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• this corrects a loophole in the judicial this corrects a loophole in the judicial system<02:29:10.399
• <02:31:03.760> and amendment regarding liability and amendment regarding liability and immunity
• I'd yield to the gentleman or liability.
• As such, the bar has always considered itself a judicial agency.
• They will follow the rules of the judicial branch.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. The chamber approved routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the previous day’s journal, and allow introduction of bills and committee reports throughout the day. The Senate also received several House messages referring bills to committee, including local constitutional amendments for Limestone, Blount, and Mobile counties, a human cloning bill, a Fair Campaign Practices Act bill, a public education bill, a court fees bill, and a physician assistance bill. Committee reports were then taken up. The Finance and Taxation General Fund, Confirmations, State Governmental Affairs, County and Municipal Government, Education Policy, Banking and Insurance, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Transportation and Energy, and Local Legislation committees all reported a number of bills favorably, many with amendments or substitutes. Several measures were advanced to the calendar for the next legislative day, and the Senate confirmed multiple appointments, including Eileen Meyer and Tiffany Martin to the Alabama Board of Midwifery, Jennifer Ag, Jerry Gross, and Edgar Hower II to the University of West Alabama Board of Trustees, Patricia Sims, Tony Cochran, and Sandy Stimson to the Alabama State Port Authority Board of Directors. The Senate then adopted a special order calendar under Senate Resolution 34, setting the order of business for the 10th legislative day. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 161, the App Store Accountability Act, which was described as a child-protection measure requiring parental permission, age verification by app stores, accurate app age ratings, and limits on minors entering contracts through app downloads. Senators speaking in support said the bill was needed to protect children from harmful online content and preserve parental control, and they discussed an amendment clarifying the meaning of “act” and preserving compliance with other state age-verification laws. The debate was ongoing in the portion provided, and no final vote on HB 161 appears in this excerpt.

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• And I want doctors to acknowledge that too, is that you've got the average taxpayers paying liabilities
• And judges are pretty judicious about dismissing summary judgment or Judgment as a matter of law at that
• And doctors for these liability claims.
• And it also acknowledges that the taxpayers have been paying these liabilities for hospitals and doctors
• Chair, is proposing to eliminate the fund completely that now has liabilities that it's responsible for

Keywords: 996, all

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• I noticed the first judicial district is getting $4.2 million. Am I reading that correct? Yes.
• Chair, typically for liability insurance, there are rates set by department. Right?
• Senator Woods, is this liability insurance under our self-insurance plan? Mr.
• So there would be future out-year liabilities. And there will be.
• So these expenses are currently being paid out of the Public Liability Fund.

Keywords: 996, all

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• This is for medical professional liability insurance premium reduction.
• There is a $1.4 million special appropriation for liability insurance.
• We currently have $170 million outstanding in liabilities. How do we budget for those?
• Now, $300 million in liabilities is coming up.
• Those liabilities will continue until the adjustments and settlements are finalized.

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• All right, let's take up the next judicial proceedings calendar. This is number 34.
• are protected from personal liability are protected from personal liability when<03:05:48.840>
• reliance on a court order, judicial reliance on a court order, judicial warrant,<03:07:01.680>
• Uh there's a judicial process for that.
• There's a judicial process for that. There's a judicial process for that.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation by Associate Pastor Justin Wills of Miracle Temple Church in Lothian, followed by remarks recognizing his family’s ministry and requesting that the prayer be journalized. The chamber then moved through several introductions, including Johnston Square Elementary students who were recognized for strong grades, education-related guests, and staff and family members of senators. After the roll confirmed a quorum, the Senate returned to business. On third reading, House Bill 563, concerning emergency response animals, was amended to align the House and Senate versions. The amendment added self-defense as an affirmative defense, included horses used in search and rescue within the definition of emergency response animal, added a definition of law enforcement unit, and adjusted penalties. The bill then passed with 44 affirmative votes. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 159 on EMS vehicle supplies and neonatal care; the chamber refused to concur in House amendments and sent a message asking the House to recede or appoint a conference committee. The Senate introduced House Bill 420 and referred it to Rules. In Judicial Proceedings, Senate Bill 791 on immigration enforcement prohibitions in correctional facilities was reported favorably with three amendments, including technical changes, limits tied to certain convictions, notice requirements for state facilities, and authorization for judges or commissioners to consider immigration detainers in bail decisions. The minority leader and others requested that the bill be special ordered for more time to review and prepare amendments, arguing the issue was controversial and had been fast-tracked; supporters of the committee report said the bill had already been heard and discussed. The debate over the special-order motion was ongoing at the end of the transcript.

