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• We have three items on the consent calendar: File Item 8, SB 1018 by Senator Grove; File Item 10, SB
• We'll proceed now back in file order to file item 6, SB 926. ...back in file order to file item 6, SB
• Weber-Pearson, filed in file 5, SB 1210. Followed him 5, SB 1210.
• We'll move out of file order to next in file order, Senator Ashby, SB 1111.
• We'll move out of file order to next in file order, Senator Ashby, SB 1111.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing a long agenda of public safety bills. Early announcements covered consent calendar items, a pulled bill (SB 906), testimony limits, and a recess for lunch. Several measures were heard in special order and file order, with votes deferred until quorum was established. The committee also accepted or discussed amendments on multiple bills during presentation. SB 1446, by the committee, would change parole en banc review procedures by giving commissioners more discretion, making en banc votes public, and allowing CDCR referrals for sexually violent predator evaluations in certain cases. Support came from the California District Attorneys Association, while opposition came from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and public defender and youth justice groups, who argued it would add confusion, raise constitutional concerns, and duplicate existing safeguards. SB 1278, by Senator Nilo, would exclude certain sex offenses from elderly parole eligibility; the author and district attorney supporters cited high-profile cases and victim trauma, while opponents said the current process is already rigorous, low-risk, and evidence-based. SB 1354, by Senator Archuleta, would prohibit out-of-state military or law enforcement personnel from entering California to perform such functions without the Governor’s permission; the committee amendment removed a criminal penalty, and the bill drew support from the California Public Defenders Association and allied groups, with no opposition heard. SB 926, by Senator Strickland, would fund implementation of Proposition 36 through a public safety services support fund; supporters said local agencies need resources for treatment, probation, and accountability, while opponents argued the bill was fiscally reckless, lacked guardrails, and prioritized incarceration over community-based treatment. The chair and author discussed amendments removing a fixed appropriation and shifting funding decisions to the budget process. SB 874, by Senator Weber Pearsons, would strengthen oversight of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, especially ABA services, by requiring background checks for certain unlicensed providers, creating a stakeholder workgroup, and directing DHCS to issue guidance and report to the Legislature. Supporters said the bill would improve patient safety and program integrity, and no opposition testified. SB 1210, also by Senator Weber Pearsons, would extend CalGang oversight and due-process protections to local gang databases; supporters described privacy harms and inaccurate labeling, while law enforcement opposition said local investigative databases need flexibility and that the bill could significantly expand regulation. SB 1019, by Senator Grove, would create a California Cargo Thief Task Force in the Attorney General’s Office to combat organized cargo theft; it drew broad support from rail, trucking, shipping, and port interests, with testimony describing organized, dangerous theft rings and supply-chain disruption, and no opposition was heard. SB 1217, the non-consensual intimate image clearinghouse bill, was introduced at the end of the transcript after committee and privacy amendments were summarized, but its testimony and any action were not included in the excerpt.

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• . >> THANK YOU SENATORS DICEGLIE AND MCCLAIN ARE EXCUSED PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
• THE SERVICES RANGE ANYWHERE FROM HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES START THEIR BUSINESS FILING ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
• >> Chair: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU. >> I AM CURIOUS, I THINK THERE WAS A BILL FILED LAST YEAR
• SOME ARE ALLOWED TO BE CREATED WITHOUT AN EXISTING LLC OR A PUBLIC FILING WHICH MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• 1st, 2027, it increases the penalty for failure to report separations or wages and for failure to file
• or for filing insufficient quarterly wage reports.
• or for filing insufficient quarterly wage reports.
• file basis complaints um while also file basis complaints um while also still<00:37:51.280> preserving
• that wish to file legitimate. that wish to file legitimate.

Bills: SB2119, SB3131, SB3069, SB3180, SB2137, SB2993, SB2778, SB2672, SB2014, SB2967

Keywords: reimbursement, public employees, travel costs, government travel policy, finance management, job title, administrative assistant, executive assistant, state personnel, civil service, modernization, employment standards, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, comptroller, civil service exemption, collective bargaining exemption, public works special project branch, specialized public works, information technology modernization

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• Today, over 90% of initial public offerings are filed by EGCs. But when an EGC spins...
• have proven valuable since the filings have proven valuable since the jobs<05:12:12.160> act,
• ><05:14:18.638> first<05:14:18.878> needing<05:14:19.200> to<05:14:19.360> file
• <05:14:19.600> a offering without first needing to file a offering without first needing to
• file a registration<05:14:20.320> statement<05:14:20.638> with<05:14:20.798> the

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 23, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The committee uses electronic witness registration.
• I know another bill has also been filed asking for the same thing, but thank you for your bill.
• Electronic. Those physicians won't be on site, and so we really aren't getting a lot.
• The committee substitute replaces the filed version with a legislative... Council draft.
• What made you file this bill?

Bills: SB128, SB640, SB672, SB904, SB1141, SB1263, SB1525, SB1528, SB2041, SB2306, SB2308, SB2357, SB2446, SB2695, SB2857, SB2891, SB2583

Keywords: hospital reporting, child abuse, neglect, administrative penalty, medical ethics, child protection, SB 640, Texas Family Code, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, child welfare, foster care, managing conservatorship, suicide attempt, youth suicide, mental health, child protective services, state custody, annual report, reporting requirements

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• This legislation has been filed by myself and Representative Giannino.
• It's an honor to be here with you today in support of House Bill 2495, filed by Representative McKenna
• , and also Senate Bill 1530, the companion piece filed by Senator Fatman.
• There is also a companion bill that has been filed by our colleague, Representative Kearns, that I believe
• We have reported about 50 patients with electronic cigarette vaping-associated lung injury, or probable

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on a wide range of bills focused on children’s health, tobacco control, newborn screening, pediatric cancer, palliative care, and professional licensure. Early testimony highlighted Senate bills to expand newborn screening for pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency, lysosomal storage disorders, and congenital CMV, with families and clinicians describing severe diagnostic delays, missed treatment windows, and the benefits of early detection. Speakers also supported a bill to improve pediatric cancer research through a dedicated trust fund, and a bill to extend pediatric palliative care services to age 22, with parents and providers emphasizing continuity of care for seriously ill young people. Several witnesses gave personal accounts in support of the newborn screening measures. Families described children who endured years of misdiagnosis before receiving diagnoses such as Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, Pompe disease, Niemann-Pick disease, and CMV, often after irreversible damage had already occurred. Medical and advocacy witnesses said Massachusetts already collects some of the relevant screening data and argued that results should be reported to families, while others urged the committee to add conditions to the state panel because effective treatments already exist. The committee also heard support for a bill to establish a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder program and training for providers. On tobacco and youth health, testimony supported bills to ban internet tobacco sales, strengthen youth protections, and reduce lung cancer deaths through point-of-sale information and quit-line access. A student testified about easily purchasing flavored nicotine products online without meaningful age verification, and public health advocates backed measures to keep tobacco out of children’s environments. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to ensure parents have access to their children’s medical records through age 16, with exceptions for sensitive services already protected by law. The committee additionally took testimony on an optometry licensure bill, where ophthalmologists opposed language they said could broaden scope of practice and allow optometrists to use the title “optometric physician,” while optometry educators and students supported the bill as a modernization measure with no scope expansion. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair repeatedly reminded speakers of time limits and noted that written testimony could be submitted for additional comments.

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• Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as 5-minute votes.
• this Congress Republicans have filed this Congress Republicans have filed over<04:38:06.719>
• Members will record their votes by electronic device.
• Members will record their vote by electronic device.
• This is a five-minute vote.” electronic device. This is a fiveminute electronic device.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote.
• > will<06:06:22.400> be The first electronic vote will be The first electronic vote will
• Members will record their votes by electronic device.
• record their votes by electronic device. record their votes by electronic device.
• record their votes by electronic device. record their votes by electronic device.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Could you file it some kind of document.
• already in place through our electronic already in place through our electronic health<00:47:47.119
• In private letters and personal files.
• cabinet or stored on an electronic device, they're still your papers.
• <04:14:50.718> not that have documents filed not that have documents filed not necessarily

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 1067-FN, which would formalize and expand mental health courts in New Hampshire and create a grant-based funding structure for them. Representative Mark Pearson, the prime sponsor, described the bill as a bipartisan, compassionate, and cost-effective approach that would connect people with mental illness to treatment and supervision instead of incarceration, while still holding them accountable. He said the proposal was developed with input from the judicial branch, law enforcement, corrections, mental health organizations, and others, and emphasized that local courts could tailor programs to their needs. Committee members questioned the bill’s fiscal note, whether the legislature had previously studied the issue, how the program would be funded, and whether the bill should more explicitly address treatment, prevention, and data collection. Representative Buzz Sher, who helped develop the bill, explained how mental health courts work, including referral, clinical and public-safety assessments, case management, goal-setting, and graduation from the program. He said existing New Hampshire mental health courts are mostly partial and county-funded, and that the bill would formalize them, set standards, and allow grant funding. He also cited data from Georgia and New Hampshire suggesting significant savings from reduced incarceration and related costs. Members also raised concerns about due process, whether people not formally charged could be swept into the system, and whether individuals with violent offenses or domestic violence histories could be diverted inappropriately. Sher responded that only people already in the criminal justice process are eligible and that courts use safety assessments to screen out most violent cases. The committee requested that Sher file supporting financial data from other jurisdictions, and he agreed to do so. No vote or final action was taken during the hearing.

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• company that supports our first responders, that supports our military, and they're coming here to file
• They're coming here to file their lawsuits claiming that these certain features that are not, they have
• company that supports our first responders, that supports our military, and they're coming here to file
• company that supports our first responders, that supports our military, and they're coming here to file
• <01:30:25.040> their and they're coming here to file their and they're coming here to file

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• our hospitals. ...burden and financial costs for our hospitals: things like the required use of electronic
• Eric will talk about that a little bit, and that ties into the EHR conversation, electronic health record
• County attorney files an emergency detention.
• Or we have electronic health records.
• We haven't talked about a lot of stuff today that we hoped we'd get to, but we have electronic health

Keywords: 916, all

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• All of you and your campaigns rely on electronic communication. It's imperfect.
• And that's electronically through our websites that are permanent, that are...
• And that's electronically, through our websites that are permanent, that are searchable, that you can
• the six-month notice period that is going to be both electronic and printed so everyone knows it.
• I do know of a very large lawsuit that's been filed against Kaiser Permanente in California.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1167, which would let municipalities and counties satisfy certain public notice requirements by posting notices on their official websites instead of only in newspapers. The sponsor argued the bill is permissive, meant to modernize notice practices, reduce costs, and help governments meet deadlines, while a Blackman amendment added a six-month transition period requiring continued newspaper publication and a notice to the public about the change. Media representatives, tribal advocates, and others opposed the bill, warning that moving away from print could reduce access for rural, tribal, and older residents and weaken transparency; county and local government representatives supported it as a flexible, efficient option. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed SB 1167 as amended on a 4-3 vote. The committee then heard SB 1021, which after a strike-everything amendment would require the Auditor General to refer possible criminal conduct involving health profession regulatory boards to the Attorney General and outline how such investigations should proceed. The sponsor and supporters said the measure would create a mechanism for accountability when audits uncover criminal activity and address conflicts of interest in enforcement. With no opposition testimony, the committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and passed SB 1021 as amended on a 4-3 vote. Next was SB 1011, a bill directing county medical examiners or forensic pathologists to review an infant’s immunization and vaccination history and any countermeasures given in the 90 days before a sudden unexplained infant death. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve data collection, align Arizona with best practices, and help identify correlations without implying causation. Opponents, including vaccine advocacy groups and a disability advocate, argued the state already collects much of this information, that the bill could fuel misinformation about vaccines, and that it failed to address the main known risk factors for SIDS such as unsafe sleep. The committee passed SB 1011 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also considered SB 1013, an original merit-based public hiring bill that was not amended after a proposed strike-everything was defeated. The sponsor framed it as ensuring public employees are hired based on qualifications rather than identity-based preferences, while opponents from the ACLU and others argued existing law already prohibits discrimination and that the bill could create new liability and hinder outreach to diverse communities. Supporters said it would clarify merit hiring and prevent quota-based practices. The committee passed SB 1013 on a 4-3 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1015, which the sponsor said would create accountability and data collection around detransition care for minors, while the proposed strike-everything would instead establish a family and medical leave insurance program through Medicaid beginning in 2029; testimony on that bill and the striker was underway when the transcript ended.

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• Fifteen previously deferred reports were filed, and nine were deferred.
• The committee filed 103 audit reports that were brought before it. Mr.
• During the meeting, the committee filed 13 reports.
• However, an extension. for filing the ACFA was December 31st, 2025.
• Do I have a motion to file this report? Motion. I have a motion and a second.

Summary: The committee met to adopt prior minutes and reports from its executive and standing committees, including counties and municipalities, educational institutions, and state agencies. Those reports covered routine audit activity, delinquent private water and sewer audits, municipal accounting compliance issues, education audit findings, and several state agency audit items. The committee also reviewed and adopted the State of Arkansas annual comprehensive financial report for fiscal year 2025 and the related single audit report, both presented by Legislative Audit staff. The state financial report showed unmodified opinions on the state’s financial statements and described total assets of about $41.9 billion and liabilities of about $11.1 billion, along with retirement system assets of $39.9 billion and a net pension liability of $9 billion. Two material weaknesses were identified: insufficient internal controls at the Office of State Technology to monitor threats and unauthorized access, and a Division of Workforce Services methodology change for unemployment-related estimates that was not properly documented or approved. The single audit covered $12.4 billion in federal awards across 469 programs, with 16 major programs reviewed; it resulted in 33 findings, 14 with questioned costs totaling $16.6 million, and qualified opinions for the Summer EBT program, the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, and the Child Care Development Fund cluster. Members questioned agency officials in detail about the Summer EBT questioned costs, DHS unresolved findings, broadband grant documentation, cyber security controls, workers’ compensation liabilities, and child care funding and reporting. DHS explained that the Summer EBT issue involved drawing federal funds in advance rather than as benefits were redeemed, and said the process has been corrected. Broadband officials said the questioned $6.6 million reflected documentation-detail disagreements across many invoices rather than missing payments. OST officials described new logging, endpoint detection, and phishing-training efforts, and DFA and Education officials addressed specific audit findings and corrective actions. The committee ultimately moved to hold the two large statewide reports over until the August meeting for further review, with discussion continuing on whether to release some agency staff in the meantime.

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• folder or an Excel file.
• folder or an Excel file.
• folder or an Excel file.
• folder or an Excel file.
• folder or an Excel file.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• on Senate File on Senate File 1480,<00:10:46.079> road<00:10:46.399> user<00:10:46.800
• We are speaking today against Senate File 1480.
• <00:32:46.559> 966 File 966 File 966 uh<00:32:48.880> electric<00:32:49.279> vehicle
• included in Senate File 2092. included in Senate File 2092.
• <00:57:04.640> Senator the next bill, Senate File 2092.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• it, so she filed it for them.
• > um representative to file it so I filed um representative to file it so I filed it<03:24:59.760>
• electronically<03:32:20.560> so<03:32:20.800> that our website electronically so
• <04:03:26.840> at for state representative can file at for state representative can file at
• Provisions first it says prior to filing Provisions first it says prior to filing any<04:30:36.159

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We will accept any public comment on any bill placed on the suspense file today by the committee and
• Okay, with that I would now like to go to our suspense file hearing.
• I would now like to go to our suspense file hearing.
• We have 53 bills under consideration on the suspense file.
• The first bill, AB 1159 by Assembly Member Addis, is actually bill number two here on the file.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on January 22, 2026, for its regular order hearing and suspense-file hearing. In regular order, the committee approved consent-calendar bills AB 683, AB 763, AB 1126, and AB 1278 on unanimous due-pass motions, and AB 34 and AB 442 on a second unanimous due-pass motion. The committee then heard and advanced several bills, including AB 35, which would create an APA exemption for Proposition 4-funded programs to speed implementation of water, wildfire, energy-storage, and grid-support projects; AB 748, establishing pre-approved housing programs for local agencies; AB 939, allowing immediate transfer of certain affordable homeownership units to qualified nonprofit housing organizations; AB 643, adding a narrow organic-waste-derived agricultural fertilizer product to SB 1383 procurement options; and AB 96, removing the high school diploma requirement for certified Medi-Cal peer support specialists. Testimony on these bills was largely supportive, with sponsors and coalition representatives emphasizing reduced delays, lower costs, and improved housing, environmental, or behavioral-health outcomes. The Department of Finance offered general budget comments but no bill-specific positions. The committee voted the bills out, with AB 643 and AB 96 receiving no recorded opposition in the transcript and AB 939 passing with some members noting support and interest in coauthoring. The committee also received a presentation-only discussion of AB 1091, a proposal to authorize eight-letter specialty license plates, which the author said could generate revenue for rural programs such as the Williamson Act; the bill was not acted on at that time. After public comment, the committee moved to the suspense-file hearing on 53 bills. Using a substituted motion for due-pass and due-pass-with-amendments items, the committee held some bills and advanced many others, often with amendments that narrowed scope, deleted provisions, or required reports or studies. Bills held in committee included AB 405, AB 298, AB 333, AB 296, AB 1091, AB 1241, and AB 577, among others. The committee reported moving 43 bills to the Assembly floor, with several on A roll calls and others on B roll calls or with amendments, and noted that amendment language would be posted later online.

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• File item number one, H.R. 14 Gibson. File item number two, S.B. 70 Cerrado.
• File item three, S.B. 227 Grayson. File item number four, S.B. 263 Gonzalez.
• File item five, S.B. 769 Caballero. And file item six, 781 Reyes.
• File item number one, AGR 14 Gibson to be adopted.
• File item File item number four, SB 263, Gonzalez, due pass to appropriations, 7-0, this bill is out.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• A utility that fails to file or comply with their approved wildfire plan will not receive a rebuttable
• We're using more and more electronics. We're using more. Do we need that?
• Power just as smooth as silk because of all the electronics we're using? Again, I apologize.
• state that the reason for the one year on the statute of limitations was that it would expedite the filing
• And is it done directly to the Supreme Court in terms of the filing?

Keywords: 996, all

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• Now, by stacking, we mean filing multiple lawsuits for a single occurrence.
• A separate lawsuit is also filed against the surgeon, the anesthesia team, and then a separate lawsuit
• I understand that, and each and any one of us has the ability to open a bill file.
• Go forth and do what we do: open a bill file and prepare what you think is appropriate, drawing on the
• Other things ended the credits for new and used electronic vehicles, which had a pretty sizable net impact

Keywords: 996, all