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• But when I think is Nesser, who was the coach for the women's gymnastics team, who is in jail now, and
• would like to see if... ...women's gymnastics team who is in jail now, and would like to see if there

Summary: The Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee heard Senate Memorial 14, which calls on the Indian Affairs Department and the Commission on the Status of Women to conduct a comprehensive study of the history, scope, and continuing impacts of forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women and women of color. Sponsors and advocates said the memorial is intended to document harms that occurred not only in Indian Health Service facilities but also through other health providers, while being culturally sensitive and respectful of tribal sovereignty. Supporters described the issue as a reproductive justice, human rights, and Indigenous rights matter, and said the study could help lead to acknowledgment, healing, and possible reparative action. Several witnesses gave personal testimony. Representative Caballero shared a personal experience in which she nearly underwent a hysterectomy after a miscarriage due to forms she was asked to sign while sedated, and said that experience motivated her support. Jean Whitehorse, a Navajo Nation member and daughter of a Navajo code talker, described being sterilized in 1972 after treatment at Gallup Indian Health Service and said the practice caused lasting trauma to Native families. Other speakers, including Elena Giacchi, Keeley Badger, Jennifer Raphael Gatz, Rachel Lorenzo, Alicia Carese Lobbius, Nasserian Olamako, Deanna Warren, and Kat Sanchez, supported the memorial and emphasized the need for survivor testimony, historical records, data gathering, informed consent protections, and culturally grounded healing. Committee members asked about the difficulty of obtaining records and whether the information exists or is being blocked. Witnesses said access is limited, requests often need to come from official state or federal bodies, and many records may be sealed or difficult to retrieve. The Commission on the Status of Women said it could serve as the organizing entity for a three-phase process: gathering data, holding discussions with subject matter experts and survivors, and contracting with an Indigenous organization to prepare the report. After public comment and questions, the committee voted 4-0 to give Senate Memorial 14 a do pass recommendation, and the chair then recessed the meeting.

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• Counties and city jails do pass with author's amendments to limit the required notification to in-custody
• AB 994, Hadwick County Jails, hold in committee.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Comité de la Esperanza, a nonprofit organization that successfully prevented the construction of a jail
• A nonprofit organization that successfully prevented the construction of a jail in Boyle Heights.

Summary: The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance. Members then made a series of guest introductions recognizing Vaisakhi celebrations, nonprofit leaders from San Joaquin County, immigrant and refugee advocate Liu Yang, students from Somerdale Elementary School, Trustee Sylvia Leong, and a Leadership Torrance delegation. The chamber also took up several procedural motions, including a successful motion to withdraw SB 100 from Budget Committee and send it to the second reading file, and unanimous consent to re-refer several Assembly bills to different committees. On the floor, members considered a number of bills and resolutions. AB 238 on wildfire relief, providing up to a year of mortgage forbearance for fire-impacted homeowners, passed with urgency. AB 373 on client-directed representation for non-minor dependents in foster care passed unanimously, as did AB 287 requiring accessible parking for curbside voting at vote centers. AB 628, requiring new residential leases to include a working refrigerator and stove, passed 49-8. ACR 15 designating April 15 as California Propane Day was adopted by voice vote after adding 55 co-authors. AB 483, requiring disclosure and limiting fees for early termination in fixed-term installment contracts, passed 43-11. AB 234, an urgency bill allowing the Assembly Speaker and Senate Pro Tem or their designees to sit on the Fair Plan governing committee, passed 60-0. The Assembly also heard several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including for Gustavo Camacho Lopez, retired firefighter William Brett Potter, and Rob Ashley. The day concluded with announcements of committee meetings and the next floor session schedule, followed by adjournment until April 10, 2025, at 9 a.m. A later vote change noted Assembly Member McKinnor changed her vote on AB 483 from aye to not voting.

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• And if they're convicted of this and we bump it up, they would do real jail time if they're actually
• sentenced to do jail time in Alabama.

