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FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Judiciary Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- There is a late-filed amendment. Thank you.
- Senator Collins, we do have one late-filed amendment, without objection.
- We'll take up the late-filed amendment. Thank you.
- Senator Collins, we do have one late-filed amendment, without objection.
- Thank you, Chair, and I appreciate the grace on that late-filed amendment.
Summary:
The committee first took up SB 1272 on guardianship, which would limit a guardian’s ability to isolate an adult ward from family and require notice to family or other named persons about major events such as a ward’s death or medical relocation. Senator Jones said the bill was intended to curb abuse by bad actors while not affecting good-faith guardians. Fortuna Smuggler and Phyllis Smith spoke in support, describing the need for family notification and closure. The bill passed unanimously, 8-0, and was reported favorably.
The committee then considered CS/SB 1284 on wrongful death for an unborn child. Senator Graal explained that the bill would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow parents to recover economic and non-economic damages for the death of an unborn child. An amendment was adopted to define “unborn child” as a member of the species Homo sapiens carried in the womb and to state that the act does not authorize a wrongful death action against the mother or a health care provider acting within the applicable standard of care. The amendment drew questions about abortion, medical emergencies, and whether fathers could sue; the sponsor said the bill was not intended to create claims against mothers or lawful medical care. Public testimony was sharply divided, with supporters arguing it gives families parity and accountability, and opponents warning it could be used to target abortion care, increase malpractice pressure, and worsen physician shortages. The committee approved the bill as amended by a 6-4 vote.
Finally, the committee heard a strike-all amendment to SB 1288 on parental rights. The amendment would strengthen parental consent requirements for minors’ medical care, with exceptions for emergencies, court orders, certain legal categories of minors, and other existing statutory exceptions. It also would require parental consent for treatment related to STD screening, give parents more control over school or health surveys, and address use of biofeedback devices. Supporters said the measure restores parents’ authority and protects children from inappropriate questioning or treatment, while opponents argued it could block needed care for minors in unsafe homes, reduce access to STI treatment and mental health services, and create unintended consequences. The amendment was adopted, and the committee continued hearing testimony on the bill.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It will cost Florida a $1 billion annual penalty.
- Late-filed amendment barcode 821406 by Senator Osgood.
- Without objection, show the late-filed amendment.
- So I filed to run in this election.
- And also, you know, I am not always, always here as late as Senator Rouson, or apparently always as late
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (03/19/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:54:25.160><c> this</c> think part of the reason for filing this think part of the reason for
- penalty penalty and<01:03:26.839><c> that</c><01:03:26.960><c> was</c><01:03:27.079><c> the</c><01:03
- Hopefully increasing these penalties will make a difference.
- Representative Shear: I again, it might be too late, but the effective date is January 1, 2026.
- At this point, it'd be too late for the calendar anyway, so we are off next week.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 26th, 2026 at 11:12 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Submission of House Bill 59, a bill increasing the penalty for a second degree felony resulting in the
- The penalty for a second-degree felony resulting in the death of a human being.
- , making it a crime to violate an order issued by the State Fire Marshal, and prescribing penalties.
- of certain real property, excluding certain real property transfers from the requirement to file an
- Too late. I just gaveled. It's too late. It's for effect. Is anyone...
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1622, a bill to be entitled an act relating to penalties for late-filed disclosures or statements
- Senate Bill 1622, a bill to be entitled an act relating to penalties for late-filed disclosures or statements
- Late-filed amendment barcode 2966 by Senator Yarborough.
- Late filed amendment barcode 2966 by Senator Yarborough.
- Late filed amendment barcode 176908 by Senator Berman.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- a bill about school shootings, which is too late in the session to bring it up, but we are going to
- In the spirit of the late great Mickey Leland, Senator Rodney Ellis, members, I moved to adopt Senate
- Since this legislation, the civil penalty... ...for those who commit barratry.
- to $50,000. ...by increasing a civil penalty for barratry from $10,000 to $50,000 for recovery by a
- a late application for timberland appraisals without facing penalties.
