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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- April is going to peak because April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.
- Oh, now it’s medical abuse. Oh, now it’s this.
- Now the child says, 'I was abused.'
- The reason for that independence is simple: it prevents abuse of power.
- And I'm now on the child abuse registry to boot.
Committee:
House Government
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- , whoever gets wind of it and wants to go after the friend, and on... ...abuser, whoever gets wind of
- Where in this bill would prevent an abusive partner, an ex-boyfriend, a rapist, from bringing a lawsuit
- Where in this bill would prevent an abusive partner, an ex-boyfriend, a rapist, from bringing a lawsuit
- Could an abusive spouse bring a cause of action under this?
- Could an abusive spouse bring a cause of action under this?
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee took up two bills. SB 98, by Senator Harrell, would let self-storage facilities advertise lien sales either in a newspaper or on a qualifying website, while keeping other notice requirements in place and updating contact information provisions. Supporters, including the Florida Press Association and several newspaper/storage owners, argued print and digital newspaper notices already provide broad public notice and that the bill could reduce notice effectiveness; the sponsor said the bill is an optional modernization and does not affect government notices. After debate, the committee voted 8-1 to report SB 98 favorably.
The committee then heard SB 164, by Senator Grall, which expands Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow parents to recover civil damages for the death of an unborn child at any stage of development, with carve-outs for the mother and lawful medical care. The sponsor said the bill aligns civil law with Florida’s criminal protections for unborn children and gives families a remedy where current law may not. Opponents, including the ACLU of Florida, health care workers, and others, warned it could invite lawsuits against doctors, hospitals, friends, family members, and people involved in abortion access, and could worsen OB-GYN shortages and deter care. Supporters said it recognizes unborn life and should be treated consistently with existing wrongful death law. The committee approved SB 164 on a 4-3 vote and then adjourned.
OR
Oregon 2026 Regular Session
Office of Training, Investigations and Safety Investigations Workgroup Jul 15th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Otis investigates whether child abuse occurred under Oregon's child welfare statutes.
- to investigate allegations of child abuse.
- For, sorry, for abuse according to the statute.
- Like, if it says sex abuse allegation, should there always be an investigation?
- So if a report went in at that time about abuse that happened at school or alleged abuse that happened
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Feb 18th, 2026
Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Transcript Highlights:
- , to disclose their abuse.
- on the other institutional abuse going on in this state.
- There's not any requirement for either knowledge of abuse or to facilitate abuse or any direct causal
- And by exposing them, we're actually preventing future abuse from occurring.
- So when I say it's generational, We're actually preventing future abuse from occurring.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met in executive session and approved House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2765, which was amended to revise hemp beverage retailer delivery language, adjust retailer fees and renewals, require product registration, and remove residency requirements. The substitute was adopted and the bill was reported do pass by a 10-0 vote. The committee also voted House Bill 2848, relating to mass intimidation offenses, do pass by a 9-0 vote.
In public hearing, the committee took testimony on House Joint Resolution 130, which would ask Missouri voters to authorize retrospective civil laws for child sexual abuse claims. The sponsor and survivor advocates argued the measure is needed to allow revival windows and address delayed disclosure, while opponents from the insurance, tort reform, and business communities warned it could expose third parties such as schools, churches, nonprofits, and employers to broad, open-ended liability and higher insurance costs. No vote was taken on the resolution.
The committee also heard House Bill 2254, which would speed capital post-conviction review by requiring earlier appointment of counsel and aligning Missouri procedures with federal standards. Supporters, including victims’ family members and the Attorney General’s office, said it would reduce years of delay and bring closure, while opponents raised concerns about wrongful convictions, conflicts from simultaneous representation, and increased public defender workload. Finally, House Bill 2206 on catalytic converter theft was heard; the sponsor and law enforcement supported stronger recordkeeping and licensing rules, while scrap/recycling and press representatives objected to added paperwork and a separate provision affecting public notice for self-storage sales. The hearing on HB 2206 was interrupted by the floor schedule and not completed in the transcript.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- California lacks a comprehensive standardized approach to preventing abuse in K through 12 schools.
- Sexual abuse in the schools is a hidden epidemic.
- This hidden public health epidemic, however, is preventable.
- Sexual abuse has no place in our schools.
