Video & Transcript Research : 'violence intervention'

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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Mar 16th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Domestic violence is something that is far too prevalent. Thank you very much.
  • Lyons, so isn't there a means to donate to domestic violence right now?
  • Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, they asked you to bring this bill.
  • Just a couple of questions about domestic abuse and violence in Louisiana.
  • The number of people that are impacted by domestic violence by a partner.
Bills: HB156, HB474, HB602, HB633, HB852
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • abuse in probate matters, unfortunately, elder abuse occurs often, including in cases of domestic violence
  • Elder abuse can manifest in many forms, including domestic violence, sexual assault, neglect, self-neglect
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations REVISED Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 1295 establishes a revolving fund at the office of the attorney general called the domestic violence
  • The purpose of the fund is to develop a state and local database on domestic violence deaths within 24
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Apr 15th, 2026

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is a result of domestic violence in the police academy presently.
  • There's great attention to Domestic violence.
  • In the police academy presently, there's great attention given to domestic violence.
  • So they're already very conscious; all trained police officers are very conscious of domestic violence
  • Three years later, I found an expert in domestic violence strangulation, Dr. William Smock.
Bills: S2743, S2861, S3021
Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security held a public hearing with opening remarks from Senators Cronin and Cahill, member introductions, and instructions limiting testimony to three minutes. The committee heard testimony on several bills, including S. 2743 addressing staged suicides in domestic violence cases, S. 2861 creating a special commission on school bus safety, and S. 3021 updating Massachusetts student transportation rules. On S. 2743, witnesses including Elizabeth Sherin Feiner and Susan Altman described cases in which domestic abuse deaths were initially misclassified as accidents or suicides, arguing that standardized protocols, training, and closer scrutiny of suspicious deaths would help law enforcement and medical examiners identify staged scenes and prevent perpetrators from escaping accountability. Committee members asked about how the bill would affect current police and medical examiner practices, and legislators noted that sudden deaths are already investigated through the chief medical examiner and district attorneys, while acknowledging the need for better training and awareness. On S. 2861, Amanda Taylor testified emotionally about the death of her daughter Summer Steele, who was killed when a school bus door closed on her backpack and she was run over, and urged adoption of anti-pinch sensor technology on new buses. Representative Sabadosa and later Nicholas Lusk of Mazer USA supported the bill, saying the technology already exists, is used in other transportation sectors, and could prevent similar tragedies. On S. 3021, representatives from Ever Driven and Chamber of Progress supported modernizing student transportation rules to allow smaller vehicles for homeless, foster, and disabled students while keeping core safety requirements, arguing the change would reduce costs and improve access without lowering safety. No votes were taken; the hearing concluded with adjournment after testimony ended.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • in East Las Vegas testified in the Senate, and they implore this body to do something about the violence
  • Something about the violence and the other unhealthy behaviors that are so easily amplified on digital
  • It allows us to do that prevention-oriented work, that early intervention work, so that we don't have
  • It allows us to do that prevention-oriented work, to do that early intervention work so that we don't
Bills: AB52, AB76, AB163, AB388, AB483
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Domestic violence in the presence of a minor never only has one victim.
  • Over 70% of men and batterers in intervention programs report having witnessed domestic abuse as a child
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, except in cases of domestic and family violence, the court does not grant joint legal custody and
  • Other thing is, this says that the bill applies except in cases of domestic or family violence. >> Yes
  • So that would be listed under domestic or family violence, because wouldn't sexual abuse be part of violence
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TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Mar 31st, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Domestic violence is real. It affects our families, it affects our children.
  • think of an example, like, let's say that the child is talking to their therapist about domestic violence
  • Again, I would hope that whoever the provider is, whether it's related to domestic violence or whatever
  • magistrates to include as a condition of release on bond for an individual... ...charged with family violence
  • that the individual refrain from controlling smart home devices that belong to a victim of family violence
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Mar 31st, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • If someone is seeking a family violence protective order, their information regarding their whereabouts
  • In Texas, domestic violence is a serious issue.
  • Nearly one in three Texans will experience domestic violence in their lifetime, and in 202...
  • Four women and one in seven men will experience physical violence.
  • Use the studies show... the people who commit domestic violence abuse will do so again.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 32 expands the list of felonies that may constitute domestic violence to add kidnapping, as well
  • SafeNest is a nonprofit dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence.
  • According to Geller et al. 2021, 68.2% of mass shootings in the U.S. originate in domestic violence.
  • If we're serious about ending domestic violence homicides, we must start by removing the deadliest tool
  • community-based alternatives and abstaining interventions.
Bills: AB275, SB371, SB457
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • and we're seeing an increase in violenceviolence in general everywhere as people get out and mobilize
  • The Violence Prevention Project's approach.
  • Gun violence is complicated. There is not one solution.
  • Now that those threads are coming back, we're seeing violence fall.
  • Call it gun violence, and we've gone through this before, but do you look at any other forms of violence
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 1st, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • Members, this bill appropriates $169,600 from the general fund to the Coalition Against Domestic Violence
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I provided this handout to Jason regarding emails, intervention court, and Jason.
  • Humane engagement with immediate access to mental health care. is the optimal intervention for both the
  • The criminal justice system is both the appropriate and cost-effective intervention.
  • I was held in a facility under direct... arrest and threat of police intervention, despite not posing
  • They need emergency intervention, they need stabilization, and they need connection to resources so that
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the late 1940s, ADL published a pamphlet entitled How to Stop Violence Intimidation in Your Community
  • Humane engagement with immediate access to mental health care is the optimal intervention for both the
  • Also, diversion from the criminal justice system is both the appropriate and cost-effective intervention
  • I was held in a facility under duress and threat of police intervention.
  • They need emergency intervention. They need stabilization.
Summary: The committee first adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 30 and then voted to report the substituted bill favorably to the full Senate; the roll call showed six ayes and one nay, with later unanimous-consent corrections noted for additional aye votes. The committee also reported Senate Bill 801 favorably to the full Senate by an eight-to-one vote. Both bills were left with no further action in the meeting after the votes. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2595 by Senator Middleton and Senate Bill 2876 by Chairman Hughes, both aimed at addressing masked harassment and riot-related conduct. Supporters said the bills would deter intimidation, protect public order, and respond to recent protests and anti-Semitic incidents, while opponents from civil rights, disability, and advocacy groups argued the measures were overly broad, could chill peaceful protest, and would burden people who wear masks for religious, medical, or disability-related reasons. Public testimony was taken on both bills, and both were left pending after testimony closed. Senate Bill 2753, by Senator Hall, proposed consolidating early voting and election day into a single continuous in-person voting period with common procedures and equipment, while preserving countywide voting and mail voting. The Secretary of State’s office said the bill could improve ballot secrecy and simplify administration, though witnesses raised concerns about ballot privacy, logistics, and access for disabled voters; some county election officials were neutral or supportive of the concept, while others opposed it as confusing or potentially burdensome. The bill was left pending after extensive testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2225 on allowing spirit-based ready-to-drink beverages to be sold in grocery and convenience stores, with supporters arguing the law should focus on alcohol content rather than the source of the alcohol and that the bill would modernize an outdated code. Later, Senate Bill 1540, which would add election officials and related workers to confidentiality protections, drew support from county election officials who described threats and harassment, though one witness suggested the bill’s language may need technical adjustment to better match its intent. Finally, Senate Bill 2382, concerning statewide voter registration systems and offline counties, drew opposition from county election administrators and vendors who warned about capacity, cybersecurity, and single-point-of-failure risks, while others suggested a phased approach or API-based integration; the transcript ends with testimony still open on that bill.