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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Patients ages 12 and older for flu, strep, COVID-19, and HIV prevention.
  • Yeah, as a nurse, I've seen the value of prevention.
  • The saying is, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of care. This is one of those examples.
  • Just to let you know that members of the domestic violence community helped draft this bill.
  • Just to let you know that members of the domestic violence community helped draft this bill.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Apr 22nd, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • hospitalizations, and tragically preventable deaths.
  • Mario San Bartolome confirms John's death was entirely preventable.
  • AB 785 will establish the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program.
  • prevention over more incarceration.
  • However, the amount California spends on violence prevention and intervention pales in comparison to
Committee: House Health
Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a special order of bills focused largely on utilization management and prior authorization in health care. Chair Bonta opened by explaining the committee’s rules and noting several consent items, then moved into bills aimed at reducing delays and barriers in coverage decisions for mental health, substance use disorder treatment, chronic care, and rehabilitation services. The committee also noted AB 1429 had been pulled from the agenda. AB 384 by Assembly Member Connolly would prohibit prior authorization for inpatient mental health or substance use emergency admissions and for physician care delivered during those inpatient stays. Supporters, including behavioral health groups, hospitals, emergency physicians, and patient advocates, argued that prior authorization delays crisis care and can worsen outcomes. Opponents, including health plans and insurers, warned about fraud, waste, abuse, and ambiguity around residential treatment facilities and review processes. The bill passed the committee on a do pass as amended vote and was sent to Appropriations, though it was placed on call. AB 510 by Assembly Member Addis would require health plans to provide a peer of the same or similar specialty when a treating provider appeals a prior authorization decision. Supporters said this would make appeals fairer and more clinically informed; opponents said the specialty-matching requirement and timelines were unworkable and could strain the system. AB 539 by Assembly Member Schiavo would extend prior authorization approvals to one year or the duration of the prescribed treatment, with supporters citing chronic illness and cancer care delays and opponents arguing the bill was too broad. AB 669 by Assembly Member Haney would bar certain utilization reviews for the first 28 days of in-network substance use disorder treatment and limit prior authorization for related outpatient medications; it drew strong emotional support from a parent who lost her son after treatment was cut short, while insurers and health plans opposed it as too restrictive. AB 512 by Assembly Member Harabedian would shorten prior authorization turnaround times to 24 hours for urgent requests and 48 hours for non-urgent requests, and AB 574 by Assembly Member Mark González would allow up to 12 physical therapy sessions for a new episode of care without prior authorization. Across these bills, supporters emphasized timely access and patient harm from delays, while opponents repeatedly raised concerns about oversight, medical necessity review, and cost. Several measures were voted out on call or held on call for later action.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 24th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V

Transcript Highlights:
  • After that, 32% of that money goes to domestic violence.
  • I am the Chief Executive Officer. of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
  • Through our prevention program, the future cancer cases forever prevented through vaccinations and education
  • He is going to, I believe that he is going to be able to prevent childhood brain cancer.
  • And there's much research being done to prevent that from happening too.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health Department policy bill 3/23/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section two and three combine two separate suicide prevention reports into a single biennial report.
  • health improvement program, tobacco use prevention, vulnerable adult maltreatment.
  • He also said that with violence prevention, specifically gun violence prevention, that is an incredibly
  • Chair Beerman said he wants to make sure the suicide prevention reports are getting through.
  • He added that gun violence prevention is an incredibly important report that needs to be expanded and
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/20/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It erodes society's ability to prevent the spread of disease and illness, including... ...ability to
  • prevent the spread of disease and illness, including those in which no vaccines exist.
  • It also prevents employers, including medical providers and hospitals, from managing their own operations
  • Othering tends to make violence acceptable. Othering tends to make violence acceptable.
  • Othering tends to make violence acceptable.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/27/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • this violence is aimed at elected officials and judges, but also is a risk to the public at large. >
  • </c> across the country, political violence across the country, political violence um<00:46:02.160><c
  • or threats, then democracy violence or threats, then democracy loses. loses. loses.
  • That unit proactively identifies threats to prevent targeted violence.
