Transcript Highlights:

• Senator from Randolph asked for unanimous consent. Oh, actually...
• Senator from Randolph asked for unanimous consent. Oh, actually, you know what?
• We've got a unanimous consent request from the...
• Senator from Fayette asked for unanimous consent. I do not believe so.
• Sir from Fayette asked for unanimous consent.

Committee: Senate Transportation and Infrastructure

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have an objection to the unanimous consent on the language.
• We have a unanimous consent request. Any objection?
• I request unanimous consent to accept the language on the screen.
• I request unanimous consent to accept the language on the screen.
• I request unanimous consent to accept the language on the screen.

Summary: The committee took up a series of FY 2027 budget items, beginning with health education programs. Members approved additional general fund support and FTPs for psychiatry residents, a Burley family medicine resident, a family medicine OB fellowship, additional family medicine residents, child psychiatry residents at the University of Utah, and a veterinary education FTP adjustment. They then approved language to shift fellowship funding to the rural health transformation program if available, with debate focused on whether that money should instead be reserved for broader rural health needs; the language ultimately passed despite objections. The Office of the State Board of Education budget was approved with funding for Canvas LMS renewal, transfer of risk managers to institutions, and a federal post-secondary education grant. In the colleges and universities budget, a substitute motion to add general fund support and restore a rescission failed, but the original motion passed, providing dedicated funds for endowment adjustments and restoring the FY 2027 rescission. Community colleges were then considered, and a motion to reduce the Canvas LMS item and leave the rescission unfilled failed; the original motion restoring the rescission passed. The committee also approved a one-time Career Ready Students Fund appropriation for secondary CTE programs, then later approved a separate one-time Career Ready Students Fund increase for Idaho Division of Career Technical Education secondary programs after rejecting a general fund substitute. The Department of Administration budget drew the most debate. Members discussed utilities transfers, new procurement staff for Medicaid managed care contracting, training and administrative support transfers, inflationary utilities costs, IT hardware, and a vacancy adjustment correction. The committee rejected the motion, largely over concerns about the Medicaid procurement staffing request. It then approved the Permanent Building Fund budget, including state match for a Bonneville County National Guard Readiness Center design and replacement items for public works projects, along with standard language and reporting language by unanimous consent. Finally, the State Lottery budget was approved for $25,800 in replacement items for design equipment. The committee adjourned after announcing the next meeting schedule.

Transcript Highlights:

• :26:02.080><c> calendar</c> bill will be placed on consent calendar bill will be placed on consent calendar
• HB 130, was that on the consent calendar or not?
• </c> moment uh hb130 was that on the consent moment uh hb130 was that on the consent calendar<03:33:08.920
• </c><03:33:17.319><c> count</c> motion it can go on the consent count motion it can go on the consent
• </c><04:06:32.439><c> calendar</c> being placed on the consent calendar being placed on the consent calendar

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a consent agenda. Is there a motion on the consent agenda? Is there a second?
• On consent, Assembly Member Irwin? Erwin, aye. Erwin, aye. Zabur? Aye. The motion passes.
• On consent, Assembly Member Irwin? Erwin, aye. Erwin, aye. Erwin, aye. Thank you. Thank you.
• On consent, Assembly Member Patel, aye. The Rules Committee is now adjourned. Thank you. Thank you.

Summary: The Rules Committee was called to order on St. Patrick’s Day, with a quorum present. After the roll was called, the committee took up a consent agenda and a motion was made and seconded to approve it. The roll was called on the consent agenda, and members present voted aye. Additional aye votes were recorded while the roll remained open briefly. The motion on the consent agenda passed, and the committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'd ask unanimous consent to be shown voting in favor of Senate Bill 250, Senate Bill 375, Senate Bill
• But I'd ask unanimous consent to be shown voting against Senate Bill 1957.
• I'd ask unanimous consent to be shown voting in favor of Senate Bill 250, Senate Bill 375, Senate Bill
• But I'd ask unanimous consent to be shown voting against Senate Bill 1957.
• But I'd ask unanimous consent to be shown voting against Senate Bill 1957. Is that okay? Okay.

