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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They don't have a driver's license.
- But you have a driver's license in your pocket, I'm sure, don't you? I do. Okay.
- license? I am not. Okay, so they can't get insurance if you don't have a driver's license.
- You can't get a driver's license because the state won't let them.
- One of them was in that vehicle, and two of them walked away okay.
Committee:
House Corrections
Keywords:
community supervision, repeat offenders, intoxication, Texas Penal Code, criminal justice reform, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, mandatory supervision, parole eligibility, Grayson's Law, mental health, trauma, jailers, law enforcement, occupational health, diligent participation, state jail felony, time credits, rehabilitation programs, de-escalation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Of its license away, because this structural pest control license is something that is regulated for
- Pacheco has a license, then yes sir, you do need a license to perform that as those.
- Meaning, would you pay for a license? Yeah. OK, so you're paying for a license.
- Okay, and... how much does it cost for somebody to be licensed? A business license is $300.
- It puts fuel in our vehicles.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
Keywords:
agriculture, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, veterinarian, veterinary medicine, veterinary telemedicine, telehealth, telemedicine, veterinarian-client-patient relationship, VCPR, animal health, livestock, pets, remote care, electronic means, telephone consultation, controlled substances, prescription drugs
Summary:
The second bill, House Bill 3469, was introduced to address pest control regulations concerning nuisance birds. Representative Campos explained how the bill proposes non-lethal methods to deter these birds, such as the use of laser lights and sounds, which avoids conflict with both state and federal regulations. The committee heard impassioned testimonies from members of the public who shared firsthand experiences regarding the adverse effects of these birds on property and public health. The meeting concluded with both bills being left pending, reflecting a desire for further deliberation among the committee members.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Professional Registration and Licensing Feb 25th, 2026
Professional Registration and Licensing
Transcript Highlights:
- And I appreciate the sponsor for allowing us to have a vehicle out of this committee.
- For allowing us to have a vehicle out of this committee. Any further discussion?
- The other reason I wanted a driver's license is because I wanted a job, right?
- So that's definitely a deep concern even for those outside of a vehicle.
- In Missouri, teen drivers have at most 48 months of licensed driving experience.
Summary:
The committee first met in executive session and adopted a House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2300 by a unanimous roll call vote of 18-0. The substitute combined a number of previously approved professional registration items, including emergency suspension authority, chiropractic and massage therapy provisions, accountant regulations, the athletic trainer compact, social worker regulations, a speech-language pathologist fix, telehealth, nonprofit pharmacies, and the physician assistant compact. Members noted that work was still ongoing on bell bondsman language before the committee moved into public hearing.
The main public hearing was on House Bill 2897, which would expand optometrists’ authority to perform certain laser and in-office procedures. Representative Farnan and optometry supporters argued the bill is about patient access, especially in rural areas, and said it would allow three laser procedures—YAG capsulotomy, laser trabeculoplasty, and laser iridotomy—plus clarify other already-performed office procedures, while still excluding major surgeries such as cataract surgery, LASIK, and corneal transplants. Supporters said optometrists already receive relevant training, that a 32-hour certification course would serve as a safeguard, and that patients often face long waits or long travel times for care. Opponents, including ophthalmologists, argued the bill would blur the line between optometry and surgery, create safety risks, and rely on insufficient training and ambiguous language. They cited complications from laser procedures, questioned emergency care claims, and said optometrists should not be regulated as surgeons unless placed under the State Board of Healing Arts. No vote was taken on HB 2897, and the chair recessed the hearing for later continuation.
The Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education then took up House Bill 3239 and adopted Amendment 0.01H, which capped the program at $4 million to keep it from becoming an open-ended cost. The committee then adopted the House Committee Substitute and voted the bill do pass by 11-7. The committee also combined House Bills 2913 and 3228 into one substitute and voted that combined measure do pass by 19-0. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2195, which would create the Missouri Integrated Safe Driving Program and encourage school districts to incorporate driver-safety content into existing courses without adding a fiscal note or mandating a standalone driver’s ed class. Sponsor Representative Reedy and supporters from AAA Missouri and the Missouri Driver Education Coalition said the bill would address teen crash rates, improve access to driver education, and help schools use existing curriculum time more flexibly. The hearing remained in discussion with testimony continuing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Meeting: Senate Committee and House Committee on Capital Investment - 05/17/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Then, starting on line 768, is changes for the motor vehicle registration tax.
