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• There are no federal guidelines regarding caseloads or class sizes, and I do not have any data, um, that
• There are no federal guidelines regarding caseloads or class sizes, and I do not have any data, um, that
• There are no federal guidelines regarding caseloads or class sizes, and I do not have any data, um, that
• There are no federal guidelines regarding caseloads or class sizes, and I do not have any data, um, that
• ><c> guidelines</c> &gt;&gt; There are no federal guidelines &gt;&gt; There are no federal guidelines

Committee: House Primary and Secondary Education

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• ><00:03:21.720><c> required</c><00:03:22.120><c> by</c><00:03:22.240><c> the</c><00:03:22.360><c> federal
• </c> that are required by the federal that are required by the federal government.
• But it lays those guidelines out, which are pretty strict.
• But it lays those guidelines<00:15:39.360><c> out,</c><00:15:39.640><c> which</c><00:15:39.839><c> are
• </c> guidelines out, which are pretty strict. guidelines out, which are pretty strict.

Committee: House Primary and Secondary Education

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• It’s about lifting families out of poverty and restoring dignity, humanity, stability, and hope that
• It's about lifting families out of poverty and restoring dignity and humanity, stability, and hope that
• It helps hundreds of thousands of Californians with extra money and helps them out of poverty.
• And just to quickly note, this is one of the most effective and important anti-poverty programs we have
• Quickly note, this is one of the most effective and important anti-poverty programs we have here in California

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• This bill provides for the establishment of concurrent jurisdiction with the federal government over
• land in the state that the federal government owns or acquires for military purposes.
• The governor is required to file the federal request and the acceptance with the Secretary of State,
• of concurrent jurisdiction, state and local agencies are authorized to enter into agreements with federal
• Something that people in poverty, unfortunately. My wife was the victim of such a charge.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

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• 20, after 'excess of' strike all material through 'percent,' and insert 'the annualized effect of federal
• 20, after 'excess of' strike all material through 'percent,' and insert 'the annualized effect of federal
• This bill is the latest measure to push back on a reckless federal government that is hell-bent on destroying

Bills: SB5223 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024 , SB5223 , SB6178 , SB5892 , SB5177 , SB6039 , SB5941 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB5912 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024

Keywords: criminal offense, fingerprinting, law enforcement, state regulations, public safety, medical debt, interest charges, consumer protection, healthcare, financial burden, mortgage modification, uniform regulations, homeowners, financial stability, foreclosure prevention, wildfire risk, disclosure, safety, environmental policy, risk assessment

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• ,</c> issue as one about poverty, issue as one about poverty, but<00:53:23.599><c> the</c><00:53:23.760
• So I think that even the federal courts.
• Some of these folks may be in a poverty situation.
• Some of these folks may be in a poverty situation.
• </c><02:14:02.480><c> disability</c> status pursuant to federal disability status pursuant to federal

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• <c> care</c><00:19:13.679><c> program</c> The federal continuum of care program The federal continuum
• </c> that temporarily backfill these federal that temporarily backfill these federal cuts<00:19:45.840
• uh this is a uh this is a federally uh this is a federal<00:27:09.240><c> program</c><00:27:09.960><
• </c> poverty. And this has been generational. poverty. And this has been generational.
• </c><01:21:14.840><c> government,</c> it relates to the federal government, it relates to the federal

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• You mentioned the federal government.
• The other three to 200 is the federal government.
• Those have funding guidelines associated with them.
• And lastly, I did want to mention that federal delay And lastly, I did want to mention that federal delay
• Additionally, the federal funding landscape and uncertainties surrounding the consolidation of federal

