Video & Transcript Research : 'judgment finding'
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NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 06/02/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- BOOK "A WALK IN THE WORDS" CREATING SOMETHING TO HELP CHILDREN FACING SIMILAR STRUGGLES WHO MIGHT FIND
- Many survivors of sexual assault who choose to report the crime find the investigative process forces
- And people who have addictions will find a way until we can cure them of those addictions.
- They arrived in the face of discrimination, to find discrimination here.
- THEY ARRIVED IN THE FACE OF DISCRIMINATION, TO FIND DISCRIMINATION HERE.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, and then processed a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate or Assembly versions for third reading. The chamber also adopted the resolution calendar with exceptions and took up several resolutions and ceremonial recognitions, including a resolution mourning Hudson Talbott, a Dairy Month resolution highlighting New York’s dairy industry, and introductions honoring Niskayuna academic teams, Gabriella Scheer for receiving the Liberty Medal, the Hartstein family’s civic engagement, and Diana Cochran’s advocacy for safe firearm storage.
The Senate then moved through the calendar and passed many bills on topics including insurance, public health, education, labor, social services, banking, local government, veterans, public service, consumer protection, criminal procedure, cannabis, parks, taxation, election law, and highway matters. Several members explained votes on notable measures: support for acupuncture insurance coverage, consumer protections for doorbell-camera data sharing, expanded protections in debt collection cases, trauma-informed procedures for sexual assault survivors, a Legionnaires’ disease awareness program, changes to mandatory minimum sentencing, and universal safe storage of firearms. A number of home rule and local authorization bills were also approved, including parkland alienation measures and local tax exemption authorizations.
Most measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though some drew recorded opposition. Notable roll calls included the consumer debt uniformity bill, the mandatory minimum sentencing bill, the safe storage/firearms bill, and the public housing and public health measures, each with more divided votes. The chamber also accepted a lengthy Rules Committee report sending many additional bills directly to third reading, and then began the supplemental calendar, passing at least the first items before the transcript ended.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We recently conducted research finding that over half of California's colleges and universities utilize
- We recently conducted research finding that over half of California's colleges and universities utilize
- There are consequences when we don't exercise good judgment.
- So let's find ways to do that. So with that, I'll be supporting this bill. Thank you so much.
- Not only are women able to make fully informed choices, but children find loving homes.
Summary:
The committee hearing covered several higher education bills, with extensive testimony on student aid, affordability, and institutional debt. AB 587 would add veteran representation to the California Student Aid Commission; the author said the change would bring lived experience from the veteran community to student aid policy, and members raised a concern about keeping the commission’s membership odd-numbered, which the author said would be addressed by amendment. AB 791 would standardize cost-of-attendance housing calculations using objective data and improve notice of the adjustment process; supporters said current budgets often underestimate students’ real living costs, while UC, CSU, and independent colleges opposed or had concerns about the bill’s prescribed methodology, fiscal impact, and a 14-day turnaround for adjustments. AB 850 would create a one-term grace period for students with institutional debt to re-enroll while arranging repayment, bar reporting that debt to credit agencies, and require more transparency; proponents described students being blocked from continuing school over debts, while CSU, UC, and private-college representatives said they already use holds and payment plans and worried about added liabilities and budget pressures. AB 537 would extend the California College Promise Program to part-time community college students; supporters said most community college students attend part-time and should not be excluded from fee waivers, while the committee noted fiscal concerns but ultimately advanced the bill. AB 7 would allow universities to consider whether an applicant is a descendant of American chattel slavery in admissions as a reparative measure; supporters framed it as lineage-based reparative justice, while opponents argued it would function as a racial proxy and conflict with Proposition 209 and equal-protection principles. The committee took roll-call votes on the measures, advancing AB 587, AB 791, AB 850, and AB 537 to Appropriations, with AB 850 and AB 537 receiving fewer votes and the roll left open for additional members.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/27/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- business a little bit more time to find business a little bit more time to find the<00:19:09.039
- the judgment.
- the judgment.
- >> And for some reason when I tried to find >> And for some reason when I tried to find
- We find that this bill impose this bill.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 18, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And it still allows pharmacists to use their professional judgment.
- And it still allows pharmacists to use their professional judgment.
- And it still allows pharmacists to use their professional judgment.
