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• <00:53:31.080><c> nights,</c><00:53:32.000><c> um</c> late nights, um late nights, um the<00:53:33.200
• </c> penalties for distracted driving. penalties for distracted driving.
• </c> the lessons, and the late nights. the lessons, and the late nights.
• If you treat people with with file.
• </c> when a late frost wounds it. when a late frost wounds it.

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• Pass temporarily on file item four. Passed temporarily on file item 4.
• File item 18 has been moved to the inactive file. We're ready to take up file item number 19.
• File item 18 has been moved to the inactive file. We're ready to take up file item number 19.
• File item 22 has been put in the inactive file. We're going to pass temporarily on file item 23.
• File item 22 has been put in the vote. file item 22 has been put in the inactive file we're gonna pass

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long floor file of bills. Early measures passed with little or no debate, including AB 698 on local transfer taxes and affordable housing analysis, AB 456 on mobile home sales, AB 1129 on reportable infant health conditions, AB 69 on Fair Plan insurance notices and voluntary market searches, AB 357 on expedited student and faculty housing permits, AB 383 on firearms code cleanups, AB 426 on drones interfering with emergency response, AB 825 on energy affordability and transmission financing, and AB 699 on ballot transparency for local tax and bond measures. Most of these bills passed unanimously or with strong bipartisan margins, while AB 825 drew the most extended debate over whether it would lower costs or expand state control of energy infrastructure; it ultimately passed 45-5. The most contentious item was AB 84, which would strengthen oversight of non-classroom-based charter schools and tighten accountability for charter spending and operations. Supporters argued it was needed to stop fraud and misuse of public education dollars, citing major scandals and audit findings, while opponents warned it would harm legitimate charter schools, reduce educational options, and disproportionately affect rural and special-needs students. Several members said they supported the bill only to keep negotiations going, and others urged more targeted or delayed action. After extensive debate and multiple amendments, the Assembly passed AB 84 on a 41-22 vote. The chamber also took up AB 610, a housing bill that would require cities and counties to disclose planned housing restrictions and limit new constraints for three years after housing element approval. The author framed it as a certainty and transparency measure to help address the state’s housing shortage, while noting continued discussions with local governments and housing advocates. The transcript ends with the bill’s presentation and request for an aye vote, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• Sorry for being late. Good afternoon.
• File item number one, SB 845 Perez; file item number four, SB 1012 Smallwood-Quavis; file item number
• In 2019, there was a lawsuit filed.
• File item number one, SB 845 Perez; file item number four, SB 1012 Smallwood-Cuevas; and file item number
• File item number seven, SB 1024, Menjabar. Okay. File item number seven, SB 1024, Menjabar.

Committee: House Labor and Employment

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:02:22.400><c> is</c> recommendation that the House file is recommendation that the House file
• Today I offer House File 3762.
• Today I offer House File uh, sorry. Today I offer House File uh, number<01:03:45.280><c> 3762.
• </c> House File 3762. House File 3762.
• </c> testify in support of House File 2879. testify in support of House File 2879.

Bills: HF962 , HF3541 , HF2936 , HF3762 , HF2879

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: Capitol security, public safety, emergency management, state buildings, law enforcement, corrections, legislative approval, rule-making, financial impact, jail regulations, expungement, firearm eligibility, criminal records, organized retail crime, retail theft, supply chain theft, theft enterprise, organized theft, cargo theft, shoplifting

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• If you look at the crude oil consumption, late 1980s to today, which is a proxy for us to say all that
• Our preference would be that the margin cap and penalty be repealed by the legislature to provide more
• Our preference would be that the margin cap and penalty be repealed by the legislature to provide more
• With that, there's a large degree of homeownership amongst our rank and file.
• It's late. Thank you, Chair and members, for being here.

