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AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We prosecuted 100% of those that came across our desk, and we prosecuted them as felonies.
- Over a two-year period, we had 61 convictions. After that, it started to tail off.
- We prosecuted 100% of those that came across our desk, and we prosecuted them as felonies.
- Over a two-year period, we had 61 convictions. After that, it started to tail off.
Summary:
A joint House-Senate Insurance and Commerce meeting focused on the growing threat of financial fraud in Arkansas, with members hearing from bankers, regulators, law enforcement, AARP, and mortgage and insurance industry representatives. Witnesses described a wide range of scams, including spoofed bank calls and texts, fake websites and social media impersonation, romance and investment scams, business email compromise, gift card fraud, check fraud, wire fraud, reverse mortgage scams, and crypto kiosk schemes. Several speakers emphasized that fraud is increasingly organized, technology-driven, and amplified by artificial intelligence, and that seniors are disproportionately targeted and often suffer the largest losses.
Testimony highlighted both prevention and recovery efforts. Bankers said institutions spend heavily on training, customer education, and fraud detection, but often cannot stop losses once customers have been convinced to authorize transfers. The Attorney General’s office described its Consumer Protection Division, a new Financial Fraud Task Force, and examples of recovering funds quickly from crypto kiosk and wire fraud cases. The State Bank Department and Securities Department said Arkansas’s 2025 crypto ATM legislation and related education requirements have helped, and they urged continued public education. The Insurance Department reported major insurance-fraud trends, including fake insurance cards, forged policies, premium-finance schemes, and staged auto accidents, and said it prosecutes these cases aggressively.
Members asked about reporting scams, the security of tap payments, how fraud losses are tracked, the role of crypto kiosks, and whether Arkansas should pursue model legislation or stronger action against telecom and social media companies. Witnesses said tap payments are generally safer than chip or swipe, that crypto transfers are often unrecoverable, and that spoofed caller ID and impersonation ads remain major problems. Paul Benda of the American Bankers Association urged state and federal action against telecom and social media platforms and supported national scam legislation. No new bills were voted on at the meeting, but members approved the November 3, 2025 minutes and several witnesses offered to share model legislation, consumer education materials, and state-by-state fraud data with the committee.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the chair of the felony traffic unit at the King County Prosecutor's Office.
- I've been specializing in felony traffic for over 20 years, and I am here in very strong support of House
- Under this proposal, adults, Under this proposal, adults could be convicted of DUI even when the evidence
- This change would instead mandate convictions without impairment.
Committee:
House Community Safety
Keywords:
criminal justice training commission, CJTC, law enforcement training, peace officer certification, decertification, corrections officer certification, tribal police certification, police accountability, police oversight, public safety, academy training, in-service training, continuing education, use of force, misconduct investigations, disciplinary hearings, administrative law judge, hearing panel, law enforcement standards, background investigations
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We're grateful for this chamber, for our state, and for the freedom to lead with integrity and conviction
- exposure to methamphetamine through any of several different ways, then such an offense is a state jail felony
- House Bill 2000, which is known as Audrey's Law, seeks to close that gap by requiring individuals convicted
- While it's a felony, it currently does not trigger sex-offender status.
Summary:
The Senate opened with an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of HB 74 creating the Puerto Verde Port Authority District, and heard a recognition from Senator Hancock about a weekend human trafficking operation in Fort Worth in which Unbound Now and the Fort Worth Police Department freed 19 victims. The Governor also submitted nominations to the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. The chamber then repeatedly suspended rules to take up and pass a series of House bills and one House joint resolution, mostly by wide margins, along with several local and honorary designations.
Among the substantive measures, the Senate passed HB 1244 on open-space appraisal after property transfers, HJR 99 and HB 1399 to exempt animal feed from ad valorem taxation, HB 166 expanding child/endangered-person protections to fentanyl-related conduct, HB 1672 speeding DMV enforcement against unsafe motor carriers, HB 2018 clarifying the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program, HB 140 creating a DFPS advisory committee on child protective investigations, HB 467 providing for dissolution of the Cedar Creek Hospital District, HB 2000 requiring sex-offender registration for child grooming, HB 331 creating presumptions for first responders who suffer heart attacks or strokes after strenuous shifts, HB 1089 creating the Gulf Coast Protection Account, HB 2730 limiting when appraisal districts may require new homestead exemption applications, HB 2723 easing cemetery tax-exemption procedures, HB 353 creating a trespass offense near schools and day care centers, and HB 3248 authorizing defense-based development authorities to employ and commission peace officers. Several of these bills drew brief explanations and, in some cases, questions from other senators about their scope and purpose.
