Bills: HB 28, SB 3

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses

Bills: HB75, SB134, SB201, SB258, SB288, SB313, SB320, SB321, SB325, SB339, SB345, SB393, SB422, SB440, SB470, SB487, SB523

Keywords: HB75, Act 963, gaming, casino gaming, promotional play, promotional wagers, slot machine proceeds, net gaming proceeds, gross revenue, taxable revenue, gaming operators, gaming tax, Louisiana gaming, gaming revenue deduction, casino tax, gaming promotion, revenue cap, pilot program, child sexual abuse materials, sexting

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• for multiple DUI charges obtained within one year to be aggregated and prosecuted as a single felony case
• What's going on here my concern is those cases when somebody is falsely accused. They go to court.
• So, if someone's case is adjudicated, they're found not guilty or the charges are dropped, I mean, they're
• I think it doesn't alleviate my concerns about someone whose case has not been fully adjudicated, they're

Bills: SB137, SB1216, SB1226, SB1238, SB1255, SB1256, SB1258, SB1325, SB1460, SB1543, SB1730, SB1733, SB1921

Keywords: electronic monitoring, Department of Corrections, criminal justice, rehabilitation, public safety, SB 1216, drug court, drug courts, Oklahoma drug court, eligibility, substance abuse treatment, addiction, diversion program, criminal justice reform, probation violation, revocation, intermediate revocation facility, plea agreement, speedy trial waiver, preliminary hearing waiver

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• I practice criminal and civil law. So, most times, there are not depositions in criminal cases.
• Amends Article 13A.501 to mirror these changes for organized criminal activity cases.
• Under current law, you can subpoena an out-of-county witness in a criminal case if it's a misdemeanor
• Is that a common jury instruction for a judge in a criminal case to say here are the circumstances under
• about the case.

Bills: HB285, HB795, HB1795, HB1871, HB2407, HB2461, HB2695, HB3507, HB4911, HB200

Keywords: animal cruelty, nonlivestock, prosecution, veterinary defense, animal welfare, aggravated assault, penal code, public servant, deadly weapon, mass shooting, Penal Code, penalties, felony, Texas Penal Code, felony enhancement, first-degree felony, second-degree felony, violent crime, assault punishment, serious bodily injury

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• Duties include placement of administration and case management for children and families who have been
• And expeditiously address concerns with case management performance and this legislation would add a
• tool to the DFPS toolbox to assume case management responsibilities in part or increment incrementally
• These enhancements include mandatory criminal background checks for employees, disclosure of whether
• Sharing criminal activity with residents is common sense.

Bills: HB 660, HB 4845, HB 3902, HB 5396, HB 4615, HB 1825, HB 1403, HB 4336, HB 4585, HB 4371, HB 863, SB 1589, HB 5223, HB 3195, HB 2734

Keywords: child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation

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• Duties include placement of administrative and case management for children and families who have been
• This adds to the DFPS toolbox to assume case management responsibilities in... ... or incrementally as
• These enhancements include mandatory criminal background checks for employees, disclosure of whether
• Sharing criminal activity with residents is also essential.
• Doing criminal history checks is a no-brainer in retirement communities.

Bills: HB660, HB4845, HB3902, HB5396, HB4615, HB1825, HB1403, HB4336, HB4585, HB4371, HB863, SB1589, HB5223, HB3195, HB2734

Keywords: child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation

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• In some cases? In some cases, they are, yeah.
• No, generally, but I mean, it's a case-by-case basis.
• Furthermore, the ombudsman is given 72 hours to respond to cases.
• And to add a criminal offense, then, to somebody's application or to somebody's case with HHS because
• per week with one child defined as one case.

Bills: HB660, HB4845, HB3902, HB5396, HB4615, HB1825, HB1403, HB4336, HB4585, HB4371, HB863, SB1589, HB5223, HB3195, HB2734

Keywords: child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation

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• In previous legislative sessions, perhaps it was last year, we passed the criminal enterprise statute
• A criminal enterprise means an organized criminal network, is that what you're telling us?
• A crime committed in Shelby County by some criminals can affect your area.
• Interference with a first responder in this case will be a Class A misdemeanor. misdemeanor.
• HB224 substitution is redundant to Alabama Criminal Code Section 13A-10-1 and... criminal code section

Bills: HB403, HB224

Keywords: criminal enterprise, database, law enforcement, data privacy, criminal justice, HB224, Alabama, obstructing governmental operations, first responder, emergency responder, police, firefighter, EMT, paramedic, public safety, harassment, interference with emergency personnel, crime, Class A misdemeanor, emergency scene

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• The Court of Criminal Appeals, their entire Budget is 4.69 million.

