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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Transportation Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Road to Opportunity Act would continue this legislature's efforts to improve mobility and economic
  • When we think about these economic times and how deeply folks need to be able to get to work, need to
  • and financial benefits as other residents. ...accessing the same economic and financial benefits as
  • I'm the Director of Development at CMSC.
  • We advocate for policy changes that are fair, evidence-based, and economically sound.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Transportation held a public hearing on several bills related to driver’s license suspensions, junior operator training, online driver education, and regulation of e-bikes/scooters. A major focus was the Road to Opportunity Act (H. 3662/S. 2368), which would end license suspensions and registration holds for unpaid fines and fees unrelated to road safety, create hardship waivers and payment options, and replace suspension with nonrenewal in some cases. Supporters included the Attorney General’s office, ACLU, CPCS, Greater Boston Legal Services, transportation and anti-poverty advocates, and several affected residents who described job loss, housing instability, and difficulty paying toll and fee debts. They argued the current system punishes poverty, disproportionately affects Black and Latino residents, and is costly to enforce. Some testimony also noted that the bill would preserve suspensions for dangerous driving offenses. District Attorney Marion Ryan testified in favor of two bills: one allowing partial payment plans for certain RMV penalties and another closing a loophole that makes the penalty for violating a hardship license less severe than driving after a full suspension. Senator Sear and Representative Reed also spoke for the Road to Opportunity Act, while the AAG said the Attorney General supports it. Committee members asked about RMV implementation and whether the agency supports payment plans; Ryan said the RMV has been cooperative but believes legislation is needed. No votes were taken during the hearing. The committee also heard testimony on bills affecting young drivers. Senator Lovely and Representative Cruz supported a bill to create a junior operator license training fund, expand access for low- and moderate-income families, require refunds in some cases, and allow earlier passenger privileges. Another bill would make virtual instructor-led driver education permanent; AAA and several driving school owners supported it as an access and convenience measure, while other instructors opposed it, arguing in-person instruction is safer and more effective. Finally, Senator Collins and others testified for a transportation safety bill regulating motorized bicycles, scooters, e-bikes, and mopeds, increasing fines, requiring insurance for commercial use, and requiring public hearings and accessibility review for new bike lanes. Advocates for blind and disabled pedestrians supported that bill, while some transportation and business voices backed it as a safety and planning measure.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Severe PTSD anxiety develops while they're in the service.
  • That's basic economics. I understand that.
  • But is there a way we can still overcome I don't know. economics. I understand that.
  • And I know there are some workforce development initiatives that they're taking on.
  • And I know we've discussed this with Department of Economic Research. There's a dashboard.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Employment Subcommittee of the Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities met on May 18 and approved the prior meeting minutes. The first presentation was an update on the Massachusetts Disability Employment Tax Credit from MassAbility. The speaker explained that the credit, created in 2022, offers employers up to $5,000 in the first year and $2,000 in later years for hiring certified employees with disabilities. He described a streamlined self-attestation certification process, the online application and outreach tools, and noted that the first full tax season resulted in one company successfully claiming the credit. Members asked about how employers learn to file, available data, carry-forward rules, and whether more information from the Department of Revenue could be shared. The second presentation was from the Office of the Veteran Advocate. The speaker described the office as an independent agency created after COVID and the state veterans home tragedy to improve veteran services and investigate problems. He reviewed VA disability ratings, the fact that service-connected disability does not necessarily prevent work, and the barriers faced by veterans with less-than-honorable discharges. He also highlighted vocational rehabilitation, GI Bill and housing supports, and the office’s work on professional licensure barriers, especially for nurses and other skilled trades. Members discussed whether Massachusetts is behind other states on licensure