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US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 26, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so had actually broken the code.
  • , what purposes, gentleman from Alabama, what purposes, gentleman from Alabama, Mr.<02:25:55.920>
  • gentleman from Alabama, Mr. Moore. Mr. gentleman from Alabama, Mr. Moore. Mr.
  • gentleman from Alabama is recognized. gentleman from Alabama is recognized.
  • <03:02:24.399> Madam from Alabama is recognized. Madam from Alabama is recognized.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on State-Federal Relations Mar 13th, 2025

S/C on State-Federal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently there is there is a statute that allows the Kickapoo traditional tribe of Texas, the Alabama
  • Unlike other federally recognized tribes, the Restoration Act prevents us from fully prosecuting criminals
  • El Paso is a border community, a criminal and criminal activities does not stop the jurisdictional lines
  • Other tribes across Texas, such as the Alabama Cusha and Kickaboo traditional tribe, already have the
  • uh, there would be an abbreviated training program primarily centered around Texas statutes, penal code
Bills: HB176, HB180
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 3rd, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Next, the committee moved to Senator Burgess, Tab 6, CS for SB 504 on code inspector body cameras.
  • inspector's visit, and that the bill before the committee deals with the code inspector's visit to a
  • A senator then asked a related question about whether the bill would affect a code inspector's ability
  • Does this include conversations with the tenant who may be reporting a landlord for code violations?
  • There were two appearance forms: Andrew Kaleel of the Florida Association of Code Enforcement waved in
Summary: The Committee on Rules met with 14 members present and considered a long agenda of bills, including several open-government sunset reauthorizations, consumer and election measures, claims bills, and policy bills on public safety, ethics, and child protection. The committee reported favorably SB 7024 and SB 7026, which extend and consolidate public-records/public-meeting exemptions for cybersecurity information and trade secrets held by agencies, and SB 7020, which reenacts the aquaculture records exemption for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. It also approved SB 14 and SB 24, two uncontested Miami-Dade County claims bills, and SB 16, a claims bill for Heriberto Sanchez Mayan involving severe injuries after an unlawful arrest and transport incident in St. Petersburg. Several bills drew substantial testimony. SB 308, creating the Florida Museum of Black History Board of Directors and designating St. Johns County as the museum site, received extensive support from advocates and lawmakers who emphasized preserving the full and accurate history of Black Floridians; some speakers urged safeguards to ensure historians and community members help shape the museum’s content. The committee also favorably reported CS for SB 564, allowing registered or pre-registered high school students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, with supporters saying it would build civic engagement and help election offices. CS for SB 52, which exempts unpaid volunteer armed security at houses of worship from Class D and G licensing requirements, was also reported favorably after testimony both supporting the need for church security and cautioning that congregations should retain control over whether weapons are allowed. The committee approved CS for SB 1396 on litigation financing and consumer protection after a lengthy debate over transparency, foreign funding, and whether the bill would chill access to courts. Supporters said it would create guardrails and disclose foreign involvement; opponents argued it could burden plaintiffs and reveal litigation strategy. The committee also reported favorably CS for SB 504 and SB 506, creating a framework and related public-records exemption for code inspector body cameras, with discussion about notice to property owners and protection of sensitive footage. Additional favorable actions included CS for SB 572, updating ethics law to reflect foster family relationships, and CS for SB 590, tolling the statute of limitations for failure-to-report child abuse offenses until the offense is known to law enforcement or another charging authority.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 19th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a cleanup bill to remedy issues with Senate Bill 2173, which passed into health and safety code
  • offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption, providing civil and criminal
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 19th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB1373 amends the Health and Safety Code to require hospitals to base privileging decisions on clinical
  • The current penalty structure outlined in the Health and Safety Code only accounts for factors such as
  • My research has focused on the intersection of homelessness, housing, law enforcement, criminal justice
  • As an amendment, I'm a criminal defense lawyer, so I deal with mental health issues all the time with
  • Get them to where they need to go, like treat them as mental health patients rather than criminals, and
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Local Legislation Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Local Legislation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The qualifications to become sheriff are already outlined in Alabama code, and if already outlined in
  • Alabama code, and if there is a need to make changes to the outline code, there should be public hearings
  • At that point, I will have 34 years in Alabama State retirement. ...years in Alabama State retirement
  • What is consistent across the state of Alabama in public counties?
