Transcript Highlights:

• Bondi's lobbying career should be disqualifying. This, too, was very unfair. Ms.
• Bondi's loyalty to President Trump is somehow disqualifying. It is not persuasive in any way.
• So this, too, is not a disqualifying attribute.
• House that would put at risk our system of order and liberty in our Constitution.
• How hard is it to say that you would refuse an illegal order?

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• As a result, veterans' disability benefits can unintentionally disqualify them from other critical resources
• As a result, veterans' disability benefits can unintentionally disqualify them from other critical resources
• spouse who have no earnings from work but solely rely on disability and Social Security may be disqualified
• We are going to take the chair's bill out of order. It's file item six. Excuse me, file item nine.
• The meeting on Military and Veterans Committee will come back to order, and we've got a few items that

Summary: The Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee heard several veterans-related bills, beginning as a subcommittee until a quorum was established. SB 888 would exclude VA service-connected disability compensation from household income when determining eligibility for the low-income disabled veterans’ property tax exemption. Support came from veterans organizations, county veterans services officers, and local government representatives; there was no opposition. The bill was moved to Appropriations and later recorded as passing 4-0. SB 1040 would create a state-local matching program for maintenance endowments for veterans’ cemeteries, with the state matching private or local contributions up to $250,000 per cemetery per year. Supporters emphasized the need for sustainable perpetual care funding for state and county cemeteries, and there was no opposition. SB 1407, the chair’s bill, would exempt military retirement pay and surviving spouse benefits from state income tax; supporters argued it would help retain military retirees in California and support the economy, while members noted similar bills had previously stalled in Appropriations. SB 1034 would streamline disabled veteran parking placard eligibility for certain 100% permanent and total veterans, and SB 1201, the No Hungry Heroes Act, would seek federal waivers and related changes to protect vulnerable veterans from CalFresh/SNAP cuts and connect applicants to county veterans service officers. All of these bills received support from veterans groups and related organizations, with no opposition heard. SB 1354 would prohibit out-of-state military personnel not operating under Title 10 from entering California to perform military or law enforcement functions without the governor’s permission, with supporters framing it as a safeguard for state authority and civil liberties. The committee asked about legal testing of the proposal, and the author said it had not yet been tested in court. After roll calls and a brief recess to regain members, the committee recorded 4-0 votes to pass the bills and consent calendar items, and the meeting adjourned after thanking veterans for their service.

Transcript Highlights:

• As a result, veterans' disability benefits can unintentionally disqualify them from other critical resources
• As a result, veterans' disability benefits can unintentionally disqualify them from other critical resources
• spouse who have no earnings from work but solely rely on disability and Social Security may be disqualified
• We are going to take the chair's bill out of order. It's file item six.
• The meeting of the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee will come back to order, and we've got a few

Committee: Senate Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you for allowing Senator Nilo to proceed you in order, and would you proceed with your presentation
• Thank you for allowing Senator Neelow to proceed you in order, and would you proceed with your presentation
• As a result, veterans' disability benefits can unintentionally disqualify them from other critical resources
• spouse who have no earnings from work but solely rely on disability and Social Security may be disqualified
• The committee will now come to order. The committee will now come doing it.

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard two main bills before taking several votes. SB 1053 by Senator Nilo would let county boards of supervisors in counties affected by a governor-declared disaster on or after January 1, 2026, extend by up to three years the five-year deadline for transferring a damaged property’s base-year property tax value to replacement property. Nilo argued the measure is needed because recent wildfires and other disasters make rebuilding within five years unrealistic, and members from both parties supported the bill as a common-sense local-control measure for disaster recovery. The committee voted 5-0 to pass SB 1053 to Appropriations. The committee then heard SB 888 by Senator Sayarto, which would exclude VA service-connected disability compensation from household income when determining eligibility for the low-income disabled veterans’ property tax exemption. Sayarto said the current rule can unfairly disqualify disabled veterans by counting their disability benefits as income, creating a catch-22 that can threaten housing stability. Members praised the bill as bipartisan, fair, and helpful to veterans on fixed incomes, and Sayarto accepted committee amendments. The committee voted 5-0 to pass SB 888 as amended to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs. The committee also adopted a consent calendar containing SB 999, SB 1073, and SB 881. After the roll was completed, SB 1053 was confirmed out on a 5-0 vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development will now come to order
• Finally, the bill disqualifies workers who don't return when recalled.
• Lisa Henning with the Fraternal Order of Police. Thank you.
• Lisa Henning, with the Fraternal Order of Police. Thank you for waving in support.
• Senate Bill 470 on Fraternal Order of Police license plate.