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Climate, Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation opened its first hearing on the governor’s natural resources budget with Secretary Wade Crowfoot of the Natural Resources Agency. Crowfoot reviewed California’s recent climate and environmental challenges—drought, wildfire, heat, sea level rise, and federal uncertainty—and highlighted progress on clean energy, zero-emission vehicles, wildfire resilience, water management, coastal planning, conservation, tribal land return, and streamlined project delivery. Members praised his engagement and the administration’s work with tribes, and Crowfoot emphasized that the administration is focused on finishing major projects, improving nature-based solutions, and considering whether some temporary streamlining measures should be codified. He also discussed the Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership and said the state is working with other Mediterranean-climate governments on wildfire, drought, and heat response. Members and the LAO then focused on budget conditions and priorities. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the state budget remains precarious despite strong revenues, with the governor’s proposal relying on borrowing and reserves and leaving large out-year deficits unresolved. The LAO urged a high bar for new spending, especially in a deficit environment, and recommended prioritizing immediate health and safety needs, avoiding new ongoing commitments, and thinking carefully about special funds. On Proposition 4, the LAO said the administration’s approach generally appeared reasonable and consistent with the bond, but noted implementation has been slow and that the Legislature may want to use appropriations language to shape broad programs such as home hardening, outdoor recreation, and climate education. The chair stressed that climate and environmental funds should be used for their intended purposes and that wildfire spending should shift more toward community hardening and home protection. The hearing then turned to water resilience and Proposition 4 spending. Department of Finance and department staff outlined the bond’s water-related funding for safe drinking water, drought, flood, water recycling, stormwater, groundwater management, dam safety, and the State Water Project. Members pressed for details on how funds would be prioritized, how grants would reach disadvantaged communities, and how the state would track the bond’s 40% target for vulnerable communities. Staff said new tools and reporting systems are being used to monitor allocations, and that AB 107 and related changes should speed up grant implementation by reducing redundant regulatory steps. The committee also discussed dam safety needs, State Water Project repairs, groundwater implementation grants, and the risk of relying on uncertain future revenues from the Salton Sea lithium tax. No votes were taken, and the hearing was informational only.

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• These requirements must be met by April 24, 2026, to achieve compliance with these new federal guidelines
• This is an extremely important effort, not only for ensuring our compliance with federal guidelines,
• This is an extremely important effort, not only for ensuring our compliance with federal guidelines,
• c> launched</c> new federal guidelines we have launched new federal guidelines we have launched a<00:
• </c> ensuring our compliance with federal ensuring our compliance with federal guidelines<00:15:54.920

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• When he’s talking, he’s using the federal data, which is a couple—it’s two years old.
• Neglect and poverty look a lot alike.
• So it really limits things that could be seen as poverty for them so youth do not enter the child welfare
• Madam Chair, Representative Blackman, each state reports their AFCARS data to the federal government
• We get that data from the federal government and from states, actually, and that's how we're able to

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on the Department of Child Safety

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• meet one of the criteria: one, having a net worth below $250,000 and an income below 200% of the federal
• poverty level, or a valid service-connected disability, or a person who has been, or whose parent or
• meet one of the criteria: one, having a net worth below $250,000 and an income below 200% of the federal
• poverty level, or a valid service-connected disability, or a person who has been, or whose parent or
• Um, you can't work with banks because it's federally legal, correct. Um, you can't get loans.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Administrative Rules

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• Well, what are they doing at the federal level?
• Federal law. No Texas. Federal law. Texas has no law. Texas law, is it? No.
• It is against, but it's federal law. Federal law, yes. But it's federal law. It's a federal law.
• Federal law says you can't give, I don't think, federal law says you can't give in elections.
• And so if the federal laws pass, that's great.

Bills: HB256 , HB1308 , HB1554 , HB1743 , HB2308 , HB2351 , HB2858 , HB3676 , HB3784 , HB4312 , HB4552 , HB4823 , HB4852 , HB5007 , HB5010 , HB5520 , HB5524 , HCR19 , HB256 , HCR19

Committee: House State Affairs

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• about this particular bill, it's mirroring the Prison Litigation Reform Act, the PLRA, which is a federal
• And we need to realize just recently in the federal court, the DEP was accused of and found guilty of
• And what this does is it requires AHCA to apply for federal approval for the Medicaid waiver that is
• These must be adjusted slightly to comply with state and federal training requirements, which require
• This bill revises the definition of economically disadvantaged from 150% of the federal poverty level

