Transcript Highlights:

• That's an indicator that it's a special appropriation and not a growth appropriation.
• The Appropriation Contingency Fund would fund $150 million to the Appropriation Contingency Fund, which
• Yes, a fund transfer, and it's also appropriated to DFA. $10 million as a special, and it would be appropriated
• The legislature and executives should separate deficiency appropriations from supplemental appropriations
• Where after the transfer, exactly where it is going and if it wasn't appropriated for that or not appropriated

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• , at times known as the Committee on Appropriations and Retirement, rising to become Majority Vice Chair
• In his work on appropriations, he served as a member of the automatic data processing, higher education
• Second reading of Senate Bill 1072, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
• Second reading of Senate Bill 1073, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
• Second reading of Senate Bill 1074, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Summary: The Senate convened with 30 members present, heard the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, and approved several temporary excusals. The chamber received gubernatorial appointments to multiple boards and commissions, then recessed and later took up resolutions and legislation. It adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, a tribute memorializing former Senator and Representative Robert Geake, after remarks honoring his long legislative career and public service; the resolution was adopted and all members and the Lieutenant Governor were added as co-sponsors. The Senate also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, which approved an extension of a state of emergency related to gasoline prices through Labor Day. Senator Camilleri argued the extension would help lower fuel costs for residents, while Senator McBroom later criticized the resolution as political theater and urged action on substantive energy legislation, including a pending Upper Peninsula-related bill. The resolution passed by roll call, 36-1. In floor action, the Senate introduced and referred several bills, including measures on the Income Tax Act, Michigan Trust Fund Act, road classification, the Food Law, Motor Fuels Quality Act, and automated decision tools in employment. The chamber then passed three bills on third reading: Senate Bill 480 on child care organization licensing and regulation, Senate Bill 517 amending the Revised School Code, and Senate Bill 278 amending the State Housing Development Authority Act of 1966. The Senate adjourned after statements and a final motion to adjourn until June 25 at 10 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• Accepting aid is something wholly appropriate.
• and killed this past week, and aid was rendered from federal law enforcement, and that was 100% appropriate
• So accepting aid is wholly appropriate. Our sheriffs are still in control.
• One of those puts us in charge, our officers... ...in charge, which I think is appropriate, while the
• It tightens up that language, and I feel that's a good, appropriate amendment, and without taking any

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• The substitute incorporates House Bills 1711, 2666, 3116, and 3289, which will pass in Judiciary and
• Seeing no further discussion, that will conclude the hearing for the Judiciary Committee.
• That will conclude the hearing for the Judiciary Committee.

Committee: House Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and first considered a House Committee substitute for Senate Bill 1067, a measure relating to civil actions based on public expression. The committee then moved to adopt a broader substitute that combined several bills into a jurisprudence omnibus package: House Bills 1711, 2666, 3116, and 3289. Members briefly explained each component, including the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, an anti-SLAPP provision, a workers’ compensation attorney-change provision, a domestic LLC deadlock remedy, court operations changes tied to a statewide automation fund, and a treatment court administrator position for circuits lacking administrative staff. After discussion, the committee adopted the House Committee substitute. It then voted on the substituted Senate Bill 1067 and approved it do pass by a vote of 11 ayes and 0 noes. The hearing then concluded.

Transcript Highlights:

• I would like to refer Item 7, as well as ACA, to both the Judiciary and Elections Committee.
• hearings are needed, and this committee has a duty to refer SB 280 and ACA, both to the Elections and Judiciary
• And this committee has a duty to refer SB 280 and ACA both to the Elections and Judiciary Committees.

