Video & Transcript Research : 'negligence'
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 19, 2025 - 01:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- We have one bill up for consideration today, and that is HB 603, Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence
- It creates a class of Floridians whose deaths from negligence the state effectively ignores.
- doctors or intervening for negligent doctors.
- Medicare cannot recoup payment without a medical negligence judgment.
- I hear gross negligence. Gross negligence.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met to consider HB 6003, a bill to repeal Florida’s “free kill” law that limits certain survivors’ ability to recover non-economic damages in medical negligence wrongful death cases. The sponsor, Rep. Trabulsy, said the bill would restore access to the courts for a small class of families and noted the measure passed both chambers last year before being vetoed by the governor. She and supporters framed the bill as a fairness and constitutional issue, while opponents argued repeal would increase malpractice exposure, insurance costs, and pressure on physician access, especially in high-risk specialties and rural areas.
Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters included family members who described deaths they said were caused by medical negligence and who argued the current law denies accountability and equal treatment based on marital status or whether a decedent had minor children. Opponents included the Florida Hospital Association, Florida Medical Association, Florida Chamber, U.S. Chamber, Florida Insurance Council, and other health care and business groups, who warned that repeal could worsen already high malpractice premiums, contribute to physician shortages, and destabilize access to care. Several speakers on both sides discussed possible caps on non-economic damages as a compromise, though the bill itself was presented as a clean repealer with no amendments.
During debate, several members spoke in support, emphasizing equal access to the courts and rejecting the idea that the law should treat some families differently from others. Opponents of the bill argued that the current system helps preserve market stability and that liability concerns, not the free kill law, are driving provider departures. After closing remarks from the sponsor, the committee voted 15 yeas and 1 nay to report HB 6003 favorably.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You could have a negligent claim with that.
- This is about negligent torts.
- totality, all the various circumstances of negligent torts.
- Those were negligence cases.
- Those were negligence cases.
Keywords:
election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, spirit beverages, alcoholic beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, distribution, taxation, firearms, local regulation, archery equipment, weapons, voter registration, statewide list, county requirements, election integrity, computer services contracts, mental health
Summary:
The Senate Committee on State Affairs heard Senate Bill 3031, which would expand aggravated assault to cover certain road-rage shootings involving a person in or traveling to or from a motor vehicle, when a firearm is discharged and causes injury, property damage, or fear of serious bodily injury. Senator Schwertner laid out the bill for the author, described it as closing a gap in the law, and there was no public testimony; the bill was left pending.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 2514, a measure by Chairman Hughes aimed at creating a DPS unit to identify, investigate, and monitor hostile foreign influence operations and to require ethics training for state employees. Supportive invited testimony from Dr. Jacqueline Deal, Ambassador Kelly Curry, and Michael Lucci emphasized threats from the Chinese Communist Party, transnational repression, cyber intrusion, and state-level influence efforts, and argued Texas should take a leading role. Public testimony included opposition from speakers who raised concerns about free speech, privacy, and potential overbreadth. The bill was left pending after testimony closed.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 30 as pending business and discussed a committee substitute. Senator Schwertner explained that the substitute would limit admissible medical expense evidence to amounts paid or up to 300% of Medicare, clarify treatment of provider testimony and attorney-referred providers, remove a requirement that plaintiffs use available health insurance to mitigate damages, strike a unanimous-verdict requirement for non-economic damages, and delete a remittitur provision. Senators questioned the impact on sexual assault and child abuse survivors, the use of Medicare as a benchmark, and whether the bill would still allow fair compensation. After discussion, SB 30 was left pending and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- system from pure comparative negligence, wherein a plaintiff could recover damages even if they were
- It required that negligence actions now be brought within two years rather than in four years.
- In March of 2021 and 2022, there were a little over 3,000 auto negligence actions filed.
- In March of 2021 and 2022, there were a little over 3,000 auto negligence actions filed.
- Again, through the chair, the auto-negligence cases, they... through the chair.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and heard several Office of the State Courts Administrator presentations. Judge Mark Mahan discussed the impact of 2023’s HB 837 litigation reforms on court operations, explaining that the law’s changes to comparative negligence, filing deadlines, collateral source evidence, premises liability, bad faith claims, attorney’s fees, and offer-of-judgment rules triggered a major March 2023 civil filing surge. He described how filings tripled statewide, with especially large increases in auto negligence and premises liability cases, and outlined how circuits responded through active case management, added resources, and workflow changes. Members asked whether the bill’s immediate effective date contributed to the surge and whether clearance rates would normalize over time; Judge Mahan said the court system viewed its response as a success and expected rates to settle as the backlog is worked through.