Bills: SB372, SB1224, SB1232, SB1264, SB1330, SB1381, SB1441, SB1450, SB1589, SB1618, SB1936, SB1980, SB2011, SB2030

Keywords: SB372, firearms, gun rights, lawful carry, concealed carry, open carry, handgun license, Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, weapons policy, gun law, school safety, private school, public school, college campus, university campus, technology center, courthouse, government buildings, municipal buildings, county courthouse

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• I am a criminal defense attorney, a criminal law specialist, and I have practiced law for 40 years.
• done in this case.
• case.
• Specifically, the courts may not impose fees relating to a jury trial for a criminal case or an appellate
• We charge a fee for a jury trial in criminal cases, and we also charge a fee for assistance of counsel

Bills: HB2043, HB2046, HB2126, HB2131, HB2132, HB2133, HB2223, HB2265, HB2411, HB2666

Keywords: felony murder, unborn child, homicide, Arizona Revised Statutes, life imprisonment, death penalty, education, funding, school districts, state aid, education reform, venue, employee conflict, superior court, legal proceedings, workplace disputes, weapons, explosives, trafficking, firearm regulations

Summary: The committee heard several criminal justice and victims’ rights bills. HB 2131 would remove the financial-gain element from weapons/explosives trafficking and impose stricter sentencing, including no early release for trafficking three or more weapons; it received a due pass recommendation on a 6-1 vote. HB 2132 would lower the fentanyl trafficking threshold from 200 grams to 100 grams and adjust related motor-vehicle language; supporters said it would help prosecutors and law enforcement, while opponents warned it would sweep in heavy users and lacked data on current prosecutions. It passed 4-3. HB 2223 would require sex offenders seeking a name change to notify prosecutors and victims, and to register under the new name with the old name as an alias; it passed 6-1. The committee also considered HB 2411, creating the crime of coerced abortion for secretly or forcibly administering abortion-inducing drugs without a pregnant woman’s knowledge or consent. Supporters argued existing laws do not clearly cover situations where the drug is given but no death occurs; opponents said assault, manslaughter, homicide, and food-contamination statutes already address the conduct and warned the bill was unnecessary and aimed at abortion access. The bill passed 4-3. HB 2043 would add unborn children to the felony-murder statute; supporters called it a cleanup measure closing a loophole, while opponents said it was an abortion/personhood measure with broader implications. It passed 4-3. HB 2046 would require victims of sex offenses to be notified of pre-hearings in probation review matters involving young sex offenders; victims and prosecutors said the change would ensure meaningful participation, and it passed unanimously 7-0. HB 2666 would increase penalties for sexual extortion involving 15-, 16-, and 17-year-olds when committed by an adult, and it passed unanimously 7-0. HB 2265 would eliminate court fees and assessments tied to public defenders, jury trials, appeals, and related criminal-case charges; supporters framed it as protecting constitutional rights, while counties warned of lost revenue, and it passed 7-0. Finally, HB 2133 would require commercial websites hosting sexual material to verify consent and age of depicted persons, retain records, and treat synthetic depictions as images; the sponsor said it was meant to curb CSAM and revenge porn, while testifiers raised concerns about breadth, record retention, and constitutional issues.

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• would amend the bill to limit the sentencing enhancement for certain acts that constitute theft to cases
• In such cases, incarceration serves not only as a deterrent, but as a necessary measure to reinforce
• We criminalize it. They still do it. That's, you know, people do bad things.
• We're having too many kinds of these cases on a daily basis.
• Just in case, because we all know the next, it's just one day until midnight on Monday.

