Transcript Highlights:

• I respectfully ask for an I vote when it's appropriate. Thank you very much.
• I respectfully ask for an aye vote when appropriate. Okay. Thank you so much. Okay.
• I respectfully ask for an aye vote when appropriate. Thank you. Thank you.
• I ask for your aye vote at the appropriate time.
• At the appropriate time, I will respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard testimony on a series of bills affecting disability services, child welfare, foster youth, domestic violence survivors, guaranteed income pilots, crisis response, and child care providers. AB 1575 would update the Lanterman Act to use person-first language and broaden respite services to allow safe community access; supporters said it would improve dignity and consistency in services, and there was no opposition. AB 2470 would create a statewide one-stop reentry program for survivors of intimate partner violence to replace documents, repair credit, and access housing supports, while also giving CalWORKs emergency housing funds more flexibility; the Little Hoover Commission backed the bill based on its prior recommendations. AB 2510 would clarify and expand CalWORKs family reunification aid so parents can keep receiving support during reunification even if not all children are removed, and supporters said it would reduce barriers and better align with reunification goals. AB 2585 would expand guaranteed income pilot funding to rural and underserved counties, with testimony emphasizing the need for geographic diversity and data from places like the Central Valley. AB 1932, the Crisis Act 2.0, would continue and strengthen community-based mental health crisis response programs; testimony from family members and advocates strongly favored non-law-enforcement responses, and the bill drew broad support. AB 1925 would direct a feasibility study on a statewide permanent disability certification process to reduce repeated verification burdens; the committee approved it 4-0 and sent it to Appropriations. AB 2189 would fund a statewide special education parent action network to train and connect parents for systemic advocacy; after some opposition over the use of state funds for advocacy, it passed as amended and was referred to Education. AB 2684 would allow out-of-state nonminor dependents to do monthly social worker visits virtually, with in-person visits still required quarterly; it passed to Judiciary. AB 1967 would improve pathways for older youth experiencing homelessness or failed adoptions to enter or reenter foster care, and it passed to Appropriations. AB 2126 would create a targeted background-check exemption for certain former foster youth hired as peer partners, and it passed as amended to Public Safety. AB 2379 would require DSS to notify family child care providers of Fourth Amendment rights and provide multilingual know-your-rights training regarding immigration enforcement; it passed to Judiciary after some members questioned whether DSS was the right agency to administer the training.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, some of them had to do with which governing body is the most appropriate for it.
• </c> governing body is the most appropriate governing body is the most appropriate for<00:23:05.680><
• It was a bill that had to do with this concept, but instead of going to HHS, it went to judiciary in
• It was a bill that had to do with this concept, but instead of going to HHS, it went to judiciary in
• It was a bill that had to do with this concept, but instead of going to HHS, it went to judiciary in

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . judiciary. judiciary.
• The bill is carrying an appropriation.
• . appropriations. appropriations.
• </c> AIDS funding, uh, we had appropriated AIDS funding, uh, we had appropriated $45,000 $45,000 $45,000
• </c><00:19:04.960><c> to</c> and, uh, it had all been appropriated to and, uh, it had all been appropriated

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And in fact, by rule within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee, and kind of bipartisanly, we
• Madam Speaker, this bill needs to go to the Judiciary Committee. Thank you.
• This is why this bill must be referred to the Judiciary Committee.
• I'm concerned that this bill did not go through the Judiciary Committee.
• Members, this bill does not need to come to Judiciary. This is strictly an education-related bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• Also would like to add that it passed on consent out of Judiciary this morning.
• This bill was dual referred and was passed out today to us from the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
• Motion is due pass as amended and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. Baines? Aye.
• method works well for a provider that can keep using it, this bill simply expands choice and, where appropriate
• The motion is due pass as amended and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. Baines? Aye.

