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• The AI technology and mental health.
• Not just AI. I mean, AI is complex. Yeah, yes. Not just AI.
• member, we've had a lot of AI bills.
• had a lot of AI bills.
• “Now because AI is moving very fast.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal by a 117-0 vote, and a long series of guest introductions, including 911 officials, school groups, students shadowing legislators, international visitors from Quebec, family members, and various community advocates. The chamber then moved into floor debate on several measures, beginning with House Joint Resolution 115, which would extend personal property tax and homestead tax exemptions to 100% service-connected disabled veterans and surviving spouses. Members from both parties praised the sponsor’s eight-year effort, emphasized the financial burden on disabled veterans living on fixed incomes, and noted the measure’s broad support; the House adopted the committee substitute and ordered it perfected and printed. The House next took up House Bill 2151, a Fast Track workforce training program fix that raises household income eligibility thresholds from $40,000 to $50,000 for single filers and from $80,000 to $100,000 for joint filers without increasing the program’s overall funding cap. Supporters said the change reflects inflation and will help more adults and families access training for career changes and upskilling. The chamber then approved House Substitute for House Bill 2576, a naming bill that included several commemorative designations. Members adopted amendments designating January as Blood Donor Awareness Month, June 28 as Elliott and Muriel Battle Day, and March 26 as PANS Awareness Day; a proposed Josephine Baker Day amendment was withdrawn after concerns it could complicate the broader bill. The bill also included other memorial and honorary designations, including a highway naming for a Vietnam veteran and recognition of a former Pagedale mayor. The House also approved an amendment designating April 22 as Missouri Black Bear Awareness Day, with supporters saying it would promote public safety and education as bear populations increase. Another amendment added infertility awareness language, with members describing the issue as a disease that affects families in silence. The chamber then approved House Committee Substitute for House Bill 3175, known as Mason’s Law, which creates a system to flag certain driver records for law enforcement when a person has a condition affecting communication; an amendment expanded the notice to include driver’s licenses. Members said the bill would help officers safely interact with people who may have difficulty communicating during traffic stops. Finally, the House took up House Bill 1736, which allows local governments to use certain park-related sales tax revenues for natural disaster mitigation, including stormwater management and the purchase of repetitive-loss properties. Supporters said it would help communities address flooding without turning parks into hard infrastructure sites. The chamber then began debate on House Bill 1887 and related AI and digital-image protection provisions, including measures aimed at preventing nonconsensual deepfakes, protecting minors, and giving victims civil remedies and takedown processes. Members from both parties supported the goal of curbing AI abuse, though some raised technical drafting questions and one member suggested the legislature may eventually need a broader AI task force or sunset review. No final vote on HB 1887 was reached in the portion provided.

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• This bill would prevent therapy and psychological services from using AI to do therapy or to diagnose
• is so that someone in a therapeutic session, a psychologist, psychiatrist, whatever, cannot turn on AI
• to um to do therapy or to using AI to um to do therapy or to diagnose<00:04:24.080><c> um</c><00:04:
• What I think they were concerned about is AI being used for billing.
• </c> who committed suicide because AI who committed suicide because AI convinced<00:07:25.199><c> him

Keywords: Call to Order 00:00 Roll Call 00:03 HB 185 Discussion 1:00 HB 185 Vote 2:05 HB 455 Discussion 3:30 HB 455 Vote 9:00 Adjournment 10:30, 958, all

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• A recent version shifts away from previously used AI definitions.
• And this would go across many generative AI systems. Technical approaches are still developing.
• By way of brief background, artificial intelligence, or AI, is understood in several ways.
• By way of brief background, artificial intelligence or AI is understood in several ways.
• In the near future, Americans will question why states lagged in the adoption of AI.

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee held public hearings on several bills related to artificial intelligence, student employee bargaining, and online safety. For HB 1170, staff explained that the bill would require certain large generative AI providers to offer provenance detection tools and include latent or optional manifest disclosures in AI-generated audio, image, and video content, with enforcement by the Attorney General under the Consumer Protection Act. Committee discussion focused on whether the bill would apply to AI-generated text code, and staff clarified that it would not. Testimony from the Washington Technology Industry Association opposed the bill as written, citing enforcement ambiguity, definition changes, and interoperability concerns, while noting support for continued work on the issue. For HB 1570, staff described the underlying bill as extending collective bargaining rights under the Public Employees Collective Bargaining Act to student employees at several state higher education institutions, with a striking amendment narrowing the bill to non-academic student employees at Western Washington University and listing covered job classifications. Staff estimated the original bill’s fiscal impact at about $1.5 million per biennium, reduced to roughly $200,000 per biennium under the striking amendment. Testimony from labor and student representatives supported the narrowed bill, emphasizing student worker safety, organizing support, and the need to move forward after prior union votes. The committee also heard substitute HB 1833, which would create the Spark Act grant program in the Department of Commerce to support innovative uses of AI, with grants requiring a state benefit and shared technology, and with Commerce consulting the Attorney General’s AI Task Force. Staff estimated administrative costs of about $160,000 per year plus grant funding that could bring total annual program costs to roughly $660,000 to $1.6 million. Representative Keaton said an amendment would update dates and incorporate changes. Testimony was generally supportive from industry and retail representatives, who framed the bill as a pro-innovation public-private partnership. Finally, the committee heard a proposed third substitute for HB 1834, which would prohibit addictive feeds for minor users and restrict push notifications during evening and school hours unless parents consent, while allowing all users to limit feeds and privacy settings. Supporters, including the Attorney General’s Office, Children’s Alliance, and a parent who lost a child to social media harms, argued the bill would protect children and reduce behavioral health costs. Opponents from technology, civil liberties, and industry groups raised constitutional, privacy, and vagueness concerns, warning that age determination could function like age verification and that the bill could restrict access to beneficial content. No votes or executive action were taken; the committee concluded public hearings and announced amendment deadlines for upcoming executive sessions.

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• Some of it's being used to train models, AI models.
• Other amendments in the bill introduce new, far-reaching regulation of AI use in the classroom, from
• AI is already used extensively in the classroom.
• You're talking about AI, and no one can predict the future on this whatsoever.
• I'll note that the language around AI, the author, the amendments today make clear is generative AI.

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee heard two bills. AB 1159 by Assemblymember Addis would update California student data privacy law to extend protections to college students, limit how ed tech companies can collect and use student information, and add restrictions around sensitive data and generative AI use. Supporters, including Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, CFT, labor, civil rights, and education groups, said students and educators need stronger safeguards against invasive data collection and misuse. Opponents, including College Board, TechNet, CalChamber, and ACT Education, argued the bill was overly broad, could interfere with legitimate educational services and AI development, and raised concerns about a private right of action and impacts on adult students and recruitment opportunities. AB 883 by Assemblymember Lowenthal would expedite deletion of personal information for elected and appointed officials under California’s data broker deletion system by having state agencies provide official lists to the privacy agency and requiring brokers to delete the information within five days. Supporters said the measure responds to rising threats, harassment, and violence against public officials and would help reduce exposure of their personal data. TechNet and TechC.A. opposed unless amended, citing concerns about exemptions for lawful data sharing, the five-day timeline, and litigation risk, while the author emphasized the bill does not create a new right but streamlines access to an existing deletion process. Both bills were advanced after committee discussion and roll calls. AB 1159 passed 11-2 and was sent to the Judiciary Committee. AB 883 passed 14-0 and was sent to the Appropriations Committee.

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• It also outlaws um AI pornography.
• </c><00:13:39.839><c> generating</c> that an overall AI generating that an overall AI generating um um
• </c><00:22:28.480><c> material</c> relation to AI material relation to AI material um<00:22:30.320><c
• We're finding cases of AI-generated CSAM, AI-generated child pornography.
• </c> potential now to where people can use AI potential now to where people can use AI to<00:36:47.680

Bills: HB0083, HB0102, HB0178

Keywords: subpoena, legislative authority, penalty, compliance, law enforcement, artificial intelligence, synthetic sexual material, child protection, self-harm, criminal liability, public employment, labor organization, dues withdrawal, collective bargaining, public funding, 916, all

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• Clinical research is also integrated into... this clinical working group.
• Number one is substance use disorder, environmental health, and then data science and AI.
• We have a very functional clinic within our UNM medical group, and we continue to support their integrative
• The division is led by two departments that work in tandem to support and provide integrated care.
• The Department of Integrated Services houses the county's suite of integrated behavioral health services

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• By now, we're all familiar with the rapid rise of generative AI.
• AI systems misrepresenting themselves as health professionals.
• AI is a very hot topic and interest in healthcare AI has grown rapidly over the last few years.
• I, myself, have been a healthcare AI researcher for more than a decade.
• AB489 is a key step to ensuring that AI in healthcare is used safely and ethically by ensuring that AI

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• at this time. >> [snorts] with the national strategy around AI. with the national strategy around AI
• </c> legislation regulating AI at this time. legislation regulating AI at this time.
• Um this allows uh with an AI tool.
• We know that there are clinicians who use AI-informed, AI-adjacent tools.
• </c> AI to do some therapy notes. AI to do some therapy notes.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Use of AI and drafting FOIA requests.
• So as with any use of AI, there's a negative aspect that we're seeing to the use of AI when it goes beyond
• AI often blends FOIA with unrelated legal domains and citations.
• Do we need to include in there sort of model AI prompts?
• Like, hey, if you’re using AI, Do we need to include in there sort of model AI prompts?

Keywords: Freedom of Information Advisory Council, 976, house, all

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• The rise of AI, as many of you know, requires a corresponding build-out of data centers, with Meta building
• infrastructure for California's economy, supporting everything from health care to government to innovations in AI
• So in the process of bringing them together into a holistic station that is integrated and offers seamless
• transit, Holistic station that is integrated and offers seamless transit, you almost by definition often

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with SB 1350 by Senator McNerney presented first. The measure would expand California’s use of renewable hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen, with supporters emphasizing grid reliability, clean-energy goals, in-state investment, and construction jobs. Support came from labor, clean-energy, municipal utility, and local government representatives; NRDC Action Fund withdrew opposition after amendments, while a few groups remained opposed or neutral. The committee later took a roll call and SB 1350 passed out on a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard SB 1180 by Senator Allen, which would set operational rules for the Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund created under SB 54, including clearer eligible uses, transparency, technical assistance, and access for tribes and smaller community groups. Environmental justice, ocean, conservation, and local government groups strongly supported the bill, saying it would ensure the fund addresses plastic pollution’s public health and environmental harms. Industry and manufacturing groups opposed unless amended, arguing the bill should stay tightly tied to plastic waste reduction and not broaden into source-reduction policy. After quorum was established, the committee approved SB 1180 on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. SB 1326 by Senator Wahab was then heard to strengthen tribal consultation and tribal cultural resource protections under CEQA by recognizing tribal registers and requiring feasible avoidance or mitigation measures when tribes identify resources. Tribal representatives and supporters said the bill would better protect sacred sites and tribal knowledge, while cities, counties, utilities, builders, and rural county groups opposed unless amended, citing implementation concerns, possible litigation, and uncertainty for infrastructure and housing projects. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. Finally, SB 954 by Senator Blakespear was presented as a cleanup of last year’s SB 131 advanced-manufacturing CEQA exemption, narrowing eligible projects and adding guardrails such as setbacks, air-quality limits, tribal consultation, labor standards, and habitat protections. Environmental and labor groups supported the bill as a needed correction to an overly broad exemption, while business, manufacturing, housing, and local-government groups opposed, warning it could make the exemption unusable and slow investment. Members debated the balance between environmental protection and manufacturing competitiveness, and the committee voted SB 954 out on a due pass recommendation to the Labor and Employment Committee; the transcript then moved on to SB 1031 on compostable plastics, which was introduced but not acted on in the portion provided.

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• a wild ride and has a lot of upside, and those stocks, even if they're in a fund, with, say, other AI
• a wild ride and has a lot of upside, and those stocks, even if they're in a fund, with, say, other AI
• And with that, the Treasurer thought it important again to continue that integrity so that the Arizona
• And so I think that there could be better integration of both of those kinds of reporting.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee met on January 28 and heard several bills, beginning with introductions of members and staff. The committee first considered HB 2056, which would appropriate $100,000 to the Arizona Department of Water Resources for a feasibility study of brackish groundwater desalination sites. Sponsor Rep. Gail Griffin argued the state should explore use of large brackish groundwater reserves amid Colorado River concerns, while one speaker opposed the bill on aquifer-protection grounds. The committee voted 11-6-1 to give HB 2056 a due pass recommendation. The committee then took up HB 2798, as amended, which appropriates $100,000 to the Arizona Geological Survey to compile data on materials relevant to nuclear energy, including thorium and other non-uranium fuels. Rep. Carbone and others framed the bill as an economic development and national security measure, while opponents questioned whether Arizona has meaningful deposits and whether the state should fund the research. The University of Arizona testified that the Geological Survey could do the work. The committee adopted the Livingston amendment and then approved the bill 11-5-1. Next, the committee considered HB 2303, which codifies investment standards for the State Treasurer, emphasizing safety and principal preservation and prohibiting speculative investments and insider misuse. The Treasurer’s Office supported the bill, saying it reflects existing policy and ethics rules, though members asked for clearer definitions of “speculative” and how the bill would interact with other statutes. The committee passed HB 2303 15-0 with two members present and one not voting. HB 2344, which directs the Treasurer to manage the local government investment pool internally and allows a third-party contract only for emergency backup, also passed after questions about local control and whether the bill was necessary; the vote was 12-2-3 with one not voting. The committee later heard HB 2759, a $500,000 appropriation to the Department of Veterans’ Services to partner with an educational institution in Yavapai County for veterans programs. Retired Navy SEAL Chief Richard Rodriguez testified about Embry-Riddle’s veteran population and emergency assistance needs for housing, travel, and equipment, while opponents objected to using state funds for a private institution and argued veterans services should be broader and statewide. The bill received a due pass recommendation 11-6-1. The committee also approved HB 2207, which funds the prison Braille transcription program at $300,000 and was described as a successful rehabilitation and service program, and HB 2224, as amended to $1 million, which funds the Double Up Food Bucks produce incentive program through SNAP; supporters said it helps families, farmers, and local economies, and the committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill.

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• had a wild ride and has a lot of upside, and those stocks, even if they're in a fund with, say, other AI
• a wild ride and has a lot of upside, and those stocks, even if they're in a fund, with, say, other AI
• The Treasurer thought it was important again to continue that integrity so that the Arizona governments
• And so I think that there could be better integration of both of those kinds of reporting.

Bills: HB2056, HB2202, HB2207, HB2224, HB2303, HB2344, HB2532, HB2759, HB2798

Keywords: brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding

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• Yes, well, they're vertically integrated.
• I've just been Looking through AI on some things over here, when you said it's $15,000 per month per
• And we're looking to automate that where we can do that 24/7 using some AI phone tools and some other
• So as we buy these data sharing and case management pieces of software that kind of integrates it all

Keywords: 914, all

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• Detection includes using AI-driven automated fly traps, environmental DNA, and remote sensors for the
• Enhanced eradication includes improving sterile fly production with AI tools and using modern genomic
• This is still a foreign animal disease pest, and USDA APHIS will have to be an integral partner in running
• King Ranch is vertically integrated, with significant investment in the cattle feeding industry.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I also want to add, if you are serious about election integrity and having the voters trust you, ...election
• integrity and having the voters trust you, that bill isn't going in definitely the wrong direction.
• Turns out if you use AI improperly, it will tell you it's six months, and it's important that voters
• Turns out if you use AI improperly, it will tell you it's six months.

Bills: AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495, AB62, SB104, SB119, SB132, SB193, SB262, SB422, SB431, SB435, SB468, SB503

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• SHANNON PUGH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA/ALARM SYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA
• I AM AN AVID SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON, A MOM AT HEART SO I USE SOCIAL MEDIA FROM SNAPCHAT ALL THE WAY TO AI
• WITH AI IN PLACE IT BUILDS AND IT TRACKS YOU, IT IS MONITORING YOU ON AND ON.
• SCHOOL OFFICIALS MUST WORK DIRECTLY WITH EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS TO INTEGRATE THIS PLANT INTO COMMUNITY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• seen how the current framework functions threatens not only the iconic Western Joshua tree, but the integrity
• those sustainability estimates are indeed based on good science and that the numbers that are an integral
• It pulls in three concepts from existing law to address this issue of AI centers and the drain they have
• rights fees so that our fees are not regressive and low-income communities are not burdened by these AI

Summary: The committee heard several water, wildlife, conservation, and local government bills. AB 362, by Assembly Member Ramos, would add tribal water uses as a statewide beneficial use and strengthen tribal consultation in water planning; tribal representatives and conservation groups supported it as a long-overdue correction, while water agencies, business groups, and agricultural interests raised concerns about CEQA, regulatory uncertainty, and impacts on existing water planning. The bill was moved on a due pass motion to Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials, with some members noting ongoing stakeholder discussions and one abstention. AB 1089, by Assembly Member Carrillo, would expand local permitting authority under the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act to include commercial and industrial projects. The author and the City of Adelanto argued it would speed housing and economic development in the high desert while preserving the overall conservation framework, but environmental groups opposed it as premature and potentially weakening protections for Joshua trees. The committee approved the bill on a due pass motion to Appropriations. AB 1024, by Assembly Member Harabedian, would require a regional black bear mitigation plan for the San Gabriel Valley and related areas; Sierra Madre officials described rising bear intrusions and the need for state help, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 846, by Assembly Member Connolly, would streamline permitting for local wildfire preparedness and vegetation management projects in local responsibility areas by creating a faster review process at Fish and Wildlife and improving mapping coordination with Cal Fire. Local government, fire service, and agricultural witnesses supported the bill as a common-sense wildfire prevention measure, and it passed to Natural Resources with no opposition. AB 263, by Assembly Member Rogers, would extend emergency minimum-flow regulations for the Scott and Shasta Rivers for five years or until permanent rules are adopted; supporters said it protects salmon recovery, tribal subsistence, and the fishing economy during a transition period, while opponents argued it bypasses normal regulatory process and harms farmers. The committee approved it on a due pass as amended motion to Appropriations, with one abstention and two no votes. AB 1044, by Assembly Member Bains, would create a new Tulare County groundwater sustainability agency for undistricted lands after other local agencies split off; the bill passed to Local Government. AB 1426, by Assembly Member Arambula, began testimony on creating a Diablo Range Conservation Program to fund habitat protection and restoration across the range.

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• But it does, as I say, allow a mental health professional to use AI. are not cretailing its beneficial
• </c> by allowing AI to operate on its own. by allowing AI to operate on its own.
• </c> mental health services through AI mental health services through AI without<00:18:02.640><c> the
• </c> independently by AI systems. independently by AI systems.
• AI without the review and approval of a mental health professional.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Ops on the statewide gen AI pilots.
• Our first issue is an update on the gen AI pilot. Projects.
• The State of California Generative AI Toolkit. for Procurement Use and Training was also completed.
• But using AI so that we can save gas and time and wear and tear in our vehicles.
• We're thankful for these advancements of AI helping a small company.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And we have no strategic or integrated plan around that.
• We need integrated land use... ...We need integrated land use and urban policies, because this occurs
• Two, build an integrated wildfire risk data system.
• Two, build an integrated wildfire risk data system.
• How do we look at all this more integrative, more being integral, which, again, goes to Senator Richardson's

Summary: The Senate Committee on Insurance held an information hearing on the impacts of climate change and catastrophic wildfire on California’s insurance market, with opening remarks focused on the state’s affordability, availability, and stability problems. Chair and members discussed the role of SB 254’s report, the Sustainable Insurance Strategy, the growth of the FAIR Plan, and the need to better align insurance regulation, mitigation, and land-use decisions. The Vice Chair noted the importance of hearing from industry as well as consumer and academic experts, and Senator Becker said the report would inform further committee work. Amy Bach of United Policyholders described how climate-driven wildfire and flood risk, combined with inflation, insurtech, and risk modeling, have reduced competition and pushed more homeowners into the FAIR Plan and non-admitted surplus lines coverage. She said availability is improving somewhat, but affordability will depend on mitigation, insurer competition, and fair rate regulation. In response to questions, she emphasized underinsurance as a long-running problem, supported stronger insurer responsibility for replacement-cost estimates, and suggested a public reinsurance backstop and more mitigation funding rather than removing wildfire coverage from basic policies. Nancy Watkins of Milliman and Michael Wara of Stanford argued that the market problem is fundamentally that expected claims and expenses now exceed premiums because too many homes are burning. They said California needs both risk reduction and actuarially sound pricing, along with a state mitigation framework that targets the highest-risk communities and prioritizes home hardening, defensible space, and community-scale mitigation over broad acreage-based spending. They also discussed the role of non-admitted carriers as a gap-filler, the need for better data on reconstruction costs and mitigation effectiveness, and the importance of sustained funding rather than one-time grants. A later panel with Frank Freebalt of Cal Poly and Michael Golnar of UC Berkeley focused on modeling and mitigation science. They said wildfire policy should treat the issue as a structure-ignition and urban conflagration problem, not just a wildland fire problem, and stressed integrated land-use, utility, and community mitigation. Members asked about zoning, building codes, utility hardening, and who should pay for mitigation; witnesses said older, denser neighborhoods are the highest priority, that utilities must improve operational safety measures, and that targeted mitigation in the highest-risk areas offers the best return. No votes or formal actions were taken at the hearing.