Summary: The committee met and first reported favorably CS for SB 1782, which creates a new offense for dangerous excessive speeding, with support noted from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida PBA. It also reported favorably CS for SB 306, which addresses Medicaid managed care provider network access by requiring after-hours and holiday appointment availability and a minimum level of primary care participation. CS for SB 716, imposing mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses committed by registered sex offenders or predators, and CS for SB 1084, expanding protections against non-consensual dissemination of intimate images and digitally forged intimate images, were also approved. The committee then approved CS for CS for SB 1604, a corrections package that would require prepayment of court costs for certain inmate lawsuits, shorten the limitations period for confinement-condition claims, allow consecutive sentencing in some cases, and revise mental health treatment procedures in correctional settings. Members discussed constitutional concerns and access-to-courts issues, but the bill was reported favorably. CS for CS for SB 1804, which creates a capital offense for trafficking a child 12 or younger or a mentally incapacitated person for sexual exploitation, drew extensive debate and opposition from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Floridaans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; despite objections about constitutionality and ethics, it was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for SB 1838, expanding protections for court officials against tampering, harassment, and retaliation, and CS for CS for SB 890, the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act, which creates a statewide VTE registry and requires blood clot screening and training in hospitals and care facilities. Members and public witnesses spoke in strong support of the blood clot bill, including family members and survivors. Finally, the committee reported favorably CS for SB 1252, directing FDLE to study a statewide pawn data database, CS for SB 468, increasing penalties for fleeing or eluding law enforcement and allowing vehicle impoundment, CS for SB 490, expanding off-duty concealed carry eligibility for correctional officers and correctional probation officers, and CS for SB 572, the Pam Rock Act on dangerous dogs, which was amended to refine enclosure, confiscation, euthanasia, and insurance requirements.

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• You mentioned the federal government.
• And lastly, I did want to mention that federal delay And lastly, I did want to mention that federal delay
• And would the state end up sharing our data with the federal government so the federal government can
• Additionally, the federal funding...
• Additionally, the federal funding landscape and uncertainties surrounding the consolidation of federal

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• </c><01:28:45.840><c> pay</c> law would they upset our federal pay law would they upset our federal pay
• </c> deportations before a federal judge. deportations before a federal judge.
• </c><05:18:32.240><c> This</c> means zero federal funds, too. This means zero federal funds, too.
• </c><05:18:37.920><c> audit</c> Hampshire failed a 2019 federal audit Hampshire failed a 2019 federal
• The federally broader community.

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• sources to grow the funding from federal sources to grow the Kentucky<00:07:44.120><c> intellectual<
• You can see the leverage factor with federal funding and total projects now; federal funds have not all
• 44.160><c> all</c> projects now federal funds have not all projects now federal funds have not all been
• So that’s kind of the guidelines for the program.
• </c><00:25:32.960><c> may</c> those guidelines may those guidelines may be<00:25:34.799><c> whatever<

Summary: The committee met without a quorum, so the minutes from the last two meetings were not approved. Secretary Noel of the Cabinet for Economic Development then gave a broad overview of the cabinet’s work and an update on the Kentucky Product Development Initiative (KPD), with Deputy Secretary Katie Smith and General Counsel Matt also present. He said the cabinet’s strategy is to focus on high-wage job creation, especially in automotive transformation, business and financial professional services, tourism, logistics, agri-tech, aerospace, and other high-tech sectors, while also supporting small and medium-sized businesses and existing employers. Noel highlighted several program results and examples, including average incentivized wages approaching $27 per hour, 877 jobs and $346 million in investment through hub operations, $90 million through Commonwealth Ventures, help for hundreds of companies through the Kentucky Intellectual Property Alliance, work with 220 companies through the Kentucky Science and Technology Council, nearly 3,000 students in Advanced Kentucky, and more than 1,100 participants in Kentucky Valor. He also cited 35,000 workers trained through Bluegrass State Skills, 177 businesses helped by the small business tax credit, and 77 entertainment incentive transactions totaling about $200 million and 7,400 jobs. On the grant side, he said the cabinet had approved 155 projects under a federal grant program, committing $99 million, with outreach aimed at smaller communities and all 120 counties. The main focus of the second half was KPD. Noel described it as a program that requires more than basic due diligence, emphasizing community readiness, local vision, title and mineral-rights review, sewer validation, and consultant review. He said 109 projects had been awarded in the earlier rounds, and in 2024 there were 45 requests for information seeking $81 million against $35 million in available funding, showing strong demand. He also said the cabinet has worked with local economic developers through five regions aligned with area development districts, and that the secretary, deputy secretary, or commissioner of business development must attend the regional meetings, with 100% attendance reported for the key three last year. In response to questions, he said Jefferson County’s lack of KPD projects so far likely reflects where local land and development strategies are in the process rather than a lack of interest, and he said the cabinet has not heard that Kentucky’s occupational safety and health rules are clearly helping or hurting competitiveness, though he offered to look into it further.

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• In the last year, the federal government changed 4% tax credit requirements.
• It also allows the state to unlock a lot of federal tax credits, a lot of federal funds.
• It only addresses the 4% federal tax credits.
• I do want to ask really quickly on the federal 9%.
• ... ...this summer to have draft guidelines out that would be a single set of guidelines administering

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• And so one is the federal work-study, and the other one is the FSEOG, which is the Federal Supplemental
• There's no other federal, state aid.
• Overall, our students are taking substantially fewer federal loans.
• We start typically packaging with our federal grants, followed by Cal Grants.
• student loan, and $30 million in federal work study.

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• </c><01:26:59.040><c> deepens,</c> disease spreads, when poverty deepens, disease spreads, when poverty
• It's been population lives in poverty.
• </c> the federal government. the federal government.
• </c> Largecale loss of experienced federal Largecale loss of experienced federal employees.<06:47:26.718
• </c><07:15:16.160><c> government's</c> is focused on the federal government's is focused on the federal

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• The bill provides procedural guidelines for... ...underlying offense or offenses.
• The bill also provides guidelines for revocation.
• That includes both federal and state law enforcement, period.
• of the federal courts and the federal law enforcement agencies.
• federal courts and the federal law enforcement agencies.

Summary: The House Community Safety Committee met on January 29, 2026, and announced it would not hold executive session that day because of the large number of public hearing sign-ups; those executive sessions were pushed to the following Monday. The committee first heard House Bill 2558, relating to the mental health sentencing alternative (MHSA). Staff explained that the bill narrows eligibility to people diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, adds restrictions for certain domestic violence and prior violent offense cases, requires more detailed DOC reports, lengthens some community custody terms, mandates regular progress hearings, and shifts assessment work to contracted providers. The sponsor said the bill is intended to refocus the program on people whose offenses are tied to serious mental illness and to reduce misuse in domestic violence and other violent cases. No public testimony was taken on HB 2558 that day, and the hearing was held open for later testimony. The committee then heard House Bill 2217, which would replace the current first-time offender waiver with a pretrial deferral option and a suspended sentence option for eligible first-time felony defendants. Supporters, including public defense, immigration advocates, judges, economists, and the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, argued the bill would create a meaningful rehabilitation pathway, reduce recidivism, improve employment outcomes, and avoid the long-term harm of an immediate felony conviction. They also said the deferred-adjudication structure could help immigrants avoid immigration consequences and would better incentivize restitution and compliance. Opponents, including sheriffs, prosecutors, and victim advocates, raised concerns about expanding eligibility to offenses such as assault 2 and robbery 2, the meaning of “violent offense,” the possibility of judicial diversion without prosecutor consent, and the impact on victims and public safety. After testimony, the sponsor said she would remove the bill’s strong presumption in favor of relief, and the committee closed the public hearing on HB 2217. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2641, the “ICE Out Act of 2026,” which would bar Washington law enforcement agencies from hiring people who were sworn ICE officers after January 20, 2025, with the restriction applying prospectively beginning October 1, 2026. The sponsor said the bill was meant to protect communities and prevent hiring officers associated with federal immigration enforcement practices she described as harmful. The committee then heard House Bill 2648, which would require state and local officers who encounter suspected ICE employees conducting immigration enforcement to activate body and dash cameras, report the encounter, and document it, while providing state indemnification for officers acting in good faith. Supporters said the bill would improve transparency and protect communities and officers; the Washington State Patrol said many of the practices already align with its policies. The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs expressed concerns about added reporting requirements, possible effects on federal-local cooperation, and asked for changes to soften mandatory language and strengthen indemnification. The committee ended the hearing without further testimony and adjourned, noting executive sessions on about a dozen bills would occur the following week.