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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 13th, 2026 at 05:37 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It then goes on to include a foreign subpoena, summons, or other civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry
  • or investigation request.
  • Let's say he did an abortion at eight months, or he or she, the provider.
  • Or is it just the number? Education level, race? Or is it just the number?
  • Madam Chair or since. confine people or their property.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Feb 13th, 2026

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • or of this state.
  • or a voter or a challenger or watcher.
  • or a voter or a challenger or watcher.
  • , bring, or keep troops or armed persons in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States
  • Chair, Senator, what any county clerk or the election judge or whoever is What any county clerk or the
Summary: The committee first heard SB 264, which would create state criminal and civil penalties for election interference, including stationing armed personnel at polling places or drop boxes, changing voter qualifications or election procedures contrary to state law, and obstructing or intimidating voters, poll workers, or election administrators. The sponsor and Secretary of State staff said the bill was a response to concerns about possible federal interference in New Mexico elections and was modeled largely on existing federal law, while also adding emergency-related provisions for counties affected by disasters. Support came from Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, and the Center for Public Policy; there was no opposition testimony. After questions about enforcement, federal conflict, and the role of local law enforcement, the committee passed SB 264 on a due-pass motion. The committee then took up SB 261, a related bill revising firearm restrictions at polling places. The sponsor said the bill would remove most exemptions that had allowed firearms in or around polling locations, while preserving limited exceptions for election administrators to request law enforcement assistance and for certain rural or co-located law enforcement offices. Supporters, including the League of Women Voters, Common Cause, and the Center for Public Policy, argued that firearms at polls can intimidate voters and poll workers and that the bill would create clearer, safer rules. Opponents, including representatives of a rifle and pistol club, a county sheriff’s office, and the New Mexico Business Coalition, argued that concealed carry holders and officers should not be treated as threats, that the bill could create confusion or criminalize lawful conduct, and that law enforcement needs to remain armed to respond to emergencies and protect polling sites. Committee members debated constitutional tailoring, rural enforcement issues, and how the bill would interact with the earlier election-interference bill. The committee ultimately passed the Judiciary Committee substitute for SB 261 on a due-pass vote. Finally, the committee heard SB 221, which would add a new crime and racketeering predicate for theft and misappropriation of petroleum products and oil and gas equipment. The sponsor, the Attorney General’s office, and industry and law enforcement witnesses said oilfield theft has become more organized and dangerous, causing environmental damage, safety hazards, lost production, and revenue losses, and that existing laws are not sufficient to address the conduct. An opponent questioned whether the conduct was already illegal and argued that the bill singled out one industry and could overcriminalize conduct already covered by other laws and regulations. After discussion about proportionality and whether the bill was necessary, the committee voted on the Judiciary Committee substitute and the motion failed on a tie vote, so SB 221 did not advance.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 13th, 2026

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • other civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry or investigation request.
  • or adverse outcomes.
  • Let's say he did an abortion at eight months, or he or she, the provider.
  • They want to know if patients are Puerto Rican or Cuban or Hispanic or other, race, previous live births
  • It's Schedule 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. ...of a controlled substance and Schedule 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, or that was
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 195, which would protect the personal assets of certain health care providers from collection in medical malpractice judgments. Supporters said the bill would help recruit and retain physicians, especially in high-liability fields like obstetrics, while opponents argued broader malpractice reform should focus on insurance and legal representation. Members discussed whether the bill’s definition of “independent provider” matched existing law, and the committee adopted a friendly amendment to add osteopathic physician. HB 195 then passed on a 9-0 vote. The committee then heard House Bill 279, a health care privacy and safety measure for reproductive and gender-affirming care. The sponsor said it would strengthen protections for sensitive health information, limit geofencing around clinics, allow providers to keep personal addresses confidential, and remove provider names from medication abortion packaging. Supporters framed it as a privacy and safety bill; opponents said it would weaken parental access, create confusion for emergency physicians, and shield abortion access. After extensive questions about HIPAA, emergency care, and data collection, the bill passed 6-3. Senate Bill 30, which would repeal the requirement that induced abortions be reported to the state registrar, drew similar testimony. The sponsor and supporters argued the reporting requirement is outdated, medically unnecessary, and exposes providers to surveillance and possible out-of-state targeting; opponents said the data supports transparency and public health oversight. Members questioned what data would be lost and how the state currently uses the reports. SB 30 passed 6-3. The committee also heard House Bill 234 on fentanyl definitions, with law enforcement and business groups supporting clearer criminal penalties; members and the sponsor worked through possible amendment language to better align the bill with existing controlled-substance definitions, and the discussion was continued for a revised draft. Finally, House Bill 292, the New Mexico Prison Rape Elimination Act, received broad support from advocacy groups and passed the committee substitute 7-0.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, February 17, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, has actual knowledge of the false information or of the fraud. Right? That's an example.
  • or of the<00:42:31.119><c> fraud.
  • So this encourages people to do the right thing before being forced to do so or compelled to do so.
  • fraud or correct the able to correct the fraud or correct the misconduct<01:26:01.040><c> while</c><
  • And so this provides this very unique lane for the government or an individual to pursue fraud.
Bills: SF0087, SF0088, SF0092
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we know that frauds and scams.
  • </c><00:41:31.440><c> or</c><00:41:31.440><c> or</c> with them in some way or or or with them in some
  • way or or or circumstances<00:41:32.880><c> are</c><00:41:33.119><c> escrow</c><00:41:33.599><c> accounts
  • </c><01:21:24.960><c> other</c> website, or Tik Tok, or some other website, or Tik Tok, or some other
  • Would it be appropriate for the government to force a news station, newspaper, or blog of an independent
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 21st, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • If anyone wishes to testify for or against this bill or any bill on the committee's agenda today, please
  • Members, any other questions or comments? OK.
  • or groups. and constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this
  • If you merely brandish your weapon or threaten force, and they're injured while fleeing, you may not
  • Are there any questions or objections to the adoption?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:54:06.520><c> or</c><00:54:07.040><c> um</c> during um uh an insurance fraud or um during um
  • uh an insurance fraud or um Securities<00:54:07.880><c> or</c><00:54:08.160><c> banking</c><00:54:08.720
  • You know, fraud is not the only driver of that, or even the biggest driver of that, but it is a piece
  • You know, fraud is not the only driver of that, or even the biggest driver of that, but it is a piece
  • You know, fraud is not the only driver of that, or even the biggest driver of that, but it is a piece
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • There will be no standing or sitting in the walkways or aisles.
  • , be they state or federal.
  • , be they state or federal.
  • </c><00:52:25.280><c> whatever,</c> Democrat or an independent or whatever, Democrat or an independent
  • </c> or engaging in civic participation. or engaging in civic participation.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee Meeting Jun 18th, 2026

Elections & Government Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Employees are not forced to participate.
  • Just to clarify, the issue from some over on the House side was what, like the sort of mandatory or forced
  • And then again, when they get that first or second or third paycheck, and they're looking at it like,
  • So, or sorry, for Senate Bill 342, yeah.
  • Any questions or comments from committee members?
Summary: The Senate Elections and Government Affairs Committee met in hybrid format, approved the June 10 draft minutes, and then heard a long agenda of bills. HB 89 (home improvement fraud dispute resolution) was presented as a consumer protection measure developed with DOJ to address contractor fraud, especially against vulnerable homeowners; members voiced support and asked to be added as sponsors. HB 283 updated realty transfer tax exemptions to use gender-neutral “spouses” language and add a direct grandparent-to-grandchild transfer exemption; it drew supportive public comment. HS1 for HB 390 would let DelDOT choose electronic-only bidding for projects, remove newspaper bid-opening notices, and clarify bidding records, with no opposition raised. HB 328/H.A. 2 modernizes the Register of Regulations statute, keeps newspaper distribution requirements, and delays some effective dates to 2027; it was described as a technical update. HB 365 would create the Delaware Indigenous Affairs Commission, prompting supportive testimony from Indigenous community members and some discussion about representation and internal tribal اختلافs, but no formal opposition. HB 423 would automatically enroll new state employees in the 457B deferred compensation plan unless they opt out, with exclusions for collective bargaining units and implementation tied to payroll readiness; it was presented as a retirement-savings measure. SS1 for SB 342 would modernize the Delaware Motion Picture and Television Development Commission to support a broader film/media incentive package, with support from the Delaware Arts Alliance and a request to help attract productions to Delaware. The committee also heard SB 331, a cleanup bill on garagekeeper liens for manufactured housing and related assets. The sponsor and an attorney explained it as clarifying who can recover funds and attorney’s fees in lien sales, but the Chief Magistrate and the manufactured housing association said the issue should be addressed more carefully and possibly in another section of code; they were open to further work. HB 436 would update the Smyrna charter, including school impact fees, election challenge procedures, vacancy rules, domicile standards, Board of Elections terms, and meeting schedules. HS1 for HB 376 made technical and organizational changes to the Millville charter, including a tiebreaker for municipal elections and a property tax cap, with the town solicitor saying there was little substantive change. HB 460 would require New Castle County municipalities to submit permit data monthly rather than on a much slower schedule, limited to closed permits with certificates of occupancy, to improve property assessment data; it was presented as part of broader reassessment/data-quality efforts. Public comment was heard on several items, especially HB 365 and SS1 for SB 342. Indigenous speakers supported the commission as a way to preserve heritage, improve representation, and create a formal seat at the table. The Delaware Arts Alliance supported the film commission modernization bill as part of a broader creative-economy plan. No recorded votes were taken on the individual bills in the transcript, and the meeting ended with a unanimous motion to adjourn.