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:

• laid out House Bill 3073, the Summer Willis Act, which closes the gap in the statutory definition of consent
• The previous substitute used this language: the actor knows that the other person cannot consent because
• is intoxicated or impaired by any substance to the extent that the other person is incapable of consenting
• The previous substitute used this language: the actor knows that the other person cannot consent because
• is intoxicated or impaired by any substance to the extent that the other person is incapable of consenting

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met and took up House Bill 3073, the Summer Willis Act, by Senator Paxton. The committee first removed the previously adopted committee substitute from consideration and adopted a new committee substitute. Senator Paxton explained that the revised language is intended to clarify the statutory definition of consent in sexual assault cases involving intoxication or impairment, changing the wording to state that the actor knows the other person is intoxicated or impaired to the extent that they are incapable of consenting. He said the change was clarifying only and did not alter the bill’s intent. No questions were raised by committee members. The chair then moved that HB 3073 do not pass but that the committee substitute be reported to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation and be printed. The motion passed on a roll call vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays, with Senators Flores, Parker, Hinojosa, Huffman, and Hagenbuch voting aye; Senators Miles and King were present but did not vote. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a consent agenda.
• Can I wish to pull up to consent?
• I was supposed to remove item 18 from consent, but I've been voted on separately.
• Okay, and there is a motion on the remainder of the consent agenda by Assembly Member Burr and a second
• Is there a motion on the item that was pulled from consent?

Summary: The Rules Committee met in afternoon session, called the meeting to order, and confirmed a quorum. The committee noted that AB 915 had been added to the referral list and would be sent to the Utilities and Energy Committee. Members also requested that items 18 and 22 be removed from the consent agenda for separate consideration. The committee then approved the remainder of the consent agenda by roll call vote. Item 18, SCR 39 by Senator DeRzo, was taken up separately and passed on a roll call vote, with Assembly Member Flora voting no. Item 22, SCR 57 by Senator Reyes, was also approved by roll call vote. After completing those actions, the committee adjourned.

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:

• One bill is proposed consent. File item 1, SB 536.
• We're also going to take up the consent calendar. Do we have a motion? Thank you.
• This is on the consent calendar, which includes Item Number 1, SB 536 by Senator Archuleta.
• Right now, Secretary, please call the roll on the consent calendar. On the consent calendar, Addis?
• On the consent calendar, Addis? Aye. Addis, aye. Alvarez, aye. Alvarez, aye. Avila Ferreys, aye.

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• President, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw this amendment.
• The gentleman asks unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment without objection.
• President, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw this amendment.
• The gentleman asks unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment without objection.
• So I request unanimous consent to withdraw the pending amendment.

Summary: The Senate began with several adjournment motions in memory of John Edwards and Hadley Boucher, each adopted by voice vote, followed later by a unanimous adjournment motion in memory of Barney Frank. The chamber also observed moments of silence for the deceased. In between, the Senate considered a child welfare bill, House No. 4646, with multiple amendments offered on issues including a Massachusetts Children’s Cabinet, student transfers, reasonableness in statutory language, electronic backpack records transfer, Office of the Child Advocate information integrity, timeout and isolation standards, best-interest-of-the-child standards, CRA filing prerequisites, probation petition standards, truancy and engagement standards, and mandated reporter definitions. Several amendments were withdrawn; others were adopted or rejected. Notably, amendments on student transfers, reasonableness, electronic backpacks, information management integrity, and the Senate Ways and Means draft were adopted, while several Tarr amendments were not adopted. After amendment consideration, the Senate ordered the bill to a third reading and then passed it to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 39 in favor and none opposed. The transcript indicates the bill was then sent forward after engrossment. Separately, the Senate took up the House’s amendment to the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, voted not to concur, and requested a committee of conference, appointing Senators Creem, Finegold, and O’Connor. The Senate also adopted an order to reconvene the following Monday at 11 a.m. and to dispense with printing a calendar before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• 245, an act relating to allowing telehealth appointments to be recorded with patient and provider consent
• 245, an act relating to allowing telehealth appointments to be recorded with patient and provider consent
• 14:03.920><c> patient</c><00:14:04.399><c> and</c><00:14:04.800><c> provider</c><00:14:05.360><c> consent
• </c> with patient and provider consent with patient and provider consent introduced<00:14:06.800><c>
• </c> with patient and provider consent. with patient and provider consent.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And would you agree<00:10:24.480><c> on</c><00:10:24.720><c> consent</c><00:10:25.120><c> calendar</c
• </c> agree on consent calendar for us? agree on consent calendar for us?
• I<00:10:27.920><c> agree</c><00:10:28.160><c> on</c><00:10:28.399><c> consent.
• And is that consent okay with the committee members on the House side? Yes, it is.
• And um<00:33:36.880><c> is</c><00:33:37.120><c> that</c><00:33:37.519><c> consent</c><00:33:38.000><c

