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• I have before you AB 1663, a modest change to the Western Joshua Tree Act to help resident homeowners
• I have before you AB 1663, a modest change to the Western Joshua Tree Act to help resident homeowners
• Farm workers are essential to California's economy, yet many struggle to find affordable housing.
• AB 1890 increases state matching funds and extends the Napa County Farm Worker Housing Program, which
• provides year-round affordable housing and supportive services to California farm workers.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly met on May 7, 2026, after an initial delay due to lack of quorum, then proceeded through a long House of Origin deadline session focused mainly on floor votes for dozens of bills. The day opened with prayer, a moment of silence for victims of a hate-motivated shooting at an Islamic Center in San Diego, and a warning to visitors about disrupting proceedings. Leadership repeatedly urged members to be on time and at their desks as the chamber worked through a large daily file. The bills considered covered a wide range of topics, including artificial intelligence, community college trustee compensation, transit camera enforcement and privacy, taxation and excess proceeds claims, HOA rules, hepatitis C treatment access, child care planning, greenhouse energy standards, consumer lending, housing and homelessness, pet spay/neuter access, local financing for workforce housing, student financial aid, DUI penalties, senior housing, foster youth, behavioral health licensing, transit stop data, disaster response for child welfare, elections notices, safe surrender for infants, college enrollment and leave policies, insurance regulation, fair funding, school safety, environmental labeling, cash rounding, park passes through libraries, grocery access, pregnancy protections in education, swatting, domestic violence protective orders, farmworker housing, juvenile justice, cervical cancer screening, Medi-Cal transitions, disability certification, and home protection products. Most authors described their bills as cleanup measures, consumer protections, access expansions, or targeted fixes to existing law. Testimony from authors and supporters emphasized access, safety, affordability, and administrative simplification, while a few bills drew policy concerns or opposition, especially AB 1751 on townhome development and labor standards. That bill prompted extended debate over wages, prevailing wage, and stakeholder engagement, but it ultimately passed. Other notable discussion included AB 1628 to extend California’s safe surrender window for infants, AB 1902 on juvenile detention extension hearings, and AB 1925 on permanent disability certification, each framed as addressing difficult real-world gaps in current systems. The chamber took many roll-call votes, with most measures passing overwhelmingly and several by unanimous or near-unanimous margins. A few bills were temporarily passed, retained on file, or moved to the inactive file, and AB 1534 required the call to be lifted and then passed on a 54-8 vote. Overall, the session was dominated by floor action on the daily file rather than committee reports or gubernatorial messages, and the Assembly advanced a large number of bills on a deadline day.

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• Uh, Fort Bend in Harris County, uh, we destroy trees down there every day.
• Matter of fact, we're destroying some trees in the valley today.
• Uh, there's an insect called the emerald ash bore that, uh, is wiped out ash trees all across the United
• We need to get those and get those in the farms, in the hands of, of the farmers and ranchers.
• not, not all that, you know, detrimental, or, you know, the Certain humaniac bureaucrat, you know, tree

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• So a good portion of the state's forest carbon is locked up in trees in the Sierra Cascade region.
• It's not just when, but it's how the fire hits so that we don't lose the trees; we lose the other.
• If you're surrounding a community but you have widely spaced trees and natural fuel breaks, that's a
• If you're surrounding a community but you have widely spaced trees and natural fuel breaks, that's a
• coalition members, the Area Business Council, Association of California Water Agencies, California Farm

Summary: The subcommittee began by announcing a change in the agenda order, moving item 6 ahead of item 1 and then item 7, and noting there would be no votes taken on any items that day. Item 6 covered a proposed operational efficiencies control section for the Natural Resources Agency that would let multiple departments jointly fund landscape-scale or multi-jurisdictional projects and allow Finance to transfer climate bond funds to a lead state entity. The LAO said the proposal was reasonable but suggested the Legislature consider requiring summary notification on how it is used; Finance said it would consider that request. Item 7 focused on the 2026-27 biodiversity and nature-based solutions spending plan. Finance and the Wildlife Conservation Board described the climate bond funding for habitat restoration, wildlife crossings, public access, tribal nature-based solutions, and related work, including $111 million proposed for WCB and $30 million for Salton Sea habitat and public access projects. The LAO supported the overall approach but flagged the San Andreas Corridor Program as an area where the Legislature may want to specify geographic priorities. Members discussed the pace of Salton Sea work and whether the proposed projects would count toward disadvantaged community goals. Item 8 addressed Cal Fire’s aviation contract and staffing needs for wildfire response. Cal Fire said year-round fire activity, a larger and more complex aircraft fleet, and labor market pressures justified the proposed contract increase, including more mechanics, pilots, and maintenance support. The LAO recommended approval, saying the proposal addressed health and safety concerns. Members asked about contractor staffing, competition in the bidding process, and future technology for early fire detection and suppression. The committee then took up item 1 on golden mussel containment. Fish and Wildlife described the invasive species’ spread in the Delta, the task force and response framework, and a request for eight new positions funded by Prop. 4 to support control plans, outreach, monitoring, research, and coordination with partners and law enforcement. Members pressed the department on whether the state should fund more direct decontamination infrastructure and grants to local water managers, and on the realistic goal of containing the mussel. The chair and several members emphasized the urgency of the threat and requested an itemized breakdown of the $20 million request. The hearing then moved to a broader LAO overview of wildfire prevention and response funding, where the LAO summarized the state’s funding mix and warned that ongoing wildfire resilience funding will likely decline as one-time bond and GGRF funds are exhausted, prompting discussion of long-term funding options and the balance between prevention, suppression, and community hardening.