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Assembly Committees on Utilities and Energy, Transportation, and Natural Resources focused on California’s transportation fuels sector, especially the state’s response to refinery closures and the broader transition away from fossil fuels. Opening remarks emphasized the tension between climate and air-quality goals, fuel affordability, refinery jobs and local tax bases, and the need to avoid crisis-driven responses as Phillips 66 and Valero consider shutting refineries in Wilmington and Benicia. Professor Emily Grubert framed the issue as a long-term managed transition in which the public already bears much of the risk and should also capture benefits from a well-planned shift. CARB Chair Leanne Randolph reviewed the state’s emissions and fuel policies, including AB 32, the low-carbon fuel standard, clean vehicle programs, and the at-berth regulation for ocean-going vessels. She said California’s transportation sector remains the largest source of greenhouse gases and a major source of smog-forming pollution, but that the state has made substantial progress and still needs to reduce demand for fossil fuels while maintaining compliance with federal air-quality standards. Randolph also said CARB’s recent LCFS amendments had not caused the predicted spike in gas prices and explained that compliance pathways for the at-berth rule include emissions-reduction technologies or payments into a remediation fund. CEC Vice Chair Gunda described declining gasoline demand, shrinking in-state refining capacity, and growing dependence on imports, arguing that the state is in a “mid-transition” period that requires both support for legacy infrastructure and continued investment in cleaner alternatives. He outlined the administration’s petroleum market stabilization proposal, which aims to return California crude production to 125 million barrels a year through four components: codifying the ban on fracking, validating the Kern County oil-and-gas permitting ordinance, creating a temporary CEQA exemption paired with a two-for-one plug-and-drill framework, and strengthening pipeline and spill-safety requirements. Department of Conservation Director Jennifer Lucasey said the proposal is intended to stabilize crude supply and pipeline throughput while preserving health and environmental protections, and noted that CalGEM would still review permits and enforce other requirements. Mayor Steve Young of Benicia testified that a Valero closure would significantly reduce city revenue and leave the community facing years of cleanup and redevelopment challenges. He said the city supports environmental protection but is worried about the economic hit, the possibility that Benicia becomes a fuel-import terminal, and the lack of local influence over refinery decisions. Members pressed the panel on the CEQA exemption, tribal and habitat review, disclosure of closure liabilities, fuel-demand projections, and whether the proposal should include more demand-side measures. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational, and officials said some proposals, including a margin-cap pause and further transition planning, would be taken up later in the process.

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• Speaker, today I rise to honor Jerry Zamodian and his late wife Rebecca, Orange County residents who
• ><c> freeze</c><02:16:07.679><c> that</c><02:16:08.000><c> wiped</c><02:16:08.320><c> out</c> to a late
• season freeze that wiped out to a late season freeze that wiped out almost<02:16:09.199><c> an</c><02
• Look, the president made some simple promises to get elected: release the Epstein files, end forever
• the Epstein files, end forever wars,<02:36:29.920><c> and</c><02:36:30.160><c> reduce</c><02:36:30.560

Bills: HCR89 , HB1722 , HB7283 , HB8205 , HB7008 , HB8800

Keywords: Iran, war powers, War Powers Resolution, hostilities, military force, Congressional authorization, declaration of war, AUMF, foreign policy, national security, self-defense, U.S. Armed Forces, Middle East, executive war powers, troop withdrawal, intelligence sharing, counterintelligence, diplomatic facilities, regional security, anti-war resolution

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• This just makes the penalties consistent for the results of bad acts.
• This just makes the penalties consistent for the results of bad acts.
• </c> penalties if a death should occur. penalties if a death should occur.
• This just makes the<00:17:07.360><c> penalties</c><00:17:08.000><c> consistent</c><00:17:09.199><c> for
• penalties consistent for the results of<00:17:11.679><c> bad</c><00:17:12.079><c> acts.

Committee: House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• File item five, AB 19...
• File item five, AB 1954 by Assembly Member Ward, file item 13, ACR 210 by Assembly Member Jackson, file
• And moving on to next one is file number And moving on to the next one is file number 15, AB 2771.
• File item 2, AB 1640 by Assembly Member Stephanie, file item 5, AB 1954 by Assembly Member Ward, file
• File item number 1, AB 1629 by Assembly Member Haney. Consent files are out.

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:

• Because I don't want anybody pulling a file and seeing information they shouldn't see.
• it, they have to put it up or destroy it because I don't want anybody else to be able to pull the file
• Members, thank you also very much for accommodating this late request.
• This late request.
• It just seems like it's a repetitive process that we're going through here lately, is that everybody

Bills: HB248 , HB249 , HB997 , HB1052 , HB1193 , SB1 , SB161 , SB218 , SB220 , SB289 , SB435

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: Compensation Commission, elected officials, salary evaluation, government accountability, Louisiana legislature, compensation, independent commission, salary adjustment, consumer price index, official journal, public notices, government transparency, local government, municipal website, school board notices, parish council, police jury, special districts, levee district, drainage district

Transcript Highlights:

• I apologize for being late.
• the Superior Court and get an injunction order to basically close down their practice, seize their files
• the Superior Court and get an assumption order to basically close down their practice, seize their files
• You know, what's public is what we filed in the notice of disciplinary charges. I apologize.
• And we filed notices of disciplinary charges against that, in part to try and send the message that just

Committee: Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:

• We are running late today.
• It's a bill that has been filed for all the years that I've been here and for many years before it was
• At filing a bill to check with your county collector, check with your county assessor to see what impact
• And I think that the bills we've got that are filed every year, and year in and year out, and the bills
• that I filed for the last eight years, it's frustrating for us that they are not moving forward.

Committee: House Veterans and Armed Forces

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first went into executive session, where it adopted committee substitutes and voted do pass on House Bills 383, 2940, and 1869 by unanimous roll-call votes. The chair then moved to public hearings and announced shortened testimony times because of the late hour. A large portion of the hearing focused on several nearly identical proposals to provide property tax relief to disabled veterans and, in some versions, surviving spouses. Representatives Jobe, Crosley, Bolerking, Schmidt, and Jones described different approaches: tiered exemptions based on VA disability ratings, homestead-based exemptions, county opt-in or opt-out provisions, sunsets, and in some bills relief tied to assessed value or personal property/vehicle taxes. Committee members raised questions about acreage limits, transfer of benefits to new residences, remarriage of surviving spouses, annual recertification, and whether counties should have discretion. Several witnesses in favor, including veterans and veterans’ advocates, urged broader eligibility, especially for 100% permanent and total veterans and those with individual unemployability, and argued the benefit would help veterans remain in Missouri. A public advocate opposed the bills on fiscal grounds, citing large projected costs to local governments, school districts, and state funds. The committee also heard testimony from veterans and advocates on the importance of recognizing spouses and families, and on the need to avoid burdensome county administration. Representative Schmidt presented two related bills, one offering a percentage-based property tax discount and another creating a homestead tax credit with county participation and a market-value cap; members discussed combining the measures and revising sunset and spouse language. Representative Jones presented bills extending relief to 100% disabled veterans and to personal property/vehicles, emphasizing that counties could opt in and that the credit should not shift costs to other taxpayers. The hearing ended before the final witness finished, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• We are running late today.
• It's a bill that has been filed for all the years that I've been here and for many years before.
• At filing a bill, to check with your county collector, check with your county assessor to see what impact
• And I think that the bills we've got that are filed every year, and year in and year out, and the bills
• that I filed for the last eight years, it's frustrating for us that they are not moving forward.

Committee: House Veterans and Armed Forces

Transcript Highlights:

• Speaker, gentle lady, I'm looking at the amendments in order where it is on page 26, any person filing
• a complaint shall be immune from liability arising out of civil action if the complaint is filed with
• and since 1978, that's been part of the law and so there is a protection there for, for any person filing
• public record and I think that's not fair to, um, to the person who's, uh, this is complaint is being filed
• The person filing the complaint, um, as the representative who spoke before me mentioned that there was

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• It has some attendant penalties that go along with it.
• Nonetheless, we urge against the death penalty as a punishment.
• But it stated that those victims did not want the death penalty in those cases because the death penalty
• The penalty is death.
• And in my opinion, they do deserve the death penalty, eligible for the death penalty because of the heinous

Transcript Highlights:

