Video & Transcript Research : 'deadly force'

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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:12 am

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, Madam Chair and Representative, so the people that can use the force, some type of force, if there's
  • This is asking the Legislative Finance Committee to convene a task force to develop a 10-year plan and
  • Let me clarify that the task force that's created here... People.
  • It is not the task force that will make all the recommendations to the legislature.
  • The recommendations coming out of the task force will be what the planning process should be and who
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs May 13th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • we would recommend is that in addition to the 90 days for the notice, put an expedited— We need to force
  • We need to force them to make decisions and to get these decisions out so that we're not hamstrung—my
  • We own one of the top agencies in the United States right now, the South Texas Narcotic Task Force, because
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas police officers can be placed in dangerous situations where the use of deadly force is required
  • These deadly force encounters oftentimes come with no warning and occur.
  • So it doesn't have to be a firearm in the sense of deadly force.
  • It could be a firearm in the sense of non-deadly force, and still he could be in violation of this bill
  • Uh, the use of force and deadly force, specifically sections 951, 952, and so forth, provide justifications
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 30th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate added two amendments; one was instructing a task force to develop standards for highly effective
  • This is the final recommendation of the Sexual Assault Survivors Task Force, and it will give law enforcement
  • help us on the Senate side, along with the governor's office and the Sexual Assault Survivors Task Force
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • constitute deadly force. constitute deadly force.
  • <00:21:23.560> where deadly force in certain situations where deadly force in certain situations
  • about deadly force here. about deadly force here.
  • against a deadly force.
  • It does not say use of deadly force. It says reasonable force.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee heard Chair Bliss present HF 13, a bill to change Minnesota self-defense law so that a person using reasonable force in resisting an offense against the person would not be required to consider retreat. Bliss tied the proposal to a recent Minnesota Supreme Court case involving a man at a light rail station and argued the court had effectively created a duty to retreat that the legislature had never enacted. He said the bill would codify the right to stand one’s ground while still leaving reasonableness to judges and juries. Supporters Bryan Gosh of the NRA and Rob Door of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus testified that Minnesota’s duty-to-retreat rules are confusing, judicially created, and out of step with other states. They argued the bill would clarify self-defense law and protect people who defend themselves or others, citing examples from other states and a Texas church shooting to argue that a retreat requirement can endanger victims and bystanders. Opponents Maggie Emery of Protect Minnesota, Sarah Erickson of Giffords, and Don Einwalter of Moms Demand Action argued the bill would function as a “shoot-first” law, increase homicides, worsen racial disparities, and make communities and law enforcement less safe. They cited studies linking stand-your-ground laws to higher homicide rates and pointed to incidents in Florida and Minnesota involving firearms and children. The committee also took up two amendments. Representative Hollins offered an amendment on safe and secure firearm storage, saying it was intended to reduce child access to guns and suicides; she requested a roll call. Chair Bliss opposed it, saying current law already covers negligent storage and that the amendment was too broad, including for a rural constituent who keeps a shotgun by his door. Representative Hudson and Representative Pinto argued over whether current law is sufficient and whether the amendment would remove needed flexibility. The transcript ends during discussion of the amendments, with no final vote or disposition recorded.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 2nd, 2026 at 02:11 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • In November of last year, I was once again involved in a deadly force encounter during a traffic stop
  • Representative Reed, you mentioned hands could be a deadly weapon.
  • I would assume a car could be a deadly weapon. A car could be a deadly weapon, yes, Madam Chair.
  • And I actually shouldn't say, I guess, hands could be a deadly weapon.
  • Certainly, a car can be used as a deadly weapon.
Bills: HB9, HB50
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

BCA Use of Force investigations of federal agents 3/3/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are you conducting investigations on the use of force deadly force? Yes, we are.
  • Are you conducting investigations on the use of force deadly force? Yes, we are.
  • Are you conducting investigations on the use of force deadly force? Yes, we are.
  • <00:08:58.480> force<00:08:58.800> cases about 16 to 24 use of deadly force cases about
  • <00:09:11.839> force<00:09:12.160> since related to use of deadly force since related
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • to make quick judgments about using deadly force.
  • about using deadly force there judgments about using deadly force there are<00:26:44.760> relevant
  • <00:26:55.000> language deadly force is Justified this language deadly force is Justified
  • c><00:31:38.080> of<00:31:38.240> deadly the use of deadly the use of deadly force<00:31
  • <00:36:33.240> force<00:36:34.200> they use of deadly force they use of deadly force
Keywords: 1183, house
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice May 19th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, HR 273 creates a task force to study and make corrections relative to the current administration
  • I do not, but I think in this task force, after a couple months of meeting, we'll figure that out.
  • I think it's a tragedy that we would force children.
  • I think it's a tragedy that we would force children to carry the babies of their rapists.
  • them to... ...through the worst trauma we can imagine, and to inflict additional trauma to force them
Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee met on May 19, 2026, with a long agenda and several members’ bills and resolutions. The committee first considered HB 255, as substituted, which would add up to two years of imprisonment for a person charged with a felony or rioting offense who wore a mask or face covering to evade identification, with exceptions for religious coverings, motorcycles, and medical use. Supporters said it targeted concealment during felonies; the ACLU opposed it as redundant and potentially overbroad, while the Louisiana District Attorneys Association clarified the enhancement would apply only to felony convictions. The committee adopted the substitute and reported HB 255 favorably by a vote of 8-3. It then advanced HB 378, which creates penalties for using a vehicle to obstruct first responders and law enforcement; after an amendment narrowed the bill to first responders, it was reported favorably. HB 1090, increasing penalties for arson of a religious building, also passed favorably after testimony emphasizing attacks on houses of worship. HR 272, requesting a study on parental discipline, abuse allegations, and juvenile delinquency, was reported favorably as well. The committee also heard HB 479, the Fiscal Truth and Sentencing Act, which would require more detailed reporting on incarceration costs and sentencing impacts. Supporters, including the ACLU, said the bill would improve transparency and help lawmakers make better fiscal decisions; clerks of court opposed it as an unfunded mandate. Despite amendments shifting reporting duties and clarifying compliance with Children’s Code Article 412, the bill failed on a 4-7 roll call. The committee then deferred HCR 99 and took up HR 278, which asks the Attorney General to consult stakeholders and review electronic monitoring laws and regulations; supporters described serious failures in the current GPS monitoring system, and the resolution was reported favorably. HR 273, creating a task force to study work release programs, was also reported favorably after members said it would help refine the system and gather cost data. Later, the committee heard SB 448 on the Office of the State Public Defender. After discussion of a recent Supreme Court ruling and concerns about expert-witness funding and indigency determinations, the committee adopted an amendment adding a contradictory-hearing process and appellate review protections, then reported the bill as amended. HCR 100, concerning casino property sales, was amended to remove specific property references and instead urge the Gaming Control Board to consider economic development, job creation, and community benefit; the casino association withdrew opposition after the amendment, and the resolution was reported favorably as amended. The committee also voluntarily deferred SB 278 and HCR 91. HB 261, which would create exceptions to abortion laws for rape and certain sex offenses, drew extensive emotional testimony from supporters and opponents, including survivors and legislators discussing rape, incest, and fetal life; the bill was defeated 2-10. Finally, the committee took up HB 778 on kratom possession, with the author arguing for a distinction between natural kratom and synthetic products, and supporters and opponents offering conflicting testimony about safety, addiction recovery, and regulation.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • against a deadly force.
  • It does not say use of deadly force. It says reasonable force.
  • against a deadly force.
  • It does not say use of deadly force. It says reasonable force.
  • It does not say use of deadly force. It says reasonable force.
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 8th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ultimately, the answer is deadly force should only be used to defend life and stop a robbery or force
  • the answer is deadly force should only be used to defend life.
  • And deadly force is what we're talking about here.
  • And deadly force... I looked it up just now, and deadly force is also known as lethal force.
  • I'm talking about deadly force as it relates to property.
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2777 by Representative Rose, which would bar the death penalty for defendants who can prove by clear and convincing evidence that they had schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and active psychotic symptoms at the time of the offense. Rose said the bill would still hold defendants accountable through life without parole, would save money by avoiding lengthy capital litigation, and would address cases where severe mental illness was not adequately considered. Supporters from NAMI Texas, the Catholic bishops, and a forensic psychologist said the bill is narrowly tailored, consistent with neuroscience and moral principles, and would prevent executions of people whose psychosis substantially impaired reality testing. Committee members questioned how the bill interacts with existing competency and insanity law, whether the diagnosis is sufficiently defined, and whether the statute requires active psychosis at the time of the offense. An opponent argued the death penalty should remain available for juries to decide in all cases. The bill was left pending. The committee then heard House Bill 1221 by Representative Lozano, which would raise the cap on pretrial intervention program fees from $500 to $1,200. Lozano and a district attorney witness said the increase is needed because program costs have risen and the fees help make diversion programs self-sustaining, allowing first-time or low-level offenders to complete rehabilitation and potentially obtain expunction. Opponents from the Texas Fair Defense Project argued the higher fee could make diversion unaffordable for indigent defendants and undermine an important alternative to incarceration, especially where related supervision and monitoring costs already add up. Members discussed whether the fee applies only to PTI participants, how payment plans and waivers work, and whether ability to pay should be addressed more explicitly. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1738 by Representative Jones, which would repeal Penal Code Section 21.06 and related Health and Safety Code references concerning homosexual conduct. Jones said the law is unconstitutional under Lawrence v. Texas, remains harmful on the books, and has led to confusion and unnecessary costs even though it is unenforceable. Supporters said the bill simply removes outdated language and protects civil liberties, while opponents from Texas Values argued the statute still serves as a statement that homosexual conduct is unacceptable and should remain as a warning, even if unenforceable. Members debated whether the law’s remaining language is merely symbolic or still harmful, and whether other criminal statutes already cover conduct such as prostitution, incest, and offenses involving minors. The bill was left pending after testimony.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Deadly conduct.
  • We have use-of-force codes and use-of-force conduct and governance in other sections of the law.
  • We have a whole code of use of force... and deadly conduct.
  • B-1 of deadly conduct.
  • Force, some of us would say.
Bills: HB1500, HJR7, HJR112, HB34, HB133, HB 112, HB 119, HB 128, HB 130, HB132, HB2756, HB166, HB406, HB186, HB271, HB331, HB380, HB1583, HB1584, HB1819, HB621, HB303, HB552, HB366, HB463, HB 1211, HB1327, HB1461, HB923, HB1760, HB2043, HB2467, HB5333, HB5265, HB1592, HB1576, HB1552, HB2018, HB3511, HB1781, HB2013, HB2340, HB2349, HB2508, HB2970, HB2520, HB865, HB2851, HB3385, HB3336, HB3529, HB3309, HB 1127, HB 1232, HB1397, HB4236, HB1804, HB1926, HB4041, HB1965, HB1964, HB2679, HB2730, HB3698, HB3699, HCR77, HB3354, HB163, HB201, HB272, HB333, HB405, HB519, HB569, HB654, HB694, HB791, HB 1006, HB 1136, HB 1240, HB 1266, HB 1275, HB1437, HB1532, HB1675, HB1842, HB1868, HB1888, HB1894, HB1943, HB1990, HB2029, HB2061, HB2286, HB2523, HB2622, HB2626, HB2652, HB2692, HB2842, HB2885, HB2914, HB3016, HB3096, HB3129, HB3248, HB3251, HB3255, HB3479, HB3611, HB3623, HB3701, HB3724, HB3803, HB3804, HB3805, HB3806, HB3810, HB3816, HB3832, HB3887, HB4127, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131, HB4163, HB4187, HB4229, HB4238, HB4454, HB4588, HB4643, HB4736, HB4738, HB4739, HB4945, HB5015, HB5616, SB767, SB1619, SB1738, HJR5, HJR2, HB1399, HB388, HB 114, HB205, HB2789, HB2791, HB499, HB2960, HB3163, HB3135, HB2427, HB1672, HB1722, HB2618, HB879, HB 1126, HB4134, HB3513, HB1445, HB1893, HB1734, HB3229, HB3306, HB 1276, HB3516, HB4145, HB1585, HB4810, HB2558, HB2742, HB1695, HB33, HB144, HB 109, HB 103, HB148, HB3809, HB2217, HB220, HB2421, HB2363, HB421, HB2455, HB3711, HB2559, HB2775, HB3126, HB3666, HB3595, HB3260, HB3376, HB3826, HB3770, HB1831, HB2614, HB3113, HB322, HB431, HB869, HB 1203, HB 1244, HB1875, HB1950, HB2152, HB2341, HB2809, HB2856, HB3012, SB1415, SB1058, SB487, SB1499, SB513, SB1697, SB1197, SB1437, SB1809, SB836, SB1879, SB1145, SB963, SB1038, SB1147, SB914, SB711, SB1409, HB3707, HB589, HB1360, HB2337, HB2391, HB718, HB23, HB2436, HB1500, HJR7, HJR112, HB34, HB133, HB 112, HB 119, HB 128, HB 130, HB132, HB2756, HB166, HB406, HB186, HB271, HB331, HB380, HB1583, HB1584, HB1819, HB621, HB303, HB552, HB366, HB463, HB 1211, HB1327, HB1461, HB923, HB1760, HB2043, HB2467, HB5333, HB5265, HB1592, HB1576, HB1552, HB2018, HB3511, HB1781, HB2013, HB2340, HB2349, HB2508, HB2970, HB2520, HB865, HB2851, HB3385, HB3336, HB3529, HB3309, HB 1127, HB 1232, HB1397, HB4236, HB1804, HB1926, HB4041, HB1965, HB1964, HB2679, HB2730, HB3698, HB3699, HB3354, HB163, HB201, HB272, HB333, HB405, HB519, HB569, HB654, HB694, HB791, HB 1006, HB 1136, HB 1240, HB 1266, HB 1275, HB1437, HB1532, HB1675, HB1842, HB1868, HB1888, HB1894, HB1943, HB1990, HB2029, HB2061, HB2286, HB2523, HB2622, HB2626, HB2652, HB2692, HB2842, HB2885, HB2914, HB3016, HB3096, HB3129, HB3248, HB3251, HB3255, HB3479, HB3611, HB3623, HB3701, HB3724, HB3803, HB3804, HB3805, HB3806, HB3810, HB3816, HB3832, HB3887, HB4127, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131, HB4163, HB4187, HB4229, HB4238, HB4454, HB4588, HB4643, HB4736, HB4738, HB4739, HB4945, HB5015, HB5616, SB767, SB1619, SB1738, HCR77
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (03/24/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Introducing deadly force into non-deadly force scenarios could have grave consequences.
  • Um, introducing deadly force into non-deadly force scenarios. >> You're all set. Yes.
  • deadly force during a So, the threat of deadly force during a non-dely<00:50:25.040> force<00:
  • > non-dely Introducing deadly force into non-dely Introducing deadly force into non-dely force
  • the imminent use of deadly force? the imminent use of deadly force?
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice May 22nd, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • violence or sexual assault protective orders or bond conditions when the perpetrator possesses a deadly
  • It could be anywhere from intentionally and only threatening a police officer and exhibiting a deadly
  • It could be anywhere from intentionally threatening a police officer and exhibiting a deadly weapon,
  • House Bill 3073 also incorporates this task force recommendation.
  • HB 3073 also incorporates this task force recommendation.
Bills: HB75, HB108
Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice and public safety bills, with most measures focused on tougher penalties, victim protections, and procedural changes. Bills discussed included HB 75, requiring magistrates to make written findings when denying probable cause despite believing an arrestee committed an offense; HB 413, limiting pretrial detention so it cannot exceed the maximum jail term for the charged offense, with competency-related exceptions; HB 1422, expanding sexual assault survivor protections and increasing penalties for certain sexual offenses and voyeurism; HB 2073, increasing penalties for violating protective orders or bond conditions while armed; HB 2593, raising indecent assault penalties against elderly or disabled victims; HB 108, enhancing punishment when body armor is used during violent crimes; HB 3816, expanding cruelty-to-livestock offenses to include unlawful controlled-substance administration; HB 2854, requiring parole officers to notify hospitals or law enforcement when violent parolees visit hospital premises; HB 1871, increasing punishment for attempted capital murder of a peace officer and making such offenders ineligible for parole; HB 3463, clarifying notice methods in theft-of-service cases; HB 2348, allowing video-recorded depositions of elderly or disabled witnesses; HB 2594, expanding venue options for cybercrime and digital theft prosecutions; HB 2761, clarifying that children cannot be deemed to consent to prostitution-related offenses; HB 3185, authorizing administrative subpoenas in cybercrime investigations; HB 2017, increasing penalties for certain intoxication manslaughter cases involving undocumented immigrants with prior DWI convictions; HB 2306, making certain trafficking offenses ineligible for parole; HB 1607, allowing a rear-only license plate when a vehicle lacks a front bracket; HB 1828, creating a legislative leave pool for TDCJ correctional officers; and HB 3664, requiring prospective grand jurors to complete training and proposing additional changes to grand jury procedure in a future substitute. The committee also took up HB 3073, the Summer Willis Act, which would clarify consent in sexual assault law and address intoxication-related incapacity; the committee substitute narrowed the language to situations where the perpetrator knows the other person cannot consent because of intoxication or impairment, while removing withdrawal-of-consent and “reasonably should know” language from the House version. Several bills were laid out with committee substitutes adopted, including HB 3463, HB 2594, HB 3073, and HB 3073’s substitute, and most bills were left pending after no invited or public testimony or after hearing testimony. Public testimony was especially extensive on HB 3073, with survivors, advocates, and prosecutors supporting broader consent language, while some prosecutors said the substitute was an improvement but still favored the House version’s broader protections. HB 3664 drew significant opposition from district attorneys, who argued that mandatory transcription or recording of grand jury testimony would be costly, chill grand juror questioning, and complicate timely presentations; concerns were also raised about new-evidence requirements and grand jury shopping. No final votes were taken on the bills discussed in the transcript, and the committee recessed partway through to return to the floor before continuing its hearing.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice (Part I) Apr 8th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • force.
  • So if there's any way that we can avoid having to use deadly force, we want to do that. on the bill for
  • force.
  • So if there's any way that we can avoid having to use deadly force, we want to do that.
  • That we can avoid having to use deadly force. We want to do that.
Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice bills, beginning with SB 1870 and SB 1727, both of which were adopted as committee substitutes and reported favorably to the full Senate. SB 1870 would bar local governments from adopting policies that decriminalize controlled substances or direct officials not to enforce state drug laws, with civil penalties enforced by the Attorney General for violations. SB 1727 was described as a technical change to make the draft a formal Legislative Council version of a TDCJ-related assault bill; both bills were also sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then took up SB 2405, the major Sunset bill for TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Windham School District, and the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee. Senator Parker explained that the bill continues and modernizes those agencies, requires a 10-year facilities and staffing plan, expands rehabilitation and reentry programming, improves parole-board consistency and training, and codifies various cleanup and inspector general recommendations. Sunset staff and agency witnesses discussed the bill’s data-sharing, program coordination, and projected savings from reducing delays in parole-voted programming; public witnesses generally supported the post-secondary education and reentry provisions, while some urged stronger statutory direction for Windham and more reform to medically recommended intensive supervision. The bill was left pending. SB 1804, SB 1099, SB 2569, and SB 2570 were also heard. SB 1804 would allow restitution for tattoo removal for human trafficking survivors and remove the age restriction so adult survivors can qualify; it was reported favorably and sent to the local calendar. SB 1099 would increase penalties for certain felony offenses when committed by a person determined to be unlawfully present in the country; immigration and civil rights witnesses opposed it as overbroad and difficult to administer, but it was reported favorably. SB 2569 would modernize unmanned aircraft reporting by requiring law enforcement agencies to post reports on public websites; it passed unanimously and was sent to the local calendar. SB 2570 would create a defense to prosecution for peace officers and correctional guards using less-lethal force weapons within the scope of their training; law enforcement witnesses supported it, civil rights and prosecutor witnesses raised concerns that it was too broad and could weaken existing use-of-force standards, and the bill was left pending for further work.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 29th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • From setting the tone at Kyle Field with his first-quarter interception to win by forcing an incompletion
  • Thank you to the joint authors, Senator Blanco, and to UTEP President and the former Air Force Secretary
  • Individuals that are on active duty as a member of the United States Armed Forces, if they're in the
  • Texas military forces, and if they're deployed on federal orders outside the United States, there's an
  • I actually retired from Lackland Air Force Base and was a facility manager at Kelly Air Force Base, which
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (06/04/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • deadly force.
  • another person is about to use deadly another person is about to use deadly force<02:02:26.480><
  • where<02:02:36.560> deadly deadly force in situations where deadly deadly force in situations
  • force. use of deadly force, non-dadly force. this.<02:03:16.960> If<02:03:17.280> you<
  • <02:03:37.360> The comes in and uses deadly force? The comes in and uses deadly force?
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/28/2026)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • force situation now being, you know, interjected by deadly force or what is perceived as deadly force
  • force situation now being, you know, interjected by deadly force or what is perceived as deadly force
  • non-deadly force to deadly force. non-deadly force to deadly force.
  • 6275, the use of deadly force. 6275, the use of deadly force.
  • result in deadly force situations. result in deadly force situations.
Keywords: 1189, house, all