Summary:
The Senate met with a quorum, heard an invocation, dispensed with the previous journal, and received a House message. Members also recognized Dr. Namita Bardwaj as doctor of the day. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 554 honoring Christopher “Chris” Jake Stone of Santa Fe for his heroism during the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting, with several senators and the lieutenant governor offering remarks about his sacrifice and the ongoing impact on his family and community. The Senate also signed a number of bills and resolutions and adopted Senate Resolution 533 recognizing the Texas Legislative Internship Program class, with multiple senators highlighting individual interns and the program’s role in developing future public servants.
The floor then took up and passed several bills, often by suspending the regular order and the three-day rule. These included HB 1639 on a study of cancer incidence among female firefighters; HB 102 granting early registration for students in military-related programs; HB 4325 increasing civil penalties for barratry; HB 5342 creating a 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline trust fund and related funding study; HB 3370 allowing late timberland appraisal applications after an owner’s death; HB 3376 requiring certain guardians to complete dementia/Alzheimer’s training; HB 132 extending confidentiality protections to information about hostile acts by foreign adversaries; and HB 1978, which sought to restrict ERCOT interconnections, but its motion to pass to engrossment failed on a 20-11 vote.
Additional measures passed included HB 511 on unsolicited voter registration mailings, HB 2187 on nurse staffing, retaliation, and overtime protections, HB 2510 creating offenses for unlicensed assisted living operations, HB 694 on DFPS notification timelines, HB 1893 making license plates in law-enforcement video nonconfidential for public information requests, HB 2733 updating barratry and solicitation laws for digital communications, HB 4506 allowing opt-in electronic zoning notices, HB 3751 transferring a TxDOT property to DPS, HB 3033 creating a grant program for nonprofits supporting injured or killed DPS employees, HB 4273 on Medicaid fraud prevention and eligibility verification, HB 3211 on vision care benefits, HB 4529 exempting certain DoD-certified child care facilities from state licensure, HB 2522 easing fingerprinting requirements for certain vehicle dealers, HB 4219 tightening public information request response requirements, and HB 4783 requiring a report on opioid antagonist programs. The Senate also received a House message noting passage of SB 9, and a nominations committee report was announced for future consideration.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-06 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It will cost Florida a $1 billion annual penalty.
- Late-filed amendment barcode 821406 by Senator Osgood: delete lines 1089 to 1097 and insert amendment
- Without objection, show the late-filed amendment.
- late as Senator Mayfield when it comes to, during the appropriations process.
- Again, as the son of a late public school teacher...
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and doctor-of-the-day introduction, then moved through a long special-order calendar. Early proceedings included a resolution honoring former Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham and a moment of silence for firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber also heard several member introductions and recognitions before taking up bills.
The most substantial debate centered on CS/CS/SB 1758 on public assistance and Medicaid/SNAP reforms. The bill would strengthen fraud enforcement, impose a Medicaid work requirement for able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services through a waiver, modernize Medicaid pharmacy purchasing, and require a SNAP fraud-reduction plan and photo ID on EBT cards. Senators Berman, Smith, Bracy Davis, Osgood, and others argued for Medicaid expansion and added protections for vulnerable SNAP recipients, while Gates defended the bill as a compliance and cost-saving measure. Multiple amendments were offered, including Berman’s Medicaid-expansion condition and Osgood’s SNAP photo-ID safeguards; both were defeated. The bill was placed on the calendar for third reading after extended questioning.
The Senate then passed a series of bills, often substituting House companions before final vote. These included tax conformity legislation (7031/7048), technology and computer science education (1503/1694), Parkinson’s disease registry and related public-records measures (1443/1684), designation of the SS American Victory as the official state flagship (249/1656), electronic payments for local governments (967/1612), legal tender and related public-records exemptions for gold, silver, stablecoins, and virtual currency kiosks (1311/1588/1087/7044/1568), local government finance and spending transparency (1329/1566), digital voyeurism (1536), insurance customer representative licensing (1343/1504), and medical freedom legislation (1756) with amendments on anti-kickback rules and vaccine information materials. Most bills passed on largely party-line or near-unanimous votes, with several amendments adopted and some withdrawn; the medical freedom bill was still under consideration at the end of the excerpt.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Texas Ethics Commission Dec 10th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- for late personal financial statement filed by a director of the Harris County Houston Sports Authority
- They were filed 2 and 3 days late respectively.
- At issue is a semiannual campaign finance report filed 35 days late as the filer had 4 prior violations
- Yes, $500 for a late filed semiannual report. OK, and so, you know, um, I had no activity.