  • Uh, that's one of the 13 counties in Alabama that has changed their requirements.
Bills: SB287
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Feb 24th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Alabama Pharmacy...
  • in the state of Alabama. And because we in the state of Alabama.
  • Alabama today. Alabama today.
  • This unequal elevation of religious settings in the criminal code risks privileging certain assemblies
  • > certain criminal code risk privileging certain criminal code risk privileging certain assemblies
Keywords: 1136, house, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 10th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the Alabama House. Welcome to the Alabama House. Welcome to the Alabama House.
  • And whereas the members of the Alabama chapters members of the Alabama chapters members of the Alabama
  • In rural Alabama, Okay. In rural Alabama, Okay.
  • having the back of our Alabama Alabama having the back of our Alabama Alabama having the back of our
  • . state of Alabama. state of Alabama.
WV
Transcript Highlights:
  • It’s their criminal penalties.
  • It’s all criminal penalties.
  • But what I’m saying is if you go to 5, which has originally in current code, it has criminal penalties
  • They took away the criminal penalties.
  • There's another section of code.
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The committee first approved the previous meeting’s minutes, then took up House Bill 4198, which would require all employers to use E-Verify to confirm new hires’ work authorization. Counsel explained that the bill would add enforcement by the Division of Labor, create tiered penalties including warnings, fines, debarment from state contracts, and possible business license revocation, while also removing criminal penalties tied to hiring unauthorized workers in light of federal law. Members raised extensive concerns about drafting problems, including circular and conflicting language, unclear references to existing verification and recordkeeping provisions, the meaning of terms like “seeks to employ,” and whether the bill could unintentionally apply to babysitters, lawn care, and other casual or household arrangements. Questions also focused on whether the bill would apply to public versus private employers, how compliance would be shown, and how penalties would work for small businesses or employers who never actually hire the person in question. The bill sponsor defended the measure as a straightforward extension of the federally required I-9 process, saying E-Verify is a quick, free online check that helps employers verify work authorization and protects them from liability for unknowingly hiring unauthorized workers. He said the bill was intended to be mandatory, not permissive, and argued that it would help law-abiding employers compete fairly. After the questioning, the committee rejected a motion to table the bill and instead sent House Bill 4198 to a seven-member subcommittee to clean up the drafting, resolve inconsistencies, and review the penalties and scope of the measure. The subcommittee was directed to meet the next morning and report back quickly. The committee then moved to House Bill 4710, with an amendment that would require a person to be registered with a political party or as an independent 210 days before filing a certificate of candidacy. Counsel explained that the bill is aimed at preventing candidates from switching parties after losing a primary and then running as independents in the general election. Members discussed how the 210-day requirement would interact with both primary and general election filing deadlines, and the Secretary of State’s office clarified that the measure would affect candidates who change affiliation shortly before filing. The discussion continued with testimony from the Secretary of State’s general counsel about how the bill would operate in practice, but no final action on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Feb 18th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Wednesday night, the Alabama Retired State Employees Association will hold a reception at the Alabama
  • Could you give the people of Alabama what...?
  • To establish the Alabama Veterans Resource Center Act, to create and designate the Alabama Veterans Resource
  • In the state of Alabama, 85% of veterans.
  • Members, this is an Alabama Law Institute bill that revises the Alabama Small Estates Act.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 20, 2025 - 02:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • criminal statute that establishes unborn children as victims for the purposes of criminal prosecution
  • criminal statute that establishes unborn children as victims for the purposes of criminal prosecution
  • Unfortunately, this bill will actually criminalize providers and patients.
  • We saw a criminalization of IVF in the state of Alabama.
  • But in Alabama, they ended up seeing the wolf.