- </c> uh is changes for the motor vehicle uh is changes for the motor vehicle registration<00:26:20.160
- </c><00:30:56.120><c> Uh</c> for a one-time license fee reduction.
- Uh for a one-time license fee reduction.
- So, this is part of license tab fees. So, this is part of that<00:31:16.200><c> deal.
Summary:
The committee took up a large bonding bill and reviewed the final spreadsheet of capital investments. Chairs and members repeatedly thanked staff, House and Senate negotiators, and the Governor’s team for a collaborative process. The bill was described as a statewide package rather than a partisan one, with major funding for higher education asset preservation, DNR projects, public safety, transportation, the Met Council, veterans facilities, corrections, DEED/local projects, and a large water infrastructure section.
House Fiscal staff and Senate fiscal staff walked through the bill line by line. Highlights included University of Minnesota and Minnesota State asset preservation, education and language immersion school funding, DNR trail and flood mitigation projects, public safety facilities, local road and bridge grants, Met Council parks and I/I grants, veterans home and armory funding, corrections projects including the Faribault vocational expansion, and many local economic development and public facility projects across Greater Minnesota and the metro. The bill also included Public Facilities Authority water and wastewater grants, housing rehabilitation funding, historical society grants, a Minnesota Zoo operating transfer, airport appropriations, and several cancellations of prior appropriations to help finance the package.
Members generally praised the bill and the bipartisan work behind it. Some Republicans emphasized the one-time license fee reduction and affordability, while also saying DEED’s business development infrastructure funding was too low. Senator Nelson highlighted long-awaited transportation projects such as Highway 14 and township roads. Senator Dibble supported the transportation investments but criticized the bill for having no transit funding, calling that a major omission. No vote was recorded in the excerpt, but the discussion centered on final review and support for moving the bonding bill forward.
NJ
New Jersey 2026-2027 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Jun 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Of course, if you traveled over asphalt,... ...vehicle.
- If the theater closes, the license expires immediately.
- municipality or the mall license fee, both.
- There's already licenses out there that they can acquire. There's inactive licenses.
- We do have a number 37 license.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 1st, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- An act relating to public safety, extending the length of driver's license revocations related to certain
- of convicted drunk drivers continue driving on a suspended license.
- There are almost 5,000 of these driving without a license, inimical to public safety offenses a year
- To discourage the driving of a vehicle without an interlock device when someone is on, or eligible or
- And to tell Minnesotans what kind of vehicles they can drive.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 13th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We all know that there's no licensing for Planned Parenthood, just as there's no licensing for resource
- No, it's not a licensed facility, and it doesn't say that.
- They're not licensed. Neither one of them are licensed.
- We have licensed professionals that work in the clinics, but they are not licensed clinics in the same
- I heard people say, "We're not licensed."
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It allows them to use other license plates within the state for that. That is the amendment.
- It allows them to use other license plates within the state for that. That is the amendment.
- at Lecanto High School, a 19-year-old driver who failed to observe struck Deputy Lahara with her vehicle
- SB 1290 is the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle Agency bill. It does several things.
- It amends the definition of tank vehicle to align the definition with federal regulations.
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum present and took up a long agenda of House and Senate bills, many of them conforming or “orphan” measures that were amended with delete-all or strike-all amendments to place them in conference posture. Among those reported favorably were HB 5015 on the State Group Insurance Program, HB 5009 creating the Florida Accountability Office, HB 5013 on state-funded property reinsurance, HB 5201 on state financial accounting, HB 5203 on the Capitol Center, and HB 5501 on documentary stamp tax distributions. The committee also approved SB 1292 on public records exemptions for certain email addresses, SB 1290 on highway safety and motor vehicle agency changes, SB 26 on an uncontested claims settlement, SB 176 and SJR 174 on homestead property assessment for flood-mitigation improvements, and SB 1122 on Florida Virtual School procedures.