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Summary: The committee conference first returned to Senate Bill 210 on cyberbullying. Members discussed whether to keep the bill focused on prevention and school action or instead add a study committee. House members said they were willing to remove the open enrollment portion and return to the original intent of the bill, while Senate members argued that bullying is already addressed in existing law and DOE guidance but that the legislature still needs to take action. Several members emphasized that bullying and related mental health harms are occurring in schools and that parents, teachers, and students are asking for stronger accountability now, not just another study. Others said the current bullying statute is not being implemented properly and that revising language without enforcement changes would not solve the problem. The House side noted that the amended bill would require additional reporting from districts, including information about police being called to schools, and would address parent notification issues. Despite those points, the Senate position remained that the House and Senate were not in agreement and that the bill should revert to the original version. The committee ultimately agreed to a non-concur report, with members indicating consent for that action. The meeting then briefly turned to Senate Bill 206. Members said the issue had already been addressed because a cell phone use policy amendment had been added to HB2 during the budget conference, making further discussion unnecessary. Because the chambers still needed to choose one of the formal conference options, the committee agreed to file a non-concurrent report on SB 206 as well, with consent from the House-side members.

Transcript Highlights:

• And I want to now dispense with the consent calendar.
• We will take the bills up on the consent calendar in two motions.
• and are eligible for the Assembly Floor consent calendar, consistent with Assembly rules.
• Following our Senate bills consent calendar, part two: motions do pass.
• SB 1199. homeowners consent, prompting even more delays.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And while she's coming up, we will take the consent calendar.
• Consent calendar's file items 7, 9, and 12: ABs 1907, 2820, 81, and 2756.
• And while she's coming up, we will take the consent calendar.
• Consent calendar file items 7, 9, and 12: ABs 1907, 2820, 81, and 2756.
• If not, we are going to start off at the top with our consent calendar.

Committee: Senate Health

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Leader West now requests unanimous consent. Let the Senate amendments be adopted.
• Leader West now requests unanimous consent. Let the Senate amendments be adopted.
• The gentleman from Marlow now requests unanimous consent that the CCR be adopted.
• Representative Lepak requests unanimous consent that the amendment be adopted.
• Representative LaPack now requesting unanimous consent that the amendment be adopted.

Bills: HJR1101 , SB1319 , SB1264 , HB4237 , SB1277 , SB2069 , HB3066 , HB2115 , HB2153 , HB2268 , HB2961 , SB1679 , SB2018 , HB4294 , SB2095 , HB4113 , SB1894 , SB1810 , HB4268 , HB1752 , HB3413 , SB625 , HB3644 , HB3940 , HJR1096 , HJR1100 , HJR1099 , HB2992 , SB1636 , HB4302 , SB1613 , SB1443 , HB1409 , HB1675 , HB1225 , HB1381 , HB4359 , SB1503

Keywords: Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, OMMA, medical marijuana, cannabis, marijuana regulation, administrative rules, permanent rules, rule approval, joint resolution, legislative oversight, Title 75 Section 308, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 442, patients, caregivers, licensees, dispensaries, growers, processors, SB1319

Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, and pledge, and then took up a series of Senate amendments, conference reports, and Senate bills. Early action included unanimous adoption and passage of House Bill 3940, which added a five-year Oklahoma National Guard service requirement for benefits. Members also passed H.J.R. 1096 on Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority rule changes, H.J.R. 1100 on Office of Management and Enterprise Services fleet-related rules, and H.J.R. 1099 on Oklahoma Health Care Authority rules, with little debate. The chamber also rejected Senate amendments to H.J.R. 1067 and held a special recognition for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People awareness, including a citation honoring MMIP advocates and Oklahoma’s response through Ida’s Law and related efforts. Several other measures were considered and passed, including House Bill 2992 on Corporation Commission/data center ratepayer protections, Senate Bill 1636 establishing a procedure for cold-case review, House Bill 4302 on children-related disclosure language, Senate Bill 1613 on liquefied petroleum gas, Senate Bill 1443 on anesthesiologist payment in health benefit plans, House Bill 1409 on open meetings, House Bill 1675 on emergency management, House Bill 1225 on vital records, and House Bill 4359 on extending the school testing window from the last three weeks to the last four weeks. House Bill 1381 on alcoholic beverages failed on final passage after debate. Several bills also carried emergency clauses, including House Bill 2992, House Bill 1225, and House Bill 4359, and those emergency votes were adopted where applicable. The longest and most contentious debate centered on Senate Bill 1503, the Choosing Childbirth Act. Supporters argued it would help pregnant women choose childbirth, connect them to resources, and save babies’ lives, while opponents raised concerns about women’s autonomy, maternal health, privacy of online data, out-of-state nonprofit involvement, and whether state funds should instead support Oklahoma-based services and broader health care needs. After extensive debate and multiple questions, the House passed the bill 73-18. The chamber also heard announcements recognizing the Doctor of the Day, Nurse of the Day, Beef Day at the Capitol, and a farewell acknowledgment for Representative Kevin West, who was noted as having presented his last bill on the House floor.

Transcript Highlights:

• Any objection to consent? All those in favor of consent say aye.
• It sounds like somebody would object to consent if she wasn't... No, I'm fine with consent.
• Senator Lang moves consent. Senator Roach seconds. All those in favor say aye.
• fine with consent I'll I'll make fine with consent I'll I'll make inquiries<00:48:57.000><c> I</c><00
• Move consent. We have a motion for consent. I'll second it.

