Transcript Highlights:

• He is currently serving as the Executive Director of the 96th Test Wing, Air Force Material Command at
• world grows more perilous through nuclear proliferation, if confirmed, I will work to keep nuclear materials
• Since you became a legal adult have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any
• verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?
• you talk a little bit about how important it is for our warfighters to assess the kind of foreign material

Committees: Senate Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee , Senate SeaPower Subcommittee , Senate Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces , Senate Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel

Keywords: national security, nuclear energy, Department of Defense, military readiness, public commentary, nominations

Summary: The meeting convened with a focus on the scrutiny of various nominations and their implications for national security. Mr. Brandon Williams was nominated as the Undersecretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, drawing attention to the pressing need to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal amid growing threats from other countries. This was echoed in discussions led by committee members who expressed concern over military readiness and the management of military installations, with emphasis on ensuring accountability within the Department of Defense. Public commentary was notably supportive of the nominations, although some concerns were raised regarding the administration's broader strategies.

Transcript Highlights:

• Bathroom enforcement is not clear, and with biological material, humans are complicated.
• It basically flags that we're all sexual predators.
• It basically flags that we're all sexual predators.
• </c> that we're all sexual that we're all sexual predators predators predators um<01:42:45.480><c> the
• </c> don't allow that then we have sexual don't allow that then we have sexual harassment<03:46:53.560

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• For example, sexually transmitted diseases here in New Hampshire, substance use disorder treatment, and
• </c><01:23:46.199><c> transmitted</c> treatment and sexually transmitted treatment and sexually transmitted
• sexually transmitted diseases.
• </c> medical stuff like the sexual medical stuff like the sexual transmitted<01:48:26.440><c> disease
• objectionable material has set forth<01:59:28.040><c> in</c><01:59:28.760><c> RSA</c><01:59:29.719><

Committee: Senate Children and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:

• Of our children, 80% have had inappropriate sexual contact in the home before the age of six.
• abuse material in the Louisiana statute.
• Members, 985 is about protecting our most valuable resources, our children, from sexual predators.
• It provides relative to survivors of sexually oriented criminal offenses.
• The sexual assault response standard subcommittee.

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Summary: The committee first handled several housekeeping items, voluntarily deferring HB 123, HB 255, and HB 994 without objection. It then took up SCR 3 by Senator Brock Myers, which would delay and revise implementation of a state police rule affecting criminal history background checks for licensed ambulance personnel and certain health care workers. After adopting Amendment Set 434 to remove a provision involving parish and local law enforcement checks, the committee reported SCR 3 as amended favorably. The committee also heard HB 978 by Rep. Lecombe, which as amended raises the population threshold for municipalities required to remit certain special costs to the District Indigent Defender Fund from under 5,000 to under 9,000; with support from the town of Addis and related stakeholders, the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then considered HB 967 by Rep. Moore, which sought to remove language limiting parole eligibility for certain pre-July 2, 1973 life-sentenced offenders to those who had pleaded guilty, thereby allowing a small group of elderly inmates convicted at trial to seek parole consideration. Supporters argued the bill would only create an opportunity for review, not release, and cited rehabilitation and fairness concerns; opponents, including district attorneys and corrections officials, argued the 2022 law already addressed the intended group and that the current bill would reopen cases involving serious violent crimes. After extended debate, the motion to report HB 967 favorably failed on an 8-3 vote. Finally, the committee took up HB 1107 by Rep. Melerine, a bill on determining intellectual disability in capital cases. The bill, as amended, raised the burden of proof to clear and convincing evidence, set an IQ threshold framework, required expert reports and Daubert-type reliability review, and limited the article to post-conviction capital cases. The Attorney General’s office and district attorneys supported the bill as a way to create clearer procedures and speed resolution of Atkins claims, while criminal defense lawyers, disability advocates, clergy, and medical experts opposed it as inconsistent with current clinical standards and potentially unconstitutional, warning that rigid IQ cutoffs and presumptions could wrongly expose people with intellectual disabilities to execution. The transcript ends during closing remarks on HB 1107, with no final committee vote shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• I noticed that in some of the reporting and materials that the use of AI is becoming more prevalent in
• Specifically, the board is seeking authority to consider any prior discipline involving sexual abuse
• Of sexual misconduct, just in more nonviolent offenses.
• One of our asks, as you're pointing out, is related to sexual offense in relationship to licensure and
• So we want to know the significance of that sexual misconduct, whether, of course, if it was violent

