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• Uh, my question, you said you're gonna lose right now you have 99 million in revenue, and you would lose
• that collects funds each year that go toward their street maintenance, and you know that's all calculated
• would that be something that would be amenable to the city where you're not losing $4.5 million in revenue

Bills: HB24 , HB950 , HB 1228 , HB24

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, municipal services, annexation, disannexation, zoning regulations, full municipal services, municipal obligations, landowner rights, service provision, groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

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• for revenues the house initial estimates for revenues uh<02:58:14.880><c> from</c><02:58:15.080><c>
• So the first section of revenues, that's what the revenue estimates are based on current law.
• That's turning Education Trust Fund revenue into general fund revenue, so that'll be in House Bill 2.
• </c> so the the first section of revenues so the the first section of revenues that's<03:17:42.840><c
• :43.840><c> are</c> that's what the revenue estimates are that's what the revenue estimates are based

Summary: The committee first took up HB 129, which would redefine “evidence-based” in public education. The Department of Education testified that the bill’s definition would conflict with federal definitions and be very restrictive, potentially affecting a wide range of instructional methods, curriculum materials, teacher training, civics requirements, suicide prevention training, and other programs. The department said the bill could force a broad overhaul of school practices, create local implementation burdens, and require at least one new state position, with a fiscal note estimating roughly $118,000 in FY 2026 rising in later years. Members also raised concerns about possible impacts on federal pass-through funding and whether the bill was workable. Representative Papovich moved to retain HB 129, and the motion passed 7-0. The committee then heard HB 133, a Department of Safety/DMV bill involving follow-up when a person votes using an out-of-state license or non-driver ID and then does not obtain a New Hampshire credential within the statutory timeframe. DMV officials said the bill would require a $40,000 technology upgrade plus a new full-time position, and that the fiscal note did not include postage or fully account for the manual work needed to match records, send notices, and review responses. They said the proposal also raised broader tracking issues because it would apply not only to voters but to anyone who had not obtained a New Hampshire license within 60 days, and they questioned whether DMV was the proper agency to make those inquiries. Committee members pressed the department on how the 60-day clock would be determined, whether the bill could amount to a kind of poll tax or raise privacy concerns, and whether voter ID cards or other exceptions would avoid that problem. The department explained that New Hampshire offers a free voter identification card through town clerks for people without a license or state ID, but said the bill did not exempt those cards and that the DMV would still be asked to investigate status after voting. Officials also said the bill would be difficult to enforce, that some cases would be ambiguous, and that any response from the DMV would likely amount to a request for information rather than an enforceable consequence. No vote on HB 133 was taken in the portion provided.

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• This bill, to be very clear, it does not impact existing revenues that the counties are receiving.
• The Taxation and Revenue Department has confirmed that property tax obligations are the responsibility
• We have also heard concerns about counties losing revenue. This is not the case.
• As opposed to the state, state revenue.
• The better the revenues from severance tax were, the more money you got.

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• things like redacting information from reports before making them public, sending late letters and calculating
• And to be clear we have no pecuniary interest in it because those fines go to general revenue they don't
• the rough canyon type things we're doing. further down the river, or up the river. still getting revenue
• , the GLO, that was a GLO site, you're still getting revenue for the school. and board because we're
• low-cost loans were great, they really needed to see a market design that got them their sustained revenues

Committee: House State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• the supply liquidity in California today, it's important to... ...part of our calculation in understanding
• And I would suggest that the calculations and the assumptions that are made about what our home-based
• the remaining refineries past a breaking point, further jeopardizing fuel supply, jobs, and state revenues
• It would increase the volatility of gas tax revenue to the state.
• Has that been part of your calculation? Yes, absolutely.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on the impact of the Iran conflict and global oil supply disruption on California fuel markets. Committee members and administration witnesses from the California Energy Commission and the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight described California’s heavy reliance on imported crude and refined products, the state’s shrinking refining base, current inventory levels, and how global supply tightness is affecting gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel prices. CEC officials said near-term supply looked adequate for roughly the next six weeks, but warned that continued disruption would likely raise prices further and increase competition for imports. DPMO said the conflict is a real supply shock, but also emphasized a separate, longstanding problem of unusually high California retail gasoline prices, especially among major branded stations. Witnesses and members debated the causes of high prices and the state’s longer-term fuel strategy. Professor Severin Borenstein argued that much of the price gap beyond taxes and environmental costs comes from a “mystery gasoline surcharge” downstream of refineries, while also noting that California’s shrinking number of refineries creates market-power and supply-resilience concerns. Western States Petroleum Association CEO Jody Mueller argued that state policies have weakened California’s refining system and made it more vulnerable to global shocks, urging the state to protect remaining refining capacity and improve infrastructure for imports. United Steelworkers Local 675 Vice President Norman Rogers stressed the need for safe, reliable refinery operations and adequate staffing. Several members pressed witnesses on whether California should rely more on imports, how to manage inventories and port/storage capacity, and whether the state needs clearer authority and better data collection to coordinate fuel policy. Discussion also covered branded versus unbranded gasoline pricing, the role of California fuel specifications, and whether a floating gas tax or other policy tools could buffer consumers from global price spikes. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing.

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• It's revenue we bring in through consumer fraud cases.
• It's general revenue.
• No, I'm sorry, the general revenue.
• No, I'm sorry, the general revenue.
• Page 110 is our general revenue for... Page 110 is our general revenue for cybercrime task forces.

Committee: House Budget

Transcript Highlights:

• Next, we have Transportation Revenue, National Trends, and New Mexico's Approach.
• Revenues going to the City Road Fund, another 18.75% of those revenues go to the Transportation Project
• Transportation revenues.
• And one if all of the revenue had gone to transportation.
• Revenues. And I'm wondering what you mean by "principled."

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• Obviously, any revenue can only go for road safety purposes, but still, we want to make sure this is
• for safety, not for revenue.
• If you use the calculator, it doesn't make it cheating. Are you cheating or not?
• So if you use the calculator, it doesn't make it cheating. Are you cheating or not?
• you're all using the same calculator, that is collusion.

Summary: The committee heard several AI- and consumer-protection-related bills, with extensive testimony from authors, supporters, and industry opponents. SB 53 by Senator Wiener would create transparency requirements for large AI developers, including disclosure of safety and security protocols, reporting of critical safety incidents, whistleblower protections, and the CalCompute public cloud. Supporters said it is a narrower, transparency-based follow-up to last year’s vetoed AI safety bill, while opponents argued it still relies too much on company size, could expose trade secrets, and should be narrowed further. The committee approved SB 53 on a do-pass-as-amended vote to Appropriations, with the roll held open for absent members. SB 766 by Senator Allen would codify the FTC’s Cars Rule and create a three-day cooling-off period for certain used-car purchases, along with stronger disclosure rules on pricing, add-ons, and government affiliation claims. Supporters said it would save consumers money and time and help buyers avoid bad deals, while dealer and industry groups said amendments addressed many of their concerns. Several former opponents moved to neutral, and the committee passed SB 766 unanimously as amended to Appropriations. SB 7 by Senator McNerney would regulate automated decision-making systems in employment by requiring notice, human review for discipline and termination, and limits on predictive behavior analysis. Labor and consumer advocates supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or overly automated workplace decisions, while employer and industry groups raised concerns about scope, notice burdens, and the predictive-analysis ban. The committee passed SB 7 to Appropriations on a 4-2 vote, with the roll held open. SB 833, also by Senator McNerney, would require human oversight of AI used in critical infrastructure, along with training and system assessments; it drew limited opposition focused on scope, and the committee passed it as amended to Appropriations on a 5-0 vote, also holding the roll open. Later, the committee took up SB 11, which would address AI-generated voice, image, and video cloning and deepfakes by clarifying likeness protections, requiring consumer warnings, and addressing misuse and evidence tampering. Supporters framed it as a targeted response to nonconsensual deepfakes, while industry groups said recent amendments improved the bill but still had concerns about penalties and warning language. The committee also heard SB 720, the Safer Streets Act, which would let cities opt into a revised red-light camera system that shifts from driver to owner liability, removes facial identification, makes violations civil rather than criminal, and directs revenue toward transportation safety projects; the author presented the bill, but the transcript ends before any final action on SB 720.