Committee: Senate Local Government

Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and took up a series of pending bills, voting to report several measures to the full Senate. SB 250, SB 375, HB 3093, SB 2419, SB 2605, SB 3029, HB 22, and HB 1392 were all reported favorably and recommended for the Local and Uncontested Calendar. SB 1957 was also reported out, but with one recorded no vote from Senator Paxton. The committee also adopted committee substitutes and reported them favorably for SB 1944, SB 2452, SB 2675, HB 2525, and SB 867, each with the recommendation that the original bill not pass but the substitute do pass and be printed. SB 867 received the most discussion. Chairman Bettencourt explained that the committee substitute narrowed the bill’s application to housing finance corporation projects within the creating local government’s boundaries, clarified definitions related to HFC users, multifamily development, rent, and public benefit, adjusted underwriting and deadline provisions, and addressed tax exemption and payment-in-lieu-of-taxes issues. He also noted that an attorney general opinion request had been sent regarding HFC-related concerns and urged the committee to move the bill forward. Near the end of the meeting, Senator West asked to be recorded as voting in line with his recommendations on the bills, except for SB 1957, on which he wanted to be shown voting against it. After that, the committee had no further business and recessed.

Transcript Highlights:

• We'll entertain a motion on the consent calendar when we establish a quorum.
• AB 2692, Irwin, will be taken up on the consent calendar when we establish a quorum.
• I believe this was on the consent calendar but was pulled for discussion.
• Starting first with the consent calendar.
• We'll keep that the consent calendar on call. I think next is filed item 2, AB 939.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Housing met without a quorum at first and operated as a subcommittee, then later established a quorum and took up several housing-related bills. Early presentations included AB 2390, a cleanup bill on housing streamlining and project modifications, which was described as clarifying that minor and subsequent modifications are reviewed under the standards in effect when the original application was filed; there was no opposition, and the bill was moved on a due pass motion but held on call for absent members. AB 1890, which would increase state matching support for Napa County farmworker housing centers from $250,000 to $500,000 annually and extend the program through 2036, drew strong support from Napa County officials, the Farm Bureau, hospitals, and vintners, and was also moved to Appropriations and held on call. AB 956, an ADU bill allowing more flexibility in how accessory dwelling units are built and clarifying application of ADU law in common interest developments, drew support from housing advocates and opposition from the League of California Cities over density, infrastructure, and local control concerns; the committee discussed amendments to avoid triggering density bonus law, then passed the bill as amended to Local Government, with some members expressing reservations or abstaining. The consent calendar, including AB 739, AB 2162, AB 2320, and AB 2692, was also acted on and held on call for absent members. Later, the committee heard AB 939, which would remove a 180-day resale restriction for certain income-restricted ownership units when a nonprofit affordable housing organization is ready to buy and sell them to qualified low-income buyers. Supporters, including Habitat for Humanity and California YIMBY, said the bill would reduce vacancy, carrying costs, and delays in getting affordable homes to buyers; the California Association of Realtors opposed unless amended, arguing the bill could limit buyer choice, codify first-right-of-refusal provisions, and reduce wealth-building opportunities. Members questioned those concerns, and the author said amendments were being worked on; the bill was moved to Appropriations and held on call. AB 1165, the California Housing Justice Act, would require state housing agencies to develop a fiscal analysis and long-term financial plan for ending homelessness and addressing housing affordability; it received broad support from supportive housing, civil rights, and homelessness organizations, with no opposition filed, and was moved to Appropriations and held on call. AB 1184, an HOA transparency bill requiring more notice and access around litigation and recordings, was moved to Judiciary after discussion about whether it duplicated existing HOA law and whether the proposed amendments were too broad. AB 2035, a narrowly tailored bill for Laguna Woods Village to lower the vote threshold needed to petition a court to amend outdated CC&Rs, was supported as a one-time fix and moved to Judiciary. Finally, AB 1573, pulled from consent, would add survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking to housing element target populations; supporters said these groups are overrepresented among people experiencing housing instability and should be explicitly included in local housing planning.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to start with the consent calendar: items one, two, three, four.
• We are voting on the consent calendar: items seven, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15.
• We are voting on the consent calendar. Item seven, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15.
• Consent calendar. Absent member Padilla: Aye. That's 15.0. That is out.
• Consent calendar with the consent calendar. Madam Secretary, please call the roll.

