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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We have Aaron Waite, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, speaking.
- Again, I'm the president-elect of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, representing over
- 1,000 criminal defense lawyers across the state of Florida.
- that you all are seeking to address with this bill, but it also, of course, makes it tougher on the defense
- that you all are seeking to address with this bill, but it also, of course, makes it tougher on the defense
Committee:
Senate Fiscal Policy
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Local and County Government Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Local and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Somehow, some defense attorneys are interpreting this that a maximum fine they can impose for any traffic-related
- So, like I said, some defense attorneys are saying that the state statute doesn't let them find anybody
- And that's the problem is that the attorneys, defense attorneys, are interpreting this that they can.
- But, in a municipality, as I understand it, some of the defense attorneys are saying that it doesn't
- It the the the the language man The language that's in place now, that these defense attorneys are looking
Committee:
Senate Local and County Government
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
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee approves HF1346 2/26/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- care workers, law enforcement, and social services professionals are often a child's first line of defense
- care workers, law enforcement, and social services professionals are often a child's first line of defense
- care workers, law enforcement, and social services professionals are often a child's first line of defense
- care workers, law enforcement, and social services professionals are often a child's first line of defense
- care workers, law enforcement, and social services professionals are often a child's first line of defense
Keywords:
mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Postsecondary Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- VEHICLES THAT CAN ACCOMPLISH TASKS AS WELL AS MONITOR CONDITIONS IN MATTERS AND REASONS AS WELL AS DEFENSE
- TOGETHER A PROPOSAL TO DO MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY IN SOUTH FLORIDA AS WELL AS CONCRETE AND MORE ON THE DEFENSE
- CONSORTIUM WORKED WITH THEM AND IN 2018 DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRST TERM HE SIGNED A 2018 NATIONAL DEFENSE
- CONTINUE TO BE A NATIONAL LEADER IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AFFECTING ROBOTICS AND MEDICINE SPACE NATIONAL DEFENSE
- IN WHICH THIS GENTLEMAN LAST MONTH, PETE WAS BEING CONFIRMED TO BE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (04/09/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:34:43.520><c> may</c><00:34:44.000><c> bring</c> the defense attorney's office may bring the
- That means I practiced criminal defense for indigent people for 20 years in this state.
- </c><04:18:38.560><c> or</c> how emerging tools like defensive or how emerging tools like defensive or
- In today's world, drones self-defense.
- non-lethal means of self-defense is anathema to the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Kind of a conundrum: a criminal defense attorney, but I want good law enforcement. ...and I tell you
- As I said in my opening, Senator, a lot of work was done between LDAA and Louisiana criminal defense
- As I said in my opening, Senator, a lot of work was done between LDAA and Louisiana criminal defense
- I am Megan Garvey and I am here on behalf of the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
- Also, we have to get them to the defense.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary B
Summary:
The committee first approved the April 28 minutes and announced that Senate Bill 499 was voluntarily deferred. It then heard several House bills, beginning with HB 168, a reentry/transitional housing program for female parolees near release; supporters said it would improve public safety and reduce recidivism, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. HB 322, a cleanup bill from the Maggie Grace Act clarifying that victims or families requesting transcripts would not be charged, was also reported favorably without objection. HB 622, which aligns Louisiana criminal history information practices with federal rules, was amended and then reported favorably. HB 821, moving the School for Safe Centers from GOSEP to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, was reported favorably as well.
The committee then took up HB 364, which directs State Police to partner on public awareness efforts about the illegality of discharging firearms, especially around holidays. An amendment removed a proposed printing cost and shifted the bill toward PSAs; the bill was reported favorably with amendments. HB 568, which strengthens enforcement of drug-free school zone laws by creating a clearer offense for openly smoking or vaping illegal drugs in school zones and setting a specific penalty for marijuana, drew extensive debate. Supporters, including the author and governor’s office, said it was needed to protect children and families and to give law enforcement a workable deterrent. Opponents argued it would impose harsh, geography-based penalties, sweep in medical cannabis patients and veterans, and worsen racial and fiscal disparities. After roll-call, the committee reported HB 568 favorably by a 3-2 vote.
