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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice (Part I) Mar 25th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Unlike the Government Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure does not require interpreters to be licensed
  • Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code.
  • The personnel file is already in state law.
  • or local civil service agency under Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code. ...state or civil service
  • And as I stated, you cannot, cannot be a peace officer in the state of Texas and go to work for 25 or
Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice bills focused on victim protections, law enforcement tools, notary/deed fraud, sexually violent predators, veterans in jail, tribal policing authority, and peace officer records. Several bills were laid out, heard, and left pending because the committee lacked a quorum for final action on those items. Testimony was generally supportive on bills addressing interpreter appointments, fuel theft investigations, deed fraud, survivor privacy, veteran jailer training, tribal peace officer authority, and officer-record confidentiality, though some bills drew concerns about due process, scope, or drafting. Senate Bill 1537 would clean up criminal procedure language on appointing interpreters and align it with Government Code standards requiring licensed or certified interpreters; it received no public opposition and was left pending. Senate Bill 993 would let Comptroller Criminal Investigative Division officers directly seek warrants for mobile tracking devices in fuel-theft and tax-fraud investigations; it also drew support and was left pending. Senate Bill 693, as substituted, would create a criminal offense for notarizing documents without the signer personally appearing, with a higher penalty when real property is involved, and would add notary continuing education; a Dallas County prosecutor testified that notary fraud is a major driver of deed theft, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1610, as substituted, would address safety, registration, and criminal penalties at the Texas Civil Commitment Office for sexually violent predators, including assaults on staff and sex-offender registration issues; agency witnesses described increased assaults and operational problems, while a public witness urged waiting for Sunset review and raised due-process concerns. Senate Bill 836 would add privacy protections for sexual assault survivors by limiting livestreaming of trials, expanding pseudonym use, and protecting forensic exam and invasive-recording evidence; survivors and advocates strongly supported it, and defense lawyers said they had no opposition to the substitute. Senate Bill 1563 would require county jailer training on interacting with veterans, with testimony from the Texas Veterans Commission and veterans’ advocates emphasizing suicide risk, PTSD, and the need for better identification and support in jails; the bill was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 906, which would authorize the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribal police to be commissioned as Texas peace officers like two other federally recognized tribes in Texas; tribal leaders said the change would improve response times and coordination, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 781, as substituted, would standardize confidentiality rules for peace officer personnel and departmental files statewide, mirroring Chapter 143 civil-service practices; law enforcement witnesses supported it as a way to protect personal information and create uniform records practices, but several senators raised concerns that the bill could blur existing disclosure rules or bury misconduct complaints, and public testimony included an opposition witness describing a police shooting involving her brother.
KY
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  • when you're accessing state data. when you're accessing state data.
Summary: The 2025 Artificial Intelligence Task Force met for its first meeting of the year and heard updates on federal AI policy, state implementation of Senate Bill 4, and the business community’s perspective on AI regulation. Co-chairs noted that federal legislation could affect the task force’s work later in the year, but said Kentucky still has significant issues to study, including energy, land use, education, social media, and children’s engagement with AI. The task force had quorum and no votes were taken. Kate Shanks of the Kentucky Chamber said the business community supports continued discussion but favors a federal approach over a patchwork of state laws. She described the Trump administration’s new AI executive order as emphasizing innovation over regulation, noted the pending federal AI action plan, and discussed congressional action including the Take It Down Act and industry-specific changes to existing laws. She warned that state-by-state AI rules could increase costs and burden businesses, and said the Chamber would prefer incremental, flexible policy that avoids conflict with existing law and limits private rights of action. Members asked about uniform model legislation, education uses of AI, and civil liability; Shanks said a model approach could help avoid fragmentation and that liability should generally be handled through consumer-protection-style enforcement rather than broad litigation. The Commonwealth Office of Technology then reported on implementation of SB 4, saying it has worked with industry, agencies, other states, and vendors to build an AI policy framework now in final review. Officials said an AI Governance Committee has been established and will meet in July, and a draft RFP is being prepared to meet the bill’s tracking and documentation requirements. They said no major implementation challenges have been identified so far, but the impact of pending federal rules remains uncertain. Members also discussed the need to educate students and teachers about AI, with one member emphasizing that schools should teach both how to use AI and how to think critically about information online.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • institution or state entity as a separate state entity.
  • State senator, I want to commend the state of Texas for prioritizing the imperative to prevent, detect
  • then state to state.
  • Currently, under the government code, when state agencies or local governments experience a digital security
  • And state licensees were implicated. The lenders are state licensees.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Jan 20th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • >> would prevail over state law. >> would prevail over state law.
  • order judgment or mandate from the state order judgment or mandate from the state or<00:09:09.440
  • a state government that can do that. a state government that can do that.
  • <00:28:01.919> rights environmentalist making a states rights environmentalist making a states
  • ,<00:35:10.240> the requirements mandated by the state, the requirements mandated by the state
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 15th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Florida Statutes as an official document and, more importantly, adopts as official statute law of the state
  • It deletes obsolete language, updates cross-references, and corrects grammatical and typographical errors
Bills: S0100, S0102, S0104
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard three housekeeping/statutory revision bills. Chair Passidomo introduced the committee’s new staff director, and the committee proceeded quickly through the agenda with no public appearance forms, questions, or debate on any of the bills. SB 100, the Adoption Act, prospectively adopts the 2026 Florida Statutes as an official document and adopts the statute materials passed by the 2025 regular session as official state statute law. SB 102 deletes statutory provisions that were previously repealed or expired and are now without effect. SB 104 is the General Reviser's Bill, which removes obsolete language, updates cross-references, and corrects grammatical and typographical errors in the Florida Statutes. Each bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. After the votes, several senators asked to be recorded as voting favorably on tabs 1 and 2, and the committee adopted that request without objection. The meeting then adjourned, with members reminded that the committee would meet again on Thursday.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules REVISED: Links Added Apr 28th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • It has to do with the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.
  • loft report, it reported that there was approximately a $10 million cost to one business here in the state
  • We came to an agreement, got them to work with the code as it is established, with some delays in the
  • Stated that a public hearing would be held on January 5th.
  • It had no provision for what the standard of best interests of the state, and then they would then be
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Supreme Court a hundred years ago, where the State of Missouri, the State Bank of Missouri issued gold
  • By the state of Texas, by the state government. The technology is there. It's legally sound.
  • A number of states are pursuing this.
  • If folks wouldn't put their gold in the state bullion depository, I mean, the state is who you're giving
  • One is states may not coin money.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 5th, 2026 at 04:07 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It updates certain agriculture fees every so often.
  • So for state agencies that are a part of the annual comprehensive financial report, For state agencies
  • And by separating these two for those state agencies, we're going to see that the state agency audits
  • Right now, many of the state agencies, maybe a majority of the state agencies, get federal dollars.
  • So the state of New Mexico, from a state government or a state agency perspective, has one single taxpayer
Bills: SB145, SB143
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 5th, 2026 at 10:08 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • of this state.
  • The state should be able to retain those graduates and absorb their talent within a fabric of in-state
  • And the state there is realizing that the state needs to take action if you want to be able to—there
  • Do you think we need to set aside a parcel of state land where we can and say, okay, well, here's state
  • what kind of state land we have around the state that are close to railroads, close to infrastructure
Bills: SB145, SB143
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • 11 of the election code A qualified voter is eligible to vote, and an individual must be a United States
  • On the state voter registration form in the state of Arizona, you are required to provide documented
  • And the Secretary of State shall, it's very simple language, Secretary of State shall very Verify the
  • And they're told, no, the Secretary of State will update that.
  • Texas election code 122.001 clearly states that voting must be private.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning, Senate Committee on State Affairs. Affairs will come to order.