Bills: HB2, HB43, HB49, HB94, HB137, HB156, HB200, HB250, HB3, HB42

Keywords: vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, out-of-state warrants, law enforcement, extradition, Alabama Code, arrest authority, interstate cooperation, tax exemption, seafood, retail sales

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• They're out of jail, and they've got felony warrants. That's really been our priority.
• probably a month and a half old, two months old. 114,000 migrants here illegally booked into Texas jails

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• County jail costs, right? If you get hit with a Prop. 36 misdemeanor and you do six months in L.A.
• County jail, that costs $75,000. You do a year, that's $150,000.
• And you don't do that by throwing them in jail and slapping a misdemeanor on them.
• It is not a get-out-of-jail-free card. Let's be extraordinarily clear about that.
• Because we not have to give more money to the jails as it pertain to Prop. 36 being implemented.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• timely intervention, individuals repeat cycles through crisis and other more costly services such as jails
• that you're interacting with when you utilize a different model than just, you know, taking them to jail
• that you're interacting with when you utilize a different model than just, you know, taking them to jail
• </c><00:36:44.480><c> This</c><00:36:44.720><c> is</c> like um jail or hospitalization.
• This is like um jail or hospitalization.

Bills: HF3738, HF2295, HF3520, HF3666

Keywords: pediatric care, hospital discharge, home care, healthcare accessibility, nursing services, family support, mental health, crisis services, Dakota County, mobile crisis response, public safety, treatment services, rehabilitation, behavioral health fund, client eligibility, home and community-based services, case management, waiver services, county services, disability advocacy

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• If, as the officer testified earlier, and black market drugs can't even be kept out of his jail, then
• This bill will only put more people in jail, more people in prison. and this is absolutely not an issue
• If they were being sold in any of the stores in Texas, they would be in jail.
• They would be in jail. jail, all of us would be. Anybody selling those products would be in jail.
• really balanced, like, okay, more regulation, but we need to find those bad actors and put them in jail

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.

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• <c> courts</c><01:29:38.960><c> and</c><01:29:39.199><c> the</c><01:29:39.320><c> correctional</c> jails
• courts and the correctional jails courts and the correctional facilities<01:29:41.520><c> we</c><01:
• to sections three and four, these are the provisions of Representative Hansen's bill to ensure that jail
• to sections three and four, these are the provisions of Representative Hansen's bill to ensure that jail
• /c><01:35:07.920><c> inmates</c><01:35:08.320><c> receive</c><01:35:08.639><c> the</c> ensure that jail

Bills: HF1354, HF1901, HF2124, HF2130, HF2260, HF2099, HF104, HF134, HF1769

Keywords: public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities

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• More and more THC overdoses are occurring in our county jails and hospitals.
• absolutely harmless, they could buy it in the convenience store, probably 50%... of what is in my jail
• and probably every jail in the state of Texas, is a mental health crisis that was... created from K2
• and substances which are is now part of the problem and I think being somebody that has managed a jail
• We're gonna start putting people in jail and taking away your privileges. because it is inappropriate

Bills: SB3, SB810, SB965, SB1073, SB1119, SB1505, SB 3

Keywords: Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer

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• We have clients that would tell us, 'I would rather be in jail than at Porterville.'
• If they went to a traditional jail, they wouldn't have a judge telling them that they can continue this
• If they went to a traditional jail, they wouldn't have a judge telling them that they can continue to
• They're coming out to more structure than any neurotypical prisoner that's coming out of jail.
• Neurotypical prisoner that's coming out of jail, and we continue to say not good enough.