Transcript Highlights:

• I noticed that in some of the reporting and materials that the use of AI is becoming more prevalent in
• Specifically, the board is seeking authority to consider any prior discipline involving sexual abuse
• “Of sexual misconduct, just in more nonviolent offenses.
• One of our asks, as you're pointing out, is related to sexual offense in relationship to licensure and
• So we want to know the significance of that sexual misconduct, whether, of course, if it was violent

Summary: The joint Assembly and Senate Business and Professions sunset oversight hearing focused first on the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), with chairs emphasizing oversight, consumer protection, workforce access, and the need to evaluate whether licensing boards are functioning efficiently. BRN leadership reported major process improvements since the last sunset review, including faster license processing, streamlined enforcement, improved consumer satisfaction, and growth in nursing education enrollment. Members questioned the board extensively about nurse practitioner scope and supervision, international licensure, online nursing programs and clinical placements, military pathways, the 30-unit LVN-to-RN option, workforce shortages, diversity in nursing, and retention of new graduates. The board explained California’s tiered APRN system, the NCLEX and national certification requirements, clinical hour standards, and its role in approving programs and assigning nursing education consultants. Public testimony on the BRN was mixed: nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, and nurse anesthetist groups largely supported the sunset report and especially the proposed APRN-to-RN delegation language, while physician and hospital stakeholders raised concerns about out-of-state NP practice, specialty delegation, ratios, and the need for regulatory parity and clearer standards. Higher education representatives urged reduced duplication in documentation, more flexible clinical placement rules, and better coordination to address bottlenecks in placements and faculty hiring. The committee did not take a vote during the excerpted BRN discussion. The hearing then moved to the Physical Therapy Board of California, where the board’s president began an overview of the board’s mission, structure, vacancies, and public-protection role under the Physical Therapy Practice Act. The transcript excerpt ends before substantive questioning, testimony, or any action on the physical therapy item is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• Provides for developer accountability provisions, including requirements to deliver disclosure materials
• </c> material information before committing. material information before committing.
• </c><00:10:40.680><c> All</c><00:10:40.839><c> of</c> deliver disclosure materials.
• All of deliver disclosure materials.
• Um I know that the and sexual assault.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• to investigate claims of false advertising by businesses than we do to investigate complaints of sexual
• to investigate claims of false advertising by businesses than we do to investigate complaints of sexual
• As a result, these investigations than we do to investigate complaints of sexual harassment by employers
• The relevant paragraph of the bill only states that if the AG sends these materials to someone else,
• Just yesterday, a woman with autism in our state was found after being lured from her home by a sexual

Bills: SB5925 , SB5906 , SB6070 , SB6002

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: Attorney General, civil investigative demand, CID, subpoena-like demand, investigative authority, consumer protection, civil enforcement, pre-suit investigation, document production, interrogatories, deposition, oral testimony, confidentiality, trade secrets, judicial review, enforcement action, Washington RCW, law enforcement powers, government transparency, due process

Transcript Highlights:

• It would expand the potential denial of bail to include persons accused of committing a sexual offense
• punishable as a felony of the first degree, so those are the most violent sexual assaults. where a weapon
• He was given a $15,000 bond for strangulation. sexual assault, and terroristic threat. of immigrants
• There's never...this has never happened before, and we never run a... out of material to present.
• Then he's charged with another family assault, sexual assault, kidnapping, $100 bonds for sexual assault

