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• Not all nonprofit organizations are eligible for these grants.
• And we do have eligibility checks as part of this...
• You can't get an ID card if you don't have lawful presence, and we do have eligibility checks as part
• There are certain eligibility checks as part of getting that credential.
• The reemployment assistance eligibility determination process is a multi-step and very complex process

Summary: The subcommittee heard updates on several state technology modernization efforts, beginning with the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s Enterprise Business Solution (DEMS). FDEM said DEMS is about 50% complete, with some grants and finance functions already live, and is intended to replace manual disaster and grants processing with a cloud-based system. Officials described faster reimbursement timelines after recent storms, major return-on-investment claims, and a planned final phase focused on design, testing, communications, data governance, and additional functionality. Members asked about the total cost, the role of Florida Digital Service, deliverables-based contracting, and how much of the system is live; FDEM said the project is expected to cost about $16 million to $16.8 million and finish by June 2027, with some follow-up information to be provided. The Department of Legal Affairs presented its Office of Attorney General Modernization Program, a follow-up to an earlier effort that failed after spending about $26 million. Acting Attorney General John Gard said the department has now moved to an off-the-shelf case management product, LawBase, and is in development and testing, with the Office of Statewide Prosecution already live and full implementation expected by the end of the fiscal year. The request includes funding for staff augmentation, cloud storage, the LawBase license, redundancy through a backup site in Orlando, and OnBase support. Members questioned the prior failure, the use of Florida Digital Service standards, data location and cloud migration, and the redundancy plan; Gard said lessons learned included better scoping and that the current effort is on track. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles then updated the committee on Motorist Modernization, including the Orion system and the MyDMV portal. Officials said Phase 1 and Phase 2 have modernized driver license and motor vehicle services, with Phase 2 statewide rollout scheduled to begin in April 2025 and Phase 3 proposed at $16.5 million for dealer services, data warehouse improvements, and call center modernization. Members asked about payment options, organ donor questions, staffing, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, and the digital driver license program. The agency said the portal already allows some sanctions to be cleared online, an ACH option is being developed, the digital driver license vendor has changed with a fall go-live anticipated, and the department is using security testing and a managed security service provider. Officials also said the system is currently on an on-prem private cloud, with future workloads expected to move to public cloud where appropriate. Finally, Florida Commerce presented on the Reemployment Assistance modernization system, Reconnect, and the FLWINS workforce system. Commerce said Reconnect is hosted in the Azure Government Cloud, has reduced claim filing time, improved fraud detection, and increased appeals capacity, and now needs $4.9 million in recurring funding to cover ongoing operations, cloud hosting, licenses, and staff augmentation. Members asked about adjudication issues, wait times, fraud prevention, and whether the system stores caller identifiers; Commerce said the average wait to speak to a representative is about 18 minutes and claims are generally processed in four to six weeks. The committee then began hearing about FLWINS, which is intended to create a “no wrong door” workforce portal under the REACH Act, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concluded.

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• Are they all of a sudden not eligible, and then they get on to a yo-yo thing?
• because they had comorbidities, they because they had comorbidities, they were<00:25:08.760> eligible
• ,<00:25:09.400> they<00:25:09.520> got<00:25:09.840> them, were eligible, they
• got them, were eligible, they got them, and<00:25:11.000> then<00:25:11.320> they<00:25
• , and then they of a sudden not eligible, and then they get<00:25:19.240> on<00:25:19.400>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They look at data sets, do their own investigation, and they make an eligibility determination.
• They compare that eligibility determination to the eligibility determination that we made when the client
• They look at data sets, do their own investigation, and they make an eligibility determination.
• They compare that eligibility determination to the eligibility determination that we made when the client
• And so we push the eligibility time period in which they come in and check in with us for that eligibility

Summary: The committee first considered the confirmation of Dr. John Lattell to the Board of Medicine. In questioning, senators focused heavily on his views about abortion, vaccines, ivermectin, and the role of CDC/FDA guidance in board discipline cases. Dr. Lattell said the board applies Florida statutes and works through probable cause panels and legal counsel, but he also expressed strong pro-life views, skepticism of federal health guidance, and criticism of vaccines and some medical practices. Supporters praised his long medical career, military service, and family medicine background, while opponents argued his views could prevent him from being objective in disciplinary matters. The committee voted to recommend him for confirmation to the full Senate, with Senators Polsky and Ruson voting no. The committee then took up the confirmation of Taylor Hatch as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families. Hatch described her background in state human services and outlined priorities centered on accountability, data, lived experience, and improving service delivery. Senators asked about SNAP error rates, Hope Florida, legislative analyses, staffing, and the department’s handling of child welfare and medically complex cases. Hatch said the department was reducing SNAP error rates, that Hope Florida uses navigators to connect people with community resources and self-sufficiency supports, and that DCF is working with the Department of Health and other partners to improve investigations and accountability in child welfare. She also said the agency is reviewing medically complex cases and strengthening oversight of community-based care providers through contracts, audits, and proposed funding-model changes. A substantial portion of the Hatch discussion centered on whether the department had been responsive to legislative requests and whether it had provided timely bill analyses. Senators also pressed her on Hope Florida staffing, the number of participants served, and the Hope Florida Foundation’s compliance and legal oversight. Hatch said the foundation is undergoing a financial audit and that the department is relying on required reports and ongoing investigations. The transcript ends amid continued questioning about a community-based care contractor’s finances, related-party transactions, and whether further forensic audits or repayments are needed.

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• If they were enrolled previously, then not enrolled, and that they're otherwise eligible for enrollment
• there's several provisions that clarify the PSO statutes and about charter school students being eligible
• 05.439> otherwise enrolled and that they're otherwise enrolled and that they're otherwise eligible
• > enrollment<00:04:07.040> and<00:04:07.280> haven't<00:04:07.599> been eligible
• for enrollment and haven't been eligible for enrollment and haven't been uh<00:04:08.480> enrolled

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It is expected to bypass 800 participating districts in the next round of approvals, expanding eligibility
• We know what the total number of school-eligible children have grown since.
• First, House Bill 2, as passed by the House, included students with disabilities and pre-K eligibility
• And really importantly, currently, because they are not eligible for pre-K based on their disability,
• Yes, so currently schools are able to offer. tuition-based pre-K to non-eligible families.

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Gymnasiums were in a separate funding category eligible for only 15% of funds allocated in any given
• Also, do students who are income eligible at private schools...
• It's only public school students only, so if you're income eligible, even although you go to a private
• school, you have a scholarship, you're not eligible for this.
• you're not eligible for this that is correct okay that answers a question for my wife who works with

Summary: The committee’s first major discussion focused on higher education facilities across UC, CSU, and the community colleges, with Chair Alvarez framing the issue as a final budget hearing before the May Revise. The LAO presented findings that campuses have grown substantially in buildings and square footage, while classroom and lab utilization remains below legislative standards and deferred maintenance backlogs continue to rise. The LAO also emphasized that the state and segments lack comprehensive data on capital renewal spending and recommended better reporting, clearer funding targets, and long-term planning for renewal and maintenance. UC, CSU, and community college representatives each described large five-year capital plans, aging facilities, seismic and deferred maintenance needs, and the role of student housing, while noting that construction costs are rising faster than inflation. Members questioned the segments about debt service, utilization rates, and how projects are prioritized. UC said its debt service tied to state support is about $665 million annually and described a $30 billion five-year capital financial plan, including housing, medical centers, and building renewal. CSU said it has about $31 billion in five-year needs and more than $8 billion in deferred maintenance, with funding coming from a mix of state-related and one-time sources since the state shifted capital responsibility to CSU. Community colleges said their unmet facilities needs total about $33.5 billion and explained their use of a scoring matrix and FUSION system to rank projects. The chair and members pressed all three systems to better distinguish between projects that are truly shovel-ready and those that are long-term needs, and discussed whether facilities condition data, total cost of ownership, and more standardized metrics should guide future bond proposals. The committee then turned to Proposition 2 and the Governor’s proposed community college capital outlay projects. The Department of Finance said Prop. 2 provides $1.5 billion for community colleges and that the Governor’s budget proposes 29 projects, with two continuing Prop. 51 projects also included. The LAO supported the overall use of the funds but raised concerns about the current 65/35 split between modernization and growth, the unusually large share of gymnasium projects, and some scoring metrics that favor larger campuses and certain regions. Community college officials said the scoring system was developed through participatory governance and would take one to two years to revise, but they supported the funding and agreed to follow up on questions about project categories and the rationale for the weighting. Members also suggested giving more weight to modernization, regional access, and intersegmental or collaborative projects. A final item addressed the CalKids program. The Department of Finance proposed $56,000 ongoing General Fund for three positions, while the LAO recommended approving two positions but rejecting a manager position until the current $7.5 million marketing campaign is evaluated. ScholarShare’s executive director said CalKids has enrolled more than 5 million children, with nearly 600,000 claims and over $45 million distributed, and argued that additional staff and outreach are needed to reach a goal of 1 million claimed scholarships by the end of 2025 and to implement AB 2808. Members asked about marketing effectiveness, data sharing, and eligibility rules, and the program said it is expanding partnerships with Cradle to Career and CSAC. No final vote was taken in the hearing, and the chair indicated the facilities item would be held open.

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• Over 83% of all eligible individuals are actually registered to vote in California.
• voters, and encouraging eligible voters to vote.
• voters, and encouraging eligible voters to vote.
• If enacted in its current form, it risks disenfranchising thousands of eligible California citizens,
• Our whole office and our whole job is to make sure that every eligible voter has an ability to vote.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 heard updates from the Secretary of State, EDD, the State Controller’s Office, CalHR, and DGS on a range of budget proposals and federal policy impacts. Secretary of State Shirley Weber opened with remarks about California’s election system, emphasizing its safety, transparency, high voter registration and vote-by-mail participation, and the office’s response to bomb threats and other election threats. Her staff then presented funding requests for the Cal-Access Replacement System (CARS) and Help America Vote Act/VoteCal activities, describing them as needed to modernize campaign finance and lobbying disclosure systems and maintain election security and voter services. A major portion of the hearing focused on federal election policy, especially the potential effects of a presidential executive order and the SAVE Act. Secretary of State staff said California would face significant, potentially unquantifiable costs if forced to comply, including new burdens on county recorders, county election offices, and the Secretary of State’s office, and warned of voter disenfranchisement, especially for students, seniors, disabled voters, military and overseas voters, rural residents, and people with limited transportation. Members and public commenters strongly opposed the federal proposals and argued California’s current system is functioning well. The committee also heard that federal HAVA funds were not expected to be at risk because the state draws them down into an interest-bearing account. EDD reported on paid family leave, explaining that recent delays were tied to a system transition and increased claim volume, and said it was simplifying applications and adding staff and automation. Public testimony supported expanding paid family leave to chosen family. EDD also said it is prepared for possible unemployment spikes, citing a recession plan, a command center, and recent hiring. The State Controller’s Office requested funding to continue the Fiscal migration project, which would move the state’s accounting book of record to the new system by July 1, 2026; Finance and LAO had no objections, and the committee expressed support for the project’s progress. CalHR presented a proposal for a statewide recruitment, outreach, and education paid media campaign under AB 1511, saying its current advertising budget is too small to reach diverse communities effectively. The final item addressed Governor Newsom’s executive order requiring a return to office on a four-day schedule. CalHR and DGS said they were working department-by-department to assess space, parking, transit, and other logistics, but had not completed a statewide cost analysis. Members and many public commenters criticized the order, arguing it was rushed, costly, harmful to telework benefits, and potentially disruptive to workers, especially those with disabilities, caregiving responsibilities, or long commutes. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• AND WE HAVE THEM PROVIDE ACCESS TO BRIGHT FUTURES ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION IN ONLINE ACT PREP RESOURCES
• FOR STUDENTS WHO MEET CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
• PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATABASE SO THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN LOOK UP THE STATUS AND KNOW THAT IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE
• ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS?
• THEY MIGHT INVESTIGATE IT AS INDICATED AND DISCOVER THAT PROBLEMS ARE ALLOWED LOW ELIGIBLE SIGNATURES

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We removed the two-year internship eligibility window to be considered as an internal applicant.
• We also defined reinstatement and interagency transfer to clarify employee eligibility for new hire leave
• We remove the two-year internship eligibility window to be considered as an internal applicant.
• Section 407.3702, under definitions, we updated the definition of eligible employee.
• We had three bills, 1177, 1274, and 1419, which expanded the eligibility for the public safety defined

Keywords: 908, all

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• We had another case where a county employee was tasked with determining which citizens are eligible for
• We had another case where a county employee was tasked with determining which citizens are eligible for
• in certain prosecutor petition documents, and requiring that victims be notified if an offense is eligible
• expand the circumstances where prosecutors are required to notify the victim that an offense is eligible
• expand the circumstances where the prosecutors are required to notify the victim that in offenses eligible

Bills: HF3489, HF3990, HF3825, HF3826, HF3827, HF3822

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• being that under comparability, you have to offer the same benefit and services to all individuals eligible
• being that under comparability, you have to offer the same benefit and services to all individuals eligible
• You have to offer it to everyone that is eligible for Medicaid. So there are fewer options there.
• You have to offer it to everyone that is eligible for Medicaid. So there are fewer options there.
• There's no retroactive eligibility in a waiver.

Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council reviewed several agency rules and requests. It approved without objection an Insurance Department amendment implementing Act 261’s holding company system requirements, two State Board of Election Commissioners rules on poll watchers/provisional voting and certified election monitors, and a Treasurer of State rule removing DEI-related membership requirements to comply with Act 938. The committee also held over for a month a Department of Education request related to excluding a rule from reporting requirements so it could be discussed further with the Department of Commerce. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Department of Human Services’ request to be excluded from rulemaking for Acts 567, 568, 967, and 1025. DHS said federal CMS guidance created comparability and other issues for the Medicaid-related dental and diagnostic lab provisions, making it difficult to implement the acts as written by their effective dates. DHS outlined possible paths, including broader adult dental coverage, waivers, or splitting the dental rate increase from the special-needs cap increase. The Arkansas State Dental Association disputed DHS’s approach, arguing Act 1025 is workable, that the pediatric rate increase should move forward separately, and that DHS should continue pursuing the law rather than stop rulemaking. Committee members questioned both sides extensively about CMS correspondence, waiver timelines, fiscal impact, and whether the acts could be severed. After testimony from DHS, the Dental Association, and a public commenter, the committee adopted a motion not to exclude DHS from reporting requirements for Acts 567, 568, 967, and 1025, meaning DHS must continue the normal rulemaking/reporting process. The committee then accepted the Division of Higher Education’s report, which recommended repealing three of its 32 rules and keeping the remaining 29 in effect. It also received routine written updates on older and newer rulemaking items and filed the monthly updates without further action.

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• statute, whether it's in statute or the capital budget language, there are match requirements and eligibility
• a single meeting we've had where we've left saying, oh, there's something else that you might be eligible
• Morton and Elma and Reardan and Chelan that have finished up their comprehensive plan and they're eligible
• Then allowing them the opportunity to still access some of those funds that they'd be eligible for, but
• So an example would be if a district were to say, you know, have eligibility for, we'll say, eight million

Summary: The Capital Budget Committee heard presentations from the Department of Commerce, the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), and a consultant on the School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP) study. Commerce officials described their agency’s role in housing, energy, local government, broadband, and other capital programs, and reported on a $5 million pilot under Senate Bill 5200 that used trusted community messengers and technical assistance to help historically excluded organizations prepare for capital funding. They said 18 organizations received direct support and 79 smaller projects were also funded, but emphasized that statutory match rules, reimbursement-based payments, site-control requirements, insurance and audit costs, and extensive contracting rules remain major barriers. Commerce outlined efforts to expand outreach, digital modernization, internal contracting improvements, tribal MOUs, and innovation centers, and members asked about small business support, housing program placement, and outreach to Eastern Washington and communities of color. RCO described its grant programs for recreation, conservation, education, and salmon/orca recovery, and reviewed equity work done before and after a 2021-23 proviso. The agency had already created a small-communities carve-out in youth athletic facilities, piloted stipends for advisory committee members, and reduced match requirements where allowed. Under the proviso, RCO completed an equity review and a planning program that funded 54 projects across 34 counties, with many applicants being new or long-absent grantees. Staff said the review led to changes in scoring criteria, clearer application guidance, more objective data measures, expanded technical assistance, and targeted community engagement. Members asked about application burden, project sizes, outreach, and how the agency is broadening participation and representation on advisory committees. The final presentation summarized a planning study on SCAP, which examined rising construction costs, fragmented grant programs, local funding barriers, and uneven district capacity. The report recommended nine major changes, including stronger planning support, a new minor-modernization category, a mechanism to use unused funds more quickly, an education-specification prototype, a SCAP enhancement program for low-capacity districts, acceptance of non-SCAP funds, phased modernization, streamlined D-form and reimbursement processes, and revisions to the SCAP formula to better account for grade-band differences, enrollment projections, and regional cost factors. Additional recommendations included ongoing monitoring and evaluation, facilities-impact reviews, matching SCAP increases to construction-cost inflation, earlier locking of funding estimates, flexible program spaces, and updated statewide building-condition assessments. No votes were taken during the meeting.

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• Also, our state cemeteries have seen an uptick because people are aware that they're eligible to be buried
• The park passes, we had only done, from FY 24, that 1094 was only the number of 100 percent eligible
• And a double plot, the second is a dependent or a spouse who is eligible to be buried in the same plot
• There's a great deal of information here about SNAP eligibility changes, different qualification data
• Another great table here to talk about what it looks like for service members and SNAP eligibility.

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• This can have an impact on their eligibility.
• And when people roll off of the Medicaid rolls, they're no longer, I guess, eligible to be receiving
• So it would be a fun fact to me to see whether or not those who are eligible for those tax cuts, those
• What I will say is that potential eligibility changes or work requirements that might change who's eligible
• Or other benefits, they may not be what we call directly certified as receiving or being eligible for

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• And so it's on the workforce, it's the employers as well as the beneficiaries that could be eligible
• c><00:22:34.720> um the beneficiaries that could be um the beneficiaries that could be um eligible
• for family paid and medical eligible for family paid and medical leave.<00:22:39.440> Okay.
• 25.480> facilitation requirements and then facilitation requirements and then facilitation eligibility
• eligibility eligibility criteria<00:26:29.039> benefit<00:26:29.520> duration<00:26:30.000

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Particularly those who are uncertain about their eligibility, deterring participation in elections.
• This is why we recommend... 221 eligible Texan hoping to participate in our democracy feels empowered
• This number is a graph that shows generally he remained eligible for the federal bailout requirements
• We do it in a number of situations, whether they're eligible, as long as they're eligible and they can
• They're eligible and the process is fair. Thank you. Thank you for coming to testify.

Bills: SB108, SB318, SB507, SB511, SB533, SB1026, SB1386, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596

Keywords: elections, Election Code, poll workers, election clerks, presiding judge, alternate presiding judge, polling place, central counting station, county chair, political party, gubernatorial election, vote counting, election administration, Texas elections, precinct officials, ballot counting, county election officials, election integrity, election fraud, Attorney General

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• just from capping inflation, and I think we have to do a number of things, including looking at eligibility
• :48.159> including<00:26:48.559> looking<00:26:48.760> at<00:26:49.000> eligibility
• things including looking at eligibility things including looking at eligibility and<00:26:50.120
• <00:26:56.960> to<00:26:57.120> look counties to look at eligibility to look counties
• to look at eligibility to look at<00:26:57.440> services<00:26:57.799> that<00:26:57.919

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Also... ...anticipating or have seen declining enrollment or growth in districts, also increased eligibility
• or reduced eligibility for certain categorical expenditures.
• Also increased eligibility or reduced eligibility for certain categorical expenditures.
• ... ...partnership fund account and that money sits there to be used as needed for eligible projects
• high-cost occurrences, which is a reimbursement funding mechanism for districts and charters for eligible

Summary: The House and Senate Education Committee first approved minutes from February 2 and 3, then heard an interim study proposal on Arkansas adult education and the Excel Center model, presented by Goodwill Industries of Arkansas and the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities. Witnesses argued that about 300,000 Arkansas adults lack a high school diploma or GED and described the Excel Center as a diploma-granting public charter option for adults 19 and older, with wraparound supports such as child care, transportation, tutoring, life coaching, and career services. They said the Arkansas campuses are not state-funded, highlighted growth in enrollment and graduation outcomes, and cited research showing improved employment, earnings, and reduced criminal justice involvement for graduates. Committee members discussed the role of Goodwill’s nonprofit mission, the need for multiple adult education pathways, and the relationship between adult education challenges and broader state efforts such as LEARNS and ACCESS. The committee then debated the interim study proposal procedure, including whether questions should have been taken before the vote. The motion to adopt the ISP passed, and members noted that the study would broadly examine adult education, GED testing, high school diplomas, charter schools, in-person adult education, and funding allocation. Several members asked for follow-up information on current adult education funding, the availability of Excel Centers, and the criminal justice study results. After that, staff from the Bureau of Legislative Research gave a detailed adequacy funding overview for Arkansas K-12 education. They reviewed national funding principles and then explained Arkansas’s revenue streams and distribution system, including general revenue, the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Educational Adequacy Fund, local property-tax revenues, and facilities partnership funding. They also walked through the state’s foundation formula, categorical aid, supplemental aid, and additional funding, including the per-student matrix amount of $7,771 for 2025 and how funds are allocated to districts and charters. Members asked about student support staff, special education high-cost occurrences, ALE funding, teacher salary equalization, and the Excel Center’s treatment in funding totals; staff said some of those questions would be addressed in a later spending presentation. The meeting ended after the committee was told the department was present mainly to answer questions and no further business remained.

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• President, and how many charter schools will be eligible for this $265 million?
• The eligibility criteria has changed. What's the role of those FTEs in that department?
• To be eligible, the retiree must have completed at least six years of Service in the special risk class
• We're going to broaden the scope of programs that are eligible to receive this line funding.
• Eligible to receive this line funding and to improve our workforce.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• It applies to bills that enjoy unanimous support in this committee and are eligible for the Assembly
• motion due pass applies to bills that also enjoy unanimous support in this committee that are not eligible
• motion due pass applies to bills that also enjoy unanimous support in this committee that are not eligible
• Families can lose access to subsidized care due to gaps in eligibility rules.
• This bill will clarify child care eligibility rules to better support families when they are taking family

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on May 14, 2025, for a regular order hearing with a large consent calendar and many individual bill presentations. The committee first approved numerous bills on consent, then heard a series of measures spanning reproductive health, child care eligibility, transportation, mental health diversion, county recorder fees, groundwater management, election deadlines, parking enforcement, consumer protections, housing, immigrant and student protections, and utility/CPUC oversight. Several bills were taken up only for presentation because they were on suspense, including ACA 4 on long-term housing funding, and the committee later approved a very large suspense calendar as a whole. Among the bills discussed, AB 260 would protect medication abortion access and providers; AB 904 would clarify child care subsidy eligibility during family leave or job search; AB 1014 would give Caltrans more flexibility on speed limits in rural highway segments; AB 46 would clarify judicial discretion in mental health diversion; AB 1413 and AB 929 addressed groundwater adjudication and SGMA-related protections for small community water systems and wetlands; AB 930 would count vote-by-mail ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days; AB 1022 would end towing solely for unpaid parking tickets; AB 290 and AB 302 dealt with automatic payments for the California Fair Plan and medical data protections; AB 1303 would remove the need for a Social Security number for California Lifeline eligibility; and several housing bills, including AB 920, AB 956, AB 1470, AB 893, and AB 1021, sought to streamline approvals or expand housing options. AB 1318 and AB 49 focused on immigrant-serving nonprofits and keeping immigration enforcement out of schools, while AB 1532 extended telecommunications and transportation access programs and added CPUC accountability measures. Testimony was generally supportive for the bills heard, with authors and sponsors emphasizing low or absorbable fiscal impacts, consumer protection, housing production, public safety, and protections for vulnerable communities. Opposition appeared on a few measures, including concerns about ADUs, towing authority, charter school-related issues, and the scale of proposed housing funding in ACA 4. Several members also commented in support of the housing and immigrant-protection measures, and some bills were voted out with recorded no votes or not-voting members noted. After the suspense calendar was deemed approved, the committee opened public comment on bills not presented that day, heard a long list of supporters and opponents on various measures, and then adjourned.