The Senate also passed numerous memorial highway and facility designations, including HB 767 for Paul P. Mendez, HB 1708 for Trooper Kevin Ramirez-Vasquez, HB 2415 for Senior Police Officer Louis Andy Taylor, HB 2143 for Army Specialist Joey Lenz, HB 2457 for the Molly Mullins Mile, HB 2523 for Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia, HB 2198 for Officer Jacob Candinoza, and HB 2763 naming a TxDOT facility for Eduardo Eddie Garcia Jr. Other local or administrative measures included HB 3513 on the Moore County Juvenile Board and HB 3135 creating specialty plates for retired firefighters. The chamber also adopted several concurrent resolutions and later moved through a large local calendar, including HCR 80, which designated Brenham as the ice cream capital of Texas. Most measures passed with little or no opposition, though a few votes on rule suspensions and final passage recorded small numbers of nays.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- In that particular situation, we went to the judge, the convicting court in Kamau County presented this
- expense of the family, not to taxpayers' expense, and these military guys, just because he has a felony
- , depending on the felony doesn't mean that he cannot be buried.
- especially ones that have honorable discharges and are there, and we lead the country in wrongful conviction
Committee:
House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- LACKING RECENT DATA FOR ARRESTS, WE LOOKED AT FELONY FILINGS AS AN INDICATOR OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, CRIME
- THIS IS BASED ON THE CONVICTION THEY HAVE.
- OVER THE PRIOR FISCAL YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A SLIGHT UPTICK IN FELONY CONVICTIONS THAT HAVE RETURNED INDIVIDUALS
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I have numerous practical concerns. that relates to post-conviction writs filed by defendants in both
- And these are people who are legitimately charged with felony offenses.
- Yes, documents affecting real estate, it would be a a third-degree felony for anything else a Class A
- Oh, except that it is jail felony. It's a jail. It's called a state jail felony. Yes. I misread it.
- I mean, there's probably, well I know of a judge who was convicted of income tax fraud.
Bills:
HB 1181 , HB3704 , HB1363 , HB1610 , HB1615 , HB1620 , HB3223 , HB1317 , HB2884 , HB2176 , HB4027 , HB1664 , HB933 , HB2613 , HB3353 , HB2086 , HB4101 , HB3441 , HB4145 , HB3455
Committee:
House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Keywords:
judiciary, judges, justices, retired, legal assignments, judicial conduct, notary public, criminal offense, education requirements, official documents, record retention, implicit bias, bias training, judicial training, judge education, court personnel, continuing legal education, CLE, state bar, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 28 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, folks that are in the Department of Corrections are serving out convictions for felonies.
- The new language also clarifies that charges or convictions are not required...
- The new language also clarifies that charges or convictions are not required and creates a presumption
- defendant is answering for a violent crime and is taken in the middle of their court proceedings, a conviction
- in place thereof the words “the release date of a person, including but not limited to a person convicted
Summary:
The House first handled several routine matters, including adoption of a birthday resolution honoring Caroline San Martino Moran and suspension of Joint Rule 12 to allow consideration of a petition involving the City of Waltham and the Veterans Memorial Rink. It also advanced two local bills: one authorizing DCAMM to release a sewer line easement in West Roxbury, and another relative to the town administrator of Carlisle. Both bills were amended by Ways and Means and ordered to third reading or engrossed as amended. The chamber also passed a memorial-marker bill for fallen law enforcement officers in Milton and Canton.
The main floor debate centered on House Bill 5305, the “Protect Act,” which was presented as a measure to limit state and local involvement in federal civil immigration enforcement, restrict ICE access in courthouses and other sensitive locations, strengthen notice and language-access protections for detainees and workers, and expedite U and T visa certifications. Supporters, including members of the Black and Latino Caucus and other legislators, argued the bill would protect due process, encourage victims and witnesses to come forward, preserve public trust, and keep local police focused on criminal matters. They cited courthouse arrests, fear in immigrant communities, and the need for clearer boundaries between state and federal authority.
