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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Jan 12th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Petersburg police officer found Mr.
  • Petersburg police officer found Mr.
  • Bill 14 is a settled claims bill for the relief of Jose Correa for injuries sustained due to the negligence
Bills: S0014, S0016, S0024, S0208, S0762
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 762, which was amended by a strike-all to remove a one-year sunset and delete a reporting requirement to the Legislature. The bill would allow offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel to take on certain capital cases from outside their region on an optional basis, with supporters saying it could save money and use existing in-house death penalty expertise. After testimony from Senator Martin and the Second Region’s regional counsel, the committee reported CS/SB 762 favorably. The committee also considered three local claims bills. SB 16, relating to relief for Heriberto A. Sanchez Mayan by the City of St. Petersburg, described severe injuries allegedly caused during an arrest and transport; the claimant’s counsel supported the bill, while President Gaetz spoke against the claims-bill process generally and voted no. The bill passed 9-1 and was reported favorably. SB 14, for Jose Correa against Miami-Dade County, involved injuries from a bus-pedestrian collision and was supported by the claimant and county; it passed 9-1 and was reported favorably. SB 24, for Lourdes and Edward Latour against Miami-Dade County, was an uncontested $500,000 settlement bill and passed unanimously. Finally, the committee took up SB 208 on land use and development regulations. A late-filed strike-all amendment, described as a negotiated compromise, would make development application fees transparent and cost-based, tie them to direct and reasonable indirect review costs, and set subjective compatibility standards for residential projects, with carve-outs for PUDs, master planned communities, and historic districts. Multiple local government, planning, environmental, and business groups appeared in support. The amendment was adopted, and the committee then reported CS/SB 208 favorably on a 10-0 vote.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 7th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Make sure our state is safer by targeting negligence, not victims. Thank you. Thank you, Mr.
  • Damage as a result of medical negligence, any more or less? I would say no to that question.
  • I went to the police and then issued a warrant for his arrest.
  • Now imagine having that stripped away in a split second by someone's negligence—driving an 18-wheeler
  • Police? Vote. No. Okay, thank you, thank you to both of you, thank you for your testimony.
Bills: HB4806
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 7th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • System and tort reforms in general, ensuring access to the courts by persons who are injured by the negligence
  • If your loved one is killed by a grossly negligent company versus your loved one being lost due to natural
  • Range of punishment for wrongdoing, despite the fact we keep making more for police, infrastructure,
  • There is a distinguishable difference between a crime and an intentional tort, and the negligence of
  • Adams said earlier, usually involves somebody who was physically hurt by someone else's negligence, and
Bills: HB4806
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 3rd, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • based on a jury award for injuries he sustained when he was shot in the neck by a City of Lakeland police
  • based on a jury award for injuries he sustained when he was shot in the neck by a City of Lakeland police
  • Both bills reduce the statute of limitations for victims of negligence from four years down to two years
  • The secret police of five people has given too much authority according to this bill.
  • This secret police of five people has given too much authority according to this bill.
Summary: The committee heard a series of bills, most of them claims or civil-law measures, and reported each favorably. Among the bills approved were SB 326 on curators of estates, SB 1096 clarifying filing deadlines under the Florida Civil Rights Act, SB 28 and SB 26 on claims against the City of Lakeland and the estate of Mark Legata, SB 6 involving a DCF-related claim for Layla Estrada/Sapphire Williams, SB 786 creating a nonjudicial process for closing trusts, SB 18 and SB 2 on claims involving the estate of McKenzie Navarre and Daniel Mosley, and SB 50 expanding veterans’ courts statewide. The committee also approved SB 538 on extracurricular activities, SB 1004 on pet sales and financing disclosures, and SB 1366, the sovereign immunity bill, which was presented as a starting point for negotiations with the House over higher claims caps and related provisions. Most of these bills were explained by sponsors as clarifying existing law, modernizing procedures, or resolving uncontested claims, and several had support from affected organizations or individuals; some also drew opposition or concerns from speakers, especially on trust notice issues, sovereign immunity, and the scope of the extracurricular and pet-sale bills. Several bills were amended before passage. SB 326 was narrowed by removing a section and changing reporting language for curators. SB 786 received a technical clarification amendment, while SB 18 removed an unneeded Medicaid-related section. SB 50 on veterans’ courts drew broad support from veterans’ groups and criminal-justice organizations. SB 538 on extracurricular activities was amended multiple times to address home education eligibility, activity fees for homeschool participants, technical cross-references, and compensation for extracurricular sponsors. SB 1004 was supported by animal-welfare advocates and consumer-protection interests. SB 178 on athletics in public K-12 schools was amended to limit the bill to head coaches, require personal funds, and allow similar bylaws by other athletic associations; it passed after discussion of a Miami Northwestern coaching controversy. The committee also took up two major policy bills with substantial testimony and questions. SB 1178 on foreign influence would create a state framework for foreign-agent registration, restrict gifts and contracts tied to foreign countries of concern and designated foreign terrorist organizations, limit certain sister-city and university linkage activities, and increase penalties for crimes committed to benefit foreign governments or terrorist groups; supporters framed it as a national-security and transparency measure, while the sponsor withdrew one amendment before passage. SB 1632 on ideologies inconsistent with American principles generated the most extended questioning, especially about its domestic-terrorism designation process, references to Sharia law, notice and due-process protections, and potential effects on students and speech; supporters argued it targets conduct, not belief, while opponents warned it could chill protected activity and unfairly target Muslim communities. The committee heard many public speakers on both sides, but no floor debate followed before the bill was moved forward.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Service Mar 11th, 2026

Joint Committee on Public Service

Transcript Highlights:
  • Like many of our municipalities, we have a shortage of police officers, and in the details in Kingston
  • Tomen as police chief. Anyone to testify on that? Seeing none.
