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• File items two through 210, we're going to be moving in file order today.
• I’m going to pass and retain on file item 47 and file item 48.
• We dispensed with file item number 78. That brings us to file item 79.
• We will pass and retain on file item 127. File item 127. File item 127. File item 127.
• Pass and retain on file item 155, pass and retain on file item 156, pass and retain on file item 157.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48. The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate. Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.

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• House File 98.
• Section 25 is from House File 98. 245I. Section 25 is from House File 98.
• House File 99 continues the File 99.
• So House File 99 is laid over. Samura. So House File 99 is laid over.
• House File 20 uh 246. your next bill. House File 20 uh 246.

Bills: HF2115, HF2276, HF1644, HF99, HF2068, HF2707, HF2704, HF2406, HF1674, HF1579

Keywords: human services, aging services, disability services, behavioral health, long-term care, nursing home, nursing facility, assisted living, waiver services, medical assistance, Medicaid, case mix reimbursement, PDPM, RUG, direct care and treatment, developmental disabilities, day services, positive support, guardian, conservator

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• Senate File 16. Second reading of the Senate file. Senate File 16.
• Senate File 24. Second reading of the Senate file. Senate File 24.
• Senate File 7, do pass. Senate File 8, do pass. Senate File 18, do pass.
• Senate File 10, do pass amended. File 8, do pass. Senate File 18, do File 8, do pass.
• Senate File 45, Local Approval of files.

Keywords: 916, all

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• file for the next legislative day.
• AB 234 is ordered to the general file.
• AB 326 is ordered to the general file.
• AB 404 is ordered to the general file. Assembly Bill 404 is ordered to the general file.
• Order of business 13, general file.

Keywords: 909, all

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• Senate file 28 29 I to no. Senate file 28 29 I to no.
• Senate file 23 30 I one. No. Senate file 23 30 I one. No.
• Senate<01:08:25.520> file<01:08:26.000> 6131 Senate file 6131 Senate file 6131 I. I.
• By your vote, you have concurred on Senate File 61. Senate File 61. Senate File 61.
• Senate File 66? If so, yep, he says yes. Senate File 66? If so, yep, he says yes.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Senate<01:09:45.279> file<01:09:45.679> 107, Senate file 107, Senate file 107, [clears
• Senate<01:11:31.040> file Senate file Senate file 25<01:11:34.320> uh<01:11:34.560>
• Senate file 5630. I 1. No. Senate file 5630. I 1. No.
• Senate file 70. 21. I 10. No. Senate file 70. 21. I 10. No.
• Senate<01:38:42.080> file<01:38:42.480> 10731 Senate file 10731 Senate file 10731 I.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Senate File 126, due pass. Senate File 57, due pass amended. Senate File 122, due pass.
• Senate File 39, due pass amended. Senate File 43, due pass. Senate File 88, due pass amended.
• Senate File 67, due pass amended. Senate File 107, due pass. Senate File 44, due pass.
• Well done. file 27, due pass. Senate file 39, due file 27, due pass.
• Senate file file 67, due pass amended.

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• ; File Item 3, AB 346, Wynn; File Item 10, AB 777, with amendments, Celeste Rodriguez; File Item 11,
• File Item 11, AB 798, Calderon. File Item 12, AB 896, Elhawary. File Item 15, AB 1099, Brian.
• File item number 4. File item number 5, AB 495.
• It is file item 21, AB 1318, Bonta. File item 22. It is file item 21, AB 1318, Bonta.
• File Item 21, AB 42. File Item 21, AB 1. Final vote, 7 to 6 to 0. File Item 21, AB 1318.

Summary: The committee heard a series of child care, social services, immigrant support, disability services, and language access bills, with many measures drawing strong support and no opposition. Early in the hearing, AB 450 proposed a Department of Aging task force to study and recommend policies for undocumented adults age 55 and older; AB 593 would let CDSS identify data-sharing opportunities to improve CalFresh administration and participation; and AB 904 would clarify child care subsidy eligibility so families do not lose care during pregnancy leave, family leave, caregiving, or job search periods. All three were presented as ways to reduce barriers and improve access to essential services, and AB 904 was moved out on a 1-0 call after support testimony from child care advocates and a member of the public. AB 617, which would expand and standardize respite care access for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by requiring licensing and registry participation, drew both support and significant opposition from respite providers and disability service organizations concerned about added regulation, cost, and possible delays; the author said she would continue working with opponents, and the bill was moved out on a 2-0 call. The committee also heard AB 1220, which would require regional centers to document denials, notices of action, and appeals in individual program plans and include that data in annual reports to improve transparency and equity in developmental services. The bill drew extensive public support from parents, advocates, and disability organizations, with no opposition, and passed 5-0. AB 752 would make child care centers by right in certain residential zones when co-located with multifamily housing or institutional uses, and supporters argued it would reduce zoning barriers and help expand child care capacity; it also passed 5-0. AB 1242 would create a CalHHS language access director, require human review of machine translation, and improve language coverage determinations for state and local agencies; supporters emphasized health equity and the need for better access for limited-English communities, and the bill was moved out on a 4-0 call. Later, AB 548 would continue and expand the Asylee and Vulnerable Non-Citizen Program, which provides case management and integration services for asylees and certain visa holders; supporters said the program had been effective but had run out of funding, and the bill passed 4-0. AB 495, the Family Preparedness Plan Act, would strengthen family safety planning for immigrant families, standardize acceptance of caregiver authorization affidavits, and create a joint guardianship process for temporary separations; testimony focused on fear of family separation and the need for clear school and medical procedures, and the bill passed 4-0. AB 1357 would exclude guaranteed income payments from being counted as income for state public assistance eligibility, with supporters arguing it would prevent recipients from falling off the “benefits cliff”; it passed 4-1. Finally, AB 1201, the Reunity Act, was introduced to require individualized court assessments before denying reunification services to parents with certain violent felony convictions after a five-year period, with the author and a witness describing the bill as a trauma-informed approach to family reunification.

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• On to the assembly third reading file, file items two through 210.
• File item 31, pass and retain on file items 32 through 36. Brings us to file item 37, AB 245.
• I'm going to pass and retain on file item 47 and file item 48, brings us to file item 49, AB 410 by Assemblymember
• Brings us to file item, back to file order, everybody back to file order.
• Members, we are continuing on in file order. We're going to pass and retain on file. File item 192.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• House File 1794, Vernig. House File 3295, Gordon. House File 3489, Bennett.
• House File 3917, Mahmood. House File 4146, Igo. House File 4224, Fischer.
• House File 4239, Freiberg. House File 4455, Lee K. House File 4493, Baker.
• House File 3917, Mahmood. House File 4146, Igo. House File 4224, Fischer.
• House File 4239, Freiberg. House File 4455, Lee K. House File 4493, Baker.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Section 3 is also from House File 98. Section 6 is also from House File 98.
• House File 98.
• So the next bill on the calendar today is House File 22, House File 2222, and House File 2276.
• House File 1644 as amended is laid over. The next bill we have is House File 19.
• House File 99 is laid over, so the next bill on the agenda will be House File 27.

Bills: HF2115, HF2276, HF1644, HF99, HF2068, HF2707, HF2704, HF2406, HF1674, HF1579

Keywords: human services, aging services, disability services, behavioral health, long-term care, nursing home, nursing facility, assisted living, waiver services, medical assistance, Medicaid, case mix reimbursement, PDPM, RUG, direct care and treatment, developmental disabilities, day services, positive support, guardian, conservator

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• secretary will read the Senate file secretary will read the Senate file numbers<00:07:44.560>
• Senate<00:07:44.879> file<00:07:45.120> number Senate File No. 2439 has been given
• <00:08:48.880> number will see CIF file number will see CIF file number 2805<00:08:51.440>
• page number 16 you'll see Cate file page number 16 you'll see Cate file number number number 2836
• President uh I move that Senate file President uh I move that Senate file 2517<00:13:50.839>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and what files are not made public.
• department file.
• and a personnel file, um.
• file than this bill does.
• the personnel file and the personnel so not everything goes in the department file.

Bills: SB 15

Keywords: law enforcement, department file, employee records, misconduct, confidentiality, Texas occupations code

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• Uh I do move the DE1 to House File File File 2484.
• Any discussion to the DE1 to Senate File House File 2484?
• House File 2484 is on its way. Next up, we have House File 719.
• House File 2486 before the committee. House File 2486 before the committee.
• House File 2486. House File 2486.

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• So people are filing companies, filing LLCs in the state and using those as essentially shells to conduct
• > LLC's are filing ing companies, filing LLC's are filing ing companies, filing LLC's in<00:02
• and placed some of these large filing and placed some of these large filing mills<00:09:38.800><
• 830,000 filings in fiscal year 2025. 830,000 filings in fiscal year 2025.
• filings for for that year. filings for for that year.

Bills: SF0082

Keywords: registered agents, corporate governance, entity ownership, business regulations, transparency, 916, all

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• following Senate file herewith returned. following Senate file herewith returned.
• transmitted: House File 3516, House File 3528, and House File 3718.
• Senate file 4904 be withdrawn from the Senate file 4904 be withdrawn from the Committee<00:07:56.440>
• <00:08:38.520> number We will begin with Senate file number We will begin with Senate file
• House file 1410. House file 1410. Senator<00:13:06.720> Limmer. Thank you, Mr.

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• File items 5 through 87. We pass temporarily on file item number five.
• File item 20, pass temporarily. File item 21. Pass and retain, file items 22, 23.
• Going to pass and retain on file item 29, pass and retain on file item 30, pass and retain on file item
• We'll pass and retain on file item 38. File item 39.
• Going backwards in the file to file item.

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• Senate file number 4282. numbers. Senate file number 4282.
• House file numbers 3437, numbers.
• We’ll start with Senate File 4339.
• File House<00:15:18.520> File<00:15:18.839> 3718.
• Before you is Senate File 4455.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met under call, established a quorum, and adopted the printed committee reports, except those relating to Senate Concurrent Resolution 6. It then gave second reading to Senate File 4282 and several House files, and later handled motions including re-referring Senate File 4634 from Jobs and Economic Development to Taxes. The chamber also designated special orders for immediate consideration. On special order, Senate File 4339, relating to the excavation notice system and utility locating, was presented as a safe-digging measure requiring electronic positive responses from utility operators and updated contact information for locators. The bill was read a third time and passed 64-0. The Senate then took up House File 3718, which modernizes the Board of Veterinary Medicine, updates definitions and licensing rules, expands scope of practice and telemedicine provisions, changes board composition, and adds a background check requirement; after questions from Senator Green about the bill’s sponsor, background checks, and board size, it passed 52-13. The Senate next considered Senate File 4455, concerning the Lake City and Red Wing port authorities. An A2 amendment was adopted to address municipal public utilities commission voter ratification language, and the bill as amended passed 65-0. The session ended with announcements, including a lighthearted note about “Steak on a Stick Eve,” excusing Senators Webber and Miller, and adjournment until Thursday, April 16 at 11:00 a.m.

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• Then our next proposal, our next bill, is Senate File 4539, a Senator Westrom file.
• It's Senate File 4188.
• It's Senate File 4188.
• Housley proposal, Senate file 3764. Housley proposal, Senate file 3764.
• Commissioner, Senate File 56 is a Senator Pappas bill that Senate File 2657.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Code currently. both a separate personnel file and a department file for every officer.
• department file.
• SB 15 creates a department file where any file maintained by a law enforcement agency is protected from
• and a personnel file.
• The G-file has a lot more listed about what goes into the G-file than this bill does.

Bills: SB 15

Keywords: law enforcement, department file, employee records, misconduct, confidentiality, Texas occupations code, 997, house, all