• We know that automatic death penalty is unconstitutional.
• Now, tying that to the death penalty, the people who happen to be on death penalty, who are being exonerated
• I filed this amendment during the last special session.
• Representative, I understand why you would file such an amendment.
• We talked about the death penalty.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Parkland shooting victims, quorum call, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The Rules and Ethics Committee special order report for February 13, 2025 was adopted, setting the day’s special order calendar and debate times. The chamber then took up immigration-related special order items, beginning with Senate Memorial 6C, which urged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance and training for 287(g) agreements. Members debated federal immigration policy and state cooperation with DHS, and the memorial passed 85-27. The House next considered Senate Bill 4C, an immigration bill creating new state offenses related to unlawful entry and reentry into Florida and requiring a mandatory death sentence for an unauthorized alien convicted of a capital felony. Members questioned the bill’s constitutionality, including Supremacy Clause, due process, and Eighth Amendment concerns, and several speakers argued it would create separate classes of people and invite litigation. Multiple amendments were offered to narrow or expand exemptions, including protections for Venezuelans on TPS, certain Haitian TPS and humanitarian parole recipients, undocumented people brought to Florida as children working in critical professions, and a proposal to delay action pending court rulings; all of those amendments were rejected. The bill passed 85-29. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 2C, which would create a State Board of Immigration Enforcement led by the Governor and Cabinet, establish a local law enforcement immigration grant program and advisory council, repeal the undocumented-student fee waiver, and appropriate more than $300 million for immigration enforcement. The sponsor described it as supporting cooperation with federal immigration agencies and ending the in-state tuition incentive for undocumented students. Early questioning focused on the impact on “dreamers” and whether the bill would effectively raise their tuition costs; the sponsor said it removed the incentive of in-state tuition but did not bar attendance. The transcript cuts off during that exchange, before final action on SB 2C is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> a meaningful way before it is too late a meaningful way before it is too late for<00:40:16.800><
• We're running late. I will try minutes. We're running late.
• </c><03:05:29.279><c> appeal</c> ability to file an appeal ability to file an appeal um<03:05:31.359>
• </c> up both civil and criminal penalties. up both civil and criminal penalties.
• Absolutely. for for good penalties.

Committee: House Housing

Transcript Highlights:

• If you need to file a court case in New Mexico, chances are very, very good that you can file that in
• That's usually filed by a district attorney. Sometimes it can be filed by law enforcement.
• It's just to be filed later.
• It's a penalty in jail.
• It's a penalty in jail.

Committees: Senate Senate Judiciary , Senate House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• substitute bill is based primarily on what Florida has in place for their Citizens plan, where if you file
• proceedings in the Division of Administrative Law to the same provisions of law as if the action was filed
• And fortunately, it was still within time for us to file bills before we had to use our five.
• Baton Rouge, and we actually did have Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance at the time, and we did have to file
• and I know you had a handout that you requested to be passed out to the committee, and we're very late

Committee: House Insurance

Summary: The House Insurance Committee met on April 23 with a quorum present and first deferred HB 1142. The committee then heard HB 1187, which would direct any excess Louisiana Citizens emergency assessment funds, after related debt is paid, toward the Louisiana Fortified Homes Program or future Citizens debt. Representative Sawyer and Commissioner Tim Temple said the bill would likely redirect about $50 million in one-time surplus funds and would help expand a popular roof-mitigation program that has already awarded more than 4,600 fortified roofs. The bill drew support from several witnesses and was reported as amended without objection. Next, HB 1210, dealing with insurance claim disputes and a pre-suit review process for Louisiana Citizens claims, was discussed. Representative Dana Henry said he was voluntarily deferring the bill and instead pursuing a study resolution after hearing concerns from members and stakeholders. Department and Citizens officials said the proposal was modeled on Florida’s process and could help resolve disputes faster and cheaper, but the bill was ultimately voluntarily deferred after testimony and some opposition cards were noted. The committee then took up HB 1199, which requires coverage for genetic testing and treatment related to SCN2A-associated disorders. Representative Jordan and the Diedon family gave emotional testimony about their daughter Emily’s diagnosis and the importance of timely genetic testing. The bill was amended to require that testing be ordered by a provider and deemed medically necessary by the health plan, with discussion about whether a neurologist should be involved; members said that issue could be refined later. HB 1199 was reported as amended. Finally, the committee considered HB 880, the Louisiana Artificial Intelligence Insurance Fairness Act, which would regulate AI use in underwriting, rating, and claims. After a lengthy discussion about state insurance regulation, McCarran-Ferguson, and concerns that the bill could jeopardize federal broadband funding, Representative Jordan voluntarily deferred HB 880, and HB 920 was also deferred. The committee then heard HB 1221, which would limit the policy data collected for the Louisiana Fortified Program Fund. Former Representative Bowler argued the bill was needed to protect policyholder privacy, while the Department of Insurance and Commissioner Temple said the data is needed for surplus-lines premium tax audits, fraud detection, and consumer assistance after disasters. The discussion continued with questions about what data would be visible and how it would be used, but the transcript ends before a final action on HB 1221 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• So for me, and again, this was brought to my attention late yesterday, I didn't want to file a late-file
• I didn't want to file a late file amendment to confuse things even further.
• The mortality penalty for Black newborns was reduced by 58% when cared for by Black physicians.

Committee: Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Summary: The committee first confirmed Heather L. Turnbull to the Florida Commission on Community Service, with the motion adopted and the confirmation recommended favorably. Members then took up SPB 7022, which sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2025, updates rates to address unfunded actuarial liability, and allows certain elected officers to elect a DROP accumulation; a technical title amendment was adopted, the bill was submitted as a committee bill, and it was reported favorably as a committee bill. The committee then heard extensive debate and public testimony on SB 1710, which would restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion-related policies, trainings, and activities in state agencies, state-funded contractors and grantees, and medical institutions of higher education. Sponsor Senator DiCeglie said the bill is intended to prevent state agencies and contractors from using state funds for DEI programs and to limit state agencies from adopting DEI-related official positions; he also said the medical-school portion would likely be amended out later. Senator Polsky and others questioned the bill’s breadth and how it would affect health-related grants, public universities, historically Black institutions, recruitment, and contractor training. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers arguing the bill would harm health care, education, access, and inclusion; a few supporters said DEI is ideological, can undermine merit, and should not be used by state agencies or publicly funded institutions. After debate, Senator Polsky argued the bill was confusing, overbroad, and harmful to serving diverse communities, while Senator Arrington said it was an overreach into private business and could have significant fiscal impacts. Chair Fine closed by saying DEI is political ideology and that the bill is meant to ensure government focuses on talent rather than identity. SB 1710 was then reported favorably on a roll call vote, with Senator Arrington voting no and the remaining members voting yes. The committee then began SB 1678, relating to entities that boycott Israel, and heard the sponsor’s explanation of a delete-all amendment that would expand and clarify state restrictions on dealings with entities engaged in boycotts of Israel, including certain nonprofits, foreign educational institutions, and grants; the amendment was adopted, and the sponsor and a witness began answering questions when the transcript cuts off.

Transcript Highlights:

• Look, this should be the penalty for...
• Look, this should be the penalty for blocking traffic in the middle of the street or whatever the case
• We know what that penalty is to a human driver right now.
• So you're already late? You're already late. Okay. Yeah.
• The days I sat, I had a seatmate, John DeQuisto, the late John DeQuisto, who was a battalion chief in

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee held an informational hearing on autonomous vehicle technology in California, with testimony from industry, safety advocates, first responders, drivers, and state regulators. The chair framed the hearing as an overview of AV deployment, safety, first responder interactions, and current and future regulation. Witnesses from the AV industry argued that autonomous vehicles can reduce crashes and injuries, create jobs, and support California’s leadership in innovation, while critics and crash survivors described serious safety failures, including phantom braking, inadequate transparency, and crashes involving Tesla’s Autopilot/Full Self-Driving systems. Several witnesses urged stronger disclosure, data preservation, independent safety validation, and clearer accountability for companies deploying these systems. First responder and labor witnesses described operational problems in San Francisco and elsewhere, saying AVs have blocked fire engines, ambulances, and police responses, shut down in emergency scenes, and caused major delays during outages. They asked for faster and more reliable remote support, a public safety manual override, clearer enforcement authority, and limits on deployment in complex conditions. A police chief representative said law enforcement supports innovation but needs standardized protocols, training, and clear statutory authority. A Teamsters representative criticized proposed DMV rules for heavy-duty autonomous trucks, arguing they rely too heavily on manufacturer self-certification and do not impose enough independent safety review or geographic limits. State regulators from the DMV and CPUC defended California’s existing AV framework, saying the state has regulated AVs since 2014 and now has an end-to-end system with permits, reporting requirements, enforcement tools, and first responder coordination. DMV officials said the new rulemaking would add more reporting, address heavy-duty AVs, and require compliance with emergency geofence messages and law enforcement direction. CPUC testimony emphasized that its role is limited to passenger service and ride-hail operations. Committee members asked about crash data, remote operations, liability, response times, and whether California should adopt more uniform standards and stronger guardrails. No votes or formal actions were taken, as the hearing was informational.