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JDC DEFER Public Hearing 02-25-2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Questions or concerns?
  • Any questions or concerns? amendments. Any questions or concerns?
  • </c> amending that or keeping up? amending that or keeping up?
  • </c> no votes or reservations? no votes or reservations?
  • </c> votes or reservations? votes or reservations?
Summary: The Judiciary Committee met on a decision-making agenda and considered four Senate bills. SB 2731 would cap misdemeanor jail terms at 364 days and allow people previously sentenced to one year to seek modification; the chair recommended passage with amendments limiting the change to nonviolent offenses, and the measure was adopted with one no vote. SB 2830 would extend the statute of limitations for misconduct-in-office offenses by public servants to allow prosecution during service and for 10 years afterward; members discussed tightening the definition of misconduct in office while leaving the public servant definition unchanged, and it was adopted with amendments. SB 2914, which would prohibit public disclosure of legislators’ personal contact information and certain voter and campaign records, was deferred because the chair believed existing law already covered much of the issue and wanted to see how that law works over time. SB 3072 would require a mandatory 12-month minimum sentence for first-degree theft involving property or services valued over $250,000; the committee recommended passage with amendments clarifying that the sentence could be imposed as a condition of probation or before parole, and it was adopted with the vice chair voting with reservation. The committee then adjourned.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee Meeting Jun 23rd, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • You've worked with the Department of Education, or they are supportive of this bill?
  • And if you're age 60 or older and moving to Delaware on or after January 1, 2027, the minimum residency
  • Any other comments or questions? Seeing none, we'll go to public comment.
  • Any other comments or questions? Seeing none, we'll go to public comment.
  • First off, we have comments or questions. Seeing now we'll go to public comment.
Bills: SB219, SB9
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met to hear several bills, with members repeatedly reminded to focus on fiscal impacts rather than policy merits. The committee first considered SB 9 on freshwater wetlands, which would combine tidal and non-tidal wetlands programs into one permitting framework; supporters said the bill resulted from a two-year consensus process and that the governor’s office and DENREC would absorb a significant share of the cost. Public testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing flood control and ecosystem services, though one speaker opposed the spending. The committee voted to release SB 9. The committee then heard SB 278 on child care assistance, which would preauthorize summer camp for eligible school-age children and create a separate lower co-payment for half-day care. The sponsor and the YMCA of Delaware said the change would better align family co-pays with provider reimbursement and make before- and after-school care more affordable for working families. The committee also released SB 278, SB 168 on alcohol delivery for package stores, SB 120 on health insurance coverage for certain testing and treatment, and HB 4, a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools; HB 4 was described as having a near-$3 million fiscal note and a one-year implementation delay because it was not funded in the budget. Later, the committee approved SB 219, which gradually increases the military pension income tax exclusion from $12,500 to $25,000 over three years and includes related joint-filing and residency changes. Supporters argued it would help attract and retain military retirees and bring federal dollars into the state. The committee also released SB 1, a major primary care reform bill that would increase primary care spending and implement hospital payment reforms, with projected long-term savings to the state employee health plan, and SB 325, which expands background checks and wrap-back monitoring for fire service personnel and adds an investigator position for the Fire Prevention Commission. In each case, public commenters and committee members generally supported the bills, and all were released from committee by recorded vote.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Apr 27th, 2026

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • no outbursts or chatter, please.
