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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (03/05/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> specifically to commit acts of violence. specifically to commit acts of violence.
  • </c> requirements for suicide prevention requirements for suicide prevention education<04:51:11.280><
  • Finally, note that nothing in this bill prevents a school or district from providing suicide prevention
  • </c> prevention training valuable? prevention training valuable? Absolutely. Absolutely.
  • Threats of violence are not. Passing HR 42 sends a clear message. We reject political violence.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 18, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • For many years, leftists have told us that speech is violence and can be answered with violence.
  • For many years, leftists have told us that speech is violence and can be answered with violence.
  • Violence against any American is violence against us all.
  • </c> violence has no place in this country. violence has no place in this country.
  • </c> doesn't lead to political violence. doesn't lead to political violence.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Some statistics that we do know is that over 80 percent of Native Americans experience violence in their
  • Big Sandy, who's here, they're providing domestic violence counseling and case management to over 200
  • I think you mentioned the last part was what could you prevention?
  • So it's very huge from the Marjorie Mason Center, domestic violence.
  • I serve as director of the California DOJ's Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
Summary: The hearing focused on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) grant program under the Board of State and Community Corrections and related Department of Justice efforts. BSCC reported that it now administers 36 MMIP grants across three cohorts, with awards ranging from $436,000 to $1 million, plus five collaborative grants at $2 million each, totaling $35.4 million awarded to federally recognized tribes. Testimony from tribal leaders and grantees described how the funding supports prevention, family advocacy, domestic violence services, law enforcement coordination, youth programming, culturally grounded healing, and new tribal public safety positions such as investigators, social workers, and drone operators. Speakers repeatedly emphasized that the crisis is longstanding, tied to generational trauma, and that the grant has helped build trust and infrastructure in tribal communities. Several witnesses and committee members urged continued and preferably ongoing funding, noting that demand now exceeds available one-time money. BSCC and tribal representatives described outreach efforts that increased participation from four applicants in cohort one to 20 in cohort two and more applicants than funding in cohort three. Tribes also raised implementation concerns, especially the burden of quarterly narrative reporting, limited staff capacity, and the need for flexible administration. BSCC said it uses steering committees, separate small- and large-project categories, orientations, monitoring visits, and technical assistance to support grantees. Tribal leaders and advocates stressed that the program should remain accessible without requiring a waiver of tribal sovereignty. The second major topic was DOJ’s update on AB 3099, the Tribal Assistance Program, and the tribal police pilot under AB 134. DOJ officials said the Office of Native American Affairs and the Division of Law Enforcement have been conducting outreach, trainings, listening sessions, and coordination with tribal, local, state, and federal partners to address Public Law 280 jurisdictional issues, improve reporting and data, and support Feather Alert and MMIP-related resources. DOJ said the AB 3099 report is in internal review and that the tribal police pilot is moving forward with the Yurok Tribe as a participant, with a July 1, 2026 start date. DOJ and tribal witnesses said the pilot’s main barriers are cost and, for some tribes, the waiver of sovereign immunity. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with broad support for expanding and sustaining MMIP-related funding and infrastructure.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 29th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • for those individuals who don't play by the rules, they've already been arrested for a crime of violence
  • That's either a sex offense or a crime of violence rather than both.
  • Article 316, just putting an additional ...you, defining some terms, common violence sex defense.