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• <01:20:27.639> to including myself work off the farm to including myself work off the farm
• <01:21:59.280> for equipment and strengthen our farms for equipment and strengthen our farms
• who is going to need to have off farm who is going to need to have off farm income<01:25:26.880>
• includes fencing in the list of farm includes fencing in the list of farm equipment<01:32:35.159
• Every farmer thinks this, but our farm is a special place.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The Farm to Community Program began in 2023 through the USDA.
• The Farm to Community Program began in 2023 through the USDA.
• The Farm to Community Program began in 2023 through the USDA.
• If there is an amendment that was attached to the bill, it exempts farm tractors and farm vehicles.
• So this is what we're asking people... ...to the rest of the tree branches.

Summary: The House convened on June 30, 2026, with opening ceremonies, guest introductions, and moments of silence for Gerlindy Lancelotti and Iva Durham. Members then took up a long agenda of bills and resolutions, including consent calendar items and several measures related to agriculture, lottery reporting, health care, fire service membership standards, inmate work, telecommunications, rent increases, youth camp licensing, primary elections, respiratory care practice, and marriage equality. The chamber also heard extended debate on Senate Bill 233, concerning removal of snow and ice from vehicles, and on House Bill 188, which would allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary while barring participation in both parties’ primaries. Among the notable actions, House Concurrent Resolution 157 passed as amended, directing the State Lottery to report on options to support traditional lottery retailers. Senate Bill 53, preserving the Delaware Farm to Community Program if federal support declines, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 307, giving the Public Service Commission authority to designate eligible Lifeline carriers, and Senate Bill 339, clarifying advance health care directives, also passed. Senate Bill 235, removing a sunset on manufactured home rent increase calculations, passed, as did Senate Bill 325 after House Amendment 1 narrowed disqualifying offenses for fire service membership and adjusted related background-check rules. Senate Bill 309, discharging remaining incarceration-cost balances, and Senate Bill 324, addressing constable-related firearm permit provisions, both passed. The chamber tabled Senate Bill 233 once to consider a proposed amendment for trucks and other hard-to-clear vehicles, but the amendment failed and the bill later passed as amended by the Senate. Senate Joint Resolution 19, directing DHSS to study strategies to reduce health care costs, was tabled pending legal review. Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right to marry, passed after extensive floor debate and personal statements from members on both sides. Senate Bill 293, creating a licensure pathway for summer camps to participate in purchase-of-care, passed after House Amendment 1. House Bill 188 on open primary access for unaffiliated voters passed 22-17, and Senate Bill 94, concerning respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication delivery, passed after House Amendment 2. The transcript ends as the House begins consideration of House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404.

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• <00:19:35.120> You'll reforestation, tree planting. You'll reforestation, tree planting.
• look at the tree, you look at tree look at the tree, you look at tree rings,<00:38:50.960> every
• and you're planting trees.
• and you're planting trees.
• <01:14:49.040> and uh that's captured in in in a tree and uh that's captured in in in a tree

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with introductions, approval of the March 6 minutes as amended to add an attendee list, and a brief overview of the day’s agenda. The committee heard two presentations from carbon project developers, with the first from Dylan Jenkins of Finite Carbon. He described Finite Carbon’s work in improved forest management projects, its role in developing carbon methodologies and protocols, and its experience with projects in New England, Appalachia, Alaska, and Canada. He also outlined the difference between compliance and voluntary carbon markets, the role of registries and intermediaries, and the types of buyers in the market, including large corporate buyers and long-term off-take partners. A major focus of the presentation was how forest carbon projects are structured and how credits are monetized. Jenkins distinguished between removals and reductions, explaining that removals come from new forest growth while reductions are tied more closely to baseline assumptions and standing stock. He said improved forest management projects can generate both types of credits, and that removals generally command higher prices because they are easier for buyers to understand and verify. He also emphasized that carbon project commercialization can occur before, during, or after credit issuance, and that landowners may be paid through a variety of structures, including leases, advance fees, per-unit payments, or off-take agreements. Jenkins then addressed the committee’s tax-related questions, saying House Bill 123 appeared intended to treat carbon credit sales similarly to timber sales for local tax purposes. He argued that carbon credits are a forest product and that taxing them can be reasonable in principle, but he stressed that lawmakers should distinguish between commoditization and commercialization when deciding what event to tax. He noted that credits may be created but never sold, and that in some programs landowners retain timber and carbon rights while in others the developer has deeper control over those rights. In response to questions, he said the industry uses protocols, verification, and third-party oversight to address baseline and quality concerns, but acknowledged that baseline setting remains a major point of debate in the market.

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• If you want to have it printed, absolutely, but remember the trees as I did not remember them.
• court decision brought that land grant from 400,000 acres to close to 2,000 acres, which were the farming
• that we're addressing the issues now to make sure that if you go into my district, we have tons of trees
• If you want to be really scared, take the tram up in Albuquerque, where the majority of the trees are
• If there's something we can work on with thinning those trees out, that would be greatly appreciated.

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• An act to amend Title 3 of the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Farm to Community Program.
• The Farm to Community Program began in 2003 through the USDA.
• If there is an amendment, it exempts farm tractors and farm vehicles.
• If anybody here would like to, I have one of these trailers at my little farm.
• Representative Osienski: ...to the rest of the tree branches.

Keywords: 1064, all

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• and farm-operated.
• He's not going to farm it anyway.
• He's not going to farm it anyway.
• We farm land.
• We had three farms. My brother's on one. I was on one, and there's one that we farm.

Keywords: 908, all

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• The majority of them were from Los Angeles and San Francisco, and they'd never seen a lake, a pine tree
• You know, when the wind blows and a tree limb falls down, the answer is cut the trees down.
• I'm looking at trees that are not there anymore.
• I'm looking at trees that are not there anymore.
• And I think this bill is trying to make sure that they also don't live their lives never seeing a tree

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee heard several measures focused on conservation, coastal protection, water supply, and urban greening. AB 1987 by Assemblywoman Aguirre-Curry would direct fees generated by state wildlife areas back to their operation and maintenance; she accepted committee amendments, and Audubon California testified in support with no opposition. AB 1448 by Assembly Member Hart would restrict state actions that could facilitate expanded offshore oil and gas development in federal waters, including limits on using existing infrastructure for new offshore drilling and added review requirements for lease changes; it drew broad support from coastal governments and environmental groups and no opposition, and was referred to Appropriations. AB 1894 by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio would allow imported water deliveries for groundwater recharge to continue when they comply with approved invasive mussel control plans, addressing disruptions caused by the golden mussel; supporters said it protects groundwater reliability while maintaining invasive-species safeguards, while opponents argued it could undercut local authority and liability protections. After discussion about liability and whether the bill weakens invasive-species protections, the committee voted 6-0 to send it to Appropriations. The committee also considered ACR 107 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, which recognizes the Diablo Range as a conservation priority and links it to habitat protection, groundwater recharge, and the state’s 30-by-30 goals. Save Mount Diablo and other supporters emphasized the range’s ecological value and limited current protection, and members voiced support; the resolution passed 7-0. AB 1946 by Assembly Member Bryan would encourage land conservation investments in historically underserved urban communities and support greening, park creation, and restoration in places like South Los Angeles. Testimony from Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation and park and conservation groups stressed environmental justice, access to nature, and the need to regenerate degraded lands into parkland. Members discussed the importance of urban parks, maintenance, biodiversity, and balancing rural and urban conservation, and the bill passed 7-0 to Appropriations. The committee also took up the consent calendar, which passed unanimously. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly noted the need to balance environmental protection with practical water delivery and local community needs, and several bills were amended or clarified before votes. Final recorded actions included unanimous or near-unanimous approvals for the measures heard, with AB 1448, AB 1894, AB 1987, and AB 1946 moving forward, along with ACR 107 and the consent calendar.

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• And there was a farm field just outside of Faribault where we did a triangulation.
• And there was a farm field just outside of Faribault where we did a triangulation.
• And there was a farm field just outside of Faribault where we did a triangulation.
• And there was a farm field just outside of Faribault where we did a triangulation.
• A hypothetical would be a 10- or 12-year-old child in a farm A 10- or 12-year-old child in a farm decides

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We're doing some aerial treatments outlook, which is invasive tree in South Florida.
• And that's little over 2.5 million tree seedlings will be planting Russell planning. 42,000 wiregrass
• We grow trees that we sell to the public.
• The ground cover is clear in trees or soften for wildlife habitat.
• handy for removing trees and installing culverts.

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• These invasive trees are an environmental and ecological disaster.
• Mitigation, as Senator Dunn was saying, is extremely costly and requires the tree to be fully uprooted
• These invasive trees are environmental and ecological disaster. each tree consumes about 250. environmental
• Mitigation, as Senator Dunn was saying, is extremely costly and requires the tree to be fully uprooted
• and somebody is really helping them connect the garden to the learning, the math, the science, the farm

Bills: SB1088, SB1156, SB1157, SB1169, SB1245, SB1273, SB1330, SB1332, SB1391, SB1498, SB1531, SB1550, SB1598, SB1677, SB1707, SB1811, SB1818

Keywords: cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, appropriation, public safety, detention, unauthorized aliens, local government funding, border security, fencing, appropriations, southern border, local government, medical education, physician shortage, healthcare funding, Arizona health care

Summary: The committee heard and acted on several appropriation and policy bills, beginning with SB 1550, which would provide $1.255 million to Queen Creek for a three-year police pilot focused on runaway youth prevention, at-risk youth protection, and anti-trafficking investigations. Supporters said the program would dedicate trained officers to prevention and rapid response and could serve as a statewide model. Some members objected to funding a single locality without a local cost share, but the bill received a do pass recommendation, 7-2-1. Members then considered SB 1156 and SB 1157, both sponsored as reimbursements to local governments for border-related costs. SB 1156 would appropriate $20 million to reimburse cities, towns, and counties for short-term detention holds for unauthorized non-citizens, while SB 1157 would appropriate $20 million for supplemental fencing or bollard walls in high-crossing border areas. The sponsor described both as backfilling local expenses already incurred, while opponents argued the measures would subsidize detention and border enforcement rather than Arizona priorities. Both bills drew extensive public opposition and were advanced on party-line-leaning votes: SB 1156 passed 5-3-2 and SB 1157 passed 5-3-2. The committee also approved SB 1245, which would provide $2.457 million for Rodeo Road pavement replacement in Williams, after the sponsor said the request had been reduced from the original amount. Members raised concerns about limited HIRF funding and the need for local participation, but the bill passed 6-3-1. SB 1707, a $5 million appropriation for DPS artificial intelligence tools related to border security, also passed 6-4-0 after testimony split between supporters who saw AI as a useful border tool and opponents who said the bill was too vague or unnecessary. SB 1811, which would change school cell-phone policy language from allowing use “during” an emergency to “in the case of” an emergency, passed 8-1-1 with supporters saying it would give schools more flexibility and avoid logistical problems during lockdowns. Later, the committee approved SB 1088, a $2.5 million cybersecurity appropriation for the Department of Homeland Security, including funding for generative AI security and modernization of the statewide VPN, despite objections that the department had not requested the money and that other cybersecurity needs were already pending. It then advanced SB 1332, as amended, to require ADOT to study light rail expansion in Maricopa County and compare it with autonomous or semi-autonomous transit options; the hearing featured strong testimony from small business owners along the Indian School corridor who said light rail construction would hurt access and sales, and opposition from Phoenix/Valley Metro representatives who argued transit decisions are local and that ADOT is not the right entity to conduct the study. The bill was discussed at length as a neutral feasibility review rather than a prohibition after the amendment removed the state-participation ban.

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• Texas Farm Bureau has long supported property rights, fair taxation, and public safety.
• HB 3241 exempts from farm inputs such as fertilizer, feed, pesticides, and other assets used in farming
• Thank you. in fluctuating markets, our farm and ranch families are struggling.
• That is roughly nine farms per day going out of business in the state.
• In helping alleviate some of the pressure our farm and ranch families are feeling.

Bills: HB195, HB247, HB255, HJR2, HJR4, HJR6, HJR31, HJR34, HB195, HB247, HB255, HJR6, HJR31, HJR34

Keywords: school district, ad valorem tax, local revenue, tax collection, education funding, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure, Texas-Mexico border, ad valorem taxation, farm products, livestock, timber, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer, constitutional amendment

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• We've got a new market and are improving our farm.
• Founded in 1919, we are a nonpartisan grassroots general farm organization with over 30,000 family farm
• But the benefits do not stop at the farm gate.
• But the benefits do not stop at the farm gate.
• <00:34:38.879> burned of infested spruce budworm trees burned of infested spruce budworm trees

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• time, he gave a speech, he was trying to make a and he talked about how this man had planted this tree
• when it was just a little tree and that tree grew and I'm listening to him and and he finished but it
• Trustee Place 5, Raul Sivrian, Frost Bank, Katrina Spotsville, Carrollton Farming back ISD, community

Bills: HR34, HR36, HR38, HR39, HR41, HR42, HR43, HR67, HR68, HR73, HR77, HR81, HR104, HR166, HR201, HR202, HR223, HR226, HR233, HR234, HR246, HR264, HR266, HR268, HR271, HR280, HR282, HR286, HR291, HR292, HR296, HR298, HR319, HR326, HR329, HR348, HR354, HR373, HR376, HR381, HR385, HR386, HR387, HR391, HR394, HR395, HR396, HR399, HR400, HR402, HR403, HR404, HR408, HR409, HR410, HR413, HR414, HR417, HR418, HR419, HR422, HR424, HR429, HR435, HR439, HR440, HR22, HR88, HR94, HR136, HR194, HR231, HR302, HR397, HR416, HR420, HR421, HR423, HR430, HR431

Keywords: Ramadan, Islam, Muslim community, spiritual observance, cultural recognition, Eid al-Fitr, celebration, Texas legislation, Mother's Day, family, women, honor, Father's Day, gratefulness, recognition, Diwali, festival of lights, Hinduism, unity, Veterans Day

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• having to bring a vet for know farm having to bring a vet for know farm animal<01:15:50.239>
• I don’t want to lose the forest for the trees.
• I don’t want to lose the forest for the trees.
• I don’t want to lose the forest for the trees.
• <03:56:12.800> they animal they can't climb up a tree they animal they can't climb up a tree

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 153, which would require two or more law enforcement officers in each county to receive animal cruelty training through the police standards system. Representative Barbara Coma, the sponsor, said the bill was prompted by problems in animal cruelty cases, especially in rural areas without animal control officers, and she described it as a limited training measure. She said an amendment was forthcoming that would add an eight-hour approved course and a two-hour refresher every three years, and she emphasized that the trained officers would serve as resources rather than being required to take action themselves. Members asked about cost, due process, overlap with animal control officers, how trained officers would be identified and notified, and whether veterinarians could fill the role. Coma responded that the bill would not be a heavy financial lift, would not interfere with animal control officers, would apply to livestock as well as companion animals, and would still require law enforcement involvement because veterinarians cannot lawfully remove animals from property. She also said the training could improve due process by helping officers better understand when animal removal is appropriate and how cases should proceed. Sheriff William Wright, speaking for the New Hampshire Sheriffs Association, testified in opposition. He said training itself was acceptable, but the bill went beyond training by creating an obligation for sheriffs and state police to respond to and potentially investigate animal cruelty cases, which he argued would be ambiguous, unfunded, and burdensome for staffing and resources. He said some sheriff’s offices do not have investigative deputies and that the bill could create liability and uncertainty about who would lead investigations. In response to questions, he said the association would likely have no objection if the bill were limited to training, but it opposed the assistance/investigation mandate as written.

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• So as you drove in, you saw the fruit trees. My first question was, who picks the fruit?
• When I was growing up, we would visit my grandparents' farm in Veguita, New Mexico, and we would cross
• Even though my grandparents had long since gone, the trees were still producing these beautiful apples
• With their limbs on the ground, but I see all the apple trees, and I hear about that kitchen.
• They will basically take the bonds and market them to ultimate investors, be they BlackRock, State Farm

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• To the river corridor, we lost many of those large cypress trees that were downed, and we saw a scouring
• And more recently, our Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.
• So far, over 18,000 plants, including tree saplings, have been introduced as part of these efforts.
• The Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Program, our conservation easement program, has a primary focus of ensuring
• They worked with helping us clean up the site, remove debris, and cut down trees that were impeding our

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• So a lot, lots of those large cypress trees that were downed, or lost, and we saw a scouring effect of
• cost share incentives through programs like our landowner incentive program and more recently our farm
• So over 18,000 plants, we're talking tree saplings, other forms of vegetation that Were propagated in
• And again, programs that are set up to cost share restoration, funding that flows through the US Farm
• The Texas Farm and Ranchlands Program, our conservation easement program.