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• circuit court, becoming the judicial circuit court, becoming the first<00:35:38.160> black<00
• to get this immunity from liability. to get this immunity from liability.
• It's to keep them from having any liability. Everybody in this country deserves their day in court.
• It's to keep them from having any liability. Everybody in this country deserves their day in court.
• <00:54:56.240> branch, judicial branch, judicial branch, and<00:54:58.160> certainly<00

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• It gives ongoing judicial oversight.
• Again, this was feedback from our judicial department.
• <00:59:22.320> I judicial process. So, I apologize. I judicial process. So, I apologize.
• And then we also have the judicial department.
• There are 6,246 the judicial department.

Keywords: 981, all

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• tribal interests could only watch in anger and frustration as this process continued with no viable judicial
• address the 16% revenue shortfall have, to date, been fruitless, furthering suspicion that the state's judicial
• In 2000, as all of the attempts to negotiate were unsuccessful and as the Administrative and Judicial
• workers and in the lost time that could have been delivering services to the community, as well as in liability

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• Senate Bill 1397 by Hall and Birdwell ruling the creation of an additional judicial district in L.A.
• Bill 1538 by Zaffirini, relating to the registration and regulation of court-ordered. orders by the Judicial
• Bill 1558, by Perry, related the liability of non-profit entities contracted with the Department of Family
• Bill 1574 by Zaffirini relating to us to a centers of excellence program developed by the Texas Judicial

Bills: SJR34, SB10, SB18, SB19, SB21, SB72, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB480, SB495, SB627, SB703, SB767, SB790

Keywords: parental rights, parents, children, custody, care and control, upbringing, family law, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, child welfare, education policy, medical decisions, parental authority, primary decision makers, family autonomy, education, Ten Commandments, public schools, religious display, First Amendment

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• testify as a witness the non-judicial testify as a witness the non-judicial nature<00:30:06.880>
• They divided us into three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative.
• uh leg of the three-legged judicial uh leg of the three-legged stool<04:11:04.960> yeah<04:11
• This bill simplifies the process and reduces the burden on the judicial system.
• the burden on the judici the burden on the judici system<04:32:43.760> uh<04:32:43.840>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• 121, introduced by Senator Muñoz, an act relating to medical malpractice, providing immunity from liability
• Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through Entity Withholding Tax Act to the Magistrate Retirement Fund and the Judicial

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• Committee substitute adds liability protection for the commissioner. of the Department of State Health
• Yeah. talking about liability, you mentioned the vaccine injury program where you could somehow seek
• liability, but what if there's immunity there?
• So, again, it's back to the liability.
• We also included liability protections for paramedics and medical directors who act in good faith and

Bills: HB 3772, HB 1656, HB 4504, HB 1896, HB 4420, HB 4421, HB 4076, HB 3708, HB 2806, HB 3540, HB 1586, HB 5459, HB 4553, HB 4535, HB 3811, HB 3749, HB 4255, HB 4051, HB 5098, HB 3554, HB 4539, HB 5274

Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians

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• So that's something we should be mindful of and demand it. ...in the judicial system that seems to be
• But what we don't yet think about, Madam President, is civil liability for the owner of the ...think
• about, Madam President, is civil liability for the owner of a pet that is killed or that is harmed.
• The instant amendment would create a system of civil liability, recognizing the harm that occurs to a
• takes its place alongside criminal liability for these kinds of horrible. ...place alongside criminal

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, adopted a resolution congratulating Grant Marshall on earning Eagle Scout, and then passed two local/private bills to enactment: a sick leave bank for a Department of Correction employee and a measure waiving the Boston Police Department’s maximum age requirement for Luis Cabral. The chamber also received and journalized a communication from Senator Rush stating he would have voted yes on S. 3014 while away on Navy training. The Senate then took up several committee rule-suspension and extension orders. It approved extensions for the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security on two late-filed matters until July 31, 2026, and approved two Health Care Financing extension orders, one extending 15 bills to March 31, 2026 and another extending six bills to May 1, 2026. Senators explained the delays as needed for hearings, stakeholder input, and mandated benefit reviews. The chamber also advanced local bills for Rutland recall elections, Boxford liquor licenses, Boston police age waivers, and Milton school construction timing, and adopted a resolution recognizing Endometriosis Awareness Month. A major portion of the session was devoted to H. 3014, the omnibus “Pets Act,” which combined provisions on animal welfare, pet shop sales, housing, insurance, and enforcement. Senators supporting the bill described it as banning the retail sale of dogs and cats from puppy mills, strengthening anti-cruelty enforcement, expanding access for animal control officers, limiting breed discrimination in housing and insurance, and protecting pet ownership in subsidized housing. Several amendments were debated: some were withdrawn or rejected, including proposals on renters’ insurance, nuisance barking, and property damage; others were adopted, including a compromise expanding protections for domestic animals, standards on animal welfare, and reporting/adoption requirements for research animals. The Ways and Means amendment was adopted as amended, and the bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed by roll call, with 38 members voting in the affirmative and none in the negative.

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• institutional compliance costs, colleges must stock medications with proper storage, security, and liability
• /c><02:51:22.160> the<02:51:22.319> point<02:51:22.479> of<02:51:22.640> judicial
• fail at the point of judicial fail at the point of judicial decision-making.<02:51:24.399> Courts
• By concentrating on judicial<02:53:13.680> clarity<02:53:14.000> and<02:53:14.319> structural
• judicial clarity and structural judicial clarity and structural coherence,<02:53:15.680> HB1309

Keywords: 981, all

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• I would say data is an asset and a liability.
• I would say data is an asset and a liability.
• I would say data is an asset and a liability.
• Four percent, I believe, of their general liability insurance that they carried with Enderf.
• Because, you know, there is a liability for the political subdivisions if they have a breach, and then

Summary: The Information Technology Committee approved the March 26 minutes and received a series of reports from NDIT on major IT projects, the annual report, mainframe modernization, and cybersecurity services. The project portfolio was reported at 116 major projects with a baseline cost of $546 million, overall under budget but modestly behind schedule. Several projects that had been in variance status last quarter were said to have closed, including HHS bed management, vital records modernization, and DOT roadway capital planning. New startup reports were mostly HHS efforts tied to refugee data management, technical debt cleanup, and legacy application decommissioning, while closeouts included HHS, OMB, DPI, and DOT projects with mixed budget and schedule results. In the annual report discussion, NDIT described its service-fund financials, peer-state rate comparisons, records management reporting, and customer satisfaction efforts. Members asked about how revenues and grants flow through the service fund, how NDIT charges agencies for services, and whether customer satisfaction or CSAT scores are tracked and could be reported more regularly. NDIT said it does track service-team CSAT and survey data, and committee members encouraged more regular reporting of those metrics. The committee also discussed application portfolio management, statewide IT planning, and whether agencies should slow new system replacements while the state pursues an ERP system. The mainframe update focused on the state’s ongoing effort to retire legacy systems by about 2030. NDIT and HHS said the work is being managed as a tech-debt program, but progress is slowed by data cleanup, integration complexity, staff retirements, vendor capacity, and federal requirements. Members asked whether there is a coordinated commitment and whether additional vendor support or consultants are needed; NDIT said it is working jointly with HHS and is seeking an RFP to help accelerate modernization. The cybersecurity presentation then shifted to statewide maturity assessments and services. NDIT said it provides endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning, security awareness training, threat briefings, and penetration testing, and that assessments are based on CIS controls. Members raised concerns about low participation in the self-assessment process, the lack of mandatory reporting or audit authority, and whether insurance incentives through Enderf or possible State Auditor involvement could improve compliance. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• The liability is all yours anyway.
• The liability is the risk of ownership.
• The liability is all<00:57:42.280> yours<00:57:42.600> anyway.
• issues with liability and litigation. issues with liability and litigation.
• :25.120> for<03:29:25.280> payment, there's only liability for payment, there's only liability

Keywords: 916, all

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• enforcing unrelated criminal laws and acting outside the expected scope of duty, creating confusion, liability
• It protects both the public and the profession from further misuse or liability.
• legislation that is fair, clearly identifies the roles, and ensures that we are protecting people's liabilities
• probation officers with the same level of protection already afforded to other law enforcement and judicial

Bills: HB5097, HB5513, SB523, SB857, SB964, SB1101, SB2143, SB2332, SB2383, HB 1108

Keywords: criminal history, background checks, government code, licensing, information access, rural law enforcement, child care grants, community support, law enforcement retention, advisory committee, SB 523, Texas driver’s license, alternative address, residential address, confidential address, address confidentiality, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Transportation Code, Section 521.1211

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• For nearly 30 years, Section 230 has shielded Big Tech from liability for the the harms they cause.
• Only by removing that liability shield will big tech finally have to take the steps companies and all
• law that we're taking a close look at here, which shields companies like this from personal, civil liability
• Apart from the threats in a judicial setting, have there been others?

Keywords: Meta, Facebook, whistleblower, regulation, China, user data, artificial intelligence, testimony, Congress

Summary: The meeting of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism focused on oversight of Meta's foreign relations and representations to Congress. An essential witness, Sarah Wynne-Williams, a former executive at Facebook, provided testimony outlining significant concerns about the company's practices and its complicity in aiding oppressive regimes. The atmosphere was charged, with ongoing debates about the regulation of big tech companies and the ethical implications of their policies. The committee explored topics such as user data management, whistleblower retaliation, and the need for legislative measures to protect users and enhance accountability in the tech sector. A notable point of contention was Facebook's alleged cooperation with the Chinese government regarding the dissemination of user data and AI tools, leading to serious ethical implications.

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• exempts medical system personnel, hospital emergency department personnel, and direct care staff from liability
• be open to any kind of clarification so that we would not impugn or put any kind of unnecessary liability
• So on this bill, we've got two clauses that provide immunity from liability, and this is really, really
• The person has the right to be in front of an impartial judicial official.
• The person has the right to be in front of an impartial judicial official.

Bills: HB2163, HB2256, HB2305, HB2367, HB2369, HB2669, HB2772, HB2916, HCM2007, HCR2004, HR2003

Keywords: lighting laws, construction equipment, farm equipment, vehicle safety, Arizona Revised Statutes, salvage vehicles, insurance claims, abandoned vehicles, salvage auction dealers, vehicle title, towing regulation, private towing carriers, vehicle impound, towing rates, preemption, law enforcement, neighborhood electric vehicles, alternative fuel, vehicle license tax, tax exemption

Bills: SB23, SB71, SB105, SB109, SB115, SB131, SB148, SB165

Keywords: law enforcement, taser, restrained individuals, police procedures, civil rights, income tax, tax exemption, Alabama tax code, Section 40-18-3, civilian employees, Department of Defense, DoD, Armed Forces, military pay, combat zone, deployment, National Guard, Reserve components, emergency response, federal employees