  • So even the thing about gang violence and somebody in a gang and a gang leader, you don't have to put
  • He said the situation was even more disturbing when parents in the church were prevented by protesters
Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee met on April 29, 2026, and first voluntarily deferred House Bill 517. The committee then heard and passed several bills focused on impaired driving, wrongful conviction compensation, gaming promo play, child protection, and criminal penalties related to sexual exploitation and worship-service interference. Senate Bill 118 would require substance use disorder screening for all misdemeanor DUI offenders, with supporters arguing early screening could identify treatment needs and reduce repeat offenses; it was reported favorably. Senate Bill 125 increased the wrongful conviction compensation cap from 10 to 15 years and from $400,000 to $600,000, with testimony emphasizing the hardship faced by people who were wrongfully imprisoned for decades; it also passed favorably. Senate Bill 294 allowed gaming operators to allocate promotional play across licenses without increasing the total amount, and it was reported favorably despite one opposition card. The committee also approved Senate Bill 87, which clarified the definition of commercial sexual activity to address conflicts in child sex trafficking statutes and better reach online solicitation and related conduct. Senate Bill 93 established minimum bond amounts for certain child sex abuse material offenses, and Chair Villio offered an amendment expanding related bail and revocation provisions for certain violent, sex, and firearm offenses; the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Senate Bill 98 added certain school employees, including school resource officers and security guards, to the definition of educator for purposes of prohibited sexual conduct with students, and it passed favorably. Senate Bill 199 imposed a mandatory minimum sentence for a second offense of purchasing commercial sexual activity and required sex offender registration; after a technical amendment, it was reported favorably as amended. The committee then took up House Bill 333, which would require the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to house inmates within 30 miles of their home or offense location. The author argued this would preserve family ties and reduce recidivism, but sheriffs, district attorneys, and DOC representatives opposed it as impractical given limited bed space, security needs, and existing placement criteria; the bill was not moved. House Bill 828 would create an independent Louisiana Correctional Medical Review Board to investigate deaths in custody, but law enforcement and corrections witnesses warned it could interfere with homicide investigations and duplicate existing coroner and agency reviews; the author asked for voluntary deferral, which the committee granted. House Bill 146, authorizing a Sabine Parish sports wagering election, was heard but received no motion and remained in committee. The committee also approved Senate Bill 277, expanding concealed-carry exemptions for certain statewide elected officials in the State Capitol, and Senate Bill 306, creating the crime of obstructing worship services in a church or other place of worship; SB 306 was amended to reduce a proposed fine from $10,000 to $2,500 after concerns about jury-trial implications. The meeting ended with adjournment after all remaining items were disposed of.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the same idea: prevention.
  • CalVIP is California's flagship community-based violence prevention program and a proven method to reduce
  • California's flagship community-based violence prevention program and a proven method to reduce gun violence
  • This bill would establish the Office of Community Violence Prevention to be led by a full-time director
  • The bill, it would actually exclude any theft that involves violence or threatened violence, organized
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 04/30/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HSH Public Hearing - Thu Mar 20, 2025 @ 10:15 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the more we can focus on the preventative factors and look at what are really those developmental
  • I'm Angie Marcato, the executive director of the Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
  • </c><00:41:03.200><c> dating</c> where cases of domestic violence dating where cases of domestic violence
  • </c><00:43:02.400><c> It</c><00:43:02.720><c> also</c><00:43:03.040><c> prevents</c> for granted.
  • It also prevents for granted.
Summary: The committee met on March 20, 2025, to hear a series of Human Services and Health resolutions. HCR 146, which asks the Department of Human Services to apply for and implement the Elderly Simplified Application Project, drew strong support from disability, public health, and hunger advocates. Testifiers emphasized that the measure could create a more uniform benefits application, reduce repeated paperwork, extend certification periods from one year to three years, and ease burdens on both applicants and DHS staff. DHS said it stood on its written testimony and was available for questions. The committee also heard that a universal application could help people with disabilities avoid delays and denials caused by complex or duplicative forms. The committee then heard HR 170/HCR 174, which requests review of Aloha-based learning programs for youth in the juvenile legal system. Supporters from Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaii and DebtFree Justice Hawaii said the resolution would help advance restorative justice, community service, and culturally grounded rehabilitation, especially if youth fees and fines are reduced or eliminated. Testimony also supported HR 133/HCR 139, which asks the Office of Wellness and Resilience to report on the developmental needs of children born during the COVID-19 pandemic. Witnesses from the developmental disabilities council, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, the Hawaii Community Foundation, and others said the pandemic’s trauma and behavioral impacts justify a multidisciplinary, evidence-based report, and the office requested more time to complete its findings, suggesting a deadline at the end of 2026. The committee also heard HR 88/HCR 92, proposing a two-year homelessness sanctuary pilot program in Honolulu. One testifier described sleeping in a car and said the pilot could provide a safer option, while the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions said it supported the intent but stressed that a sanctuary is still an unsheltered situation and should lead people toward permanent housing. HCR 180, calling for collaboration among homelessness and law enforcement agencies, received comments that many of the issues are already being addressed locally. HR 103/HCR 107, which would convene a working group to strengthen Title 9 protections, received support from education, women’s, and LGBTQ advocates, who asked for student and queer representation on the working group and said federal Title 9 changes make state action important. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided, and the committee moved from one resolution to the next after testimony and questions.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • They are the services that are provided to domestic violence victims, like domestic violence shelters
  • um victims like domestic violence um victims like domestic violence<00:02:38.040><c> shelters.