Bills: S0216 , S0246 , S0356 , S0388 , S0470 , S0488 , S0490 , S0528 , S0584 , S0594

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:

• The Select Committee on Pension Policy meeting is now in order.
• Theoretically, the plan could be disqualified, which would mean that normal taxation could apply.
• So if the plan sponsor did something that the IRS didn't like, they wouldn't just immediately disqualify
• Theoretically, the plan could be disqualified, which would mean that normal taxation could apply.
• So if the plan sponsor did something that the IRS didn't like, they wouldn't just immediately disqualify

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Pension Policy

Summary: The Select Committee on Pension Policy approved the June minutes by roll call vote, with 11 ayes and 6 excused. The chair then outlined meeting procedures and public comment rules before educational briefings began. Lisa Wan of the Office of the State Actuary gave the agency’s annual update, describing its staffing, clients, strategic plan, and performance measures. She noted the office is a small nonpartisan legislative agency that provides actuarial valuations, fiscal notes, policy analysis, and support for multiple retirement systems and boards, and said the office faces a heavy workload in 2025 because of the demographic experience study and other recurring projects. Jacob White provided the annual LEOFF 2 Board update, covering the board’s structure, plan demographics, funded status, contribution rates, and several policy topics under review. Those topics included a Seattle overtime/pension spiking review, catastrophic disability survivor benefits, retiree return-to-work employer contributions, and the change in interest credited to member accounts. He said the board would continue coordinating with DRS and report back through interim updates. Erin Gutierrez presented background for the LEOFF 1 study, explaining plan benefits, medical and death benefits, historic funding, and federal tax qualification issues. She compared Substitute House Bill 2034 and Substitute Senate Bill 5085, describing 2034 as a restatement/termination approach and 5085 as a merger into a Legacy Retirement Plan, both requiring IRS determination letters. Committee members asked questions about LEOFF 1 medical costs, funding sources, and tax implications, and public commenters urged the committee to protect tax qualification, consider a recurring COLA for PERS and TERS 1, and address pension policy concerns. The meeting ended with adjournment and notice of a 30-minute break before executive session.

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, they talk about having to be on a computer system in order to administer the tests, et cetera

Bills: SCR58 , SB309 , SB514 , HCR63 , HCR69 , HB401 , HB487 , HB722 , HB730 , HB745 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1024 , HB1032 , HB1050 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1108 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1175 , HB1192 , HB1218 , HB1244

Committee: Senate Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Keywords: SCR 58, Senate Concurrent Resolution, DOTD, Department of Transportation and Development, public-private partnership, P3, public-private partnership contracting, Belle Chasse Toll Bridge, Belle Chasse Bridge, toll bridge, tolling, tolls, transportation infrastructure, roads and highways, Plaquemines Parish, bridge project, toll fees, unauthorized charges, contract oversight, procurement

Transcript Highlights:

• You have to abide by all of this in order to be eligible. That is how I would read that.

Bills: SB372 , SB1224 , SB1232 , SB1264 , SB1330 , SB1381 , SB1441 , SB1450 , SB1589 , SB1618 , SB1936 , SB1980 , SB2011 , SB2030

Committee: House Criminal Judiciary

Keywords: SB372, firearms, gun rights, lawful carry, concealed carry, open carry, handgun license, Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, weapons policy, gun law, school safety, private school, public school, college campus, university campus, technology center, courthouse, government buildings, municipal buildings, county courthouse

Transcript Highlights:

• So, this bill would also specify information that must be addressed in the final order of the court,
• </c><00:10:40.399><c> of</c> must be addressed in the final order of must be addressed in the final order
• </c><00:14:18.320><c> So</c><00:14:18.480><c> then</c> it puts it in the judge's order.
• So then it puts it in the judge's order.
• </c> entering in order to pay the child. entering in order to pay the child.

Bills: HB19 , HB170 , HB171 , HB173 , HB174 , HB19 , HB170 , HB171 , HB173 , HB174

Committee: House Children and Senior Advocacy

Keywords: Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, HB170, supplemental appropriations, Education Trust Fund, Alabama education budget, school funding, K-12 education, local boards of education, textbook adoption, school buses, school safety, charter schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, reading intervention, college and career readiness

Transcript Highlights:

• The Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence will come to order.
• of the examples where many notaries, Black notaries, lack the knowledge that they need to have in order
• In order for fees to be incurred, the client must owe the fees to their attorney, meaning that the attorneys
• get their money back or their property back, or whether a person who violates the DTPA should be ordered
• goes to is largely dependent on the funding to do it, which oftentimes has to be sought outside in order

Bills: HB5621 , HB4904 , HB5067 , HB5076 , HB5081 , HB5354 , HB4862 , HB3847 , HB4088 , HB4157 , HB2966 , HB2287 , HB4203 , HB4803 , HB4737 , HB5093 , HB783 , HB5411 , HB4281

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: HB 5621, consumer protection, Deceptive Trade Practices Act, DTPA, Business & Commerce Code, attorney general, consumer protection division, district attorney, county attorney, local prosecutor, civil investigative demand, CID, voluntary compliance, financial institution records, bank records, privacy, protective order, in camera review, trade secrets, insurer

Transcript Highlights:

• If you raise your hand to be recognized, I'll call on you as I see you in the order I see you, but that
• may not always... ...order I see you, but that may not always happen.

Bills: SB96 , SB97 , SB130 , HB230 , SB154 , SB93 , SB99 , SB96 , SB97 , SB130 , HB230 , SB154 , SB93 , SB99

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: salvage title, salvage certificate of title, rebuilt title, flood vehicle, junk vehicle, total loss, motor vehicle title, vehicle branding, insurance claim, insurance company, Department of Revenue, vehicle inspection, rebuilder, automotive dismantler, parts recycler, secondary metals recycler, junkyard, vehicle identification number, VIN, stolen vehicle

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you for allowing Senator Nilo to proceed you in order, and would you proceed with your presentation
• As a result, veterans' disability benefits can unintentionally disqualify them from other critical resources
• spouse who have no earnings from work but solely rely on disability and Social Security may be disqualified
• The committee will now come to order. 1053 property taxation transfer of the base year value disaster

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard two main bills before taking up a consent calendar. SB 1053 by Senator Nilo would allow county boards of supervisors in counties affected by a governor-declared disaster on or after January 1, 2026, through January 1, 2031, to extend by up to three years the five-year period for transferring a property tax base-year value to replacement property. The author said the measure responds to recent wildfires and other disasters that make rebuilding within five years difficult, and committee members broadly supported local control and disaster recovery flexibility. No opposition was heard, and the bill was approved 5-0 and sent to Appropriations. The committee then heard SB 888 by Senator Seardo, as amended, which would exclude VA service-connected disability compensation from household income calculations for the low-income disabled veterans’ property tax exemption. The author argued that counting disability benefits as income creates a catch-22 for disabled veterans and can disqualify them from tax relief despite fixed incomes and high medical costs. Members described the bill as a common-sense, bipartisan fairness measure that would help veterans remain housed in California. No opposition was presented, and the bill passed 5-0 to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs. The committee also adopted the consent calendar, which included SB 999, SB 1073, and SB 881. After the consent items, SB 1053 was again called up and confirmed out of committee on a 5-0 vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you for allowing Senator Nilo to proceed you in order, and would you proceed with your presentation
• As a result, veterans' disability benefits can unintentionally disqualify them from other critical resources
• spouse who have no earnings from work but solely rely on disability and Social Security may be disqualified
• The committee will now come to order.

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:

• The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules will now be called to order.
• Having a quorum, we will now proceed to the first order of business.
• We have in our final orders of rulemaking.
• Disqualifiers for who cannot apply for and own a microbusiness license.
• And that is someone with a disqualifying felony offense.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you for allowing Senator Neelow to proceed you in order, and would you proceed with your presentation
• As a result, veterans' disability benefits can unintentionally disqualify them from other critical resources
• spouse who have no earnings from work but solely rely on disability and Social Security may be disqualified
• The committee will now come to order.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard SB 1053 by Senator Nilo, which would let county boards of supervisors in counties affected by a governor-declared disaster on or after January 1, 2026, extend by up to three years the five-year deadline for transferring a property tax base-year value to replacement property. The author said the bill is needed because recent wildfires and other disasters make the current five-year rebuilding window too short, and several members supported the measure as a common-sense local-control response to disaster recovery. There was no opposition, and the committee voted 5-0 to send SB 1053 to the Committee on Appropriations. The committee then heard SB 888 by Senator Seyarto, as amended in committee, which would exclude VA service-connected disability compensation from household income when determining eligibility for the low-income disabled veterans’ property tax exemption. The author argued the current law creates a catch-22 for disabled veterans whose benefits can push them over the income limit despite fixed incomes and high medical costs. Members from both parties praised the bill as fair and supportive of veterans, and there was no opposition testimony. The committee voted 5-0 to pass SB 888 as amended to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs. Afterward, the committee adopted a consent calendar containing SB 999, SB 1073, and SB 881. The roll was called on the consent items and the calendar was adopted. The meeting concluded with SB 1053 being called again for final action, where it was reported out on a 5-0 vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• it replaces line 61 through 66 on page three with the following insurance plan and has no other disqualifying
• ><00:18:09.520><c> has</c><00:18:09.760><c> no</c><00:18:09.919><c> other</c><00:18:10.240><c> disqualifying
• </c> plan and has no other disqualifying plan and has no other disqualifying coverage.<00:18:12.080><

Bills: HB415 , HB419 , SB219 , SB170 , HB415 , HB419 , SB219 , SB170

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: police abuse registry, law enforcement registry, officer assault, assault on police, resisting arrest, battery on law enforcement, law enforcement injury fund, Back the Blue Act, Attorney General, clemency, pardon, commutation, rehabilitation costs, medical costs, public safety, criminal records, background checks, registry removal fee, privacy, due process

Transcript Highlights:

• All right, the Judiciary Committee will come to order. Julia, please call the roll. Chair Brannon.
• Now this inmate has to navigate the judicial process of equitable estoppel in order to try to defeat
• The court order compels FDLE to allow online reporting of in-state travel residents.
• And then it also clarifies that disqualifying or moving to disqualify a court-appointed child psychologist
• And then it also clarifies that disqualifying or moving to disqualify a court-appointed child psychologist

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up a long agenda of 20 bills, beginning with CS/HB 1173 on the Florida Trust Code, which clarified that the Florida Attorney General is the only public official with standing to enforce charitable trusts administered in Florida; it was amended and reported favorably. The committee also unanimously or near-unanimously approved several claims and relief bills, including HB 6507 for Marcus Button, HB 6523 for Darlene Engerville and J.R., HB 6525 for Eric and Jennifer Miles, HB 6529 for J.N., and HB 6519 for the estate of Beniel Hambier, all involving settlements or compensation for injuries or wrongful death. Other measures reported favorably included CS/HB 213 on commercial squatters, CS/HB 1447 on trespass at large-scale ticketed events, CS/HB 515 updating the Uniform Commercial Code for virtual currency and related technologies, CS/HB 1007 on gift card fraud, CS/HB 1049 on protection of court officials, CS/HB 1219 on non-compete and garden leave agreements, CS/HB 399 on stolen valor in the ethics code, CS/HB 57 on xylazine regulation, HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, and CS/HB 265 on enforcing terrorism-related judgments against frozen assets. Most of these bills had support from industry, law enforcement, or affected parties and passed with little or no opposition. The most contested measure was CS/HB 1517, which would expand Florida’s wrongful death statute to include parents of unborn children as survivors. Supporters argued it would allow families to recover damages when negligence causes the loss of a pregnancy, while opponents—including the ACLU of Florida, Planned Parenthood affiliates, reproductive rights advocates, and some committee members—warned it could be used to advance fetal personhood, chill medical care, and empower abusive partners or others to sue over abortion-related conduct. The sponsor said the bill remained within the wrongful death framework and included protections for mothers and lawful medical providers, but the committee still reported it favorably on a 14-6 vote. CS/HB 903, a corrections bill addressing inmate litigation, sentencing, execution methods, tracking devices, health services, and offender review appointments, also drew debate over a proposed tolling amendment and due process concerns; the amendment failed and the bill passed 16-5. CS/HB 57 on xylazine likewise saw debate over whether penalties should target users or traffickers, but the committee rejected a narrowing amendment and passed the bill 20-1. Several bills were amended in committee, often with technical or clarifying changes, including CS/HB 1219, HB 1351 on sexual offender and predator registration, and HB 901. Public testimony was generally supportive on the non-controversial bills, especially from law enforcement, business groups, and affected claimants. At the end of the meeting, Rep. Gottlieb offered a personal correction, acknowledging he had wrongly criticized FOP in a prior meeting after learning the organization had, in fact, contacted him. The committee then adjourned after completing the full agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• And were any of those disqualified or anything, or did all...? They were not. Okay.
• did rfp how many how many responses did we get back we got five bids okay and were any of those disqualified
• or anything or did all they were not okay and okay and were any of those disqualified or anything or

Committee: All ALC-LOTTERY OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:

• I will call this meeting to order on the Children and Youth and Families Committee.
• </c> tanif Regulations um a person in order tanif Regulations um a person in order to<00:36:45.440><c
• </c><00:43:01.280><c> income</c> enforce child support orders income enforce child support orders income
• </c> the disqualifications the disqualifying the disqualifications the disqualifying crimes<00:59:49.520
• So it's a very long list of disqualifying crimes or conduct.

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• I'd like to call this April 15th Tax Day hearing of the Assembly Elections Committee to order.
• Additional comments will be ruled out of order.
• not permit conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the order.
• And Vice Chair Gallagher, you're out of order. Vice Chair Alligar, you're out of order.
• . ...election in Florida just weeks before he issued this executive order.

Committee: House Elections