Video & Transcript Research : 'nonviolent felons'
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OK
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a nonviolent felon restoration act.
- Chairman, are you saying a felon or a nonviolent felon? A felon, no.
- What is the difference between a Felon and a nonviolent felon. Thank you for the question.
- So, does your bill not allow gun rights to nonviolent felons? It does to nonviolent felons.
- So, is a felon a felon, right? Or is it you're a violent felon or you're a nonviolent felon?
Keywords:
firearm rights restoration, nonviolent felons, Oklahoma firearm laws, gun ownership, pardon, expungement, public safety, transportation of inmates, Department of Corrections, correctional facilities, sentencing, health records, firefighters, sex offenders, employment restrictions, Oklahoma laws, bomb, explosive device, incendiary device, simulated bomb
AL
Bills:
SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307, SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307
Keywords:
hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, education oversight, subpoena authority, investigation, State Superintendent, school misconduct, drug courts, accountability, veterans, mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, criminal justice, court intervention, elder abuse, financial exploitation
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Join Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations (9-26-24)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcrHjsNwpd0, 2026-06-21T07:17:08+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:06
Home Inspection Statute of Limitations 00:02:19
Eastern Kentucky University Fire Safety Engineer Program 00:18:00
Delta 9 Infused Drinks 00:39:47
Employment Application and licensing Process for Convicted Felons 01:15:20, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to restrict it to nonviolent crimes.
Keywords:
sentencing, nonviolent offenses, misdemeanor, prison reform, criminal justice, public servant, misconduct, statute of limitations, fraud, abuse of authority, breach of trust, lawmaker safety, political violence, confidentiality, personal information, Hawaii Revised Statutes, theft, mandatory sentencing, felony, prison
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.
NM
Keywords:
Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility oversight fund, public utilities, utility regulation, commissioners, commission staff, chief of staff, ethics, Gift Act, revolving door, post-employment restrictions, consumer complaints, telecommunications, pipeline safety, natural gas pipelines, oil pipelines, license fees, regulatory oversight, administrative cleanup
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And the 146 included all felons, so it wasn't just serious violent felons; it was felons who may have
- been nonviolent in nature and then transported, received... ...who may have been nonviolent in nature
- The new gun crime will be punished in addition to felon in possession.
- This bill focuses on serious violent felons who illegally possess firearms.
- The changes that were made in CPAC do really narrowly focus the bill on serious violent felons.
Keywords:
medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- prosecutor, defense counsel, clinicians, and law enforcement, to determine if a veteran with a nonviolent
- Then a person goes to prison for a nonviolent offense for more than a year.
- And it gives the prosecutors the discretion to charge a nonviolent type of offense to the individual
Keywords:
veterans, treatment court, nonviolent felony, probation, mental health, places of worship, house of worship, church, mosque, synagogue, religious security, armed security, volunteer security, private security, security guard licensing, licensure exemption, Florida Statutes chapter 493, Class G license, Class C license, security services
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and considered several criminal justice bills. SB 50 on Veterans Treatment Courts was amended to clarify that entry into the program requires approval of the state attorney and to make the bill prospective only. Supporters, including veterans advocates and crime survivors, argued the bill would expand access to treatment-focused diversion for veterans with nonviolent charges and service-related trauma. The committee adopted both amendments and reported the bill favorably. SB 52, which creates an exemption from security licensing requirements for unpaid armed volunteers providing security at places of worship, also drew support from law enforcement and faith leaders who said it would clarify a legal gray area for churches; the committee adopted a strike-all amendment and reported the bill favorably.
The committee then considered SB 436 on felony battery and prison release reoffender enhancements. An amendment was adopted to align felony battery involving injury to law enforcement with the bill’s intent to address the disparity between battery on an officer and resisting with violence. Members discussed concerns about mandatory minimums and the scope of the enhancement, including how it might apply in cases involving older prior offenses or mental health crises, but the bill was ultimately reported favorably. SB 676, which creates graduated penalties for adults who involve minors in animal cruelty offenses and increases penalties for related conduct, was supported by animal welfare advocates and reported favorably and unanimously.
Later, the committee approved SB 536 on criminal gang members after adopting an amendment clarifying the definition of gang-related conduct and requiring multiple criteria for gang membership. Members raised concerns about social media, neighborhood association, juvenile application, and overbroad labeling, but the sponsor said the bill was aimed at gang-related criminal activity and recruitment, not innocent association. The committee also reported favorably SB 432 on controlled substances, which adds concentrated 7-OH to Schedule I and creates penalties for xylazine products that resemble candy or food and for trafficking in xylazine; SB 524, an FDLE bill updating duties related to medical examiners, training, and complaint service procedures; and SB 590, which tolls the statute of limitations for failure-to-report child abuse offenses until the crime is known to law enforcement. All of these bills were reported favorably, and the meeting adjourned after a final vote correction was entered for SB 524.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Consumer and Public Affairs Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:08 pm
House Consumer & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- , they could be nonviolent felons, all of this blanketedly applies to them.