Several substantive bills drew discussion. SB 924, covering fertility preservation services for cancer patients under the state health plan, received supportive comments from members and was reported favorably. SB 1160 expanded health insurance premium coverage for law enforcement officers and their families when catastrophic injury or death occurs in the line of duty or during official training, and it also passed. HB 1662, the Department of Transportation package, established or revised programs involving the Florida Transportation Academy, transportation research, rural transit, airport and seaport accountability, advanced air mobility, landscaping, and HOV lane changes; it was amended after testimony from the Florida Airports Council about landing-fee language and questions from members about AAM and HOV lane implementation, then reported favorably.
The committee also heard and approved SB 600, which codifies a statewide manufacturing office and creates a Florida manufacturing promotional campaign and grant framework, and SB 602, the fee bill tied to that campaign. That pair prompted the most extensive debate, with members asking about grant structure, eligibility, oversight, and whether the program could become a “slush fund”; the sponsor and Florida Makes said the program is aimed at small manufacturers, would be subject to rulemaking, and is intended to support training and modernization. SB 602 passed on a mostly party-line vote with Senator Pizzo voting no. At the end of the meeting, members recorded additional votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned without further business.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Apr 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- CS for SB 468, fleeing or attempting to elude, provides that any motor vehicle involved in a violation
- A controlled vehicle with lights activated is classified as a Level 5.
- the driver to stop a vehicle.
- It also exempts law enforcement from licensing requirements. requirements, specifically when it comes
- It also amended the motor vehicle kill switch language. Okay. Are there any questions?
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- must be in or attached to the vehicle. vehicle like a tractor.
- So my feeling is this: if a license is a license, it's a license, and that's all that you subscribe to
- So my feeling is this: if a license is a license, it's a license, and that's all that you subscribe to
- So I have another follow-up: Is it that most licenses, I don't care where I answer it, most licenses
- So I have another follow-up: Is it that most licenses, I don't care where I answer it, most licenses
Committee:
House Judiciary
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- H.B. 2003, driver license instruction permit. H.P. 2006, sample balance mailing date.
- H.B. 2003, driver license instruction permit, H.P. 2006, sample, balance, mailing date.
- HB 2256, salvage vehicles and insurance claims. HB 2257, Watercraft Fund distribution of monies.
- They were put in unmarked vehicles and carted off. We had families right there.
- These are people that lost their lives, the people operating a commercial vehicle with a license and
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, guest introductions, and approval of the journal. The chamber then moved through several Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a large number of bills and resolutions, mostly on second reading or in committee-of-the-whole format. Most measures were advanced with do-pass recommendations, often after adopting committee or floor amendments. Among the early items, SB 1515 (Industrial Commission revisions), SB 1645 (Auditor General performance audit), SB 1678 (health facilities), and SCR 1023 (Independent Redistricting Commission changes) were debated and approved. SCR 1023 drew the most discussion, with supporters arguing it would add geographic diversity, expand the commission to three Democrats, three Republicans, and three independents, and tighten population deviation standards to 5,000 people; opponents warned it could skew the commission and reduce nonpartisanship. The Senate also adopted amendments and advanced SB 1399, SB 1507, SB 1564, SB 1621, SB 1629, and SB 1811, with topics including AHCCCS cost reports, school district consolidation, electronic monitoring in long-term care, obesity prevention, behavioral health network adequacy, and public-school internet/wireless device issues.
