Video & Transcript Research : 'judicial salaries'

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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Aug 15th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • prohibit courts from declaring a statute unconstitutional, nor can it prevent individuals from seeking judicial
  • But these efforts to evade judicial review only emphasize how deeply discriminatory this bill is.
  • just like last session, so a bill we have every session adjusting jurisdiction of courts, etc., judicial
Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act, and heard extensive public testimony both for and against the measure. Supporters, including representatives of Texas Values and Texas Values Action, argued the bill was needed to protect women’s privacy and safety in restrooms, locker rooms, showers, prisons, domestic violence shelters, and other government-controlled spaces, and said it would provide clear, sex-based rules. Opponents, including many transgender Texans, civil rights advocates, clergy, business and public safety voices, and others, argued the bill would invite harassment, gender policing, lawsuits, and invasive inspections, while harming trans, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people as well as cisgender women who do not fit stereotypes. Several witnesses said the bill would conflict with federal law or prison standards, worsen safety in shelters and prisons, and hurt Texas’s reputation and economy. The chair repeatedly noted the compressed special-session schedule and said flood relief remained the session’s top priority. Public testimony on SB 8 was eventually closed, and the bill was left pending. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 6, dealing with consumable hemp product restrictions. Testimony on SB 6 focused on whether the bill went too far in restricting hemp-derived THC products. Opponents argued hemp and THC have medical and economic value, that the bill would criminalize conduct and burden courts, and that regulation—not prohibition—was the better approach. Some witnesses supported tighter rules such as testing, child-resistant packaging, and limits on marketing to children, but still opposed the bill’s broad THC ban, higher fees, and age restrictions. Several speakers emphasized benefits for veterans, chronic pain patients, and small businesses, and warned that prohibition would push consumers toward the illicit market. The committee heard the testimony and then continued with additional witnesses, with no final vote or disposition reported in the excerpt.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 13, 2026

Judiciary

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  • to the judicial branch.
  • gives that independence to the judicial gives that independence to the judicial branch<00:10:40.240><
  • retaliatory effort against the judicial retaliatory effort against the judicial system<00:15:06.000
  • Well, it’s judicial deference at that point.
  • > at<00:17:40.320> that Well, it's judicial difference at that Well, it's judicial difference
Bills: HB0066, HJ0005, HB0010
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • defense exceptions to the Penal Code for harmful material and sexual performance of a child are judicial
  • with Clarifying that it is a defense to prosecution if at the time of the offense the actor was judicial
  • broader than that, in that it talks about bona fide educational. medical, psychological, psychiatric, judicial
  • that are being perpetrated on our children, it really needs to be reserved to law enforcement and judicial
  • So, that's why we appreciate that he left those two in there, judicial and the law enforcement.
Bills: SB20, SB1621, SB412, SB441, SB442
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-04-09

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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  • <00:58:42.760> review presented, includes judicial review presented, includes judicial review
  • Uh, I think two the judicial branch.
  • family medical leave where the judicial family medical leave where the judicial branch<01:18:21.320
  • we got a breakdown from the judicial we got a breakdown from the judicial branch,<01:19:29.520><
  • <01:31:27.160> branch Lee Bling, just the judicial branch Lee Bling, just the judicial branch
Summary: The Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee approved the minutes from March 25 and March 26, then took up House File 4077, a bipartisan bill authored by Representatives Greenman and Roach. The bill would prohibit municipalities from entering into non-disclosure agreements with private entities that restrict disclosure about land development, economic development, or publicly funded projects, while preserving existing Chapter 13 data practices rules and trade secret protections. The authors argued the bill is needed to prevent secret agreements and backroom decision-making that undermine public transparency, and they moved that the bill be re-referred to the general register. Several local officials and residents testified in support, including a St. Louis County commissioner, the mayor of Lonsdale, and residents from Farmington and Hermantown. Supporters said NDAs had been used in connection with data center and other development projects to keep elected officials and the public in the dark, eroding trust and limiting community input. They described the bill as a common-sense transparency measure and said existing law already protects legitimate trade secrets. Opposition came from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota Business Partnership, which argued that NDAs are often necessary in early-stage economic development discussions to protect sensitive business information and remain competitive with other states. They warned the bill could discourage investment, jobs, and tax growth, and said it would impose a one-size-fits-all state mandate that limits local discretion. Committee members then debated whether the bill was too broad and whether it should be narrowed to data centers; supporters responded that the issue extends beyond data centers to other forms of economic development. A roll call vote was requested on the motion to re-refer the bill to the general register, but the final vote result was not stated in the transcript excerpt.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 8th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