  • That unit proactively identifies threats to prevent targeted violence.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 6th, 2026

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • future violence.
  • If the goal is to prevent gun violence, we have to be honest about what actually works.
  • Those investments prevent harm. Longer sentences after the fact do not.
  • Those investments prevent harm. Longer sentences after the fact do not.
  • By holding these individuals accountable under the law, this bill will reduce violent crime, prevent
Bills: HB99 , HB49 , HB164 , SB30 , SB43 , SB50 , SB136
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 99, which would make changes to the Medical Malpractice Act, especially around punitive damages. The chair and sponsor said the bill would not be voted on that day and that public comment would wait until Monday, when a fuller presentation and any recommended substitute would be considered. Dr. Brooke Baker, a physician-lawyer, gave a long presentation on physician wellness, malpractice stress, and the effect of litigation on staffing and burnout, while also discussing hospital ownership structures, private equity, and rural hospital vulnerability. She argued that punitive damages are often pled too broadly in New Mexico, that the amendment language was unclear about which entities would be capped, and that better oversight and internal quality systems—not punitive damages—are the better tools for addressing bad actors and unsafe care. Committee members from both sides asked extensive questions about the patient compensation fund, indemnification, corporate structures, the effect of caps on insurance and recruitment, and whether the bill would protect physicians’ personal assets. No vote was taken on HB 99, and the committee recessed before moving to the next bill. The committee then returned to House Bill 49, a public safety measure increasing penalties for felons who possess firearms. The sponsors and law enforcement witnesses said the bill is aimed narrowly at serious violent felons who are already prohibited from having guns, and that it would align state sentencing with federal law and give police and prosecutors a stronger tool against repeat violent offenders. An amendment was offered to narrow the bill further, add destructive devices, and make the offense a second-degree felony rather than escalating to first degree on repeat offenses. The amendment was adopted without opposition. Public testimony on HB 49 was largely opposed. The Law Office of the Public Defender argued the bill criminalizes possession without a new act of violence, that current law already punishes felon-in-possession conduct, and that New Mexico has repeatedly increased penalties without evidence of reduced gun crime. The ACLU of New Mexico also opposed the bill, saying increased penalties are not a proven deterrent. The transcript cuts off as additional online opposition testimony was beginning.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 3, 2026 - 02:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's an act related to petitions for injunction for protection against domestic violence.
  • This included not only mental health and drug courts, but domestic violence courts.
  • Attorneys and domestic violence programs routinely teach women, and yes, some men, to lie.
  • This included not only mental health and drug courts, but domestic violence courts.
  • The threat of murder and injustice against me has prevented me from being employed.
Summary: The subcommittee first heard HB 925 on clerks of court reimbursement. The sponsor said the bill raises the statutory reimbursement rate for unfunded clerk duties to $195 per petition, adds approved civil indigency applications to the reimbursement request, and adjusts certain civil traffic fee distributions to create parity between municipalities and unincorporated county areas. An amendment was adopted to remove general-revenue redirects and address a fee-waiver issue. Clerks and related associations testified in support, while the Florida League of Cities raised concerns about the revenue impact on municipalities. The committee adopted the amendment and reported HB 925 favorably by a 16-0 vote. The committee then took up HB 1551 on products liability for firearms. The sponsor said the bill would bar design-defect claims based solely on the absence or presence of external features not required by federal law, while preserving claims for internal manufacturing defects and failures to meet express warranties or representations. The bill drew extensive testimony from firearms manufacturers, law enforcement, gun-rights groups, and opponents from the Florida Justice Association and others, with debate focused on whether the language would limit lawsuits over alleged ghost firing or design defects and whether it should be clarified to preserve pending and future claims. The committee reported HB 1551 favorably by a 13-4 vote. Next, CS for HB 657 on community associations proposed a new community association court program, elimination of pre-suit mediation, and new procedures for dissolving associations, along with changes to “Kaufman” language and financial disclosure requirements. An amendment was adopted that changed the dissolution threshold to 50% of signatures, required a two-thirds vote for bylaw amendments, and expanded financial disclosure access to bank records and related documents. Homeowners testified about alleged HOA abuse, while attorneys and others warned about unintended consequences, loss of mediation, and questions about court authority. The committee approved the amended bill 14-1. Finally, CS for HB 635 on cybersecurity standards and liability would create a presumption against negligence liability for local governments and businesses that comply with specified cybersecurity standards and incident-reporting requirements, with the defendant bearing the burden to show compliance. Testimony split between supporters who said the bill incentivizes stronger security practices and opponents who argued it could shield entities that only “substantially” comply and could affect pending class actions. The committee reported the bill favorably 14-1. The meeting then moved on to PCS for HB 529, with the sponsor beginning presentation as the transcript ended.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Because diplomacy prevents conflict, development reduces desperation that fuels violence.