Committee: House Aging and Long-Term Care

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Many of us are on legislative finance or house appropriations, and you're giving us a background that
• We're not giving victims the appropriate results, and I share the public defender perspective.
• When I first got here, I was on House Appropriations in 2005, and John Bigelow was a friend, who was
• Real simple in judiciary.
• Committee and the House Judiciary Committee, they take, they take the hits too, right?

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> Former chairman of Judiciary in the House.
• ; Former chairman of Judiciary in the House.
• We just got out of Judiciary.
• We just got out of Judiciary.
• We just got out of Judiciary.

Bills: SB115 , SB131 , SB93 , HB319 , HB163 , HB268 , SB115 , SB131 , SB93 , HB319 , HB163 , HB268 , HB181 , HB153 , SB132 , SB26 , SB189 , SB196 , HB140 , SB197 , HB117 , HB181 , HB153 , SB132 , SB26 , SB189 , SB196 , HB140 , SB197 , HB117

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: SB115, Alabama, impersonating a peace officer, peace officer, law enforcement impersonation, police impersonation, unauthorized police officer, fake cop, certification revoked, certification suspended, Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, APOSTC, Class C felony, law enforcement hiring, appointment of officers, federal law enforcement, arrest authority, public order, criminal offenses, Judiciary Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• This House Judiciary Committee meeting is called to order. Would you call the roll?
• My first time in front of Judiciary, so take it easy on me—ever or just this year? No, can't ever.
• But that it would be under the governor or not is, I think, appropriate for the Constitution.
• Chair and Representative, that an ABLE account would also be an appropriate account to use.
• An appropriate account.

Committee: House House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> chair of the judiciary committee. chair of the judiciary committee.
• </c> who tune in for every judiciary who tune in for every judiciary committee<00:07:59.680><c> hearing
• </c> Judiciary Committee. Judiciary Committee.
• </c> bill and present it to the judiciary bill and present it to the judiciary committee<02:48:27.680
• </c> riot gear, uh that is an appropriate riot gear, uh that is an appropriate time<02:53:31.680><c>

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If this goes further, I'll be sharing a lot more at the judiciary hearing.
• </c> be sharing a lot more at the judiciary be sharing a lot more at the judiciary hearing.<00:11:19.560
• I I judiciary, but I might be wrong.
• Without access to timely appropriate care, we see increased risk of ...
• Without access to timely appropriate care, we see increased risk of ...

Bills: SB2433 , SB2047 , SB2425 , SB3045 , SB2761 , SB3001 , SB2852 , SB2471

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Commerce

Keywords: condominium governance, education trust fund, unit owners, real estate, dispute resolution, financial obligations, community representation, pharmacy benefit managers, maximum allowable cost, transparency, drug pricing, insurance commissioner, contracting pharmacies, healthcare, substance use disorder, SUD, addiction treatment, behavioral health, mental health, rehabilitation

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2433 SD1 relating to condominiums, which would direct the condominium education trust fund toward educational resources for unit owners and require the Real Estate Commission to ensure owners’ interests are represented in funded activities and related rulemaking. Supporters, including the Hawaii Real Estate Commission and a condominium owner advocate, said owners need a seat at the table in condo governance and education efforts. Committee discussion focused on whether the bill was necessary, with the Real Estate Commission indicating it could already use the trust fund for owner education and that owners are already considered stakeholders, though not through a specific commission seat. No vote was taken during the excerpted discussion. The committee then took up SB 2047 SD2 HD1 on pharmacy benefit managers, which would set requirements for maximum allowable cost reimbursement, allow reverse-and-rebill claims after successful appeals, and authorize fines for violations. The Insurance Division offered comments, the Hawaii Pharmacists Association supported the measure with amendments and suggested future PBM reform funding, and Kaiser Permanente requested a technical amendment. A committee question raised whether the staffing and resource request for implementation was too large for a bill focused only on MAC pricing, and the witness said he would provide more data to the next committee. No final action was shown. Next was SB 2425 SD2 HD1 on health insurance and substance use disorder treatment, requiring insurers to honor written assignments of benefits to SUD providers and prohibiting anti-assignment clauses. Supporters described patients being unable to access treatment because of high out-of-pocket costs and said direct payment would reduce harm for people in recovery. HMSA opposed the bill but said it would begin direct payments to non-participating SUD facilities effective March 27, while continuing to object to the assignment-of-benefits portion because of fraud and balance-billing concerns; the Hawaii Association of Health Plans also opposed. Members questioned HMSA about reimbursement mechanics and why the bill was needed if coverage policies were already changing. Finally, the committee heard SB 3045 SD1 HD1, which would require coverage of continuous glucose monitors and related supplies, including for Medicaid managed care, under certain conditions. DHS and the Insurance Division offered comments, while SHPDA, Hilo Benioff Medical Center Foundation, and others supported the bill, citing inconsistent access and a case in which a woman allegedly died after being denied a CGM. HMSA said it already covers medically necessary CGMs and had updated its policy in 2025 for type 1 and insulin-dependent patients, but it raised concerns about expanding mandated coverage to type 2 and gestational diabetes and about supply impacts. The committee also discussed whether the bill duplicated existing coverage standards and why it had been introduced repeatedly. No votes or final dispositions were included in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• It comes from the Committee on Judiciary B favorably. Senator Myers. Thank you, Mr. President.
• It comes from the Committee on Judiciary B favorably. Representative Moore. Senator Bartholomew.
• It comes from the Committee on Judiciary B favorably. Senator Marge. Thank you, Mr. President.
• It comes from the Committee on Judiciary A favorably. Senator Allen. Thank you.
• It comes from the Committee on Judiciary A favorably. Senator Allen. Thank you, Mr. President.

Bills: SR146 , SCR12 , HB221 , HCR115 , HCR116 , HCR58 , HB1 , HB312 , HB313 , HB314 , HB383 , HB983 , HB1126 , HCR3 , HB2 , HB3 , SCR3 , SB56 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HCR72 , HCR5 , HCR32 , HCR49 , HCR50 , HCR53 , HCR60 , HCR62 , HCR64 , HCR68 , HCR78 , HCR81 , HCR86 , HCR97 , HCR102 , HCR31 , HCR47 , HB476 , HB481 , HB487 , HB492 , HB549 , HB579 , HB608 , HB621 , HB624 , HB626 , HB632 , HB637 , HB656 , HB722 , HB745 , HB804 , HB818 , HB821 , HB833 , HB864 , HB867 , HB874 , HB893 , HB909 , HB951 , HB968 , HB969 , HB978 , HB979 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1005 , HB1007 , HB1024 , HB1032 , HB1050 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1059 , HB1077 , HB1080 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1108 , HB1112 , HB1153 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1175 , HB1192 , HB1193 , HB1204 , HB1218 , HB1242 , HB1244 , HB1249 , HB1252 , HB1254 , HB42 , HB45 , HB71 , HB79 , HB158 , HB160 , HB169 , HB227 , HB251 , HB289 , HB330 , HB394 , HB410 , HB429 , HB769 , HB971 , HB1017 , HB1234 , HB1235 , HB9 , HB177 , HB181 , HB202 , HB223 , HB225 , HB387 , HB398 , HB457 , HB459 , HB540 , HB591 , HB616 , HB766 , HB775 , HB783 , HB895 , HB906 , HB950 , HB975 , HB1052 , HB1057 , HB1076 , HB1100 , HB1139 , HB1155 , HB1160 , HB1182 , HB1186 , HB1220 , HB1223 , HB1224 , HB1228 , HB1231 , HB1245 , HB1256 , HB17 , HB27 , HB36 , HB41 , HB47 , HB73 , HB126 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB166 , HB205 , HB211 , HB226 , HB259 , HB271 , HB308 , HB310 , HB324 , HB337 , HB351 , HB399 , HB403 , HB571 , HB712 , HB723 , HB726 , HB740 , HB750 , HB759 , HB812 , HB844 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1009 , HB1018 , HB1036 , HB1038 , HB1107 , SB29 , SB42 , SB78 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB401 , SB441 , SB449 , SB487 , HB74 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB956 , HB1117 , SB43 , SB149

Keywords: SR146, Senate Resolution 146, Louis Thomas Nelson, Thomas Nelson, condolences, memorial resolution, tribute, obituary, public service, St. Martinville, Cade, St. Martin Parish, police juror, mayor, community center, water system, school bus driver, school board, Louisiana Senate, sympathy

Transcript Highlights:

• Action is do pass to the Committee on Appropriations. Ward? Aye. Ward, aye. Lackey? Not voting.
• AB 549 is due pass as amended to the Committee on Appropriations. Ward? Aye. Ward? Aye. Lackey?
• Is this going to the Judiciary Committee?
• So it could just go to Privacy next week, which means it wouldn't go to Judiciary.
• It still is referred to Judiciary at the moment. Let me intervene.

Committee: House Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal
• In the Education and Appropriation Committees, and I respectfully ask for your aye votes.
• Assembly Bill 1521 by the Committee on Judiciary presented by Assembly Member Calderon.
• Assembly Bill 1521 by the Committee on Judiciary, an act relating to state government.
• Assembly Bill 1521 is the Judiciary Committee's civil law omnibus bill.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Happy to move the bill at the appropriate time. Okay.
• Motion is due pass to the Appropriations Committee. AB 1755.
• Motion is due pass to the Appropriations Committee. A Chobogue: no.
• Motion is due pass to the Appropriations Committee. A Chobogue: no.
• Motion is due pass to the Appropriations Committee. AB 2769.

Summary: The committee heard several child welfare, food assistance, child care, and developmental services bills. AB 308 would require a statewide evaluation of regional center safety training and crisis-response services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; supporters said it would help reduce reliance on law enforcement and improve de-escalation and emergency preparedness. AB 1049 would remove sponsor deeming from the California Food Assistance Program, with supporters from food banks and legal aid arguing the rule creates confusion, chilling effects, and wrongful denials, while one member raised concerns about accountability and fraud. AB 1201 would narrow when a parent’s prior violent felony can bar reunification services, limiting the bypass to offenses involving a child or a child’s other parent/guardian; county and advocacy witnesses said the bill preserves judicial discretion and avoids automatic denials, though a member expressed concern about child safety in violent or criminal environments. AB 2379 would require family child care providers to be notified of constitutional rights and receive multilingual training regarding immigration enforcement; it drew broad support and no opposition. AB 2429 would make ACEs screening optional and reduce required classroom observations in the early childhood mental health consultation program, with supporters saying it would reduce administrative burdens and expand participation. AB 1755 would eliminate CalWORKs’ 100-hour monthly work penalty for two-parent families, and supporters said it would reduce poverty and administrative burden without changing income eligibility. AB 1981, presented later, would advance “true cost of care” child care rate reform, with providers describing the current reimbursement system as unsustainable. AB 2478 would create a streamlined kinship family approval pathway for foster care placements with relatives and other kin, and AB 1969 and AB 1996 would create statewide structures to coordinate cradle-to-career services and reduce child poverty, respectively; both were presented as data-driven, place-based efforts to align services and set measurable reduction goals. Most bills received strong support from county agencies, advocacy organizations, and service providers, with little or no opposition testimony. Members generally praised the goals of the measures but asked questions about implementation, accountability, and child safety in the reunification and benefits bills. The committee took roll calls on the bills it heard, and the votes shown in the transcript were largely unanimous or near-unanimous, with several measures held on call after passing committee votes. AB 1049 was voted out 2-1, AB 1201 and AB 2379 were each voted out 3-0, AB 2429 and AB 1755 were voted out 2-0, and AB 2478, AB 1969, and AB 1996 were each voted out 2-0; the chair repeatedly noted that some bills would remain on call pending absent members. AB 1981 drew extensive support testimony from child care providers and allies, but the committee did not take a final vote in the portion of the transcript provided because no motion was available at that moment.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:32:09.320><c> teams</c><00:32:09.920><c> to</c> reviewed by the appropriate teams to reviewed
• And so I would ask for member support to move to Judiciary and to continue the work. Thank you.
• </c> to Judiciary and to continue the work. to Judiciary and to continue the work.
• All in favor the Committee on Judiciary. All in favor say<00:59:15.560><c> I.
• </c> emergency rent bill went to Judiciary emergency rent bill went to Judiciary and<01:15:47.640><c>

