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• situation where You have someone who is pretending like they're a kid on social media, and they trap a predator
• , and that person is arrested because they planned to meet up and the predator knows that that was a
• summary, race, color, religion, sex, and this applies to both sides because sex is actually pregnancy, sexual
• about my findings and concerns at a school board meeting, which included topics that touched on sexually

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• situation where you have someone who is pretending like they're a kid on social media, and they trap a predator
• That person is arrested because They plan to meet up, and the predator knows that that was a 12-year-old
• summary, race, color, religion, sex, and this applies to both sides because sex includes pregnancy, sexual
• about my findings and concerns at a school board meeting, which included topics that touched on sexually

Bills: SB1361, SB2105, SB2690, SB2713, SCR38, SB2637, SB2881

Keywords: SB 1361, Texas disaster recovery loan, small business loan, micro-business loan, community development financial institution, CDFI, economic disaster assistance, post-disaster financing, business recovery fund, Texas Economic Development Bank, zero-interest loan, working capital, payroll support, health benefits, job retention, declared disaster, small business relief, microenterprise, franchise exclusion, private equity-backed business

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• The director continues that WPS, quote, prevents radicalization by violent extremist organizations and
• Don't you need all the tools that are available to counter violent extremism in Africa and the Middle
• The violent extremism counterterrorism problem is a major concern.
• Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any
• verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?

Keywords: Department of Defense, nominations, Matthew Lohmeyer, Justin Overbaugh, global security, military readiness, NATO, Russia, China, defense infrastructure

Summary: The meeting was primarily focused on discussing nominations for key positions within the Department of Defense, specifically for roles such as the Undersecretary of the Air Force and the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. Senators expressed urgent concerns about global security threats, the need for robust military readiness, and the emphasis on effective collaboration with NATO allies amidst rising tensions with adversaries such as Russia and China. Several senators highlighted the challenges facing military infrastructure and defense capabilities, suggesting a critical need for improvements and investment in these areas to ensure national security.

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• Some of those categories are drug and violent crime prevention, assisting local law enforcement partners
• We were told that these individuals were dangerous violent criminals.
• Has a violent criminal record.
• It limits that information to records that may be relevant to investigating a violent offender as defined
• In other words, if you are in a relationship that is potentially violent and you're worried about it,

Summary: The committee received a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-2027 public safety budget, which totals $8.2 billion for the public safety silo and includes funding for the Departments of Law Enforcement, Juvenile Justice, and Corrections, along with courts and legal affairs. The Governor’s Office highlighted recurring reductions and vacancy eliminations, while agency heads outlined their major requests: FDLE sought funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert-system upgrades, alcohol testing modernization, officer wellness, criminal intelligence, and immigration-related intelligence work; DJJ requested money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential services, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requested major increases for officer pay, additional staff, facility construction and maintenance, communications upgrades, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members questioned FDLE about immigration enforcement and public records burdens, and DOC about staffing, capacity, mental health services, contraband, housing, and whether prison beds were being used for immigration detainees. Public testimony also urged better prison conditions and basic necessities for incarcerated people. The committee then took up and reported favorably CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would strengthen penalties and clarify that a person may not resist an officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties. An amendment conforming the bill to House language was adopted, and the bill passed with Senator Smith voting no. The committee also adopted an amendment and reported favorably CS/SB 54, which concerns use of substances affecting cognitive function and limits certain medical-record disclosures to information relevant to investigations of violent offenders; Senator Smith voted no on that measure as well. Next, the committee considered Senator Berman’s bills on domestic and dating violence. CS/SB 296 would direct a study of a secure web-based alert platform for victims, including a discreet phone-number/code system and geolocation support, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims. The bill drew emotional support testimony from survivors and advocates describing the dangers victims face when trying to leave abusive situations, and it was reported favorably. Its companion, CS/SB 298, would extend public-records protections in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims; it was also reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.

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• resolution is named after a young girl named Jocelyn Nungare, who on the night of June 16th, 2024, was sexually
• your bill, and I think we as public officials and senators owe a duty. to protect our citizens from violent
• pointed effort. bill it's been worked on a long time it's focused I'm going to remind everyone only on Violent
• just because I'm just wondering the the purpose of adding that list is it is it to keep but deter violent
• take action to try to correct some of those abuses. that have been taking place as it relates to violent

Bills: SJR 1, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 36, SJR 1, SJR 5, SB 9, SB 40

Keywords: bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform

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• a real child altered into a sexually explicit depiction.
• , or promotes an obscene performance containing sexual conduct by a minor.
• As far as online sexual exploitation is considered, production.
• And the juvenile female was placed in explicit sexual situations with our target.
• it’s a crime of gross sexual imposition.

Keywords: 908, all

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• My concern in this bill is not with punishing violent plans or actions.
• It's about serious crimes such as gang violence, armed robberies, and violent protesters.
• They've been focusing on really violent acts.
• Okay, well, I think that's terrible conduct to commit a violent act and then have a mask on when you're
• He said that, again, without the language, soliciting sexual activity shall be a misdemeanor, provided

Keywords: 989, all

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• House Bill 38 by Representative Bayham: Child abuse; child sexual abuse materials; provides for content
• House Bill 65 by Representative Cruz: Training on prevention of sexual harassment; mandatory training
• House Bill by Representative Fontenot, computer-related crime; unlawful dissemination of sexual images
• House Bill by Representative Fontenot, computer-related crime; unlawful dissemination of sexual images
• Next bill is a bill by Representative Boyd: survivors of sexual assault; medical treatment.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received and accepted multiple resignation notices from members representing Districts 37, 39, 60, 69, 97, and 100, and then recognized the election and qualification of the members-elect who filled those vacancies: Doyle Boudreau, Reese Broussard, Chasity Verrett-Martinez, and Edwin Murray. Each member-elect was sworn in, and the House also appointed committees to notify the Senate and the governor that it was ready to conduct business for the 2026 regular session. The chamber then handled a large number of procedural actions related to prefiled legislation. By motion and without objection, the House suspended rules to refer prefile bills to committee and introduced a broad slate of House bills and resolutions. Topics included the state budget and appropriations, retirement system changes, carbon capture and sequestration, criminal justice and bail, public safety, education, health care, local government matters, transportation, and several memorial or commemorative resolutions. Several resolutions and bills were noted as lying over, and some prefiled bills were withdrawn from the files. The House also received a Senate message that SCR 1 had been adopted, and the resolution was taken up without objection. The chamber then recessed for a joint session with the Senate to hear the governor’s address and a presentation honoring Technical Sergeant Adam W. Brister with the Distinguished Flying Cross. In his remarks, Governor Jeff Landry highlighted his administration’s priorities, including education, tax reform, workforce development, health and nutrition, insurance reform, transportation infrastructure, fiscal discipline, and criminal justice reform, while urging support for his agenda and several related bills and constitutional amendments.

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• Louis and was for five years a federal prosecutor where he prosecuted violent crimes, white collar crimes
• of Justice as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, where I prosecuted violent
• The vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end.
• Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any
• sexual nature? No. No. No, Senator.

Keywords: Department of Justice, nominations, Assistant Attorney General, civil rights, enforcement, committee discussion

Summary: The meeting covered important discussions surrounding key nominations in the Department of Justice, specifically for the roles of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and the Office of Legal Policy. Various committee members took turns to express their views on the nominees, emphasizing the implications of their potential confirmation on civil rights enforcement in the country. Alongside the committee discussion, the nominees provided insights into their professional backgrounds and how their experiences align with the responsibilities of the positions for which they have been nominated.

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• A child's rights to his or her own parents predates governmental authority, and it reflects the history
• c> parents</c> child's rights to his or her own parents child's rights to his or her own parents predates
• governmental Authority and it predates governmental Authority and it reflects<00:19:48.240><c> the</
• Um, I have heard people characterize that as learning about sexuality because you are learning about
• education meaning like a taught sexual education meaning like a sex<01:22:17.920><c> curriculum</c><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, in one violent assaults on people.
• Target, two young men, two young workers were violently assaulted by ICE agents.
• So too was the fact that they did capture violent, heinous criminals. Those are the facts.
• </c> capture violent, heinous criminals. capture violent, heinous criminals.
• criminals who were is good news, violent criminals who were raping, raping, raping, who<00:58:40.240

Keywords: 1183, house

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• abuse or sexual assault.
• I was making sure that I mean, obviously, if someone anybody is, you know, experienced a sexual assault
• Suicide prevention, chemical addiction, and physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.
• They got predated on by church youth leadership. Gay kids... still figured out they were gay.
• benefited from the informational materials related to human sexuality simply so that I can know what

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• It is for males between 13 and 17 who have some type of sexual harmful behavior.
• Our care program is a specialized unit, where we look at adolescents who have some type of sexual harmful
• When I got here almost five years ago, it was this kind of sexual harm.
• But that's the history; it predates me. It's me and why they separated it.
• It's an understanding of the sexual harm or their understanding of the aspects of the sex, basically.

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• </c><00:27:01.240><c> crimes</c> the people who committed violent crimes the people who committed violent
• They consider five-year-old Liam an asylum seeker, a violent criminal, the teenage girl they kept at
• Uh, Houa Xiong, a criminally legal alien from Laos convicted for sexual assault, disorderly conduct,
• Uh, Houa Xiong, a criminally legal alien from Laos convicted for sexual assault, disorderly conduct,
• </c><00:41:51.000><c> assault,</c> from Laos convicted for sexual assault, from Laos convicted for sexual

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><01:31:16.560><c> Death</c> Today, I bring the Child Predator Death Today, I bring the Child Predator
• </c><01:32:00.080><c> abuses</c> I believe extreme child sexual abuses I believe extreme child sexual
• </c><01:45:59.199><c> things</c> her and had committed um sexual things her and had committed um sexual
• But I don't know how you protect child predators.
• </c> directed to engage in sexual activity. directed to engage in sexual activity.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. The chamber approved routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the previous day’s journal, and allow introduction of bills and committee reports throughout the day. The Senate also received several House messages referring bills to committee, including local constitutional amendments for Limestone, Blount, and Mobile counties, a human cloning bill, a Fair Campaign Practices Act bill, a public education bill, a court fees bill, and a physician assistance bill. Committee reports were then taken up. The Finance and Taxation General Fund, Confirmations, State Governmental Affairs, County and Municipal Government, Education Policy, Banking and Insurance, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Transportation and Energy, and Local Legislation committees all reported a number of bills favorably, many with amendments or substitutes. Several measures were advanced to the calendar for the next legislative day, and the Senate confirmed multiple appointments, including Eileen Meyer and Tiffany Martin to the Alabama Board of Midwifery, Jennifer Ag, Jerry Gross, and Edgar Hower II to the University of West Alabama Board of Trustees, Patricia Sims, Tony Cochran, and Sandy Stimson to the Alabama State Port Authority Board of Directors. The Senate then adopted a special order calendar under Senate Resolution 34, setting the order of business for the 10th legislative day. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 161, the App Store Accountability Act, which was described as a child-protection measure requiring parental permission, age verification by app stores, accurate app age ratings, and limits on minors entering contracts through app downloads. Senators speaking in support said the bill was needed to protect children from harmful online content and preserve parental control, and they discussed an amendment clarifying the meaning of “act” and preserving compliance with other state age-verification laws. The debate was ongoing in the portion provided, and no final vote on HB 161 appears in this excerpt.

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• He has also brought attention to sexual violence and other violence in our women's facilities.
• Before everyone, I think we would all agree that supporting rehabilitation and addressing sexual and
• I also quickly want to talk about the sexual things that are happening in the women's prisons.
• 84 rape crisis centers and other organizations supporting sexual assault survivors in the state.
• On behalf of Valor, California Sexual Assault Coalition representing, or consisting of 84 rape crisis

Summary: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 heard the Governor’s May Revision proposals for the judicial branch, the Board of State and Community Corrections, the Department of Justice, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Legislative Analyst’s Office opened with a warning that the state budget remains structurally imbalanced and urged the Legislature to avoid new ongoing spending unless offset by reductions elsewhere. In the judicial branch discussion, the Judicial Council highlighted language access funding, appellate court security, a backfill for the state court facilities construction fund, and an extension of the lactation room mandate; Finance supported most items but suggested reporting language on interpreter costs and reducing the General Fund backfill. Members raised concerns about judicial vacancies, long-term salary freezes, remote hearings, and the lack of progress on court staffing in some counties. For the Board of State and Community Corrections, the administration proposed $10 million one-time each for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People grant program and a human trafficking vertical prosecution grant program. The LAO said both should be weighed against other priorities and suggested the Legislature consider whether the Tribal Nations Grant Fund could support MMIP work, while Finance said it preferred General Fund support and wanted more review before any fund swap. Members strongly supported MMIP funding and asked whether ongoing support would be considered. On the human trafficking grant, Finance said BSC was a good fit because of its grant administration experience and prior vertical prosecution work, while legislators asked why the program was not placed with the Office of Emergency Services as originally contemplated in prior legislation. The Department of Justice presented antitrust litigation funding, Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse staffing, completion of organized retail criminal enterprise cases, and trailer bill language for a continuous appropriation from the Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund. The LAO supported the antitrust account use but questioned the Unfair Competition Law Fund’s ability to cover the full request without General Fund repayment, and recommended against a continuous appropriation for the restitution fund in favor of a more limited mechanism with legislative oversight. Finance said the fund would remain solvent and defended the continuous appropriation as necessary to pay victims promptly. In the CDCR portion, the largest discussion centered on the Boston Consulting Group efficiency review and sharply reduced savings estimates; LAO said the department had not fully explained the proposed position eliminations or future $100 million savings target, while Finance said the work reflected deeper analysis and ongoing efforts to find savings. Members repeatedly pressed CDCR and Finance on the gap between earlier promised savings and the revised figures. CDCR also outlined population projections showing continued declines in prison and parole populations, while LAO again urged the state to close an additional prison to save ongoing costs. The department then walked through several May Revision items, including workers’ compensation funding, a Corcoran honor housing dorm, incarcerated firefighter pay implementation, an incarcerated menopause program, mental health receiver staffing, mental health resource teams and crisis intervention teams, medical classification staffing changes, and AI note-taking for the electronic health record. LAO generally recommended limiting-term funding and more reporting for many of these proposals, while Finance defended them as necessary ongoing investments or court-ordered obligations. Members questioned the cost of workers’ compensation, the need for more prison closures, the lack of funding for women’s facility violence prevention, and the timing and transparency of the BCG savings process. No votes were taken.

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• And he has also brought attention to sexual violence and other violence in our women's facilities.
• Before everyone, I think we would all agree that supporting rehabilitation and addressing sexual and
• We need to continue to focus on the sexual things that are happening in the women's prisons.
• We need to continue to focus on the sexual things that are happening in the women's prisons.
• 84 rape crisis centers and other organizations supporting sexual assault survivors in the state.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• the Attorney General's office and Kentucky State Police to stay more up to date with tools that predators
• The last 10 of those have been, uh, locating and apprehending child predators on the internet.
• Currently, federal law requires internet providers to notify law enforcement of child sexual exploitation
• <c> the</c><00:28:33.120><c> internet</c><00:28:34.120><c> uh</c><00:28:34.240><c> currently</c> Predators
• on the internet uh currently Predators on the internet uh currently Federal<00:28:35.000><c> Law</c>

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:07 SB 60: 00:00:53 Discussion in Opposition to SB 60: 00:04:41 SB 130: 00:25:36 SB 169: 00:25:44, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 60, a Religious Freedom Restoration Act measure sponsored by Senator Steve Rawlings. Rawlings said the bill would strengthen protections for sincerely held religious exercise by requiring government burdens on religion to be justified by clear and convincing evidence of a compelling interest, expanding remedies including attorney’s fees, and waiving sovereign immunity so individuals could sue the government. A committee substitute was adopted, and the bill drew testimony both in support and opposition. Supporters, including Greg Baylor of Alliance Defending Freedom, argued the bill would protect a fundamental right and that similar laws have existed federally and in many states without the feared consequences. Opponents, including Chris Hartman of the Fairness Campaign, Sam Markusen of the University of Louisville, and Rabbi Ben Fred, warned the bill was overly broad, could undermine local anti-discrimination laws, and might invite lawsuits or allow religious claims to be used to justify discrimination. Senator Thomas questioned whether the bill could affect vaccine requirements and public accommodations; Baylor said public health or other compelling interests could still prevail in court and that the bill would not predetermine outcomes. The committee then voted on SB 60, with several members explaining their votes, and reported the bill favorably. The committee then considered Senate Bill 169, sponsored by Senator Danny Carroll, which would expand the Attorney General’s and Kentucky State Police’s administrative subpoena authority in child exploitation investigations to include social networking companies, mobile payment services, and cloud storage services. Attorney General’s office representatives Will Schroer and Matt Heden said the change would modernize investigative tools to help identify online child predators and obtain limited account-holder information such as usernames, IP addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. Senator Thomas asked about the bill’s use of the term “reasonable cause” instead of probable cause and about the scope of the information obtained; the witnesses said the term is already in statute and that the subpoenas would not authorize searches, only basic identifying information. A motion was made and seconded, and the committee began the roll call vote on SB 169 as the transcript ended.

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• SVU, I prosecuted a lot of cases of intimate partner violence and child physical abuse as well as sexual
• And one thing about Jacks is when there's kids around, kids that have suffered child abuse, sexual abuse
• They might not be ready to talk about their own sexual or physical abuse... ...children that go to the
• Child Protection Center, they might not be ready to talk about their own sexual or physical abuse in
• Nearly 80% of domestically violent homes have one or more pet.

Summary: The Special Committee on Urban Issues held a public hearing on House Bill 2292, sponsored by Rep. Holly Jones, which would require cross-reporting and training between child/elder abuse systems and animal welfare personnel. Jones said the bill is intended to help identify abuse earlier by training investigators to recognize signs of abuse in both people and companion animals, and she announced planned amendments to narrow the definition of animal to dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds and to extend training time from one hour to one and a half hours. She emphasized the bill is focused on companion animals, not livestock, and said it would use existing agencies rather than create a new department. The committee heard questions about the definition of companion animal and the scope of the bill. Supporters included Humane World for Animals, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation, the Missouri Animal Control Association, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Wayside Waifs, and the St. Louis County Police Association. They argued that animal abuse is closely linked to child, elder, and domestic abuse, that animal control officers and humane investigators often see warning signs first, and that cross-reporting would improve early intervention and save lives. Several witnesses described cases where animal abuse coincided with child abuse or other violence, and some said current reporting systems are inconsistent or delayed. One witness also said the training could be provided at low cost through existing mechanisms. Opponents, including the Missouri Pet Breeders Association, Missouri Cattleman’s Association, Missouri Federation of Animal Owners, and Missouri Animal Husbandry Association, raised concerns about the bill’s wording, possible inclusion of commercial breeders or livestock-related issues, and the role of humane investigators. They argued that animal abuse is already reported to law enforcement, that the bill could create confusion about authority or access to private property, and that it could impose costs and training burdens on agencies already stretched thin. Some rural witnesses said they wanted any investigations to remain with law enforcement and the Department of Agriculture, not animal welfare groups. The hearing ended without a vote or other action on the bill.

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• So AI has made this crime, sexual extortion, dramatically easier to commit.
• The predator obtains or generates the intimate image and then uses that to extort further acts, potentially
• from that child or victim, whether they are sexual behavior or other things or even extorting money,
• from that child or victim, whether they are sexual behavior or other things or even extorting money,
• Internal Meta researcher warned of 500,000 child sexual exploitation cases per day.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, approved the journal, and moved through routine orders, including committee reports and messages from the House. Several bills and resolutions were introduced, referred to committees, or advanced on the calendar. The Senate then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider a series of House bills, adopting amendments to measures including House Bills 629, 678, 522, 810, 684, 561, and 860, and reporting them back as amended without recommendation. The committee also reported progress on House Bills 613, 526, 670, and 549, which retained their place on the calendar. On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bill 1294 on newborn hearing screenings after sponsor testimony emphasized early intervention, support from audiologists and deaf/hard-of-hearing advocates, and no fiscal impact. The chamber also passed Senate Bills 1353 and 1354, both housing bills expanding state standards for twin homes, duplexes, and accessory dwelling units in cities over 10,000; supporters framed them as property-rights and affordability measures, while opponents argued they weakened local control, increased infrastructure and parking burdens, and could benefit investors more than families. Senate Bill 1389, providing liability protection for property owners who allow polling places on their premises, passed unanimously after discussion about balancing voter access with premises liability. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 1391, a technical fix preserving surveyors’ lawful entry authority for property and right-of-way work, and House Bill 727, which revises video voyeurism/extortion provisions to address AI-generated or threatened dissemination of intimate images and adds enhanced penalties when minors are involved. Finally, the Senate passed House Bill 542, the “Stop the Harms from Addictive Social Media Act,” after extensive debate over whether it protects children from addictive platform features or improperly shifts responsibility and creates surveillance and enforcement problems; the bill’s supporters argued it targets harmful platform design and parental control, while opponents raised concerns about legacy accounts, privacy, enforceability, and state overreach. Several roll-call votes were taken, with most measures passing by substantial margins, including unanimous passage of Senate Bill 1389 and 35-0 passage of House Bill 727.