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WA
Transcript Highlights:
- They go to the domestic violence calls.
- sexually violent predator and whether the person would likely engage in predatory acts of sexual violence
- And so when we are in partner with DOC and the, Tony, is that something that you can share?
- And so when we are in partner with DOC and the, And so when we are in partner with DOC and the treatment
- entirely to help also ensure that this person, who is likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence
Committee:
Senate Human Services
Keywords:
alternative placements, individual ownership, restrictive policies, healthcare, operational control, homeless youth, youth services, mental health, support programs, state law, behavioral health, children, support services, poverty reduction, intergenerational poverty, WorkFirst, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, TANF, self-sufficiency, economic justice
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- it was great to see how former lumber companies were becoming manufacturing facilities and then partnering
- And I saw how former lumber companies were becoming manufacturing facilities and then partnering with
- We're excited to keep working on this and find support to be good partners here in creating potential
- We're committed to being good partners with both the state and the development community, especially
- We're committed to being good partners with both the state and the development community, especially
Committee:
Senate Housing
Keywords:
building code, scissor stairs, safety regulations, construction standards, statebuilding regulations, residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, wildfire, home hardening, fire-resistant materials, fire-hardened building materials, common interest communities, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, condo association, wildland urban interface
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Plainly put, strangulation is an act of incredible violence and danger.
- But if you strangle an intimate partner, strangle a woman, you face no more than three years in jail.
- Speaking about domestic violence legislation is not.
- That matters because strangulation is not a symbolic or minor act of violence.
- It addresses a specific and well-documented escalation point in domestic violence.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary C
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Judiciary C met on May 19, 2026, with a quorum present and first deferred House Bill 276 at the sponsor’s request. The committee then heard and advanced several bills, largely focused on criminal justice, domestic violence, victims’ rights, probation/parole, and critical infrastructure protections. HB 160, by Rep. Knox, would increase the penalty for domestic abuse battery and battery of a dating partner involving strangulation from three to six years, with at least one year without probation or suspension; it drew strong support from prosecutors and domestic violence advocates and was reported favorably. HB 769, by Rep. Boyd, would create a 24- to 72-hour cooling-off hold in domestic violence cases, with an amendment to make the hold concurrent with other detention periods and to avoid stacking with existing law; it was reported with amendments.
The committee also reported favorably HB 1234, which creates mandatory jail time for fleeing the scene after striking a person and failing to render aid, and HB 158, which restores custodial inpatient treatment as an option for probationers and increases the allowable treatment period from 90 to 180 days. HB 169, allowing courts or the parole board to assess extradition costs against absconders based on ability to pay, was also reported favorably. HB 251, requiring notice to a victim or designated family member before resentencing or final conviction hearings, drew support from the Attorney General’s office and opposition from the ACLU, which argued that victim involvement at that stage could be inconsistent with post-conviction standards; it was nevertheless reported favorably.
Additional measures advanced included HB 289, which removes a redundant 24-hour delay between denial of a new trial motion and sentencing; HB 394, extending the conditional parole period from nine months to 24 months to allow completion of required programming; and HB 330, increasing penalties and restitution for vandalizing churches and graves, which was supported by the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops. HB 429, expanding critical infrastructure protections to oil and natural gas facilities and related operations and increasing penalties for unauthorized entry, drone activity, and cyber interference, was reported with amendments after discussion about harmonizing the definition with another bill and ensuring coverage of water-related facilities. The committee also approved the minutes from the prior meeting before adjourning.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Justice Mar 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- School districts are partner with educational establishments and the owner of an independent bookstore
- It wasn't just age inappropriate, perhaps from a sexual point of view, but also from a violence point
- Last year we passed a law requiring law enforcement officers who respond to domestic violence calls to
- Additionally provides especially explicit images, including a digitally forged intimate image so that
- a delete all in this bill deals with a legal protections against non-consensual distribution of intimate
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (04/09/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> of deaths related to domestic violence. of deaths related to domestic violence.
- </c><04:38:37.199><c> Fatality</c> called the Domestic Violence Fatality called the Domestic Violence
- Um, I'm here in violence annually.