reciprocity and the need for more openness from licensing boards; the office said it is starting with a narrow nursing-focused review and will report back on findings. In the final portion of the meeting, members discussed a lengthy policy brief from Seed and agreed it should be taken up at the August 31 meeting rather than rushed through by email. The group focused on two emerging areas of work: the benefit cliff and youth/young adult pathways into employment, including apprenticeships. Members suggested creating a clearer tool or spreadsheet to map existing resources and possibly a white paper for appointing authorities, while noting the commission’s limits on direct advocacy. The meeting ended with an invitation for members interested in the benefit cliff work or youth employment pipeline to join follow-up discussions, and the subcommittee adjourned.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hello and welcome to the joint hearing with the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism
  • , and Ways and Means on our 12:02 p.m. agenda on SB 2001 relating to the Banyan Drive Community Development
  • Banyan Drive Community Development Banyan Drive Community Development District.<00:02:28.160>
  • I manage the research and development tax credit program under DBAT, and we stand by written testimony
  • Redundant or duplicative programs, making strategic investments to grow Hawaii's economic base, and,
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committees took up several measures, with most action focused on SB 3125 relating to income tax changes. The chair explained a proposed SD1 that would preserve standard deduction increases and keep tax relief for working- and middle-class households while removing future bracket adjustments for higher-income filers. The Department of Taxation estimated roughly a $122 million gain from the bracket changes, about a $600 million loss from extending certain credits, and about $145 million in claimed credits under the repeal provisions, for a rough net gain of about $250 million. Testimony was mixed: the Governor’s office and DOTAX supported the intent with technical corrections; the Hawaii State Energy Office and several advocates supported the revenue approach; while Grassroots Institute and others opposed rolling back promised tax relief. Renewable energy and solar representatives opposed repeal of credits affecting their industries, and nonprofit witnesses urged preserving state capacity to fund housing, education, food security, and other services. The chair recommended adoption of the proposed SD1 with additional amendments, and the recommendation was adopted with reservations noted by some members. The committees also acted on SB 3169 relating to coastal resilience, SB 2001 relating to the Banyan Drive Community Development District, and SB 3334 concerning deputy superintendent positions. SB 3169 was amended to incorporate Oceanit’s recommendation regarding native burrow sites, make technical changes, and delay the effective and repeal dates; the recommendation passed. SB 2001 was recommended to pass with HCDA amendments, a July 1, 2050 effective date, and additional technical changes, with the committee report to note continued desire for community engagement from descendants; one member expressed concern that lineal descendants should have a more direct role, and the measure was adopted with reservations. SB 3334 was reconsidered to add a blank general fund appropriation to establish two FTEs in the superintendent’s office for deputy superintendent positions; members raised reservations about the role of the Board of Education in evaluations, but the recommendation was adopted. Several other bills were moved with little or no discussion. SB 2338, SB 2431, SB 2438, SB 2593, and SB 2671 were each recommended to pass unamended and were adopted. SB 2662 was recommended to pass with technical amendments based on SPO testimony, with the committee report reflecting concerns raised by the Attorney General and ERS; it was adopted. SB 2563 was deferred indefinitely after testimony from the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions said similar existing programs could address the bill’s concerns and the measure was not needed at this time. SB 3296 was deferred because a House bill on the same subject was already moving over.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Economic development is very important to us, tourism, and we want to continue to be good stewards of
  • the land at the same time promoting tourism and economic development.
  • the land at the same time promoting tourism and economic development.
  • the land at the same time promoting tourism and economic development.
  • the land at the same time promoting tourism and economic development.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 04/02/25

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:32:33.039> impacts social, and economic impacts social, and economic impacts um<00:32:
  • and support healthier, economically and support healthier, economically vibrant<00:59:43.760>
  • The city and county development.