Summary: The subcommittee considered a long agenda of civil justice and claims measures. HB 1173, relating to the Florida Trust Code, was presented as a clarification of standing in trust litigation after recent case law; after questions about who may sue, an amendment was adopted clarifying that an expressly named charity retains standing, and the bill passed 14-2. HB 1437, on attorney’s fees in motor vehicle PIP disputes, drew testimony from insurers and reform groups opposing a return to fee-driven litigation and from medical groups supporting fee recovery for prevailing parties; it passed 17-0. CS/HB 147, addressing prohibited debt-collection communications during nighttime and early morning hours, was described as a clarification of an outdated statute in light of modern communications, with support from business groups and no opposition in the vote; it passed 18-0. The committee then heard several claims bills against the Department of Children and Families. HB 6511, for relief of L.P., described severe injuries to a child after DCF allegedly failed to act on warning signs; a technical amendment was adopted and the bill passed 18-0. HB 6515, for relief of Michael Barnett, involved DCF’s alleged failure to investigate domestic violence that preceded the killing of three children and injury of a fourth; members asked about the settlement amount and the case’s circumstances, and the bill also passed 18-0. HB 1517, expanding wrongful death law to allow parents of an unborn child to recover for the child’s death, generated the most extensive debate. The sponsor said it aligns civil law with existing criminal definitions and excludes claims against mothers and providers of lawful medical care, including IVF; opponents warned it could be used to target reproductive care, support networks, and domestic violence survivors, while supporters framed it as a justice measure for families. An amendment clarifying damages rules for minors and unborn children was adopted, and the bill passed 13-4. Finally, HB 947, on evidence of medical damages in personal injury and wrongful death cases, sought to allow broader evidence at trial and to change “shall” to “may”; supporters said it would improve fairness and transparency, while opponents argued it would weaken post-2023 tort reforms and reintroduce inflated medical damages. The amendment was adopted and the bill was then taken up with additional opposition testimony.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 10, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Strong of Alabama for his work on this legislation, and I reserve.
  • Speaker, I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Alabama, Mr.
  • Speaker, I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Alabama, Mr.
  • I commend my colleague, the gentleman from Alabama, Mr.
  • I commend my colleague, the gentleman from Alabama, Mr.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee Feb 5th, 2025

Veterans and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • When you move to Alabama, you have to...
  • This is a small change within the Alabama Code of Military Justice, basically just delegating that non-judicial
  • It deals with restructuring the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs.
  • Alabama has been part of what we do in the archives. Let's go to the next slide.
  • permanent exhibition that tells the story of the last 300 years of Alabama history. ...of Alabama history
Keywords: 1136, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Jun 1st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It put criminals behind bars, and we properly vetted each person that came before it.
  • To the point to where criminal charges were filed against Sheriff Arpaio, which required him to be pardoned
  • Let's vet their entire criminal history and make sure that we're catching everything that comes into
  • still allows for deed restrictions and sewer. water requirements necessary for neighborhoods, building code
  • From our House version, that is section 161.0876 of the Health and Safety Code.