Several amendments were offered and voted on during consideration of H.5305. An amendment to strike Section 4 was rejected, as were amendments seeking to alter the courthouse enforcement provisions and to recognize immigration judge warrants. Other amendments were adopted, including one clarifying sheriff-related provisions, one expanding language around release dates, one adding protections related to school settings, and one expediting U visa certification for family members aging out. A roll call was taken on the bill and on multiple amendments, with the House ultimately adopting the amendments described and continuing consideration of the bill as amended.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 28 Mar 25th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, folks that are in the Department of Corrections are serving out convictions for felonies.
- The new language also clarifies that charges or convictions are not required The new language also clarifies
- that charges or convictions are not required and creates a presumption of helpfulness to victims and
- defendant is answering for a violent crime and is taken in the middle of their court proceedings, a conviction
- in place thereof the words “the release date of a person, including but not limited to a person convicted
Summary:
The House first handled several routine matters, including adoption of a resolution honoring Caroline San Martino Moran on her 80th birthday and suspension of Joint Rule 12 to allow consideration of a petition involving the City of Waltham and the Veterans Memorial Rink. It then advanced a bill authorizing DCAMM to release a sewer line easement in West Roxbury, adopting the Ways and Means amendment and ordering the bill to a third reading. The chamber also took up and advanced another bill, Promoting Rule of Law, Oversight, Trust, and Equal Constitutional Treatment (the “Protect Act”), after a brief recess and a quorum call.
Most of the transcript focused on House Bill 5305, the Protect Act, which was described by supporters as a measure to separate state and local law enforcement from civil immigration enforcement, prohibit ICE arrests in courthouses without a judicial warrant, limit cooperation with ICE on civil matters, strengthen notice and language-access protections for detainees and workers, expedite U and T visa certifications, and create rules for sensitive spaces and enforcement by the Attorney General. Supporters from both parties and several caucuses argued the bill would protect due process, encourage victims and witnesses to come forward, and preserve public safety by maintaining trust in courts, schools, and communities. Several members also spoke from personal experience as immigrants, survivors of domestic violence, or law enforcement professionals.
The House considered and voted on a series of amendments to H.5305. Amendment 6 to strike Section 4 failed; Amendment 7, which would have required ICE civil warrants to be presented to a court and reviewed for impact on justice, failed; Amendment 2, adding immigration judges to the bill’s definition of government, failed; Amendment 3, concerning 287(g) agreements and federal reimbursement, was withdrawn; Amendment 13, expediting U visa certifications when a family member is aging out, was adopted by roll call 150-3; Amendment 10, clarifying the definition of law enforcement agency/officer to include sheriffs’ correctional roles, was adopted 127-25; Amendment 5, expanding a release-date provision, was adopted 154-0; and Amendment 14, addressing school-related protections and ICE presence, was adopted 135-18. The bill itself was still under consideration at the end of the transcript, with debate continuing after the adopted amendments.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 28 Mar 25th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, folks that are in the Department of Corrections are serving out convictions for felonies.
- The new language also clarifies that charges or convictions are not required The new language also clarifies
- that charges or convictions are not required and creates a presumption of helpfulness to victims and
- defendant is answering for a violent crime and is taken in the middle of their court proceedings, a conviction
- in place thereof the words 'the release date of a person, including but not limited to a person convicted
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/11/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, members, House Bill 2573 allows a person convicted of the first offense of aggravated driving
- is a class 4, 5, or 6 felony, to apply for a special ignition interlock restricted license.
- Additionally, the bill conforms evidence-based psychotherapy for a DUI conviction with requirements on
- Now the problem is that you have people who are convicted of a DUI, have to do consecutive days, and
- And I understand that folks who were convicted of DUIs have a punishment coming; however, I feel like
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 2957, which would prohibit cities, towns, counties, and districts from requiring a digital or mobile driver license for government identification purposes and would require physical licenses to be accepted. The sponsor argued the bill preserves choice, privacy, and state control over identification, and several supporters said it protects informed consent and limits biometric data use. Some members raised concerns about travel requirements and proof of legal status, but the sponsor said the bill would not eliminate Real ID or change federal travel rules. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 4-3 vote.
The committee then heard HB 2941, which would make certain unsafe motorcycle lane-splitting or lane-sharing behavior subject to reckless driving penalties. The sponsor said the bill is intended to address dangerous conduct and close a gap in enforcement, while a motorcycle rights advocate explained the difference between lane filtering, which is legal under Arizona law in limited circumstances, and lane splitting, which is not. Testimony emphasized public safety and education for riders. The committee approved the bill with a do pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote.
Next, the committee considered HB 2305, as amended, dealing with private property towing. The bill would make towing rates a matter of statewide concern, tie charges to DPS tow service agreements, require documentation and notice requirements, and standardize rules for private towing carriers. Supporters said the measure would reduce confusion and predatory towing by creating uniform statewide standards, while opponents from the trucking industry argued the DPS rate structure was designed for emergency towing and that more stakeholder work was needed. After adopting an amendment clarifying the bill applies only to motor vehicles towed from private property, the committee passed the bill 7-0.
Finally, the committee heard HB 2257, a strike-everything amendment changing how watercraft fee revenue is distributed between the watercraft licensing fund, the State Lake Improvement Fund, and boating safety/law enforcement purposes, while also requiring an annual expenditure report. Supporters said the change would help Mohave County and other local agencies that are covering more water patrol duties as Game and Fish resources are stretched, but Game and Fish warned the shift would create a significant fiscal impact and said the department is already operating with tight budgets. The committee adopted the amendment and gave the bill a do pass recommendation on a 4-3 vote.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/11/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure
Transportation & Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, members, House Bill 2573 allows a person convicted of the first offense of aggravated driving
- is a class 4, 5, or 6 felony, to apply for a special ignition interlock restricted license.
- Additionally, the bill conforms evidence-based psychotherapy for a DUI conviction with requirements on
- Now the problem is that you have people who are convicted of a DUI, have to do consecutive days, and
- And I understand that folks who were convicted of DUIs have a punishment coming; however, I feel like
Committee:
House Transportation & Infrastructure
Keywords:
special license plates, transportation, funding, nonprofits, charitable contributions, boating, watercraft licensing, law enforcement, safety fund, state funding, Arizona Revised Statutes, towing regulation, private towing carriers, vehicle impound, towing rates, preemption, DUI, ignition interlock, substance abuse treatment, driving privileges
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- research involving cells or tissues derived from an aborted fetus or embryo and makes it a classified felony
- Do you know if other states or other countries subject physicians to felonies when they use...
- It makes a public employee guilty of a felony for an intentional violation.
- And so it is a class six felony to possess, sell, transfer, or offer some... ...felony to possess, sell
- And I am recommending a class four felony in this bill.
Bills:
SB1014 , SB1094 , SB1146 , SB1177 , SB1192 , SB1194 , SB1214 , SB1372 , SB1390 , SB1398 , SB1399 , SB1494 , SB1557 , SB1561 , SB1564 , SB1602 , SB1603 , SB1621 , SB1628 , SB1629 , SB1713 , SB1752 , SB1776 , SB1813 , SB1814 , SB1821
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
Keywords:
gender transition, gender detransition, health insurance, medical procedures, insurance claims, official documents, Arizona law, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, dependent children, foster care, periodic review, court hearings, child welfare, public funds, prohibition, Arizona legislation
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- RSA 159-3 imposes a class B felony on any convicted felon who owns or possesses a deadly weapon.
- B felony on any convicted<00:45:32.960><c> felon</c><00:45:33.520><c> who</c><00:45:33.839><c> owns<
- It's felonious. It's dangerous.
- Felonies are serious. and he is correct. Felonies are serious.
- Now I I have a is felonious conduct.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/03/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- um policy passed last emergency felony um policy passed last session<00:51:19.079><c> the</c><00:51:
- um is that one first do you convictions um is that one first do you have<01:08:14.880><c> any</c><01
- a lot of this would really focus on those who are charged at the state level and prosecuted and convicted
- :21:48.199><c> and</c> the state charged and prosecuted and the state charged and prosecuted and convicted
- at the state level and um it's convicted at the state level and um it's an<01:21:51.600><c> averaging
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-10 (11:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I thank you for defying gravity in all of your advocacy and leading with compassion, conviction, and
- And you stood up with conviction and you led. We were better for it because of you. Thank you.
