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• The increment area does not have an assessed value of $200 million or more than 20% of the sponsoring
• jurisdiction's total assessed value.
• The bill amends provisions related to the assessment of impacts in the project analysis.
• The assessment must be done in consultation with any impacted taxing district.
• HB 2418 is a practical step in that direction, and HTC urges your support. Thank you.

Keywords: 904, all

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• Our practice of not sharing information about any ongoing...
• Senator, our practice of not sharing information about any ongoing oversight or investigations matters
• is generally consistent with similar practices at the California or U.S.
• So the transportation fuels assessment, I think, did a good job of presenting some of the supply-side
• “So those are definitely going to be part of the next transportation fuels assessment, which is due in

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Our practice of not sharing information about any ongoing...
• Senator, our practice of not sharing information about any ongoing oversight or investigations matters
• is generally consistent with similar practices at the California or U.S.
• So the transportation fuels assessment, I think, did a good job of presenting some of the supply-side
• So those are definitely going to be part of the next transportation fuels assessment, which is due in

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy heard six budget-related items and took no votes, holding all items open for a future hearing. The first item concerned a climate bond expenditure plan for the California Transmission Accelerator Revolving Fund under SB 254. GoBiz, IBank, and the Department of Finance described a request for nearly $26 million and 10 limited-term positions to develop financing strategies and evaluate transmission projects, while the LAO said the proposal was broadly consistent with Prop. 4 but noted that the Legislature may want to provide more direction on program design. Senators questioned how the proposal would lower ratepayer costs, protect state funds, and ensure accountability for billion-dollar transmission projects. The second item covered trailer bill language to redirect funding among demand-side reliability programs. Finance proposed moving $22 million from the DEPA program to DSGS for summer 2026 and using CalSHAPE interest funds for ELRP or an equivalent CPUC program in 2027-28, with CEC and CPUC coordinating the transition. Senators and LAO questioned why CalSHAPE funds should not continue supporting schools, and several members argued DSGS has been more successful and should continue rather than be shifted to ELRP. CEC and CPUC explained that DSGS and ELRP serve different reliability functions and do not address public safety power shutoffs. Public commenters, including school groups and clean energy advocates, split between extending CalSHAPE for school HVAC/plumbing projects and preserving or expanding DSGS. The committee also heard on petroleum market oversight implementation under SBX1-2 and ABX2-1, with the CEC and its Division of Petroleum Market Oversight requesting additional staffing to support inventory monitoring, refinery resupply analysis, and market oversight. Senators pressed for details on investigations, refinery margins, gasoline price spikes, and the transportation fuels transition plan, while staff said the draft plan would be released soon and that DPMO’s work on branded versus unbranded gasoline remains ongoing. Finally, the CPUC presented three additional proposals: implementing AB 1207’s climate credit reforms, studying large-load/data center cost impacts under SB 57, and preparing for regional market participation under AB 825. The LAO repeatedly cautioned that some of these requests may go beyond statutory minimums and urged the Legislature to decide how much policy direction and staffing it wants to provide. Public commenters supported DPMO funding, opposed ending CalSHAPE, and strongly favored continued DSGS funding over a new ELRP structure.

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• </c><00:02:16.480><c> uh</c> association assessment leans etc. uh association assessment leans etc. uh
• </c><00:09:35.760><c> or</c> to current pre or postsale practices or to current pre or postsale practices
• </c><00:18:06.880><c> that</c> parody or the similar uh practice that parody or the similar uh practice
• </c><00:18:47.120><c> of</c> with with state law and the practice of with with state law and the practice
• </c> um an unfair discriminatory practice um an unfair discriminatory practice under<01:27:05.520><c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We are in strong support of House Bill 2426 because it is a balanced approach that offers a practical
• This bill supports performance measures that capture improvements in agency practices, training, and
• And so we're adding into that an AI risk assessment as well.
• The AI risk assessment piece is really to be focused on high-risk projects that would include those that
• So we align that risk assessment process with the NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Bills: HB2426, HB2606

Keywords: pollution control, efficiency, appeals process, environmental regulation, hearing board, data protection, privacy, performance measures, reporting requirements, office of privacy, 904, all

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• I guess top line from your assessment, how is that process working?
• transmission and cal. released a report last year assessing the significant delays by investor-owned
• Again, I don't know the details of those, but sometimes it's assessed on a case-by-case basis or it's
• Again, I don't know the details of those, but sometimes it's assessed on a case-by-case basis or it's
• What is your assessment?

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held an oversight hearing on accelerating clean energy development and helping projects capture expiring federal tax credits. The chair framed the hearing around federal actions under HR 1, which sharply shortens the timeline for wind and solar projects to qualify for tax credits, and Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-3325, which directs state agencies to speed siting, permitting, and construction. Sarah Fitzsimmons of the Independent Energy Producers Association explained the federal deadlines, the shift from the 5% safe-harbor test to a physical-work test, and the main bottlenecks California projects face, especially interconnection delays, environmental review, and limited transparency around self-build options for network upgrades. Panelists from the Union of Concerned Scientists, Southern California Edison, and EDF Power Solutions largely agreed that transmission constraints, permitting, and queue management remain the biggest barriers. UCS emphasized long-standing transmission delays, the need for more accountability and standardized reporting, and the importance of keeping reforms focused on the projects most likely to reach completion. SCE said it has increased interconnection throughput through process changes, digital tools, and coordination with regulators, while noting that developers and utilities must work closely together on project-specific issues. EDF described how overlapping permitting, interconnection, and procurement timelines create risk, and argued that clearer policies on self-builds, equipment standards, and affected-system studies could help reduce delays. State agency representatives from the CPUC, CAISO, and Go-Biz reported strong recent clean energy progress, including record levels of new capacity and battery storage coming online, and described ongoing efforts such as the Integrated Resource Planning process, General Order 131-E updates, the Transmission Project Review Process, the Transmission Development Forum, and the TED Task Force. They said these efforts are helping identify delays, improve transparency, and coordinate solutions, including possible self-build arrangements and local permitting reforms. Committee members pressed the agencies on who is ultimately in charge of the effort, whether the state has quantified the ratepayer impact of losing federal tax credits, and whether the 90-day report required by the executive order is complete; the agencies said the report is still in development. Public commenters echoed the need to move beyond monitoring toward stronger prioritization and accountability to meet the 2029 and 2030 project deadlines.

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• I really want to say that I followed the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission practically
• I really want to say that I followed the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission practically
• </c><00:22:11.080><c> first</c> the inmate as soon as practicable first the inmate as soon as practicable
• </c><01:08:58.040><c> or</c> juvenile monetary assessments or juvenile monetary assessments or restitution
• The practice of having these proof-of-compliance hearings, um, what State v.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee met on February 12 at 2 p.m. and heard several measures related to corrections, re-entry, law enforcement, retirement benefits, and gun violence prevention. On HB 10002, which would extend the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission coordinator’s term and clarify unannounced inspection authority, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it had no objection to the term length or to 24/7 unannounced access. The commission’s chair, Commissioner Mark Patterson, asked for a longer term, saying the commission needs more time and stability to manage reform efforts after years without staff during COVID. Community Alliance on Prisons and Carolyn Eaton also supported a longer term, with both suggesting six years would better insulate the position from politics. The chair noted he had asked Chair Bot for background on the prior committee’s changes and said that could be discussed during decision-making. The committee then heard HB 67, which would require DCR to help inmates obtain civil identification documents such as IDs, birth certificates, and Social Security cards as soon as practicable, including for people in furlough or community placement programs. DCR said it supported the bill and described ongoing work with the city and county on ID machines and with agencies on certificates and Social Security cards. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the Office of Public Defense all supported the measure, emphasizing that identification is essential for housing, employment, and successful re-entry and noting the disproportionate impact of incarceration on Native Hawaiians. On HB 1183, which would classify certain law enforcement administrators and Department of Law Enforcement employees as Class A members for retirement purposes, the Department of Human Resources Development, the Employees’ Retirement System, and the Department of Law Enforcement all supported the bill. DHRD said it would help recruitment and retention, ERS said it had technical amendments to suggest, and DLE said the change would help with succession planning and allow the governor to appoint the most qualified leader. The committee also heard HB 1045, an emergency appropriation bill to cover payroll fringe benefits for Department of Law Enforcement personnel after salary funding had been shifted to other departments; Budget and Finance and DLE explained the need for the supplemental funding, and no opposition was noted. Finally, the committee took up HB 664, which would create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, a grant program, a resource bank, and a special fund. The Attorney General recommended adding standards for grant awards and warned of overlap with the existing Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission, suggesting consolidation and repeal of the older commission to avoid duplication. Supporters included the Brady Campaign, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action Hawaii, a physician, and an Army veteran, who argued the office would centralize data, coordinate prevention efforts, and help secure outside funding. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting 37 supporters, nine opponents, and three commenters, but no vote was taken during the hearing.

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• Accurate assessments, sound decision-making, and ultimately child safety all depend on strong partnerships
• CPIs must initiate contact with the child victim within 24 hours, which is a crucial first step to assess
• So the best practices when you have an accredited CAC in your community is that all of the investigative
• So the best practices when you have an accredited CAC in your community is that all of the investigative
• I guess assessment or evaluation could have taken place and that child could have been discharged from

Summary: The Senate Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs held a panel discussion on Florida’s child protection teams (CPTs), child advocacy centers (CACs), and the related roles of DCF, DOH, and law enforcement. Testimony from DCF, the Department of Health, a local CAC director, the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, a Pinellas County CPT nurse practitioner, and a Jacksonville sheriff’s sergeant described how the system is intended to work: hotline reports are screened by DCF, mandatory referrals are sent to CPT, forensic interviews and medical exams are coordinated through CPT/CACs, and multidisciplinary teams share findings with law enforcement and prosecutors. Speakers emphasized the value of co-location, telemedicine, multidisciplinary staffings, and trauma-informed practices to reduce repeated interviews and improve child safety and case outcomes. Committee members focused heavily on communication breakdowns, staffing shortages, and delays in response times. Senators raised Jordan’s Law and asked what had been done to improve coordination among DCF, CPT, and law enforcement. Several members questioned whether the promised 24-hour response standard is being met in practice, citing reports of delayed referrals, delayed forensic interviews, and bottlenecks that can affect medical evaluations and criminal investigations. Law enforcement testimony from Jacksonville described cases where CPT interviews were scheduled one to two weeks out and reports were not received for weeks, while DCF acknowledged average CPI caseloads of about 12 investigations and turnover commonly occurring within 12 to 18 months. The panel also discussed access gaps and funding concerns. The Florida Network of CACs said Florida has 26 member centers, with some counties lacking CAC coverage and some centers having closed due to funding challenges. Speakers said CACs are voluntary but critical for integrated services, and that workforce shortages in medical and mental health providers limit expansion. DCF and DOH representatives said they would provide follow-up information on the number of CPT medical staff and other requested data. No bills were voted on; the meeting ended with committee members requesting additional information and recommendations for statutory and budgetary changes, and the committee adjourned.

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• What's been offered and what's currently best practices in mental health care is lacking.
• I've been in private psychotherapy practice in Olympia for 30 years.
• Rebecca Allen, a practicing physician in Washington State.
• A CEL allows an IMG to practice medicine under an approved practice agreement while preparing for residency
• Under the program, an applicant, Of continuous supervised clinical practice under a CEL.

Summary: The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee met on January 27 and heard extensive public testimony on several bills before moving into executive session. Senate Bill 5921 would create a Department of Health medical psilocybin program for adults with qualifying conditions, with licensed producers and clinician participation requirements, training, background checks, and program standards. Supporters, including the sponsor and many clinicians, veterans, first responders, and patients, described psilocybin as promising for treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, trauma, and end-of-life anxiety, while opponents and some medical groups raised concerns about missing safeguards, contraindications, monitoring, cost, and the bill’s narrow medical model. Testimony was split sharply, with many also urging broader decriminalization or community-use protections. The committee later heard Senate Bill 6115, which would have the Department of Health contract for age-appropriate cancer education for grades 6-12; supporters from Cancer Pathways, educators, and families said it would improve prevention and risk awareness, while the bill drew substantial opposition in sign-in counts, and the hearing was ultimately closed without action that day. The committee also heard Senate Bill 5185, a pilot pathway for international medical graduates to obtain full unrestricted primary care licensure after supervised clinical practice, completion of exam and competency requirements, and annual reporting. The sponsor, Washington Medical Association, the Medical Commission, and IMG advocates said the proposal would expand access to primary care while maintaining patient safety, and the bill received supportive testimony. In executive session, the committee adopted proposed substitutes and advanced Senate Bill 5916 on non-opioid pain drugs, Senate Bill 5985 on endometriosis, Senate Bill 6019 on home care rate statutes, Senate Bill 6161 on dementia information, and Senate Bill 6183 on HIV antiviral drug coverage. For Senate Bill 5981 on the 340B drug pricing program, the committee adopted an amendment adding reporting and transparency requirements before moving the bill forward. The committee then adjourned, and the remaining hearing items were rescheduled for a later date.

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• fees or not to assess fees.
• Thank you, Representative practice.
• fees or or not to discretion to assess fees or or not to assess<01:02:13.839><c> fees.
• And I I would like to assess fees.
• That that's my from assessing fines.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Probes of illegal debt collection practices canceled. Rules to save people billions of dollars.
• It wouldn't be particularly fair to the employees to say they violated our practices in some way.
• So what authority exactly did the Federal Reserve have to assess?
• Which is a more practical question, I think, which falls clearly in your belly wick.
• I agree, and I agree with your assessment, so thank you for that.

Bills: SB257

Keywords: supply chain resilience, critical supply chains, critical goods, manufacturing, domestic manufacturing, reshoring, nearshoring, supply chain security, supply chain shock, supply chain disruption, critical infrastructure, emerging technologies, semiconductors, microelectronics, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, robotics, advanced manufacturing, blockchain, cybersecurity

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• So we're just updating the law to reflect our current practice.
• And now these are school safety assessments that are already being completed by State Police.
• But for example, in math, we have the standards for mathematical practice.
• I just don't know how it practically would be implemented. Can you help me with that?
• How will that practically work? I understand what you're saying.

Bills: HR249, HR251, HB395, HB902, SB83, SB132, SB157, SB338, SB450, SB484, SB501, SB507

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, content standards, K-12 education, public schools, curriculum, digital literacy, computer science, STEM, technology education, student privacy, ethical AI, workforce development, future-ready workforce, instructional resources, education policy, school standards, Louisiana education

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• would be able to partner with a provider to provide an adult virtual program, building off best practices
• and literacy instruction, instructional technology, and assessments, and the optimal role for the use
• So is the shall provide advice on the inclusion of instruction, assessment, cursive writing, and all
• I started my practice...
• I started my practice in the 2009-10 school year with only 12 families in one school district.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• The $22 million came from a bottom-up assessment of the funding needed for all SWCDs to deliver on their
• We discovered that the property tax assessments would be a substantial burden for occupying the entire
• So the assessment shows that when you use real-world farm-level data of the current production practices
• </c> impacts of crop production practices impacts of crop production practices currently<00:42:41.839
• </c><00:42:45.480><c> nearly</c> Minnesota uh in 2023 we assessed nearly Minnesota uh in 2023 we assessed

Bills: HF1126, HF967, HF1066, HF1669, HF926

Keywords: property tax, Indian Tribe, tax exemption, Minnesota, public charity, property tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, unorganized territory, federally recognized, soil conservation, water conservation, local government aid, environmental funding, Minnesota legislation, tax credits, sustainable aviation fuel, environmental policy, corporate franchise, Minnesota taxation, tobacco

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• One is exemplary pension practices, and the second will be the ERB investment overview.
• The only thing we were unable to assess, and this is common, is that we look at retirement readiness,
• to assess the impact of investment risk on your plan balance sheets?
• In terms of risk reporting practices, there were 7,000 in 2012 that were using these.
• In terms of risk-sharing practices, we know about your EURICOLA.

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• It creates a working group to identify duplicative assessments and propose their elimination.
• It creates a working group to identify duplicative assessments and propose their elimination.
• The SEC has a history of egregious real estate leasing practices.
• </c><07:02:06.080><c> and</c> and preliminary damage assessments and and preliminary damage assessments
• </c><07:11:47.200><c> and</c> Department of Pharmacy practice and Department of Pharmacy practice and

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• A community needs assessment. All of our local health departments do a community needs assessment.
• Maybe you have a backstop of salary guarantee for 2 years while they build that practice.
• </c> years while they build that practice. years while they build that practice.
• </c> practice and when said clinical practice practice and when said clinical practice is<01:04:11.480
• Anybody would do it, a business practice. You make money off the float. Right?

