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• I chaired the housing task force this last interim, had a lot of really good testimony.
• ><00:14:40.639> the<00:14:40.920> housing<00:14:41.360> task<00:14:41.680> force
• <00:14:42.199> uh uh chaired uh the housing task force uh uh chaired uh the housing task force

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:05 Roll Call 00:13 HB 7 Passover discussion 02:45 HB 490 Passover 03:22 HB 744 Discussion 04:08 HB 744 Vote 08:25 SB 10 Discussion 10:25 SB 10 Vote 12:03 SB 25 Discussion 14:30 SB 25 Vote 16:54 Adjournment 19:47, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Local Government met with a quorum present and began with roll call and a brief introduction of a page, William Huffman, a fifth grader from Lexington. The chair announced that House Bill 7 and House Bill 490 would not be considered that day, with HB 7 described by its sponsor as a housing-related proof-of-concept measure that needed more interim study before returning next session. The committee then heard House Bill 744, sponsored by Representative Richard White, with testimony from Brown County officials. The bill would allow counties to pay routine vendors electronically under a standing order, while still requiring appropriate signatures, to address delayed mail delivery, lost checks, and check-washing concerns. The committee substitute and title amendment were both adopted, and the bill received favorable expression to pass the House floor by roll call vote. Senate Bill 10 was presented by Senator Robbie Mills with support from representatives of the sheriff, firefighters, police chiefs, and cities organizations. The bill would enhance retiree health benefits for CERS career retirees by better aligning the subsidy with under-65 health costs. Members voiced support, including one member explaining a yes vote based on the bill’s benefit to retirees, and the committee voted favorably with a title amendment adopted. Senate Bill 25 was then heard from Senator Mills as part of broader housing legislation; it would expand the use of industrial revenue bonds for large multifamily housing projects of at least 48 units to help address Kentucky’s housing shortage. The committee approved the bill with favorable expression, and at the end members who had arrived late recorded attendance and votes before the meeting adjourned.

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• The Montgomery County Veterans Memorial Park honors those who have served in our nation's armed forces
• HB 1437 by Gonzalez of El Paso, relating to the Task Force on Pollinator Health, referred to the Committee
• H.B. 1460 by... the establishment of a task force to relocate relatives and individuals on the placement
• HB 1470 by Reynolds relating to the task force to study the legal and societal barrier. to equality for

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• In her role as the director of the citywide task force on pregnant and parenting teens, she advocated
• IN HER ROLE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY-WIDE TASK FORCE ON PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEENS, SHE ADVOCATED
• this moment to put a Queens part of it back in and not let Brooklyn share all of the power of this force
• THIS MOMENT TO PUT A QUEENS PART OF IT BACK IN AND NOT LET BROOKLYN SHARE ALL OF THE POWER OF THIS FORCE
• THAT WE SHOULD NOT BELIEVE OUR LYING EYES, SEEING A ROGUE PARAMILITARY FORCE SHOOT AND KILL AMERICAN