- One in two women and more than two in five men have reported experiencing intimate partner violence at
- </c> reported experiencing in intimate reported experiencing in intimate partner<04:54:44.798><c> violence
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I have worked with her intimately over the past 5 years and I have found her to be collaborative, engaging
- I have worked with her<00:04:57.760><c> intimately</c><00:04:58.480><c> over</c><00:04:58.640><c> the
- over the past 5 years and her intimately over the past 5 years and I<00:05:00.400><c> have</c><00:05
- I prosecuted domestic violence cases in Boston.
- I think my strengths are really in sexual violence, gender-based violence, just because of my career.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee held a Governor’s Message hearing on two nominations. For GM 750, Tracy Fujita was nominated to the Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation for a term ending June 30, 2030. Testimony in support came from several officials and commission members, including the Deputy Attorney General, Maui Behavioral Health Resources CEO Nicole Hokoana, Maui Council Chair Alice Lee, and Uniform Law Commission members. Fujita said her county-level legislative law background at the Department of Corporation Counsel and Office of Council Services would help her serve, and she expressed particular interest in health care legislation. For GM 778, Jessica Schafer was nominated to the Commission on the Status of Women for a term ending June 30, 2030. Support testimony came from Commission Executive Director Yasmin Chaney and multiple others. Schafer said her background includes prosecuting domestic violence cases, working in a human trafficking clinic, investigating sexual misconduct in higher education, and leading gender-based violence programming at the University of Hawaii; she said she is especially interested in sexual and gender-based violence issues but is open to broader commission work.
After questioning, the committee moved to decision-making on both nominations. The chair recommended advise and consent for each, and the committee adopted both measures without any no votes or reservations. The meeting then adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, I've lived through gun violence.
- I've been a victim of gun violence myself.
- However, this bill is not going to stop the gun violence.
- Women living in New Mexico have over a 1 in 3 chance of experiencing physical violence, sexual violence
- , or stalking by an intimate partner in her lifetime.
Committee:
House House Judiciary
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- liability companies are not able to buy and sell their own property because it would require one partner
- Grimmer and I'm a public policy coordinator at the Texas Council on Family Violence here to speak in
- We're the statewide domestic violence coalition in Texas and for years we've been training stakeholders
- Since 2020, almost 200 people every year have been killed by their. intimate partner, primarily women
- , but their abusive partner found them and ended their life.
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:48:04.520><c> visual</c> creation of child intimate visual creation of child intimate visual
- parts here so um for both as intimate parts here so um for both males<00:49:59.760><c> and</c><00:50
- against another person AI violence against another person AI continues<00:58:16.680><c> to</c><00:58
- It criminalizes the creation of child intimate visual presentations. Mr.
- Thank you. creation of child intimate visual for creation of child intimate visual for presentations<
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- We continued to be a partner through the 2020.
- It is currently a partner in LA Gator.
- The state funding has attracted philanthropic commitments from national partners and local partners,
- This is what allows domestic violence victims to get quickly and safely referred to a domestic violence
- In 2022, intimate partner violence cost Louisiana an estimated $10 billion in health care expenses, lost
Committee:
Senate Finance
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:35:56.320><c> Um,</c> incidences of violence from men. Um, incidences of violence from men.
- There are for violence against women.
- </c> intimate privacy or women's prisons? intimate privacy or women's prisons?
- Um, why do men want intimate spaces?
- partners are being housed with intimate partners are being housed with vulnerable<01:39:36.000><c> women
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Law & Justice Jun 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a founding partner of the Fowl Cochran law firm up in Seattle and Tacoma.
- It's linked to violence. It's linked to bad medical outcomes. It stresses the system.
- But first, I'll give you, Senator Dhingra and I are intimately aware of the sentencing task force.