- And frankly, if you don't have to drive another 40 miles so that you can get tested to find out that
- so that you can get tested um to find so that you can get tested um to find out<00:38:54.480>
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- Too often when they do find help, their loved one is released without a plan of care.
- Too often when they do<00:21:32.640>
find <00:21:32.880>help, <00:21:33.520>their - ><00:21:33.760>
loved <00:21:34.000>one <00:21:34.159>is do find help, their loved - one is do find help, their loved one is released<00:21:35.120>
without <00:21:35.440>a - And briefly, thank you all so much for all your hard work and uh please find some money in the budget
Keywords:
00:00:06 - Call to Order/Roll Call
00:01:23 - Review of Referred Administrative Regulations
00:02:00 - Discussion of 26RS HB 485
01:00:40 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS HB 485
01:03:25 - Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The House Standing Committee on Health Services met with a quorum and took up House Bill 485, a major mental health measure addressing both KRS 202C and KRS 202A. The committee first adopted a committee substitute and then approved a committee amendment correcting misspellings in the bill. Members and witnesses described the bill as the product of years of work with judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, mental health professionals, advocates, and the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health.
Testimony on the 202C portion focused on individuals charged with serious violent offenses who are found incompetent to stand trial. Witnesses, including a circuit judge and a family member whose mother was killed by her mentally ill brother, argued that current timelines require repeated evidentiary hearings and impose unnecessary trauma on victims’ families and strain on courts and KCPC. Supporters said the bill would lengthen review intervals, clarify the role and payment of guardians ad litem, and reduce repeated relitigation while preserving due process and public safety. They noted that 202C cases are few in number but consume a significant share of KCPC bed space.
The committee then turned to the 202A portion, which covers civil mental health commitments for people who may not have committed a crime. Supporters said current law leaves courts with only two choices—hospitalization or release—and that the bill would create a third option by allowing court-ordered outpatient treatment and other guardrails such as medication compliance and follow-up care. Witnesses emphasized that the bill defines terms such as “benefit” and “serious mental illness,” expands the definition of danger, and aims to provide a least restrictive alternative to inpatient hospitalization. No final vote on the bill itself was taken during the portion of the meeting provided, but the substitute and amendment were adopted and testimony continued in support of the measure.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 27th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Toth: ...or Ivermectin that was prescribed by a doctor, and I could not find anyone in
- And it's not unheard of that you develop a medication for a specific purpose only to find out later that
- We are putting our judgment in front of boards and associations of people who have been training their
- They did not find ivermectin to be effective. but it caught on social media, and here we are acting like
- And before I close, I want to make this note: I find it curious that the people pushing this bill claim
Keywords:
ivermectin, pharmacist authority, prescription-free, healthcare regulation, patient access, HB 48, Texas alert notification systems, emergency alerts, public warning systems, alert fatigue, notification fatigue, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, DPS alerts, emergency management, State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry, STEAR, disaster notifications, weather alerts, Amber Alert
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Radioactive and Hazardous Materials May 29th, 2025
Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And, and then the litigation of trying to find the responsible party, by then it may have been sold to
- where they stash some radioactive sources and allow the students to go through and search that to find
- On slide 15, there's one of the typos I mentioned in terms of judgment.
- Um, this is just an example of, uh, one area where we actually, uh, won a judgment of $7.5 million to
- So if they were to say, um, Throughout the 5th Circuit decision and say we find that ruling to be an
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- AND MEANWHILE, AS WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL HER... ...SHE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE IN FINDING THAT SPACE.
- You are recognized to explain the bill. >> SB 96 is a contested excess judgment claim bill for Local
- Lethal injection is an option that lost suppliers and had to find new chemicals. Senator Smith?
- If we can't find alternate drugs for lethal injection, what is the next preferred method?
- If something was done to you, we need to find out about it soon because we have to recognize that the
Bills:
SCR46, SB31, SB39, SB227, SB330, SB401, SB407, SB467, SB482, SB500, SB506, SB512, SB527, SB584, SB619, SB636, SB646, SB647, SB648, SB659, SB663, SB715, SB732, SB758, SB801, SB816, SB847, SB870, SB884, SB1020, SB1055, SB1065, SB1137, SB1169, SB1181, SB1283, SB1383, SB1395, SB1410, SB1433, SB1490, SB1558, SB1574, SB1626, SB1666, SB1718, SB1727, SB1756, SB1757, SB1845, SB1924, SB1964, SB1972, SB2018, SB2031, SB2075, SB2076, SB2080, SB2111, SB2117, SB2154, SB2161, SB2173, SB2206, SB2225, SB2253, SB2268, SB2314, SB2322, SB2351, SB2371, SB2476, SB2533, SB2540, SB2570, SB2589, SB2623, SB2658, SB2660, SB2692, SB2693, SB2717, SB2722, SB2753, SB2779, SB2877, SB2880, SB2900, SB2920, SB3031, HJR4, SB5, SB260, SB1786, SJR3, SJR18, SB1, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR84, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR46, SCR48, SCR19, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB1502, SB507, SB1026, SB1433, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB619, SB1122, SB732, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB529, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1924, SB2253, SB2018, SB2206, SB584, SB1085, SB1490, SB2314, SB2046, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB1524, SB1137, SB636, SB2056, SB1558, SB884, SB227, SB517, SB1200, SB1410, SB1626, SB1845, SB1863, SB2681, SB2200, SB2199, SB1757, SB2050, SB2458, SB2201, SB1055, SB2660, SB2662, SB1065, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB648, SB647, SB512, SB1721, SB2268, SB2366, SB1013, SB2692, SB2570, SB2797, SB2111, SB2371, SB2383, SB646, SB1169, SB1754, SB1718, SB2779, SB2004, SB1756, SB2119, SB527, SB2322, SB2448, SB1777, SB1283, SB407, SB2392, SB2076, SB2786, SB3031, SB2877, SB2876, SB2284, SB2225, SB1540, SB2920, SB2929, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB2742, SB2595, SB2217, SB2117, SB715, SB2330, SB1964, SB1383, SB500, SB1640, SB2001, SB2080, SB2722, SB506, SB2514, SB2623, SB2658, SB1574, SB2900, SB2753, SB2398, SB401, SB1241, SB2927, SB2173, SB2538, SB898, SB467, SB1449, SB2529, SB1531, SB2846, SB2476, SB2031, SB986, SB1181, SB2075, SB2154, SB2864, SB31, SB2880, SB1359, SB2386, SB771, SB2844, SB2550, SB1351, SB1423, SB1931, SB2245, SB2589, SB2707, SB2807, SB2351, SB410, SB659, SB816, SB2776, SB2693, SB2580, SB1980, SB1886, SB1234, SB739, SB482, SB456, SB127, SB1666, SB2843, SB2801, SB800, SB2055, SB784, SB2986, SB735, SB1012, SB324, SB2926, SB2938, SB2007, SB2138, SB1242, HJR4, HB135, HB 1109, SCR30, SCR3, SB2615, SB1049, SB2310, SB1224, SB2972, SB1568, SB2841, SB2885, SB3016, SB2858, SB2610, SB2139, SB1856, SB2035, SB2308, SB2306, SB2041, SB1528, SB1681, SB1141, SB2401, SB2530, SB2375, SB547, SB1266, SB1373, SB1467, SB2069, SB2269, SB2480, SB2544, SB672, SB904, SB2695, SB2891, SB2422, SB2543, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB2925, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB457, SB2357, HCR35, HCR64, SB227, SB401, SB512, SB527, SB648, SB1490, SB1558, SB1574, SB1626, SB1756, SB1924, SB1964, SB2018, SB2031, SB2111, SB2117, SB2206, SB2570, SB2658, SB2692, SB2900, SB3031, SB407, SB1395, SB1433, SB1718, SB2322, SB2877, SR453, SR461, SJR86, SB3060, SB3061, HB18, HB26, HB36, HB37, HB48, HB 126, HB150, HB252, HB503, HB517, HB581, HB742, HB754, HB972, HB 1024, HB 1041, HB 1089, HB1442, HB1562, HB1633, HB1689, HB1690, HB1696, HB1718, HB1732, HB1741, HB2103, HB2216, HB2733, HB2884, HB2986, HB3700, SB1888, SJR86, SB3060, SB3061, HB18, HB26, HB36, HB37, HB48, HB 126, HB150, HB252, HB503, HB517, HB581, HB742, HB754, HB972, HB 1024, HB 1041, HB 1089, HB1442, HB1562, HB1633, HB1689, HB1690, HB1696, HB1718, HB1732, HB1741, HB2103, HB2216, HB2733, HB2884, HB2986, HB3700, SB1888
Keywords:
Texas beef, cattle industry, agricultural heritage, Texas strip steak, economic growth, SB 31, Life of the Mother Act, Texas abortion law, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, unborn child, abortion exception, abortion ban, physician liability
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I don’t see how anyone could ever find those kinds of damages.
- The brain's judgment center matures in the 20s.
- Well, again, courts don't find that.
- Well, again, courts don't find that.
- Let me find them. There's some examples. I'm sorry, let me find them. Let's see, oh, here...
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee heard Senate Bill 1272 on guardianship, which would limit a guardian’s ability to isolate an adult ward from family and require notice of major events such as a ward’s death or relocation to a more restrictive setting. Senator Jones and supportive speakers said the bill was intended to protect wards from abuse and isolation by bad actors, while still preserving good-faith guardianship. With no opposition testimony or debate, the committee voted 8-0 to report the bill favorably.
The committee then considered CS for Senate Bill 1284, which would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow civil claims for the death of an unborn child. An amendment was adopted to define “unborn child” as a member of the species Homo sapiens carried in the womb and to state that the act does not authorize claims against the mother or against health care providers acting within the lawful standard of care. The bill drew extensive debate and testimony. Supporters argued it would give parents parity and fuller damages, including economic losses and mental anguish, when negligence causes the death of an unborn child. Opponents, including the ACLU, medical professionals, and reproductive rights advocates, warned it could be used to target abortion care, increase malpractice exposure, worsen physician shortages, and create speculative damages. The committee approved the bill 6-4.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 1288 on parental rights, with a strike-all amendment that would strengthen parental control over minors’ medical decisions, surveys, and biofeedback devices, while adding exceptions for emergencies, court orders, certain legal statuses, and situations involving abuse or out-of-home placement. Supporters said the measure restores parents as primary decision-makers and protects children from inappropriate questioning or treatment without consent. Opponents argued it could block minors from confidential care for STIs, mental health, or abuse-related issues, and could chill school and medical screenings. The transcript ends during testimony and debate on this bill, before any final vote is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/21/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Educators who coach aren't hustling for money; they're helping kids find the best version of themselves
- Um, again, we're hoping to put together an omnibus bill so we have about 1 week in my judgment.
- We can lay about 1 week in my judgment.
- It could change even more if the legislature can find some funds for these plans.
- And so we will beg you again to hear our plea and to consider it and to find the money.
Summary:
The committee first approved the April 14, 2026 meeting minutes without objection. It then took up Senate File 4860 / House File 4812, the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association bill, which would reduce the employee contribution rate for coordinated members from 9% to 8% starting after June 30, 2026, raise the retiree COLA from 1% to 1.5% beginning January 1, 2027, and increase the state-funded employer contribution by 2.7%. Staff said the bill’s cost is just over $12 million per year over 15 years. Representative Lilly said the bill was intended to bring parity to St. Paul teachers after prior work in this area left some behind.
Several St. Paul teachers testified in support, describing financial strain, burnout, and the difficulty of balancing teaching with family responsibilities. Hannah Geimer said the 1% contribution change would make a meaningful difference in her budget as a single parent. Eric Erickson said he and his wife have spent decades working extra hours and coaching, and argued that St. Paul educators pay more and receive less in retirement than other teachers. Arzoo Faroozan Yazdani, a Central High teacher, said the higher contribution rate and lower COLA make it hard to stay in the district and raise a family. Lisa Hodek said teachers are undercompensated for the demands of the job and that the pension disparity has created frustration and a sense of betrayal. Phil Tensic, the SPTRFA director, summarized the request as seeking an 8% contribution and 1.5% COLA to match TRA, and noted that the plan’s members are spread across legislative districts, not just in St. Paul.
Members discussed the history behind the pension disparity. Senator Nelson questioned whether “parity” was the right term given the plan’s funding problems and the legacy of the “big red box,” referring to past underfunding. Tensic and Senator Pappas explained that the state had previously allowed St. Paul schools not to contribute for a period of years, that supplemental district and state aid began in 2018, and that the plan is projected to be amortized by 2039 and must be paid off by 2048. Members also noted that the bill and related pension proposals depend on available funding; Representative O’Driscoll and others said no final financing agreement had been reached, though leadership was continuing discussions. The committee received letters of support from Education Minnesota, the St. Paul Federation of Educators, and 40 individual supporters. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe it's been partially settled out, but you can Google these lawsuits by the DOJ and you'll find
- So you end up being like when a lawyer gets a default judgment, we have to go and submit a service member's
- So let me find out and see why that was struck out, but we'll follow up with you. Thank you.
- dealing with is not a general discrimination against veterans, but, if we dig deeper, I think we will find
Keywords:
military status, vehicle registration, veterans, Texas transportation, state records, discrimination, employment rights, spouses of service members, labor code, SB 2543, Texas veterans cemeteries, state veterans cemetery, Texas Veterans Commission, Veterans Land Board, Natural Resources Code, veterans land fund, veterans housing assistance fund, veterans burial, burial eligibility, cemetery location
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs heard several bills focused on veterans’ mental health, criminal justice coordination, cemetery expansion, housing, vehicle registration, and anti-discrimination protections. SB 2926 would transfer administration of veterans’ mental health initiatives from HHSC to the Texas Veterans Commission, create a community-based mental health grant program, require a statewide veteran suicide prevention action plan, and add annual reporting requirements. SB 2938 would require county jails to verify and report veteran status at intake, help veteran inmates apply for federal benefits, and provide access to county veteran services and free visitation with service coordinators. Both bills were described as joint or practical efforts to improve coordination and service delivery for veterans, and both were left pending after no public testimony was offered.
The committee also heard SB 2543, which would give more flexibility to expand the Texas veterans cemetery system, and SB 2545, which would explore using manufactured homes as another affordable housing option for veterans through the Veterans Land Board. SB 2545 drew questions about how manufactured-home loans would work; a Texas Veterans Land Board witness said implementation would likely require closing at a title company rather than through a retail bill of sale, and the Texas Manufactured Housing Association testified in support. Both cemetery and housing bills were left pending.
Members then heard SB 2007, which would let vehicle registration applicants voluntarily designate military status so the DMV could record it and help with benefits and towing/impound issues involving deployed service members. Witnesses from the towing industry and DMV supported the bill, saying the current system lacks enough identifying information to run military-status checks and that the indicator could help prevent vehicles from being sold while owners are deployed. SB 2104 would add military status as a protected class under state anti-discrimination laws for employment, housing, and utilities; the author said it would address ongoing discrimination against service members, veterans, and military families. The Texas VFW supported the bill, citing the Leroy Torres case as an example of why additional state protections are needed. After discussion about overlap with federal law and existing state protections, SB 2104 was also left pending.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They did not find him after his B29.
- find such a spot. And finally, Mr. find such a spot. And finally, Mr.
- judgment and control. judgment and control.
- Thank you. findings regarding adequacy were wrongly findings regarding adequacy were wrongly decided<
- >
marginalize <05:29:58.958>when finding new groups to marginalize when finding new groups
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I’m looking at subdivision one, findings and purpose, and it’s not typical for us to include findings
- I'm looking at subdivision<00:55:25.640>
one <00:55:25.920>findings <00:55:26.520>and - <00:55:26.760>
purpose, subdivision one findings and purpose, subdivision one findings and - I understand that is why there's a findings and purpose provision in here, because any state government
- This bill represents two sides that do not often agree deciding to come together to find peace in the
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Mar 31st, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I'm just saying that this could create a hostile environment for that kid later if the parent finds
- they had to change the wording on their website to make sure that that was not in there, and I can find
- The statute makes that automatic with two findings of contempt, which I would say is pretty rare.
- I think you'll have more accountability because if you have two findings of contempt, it's really like
- It's still within the court's discretion whether they're going to find it... somebody in contempt or
Keywords:
electronic devices, family violence, criminal prosecution, protective orders, tracking, harassment, family allowance, decedent's estate, surviving spouse, minor children, inheritance, child support, maintenance, HB 1734, Family Code, Section 155.207, suit affecting the parent-child relationship, SAPCR, continuing exclusive jurisdiction, jurisdiction transfer
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So there is a section, I believe it's first page—excuse me, let me find it here—we go.
- Well, we'll leave it where he left it, and he'll hopefully be able to find it easily.