- Felons, they can be nonviolent felons, all of this blanketedly applies to them.
- the sentence too loosely, meaning that, hey, they're just a felon or a nonviolent offender.
- I would not mind at all for it to be bifurcated in the bill as far as nonviolent felon.
- So I have somebody and they were a nonviolent felon. They have a firearm.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, I am a convicted felon.
- It's not fair to the millions of people in Texas who are considered nonviolent felons.
- Can you at least try not to pass laws that help convicted felons, felons, armed terrorists, drug gangs
- Um, House Bill 2711 simply restores the firearms rights for nonviolent felons who are legal to carry
- To advocating for felons, you know, felons to be able to get their guns back.
Bills:
HB259
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Consumer and Public Affairs Jan 29th, 2026 at 02:04 pm
House Consumer & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- On page one, line 11, it increases the penalty for a serious, violent felon only, not all felons.
- So, for example, if I was a felon and I was in possession one time, nonviolent, it'd be three years.
- felon.
- You have somebody who is a felon, violent, not felon, and then what they do afterwards.
- My problem is if I have a very violent felon, they're out, but they do something nonviolent.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- In the state of Wyoming, a nonviolent felon in possession of a firearm is a misdemeanor.
- <00:14:51.839>
felon <00:14:52.160>in state of Wyoming, a nonviolent felon in state - of Wyoming, a nonviolent felon in possession<00:14:52.560>
of <00:14:52.639>a <00:14:52.800 - Non-violent felon, it's a misdemeanor. Violent felon, it's a felony.
- This person wasn't a felon. felon. felon.
Bills:
SF0101
Keywords:
Second Amendment, firearm regulation, state legislation, public safety, civil penalties, 916, all
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to say this is for nonviolent felonies only; it does not... nonviolent felonies only; it does
- not pertain to violent felons or sex offenders.
- Like the felons that are not part of this bill? Sure, this bill only pertains to nonviolent felons.
- Violent felons are not...
- Nonviolent felons are not permitted, and those with a sexual criminal record are not permitted as well
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- felon in possession.
- felon in possession.
- So we treated nonviolent felons and violent felons differently starting in 2019.
- And so that's where we've been since 2022: six years for violent felons, three years for nonviolent felons
- felons—people whose felon status was from a nonviolent crime like drug possession or shoplifting.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 10th, 2026 at 11:16 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and not just a regular felon for, I guess, a nonviolent crime.
- A felon is a felon, and a felon, on the first part, not on where we're at with this bill.
- But with a nonviolent felon, it would be nine years and 18 years, which I thought was a little too much
- So if you're a nonviolent felon, you are in... the exact same amount of time.
- So if you're a nonviolent felon, you are in possession of a firearm, you get charged with three years
Bills:
HB111, HB103, HB109, HB128, HJM2, HJM3, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB49, HB60, HB108, HB120, HB124, HB145, HB154, HB158, HB164, HB180, HB291, HJR6, HJR7, HR1, HJM1, HM13, HM47
Keywords:
water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- felon in possession. felon in possession.
- It is targeted at felons. This bill is not about the Second Amendment. It is targeted at felons.
- This prohibitions for convicted felons.
- <00:43:38.720>
In about nonviolent crimes, too. In about nonviolent crimes, too. - I had gotten my firearm felon herself.
Summary:
The committee heard extensive testimony on Senate Bill 433, which would restrict the carrying of “bladed weapons” and related items. The Office of the Public Defender, Honolulu Police Department, the Hawaii Firearms Coalition, Knife Rights, and many individual testifiers opposed the bill, arguing it is overbroad, vague, and likely unconstitutional. Common concerns were that the term “bladed weapon” could sweep in ordinary tools such as pocketknives, Leathermans, multi-tools, fishing and camping gear, and items used by farmers, ranchers, hunters, divers, and martial arts practitioners. Several speakers also warned that the bill could burden lawful self-defense and create an affirmative-defense scheme that shifts costs and proof burdens onto defendants.
Supporters and opponents alike focused on the need for a clearer definition, with HPD saying a narrower definition would help distinguish ordinary tools from dangerous weapons used in assaults. Opponents repeatedly urged the committee to defer or kill the measure, citing pending and related court cases and the risk of new constitutional challenges. Some testifiers tied the bill to Native Hawaiian gathering rights and subsistence practices, saying it would interfere with hunting, fishing, and food gathering, while others argued it would do little to deter criminals and instead penalize law-abiding residents and visitors.