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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

Transcript Highlights:

• Explicit consent.
• Let's dispose with the proposed consent calendar.
• I will just note that we have three items on consent today.
• Item 20 is on consent. Item 21, SB 1307 by Senator Jones.
• For consent items, Alonis? Aye. Alonis, aye. Haney? Aye. Consent calendar is adopted.

Summary: The committee heard several public safety bills and took testimony on each, with members often noting amendments and continuing negotiations. SB 1009 by Senator Becker would require juvenile courts to find that less restrictive alternatives are unsuitable before ordering detention, and would require periodic review of continued detention and consideration of alternatives at disposition. Supporters argued it would reduce unnecessary youth detention and improve transparency; probation, judges, and police groups opposed it as an undue limit on judicial discretion and potentially unsafe in serious cases. The chair said he would recommend an aye with amendments, but the bill was held pending quorum and later remained on call. SB 1130 by Senator Gomez Reyes would update privacy law for wearable recording devices such as smart glasses, requiring consent before recording in places where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy and banning devices or accessories designed to defeat recording indicators. Supporters said the bill addresses secret recording and invasive surveillance; opponents from tech and hospitality groups sought clarification to avoid unintended liability for businesses and exempt workplace communication devices. Members discussed those exemptions, and the chair recommended an aye, but the measure also remained on call. Senator Blake Spear presented SB 99, which would let courts consider military protective orders in domestic violence proceedings and require better communication between civilian law enforcement and military authorities. Supporters from the Department of Defense, local officials, and military representatives said it would close protection gaps for military families; the ACLU opposed it on due process grounds because MPOs are issued without judicial process. The chair and author emphasized that the bill only allows consideration of MPOs and does not require civilian enforcement of them. The bill passed out on a vote, though it remained on call for additional members. The committee also heard SB 937 by Senator Gonzalez, restricting flashbang use for crowd control and banning flashbangs and explosive breaching charges in immigration enforcement, and SB 1022, creating a statewide anti-trafficking task force. SB 937 drew support from civil rights and community groups and opposition from police and sheriffs over the use-of-force standard and limits on tactics; it passed out on a vote but remained on call. SB 1022 was supported by survivor and faith groups and opposed by public defenders and sex worker advocates who raised concerns about racial disparities and enforcement harms; it also passed out on a vote. Later, SB 1395, extending criminal protective orders for certain felony sex offenses against minors up to 20 years, and SB 1230, increasing penalties for repeat illegal dumping, were both heard with mixed testimony and were held on call after committee votes. The committee also adopted a consent calendar and several bills were moved forward with amendments.

Transcript Highlights:

• And just for the record, item AB 2109, Senator Dixon's bill was pulled from consent.
• Move the consent calendar. Oh, yeah. There you go. A motion, a second. It's okay.
• Yeah, on the consent calendar, on the consent calendar, please.
• I'll go on to add-ons for the consent calendar? For consent? Macedo? Aye. Mucito? Aye. Bauer-Kahan?
• We'll start with the consent calendar. Let me go through. We'll start with the consent calendar.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is a consent item, so no presentation is necessary. Do I have a motion on consent?
• Let's open up consent. Let's open up consent. This is for SB 480. Hoover, aye. SB 480. Hoover, aye.
• This is for the consent. This is for the consent.
• This is for the consent calendar, SB 480, Archuleta. Bonta, aye.
• Our consent calendar, which contains SB 480, Archuleta, is out 9 to 0.

Summary: The Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee heard three bills. SB 371 by Senator Cabaldon would reduce uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage requirements for transportation network companies from $1 million to $100,000 per person and $300,000 per accident, with committee amendments adding findings and declarations, higher limits than originally proposed, and a joint study on UM/UIM impacts. Supporters, including Uber, Lyft, business groups, and some consumer advocates, argued the bill would lower fares and increase driver earnings by reducing insurance costs. Opponents, including consumer attorneys, labor groups, and consumer watchdog organizations, warned it would cut protections for riders and drivers and might not guarantee savings would be passed through. The committee approved SB 371 on a due-pass basis and re-referred it to Appropriations by a 9-0 vote. The committee then heard SB 716 by Senator Durazo, which would create a Home Internet Lifeline Program to let eligible low-income households apply Lifeline subsidies to home broadband service. Proponents said the bill addresses broadband affordability after the federal Affordable Connectivity Program expired, and that it would help students, workers, and families access reliable internet. Opponents from the wireless industry objected to the funding mechanism, arguing the surcharge would fall unfairly on wireless consumers, while one broadband group moved to neutral after amendments. The bill was approved on a due-pass basis and sent to Appropriations, but the roll was held open and later completed with the bill passing 7-1. The committee also took up SB 480 by Senator Archuleta relating to autonomous vehicles as a consent item, with no presentation or debate. It was approved on a due-pass basis and re-referred to Appropriations by a 9-0 vote. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly focused on affordability, consumer protection, and whether savings from the bills would actually reach riders, drivers, or households.