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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:00 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our goal is to be what the state needs us to be as a state agency.
  • When I came to the agency three years ago, the system had been relatively flat.
  • So, what happened in Beaver County? What happened?
  • Nowata County is our one gap, so we're already on it.
  • We'll be sharing a portion. of this space with another state agency.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Jan 27th, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And first on the agenda today, if I can borrow this one, is the agency update.
  • We were seeing a backlog in counties.
  • If one department doesn't cut anything... ...and agencies, then we'll be okay.
  • , or in our case, the agency primarily that comes into our committee a great deal.
  • , or in our case, to us and what's going on with the agencies or in our case agency primarily that comes
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 228 back in January gave the counties, in particular New Castle County, the ability.
  • Senate Bill 228 back in January gave the counties, in particular New Castle County, the ability to go
  • , particularly in New Castle County.
  • I think the background checks go to the state agency.
  • I think the background checks go to the state agency.
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with enough members present to conduct business and approved the June 17 minutes. It first heard HB 459 with House Amendment 1, which would prohibit the sale of energy drinks on public middle and high school campuses during school hours or school events. The sponsor and Department of Education explained that the bill targets beverages containing caffeine and marketed as energy drinks, not ordinary soft drinks or coffee/tea products. Public testimony from the Medical Society supported the bill on health grounds, while the beverage industry said its companies already voluntarily limit school offerings and that the bill does not reflect current practice. No vote was taken in the transcript. The committee then heard HB 461, a follow-up to prior legislation on New Castle County property reassessment and school tax rates. Senator Cruz said the bill would let New Castle County school districts adjust and reset tax rates to reflect reassessment changes without increasing projected operating revenue, and that it includes a sunset. DSEA supported the measure, saying fair property values are important to public education funding. The committee also heard HB 452, which would require additional background checks and training for DIAA sports officials and strengthen DIAA enforcement procedures. Members questioned how checks would be handled, who would see the results, and who would provide training; the DIAA compliance coordinator said the checks would be maintained through the state process and that associations would verify eligibility. The bill’s sponsor and DIAA said the goal was to align officials with existing child-safety standards. Next, the committee considered HS1 for HB 425, which raises the salary supplement from 6% to 12% for nationally certified school counselors, nurses, and school social workers, and allows DOE to identify additional qualifying positions by regulation. Supporters, including school social workers, nurses, and DSEA, argued the change would improve retention and recognize advanced credentials. Senator Hansen raised concerns that school psychologists were not included; sponsors said a broader study and possible future legislation or budget language would address other nationally certified school-based professionals. The committee then heard HS1 for HB 358 on student elopement notifications, inspired by Ace’s Law, but administrators and the chair raised concerns that the bill may be too prescriptive and difficult to implement in practice, especially when schools may not immediately know a student has left campus. Finally, the committee discussed HB 379 on the comprehensive school discipline improvement program; DOE said the substitute was intended to consolidate prevention and intervention supports and avoid competition for funding, while DASA asked that the bill be paused or tabled. The meeting ended before action on the remaining bill, and HB 443 was deferred to a future executive meeting.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 20, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I rise today to honor the longtime Adams County, Pennsylvania, volunteer first responder Kevin Bream.
  • A native of Blair County, Pennsylvania, John Franco recently announced his retirement from coaching.
  • Firefighters, police, and EMS could not talk to each other across agencies.
  • He served the people of Union County with humility, compassion, and purpose.
  • The Berks County community with distinction for many years.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Northern California Power Agency is a not-for-profit joint powers agency that represents and helps
  • There's two subsurface desalination projects underway in Orange County and Monterey County.
  • Yeah, so at least eight agencies, plus some other agencies that they work with.
  • And the result was a loss of more than 90% of the kelp along Mendocino County and Sonoma County.
  • And what that means is one agency needs to be a coordinating agency.
Summary: The Select Committee on Climate Innovation and Infrastructure held a hearing focused on emerging technologies for climate resilience and infrastructure. The first panel discussed the Calistoga Resiliency Center, a utility-driven microgrid that keeps the city powered during public safety power shutoffs using hydrogen fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, and liquid hydrogen storage. PG&E described microgrids as a resilience tool but emphasized that cost remains the main barrier to wider deployment. Energy Vault explained the project’s design, its ability to provide at least 48 hours of backup power on a small parcel of land, and its use of green hydrogen and battery storage to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. A Calistoga councilmember and NCPA representative also discussed the Lodi Energy Center hydrogen project, saying it could help decarbonize power generation and transportation, but that federal and state funding changes, tax credit timing, and other policy shifts have made the project difficult to advance. The Green Hydrogen Coalition supported the Calistoga model as a blueprint and urged policy changes to create demand and reduce barriers for renewable hydrogen, including addressing behind-the-meter rules and recognizing hydrogen in state energy planning. The second panel focused on water resilience and desalination, with the California Desal Association and Oneka Technologies discussing wave-powered desalination for the City of Fort Bragg. Cal Desal said California’s changing hydrology, reduced snowpack, and drought conditions make local water supply options increasingly important, but noted that conventional desalination is expensive and slow to permit. Oneka described its offshore, wave-powered system as a zero-electricity desalination technology that produces drinking water without greenhouse gas emissions and with limited land use, and said the Fort Bragg pilot is intended to demonstrate the technology under California conditions. The company and Cal Desal both stressed that permitting is a major obstacle, with the project requiring multiple agencies and a timeline far longer than in other jurisdictions. They also said the technology’s autonomous operation could improve water resilience because it does not depend on the electrical grid. The final panel featured the Climate Foundation’s marine permaculture proposal, which aims to restore kelp forests and support carbon removal and coastal food systems. The presenter said warming oceans and nutrient loss have devastated kelp forests along the California coast and argued that offshore platforms that raise and lower seaweed to access nutrients and sunlight could help regenerate ecosystems while producing food, feed, fertilizer, and carbon benefits. He said the technology has shown strong growth rates and storm resilience in other regions, but that California permitting remains a major hurdle, involving 17 state and federal agencies. He proposed a streamlined, code-based permitting approach for smaller projects and said the group is seeking matching funds to complete a first California pilot. Throughout the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly highlighted the tension between innovation and the high cost, complexity, and length of California’s permitting and funding processes.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this legislation simply enables the counties to pass county labor standards that will help us catch
  • </c><00:19:43.200><c> standards</c> counties to pass county labor standards counties to pass county labor
  • So, the counties want the authority back. The time to restore county authority is now.
  • ><c> of</c><00:52:43.520><c> Maui</c> County of Hawaii and the County of Maui County of Hawaii and the
  • </c> Development Agency in support. Development Agency in support.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2614, which would require merchants selling cosmetics to accept returns of newer unopened goods within specified time frames and expand signage requirements for return and refund policies. DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection strongly supported the bill, citing updated figures of 180 cosmetic complaints from 2020 to 2025, 54 still under investigation, 148 referred to class action litigation, and more than $1.3 million in consumer losses. Members questioned whether the bill was needed given the pending lawsuit and whether bad actors would comply, while the office responded that clearer signage would improve consumer awareness and could reduce complaints without limiting other remedies. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 1660 HD1, which would allow counties to require contractors to disclose wage, benefit, hour, and employment-status information and to deny, revoke, or suspend permits for certain labor-law violations. DLIR, the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters, Operating Engineers Local 3, and Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support, arguing the measure would help deter cheating contractors, protect law-abiding employers, and keep bad actors from undercutting wages and taxes. One member raised concerns about possible delays to affordable housing projects and whether owners should be held responsible for contractors’ misconduct; supporters replied that compliance is a minimum standard, that county action would be discretionary rather than automatic, and that the bill would not bar counties from working with affordable housing developers. No action was reported. Finally, the committee took up HB 1704, adopting the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to allow telepsychology and temporary in-person practice across state lines. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans supported the measure, saying it would help fill major staffing gaps, especially for forensic evaluations and services in rural and neighbor-island communities. The Board of Psychology raised concerns about the compact’s scope, the need for a study focused specifically on psychologists, background-check requirements, possible loss of regulatory authority and revenue, and the need to update older statutory provisions. Hawaii Association for Justice opposed the immunity language in the compact, and Shawn Scanlon opposed the bill, arguing it could weaken cultural responsiveness and local control and suggesting the state instead improve temporary licensing and other in-state pathways. The committee also questioned the Department of Corrections about its vacancies and whether telehealth could be filled by local providers; no vote was taken in the excerpt.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Mar 19, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • , for the county of Maui and the county of Hawaii.
  • </c> those two counties for the county of those two counties for the county of Maui<00:21:21.080><c>
  • It requires dedicated staff to sustain collaboration across agencies.
  • It requires dedicated staff to sustain collaboration across agencies.
  • It requires dedicated staff to sustain collaboration across agencies.
Summary: The committee on Economic Development and Technology heard testimony on several measures, with most witnesses either supporting the bills or offering technical concerns and suggested amendments. On SB 338, testimony came from the Department of Taxation, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, and Surpac, and the bill later moved forward with amendments. On SB 558, testimony was largely in support from the Department of Agriculture, Ulupono Initiative, Local Food Coalition, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and the Agribusiness Development Corporation, which described the measure as supporting rural jobs, food-system development, and use of off-grade agricultural products. ADC requested flexibility for neighbor-island siting and funding allocations, while the committee also discussed whether the bill’s language should be made more general and whether it could raise constitutional concerns about overly specific site designations. The bill was advanced with amendments and a noted appropriation allocation of $350,000. The committee also heard SB 186, which drew support from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Department of Agriculture, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Public Health Institute, DED, ADC, AAHU RC&D, and the Hawaii Youth Food Council. Supporters said the measure would improve coordination among agencies on food systems, help address food security and the state’s 30% by 2030 farm-to-school goal, and create a more organized statewide food systems effort. SB 328 received support from the Department of Taxation and Hawaii Farm Bureau, with Farm Bureau describing it as a way to repurpose existing dairy infrastructure to revive hog production and support livestock and farm-to-school goals; the Tax Foundation of Hawaii opposed the measure as a potentially narrow industry incentive that could unfairly benefit a specific taxpayer and said a direct appropriation would be more transparent. SB 89 was described by Hawaii Farm Bureau as a labeling measure intended to protect the integrity of a culturally relevant local product, though the group raised concerns about wording and implementation timing. Later, SB 742 received support from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the University of Hawaii System, Hawaii KidsCAN, the Hawaii Workforce Funders Collaborative, and the State Commission on the Status of Women. Testifiers said the bill would improve cross-agency data sharing, support workforce and education planning, and create public-facing dashboards; the Commission on the Status of Women asked to be included in the working group or as an advisory member. In decision-making, the committee adopted amendments and advanced SB 338, SB 558, and SB 1186. For SB 1186, the chair’s recommendation added three positions, specified committee-note funding amounts for those positions and operating funds, and revised working-group membership to have co-chairs appoint five members with relevant experience and expertise.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 29th, 2026

Housing and Community Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • La Cooperativa and its members are the federally designated farmworker agencies.
  • La Cooperativa and its members are the federally designated farmworker agencies.
  • So we either want development in areas like Placer County, or we don't.
  • And what you find is it's different in all counties.
  • An example, as they compared Orange County to...
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • So when you have county tax rates, you have Have county tax rates, you have cooperative school districts
  • the municipalities in the county.
  • You pulled up an agency or you had a phone book where you... ...agency or you had a phone book where
  • you looked up an agency.
  • Our agency, before my appointment,...
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Staffing in Cohasset is different than Shirley, which is different from Plymouth County, Middlesex County
  • , and Suffolk County.
  • While programming is variable from county to county, it is unified in its goal to provide the tools for
  • We already did one program with Worcester County Tech.
  • County level. The gentleman mentioned his trip there.
Summary: The special commission on consolidation and cooperation among public safety agencies held a hearing focused on union and correctional staff testimony. Chair Dan Hunt and Senator Brownsberger opened by noting the commission’s extensive site visits and prior testimony, and they recognized Correctional Officers Week. Union representatives from KOUF, NCEU, AFSCME, and local county correctional unions described the daily realities of correctional work, emphasizing staff safety, staffing shortages, retention problems, mental health impacts, and the need to preserve local sheriff’s offices and collective bargaining agreements. Testimony centered on several recurring concerns: violence inside facilities, the spread of synthetic drugs such as K2, inmate suicides and suicide attempts, and the strain these issues place on officers, EMS, and local resources. Speakers also raised concerns about gender-identity housing policies, arguing they can create safety and workplace issues for staff, and urged more support for officer wellness, debriefing, and programs like OnSide Academy. Several witnesses argued that county facilities should remain locally controlled and that consolidation with the Department of Correction would weaken programming, staffing, and community-based reentry work. One witness described the Norwegian correctional model as a possible source of ideas for more rehabilitative approaches. Commission members responded with support for correctional staff and asked questions about K2 detection, paperless systems, EMS transports, and possible metrics to quantify incidents and facility needs. Members also discussed the importance of individualized assessments of each facility rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. The commission voted to seek an extension of its reporting deadline from September 30 to November 30, and agreed to continue site visits, including the upcoming Barnstable visit and a June 15 hearing. The meeting adjourned after the motion passed.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm from Santa Cruz County.
  • We operate basically the entire Maricopa County.
  • You have to notify the local law enforcement agency.
  • What's happening is, in our area in Mohave County, we have the Mohave County sheriffs who are mainly
  • So we are a statewide agency, unlike the counties that have a small area.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:04:53.280><c> for</c> Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for
  • Every program the agency operates is oversubscribed.
  • <c> operates</c><00:12:40.399><c> is</c> Every program the agency operates is Every program the agency
  • We've averaged over 20,000 households advised per year from every county, all 87 counties in the state
  • This bill makes sure that state agencies work together.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Targeted specifically for Tarrant County at the time and since then Dallas County has been brought into
  • We don't care whether you're a county jail of 25 or a county jail of 10,000.
  • Chambers County, Comal County, Calhoun County, there's an alphabetical order list.
  • It will end up with Washington counties, Walker County, and Wilbarger County.
  • I know we're one. county out of 254 counties. The judges of Montgomery County want to get it right.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Committee Jun 15th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • I actually appreciate the fact that the county was incredibly, Kansas County was involved in trying to
  • I'm a family child care provider from Orange County.
  • I am a family child care provider in Sacramento County.
  • Amanda Kirshner, County Welfare Directors, in support. Yes, Sr.
  • Michelle Ruelgava with Nielsen Merksmer on behalf of the County Board of Supervisors of San Diego County
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.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I look forward to a response from you and your agency.
  • There has been a robust response from state agencies.
  • County Department of Public Health or the county? Or is it for community members, organizations?
  • County and Riverside County LEAs are struggling to address the current subsurface elevated temperature
  • County Department of Public Health, has not been responding.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 6, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:46:12.119><c> day</c><00:46:12.559><c> while</c> agency by agency every single day while agency
  • They are gutting our agencies. They are defunding our agencies. They are holding up payments.
  • They are gutting our agencies. They are defunding our agencies. They are holding up payments.
  • Charles County, Missouri.
  • Every county became a border county, and every town became a border town.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:04:33.440><c> Maui</c> County Kauaii in opposition. Maui County Kauaii in opposition.
  • </c> requirement for state and county requirement for state and county agencies<00:31:55.840><c> to</
  • charter</c> of the counties via their county charter of the counties via their county charter or<00:
  • It also requires that the state and county agencies report to the commission the names of their contractors
  • It also requires that the state and county agencies report to the commission the names of their contractors
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on HB 126, which would change civil asset forfeiture law. The Attorney General’s Office, Honolulu Police Department, and county prosecutors opposed the bill’s proposed SD1, arguing that requiring a criminal conviction and changing how forfeiture proceeds are distributed would weaken or effectively end the tool, create fiscal and law enforcement problems, and make it harder to address organized crime or cases where an owner cannot be identified. The Public Defender’s Office, Community Alliance on Prisons, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and other supporters argued the measure would improve transparency and accountability, protect property rights, and reduce abuses that disproportionately affect low-income people. The chair questioned law enforcement about fairness, storage of seized property, and access to counsel, and the discussion focused heavily on whether forfeiture should depend on a conviction. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 280, which would make the Community Outreach Court permanent and appropriate funds for it as a division of the First Circuit district court. The Department of the Attorney General and Judiciary supported the concept and described the court’s success in helping people resolve cases, clear license stoppers, recall bench warrants, and access services, but suggested amendments to remove the Attorney General from the bill’s definition and funding mechanism. The Public Defender, Department of Human Services, mental health and substance use advocates, neighborhood and community groups, and others strongly supported the bill, emphasizing its benefits for people facing housing instability, behavioral health issues, and transportation barriers. No opposition was voiced, and no vote was taken. The committee also heard HB 370, which would increase partial public campaign financing for elective offices. The Campaign Spending Commission supported the original bill and asked the committee to restore the original percentage amounts, keep the proposed funding increases, and reinstate funding for two additional full-time staff positions. Supporters said the public financing system has not kept pace with inflation and needs modernization to be viable; a few testifiers opposed the measure. The committee reported 30 in support, two opposed, and one comment, and then moved on without a vote. Finally, HB 371 was heard, a campaign contribution bill that would bar state and county contractors, grantees, and certain related persons from contributing during the contract period. The Campaign Spending Commission said the bill is intended to address pay-to-play concerns and false-name contributions, while the State Procurement Office raised concerns about the burden of requiring agencies to provide contract information for all contracts regardless of dollar value. The testimony ended with the commission saying it was working with procurement and the Attorney General on implementation details; no vote was taken.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee May 28th, 2025

Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, served in the Senate District 34, Eddy and Otero Counties.
  • I represent House District 9, which is uh Gallup, McKinley County.
  • He is our lead in communicating with agencies, not just executive agencies, but all agencies, gathering
  • revenue received by state agencies at about 11.1 billion.
  • How, how quickly has, is the agency responded to this?
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Government

House Government Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • Otherwise, you have Maricopa County, you have Pima County, and you have the balance of state, each running
  • Because those right now are in the county. Madam, Mr.
  • Maricopa County.
  • Chair, I think also Pima County.
  • We have the ask from the agency.
Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Intel Expert/Expert Works on software intended to help investigators process large volumes of audio, video, and text data more quickly. The presenters said the tool could be adapted for Department of Child Safety work involving neglected, abused, missing, and exploited children by flagging keywords, building link charts, translating transcripts, and aggregating files for faster review. Members discussed possible use with DCS, county sheriffs, DOC, procurement and RFP issues, and whether the software could help triage hotline calls, clear backlogs, and identify trafficking or abuse networks. The presenters said the system is already used in Iowa and elsewhere, and committee members expressed interest in pursuing legislation, appropriations, or a pilot program. The committee then considered HB 2460, which would preempt local ordinances that penalize businesses for theft of movable property, especially shopping carts. The sponsor argued cities were shifting cleanup costs onto victims of theft, while cities and towns opposed the bill, saying local ordinances address blight and public-right-of-way hazards and that businesses should take proactive steps. After testimony from the League of Arizona Cities and Towns and the City of Phoenix, the committee passed HB 2460 on a 4-3 vote. Members also heard HB 2060, which would prohibit public educational institutions and ABOR schools from encouraging or facilitating abortions. The sponsor said taxpayer-funded institutions should remain neutral and not use public resources to promote abortion, while opponents argued the bill would restrict students’ access to constitutionally protected reproductive health care and referrals. Supporters said campuses should provide alternatives such as pregnancy resources and adoption information. The committee passed HB 2060 on a 4-3 vote. Finally, the committee considered HB 2210, as amended, to prohibit the state, local governments, and private entities from using ADS-B aircraft surveillance data to calculate or collect fees from aircraft owners or operators. Supporters said the technology was intended for safety and should not be repurposed for fee collection, warning that pilots might turn it off if used that way; opponents, including the City of Phoenix, said they wanted flexibility to use the system if needed. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed HB 2210 as amended on a 4-3 vote. The transcript then began discussion of HB 2533, which would create an Office of Homeless Services, board, compensation fund, and ombudsman, but the excerpt ends before that bill is fully taken up.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • They want certainty, along with cities and counties.
  • Madam Chair and members, I'm Nicole Coburn, the county executive officer of the County of Santa Cruz.
  • I represent Contra Costa County. They're asking for this authority.
  • Los Angeles County is asking for this authority.
  • And if this trend continues case by case by the county, If this trend continues case by case by the county