Later calendars addressed elections, public safety, and criminal justice. The Senate advanced SB 1134 (political signs) with an emergency clause, SB 1489 (ballot measures and circulators) after removing certain paid-circulator disclosure requirements, and SB 1725 and SCR 1048 concerning marijuana smoke as a public/private nuisance, shifting much of the issue into civil law and leaving only substantial, deliberate conduct on the criminal side. In public safety, SB 1416 on missing and kidnapped children reporting was amended to require law-enforcement training every two years and documentation of online information-sharing decisions; senators clarified it did not alter the Turquoise Alert. SB 1751 and SCR 1049, both related to capital punishment, were amended to make firing squad an available option rather than a mandatory method in certain cases, with one senator speaking in opposition to the death penalty. The Senate also advanced SB 1012, SB 1573, SB 1661, SB 1662, SB 1569, SB 1634, SB 1647, SB 1655, and SB 1664, covering concealed weapons notice appeals, judicial determinations and religious secular laws, paternity/genetic testing support, probation conditions, election-related voter registration and signature handling, foreign campaign contributions, election worker summonsing, and nomination petition signatures. Several bills were retained or moved between calendars, and the Committee of the Whole reports were adopted, sending the listed bills forward as amended.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/04/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Senate Health and Human Services COR
Transcript Highlights:
- law, any person who is serving as the chief medical officer for a state agency to possess an active license
- I think that people that are our CMOs for our agency should hold the license and be reminded that those
- It modifies the definition of ambulance to remove an air vehicle acting as an ambulance and conforms
- It modifies the definition of ambulance to remove an air vehicle acting as an ambulance and conforms
- I have been a licensed foster parent for 18 years, and for nearly two decades, I've worked as a child
Committee:
Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR
Summary:
The Committee on Health and Human Services heard several bills and held HB 2307. HB 2049 would allow use of a particle accelerator to treat human diseases under general supervision in counties under 400,000 population and at critical access hospitals, with documentation, observation, and monitoring requirements. Testimony from rural hospital and radiation oncology representatives emphasized oncologist shortages, long travel distances for cancer patients, and the need to maintain safety while improving access; the bill received a due pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote.
HB 2178 would require any chief medical officer for a state agency to hold an active medical license, and members described it as a common-sense licensing requirement. HB 2179 would separate air ambulances from ground ambulances in statute, define air ambulance-related terms, and update staffing and regulatory provisions to better match current practice; air medical representatives said it was a statutory cleanup measure, and both bills were passed out of committee unanimously, 7-0.
HB 2322 would require audio or video recording of DCS interviews with children, with exceptions for equipment failure or unforeseeable lack of access, and would preserve admissibility of statements even if a recording was not made. Supporters, including a trafficking survivor, a health care worker, and a foster parent, argued recordings protect children, improve accuracy and accountability, and reduce disputes over what was said. The bill also includes a conditional enactment tied to future federal grant legislation; it received a 7-0 due pass recommendation. The committee also announced that minutes were not ready for approval and that HB 2307 would be held.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/04/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- law, any person who is serving as the chief medical officer for a state agency to possess an active license
- I think that people that are our CMOs for our agency should hold the license and be reminded that those
- ambulance attendant, and air ambulance service, modifies the definition of ambulance to remove an air vehicle
- ambulance attendant, and air ambulance service, modifies the definition of ambulance to remove an air vehicle
- I have been a licensed foster parent for 18 years, and for nearly two decades, I've worked as a child
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
Keywords:
radiation therapy, particle accelerator, critical access hospitals, patient care, rural healthcare, HB2178, Arizona, state agencies, chief medical officer, medical license, physician license, osteopathic license, licensure requirement, Title 41, Title 32, Arizona Revised Statutes, A.R.S. 41-5902, public health administration, agency leadership, state government personnel
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 20, 2025 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- The laws need to align and be consistent with motor vehicle laws.
- I have my captain's license because I wanted that additional education. Rep.
- With all due respect, I have had a license since 1997.
- Officer Rayner approached Wallace in his vehicle which was a close match to the BOLO.
- Wallace started to get out of his vehicle and Officer Rayner instructed him to please remain in his vehicle
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Finance Committee in Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 04:01 pm
Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- This will refer to a third-party licensed child care facility.
- The first section directs the Department of Human Services to pay licensed child care program subsidy
- The first section directs the Department of Human Services to pay licensed child care program subsidy
- What this rule does is it creates a new license class, the S4N class, for nonprofits to sell alcohol
- or insurance adjuster license.
Committee:
Senate Finance
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (03/17/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- is the requirement for the license, and we can't license people that don't have the safety course.
