Video & Transcript Research : 'criminal code cleanup'

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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Your zip code should not determine your prognosis and quality of life.
  • Also, I sent you some Texas Occupation Code.
  • I'm just saying it doesn't say that in the Occupations Code.
  • Based on the Texas Occupations Code. Thank you.
  • The nurses use those codes. Nurses use those codes all the time.
TX
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  • For example, ABA model rule... 8.4g could be adopted and used as a speech code for lawyers potentially
  • just want to note that the definition of imminent serious bodily injury is derived from the Penal Code
  • in Chapter 22 on assault. from various interpretive opinions of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals,
  • Groups that would exempt one another from being possible grand jurors mean our criminal justice system
  • According to a government code section 62, a person is disqualified from jury duty if he or she has served
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) May 1st, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 1 of the bill amends Chapter 57 of the Occupations Code to add two new subsections. 57.003 prohibits
  • just want to note that the definition of imminent serious bodily injury is derived from the penal code
  • assault, and imminence comes from, uh, various interpretive opinions of, uh, the Texas Court of Criminal
  • So our criminal justice system is, is not necessarily broken. It's non-existent.
  • According to a government code section 62, 10 or 1027, a person is disqualified from jury duty if he
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 12th, 2025

State Government

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  • facilities is that they do have some other mandates they have to follow, such as the International Building Code
  • That is already an existing code; we are not changing that, right?
  • Are there some counties or cities that might not be up to the current code? No, sir.
  • They all fall under the current code.
  • Statewide, it could cost a little more if they're not up to the current code.
Bills: HB141, HB161, HB231, HB67
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Thu Feb 5, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, next up, we have HB 1964 relating to the state building code council.
Summary: The committee first heard HB 1527 relating to gambling. The chair outlined hearing rules, including a two-minute limit and a warning that bills not heard would die. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from a prosecutor, Honolulu Police Department, and Stop Predatory Gambling, all arguing that casinos and sports betting increase crime, sex trafficking, harassment of athletes, and broader social harm. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee moved on without questions or action taken on the bill. The committee then heard HB 1823 relating to coastal zone management and HB 2490 relating to coastal resilience. For HB 1823, DLNR, the Office of Planning, and Maui County testified, with Maui County supporting the measure and its proposed amendments. For HB 2490, DLNR expressed concern about exempting a proposed Mokuji Bay pilot project from permits and regulation before a long-term plan is finalized, while the County of Maui, the Mokuji Soto Zen Mission, and the Office of Planning supported the bill as a coastal resilience pilot. The mission described severe erosion, sea-level rise impacts, and years of unsuccessful efforts to stabilize the shoreline; its consultant said the study is leaning toward nature-based and hybrid solutions. In questioning, members and DLNR discussed whether the bill should say the project “shall” or “may” be exempt, and the chair indicated the language would be adjusted to preserve DLNR discretion and to change the lead agency reference to OPSD. No vote was taken in the transcript. Finally, the committee took up HB 2223 relating to historic preservation reviews. SHPD said it stood on its written comments, while OPSD and DHHL supported the bill. DHHL argued the measure would streamline reviews, improve transparency, and help address long wait times for its projects, saying it could alleviate burden on SHPD and better serve beneficiaries. Representative Shimizu questioned whether the bill would create redundancy and expand government rather than strengthen SHPD, noting a separate staffing bill already exists. SHPD responded that DHHL is uniquely subject to 6E review and that the bill would not waive federal or state historic review requirements; the discussion also touched on possible federal-style grant support and the existing memorandum of agreement between SHPD and DHHL. The transcript ends during questioning, with no final committee action shown.
TX
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  • Education Code Chapter 162, which is 24 pages long.
  • military families, I'm writing to express strong support for enhancing Chapter 162 of the Texas Education Code
  • law, school districts are required to purchase attendance credits under Chapter 49 of the Education Code
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 30th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is outlined in the Texas Insurance Code.
  • It must include attorney's fees, but the code does not make any stipulations regarding...
  • Yeah, I know how much you've had to do with the insurance code in Texas and all that stuff.
  • The Texas Insurance Code provides coverage for telemedicine services but does not explicitly include
  • Even though it's a criminal violation, we know it's good to find the balance in the system.
TX
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  • It was a simple cleanup, and THECB has already done it.
  • The bill is filed to all the commissioner actions under Section 39A.002 of the Education Code.
  • Members, this bill relates to the enforcement of certain criminal offenses.
  • Members, this bill relates to the enforcement of certain criminal offenses.
  • Something the insurance code is currently silent on.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a large agenda and repeatedly recessed for floor activity and other committee conflicts. The committee heard and left pending several higher education bills, including SB 2361 to transfer University of Houston-Victoria from the University of Houston System to the Texas A&M System and rename it Texas A&M University Victoria; testimony from university officials, local leaders, and industry representatives strongly supported the move as a way to better align degree programs with regional workforce needs in engineering, agriculture, and STEM. SB 530, which would align Texas accreditation statutes with federal rules allowing institutions to choose among nationally recognized accreditors, also received supportive testimony and was left pending. SB 1085, allowing Sul Ross satellite campuses to offer lower-division coursework toward bachelor’s degrees, was laid out and left pending as well. The committee also took up a series of education policy bills. SB 1241 would expand the standardized tests Texas public universities may accept for admission beyond the SAT and ACT, with supporters from the Classic Learning Test, homeschool advocates, and student-choice groups arguing it would increase access and competition; it was left pending. SB 769 would require a TEA/Higher Education Coordinating Board report on barriers faced by students with disabilities in higher education, and testimony from The Arc of Texas and others emphasized the need for better data and accessibility; the bill was left pending. SB 2231 would designate the second week of October as Free College Application Week, and SB 1878 would modernize terminology and support workforce-oriented programs at the Josie School; both were laid out and left pending. The committee reported several bills favorably after adopting committee substitutes. SB 605, concerning charter school expansion applications while under conservatorship or a management team, passed on a 9-0 vote. SB 1871, SB 1873, and SB 1874, all related to school discipline and teacher immunity/placement review provisions, were adopted and reported favorably, with members noting the need for further discussion on some language. SB 762, dealing with flag displays in public schools, passed on a 7-1 vote. SB 1962, relating to public school accountability and challenges to school system operations, passed 7-1 after a corrected vote. SB 1750, replacing a $60 million statewide charter facilities cap with an attendance-growth-based allotment, passed 7-1 with one member voting present not voting. SB 2252, supporting kindergarten readiness and early literacy/numeracy, SB 2253, concerning educator preparation and certification, SB 2365, on student use of wireless devices during instructional time, and SB 1924, restoring local peace officer citation authority for school offenses and adding reporting and parent-notification requirements, were also reported favorably. The committee additionally heard SB 37 on higher education governance and compliance oversight, which passed 7-1 after a substitute that refined curriculum review, governing board authority, faculty senate rules, and a new compliance office within the Higher Education Coordinating Board.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • what I'm saying is that we're just concerned about having to fingerprint people and treat them like criminals
  • Of the Texas Transportation Code.
  • It's in use, and it was, and this is a cleanup bill from a previous session where the specifications
  • , many years ago when Todd Staples was a senator, he included the word private in a section of the code
  • So, House Bill 2455 amends the transportation code regulating the maximum weight of vehicles operating
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • what I'm saying is that we're just concerned about having to fingerprint people and treat them like criminals
  • Section 636 solves this problem by repealing Section 681.011 (F2) of the Texas Transportation Code.
  • many years ago, when Todd Staples was a senator, he included the word "private" in a section of the code
  • So, House Bill 2455 amends the transportation code regulating the maximum weight of vehicles operating
  • launch a safety program that does not protect every student in our district regardless of their zip code
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So House Bill 2270 amends the Transportation Code to prohibit the disclosure of personally identifiable
  • I think that if you're an arresting agency... under the Transportation Code, the disclosure of those
  • criminal records is likely preempted by this code section.
  • If that person turns out to have been at fault in a criminal way, whether intoxicated or just grossly
  • will be preempted by this code section.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Apr 15th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it was just a little bit of a language cleanup.
  • So it was just a little bit of a language cleanup.
  • This is largely the way the Senate passed it, but it just clarifies it in code.
  • Again, this is more cleanup language as it changed from a shell to a may.
  • To amend and reenact various sections of the North Dakota Century Code relating to lack of criminal responsibility
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present and handled a mix of conference committee appointments, appropriations bills, policy bills, and House amendments. Early in the session, the chamber appointed conference committees for SB 2399 and for House-amended SBs 2213 and 2354, and also named conference committees for HB 103, HB 1308, and HB 1169. The Senate then took up several appropriations measures, including HB 1612, which creates the North Dakota Center for Aerospace Medicine at UND; the Senate adopted an amendment shifting the funding to a one-time $250,000 Community Health Trust Fund appropriation with a required $250,000 match from other sources, and the bill passed 39-7. HB 1193, the “Back the Blue” grant, was amended to make the funding one-time and focus on officer retention, then passed 41-5. HB 1329, a government spending database proposal for school districts, was amended into a legislative study and passed 42-4. HB 1020, the water budget, received extensive amendments reducing and reallocating funding across major water projects, adding studies and oversight changes, and passed 45-0 with the emergency clause. HB 1581, a tribal tourism grant, also passed 40-6. The Senate rejected HB 1330, which would have authorized divestment from direct investments in Chinese companies; after debate over the prudent investor rule, trade impacts, and whether the bill singled out one nation in law, it failed 20-26. HB 1534, limiting property valuation increases, and HB 1266, adjusting the disabled veterans property tax credit, both failed unanimously or nearly so after committee recommendations against them. HB 1566, which would have created a regulatory framework for a product discussed as kratom, was amended on the floor to convert it into a study and then passed 31-15. The chamber also passed HB 2241 on charter schools after a House amendment changed the funding formula to the statewide average from the prior year, and HB 2022, the indigent legal counsel budget, after House changes added funding flexibility, offset lost fee revenue, and included a study on a public defender office. The Senate concurred in several House amendments and then passed a number of Senate bills. SB 2375, allowing joint negotiations between dental providers and insurers under Attorney General oversight, passed 44-2. SB 2251, clarifying that open records requests during state audits should be referred to the audited agency, passed 46-0. SB 2159, related to nuclear energy research, passed 43-3 after House amendments required Industrial Commission approval and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. SB 2155, changing gratis antelope license rules, passed 30-16 after debate over landowner rights and tag distribution. SB 251, setting fees and an audit for the Private Investigative and Security Board, passed 44-2. SB 2280, the prior authorization health insurance bill, passed 43-3 with a House-added study and consumer protections. SB 2023, the Racing Commission budget, passed 41-5 after a House change made internship funding one-time. SB 2232, changing prenatal substance exposure reporting requirements and related toxicology rules, passed 44-2. SB 2241, authorizing public charter schools, passed 39-7. The session ended while the Senate was still processing SB 2022’s final passage vote, but the bill had already cleared concurrence on House amendments.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 19th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

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  • as part of the Uniform Construction Code and provisions of the sanitary code.
  • as part of the Uniform Construction Code and provisions of the sanitary code.
  • Senate Bill 201 by Senator Morris, code of criminal procedure relative to juvenile sentencing. Rep.
  • Senate Bill 321 by Senator Kleinpeter amends the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to electronic bonds
  • Senate Bill 523 by Senator Mizell, Code of Criminal Procedure relative to victims of domestic abuse,
Summary: The House met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present, and began with prayer, the pledge, leave requests, and several personal privileges recognizing visitors and groups at the Capitol, including early education advocates, a poster contest winner, Entergy’s River Bend Nuclear Station on its 40th anniversary, a Children’s Miracle Network champion, Community Action leaders, and Leadership Tangipahoa participants. The chamber also received Senate messages, enrollment reports, a conference committee report on Senate Bill 149 that was allowed to lie over, and a long list of House resolutions and Senate bills that were either introduced, referred, or set aside for later consideration. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including measures recognizing Early Education Day, World Preeclampsia Awareness Day, Dora’s Voyager, Tourism Day, and National Mississippi River Day, while House Concurrent Resolution 98 on SNAP grocery delivery fees failed on reconsideration by a vote of 46 yeas to 39 nays. The House then took up a series of Senate bills. Among the measures passed were SB 39 on provisional massage therapist licenses; SB 111 on freshwater recreational fish limits in the Atchafalaya Basin; SB 124 on peer review confidentiality for health systems; SB 134 on child sexual abuse material and sexting involving minors under 17; SB 99 on electronic DEQ notifications; SB 190 on special-focus nursing facilities; SB 201 on juvenile life-without-parole sentencing procedures; SB 233 on a statewide data exchange compact; SB 236 on annual kidney disease reporting; SB 258 on juvenile traffic offenses; SB 270 on medical marijuana use by terminally ill patients in health care facilities; SB 273 on hospice care requirements; SB 307 on educational displays and a Ten Commandments monument on Capitol grounds; SB 320 on CODIS hit tracking; SB 321 on electronic bonds; SB 325 on excluding threatening persons from sports wagering; SB 331 on temporary exceptions to the Scenic Rivers Act for lower Pearl River Basin work; SB 339 on gaming-related background checks; SB 345 on annual OJJ reporting; SB 346 and SB 347 on deepfake misuse in schools and on campuses; SB 357 on judiciary cleanup provisions; SB 359 on hospital district commissioner terms; SB 387 on pharmacy benefit managers; SB 393 on explosives regulation; SB 401 creating a Prescription Drug Affordability Board; SB 415 creating the Empower Louisiana Food Purchase Program; SB 419 on pre-charged pneumatic devices for deer hunting; SB 422 on unsupervised probation for certain repeat DWI offenders; SB 426 on the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority and peer support credentials; SB 435 creating a Commission on Fatherhood Engagement; SB 437 on licensed treatment services in facilities housing judicially referred residents; SB 440 creating a Renaissance District in Rapides Parish; SB 451 on newborn hearing screening and intervention; SB 464 on severe obesity treatment coverage; SB 470 on pregnancy-related rules in correctional facilities; SB 487 on gaming premises rental agreements; and SB 488 creating a school safety drone response pilot program. Several bills were returned to the calendar for later action, including SB 189 on atmospheric releases affecting weather and climate, SB 326, SB 341, SB 353, and SB 495. A number of bills drew debate over policy and fiscal effects. SB 112 on school release time for religious instruction prompted questions about public-school participation, sponsoring entities, and parental consent; SB 189 on prohibiting intentional atmospheric release of substances for climate or weather modification passed 75-21 after questions about aircraft fuel dumping and agricultural exceptions; SB 201 on juvenile sentencing led to discussion of Supreme Court precedent and appellate review; SB 233 raised privacy concerns about interagency data sharing; SB 313 on electronic filing fees in criminal matters was criticized as a possible unfunded mandate and failed 25-68; and SB 451 on newborn hearing screening drew questions about board expansion, Medicaid coverage, and added administrative costs before passing 94-1. Most other bills passed with little or no opposition, and the House repeatedly adopted motions to table reconsideration after final passage votes. The chamber also announced it would stop debate at 5:00 p.m. and continued working through Senate bills as the Natural Resources Committee finished its meeting.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Legislative Task Force on Government Efficiency Mar 25th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Legislative Task Force on Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is under North Dakota Century Code Chapter 54-7.
  • But to follow Century Code, we have to bring those on.
  • So these conversations are ongoing, but it's recognized that Century Code and administrative code would
  • So we always kind of have a cleanup.
  • judges carry the highest criminal caseload in the nation.
Keywords: 908, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 19th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Code and provisions of the sanitary code.
  • Code and provisions of the sanitary code.
  • Senate Bill 201 by Senator Morris, code of criminal procedure relative to juvenile sentencing. Rep.
  • Senate Bill 321 by Senator Kleinpeter amends the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to electronic bonds
  • Senate Bill 523 by Senator Mizell, Code of Criminal Procedure relative to victims of domestic abuse,