Bills: SB9 , SB1047 , SB1048 , SJR17 , SJR49 , SB40 , SJR1 , SJR5 , SB 9 , SB 40 , SJR 1

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:

• If we put language in there saying, you know, shall issue subpoenas for materials relevant and material
• "If we put language in there saying, you know, shall issue subpoenas for materials relevant and material
• If we put language in there saying, you know, shall issue subpoenas for materials relevant and material
• </c> know uh shell issues penis for materials know uh shell issues penis for materials uh<00:35:16.359
• </c> licens educator who was having sexual licens educator who was having sexual relationships<01:02:

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met to hear House Bill 520, which would authorize the Department of Education to issue subpoenas in investigations and hearings involving the code of conduct for New Hampshire educators. Representative Lynn, the bill sponsor, said the measure was intended to give the department standard subpoena power during investigations and in later adjudicatory proceedings, with a process for challenging overbroad subpoenas. He argued that agencies with investigative and hearing authority should also have the power to compel witnesses and documents, and said the bill was narrowed from an earlier broader draft to focus on teacher credentialing and address concerns about scope. Members raised several concerns about whether the department already has enough authority, whether the Attorney General could handle subpoenas instead, and whether the bill creates an imbalance by giving subpoena power mainly to the investigating side. Representative Burroughs said she did not feel she had enough information and was uncomfortable with the bill, especially regarding who bears subpoena costs. Representative Biron questioned the trial analogy and whether both sides truly have equal subpoena rights. Lynn responded that the investigative stage is like a grand jury process, where only the investigating body subpoenas witnesses, while the adjudicatory stage allows both sides to seek subpoenas through the hearing officer. Other questions focused on the bill’s scope. Representative Andreos asked what investigative authority the Department of Education already has, and Representative Organ questioned why the bill is limited to educators rather than also covering vendors, charter school boards, or the EFA scholarship organization. Lynn said the limitation to educators was deliberate, because earlier broader versions drew objections for being too expansive. Representative Tur asked whether the Attorney General could already handle such matters, and Lynn said that while the AG might be able to pursue some investigations or court subpoenas, agencies should be able to conduct their own internal investigations. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Offenders obtain or fabricate intimate material and then threaten to expose it unless the victim provides
• Offenders may demand additional sexual images, ongoing contact, and in other forms, compliance, treating
• early intervention before irreversible harm can occur, and it treats the threat to expose intimate material

Committee: House State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• What do you mean, financial abuse, or do you mean the drug abuse, the sexual abuse?
• What do you mean, financial abuse, or do you mean the drug abuse, the sexual abuse?
• What do you mean, financial abuse, or do you mean the drug abuse, the sexual abuse?
• What do you mean, financial abuse, or do you mean the drug abuse, the sexual abuse?
• </c> culture of of incidents around sexual culture of of incidents around sexual harassment<00:48:22.280

Summary: Division 3 Finance held a work session to move through five bills before noon, noting one member’s early departure and adjusting the order of bills accordingly. The first item, HB 54, would allow some alternative treatment centers in the medical cannabis system to operate for profit. Members discussed a fiscal note showing a one-time $133,000 cost, which was described as a Division 1 budget item to be handled through HB 2 rather than directly in Division 3. After discussion about keeping Division 1 informed and the distinction between retaining a bill versus funding it, the committee voted unanimously to retain HB 54 for further finance work and conversion into HB 2. The committee then took up HB 547, concerning reimbursement to counties for enhanced FMAP funds during the COVID period. The chair summarized the issue as federal enhanced Medicaid matching funds that were received by the state before authority existed to pass them through to counties, creating a disputed amount owed to counties. County representatives said the money should have gone to counties and clarified the relevant time period, while the department did not take a position. The chair proposed retaining the bill and moving it into HB 2, with discussion of a possible four-year repayment structure in equal annual installments. The committee agreed to retain the bill for continued work in the budget process. During the HB 547 discussion, members also clarified the fiscal and accounting details, including that the fiscal note had not been widely available and that some figures in the note should be treated as county revenue rather than county expenditure. Testimony explained that the enhanced FMAP increased from 50 percent to 56.2 percent, and that the state’s and counties’ shares of claims were affected by the timing of the federal change and the later state authorization. The committee emphasized that the issue was complex and budget-dependent, and that retaining the bill would allow further negotiation and incorporation into HB 2 rather than immediate final action.