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board received a presentation from Dr. Stack and Commissioner Langfeld on Kentucky’s application for a federal Medicaid-related funding opportunity tied to House Resolution 1. They described a compressed six-week stakeholder process that produced more than 50 responses and letters of support, and said the application was organized around five broad priorities: maternal health, behavioral health and substance use disorder, oral health, EMS/trauma response, and chronic disease. They emphasized that the proposal was designed to align with CMS goals, use allowable funding categories, and focus on sustainability rather than a short-term grant. Commissioner Langfeld outlined five core initiatives: rural community hubs for chronic care innovation, beginning with obesity and diabetes; a maternal and infant health effort called POWER; a behavioral health and substance use model called IMPATH; an oral health initiative called Rooted in Health; and an integrated crisis-to-care EMS and trauma response effort. He said the chronic disease work would include prevention, food-as-medicine concepts, and technology tools, while the maternal health effort would expand team-based care around mothers and infants using community health workers and doulas. The behavioral health proposal would build on existing crisis intervention models, oral health would address workforce and access gaps through training, mobile vans, and telehealth, and the EMS proposal would better connect emergency response with home-based and community care. Several senators questioned whether the proposal would meaningfully address rural hospital closures or the broader rural health care crisis. Senator Meredith said the plan was not transformational and would not save rural hospitals, while Senator Berg asked how success would be measured. In response, the presenters said they would use both lagging and leading indicators, with an emphasis on rapid-cycle feedback and data use that is more actionable in real time. They also said the work could help existing models that already show promise, such as behavioral health units and dental workforce expansion, even if it would not solve the larger funding gap created by HR1. Senator Douglas asked how the proposals would motivate patients to participate in their own health care. The presenters responded that the chronic disease prevention work would focus on obesity, diabetes prevention, nutrition, and consumer-facing technology tools to help people engage in their own care, and that EMS-community health worker partnerships could identify unmet needs in the home and reduce preventable problems. The board then moved on to its next agenda item, Medicaid managed care delivery models, with Tom Stevens, Katherine North, and Dr. Patel scheduled to present.

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• And so, yes, an ACE survey or an ACE assessment is part of all of our assessments.
• and intake process around an assessments and intake process around an ACE<01:08:24.080><c> assessment
• </c> ACE assessment? ACE assessment? &gt;&gt; Oh<01:08:25.359><c> definitely.
• </c><01:08:42.960><c> assessments.
• assessments? assessments?

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Families and Children met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and received an update that the number of children in out-of-home care with active placements was 8,647 as of September 7, 2025. The first presentation was from Isaiah 117 House, a nonprofit that provides a home-like setting for children on removal day so they do not have to wait in a state office. Speakers described the mission as reducing trauma for children, lightening the burden on case workers, and easing transitions to foster or kinship placements. They said the Kentucky home in Logan County opened on August 15 and had already served 10 children in its first six days. Committee members asked about logistics, including whether children placed with kinship caregivers would still come to the house, how long children can stay, who remains responsible for them, and how volunteers are screened. The presenters said children are brought to the house regardless of whether they are headed to kinship or foster placement, that 72 hours is not a hard cutoff, and that a case worker remains in charge at all times while volunteers provide support. They also said volunteers undergo background checks, trauma-informed training, confidentiality instruction, and annual continuing education. In response to questions about funding and expansion, they said Isaiah 117 House is community-funded without state or federal money, and that new homes are opened only when fully funded, with construction costs typically ranging from $80,000 to $150,000 and first-year budgets around $180,000. The committee then heard a presentation from Remy Eastep Homes on its Family Centered Integrated Healthcare and related services. Leaders described the organization’s history from its origins as separate orphanages in Boyd County to residential treatment, treatment foster care, prevention services, and outpatient behavioral health. They said the organization shifted about 15 years ago toward engaging families more directly because family involvement improves outcomes and helps keep children safely at home when possible. The presentation continued into program details, but no votes or formal actions were taken on either presentation.

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• There was a person who owned a home and they used the home for their law practice.
• Ah, that is for the attorney to practice his law. Thank you for the question.
• So, this clarifies that they will be able to provide the penalty or assess the penalty that is equal
• Yes, that's exactly what we're trying to do is let the municipality assess a penalty equal to or less
• They need to be made aware so that the current state statutes on assessing and taxing can happen in a

Bills: SB1519, SB1775, SB1900, SB1948, SB2080

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

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• These practices increase housing costs and reduce supply.
• :35.440><c> costs</c> These practices increase housing costs These practices increase housing costs and
• Now, where this particular case became more egregious, they were all assessed $17,000.
• ,</c><00:41:53.200><c> um,</c> around transparency, best practice, um, around transparency, best practice
• </c> create across the state um in practices. create across the state um in practices.

Bills: HF2614, HF3587, HF3589, HF3588

Keywords: homeowners associations, local government, building permits, housing policy, residential development, voter access, polling place, elections, ballot, unexpected needs, election judge, public information, political parties, transparency, 1183, house