- But first, I'll give you, Senator Dinger and I are intimately aware of the sentencing of the task force
- The three-strikes system increased violence against law enforcement officers, as people, if they knew
Summary:
The committee held a work session on tort liability and parole, with the chair explaining that the topics were linked because criminal justice reform and state liability often intersect, especially in cases involving child welfare and corrections. Staff first outlined Washington’s tort liability framework, including the state’s broad waiver of sovereign immunity, statutes governing mandatory reporting and investigation of abuse, the childhood sexual abuse statute of limitations, and the lack of caps on non-economic damages. Staff and presenters also compared Washington to other states and noted that Washington remains among the broadest states for state liability and childhood sexual abuse claims.
Presenters from the Attorney General’s office, Washington State Association for Justice, DCYF, DSHS, and DOC discussed how tort exposure has grown, especially in claims involving DCYF, historical child abuse, juvenile rehabilitation, vulnerable adults, employment discrimination, medical negligence, and negligent supervision. DCYF and AG staff said claims and payouts are rising, with many claims tied to older abuse and new theories of liability, while defense counsel emphasized the human harm behind the claims and argued that tort cases have historically driven accountability and reform. Agency witnesses said they face large volumes of old claims with limited records, rising verdicts and settlements, and staffing and systems challenges, and they highlighted efforts such as early resolution programs, electronic health records, medication-assisted treatment, and improved incident review processes.
The committee then shifted to parole. Sentencing experts reviewed Washington’s move from indeterminate sentencing to the current determinate sentencing system under the Sentencing Reform Act, and explained how parole could be integrated with sentencing guidelines through different models used in other states. They also summarized Criminal Sentencing Task Force recommendations related to a determinate-plus approach for three-strikes and persistent offender laws and a second-chance review process, noting there was no consensus on those ideas. Judges from the Minority and Justice Commission and the Superior Court Judges Association said a parole system could support rehabilitation and reduce disparities if it includes data collection, fairness, transparency, due process, and meaningful judicial review; they also pointed to research suggesting parole and structured reentry can reduce recidivism and costs, while warning that access and outcomes can vary by geography and other factors.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- This makes domestic violence by strangulation an 85% crime. Stand for questions, move for passage.
- We have one of the highest lifetime rates of intimate partner violence in the nation, and we have consistently
- Yet too often, a record of a domestic violence call is just a dispatch log, with no narrative facts and
- A domestic violence call is just a dispatch log with no narrative facts and no way to audit whether the
- training for judges every two years. ...of two hours of domestic violence training for judges every
Bills:
HB2936 , HB2937 , HB2951 , HB2960 , HB2979 , HB2980 , HB3062 , HB3082 , HB3087 , HB3148 , HB3152 , HB3262 , HB3264 , HB3266 , HB3268 , HB3269 , HB3278 , HB3299 , HB3544 , HB3606 , HB3678 , HB3790 , HB3903 , HB3996 , HB4139 , HB4140 , HB4142 , HB4143 , HB4144 , HB4260 , HB4272 , HB4296 , HB4324 , HB4339 , HB4341 , HB4342
Committee:
House Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Twenty Seven - Wednesday, February 25 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- have visiting with us the Diamond Diva Empowerment Foundation, and it's a community-based domestic violence
- agency dedicated to reducing intimate partner and family violence.
- The agency is dedicated to reducing intimate partner and family violence through evidence-informed, trauma-responsive
- Their commitment to justice for Missouri families does not expire, and they will continue to partner
- Their commitment to justice for Missouri families does not expire, and they will continue to partner
Summary:
The House met with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal by roll call vote, 102-1. Several members then used points of personal privilege and guest introductions to recognize Black History Month, a family member speaking about a long-unsolved murder case that had just led to an arrest, physical therapy advocates, school board members, disability-services advocates, and domestic violence and literacy groups.
The chamber then took up House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2097 and 1905, a bill to expand an elementary agriculture education pilot program statewide beginning in the 2027-28 school year for districts that choose to participate. Supporters said it would help children learn where food comes from, connect to FFA, 4-H, literacy, math, and career awareness, and address declining interest in agriculture. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill was perfected and printed. The House also considered House Bill 2167, which would authorize the Attorney General’s office to commission certain investigators and, through amendments, also addressed House and Senate security officers and some other law-enforcement personnel. Debate centered on whether the bill improperly broadened arrest powers, whether the House security provisions were necessary or constitutional, and whether the amendments were germane; one amendment to the amendment failed 62-68-1, while another amendment passed 61-43. The bill was then perfected and printed as amended.