Transcript Highlights:

• These are particularly egregious offenses such as aggravated sexual assault.
• I have some materials for each of you that's being passed out right now to Give you a little background
• bunch of stuff, failure to protect children from harm, excessive use of force, prolonged isolation. sexual
• General or the Special Prosecution Unit, we are not aware of an allegation of sexual abuse within our
• staff member had committed abuse after body- camera footage revealed that he had engaged in overt sexual

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:02:46.960><c> Um,</c> of organic material to it. Um, of organic material to it.
• Um, and they include a right to a sexual assault evidence kit, what we colloquially call a rape kit,
• </c><01:44:07.440><c> assault</c> include a right to a sexual assault include a right to a sexual assault
• It is in any other setting pennies, maybe a dollar worth of material.
• But I was told by the worth of material.

Summary: The committee began a work session on House Bill 1600, concerning access to the centralized voter registration database on election days. Secretary of State David Scanlan testified that the state already has a new statewide voter registration system connected to town clerks and supervisors of the checklist, and that the bill was probably unnecessary but acceptable if the legislature wanted it. He raised concern about language that could require direct electronic access in every polling place, noting that some polling locations lack reliable internet or cell service and that municipalities can change polling locations, which could make a rigid requirement expensive and impractical. Members discussed whether the bill should be clarified to allow direct or indirect access, including use of a phone-based workaround, and the secretary said that would address his concern. The committee then voted on HB 1600. Representative Maguire moved ought to pass with an amendment adding “direct or indirect access” on page one, line seven, and the motion was seconded. The amendment was adopted 9-0 by voice vote, and the committee then voted 9-0 to OTP the bill. The chair stated that HB 1600 would be placed on consent. The committee next took up House Bill 1197F FN, a technical correction to insurance laws. Members noted it had already passed the House with amendment and that the fiscal note was effectively indeterminate but would not affect the general fund because the insurance agency is self-funded. The committee voted 9-0 to OTP the bill; the chair said consent calendar placement would be decided by the full committee. Finally, the committee opened a work session on House Bill 11:30 FN regarding judicial performance evaluations. Representative Lynn, the bill’s sponsor, argued that the fiscal note overstated the immediate cost and said the judicial branch could likely manage through the current biennium while implementing the new system. He also supported making judges’ names public and said the bill’s anonymity provisions were aimed at protecting the identities of questionnaire respondents, not the judges being evaluated. Members asked about public disclosure, internal access to evaluation materials, and the removal of language allowing the governor and executive council to receive evaluations on request; discussion continued on those points, but no final vote on HB 11:30 FN was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• public trust in elections depends on one fundamental principle: ballots, voting systems, and election materials
• Today I rise to present AB 1741, which addresses a gap in state law to ensure that sexual battery committed
• Under current law, felony sexual battery committed during a home invasion is generally limited to cases
• As a result, a person who breaks into a home and sexually touches a sleeping victim with no intent to

Summary: The Assembly convened, initially lacked a quorum, then completed the roll call and prayer, adopted routine procedural motions, and moved through the daily file with many bills passed and retained or passed outright. Early measures included AB 2417 on community college faculty retirement information, AB 1579 expanding the Children’s Crisis Pilot Program, AB 2041 on emergency medical services reporting, AB 1547 on a UC medical school feasibility study in Kern County, and AB 1552 directing higher education segments to report on civic engagement and democracy education. The body also took up SB 73, an urgency elections-security bill, where supporters argued it would protect ballots, voting systems, and election workers from interference, while opponents said it could be unconstitutional, partisan, and overly restrictive of local and federal investigations. SB 73 passed with urgency and immediate transmittal to the Senate. The Assembly then approved a long series of policy bills, many with unanimous or near-unanimous votes, including AB 1554 on California Earthquake Authority transparency, AB 1584 on civil rights duties at the Air Resources Board, AB 1592 on the California Indian Cultural Center, AB 1629 on direct payment to dentists, AB 1645 on prison visitation physical-contact rules, AB 1688 on foster care notice and accountability, AB 1699 on prescribed and cultural burns, AB 1738 on virtual final inspections for single-family homes, AB 1741 on charging sexual battery during a residential break-in as a wobbler, AB 1802 on mitigation lands endowments, AB 1813 on community renewable energy program changes, AB 1899 creating a youth homelessness prevention office, AB 1904 on a credentialing apprenticeship program, AB 1941 on organized metal theft, AB 2043 on drone-attack prevention for mass gatherings and critical infrastructure, AB 2054 on paid family leave for military relatives, AB 2081 on home-based Medi-Cal care, AB 2116 on predatory lending, AB 2122 limiting bench warrants for vehicle-code infractions, AB 2176 on student housing coordination, AB 2187 on tribal public-contract exemptions, AB 2221 on charitable fundraising processing deadlines, AB 2232 on advance parole hearing reporting, AB 2235 on confidentiality of judges’ home addresses, AB 2250 on cannabis/hemp enforcement cleanup, and AB 2266 on electricity. Most measures were described as support or bipartisan bills and passed with little or no opposition. A few bills drew notable debate or recorded opposition, including AB 1813, AB 2122, and SB 73, though all ultimately passed. After finishing 35 items, the Assembly announced it would return the following week with a much larger file, noted upcoming floor amendment deadlines, and adjourned until Tuesday, May 26 at 1 p.m. A post-adjournment vote change was also recorded, changing Assembly Member Dixon’s vote on AB 2041 from aye to no.

Transcript Highlights:

• public trust in elections depends on one fundamental principle: ballots, voting systems, and election materials
• Today I rise to present AB 1741, which addresses a gap in state law to ensure that sexual battery committed
• Under current law, Under current law, felony sexual battery committed during a home invasion is generally
• As a result, a person who breaks into a home and sexually touches a sleeping victim with no intent to

Transcript Highlights:

• Most of what they're doing is examining child sexual abuse material for us.
• It's difficult for them to be at that material to begin with.
• <00:10:12.000><c> abuse</c><00:10:12.280><c> material</c><00:10:12.800><c> for</c><00:10:13.080><c> us
• </c><00:10:13.320><c> It's</c> sexual abuse material for us. It's sexual abuse material for us.
• We need them in material to begin with.

Bills: HF3599 , HF3761 , HF3523 , HF3515 , HF573

Committee: House Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:

• The ability to get bills through the finish line was not going to materialize at Veterans Day on the
• The ability to get bills through the finish line was not going to materialize at Veterans Day on the
• The ability to get bills through the finish line was not going to materialize at Veterans Day on the
• The ability to get bills through the finish line was not going to materialize at Veterans Day on the
• trauma who were kicked out sexual trauma who were kicked out because<00:34:07.919><c> they</c><00:34

Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Transcript Highlights:

• And a lot of those websites require admissions practices that discriminate based on religion and sexual
• orientation, things that when we... ...discriminate based on religion and sexual orientation, things
• I am unaware of any public institution that discriminates based on sexual orientation and religion.
• I am the chief public affairs officer for the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
• I am the chief public affairs officer for the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

Summary: The committee first heard the Office of State Treasurer’s FY27 budget presentation from Treasurer Vivek Malik. He highlighted record investment earnings, growth in MOBUCK$ linked deposits, record unclaimed property returns, expansion of the MOST 529 plan, and changes to the MoABLE disability savings program. Members then focused heavily on two budget requests: $750,000 for the Show Me My Retirement Savings program and additional spending authority for the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (MOST Scholars) program, along with a staffing request for compliance and communications positions. Much of the discussion centered on MOST Scholars’ rapid growth, how applications are prioritized, whether income is reverified, how funds flow through educational assistance organizations, and concerns about marketing, geographic distribution, and the use of public dollars for private schools. The treasurer also answered questions about the 529 plan, the pending lawsuit over the ESA general-revenue transfer, and whether funds should be swept back to general revenue when unused. Several members raised policy objections to MOST Scholars, including concerns about discrimination by participating private schools, the lack of annual income requalification, and whether the program shifts money away from public education. Other members defended the program as a parent-driven choice option and asked about expanding access, improving outreach, and ensuring the program is fully funded. The treasurer said the office was following the statute as written, that the program’s demand could exceed available resources, and that the office would continue to seek more funding and better outreach. The committee then concluded the treasurer’s budget hearing. The committee next began the FY27 budget hearing for the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. Commissioner Bennett Boggs introduced the department’s leadership team and gave a brief overview of the department’s role in aligning postsecondary education with workforce needs through its coordinating board and strategic planning. The hearing had just started when the transcript ended, and no votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• We were never given materials before the To bring our people to any of these meetings.
• We were never given materials before the meetings.
• So my situation involves sexual abuse as well as neglect and child abuse.
• Unfortunately, sexual abuse is not prosecuted 99% of the time, and that is including of children.
• After that, he was charged with kidnapping and four counts of sexual assault.

Committee: House House Government Committee of Reference

Summary: The special committee on government convened to discuss child welfare reform, with members framing the meeting as a response to Arizona Auditor General findings and broader concerns about the Department of Child Safety (DCS). The chair emphasized that the committee’s goal was to improve accountability, oversight, and child-centered practices rather than assign blame, and said bills advanced from the committee would move to the floor. Roll was taken, and the committee then heard testimony on several bills focused on foster care and DCS operations. HB 2611 was heard first. The bill would require termination of a group foster home employee who tests positive on a drug screen, establish screening and safety requirements for group homes, expand foster youth rights, and include designated advocates on family/service teams. An amendment was adopted that changed the drug-testing language to require removal from child contact pending confirmatory review rather than automatic termination, and to require testing after certain incidents. Supporters, including foster youth and former foster youth, described unsafe conditions in group homes, bullying, drug use by staff, inadequate training, and the need for posted rights, mental health services, and stronger accountability. Some members raised questions about the amendment, drug-testing procedures, backup staffing, and contracting authority, but the amendment passed and HB 2611 was given a do pass recommendation by a 5-1-1 vote. The committee next considered HB 2035, which would add extended family members to the search, notification, and placement process when a child enters custody and create a presumption that placement with relatives or significant adults is in the child’s best interest. Testimony strongly favored kinship placement, with speakers arguing that children do better with familiar caregivers and that current practice often fails to locate or prioritize relatives. Several witnesses described tragic cases, including the death of Zariah Finley Dodd, to argue that repeated placements and congregate care increase risk. Some members questioned whether the bill duplicated existing law and asked for clarification on differences from prior legislation; the sponsor said the bill strengthens existing policy and adds written documentation requirements. HB 2035 was ultimately given a do pass recommendation by a 4-2 vote. Finally, the committee heard HB 4049, which would authorize DCS to employ legal counsel and incur legal expenses, along with an amendment that would require independent representation or review in certain cases involving credible allegations against DCS or its agents. The sponsor and several witnesses argued that the Attorney General’s office has a structural conflict when representing DCS, and that independent counsel would better ensure honesty and accountability in court proceedings. Others cautioned that keeping representation within the Attorney General’s office preserves consistency, oversight, and existing checks and balances. Discussion continued on the structure of legal representation for DCS, but the transcript ends before a final vote on HB 4049 is recorded.