Committee: Senate Governmental Organization

Summary: The Senate Government Organization Committee met without a quorum at first, then later established one and took up a series of bills, many focused on regulatory oversight, state symbols, food insecurity, immigration enforcement, and ethnic media funding. SB 885 by Senator Strickland proposed requiring legislative approval for major regulations with an estimated economic impact over $50 million; supporters argued it would restore accountability and help address affordability, while labor and environmental opponents warned it would delay important health and safety rules. After discussion of committee amendments and concerns about timing, the bill was moved out on a due-pass motion, with the roll held open for absent members. The committee also heard SB 986, a similar regulatory oversight bill by Senator Saryato, which accepted committee amendments and advanced after supporters emphasized separation of powers and opponents raised delay concerns. SB 1025 by Senator Hurtado created an Office of Food Security and Affordability to coordinate food programs across departments; members generally supported the goal but urged stronger reporting and oversight guardrails, and the bill was moved forward with the roll held open. The committee then heard several symbolic designation bills. SB 1214 by Senator Ochoa Bogh would designate the Western monarch as California’s state butterfly; supporters highlighted the species’ ecological importance and conservation value, and the bill advanced as amended. SB 1178 by Senator Reyes would designate the California yellow jacket as the state wasp; testimony emphasized its role in pest control and agriculture, and it also moved forward as amended. SB 1286 by Senator Richardson would designate the California sea lion as the official state pinniped; the author and Marine Mammal Care Center described sea lions as a conservation success story and a sentinel species, and the bill passed out of committee as amended. The committee also considered SB 1171 by Senator Caballero, which would make private entities that contract with ICE ineligible for state-funded loans or grants. Supporters framed it as a response to harmful ICE enforcement practices, while opponents warned it could sweep in providers of essential services such as food, medical care, and legal research for detainees and could invite retaliation against California funding. The bill was approved on a 7-3 vote, with the roll held open. Finally, SB 1358 by Senator Rubio, the Ethnic and Community Media Equity Act, would create a database and contracting framework to direct more state advertising and outreach funds to ethnic and community media; supporters said it would improve reach, trust, and effectiveness in underserved communities, and the bill advanced on a strong vote with the roll held open. The committee also took up the consent calendar after quorum was established, and several items were held open for absent members.

Transcript Highlights:

• Next up is the consent agenda. Are there any items that come off the consent agenda?
• The ayes have it; the consent calendar is adopted.
• Moving on to the regular calendar. consent to calendar. It's been moved by consent to calendar.
• </c> further discussion on the consent further discussion on the consent calendar?
• </c> it, the consent calendar is adopted. it, the consent calendar is adopted.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and adopted the consent calendar without objection. It then took up Department of Safety Rule 25161 on administrative license suspension forms. After discussion of a staff concern that the rule text should expressly require a defendant’s signature or refusal to sign, and the officer’s witness signature, the agency agreed to revised language. The committee voted to grant conditional approval with those edits. The committee next considered Department of Agriculture rule 192, concerning importation of bovines and domestic animals. Staff identified several issues, including an overly broad federal citation, an unclear definition of infection, a possible conflict between provisions on telephone-issued permits and documents that must be carried, and missing struck-through repeal language. Because the department had not proposed written fixes, members moved to postpone the item until next month, and the motion passed. A second Agriculture item, 25207, was discussed as a long-expired set of rules that the agency said were still needed to run its programs; the committee granted conditional approval. The Public Utilities Commission’s competitive natural gas supplier and aggregator rules prompted the most extensive debate. Staff argued the cited statutes did not clearly authorize the commission to impose fines on natural gas suppliers, while the agency responded that authority could be read from related Department of Energy transition language and general rulemaking provisions. Members discussed whether the issue reflected a statutory gap created when responsibilities were split between the Department of Energy and the commission. The committee ultimately voted to waive and postpone the item to next month so the attorneys could work out the authority question. The committee also postponed Department of Energy items 219 and 220 at the agency’s request, and it noted that the Liquor Commission’s emergency rule had been revised to reduce reporting from monthly to quarterly before being reissued, with the item also postponed.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, we are moving to the consent calendar and special consent calendar for the day.
• Are there any members that wish to remove an item from the consent calendar?
• both consent calendars.
• Thirty-five ayes, zero noes on the remaining items on both consent calendars.
• The consent calendar is adopted.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• What if one person right next to them consents and they turn the sign around, the next person doesn't
• Consent. Do they have to turn the sign back around and hide it? How does this work?
• Such a person consents. This is that 8 ft rule.
• Another person within a feet of that person unless the person consents.
• Handbill or display a sign to them only if they consent to be within the 8 feet boundary.

Bills: SB1519 , SB1775 , SB1900 , SB1948 , SB2080 , SB1226 , SB1456 , SB1462 , SB1463 , SB1980 , SB1479 , SB1608 , SB1923

Keywords: municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to do a consent agenda for the work session.
• The first bill on the consent agenda is AB 335, which the committee heard on May 28th.
• Yeah, that's not my consent. All right. Okay.
• Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and I will move to do pass on the consent agenda.
• So we'll take three bills for consent agenda, no problem at all.

Bills: SB175 , SB277 , SB374 , SB400

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: military, veterans, education, teaching, Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, licensure, certification, public schools, charter schools, school social worker, school counselor, school psychologist, internship, practicum, student support services, mental health, harassment, bullying, power-based violence, school safety

Transcript Highlights:

• The following resolutions are being referred to the committee on local consent calendars.
• Referred to the committee on local and consent calendars.
• The following resolutions by Buckley are being referred to the Committee on Local and Consent on local
• and consent calendars, H.R. 265 and H.R. 340 and H.R. 341.
• The following resolutions by Jones of Harris are being referred to the Committee on Local and Consent

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'd like to entertain a motion on our proposed consent calendar.
• Consent calendar, Carrillo, aye; Cario, aye. Secretary.
• Consent calendar, items one through three. El-Hawari, aye; Happen, Ransom.
• Starting with consent calendars, items one through three. Madam Secretary.
• Consent calendar, Pappin. I, Ransom. Consent calendar, Pappin: Aye. Ransom: On consent, aye.

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• How can you support the elimination of the principle of informed consent?
• Doctor advises this for a child that a parent should be able to consent or can consent for the child?
• I don't think that parents or kids can consent to lifelong gender harms.
• And so I don't think that a parent that is consented through coercion by the suicide lie is truly consenting
• Everybody hears me talk about informed consent, and a child can't enter into informed consent.

Committee: Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then took up a large agenda of health-related bills. SB 1214, the Arizona Stem Cell Therapy Act, drew extensive testimony from supporters who said it would create guardrails for regenerative medicine, protect patients, and encourage biotech investment, while opponents argued it was tied to abortion politics and imposed harsh penalties. The bill passed on a 4-3 vote. SB 1194, which would prohibit health professionals and institutions from denying care based on vaccination status, also passed 4-3 after testimony from supporters framing it as an access-to-care and religious-freedom measure and opponents warning it would interfere with private practice policies and parental choice. SB 1814, creating a study committee on substance use disorder treatment standards and oversight, passed unanimously 7-0. SB 1602, increasing stipends for kinship foster parents, passed as amended 7-0, and SB 1603, expanding child-only cash assistance eligibility, also passed as amended 7-0. The committee then considered several bills focused on gender-related care and public funding. SB 1177, which bars public monies from funding gender transition procedures and makes intentional violations a felony, passed 4-3 amid testimony that it protects taxpayers and counterarguments that it is discriminatory and unsupported by evidence. SB 1014, requiring insurance coverage for detransition procedures when transition care is covered and directing data reporting on transition and detransition, passed 4-3 after supporters said it would help detransitioners and collect needed data, while opponents argued it would chill providers and target transgender patients. SB 1094, creating civil liability for physicians who perform irreversible gender reassignment surgery on minors, was heard with testimony from supporters citing malpractice concerns and detransitioner harms and from opponents saying it would create a hostile environment for providers and treat trans patients differently; the transcript cuts off before the vote is shown. SB 1752, which classifies commercial harvesting or sale of mescaline as a felony while preserving bona fide religious use defenses, passed unanimously 7-0. Later, SB 1628, requiring insurers to report claims-denial and prior-authorization data and DIFI to publish standardized reports, passed unanimously 7-0 after supporters emphasized transparency and opponents called it redundant to federal reporting. SB 1629, requiring AHCCCS managed care organizations to give advance notice and network-adequacy documentation before terminating high-volume providers without cause, also passed 7-0; supporters said it would prevent patients from losing access to behavioral health care, while health plans and Access said existing oversight already covers much of this and warned the bill could slow necessary network changes. Throughout the meeting, the committee repeatedly adopted motions for due-pass recommendations and, where applicable, amendments, with several bills passing on party-line or near-party-line votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• So in two parts, the federal law says 13 is the age of consent, right?
• So Chris mentioned parental consent.
• There are some apps that in the red age group, it's... ...mentioned parental consent.
• affirmative consent for that middle yellow minor to access that app.
• that can be entered without affirmative parental consent on any app.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Tourism

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It also grants parents the right to review and consent to any survey or questionnaire given to their
• children and ensures that the surveys are not shared without parental consent.
• It also grants parents the right to review and consent to any survey or questionnaire given to their
• children and ensures that the surveys are not shared without parental consent.
• They will also have substitute consent. So we're not touching any of that.