- Working together, the idea and conviction that America's long, heroic journey must go forever upward.
- from a first-degree misdemeanor to a third-degree felony.
- from a first-degree misdemeanor to a third-degree felony.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/14/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We regularly exceed other units with many more people in fraud convictions.
- And just to discuss the long term, we're on average fifth in fraud convictions in the entire country
- </c> many more people in fraud convictions. many more people in fraud convictions.
- </c> fraud convictions in the entire country. fraud convictions in the entire country.
- </c><00:10:45.600><c> in</c> on average fifth in fraud convictions in on average fifth in fraud convictions
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Twenty One - Monday, February 16
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It will absolutely make all slot machines that are not in our casinos illegal and a Class E felony to
- that conviction testified in favor of this bill.
- Besides the Platt County case, there are no convictions for the so-called gray machines.
- Not a felony, but that was the discussion we had, more serious.
- Not a felony, but that was the discussion we had, more serious.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal by roll call vote, 115-6. Members then used points of personal privilege to honor Redd Foxx for Black History Month and to remember former Mayor Frank Klipsch, followed by the introduction of a first-grade special guest page for the day. The chamber also received first readings of three bills on mental health efforts in public schools, public labor organizations, and state contracts with certain telecommunications companies, along with committee reports recommending passage of several bills.
The House then debated and passed several measures. A large vehicle-inspection bill, House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1838, 1692, 1695, 1983, 2036, 2662, and 2743, drew extended debate over whether inspections improve safety or impose unnecessary costs; it passed 104-43. House Bill 1917, a Jefferson County water district bill aimed at removing a local obstacle to a long-planned development, passed 148-2. House Bill 261, as amended, was approved 109-21 to require Missouri schools and universities to adopt nondiscriminatory policies protecting Jewish students from antisemitic harassment, using the IHRA definition as a guide while stating it would not limit First Amendment rights.
Members also passed House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2384, 92-61, which would limit local energy-code mandates and reduce housing construction costs, despite objections that it would preempt local control and roll back newer codes. The chamber then moved into perfection and took up House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2989, a major gaming-regulation bill intended to legalize and regulate video lottery terminals and crack down on illegal machines. Multiple amendments were adopted, including a $250-per-terminal fee dedicated to developmental disability services, local opt-out and operating-hour provisions, a shorter grace period for existing machines, property-tax language, a 21-and-over restricted area requirement, a larger warning label, and a historical funding provision for the steamboat Arabia. Debate continued on the bill and its amendments, with supporters emphasizing regulation, local control, and new revenue, and opponents warning about gambling expansion, enforcement problems, and social harms.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- a class felony?
- </c> felony if they violated this section. felony if they violated this section.
- </c> >> if they're convicted of a class felony?
- >> if they're convicted of a class felony? >> Uhhuh. >> Uhhuh.
- </c> felony versus a misdemeanor, etc. felony versus a misdemeanor, etc.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It is not a felonious crime.
- We don't even make it a felony to assault a social worker in this state.
- Madam Speaker, this is a program after one has been convicted. One has been convicted of stalking.
- One has been convicted of stalking. One has been convicted of abuse.
- One has been convicted of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Bills:
HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2681 , SB5467 , SB5820 , SB5863 , SB5892 , SCR8406 , HB2487 , HB2711 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5995 , SB6278
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, SB 5467, water-sewer district, water sewer district, surplus property, public property sale, local government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/27/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:30:27.600><c> for</c> any prior arrest or conviction for any prior arrest or conviction for harassing
- disqualify an applicant whose conviction disqualify an applicant whose conviction directly<02:12:56.800
- </c> example that someone has been convicted example that someone has been convicted of<02:13:38.480>
- </c> uh not just whether there's a conviction uh not just whether there's a conviction for<02:41:12.960
- </c><03:15:20.680><c> of</c> scratched out the words a conviction of scratched out the words a conviction
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety