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• Good afternoon, Olivia Herrera, intern at Stone Advocacy, on behalf of the California District Attorneys
• This is a district bill, but a bill I hope we can build on in the future.
• Aaron Avery, California Special Districts Association.
• That was identified by a district attorney.
• This is an issue that has deeply impacted my district.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on artificial intelligence, child safety, mental health, and privacy. SB 574 by Senator Umberg would require transparency and human oversight when attorneys, judges, and court neutrals use AI; it drew support from privacy advocates and committee members, with no opposition. SB 1276, the End Child Exploitation Act, would update child sexual exploitation laws to cover live-streamed and AI-generated abuse material and clarify that viewing such content can be criminally punishable; prosecutors, child advocacy groups, and others supported it, while no one appeared in opposition despite opposition on file. SB 813 would create a California AI standards and safety commission and a voluntary two-tier certification framework for AI safety standards; supporters said it would create scalable, independent oversight, while TechNet and CalChamber opposed it as duplicative, under-defined, and likely to create a de facto mandate. The committee discussed market pressure, federal preemption concerns, and the role of voluntary standards, but no final vote was taken in the excerpt. Senator Padilla also presented SB 300, which would strengthen protections for minors from sexually explicit chatbot content by moving from a reasonableness standard to an affirmative duty to prevent such exposure and to prohibit facilitation. Supporters said new evidence showed greater risks and that companies can and should build stronger safeguards; opponents, including TechNet and CCIA, argued the bill was premature because SB 243 had only recently taken effect and warned it could create strict-liability-like exposure. Padilla then presented SB 903, which would bar AI chatbots from being advertised as therapists, require licensed clinician oversight and informed consent for AI use in psychotherapy, and protect patient confidentiality; it received broad support from mental health professionals and labor groups, while industry and health associations were opposed unless amended over triage and crisis-detection language. The committee members emphasized the need for human judgment in mental health care and noted ongoing negotiations on amendments. The committee also heard SB 1119, a companion to AB 2020, which would require annual risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, default child settings, parental controls, limits on data use, public incident reporting, and third-party audits for chatbots used by children. Supporters argued the bill would address documented harms and improve transparency, while industry groups objected to ambiguous standards, liability exposure, and the private right of action. A roll call vote was taken on SB 1119 after quorum was established; the motion to pass to Appropriations succeeded on a 5-1 vote, with one no vote and the measure left on call for absent members. Finally, SB 354, a privacy bill for insurance consumers, would modernize outdated insurance privacy rules, bar sale of personal information, and expand consumer rights to know, correct, and delete data. Supporters said it would implement Proposition 24’s privacy mandate, while a large coalition of insurers, agents, brokers, and related businesses opposed unless amended, mainly seeking a small-business exemption and narrower treatment of publicly available information; members and the author said negotiations were ongoing and the bill had already been substantially revised.

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• So district supports, we think about instructions. So important to our rural districts.
• We were in a district last year.
• The district in years.
• My district is that her school.
• So one district may decide to go Apple computers. Our district decided Chromebooks.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:54:38.080> by<00:54:38.200> district spending threshold district by district spending
• . districts. districts.
• school districts are County districts school districts are going<01:23:18.240> to<01:23:18.280
• Nobody likes maps. That's been our our Nobody likes maps.
• my district in my districts. districts. districts.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• And I'll note that our Maui District has already removed some of the offending rumble strips that affect
• exist in the Honolulu council district exist in the Honolulu council district for<01:29:36.720><

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 31 and heard a series of resolutions focused on roadway safety, transportation access, and infrastructure coordination. Early measures included HCR 104/HR 96 on advancing coastal trails on O‘ahu’s North Shore and HCR 63/HR 57 on clarifying responsibility for Honouliuli Bridge and addressing safety, wildfire, and emergency access concerns. The Department of Transportation supported both, and a resident testified that the Honouliuli bridge is a single-lane emergency replacement on state land that has limited access for fire protection, heavy vehicles, permits, and repairs. DOT said it was working with DLNR and that jurisdiction may ultimately lie with the County of Maui, with research ongoing. The committee also heard HCR 62/HR 56 on alternative vegetation management along Hana Highway, HCR 43/HR 39 on raised crosswalks near Ala Wai Elementary, and HCR 52/HR 48 on integrating the safe system approach into county road design; these drew support testimony and no opposition. The committee then considered HCR 120/HR 112 on regulating transportation network companies under motor carrier law. DOT and the Public Utilities Commission offered comments, while Lyft opposed, arguing the legislature already created a TNC-specific framework in 2022 and that motor carrier law is not a good fit for app-based ride platforms. In questioning, PUC explained that TNCs would fall under both PUC motor carrier jurisdiction and DOT permitting, and DOT said it would follow up on enforcement questions. Members also discussed HCR 119/HR 111 on an indirect traffic disruption grant program, with the chair asking DOT to clarify how it enforces penalties when contractors or others fail to follow road closure requirements. Other measures discussed included HCR 96/HR 88 on moving to a demerit-point driver licensing system, which DOT supported; HCR 128/HR 120 on coordinating capital improvement planning for Hawaiian Home Lands developments, which DOT and DHHL supported; HCR 127/HR 119 on a state highway police force, which DOT supported; and HCR 125/HR 117 on a statewide plan for derelict utility poles and lines, which drew support from DOT, Hawaiian Electric, and Hawaiian Telcom, with DOT acknowledging it lacks current statutory authority to force immediate removal. The committee also heard HCR 58/HR 54 on school crosswalk safety for Mililani Elementary, HCR 55/HR 51 on using artificial intelligence to mitigate traffic and improve road safety, and HCR 54/HR 146 on expanding the Hele-On Shared Ride program on Hawai‘i Island. Supporters of the Hele-On measure said expanded service would help rural residents, kupuna, and people with disabilities reach medical appointments and daily activities, while noting cost and technology-access concerns; they said missed or delayed appointments are a real issue in remote areas. The final item discussed in the excerpt was HCR 64/HR 58 on minimizing rumble strip dimensions on Kūhiō Highway on Moloka‘i, with DOT saying it had already removed some strips where large emergency vehicles were affected on narrow curves.

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• For fiscal 25, ADE aggregates the 14 Career and Technical Education Districts, which I will call CETs
• The 14 CETs and their 114 member districts reported an average daily membership of 31,404.
• The districts also membership of 31,404.
• The districts also collectively reported $244 million of expenditures, including $129 million for the
• Congressional District 7.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• law by requiring we receive full drainage plan approval for the district before considering our plat
• The drainage district takes the position, quote, due to their charter, end quote, they're not governed
• In addition, the drainage district claimed they had the right to restrict lot width under the charter
• It's on the county map as a county-maintained road.
• Not in Senate District 18, but not far from it. And it's a commercial building.

Bills: SB324, SB1978, SB2139, SB2401, SB2587, SB2610, SB2858, SB3016

Keywords: E-verify, employment verification, state contracts, immigration, labor compliance, ERCOT, Texas electric grid, interconnection, Public Utility Commission, PUC, Public convenience and necessity, electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, electric utility, transmission, generation facilities, grid reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, SERC

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• On the next page, number five, school district: School District Operating Reserves.
• Of districts or most districts that I'm aware of have some type of a tiered system or salary step pay
• So, when the extra funding comes out at a local district, every district was guaranteed a minimum of
• school location in my district.
• I think workload varies district to district.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Looking at our state specifically, a collaborative heat map currently offers that Louisiana ranks as
• Looking at our state specifically, a collaborative heat map currently offers that Louisiana ranks as
• And so we've serviced members; we've serviced people in each one of your districts.
• And so we've serviced members; we've serviced people in each one of your districts.
• Mitchell Robinson, the child that died in Senator Barrow's district, I listened to those calls.

Bills: HR267, HCR105, HCR107, HCR110, HCR113, HCR114, SB4, SB52, SB57, SB145, SB152, SB194, SB237, SB333, SB433, SB483, SCR37

Keywords: diabetes, amputation, amputations, diabetic foot ulcer, peripheral artery disease, PAD, wound care, podiatry, vascular disease, endocrinology, limb salvage, health policy, public health, healthcare costs, insurance coverage, Louisiana Department of Health, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana Center for Health Innovation, patient education, screening

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• I represent the town of Durham, which is Straford County District 10.
• Um I'm speaking today uh District 10.
• Disarming lawful edge of a campus map.
• Representative Henry Gon, Hillsboro 29th District, I want to support this bill.
• Representative Gison, Hills Road, 29th District.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And I'm State Representative for House District 70, which is composed, I can't speak this morning, of
• Volcano Vista High School and the Petroglyph National Monument are within the district.
• Also, the center of my district is Petroglyph National Monument.
• I represent District 60, which covers the south side of Rio Rancho. I'm excited to be here again.
• I represent House District 21 in Bernalillo County. It's my second time here.

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• We are 48th out of 50 among states in terms of what we pay. district judges.
• We have never collected data by court at the district and county level.
• And on page four, you can see a map of the business courts in our state.
• There were over 40,000 civil trials at the district.
• So it's not set statutorily, like we know now a district judge is $140,000.

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• > area creating a social District in an area creating a social District in an area where<00:42
• A drinking district in Lakeville, we might call it a party district, I don't know.
• A drinking district in Lakeville, we might call it a party district, I don't know.
• District it's fascinating there's a map District it's fascinating there's a map to<00:47:44.040>
• appreciate it uh drinking District appreciate it uh drinking District social<00:49:28.400> District

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• Speaker, from Representative Henry's district we have Shaylee Priest. Mr.
• I yield to the gentlelady representing the largest district in the United States. Thank you, Mr.
• If people don't know where that is, take a look on a map.
• And Brad on some of the 4-H members from my district, starting with Sierra County.
• United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, Alexander Ubaez.

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• or Jacksonville North Pulaski School District.
• The involved school districts did. So a ...filed that motion, the involved school districts did.
• There was a joint motion by the school districts, Pulaski County Special School District and Jacksonville
• page includes a map identifying the counties located in the district.
• Exhibit 4 on page 8... of the report is a summary organized by Judicial District.

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• What you see on this map for the most part is every four-year university in or adjacent to the state
• What you see on this<00:05:38.160> map<00:05:38.560> for<00:05:38.800> the<00:05
• If you look a little closer, we can take that same map and overlay it on a map of the state of Minnesota
• Also identified within this map are Minnesota's Native tribal nations.
• There are additional maps looking at educational outcomes, health outcomes, housing, etc.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee opened with quorum and decorum reminders, then approved the minutes from February 26, 2026. Members briefly set aside a planned follow-up on GO students from Minnesota State after being told the questions had been fully answered, and moved on to Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College’s storm damage presentation. Bemidji State President John Hoffman and facilities staff described the June 21 derecho that hit Bemidji, causing widespread roof, window, tree, and infrastructure damage across both campuses and the surrounding community. Hoffman said the institutions were already recovering from pandemic-era enrollment and budget losses, but had improved new student enrollment, retention, fundraising, and deficits before the storm. He emphasized that the campuses were well insured, but that restoring the tree canopy and campus character would take far longer than repairing buildings. Facilities worker Brent Steinmets gave a personal account of the storm response and cleanup, describing days of chainsaw work, debris removal, window repairs, and stump grinding, and noting that many employees were also dealing with damage at their own homes. Members asked what kind of funding request was being made, and Hoffman said Chair Duran was preparing a bill tied to the storm damage and reforestation needs, while alumni had already raised more than $80,000 through a “Replanting Our Roots” campaign. He said the institutions had spent about $50,000 in deductible costs and another $25,000 in unreimbursable overtime, and had hired a landscape architect to plan reforestation. Members also asked about enrollment growth and staffing reductions; Hoffman said overall enrollment was up a little more than 2% since fall 2022, new student enrollment had risen 17%, NTC headcount was up 75%, and the campuses had reduced about 30% of instructional faculty and close to 30% of overall employees while reorganizing programs and administration. Discussion also focused on preserving liberal arts and applied liberal arts offerings, with Hoffman saying the institutions were emphasizing critical thinking, communication, citizenship, interdisciplinarity, and human intelligence alongside workforce training. No vote was taken on the storm-related funding proposal during the meeting.

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• The district that I represent has Gateway State College, St.
• Now, this map before you kind of shows you the service district for our 28 Florida College System institutions
• Let me move to our district workforce side as well.
• As a district-operated technical college, we are also under the bargaining agreement by the school district
• I've worked in four districts in my career, and that has been the way of work in those four districts

Summary: The Higher Education Appropriations Committee met for its first meeting of the session and heard presentations focused on workforce education in the Florida College System and district technical colleges. Members introduced themselves and discussed their personal connections to higher education, then heard from Department of Education senior chancellor Kevin O’Farrell, South Florida State College president Fred Hawkins, and Pinellas Technical College representative Mark Hunt. O’Farrell outlined the department’s budget request, including increases for adult education, Florida College System program funds, workforce development capitalization grants, apprenticeship and teacher apprenticeship programs, Open Door scholarships, and CAPE industry certification funding. He emphasized record growth in enrollments, completions, dual enrollment, and program offerings, and described grant-funded expansion in fields such as health sciences, manufacturing, logistics, aerospace, and AI-related programs. Committee members raised concerns about whether current programs match actual labor-market demand, how artificial intelligence may reduce future human labor needs in some fields, and how the state should avoid unwarranted duplication of programs. O’Farrell said the department uses economic forecasts, employer demand data, and a CTE audit process to review programs and phase out those that do not meet performance thresholds. Members also asked for more detail on the teacher apprenticeship model, the transition from technical college clock hours to college credit, job placement and salary outcomes, and the LPN-to-RN pathway. O’Farrell said he would provide additional information later. Hawkins described South Florida State College’s rural service area, low college-going rates, and difficulty recruiting and retaining faculty and staff because salaries lag behind local market alternatives and nearby school district pay. He said the college has had to turn away students in high-demand programs due to staffing and operational limits, while also noting strong outcomes in nursing, dental hygiene, EMT/paramedic, and radiography. Hunt said Pinellas Technical College serves about 5,000 students annually, including many dual-enrolled high school students, and reported a placement rate above 90% and strong local economic returns. He said many programs have waiting lists and that additional operational funding is needed to meet demand, maintain equipment, and keep pace with salary and cost increases. The meeting ended after public comment was opened and no further business was brought before the committee, and the committee adjourned.

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• Shirley Temple, House District 30, Kalihi, Kalihi Kai, Kahi Lagoon, and Hickam Village. Aloha.
• Joe Gedeon, District 18, representing Waikiki, Kalama Valley, and Palolo.
• Shirley Temple, House District 30, here.
• Joe Gedeon, District 18, >> Aloha.
• <01:33:02.320> it zip code level and it maps it zip code level and it maps it and<01:33:03.840

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• I know how many hours I volunteer when I'm back in the district.
• But we don't I'm back in the district.
• Lauren Martin at the University of Minnesota, called Mapping the Market for Sex with Trafficked Minor
• University of Minnesota called Mapping University of Minnesota called Mapping the<01:24:12.800><
• I ran into Chris Wenes, who's a person from my district, at the grocery store here about a year or two

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• So I like to make sure we've got processes thought through and implications mapped out.
• 55.280> through<00:24:55.640> and<00:24:55.880> implications<00:24:56.760> mapped
• thought through and implications mapped thought through and implications mapped out.<00:24:57.520

Keywords: 1183, house

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• . >> Members, uh, we'll now turn to Co-Chair Frazier to give us the road map for our future. >> The entire
• give<00:36:40.320> us<00:36:40.560> the<00:36:41.040> road<00:36:41.359> map
• <00:36:41.599> for<00:36:41.839> our Frasier to give us the road map for our Frasier
• to give us the road map for our future. future. future.

Bills: HF3298, SF3832, HF3528, HF3516, HF3972, HF4118

Keywords: underground storage tanks, petroleum, reimbursement program, environmental regulation, pollution control, dairy assistance, investment relief, agriculture support, food production, economic relief, barbering, licensing, examinations, barber schools, public safety, certifications, Barber Examiners Board, dentistry, licensure, registration