- Uh, when the filer filed an affidavit, of defense for the semiannual reports, the PFS had not been filed
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The consent bills are file item 1, AB 611 by Assemblymember Lee, and file item 13, A.B. 2020.
- I'll file item number four. Okay, Senator Becker makes the motion.
- Now moving on to file item number five, AB 1265, Mr. Haney.
- Gibson, file item number 8. Moving on to AB 2172, Mr. Gibson, file item number 8.
- Moving past file item 18 to file item 19. We're now at AB 2065 by Pellerin. We need a motion.
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several tax-related bills, beginning with AB 760, which would exempt settlement payments tied to the Garden Grove chemical incident from California income tax. The author and a school district trustee described evacuations, school closures, and losses to residents, businesses, students, and staff, arguing the payments should make victims whole rather than be taxed. There was support from the Orange County Board of Supervisors, no opposition, and the bill passed 3-0 to Appropriations, with committee amendments accepted.
Members then heard AB 2319, creating a California post-production tax credit for film and television work done in-state, even when principal photography occurred elsewhere or the project did not receive the existing film credit. The author and supporters from the Motion Picture Editors Guild, California Post Alliance, and others said post-production jobs and facilities are leaving California and that the bill would help retain high-wage work; opponents were not present. The committee members generally supported the measure, and it passed 3-0 to Appropriations. AB 2186 followed, excluding future reparations benefits for descendants of formerly enslaved people from state income tax. The author and NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference said taxing such benefits would undermine reparative justice; there was no opposition, and the bill passed 3-0.
The committee also heard AB 762, which would ban the sale of disposable nicotine vapes and add enforcement tools. Supporters, including waste, recycling, local government, and public health groups, said disposable vapes create fire hazards, waste problems, and costs for local agencies; opponents argued the bill would mainly eliminate the legal market while leaving illicit products untouched and urged stronger enforcement instead. The author accepted committee amendments adding CDTFA enforcement, but the bill was not voted on because a motion was pending and members were absent. Later, AB 1519, AB 2172, AB 2222, AB 1793, AB 2089, and AB 1265 were heard and each received support from committee members and passed 2-0 or 3-0 to Appropriations, with amendments accepted where noted. AB 1519 clarified that the 20-year tax collection statute of limitations should not be reset by later fees or penalties; AB 2172 would let large counties use a single assessment appeals commissioner for complex property tax appeals; AB 2222 would create a temporary tax credit for local news organizations to retain and hire journalists; AB 1793 would authorize symmetrical cash rounding to the nearest nickel after the federal penny phaseout; AB 2089 would streamline the welfare exemption filing process for affordable housing; and AB 1265 would extend and revise the historic building tax credit to encourage adaptive reuse for housing and mixed-use projects.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- There is an amendment late filed. Thank you.
- Senator Collins, we do have one late-filed amendment without objection.
- We'll take up late-filed amendment, barcode 875208, by Senator Collins.
- Thank you, Chair, and I appreciate the grace on that late-filed amendment.
- We'll move to the late-filed amendment without objection. We'll take that up.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee heard Senate Bill 1272 on guardianship, which would limit a guardian’s ability to isolate an adult ward from family and require notice of major events such as a ward’s death or relocation to a more restrictive setting. Senator Jones and supportive speakers said the bill was intended to protect wards from abuse and isolation by bad actors, while still preserving good-faith guardianship. With no opposition testimony or debate, the committee voted 8-0 to report the bill favorably.
The committee then considered CS for Senate Bill 1284, which would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow civil claims for the death of an unborn child. An amendment was adopted to define “unborn child” as a member of the species Homo sapiens carried in the womb and to state that the act does not authorize claims against the mother or against health care providers acting within the lawful standard of care. The bill drew extensive debate and testimony. Supporters argued it would give parents parity and fuller damages, including economic losses and mental anguish, when negligence causes the death of an unborn child. Opponents, including the ACLU, medical professionals, and reproductive rights advocates, warned it could be used to target abortion care, increase malpractice exposure, worsen physician shortages, and create speculative damages. The committee approved the bill 6-4.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 1288 on parental rights, with a strike-all amendment that would strengthen parental control over minors’ medical decisions, surveys, and biofeedback devices, while adding exceptions for emergencies, court orders, certain legal statuses, and situations involving abuse or out-of-home placement. Supporters said the measure restores parents as primary decision-makers and protects children from inappropriate questioning or treatment without consent. Opponents argued it could block minors from confidential care for STIs, mental health, or abuse-related issues, and could chill school and medical screenings. The transcript ends during testimony and debate on this bill, before any final vote is shown.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 27, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Um we'll hear Senate file 23 of us.