  • penalties on the most economically penalties on the most economically disadvantaged disadvantaged
  • 55.360> of<01:58:55.520> auto ignores the economic reality of auto ignores the economic
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (01/20/2026)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Housing Committee opened with a public hearing on HB 196, which would repeal the Housing Champion program. Representative Matt Drew, the prime sponsor, argued the program is an unnecessary and poorly targeted subsidy, saying it rewards municipalities after projects are completed and may not be limited to new housing production. He questioned the transparency of the program, cited difficulty finding required annual reports, and noted a fiscal note suggesting the state could recover up to $3 million if obligations are terminated. Committee members and witnesses debated whether the program’s criteria amount to political favoritism or a standard grant process; supporters said the rubric is specific and that municipalities are evaluated against objective requirements. Representative Priest, Nick Taylor of Housing Action New Hampshire, and Karen Benfield of Stay Work Play New Hampshire all opposed repeal, saying the program encourages local zoning and regulatory changes, helps smaller communities participate, and supports housing supply and young people’s ability to stay in the state. The hearing on HB 196 was then closed. The committee then opened a hearing on HB 1405, a bill establishing an affordable housing guarantee program within the Housing Finance Authority. Prime sponsor Representative Chris Muns said the bill would reduce lender risk by guaranteeing up to 80% of principal on qualifying loans for affordable housing, with a cap of $30 million per lender per year and $300 million outstanding at any time. He described the measure as a low-cost public-private partnership backed by the full faith and credit of the state, and said it was identical to a prior Senate bill that had received unanimous bipartisan committee support before dying later in the process. He framed the bill as one part of a broader housing package aimed at financing, infrastructure, workforce, zoning reform, and other housing-related issues. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided. The only formal actions were opening and closing the public hearing on HB 196 and opening the public hearing on HB 1405, with testimony continuing on HB 1405 at the end of the transcript.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (10/07/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a section on agricultural and New Hampshire farmland and, you know, the jobs and the economic
  • <00:07:10.160> Uh<00:07:10.400> but the jobs and the economic output.
  • Uh but the jobs and the economic output.
  • The economic value of a and storage.
  • and sources from development and sources from development and contamination<00:09:18.640>
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Congressional Redistricting, Select Aug 1st, 2025

Congressional Redistricting, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the last five years, working closely with the Texas Economic Development Office, El Paso County has
  • I was in a meeting once for economic development from Texas, and no one had been to El Paso.
  • The economic impact that these, we call them...
  • development.
  • The firm developed the specifics.
Bills: HB4
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Three, strengthen collaborations with industry, workforce agencies, and economic development organizations
  • Um, and I brought along a friend, Leslie Sizemore, Vice President for Workforce and Economic Development
  • And I lead the workforce and economic development unit, and one of the things that we're really focusing
  • <01:30:57.920> development<01:30:58.440> within policy and economic development within
  • policy and economic development within the<01:30:58.720> Commonwealth<01:30:59.840> and
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Artificial Intelligence Task Force met and adopted the prior minutes before turning to AI in education. Jeff Gagne of the Southern Regional Education Board described SREB’s Commission on AI in Education, which has organized its work into committees on policy, K-12 instruction, postsecondary instruction, and skills development. He highlighted eight commission recommendations covering statewide AI networks, targeted guidance for different user groups, professional development, standards and curricula, local capacity assessments, risk management, procurement, and AI-ready workforce skills. He also emphasized that states need more specific guidance for students, teachers, faculty, administrators, and parents, and that training is essential because many educators have not been prepared to use AI in instruction. Gagne also summarized two recent SREB reports: one on AI-ready workforce skills and one on AI use in K-12 classrooms. The workforce report recommends embedding AI across standards, strengthening computer science and digital learning standards, collaborating with industry and workforce agencies, building AI competencies into training and upskilling, providing educator professional development, and monitoring readiness. He said the report identifies three skill areas: success skills, industry baseline skills, and technical skills. The classroom guidance report promotes responsible AI adoption, with four pillars focused on increasing cognitive demand, streamlining teaching and administrative work, supporting personalized learning, and developing ethical AI users. He also noted that the report includes an AI procurement tool for school districts. Members thanked Gagne for providing outside examples and resources. One member noted JCPS has an introductory AI professional development offering for educators. Gagne said Kentucky’s David Couch serves on the SREB commission and that the commission’s member list and reports are available on SREB’s website. The committee then heard from Travis Powell of the Council on Postsecondary Education, who said CPE had surveyed campuses and found that Kentucky institutions have broadly embraced AI in teaching, research, student services, and administrative operations. He said all institutions have AI-focused degrees, minors, or courses, and many are integrating AI into general education and across disciplines. Powell also said CPE is considering an AI consortium and that campuses are using AI in research partnerships and applied work, while continuing to focus on ethical and effective use.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/28/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:06:52.199> and we're a solar and storage developer and we're a solar and storage developer
  • We've had to kill them because they weren't economic under these rules, and I know from other developers
  • development.
