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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure May 11th, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

Transcript Highlights:
  • constitutional amendment to require the prosecutor's consent for a defendant to waive his right to a trial
  • It just specifies in the ballot language that the right to trial by jury is not waived in capital cases
  • So it just says, That the right to trial by jury is not waived in capital cases.
  • SB 97 provides relative to the right to trial by jury.
  • The right to trial by jury, in our view, is a fundamental constitutional right, and as such, the waiver
Bills: HB375 , HB986 , HB1098 , SCR35 , SB97 , SB123 , SB466
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Mar 18th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • trials.
  • Well, as you know, Representative Villio, in juvenile court with bench trials, this is what Ms.
  • The case is remanded back to the trial court.
  • The case is remanded back to the trial court.
  • He files a motion for a new trial.
Bills: HB36 , HB52 , HB56 , HB68 , HB92 , HB119 , HB140 , HB147 , HB160 , HB171 , HB289 , HB351 , HB552 , HB784
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice May 6th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Because you'll win at trial. Well, first of all, trial is scary and stressful, right?
  • , even if it's a sham trial, right?
  • And when I say mode of trial, I mean a judge trial or a jury trial? Yes.
  • And did I hear you correctly in saying that this bill does not grant a new trial, it grants a trial to
  • No, it’s not a new trial.
Bills: HCR50 , HB123 , HB219 , HB251 , HB404 , HB769 , HB1065 , SB58 , SB81 , SB92 , SB97 , SB141 , SB156 , SB181 , SB207 , SB396 , SB410
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 1st, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Unfortunately, if introduced a trial, that will always be true. Trial records are public records.
  • and is used as evidence in trial is presented in trial and is used as evidence in trial or let's say
  • And as we know, a lot of trials are over some lesser stuff.
  • There's trials over misdemeanors that you might get called for.
  • And as we know, a lot of trials are over some lesser stuff.
Bills: HB63 , HB91 , HB98 , HB108 , HB131 , HB151 , HB161 , HB294 , HB305 , HB310 , HB320 , HB336 , HB622 , HB789 , HB1040
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 14th, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • We travel quite a bit to these field trial events to take our dogs.
  • But we can't do these types of field trials in Texas.
  • How many trials, how many events are in Texas?
  • trials for a long time.
  • registry that we... ...you hold the field trials under.
Bills: SB2801 , SB2232 , SCR18
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 5th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we're waiting for their competency to be restored so they can have a trial.
  • So if there... ...incompetent to stand trial, it's possible they could have a bed at a state hospital
  • Incompetent to stand trial receive timely, effective, and accountable mental health treatment through
  • , at least to head towards trial.
  • It doesn't include clinical trial vaccines because they already exist.
Committee: House Public Health
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 29th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • court unnecessarily terminates a trial.
  • So what is the remedy here if the trial court granted a mistrial wrongfully in a jury trial?
  • A trial judge can declare a mistrial for virtually any reason or no reason at all.
  • System while maintaining the integrity of the trial process. Thank you, Chairman and members.
  • And Representative- It is to build the bench. You know, this is a critical area.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 29th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not like a trial. Oh, get your mic.
  • So they got a two days' notice for the trial? For sexually assaulting.
  • So they got a two days' notice for the trial? That's correct.