Summary: The hearing focused on three developmental services proposals: standardizing regional center intake eligibility assessments, modernizing the strengths-and-needs evaluation used in individual program planning, and combining the Community Placement Plan and Community Resource Development Plan. The LAO and DDS said the first two proposals are intended to improve statewide consistency, equity, transparency, and data quality, while preserving the person-centered IPP process and requiring further legislative approval before implementation. DDS emphasized that current practices vary widely by regional center, that the CEDER is outdated and inconsistently used, and that better assessment data could improve planning and resource development. Advocates and regional center representatives were split: some supported updating or replacing the CEDER and developing a more reliable tool, while others urged caution, more community co-design, and clearer safeguards against unintended service reductions or loss of trust. The committee also discussed the proposal to set 24-month transition timelines for people at Porterville Developmental Center and Canyon Springs, with a 12-month provisional placement and right of return if community placement fails. DDS argued the time limits would create urgency, reduce long stays in restrictive settings, and better align with the Lanterman Act and Olmstead principles. Supporters, including Disability Rights California, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the Public Defenders Association, said the proposal could reduce unnecessary institutionalization if paired with individualized transition planning, stronger mental health supports, public reporting, and notice to counsel. They also noted the high cost of institutional care and said the amendments made since May improved the proposal. Opponents, including a Napa County district attorney and some regional center stakeholders, argued that a fixed 24-month cap could be too rigid for people with the most complex needs and could create public safety risks if community supports are not ready. They stressed that current court review processes already allow case-by-case extensions and that some residents have serious criminal histories or behavioral challenges. Several speakers urged the Legislature to ensure any transition deadlines are matched with adequate community capacity, clear implementation plans, and a meaningful safety net. No votes were taken in the hearing, and the chair said the committee would continue reviewing the proposals and public input before any next steps.

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• for life. ...by that murderer being in jail for life.
• assaulted at the misdemeanor level, like fourth degree assault, there is a minimum of six months in jail
• But to have a statute that says you have to do six months in jail and a misdemeanor minimum is beyond
• criminal statute, any penalty provision that we have in law where someone has to do six months in jail
• In the real world, no one is ever going to plead to something when you have to do six months in jail.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• the research community or local justice system partners, such as public defenders, prosecutors, and jails
• the research community or local justice system partners, such as public defenders, prosecutors, and jails
• Number one is: just because you're jailing fewer people doesn't mean there aren't other costs.
• We think part of that is that cases are being held longer in the jails.
• the amount of time that it takes to get there through the traffic, as well as then sitting in the jail

Summary: The subcommittee met to hear budget-related updates from the Judicial Branch and the Office of Emergency Services, with no votes taken. The Judicial Council supported the Governor’s proposed budget, highlighting $70 million for increased trial court operating costs, additional funding for court-appointed counsel, Court of Appeal case processing, and courthouse construction and facilities. Trial court representatives emphasized staffing retention problems, especially in counties like San Bernardino, and said stable funding is needed to avoid delays and maintain access to justice. Members also discussed the branch’s remote proceedings program, which has been used in more than 6 million hearings statewide since 2022 and was described as especially important in rural areas and for vulnerable litigants; several members urged making the authority permanent rather than extending it temporarily. A major portion of the hearing focused on Proposition 36 implementation. Finance said the Governor’s budget maintains the $130 million provided in the 2025 Budget Act for court workload and pretrial services, but adds no new Prop. 36 court funding. Judicial Council staff reported nearly 35,000 felony Prop. 36 filings in 2025, with most cases still pending and only a small share of treatment-mandated cases already dismissed after treatment. Witnesses said courts are using the funds for staffing, coordinators, clerks, and treatment-court operations, but that workload varies widely by county and that data collection is limited because courts report aggregate information rather than case-level outcomes. The LAO raised a technical concern about the Department of Finance’s Prop. 47 savings estimate and recommended revising the methodology at May Revision. The committee also reviewed the Orange Central Justice Center facility modification project, where the Judicial Council explained that hidden construction deficiencies and fire-life-safety issues caused costs to rise substantially after demolition began. The LAO said the project itself was supportable but recommended that the Legislature set an ongoing funding level for court facilities, require a long-term facilities plan, and consider more oversight of facility modification projects. Finance said it continues to fund courthouse projects individually and through the State Public Works Board, while acknowledging project delays and cost increases. Finally, Cal OES and advocates discussed victim services funding. Cal OES said it administers about $315 million annually for victim service programs, including VOCA-funded services, but federal VOCA allocations have fluctuated sharply and the state has used one-time General Fund backfills to maintain services. Trauma recovery center advocates warned that an 85% reduction in funding would sharply reduce services for survivors of violent crime, while human trafficking advocates urged reauthorization of the Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program before funding reverts to pre-pandemic levels in July 2026. Members asked about federal and state funding stability, referral pathways, and the long-term value of these programs in preventing worse outcomes and reducing public costs.