The committee also approved HB 296, a cleanup bill removing long-defunct programs from statute, without objection. HB 823, creating an Orleans Parish DA pilot diversion program for unhoused people accused of nonviolent offenses, was supported by Covenant House and others as a way to avoid criminalizing homelessness and was reported favorably without objection. Finally, HB 1038, a major bill revising the authority and liability structure of city marshals and local governments, prompted extensive testimony. The bill and amendments would limit some marshal powers in smaller jurisdictions, require local approval for certain staffing/insurance matters, and allow local governments to restore powers by ordinance. Supporters said it would reduce liability, clarify authority, and address problems in some marshal offices; opponents, including multiple marshals and law enforcement supporters, said it would undermine elected marshals, hurt small offices, and was too broad and under-studied. The transcript ends amid that hearing, with no final committee action shown on HB 1038.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Commerce May 4th, 2026
Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe this bill is purely about national defense and trying to re-shore very critical supply chains
- really bend our knee if they want to in terms of medicines or materials that we need for critical defense
- Critical defense and other things like iPhones and other electronics.
- And, you know, the Defense Department has identified hundreds of drugs that need to be reshored in the
Summary:
The committee first called the roll and established a quorum, then heard Senate Bill 1553, sponsored by Senator Curtis Gregory. The bill is aimed at reshoring critical supply chains to the United States through tax credits and related incentives for production of pharmaceuticals, critical minerals, materials, and metals. Gregory said the Senate version added clarifying language tying eligible materials to federal critical-materials and FDA lists. Witnesses in support described the bill as a national security measure and an economic development tool for Missouri, citing dependence on China and India for medicines and materials, forced labor concerns in cobalt supply chains, and examples of Missouri companies and institutions already working in pharmaceutical and mineral production. Several supporters noted the bill’s incentives would be difficult to use without additional federal support, and one witness said the transferable tax credits were a key strength, though the scope could be narrowed in the future.
Support testimony came from Douglas Jost of Jost Chemical Company, Jared Hankinson of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Matt Thompson of the API Innovation Center, Michael Givens of Doe Run Company, and Matthew Smith of Associated Industries of Missouri. Their comments emphasized supply-chain vulnerability, national security, and Missouri’s existing manufacturing base. No opposition or informational testimony was presented, and there were no substantive questions after the witnesses. The committee then moved into executive session and voted unanimously, 9-0, to report Senate Bill 1553 do pass.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Special guest speaker tomorrow is from the Secretary of Defense.
- I know some of the compact bills and other bills the Department of Defense would like us to take a look
- at this session, so that will be your opportunity to hear directly from the Department of Defense.
- Hope you can join in either 8:30 or... ...opportunity to hear directly from the Department of Defense
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 20th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Council member and has also served as the Director of External Affairs for the California Housing Defense
- City Council member, has also served as the Director of External Affairs for the California Housing Defense
- She was approved by the Rules Committee on January. for the California Housing Defense Fund.
- that, he served as a consultant and development director for the Western Region of the Environmental Defense
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and welcomed a visiting Quebec National Assembly official, Matu Lemay, who was introduced as a special envoy discussing California-Quebec environmental collaboration. The body also approved Senate journals, suspended Joint Rule 62A to allow certain bills to be heard in Appropriations on short notice, and deemed gubernatorial and Assembly messages read.
The chamber then considered three gubernatorial appointments. Courtney Welch was confirmed to the California Housing Partnership Corporation Board of Directors by a 29-1 vote, Janessa Goldbeck was confirmed to the California Veterans Board by a 28-2 vote, and Tom Huntington was confirmed to the State Parks and Recreation Commission by a 28-0 vote. The Senate also adopted the consent calendar, including Senate Bill 607, by a 37-0 vote.
The remainder of the session was devoted to adjournment memories honoring Elizabeth Betsy Hammer Carr, Alberto Ronel, William Louis McIntyre Jr., and Joy Atkinson. Senators highlighted each individual’s public service, community leadership, activism, and family legacy, with particular emphasis on Carr’s labor and housing advocacy, Ronel’s health care and behavioral health work, McIntyre’s business and civic contributions, and Atkinson’s leadership development work for African American women in public life. The Senate then announced its next floor session and recessed.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 20th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Council member and has also served as the Director of External Affairs for the California Housing Defense
- City Council member, has also served as the Director of External Affairs for the California Housing Defense
- She was approved by the Rules Committee on January. for the California Housing Defense Fund.
- that, he served as a consultant and development director for the Western Region of the Environmental Defense
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Item 3, SB 1354, military defensive state by Archuleta.
- monthly payments of $362 million, or about $4.3 billion annually from the United States Department of Defense
- Weakening our state's ability to meet homeland defense, wildfire, disasters, response, and civil support
- But if he's fortunate enough to get a job at Rockwell or a defense plant, whatever it is because of his
- But if he's fortunate enough to get a job at Rockwell or a defense plant, whatever it is because of his
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Military and Veteran Affairs heard several veteran-focused measures, with extensive testimony in support from veterans’ organizations and individual veterans. SB 888 would exclude VA service-connected disability compensation from household income calculations for the low-income disabled veterans’ property tax exemption, addressing a situation where disability benefits can disqualify veterans from tax relief. SB 1354 would prohibit military personnel from another state, territory, or district from entering California to perform military or law enforcement functions without the Governor’s express permission, while preserving Title X activity, training, and mutual aid arrangements. SB 623 would place the Veterans Bond Act of 2026 on the ballot to authorize a $1.25 billion general obligation bond for the CalVet Home Loan Program, which supporters said is nearing depletion of bond authority and remains a critical path to homeownership for veterans and military families. SB 1407 would increase the state income tax exclusion for military retirement pay and surviving spouse benefits to the first $40,000, subject to income caps, as a retention measure to keep military retirees in California.
Supporters for the bills emphasized housing stability, affordability, retention of veterans in California, and the economic benefits of keeping military retirees and their income in the state. SB 888 and SB 623 drew broad support from veterans’ groups, county veterans service officers, and related organizations, with no opposition testimony. SB 1354 also received support from veterans’ advocates, while committee members sought clarification on training, mutual aid, and the bill’s scope, and the author agreed to work on amendments. SB 1407 drew strong support from veterans and military organizations, but also formal opposition from the California Tax Reform Association, which argued the state already provides generous veteran benefits and that the tax break would be unfair to other public servants.
The committee voted to advance all four measures. SB 888 was approved and re-referred to Revenue and Taxation; SB 1354 was approved as amended and re-referred to Public Safety; SB 623 was approved as amended, given urgency, and re-referred to Housing and Community Development; and SB 1407 was approved and re-referred to Revenue and Taxation. The consent item, SCR 143, was adopted unanimously. After the initial votes, the committee later took add-on votes to confirm passage of SB 888 and SB 1354, and the meeting adjourned.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Legislative Evaluation and Development Committee REVISED: Meeting room changed to House rm 450 May 13th, 2026
Legislative Evaluation and Development Committee (LEAD)
Transcript Highlights:
- I think everybody knows aerospace and defense is important to our state.
- I think aerospace and defense, the evidence is there that we are ready to compete right now.
- I think aerospace and defense, the evidence is there that we are ready to compete right now.
- create a framework for them where they see opportunities in agribusiness, in energy, in aerospace and defense
- I think we're ready on aerospace and defense, right? I think we're ready in certain of these areas.