  • years ago when 11.073 was enacted, it stood as a commitment to Texans that science in our criminal trials
  • And our criminal trials was not just a sword of the state, but also a shield for the wrongfully convicted
Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence reconvened with a quorum present and announced it would likely not vote that night because of confusion over the bill list; members were told a definitive list would be circulated the next morning and a formal meeting would be scheduled later. The chair then heard a series of bills, generally taking testimony and leaving each pending without action. House Bill 1847 would set maximum caseload standards for private attorneys handling indigent criminal appointments through the Texas Indigent Defense Commission; House Bill 2417 would expand compensation eligibility for some wrongfully imprisoned people; House Bill 2813 would require earlier and more specific victim notice of scheduled court proceedings; and House Bill 2309 would expand state and local authority in certain civil asset forfeiture cases involving human trafficking, health care fraud, and organized crime. Each bill was laid out by its author or a member, with no opposition witnesses registered, and each was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 4733, which would require sealing records for people acquitted of charges when they were not convicted on the related allegation; House Bill 2328, which would modernize expunction service by encouraging electronic notice, setting a standardized fee when electronic service is unavailable, extending clerk retention of expunction orders, and preserving certain mental health commitment orders; and House Bill 115, which would revise Texas’s “junk science” post-conviction writ law by providing counsel, changing the relief standard, requiring written decisions, and easing procedural barriers. Testimony on HB 2328 was mixed: county clerks supported the bill as a cost-saving modernization, while legal advocates warned that permanent retention of expunction orders could undermine true expunction and create privacy risks. HB 115 drew support from innocence and defense organizations, with some concern about a provision affecting subsequent writs. All were left pending after testimony. Later, the committee heard House Bill 2046, which would allow affirmative family-violence findings for any Penal Code offense rather than only Title V offenses; testimony from a Dallas County prosecutor and a committee member emphasized that family violence can involve arson, burglary, fraud, and other non-Title V conduct, and the bill was left pending. House Bill 1765 would tighten restrictions on no-knock warrants by requiring higher-level approval, judicial review, and identifiable officers; members discussed the dangers highlighted by the Harding Street raid and similar incidents, and the bill was also left pending. The meeting ended with the chair noting that some bills had been removed from the agenda at the author’s request and that members should be prepared to finalize the vote list the next day.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have had two criminal jury trials.
  • We've had to strike 12 civil trials, 12 bench trials that weren't able to proceed.
  • will most probably be set in September if you ask for a trial date today.
  • , and criminal trials bump civil trials such as family law and unlawful detainers.
  • As Judge Scott and Commissioner Lindy noted, Yakima County is experiencing trial delays.
Bills: SB6256 , SB6275 , SB5868 , SB5954
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025 at 03:30 pm

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Funding a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trial isn't just a policy, Choice.
  • But if we pass this legislation and conduct these trials...
  • Saying that the trial, the clinical trial that this proposes to fund, they would either create their
  • Then we'd go into a phase two trial.
  • And you pointed out in the FDA trials, you have to have a broader body of patients.
Committee: House Public Health
Summary: The meeting of the public health committee focused on the pressing issue of opioid addiction in Texas, with a particular emphasis on House Bill 3717. Chairman Harris detailed the bill's intent to fund a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trials, framing it as a critical response to the ongoing opioid crisis. He shared poignant testimonies highlighting the struggles of families and veterans battling addiction and mental health issues. The conversation underscored the necessity of innovative treatments, like Ibogaine, which showed promising results in studies for reducing symptoms of withdrawal and PTSD.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • in this case as you would in a defective indictment, you can knock that down before you ever go to trial
  • Texas Right to Life in their suit against the city of San Antonio for attempting to fund abortion trials
Committee: House Public Health
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 8th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Lyons to direct the Law Institute to study current practices regarding recall of civil bench
  • also, the second amendment number two, essentially clarifies that if a tape is to be introduced at trial
  • they make videotape statements of the events to be used in either DCFS proceedings or in criminal trials
  • Senate Bill 76 by Senator Miller, modification of trial support and evidentiary burdens.
  • Senate Bill 76 by Senator Miller, modification of trial support and evidentiary burdens.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Civil Rights & Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • fundamental constitutional rights, I am now facing accusations of being an abusive litigant for appealing trial
  • fundamental constitutional rights, I am now facing accusations of being an abusive litigant for appealing trial
  • court orders. and the evidence ...of being an abusive litigant for appealing trial court orders.
Bills: HB2735 , SB5868 , SJM8006
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Jan 13th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Law & Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Where I took the bench three years ago, I was assigned to the civil docket, meaning my duties included
  • And this is another way to get people the speedy trial that they deserve. The standards are high.
  • Do we have enough instruments in order to put all those folks on a bench?
  • Which is minimize time to trial, increase accountability, and community safety. Thank you. Brad.
  • Our highly decentralized system for providing criminal public defense services across dozens of trial
Bills: SB5865 , SB5880 , SB5912 , SB5837 , SB5855
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 25th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 81 by Senator Morris, right to waive trial by jury, written prosecutorial consent, and non-capital
  • Senate Bill 97 by Senator Morris, joint resolution relative to jury trial and criminal cases; prosecutor's
Bills: HR65 , HR66 , HR67 , HR68 , HR69 , HCR33 , HCR34 , HB1006 , HB1007 , HB1008 , HB1010 , HB1011 , HR58 , HR59 , HR60 , HR61 , HR62 , HR63 , HR64 , HCR32 , SCR2 , SCR5 , SCR6 , SCR11 , SCR16 , SCR17 , HB43 , HB447 , HB573 , HB1000 , HB1001 , HB1002 , HB1003 , HB1004 , HB1005 , SB8 , SB10 , SB12 , SB16 , SB20 , SB21 , SB22 , SB29 , SB32 , SB41 , SB42 , SB44 , SB49 , SB58 , SB68 , SB75 , SB77 , SB81 , SB97 , SB103 , SB159 , SB163 , SB172 , SB180 , SB182 , SB244 , SB248 , SB253 , SB254 , SB279 , SB306 , SB318 , SB334 , SB380 , SB385 , SB397 , HB53 , HB57 , HB64 , HB100 , HB102 , HB106 , HB111 , HB137 , HB152 , HB155 , HB177 , HB238 , HB256 , HB258 , HB272 , HB337 , HB350 , HB359 , HB363 , HB386 , HB434 , HB445 , HB546 , HB557 , HB584 , HB661 , HB697 , HB726 , HB727 , HB747 , HB752 , HB756 , HB758 , HB759 , HB765 , HB767 , HB825 , HB858 , HB930 , HB941 , HB957 , HB964 , HB203 , HB228 , HB234 , HB260 , HB268 , HB271 , HB285 , HB289 , HB351 , HB400 , HB413 , HB469 , HB534 , HB551 , HB552 , HB574 , HB576 , HB634 , HB649 , HB677 , HB735 , HB739 , HB779 , HB784 , HB796 , HB842 , HB850 , HB919 , HB8 , HB9 , HB10 , HB15 , HB16 , HB17 , HB18 , HB19 , HB22 , HB33 , HB34 , HB35 , HB44 , HB46 , HB47 , HB48 , HB61 , HB101 , HB126 , HB135 , HB142 , HB164 , HB185 , HB215 , HB226 , HB232 , HB233 , HB242 , HB284 , HB292 , HB297 , HB301 , HB334 , HB436 , HB468 , HB548 , HB571 , HB582 , HB593 , HB594 , HB609 , HB613 , HB712 , HB722 , HB732 , HB746 , HB827 , HB845 , HB848 , HB921 , HB923 , HB951 , HB953 , HB999 , HB733 , HB875 , HB952 , HB868 , HB119 , HB140 , HB52 , HB901 , HB193 , HB570
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure Apr 22nd, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

Transcript Highlights:
  • a heightened burden that you have to prove once you have a considered decree, which means that the trial
  • The judge holds a hearing or a trial on custody, takes evidence from both sides, and renders a decision
  • directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study current practices regarding the recall of civil bench
  • Civil bench warrants and the notification process and judgment debtor proceedings.
Bills: HR38 , HR96 , HR160 , HCR31 , HCR61 , HB578 , HB668 , HB1198 , SCR19 , SB66 , SB68 , SB76 , SB139 , SB336 , SB475
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Jan 22nd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Law & Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • When's my trial, b? There's nothing on me and you know it? I want my blank day, you treasonous age.
  • When's my trial, B, there's nothing on me and you know it? I want my blank day, you treasonous age.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 7th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lyons to authorize and direct the Law Institute to study current practices regarding recall of civil bench
  • Lyons to authorize and direct the Law Institute to study current practices regarding recall of civil bench
  • House Bill 310 by Representative Carlson: Code of Criminal Procedure relative to trial by jury; reassignment
  • House Bill 310 by Representative Carlson: Code of Criminal Procedure relative to trial by jury; reassignment
  • House Bill 310 by Representative Carlson: Code of Criminal Procedure relative to trial by jury; reassignment