Transcript Highlights:

• That means fewer jobs for workers and less tax revenue for local governments to fund essential services
• And that will cause drive up our local business revenue potentials by providing the services to these
• And that will cause drive up our local business revenue potentials by providing the services to these
• , contrary to what we have done here in the Legislature's intention, some local governments are calculating
• support this infrastructure, which in turn supports the growth, and because we have limited other revenue

Committee: Senate Local Government

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on wildfire resilience, land use, and local government transparency. SB 911 by Senator Becker would require notification to fire enforcement agencies when a home in a high fire severity zone is sold with an agreement for the buyer to bring the property into defensible-space compliance; the California Association of Realtors said it would drop opposition if the bill is amended to use the preliminary change of ownership report, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 994 by Senator Cabaldon would bar local officials from signing nondisclosure agreements that prevent them from sharing information with the elected decision-makers of their jurisdiction; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it also passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 1041 by Senator Riggins would expand PACE financing for wildfire home-hardening improvements and add consumer protections, but it drew strong opposition from homeowner advocates, county treasurers, bankers, and others over predatory lending and lien concerns; it passed 3-2 and remained on call. The committee also considered SB 1075 by Senator Reyes, which would require local governments in AB 617 communities to consider air-quality reduction measures in land-use approvals for industrial and commercial projects. Environmental justice groups supported the bill as a way to implement community air plans, while counties, cities, business groups, builders, trucking interests, and others opposed it as duplicative of CEQA and a barrier to investment and jobs. After debate over local control and environmental justice, the bill passed 3-2 and remained on call. SB 958 by Senator Cabaldon would advance the Midway Rising redevelopment project in San Diego, replacing a former arena and parking lots with housing, affordable units, parks, and a new entertainment venue; with no opposition voiced, it passed 3-0 to Appropriations. Another wildfire-related measure, SB 1182 by Senator Allen, would require local governments to consider insurance availability in safety planning for development in high fire hazard areas and direct state technical guidance on the issue. Supporters said insurance access is now a key indicator of risk, while some members questioned whether the bill would add useful information or burden local governments; the bill received a 1-1 vote and remained on call. The committee then began hearing SB 1116 by Senator Caballero, a starter-home/infill housing bill creating a streamlined ministerial path for small projects up to 10 units, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or a vote on that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• No, this is a positive net increase of revenue to the state.
• That revenue is not being generated.
• That revenue is not being generated.
• Nearly $86 million in additional general revenue for the St.
• , it comes from general revenue fund towards funding these services, is the first time that general revenue

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the prior day’s journal by a 134-0 roll call vote. Members then moved through a series of personal privileges and introductions of guests, including Turning Point USA chapters, CASA volunteers and staff, JAG students, university students, nursing students, interns, and other visitors recognized from across the state. On third reading, House Bill 1766, dealing with personal property tax treatment and new construction, was debated as a taxpayer relief measure. Supporters said it would treat personal property more like real estate under Hancock-style limits, while opponents warned it could reduce revenue for taxing districts. The bill passed 94-50. The House then took up House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2989, a major gaming bill aimed at cracking down on illegal “gray market” machines while creating a regulated local-option video lottery terminal system. Debate focused on enforcement, local control, consumer protection, revenue for education, veterans, and disability programs, and whether the bill effectively legalized gambling in a new form. A motion to send it to Fiscal Review failed 69-44, and the bill ultimately passed 83-66 with one present. The chamber next considered House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2014, the supplemental appropriations bill. The sponsor said it provides a little over $3 billion in additional authority for the rest of FY2026, including tax refunds, disaster response, St. Louis tornado relief, Medicaid-related spending, and Missouri Department of Transportation operations. Members discussed the size of supplemental spending, the use of federal and general revenue funds, and the first-time use of general revenue for the adult expansion Medicaid population. The House adopted an amendment reducing some unused Medicaid authority, then adopted the bill as amended and perfected it for printing. The session ended with announcements, including a notice that the Super Committee on Tourism would meet immediately in Hearing Room 6.

Transcript Highlights:

• Learning how to build homes in the future will not only be building homes using our own revenue; we'll
• Where we find the biggest and strongest insurance revenue source is third-party revenue from our health
• heard, my good friend from Okeene, somewhere between six and ten counties that are going to lose revenue
• because of this, because they never should have been taking the revenue in the first place.
• Would you believe that over 50% of companies that continue to grow or continue to gain revenue continue

Bills: SB1287 , SB1983 , SB1796 , SB1806 , SB1558 , SB2135 , SB483 , SB1198 , SB1265 , SB2154 , SB2139 , SB1552 , SB2118 , SB1775 , SB259 , SB1344 , SB1380 , SB2007 , SB1572 , SB2074 , SB1423 , SB1425 , SB1502 , SB1503 , SB1833 , SB1561 , SB1555 , SB2044 , SB1749 , SB904 , SB1565 , SB1500 , SB667 , SB1484 , SB1562 , SB1644 , HR1045 , SB227 , SB1627 , SB1475 , SB1966 , SB2049 , SB1531 , SB80 , SB1734 , SB1630 , SB1894 , SB1975 , SB1432 , SB1437 , SB1812 , SB346 , SB710 , SB1489 , SB1614 , SB2045 , SB1250 , SB1304 , SB1501 , SB1946 , SB592 , SB65 , SB1257 , SB444 , SB640 , SB2178 , SB1242 , SB1642

Summary: The House convened with a roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then heard several introductions and special recognitions, including students and civic groups in the galleries, the Morris Eagles High School Academic Team, Calumet state champion teams, and Cherokee Nation Day at the Capitol. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. delivered extended remarks focused on tribal investments in public education, health care, housing, child care, rural infrastructure, and workforce development, and he urged lawmakers to preserve Medicaid expansion, saying it has brought major health-system revenue, jobs, and broader economic benefits to Oklahoma. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Abby Woods, and Nurse of the Day, Kara Delapena. Members made personal remarks about the Pauls Valley High School incident and a trooper accident, with prayers offered for those affected. Representative Rowe highlighted the courage of school officials and first responders in Pauls Valley and tied the event to the Legislature’s recurring school safety funding. On legislation, the House adopted House Resolution 1045 designating the second week of April as Lung Cancer Action Week. Senate Bill 227, dealing with gross production tax and ad valorem taxation of oil and gas production equipment and flow lines, drew extensive debate over alleged double taxation and fiscal impacts; it passed 76-14. Senate Bill 1627, a criminal statutes cleanup measure addressing duplicate sections from modernization, passed 89-0 and its emergency clause also passed 89-0. The House also approved motions to request further conference on House Bills 2155 and 2157, and then adjourned until the next day.

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• The Cannabis Control Fund collects revenue through fees charged to licensed businesses, primarily annual
• And so the tax revenue is also down because the gross retail value of the industry is down.
• You can't add up those lines and calculate the total number of eradications.
• And decline excise tax revenue has fallen nearly 13%, or 88 million 12,600 cannabis jobs were lost in
• , you would also know that the state's oldest dispensary chain, pulling in $100 million a year in revenue

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• ><01:01:45.960><c> based</c><01:01:46.240><c> on</c><01:01:46.440><c> your</c><01:01:47.200><c> calculating
• </c><01:01:48.200><c> um</c> figure was based on your calculating um figure was based on your calculating
• this is their data that they have provided and put together about what their costs are, what their revenue
• 52.600><c> are</c><01:12:52.880><c> all</c><01:12:53.000><c> of</c><01:12:53.199><c> that</c> their revenue
• streams are all of that their revenue streams are all of that very<01:12:53.719><c> detailed</c><01:

Summary: The subcommittee discussed three ambulance reimbursement bills and tried to distinguish their approaches. House Bill 185 would require insurers to pay the full amount billed by an ambulance provider when there is no contract rate, with no balance billing to the patient; the Insurance Department clarified that emergency ambulance services are already covered under the benchmark plan, so the bill’s reference to policies without ambulance coverage is effectively meaningless. House Bill 725 would set reimbursement at 325% of the Medicare rate for non-contract ambulance services and prohibit balance billing. House Bill 316 was described as addressing the broader problem that Medicare/Medicaid rates are low and that current balance billing shifts costs to patients or municipalities; its sponsor said the bill would require insurers to pay a rate that gives providers a fighting chance to remain in business, and he viewed 325% of Medicare as the most logical option. Members debated whether insurers should pay the billed amount, a negotiated in-network rate, or a regulated percentage of Medicare. Some argued that out-of-network ambulance providers are underpaid and that in-network rates are often too low to sustain service, especially for emergency providers who cannot steer patients. Others said ambulance companies should not be able to bill whatever they want and questioned the fairness of charging insured patients or insurers more than the service is worth. There was also discussion of whether rate schedules should be reviewed by an oversight body and whether different costs in rural areas justify different reimbursement levels. A recurring issue was balance billing and who ultimately bears the shortfall. Several members said balance billing harms patients and often does not get paid, leaving cities and towns or property taxpayers to cover the difference for municipal ambulance services. Others argued that shifting the cost to insurance premiums would spread the burden more fairly, though it could raise premiums by a few dollars per person per month. No vote or final action was taken in the excerpt; the discussion focused on clarifying the bills and weighing their policy tradeoffs.

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• And then documentary fee revenue.
• </c> for revenue they can collect revenue for revenue they can collect revenue through<02:15:53.120><
• government revenue.
• government revenue.
• <c> powers</c> its revenue and revenue raising powers its revenue and revenue raising powers for<03:09

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• But if the state says, okay... ...the state withholding all of its revenue.
• And by the way, also, you talk about the revenue that's coming.
• So you would be for destroying a local parish off of revenue?
• But we don't know exactly what revenues would be affected. We do not.
• I mean, it's the only revenue we have coming in.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

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• ... ...of that timber harvest, 75% goes to the county, and then the county splits that revenue with all
• Again, the major winner there is always the school districts; they get the lion's share of that revenue
• So it sounds like with the new fee schedule in 2027, you’re going to be paying 8% of your revenue just
• “Revenue just in this fee. Is that correct?”
• “Yeah, I didn’t do that calculation, but is that right? Is 4,488% of 57,000? I’m ballparking.

Bills: SB5919 , SB5816 , SJM8015 , HB2737

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, federal response, wildfire protection, community safety, infrastructure, natural resources, commercial shellfish, shellfish fees, Department of Health, biotoxin testing, export certificate

Transcript Highlights:

• And if you change that cost of equity, it would lower the revenue requirement.
• Not nothing, but a small share of the $60 to $70 billion revenue requirement.
• revenue requirement and a generation cost adjustment.
• Revenues that are approved in the case.
• We agree that more of the revenue requirement decisions should be put into the rate case.

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications

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• </c><00:21:24.480><c> charges</c> formula rate used to calculate charges formula rate used to calculate
• </c> calculation to any asset owner operator. calculation to any asset owner operator.
• They are excluded when infrastructure utility outages cause the loss of revenue.
• So there is often a loss of revenue.
• calculated and and dispensed with. So, calculated and and dispensed with.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

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• Why not all the government-funded NGOs whose revenues continue to spike?
• And hence, revenues, and that's really what we're looking at.
• , and generating long-term revenue streams for fairgrounds.
• , and generating long-term revenue streams for fairgrounds.
• Revenue by between $5.7 billion and $8.7 billion annually.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation heard several bills dealing with tax policy, local revenue authority, consumer protections, and incentives for development. AB 1726 would create catastrophe savings accounts for homeowners to save pre-tax dollars for disaster mitigation and recovery costs; it drew support from the Department of Insurance and the California Bankers Association, while the California Teachers Association opposed it because of the General Fund and Prop. 98 impact. The bill was referred to suspense. AB 1768 would authorize Los Angeles and Contra Costa counties to ask voters to approve local transaction and use taxes to offset projected federal funding cuts affecting health care and safety-net services; it received broad support from health providers and county representatives, opposition from one member and a resident, and passed the committee 5-2 to the Assembly Local Government Committee. The committee also considered AB 1790, which would repeal the Waters Edge corporate tax election and require worldwide combined reporting for multinational corporations. The author and supporters argued it would close a loophole, raise several billion dollars annually, and help fund schools, Medi-Cal, and other programs; opponents warned of double taxation, compliance burdens, retaliation from foreign governments, and job losses. After extensive testimony and member debate, the bill was referred to suspense. AB 2020 would provide a full property tax exemption for the primary residence of 100% disabled veterans and surviving spouses, and AB 2069 would create a targeted sales and use tax exemption to spur development projects at fairgrounds; both measures had support from sponsors and related organizations, no opposition, and were referred to suspense. Finally, AB 2705 would regulate third-party “asset finders” who help claim excess proceeds from tax sales by requiring written agreements, disclosure that claims can be filed free with the county, and a cap on fees at 10%. County officials and local government groups supported the bill as a consumer protection measure, while recovery companies and related firms opposed it, arguing the work is complex and the cap would reduce access to services. The committee moved AB 2705 to the Assembly floor on a 4-0 vote.

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• language to make the bill do what we're wanting it to do, which is to ensure that when the Department of Revenue
• put additional burdens on the Department of Water Resources to somehow provide more assessments to calculate
• ... ...somehow provide more assessments to calculate a new concept of the number of years of water left
• good example of maybe it's a good project, but it should be funded through HIRF, the Highway User Revenue
• Fund, not take money away from... ...but it should be funded through HIRF, the Highway User Revenue