  • </c> reduces desperation that fuels violence. reduces desperation that fuels violence.
  • </c> surveillance and prevention programs. surveillance and prevention programs.
  • </c> and helped to prevent a mass shooting. and helped to prevent a mass shooting.
  • </c> voter suppression, and racial violence. voter suppression, and racial violence.
Bills: HB8595 , HB4288 , HB4647 , HB6963 , HB5362 , HB6007
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • The pilot program must be a proactive, preventative approach to stress and resilience using education
  • SB 1391 is about prevention and readiness.
  • It deals a lot more with prevention. The teacher... ...or marital problems and divorce.
  • It deals a lot more with prevention, to teach the officer to recognize signs on his or her own and deal
  • It's smart policy, it's just smart prevention, and a smart use of our resources.
Summary: The committee first heard SB 1452, which would create a cargo theft task force in the Attorney General’s office to coordinate with federal, state, and local law enforcement on theft and fraud involving cargo and freight. The Arizona Trucking Association supported the bill, describing cargo theft as organized and rapidly increasing. The committee reported SB 1452 out with a due pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote. Members then considered SB 1048, a $36 million appropriation for Coconino County to build a new juvenile court services facility and convert the existing juvenile detention center into a detox, sobriety, and crisis recovery center. The sponsor and supporters framed it as a juvenile services and recovery investment, while one member objected to funding one county in a tight budget year. The bill passed 4-3. The committee also heard SB 1092, which would prohibit early termination of lifetime probation for people convicted of dangerous crimes against children and apply the restriction retroactively. The sponsor argued it would keep child sex offenders under supervision, while opponents raised concerns about judicial discretion, retroactivity, and cases involving internet-related conduct or defendants with disabilities. After extensive testimony, the committee approved SB 1092 on a 4-3 vote. The committee next took up SB 1391, which would direct AZ POST to create a pilot law enforcement stress management and mental wellness training program, with a $950,000 appropriation and a sunset date in 2029. Supporters, including law enforcement advocates, said it would help officers manage trauma, improve retention, and support families. The bill passed unanimously. SB 1401, creating a golf tournament charity special plate and fund to support youth athletic programs in Tucson, also passed unanimously after brief supportive testimony from the Tucson Conquistadors. On SB 1314, a broad pay raise bill for probation staff, corrections, juvenile corrections, and DPS employees, supporters argued that recruitment and retention problems and vacancies justified the increases. Some members supported the concept but noted uncertainty about the cost and the broader budget picture. The bill passed 5-1. The committee then heard SB 1071, which would repeal statutory provisions relating to the Arizona Rangers. Testimony split sharply: the sponsor and some former members argued the organization lacked transparency and accountability, while current and former Rangers said the bill would undermine an important volunteer public safety auxiliary. Rather than vote, the chair held SB 1071 for further discussion and possible amendment. Finally, the committee began SB 1400, which would allow law enforcement agencies to establish confidential wellness and peer support programs for employees exposed to trauma; supporters said confidentiality is needed to encourage officers to seek help, and the roll call had begun when the transcript ended.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Mar 18th, 2026

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Without consistent documentation, there is no way to track patterns or prevent the next tragedy.
  • It could have definitely been prevented with a couple of dollars.
  • Survivors of domestic and sexual violence are afraid to even call 911.
  • My mother, my two brothers, and I had to survive domestic violence twice.
  • I have to live with the trauma of strangulation, attempted murder, and domestic violence.
