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  • It has to do with transparency and reporting, which drives the other two bills.
  • House Bill 3430 by Wilk of the House and Hamilton of the Senate, an act relating to court costs.
  • House Bill 3941 by Kane of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to courts.
  • House Bill 3941 by Kane of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to courts.
  • The proper motion is that objection clerk of academic chamber of court vote. Mr. Monsana.
Summary: The House convened, heard an invocation from Rep. Kendrix, and recognized Dr. Jason Reagan as doctor of the day. Members then took up a long series of bills, with most moving through amendment, third reading, and final passage. Early measures included HB 3407 on abandoned personal property/manufactured homes, HB 1242 expanding agricultural sales tax exemptions to deer and elk, and HJR 1081 proposing a constitutional property-tax freeze for certain seniors; the senior tax resolution drew extended debate over valuation thresholds, renters, and county fiscal effects before passing. HB 3443 redirected funding for the Way Station Revolving Fund, HB 3781 changed insurance rate filing timing, and HB 1939 addressed Turnpike Authority notice procedures and landowner notification, including certified mail and a one-mile notification area. All three passed. The chamber also approved several criminal justice and public safety measures. HB 4237 and HB 3430, both part of a negotiated criminal-justice package, passed after title-only amendments; HB 3321 shifted to reporting on cost arrest warrants and passed with an emergency clause; HB 3905 clarified GPS monitoring for certain domestic-violence and stalking defendants; HB 2941 required first responders to notify law enforcement about suspected overdoses and created immunity for good-faith reporting; and HB 3695 refined the definition of great bodily injury in DUI cases. HB 3329 repealed the long-term care facility advisory board, and HB 4421, “Leo’s Law,” aimed at protecting children from fentanyl exposure in homes, was amended to address residue cleanup and reporting concerns before passage. Other notable actions included HB 4253, which would give teachers access to professional educator groups; it passed the House but the emergency clause failed. The bill prompted substantial debate over teacher choice, bargaining units, and whether the measure would create multiple representation arrangements. The House also passed HB 4311 increasing the Treasurer’s share of the unclaimed property administration fee, HJR 1046 providing a one-year ad valorem tax break for homes destroyed by disaster, HB 2015 on landlord-tenant issues, HB 3244 strengthening fraud and identity-theft laws, HB 4265 naming memorial roads and bridges, HB 3941 raising secretary/bailiff pay, HB 4203 allowing single-stair small multifamily units, HB 3380 on foster care transparency and outcomes, HB 3132 and HB 3134 on higher-education accreditation and DEI-related standards, and HB 3673 allowing certain expired electrical licenses to be reinstated. Most measures passed with broad support, while a few drew opposition over fiscal impact, legal concerns, or policy implications.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Aug 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • A requirement that the Commissioner's Court sets the fee for the contracts, and the fee must recover
  • To spend it, relating to public school accountability and transparency.
  • Secretary, read the caption: House Bill 8 relating to public school accountability and transparency.
  • I know we've been through the court.
  • To my fellow Cardinal, thank you, sir. ...in court, they're breaking up the band.
TX
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  • We see examples of this in our probate courts every day.
  • We have, I think it's 14 statutory probate court judges. Oh, I'm off.
  • I'm the presiding statutory probate court judge of Probate Court Number One in Travis County, but I'm
  • also the presiding statutory probate court judge statewide, elected by...
  • Both Democrats and Republican statutory probate courts.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • Then they file a notice with the trial court and the Supreme Court.
  • The court asserted its authority, and the court asserted its authority in the interest of transparency
  • The court shall remain open. It upholds public transparency while protecting the most at risk.
  • This balance of transparency, people being able to see court, court is a public setting.
  • court.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • He was one of the founders of the Veterans Court and the Human Trafficking Specialty Court.
  • , all 15 appellate courts, and the 504 districts. courts, 24 probate courts, as well as the 260 county
  • courts at law.
  • I'm a judge of the 41st Judicial District Court in El Paso. I'm one of 16 district courts.
  • I'm the judge for the district courts, or by statute, the local administrative district court judge.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

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  • Do people go to the court?
  • And then the lawyer should reach out to the court, file a motion with the court, and ask for a status
  • Valleywise would renew the court-ordered treatment after mental health court.
  • If the application for continuing court-ordered treatment is denied, the court may order the release
  • the appellate court.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026

Judiciary

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  • reverse keyword requests and also prohibits Delaware courts from issuing or enforcing those orders.
  • In those cases, a reverse keyword court order may be sought, but only under strict limitations.
  • Defendants must submit evidence, and the courts will rule on it. It is a presumptive waiver.
  • In addition, the proposal could place a new administrative burden on courts.
  • Does that also include things like the port security fee that the towns with alderman's courts charge
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee met and heard presentations on several bills. House Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute 1 for House Bill 145 would restrict government use of reverse keyword searches, generally prohibiting reverse keyword court orders and voluntary requests, with a narrow exception for Class A violent felony investigations and rules on notice, deletion, and inadmissibility of unlawfully obtained evidence. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 368, with House Amendment 1, would limit Delaware law enforcement and the Department of Correction’s participation in federal civil immigration enforcement, especially regarding civil immigration warrants and detainers, while preserving exceptions for serious offenses and valid judicial processes; the Department of Correction said it had no operational or fiscal impact and supported the exclusions, and an ACLU-affiliated witness testified in support. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 427 would allow certain 16- and 17-year-olds to participate in hunting and target practice without direct adult supervision if they have parental permission, hunter education, and a valid Delaware hunting license. House Bill 355, the “Speak Your Truth Act,” would expand anti-SLAPP-style protections for survivors of sexual assault, discrimination, and harassment by raising the burden in defamation suits and allowing attorney’s fees and damages; advocates from the National Women’s Defense League and the Speak Your Truth movement supported it. House Bill 134 would increase penalties for repeat animal cruelty offenders and lengthen animal ownership bans. The committee also heard House Bill 133, as amended, which would create a hardship waiver process allowing courts to waive fines and fees for defendants who cannot afford them, while preserving restitution and exempting certain traffic-related penalties and victim compensation assessments. The administration said the bill is intended to address uncollectable debt and noted millions in outstanding fines and fees, while local government and police representatives raised concerns about lost revenue, administrative burden, and consistency; the Fines and Fees Justice Center supported the measure. Committee members asked about how the waiver funding would affect local governments, volunteer fire companies, and related fees, and the administration said the $5 million budgeted this year would cover the waiver costs and be treated as an annual expense going forward. No committee votes were taken during the excerpted discussion, but the chair indicated that bills ready for action would be circulated for signature or moved to the floor.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Housing Finance and Policy

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  • We see what they by way of transparency.
  • It's at the last resort we should turn to our government, our courts, to ask them to make a decision
  • We are deeply integrated in many of Minnesota's county court systems, schools, and communities.
  • We are deeply integrated in many of Minnesota's county court systems, schools, and communities.
  • CMM works with organizations that have been certified by the Supreme Court.
Bills: HF3806, HF2687, HF497
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Civil Rights & Judiciary

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  • filing criteria, the court may dismiss the claim.
  • The statute has a few factors that the court considers generally, but, as I said, courts are able to
  • perform threat assessments for the courts we serve.
  • In this way, the bill uses existing resources to offer courts a reliable backup when local courts.
  • Supreme Court bailiffs, and critically, at least for me, it provides that if a Court of Appeals bailiff
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Early Learning & Human Services Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Early Learning & Human Services

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  • Just as a reminder, House Bill 2660 is the bill that authorizes the court to order a parent to comply
  • with conditions necessary to maintain the safety of a child who's under age five in the home if the court
  • So the underlying bill authorizes the court to order these conditions at a shelter care hearing, which
Bills: HB2200, HB2468, HB2660
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Jan 28th, 2026 at 05:45 pm

Human Services

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  • When a person is sentenced by a court, typically a portion of their sentence is either served through
  • local probation, which is often ordered by a district court, or a period of community custody.
  • While on community custody, an individual is subject to a variety of conditions imposed by the court
  • local probation, which is often ordered by a district court or a period of community custody.
  • It was court-ordered, and I felt a little bit of peace of mind.
Bills: SB5979, SB6308, SB6319
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Human Services

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  • In their 2025 report, one of the recommendations is that DCYF should engage judicial officers, court
  • You talk about the three branches of government, didn't talk too much about the courts, what the courts
  • The court cannot order services for the parents at that time, so a parent will have to be willing to
  • But the court, once again, still cannot order that parent to participate in services.
  • But the court, once again, still cannot order that parent to participate in services.
Bills: SB5979, SB6308, SB6319
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 2nd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Ways & Means

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  • Skagit County has four Superior Court judges.
  • Skagit County has four Superior Court judges, and Yakima County has eight judges.
  • Court, as well as the Superior Court Judges Association, in support of Senate Bill 5868.
  • I'm Kevin Knott, and I'm the presiding judge for Yakima County Superior Court.
  • assessing caseloads and capacity of courts in Washington.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Early Learning & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I courts? The conflict?
  • If the court finds that the child is dependent, the court will then order a disposition that includes
  • Yeah, so if the parent, if the court were to order court-ordered services and the parent were not to
  • We would still have to come back to the court, but we would be able to come back to the court to say,
  • to get the court to order parents to participate in services if the court was placing the child back
Bills: HB2511, HB2660