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• the research community or local justice system partners, such as public defenders, prosecutors, and jails
• Number one of them is: just because you're jailing less people doesn't mean there's not other costs.
• They think part of that is that cases are being held longer in the jails, which gives more time to assess
• the amount of time that it takes to get there through the traffic, as well as then sitting in the jail
• Adequate funding to support treatment and other jail-related costs, supervision, and other probation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• 44:59.520><c> opportunity</c><00:45:00.079><c> to</c><00:45:00.560><c> address</c><00:45:00.960><c> jail
• </c><00:45:01.599><c> early</c><00:45:01.760><c> in</c> the opportunity to address jail early in the
• opportunity to address jail early in my<00:45:02.160><c> tenure.
• 24.720><c> about</c> that day um not knowing anything about that day um not knowing anything about jail
• 26.720><c> and</c><00:45:26.960><c> just</c><00:45:27.520><c> starting</c><00:45:27.839><c> to</c> jail

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee convened after briefly waiting for a quorum, approved the minutes and consent agenda, and then moved through several agency rule items. The Department of Transportation’s outdoor advertising rule filing was approved after staff noted the department had addressed substantive comments, though the rules had been expired since 2021 and the agency said it had been operating under statute. Members asked about a denied digital sign proposal, and DOT said that decision was based on statute rather than the rule. The Department of Safety’s administrative license suspension item was postponed with a waiver so the agency could submit conditional approval materials and resolve issues between its forms and rules. The Board of Architects item was conditionally approved, with the condition that the board later approve updated incorporation-by-reference materials at its April 3 meeting or the matter would return as a preliminary objection. The Department of Agriculture’s expired rules prompted extended discussion. Staff and committee members questioned why the department was seeking to adopt rules that had been expired for many years and whether the statutes already provided enough authority to operate without them. Agriculture officials said they were working through a broader modernization effort, focusing on statutes that use mandatory language and updating outdated rules to match current practices, federal standards, and current products such as apples, cider, eggs, and other agricultural commodities. They said the rules before the committee were part of that effort and recommended approval, but members remained concerned about whether some rules were unnecessary. The committee ultimately granted a waiver and postponed the agriculture item for one month so staff could review the underlying statutes and determine whether rulemaking is actually required. Under other business, the committee took up an emergency Department of Safety rule to update DMV forms to reflect statutory fee changes enacted in the 2025 budget. DMV officials said the new fees were already in effect, but the corresponding forms still showed old amounts, causing confusion for customers and elected officials who were fielding complaints. They argued the forms needed immediate updating because the affected forms are widely used, and they said the department had already tried to treat the changes as editorial before being told full rulemaking was required. The department emphasized it was trying to follow the process while avoiding continued use of incorrect fee forms, and asked the committee to allow the emergency rule to proceed.

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• The state hospital system are forensic, coming from the jails.
• The majority of people are coming to. to a state-supported living center by way of a jail cell.
• Go back to your counties and ask, how many people are on the forensic wait list sitting in my jail?
• Last May, we had a person, Robert McGee, a I, in our jail, one of over 130 people.
• Alone in a jail cell. He was a dismissing transfer.