The committee then received a presentation on problem-solving courts from Jennifer Grandal and Judge Nina Richardson. Grandal reviewed Florida’s drug courts, mental health courts, veterans courts, dependency and early childhood courts, noting statewide best-practice standards, annual reporting requirements, funding sources, and data collection systems. Judge Richardson gave a local perspective on treatment courts, emphasizing that they address underlying mental health and substance use issues, rely on judicial supervision and sanctions as well as incentives, and help participants achieve recovery and avoid reoffending. She said the programs are accountable, transparent, and effective, and thanked the Legislature for continued support.
Finally, Judge Rachel Nordby and Eric McClure outlined the judicial branch’s legislative agenda. Nordby summarized the Supreme Court workgroup’s recommendations to expand Florida’s vexatious litigant law, including broader coverage, fewer qualifying adverse cases, a longer lookback period, and a public records exemption for stricken defamatory or sham material. McClure then highlighted additional agenda items: modernizing the duty-judge statute, expanding senior management retirement eligibility, authorizing additional judgeships based on workload studies, removing the statutory cap on court-ordered nonbinding arbitration compensation, protecting appellate clerks’ personal information, allowing alternative authentication for certain judicial notarizations, and creating a hearsay exception for guardian ad litem reports and testimony. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after member introductions and staff introductions.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Technology and Telecommunications REVISED Feb 19th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Technology and Telecommunications
Transcript Highlights:
- We have willful and wanton conduct, gross negligence.
- What's not listed is just Plain everyday negligence.
- So, what I think would be helpful is if you would clarify why negligence is defined Negligence and explain
- why negligence, just negligence, should not warrant a class action lawsuit.
- And the AG enforces that negligent standard.
Keywords:
higher education, state regents, university research, technology transfer, intellectual property, patent ownership, royalty income, commercialization, startup companies, research partnerships, public universities, faculty inventions, student inventions, innovation policy, economic development, medical technology, biotechnology, energy technology, telecommunications, aerospace and defense
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:32:22.480><c> and</c> contains all the abuse negligence and contains all the abuse negligence
- </c> phrase in several places negligently phrase in several places negligently beats<00:32:39.279><c>
- </c> want it to suffer all right negligence want it to suffer all right negligence would<00:40:39.000
- </c><00:51:06.640><c> had</c> this had this act of negligence had this had this act of negligence had
- negligence or wanton disregard.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Rules Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you would be all medical negligence. >> It was okay.
- The equivalent of asking the physician accused of negligence to investigate themselves.
- But it would apply to every aspect of medical negligence and I feel like be negligent if I voted to put
- This hospital intentionally negligent.
- My mother died a preventable death in a Florida hospital due to negligence.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Under this bill, they would be compensated appropriately and adequately for their negligence. negligent
- There was true negligence, there was true intent or whatever it was.
- Urges associated with a negligent tort, and because of that, the award.
- various circumstances of negligent torts.
- Those were negligence cases. We're hearing, we're doing so much good work around...
Keywords:
election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, spirit beverages, alcoholic beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, distribution, taxation, firearms, local regulation, archery equipment, weapons, voter registration, statewide list, county requirements, election integrity, computer services contracts, mental health
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (01/20/2026)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:57:52.480><c> causes</c> somebody who either negligently causes somebody who either negligently
- </c> think is negligent. think is negligent.
- </c> is basically a criminal negligence is basically a criminal negligence standard.<01:00:28.960><c>
- </c> >> as opposed to reckless or negligent? >> as opposed to reckless or negligent?
- </c> example for example criminal negligence example for example criminal negligence for<01:09:48.239
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- But there are times when there can be negligence, carelessness on the part of state actors or municipal
- </c><00:09:36.400><c> or</c> and through the negligence or and through the negligence or carelessness
- </c><00:09:51.440><c> of</c><00:09:51.560><c> a</c> uh because of uh negligence of a uh because of uh
- negligence of a municipality municipality municipality a<00:09:53.600><c> uh</c><00:09:53.720><c> rusted
- carelessness uh on can be uh negligence carelessness uh on on<00:10:15.800><c> the</c><00:10:15.920>
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- This common-sense reform to our negligence laws ensures that Missouri's civil justice...
- The Eliminate Criminal Profiteering Act is a common-sense reform to our negligence laws that ensures
- negligent security claims against property owners and security contractors.
- Trespassers can't bring negligent security claims.
- The business was negligent. They didn't warn based on that.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Criminal Jurisprudence S/C New Offenses & Changed Penalties Apr 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 285 is to protect pets from those... ...those who commit animal abuse through criminally negligent
- Too often, cats and even dogs are injured or killed due to negligence when people act without concern
- This bill exempts veterinarians and their assistants from criminal negligence charges and keeps them
- It would add criminal negligence to the animal cruelty statute.
- State, criminal negligence depends upon a...
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/19/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So I added the word negligent in front of willful misconduct both places that it occurred, so negligent
- So I added the word negligent in front of willful misconduct both places that it occurred, so negligent
- So I added the word negligent in front of willful misconduct both places that it occurred, so negligent
- ><c> negligent</c><01:56:27.280><c> or</c><01:56:27.440><c> willful</c> misconduct and negligent or willful
- So I added the word negligent in front of willful misconduct both places that it occurred, so negligent
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Criminal Jurisprudence S/C New Offenses & Changed Penalties Apr 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 285 is to protect pets from those who commit animal abuse through criminal negligent actions.
- Then through negligent behavior, groomers have left pets in dryers for far too long, tightened their
- A defense to prosecution for alleged alleged criminal negligence occurring under the duties performed
- It would add criminal negligence to the animal cruelty statute.
- So this is greater than civil negligence and closer to, if you're familiar with gross negligence, um,
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- under the common law for negligence miscarriage and negligent stillbirth actions, why we need this law
- The negligence stillbirth recovery that through common law is not something that's codified, so this
- So they'd have to prove that Publix was, in fact, negligent, or the store owner, in what they left on
- That bill says if a doctor's not negligent, he's not liable.
- Well, of course he's not liable if he's not negligent.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee took up two bills. SB 98, by Senator Harrell, would let self-storage facilities advertise lien sales either in a newspaper or on a qualifying website, while keeping other notice requirements in place and updating contact information provisions. Supporters, including the Florida Press Association and several newspaper/storage owners, argued print and digital newspaper notices already provide broad public notice and that the bill could reduce notice effectiveness; the sponsor said the bill is an optional modernization and does not affect government notices. After debate, the committee voted 8-1 to report SB 98 favorably.
The committee then heard SB 164, by Senator Grall, which expands Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow parents to recover civil damages for the death of an unborn child at any stage of development, with carve-outs for the mother and lawful medical care. The sponsor said the bill aligns civil law with Florida’s criminal protections for unborn children and gives families a remedy where current law may not. Opponents, including the ACLU of Florida, health care workers, and others, warned it could invite lawsuits against doctors, hospitals, friends, family members, and people involved in abortion access, and could worsen OB-GYN shortages and deter care. Supporters said it recognizes unborn life and should be treated consistently with existing wrongful death law. The committee approved SB 164 on a 4-3 vote and then adjourned.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Apr 8th, 2026
Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Transcript Highlights:
- negligent security claims against property owners and security contractors.
- Second, in negligence security cases, property owners owe no duty to protect invitees or licensees from
- Trespassers can't bring negligent security claims.
- The business was negligent. They didn't warn based on that.
- You can't then bring a negligence claim saying that the homeowner is liable for that when you were in
Summary:
The committee met in executive session and first took up House Bill 3443, relating to court costs. Members adopted a committee amendment changing a date reference from January to July, explaining the reports needed for the calculation are not available until after January, and removing a small round-up provision. The amended bill was rolled into a committee substitute and passed by a roll call vote of 11 ayes and 1 no. The chair also announced House Bill 2255 would not be taken up that day.
The committee then considered House Bill 3304, concerning the offense of keeping a dangerous dog. Representative Sharp offered an amendment to restore prior-bite language and narrow the bill to serious physical injury rather than serious emotional injury, with sponsors explaining they wanted to avoid overbroad felony exposure and focus on cases involving serious attacks that had not previously been reported. The amendment and resulting committee substitute were adopted, and the bill passed 11-1. House Bill 2865, a chair’s bill on attorney’s fees and expenses in civil actions and agency proceedings, then passed unanimously, 12-0.
After moving into public hearing, the committee heard House Bill 2777, the Public Nuisance Reform Act, which would limit public nuisance claims involving lawful products and regulated activities, tighten causation requirements, restrict who may sue, and preserve claims for true public nuisances and other existing causes of action. Supporters from consumer and reform groups said the bill would prevent ideological litigation and keep policymaking in the legislature; there was no opposition testimony. The committee also heard House Bill 2667, the Eliminate Criminal Profiteering Act, which would bar negligence claims by people injured while committing wrongful conduct, limit negligent security liability, and restrict certain recovery by unauthorized aliens in auto cases. Supporters said it would prevent criminals from profiting from their own wrongdoing, while members raised questions about premises liability, sovereign immunity, and the immigration-related provisions. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2666, an anti-SLAPP bill intended to provide a faster dismissal process for lawsuits meant to chill speech or petitioning activity; sponsors and supporters said it would protect free expression without barring legitimate claims, and the hearing concluded without opposition testimony.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 20, 2025 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Recovery of damages from medical negligence resulting in death by Representative Trabulsy.
- Instead, it protected insurers from indefensible acts of medical negligence.
- We found that about 25 percent involve some degree of negligence.
- I devoted most of my career to defending doctors and hospitals for medical negligence.
- Every family deserves the ability to seek justice when negligence takes someone too soon.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 2, 2025 - 08:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- So the burden rests with the plaintiff in any negligence tort action, wrongful death action.
- Now, if a health care provider was negligent in some way and that negligence caused the loss of the unborn
- But no, for non-negligent care to your question, no. For non-negligent care to your question?
- But that's how it's done in every wrongful death action or other negligence action.
- But that's how it's done in every wrongful death action or other negligence action.
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 133, which would lower the minimum age to purchase a long gun from 21 to 18. The sponsor said the bill restores the rights of law-abiding 18-year-olds. Public testimony was sharply divided, with supporters from Gun Owners of America and Florida Carry arguing that adults 18 and older should have equal Second Amendment rights and that current law is inconsistent with other adult responsibilities, while opponents, including gun violence prevention advocates, students, parents, and Parkland-related speakers, said the bill would reverse a post-Parkland safety measure and increase risks of suicide, accidental shootings, and school violence. Several members debated the bill, with opponents emphasizing Parkland, the Florida State shooting, and public polling showing broad opposition; supporters stressed parental responsibility, mental health, and constitutional rights. HB 133 was then reported favorably on a roll call vote of 13 yeas, with several members voting no.
The committee then took up CS/HB 289, which would revise Florida’s wrongful death law to allow parents to recover damages for the death of an unborn child. The sponsor said the bill is intended to let grieving parents seek civil remedies, and members questioned how it would apply in situations involving surrogacy, rape, ectopic pregnancy, medical care, and damages calculations. The sponsor said the bill would not allow suits against the mother, would not apply to lawful non-negligent medical care, and would be handled through ordinary wrongful death damage proof before a jury. Public testimony was again split: supporters from pro-life and faith groups said the bill recognizes unborn children and aligns Florida with many other states, while opponents from civil liberties, reproductive rights, and advocacy groups warned it could be used to target abortion providers, helpers, and even families or businesses in miscarriage-related cases, and could be weaponized by abusive partners. The transcript ends during testimony on HB 289, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy - Thursday, May 14 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It does not excuse negligent contractors. And it does not extend statutory caps to contractors.
- It does not excuse negligent contractors. And it does not extend statutory caps to contractors.
- At that point, they will be negligent if they act as negligent contractors.
- At that point, they will be negligent if they act negligent contractors.
- That seems like that... oh, you said negligence, not incompetence.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Judiciary Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It changed Florida's comparative negligence system from pure comparative negligence, where the plaintiff
- The greatest impact observed was in auto negligence and premises liability.
- In March of 2021 and 2022, there were a little over 3,000 negligent actions filed.
- You see on this chart that negligence cases dropped to 5%.
- After taking care of the clog in auto negligence, it is still running about 50% higher.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/25/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> it's attributable to their negligence, it's attributable to their negligence, um um um I<00:35:
- </c> their negligent conduct. Thank you, Mr. their negligent conduct. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Chair.
- ,</c> If it's not immunity from negligence, If it's not immunity from negligence, what<00:43:26.000><
- There would not be, if the participant themselves was negligent and that negligence led to their injury
- <c> led</c><00:48:01.840><c> to</c> was negligent and that negligence led to was negligent and that negligence