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with routine proceedings, approval of the prior day’s journal, and several motions to restore previously passed bills to the third-reading calendar. Senate Print 2436A, an amendment to the Administrative Code of New York City, and Senate Print 7160, an amendment to the Elder Law, were both reconsidered and restored to the calendar by roll call. Amendments were also received on Senate Print 9960, which retained its place on the third-reading calendar. The chamber then paused to honor Madeline Wilson on her 100th birthday and Marilyn D. Mosley through previously adopted resolutions, with family members and guests recognized on the floor. The Senate also welcomed Columbia Kicks Cancer, a student-run East Greenbush fundraising team that raised more than $239,000 for blood cancer research and care. The Finance Committee reported Senate Print 9005C, a budget bill amending Chapter 268 of the Laws of 1996, directly to third reading, and the Senate accepted the report and the message of necessity. The bill was then taken up on the controversial calendar, leading to extended debate on Part LL, which focused on limits on state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, including 287(g) agreements, informal cooperation, masking rules for law enforcement, sensitive locations such as polling places, and the creation of an Office of Immigration Trust within the Attorney General’s office. Supporters argued the bill would keep state and municipal employees focused on their own duties, protect constitutional rights, and prevent New York resources from being used for federal immigration enforcement; they also said it would not bar all cooperation or prevent local police from responding to crime. Opponents argued it would hinder public safety, restrict law enforcement cooperation, and interfere with local discretion, while some raised concerns about constitutional issues and the practical effects on sheriffs, county jails, and police agencies. The debate also included a separate provision creating a civil cause of action for constitutional-rights violations by federal, state, or local officials, which supporters described as an accountability measure. Members further discussed the masking section, with supporters saying it applied broadly to officials and was intended to withstand constitutional scrutiny, while opponents cited a recent Ninth Circuit ruling striking down a similar California law. The Office of Immigration Trust and its complaint/referral process were also examined, including the role of the Governor and the State Education Department in reviewing alleged violations. No final vote on the controversial calendar bill was taken in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• It forces low-income individuals to spend down modest savings just to qualify for care and trap them
• opposition to the cuts in IHSS, especially the drastic reduction to the asset test limit, which will force
• Families are forced into impossible tradeoffs: food, rent, utilities, or diapers.
• It forces people to live in extreme poverty.
• Too often, regional centers still leave clients with significant gaps in care, or they force clients

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, with no votes taken. The first major discussion focused on child care and early education, including proposed reductions tied to federal Child Care and Development Fund and Proposition 64 revenue changes, the shift of reductions from general child care to the California Alternative Payment Program, the end of funding for prospective pay implementation, a 2.01% cost-of-living adjustment, child care infrastructure grants, and a proposal to increase administrative funding for alternative payment agencies. The Legislative Analyst’s Office generally supported removing prospective pay funding and urged caution on the administrative-rate shift, while also recommending more justification for the slot reduction approach and more detail on infrastructure grant alignment. Committee members strongly objected to eliminating about 6,000 child care slots, arguing the Legislature should preserve and expand child care access. The Department of Education supported the preschool QRIS block grant increase and the COLA but raised concerns about rate alignment for three- and four-year-olds and the lack of funding to maintain enrollment growth. The committee then reviewed trailer bill language affecting child care, including codifying age-based reimbursement categories, expanding documentation for enhanced inclusion rates, clarifying CalWORKs child care eligibility, aligning health and safety standards with federal requirements, coordinating disaster-related infrastructure funding, and updating oversight language. Administration officials said the proposals were intended to support the single reimbursement rate structure, improve safety compliance, and coordinate disaster recovery funding. LAO said it had no major initial concerns with the trailer bill language but would continue reviewing it. The hearing then turned to CalFresh and nutrition programs. CDSS described projected caseload declines, a one-time augmentation for county administration to implement federal H.R. 1 changes, a proposed reassessment schedule for county administrative funding, and updated estimates that H.R. 1 could cut CalFresh funding by $2.3 billion to $3.7 billion annually and affect about 500,000 people. Members pressed the administration on the impact of H.R. 1, the “chilling effect” on immigrant households, county workload, and whether the state should backfill federal cuts, especially for families with children subject to new work requirements. The committee also discussed a one-time CalFood augmentation, state administrative expense funding, staffing for H.R. 1 implementation, and a small increase to the CACFP meal reimbursement rate. Finally, the committee began IHSS items, including the impact of reinstating the Medi-Cal asset limit, automatic IHSS termination tied to Medi-Cal loss, and related savings and caseload estimates, with the administration explaining that these proposals would reduce eligibility and that there is no broad substitute for IHSS for many recipients.

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• ESG was a government-forced set of restrictions, in particular, On banking.
• In the end, it forces government policies on private business and it forces them to deny.
• They are going after anyone who is of illegal status, and we've forced them into that, Mr. Speaker.
• So would insurance then be forced to cover them with no cost sharing?
• About this after COVID, after the mandates, after being forced to make these changes in their life that

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• I will also note that California authorized in 2019 the long-term care insurance task force under the
• The task force was in effect until last year, and that task force Was in effect until last year, and
• Eight counties, including Riverside and Mariposa, exhausted their funds and were forced to stop their
• and their vulnerable populations task force.
• Thank you, and I'll take... and their vulnerable populations task force we continue to support the 52

Summary: The joint Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing focused first on long-term services and supports for older adults, especially the “forgotten/overlooked middle” who earn too much for Medi-Cal but cannot afford private long-term care. Administration witnesses from DHCS, the Department of Aging, and Social Services described Medicare’s limited long-term care coverage, Medi-Cal’s role, the elimination of the Medi-Cal asset test, and ongoing state studies and listening sessions on financing options. Testimony from advocates and researchers emphasized rising homelessness among older adults, the need for better navigation and coordination across health, aging, housing, and social service systems, and short-term policy steps such as share-of-cost reform, housing stability supports, and protecting home- and community-based services. Members highlighted the need for a coordinated, no-wrong-door approach and asked for the most impactful budget investments to address affordability and homelessness risk. The second major topic was the Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS) program. CDA reported that CBAS helps participants remain in the community, that 304 centers operate statewide serving about 42,000 people, and that demand is stable but access gaps remain in some regions. DHCS explained that a 2024 rate increase authorized by SB 159 became inoperative after Proposition 35, and that a separate 10% rate change on the fee schedule was the result of a DHCS system error; the department said it would not require recoupment, though managed care plans may act under their contracts. CBAS providers and advocates warned that reimbursement rates have not kept pace with costs, that several centers have closed, and that clawbacks could trigger more closures. They requested $74.8 million ongoing General Fund to close part of the rate gap and preserve the program, while members expressed concern about closures and the cost savings of keeping people out of more expensive institutional care. The hearing then moved to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) and statewide collective bargaining. CDSS reviewed provider recruitment and retention efforts, including electronic timesheets, direct deposit, and the now-completed IHSS Career Pathways program, which trained more than 59,000 providers. CDSS also summarized its AB 102 workgroup report on statewide versus regional bargaining, saying the final report would be sent to the Legislature soon and that statewide bargaining appeared more viable than regional bargaining, though it would require clear statutory scope and major fiscal changes. The department estimated that each $1 per hour statewide wage increase would cost at least $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion annually. Labor advocates argued that IHSS wages, benefits, and training are too inconsistent across counties and called for statewide bargaining, consumer participation, and ongoing state funding. County representatives supported stronger wages but cautioned that counties need protection from new costs and administrative burdens, and consumer advocates warned that moving bargaining to the state could weaken local consumer control and the program’s consumer-driven structure.

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• And so that's a change that certainly has put a lot of pressure on the state grant program, forcing us
• And so that's a change that certainly has put a lot of pressure on the state grant program, forcing us
• And so that's a change that certainly has put a lot of pressure on the state grant program, forcing us
• And so that's a change that certainly has put a lot of pressure on the state grant program, forcing us
• And so that's a change that certainly has put a lot of pressure on the state grant program, forcing us

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• They actually have. related to this issue that they put a task force together and I'll have to to send
• And that task force was tasked with exploring. or in this particular loophole, is that right?
• N.S.A., Texas, 16th Air Force, and on and on.
• I'm here to seek your all's insight into the need to correct. a task force committee that would begin
• I'm a retired Air Force Cyber Operations Officer.

Bills: HB150, HB869, HB876, HB 1043, HB1494, HB1522, HB150

Keywords: cybersecurity, state command, information resources, data protection, incident response, information technology, classification officer, job descriptions, state positions, competency-based, information sharing, government efficiency, public sector, private sector, distributed ledger, title registry, real estate, property liens, pilot program, healthcare

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• culturally competent providers, centuries of land dispossession, treaty violation, disease exposure, forced
• c><00:00:56.960> assimilation<00:00:57.960> and<00:00:58.160> direct exposure forc
• assimilation and direct exposure forc assimilation and direct Violence<00:00:59.079> by<00:00
• <00:08:39.279> which<00:08:39.440> we task force which we task force which we manage
• And thanks to Senator Koic, who worked on the EMS legislative task force for carrying this bill even

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• Our force were organized into group 2.
• Our force were organized into group mobile<00:21:15.799> units<00:21:17.159> which<00:21
• So another added byproduct or benefit from where I sit is that we're not forcing everyone who wants to
• So another added byproduct or benefit from where I sit is that we're not forcing everyone who wants to
• So another added byproduct or benefit from where I sit is that we're not forcing everyone who wants to

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• This not only burdens patients financially, forcing them to rely solely on dispensary prices, but it
• Still in full force, let us use valuable but limited New Hampshire resources better than wasting them
• U.S. was a Supreme Court case that basically said you can't force someone to basically admit a crime,
• It was a criminal who wasn't allowed to have a gun, um, but you can't force someone to do that.
• It was a criminal who wasn't allowed to have a gun, um, but you can't force someone to do that.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• active preparing interested Supreme Court litigation that may happen within this legislative term to force
• a hearing for a convention to force a hearing for a Supreme<01:48:27.239> Court<01:48:27.560>
• Constitution, which made it in force for the first nine states.
• Constitution, which made it in force for the first nine states.
• Constitution, which made it in force for the first nine states.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And today's chaplain is Sharon Day from the Indigenous People's Task Force in Minneapolis.
• into the court system for forced into the court system for resolution resolution resolution or<00:54
• something through that's try to force something through that's not<00:54:35.520> ready<00:54:
• <01:33:18.239> and assessments so that they can force and assessments so that they can force
• The federal government is forcing us to roll those back on October 1st.

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• So that’s the type of forced X-rays that we’re seeing. cleaning."
• So why is not forcing X-rays so important?
• why is not forcing X-rays so important? why is not forcing X-rays so important?
• And so the real question is why are we forcing these X-rays?
• real question is why are we forcing real question is why are we forcing these<01:27:08.880> X-rays

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• uh job creation is that the labor force uh job creation is that the labor force growth<01:26:30.639
• Uh, which should not surprise anybody because labor force is below where it was in 2019, right?
• I mean, so basically if nobody left, right, our labor force would be significantly higher, right?
• our labor force would be significantly<01:36:48.320> higher,<01:36:49.040> right?
• <01:37:16.639> would choosing to move, our labor force would choosing to move, our labor force

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• We had a task force to examine compensatory revenue formula.
• We had a task force to examine compensatory revenue formula.
• We had a task force to examine compensatory revenue formula.
• The task force included in The task force included in this bill is a much-needed start to the process
• <02:46:26.240> because for including the task force because for including the task force because

Keywords: 1183, house

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• alternative community response model um alternative community response model task<04:55:55.120> force
• task force. task force.
• to a point of begging this body that we act upon Senate Concurrent Resolution 110 to create a task force
• so we can look at create a task force so we can look at alternative<04:59:44.240> actions<04:
• to look at the uh propose a task force to look at the value<05:05:55.200> of<05:05:55.440>

Bills: HB567, HB776, HB2, HB568, HB619

Keywords: open records, public access, transparency, government accountability, public agency, dental practice, licensing, administrative regulations, dental assistants, supervision, Medicaid, community engagement, healthcare, managed care, eligibility, public assistance, insurance, public adjuster, claim process, contract requirements

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• , the Disaster Recovery Task Force.
• We have our Texas Task Force 3 down in the Rio Grande Valley.
• , the Disaster Recovery Task Force over the years.
• I've never seen them show up in force so quickly.
• Obviously, drones are... ...a force multiplier in our agencies and law enforcement.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• To force this cost onto our local school district is financially irresponsible.
• To force this cost onto our local school district is financially irresponsible.
• To force this cost onto our local school district is financially irresponsible.
• To force this cost onto our local school district is financially irresponsible.
• To force this cost onto our local school district is financially irresponsible.

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• I think Senator Draheim, you were part of that housing task force, and maybe some others as well, in
• I think Senator Draheim, you were part of that housing task force, and maybe some others as well, in
• or federal forces that we are concerned that you’re concerned about in that area?
• <00:28:44.760> or<00:28:45.039> federal<00:28:45.519> forces<00:28:46.519>
• > um<00:28:46.679> that Market forces or federal forces um that Market forces or federal forces

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