Bills: H4697 , S2635 , S2680 , S2681 , H5158
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Accurate intelligence will prevent us from having more endless wars.
  • Do you believe that the violence on January 6th was in... Intentionally organized or directed?
  • We also had intelligence leading up to January 6th that there was going to be violence that day.
  • Was involved in the planning of the violence in the building next door on January 6th.
  • condemned anyone who used any act of violence against law enforcement or anyone else.
Summary: The committee meeting centered around significant discussions regarding national security and intelligence community leadership. Notably, nominees Aaron Lucas for Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Joe Kent for Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and John Eisenberg for Assistant Attorney General for National Security were introduced. Concerns were raised about the current state of U.S. intelligence capabilities, particularly in relation to threats posed by foreign adversaries such as China and ongoing risks from terrorism. The dialogue emphasized the necessity for robust oversight and the importance of collaboration within the intelligence community, as well as with international allies, to ensure effective security measures are in place.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 04/17/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, just to be clear, this bill would not prevent any party from obtaining not prevent any party from
  • </c> there's nothing that prevents there's nothing that prevents the<00:58:26.160><c> park</c><00:58:
  • sexual violence.
  • </c> witnessed and experienced violence. witnessed and experienced violence.
  • Decisions like cutting staff, cutting violence prevention and community outreach efforts, limiting their
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 20, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Restrain and frustrate all who seek evil, ruin, or violence against this land.
  • These deaths are preventable, yet instead of preventing them and improving maternal health, Republicans
  • These deaths are preventable, yet instead of preventing them and improving maternal health, Republicans
  • These deaths are preventable, yet instead of preventing them and improving maternal health, Republicans
  • CDC tells us that more than 80% of those deaths are preventable, Not inevitable, but preventable.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session May 18th, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Research consistently shows, however, that ACL injuries are largely preventable.
  • ACL injuries are not simply a sports issue, but a preventable public health challenge.
  • Their history has been shaped by anti-Semitism, displacement, violence, and a remarkable resilience in
  • To help prevent putting professionals in harm's way, SB 993 seeks to be proactive by limiting personal
  • This bill will increase access to a crucial prevention medication when global health and civil rights
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest recognitions, and several ceremonial presentations. Members welcomed Jack and Jill of America’s Far West Region and a large education bus trip from Senate District 15. The body also adopted SCR 151 designating May 2026 as ACL Injury Awareness Month, SR 105 declaring May as National Tennis Month, SCR 175 recognizing Behavioral Health Awareness Month, SCR 176 designating May as Small Business Month, and SCR 178 recognizing Jewish American Heritage Month. These resolutions drew broad support, with many senators speaking to the health, civic, economic, and cultural themes in the measures, as well as concerns about anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and solidarity across communities. The Senate also confirmed three gubernatorial appointees unanimously: Siva Gunda to the California Energy Commission, Tony Sertich as Executive Director of the California Housing and Finance Agency, and Craig Snellings to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. In addition, the chamber approved a motion to suspend Joint Rule 62(a) so the Committee on Local Government could hear AB 1768, after debate over the procedure and a roll call vote. On legislation, the Senate passed a series of bills on unanimous or near-unanimous votes, including SB 922 on local cost recovery for street damage from public service operations, SB 932 on litigation transparency, SB 1311 on updates to consumer affairs boards and licensing rules, SB 1143 on access to forensic interview recordings in child abuse cases, SB 1307 on clearing forged real estate documents, SB 1177 on high-speed rail reporting, SB 971 on community networks for older adults, SB 1400 on Alameda Health System governance, SB 1228 on existing outdoor advertising displays in former redevelopment areas, SB 997 on lien authority for a groundwater sustainability agency, SB 1115 on public cemetery district governance, SB 1088 on advance care planning forms, SB 1242 on family participation in CARE Court, SB 1364 on parental rights in rape-related custody cases, SB 993 on protecting mental health professionals’ identifying information, SB 1094 on prescription drug biosimilar use, SB 1117 on ADU fee calculations, SB 1244 on broker compensation disclosures for public agency health plans, SB 1315 on automated driving system software update reporting, and SB 1398 on recognizing Green Globes as an equivalent state building certification. Earlier, a motion by Senator Strickland to withdraw SB 1035 from committee failed on a 22-22 vote.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 4th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, AB 878 will allow survivors of violence and abuse to ask for reasonable safety accommodations
  • Domestic violence, of course, is a highly disruptive force touching and upending the lives of millions
  • Unfortunately, this kind of violence is intrinsically linked with housing insecurity, creating a vicious
  • AB 1227 helps remove barriers to critical wildfire prevention projects in California.
  • Assembly Bill 441 by Assemblymember Hadwick, an act relating to wildfire prevention.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Review of the Minnesota Senate’s 2026 Session | Senator Erin Murphy May 22nd, 2026

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate floor, like emergency rental assistance, immigration enforcement, stabilizing HCMC, and gun violence
  • prevention measures.
  • I think the response to Metro Surge and the powerful package that we put together on gun violence prevention
  • I think the response to Metro Surge and the powerful package that we put together on gun violence prevention
  • I think the response to Metro Surge and the powerful package that we put together on gun violence prevention
Summary: The interview focused on the Minnesota Senate DFL’s end-of-session accomplishments and frustrations. The senator said the caucus entered the session expecting little to get done in a divided, election-year legislature, but instead passed a range of major measures, including emergency rental assistance, immigration enforcement, gun violence prevention, an independent Office of the Inspector General, consumer protections for homeowners associations, and a $1.2 billion bonding/infrastructure bill for water, roads, and bridges. He said the bonding bill was a success but criticized the limited funding for lead pipe replacement, noting only $15 million was included. He also discussed affordability measures, especially a vehicle tab fee reduction negotiated in connection with the bonding bill, saying Democrats wanted the relief to take effect sooner but Republicans pushed implementation to January. He described other unfinished or blocked items, including a small business relief package tied to Metro Surge and efforts to protect Medicaid and SNAP from federal changes. He said many Senate proposals were developed through committee hearings and were meant to be negotiated publicly, but argued the House often failed to do comparable work, leading to last-minute deals and more party-line votes. The senator was sharply critical of federal actions under the Trump administration, saying cuts and mandates were harming states, counties, Medicaid, and SNAP, and weakening the state-federal partnership. Looking ahead, he said interim work will likely focus on procedural changes and health care, including stabilizing HCMC and supporting rural hospitals. He said the session’s work was aimed at serving Minnesotans first, and expressed optimism about the upcoming election season and the possibility of changing legislative practices next session.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-12 (10:30AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Who determines if what that student states is promoting violence? Representative Kassal.
  • , with also a finding of intent to use that act of violence Violence, with also a finding of intent to
  • What demonstrated harm is this meant to prevent? What demonstrated harm am I trying to prevent?
  • What demonstrated harm is this meant to prevent? What demonstrated harm is this meant to prevent?
  • What demonstrated harm am I trying to prevent? President of Cross.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then moved into returning messages from the Senate. Early action focused on CS/CS/HB 1503 on computer science education and certification, which would add computer science and artificial intelligence content in high school and create a K-12 teacher certificate program; after adopting a House amendment restoring certificate language and adjusting implementation timing, the House concurred in the Senate amendment and passed the bill 105-0. The chamber then took up CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity, adopting a House amendment to allow local governments to buy into the cyber grant program and add a five-year sunset, then concurring in the Senate amendment shifting grant administration back to the Florida Digital Service; the bill passed 104-1. The House refused to concur in Senate amendments to CS/HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over U.S. military installations and HB 6011 on reporting gifts or honoraria, sending both back to the Senate. It also refused to concur in the Senate amendment to CS/HB 851 on professional learning for instructional and school administrative personnel, saying the Senate version expanded the bill beyond its original autism-focused scope. After a recess, the House unveiled Speaker Daniel Perez’s portrait and heard extended remarks praising his leadership, institutional reforms, and the work of House staff and members. In the second returning-message list, the House debated CS/CS/HB 1471 on systems of law and terrorist organizations. The Senate amendment clarified the definition of “promote,” refined notice and timeline provisions for terrorist organization designations, and kept references to Sharia law as an example in the foreign religious law section. Supporters argued the bill was aimed at conduct beyond speech and was intended to protect the Constitution and public safety; opponents warned it would chill free speech, target Muslim Floridians, and give the governor and cabinet unprecedented power without adequate due process. After lengthy debate, the House concurred and passed the bill 80-25. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1473, a public records bill tied to HB 1471, and moved to concur in a technical Senate amendment aligning the records exemption with the revised structure of HB 1471.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a very, very important job in California for us to be able to, you know, not only prevent, but respond
  • We've also been able to prevent the dismantling of numerous federal agencies, including HHS as well as
  • There isn't a mechanism to prevent or protect those who have gambling issues and problems.
  • VOCA funds fund victim service providers like mine, victim witness programs, child abuse prevention and
  • VOCA funds fund victim service providers like mine, victim witness programs, child abuse prevention and
Summary: The committee heard an overview from Cal OES on disaster response, LA wildfire recovery, federal FEMA reimbursements, security monitoring, and the state’s 911 transition. Cal OES said its budget supports disaster preparedness and recovery, including ongoing work in Los Angeles, where it reported about 700 FEMA public assistance applications totaling roughly $1.2 billion and about $545 million in state wildfire response and recovery funding already allocated under AB 100. Members pressed for more detail on FEMA delays, hazard mitigation grants, federal event planning, and the status of Operation Stonegarden, while also raising concerns about small-disaster recovery, federal shutdown impacts, and the need for more timely reporting. A major portion of the hearing focused on Next Generation 911. Cal OES described problems with the current regional deployment, especially call-routing and transfer failures, and said it now plans to shift to a statewide provider as an interim step, then run an open procurement for a long-term vendor. The agency said it expects to execute a bridging contract in the coming weeks, release an RFP in the second quarter of 2026, award a long-term contract in the fall, begin transitioning Los Angeles-area PSAPs ahead of the 2028 Olympics, and complete statewide migration by summer 2030. The LAO urged the Legislature to pause further implementation until it has more information on the problems, alternatives, costs, privacy/security issues, and oversight needs, and recommended quarterly and monthly reporting if the project proceeds. Several senators echoed concerns about cost, redundancy, cybersecurity, and whether the statewide model could create new risks, and the chair said she would pursue a joint oversight hearing with the Emergency Management Committee and seek input from the State Auditor. The Department of Justice then presented its overall workload and budget pressures. DOJ highlighted its work on fentanyl enforcement, human trafficking, firearms recovery, housing enforcement, consumer protection, environmental and civil rights litigation, and a large federal litigation workload, saying it has filed 59 lawsuits against the Trump administration and won most of them. DOJ said the added federal cases and other mandates have strained existing staff, though 44 additional hires have been made. Members praised DOJ’s work on immigration, housing, and federal accountability, and asked for more information on detention facilities and staffing. The committee also reviewed DOJ’s firearms-related budget proposals. DOJ requested funding for continued firearms IT modernization, implementation of SB 704 on firearm barrels, and a temporary shift of Bureau of Firearms costs to the General Fund. The LAO supported the IT modernization request but recommended funding SB 704 from the Dealer’s Record of Sale Special Account, with startup costs covered by a loan from the Firearm Safety and Enforcement Special Fund, and suggested limiting the General Fund shift to one year and treating it as a loan. The LAO also asked DOJ to develop a framework by January 10, 2027, for deciding which firearm and ammunition workload should be supported by fee revenue rather than the General Fund.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Revenue Committee, February 25, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • Page five, line 19, the entirety of subsection D tries to get at that prohibition of preventing local
  • </c><00:24:33.840><c> law</c> prevented may have prevented Wyoming law prevented may have prevented Wyoming
  • So, in domestic violence cases, we only prosecute people under federal law.
  • </c><00:43:51.839><c> cases,</c> So, in dovest domestic violence cases, So, in dovest domestic violence
  • </c><00:56:27.040><c> Wyoming</c> nothing in this bill prevents Wyoming nothing in this bill prevents
Bills: HB0130 , HB0147
Committee: Senate Revenue