  • is that literally have put my develop is that literally have put my economic<01:17:29.520> future
  • enable us to invest further in Economic enable us to invest further in Economic Development<01:45
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Mar 18th, 2025

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • development, workforce development, adult education, community energy efficiency development block grants
  • In talking with the Economic Development Department, they are ready to deploy upon signing, 20 to 25
  • What are they going to end up being able to utilize for those types of economic development projects?
  • On behalf of Mesa del Sol Development Group, we strongly support this legislation.
  • It's another tool in the toolbox to help supplement critical infrastructure for economic development
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Mar 17th, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Chair calls this first panel from the Bureau of Economic Geology.
  • to the residents, developers, and other utilities within our service area. areas.
  • We prefer the system we've developed because it is more efficient.
  • . development, but it is a relatively new tool.
  • The development is tremendous on what is going on right now.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2026

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • But my point is it's not just a risk that the developer is taking.
  • Is it a city or a developer? I think both need to do the work.
  • I'm head of development at Bill Casa.
  • For a small developer, certainty is key.
  • This is not a developer, as I mentioned.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on wildfire resilience, local land use, and transparency. SB 911 by Senator Becker would require notification to fire agencies when a home in a high fire severity zone is sold with an agreement to bring it into defensible-space compliance; the California Association of Realtors said it would drop opposition if the bill is amended to use the preliminary change of ownership report, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 994 by Senator Cabaldon would bar local officials from entering nondisclosure agreements that prevent them from sharing information with the actual elected decision-makers of a city or county; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, local-government concerns were raised about personnel/separation agreements, and it passed 4-0 to Appropriations as amended. SB 1041 by Senator Arreguín would expand access to PACE financing for wildfire home-hardening improvements and add consumer protections, hardship relief, and reporting requirements. Supporters, including Renew Financial and Cal Fire Local 2881, argued it would help homeowners finance roofs, vents, and other fire-safety upgrades, while opponents from homeowner advocates, county treasurers, bankers, mortgage lenders, and consumer groups warned about abusive sales practices, high costs, liens surviving fire or bankruptcy, and risks to vulnerable homeowners. After extensive debate, the bill passed 3-2 to Appropriations as amended and remained on call. SB 1075 by Senator Reyes would require local governments in AB 617 communities to consider air-quality impacts and related emissions-reduction plans when approving certain commercial and industrial land uses. Environmental justice groups supported the bill as a way to make AB 617 implementation more meaningful, while the Chamber of Commerce, counties, cities, planners, builders, and several industry groups opposed it as duplicative of CEQA, a litigation risk, and a barrier to investment and jobs. The committee approved it 3-2 to Appropriations as amended, also on call. SB 958 by Senator Atkins would facilitate the Midway Rising redevelopment project in San Diego, shifting from a CEQA exemption to prospective guidance on height-related impacts; supporters said it would deliver thousands of homes, including affordable units, and the bill passed 3-0 to Appropriations, remaining on call. The committee also discussed SB 1182 by Senator Allen, which would require local governments to consider insurance availability in safety planning for development in fire-prone areas; the discussion centered on whether insurance access should be part of land-use decisions, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 5th, 2026 at 04:07 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so this is really kind of reflecting more current economic circumstances.
  • So this is based on a comprehensive study that we commissioned through the Bureau of Business and Economic
  • On economic development, we came in with $150 million in funding to the session as part of the framework
  • Chair, thank you for your leadership and the committee's work on economic development.
  • We also included language that the committee members developed to ensure...
Bills: SB145, SB143
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • This will enable businesses, residential developments, and industrial developments to have one code,
  • to know on a difficult for developers to know on a Town<01:49:01.960> Bytown<01:49:02.480>
  • These economic benefits would not only support the construction industry but also provide a boost to
  • carbon the US is now the only developed carbon the US is now the only developed country<04:41:51.280
  • Part of developing the standard is to not break things, and so that calculation has been done.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 216, which Representative Carol Maguire described as a fix to a workers’ compensation/retirement “glitch.” The bill would remove the current limit that only one year of workers’ compensation time can be credited as retirement service time. Maguire argued the limit is arbitrary and affects only a very small number of grievously injured workers, while committee members asked about the fiscal impact, available data, and whether the change could affect workers’ compensation rates or incentives. Mark Kavar of the New Hampshire Retirement System said Labor could not provide data on how many people exceed a year on weekly indemnity benefits, so the fiscal note used a conservative estimate that could be scaled down; he also explained that workers’ comp is not earnable compensation, which is why service credit stops after a year, and noted that many long-term cases move into disability retirement or lump-sum settlements. The committee closed the hearing, entered executive session, and voted ought to pass on HB 216 by a 13-0 roll call, sending it to consent and noting it would also go to Finance. The committee then acted on House Bill 85, adopting Amendment 0037 and then voting ought to pass as amended by another 13-0 roll call. The bill was described as allowing second-year respiratory therapy students to work under supervision using the skills they have already learned, with support from the Hospital Association and no opposition noted. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 267, the animal chiropractors bill. Members said the bill had been approved previously but was vetoed because of a defect; the problem has now been corrected, and the bill is intended to reduce delays caused by requiring veterinary referrals before chiropractors can treat animals. The committee voted ought to pass 13-0 and placed the bill on consent.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 2/24/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Major cities in every developed country and in quickly...
  • Major cities in every developed country and in quickly...
  • Major cities in every developed country and in quickly...
  • Development Finance and Policy.
  • policy economic development Finance and policy economic development Finance and policy I<01:32
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 25th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • activity and long-term workforce development benefits.
  • We’ve developed and completed the George C. Wett Engineering Building.
  • I made the jump to light speed, and I led development teams developing the first infrared missile deception
  • “I made the jump to light speed, and I led development teams developing the first infrared missile deception
  • We have developed a new core curriculum founded on the idea of reading the great books.
Bills: S1570, S1376
Summary: The committee heard and approved two bills before moving to a long confirmation agenda. SB 1570, by Sen. Gates, would restore Project Leo, a previously sunset program that helps locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination between CARD centers and local sheriffs; it was praised as a proven tool for families and first responders and was reported favorably. CS/SB 1376, by Sen. Burgess, would create grants to support genetic counseling education and help address Florida’s shortage of genetic counselors; testimony noted the state’s limited supply of licensed counselors and the need to expand clinical training, and the bill also passed favorably. The committee then considered a block of reappointments to university and college boards of trustees, including institutions such as UWF, Broward College, Chipola College, FIU, Pasco-Hernando, Polk State, St. Petersburg, Valencia, FAMU, FAU, UCF, FSU, New College, UNF, USF, and others. No one requested separate votes on the reappointments, and the block was confirmed unanimously for recommendation to the next committee. A series of new appointees then appeared and largely emphasized workforce training, nursing, military support, and local economic development at their institutions. Witnesses included appointees to Pensacola State, Polk State, St. Petersburg College, UNF, FIU, UWF, Valencia, the College of the Florida Keys, and others; several highlighted strong NCLEX pass rates, dual enrollment, and partnerships with employers or military communities. One nominee, Florida Poly reappointment Ilya Shapiro, faced pointed questioning from Sen. Bracey Davis about past comments regarding race and the Supreme Court; he said his remarks were about hiring criteria, not a specific justice, and reiterated opposition to race- or sex-based selection. The committee also briefly struggled to reach Sherry Young by phone before hearing her testimony for Chipola College, where she said she wanted to give back as an alumna and nurse practitioner. Most new appointees were recommended for confirmation in a block, while Thomas Zachary Smith of UWF was pulled for separate consideration.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:06 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • As this fund is developed, and again the resources that would be used will be developed, if you will,
  • But could there be an actual application developed by the department as part of administration of this
  • And I will say that we did develop... ...to that effect.
  • We can create meaningful change to support their educational attainment and families' future economic
  • We can create meaningful change to support their educational attainment and families' future economic
Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • WE KNOW THAT DEVELOPERS ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING MONEY. THAT IS WHAT MR.
  • HE STANDS TO BENEFIT FROM POLICIES THAT BENEFIT DEVELOPMENT OR CONSERVATION.
  • THAT CATER TO COMMERCIAL FISHING INTERESTS, DEVELOPERS AND TOURISM.
  • FINANCIALLY AS DEVELOPMENT PLANS ARE NOT JUST ENVIRONMENT RECKLESS, THEY ARE AN ECONOMIC DISASTER.
  • HE IS NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST, IS A DEVELOPER.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Committee Jun 10th, 2026

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • Instead, it preserves developers' choice by allowing developers to partner with qualified nonprofit affordable
  • Instead, it preserves developers' choice by allowing developers to partner with qualified non-proliferation
  • Instead, it preserves developers' choice by allowing developers to partner with qualified nonprofit organizations
  • And the Constitution's developed.
  • That is the overarching HOA for the 6,100-unit development that has been, frankly, in development since
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Housing met without a quorum at first and operated as a subcommittee, then later established a quorum and took up several housing-related bills. Early presentations focused on AB 2390, a cleanup measure to clarify streamlined housing approvals and how modifications are reviewed; AB 1890, which would increase state matching funds for Napa County farmworker housing centers; and AB 956, which would clarify accessory dwelling unit law by allowing more flexibility in how ADUs are built and by clarifying application of ADU protections in common interest developments. Supporters for these bills emphasized predictability, farmworker housing stability, and expanded housing options for multigenerational families, while opponents of AB 956 raised concerns about neighborhood density, infrastructure, and local control. AB 956 drew the most extensive debate. Committee members discussed whether it was a clarification or expansion of ADU law, the potential for triggering density bonus rules, and possible local government costs. The author accepted committee amendments to avoid allowing a third ADU/JADU combination that could trigger density bonus implications. The committee then voted to do pass AB 956 as amended to the Senate Committee on Local Government, with one no vote recorded and the bill held on call for absent members. The committee also took votes on the consent calendar and on AB 2390 and AB 1890, but those measures were likewise held on call for absent members after favorable motions. The committee also heard AB 939, which would let developers transfer income-restricted ownership units to qualified nonprofit affordable housing organizations without waiting 180 days after certificate of occupancy. Supporters, including Habitat for Humanity and California YIMBY, said the bill would reduce vacancy, carrying costs, and help preserve long-term affordability. The California Association of Realtors opposed the bill unless amended, arguing it could limit buyer choice, codify first-right-of-refusal practices, and reduce wealth-building opportunities for families. After discussion, the bill was moved to the Senate Appropriations Committee on a do pass motion and held on call. Later bills included AB 1165, which would require state housing agencies to create a fiscal analysis and financial plan for ending homelessness; AB 1184, which would add transparency and open-meeting style requirements for homeowners associations; and AB 2035, a narrowly tailored measure to help Laguna Woods Village update outdated CC&Rs by lowering the vote threshold needed to seek court approval. AB 1165 and AB 2035 both received broad support and were moved forward on do pass motions, while AB 1184 also advanced despite late opposition from the California Association of Realtors. The committee then began hearing AB 1573, which would add survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking to local housing element target populations, but the transcript cuts off before that bill’s testimony or any vote.