  • The next bill is House Bill 4747, an act relative to the New Bedford Police Association.
  • The next is House Bill 5034, an act relative to waiving the maximum age or time requirement for police
  • police officers in the town of Dayton.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • And as Emily's firm, as well as the police, inform me, I had every right to do so.
  • But they know, they know that they can plead these cases as negligence.
  • I knew that the police would not be there at any reasonable amount of time.
  • The police arrived finally, actually, after I. waving them down the first police officer flew by the
  • Ranging from murder, down to simple assault, down to negligent discharge of a firearm.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • You have very standard language that says if the FFL acts unlawfully, or with gross negligence, then
  • Houston Police Department. has been instrumental.
  • Since then, the Assemblies of God has tried to dismiss valid civil claims of negligence.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/14/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • This combination dramatically escalates the risk to civilians, police, and bystanders who simply have
  • When the police tell you to stop, you stop. This bill is a simple bill.
  • When the police tell you to stop, you stop. Period. End of story.
  • This is not the moment to increase penalties for interactions with police, and they won’t make anyone
  • it's it's um negligent it's it's um mr chair a quick question to the sponsor would would you be would
HI
Bills: SB2057
Summary: The Judiciary Committee met on Thursday, March 5, for a series of decision-making agendas and considered a long list of Senate bills. Early measures included SB 2151, which clarifies state and local authority during emergencies and revises the definition of “emergency”; the committee agreed to restore the broader, long-used definition and add a sunset date, then passed the bill with amendments. SB 3055, concerning false impersonation of an employee organization representative, was amended to remove liquidated damages and passed. Several technical or conforming bills also advanced, including SB 3067, SB 3077, SB 3131, SB 3134, SB 3144, SB 3152, SB 3154, and SB 3249, with most passed with technical amendments or unamended; some members noted reservations on SB 3249. The committee also took up bills affecting public safety, health, and education. SB 3083 was amended to narrow notice requirements for protective orders involving military-affiliated individuals to a designated military security force, and SB 3118 on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children passed as is. SB 3134 modernized emergency medical services statutes, while another SB 3134 item addressed dangerous intoxication and civil protective custody. SB 3262, requiring the Hawaii State Teachers Board to submit nominees to the Board of Education, was amended to include a defective effective date. SB 3315, allowing a one-time medical cannabis purchase while registration is pending, was also amended to a delayed effective date and passed. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on law enforcement and immigration-related proposals. SB 3322, which restricts facial coverings by law enforcement, requires visible identification, and sets agency policies on cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, was amended to remove an affirmative defense, make the penalty a misdemeanor, and incorporate exceptions for undercover work and related preparation; it passed with one no vote. SB 3251, barring certain former ICE and Border Patrol personnel from employment in specified state agencies, was narrowed to apply to those with more than 90 cumulative days of such work during a defined period and passed with reservations. SB 2057, a reconsideration measure limiting use of state personnel and funds to assist federal immigration agents beyond their authority, was further amended to clarify definitions, protect First Amendment activity, and preserve cooperation required by federal law; it then passed without objection. The committee adjourned after adopting each measure considered.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Feb 10th, 2026

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Jackson sustained when he was shot in the neck by a City of Lakeland police officer after a traffic stop
  • It was reduced by comparative negligence, that the jury did make a finding.