  • The basis of most vaccines uses some type of tissue or cells in one form or another.
  • or to your department's budget?
  • Or it could also be a federal grant or private grant or whatever.
  • Only five or six of those plants got workers.
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 23, which would create an Agricultural-based National Security Priorities Task Force to study issues such as Chinese drones, farmland ownership, and other technology-related concerns that could affect farmers and national security. Senator Kathy Stewart said the goal was to avoid unintended consequences in legislation and to bring agriculture stakeholders together. The resolution was moved favorably with no objections. The committee then took up Senate Bill 502 on sugarcane bagasse storage. Supporters, including the sponsor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, and the American Sugar Cane League, said the bill would clarify that bagasse is an agricultural byproduct and would protect storage practices that comply with department best practices from local ordinances. Several residents from St. Martin Parish testified in opposition, saying a large bagasse pile near their homes was out of compliance, created dust and odors, and caused health and property-value concerns. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably with no objections. House Bill 512, by Representative Schamerhorn, would prohibit the manufacturing and sale of cell-cultured food products in Louisiana while allowing university research to continue. An amendment was adopted to make the bill effective only if certain federal court rulings allow such a ban. The sponsor and Commissioner Strain argued the issue is still scientifically uncertain and that the state should avoid costly litigation; the bill was reported favorably with amendments after no objections. House Bill 1194, the Healthy Food Retail Act, was amended to shift food-desert research and mapping duties to the LSU AgCenter, while the financing authority would continue handling grants and related funding mechanisms. Supporters said the bill would improve data on food deserts and help target grocery access in underserved urban and rural areas; some members raised concerns about government subsidies and long-term dependence, but the sponsor and Commissioner Strain said the program is intended as infrastructure support to launch stores, not ongoing operating aid. After debate, the bill was reported favorably with amendments by a 10-3 roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably House Concurrent Resolution 65, which urges federal action to reclassify crawfish-industry job duties as agricultural labor for H-2A purposes; testimony emphasized labor shortages, the impact on crawfish and rice producers, and the need for more legal guest workers. The meeting ended with a brief informational handout on direct marketing and custom slaughter plants and adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • There will be no standing or sitting on the walkways or aisles.
  • Are you conducting investigations on the use of force, deadly force? Yes, we are.
  • </c> a collaboration would be better or a collaboration would be better or worse?
  • She said that is what the task force model brings to a state: it does not bring safety or community trust
  • </c> or so are subject to ICE detainers. or so are subject to ICE detainers.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, if you brandish your weapon... or threatened to use force, and the intruder is injured while
  • The ability to threaten a youth force or a deadly force is often enough to deter a crime. and attack
  • or deadly force.
  • if charges related to their use or threatened use of force are dismissed.
  • or deadly force. and your conduct is justified under Chapter 9 of the Penal Code, you are immune from
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Say 30 or more. Yeah, I think at least 30.
  • Was he physically forced?
  • These are not... contract cases, or slip and fall cases, or trade secrets, or confidential... potential
  • to maybe come forward or not.
  • We fully support that in our law. and there is no pressure or guilt or shame that should be felt. by
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Apr 27th, 2026

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • no outbursts or chatter, please.
  • And then, so what we're prohibiting is the manufacturing, sale, or distributing... Or distributing.
  • So the basis of most vaccines using any type of tissues or in one form or another from cell cultures.
  • or to your department's budget?
  • private grant or whatever.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • you, or maybe even already out on parole. ...you, or maybe even already out on parole, that you know
  • When we reached what, 18 or 19 or however old you are when you voted? I'm so old I've forgotten.
  • So, if you make it apply to all or...
  • So, I didn't necessarily get the impression that regardless of if you got one or four or you met all
  • or not.
Bills: HB265, HB146, SB254, HB202, HB3, HB42, SB18