- is the requirement for the license, and we can't license people that don't have the safety course.
- is the requirement for the license, and we can't license people that don't have the safety course.
- is the requirement for the license, and we can't license people that don't have the safety course.
- for the license, and we can't license people that don't have the safety course.
Summary:
The Finance Division II work session focused on Fish and Game’s budget-revenue proposals and several statutory changes the department said it needs to support its operations. The department recommended raising the fisheries habitat fee and wildlife habitat fee to $5 each, estimating additional annual revenue of about $640,000 and $144,000 respectively. Members clarified that these are habitat fees added on top of licenses, not reduced by senior or youth license categories, and discussed the need for RSA changes to allow the revenue to be transferred into the Fish and Game Fund. The department also said it would work internally on any broader license fee increases through the commission process.
The committee then reviewed proposals to cap several dedicated accounts and transfer excess balances to the unrestricted Fish and Game Fund. Those accounts included the fisheries and wildlife habitat funds and the game management account, with the department proposing a $750,000 cap on each and transfer of amounts above that threshold. The department said the cap was based on several years of expenditures and the fact that dedicated funds are often used as match for federal funds. Members asked for reports on fund activity and questioned whether the cap and mandatory transfer language should be “shall” or “may,” with the department indicating it would prefer “may” for flexibility. The committee also discussed a Pheasant Management Program account, where the department said current law limits use of the money to buying and propagating pheasants and it wants authority to use it for broader program management.
A substantial portion of the meeting addressed Fish and Game’s environmental review unit and the transfer of ARPA-funded positions to DEES under the governor’s initiative. The department said four positions are currently ARPA-funded, that DEES supports keeping them in place through the end of the year, and that the transition will require time because environmental review work is intertwined across the agency. The department explained that before the ARPA positions, biologists handled the work and that current staffing has helped eliminate a backlog and meet deadlines. Members also discussed a proposal to expand environmental review fees beyond private developers to state, federal, municipal, and local governments, with the department saying it would need rulemaking and stakeholder input. Additional requests included authority to conduct raffles to raise funds, creation of a revolving account for donations and raffle proceeds, and repeal of the obsolete fish food sales statute because the vending machines are no longer functional and the account generates no revenue.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Third reading of the bill, an act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant an additional license for
- preamble: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Jean McCarran, an employee of the Registry of Motor Vehicles
- An act establishing a sick leave bank for Jean McCarran, an employee of the Registry of Motor Vehicles
- An act establishing a sick leave bank for Jean McCarran, an employee of the Registry of Motor Vehicles
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several House bills out of the orders of the day. It passed to be engrossed a Somerset local option bill authorizing an additional wine and malt beverage license, a Marlborough bill creating a simplified procedure for subdivision road layout and acceptance, and a bill establishing a sick leave bank for David A. Russell of the Department of Correction.
The chamber also handled House petitions referred under suspension of Joint Rule 12, agreeing to the suspension and sending the matters to the appropriate committees. Later, the Senate adopted an emergency preamble for a sick leave bank bill for Jean McCarran of the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
On final passage, the Senate approved and sent to the Governor three bills: one extending residency requirements for certain Newton police and fire personnel, one authorizing investments for the Richmond Free Public Library, and one increasing the residency limit for Acton police and fire department members. It also enacted the Jean McCarran sick leave bank bill. The Senate then adopted an order to reconvene the following Monday at 11:00 a.m. and adjourned.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 20, March 5, 2026-PM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for an electric comparable vehicle for an electric vehicle<01:04:56.960><c> is</c><01:04:57.280><c>
- </c> hybrid vehicle, making that comparable. hybrid vehicle, making that comparable.
- </c> about 50% more on an outofstate vehicle. about 50% more on an outofstate vehicle.
- . vehicle. vehicle.
- Well, it's on division two. it actually gives people a vehicle to it actually gives people a vehicle
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (03/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> bodies the right of course for licensing bodies the right of course for licensing and<00:59:06.760
- </c><01:18:24.880><c> dogs</c> allows municipalities to license dogs allows municipalities to license
- </c> you don't qualify for group licensing you don't qualify for group licensing but<03:34:31.160><c>
- Individual spay-neuter licenses are $6.50 each; intact licenses are $9.50, so the dollar savings are
- </c><03:45:04.640><c> versus</c> your license for a Year's license versus your license for a Year's license
Summary:
The committee held a work session on a bill arising from the Lee case involving animal seizures and humane society involvement. Members and the commissioner discussed concerns about due process, lack of clear notice to animal owners, the need for owners to understand when they are surrendering ownership, and whether humane agents should have additional training or certification. Several members also questioned the role of the NH SPCA and humane societies, the absence of oversight, and whether there was any financial or policy conflict in their involvement. The commissioner said the Department of Agriculture does not have a direct relationship with humane societies, but does coordinate with police on seizures, and noted that problems tend to arise when agencies do not consult the department first.
Testimony and discussion focused on possible fixes to the bill, including clearer written notice of rights, requiring a third-party qualified veterinarian or other neutral evaluator, establishing the condition of animals at the time of seizure for later court proceedings, and possibly using teleconferencing with a veterinarian in limited circumstances. Some members suggested the bill may need a broader study committee, while others said it should be amended now rather than delayed. The chair said the bill would be worked on further and sent to the subcommittee for more detailed review.
The committee then opened a hearing on HB 250, which would allow local governing bodies to regulate dog muzzling. Representative Jodi Newell testified that the bill was intended to let municipalities respond to dangerous dogs, citing Keene’s attempt to require muzzling after a serious incident but lack of clear authority under current law. Deborah LeBlanc also testified about a dog attack that seriously injured her dog and said a muzzle requirement could have prevented the attack. Committee members asked about the incident, existing dog-control laws, and whether the dog had been leashed; the discussion suggested the bill was meant to clarify local authority over muzzling as a public safety measure.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 28th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a gift, actually, to have a vehicle to express this jumble of emotions.
- It's a gift, actually, to have a vehicle to express this jumble of emotions.
- In 1971, Eva went on to become the first female licensed professional engineer on the East Coast.
- Assembly Bill 390 by Assembly Member Wilson and others, relating to vehicles.
- licensing requirements for ABCs by removing the redundant requirement that they become comprehensive
Summary:
The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. Members then handled several procedural motions, including suspending rules to allow committee hearings and guest access, re-referring bills, and removing one bill from the consent calendar. The chamber also observed Holocaust Remembrance Day with a lengthy ceremony and remarks from many members across caucuses, emphasizing the importance of remembering the Holocaust, combating antisemitism and other forms of hate, and supporting survivors and descendants. ACR 59, the California Holocaust Memorial Day resolution, was adopted by voice vote after 76 coauthors were added.
After the ceremony, the Assembly took up the daily file. AB 390, which strengthens California’s “slow down, move over” highway safety law, passed 64-0. AB 439, making small changes to the Coastal Act and reporting requirements, passed 44-11 after debate over Coastal Commission oversight. The body also approved a rules waiver to allow the Education Committee to meet on AB 1468. Later, AB 50, allowing Medi-Cal enrollees to access over-the-counter contraceptives without a prescription, passed 67-0 urgency and 67-0 overall; AB 55, streamlining alternative birth center licensing, passed 68-0; AB 596, protecting workers’ right to wear masks or respirators unless there is a direct safety hazard, passed 53-8; AB 631, requiring animal shelters to post intake and outcome data, passed 60-0; and AB 792, allowing consolidated negotiations for court interpreter contracts, passed 52-1.
The Assembly also passed AB 867, banning cat declawing, by 68-0 after bipartisan support; AB 1089, expanding local permitting authority for Western Joshua Tree projects, by 16-0; and AB 1154, clarifying ADU rules, by 63-1. SCR 57, proclaiming Dolores Huerta Day, was adopted 66-0. The second-day consent calendar was then adopted 71-0. The session concluded with adjournment-in-memory remarks for Mary Hammer, a longtime San Lorenzo Valley community leader and environmental advocate, followed by recognition of her family and friends in the chamber.