  • It was reduced by comparative negligence, that the jury did make a finding that there was comparative
  • negligence on behalf of the father, but even after that, the jury still believes that the estate should
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a wide range of bills focused on water safety, utilities, housing, transparency, and claims relief. CS/SB 848 on stormwater treatment was presented as a follow-up to prior water-quality legislation and reported favorably with one support waiver. SB 28, a claims bill for Reginald Jackson against the City of Lakeland, was also reported favorably. CS/SB 658, a bipartisan child-drowning prevention bill for rental properties, drew extensive testimony from child advocacy and drowning-prevention groups in strong support; amendments required rental license applicants to certify compliance and removed local-government add-on authority, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 18, a claims bill involving the estate of a deceased minor and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, prompted questions about settlement and responsibility but was ultimately reported favorably despite opposition from a waiver form. Several utility and infrastructure measures were considered. CS/SB 1724 would regulate municipal utility service outside city limits, limit revenue transfers, require public meetings, and cap rate differences; an amendment added gas utilities, and the bill was reported favorably after testimony from municipal utility representatives and small-county advocates. CS/SB 1014 would require municipal utilities to extend water and wastewater service to certain nearby residential properties without conditioning service on annexation; an amendment narrowed the bill to residential uses and clarified capacity and grandfathering provisions, and it passed favorably. CS/SB 1102 would allow local infrastructure surtax revenue to fund body camera programs, with an amendment making the surtax authorization prospective and requiring a new referendum; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 260 on electric-vehicle storage in towing yards was amended to focus on storage only and to tie the higher fee to the period before fire-risk inspection, then reported favorably after testimony from insurers, fire officials, and EV industry representatives. The committee also advanced education, housing, and ethics-related bills. SB 1264 would ease zoning and code barriers for small private schools and micro-schools, with supporters arguing it would expand school choice and opponents raising implementation concerns; it was reported favorably. SB 934 on Florida Keys areas of critical state concern was amended to remove a tax-exemption section that conflicted with the Live Local Act, then reported favorably. SB 1622 would provide a one-time waiver of late financial-disclosure fines under specified conditions and was reported favorably. Finally, CS/SB 1566 on local government spending and transparency required online posting of budgets and related materials, and an amendment added utility revenue reinvestment and other changes while removing DEI spending restrictions; the bill drew support for transparency but concern from small cities and counties about cost and workload, and it was reported favorably. The meeting ended with adjournment after senators recorded votes on selected bills.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, police officers are not teachers. They carry firearms.
  • It should match the gravity and importance of the police duty.
  • I've worked in police accountability and civilian oversight for nearly 10 years as the police ombuds
  • Public anxiety about police accountability remains very high.
  • It creates a new policing policy.
Bills: HB2220, HB2362
Summary: The House Committee on Community Safety held public hearings on two bills. First, House Bill 2220 would change Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) decertification procedures for peace and corrections officers by raising the burden of proof for suspension or revocation from a preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence, expanding hearing panels from five to six members by adding another law enforcement representative, and requiring biennial reporting from agencies and the CJTC on officer training and decertification data. Sponsor Rep. Ari Levitt said the bill was intended to improve fairness, transparency, training compliance, and recruitment/retention, not roll back prior reforms. Supporters from the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs and the Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs argued the changes would create a more balanced and credible process and better reflect the seriousness of career-ending discipline. Opponents, including CJTC staff, police accountability advocates, and a CJTC commissioner, said the current system already provides due process, that the bill would weaken civilian oversight and raise the standard without evidence of a problem, and that the reporting provisions were the most defensible part of the bill. No vote was taken. The committee then heard House Bill 2362, which would lower Washington’s per se blood alcohol concentration limit for impaired driving from 0.08 to 0.05, require a public information campaign, and direct an evaluation of the change’s impacts. Sponsor Rep. Brandy Donaghy said the bill was aimed at reducing crashes and deaths and helping educate the public about impairment. Public testimony was sharply divided. Families of impaired-driving victims and several prosecutors, the Washington State Patrol, and the Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs supported the bill, arguing that lower BAC limits save lives, change behavior, and could reduce crashes and court congestion. Hospitality and defense representatives opposed it, saying the evidence did not show the change would reduce fatalities, that most serious crashes involve much higher BACs or multiple substances, and that the bill would burden responsible drinkers and businesses while not addressing the toxicology lab backlog. The hearing ended without a vote on either bill.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Jan 20th, 2026

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 14 is a settled claims bill for the relief of Jose Correa for injuries sustained due to the negligence
  • The settlement agreement resolved a civil action that arose from the alleged negligence of the county
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of local claims, public records, growth management, permitting, and nuisance bills. It first heard and approved SB 16, SB 14, and SB 24, all uncontested claims bills providing relief related to injuries or settlements involving the City of St. Petersburg and Miami-Dade County. The committee also approved SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, which narrows statutory language to protect co-op decisions on generation and power purchases while preserving consumer protections, and SB 830, which creates a public records exemption for certain personal information of county and city managers and their families due to reported threats against local officials. Members then considered SB 1138 on qualified contractors and development review, which would create a registry of licensed professionals to help local governments process pre-application reviews and plats more quickly. Local government groups raised concerns about preemption and preserving quasi-judicial authority, while private-provider supporters backed the bill; Senator Sharief voted no, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 168, expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses and increasing penalties, and SB 686 on agricultural enclaves, which revises the enclave process, adds a public hearing path, limits it to certain residential projects in urban service areas, and was amended to change a date to June 30, 2026 before being reported favorably. The committee next approved CS for SB 548 on growth management and impact fees, which clarifies plan-based methodology, extraordinary circumstances, interlocal agreements, and refund procedures for improper fee collections. Testimony reflected support for clearer standards but also concerns about fee increases and refund administration. Finally, SB 1234 on building permits and inspections was reported favorably; it would extend permit validity, exempt some low-value work from permitting, create a statewide residential permit form, speed review timelines, and expand private-provider use, drawing opposition from a Miami-Dade building official who argued for continued local oversight and support from private-provider advocates. Senator Jones requested to be recorded as voting affirmatively on several tabs and negatively on tab 9, and the committee adjourned after all bills were disposed of.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 18th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Kenneth Brewer with Baton Rouge Union of Police. Kevin Hayes with Chiefs of Police.