Bills: HCR158, HCR159, HCR160, HCR161, HCR162, HCR163, HCR164, HR174, HR427, HR790, HR810, HR857, HR866, HR882, HR883, HR962, HR966, HR1001, HR1045, HR1085, HR1097, HR1127, HR1138, HR1141, HR1150, HR1152, HR1292, HR1296, HR1304, HR1305, HR1306, HR1308, HR1309, HR1310, HR1311, HR1312, HR1313, HR1315, HR1317, HR1318, HR1320, HR1321, HR1322, HR1323, HR1324, HR1325, HR1327, HR1328, HR1329, HR1330, HR1331, HR1332, HR1333, HR1334, HR1335, HR1338, HR1340, HR1341, HR1342, HR1343, HR1344, HR1345, HR1346, HR1347, HR1348, HR1349, HR1352, HR1353, HR1354, HR1355, HR1358, HR1359, HR1360, HR1361, HR1362, HR1363, HR1364, HR1365, HR1366, HR1368, HR1369, HR1370, HR1380, HR1383, HR1384, HR1385, HR1386, HR1387, HR1388, HR1389, HR1390, HR1392, HR1393, HR1396, HR1397, HR1398, HR1399, HR1400, HR1402, HR1403, HR1404, HR1405, HR1406, HR1407, HR1408, HR1409, HR1410, HR1411, HR1412, HR1413, HR1414, HR1415, HR1417, HR1418, HR1419, HR1420, HR1421, HR1422, HR1424, HR1425, HR1426, HR1427, HR1428, HR1429, HR1430, HR1431, HR1432, HR1433, HR1434, HR1435, HR1436, HR1437, HR1438, HR1440, HR1441, HR1442, HR1443, HR1444, HR1445, HR1447, HR1448, HR1449, HR1450, HR1452, HR1453, HR1454, HR1455, HR1456, HR1458, HR1459, HR1460, HR1461, HR1462, HR1463, HR1464, HR1465, HR1466, HR1467, HR1469, HR1470, HR1471, HR1472, HR1473, HR1475, HR1477, HCR132, HCR154, HR17, HR49, HR170, HR275, HR355, HR356, HR364, HR369, HR672, HR690, HR755, HR756, HR759, HR762, HR763, HR781, HR785, HR848, HR1240, HR1265, HR1303, HR1307, HR1314, HR1316, HR1319, HR1326, HR1336, HR1337, HR1350, HR1351, HR1367, HR1371, HR1372, HR1373, HR1374, HR1375, HR1376, HR1377, HR1378, HR1379, HR1382, HR1391, HR1395, HR1451, HR1457, HR1468, HR1474, HR1476, SB1637, SB2878, HB2885, HB2017, HB5246, SB8, SB2308, SB1405, HB 119, SB3059, SB15, SB568, SB2900, HB3642, HB3909, SB268, HB493, SB2217, HB2516, SB650, HB2963, SB1610, HB705, SB2972, SB1540, HB40, SB2753, SB1660, SB2024, HB1545, HB46
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Apr 7th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Local and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • areas of the community when We are understaffed and underresourced in the same areas with relation to code
  • an act that's going to be called the Oklahoma Safe Neighborhoods Act, when in fact it's going to criminalize
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • This distinguishes Medicaid provider fraud from all other criminal offenses, which ordinarily require
  • count. criminal count.
  • So, I will say if we learn that criminal So, I will say if we learn that criminal activity<00:26
  • penalties, the civil and criminal penalties, the civil and criminal penalties<01:20:27.080> provision
  • This bill is to address racial profiling and harassment of people with no criminal record.
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from March 5 by voice vote and welcomed new member Representative Van Binsbergen. It then took up House File 2354, which Chair Liebling moved to re-refer to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Representative Norris presented the bill as an updated version of the Medical Assistance Protection Act, aimed at strengthening the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, closing loopholes, equalizing fraud penalties, and increasing penalties for large-scale Medicaid fraud. Attorney General Ellison said the bill would add 18 specialized staff to the unit, moving it from 32 to 50 positions, and argued the federal-state matching structure makes the Attorney General’s office the proper home for the funding because the unit is dedicated to Medicaid fraud work. Nick Wonka, director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, explained the bill’s provisions affecting committee jurisdiction: expanded subpoena authority to obtain financial account contents in provider-fraud investigations, conforming legal representation language to preserve the unit’s authority, venue changes to allow charging in counties where parts of the offense occurred, and a restitution change to let courts order restitution for related conduct in the same scheme. He said the subpoena change would speed investigations and align the Attorney General’s authority with other agencies, and that the restitution change would help recover more fraudulently obtained Medicaid funds. No public testimony was offered. Members questioned why the funding should go to the Attorney General’s office rather than the BCA, whether the new records authority was federally required, how the venue language would work across state lines, and whether the added FTEs indicated the fraud problem was larger than expected. Ellison and Wonka responded that the federal grant requires the work to stay within the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, that the unit’s investigators are specialized and work with, but separate from, law enforcement, and that the venue provision applies only within Minnesota while out-of-state matters would be referred to the appropriate authorities. The amendment that had been posted was withdrawn and not offered.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Feb 11th, 2026

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill also increases criminal penalties for violations. Mr. Chairman, that's the bill.