- <01:58:54.800>
it able to find it able to find it easily<01:58:57.119>right <01:58: - are particularly interested in finding are particularly interested in finding out<03:44:22.800><
- Alan, can you find that amendment? Get us a copy. I'm sorry, you're just here. I apologize.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I hope you find the kind of through connection from yesterday to today.
- I hope you find the kind of through connection from yesterday to today.
- <00:41:07.960>
ways about weights in the system finding ways about weights in the system finding - In your packets today, you will find two additional spreadsheets.
- <01:38:37.880>
two packets today you will find two packets today you will find two additional
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Establishing a felony offense for teachers grooming a child 2/24/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- restores Removing the three-year limit restores the<00:09:21.200>
professional <00:09:21.600>judgment - <00:09:22.000>
to <00:09:22.240>MDE the professional judgment to MDE the professional - judgment to MDE investigators,<00:09:24.320>
allowing <00:09:24.720>them <00:09:24.959>
Summary:
The committee heard House File 3489, as amended, which aims to strengthen protections for students against sexual grooming. An author’s A1 amendment was adopted to tweak grooming-related definitions. The bill would clarify field trip supervision rules, create a new felony offense for child grooming, expand mandatory reporter training to include grooming, and update reporting and licensing provisions so grooming-related offenses can trigger action against teacher licenses and prompt notice to licensing boards. It also includes provisions allowing older maltreatment allegations to be investigated and defines terms used in the criminal code sections.
Representative Bennett described the bill as a response to personal experience and to cases involving students who were groomed by school staff. Hannah L. Presto testified in strong support, describing years of grooming and abuse by a high school band teacher and arguing that better training and a standalone felony for grooming could help prevent escalation and recognize the harm caused by grooming itself. Detective Chad Clawson, who investigated her case, also supported the bill, saying the case exposed gaps in Minnesota law and that the field trip and grooming provisions would help protect students and staff. He noted that delayed disclosure is common in grooming cases and that time limits had prevented some school investigations.
Deb Corhouse of Education Minnesota supported the training provisions and the general goal of safer field trips, but asked for clearer exceptions for emergencies, student health needs, confidentiality, and situations where a student requires one-on-one assistance. Members raised questions about costs to schools and whether the field trip language clearly covered coaches, volunteers, and extracurricular activities; the author said he was willing to work on those definitions and exceptions. The committee then voted to refer House File 3489, as amended, to the Committee on Public Safety.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's reach deep into our minds and find the strength to forgive those who have wronged us and the courage
- is what we make of it, and it starts with respecting each other's opinions, debating our values, finding
- And yet, we survive, we learn more about one another, and we find common ground.
- And can we just find that? That would be worth studying. And see what that is...
- heavily than another for sentencing purposes, and providing a court with discretion to extend a judgment
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- magistrate who denies bail under this provision would also have to issue a written order laying out their findings
- And then they have to make a written finding of.
- So we're And it's very clear that for whatever reason, if the judge doesn't find, by clear and convincing
- It is a horrific, ridiculous... use of logic, or lack thereof, of judgment, that any judge in this state
- And making certain that the judges know exactly what we will require of them in turn. of making findings
Bills:
SJR 5, SJR 36, SJR 5, SJR 5, SR 105, SR 121, SB 17, SB 19, SB 25, SB 28, SB 17, SB 19, SB 25, SB 28
Keywords:
bail, felony offenses, criminal justice reform, public safety, constitutional amendment, school safety, mental health, emergency response, education policy, law enforcement, SR 121, Senate Resolution 121, Pete Alfaro, Pedro Cuellar Alfaro, Pedro Alfaro, Baytown, Texas Senate tribute, in memory, memorial resolution, condolence resolution
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Regulated Industries Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT EVERY FACILITY EVERY PLACE IN THE STATE WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND A SINGLE MACHINE OR
- ASKING BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET BY WITH A SMALL BUSINESS THEY REALLY ARE TRYING TO ASK AND FIND
- A QUESTION, WE CAN GO AFTER THE DRUG DEALERS THE GUY SELLING A DIME BAG AND A LITTLE BIT OR WE CAN FIND
- OUT WHERE WE CAN GO AFTER THE DRUG DEALERS THE GUY SELLING A DIME BAG AND A LITTLE BIT OR WE CAN FIND
- SOMEONE DID SUE THE DEPARTMENT AND STATE IN COURT FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION ASKING THAT THEIR MACHINE