  • Daryl Basko, Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police. Scott Kirkpatrick with Chiefs of Police.
  • Some of our parishes, whether they're sheriffs or local, maybe a larger police force or state police,
  • Also present in support, not wishing to speak: Scott Kirkpatrick, Chiefs of Police. All right.
Bills: SB143, SB367, SB388, SB398
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the president for the Austin Police Association. been an officer with the Austin Police Department
  • As president, we represent over 1,400 almost the entirety of the Austin Police Department including the
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Feb 3rd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • hearings panel from five to six members for hearings related to a certification action of a tribal police
  • officer, in addition to... ...for hearings related to a certification action of a tribal police officer
  • And generally, you know, I do side a lot with the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability.
  • I remember my first session we passed like 13 bills to reform policing.
  • And I do believe that our chiefs of police, our sheriffs, and law enforcement officers are concerned
Summary: The House Community Safety Committee met in executive session to act on several bills previously heard. On House Bill 1591, the committee considered a substitute that would provide sentencing alternatives, resentencing, and record vacation relief for defendants who are survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking, with tighter eligibility standards and reporting requirements. Members discussed concerns about the scope of the relief and whether the abuse must be closely connected to the offense, but the substitute was approved and reported out 7-2 with a do pass recommendation. The committee also adopted Amendment 348 to House Bill 2146, which clarifies the offense of sexual exploitation of a minor to cover situations where a person causes a minor to view sexually explicit conduct knowing the minor’s viewing will be photographed or part of a live performance. The bill was then reported out unanimously. House Bill 2220, dealing with Criminal Justice Training Commission oversight and certification hearings, advanced on a substitute that removed a higher burden of proof, adjusted hearing panel membership, and directed rulemaking; it passed 7-2 after debate over whether the changes were a rollback of prior reforms. House Bill 2430, concerning the crime victim penalty assessment, was amended to increase assessment amounts, add a possible surcharge for defendants with substantial financial resources, tighten indigency exemptions, and preserve an indigent exception removed in the underlying bill. Supporters said the bill was needed to restore funding for victim services after prior budget cuts, and it passed unanimously. House Bill 2526, on prostitution, advanced on a substitute that renamed the offense, increased penalties for repeat buyers, directed most fee revenue to survivor-led organizations, and added an emergency clause; Amendment 275 was adopted to require law enforcement referrals to services before arrest in the first two investigative detentions and to add protections for people reporting other crimes. The bill passed 5-4 after substantial disagreement over whether the measure would help survivors or effectively decriminalize prostitution. Finally, House Bill 2648, addressing state and local law enforcement interactions with federal immigration enforcement, was amended to require body camera and dash camera activation during certain encounters, reporting to agencies, and indemnification protections for officers. Supporters framed the bill as clarifying duties and protecting civil rights, while opponents argued it could interfere with law enforcement and federal cooperation. The committee reported the bill out 6-3. House Bill 2641 was deferred, and the committee adjourned after completing action on the listed House bills.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Service Apr 14th, 2026

Joint Committee on Public Service

Transcript Highlights:
  • Next is Representative Hannah Bowman and Chief John Lachillard from the Beverly Police Department.
  • Next is Representative Hannah Bowman and Chief John Lachillard from the Beverly Police Department.
  • I spent three years in a municipality, 30 years with New Hampshire State Police, retired as a captain
  • , and in 2013 I was hired as chief of police in the city of Beverly, where I've served since then, and
  • attest to that, between bringing a property together that was kind of in flux, to building a new police