Finally, the House took up House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2747 and 2047, described as a clean-slate/automatic expungement measure with a reduced fiscal note. An amendment was adopted to ensure expungements are shared with consumer reporting agencies, and members discussed the bill’s second-chance benefits and a provision changing Missouri’s death-penalty sentencing process so a judge would not impose death after a hung jury, leaving life or life without parole as the options. The committee substitute was adopted and perfected and printed as amended. The House then made announcements about upcoming agriculture and Black History events and recessed until 2 p.m.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Criminal Judiciary REVISED: HB3996 - Added Feb 17th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Criminal Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, Oklahoma has one of the highest lifetime rates of intimate partner violence in the nation, and
- Yet too often our record of domestic violence calls is just a dispatch log with no narrative facts, no
- It requires law enforcement to prepare and maintain a written domestic violence incident report for each
- Members, all this bill does is create a Persistent Domestic Violence Offenders Registration Act, directing
- Yeah, I'm not against the domestic violence registry.
Bills:
HB1322 , HB3053 , HB3180 , HB3244 , HB3269 , HB3299 , HB3301 , HB3302 , HB3430 , HB3497 , HB3584 , HB3586 , HB3587 , HB3606 , HB3742 , HB3743 , HB3755 , HB3764 , HB3767 , HB3835 , HB3848 , HB3903 , HB3905 , HB4108 , HB4130 , HB4142 , HB4227 , HB3996
Committee:
House Criminal Judiciary
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- This can occur in the context of domestic violence, trafficking, or online scams.
- ,</c> context of domestic violence, context of domestic violence, trafficking<00:19:27.440><c> or</c>
- </c><00:41:28.640><c> So</c><00:41:28.960><c> I</c> uh rather than um intimate areas.
- So I uh rather than um intimate areas.
- <00:43:31.040><c> area</c><00:43:31.680><c> definition</c> intimate area definition intimate area definition
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Boys who see mom abused are 10 times more likely to abuse female partners as an adult.
- And so, I was just wondering if that is in this bill as it's related to preventing domestic violence.
- I think we need to look at domestic violence court in the state of Oklahoma to help curb it down even
- Members, until you've seen someone you love with all your heart become a victim of domestic violence
- you will not understand my passion for getting Oklahoma out of the top 10 for domestic violence.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Safety Committee Apr 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Whether it's domestic violence or workplace violence or civil harassment, these protection orders are
- AB 1753 takes the final step to allow for remote hearings in workplace violence and school violence restraining
- Whether it's domestic violence or workplace violence or civil harassment, these protection orders are
- AB1753 takes the final step to allow for remote hearings in workplace violence and school violence restraining
- This bill excludes any theft that involves violence or threatened violence, organized retail theft offenses
Summary:
The committee heard a long agenda of public safety bills, with several measures pulled off calendar and one consent calendar adopted. AB 2419 by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva would extend body-worn cameras to Los Angeles County juvenile probation officers. Supporters said cameras would improve accountability, youth and officer safety, and public trust; opponents argued the bill would not solve deeper problems in juvenile halls and raised concerns about officer discretion, privacy, and labor issues. The bill passed to Appropriations on a roll call vote.
AB 1902 by Assembly Member Pellerin, co-sponsored by Santa Cruz County, would revise the juvenile detention extension hearing process in response to the Madison Middleton case. Supporters, including the victim’s mother and county officials, said the bill would clarify jurisdiction, allow continuances, permit hearsay at the probable cause stage, extend the maximum detention period, and better protect the public and victims from repeated trauma. Opponents from public defender, youth justice, and civil liberties groups argued the bill expands civil commitment, reduces review frequency, and could lead to inappropriate adult placement. The committee approved the bill to Appropriations, with some members noting remaining concerns.