  • It happened in prevented.
  • ,</c> here for these domestic uh violence, here for these domestic uh violence, shelters,<01:58:09.760
  • </c> clear message that, you know, violence clear message that, you know, violence against<01:59:30.639
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Civil Rights & Judiciary Jan 20th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • It helps prevent poverty from becoming a pathway back into the legal system.
  • The bill also purports to prevent use in criminal proceedings, but it does not.
  • With Waspick, looking, I mean, one case was issues of domestic violence and cases of that nature.
  • be health theft, domestic violence.
  • Unfortunately, ...undermine retail theft prevention and worker and customer safety.
Summary: On January 20, 2026, the committee held public hearings on House Bill 2102, House Bill 2161, and House Bill 2332. HB 2102 would sharply limit legal financial obligations by prohibiting courts from imposing costs unless specifically authorized by statute, repealing many fees and interest on restitution, and making eliminated debts unenforceable and satisfied. The sponsor and supporters argued that LFOs are harmful, inconsistently applied, and create uncollectable debt that burdens indigent defendants and hinders reentry. Opponents, including local government and collections representatives, warned the bill would shift costs to cities and counties, reduce accountability tools, and could cost local jurisdictions millions. No vote was taken. HB 2161 would expand the Attorney General’s authority to issue civil investigative demands for possible violations involving civil rights, labor standards, jail standards, immigration-related restrictions, and police use-of-force laws. Supporters from the Attorney General’s office, labor groups, and civil rights advocates said the bill would make investigations faster and more effective, especially in wage theft and discrimination cases, while not changing substantive enforcement authority. Opponents from law enforcement, cities, and business groups argued the bill was overbroad, lacked sufficient standards, and could create due process, confidentiality, and separation-of-powers concerns. Members asked about safeguards, and staff and the AGO described court challenge procedures and internal review standards. No action was taken. HB 2332 would regulate automated license plate readers used by state and local agencies, generally limiting use to specified law enforcement, parking, toll, and transportation purposes, restricting sharing and retention, and prohibiting uses tied to immigration enforcement or protected health care. The sponsor and privacy, immigrant-rights, and reproductive-rights advocates said the bill was needed to prevent misuse of sensitive location data and to close loopholes that could allow out-of-state or federal access. Law enforcement, cities, vendors, and some business and campus representatives supported privacy guardrails but said the 72-hour retention limit, warrant requirements, and other restrictions were too strict and could hinder investigations, victim recovery, and parking enforcement. The hearing ended with testimony still underway and no vote or final action reported.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 12, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our streets are riddle with violence.
  • ...public safety and prevent such tragedies.
  • So I've seen a lot of violence.
  • So I've seen a lot of violence.
  • So I've seen a lot of violence.
Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard a series of bills, beginning with HB 759, which would lower Florida’s minimum age to purchase or transfer firearms from 21 to 18. The bill drew strong opposition from gun-violence prevention groups, Parkland survivors and families, and several members who argued the current law was enacted after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting and should not be reversed. Supporters, including gun-rights advocates and some members, argued 18-year-olds are legal adults who serve in the military, vote, and should have full Second Amendment rights. After debate, the committee voted 13-5 to report HB 759 favorably. The committee then unanimously approved HB 431, extending Level 2 background screening requirements for youth athletic coaches through July 1, 2026, and HB 231, which keeps certain medical examiner information confidential, both with little opposition. It also approved HB 663, increasing penalties for unlawfully using tracking devices or apps in furtherance of dangerous crimes, after adopting a technical amendment, and HB 845, which clarifies the intake process for Veterans Treatment Court and removes Veterans Hall of Fame language from the bill. Each of those measures passed without recorded opposition. Members also approved PCS for HB 255, known as Dexter’s Law, which creates a sentencing multiplier for aggravated animal cruelty cases. The bill was presented as a response to a high-profile dog abuse case and was supported by animal welfare and law enforcement groups; members cited animal cruelty as a predictor of broader violence. The committee then approved HB 1021, allowing active law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at sporting events, after debate over identification, venue procedures, and whether the bill should extend more broadly; it passed 16-1. Finally, HB 653, adding aggravating factors for capital felonies involving the assassination or attempted assassination of a head of state, was reported favorably after brief discussion about federal penalties and deterrence. The transcript ends as the committee begins hearing HB 6025, a repeal bill related to emergency restrictions on firearms during local states of emergency, but the discussion is cut off before action is taken.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:24:58.520><c> prevention.
  • </c><00:24:59.000><c> I</c> things around gun violence prevention.
  • I things around gun violence prevention.
  • </c><00:28:26.800><c> And</c><00:28:26.920><c> so,</c> this is a way to prevent that.
  • And so, this is a way to prevent that.
Summary: The Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity met and first heard a presentation from Johnny Cole III, president and CEO of the African American Forum in Lexington. Cole described the organization’s 30-plus year history, its signature events and programs, and its mission to promote African American arts, culture, education, and community development. He said the group has reached more than 60,000 people through events and more than 90,000 students through its arts partnership work, and estimated its programs have generated about $4.5 million in local economic impact. He also outlined a proposed legacy project in Lexington’s First Council District that would include a facility, culinary kitchen, food court, mobile truck, and expanded communications and internship opportunities, and said the organization was seeking a $3 million state request to help purchase a building and expand its mission. The committee then discussed a juvenile justice funding proposal presented by Senator Catoria Herring. Herring said the bill would create a juvenile justice fund for prevention, early intervention, alternatives to detention, re-entry, and wraparound services, with money coming from state appropriations, gifts, grants, and federal funds. She said the proposal was based on her experience in juvenile justice and on concerns that the state has invested heavily in detention facilities but not enough in upstream services. She cited recent facility spending and said the bill would seek $9 million. Members asked how the fund would work, who could apply, and how it would be overseen; Herring said she envisioned a grant program open to local governments, law enforcement, nonprofits, and school districts, with reporting requirements and oversight through the juvenile justice system. No vote was taken, and the discussion ended with general support and a suggestion to adjust the request amount to a round $9 million figure.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This keeps the defense focused and prevents misuse.
  • Is an act of violence.
  • It is a bigger, stronger party using violence to kill a smaller, weaker party.
  • They don't help people prevent getting pregnant in the first place.
  • Abortion saves lives; preventing access to abortion is inhumane and cruel.
Bills: SB10 , SB16 , SB6 , SB 6 , SB 10 , SB 16
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Combatting Antisemitism Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Transcript Highlights:
  • very disturbing language about dismantling these organizations, things that at least can connote violence
  • And my broad question is if you have a... ...at least connote violence.
  • And I found, I ...saw all four elements—identify, prevent, report, and respond—to antisemitism on our
  • Preventing antisemitic violence requires not only law enforcement action, but also civic education, moral
  • I just think we need to have a broader goal here, and that’s prevention through education.