- </c> Question being called on Senate File 23. Question being called on Senate File 23.
- </c> your pleasure on Senate File 23? your pleasure on Senate File 23?
- me, not Senate File 23, Senate File<01:27:33.040><c> 57.
- </c> File 57. File 57.
Committee:
House Labor, Health & Social Services
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So the subcommittee on new offenses and change penalties will come to order.
- penalties, warrants, cape processing fees have just piled up.
- Thank you. 11 question, Captain, what's the, uh, what's the penalty gonna be for this?
- Now on to the penalties.
- This criminal penalty, um, to answer Um, Mr.
Bills:
HB316
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (04/01/2025)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:15:48.720><c> for</c> longer, even having any penalty for longer, even having any penalty for
- ><c> that</c><00:30:16.000><c> were</c> Uh certainly the penalties that were Uh certainly the penalties
- But in harsh penalties for oversightes.
- One is to allow for filing here in Concord as well as at the town clerk.
- Um, certainly filing at the town. to me. Um, certainly filing at the town.
Committee:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Thirty Four - Monday, March 9
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The penalty provisions apply to them.
- If I took out a file...
- This is not some new language that was filed last night.
- This is not some new language that was filed last night.
- And then it also modifies the penalty structure.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the House Journal by a 121-0 vote, and a brief suspension of business for the Speaker to sign HB 2014. Members also observed a moment of silence for Butler County Fire Protection District Sergeant Commander Jatin Warren, who died in the line of duty, and the chamber introduced several guest groups, including Missouri Council on Aging representatives and county clerks. A resolution was also presented honoring former state representative K. H. Steinmetz for her 18 years of service in the Missouri House.
The House then received committee reports recommending passage of HB 2934, HB 1800, and HB 1707. On third reading, HB 2974 passed 136-0 on telehealth and licensure reciprocity; HB 2934 passed 121-24 on consolidating St. Louis convention center governance; HB 2057 passed 137-10 on entertainment districts for Osage Beach and Chesterfield; the combined HB 1839/2921/3015 passed 120-19 on age verification for harmful online content; HB 1707 passed 149-0 to bar the Department of Revenue from taxing credit card processing fees; HB 2819 passed 145-0 to set rounding rules as the penny is phased out; and HB 2600 passed 148-0 to allow ambulance districts to combine resources for coverage.
HB 1800, which reduces the inflationary growth factor for certain taxing districts from 5% to 3% and adjusts assessment ranges, drew the most extended debate over its effect on schools, fire districts, and taxpayers; it ultimately passed 82-61. Members also perfected HB 2774, which bars state and local governments from restricting equipment sales or use based on fuel source, and HB 2383, a utility infrastructure protection bill adding wired/copper infrastructure to existing critical infrastructure protections and setting penalties for theft or damage; HB 2383 was amended to align with the Senate version and then perfected. Finally, the House began debate on a combined bill package including HB 1664, 1610, 1645, and 2182, which would extend the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse civil claims while also shortening the general personal injury statute of limitations from five years to three; the child sexual abuse provisions drew broad support, while the tort-reform portion prompted sharp disagreement over access to justice versus business certainty.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JDC, JDC DEFER Public Hearings 03-24-2026
Transcript Highlights:
- your report, you're filing that it's true and accurate.
- your report, you're filing that it's true and accurate.
- So the state of mind, this should be more, you know, there's a report that was filed.
- , if you miss your deadline— - File the report, you mean, you don't file your report on time. - Right
- If you don't file your report on Time, yes. - You're just like a $200 penalty no matter what. - Yes.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee heard and acted on several nominations and bills. It first recommended advise and consent for Governor’s Message 573, confirming Luann Blake to the Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee after she described her experience as a blind voter and her goals of improving outreach and accessibility for voters with print disabilities. The committee then took up the judiciary supplemental budget bill, HB 2095, with testimony from the courts and several supportive organizations. The courts requested funding for security, cybersecurity, substance use treatment contracts, public guardian services, staffing, and capital projects; members questioned the lump-sum CIP request, the substance use contract funding, and the Kamanu Hale elevator project. The committee later voted to pass HB 2095 with amendments, including changes to cybersecurity funding, security-related report language, and other committee-report notes.
The committee also heard HB 1520, which changes the five-year statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions of campaign finance violations to begin upon discovery by the Campaign Spending Commission. The commission supported the bill, saying it would prevent delayed reporting from avoiding prosecution, while one senator raised concerns about due diligence, tolling, and the difference between administrative and criminal enforcement. The bill drew broad support from advocacy groups and was advanced with an amendment clarifying “criminal prosecution.” HB 1548, which reduces the maximum sentence for misdemeanors and other offenses punishable by up to one year to 364 days, received strong support from the Public Defender, immigrant-rights groups, OHA, and others, who said the change would reduce immigration consequences for noncitizens. The committee later amended and passed the bill, limiting it to non-violent offenses.
HB 2050, increasing partial public financing limits and available public funds, was supported by the Campaign Spending Commission and good-government groups, while OHA asked for parity with lieutenant governor races. The committee passed it with amendments increasing the public-fund match and funding levels, and requested additional appropriations in the committee report. HB 2494, which would set factors for warrantless arrests for petty misdemeanors and violations and require documentation of the justification, drew strong support from the Public Defender and civil-liberties advocates but opposition from the Attorney General’s office, prosecutors, police, and some business groups, who warned it would restrict officer discretion and trigger litigation. The committee nevertheless passed it with amendments. In a final decision-making agenda, the committee also passed HB 2250 with amendments, adding blank appropriations and committee-report language related to claims against the state, including claims involving exonerees and a disputed USEPA-related claim.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- The consent bills are file item 1, AB 611 by Assembly Member Lee, and file item 13, AB 2020.
- , or interest. under the uncut. a fee, penalties, or interest.
- Now moving on to file item number 5, AB 1265, Mr. Haney.
- Next we have file item number 11, AB 2222 by Assembly Member Ward.
- Moving past file item 18 to file item 19. We're now at AB 2065 by Pellerin. We need a motion.
Committee:
Senate Revenue and Taxation
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 2nd, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- What this bill accomplishes, it revises civil and administrative penalty criteria.
- dependency treatment facilities, ensures the penalty determinations.
- Ensuring penalties reflect actual responsibility rather than just arbitrary fines.
- Premature death typically occurs in a patient's mid. to late 20s.
- You know again I filed this bill last session, didn't give myself a hearing.
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
Keywords:
healthcare, training, abuse, neglect, penalties, chemical dependency, safety, regulation, inpatient competency restoration, competency restoration, forensic mental health, mental health law, criminal competency, incompetent to stand trial, Chapter 46B, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state hospital, behavioral health, local mental health authority
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- They wouldn't like increasing penalties for lack of a concealed carry.
- The penalty is a petty misdemeanor."
- Those penalties have been in existence since 1967, I believe.
- So we have very large initial firearms penalties in the range of $250,000.
- And then it gets to the penalties. Did I read, are they $30,000 per violation?
Committee:
House House Judiciary
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 6, February 16, 2026-PM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate file 45. discussion? Senate file 45.
- Senate file<01:23:01.280><c> 14.</c> file 14. file 14.
- Senate File 9, Fentanyl to Minors Enhanced Penalties, an act relating to ...
- 02:07:02.079><c> relating</c><02:07:02.960><c> to</c> Senate File 9, Fentanyl to Minors Enhanced Penalties
- Senate File 58, do pass. Senate File 68, do pass. Senate File 9, do pass. Senate File 82, do pass.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- table by Joanna Bears, Legislative Director, and a big thank you for the committee in hearing Senate File
- </c><00:05:46.080><c> 1312</c> Here is identical, uh, to Senate File 1312.
- Here, this is the landlord penalty for failure to submit CRP.
- Article 4 is repealing the tax filing modernization account. This was for a direct file.
- </c><00:41:54.040><c> for</c> here very good landlord penalty for here very good landlord penalty for
Committee:
Senate Taxes