Summary:
The LEAD Committee met with the Department of Commerce to review a high-level strategic plan for Oklahoma economic development. Commerce Director Bud presented a plan centered on the state’s competitive advantages: central location and logistics, low cost of doing business, energy availability, labor force, tax environment, and partnerships with tribes, local communities, universities, and workforce organizations. He said the agency must focus on industries where Oklahoma has a “right to win,” identifying aerospace and defense, energy, agribusiness, manufacturing, and cybersecurity as priority sectors, with other sectors such as transportation logistics, automotive, finance/shared services, federal offices, bioscience, and broader IT treated as secondary or longer-term opportunities.
Members asked about workforce, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, incentives, research and development, housing, and how Commerce should stay focused on its core mission. Commerce said CareerTech remains a major asset, but the state needs better coordination among agencies, universities, and workforce partners. Officials also said entrepreneurship should be encouraged within target industries, infrastructure readiness should be mapped and aligned to industry needs, and incentives should be evaluated against total cost of operations rather than compared only on percentage terms. They noted that the Incentive Evaluation Commission is comparing Oklahoma’s incentives with other states and that closing deals begins early, with the right people and partners involved from the start.
The discussion also emphasized the need for stronger statewide marketing, better use of regional development staff, more robust research/data capabilities, and a stronger international strategy. Legislators raised concerns about Commerce being tasked with programs outside its core mission, and Commerce said it must administer those programs unless the Legislature changes the law, though it would like to streamline and reallocate resources where possible. The meeting ended with broad support for the strategic direction, appreciation for Commerce’s work on recent projects, and adjournment without any formal vote or action taken.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- It's talking about the affirmative defense. This is the criminal portion.
- The bill allows affirmative defense if you're a resident alien.
- This bill provides for an affirmative defense to the crime.
- combined title 60 and title 21 are combined in this bill to where they're not going to provide the defense
- There's no DA that's going to be able to prosecute that because it's an affirmative defense.
Bills:
HB1016 , HB1453 , HB1992 , HB2015 , HB2940 , HB2959 , HB2997 , HB3037 , HB3045 , HB3053 , HB3087 , HB3267 , HB3301 , HB3453 , HB3495 , HB3521 , HB3581 , HB3584 , HB3586 , HB3587 , HB3662 , HB3691 , HB3695 , HB3697 , HB3742 , HB3743 , HB3845 , HB4058 , HB4125 , HB4198 , HB4227 , HB4425
Committee:
House Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
Keywords:
minors, content creation, trust account, compensation, civil action, digital content, Oklahoma statutes, foreign ownership, property rights, agricultural land, Attorney General, divestment, real estate, felony penalties, motor vehicles, towing services, combination vehicles, wrecker fees, possessory lien, landlord
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, Aaron Waite, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, you're recognized.
- I'm the president-elect of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, representing over 1,000
- criminal defense lawyers around the state.
- Every defense that the defendant had before this bill, they will have after this bill, but it has to
- Every defense that the defendant had before this bill, they will have after this bill, but it has to
Committee:
Senate Rules
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard a long agenda of bills, beginning with CS/SB 62 on candidate qualification, which would create an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation qualification requirements and allow challenges by qualified candidates or political parties. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS/SB 156, the Officer Jason Raynor Act, which would clarify resistance-to-officer language and impose a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter committed against a law enforcement officer; the sponsor and local law enforcement supporters emphasized the Raynor case, while criminal defense lawyers objected to deleting existing force-limit language and to the mandatory life penalty. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably.
The committee also approved several open-government sunset review bills extending or preserving public records exemptions, including CS/SB 7014 on social media platform investigations, SB 7016 on small business loan program records, CS/SB 7012 on Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigations, CS/SB 7000 on emergency shelter recipient information, CS/SB 7002 on Department of Military Affairs records, SB 7004 on conviction integrity unit reinvestigation materials, SB 7006 on Florida Public Service Commission records and meetings, and SB 7008 on Florida Gaming Control Commission records and meetings. Other measures reported favorably included SB 624 allowing optional faith-based activities in batterers’ intervention programs, HB 167 protecting former phosphate mining lands from certain strict-liability claims, CS/SB 48 on accessory dwelling units and housing supply, SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, CS/SB 364 modernizing CPA licensure, SB 292 creating a records exemption for appellate court clerks and families, CS/SB 296 expanding domestic violence safety tools and address confidentiality protections, CS/SB 298 as the public-records companion, SB 386 on farm equipment lemon-law style protections, and SB 168 expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses.
Several bills drew supportive testimony from local governments, advocacy groups, industry groups, and affected families, with some opposition on SB 156 and SB 290. For CS/SB 48, the committee adopted two amendments before reporting the bill favorably. SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was temporarily postponed after the chair allowed public testimony but no final action was taken. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The defense may call its first witness, but as the debate takes root, so does the divide.
- The defense calls Dr. Riley Thompson, USDA Forest Service Deputy Director. Dr.
- The defense calls Mr. Gabe Taylor, timber and resource economist. Mr.
- The defense speaks to flexibility, yet flexibility without accountability invites exploitation.
- The defense speaks to flexibility, yet flexibility without accountability invites exploitation.
Committee:
Senate Resources and Environment
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Justice Mar 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- ANDREW RUTLEDGE LOWERED THE DEFENSE LAWYERS IN SUPPORT.
- A MEN'S STATUTE TO CREATE A PRESUMPTION AND DEFENSE TO A CRIME FOR SHELTERING AND AIDING AND UNMARRIED
- THIS CREATES A DEFENSE TO THE CRIME OF UNLAWFULLY SHELTERING OR AIDING UNMARRIED MINORS WHERE THE DEFENDANT
- CONCERN WAS YOU HAVE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU ARE BEING PROSECUTED TO GO AHEAD AND ASSERT A DEFENSE
- IT SAYS IT IS A DEFENSE UNDER THE SECTION THE DEFENDANT HAS CAUSED HIS OR HER ACTION WAS NECESSARY TO
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (01/24/2025)
State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> United States Department of Defense United States Department of Defense State<00:54:00.440><c> liaison
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LA
Transcript Highlights:
- I thought y'all used to have seminars on how to do this to poor lowly defense attorneys, but that's not
- And James Donoghue present and would like to speak on behalf of the Louisiana Association of Defense
- James Donahue, on behalf of the Louisiana Association of Defense Council. Good morning, everybody.
- The defense attorneys say, From the record. Nothing happens for three years.
- The defense attorneys say we should be able to get this case abandoned very simply, you know, without
Committee:
House Civil Law and Procedure
Keywords:
exemption, motor vehicles, health savings accounts, debt relief, bankruptcy, civil procedure, abandonment, default judgment, court costs, notice requirements, construction contracts, jurisdiction, dispute resolution, public policy, Louisiana law, professional engineer, peremptive periods, construction, architect, real estate developer
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- That's not defense. That's not Social Security. That's not Medicaid. That's just.
- In the House of Representatives, House Bill 532 by the Transportation and Defense Committee.
- In the House of Representatives, House Bill 663 by the Transportation and Defense Committee.
- Defense Committee.
- In the House of Representatives, House Bill 663 by the Transportation and Defense Committee.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They got rid of the nullification of a... ...of an individual's right to rely as an affirmative defense
- No, sir, not if raised as a defense. The only limitation was on pre-enforcement challenges.
- But there was never a limit on the ability to raise defenses under the Constitution of the U.S. or Texas
- Will continue to be available to prosecutors as well as to defense attorneys.
- The defense attorney also, for the officer, would have access to this information.
Bills:
SB 2 , SB 5 , SB 10 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB17 , HB7 , HB7 , HB15 , HB15 , HB27 , HB1 , HB7 , HB15 , HB18 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , HB17 , HB27 , HB1 , SB8 , HCR13 , SB2 , SB5 , SB10
Keywords:
disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments