Transcript Highlights:

• Reducing a charge from an aggravated battery to a simple battery should not allow this, if passed into
• Battery should not allow this, if passed into law, to apply to the misdemeanor because it is specific
• We have fought to hold providers accountable when they fail to monitor, fail to report, and fail to document
• The one in West Feliciana, I mean, they failed to... Representative Knox. Thank you.
• The one in West Feliciana, I mean, they failed to... ...the one in West Feliciana, I mean, they failed

Bills: HR73, HR272, HR273, HR278, HCR91, HCR99, HCR100, HCR111, HB255, HB261, HB328, HB378, HB479, HB517, HB564, HB778, HB1090, SB135, SB278, SB448

Keywords: domestic abuse, protective orders, victim protection, Louisiana State Law Institute, mandatory procedures, parental discipline, corporal punishment, child abuse, cruelty to juveniles, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, child welfare, DCFS, Office of Juvenile Justice, reasonable discipline, parental rights, family law, law enforcement reports, abuse allegations, single-parent households

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill also fails to ...increases risk operating across multiple states.
• This bill was passed in 2024 and has been struggling ever since it was signed.
• My daughter did not die because I failed her as a parent.
• My daughter did not die because I failed her as a parent.
• Please pass this bill.

Summary: The committee held public hearings on three AI-related bills. HB 1170 would require large generative AI providers to offer provenance detection tools and include latent and manifest disclosures in AI-generated or altered content; supporters said it is needed to combat deepfakes and disinformation, while opponents raised First Amendment, technical feasibility, and compliance concerns, and the Attorney General’s Office said the bill needs clearer provider definitions and enforcement language. HB 2157 would regulate high-risk AI systems used in consequential decisions such as employment, housing, health care, and parole by requiring risk management, impact assessments, disclosures, and a private right of action; the sponsor said it is needed to address algorithmic discrimination and consumer protection, while industry and civil liberties groups warned it is overbroad, burdensome, and constitutionally problematic, and the AG’s Office supported the concept but asked for changes to enforcement and the right-to-cure provisions. HB 2225 would regulate AI companion chatbots by requiring disclosures, limits on manipulative engagement, and safeguards for minors and self-harm; the sponsor, governor’s office, AG’s Office, researchers, and several families testified in support, citing harms to youth and real-world suicides, while industry groups supported narrower protections but objected to the private right of action and scope. No votes were taken during the hearings.

Transcript Highlights:

• Failing to respond is a problem.
• There's a, you know, no one likes to fail. No one likes to fail.
• We failed them 30 years ago, and we're failing them now.
• Years ago, and we're failing them now.
• is failing.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Waiting on the action on the laws passed and the laws to come.
• They've been failing to communicate.
• Some are failing to ordinance.
• </c> They've been failing to communicate. They've been failing to communicate.
• Failing to treat our businesses.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And when it fails, we need to address that.
• We have passed consent, so that one is out.
• AB 2599, motion is do pass to Appropriations. Aye. AB 2599, motion is do pass to Appropriations.
• Do pass as a, do you pass to appropriations. Uh, aye. Adegine. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Sayarto. Aye.
• Bill fails. Okay, that bill fails. A reconsideration.

Summary: The Senate Public Safety Committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing a long agenda of bills. Early items included AB 2605, which would require statewide reporting on public defense services; supporters said California lacks basic data on how indigent defense is delivered and that the bill would help identify under-resourced counties, while no opposition appeared. AB 1650 would require rental vehicles used in law enforcement operations to display agency identification; supporters framed it as a transparency and community-trust measure in response to immigration enforcement tactics, while sheriffs and police groups opposed it unless amended, arguing it could compromise undercover and task-force operations and raise legal and indemnification concerns. AB 1930 would require notice to the Attorney General before business entities respond to subpoenas involving legally protected abortion or gender-affirming care information; supporters said it protects patient privacy and provider safety, while opponents raised constitutional, law-enforcement, and business-burden concerns. The committee also heard AB 458, directing state procurement guidelines for firearms and accessories so agencies buy from responsible vendors, with support from police chiefs, gun-violence prevention groups, and local officials, and no opposition testimony offered. The committee then heard AB 1588 on sideshows and street takeovers, which would update the definition of sideshows, include motorcycles and dirt bikes, and align penalties with street racing. Supporters, including police, city, transportation, and road-safety advocates, said the bill responds to dangerous events, property damage, and injuries; opponents from civil liberties and public defender groups argued higher fines and criminal penalties are ineffective and disproportionately harm low-income people, favoring roadway design and community-based prevention instead. AB 910, the Survivors Act, would expand affirmative defenses and vacature relief for survivors of trafficking, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence; supporters, including a survivor who described decades of abuse and wrongful conviction, said the bill gives survivors a chance to tell their stories and seek relief, while district attorneys opposed expanding relief to violent offenses and warned it could erase restitution and undermine victims’ rights. AB 2624 would expand Safe at Home confidentiality protections to immigrant service providers, employees, and volunteers; supporters described threats, doxxing, and harassment against immigrant-serving organizations, while opponents claimed the bill was prompted by investigative reporting on fraud and would chill journalism and transparency. The committee also heard AB 31, making the tribal police pilot program permanent and creating a missing and murdered Indigenous persons task force, which drew strong support from tribal representatives and no opposition. Later, AB 1959 sought to close a resentencing loophole tied to a 2001 Santana High School shooting case by restoring judicial discretion in resentencing for certain juvenile offenders; supporters said the current process can lead to automatic release even after parole denial, while opposition testimony began with concerns that the bill was responding to one case and lacked broader evidence. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly noted they supported several bills but could not formally vote because the committee lacked a quorum, so motions were held for later action.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, but that did fail. It was suggested delete actual or, but that failed. Okay.
• Um, but that did fail. It was suggested delete actual or, but that failed. Okay.
• . failed. failed.
• </c><00:59:41.520><c> Any</c> finally passed on the floor. Any finally passed on the floor.
• </c><01:05:12.319><c> Any</c> Okay, that amendment has passed. Any Okay, that amendment has passed.

Bills: HB0008, HB0009, HB0028

Keywords: stalking, minors, felony, protection orders, criminal penalties, grooming, sexual offenses, child protection, sexual exploitation, law amendment, explicit conduct, sex crimes, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• When we fail to empower our youth, we actually impede their confidence and their ability to take risks
• When we fail to empower our youth, we actually impede their confidence, their ability to take risks.
• The bill passes out. Thank you. Thank you. We'll leave the roll open for the absent members.
• File Item 2, AB 373, the motion is due pass. Lee? Castillo? Aye. Castillo, aye. Calderon? Aye.
• She lives in Kansas City, and I was able to go see her five different times before she passed.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard and advanced a series of foster care, benefits, housing, and poverty-related bills. AB 373 would require appointed counsel for nonminor dependents in dependency proceedings to represent the young adult’s expressed wishes rather than substitute counsel’s judgment; supporters said it would respect autonomy for foster youth ages 18 to 21, and the bill passed 4-0, later updated to 6-0 and then 7-0 as absent members were added. AB 42 would exempt merit-based scholarships, grants, loans, and fellowships from income calculations for CalWORKs and CalFresh and align the two programs’ exclusions; student and anti-poverty advocates said it would prevent students from losing benefits when they pursue education, and it passed 6-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 534 would encourage transitional housing providers serving foster youth to move from leasing to owning properties by extending contract terms and improving access to financing; witnesses said ownership would improve stability and reduce landlord barriers, and it passed 4-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 562 would require counties below the state average for family placements to use a family-finding checklist and best-practice support; supporters emphasized family-first placements for foster youth, and it passed 6-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 661 would direct the Department of Social Services to develop an implementation plan for a permanent statewide guaranteed basic income program; supporters described positive results from pilot programs and the bill passed 5-2, later updated to 7-0. The committee also approved a consent calendar of additional bills, all without opposition.

Transcript Highlights:

• Next, I'm going to pass the gavel to my vice chair and present quickly present an RS.
• Passing the baton back and forth like champions up here, Mr. Chairman.
• I'm going to pass the rest of my time to Representative Bingham.
• All of our counties, all of our sheriffs here, And then they pass that down.
• That motion has failed four to five, and 1443 will be held in committee.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The Senate State Affairs Committee first approved minutes from March 18 and March 20, 2026. It then sent RS 33851 to print after sponsor Jim Guthrie explained it was a revised version of an earlier bill, adjusted to avoid possible free speech concerns; Senator Shippey voted no on the print motion. RS 33853, a kratom-related proposal to classify mitragynine speciosa as a Schedule I drug with a delayed effective date and stepped penalties, was introduced by Senator Burnt and Representative Bingham, but no action was taken on it. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1441, which would require local law enforcement agencies to cooperate with ICE through 287(g) agreements unless they could show lack of resources or other exceptions. Senator Anthon said the bill was intended to create a statewide standard with local exceptions and asked that it be sent to the 14th order for possible amendment, including changes related to tort claims coverage. County and sheriff representatives testified that the bill blurred constitutional roles between sheriffs and county commissions, created an unfunded mandate, and risked federal overreach. Supporters argued it would promote cooperation on immigration enforcement. The committee voted 6-3 to send SB 1441 to the 14th order for possible amendment. Senate Bill 1443, sponsored by Senator Den Hartog, would allow the Department of Corrections director to conditionally release certain incarcerated noncitizen offenders with final deportation orders to ICE custody before they finish their Idaho sentences, with restitution, victim notification, and a warrant process if they return. The sponsor and the DOC director said the bill was intended to reduce costs while keeping offenders in confinement under ICE custody and preserving the remainder of the sentence if they reenter the U.S. Testimony from sheriffs, county representatives, and the Idaho Fraternal Order of Police raised concerns about victim safety, lack of probation or supervision after deportation, uncertainty about how the sentence tolling would work, and the new warrant authority. The motion to send SB 1443 to the floor with a due pass recommendation failed 4-5, and the bill was held in committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's the same problem that Oklahoma had that caused their bill to fail 14 years ago, and if we pass this
• Debate being closed, the question before the Senate is, shall Senate Bill 1233 pass the Senate?
• Debate being closed, the question before the Senate is, shall Senate Bill 1233 pass the Senate?
• So I fail to see. U.S. Constitution is what we base all of our laws off of.
• A majority having failed to be reached, Senate Bill 1233 has failed to pass and will be filed in the

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard a prayer and pledge, approved the corrected journal, and received communications including a temporary substitute appointment for District 20. The chamber also received and referred several memorials, committee reports, and House messages, including House bills 551, 526, and 544 and House Joint Memorial 11. Numerous visitors were recognized in the gallery, including Idaho Farm Bureau members and other guests. In the 10th order, the Senate confirmed several gubernatorial appointments after debate and roll-call or voice votes. Brett Thomas was confirmed to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board, Erica Malman to the Idaho Personnel Commission, Michael Kennedy to the Idaho Judicial Council, and Representative John Weber to the State Insurance Fund Board. The appointment of Dr. Karen Cabell was held for one legislative day, and Robert Cuyo’s appointment was also held for one legislative day. The Senate also adopted House Joint Memorial 10, which urged Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to favor sugar over artificial sweeteners in school nutrition standards; supporters argued sugar is a real food and important to Idaho’s economy. During first reading, the Senate introduced a slate of bills covering transportation, veterans, state employment, retirement, housing, land use, and the parental choice tax credit, along with House bills and memorials sent over from the House. In second reading, several bills were advanced to the third reading calendar. The main floor debate centered on Senate Bill 1233, the Constitutional Courts Act, which would bar state courts from enforcing religious or cultural law that does not conform to the U.S. and Idaho constitutions. Supporters said it simply reaffirmed constitutional supremacy, while opponents raised concerns about targeting religion, legal risk, and constitutional challenges. The bill failed on a 15-19 roll call vote, with one absent and excused. The Senate then moved to miscellaneous business, made announcements, and adjourned until the next day.

Transcript Highlights:

• Should this law pass and become law?
• So, yes, the AG still has authority to pass on that, to say not enough time has passed. to go through
• Passed it twice.
• Why do you think it hasn't passed?
• Are we not impairing the obligation of contracts when we pass pass legislation that voids an existing

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB9, SB42, SB15, SB5, SB11, SB12, SCR1

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

Transcript Highlights:

• If you want to pass and then offer the amendment. So I'd like to move on to pass on 510. Second.
• </c> that this law was first passed in 1999. that this law was first passed in 1999.
• </c> all ought to pass. all ought to pass.
• We cannot fail them again.
• We cannot fail them again. for 50 years. We cannot fail them again.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill passes. The bill passes. Members, by your vote, show the bill is reported favorably.
• So we ask that you please not pass... And to our entire country.
• The horsemen put in millions of dollars to get the gaming license passed.
• The bill passes, sir. Members, by your vote, show the bill is reported favorably.
• The bill passes. Members, by your vote, please show the bill is reported favorably.

Summary: The Commerce Committee held its first meeting, took roll, established a quorum, and heard opening remarks from the chair, vice chair, and ranking member emphasizing the committee’s broad scope and focus on Florida’s economy and daily-life issues. The committee then considered several bills, with members and staff noting the agenda included four bills and a PCS. The first measures dealt with insurance and consumer regulation. CS/HB 367 on home and service warranty associations was explained as allowing financial requirements to be met through one or more contractual liability policies and reducing certain filing requirements; an amendment adding requirements for liability insurance coverage was adopted, and the bill passed favorably. HB 655 on pet insurance and wellness programs created a regulatory framework for pet insurance and also passed favorably. HB 6015, which deleted the word “reusable” from the wine keg statute, had brief support testimony and passed favorably. The committee spent the most time on CS/HB 105, a strike-all PCS on thoroughbred permit holders and decoupling racing from gaming. The sponsor said the revised bill would decouple racing and gaming while adding protections for the thoroughbred industry, including a notice period before racing could stop, permit transferability, and changes to how breeders’ and owners’ funds are administered. Supporters argued the bill would preserve and strengthen the industry through clearer rules and more direct support, while opponents—horsemen, breeders, trainers, veterinarians, and related businesses—warned it would harm a major rural industry, threaten jobs, and favor casino interests. After extensive debate, the strike-all was adopted and the bill was reported favorably on a divided vote. Finally, HB 11 on municipal water and sewer utility rates was presented as correcting an unintended consequence in surcharge law for utilities owned by one municipality but located in another. Testimony focused on the fairness of the current surcharge structure and the impact on Miami Gardens and North Miami Beach. After debate about negotiation, parity, and local impacts, the bill passed favorably. The committee then adjourned after its first meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a due pass in a second, seeing no questions. No questions.
• We have a due pass in a second. Will there be discussion or debate?
• We have a due pass and a 2nd. Will there be a discussion or debate?
• We have a due pass and a 2nd. Will there be a discussion or debate?
• Without them, our State, our economy fails, and not just kind of fail.

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a do passed by Senator Bullard and a second by Senator Burns.
• Having received their ayes, zero nays, I declare the same to have passed.
• Declare the amendment to have failed. Back on the bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, do pass.
• Do we pass by Senator Greene? Second by no. No, do pass by Senator Logan. Oh, I'm sorry.
• With this bill, you can currently harvest 200 bears if it passes.

Bills: HB3239, HB3391, HB3557, HB4128

Keywords: veterinary medicine, definitions, animal husbandry, board of veterinary examiners, telemedicine, veterinarian-client relationship, animal welfare, commercial pet breeders, licensing, advertising, animal cruelty, Oklahoma Agricultural Extension, local funding, financial institutions, county extension services, state funds, wildlife conservation, hunting regulations, mountain lions, black bears

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill is passed.
• The bill is passed.
• The bill is passed.
• Whatever we pass, if it is passed a second time.
• The bill is passed. The bill is passed.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the journal, and then moved through a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills for third reading. The chamber also received and accepted a Finance Committee report on nominations for Kathleen Mosier as Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Terrence O’Leary as Commissioner of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, and John Kagia as Executive Director of the Office of Cannabis Management. All three nominees were confirmed, with Mosier and O’Leary confirmed unanimously and Kagia confirmed 57-1, with Senator Walczyk voting no. The Senate adopted previously approved resolutions recognizing June 2026 as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and mourning the death of Susan Irene Wright of Harlem. Senators Brisport and Bottcher spoke at length in support of Pride Month, emphasizing LGBTQ+ history, resilience, and ongoing threats to the trans community. On the Susan Wright resolution, Senators Cleare, Bailey, and Bottcher praised her community leadership, philanthropy, and family legacy, and Assembly Member Jordan Wright was recognized in the chamber. The body then considered and passed many bills on the calendar, including measures on insurance, environmental conservation, public health, education, business law, labor, social services, highway law, and local tax exemptions. Several bills drew brief explanations of vote, including a measure to end higher insurance premiums for widows, a bill to prohibit correctional facilities from denying visitation because of menstrual products or IUDs, and a Medicaid-related bill to expand access to blood pressure monitors for pregnant people. Most bills passed with broad support, though some had notable opposition from a small group of senators. Late in the session, the Senate took up a proposed constitutional amendment on redistricting. Senator Stewart-Cousins sponsored the measure, and Senator Walczyk questioned it extensively, arguing voters had previously approved an independent redistricting process and objecting to changes that would remove the Legislature’s two-thirds map-approval requirement and alter the commission’s role. The sponsor said the changes were needed in response to aggressive partisan redistricting in other states and would still require voter ratification in future sessions. The transcript ends during that debate, with no final vote on the amendment shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Wai moved that Senate Bills 420 to 473 pass first reading by title and be referred to committee
• The motion fails.
• I<00:03:57.400><c> oppose</c><00:03:58.360><c> no</c><00:03:59.360><c> motion</c><00:03:59.959><c> fails
• <00:04:00.640><c> next</c><00:04:00.879><c> item</c><00:04:01.200><c> Madam</c> I oppose no motion fails
• next item Madam I oppose no motion fails next item Madam clerk<00:04:02.560><c> referrals</c><00:04:

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're failing, Madam Speaker. We're failing. We're failing, Madam Speaker. We're failing.
• Let's pass this amendment. Thank you.
• It is generations passed down to pass down for the Native Americans and the Washington tribes taking
• We passed that last year.
• They didn't care if their kid passed, failed, or anything, if they even showed up to school, and that

Bills: HB2720, HB2073, HB2681, SB5467, SB5820, SB5863, SB5892, SCR8406, HB2487, HB2711, SB5816, SB5919, SB5995, SB6278

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, SB 5467, water-sewer district, water sewer district, surplus property, public property sale, local government

Transcript Highlights:

• The motion fails. Additional questions. Those opposed? No? No. The motion fails.
• Doesn't mean that we have to pass it.
• But that argument fails, and it fails on two separate grounds.
• The legal theory underpinning the maps fails.
• So the bill passes. Before I recognize the rules, chair... Days, Mr. President. So the bill passes.

Summary: The Senate convened in special session and took up Senate Bill 8D, later substituted with House Bill 1D, both establishing Florida’s congressional districts. The sponsor, Senator Gates, explained that the Governor had transmitted a proposed redistricting plan on short notice and argued that mid-decade congressional redistricting is legally permissible, citing population growth and the Governor’s view that race-based provisions in the Fair Districts Amendment are unconstitutional. He repeatedly said the Legislature was not being asked to prove the Governor’s legal theory, only to consider the proposal, and noted that no amendments were offered. A lengthy question-and-answer period followed, with senators raising concerns about the rushed process, lack of statewide public hearings, and the map’s effects on minority communities, compactness, communities of interest, and partisan fairness. Senators questioned whether the map cracked Latino and Black communities, whether partisan data was used, whether the Governor’s office had outside consultants, and whether the plan complied with the Florida Constitution, the Fair Districts Amendment, and the Voting Rights Act. Gates generally deferred on legal conclusions, said the Governor’s representatives had testified the map was race-neutral and used political data only as one factor, and emphasized that any constitutional challenge would be for the courts. After a motion to temporarily postpone failed by a recorded vote of 12 yeas to 23 nays, the Senate continued debate. Senators Rouson, Bernard, and others spoke in opposition, arguing the proposal was rushed, partisan, and harmful to communities of interest and minority voting power. Gates maintained that the Governor had a constitutional prerogative to propose the map and that the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend it. The House companion bill was then substituted for the Senate bill, read a third time, and the chamber moved into final debate on the congressional redistricting plan.

Transcript Highlights:

• If this bill passes, if HB 28 passes, then...
• Ultimately, SB 3 will be passed. will fail and disable Texans as a whole. Thank you. Any questions?
• If SB3 passes.
• It also fails to understand basic plant biology and chemistry if passed this will be harmed to all of
• You have failed us. You have failed.

Bills: HB 28, SB 3

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, HB28, public testimony, committee decorum, bill substitute, legislative process

Summary: The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate bill 138 is passed. zero excuses? Senate bill 138 is passed.
• So let us pass this bill.
• </c> So let us pass this bill. So let us pass this bill.
• House Bill 1299 pass the bill 1235.
• </c> is amended. 1143 pass second order. is amended. 1143 pass second order.

Keywords: 981, all