Bills: HB150, HB869, HB876, HB 1043, HB1494, HB1522, HB150

Keywords: cybersecurity, state command, information resources, data protection, incident response, information technology, classification officer, job descriptions, state positions, competency-based, information sharing, government efficiency, public sector, private sector, distributed ledger, title registry, real estate, property liens, pilot program, healthcare

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• Then he died by suicide after jail and prison also failed to provide adequate treatment.
• Then he died by suicide after jail and prison also failed to provide adequate treatment.
• Now they're in jail, have to go to court. Extremely expensive.
• hold where they're in the hospital getting drug treatment, no assaulting somebody, no winding up in jail
• And Caitlin, was there anybody from, like, corrections or the jails and all included in this?

Bills: SB1052, SB1115, SB1118, SB1120, SB1121, SB1124, SB1171, SB1172, SB1174, SB1175, SB1214, SB1233, SB1235, SB1316, SB1345, SB1372, SB1399, SB1458, SB1494, SB1496, SB1564, SB1602, SB1621, SB1628, SB1630, SB1631, SB1668, SB1672, SB1814, SB1821

Keywords: assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, radiation protection

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• ><01:17:00.080><c> the</c><01:17:00.160><c> workhouse</c><01:17:00.680><c> or</c><01:17:00.800><c> jail
• </c><01:17:01.120><c> or</c> time in the workhouse or jail or time in the workhouse or jail or anything
• You shouldn't be able to give the weapon back the same day when they exit the jail, you know?
• You shouldn't be able to give the weapon back the same day when they exit the jail, you know?
• You shouldn't be able to give the weapon back the same day when they exit the jail, you know?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You've broken the law, and we're going to put you in jail.'
• You've broken the law, and we're going to put you in jail.'
• You've broken the law, and we're going to put you in jail.'
• You've broken the law, and we're going to put you in jail.'
• You've broken the law, and we're going to put you in jail.'

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Speaking of jail safety, Someone bled out and died because they were not given proper medical care for
• Next panel will be looking for Joe Good, Jail Henry, Sarah Roberts, James Jackson, and Richard Vega.
• Again: Joe Good, Jail Henry, Sarah Roberts, James Jackson, and Richard Vega.
• Called Joe Good, Jail Henry, Sarah Roberts, James Jackson, and Richard Vega. I call Megan Benton.
• And so, out of 232 jails that we have, over 50 prisons that we have, I think it's really important that

Bills: SB7, SB14

Keywords: gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct

Summary: The Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on Senate Bill 7, the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, with the author and committee substitute explaining that the bill would require public facilities to designate multi-use private spaces by biological sex, restrict access to women’s restrooms, locker rooms, showers, sleeping quarters, shelters, and correctional facilities, and create civil penalties and enforcement mechanisms. Members asked about how the bill would apply to family violence shelters, children in mixed-family settings, venue layout, and venue for lawsuits; the author said the bill was similar to prior legislation but with stronger penalties and the 15th Court of Appeals as the exclusive intermediate appellate court for challenges, while clarifying that trial venue should generally be local except for state agencies. The committee also heard that the bill would be amended to better address local venue concerns and shelter-related issues. Invited testimony was largely in support of the bill from witnesses who described personal experiences in women’s sports, prisons, shelters, and public facilities, arguing that single-sex spaces are necessary for privacy and safety. Supporters included parents, former incarcerated women, a Republican county chair, a legal advocate, and a prison educator, who cited incidents involving transgender-identifying individuals in locker rooms, shelters, prisons, and restrooms, and said the bill would restore sex-based boundaries and protect vulnerable women and girls. One witness from Texas Values said the bill was needed despite the recently enacted Women’s Bill of Rights, and another ADF witness said the measure would protect privacy in schools and shelters. Opponents testified that the bill would harm transgender and intersex Texans, create harassment and “gender policing,” and expose cisgender women and children to invasive enforcement. Several witnesses argued there is no evidence that transgender women pose a restroom safety threat, while others said the bill would worsen mental health, employment, and school conditions for trans people and could conflict with prison standards and federal law. Family violence advocates urged changes to protect shelter operations and clarify that children can stay with parents, while other witnesses said the bill would create barriers for victims seeking help. The hearing featured extensive public testimony on both sides, but no final vote or committee action was taken in the portion provided.