Summary: The Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism met to hear testimony from Chief James Hicks of the Natick Police Department, who chairs the Municipal Police Training Committee, and Chief Thomas Fowler of the Salisbury Police Department. They described the statewide civil-rights-officer model for hate-crime response, the HEART Unit, and MPTC training authority under POST, and urged the commission to recommend incorporating the IHRA definition of antisemitism into police training and to fund that effort. Commissioners asked about how law enforcement should handle antisemitic incidents that may not rise to crimes, the 2022 Mapping Project, masking during protests, and the role of HART; the chiefs said departments can update training quickly, that every department should have a trained civil-rights officer, and that HART’s expertise should be integrated statewide. The commission also approved the October 16, 2025 minutes after correcting an initial procedural error. The rest of the meeting focused on the draft report, especially the prefatory statement and the definition section. Commissioners broadly praised the report’s scope and the chairs’ work, but offered many edits aimed at tightening language, reducing advocacy tone, and clarifying the “Massachusetts way” of combating antisemitism. Several members wanted stronger emphasis on Massachusetts values, education, moral leadership, and the distinction between hate incidents, hate crimes, and statutory offenses; others urged clearer references to constitutional protections, First Amendment limits, and Attorney General review of legal statements. There was also discussion of whether to keep or remove references to alternative definitions of antisemitism: some commissioners argued that only the IHRA definition should be centered, while others said acknowledging other definitions was factually important and would reflect the range of testimony. Commissioners also raised specific substantive edits for later sections, including adding examples such as the 2022 Mapping Project, strengthening language on online intimidation, academic boycotts, and divestment campaigns, and clarifying that some conduct may be hateful even if lawful. In the higher education section, members praised recommendations on mandatory training, bystander intervention, trauma-informed responses, mental health supports, and campus climate surveys, while suggesting a few technical edits and additional best-practice examples. No final votes were taken on the draft report during this portion; the chairs said they would incorporate feedback into a revised draft before the remaining meetings and eventual vote.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Congress must act to ensure accountability and to prevent millions of Americans from being left behind
  • THIS WOULD RIGHTFULLY BUILD UP VA'S FRAUD PREVENTION AND RESPONSE EFFORTS ACROSS VA.
  • And for the next hundred years or so, African Americans lived under the threat of violence.
  • And it involves three things: violence, propaganda, and voter suppression.
  • AND IT INVOLVES THREE THINGS VIOLENCE, PROPAGANDA AND VOTER SUPPRESSION.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Advancing Gun and School Safety Measures | Senator Zaynab Mohamed May 15th, 2026

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You've been working on a gun violence prevention package.
  • the Senate, and we know that the Annunciation church shooting added urgency to the call for gun violence
  • prevention measures, but you've actually been working on this much longer than that, right?
  • um, you're certainly right that the Annunciation shooting did add urgency to the issue, but gun violence
  • , and advocates of uh who are violence, and advocates of uh who are pro<00:04:37.080><c> mental</c><00
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Finance and Tax Apr 15th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • EVERY YEAR OVER 3000 FLORIDIANS DIE FROM GUN VIOLENCE AND FIREARMS REMAIN THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
  • INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN PREVENTION THIS BILL WOULD EFFECTIVELY HAVE EVERYDAY FLORIDIANS SUBSIDIZE THE
  • EVERY SINGLE YEAR FLORIDA SEES 3300 OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS DIE DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE.
  • GUN VIOLENCE IS A LEADING FACTOR FOR WHY CHILDREN AND TEENS DIE IN OUR COUNTRY.
  • GUN VIOLENCE IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE, A TECTUM ADULT CRISIS THAT AFFECTS MEN AND WOMEN, YOUNG AND OLD
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • We are certainly hearing from Minnesotans who want us to take action on gun violence prevention after
  • sustained investments in our public schools, paid family and medical leave, 100% clean energy, gun violence
  • prevention, and so much more. help there.
  • sustained investments in our public schools, paid family and medical leave, 100% clean energy, gun violence
  • prevention, and so much more.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Jan 13th, 2026

Ethics and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • It contains strong safeguards to prevent fraud and ensure accountability.
