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  • in the U.S. and 600 annual deaths in Hawaii. uh, in support.
  • </c> million in Hawaii. million in Hawaii.
  • </c><00:41:58.880><c> in</c><00:41:59.040><c> the</c><00:41:59.200><c> US</c> cause of preventable death
  • in the US cause of preventable death in the US with<00:41:59.760><c> significant</c><00:42:00.240><c
  • </c><00:46:32.640><c> in</c> cannabis specifically, but in in cannabis specifically, but in in substance
Summary: The House Committee on Health held its first hearing of the session and opened with housekeeping notes, introductions of members, and an explanation that the agenda would be taken out of order to accommodate a sign language interpreter. The committee first heard HB 469, relating to parking for disabled persons. Testimony from the Disability and Communications Access Board and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the bill, explaining that a travel placard would help people with disabilities who must travel interisland or to the mainland for medical care. Members asked about emergency travel, misuse prevention, and how to distinguish the travel placard from existing disabled parking placards; witnesses said the bill would need to be tied to administrative rules, and agreed the placard should clearly show an expiration date and likely be a different color. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 218, relating to hospital surgical smoke. The Department of Health supported the measure, and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii supported it with amendments, saying hospitals already follow existing standards but that any new policy should account for different procedures and provider safety. A committee member questioned the proposed amendment language and whether it was too flexible; the witness explained the intent was to allow case-by-case application because some procedures generate only brief exposure. Members also asked what surgical smoke is, and the witness explained it is produced when electrical or cauterizing tools are used on tissue and creates vapor or fumes. The bill remained under discussion with no final action reported. The committee next took up HB 814, which would fund a public information campaign and related services on cannabis use among youth. The Department of the Attorney General said the bill should be amended to clarify whether the funding would be used for contracts or grants and to include proper grant standards if grants are intended. The Department of Health supported the bill and said the funds would expand prevention, treatment, recovery, and public education efforts, including social media outreach, PSAs, and school-based youth services. Multiple organizations and individuals testified in support, emphasizing the harms of youth cannabis use and the need for prevention and treatment resources. Members asked what the department currently does, whether it is fulfilling existing law on science-based cannabis information, and what kinds of treatment would be provided; the department said services would mainly be intensive outpatient, outpatient, counseling, and related youth-focused supports. No vote was taken during the hearing.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Tarrant County, for instance, deaths in custody have resulted in independent reviews rather than full-blown
  • So In custody and death, upon the death of a prisoner in a county jail, one of the issues that has been
  • Harris County had nine in-custody deaths in 2024, and in Tarrant County, overall, since 2017, 216 in-custody
  • deaths have occurred. ...custody deaths in Harris County, 69 in Tarrant, and I've got each one of your
  • policy to reduce in-custody deaths.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • On the agenda today, and I'm hopeful to finish the agenda before we gavel in at 11 o'clock on the floor
  • police as a member of this committee representing Lowe, with a lot of experience in keeping people in
  • I mean, we did a, I know I did a big project in my district where we were doing a...
  • Cole was in city government, and I'm not sure if anybody else was in local government.
  • ...in the cases of positions that are funded by federal grants, intact in an environment where that kind
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

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  • In 2024 investigated in recent years.
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  • </c> hotel room in Baxter. hotel room in Baxter.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/24/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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  • work</c><00:35:30.280><c> forces</c> back and forth in in our own work forces back and forth in in our
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  • </c><01:34:24.360><c> in</c> there are already using some AI in in there are already using some AI in
  • in in in the should not be factored in in in the parenting<01:42:42.640><c> time</c><01:42:42.840><c>
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 29th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll put your card in the record in support.
  • capacity as an attorney, I've dealt with numerous deaths in custody, and it is hard to get information
  • The procedures we have in place, and she was going to make clear that, I mean, every death that occurs
  • we have in place, and she was going to make clear that, I mean, every death that occurs is referred
  • If you have a death in your prison, whether it’s natural—which probably the majority of them are—or you
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Florida and Georgia, let's see, in Florida it's 10... In Florida, it's 10 years.
  • In Georgia, there's no expiration. In Louisiana, it's at the discretion of the residents.
  • In South Carolina, it's 10 years, and in Tennessee, there's no expiration.
  • Senator Gavan is in a long duty.
  • Right, Senator Gavan is in a long Judy meeting and unable to be in two places at once.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Apr 15th, 2026

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

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  • Her death and the way it happened has forever broken our family, her friends, and the community in a
  • Her death and the way it happened has forever broken our family, her friends, and the community in a
  • He shut her in by her backpack, and eventually she fell to her death by being run over.
  • So in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the determination of death in any sudden death, whether homicide
  • Simon Gonzalez in Maine was tragically dragged by a school bus to death in December.
Bills: S2743, S2861, S3021
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

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  • In 2024, that industry brought in $6 million in sales.
  • In 2024, that industry brought in $6 million in sales.
  • So, I incorporated their language in it.
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  • </c> bit of a change in the definition of in bit of a change in the definition of in the<00:09:05.920
Bills: HB277, SB89, HB135, HB277, SB89, HB135
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 9th, 2026 at 09:11 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • This memorial matters because we have one of the highest overdose death rates in the country for more
  • Overdose deaths in New Mexico rose by more than 4% in 2025, at a moment when the rest of the country
  • Overdose deaths are especially high in Rio Arriba, Taos, and Sanofi counties.
  • And those respectively, in Rio Arriba County, overdose deaths were up by 48 percent.
  • And those respectively in Rio Rehriba County, overdose deaths were up by 48 percent.
Bills: SB238, HJR1, SM21, SM22
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Judiciary

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  • NDAs in civil discovery in civil cases.
  • in that.
  • Um, I put all the money in and in that.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 14th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

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  • So it doesn't require joint custody but it just starts that's makes the starting point joint custody.
  • Is that person Going to be held in contempt, put in jail, or what happens?
  • That's not anticipated in this bill that they'd be put into jail or held in contempt. Follow-up.
  • And so, why wouldn't we allow it in those circumstances, but we would in these circumstances.
  • And so, this is being added in.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 14th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is that person going to be held in contempt, put in jail? Or what happens?
  • That's not... ...in contempt, put in jail? Or what happens? Thank you for the question.
  • That's not anticipated in this bill that they be put into jail or held in contempt. Follow-up.
  • And so why wouldn't we allow it in those circumstances, but we would in these circumstances?
  • And so this is being added in.
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and took up a long series of House bills, hearing brief author presentations and mostly no opposition. Early measures advanced included HB 3040, HB 414, HB 1638, HB 3298, HB 4113, HB 1082, HB 4301, and HB 3269. These bills addressed topics such as firearm theft penalties, county jail public trust eligibility for funding, child interviews in family law cases, voter registration eligibility for convicted felons, a presumption of joint custody, enforcement of VA loan amendatory-clause protections, and electronic transmission of arrest warrants. The committee also advanced HB 3587 on court-ordered outpatient treatment after several questions about how it relates to mental health and criminal proceedings, HB 4226 on judge disqualification procedures, HB 4324 on district attorney authority to adjust sentences, HB 4339 on notice timing in summary administration, and HB 3278 on Open Meeting Act enforcement through consent orders. HB 3996, requiring the indigent defense system to pay for evidence and experts in capital cases, also passed after a motion to restore title. HB 4236, the Uniform Commercial Receivership Act, and HB 4352, the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act, were likewise advanced. One bill drew more extended discussion: HB 4342, which allows prior instances of domestic violence abuse to be admitted as evidence in court proceedings. Senators questioned why propensity evidence would be allowed in domestic violence cases but not property crimes; the author and chair explained it was intended to give the court a fuller picture in domestic violence matters and noted disclosure requirements. The committee also clarified that the bill’s title had a scrivener’s error. HB 4342 ultimately advanced on a 6-1 vote, while the other measures reported in the transcript passed unanimously or with no recorded opposition. The meeting concluded with the chair noting upcoming Judiciary meetings and adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 22nd, 2025 at 02:04 pm

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • no need not to make equal laws for custody in any child support or child custody case.
  • of non-custodial parents in the state of Texas are men.
  • , or mom has custody, or whether or not there's a standard possession order in there.
  • criminal law, ensuring fairness and justice for all parents involved in custody disputes.
  • opinion... sort of the death penalty statute for parents in terms of access and position in custody
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • in their policy.
  • Do it in a discreet manner, not causing additional stress to the child.
  • [Music] Picture, I live in Shelby County, but my issue with... I know you do in Houston County.
  • In my case, we didn't live... Without...
  • In my case, we didn't live in trust, and they claimed that we didn't have food.
Bills: HB340
TX
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/12/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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  • But there is a gap in the law in here.
  • </c><00:04:53.440><c> to</c> these acts in place here in Minnesota to these acts in place here in Minnesota
  • Even when a custody evaluator in our case was instructed not to rely on information from the parenting
  • about issues in when it comes to parental custody and the way that the courts are handling that, the
  • in a courtroom in we are not sitting in a courtroom in front<00:52:57.520><c> of</c><00:52:57.760><c