, SB2458, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB1013, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB2284, SB2929, SB2595, SB715, SB1640, SB1241, SB2538, SB1449, SB2529, SB986, SB1181, SB1359, SB2245, SB410, SB1234, SB456, SB1012, SB2926, SB2138, SB2615, SB2972, SB2841, SB3016, SB1856, SB2035, SB1528, SB1373, SB672, SB2891, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB1285, SB1959, SB1454, SB2520, SB2541, SB1708, SB1237, SB1844, SB1586, SB3039, SB2819, SB66, SB629, SB1015, SB2342, SB2903, SB2933, SB1965, SB2477, SB3029, SB2605, SB2419, SB1957, SB375, SB250, SB777, SB628, SB2523, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2778, SB3044, SB2965, SB2521, SB865, SB1032, SB2165, SB2501, SB2675, SB2452, SB2835, SB872, SB1212, SB1278, SB1588, SB1602, SB1704, SB1723, SB1833, SB1858, SB1946, SB2009, SB2177, SB2460, SB2785, SB2373, SB1660, SB614, SB867, SB1608, SB1525, SB905, SB640, SB2487, SB1698, SB383, SB705, SB748, SB1113, SB1117, SB1802, SB2340, SB2586, SB2680, SB2690, SB2994, SB2747, SB1950, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB3059, SB2782, SB2781, SB2637, SB2633, SB2337, SB2334, SB1861, SB2043, SB1367, SB946, SB945, SB2857, SB128, SB571, SB1263, SB3058, SB612, SB2221, SB2587, SB2044, SB2363, SB2713, HB1109, HB1392, HB22, HB2525, HB3093, HB517, HB912, HB1130, HB142, HB1689, HB2018, SB2311, SB1986, SB2565, SB2943, SB1888, SB2417, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SB3036, SB3057, SB3056, SB3043, SB3037, SB3050, SB3063, SB3047, SB3035, HJR98, HJR99, HB136, HB2884, HB1393, HB2730, HB1399, HB1244, HB467, HB331, HB2559

Keywords: disability, supported decision-making, legal assistance, confidentiality, access to justice, autonomy, civil rights, advocacy, monuments, memorials, public property, historical significance, civil penalties, local governance, SB 393, Sparks, Middleton, local government, political subdivision, public securities

Transcript Highlights:

• While 10,000 people have been killed by gun violence, and that's just so far this year, including Georgia
• <00:30:26.000> violence decades, he has decimated gun violence decades, he has decimated gun
• have<00:30:30.640> been<00:30:30.880> killed<00:30:31.120> by<00:30:31.440> gun
• <00:30:31.760> violence,<00:30:32.320> and have been killed by gun violence, and have
• been killed by gun violence, and that's<00:30:33.039> just<00:30:33.679> so<00:30:34.000

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And this increase in ghost guns accounted for nearly 70 percent of the total number of crime guns recovered
• And this increase in ghost guns accounted for nearly 70 percent of the total number of crime guns recovered
• And that tidal wave of ghost guns came from California.
• However, that just kind of shifted the problem from completely manufactured ghost guns to ghost gun frames
• The completely manufactured ghost guns shifted to ghost gun frames being manufactured at home with 3D

Summary: The committee heard several public safety measures, with extensive testimony on firearms regulation, disability and sexual assault, mental health diversion, emergency response, and law enforcement masking. SB 704 by Senator Arreguín would require firearm barrels to be purchased through licensed dealers with a background check, as a response to the rise in ghost guns and 3D-printed firearms; supporters said barrels are a key component of untraceable guns, while opponents argued the bill burdens lawful gun owners and does little to stop criminals. SB 258 by Senator Wahab would eliminate the remaining spousal rape exception for victims unable to consent because of disability; supporters called it a needed closure of an archaic loophole, while disability-rights advocates opposed it unless amended, warning it could worsen misunderstandings about capacity to consent and harm disabled people’s autonomy. After debate, SB 258 passed the committee on a due-pass motion to Appropriations, with several members voting aye and the bill held on call. Senator Umberg presented SB 398, which closes a loophole in the law prohibiting paying or offering money or other value to induce someone to vote or register to vote; there was little opposition, and the bill passed on a due-pass motion to Appropriations and was held on call. He also presented SB 27, a CARE Court cleanup measure that would allow certain misdemeanor defendants found incompetent to stand trial to be routed into CARE Court and would expand eligibility to some people with mood disorders with psychotic features. Supporters said it would improve access to treatment and reduce unnecessary incarceration, while county behavioral health directors and disability advocates warned it could blur the line between voluntary civil treatment and coercive criminal proceedings and expand CARE Court beyond its intended scope. SB 27 passed on a due-pass motion as amended to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 36 from Senator Umberg, a price-gouging measure tied to wildfire-related emergency conditions that also expands search-warrant authority for certain misdemeanor investigations. Public defenders opposed the search-warrant expansion as unnecessary, while a late supporter from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office spoke in favor; the bill was moved on a due-pass motion as amended to Appropriations and held on call. SB 571 by Senator Arreguín would increase penalties for impersonating emergency personnel and related conduct during disasters; supporters cited post-fire looting and impersonation, while opponents argued longer sentences do not deter crime and that existing law is sufficient. The bill passed on a due-pass motion as amended to Appropriations and was held on call. Finally, Senator Wiener presented SB 627, which would prohibit law enforcement from wearing extreme masks except in limited circumstances, aimed largely at masked federal immigration enforcement operations. Supporters said masked, unidentified officers create fear and undermine trust, while law enforcement groups argued the bill wrongly sweeps in local officers, is too broad, and should instead target federal agents or impersonators. Testimony was still underway when the transcript ended, and no final committee action on SB 627 is shown here.

Transcript Highlights:

• Another thing: when it comes to guns, I don't really trust myself with a gun.
• I mean, in their mind, possessing a gun is possessing a gun.
• <00:40:40.880> is their mind, it's possessing a gun is their mind, it's possessing a gun is
• So from our possessing a gun.
• example, the FBI does our long gun example, the FBI does our long gun checks<00:46:12.240> for

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• They have the strictest gun laws and the most gun violence by criminals who don't care about gun laws
• They have the strictest gun laws and the most gun violence by criminals who don't care about gun laws
• They have the strictest gun laws and the most gun violence by criminals who don't care about gun laws
• They have the strictest gun laws and the most gun violence by criminals who don't care about gun laws
• ,<04:45:16.560> if accessing guns, any kind of gun, if accessing guns, any kind of gun, if

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And the gun dealer raised his eyebrows and said something I don't know.
• rights gave you your gun rights back, that Wyoming would say full faith and credit.
• And the gun dealer raised his eyebrows and said something I don't know.
• This whole area of restoration of gun This whole area of restoration of gun rights<00:21:24.720>
• <00:27:11.600> rights actuality to restore those gun rights actuality to restore those gun

Bills: HB0108, HB0039, HB0091, HB0070

Keywords: audit, transparency, government reporting, accountability, public access, firearm rights, restoration of rights, criminal justice, felony convictions, Wyoming law, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws

Transcript Highlights:

• One of the other bills I have extends a sales tax exemption to trigger locks on guns, but it is part
• One of the other bills I have extends a sales tax exemption to trigger locks on guns, but it is part
• One of the other bills I have extends a sales tax exemption to trigger locks on guns, but it is part
• One of the other bills I have extends a sales tax exemption to trigger locks on guns, but it is part
• Rob door from the uh Minnesota gun Rob door from the uh Minnesota gun owners<00:44:55.960> caucus

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They're not going to be out there purchasing a gun. Held.
• We have Jed Carroll, Gun Owners of America. All right. Mick McHale, Florida PBA.
• So he goes into a gun shop, purchases a weapon.
• This is a gun purchase at a ownership to a 19-year-old.
• This is a gun purchase at a licensed gun retailer.

Summary: The committee met and took up several criminal justice, public safety, and boating measures. It first heard SB 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, which would create mental health diversion options for eligible misdemeanor and felony defendants, expand mental health and substance abuse grant uses, require evaluations and treatment recommendations in certain cases, add Hillsborough County to a forensic diversion pilot list, and create a behavioral health data repository. After adopting a technical amendment, the bill received strong support from NAMI Florida, family advocates, sheriffs, and the Murphy family, and was reported favorably on a unanimous vote. The committee also approved SB 86, expanding peer support programs for certain law enforcement support personnel, and SB 472, allowing inmates who complete approved education in correctional facilities to receive credit toward professional licensure requirements. Both bills were amended and then reported favorably without opposition. SB 276, which increases penalties for unlawfully sheltering or aiding an unmarried minor and creates a defense for actions taken to protect a minor from danger, drew questions about runaway youth, LGBTQ youth, and the scope of the defense; the sponsor said he was open to further amendment, and the bill passed favorably. Members then approved SB 402, updating the unlawful use of uniforms, medals, or insignia statute to reference the armed forces by definition rather than by branch. SB 490, as amended, would let law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers carry concealed off duty and exempt law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and active military service members from the three-day waiting period for rifle and shotgun purchases; it passed 8-1 after debate over the waiting period and equal treatment concerns. Finally, the committee passed SB 628, Lucy’s Law, to strengthen boating safety and penalties, after adopting an amendment that removed proposed changes to warrantless blood draws and boating education requirements; the bill was supported by the family of Lucy Fernandez and passed unanimously. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• It still would allow support gun safety.
• and gun ownership are permissible.
• <01:14:00.159> and<01:14:00.320> gun certain restrictions on guns and gun certain restrictions
• on guns and gun ownerships<01:14:01.199> are<01:14:01.640> permissible.
• It's a a not necessarily a gun problem.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We don't know within that weapons category: is it a gun? Is it a knife? Is it something else?
• Was it that they used a gun against another person?
• There's been a lot of research around what actually works to reduce gun violence and use gun violence
• Another initiative we've seen other states implement is to create a statewide office of gun violence
• In some states, it's gun offenses. In some states, it was carjacking.