- Child sexual abuse is horrifying and unacceptable.
Committee:
House Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House DFL Press Conference 5/6/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Paul, and I'm the DFL lead on the fraud prevention and state agency oversight committee.
- Um, I'll have some more thoughts at the end about how the fraud prevention and state agency oversight
- We're the three who are the DFL members of the fraud prevention committee. Thank you.
- About the details of the fraud and the business model of fraud that we were trying to prevent.
- We're putting some fraud western abuse.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families & Children (3-4-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- to report us for child to child abuse to report us for child abuse<00:08:31.280><c> she</c><00:08:31.479
- </c><00:10:39.760><c> on</c> learned at the false report of abuse on learned at the false report of abuse
- </c><00:13:34.320><c> this</c> school system to have prevented this school system to have prevented this
- We did another bill on a requirement to report suspected abuse.
- But we send our kids to get an education, not to be abused or used.
Keywords:
Roll Call – 00:11
Discussion on SB 181 – 01:05
Vote on SB 181 – 24:16
Discussion on HB 242 – 31:00
Vote on HB 242 – 32:14
Discussion on HB 164 – 33:26
Vote on HB 164 – 39:55, 958, all
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children heard Senate Bill 181, which would require school districts to use only traceable forms of communication for staff, coaches, and volunteers when contacting students, require reporting of known private direct communication, notify parents, protect minors’ anonymity in EPSB investigations, and extend the investigation period for sexual misconduct cases to 120 days. Senator Lindsay Tichenor said the bill is meant to restore safeguards for children and families and address inappropriate private communications between school personnel and students. The committee also heard testimony from Stacy and Brad Brisco, who described allegations that an Anderson County guidance counselor had communicated privately with their daughter, encouraged her to pursue emancipation and CPS involvement, and used school channels to facilitate contact; they said the resulting abuse report was unsubstantiated and that the school system and EPSB had not acted promptly. Ashley Nation also testified in support as a survivor of educator sexual abuse, arguing that traceable communication policies are needed to prevent grooming and misconduct and that the bill does not stop communication, only makes it transparent and accountable.
Members asked questions about what counts as traceable communication and whether schools already have policies. Tichenor said traceable communication could include paper notes, email, and apps such as ClassDojo or Google Classroom, and said the bill requires a trail parents can access. She also said some districts have ethical standards but they are not consistently followed, and that state-level action is needed. Senator Denine suggested the bill should allow districts more flexibility to choose among trackable platforms, noting that some systems already use tools like Dojo and Remind; Tichenor said a floor amendment would address that concern. Senators Williams, Meredith, Mills, Wise, and others voiced support, emphasizing child safety and the need for timely EPSB action.
The committee then voted 9-0 to pass SB 181 with a favorable recommendation to the Senate floor. Afterward, the committee took up House Bill 242, sponsored by Representative Samara Heavrin, which would increase transparency in the child welfare system by making Kentucky child welfare data available to researchers while preserving privacy protections. With no questions, the committee approved HB 242 as well, also by a favorable vote, and members briefly noted support for the bill and the need for better data to inform child welfare policy.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 02/11/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- We should begin our work with the recognition that we all care about preventing theft and abuse.
- care about preventing theft and abuse<00:02:06.840><c> we</c><00:02:07.000><c> have</c><00:02:07.159
- </c> those agencies have in place to prevent those agencies have in place to prevent pause<00:03:35.120
- /c><00:30:00.760><c> things</c><00:30:01.120><c> terms</c> abuse abuse and all those things terms abuse
- </c> to to insert the definitions of abuse to to insert the definitions of abuse fraud<01:59:49.440><
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 5/6/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Keith Ellison said that this piddly stuff shouldn't prevent people The point of that revelation is in
- Keith Ellison said that this piddly stuff shouldn't prevent people The state agencies are his client.
- </c> uh, focusing on waste, fraud, and abuse uh, focusing on waste, fraud, and abuse was<00:11:50.320
- There will be a lot of focus on, in that particular bill, on doing the waste, fraud, and abuse.
- There will be a lot of focus on, in that particular bill, on doing the waste, fraud, and abuse.
Summary:
House Fraud and State Agency Oversight Chair Kristen Robbins and Vice Chair Patti Anderson reviewed the committee’s first session, saying its work focused on exposing fraud, identifying gaps in statute and agency tools, and creating a public whistleblower portal (mnfraud.com). Robbins said the committee helped drive bipartisan opposition to legislatively named grants/earmarks, and that committee testimony from agencies, the Office of Legislative Auditor, and the Office of Grants Management led to late-session committee bills on issues such as a state kickback statute and required grants-management training. She also said the portal received 530 submissions in its first week, which the committee will review over the interim.
Members emphasized the need for stronger statewide oversight of grants and fraud prevention. Anderson said existing agency inspector general structures have not worked well and described a bipartisan effort to create a statewide Office of Inspector General with full investigatory authority. Robbins said the Senate version was moving through finance and expected on the floor soon, with the governor indicating he would sign it. Walter Hudson argued that hearings showed agencies often focus on paperwork and compliance checkboxes rather than actually preventing fraud, citing conflict-of-interest attestations and the Feeding Our Future-related testimony as examples. Jim Nash said the state government finance bill includes funding for anti-fraud efforts through the Office of the Auditor and related provisions.
In response to questions, Robbins said the committee tried to remain bipartisan despite a 5-3 Republican majority, and that members had handed significant allegations to law enforcement when appropriate. She said the committee did not need subpoena power this session because it is an oversight body, not a law-enforcement body. On legislatively named grants, Robbins said the goal is to change legislative culture rather than impose a formal ban, and she expects future policy to require front-end risk review, 990 review, and capacity checks before such grants are approved. Anderson added that the House and Senate versions of the inspector general bill differ on branch placement and law-enforcement authority, and that the House will decide whether to accept the Senate version once it comes back from finance and the floor.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Our substance abuse is 86%, and our SMI is 62%.
- all very in tune in this room to how we can combat it, but it's very hard to prevent.
- Our facilities are under a preventative maintenance program.
- Let me say that again: we're under preventative maintenance programs.
- Worcester substance abuse treatment opportunity program, their STOP program.
Summary:
The meeting was the third public session of the Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration. Members introduced themselves, and the commission approved the prior meeting minutes. The main presentation came from the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association, led by several sheriffs, who described the role of sheriffs’ offices as independently elected county institutions that operate jails and houses of correction, regional lockups, civil process, 911 communications in some counties, school resource officers, and investigative units. They emphasized that most of their population is pretrial, that admissions and releases are far higher than the Department of Correction’s, and that their facilities now house more people overall than DOC despite having a smaller budget.
The sheriffs argued that their work has shifted toward rehabilitation, reentry, and public health, highlighting extensive programming in mental health, substance use treatment, medication-assisted treatment, education, vocational training, and gender-specific, trauma-informed services. They said standardized risk/needs assessments and better funding would help make services more consistent across counties. They also described specialized units and models such as regional evaluation and stabilization units, older-adult housing, emerging adult and gang-intervention programs, and reentry centers that connect people to housing, employment, family support, and community services. Several examples were cited, including Suffolk’s Project Evolve, Middlesex’s older-adult unit, Hampden’s MAGIC program, Worcester’s STOP program, and county reentry centers across the state.
A major theme was that these programs are expensive but, in the sheriffs’ view, reduce recidivism and improve safety by stabilizing people before release and supporting them afterward. They pointed to COVID-19 as a period when sheriffs adapted facilities for quarantine and medical care, and said they continue to work with public health partners. They also stressed that their facilities are heavily audited by state and federal agencies and that maintaining humane, safe conditions requires significant staffing and operating costs. Commission members responded favorably at points, noting the importance of the turnover in sheriff populations and the need to understand the different correctional mission compared with DOC. The meeting ended with discussion of future commission dates and a note that the presentation materials would be shared electronically.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Confronting Fraud, Waste and Abuse Jan 27th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, in addition to trying to prevent it by having good audits and helping people set up systems to prevent
- ,</c> new tool to help stop waste, and abuse, new tool to help stop waste, and abuse, the<00:03:32.680
- </c> learn from the problems and prevent learn from the problems and prevent future<00:04:38.400><c>
- You know, audits can make sure that there are systems in place to catch fraud, waste, and abuse.
- But most fraud, waste, and abuse is caught by tips, and this is not just in recent history.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 1st, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It prevents me from getting a license in another state.
- We used to take it on Sundays as medicine for malaria prevention.
- Most people we even put on prevention got well, and they did not get sick.
- the lowest abuse potential are placed in Schedule 2.
- There are many factors in this bill that prevent significant problems.
Bills:
SB331 , SB883 , SB926 , SB1137 , SB1138 , SB1144 , SB1151 , SB1236 , SB1270 , SB1522 , SB1869 , SB2207 , SB2422
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
Keywords:
healthcare, cost disclosure, transparency, administrative penalties, health facility compliance, COVID-19, off-label use, prescription drugs, patient access, medical standards, insurance, physician ranking, incentives, fiduciary duty, health plan issuers, SB 1137, group home, assisted living, residential care, board and care
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's abusive. It's an abusive practice.
- We want to prevent homelessness.
- We want to prevent homelessness.
- in this bill to address any potential abuse.
- work in this bill to address any potential abuse.
Summary:
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard a long agenda of housing-related bills, beginning with AB 1892 on HOA/Davis-Stirling Act cleanup provisions. The author and sponsor said the bill would clarify HOA responsibilities for utility service repairs in common areas, align election notice timelines, and require electronic voting ballots to be sent at least 30 days before an election. No opposition was presented, and the bill was set aside to be taken up later when a quorum was available.
The committee then heard AB 1708, which would revise the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program to give smaller cities a clearer role in regional homelessness planning and access to funding. Mayors and city representatives from Bellflower, Paramount, and other cities testified that smaller jurisdictions are spending significant local funds on shelters and services but lack direct access to HHAP dollars. Some larger-city and housing advocates opposed or were opposed unless amended, arguing the bill could add administrative burden, but committee members broadly supported the goal of including smaller cities in regional responses.
Members also heard AB 2058 on factory-built housing, AB 2576 on historic-resource protections under SB 79, AB 1751 on missing-middle townhomes, AB 1924 on homelessness prevention, AB 2626 on waiving certain monitoring fees for at-risk affordable housing developments, and AB 2089 on welfare-exemption and recertification procedures for affordable housing. Testimony generally emphasized reducing duplicative local permitting for factory-built housing, protecting state and national historic resources while still allowing housing near transit, expanding ministerial approval for townhomes, creating a statewide homelessness-prevention strategy with accountability measures, giving HCD flexibility to waive fees to preserve financially stressed affordable housing, and streamlining property-tax exemption recertification. Several bills were voted out of committee, including AB 1751 and AB 2626, both passing on 8-0 and 7-0 votes respectively, while other measures were discussed with motions pending or held open for absent members.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Children and Families Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Children and Families
Transcript Highlights:
- Prosecuting parents does not prevent youth crime.
- Prosecuting parents does not prevent youth crime.
- leave their abuser.
- This bill will provide judges the option to finalize divorce and help prevent abusive partners from controlling
- Child abuse is, it's not okay, it's not allowed, it's illegal.
Committee:
House Children and Families
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/11/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- And in order to reach all Minnesotans who are ready for our preventative services, we need financial
- services, we need financial preventative services, we need financial support.<00:03:29.440><c> And</
- And so what we work to do is to prevent And so what we work to do is to prevent all<00:04:45.280><c>
- They served 2,133 individuals, helping them achieve safety free from abuse and violence.
- </c> safety free from abuse and violence. safety free from abuse and violence.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Human Services Committee Apr 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- their abuser.
- They've been kicked out of their homes or left abusive families.
- Youth homelessness prevention center staff are mandated reporters.
- Dawn Kepke, on behalf of the Child Abuse Prevention Center and California Family Resource Association
- Chair, members, Dawn Kepke, on behalf of the Child Abuse Prevention Center and California Family Resource
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard testimony on a series of bills affecting disability services, child welfare, foster youth, domestic violence survivors, guaranteed income pilots, crisis response, and child care providers. AB 1575 would update the Lanterman Act to use person-first language and broaden respite services to allow safe community access; supporters said it would improve dignity and consistency in services, and there was no opposition. AB 2470 would create a statewide one-stop reentry program for survivors of intimate partner violence to replace documents, repair credit, and access housing supports, while also giving CalWORKs emergency housing funds more flexibility; the Little Hoover Commission backed the bill based on its prior recommendations. AB 2510 would clarify and expand CalWORKs family reunification aid so parents can keep receiving support during reunification even if not all children are removed, and supporters said it would reduce barriers and better align with reunification goals. AB 2585 would expand guaranteed income pilot funding to rural and underserved counties, with testimony emphasizing the need for geographic diversity and data from places like the Central Valley. AB 1932, the Crisis Act 2.0, would continue and strengthen community-based mental health crisis response programs; testimony from family members and advocates strongly favored non-law-enforcement responses, and the bill drew broad support. AB 1925 would direct a feasibility study on a statewide permanent disability certification process to reduce repeated verification burdens; the committee approved it 4-0 and sent it to Appropriations. AB 2189 would fund a statewide special education parent action network to train and connect parents for systemic advocacy; after some opposition over the use of state funds for advocacy, it passed as amended and was referred to Education. AB 2684 would allow out-of-state nonminor dependents to do monthly social worker visits virtually, with in-person visits still required quarterly; it passed to Judiciary. AB 1967 would improve pathways for older youth experiencing homelessness or failed adoptions to enter or reenter foster care, and it passed to Appropriations. AB 2126 would create a targeted background-check exemption for certain former foster youth hired as peer partners, and it passed as amended to Public Safety. AB 2379 would require DSS to notify family child care providers of Fourth Amendment rights and provide multilingual know-your-rights training regarding immigration enforcement; it passed to Judiciary after some members questioned whether DSS was the right agency to administer the training.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the VA's Community Care Program. Jan 28th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Senate Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Advocates have repeatedly said that suicide prevention is one of the VA's top priorities.
- We must include TBI services when discussing mental health and substance abuse.
- The freeze on funding affects vital programs, including suicide prevention programs.
- Right, so how do we go upstream to prevent that?
- The FOX suicide prevention program that was mentioned...
Committee:
Senate Senate Veterans' Affairs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Laws are misinterpreted and are abused by bad actors.
- Doctors who authorized the body for cremation put down cocaine abuse.
- I started to experience sexual abuse at the age of...
- should have as many protections against their abusers as we can possibly give them.
- This bill would ensure that. ex-abusers cannot be within 2,500 feet of the victim of sexual abuse.
Bills:
HB 1194 , HB 1221 , HB1738 , HB1913 , HB2177 , HB2178 , HB2180 , HB2229 , HB2282 , HB2448 , HB2492 , HB2777 , HB2984 , HB3357 , HB3553 , HB3602
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
Keywords:
emergency protection order, protective order, magistrate, criminal procedure, victim safety, family violence, domestic violence, stalking, assault, magistrate's order, temporary protection, court order duration, defendant restrictions, Article 17.292, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, emergency restraining order, victim protection, firearm restriction, pretrial intervention, reimbursement fee
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- S. 239, an act relating to the child abuse and neglect reporting working group.
- S. 239, an act relating to the child abuse and neglect reporting working group.
- S. 239 would establish the child abuse and neglect reporting working group.
- . prevention. prevention.
- </c> report to DCF upon learning about abuse report to DCF upon learning about abuse that<00:34:21.200
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- that is continually getting abused and hurt, but then reconciles.
- And so, if someone is an abuser, would this allow if they've been abusive in previous relationships,
- You have a victim who's in an abuser...
- Or abuse, any incident of psychological, physical, sexual, economic, or emotional abuse.
- I think you were saying that if the abuser steals, wouldn't it just be called theft?
Bills:
HB2894 , HB3418 , HB3415 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3419 , HB3420 , HB1739 , HB1752 , HB1979 , HB2941 , HB2992 , HB3075 , HB3086 , HB3177 , HB3269 , HB3278 , HB3279 , HB3497 , HB3644 , HB4432 , HB3720 , HB3849 , HB3882 , HB3919 , HB3941 , HB4118 , HB4141 , HB4268 , HB4342 , HB4428 , HB4429 , HB4434
Keywords:
HB2894, Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act, rural jobs, rural investment, tax credit, capital investment tax credit, state tax credits, economic development, rural fund, rural investor, qualified investment, eligible business, Department of Commerce, rural business, investment certification, tax liability, credit cap, workforce development, small business finance, rural development