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  • bill is the process or the original bill is the process or the original bill is the process or the judicial
  • part of of the process of how judicial part of of the process of how judicial part of of the process
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 8th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is not a radical idea without judicial deference as a safeguard a true independent panel is our
  • Yet without judicial deference as a safeguard, a truly independent panel is our next best defense.
  • combined base salary set in state law, state funding for the state prosecutor's salary is automatically
  • , but if they do so, they would sacrifice some state funding. for their salary.
  • Members, this bill does not increase state funding towards the salary of state prosecutors.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 29th, 2025

Transportation

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  • This bill proposes to address judicial security concerns for state and federal judges in Texas related
  • to the required public display of their judicial status on specialty license plates. 3946 would amend
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Jan 29th, 2026 at 02:36 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so there is a case pending in the first judicial district. I think Mr.
  • enables the tracking of patients, providers, and their loved ones, all without the safeguard of a judicial
  • You do not pay income tax on your salary.
  • All of their salary is untaxed in the state of New Mexico.
  • We are striking out items one through five, and then you have the salary which captures all those other
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the benefit for Sussex County is I actually get an additional judicial resource to assign in Sussex
  • County because you... ...get an additional judicial resource to assign in Sussex County because even
  • the second thing is I really do think that this benefits Kent County because it gets an additional judicial
  • And I know, I mean, my request over the last ten years for judicial resource has been for Kent County
  • And I know, I mean, my request over the last ten years for judicial resource has been for Kent County
Bills: HB372, HB414
Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met and heard three bills. HB 372 would reorganize Justice of the Peace Court resources by shifting the number of judges and court locations among counties, consolidating overnight operations into a single 24-hour court in Kent County, and adjusting staffing to address workload and efficiency concerns. Chief Judge Alan Davis said the change responds to increased civil filings, automated enforcement, and staffing shortages, and that a Sussex County pilot closing a 24-hour facility had worked without major issues. Some members raised concerns about impacts on Sussex and Kent County, bail processing, and local response times, while public comment included one supporter. The committee voted to release HB 372. The committee then considered SB 324, which amends Delaware’s permit-to-purchase law to allow constable agencies, including those serving institutions like Delaware Tech, to purchase handguns for newly hired constables without duplicative background checks. Sponsor Representative Cook said the bill aligns constable procurement with existing law-enforcement exemptions while preserving gun-safety requirements. Public testimony included support from Delaware Tech and comments urging broader fixes to the permit-to-purchase law, including exemptions for retired officers with federal 218 credentials and clarification on firearms returned from manufacturers, gunsmiths, or police departments. The committee voted to release SB 324. Finally, the committee heard HB 414, which clarifies that the Superior Court’s exclusive jurisdiction over certain destructive-weapon offenses applies only to adults, while juvenile cases would still begin in Family Court. Sponsor Representative Romer said the bill preserves the Family Court’s role in handling youth cases and allows referral to Superior Court when appropriate. The Department of Justice said it still believes Superior Court is the proper venue for these serious charges, while the Office of Defense Services supported keeping youth cases in Family Court first, arguing that rehabilitation and juvenile-specific dispositions are more appropriate. After public comment, the committee voted to release HB 414, and the meeting adjourned.