  • from DPS regarding cross state moves.
  • This is very good, possibly the best data for cross state moves.
  • most states have one single high court the only other state that has two high courts is Oklahoma.
  • State your name and position. My name is Alan Place. I'm here on behalf.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's in the northwest corner of the state. Examiners, please introduce Representative Lawrence.
  • the State Treasury.
  • On page eight, line 198, this relates back to issue number three; it updates and...
  • Issue number three updates and clarifies the civil penalty language.
  • the citizens of the state of Alabama.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Furthermore, every other state in the country already offers a State Seal of Bilingualism and Biliteracy
  • Well, so, TEA, as you know, we're charged with implementing the state law, and the state law says all
  • For example, criticism of the state of Israel could lead to the fall of the United States of America.
  • The State of Israel is surrounded by hostile nations.
  • become more aware of their role in local and state government.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 2nd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're the Texas State Chamber.
  • Texas is the number one state in the country.
  • This is critical for industries in our state and for our nation.
  • How does Texas compare with other states?
  • How do we already compare with other states?
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • So it's about 30 states meeting.
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  • replicable in other states. replicable in other states.
  • regulated programs throughout the state. regulated programs throughout the state.
Summary: The meeting opened with a quorum, approval of the September 18, 2025 minutes, and a staff update on recent tobacco settlement-funded agriculture activities. The agriculture side highlighted Commissioner Shell’s outreach, including school visits, farm visits, and speaking engagements in Kentucky and a trip to Tennessee to discuss program models. A representative also described a national conference in Iowa, where Kentucky’s agriculture finance program was praised as a $180 million loan program built with tobacco settlement funds. The board noted September approvals totaling $950,000 for the agriculture development board and $3.3 million for the finance corporation, along with staff activity such as site visits, program closures, and project reports. The board also announced that the KKMP report covering 2015-2022 would be distributed and that the annual report, marking the program’s 25th anniversary, was being prepared. The board then reviewed two featured projects. The Organic Association of Kentucky requested $425,000 for organic producer support, but the board approved only one year of funding at $29,000, with members noting concern about recurring applicants and the need to evaluate long-term funding. The second project, by Joseph Dale Bentley in Lewis County, sought $51,300 to expand a small ruminant facility for goat production and export. Members were particularly interested because the project was already operating and creating market opportunities for Kentucky goat producers; the board approved half the project cost to help expand infrastructure and potentially allow quarantining on site. The cabinet then presented its annual update on tobacco settlement fund use in public health. Julie Brooks, Sarah Johnson, and Andrea Day reported on the HANS home visitation program, tobacco prevention and cessation efforts, lung cancer screening, and early childhood oral health. HANS served more families in FY25, rising from 6,293 to 6,715, and increased services from 139,943 to over 143,000. Tobacco prevention and cessation programs continued to support Quit Now Kentucky and My Life, My Quit, though officials noted federal uncertainty and the loss of federal tobacco control infrastructure. They also reported a slight decline in student outreach and cessation requests, but continued demand from schools and communities for vaping and nicotine prevention support. Lung cancer screening expanded to 55 screens, with Kentucky cited as a model for other states due to improved incidence, survival, and early detection rates. Early oral health efforts continued through local health departments, with more trainings for public health nurses, continued varnish kits, and expanded support for dental graduates and hygiene teams.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • and Mexico, to possess the proper entry document, uh, to operate commercial motor vehicles in the state
  • , and it provides for state best empoundment of those vehicles.
  • Senate unanimously, and uh I'd ask that the committee find a favorable report for this. provides for state
  • best empoundment of provides for state best empoundment of those<00:02:02.799> vehicles.
Bills: SB205, SB242, SB205, SB242
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • shall appoint an agent residing in the state.
  • The state standards are similar.
  • And then if you would, state your name and position.
  • This is an update to the trust code.
  • through those as we've been operating uniform trust code and Oklahoma trust code.