  • This bill speaks to that, and it's an effort to try to prevent something where certainly we've seen an
  • uptick in recent years with political violence, with a heightened sense of aggression as it relates
  • So, you know, you look at these events, and certainly one thing that we want to prevent is the state
  • So, you know, you look at these events, and certainly one thing that we want to prevent is the state
Bills: S0564 , S0572 , S0414 , S0620 , S0500 , S0092
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered several election- and ethics-related bills. Senate Bill 572 by Senator Harrell, which would update ethics statutes so the definition of “relative” includes foster parents and foster children, received supportive testimony from the Commission on Ethics and passed unanimously. Senate Bill 414 by Senator Bracy Davis, allowing campaign funds to be used for campaign-related child care expenses, was presented as a way to reduce barriers to public service but was temporarily postponed after the sponsor said it lacked the votes to advance. Senate Bill 500 by Senator Avila would require FDLE protective security details for major-party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and cabinet offices from nomination through assumption of office; members questioned the scope, definitions of major and minor parties, and whether taxpayers should bear the cost, and the bill was reported favorably on a divided vote. Senate Bill 620 by Senator Mayfield would require candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship or dual citizenship; testimony opposed the bill as stigmatizing dual citizens, but it was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for SB 92 by Chair Gaetz, which creates whistleblower-style protections for public employees who file ethics complaints based on firsthand knowledge and face retaliation, with support from the Commission on Ethics. In addition, the committee unanimously approved a block of gubernatorial appointments and then passed Senate Bill 564 by Senator Yarborough, allowing registered or pre-registered high school students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours; members discussed whether the bill would create new volunteer opportunities and whether the term “community service hours” needed clarification. The meeting ended with adjournment.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • have quantified that 1,655 individuals with disabilities were relocated or otherwise moved from or prevented
  • from entering long-term care prevented from entering long-term care institutions<00:03:01.879><c> and
  • people from entering high cost prevent people from entering high cost institutions<00:04:33.759><c>
  • I engaged in a domestic violence relationship in 1990.
  • </c> I engaged in domestic violence I engaged in domestic violence relationship<00:09:58.760><c> in</
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Apr 7th, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • domestic violence program representative, as they're already required to do for victims of domestic
  • violence.
  • So you're saying now that you want to have a law that would put up a barrier that would prevent a car
  • So the emergency management folks ask if we could do something to prevent that happening until all of
  • So the emergency management folks ask if we could do something to prevent that happening until all of
Summary: The Public Safety Committee met and first held House Bill 3045. It then heard and passed several bills, beginning with HB 1250, which creates a public safety technology revolving fund for Attorney General grants to support the Blue Jay pilot program, a voluntary traffic-stop safety app. Members questioned whether the fund would actually be financed this year and how municipalities would be selected; the author said no funding source was yet identified and the bill was only creating the fund. HB 1250 passed 8-0. The committee also passed HB 2710, creating the Oklahoma Emergency Communications Act and a 15-member board to develop a strategic plan for improving emergency radio communications among state, local, and tribal agencies. The author explained the bill was meant to address communication gaps and interoperability problems, with no fiscal impact. HB 3831, dealing with Oklahoma Task Force One, drew extensive discussion over its funding structure and blank appropriations language. The bill would place the urban search and rescue team in state law and seek a reliable funding source; members discussed the team’s statewide disaster response role, its Tulsa and Oklahoma City bases, and a carve-out excluding wildland firefighting. It passed 8-0. Other measures approved included HB 4408, which sets a protocol for calculating and directing savings from State Questions 780 and 781 into the proper drug diversion account; HB 1002, requiring law enforcement to inform stalking victims about certified domestic violence program advocates; HB 3008, extending the sunset date for the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence to 2031; HB 3086, requiring the Department of Corrections director to keep the Board of Corrections informed about budgets and inmate deaths; HB 3595, creating a DPS revolving fund for counties and municipalities to buy vehicle-barrier equipment to prevent crowd-vehicle attacks; HB 3678, expanding electronic-harassment protections for public officials to include municipal officials and school board members; HB 4107, establishing penalties for unauthorized activation or misuse of emergency warning sirens; and HB 3695, revising the definition of great bodily injury in a DUI-related context. HB 3595 passed 6-1 and HB 4107 passed 6-2; the other bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously after brief questioning and debate.