  • Furthermore, the bill criminalizes opinions and views in the same definition.
  • Amendment bar code 8-760. Seeing none, there is one amendment.
  • Amendment bar code 876382 by Senator Bradley.
  • The bill now says board-certified criminal defense lawyer, and this changes it to a private criminal
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1300 on education and workforce development for current and former inmates. Senator Claudio explained that the bill is intended to expand collaboration between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Corrections to provide training opportunities tied to Florida’s need for CDL drivers. The bill was reported favorably without debate. Members then considered SB 896 on campus safety, as amended by strike-all and late-filed amendment. The bill would require postsecondary institutions to adopt active assailant response plans, conduct security risk assessments, improve threat reporting and information sharing, and allow voluntary participation in the guardian program; the late-filed amendment removed a prohibition on guardians wearing uniforms. After questions about the firearm-discharge provision near campuses and testimony both for and against, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 86 on commercial motor vehicles operated by unauthorized aliens, SB 642 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers, and confirmed appointees listed on tabs 10 through 19. The committee next heard SB 712 on pyramid promotional schemes, which would create a new prohibition and increase penalties while preserving legitimate direct sales plans. Members raised concerns about whether participants in such schemes might themselves be victims, and the sponsor said prosecutorial discretion would distinguish victims from primary wrongdoers; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1224 on rental housing application fraud was also amended and reported favorably after testimony from apartment and realtor groups in support. In the latter part of the meeting, Chair Martin presented SB 1370 to expand habitual traffic offender status to repeated unlicensed driving, and SB 1712 to create a statewide FDLE counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit. SB 1370 was reported favorably unanimously. SB 1712 drew extensive questioning and public opposition over concerns about broad language, surveillance, and possible impacts on speech and protest, but the sponsor said the unit would focus on protecting the state from adversary intelligence threats and operate within constitutional limits; it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 758 on the Justice Administrative Commission was amended to adjust commission membership and reported favorably unanimously. The committee then recorded additional votes for members and adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Jan 20th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not subject to the regulatory requirements or consumer protections of the insurance code.
  • health care sharing are not engaging in the business of insurance and not subject to the insurance code
  • health care sharing are not engaging in the business of insurance and not subject to the insurance code
  • also, again, for agents, existing DFS that can go and pull a license or suspend or fine, or even criminal
  • So we'll have under the amendment three state attorneys, two public defenders, a board-certified criminal
Summary: The committee considered several bills and reported each favorably. SB 624, by Senator Yarborough, would allow batterers intervention programs to offer optional supplemental faith-based activities, with no participant required to take part. Supporters said it would expand provider options and help address a shortage of certified programs; opponents raised concerns about mixing government-ordered programming with religion and about the state’s prior rule change. The bill passed 7-2. The committee also approved CS/SB 834, which repeals a 2022 restriction barring licensed insurance agents from partnering with health care sharing ministries to market or sell their programs. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill restores free speech, consumer choice, and access to faith-based alternatives, while opponents warned about consumer confusion, higher commissions, and weak protections because these ministries are not insurance. After extended debate, the measure passed 8-2. Other measures advanced unanimously or near-unanimously. CS/SB 502, as amended, would give Florida concurrent jurisdiction over certain juvenile offenses on military installations so juveniles can be handled in the state system; it passed 9-0. CS/SB 52 would exempt volunteer armed security for houses of worship from Class D or G licensing requirements, and supporters cited rising threats to churches and the need for organized volunteer security; it passed 9-0. SB 840, a cleanup bill to narrow and clarify last year’s emergency-related land-use restrictions after hurricanes, also passed 9-0, and CS/SB 758, which updates the membership of the Justice Administration Commission, passed 9-0 after an amendment restoring two public defenders to the commission.