Summary: The committee took up a large health and human services agenda and first approved HB 711, the Spectrum Alert bill, which would create a statewide alert system for missing autistic children and require FDLE to coordinate training with state and local agencies. The measure drew a supportive waiver from the Florida Smart Justice Alliance and passed unanimously, 24-0, reported favorably. Members then considered CS for HB 229 on health facilities, which modernizes the Health Facilities Authority Act to allow additional nonprofit health system structures to use tax-exempt financing. Two amendments were adopted: one requiring advance notice, public hearings, and stakeholder notifications before a nonprofit hospital closure, and another removing a property tax exemption for a nonprofit hospital that closes and fails to maintain emergency services for 120 days, applied retroactively to January 1, 2025. The Florida Hospital Association opposed the amendments, citing workforce and nonprofit-status concerns, but the bill as amended passed 24-0. The committee also approved CS for HB 1405 on juvenile justice status offenders, expanding early truancy intervention, parent involvement, and shelter placement review timelines; it passed 24-0. CS for HB 27, joining the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, and its linked public records bill CS for HB 29 both passed unanimously after supportive testimony from several advocacy and business groups. The committee then debated HB 111 on out-of-network referrals and HB 1083 on patient access to records. HB 111 would require referring practitioners to inform patients in writing when a referral is out of network and to apply out-of-network payments to deductibles; it drew opposition from medical groups over administrative burden and patient-care concerns, but passed 17-8. HB 1083 would shorten the time for producing medical records to 14 working days and standardize access rules, with amendments clarifying portal access and delaying the effective date to January 1, 2026; despite opposition from some health information and provider groups over HIPAA and access concerns, it passed 19-7 as amended. Later, the committee approved HB 883, allowing autonomous practice for psychiatric nurse practitioners with the required credentials, after strong support from nurse practitioner groups and opposition from psychiatric and medical associations; it passed 23-3. HB 1297, which aligns Florida’s electronic prescribing exceptions with federal law and removes several state exemptions, passed 19-7 despite opposition from hospice, emergency physician, rheumatology, and medical groups concerned about paper prescriptions in emergencies and hard-to-find medications. HB 1353 on home health care services and CS for HB 989 on foster home licensure transfers both passed unanimously after supportive amendments. The committee also heard HB 1505 on parental rights, which would require written parental consent for many health care services, surveys, and biofeedback devices for minors and expand parental access to records; the bill drew extensive support testimony but also questions and concerns about confidentiality, abuse reporting, and existing exceptions, and the transcript ended before a final vote on that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a consent agenda. We have a quorum. We have a consent agenda. Okay.
• Is there a motion on the remainder of the consent agenda? Second. A first and a second.
• We will now go ahead and do add-ons on the consent agenda. On consent. Absent members: Lackey: aye.

Summary: The Rules Committee met and called the roll, establishing a quorum. The committee then took up the consent agenda and approved the remainder of the consent items by roll call vote. The committee also considered two specific resolutions: Item No. 7, HR 127 by Assembly Member Haney, and Item No. 11, HR 132 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan. Both items were moved and passed by roll call vote, with the recorded votes showing support from most members and one no vote on HR 127. After handling add-ons to the consent agenda and noting absent members, the committee completed its business and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a consent agenda, but please note, AB 2328 has been removed from today's referral list, and it
• Then we pull item 10 from the consent. Okay, thank you.
• And is there a motion on the remainder of the consent agenda? Pull item 10 from the consent agenda.
• Is there a motion on the remainder of the consent agenda? Second. Secretary, please call the roll.

Committee: House Rules

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Unanimous consent we go to that order of business: introduction of legislation.
• President, unanimous consent we go to that order of business: messages from the House.
• Unanimous consent, we go without our business: announcements. Senator Wirth. Thank you, Mr.
• Unanimous consent, we go without our business: announcements in miscellaneous, and I yield to Senator
• Unanimous consent. The Senate is standing in recess until 9 o'clock on the dot. We'll be back.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> consent calendar. consent calendar.
• </c> will be placed on the House consent will be placed on the House consent calendar<00:57:29.920><c
• </c> consent calendar without objection. consent calendar without objection.
• </c> placed on the House consent calendar. placed on the House consent calendar.
• </c> consent calendar without objection. consent calendar without objection.

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all