Video & Transcript Research : 'poison hemlock'
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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It would poison the national. LGBTQ flags? Mr. Chair, Representative, yeah, I would.
- It would poison the bill. Poison pill to the bill. Okay.
- From your side, do you think it's a poison pill to your bill? I would think so. Okay.
- It could be a poison pill. You get us around in the Navy and Air Force. I know.
- It's a poison pill. Because of the DOD rules, they're all the same size. It's a poison pill.
Summary:
The committee first heard SB 1078, which would require courts reviewing public-records disputes to apply de novo review rather than deferring to an agency’s decision to withhold records. Senator Kavanaugh and a Goldwater Institute witness argued the bill would restore transparency and independent judicial review. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 4-3 vote.
The committee then considered SB 1184, which would add military division flags approved by the Department of Defense to the list of flags that HOAs and planned communities may not prohibit. Kavanaugh said the bill responds to HOA restrictions on veterans displaying unit flags. Members discussed whether the bill should also cover other flags, including LGBTQ flags, but no amendment was adopted. The bill passed 7-0. SB 1586 followed, requiring Arizona agencies to post federal guidance they create, adopt, or receive. Supporters said it would improve transparency; an opposing member said agencies already post such material and the bill was unnecessary. It passed 4-3.
SB 1665, a state agency hiring reform bill, would require standardized hiring scores, interview panel grades, overall grades, and an appeal process for unsuccessful applicants. The State Personnel Board supported it as a merit-based reform, while ADOA opposed it as costly and burdensome, estimating more than $3 million in compliance costs and warning it could slow hiring. After extended testimony, the committee recommended it do pass 4-3. The committee also approved SCR 1024, which would require legislative candidates to reside in their district for one year and, if affiliated, be members of their party for one year before the election; it passed 6-1 after discussion about residency rules and ballot-measure concerns.
Later, the committee heard SB 1135, which increases workers’ compensation burial expenses for fallen first responders from $5,000 to $10,000. Family members and first responders testified in support, describing the financial strain after line-of-duty deaths. The bill passed 6-1 with one member present. SB 1136, which allows surviving spouses of first responders to keep death benefits even if they remarry, also drew emotional testimony from widows and supporters and passed 5-2. The committee then took up SB 1435, expanding the existing prohibition on exposing minors to sexually explicit material to public libraries and making violations a class 6 felony; supporters framed it as child protection, while opponents warned it could chill library access and criminalize librarians. The bill passed 4-3. Finally, SB 1567 was introduced as another expansion of the same underlying law, prohibiting government entities and contractors from exposing minors to sexually explicit materials and from using public facilities for filming or facilitating sexually explicit acts; the sponsor described it as part of a broader effort to protect children, and the committee began discussion of the measure.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It would poison the national. “LGBTQ flags?” Mr. Chair, Representative, yeah, I would.
- It would poison the bill. “Poison pill” to the bill? Okay.
- From your side, do you think it’s a poison pill to your bill? I would think so. Okay.
- It could be a poison bill. You get us around in the Navy and Air Force. I know.
- It’s a poison pill. Because of the DOD rules, they’re all the same size. It’s a poison pill.
UT
Utah 2025 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Interim Committee - November 19, 2025
Health and Human Services Interim Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Michael Moss from Utah Poison Control Center, the medical director. He's here.
- Like you said, I'm medical director of the Utah Poison Control Center.
- We're getting more calls to our Poison Center. The Utah Poison Center serves all of Utah.
- We're getting more calls to our Poison Center.
- The Utah Poison Center serves all of Utah and only Utah.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Why wouldn't you just have a prosecutor, uh, prosecute that person for poisoning.
- So he offered her an evening with hot chocolate and he poisoned her.
- I think poisoning people should be against the law, don't you think so?
- They are poisoning themselves with Without any instructions, right?
- of the poison, which was exactly my point.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Transcript Highlights:
- Page four, the commission's poison control program serves the entirety of Texas and its citizens.
- The agency provides funding, oversight, and administration of poison control services through grants
- to the six statutorily designated regional poison control centers.
- We are also working with the Texas Poison Control Network.
- advice when dealing with poisons to reduce further interventions within the healthcare system.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Transcript Highlights:
- control centers for poison control specialists.
- It provides funding, oversight, and administration of poison control services through grants to the
- Regional Poison Control Centers.
- Poison Control Network.
- It is important to note that the average cost per poison call for fiscal year 2024 was $24.67. which
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Lead poisoning. in the scientific world? Lead poisoning.
- In uh 1991, the Bush poisoning then.
- Recognizing the minority whip. that lead poisoning that lead poisoning is<00:45:25.680><c> bad</c><00
- My guess is the reason lead poisoning.
- </c> when that's when lead paint poisoning when that's when lead paint poisoning went<00:51:01.680><c
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- My daughter, her case, got the first murder conviction for fentanyl poisoning.
- My daughter, Brianna, was murdered by fentanyl poisoning and a man was convicted.
- It was not an accident by fentanyl poisoning. I support the bill. Thank you.
- This was a drunk driving, a fentanyl poisoning, whatever the case. I get that.
- This was a drunk driving, a fentanyl poisoning, whatever the case. I get that.
Summary:
The committee heard SB 1422, which would restore Medi-Cal access for income-eligible undocumented adults beginning January 1, 2027. Senator Durazo and county, labor, health, immigrant-rights, and provider supporters argued the current enrollment freeze shifts costs to counties and hospitals, worsens preventive care, and increases expensive emergency treatment. No opposition testified. Several senators voiced support but also raised concerns about funding and the need for new revenue sources; the chair said she supported the concept and would continue working on financing, but the bill was not voted on because quorum was lost.
The committee also heard SB 1023 on PrEP access, SB 1071 on amending death certificates after a homicide finding, SB 1057 on conviction-history review for CNA and home health aide certification, and SB 1088 on advance care planning and POLST/DNR updates. SB 1023’s author and supporters said requiring pharmacy-benefit coverage for injectable PrEP would reduce administrative barriers and improve access, while health plans opposed it as an improper benefit-design mandate; members sought clarification about how the billing pathway would work. SB 1071 drew strong support from victims’ families, law enforcement, and prosecutors who said death certificates should reflect later legal homicide findings, while coroners opposed it as blurring medical and legal determinations and risking data integrity. SB 1057 was presented as a fair-chance workforce measure to expand caregiving jobs for rehabilitated people with records, with no opposition heard. SB 1088 would modernize POLST/DNR rules, including electronic signatures, out-of-state recognition, and clearer signer authority; supporters backed the changes, while clinical nurse specialists opposed the bill for not including them as authorized signers.
After quorum was established, the committee took up SB 869, which would require large chain restaurants to display an added-sugar icon next to beverages exceeding half the daily recommended sugar limit. Senator Weber Pierson and supporters from the American Diabetes Association and American Heart Association framed the bill as a transparency measure to help consumers make informed choices and reduce chronic disease risk. The senator responded to opposition concerns by saying existing nutrition information is often hard to find and that the icon would not unduly crowd menus. The hearing continued with testimony on the bill after quorum was reached, but no final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- My daughter, her case, got the first murder conviction for fentanyl poisoning.
- My daughter, Brianna, was murdered by fentanyl poisoning and a man was convicted.
- It was not an accident by fentanyl poisoning. I support the bill. Thank you.
- This was a drunk driving, a fentanyl poisoning, whatever the case.
- This was a drunk driving, a fentanyl poisoning, whatever the case. I get that.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Neonicotinoid insecticide and insecticide-treated seed ban 3/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- HF 3704 will protect our waterways from these poisons in a way that works for our farmers.
- HF 3704 will protect our waterways from these poisons in a way that works for our farmers.
- in a way that works for our poisons in a way that works for our farmers.<00:26:26.960><c> Thank</c><
- ,<00:29:41.200><c> there</c><00:29:41.520><c> are</c><00:29:41.760><c> countless</c> poisonings, there
- are countless poisonings, there are countless sublethal<00:29:43.120><c> effects</c><00:29:43.679><c
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 063 Mar 18th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They persist in body tissue, which means a poisoned rodent becomes a poisoned meal for the hawks, owls
- in Colorado, more than 2,100 poisonings in Colorado, more than 2,100 reported<01:02:40.160><c> cases
- </c><01:03:37.720><c> rodent</c> tissue, which means a poisoned rodent tissue, which means a poisoned
- :40.120><c> meal</c><01:03:40.760><c> for</c><01:03:40.920><c> the</c> rodent becomes a poisoned meal
- Secondary poisoning moves that eat it.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- And unfortunately, that good work has been hijacked and poison-pilled for political purposes, and it's
- and poison-pilled uh for the<00:20:59.480><c> political</c><00:20:59.880><c> purposes,</c><00:21:00.440
- This is not a poison pill. I actually support both of these issues, and I do hope we get this done.
- This</c><00:24:52.840><c> is</c><00:24:52.960><c> not</c><00:24:53.200><c> a</c><00:24:53.280><c> poison
- This is not a poison elections here.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- They're driving poisonous and dangerous chemicals that could be harmful.
- >> They're<00:08:23.759><c> driving</c><00:08:24.479><c> poisonous</c><00:08:25.039><c> and</c>
- <00:08:25.360><c> dangerous</c> >> They're driving poisonous and dangerous >> They're driving
- poisonous and dangerous chemicals<00:08:26.400><c> that</c><00:08:26.639><c> could</c><00:08:26.800>
Keywords:
appropriation, education funding, priority schools, Alabama education, State Department of Education, codification, state law, legal revisions, Alabama code, legislative updates, underground damage prevention, notification system, construction safety, infrastructure, commercial driver license, English proficiency, work authorization, impoundment, false documentation, 1136
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health Committee Apr 8th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- My daughter, her case, got the first murder conviction for fentanyl poisoning.
- My daughter, Brianna, was murdered by fentanyl poisoning. Thank you. Marina Espino.
- My daughter, Brianna, was murdered by fentanyl poisoning and a man was convicted.
- It was not an accident by fentanyl poisoning. I support the bill. Thank you.
- This was a drunk driving, a fentanyl poisoning, whatever the case. I get that.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Health heard several bills focused on Medi-Cal access, HIV prevention, death certificate amendments, caregiver certification, advance care planning, and sugar-sweetened beverage labeling. SB 1422 by Senator Durazo would restore Medi-Cal access for income-eligible undocumented adults beginning January 1, 2027. The author and many supporters argued the enrollment freeze shifts costs to counties and hospitals, worsens health outcomes, and undermines California’s prior coverage gains. County, labor, health, immigrant-rights, and provider groups testified in support; there was no opposition. Committee members generally expressed support but also raised concerns about funding and the need for new revenue sources. The bill was discussed while the committee lacked quorum, so no vote was taken at that time.
The committee also heard SB 1023 on PrEP access, SB 1071 on death certificate amendments after homicide findings, SB 1057 on criminal-history review for CNA and home health aide certification, and SB 1088 on POLST and advance care planning updates. SB 1023 would require insurers that cover injectable PrEP under the medical benefit to also cover it through the pharmacy benefit; supporters said this would reduce administrative barriers and improve access, while health plans and insurers opposed it as an unnecessary mandate that could blur benefit design lines. SB 1071 would allow next of kin to amend a death certificate’s manner of death to homicide after a final court determination; families and law enforcement supported it as a matter of truth and closure, while coroners opposed it as blurring medical and legal findings and potentially distorting public health data. SB 1057 would replace automatic denial with individualized review for certain convictions in CNA and home health aide certification, and SB 1088 would modernize POLST/DNR rules, including electronic signatures, out-of-state recognition, and clarifying who may sign; both drew support, though clinical nurse specialists opposed SB 1088 because they were not included as authorized signers. Several of these bills were heard without quorum, so no votes were taken during the discussion.
After quorum was established, the committee heard SB 869 by Senator Weber-Pierce, which would require large chain restaurants to display a clear added-sugar icon next to beverages exceeding 50% of the daily recommended limit. The author and supporters, including the American Diabetes Association and an emergency physician, said consumers need simple, visible information at the point of purchase to better understand health risks tied to sugary drinks. The bill was framed as a public health transparency measure aimed at diabetes, obesity, and other chronic disease prevention. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 869, before any final committee action or vote is shown.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 7, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- for fentanyl in a urine drug test if a patient is being treated for a possible drug overdose or poisoning
- this practice, so this bill would simply ensure that all patients in cases of suspected overdose or poisoning
- My son Wade lost his life to fentanyl poisoning. He was only 19 years old.
- Both of you lost someone to fentanyl poisoning, and I am so sorry.
- Both of you lost someone to fentanyl poisoning, and I am so sorry.
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Committee heard and passed several bills. HB 293 would codify the Office of Faith and Community in the Executive Office of the Governor, create a liaison and advisory council, and was supported by faith-based and nonprofit groups; some members questioned possible duplication with existing services and the source of any future funding, but the bill passed 24-0. CS/HB 547 would create an exception to the 30-day notice requirement before hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers sell medical debt when the debt buyer agrees not to use interest, fees, or extraordinary collection actions and must return charity-care-eligible debt; it passed unanimously after brief support testimony. CS/HB 1553 would require reporting of uterine fibroid data to the Department of Health to create a de-identified public database and reauthorize funding for implementation; it also passed 24-0, with members noting the earlier database mandate had not been carried out.
The committee then took up CS/HB 1195, “Gage’s Law,” which would require hospitals and hospital-based emergency departments to test for fentanyl in urine drug screens for suspected overdose or poisoning cases. The bill was presented as a response to overdose deaths and the need to better detect fentanyl, and emotional testimony from a parent described a son’s death after a hospital did not test for fentanyl. Members from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing stigma, the need for better treatment and data, and the potential to save lives; the bill passed 24-0. CS/HB 47 on child care and early learning providers would streamline inspections, speed background screening, offer free online training/testing, update definitions, protect certain family child care homes from insurance issues, and create a license-exempt category for employer-provided child care; after questions about parent notice, database listing, background checks, and insurance, an amendment was adopted and the bill passed 24-0 as amended.
Finally, CS/HB 647 would allow advanced practice registered nurses to sign death certificates in hospice settings, addressing delays that can leave families waiting to complete burial arrangements. Support testimony came from advocacy and hospice groups, and members cited the bill’s importance for families and religious burial timelines. The bill passed 23-0. The committee then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Pesticides are poisons designed to kill plants, insects, and other pests.
- </c><00:17:32.960><c> our</c> is about ensuring we do not poison our is about ensuring we do not poison
- Dad, what are we going to do if the water gets poisoned, polluted?
- ,</c> water gets poisoned, water gets poisoned, polluted?
- </c> and that our water was being poisoned. and that our water was being poisoned.
Keywords:
pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- 3908 and we thank you. known as Tucker's law which provides 6 through 12 students with fentanyl poisoning
- a job that I ever wanted with Texas Against Fentanyl, but my son died four years ago of fentanyl poisoning
- I said these are not drug addicts the miscommunication of trying to educate people about the poisoning
- Some of the deaths have gone down, but the poisonings have gone up.
- People from Texas today will die from fentanyl poisoning every single day.
Bills:
HB232
Keywords:
disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Also known as Tucker's law, which provides 6 to 12 students with fentanyl poisoning awareness education
- job that I ever wanted, um, with Texas Against Fentanyl, but my son died 4 years ago of fentanyl poisoning
- , but it's what we need to educate everybody about is the miscommunication of what fentanyl is a poisoning
- I will say that some of the deaths have gone down, but the poisonings have gone up.
- People from Texas today will die from fentanyl poisoning every single day. Thank you, ma'am.
Bills:
HB232
Keywords:
disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The worst part from fentinyl poisoning.
- </c> Accidental poisoning is overdose.
- The rate of accidental poisoning has increased 40-fold. It shouldn't be this way.
- Because if you can die by merely touching something, uh, that is poisoning more than anything.
- Because if you can die by merely touching something, uh, that is poisoning more than anything.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- He said they have reached out to the poison control center, which would like to work with them on getting
- And Madam Chair and Madam Leader, what I would at this time point out is 50% of the poison...
- I would at this time, you know, point out that 50% of the poison control calls that come in are because
- What it was is that 50% of poison control is children of overdoses. And that is good.
- What we do have are the statistics that show of 1,000 calls into poison control, half of those are coming
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 294, the Cannabis Product Packaging Regulation Act, with a committee substitute. The sponsor and Regulation and Licensing Department said the bill would tighten cannabis packaging rules to reduce appeal to minors by limiting colors, materials, and design elements, while allowing some color for warnings and approved logos; the substitute also addressed misbranding and third-party manufacturing liability. Public testimony was split: cannabis industry representatives and related businesses argued the bill would create major packaging costs, waste inventory, hurt small businesses and tertiary industries, and was better addressed through education, safe storage, and stronger enforcement; supporters from public schools, state police, and a cannabis company said the bill would help protect children and make violations easier to identify. Committee members debated whether “reasonably appealing” should be defined in statute or rulemaking, whether packaging changes would actually reduce youth access, and whether stronger penalties or warning labels would be more effective. The committee adopted the substitute and advanced HB 294 on an 8-3 do pass vote.
The committee then heard HB 298, as amended, which would create a 50% state income tax credit for maintaining or replacing existing short-line railroad track, capped at $5,000 per mile, after an amendment removed a proposed credit for new rail and reduced the fiscal impact. The sponsor and railroad representatives said the measure would help preserve and improve short-line infrastructure that supports mines and other customers, while committee members asked about the amendment, the scope of the credit, and why the state should be involved in what they viewed as a local economic development tool. The bill drew no opposition in testimony and passed unanimously, 10-0, as amended.
Finally, the committee considered SB 58, which would extend the property tax abatement period for metropolitan redevelopment areas from seven years to up to 14 years, with flexibility for shorter terms under the Senate amendment. Supporters from the City of Albuquerque, Realtors, and the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce said the change would improve project feasibility, attract investment, and help revitalize blighted areas; the sponsor explained that MRAs are locally designated redevelopment districts and that the longer abatement period reflects current construction costs and project timelines. Committee members asked about which areas qualify, how abatements work, why the state sets the term, and whether local governments could do this on their own. The bill passed on an 11-0 do pass vote, and the committee adjourned.