After finishing testimony on SB 433, the committee moved on to Senate Bill 2575 relating to firearms. The transcript shows the start of that item with the Office of the Public Defender and other agencies being called, but no substantive testimony or action on SB 2575 is included before the excerpt ends. No votes or final committee actions are reflected in the portion provided.
HI
Bills:
SB2043, SB2044, SB2004, SB2143, SB2411, SB2455, SB2519, SB2661, SB2665, SB2731, SB2737, SB2767, SB2794, SB2830, SB3334
Keywords:
insurance, captives, examination, regulations, policyholders, dormant captive, tax exemption, Hawaii revised statutes, financial reporting, outdoor advertising, billboards, public safety, penalties, community pollution, elections, chief election officer, vacancy, order of succession, election commission, campaign finance
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is in response to a single, nonviolent, non-contact incident in Seminole County, but it would
Keywords:
sexual offender, sexual predator, sex offender registry, child protection, residency restriction, loitering, proximity restriction, public swimming pool, school safety, child care facility, day care center, park, playground, conditional release, probation, community control, warrantless arrest, background check, registry screening, minor victims
Summary:
The committee took up a series of criminal justice and public safety bills. SB 1084, which exempts certain identifying and location information for non-legal support staff in state attorneys’ offices from public records requests, was supported by prosecuting attorneys and reported favorably. SB 212, as amended, created new restrictions related to sexual offenders and predators, including a 200-foot restricted presence provision near certain locations and updated notification/supervision requirements; it drew strong opposition from researchers, advocates, and affected families who argued it lacked evidence and would increase homelessness, but it was reported favorably. SB 682, addressing domestic violence, coercive control, strangulation, animal abuse, injunctions, and related training and enforcement issues, received emotional survivor testimony and support from animal welfare and law enforcement groups and was reported favorably. SB 656, creating and renaming FDLE Internet Crimes Against Children funding and grant programs, was amended and reported favorably and unanimously.
The committee also considered SB 810 on sealing criminal history records, which would expand eligibility for some non-conviction records and one low-level misdemeanor conviction after waiting periods and judicial review; supporters said Florida is unusually restrictive, while one senator raised concerns about the scope, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 890, creating a standalone battery by strangulation offense applicable outside domestic relationships, was reported favorably after the sponsor said it would close a gap in current law. SB 892, revising habitual offender and violent career criminal sentencing procedures and notice requirements, was reported favorably, with defense lawyers supporting the clearer pretrial notice. SB 928, “Missy’s Law,” requiring immediate remand to custody after conviction of certain dangerous crimes, was amended to include computer pornography/child exploitation offenses and reported favorably after a family member of the namesake victim testified in support.
Later, SB 1284 modernized arrest and search warrant statutes, expanding judicial summons options for some misdemeanors and broadening warrant/arrest authority in certain DUI, injunction, domestic violence, and misdemeanor force cases; defense lawyers supported the judicial-discretion portions but raised concerns about DUI/BUI arrests, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, SB 812, a technical companion to SB 810 updating public records treatment for sealed criminal history records, was amended to clarify prosecutorial access for later cases and reported favorably. Several bills were supported by law enforcement, prosecutors, and advocacy groups, while others drew opposition from civil liberties, treatment, homelessness, and criminal defense advocates. The meeting adjourned after members recorded additional votes on selected tabs.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
- We’re looking at maybe a nonviolent... Sex offense. Again, same thing.
- We’re looking at maybe a nonviolent offense that’s not directly public safety related.
- So 20% or 25% you can see based on violent or nonviolent in that formula.
- So first of all, you have DOCR choosing whether the crime was violent or nonviolent.
- So you go up and you look at the current offense's nonviolent factor base. Okay?
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So any felony, even a nonviolent one, if they're armed with a firearm, are you know essentially carrying
- So any felony,<00:45:46.160>
even <00:45:46.400>a <00:45:46.560>nonviolent <00:45 - :47.200>
one, felony, even a nonviolent one, felony, even a nonviolent one, um<00:45:49.839>- Uh, so maybe you haven't used that firearm at all, but you're a felon and illegal possession of that
- <00:51:17.920>
and <00:51:18.400>illegal but you're a felon and illegal but you're
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Feb 12th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- more important than the safety of our citizens. ...than pushing back when courts release dangerous felons
- Legal reform, everything we've done for misdemeanor, low risk, nonviolent offenders, all that stays in
- Texas is using taxpayer money to donate to the Bail Project and Setting bail or providing bail for felons
- Astros game when we incurred the wrath of a person who was a two-time felon who had been out on parole
- The judge knew that he was a two-time felon.
Keywords:
SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means