Summary: The Rules Committee met, called the roll, and established quorum. After a consent agenda was presented, one member requested that item 7 be removed for separate consideration, arguing that the urgency request did not meet the constitutional standard for immediate preservation of public peace, health, or safety and was instead driven by political expediency. The remainder of the consent agenda was approved by roll call. The committee then took up item 7, an urgency clause request for SB 280 by Senator Cervantes. A point of order was raised that the amendments were not germane under Rule 92, but the chair ruled the motion was limited to the urgency clause and not the merits of the bill. The committee proceeded to a roll-call vote and the urgency clause request passed. After the vote, a member moved to refer item 7, along with ACA, to the Judiciary and Elections Committees, arguing the measures would significantly affect Californians and democracy and needed more time and hearings. The chair ruled that motion out of order because the matter before the committee was only the urgency clause request. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• I would like to refer Item 7, as well as ACA, to both the Judiciary and Elections Committee.
• I would like to refer Item 7, as well as ACA, to both the Judiciary and Elections Committee.
• hearings are needed, and this committee has a duty to refer SB 280 and ACA, both to the Elections and Judiciary

Committee: House Rules

Summary: The Rules Committee met to consider a consent agenda and a separate item involving SB 280 and an urgency clause request. One member asked to remove item 7 from consent, arguing the urgency request did not meet the constitutional standard for immediate preservation of public peace, health, or safety and was instead driven by political expediency. The committee voted on that procedural motion and it passed. The committee then took up the urgency clause request for SB 280 by Senator Cervantes. A point of order was raised claiming the amendments to SB 280 were not germane to the original bill, but the chair ruled the matter was a procedural motion limited to the urgency clause and not the bill’s merits. The roll was called and the urgency clause request passed. A member then moved to refer item 7 and ACA to the Judiciary and Elections Committees, arguing the measures would significantly affect Californians and democracy and needed more public input and hearings. That motion was ruled out of order because the item before the committee was only the urgency clause request. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development, Finance, and Policy, and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary
• This is a clone bill just to deal with specific items in the DLI Policy bill that need to go to Judiciary
• So we want to make sure it goes to Judiciary until we can hear those pieces.

Transcript Highlights:

• the</c><00:19:05.200><c> administrative</c> appropriate to charge the administrative appropriate to
• So essentially appropriation already.
• So appropriation to fund this program.
• The ones that we felt were appropriate, many of the ones that we felt were appropriate were exempted.
• </c> felt were appropriate were exempted. felt were appropriate were exempted.

Summary: The Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds met to review the House budget provision that would impose a 5% administrative charge on a broad list of dedicated funds, with some exemptions. Members discussed the House approach versus the Senate’s more general approach of leaving the governor discretion over which funds could be charged. The chair explained the committee was hearing from agencies about any legal, contractual, or practical reasons their funds should be exempt, and the agenda was expanded to include several departments and written submissions from others. The Department of Education testified first, identifying several funds it said should be exempt: a printing revolving fund that is funded by transfers rather than fees; teacher certification, which is self-funded by educator licensing fees and would require an immediate fee increase if charged; a vending stand set-aside tied to the federal Randolph-Sheppard program and subject to federal approval and vendor committee procedures; and a public school infrastructure/safety account, where most revenue is transferred from the education trust fund or general fund rather than generated by fees. Members questioned the department about the effect on school safety projects and whether the fee would simply reduce the number of projects completed each year. The Veterans Home asked for exemptions for three funds: a donation benefit account used for recreational activities and quality-of-life expenses for residents, a small memorial trust fund whose interest supports veteran activities, and a resident member account that holds veterans’ personal income such as Social Security and pensions. The department argued the charge would reduce donations, cut services, and effectively function like an income tax on vulnerable veterans. The Banking Department also requested exemption for its consumer credit administration license fund, saying it is used to keep exam fees low and is expressly intended by statute to reduce costs on regulated businesses; it said the 5% charge would undermine that framework and could eventually force higher fees. The Department of Justice began testimony on its dedicated funds, starting with the medical legal investigative fund, which pays for death investigations and related services under statute and without general fund support. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee mainly heard testimony and asked questions about the practical and legal effects of applying the administrative charge.

Transcript Highlights:

• I would like to move that Joint Rule 62A be suspended to allow the Committee on Judiciary to hold an
• I would like to move that Joint Rule 62A be suspended to allow the Committee on Judiciary to hold an
• Ware's name to the desk for appropriate recognition. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Please bring the name to the desk for appropriate recognition. And finally, Senator Valadares.
• Please bring the name to the desk for appropriate recognition. And finally, Senator Valadaris.

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative Egan, I know we heard this bill in appropriations and another similar bill about district
• This has not been addressed or adjudicated appropriately in about 20 years, and there have been major
• Association came up with a number of an additional 174 warrants that were needed in order to fully and appropriately
• Right, so we heard this in judiciary and then again on the floor, and everyone was...
• Right, so we heard this in judiciary and then again on the floor, and everyone was all good with this

Bills: HR310 , HR314 , HR316 , HR317 , HR321 , HR275 , HR276 , HR279 , HR282 , HR286 , HR289 , HR292 , HR295 , HR302 , HR319 , HCR112 , HR307 , SCR59 , SCR61 , SCR62 , SCR68 , SCR69 , SCR70 , SCR54 , SCR55 , SCR64 , SCR75 , HCR79 , HCR104 , HB75 , HB410 , HB719 , HB750 , HB944 , HB1098 , HB1220 , HB1252 , HB359 , HB210 , HB468 , HB1117 , SB382 , HB368 , HB552 , HB732 , HB870 , HB1236 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB149 , SB208 , SB274 , SB300 , SB312 , SB387 , SB389 , SB401 , HR74 , HB998 , HB901 , HR20 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB82 , SB89 , SB97 , SB123 , SB237 , HB36 , HB42 , HB74 , HB119 , HB159 , HB258 , HB259 , HB302 , HB414 , HB459 , HB848 , HB956 , HB1017 , HB1028 , HB1095 , SB217 , SB283 , SB469

Keywords: oil and gas, orphan wells, inactive wells, shut-in wells, marginal wells, plugging and abandonment, well decommissioning, site remediation, site restoration, Oilfield Site Restoration, OSR program, financial security, bonding, taxpayer liability, public liability, offshore wells, onshore wells, coastal erosion, Department of Conservation and Energy, natural resources

Transcript Highlights:

• who identify as transgender have access to comprehensive, gender-affirming, and developmentally appropriate
• who identify as transgender have access to comprehensive, gender-affirming, and developmentally appropriate
• upon the rights of transgender and gender-diverse people and their families to seek and receive appropriate
• A large portion of the members of this body just made it so the state of the judiciary could not...
• A large portion of the members of this body just made it so the state of the judiciary could not happen

Transcript Highlights:

• The Senate Judiciary Committee contains members across the spectrum, the most conservative Republican
• Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and distinguished members of the Senate Judiciary Committee
• While authorized for $60 million in 2008, only $31.9 million has been appropriated.
• information and only by getting this information can we then make informed choices. about what's the appropriate
• But states and the federal government will be able to update their liability laws to be more appropriate

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Keywords: child safety, Big Tech, CSAM, legislation, online exploitation, bipartisan, social media

Summary: The committee meeting focused on the pressing issues surrounding child safety online, with a particular emphasis on recent legislative efforts aimed at curbing child sexual exploitation and harmful content accessible through social media platforms. Senators engaged in a heated discussion regarding the implications of Big Tech's lobbying efforts against vital bills such as the Stop CSAM Act and the Kids Online Safety Act. Noteworthy testimonies highlighted real-life impacts of online dangers, including tragic cases of child exploitation and drug-related fatalities linked to social media interactions. The bipartisan nature of the committee's commitment to address these issues showcased a collective determination to make the digital environment safer for the younger generation.

Transcript Highlights:

• to address that new mission unless he has recurring funding in an amount exceeding what House Appropriations
• I understand there is a $10.5 million appropriation in the budget.
• There is a $10.5 million appropriation in there for the modernization aspect of that.
• That is where I would have thought we would have kind of dumped into the discussion in Senate Judiciary
• violation of this, and that would have been my concern of why I would argue that it goes to Senate Judiciary

Committee: Senate Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:

• By Appropriations, Senate Bill 7040, a bill to be entitled an act relating to trust funds.
• By Appropriations, Senate Bill 7040, a bill to be entitled an act relating to trust funds.
• By Appropriations, Senate Bill 7040, a bill to be entitled An act relating to trust funds.
• By Appropriations, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, and Senator DiCeglie and others.
• We count the appropriations and we fight to build the name.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Lee County Judge John Carlin, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of FSU Police Officer Cody Popple for stopping the April campus shooter. The Speaker then outlined the final week of session, noting the House had passed 253 House bills and 149 Senate bills to date, but that the 2026-27 budget would not be completed this week. The chamber also adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for the day. The House took up several Senate bills on special order, largely technical or open-government measures, and passed them with little or no opposition. These included SB 100, SB 104, and SB 102 on the Florida Statutes and revisor’s changes; SB 7006, SB 7014, SB 7002, SB 7012, SB 7024, SB 7016, SB 7026, SB 7008, SB 7000, and SB 7004, which extended or preserved various public-records and meeting exemptions for matters such as Public Service Commission proprietary information, social media investigations, military affairs, highway safety records, cybersecurity, emergency shelter contact information, conviction integrity units, and trade secrets. Most passed overwhelmingly, though SB 7006 drew 99-8, SB 7022 on public records for exam integrity passed 101-8 after questions about testing materials and scoring rubrics, and SB 7026 on trade secrets passed 106-3. The most substantive floor debate centered on SB 7040, which recreates the emergency preparedness and response trust fund in the Executive Office of the Governor. Rep. Eskamani offered an amendment to let the fund expire, arguing the money had become a “slush fund” and had been used for the Everglades detention facility rather than emergencies; several members supported her on fiscal and separation-of-powers grounds, while others said the fund is needed for rapid disaster response. The House rejected Eskamani’s amendment and then adopted a Griffiths strike-all amendment adding accountability measures, including spending limits, quarterly reporting, asset tracking, and a sunset/review provision. SB 7040 then passed 82-25. The chamber also passed CS/CS SB 302 on coastal resiliency, CS/CS SB 984 on firefighter cancer benefits, CS SB 474 on military affairs, and SB 488 on Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which prompted extended questions about vehicle registration requirements, license plate frames, and foreign passport/I-94 documentation; the bill was still under amendment and debate when the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• The substitute incorporates House Bills 1711, 2666, 3116, and 3289, which will pass in Judiciary and
• Seeing no further discussion, that will conclude the hearing for the Judiciary Committee.
• That will conclude the hearing for the Judiciary Committee.

Committees: House Judiciary , House Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a particular appropriations.
• The general appropriations bills shall embrace nothing but appropriations for the ordinary expenses of
• Chairman, thank you. appropriations committee from the last appropriations committee from the last um
• Been used appropriately.
• Committee number two, appropriations. appropriations. appropriations.

Transcript Highlights:

• AB 422 do pass as amended to appropriations. AB 503 do pass as amended to appropriations.
• AB 606 do pass to appropriations. AB 811 do pass to appropriations.
• AB 821 do pass to appropriations. AB 962 do pass to the floor. AB 1009 do pass to appropriations.
• AB 1306 do pass as amended to appropriations. AB 1369 do pass to judiciary.
• In an appropriate way?

Committee: House Education

Transcript Highlights:

• setting so that they don't appropriate setting so that they don't come<00:22:55.480><c> back</c><00:
• They screen clients and then find appropriate opportunities for lawyers.
• appropriate opportunities for lawyers<00:29:38.799><c> it's</c><00:29:39.000><c> not</c><00:29:39.320
• The work we’ve done in our state with the Chief Justice on the Judiciary side, with specialty courts,
• uh on the Judiciary side with specialty<00:42:17.160><c> courts</c><00:42:17.520><c> have</c><00:42:

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee is called to order. Secretary, please call the roll.
• So now there's money over there and there's going to be an ongoing appropriation for them to actually
• Senate Judiciary and Elections is back from recess. We were in progress on HB 2862.
• peace may seal the eviction if the justice of the peace believes that sealing the record is an appropriate
• landlords who do not follow the law, and it provides the courts with discretion to determine the appropriate

Summary: The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee heard a full slate of bills, beginning with HB 2749, which would allow certain nonviolent class 4, 5, or 6 felonies to be redesignated as misdemeanors after completion of sentence and a waiting period. The committee adopted a chair’s amendment narrowing eligibility and excluding some offenses, then passed the bill 6-0 with one not voting. Supporters described it as a redemption and reintegration measure for people who have completed their obligations. The committee then considered HB 2870, a constituent-driven bill restricting level 2 and level 3 sex offenders from living together in the same single-family dwelling unless they are related or in certain supervised facilities. The sponsor and neighborhood witnesses described a Chandler/Ocotillo situation involving multiple offenders in one house and argued the bill would protect families; opponents warned it could push offenders into homelessness and make supervision harder. After debate and testimony from both sides, the bill passed 3-2 with two not voting. HB 2862, which enhances penalties for offenses committed while wearing a mask to conceal identity, also passed 3-2 with two not voting after the Scottsdale city attorney testified in support and the ACLU argued it would chill protected protest and anonymity. HB 2364, which creates criminal penalties for mailing or delivering abortion-inducing drugs and for ordering them by mail, drew strong support from anti-abortion witnesses and strong opposition from lawmakers who said it conflicts with Proposition 139 and constitutional protections for abortion access. The bill passed 4-3. HB 2244, supported by Phoenix Vice Mayor Keisha Hodge Washington, would require landlords to respond to motions to satisfy eviction judgments and allow sealing of eviction records when tenants have paid; it passed unanimously 7-0. HB 2573, which removes a 45-day waiting period before some DUI offenders can apply for an ignition interlock restricted license, passed 7-0. The committee also advanced HB 4117, a strike-everything amendment creating penalties for interfering with religious services by obstructing access or engaging in disorderly conduct intended to disrupt worship. The ADL and Jewish community advocates supported it as a protection for worshippers, while the ACLU argued it could criminalize protected protest and speech; it passed 4-3. Finally, HCR 2004, a mirror resolution on photo enforcement systems that would require voter approval for continued operation and periodic reauthorization, passed 4-3 after testimony from the League of Cities and Towns and a discussion of traffic safety versus civil-liberties concerns.

Transcript Highlights:

• Please, if the House could give them an appropriate heroes' welcome, I'd appreciate it.
• Please, if the House could give them an appropriate heroes, welcome. I'd appreciate it.
• “I'd have to dig in a little bit more to exactly how much GR was appropriated that way.
• Your Committee on Judiciary will meet at noon in Hearing Room 3, which is a change. Hearing Room 3.
• Your committee on judiciary will meet at noon in Hearing Room 3, which is a change. Hearing Room 3.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the 40th day by roll call vote, 122-1. Members used points of personal privilege to recognize the departure of Scott Bell and to honor the life of Ernie Dempsey of St. Charles, and the chamber welcomed numerous special guests, including Child Advocacy Day participants, school groups, local civic leaders, and visitors from across the state. The main floor business centered on House Bill 3239, which would make the Missouri Workforce Diploma Program permanent and move it into the MOCAP framework with a $4 million annual cap and pay-for-performance funding. Supporters said the program has helped about 1,200 adults earn diplomas, especially women and parents needing flexible online access, while opponents argued it would divert foundation formula money from K-12 students and duplicate existing adult education options. An amendment adding a college admissions and financial aid task force was offered but failed, 55-82; the previous question was then ordered, and HB 3239 was perfected and printed. The House also perfected and printed House Bill 1786, which would prevent county assessors from reclassifying single-family homes used as short-term rentals from residential to commercial for tax purposes. Supporters framed it as a property-rights and tax-relief measure for homeowners and small LLCs, while opponents raised concerns about local control and the line between mom-and-pop rentals and larger business operations. House Bill 2944, dealing with the senior property tax freeze, was amended to clarify that the freeze applies across taxing districts and to simplify annual filing and notification requirements; a later amendment was ruled out of order, and the bill was perfected and printed as amended. The House then moved to announcements and recessed until 2 p.m.