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I will be recommending an aye at the appropriate time.
• For that reason, we urge your aye vote at the appropriate time.
• And for that reason, we urge your aye vote at the appropriate time.
• We think that's a more appropriate standard in this case.
• She can at the appropriate time. Just one moment.

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Rod Miley, the administrative director for the Judiciary, in support.
• not appropriate in the community in terms of level of care.
• not appropriate in the community in terms of level of care.
• </c><00:37:23.960><c> and</c><00:37:24.160><c> not</c><00:37:24.440><c> appropriate</c> what's appropriate
• and not appropriate what's appropriate and not appropriate in<00:37:25.520><c> the</c><00:37:25.680>

Committee: Senate Public Safety and Military Affairs

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees met on February 19, 2025, to hear advice-and-consent nominations, beginning with GM 645/GM 650 for Mike Lambert as Director of the Department of Law Enforcement. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from state officials, community leaders, nonprofit representatives, and others, who praised Lambert’s collaboration with communities, communication skills, and practical approach to public safety. Several speakers highlighted his work on homelessness, game rooms, community policing, and his ability to work across public health and law enforcement lines. Lambert told the committee he has 22 years of law enforcement experience, including patrol, community policing, training, narcotics/vice, and work on fentanyl, internet crimes against children, and ghost guns, and said his priorities would include building community trust, improving training and discipline, and addressing fireworks and firearms enforcement. Senators asked about fireworks, federal collaboration, ports and airport screening, recruitment, pay parity, and whether the department should expand into a more formal state police force; Lambert said he would need time to learn the new port/shipping environment and would support a state police class and expanded enforcement capacity. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion of the transcript provided. The committee then heard GM 567 for Jean Dello Jr. as chairperson of the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Supporters, including Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice and Hawaii Paroling Authority staff, described him as honest, ethical, fair, and experienced in balancing public safety with rehabilitation and re-entry. Dello said he came out of retirement in 2021 to serve on the board, and that his background in federal probation and state corrections led him to favor evidence-based practices over simple compliance monitoring. He emphasized the need to weigh public safety with giving inmates a real opportunity to transition successfully back into the community. No final action or vote was announced in the excerpt provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Happy to move the bill at the appropriate time. Okay.
• Motion is due pass to Appropriations Committee. Becker: Aye.
• Motion is due pass to Appropriations Committee. AB 1755.
• Motion is due pass to Appropriations Committee. AB 2769.
• Motion is due pass to Appropriations Committee. AB 1932.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:36:07.520><c> to</c> And so we think it's appropriate to And so we think it's appropriate to
• So, we really do depend on your appropriation to fund the vital work of our judiciary.
• So, we really do depend on your appropriation to fund the vital work of our judiciary.
• </c> of decisions or on the appropriateness of decisions or on the appropriateness of<01:02:37.520><c
• </c> believe that's appropriate at this time. believe that's appropriate at this time.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And then, carrying an appropriation, the bill was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, which
• </c><00:06:52.320><c> The</c> the Committee on Appropriations. The the Committee on Appropriations.
• And then, carrying an appropriation, the bill was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, which
• And then, carrying an appropriation, the bill was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, which
• appropriations appropriations of<00:45:55.120><c> the</c><00:45:55.240><c> State</c><00:45:55.560><c

Keywords: 926, house, all