AB 2052 by Assembly Member Stephanie would allow continuity in prosecution for elder and dependent adult abuse cases, including a limited continuance so the same prosecutor can stay with a case. Supporters said older victims and those with dementia or other impairments benefit from a single point of contact and less repeated trauma; opponents said the bill could undermine speedy-trial rights and was broader than necessary. The bill passed to Judiciary. AB 1588, also by Assembly Member Stephanie, would strengthen sideshow and street takeover enforcement by adding motorcycles and dirt bikes to the law and increasing penalties. Supporters framed it as a public safety and accountability measure, while opponents warned it would expand punishment, surveillance, and fines without addressing root causes; the bill was sent to Transportation on a roll call vote. AB 1753, another Stephanie bill, would tighten firearm relinquishment and protective-order enforcement, expand remote hearing access, and align firearm prohibitions across protective order categories; it passed to Judiciary. The committee also heard AB 1739 by Assembly Member Ward, which would criminalize clergy sexual exploitation when clergy provide therapeutic services, with survivors and advocates testifying in support.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Juvenile and Emerging Adult Justice Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Senate Committee on Juvenile and Emerging Adult Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- It’s more serious felonies, domestic violence situations, but generally speaking, law enforcement has
- It's more serious felonies, domestic violence situations, but generally speaking, law enforcement has
- We are seeing anecdotally that there is a misinterpretation of the domestic violence statute that says
- The law defines it as an intimate partner, but it is seen as, 'Oh, it is any family member.'
- The law defines it as an intimate partner, but it is seen as, oh, it's any family member.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Juvenile and Emerging Adult Justice held an informational hearing focused on diversion programs and services for high-risk youth, with no bills before the committee and no votes taken. The chair and members emphasized that the session was intended to hear from invited testimony and discuss how to strengthen diversion, reduce court involvement, and improve outcomes for youth. The committee heard first from the Office of the Child Advocate and diversion providers, who described the Massachusetts Youth Diversion Program, its statewide expansion to 10 of 11 court counties, and its reported success rate of about 80% completion without reoffending. Testimony highlighted that diversion keeps youth out of court, connects them more quickly to community-based services, and can address needs such as mental health, education, and substance use. Witnesses also pointed to racial and ethnic disparities in arrests versus summonses, regional variation in diversion access, and the need for clearer statutory authority, more funding, and broader use of pre-arrest diversion.
Committee members asked about the difference between arrest and summons, who can initiate diversion, why arrest rates have increased relative to summonses, and how diversion might prevent harmful downstream consequences such as detention or immigration enforcement involvement. Witnesses said police, clerk magistrates, district attorneys, and judges can refer youth to diversion, and argued that local policy, training, and legislative changes could expand use. They also discussed the impact of detention on youth, including stigma, lost school time, and the lack of credit for time served in the juvenile system. Testimony from Citizens for Juvenile Justice focused on prevention, school discipline, and the school-to-prison pipeline, arguing for more restorative practices, better data, and legislation to limit suspensions and expulsions, especially for younger students and nonviolent conduct. They also raised concerns about DCF-involved and foster youth, who are disproportionately represented in the juvenile system.
The final panel, the Children's League of Massachusetts and transition-age youth providers, shifted to child welfare and young adult supports. They supported reducing court involvement in child requiring assistance cases, expanding family resource centers, and strengthening services for transition-age youth leaving DCF or DYS custody. Providers described housing instability, homelessness, and the need for education, employment, behavioral health, and supportive housing services for young adults ages 18 to 23. Across the hearing, witnesses consistently argued that early intervention, community-based supports, and diversion are more effective than court processing or detention for most youth, and that the legislature can help through funding, statutory clarity, expanded eligibility, and stronger data collection.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- partner violence risk assessment, restorative justice, the intersection of sexual violence prevention
- partner violence risk assessment, restorative justice, the intersection of sexual violence prevention
- partner violence risk assessment, restorative justice, the intersection of sexual violence prevention
- partner violence risk assessment, restorative justice, the intersection of sexual violence prevention
- partner violence risk assessment, restorative justice, the intersection of sexual violence prevention
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy