Transcript Highlights:

• And it had good support from Democrats and everybody.
• Our Democrats stood up for families and students, affordable housing, health... ...Democrats stood up
• Thanks to the work of House Democrats and Senate Democrats, but above all, the tireless advocates who
• Is it a Democrat utopian budget? No.
• Democrats and Republicans have agreed to it.

Summary: The joint House and Senate Appropriations committees met to hear the FY 2027 budget package, beginning with the General Appropriations Act (HB 4154/SB 1847). Staff outlined the overall budget, including one-time fund transfers, lump-sum reductions, funding for state employee health insurance, school facilities, corrections, flood and wildfire relief, education and child care, and other ongoing and supplemental items. Members briefly discussed the absence of a requested $1.5 million for the oversight office, but the chair said no amendments would be taken in committee and that only limited technical changes were likely later in the process. Public testimony on the feed bill was largely supportive but focused on specific funding concerns. Testimony highlighted school safety funding, Alzheimer’s services, small business tax expensing provisions, disability oversight for group homes, county use of opioid settlement dollars, adult education/community college funding, victim notification funding, and ESA oversight. Several speakers praised the budget for funding DDD and other services, while others opposed or sought changes to items such as the COMIT group home monitoring program, Maricopa Community Colleges’ lack of operating aid, and a possible cut to the victim notification program. The chair repeatedly emphasized that changes to the negotiated budget would be difficult and should be routed through leadership. The committee then moved quickly through the remaining budget reconciliation bills. Staff summarized bills covering amusement and wagering, capital outlay, commerce, criminal justice, environment, health care, higher education, human services, and K-12 education. Notable provisions included continued wagering assessments, highway and building renewal funding, defense innovation and economic development changes, corrections and wrongful conviction provisions, groundwater and water banking measures, health insurance oversight and opioid settlement provisions, higher education funding and ABOR operating caps, SNAP and housing trust fund changes, and a 2% inflation increase for K-12 formula components. The K-12 bill also included a biometric school safety pilot and a child sexual abuse prevention pilot. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the chair indicated the committee would continue through the remaining bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• If you're framing this as a disparate impact on Democrats, i.e., the Democrats are being harmed by this
• Democrats live together. Democrats live in highly concentrated segments of a region.
• I'm not talking about a disparate impact on Democrats.
• I'm not talking about a disparate impact on Democrats.
• And members, Democrats and Republicans, y'all should be pissed off.

Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and heard a Governor’s Office presentation on a proposed congressional reapportionment map. The governor’s counsel argued that mid-cycle congressional redistricting is legally permissible, that race should not be considered at all in drawing districts, and that the Florida Fair Districts provisions are inconsistent with federal equal protection law and should be treated as non-severable. The presentation also discussed the pending U.S. Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais and the Florida Supreme Court’s Black Voters Matter decision as part of the legal rationale for the map. Jason Parada, who said he drew the map alone, described the map as based on 2020 census block data, with county-level population estimates used only as a guide to identify faster-growing areas. He said the plan keeps 48 counties and 382 municipalities whole, has compactness scores similar to the current benchmark map, and uses traditional geographic and political boundaries such as roads, railways, county lines, and municipal lines. He walked through regional changes, emphasizing a race-neutral redesign that significantly altered South Florida, including changes to districts in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and the Everglades, while leaving several northern districts largely unchanged. Members questioned the witnesses extensively about the legal theory, the use of partisan data, the role of race, population growth, and the timing and review of the map. The witnesses said partisan data was considered along with other traditional redistricting criteria, but race was not used. They also said they could not speak to who else reviewed the map beyond EOG staff and counsel. Several senators raised concerns about the map’s compactness, county and city splits, the apparent partisan effects, and the fact that the map was released shortly before the special session. No vote or final action on the map was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• I know the Democrat party is somewhat trying to deflect.
• I know the Democrat party is somewhat trying to deflect.
• I know the Democrat party is somewhat trying to deflect.
• I know the Democrat party is somewhat trying to deflect.
• </c> you establish a motive why the Democrats you establish a motive why the Democrats or<00:24:24.840

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee Chair Kristen Robbins opened the meeting by explaining that the committee’s majority report had been released after the minority declined to file a minority report, though the minority later issued a statement. She said the report reflects two years of work aimed at exposing fraud, strengthening internal controls, and creating a whistleblower portal, mnfraud.com, which will remain open during the interim to receive and review tips. Robbins and several Republican members described the report as documenting how fraud in Minnesota began with earlier CCAP-related schemes and then expanded into Feeding Our Future and other programs, including housing stabilization, autism services, sober homes, adult day care, assisted living, non-emergency medical transportation, and interpretive services. They argued that fraud was enabled by weak oversight, a culture of inaction, and retaliation against whistleblowers, and said the report includes findings and recommendations for future reforms. Members also highlighted bipartisan bills already passed to strengthen whistleblower protections, internal controls, and fraud reporting. Representative Pam Altendorf and others praised the report and said it exposed widespread misuse of public funds, citing housing stabilization and autism services as examples of programs with rapidly growing costs and weak oversight. Representative Isaac Schultz said the committee had uncovered “industrial-scale” fraud and that the state had failed to hold agencies accountable. He and Robbins said the new Office of Inspector General, created by legislation passed this session and set to begin in January, will have broad authority to investigate public dollars and, later, police powers; they also noted a salary-setting provision for the office would be added to a state government bill. The members said the next governor will need to change the culture of state agencies and enforce accountability.

Transcript Highlights:

• Democratic Ranking Member Edmonds? I am present. Representatives Aristide? Here. Baker? Black?
• Democratic Ranking Member Edmonds? Yes. Representatives Aristide? Yes. Baker? Black? Yes. Brackett?
• Democratic Ranking Member Edmonds? Yes. Representatives... Yes. Representatives Aristide? Yes.
• Democratic Ranking Member Edmonds? Yes. Representatives Aristide? Yes. Baker...
• Democrat and Ranking Member Edmonds. Yes. Representatives, party seat. Yes.

Summary: The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met and reported several bills favorably. PCS for HB 647, which allows physicians to use advanced practice registered nurses under written protocol to certify deaths and file death certificates for hospice patients, passed unanimously after brief supportive testimony from hospice, AARP, and physician assistant representatives. HB 803 on acupuncture updated outdated statutory language, clarified the definition of acupuncture, listed allowable point injection therapy items while prohibiting certain drugs, and affirmed referral authority for imaging and labs; it passed 16-1 amid support from acupuncture stakeholders and opposition from several medical groups. PCS for HB 1545 would create recurring state funding for Parkinson’s disease research at the University of South Florida and a consortium of Florida universities; it drew support from USF, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and Mayo Clinic, with concerns raised about limiting participation to universities, and it passed unanimously. HB 901, which clarifies procedures for parents challenging court-appointed psychologists in family law cases, passed 15-1 with support from a witness and no debate. HB 591, the children with developmental disabilities/autism bill, was presented as a broad early-diagnosis and intervention measure to help children enter treatment and mainstream life sooner; it received supportive testimony from the Florida PTA and strong floor support, and passed unanimously. Finally, PCS for HB 1299, the Department of Health agency bill, made multiple changes including preventing the mRNA vaccine from sunsetting in statute, adding vaccination-status protections in the patients’ bill of rights, updating medical marijuana center screening and reporting requirements, revising nurse active-practice requirements, making technical compact changes, and extending sovereign immunity protections to dental students doing charitable clinic work. After a brief note that optician-related provisions had been removed, the bill passed unanimously. The committee adjourned after reporting all measures favorably.

Transcript Highlights:

• staff from your office were able to attend a meeting with federal officials that a number of other Democratic
• I don't care whether you're a Republican or Democrat.
• that a number of other Democratic states were not able to go to on this subject.
• All the Democratic agee six, save for a handful, got an invitation late that day, making traveling there
• I don't care whether you're a Republican or Democrat.

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: Oregon Attorney General staff held a press event on National Health Care Fraud Take Down Day to announce new Medicaid fraud enforcement actions and highlight the work of the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The attorney general said the unit, created in 1986, has secured 348 criminal convictions, 156 civil settlements and judgments, and significant recoveries since 2010, and noted the legislature recently approved additional staffing. She framed the work as protecting vulnerable Oregonians and taxpayer dollars, and said the unit is a small multidisciplinary team of investigators, auditors, attorneys, data analysts, and a nurse investigator. The office announced criminal filings in four cases involving alleged fraud by providers or public employees, including charges against a Beaverton man tied to housing assistance funds, a Corvallis provider and company accused of billing Medicaid for services not provided, a former Lane County employee accused of improper personal purchases on a government credit card, and a Tigard man in a medical transportation-related case. The attorney general also cited recent outcomes in other cases, including a Portland nurse who pleaded no contest and was sentenced to jail, probation, and restitution for billing for services not provided. She emphasized that the defendants are presumed innocent. In response to questions, the attorney general said Oregon staff attended a recent federal meeting on Medicaid fraud despite late notice to many Democratic states, describing the issue as bipartisan even amid broader disagreements with the Trump administration. She said federal staffing cuts have made state enforcement more important and that Oregon is already evaluating how to adapt to a more complex fraud landscape. She also said the cases announced are primarily against providers and entities rather than Medicaid recipients, and that Oregon’s managed care system is not currently a major barrier to investigations.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Democrats tell us that it's undemocratic for the democratically elected president to question how
• </c><00:23:08.880><c> shout</c> democracy the Democrats shout democracy the Democrats shout constitutional
• </c> people and that is what the Democrats people and that is what the Democrats are<00:24:56.720><c>
• </c> legislation last Congress Democrats legislation last Congress Democrats offered<02:38:06.960><c>
• </c><07:06:36.040><c> whip</c> Hakeem Jeff the house Democratic whip Hakeem Jeff the house Democratic

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:31:07.960><c> coordinated</c> Minnesota Democrat coordinated Minnesota Democrat coordinated signal
• </c> Democrats continue to bring these bills. Democrats continue to bring these bills.
• to emulate what Democrats here tried to emulate what Democrats here were<00:34:15.240><c> doing</c><
• </c><00:37:40.000><c> of</c> economic damage that the Democrats of economic damage that the Democrats
• It is to Minnesota Democrats are.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Some of which, you know, Republicans accused Democrats of not giving full vetting.
• Some of which, you know, Republicans accused Democrats of not giving full vetting.
• </c> you know, Republicans accused Democrats you know, Republicans accused Democrats of<00:24:33.919>
• </c> there was confusion about or Democrats there was confusion about or Democrats maybe<00:27:28.400
• Uh, the Democrats in the House took 23 days off in the beginning of session.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We also have testimony in support from the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, the
• We also have testimony in support from the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, the
• </c> Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party<00:15:25.440
• </c><00:28:28.960><c> Is</c><00:28:29.120><c> there</c> Democratic Party of Hawaii.
• Is there Democratic Party of Hawaii.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard a series of Senate resolutions focused largely on climate, sustainability, public health, and energy policy. Measures discussed included integrating Native Hawaiian and indigenous knowledge into climate policy (STR 93), creating a temporary working group to investigate the dangers of POS (STR 103), studying the feasibility of a green bonds program (STR 110), declaring a public health emergency related to climate change (STR 111), affirming the importance of marine ecosystems to decarbonization goals (STR 115), encouraging adoption of recommendations from the UN global plastics treaty and Rapanui summit declaration (STR 132), convening a geothermal energy working group (STR 136), affirming support for the Aloha Plus Challenge (STR 183), and encouraging insurers to pursue subrogation claims against polluters to reduce costs for residents (STR 198). Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive on most measures, with support coming from agencies such as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii State Energy Office, DLNR, PUC, Board of Water Supply, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Green Growth, and numerous advocacy groups and individuals. STR 111 drew both support and opposition, with supporters arguing climate change is a public health emergency and opponents disputing the underlying science and urgency. STR 136 also drew mixed testimony, including support from state agencies and one opposition submission from the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. Several witnesses emphasized indigenous knowledge, climate justice, public health impacts, and the need for coordinated state action. Supporters of STR 93 said Native Hawaiian and indigenous knowledge has sustained communities for generations and should be woven into Hawaii’s future climate decision-making. Supporters of STR 111 described climate change as a threat multiplier affecting heat illness, mental health, displacement, wildfire impacts, and food insecurity, while opponents argued the resolution overstated the issue. Testimony on STR 183 highlighted the Aloha Plus Challenge as a statewide sustainability framework with regional influence across the Pacific, including Guam, and stressed its role in tracking progress toward 2030 goals. On STR 198, supporters argued that polluters should help pay for climate-related costs borne by residents and insurers. After testimony concluded, the committee moved into decision-making and adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass STR 93, SD1 unamended by roll call vote, with the chair, vice chair, Rep. Kahaloa, and Rep. Kush voting aye and Rep. Quinnland excused. The transcript then begins the committee’s action on STR 103, SD1, with the chair again recommending passage as is, but the remainder of the vote is cut off in the provided record.

Transcript Highlights:

• It was the Democrats, particularly the Southern Democrat Party.
• It would not have passed because it was being blocked by Southern Democrats in the Congress.
• It was the Democrats, particularly the Southern Democrat Party.
• So it wasn't like it was, you know, Democrats that drew the map.
• Let this process reflect not just legal requirements, but democratic values.

Summary: The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting met virtually for its West Texas regional hearing, established a quorum, and explained that the hearing was part of a series of statewide information-gathering sessions before any map was filed. The chair outlined the Zoom procedures, the two-minute testimony limit, and the availability of written comments through the committee’s public portal. Senators also discussed the logistics and transparency of the process, including the expectation that any proposed map or amendment would be made public once filed and that additional hearings would follow. Senator Blanco, whose district includes West Texas and the border region, said the area’s communities of interest should be kept together and warned against repeating the loss of representation that followed the last redistricting cycle. Senators Alvarado, Hinojosa, Miles, and others debated the value of virtual hearings versus in-person hearings, the number of people who had testified, and whether the committee could subpoena witnesses after the regional hearings ended. The chair said he was awaiting legal guidance and would consider a subpoena motion at a formal meeting the next day. A lengthy exchange also occurred over the tone of public testimony and the chair’s view that some comments directed at Republicans and the president had been offensive or historically inaccurate. Invited witnesses and public commenters largely opposed mid-decade redistricting and argued that any new map should reflect population growth, especially among Latino and other minority communities, and comply with the Voting Rights Act. Nina Perales of MALDEF said the hearings were not meaningful without a draft map and testified that Texas has a long history of discriminatory redistricting; senators questioned her about litigation, DOJ’s July 7 letter, and the 2021 congressional map. Tania Chavez Camacho, Luis Figueroa, and several El Paso residents emphasized that maps should preserve communities of interest, avoid cracking and packing, and be transparent and participatory. A smaller number of witnesses supported redistricting, including one El Paso resident who said the current districting leaves the area underrepresented and another who argued that some communities want to return to a map closer to the earlier District 16 configuration. Several witnesses also criticized the DOJ letter as inconsistent with the state’s position that the 2021 maps were drawn race-blind, while others said the current process was too rushed and lacked sufficient public input.

Transcript Highlights:

• She's been a Democrat switching to Republican, an NPA switching to Democrat.
• She's been a Democrat switching to Republican, an MPA, switching to Democrat.
• NPA switching to Democrat. And so she's done this for whatever suits her for the race she is.
• She changed parties from NPA to Democrat just days before qualifying in 2024.
• NPA to Democrat just days before qualifying in 2024. Now, let me tell you this part of the story.

Summary: The Government and Operations Committee met and first heard C.S. for HB 4003, relating to the City of Marco Island in Collier County. Representative Benaroch said the bill addresses how city council vacancies are filled: if a vacancy occurs more than one year before a general election, the council must call a special election within 130 days or the governor must do so; if the vacancy occurs within one year of a general election, the council has 60 days to appoint a qualified replacement or the governor must appoint. The bill was reported favorably with a roll-call vote. The committee then considered HB 91 on candidate qualification, sponsored by Representative Tant. The bill requires candidates to swear they have been registered in the relevant party for 365 consecutive days before qualifying, and clarifies who may challenge that oath and where such challenges must be filed. An amendment changing the effective date to upon becoming law was adopted. Representative Tant and others argued the bill would clarify election law and prevent abuse of the challenge process; a county clerk waived in support. HB 91, as a committee substitute, was reported favorably. The committee next took up three proposed committee bills extending public-record exemptions. PCB GOS 26-06 preserves exemptions for certain aquaculture records held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, with Representative Gentry citing theft concerns involving harvest locations and production records; it was reported favorably. PCB GOS 26-07 preserves exemptions for information received by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles related to potential violations involving title certificates, licenses, and inspection providers; it also passed favorably. PCB GOS 26-08 extends exemptions tied to investigations involving social media platforms and antitrust or speech-restriction issues, with Representative Greco noting the underlying law has been enjoined by the courts; it too was reported favorably. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Attention all Democratic Senators, please report to the second-floor caucus room immediately.
• Attention all Democratic Senators. Please report to the second-floor caucus room immediately.
• Today, every member of the Senate Democratic Caucus does.
• And this is not simply a Democratic proposal.
• , this is no longer a Democratic issue or Republican issue.

Keywords: Scheduler, 972, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, we spent the last 24 hours, Democrats kind of bending over backward to accommodate a Republican request
• Uh we we spent the last 24 hours uh<00:01:34.400><c> Democrats</c><00:01:34.880><c> kind</c><00:01:35.040
• Um, certainly you've seen from Democratic members how inhumane they believe this concession that the
• </c><00:06:09.440><c> versus</c> step out of that normal Democrat versus step out of that normal Democrat
• Democrats, until the last gavel drops on the last minute of passing a budget for the state of Minnesota

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I am also a member of the Arizona Democratic Party.
• I applaud our Democratic leaders for this accomplishment.
• Thanks to the work of House Democrats and Senate Democrats, but above all, the tireless advocates who
• Is it a Democrat utopian budget? No.
• Democrats and Republicans have agreed to it.

Bills: HB4154, HB4155, HB4156, HB4157, HB4158, HB4159, HB4160, HB4161, HB4162, HB4163, HB4164, HB4165, HB4166, HB4167, HB4168, HB4169, SB1847, SB1848, SB1849, SB1850, SB1851, SB1852, SB1853, SB1854, SB1855, SB1856, SB1857, SB1858, SB1859, SB1860, SB1861, SB1862

Keywords: general appropriations act, budget, biennial budget, state spending, appropriations, fiscal year 2026, fiscal year 2027, state treasury, agency funding, operating budget, capital budget, public finance, state agencies, legislative budget, house appropriations, rules committee, HB4155, amusements, amusement industry, entertainment

Transcript Highlights:

• Democrat Democrat created<03:59:07.800><c> disasters.
• Democrats. Democrats. Go<04:25:02.320><c> figure.
• </c> by the Democrats. by the Democrats.
• </c> by the Democrats. by the Democrats.
• </c> by Democrat control in that city. by Democrat control in that city.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Democrats. Democrats.
• </c><00:28:38.960><c> as</c> billion program created by Democrats as billion program created by Democrats
• And with this bill, House Democrats.
• Well Democrats don't like<04:30:36.479><c> it</c><04:30:36.800><c> and</c><04:30:37.199><c> Democrats
• </c> don't lay them at the feet of Democrats. don't lay them at the feet of Democrats.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It may be a Democratic map.
• It may be a Democratic map.
• We have to respond to what the Democrat states are doing.
• That would mean that there would be a different amount of Democrats.
• We are losing two Democratic seats in Broward County.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Why is the Democrat?
• Yeah, the way it is right now, you can't switch from Democrat to Republican, Republican to Democrat,
• What this does is prevents, I'm used Republican, Democrat.
• For a Republican or Democrat, okay, it would prevent that, right?
• to Republican, Republican to Democrat, within 60 days.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is because—this is what political electorates is because there are too many Democrats running.
• Even without the open-primary system of California, even beyond Democrat versus Republican, moderate
• shows 64% of voters support letting cities and towns adopt ranked-choice voting, including 75% of Democrats
• As a veteran, I believe this reform honors the democratic values I swore to defend.
• building an electoral system that better affects the lives of people and encourages a healthier democratic

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Election Laws held a hearing on ranked choice voting, focusing primarily on Boston’s home rule petition (H. 4262) and Bedford’s petition (H. 4916). Committee chairs Dan Hunt and Senator Keenan opened the hearing, explained the three-minute testimony limit, and noted that written testimony would also be accepted. The hearing featured testimony from a wide range of supporters, including advocacy organizations, community leaders, Boston City Council members, and Bedford residents. Witnesses generally argued that ranked choice voting would produce majority-supported winners, reduce vote-splitting and negative campaigning, encourage coalition-building, and give voters more freedom to rank candidates without fear of wasting their vote. Several speakers emphasized local control and said Boston and Bedford should be allowed to decide for themselves whether to adopt the system. Others highlighted potential benefits for women, historically marginalized communities, and voter participation more broadly. Boston councilors and supporters also described the city’s local approval process and said the proposal would still require voter ratification if enacted by the legislature. No opposition testimony was presented in the excerpt. The committee took no substantive vote on the bills during the hearing; after testimony concluded, the chairs thanked participants and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Angeles mayoral election because they're trying to set up a system where they can maybe not seat Democrats
• So this rhetoric in combination with actions taken to undermine our democratic norms, coupled with multiple
• Checks and balances that are necessary to safeguard our democratic process.
• AB 1853 ensures that the state's own democratic infrastructure reflects those values, that the official
• ... ...California Jewish Democrats, Contra Costa Jewish Democrats, Democrats for Israel, Jewish California

Summary: The committee heard several election and democracy-related bills. AB 1116 would expand California’s online voter registration system to allow eligible voters without a DMV-issued ID to register using the last four digits of their Social Security number and an uploaded signature image. Supporters said it would improve access, reduce paper processing, and save money; opponents, including the Secretary of State’s office and county officials, raised concerns about cybersecurity, implementation, and identity verification. The bill was moved on a 2-1 vote to the Committee on Appropriations. AB 1539 would require political party representatives to certify, under penalty of perjury, that presidential and vice presidential nominees meet constitutional term-limit requirements. Supporters framed it as a safeguard against attempts to place ineligible candidates on the ballot, while opponents called it unnecessary and politically motivated. The committee voted 2-1 to send the bill to the Committee on Public Safety. The committee also approved AB 1562, which would let counties randomly select registered voters to serve as poll workers if their board of supervisors approves, and AB 1664, which would require prompt notice to the Secretary of State and Attorney General when election records or voting systems are subject to warrants, subpoenas, or investigations. AB 1562 passed 2-0 to the Committee on Transportation, and AB 1664 passed 2-1 to the Committee on Public Safety despite opposition from sheriffs’ representatives who argued it raised separation-of-powers concerns. Later, AB 1853, which would restrict candidate statements in voter information guides to factual background and qualifications and bar hateful or misleading content, passed 2-1 to the Committee on Rules for further consideration in Judiciary. AB 1919, allowing voters in the Santa Cruz Metro district to decide on transit funding procedures, and AB 2484, allowing San Diego MTS voters to authorize a local transit tax through initiative, also advanced on 3-1 votes to the Committee on Transportation. The committee additionally approved a consent agenda containing AB 1789, AB 2592, AB 2655, and AB 2785.