Bills: SB60, SB85, SB323, SB309, SB465

Keywords: elderly, vulnerable persons, criminal penalties, theft, civil penalties, criminal justice reform, traffic stops, law enforcement, data recording, public safety, racial profiling, SB323, Nevada, Department of Corrections, offenders, inmates, incarcerated people, prison phone calls, free phone calls, family communication

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• The FBI, more specifically the Criminal The FBI, more specifically the Criminal Justice<00:24:40.000
• criminal record checks under state law. criminal record checks under state law.
• This matter because<00:37:54.040> the<00:37:54.120> cases because the cases because the
• we're actively working on the case we're actively working on the case because,<00:38:57.520>
• that we keep for criminal that we keep for criminal investigations,<00:44:33.120> we<00:44

Bills: HF4371, HF4317, HF2817, HF3496, HF4151, HF3826, HF4425, HF3990

Keywords: HF4371, Minnesota background checks, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Office of the Legislative Auditor, Legislative Auditor, criminal history records, national criminal history record information, public safety, statutory amendment, section 299C.76, requesting agency, state audit, oversight, background screening, criminal records, county agencies, MNsure, Department of Revenue, Department of Human Services

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• And we presented our case to the UN, got swiftly accepted.
• The rest of our case is working its way up from the Ninth Circuit.
• Sometimes, as we know in the Whitley case, what happened was.
• Suddenly, a bill that is supposed to criminalize foreign interference in Texas elections is criminalizing
• Without that May election date, in my case, it would have been... Oh, okay.

Bills: SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37, SB 16

Keywords: voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity

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• We have two high courts deciding civil and criminal cases, and there could be cases where the. the courts
• That doesn't mean that the Supreme Court of Texas would be deciding criminal cases. or being the final
• In fact, it says it twice, that it has jurisdiction except in criminal cases.
• cases.
• over all criminal cases.

Bills: SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37, SB 16

Keywords: voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity

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• Any victims as a part of that criminal action would be not a party to the case. Right?
• <00:26:47.200> case<00:26:47.520> as the bond is part of the criminal case as the bond
• And, as the gentleman from WASCOP pointed out, there are multiple layers in any criminal case.
• And, as the gentleman from WASCOP pointed out, there are multiple layers in any criminal case.
• And, as the gentleman from WASCOP pointed out, there are multiple layers in any criminal case.

Bills: HB0008, HB0009

Keywords: stalking, minors, felony, protection orders, criminal penalties, grooming, sexual offenses, child protection, 916, all

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• I can't tell you the hundreds upon hundreds of cases that were worked in my county that spoke to what
• Um, I was a prosecutor for 32 years, trying mostly death penalty cases.
• I put... ...trying mostly death penalty cases. I put 13 people on death row.
• ...one of the speakers talk about was if this goes unregulated, could it lead to other types of criminal

Bills: HB297

Keywords: cash transactions, money transmission, regulatory compliance, criminal penalties, Alabama Securities Commission, 1136, house, all

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• In many cases at the Small World Learning Center in Blaine, you have many suspect cases of... questions
• <00:22:39.400> workers counties their the uh the case workers counties their the uh the case
• We discovered that nearly all..." requirements the case management system requirements the case management
• compromises the amount of time that case compromises the amount of time that case workers<00:32:
• <01:05:32.000> other especially in the cases that other other especially in the cases that

Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

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• In many cases at Small World Learning Center in Blaine, you have many suspected cases of difficulties
• 00:15:46.680> many man this needs to happen and in many man this needs to happen and in many cases
• in Small World Learning Center in cases in Small World Learning Center in Blaine<00:15:50.959> you
• <00:15:51.120> have<00:15:51.399> many<00:15:52.279> suspect<00:15:52.759> cases
• <00:15:53.319> of Blaine you have many suspect cases of Blaine you have many suspect cases

Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

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• The amendment also addresses case The amendment also addresses case reviews. reviews. reviews.
• range of child welfare cases.
• <00:42:18.520> Case<00:42:19.280> Case completely unacceptable.
• Case Case completely unacceptable.
• . cases. cases.

Bills: HF3665, HF3002, HF4217, HF4125, HF4174

Keywords: foster care, early childhood education, child care programs, placement plan, social services, extended foster care, kinship care, relative custody, permanent legal and physical custody, Northstar kinship assistance, independent living plan, transition services, youth aging out of care, medical assistance, Medicaid, child welfare, children youth and families, out-of-home placement, case plan, relative placement

Bills: SB693, SB781, SB836, SB860, SB906, SB993, SB1101, SB1321, SB1370, SB1537, SB1563, SB1610, SB1637

Keywords: notary public, notaries, acknowledgment, jurat, personal appearance, remote notarization, online notarization, e-notary, electronic notarization, fraud prevention, identity verification, real estate fraud, property transfer, state jail felony, Class A misdemeanor, secretary of state, continuing education, record retention, notarial act, Texas Government Code